You were a street rat, born into the life style of crime. Joining the team was just inevitable, unless you actually wanted to have no backup when you were eventually caught. The application process was fairly easy, not like you needed to learn how to be a criminal, you had all the resources and practice you needed. The test was more of a formality than anything else.
+You know how to lock pick, pick pocket, and make clean breaks into crowds or alleys when needed
+You are skilled in running and are dexterous enough to make it around cities and similar environments fairly easily
=You are a city boy at heart, while you are skilled in navigating the concrete jungle of cities, you are much less proficient at staying alive in the actual wilds
-You are a malnourished 13 year old and without Pokemon you can’t handle physical altercations with most people.
-You are a known trouble maker and Police are wary of you, start openly donning the R and you will be swiftly taken to jail

>The Failure
>The Coward
>The Rat

>>2822951
>The coward
That's the Orre one right?

>>2822951
>The Rat

>>2822951
>>The Rat

>>2822972
They are in order yes. Sorry if I didn't make it clear enough.

>>2822977
>>2822984
Gonna give it another 2 or so minutes before I call it

>>2822977
>>2822984
Writing...

>>2822951
>>2822977
>>2822984
The lights and sounds of Safforn city pounded against the walls of the building you were finishing your test at. For the most part it was things you were familiar with, besides a few tests with equipment, but you were on the higher end of the spectrum at least.

“Sign your name and take a ball twerp.” A rather bored looking man in the rocket uniform told you. Other than his green hair he wasn’t particularly memorable.

Taking the pen you began to sloppily scrawl your name onto the paper, hey at least you were literate. More than you can say for some of the other orphaned kids you know.

>Write in

>>2823036
>Twerp

>>2823036
>Mike

>>2823041
>>2823043
I'll give it another 3 minutes before I roll for it

>>2823036
>>2823043
I'll go with Mike. It is a name that inspires fear.

>>2823043
>>2823058
Writing...

>>2823059
You have my interest... Question, is Red in this?

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>>2823067
It's a secret

>>2823036
>>2823043
>>2823058
As green guy, who you honestly don’t remember what he introduced himself as, squints at your Torchic scratch for a few moments trying to get a read on it. After a few moments he looks back up to you with a questioning look.

“Only Mike? No last name or anything?” he inquires.

“No, it has only ever been, just Mike.”

You see something in his eye for a second, pity maybe? Regardless you just want to move on from this conversation.

He hesitates for a moment before continuing “Well twerp, grab a ball and get going. The city ain’t gonna terrorize itself.”

You nod and look at the available Pokeballs. 3 small bins filled to the brim with pokeballs. Rattata, Zubat, and Grimer. Rattata always tried to steal your food, all you knew about Zubats was that they hung around in abandon buildings by day, and you could almost smell the foul stench of the Grimers from their balls. Not really the pick of the litter, but its better than nothing you guess.

>Rattata
>Zubat
>Grimer

>>2823090
>Rattata
Could be useful for sneaking in a place and gnawing security system wires

>>2823090
>Grimer
He's underrated

>>2823090
>Zubat
with our personality, i think zubat fits us most, and crobat is one of the best gen 1 and gen flying types. And one of the fastest in the series

Rolled 6534 (1d8192)

SHINY

>>2823104
>>2823115
Switching to Zubat

Rolled 5270 (1d8192)

>>2823115
>>2823126
Writing...

>>2823090
>Zubat
Crobat's cool, if we can eventually get to it.

>>2823090
>zubat

Both flying and poison pokemon and also very nibble. (i'm also a huge sucker for Zubat and his evolutions)

>>2823132
Maybe if we treat our Golbat right he can evolve to a crobat.

>>2823090
Zubat

Having a third evolution is a huge advantage, plus >>2823115 remark on Crobat is spot on. Amazing speed and really impressive stats compared to the rest.

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>>2823090
>>2823115
>>2823126
>>2823131
Rattata’s kind of piss you off and Grimers are just living sewage, so the choice was fairly obvious. You grab the bat ball and pocket it. Shame you don’t have one of those fancy belts that can hold your balls, but it shouldn't be too hard to acquire one.

“Zubat huh? Those damn things give me headaches personally.” Green guy states.

You aren’t really sure why he is trying to act all buddy buddy now, but it doesn’t really matter much to you. You are on your way to bigger and better things.

“Hey twerp, if… if you need any advice on something, just come looking for ol’ Butch.” He gives you a smug grin. Honestly it is kind of awkward and the whole pity thing is starting to annoy you.

>”Yeah… sure thing.”
>”Whatever Beach.”
>Just leave

>>2823142
This. Let's just treat our golbat right man, it will evolve into crobat as long as we arent dicks to it.

>>2823171
>”Yeah… sure thing.”
The beach thing makes me lol, but lets not burn any bridges.

>>2823171
>”Yeah… sure thing.”

It's always good to have friends in your job as well in the street.

>>2823171
>”Yeah… sure thing.”

>>2823171
>>”Yeah… sure thing.”
Neutral is good. Remain aggressively neutral with everyone until we have our footing.

>>2823171
>Whatever Beach
He's probably used to it by now

>>2823171
>”Yeah… sure thing.”
No reason to be overly hostile, even if the second option is begging to be picked.

>>2823183
>>2823187
>>2823191
>>2823192
>>2823201
Writing...

>Rattata can learn Pursuit

I guess we need to capture one ourselfs.But first need to steal some money and buy supplies.

>>2823209
Op are you going to use abilities? Yes or No?

Because i wouldn't mind a Zubat with the Infiltrator ability

>>2823230
I'll use abilities, but I will be rolling for them. You won't find out the abilities until they would come into effect or you find/steal something that can tell you the abilities. If you don't like the ability you get feel free to toss the old Pokemon when you find something better.

