Some general info about the quest;
-Please quote the post you are voting in, not really a rule but it helps me a lot
-If you are changing your vote, please quote the original vote you had as well as the post the vote is taking place in, once again mostly for my convenience and efficiency
-All rolls unless otherwise specified are 1d20 and best of 3
-Wait for the vote to be done before making any rolls
-I appreciate fanart, I don’t appreciate autists going on rants when other Anons don’t like it as much

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>>2856603
>"And? What are you going to do, arrest me?"
The police going to take an officer's word over ours if she tells them we tried to pickpocket her, and there's no way she's going to buy that we were moving her out of the way.

>>2856618
>>"And? What are you going to do, arrest me?"

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>>2856618
>>2856626

>>2856603
>Look, just let me off the hook this time and I will try to get food without stealing, ok?

I hate getting food from the priests, but I rather ust go eat something now before I fall from hunger.

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>>2856603
“And? What are you going to do, arrest me?” You ask sarcastically.

Jenny looks at you like you are an idiot. “That was the plan yes.”

“I didn’t take anything, you can’t arrest me for a crime I haven’t committed yet.”

Jenny looks you over, “How about those clothes, I know for a fact you couldn’t have afford something that new.” Thankfully you had turned the shirt inside out and put the R on the inside, or you probably wouldn’t be having this conversation at all.

”Some good samaritan took pity on me and gave me something better than my rags.” You say with almost practiced ease.

Jenny just looks you over again, trying to find some kind of tell in your body language, before just giving up and letting it go for now.

“So you wouldn’t mind showing me what’s in those pockets of yours?”

>”I know my rights” refuse
>Show her your current inventory
>Use sleight of hand to make it look like you have nothing on you 1d20+3
>Write in

>>2856705
>>”I know my rights” refuse

>>2856705
>”I know my rights” refuse
If she finds the Pokeballs and the Potion we're screwed.

>>2856705
>>”I know my rights” refuse

>>2856712
>>2856720
>>2856727
Writing...

>>2856705
>>”I know my rights” refuse

Guys, we should maybe think about not getting into the police station.
Like damm, the officer is a good enough person. Tell her we won't touch the market for a month or so and she will probably let us off with a stern warning. We really don't wanna provoke her.

>>2856705
“I know my rights.” You firmly say in refusal.

Jenny stares at you for a few moments, honestly debating pushing the issue further. Probably assuming you wouldn’t actually care if you didn’t have something you shouldn’t have. Through your experience with dealing with this kind of treatment from the local law enforcement you don’t falter under her hard gaze. You know she doesn’t believe you for a second, but you were right, she technically couldn’t do anything. Well she could technically just toss you in jail for disturbing the peace or some other Tauros crap, and no one would care. The public would just see it as getting some street rat off the street, and you were already notorious among the other less empathetic police members.

You knew she wouldn’t throw you in jail, not over this, not while she knew you were starving. While you may have pushed her a bit you know Jenny enough to know that she isn’t that kind of cop, at least this not Jenny.

She makes a disapproving sound, before motioning you to give her your hands. She removes the cuffs restraining your hands, but she doesn’t let go, probably worried you were just gonna bolt the moment she did.

“Listen Mike,” oh god she is going to lecture you isn’t she. “If you’re hungry we can stop buy a burger place. I haven’t had lunch yet so I wouldn’t mind.” She says sincerely.

You honestly weren’t expecting that.

>”Uh sure?”
>”I’m fine getting my own food.”
>”I lost something when you were tackling me, I need to go find it.” Search for Zhu
>Write in

>>2856870
>>”I lost something when you were tackling me, I need to go find it.” Search for Zhu

>>2856870
We might be a starving, tired street orphan that got tackled a couple of minutes ago, but we've got our pride dammi-
>”Uh sure?"

>>2856870
>>”I lost something when you were tackling me, I need to go find it.” Search for Zhu

>>2856870
This is a hard decision. On one hand, burgers. On the other, we just lost Zhu.

>Thank you, but I will manage on my own. Besides, I dropped something on the market and have to get it back

If she insist, tell her we are gonna ask the shops for leftovers and not steal anything.

>>2856924
>>2856906
You know fuck it. Switching for burgers. Zhu can take care of himself

>>2856960
Abandoning our first and only pokemon? Poor Zhu, he was too good for this world

>>2856870
Eat burgers

>>2856970
I mean, we only met him for a day. We can swipe some fries for him afterwards.

>>2856870
Gotta get my pokemon first, but sure food.

>>2856870
>”Uh sure?”
Make Jenny pay by getting loads of food.

>>2856906
>>2856960
>>2856983
>>2857022
Writing...

>>2856870
You honestly can’t tell what she is trying to gain from this, but hey free food. “Uh sure?”

Jenny gains a satisfied smile before leading you to some nearby fast food joint. Least it’s cheap; you didn’t really want to owe the officer anything, but your hunger was a far more pressing issue than your pride.

You quietly order your food and eat with the officer in an awkward silence. Jenny just seems to be stuck in some kind of deep thought as her food remains half eaten even as you wolf most of yours down.

>”Whatcha thinking about?”
>”Thanks for the food.” Leave
>See if you can sneak a few of her fries 1d20+4
>Write in

>>2857071
>>Write in
Can I Have some more? *Eat her food*

>>2857071
>>See if you can sneak a few of her fries 1d20+4

>>2857071
>See if you can sneak a few of her fries

/dice 1d20+4

>>2857107
rolls go into options and they happen after I call the vote.

>>2857071
>>”Whatcha thinking about?”

>>2857071
>You gonna eat those fries?
Ask her for some of hers and if she doesn't give us, keep some of yours for Zhu.

