>>3289801
Aww, yeah! Poke-Hype!

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“Let’s go!” You say excitedly. You’ve been wondering about this festival for awhile. And you’ll have a chance to see Valerie.

“So uh, what can we expect there?” Hana asks.

“The festival is about the cycles of the world, and growth. The first day is of the morning, the sixth night is of death, but the sunrise of the seventh morning is about renewal and hope.” Laki answers, then thinks. “Those women that took care of you didn’t really teach you much, did they?”

It’s not a critical question, but Hana looks defensive. “They offered to get a tutor and whatever books I wanted, but...”

“But you were more interested in movies and games, right?”

Hana looks down. “Sorry.”

“You didn’t do anything to me. It’s yourself you owe an apology to. Don’t worry though, I’m going to teach you everything.” Laki says, pulling her in by the small of her waist. Hana already looks distracted.

When you arrive at the beach to leave for the festival, Laki releases Wailord.

“Are you sure you know how to get there at night?” Hana asks.

Laki and Abigail almost chuckle. Abigail handles this one. “This is one of the easiest routes in the region. I managed it when I was a little girl.” Abigail offers you a hand onto Wailord. “But don’t worry, Goldentop, we won’t make you do it alone with Dice.”
>Thanks. Ocean travel is still intimidating
>Why not? You’ve got to learn to get around without help
>What’s that supposed to mean?
>Something else

>>3289935
>Thanks. Ocean travel is still intimidating

>>3289935
>Thanks. Ocean travel is still intimidating
Meeting a jab with honest gratitude, the Herb way.

>>3289935
>Thanks. Ocean travel is still intimidating

So, I’ve been thinking about experiments we can do with our aura powers, since we’ve decided we need to git gud quick.

I think the next logical step is to see what happens to someone who is “healed” (aka has aura energy put into them) when they have no injuries for that aura to act on.

I expect to give them a cool supercharged state, where they’ve got extra strength and endurance and maybe their aura becomes visible to more people.

I think transferring energy from Wailord to Laki would be a good way to test it out. They’re emotionally close, Wailord has a lot of energy, and Laki is very healthy.

I still wanna knock up Keira. Laki's only pissed because she wants to be first.

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“Thanks.” You take her hand and hop onto Wailord. The massive pokemon gives a soft, approving sound in reaction. He must recognize your footstep.”Ocean travel is still intimidating.”

Abigail reflects on her joke failing to get the desired result. Instead of being disappointed, she decides she’s satisfied with that response and smiles. “Never change, Herb.” She even gives your hair a little tussle pulling you the rest of the way up. Why does everyone do that?

As you take off into the dark ocean, everyone does their usual travel routine. Laki is doing some stretches with her pokemon, Abigail is reading, and Hana is fishing off the side. She’s joked before that she thinks it’s wiser for her to bring the ocean up to her than go down into it. Gardevoir is standing in the middle, staring up at the full moon. She tends to get distracted by bright lights sometimes.
>Fish with Hana
>Stretch and exercise with Laki and your pokemon
>Read like Abigail
>Hang with Gardevoir
>Do something specific with a pokemon
>Something else

>>3290045
>Stretch and exercise with Laki and your pokemon
>Maybe turn it into a dance
It was a joke?!

>>3290045
>Hang with Gardevoir
I'm interested in hearing thoughts after her protecting us from Fug.

>>3290045
Hang with Gardevoir
see what she thinks of the evil fug thing

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>>3290036
I was thinking that was a major factor for her too. There is a surprisingly simple solution to that. Remember, we described this to Keira as helping a friend, not starting a relationship/family. It’d be pretty shitty if she’s committed to this already and has to go with a backup that she doesn’t know well because we back out. Basically NTR territory for a lot of players.

>>3290045
>Stretch and exercise with Laki and your pokemon
We owe her some more time.

>>3290045
>Hang with Gardevoir

Garde or Laki is a touch pick here, but one did just fight a mad dead god with us, so we should check on her.

>>3290045
>Stretch and exercise with Laki and your pokemon
>Hang with Gardevoir

Do you guys think it would be a good idea to tell Laki about our m.m. sesh with Keira, since it’s relevant to current events in our relationship, or does it not matter since it happened before we were dating anyone and we shouldn’t kiss-and-tell?

Then again, Keira did volunteer the info to Laki herself right after, so we know she isn’t expecting discretion.

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You walk up to Gardevoir. She doesn’t react and keeps staring up at the moon.

You look up too, trying to see what she sees. All you notice though, are clouds, stars, and a big full moon. It’s nice, at the very least. Pretty. And since it’s a warm night you can just stand here staring for a long time. The shimmering of the stars and details of the moon become even clearer as you get away from the lights of the city and deeper into the dark void of the ocean. You stare until a cloud covers it.

