Yay

>>1747752
>Location: Eelilee island, Fire Temple
Aren't we in ginger town?

Gobble, I'm so ready for some Pokemon! Woooo!

>>1747752
Also didn't we decide on Sorbet as Vulpix's name?

>>1747757
>>1747760

Yeah, probably just forgot to update the OP

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>>1747757
[Welp, Off to a buttastic start.]

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>>1747760

>>1747795
The horizon and the drinks point in different directions, and Ash has no nips. Non-Euclidean/10.

>>1747787
>>1747795
Are you ok today Gobble?
Tired?

So hows everyone doing today, i just broke a little after reading the latest chapter of my faviourt horror manga

>>1747824
made in abyss isn't horror, its porn

>>1747824
I'm so tired, but I can already feel my desire for Pokemon keeping from taking a nap. Maybe I'll just pass out after some food. Besides that I'm fantastic!

>>1747824
It's slow at work, nobody is ordering pizza. Dinner rush will start in an hour or two though.

>>1747824
no work tomorrow so I can stay up and actually participate for once, feels good man

>>1747829
Somehow it's stranger than that, in tokyo ghoul re one of the characters becam a giant clown/rubber duck/lampray monster with their face and limbs sticking out it's forehead

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They’re all looking at you. It’s time to put your childish fears behind you and act cool.

“Heh. It’s fine.” You wipe some sweat off your brow. “I just didn’t know about,” your voice squeaks, “Mr. Mime. I’m fine now. Just had a surprise.”

None of them are buying it. You feel a deep sense of shame at the looks of pity. The light giggling from all three is like a thousand little jabs at your pride, even if they don’t intend it. You can see Laki quickly stop herself, though.

“Awww, that’s adorable!” Abigaile says, pinching your cheek.

“It is pretty cute.” Hana mutters.

Laki steps between you and Abigail's pinching hand to move to your other side. “Well don’t worry about it. Laki’s here. I’ll make you feel like a man again.” She whispers the last part in your ear.

“Ahem.” Abigail says. “The rules?”

Laki looks to Abigail, then Hana, and then your pokemon. After, she looks to you to see if you’re going to saying anything.

“I-I have my Pokemon. But y’know... I uhh....” You’re still too shaken up to get to the rest of your thought quick enough.

She looks ready for a conflict with Abigail, but you guess your stammering changes her mind. “Fine. Soft Hands, see you in the morning.”

She departs, followed by Abigail, and then Hana. Hana gives you an understanding look.

Mr. Mime smiles and leaves after them. You sigh in relief when he’s gone.

And suddenly the atmosphere is entirely different. Your pokemon all settle in for the night and Murkrow looks down at you. He keeps looking out the window at the storm. He looks tense.

Not just worried about his missing stuff, though. You bet he’s concerned about owing you a favor when you go search for it tomorrow morning. You know you hate being in someone’s debt.

>Leave him to his thoughts and go to sleep
>Pat a spot on your bed. “Come join us!”
>Give him some words of encouragement (write-in)
>Assure him you don’t expect anything in return
>Ask for something reasonable in return. That’ll make him feel better
>Something else

>>1747852
>>Assure him you don’t expect anything in return
>Pat a spot on your bed. “Come join us!”

>>1747852
>Ask for something reasonable in return. That’ll make him feel better

First dibs on trading for the next tm he finds?

>>1747852
>>Assure him you don’t expect anything in return
But if that doesn't seem to assure him
>>Ask for something reasonable in return. That’ll make him feel better

>>1747852
>Ask for something reasonable in return. That’ll make him feel better
>Pat a spot on your bed. “Come join us!”
It's a cold and stormy night. He can help keep us warm as a trade.

>>1747852
>>Pat a spot on your bed. “Come join us!”

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>>1747804
[I meant to start much sooner but had to step out for a bit so I rushed starting the thread.]

>>1747852
>Assure him you don’t expect anything in return
This is cause him more turmoil, but it's what Herb would do. But if Murkcrow get real upset then
>Ask for something reasonable in return. That’ll make him feel better

>>1747852
>>Pat a spot on your bed. “Come join us!”
>>Give him some words of encouragement (write-in)
I'm sure there's nothing to worry about, with all of us working together we'll be able to find your bag in no time!
>>Assure him you don’t expect anything in return
But I'm sure we could do another trade after we find it!

Hope you're having a good day Gobble!

>>1747852
>>Give him some words of encouragement (write-in)
"It'll be okay. Just get some sleep."
Simple, but sometimes simple works.
>>Leave him to his thoughts and go to sleep

>>1747852
>Pat a spot on your bed. “Come join us!”
>Assure him you don’t expect anything in return
But if that doesn't seem to assure him

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He shakes some of the remaining rain from his feathers, and picks at himself to help clean. His eyes keep darting back to the window though.

You pat the bed. “Come join us. It’s comfier, and warmer.”

He cocks his head. For a second you don’t think he’s going to go for it, but he flutters down and perches himself on Mace. His sharp claws don’t seem to bother Mace at all, but the sudden arrival of something landing on him did a little. Mace relaxes and goes back to sleep.

“It’s fine. I’m not looking for anything from you. I just want to help.”

He glances down at you. He eyes you suspiciously. You suspect he’d do his version of a sarcastic laugh if you weren’t covered in happy looking pokemon.

You can tell what he wants to ask. ‘You don’t want anything?’

Well...

>First dibs on trading for his next TM
>It’s cold tonight. Help keep me warm, please
>One free item from the bag wouldn’t hurt
>He can owe you a favor
>It’s just what friends do.
>Help me battle the next gym. It’s grass
>Something else

>>1747917
>It’s just what friends do.
But if he wants
>First dibs on trading for his next TM

>>1747917
>>It’s just what friends do.