Stealing in front of her would be retarded

>>2857071
>Watcha thinkin' 'bout? with a mouth full of food
We're a street rat, manners aren't a thing.

Rolled 5 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>2857071
>See if you can sneak a few of her fries 1d20+4

i wonder if zubat's eat fries.

>>2857144
See >>2857112

>>2857165
Ops. Sorry.

>>2857107
>>2857144
>>2857089
Calling, roll 1d20+4

Rolled 16 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>2857173

Rolled 8 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>2857173

Rolled 1 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>2857173

Rolled 5 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>2857173

Rolled 17 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>2857173
Low roll

Rolled 16 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>2857173

>>2857194
Told faking ya. Prepare to be arrested

>>2857194
Man 1d20 produces way too many crits. We'll never pass another roll at this rate

>>2857194
Of fucking course...i guess Jenny is the dices waifu.

>>2857204
Arrested for sneaking a fry... as a hungry homeless kid

>>2857194
The adventures of Mike the pick pocket who is fucking awful at pick pocketing.

End me

>>2857213
Eh i can see it happend we were never busted for catching something and now we did. Maybe this time we can manage to run away. Otherwise this will be pokemon prison quest.

>>2857216
I don't know why you anons didn't just ask for more food

>>2857214
i blame the other purple guy and the dice.

>>2857216
Post your adress and we will.

>>2857219
No way would someone ever be arrested for stealing some fries from someone sharing a meal with you. We're a kid, it's a cheeky thing to do but not something you arrest someone over. Especially not someone like Officer Jenny

>>2857223
Trainning and now thatw e know we suck as pickpocketing we should never do it again.

Maybe Jenny will notice us taking it, and take pity on us...

>>2857248
Maybe you should stop rolling for the day pal.

>>2857071
You try to quietly sneak a fry from Jenny’s side of the table. Her only response is shooting you a glare, only sighing and pushing the cup of fries to your side.

“You really need to clean those sticky fingers.” She says off handedly.

>”As soon as clean ones can feed me.”
>”…”
>”Thanks for the meal” leave
>Write in

>>2857257
It's fine, my quests are cursed to only ever roll crits when it would be funny. My old Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Quest would always roll 1s when rolling to not cry like a bitch or to impress girls and would roll 20s whenever we punched fucking walls.

>>2857259
>>”Thanks for the meal” leave

We need to go find our pokebro, we can give him these fries

>>2857259
>As soon as clean ones can feed me.”
What does she want us to do, go find a place that hires underfed, scrawny street rats?

>>2857259
>Thanks for the meal, I have to go find my Pokémon now...

>>2857278
Don't be a idiot were a street rat would get a pokemon.

>>2857259
>”Thanks for the meal” leave

Be back in 5ish minutes, will call the vote when I get back.

>>2857259
>>”Thanks for the meal” leave

>>2857270
Oh you ran that Riolu quest a few... months ago? Years?

>>2857369
About a year or so, I also ran Bowser Conquest, Paranoia Quest, and Psychic Quest. Honestly kind of want to retry Bowser Conquest, really enjoyed writing that one.

>>2857342
>>2857302
>>2857278
>>2857271
Writing...

>>2857259
You ignore her statement and just show your gratitude for the meal “Thanks for the meal.”

It came out a bit more sarcastic than you wanted it too, but it didn’t matter. Taking the offered fries you leave Jenny sitting at the booth of the fast food joint. She was a cop, but she wasn’t as much of a pain in the ass as other cops were to you, though that was probably due to pity more than anything else.

The thought of the blue haired cop pitying you made your eye twitch a bit and a fire return to your belly. You have a job to do, and soon, you won’t have a need for pity from anyone. You just needed to find your partner, wherever they may be…

>Session end

Will stick around for a bit if anyone has any questions. Also should I make a discord for updates and such or is that overkill for a quest like this for now?

>>2857431
i think this is fine how it's.

>>2857431
I'd say overlkill for a Discord right now, it'll split the current playerbase which isn't good.

Basically a Discord's only good if you're big, and while this is reasonably sized, it isn't big enough.

Splitting up discussion just ain't great, those reading the archive will feel left out.

>>2857450
That and you'll end up with things being decided in discord, alienating new players.

>>2857431
No discord, it's cancer and will kill the talk in the thread.

If you want to let us know their is update, you can use just drop a post here saying when you'll be back.

>>2857442
>>2857450
>>2857456
K, I just mainly wanted a place for people to dump pics I can use for the quest because I am busy lazy when it comes to searching for them.

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>>2857503
we can easily dump picks once the thread is over. It would require for you to tell us if you will use the same thread next time or not.

>>2857537
Not allowed to archive image dumps my dude.

>>2857539
Make a thread on a different board, link the board here. We go to that thread you made asking for image dumps and we dump our shit there.

I forget but isn't there a board just for asking about pics. If all else fails you can make that thread in /trash/

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>>2857539
Could do this too: >>2857548

There is a request board after all.

Not to nit pick how the qm chooses to do things, but after catching up you'd think someone spec'd in thievery/pickpocketing could ignore/reroll a critical fail in said specialty

>>2858123
The benefit to being spec'd into thievery/pickpocketing was getting bonuses to your rolls relating to them as well as options you wouldn't normally get because of your street-smarts. I may eventually change the system to where you can earn a skill or something that let's you redo a roll, but then the dice gods will just give you an extra 1 just to spite you adding a bunch of skills like that and how to distribute them without breaking the quest along with what I have to keep track of for the Pokemon will probably be a pain in the ass. If you had picked The Failure, you would have gotten a bonus to battle related rolls and more options relating to Pokemon because of his knowledge, and The Coward would have gotten bonuses to physical rolls and some options that wouldn't normally appear, such as being able to make an attempt to fight off Jenny if he was tackled.

