You, Maxine, and Mina make your way through the woods back to camp with little trouble and its only noon. When you arrive you find Oliver with the three youngsters he was helping out earlier preparing a decent sized meal and calling you over. You take a seat by the campfire and discuss your trip out into the woods with him.

"So you found a couple of out of place Snover, huh," he says while spraying ketchup on a bun, "Good of you to pick them up. We've been practicing all day and you wouldn't believe how good Nidoran is getting"

He releases his pokemon, and the blue creature is much bigger and more robust. She seems like she may be close to evolving soon. He also pulls out his Dratini, who seems to have benefited from the day's practice herself.

The girls talk amongst themselves and you introduce yourself to the three kids preparing your meal. Just as things are finished, Harold and Veronica come walking up to your party. You remember Veronica from your elemental sciences classes, she was one of the top students in the program but was a little cold to you most of the time. She had very straight, shoulder length dark hair, and narrow eyes. She was thin and payed a lot of attention to her appearance.

Harold was one of your oldest friends, and was always very introverted and focused on his technology and schoolwork, but seemed of a different character now. He was always tall, broad, and heavy but now he carried it differently. He greeted you and Oliver with a rare smile.

"Hope you've been working hard out here," he jokes and takes a seat, "I know I have."

You eat and talk for a while.

>Talk to someone
>Challenge someone
>Something else

>>1912449
Talk to Harold, ask what he plans on doing and where he's going?

>>1912449
>Talk to someone

>>1912455

You turn to your old friend Harold, "So where are you guys planning to go from Route 115"

"Well, were only going to be here until it splits off to route 121, then we're heading west into Caska."

"That's no surprise to me," Oliver chimes in, "That is where all the big tech innovators are for trainer gear."

"Yeah, and I'm going to visit Professor Fabrebor in Ettleport City to get his advice."

You knew of Fabrebor from your studies somewhat, but mostly from Harold who was something of a fan. He invented a lot of technology for studying pokemon and was a high-ranking collaborator on the pokedex project. You know he had turned to commercial work lately too, working on communications systems for the Doretech Telecom Company.

I think we should ask if we can take notes on everyone's pokemon, such as heritage traits and the like. We gotta present our findings to our senior Professors if we wanna look legit in the long run.

>>1912499
I'll support this

>>1912494
same, its a good idea, this >>1912499

>>1912515
>>1912508
>>1912499

An idea suddenly comes to mind, and you pull out your research notebook and pen. You ask everyone if they'll be alright with you taking notes on their pokemon to see how they grow and develop. Everyone is fairly enthused with the prospect and they let out their pokemon. You figure its a good group for. You jot down the observations you've made when dealing with your own pokemon first, and share them with the group.

Mina and Maxine offer their opinions that Deino likely had a Garchomp for a parent and Larvitar a Haxorus, owing to their unique features. They don't notice anything off about Beldum, calling him a particularly good specimen and leaving it at that. Both your own and Oliver's Dratinis are from the same spawn, but are vastly different in potential. You share your previously noted observations on Mina and Oliver's pokemon and the others offer their own contributions there as well.

You learn that Harold received a Porygon as a starter. It has exceptional potential all around, with seemingly maximal potential for a pokemon of this type. It is an odd creature and you observe its mechanical motions and strange features. It seems to be made of glass and is strangely light. It's as affectionate as any pokemon to Harold, which you were not expecting. He also caught a Magnemite this afternoon, which you observe with nothing standing out.

Maxine's Happiny is extremely robust and has excellent defenses, but also has unexpectedly high attacking power. Her Snover and yours are equally average, hers is a bit bulkier and yours more speedy, but they share a serious nature. Her Teddiursa is a jolly little thing and has good defense but nothing else of note. Veronica's Smoochum is geared toward speed and special attacking power, and is average otherwise. Her fresh caught Vullaby is somewhat below average in attacking power and otherwise unremarkable.

You note all of these observations, with additions by your friends. It takes a few hours and everyone gets into it. Eventually it is time to hit the road. Harold asks you for a battle before his party departs for route 121

>accept
>decline
>something else

>>1912617
>>accept
>Magnemite, like Beldum, is a steel type which evolves by combining with others of its species. I'd love a chance to see them battle, and to observe magnemite in action.

>>1912617
Accept
lets send out deino. I wanna test him out

>>1912636
>>1912651
"Manemite, like Beldum, is a steel type that combines with others to evolve. I'd like to observe them battle."

"Alright, I want to see that Beldum too. One on one or two-on-two," He asks, "Standard bet, just for research?"

>What do you say

The two of you walk out and scope out a spot, Magnemite and Beldum in tow. They interact very readily compared to what you've seen from Beldum in the past, chirping and buzzing along. The two of you take positions and Oliver begins to count down.

>Send out who?

>>1912672
>Sure, just for research
>Deino

>>1912672
Research
One on one
Beldum

>>1912672
>One on one, research
>Beldum

>>1912672
Standard 1-on-1 rules
Research
Beldum vs Magnemite

>>1912683
>>1912692

You send out Beldum and he sends out his Magnemite. The two pokemon stare each other down with intense focus, and Harold's eyes scan the battlefield. As Oliver calls for you to start, you call out

>Take Down
>Hidden Power
>Write-In

>>1912713
>>Hidden Power
Modified by TwistedSpoon

>>1912713
Hidden power
Steel resists normal y'all

Rolled 50 (1d100)

>>1912727
>>1912738

ROLL 1d100

Rolled 11 (1d100)

>>1912748
kick ass

Rolled 39 (1d100)

>>1912748

Rolled 42 (1d100)

>>1912748

Rolled 70 (1d100)

>>1912748

oh god kek

>>1912751
>>1912754
>>1912756

"Use Hidden Power"

"Thundershock"

The Magnemite is an odd creature that seems to be constantly moving, spinning its magnets to hover slightly over the ground. When it charges its attack, the magnets rotate more furiously than you had seen yet. A blast of lightning flies toward Beldum, who launches his own blast of concussive force toward his opponent right as it hits him. The Magnemite takes the hit without seeming too effected, but Beldum definately felt the thundershock.

>Take Down
>Hidden Power
>Something Else

>>1912775
>Something Else
Have Beldum charge while using Hidden Power in a bootleg version of Zen Headbutt

>>1912775
>takedown

>>1912775
Hidden power

If both moves are resisted, might as use the one with an item boost and stab

Rolled 89 (1d100)

>>1912791
>>1912803
ROLL 1d100

Rolled 78 (1d100)

>>1912829

Rolled 22 (1d100)

>>1912829

Rolled 25 (1d100)

>>1912829

>>1912834
>>1912836

You call out for another hidden power attack, but you instruct Beldum to get a bit closer. Harold calls for a sonicboom as Beldum moves and it strikes with extreme precision and knocks your pokemon out of its momentum. The blue cyclops regains his bearings and launches off his attack.

The force hit Magnemite harder than last time, but its still mostly healthy while Beldum is probably around half-strength.

>Take Down
>Hidden Power
>Something Else

>>1912858
>>Hidden Power
There's really not a lot of things Beldum can do, and our Beldum can do a lot more than a normal one.

>>1912858
fuck.
>Hidden Power.

Rolled 81 (1d100)

>>1912863
>>1912875
ROLL 1d100

Rolled 40 (1d100)

>>1912877

Rolled 59 (1d100)

>>1912877
God this guy is reking us.

Rolled 23 (1d100)

>>1912877
god pls

Rolled 84 (1d100)

>>1912877

>>1912887
lets trade

>>1912880
>>1912881
>>1912884
"Thundershock it again," Harold calls out

"Keep hitting it with your power," you say, feeling the pressure.