You look down to see Gardevoir and she’s already staring at you.

“Gah!” You jump.

“Gah!” She jumps back as well. Then giggles away the excess energy from the fright. You realize you were laughing first, but somehow that makes it funnier.

You sigh as the last of it leaves you. Her face is so human-like. She should be the easiest pokemon in the group to read, instead of the hardest.

“You wish to know about my state of mind.” She echoes her voice into your head instead of speaking. “In regards to Horrifying Darkness.”

You nod.

“I wish to know how you feel, first.” She says.
>Can’t she read your mind?
>You feel responsible for bringing that into her life
>You feel grateful and safer having her around
>You feel woefully unprepared for dealing with this
>You feel unfairly burdened by this challenge
>You feel like everything's going to work out, even if it might get scary
>You’d rather not talk about it
>Something else

>>3290220
>You feel responsible for bringing that into her life
>You feel grateful and safer having her around
>You feel like everything's going to work out, even if it might get scary
I want her to know that though this is our fault, we're not going to shift the blame, and will help her get through this.

>>3290220
>>You feel responsible for bringing that into her life
>>You feel grateful and safer having her around
>>You feel like everything's going to work out, even if it might get scary
I agree with anon on these three choices.

>>3290220
>You feel responsible for bringing that into her life
>You feel grateful and safer having her around
>You feel woefully unprepared for dealing with this
>You feel unfairly burdened by this challenge

It’s a lot of emotions!

>>3290245
This.

>>3290220
>You feel responsible for bringing that into her life
>You feel grateful and safer having her around
These at the very least.

See, I think that feeling like it will all work out isn’t quite right. I think hoping that it will all work out is better.

Also
>staring at the moon
She’s a fairy alright.

We should investigate her mysterious past with the time flower sometime.

>>3290220
>You feel responsible for bringing that into her life
>You feel grateful and safer having her around
>You feel woefully unprepared for dealing with this

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“I feel responsible for bringing this into your life. And everyone else's. But I really appreciate how you fished my bacon out of that fire. Sorry you had to get involved.”

“Did you intend to arrange these events?”

“Well, no.”

“Did you have experience and foreknowledge

“People often wish to believe we have more power and agency than we do. The events that lead to this are not your fault.”

You feel a surprising sense of relief to hear her say that. Mostly because you know she really believes that. “Thanks. You know. As scary as this is, I think it’s all going to work out. I...we’ll figure out. It’s not fair, but that’s life, right?” You smile. You think about that one song dad used to sing that was sad at first but had a happy ending.

She says nothing.

“What about you? How do you feel about this?”

“Fear of that the darkness will block out the sun.” She says without missing a beat.
>Not as long as you’re around
>The morning always comes again, however dark the night
>Give her a hug. It’s okay to be scared
>Ask if she has any advice on what’s going on with Keira
>Something else

>>3290373
I think your sentence got cut off, gobs.

>>3290373
>The morning always comes again, however dark the night
>Give her a hug. It’s okay to be scared
>Ask if she has any advice on what’s going on with Keira

>>3290373
>The morning always comes again, however dark the night
>Give her a hug. It’s okay to be scared
>Ask if she has any advice on what’s going on with Keira
If nothing else, she probably has a better sense of how Keira would deal with it than we do.

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>>3290373
>[“Did you have experience and foreknowledge that would have prevented it?"

"Well, no"]

>>3290373
>>The morning always comes again, however dark the night
>>Give her a hug. It’s okay to be scared
>>Ask if she has any advice on what’s going on with Keira

>>3290373
>The morning always comes again, however dark the night
>Give her a hug. It’s okay to be scared
How's life going, Gobble?

>>3290373
>Give her a hug. It’s okay to be scared

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>>3290387
[Long, rough week, but I'm doing alright. How are you?]

>>3290417
I built a computer for the first time. It’s been video games this week, but soon I think I’ll start using it for productive purposes.

>>3290417
I bought some manga in Japanese for reading practice Yagate Kimi ni Naru, since I'm a shameless yurifag. I'm also thinking about writing up a fantasy story, since I've been told repeatedly by different people that they enjoy my writing. I wouldn't consider myself a good writer, but I guess as long as we all have fun I shouldn't let social anxiety and fear of failure get in my way.

>>3290373
>Give her a hug. It’s okay to be scared
>Ask if she has any advice on what’s going on with Keira

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You give her a hug, carefully avoiding the pointy bit. “It’s okay to be scared. But don’t worry. The morning always comes again, however dark the night” You quote from your dad’s song. It doesn’t sound as natural as when he sings it, but it still feels right.

She leans on you more than you had expected. “You misunderstand. You are the sun.”

You aren’t sure what to make of that. When you break the hug and look at her, she returns to staring up at the moon. The clouds have vanished.

