Mr. Fish

Calling it on Sergeant Moby for Gyarados.

You walk in close and talk to him quietly between the bars. "These are good people 'Antonio'. Don't try to play them." You look him in the eyes. These are your people. Well, maybe not Eddie, but you probably owe him. "And don't think about trying anything with me either. Even if I still have money leftover from the spa and splurging, I won't fall for it."

He looks you up and down. He can see you aren't lying about the spa from your obviously treated hair, skin, nails, and everything else. A good lie always carries a nugget of truth. "I can see that. Do not worry. I h'would never try to con 'good people', as you say." His eyes keeps his eyes on you as he says that.

You step back and continue talking so the others can hear. "Is this Jessilina woman not a good person?" Maybe you can trap him and show everyone else they shouldn't trust him. They should know better anyway, but you don't want to take chances.

"In fact, she is not. Her and her husband kidnap Pokeh'mon."

"You mean they capture them," Eddie corrects.

"No! They do not 'capture' like you do. They set traps, use machines, and are very cruel. What I do, it is a service to Pokemon all over!" Antonio thumps his chest. It would be very convincing if you didn't know what he was.

>Ask him what the safe combo is
>Ask him more about Jessilina
>Tell everyone he's a liar, and not to engage him at all
>Something else

>>30110442
>>30110448

First Class Sergeant Doctor Mr Sir Fish Fishington the fifth Duke of the Atlantic Baron Esquire

>>30110452
Ignore him

>>30110452
>>Something else

"So Eddie you have 3 badges, any tips on the leaders?"

>>30110452
>Ask him more about Jessilina
Who is she, specifically. Who is her husband?

>>30110452
>Ask him more about Jessilina
It might be an amusing tale.

>>30110452
>Something else
"From a certain point of view."

If we're doing stupidly long names for our Gyarados they should at least be alliterative like Fish Fishington, sadly I'm far too tired to come up with an appropriate name myself

>>30110452
>Tell everyone he's a liar, and not to engage him at all

>>30110452

>Jessilina
>has a male partner
>kidnaps Pokemon with traps and machines

I bet it's Bruce and Cassidy.

>Ask him more about Jessilina
What's so special about this Safe Pokeball?

He is a fucking conman
Why are you playing his game?

Just ignore him until we get out

>>30110499
Master Doctor Sergeant Moby Fish Fishington of the third platoon of the Altantic Marines, Duke of the Atlantic Baron Esquire, the first of his line.

>>30110452
>>Something else
"How do you know that?"
also
we could streak up a deal with this person for safe code

>>30110560
First of all, we're not stealing pokemon
Second of all, are you really suggesting to strike up a deal with a self-admitted conman?

>>30110547
Because he can still tell us more than he meant to.

>>30110547
Because we are bored.

>>30110376
When i as talking Action means more than Intention, i was talking more real life, not laws

Laws try to compensate for morality.

A better scenario is one that actually happened. DDT is a chemical that used to be sprayed on crops to kill insects that ate the crops, it was also used to combat malaria and many other things. We had Malaria almost completely wiped out in US areas with people.

Then a scientist came along with a study claiming that it was thinning the eggs of birds and harming them.

So DDT got banned and Americia refused to provide aid to any country that used it. Resulting in millions upon millions of deaths worldwide.

A few years later several studys were done (by independent companies) that found DDT had no adverse affects on the eggs of any species.

Millions of deaths, good intentions. Millions of people still dead.

>>30110452
>Ask him more about Jessilina
OBJECTION! Where's the evidence, judge? This is nothing more than hearsay!

>>30110580
What part of conman do you not understand, you never trust anything that comes out of a conmans mouth

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>>30110603

Boring. Please discuss Pokemon instead.

>>30110603
DDT is still poisonous toxic shit, anon.

>>30110613
We just don't act on what he says.

I vote we do not get into any sort of business regarding this 'Jessilia' person

>>30110640
I like gen 5 the most

bw1 had a story
bw2 had the best pacing since RBY

>>30110452
Point out that stealing a single pokeball will not stop them.

>>30110643
Debatable, but you get the point of the argument.

>>30110603
Don't bother, move on.

>>30110452
"Eh. A transparent tactic. You know we're all pokemon trainers so you try and make your plan sympathetic. You'd have to explain how stealing a rare and probably valuable pokeball is helpful to any poor victims and not just yourself.

>>30110577
its not a pokemon. Its very valuable pokeball. Rings any bells?

>>30110605
Damnit Pheonix not now.

>>30110452
"Then why did you say you were going after this rare Pokeball and not her captured Pokemon?"

>>30110721
Jessilina is a good scientist
Conman is part of Team Imperium trying to sucker us into stealing the mister ball to capture a powerful legendary.
I have you now, Gobble!

>>30110763
>Mister ball
>Not Sir ball

>>30110773
You will address him by his proper title of Duke.

>>30110773
>Mister Mayor ball.

oh god not again

>>30110779
>>30110786
It's a Governor ball, you retards

>>30110773
>>30110779
>>30110786
>Ignoring the obvious pun on "master"
I am ashamed of you two.

>>30110803
I don't think "pun" is the right word here. You just subbed out one title for another.

i wish we are smart enough to come on top out of this conman masterball thing

>>30110822
pun because it's playing on the word master

>>30110763
If we steal anything from bad people we are keeping it.

>>30110794
The ride never ends

We should call Gyrados Duke

>>30110834
No, that's just changing the titles. What I did? Talking about a "subbed" title? That's more of a pun.

>>30110844
I was going with the scientists aren't bad and the conman was trying to dupe us into thinking so.

>>30110868
How about "The Duke"?

