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OLD: third [video]; backdated to 9/14

[The Pokegear flicks on to focus on Ziva's face, with a hint of a smile on it. Wordlessly, she turns the video to face the couch she's been sleeping on, where a brown and tan egg is wrapped in blankets, twitching and beginning to crack. Ari's standing nearby, staring at the egg with his muzzle resting on the arm of the couch.]

Tohru, the egg you gave me is hatching.

[With that, welcome to egg-hatching theater. It doesn't take long for the shell to glow and vanish, leaving a tiny little fluffball of an Eevee--all floppy ears and giant eyes and tiny paws, who promptly shakes herself off and squeaks happily.]

I think I will name her Tali.

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_{[... Ohhhh, she had an egg!]

[He's wondering if she's planning on eating it, but then, humans don't seem to go for that kind of thing, so-- ... oh gods what.]

[WHAT.]

[That wasn't a dragon.]

[OR a bird.]

[Or anything else that Toothless, being a wild animal and therefore generally aware of how those kinds of things work, knows come from eggs.]

[When the feed comes on, he is visibly baffled, making little huffing noises and staring at the newly-hatched Eevee.]}

[She's working under the assumption that Pokemon eggs aren't kosher anyway, or even edible. I mean. Some of the shit that comes out of those things, man.]

You're cute when you're utterly perplexed, you know that Toothless?

Ziva smiles and the Eevee trills in greeting, or maybe she's telling Toothless he looks funny, who knows.]

Have you not seen a Pokemon egg hatching before, Toothless?

It seems like a lot of people have those.

[ Did she just see a dog hatch from an egg? Very weird ] Is that a dog?

They are commonly bred, yes. I do not think they are very common in the wild.

It seems to be a bit more similar to a fox.

So where do you get them from?

Which just hatched from an egg. I thought foxes were born not hatched?

_{[He knows he's cute, that's for sure! But being cute isn't on his mind at the moment, clearly. He's bobbing back and forth in front of the camera a bit, just looking incredibly unsettled.]}

Nnnn. Nn. Nnn nn nn.

_{[That's apparently his answer. NO. NO HE HAS NOT.]}

[Aww, love.]

'No.'

[She will get you to talk right sooner or later, boy.]

They all hatch from eggs.

[man, platypi would blow his freaking mind.]

I received this one from a friend. Some of the people here specialize in breeding, instead of training.

[Shrug.]

Where we are from, yes.

Yeah I've heard of the Breeding Center.

[Ziva nods.]

You can get various eggs from them. There are others that have them, occasionally.

_{[At least he's got the general sound down! HE'S LEARNIN'.]

[Wrinkling up his nose, he just... continues to stare at the Eevee. Yep, platypus would probably blow his mind-- although at least it's got a beak, so on second thought he'd be able to process 'four-legged beaked thing that hatches from an egg' as maybe some kind of dragon.]}

Gg's?

[YES, BUT IF SHE CORRECTS YOU YOU'LL LEARN FASTER. maybe.]

[Said Eevee is closer to the screen now, as Ziva sits down next to it--he can probably get a good look at it now.]

Pokemon eggs.

_{[He pauses, squinting. THERE ARE NO EGGSHELLS. Why are there no eggshells? This is ludicrous.]

[Clearly she made it disappear by a trick of some kind.]

[So he snorts loudly through his nostrils and proceeds to give her a dubious look.]

[HE'S ONTO YOUR GAME, LADY.]}

Jhiva.

[Hey, don't expect her to explain video game logic, she's never played one before in her life.]

[Shrug.]

I am not lying, Toothless.

[obviously he needs to get sent an egg, though she's pretty sure he'd chew on it.]

I guess breeding's a big thing here then.

So everything here comes from eggs?

_{[BUT WHERE ARE THE EGGSHELLS??]

[When she shrugs at him, he snorts, frowns, and starts bobbing back and forth some more, unsettled.]}

Jhiva jhiva jhiva jhiva...!

_{[WHERE ARE THE EGGSHELLS THIS MAKES NO SEEEEEEENSE--]

[... and yes. Yes, he almost definitely would. Eggs are delicious.]}

[DON'T ASK HER SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHERE THIS VIDEO GAME LOGIC COMES FROM EITHER.]

[orz how to explain this shit is beyond her. She's pretty sure he has no frame of reference whatsoever. She just figures it's the same as when they evolve, but she doesn't know how to explaaaaain that. At least in a way that he'll understand. Stupid language barriers.]

[Frowning, she goes to find a piece of paper and a pen, thinking that maybe she can communicate this by drawing. First, she draws a Houndour, then a Houndoom, pointing to Ari once she shows the picture.]

[Then she draws an egg, and an Eevee, and points to Tali.]

[...no, she has no idea if any of that will get through to him.]

A safe guess to make. There is a group in Goldenrod City that specialize in it, not to mention the others.

As far as I know.

I didn't know there were so many people doing it.

I guess that makes them easier to pass around.

_{[Yeah, and it's... pretty hard to explain even COMPLETELY NORMAL things to Toothless sometimes, so there you go.]

[He wrinkles up his nose, squinting very hard at the drawings.]}

.... Wat.

_{[... Apparently it didn't work. :( ... At least he used a word like it should be used, though!]}

[Ooh, very good! Proper word usage and all, she's so proud.]

I do not know.

[Shrug, puzzled look. You can read that, right?]

_{[Shrugs, he can read! Hiccup shrugged a lot.]

[So he just sort of ... looks sad. ZIVA YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO KNOW EVERYTHING.]}

Jhiva.

[SHE KNOWS, KINDA. She just. Doesn't know how to explain it to you, orz. :C sad dragon in snow.]

If you do not try to eat it, I can get you an egg--then you can see for yourself.

_{[... Sorry Ziva. Though he heard all of what you said, everything apart from 'get you an egg' went in one ear and out the other.]

[Which is why he is suddenly perked-up and excited-looking.]}

'gg. 'gg. 'gg.

[Of course. They could be considered food. Facepalm.]

Not for eating.

_{[.... FACE FALLING.]}

Wat?

[Darn that kicked puppy face.]

Pokemon egg not for eating.

[Trying to keep it simple.]

Yes, well. Not everyone likes the idea of sending them out to fight.

That it does. These Pokeballs help in that regard, as well.

I know that I don't.

What do you do?

People just give them away?

I am a trainer. My team does fight, but I do not force them to if they do not want to.

[All of her team really does kind of enjoy it, that she's seen.]

Sometimes, yes, though it is safer to assume that the eggs are being sold. It is also common for people who have left to leave their teams behind.

[That's how she got Vicky, anyway.]

At least you're kind to them. It just feels too much like dog fighting to me.

[That's kinda literal in Ziva's case, what with her team full of dogs and/or vaguely canine-ish critters.]

If they enjoy it, I do not see the harm. It is a way to exercise their abilities, and they do learn from it.

I've seen those messages. There's been a lot of them lately.

Maybe, it just seems cruel.

[slight smile]

Perhaps my frame of reference is different than most.

Yes, there have been.

Yeah, that would make a difference. As long as they're not hurt - or at least if you're kind it's not so bad.

Did you know any of them?

_{[He wrinkles his nose.]

[You're his pal, Ziva, but he doesn't like this whole thing where you tell him he is not supposed to eat things that are CLEARLY meant to be eaten!]

[So he lets out a sulky HUFF.]}

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