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[backdated to 24th oops] video

[ When the video turns on in the very early morning, there's only half a face present before it comes up fully onto the screen. The boy is practically beaming at the journal, and there's only a second before-- ]

Ivysaur evolved!

[ Yes. He couldn't keep that excitement in. He's still got a really dumb smile on and he has to remember what he was going to say, a pause there before he continues. ]

If you don't know what an ivysaur is, they're a grass and poison type pokémon! Ivysaur's been with me since she was a bulbasaur and now she's huge! She's big! She's nearly as big as Snorlax is!

[ The camera faces down to a dusty ground, then comes back up. ] I'm going to show you her, okay? [ And then the book flips around, showing a large, blueish-greenish toad-skin looking monster with a flower protruding from her back from the front, standing at 6'10 (for those who can tell). She leans her head to the side, her mouth opening slightly and showing her fangs as she grunts a small sound. She's embarrassed by the fuss, but the yellow rodent at her feet displays her with his arms proudly out towards her. Pika! (Check her out!)

(Also from the background, some might be able to tell that they're at the farm. Why are they at the farm so early? Because.) ]

Isn't she cool? She is! --oh, hey, Snorlax! Stand next to her and show everyone how big she is next to you!

[ The recording swings over to show a very fat panda creature sitting down eating a pile of bread. He continues eating, and as Red begs again ("C'mon, Snooorlax!"), the creature proceeds to noisily shuffle his butt to face the opposite direction. Noopppee. ] Snor! You...!

[ Huff! He faces the screen back to himself finally, making a puffed face but not so seriously. ] Forget about him! Saur's amazing and that's all that matters!

[ And then one last smile! ]

Bye!!!

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Not for pokémon! They can evolve whenever they're ready to. Some pokémon only need a stone to do it!

That's rather impressive!

Wait, stones? Of what sort?

I don't know what makes them what they are, but there's stones that have... power in them, I guess? Like the power of water, fire... there's something about them that when you give them to certain pokémon, it sparks off an evolution!

Like Pikachu - yellow pokémon? Did you see him? If you give one of his kind a thunder stone, he'll evolve into a raichu.

Oh, so they're elemental stones! [She nods in understanding. Elements she can get behind.]

I've seen Pikachu before, but I didn't know he could evolve like your other friend over there. Ivysaur was her name?

Venusaur now! But we call her Saur for short. Did you see Ash and his Pikachu? I've talked to them before. Maybe some pikachus like being pikachus best?

Alright then, Saur. [Another nod.]

Oh, yeah! I've talked to him before over the journals, he was interested in trying to pull together a specific day for friendships. [Which could be a lot of fun!]

I guess? I don't really know Pikachu's all that well! [Or any other Pokemon for that matter.]

That's when we spoke! It turned out he and me are probably from different universes? Or are. Since he knows a guy that I know but they're not the same. ...If that makes sense.

I was just thinking. He's had his pikachu a long time... or. Longer than me, I think. But getting a thunder stone isn't that hard.

It sorta does? [Smells like an alternate universe.]

If a stone's not that hard to get, then why not obtain one right away and have Pikachu evolve as soon as possible?

His version of our world is really confusing anyway. He's been to a bunch of different regions in no time at all, but I'm still in the same one for half the time he's been travelling? Talking about it didn't make sense.

Well for us, Pikachu doesn't want to evolve. Not all pokémon do I've found. But you don't just want to evolve a pokémon right away -- maybe for a pokémon called eevee it'd make sense? Since they evolve into different elemental types depending on the stone you use, so they'll want to get used to a body of that element.

But there's more to being a pokémon than just evolving! Evolution is cool and all, but you want to bond with a pokémon first and learn about them. What if you started working with someone and they made you change right away? You'd have to get used to the different changes later on, but... I don't know, wouldn't it be scary?

-- Oh yeah, plus stones are expensive. There's that too.

I can only fathom... [There's a part of her that's saying the alternate universes for two people isn't a subject she'd want to get too into. Not unless she wants a headache.]

Hmm. That makes sense. A Pokemon who changes elements needs to adjust to not only the type of body they have, but also the new element they obtain through evolution. Sorta like how a mage needs to get used to the differences between how to cast a fire spell and a lightning spell. Though without the form change.