>>1747917
>It’s just what friends do.

>>1747917
>>It’s just what friends do.
"Someone helped me out recently too, I guess this is my way of paying it forward."

If he feels like Herb should explain a little more, tell him about our Mom and Laki giving the cash without telling us(Still think we should tell her nonchalantly some day about it).

>>1747917
>It’s just what friends do.
>Something else
Thanks for not laughing at me over Mr. Mime.

>>1747917
>>It’s just what friends do.

some day fair best bird, you will ours.

>>1747917
>First dibs on trading for his next TM
Business relationship go!

>>1747917
>>1747938
I'll second this.

>>1747917
>>It’s just what friends do.

>>1747938
Supporting this as well.

>>1747954
should probably link your post to gobble's post friend.

>>1747917
seconding
>>1747938
He's the only one who didn't laugh at us.

Laki tried to stop, though. She gets Herb. I don't think Hana really does, yet.

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“It’s just what friends do.” You tell him.

He almost laughs. But when he sees the look on your face, his own face contorts. It goes from skeptical to surprise to looking like you’re a sucker to...you’re not sure. Consideration?

“And thanks for not laughing at me about Mr. Mime.”

He nods. You don’t know exactly how to read his face on that one, but that’s fine. You’re becoming very tired as your fried nerves calm down. You quickly fall asleep.

The next morning the sky looks great. The morning after a storm always gives everything this bright clean shine on the islands. Murkrow, despite expectations is hard asleep. It looks like he’s been going full tilt for a long time and his body is taking the chance to get some good rest while his brain isn’t looking. He’s upside down with his little claws in the air. Bella playfully pokes him despite Sorbet’s pleading not to. He sleeps right through it.

You do your morning routine and head into the main room. You’re sure Murkrow will want to get going as soon as he wakes up, but you think it’s best to get some food ready first.

Abigail is there, and surprisingly getting along with Laki. Hana is transfixed on watching a movie that’s playing on an old looking television in the corner. As you sit down though, Laki goes to get dressed. She pats you on the butt as she passes, but it’s not nearly as territorial as yesterday.

“You want to use the kitchen, right?”

“How did you-”

“Laki told me all about you.” She takes your wrist. “It’s allowed. Come on. It’s back there. I’ll show you.”

The kitchen has an open window into the main lobby where Hana is. Hana motions to see if she can help, but Abigail tells her it’s fine. The redhead then turns to you.

“So, mainlander to mainlander, what do you think about Loanan culture?”

>You’ve still got a lot to learn. You don’t have any strong opinions
>It’s strange, but you’re adapting
>It’s great. The more you learn the more you like it
>The focus on elders having final say can be a little frustrating...
>There’s an awful lot of stereotyping mainlanders...
>It’s made a pretty great society, on the whole
>Something else

>>1748028
>>It’s strange, but you’re adapting
>There’s an awful lot of stereotyping mainlanders...

>>1748028
>>It’s great. The more you learn the more you like it

>>1748028
>>You’ve still got a lot to learn. You don’t have any strong opinions
>>There’s an awful lot of stereotyping mainlanders...

>>1748028
>>There’s an awful lot of stereotyping mainlanders...
>>It’s made a pretty great society, on the whole

>>1748028
I'm split on these two.
>>It’s strange, but you’re adapting
>>It’s great. The more you learn the more you like it
I feel like herb enjoys himself here and he loves the people, but he is definitely having a hard go of it, but he's really getting into the swing of things

>>1748028
>There’s an awful lot of stereotyping mainlanders...

>>1748028
>You’ve still got a lot to learn.
Which is intimidating, but for the most part:
>The more you learn the more you like it

>>1748028
>>It’s strange, but you’re adapting
>>It’s great. The more you learn the more you like it

It's strange but I'm really enjoying learning about it! Though there /does/ seem to be some pretty weird stereotypes about outsiders."

>>1748028
>There’s an awful lot of stereotyping mainlanders...
>It’s strange, but you’re adapting

I don't think we've actually run into to many stereotypers
Almost everyone we've run into has been perfectly excepting of us no matter that we are a mainlander. Even the anit-mainlander gang was cool with us.

>>1748078
The only stereotyping i've noticed is that that the islanders think that mainlanders are like the same group and/or culture when they vary wildly.

>>1748088
All mainlanders (read white people) are the same. Clearly there is no difference.

>>1748092
Yeah they are like Americans when dealing with Europeans. They only know like a couple places so they assume your from one of those places.

>>1748092
Canana is a country in europe obviously

>>1748078
We've run into lots of times when people have stereotyped us, but they haven't treated us poorly. They just have some assumptions, even though most of what they think of us is because of our actions. A slightly shallower bow from the kek man, needing to prove ourself to every elder.

>>1748092
>>1748102
The islanders have basically done a lot of "mainlanders are like this but you're one of the good ones."

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“I like it, but it’s strange to me still. I’m adapting.” You ramble a little.

“Seems like.” She pushes past with a mixing bowl. ”Two girls, huh? I hear they can be pretty voracious when it comes to men.” She looks at you expecting a response to confirm or deny it. When she doesn’t get one, she continues. “Those two seem nice. Hana’s got great taste in movies. We even got to talking about that Mr. Mime horror series after last night.” You didn’t know about that one. “And...ah. I’m rambling. Anyway, what else were you going to say before I cut you off?”

“Oh. I was just going to say that there’s an awful lot of stereotyping about mainlanders.”

“Right? It’s like, I can’t fix every bit of technology I come across. I’m not looking to swindle everybody. I’m not -that- flat. I don’t plan on having a hundred kids. It’s exhausting. And you and I are from clearly different places.” She holds her hair up next to yours.

