>>1941564
Damn, I'm ready for some Pokemon!

Hello.

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[Before we begin, I just want to say I appreciate you guys. You rock]

>>1941579
No, you rock, you beautiful Turkey you!

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Keira looks at the floor before donning her mask. It’s unneeded, she already has makeup on. But you suppose it helps her feel more protected in her vulnerable state. She just poured her heart out to you about her religion and doubts.

“Maybe they don’t know every detail exactly, but they’re right about the basic foundations. Every generation is going to have a different outlook, and nothing stays the same, but the big ideas, the important things, those get passed on.”

“Maybe.” She sniffs. “That...that is a thing we discuss in study, sometimes. But what if that’s just a line to give people wiggle room? Your mom said that Arceus works in mysterious ways, and the first thing I thought was that that sounds like a nice excuse her priests must say to cover for not understanding the afterlife.” There’s no elitism or haughtiness in her voice. She’s stating it the same way you’d talk about a five year old’s explanation for how electricity works. You might even admire the logic in their train of thought even if they get it wrong. “Our whole culture is based around these details. We don’t do secularism like mainlanders do. There’s no fancy...compartmentalizing of ideas.” You notice that even her wording has become a little more mainlander-sounding recently.

“Well...” you’re walking on thin ice here, “what if it isn’t true? Isn’t that okay as long as it comforts people and brings them together?”

Through the mask, the reflection from the water in her eyes them makes them shine. It gives them a piercing quality that sees right into your soul. “If it’s not true and I’ve been lying to the dying... I...” Her voice cracks.

“You gave them a happy life and comforting last moments.”

She’s about to say something when Gobble interrupts. He walks up and offers her a piece of bread.

“Thank you, Gobble.” She sniffs something back and takes it. In return, she gives him a quick blessing out of habit. She catches herself for a moment, but awkwardly completes it. “I just wish I had something I could trust. Even High Priest Koa let something like this happen and he hasn’t come to see me.” She sighs. “What if we’ve been fooling ourselves?”

A small bit of time passes as she nibbles her bread. You finally work up the courage to talk about the big thing on your mind. “I’ve learned a bit about it since I’ve been here. Rayquaza seems, uh, interesting.”

She’s still nibbling the bread, but faster. She looks like she’s gotten her appetite back. “The great protector? He opened the path to the next world after saving us.”

“What happened next?”

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>>1941591
“Well, first, all the lost spirits finally were able to go, so there was a great tsunami of them. Then, when things settled, we rebuilt. And we formed the temples after the examples that were left, and we made sure to bless every dead person or pokemon when they passed so that they’d have a good journey. But we became complacent with it. And after a time when he let our discipline slip, there was a great earthquake! So we began offering things through the pathway to the afterlife. It was food that worked best, so that’s what we did. The spirits sometimes miss the comforts of their old lives, even in the beyond.” Her tone swings from matter-of-fact to almost skeptical of what’s coming out of her mouth.

“Has Rayquaza ever contacted anyone? From the beyond?”

She looks up and squints. “Some people say that, but nothing that’s been canonized. You know, confirmed.” Again, her tone is telling of what feels like realizations cropping up in her head. “Wait. Herb. Why are you asking?”

The sound of the artificial fountain is distracting you as you try to think.

>Forget I said anything. I have to go.
>Tell her about the dream.
>Suggest she find somewhere to clear her head and do some thinking.
>Something else

>>1941603
>Tell her about the dream.

It'll go no further if we ask.

>>1941603
>just curious, didn't realize he was so important to you guys.

>>1941603
>Tell her about the dream.
Fuck it, frame it as just a dream. Don't make it sound like we actually talked to Raq and just ask Keira about what she things it might mean.

>>1941614
Or we can try and hint our hands are tied on the subject for the time being.

And you rock as well, Gobble.

>>1941603
>Forget I said anything. I have to go.
I really really dont wanna break our promise to green dragon

>>1941603
>>Tell her about the dream

>>1941603
>Suggest she find somewhere to clear her head and do some thinking

Now is not the time to reveal that

Heya gobble, don't forget to archive the last thread you silly turkey

>>1941603
>Did they say what kind of pancakes he prefers? (jokingly)

>Suggest she find somewhere to clear her head and do some thinking.

>>1941689
Supporting!
Hope you're having a good night Gobbs

> I was just thinking maybe there's a way we could contact him, that way you can talk to him and rekindle your faith directly
>Did they say what kind of pancakes he prefers? (jokingly)

We promised not to tell anybody we met Rayquaza, we need to keep up pretending

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You look at your friend. Her crushed spirit. Her low point. Her

“I had a dream.” You emphasize the last word. “And um, in it, I saw what looked like a pokemon. Rayquaza.”

“The great protector.” She says flatly.

“Uhh, yeah. And we talked about a bunch of stuff, and he showed me the past.”

She’s done eating, and she leans in closer. The short priestess hangs off your every word now. “He did?”

“Yah!” You’re relieved. She’s not freaking out. “And it felt so real. It was after I found that bone, remember?”

She nods. “What happened?”

“Well, afterwards I fed him some pancakes, but before then-”

“Pancakes.”

“Yeah. Really fluffy ones, and I-”

She cracks in giggling. “You fed the great protector pancakes!”

You’re glad she’s happy, but you feel like you’re losing her. “Yes. But the main point is that I don’t think he-”

She laughs even louder. This time, drawing in some eyes from the various people coming and going in the massive, cold, lobby. “Pancakes!”

“Keira...”

“I’m sorry, Herb.” She brings it down, but can’t fully contain it. “I believe you had a very convincing dream. But the great protector would be beyond comfort food!” She laughs until she snorts.

>Let it go. She’s happy, that’s all that matters
>But you just said spirits wanted food. It fits!
>It was real! And tell her about what Koa is up to, even if that means breaking that promise too
>Assure her that whatever the truth is about her religion, she’s a good person, and it helped form who she is
>Something else

>>1941766
>Let it go. She’s happy, that’s all that matters
It's better this way.

>>1941766
>But you just said spirits wanted food. It fits!
>Assure her that whatever the truth is about her religion, she’s a good person, and it helped form who she is

We've got a middle ground out but I want this little bit of cute to last a little longer.

>>1941766
>Let it go. She’s happy, that’s all that matters
>Assure her that whatever the truth is about her religion, she’s a good person, and it helped form who she is

wtf i love kiera now

>Let it go. She’s happy, that’s all that matters
>Assure her that whatever the truth is about her religion, she’s a good person, and it helped form who she is
>I'll teach you how to make pancakes just how reyquaza likes them at some point, just in case you ever meet him

>>1941766
>>You’re returned back to the cooking space. The pokemon deity stares into your eyes. Everything you saw was true, but it’s not the truth.
>>“I don’t know what that means.”
>>You will. Just keep your promise and don’t let them put me to rest yet.
>>Just keep your promise
>Might have just messed up this part
>>and don’t let them put me to rest yet.
>Maybe we should try to convince Kiera it's true, anyway? Bolster her faith?


From the end of the Rayquaza vision
>You’re returned back to the cooking space. The pokemon deity stares into your eyes. Everything you saw was true, but it’s not the truth.

>“I don’t know what that means.”

>You will. Just keep your promise and don’t let them put me to rest yet.

