>>898861
[Yosh! Pokemon time is go!]

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>>898861
IT'S HERE!

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>>898861
This calls for a celebration

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“Well I have to say, I am impressed, Jonbuddai. Very few people are able to get their first badge at my gym. I, Kalty Una, the Electric Storm, chief engineer of our islands tidal electric project, and native citizen, congratulate you.” He really emphasises the titles. He offers you an arm up.

“Now, I know we didn’t get a chance to see it in action, but Volt Switch is a great move, Jonbuddai. It lets your pokemon attack and go back to their pokeball right after. Great for switching in a battle. Use it wisely though, since your pokemon will have to switch whether they want to or not.”

The technician asks Kalty something technical about the water cannon as he tweaks something on it from a ladder.

You quickly consult your pokedex while that’s going on. From a quick check, it doesn’t look like any of your pokemon can learn Volt Switch.


>Accept it and thank him
>Ask if you can get a different TM
>If so few people win here, why doesn’t he make it easier?
>Correct him about your name
>Something else

>>898947
>>Accept it and thank him

>>898947
>Accept it and thank him

>>898947
>Accept it and thank him
>>Correct him about your name
"My friends call me Herb."

>>898947
>>898959
This

>>898947
>>Accept it and thank him
>Correct him about your name

>>898947
>Accept it and thank him
>Correct him about your name

>>898947
>Accept it and thank him

>>898947
>Accept it and thank him
No need to be a prat; getting TMs your team can't use is practically a tradition anyways.

>>898947
>Accept it and thank him
>Correct him about your name

>>898947
>Accept it and thank him
>Give him a heads up that the Professor is on a war path for him

>>898947
>our islands tidal
*island's or islands', depending on if it's just this island or multiple.

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>>899026

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You hold the TM. “Thanks. I really appreciate it.”

“Don’t worry about it.” He tells you. “You earned it, Jonbuddai.”

You raise a finger. “Umm, actually, my friends call me Herb.”

“That’s great, Jonbuddai.” He steps in around you and cups his hands. “Hana, you’re up next! Head on over to the challenger area.”

You feel completely dismissed.

Hana springs up from her spot in the bleachers. She gets confused on her way on how to get from there to where you were standing, since there’s a wheelchair ramp that makes a winding path. It’s not too complicated, but she’s feeling the pressure of having all eyes on her.

“No! Go around- Yeah. No not down there, you’ve got to turn to- No! The other way! Not- Yeah! There.”

She finally arrives at the right spot. The gym leader looks down at you. “I wouldn’t recommend watching from here, unless you want that hair to get even spikier.”

Oh right! You quickly get up and head to the bleachers. You need to pass by Hana to get there.


>Just wish her luck
>Give her advice about the water cannon
>Tell her to keep abilities like Volt Absorb in mind. His pokemon seem to have a lot of those
>Suggest she maybe do more training first. You got lucky
>Something else

>>899149
>>Just wish her luck

>>899149
>>Just wish her luck

>>899149
[What pokemon does Hana currently have on hand?]

>>899149
>Just wish her luck
She's a big girl, she'll be able to handle herself.

>>899149
>Just wish her luck

>>899149
>Just wish her luck
I hope Herb cheers for her like Hana did for us, that was pretty awesome.

>>899149
>Just wish her luck

>>899149
>>Just wish her luck

>>899149
>>Just wish her luck

>>899149
>Just wish her luck
So I've been thinking, and while we've been talking about cool bugs, what would people think of a Miltank for Herb? MooMoo milk would be a pretty nice ingredient to have on hand, after all.
>>899157
Togepi and Tirrouga.

>>899149
>Just wish her luck

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>>899149
>Just wish her luck

>>899204
I've always thought that Miltank was a really goofy Pokemon. Plus Munchlax has got the Normal type covered. I like where your head is at tho

>>899149
>Just wish her luck

>>899149
>Just wish her luck

She was watching the fight the whole time, so I feel most of the others could come across as a bit insulting. We should just trust in her.

>>899204
We already have Gobble for Normal types; though I do like the idea in general. Its why I liked the idea of a Tropius and also wouldn't mind something like a Honey Gather Cutiefly (among other reasons).

>>899225
>>899245
Hm... well, Skiddo/Gogoat can learn milk drink too, plus we don't have a transport mon. I like the honey gather idea too, though combee/tediursa can have it too. I'd like to see John have a Haojin Exeggcutor with Harvest for berry duplication too. Can't think of any other food mon right now. Maybe Crabrawler/Crabominable. They regrow their arms.

>>899245
I wish gobble was another type so we could get a chansey....

Chansey is one of my favorites

>>899273
You keep listing Pokemon we already have type coverage from, also no arm ripping.

>>899273
Oh god, cutting off a Pokemons arm for it to grow back later!! Oh god!

I do like the idea of a skiddo, it could be a fun grass pokemon. Shame that Bella sorta fills that roll already.

I could really get behind a female combee or an exeggcute. Exeggcute is a classic, and the Alola Exeggutor is Grass/Dragon, which might be an interesting type to have.

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>>899273
>we're stranded on a island alone
>befriend a Crabrawler by giving it a raw fish poisonous to humans
>it rips it's own arm off
>we both get dinner

>>899295
I'm... pretty sure it's more of a molting thing...
>>899296
I'd really rather have Kantonese Exeggcutor. I want Harvest! Plus I have a fondness for those derpy faces.

