enter the gym

>>2927132
+

>>2927113
The journey on the bus is a peaceful one. Eli felt asleep after scolding Tremor the Sandile and Jaws the Totodile for fighting inside the bus. She put them on their Pokéballs to avoid them causing more trouble. Avenger the Trubbish gets to stay out since he’s a good boy.

The bus is filled with other rookie trainers as yourself.

You took the opportunity to do a little something. After all the battles and training you got a good idea of what are the current capabilities of your team. (and Abra). So you write down how their STATS compare to the ones of a standard member of their species.
You consider making one of yourself, cause you are autistic like that. You don’t write it down, but you do think about it.

STATS:
https://pastebin.com/CYUmtpgU

Eli: Watchu writing down nerd?

Seems like someone woke up.

Percy: I’m just making some observation on my team battling prowess by comparing their different statistic with the ones of a normal member of their species on their wild state. It’s just an estimate really. I’m just going by personal experiences and

Eli: So, more nerd stuff?

Percy: I thought you would be more interested, considering you are really into training and all.

Eli: I don’t need to complicate myself. Check it.
(Points to jaws) Speedy and with a mean bite
(Points to Tremor) Fucking strong and sneaky
(Points to Avenger) We getting there.

Eli:Well, I’m a snooze for a little bit (Yawn) wake me up when we get there.

>Ask Eli why she’s so tired
>Let the girl sleep.
>Other/ write in

Also. Mimikyu tells you there’s someone glaring at you by a while now, since you left the Pokémon center.
>Search for the person
>Just ignore it
>Call the person out (What do you want with me?)

>>2927171
>Let the girl sleep.
>Search for the person

>>2927171
>Let her sleep
She likely was too nervous to decently sleep, moreover she camped in front of the gym
>Search for the person
Let's see if we recognize who's glaring

>>2927171
let her sleep and then just call the person out "whoever is staring at me please stop"

>>2927171
>Call Out the person
Not aggressive, just genuinely curious

>>2927210
I'd rather just give them a friendly wave. Throw them off a bit.

>>2927171
>Let the girl sleep.

Probably tried to stay up the whole night at the gym.

>Search for the person

Oh good, thought I’d need to suggest we talk to Mimikyu before we got to deal with this situation.

>>2927220
Anyone else want to bet that it’s that kid who’s Metapod we accidentally smoked in the prelims of the licensing tourney that’s glaring at us?

>>2927224
I thought we apologized to him and we're more or less ok?

>>2927171
Forgot to ask but how's your week been boss?

>>2927171
Trubbish best boy
>Let the girl sleep.
>Worry about you bet.
>Just ignore it

>>2927191
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>>2927220
>>2927252

You ask the ghost-type to tell you where your stalker is sitting. Are you being followed? He points to a pair of seats located at the front part of the bus. A girl is glancing frequently at you, her face is one you can’t quite recognize, she looks pretty pissed.
Your eyes met, she realized you are looking back. You acknowledge her with a wave, she turns her head back quickly and nervously. There’s a hint of fear on her actions.
You consider calling her out, but the bus has finally arrived at the entrance to “The Whistling Desert”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abxQ74ExCmw

The great mounds of white sand extend further than your eyes can see. The bus stops at a rest stop, seems like they got a dinner inside and rooms for rent. The establishment looks pretty old and beat up.
As soon as the bus stops the girl takes her traveling partner and drags him hurriedly to the inside of the rest stop. There’s a Pidgey resting on her shoulder.

Besides the rest stop there seems to be a “Buggy” rental service. A man is renting the vehicles, so trainers can quickly travel trough the desert. Cost seems a bit high. $2000 Per buggy, and it seems like they can’t stray from the road too much. There’s only one left.

Eli is still asleep, you should wake her up.

>Wake her up normally, just call her out.
>Take her hand and drag her out.
>Sniff her hair like a fucking weirdo.
>Other/ write-in

Also
>Go catch up to the girl
>Go with the Buggy rental guy
>Let’s go inside the rest stop. Prepare yourself to travel by foot.

>>2927171
>Let the girl sleep
>Search for the person
If it's who I think it is, it's that dude with the Farfetch'd. Then again, we've pissed off a handful of people during out escapades, so who really knows.

>>2927258
>Wake her up normally, just call her out.

Drag her out if that doesn't cut it.

>Go catch up to the girl

The fact that we don't recognize her is suspicious as hell. Do not feel like dealing with Blackstone spies or some shady shit like that.

>>2927258
Maybe I should learn to refresh before posting.
>Wake her up normally, just call her out
>Take her hand and drag her out if that doesn't work

>Go catch up to the girl

>>2927258
Sniff her hair like a fucking weirdo.

But really
>Take her hand and drag her out.
>Go catch up to the girl

>>2927268
Wait no crap, I know who that is. It's that Trainer who's Pidgey we also burned in the Tourney's Prelims. What was it called, Chippy or Chirpy or something?

>>2927232
Pretty okay anon! Got some time to think some possible scenarios for the quest so that's pretty good.

>>2927258
>Sniff her hair like a fucking weirdo.
>Let’s go inside the rest stop. Prepare yourself to travel by foot.

>>2927258
>Call her out, shaking gently by a shoulder.

>>2927258
>Wake her up normally, just call her out.
>Go catch up to the girl

>>2927258
>Wake her up normally, just call her out.
>Go catch up to the girl

>>2927258
>Wake her up normally, just call her out.
>Let’s go inside the rest stop. Prepare yourself to travel by foot.

>>2927262
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>>2927323
>>2927328

You call out Eli, the girl still soundly asleep. You tell avenger to wake her up and tell her to meet you outside the rest stop. You go and try to catch the girl. You are worried she might be another revolution weirdo or if she’s been following. You’ve met your fair share of shady individuals.

Percy: Hey wait up!

The girl hurries but you easily catch her, she shields herself before a sporty looking girl who wears a serious expression.

[Pidgey Girl]: What do you want “Arsonist”? You aren’t satisfied with roasting my Pidgey? Have you come to do the same to my other Pokémon? Or… are you targeting me?

The high-pitched voice of the girl seems to have attracted the attention of other. Particularly two familiar faces who get between you and the pair of friends. A sweaty overweight teen in a trenchcoat and a tall muscular guy wearing a tank top.

[Alabaster Damocles]: Oh, if it isn’t my fated rival. Harassing defenseless girls I see? As a gentleman and a feminist-ally I can’t let this pass! I need to ask you to back up a bit.

[Charles Donner]: Yeh bro, step back from the chicks. If you don’t things may get rough.

What do?

>Just go back to Eli without saying a word, this is a waste of time
>Try to clear up this misunderstanding? Requires roll
>Battle them in double battle.
>Let’s commit to the bit. They think you are a monster, then be a monster in their eyes!
>Other/ write in

>>2927384
>Try to clear up this misunderstanding? Requires roll

>>2927384
>>Try to clear up this misunderstanding? Requires roll

>>2927384
>Try to clear up this misunderstanding? Requires roll

>>2927384
>Try to clear up this misunderstanding? Requires roll
we dindu nuffin, we swear!

>A sweaty overweight teen in a trenchcoat and a tall muscular guy wearing a tank top.
>"Harassing defenseless girls I see? As a gentleman and a feminist-ally I can’t let this pass! I need to ask you to back up a bit."
>"Yeh bro, step back from the chicks. If you don’t things may get rough."
These fucks are literally a virgin and chad duo.

>>2927411
I hope they take the duoble battle world by storm.

>>2927386
>>2927393
>>2927397
>>2927400

>Clear misunderstandings!

Roll me a d100!
Best of three

>Pidgey: 40
>Charles Donner: 45
>Serious sporty girl: 55
>Onlookers: 60
>Alabaster Damocles: 65
>Pidgey Girl: 75

Rolled 82 (1d100)

>>2927424

Rolled 13 (1d100)

>>2927424
I'm kinda hoping we roll pathetically low, I like being called 'Arsonist'

Rolled 58 (1d100)

>>2927424

Rolled 24 (1d100)

>>2927424

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>>2927427
>82
Saved it, Percy is so charisma for a autist

Rolled 74 (1d100)

>>2927424

Rolled 41, 90, 60 = 191 (3d100)

Rolling for someone else.
Her DC is 65

>>2927384
>Alabaster Damocles
>Charles Donner
literal whos?

>>2927495
The names of the neckbeard virgin and the chad we beat in the tournament.
>literal whos?
Agreed

>>2927495
The bro with the Bibarel we beat and the neck beard who studied the way of the sword with his Farfetch’d that we also beat.

>>2927427

You consider reaching for Houndour’s Pokéball and letting him put so you can both apologize for this misunderstanding. But the moment you reach for your Pocket you can see the pair of trainers brace themselves and do the same.
So you decide to calm the situation by talking with the seemly most level-headed and calm of the bunch.

Pidgey.