>>30110908
That's fine by me

>>30110868
no
mr. fish

>>30110892
Well it was meant to be a play on the word Master. I'm sorry if it didn't turn out that way, geez
>you dumbass
Stop that voice-in-my-head
>no
Yes
>Nevah!
You will shut up and do it now
>You're talking to yourself again
Damn you, me. You've tricked me for the last time.

>>30110932
Why not "Dish?"

Duke and Fish.

>>30110940
Mr. Dish

>>30110896
but we wouldn't give it to the conman either way.

either we steal it from bad people (from our perspective) and keep it.

or we steal it, then find out they aren't bad, and give it back.

>>30110934
Okay, that was funny. Kudos, Sir.

>>30110868
I hope the Gyarados is female.
>"Go, Duchess!"
>Oh, what's this gonna be, a Delcatty or something?
>Shit.

>>30110957
Or we don't listen to a fucking conman and we don't steal it.
What are you retarded?

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>>30110932
yisss

>>30110957
Oh, then I misread.
Also, it is the "Mister" Ball, not the master ball.
Let's go with originality.

>>30110980
yeah

>>30110981
But Are we the king of everything?

>>30111012
nope
but we are the Queen of Robin

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"How do you know that?"

"It is a poor con artist that doesn't learn about his targets. The only thing I wanted to know, was the code to her safe. The only Pokemon they treat with dignity is her Skitty. It is her one saving grace. That and her love-making, of course." There's something odd about how he transitioned from talking about the safe and then her Pokemon. You make a mental note.

"And what makes you think stealing a Pokeball will stop, or even slow them?"

He smiles. He gestures for you to come in closer so he can tell you a secret. "It ees seemple. This h'is no regular Pokeball. Thees Pokeball can capture h'any Pokemon, in h'any condition, without fail."

"Let me guess, you want us to finish stealing it for you. You're offering some sort of reward, I assume?" Hmph, you're a step ahead of him for sure.

"You would not do eet out of the goodness of your heart?" He's calling you out again. "Yes. I could offer a re'hward. You may be h'able to steal it where I failed and save a helpless Pokemon from their cruel clutches, but I can sell it. I could pay handsomely, since you've spent all of your winnings." He smiles again.

You realize that the two of you have somehow gone back to talking in hushed tones. The others haven't been able to hear this. Did Antonio get you to do that, or was that just your instincts?

>No way. You won't be his pawn
>Fine, but only if it turns out Jessilina and her husband really are bad people
>Turn him down, but only because you have enough info to pull this without him. Probably
>Something else

>>30111106
>No way. You won't be his pawn
I don't trust him enough to potentially screw someone over. I would need to meet Jesillina, or hear about her from a better source.

>>30111106
No.

He's a fucking conman, no no no. You don't trust conmen, especially not with deals that seem too good to be true like this. If it was so valuable he wouldn't tell this shit to a random person he just met.

>>30111106
Maybe. If the info turns out to be on the up and up and these are, in fact, ruthless pokemon-nappers

>>30111106
>No way. You won't be his pawn

>>30111106
>No way. We won't be his pawn.
"You're a big boy. I'm sure you can handle it."

>>30111106
>No way. You won't be his pawn
'Sorry, the days of stealing for profit are behind me man.'
Drop a hairpin or something so he can lockpic his way out of here.

>>30111106
we'll do our own research and decide from there. odds are he's just playing us, but a con man with a conscience isn't impossible.

>>30111106
>No way. You won't be his pawn
Nah, man. Nah.
But we're totally gonna investigate this shit. Abuse of power ain't fun, we know that from experience.

>>30111140
>He tried to get me to steal, but I said no, no, no

I'm surprised people aren't jumping at the opportunity to get a ball that can catch a legendary without fail. I don't necessarily disagree, just surprised.

>>30111106
>No way. You won't be his pawn

>>30111106
"No sale, Antonio. All I've heard is your account, and there's no kind of corroborating evidence."

>>30111223
It's not the potential payoff, it's the source of information. The whole setup seems fishy.

>>30111223
Because it's bullshit
You never trust conmen

>>30111223
We promised Robin that we'd stop stealing, or at least try to. Plus, he's a con man of his own admission, so he's most likely trying to further his own goals. Also, it would be best if we looked into this on our own, or alerted the proper authorities.
I feel bad though, because I get the feeling we're ignoring Gobble's plot hooks one by one.
Also, no mister ball for us.

>>30111106
>No way. You won't be his pawn
"I manage to get by. I have no reason to take this risk."

He wants the ball, and will give us money. We don't need money, and if we keep it ourselves he becomes an enemy, fully capable of blackmailing us.

I think we should look into this ourselves but I have a feeling it won't be exactly obvious that she is stealing/abusing Pokemon.

>>30111106
>No way. You won't be his pawn

>>30111372
The issue is that could be a complete fabrication. We only have his word, which probably isn't much.
We could seduce her I suppose, but I think Robin would object.

>>30111223
Legendaries are the easy way out.

>>30111372
I refuse.

If it's a master ball, this is going to be some high-level shit and we could get into a lot of trouble with powerful people, besides, an ordinary pokemon trainer would probably think a masterball is bullshit

>>30111280
Im not saying that we should be his pawn, we should milk as much information out of him as possible and figure a way to profit from it, either morally or some other way. (dem plothooks progressiong the story)

Cant you guys just play along to this guy so we can lear just wtf is going on

>>30111106
>No way. You won't be his pawn

>>30111456
But I think we should look into it ourselves.
We can take his information, but not all, or any, may be true.

>>30111454
It is.

>>30111439
Legendaries are plot keystones, and Mt. Clarity looks plotty.

>>30111484
Or we could be on our merry way to winning the pokemon league and leave this to the cops/others.

Surely this one conman isn't the only one to notice them, others will act.