[If someone wanted her to change right away she'd just walk right on out of there! But looking at the situation with Pokemon...] Yeah, changing immediately wouldn't be all that fun. So I can see where you're coming from with that.

I'm not surprised that they would be expensive, considering what they do.

[ He nods. ] I bet some trainers evolve their pokémon as soon as they can, and it's probably okay and all, but it doesn't bother me if a pokémon wants to wait. An evolved pokémon is stronger, but they shouldn't feel forced into it.

Sometimes you can find rocks yourself. Like there's stones called moon stones you can find in caves? But I think moon stones are rarer than other stones. [ And since she might ask- ] Oh, and they don't have any element in them either. There's one pokémon that turns into a poison ground type from just a poison type when they use it, but another stays a normal type. It's a special kind of stone.

I agree with that, you don't want to force your friends into something they don't want to do right away. [Or at all.]

Ah, so the moon s tones are neutral and can cover evolution with any Pokemon regardless of element. [Ground was just another word for earth, normal was a bit odd, but she compared it to how some of her spells are not elemental based. Poison though? That's a new one.] Poison? I didn't think that could be considered an element.

Well, uh... I guess not? [ Hmmm, now he's looking off and thinking about it! ] In a video game it'd be more of a status effect...

But, well, real life is always different. I don't think there's a poison stone out there. But there's poison pokémon, so poison is a type. There's a bunch of them!

[She's trying to also compare this to some of her spells.] Hmm. I guess the poison element to you is like the corrosive element to me. Take a single poison type Pokemon, and it probably has an array of poison based abilities. A single mage that's primary element is corrosive, has an array of corrosive based spells. Throw in another poison Pokemon or corrosive mage, the first will probably have different abilities compared to the second one, though with a chance that they both know at least one similar ability.

Um... [ He's sure he followed that! ] Yeah! Since not all pokémon move or live the same, so they're going to have different abilities.

Like... ekans and bellsprout! Ekans are a snake pokémon with fangs, but bellsprout are poisonous plants with no teeth. So ekans can wrap around you and bite you, and bellsprout can -- well, I bet bellsprout could make vines to wrap around you too, but they'd use powders to poison you because they're plants!

Ah, that makes a lot of sense! It sounds like Pokemon have much in common with animals and plants from other worlds.

Some do. With pokémon... there's so many different kinds. There's some made of rock and some made of metal. There's probably way more unusual pokémon out there too that I can't even think about!

How many kinds do you think there might be? [So far, she's only seen three.]

How many? Pokémon?

Yeah! Considering how Pokemon are like animals and plants from other worlds, there must be hundreds of thousands of different kinds, right?

There's definitely hundreds! Where I'm from, people thought there might be around a hundred and fifty of them, but there's trainers here with Pokédexes showing up way more Who knows how many there really are?

It's got to be the same with magic, right? Like you said with the two mages meeting and knowing some of the same things, but knowing different spells too. You can try putting them all in a book, but I bet even magic buffs find new spells all the time.

Right! There are people out there that can conjure up brand new spells never even heard before, I know a friend of mine back home always wanted to do such. [And with each passing day, she came closer to her goal.] Though sometimes new spells turn out to be old spells that were thought to be lost in the sands of time. It's just discovery after discovery, since there's just an endless possibility with magic!

You're really knowledgeable about magic, right? Are you like a wizard or a mage? Can you just make magic appear or use scrolls to do it?

[ She did use the word mage earlier and they're both the same thing to Red, but you know!! ]

I'm decent with it, and magic users are called mages in my world, never really wizards. Though if we get technical, the correct term for me would be a spellslinger. [She's much better with combining guns and magic than just magic by itself.]

I don't need a scroll, thankfully, I simply just have to use my mind! Like this! [She'll make a quick demonstration, raising her index finger so that it was directed toward the ceiling of her apartment. At it's very tip, a small ball of ice formed, about the size of a marble.]

Woah...! [ do you like impressing people because Red is still easily impressed by all these magic users! ]

So is that what makes you a spellslinger? 'Cause you can make magic appear like that and sling it? ...It sounds like it could be a pretty fun game.

[ Of course, he's not expecting a demonstration of that in what appears to be her home. But it's good to understand! ]

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