[Game Thread] Pokerole: Mount Coronet Mystery

[Dragonstrike]

Musical Trainer-guy takes good look at the Egg Felix's pointing out, picking it up even and comparing it with the others with lots of 'Hmmmmm's and lots of glasses-adjusting. He also gives Felix a questioning look as he can't make out any difference between this Egg and the others, but he chooses to simply trust Felix in this case - He's a Breeder after all! "Within a day, you're sayin'... Sounds about fine, yes~"

Mechanical stuff

We'll take this Vulpix Egg IF it can be assumed that it will start with 2/2 or 1/2 in Happiness/Loyalty as opposed to the standard 3/3 for hatched Pokemon: 'Not as attached to you' worries me a little, neither me nor Kee want a sad and downcasted kitsune when I can prevent it. :C

His further words however arise a puzzled look from Kee as he stares at Felix for a solid minute before hesitantly responding: "Eh, no... I don't know how newborns are! O-Octavia came to me as within an Egg as a kind gift, but she was super-fond of me from the start on after hatching, and I never got another Egg, any Egg, since then...!!" He shakes his head slightly to clear his mind, dirty-blond hair's flying everywhere. "But, yeah, I won't have her battle alone until she's ready to do so.... Well, 's long smol Vulpix won't dislike me after hatching or bite my hand when I try to groom her, it should be okay. Say, you've maybe got anything I can take along that'd make her the seperation from your Ninetales easier and more comfortable? I don't know, maybe a blanket you used to cover the Eggs or a favored toy. I'll pay for that!" (up to 500$)

"Newborn pokemon tend to be happier around trainers who have been carrying their eggs around for awhile.  If you had Octavia's egg for a good amount of time before she hatched, then that would probably explain why she's so attached to you.  She probably looks up to you as a father figure to some degree.  The same can be said for almost any newly hatched pokemon.  You seem to have done a good job with Octavia, so I'm sure you'll do fine with Vulpix as well."

Felix looks thoughtful at Kee's suggestion.

"...hmmm...well, that's not a bad idea, actually.  Can't say customers usually ask about those kinds of things, but having something like that might be helpful, yeah.  Here, I think I have something."

Felix goes to the back of the cart he's using to transport the eggs, moves a few of them around carefully, then starts digging through the stuff in the back.  When he finds what he's looking for, he pops back up with a blanket in his hand and a smile on his face.  He holds it up with one hand to show Kee.

"Ninetales would lay on this a lot while we were incubating the eggs back home.  It should still have her scent on it, which should hopefully help make the newborn with being more comfortable around you.  Just let them smell it a lot so that they know you're a friend. of someone familiar."

Felix can part with that blanket for $300.  He can always get a new one without needing to spend much on it, but there is a little sentimental value that needs to be accounted for as well.