You start chirping to catch her attention. She doesn’t seem to recognize you at first until you mention the battle you had. She starts chirping nerviously and startles her trainer but you manage to tell her it was an accident in time. With some explanation you make her understand it was an accident and offer and apology.
The little bird doesn’t seem completely aware of what Pokémon battles are. She’s just following the girl cause she keeps him fed and safe inside the ball. You tell her you also want to make paces with her trainer and ask for her help in the matter.

After chirping for like 30 seconds the trainers start to grow a little exasperated. But their attention quickly changes to the Pidgey flying from the girl’s shoulder to your arm. You offer her a piece of snacks.

[Pidgey Girl:] Hey, hey, what are you doing?

You let out Houndour and tell her to apologize to the Pidgey, he begrudgingly does it. Pidgey seems content with it. She pecks him lightly to be “even”. Houndour scoffs.
Percy: We are very sorry.

You try and explain how it was an accident on your and Houndour’s part. You didn’t meant to calcinate the mons!
The crowd leaves, they seem kinda disappointed
“Nah, that wasn’t the Arsonist just a lookalike” “Yeah, that Houndour looks way to calm, the other one had those crazy murder eyes like his trainer!” “What a waste of time”

>>2927553

After a lengthy explanation, and some coercing from Pidgey part. you manage to get your message through.

[Sporty-girl]: I knew you were blowing this thing out of proportion.

[Pidgey Girl]: I wasn’t! Okay it may be an accident, but you should really train your Pokémon better! What kind of trainer can’t even command their Pokémon?

[Charles Donner]: Thought you were a crazy psycho asshole, glad to see you are just a strange chirping bro. I’m glad this got resolved! Hey bruh, you got our ride?

[Alabaster Damocles]: That’s correct Mr. Donner. Musashi went and realized the transaction it for us. Heh, just as expected of my rival, behind the façade of the soulless monster lies the gentle being of a fellow appreciator of the mighty winged beings that rule the sky.

[Pidgey Girl]: You got the last buggy? Can we tag along?

[Charles Donner]: Sorry babe, this party is full. Let’s go bruh.

[Alabaster Damocles]: Onward!

[Sporty-girl]: You got two extra seats.

The sporty girl was ignored by the pair of young men.

Eli: Yo! Who’s messing with the weirdo? Only I can mess with him!
Eli: Wait, from the bus it seemed like you were ready to throw down. Damn, got all fired up for nothing.

Seems like this got resolved.
>Reputation as a trainer improved Slightly!
Well, it seems like that’s resolved, and is still pretty early.
The only way to get into the desert is by foot.

>Let’s not waste time. Get ready to travel by foot (You’ll arrive at Ibarra village tomorrow)
>Rent a room/ camp here. Wait for the buggy tomorrows.

If you choose to go out now.
>Follow the path. Is more lengthy but you won’t encounter as much wild (Aggressive) Pokémon.
>Just go straight! You’ll go trough some irregular terrain, but you’ll cut some time. (Eli is down for this)

>>2927556
>Let’s not waste time. Get ready to travel by foot (You’ll arrive at Ibarra village tomorrow)
>Just go straight! You’ll go through some irregular terrain, but you’ll cut some time. (Eli is down for this)

Time to earn some exp.

>>2927556
>Let’s not waste time. Get ready to travel by foot
>Just go straight! You’ll go trough some irregular terrain, but you’ll cut some time

>>2927556
>Let’s not waste time. Get ready to travel by foot (You’ll arrive at Ibarra village tomorrow)
>Just go straight! You’ll go through some irregular terrain, but you’ll cut some time. (Eli is down for this)
>Ask the girls if they want to come with

Can we ask the two other girls if they want to tag along? Since they didn't get a buggy themselves.

>>2927578
They seem like they'll want to wait for the buggies, but it wouldn't hurt to do this as well.

>>2927556
>Let’s not waste time. Get ready to travel by foot (You’ll arrive at Ibarra village tomorrow)
>Just go straight! You’ll go trough some irregular terrain, but you’ll cut some time. (Eli is down for this)

>>2927567
>>2927572
>>2927578
>>2927583
>>2927593

>Let’s not waste time. Get ready to travel by foot (You’ll arrive at Ibarra village tomorrow)
>Just go straight! You’ll go through some irregular terrain, but you’ll cut some time. (Eli is down for this)


>Ask the girls if they want to come with

DC: 85
Best of three
>Pidgey Girl still doesn't like Percy
>Sporty girl doesn't really care.
>They also are waiting for the buggies.

>>2927556
>Let’s not waste time. Get ready to travel by foot (You’ll arrive at Ibarra village tomorrow)
>Just go straight! You’ll go trough some irregular terrain, but you’ll cut some time. (Eli is down for this)
More opportunity to come across mons or cool shit this way. And what is a journey without cool shit?

Rolled 30 (1d100)

>>2927617

Rolled 25 (1d100)

>>2927617
I'd rather just stick with Eli, but fuck it

Rolled 11 (1d100)

>>2927617

At least we got the bad rolls out of the way.

>>2927627
>>2927628
>>2927632

Percy: We are going to travel the desert by foot. It should be faster than waiting for the buggies to come tomorrow. Wanna come with?

Pidgey girl takes a good look at you. Sizing you up. Then she takes a step back.

[Pidgey Girl:] Yeah… No. We’ll wait for tomorrow. Here. The two of us.

Seems like she’s still a little fearful of you, and seems like her dislike of your person hasn’t changed. You can’t tell why.

Welp, whatever. It’s just you, your mons and Eli!

After walking for a good 20 minutes you encounter yourself with the first deviation the road takes. There’s various signs that read “Danger! Stay on road!” and “Aggressive Pokémon ahead!” Those warnings are for chumps! And you aren’t one! You are a trainer with a gym-badge!

Eli: Screw you signs, you don’t tell me what to do.

[Jaws]: YEAH! FUCK THE AUTHORITHES, WE LIVE ON THE EDGE
[Tremor]: Shut up Jaws, you don’t even know what those says.
[Jaws]: READING IS FOR FAGS
[Tremor]: Hey! Avenger knows how to read! I doubt you could do it, even if you tried, brainless gator.
[Jaws]: YOU WANNA THROW DOWN DIRT-CROC?
[Jaws]: SORRY AVENGER, NOT ALL READERS ARE FAGS. BUT READING IS INHERENTLY A FAGGY THING TO DO

Also, roll to see some bullshit happening!

Taking 2nd roll.
>1: There’s a lot, a ridiculous lot of Wild Pokémon just ready to fuck you up
>2: A sandstorm begins.
>3: There’s a guy watching Pokémon from afar. Is he holding a camera?
>4: You feel like if something was following you. But is hard to tell
> You accidentally upset something hiding in the sand.
>6: a combination of various events from above

Rolled 4 (1d6)

>>2927744

Rolled 2 (1d6)

>>2927744

>>2927744
Kinda wanted 1 for exp

>>2927825
Yeah, some extra exp for the next gym would have been nice. Maybe we’ll have to take shelter in a cave or something for the sandstorm. Get to fight something in there, if we’re lucky.

>>2927839
Can always spar with Eli and look for other trainers near the gym.

>>2927751
While you and Eli walk through the desert, the wind produces a faint sound that almost resembles whistling. You guess this is how the place got its name. The sound starts becoming louder and louder, as the sand starts to rise.
Suddenly a ferocious sandstorm breaks in, making navigating through the desert harder.
The sand stings your eyes, Tremors serves as a guide since he is the one most acclimated to these conditions. You keep the rest of your Pokémon inside their Pokéballs to avoid being buffeted by the sand. It hurts your uncovered arms and face. At least Eli got some protection thanks to her bandana.

>Soldier on? You’ll be guided by the Sandile.
>Search for refugee

>>2927923
>Search for refuge

>>2927923
>>Search for refugee

>>2927923
>>Search for refugee
Time to cuddle up with Eli, as we weather through the storm in our shelter. Our survival gear will come in handy

>>2927923
>Search for refugee
So much for making an overnight trip.

>>2927927
>>2927928
>>2927929

You tell Sandile you need to find a refugee fast. He doesn’t want to listen to you at first but Eli insists he does so.

Sandile: Damn it, I swear I saw one of those delicious orange critters nests nearby. Really wanted to get a snack

You find a little cave nearby. The sandstorm is still raging furiously. It doesn’t seem to be going to die down soon. At first glance the cave seems a bit shallow, but after telling Houndour to illuminate it a bit with his fire you can see a passage that leads deeper in the cave.

Wait, is someone else taking refuge in the cave? Oh god is a corpse! No wait, he still has a pulse. There's a dehydrated young man passed out. He's laying on the ground.

>Just set up camp, the desert gets pretty cold at night so you best start a fire.
>Let's delve deeper in the cave, time for some exploring!
>Tell Eli to set up camp, you'll go exploring! (May require some convincing/rolling)
>Let Eli explore, she seems pretty eager! You'll stay back and prepare stuff.