You know it isn't looking good for you, Magnemite are tough opponents and Beldum doesn't have any good options here. He still soldiers on and charges his attack, facing down his fellow metal pokemon. The magnets begin whirring wilder than ever and the stray bolts of lightning find their mark with a crack. Beldum is scortched and you know he's hurting, but he blasts off his ball of psychokinetic force and Magnemite is starting to look a little worn.

>Take Down
>Hidden Power
>Concede
>Something Else

>>1912902
>Concede

This is no longer yeilding novel data.

>>1912902
>Hidden power
Fuck that giving up shit

>>1912902
>Something Else
Ask if Beldum wants to continue. Be nice to the thing!

>>1912937

You know that Beldum will always want to fight until he collapses, he's a relentless little bastard.

Rolled 100 (1d100)

>>1912926
>>1912932
>>1912937
ROLL 1d100

>>1912902
>Hidden Power

Rolled 57 (1d100)

>>1912949

>>1912949
I swear I'm not doing this on purpose

Rolled 14 (1d100)

>>1912949

dunkle man. rly, fucking rly

Rolled 7 (1d100)

>>1912949

>>1912949

>>1912960
>>1912966
>>1912971

"Beldum," you call out, "Can you go on?"
He turns only slightly toward you and you feel a strong mental pressure telling you he is resolute. He charges his power up as much as he can and waits for your command. He stares down his fellow mechanized pokemon, who begins charging his own attack. The seconds feel like an eternity, and you look toward Harold. His deep-set eyes focused on yours.

You both call out at once, "Attack!"

The two metal monsters blast off at each other, putting their all into their attacks. Magnemite is blown back and dented slightly by the force of Beldum's psychic blast, but he keeps spinning his magnets more forcefully than you've ever seen. A thick bolt of electricity blasts your pokemon back. He is still concious, but barely, an he appears to be paralyzed.

"All right," you say, retrieving Beldum back to his ball, "I think that's enough data for now."

Harold retrieves his Magnemite and you walk over to shake his hand.

"Good job, man. That Magnemite is something else."

"Thanks. Your Beldum is really amazing. I've never heard of one using hidden power before."

Oliver joins in and offers up his own excited commentary at what he calls "Battle of the Robots," and talking about how his next catch is going to be steel-type for sure. The three of you joke around for a little further, and you feel briefly nostalgic. Its broken by Valerie insisting they have to leave before it gets too late, and you admit she has a point.

>Travel down 115 toward Aulder City
>Travel along 121 toward Caska with Harold and his team
>Something Else

>>1913011
Can you instead choose an appropriate DC and not roll it? Seriously, enough with this stupidly high DC.

>>1913011
>>Travel down 115 toward Aulder City

>>1913011
>>Travel down 115 toward Aulder City

>>1913023
I set a DC for both attacks, it's not a roll off. You just had a serious disadvantage in that fight.

>>1913032
your counter roll is 100 then?

>>1913034
Magnemite's attack roll was the 100.

>>1913011
Could you post the map again?

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>>1913038

>>1913039
115

>>1913011
>Travel along 121 toward Caska with Harold and his team

How much you wanna bet that Professor Fabrebor is gonna have bunch of tools that would be perfect for our research?

Tricky part is gonna be affording it...

>>1913026
>>1913031
>>1913042


Your two groups head out along route 115 and travel together for about a half hour before the route splits in two. You wave off your classmates and wish them well as you come to the junction. After another hour or so, the terrain begins to shift slightly. More and more trees begin to dominate the landscape, and the travel gets easier with the more even roads.

You keep going this way for another half hour and start to feel the effects of the journey. Oliver is still in good spirits but Mina certainly looks like she could use a rest. The three of you sit by the road and plan your next move. Oliver wants to keep moving quickly so that he can reach the Aulder City Gym before its too late, but you're sure he'll accept a small detour.

>Seek out trainers along the route
>Go into the forrests
>Try to find something in the mountains (may involve backtracking)
>Something Else

>>1913058
>>Try to find something in the mountains (may involve backtracking)
Can we go the Kukui route eventually?

>>1913058
>Try to find something in the mountains (may involve backtracking)

>>1913058
>Pick berries along the way if we can
>Use berries to lure pokemon
>Study or grind as needed

>>1913058
>>Try to find something in the mountains (may involve backtracking)
find us something cool

>>1913059
Sure, you guys are in charge of what kind of professor you'll be.

>>1913067
>>1913061
>>1913059
ROLL 1d100
You can also look for something specific.

Rolled 22 (1d100)

>>1913070

Rolled 89 (1d100)

>>1913070
Look for climate specific items like the Nevermeltice we found earlier. If not that style, then valuable items we can sell.

>>1913072
Supporting, in case we can find a sandstone.

Rolled 50 (1d100)

>>1913070
watch this hundo

>>1913071
>>1913072

You suggest to your partners that you ought to take one last look at the rocky places while you're still near enough. Oliver starts to protest, but you quell his time concerns by suggesting a looping route that will meet back up with the road, cutting out a lot of the time loss. He resolves to make good use of the time and find himself a steel type pokemon.

The three of you head down your plotted route, it's not so much mountainous as it is rocky at this point but it ought to do nicely for your aims. You peek into tiny alcoves here and there as you go, scaring the hell out of a few sandshrew in the process. You manage to find a few hard stones, a moon stone, and one very nice oval stone, as well as an everstone.

Mina searches around the area for a while longer than you and manages to find a passage into a chamber. The two of you follow her in and find an elaborate series of carvings, which she identifies as early Mercian and starts frantically taking pictures.

You and Oliver simply watch her go at it for a while, until a bunch of steel circles start floating off the floor. You quickly realize these are no mere plates, but Klink instead.

They move to attack

>Send two pokemon

>>1913093
Send out Beldum and Larvitar

>>1913093
>Deino and Larvitar

>>1913093
Beldum, Emo Dragon

Rolled 1 (1d3)

>>1913094
1
>>1913097
2
>>1913098
3

>>1913093
>>1913094
Supporting, but lets just battle them and then go find us a Ferroseed, Aron, or Bronzor

>>1913103

You send out Beldum and Larvitar to combat the menacing mechanical pokemon in front of you. Oliver has sent out his Dratini and Nidoran to face down his own enemies. They bear down on you, so you call out.

Beldum

>Take Down
>Hidden Power

Larvitar

>Bite
>Screech
>Sandstorm
>Dragon Dance
>Chip Away

>>1913106
>Beldum
Take Down

>Larvitar
Bite

>>1913106
Hidden Power for Beldum
Dragon Dance for Larvitar

>>1913106
>Takedown
>Screech
honestly guys, i think we really should find that fire type.

>>1913110
I'd be down for finding ourselves a Cindaquil

Rolled 1 (1d3)

>>1913108
>>1913109
>>1913110
Takedown wins

1. Bite
2. D. Dance
3. Screech

Rolled 89, 18, 60, 7, 58 = 232 (5d100)

>>1913121
ROLL 1d100

Rolled 9 (1d100)

>>1913125
fuck ye'

Rolled 79 (1d100)

>>1913125

Rolled 15 (1d100)

>>1913125

>>1913126
>>1913129
>>1913132

"Larvitar, bite the left one," you command, "Beldum, take the other one down."

Your pokemon move to meet their charging opponents. Larvitar flies toward his quarry and delivers a well placed bite which causes it to flinch and injures it significantly. Beldum is doing fairly well for himself as well, despite the Klink's resistance his take down was almost enough to defeat his enemy outright.

