video - remember ground force?

[h2no]

[viewers of the network, today, have been blessed. a video pops up, showing archie's crobat tending to its little garden patch in his backyard. it involves using air cutter on the soil to chop it up before sweeping it away with the smaller set of wings lower on its body, then carefully dropping what look like blueberries into the mini trench, before sweeping the soil back over it. pretty cute, right? the camera shifts to bring a bush into frame. a... bright pink bush, with those blueberries hanging off it.]

So, ah... [oh hey, it's archie.] I never really paid much attention before, but I guess the berry bushes from berries native to our world are pretty weird compared to some of the ones here, huh?

[the camera shifts, showing another bush that's bright blue, with pink and red berries hanging off it.]

Not to mention they grow in half a day... it's fun to watch them, sometimes. I guess anyone that knows anything about vegetation might be worried about it being a massively invasive species, but it hasn't been. Uh, so far? I mean, the berries are really good for our Pokémon so we're not gonna stop growin' em, but they're easier to keep contained when there's two grass types tending to them. That's basically earth elementals for those of you that know what those are.

...If you don't know what either grass types or earth types are, then use your imagination.

Anyway! [he grins.] There was a point to this. I was just wonderin'-- what's the native fauna and flora of your world like? Or any worlds you might've visited in your lifetime. Would you bring any of it here if you could? For better or worse.

[he's about to turn the camera off but stops, remembering something.]

One more thing-- I have a new Pokémon I got when I was briefly Ported out a month or so ago. She's a Wailmer, the equivalent of this world's whale. Still a baby though, and she needs to get as much socialization with as many different people as possible so if you wanna hang out with her and can stand me being around to keep her calm, gimme a shout. [...] She's called Alberta, for the record. Not just Wailer. Hange named her.

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[halloflamer]

Exegg tries to keep them in, in our patch.

--The roots and seeds, I mean. You know, I never really thought about it, but do you think birds have been carrying the seeds far away....?

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[h2no]

[archie just fucking walks back inside his house, where blue is also sitting.]

Exeggutor is the best and most useful bein' from home and I love him always. [crobat, outside, chirps angrily. archie stops and leans back out the door.] Yeah, an' you're reaaaal good too, Crobat.

[he snorts and shakes his head, walking past blue in the living room to the kitchen.]

I haven't noticed any. They might be being scared off by Crobat. ...Or eaten.

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[liontomyself]

[Leo looks pretty surprised, actually, and is holding a Wiki Berry in a hand, and he looks at it for a moment.]

In h-half a day...?!

[WHY HAD HE NOT PLANTED IT YET? He could probably put it in the interior garden Odin made him....]

M-my homeland is devoid of plant life for the most part, aside from bramble. I'd really like to have wyverns here, though. If only to ride one, just once...

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[h2no]

Some of them do take a bit longer, admittedly, but... it's mostly within a couple days at most.

[everything grows faster in pokémon world, badum tssh.]

I think I remember you saying that... that offer to ride on Crobat is still open, for the record. He's not a wyvern, but he's a flier. [he thinks for a second.] Ah! Red's Charizard is a dragon, but that's even closer to a wyvern, right? Maybe see if you could get a ride on him!

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[fauxmarth]

Alberta. [she chuckles, delighted.] How cute! Has she been well? I haven't seen her since you introduced us...

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[h2no]

She loves it! I'm usually bad at giving my Pokémon nicknames, so it's not surprising this one came from someone else...

[he snorts, shaking his head.]

She's well! You can come and see her anytime, you know? Ah-- and if you don't know Hange yet, go say hi some time. I think you'll be fast friends.

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[drivesadesk]

Oh, my god. You have a whale, that's awesome!

And plants on your planet grow in half a day? That's amazing! Where I'm from, nothing grows that fast. How are they not everywhere?

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[h2no]

We were trainin' a pod of 'em back home and I guess one decided to come back with me!

[porter stuff smh. he's not complaining, though, he loves alberta.]

Like I said-- we got the Pokémon that hang around in the garden guardin' their snacks, though I'm sure there's a couple that got out. There could be an entire forest of them somewhere without us knowing, ha!

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[lempereur]

They're pink.

[ He says it with disbelief, but the sparkle in his eyes gives away that it's a good thing. It's unlike anything he's ever seen, which means it's great. ]

Alberta sounds lovely. You should leave some pictures.

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[h2no]

Y'should see Hondew and Durin berry trees! They're bright purple, bark and all! Custaps are my favourite, though, they grow in the ground but have two big long leafy stem parts that grow up around 'em for protection and they're bright blue.

[his favourite will always be the blue tree berries. archie is a slut for the colour blue.]

Oh, good point... hang on. [he sends a picture from his instagrahm, no self promo...] There! That's not so good for the sense of size, but she's about 6ft tall. Or... has a 6ft circumference, I guess.

