"Steven, I would like your help to conduct a certain experiment."
The desperation of a researcher trying to stand up to the power of Zygarde.
"I've seen someone combine a Mega Metagross, another Metagross, two Metang, and one Beldum in order to create something known as Metagross Perfect Form."
"With your help, I could recreate such splendour."
(Inbox call! I still can't believe they did this on a TV Special lmao)
( whatever drug this man has taken, i assume it grants him an exceptional experience until his system inevitably develops an addiction... ) there's disbelief offered in the form of a single, raised eyebrow whilst his chin inclines to better meet the gaze of this 'spinel' directly as opposed to the (arguable) glower which had been created simply from looking up without raising his head from the desk below.
the wanderer permits his expression to morph into something which can readily be construed as concerned, and for benefit of the mask does he allow brows to furrow in arguable scrutiny. alternatively, a half-truth in the expression of consternation... !
"are you... quite certain you witnessed this with your conscious mind, spinel?" there's a subtle lilt toward the end of the question, masqueraded inquiry prompted by 'genuine' curiosity. bricks of disguise, laid flawlessly and with careful construction. "if such a thing were to exist -- goodness, i would have questions innumerable regarding its existence, creation, and the stability its body presents on the scale of 'organic' to 'inorganic'.
"you see..." his thumb moves, the corner of his nail catching one of the notches in ring's gears in order to rotate it fluidly. "many believe two beldum merely 'fuse' to become metang, and two metang for a metagross, in equal measure. the truth - through my own observations and probing - in captive specimens is something more comparable to a parasitic relationship that is willingly undertaken. the two existing minds briefly, within our understanding of 'time', compete for dominance, before one collapses beneath the might of the other. were the evolution to be interrupted, you would be left with an inorganic husk for the one that was collapsed. its relevant systems are overtaken by the victor, and the emerging evolution exists as the victorious individual having grown its body with that of its felled competitor. in the wild, it is not incorrect to label this method of evolution as 'predatory' -- a stronger beldum or metang seeks out weaker individuals of similar evolutionary phase that it feels confident it may absorb for sake of furthering itself."
steven clears his throat, and his head cants slightly toward the left. "a mega metagross' form is requisite of an additional metang and two beldum. that specific mega evolution is only able to be undone due to the conscious will of the trainer, provided the metagross is entirely in sync with its trainer -" that much was a given, a baseline necessity to accomplish mega evolution in the first place, "- and its trainer's will is indomitable enough to overwhelm that of the inherent nature of a metagross itself: intelligent, brutal, and arguably ravenous. if the trainer is incompetent, it could attempt to absorb the other existences unto itself and forego the agreeable symbiosis. doing so could lead the original dominator to ruin, and in simple terms, 'fry its circuits'." irreparably.
the former champion sits back in his chair, and allows tips of his fingers to tent just before his chin as he scrutinizes the other man. "your proposed 'perfect form' thus requires one two metagross, three metang, and three beldum... and that is far too high a cost for me to be willing to entertain such a fanciful existence's notion. if mega metagross alone is such a delicate balance betwixt power and ruin, it is only logical that a 'perfect form' is less a balance - let us say, upon a metaphorical tightrope - and moreso a desperate cling to that very coil of wires by its... well, they do not have fingernails, but for sake of the analogy -- ?"
a placating chuckle of amusement is produced flawlessly from his vocal chords, and at last one hand gestures outward toward spinel.
"i know each of my metagross, beldum, and metang as unique individuals. it is also in my favor to know others - such as those that are wild - in the same manner." spinel would be shocked to know the benefit of the ability to command wild pokemon. "thus i regret to state that i cannot agree with the sacrifice of such in a high-risk gamble of creating a 'perfect form' that may collapse upon itself within mere seconds of formation. i would dissuade you from attempting such, as well, given the aforementioned likelihood... whatever capability you seek to achieve, a 'perfect form' metagross would not grant it."
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