friendyousohard | 3rd Spell: [Video/Action for Goldenrod]

[South of Goldenrod, fairly close to Ilex Forest, Twilight is wrapping up her training for the day.]

Alright Starswirl, Spike, let's head back, before it gets too-

Excuse me!

[She jumps at the interruption, accidentally bumping the record button on her gear as she does so, and turns to see a large, heavy-set man beaming at her.]

Miss, you are a trainer, correct?

[Twilight pauses for a brief moment and glances at her two Pokemon before nodding. Is this a serious question?]

Then clearly you are in need of the move Headbutt! I shall teach it to one of your Pokemon, yes?

Um... thanks for the offer, but the only Pokemon I have that can learn it is Starswirl, and he's not really a physical attacker-

Ah, but headbutt is useful for much more than just as an attack! Why, if you were to use it on a tree like this one, you could knock a sleeping Pokemon right out of it! Watch!

Wait, what exactly are you-

[But the overeager tutor doesn't listen in the slightest, jogging right up to a nearby tree and headbutting it with all his strength. And indeed, a Pokemon does fall out... a very angry Heracross, to be precise.]

You see! A Pokemon fell out! But they are dangerous when disturbed from a nap, so be careful.

You're one to talk! Spike, get it before it hurts someone!

[As the Dragonair lunges forward to attack, Twilight bumps the button again, cutting off the recording. So only those who are actually there will get to see her catch her third Pokemon, Megasoma the Heracross. She'll answer responses to her video after the fight though.]

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I'm not sure that's an excuse so much as an extremely worrying explanation.

Maybe both.

He was helpful though, no matter how... strange.

Did you catch the bug, at least?

That I did. And from what the Pokedex says he's quite a catch. Heracross seem to be a pretty powerful species.

I can believe that.

Looked like a Hercules Beetle or something.

I don't think I've ever head of that species before. Something from your world?

... Oh.

Uh, yeah, I guess so.

I keep forgetting not everybody has regular animals where they come from.

... Define "regular". We have thousands of types of animals in our world, some stranger than others.

... I guess 'regular' is relative.

Yes. Yes it is.

Though I guess some things would be universally strange... like Parasprites.

... What's a Parasprite?

An adorable little creature that looks like a ball with wings.

It also eats everything in sight and reproduces incredibly rapidly.

... Sounds obnoxious.

That's putting it incredibly mildly.

Do you have anything like it where you come from?

Yeah.

Rabbits.

Rabbits? We have them back where I come from and they've never been all that much of a problem.

Well, I mean, I've never had a problem with them. But the phrase 'multiply like rabbits' exists for a reason.

Other than them... I dunno.

Locusts?

Hmmm... that's actually a good point. If we didn't have ponies like Fluttershy around keeping them in check, I can see where they could be quite a problem.

[Like that one rabbit stampede Applejack managed to cause.]

Oh, Locusts. I haven't actually seen them, but I've heard and read stories. Yeah, they sound horrible.

Oh, that's her job? Appropriate.

_{[Heather hasn't talked to the pink-haired girl a TON, but if there was ever a personality more suited to taking care of a bunch of fluffy bunnies, it's probably THAT.]}

Yeah.

They're even considered a plague.

Like, that status is normally reserved for diseases.

Oh, you've met her? Yes, she's an animal caretaker back home. With the sort of experience she has, she'd probably be a very, very good trainer if she weren't adamantly against letting her Pokemon fight, truth be told.

[Sometimes it's a pity she's such a pacifist, really.]

A plague of locusts... that sounds poetic. Sure conjures up some nasty mental images.

Well, talked to her anyway.

_{[Heather got the impression that she SCARED her half the time...]}

N'yeah.

Not that I've ever seen one, but according to like... every culture's history ever, they're pretty brutal.

[Oh, probably. It's a pretty easy thing to do.]

Every culture? Wow, so they're not only destructive, they're also widespread. That's pretty awful.

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