>>2858297
I still think you should change the dice from d20's to d100. The fucking thing rolls ones a lot.

It's true that 3d20 where one nat 1 overrides other results is a fairly high chance of 1s. You could alternatively keep the d20 system, but make it so that whenever players roll a 20, they can vote to bank it for a rainy day, and then eventually use it to negate a natural 1. Saw another quest where that was a thing, players could bank up to 2 20s. He changed it up a some point though

>>2857382
Psychic Quest? Actual psychics or....?

>>2858619
Was inspired by Chronicle at the time, and Telekinetic Quest or Chronicle Quest probably would have been a better name, just didn't want to spoil the surprise of the power. Didn't plan for the MC to have any power other than telekinesis, and the story would just be the MC interacting with the world after gaining the powers. Never really outright stated it but I tried to hint at it when the anons tried to see if they could mind control an animal and accidentally liquefying its brain. Since it was more of a work of brief passion the concept kind of died for me. The original plan was for the MC to be the only person with these powers, but that seemed boring, and I didn't have a plan for writing other major antagonists/protagonists with telekinetic powers or potentially each person having a different psychic power such as clairvoyance or empathy. It was just basically a little thing I wanted to mess with to see if anons would be more heroic or end like the character in Chronicle,going full apex predator edge lord and just being more or less a super villain,, or just dicking around with telekinesis.

It's dead now and will probably stay dead. I don't really have an interest in starting it up again, at least not without major changes. Unlike Paranoia Quest and Bowser Con-Quest which I do have a major interest in either starting up again, or just restarting as is. Though Paranoia Quest might just need a continuation seeing as it had a pretty big split path that entirely changed what genre it could have been.

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>>2858479
Thing with that is that while there will be much less crit fails there will also be a lot less crit successes. Try not to put yourself in a situation that would be funny to fail and the dice gods play nice, sometimes. Rarely.

>>2858554
The thing is that if there is a safety net that you can save at any time by just banking a less important roll to later save your asses from a 1 it makes the quest less interesting in my opinion. If it were to be implemented here I would definitely restrict it in some way, most likely by requiring choosing to use the 20 pre-roll instead of after a roll has already been dealt. The problem there being that it would slow down the game somewhat in any roll heavy portion where debates could potentially take place on whether to roll or not.

I'll see how the dice fall on what my anons want and what would actually work, but if anyone has any suggestions on how something like this would work or if enough of you guys want me to switch to the 1d100 format feel free to let me know and I'll consider it.

>Pic not related

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>>2858655
>dice gods
>playing nice

That will never happen and you know it.

>>2858657
So then you should realize it doesn't matter if its 1d20 or 1d1000, the dice gods will slap 1s on everything and anything for laughs regardless.

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>>2858659
A guy can dream can't it? Also are do you have any idea when you are running again?

>>2858655
I agree to both points

Gonna throw down a rough system I just pulled out of my ass for some kind of roll saving for the quest. Not final, and feedback will be appreciated.

>Once per session, you may choose to save a naturally rolled 20 of any roll to be used at a later time.
>Once saved, the roll that the 20 was banked from will gain the 2nd highest of the amount of dice requested for the roll instead of the 20
>It is not permitted to save a 20 from a set of rolls that has a natural 1 as well, as they cancel each other out and the 2nd highest roll is taken.
>There may not be more than two of these 20's saved at any one time.
>The saved 20 must be used prior to the actual roll, and cannot be used once the dice have already been rolled for an option.
>The 20s can only be used for actions directly taken by the player character, Mike, and conversely can only be gained from an action directly taken by the PC. IE you can save a 20 on Mike pick pocketing and use it on him passing a bluff roll, but you can't save a 20 from a Pokemon attack or use a 20 on a Pokemon's roll.

>>2858669
Was planning on running tonight at 5pm, but I didn't sleep at all again and if I fall asleep now I'll probably sleep through my alarm again. I'll likely just end up starting tomorrow at 5-6pm EST. I could try and just stay up til I would normally run, but I tend to get grumpy without sleep, and as some of my old anons can attest, bad things happen in my quests when I run while grumpy. I'll also potentially be on here sporadically today just to check in on opinions on my stance for the dice system and see if we can get something hammered out before next session.

Personally I hate the idea of saving nat 20s. I just also don't like how frequent crits are in the d20 system considering how often we roll. I think the d100 system is better, fewer crits but they can be more surprising and impactful when they happen.

>>2858688
That being said it's not something I'd drop a quest over, we wont roll 1's forever probably

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>>2858678
Hey i kinda like that save system. It's pretty fair and it won't stop us so much.

Eh if you feel you won't be able to run properly it's better if you don't do it. I like this quest premise, if we manage to keep the white knight away so we don't end up becoming a reformed rocket.

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>>2858689
Famous last words...at least now we know we suck at pick pocketing or we just try to avoid were a crit fail will turn into a funny situation.

Maybe don't make a new thread every time you run dude.

>>2859112
Why not?

>>2859112
>>2859186
I don't make a new thread every time I run, I made a new thread because the old one was not only already archived, but it was made a week ago and threads get auto permasaged after 72 hours.

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>>2859667
True but you might want to watch out because i think there is a limit for how many active thread one can have.

>>2859667
Then run more than once a week.

>>2859762
I've had 3 up with little issue before, and once I am done writing for a thread I archive it because I've had others mess up my archives before. Its not my fault that the board is so slow it takes 2 weeks for an autosaged thread to be removed.