“Uh, yeah.” You weren’t aware of some of those.

Abigail takes the reins and starts working on a recipe for breakfast. You’re curious enough to just go with it. You end up with a neat variation on crepes that you haven’t seen before. You take them out to the girls and the pokemon. Hana apologize for not helping despite being told not to. Keira carefully pokes it, but happily eats after her first taste, making a mess of some of the paint on her chin.

Laki loves the food too. “This is awesome. Good job, Soft Hands. I think I'll keep you.”

“Actually, it was Abigail that took the lead. Her recipe too.”

“Huh.” Laki considers. “Well, Good job, Red!” She’s unsarcastic in her praise. ”I guess cooking is a mainlander gift, huh?”

Abigail gives you a knowing look, but doesn’t comment on the new stereotype being born right in front of you.

Murkrow stretches and yawns. It stumbles into the room and slowly becomes more aware of it’s current situation. It begins to worry.

“Yup! We’ll go right after breakfast. Eat up!” You assure him. He really could use a nice meal.

You don’t have to tell him twice, either. He attacks his food with the ferocity. Gobble, who was having a refined time slowly pecking at his, takes that as a challenge and scarfs his down, too.

You explain the deal with Murkow to the others, and that they don’t have to help if they don’t want to. Laki, Hana, and Keira are all in, not wanting to leave the work to you. Abigail sits by the side and finishes her food.

>Thank Abigail for the recipe and leave
>Invite Abigail to come along if she wants
>Let’s split up and search
>Insist on doing it yourself. You don’t want the others to take on work you volunteered for
>Something else

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>>1748153
>A slightly shallower bow from the kek man
[Actually, it was never state because nobody confronted him on it, but he did it because he felt Laki deserved a little more respect in that situation. She took on catching a pokemon which she couldn't release without a difficult ceremony. It's a big sacrifice in his eyes.]

>>1748186
>>Invite Abigail to come along if she wants

>>1748186
>>Thank Abigail for the recipe and leave
>>Invite Abigail to come along if she wants
>>Let’s split up and search

>>1748186
>Thank Abigail for the recipe and leave
>Insist on doing it yourself. You don’t want the others to take on work you volunteered for

>>1748186
>Invite Abigail to come along if she wants

I mean, on one hand I could see Herb taking her silence as her answer but on the other I feel like he'd ask just in case.

>Split up in one small area at a time, have Kiera ask Murkrow if they can remember specifically where they dropped the bag and search within shouting distance of the other.

>>1748186
>Let’s split up and search

>>1748186
>Invite Abigail to come along if she wants

>>1748186
>>Thank Abigail for the recipe and leave
>>Invite Abigail to come along if she wants
>>Let’s split up and search

>>1748186
>Invite Abigail to come along if she wants

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"Thanks for that recipe." You tell Abigail.

"Oh that? It's a common dish around here. No big deal. It's a surprise to meet a guy that not only knows how to cook, but enjoys it, though. Usually that's a women's job."

"It is?" Keira perks here eyebrow up.

"They're from two different parts of the mainland." Hana quietly explains. That only sparks a whole mess of different questions in Keira's head that she can't choose from.

You turn to the redhead while that's going on. “Do you want to come too, Abigail?”

“Yeah? Sure, why not. I’m kind of curious about it. Let’s do it.”

Murkrow is looking a little uncomfortable with all the people coming to his aid, but he doesn’t voice an objection.

“Murkrow, where did you last have your bag?”

He says something that Keira translates. “He had a big bundle when he was flying in from the...I’m pretty sure he’s talking about West.”

“That’s a big area.” Abigal says.

“Maybe we should split up?” You offer.

The other three girls don’t look thrilled about that. “In this town? Let’s do groups of two.” Laki says.

“Laki!” Hana chides as quietly as she can, despite, everyone clearly being able to hear. She motions to you and Abigail.

“What? Abi, back me up here. Girls like us going to the west side of town completely alone, that’s a bad idea, right?”

“It’s a very small town.” Abigail says, “But yeah. That’s the area you’d want to be with someone.”

“So let’s do pairs!” Keira says. “Herb, who do you want to pair up with?”


>Keira
>Laki
>Hana
>Abigail
>You’ll be fine alone. You’re a guy.
>Something else

>>1748316
>Laki

>>1748316
>>You’ll be fine alone. You’re a guy.
There are 5 of us so we can't really pair off evenly and we've gotta recover our manly status after last night

>>1748316
>You’ll be fine alone. You’re a guy.

>>1748316
Ok, Here's what I think

Abigail and Keira: Abigail lives around here, she's less likely to get into trouble, and it gives Keira a new 'mainlander' she can ask questions to.
Laki and Hana: Laki's big and intimidating, might get less trouble. And even if that doesn't work, both her and Hana are strong enough to take care of anyone that gives them a hassle.

Herb and Best Bird: Herb is a guy and probably won't get much trouble, also a mainlander. Best Bird is Best Bird.

This gives us 3 teams of 2, instead of 1 team of 2 and one team of 3.

>>1748316
>Laki

>>1748316
>>You’ll be fine alone. You’re a guy.

Be a MAN.
The others are finally getting along and it's not like we're ever actually alone, we've got our crew at our sides all the time!

>>1748316
>You’ll be fine alone. You’re a MAN.

>>1748316
>>You’ll be fine alone. You’re a guy.
5 people don't pair off even.

>>1748316
>>You’ll be fine alone. You’re a guy.

>>1748316
>>You’ll be fine alone. You’re a guy.

