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You look out over the coast. Wild Pokemon of all shapes and sizes are headed for the island on Hornbeams command somehow. They swarm over each other in a clumsy flood.

“We’re drawing them off somewhere,” you repeat.

Vance is the first to offer an idea. “We could grab a boat, meet them head on at sea.”

“I’ve always wanted to drown on a sinking ship!” Clair’s voice radiates with fake positivity before turning serious again. “The path leading up from there is narrow. We could hold it.”

“What about the hunting grounds? We know there won’t be anybody else there and the trees and bushes can give us cover.” Robin is acting brave.

Jeanine leans over the ledge a bit, and points inland into the island. “What about there?” She’s pointing to a mountain edge. “It’s a bit far, but it looks like there’s a lot of terrain we could take advantage of.”

You think for a second. Not only are all your friends looking to you to make the call, but the camera crew is still rolling too. You guess they’re not going to miss this, despite the danger.


>Take a boat, meet them at sea
>Go to the narrow harbor
>Go to the hunting grounds
>Head to the mountain inland
>Something else

Never be roooooyals edition!

>>39113362
>Go to the hunting grounds

>>39113362
>Go to the narrow harbor

>>39113362
>>Go to the hunting grounds
>>Head to the mountain inland

>>39113362
>Go to the narrow harbor.

>>39113362
>Go to the hunting grounds

>>39113362
>Go to the hunting grounds
Risk of hurting people is low there. good cover, and we can jump onto the airship they have there

>>39113362
>>Go to the narrow harbor

>>39113362
>Go to the narrow harbor

>>39113362
>Go to the hunting grounds

>“I’ve always wanted to drown on a sinking ship!” Clair’s voice radiates with fake positivity
Dammit Clair stop making me like you.

>>39113362
If we go to the hunting grounds, won't we be attacked by all the firefoxes?

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Who here likes Gardevoir?

>>39113696
Since they aren't already rushing out for us, they don't seem to be affected.

>>39113724
Seems like a dangerous assumption to make.

>>39113767
Its not really a assumptiom, clearly they aren't coming, and the only reason for that currently could be not being affected.
If it does affect all pokemon, then we aren't safe anywhere because there are pokemon everywhere. In the forest we at least know what to expect.

>>39113716
Everyone

>>39113265
I HAVE TO GO TO WORK IN 20 MINUTES, DAMM YOU GOBBLE

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Everyone’s looking to you. You act. “We’ll go to the hunting grounds.”

You all rush down the hallway. You’ll need to hurry. You think you can get there quickly if you take a shortcut down one of those steep hills.

Your thoughts are interrupted as you come to a narrow hallway with two shouting voices.

“And I said I won’t let you! When will you start listening to me!”

It’s Prince Arledge arguing with Guile, the gym leader.

“I do listen! That’s why I’m your best student! So let me put it to use!”

Guile is a short man. He looks up at the taller prince, but has to step out of the way of a guard rushing down the hall. “My job is to protect the royal family from threats like this. I can’t do that if you split up. Go back to the safe room and stay with your parents.”

They finally notice you and your friends.

“We’re going to draw them off,” you tell them, answering the question on their face about what you’re doing here. “I’m pretty sure they’re after me.”

Guile’s eye’s narrow. “Why? What did you do?”

Jeanine tries pushing everyone along. “She didn’t do anything. Let’s just hurry, okay?”

Guile steps in the way. “No. I’m staying with the royal family, and that includes the Prince.”

“You can’t stop me,” Arledge says. It’s a challenge.

Guile doesn’t look like the type of person to respond to that sort of tone.

>Convince him to let the prince go with you
>You’re taking the prince. You promise to bring him back in one piece
>Convince them both to come with you
>You’re taking the prince and whatever guards they can spare. The palace will be fine
>Tell the prince to go be with his family
>You don’t have time for this. Go around them

>>39113362
>Go to the hunting grounds

>>39113875
>Tell the prince to go be with his family

>>39113875
>>Tell the prince to go be with his family
If we fail You'll be needed to save your family. Besides some of the other monsters might come here anyways.

whisper

You can always flank them after we lead them away too.

>>39113875
>Tell the prince to go be with his family

>>39113875
>Let them sort it out, you don't really care if he comes or not.

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>>39113876
well... shit, but it won anyway.

Time to meet our Fennykins

>>39113875
>Convince them both to come with you
Take the prince on ADVENTURE

>>39113875
>take the prince

He's obviously a skilled trainer and we need all the help we can get. The rest of the family have the guards for protection

>>39113875
>Tell the prince to go be with his family

>>39113875

>Tell the prince to go be with his family

Him and the gym leader are pretty much the only competent trainers in that group, they'd probably best to do their thing there while we try to stop it at the source.

>>39113265
I hope we get this on film.

>>39113875
>>Tell the prince to go be with his family
subtly imply that we tested negative to being the princess

>>39113875
>You don’t have time for this. Go around them

>>39113947
"I don't think we'll see each other again."

>>39113875
>>You’re taking the prince. You promise to bring him back in one piece

>>39113875
>You’re taking the prince. You promise to bring him back in one piece

>>39113875
>>Tell the prince to go be with his family

>>39113875
>>Tell the prince to go be with his family
We'll need a strong rearguard. Anything we do will be pointless if they get around behind us, and in numbers like this its pretty much inevitable.

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Your hand goes to the prince’s shoulder. “Everyone will just be distracted trying to protect the heir if you’re out there” you tell Arledge. “Go be with your family.”

You see understanding wash over his face. He doesn’t say anything as you and your friends move on by. You look back and see him give you a respectful nod, then follow Guile.

You rush to the hunting grounds. It’s not nearly as scenic this time since you’re on foot, but you’re able to move fast down the side of the large hill. Everyone else manages to keep up too.

From down here in the forested area, you can’t see the approaching swarm. You can feel the wind start to whip around though. It’s going to get noisy.

“They’ll be here any minute.”Robin says. She already has Joltik spinning webs all over.

The director is barking orders. Tim and Erin and rigging up small camera’s around the area. Dave, the cameraman, keeps pointing his incredibly expensive looking one at you. Haunter floats above with his directional microphone.