>>2859839
I run twice a week.

Just 2 quick votes before I actually start the session later today relating to the dice system.

On the matter of changing from a 1d20 to 1d100
>Stay with 1d20
>Switch to 1d100
>Use some other dice, please specify

On the matter of saving 20s for future use
>No saving 20s at all
>Test the system from >>2858678 in a future thread to see how it works out
>Some other system, please specify

These probably won't go into effect this session, but I just want to get a feel on where everyone stands.

>>2861244
I think go with whatever you want. If you think the d100 has too few crits, ypu can just say that crits are 1-3 and 98-100

>>2861244
>Stay with 1d20
>Test the system from >>2858678 in a future thread to see how it works out

>>2861244
Go with d100 system. I want crits to be more meaningful

>>2861244
>Switch to 1d100

>>2861244
>Switch to 1d100
And go with the plan of >>2861245 about a range for crit fails and crit successes.

>>2861245
Just to clarify... In case there are some who dont know, using a d20 system will have a 5 % crit fail and crit succes rate. By changing to d100 there is only 1 % chance of crit fail, and 1 % for crit succes, which can seem a bit extreme, so going for 3 % could be sort of a middle way.

Btw, if i did the math right, best of 3 d20 will have a 14,3 % chance of crit fail, which is roughly a bit more than every 8 bo3 on average.
Straight d100 where only 1 & 100 counts as crits would in a bo3 be roughly 3 % chance for crit fail.
Bo3 where 1-3 & 98-100 counts as crits would give about 8,7 % chance if crit fail.

>>2861291
Don't bother using logic with the dice gods Anon. They act as they please, regardless of unimportant things like statistics and mathematics. Just say your prayers to the dice gods each day, and make threadly sacrifices to them and they may deem us worthy of a 20. Or not,

>>2861244
>Switch to 1d100
Yeees, hate using d20 best of three with crits. I don't dislike crits themselves, but as we've clearly demonstrated this thread and last, when using d20s it feels like you crit every other roll, which just kind of ruins the excitement and despair crits are supposed to inspire.

>>2861244
>Switch to 1d100
>Test the system from >>2858678 # in a future thread to see how it works out

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>>2861291
Cool math. Now is this matj based on normal dice or in programed dice?

>>2861244
test the system

banking crits makes more sense for me and honestly, I really don´t see the appeal of d100

restricting the save mechanic to our actions, instead of our pokemons wold also allow us to not become a uber competent trainer right away

Also, I fear that most of he cries of anons for switching are just they being assblasted because we had bad luck early on, even if the conseuences haven´t been so harsh. I could guarantee you that we wouldn´t have this vote if we didn´t got three ones in a row, which was a bad streak of luck, yet still in the realm of posibility.

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>>2861919
I doubt we could manage to get three ones in a d100. But the dice have surprised me before so.

>>2861949
I have no problems with critfails being common, if they mean that crits will be common too. Makes more opportunity to either get into problems or excell, with the added benefit of a safety net if something goes really wrong. My issue is anons turning this into a big deal and asking for system change, when there is no need.

>>2861963
Honestly just keep the system we have. As much as anons bitch about not wanting to always win forever they always want ways to avoid failure. It was a bad string of luck, shit happens. If you think it's really an issue just make crits have less effect.

Honestly I'd believe that this is why we have a rep already, we suck so hard at this street rat shit.

>>2861532
This

Awake and starting to write and going through the votes on the rolling system. Session will start soon.

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>>2862061
Fuck yeah!

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>>2862061
Pretty good

Unless I miscounted people want 1d100 and to test the save system later. Probably not this session since I'd have to tinker with it for a 1d100 system, but it will be tested later.

>>2857431
It’s been about an hour since you began searching for your lost partner, who just so happened to make off with your hat as well, leaving your brown hair exposed to the world. Each second you felt the pit in your stomach grow a bit larger.

“Zhuuuuuuu!” your voice has been starting to grow horse from all the yelling, but that didn’t matter. You needed to find your partner. If you didn’t…

You didn’t really know what would happen, Team Rocket wouldn’t help. They seem more like the type who’d just throw you a new Zubat and tell you to get back to work. You couldn’t go to the police with this. It’d just bring to many questions like how you got that Zubat in the first place. Which could and in all likelihood it would lead to many more uncomfortable questions.

No, you were on your own for this. Panting as you let out another relatively loud yell for your partner. Yells that just disappeared in the wind for all the good they did for you.

Did Zhu just run away for a better master? You feel your hand squeeze the container with the now cold fries you were saving for your partner. Did he abandon you for someone stronger?

No you need to focus, you need to find Zhu. There is no reason for him to leave you, not yet at least.

>Keep searching 1d100
>Ask around to see if anyone has seen a Zubat flying around with a black hat
>Call in base for some advice
>Write in

>>2862125
>Keep searching 1d100

I'm guessing we save rolling until the voting is done?

>>2862129
Yes

>>2862125
>Keep searching 1d100

>>2862129
>>2862150
Roll 1d100, best of 3

Rolled 81 (1d100)

>>2862172

Rolled 96 (1d100)

>>2862172
ok

Rolled 30 (1d100)

>>2862172

>>2862125
You let off a particularly hearty holler for your partner, honestly not expecting much. Only to find Zhu swoop in carrying your hat, barely keeping the weight of the hat up. You manage to catch the small bat Pokemon and your significantly than usual upturned hat.

“Zhu!”

>”Where did you go?”
>”Are you ok?”
>”You didn’t get seen right?”
>Write in

>>2862194
>”Are you ok?”
>”You didn’t get seen right?"

