[Chloe Fath]

Chloe was running late for class. She had just arrived at the school, gotten to put her things in a dorm room, and then realized one of the classes that she was most excited for was about to start. She hadn't even gotten to let the Whismur she had just received back out again. She had quickly changed into her new school clothes - cream colored to show that she was in Nature dorm. She had chosen the cream ones because they were the most discreet. They wouldn't draw very much attention to her, the way she liked to keep things.

Then again, as she dashed full tilt down the hallway towards the classroom, she probably wasn't being the most discreet. Calhoun was in her backpack, little skull-covered face peeking out, holding on for dear life. She skidded to a stop at the door, taking a couple of deep breaths, before opening the door and walking in. As she passed the teacher, she mumbled a "Sorry I'm late..." before hurrying to an empty seat in the back of the room, not next to anyone else. She held her breath for a moment, praying for the attention to move off of her, before trying to pay attention to the class. After all, she had already missed the first lesson. She hated being behind.

They seemed to be talking about egg groups, and so she got out a notebook, gently picking up Cal and setting him on the chair next to her before laying out the notebook and grabbing a pen to scribble down notes.

[Louis Beckett]

It had crossed Luu's mind that even if he had been on the island for a while, he hadn't attended any of the classes. At first he didn't really mind since there was no one telling him that he should be attending - no note, no warning, nothing. But today, he found himself wandering in front of the building where they held such sessions, and Luu heard the bustling noise inside. Should he attend..?

As he casually made his way there, he saw a girl sprint past him. The boy could only catch a glimpse of a Pokemon that was riding inside her backpack and found himself curious. Hey, if she was running to class, maybe that meant he could attend that one as well? Most of the doors around him were already closed off to new students, so Luu simply decided to follow the girl. Thank goodness he brought a notebook with him, and Gogo was as usual on his shoulder.

It didn't take him long to find the open class, and when he had glanced in, the girl was indeed there. Apparently they were talking about...Egg Groups? What was this, Pokemon Breeding? Luu hardly knew anything about such a thing, actually, but new knowledge was always welcome to the trainer. As the class seemed to be deep in discussion, he quietly slipped in and took one of the empty seats at the far back. He then took out his notebook and pencil for notes. Gogo had been looking around the room with her curiosity piqued - so many little Pokemon!

"Are those eggs behind the teacher..?" Luu mumbled to himself, wondering if that meant she was distributing them to the students here. Upon scanning the area some more, he did see that some students still had eggs with him, while others had tiny, seemingly newborn Pokemon. Huh, he mused if he could get one for himself. A new hatchling would certainly please some of his Pokemon who like taking care of the others in their team.

[Crispin Yates]

While he was already thoroughly embarrassed by the fact his egg hadn’t hatched yet, Crispin didn’t feel completely terrible when the teacher somewhat singled him out. It seemed as though everyone here was still learning, and from what she said, each Pokémon was different. At least he didn’t feel as crappy for it, now. The moment answers started to fly, Crispin resettled the egg in his lap and pulled out his laptop, placing it on the desk behind his namecard.

He didn’t type out the answers people gave just yet, just in case, but did create a new text document with the days date as the save file to keep track of his notes. From what he could tell so far he would need to take notes for today, that was for sure.  He watched the teacher and other students carefully, typing up a few words and getting ready to type more.  As he began to type out “Egg Groups” at the top of the page, the static-hungry Jove peeked out from Crispin’s hair and glanced down at the laptop, his front legs rubbing together slightly.

[Deirdre Brennan]

As the first student spoke up, Deirdre smiled. She mentally kicked herself for not specifying to only give one answer at a time so other students would have a chance to speak up and try to answer, but she honestly hadn’t expected anyone to know all of the answers, let alone want to say all of them. She was also pleasantly surprised that one of the new faces spoke up with his own answer. Her smile widened further, glad to see so many students energetic about participating. She couldn’t really fault all of them for not answering when all of the answers were accounted for, and she couldn’t fault Lilith and Jasper for saying all of them when she hadn’t said otherwise.

On top of knowing the egg groups, Deirdre was pleased to see they caught onto her trick question, too. Walking over to the board, the two ‘sleeping’ Pokémon opened their eyes. “Wonderful job Lilith, Jasper,” Deirdre said to the students while nodding to the Sylveon as she passed her. Plum yawned and stood up, walking over to the classroom door and pulling it closed with one of her ribbon-like feelers before returning to her spot near the front of the class. Now that they were officially starting class, they needed to close the door to keep from being distracted by anyone in the halls. Of course that didn’t mean newcomers would be locked out, they would just simply have to excuse themselves upon entering.