You see your reflection in a pool of water and sigh. You’re not sure if they’re brave or stupid.

A Fenniken moves out from the bushes, then bolts when it sees your friends. At least no new Pokemon are falling under Hornbeams control, however that works.

Your friends all begin taking out their Pokemon and getting ready.

>Everyone should protect Clair. Tell her to try to calm them down
>Everyone should protect Jeanine. She should use her aura stuff to calm them down
>Everyone should protect the camera crew. You want to make sure they get good shots
>Everyone should cover you. You'll use your flute
>Everyone should just cover each other as best as they can. You’ll commit to a plan after you see how things are going
>Something else

>>39114260
>Everyone should protect Clair. Tell her to try to calm them down
Our mindrape is more powerful than his mindrape!

>>39114260
>Everyone should protect Clair. Tell her to try to calm them down
Makes sense to me.

>>39114260
>Everyone should protect Clair. Tell her to try to calm them down

>>39114260
>>Everyone should cover you. You'll use your flute
We shall quell the savage tide with the power of MUSIC!
no seriously, meloetta is nearby. we may actually have a legit shot at turning this tide right on its heel if we have her help.

and THINK OF THE FOOTAGE these guys will get!

>>39114260
>>Everyone should cover you. You'll use your flute

>>39114260
>Everyone should just cover each other as best as they can. You’ll commit to a plan after you see how things are going

>>39114260
>Everyone should cover you. You'll use your flute
Bardic powers ho!

>>39114303
Voting for this

>>39114260
>Everyone should cover you. You'll use your flute
Hopefully, we'll get Meloetta's assistance in turning this tide.

>>39114260
>>Everyone should cover you. You'll use your flute
Moletta

>>39114303
supporting

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>>39114260
>>Everyone should cover you. You'll use your flute

>>39114303
This

>>39114260
>Everyone should protect the camera crew. You want to make sure they get good shots
You guys have no sense for the future.
It'll be a little bit harder but the pay-off will be far greater.

>>39114260
>>Everyone should cover you. You'll use your flute

>>39114303
>>39114330
>>39114329
>>39114333
if we play our cards right whenever it comes up, We may be able to convince moletta to become our pokemon

>>39114260
>Everyone should cover you. You'll use your flute

>>39114260
>>Everyone should cover you. You'll use your flute
You guys think Moletta will want to stay with us after this?

>>39114260
>It’s going to get noisy.
They aren't going to be able to HEAR our flute if we don't calm shit down a bit first.

>>39114372
I sure as fuck hope so.

>>39114358
Let's focus on the immediate problem right now and worry about that later.

>Crit fail flute roll
>It empowers hornbeams control
>Own pokemon turn
>All is lost

>>39114390
Robin loses another eye....

>>39114390
More likely we will roll mediocre and our flute playing will be drowned out by the overall noise, and predictably accomplish nothing.

>Everyone should protect Clair. Tell her to try to calm them down
>Everyone should protect Jeanine. She should use her aura stuff to calm them down
>Everyone should cover you. You'll use your flute
I wonder if we could combine these. We feel serene when making music, maybe Clair and Jeanine could channel that and amplify it somehow instead of trying to calm to pokemon on their own.

>>39114404
No just her mind. It's much better if those horrible Nega Robin captions become true and she joins team imperium.

>>39114416
That could work. Alright.

>>39114416
The problem is we need people to run interference. I say we send out Devon and have him lay down the law around us while we play the flute.

>>39114416
Then you would have less defender than people needing defending. Thats kinda unproductive.

>>39114446
I hope Kat at least thinks of setting up Sunny Day before the flute playing.

>>39113265
I realized I e-mailed you from my personal account by mistake. Steal my identity, my credit is shite anyhow.

>>39114260
Everyone cover Clair. Psychic reading first. I suspect something chemical since it's not effecting any new 'mon in the area. If that's the case, we're boned.

>>39114448
>>39114446
Here's an idea then. Have Kat, Clair and Jeanine [spoilers]ride Nibbles[/spoilers]. This gives everyone else a single target to defend instead of three and the target can also take care of himself.

Also someone pointed out the problem of noise, the stampede is unlikely to be able to hear the flute. But if Clair can hear the flute she might be able to broadcast that to everyone.

>>39114546
Everyone else consisting of Robin and Vance? that's not going to be enough.

>>39114260
>Everyone should protect Clair. Tell her to try to calm them down

>>39114546
Honestly, against a horde, whoever had the idea of defending a choke point had the right idea. Them being able to come at us from all sides is going to be really hard to deal with, especially since I'm sure by this point Hornbeam is more than okay with killing us.

>>39114546
>>39114568
What if we don't have Jeanine do anything. We instead play the flute while Clair psychically broadcasts it to everything in the vicinity that otherwise wouldn't be able to hear it. In the meantime Robin, Vance and Jeanine actively run interference while we ride Nibbles. We can additionally send out Raistlin and Devon and let them act on their own (after setting up sunny day). Clair can send out Gardevoir and maybe something else whom would need minimal direction.

>>39114610
>Hornbeam is more than okay with killing us.

He said he values human life, but not to push him too far on that. Maybe he's bluffing about being willing to kill or maybe he's lying about valuing humans though

>>39114260
Bust out the Devon corp brand max repels.

>>39114644
He seems pretty unhinged. He could say the sky is blue and my first instinct would be to doubt it.

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You reach for your flute. “Cover me, I’ll try to calm them down.”

Vance takes up a fighting stance next to his Ursaring. She’s looking grumpy today, but you guess that’s a good thing right now. “You got it. We’ve got your back. Just try to stay calm.”

Clair takes out her Gardevoir and Alakazam. “Why are you so concerned about her choking?”

Jeanine is making gestures for Clair to shut up. Her Bulbasuar, Thistle, mimics the action.

Clair doesn’t seem to notice. “What’s the worst that could happen with some bad flute playing?”

Jeanine makes the gestures much bigger now, and tilts her head to Robin.

“What? Why are...oh.”

Robin, who hasn’t heard any of this, adjusts her eye patch and smiles. “Good job Joltik! You’re really fast and laying down webs now!”

Vance, Clair, and Jeanine all look incredibly awkward and avoid eye contact with you.