After a moment, you decide to try another subject. “So, I don’t suppose you have any advice on how to handle things with Keira?”

“Lay her on her back and take control. She’s nervous and inexperienced, and will want your reassurance that she’s not doing anything wrong.” She doesn’t take her eyes off the moon. “These thoughts have been strong in her mind.”

You raise a finger and open your mouth to say that’s not what you meant, but Hana reeling in her catch distracts you. She pulls hard, grunting. Whatever it is, it’s huge! She decides to give some slack, but the pokemon still comes up anyway.

Everyone turns and freezes up as a massive, angry looking Gyarados staring at her. Wailord even freezes up too. All of you slowly coast in the water a few feet as the big eyes look down at Hana, and the big mouth spits the fishing hook out.

When will this bad luck ever let up?


>Walk up and be friendly. Just because it’s upset doesn’t mean it’ll get violent.
>Run up and tackle Hana out of the way
>Try to be a big distraction
>Stay frozen. You have no idea what to do
>Stomp on Wailord and tell it to go go go
>Get your pokemon after it now before it can act!
>Something else

>>3290559
Something like this
>Walk up and be friendly. Just because it’s upset doesn’t mean it’ll get violent.
but much more preemptively apologetic. Gyrados are known to have bad tempers, so maybe we should offer it a gift as a sign of having no ill-will? Don't presume to decide what that gift is by yourself, ask it what it would like and let it decide.

>>3290559
>Run up and tackle Hana out of the way

>>3290559
>Walk up and be friendly. Just because it’s upset doesn’t mean it’ll get violent.

>>3290559
>Walk up and be friendly. Just because it’s upset doesn’t mean it’ll get violent.

>>3290036
Then the solution is clear. Give Laki what she wants first

>>3290613
Exactly.

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“Hi there.” You greet it loudly. You want to draw it’s attention, but also let everyone else hear your voice so they don’t do something that would confuse it. Instead of rushing into action, you calmly and non-threateningly walk forward. Laki, who had her hand up and was about to jump into action, hesitates again.

You definitely have it’s attention. Hana is able move again now that she’s not under that gaze. Instead of getting far away, she backs towards you, keeping herself subtley between you and Gyarados.

“Sorry about that hook.” You say on her behalf.

“Y-yeah.” She adds in. “I wasn’t fishing for you. Not that you’re uh, not great.”

The anger coming from the Gyarados is only matched by confusion. It keeps switching looking between you and Hana. You move a little closer, but Hana doesn’t let you get around her.

“If anything happens, I’ve got it.” She whispers with surprising stubbornness.

The mighty pokemon looks upset at being momentarily ignored. It huffs, and Wailord responds with a meek, submissive noise.
>Give Gyarados a gift
>Give Gyarados compliments
>Ask if it’s had better luck than Hana fishing for food
>Pat it on the head
>Ask Wailord to slowly swim away while giving Gyarados more apologies
>Something else

>>3290802
>Give Gyarados compliments
>Ask if it’s had better luck than Hana fishing for food

>>3290657
I like the way we think. Let's get on it.
>>3290802
>>Give Gyarados compliments
>>Ask if it’s had better luck than Hana fishing for food

>>3290802
>Give Gyarados compliments
>Ask if it’s had better luck than Hana fishing for food
If it hasn't, ask it if there's anything we could do to help it.

>>3290802
>Give Gyarados compliments
>Ask if it’s had better luck than Hana fishing for food

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“Wow, you’re really big!” You say, meaning every word of it.

“Massive.” Hana backs you up with a lot of uncertainty in her voice.

“I bet you have no problems at all with those tricky currents.”

It looks a bit more prideful and less angry.

“And look at those shiny scales. I bet you’re eating well for sure.” You look closer, wondering what sort of diet it needs. You forgot yourself for a moment and motion to the fishing rod. “I don’t suppose you can recommend any good fishing spots? I don’t have to guess to figure you’re having better luck than us catching something to eat.”

It gives you a funny look, then gestures further ahead.

“Thanks.” You say, gratefully.

Wailord starts moving again, slowly. You glance over and see Laki at the front directing it.

Gyarados watches curiously, confounded at what just happened. It keeps staring as your group slowly drifts away.

Hana’s fear has turned to general excitement. Her breathing is intense and she looks full of energy. “I can’t believe that just happened.”
>Laki, wait. We were talking
>Wave as you leave
>Ask Hana not to put herself in front of you like that.
>Hey, we’re moving in a different direction from where Gyarados motioned
>Let’s hurry
>Something else

>>3291069
>Wave as you leave

Shout out a big thank you!

Also, can we get clarification as to whether the line about moving in a different direction is us saying we should do something, or simply an observation?

>>3291069
>>3291086
I'll support this.

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>>3291086
[Observation]

>>3291069
>Wave as you leave
>Ask Hana not to put herself in front of you like that.
Thank it and say we will remember its benevolence.

