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[h2no]

[archie decided, for this video, that he'll frame it in something that's relatively calming-- for himself, mostly, it's a stressful topic, but he's intensely curious as to the thoughts of other imports. he's sitting at the end of a jetty, his wailmer floating along next to the wood. he has a hand on her as he speaks into the camera, idly rubbing her blubbery skin.]

Yo. So, ah, I guess this ain't really gonna do anything other than confuse me more, but... I gotta know! With the imPorts from my own world, I've come to find out about several branchin' timelines within my own universe. Like... the ones here, but-- it's mostly just one major event that's different, so I was just wonderin'--

[he's cut off suddenly. wailmer groans and he stops, looking to her with clear concern in his face. he looks about to reach out and cut out the video to try again later, but he's interrupted. wailmer has started glowing, in the glow of evolution that only a few people present would even recognise.]

Shit! Wailmer, go out further! You'll take out the jetty! [she whines a little panicky as she continues glowing and archie immediately dives into the water to help her away, then...

she starts growing. massively, exponentially. archie disappears off camera, seeing as he'd balanced it on part of the jetty and wailmer's size has suddenly gone way past the camera resolution. the glow stops after a few seconds and there's just... blue. blue that's moving until a big eye focuses on the camera and what can be seen of a big goofy grin from the giant pokémon.]

WAIIIILOOOORRRRRD!! [she cries out, clearly quite overjoyed at her new form, raising her head slightly and crashing it down in the water enough to create a huge wave that covers the comm camera in water. there's the sound of a thud and a grunt as archie clambers off her dome and back onto the jetty, which evidently survived it.]

Well... that didn't go how I expected. [he says, wiping the water off.] Hold that thought, aye? Guess I'll be out in the ocean with Wailord for a couple days...

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[namesaquestion]

[He was going to say something but-

brb laughing his head off.]

[h2no]

[when he replies, the video looks like the camera was just tossed onto wailord's back. archie is laying face down.

he raises a hand and flips the camera off.]

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[crypdick]

So this is what she meant when she said she was "evolving" soon. I'm glad I was fortunate enough to see it.

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[h2no]

[the video isn't really clear as archie is now climbing up onto wailord, giving very little actual view.]

She-- wait, she told you?

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[golisolation]

[The first part of that had some relevant information, because Guzma knows a bit about the whole alternate dimension thing, what with Ultra Space and the Ultra Beasts, but all of that gets sidetracked by this shitshow of an evolution.

Good job, idiot!]

...That's one way to flex your Pokémon evolving, dude.

[Because this was obviously staged. Kudos for believability.]

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[h2no]

[it takes a while for him to reply, and when he does he's red-faced and sweaty, clearly tired from the exertion of dealing with this and climbing up onto her head. he's laying flat.]

Aye, because almost gettin' crushed by a Wailord on camera is how I wanted to go! [a beat.] I mean, it wouldn't not be how I wanted to go... listen, I had no idea! Genuinely!

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[andromedas]

But wait, what about the timelines?

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[h2no]

Ah...

[he frowns.]

I lost my train of thought... what part?

[flightforfreedom]

[ Poe has never seen an evolution before so he’s just staring, wide-eyed. ]

That—-




That was awesome!

[h2no]

Ah, this is her final form! You wanna build a swimmin' pool in the garden for her and Sharpedo?

[it's half a joke. a swimming pool would have to be about 50ft deep and big to even vaguely hold a wailord.]

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[justlittle]

[ ..... ]

Your ball turned into a blimp.

[h2no]

[he laughs delightedly at bean's reaction.]

She sure did! That ain't a bad way to describe Wailord, ha! She can't fly, though.

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[girlybruiser]

[ SHE HAS NEVER SEEN A POKEMON EVOLVE. She knows next to nothing about them, just that some are kind of cute, but also powerful? ]

Oh, goodness! It's even bigger than before!

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[h2no]

[wailord can be heard chirping in the background of the video.]

Gives a new meanin' to growth spurt, eh?

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[killtime]

Guess she won't fit in the kiddy pool anymore.

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[h2no]

Andy over here with the keen observational skills. Did it take you all seven thousand years to hone them that finely?

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[cannotrest]

Congratulations on your... bigger whale?

[ she a little confused but she's got the spirit ]

I know of four timelines for my world.

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[h2no]

Wailmer to Wailord. That's her new name.

[renamed by evolution, as it were.]

Really? How'd you find out?

[hellosirs]

[ W H A T ]

S-Sir! Are you okay?! Is... is she ok?

[h2no]

Hey, Angus.

[it takes him a little while to actually get back to the reply, needing to sort himself out with what's going on.]

She's perfectly fine. This is 100% natural for creatures from my world.

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[queenofseers]

Hey, uh- please tell me you didn't cause any property damage there? Or human damage?

[ That's a big whale! Should humans own giant whales? This feels environmentally damaging, if you ask her, Ms. No Fun Allowed. ]

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[h2no]

Nah! She missed the jetty and I'm the only person around, so it's not like she woulda crushed anyone that mattered!

[is that a joke or not?]

This is what I told you about in the aquarium!

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[patchricide]

Yes, I take it from your friend's sudden... inflation...? [she sounds so confused, what is this phenomenon how do you describe this] ... that this is not a good time to sit down and discuss the subject of alternate realities.

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[h2no]

Yo, Allura!

[despite their last conversation being rather disastrous, he doesn't seem any less happy to see her.]

It's called evolution-- it's natural to the beasties from my world! Ah-- I didn't expect it, else I wouldn't have made the video when she did it...

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[pillz]

holy shit

i mean is een ur ahimal friends on the itnernet b4

[this will not have been archie's first video.]

the fuck do u have to feed one to make it do taht
does it work on humans

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[h2no]

yeah? thanks for the views

i didn't feed her anything
this is a natural process called evolution

[stlg13bomber]

Are whales supposed to do that where you come from? I thought they grew a lot slower...

[Oh wow.]

[h2no]

Yes! This is perfectly natural, [he says, assuringly.] I know evolution works differently for, uh... just about every other single world out there...

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[drivesadesk]

Wow! That is definitely a dramatic way to go from one stage of life to the next.

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[h2no]

Right! They sure know how to make a light show!

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[innerdragon]

[There's a view of a pool behind, who is wearing his wet suit with OCEAN LAND emblazoned on it. He was taking a break, and well... this caught his attention.]

Looks like congratulations are in order.

[He's completely unfazed by the whole thing because... yeah. This happens in the Pokemon world and Wailord is well known as the biggest Pokemon to exist.]

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[h2no]

Aye, thanks Lance!

[he shows absolutely no sign of being annoyed at his attire and location even if he still is. can't really bitch at the guy after having something an emotional breakdown on him, can he?]

You're welcome to come hang out with us after work!