Before you can say anything, a few flying Pokemon start pouring into the area. Your friends get to work running interference. It’s only a half dozen, and they look disorganized and not that strong, but you know more will be flooding over the treeline soon.

You could throw your own Pokemon out there, but they’ll add to the noise and you can’t direct them while playing.

>Take out all of your Pokemon
>Take out one Pokemon (specify)
>Just play for now. Keep everyone in reserve
>Take this chance to use all the repels you have before things get too hectic
>Send someone for speakers. Your party will be weaker, but you can project your playing farther
>Something else

>>39114762
>Take out all of your Pokemon
>Dan focuses on paralysing, Devon sets up Sunny day, Destiny concentrates ice beams on all flying types.

>>39114762
>>Just play for now. Keep everyone in reserve
>>Something else

Give out a prayer to meloetta and hope she can hear us to join us in a duet.

>>39114762
>Just play for now. Keep everyone in reserve

>>39114762
Play the tune from Meloetta's music box. She was around here earlier, maybe she can help.

>>39114762
>Take out all of your Pokemon

>>39114762
>Send someone for speakers. Your party will be weaker, but you can project your playing farther
>Send Raistlin for speakers
>Devon uses Sunny Day
>Take out all of your Pokemon

>>39114762
>Send someone for speakers. Your party will be weaker, but you can project your playing farther

>>39114795
I don't think we switched Dan back in the party yet.

>>39114762
>Send someone for speakers. Your party will be weaker, but you can project your playing farther
Raistlin teleport for speakers
Devon uses Sunny day!
>Take out all of your Pokemon

>>39114762
>Sunny Day all the way

>>39114762
Send someone for speakers. Your party will be weaker, but you can project your playing farther
Raistlin

Voting for playing this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EowXouLhb0A

>>39114947
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2d-EbwTsGA

>>39115007
>Zelda

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[Roll me a d100 for the first attempt at playing, please!]

Rolled 76 (1d100)

>>39115047
Here we go.

Rolled 88 (1d100)

>>39115047

Rolled 67 (1d100)

>>39115047
best of 3 right?

Rolled 66 (1d100)

>>39115047

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>>39115062
>>39115068
>>39115070
[Yes, sorry. Looking good so far]

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You start tossing out your Pokemon. “Devon, Sunny Day! Raistlin, go find some speakers. I need something to help me project.” Both Pokemon get to work immediately as you take the others from their balls.

You almost duck as a Spearow flies at you, but Machoke catches it out of the air the same way Vance caught that Stunfisk. A small burst of water hits him in the chest. He shrugs it off and turns his attention to the Buizel that did it. You see more Pokemon pouring out from the bushes.

“If two Pokemon is a double battle, and three is a triple battle,” Jeanine ducks as her Creed, her Scyther, knocks an attack out of the air, “what would you call this?”

Robin starts trying to count all the Pokemon on the scene. “fourfivesixseven, thunderbolt!” She pauses as she loses track of which ones she’s counted. “Umm, eightnineteneleven.” Eventually she gives up. “A battle royale?”

Clair stands perfectly still as Gardvoir takes down a small bird Pokemon. “Can anyone remind me why she’s the smart one again?”

The banter starts to die down as the number of attackers rise. You’ve waited long enough. You begin to play.

You reach in deep and close your eyes. You’re picturing Meloetta as you play the jukebox tune. The song carries through the sound of battle and calms the large majority of Pokemon in the area. Most seem to disperse in a confused, but non-hostile manner. Devon’s mouth shows bright flames as he growls at any that get too close to you.

(continued)

>>39115346

You know the flute works now. You hope Riastlin doesn't take too long.

“We saw a lot more than that,” Vance warns as he drops back into a fighting stance.

Just as he says that, a flood of Pokemon start pouring in again. They’re larger, more numerous, and stronger looking too. Looks like they’re coming in waves.

It occurs to you that Hornbeam probably has a view of this fight if he’s able to direct them at your location. Then again, maybe there’s another explanation. It’s hard to make these calls when you don’t have all the information.

>He probably has a hidden camera somewhere. Put the flute away and search
>Tell the camera crew to turn their equipment off. He might be viewing through it somehow!
>Keep playing! You’ve got this!
>Something else

>>39115401
>>Keep playing! You’ve got this!
Are there no problems that cannot be solved with flute?

>>39115401
>Keep playing! You’ve got this!
We can ask our friends to look for stuff.

>>39115401
>Keep playing! You’ve got this!

>>39115401
>Keep playing! You’ve got this!

>>39115401
>Keep playing! You’ve got this!
Friends look for hidden cameras, camera guys look to see if anyone is on your signal who isn't supposed to be.

>>39115401
Let him keep watching. All the information in the world isn't going to let him beat us.

>>39115401
>>Keep playing! You’ve got this!

>>39115401
>Keep playing! You’ve got this!
maybe switch up the song. How many tunes do we know?

>>39115439
>>39115465
Good idea.

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[I'll need three more 1d100 rolls please!]

I've got it the film crew is the leak and Hornbeam knows who are parents are because our father is the Devon Corp recruiter!

Rolled 43 (1d100)

>>39115597

Rolled 72 (1d100)

>>39115597

Rolled 97 (1d100)

>>39115597

Rolled 45 (1d100)

>>39115597
Hope Raistlin gets back quick

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>>39115621

>>39115621
>[Fluting intensifies]

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>>39115621
Nice.

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>>39115621
For you

>>39115621
Limits? Flute knows no limits.

>>39115621
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7b-FTQeBw8

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>>39115621
Oh Baby!

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>>39115643
>>39115668
>>39115671
>>39115675
>>39115677
>(you)

Oh my I didn't even know that was my post until you guys pointed it out.

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>>39115708
Surprise!

>>39115401
Late for the vote but on the subject of them being directed to our location: Did we ever end up doing something about that bug that got planted in our stuff a few threads back?

>>39115739
We gave it to the king

Gobble sure seems kill in here.

>>39115988
No.
Gobble is live!

>>39116012
Hush, fool. Gobble can only post in death.

Gobble seems to be stuck between life and death.

>>39116012
Nah, Gobble is hailing Satan and sacrificing his firstborn.