>>2823239
Okay, good to know.

>>2823209
>>2823171
You probably won’t go out of your way to talk to this Bilbo, but best not to piss off your superiors right out the gate. “Yeah… Sure thing.”

With that unpleasant exchange out of the way you leave the building with your new belongings in tow; a new Pokemon, a clean uniform, and a walkie talkie. Honestly you were just glad to get something clean to wear for once, even if it does mark you as a criminal.

Your instructions at the end of your orientation were fairly simple. Do whatever you can to steal rare or powerful Pokemon, intimidate locals, or really any other crime that won’t bring too much heat down on the team before you were called in for something big.

You walked the streets, feeling freer than you have ever felt, as if every door was now open to you. Well, more so than they were normally so.

>Bring out your new Pokemon
>Get your new uniform on
>Start scheming write in

>>2823248
>Bring out your new Pokemon

>>2823248
notable places here is the silph co headquarters, fighting dojo, the train to goldenrod, and sabrina.

>>2823248
>Get your new uniform on
Look presentable to our Poke. Got to show we're not just some skinny boy.

>>2823248
>Start scheming write in
Precedent dictates we go and try to steal a Pikachu, but that's probably not terribly feasible, at least not a Pikachu specifically. Do we know any parts of the city where people usually have rarer Pokemon? Richer districts, the like?

>>2823248
More of a plan for later but we can lead people from the gym or dojo to a 'shortcut' to the pokecenter that we can steal their weakened mons in some cover

>>2823248
>Get your new uniform on

Gonna change to put the uniform first.

>>2823277
Oh yeah, though
>Bring out our new Pokemon
first. Want to meet our new partner.

>>2823277
Anon, I think we would be at a disadvantage since Pikachu is Electric and Zubat is part Flying.

>>2823248
>>Get your new uniform on

>>2823277
The dojo may have some rare figthing pokemon.

>>2823278
We would need to increase our current pokemon strength first and maybe have a team. I say we start with small pickpockets and schemes to get money so we can eventualy train. Heck we cna even do some legir business and just guide people to the poke center for a small price.Basicaly stay focused in getting some money train our pokemon and then we move to a big job

>>2823283
I was making a Team Rocket joke. We could probably do better then a Pikachu, anyways.

>>2823248
3 for Changing outfit
2 for Bring out pokemon
Calling in 2 minutes

On another note maybe it's not such a good idea to show off our new uniform in public.

>-You are a known trouble maker and Police are wary of you, start openly donning the R and you will be swiftly taken to jail

>>2823300
Personally, if we're talking gen 1 only, I'd get an elekid. they are cool

Putting on our uniform seems like a bad idea. Our profile stated that if we're seen in the outfit we may just get arrested right off the bat by authorities. Might be better to go incognito, at least for now.

>>2823248
>>2823266
>>2823280
>>2823292
Writing...

>>2823312
I'm pretty sure Elekid was introduced in Gen. 2, but they're pretty cool, yeah. Fairly appropriate for an urban environment, as well.

>>2823313
We are also very good at running and walking the street jungle. Also i suspect we will be using a private place to change the uniform? Anyway the dice is cast let's see what happens.

>>2823315
Can we just briefly try it on? Getting hauled off to jail on our first day on the job seems like a pretty inauspicious way to start things off.

>>2823325
We can wear a jacket over our shirt.

>>2823318
Oh you are right, elekid is gen 2. If we're talking gen 2 go for mareep, amphorous is a beast

Staryu and Dowzee are cool.

>>2823334
Drowzee certainly seems appropriate at least, considering our line of work.

>>2823315
>>2823248
You aren’t in a particularly good part of town. So you don’t really got much to worry about when It comes to the police. Though you make a note to try and cover the R in a nicer parts of town. You creep down an ally, and quickly inspect the area to make sure there is no one like you ready to jump out. Satisfied with your inspection you hide behind a dumpster and quickly change into your new clothes.

The dark baggy clothes hide your rather skinny form, and the black hat finds its place on your dirty brown mop of a head. The only part that makes you apprehensive is the large bold R on the front of your shirt. You know even with how little police presence this part of town has it probably would be best to hid the R.

Easy enough, you simply flip the shirt inside out. Now you are just a regular suspicious looking punk rather than a confirmed criminal grunt.

>Time to meet your partner
>Scheme
>Write In

>>2823334
Staryu is where its at, I remember as a kid and playing against my friends. A psychic/water type that could learn thunderbolt? amazing

>>2823353
>Time to meet your partner
Awaken, our Zubat!

>>2823353
>Time to meet your partner
Time to say hi to our partner in crime.

>>2823353
>Time to meet your partner

>>2823353
>Time to meet your partner

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>>2823353
Pulling out your newly acquired ball you fiddle with it a bit before figuring out how to send out the damn thing. A small bat is released from its container. It excitedly flaps about wildly screeching loudly as it is freed. Or more likely you note, is just trying to get its bearings. It doesn’t have any eyes you can see so the screeching may just be echolocation.

The thing climbs a small height before diving straight for your head.

>”Wuh…”
>Duck
>Try and catch the blue thing 1d20

Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>2823403
GO, pokeball

So, what other Pokemon are you guys thinking we gun for? Kind of want to go for a Drowzee and a Tyrogue, so we can evolve it in to a Hitmonlee. A Scyther would be pretty cool as well, maybe a Gastly.

>>2823403
>”Wuh…”
Show that we're brave

>>2823403
>Try and catch the blue thing 1d20
I'd assume we wait until a decision has been reached, to actually roll for catching it?