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[aberrant_type]

[Cooing:] Ohhh, Crobat is doing such a good job! Such a wonderful job! Let me come over and garden with you sometime - I don't think I've even showed you my powers yet. I'd love to play with your plants!

How is Alberta these days, by the way?

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[h2no]

[wheeze...]

That sounds good-- uh, I might have to duck out depending on how the powers work, though...

[he was alright with leo, but possibly if they grow the same way they did with the relic, he knows he'll probably flip out a little.]

Anyway! You can come over anytime, Crobat is usually hanging out in the garden or napping in his favourite tree-- the fence is easy to jump if no-one's in!

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[namesaquestion]

[As much as Archie is in the sin bin to Niko...]

When you'd get those?! Where are they? What kind of berries?

[SOMETHING FROM HOME. Sorta.

He's not homesick, only he is.]

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[h2no]

[fortunately, he's not petty enough to ignore niko clearly wanting something familiar. he knows how much just a simple oran berry made him feel better.]

Red'n Blue were ported in with a shitton of berries, so you've them to thank for our bountiful harvest.

[well, that and the fact pokémon berries reproduce and grow like crazy.]

You're welcome to have any of them you want, if you ask nicely.

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[continuousgroaning]

I'll go swimming with Alberta. She sounds cute.

Uhm, as to your question, the plants and animals back home are the same as the ones here. Nothing exotic.

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[h2no]

She's very friendly, just not very interactive because she's not yet figured out how to respond to a lot of stuff us weirdo humans do.

[she's happy to just float there and bubble, which she could keep doing! but archie figures he might as well socialise her like this.]

Really? Not even one?

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[fource]

Oh, so that's where Blue gets his berries. I had no idea they grew so quickly.

[Quatre has so many questions and no interesting answers, but the most important one is]

Where are you keeping a baby whale?

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[h2no]

Yep! These are actually all generations away from the original ones that Blue and Red were ported in with. Maybe eventually they'll even start changing, given the different soil and environment.

[it would be interesting to gauge... if he had any idea how to. maxie probably would've...]

In a Pokéball, [he says, holding up a red and white ball] like all the others. I go to the ocean daily for work and with Sharpedo, so she gets plenty of exercise. She's also fine in the river out back, though that's only a last resort.

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[explosivo]

[ is that a purple bat?? do bats come in this color? ]

Are you some exotic species collector? [ with a pet bat and a pet baby whale? this is so bizarre. ]

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[h2no]

Not really? I mean-- some of my team, like Crobat here, are pretty rare, but... they're just the Pokémon I had on me when I was ported in.

[he shrugs.]

There haven't been any imPorts with a similar thing, so its just me and the others from our world that have them-- [he's interrupted by crobat, who has decided to accost him to get on camera again. enjoy the big closeup of that bat face!]

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[caduceusvalkyrie]

Half a day? Seriously? That's...that's crazy. [But she had been fondly watching Crobat work away. Adorable was a word.]

My world is the same as this when it comes to the fauna and flora really. I haven't noticed any differences if there even is any.

Archie...Archie why haven't you introduced me to Alberta yet?

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[h2no]

They're notorious for it. If you're impatient for a snack, shove a seed into the ground!

[the berry farm jingle is stuck in his head, even a year on. his biggest mistake was wiring up the radio to work inside the aqua base...]

Makes sense-- a lot of people here come from an alternate Earth. It's weird to think about when I remember the planet I'm from is nothing like this one.

[nothing is a bit of an exaggeration, but it still feels like that sometimes. for sure the relic thing didn't help archie find his place here.]

We've both been busy! I've failed you, Ange! [he laughs.] C'mon down, I'll release her into the river for ya!

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[storyseeker]

Uh. Does Alberta need a really big tank or something?

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[h2no]

[ping! elena gets a file, because archie figures it's something she'd actually read.]

Nope! Everything's explained in that file I just sent you, but the short version is she gets transferred into data and stored in her Pokéball. [which he holds up.] It simulates the best environment for her while she's in there, so right now she's probably asleep in the sun.

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[hardboyled]

[The most adoring of stares at how cute crobat tending to its garden is.]

You know socialisation is pretty much my whole deal right?! I'd be honored to spend time with your wailmer!

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[h2no]

Aw, Boyle. She'd feel the same! You can come on down whenever you want.

[he keeps the camera on crobat while he's talking.]

Mightyena misses you as well. You're really good with him...

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[fehus]

I'm actually chill with none of the wild fauna from my afterlife being here.

[a wave]

Hey Archie. Me and my [????????????] h...ousemates? are back from camping. When can I meet your cool whale friend?

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[h2no]

That's fair.

[they can't have been too great if magnus is fine with them not being around.

he waves back.]

Yo, Magnus. You guys have a good time? You can come down now, if you want.