>>39116057
Schrodinger's Gobble

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“Look for something Hornbeam might be using to see us,” you shout to your friends before putting the flute to your lips.

You glance at the camera crew. The director looks ecstatic and completely oblivious to the danger, even as Vlad down’s a grass type Pokemon that was coming at him.

Your friends are working harder to fight the increasingly strong menace now. You’re seeing more evolved Pokemon pour out.

You play. Once again, you lose yourself in the music. The music flows through you. Despite all the noise and battle, it penetrates through. You don’t even have to see, you just know. You’re able to walk forward freely, and calm follows in your wake.

You open your eyes. Meloetta smiles at you gleefully. Silence fills the air.

“Don’t. Stop. Filming.” The director is pretty far away, but you hear him since he’s the only sound.

The attacking Pokemon have all dispersed for now, but you know there’ll be more any second. In fact, you can already see trees rustling far away. This is going to be a lot.

“Raistlin’s coming back soon,” Clair says. As soon as she says that, he comes in, telekinetically carrying two large speakers. You guess you’ll worry about where those came from after.

“Oh. He said he was coming now.” She looks embarrassed. “Not my fault. He has a funny accent.”

The others are keeping an eye out. Sneasel is rushing through the surrounding bushes looking for anything Hornbeam can use to see you.

“I told him he’d get something good if he found it,” Vance explains.
Robin, Tim, and Erin get to work setting the speakers up. Jeanine and Vance use potions and healing items on any hurt Pokemon. Clair seems to be concentrating on the bushes.

>Do a duet with Meloetta. You’re in the zone
>Get the director to play back what you just did over the speakers
>Wait! We should relocate somewhere with better acoustics to project as far over the island as possible (will take a bit of time)
>Something else

>>39116095
>Do a duet with Meloetta. You’re in the zone
Let's Rock!

>>39116095
>>Do a duet with Meloetta. You’re in the zone

>>39116095
>Do a duet with Meloetta. You’re in the zone

>>39116095
>Do a duet with Meloetta. You’re in the zone

>>39116095
>Do a duet with Meloetta. You’re in the zone
Over the speakers.

>>39116095
>Do a duet with Meloetta. You’re in the zone

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>>39116095
>Do a duet with Meloetta. You’re in the zone

Might as well go for broke.

>>39116095
>Do a duet with Meloetta. You’re in the zone
inb4 we roll 1,1,1

>>39116095
>Do a duet with Meloetta. You’re in the zone

>>39116095
>Do a duet with Meloetta. You’re in the zone
Awww yisss

>>39116095
>Do a duet with Meloetta. You’re in the zone

our chance for a legendary, don't fuck it up.

>>39116095
>>>Do a duet with Meloetta. You’re in the zone

>>39116095
>Get the director to play back what you just did over the speakers
I REALLY don't want to trip over the finish line again.

Which is exactly what happened last time.

May the Dice Gods have mercy on our rolls

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>>39116192
They must be appeased anon. And you know what that means.

>>39116095
>>Do a duet with Meloetta. You’re in the zone
Please don't let this be where it all comes crashing down.

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>>39116208
I'm on it Gobble

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[You know the drill. Roll me three more, please!]
Dice gods have been nice today.

Rolled 9 (1d100)

>>39116233
Dice Gods Plz.

Rolled 31 (1d100)

>>39116233

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Rolled 34 (1d100)

>>39116233
Have mercy

Rolled 81 (1d100)

>>39116233
>Dice gods have been nice today.

time for that to change

Rolled 1 (1d100)

>>39116233
jinx!

Rolled 73 (1d100)

>>39116233
THE PRICE OF HUBRIS

Still think it's the tracer we never found out what it does

>>39116256
Thank you for being one second too slow.

>>39116245
>>39116248
>>39116252


Just fucking kill me.

>>39116233
Gobble you jinxed us you know that right?

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>>39116252
>>39116248
>>39116245


all for nothing

Nooo...

>>39116254
>>39116258
Why...

>>39116266
Only if you kill me first.

Anons I think we can all see this was a ploy to jinx us from Gobble himself! Should we take this sitting down?!

>>39116245
>>39116248
>>39116252
What the fuck did you guys think would happen? Honestly the way you unanimously voted for that despite what happened the last time we did something with this. We had an out you jackassholes. We're not good enough to avoid auto-failing musical rolls like JJ is.

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>>39116233
Offer women the Gobbles, that he may spare us his wrath.

>>39116300
Cry some more. Surely it will make the RNG change its ways.

>>39116296
The dice have spoken.

>>39116323
This is almost exactly what happened last time we were "in the zone" though. Right down to having a safer alternative.

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If we appease Gobble maybe we'll get a second chance!

We flew to close to the sun.

>>39116360
No. He was merciful enough to grant an exit clause. And literally everyone but me didn't take it, even though the outcome was very likely.

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>>39116300
I want that damn Meloetta and I will continue to try until Kat finally doesn't choke like a bitch.

>>39116346
If we were going for the safe route, we should have gone with the bottleneck strategy.

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>>39116408
Not gonna fucking happen.

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Tim and Erin quickly set up a mic to the speakers. Robin has Joltik power the large woofers. Or are they subwoofers? Or are those just parts of a speaker? You actually have no idea how any of that works. You probably should have spent more time learning instead of stealing.

But you do know how to play the flute. You take a position next to the microphone with Meloetta.

“Come on, Meloetta. Let's do this!” You play a quick tune.

She repeats it.

You do it again and start getting into the groove when you notice how many strong looking Pokemon are coming. They burst out of the bushes and your friends and Pokemon quickly work on protecting you.

Your flute plays a flat note, and Meloetta gives you a funny look.

“Uh, sorry, just distracted.”

You both go back at it, but this time as you’re playing, you keep watching Robin. Some of those attacks are getting awfully close.

Her Gyarados takes a powerful electric attack from a Raichu and goes down, flailing. She barely gets out of the way before putting it back in it’s ball.

You play a terrible, sharp noise.

Meloetta looks annoyed and a little worried. You glance over at your friends. They’re starting to lose ground. You’re starting the think that if you hadn’t done so well earlier, you’d already be overrun.