>>30111488
Well, I think the story is bullshit too, but ordinary trainers would probably think the very idea of a master ball being real is bullshit or a scam

>>30111516
Maybe, maybe not.

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>>30111280
>I feel bad though, because I get the feeling we're ignoring Gobble's plot hooks one by one.

[Don't. Are you kidding me? I'm thrilled at the critical interaction. If I wanted to just type out whatever and not having player input, I'd just write a fanfic. This is much more satisfying to me, so don't feel bad. I feel great. If it becomes my story instead of our story, I'd be doing something very wrong. I'm not attached to any particular plot point, decision, or factor in the story, I'm just attached to the idea that we all craft it together. Please don't worry about the 'meta' behind your votes. Just go with what feels right to you for it.]

I almost feel bad for ignoring Gobble's plot hooks.

Almost.

>>30111519
Hmmm. You've a point too.
Really, I just feel awful because I get the feeling we're ignoring any plot points Mr. Gobble is trying to give us. Surely we don't want our quest to be just going through the leauge/
But thinking like that is meta gaming on a catastrophic scale.

>>30111555
Oh, good then.


It's totally called the Mister Ball.

>>30111555
It's settled then. We ignore this and leave for Broader Horizons!

>>30111597
It's the Lieutenant Ball you faggot

>>30111631
No! It's a mister ball and it has a monacle around the button in the middle, with a black top and a red bottom

>>30111484

Ofcourse. I though that was given. Indeed. Tealcface.jpg

>>30111672
nah, lets not.

>>30111712
I'd at least like to find out who the fuck Jessilina is and if what she's alleged to have been doing is in any way illegal (probably can just ask Robin). If it's just unsavory (which is how it sounded, unless it is aimed at owned pokemon, which I wouldn't be surprised if the master ball could catch) then it can be overlooked, but if she's a criminal, then her ass is fair game. (plus stopping people from mistreating pokemon is a pet issue).

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What he's been saying about them abusing Pokemon strikes a chord, but he probably intended for that. Of course you'd be interested in a Pokeball like that, even if you sure that on an intelectual level that it's probably completley made up. You know you can't just take his word on that.

"Sorry Antonio. I won't play your game. I can't trust you about Jessilina."

Antonio lets his frustration show, but only for a second. You take that as a good sign, he must have thought he had you. "I don't expect h'you too. But please, do your own research. Be open to reconseedering."

A guard enters the room. "Alright. The captain says you're free to go." Your friends line up at the cell door. The guard looks at Antonio, "Oh no, not you. You're staying right there, stowaway."

You, Vance, Robin, and Eddie are escorted to the public area of the ship. "The captain says dinner is in an hour." The guard heads back inside. The wind smells great. It smells like freedom.

Eddie begins to walk off. "I'm going to get ready. Will I see you guys be at he captains table?"

>You'll be there, and spend the hour dressing up
>You'll be there, but you'll be doing something else in the hour (specify)
>Nah, you'll be busy
>No way, screw the captain
>Something else

>>30111791
I would just rather focus on other things.

Stopping the ctimnial organization is way over done.

>>30111826
>>You'll be there, and spend the hour dressing up

maybe they'll have lobster

>>30111826
>You'll be there
>But fuck dressing up
Free food

>>30111826
>You'll be there, and spend the hour dressing up
Girl Time!!!1

>>30111826
>You'll be there, but you'll be doing something else in the hour
Drag Robin off to some secluded area of the ship and write 'cats eat robins' in grafitti.

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Ludicolo Ludicolo Ludicolo.

>>30111826
>Something else
"Yeah, I'm thinking we should be there. But first there's got to be some leg-stretching, and we've got to dress for the occasion."

>>30111826
Ask the guard about Jessilina before they go. Tell them what Antonio said about the attempted theft.

Then go get pretty ohmigawd so GIRLY!

>>30111826
>Nah, you'll be busy
>I'll be flying solo for the night, I need to be inconspicuous. No offence, Vance, but you stand out alot. Give my regards to the cap.

>>30111826
>You'll be there, and spend the hour dressing up
We can ask the captain for details on the stowaway we met. Ask Robin about Pokemon trapping or whatever, while we're preparing.

>>30111826
>>You'll be there, and spend the hour dressing up
Meh, might as well.

>>30111826
>You'll be there, and spend the hour dressing up
Do we have any good clothes? If not,
>Spend the hour relaxing with Robing and Vandel

>>30111907
I guess this would be fine

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>>30111597

Mister Ball?

>>30111988
Oh my gob.
It's. Perfect.

>>30111988
What kind of Pokemon would that capture? Pokemon with a "Refined" nature?

>>30112025
It's a prototype for the master ball? Or maybe a prototype for an improved luxury ball?

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>>30111988
needs moustache

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>>30112025
no no, it refines the pokemon

it raises their base fine dining score by 30 points. They'll never mix up the salad and meat forks!

>>30112093
Nah, When I described it, I had intended for it to have the appearance of a suit and red bow-tie, a mustache is unecessary decoration.

>>30112093
Hey, wait, wait. We're doing this wrong.

The moustache needs to be the line where the ball parts.

>>30112097
Every pokemon comes out wearing a top hat and in the most gentlmanly and dignified posture possible.

>>30112125
They do a brief bow or curtsey depending on gender when let out.

their base cry is replaced by "I say!" in a posh accent

>>30112172
>Gallade in the Mister Ball

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"We'll be there!" You say to Eddie. He waves and runs off.

You turn to the guard before he can completely disappear. "Hey wait!" You call out. He stops and turns around. "What do you know about someone named Jessilina? The uhh...stowaway was talking about her."