Also:
>Just leave him some water, let him get back up on his own
>Wake the young man up?

>>2927992
*you better start a fire

>>2927992
>Let's delve deeper in the cave, time for some exploring!
>Wake the young man up

>>2927992
>Let's delve deeper in the cave, time for some exploring!

ADVENTURE!

>Wake the young man up?

Would be kind of a dick move to just leave him there.

>>2927992
>Let's delve deeper in the cave, time for some exploring!

>>Wake the young man up?
That guy will just get more dehydrated if we let him sleep. Without giving him some water.

>>2927992
>Let Eli explore, she seems pretty eager! You'll stay back and prepare stuff
>Wake the young man up, get him some water

I'm sure everything will go well.

>>2927992
Start a fire and make food
Wake the guy up
After you eat go exploring

>>2927992
>Just set up camp, the desert gets pretty cold at night so you best start a fire.
>Wake the young man up?

>>2927556
>[Charles Donner]: Sorry babe, this party is full. Let’s go bruh.
>[Sporty-girl]: You got two extra seats.
>The sporty girl was ignored by the pair of young men.
I hope we meet these two again in the future. Very wholesome relationship here.

>>2928000
>>2928001
>>2928003
>>2928009
>>2928020

You decide to explore and delve deeper in the cave! You just may found something interesting.

Eli: I mean, there's probably no booby-trapped temple with a golden idol down there, but maybe there's something useful down there, or at least something to fight with

You try to wake up the guy to no avail. He just keeps mumbling something about Cacturnes. Finally Jaws splashes him with a water gun and he becomes way more responsive. You share with him some water from your canteen. The guy seems older than you, college-age. He tells you he was wandering around the desert looking around for a battle. But after night fell he started to feel he was being followed by something.

[College-guy]: Yeah, I sat for a moment just to catch my breathe. I just got a sleeping bag with me so I wanted to get back on the main road to try and hitch a ride.

[College-guy]: And then, they appeared. I could barely see them from the corner of my eye, thought my mind was playing tricks and then! Swish! Those needles and spikes started flying toward me! Barely got out of there, wasted most of my antidotes. And I couldn’t even train Bug-man!

[College-guy]: Journeying sucks, I just wanna go home.

[College-guy]: But, changing the subject to more pleasant things, it looks like there’s a silver lining to everything. (He seems to divert his attention to the other person occupying the cave)

[College-guy]: What’s your name lovely?

Eli: Huh?

Huh?

>I think he’s asking for your name Eli
>Don’t say nothing (He’s just asking for her name)
>Don’t say nothing (you are feeling a bit jealous)
>back the fuck off !?!? (Requires roll)
>Percy, thanks for the compliment
>Other/ write-in

>>2928128
>Percy, thanks for the compliment
100% organic autism

>>2928128
>>back the fuck off !?!? (Requires roll)
We should tell him, she's underaged

>>2928128
>Percy, thanks for the compliment.
Homeboy gonna be a shit, we can be a shit too.

>>2928134
+1

>>2928138
+1

>>2928128
>Percy, thanks for the compliment

>>2928138
+1

>>2928134
>>2928138
>>2928152
>>2928158
>>2928159
>>2928188

Percy: Percival, Percy for short.

[College-guy]: No, I meant

Percy: Thanks for the compliment.

You are not used to compliment and coming from a guy you’ve just met it’s pretty weird. But you’ll take it anyways.
Ok, you knew what he was going for and you wanted to fuck with him a bit.

Eli bursts out laughing, it’s the first time you notice but she has this little coarse and loud laugh, It’s not particularly feminine, but you find it endearing.

Eli: Hahaha, oh weirdo, breaking hearths already heh?

Eli:Sorry dude, we are both fifteen, hahaha, you got no chance with weirdo over here.

She seems a little relieved.

[College-guy]: Wait, Fifteen? Oh shit, please don’t tell anyone. Fuck, I swear that…! I mean, just look at your…! Wait no, don’t say anything else Gareth.

[Gareth]: Hahah, I mean yes, fifteen, that’s the age of most trainers on their journey! Obviously! I was just joking! Just a prank! Haha!

Well, at least you know he won’t be trying anything else. And it’s time to do some spelunking!

Gareth wants to tag along to “take care of the young’uns” since he’s the oldest one here (22).

Tie your escape rope to a stone near the entrance?
>Yes?
>No?
>Always do it when spelunking you idiot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrL6L1Z6CW8

The cave seems to divide in three parts, you can faintly hear something on the left path, like a slow and deep breathing. At the path to the right you can barely hear some light steps, and you swear you can see sudden flashes of light deep down this path. The middle one is completely silent, at least that’s how it sounds.

>Left
>Middle
>Right
>Go back

Eli’s still laughing, she’s staying close to you. Gareth follows behind. Maybe you should talk to him?

>Aren’t you a little old to be on a Journey?
>How many Cacturnes did you see?
>Ask him about his Pokémon
>Ask him for a battle after this
>So, you like-em young? (Mess with him)
>Other/ write-in

>>2928262
>Always do it when spelunking you idiot.
>Left
>Ask him about his Pokémon

>>2928262
>>Always do it when spelunking you idiot.
We should just use to the escape rope to escape this world
>Left
>Aren’t you a little old to be on a Journey?
>Ask him about his Pokémon

>>2928262
>Always do it when spelunking you idiot
>Right
>Aren’t you a little old to be on a Journey?
>Ask him about his Pokémon

Good to see we're not the only autistic person in this cave.

>>2928262
>Always do it when spelunking you idiot.
>Left
>Ask him about his Pokémon

>>2928262
>Always do it when spelunking you idiot.
>Middle
>Ask him about his Pokémon

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>>2928274
>>2928278
>>2928288
>>2928293
>>2928294
You tie your escape rope to a rock near the entrance, that's basic stuff! Survival 101!

You decide to go towards the left path, there must be some Pokémon living there, maybe they would like to spar a little or could help you out discover something useful! You also use this time to talk to Gareth for a bit.

Percy: Hey Gareth, I wanted to ask. Aren’t you a little too old for being in a Journey? Most people do it at fifteen, is this like, your second time?

[Gareth]: I’m just a late bloomer. I was always too busy to just drop all my responsibilities and go into a self-discovery journey around the nation.

Percy: Busy with what?

(What could be more important than going on a Pokémon Journey after all?)

[Gareth]: Eh… School? Yeah school! And work! I think I used to work at that age, yeah, definitely worked at that fast-food joint. But yeah, responsibilities and mature stuff. Got no time for journeys, no sir.

Percy:And why are you going now?

[Gareth]:I may or may not have flunked out, it just wasn’t my calling.

Percy: Okay, and what about your team?

Percy:Hehehe, you are a sneaky one Percival, let me just say. Quality over quantity. It just Bug-man and me, but we have trained our asses off!

As you get deeper into the cave you can hear the breathing more and more loudly. It sounds like a big and heavy mon. Eli notices something looking a t your group as you get deeper. Is an Hippopotas! Various of them! It’s a pack! Their derpy faces are somewhat endearing. “How are you doing little guys?”

[Hippopotas1]: Food!
[Hippopotas2]: Meat! Meat! Meat!
[Hippopotas3]: Food for mother!
[Hippopotas4]: Wake Mother and let her feast!
[Hippopotas5]: Fooooooooooood! Meaaaaaat!
[Hippopotas6]: Soft human meaaaat!

And more of them are coming closer.

>What do?
>Try to beat them all fast before they make to much ruckus and wake their bigger, badder mother!
>Let’s take them all on! We are three trainers after all! Keep going deeper to face the mother!
>Return to the entrance of the cave! The little hole where you all crawled in is too small for their fat faces.
>Try diplomacy?
>Other/ write-in

>>2928436
>Try to beat them all fast before they make to much ruckus and wake their bigger, badder mother

>>2928436
>Try to beat them all fast before they make to much ruckus and wake their bigger, badder mother!
These mons are not only wild but very hungry. Don't think our usual diplomatic approach will work this time. Also, I've been wondering, can we do something like Ice Beam the floor to make it difficult terrain for mons to pass through?

>>2928467
All is fair in wild encounters

As long as the dice rule it so.

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>>2928278
Sorry, No depressing Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Spinoff (at least not right now)

>>2928436
>Try to beat them all fast before they make to much ruckus and wake their bigger, badder mother!

>>2928436
>Try to beat them all fast before they make to much ruckus and wake their bigger, badder mother!
Oh shit, we are in PokéAustralia.

>>2928474
Didn't know I wanted that Quest till now...

>>2928474
>>2928491
There was something sort of like that but the QM bailed out >>2901865

>>2928436
>Let’s take them all on! We are three trainers after all! Keep going deeper to face the mother!
Not the first time we've beaten on a evolved Pokemon, and we've got even more Pokemon on our side now. Want that sweet sweet exp.