>>1748316
>Hana

>>1748347
There's being a man and then theres splitting up in a place which is esstintally 1 giant ghetto

>>1748376
*one small ghetto

>>1748316
>You'll be fine alone. You're a guy

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“Well, there’s five of us, so I’ll go alone.” You sit up, puffing your chest out just a little.

“Are you sure?” Hana asks. “I don’t mind. I can take care of myself.”

“Of course I’m sure!” You insist, trying to make up for last night. “I’m a man, after all. I’ll be fine.”

Something hits her. It’s a mix of realization, guilt, a little pity, but mostly understanding. There’s a little worry in that look, too. “Nobody doubts that.” Hana’s voice is soft and warm.

“Oh! Can I come with you?” Keira asks Abigail. “I have a lot of questions. Umm...if you don’t mind. And that’s okay.”

Abigail laughs. “You’re sure you’re a priestess? I thought you guys were supposed to be way more reserved and somber. But yeah. Of course.”

“Guess that leaves you and me.” Laki says to Hana.

“That’s good. I wanted to talk to you.” Hana again tries to be quiet, but everyone else hears. Laki cocks an eyebrow, but doesn’t ask while they’re both still around the rest of you.

You all make arrangements to meet up after some time and keep in touch on the pokedexes if anyone finds anything. You all depart.

You squint at the sunlight. The rainwater is drying up fast already, but it still gives everything that bright reflective shine. Murkrow decided to go with you and looks relieved to be able to stretch his wings.

Your pokemon follow closely. Sorbet especially wants to be right by your side. She’s a lot more nervous about travelling than the others have been. She worries a lot about getting her paws wet in the mud and gives every house and corner a scared look. You guess the sounds and smells of a town are pretty foreign to her. She eyes an active air conditioning unit in a window you walk by.

A truck, which you only now realize has been a very rare sight for you on the islands, rolls by slowly. She watches with amazement and fear. Her fur puffs out and her ears lower.


>She just needs time to adjust. Don’t say anything
>Don’t worry, Gobble will protect you
>We’ll be on the outskirts very soon, it’s okay, Sorbet
>Take time to explain what all the stuff is, even if that slows things down
>Offer to keep her in the pokeball if she’s scared
>Something else

>>1748478
>>Don’t worry, Gobble will protect you

>>1748478
>We’ll be on the outskirts very soon, it’s okay, Sorbet
>Offer to keep her in the pokeball if she’s sc- worried she'll get muddy

>>1748478
>>We’ll be on the outskirts very soon, it’s okay, Sorbet

>>1748478
>Don’t worry, Gobble will protect you

>>1748478
>>We’ll be on the outskirts very soon, it’s okay, Sorbet

>>1748478
>pick her up if she scared
>Dont worry, Gobble will keep you safe. Of course we are all here for you

>>1748478
>Don’t worry, Gobble will protect you
>We’ll be on the outskirts very soon, it’s okay, Sorbet


Vulpix was a mistake.

>>1748478
>>We’ll be on the outskirts very soon, it’s okay, Sorbet
>>Take time to explain what all the stuff is, even if that slows things down

It'll be important to get her used to others.

>>1748478
>>We’ll be on the outskirts very soon, it’s okay, Sorbet
>>Something else
Pick her up.

>>1748478
>We’ll be on the outskirts very soon, it’s okay, Sorbet
also take the time to explain things after best birds stash is safe

>>1748515
>>1748478

THIS

>>1748478
Supporting
>>1748515

>>1748478
>>1748515
Supporting as well.

>>1748515
Supporting

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“It’s okay.” You reassure her, picking her up. She tenses up even more, and very awkwardly crawls up your shoulder. “We’ll be on the outskirts soon.”

Belladonna is about to laugh at Sorbet’s expense, but she stops herself. It reminds you a lot of how Laki reacted.

Sorbet’s still very tense, though. The sound of a rusty chain fence makes her almost fall off of you. You reach up and pull her back down to your chest. “You’re safe with us.”

She’s a little skeptical, but she settles into being held for awhile. She’s still tense, but she seems a lot calmer while you walk.

And just like you said, you’re on the outskirts before you know it. It’s strange, but the occasional trailer or worn down house so sparsely apart is more worrisome than a crowded ghetto.

Murkrow makes a noise. He thinks it would be somewhere around here.

Murkrow is flying overhead to look out for where his bundle could have flown to, coming down occasionally to check to see if you see anything, and getting more nervous every time you have nothing to report. You feel like you need a plan besides wandering around.

Huh. It was bright awhile ago, but there’s already another overcast coming in.


>Walk in a big long line with your pokemon. Be methodical, even if it’s slow
>Try to use Gobble’s odor sleuth and follow that
>Keep using Sunny Day to make anything shiny more reflective. It might tire your pokemon, though
>Have your pokemon split up too. You trust them on their own, and Murkrow can spot trouble
>Something else

>>1748710
>Try to use Gobble’s odor sleuth and follow that

>>1748710
>Walk in a big long line with your pokemon. Be methodical, even if it’s slow
This probably has the best chance of success.
The rain would have washed any odor away.

>>1748710
>>Try to use Gobble’s odor sleuth and follow that
it's worked before

>>1748710
>>Try to use Gobble’s odor sleuth and follow that
>>Keep using Sunny Day to make anything shiny more reflective. It might tire your pokemon, though
why not both

>>1748710
>Try to use Gobble’s odor sleuth and follow that
The nose knows

>>1748710
>>Try to use Gobble’s odor sleuth and follow that

>>1748710
>Walk in a big long line with your pokemon. Be methodical, even if it’s slow
>Try to use Gobble’s odor sleuth and follow that
have gobble lead the line of all the other pokemon

>>1748710
>Try to use Gobble’s odor sleuth and follow that

>Have Dice give it a shot too.

Let's give ourselves the greatest number of shots at success as possible.