You hear Oliver call his attacks, then watch Nidoran knock out one of the Klink with a double kick. She then moves on to help Dratini who is having less luck wrapping his own enemy. Oliver has a ball in his hand already, and directs Dratini to pull back and wrap up a distant Klink instead. Duskull and Gastly are also out, but they have little trouble with the one enemy left to them so Mina calls Gastly back to give the other ghost a chance to practice.

Your sure you can end this easily.

Beldum

>Take Down
>Hidden Power

Larvitar

>Bite
>Screech
>Sandstorm
>Dragon Dance
>Chip Away

>>1913140
Hidden Power
Chip Away

>>1913140
>Beldum
Take Down

>Larvitar
Bite

>>1913140
this >>1913142

Rolled 60, 1 = 61 (2d100)

>>1913142
>>1913144

Roll 1d100

Rolled 79 (1d100)

>>1913149

Rolled 4 (1d100)

>>1913149

Rolled 43 (1d100)

>>1913149

>>1913151
>>1913153
>>1913158

"Same again guys," you call out

Beldum lifts up his enemy and throws it back to the ground, it is down for the count and barely had a chance to fight back. Larvitar bites down again at your command, swirling black energy coating into his fangs. They actually pierce into the Klink this time, and you quickly call him back in fear he has killed it by mistake

Oliver watches as his Dratini slowly chips away at his chosen Klink while Nidoran stands by for support. Eventually the gear creature slows and sputter almost to a stop, and Oliver throws his ball. It barely shakes at all before clicking shut, and the room goes quiet.

Mina already defeated her opponent and has returned back to investigating the room, she manages to find an opening that leads to a smaller chamber. Inside, there is a pedestal on which sits an odd keystone which Mina carefully removes and stores. You also find a particularly old painting within which she cuts down and stores in a special container.

"This is really an amazing discovery," she explains, "I had no idea there were ruins this far north, no one did. Even a little outpost like this is a big deal."

Oliver calls your attention to the time, eager to get back on track. You now have less of a space cushion, you could only afford a small distraction at this point to make it to the city on time.

>Hit the road
>Look for a battle along the way
>Check out the forested land
>Something Else

>>1913167
>>Hit the road

>>1913167
I need time for what? Nightfall? Better get going then.

>>1913167
Damn. Spiritomb is huge at this point.

>Look for a battle along the way
We need to train our Dragons boys.

>>1913172
>>1913176

Your team heads out of the ruin and Mina marks the location of the place on a map she has on her pokedex. As you get back on track with your journey, she hangs back to make a few calls to some professor in the history department. Oliver tells you about his Klink, and how much he can't wait to hit the gym.

Soon you hit the main road, and keep a quick cadence as you head toward Aulder City.

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That's it for tonight. Will try to run for a little while tomorrow at around 12AM EST if I'm up to it. Pastebin is updated. Comments, criticism, and suggestions are always welcome. Will stick around to answer questions.

>>1913167
>Look for a battle along the way
But only along the road.
We might as well challenge someone for dosh.

>>1913199
thanks for running dunkle, night.

>>1913199
Neato.
Doing well so far. I'm looking forward to offloading the stones in Aulder city, getting some dosh, and getting more BALLZ BALLZ BALLZ + medicine with the dosh.

>>1913199
What gyms are here and what types are they?

>>1913207

Argyle runs the Aulder City Gym and specializes in rock-type. Aurora is the Den City gym leader, and his daughter, she does ice-type.

>>1913202
>>1913206

Thanks for playing everyone

Since we're probably offloading the Snover once Pine can find a home for it, I wonder what might be worth picking up.

We have surprisingly good type coverage.
Beldum has Normal + Psychic
Larvitar has Dark
Deino has Dragon + Ground
Dratini is slacking a bit but some training can cover that.

Dark, Fairy, and Grass types still give us a bit of an issue. As does Steel apparently because we don't use the Deino.

some Fire, Fighting, or Bug moves might help counteract that a bit.
We're coming up to a Forest, that likely has options for picking a Bug type.
Hope we find a Larvesta. One of those would be nice.
Scyther wouldn't go amiss either.

>>1913222
Speaking of bugs, a combee would be good for our research. Most pokemon that change number of heads gain heads, but combee goes from three to one.

>>1913222
A Breloom, Ferrothorn, Skarmory, Camerupt, or Scizor would be a great addition, but our theme of "unusual traits concerning breeding" might cancel out Skarmory or Camerupt.

>>1913216
>Desire to Pokemon intensifies.

>>1914195
Thing is, it's not a theme, it's our purpose. We're not even meant to be that invested in battling, and yet everyone's all focused on minmaxing the team.

>>1914507
I agree, only thing battles are good for for us is evolving pokemon.

>>1914507
While you have a good point, being a powerful trainer will allow us to conduct research in more dangerous areas.

Also, I just realised:
Beldum with Twistedspoon gains a psychic hidden power.
We have a Hard Stone and Nevermeltice.
We should try equipping Beldum with one and seeing if it gains a rock or ice hidden power.
If it does, you bet your ass I'm suggesting we make a pit kiln and create outselves Charcoal.

I'm phoneposting!

>>1915691
way to go, anon :)
>>1914507
and this. and i really wanna get our hands on a rare candy and study the hell out of it

Anyone around? Starting soon.

>>1916006
Yep

>>1916006
Present, but distracted.

>>1916035
>>1916058

The three of you hustle along your way down Route 115, finding little trouble, and eventually you begin to see signs indication you are soon to approach Aulder City. Not long after, you see the skyline in the distance. While it doesn't sport the immense towering skyscraper you find in Unova or even the largest city in your home region, it is impressive in its own right. It is an even place, with its large buildings spread around, but it has all the bustle of the bigger cities.

You enter through an understated little gateway and into the city proper. Oliver immediately starts questioning a passerby for information on and directions to the gym. He calls your attention, shouts something you can't quite make out, and starts walking down a large avenue to your west. Mina walks up and asks the same passerby for the location of the pokemon center.

"We should probably tell him to heal his pokemon," she says with a giggle.

>Follow Oliver
>Hit the pokemon center, he'll figure it out.
>Something Else

>>1916077
>>Hit the pokemon center, he'll figure it out.
>>Something Else
Grab Mina's hand as we walk there.

>>1916077
I'd like to spectate Oliver's match.

>>1916077
>Hit the pokemon center, he'll figure it out.

>>1916077
>Hit the pokemon center, he'll figure it out.
Gyms are for losers

>>1916086
>>1916109
>>1916132
>>1916139


"I'm sure he'll figure it out," you say, grabbing Mina's hand

She smiles brightly and pulls you a little closer, she smells really good even though you don't think she's had a proper shower in a day. It's kind of like church incense, only subtler. The two of you chat about odd passerby and the sights of the city as you walk.

After a short trip, you arrive at the pokemon center and find it fairly crowded, unsurprising since there's little daylight left. You leave your pokemon with the nurse and take a seat, you should only have a half hour wait. You notice all sorts of trainers here, from schoolchildren up to aged veterans.

After about five minutes, Oliver bursts through the door and runs up to the attendant. He leaves his pokemon and stares pacing back and forth, going over data on his pokedex.

>Go talk to one of the young kids
>Go talk to a veteran trainer
>That guy half in poke-cosplay looks..... interesting.
>Go talk to Oliver
>Something else

>>1916166
>That guy half in poke-cosplay looks..... interesting.
Bye Dratini, nice knowing you

>>1916166
>>That guy half in poke-cosplay looks..... interesting.
why not?

>>1916166
>>Go talk to a veteran trainer
>>That guy half in poke-cosplay looks..... interesting.