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“Good luck.” You put a hand on her shoulder. Her eyes go from the floor to yours.

“Thanks.” She smiles. She gently grabs the hand you’re resting on her shoulder and holds in between the both of you.

For some reason her smile becomes solid and she’s freezing up.

“Are you okay?”

“YES!” She shouts. She coughs and looks away. “Yes. Thanks.”

You go and sit down to watch. You take your pokemon out so they can watch too. Gobble is awake again, but not moving much. You pat him on the head.

While that’s happening, you can hear Hana and the gym leader yelling back and forth to each other. He’s agreeing to two pokemon each.

Hana throws out her two pokemon, Tirtouga and Togepi. The drained arena still has a little wetness to it, but nothing major. Both pokemon look back to her. She gives an awkward thumbs up that morphs into an even more awkward wave.

He throws out a Graveler and Jolteon. You quickly consult your pokedex on them. Jolteon you know about, since sometimes people comment on your hair and make a comparison. Graveler you thought you knew about, but it doesn’t look like how you remember. Are they electric here?


>Cheer as loud as you can and encourage your pokemon to do the same
>Stay quiet and watch. Try to learn something and not be a distraction
>Chat up the mom and her kid beside you
>Something else

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>>899297
>it rips it's own arm off

>>899319
>>Chat up the mom and her kid beside you

>>899319
>>Cheer as loud as you can and encourage your pokemon to do the same

Take our energy Hana

>>899319
>Cheer as loud as you can and encourage your pokemon to do the same

>>899319
>Chat up the mom and her kid beside you
No need to distract Hana. We can still cheer when she gets knockouts though.

>>899319
>>Cheer as loud as you can and encourage your pokemon to do the same

>>899319
>>Chat up the mom and her kid beside you
MILF route go!

>>899319
>Cheer as loud as you can and encourage your pokemon to do the same

>>899319
>Cheer as loud as you can and encourage your pokemon to do the same
Damn I really want to know what is up with the kid and mom, but friends first.

>>899319
>>Cheer as loud as you can and encourage your pokemon to do the same

>>899319
>Cheer as loud as you can and encourage your pokemon to do the same

>>899319
>Cheer as loud as you can and encourage your pokemon to do the same

>>899319
>Chat up the mom and her kid beside you
Hellooo!

>>899319
>>Cheer as loud as you can and encourage your pokemon to do the same
Swear vociferously

>>899319
>Chat up the mom and her kid beside you
If we don't, we'll regret it

>>899319
>>Chat up the mom and her kid beside you
What a nice young man.

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>>899319
>>Chat up the mom and her kid beside you

>>899319
>Stay quiet and watch. Try to learn something and not be a distraction

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Tirtouga uses Aqua Jet and hits Graveler dead on, but takes a Thundershock to the back from Jolteon! Togepi uses Yawn on it.

“Tirtouga!” Hana shouts.

Graveler uses Rock Polish.
“Go Hana!” You leap up and shout. “You can do it! Go Tirtouga and Togepi, too!”

Bella gets up and starts cheering too, in her out way. She mostly jumps and makes cute noises. She gets really excited and uses Water Sport, making producing a fine, sparkly explosion of water in the air.

Mace, who was also cheering in his more restrained way, grumbles at her and hops under the bleachers for cover. He gets over it quickly and makes some enthusiastic kick and tackling motions as he watches, though.

Jolteon has fallen asleep and both Togepi and Tirtouga are ganging up on Graveler. It hits Togepi with Rock Throw, but takes a Water Gun from Tirtouga. When it turns around to face the turtle pokemon, Togepi sneaks in with a Sweet Kiss.

Hana is doing great!

You look to the woman and her child. “So, come here often?”

Her eyebrow raises and she looks down at you smugly. “Smooth, kid?”

“Smooth what?” You’re confused.

She laughs. “I come here too often.” She laments. “Somebody doesn’t remember his lunch.” She holds out a basket and looks over to the gym leader. “Or much of anything else, outside of work.”

Her kid leans over to pet Gobble. He’s a little rough, though, and it’s annoying Gobble.


>Keep cheering! Hana needs your support!
>Tell the kid to stop
>Ask her to tell her kid to stop
>Ask her about the gym leader
>Something else

>>899495
>>Keep cheering! Hana needs your support!

>>899495
>>Ask her to tell her kid to stop
>Ask her about the gym leader

>>899495
>>Ask her about the gym leader
>>Something else
Ask the kid to pet more gently

>>899495
>Ask her about the gym leader
Also >>899508
Have the kid pet more gently.

>>899495
>Show the kid on how to pet Gobble gentler.
>Ask her about the gym leader

>>899495
>Ask her about the gym leader

>>899495
Tell the kid to chill a bit. Pet lighter. Or tell him how gobble likes to be pet.

>Ask her about the gym leader

>>899495
>Ask her about the gym leader

Maybe tell the kid that he's annoying Mace.

Their's enough implication there to be going on with.

>>899495
This >>899515

I just finished Pokemon Moon thus morning, and I'm really glad to see you running again, Gobble. How have you been, besides busy?

