Klink Line
Morphs [Oak Catalog #]
- Klink [#599]
- Klang [#600]
- Klinklang [#601]
Physical Descriptions
A single Klink resembles a six-toothed steel gear with a dark grey central section and a large, aquamarine axle. The back of a Klink is featureless, but the face of the Klink is not; the axle bulges out into a hemispherical "nose", surrounded at even spacing by a black ovoid mark, a white x-shaped mark, and a single circular eyespot. Every Klink is paired with another Klink; a Klink that is seperated from its "partner" will refuse to join another Klink and eventually die.
A Klank is comprised of a similar six-tooth steel gear that shares a large spoke with a darker eight-tooth gear. The eight-tooth gear has a black ring indented on both sides; on the front it is interrupted by an evenly spaced black square, black circle, and white arrow, giving it a resemblance to a frowning face. Notably, the Klang's pre-evolved partner Klink will remain with it, clicking around the nose gear, and will not evolve into a Klang.
Instead, the second Klink will become the lower portion of a Klinklang, its entire center transformed into a red, gem-like energy storage mechanism, and rotate at a right angle to the Klang's nose. The Klinklang has a thin strip of metal with six outward pointing spikes orbiting around it, held in place by the magnetic field of the lower gear. Klinklang are almost always seen with an unbound Klink rotating around the nose gear.
There do exist rare specimens of the Klink line that appear to be made of bronze instead of steel, with central axles having a more greenish color; while prized by collectors, these pokemon are no different than their bretheren.
Notable Biology
While the Klink line's resemblance to gears has caused many to believe they are artificial in origin, most pokemon profossors feel that their form is simply the result of efficiency. The Klink line is highly magnetic and generates electricity by rotating themselves around each other; this energy is both a food source and used to defend the Klink from a distance. Klinks and their evolutions will build up positive and negative electric charges, and working together with another Klink pair of the opposite charge will increase the strength of their attacks. Klink are not, however, adverse to using physical assaults, building up momentum by rotating around each other and flinging themselves at a foe.
Habitat
Klink and its evolutions are only naturally found covering the walls of Unova's Chargestone cave, although a small introduced population exists in a former Team Plasma lab that has evolved to Klang and Klinklang. Klang and Klinklang are too far into the Chargestone cave to reach, so most captured specimens consist of Klink; the Friend Safari program in Kalos purchased some, but they had already evolved to Klang when they arrived. Interestingly, the Klang of the friend safari are not positively or negatively charged, instead displaying an ability to endure moves that could reduce the speed or effectiveness of other pokemon.
Diet
The Klink line feeds off electromagnetic energy, either generated by its own rotation or located in another source. Early observers of the Klink line assumed that all their energy was generated by their rotation, and falsely identified them as a perpetual motion machine; while it was quickly proven that the Klink line needs some form of external power source to feed on, this misconception remained embedded in the population at large and a number of Klink suffered accidental starvation at the hands of their trainers.
Hazards
The Klink line will usually attack with electricity based assaults, deciding not to move from whatever wall they have gripped on to; Klinklang in particular are known to use their spike ring to electrify the area around them. Sometimes, however, they will fling themselves at particularly threatening opponents and attempt to grind them between their gearteeth; they can shift to a speedier rotation at a moment's notice, growing faster and more aggressive with every turn. Exactly why they choose to attack trainers passing through Chargestone cave is unclear, but it may be due to humans being an unusual presence, or possibly just territorial nature. Captive Klink and their evolotions must be taught to restrain the speed of their spinning, lest their attacks generate too much electricity or they break bones between their gearteeth.
Courting and Childrearing
Captive Klinklang will, after absorbing enough energy, seek out another Klinklang, attempting to bond their Klink to the other's. Once another Klinklang accepts the bond, the two Klink rotate off to become a bond pair. The Klinklang then generates another young Klink parthogenically from its nose gear, a process powered by the red gem in its lower gear. While wild populations have not been observed reproducing, it is assumed something similar happens in the uncharted depths of Chargestone Cave.
Social Structure
Klink have been observed coating every surface and vanishing into the crevices of Chargestone cave, and an analysis of the population of Klang and Klinklang now living at the abandoned Team Plasma laboratory has revealed that the Klang will form chains of gears with Klinklang at the center; it is assumed the same happens in unobserved, unreachable locations in the Chargestone cave, the chains reaching outward to reach the Klink that are visible. Klang and Klinklang have also been observed rotating their gears in some form of pattern, presumably to communicate; Klang in particular will rotate faster if they are agitated.
In Human Society
The Klink line has fascinated people ever since it was discovered, and some people have even attempted to use Klink to replace traditional gears (to varying degrees of success). However, due to the Klink line's lack of personality, they are often sidelined to being background elements in works of fiction. One particular genre is set around an alternate universe where Klink power all the world's technology.
Written by Masterweaver