The guard turns up an eyebrow. "Oh? I'm surprised. He was caught climbing up the side of the ship. I thought he just wanted a free ride." He thinks about your question. "Jessilina... oh that's right. Mrs. Jameson. She's in one of the upscale suites. I think she might be at the dinner you're going to. Sometimes the VIP's do that. I have no idea why. Captain Taylor is a good captain, but not much for small talk." He shrugs and walks off.

Robin looks up at you. "Do you think Antonio was telling the truth, about her and her husband?"

"You forgot what I talk you already?" You tease her. "Antonio and 'the truth' have never met. Trust me. Vance, Robin, how about we get dressed up? We have a fancy dinner with our captain and jailor."

Vance pats you on the back. "Sounds great! Let's get ready!" The three of you make your way back to the cabin, where Vance and Robin start fishing through their clothes.

You realize you don't have any fancy clothes to wear.

>Go shopping!
>Maybe you can do some modifications to your clothes quickly
>Ask Robin to lend you something
>Something else

>>30112280
>Go shopping
Money isn't really an issue anymore, or should be be concerned with buying something we may never use again?

>>30112280
>>Go shopping!

We should really just buy something for these occasions and get it out of the way. Besides aren't our 'assets' bigger than Robin's?

>>30112280
>>Go shopping!
Now that we are rich, we had ought to have at least one decent outfit. Let's just not go nuts.

>>30112280
Maybe a nice simple dress.

>>30112326
I'm back a nice simple dress.
Nice.
Simple.
Dress.

>>30112280
>>Go shopping!

that can be easily remedied

>>30112280
Ask Robin to go shopping with us. Let her pick out the outfit.

Though, I doubt there's anything really "upscale" to be found aboard a ship.

>>30112280
>Go shopping!
>Nowadays you can eshop and have the goods delivered digitally
TECHNOLOGY!

>>30112366
>Come to dinner wearing pixels.
>Dress buffers during the meal

>>30112280
>Go shopping!
WOP YOUR WALLET ON THE COUNTAH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93oihEbeKmw

>>30112280
>Go shopping!

>>30112280
>Go shopping!
One nice outfit is good to have. We seem to have a magical Pokemon backpack, anyway- it has plenty of room.

>>30112421
Why did I watch that? Why did I enjoy it?

>>30112477
Because Takarada is best La Kill.

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Your eyes go over the two sets of clothes Robin is trying to decide on. You consider asking her, but the simple truth is that you'd probably be spilling out of anything she lends you. You think back on the bikini she let you wear before. That was pretty tight.

But you don't have to borrow anything to wear. You're loaded! "Robin! I need your help!" You grab her by the wrist and drag her to the fanciest clothing spot you can find on the ship. There aren't exactly a lot to choose from. You both rapidly go through the store in the short time you have until finally you find it. It's a small, simple, black dress. You quickly try it on. Oh yes, this will do nicely. Maybe it's because you're still seeing the effects of the spa, but you feel absolutely stunning.

It's a strange sensation.

You both run back to the Cabin and see Vance wearing a nice outfit. It comes together after he puts on the cape. Robin puts in the choker necklace you bought her. Both of them look as good as you feel.

The three of you make your way to the captains cabin, where you see Eddie waiting outside. He's cleaned up, but his clothes aren't nearly as fancy.

"Aww man, I'm going to look like a tool." He whines.

Vance takes off his cape and puts it on Eddie. He's already looking much better. Robin fixes up his hair a bit. There's just one final touch. He's got a terrible slouch.

You lean over and look him in the eyes. He takes an extra long few seconds for his eyes to meet yours though. "You're looking sharp Eddie. Really handsome."

He beams and stands up straight. He's looking a lot more confident now.

A server comes out of the dining room. "Right this way please." He ushers your group into the room, where you see Captain Taylor and several people you don't recognize.

The captain stands to great you. "Our guests of honor have arrived. Thank you all for coming."

>Make a bitter comment about spending half a day in the brig
>Thank him and gracefully take your seat
>Something else

>>30112753
>Thank him and gracefully take your seat
No need to be ungrateful. You are the guest of honor, and he was just following protocol.

>>30112753
>Thank him and gracefully take your seat

be the bigger person

>>30112753
>>Make a bitter comment about spending half a day in the brig

>>30112753
Thank him curtly, but seat ourselves gracefully.

>>30112803
Vance is the bigger person.

>>30112753
>>Thank him and gracefully take your seat

>>30112753
>Thank him and gracefully take your seat
Thank him for his hospitality earlier. Subtle digs, yo.

>Robin puts in the choker necklace you bought her.
Did we just collar our sub? Oh my.

>>30112753
>Thank him and gracefully take your seat
We should not mention Antonio under any circumstances, his mark is here. We need to gather information in a way that doesn't incriminate us, or imply any knowledge we shouldn't have.

>>30112825
Bigger than Eddie?

>>30112840
I just read that in George Takei's voice.

It was glorious.

>>30112889
Eddie is a tiny worm as far as I believe.

>>30112898
Damnit.

Hey Mr. Gobble, what time zone are you in?

>>30112840
You're just now getting the dynamic here? Eesh.

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Vance, Robin, and Eddie all take their seats. They seem nervious. You can't say you feel differently. Everyone's staring at your group.

"Thank you." You do what you think is probably a curtsy and take a seat. You have no idea if that's the right thing to do, but nobody gasps or drops a monocle or whatever fancy people do, so you figure you're fine.

The captain raises a glass. "A toast, to bravery and quick thinking!" A round of agreement follows, and everyone lifts a glass. "Where are my manners? Of course, introductions are in order." He goes around the table. There are about a dozen people here, including your friends. The captain names off the people around the table. The names that specifically stick out to you are Jim and Jessilina Jameson.