>Just keep your promise
Might have just messed up this part

>and don’t let them put me to rest yet.
Maybe we should try to convince Kiera it's true, anyway? Bolster her faith?

>>1941793
>>1941796
Why post this twice? Personally I think it all these promises of secrecy are dumb and the only person who could help us understand what's actually going on should have a conversation with us. She obviously won't believes us tho, maybe someday.

>>1941796
>>1941804
If we can get a word in edgeways while Keira's laughing maybe mention >don’t let them put me to rest yet.

That seems to be the important part. Or mention it was during the LSD tea ceremony.

>>1941831
specifically, it was during the part of the LSD tea ceremony when the priest couldn't see into our head suddenly and they called Kiera into the room because they didn't know what was going on.

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>When the weird foreign kid drinks all the tea

>>1941845
Maybe give it a day or two so we're away from the temple and things have quieted down, then ask again.

We can trust Keira, I would think, but she's emotionally distraught right now and a temple probably isn't the best place to discuss this if we don't want this spreading.

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You pick up her hand and hold it. “Keira. Whatever’s real, here’s what I know. treasure your friendship. You’re a great person. A good person. And your life and your religion up to now has helped form who you are.”

“Herb...” Even through the mask and face paint, you can feel that she’s blushing. She gives your hand a little squeeze. “I treasure you too. I-I mean, your friendship!” She takes her hand away. “Umm, you’d better go see what your girls want.”

You glance over. Hana and Laki look like they’re growing impatient. “Right. Okay. Thanks.”

She runs off to go talk to a plant. Despite it being surrounded by plastic and metal, she thinks it’s very pretty.

You catch up to Hana and Laki. They start walking towards what you assume are where the conservationists are, and you follow. “You and Keira are looking close.” Laki says. “Still feeling that perfume?”

“Huh? No. Why do you ask?”

“Nevermind.” She gives you a half-hearted smile and a quick tussle. “You just don’t get too many ideas when you’ve got hungry pokemon at home.”

“I’m okay with ideas.” Hana’s voice is barely audible as she plays with her hair and looks away.

“What do you know about the conservationists?” Laki asks you and Hana.

Hana pretends she didn’t hear so she doesn’t have to answer. Sometimes it feels like she’s embarrassed at her lack of knowledge about the islands. She doesn’t seem interested in learning, though.

“Not much.” you say. “What?”

“They’ve got a reputation of being a bit antisocial.”

“That’s not such a bad thing, is it?” Hana says, looking at her shoes. She picks up her Togepi.

“Not like that. They’re not shy. Got anything to offer them?”

“Is that something we’re supposed to do? Give them stuff?”

“It’s a custom when asking for their help, but not required. It helps, though.”

>Umm, do they take financial donations?
>You’re the one doing them a favor
>You’ll cook them up something nice
>You'll play it by ear
>Something else

>>1941928
>>You’ll cook them up something nice

>>1941928
>You'll play it by ear

>>1941928
>You’ll cook them up something nice

If they do hard work, they'll appreciate a meal.

Alternatively, since there's likely a kitchen:

>Run after odd jobs.

>>1941928
>You’ll cook them up something nice
A best exchange of culture is an exchange of food.

>>1941950
Supporting

While I'm certain our culinary skills are set to impress, side quest could be beneficial

>>1941928
>>1941950
Supporting as well

>>1941766
you made a mistake Gobble, Keira already knew about the pancakes she was in the trial thing.

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“That’s your solution to everything.” Laki lightly mocks.

“Is that bad?”

“What?” She stops walking for a second. “No! No. Don’t stop cooking. Seriously. That’s not what I’m saying.” She throws her hands up. “Trust me. Nobody wants that to stop.”

“I mean, I could help them out with odd jobs.”

“As long as you don’t stop cooking for us.” Hana says.

“Robocop gets it.” Laki says. Bella helps emphasize her point.

You walk for a long time. You’re going way outside the temple and into the nearby forested area. The overhead canopy casts a soft, cool shade.

You’re about to ask about where they are when you hear shouting. You, your pokemon, Hana, and Laki all rush over to investigate. You peer through some bushes and see what look like temple acolytes being overrun by bug pokemon. Most of them are little purple ones with big, buggy eyes, but there are a few others.

The acolytes aren’t being attacked directly, but the rush of pokemon coming over them looks like it’s knocking a few of them over and really scattering their stuff. One boy about your age is knocked over and his pokeball is kicked across the clearing. He looks uninjured, but upset.

A Scyther comes flying in his general direction.


>Help them! Order some of your pokemon to use Roar!
>Tell the girls to stay back. You guys shouldn’t interfere
>Rush out with your frying pan and help that guy out
>Don’t do anything yet, but don’t stop anybody
>Something else

>>1942032
oh yeah, right. The priests were all like "what do pancakes mean to you?", weren't they?

>>1942055
>>Rush out with your frying pan and help that guy out

Herb is so cool

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>>1942032

>>1942055
>Rush out with your frying pan and help that guy out
A leader to his Mons

>>1942055
>Rush out with your frying pan and help that guy out

Is it wrong I want the Scyther? I love bug types.

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[Roll dice!]

Rolled 84 (1d100)

>>1942118
Yoooo

Rolled 74 (1d100)

>>1942118

Rolled 72 (1d100)

>>1942118

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>>1942055
>Rush out with your frying pan and help that guy out
Herbs, to battle!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=POkU70cjYI8

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Rolled 24 (1d100)

[Oh yeah]

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Scyther comes rushing in, and you act before you think. Your foot kicks off at the same time you swing your backpack around to unhook your lucky frying pan. With one motion, you bring it up and in the way of Scyther.

CLANG! A bone-jolting sensation runs through you from the impact, but you keep your feet on the ground. Some sparks fly as his blade skids off the edge after the initial impact. His momentum makes you skid back a little. He flies back to get some distance and size you up.

But something about his posture bothers you. He doesn’t try to attack and doesn’t seem frustrated. He looks like he has other things on his mind, and you’re just a roadblock. His wings start up and kick some dust off the ground. Then, with a loud flapping noise, he snaps up into the air and flies in the same direction he was going.

You’re feeling confused, but also pretty cool. At least, until Hana collides into you a second later. You fall into a pile of limbs.

“Are you okay?” The very heavy girl on top of you asks.

“Yup.” You squeeze out with whatever breath you still have.

“Oh. Good. Umm, sorry.” She mutters. “Heh, this is just like in a show where two people collide and fall and then there’s a bunch of sexual tension. Umm, not that that’d be weird, since you know. We’re together. But there’s still that little thrill from stuff like that, right? I mean, I don’t want to assume what you’re feeling, but it is sort of funny and cute and not a ‘Hana ruined the moment’ thing, right? Boy, that sounds insecure. Not in a fun way either, but-”

“Come on.” Laki helps Hana up with a grunt. “You can stop.”

“Oh thank you.” Hana mumbles and hides herself.

“You there.” The boy says. “What did you do?”

“Me? Oh. I just got luck with this frying pan. It’s really sturdy. I-”

“Those pokemon can’t afford to spend their energy like that. Couldn’t you see that? They’re hungry!”

“He helped you!” Hana says quietly but firmly.

