[Route 29] Voicemail/IC contact

[dreamsofahero]

This is Sion Astal. I'm unable to speak with you at the moment, however, if you wish to leave a message, I will respond as soon as I have the opportunity.

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[purramedic]

Over the past week I've heard of many eggs people received after the prom hatching. I've raised one egg before now, and it only took a week. Now it's been over two, and this still hasn't hatched, though I've treated it the same.

[He fixes the camera on his egg, nestled comfortably in its own soft bag.] Am I doing something wrong? Could it be sick?

[dreamsofahero]

There are some that can take as long as three weeks to hatch, actually. The dragon types especially are prone to having long hatching times.

[purramedic]

Ah... And it's one of those, without a doubt? [He's really worried he killed it or something.

But the alternative. Dragons. Oh boy.

That's a thinker.]

Those stones the Elite Four sent... Do you happen to know if the Pokemon "Salamencite" pertains to is a Dragon type? [Like, is that a thing they would do? Just send him the Pokemon egg and a superpowered rock it could use one day?]

[dreamsofahero]

Salamance is a dragon-type, yes. It's the final form of bagon. I have one, in fact.

[purramedic]

[Well, then it's clearly got to be a Bagon. That makes the most sense in context. And assuming that is better than having to wonder whether he managed what no one else here could and destroyed his Pokemon.]

What are they like? Those two, and Dragon types in general. [Because he should also really stop equating Pokemon to what he knows of other animals. They've surprised him.]

[dreamsofahero]

Well, Bagon has no wings and an incredibly hard head--they tend to have a habit of leaping off things in an attempt to fly. Its second stage is Shelgon, which looks rather like a shell with legs sticking out of it, and it's far more sedentary than previously. Salamence is its final form, and unlike before it does have wings, and quite enjoys making use of them.

For dragon types in general, there's quite a variety, actually. Many do resemble what most people seem to think of as "dragons," but not all. Goodra's early forms look more like blobs or slugs than dragons, while Flygon's first two stages resemble insects more than anything. As a type, it's resistant to many of the basic types--fire, water, and so on--and weak to ice and fairy as well as itself.

[purramedic]

[That... does sound weirdly similar to his dragons, actually. So much for that effort.]

I don't think I will ever understand this place. [Hopefully this egg won't hatch into a homicidal force of nature. Even though it absolutely will.

He is so exhausted.

But oh, right -- ]

I appreciate your help.

[dreamsofahero]

I think I'd have reason to worry if I started feeling I did, really.

*since the only way he can imagine "understanding" it would be to adhere to its strange logic...*

You're quite welcome.