>>2823403
>”Wuh…”

>>2823407
>>2823421
Rolls are done after the vote. Best of 3. Crits and Crit Fails enabled.

>>2823403
>Try and catch the blue thing 1d20

ferocious little thing...i like his attitude

>>2823408
I want a Drowzee and a Magnemite (so we cna evolve it toa magneton)

>>2823407
>>2823421
>>2823435
Roll 1d20 best of 3

>>2823408
IMO we should always have type diversity, unless people wanna play gym leader. Gengar ghost/poison, Starmie water/psychic, Houndoom fire/dark, Crobat poison/flying, Golem rock, Tyranitar, Dark/Ground

Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>2823450
Watch this 20, QM.

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>2823450

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>2823450

fucking hell we are trash lol

>>2823451
I would trade the Golem for another pokemon. Maybe a Magnemite to have a eletric/steel in our team

>>2823475
Yeah thats solid, Magenmite is solid steel/electric is great typing too

Also as a note, this game will have Pokemon, move from every gen, fairy types exist, etc. Just don't expect to see many of the other gens Pokemon unless they have a specific reason to be there (Migratory birds/fish, Fossil pokemon from other regions being put on exhibit for a limited time, Tournaments/Contests, etc.)

Also you will be able to get cross gen Evolutions as long as you steal or receive the resources for them.

>>2823454
>>2823458
>>2823466
Impressive anons, writing...

>>2823403
>>2823491
You bring your arms up to block the coming attack from the crazed Zubat, but it nimbly slips between your panicked fumbling hands and lands firmly on top of your hat. Seemingly content to sit lounge on your head for some reason.

Well at least that is one crisis averted. Lifting your hat off your head you look down at the tiny thing, it… stares? Back at you. Kind of odd for something with no eyes, but you won’t question it.

“So your my partner huh?” you say rather lamely. Not really sure how to talk to a Pokemon.

Should you give it a name? You were told your not supposed to get attached to it, but it seems odd just calling it Zubat.

>Names aren’t particularly important
>Nickname it write in

>>2823523
>Wrex

>>2823523
>Nickname it because fuck those other Zubats, our Zubat is the coolest around.
I have no idea what to name it though. Dracula seems a bit on the nose. Goth maybe? Though I doubt a lot of people will get the reference.

>>2823527
>>2823539
Just remember you don't know its gender yet.

>>2823523
Zhu. i mean, wynaut? heheh, see what i did there?

>>2823523
>>2823545
Seconding for bad puns

>>2823544
It's not like it can tell us though, and I don't want to ruin our first meeting by checking it's genitals, that's just weird.

>>2823544
Then I change to Jerry. Good name for either sex.

>>2823523
>>2823556
>>2823558
Writing...

>>2823523
Ah i missed the name. i wanted to call it Nocturnis.

>>2823523
“How about I call you… Zhu?” You were never really good at names, but it just popped into your head.

The Zubat just tilts its head, before giving a minor screech of acknowledgement. At least you think it is, you aren’t really familiar with Pokemon’s cries, much less something as hard to read as a Zubat.

“You really shouldn’t fly at people’s face Zhu.” You pause for a second “well at least not my face.”

You think it gives a nod in confirmation. At least you hope that is a nod of confirmation. With that out of the way you…

>Think it’s time to see what Zhu can do
>Place your hat along with its passenger on your head and head out
>Return Zhu to their Pokeball and head out
>Write in

>>2823605
>Place your hat along with its passenger on your head and head out
Speak attack

>>2823605
>Place your hat along with its passenger on your head and head out

>Other:"Talk to him it won't be strange to you lots of nights you spend alone it's good to really have someone to listen for a change"

>>2823605
>>Place your hat along with its passenger on your head and head out
lets go train, fight some wildlings

>>2823625
There is a bunch of Rattatas that are asking to be mopped. Fucking rats stealling other people food

>>2823605
>Place your hat along with its passenger on your head and head out
Seconding >>2823625

>>2823605
>Place your hat along with its passenger on your head and head out
It's time to commit felonies!

>>2823605
>>2823625
>>2823635
>>2823633
Writing...

We also have stolen food

>>2823643
Well yeah, but they're not us, therefore they're in the wrong, but we're not. Obviously. Gotta get into that villain mindset.

>Place your hat along with its passenger on your head and head out

So we've gone with an adorable Zubat that likes to ride around on our head/heat? I already love him.

>>2823643
Yeah but we haven't stolen OUR food. So there is that.

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>>2823605
>>2823643
You place the bat on a hat back onto your head. You had some business with those rats that you wanted to put to bed. Those filthy thieving sneaks, their future quite bleak, would soon be payed back, for stealing from your food sack.

Ok that was enough of that. Just focus on the task at hand, and drive off those damn rats with your new Zubat.

Darn it.

Getting the rhymes out of your head you return to the dump you rested at and stored some of your loot. A condemned apartment that no one had bothered demolishing, no one really wanted to step foot in it so it was perfect for you. Well was until a pack of Rattatas snuck into the walls. They’d nibble on any food you’d store as well as other things that you happened to bring back. You’ve tried to drive them out on your own but no luck. It made you have to more constantly steal smaller amounts of food since you couldn’t really store anything.

As you approach your room, carefully stepping around the creaking floor boards as you had practiced. You hear the tell tale sounds of a Rattata nibbling on something in the room next door. Peeking inside you see it biting the remaining chunks off a broken chair. Those damn things would knaw anything they could reach. Most of the time not even for any reason, they did it just because they could. This one was one of the smaller ones, weather it was young, a female, or just a runt, you weren’t sure.

>Throw Zhu into the fray
>Look around to see if there are any other ones hiding 1d20
>Back off for now, you got bigger things to worry about
>Write in

>>2823711
>Look around to see if there are any other ones hiding 1d20

Don't want to be gangbanged by these rats.