“With what? I was going to tag that pokemon so I could track it’s path and find out where they’re going. And...what’s going on with your arm? What is that, some sort of metal?”

>”We got off on the wrong foot.” Bow, introduce yourself
>”Don’t talk to Hana with that tone.”
>You were just trying to help
>Go fetch his pokeball. Take the high road
>Ignore his remarks, find the person in charge
>Something else

>>1942249
>I thought you were in danger and acted. Apologies for the misunderstanding.

>>1942249
>>1942260
I'll second that and add
>”We got off on the wrong foot.” Bow, introduce yourself

>>1942249
>”We got off on the wrong foot.” Bow, introduce yourself
>You were just trying to help

>>1942249
>>1942260
>>I thought you were in danger and acted. Apologies for the misunderstanding

>>1942249
>”We got off on the wrong foot.” Bow, introduce yourself
>>1942260
This too.

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“I thought you were in danger and acted. I apologize for the misunderstanding.” You bow. “I’m John, but my friends call me Herb.”

“I...yes. Well, I suppose we all make mistakes.” He looks taken by surprise by your gesture. “Like being rude to strangers.” He bows back. “I am Tokowi. You can call me To.”

Laki and Hana both introduce themselves too. His eyes keep staring at her arm, but she doesn’t seem that bothered.

A few other acolytes gather around to meet your group. Most of them are busy cleaning up from the mess left by that swarm of bugs.

“I didn’t know they migrated this time of year.” Laki says.

“They don’t. For some reason, they’re moving this way from the East. And they’re hungry. It’s like they suddenly have competition for food out there. But no new pokemon have been spotted in that area.”

Laki and Hana both look at each other.

That’s the direction of the Murkrow you helped!

>Heh, well, good luck with that mystery.
>Oh no! This is my fault! How can I help?
>What’s going to happen to them now?
>Why isn’t there enough food, if there are no new pokemon?
>What uh, theories do you have?
>Something else

>>1942249
>>1942260
Supporting as well!
How could herb have known?

>>1942398
>Heh, well, good luck with that mystery.
>Why isn’t there enough food, if there are no new pokemon?

Probably don't want to start off our sales pitch by telling them we're responsible for their big new problem.

>>1942398
>Why isn’t there enough food, if there are no new pokemon?
>What uh, theories do you have?

>>1942398
>>Oh no! This is my fault! How can I help?
But you know, explain specifically what happened.

>>1942398
>Oh no! This is my fault! How can I help?
The Murkrow are too good at finding food now! Why did we tamper with nature!

>>1942398
>>Oh no! This is my fault! How can I help?

>>1942398
>Oh no! This is my fault! How can I help?
>>What’s going to happen to them now?

>>1942398
>Why isn’t there enough food, if there are no new pokemon?

>>1942398
>Oh no! This is my fault! How can I help?
>Why isn’t there enough food, if there are no new pokemon?
You know it always bothered me, the islanders always seem to talk about respect for nature and pokemon and yet the allowed such horrible things to happen to the murkrow

>>1942496
You know how it is, people don't care about the pokemon that aren't cute.

>>1942510
You're saying murkrow isn't cute, how dare you

>>1942538
Oh yeah, they are definitely more cool-looking than cute.

Also i eagerly await the day when the legend of herb the man with the pan is spread among wild pokemon as a warning to not cause trouble
>>1942553
but look at there heads they look like they are wearing hats, how is that not cute

>>1942557
Very cool hats indeed. :^)

>>1942557
I'm pretty sure there is a statue made of tree bark and coconuts built by kecleons back at the reserve.

>>1942557
Actually I now have multiple questions, just how many Pokemon have we used that pan on, where did we get it and what in the seven circles of hell is it made off?

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“Oh no.” Your heart sinks. “The Murkrow.”

“You know what caused this?” His formerly friendly tone is going back to the angry again.

“I, umm, yeah.” Oh boy. Today’s just a day for honesty, isn’t it? “It’s like this...” You explain about the Murkrow and Honchkrow, and how they became dependent on food from a junk trader, and how you and your friends taught them to scavenge for food in the wild again.

“Mainlanders.” He mutters. The others seem more interested in the details of the story, for the most part. The number of Murkrow, any details you can remember about their groupings and nesting habits, that sort of thing.

“Why isn’t there enough food, if there are no new pokemon?” You ask.

“Isn’t it obvious? There was at first, but since the Murkrow got a new food source, the bugs were able to grow in numbers using their old food sources. Now they’re above carrying capacity. And it’s your fault!” He points at you.

“No it’s not!” Hana’s voice cracks. “I mean, we helped too, but that’s not the point I’m making. Who’s in charge of keeping track of this sort of thing? Who let that mess happen in the first place? Herb just took the first steps towards fixing it and you’re giving him a hard time about it? That’s unfair!”

“Hana.” Laki puts a hand on her shoulder to pull her back. “They’re clergy.”

“And fools.” A man emerges from the brush. “She’s correct. We’ve heard of no problems, and so we never bothered checking up. Like a fungus under a carpet, this problem festered under our feet, and now it’s become unmanageable.” He glances at you. “Herb, yes? I am pleased to meet you. High priest Koa has explained the idea.”

“Does that mean you’re in?”

“I’m uncertain. I have duties to take care of first.” He glances off at nothing. There’s something about the way he speaks that’s almost hypnotic. Not in a charming way, but in a way where he’s one step closer to nature. His wooden staff looks like just a stick at first, but on closer inspection you can see subtle but intricate decorations etched into it.

“The Murkrow, right? What’s going to happen with them?”

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>>1942645
“Well, that’s a good question. Without a new food source for either the Murkrow or the bug pokemon, the population of the Bug pokemon will continue to migrate and either displace another population, or collapse. But it’s not the only issue we’re dealing with right now. There are Staryus washed too high up on the beach that need to be...directed off before they disturb things too much. There is a report of a mainland bird, and we must make investigate it before it breeds. Finally, there’s a strange rumor of a psychic pokemon in the abandoned city that’s...disturbing.”


>You’ll find a new food source
>You’ll get the Staryus off the beaches
>You’ll investigate the mainlander bird
>You’ll check out the spooky sounding psychic
>You’ll take care of everything!
>Don’t volunteer for that sort of thing. They’re the experts. Now, let’s talk about the big event
>Something else

>>1942666
>You’ll check out the spooky sounding psychic
Sounds fun

>>1942666
>You’ll check out anything he needs.
Or
>Spooky psychic

>>1942666
>>You’ll check out the spooky sounding psychic
this is gonna be fun

>>1942666
>>You’ll check out the spooky sounding psychic

>>1942666
Actually, let’s suggest we get the murkrow to help with some of these things. They’re smart enough to be bargained with and follow directions, they live near the conservationist temple, and the temple could use as many “hands” as it can get.

>>1942666
>>You’ll check out the spooky sounding psychic
Satan always gives us such interesting plot hooks.

>>1942666
>You’ll investigate the mainlander bird
>You’ll check out the spooky sounding psychic

I kind of want to check this out, but

>You’ll find a new food source

This is our problem, so we should take care of it.

After that, we'll move onto another.

>>1942590
It's a masterwork, cast-iron frying pan. At first, it was an ordinary pan, but as it saves our hides, it gathers belief that it is a thing of power from the pokemon it has stymied and thus it has become so.