“You even caught onto the trick about Olive, well done. You’re correct, however, in that she’s unable to breed. Even scientists haven’t been able to discover why, or how, female Nidorans lose the ability to breed upon evolving. I’ll admit it’s something that’s confounded me for years, and something I have plenty of theories about but nothing concrete. But that’s a discussion for a class much further down the line. For today, we’ll just discuss the groups that are known.” Turning to the board at the front of class, Deirdre began listing down the mentioned egg groups;

Monster                 Human-Like                 Water One                 Water Two                 Water Three                 Bug                 Mineral

Flying Amorphous Field Fairy Grass Dragon

“These are all of the breedable, known groups. Ditto is in it’s own section, able to breed with absolutely any other egg group.” Reaching to her belt, she pulled out a Love Ball and released the occupant into the classroom. A Ditto materialized and yawned lazily, churning into a big puddle. Laughing, Deirdre shook her head. “This is Jujube. They can be a bit lazy, but I’m glad I brought them along with me to the island. After all, what kind of breeding teacher would I be without a Ditto to help my students learn? Juju, transform into Melon as an example for me, would you?” Seeming to hum for a brief moment, the Ditto shifted in a sudden flash into a near-perfect replica of the Luxray next to him. Near-perfect. There was just something slightly off about the mimic’s face. The real Melon huffed, shaking his great mane and scowling at Jujube. The Ditto copied him, seemingly chuckling to themselves afterwards. 

Grinning, Deirdre recalled Jujube to their ball. “As for the rest of the Egg groups, they may only breed with one in their own egg group. Listing no more than two at a time, does anyone know how to explain how one would be able to identify any of the groups? Don’t be ashamed if not, I’ll be explaining them all in a moment.” Folding her hands behind her, she smiled and watched the class carefully. She was glad she thought to limit their answers at a time, so she could give more of them the opportunity to interact if they so chose.

All while she spoke, Olive had gently taken the Inkay and tutted to it while walking back to the other hatchlings. While she was surely trying to wreak havoc in the Nidoqueen’s arms, Olive completely ignored Morrigan’s unruly behavior as she sat down next to the other babies. Olive continued to hold the Inkay, however, as though forbidding her from playing with the others until she began to behave.

[Shane Norwood]

This was all too much for him to comprehend right now. Still, the Bolt student was a diligent student in his own right. And so, as Lilith had given her rather descriptive explanation of the egg groups, and as the white-haired boy added in detail of his own, with a pen and notebook in hand Shane begun to take notes with his shiny Pichu hovering overhead as he wrote every bit of those details while they were still fresh in his mind. Although he wasn't very confident enough to actually begin breeding pokemon all on his own, he figured that this class would be the ideal starting point.

Of course, to do any sort of breeding though, he needed information. The information provided by his classmates, as well as Ms. Brennan altogether would be key. The real task would be remembering this stuff further down the road. While Lilith may have been a breeding prodigy in her own right, and in spite of her offers to help him in that category any way she could, the Kanto native felt that the only way he was going to truly learn this material as by actually executed the projects himself.

One thing was for sure though; Shane was highly mesmerized by the way teacher's pokemon worked together. What, with the Nidoqueen taking on the 'nanny' role of sorts, and the Ditto demonstrated its ability to breed with any other pokemon in existence. It was all quite fascinating indeed. But when the question of how to identify the various egg groups had come up, a spark had lit up inside of the sixteen-year-old. For some odd reason, the whole concept of grouping had sounded awfully familiar.

Tapping his chin with the pen in hand, he could vaguely recall his father, an avid breeder in his own right, explaining characteristics of these groups at some point in his days prior to leaving home. To the best of his ability, Shane would now rise to the challenge. He needed a way to show that he wasn't just here to occupy space. His desire to learn was real. He needed to way to prove this to his peers - and also to himself.

Of course...!

A puzzled expression can be seen on the face of the baby electric mouse. After taking that much needed moment to think, Shane stood firm, with his head held high as initiated the rounds of explaining what needed to be elaborated on. "Two at a time...okay, sure. Well...I think that the way we go about identifying these various egg groups is through the analysis of a pokemon's...er, appearance...? Their biological attributes, meaning those of similar traits would be able to breed with one another."