Servers appear out of nowhere and begin serving the first course. There are terrifying and strange foods. Vance gobbles it down. Eddie pokes his with a fork from different angles, expecting it to move.

Jessilina twirls her wine. "'Kat', that's an interesting name."

>Take to Jessilina (write-ins encouraged)
>Ask the captain if he's seen Magikarp like that before
>Ask for some wine
>Something else

>>30113116
>>Take to Jessilina (write-ins encouraged)
I'm going to bed, I vote for the least stupid write-in.

>>30113116
>>Ask the captain if he's seen Magikarp like that before

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>>30113022
CST

>>30113116
>Take to Jessilina (write-ins encouraged)
"and You're the first Jessilina I've run into"

>>Ask the captain if he's seen Magikarp like that before

>>30113116
>Jessilina
"It's the only one I've ever had."

>>30113116
>Jessilina Jameson
You son of a bitch Mr. Gobble.

>Talk to Jessilina
Well your name is lovely as well.

>>30113116
>Ask the captain if he's seen Magikarp like that before

>>30113116
>>Take to Jessilina (write-ins encouraged)
"Yes, well. It, like most names, serves its purpose."

>>30113116
>Ask the captain if he's seen Magikarp like that before
Where the hell do wild Magikarp learn Bounce?

>>30113148
Actually, I'll change the write in to this from >>30113156 this.
"and you're the first Jessilina I've run into"
What brings you aboard? Are you to Aquapolis too? Or are you going somewhere else?

>>30113116
"It's short for Katherine, but I dislike it. Seems too stodgy. Jessilina, though, that's a good name. Full of noble quality."

Translation: Yer name t'ain't fancy neither.

>>30113193
and now I must off to bed.
Good Night you lovely bastards.

>>30113116
Eesh, Gobble. Ya killed 'em.

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"It's the only one I've ever had." That's a gigantic lie, but it fits through your teeth. To her credit, you see that Robin doesn't outwardly react. "Well your name is lovely as well."

You didn't see it before because of the table, but Jessilina is feeding her Skitty. The small pink Pokemon meows as it's fed.

"What brings you aboard? Are you going to Aquapolis too, or are you going somewhere else?"

Jessilina stops feeding her Pokemon. "Oh, I hear Aquapolis is lovely this time of year. I may drop in."

That's a very nice non-answer. She's either hiding something, or just secretive in general.

"So Captain Taylor, have you ever seen Magikarp like that before?"

The captain finishes chewing his food and swallows. "No, not Magikarp. They seemed unusually strong and skilled. They probably got overconfident. In all my years, I've never seen that happen. Magikarp are usually very passive, and unable to leap so high." He takes another bite, chews, and swallows. "But how you handles those Gyarados though, that is commendable. I don't think we'd be having this conversation if it were your the four of you."

Robin looks at her feet. She doesn't feel like she did anything to help.

>Your Pokemon deserve the credit
>Vance was the bravest. He punched a Gyarados in the face
>Eddie really saved the day
>Robin had the best plan
>Something else

>>30113493
>Vance was the bravest. He punched a Gyarados in the face
This deserves at least a mention.

>>30113493
>>Your Pokemon deserve the credit
>Vance was the bravest. He punched a Gyarados in the face
tell me that ain't praise worthy

>>30113493
>>Vance was the bravest. He punched a Gyarados in the face
>>Robin had the best plan
Too bad she was shown such...gratitude afterwards.

>>30113493
>Something else
"We all pitched in. Eddie and I jumped in with our teams, Robin had the best and only plan out of all of us, and Vance punched a Gyrados in the face."

"Go team."

Give Robin a smile.

>>30113493
>>Your Pokemon deserve the credit
>Vance was the bravest. He punched a Gyarados in the face

>>30113493
>Vance was the bravest. He punched a Gyarados in the face
Like seriously.

>>30113540

Go Teamwork & Friendship!

>>30113493
>Robin had the best plan
"Shame the deckhands weren't doing their jobs in the first place."

>>30113493
"Vance, Eddie, and I only stemmed the tide. It was you and Robin who finally drove them off."

>>30113493
"Well, we can't take all the credit. Between our Pokemon and Robin's quick thinking, we'd probably be sunk."

Also, I think this might be a good time to point out that I think Jessilina is suspicious as fuck and we should probably try to get some kind of read on her. Can't animals, especially street rats, sense that kind of thing?

>>30113624
You'd think we'd have a few ranks in Discernment of the Poor yeah?

>>30113724
Was thinking more a few ranks in Detect Bullshit or something.

>>30113624
What'd she do that's suspicious buddy?

>>30113785
She's rich. Isn't that reason enough?

>>30113802
So are we

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"We all pitched in. Eddie and I jumped in with our teams, Robin had the best and only plan out of all of us, and Vance punched a Gyarados in the face. In the face." You feel that part needs to be emphasized. "It was a team effort."

Eddie, Vance, and Robin all appreciate your words.

"It's a shame Robin was shown such gratitude. She was doing the job of the deckhands weren't." You smile and Robin. She blushes a little but smiles back. She's clearly uncomfortable with being the subject of the conversation.

Captain Taylor takes a sip of his drink. "Yes. It was. I hope you don't take that personally." He looks at Robin. "You all have my thanks. Truly."

Jessilina feeds her Skitty. "Whose my good little Skittles? You are!" She isn't paying much attention to your or your friends.

>Try to figure out where Jessilina's room is
>Bring up the stowaway
>See if you can get a favor from the captain (write-in)
>Something else

>>30113785
Meta-senses are tingling. That's reason enough.

>>30113832
"By the way, we met an interesting man in the brig. What's his story? He said something about a special Pokeball that was going to be used to steal Pokemon or some such thing. Ridiculous, really."

Watch Jessilina without watching her.