It's a self-fulfilling prophecy and an antithesis of Herb's pessimism.

The moment he realises that, is when its power fails and it goes back to being a cast-iron frying pan: Still useful but without it's quasi-mystical pokemon-stopping power.

>>1942666
>You’ll check out the spooky sounding psychic

>>1942666
>You’ll investigate the mainlander bird
>You’ll check out the spooky sounding psychic

>>1942701
Conservation Murkrow?

Like Odin's ravens.

I like it. Supporting.

>>1942666
>>You’ll check out the spooky sounding psychic
>suggest the Temple feed the birds in exchange for scouting services and keeping an eye on areas that normally would be hard to watch.

>>1942705
The problem being that finding a new stable food source is gonna take more than a group of teenagers, we could attempt it later but for now lets focus on what we can do right here and now

>>1942729
It'd work as an overarching goal while we tackle everything else.

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“I can help with one of those. What about that spooky psychic?”

He glances down at you for a moment. He’s like a tree made into a man. His skin looks tough, like bark, but still human. You get the strange thought that if you tried to push him, he’d be as immovable as an oak.

“That seems like the appropriately scaled task for your Powla.”

“But, they’re not conservationists.” The boy you helped earlier protests. He shrinks under the gaze of his leader, though.

“Young sapling. They taught the Murkow to be pokemon again.”

“But...that caused this problem!”

“You’re not seeing the whole ecosystem.” He says. You’re expecting him to deliver a stern chiding, but instead, he chuckles. “It is alright. Besides, the first rule is conservation of energy. Do you want to go tonight yourself to investigate those rumours of that scary psychic pokemon?”

He doesn’t answer, stewing in uncertainty. “Then, I’ll handle the food supply?”

“That is beyond your capabilities. And my own. But I have a plan.” He turns back to you. “You’re brave to take this task, children. Guard your minds well and remember there is no shame in running if you’re nerves can’t handle it. Report what you find to me if it’s something not easy to solve. It is likely nothing but a particularly curious or eccentric wild pokemon. It’s only seen at night in the abandoned buildings. Knowing the species would be a great help.”


Laki and Hana both look unnerved about this.


>Thanks! We’ll head out now so we have lots of time to prepare
>Go find Abigail to help as well
>You’ll go alone with your pokemon. They can relax
>You have a question about this pokemon (write-in)
>Something else

>>1942729
But it would be incredibly funny if herb and the gang did find a new stable food source, cause then they would have done more than the clergy and the islanders ever did for the native pokemon, also random thought, i wonder what max is doing right now, he better not be destroying more food

>>1942811
>>Can you give a description or point me in the direction of anyone who has seen what this psychic pokemon looks like and what it has done

>>1942811
>You’ll go alone with your pokemon. They can relax

"As long as it's not a clown I'm good!"

>>1942811
>Thanks! We’ll head out now so we have lots of time to prepare

>>1942811
>You’ll go alone with your pokemon. They can relax
>You have a question about this pokemon

....It's a fucking Mr. Mime isn't it?

>>1942811
>Thanks! We’ll head out now so we have lots of time to prepare

If we can look around during the day, it'll save a lot of being scared shitless at night.

At the same time, trying to solo this sounds like a disaster waiting to happen.

>>1942811
>Thanks! We’ll head out now so we have lots of time to prepare
>What’s Powla?

>>1942823
>tempting fate
Why would you do this.

>>1942811
>Thanks! We’ll head out now so we have lots of time to prepare
Lean in towards Laki
>What's Powla?

I just want to say this guy’s real cool.

>>1942832
>>1942837
I'd assume Powla is 'capability', more or less.

>>1942841
Probably but it'd like to understand the more specific nuances of the term.

>>1942833
but that's why he is bringing the pokemon, we would have one punch gobble and best rock, so unless it's something like a freaking mewtwo then it ain't gonna be that hard to deal with

>>1942811
>>Thanks! We’ll head out now so we have lots of time to prepare
>>You have a question about this pokemon
What exactly is the rumor saying about it? Is it making people hear voices, moving things, what?

>>1942849
>Forgetting that some psychics can fuck with people emotionally.

If it's a pissed off Gardevoir or something, it could just inspire abject terror and that'd be it.

>>1942854
Not to mention the Pokedex says Garevoir can create small black holes with their psychic powers.

>>1942854
Well, why don’t we bring along Murkbro? He’ll be immune to psychic fuckery, and it’ll help us make our case that the Murkrow population would make effective environmental stewards.

>>1942854
Maybe Gobble can use his charms on her. Go get her little sous chef!

>>1942860
And if that fails we have Dice. His inability to focus will render any mental attacks pointless long enough for him to unleash his Croc-Fu

>>1942874
Gobble will have to be careful Male and Female Gardevoir are visually identical.

>>1942869
That's actually an excellent point either way.

Murkrow probably wants to make sure its sister is fine, but I've kind of been hoping for it to join the team since it was introduced.

>>1942885
I mean, I don’t want to catch him. I feel like he has a life here looking after his people, and his sister especially.

>>1942881
I'm sure that they could just be bros.

Besides, Gobble likes Sorbet, remember?

>>1942881
Oh damn that's right. Ugh I wish they had just made it Gardevior (f) and Gallade (m) for simplicity

>>1942894
The trap'mon must be maintained!

>>1942892
Yea but Sorbet hasn't been really warming up to our little mini fridge.

>>1942894
Probably would've if they'd been introduced in the same generation.

A male Gardevoir having masculinity issues has been done before, but it'd be an interesting arc for Herb.

I just realise we don't have any pokemon that can produce anything we can use for ingredients, we don't have anything like a vespiquen or a miltank

>>1942897
Maybe earlier, but I feel Herb’s pretty comfortable with himself these days.

>>1942903
In a 'you don't realise how far you've come until you look back' way.

>>1942908
Yeah, that makes more sense. If that’s the sidequest we’re about to do, where there’s a male gardevoir/kirlia/gothorita/etc. with body image issues, that’d be pretty cool.

If we didn’t have Sorbet already, I’d be hoping to catch a Mime Jr. from this.

>>1942909
>Mime Jr.

Guarenteed nightmares for the rest of time for Herb.

One way or another, this ought to be good.

>>1942913
You know what psychic type would freak out the locals? Kanto exeggcutor. Although I also would like to catch a solosis maybe.

I would laugh if the strange pokemon turned out to be a jinx

>>1942918
A victini would also freak them out , cause with it being the steroid pokemon that can boost the weakest of attacks to burn down a village the would probably think of it as a god of some type

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“What’s a Powla?” You whisper to Laki.

“Like a mini tribe. A clique or group.” She whispers back. “He probably hasn’t put it together that we’re your lovers.” She gives you a subtle little poke. “Don’t be afraid to show it. A girl doesn’t mind.”

Oh boy. That look she’s giving. You muster enough willpower to pull you eyes off of her and back to the conservationist leader. “I have a question. What sort of rumors are there about that pokemon?”

“It only appears at night.” His deep, penetrating voice announces. You think there’s an accent there, but it’s hard to tell. It might just be a quirk of his voice. “And those that see it are filled with terror before fleeing. They say the pokemon that are around, there’s or wild ones, act strangely as well. There is no consistent story of it’s form, but it seems to appear to small groups or lone travellers. Vulnerable, easy prey.”

