timelymaid | ninth bubble; video/action for goldenrod.

[ Aradia's pretty clearly somewhere busy - the breeding convention, day 2, as it happens! - when the image goes live. She'll just give the gear a bright smile before starting up. ]

Hey! I've got...three things? Yes, three things today! The first one is pretty obvious. [ But she'll spin the gear around to catch sight of the booth and eggs and her compatriots at the booth at that point in time. ] We've got a booth at the convention, and if you're not in Goldenrod, I've attached a list of what we have to offer! Just in case.

The second one is sort of related! I don't know how many of you know Sollux Captor - tallish, likes blue and red, he types with double I's and swaps twos for s's - but! As it happens he's also really, really good at coding! And because he's also really helpful when he wants to be, he's made a pretty nifty application, which you can download at the end of this transmission. To summarize it, it's a spreadsheet-type thing that allows you to enter your roster - or at least anyone you feel like entering - so anyone else with that application could view it. I admittedly just asked him to make it for me so I'd have an easier time keeping track of ours, but I mentioned it to a few people who seemed interested, so why not? There was a lot of collaboration for this convention, if booths are anything to go by, so I think some people might find it useful!

Entering your roster doesn't mean you have to agree to anything! But if by chance someone has a pokemon you'd like to do something with and you're far away from one another, the lovely Saber - she runs the Breeding Centre! - has agreed to let people use the BC as a staging area. And that's it on that count!

My third thing is rather a long way off - Francis and I were talking about parades, and how it would be neat if there were any, but since there's absolutely no way we'd pull it off in a short period of time, we were considering trying to do something for next Christmas? Oh, and in Kanto and Johto both. Basically we're at the stage of asking people what they think, and asking if anyone wants to be involved!

And I think that's - oh, no, wait! A belated HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Ren Jinguji - his birthday was on Valentine's! And everyone should be sure to say happy birthday to Sollux on the twenty-second! And that's really all I have, so I'll end this here.

[ Breeding applications + eggs. ]

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-so this convention is offering things to people out of town, as well?

[Don't mind her distracted face. She's perusing the list of eggs Aradia put up.]

Yep! A lot of the other booths are doing the same thing, offering things to people further out. It's just practical, really.

[ She doesn't mind in the least! ]

That makes sense, with trainers spread so far apart from each other.

...does it take any special experience to raise a Pokemon from hatching?

I don't believe so. At least, nothing that you can't gain on the go! It helps to have an egg sling to carry the egg around - I can include that, if need be! - and that can be helpful for some of the smaller hatchlings, too.

There's diets to look at, of course, and training them up - but I think it's pretty rewarding overall.

Oh good- And I would appreciate the sling, thank you! Hopefully I'll have time for them to grow, since we'll be in Viridian City for a while, at least. Though I'm not certain how small they would be.

I was looking at the "Swablu" and "Eevee" eggs?

Those pokemon are fairly small! Swablu like to sit on heads, by the way - Eevee are, oh, the size of a small barkbeast? ...Er, dog.

Oh, that's alright! I wouldn't mind being a perch. I actually miss having a hat.

-and, I've never heard that term before, but yes. My friend's starter is an Eevee, and I suspect a young one. I just wasn't sure how small they start out.

They all grow into their proper sizes pretty quickly, so...expect that size within a few days. And if you're interested in those two eggs, I can send them to the pokecenter nearest you.

-that's very quick, then, unless the eggs are bigger than I assume.

I'm in Pallet Town, but my friend and I are heading to Viridian very soon. Will it be alright if I pick it up at the center, there?

It's one of those things that doesn't make sense! You know how big Onix are, right...? It's sort of interesting, really.

Absolutely! I'll send them and the sling there.

-I guess I should just be happy we don't have to carry that egg full-size.

But thank you! Do I send you the money through the center, when I arrive?

...I'm not sure how anyone would manage that. The thought of it is sort of worrying, actually!

And yes, that's fine. You can send the money via the gears or the center, whichever you prefer.

You'd probably be stuck where it appeared, until it hatched. Unless another Pokemon could carry it.

But thank you - if we can exchange money over the gear, I'll send it right away!

It would be really inconvenient!

And we can - that's one of the nice things about them. You can do a lot on them!

Yes- video chats are possible back home, but I've never had a phone quite like this.

I never really had a phone or video chats - just my computer. So this is nice!

-are you more used to talking through messages then?

Actually, yes! I always feel most comfortable in text messages, but I really like the video and voice functions, too.