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[wakalaka4osaka]

[There's not a whole lot of preamble here- Osaka just switches on her 'gear and starts talking, looking VERY SERIOUS as she sits in the Pokecenter.]So I was just wonderin'... Squirtle's a water-type, right? An' it's this tiny turtle that evolves into Wartortle an' Blastoise? I kinda get the 'tortle' part of Wartortle, and the 'blast' part of

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[usedkunai]

Sometimes I think half the names exist just to confuse us...

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[wakalaka4osaka]

I know, right? Like 'Remoraid.'

... it's not actually a bandaid.

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[usedkunai]

I think Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan are pretty ridiculous too. Do Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan even exist in this place?

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[wakalaka4osaka]

Probably not. Unless...

[She lowers her voice to a hushed conspiratorial tone.] ... maybe Bruce Lee an' Jackie Chan are secretly a Hitmonlee an' Hitmonchan.

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[explosivecombat]

But can they really be considered 'kings' if they've named themselves?

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[wakalaka4osaka]

They coulda had this big vote or somethin'. You know, to see who's best suited to becomin' the kings.

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[explosivecombat]

[Kimblee will just be glancing away from the feed at his...companion of a Voltorb down there before looking back to respond; he won't delude himself into thinking this conversation is anything but absurd at this point, but it's clearly entertaining him at the very least.]

Perhaps, although I imagine it would be difficult to get a unified vote. A fair amount of them aren't exactly suited for ballots.

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[wakalaka4osaka]

[Oh, this suits her JUST fine.]

... that's probably why the vote got all screwed up. I bet it was rigged by the water-type mafia. That's why we only got a few non-water kings.

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[islandshore]

[Oh, look! A Blastoise with cool shades is approaching with a very deadpan look! She speaks in a series of growls and grunts that prooobably sound like...]

Groooarrrgh. Grrgh.

[It probably translate to, "Poor swimmer? You wish! Those 'Kings' can suck it." She even sticks out her tongue and waves one claw around.

Luckily, Riku isn't too far behind. He just shakes his head at his ridiculous turtle.]

I think Zen's offended by that story, but she's pretty full of herself.

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[wakalaka4osaka]

Ah... sorry 'bout that. Didn't mean nothin' by it.

[She turns to the water-type and raises a hand up to it.] Besides, that whole Blastoise-swimming thing's gotta have taken place a real long time ago, so it's all water under the bridge.

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[islandshore]

[Pffff. She just shakes her head and grunts... but at least she doesn't look angry. Just amused.]

It's an interesting theory, at least.

[If a bit weird.]

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[wakalaka4osaka]

Isn't it? I bet there're a trillion of other stories 'bout all these names, just waitin' to be brought to light.

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[breakthroughit]

You might be overthinking this a lil'bit.

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[wakalaka4osaka]

Huh? You think so?

Then what do you think's the reason for those names?

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[breakthroughit]

Dunno. But not everything's gotta make sense.

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[wakalaka4osaka]

In a world like this, I kinda feel like there's a reason for everything.

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[junebugfuji]

That's a very creative spin on things. I never thought about it that way before. When you think of it like that then Charmander, Charmeleon, and Charizard's names make a lot more sense too.

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[wakalaka4osaka]

Yeah...

But I always thought that Charmander's evolution thingy would go 'Charmander, Firemander, Pyromander' or somethin'.

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[junebugfuji]

Well, I think since Charmander looks like a Salamander, and Charmeleon looks sort of like a chameleon and Charizard is... basically a lizard... Hm, well maybe they don't make as much sense as I thought. [ Sheepish laugh. ]

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[wakalaka4osaka]

Ah, it could work from an evolutionary kinda thing! 'Cause chameleons are stronger than salamanders, an' then you got lizards...