>>2928459
>>2928467
>>2928481
>>2928488
>>2928528

Don’t risk it! Let’s do this as fast as possible!
You let out all your team! Inlcuding Abra, Eli does the same. And with Gareth Mon you have a total of: 9 Mon’s on your side! Against 12 Hippopotas, this is doable!
[Gareth]: Go Bug-Man!
From his Pokéball Gareth releases a Wimpod!

The Hipo-collective start kicking up sand because of their ability “Sand-stream” creating an in-cave sandstorm!

The bug type goes straight back to his ball once he notices the horde of Ground type

[Gareth]:C’mon Bug-man! You are way stronger than you think! Power of friendship and bonds and all that stuff! Go fight!

Ok, 8 mons against 12. Still doable.

Jaws takes advantage of his speed and typing and starts shooting as many “Water Guns” as he cans! Tremor lowers their defenses with “Leer” and Trubbish is concentrating to do… you aren’t sure what is he trying to do but you can see his effort! Strange greenish energy surrounds him.

Eli’s taking care of 5 Hippopotas on her own, leaving you to deal with seven.

You can command three of your Pokémon right now! The other will act according to their battle experience. Vulpix is still wearing the Macho Brace so evading will be way harder for her.

The ground types are closing in....

>What do? Select an approach and a command for two mons! Those selected will be your fighters! The others will fight on their own acting accordingly to their personalities and battle experience.

>Houndour
>Mimikyu
>Whismur
>Vulpix
>Abra

>>2928536
>Vulpix
>Offensive
>Powder Snow the lot of them

>Mimikyu
>Evasive
>Evade and counter the first one to attack with Wood Hammer

>>2928550
+1

>>2928536
Vulpix
>Offensive
>Attack
>Powder Snow

Whismur
>Offensive
>Attack
>Ice Beam

Whismur can target those stubby ass little feet while Vulpix buries them in snow.

>>2928566
I'll support this. Get as many of them as we can with both attacks.

>>2928566
+1

>>2928566
>>2928575
>>2928578

[Hippopotas]: The cold one! Eat the cold one first!

Most of the Hippopotas rush towards Vulpix, they are running with their mouths wide open.
Abra attacks one, he annoys him with confusion and teleports around to confuse him. Houndour stays close to Vulpix and Whismur and tries to engage on two of the Hippopotas. Mimikyu uses his evasive maneuvers and tries to land a Wood Hammer on one of them.

Both Pokémon go full offensive!
>Vulpix prepares to release the snowy cold wind! DC: 6 (Will hit Hippopotas 7 and 6) (10 to FREEZE one of them)

>Whismur gets ready to release and Ice beam on them! She's aiming for the legs to impede their mobility DC: 4 (10 to FREEZE the target! Hippopotas 7)

Roll me two D10

First one is Vulpix, second one for Whismur

Rolled 8, 3 = 11 (2d10)

>>2928605

Rolled 5, 6 = 11 (2d10)

>>2928605

Rolled 4, 10 = 14 (2d10)

>>2928605

Rolled 7, 6, 10, 7, 3, 5, 7, 6, 10 = 61 (9d10)

>>2928611
>>2928633
>>2928638

>Vulpix: Partial pass
>Whismur: Successful pass and FREEZE!

Also rolling for the rest of out teammates.

>Houndour DC: 6

>Mimikyu DC:4

> Abra DC: 5

>>2928658
Damn, rest of the teammates are beating the fuck out of the Hippopotas

>>2928658

The 7 Hippopotas come down on your team.
Houndour makes his objective to protect Whismur and Vulpix a priority, baiting two of the Hippopotas [1 and 2] to attack him instead. They fall for it and go attack the dog. He evades them without much difficulty and lands a CRITICAL HIT in Hippopotas [2] sending him to a critical state.

Mimikyu gets in front of [Hippopotas 3] to distract his attention, he evades his bite and hits him with “Wood Hammer”. It’s super effective! The Hippopotas is pretty bulky so he tanks it and gets ready to strike again. Still, another attack like that and he’s going down. Mimikyu suffers some damage from the recoil but nothing to worry about right now.

Abra makes his job to distract other of the Hipopotas [4] He blasts him with a “Confusion” that leaves the Hippoptas damaged and, well confused. It took about a third of his health, and made evading his bites way easier.

Vulpix manages to hit both Hippopotas [7 and 6] with her “Powder Snow” is not as strong as she wished it would be, partly because of the heath of the desert taking it’s toll on Vulpix. It’s still super-effective! Getting almost a fourth of their health down. Before they can continue their onslaught Whismur hits [7] legs, leaving him frozen to the ground. And easy target. Her attack let Hippopotas [7] down to a third of his health.

But Hippopotas 6 and 5 haven’t stopped their attacks, they go directly to Vulpix and prepare to chomp down!

Houndour manages to take the hit in time, protecting the younger mons is his priority. The bites aren’t very effective. But are enough to take a good chunk of his health down. Around a third of it.

>All of your team is buffeted by the sandstorm
>You are currently commanding Whismur and Vulpix, both are slightly damaged from the sandstorm.
>What do?

>>2928696
>Vulpix
>Attack with Powder Snow

>Whismur
>Attack #6 with Ice Beam

>>2928696
1st Round. The mother is still asleep, but her breathing is getting faster, she's starting to feel unrest

>>2928701
+1

>>2928696
>Houndour manages to take the hit in time, protecting the younger mons is his priority.
Based Houndour.

>Vulpix
>Attack Hippopotas 2 with Powder Snow
See if we can't finish that one off.

>Whismur
>Attack Hippopotas' 5 or 6 with Ice Beam
7's disabled for now, can deal with him after the other two have been taken down.

>>2928701
+1

>>2928701
>>2928705
>>2928707

After noticing Whismur also shoots "Cold" Attacks, and those are considerably stronger than Vulpix the Hippopotas divide themselves.

[1,3,5] Try to hit Whismur, charging in With Take Down!

[2] Who's on a critical state tries to use Dig to get a surprise attack in

[4] Is still confused and trying to bite down onto Mimikyu!

[6] Tries to get past Houndour and onto Vulpix with Dig!

[7] Is still frozen to the ground

>Vulpix
>Attack with Powder Snow
>DC:5 (She's no longer the center of attention, making her attack land more easily)

>Whismur
>Attack #6 with Ice Beam
>DC: 7 (Whismur is being targeted by multiple Pokémon, her target is trying to burrow underground.)

Rolled 10, 1 = 11 (2d10)

>>2928727

Rolled 3, 6 = 9 (2d10)

>>2928727

Rolled 5, 5 = 10 (2d10)

>>2928727

>>2928727
Catch 7

Rolled 1, 3, 2, 7, 2, 7, 3, 7, 4 = 36 (9d10)

>>2928729
>>2928731
>>2928733

>Vulpix: Successful pass! FREEZE one target
>Whismur: CRIT FAIL

>Houndour DC: 8

>Mimikyu DC: 6

> Abra DC: 3

>>2928743
Houndor and Whismur are having a hard time this round

The three ground types charge at Whismur with reckless abandon. She releases her Ice Beam a second to late missing Hippopotas [6] completely.

Mimikyu acts in time to hit Hippopotas [6] with Wood Hammer. While evading the confused [4] ,still number [6] manages to get underground. He should be badly damaged though.With less than a third of health left. [4] damages itself, he's above half his health still

Houndour jumps to protect Whismur for her three attackers but the heavy ground types hit Houndour too hard! [1] and [3] go for Houndour. One of the "Take Downs" is a CRITICAL hit, while the other one hits fully. Houndour doesn't seem good. He's on a critical state! The sandstorm could do him in.

[5] Bypasses Houndour and lands another CRIT on Whismur, she braces but the hit is enough to send her down to half her health.

Abra catches [2] in time before he digs his way out, attacking with a confusion again and knocking him out! He has enough time to land another attack, and he does so by sending another confusion to Hippopotas [1] taking a third of his health.

Vulpix waits for the right moment. She hits number [5] taking a third of his health with her super effective Powder Snow. It froze him in place! Her attack also hits number [1] putting him in a bad condition, he has a third left of his health.

>All of your Pokémon are buffeted by the sandstorm.
>Houndour is in a critical state, another sandstorm and he's done for
>Whismur is at half her health
>Vulpix is slightly damaged
>Abra is slightly damaged
>Mimikyu is at half his health

>What do?

>>2928779
>Round 2: The Mother starts moving around, she's hearing sounds outside. She's starting to awake.

>>2928779
Is it possible for Percy to use a Full heal on Houndour while Vulpix and Whismur act on there own?

>>2928784
You could,

Not sure if a Full Heal would be useful for Houndour right now though.

>>2928784
FH are for when Pokemon are status

>>2928779
>Vulpix Powder Snow [1]&[6]
>Whismur Ice Beam [4]
>>2928784
Did you know that Full Heal only heals status conditions? You might want to take that into consideration.

