Tag: linoone

Why can linoone only run in straight lines? If, hypothetically, you gave a running linoone a gentle push to divert it, would it keep running or would it have to stop and recalibrate?

This can be blamed entirely on its physical structure, anonymous. Linoone’s body is long and thin, and its legs are extremely short. Both of these in combination make maneuvering at high speeds extremely difficult; if it tries to turn, it runs a risk of tripping over itself or otherwise injuring itself in the effort. So instead, it picks the easiest direction to run in, which just happens to be straight.

As for your other question, that depends on the linoone. Some will stop and turn, others will stop and lash out at you for bothering them, and a small percentage (of not terribly bright linoone that are trying their best nonetheless) will keep on running in the direction that you’ve chosen for them.

Which is to say, please don’t nudge your linoone.

Zigzagoon and Linoone

Zigzagoon
The Tiny Raccoon Pokémon
Type: Normal
Official Registration #: 263
Entry: This small, raccoon-like pokémon possesses both an insatiable sense of curiosity and rough, barb-like hairs that stick to objects. As it wanders, it marks its territory by rubbing up against objects and shedding hairs, but if an object sticks to its body as a result, it brings these back to its nest to add to its collection. For some trainers, this can be a good thing, as zigzagoon will bring back objects that may be useful to their journey, such as stones or berries. For other trainers, this can be a bad thing, as zigzagoon will bring back objects that may be slightly less useful to their journey … such as other trainers’ badges and equipment.

Linoone
The Rushing Pokémon
Type: Normal
Official Registration #: 264
Entry: The evolved form of zigzagoon, by battle experience. Linoone charge at prey with overwhelming speeds, hoping to catch them off-guard. Unfortunately, despite its high speeds, linoone can only run in a straight line, which means they frequently miss their targets. One would think that it would be prudent to inform a linoone that if it turned, it may be slightly more successful, but to be frank, when a seventy-pound object with sharp claws and teeth is hurtling towards a person at sixty miles an hour, giving that object constructive criticism has the unfortunate tendency to be the last thing on their mind.