>>1916176
>>1916188
>>1916192

You walk over to the cosplayer, who is talking just a little too loudly and quickly at a teenage female trainer who seems so disinterested it almost makes you laugh. He has a T-shirt for some horrible pokemon anime you've heard of about a preposterously stupid kid trainer who never ages, and is wearing what look like Dragonite legs. He even has a little helmet to match.

He looks you up and down as you approach.

"Is that.. a... pokedex," he says reverently, practically drooling, "With a custom reader too? You must be a professor from the school, oh man you must have some rare pokemon. Show me now!"

You explain that they're with the clerk and he almost shrieks in frustration.

"After then, you have to," he begs.

>Humor him, maybe there's something wrong with this guy.
>Blow him off and talk to someone else.

>>1916205
>>Humor him, maybe there's something wrong with this guy.

>>1916205
>>Humor him, maybe there's something wrong with this guy.

>>1916205
>>Humor him, maybe there's something wrong with this guy.
poor guy, he's unwell

>be regular guy
>actually lost bet to the girl's brother
>gotta wear this weeb ass shit
>you just wanna go back to college and get your Breeders Degree and land a good job at a local Ranch

>>1916209
>>1916215
>>1916216

"Uh, sure thing, buddy," you say and put on a big smile for the poor guy.

"Thanks you so much," he says, "Now show me the pokedex."

You go through the various functions of your pokedex, showing off the expansive database functions first. You then register a nearby Charmeleon to demonstrate the data capture functions, which offer data on specific pokemon and provide information from the archives in a concise manner. He's super excited by this, and begins scanning every monster in sight. As you go through the applications you have installed, the clerk calls your name and you retrieve your pokeballs.

You tell him about Deino, but decline to take her out for fear of what she may do. He's disappointed but only until you release Beldum. He starts screaming out comments on how cool it is in a spastic manner and poking at him until Beldum retreats behind your leg. Larvitar is met with a similar reaction, but when you pull out Dratini he freezes with a hypnotized expression on his face.

"My.. favorite," he says, and he throws himself to the floor, screaming, "Please god, any price, you have to let me have him! Take my slowpoke or even my shukle!"

>You've humored him enough, you're done
>Haggle with him
>Offer to trade pokemon.
>Try to decline politely and excuse yourself
>Something else

>>1916275
>>You've humored him enough, you're done
i wanna trade but i dont really want a slowpoke or a shuckle kek

>>1916275
>>You've humored him enough, you're done
>>Try to decline politely and excuse yourself
"Sorry, but I went through the process of catching this Dratini, and I am going to care for it for its lifetime. I can't be convinced to trade it."

>>1916275
>You've humored him enough, you're done.
>Try to decline politely and excuse yourself.

Dratini doesn't deserve this.

>>1916277
>>1916278
>>1916279

ROLL 1d100

Rolled 79 (1d100)

>>1916282

>>1916279
>>1916278
>>1916277
But... we could research the shellder/slowpoke relationship.

Rolled 34 (1d100)

>>1916282

>>1916289
my guy we can just catch one, they arent impossibly rare, a dratini is worth more. but you're right it is interesting

>>1916284
>>1916290

You've just about had enough of this guy, but you remind yourself he's not all there.

"Sorry buddy, but that's my Dratini and I don't want to give him up," you explain patiently

He looks like he's about to pop, but he shakes himself out of it and says plainly, "Of course, who wouldn't want to hold on to Dratini."

Mina comes up to you and explains that Oliver just got his pokemon and dashed out. The cosplayer freezes and looks at his feet.

"We better go if we want to see him battle."

You mentally thank her for her intrusion and go to say goodbye to the strange boy. He mutters something and hands you a scrawled phone number on piece of paper.

"For when he evolves," the cosplayer says, " I'd love to see him."

You and Mina depart from the pokemon center, which is not far from the gym.

>Go to the Gym
>Go shopping
>Go sightseeing
>Go find a battle
>Something else

>>1916316
>Go to the Gym
support our friend.

>>1916316
>>Go to the Gym
>>Something else
Grab Mina's hand again

>>1916324
>>1916335

You grab Mina's hand and head off toward the gym to support your friend. She appreciates the affection and lets you know so, planting a kiss on your cheek now and then as you walk.

"I'm really glad we ended up traveling together," she tells you as you go, "You know I don't have the easiest time with people, and I was scared to leave, but when I'm with you I don't feel that way. I like Oliver too, he's such a genuine guy. I just feel so lucky."

She smiles at you and you take that in, unsure of what to say. Luckily the gym is right ahead, a rounded building with what looks like a huge stone jutting out of it and into the air. You enter the facility, and check in with the receptionist.

>Just as a spectator
>Register a gym challenge.
>Schedule a battle with a Jr. Trainer
>Something else
>>1916289

Just to mention if you guys do want to look into this. You know Shellder are common nearby, but Slowpoke are kind of rare on this continent.

>>1916359
>>Just as a spectator

>>1916359
>Just as a spectator

You guys, we should really consider breeding dratini and trading the egg for slowpoke.

>>1916359
>>Schedule a battle with a Jr. Trainer

>>1916377
I like that idea, give him the egg get the slowpoke, catch a shellder and study it biting slowpokes tail

>>1916359
Duncle, is just saying we want to research something and having access to that thing enough, or should we propose specific experiments?

>>1916316
Okay, The message has been received.

>>1916372
>>1916377

You tell the receptionist that you'll only be spectating today and Mina does the same. She directs you toward Oliver's challenge, which is currently in progress in the second arena. She explains that he's facing a Jr. Trainer named Diana, if he wins he'll be eligible to face Argyle whenever he pleases.

The two of you find your way to Oliver's match, its a plain arena with an overhead scoreboard showing the match's progress. You see it's a two on two match and both are on their first pokemon. His Dratini is out and preparing to launch a twister toward a Roggenrola, it seems to be paralyses and almost out of commision. The twister flies toward it, knocking it into the air where it's retrieved by Diana.

"Pretty good," she admits, "But that was just a warm up."

As she throws out a ball, Oliver takes the opportunity to recall Dratini and throw out a substitute. A fearsome looking rhyhorn roars from Diana's side, facing down Oliver's Klink. The two issue their commands and both pokemon lumber toward each other. Klink is just a bit faster and grinds its gears into the Rhydon in sequence, cutting into its carapace for massive damage. The Rhydon has just barely enough in it to stay standing, and Diana recalls it. Oliver's name flashes on the board and he jumps down to congratulate his Klink.

He discusses things with Diana and then walks over toward you. You and Mina offer up your congratulations and he smiles.

"I barely took a hit, so I'm going up directly against Argyle next."

Diana leads your party to the main stage, where Argyle is waiting. He's an old man with thin white hair and a beard, a pointy jagged nose, and eyes shrouded by goggles. He's wearing a blue jumpsuit tucked into big engineer boots, and a big gray coat.

"Welcome to the Aulder City Pokemon Gym," he announces with a flourish, "I am Argyle, my rock pokemon will see how hard your pokemon are. Since you have no badges, It'll be a two on however many you've got. Let's do this"

He throws out a pokeball and Oliver does the same. An odd-looking Geodude comes out against Nidoran. In an instant, the trainers are shouting out commands and the pokemon start advancing. Nidoran flies out with a double kick that does a lot of damage, but Geodude responds by charging up electricity and bashing into it for a shock. Nidoran launches back at the Geodude at Oliver's command, only needing a single kick to eliminate her foe.