>>899508
>>899515
>>899495
These

>>899495
>in her out way

Maybe Herb can spew out a few other lines that sound like pick up lines.

Maybe: Does he remember you?

Or.. If he doesn't eat at home you'd love to.

Or something about a home cooked meal...

>>899495
>>899508
This

>>899495
>making producing a fine

>>899273
But Bella covers all of that shit and more

It would be really repetitive

Crabominable is fucking useless and looks like shit

I would be fine with a crabrawler

I would also be fine with a stuffle

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>>899549

I love the relationship of an innocent guy like Herd being controlled by sick fucks like us, trying to act in character for an innocent guy like Herb.

>>899495
>Keep cheering! Hana needs your support!
>Show kid how to pet Gobble gently

>>899694
One of the more challenging role-play I'd imagine for us.

>>899694
It adds to his whole awkwardness such as when we give fashion tips thinking we're being helpful when most of the girls dont see it that way

>>899694
Not everyone here is a degenrat


But it is a challenge of sorts

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[Sorry about delay. Update incoming]

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“You’re married to the gym leader?”

“In theory.” She sighs. She catches herself. “It’s always the power station or this gym. Who needs a gimmick like this to battle children?” She waves the lunchbox at the water cannon and arena in general. “Oh, I’m sorry.” She offers you an apologetic smile.

“It’s okay.”

“You’re a sweet teenager, for a mainlander. Respecting your elders like that.”

“You don’t look like an elder.”

She laughs and leans in closer. “Oh, you’re good. This is the kind of attention a doting wife should be getting.”

You laugh too, but nervously.

Gobble’s annoyed sound draws your attention. Her little girl is really bothering him.

“Oh hey. Gobble doesn’t like that.” You shift over. “Here, do it like this.” You rub his belly.

Gobble enjoys it despite himself and throws his arms and legs wide to give you more access. The little girl pets him that way and he tolerates it.

“Dear, don’t bother other people’s pokemon.” The mother says while not really watching. “Play with Pichu.”

She starts petting Pichu the same way you showed her to pet Gobble. But Pichu really seems to hate it.

There’s a bright flash. The battle is still raging. Graveler is soaked and asleep now and Hana’s pokemon are ganging on up Jolteon. It looks like things are really coming down to the wire. Oh wow! Tirtouga just barely avoided an attack and Graveler ended up being shocked instead!

Hana looks around to see if everyone saw that.


>YEAH! GO HANA!
>Ignore the match. Tell the kid that she’s bugging her Pichu
>Point it out to Mace. That sort of move is what you should work on.
>Something else

>>899796
>>YEAH! GO HANA!

>>899796
>YEAH! GO HANA!
Hana a cute.

>>899796
>>YEAH! GO HANA!

>>899796
>>YEAH! GO HANA!

>>899796
>YEAH! GO HANA!
>Point it out to Mace. That sort of move is what we should work on

>>899796
>>YEAH! GO HANA!

>>899796
>YEAH! GO HANA!
I think the mom's got a handle on her kid.

>>899796
>YEAH! GO HANA!

>>899796
>>YEAH! GO HANA!

>>899796
>>YEAH! GO HANA!

>>899796
>YEAH! GO HANA!
I can totally see Herb standing and jumping up and down saying this. Haha

>>899796
>YEAH! GO HANA!

Get lost in the excitement. Hana is doing great.

>>899796
>YEAH! GO HANA!

>>899796
>YEAH! GO HANA!
>Point it out to Mace. That sort of move is what you should work on.

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>>899796
>>YEAH! GO HANA!

>>899796
If Herb never managed to accidentally seduce someone I will be very surprised.

>>899934
He may already be well on his way with at least Hana.

>>899963
Lake and Val were considering it too. Keira's a pretty free spirit. All that's left is Jane and Polu.

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“GO HANA!” You leap up! She’s facing a really tough battle but she’s really doing well.

She lights up when she looks at you. “Fucking right!” She shouts, then covers her mouth. She sounds like a completely different person when she swears. She goes back to directing her pokemon.

There’s a flash and zap off to your side. You see Pichi running off and hopping out the high window, and the little girl holding her hand.

“Tatia!” The mother yells and examines her child’s hand. To your relief, it looks perfectly fine. In her mom’s eyes though, you get the feeling that it looks like her hand got blown off.

“Pichu!” the little girl little girl starts crying.

Despite the commotion and battle, it immediately gets Kalty’s attention. He turns serious. “Jolteon, helping hand. Graveler, Self-Destruct.” He starts walking away from the arena and towards you without even watching the results. Togepi and Tirtouga are immediately and without question knocked out. Jolteon is just healed from the electrical blast, probably thanks to Volt Absorb.

Hana’s high spirits drop. She stands there, completely stunned.

“What happened?” He demands as he closes the distance to you.

“I don’t know! Pichu just zapped her and ran away!”

“I...” you look down, “I think she pet Pichu wrong. See, I was showing her how to pet Gobble, because he likes it on his belly, but-”

“You were supposed to be watching her!” He says as calmly as he can manage, not wanting to scare his kid.

“Oh, so now you care about who's watching your child?” She also does her best not to say it too loudly, but it doesn’t help.

“Look, it doesn’t matter. We need to find Pichu before that storm hits.”

The window that Pichu jumped out of flaps in the window. You can see heavy clouds outside, but no rain yet.