>>2928790
>>2928787
>>2928791
Yup. I misread that Full Heal as Full Potion. My mistake.

>>2928779
>Vulpix
>Attack with Powder Snow

>Whismur
>Attack with Echoed voice

Seems like a bunch of them are in prettry rough condition, so Whismur should also be doing AOE.

>>2928793
Before anyone comes with the +1, Echoed Voice isn't Hyper Voice, it only hits one target. https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Echoed_Voice_(move)

>>2928792
>Full Potion
I'm off my game today, Max Potion.

>>2928800
Actually checked this page before typing that up, guess I saw that as "Affects both foes".
In that case, I'll just back >>2928791 instead.

Rolled 1 (1d5)

>>2928791
>>2928807

>Vulpix Powder Snow [1]&[6]
>Whismur Ice Beam [4]

Also, rolling for [7] Frozen status. If 1 He thaws out.

>>2928815
Rolling for [4] confusion

1:Snaps out of it
2:Continues being confused
3:Hits self

>>2928815
Fuck.

Rolled 3 (1d3)

>>2928820
Forgot the dice

>>2928815
>Vulpix DC: 6 (Number [6] will attack first from the underground)

>Whismur DC: 3 (Confused easy target)

Rolled 7, 1 = 8 (2d10)

>>2928827

Rolled 7, 5 = 12 (2d10)

>>2928827
>oud laugh, It’s not particularly feminine, but you find it endearing.

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>2928827

Rolled 2, 5 = 7 (2d10)

>>2928827

Rolled 6, 4, 5, 7, 5, 2, 5, 5, 8 = 47 (9d10)

>>2928831
>>2928834
>>2928838

[1] Makes a desperate last attempt to hit Whismur with Take down

[2] Is out cold
[3] Joins [1] in his charge
[4] Still tries to hit Mimikyu
[5] Is Frozen
[6] Is underground getting ready to hit Vulpix
[7] Thaws out and tries to bite Whismur

>Vulpix: Successful pass! [1]&[6]

>Whismur: Successful pass!

>Houndour DC: 6

>Mimikyu DC: 4

> Abra DC: 5

>>2928849
Houndour manages to tank the hit of [1] for Whismur, he's down for the count. You return the Fire-type to his ball. The hippopotas suffers recoil damage.

Whismur Shoots the confused Hippopotas [4] it's enough to send him to a critical state! He finishes the job himself hitting a wall while trying to use Take Down.

Mimikyu intercepts Hippopotas [3] and attacks using Wood Hammer! The attack is strong enough to fully knock him out. Mimikyu receives some recoil damage, he's starting to look pretty bad. Even though all his damage comes from recoil.

Taking advantage of the easy target Abra keeps blasting "confusion" to Hippopotas [5] he doesn't stop until the ground type is truly unconscious.

Vulpix waits for [6] to come out se she can attack him and [1] at the same time. The Hippopotas damage Vulpix with "Dig" Tackling her from the underground and sending her tumbling down. The attack is strong enough to send her to half her health. She gets on her feet as quickly as she cans and shoots the cold windy gust that knocks out [6] and [1] for good.

What you weren't expecting was for Hippopotas [7] to thaw out of the Ice and land a Bite on Whismur, leaving her with less than a third of her health!

>The sandstorm still rages. Buffeting all of your mons.

>Houndour unconscious
>Whismur badly damaged
>Vulpix less than half her health
>Abra is slightly damaged
>Mimikyu has a third of his health left

>Hippopotas [7] the only conscious one has a third of his health left

>Third round: The Mother has noticed the Ruckus, she's awake, contemplates leaving her chamber.

>>2928877
There's no need to say much. Vulpix and Mimikyu knock the last Hippopotas out using Ice Shard and Shadow Sneak.

What could he do against four mons?

>Victory!
>Your team gained a lot of experience!
>You still have some time left to leave before the Mother notices!

>What's this?.......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfeBNwWGmzs

>Abra and Whismur are about to evolve!

>Let them?
>Cancel Evolution?

>>2928877
>Abra kept on critting
Powerful friends there Percy

>Ice shard, Vulpix!
>Mimikyu, support her with a Shadow sneak!

Take back Whismur for now.

What even are the pros/cons of telling our mons to cancel evolution? Vs just letting them?

>>2928885
>Let them
I guess? We don't really have any reason to stop them afaik
Also we should remove the Brace from Vulpix for now.
>>2928886
FUG, didn't update. Also wrong ID.

>>2928885
Unless there's a big reason why we should stop them, let them evolve.

Oh, and once they do get the hell out of there.

>>2928888
It's easier to teach new moves via training to unevolved forms.

TM and Tutor still works as intended.

>>2928885
>Let them evolve
It's best to let them progress naturally

Did we mean to teach a particular move to Whismur? I can't remember.

>>2928885
>>Let them

>>2928896
Thanks for answering quickly :)

>>2928890
>>2928891
>>2928897
>>2928903

>Let them

Their form starts to change shape as the energy becomes brighter and brighter.
>Whismur evolved into Loudred!
>Abra evolved into Kadabra!
She’s a little smaller than the usual Loudred, but that’s just because she just evolved. Beside she’s pretty young for a Pokémon. But with her battle prowess is no surprise she evolved so quickly. Loudred seems a little confused at first. “When did everyone become smaller?” Then she takes a look to the purplish hue of her skin, an inspects her body via touch. Her ears are different, as well as her mouth and factions. She’s really excited! Making little jumps and stomping on the ground while giggling quite softly.

[Loudred]: I evolved! Look at me! I evolved! Hehehe! I’m so big now!
You are really happy for her, but you have to remind her to keep it down so they don’t wake up more Pokémon. She complies, covering her mouth with her hands, but can help but giggle again. She goes to give you a hug and lifts your effortlessly.
She is pretty strong.

Kadabra’s reaction was quite different.

[Kadabra]: This form is adequate. But I may need a bigger knife.

For a split second you felt a terrible headache, but it was soon over.

[Kadabra]: My apologies, I still have to modulate my powers. They have amplified more than I previously thought.

Kadabra goes back to his ball to do some meditation exercises.

Rolled 47, 76, 9 = 132 (3d100)

>>2928927
Rolling for Eli
Her DC is 50, Jaws gave her quite the edge

50: Barely could deal with them
60: Hold her own pretty decently
70: It wasn't that hard
80: Won by a landslide
90: ???

>>2928934
Seems like your team members weren't the only ones to evolve.

Tremor lowered their defenses, while Jaws deal damage with barrages of water guns and using aqua tail. Avenger offered support trying to poison the ground types and using “Seed Bomb”
Avenger looks pretty beat up, while Tremor managed to hold his own.
Jaws on the other hand….

[Jaws]: HAAHAHA, WHO’S THE BEST CROC NOW SAND-EATER?

The water type has changed drastically, way taller than before, his color scheme has changed as well. His eyes are sharper and more predatory like. His lanky limbs have become longer and now show more musculature and mass. He’s evolved into a Croconaw. He’s carrying a Hippopotas with his mouth effortlessly. He spits it out on the ground.

He and Eli do a fist-bump. Tremor seems pissed and acts dismissive. Trubbish is trying to stand up.

>Let's get out of here as fast you can and return to the entrance of the cave. Set up camp

>Go further down this road, where the mother is located

>Explore one of the other parts of the cave? Middle or Right?

Also last post of the night, gotta get some sleep. Will return saturday 1:00 pm MDT, maybe a bit earlier.

>>2928950
>Let's get out of here as fast you can and return to the entrance of the cave. Set up camp

>>2928950
>>Let's get out of here as fast you can and return to the entrance of the cave. Set up camp
Time for some rest.

>>2928950
>>Explore one of the other parts of the cave? Middle or Right?
Right. There were flashing lights, probably worth investigating.

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>>2928927
>Cute little bunny plush Whismur is now Loudred
I wasn't ready for such a huge shift in appearance.

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Tfw no qt goth pokemon trainer gf.

>>2928950
>Help Trubbish up, then get out of here to camp.

>>2928950
>Let's get out of here as fast you can and return to the entrance of the cave. Set up camp
I don't think we can handle another fight like that, guys

>>2928950
>Let's get out of here as fast you can and return to the entrance of the cave. Set up camp
Let’s take a bit to heal up and administer some potions. Want to go after this “Mother” after that.

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>>2928953
>>2928954
>>2929182
>>2929294

>All these anons being afraid of pressing our advantage and seeing who this "Mother" is now that the mob's been taken out.

Guys come on, these hippos have admitted to being maneaters, wherever this "Mother" eats probably has some potential good loot and we might be doing people a service if we stumble upon any unlucky trainers that are probably considered missing persons right about now, lets make the Pokenews.
The 7 Hippopotas are down so it's just gonna be Mother versus Percy and Eli's team, if we turn back now even just recover while planning to continue later, the 7 Hippopotas will recover too, maybe not fully but it'll still turn our chances to nil - we can't take on this Mother along with the 7 Hippopotas getting in the way and splitting up the team.
Plus, two of our mons have evolved and so did one of Eli's, our combat strength increased exponentially.

