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OHHHHHHHHHHHHH I LOVE THIS IT'S BEAUTIFUL!!!! Thank you so much <3
There is now a bunch of little Wooper statues everywhere. Or were they?
No they were definitely alive, as they became a chorus of excited "woo-pahs" all around Volo.
Oh--what a sweet delight! Timebending powers could carry such a huge risk every time they were used, but leave it to Celebi to demonstrate the best possible use of them. Ever since he unlocked his past life as a Kitzoro he hasn't been used to Pokémon approaching him so freely--but perhaps this is a stroke of luck, or Celebi has taken the time to ensure these ones would be friendly. A reward, maybe, for the fact that he's so outspoken about the judicious use of abilities such as timeline retconning due to the horrors his father inflicted on him with it? Either way, he should thank Celebi for it.
Three of his young descendants are playing nearby in the field, chasing each other among the bushes--an Afro-Latina Yumean girl named Dulce, a Shenhuanese-Yumean girl named Tovah, and a Galarian-Yumean boy named Islwyn. He beckons them over to see.
"Come here, come here~" he says, bending down to the Woopers' level and sitting on the ground. "It's time for a Grandpa Volo history lesson!"
Dulce and Tovah come sprinting over as soon as they see the Woopers, Dulce's Afro bouncing with her eagerness; Volo gives them a little "ah ah ah, be gentle" and both, being good girls, slow immediately. Meanwhile, the blue-haired Islwyn is more cautious; shy and sensitive and withdrawn, the noise makes him hesitate at first.
"Come on," Tovah says, beckoning to him with Volo. "They're so cute, aren't they?"
"Indeed they are. Why don't you come and get to know them?"
The children approach respectfully, holding out Poké Treats to the travelers in time. The Woopers closest to them enthusiastically toddle over and start eating out of their hands.
"Okay, so can anyone tell me what these Pokémon are?" Volo asks.
"Mudkip…?" Islwyn questions.
Dulce's hand shoots in the air.
"They're Woopers!" she shouts enthusiastically.
"You are correct! You've been studying this world well," he says, impressed she should be the first to recognize them when she spends most of her time in a world without Pokémon. "Now, can anyone tell me what kind of Woopers they are?"
The children are silent at first, but then Islwyn raises his hand a little uncertainly.
"I'm thinking…Orre," he says. "They look like rocks, and there are a lot of rocks there."
Tovah shakes her head.
"They look like statues carved in some of the Eastern regions," she observes thoughtfully. "They look a bit like some of the statues we have, but not quite. So maybe I'm guessing they're from…Kitakami?"
"I don't know. I swear I saw some statues looking exactly like this when Mommy and Daddy took me to Johto," Dulce says. "That puts them in…Tohjo maybe? If it's not there, Hisui. Grampa knows all about all the old Pokémon in Hisui."
"Right again, Dulce. They are Woopers from historical Tohjo."
Islwyn looks down, embarrassed. He's the oldest one there--eight years old whereas his companions are four and six--but he feels like he knows nothing compared to them.
"Now," Volo says, "I'm going to let you all use some of your Aura sensing abilities. Can anyone tell me what typing they are?"
The children close their eyes. Instantly telling the type of an unknown Pokémon is something that comes naturally to Volo, but it's something that has to be trained in his descendants--and that's what things like this are for. Finally, Islwyn raises his hand and mumbles something.
"Yes, what is it?" Volo says gently.
"Rock and Water," he says a little more loudly, stimming with the hem of his shirt. Then he looks down. He doesn't think of himself as particularly intelligent. "But I'm probably wrong again."
"No, you did an excellent job!" Volo says, ruffling Islwyn's hair. "Tohjoese Wooper are a Rock and Water type ancestral Pokémon. They are often found near large and deep water, or rivers like this one--" he gestures to the river next to them--"and their evolution is called Knollsire. Upon evolution, they grow bigger, and their tails resemble stone slabs with writing. These tails can be used to hold evil spirits."
"I have a question," Dulce says. "If an evil spirit gets trapped in a Knollsire's tail, can it come back out?"
"I would presume not. Why?"
"Well, you see, back home there's a bully at school and I was thinking if I had a Knollsire I could have it trap some spirits and then--"
Volo chuckles and shakes his head.
"I'm not legally allowed to encourage this behavior. But if you decide to do it anyway, I heard nothing." He winks.
"They're very friendly," Tovah giggles as her Wooper hops into her lap. "I guess they really like people?"
"Absolutely they do!" Volo says. "These Wooper love observing humans and human life so they can learn everything about us. Knollsire are even known for using their bodies to make bridges across rivers so humans can cross!"
He turns to Islwyn and Dulce, whose Woopers have started to fetch them stones from the riverbank.
"Is this…normal?" Islwyn says, as he stacks the rocks between his legs.
"Oh yes. It's one of their most notable behaviors. They've seen humans building houses and figured out stones are important, so they like giving humans pebbles. The bigger they are, the more they like you~"
Islwyn smiles as he sees the Wooper give him a rock the size of his fist. Dulce flashes a similarly sized rock and teasingly says, "Mine is bigger."
"Now, it's getting late. The last thing before we go home--" he has to remove some of the Woopers who are clambering all over him--"Can anyone tell me what became of Tohjoese Woopers, and why they aren't around today? Hint: Erosion."
The children turn and murmur amongst themselves, trying to figure out the answer. At last, Dulce looks up.
"Did they all just…Erode away?"
"You're almost there," Volo says. "There certainly was erosion…Of a sort."
More murmuring as they try to find the answer. The two girls seem a little stuck. But Islwyn looks down at his Wooper and closes his eyes again, reaching out with his Aura sensing to see what, if anything, about the Woopers could possibly have changed. He picks up plenty of Rock-type Aura in his, but there's something else there. The Aura itself is like a sediment about to shift and disperse…
Suddenly his hand shoots up.
"Oh! Oh! I know!" he says, the words rushing out of him as he speaks too fast. "They eroded into Ground-types!"
"You got that with your Aura sensing, didn't you?" Volo is positively beaming with pride. "They didn’t erode as much as breed into Ground-types, but same basic principle. You get an extra ice cream mochi after dinner for that one, Islwyn. Don't look down on yourself--you really do have a gift."
The little boy's shy face breaks into a giant smile and he jumps up and down happily before the girls hug him, sharing in his triumph.
When Volo beckons the children home, they take each of their Woopers into their loving arms, and the rest follow behind their grandfather. Today is such a beautiful day--full of joy and learning, a beautiful sweet miracle, and a word of comfort and praise that will be remembered for years to come.
Dual typing, grass/fairy!
“So like a flower! Or a flower fairy, maybe! Like celebi!”
celebi isn’t a fairy type.
Gives the lady a baby Pichu to hold. "She likes to wiggle."
“Oh!!”
Anzu seems delighted. The squirmy little thing starts to wiggle, and Anzu kneels down to show her Cubone. The little cub laughs, and Anzu does too.
“She’s so sweet! What’s her name?”
I think Popplio/Primerina works well with Anzu. Shea currently not in the best situation and can sorta get used doesn't she? By people who aren't the best, if she's not careful (them thin rocket connections). Tohjoese Primerina is based off of the Ningyo who were hunted for their flesh, so people can be immortal. While not as extreme, her gentle nature could be taken advantage of. Similar to wild Primerina who had been hunted who were simply existing.
“Eh — you think I can be used easily…?”
She’s not wrong. Anzu laughs, a little flustered, as she toys with her hair, twirling it around her finger.
“Oh! But popplio is very cute! I’m sure a Tohjoese Popplio is very cute too! Ehe… thank you, Yuri-san…!”