>What about Hana? That wasn’t fair.
>You’ll help look.
>Slide away and go console Hana
>Something else

>>899989
Keira will come around in time.

>>900004
>>You’ll help look.
>But Hana deserves a rematch given what happened, fair?

>>900004
>You'll help look.
But

>What about Hana? That wasn’t fair.

>>900004
>>What about Hana? That wasn’t fair.
>>You’ll help look.

>>900018
Do gyms not offer rematches anyways?

>>900004
>>You’ll help look.
Wow, gym leader got fucking serious

>>900004
>Slide away and go console Hana
If we finish with that then we might offer to find the missing pokemon

>>900004
>You’ll help look.
>But Hana deserves a rematch given what happened, fair?

>>900004
>>What about Hana? That wasn’t fair.
>>You’ll help look.

>>900004
>Slide away and go console Hana
No need to get into that hornet's nest

>Offer to help look

>>900004
>Slide away and go console Hana
That was brutal. Hana didn't deserve that. If he had other things to do than test her he should have just called the match.

>>900004
>>What about Hana? That wasn’t fair.
>>You’ll help look.

>>900004
>>Slide away and go console Hana
His kid got hurt and there's a baby poke out in what's about to be a massive storm. I suspect he gives zero fucks about 'fair' right now.

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>>900004
>Slide away and go console Hana
>You'll help look
Poor Hana she was doing her best...

>>900004
>>Slide away and go console Hana

>>900004
>you'll help look
>what about Hana? That wasn't fair

Wow

Gym leader went from chill to BRUTAL in literally a fucking second

>>900066
When your kid is in danger man....

Shit gets serious

>>900004
>Slide away and go console Hana
>You’ll help look.

Want to argue too, but I doubt he cares about what's fair or not right now until the problem is solved. After that we should him an earful though; I feel like doing that to somebody just starting out is way out of line for a gym leader.

>>900042
Yeah, that was pretty shitty of him. Being worried about your kid and needing to do something else is fine, but there were much better ways to handle that than "lol your pokemon faint."

It came across as him taking his anger out on a challenger.

>>900071
Yes but nuking a challengers team out of nowhere and showing that you were just playing around with them is kind of unnecessary when all you could have done is just cancel the match for now

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[Okay, looks like Herb is going to help search, but it seems split on whether Herb is going to stand up for Hana to the gym leader, or not get involved right now and instead just console her. This is not a quote-only vote due to IDs, but it is 5 minutes]

>stand up
>console

>>900117
>>stand up

>>900117
>console

>>900117
>console
We can stand up when there isn't a young Pokemon lost in a storm

>>900117
Console now, confront tomorrow/when Pichu is found.

console
Hana comes first

>>900117
>console

>>900117
>>console
>>900131
I agree with this.

>>900117
>console

>>900117
>stand up

>>900117
>>console

>>900117
Console for now, because Hana needs a friend right now and Pichu needs to be rescued. Stand up for her once things are safer.

>>900117
>console

stand up later when the dude isn't pissed.

>>900117
>console

>>900117
>stand up

Obligatory "I'm not a samefag I just got here late" post.

Also Helping Hand + electrified Self-Destruct is a disgusting combo; I'm always impressed with the crazy strategies Gobble comes up with for the NPCs.

Is there a commission we can report this guy to or?

>STAB Helping Hand Galvanize Self-destruct

Damn, that's 585 base power. It was super effective on tirtouga as well. We should probably be checking for permanent injuries ar this point.

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You slide away from the bickering couple. You’re not really comfortable with confrontation like this. You want to help search for Pichu, but you think it’s best to check on Hana first.

Hana is still standing there, looking blankly at the arena. Everything was going so well, and he just ended it without effort. All the gains she was making were just what he was allowing.

Graveler is laying out on the field. He’s not in pain, but he looks very pooped.

Jolteon, who was checking on Tirtouga, briskly walks over to Togepi. Both pokemon are fine, going by what the gym leader taught you to look out for, but completely unable to battle.

Hana starts walking over to her pokemon, but hasn’t said anything.


>Tell her you thought she was doing great.
>Say it’s your fault. You put the Pichu thing in motion
>You’re sure she’ll win next time
>Give her a hug
>Tell her that the gym leader is a jerk
>Double check Tirtouga, just in case
>Something else

I'm just glad that our Gobble wasn't the one that hurt the girl, can you imagine the shitfest that would've caused

>>900234
>>Say it’s your fault. You put the Pichu thing in motion

>>900234
>Say it’s your fault. You put the Pichu thing in motion

Never lucky

>>900234
>>Tell her you thought she was doing great.
But I guess these gym leaders really are on another level. Still that was a bit of a jerk thing to do.

>>900203
I think it was galvanized, actually. Makes it an even faster, more powerful combo. Volt absorb makes all the crueler.

I think the anger doesn't just come from his disrespecting Hana by walking away during the match without a word. That clearly isn't a first-gym level tactic. If he thought that were appropriate, he would have used it at the start of the match. As it stands, it doesn't really measure the trainer's skill or power. We'll give him a chance to apologize, and if he hasn't once things are safe, we'll let him know as much. Give him a telling-off for what almost happened to Mace, too.