>>3291069
>>3291104
In that case, I'll add
>Hey, we’re moving in a different direction from where Gyarados motioned
onto my vote.

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“Thank you!” You wave. What a nice pokemon.

“Keep going.” Abigail says to Laki under her breath.

You and Hana head over there. Her eyes are as wide as can be.

“Hey, how come we’re heading in a different direction than where it said the fish were?”

Laki raises one eyebrow. “I’m the captain of this Pokemon and I’m not taking us to a spot where Gyarados hunt for food.” She turns back again. “That was really impressive, by the way. Both of you. I didn’t know what to do.”

You and Hana beam from the praise.

“What the hell was that doing out here?” Abigail is the only one not in a good mood.

“I don’t know.” Laki says. “They show up in the deeper waters, but not here. Something must be going on.”

After you get further away, everyone relaxes a bit more. Abigail seems especially shaken up. Laki, though, is very cuddly. Before anything happens though, you arrive at the beach.

“Alright! Come on.” Laki says, retrieving Wailord and moving towards the muffled sounds and lights of the festival in the distance. “Thanks Wailord, you did well.”

“What’s the rush?” Abigail asks. “We have a whole week.”

“Exactly! Only one week.” She pulls you and Abigail by the hand. “And I want to clear the air with-”

Her sentence stops as a hyperactive blur flies out at wraps around her. “Keira!”

“Laki!” she shouts back. Then leaps to you. Her arms and legs wrapped around you draws another raised eyebrow from Laki.

Keira slides down you, the leaps back up to face you again. “What’s wrong?”

She looks so happy. Laki also senses that and looks a little hesitant to have that talk.


>Nothing, we’ll talk later
>We need to talk
>Blurt it out, get it over with quickly
>Something else

>>3291299
>>Something else
It's something that's pretty important we talk about, but we don't really need to talk about it right at this moment. How have you been, Keira?

>>3291299
>We need to talk
With Laki and Hana

>>3291299
>We need to talk

>>3291299
>I had an encounter with that spirit. It went after Hana.

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You look to Laki. Her face is stone serious as she nods.

“We need to talk.” You say, thinking it’s best to address this now. You take a hold of Hana and Laki’s hands, and motion for Keira to follow.

Abigail follows too, but Laki pushes her away by the face.

The four of you sit down at a nearby dry clearing.

“How have you been?” Hana asks Keira before you get into it.

She looks concerned for a moment, but quickly let’s it get washed away by the strong undercurrent of excitement she can’t contain. “I’ve been so wonderful! I feel like I’ve begun a new chapter of my life.” She bounces in her seat. “Most of the elders weren’t very excited about it, but High Priest Makai was surprisingly supportive and handled everything.” She sighs happily. “Oh, thank you so much. I never would have had the courage without knowing you were there to help me.”

She hugs you. Laki’s face is covered with uncertainty and hesitation.

“Umm, yeah.” Laki barely gets out. “That’s what we wanted to talk to you about.”

Keira hugs Laki next. “Don’t think I’m not just as grateful to you. I know this is a big imposition. I promise you I’ll respect any rules or limits you want. You’re one of my best friends and the last thing I want to do is make you feel uncomfortable.”

She hugs Hana next. Laki’s stone cold resolve is long gone.

“Hana. I don’t want to impose but I have so many questions I want to ask. I thought you’d be the best person to talk to.”

Hana gulps. “I don’t mind.”

Keira breaks the hug and leans back, smiling. She sniffs. You hadn’t realize she had started crying a little.

“Keira, are you alright?” You ask.

“Sorry.” She sniffles again. “It’s been an emotional few days. I know I’m being self-centered. I just feel like this huge weight is off my shoulders and I have this new and exciting life ahead, and it’s all thanks to you all giving me the strength to take this leap.” She sighs and gets a hold of herself. “What did you want to talk about?”

Laki looks like she can’t quite find the words.


>Stay quiet. Let Laki express what she told you before
>”Sorry Keira. There was a misunderstanding”
>Talk about something else for now
>Something else

>>3291560
>Stay quiet. Let Laki express what she told you before
> There was a misunderstanding
Honestly, I’d still like to do this. This can be handled maturely without getting r9ked. I’d like to explain to her that it isn’t something we can agree to without permission from Laki/Hana and we were wrong to agree without them. It should be up to Laki (and Hana, but we know the answer there) whether to proceed.

>>3291560
>”Sorry Keira. There was a misunderstanding”
>>Something else

Explain that, while our obliviousness and overall thick-headedness led to us promising what we didn't realize, we still want to at least do right by everyone involved and still help if at all possible. If it DOES end up actually being what we originally promised, we should at least make sure everyone understands what is expected and is on board.

also, what >>3291632 pretty much said

>>3291560
>Now that I think I understand what this involves, I realized it was wrong of me to not include Laki and Hana in the conversation from the beginning.

