Bamp for people!

I actually have to go grab lunch while I wait for others to show up.

Bamp again for back from lunch.

Thank you. I'm sorry about not bumping it myself, but my computer's been horrible and I've been trying to get it to not be slowed down and consistently failed.

>>7890187

Its cool. I can't guarantee participation though. I have office hours starting in 5 minutes.

Permit me to bump this.

Permit me to bump this again.

I'm beginning to think that no one is here today...

nobody is here today.

damn, we're at number 20 already? i remember when this was just a little thing that i made sprites for.

>>7890985
Yep. If you haven't read the backlog, the long story short is that Charmeleon has finally found her mother under the control of the false Magma leader, Skarem. Also, she has psychic powers and a mindlink with Porygon-Z.

I'm here

I believe last time we asked Bishop if she had any info on Mauville's situation, or if she would be able to point us towards an unoccupied building/house inside the city that we could use to hide in while we plot to free the townspeople.

>>7891123
Here now. Did I miss much?

>>7891249
Nope, thank god.

You there, CS?

>>7891233
You ask this of her now. She pauses. "You wish to free Mauville now, despite your new equipment?"

>>7891403
(I forget, did she GIVE us those goggles earlier, or were they just illusions?)

>>7891411
Those ones she gave you were real, yes.

>>7891495
Ooooooh joy!
In that case,
"Perhaps not now, considering you gave us protection against the sandstorms and we can continue North. But, it would help us to know such things in the future."

>>7891536
Keep in mind, we're doing this to regain Aqua's trust so that we have more allies to help fight Porygon-Z. We should try to free the town from Skarem's control and stabilize the region as quickly as we can.

>>7891536
The bishop nods. "As you wish. Is there anything more you would like to know about your psychic powers?"

>>7891580
"How are we influencing those around us, and how can we stop?"

>>7891580
I think last time she revealed that she couldn't really help us that much, aside from giving us some pointers on how to use it. "Perhaps after you return. I have much to ponder over with my comrades, and it will take some time to explain things to them."

>>7891602
"You can tell Sarina and your Magma friends to leave at once; they'll no longer be affected. Magnemite and Snover... you have less luck there. Being so close to you so soon after they hatched means that the patterns of your mind have engraved themselves upon theirs. They are already partially you; this is why they can hear Porygon-Z's voice, although they don't share the perfect psychic link."

>>7891671
(Quick question Charming; you *are* aware of the daunting philosophical and moral quandaries that this revelation bring up, right?)

Well then, I guess there's nothing for it but to ask if they no somewhere we can hide in Mauville while we plot and scheme.

>>7891722
Oh, quite. I look forward to the roleplaying opportunities ahead of this.

>>7891770
Damnit. If you weren't, we could have taken the easy path. Oh well, life is never easy.

>>7891770
Go ahead and have Bishop inspect the city for us. We'll talk it over with the others and figure out what to do with them.

>>7891813
You ask the bishop this, and she nods. "We can teleport you to the spot once we find it." She pauses. "Do remember what I asked... don't die." She and the pawns then vanish.

>>7891833
But, but we've done such horrible things! Clearly an hero is the only answer.

>>7891833
We wake up the others.

>>7891870
Magnemite drifts towards you as you do so. "Are we moving out now?"

>>7891875
"Not quite. We had some... visitors while we slept. Some of those Paws from before. They said that they'd check out the city for a suitable place to hole up in."

>>7891891

>>7891891
Sarina gets up as you say this. "Did they say why?"

>>7891901
Um, I forget. Did they ever say why?

>>7891901
"We asked them to. I figured our mission would be easier if we had a base INSIDE the city. However..." We reveal the four goggles. "...now we have what we need to cross the desert."

>>7891947
Sarina smiles at that, taking a pair. "Wonderful!" She pauses. "How did they get inside without anyone noticing, though?"

>>7891976
Magic.

>>7891976
"They have strange powers, Sarina. I don't know how they come and go like they do, but I'm grateful that they're willing to help us."