>>900234
>Tell her you thought she was doing great.
>Say it’s your fault. You put the Pichu thing in motion

>>900234
>Give her a hug
>Tell her you though she was doing great
>Double check Tirtouga, just in case

>>900234
>Give her a hug
>Tell her you thought she was doing great.

Personally I think the saying it's Herb's fault is sorta demeaning to the good battle Hana just had. She should be proud, she was doing well.

>>900234
>Tell her you thought she was doing great.
>Give her a hug
Oh Hana...

>>900234
>>Tell her you thought she was doing great.
>>Give her a hug

>>900224
Galvanize boosts the move by another 20%

>>900234
Adding to >>900246
Against Hugs

>>900234
>You’re sure she’ll win next time

>"It was an emergency, just talk to him later and I'm sure he'll make it right."

>>900234
>Tell her you thought she was doing great.
"Tirtouga was pretty spry for being dead so recently!"

>>900234
>give her a hug
>double check Tirtouga, just in case
Even if you are just testing them, it's kind of dickish to not take your opponent seriously like that. I bet being crushed right out wouldn't be as bad as thinking you were doing well only to find out that they obviously weren't even trying.

Also, we really should check on Tirtouga just to be safe; an inattentive selfdestruct with all the bonuses you can think of might have been dangerous to a low-level mon.

>>900234
>Tell her you thought she was doing great.
>Give her a hug
>Tell her that the gym leader is a jerk

>>900234
>Say it’s your fault. You put the Pichu thing in motion

>>900234
>Say it’s your fault. You put the Pichu thing in motion

Hana checks on her Tirtouga, apologizes to it, then puts it back in it’s ball. She does the same for Togepi, then mumbles an apology to you too.

“You don’t have anything to be sorry for. Especially not to me. I thought you were doing great.”

“No I wasn’t.” She looks down. “And I am sorry. We trained together and I let down my pokemon and you. I was just wasting everyone’s time.”

“It’s my fault. I set everything in motion with Pichu.” You explain about the belly rubs.

“That’s not your fault.” She tells you. “I would have lost anyway. I just don’t have wh-”

You can’t stand hearing her say that. You cut her off with a hug.

Hana freezes for a moment, then relaxes, then hugs you back.

“It’s okay.”

You both hold each other for what feels like a really short, but really long time.

You hear a phone ring and look back to the gym leader. He flips it open. “Now? I thought we had preparations for...no. I understand. I’ll be right down.” He hangs up. “I have to go. The station is having problems and with the storm coming they need me.”

“But what about Pichu?” She asks.

You step forward. “I’ll look for Pichu.”

Hana steps forward. “Me too.”

He looks the two of you over. You see his stressed face soften when he sees Hana’s watery eyes. “Are you sure?”

You nod.

He hesitates, but agrees. “Okay. But if things get bad you two come back and get to shelter. Now look, Pichu’s tend to gravitate to shelter when they’re scared. But, they also like to be away from people and other pokemon. They also like to be near electricity in general.” He breaks down a list of a few locations Pichu might be at.


>Great! Go looking.
>Wait, you should heal your Pokemon first. What if there’s trouble?
>Hana should go find the others, you’ll start looking
>Tell him that he owes you if you find Pichu
>Say you’re sorry for causing this mess
>Something else

>>900435
>>Hana should go find the others, you’ll start looking
More eyes

>>900435
>Great! Go looking.

>>900435
>>Hana should go find the others, you’ll start looking

>>900435
>>Great! Go looking.

>>900435
>Wait, you should heal your Pokemon first. What if there’s trouble?

If he doesn't apologize at all when things have settled, I say we turn in our badge. If that tactic was used on us, we would have been creamed. It's not right to keep it if he was holding back with us where he wouldn't with someone else.

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>>900435
>>Wait, you should heal your Pokemon first. What if there’s trouble?
he could give us a revive at the least for Hana's pokemon

>>900435
>Hana should go find the others, you’ll start looking
Let's form a search party.

>>900435
>Hana should go find the others, you’ll start looking

>>900435
>Wait, you should heal your pokemon first. What if there's trouble?
>Hana should go find the others, you'll start looking

>>900435
>>Great! Go looking.

I feel we shouldn't send Hana off so we can make sure she's alright and doesn't lose her fighting spirit

>>900435
>Wait, you should heal your Pokemon first. What if there’s trouble?
>Say you’re sorry for causing this mess
Ask if there're any isolated substations nearby.

>>900435
>Hana should go find the others, you’ll start looking

>>900435
>>Wait, you should heal your Pokemon first. What if there’s trouble?

>>900435
>Great! Go looking.

Maybe do some quick healing if we have any potions on us, but if not Bella is still in decent condition (I think) should anything happen.

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>>900435
[Oops. Forgot picture]

>>900435
>Wait, both Hana and Herb should heal our Pokemon first. What if there's trouble?
>Hana should go find the others, you'll start looking

>>900450
>>900469

I agree with both of these. Stick with Hana, and tell the gym leader off if he doesn't apologize once we've found pichu.

>>900435
>Stick with Hana
>Text the others for help
>Confront the gym leader about why that was bullshit later. But definitely confront him.

>>900519
Oh, yeah, texting them is a good call. Add that to my vote, too.