>So let’s start the conversation over and talk, in explicit terms, about what sort of help you want and what we’re all comfortable with, okay?

>>3291560

>>3291632
Pretty much this.

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Laki tries to gather her thoughts while the energetic Keira dangles her legs excitedly and waits.

Laki opens her mouth, then closes it, then coughs. “Soft Hands...ahem, he misunderstood what you were asking before.”

Keira’s happy wiggling slows down. “What do you mean?”

Laki scratches the back of her head. “I really don’t want to be the bad guy here...” She struggles with how to phrase this.

“I didn’t realize what you were asking.” You fill in. “I’m sorry, Keira. I didn’t mean to mislead you.”

Keira looks heartbroken. “So...you’re not going to help me?”

Hana gives Laki a pleading look that you don’t quite understand. Laki looks even more uncertain.

“I’m really sorry, Keira.”

Keira sniffles “No. It’s my fault. I put you in a very uncomfortable position and acted selfishly. Just like that time during the thunderstorm. I’m a terrible friend.”

“No you’re not.” Laki puts a hand on her shoulder. “We...we just didn’t talk about this.”

Hana snaps to attention.

“You mean we’re going to-”

“We’ll talk about it.” Laki says. “That’s all I’m promising right now.”

Keira lights right up again, but restrains herself. “I don’t want to cause any more trouble.”

“Talking isn’t trouble.” Laki says. “But for now, we could probably use some fun. Let’s hit the festival. We'll talk later tonight after we've had a chance to think.”

“Alright.” Keira smiles, giving Laki another big hug. Then Hana. She pauses when she comes to you. She starts a hug motion, then a handshake one, then hesitates even more. She gets over it quick and gives a quick sideways hug and runs off to Abigail.

"That went well." Hana says.

Laki sighs. “I don’t know what I’m doing.”
>We’ll figure it out later. Don't worry. Have fun
>She handled that really well
>She shouldn’t let feeling bad for Keira cause her to neglect her own feelings
>Ask why Hana is alright but Keira isn’t
>Express again and again how much you didn’t mean to cause a misunderstanding
>Something else

>>3291884

>She shouldn’t let feeling bad for Keira cause her to neglect her own feelings
If anything, we're the ones at fault. Laki, Hana, and Keira are all innocent in all of this.

>>3291884
>She shouldn’t let feeling bad for Keira cause her to neglect her own feelings
>She handled that really well
I think she's handling it alot better than we expected. It shows how much Laki's grown from the start of the quest/relationship.

I do want to know why she was okay with Hana but not Keira, but I can't help but be a little worried of the answer

>>3291884
>She shouldn’t let feeling bad for Keira cause her to neglect her own feelings

>>3291891
this guy about sums it up

>>3291884
>She handled that really well
>Something else
"As long as you are honestly expressing how you feel then you are doing your best and that's all we can ask."
>Express again and again how much you didn’t mean to cause a misunderstanding
>We’ll figure it out later. Don't worry. Have fun

>>3291884
>Something else
It seems too important to put off desu. Ask her what about the whole situation is bothering her. I’m curious if anon is right about this being about her not getting a baby first. Even if it isn’t, we should know what her real feelings are on this.

>>3291884
>Well, there’s a lot of newness all around. It’s ok.
>She handled that really well
>She shouldn’t let feeling bad for Keira cause her to neglect her own feelings

>>3291930
I’m expecting something like “I have to be present, he has to use condoms, no kissing him or Hana on the lips.”

>>3291967
It’s a fertility ritual though. That kind of complicates things, especially for baby crazy Laki.

>>3291988
I don’t think we’re starting at fertility ritual. I think we’re starting at being comfortable with sex in general.

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“You handled that really well.” You compliment her.

Laki gives a warm, but weak smile. “Thanks, Soft Hands. I still feel bad though. She’s like a cute little Growthlithe that had it’s bone taken away.”

Hana restrains herself from saying something.

“You shouldn’t let that make you neglect your own feelings, though.” You remind her. “But you really don’t have anything to feel bad about. You, Keira, Hana, you’re all innocent in this. It’s my fault.”

Laki pats you on the back. “Nah. I know you, Soft Hands. You’re just sweet and naive. Nobody is at fault here. It’s not like you were teasing some poor younger guy by getting him to give you intense oil massages or something.” She winks. “You owe me one of those tonight, by the way. Still, I feel...I don’t know. It’s complicated. I know I told you we’d tell Keira ‘no,’ and then I go and tell her we’ll talk about it. Sorry about that.”

You shrug. “Well, there’s a lot of newness all around. It’s ok.”

“Hey, umm...so how is everything feeling about it?” Hana asks. “About Keira?”