>>7892026
Courtney and her grunts, having woken up, all take their own goggles. She then looks over at you. "So, now we go through the desert? Do we need to worry about Mauville any longer?"

>>7892055
"Well that brings up an interesting point. We were going to cross the desert to sabotage and damage Meteor Falls, so as to regain Team Aqua's trust that we weren't traitors. But, why risk the dangers of the desert and head further into Skarem's territory if we can liberate the city? That would probably help us with Aqua relations. I for one think that we should turn our focus on liberating Mauville; we're already here, and with the powerplant gone they will be at a disadvantage."

>>7892099

>>7892099
>>7892192
She nods slowly. "And if Skarem shows up in person..." She grins. "All the better. We'll bring him down for good."

>>7892225
"Indeed. So, it's agreed then?"

>>7892275
"Agreed." Sarina nods too, and altogether, the humans gather themselves, being prepared to leave.

>>7892403
We wait for Bishop to return, keeping our eyes on the city.

>>7892417
inb4 they teleport back behind us. Jerks.

>>7892417
You succeed in this venture. Eventually, the bishop and the two pawns return. After a brief round of introductions between the humans, the bunch of you join hands in a circle and vanish. You pop back into existence in a long, dark room full of machinery of unknown purpose, whereupon the bishop briefly explains that you've been teleported into a recently abandoned factory. There aren't any guards inside or outside this particular one anymore.

>>7892538
Can we get a map of this building? Also, where/how many doors/windows?

>>7892582
The crossed-out area is a rather ravaged-looking raised platform at the end of the room. The other boxes are the aforementioned eldritch machinery; quite tall and having numerous arms sticking out. There are windows high up along the walls, with the door being hidden behind a low divider at the south end of the room.

>>7892538
Where in town is it located?

>>7892646
This.

Also, is there any debris inside or furniture?

>>7892646
>>7892663
There's not much in the way of debris, aside from a lot of metallic grit on the floor. As for furniture, there are some chairs located along the walls.

>>7892720
Hmm, interesting.
Ask Courtney to have Golbat and her grunts' Zubats to take positions watching the windows. In the meantime, we gather the chairs in a circle around the center of the building. "Any idea what these machines are for?"

>>7892788
The bats begin their appointed circling of the windows. Meanwhile, Courtney explains to you that these things are basically rapid forges, intended to quickly assemble and store metal plates.
Also, I'm going now for a while; I'll probably eat dinner and do other things.

>>7892844
Hmm, what could we do with metal plates...

>>7892957
I was thinking "block the windows"
We don't want people spying on our secret base.

>>7892974
But with the generator offline, they won't turn on. We don't even know if they still work. And I don't think we have to worry about the windows. If this is like most warehouses/factories, the windows are really high up, near the ceiling. A good twenty feet off the ground. Unless we give someone a good reason to inspect the place we should be good. Not to mention, suddenly finding that a supposedly abandoned factory has had its windows shuttered might raise suspicion.

>>7893028
>suddenly finding that a supposedly abandoned factory has had its windows shuttered might raise suspicion.
True, but not as much as a supposedly abandoned factory that has lights/movement inside it. Also, you never know who or what might be out there in the city. I'd rather play it safe and block the windows in the event one of Magma's spies/scouts gets curious, then suffer the consequences of being unprepared.

>>7893122
Wait, what lights? Oh silly Comrade, we're not going to have lights. And as for movement, remember, the winders are two stories in the air. No one will see a thing.

>>7893174
>Wait, what lights?
*points at tail*
Hello, I'd like to introduce you to my tail-flame.

>>7893236
>small tail flame
>center of large factory/warehouse
>visible for the outside from windows twenty feet up

Well, I don't foresee it being a problem, but I suppose we can wait until dark and have one of us go outside and see if it's noticeable.

And about using the machines to make metal plates, even if they do work, I bet they'll be very noisy, so if we are going to shutter the windows, we should probably try to find some plates that are already made and lying around instead making new ones.

>>7893276
Agreed. I'm just saying if we don't find any to use, the machines are there for us.

