Fifth Viking Assault [Video]

[punchandkiss]

[The video clicks on to reveal a spot of street and a pair of boots, and after a few seconds it's turned over to show an...upside down Astrid. She frowns at it, and then quickly rights it again. She looks happier than she did last time, if a bit dirtier.]

I'm at Violet now. Had to get a new magic window gear thing because somebody decided to step on it. [She tosses a glare off-screen and there's an apologetic whimper from nearby.]

I had a question though. Evolving. Evolutions. [She says the word carefully because it's a completely new one for her, and then she turns her camera to show a Pidgeotto and a Luxio standing nearby. The Luxio is batting a rock around with his paws and the Pidgeotto is preening, and both seem to be pointedly ignoring the camera.]

These two...evolved...while I was coming here, right? Which was pretty cool, if...kind of weird. I didn't think they'd get so much bigger!

Anyway, so I was looking up the rest of mine to see when they'd do it too, right? And I realized something.

[She turns the camera some more, to where her Sentret, Fuzzball, is currently sitting on the ground watching a Clefairy run in circles around what appears to be a long, blue snake-like Dratini...who is clearly not interested in whatever the Clefairy is selling. But Astrid focuses the camera on Fuzzball, who hops up on her tail and waves at the screen, hamming it up.]

She was supposed to evolve. Ages ago. But she didn't. What gives?

Comments

[usedshooshpap]

Some of them don't want to. My Joltik doesn't want to so why fucking force it?

[action - if that's alright!]

[atrueheroine]

It's really quite dependent on the Pokemon, or so I've read.

[[Crossing her arms, Page examines Astrid's Pokemon with a curious eye. None of hers have undergone evolution, yet, so the subject is one she's quite interested in. She usually wouldn't go out of her way to engage a stranger, but....well, perhaps this girl has some worthwhile information about the subject, since she's obviously had some experience with it.]]

If they don't want to evolve, you can't force it. You have to let them decide for themselves if it's what they want.

...I don't quite understand it all myself, but I believe that's the basic gist of it.

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[islandshore]

Some Pokémon don't want to evolve. It's a pain sometimes, since evolved Pokémon are way stronger, but I've learned that you can't always brute force it.

[He sighs.]

I mean, you could try talking it over with her, but generally if a Pokémon doesn't want to evolve, it's tough work convincing them otherwise.

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[trailweblaze]

I guess she just doesn't want to.

_{[shrug. SORRY ASTRID NO DEATH WEASEL FOR YOU.]}

[video] /strolls in late

[tapestodiane]

Two of mine don't seem to care much to evolve, either. My best guess is that some don't want to and others just might not be ready. The information as to when they should evolve is probably more of an approximation than fact.

_{[NO BIG, no worries.]}