“Well, we already know how you feel.” Laki jokes. Her tone is soft, tired, but not upset.

Hana pouts a little. “That’s not fair. I’ve got more than one track in my mind. No, really, don’t laugh! I know I’m a bit more...you know, eager about sex stuff. But it turns out a healthy sexual relationship is scary and vulnerable and frankly a lot more involved than all those many, many times I’ve thought about it. All the emotions and exposing my body without worrying about making everyone uncomfortable about how weird it is and trying to make sure I’m adding to it and not just being a selfish lover getting off...it’s not actually something I can do with just anyone. I know I’m a huge pervert and what I say about this is pretty tainted by that, but I really do just want to see Keira happy.”

Laki listens. “Right. Fine. I respect that. But that just makes me the one standing in the way of Keira’s happiness.” Laki says, assuming you’re already fully in favor.

“Well, we haven’t actually asked what Herb wants yet.” Hana says. “But what about you? What makes you feel so against it?”

(continued)

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>>3292119
Laki looks like she just wants to get away from the conversation in general, but she forces herself to confront it head on. “I don’t know! I just... I’m scared about being less special.” She looks at you, then away again. “When I first starting feeling for you I felt like I was your world. Even when we started this whole thing, Hana, I felt like you held me in this special light. I just...I’m worried about my place with both of you.” Laki stands up. “I want to be special to you.”
>Make a gesture (write-in encouraged)
>Ask how you can prove to Laki that she’s special to you
>Assure her she is, and you and Hana will spend the festival proving it
>You sort of feel like all the gestures you’ve made to show her she’s special already are being forgotten
>Is this about babies?
>We’ll talk more later
>You don’t actually want to do sexual things with Keira
>Something else

>>3292139
Hug her. Hug her right now and give her a kiss.
She is someone you love, and nothing would ever change that. If she feels this way, all she needs to do is tell you, and we'll prove to her that she is special to us.

>>3292139
I'll back
>>3292154

>>3292139
>Make a gesture (write-in encouraged)
Hug her. Hug her right now and give her a kiss.
>Assure her she is, and you and Hana will spend the festival proving it
Let's tell Laki that whenever she wants us to we are willing to make her feel special. We should tell her we love her and that isn't going to change.

>>3292154
Good job anon, I think you got the important points.

>>3292139
>"You know I'd fist fight dark Rayquaza for you right?"
>Assure her she is, and you and Hana will spend the festival proving it.

Gonna kidnap Valerie and wrap her up in nothing but bows and deliver her to Laki's bed.

>>3292139
>Hug her.
>Of course you’re special to me. And, I want to make sure I show it. There’s a thing at this festival where you make something to throw into a reef together, that I thought we would enjoy, for example.

>>3292139
>Is this about babies?
Also this:
>>3292154

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You grab Laki and give her a big, warm hug. Then a kiss. Then back to the hug again. “Nothing will ever change that you’re special to me, or that I love you.”

Laki melts at hearing those words. Her hard, tough exterior is nowhere to be found as the vulnerable, gentle woman underneath lets you hold and care for her.

There’s a soft bump as Hana hugs Laki from behind. “I’m not intruding, right?”

“No, but you’re ruining the moment by asking.” Laki jokes.

“You’re special to both of us.” You continue to tell Laki. “And we’ll prove it. Whatever you want us to do we’ll spend the festival doing if it makes you feel special. All you need to do is tell us.”

Hana nods. "Yup. I'll hog tie Valerie and deliver her to your bed if you want." She thinks. "But Valerie can be talked into a lot. That might not be necess... uh, forget I said that. I just remembered I promised not to say anything.”

Laki softly chuckles. “I honestly didn’t want to make this into some big selfish thing. But that’s sweet. If you insist, there’s something you can do for me during the festival.” She reaches into her bag, takes out her vispum birth control, and tosses it to the side. “If you really mean it, then let’s forget about this stuff tonight.”

There’s a tiny little smirk on the edge of her lips. One she gets when she’s messing with you sometimes.


>Call her bluff and say yes
>Say yes, but mean it
>Ha. You almost got me. Good prank
>Okay, but years from now when you’re ready
>That’s not funny to joke about
>Well...if it's only one night
>Something else

>>3292376
>>Okay, but years from now when you’re ready
best not to make such a decision lightly in the heat of the moment, but at the same time, make it known that we DO intend to deliver

>>3292376
>Call her bluff and say yes
>Well...if it's only one night
Herb probably doesn't think either of them are ready for a kid yet, but I have no doubt that if this was a one time thing, just for her to feel the thrill of it all, he'd say yes.

>>3292403
To clarify, I don't want her to actually get pregnant, but if this is a safe way for her to feel the thrill she would get knowing she actually /could/ get pregnant, that's fine.

