Video 3: Someone's Got a New Toy

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[When the feed turns on, it's immediately obvious that Jack is excited about something. He's practically bouncing, and if he had his powers, he'd definitely be in the air by now. Instead, he has to settle for grinning at the feed.]

Okay. This? This is the best thing ever!

[He turns the gear around to find Phil the Seel looking surprisingly smug for a Seel.]

Okay, Phil. Let's go. Show 'em your new trick.

[Even off-camera, the excitement in Jack's voice is obvious. And contagious, from the sound Phil makes as he shifts to face a large tree that has apparently been used for target practice this morning. As he concentrates, a block of ice starts to form just in front of his horn before he launches it at the tree where it shatters spectacularly. Somebody is learning Ice Shard, apparently.

Jack comes back in the shot with a whoop. You can almost see the gears turning as Jack thinks of all the things he can do with Phil's new talents.]

How awesome is that? He'll be making snowballs in no time.



((OOC: In case you're lame clueless unused to Pokemon like I am, Phil's Ice Shard is similar to the Mamoswine's here. Less powerful, obviously, but he's still learning.))

Comments

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[Shinji tilts his head. Who gets that excited about snowballs?]

So you are one of these people who take thousands of pictures of their pets and then post them to networks.... well, whatever you like, I guess.

[Wait, cooler?]

...are you going to teach your Pokemon how to lower the temperature of its ice attacks?

[video]

[justanexpression]

[Winter spirits, that's who.]

What? No, why-

[He pauses, then glances at Phil.]

Could he do that?

[video]

[griptape]

[Now that was actually a good question.]

I would imagine he could? That would make sense if an Ice-type Pokemon's ice got colder as the Pokemon grew stronger... but I haven't been here long enough to have anything to back this theory up, so I wouldn't take my word for it if I were you... You should ask people who have trained Ice-types for a long time.

[video]

[justanexpression]

[It's a seriously good question. Jack needs more ice types to test this already.]

Yeah, I will. Hey, thanks. If that's actually possible, I'll need to try it.

[video]

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Is that seal the only Ice-type you have for now? Probably not enough for some real testing... maybe I should give you the furball but I don't really want to part with him...

[Oh, there was something...]

You'd better ask other people to clarify but I heard that there's a move Ice-type Pokemon can learn that is so cold that the oponent stands no chance. If you ask me, it's quite cruel...

[video]

[justanexpression]

He's still a water-type right now, but he's getting stronger all the time, so it won't be too long, right, Phil?

-Seel!-

Right! And I'll get more on my own, don't worry. The offer's nice, though.

And yeah, somebody mentioned that. I think they called it Blizzard or something.

[video]

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If you end up getting a Swinub, be warned, they eat so much you'll never catch a break... or it's just the furball without any restraint.

[The video shifts to the piglet Pokemon and his full bowl. It doesn't take him long to empty it.]

Blizzard, huh... Maybe that's how it was called but I can't shake off the feeling that it was something... Colder.

[OHKO move, thy name is Sheer Cold]

[video]

[justanexpression]

[Jack laughs.]

I'll keep that in mind, thanks.

[The rest, though... He glances at Phil.]

Well... I don't really want to hurt anybody, just have fun with it. So if it's any colder than Blizzard, I don't know if it's what we're looking for. I'll look out for it, though.

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I'm pretty sure just Blizzard can hurt and make Pokemon faint as well, it's a giant ice storm after all... I don't know about you or other people but I wouldn't particularly enjoy getting hit with that move... okay, maybe there are some who are fond of this but it's rather safe to assume that they are not the majority...