This could possibly drain all the courage he's had left in him by the time this class was concluded. Arceus help him if he was to be wrong about anything. Or...everything! "Two at a time..." he repeated, a hint of sheer nervousness.

"So, uh, the Monster group for instance is a group consisting of greatly large and formidably powerful beasts. Whether they be bipedal or quadrupedal, some of which may have tails, or claws on their hands or feet. Pokemon belonging to the Human-Like group are strictly bipedal, possessing traits similar to, well, us humans. What, with being able to stand and walk on two legs, and to fight predominantly using their arms and legs...yeah..."

Dear Arceus, please let this kid be right! Amen!

[Serena Miller]

Serena just nodded at Lithra.  With class starting in full force it would be rude to continue talking.  Most of what Jozette collected wasn't that exciting anyway.  Most of it was just trash and the occasional lost pencil.  Why she felt the need to go look for things she wasn't quite sure, but she always wished the teddiursa would stop it.

The teacher confirmed that the other students' answers were correct and jotted them down on the board.  Serena made sure to make some notes for herself because this was a lot to remember.  It was odd that some pokemon couldn't reproduce at all.  That seemed like it be really bad for the survival of the species, so how did it happen?  How were there any of that pokemon still around if they couldn't make more?  For the nidoqueen specifically that was an easy answer, but if there were others like her then how did they still exist?  It was very strange indeed.  The ditto was even weirder though.  Serena didn't even want to think about how that worked.

Serena didn't even know egg groups existed before coming here, so being able to identify them was way out of her league.  She got the feeling that looking it up in a book or something was not the right answer.  For now, she would just pay attention.  If there was an easy way to tell which pokemon belonged to which group that might end up being useful too.  Going down to the breeding center still seemed weird and awkward, but maybe she should try it sometime.

[Deleted]

A Pichu belonging to one of the boys greeted her along with the other students. She smiled and waved at it, unable to bring herself to do more. It was just far more comfortable and preferable to be silent right now, which was way unlike her. Her insides seemed to tighten, and she took a few deep breaths to try and calm herself. She was fine. It’d be fine. It was just the newness of everything…right?

Then one of the students greeted her. She offered her a smile as well, and tried to force down the lump in her throat so she could talk. Unfortunately, she didn’t quite get there before the class began. Maybe after?

An unfamiliar student rushed in, apologized for being late, and headed to the back of the class. Toni did her best not to stare. Being late would be nerve-wrecking enough, wouldn’t it? At least she wasn’t the only one. Another student came in not long after. Was it common to be late?

The door to the class was closed, and she wondered if that meant everyone that should be here was. It was a rather small class, wasn’t it? Not that she minded… She listened as the teacher spoke, wondering if the fact that Nidoqueens couldn’t breed was important. Should she make a note of it? For now, she decided she’d just try to remember it.

Next came the list of egg groups. These were written down, along with a note about Ditto as the teacher continued her lecture. As the Ditto was released, she found herself staring at it. It seemed to her like a Ditto would be the most important Pokemon in a breeder’s team, but their default look was so simple… Perhaps that was part of what made it possible for them to shapeshift?

It was time for another question that she didn’t know the answer to. She mentally scolded herself for this. She should have prepared more! This was her first class, but not the first class. She’d be expected to know things beyond the basics very soon…she should make a point of studying the material extra hard during her free time to make up for today, since it seemed she was useless today.

At least someone seemed to know the answer. She turned to the boy who was speaking and listened as he explained how to identify groups. The way he worded things was making it all sound fairly simple, or at least less complicated than she was imagining. It couldn’t be as easy as all that, though, could it?

[Jasper King]

Shortly after giving his response Jasper noticed Chloe entering the class late. He wondered if she would catch up with what was already said. He felt a twinge of pride in himself at his name being called by the teacher. He looked over at the girl who had answered before him, Lilith. He would have to remember that name. Jasper wondered if scientists would figure out the secrets behind Nidorina's and Nidoqueen's change in egg groups. Maybe when he grew up he would be the one to crack it and find out the egg group that suits them.


Quartz's eyes lit up at the sight of the Ditto transforming. He then turned to Jasper with a puzzled look on his face, having never seen a Ditto himself. Jasper simply pat his head as he couldn't explain everything to Quartz at this time. Quartz looked back over at the Ditto as it mimicked the other pokemon. Quartz laughed silently to himself at that.