>Try again. You feel if you do this right with Meloetta, you can end the entire threat
>Jump into the fight. They need you
>Have the director play your good performance, even if Meloetta might take it as a snub
>Have everyone fall back somewhere safer
>Something else

>>39116508
>Try again. You feel if you do this right with Meloetta, you can end the entire threat

>>39116508
>Try again. You feel if you do this right with Meloetta, you can end the entire threat

>>39116508
>Try again. You feel if you do this right with Meloetta, you can end the entire threat

>>39116508
>Try again. You feel if you do this right with Meloetta, you can end the entire threat

Eh, time to believe in the power of stupid.

>>39116508
>Try again. You feel if you do this right with Meloetta, you can end the entire threat

>>39116508
>Try again. You feel if you do this right with Meloetta, you can end the entire threat

>>39116508
>Try again. You feel if you do this right with Meloetta, you can end the entire threat
Maybe the RNGesus won't fuck us over this time...?

>>39116508
>Have the director play your good performance, even if Meloetta might take it as a snub
God damn, just let it go.

>>39116508
>Try again. You feel if you do this right with Meloetta, you can end the entire threat

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>>39116508
Oh God it's happening again.

>>39116508
>>Try again. You feel if you do this right with Meloetta, you can end the entire threat
Oh man I bet this might come to a party member kill, but we just need to roll a 100 right?

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>>39116508
>Try again. You feel if you do this right with Meloetta, you can end the entire threat

>>39116573
Why are you doing this if you know it's retarded?

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>>39116508
>>Try again. You feel if you do this right with Meloetta, you can end the entire threat
Once more unto the breach.

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>>39116508
>Try again. You feel if you do this right with Meloetta, you can end the entire threat

>>39116595
Because its fun.

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[Welp, Let's do it again! Three more, please]

Rolled 68 (1d100)

>>39116631

Rolled 18 (1d100)

>>39116631

Rolled 54 (1d100)

>>39116631

Rolled 57 (1d100)

>>39116631
MUSIC FOR THE MUSIC GOD

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>39116631

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>>39116631

Rolled 27 (1d100)

>>39116631

>>39116644
>>39116650
I hope he's feeling generous with those dice even if it's more than you lot deserve.

>>39116655
Thank god you were late

>>39116644
Eeeeh...
Well it's not terrible at least.

>>39116644
Ehh, it's nothing epic, so I guess we'll get our legendary next time.

>>39116644
...could've been worse.

>>39116673
it's a 1d20.

>>39116684
but it is painfully mediocre

>>39116720
Just like Kat.

>>39116751
Kat is anything but mediocre.

>>39116803
She's certainly arrogant and greedy.

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You’re already seeing your friend’s Pokemon go down, one by one. You pull it together and play again. You have to get this right.

You avoid anything fancy this time and let Meloetta take the lead. She seems to enjoy having you backing her up, and it’s reflected in the music.

Jeanine is grabbed by a vine and starts getting dragged into a bush

You tell yourself to just keep playing. Don’t let it throw you off. You follow Meloetta’s tune and concentrate on avoiding any bad notes.

The dragging slows and the vine loosens, giving Jeanine a chance to slip out.

As you play, the attack again starts to subside. It takes awhile, and not all the Pokemon calm down, but the battle does begin to die down to the point where it’s getting under control. It then goes from under control, to firmly in hand as your friends are able to direct their attention on the Pokemon that aren’t calming down.

You and Meloetta starting winding the song down as the battle turns into a clean up.

A wild Pokemon catches your eye. It’s blending itself into the background, acting different than the others. It’s carrying something, too.

Meloetta looks to her audience for praise, which in this case is the camera crew. They start cheering her on, doing whatever they think she wants.

>Give Meloetta a gift or say something before she takes off again
>Go after it before it notices you noticing it
>Yell at Robin to get it, she’s closest
>Sick Devon on it, he’s still in great condition
>Something else

>>39117099
>Give Meloetta a gift or say something before she takes off again
Some day

>>39117099
>Go after it before it notices you noticing it
CAPTURE MIND CONTROL DEVICE!

>>39117099
Thank her for the performance and sic Devon on the mystery pokemon.

>>39117099
>Go after it before it notices you noticing it

>>39117099
>>Give Meloetta a gift or say something before she takes off again
>>Sick Devon on it, he’s still in great condition

Why not both? tell devon to go after it, then direct attention to meloetta while he does his thing

>>39117099
>Go after it before it notices you noticing it
>Sick Devon on it, he’s still in great condition

>>39117099
>Give Meloetta a gift or say something before she takes off again
Shit, we got anything to give her?

>>39117099
>Say something to Meloetta
"I'm always willing to perform with you again if you want"

>Sic Devon on the mystery pokemon.

>>39117099
>Go after it before it notices you noticing it
>Yell at Robin to get it, she’s closest
>Sick Devon on it, he’s still in great condition
Thank the Meloetta.

>>39117159
Second.

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>>39116684
>>39116685
>>39116686

Those comments are a pretty accurate assessment of pretty much all of my endeavors.

>>39117099
>>Sick Devon on it, he’s still in great condition
GOOO

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“Thanks Meloetta,” you say as you hand her the tiny mirror, acting casual. "I'm always willing to perform with you again if you want."

She looks at the mirror. She’s thrilled to see her reflection shining back at her.

Devon comes trotting up and you give him a scratch behind the ear. You lean down close and whisper. “Smell anything coming from the trees behind me? I need you to try to catch it. Act calm until you get close.”

You get up again. Devon looks incredibly awkward. He can clearly smell the anomalous Pokemon, but can’t quite see it. He walks in that direction while pretending not to be looking for anything.

Suddenly there’s movement. Devon explodes into a run. The thing leaps into the bush and he follows.

You’re about to run after him when he comes back, a Pokemon in his mouth. It struggles to get free. It’s holding what looks like an expensive, small camcorder.

Mr. Kroustou shakes his head when you look at him. It’s not one of his.

Devon tightens his grip on the Pokemon and it stops actively struggling. It obviously doesn’t want to make Devon any angrier.