>>1748710
>>Walk in a big long line with your pokemon. Be methodical, even if it’s slow
>>Try to use Gobble’s odor sleuth and follow that

At least try out the Odor Sleuth first.

>>1748710
>>Try to use Gobble’s odor sleuth and follow that

>>1748710
>Try to use Gobble’s odor sleuth and follow that

>>1748710
>>Try to use Gobble’s odor sleuth and follow that

>>1748710
>Try to use Gobble’s odor sleuth and follow that
>Keep using Sunny Day to make anything shiny more reflective. It might tire your pokemon, though

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[Roll roll roll!]

Rolled 94 (1d100)

>>1748789

Rolled 62 (1d100)

>>1748789
pls no suck

Rolled 6 (1d100)

>>1748789

>>1748793
Ok.

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>>1748793
NEVER LUCKY

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“Gobble, I need to depend on your Odor Sleuth.”

Gobble nods. He looks unsure though.

“I know, it rained and metal is harder to smell, but please give it a shot. If it doesn’t work, it’s no big deal.”

With the pressure off, he closes his eyes and starts sniffing. You follow with Sorbet in your arms and your other pokemon staying close.

Gobble stops a few times to look around, and there are a few false leads like sniffing his way into a metal fence. But despite all odds, he leads you to a small clearing in the woods where you can see Murkrow’s satchel laying on the ground.

Dice excitedly points and chomps on Gobble’s hand, as if Gobble wouldn’t see. Mace pats him on the back, and Belladonna runs up and pats him twice as hard, the way Laki would. Sorbet even gracefully hops down from your arms and stands beside him to watch the satchel. She isn’t as big on congratulating him as the others, of course. Still, Gobble did the nearly impossible and even she recognizes that.

You wave up at the sky and Murkrow comes flying down to you. As you point out the satchel, he freezes up. After a moment, he softly growls in frustration.

Five Murkrow are standing around it, pecking at each other to claim it as their own. Surprisingly, they seem to come to an agreement to split it up relatively evenly. You note that two swipe a little bit extra for themselves when the others aren’t looking.

Murkrow sighs in defeat. You can see a lot of frustration in his eyes. Maybe even tears. He blinks to keep them from really forming, though though.

“That’s your bag of stuff! I’ll go reason with them.”

He shakes his head. He doesn’t think that would work.

>Try reasoning anyway
>Try intimidating them instead.
>If you’ll be battling for it, then take this chance for a surprise attack!
>Walk out and announce a challenge to them to battle for the items
>Offer to help him make a new collection
>Something else

>>1748929
>>Walk out and announce a challenge to them to battle for the items

>>1748929
>>Try reasoning anyway
if that doesn't work
>>Walk out and announce a challenge to them to battle for the items

>>1748929
>Try intimidating them instead
>Sorbet''s time to shine.

>>1748929
>>Walk out and announce a challenge to them to battle for the items

>>1748929
>>Walk out and announce a challenge to them to battle for the items

>>1748929
>Something else
>Ask Murkrow what it thinks would work best.

This feels like a cop-out answer, but I think a Murkrow would know whether intimidation, battle, or something else would work best on other Murkrow.

>>1748929
This
>>1748953

She's gotta be useful at some point.

>>1748929
>>Try reasoning anyway
Sorbet at the ready

>>1748929
>>1748953

>>1748929
>Try reasoning anyway

And if diplomacy doesn't work, then we try "diplomacy"

>>1748929
>Walk out and announce a challenge to them to battle for the items

>>1748929
>Walk out and announce a challenge to them to battle for the items

>>1748929
>>Walk out and announce a challenge to them to battle for the items

>>1748929
>>>Walk out and announce a challenge to them to battle for the items
we offer our own shinies to bet against them obviously

>>1748987
Show them our peaceful ways through force

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>>1749084

Rolled 86 (1d100)

>>1749084

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>>1749084

Rolled 65 (1d100)

>>1749084
Dice for the dice gods!

>>1749090
...functional. You get half a cookie, anon.

Shit we forgot to alert the girls that we found the loot

Hey gobble how are the girls doing at the moment?

>>1749182
They met up with Max and he seduced them.

Even Sorbet.


Especially Sorbet.

>>1749205
>hitmonleegrin.jpg

>>1749205
Are you that same anon that kept bringing max up in a few of the old threads, cause it's starting to get just a bit annyoing

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“Sorbet, I’ll need you. Stay by my side.”

She looks surprised, a little stressed, and a little worried, but she nods. She doesn’t have the same faith in you as the others, but she goes along with whatever you’re planning for now.

“Hey you.” You walk out of the bushes, Sorbet at your side. “That doesn’t belong to you.”

They nearly trip over each other in surprise. They quickly begin to scramble to gather their share of the loot and run.

“Wait!” You command. “I challenge you.”

Sorbet, unsure, looks at you for a moment, then fires off an Ice Shard at the ground near one that’s about to take off.

“You heard me. Let’’s make a deal. I challenge you for the rights to that loot.”

They look among each other. When they see the Murkrow you’re with, there’s a sudden shift in tone. Jealousy? Anger? Either way, they seem to want his stuff even more.

The bigger one skaws at you. You guess he’s asking what they get if they win. If they agree to this fight. Besides the loot that they consider theirs already, of course.

You think they might reject something that’s not good enough. Then again, you saw how your generosity was taken advantage of yesterday with the Burmy. Maybe you should try to be as hard as possible. Make up for being less than manly last night, too.