>>2862194
>”Are you ok?”
>”You didn’t get seen right?"
>Give Fries

>>2862194
>”Are you ok?”
>"Are you hungry? brought you dinner"

>>2862194
>>2862200
>>2862201
>>2862204
Gonna wait for another 5 or so minutes for a tie breaker before I just roll for it

>>2862201
Support, fries are important

>>2862204
>>2862212
Writing...

>>2862194
“Are you ok Zhu?” you ask in concern, it didn’t get hurt in the tackle right?

You get a screeching noise from Zhu in what you assume is affirmation.

“Oh” you remember your cargo “I got you some dinner.” You look at the semi crushed and cold fries, “Though they are kind of cold now, sorry.” You sheepishly say.

Zhu doesn’t seem to mind, though it uses its wings to motion into your cap. Looking inside you notice it has a few berries. You don’t particularly recognize them, though you think you may have seen them in a stand at the flea market once before.

You can’t help but smile, Zhu wanted to make sure you got to eat. “Thanks Zhu” you say as you give the little pat in appreciation as it begins to contentedly chomping down on the cold fries.

>Save the berries for later
>Eat with your partner

>>2862241
>Eat with your partner

A few berries don´t make a whole meal by themselves and if we put them in our pocket they will just get squished and dirty or brand new uniform.

>>2862241
>Eat with your partner
Zhu is too good for our criminal ass.

>>2862241
>>Eat with your partner
Eating together, will show that we care about Zhu's gift.

>>2862247
>>2862249
>>2862253
Writing...

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>>2862241
You sit there in silence eating with your partner. The berries are sweet; you think they might be wild. Either that or its just some berries that some flea market shop couldn’t sell because they weren’t appealing looking enough to the typical consumer.

You hand a few of the berries to Zhu as well, wouldn’t do for your partner to go hungry from just a few cold salty potato slices. It takes a few minutes, but you enjoy your partners company for the meal.

The sun hangs in the air as you finish your meal, still plenty of time to get up to some kind of mischief.

>Call Team Rocket for a job
>Go searching for something to steal
>Something else… (Write in)

>>2862282
>>Go searching for something to steal
Let's try our luck again

>>2862282
Let´s build up our team. Look for an abandoned temple and get a Ghastly.

>>2862292
Besides, we might get our hand in some old antiques or something that we can cash in in the team.

>>2862282
>Call Team Rocket for a job

>>2862291
>>2862304
>>2862323
Gonna give it another 5 minutes for a tie breaker before I just roll for it

Rolled 2 (1d3)

>>2862291
>>2862292
>>2862323
Writing...

>>2862292
I'm all for getting a Gastly, as I've stated before, but why do you keep insisting on going to an abandoned temple specifically to find one? Don't they just frequent abandoned buildings in general? Not disagreeing with the idea, just wondering if you've got a reason to focus on abandoned temples specifically.

>>2862351
They'd specifically go where spiritual presence is high, a random abandoned building probably wouldn't have one, but a random abandoned building built on an ancient Indian burial ground probably would. Among other things.

>>2862351
I apologize if I sounded too spergy.

My first reason was that I played the first Pokemon game and I remember that Ghost types appeared at first in a sort of temple/ graveyard, a tower I believe and I thought sites with some religious background might attract them better.

Besides, since Japanese temples usually have relics which are a bit pawnable than their Catholic counterparts ( think swords, Buddha statues, scrolls...etc rather than mummified remains of saints)

>>2862369
Also, this sites are abandoned, so security shouldn´t be an issue and are very very sparely frequented.

Hell, if we manage to drive out/capture the Pokemon, we might be able to establish ourselves there or communicate HQ we have found a possible hideout location (provided the temple is not in a very bad shape)

>>2862282
You were left defenseless without a member of your team, something that could be highly dangerous in the future. That and the more Pokemon you have, the more power you will have, at least until quality comes into play.

You know ghost Pokemon are a thing, though you weren’t really sure if they were actually dead, or just had some kind of spiritual powers. Ghost Pokemon specifically came up because the thought of having a Pokemon that can just go through walls and doors and potentially unlock them from the other side sounded too good to not have.

You know for a fact they aren’t just in any old random abandoned building, you’d know if they were from the amount of times you’ve been in most of them. They were most likely in the buildings you avoided, those shrouded in a unsettling aura, with a lot of spiritual energy, or with a… certain kind of history. Those were their usual haunts.

Pun intended.

You never went to them before, not out of fear of actual ghosts, those didn’t exist of course. Really. But you never could tell with those ghost types, you’ve heard stories of haunted balloon Pokemon stealing children away in other regions. Heck, there are rumors that some of the ghost Pokemon in this region could steal your soul.

Regardless, you need more allies. You would just have to find a way to convince the ghost to join you, one way or another. You just needed to pick a place to try and find said ghosts.

>A supposedly haunted appliance factory, relatively recently abandoned after the machines in it started moving on their own and even started attacking people
>One of the various temples, you weren’t sure how many ghosts would be there, but you know that the area is fairly spiritual
>THAT building, the one with the history you mentioned earlier, most wouldn’t go near it for the aura it supposedly has

>>2862384
>A supposedly haunted appliance factory, relatively recently abandoned after the machines in it started moving on their own and even started attacking people

>>2862384
>Temple

reasons above

>>2862384
>>A supposedly haunted appliance factory, relatively recently abandoned after the machines in it started moving on their own and even started attacking people

>>2862388
>>2862404
Writing...

>>2862384
Probably the safest bet is the factory, the temples still probably had care takers that wouldn’t want battles to happen in the place and the less said about THAT building the better. You and your newly reacquired hat and partner made their way to the abandoned factory.