>>3292376
>Call her bluff and say yes
then after we get the reaction
>Well...if it's only one night
"If that's what you really want, Laki, I'll do it. I want you to be happy."
I think the risk is worth making Laki happy if that's what she really wants.

>>3292376
>Say yes, but mean it
We’re already committed to her and we may be killed by a diety in the coming trials. This would’ve been insane earlier in the quest, but Herb is a man now, if not a spiritual guru. Gonna have to go with the yolo option here.

>>3292376
>Okay, but years from now when you’re ready

>>3292376
>Call her bluff and say yes

>>3292402
My obvious bias here aside, she may not like hearing “years from now” when we are talking about conducting a fertility ritual with a friend.

>>3292376
>Say yes, but mean it
We know what the purpose of the fertility thing means, it wont change that Herb still feels like its to early but sometimes a dish cooks faster then expected and you have to take it out of the oven early.or pop it in the oven nudge nudge wink wink

that said if no baby's result from this week Herb would breath a big sigh of relief but not be upset by the alternative.

>>3292376
>Say yes, but mean it

I think that if Laki really wants it to happen, we should let her know that we'll support her decision all the way

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“Alright. Yes.” You say, calling her bluff. Mostly. You sort of mean it. Actually, the more you think about it, the more you’re okay with it."I want you to be happy."

You both hold each other’s gaze for a minute, trying to assess what the other is thinking.

“You’re the best.” She says, giving you a big, long kiss. “I was just messing with you...mostly. But you being willing to do this for me is... it means a lot. It means everything. I know I’m yours forever.”

“It’s not that big a deal. I don’t use that stuff and we still do it.” Hana jokes. Despite her comfort with the both of you she still always seems a little uncertain about pressing the envelope sometimes.

Laki turns to Hana. “Hana, this affects you too. Is this alright?”

“Yup.” Hana says casually. “Feels crazy and scary, but I’m okay with that. I’m not sure why.”

Laki looks to you again. “I know why.”

Hana smiles. “Yeah, me too.”

Even though this was about making Laki feel special, you’re the one feeling like the king of the world right now.

"You don't have to if you don't want to. You made the gesture. That's good enough for me." Laki takes you by the hand and starts taking you away to a dark, secluded spot under the stars.

Even though you know the odds aren’t that great, it’s still a risk. This has a chance of being a life altering moment


>Don't do it. It's too risky
>Dive in. All moments can be life altering
>Something else

Rolled 40 (1d100)

>>3292539
>Dive in

>>3292539
Be willing to do it, but make it known that it's her decision, and either choice is fine with us.

>>3292539
>Dive in. All moments can be life altering
She’s older than us. She has a supportive family structure. She’s undoubtedly given this a lot of thought. She wants this. We’ll be okay. We’ve had a lot of life changing experiences lately. Time for an undeniably positive one.

>>3292539
>Don't do it. It's too risky

>>3292539
>Don't do it. It's too risky

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[Last vote of the night. We'll be running at least once during the week on either Tuesday or Wednesday.

I'll be happy to answer questions. I also owe you some bin stories. On the lineup is Polu's little side story, as well as whatever happens tonight. If there's anything else you'd like just let me know. Things have settled a lot so I have time to really dedicate into the quest again.]

>>3292539
>Dive in. All moments can be life altering
face first, ain't no babies with oral

>>3292578
Thanks for running

>>3292578
Great run, Gobble. Thank you! I'm glad to hear life is calming down for you. As for questions, What is Keira up to with Abi?

>>3292539
>Dive in. All moments can be life altering

>>3292578
Thanks Gobs! My only request in regards to the pastebins is that well, if you have handholding, I won't say no...

>>3292539
>>Don't do it. It's too risky

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>>3292585
[Thanks for coming]
>>3292586
[Thanks! Right now they're just catching up. Abigail is mostly happy for Keira, but also wants to know about getting inside information about the clergy and who gave Keira a hard time. She likes having her biases confirmed.

As a side topic, Abigail wants to ask Keira about her actions at the gym. Abigail really trusts and respects Keira and her opinion. In a lot of ways Keira is who Abigail wishes she could be.]

>>3292613
Aww, Keira and Abi bonding sounds super cute.

>>3292613
Gobble, why are all of the pictures you have to represent Keira so lewd? She doesn't even have any facepaint!

>>3292625
>>3292613
Does she still need it now that she’s a fertility priestess?

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>>3292640
>>3292625
[She does not! Although she doesn't feel comfortable removing it in public right now. She might transition slowly with face masks or veils. We'll see how she feels.]

>>3292539
>Dive in. All moments can be life altering

I said in a different thread that I’d like to see how a pregnancy would play out in a non-epilogue way. I don’t think I’ve ever seen it in an involved way on this board. It seems like everyone involved is cool with it so I am too.