“Thanks. We’ll check it out and tell you everyone when we get back.” you announce, looking between Hana and Laki to see if there are any objections. They don’t voice any.

“Good luck, young ones. And should things not go your way, do not lose hope. I’ve heard there is a Ghost Priestess in the area. Your journey to the afterlife will be an easy one.”

Everyone looks at his stone face. He holds his serious gaze just long enough to convince you before cracking and laughing. The deep boom of his voice has a comforting quality to it, and you can’t help but laugh too.

With spirits lifted, you head out. You’re planning on arriving early so you have time to prepare.

“So, scary pokemon at night.” Laki says. “Well, it could be worse. We could be listening to that annoying redhead. Can you believe they way she’s trying to hit on you?” She puts an arm on your shoulder. “You’ve got your hands full with us, right?”

“She doesn’t seem that bad.” Hana says.

“Not that bad...She’s a troublemaker. She just likes ticking me off for no reason. Real issues with needing attention, I bet.”


>Let Laki vent. It’s probably healthy
>You like Abigail. Laki needs to get to know her better
>Volunteer to ask Abigail to take it easy on Laki
>No need to be jealous. You’re not going after girls
>Ask Laki to cut it out. It’s not right to badmouth people behind their back
>Something else

>>1942947
Lore wise, it kind of is.

>>1942953
>Let Laki vent. It’s probably healthy
>No need to be jealous. You’re not going after anyone else.

>>1942953
>You like Abigail. Laki needs to get to know her better

>>1942953
>>1942963
Actually add
>Let Laki vent. It’s probably healthy
I want Laki to speak her mind here.

>>1942953
>>1942961
This. Plus
>Put your hands around their waists.
And
>Let’s go see if we can get Murkrow to help us out, a dark type would be a great help.

>>1942953
>Let Laki vent. It’s probably healthy
>No need to be jealous. You’re not going after girls

>>1942953
>You like Abigail. Laki needs to get to know her better
>Let Laki vent, but It’s not right to badmouth people behind their back

Plus if I recall, Abigail already said she wasn't interested in the islander sharing tradition

>>1942953
>Let Laki vent. It’s probably healthy

>>1942953
I hope it's a Mimikyu that lacks a cloth to hide under.

I would like to befriend it and give it a costume.

>>1942953
>>No need to be jealous. You’re not going after girls
Side hug? Side hug.

>>1943003
Nah man, give her a sloppy kiss if anything

>>1942998
It would be the BEST DRESSED, people would fawn over it like no tomorrow.

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You cooly put your hands around their hips. Oh man. Why do girls feel so nice? Why are they letting you do that? It feels more exciting than it should.

“I sound like a Delcatty gossip.” Laki stops herself. “Guess I’m finally acting girly, at least.”

“You’re more womanly than girly.” Hana says, leaning back to look at Laki’s behind as you walk.

“Uh, thanks.” Laki isn’t sure how to respond to that. There’s an awkward silence.

“Well, I don’t think it’s right to badmouth people behind their back.” You break it. “But-”

“But you know I’d say it to her pimply, freckled face?”

“I was just going to say it’s good to vent. It’s okay. And for the record, I’m not going after other girls.”

“I wouldn’t mind...” Hana almost whispers.

Laki sighs. “I don’t know why I let her get me worked up. She just knows how to bug me. Like she can see every possible move that makes me angry and she goes for it. Why? What’s her problem? Is it because I’m big? Did jocks pick on her? Is she just after you? If that’s the case why isn’t she picking on Hana? What’s her problem?”

“I’m not really competition.” Hana gives a nervous laugh. “I mean, not compared to that badonkadonk, am I right?” She leans into your arm and gives Laki a soft slap on the ass.

“Uh, yeah...” Laki looks away. “I’m just saying. If Abigail keeps it up I’m going to lay her out.”

You’ve noticed a few times that Hana has been trying to get more of Laki’s attention and she’s been brushed off. It’s weird, given the other night and how Laki and Hana...did stuff. Maybe it’s an emotional intimacy thing. Or maybe Laki isn’t that comfortable with it outside the heat of the moment. You’re already feeling your palms get a little sweaty just holding them both by the hips. It’s easy to let this stuff get to you.

>Ask Laki privately about it
>Talk to Hana privately about it
>Relax. They’ll figure out their boundaries on their own
>Maybe Abigail has a crush on Laki
>Ask if they have any thoughts on the psychic pokemon
>Something else

>>1943065
>Ask if they have any thoughts on the psychic pokemon
>Ask Laki privately about it
>Talk to Hana privately about it
Do those later.

>>1943065
>Relax. They’ll figure out their boundaries on their own
I trust the girls.

>>1943065
>Maybe Abigail has a crush on Laki
to break the tension

>Ask if they have any thoughts on the psychic pokemon

>Ask Laki privately about it
>Talk to Hana privately about it
We do this later if they go with us to assist with the psychic pokemon

>>1943065
>>Relax. They’ll figure out their boundaries on their own
>ask what the name of the relationship between them is. Girlfriend-in-laws? Sister wives?

>>1943065
>>Relax. They’ll figure out their boundaries on their own
>>Ask if they have any thoughts on the psychic pokemon

>>1943065
>Ask if they have any thoughts on the psychic pokemon

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[Last vote for tonight. Thread tomorrow though. Hoping to make it an extra long session]

>>1943093
Night gobbo!

Hey, if we’re not going to find out in the quest, who was it that was feeding the murkrow cheap junk food?

>>1943093
Looking forward to it.

'Night Gobble.

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>>1943097
[A half-mainlander scrapyard owner on the outskirts of town. At first he accidentally got their help retrieving stuff in his own yard and then the whole thing snowballed out of control.]
>>1943098
[Thanks! Sleep tight!]

I want Herb to knock you every girl. It's not even my fetish.

>>1943136
Knock you?

>>1943138
I think he means knock up.

Poor Hana.

>>1943138
We will
We will
Knock you

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>>1943147
Even if we can't knock Hana up, I would very much like to engage in breeding play with her, I feel like Hana would be really good at that dirty talk.

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>>1943147
Herb's semen probably has healing qualities. I'm sure after nutting inside her for a few months she'd be carrying a notably big baby bump and be regarded as a miraculous birth.

>>1943562
>Gerph

Hana cumflation lewdbin when

>>1943566
No, he’s smart enough to wrap his tool.

>>1944201
He's a hot blooded teenage boy. Anyone can get horny enough to forget their raincoat. Especially with how starved for the D the girls have been.

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>>1944201
According to Herb's dad, almost all the girls in the islands are on birth control in the form of those flowers.

Also Hana's infertile and both of them explicitly want to get creamed, so condoms are both unnecessary and VERBOTEN.

>>1944642
In that same conversation he told us to use a condom anyways.

Besides, condoms can be sexy too.

>>1944803
Here's how I see it. Pregnancy would be a huge, quest-defining event. If Gobble wants to write that sort of story, then the condom will pop. If he doesn't, no amount of raw sex will knock anybody up.
>Besides, condoms can be sexy too.
Blasphemy.