Argyle looks surprised by how quickly his pokemon was handled, but steels himself and throws out a Larvitar. You quickly register it to your pokedex for comparison's sake and turn back to the battle. Oliver keeps his Nidoran out and the two pokemon slam into each other, launching attack after attack. Larvitar handles the kicks well, but eventually falls to the ground spent. The battle is won.

my boy nidoran got them hands

>>1916464

Nidoran walks back over to Oliver and cries out happily. He pats her on the back and thanks her. She begins to shift a bit, and her skin seems to glow a bit. Her legs and lower body grow thicker, and she stands up. Her skull seems to shift slightly, and her snout protrudes exposing bigger teeth. Her spines all seem to extend, as does her tail. It appears she has evolved into a Nidorina. Oliver goes wild, jumping up and hugging her tightly.

Argyle walks up to Oliver laughing to himself.

"Man you really rocked me!"

He laughs harder at his own joke, and Oliver joins in. He reaches out and pins a badge to Oliver's shirt. It's an oval shaped, grey, and shiny. He also hands him a TM for Rock Polish.

"Never got to use it in the battle, but put it to good use."

You make your way back to the entrance way and plan your next move.

>Go shopping
>Go sightseeing
>Scout out a trainer for battle/trade
>Something else

>>1916508
Pawn off that nugg

>>1916508
this >>1916510
lets get some dosh and take our lady out.

>>1916513
>Seconding
(Thirding? I don't know)

>>1916510
>>1916513
>>1916527

You decide to take care of some business first and foremost, since your low on funds. You find a curio shop in the shopping district and unload that nugget you got from Terry, earning a fair 5,000P. You now have 6,700 to spend while your here. The shop you're in has few interesting items, but you find a nice selection of incense and some charcoal. There are plenty of trainer shops around too, it's a big city with plenty of shopping.

Feel free to list of some stuff to buy or look for.

>What do you want to do after?

>>1916533
take our lady out to a nice restaurant.

>>1916533
We need to stock up on pokeballs since we are nearly out and buy some more potions/cures.

Quick question is what we can purchase limited according to how many gym badges we have or not?

Also look in one of the stores or some kind of institute there should be detailed report about the local wildlife. If we can get a copy or even a look we find out detailed information about the nearby pokemon and their situations. Perfect given our specialization. After getting a good idea of what the local area provides we can more easily and much more quickly go through it all for things of interest and stuff to take special note of. Including odd little discoveries like a small spring in a small cave.

Come to think of it there should also be a archeological equivalent for Mina. The good ones even report areas where a few broken pieces of historic items were found.

>>1916537
>>1916527

After acquiring some funding and picking up a few essentials, you decide to take care of something even more important. Your party returns to the pokemon center to regroup. You take the opportunity to pull Oliver aside and have him get lost for the evening, to which he enthusiastically agrees, and also get some information from the locals on a decent restaurant.

You ask Mina if she'll go out with you for the evening and she almost knocks you to the ground with her enthusiastic affirmation. The two of you take the opportunity to clean up in the pokemon center facilities, which you note are of nice quality for a city, and you dress fairly well.

When you meet with Mina again you find her in a medium-long black dress that hugs her curves in a very flattering way. Her hair is down and she's wearing lipstick, it looks like she's gone all out. The two of you take a meandering route to the restaurant, enjoying each others company.

You walk around the city streets for a while after dinner and eventually come across a charming little bar. The two of you decide to sit, drink, and chat for a bit. You can't help but smirk as you catch jealous stares from some of the men around. She ends up a little tipsy after about an hour and you decide to start your somewhat long walk home.

By the time you're back, neither of you are feeling the alcohol much and find a spot to rest in one of the lounges toward the back.

>What do you do.


>>1916566

No, you aren't limited by gym badges. That's just kids.

There is definitely a research lab in a city this size, you reckon, but you're sure you could find a basic ecological survey of the area on your pokedex. And you're sure there's at least one museum, probably more,

>>1916589
Curl up on a couch together and talk about our plans.

>>1916600
Ill get behind this, lets talk about where she wants to go, Oliver doesnt really give a fuck as long as he battles

>>1916600
This, makes sense for the people actually doing research.

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>>1916600
>>1916630

You pull Mina in and hold her close on one of the plush couches in the lounge, there's practically no one around given the relatively late hour. As you cuddle together on the couch, you get to talking about your journey so for, and also as to what you plan for the future.

"It's kind of up to you really," you explain, "Since Oliver and I can do our work pretty much anywhere."

"Wow, so it's really my decision," She seems a little nervous at the thought of being in control, "Well I'm still waiting to here back from Professor Kavo, but I'd like to compare what we saw back east with some actual early Mercian ruins. That would involve going either to Zatuy or to Falia, but Zatuy has the largest."

She begins to go into detail about the specifics of the structures and symbolism, and then technical details which are starting to go over your head a bit. She shakes them off and turns her attention back to you.

The two of you just look at each other for a little while, her pale green eyes sparkle up at you and you pull her in for a kiss. There's no one in the room now, its past midnight, and the two of begin to grow more aggressive. As you work your hands along her ample chest, passion takes over.

Some time later, you creep into the male sleeping quarters and find an open bed, drifting off to sleep easily after a full day.

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That's it for tonight guys. Thanks so much to everyone for playing. Hopefully I can run tomorrow for a few hours after 2PM EST. Will be around as usual to answer any questions.

Also, let me know what items you want to purchase, if any. Buy Balls Pastebin has been updated.

>>1916673
thanks for running dunkle. night.

>>1916673
Good night Dunkle! I missed the thread, but I think we should buy the following.

>4 Pokeballs
>2 Great Balls
>Charcoal (Test to see if our Beldum can use HP Fire while holding it)
>Grooming Kit (Keeping our Pokemon and specimens in good condition would be pretty helpful)

>>1916715
>Grooming Kit
I'll support this. Let's go all out on specialty food and grooming tools for our guys. And in fact, for Nidorina as well, as a gift for Oliver. First badge and evolution, that's a momentous occasion.

Afterwards, hopefully some research centers and a museum if it's relevant to Mina's interests.

Bluh, I wish I could participate, but you run at 4AM for me.

>>1916715
>>1917105

A grooming kit for us would probably need a soft cloth for Dratini, a long brush for Deino and something harder for the others: a hard brush or maybe even a metal sponge for Beldum.
I agree on the Balls and the Charcoal.

>>1917678
Right, I forgot to mention that I also support getting more poke/great balls. In fact, 4 isn't even enogh for the normal ones, but let's see how much that other stuff costs first.

More importantly! We have an oval stone. Where is that girl with the Happiny? She really needs it. And Oliver's new Pokémon can evolve again with a moon stone, which we also have and don't need.

>>1917789
Well, a lot of pokemon miss out on moves if they evolve too early, but I suppose that timing will be their decisions, won't it?

Starting up shortly, only a brief session today.

>>1917996
>only a brief session today
good! i should go to sleep anyhows

You awaken a bit later than you usually do to find the male bunks largely deserted, save a few stagglers, and lay back in bed for a few minutes. After a little relaxed appreciation of your current situation, you decide to hesitate no longer and get up to greet the day. After some basic hygeine and dressing, you walk out to find Oliver waiting for you.

"I just checked and Mina's getting ready," he says with a smirk, "I'm kind of surprised I'm up before you, but then again you had a late night."

He starts snickering to himself, and elbows you gently in the side. You just smile and nod your head. You go through the previous evening with your friend and just when you get to the ending, Mina walks up and you awkwardly change the subject over to Girafarig. She seems to know what's up, but doesn't say anything and simply greets you with a kiss.

You formulate a plan for the day ith your friends. Oliver has already taken care of his main business in the city, so he's glad to tag along wherever. Mina wants to make sure to hit a particular museum in the newer section of the city before you leave Aulder, but is otherwise open to anything.