>Just the loot
>You get to leave with functioning wings (intimidate)
>You’ll give them some nice empty pokeballs
>Put up some cookware
>Never Melt Ice is pretty shiny
>Something else

>>1749239
>>Put up some cookware

>>1749239
>Something else
Do we still have those earrings?
>nevermelt ice if not

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>>1749182
[Hana and Laki are bonding a lot. The gym battle really helped them understand each other from another perspective even if Laki didn't get that right away. They're trying to have a conversation where they talk about anything besides Herb for a chance so that they can bond on something other than that.

Abigail and Keira were coming to understand each other a bit, but things got dicey when discussing religion]

>>1749239
>>Never Melt Ice is pretty shiny

>>1749239
>>Put up some cookware
>>Never Melt Ice is pretty shiny
either of these is fine

>>1749239
>Something else
Sunny Day TM
or
>Never Melt Ice is pretty shiny

>>1749239
>>Never Melt Ice is pretty shiny

>>1749239
>Sunny Day TM

>>1749278
Support this

>>1749239
>>1749259
yeah add
>Sunny day TM
to the list

>>1749278
>>1749239
This, Sunny Day TM

>>1749239
>Sunny Day TM
>Never Melt Ice is pretty shiny

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"I have just the thing." You offer the Sunny Day TM.

The lead Murkrow scoffs. He opens his own bag, and several fall out. Did they rob the fire gym at some point?

“How about this?” You produce the Never Melt Ice. It’s very cool to the touch.

They all seem to like this bet much better.

Sorbet looks up at it in awe, then in worry as she realizes it’s now at risk.

“It’s okay, Sorbet. We’ll win.”

The lead Murkrow caws at you. It’s trying to intimidate you already. You avoid flinching. It’s not that scary. It’s not a Mr. Mime.

The Murkrow you’re helping caws back. The rest of your pokemon emerge from the bushes to back you up and everyone makes loud intimidating noises at the other side.

If you don’t do anything, this might just erupt into an unstructured melee. You have no idea how formal the Murkrow will want to structure this battle.

You’ve got a few ideas. You could halve one pokemon battle one Murrow at a time, and the winner is whoever gets three out of five wins. With that battle style, nobody has to face a pokemon that’s been weakened. The disadvantage is that you’d only get to use Mace or Sorbet once each.

You could treat it like a traditional battle against a trainer. That means they’d be free to tag out, and you could switch.

And of course, chaotic five on five might just work out as well. That’s where things are going right now. That’d be fastest, but it’d be hard to keep track of everything going on.

>A series of individual matches, with the first to three of five wins taking it all
>Treat it like a regular trainer battle
>A chaotic mass battle is fine by you
>Something else

>>1749367
>A series of individual matches, with the first to three of five wins taking it all

>>1749367
Horde Battle. 5-vs-1.

>>1749367
>>Treat it like a regular trainer battle

>>1749367
>>A series of individual matches, with the first to three of five wins taking it all

>>1749367
>A series of individual matches, with the first to three of five wins taking it all

>>1749367
>A series of individual matches, with the first to three of five wins taking it all

>>1749367
>A chaotic mass battle is fine by you

>>1749367
>A simple one on one fight against their strongest

>>1749367
>>A chaotic mass battle is fine by you
You know what? I'm giving in a bit to Dark Herb. I wanna see how well Herb can handle the confusion of a larger fight and this would give good experience to directing lots of individuals at once.

>>1749367
>A series of individual matches, with the first to three of five wins taking it all

>>1749367
>>A series of individual matches, with the first to three of five wins taking it all

>>1749383
changing to
>>1749385

>>1749367
>>A chaotic mass battle is fine by you

>>1749367
>A chaotic mass battle is fine by you.

>>1749371
This

>>1749367
>A chaotic mass battle is fine by you
I feel like Herb's pokemon are a lot more independant than most, so this might work out. Herb could focus on directing Sorbet (probably to protect Bella), while Dice, Mace, Murkrow, and Gobble battle on their own.

>>1749367

>>1749391
changing to
>>1749385

>>1749385
Chaning to this

>>1749367
>>1749385

>>1749367
>Murrow at a time

>Butt please.

>>1749385
Who do you plan on using? Mace? Sorbet?

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[Seems pretty close. Let's have a revote since a popular idea came in a little late.

There are three popular choice. Feel free to rank your votes in terms of preference if you want. We just need to decide if it's going to be a chaotic mess, a one on one, or individual battles. this is not quote only, but I do appreciate anyone that uses the prompt in these scenarios to make counting a little easier]

>One on one
>Chaotic mess
>Individual battle

>>1749462
Mace would probably be for the best
I'd like to use Sorbet but I don't we've even gone over her moveset yet

>>1749472
>One on one
>Individual battle
>Chaotic Mess

>>1749472
>One on one

>>1749472
>>One on one

>>1749472
>>One on one

>>1749472
>>Chaotic mess
>One on one
>Individual battle

>>1749462
Sorbet and Mace with Gobble in reserve.

>>1749472
>individual battles
>one on one

>>1749472
>One to one

>>1749472
>chaotic mess
>individual
>one on one

>>1749472
>>One on one

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>>1749472
>Chaotic mess
Seven minutes. Seven minutes are all we can spare to play with you.

>>1749472
>One on one
>Individual battle

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>>1749460

>>1749472
>Individual battle

>>1749472
>One on one

>>1749472
>Individual battle

Sorry I'm late.

>>1749472
>>One on one

shit I was getting popcorn

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“I challenge you to a one on one. One of us will fight your strongest champion.”

They debate among themselves. They seem to be pretty aggressive about but at the end, they come to an agreement.

Their leader turns and caws. It’s fine with that arrangement. It caws loudly, and settles in with a smirk. There’s something about it that bothers you, like he has a trick up his sleeve.

