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[takeittothebridge]

[There's a jingle over the network as a feed flickers to life, and soon the image of Bridge appears, waving as DJ plays a quick trumpet fanfare.]

Thanks for that, DJ. [With a chuckle, he turns his attention back to what he's doing.] Hey guys. My name's Bridge, and I could use a bit of advice.

[Bridge fusses with something just a bit off screen before holding it up, revealing an egg for everyone to see.]

I came across this the other day...and I'm not really sure what to do. Is there a special way to take care of it, or will it just hatch on its own eventually?

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[acmellash]

Oh yeah, you got an egg? You want to care for it, keep it clean, warm, and make sure it's in a warm place and talk to it every day.

That's what we did with Togepi when we hatched it.

[takeittothebridge]

Yeah, I just found it one day. I've definitely been keeping it warm, but I'm kinda worried about traveling around with it. My bag doesn't feel like the safest means of transport.

[acmellash]

Ah don't worry about that! A Pokemon Egg is one of the hardiest things in the world. They're way more durable than you'd expect, and Togepi's egg went through a lot of adventures in Misty's bag -- jumping from tall cliffs, falling into water, being passed between people, it's fine!

I mean, I wouldn't recommend doing those things but when you, and I mean you in a general sense, live a life of adventure on the road, these sort of things happen.

[takeittothebridge]

Ah. Good to know then, thanks.

[Still, he'll try to be as careful as possible.]

So how long does it take for a Pokemon egg to hatch?

[acmellash]

It took Misty to hatch Togepi about uh... A quarter of a seasonAbout three weeks? After we found the egg? I think? It was pretty lengthy but we didn't even know what Togepi was at first.

[takeittothebridge]

I suppose the amount of time can differ, depending on the species. [Kind of like regular animals back home.]

So you guys had discovered a new Pokemon at the time?

[acmellash]

Yeah. Back in the day, there was only 150 documented species of Pokemon. With Togepi, it shot up to 151, and then the Johto Region added another bunch of Pokemon. And then the Hoenn Region added to the dex and then the Sinnoh Dex. And then the Unova Dex had its own fair share of Pokemon that weren't even in any other regions. Kalos had its own stuff too, but a good amount of Pokemon found in other regions, and Alola just seems to have all sorts of things like Regional Variants.

[takeittothebridge]

Man. So each new place just has a bunch of new Pokemon to learn about, huh?

[It kind of sounded like animals in his own world.]

That's pretty exciting, though, getting to see what kind of new ones could be out there.

[acmellash]

Yeah it really is. I'll bet that once we get a chance, Professor Kukui will bring everyone on a Field Trip to another region! We did that, and we went back to Kanto, my hometown for a week before returning to Alola actually.

Maybe next time we'll go to another region.

[takeittothebridge]

That must've been pretty cool. How'd it feel to be back home for a while?

[serperiority]

Well, that’s quite the intro.

Just keep it safe and warm, it’ll hatch.

You’ll know it’s time when it cracks or glows.

Be caref about predators, though!! And don’t let anyone make an omelette of it, either.

[takeittothebridge]

[He chuckles.] Thanks. DJ had been practicing all morning.

All good notes, thanks. Any way to tell what'll hatch out of it?

[serperiority]

Sadly, no... it’s usually the colours and patterns that give you a clue, but that’s a challenge even for us. I could still try to help.

Where did you find it? Was it alone? In a nest?

[takeittothebridge]

We found it near the mouth of a cave by itself. It didn't really look like a nest, it was just kind of sitting there among a few rocks.

[He holds up the Pokemon egg again.]

Anything you can tell from this?

[serperiority]

I...it, uh, is probably purple.

Sorry, I don’t think that’s a species native to my home region...

Have you tried asking Ash? He’s from Kanto and travelled to a lot of regions.

[takeittothebridge]

Yeah, I talked with him a bit. I didn't get a definitive answer from him, though.

But I guess that'll be part of fun, seeing what hatches.

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[serperiority]

Huh.

Alright, let's look at what we do know about it... it wasn't in a nest, so it's probably not a Flying type, unless the rocks you found were near a cliff or something.
It's around some rocks, so it could be a Rock or Ground type, or something else really hardy.

The patterns on the egg aren't a kind I'm familiar with, but we can typically exclude Pokemon with no similar patterns on their bodies. So the likes of Grimer and Ditto are out.

I'll try and do more research on it. Colour-based taxonomy is fairly standard...

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[serperiority]

Whatever it is, I hope it'll hatch safely, it sounds like it means a lot to you already.

[takeittothebridge]

Unless it fell out of a nest? The rocks it was around might've fallen from a cliff if some of them had gotten loose.

Would it help if we could figure out what Pokemon take residence in the cave?

[He seems a bit surprised by the last statement, and he takes a look at the egg again.]

Well...I mean, since I found it, it's not like I can just abandon it, right?

[serperiority]

That’s also possible, especially if you found no other eggs.

That’d be a big help, yes.

... it’s still kind. You could’ve abandoned it, with no one knowing...

It’s worthy of praise. Noble, even.

Alola might be different, but not everyone is all that kind where I’m from.

[That or it’s just his luck clouding his view of things, but he still means every word.]

[takeittothebridge]

...I guess that's true. I just felt bad for leaving it there.

[He figured most people would have done the same.]

But thanks. And I'll try to double back to the cave and see what kind of Pokemon live there to narrow down the search a bit.