“Don’t be too proud,” Hornbeam's voice comes out of the device, sounding staticy. “This was a test run, and it gave me quite a lot of useful information."

>Smash the device
>Try to goad him into telling you how he did it
>Taunt him. He was just beaten by a bunch of teenagers
>Something else

>>39117467
>Taunt him. He was just beaten by a bunch of teenagers

>>39117467
>>Taunt him. He was just beaten by a bunch of teenagers And a very smart Dog. Honestly sounds like a old cartoon doesn't it?
>Try to goad him into telling you how he did it

>>39117467
>Taunt him. He was just beaten by a bunch of teenagers
Say as sarcastically as possible: "What's the next step of your master plan? Sending more Pokemon to attack us after sending us on a vacation?"

>>39117467
"Arceus' Balls, you are really, REALLY bad at this."

>>39117467
>Try to goad him into telling you how he did it

This idiot is stupid enough he'd probably give it away.

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>>39117467
>>Try to goad him into telling you how he did it
>>Taunt him. He was just beaten by a bunch of teenagers
"and you might have won, if it wasn't for us meddlng kids!" in the most mocking, condescending voice we can muster

>>39117467
>Try to goad him into telling you how he did it
via taunting

>>39117467
Thank him for the training session

>>39117467
>Taunt him. He was just beaten by a bunch of teenagers
>Smash the device

>>39117467
>Ask how he liked your concert

>>39117575
Eh, if he's foolish enough to not have the device destroy itself, then we shouldn't do it for him, but instead send it to Prof Fir/Devon Corp to see if they can make more effective countermeasures.

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"What's the next step of your master plan? Sending more Pokemon to attack us after sending us on a vacation?"

“Petty insults. The refuge of an unsophisticated mind.”

“Yeah, because you’re really showing how valuable being ‘sophisticated’ is. And you might have won, if it wasn't for us meddling kids!"

“I consider myself a patient man. A scientist who doesn’t let emotion sway me.” Yes, he said that. “But I’m going to enjoy what happens next. I’m going to make you all pay. You, those fools Geno and Emma, The royal family, the short sighted scientific community that shunned me, all you easily swayed fools that put Pokemon ahead of people, everyone!”

You do your best to act indifferent. “If you don’t actually have a plan, you can admit it. I wasn’t expecting much of anything from you anyway.”

“You! You! Very well,” you hear shuffling and cluttering. “I’ll show you early. I hate showing my work when it’s not ready, but I’ll make an exception in your case.”

Kecleon reaches out and picks up the camcorder device and points it at you.

Before you can react, you’re no longer standing in the physical realm. You’re whisked away into the psychic plane that you’ve seen before with Clair’s help.

Except it’s not nearly as clear. It keeps fizzling.

You see a lab. In the lab there are rows and rows of Pokemon in tubes. Each one has a device on their head, and each one is a psychic type, mostly Drowzee. There are thousands of empty spots, waiting to be filled.

(continued)

>>39118077
>and each one is a psychic type, mostly Drowzee

Oh God he is going to make everyone in the world take a nap, the bastard.

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>>39118077
A gigantic monitor above it all flicks on. You see Hornbeam in a crowd, wearing a helmet not too different from the one at Clair’s gym. Rows and rows of people start bowing to Hornbeam against their will. You see Pokemon working mines and fields, sometimes to exhaustion or death. You see resources going away from Pokemon centers to human hospitals and clinics and labs. Power in the shape of a needle transfers from Pokemon to people. A person spews flame from their mouth. A person puts a fire out by spraying water. A person grows crops by changing the weather in their immediate surroundings. A massive, grotesque person smashes a boulder with ease. A person takes flight.

Hornbeam walks up beside you and watches the monitor. “We do so much for them that we’ve forgotten that they’re our tools, not the other way around! Once I’m in charge, I’ll be able to make it right. Imagine a world where shipping lanes aren’t routed for an endangered Pokemon. It wouldn’t be endangered in the first place if it was useful, so why do we do it? Why do we leave such small parcels of land untamed? Why do we let legendary Pokemon reign over territories or domains as if they’re gods? We’re the masters, not them! We need their abilities, but not them. The solution is so obvious, don't you think?"

His nose is bleeding. He's obviously straining to do this, but he's so into his monologue he doesn't notice.

You look around. You think this place is both a literal representation of his lab, but also a manifestation of his mind. At least, that’s sort of how it worked with you and Clair.

>Start smashing things
>Attack Hornbeam
>Rummage through his filing cabinet
>Tell him he’s crazy
>Try to slip out of this place before he does something to you
>Something else

>>39118173
>Rummage through his filing cabinet

>>39118173
>>Rummage through his filing cabinet
Espionage while he's distracted, then...
>>Start smashing things

>>39118173
>Try to slip out of this place before he does something to you

>>39118173
>Rummage through his filing cabinet

>>39118173
>Rummage through his filing cabinet

>>39118173
This man does have a point. Time for some HFY! Ask him what exactly he is planning.

>>39118173
>Rummage through his filing cabinet
>start making arguments to keep him distracted. If he keeps this up long enough, he could solve the problem for us

>>39118173
>>Rummage through his filing cabinet
I we can goad him to continue his monologue, he might hurt himself with the psychic strain

>>39118173
Unload our evil self here and let him have some quality time with her.

>>39118173
"I feel like you're ignoring that in many ways, pokemon go as easy on us as we do on them. If you push them into a corner like this... Do you want to see what a Raticate can do to a human body? Or when psychic pokemon decide to stop respecting the sanctity of minds? Or what happens when Arceus sees what you've been doing? What you're talking about is the end of the world, Hornbeam."
>yfw Hornbean's endgame will ultimately turn the world into Attack On Pokemon Hunter.

>>39118173
>Rummage through his filing cabinet
Hmm hm hmm~

>>39118284
Please no

We might not be a princess but we can still become President

>>39118284
>Hornbeam is dranule

>>39118336
Or we could join Hornbeam and then overthrow him and become the Evil Genius that runs the world. Seriously guys, let's consider what he's doing here.

>>39118361
Honestly, id buy it. He is just as fucking retarded as Dran was.

If anyone asks us, the worst thing that happened today was botching our duet.