>>2928950
>Go further down this road, where the mother is located
Also use our potions to heal up Whismur, Vulpix and Mimikyu, recommend Eli do the same to her mons if she's got potions and they need them.
Take off the Macho brace so Vulpix can move fully in the coming fight.
We can do this guys, it's 7 against 1, 3 of them in their second stage of evolution.

>>2929303
>All these anons being afraid of pressing our advantage and seeing who this "Mother" is now that the mob's been taken out.
That's not it, I want to see if we can revive Houndour with potions once we've set up camp and had a proper sitdown. Considering Whismur and Abra just evolved I'd imagine Houndour's on the brink as well, and I want him to benefit from the experience for the battle with this Mother so we can evolve his ass. I mean alternatively we could feed him one or two of those rare candies we've been hoarding to do the job, but I still kind of want to hold on to those.

>>2929303
Maybe press our luck and try to capture momma? That's 7 mons we don't have to capture but keep if we do, and a strong guide for the sands to boot.

>>2929321
Even if we capture it, I don't think I'd want to add a maneating hippo to our team for any length of time. Maybe just turn it in in town or something, make sure it can't cause any more trouble.

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>>2929318
We'd be losing our chance at a perfect 7v1 though.
I'm pretty sure the Mother is gonna be some hueg version of a mon like the Electivire we met, we're gonna need to be working together to keep it busy with our fastest mons like Abra and Mimikyu running interverence while laying down the pain with the rest of the team, we can't very well do that with 7 other hippos getting in the way and taking the focus away from Mother, and then all it takes is one or two good hits from her and we'll get divided and conquered.
We can feed Houdour EXP from other mons later, this won't be a regular battle we can just take it easy with and fuck around to spread our gains evenly.

>>2929321
With the egg we got our party's full, though maybe Eli can try catching it instead?
That would be quite the character moment considering her attempts against Electivire back home and her desire to show her worth to "sensei" AKA our gramps, her dad would be proud too I'm sure.

>>2929334
This anon raises a good point tho, it's got an history of being a maneater... We'll see how it goes once we meet and battle it out

>>2929350
I mean, I'd assume the Hippopotas will be out for while. Even if they somehow return to consciousness by the time we've come back from a quick recovery session, they're probably going to be way too injured to actually help their mother out. It'd just be free exp if they try to pick a fight with us again only an hour or two after getting KO'd.

>>2929350
>>2929321
>>2929318
>>2929303
>>2929294
guys hippos are notorious maneaters in real life too
they're the one thing all animals fear, even lions

>>2929376
We've got an expendable pedo, all good.

>>2929362
That's a dangerous assumption to make.
Even in their weakened state they can still stall us for a few turns in which Mother - probably a boss tier enemy - can gain the upper hand.
Not only that put we don't even know if potions can work as a Revive substitute meaning houdour might take hours to wake up too, plus we only have 5 potions.
Caution isn't always the better part of valour.
We can have more fights after this one, we aren't even near the town yet, plus we can have him spar against loudred or kadabra or even Jaws if we don't mind the type disadvantage to get lots of EXP and probably evolve him too

>>2929379
>finding a well developed woman attractive makes you pedo if it turns out she's 15 despite looking older
Anyway it's totally legal in Aztlan's deep south :^)

>>2929380
They’re in a critical state, even one attack would probably knock them out. Besides, if Houndour would take hours to wake up, then the Hippopotas would almost certainly take even longer, considering they’ll have no one trying to wake them.

>>2928950
>>Explore one of the other parts of the cave? Middle
You guys should have waited until we got Hyper Voice on Whismur. Congrats Vulpix, now you are officially our cutest Pokémon.

>>2929394
>They’re in a critical state, even one attack would probably knock them out
Point is it'll cost us at least one or two rounds if we use an AoE attack and don't roll poorly, they'll also probably flood the cave with sandstorms again and split up rather than focus on one mon just to give Mother a chance to act with little pressure, the way battles go in this quest they'll still manage to do damage before getting KO'd again, and Mother's definitely gonna be strong, she might even crit, she can definitely knock one or maybe two of our mons into the red before the battle proper even starts.
>Besides, if Houndour would take hours to wake up, then the Hippopotas would almost certainly take even longer, considering they’ll have no one trying to wake them.
Assumptions, who's to say the already awake mother won't check up on them in the few hours it would take for houdour to wake up?
Your insistence on having Houdour in the fight can very well jeopardize the whole thing by giving the enemy time to mount any counter offensive at all. Houdour's a fire type anyway, he's the least fit to be an asset to the team in this fight.
7v1 is better odds than 8v8 even if one side is heavily damaged.

It doesn't matter though, the votes have already been cast and I doubt any anon's gonna change their votes before the next session.

>>2929450
I do agree that it's too late for this argument to matter, but I enjoy a good debate so I'll keep it going anyways, if you're game. You're assuming a lot, if you think that the Hippopotas who's only tactic last battle was "Attack the Ice Type" will have the presence of mind to split up, and focus on distracting a couple of our Pokemon so their mother can get a hit in while focusing on using Sandstorm. Besides, their Mother hasn't even woken up yet, we have no idea how long these things sleep for. It could be hours, it could be days. Also making a lot of assumptions that it's going to take hours for Houndour to wake up. In the wild, sure, it'd make sense that it'd take a few hours or longer for a Pokemon that's fainted to regain consciousness, like with the Hippopotas, but considering we're here to administer him a potion or two and wake him up chances are that he'll recover a lot quicker then that. Overall, I'd say that giving ourself an hour to chill at camp, recover, and turn this Hippodown fight into an 8v1 is worth what I'd consider to be a fairly low risk.

>>2928953
>>2928954
>>2929182
>>2929294

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yR3UQHWT98

Your Pokémon are pretty beat up. Houndour is unconscious, even though you could heal his injuries with a potion he needs rest to recover consciousness, if you got a revive this wouldn’t be a problem. You could try and use a “Rare Candy” as a makeshift revive, it won’t heal him much but the sudden boost of energy should wake him up.
The Hippopotas should be down for a couple of hours at least.

You got five normal potions, you could give each one to a member of your team or managed them differently.

You can hear a loud stomping close by, various of them. Probably Hippodowns, 2 or 3 of them. “Mother” could have sent them to check what’s happening, so she won’t have to move.

Eli is unsure if you should continue or not, she’s got some confidence in Jaws but doesn’t want the rest of her team to get in danger. Gareth just wants to go back home badly.

You decide to go back and set up camp, it’s not too late (around 8:00 pm) maybe after resting for a bit you can come back and try to fight the Mother and her mates.

Following your escape rope, you quickly find yourself at the entrance of the cave again. Using your camping equipment, you start a little campfire and get your sleeping bag out. Mimikyu unsurprisingly wants to cook. Eli serves food to her mons and watch the ghost type cook, she seems baffled by this “Just like Ratatatouille”, even though she already knew he could cook it’s the first time she sees him doing so. Gareth won’t leave camp anymore, he calls his Wimpod out and hugs him tightly.

You tell Eli about how those Hippopotas where calling for a "Mother" who seems to lead the pack. She tells you that if she is really dangerous and is somewhat like the giant Electivire, then the Defense and Capture Corps at Ibarra Village post should have a bounty for her and the rest of the pack.


>Rest until morning, your team will heal with some night rest.
>Rest a couple of hours and break out the potions. Houndour should wake up by then. Return to the cave and… (Go face the Mother, go through the silent middle part of the cavern, go right where you saw those flashes of light)
>Help Mimikyu cook (?)

>>2929520
>who's only tactic last battle was "Attack the Ice Type" will have the presence of mind to split up, and focus on distracting a couple of our Pokemon so their mother can get a hit in while focusing on using Sandstorm.
This and that are different situations, the fight we had they were at full health and thought we were scrubs, their tactics can change now that they're desperate and critical, a cornered animal doesn't act the same as one who believes they're in control.

And if you'll forgive another assumption, I'd say, much like a pokemon with a trainer, they'd act better when their leader's on the field as well, besides even if their tactics still boil down to Sandstorm and rush the Ice type this means all our mons will be taking damage each round still, while letting Mother start on the offensive rather than wasting it by having to use sandstorm herself, plus, whoever's gonna get the full brunt of 7 weakened hippos won't come out unscathed unless they get backup, thereby still diverting attention from Mother giving her more breathing room.
>Besides, their Mother hasn't even woken up yet
Not so fast there friend!
>>2928877
>The Mother has noticed the Ruckus, she's awake, contemplates leaving her chamber.