First you go to the shopping district, purchasing a 4 pokeballs and 2 greatballs as well as a fairly versaitile pokeom grooming kit. This sets you back 1,500 P.

>Go search out some kind of pokemon lab
>Go to the museum district
>Just wander around for a while
>Go to the gym
>Seek out a trainer battle
>Something Else

>>1918223
>>Go to the museum district

>>1918223
>Go to the museum district
>Something Else
Give Oliver the moon stone as a congratulations. He can decide when to evolve his Nido.

>>1918223
>Go to the museum district

>Talk to Oliver about breeding his destinies sometime, you'd like to trade the egg for a slowpoke for your research.

Speaking of Girafarig, that's another pokemon with multiple heads that we should check out.

https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/User:Taromon777/Multiple_entity_Pokémon

I believe we may be able to prove that some of these pokemon, like Girafarig and Wobuffet, have recent common ancestors.

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>>1918318

>>1918258
>>1918266
>>1918291

Deciding to visit the museum first, the three of you make your way out of the pokemon center and down the bustling city streets. You have a bit of a walk to the district, so you take the opportunity to address a few things with Oliver as you go.

"So, I was thinking it might be a good idea to breed our Dratini," you say, "I know someone who absolutely loves Dragonite and has some interesting trades."

"I wouldn't be opposed at all," he tells you, "But it would be a bit time consuming, something we ought to get started today. I don't want Dratini to miss out on too much training, and I doubt we could breed them on the road."

You confirm this is not possible, and Oliver continues, "In that case, we would need to send them off to Pine, or find a local breeder. My first choice is the professor, we'd get the benefits of his experience as well as the Erbaum equipment. There's a good chance it would take a while longer, but its worth it to me."

You ponder that for a moment and let the subject drop. After some more casual conversation, you go into your bad and pull out your moon stone.

"Here, its a gift for your first badge," you say, handing it to him, "First of many."

He looks genuinely touched and thanks you.

"I'll use it on Nidorina after she gets a little older," he tells you, looking at his prize with visible joy.

You reach the museum district and Mina takes the lead, marching your group into a stately building you identify as the Aulder Museum of Ancient History. Inside, you find a number of exhibits showing carvings and objects from various places and periods. Mina ignores most of these and walks toward the research area after flashing her trainer card, identifying herself as a juinior professor.

>Follow her
>Look around a bit
>Something else

>>1918379
>Follow her

>>1918379
Aren't our Dratini from the same brood? Isn't that incest? I was thinking we would catch a Magikarp to stud and then we could just release it.

>>1918379
>>Follow her

>>1918402
>>1918460

You decide it best to follow Mina, besides you figure there's no better source of information on these exhibits than the experts who study them. You and Oliver follow behind your teammate, showing your own cards and entering the laboratory.

There isn't much equipment, some big machines you don't recognize and a row of computers. What catches your eye is the central table around which several young researches stand, looking at what appears to be a massive stone coffin with intricate carvings of what seems to be a Zapdos along its sides.

Mina introduces herself and most of the researchers ignore her, but an older gentleman steps up and takes her around the facility.

"Don't mind them, it's a Mercian noble's tomb and the young fellows all want the first crack at it," he says with a light chuckle, "I'm Professor Wiepe and I head the research department here."

She introduces the you and Oliver, explaining your areas of expertise, and tells him about your recent discovery near route 115. He seems very interested in this, and the two of them discuss the implications of the finding.

"Well this turns a lot of what we know on its head," he explains, "If this is accurate, that means there could be a lot more hidden in the mountains. Who knows what kind of history this could uncover, much of the early Mercian society is quite mysterious."

He shoos away the younger professors from around the tomb, allowing Mina to take a closer look. She examines the carvings in detail for a while, making little observations to herself, before pulling out a research notebook. Wiepe observes her for a time.

"What are your findings?"

"Well, I'd date it to the middle era based on the Zapdos, but these carvings here," she gestures to them, "Indicate a later burial. I'd its from say a very old family and late Mercian."

"I think you may be right," he offers with an avuncular smile, "This is a Geoffian tomb, later than we've seen the family ever before, and suggesting..."

"They survived longer than we knew," she adds, "And still in a position of power."

The two of them go on like this for a while, and eventually she tells you she'll be a while longer and will meet you later. She suggests you and Oliver find something else to do, lest she bores you. Oliver is doing his best not to confirm her suggestion, but you know he's probably going crazy here.

>Go somewhere else.
>Stay here and try to join in
>Something else


>>1918421

>>1918421

Yes they are, but no it isn't incest. This is pretty standard fare for breeding, mating close relatives is often necessary in order to select for certain traits.

>>1918485
>See if there's a natural history museum in the area.

>>1918499
Ok

>>1918485
>>Go somewhere else.
Research center for examining our own pokemon! Oliver's as well, since Klink has two heads.

Are we Pokémon Mengele..?

>>1918513
>>1918533

I'm going to leave this decision open and post an update when I get back from work tomorrow morning. If you guys want to formulate a plan of action for some places you want to check out or things you want to do, that would be great.

I may or may post a few updates from there, but I'll almost definitely run Monday afternoon or night for several hours.

Thanks for playing everyone, sorry it was so short. Will be around another twenty minutes or so for any questions

>>1918485
>Look around, see if you can't find a local wildlife guide. The gift shop ought to have one. You could also ask the Professor. He's explored the area enough to know about local populations.

>>1918578

Well, I just got cancelled for 7 to 11, so.....

Nevermind.

FOUR MORE HOURS

>>1918578
>>1918586
Dropped name.

>>1918578
I just wanna go wherever we can take a scan of Beldum and Dieno's nervous systems.

>>1918586
>>1918591
Unfortunate your plans got canceled but cool that you will be sticking around.

>>1918513
>>1918533
>>1918581
>>1918620

You take your leave of Mina and the professor, who return to their discussion without hesitation. Oliver seems relieved and the two of you take a look around the museum district. There are buildings dedicated to various subjects ranging from art to the sciences. You find a natural history museum which seems interesting, and it has an attached pokemon lab that neither of you want to pass up.

You up to the receptionist, who directs you to the laboratory through a hallway adjacent to the main floor. Inside, you find several white-coated academics performing a variety of tasks. The larges machine you know to be a pokemon biological scanner, you also take note of a few instruments for collecting data on pokemon physiology. This place is nearly as well stocked as Erbaum, and there is one machine you have never seen before.

Some of the professors and assistants greet you in passing, some commenting on how nice it is to see the new blood and wishing you well. You wind up answering questions on your schooling for a while from an ambitions young research assistant named Karen a year or so your junior.

>Ask to use one of the machines
>Look for someone in charge
>Investigate the strange machine
>Ask some questions (what?)
>Go browse the actual museum
>Write-in
>>1918714
My plans were work, so I'm happy.

>>1918761
>>Ask to use one of the machines
>>Look for someone in charge
>>Investigate the strange machine
MAXIMUM OVERRESEARCH
ON ALL THE POKEMON
ALL OF THEM

>>1918777
THIS. TAKE IT TO THE MAX.

and im so happy i didnt sleep through this qst my schedule is fucked.

>>1918777
>>1918863

In a place like this, there's so much that you want to do you barely know where to start. You first ask around for the person in charge, and a heavy man in his mid fourties with thick glasses and thin hair steps forward.

"I'm Professor Gum," He says, offering a handshake, "I'm a physiologist, specifically paleobiology. That's mostly what we do here, study fossils."

You ask him if you can use the machines to scan your pokemon for data. He lets you know of a few machines which are currently running experiments, but most of the equipment is fair game. You then ask him about the machine you've never seen.