>>2823711
>Look around to see if there are any other ones hiding 1d20
they are pack pokemon, dont wanna get jumped by a buncha bad hombres

>Those damn things would knaw anything they could reach. Most of the time not even for any reason, they did it just because they could.

I forget, don't rats have to gnaw on shit to keep their teeth from growing too large?

Anywho, I'd imagine Zhu would be able to take down a small runt of a Rattata, if he / she has Absorb like all Zubats start out with.

Might also find out if she has Inner Focus, if this little Rattata comes at us with Bite.

>Look around to see if there are any other ones hiding 1d20

While we're not sure exactly how strong Zhu is, better to play on the safe side of things.

>>2823738
The problem is these guys are always walking in packs so let's keep our eyes pelled. No need to turn this into a Ash event were we are running from a pack of rattatas.

>>2823711
>Look around to see if there are any other ones hiding 1d20
Don't want one of the sneaky gits to get the drop on us.

>>2823731
>>2823736
>>2823751
>>2823760
1d20 best of 3 for a perception check

Rolled 4 (1d20)

>>2823763

Rolled 16 (1d20)

Hope I'm actually putting in the right format for rolling dice here. Just about the first time I've done it.

Rolled 3 (1d20)

>>2823763

Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>2823763
ight im layin it on ya

>>2823767
Hopefully it counts.

>>2823767
Nice
On another note, one of the first things I think we should do is plan a heist and steal pokeballs from the market. Give most of them to Butch for the team rocket cred, keep a few, and start building up a team. Even if our pokemon aren't the strongest we can beat out most people tgrough pure quantity alone, plus we can have them fight each other for training.

>>2823781
it does homie! best of three, 16 is good nice job :)

>>2823784
Uh never considered in going after the market itself. That could be a good move, but maybe it will attract the police? I mean tricking trainers or stealling some of their pokeballs shouldn't be to hard.

>>2823784

I'd definitely like to add to our current roster, yeah.

I think someone mentioned Drowzee at one point which, while also fitting a Team Rocket team, are usually located near cities due to all of the humans dreaming.

Plus, how often do you really see Hypno being used?

>>2823711
>>2823763
Peeking a bit further into the room you see a single extra sleeping purple rat. Not the biggest one you have ever seen, but a fairly average sized one sleeping away happily, probably full of your food. Neither have seemed to notice you so you have the advantage.

>”Zhu, you see those two Rattata? We need to beat them. But we need a plan…” Write in
>Throw Zhu into the fray
>Write in

>>2823802
>Throw Zhu into the fray
Best plan is hit it until it is unconcious

>>2823802

Well, Zhu is a bat of all things and Golbat are specifically noted to drink blood.

Odds of Zhu being able to pull a vampire on the sleeping Rattata? Can't fight properly if you're missing a good amount of blood.

I suppose 'pulling a vampire' might just be using Absorb though, huh?

>>2823802
>”Zhu, you see those two Rattata? We need to beat them. But we need a plan…” Write in
can i get a moveset? if possible have him sneak behind the smaller one, confuse ray and bite at the neck

>>2823802
>”Zhu, you see those two Rattata? We need to beat them. But we need a plan…”

>Write in: Fly near the sleeping rat and drain him up using your fangs while he is sleeping

>>2823825
You never checked what Zhu can do, you don't know what moves it has.

>>2823820
i think that is. He needs to sneak on the sleeping one and catch it while the other is distracted.

>>2823834
can't you just consider that we checked his move set first? Since our character seems to be the cautious type?

>>2823802
Changing mine too have Mike try and grab the smaller one while Zhu drains the sleeping one. And when he's done draining go for the small one

>>2823831

Gonna second this. Just play to Zhu's strengths, namely being a blood-sucking bat, and hopefully drain the sleeping Rattata dry.

If we're lucky, it's a rather quiet affair and the currently-gnawing Rattata remains unaware.

>>2823844
Mike has no Pokedex or other equipment to check the moveset, and has never seen a Zubat that was active. If Failure was picked at the start, they'd have more of an idea of what a Zubat can do. But as of now, Mike has no clue.

>>2823845
We aren't that strong. But nothing stop us from grabbing a stick.

>>2823853
Harsh.

>>2823802
>>2823831
>>2823851
This write in is in the lead, gonna give it 3 minutes before I close the votes.

Exactly how brutal should we expect things to be?

Like, are all Pokemon gonna faint instead of dying or are we just gonna straight-up exsanguinate this poor rat to death?

>>2823802
>>2823831
>>2823851
Writing...

>>2823887
It's a secret.

>>2823887
Time to find out.

>>2823793
Not if we're clean about it, and if we need to hide while the heat dies down we can skip town and travel to another one. This IS a world where ten year olds travel to compete as pokemon trainers, and I'd like to think we'll have a decent set of tough pokemon by then.

>>2823911
Yeah but yoi need to look at our sheet. We are better in terrains like the cities. In the wild we are pretty fucked without a partner.

>>2823887
>poor rat
>poor
>rat
Pftt, odds are we're doing the world a favor. Besides, we're part of a regional underground criminal/terrorist organization, it's kill or be killed.....or caught

>>2823925
Sure but what good are gang connections if they can't help you out after your big heist? Besides we can learn. We'll hold off for now anyway, we need to build up our pokemon and case the place first.

>>2823928
Hey look the bright side. If we kill the rat we can always roast it and have a meal!

>>2823934
Well ol'Bunch said if we need anything we could ask to him. But don't expect to be for free. Nothing is for free in a criminal organization.

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Magnemite could be an interesting Pokemon to have for a criminal team, if this gif is any indication.