The place was rather interesting, no real history of spiritual happenings or anything terrible on the grounds. No curses by some ancient spirit on the building. Just one day the appliances seemingly came to life. The people in charge at the time weren’t able to find a solution that was cheap or easy enough, so they cut their losses and abandoned the place.

Walking onto the grounds didn’t give you any sense of foreboding, but you knew better than to let your guard down. It just looked like any other old abandoned building that was in this town, except not picked clean because of the rumors.

“Zhu keep an…” you were going to say eye, but that wasn’t really a thing Zhu had, “keep and ear out for anything ok? We are trying to find another teammate, maybe some things that we can take.”

Walking into the large building everything was quiet. Dusty work equipment, boxes, and home appliances were scattered around the area. The place had a high ceiling, which would give Zhu more mobility if a battle were to happen.

>Send Zhu out to search from above
>Search through some boxes
>Take a look at the “haunted” appliances
>Write in

>>2862432
>Send Zhu to search from above while you open the boxes to see if they are worth anything

>>2862432
>Take a look at the “haunted” appliances

>Have Zuh sneak into the celling or some other hanging spot he can cover our back and make a surprise attack if we find anything.

>>2862417
So out of curiosity, what sort of stuff could we pull with the Gastly line? I mean, I know what moves they're capable of in the games and the show and such, but I mean I read Pokemon Adventures, and they played REALLY fast and loose with what Gastly, Gengar and Haunter could do. Like early on, when Red visited the Haunted Pokemon Tower, some Gastly performed a few rather crazy feats, including: Reanimating a bunch of fucking corpses and making honest to god Poke-zombies to attack Red with, and possessing Blue, Red's rival. Agatha's Gengar at one point hid in her opponent's shadow and slowly sucked the life out of him. I mean it didn't succeed, but that was most likely only because her opponent was Koga, an actual ninja, who was used to weird shit like that.

>>2862445
+1. I feel like the house with haunted appliances was a bad move, and might net us an electric type more then a Gastly, or some sort of more mundane trickster, but oh well, here we are I guess.

>>2862446
Well basicaly we can do witha gastly is having him invisible to scout a place.

>>2862445
>>2862451
Writing...

>>2862451
I mean, an electric Pokemon might be useful too in our line of work, and I am sure we might be able to get a hefty amount of munies from selling all the merchandise that got abandoned

>>2862466
If we get a eletric i want it to be a magnemite.

>>2862466
You're not wrong, though I'd still prefer a Gastly to most electric types we could find, except maybe an Elekid (We could find an Elekid in Kanto, yeah? I mean they were technically second gen, but they're one of those retroactive Pokemon, so I'd assume we can find them.)

>>2862432
“Zhu I’m gonna look around, keep an ear out for me from above.”

The Zubat complies immediately swooping up into the rafters of the ceiling, letting out light screeches, most likely searching the area. Taking out your lighter you give it a small spark, letting a small light attempt to pierce the darkened area, only for it to be greedily consumed.

You could only see roughly a few feet in front of you at a time, not counting the light coming in through the open door. You take a look at a nearby appliance, naturally gravitating towards the fridge. Quickly opening you are not surprised, but no the less disappointed at not finding it filled with food.

As you turn to inspect the next appliance you hear the entrance to the factory slam shut. You whip around your eyes attempting to pierce the darkness to find the perpetrator “who’s there?”

No response.

>Try the door, make sure you aren’t trapped
>Call out to Zhu
>Try and find the perpetrator in the darkness 1d100
>Write in

>>2862481
>Call out to Zhu

>>2862481
>Call out to Zhu, see if they can find the culprit
>Try and find the perpetrator in the darkness 1d100
Can't say I like our chances overmuch, but may as well give it a shot.

Do we still have our trusty metal pipe?

>>2862481
>Call out to Zhu

Dn´t we have a lighter with us? Probably a good time to have a light on

>>2862492
No, I wouldn't suggest a metal pipe anyway.

>>2862481
>Call out to Zhu, see if they can find the culprit

Better use the pokemon that doesn't need eyes to do that.

>>2862493
shit sorry didn´t read the lighter thing

>>2862494
It's fine just checking.Just wondering one thing. How can we recover fainted pokemon?

>>2862494
That's....a good sign? Probably?

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>>2862501
It could be a very shocking situation for us.

>>2862485
>>2862493
>>2862496
Writing...

>>2862481
>Call out to Zhu

>>2862481
“Zhu, we’re not alone in here. You see anything?” You say into the darkness.

You still hear Zhu flapping in the rafters, and letting out the occasional louder noise, but it gives you no other indication that it is there other than what probably is Zhu trying to search faster.

You aren’t ready to run, not yet, taking your lighter you move deeper into the enemy Pokemon’s territory, it couldn’t be a ghost. There was no reason for a ghost to be here of all places. As you desperately keep an eye out for the Pokemon you slowly back yourself to a wall to prevent an attack from your rear.

Where is that damn thing…

You hear a loud metal clang in the distant darkness, no where near where you assumed Zhu was.

>Head to the sound
>Call Zhu back to you
>Write in

>>2862521
>Head to the sound
>Call Zhu back to you
Don't call him right to us though. Just have him follow us at a distance, stealthy-like. Want him to be able to get the drop on anything that ambushes us.

>>2862521
>Head to the sound, sticking to the wall
Zhu should start heading that way too if possible.

>>2862521
>>Head to the sound
>>Call Zhu back to you

>>2862521
“Zhu stay close to me.” You command as you slowly make your way to the sound.