>>900521
Agreed, change 2nd part of >>900502
we should keep Hana with us

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>>899532
[Sorry, forgot to answer. There's been pretty much nothing besides busy. Like holy dang. I've been keeping my plants alive though so that's good. And exciting.]

Changing >>900456
to
>>900519

Probably too late by now, but still.

>>900534
Hey, at least those plants know they can rely on you. I'm sure they're very thankful.

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Gobble come back from the dead

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“We should ask everyone else for help, and get healed up.” You try sending a text, but your Pokedex is showing no signal. You look out to the heavy clouds.

“I can get them.” Hana says. “I probably don’t even need to get too close. Just a shorter range.”

“Are you sure?”

“I won’t be long.” She says. “And I can run pretty fast.” She mumbles, not wanting to draw too much attention to the details.

“Are there any isolated substations nearby?” Your mind races for places the pokemon could be.

Kalty opens a case and hands you a technical sheet. “Yeah. Good thinking. Right along this line here. Just follow along these wires.” He hitches the case up and grabs the sheet back.. “Sorry. I need it.”

“What about healing our pokemon?”

He grimaces. He doesn’t really think it’s necessary, but doesn’t argue it. “There’s a healing machine in the back.” He motions the technician to help you out, kisses his daughter on her forehead, then begrudgingly his wife, and leaves.

Hana hands you her Pokemon and takes off, too. “I’ll follow the line and catch up when I get back.” You’re pretty surprised at how assertive she’s gotten. And wow, she runs fast!

The technician opens the back door for you and revs up the machine. The back room is a bit disorganized and dusty. You spot what looks like an emergency healing kit under some stuff in the back. The technician already left, though. You open it up and find some revives.


>Put in Gobble and Hana’s Pokemon, then leave. No time to waste
>Wait the 15 or so minutes it takes
>Use a revive and get going. Worry about it later.
>Something else

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[Sorry about the slowness today]

>>900596
>>Put in Gobble and Hana’s Pokemon, then leave. No time to waste
>>Wait the 15 or so minutes it takes
The weather's only going to get worse.

>>900600
It's cool. I'm just glad you're running.

>>900596
>Wait the 15 or so minutes it takes

>>900596
>>Put in Gobble and Hana’s Pokemon, then leave. No time to waste

>>900596
>Use a revive and get going.

>>900596
>>Put in Gobble and Hana’s Pokemon, then leave. No time to waste

>>900596
>Put in Gobble and Hana’s Pokemon, then leave. No time to waste

>>900596
>Put in Gobble and Hana’s Pokemon, then leave. No time to waste

>>900596
>then begrudgingly his wife
MILF prospect increasing.

>>900596
>>Put in Gobble and Hana’s Pokemon, then leave. No time to waste

>>900596
>Put in Gobble and Hana's Pokemon, but
>wait the 15 or so minutes it takes
This will give time for us to rally our friends

>>900596
>>Put in Gobble and Hana’s Pokemon, then leave. No time to waste
We're really running short on time. Looming storm is about to turn into bloody terrifying.

>>900617
This is >>900585
My net died and am phone posting.

>>900616
No joke, that fruit is just hanging right there

Must remember we're Herb, not Katt

>>900596
>Put in Gobble and Hana’s Pokemon, then leave. No time to waste

Or just skip healing entirely for now (not that that option will win at this point); really don't feel it will be that important. Mostly I'm just a bit concerned about leaving them alone in the machine for however long this will take.

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>>900596
>Put in gobble and Hana's pokemon, then leave. No time to waste.

>>900616
>>900625
>seriously considering NTR

>>900629
If all else fails we could ask the technician or misses to grab them fifteen minutes from now, assuming they're not going into a storm shelter or something. Or have someone lock up the machine.

What could go wrong?

>>900636
It's not NTR if he ruins his own marriage! He'll come home and find her hot and sweaty bent over the oven making cookies with her. he'll show her all his favorite cooking secrets.

His own daughter will moan biting into the delicious treats.

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You put in Gobble and Hana’s pokemon, scribble a quick note, and take off. It’s already getting really windy. As you run out, you feel a drop.

Your eyes shoot up to the wires above, and you follow. You hope Pichu’s okay. You can’t help but feel a little guilty for your involvement. And your sense of injustice is also nagging you about how he handled ending his battle with Hana because of it.

You put those feelings aside for now and check under the first substation. At least, that’s what you assume this thing is. You don’t see anything, though. You get up and run towards the next one.

The rain starts coming down.

You slow down to a fast walk as your legs get tired. In your slower pace, you notice a small cave. It only becomes visible when the wind blows the bushes really hard. You could go check it out, but you might just be wasting time, and if Hana or the others come by she’ll probably go right past you. It looks like a tight fit, too.

Then again, it seems like where you’d go hide if you were a small pokemon.

You thumb over Mace’s pokeball. You could ask him to help. He’s lived on this island his whole life, and he seemed pretty independent before you caught him.


>Go in.
>Go in, but leave Mace on the path in case hana comes by
>Send Mace in to check it out and keep going.
>Keep going. Pichu probably never ever saw it
>Something else

>>900680
>Go in, but leave Mace on the path in case hana comes by

>>900680
>Go in, but leave Mace on the path in case hana comes by

>>900680
>Go in, but leave Mace on the path in case hana comes by

>>900680
>Keep going. Pichu probably never ever saw it
>But go slow, and once people catch up send someone to check the cave out.

