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015 Things Acquired [video; ACTION for Olivine]

[Greed appears on camera, looking proud of himself and showing off an assortment of eggs.]

So I ended up with a lot of these recently. Pretty damn cool, huh? I've got a lot of 'em, and they're all ready to go to a good home. I think my prices are pretty fair, too.

If you don't like the price, I guess we could talk something out.

[A curious Meowth works her way to the camera, staring at it before she looks from Greed to the eggs, lets out a soft meow and cuts the camera off with a paw as Greed can be heard in the background saying, "No, don't touch that!"]

((ooc: eggs still available here!))

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U-um... What is it that you're selling...? They look like giant... eggs...

[Greed gives a polite smile now that Martel the Meowth is in his lap and has settled down.]

They're Pokemon eggs. All Pokemon come from eggs, even the ones you'd think wouldn't.

[And Madoka smiles back! Her Purrloin pops his face on-screen long enough to see the Meowth and Myaowr at him, but Madoka pulls the camera out of his reach before he can mess with anything else.]

...Wow... So, even...? [She glances down, presumably at her Purrloin.]

...How do you hatch them? Or, are they not... [Fertilized?]

[Greed nods. Sure, it's a little weird to think about-- a cat hatching from an egg, but a horse hatching from an egg was one of the first things he saw here so he's used to it, however odd.]

You have to wait a few days and then they'll hatch. It depends on what type they are. The shortest is a couple of days and the longest is a little under the month. You'll know when it's close to hatching because the egg'll start to shake and you'll hear movement inside.

I see...

[That may or may not actually be a tad scary to the small girl. Madoka brings her hand up in front of her mouth, a gesture of uncertainty, muffling her next thought.]

When people buy them from you, how do you give the eggs to them... If they're somewhere far away, or anything like that...?

They get sent through the PC.

[Which might sound confusing, so he goes on.]

It doesn't hurt them or anything-- it's where your Pokemon go if you have more than six, unless you choose to let them wander around in a house or something.

[Pretty much all of the technical jargon associated with this world goes right over Madoka's head right now. She gives Greed a blank stare.]

...You can only have six Pokémon at a time...? What is a PC? How would... where is...?

[Oh, um...]

It's... kind of a long explanation. You know the little red and white balls you capture Pokemon in? You can only carry six of those at a time. The rest end up elsewhere.

If you live somewhere, you can keep them in your home, but if not they end up stored in a PC. I don't really know how it's possible, but they end up in there; it's kind of strange and hard to understand.

[HAHA, AWKWARD, RIGHT. That feel when newcomers.]

...Is, there a reason, you can only carry six? That rule seems sort of needless...

It does seem sort of strange, but, maybe, if there were someone who knew it well enough to explain to other people, it might not be so hard to understand.

So, do the balls just... Disappear? When you have six Pokemon with you? And, eggs...?

[Something something VIDEO GAMES.]

I don't really know-- in the trainer's handbook, that's just what it says. Maybe it's because there are only six notches on the belts trainers wear for the Pokeballs.

They just disappear, yeah, and somehow end up in a computer. It doesn't hurt them, any; and eggs are safe there, too.

I just wouldn't keep them in there forever, you know? It'd be a little mean.

[BUT LIGHTNING TOLD HER THIS WASN'T A VIDEO GAME, IT WAS JUST HOW IT WAS. GREED-SAN WAI.]

...I guess that would make a little sense... But I don't want any of the Pokemon I catch to disappear... Much less sit in a computer all the time, while I'm having fun with another six. That would be mean...

Where are PCs? And how do you get the Pokemon out of them?

[MADOKA U ASK TOO MANY QUESTIONS.]

Ah, they're in every PokeCenter of each city.

[And probably inside hotels and houses, too, to be honest; they have to make it easy for people to get their animal friends, of course!]

It should be easy to get them out of the PCs, that's what they're there for. The Pokeball just comes out of this little... thingy, and then you have your Pokemon.

Oh. Okay... [She has no idea what a PokeCenter is, but if there's one in every city (probably barring this little town), it can't be too hard to find.]

Thank you for telling me all of this... I know I ask a lot of questions, but I just got here...

Um... I guess it would be most polite if I bought something now... Asking for all of that and leaving empty-handed would be a bit rude. ...What kinds of Pokemon eggs do you have, again, mister...? [Maybe another cat would be good, to keep Purrloin company.]

I have a few Espurrs-- they might look a little strange, [haunted, really] but they're friendly enough.

[FUTUREVISION WILL HECK YOU UP.]

Espurr? 'Purr'...

All of the animals here look strange, so, that's sort of expected... Is it a cat? Like Purrloin?

Yeah, it's a cat. You... get used to the names eventually.

Do you have to... sit on it? Like bird eggs...? How are people who are far away supposed to give you their money?

[Here's a handwavey explanation for how to send him money. It's like Paypal!]

As for what to do with the eggs, you don't need to do anything-- just make sure the egg is warm, and it'll hatch eventually.

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