#2 Pokemon Breeding 101─Deirdre Brennan

[Cal Emerson]

Cal had pretty much zoned out for the entire lecture. Though thankfully the teacher had wrote just about everything down on the board. He wasn't sure if he could memorize everything, so with a sigh he got out a piece of paper and started messily scrawling all the notes he could. He wasn't sure if she'd erase it soon so he quickly copied everything. Since he had studied breeding so much on his own time he really didn't have any questions. So after he finished writing all the notes he went back to his daydreaming. Hopefully he wouldn't miss anything too important, that wouldn't be good would it.

[Vivienne Montmarche]

Vivienne's shorthand was tight and cramped, but she kept up with the flow of the lecture with ease; she made sure to pause and put a star next to the Fairy type. The Kalosian had a feeling she'd be getting several members of that egg group in particular over the course of her career as a trainer. Maybe even all of them? Who knew? Having already asked about Baby Pokemon and gotten her answer though, the pink-haired young woman declined to raise her hand again when the teacher asked the room for any more queries. Maybe if she could speak to her during her office hours, or perhaps a little bit before or after class for a gist on the class notes she'd missed from the first session?

[Akihito Kamakura]

As the teacher went around answering the questions of the other students he watched the Nidoqueen. She looked continent sitting looking out the window. A lot of the time he had no idea what Pokémon where thinking. Even the greatest Professors didn't know everything about Pokémon. Just recently they had discovered a new type, Fairy. Now the people from Kalos had discovered this but nonetheless it had changed the battles. Like his poor Drago getting slaughtered by Serias Marill. After the teacher was done answering the questions she went into the explanation of the different groups.

As she explained everything Aki pulled his laptop out and started typing the notes down. He had to place Drago on the floor before he did so and the tiny Dragon just looked up and him. After a few seconds Drago laid down and took a nap.

[Alice Geissler]

She had to take note of the egg groups that the teacher had explained to the class. It looked like Flynn had belonged to the Bug egg group while Missy belonged to the Amorphous egg group. While the gray ghost was listening to what the teacher had to say, the moth larvae kept right on dozing off. And some students in the classroom looked a little bored to actually listen to the lecture. And where could that girl with the Espurr be? She hadn't seen her around, but only for the first round of class. Perhaps, the girl had simply wandered off somewhere while class was going on. And the Nidoqueen looked like she was apprehensive about something which could be thought back to the invasion that happened a month ago. The invasion had been in her mind lately, but the fact remained that this terrorist group could strike back at any time.

[James Wharton]

Huh, Staryu was a genderless Pokemon apparently, or from what he understood at least.  Well, that was just another thing he had learned in this class, and just another topic he wrote down in his note book.  This time however he wrote it neatly, as he wasn't in a rush since the teacher was answering questions still.  After he finished writing down his little bit of information on Staryu he began to listen to the teacher once more, and write the important information that she was giving.  Honestly, she was just talking so fast, which didn't help with his already not so easily deciphered fast handwriting.  And oh god, did she go on forever and ever with information about this and that.  Eventually he just had to write about half of what she said about one subject to simply keep up with what she had to say.


Oh look, she had written notes of these subjects on the board, great.  He had spent so much time looking down at his note book while writing what she said that he didn't even notice she wrote some simple notes on the board.  This was just great, great.  But he couldn't so anything about it, so he simply rested his hand upon his desk, which was now tired from all that writing.  Honestly, if he was going to write this much each class he didn't know how he was going to keep up.  

[Tanya Christianson]

There she went again, talking about all these things and overloading them with a whole bunch of information. Tanya began writing furiously, her handwriting slurring a little due to the pace at which she was writing. It was becoming harder for her to keep up and she hoped that her writing didn't become illegible by the end of the class.

There were a lot of egg types though, enough to make her want to research what type each of her pokemon were before heading over to the breeding center. Since most pokemon were in the Field Egg Group, she wouldn't be surprised if a lot of her pokemon were in that egg group as well. Still, it wouldn't hurt to do her research. Maybe they were in her pokedex.

[Annie Prince]

Annie's notes quickly came to be fairly comprehensive. In the margins of her paper, she scribbled additional thoughts related to the subject: Consider possible groups for the Pokémon I have. Senka and Zlatan--possibly both Field group? Test this one. Tomislav, probably Grass group. Marinko is definitely a Water group, but which one? Any additional groups possible for any of those? And really, what could Dusana possibly be? Field? Mineral? Ask questions after class. Trial and error might be of use too. She considered asking her questions during class, on the off chance that anyone else cared to know about those specific examples, but she thought that what she wanted to know was probably too specific for anyone else to care.

Once she had finished her feverish writing, she lifted her head and looked around. Most of her classmates seemed to also be either writing as well or considering their own thoughts. They had obviously gotten plenty of interesting information today.