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>>1944840
You know how condoms come in little square packages, connected by perforated lines? Imagine that thing where a girl is holding what looks like one condom, but then shifts a finger and lets the long line of condoms drop down, an implicit sign of how much sex she’s planning on having with you.

Imagine being in line to buy the condoms, purchasing them, and then instead of going to buy their own items, the line of girls behind you walks out by your side.

>>1944874
Anon, the only sexy thing a girl can do with a condom is take it out of your hands and throw it away.

>>1944914
I mean, that’s hot in the scenario that the two involved have decided to have a child.

>>1944874
Not everyone here shares your condom fetish anon, so stop trying to convince people to like it

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Avoid a Frown, Contain Your Clown

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?tags=Pokemon%20Island%20Adventure%20Quest
https://twitter.com/GobbleQM
Character info pastebin in progress: http://pastebin.com/iB0tb7rz
Dice odds for best of 3: http://pastebin.com/994WTT3g

General rules:

There is a 10 minute voting period after each post. Non-contradictory votes will be combined as best as possible.

Write-ins for all votes are always welcome and encouraged. They may not all make it into the post or be altered to fit in, but I'll do my best to at least try to address the spirit of the write-in.

Very important or contentious votes may be redone in a stricter voting system as circumstances warrant.

Combat mechanics involve three rolls of 1d100, taking the best, and using the base accuracy and crit ranges of the the PTU system, roughly, but the 'turn order' will be more like the anime, where sometimes you can do a few moves in a row or be hit by a combo of moves yourself, all depending on circumstances. Stronger moves tend to take more time and have more cooldown than weaker moves and also may leave you open to an interrupt, so beware of that timing. Speed is more important for closing ground, intercepting, and other things and doesn't necessarily mean going first.

Pokemon and trainers are unique, and may have certain specializations, skills, or other things that the video-game mechanics might not allow. Some examples: That kung fu Bellsprout in the anime, that crystal Onix, or a Roggenrolla that can fly. Herb's perception skills, pokemon knowledge, context clues in general, and other things will hopefully come into play to avoid completely unfair, unforeseeable bullshit, but expect more bullshit from more advanced trainers.

Call me out on a mistake and receive a suggestive picture, mostly likely a butt.

Pokemon:
Gobble (Munchlax)
Mace (Roggenrola)
Belladonna (Roselia)
Dice (Croconaw)
Sorbet (Vulpix)

Location: Tabo Island, the forests outside the newly modernized Grass Temple

>>1945497
>Avoid a Frown, Contain Your Clown

>>1942823
I FUCKING TOLD YOU.

>>1945497
shit shit shit shit shit

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You decide not to get involved. They’ll figure out what works for them. Truth be told, you’re still really unsure about a lot in terms of what your own boundaries and expectations are.

“So, do you have any thoughts on the psychic pokemon?”

Hana laughs. “I get it. Good one. You know, because thoughts, and psychic pokemon. And, yeah...” She trails off when she realizes she’s the only one laughing.

“I think it’s a Hypno.” Laki says. “Going after loners or small groups. It’s got to be.”

“I like them.” Hana says. “They used to have them at the children’s hospital. You know, to help some of the kids with bad dreams...” She looks a little awkward at bringing that up. “Oh, but Laki, what if it’s a...” Hana leans in to whisper to Laki.

Laki’s eyes go wide and she glances down to you. “In that case, you’re in charge of holding Soft Hands in case he tries to run for it. But I don’t know. That doesn’t seem as likely. It’s got to be a Hypno or maybe a Munna. Oh, or playing the odds, maybe a Raichu. I’ve never heard of them messing with heads before, but we got a lot of them around so who knows.”

You know exactly what Hana whispered to Laki. The fact that she felt the need to do that makes you feel that much more ashamed of your phobia. It’s not fault, but it stings the ego just a bit.

“How are we going to find it?” Laki asks. “Run around the abandoned town at night looking like easy targets?”

”If this were a horror movie that would work.” Hana says. “Of course, the first target would be the teens having-” She pauses, then leans against you. “What do you think?”

That's a good question. You've got a lot of time to prepare. If you don't have any pans that require a lot of setup, you could just spend the time mentally preparing yourself or training.

>We can cordon off a big area and trap it in the middle
>We’ll meet it openly and try talking
>We should split up and look for it, each of us trying our own ideas
>I’ll try summoning Murkrow for help
>Something else

>But Raichu are Electric-types!
>Never split the party.

>>1945540
>Split up and look for clues, gang!

It is the ultimate strategy in horror.

>>1945540
>We should split up and look for it, each of us trying our own ideas
bad ideas ho!

>>1945540
>Something else
"That sounds like a great idea"

>>1945540
>>I’ll try summoning Murkrow for help
dark beats psychic bitches

>>1945540
>If you don't have any pans

I'm sure Herb has plenty of pans

>I’ll try summoning Murkrow for help

Can't go wrong with Murkbro

>>1945540
>>I’ll try summoning Murkrow for help

>>1945540
>>We should split up and look for it, each of us trying our own ideas

>>1945540
>>What was your idea going to be, Hana?

>>1945540
>I’ll try summoning Murkrow for help
We need Murkrowzord power now!

Though Hana does have a point, she is the movie expert

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>>1945579

>>1945642
thats a good one, thanks Gobble!

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“I think we should split up.”

“Seriously?” Laki and Hana both react pretty much the same.

“I was joking about doing horror movie things.” Hana says.

“It’s just a pokemon.” You say, still feeling the sting to your pride. “We’ll all be fine, as long as we have our own pokemon by our side.” Your little guys all seem to react to that.

“Huh.” Laki says, trying to evaluate you. “You’re not just doing this to impress us, are you?”

“No. I really think it's a good idea. If we’re in a big group we might scare it so much that it doesn’t show up.”

“That’s my Soft Hands. Always thinking from someone else's perspective. Okay. Whoo. Yeah. we’ll be fine.” She sounds like she’s convincing herself.

“Are you going to be okay?” Hana asks.

“Yeah! Of course! Sheesh. What about you? You’ve probably seen enough horror movies to fill your head with all sorts of ideas.”

“I...” Hana starts to think. “Oh. Yeah. That could be scary.”

The two girls sit around for a bit. Hana starts talking about some extra scary movies, and Laki pretends like she’s above considering them seriously. She does let it slip and asks Hana hopefully if the teens get away, though.

You working on trying to summon Murkrow. It takes a little effort, but you go to the larger clearing in the area, still within view of the girls, and start cooking up the most aromic version of what he seemed to like before. It doesn’t take long before a few of them come down. Thankfully, he’s among them, and no other types of pokemon have shown up yet.

He caws, and takes out his bundle.

“Actually, I wanted to ask you a favor.”

He cocks his head. You explain about the mysterious psychic pokemon and ask for his help. He considers it for a moment and caws again, motioning to his bundle.

“You want to know what I’ll give you?”

He caws again. You suspect this will determine how much effort he’ll give in exchange.

>You’ll owe him a big favor
>What about a nice accessory so you look your best?
>Your remaining misc berries
>Your healing items. You’re low and don’t think you need them anymore anyway
>You’ll teach him a good move
>You’ll unlock his potential
>Something else

>>1945758
>>You’ll unlock his potential
spin it in a way so it makes it look like we are giving him more power to help his sister and defend his own items and i think he will bite

>>1945758
>>You’ll unlock his potential

>>1945758
>>You’ll unlock his potential

>>1945758
>You’ll unlock his potential

I kinda want to do this regardless, honestly.