The Murkrow you’ve been helping comes to a sudden realization. He tries to tell you something, but you never did learn to understand pokemon the way Keira does. All you can tell for sure is that they have some sort of nasty surprise for you.

You’ve heard Murkrow can be exceptionally clever. You hope that just means for pokemon in general, and not clever compared to a person.

The opposing Murkrow’s leader issues an order, and the smallest one goes flying off. He then turns to you. He wants you to send out your champion.

>Go, Sorbet
>Go, Gobble
>Go, Belladonna
>Go, Mace
>Murkrow, what do you say?
>”Send out your champion first!”
>Something else

>>1749588
He's being shifty. He's not the champion he's sending off for it.

>>1749588
fuck best bird is their champion isn't he

>>1749588
>>Go, Mace

>>1749588
>Send out your champion first
I dont trust these fuckers for a second

>>1749588
Actually, changing to-
>”Send out your champion first!”
And when/if they refuse send out Gobble?

>>1749588
>>”Send out your champion first!”

>>1749588
>”Send out your champion first!”
Clearly he's trying to bait and switch us hard as fuck.

>>1749588
>”Send out your champion first"

>>1749588
>>Go, Sorbet
It'll end up being a friendly skarmory or something I bet.

>>1749588
>>”Send out your champion first!”

>>1749588
>Something else
Tell Belladonna and Sorbet to find the others.

>>1749588
>go gobble

I assume they're pulling some shit, and gobble is pretty short on exploitable weaknesses.

>>1749588
>”Send out your champion first!”

I've got odds that they're going to go and get a Honchkrow.

Failing that, they're going to fetch Hydreigon.

>>1749657
>Hydreigon shows up
>Herb pulls out his frying pan

>>1749657
heh that would be cool, they are expecting to sic a dragon on us and we're like "oh hey buddy how you doing? it's been a while.

>>1749644
Add this to my vote

>>1749683
It'd be funny to see anyway.

Anyone else notice Herb has a certain affinity with Dark types?

Hydreigon, Murkrow, Sharpedo and we're on relatively good terms with most of them.

>>1749715
Herb has an affinity for predators.

>>1749715
Wait dark type in japan is evil type, herb has an affinity for evil type...Jane was right

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“You send yours first!” You say, getting a bad feeling about this.

It caws at you. You can tell it’s a taunt, even if you can’t understand the language.

Your side’s Murkrow crows back. Before you know it, the whole area erupts in loud crowing. Horrible, ear piercing sounds fill the air and a few of them even lose feathers from waving their wings around so much.

You end up with some time. It seems like they’re taking a while to get their champion here. Whoever it is, it’s either far away or slow.

That means you’ve got a little time to prepare, at least.

>Call the girls and fill them in
>Try to stealthily have your pokemon use a buffing move or two, if they have them
>This was a mistake. Have everyone attack and take the stuff before their champion arrives
>Join your Murkrow in shouting at the others. Back him up
>Complain that they’re abusing the spirit of the agreement
>Something else

>>1749744
>>Join your Murkrow in shouting at the others. Back him up
Time to get pumped up
I'm sure the girls will hear and head over

>>1749744
>Call the girls and fill them in
Get back up

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>>1749744
>>Join your Murkrow in shouting at the others. Back him up
Show em our war face!

>>1749744
>Call the girls and fill them in

>>1749744
>>Call the girls and fill them in
nothin else really, Herb doesn't taunt.

>>1749744
>Call the girls and fill them in
We need all hands on deck.

>>1749715
I think they're going to try to counter Sorbet by bringing a fighting, rock, steel, or fire type. Most likely steel, if possible.

I just went kind of crazy because I didn't realize alolan Vulpix is just ice type and doesn't become a fairy until it evolved.

>>1749744
>Call the girls and fill them in

>>1749754
Okay that is a terrible assumption, like my god the circumstances for that to even work would have to be perefect

>>1749744
>Call the girls and fill them in

>>1749744
>the whole area erupts in loud crowing. Horrible, ear piercing sounds fill the air
That sounds pretty damn noticeable and we were all in the same area.
It's not really that far fetched that they would hear this

>>1749744
>>Call the girls and fill them in
>Join your Murkrow in shouting at the others. Back him up
would be funny if we did both, like "yeah we found the bundle it's over at HEY I SEE WHAT YOU'RE DOING, YES YOU, FUCK YOU yeah over by x you should come by.

not that Herb would talk like that, it still needs to be translated into herbspeak.

>>1749781
First of all you assume that they would be in hearing range and second you are assuming that they aren't near something that loud enough to drown out their screes

>>1749781
Why leave it to chance when we can tell them to come to us and use the noise to help guide them instead of them guessing the noise might be related to Herb, also calling them just gives them more time to react and more time to prepare for the situation.

>>1749744
>see if dice can learn roar on the spot.

>>1749793
We were all searching the same general area and we haven't run into anything that loud so far on the island.
It's not much of an assumption on either end

>>1749797
They don't necessarily need to think it's anything related to Herb but rather something worth checking out

>>1749588
where's Dice

Did they fly off with him!?

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>>1749824
[Oops.]

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You decide that your priority is to fill in the girls. For some reason you get a quick vision of Hana’s face when she hears something sexual with that thought for half a second. Using that shard ceremony to try to pump your libido up must have worked, at least a little.

No time for that now, though. “Hana? Laki?”

“Herb? What’s up?”

“You okay Soft Hands?”

“Fine. But I don’t know how much time I have.” You explain that you found the stash, but also that it’s guarded by Murkrow, and that you’ll be fighting a pokemon for it. It’s hard to get the information out over all the noise.

You hear Laki sigh, but somehow know there’s a smile under it. “That’s typical of you, Soft Hands.”

“That’s awesome!” Hana adds. “We’re on the way. Laki will call Keira.”