>>30113832
>Stowaway
"So, I noticed you had a stowaway downstairs. How often do you have that kind of problem?"

Judge Jessilina's reaction.

>>30113832
>See if you can get a favor from the captain (write-in)
Ya think we could get Vance another room? I'd like to have a private room with my friend Robin here if at all possible ya know?
If there are any available I mean

>>30113864
Wwwaaahhhahahay too obvious. Just bringing him up should give us what we need.

>>30113864
this

>>30113832
>Bring up the stowaway

>>30113832
>bring up the stoway
and his vicious "rumors"

>>30113897
Not really. The captain might know, but for Jessilina knows, it's just some stowaway punk.

Now, mention said stowaway punk by -name-, and now we're talking.

>>30113864
Wow, least subtle tactic ever. Don't you think that would put her on guard? Not to mention revealing her little paramour is still on board, which she doesn't necessarily know.

>>30113864
You have never even fucking HEARD of the word subtlety, have you? Jesus christ.

>>30113923
>>30113919
One, Kat clearly has the most experience ever in social situations and bullshitting people.

Two, who cares about subtlety? It's not really our problem, but it's something people might need to be aware of.

Third, if she has some amazing Pokeball, and she reacts to our mention of it, there's a chance she might know where we could get one of our own. Barring that, we could appropriate hers.

Fourth, I'm not hearing your suggestions.

>>30113918
The name, yes. Good addition. But going over every detail of his story will absolutely NOT work.

>>30113968
I'm just going to leave it to others to explain to you how and why you're dumb. Because I can't handle that amount of sheer stupidity.

>>30113832
>Bring up the stowaway
Since we are going to, regardless.
'Aquapolis's quite busy this time of the year, isn't it?'

Steer the conversation into unfortunate stowaways

Then;
'Captain, would you mind sparing a few pokeballs? I used all of mine catching that blasted Gyarados. I thought I had him with the first, but shoot, he got away. A better ball might have done the trick.'

>>30113991
So, you don't have an answer. All right.

>>30113994
and that, gentlemen, is how you do subtlety.

>>30113994
>>30114035

samefag

>>30114035
How is that even remotely subtle? She's focused on her Skitty, and there's many, many better Pokeballs that aren't experimental prototypes. "A better ball? She can't POSSIBLY mean my Mister Ball! How did she knoooooooow!?"

>>30114066
That means, if anything, that it is too subtle. Not that it is unsubtle.

>>30114035

>begging for pokeballs when we have more than enough cash to buy as many as we want.

>>30114087
If it's too subtle to be perceptible, then it's something else entirely and eschews the whole subtle/unsubtle thing completely into "Casual conversation."

>>30113994
This, minus the Pokeball stuff. Multi-tasking or I would come up with my own write-in.

>>30113116
>Jessilina Jameson.
>Jesse
>James

I see what you did there.gif

>>30114121
>>30114087
it becomes
>>30114120

>>30114030
... fine, then.

Subtlety is this thing that we do when we want to find out things without necessarily announcing to everyone around us what we're up to. In this case, if we wanted to check into Antonio's story, announcing all of the details of his story shows our hand entirely. Jessi gets defensive, clams up, and we find out nothing. We get nothing, because she'd refuse to talk to us further about it, she'd be on guard so we couldn't go in and steal it later, and she's certainly not going to tell us how we could get a ball like it for ourselves.

If we mention Antonio without his story, and gauge her reaction, we can begin to assess how much of his story was true and how much wasn't.

NOW can you see why your suggestion was dumb?

>>30114159
Except for the fact we're not a thief. We're not going to sweet-talk a random stranger into giving us access to her cabin and, thus, safe anyway. All I'm trying to do is confirm the existence of the ball. If she reacts to the story, regardless of how it's presented, we can confirm that it's on board and that Antonio wasn't necessarily full of crap. I'm not out to make Jessilina a friend or ally, just to see how closely we can trust the charming rogue in the cell.

Besides, if she IS using the ball for nefarious purposes, you think she's not going to be able to outwit a young girl? If not, she's a pretty terrible evil mastermind.

>>30114159
Furthermore, how will her reacting to Antonio's existence confirm anything more than she knows him or another man named Antonio? Just throwing out a single piece of information and hoping she bites has a high rate of failure. If we chum the water a bit, then start throwing out our lines, we're more likely to hook something.

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"I met an interesting man in the brig." You coyfully play with your feed. "Tall, long black hair, very handsome. I think his name was Antonio."

Jessilina freezes.

"Do you get a lot of stowaways, captain?"

He sighs. "Absolutely not. It seems this has been a cursed journey from the start. I'd be very thankful if the rest of it is uneventful.

Jessilina starts feed Skittles again. "Jim dear, I think I left my purse in our room. Would you mind getting it?"

Jim looks confused. "But you have your purse."

"No no. My other one. Just go to the room and fetch it for me Darling." She bats her eyes at him, and he gets up and leaves. "So...this stowaway. Antonio, was it? Did he have anything else to say? I'm sure a rotten stowaway would have quite of lot of tall tales."

You hide your smile. So far Antonio's story is holding up. "Oh, he was rambling about some sort of Pokeball nonsense. I can't quite recall the details."

She doesn't react to that last part. At least not visibly.

>Excuse yourself, follow her husband to their room
>Ask Jessilina something (write-in)
>Tell Jessilina exactly what Antonio said
>something else

>>30114316
>your feed
Food. Your food

>>30114316
Can we get Vance to use Pursue?

