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[Egon raises an eyebrow, then stares down at the Elgyem. Carefully, he extends a hand to grab at one of her arms to inspect it. Kölliker bubbles excitedly.]

alien!!!!!!!!

Please, Kölliker. If this was an alien, it would have originated from an extraterrestrial source. This creature clearly hatched from an egg native to this dimension.

[He then turns to Venkman, fixing his glasses as he frowns.]

I don't suppose you've been the one telling her this.

[The Elgyem reaches out one hand towards Egon, filling his brain with warmth and curious vibes. She recognizes him from Kölliker's memory! This is dad too! Her hand-lights blink merrily.

Instead of answering outright, Venkman pulls out his Pokegear and taps a few buttons. The gear beeps and offers the Pokedex entries for Elgyem-]

"This Pokémon had never been seen until it appeared from far in the desert 50 years ago. ... Rumors of its origin are linked to a UFO crash site in the desert 50 years ago."

What were you saying, Egon?

[A sour expression appears on his face as he pointedly avoids meeting Venkman's eyes. He's just focusing on the baby now, thanks.]

Just because it was linked to a supposed UFO crash does not mean that they originated from supposed extraterrestrial life. It could be that the crash of an asteroid simulated certain organisms enough to emerge from the earth.

[Don't even get him started on this. Venkman knows how this will end. Kölliker blinks, apparently confused.]

Did you even come up with a name for this creature, yet?

[Venkman winks at Ko. Remember what he told you. Spengs thinks he's always right, but that doesn't mean he is always right.

He leans over to kiss Egon on the cheek.]

Yeah, yeah, ok. But the theory is there, isn't it? And you can't dispute the possibility, especially since this is another universe that abides by different rules, right?

I was working on it when you came in. Think I'm going with... Sigourney.

[The Elgyem tilts her head, and floods both Egon and Venkman's minds with images from the movie Alien, plucked from Venkman's own head... and images from a different movie, as well, with the same actress.]

Yeah, thanks.

[Oooh. She's got it. Thanks, loud fun dad. She tries to wink, too, but ends up just blinking.

Egon moves to grip Venkman's hand when his brain gets assaulted with various images and snapshots. He barely has a moment to register the pictures from Alien when--

He pulls back, looking down at the Elgyem.]

Hang on--that was Dana Barrett. Why was she--? [He shakes his head and tries again.] That movie that Peter and Ray--my dimensional Peter and Ray brought, she--

[He trails off, staring straight off into the distance. He doesn't appear to make any effort to continue as his brain just tries to wrap around what he just saw.]

Yeah, that was the actress who- played... Dana... in the movie version of... Hang on. Whoa, wait, hang on.

[Venkman makes a "time out" gesture with his hands. The newly-christened Sigourney mimics it.]

You didn't have the movie based on the Gozer event. But you recognized Dana on sight from my memory of watching the movie. Dana- the real Dana in my world- she looked pretty similar, but not, like, spitting-image to Sigourney Weaver.

Egon, what does that mean.

[If Sigourney digs deep enough into Egon's mind, she'll find images of the Gozer incident that Egon experienced. Dana Barrett, Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, Winston Zeddemore, even Louis Tully, for God's sake. There's a tense moment of silence as Egon slowly turns to stare at Venkman.

And then--]

Who's Sigourney Weaver?

You don't have Sigourney Weaver?

[That's obviously the real take-away here. But, no, because now Sig's digging through both their memories, and Venkman's own side of the Gozer incident- his own of his loved ones [and Louis]- are brought to light and appear in Egon's own mind. Egon finally gets to see his counterpart's pompadour for himself.]

I thought- I remember thinking you looked a lot like the, the guy who played Egon in the movie adaptation, but I haven't seen it in years and I thought it was, I dunno, a coincidence-

[As if on cue, memories of watching the movie flash in both their minds, and hoo boy, yeah, Harold Ramis is just the spitting goddamn image of this Egon.]

What the fuck-

[Not wanting Venkman to be left out, Sig transplants memories of Egon's dimension's version of Venkman, and he nearly chokes.]

BILL MURRAY?! YOU MEAN I WAS RIGHT ABOUT- oh my GOD, Egie, I'm so sorry your version of me is him.