I also want to see if he has any tms before we leave the island.

>>1945758
>>You’ll unlock his potential

I know we'd normally need a stone but what if we accidentally cause his evolution

>>1945856
Frankly I feel that would be a less interesting interpretation of potential.

>>1945758
>>You’ll unlock his potential

>>1945758
>You’ll unlock his potential

This is potentially good.

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What can you offer? He seems like he’s eating well. No, he’s eating enough. Eating well would mean getting well prepared food. Still, you don’t know if that’d be something he’s too concerned about. He seems like he thinks in the long term.

“Oh! I know! I can help you unlock your hidden potential. You can use it to help protect you sister and defend yourself. You’re a good guy, I know you’d use it responsibly.”

He looks to your pokemon, and, based on their reactions, nods. He’s in.

“Great! This will be fun.” You feels your confidence rising. You’ve dealt with lots of wild pokemon by now. You and your friends can handle whatever this is. You glance over to Hana and Laki, and they seem to be getting ready.

To your surprise, Laki is working on some sort of branch based trap. It doesn't look like it’d hurt a pokemon, but it might snag on them and slow them down. She seems to be having a little trouble twisting the branches and grass the way she wants, but she eventually gets it.

Hana is going over some sort of plan with her pokemon and getting ready to head off. You didn’t catch all of what she said, but the jist of it seemed to be that she’s going to scout the area she’ll be looking in as well as she can so she knows every inch.

Murkrow and your pokemon look to you. They’ve overheard and know the general idea, but want to know if you have a plan for the area you’ll be covering

>Simple. Lure it with food and be diplomatic
>Everyone will lay in hiding in case things get crazy
>Have Murkrow scout and travel with the others to where finds it
>You’ll keep your pokemon in their balls
>Something else

>>1946007
>Have Murkrow scout and travel with the others to where finds it
Seems good

>>1946007
>>Simple. Lure it with food and be diplomatic
>>Everyone will lay in hiding in case things get crazy

>>1946007
>>Have Murkrow scout and travel with the others to where finds it

>>1946007
>Have Murkrow scout and travel with the others to where finds it

>>1946007
>Have Murkrow scout and travel with the others to where finds it

>>1946007
>Have Murkrow scout and travel with the others to where finds it

>>1946007
>Have Murkrow scout and travel with the others to where finds it

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You explain the plan. It’s simple. Simple is good. Murkrow will fly overhead, and when he spots it, he’ll let you know and you can all follow. Since he’s a dark type he’ll be safe to scout and fly over it.

“Sound nice?”

Nobody has any objections. It’s simple enough that there aren’t any obvious flaws that come out at anyone.

“Murkrow, what will you do when you find it?”

He caws. It’s not clear what exactly he plans, but it sounds like he’s sure you’ll notice.

“Okay. Just be careful.”

He gives a cocky little jig and settles in to take a nap. You look up at the sky. The sun won’t set for a bit yet. You have some time to spend.


>Go scout your area to avoid any surprises
>Eat a quick meal and have a quick nap. You want your full energy
>Do some training with one pokemon (specify)
>Learn the traps Laki is making
>Do some studying
>Something else

>>1946255
>Do some studying
Maybe on the islands' history? Or general dex studying. Can't hurt to know more pokemon before you see them.

>>1946255
>>Eat a quick meal and have a quick nap. You want your full energy

>>1946255
>Go scout your area to avoid any surprises
then
>Do some training with one pokemon (specify)
Dice.

>>1946255
>Do some studying
Bone up on some psychic Mons

>>1946255
>>Do some studying

>>1946255
>Learn the traps Laki is making
Might be a good chance to ease into things between her and Hana, too.

>>1946255
>Study how to pray to fug. He’s really been quiet. Are you supposed to be the one to call him?

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[What do you want to study?]

>>1946371
aura

>>1946371
Psychic types.

>>1946371
psychic mons

>>1946371
Psychics

>>1946371
Aura stuff as it relates to psychic stuff.

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You take out your pokedex and settle in. It’s going to be awhile. You start looking up the Psychic typing, it’s weaknesses and strengths, different pokemon in the dex, moves, and general behaviors and abilities.

What’s more though, you look into anything that mentions aura in any related articles. There isn’t much, but there are some psychics that fight using aura powers. It seems like there’s a lot there isn’t known about it. This Jeanine person wrote a small article about the relationship between aura and fighting types as well. Oh hey, she’s apparently a mystery author too. That’s a strange career trajectory. You wonder if a lot of people have those sorts of changes. Its-

Oh wow. It got late quickly! You gently wake up Bella, Dice, and Gobble who have fallen asleep on you. Sorbet is close by, playfully freezing water in a small pond. Sometimes she isn’t fast enough and she gets her paw wet. Bella is bothering Murkrow with what looks like all sorts of questions.

Laki is in the distance heading towards the town. Hana already left a long time ago.

“Alright! Is everyone ready?”

They all give the affirmative. You guess it’s time to go into town and let Murkrow scout

>Let’s go!
>Wait, give Murkrow some directions
>Wait, give Murkrow an item
>Put some pokemon away so it’s easier to keep track of everything going on (Specify)
>Something else

>>1946494
>>Let’s go!

>>1946494
>Let’s go!

Let's just agree now: if the Pokémon turns out to be a Mr. Mime and calls out to us from a sewer drain, we run.

>>1946494
>Let’s go!

>>1946494
>Put some pokemon away so it’s easier to keep track of everything going on (Specify)
Bella, she's weak to psychic

>Wait, give Murkrow some directions
When he identifies any non-Herb Pokemon, fly back, give a few low caws, Mace will listen for them. Avoid engaging unless attacked, wait for back up

>>1946494
>Let’s go!
>>1946513
If that happens, we're freezing it in there, finding a high-level fire type and we're purging the sewer system with fire.

>>1946513
No way, Herb must over come his fears by blasting it with every attack we have

>>1946528
that or hitting them with a pan

>>1946537
Not until we hit it with barrage of rock blast, surf, icy wind and whatever else we have at our disposal.

Btw Gobble do we know Murkbros move list

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“Let’s go!”

Murkrow kicks off and vanishes into the dark sky. If you concentrate, you can sort of find him sometimes when you see stars disappear and reappear above.

You follow him as best you can below, finding a nice, open street. You guess this is a good central point to wait and watch. You have a decent view of the sky.

The abandoned town is, well, spooky. Cracked pavement with plants forcing their way through, broken and boarded up windows, rusted out street signs, and debris everywhere.

Mace jumps and faces towards a dumpster, making you almost drop your heart into your stomach.

“What is it?”

He lowers his body a little, preparing for action. But nothing happens.

You dare a few quick glances around, but see no sign from Murkrow. Bella prepares to launch Pin Missiles, Sorbet has her tails puffed out even more than usual, Gobble has a fighting stance, and Dice just plops onto the middle of the street and plays with a rock.