You’d like to keep your back to the wall but the sound came from what was probably the center of the room. Jumping over a conveyer belt you see what made the sound. I discarded metal tool of sorts. Kind of looked like a small tire iron, probably something to bolt some appliance together.

You feel the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end as you get the sudden sense that you should probably move.

>roll 1d100 best of 3

Rolled 27 (1d100)

>>2862535

Rolled 25 (1d100)

>>2862535
Tendies

Rolled 37 (1d100)

>>2862535

Oh cool it's a magnemite. It's using the magnets to pull the metal objects.

>>2862535
The instinct came a bit too late as you feel yourself being launched forward as a blast of water hit your back. You hear Zhu make a sound as your soaked form lay on the ground.

Pushing yourself up you look to what had sprayed you.

Some kind of… washing machine?

>Command Zhu to attack
>Throw the tool at it
>Throw a Pokeball at it
>Write in

>>2862551
Wait, we were limited to the first generation, right?

>Command Zhu to attack

Screech at the washing machine

>>2862551
>Throw the tool at it
Possessed or not, washing machines don't like large metal objects inside them.

>>2862556
No, I've stated several times that if a Pokemon had a reason to be there it could be there. Now if a foreign company wanted to do some good old cooperate sabotage to a rival appliance company what could they possibly send to cause as much damage as possible?

>>2862556
Not really, at least in urban environs. Pokemon who could, within reason, have migrated or been accidentally transported between regions are around, i.e. urban Pokemon like Murkrow, Houndour, etc. Out in the wilderness it should be almost entirely Kanto Pokemon though.

>>2862561
....Is it a Rotom? They possess machinery don't they? Though they seem to be fairly easy to identify when they possess an appliance.

>>2862551
>Throw the tool at it

Let's see if the thing is even active.

>>2862558
>>2862575
Writing...

>>2862561
R....R... ROTOM?!

>>2862572
That's a very weird pokemon. Maybe we can sell it?

>>2862580
True, we'd probably be rewarded quite handsomely for it, if it is one. Doesn't seem like a certainty though. My knowledge of Sinnoh Pokemon is admittedly rather spotty, but Rotoms are pretty distinctive when they possess an appliance, aren't they? What with all the orange and the electricity. Or is that something they can turn off?

>>2862551
You don’t know of any washing machine Pokemon, but regardless it’s where the attack came from so you respond in kind. You throw the metal tool at the device, it lands in the still open front causing the metal clang and inside the still rotating appliance. You hear what sounds to be a groan of pain from the machine, and a glowing… Pokemon comes out?

You’ve never seen a Pokemon like this before; it looked like some kind of orange ball with eyes and a spiked top. It emanated energy, forming two flipper-like limbs. On closer inspection the limbs seemed to be electrical in nature.

It seemed that it was still disoriented by your attack, so now would be a good time to…

>Command Zhu to attack (Write in)
>Throw a Pokeball
>Something else… (Write in)

>>2862587
According to the Pokedex they can possess almost anything electronic.

>>2862594
>>Throw a Pokeball

>>2862594
Oh fuck it is a Rotom. Sick. That definitely qualifies as a rare Pokemon. Would like to think throwing a Pokeball now would do it, but it probably wouldn't, so
>Command Zhu to attack (Absorb)

>>2862594
He is not debilitated enough for a Pokeball

>Screech at him Zhu!

>>2862594
>Command Zhu to attack (Absorb)

>>2862594
>>2862601
>>2862607
https://youtu.be/npgkAqrrA2k

“Drain it Zhu!” you commanded your partner to attack it in its stunned state, said nearby bat gladly taking advantage of the situation and closed in with a loud battle screech.

>Roll 1d100 best of 3

Rolled 64 (1d100)

>>2862623

Rolled 2 (1d100)

>>2862623

Man if we manage to capture this thing...we should give Jessie and James some tips.

Rolled 35 (1d100)

>>2862623

>>2862630
>That would be crit fail
Still glad we switched from d20s.

>>2862623
Zhu swooped in to tackle the Orange, Ghost… Thing. Ramming driving them both to the ground in a heap and beginning to suck out some kind of green energy from the downed mon.

Said Pokemon, got its bearings and while it looked pissed. Though it didn’t seem to be doing anything, you felt the hair on the back of your neck stand on end. Not through fear, but… what felt like static. Like something was charging.

>Let Zhu keep sucking
>Tell Zhu to use that stunning blow
>Tell Zhu to use that confusing screech
>Tell Zhu back off

>>2862646
>Tell Zhu to use that stunning blow
Don’t even let it fight back.

>>2862646
>Tell Zhu to use that stunning blow
It's pretty astonishing

>>2862646
>Tell Zhu to back off and screech

>>2862646
>Tell Zhu to use that stunning blow

>>2862648
>>2862650
>>2862657
Roll 1d100 best of 3

Rolled 26 (1d100)

>>2862658

Rolled 76 (1d100)

>>2862658

>>2862650
Oh you...you are a funny guy.

Rolled 36 (1d100)

>>2862658

>>2862646
“Zhu it’s trying something, stun it!”

Zhu trusts your judgment and quickly backs off before quickly slamming into the strange Pokemon, stunning it. You still feel the static in the air but Zhu can still do something before it strikes.

>Have Zhu back off and try and confuse the orange thing
>Have Zhu continue absorbing to try and knock it out before the battle drags on too long
>Write in

>>2862680
>Have Zhu back off and try and confuse the orange thing

>>2862680
>Have Zhu back off and try and confuse the orange thing

Oh i get it...it's trying to do a charged attack.

