TENTH REBELLION ❅ AUDIO

[glaciates]

I've got a few questions, particularly about that new type of Pokémon. Well, they're not exact new anymore... Anyway, can anyone tell me what the Fairy-type is good against and weak against? I haven't fought very many of them and I don't have any, so I've been curious about that.

[There's a pause while Isaac figures out what to ask next.]

...I'm also curious about why so many new Pokémon showed up. I don't think anyone's going to have an actual answer for that, but I'm interested in hearing your thoughts on it. Why did so many new ones show up? Why did a new type appear? How did Pokémon that previously weren't the Fairy-type become the Fairy-type?

[Another pause.]

Ah, actually, if you have a Pokémon that was previously a different type and became a Fairy-type, did you notice anything strange when that happened?

[And now for something different: yet another pause! This one's longer while Isaac attempts to find a way to end this.]

Yeah, I know I'm late, but it's been something I've been thinking about. So uh... thanks for your time.

[Well, he tried.]

Comments

[loveisanopendoor]

Oh, I can answer that! I have lots of Fairy types, and they're really, really tough! They're totally immune to Dragon-type attacks, and they make even the strongest and scariest Fighting types and Dark types look like they're easy pickings! They can't do much against Poison-types, though, or Steel-types. ...Oh, but to be fair, those types are more suited for defense than offense, so it's hard to take them down by using their weaknesses!

[glaciates]

Sounds like you've got a lot of information on them. I can't believe they're completely immune to Dragon-type attacks though, that's impressive. Poison- and Steel-type though, huh...

[There's a pause while Isaac thinks about it. He should probably raise things that aren't Water- and Ice-types...]

What kind of Fairy-type Pokémon do you have?

[loveisanopendoor]

I know, right? My poor Dragon Pokemon may be huge, but they're so scared of my cute little Sylveon...

Oh, but I have all different kinds! Clefairy and Jigglypuff are my favorites, but I also have a Togetic and a Floette, and a Spritzee and a Swirlix! And a Klefki and a Sylveon, too!

[glaciates]

Oh wow, sounds like you've collected a lot of them. Were you here before we found out about the Fairy-type?

[loveisanopendoor]

I was, but not for too much longer! Only for a couple of months before then. I was really surprised when my Jigglypuff became part-Fairy! One day just out of nowhere it happened, it was weird! I mean, I certainly wasn't complaining, but it was right after that whole thing on Mt Silver happened, so Arceus might have had something to do with it...

[glaciates]

Did anything happen when it changed types or was it something you only noticed when you were training it?

[loveisanopendoor]

No, there wasn't any sort of fanfare about it one way or the other. It just sort of happened, so it wasn't like it evolved or anything. Jigglypuff's whole moveset changed up a bit, too, to learn some Fairy moves it can use! Which makes sense, since Disarming Voice seems right up its alley...

[glaciates]

Huh. I wonder if it noticed the difference right away...

[If it had, it probably would have tried to get your attention or something, right?? Who knows, he's never raised a Jigglypuff.]

You mentioned a lot of other ones I didn't recognize - are they some of the newer ones that showed up here?

[loveisanopendoor]

I think she did, because all of a sudden she was trying to intimidate my Haxorus...

[And it was working, as silly as the mental image is.]

Well, Clefairy and Jigglypuff and Togetic are Pokemon that had the Fairy-type just added to them, but all of the others are ones that came here during those swarms! I have pretty much all of the new Pokemon here that are Fairies, I think, except maybe one? I think there's one that's part-Rock out there, but I'm not quite sure where I can find one now. Maybe in a cool cave somewhere...

[glaciates]

Carbink? I think that's the name of it.

[Kimblee has one for some reason. Probably because it can explode or something...]

Are you collecting them?

[loveisanopendoor]

Not quite! I love Normal-types and Fairy-types, but catching them all seems like a bit of a daunting task...

[glaciates]

Oh yeah, definitely. I don't know exactly how many Fairy-types there are, but there are a lot of Normal-types. You could be here for years and still not have them all.

[He knows from experience. Though he's been collecting Ice-types and failing so...]

[loveisanopendoor]

My sister has a lot of Ice-types, but I don't think she has anywhere near them all, either...as for Fairy-types, with all of the ones that changed type, I'm not quite sure exactly how many there are myself. I'd like to try to get a whole bunch, though!

Video

[nvcr]

Oh! Um, I wouldn't worry about the sudden appearance of a new type too much; I mean, plenty of natural laws change without warning, right?

I don't really raise them, besides these keys that I always end up with too many of.

[glaciates]

[Oh, hi again. We're two sentences in and already Isaac's lost, so we're doing good today.]

Uh, no... most natural laws don't change without warning...

[CECIL WHY]

What keys?

ugh work has been kicking my ass

[nvcr]

Oh. Uh.

[Right, he um...still needs to get used to that.]

Y'know, the really jingly-floaty keys that steal other keys in a display of some sort of metal-based prestige?

[video]

[fatalissimo]

[Oh, hey you.

She knows Isaac's weird as hell about actually visibly showing up on the network, but she doesn't mind; if he goes video for her then he does, if not she'll do weird onesided Skypeing, no big deal.]

...So did something kick your ass, or are you really just asking because of curiosity?

[video - locked]

[glaciates]

[After a moment of thought, Isaac switches over to video as well. He's locking it down immediately though, just to be safe. It's not like he has anything top secret to say but he is still weird about showing himself on the network.]

Well, it wasn't that it kicked my ass, but I was having a hard time beating up a Snubbull. Dark-type moves weren't doing anything to it. I've been curious about it for awhile now, I just didn't really think about it until that happened.

[fatalissimo]

[...Beastmaster, you are a weirdo but you know what, she'll take it.]

...The Snubbulls of all things got a type change?

[WELL THIS IS NEWS]

[glaciates]

Yeah, that's what I don't get. Things like Jigglypuff and Clefairy make sense, but Snubbull? I really wasn't expecting that.

[fatalissimo]

Well, damn. I know what I'm going to be doing next time I go on one of those routes, then.

[glaciates]

Are you going to catch one of them?

[fatalissimo]

Why wouldn't I? Fairy-types are surprisingly good.

[glaciates]

I was just curious. I've never raised one before.

[fatalissimo]

Well, yeah. I figured as much, since you didn't know about the type change.

[Tact, Nonon, for fuck's sake.]

I don't know why so many new things showed up, though; I guess I figured it's just something that happens around here once in a while. Stuff migrates or something.

[glaciates]

I'd get it if it was just a few new ones showing up here, but there were a lot of them. It's kind of weird to think about. I should probably just get used to crazy things happening here.

[fatalissimo]

You mean you're not yet?

[glaciates]

Every time I think I am something else happens that I'm not prepared for, so no, I guess I'm not.

[fatalissimo]

...Well, if we're going to be fair about it, there's kind of a sliding scale of weirdness around here. "New stuff crawling out of the bushes once in a while" is on one end; "a bunch of maniacs try to end the world" is probably on the other.

[glaciates]

Well yeah, that's definitely true. I guess there's no way to prepare for that.

[fatalissimo]

Depends on the maniacs, I guess. The local ones are kind of loud about it.

[glaciates]

Team Rocket's at least constant. I mean there's Seth, but otherwise Team Rocket doesn't really do that much.

[fatalissimo]

...And then there's the guy who took over an island or something, and the other guy who felt the need to declare himself King of Everything.

[glaciates]

...Well, one of them's Cobra and he usually doesn't accomplish anything, so I guess it was just a matter of time before he actually succeeded at something. I don't know what the other guy's deal was though.