usedlaserbeam | 027 | Goldenrod City

There's a saying, I believe, that things both bad and good come in threes. I'm not entirely certain if I subscribe to that belief, but I suppose there is something to be said for things taken in multiples being superior to ones that stand alone. Or perhaps that's simply the perspective of someone with a particular inclination toward doubles.

Though I admit I'm not averse to singles, if there should happen to be two tennis players in the same vicinity of a court. I enjoyed our game, Shiraishi-kun — let's have another again, soon.

But on the subject of doubles, today marks the second birthday I've had the occasion to observe in Johto. By local reckoning, it seems I'm now sixteen. And it also seems a few members of my roster have seen fit to observe the occasion in a manner...uniquely commemorating that. Thank goodness Marui-kun left me Tensai Jr. upon his departure a few months ago; it appears I'll be making good use of his reserves of Sleep Powder again.

And for the sake of indulging what is almost certainly a sense of morbid curiosity, a question: do any of you, reading this, have multiples of the same species of Pokemon in your roster? And if so, what is the most of any one variety you've ended up with?

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[Astrid still isn't comfortable with text.]

Why would you need more than one?

[Frankly, he was using the text to avoid the possibility of the Eeveeswarm showing up on video, but since it's here anyway — behold the guy basically drowning in fuzzy brown tails and ears and paws, Astrid.]

A question I ask myself frequently, believe me.

[Blinkblink.]

Woah.

Indeed.

[SHOVING AT EEVEES, THANK YOU.]

This time around, at least, I'm slightly more prepared than I was the last time this happened.

[She looks almost impressed.]

Did they hide the eggs again?

No, they were quite forthcoming about the fact that they'd, ah, made the decision to extend the family further. Which, having been through this ordeal once before, at least had the benefit of giving me a few weeks to prepare for the inevitable apocalypse. And this time, at least, the adults outnumber the newborns.

How many are there? Are they all staying with you?

[Oh, Federer, here it goes.]

Sixteen in all, now. Four generations total, with a few extra inheritances mixed in.

There were times when I asked myself if it was still a feasible and prudent investment, maintaining this house after my teammates all left. More and more, I'm coming to the conclusion that it wasn't simply a wise one, but ultimately a necessity.

I guess it would be lonely without a lot of pokemon around in a large house.

But I mean, people seem to give their newborn pokemon and eggs away. But you keep those.

Not by choice. Lady — my Espeon, and frankly the ringleader of this mess initially — has some particularly strong aversions to the prospect of my giving her children and grandchildren away.

And as I'm rather fond of having the use of both my hands, I generally choose to heed her...rather unique warnings.

But if they keep doing this, you're just going to end up with more and more eevees until you can't have anything else.

Thank you for articulating my most profound fear so eloquently.

For a long time, all the children were boys, and so the thought of another generation to deal with simply wasn't something I had to concern myself with. Unfortunately, the departure of two of my acquaintances left me with a pair of girls, and it seems romantic overtures finally escalated, despite my best efforts to the contrary.

Two girls. And...how many boys?

[This does sound awful, right?]

Six. Though thankfully they seem to be reasonably monogamous.

...Right.

So how many are there total?

With the addition of the new generation that just hatched today?

[He'll pan the swarm of them, wryly.]

Sixteen.

You have more Eevees than I have pokemon.

Oh? How many have you managed to collect so far?

Seven.

Well, and a mystery egg.

If I'm not mistaken, one of them is Thalassa's progeny, isn't it? A Dratini, if I recall correctly.

Yeah, Slither. He's...[Oh, a nice way to put this.] Kind of unmotivated.

He gets that from his parents, I would imagine. They do spend a great deal of time in recreation, rather than being heavily motivated toward battling.

Though if he's anything like his mother, I wouldn't soon threaten his interests, lest he prove to have a temper like hers when properly agitated.

Luckily I don't have to, Squish spends half her time trying to motivate him.

What creative names you've developed for them.

[He is the second person to mention her names!]

They're descriptive! She's a Clefairy. Squishything is descriptive.

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