>>2862686
>>2862690
Roll 1d100 best of 3

Rolled 6 (1d100)

>>2862702

Rolled 43 (1d100)

>>2862702

Rolled 43 (1d100)

>>2862702
SHATTER THIS FACTORY GLASS WITH YOUR VOICE ZUH!!

Rolled 51 (1d100)

>>2862702
Late roll
Highest roll

>>2862704
>>2862705
>>2862706
Das not good.

>>2862680
Unfortunately the loud screech Zhu let out missed the orange ghost thing, and the ghost decided to let out its own projectile, a charged up electric shock that arced towards Zhu. That’s what it was doing, charging so it could strike Zhu down in one shot.

“ZHU DODGE!”

>Roll 1d100 best of 3

Rolled 34 (1d100)

>>2862716

Rolled 20 (1d100)

>>2862716
Do a barrel roll!

Rolled 29 (1d100)

>>2862716

>>2862720
>>2862721
Oh god. Save us, final roller!

Rolled 60 (1d100)

>>2862716

>>2862724
Sorry, man. Tried my best.

>>2862724
Wish I could, but I was on a cooldown from another thread

>>2862716
You hear a pained screech as Zhu is zapped, before it falls out of the sky. You make a dive to catch your partner. It doesn’t look good. Zhu is twitching still and while not fainted, clearly heavily damaged. This isn’t going well.

“Zhu are you ok?” you say desperately.

Zhu looks to you from its place in your hands, making a sound. You aren’t sure what its trying to convey.

>”We need to run.”
>Use the Potion
>Throw a Pokeball at the Pokemon
>Write in

Well that's going to suck. Fortunantly we have a potion.

>>2862735
>”We need to run.”

Zuh is twitching so he could be paralyzed.

>>2862735
>Use the potion
Keep an eye on Rotom, though.

>>2862735
Use the potion

We need just one more attack to finally defeat that damm Rotom and get lotsa money

>>2862738
>>2862743
>>2862744
Writing...

>>2862735
You take the potion you have out of your pocket and spray the poor bat, its wounds slowly fading almost like magic as the substance is applied. Damn that stuff is potent.

“Zhu can you still fight?” you find yourself asking.

Zhu gives you a screech in what you think in confirmation as it flies back into the air.

“All right Zhu…”

>”Try that confusing shriek again.”
>”Use that stunning blow.”
>”Suck it dry”
>Write in

>>2862757
>”Try that confusing shriek again.”

>>2862757
>”Suck it dry”

>>2862757

>”Try that confusing shriek again.”

If we get Rotom confused, it should be enough to win us this fight

>>2862762
>>2862765
roll 1d100 best of 3, it's getting a bit late so I might have to finish the battle tomorrow night if the battle drags out much longer.

>>2862757
>Try the confusing shriek again

Rolled 67 (1d100)

>>2862770
>finish it

Rolled 28 (1d100)

>>2862770

Rolled 30 (1d100)

>>2862770

>>2862757
“Let’s try that confusing shriek again!” you command with a newly found vigor.

Your partner let’s out said screech again in acknowledgement. Hitting its mark this time and causing your opponent flail in confusion. It tossed a random electric shock into the air knocking a stacked box on top of it. From the sound of it, it was heavy. It phases through the box’s top after a second, still confused, but it seemed to be tangible when it was hit.

>”Zhu use that stunning blow”
>”Zhu suck it dry”
>Throw a Pokeball
>Write in

>>2862788
>”Zhu suck it dry”
We’ll hit it one more time, then use a Pokeball.

>>2862788
>”Zhu suck it dry”
One more hit, then we can try capturing.

>>2862792
>>2862795
Roll 1d100 best of 3

>>2862788
I believe we have whooped him enough. let´s just finish it now.

>Throw a Pokeball

Rolled 14 (1d100)

>>2862808

Rolled 19 (1d100)

>>2862808

Rolled 13 (1d100)

>>2862808
Something's gotta give

Rolled 3 (1d100)

>>2862808

>>2862812
>>2862813
>>2862816
Words cannot describe how disappointed I am.

Man...you guys have no luck.

>>2862828
We cannot catch a break, apparently.

>>2862788
“Zhu keep sucking it’s energy!”

Zhu swept down to try and tackle it to get a more consistent drain, but the erratically moving Pokemon was able to dodge through sheer unpredictability. It seemed to calm down enough to try and start charging up again.

You knew Zhu couldn’t take another hit like the last one, you needed to stop this now.

>”Zhu stop it from charging with that stunning blow.”
>Throw a Pokeball, even if it isn’t caught it could still buy you some time
>Write in

Gonna have to call it for tonight, I need some sleep. Will pick this battle back up tomorrow around 5-6pm EST to finish the battle.

>>2862834
>>”Zhu stop it from charging with that stunning blow.”

>>2862834
>Throw the Pokeball

>>2862834
>Throw a Pokeball, even if it isn’t caught it could still buy you some time

>>2862834
>”Zhu stop it from charging with that stunning blow.”
>Throw something at it yourself.

>Throw a Pokeball, even if it isn’t caught it could still buy you some time

>>2862432 at some point we're going to need to acquire some civilian clothes that don't suck so we can do the whole regular citizen thing

>>2862954
Need money first.

>>2862834
>Throw a Pokeball, even if it isn’t caught it could still buy you some time

Seems like a waste but.

>>2862834
>>Throw a Pokeball, even if it isn’t caught it could still buy you some time

>>2862954
Yo, if we catch this rotom, we can hack an ATM, get some mad cash, & we can get some Civilian Clothes.

But honestly, if we do catch it, we shouldn't show it to TR till we are higher in the grunt ranks, cause they can just say "hand it over".