berkthorn | Second Flight. [text from blackthorn city.]

Turns out that when you spend all your time flying around the world having your pokemon destroy inn furniture, you kind of run out of money.

[And he's way too stubborn to accept Carmen paying for everything all the time, even with her unexplained reserves of cash. So here he goes...!]

To fix that, I'm taking commissions for leather goods! I've been doing this for...just about forever, so I can make just about anything put of whatever this world's version of leather is, really -- saddles, bags, saddles with bags, coats, coats with bags, bags with hidden bags, you get the idea. I can also work with metal, but I'd rather not make any weapons. I'm thinking more along the lines of prosthetic limbs (not that most of you have need for that) or jewelry.

Depending on what it is, we can talk out a price that works. Call in today and receive a free egg or bunny rock thing with your order!

Or just call in if you want the pokemon and something crafted, I guess. I'll have a list of egg moves for the ones I have on hand, but if that's all you want then I'll need to ask you to pay for them. The daily swarm pokemon just need a good home. Haven't seen what these new guys can do in battle yet, but if you're in a pinch, they make an excellent dragon-repelling disco ball*!

*May or may not actually repel dragons. The scientists are still hard at work on that one.

[And as promised, HERE is his egg list, attached to the message! It includes pictures of Eevee, Arcanine, Scrafty, Emolga, and the mysterious Carbink, with notes that the Arcanine and Scrafty are evolved forms. Also shown are examples of things he's made (warning: that last one is a gif.)

EGGS STILL AVAILABLE.]

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Future -- People plan that sort of thing?

I've always...just let them choose as they wish.

This comes from a trainer's experience and not a breeder's, mind you, but quite a few of my Pokémon do not particularly care about their partner, so long as it's not my Ditto. Thus, I sometimes suggest matches to see what sort of moves the children will know upon hatching.

Huh... Mine have always been a bit picky, I guess -- or there's Hookfang, who's just obsessed with wooing one Arcanine, apparently.

[Hiccup makes a bit of a face, wondering yet again why Vicky would ever choose to have eggs with Hookfang, before shrugging.]

I guess that's something I'll have to look into more in the future.

The strength of that devotion is to be admired, then. Rosie was much the same, years ago, but then her sweetheart... disappeared, and she decided that Onion would do if she wanted children.

[The frown that appears on his face lasts about half a second.]

It can lead to interesting results, as long as you avoid overly amorous pink blobs.

Mmn... It's hard, when loved ones are gone.

[But onto less depressing topics.]

I assume that's your Ditto, then?

That's every Ditto, truly, but I was indeed specifically thinking of mine. It'd happily get weekly eggs out of every member of my team if it could. Shall I assume that you are not one of those unlucky breeders who were told that they absolutely had to own one? It was once a very popular idea.

I...only just became a breeder recently, I guess. The last time I was here I was a trainer, so I'm still more used to thinking like one.

I see. Having to think of egg clutches as a goal rather than a surprise must be a difficult adjustment to make, especially if you spent much time as a trainer.

I did. A couple of years, not counting my time spent training dragons back home. By this point, I don't even really know if I can adjust to that... Setting pairs still sounds very weird.

Do not worry. I've no doubt you'll someday wake up and think of matching a lion and a snake or a bird and a dog as if it was perfectly normal.

[...Was that meant to reassure Hiccup, or to scare him?]

[...Well, it accomplished both.]

R-Right. Let's hope so.

You said you were a trainer, right? You seem to have the hang of breeding.

That's an accidental and unwanted situation, I assure you. My sweet Leviathan decided long ago that she liked Squall's Seifer, she told the rest of my team all about the joys of snuggling together with a loved one, and before I knew it there were eggs everywhere. Add to that Gogo the Ditto's efforts, even when he was part of another team...

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