And yes, I think a small fire inside the building will be noticeable at night - at least to an extent. And even if it isn't, like I said before: we should block the windows anyway in case someone decides to do some snooping.

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CS, you there?

Fuck pokemen.

I'm back. I'm sorry it took so long, but I lost my Internet connection for a while.

>>7894776
We ask Courtney what the metal plates could be used for.

Dat charmeleon is blatantly air-humping.

Someone shoop a bent-over clefairy in those claws, STAT.

>>7894884

>>7894884
"If there's any material left in there... that's the stuff they use to build gates. It's hard enough to resist Pokemon attacks, even fire and ground ones."

>>7894970
"They look like they're in pretty bad shape though. And will they work without the generator?"

>>7895001
"Well, no. That's the thing that's been powering them, after all."

>>7895001

>>7895011
"So, you're saying this metal is supposed to be impervious to our attacks?"

>>7895026
"I am, but I don't think that they left any inside; they probably stripped the factories when the power went off."

>>7895043
"Well, that's good to know. But know we need figure out how we can overthrow Skarem's forces here in Mauville. There's already a wall in place, so once we get them out holding the city shouldn't be too hard."

>>7895043
*I should test this "impervious metal" of the humans sometime...*
"Right then, let's start making plans. I think our safest course of action would be to lay low here and establish a network of Resistance until we're ready to retake the city in one move. Someone will have to go out and pass themselves off as a towns-person, so we have eyes and ears in the city. The rest of us will guard the base and do reconnaissance at night."

sagesagesagesagesagesagesagesagesagesagesagesagesagesagesagesagesagesagesagesage

>>7895115
Sarina raises her hand. "I can pass best for that, probably. And I'm betting that I can handle myself against anyone who might challenge me."

>>7895115
Without power, they'll have to rely on potions to heal injured pokemon. We could go out at night, fight patrol or two, then retreat. It will become a war of attrition.

>>7895146
"Alright then, but you'll need a partner to watch your back.." We look to Courtney "Would you be able to do that?"

>>7895162
I don't think we should be taking out random patrols during the night. It'd only make whoever's in charge get suspicious/angry, and then they'd take it out on the villagers in order to find out who's responsible.

sagesagesagesagesagesagesagesagesagesagesagesagesagesagesagesagesagesage

>>7895043

THIS IS BORING

LETS HAVE UNPROTECTED ANAL SEX WITH BOTH SNOVER AND MAGNEMITE

3 WAY!

>>7895202
Ah, but what can they do to the townspeople without their pokemon? At which point we come out, give a speech, and the people realize that, hey, they outnumber Skarem's men 10 to 1, and can just beat them to death!

And they wouldn't suspect the townspeople since they aren't allowed to have pokemon.

>>7895174
Courtney pauses, then nods. "That's probably best. If they ask, I can claim to be escorting her somewhere."

>>7895174
Get one of the grunts to do it instead. Develop a character from them. Don't just let them be background, lifeless aides to us.

>>7895267

FUCK YES LETS DO THIS

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YIFF YIFF

>>7895264
>implying those fuckers will even ask

>>7895317
>>7895329
Dude, tone it down.

>>7895338
>See Quest Destroyer Quest

>>7895256
I agree that we should start bringing them down eventually, but to do it immediately would be foolish. We have to gather as much information on the area as we can before we can make a move. Find out where the guards are housed, where the villagers are kept, where the supplies are held, where the entrances/exits are, what kinds of rules/procedures the Magma grunts are bound to, etc.

Do some snooping and gather as much info as we can, then we'll know the best way to attack.

>>7895267
I have a plan for the grunts, and they'll be with us inside the building anyway, so we'll have lots of time to interact with them.

>>7895264
"That's great. Now, first thing's first - we have to make this place as secretive and inconspicuous as possible so that none of Skarem's goons find us before we make our move. While we're doing this, we'll need to figure out where we are inside the city so we can coordinate our plans..." We look to Sableye and Seviper "Think you two could scout the area now that it's dark and give us an idea of where we are?"