>Also making a lot of assumptions that it's going to take hours for Houndour to wake up
They were your words, not mine. And considering Hippopotas' are hardier than a little doggo, I'd say they'd wake up sooner than an houndour who jobbed against a type he's weak to, and like it's been established, Mother's awake and aware of a ruckus, she'd surely speed up the process of waking up much like we can supposedly do.
We still don't know if potions work as Revives, especially when Houdour is unconscious not wounded.
>Overall, I'd say that giving ourself an hour to chill at camp, recover, and turn this Hippodown fight into an 8v1 is worth what I'd consider to be a fairly low risk.
You're assuming that it won't be a 8v8, when it might be, which can cause a snowball effect, plus Houdour still has type disadvantage too one solid hit and he's out, I wouldn't consider it "fairly low risk" when we can't know for sure, however we CAN know for sure that if we heal up the rest of our team and soldier on the fight's gonna be 7v1 with the Mother caught by surprise and without backup to use sandstorm in her place thereby granting us free hits if she wants to open up with that or even if she uses it later in the fight.

>>2929638
>>Rest a couple of hours and break out the potions. Houndour should wake up by then. Return to the cave and… (Go face the Mother, go through the silent middle part of the cavern, go right where you saw those flashes of light)

>>2929638
>Rest a couple of hours and break out the potions. Houndour should wake up by then. Return to the cave and… (Go face the Mother)

>>2929662
Supporting, I wanna fight the bitch
Discuss strategy in the mean time.

>>2929638
>>Help Mimikyu cook
>Rest a couple of hours and break out the potions. Return to the cave and go right where you saw those flashes of light

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>>2929638
>>Rest until morning, your team will heal with some night rest.
Isn't this a super bad idea? We're still in their cave, we're setting ourselves up for ambush with this.

Also
>Probably Hippodowns, 2 or 3 of them
Damn, this changes things. Also means they might show up when the fight against Mother breaks out, 3 hippodowns are worse than 7 weakened hippopotas.
But what Eli said gives me an idea...
Alright, new plan!

Skip resting for now, take off Vulpix's Macho brace, use potions on Whismur, Vulpix and Mimikyu and go take out the Hippodowns with Eli while the 7 hippopotas are still unconscious.
With Eli's help we can pool together our pokeballs and capture all 7 unconscious Hippopotas and the 3 soon to be defeated Hippodowns to turn over to the Capture Corps later for a reward, this way we don't have to worry about Mother's goons and we can actually rest fully before the fight and have Houdour in there as well.

>>2929650
>The Mother has noticed the Ruckus, she's awake, contemplates leaving her chamber.

Fair enough, didn't actually notice that. Though that also counters your point that we'll catch her by surprise, since she's already awake.

>They were your words, not mine. And considering Hippopotas' are hardier than a little doggo, I'd say they'd wake up sooner than an houndour who jobbed against a type he's weak to.

No, they were your words.

>Assumptions, who's to say the already awake mother won't check up on them in the few hours it would take for houdour to wake up?

Besides, I'd say that Houndour's way hardier then any of these Hippopotas, considering a crit from him was enough to send one of them straight into a critical state, whereas they needed a Takedown, a crit Takedown, multiple rounds of Sandstorm damage, and another Takedown to KO him. Besides, even if the Hippodown would speed up the process of waking up the Hippopotas a bit, she's got to manage like twelve of them, whereas Houndour's the only Pokemon we've got that's out of it. We've also got potions, which will probably further aid the process.

>And if you'll forgive another assumption, I'd say, much like a pokemon with a trainer, they'd act better when their leader's on the field as well

Eh, I mean kind of, but I imagine we're better at managing our Pokemon then a Hippodown would be at managing a bunch of Hippopotas. Besides, I imagine a Hippodown's grasp of tactics wouldn't be much better then that of it's smaller compatriots. I can't imagine we'd need more then three Pokemon, maybe Whismur, Houndour and Vulpix at most, to handle the Hippopotas in a round, even if they assumedly wake up, and I think that Eli's Pokemon, Mimikyu and Kadabra working together will be able to buy us a round against the Mother, at the very least.

>>2929662
>>2929692
>>2929698
>>2929699
>>2929701


After resting for a while, until Houndour woke up, and having a hearty meal prepared by the little ghost chef, you proceed to heal your team with your potions.
>Used 5 Potions
>Houndour has slightly more than half of of his health
>Whismur has 3/4 of her health
>Vulpix is slightly damaged!
>Abra is at full capacity
>Mimikyu has about 3/4 of his health!

>Avenger the Trubbish looks better, but still shows damage
>Jaws is more than ready to throw down
>Tremor has ¾ of his health.

You also take off Vulpix Macho brace, can't risk it this time. She tells you that after using Powder snow in that last fight, she felt like she could something different with it. She raises a cold and strong current of wind hitting great part of the cave, while taking care of not putting out the bonfire.

>Vulpix learned “Icy Wind”

Eli: All right, time to hunt down some Hippos!


[Gareth]: Wait, you are going there again? Why? Are you suicidal or something?

Eli: Cuz we no pussy ass bitch.

> “If we let them here, they could be a danger to others”
> “What’s wrong with wanting a good fight?”
> “What the girl said”
> “Battling is good for a Pokémon growth”
> “There may be something valuable hidden in their den, also we could get some money if they got a bounty”
> “Maybe I can try and talk to them, they are just following their instincts”
> Other/ write-in

>>2929794
>> “What the girl said”

>>2929794
> “If we let them here, they could be a danger to others”
> “Battling is good for a Pokémon growth”
Gareth's pretty lucky honestly. He was knocked out there for who knows how long and didn't get fucked over by whatever other wild mons live in the cave.

>>2929638
>Ratatatouille
This is fucking amazing

>>2929806
This plus they might have bounties

>>2929794
> “If we let them here, they could be a danger to others”

>>2929780
>Though that also counters your point that we'll catch her by surprise, since she's already awake.
Doesn't matter now. But she was awake, she heard a ruckus but she wasn't on alert because she didn't know what it was, if we pressed we'd catch her by surprise.

Anyway, we're now past this so it doesn't matter, lets stop now that the quest's in session.

>>2929794
>“Maybe I can try and talk to them, they are just following their instincts”
Start with this, Pokeautism takes precedence, maybe if we tell Mother that if she attacks humans it'll bring down the wrath of humans on them she'll stop, kinda like Electivire knows that if he killed any trainer in his domain he'd get fucked by the force of the Capture Corps.
Otherwise
>“There may be something valuable hidden in their den, also we could get some money if they got a bounty”
Is also a good reason to go back in and an option if diplomacy don't work.
Offhandedly through in
>“If we let them here, they could be a danger to others”
Percy a good boi, but not boyscout tier.

>>2929806
>>2929814
Oh yeah, like Eli said, there's the possibility of a bounty too. Got a trifecta of good reasons:
>money
>exp
>being a good guy™ and maybe getting a better reputation than Arsonist

>>2929836
>Offhandedly through
*throw

>>2929794
Think you mean Loudred and Kadabra there, chief.

>What the girl said.

>>2929794
>“If we left them here, they could be a danger to others”
>“Battling is good for a Pokémon's growth”
Also want that Bounty we'll probably get for the the Hippodowns and the Mother, and whatever loot they've got in the cave. Don't think we can take the Hippopotas with us to town though, we haven't got enough Pokeballs between the two of us to get 13 more Pokemon on top of the Hippodowns and the Mother.

>>2929836
>Anyway, we're now past this so it doesn't matter, lets stop now that the quest's in session.
Agreed.

>>2929841
>Assuming people won't just use this event to add to our legend as the Arsonist
Naive.

You guys think we should give Houndour a Rare Candy? There's a decent chance he'll evolve if we do.

>>2929873
What's the point? He'll probably evolve next battle anyway.
I'm still of the opinion we should hoard our rare candies and use them only when gains start getting harder to get.
Using them on low level pokemon is such a waste

>>2929873
The most optimal way to use Rare Candies is on level 69 Zangoose, or what this guy said >>2929910

>>2929910
Well, having him evolved for the next battle against those Hippodowns seemed like it'd be a decent investment.

>>2929806
>>2929814
>>2929823
>>2929836
>>2929841
>>2929843
>>2929849

Percy: Well , they are pretty dangerous so as Eli said, they might got bounties on them, and maybe there’s something useful down there.

Percy: And, as you can notice, battling is good for Pokémon growth, it’s a necessary part of being a trainer.

Percy:Besides, those Pokémon are pretty dangerous, knocking them out and taking them to the C&D forces is probably for the best. Or they could be a danger to other trainers

Eli: Yeah! We gonna get some mad-dosh!

(Eli got plenty of Pokéball still, she only used 3 for her team, and got other 10 balls)


Houndour seems to disapprove partly of your motives

[Houndour]: Don’t try to bite more than you can chew partner. Don’t put them on danger because of your greed, nor nobility.