>>2823946
Magnemite is awesome!I would really like one.

>>2823888
>>2823802
Taking your hat off you look at Zhu in the eyes… where its eyes would be? Regardless “”Zhu, you see those two Rattata? We need to beat them. But we need a plan.”

You point to the sleeping Rat “You see that sleeping one? I want you to sneak up on it and…” You look back at your new bat, trying to think of what it could possible do, “I guess suck its blood? Just bite it while its defenseless ok?”

Zhu gives a quiet murder and flies up as high as the small room would allow. The smaller Rattata was preoccupied with its teething to even notice the bat. Zhu then swoops in to attack.

>Roll 1d20+2

>>2823944
That's what all the shit we steal from the pokemart is for. Seriously, why else would we bother, what would we do with hundreds of antiailments, potions, and pokeballs?

Of course, Voltorb is also a classic for when you just need to make a fucking hole in a building.

Not exactly discreet though by any stretch of the imagination.

Rolled 7 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>2823953

Rolled 18 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>2823953

Rolled 1 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>2823946
magnemite are decent pokemon all in all, and some of the only pokemon that are electirc/steel.
>>2823953
LETS GO

>>2823960
God dammit anon, you ruined it.

Eesh, that Natural 1...

Zhu just fucking conks himself on the building wall, I guess.

>>2823960
I ruined the fuck out of it. Everything I touch turns to ash im so sorry

Rolled 20 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>2823953
Nhac! Chuchuchuuuuu...

>>2823957
Would having them explode in game straight up kill them? Would it give us a random ghost pokemon if it did? So many questions...

>>2823972
Sigh...of fucking course.

>>2823972
Where were you 3 minutes ago?

>>2823960
Writing...

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>>2823972
.....really?

A little too late on that Natural 20, unfortunately.

>>2823978
I needed to do the blood sucking sounds that's the only reason why i got the 20.

>>2823953
>>2823978
…Before promptly completely missing its target and slamming face first into the wall with a dull thunk. You feel a primal irritation within you and you unconsciously say out loud “Really?”

The thud has gotten the attention of the two Rattata as they quickly get their bearings and focus their attention onto Zhu. They don’t seem particularly happy about the small bat invading their territory. Fortunately they haven’t noticed you yet.

Well this went south real fast, but fortunately you can…

>Still fight, grab the nearest object and give a hand
>Run, just leave the failure as a distraction, getting knawed on is not pleasant
>Try and return Zhu from to the pokeball from the doorway and run 1d20
>Write in

>>2823998
>Still fight, grab the nearest object and give a hand
Leave no poke behind

>>2823998

If they still haven't noticed us, we could grab something to help and make a loud noise.

Maybe draw both of their attention towards us and let Zhu maybe try and go for one of the momentarily distracted Rattata's necks?

>>2823998
>Still fight, grab the nearest object and give a hand

Fuck these rats.

>>2824013
Just grab a rock and smash the smaller one head. Or throw a rock at it it works at the safari zones it can work in real life.

>>2823998
>>Still fight, grab the nearest object and give a hand

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>>2823998
>>Still fight, grab the nearest object and give a hand
Bitch ass rats think they had us beat all these years but no we've got backup AND a pipe! Let's throw down, squat up niggas! This is for gnawing lil' orphan arnold to death you little shits!

>>Still fight, grab the nearest object and give a hand

Came here to fight, not gonna back down against two rats.

>>2823998
>>2824010
>>2824015
>>2824020
>>2824022
>>2824028
Writing...

>>2823998
>>2824031
Grabbing a nearby brick from the floor you toss it at the rat closer to Zhu, hitting your mark and knocking it away from the downed bat. The other smaller Rattata takes not of your assault and turns to face you, as does the one you hit. Neither seem particularly happy.

They are keeping their eyes on you since you are the biggest threat size wise, and the two of them seem to be bordering their fight or flight response. As you have your little stare down Zhu let’s off a loud screech sending out visible sound waves and hitting the bigger of the two Rattatas in the back, heavily disorienting it, as it begins the thrash about violently.

>”Zhu bite it!” 1d20+1
>Advance on the smaller Rattata
>Retreat with Zhu while they are disoriented

Well, Zhu is at least level 5 then, if he/she knows Supersonic, so that's good!

Might be 11 if telling it to 'bite it' means using the move Bite or not. Not sure what the difference would be, if any.

>>2824058
>”Zhu bite it!” 1d20+1

>>2824070
One allows him to flinch the enemy and causes good damage the other allows him to recover and attack more.

Rolled 10 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>"Zhu bite it!" 1d20+1

I'd like Zhu to get as much action as they can here, although us just fucking chucking a damn brick at one of them had my laughing.

>>2824058
>>”Zhu bite it!” 1d20+1

>>2824058
>>”Zhu bite it!” 1d20+1

>>2824058
>>2824071
>>2824085
>>2824086
>>2824089
Roll 1d20+1 best of 3

Rolled 9 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>2824098

Rolled 15 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>2824098

Rolled 4 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>2824098

Whoops, rolled a little early. Didn't know if the vote wanted to have the required roll in it or not.

>>2824098
>>2824105
Writing...

>>2824098
>>2824125
While the bigger rat is confused Zhu latches onto it teeth first and you think you seem it absorbing some kind of green energy out of it. The Rattata in question violently tries to buck him off and ends up slamming into the smaller one in its confusion.

>”Keep hold Zhu!” 1d20+1
>”Back off and screech at the other one!” 1d20
>Write in

>>2824151
>”Keep hold Zhu!” 1d20+1
>>Write in (While we smash the other one with a brick or pipe)

>>2824125
>”Keep hold Zhu!” 1d20+1
>Throw a brick at the one Zhu's not sucking the life out of.