>>900680
>Go in, but leave Mace on the path in case hana comes by

>>900680
>Send Mace in to check it out and wait on the path in case he finds Pichu in there quickly or Hana comes by.
He can get into small spaces better than we can.

>>900680
>Roggenrola has sensitive hearing and can hear sounds that are inaudible to humans. Have Mace act as a radar and listen for Pichu's cries (and any other odd sounds)

Probably wont work tho, due to blowing wind

>>900680
Have mace check it out and stay on the path

>>900699
I second this. He might be able to tell if anything is in there from not too far in.

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[Alright. I'm going to have to leave it here. We'll pick things up earlier tomorrow. I wish I could start first thing, but like today I still have to work. I appreciate everyone being patient with my shitty schedule. I love you pervy pokemon enthusiasts.]

>>900715
THanks for running, Gobble. Fun as always!

>>900715
Thanks gobble, have a nice night

>>900715
Thanks for running

>>900715
Thanks for running, Gobble.

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>>900722
>>900727
>>900728
>>900729
[Thanks! I also appreciate everyone's patience with the pacing. A lot of the quest so far has been setting up/laying out stuff for later. I probably shouldn't have front-loaded so much.

You guys are really the best.]

>>900715
Thanks for running!

>>900737
Thanks! Wish I could have participated more instead of breaking down over finals!

So I just started playing Moon, and the first island trail guy had a mankey that scored 3 fucking crits after he proced anger point

>>900852
ouch, hope that bad luck doesn't follow you to the totem battles, those can get nasty fast if things go the wrong way.

Man, This gymleader really needs to get his act together.

>>901022
I know. He does a shitty job as an electrician (As evidenced by the pokemon lab), he does a shitty job as a husband (As evidenced by his wife), he does a shitty job as a parent (As evidenced by his kid being retarded), he does a shitty job at being a gym leader (As evidenced by him giving us a useless TM, ending his battle with Hana rudely, not knowing what the fuck a Budew was, not knowing what Worry Seed did, etc.).

And then he had kids go out into the rain to find his Pokemon. The man just sucks straight dick.

>>901101
What're the odds he's going to get bitch slapped somehow by someone calling him out?

>>901101
I agree with you somewhat, except on the TM part. Volt Switch is great and it isn't like he has a closet full of every electric type TM under the sun.

>>901101
Indeed. Hopefully our plan to tell him off after we rescue pichu gets through to him. He seems more thoughtless and self-centered than actively malicious, so having someone outside his family bring all this stuff up might get through to him.

>>901101
Yeah we should embark on the ss route with his wife, she needs to get a real man

who's a 14-17 year old boy

>>901229
This would make a nice 'what if' pastebin, where Herb 'assists' the lonely wife with her itch.

>>901241
>cuckold shit
>nice pastebin

Well, no accounting for taste, I guess.

>>901283
It isn't cucking if they get a divorce.

>>901287
I mean, I guess that's technically true in cases where the wife isn't interested in the guy - or doesn't know him - prior to the divorce.

It's just a very weird thing to want to see.

>>900852
It only gets worse from here
Fuck nanus persian

>>901315
Some people like it. I was just saying what it is. Compared to some stuff that is pretty tame.

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>>901316
Fat Persian are miracles of the universe

>>901348
I hated it at first, but it really grew on me in game and in competitive. I love that Technician + Bite and Z-Parting Shot on something fast.

>>901333
I'm aware. It's just weird.

>>901348
Fat Persian is so dumb it loops around to being hilarious. I may have to use it on my next playthrough.

>>901101
Christ man lighten up, the guy is human, all humans are imperfect. The guy seems like a new gymleader, remember the normal type lady from the last quest?

And Voltswitch is arguably the best electric move in the game.

>>901101
To be fair, we don't know how he is as a parent, we volunteered to go out in the rain, and complaining about the TM he gave us as a standard prize is a bit ridiculous.

The rest of the objections are quite valid, however.

>>901793
>>901893
Yeah. I think the most we can do is recommend he bring in some help, considering he seems kind of spread thin. We'll give him a heads up that Palm will expect an apology, and if that doesn't convince him there's not much we can say from our position that will.

>>901957
Also maybe tell him to just call time out instead of going 100% fuck over the challenger.

>>901976
I think that while that's the point we want to get across to him, just telling him how to do his job which he's so clearly proud of won't go over well.

We either need to ask him why he went easier on us, which would allow him to realize that he was too harsh on Hana, or we return our badge and prizes because we know we won because he held back, allowing him to realize he was too harsh with Hana. Hopefully he'll apologize on his own, and no drama will be necessary.

>>902011
I'm alright with that, but I feel like we should still call him out on his other shit.

like another anon said, he seems more self centered than actively malicious, so hopefully just bringing up his family issues will open his eyes to it.

>>902315
>outsider bringing up your family issues
That will do nothing but piss him off, I assure you, no matter how justified you might be.

>>902011
I really like the idea of Herb giving back his badge back, not even upset and just saying based on Hana's battle he doesn't deserve it. If he was going easy on us we didn't get it on our own merits. I think that should be enough for our point. As for his job, or family we have no place to tell him he is wrong. I would be for mentioning that his wife wants to spend more time with him and the Professor wants to talk to him about a faulty electrical job. Anything else is just assuming too much.

