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17th treasure [video]

[Ah, such a lovely day this is. Seriously, it has everything needed for perfection: a wobbly video feed, a fluffy lime green afro taking up most of said feed, a Relicanth swiftly swimming away from said afro, and an original score -crashing waves, Eevee screams, the shouts of a hundred furious souls- that matches the action perfectly.]

Look at that fish go-

[For a man who has to deal with an Eevee screaming in his ear and digging his claws in his shoulder, Ash sounds much too gleeful. The image starts to turn around, shaking even more as it moves.]

-and look at those turtles follow!

[Ash also sounds much too cheerful for a man being pursued by dozens of angry Tirtougas. He might even sound like he's laughing.

...He is laughing. Oh hell.]

Looks like they're gaining on us. Afrodite, show them what we can do!

[Not that anyone else will get to see what exactly that is, because Evo chooses that moment to try and get away from this madness, hitting the Gear in the process.]

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Along with some form of lowered standards concerning logic and physics, I assume?

That goes without saying.

...I've lowered my standards concerning everything else. Might as well go all the way.

That's the spirit. I'd suggest not going too far down that rabbit hole, though.

Because that way lies madness and sentient garbage?

...the sentient garbage is actually less unusual for me if you apply certain explanations to it, but the fact that it's apparently a biological organism... yes, definitely.

...I'd mention the fact that it can reproduce, but that would explain a lot about regular garbage.

Well, as I was saying, it would make sense if it was some sort of magical construct or some sort of spirit that happened to be possessing garbage. However, the fact that it can reproduce at all, much less in the same manner as the majority of Pokemon and with Pokemon that aren't garbage, sends it straight back into dangerous territory.

You have to wonder why any other species would even want to breed with garbage, possible or not. That sounds like an easy way to get rare and nasty illnesses that might not be apparent on a Poison-type.

...differing standards of attractiveness and the fact that no matter how likely it seems, Pokemon only get sick once in a blue moon, I suppose... but ugh, I would hope that my Pokemon have better taste than that.

You could always just tell them not to do it, but then that might convince them to pull a romeo and Juliet on you.

Somehow, I suspect I wouldn't even feel bad about them rushing into a stupid, easily avoidable death.

Even if you had to deal with a whole scene's worth of wailing and melodrama from the rest of your team after the fact?

Ah, but it would result in them overcoming all their differences and my entire team functioning perfectly.

...That's true. Are their current differences that much of a problem?

Well, I do have a fair bit of them and Pokemon have fairly distinct personalities... obviously, you're going to have some individuals on your team who don't quite get along. Granted, being selective of which ones I allow out of their Pokeballs at any given time has prevented things from escalating, but it would be nice to not have to limit any possible combinations if I ever need to have several Pokemon out at once.

If they only don't get along, it's not so bad. Most of the time they can be made to work together for a good cause, even if only grudgingly and for a short period of time. But you don't have any that are dangerous to the rest of your team, do you?

It's rather likely that they're not going to have good synergy, though, which could possibly mean the difference between victory and defeat.

I'm not sure, honestly. It's difficult to get to know a Pokemon until you've spent a reasonable amount of time training it. So far, I haven't noticed any problems outside of minor personality clashes, but it's difficult to say if that will continue to be my experience.

Synergy is most important during double and triple battles, though, and most trainers don't bother with those. Not that you wouldn't want to have it anyway, but it's less dire than, say, making sure two of your Pokémon don't try to claw each other's eyes out.

Oh, most certainly-but there's a difference between being as close to optimal as possible and merely not having a terrible go of things.

True, if you can aim for the first the second looks more and more undesirable every day.

Honestly, settling for the inferior choice is barely even an option. I really can't imagine why anyone would do it.

Sometimes the inferior choice would be a great upgrade, sadly enough.

True enough, I suppose... though, I really hope to never be in a situation like that.

I don't think it's too common. Overly violent Pokémon appear to be the minority, even if most enjoy fighting.