>>2824162

Seconding

>>2824151
>>2824160
>>2824162
>>2824168
Roll 1d20+1

Rolled 4 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>2824178

Not a Natural 1, not a Natural 1, not a Natural 1....

Rolled 3 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>2824178

Rolled 14 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>2824178
Level 5 zubat it's just lile any starter

>>2824189
Thank god for you.

>>2824189
Suppose we can't expect Team Rocket to hand out anything exceptional to a fresh grunt.

Of course, we're gonna make Zhu exceptional.

There are far worse starters out there anyways, as far as Zubat go.

>>2824151
>>2824189
“Keep hold Zhu!” You yell to your partner, their only confirmation being that it’s grip not loosening at all and the continued draining of the Rattata.

With that Rattata being occupied you turn to the other smaller one. It seems to be scared, but it isn’t backing down at all. There isn’t much big enough to throw at the damn thing, but you are able to rip a particularly loose floor board as an unwieldy weapon of sorts.

>Go for an attack 1d20-1
>Throw the board 1d20-2
>Try to keep it at a standoff while Zhu finishes off the other rat

>>2824208
I actually couldn't be assed to use any of the Sun/Moon starters so I caught a Zubat and treated it as a starter for the game. Never regretted it.

>>2824223
>Try to keep it at a standoff while Zhu finishes off the other rat

>>2824223
>>Go for an attack 1d20-1

>>2824223
>Go for an attack 1d20-1

>>2824223
>Try to keep it at a standoff while Zhu finishes off the other rat

If we can, I'd love to not actually get in close with a Rattata and let Zhu handle everything.

Kind of did the same thing, only with an early-game Spinarak/Ariados. None of the Alolan starters really caught my interest aside from maybe Rowlett.

(Not entirely sure how to hide shit behind spoilers)

>>2824223
>Try to keep it at a standoff while Zhu finishes off the other rat

>>2824223
>Try to keep it at a standoff while Zhu finishes off the other rat, swing at it if it tries to go for us or Zhu.
A fighter we are not.

>>2824238
Select the text you want and press Ctrl+S for the short cut. It puts in the command for you.

>>2824231
>>2824238
>>2824243
>>2824244
Writing...

>>2824250

T-T-Testing

Well damn, would you look at that.

>>2824250
You keep your threatening stance as Zhu finishes off the other rat. The smaller one is to afraid to really do anything. You hear a thunk as the rat Zhu was riding slams into another wall at a surprisingly high speed, before falling to the floor unconscious. Zhu seems more or less fine as it swoops into the air with a loud battle cry.

>”Zhu do that Screech attack!” 1d20
>”Zhu do that draining attack!” 1d20
>Write in

>>2824270
>”Zhu do that Screech attack!” 1d20
Make sure he stays well out of Rattata's attack range.

>>2824270
>>”Zhu do that Screech attack!” 1d20

>>2824270
>”Zhu do that Screech attack!” 1d20

I like the mental image of a confused Rattata just slamming into shit. That and it makes hitting Zhu even harder.

>>2824270
>>2824281
>>2824282
Roll 1d20 best of 3

>>2824270
>Zhu do that Screech attack!” 1d20
I just realized if we form a strong bond with zubat early, it'll evolve into crobat almost instantly after it evolves into golbat, so that's a goal MC should (unintentionally) go for if we can.

Rolled 17 (1d20)

>>2824289

Rolled 15 (1d20)

>>2824289

Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>2824289

>>2824270
>”Zhu do that Screech attack!” 1d20

GOD DAM I LOVE THIS BAT!

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>2824289
Check out this hot crit fail

>>2824291
Hey we are both scrawny looking fellows we need to stick together.

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>>2824298
Hell yeah, bats rock!
the pokemon we got is cool too I guess

We should aim to eat well, now that we got a pokemon as our partner in crime.

>>2824297
>>2824270
“Zhu do that Screech thing again!”

Your bat happily obliges and lets out a loud screech sending more of those waves directly at the small rat that was too frightened to move. In it’s confusion it tried to run at you and ram you, but missed completely and slammed into wall behind you.

>Give it a good wack to make sure it stays down
>”Zhu finish it!”
>Write in

>Almost forgot that Zubat naturally get Poison Fang
>Having a damage-dealing move that has a 50% chance of badly poisoning at level 25.

>>2824314
>”Zhu finish it!”
Give our Zhu all the juicy exp

>>2824314
>”Zhu finish it!”

>>2824314
we don't have another pokeball right?

>>2824314
>”Zhu finish it!”
Please be just fainting

>>2824323
Seconding.

Would I be right in assuming the only way to know Zhu has learned a new move is to have him/her use it in battle like we just did with Supersonic and Absorb?

>>2824314
>”Zhu finish it!”

>>2824331
Or we can just steal a pokedex.

>>2824270
“Zhu finish it off!” you yell, a giddiness to your voice.

It was honestly exciting to have these Pokemon battle, it brought you back to the days when you would sneak out of the orphanage to watch battles at the cities battle field. That feeling of excitement and the desire for victory filled your young mind, and watching Zhu from a distance suck that last bit of green energy out of that rat next to you gave you some vindication. It gave you the rush you always wanted to feel when competing and fighting against another. The rush you were never allowed to experience.

Even if it wasn’t as impressive as some of the tightens you saw fight in your youth, it was something almost instinctual as you called for your Pokemon to finish off that damn rat. It’s limp body falling to the floor, unconscious.

You wanted more of this. More battles, and more Pokemon to battle with.

You let off a laugh as Zhu returned to its place on you noggin. Giving the little thing a brief pet you left your dump of a shelter. The place felt far too small for you now, for some reason.