"That is my most prized possession," he tells you, "Its a machine which can clone a pokemon and 'restore' it from a fossil."

He explains how it works, briefly going over the functions of its various instruments before going into detail. Essentially, it uses highly advanced scanning technology and exhausts the sample entirely as it collects any DNA. From there, a special kind of liquid, or 'ditto soup' as he calls it is, is injected with the sample. A cloned pokemon can be gestated this way in a matter of a few days, but it requires a mostly intact fossil.

This is truly fascinating stuff, but you turn your attention to the more immediate task at hand and the data collection instruments. The main biologic scanner is an older model than what you're used to, but you familiarize yourself quickly with it and Professor Gum is more than happy to help you along.

>Anything particular you want to try to test or look for? Experiments to run?

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Here's a continental map. It's a work in progress.

>>1918892
Dieno and Beldum nervous systems, and how they might use the same or different methods for their multiple brains on evolution.

>>1918892
With Beldum, Deino and Klink, we need to focus on their neurological aspects. Especially before and after they evolve, for comparison.

Might as well do Larvitar too, on tge off-chance something weird is going on with Tyranitar's cgest that appears to have its previous form Pupitar's face on ot.

I'm even thinking we prevent our Pokémon from evolving outside of a controlled environment, and try to get them to evolve while their brains are being scanned, but I guess that's nigh-impossible.

>>1918892
The nervous system as well, i also want to look at the organ than hidden power and other moves come out of.

>>1918913
>>1918930
>>1918945

Roll 1d100 to control your Deino

Rolled 27 (1d100)

>>1918989

Rolled 60 (1d100)

>>1918989

Rolled 44 (1d100)

SATAN

Rolled 29 (1d100)

>>1918989

>>1918994
>>1918995
>>1919012

Having a curiosity toward what you imagine to be a unique nervous system, you first pull Beldum from his ball. Gum is curious and takes a good look, saying he's never seen one close up before. You adjust the settings of the biologic scanner toward handing mechanical pokemon. Gum nods, then tweaks a nob slightly before starting up the machine. Beldum floats in at your request.

The data is nothing particularly groundbreaking, but its utterly facinating to see it yourself. Beldum, like many mechanical pokemon, has a series of circuits which work as a nerurological and cardiovascular system. The structure of its eyecase is the most interesting and contains the only 'organs' in the pokemon. It has a series of microscopic ports along the left lateral side you can only postulate have to do with its unique evolution.

The central processer coordinates and controls everything, this is Beldum's mind and contains all that makes him who he is. The eye functions as an eye of course, but also absorbs radiation from the sun to 'feed' Beldum. There is a series of small micronozzels on the bottom of his claw which seem to be where he feeds energy attacks through, you also find some in his eye.

Jotting down your findings, you retrieve Beldum and send out Deino. You prepare yourself for the worst by doing so in a broom closet, hoping to mitigate her destructive tendencies. She bumps you, but not in an overly forceful manner. She seems a little afraid at first, but you give her a few hard pats on the head and she calms down. She follows you into the machine, but bashes her head into the walls when you close the door.

Despite her moving around, you manage to get some good information. Her peripheral nervous system and neurons are similar to that of most human or animal-like pokemon, as are the general organs and structure of her body tissues, though her pain nerves don't seem to be anywhere near as numerous as average. They're also located deeper in her skin than normal. She also has typical energy ducts located in her mouth. There are a ton of them in there, more than the average for her species by a long shot.

Her brain is extremely interesting, or brains as you should say. There is a large brain in her chest cavity, close to and connecting with the spine, surrounded by a large bony cage. Inside her head, there is a mass of tissue composed of grey and white matter that seems to be a sort of micro-brain. You postulate that perhaps Hydreigon isn't truly polycephalic after all, they aren't exactly well studied.

[continued]

>>1919078
Aw shit yeah, science!

Here's some stuff I'd like to do:
See if the Hard Stone, Nevermetlice and Charcoal affect Beldum's HP
Challenge the gym. I'd say we have a decent shot of it, especially with Beldum and Deino.
Just having 1 badge will command you some respect.

>>1919078

You call back Deino after praising her for being well-behaved, then let out Larvitar. Gum is enthused, he tells Larvitar are well studied in the lab due to being an ancient species. He takes you and your pokemon through the ringer. Running and explaining a number of tests on the creature, whose head is starting to spin from all the attention. You enjoy having ample data at your hands with which to compare your own Larvitar, and also learn a lot about their growth patterns and species.

There's a lot of information based on studying Argyle's Tyranitar, of which he has several, and confirm that your own little pokemon has a lot of potential especially with attack power. You see that as they grow, the soil a Larvitar consumes is compacted by its body into the rocky carapace that acts as a sort of exoskelleton supporting the weaker endoskelleton. It will begin to become more jagged and thick until the creature undergoes evolution, wherein it eclipses the arms, legs, and head.

You learn that Pupitar, after a long period of relative dormancy, burst out into Tyranitar. The pupa then acts as torso armor until the natural growth cycle replaces it with a stronger exoskelleton. Color changes mark transitional periods, with Larvitar greying as they age and Pupitar converting back to the familiar green in a similar fashion. You download the laboratory's research into the species for later reference and call Oliver over.

He agrees on letting you analyse his Klink, and the little gear creature floats over into the machine. Scanning it reveals some similarities in general structure to Beldum, but with more two processors. It seems the Klink aren't linked in any physical fashon, other than magnetic attraction. You learn that as they grow, one gear will dominate the other and they will link more permanantly but retain seperate cognition.

You've gathered a lot of data, and you and Oliver discuss plans for the rest of the day.

>Check out another place.
>Just wander around for a while
>Go to the gym
>Seek out a trainer battle
>Something Else

>>1919161
>Something Else
Check if the Hard Stone, Nevermetlice and Charcoal affect Beldum's hidden power.

>>1919167
We might as well do this while we're surrounded by colleagues and equipment.

Kinda want to go to a gym, but maybe after some training? Dude's raised multiple Tyranitar, geez.

>>1919161
this >>1919167
and lets pick up some more pokeballs, can never have too much

>>1919161
>something Else
Ask for detailed ecological studies and maps of the surrounding area.

>>1919167

You pull Beldum back out from his ball to test an idea you had. You have Beldum drop the twistedspoon and you hand him a piece of charcoal you purchased the previous day. It emanates an odd warmth as you hold it. When you hand it to him, he pulls it to his body with telekinetic force. The professor shows you to a small room for pokemon testing.

"Hidden power," you call out, directing his attack toward a target.

A ball of red energy launches out toward the target and a small flame flashes around it. You switch out the charcoal for the nevemelt ice you found in the forest. This time the energy is blue, and when you inspect the target you find it cold to the touch. The hard stone changes the blast to brown, and it just launches into the target as though it were a thrown rock.

>>1919199

You ask for any ecological maps they may have on the surrounding areas before leaving, and Professor Gum has you download the data onto your pokedex.

You look specifically at

>The forested areas on route 115 and west of the city.
>The flatlands across route 116
>The grassy plains of route 117

>>1919221
Neato, we can customise Beldum's HP!
Better to stick with the Twistedspoon for now
Unless we can find a Metal Coat in this city, since Steel attacks will #rek this gym

>>1919221
What's Route 116?
I don't think we've heard of Route 116 yet, so might as well get info on it.

>>1919221
>The forested areas on route 115 and west of the city.

>>1919221
>The flatlands across route 116
I think that's the way to the next city?

