Twenty-Fourth Flutter [Video/Action for Goldenrod.]

[3_butterflies]

[Today, Fluttershy is outside with her Mareep, Cream. She turns on the Video, for she has an inquiry.]

Um... I was wondering if somepony could help me... I've been here for quite a while, but I don't think I'm doing my job right... so... if you don't mind... maybe... somepony could teach me how to breed?

[For those of you who want Action, she is sitting on a bench, calmly brushing her sheep's wool... and every couple of seconds, gets visibly shocked by it. More like a static shock, but it does make her jerk around. Yet she continues right on brushing. ]

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[Action]

[friendyousohard]

[She shakes her hand to try to get the feeling back in it, but gives a weak little smile to try to reassure them.]

Y-yeah, I know. It's okay... She can't help it. I should've been more careful.

[Action]

[3_butterflies]

Oh, I'm just a failure at breeding and Pokemon...

[Action]

[friendyousohard]

Now stop that. You're not a failure at all, you can't possibly be. After all, you haven't tried yet. We just have to figure out the steps to this process.

[Action]

[3_butterflies]

You think we can...?

[Action]

[friendyousohard]

Of course we can. We just need to figure out where to start.

Do you have a Breeder's handbook or something that could give us some tips, maybe?

[Action]

[3_butterflies]

It should be in my bag...

[Cream grabs it from the bench with her mouth. She wants to be praised for being a good sheep. Baaaaaah.]

[Action]

[friendyousohard]

Thank you, Cream.

[Twilight takes it gingerly, careful to avoid another shock, and sits down on the bench to flip through it.]

Okay, let's see here... Basics. You need one male and one female Pokemon, they need to be from the same egg group... what's an egg group?

[Action]

[3_butterflies]

I'm not sure... maybe it means compatibility... Or things that lay eggs.

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[friendyousohard]

Is there a list of egg groups and what Pokemon belong to them in here...?

[She's already flipping back to the table of contents to check for herself as she asks that.]

Ah, here we are. Looks like there's a list of what Pokemon belong in which groups in the back. Let's see if any of yours fit together.

[Action]

[3_butterflies]

[And you will find that no, none of her are even close. Epic fail.]

What does it say...?

[Action]

[friendyousohard]

Um... I think I found your problem, Fluttershy. None of your Pokemon are in the same egg group. They can't breed with each other at all.

[Well, at least that means it's not her fault?]

[Action]

[3_butterflies]

[Sad mareep bleat. Baaaaaaa ): ]

Oh... I guess I'm not a Breeder... but I can't be a trainer...

[Action]

[friendyousohard]

You can still be a breeder, Fluttershy. Look, all you need is Pokemon that can breed with the ones you have, right?

[Action]

[3_butterflies]

But if I capture more Pokemon, that means one of the ones I already have will be sent away to the computer!

[which just seems so sad ;; ]

[Action]

[friendyousohard]

Well, yes, but they don't have to stay there. You can keep rotating them in and out, so that they can all still spend time with you.

[Action]

[3_butterflies]

I guess so... Do you think the computer will treat them well?

[Action]

[friendyousohard]

I think it'll be kind of like a long sleep for them. I don't know if Pokemon dream, but if they do, I'm sure any of yours will have wonderful dreams.

[Action]

[3_butterflies]

[She still looks a little uncertain, but manages to smile.]

That does sound very nice...

[Action]

[friendyousohard]

[Another person might have missed that uncertainty in Fluttershy's expression, but Twilight never would.]

But at the same time... if you really don't want to send them away, you shouldn't have to. There are other methods. I mean, if nothing else, I still have four slots to fill. Maybe something I'll find will take a liking to one of yours.

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[3_butterflies]

Oh, but I don't want to put pressure on your Pokemon! You should do what you want to do!

[... Speaking of which... with all of their friends gone, what is their goal? They had mostly been traveling to collect friends, set up shops, etc. So. Now what?]

... What do you want to do?

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[friendyousohard]

Ah, about that... There's something I should tell you. But you have to keep this a strict secret. No one else can know.

[Twilight's expression turns absolutely deathly serious. This is probably not the best sign in the world.]

[Action]

[3_butterflies]

Oh... okay! I won't tell anypony, I promise.

[And just to make extra sure, she leans over and covers Cream's ears. Baaaah.]

[Action]

[friendyousohard]

Alright... You're not going to like it, I'll warn you about that.

[She takes in a deep breath, and decides to just tell this in the quickest and simplest way possible, to get it over with.]

I've joined a group to take down Team Rocket.

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[3_butterflies]

[Oh, this is going to end well.]

What?! A group to... But, that sounds so dangerous! They're so many, and you're so few, and they're so scary!

[She's even shaking the Mareep in her worry. Dizzy Mareep doesn't mind too much.]

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[friendyousohard]

[She closes her eyes, trying to stay cool and collected, even if she knows that in many ways, Fluttershy's right.]

I know the dangers, Fluttershy. But I knew them when I went to face Nightmare Moon, when we took on Discord... Every time something happened that we needed to be there for. I didn't back down then. I won't do it now. They need to be stopped.