[Egon winces as Venkman yells, seeing the image of blonde pompadour Egon flash across his mind. Sigourney's not even a few hours old and she's already causing so much chaos. He rubs at his temples--he can feel a headache coming on from all the psychic interference.]

you said the fuck word!!!!!! bad!!!!

Please stop swearing in front of the Pokémon, Peter. [He squeezes his eyes shut.] You keep saying names as if they have significance. I have no idea who Bill Murray is, either. But--this is incredibly odd. It's as if all of the human beings in my dimension became--

[He pauses, not wanting to linger on that thought because--]

Why do I have blue eyes in your dimension? Neither of my parents had blue eyes. [He frowns, scratching his head.] No wonder Ray did not recognize me when I first met with him.

[Venkman feels like he's having a stroke.]

Sorry, I just- I-

[Another memory of being in a movie theater and watching the on-screen Venkman(Murray) profess his love for a woman he only met an hour before, having to be forcibly shoved out of her apartment-

Venkman talking with Dana- the actual Dana- afterwards, complaining about how the movie treated her-

Arguing with a man at a film studio and getting into a fistfight- again-]

I thought- when you told me about your version of me, I thought it sounded way too much like the version of me in that movie. And they look identical. This is...

Uh. I dunno, your eyes were always blue. And your hair was blonde. See- that's why Ray and I both flipped out over how different you looked!

[Egon has to grip Venkman's shoulder for a moment, his mind swimming with disjointed images and memories and--]

I feel like my brain's been pushed through a food processor and strained through a cheesecloth. Can't you stop her from doing that?

[Kölliker turns to Sigourney and mentally nudges her to slow down. Dads' brains are fragile. Not like them! Their brains are strong. It makes them sad when Kölliker yells too much, so she should probably be more quiet or slow.]

That's ridiculous. Two human beings without any genes for blue eyes cannot produce an offspring with blue eyes, unless they carry recessive genes for the trait. This is basic biology. And neither of my parents had blonde hair, either. [He shakes his head.] This points to evidence that our dimensional counterparts are completely different people on a biological level--but if that were the case, why would our names be the same? Are none of the people throughout the multiverse not unique, but are just a roll of the dice for different sets of genome patterns--

[He starts muttering, running a hand through his hair as he stares down at the ground.]

[Sigourney's lights blink and she eases off, leaving lingering sensations of apologetic warmth that blankets their minds in an attempt to soothe.]

Spengs, slow down. Hold on. Maybe one of your parents just had blue eyes in my dimension and not the other. It's not like I ever took the chance to stare at their eyes and figure out if they did or not. Let's- let's calm down on the existential crisis for now, 'cause I don't think either of us are equipped to handle that this week.

[Bond, who's been watching all of this silently and with a growing sense of amusement, squawks again and points her beak at the eggs. Looks like at least one of them is starting to faintly glow...]

Right, right--

[His attention immediately turns towards Bond and the eggs--oh, shit. The eggs! Egon leaps up onto his feet, hurrying over to the couch to stare at it. Never mind the fact that he's going to literally be blinded by it.

The mushroom egg, in the meantime, begins to glow as well, though slightly delayed behind the other. Egon's eyes are about to be blasted by not one, but two fucking eggs.

He's probably going to need a stronger prescription after this. Unless Venkman stops him.]

Egon...

[He stands up to follow his idiot boyfriend, and considers his options. He could let Egon do what he wants and get temporarily blinded, and then Venkman will have to watch over two new babies alone for at least a couple minutes. No.

He could, on the other hand, distract Egon.

And so, Venkman pulls Egon into a kiss just as the lights flare up, cupping his face in just the right way to shield his eyes from the brunt of the light.]

[Egon makes a noise of surprise as he's grabbed by Venkman, pulling him away from making an awful mistake at the last minute. He allows the kiss to linger for a moment before glancing towards the couch. He spots the Morelull first, staring blankly up at the people who just kissed in front of it. Egon blinks, then immediately drops to his knees to stare at the mushroom up close.]

You're a magnificent subject. I expected a creature more closely resembling something from the genus Morchella, but you look more like a type of fungi from the genus Mycena.