>>30114237
Confirming that Antonio and Jessi know each other is one step towards verifying his story, and bringing him up puts her off guard, making it easier to tease out information later. Going for the full story up-front is like using a sledgehammer when you should be using a scalpel.
>>30114207
Except for the part where Kat's been a thief all her life until recently, and Robin was even willing to let her steal in special circumstances. Confirming Antonio's story a bit at a time without arousing too much suspicion leaves more potential responses open later: up to and including appropriating the ball. Telling her outright that we know about the ball basically makes it impossible to act on what we learn from her response.

>>30114316
Excuse self, go to bathroom. Wait.

>>30114316
Eat.
Who gives a fuck bout what some disgusting cfonman fucker was feeding us
he's a damn conman damnit

>>30114342
Well, she is a Kat.

>>30114316
Continue dinner, leaving now or pressing the issue any further would be incredibly suspicious.

>>30114348
Eh, I'm done discussing it. Gobble hath spoken, and I'm out of fucks to give. You had a few good points, but in the end it was handled all right.

>>30114358
Seconding. Let's ask for the extra room for us and Robin. We're being played here

>>30114207
You are so colossally fucking stupid, holy shit.

We ARE a thief.

>>30114316
"Two purses? Very posh. I can see why the guy would have taken an interest in you. Some guys are really into rich women."

>>30114411
Is this your first thread? If so, welcome aboard. If not, your reading comprehension is fucking horrible and you should be ashamed.

>>30114358
>>30114374
>>30114398
These

>>30114386
And thanks to your retarded suggestion, we just showed our hand entirely. Bringing Antonio up shook her obviously, and mentioning the ball just confirmed her suspicions.

I'm going with >>30114358 and >>30114398
Abort mission. There's no way we can salvage this.

Get to eating, why the hell are we getting involved in this?

>>30114512
What mission? The mission to find out if Antonio was talking shit or not?
Because NOBODY BUT YOU wanted to go into her room, break open a fucking safe, and steal a special pokeball.
Because that is a retarded plan. We should just blackmail her into not being shit to pokemon.

>>30114512
Not really. We know that she knows Antonio, and that likely the ball's on board.

Antonio knows where her cabin is. We have options.

>Release Antonio, tail him, stop the robbery, pocket a reward/accolades

>Release Antonio, steal the ball for ourselves

>Agree to get the ball for Antonio, then steal it ourselves.

>>30114542
muh sidequests
I don't much care about any of it.

>>30114559
This guy gets it.

>>30114564
We just blew Antonio's plan. We let her know he's still on board AND THAT HE WAS AFTER THE BALL. Trying to go through with a theft now is retarded.

>>30114559
Blackmailing her about her rendezvous is much more interesting. ++ to that.

>>30114606
and I meant Antonio trying to go through with it as well, so the only viable plan was setting him up to get caught.

>>30114587
Not really. He doesn't seem to be capable of differentiating "let's try and leave more options open for later by being subtle" from "we're totally stealing that pokeball, guys".

If what he does counts as "getting it", I'm comfortable in my ignorance.

>>30114635
>let's try and leave more options open for later
Name one option that isn't 'steal the Master Ball', please.
Just one.

>>30114606
We can assume Antonio's old hat at this otherwise he wouldn't be choosing such well-connected targets (before you bitch about metagaming, they're rich which implies connections, which are further assumed because Masterball as neither one of them are in lab coats and this is a Pokemon game). So even if he were to go in and try to steal it, and maybe get caught, we could always back him up.

Or kick his ass. Either/or.

>>30114656
Blackmail. Sending Antonio up to steal it. Sending Antonio up to steal it, but selling him out. Destroying it. Taking it and using it to catch her Skitty, then leaving it with her. Just to fuck with her a little. Some combination of the above.

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You decide to drop it for now. You have the nagging feeling that maybe you're just acting out the whims of whatever seed Antonio planted. You figure doing anything more right now would be suspicious anyway. You have free food, a captain that owes you and your friends, and no motivation to screw that up.

You stuff your face in as lady-like a manner as you can before an idea hits you. "Captain, do you mind if I ask a favor?"

He cocks his eyebrow. "Of course not."

"Well, I don't want to put you in an awkward spot, but would you have a spare room? Robin, Vance, and I are sharing one right now, and I'm worried it will be a little cramped."

Captain Taylor laughs. "Well certainly. That's the least I could do. I can even promise it won't have bars." Vance, Robin, and Eddie chuckle at the unexpected joke. "There are two V.I.P. rooms available. The four of you are more than welcome to them."

That was easy. You enjoy the rest of your meal before things start to wind down. Well, you enjoy as much of it as you can. You can't identify most of it.

It's getting pretty late.

>Turn in to your new cabin with Robin
>Stay up a bit, maybe you can fight a late battle on the deck
>See if you can squeeze in some training on the deck
>Something else.

>>30114706
So blackmail.

>>30114746
>turn it
It's been a long day, for Kat and her team.

>>30114746
Deck training, but do it in an area that stands outside the jail. Antonio is going to try to break out tonight, I'm sure of it. He wouldn't have attempted to recruit us otherwise. Once he's out, "Oopsie" and he goes overboard again.

>>30114746
>Turn in to your new cabin with Robin
But lay off the shenanigans, Jessi might show up.

>>30114746
>Turn in to your new cabin with Robin
Woowoowooowowowow
time for lewd right

>>30114746
in addition to anything else, if our mons never got a trip to the healy-dealy, we should get on that.

>>30114749
Do you live in your own little world?
>>30114794
Not our problem, and no longer something I care to get us involved with.

>>30114746
Is this like a cruise ship? Like a paddleboat or something? Would there be a pool, or a hot tub? If not, maybe get a porter to bring up our bags and retire to our rooms.

Should we warn the captain privately about Antonio's plan? The man may specialize in the con, but that's not to say he can't pick a lock.