[Houndour]:You are right on the growth part, we all need it. But don’t be as reckless and foolish as others.

You make way into the cave, following the same route as before. You can see the Hippodowns

Inspecting the younger ground-types. Even though you are still far away, your flashlight alert them of your presence.

They are 3 Hippodowns!
Eli is going to take on one of them and try to support you with the other one. She’s feeling confident.
You are faced by two 6 foot tall humongous male hippowdowns.

>What do?

>Select two mons!
>Vulpix
>Houndour
>Loudred
>Kadabra
>Mimikyu

>Command? Action? Move?

>>2929919
Can we start racking up stat boosts on our mons and debuffs on the Hippodowns, while they're still far away?

>>2929919
Kadabra and Vulpix

Incidentally, I wonder how long it will take till Kadabra learns Psycho Cut...

>>2929919
>>Vulpix
Attack. Icy Wind
>Loudred
Attack. Ice Beam
Lets fuck these ground types up

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>>2929847
You are right anon, my mistake. here's a Meowth as an apology

>>2929928
Sure, if your rolls are good enough. The Hippowdons are just charging towards you, raising a sandstorm thanks to their innate ability "Sand stream"

>>2929933
Forgot to say Offensive

>>2929919
>Vulpix
>Offensive, Attack, Powder Snow.
>Mimikyu
>Evasive, Make Double Team decoys.
One question, how does Double team works here? Is it Anime double team or the fanfic quest double team that's a poor's man Shadow Clone Jutsu?

>>2929919
Vulpix
>Evasive
>Evade
>Icy Wind

Loudred
>Offensive
>Attack
>Ice Beam

Think we should stick to our original two and with Macho Brace off, Vulpix can actually move around. Loudred should have higher defense and even more Sp. Attack so we can risk an Offensive approach. Why don't we have Loudred aim for those bigass mouths of theirs?

>>2929935
Will they actually reach us and attack before we finish the buffs/debuffs or do we essentially get a free round to do so?

>>2929942
Anime-like, it's just after-images with one real mon constantly moving

>>2929955
Depends on the rolls! It shouldn't be too hard for your mons though

>>2929933
>>2929945

Vulpix
>Evasive
>Evade
>Icy Wind

Loudred
>Offensive
>Attack
>Ice Beam

Vulpix and Loudred prepare themselves to Ice the ground types! Vulpix goes for the evasive since she's free of her Macho Brace while Loudred puts her all in attacking.

Mimikyu opens up with "Double Team", While Houndour uses "Leer" to lower their physical defenses, Kadabra uses Kinesis, making a show of flying rocks to distract the Ground types.

They go for the evasive! Houndour tries to diver Hippowdons attention from Vulpix

>A sandstorm begins to rage!

The Hippodons begin their charge with "Crunch"! One of them aims to hit Kadabra while the other tries to go for Vulpix

>Vulpix DC: 4 (She got plenty of time to evade and Houndour is covering for her)

>Loudred DC: 6 (They are still far away, and make hard targets)

Rolled 3, 2 = 5 (2d10)

>>2930025

Rolled 1, 8 = 9 (2d10)

>>2930025

Rolled 8, 9 = 17 (2d10)

>>2930025

>>2930025

Rolled 3, 6 = 9 (2d10)

>>2930025

Rolled 5, 6, 6, 7, 2, 9, 7, 4, 8 = 54 (9d10)

>>2930027
>>2930028
>>2930032

>Partial pass! Vulpix manages to get out of the way but can't land a hit

>Successful pass! Fuck you Hippowdons!

Rolling for the others

>Houndour: 4
>Mimikyu: 4
>Abra: 3

With the distance between the attacking hipos and your mons this first round shouldn't be too troublesome!

>>2930045
Oh damn, our other Pokemon kicked ass.

>>2930045

Mimikyu moves first, creating around 10 afterimages if himself raising his evasiveness sharply!

Abra soon follows lifting rocks with Kinesis and distracting the Hippodowns making them wary of a sudden attack from the flying debris. They will have a harder time landing attacks.

Houndour leers at the trio before they split up, lowering their defenses!

The Hippowdons don't stop and continue their charge, Hippowdon [2] misses Abra completely, while Hippowdon [1] is distracted by Houndour, Vulpix tires to fire her attack but she can't quite hit them amidst all the chaos of battle. Loudred on the other hand lands a direct super effective hit on one of the Hippowdons! Taking with him a third of his health.


>The sandstorm hurts all of your Pokémon! First Round of Sandstorm!

You can hear something else coming, is way heavier than the Hippowdons you are facing. It should arrive pretty soon.

>What do?

>>2930058
>Vulpix
>Evade, counter with Icy Wind

>Loudred
>Attack the weakened Hippodon with Ice Beam

>>2930058
>Offensive, Attack, Powder Snow/Ice Beam

>>2930058
>Vulpix
>Evade, attack with Icy Wind

>Loudred
>Defend, attack with Ice Beam

The one she hit's probably going to go after her, and she's assumedly got the highest defense out of all our mons. If she can tank the hit the others should be able to get their attacks off on the Hippodown much more easily.

>>2930058
>>2930073
I like this. If she tanks the hit, it'll be a counter with a point-blank Ice Beam.

>>2930071
>>2930072
>>2930073
>>2930092

>Vulpix, keep evading! Icy Wind! DC: 5

>Loudred tank the hit and aim for the weekend one! DC: 6

Hippodown [2] charges at Loudred enraged after the attack.

Hippodown [1] starts manipulating the sand around him, he's preparing to use "Sand Tomb" on one of your mons.

Kadabra and Mimikyu try to get [1] with long range attack while conserving their distance. while Houndour goes for a Crunch!

Loudred aims her Ice Beam to [2] whom she previously hit. And Vulpix tries to hit them both with another Icy Wind

Rolled 9, 1 = 10 (2d10)

>>2930105

Rolled 1, 5 = 6 (2d10)

>>2930105

Rolled 9, 8 = 17 (2d10)

>>2930105

Rolled 2, 6, 3, 8, 1, 10, 8, 9, 1 = 48 (9d10)

>>2930106
>>2930107
>>2930110

>Vulpix: Successful pass!

>Loudred: Partial pass!

Rolling for other mons

>Houndour: 6
>Mimikyu: 4
>Abra: 5

>>2930138
>>2930138

Mimikyu and Abra launched their attacks onto [1] together they take out around a fourth of his health, Houndour stops evading and goes for a Crunch! Leavining with a little over half his health!

But the fire type becomes trapped onto Hippowdon sand tomb, taking damage every turn.

Loudred braces for Hippodown "Take down" she manages to weather the damage, the attack takes roughly a fourth of her health. The Hippos hit quite hard but she has the highest defense of our team. She tries to shoot an Ice Beam, but the pain from impedes her from doing it.

Hippowdon [2] is face to face with Whismur he took some recoil damage, but nothing too grave.

>All your team is hurt by the sandstorm (2nd Round)
>Sand tomb hurts Houndour further!

>Houndour has slightly more than half of of his health
>Loudred is down to half her health
>Vulpix is starting to show some signs of damage
>Kadabra is slightly damaged
>Mimikyu is still over half his health, just barely!

The loud stomping comes to a halt, the "Mother" has arrived. She seems to be contemplating the situation for a second before jumping into battle,

>What do?

>>2930165
What did Vulpix even do?
>Vulpix
>Offensive, Attack, Powder Snow
>Loudred
>Offensive, Attack, Ice Beam the Mother

>>2930165
>>2930165

Vulpix let's out her Icy Wind! Hitting the two ground types and lowering their health and speed even further, they freeze lightly making their movements slower.
>It's super effective!

Hippowdon [2] receives damages, a third of his health is down. [1] is going into the yellow,

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>>2930183
+1

>>2930194
>Vulpix
>Evade and Attack both Hippodown with Icy Wind

>Whismur
>Defend, and Attack Hippodown [1] with Ice Beam
Would rather not unnecessarily provoke the Mother.

>>2930165
Vulpix
>Evasive, Counter with Icy Wind
Loudred
>Attack, Ice Beam on [1]
If we knock out the Hippowdon, does that remove Sand Tomb?

>>2930165
>Vulpix
>Evade and Attack both Hippodown with Icy Wind
>Whismur
>Defend, and Attack Hippodown [1] with Ice Beam

Rolled 7, 8, 2, 10, 1, 6, 8, 6, 2 = 50 (9d10)

>>2930183
>>2930195

>Vulpix, evade and attack with Icy Wind! DC:5

>Loudred, aim for [1] and keep defending! DC:6

Hippodown [2] is trying to use Sand Tomb on Loudred, while [1] starts digging to burrow itself underground.

Houndour is trying to escape the Sand Tomb, Mimikyu and Abra team up to attack [1] before he escapes underground.

The Mother is still watching but not for long.

Abra DC: 4
Mimikyu DC: 4
Houndour DC: 7