You and Zhu had a legend to make.

>End of session

>>2824350
Thanks for showing up, I'll be around for a half an hour or so if you have any questions. Next session will probably be tomorrow around 5-6pm EST.

>>2824350
When you running again?

>>2824343
Ah, right! Not too sure how easy that'll be though.

I guess fighting a new trainer and swiping their dex (and probably money/Pokemon) would be a way to do it. Trainers probably don't just outright faint/black out like in the games when they lose.

>>2824355
See >>2824354

>>2824350
Thank you for running

>>2824354
Your name seems familiar, you run any other quests?

>>2824367
I used to run a few other quests that I had to go on hiatus for, before I just ended up dying. I've been holding onto this concept for a while as something I really wanted to write but I just recently got the time to start QMing again. I'll probably see if my old twitter handle is still active so I can keep people informed on this quest. I'll probably archive the threads to my original handle.

>>2824378
So I'm not sure if we'd need to ask Butch about this, but what are we supposed to do with rare and/or powerful Pokemon we steal? Do we turn them in to the Team for a reward, or are we supposed to hold on to them, or do we decide what to do with them ourselves, or what?

>>2824412
i can see him saying for us to give him the pokemon and so he will tell the high ups we did the job. In other words he's going to steal the credit for himself.

>>2824412
>>2824436
Nah, we know what to generally do and who to give what. I just didn't go into detail over it because I wanted to focus on setting the stage with Mike. It'll be more in depth next session, but basically if you keep the Pokemon you steal, your gonna have to find a way to get them to listen to you, or you can just dead drop the pokeballs for pay/reputation/promotions/etc. You'll occasionally get reports on specific Pokemon or other items to steal that can be useful to you or worth more dead dropped. You'll also be required to fill a quota of Pokemon or other rare items, and be able to order some items using the walkie talkie you got.

>>2824360
Swiping a pokedex is a good idea, but a good short term thing we could do is go to our public library and read up on pokemon training and zubats in general. It would definitely make it easier if we took the time to study the basics.

>>2824465
Will be hard to do that in the nice part if the city. But so long we avoid any place with cops we might manage to do it.

>>2824481
We just need a disguise and we're good.

>>2824617
>>2824481
We don't even really need a disguise. We have clean clothes now so just put away the hat and we're just a skinny looking kid. What weirdo is gonna find a 13 yr old kid going to a public library as suspicious?

>>2824848
Well, the cops do know our face.
>a street rat suddenly interested in Pokemon training and academics?
That would seems suspicious.

>>2825181
Sure but whose gonna tip them off, and they can't do anything without proof. We're a trouble making street rat, not adult career criminal. We just gotta keep our head down and build up our partner and crew a bit before we start seriously committing crimes. Play the long game as it were.

I wonder if we should consider robbing a small temple or altar as our first high profile action. We might be able to capture a Ghastly that way, which would open a lot os heist posibilities and give us extra muscle to the team. Besides, i believe it could use Hypnosis too.

>>2825181
Even if they know our face, getting some weight in time for our growth spur and nice clothes should do the job nicely. Also, it would be the cops of the bad parts of the city that know us as we are just an street rat. We go to the library with a shiny new T-Shirt on us and nobody will bat an eye.

>>2825915
Could we even fight a ghastly with our zubat's current moveset? Can we even capture a ghost pokemon without a pokeball and are we going by game rules where you need an item to even fight one? I want to know these things before we try. But if we can get a ghost pokemon I'm all for it.

>>2825188
>Could we even fight a ghastly with our zubat's current moveset?
You can fight anything with your current moveset, can't guarantee you'll win. Seeing as absorb wouldn't do much against a poison type.
>Can we even capture a ghost pokemon without a pokeball
Most likely not unless you get some ghost type catching equipment, honestly would probably be better to just use a Pokeball
>are we going by game rules where you need an item to even fight one?
That was more of a pokemon disguised as an actual ghost, your not gonna need anything to fight your average ghost type.

>>2826104
>>2826136
Wrong post

>>2826139
You running in this thread?

>>2826180
Yes. New session will start in a few moments

>>2824350
>Session Start

Victory still fresh in your mind you roam the streets, the shroud of night still covering your back. With you feeling like you were at the top of the world you didn’t bother to worrying about entering a less trashy part of the city. The few police weren’t able to get a good look at your face thanks to your hat, and since you were smart enough to put your shirt on inside out you just had the look of some kid night Noctowl trainer with your Zubat.

You were somewhat more familiar with your partner’s abilities, but it wasn’t enough to actually give you a clear goal in mind. Despite the running high you got from your last battle, you knew just one little Zubat wouldn’t be enough to take on any trainer worth their salt, much less one worth stealing from, so you probably had to be a bit more sneaky about it for now. You could steal some Pokemon, but there is no reason that they’d listen to you, catching one would be a bit of impossibility as long as you don’t have your own pokeballs. The problem stealing said balls is that these days they have all sorts of trackers and other ID technical mumbo jumbo inside them that would mean they would be useless without the tech know how to jail break them. Something to do with the league and the PC system knowing when to teleport the balls back.

Most new balls needed to be quickly registered using those fancy PokeDexs you see trainers with. It wouldn’t be surprising if that fancy technical multi-tool that served as an ID had some kind of tracker too. Thankfully you got a team with the resources to aid you with that little problem, it just would take a bit of time. You could potentially find some older Pokeballs in smaller mom and pop shops instead of the big branch PokeMarts, you’d need to case the joint. Probably look around like some excited kid who just got a Pokemon from some family member and ask all sorts of questions. Unfortunately, most are probably closed at this hour.

