the_very_best | dash rapidash dash

Morning - early morning, as it's always possible some phenomenon will only appear before sunrise in a way that she can't find simply by staying up past dark - finds Bella having let herself out of the Tower (conscientiously not letting any Porygon out into the wilderness). She never walks if she can help it. Fireflower is much more surefooted, and enjoys the exercise more. She hauls herself up onto the Rapidash's back.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

From:

bitofafiction

"Tony did, actually. Dummy is the first Porygon successfully created; he's been naming them similarly ever since. Half the flock rhymes with Bob."

From:

the_very_best

"Rhymes with - oh dear. I suppose it is rather a lot of all one species to have to come up with names for," giggles Bella.

From:

bitofafiction

"In my humble opinion," says Sherlock, "that is no excuse for naming an innocent Pokemon 'Flob'."

From:

the_very_best

This sends her into paroxysms of giggles. Zag thinks it's funny too.

From:

bitofafiction

He grins.

From:

the_very_best

"Do the feral ones even answer to their nicknames?"

From:

bitofafiction

"The Bob contingent is chancy, but some of the rest of them do."

Edited Date: 2013-03-11 12:33 am (UTC)

From:

the_very_best

"Interesting. My mom used to try to tame wild 'mon with nothing but food and cooing and it didn't really work even insofar as getting them not to attack her if she got too close; I certainly wouldn't have expected any of them to answer to a name. I guess the Porygon are different from random Starly or whatever."

From:

bitofafiction

"They've known him all their lives. Enough exposure to Tony can make even answering to 'Flob' seem logical."

From:

the_very_best

"For certain values of 'logical', anyway."

From:

bitofafiction

"I see you have not yet had enough exposure to Tony."

From:

the_very_best

"Apparently not. I hope he's not going to start calling me anything that rhymes with Bob."

From:

bitofafiction

"You never know. I don't believe we have a 'Blob' yet."

From:

the_very_best

"I will not answer to 'Blob'. It's not happening."

From:

bitofafiction

"As you say, then."

From:

the_very_best

They carry on exploring the lake. By the time they're done, Bella's perfunctory breakfast is history; she turns Zag around from the lake center and heads back for the tower. "Nothing. Why is Uxie supposedly here? What made people say that? Even if it's completely mythical that it and Mesprit and Azelf live at the lakes and someone made it up because there's three lakes and three lake guardians, all the sources agree on Uxie being at this one, which I wouldn't expect if it were someone's fabrication. I guess I'll have to check the lake bottom after all. I wonder who'll come with me, if I can even find anyone who's up for it and has the right move in their party."

From:

bitofafiction

"Irene could learn it if she evolved," he mentions.

From:

the_very_best

"Is she likely to do it soon, do you think? Would you make the move swap? You met me yesterday, if you weren't already planning on it it'd be a big deal."

From:

bitofafiction

"I was thinking of changing her lineup when she does, which should be any minute now, and it's among my candidates."

From:

the_very_best

"Huh. Could have a rematch," suggests Bella, getting off her Linoone at the shore and opening her backpack to find some lunch. "I can lead with something not-Zag, although there is of course no question of letting you win, cooperative rolling over to boost somebody else's 'mon is just mean to one's own."

From:

bitofafiction

"I would love a rematch."

From:

the_very_best

"One-to-one? Since it's all about Irene?" Bella asks. She produces a packet of soup mix, which a combination of Zag's helpful and carefully-aimed Surf and Fireflower's toasty tail render soupily edible inside of a few minutes. "I can toss Juu or Dusk or Branch and it'll be a fair fight typewise." Well, half Branch's attacks won't hardly dent Irene, but the other half will.