>>1919232
>>1919240

First you look at route 116, which connects Aulder and Den City. Most of the region has been given over to farming for many years, but north of the route are rough and rocky areas which contain a lot of ground pokemon and other hardy species. Sandshrew are common there, as are Mankey and Rhyhorn. You could also occasionally find some wild Tauros or Milktank, and even the rare Bouffalant. Further north and approaching the mountains, you begin to find more fighting types, like Scraggy and Machop. Rarely, younger Tyrogue can be found there as well.

>>1919238

The areas you breezed by in the rush to get to Aulder are now lain bare. There's a great deal of diversity here. Grass, flying, and bug types are common here and its easy enough to find a lake with some water types. Tailow, Caterpie, Seedot, Sewaddle, Tangela, Aipom, Foongus, and Pachirisu are common in the forests. Heracross, Teddiursa, Venipede, Shroomish, and Tropius are present as well. By the lakes, you can find Lotad, Poliwag, and Surskit most commonly with the occasional Yanma or Wimpod showing up

>>1919344
Lets go get a poliwag, poliwrath get.

>>1919344
>Check out another place in the city
>Just wander around for a while
>Go to the gym
>Go train your pokemon
>Seek out a trainer battle
>Something Else

>>1919344
Ahh, I love the Yanma and Venipede lines, but I guess they aren't relevant enough to out interests to go out of our way. The Wimpod might be, though.

>>1919376
>>Go train your pokemon
And express your thanks to everyone. Better tell Mina about this as well in case she wants to get something absolutely, though I doubt it. Oliver as well.

>>1919410

You decide to take some of your time out to train your pokemon, and you and Oliver take your leave from the lab. Professor Gum exchanges phone numbers with you, encouraging you to call if you ever need any help or find any fossils. You thank him for that, as well as all of his help and say farewell.

Back at the pokemon center, you and Oliver ask around for a good place to train, and are directed to a vacant lot not far from there use by the locals for that purpose. It's also the best place to find a battle if you aren't trying to face a rock type.

You remember that you wanted to talk to professor Pine about a place for your Snover, and also remember what Oliver said about wanting to breed your Dratini sooner rather than later. You could take care of either of those before or after training, if you were still so inclined.

>Go train (pokemon)
>Wait, send Snover first
>Wait, send the Dratini first

>>1919489
>Dratini
wanna get that egg before we run off somewhere if we want that slowpoke.

>>1919489
>Wait, send Snover first
Let's free up a slot.

>>1919507
Not too much feeling a Slowpoke, and not a Dratini either.

I feel like we should persue a flyer, just in case.

>>1919489
>>1919507
>>1919526
>>1919576

I've got to get ready for work now, so I'm going to leave this open for now. I'll assume you want to train your remaining pokemon afterwards. For each pokemon let me know what you want to train, be it moves, stats, or something more creative. I'll update and may run a bit tomorrow morning after 8AM EST.

Thanks for playing. Will be around about 15 more minutes for any questions.

>>1919576
But, m-muh neuroscience

>>1919576
i get what you mean, im not really interested in a slowpoke either, i just want to see what happens when a shelder bites its tail

>>1919588
Train Dratini's stats, and Deino. it racks disciprine

>>1919588
>Beldum
moves, we seriously lack diversity with it, even if held items can change up Hidden Power.

>Larvitar
Defence, Phys Attack, or Speed.

>Deino
Obedience and/or Speed, and moveset.

>>1919599
I want to see what happens when it bites the head. I'm sure it can't be that hard to find a king's rock or two, right?

Also, seconding discipline training with both deino and dratini.

>>1919592
>>1919599
>Shelder bites the tail
>Slowpoke absorbs any intelligence and consciousness from the Shelder
>Mutates it from sheer mindjacking

>>1919626
thats seems really fucking interesting, i wanna see it.

>>1919588
I would suggest adding a brief description to the names in our growing contact list. Even short things like (classmate, medical student) or (professor, fossils and archeology) would be nice.

>>1919588
And oh yeah, send Dratini now.

Some things came up, probably won't be able to run until tomorrow. Sorry guys

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>>1921576
dice

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>>1921576
dice

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>>1925317
Congratulations, you win!

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>>1925339
we should totally try this, combing 2 pokemon into 1 i mean. doing this to our deino would be monstrous

>>1924251
>>1925317
>>1925364
???
>>1921576
Life happens, take your time

You know, it would probably be a good idea if we got scans directly before and after evolution, on top of far before and far after, to give us a better idea about what’s going on.

>>1925566
I wonder under what study would the evolution process itself fall under.

>>1925575
Evo-Morphography

...is this dead?

>>1928552
No, I've just got some stuff going on. I was going to update today. Probably within an hour or so.

>>1928564
>>1919507
>>1919526
>>1919599
>>1919619
>>1919623
>>1919840


You decide to head out to the training field with Oliver, wanting to get a bit of training in with Dratini before you send him off to Pine. You head out along the avenue and down a little side street, hearing the sounds of pokemon clashing and trainers shouting. The vacant lot is fairly large and well worn, there are a lot of trainers and even a few stands selling snacks and potions.

You and Oliver get set up in one of the few uncrowed areas, he releases his Dratini and you do the same. The pair of them are playful toward each other, and you let them play for a while while you and Oliver discuss them. It's no secret that Oliver's Dratini is a cut above yours, and you ask his advice. Rather than tell you, he has his own Dratini demonstate some of its manevers and moves toward yours. With the added assistance, your pokemon quickly picks up twister. It's combat discipline has also been vastly increased, as well as its general fitness and battle readiness.

After your collaborative training with Dratini has gone as far as you think it could go, Oliver splits of for some solo training while you retrieve your pokemon. You release Deino and she runs toward you, she smashes her head into your legs and snaps her jaws around you. You work through some basic exercises and find her much better behaved than the last time you attempted this. You have her follow basic commands for a time, then work on combat directions.

After spending a while working on the basics, you begin to incorporate moves. She picks up on this relatively quickly and you have no doubt she's combat ready now. Since she seems to be taking to it so well, you increase the speed of your commands. She doesn't fail to perform, so you keep increasing them further and further. She eventually reaches a limit, and you work there for a while.

You start working on adding moves, deciding to start with bite. You grab some some loose wood from one of the venders and throw them toward her, she snaps them in half without any dark aura. Remembering how well it worked for Dratini, you call out Larvitar for a demonstration and she gets it in no time. After a bit more practice together, Deino seems tired so you retrieve her.

Oliver is done with training his Dratini, she certainly has a lot of stamina, and he lets you know he's ready to send her out. The two of you walk back to the pokemon center and you take the opportunity to leave Deino with the attendent for a quick refresher while you get in touch with Professor Pine. You utilize the PC, which is offered for free, unlike the places which have a small fee.

[continued]

>>1928588


You call him up and explain your plans, and ask him how long it'll take to breed your Dratini. He's glad to find a home for Snover if at all possible, and tells you he'll be comfortable at Erbaum in the interrum. In response to your question on the Dratini breeding, he offers one of his own.

"We could really use a stable breeding population at the academy," he explains, "if the two of you are willing, I'd like to keep your pokemon for a week or so to get a few spare eggs. I can guarantee you one egg in about two days either way."

You tell Oliver his plans, and he seems to be a bit unsure. After a bit of deliberation, he tells you he will yield to your judgment. He's eager to get back to training.

>Send Snover and Dratini, get Dratini back in two days.
>Send Snover and Dratini, get Dratini back in a week.
>Something Else

>>1928589
>>Send Snover and Dratini, get Dratini back in a week.
Honestly he can keep our dratini if he wants to

>>1928589
>Send Snover and Dratini, get Dratini back in a week

>>1928589
>Send Snover and Dratini, get Dratini back in a week.

>>1928594
>Honestly he can keep our dratini if he wants to
i agree