and then in the course of hunting the alpha staryu,
-the one time I stepped away in order to go to a galarian farfetch'd distortion, I found a white flabebe
-and then a golden magikarp showed up directly next to the alpha staryu's spawn point.
game thinks it's funny.

and then I run into this little fella like hello?!

that took SHOCKINGLY little time now I really am kicking myself!!

now. I am kicking myself just a bit for saving after getting this. because I realized I probably should've used this on a wimpod or golisopod. and instead tried to get that alpha whirlipede as a shiny instead. you know the one. but. hindsight is 20/20. oh well!

gotta say, the lightish-greenish-blue coloration's doin it for me. good shiny!