>>30114746
>Turn in to your new cabin with Robin

>>30114746
>Turn in to your new cabin with Robin

>>30114826
Yeah, I'd go ahead and warn him. Because it's not like stepping in one way or the other is going to get us anything. I'd also warn him that Jessi is pretty spooked about it, and that she may try to "visit" us at some point during the rest of the trip.

>>30114826
Cruise ship

Let's just get some sleep, we got a city and gym battle to get too guys.

And ok Robin in a cabin too

>>30114860
Probably smart to cover all our bases.

And honestly, not trying to rock the /u/ boat here, but we need to put in some training time with Vance. He really saved our asses today, and he deserves to be more than a second-stringer.

Heh. Fish pun.

>>30114905
Just as long as heterofags dont try to make something outta nothing.
Vance is a cool guy after all

>>30114746
>Turn in to your new cabin with Robin

do we still have that lingerie? maybe its time to bust that out again, see if we get a better ration this time

>>30114927
Now, TO BE FAIR, Kat's hinted to be bi, and Vance could be ab option. GRANTED, something catastrophic would have to happen with Robin first, and the meathead would have to play all the right cards. "Vance! She broke my heart!" "There, there. I'm here for ya, my little Delikatty." Would be the right cards, by the way.

>>30114943
nono, flop on bed fully dressed.
wait for Robin to ask about clothes
THEN make with the lingerie.

>>30114975
Mmmm.... slow-play.

>>30114927
heterofags.

I can't believe that is a thing that you said.

I'd prefer there were no sexuality in this quest, but...wow. Thats...yeesh.

>>30114965
>ab option
hee
>>30114975
>"Kat, aren't you going to take your dress off?"
>"My my, how eager."
>"Uh buh I didn't-"
>"Heh. I'm too tired, you take if off me."
>"Eeeeee."

>>30114987
You do realize that "fag" isn't about being gay anymore, right? And that when the term no longer implies anything about sexual orientation, the term "heterofag" is just as reasonable as "questfag", or "newfag", or "oldfag"?

>>30114987
Eh, I think an orphan like Kat would crave some kind of intimacy, sexual or otherwise. For her to completely ignore human companionship doesn't make sense, even if she's got hordes of Pokemon. You can only really emotionally connect with somebody of your own species, at least in a give-and-take sort of way.

As for "heterofags," you know -fag has become internet shorthand for "I don't agree with this mindset." There was a lot of shit earlier on about people pushing for Kat x Vance, and it really became a dividing line that people just can't let go of.

I don't know, the whole thing's silly to me. I'm in it for the battles and cute girls doing cute things.

>>30115035
I'm in it for battles and cute girls doing cute things, too. I just prefer it when they're doing it with each other.

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Votes counted. I have to head off. We'll be at it again tomorrow. Hopefully starting earlier in the day by a few hours if it can be helped.

I know not a lot actually happened today. I hope everyone still had a good time. As always, don't be shy with criticisms, tips, requests or more. I'll make a new thread tomorrow, but try to answer anything posted here.

Thanks to everyone who participated. You make my day!

>>30115017
I am aware, but the idea that someone treated the idea of heterosexual relationship in this quest with such...derision...

Its kinda sad. In the semi-desperate sort of way. It gives off the impression of someone trying really hard to shove their sexual fetish into something. As someone who doesn't think sex and pokemon go together, the idea is kinda bothering.

>>30115069
Feel free to tell us to shut up when we're being stupid.

>>30115060
Giggity.

Kat used Lick!

It's super-effective!

Robin flinched!

Kat used Whirlwind!

Robin used Struggle!

Kat used Bind!

Robin couldn't move because of the binding!

Kat used Pound!

It's super-effective!

Robin fainted!

>>30115077
You're overthinking it. It's not the idea of heterosexuality being opposed, it's the people who push so hard for it STILL despite where the character is headed at the moment that are being opposed.

>>30114965
no fuck you
>>30115069
athank you gobble i enjoy your quest a lot

>>30115069
No. No, Gobble. YOU da bes', shawty.

>>30115069
Plenty happened, don't worry. Battles all the time would be monotonous, threads like this are nice to break it up.

>>30115115
Well I would have agreed with you that I was overthinking it, then >>30115122 posted and now I'm pretty sure I had exactly the right idea the first time...

>>30115122
But I'm neither Vance nor Robin.

>>30115147
Don't let a couple random fucksticks ruin things for you. I would say you're over-thinking it, and that later on if she breaks it off with Robin (first loves never last anyway), then she might end up going for a guy. It's just that currently, she's trying to eat Robin. Get it? Kat? Robin? Eh, you got it.

>>30115147
dont let me influence your judgement on everyone
im feeling a little drunk tonight

>>30115182
What's on tap?

>>30115165
I guess. I think I'll just continue hoping that it turns out to develop more as a "big sister/Big brother/little sister" style familial relationship rather than the thing everyone seems to be so up in arms about.

I think that would be the most touching, personally. Robin, Estranged from her dad, Kat, with no real parents to begin with, and Vance, in self-imposed "exile" finding familial comfort in each others company and reliance, without the need for excessive sexual intimacy.

>>30115115
>You're overthinking it. It's not the idea of heterosexuality being opposed, it's the people who push so hard for it STILL despite where the character is headed at the moment that are being opposed.
But... what? She's heavily hinted at being bi and whenever Kat being bisexual (let alone hetero) is mentioned the /u/boaters begin screaming and hissing.

>>30115195
something embarrassingly light since it's my first time drinknig

>>30115213
Eesh. I'd rather drink something stronger that tasted good myself, but that's just me. What do you like, bitter things? Sweet things?

>>30115247
it was bitter but im going to sleep now so goodnight sleep well anon

>>30115261
A'ight, later.

Next time try getting some Kraken. It's good stuff.