>Ignore it. It’s probably just a Ratata
>Go open the dumpster
>Throw a rock at the side of the dumpster to scare whatever’s there out
>Send a pokemon to investigate, be ready to back them up
>Something else

>>1946620
>>Go open the dumpster
BRAVE BOY

>>1946620
>Go open the dumpster

Get Panscalibur ready. Everyone else will back us up.

>>1946620
>Go open the dumpster

>>1946620
>Send a pokemon to investigate, be ready to back them up
Go Dice, see what's up there. We've got your back. The rock will still be here

>>1946620
>Throw a rock at the side of the dumpster to scare whatever’s there out

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>>1946557
[Nope!

Please give me your rolls!]

Rolled 27 (1d100)

>>1946691

Rolled 12 (1d100)

>>1946691
welp

Rolled 85 (1d100)

>>1946691
I wonder if this roll is for reflexes, contents, or nerves.

Rolled 3 (1d100)

>>1946691
Please no spoopy stuff

>>1946703
Thank you, anon. You've saved us!

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>>1946703
Oh thank God.

>>1946703
Good Anon.

>>1946707
I posted at the exact same second as the fourth roller too.

>>1946703
Well done anon

Honestly I'm thinking Gobble has something more sinister planned
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vpj1DYK4fCs

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“It’s okay. I’ll open it.” You’re not sure why you announce that out loud. Maybe just hearing yourself talk makes the situation seem more like it’s in your control.

“Here goes.” you say out loud. Your pokemon all get ready to act. Mace is right at your side. You think if you made any sudden movements you might set him off.

You flip open the dumpster lid. Immediately you’re faced with a massive wild pokemon. It leaps out at you! Your first instinct is to bring your pan up to your defense, but you leap back instead. Something about using the pan felt off. It’s only after you acted that you get what your brain was telling you. It’s a blob! It seems strange in the darkness, but you swear it's like a rainbow.

Mace shoots himself up in front of you and aims an attack.

>Mud Slap it, Mace!
>Use Rock Blast! Use your full power!
>Wait, don’t attack it
>Mace! Go zoom in front to cut off its path
>Something else

>>1946798
>>Wait, don’t attack it

>Pardon me sir, I'm looking for a psychic type pokemon?

>>1946798
>>1946803
I'll support

>>1946803
Backing this

>>1946810
I'll admit I'm a bit biased, my A-Muk was a cornerstone of my Sun team.

I named him Slick, as in oil slick.

>>1946803
fuck it if nothing else for the sake of humour i am backing this

>>1946798
Backing
>>1946803


>While it's unexpectedly quiet and friendly, if it's not fed any trash for a while, it will smash its Trainer's furnishings and eat up the fragments.

Alolan Muk is a bro. Do we have any wrappers or expired ingredients to offer it?

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“Mace! Hold on.” You put a hand on him, then step forward. Every second counts, but you need to make sure you project calmness and peace. “Excuse me, sir?”

It slows as it looks back. Seeing a lack of attacks you your calm demeanor, it slows more until it comes to a stop. It points to itself.

“Yes. Sorry to bother you. I’m looking for a psychic type pokemon. Have you seen one around here?”

He looks exhausted. Exhausted and scared. He shakes his head, then turns to leave. But he stops. He tries to motion for you to leave to.

Gobble determinedly yells up to you. You can’t understand him exactly, but you get the general idea. This pokemon does know about the psychic! But he’s trying to warn you to leave.

“I don’t understand! Is it bullying you?”

It looks left and right, like it’s worried the pokemon will appear any second now. It waves for you to leave. At the same time, he’s looking a bit hungrily at your frying pan. You put a hand on it out of concern.

>You’re not leaving before you solve this mystery
>Promise you’ll stop it if he helps you
>Shoo it away! You don’t want it trying anything
>Try to catch it
>Something else

>>1946978
A muk is a dark type.....

>Promise you’ll stop it if he helps you

>>1946978
>Promise you’ll stop it if he helps you
Whatever it is must be giving them nightmares.

>>1946978
>You’re not leaving before you solve this mystery
DAPHNE

D A P H N E

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>>1946978
>>You’re not leaving before you solve this mystery

>>1946978
>>Promise you’ll stop it if he helps you
by help we mean info

If a dark type is having trouble, this psychic type may be something else instead.

>>1946978
>"I'm here to stop it. I'd appreciate any help you could offer, but I'll understand if you don't."

>>1946978
>>Promise you’ll stop it if he helps you
>sorry you can't eat the pan, it's my way of protection

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>the psychic type Pokemon is a humanphile gardevoir that NTRs Herb away from Laki/robot

>>1946999
Hm. In that I can only assume that whatever is doing this is using the move "nightmare." Unlike dream eater, it's not a psychic move, and could actually affect a dark type.

There are a lot of pokemon that can learn nightmare, but the ones that learn it by level up and are psychic type are Munna and Hypno.

Assuming it is a psychic type that got into a tm, it could also be an abra/slowpoke/exeggcute/starmie/mr. mime/smoochum/natu/espeon/girafarig/raltz/chimecho, and their evolved forms.

Assuming it could be using the nightmares to pretend to be psychic, it could be a whole host of other things too, like lickitung, dunsparce, or butterfree.

>>1946978
>Promise you’ll stop it if he helps you
>Give it that can of used cooking grease you've not disposed of yet.

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“If you help me, we can stop any bullying together. But I’m afraid my frying pan is off limits.” You laugh. You step forward casually to show there’s no reason to be tense.

It doesn’t leave or run away, but it still looks pretty nervous.

“You don’t have to do anything if you don’t want to, but if you could help me find it, that’d really help.”

He sniffs and gets close. Gobble, seeming to sense what’s going on, grabs something from your bag. It’s just a mostly empty little sugar sack. He licks it clean then tosses it over.

The goopy pokemon cautiously sniffs around it before greedily consuming it.

You wish Gobble had asked you first, but you guess that works. It seems to have made it more agreeable.

It looks around some more. Before you get a solid answer, you hear a loud caw in the sky! When you glance, you see huge, disconnected eyes floating, and staring down at something. They flash and twinkle away. It’s the move Mean Look! That clever Murkrow! That’ll keep the psychic from running away!

You rush in that direction, and your pokemon follow. You glance back and see the goopy Muk-like pokemon sort of following too. He’s keeping his distance, but he’s staying within a line of sight. He must be curious, at least.

You arrive pretty close to the spot. Another glance at the sky shows you nothing. You wonder if Murkrow is still up there. At least, until you see a pink blast rise up after him. And what’s more, the closer you get, the more you notice a soft, pink mist as well. It leaves you with a sense of protection, though.

There’s a figure standing in it. As far as you know, it hasn’t seen you yet. It’s looking up in the sky.

>Come out and say hi
>Hit it with a status move
>Get your pokemon to surround it. Get in position while it’s distracted
>Sit and do nothing until you watch and learn more
>Attack! It’s got to be a very powerful psychic to scare a dark type!
>Something else

>>1947224
>Come out and say hi

>>1947224
>>Come out and say hi
In for a penny...

>>1947224
>>Come out and say hi

>>1947224
>soft, pink mist

Sounds like Munna

>Get your pokemon to surround it. Get in position while it’s distracted
>Sit and do nothing until you watch and learn more

Observe while getting in position, this is strange behavior for a pokemon.