>>902367
This guy gets it.
Phrasing and word choice are really important. Once you set somebody against you, they'll oppose every idea you put forwards. Like how with Jane we asked what happened between her and Laki, not what her problem was with Laki.

>>902315
>>902351
This guy is right.

A person outside the family will either be ignored or get berated for telling anyone how to be a parent. Herb shouldn't step into something that's not his business.

>>902367
>If he was going easy on us we didn't get it on our own merits
Aren't Gym leaders supposed to take it somewhat easy on trainers, or at least hold back to some degree?

>>902632
[That's how I see it.]

>>902632
You would think, but he didn't seem to with Hana, who has exactly as many badges as us. If he had made a move like that against us, we would have lost fast. So either he didn't hold back against Hana where he should have, or he did hold back against us where he shouldn't have. And it's a better move to act on the assumption that he was too charitable, rather than too harsh.

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>>902632
theyd be shitty trainers if they didn't. Either they only have pokemon in the 10-20 range despite being trainers for years, or absolutely obliterate trainers that have just recently started their journey

>>902632
Didn't they cover that point in Pokemon Origins when Red fought Brock? Red said he had no badges so Brock only used his 2 weakest Pokemon out of his possible 6.

>>902668
It seemed like he gave her about the same as what he gave us until the Pichu thing happened and he decided he had other, more important. shit to deal with and ended the fight.

>>902731
Exactly. We, as the audience, can infer that he was holding back against Hana by keeping from using that particular advanced strategy that he ended the match with, and that he was supposed to hold back because she had no badges.
Now, the responsible thing to do in his situation would have been to call off the match to attend to his kid. Instead, he blew off Hana by turning his back on the match before it was officially over and didn't say a word to her about the match afterwards. He's got important business to attend to, which is why we haven't said anything to him about it yet.
I know that Hana's no glass flower, she's not traumatized, but it's still a shitty way to treat a kid starting out on their journey, especially since he's an authority figure.
So if he never apologizes, which would indicate that he did react inappropriately for his station as a gym leader, then the polite takeaway for a respectful kid would be that he didn't act inappropriately in his match with Hana.
That would indicate that he held back against us, and we would then have the opportunity to make a gesture which may make him realize that he should at least talk to Hana about the way that match ended.

(Also I'm this guy>>902668)

>>902826
God, I don't understand how ID's work.

>>902834
Wait, who are you?

>>903065
I had assumed that posting from my phone would result in a different ID from posting from my computer. I didn't want to create an illusion of being backed up by some other person, when in reality I was elaborating.

>>903077
I think It's IP based. but then again, I was posting from school on a phone and laptop and it gave me different IDs

it's all sorts of weird

>>903223
Yeah, posting from different buildings at university gives different IDs. I think it has something to do with the different internet connections, but I don't know enough about how the internet works to say for certain.

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[We'll be starting up again shortly]

>>903434
Hype!
A storm's a-brewin'!

Lets do this

>>903434
Oh, yeah! I'm ready!

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http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?tags=Pokemon%20Island%20Adventure%20Quest
https://twitter.com/GobbleQM
Character info pastebin (in progress): http://pastebin.com/iB0tb7rz

General rules:

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

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

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

Combat mechanics are up in the air, but can be summed up as a more freestyle system vaguely inspired by the Pokemon Tabletop United system, anime, manga, and games. Suggestions are welcome. We'll be trying some new things out so I appreciate your patience as we fine tune it. Stronger moves tend to take more time and have more cooldown than weaker moves, so beware of that timing. I also want to try a more varied turn system so you and your opponent can do a few things in a row more often. Speed is more important for closing ground, intercepting, and other things and doesn't necessarily mean going first. There are no "turns," just points where voting for a different strategy or move is appropriate.

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Pokemon:
Gobble (Munchlax)
Mace (Roggenrola)
Belladonna (Budew)

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>>903607
Awwwwwwwwww yis.

>>903607
Ty gobbles

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You take Mace out of his ball. You were carrying him to keep him as fresh as can be. That, and you’re not sure how much energy it takes to make him fast.

“Can you hear anything from that cave?”

He hops over and focuses hard. You can see his auditory...face thing carefully pop in and out. He seems to be trying to listen for different pitches.

The wind blows hard and nearly knocks you over. Mace is lower to the ground, though.

He faces up to you and shakes his head. Or is that more accurately called his body? Either way, it’s a negative. The wind is just too much.

Wait, he cocks his head.

“Did you hear something?”

He gives a weird motion.

“You’re not sure?”

He nods.

You take a moment to figure out what to do. “Okay!” You have to shout. “I’ll check it out. You stay here and let Hana and the others know where I went.”

Mace nods adamantly, despite his unease. He takes his assigned duty seriously and perches himself up where he’ll be visible.

You crawl into the narrow area of the cave. Sure is dark in here.

You take out your cooking lighter. You can see, but not very far.


>Spend time making a torch
>Proceed and don’t worry about it
>Take out Bella and have her use Absorb as often as she can. It gives off a faint green light
>It’s a bit awkward, but use the light of your pokedex
>Something else

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I await the glory

>>903652
>>Take out Bella and have her use Absorb as often as she can. It gives off a faint green light