Then again, you were under no pretense of how underequipped you were knowledge wise. Most book stores would probably be closed, and you aren’t particularly sure if the library in town was even open. Learning more about your partner and potential challenges you may face would be invaluable, but getting sent to jail for sneaking into a library seemed like a pretty dumb way to go.

>>2826201
You could always call in for some help in what to do. See if there were any jobs the Rocket’s wanted from you, or check what supplies you could order from the team. Just had to enter the right frequency for your call in. During orientation you were forced to memorize the subtle signs of a Rocket dead drop; a place where you could leave items or money to be transported without actually having to meet. You could leave something valuable and in a few hours to a day you’d get something else more useful to you or money. You were given a monthly quota on things stolen or jobs for the team done, but they didn’t seem to expect much of the common grunt as of yet, you had plenty of time for something like that.


You knew of some Pokemon haunts in the city, but it isn’t like you have a way to catch them as of yet. It was potentially a good way to train, but otherwise pointless.

During your musings Zhu decided to hang off the brim of your cap right into your face. It gave a curious cry as you wandered the city seemingly aimlessly. You smirked a bit before gently lifting the Zubat back onto your head. “Well Zhu, how about we…”

>”Find someone to rob”
>”Find someplace to rob”
>”Go find some books”
>”Call the team”
>”Find some Pokemon”
>Write In

Gonna grab some food real quick and will tally the vote when I get back

>>2826202
>>”Call the team”
We have two Rattatas, can't just be carrying out cold pokemon all night long.

>>2826202
>”Find someone to rob”
Let's buy pokeballs legally with illegal means.

>>2826202
>”Call the team”

>>2826218
i don't think we are carrying the rats with us.

>>2826202
>”Call the team”

While we could probably find someone to rob this late at night (and possibly do it pretty easily via Zhu's Supersonic), I have to admit that I'm eager to get into the nitty-gritty of Team Rocket's Grunt-life.

>>2826218
Did we actually take the two Rattatas with us? I just assumed we left them beaten and unconscious on the floor of the apartment.

>>2826202
>>2826218
>>2826236
>>2826241
Writing...

>>2826202
>>2826218
>Support
followed by
>Find someplace to rob

>>2826202
>>2826244
“Call the team, could use some direction for now.” You say pulling out your walkie talkie. It was some fancy one that goes under the radar of outsiders or something.

You really didn’t really listen to that portion, just how to use it and what frequencies to use. Setting the correct frequency you call in.

“Testing for the ‘firework safety committee’.” You repeat the phrase you were told to say.

“You’re on the right line, ‘let us blast off for fun’.” With the confirmation code that this was in fact a rocket member you cut to the chase. The voice sounded somewhat familiar.

“It’s Mike, I need…”

>”A job, anything available?”
>”Some supplies [Write in]”
>”Any tips on anything I can grab?”
>Write in

>>2826271
>The voice sounded somewhat familiar.

Last time I checked, I'm pretty sure Butch is the only Rocket we've really interacted with all that much so maybe it's him?

Can we ask about potential jobs and what's open to us as far as supplies go? I'd be fine with just a Pokeball or two, really.

>>2826271
>”Any tips on anything I can grab?”
>”A job, anything available?”

>>2826271
>"A job, anything available?"
>"Some supplies [Pokeballs]"

Doing a job sounds like fun and, as far as supplies go, I'd just like some Pokeballs in case we run across anything we like/when we go searching for more mons.

>>2826271
>”A job, anything available?”
>”Some supplies [Three pokeballs and a potion]”

>>2826271
>"A job, anything available?"
>"Some supplies [Pokeballs]"

>>2826271
>>2826294
>>2826297
>>2826301
Writing...

>>2826271
Should we ask if they want a pair of Rattatas you guys think, or nah? I’d imagine they have plenty, but it probably wouldn’t hurt to ask.

>>2826271
>>2826305
“A job” you pause for a moment to think “and some supplies, some Pokeballs and maybe some potions if you got any?”

“Ah Mike, it’s me Butch!” oh great, its beltch. “I can get you a job, but you got anything in exchange for those balls and potions?”

Your mouth twists into a frown “exchange?”

“Yeah, can’t really be giving out newbies all our supplies when we don’t even know if they are any good in the field. We use a credit system, you bring us something or leave something at a drop point with your team ID you get some credit that can be used to buy some supplies from us. Though some jobs will include necessary equipment for free and such.” Bleck informs you. “But since I’m such a great senior I’ll send you some Pokeballs and a Potion on the house, if you do a job for me.”

“I’m listening.”

“You see on the edge of town nearby one of our fake rare candy gigs on the edge of town we got a small infestation of Caterpie. Not really a problem outside of their numbers and String-Shot, but I honestly hate getting that gunk in my hair. If you go drive em off, I’ll be happy to have one of our couriers dead drop the supplies on the way.”

>”Sure I’ll get on it.”
>”Any advice for scaring them off? I only got a Zubat on me.”
>”Gonna have to pass on that one.”
>Write in

>>2826310
Nah it's fucking Rattatas they are every were.

>>2826339
>”Sure I’ll get on it.”
>>”Any advice for scaring them off? I only got a Zubat on me.”

>>2826339
>”Sure I’ll get on it.”

Oh cool we get a cartepie

>>2826339
>>”Sure I’ll get on it.”
>>”Any advice for scaring them off? I only got a Zubat on me.”

Shit, we get some supplies and all we gotta do is scare away some Caterpie? Sounds like a good deal to me and it's good to know we're working on an exchange-based program.

I trust Zhu to be able to handle it but I wouldn't pass up on some advice if Butch has any to spare.

>>2826339
>”Sure I’ll get on it.”
>>2826347
Do we even want a Caterpie? Feel like we could do better.