Eighth Viking Charge [Video]

[punchandkiss]

[Astrid is in Ecruteak, and she looks...puzzled. She's frowning at her gear absently as she starts to talk.]

Okay. So, I've learned to deal with a lot here, really. Riding on the back of a giant bird, eggs that hatch into dogs, animals that get 'knocked out' instead of killed.

Ghost masks that make you think you're other people and no I am never going to talk about that.

Ghosts in general. I caught a ghost! He looks like a furry floating dark thing that grins. Which is weird. It's all weird.

But I think...this sort of wins.

[She turns the camera away now, to where her Wailmer is sitting on the ground looking gigantic and very happy. He sort of wiggles at the camera in what might be an attempt at a tail wag.]

He hatched from an egg that I could hold in my hands. Egg to that. He's HUGE. [And back to Astrid.] The 'Ball Whale Pokemon.' Seriously? And the strangest thing? Someone mailed me the egg. Anonymously. Someone looked at this and thought 'I'm going to give this whale thing to the viking girl.'

[She just shakes her head.]

I think I'm gonna name him 'Ball.'

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[strawberryredgrave]

(There's an impressed whistle.)

Not a bad Pokemon to have. You think it's big now, wait until he evolves. It'll be fucking huge, man.

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[punchandkiss]

...How much bigger? 'cause he already doesn't really fit anywhere.

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[strawberryredgrave]

I haven't seen any in person, but it evolves into a full fledged whale. So it'll probably be bigger than your whole team combined.

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[punchandkiss]

...What am I supposed to do with a whale?

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[strawberryredgrave]

Never worry about getting lost at sea?

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[for_realsies]

THAT'S SO COOL!

...But I can't see using it in many battles unless you're near an ocean.

"Ball" is kinda boring, isn't it?

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[punchandkiss]

Uh...I guess?

But it's accurate. He's a big ball of whale.

And supposedly he can fight on land. I'll have to train him somehow.

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[for_realsies]

But... is it the name he wants, it'd be kinda like if your name was Blondie.

Maybe he rolls around on land! *Imogen is so helpful.*

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[punchandkiss]

He can't exactly speak to tell me what name he wants.

[She shrugs and turns to the whale.]

Hey Ball, come over here!

[Whether responding to her voice, or the name, who knows...but the wailmer promptly...bounces...over to her. She just sighs and reaches up to give him a pat.] Good boy.

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[tacklepounce]

[ That thing is really bizarre looking, and probably the biggest Pokemon she's seen. But Nepeta's first response is, helpfully: ]

Oh my gosh, he's so cute!

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[punchandkiss]

Uhm.

...Sure? I guess. If you like big round whales.

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[tacklepounce]

Well... someone does, if they thought it would make a good present!

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[punchandkiss]

Or they just thought it would be funny.

[She has walked over to 'Ball the Wailmer' and is absently looking him over as he hops happily around.]

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[newberktown]

[He's got a goofy grin on his face as he replies. Because there were just so many things about this that were...interesting.

...Once he chooses to completely ignore all the stuff about ghosts, yep.]

I bet Helga's not seeming so silly anymore, is she?

[His 'Milk Cow Pokemon' was so much better than your 'Ball Whale Pokemon', Astrid.]

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[punchandkiss]

[She gives him an joking glare.]

A whale is still better than a cow, Hiccup. You're basically fighting with livestock. You might as well try and use a sheep.

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[newberktown]

Er... About that...

[And the scene on his side shifts to Helga the Miltank, practicing a little of her one-two punch against the air, and the creatures overseeing her training. One is Hookfang, looking bored, but the other is being oddly attentive. It is, in fact, a sheep, and similarly pink.]

I haven't had any trouble fighting with livestock, here. Helga already seems pretty strong, and Zippleback can do some damage when she wants to.

[He won't mention that she's not exactly a pokemon to come to mind when he thinks of battling. The Flaaffy was more suited for being a pillow, as long as you didn't mind your hair sticking up from the static.]

Plus, they manage to serve a practical purpose, just like back home! [He shakes his head in mock disappointment.] Whales...generally don't serve a practical purpose.

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[punchandkiss]

[Know what Astrid is going to take away from all of that, Hiccup?]

You have a fighting sheep.

[Yes, here, have an actual facepalm.]

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[brokenmemories]

A pokemon that big came out of an egg that size?

And I thought this place couldn't get any weirder... [There's still more to come Misaki..]

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[punchandkiss]

[Finally! Someone else who thinks it's crazy! She holds up a pokeball.]

And now he fits in this.

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[brokenmemories]

[She's still quite a newbie and comes from a very mundane world.]

I understand little Pokemon like my Pidove but Pokemon as big as your whale...? I don't know what would surprise me anymore.

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[punchandkiss]

Let me guess, you're new?

You'll...I want to say you'll get used to all the weird things here, but you really won't.

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[gochuugoku]

Yes, it's strange is it not? Those were some of the things I could never get used to here, aru. [Gigantic Pokemon hatching out of eggs, he means.]

I'm still not entirely sure how all Pokemon can only lay eggs, but... I think that is one of the things we are not meant to know. [And thinking about it more, he believes he may not want to know anyway.]

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[punchandkiss]

Supposedly it only happens when no one is around. Which just makes it even stranger!

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[gochuugoku]

Well, I imagine Pokemon would like their privacy too. They can seem so human-like sometimes, can't they? Especially the psychic-types.

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[punchandkiss]

I haven't really run into any psychic ones yet. I think my ghost has psychic powers maybe? [Odin's beard that would never not be weird to say.]

But yeah, sometimes they are really human. Apparently a few of them can talk.