“What? Why can’t you do it?”

“Please? I don’t like talking over the pokedex. I hate the sound of my voice and I get all nervous. You’re confident.”

“I...wait, are we still on a call with Soft Hands? How do I...”

“You just have to press the...no, the other side. Here.”

The call ends. You turn your attention back to the horrible noises, and begin to join in. You don’t have time to really make an impression though, as you feel the ground begin to shake.

The trees wave and you see their champion emerge. It’s huge, it’s scary, it’s eating a bag of chips whole before spitting out the chewed and gross looking bag.

It’s a Snorlax.

Murkrow cackles and leans back. This is their answer to fights they can’t manage themselves. An enforcer. It looks back to the Murkrow and is thrown a few apples that it eats whole. Murkow then caws. There’s nothing left until it does it’s job.

You have a flashback to when you met Gobble and offered food to get him to help. Gobble looks up at the massive beast, and you can tell he’s having the same thoughts. He looks very intimidated, though.

The Snorlax roars at you and your team, eager to get the fight done so it can feast. You can feel the heat from it’s breath. This pokemon is no pushover.

You think hard. Who is the best matchup here? Gobble is the most poetic, but can he trade blows with his more evolved form? Mace can take a hit and fly around, that might be a good advantage. Dice's jaws and unusual movements could also confound this massive opponent. Belladonna might be a good choice too. She can poison and heal, outlasting it. Sorbet hasn't had a chance to really prove herself, but you've seen how much freezing a pokemon can work.

And what about Murkrow? Maybe he wants to fight his own battle here and just needs a trainer to help him out?

>Go Gobble!
>Go Mace!
>Go Dice!
>Go Belladonna!
>Go Sorbet!
>Try to convince Murkrow to fight
>Something else

>>1749918
>>Go Gobble!
Not only poetic but he has the best moveset for this match up

>>1749918
>Go Gobble!
Gotta show him what he's capable of.

>>1749918
>>Go Gobble!
He's got this!

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>>1749918
>Go Belladonna!
yesyesyesyesyesyesyesyes

>>1749918
>Go Gobble!

>>1749918
>Go Dice!

>>1749918
>Go Gobble!

>>1749918
>Go Gobble!

It's One Punchlax time.

>>1749918
Ask Murkrow, but if he declines, get Gobble to fight it. He's so much smaller, the Snorlax is going to have trouble hitting him.

>>1749918
Hey Gobble, whoever we pick, don't forget to give us the chance to swap out held items.

Personally, since it looks like Gobbs will be fighting, I suggest giving him either a citrus berry to recycle, a berry that gives fighting-type natural gift, or the silk scarf.

What do you guys think?

>>1749918
>>Go Gobble!
I don't keep up with current gen's but I assume the anon that said his moveset is best for this match was not talking out of his ass, and it's too poetic to pass up if it is not dumb.

>>1749918
>Go Gobble!
Pretty sure I'm late though.
>>1749955
Citrus Berry honestly sounds like the best idea.I'll support that!

>>1749961
Well, Gobble is the only one with a super effective move, though there is a really good argument to be made for Bella, since she has stun spore, leech seed, and toxic, and can probably get away with sprinkling in D.O.Ts and kiting until it passes out.

>>1749975
Although chip away could be pretty useful too if Snorlax uses stockpile or defense curl. So, another point for Gobble there.

Can't we just bribe the Snorlax by making it food? I'm pretty sure it would like to eat Herb's food more than some random apples.

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“Gobble?”

He pulls his eyes off of the larger, more fully evolved pokemon.

“Are you up for this?”

He hesitates for only a second, nods, and shows you a determined.

The enemy Snorlax gives a lazy roar, and the Murkrows all caw to get the battle started. There’s a smug nature to the way they’re acting.

Gobble summons his courage and smacks his fist into his hand. He has no idea how he’ll win, but he’ll trust his fists, your directions, and his training.

Alright. This sounds great. You’ll just need to figure out what item to give him for this fight.

>Silk Scarf
>Pecha Berry
>Sitrus Berry
>Goggles
>Black Sludge, maybe he can use that
>Something else

>>1750013
>Sitrus Berry

>>1750013
>>Sitrus Berry

>>1750013
>Sitrus Berry

>>1750013
>Silk Scarf
Go get'em little Sous Chef!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_r0MAMWOJE

>>1750013
>Sitrus Berry

Recycle incoming!

Also,
>shows you a determined.

Butts, butts.

Black sludge won't be useful for Gobble until he learns Fling.

>>1750013
>Sitrus Berry

>>1750013
>Sitrus Berry

>>1750013
>Sitrus Berry

>shows you a determined.

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>>1750030

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You hand Gobble a Sitrus berry. He’s about to eat it for good luck before you stop him. “No, Gobble, for the fight.”

Right. He nods. He gets his focus back and steps forward. Dice, Mace, and Bella cheer him on as he takes his place up next to the opposing Snorlax.

Snorlax looks down at Gobble for a moment. Then he looks back at the Murkrow. They all burst into laughter. They think this is a one-sided fight.

“Don’t let them bother you, Gobble. We’ll show them what you’re made of.”

Gobble, to his credit, doesn’t let it show if it bothers him. He keeps a fighting pose. You can see a little bit of fear on his face, but it’s shrouded in determination, too.

Snorlax lazily gets up and walks towards Gobble. He wants to get this over with
>Focus Punch!
>Metronome! Hope for the best
>Body Slam. Maybe you can paralyze it
>Chip Away, open with a reliable normal type move
>Surf and stay back! He can’t see that coming
>Tackle. Try to hit and run
>Something else

>>1750081
>Chip Away, open with a reliable normal type move