005 // @strange.magic: video

[suckstobestrange]

[Hello Riverview! The feed blinks on to show Stephen, who might be looking somewhat under the weather here, paler than normal, the dark circles under his eyes a bit deeper. But that's not what he's here about, so like fuck he's acknowledging that!]

So is there anyone around who's a bit more up on Pokemon than I am? I was told they evolved as a method of growth, but I was unaware it was such a... sudden thing. One minute Wong was normal size, the next he's, well-

[The camera is turned, showing Wong, who is no longer the Lillipup that folk might remember but a Herdier. He's also three times his previous size, as seen by the fact that sitting up he was barely fitting on the small pillow-style dog bed just visible.]

Also, anyone who knows how to get him to stop doing this would be appreciated. [The camera pans lower to show that the dog bed was in fact upside down, having been pushed off the nearby sofa onto Sirius. The black lab hasn't moved even with bed and other dog on him, a long-suffering look sent Stephens way, as well as a slow thump of his tail.

He'd move but he's had enough of Wong's bamboozling for one day, thanks.]

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[wiccant]

There are dog training books that could help?

[suckstobestrange]

Would that help? I mean he looks like a dog sure, but he's not one. I figured Pokemon training and dog training were different.

[Just gonna scoop the Herdier up and nudge the bed off poor Sirius.]

[wiccant]

Pretty sure dog training books work on a lot of things.

( bet he could train tommy with some helpful hints from them. )

With Pokemon it's mostly. . fight them until their health gets low, throw a pokeball, heal them up at a pokecenter, and then summon them into battle. Later gens had poke-play rooms and poke puffs to feed them to help up their affection, but.

[suckstobestrange]

...I don't know anything about poke-puffs, I just give him dog food same as Sirius.

[He's only sitting down to plunk Wong into his lap, it totally wasn't because he swayed for a second there he wasn't dizzy at all. Absolutely fine.]

And bacon on occasion.

[wiccant]

It probably doesn't hurt. Giving him dog food, I mean.

( poekfood is good but he doubts dog food is going to cause any harm. )

I swear everyone in the Sanctum runs on bacon.

[suckstobestrange]

So far he seems to be alright. Vet agrees, for all Wong hates his guts.

Makes grocery shopping real simple.

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[wingedman]

[Sam's commentary comes from Stephen's device, because he's just offering it from somewhere in the background.]

Except for when the eldritch horrors are on sale so you buy them in bulk to stock up. Real bad idea.

[wiccant]

Yeah, please don't. I already had to chase one back into the fridge once, and that was nightmare fuel enough.