Radical Sway
Space Cowboy
- Location
- The Bebop
When Astra figures out human psychics are a thing that exists will she chill out about having to hide so much?
Hyphen (Pokemon Emerald)
- Location
- Canada, probably
No, that's whismodes. Like octopus.
Dermonster
The Shittiest Wizard
The formal name for a group of Whismur is called a 'Sussuration.' —Me, who made this fact up just now.
Corresponding names for Loudred and Exploud are a 'Concert' and a 'Cacophony'.
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Wait then didnt I title this wrong—aaaaaaaa
also oh shit we passed 1000 posts. Nice.
Corresponding names for Loudred and Exploud are a 'Concert' and a 'Cacophony'.
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Wait then didnt I title this wrong—aaaaaaaa
also oh shit we passed 1000 posts. Nice.
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Well I don't know Astra, probably the same way that you could set the sky on fire!
Well, hard to say...
She does seem to have thrown out a Bigby's Forceful Hand strong enough to whammy her brain. Something like that might raise some questions. Though everyone was pretty confused at the time and Exploude could have just decided that fists were more entertaining.
But Brendan did seem to be rather surprised by something when staring straight at Astra while...
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Then again, There are lots of reasons for people's eyes to bulge, like feeling some amount of fear due to being in a fight for your life.... The staring less so... unless Astra had some messy injury she hasn't noticed or an embarrassing stain on her
The Froggy Ninja
The Blade Will Never Die
I mean, it did attack them for something someone else did and refused to listen to reason. Plus, the Whismur being surprised he listened to her indicates he's a pretty shitty "my way or the highway" leader under most circumstances.
Not in Person
Once Known as The Nobody
- Location
- A place
EDIT: Oh, slap my face and roll my eyes. May is saying: "If the Whismur starts screaming, I will yell, too".
I think the Exploud will not regret punching May anytime soon.
"Darn noisy kids, trespassin on mah property, raisin a ruckus".
Honestly, I can kind of understand the Exploud. Imagine that you're going about your business, a bit cranky from the earthquake last night, and from the construction workers that just HAD to start fixing the road at SIX in the morning. And then suddenly, all kids in your neighbourhood start crying. As a responsible adult, you go to check what's happened. Apparently, some ruffians were harassing them with awful noises. Naturally, you'd get more cross, instead of less. One of the more... impressionable kids begins to tell you about the strangers being actually kind - bless his heart for trying to emphathise, but he'll get himself into a big heap of trouble one day. Anyway, just then, one of the "kind" strangers yells at you and throws a flaming chicken at your head. Which breathes fire. In your face. That wouldn't improve your mood one bit. And after you give them a very stern warning to get right out - in the, you know, universal language of physical threats - instead of beating it, the strangers begin to beat you. Who wouldn't go off the rocker at that?
My guess is, only the calmest of individuals, or those who fully intended from the start to avoid any violence. A slim margin. I don't think anybody in that evolutionary line has that kind of temperament.
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Of you are having difficulty setting your mountain on fire, you are using insufficient quantities of chlorine trifluoride.
Honestly, halfway through the chapter all the that started with "whis" stopped being words.
Onmur
Archangel of Nutella.
Well, it's really all on either the Aqua Grunt who has an amazing ability to cause trouble, or on our heroes, who didn't clobber him on the head first thing.
Oh, and Astra, of course:
Awesome fight! ...though having that guy get away after, what, 3 chapters of pursuit is really frustrating.
Oh well, evolutions, so not a waste of time.
Great chapter, thank you!
Oh well, evolutions, so not a waste of time.
Great chapter, thank you!
Flairina
Least Omnipotent Goddess
- Location
- The next infinity over
Personally, I'd have gone with Cacophony for a group of Loudred, while a group of Exploud is just an AAAAAAAHHHH, referencing either the last sound you are likely to ever hear, or the sound one generally makes while running away from them.
Anyways, great chapter! The triple evolution was unexpected, but you pulled it off pretty well. I'll agree with @LordSunshine that having the grunt get away after such an extended pursuit is kind of frustrating, but it's not like they get arrested in the games proper, so I suppose it only makes sense.
In other news, Whismur is cute, Brandon is smart, and poor Astra seems to have residual trauma from blowing open a hole in the sky. Even accounting for the Exploud's scream and Brendan and May's presence, this seems like a deeper problem. Hopefully she'll manage to overcome it soon - she just evolved, now is supposed to be the time to experiment with all the cool new stuff she can do! Especially with the fighting type gym coming up... not that any of her Pokemon could learn psychic moves from her right now anyways, but it's the principle of the thing.
Looking forward to the next one!
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Archeo Lumiere
The Prince's Archivist
- Location
- Lumiose City, Kalos
- Pronouns
- He/Him/They/Them
Nah you're good, a group of Pokemon is defined by its known leader, not the majority composition. Thus, this group of Whismur known to be led by an Exploud is still a cacophony, while if known leadership changes to a Loudred at some point, it would become a concert. -me, who just made up this fact now to console you.
Onmur
Archangel of Nutella.
- Location
- Earth
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Not a murmuration? I'm not sure if that's what you're referencing.
Though I don't think earth-bound animals can really murmurate.
Dermonster
The Shittiest Wizard
Susurrus means 'whismpering, muttering, or rustling'.
Groups of animals have some weird names sometimes. Murder of crows, for a basic example.
So sussuration fits for a group of Whismur, because they're very quiet. Until they aren't.
- Location
- Earth
- Pronouns
- She/Her
I thought, since sussurate is a synonym with murmur, that might be what you were going for. Though a murnuration is more an ecological phenomenon than a mere collection of birds.
Except they had to go through the Exploud to get out of the cave.
Not in Person
Once Known as The Nobody
- Location
- A place
I have a feeling the Exploud was too angry to notice that.
Flairina
Least Omnipotent Goddess
- Location
- The next infinity over
...hey, wait a second. I just noticed:
That was posted seven days before we got the chapter in which everyone gets pounded into the dirt by an Exploud... Derm, how very evil of you.
That was posted seven days before we got the chapter in which everyone gets pounded into the dirt by an Exploud... Derm, how very evil of you.
Dermonster
The Shittiest Wizard
...hey, wait a second. I just noticed:
That was posted seven days before we got the chapter in which everyone gets pounded into the dirt by an Exploud... Derm, how very evil of you.
(Hehehehehehe~)
SmashQueen
Professional duck-cat.
...Does that mean Astra is going to fake her pokemon having a psychic attack while she just stands there like an innocent violinist? She doesn't even know the limits of what her team can learn so... That might be fun lol
- Location
- Australia, mate
Would Astra even know about Psychic being strong against Fighting?
- Location
- Canada, probably
I suppose it depends if she's encountered any. She knows that Dark types are dirty friggin' cheaters, but that's because she's helped fend off poochyena attacks. There aren't any wild Fighting types on Route 102, though.
She probably won't know all about types until she goes to Roxanne's school. Does she even know May's type? She certainly shouldn't know Brendan's...
- Location
- Canada, probably
Well, she hasn't figured out Brendan's type yet. May's, though…
Astra has a guess.
Dermonster
The Shittiest Wizard
Astra asked May about Types once and ended up flirting with her. She's not too keen to have a repeat experience, which I am sure some of you are dissapointed about.
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