Now they were to elaborate on 2 different egg groups and how to tell when a pokemon might be a part of that group. Sitting by while the other student who he had now recognized as another bolt dorm member spoke Jasper knew what to say. As soon as the boy was finished Jasper raised his hands. "Well, Quartz here belongs to the group Water One and is only in this group throughout his evolutions." Jasper said holding the froakie up to his face. Quartz responded by licking his face. "Water One pokemon are usually amphibious, and have no problem travelling both water and land, isn't that right Quartz?" He said as the pokemon cheered. "There's also Water Two which is easily noticed by more fish-like pokemon such as Goldeen or Magikarp", he said placing his froakie back in his lap and wiping the slobber off his face.

[Lilith Sinclaire]

Lilith nodded her head as she listened to the teacher explain that no one has been able to discover the true reason for female Nidoran to lose their ability to breed after evolving into later evolution. She jolted down a couple of notes before turning her attention towards Ms. Brennan's newly released Pokemon. A soft smile touched Lilith's lips as she quickly identified the Pokemon as a Ditto. Ditto is known as one of the key Pokemon related to Pokemon Breeding, because of its key ability to breed with all of the breedable egg groups. Lilith had even managed to add her own Ditto to her Pokemon collection not too long ago. A few soft giggles escaped from Lilith's mouth as she watched the Ditto transform in front of the entire classroom. "Adorable." She spoke in a soft tongue as she smiled at the Ditto. She always found Ditto's ability to transform into any other species of Pokemon to be amazing. 

A couple of minutes passed and Lilith soon found herself growing excited again, after hearing Ms. Brennan's next question related to the various egg groups. Luckily, she was able to  keep her cool for the most part. Especially after hearing her teacher point out that students should not list no more than two answers. Instead of being the first one to give out an answer, Lilith allowed her fellow classmates to try their luck at answering the questions first. She felt that it was the least that she could do after her previous stunt of hogging all of the answers to the first question. Lilith smiled at Shane and nodded her head at him as she listened to him list a couple of the answers. She was quite impressed by his response. He must have been doing a little bit of studying himself, too. It wasn't long before Jasper spoke up again with another well detailed answer. 

She waited for a few more minutes before giving her own answer, her deep blue eyes scanning over the classroom to make sure that no one else was holding up their hand to give their own response. It appeared that no one else wanted to give an answer, which meant that it would be the perfect time for her to raise her hand again. She raised her hand and waited patiently for the teacher to call on her before spitting out a answer. "Well a lot of my Pokemon belong to the Amorphous Egg group. Most Pokemon that follow into their category are enigmatic in appearance. They tend to be based on gases, blobs, inanimate objects and are soft-bodied. It's not a surprised that majority of all Ghost-type Pokemon falls into this Egg Group." She explained with a warm smile. She figured that she would just end with one answer for now just in case more of her fellow classmates decided to speak up later. 

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+1 Hatching Count for Oddish, Goomy, Mareep, Dunsparce, and Spiritomb Egg.

[Kitten4u]

Since Kno hasn't been on for awhile, I'm going to declare class done and spawn eggs for everyone.

SHANE
Species: Charmander
Gender: Male
Ability: Blaze
~Moves~
Flamethrower
Ember
Fire Spin
Growl

SERENA
Species: Combee
Gender: Female
Ability: Honey Gather
~Moves~
Sweet Scent
Gust
Bug Bite
Bug Buzz

LILITH
Species: Smoochum
Gender: Female
Ability: Oblivious
~Moves~
Psychic
Sweet Kiss
Confusion
Avalanche

LITHRA
Species: Sandshrew
Gender: Female
Ability: Sand Veil
~Moves~
Gyro Ball
Scratch
Sand Tomb
Fury Swipes

TONI
Species: Bellsprout
Gender: Female
Ability: Chlorophyll
~Moves~
Wrap
Sweet Scent
Slam
Knock Off

JASPER
Species: Horsea
Gender: Male
Ability: Swift Swim
~Moves~
Dragon Dance
Focus Energy
Hydro Pump
Twister

CRISPIN
Species: Ledyba
Gender: Female
Ability: Swarm
~Moves~
Swift
Double-Edge
Supersonic
Bug Buzz

CHLOE
Species: Munna
Gender: Female
Ability: Synchronize
~Moves~
Nightmare
Moonlight
Synchronize
Lucky Chant

LOUIS
Species: Pineco
Gender: Male
Ability: Sturdy
~Moves~
Rapid Spin
Bide
Bug Bite
Natural Gift