>>7895236
this

>>7895363
HEY YOU FUCKER DONT IGNORE ME
MAJORITY WANTED ANAL SEX

>>7895360
I know. I don't care who he is, he needs to use his indoor internet voice.

>>7895385
>IMPLYING ANYONE HERE WANTS HIM TO DM POKEMON ANAL SEX DOUCHFAG

>>7895421
Just ignore him and report his posts.

>>7895363
Oh, yeah. I didn't mean to do it right away, first we should get the lay of the land, as they say. But eventually we'll have to fight, and the best way to do that is with guerrilla tactics.

>>7895213
agreed this faggot is getting on my nerves

>>7895363
Seviper turns to Sableye. "I could... she would be safer, though. She can hide very well in darkness, better than I can." Sableye nods at this.

>>7895445
Damn straight

>>7895460
"Then that's what we'll do."

We should restrict such things to nighttime though, for maximum sneakiness.

>>7895213
we should definatly ask what native pokemon are in the area while we are at it

we could convert them!

>>7895476
Agreed

>>7895476
>>7895487
So, are you sending her out now?

>>7895504
Depends. Is it dark out yet?

>>7895518
Yes, it's the middle of the night.

>>7895504
I'm pretty sure it's still night-time, and they did get some sleep along with the others just before Bishop showed up, so yeah.

>>7895538
ANAL SEX IS THE ONLY ANSWER
we can go anywere while its dark out or our tail flame will give us away

so anal sex is really the only optiion here

>>7895544
If so, then yes. I assume Sableye goes out to scout before Sarina and Courtney do?

>>7895538
Then yeah, send her out.

HEY GUYS HEARD I WAS NEEDED

>>7895618
Yeah. If they know where everything is by Sableye's report, they won't draw attention to themselves by stumbling around lost like tourists.

>>7895618
Yeah. It'll probably be better for them to scout during the day, since that way they can blend into the crowd.

>>7895639
>>7895644
Sableye leaves. You wait for a while, and eventually she comes back. "We're near the northern exit, in the north-central part of the city. Not many people are on duty; I see a few, with flashlights, but the whole scene looks pretty dead."

>>7895689
We take out the map of Mauville and mark everything down. Think we could get a drawing of that? It'll need to include the abandoned house outside the city that we just came from, and Courtney's secret base to the South.

>>7895718
I don't think you have a map of Mauville, do you?

>>7895754
Hell yeah we do! Remember, when we first met Courtney she printed a map of the town for us.

LOVE ME GODDAMNIT

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE MEEEEEEEEEEE

>>7895770

>>7895770
Oh, right. Courtney's base isn't on that, though; it's way over to the east. Nor is the house that you just came out of, which is quite a ways to the north. The map doesn't really have room.

>>7895809
Then we'll draw a new one on the back of the old one.

>>7895809
Ok, well there is nothing to do until morning, so time for bed.

>>7895854
Wow, you're not going to go easy on Charming, are you?

bombs away!

>>7895891
Sorry, I just need one for the plan, and I have no idea where everything is in this setting. Let's just say the term "underground resistance movement" might take a literal meaning...

>>7895854
So, you're making a miniaturized version of the Mauville map on the back of that and then adding the locations of the two houses?

>>7895946
Well we *can* learn Dig from a TM, so I gues we could tunnel our way anywhere...

>>7895973
Exactly

>>7895975
Now you're thinking.

>>7895990
You get to drawing, via leaving tiny burns in the paper. Eventually, you create a rather crude map.

>>7896023
(I suppose we could get the map in Thursday's quest, unless we need it sooner than I think)

"Alright. First we'll need to establish a supply route. Courtney, you think we could dig a tunnel to your base outside the city? That way you and your men could enter without being noticed when the time comes to attack."

>>7896062
She looks a bit dubious. "Where would we dig a hole into this place from that wouldn't attract a lot of attention?"

>>7896070
We look towards the ruined platform and nod, "That seems as good a place as any."

>>7896120
"I could, but we would need a TM for Dig. Few Pokemon learn it naturally."