[Crispin Yates]

The bastard was grateful that the breeding teacher spoke as slowly as she did.  Even with as horrendous his handwriting was and as quickly he wrote, he was just able to keep up with her as she went over the egg groups.  He was a bit confused by them at some points, but made sure to just mark the areas he was unsure about to read up on better once he had the time.  Comparing his own notes to those on the board, he finally nodded and put his pen on his notebook and sat back, arms crossed on the desk.  He couldn't think of anything immediate he wanted to ask, but if he thought of something he would be sure to come back and ask it then.

[Deirdre Brennan]

Seeing as no one had any questions, Deirdre smiled and nodded. That should have been good, right? In her opinion this class was simple enough to start the basics, but opened the door to a more exciting hands-on class soon. Sure it was a lot of note taking, but now that they all had it down it would make life much easier. After all, without knowing what can breed with what, you can’t do very much down the road!

Sure enough, Quince tapped a hoof on the ground to signal the eggs were hatching, and the teacher beamed. “It’s that time again, then. If you were here last week, I’m sure you all know what Quince is telling us now, and if you weren’t, well, feel free to come to the back of the class to see.” Deirdre, the Luxray, and the Sylveon all hurried to the back of the class, and the Nidoqueen stood to observe from her spot as well. Just as before, the eggs by the Rapidash started to move and crack in what was suddenly becoming a routine.

The teacher knelt by the eggs, eyes sparkling, as she looked around the class. This time the vast majority of the class participated, making the decision harder. Eventually she chose mostly at random, though those who participated more probably had slightly better odds in the back of her mind. Calling over the students by their first name so she didn’t make the same faux pas she did last class, she handed them their rewards. “Vivienne, Benji, and James, thank you for your participation. Thank you so much everyone else who did as well, but sadly I’ve only got three babies. For the rest of the class, however, I of course have plenty of eggs just like last time.” As she spoke she gave out the hatchlings, handing Vivienne the newly hatched Tropius, who almost seemed to be growing to full size before their eyes; to Benji the newly hatched Riolu, who seemed quite sleepy still; and to James the newly hatched Shinx, who was quite bewildered by it all.

Hobbling over to the same closet as last time, she opened it and smiled to the class. “Just stop by here on your way out and I’ll hand you an egg. I hope you all have a wonderful rest of your day, and hope to see you again next time. If anyone needed to see me after class with regards to todays lesson, just let me know. I have no problem with staying here a bit late to help out.” As the class presumably filed out, she would hand each student an egg at random from the seemingly neverending closet full of eggs. It was a long day, and each student definitely earned their reward.

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As before, the hatchlings were chosen at random for those who participated, with those who participated more having a higher chance.  The eggs were chosen with an RNG for the rest of class.
Hatchling Information;
Shinx; Female, Intimidate─Bite, Roar, Swagger, Scary Face, and the egg move Ice Fang
Tropius; Male, Solar Power─Air Slash, Bestow, Leaf Storm, Synthesis, and the egg move Slam
Riolu; Male, Steadfast─Reversal, Screech, Nasty Plot, Final Gambit, and the egg move Blaze Kick

The rest of the egg dispersion:
To Alice goes a Happiny egg.
To Akihito goes a Mudkip egg.
To Tanya goes a Ryhorn egg.
To Aile goes a Psyduck egg.
To Cal goes a Goldeen egg.
To Annie goes a Sableye egg.
To William goes a Wingull egg.
To Crispin goes a Gothita egg.
To Richard goes a Piplup egg.
Be sure to claim your egg (or hatchling) in the final parting notes (like this little section here) of your post. If anyone doesn't claim their eggs before I close the thread, the egg will be lost. Once you have the egg, you're welcome to do what you will with it; whether you want to trade it with another student or not is up to you.
Also, if you would like for Deirdre to have an after-class thread, please say so in these notes as well.  

[Akihito Kamakura]

Waiting for the teacher to start talking again. He finished the last little bit of notes on his laptop and closed it. It seemed like they were done taking notes. Suddenly the Rapidash tapped his hoof and he looked at the fiery unicorn. Then Ms. Brennan said what the tapping meant the eggs that the Rapidash was protecting were hatching. He had seen many eggs hatch with growing up at a breeding center. So this wasn't anything new to Aki. But he stood and Drago the Axew got on his shoulder and they watched at the eggs hatched. First it was a Tropius, who was given to a young girl named Vivienne. Then the Riolu was given to Benji. The last one was a Shins, the tiny electric Pokémon looked around the room in amazement.

After the newly hatched Pokemon was handed out the teacher announced that everyone else was receiving a random egg from the egg room. Packing up his laptop he made his way over in line. Drago was still on his shoulder and he waited his turn. Getting to the front he smiled at the teacher. She handed him an egg, Aki took it and held it in both arms. "Thank you, Miss Brennan. Have a good day." He said in his Kalosian accent, nodding and smiling again hr left the class room.