[The Morelull blinks, then lightly touches his face with one of his tendrils. Egon continues despite this.] Of course, that would explain the description of this species having bioluminescent properties--

[Ray's still passed out in the other room, but it's probably find that he takes this time to gush about this babies for now. Probably. It's not like he's going to die when he takes his eyes off of him oh god why did he start thinking about that right now--

Kölliker burbles, sending both Venkman and Egon reassurance that she can still sense Ray's mental activity. He's fine! Baby time.]

[Venkman makes a soft, self-satisfied noise when he pulls away, grinning. Then he notices this weird little fungus babys staring into his soul.]

Oh, boy. More fungi. Hope it's not poisonous.

[He sits back down- also on the floor, since apparently the couch is a babies-only zone- and finds himself dace to face with the other, newly hatched baby- an Alolan Vulpix, who yawns with a soft whine, her tiny fangs flashing.]

You are adorable!

[The Vulpix blinks, looking from one dad to the other.

Meanwhile, Sigourney doesn't want to feel left out. She starts trying to climb back onto the couch. She successfully gets her hands on the cushions, but can't quite pull herself all the way up. Her little legs dangle and kick and she sends a mental signal of frustration. Venkman reaches over to help her up the rest of the way.]

[Kölliker floats over to stay by Sigourney--she's grown fond of the title of "older sibling" and is taking her new protective role in stride. And also because now she can tell other Pokémon what to do instead of being told what to do.

As Egon continues gushing about fungi and spores, the Morelull slowly turns its head to stare up at Venkman, his beady little black eyes peering into the fiber of his very being. He stays unnaturally still, a single tendril still resting on Egon's nose.]

...and as we know, luciferin and luciferase react to create the phenomena we know as bioluminescence-- [Egon blinks, grabbing Venkman's arm.] That's it! I'll name it Lucifer. What do you think, Venkman?

[He...still hasn't noticed the Vulpix. If we're being honest, he probably thought that the 'adorable' comment was directed towards the mushroom.]

... It's. It's a perfect name, Spengs. Can't think of anything more fitting.

[Venkman shudders a little, and reaches out to pet his new fox. Sigourney waddles over to the Vulpix and slowly reaches her little hand out to copy the gesture, stroking the fluffy coat. Everyone in the surrounding area gets a vivid sensation of petting soft fur projected into their minds.]

[Carefully, Lucifer turns back to look at Spengler before mobilizing and crawling up onto his face. Egon blinks as Lucifer manages to make his way to the top of his head and root himself in his hair. Egon slowly stands up, frowning down at his hands.]

Sigourney-- [He stops himself from chiding the Pokémon not strictly under his own care and glances over to Venkman.] It's intriguing what abilities these Psychic creatures have. This seems to resemble a kitsune of some sort--are you sure it isn't a Ghost?

[He goes to poke at one of the curls on the Vulpix's tails as Lucifer continues to stare at Venkman. Don't worry about it.]

Making a nice fashion statement there, Spengs.

[Sigourney keeps petting the Vulpix, who stretches and yawns again. The tip of her tail twitches as Egon pokes her.]

I think she's an Ice type, actually. She's a variant form of the Vulpix species- I know Ray was thinking about getting one of the standard ones, so I got the other kind for myself. [His voices trails off a little when he mentions Ray, and he scratches the Vulpix behind the ears.

Venkman is trying very hard to ignore the little mushroom demon staring at him.]

Edited 2019-02-23 06:07 (UTC)

Hmmm.

[Egon seems to quickly shift his focus from the Vulpix after the mention of Ray--fuzzy animals were never really of scientific interest to him. Except for Tarantula, of course. But at least she's named after an arachnid.

He moves to carefully remove Lucifer from his head, and the mushroom creature reluctantly detaches himself from Egon's hair. He clambers around his fingers like a small insect exploring its surroundings as Egon watches.]

You know, Peter, you should get more acquainted with the non-mammalian creatures of this dimension. Studying diversity in biology can lead to a greater understanding of organisms as a whole.

[Lucifer has not blinked once since he started staring at Venkman.]

I, uh, think you and Ray've got the creepy-crawlies covered. You especially. [He narrows his eyes distrustfully at Lucifer.] Besides, only mammals I've got are two cats, a deer, and this fox. Maybe the Mimikyu- I dunno what you'd really classify that thing as... Or Sigourney. Is she a mammal?

Anyway, maybe you oughta branch out to mammals, more. Get out of your comfort zone.

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