>>7896070
We could dig it right here! But we'd need either a pokemon who can dig like that, or find a way to learn how to do it ourselves.

Getting through the (assuming) concrete floor won't be too difficult; just melt and freeze it over and over again until it gets crumbly.

Hmmm... I recall earlier you asked if any anon was interested in rping Charmeleon's companions... Is that still an option, since it turns out that they're kind of psychic thralls and all.

>>7896137
Gabite is a landshark, and Sableye digs through the earth to eat precious stones, so they would both be great diggers.

>>7896197
Sure

>>7896219
Luckily, at this point, Sarina's volunteered that her Gabite does indeed know Dig, to which Courtney nods approvingly. "Very well then, but this will take a very long time, and we'll need to keep the hole covered while we work."

>>7896268
"No problem, we'll dig underneath the platform in case somebody snoops inside - which won't be a problem if we lay low and cover these windows with something soon."

>>7896312
Tarps maybe? Ask Sableye if she saw any tarps or plates near the factory.

>>7896312
"It's a factory; they'll probably come inside come morning. Also, how do we make a Pokemon tunnel stay open and stable?"

>>7896332
>It's a factory; they'll probably come inside come morning.

I thought you said it was abandoned and in disrepair? Why would anyone come in here? It's already been stripped of materials.

>>7896368

>>7896368
>>7896380
"It's been abandoned for a day at most; I'm sure they'll want to get the power back on as soon as possible, and moved all of the metal to a secure location."

>>7896392
"Then one of our priorities will have to be making sure they don't get the power back on." We look to Seviper as we say this. "Whaddya say, Seviper - feel like causing some trouble for these Humans?"

>>7896392
"Yes, but if the generator really blew up, that'll take more than just a few days to fix, especially if they have to use replacement parts instead of getting new ones, which they'll have to since Aqua has them boxed in. But you're right, we'll need to find a way to hide the hole. Dig it under the platform, then we can hide it with a tarp or something. Who would look under a platform anyway?"

>>7896443
Seviper glances over at you. "What would you have me do?"

>>7896392
This is... vexing. I would have hoped Bishop and her companions would have sent us to an abandoned building that would remain so for more than 24 hours. However, there is no use blaming them, as they have shown no reason nor inclination to put us in danger.
...If they indeed will return to strip the factory of useful components, succeeding at evading their notic is... improbable.
I suggest we relocate until the factory has been properly abandoned, though where I cannot say.
...Would the roof of this factory conceal us? I doubt that there are any crucial components the workers would like to retrieve there.

>>7896486
"What do you say we take some of that pent-up anger of yours and sabotage the Humans' work on the Power Plant?"

>>7896443
"Both bold and clever as usual, Charmeleon. However, consider at this moment getting the generator online will be the highest priority of both Team Magma and Mauvile City, and as will have the heaviest density of guards, both to ensue the generator is repaired and to, hopefully, catch the culprit returning to the scene of the crime.
Of course, if Seviper is fully confident in his capabilities than I withdraw my comment... as long as he is aware of the potential hazards in this mission."

>>7896508
(Ah, this should have been in quotes)

>>7896601
...and as such, will have the heaviest density

>>7896531
I'm sorry I've been so sparse today, but I think I have to wrap it up early. I'm tired and I feel kind of sick as well, and I don't think that I can do much more.

>>7896686
Alright, see you on Thursday. Get well soon!

>>7896686
Alright, see you Thursday. Would it really mess with your schedule to start this a bit later, like at 2 or 3 instead of 1?

>>7896686
Unfortunate, but I hope you feel better later.

>>7896730
Nah, I can start it later. What do you prefer, 2 or 3?

>>7896749
3. Thanks Charming! Hope you feel better.

>>7896774
As do I. I think it'll pass, though, and thanks.

Um, do you mind if I join in next thread? Are there any specific rules I'm supposed to follow? Is there an irc channel for this?

>>7897181

Feel free to join in. Thursday.

No particular rules. If you are confused, you can lurk til lyou get the general idea.

No IRC, we mostly hang around in comrades livestream.