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Action: Aki claimed the Mudkip egg

[Tanya Christianson]

Next thing she realized, the class was over and Tanya was a little disappointed that she didn't get one of the newly hatched pokemon. At the same time though, there would've been a sort of weird irony if she got given the Shinx again. Still, the girl from the contest club managed to get a Tropius, a pretty impressive looking pokemon and one from her region, and another kid got a Riolu! Trying to hide her disappointment, Tanya went over to get the customary egg for this class.

It turned out to be a Rhyhorn egg. She already had a Rhyhorn. Any attempt at hiding her disappointment was gone as a disgruntled frown appeared on her face. She probably should be grateful. After all, she did somehow get access to all these eggs and were giving them away to the students. At the same time though, she felt she probably could've gotten something she didn't already have yet. Letting out a sigh, she looked towards Nicholas, who had been following closely behind her.

"You want to talk to your parent?" Tanya asked, the Luxio trying to look proud, before eventually nodding his head and conceding that he wanted to talk. With that, she headed towards Ms. Brennan.

Notes: Taking the Rhyhorn egg and want to have an after-class thread with Ms. Brennan.

[Benji Aldaine]

Benji finished writing his notes and put his notebook away. It seemed the class was wrapping up and with that to his surprise the eggs that the Rapidash was guarding were beginning to hatch! He jumped up and quickly went to look before it got too crowded. His Eevee followed right by his feet and they watched in amazement as three eggs hatched. Before he really knew what was going on the teacher had said his name and was handing him a newly hatched Riolu. He carefully cradled it in his arms and it snuggled into his chest falling asleep. He looked up at the teacher shocked. He had only expected to get an egg, not a hatched Pokemon. And a Riolu was something he had really wanted so this was amazing. It payed off participating in class...he'd remember that for the others.

"Thank you Ms. Brennan!" he said happily as he bowed to her. Slowly he made his way through the crowd of students that were getting their eggs and exited the classroom. Castiel seemed a bit curious on what Benji was holding, so he bent down to let the Eevee sniff the Riolu. "Hmm what will I name you?" He said softly at the sleeping Pokemon. That wasn't important right now, he could figure that out later. With a smile he stood back up and headed off to the dorm before the baby woke up.

Action: Benji claimed the hatched Riolu.

[Cal Emerson]

Cal had already finished writing his notes and was about to doze off when he noticed everyone rushing to the front of the class. "Wha..." he said sleepily and let out a huge yawn. It seemed something was going on so he followed the others. Since he was slow there was a huge crowd, but he was taller than everyone so he could easily see over them. Some eggs were hatching and he rubbed his eyes to get a better look. A Tropius, a Riolu, and a Shinx were handed out to some students that had participated alot. He frowned slightly, maybe being distracted and sleepy wasn't the best idea. He'd have to be more alert next time. Though the teacher still said the others would get eggs, so he waited in line for his turn. He was handed a Goldeen egg. Not exactly a Pokemon he wanted, but it was a water-type so that was cool. Shrugging, he thanked the teacher and stashed the egg safely in his bag. He let out another yawn as he left the class, and headed back to the Wave dorms to take a nap.

Action: Cal took the Goldeen egg.

[Alice Geissler]

And the class was done which also provided another miracle for the students to see in the classroom. The three hatched Pokemon were different than the ones that the teacher handed out as eggs, but the one egg she was handed was a Happiny egg. Happiny wasn’t a bad Pokemon at all, but it could potentially grow to be a strong battler or maybe even a supporter for her team. The others were handed different eggs and for once, she actually was glad that she had gotten a cute pink Pokemon for her team once the Happiny egg hatched. She recalled Missy the Misdreavus back inside her Pokeball and picked the Happiny egg up, held it within her arms and left the classroom along with Flynn who followed her out and looked at the strange pink egg that his trainer was holding.

Note: Alice claimed the Happiny egg.

[Vivienne Montmarche]

Vivienne's cheeks burned when she was given the baby Tropius. The little dinosaur had turned out to be not-so-little as it grew before her eyes into a fairly large Pokemon. She looked up at it, holding her Budew close, and it leaned down and gave her a quick sniff, then licked the side of her face. She started giggling at it, before grabbing the Pokeball it would stay in. All she needed to do was pick a name for the Tropius, a boy one from what she heard from Ms. Brennan, and maybe get around to using him. He might not have been a fairy type, but who knew? Maybe she could come up with a decent combination for him and Praline.

"Th-thank you, Miss Brennan." She said, offering her teacher a small smile on her way out. All she needed to do was find someone's notes from the first class, and she'd be set.

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Action - Vivienne claimed the freshly hatched Tropius