>>39118173
>Rummage through his filing cabinet
Keep him talking
Worst case scenario, unleash Other Kat

>>39118571
>Hornbeam tries to mock us
>Dark Kat appears, does a better job than he ever could

He can't even win at hating us.

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The world flickers for a second, then stabilizes. Several of the Pokemon in the tubes pass out.

“You have a point,” you tell him, hoping he’ll keep talking. “But I feel like you're ignoring that in many ways, pokemon go as easy on us as we do on them. If you push them into a corner like this... Do you want to see what a Raticate can do to a human body? Or when psychic pokemon decide to stop respecting the sanctity of minds? Or what happens when Arceus sees what you've been doing? What you're talking about is the end of the world, Hornbeam."

“Oh yes, the legendary God, Arceus. Do you know how special ‘legendary’ Pokemon really are?”

You start digging through his filing cabinet.

“They’re not the beings they wish us to believe. They can be caught in Pokeballs, they can be defeated, if with slightly more effort, and they can be improved upon, just like all the rest.” An image of a Pokemon flickers of the screen as Hornbeam grins.

Most of the files are things you don’t care about. How he ties his shoes. His favorite flavor of icecream. Oh here we go.

Devon, Destiny, and Leviathan are the offspring of some of his early projects he worked on. You’re relieved to see that it only seemed to be some sort of generic improvement research.

More Pokemon in tubes faint and you find it harder to read.

“I don’t blame you for not understanding. Not really. Nobody seems to. But all problems have a solution. I’ll simply take the tools I need and and make people either understand, or at least stay out of my way. All I need at this point is more...raw material. And I have a plan for that.” His eyes again flicker to the monitor.

Things are getting really fuzzy now. You don’t have much more time.

He turns to you. “What are you doing?”

>Keep rummaging. You want more info
>Unleash Other Kat, smash up the place
>Get out before something goes wrong. You don’t want to live the rest of your life thinking you’re a Goldeen.
>Something else

>>39118721
>Keep rummaging. You want more info
>>Unleash Other Kat, smash up the place

>>39118721
>Get out before something goes wrong. You don’t want to live the rest of your life thinking you’re a Goldeen.

>>39118721
>>Keep rummaging. You want more info
>Unleash Other Kat, smash up the place

>>39118721
>Keep rummaging. You want more info
>Unleash Other Kat, smash up the place

Clair will keep us safe

>>39118721
>Get out before something goes wrong. You don’t want to live the rest of your life thinking you’re a Goldeen.

>>39118721
>Unleash Other Kat, smash up the place

>>39118721
>Unleash Other Kat, smash up the place
>Meanwhile, keep rummaging. You want more info

>>39118721
>>Keep rummaging. You want more info
>>Unleash Other Kat, smash up the place

>>39118721
>>>Keep rummaging. You want more info
>>Unleash Other Kat, smash up the place
Other kat runs distraction while we smash and grab every bit of information not metaphorically nailed to the floor

>>39118721
>Keep rummaging. You want more info

>>39118721
>Keep rummaging. You want more info
>Unleash Other Kat, smash up the place

>>39118721
>Get out before something goes wrong. You don’t want to live the rest of your life thinking you’re a Goldeen.

>>39118721
>>Unleash Other Kat, smash up the place

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You reach deep down into your hateful place. It’s the pit in your stomach when you’re anxious. The nagging feeling that keeps you up at night. Every memory of every time you said something you regretted or embarrassed yourself. And then you think about all the similarities between you and Hornbeam.

A second ‘you’ appears and starts running wild. Hornbeam gives chase. “What is this? Stop that!”

She smashes a computer with a bat. “Where’s the file that describes why you’re impotent?”

You start looking through files. There’s got to be something useful in here. Favorite book character? Oh. It’s Mr. Cedar. You guess that’s where he came up for the name for that actor. A detailed list of what lab equipment he likes to unbox. His favorite recipe. Come on!

Alright. Here’s the good stuff. He was bluffing about knowing who your parents are. You see he has a large scale cloning process in the works. He’s got Geno’s notes on legendary Pokemon and he’s added a bunch of pros and cons about which ones might be worth going after. He’s also got some sort of human/Pokemon hybridization plan in the works, but he’s only had a single volunteer so far.

You feel a sharp pain. He has Other Kat by the neck.

“You’re just as shortsighted as all the rest,” he screams and the world becomes a little more staticy. “You’ll all see!”

Clair appears and grabs a hold of the other you. “We’re leaving. Now.”

They vanish. Only after their gone does Hornbeam turn to you. ‘What sort of trick is this?”

You vanish too.

You wake up, standing exactly where you were before. The Pokemon that Devon is holding drops the device.

Other than Clair’s exhausted expression, no real amount of time seems to have passed.

>Tell everyone what happened
>Take your friends away from the cameras, tell them what happened
>Worry about that in a second. Meloetta is still here. Go talk to her. She’s starting to leave
>Something else

>>39119501
>>Worry about that in a second. Meloetta is still here. Go talk to her. She’s starting to leave

>>39119501
>>Worry about that in a second. Meloetta is still here. Go talk to her. She’s starting to leave

Maybe warn her that there is a mad scientist going after legendarys.

>>39119501
>Worry about that in a second. Meloetta is still here. Go talk to her. She’s starting to leave

>>39119501
>Worry about that in a second. Meloetta is still here. Go talk to her. She’s starting to leave.

Tell her to warn the other Legendarys and tell her exactly what Hornbeam has planned.

>>39119501
>>Worry about that in a second. Meloetta is still here. Go talk to her. She’s starting to leave
she's a psychic type. ask if she picked up on any of that.
after that...
>Take your friends away from the cameras, tell them what happened

>>39119501
Go Fucking talk to meloetta!

>>39119501
>Worry about that in a second. Meloetta is still here. Go talk to her. She’s starting to leave

>>39119501
>>Worry about that in a second. Meloetta is still here. Go talk to her. She’s starting to leave

>>39119501
>Worry about that in a second. Meloetta is still here. Go talk to her. She’s starting to leave

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You walk over to Meloetta. She was admiring herself in the mirror, but she looks really weirded out. “Did you pick up any of that?”

