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[wing_attack]

[Tobias isn't usually the most excited and bouncy of people, but today he looks absolutely overjoyed. Why? Well... the reason is standing next to him, in the form of a bird as big as him. He has an arm around the bird's neck, grinning from ear to ear.]

Regal evolved! It took him a while, but he finally did it!

[He gives the bird a squeeze, and nuzzles his feathers. When he looks at the camera again, his cheeks are a little wet. ... He's not crying. Shush.]

Now all we need to do is to get him a Fly HM, and we can take to the skies. I'm really really proud of him. He worked really hard to do this.

[... He's gonna start crying again, so he just smiles a little shakily and turns off the recording.]

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[codpieces]

[ IT'S SO HUGE HOLY SHIT

gamzee is watching with eyes going wide the entire time. his vanillite, on the other hand, frosty brew, is actually a bit frightened— the pokemon was very very big compared to her, and just the thought of evolution made her stomach turn— did it hurt? would she be next?

would she . . . be . . . ugly???

with this, the little ice cream cone begins to cry, unable to take her eyes off the giant braviary that now replaces the little bird that wasn't too scary— but now he is. now he's huge.

she's not even sure that's still regal!!

tears forming quicker, she desperately pulls on gamzee's shirt, calling for him. help, mr. gamzee!!! i'm scared!!! but gamzee isn't scared gamzee's too amazed to even think scared

popping a chesto berry into his mouth like popcorn, he sloppily gazes. ]

Holy shit.

[wing_attack]

[Oh no! Regal lowers himself to the ground, looking at Frosty Brew. Hey! It's okay! It's still me! He squawks in a friendly manner. Now I can help keep you safe even more!]

[Tobias just grins and wipes his eyes.]

I'm just... glad. Really glad he evolved, finally.

[codpieces]

[ oh dear, he's so big—! frosty retreats a bit at first, her eyes wide and tiny little paw-hands shaking as they hold on to gamzee's shirt. the 'keep you safe' bit makes her stop, stare for a moment, then cry even more, but not because she's fearful— it really was regal! it's you still! she hiccups, fluttering over to him to hide her tiny self among his feathers as she tries to hug.

gamzee smiles at tobias— was his bro happily tearing up-? ]

He's one badass screechbeast now, brother. You seen those sparkles when be changing?

[ that was honestly the best part of evolution! ]

[wing_attack]

Yeah, I did.

[Regal lifts his head slowly with her. Going up!]

He's... I'm just glad he's happy. I can tell by how he looks, how he sounds. I...

[... Is Gamzee really the best person to tell? But Mimi knows and so he might as well tell Gamzee.]

I... used to be a bird.

[codpieces]

[ whoa hold up if he used to be a bird

then

:oO

gamzee looks like he's seen the answers to life ]

So . . . You know how to up an' fly, bro?

[video]

[captainash]

Congratulations to the two of you! The evolution from Rufflet to Braviary is the longest I've seen, but it sure is worth the effort, isn't it?

[Ash's own Braviary, Mask, chimes in with congratulations of his own from somewhere in the background.]

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[wing_attack]

It really is. He's... I guess he's more than big enough to ride once I get the Fly Hidden Machine. But I... I really love birds, and he reminds me of eagles at home...

[Regal squawks in response. He did it!]

[video]

[captainash]

I can confirm that you'll not only be able to fly together, but that you'll also do so comfortably. I guess that's one point where they go above and beyond what regular eagles can do.

[He sure did! Grabbing that silly human disk is the next step, and after that sweet glorious tag team flight!]

[video]

[wing_attack]

I'm pretty light anyway. Do you know if he would be able to carry more than one person, though? I travel with two other people and I wouldn't want to leave them behind.

[video]

[captainash]

...You know, I've never tried that. Me and smaller Pokémon, sure, but two people... They don't have Flying-types of their own?

[artificialrose]

Congratulations! It feels good when you finally reach a goal like that, doesn't it?

[Goodness knows he had to work with his Garchomp Bice.]

Do you need to borrow the HM? I have one I wouldn't mind lending to you real quick.

[wing_attack]

Yeah, it really does. And - are you sure? I don't even really know you...

[artificialrose]

It was given to me by a friend when she left this place. I'm sure that she'd much prefer it to be spread around, helping people, than just being held by only myself.

Besides, it's just borrowing!

[wing_attack]

I... okay. Thank you.

[Regal squawks in excitement. He's gonna fly! Oh boy!]

Where are you?

[artificialrose]

I'm in Goldenrod. If you're not nearby, I can always send it to you over the PC.

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[styxiedust]

Ah, wonderful! I told you it would be worth it when he eventually evolved!

[Pause. Wait, she's never actually spoken with Tobias off-anon. She doesn't actually know if this is the person she's been speaking with lately...but he has a Braviary, and she talked about a Rufflet with someone recently and told them it'd be slow but--

Ahhhh, it's just a whole lot of guesswork, she may as well roll with it.]

...Hahaha, I'm sure you can pull it off, dear.

[video]

[wing_attack]

[... Huh. Well, whatever. He'll deal with it.]

Yeah. I'm just glad that he seems happy. He seems a lot more confident, too. Maybe he was just scared because he was so small?

[video]

[styxiedust]

Perhaps, I did tell you that they were slow growers. If it's enough to make people feel bad about themselves, I'm sure Pokemon can relate to that too.

...Well, that and it's not good to be small in the wild, you're generally more likely to be eaten then. I'm sure he's happy to be off the "prey" list.

[video]

[wing_attack]

Yeah, that's true. He doesn't exactly strike me as a mighty predator, though. He's too goofy for that.

[Aaaand he's nudged in the back by Regal.]

You're just proving my point, you know.

[It's weird to hear a bird laugh, but that weird chirping noise from Regal sure sounds like laughter.]

[islandshore]

[Riku lets out a whistle of approval. Sure, he's seen big birds, but this guy's a monster as far as size goes.]

Man, bet he's just as pumped up as you. Who wouldn't be after a change that huge?

[wing_attack]

Yeah. He seems a lot happier, too.

[He flaps a little bit.]

[islandshore]

Well, it probably helps that you're proud of him. Plus, he's huge, intimidating, and strong now. Practically king of the skies.

[Or at least close to that level of strength. Other than dragons, he can't think of a bigger flying type out there.]

[wing_attack]

Pretty much. Eagles are some of the largest birds around where I'm from. He kind of reminds me of a bald eagle in a lot of ways.

[neededlassie]

Whoa!! Great job, Regal!!!

[Tobias' excitement is infectious, because it's definitely rubbed off on Shaun.]

He looks so cool now!

So are you going to go for Sabrina or Chuck? To get the Fly HM.

[wing_attack]

He really does!

[Regal squawks in what... he's attempting to come off as a friendly manner.]

Probably Chuck. I don't have anything for psychic types right now.