She nods. She saw the whole thing. She didn’t take what happened here too seriously, but she doesn’t like what she saw with the Pokemon in tubes. She looks concerned. Disturbed. Slightly mistrusting.

You’re not sure what to say.

>Tell her to lay low until this is sorted out
>Offer to keep her safe
>Ask for her to keep you safe
>Keep things light. Tell her you look forward to your next duet, promise you’ll practice
>Something else

>>39119745
>Offer to keep her safe

>>39119745
>Offer to keep her safe

>>39119745
Ask her to warn the other legendaries. They should know of Hornbeam's machinations and his all encompassing insanity.

>>39119745
>>Offer to keep her safe
on another note, we have legendaries to warn, and having her as our confidant could go a long way.

>>39119745
Warn her about the Dr;s plan for the legendary Pokemon, then
>Keep things light. Tell her you look forward to your next duet, promise you’ll practice

And not necessarily offer to keep her safe, but offer her a place in our group.

Think shed respond better to that.

>>39119745
Explain that Hornbeam is a jerk and we will stop him with the power of love(cunnilingus).

>>39119745
>Offer to keep her safe
>Vow to stop his machinations from being achieved

>>39119812
>>39119823
supporting

>>39119745
>>Offer to keep her safe
but if then mention
>She can keep us safe
and
>>39119823

>>39119745
"Should we work together to stop him?"

>>39119745
ask for her help

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You’re feeling pretty tired, now that you think about it. But you don’t let it show. “I’m going to stop him,” you tell her. “And I want to warn the other legendary Pokemon.”

She cocks her head. She doesn’t really understand that part.

“The ones like you,” you try to clarify. “Unique Pokemon.”

She gives you a funny, sort of condescending look.

“Okay, I get it. all Pokemon are unique.”

Meloetta looks satisfied.

“But Hornbeam has a different view. If you’d like, we could stick together. My friends and I could keep you safe.” Devon comes up to your side. He pushes his head under your hand. You absentmindedly scratch behind his ear. You glance back and see Vance holding the Kecleon.

She considers your offer, but she looks skeptical. It’s hard not to take that as an insult.

“It doesn’t have to be about safety. You could come with us. There’s a place for you here if you want. We could have another duet. I promise I’ll practice.”

She looks like she’s really close to being convinced, but not quite there. Her eyes dart between your friends, all your Pokemon, the camera, and the bushes.

>Don’t pressure her. Let her think about it
>Remind her about the camera crew. She loves that attention
>Offer her another present
>Prove you can keep her safe. Challenge her to a battle
>Something else

>>39120226
>>Remind her about the camera crew. She loves that attention

>>39120226
>Don’t pressure her. Let her think about it
At the very least ask about the little girl from the castle. Dont jump the gun.

>>39120226
>>Don’t pressure her. Let her think about it
No need to be pushy about it

>>39120226
>Don’t pressure her. Let her think about it

>>39120226
>Don’t pressure her. Let her think about it
Maybe pull out the flute? Or start playing?

>>39120226
>Remind her about the camera crew. She loves that attention
>Offer her another present
>Don’t pressure her. Let her think about it

And tell her that no matter what she decides, you would love to see her again.

>>39120226
>Don’t pressure her. Let her think about it

>>39120226
>Don’t pressure her. Let her think about it
You have all the time you want to decide. Just know that we're here for you.

>>39120257
Who?

>>39120226
>Don’t pressure her. Let her think about it
Just warn those who are their own unique species?

>>39120377
The actual princess, we did ask her to look into it for us.

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“No pressure, alright? We’d love to have you along, and I’m sure the camera crew would too, but I won’t try to force you if you want to come. If you know any Pokemon that Hornbeam might be after, please give them a warning, alright?” You let her think about it as you whistle the tune from the jukebox and head back to your friends.

She looks entirely caught off guard. While she may enjoy the spotlight, you get the feeling she never really has to work hard to be chased after.

Clair pokes you in the arm. “Why are there two of you?” She looks annoyed and confused.

You shrug. You honestly don’t know. She looks even more annoyed at that. The others have no idea what you’re talking about.

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>>39120767
You get your friends together for a private group huddle and explain what happened with Hornbeam. The camera crew seems satisfied to keep recording Meloetta, who looks frustrated and desperate for your attention.

“So what are we going to do?” Vance asks.

“I-I think we need to get stronger,” Robin says. “If today was just him doing tests, he probably has a lot of stronger backup measures. We should train, beat more gyms, and get stronger.”

“I like that idea,” Vance says.

Jeanine seems on board too. “The jungles near Faeden are supposed to have all sorts of crazy Pokemon sightings. It’s a cross section of migratory Pokemon paths, so that makes sense. It’s also home to a lot of old ruins because of that.”

Everyone gives her a look for mentioning ruins.

“I just mean it’s the type of place legendary Pokemon might go, or Hornbeam might look into. We can slow him down without a direct confrontation”

“But can we wait?” Robin says, now unsure of her previous position. “Maybe we should look for him and stop him before it gets out of control.”

“Hornbeam is an idiot,” Clair tells the group. “He was like a toddler trying to work a nuclear reactor.” She taps her head. "He had to actually see Kat to do that. That's why he had the camera. Needing a visual to enter a mind is amateur stuff. I could find you all a hundred meters away if I was blindfolded and deaf."

That's both reassuring and kind of terrifying.

>You’ll continue getting badges for now. You’d like to be stronger, and figure you’ve got a lot of time
>You’re going after Hornbeam, you need to stop him ASAP
>You’ll get back to the mainland and see what options are available after that
>Something else

[Last vote for tonight. Sorry, I'm falling asleep and probably making a lot of mistakes.]

>>39120845
>You’ll continue getting badges for now. You’d like to be stronger, and figure you’ve got a lot of time

>>39120845
>>You’ll get back to the mainland and see what options are available after that

>>39120845
>You’ll continue getting badges for now. You’d like to be stronger, and figure you’ve got a lot of time
>Go to Meloetta and see what she wants

>>39120845
>Meloetta, who looks frustrated and desperate for your attention.

Poor girl

>You’ll continue getting badges for now. You’d like to be stronger, and figure you’ve got a lot of time
in true pokemon world saving fashion