>>3292539
>>Dive in. All moments can be life altering

My dudes, we are unemployed. Our parents aren’t even planning on living here permanently, so we may not have their support. We have nowhere to put a kid and no way to support it.

And that’s assuming everything is typical. Some babies need extra work. Like with twins, or a preterm birth, or a disability.

I think, if Herb’s upbringing reflects mine (and reflects his attitude so far), then he values a stable home situation for his kids. Like, at least get married first. There’s no real situation I can see for him to be ready for the commitment of a child before the commitment of marriage.

I just don’t get this... rejection of family planning. Especially since family planning is exactly the sort of thing I expected fertility priestesses to be about.

Can someone explain what view I’m not seeing?

>>3292904
Yeah, we are not in a stable situation right now, and are way too young, a pregnancy would be disastrous both in- and out-of-universe. I honestly think another vote should be held for this when the thread goes live again, because I was asleep for the vote, and feel this is far too big risk to take.

On that note, if the vote's still or will be open:

>>3292539
>>Don't do it. It's too risky

Like, I put our odds of pregnancy at around 3%, given a random point in Laki’s cycle.

But if we’re playing that game I guess we’re also rolling for whether there’s a miscarriage, (average rates across women are 15-20%), and that’s, uh, super not a story tone I’m going for.

I don’t want to play teen pregnant quest guys. Or at least, not as a part of this story.

>go to party
>Gobble immediately drops the heavy shit
Goddamn man, if I missed this shit I'd lose my mind.

>>3292539
>Dive in. All moments can be life altering

>>3292904
Laki has explained several times that the way raising a family works here is different and involves the extended family on both sides more. Herb doesn't and is not expected to provide on his own (at least not until things settle down). On top of that, nine months (assuming she gets knocked up immediately, rather than taking a few tries) is a long as time by quest standards. Odds are that without a timeskip we'd be facing those problems around thread 200.

Also, considering she went off birth control literally seconds ago, the odds of pregnancy are still pretty tiny.

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They could just mooch off the in-laws a bit.

>>3293107
That does make more sense. I guess this’ll be a place where Herb and I differ though, because I would want to be in a place where I didn’t need to, ah, do this: >>3293119

>>3293107
>Laki has explained several times that the way raising a family works here is different and involves the extended family on both sides more. Herb doesn't and is not expected to provide on his own (at least not until things settle down).

The extended family helping doesn’t mean Herb wouldn’t have any responsibility, and it would still throw a wrench into everything.

>On top of that, nine months (assuming she gets knocked up immediately, rather than taking a few tries) is a long as time by quest standards. Odds are that without a timeskip we'd be facing those problems around thread 200.

No, we’d be facing those problems the entire time the pregnancy would last. Pregnancies come with a lot of side effects & consequences, it doens’t have no effect on lifestyle until the baby pops out at the end.

>Also, considering she went off birth control literally seconds ago, the odds of pregnancy are still pretty tiny.

So why take the risk in the first place?

>>3293127
>No, we’d be facing those problems the entire time the pregnancy would last.
We'd be facing problems, no doubt, but not the specific problems raised like "where do we leave the kid while we're out adventuring". That particular one, and those like it, is a long ways out.

>So why take the risk in the first place?
One, because it would earn us approximately one million Laki points. Two, because this is a work of fiction and sometimes it's better to do the impulsive, emotional thing instead of the rational, logical response.

>>3293125
Laki and her family don't consider it mooching, that's the point. By their reasoning your ideas are a prideful rejection of family. It's only mooching if the time spent accepting their help isn't spent establishing your own means of support.

>>3293145
I know they don’t, but what about Herb and his family?

>>3293145
>Laki and her family don't consider it mooching, that's the point. By their reasoning your ideas are a prideful rejection of family. It's only mooching if the time spent accepting their help isn't spent establishing your own means of support.
Herb and his family aren't Islanders, and hold diffrent views on family. And it would come across as shameful to jump into this sort of thing when it's not a responsibility we're actually prepared for.

>>3292904
Family planing is a part of the fertility priestesses shit but I don't think it lands in what you quite seem to think.

Their whole cultures start point is a catastrophic literal "rocks fall, everyone dies" scenario. So starting of families and strong birth rates are probably the primary goal of the fertility priestesses. Add to that they have their natural birth control super plant which means the risk of over populating the islands in the past wasn't a problem. Now that they are clued in to an extent what "The Mainland" is population wise it becomes a serious political moment.

With all the heavy shit involved with us Joining Keira in her things doing this with Laki isn't even a fraction of the complexity.

>>3293176
I wouldn't be super surprised if we end up with some woopsie racism from his dad what with his own experience on the islands in his younger days. It was implied he was laying some pipe but then came back to civilization.

>>3293210
If I remember right, the clergy’s role until recently included limiting the population due to the scarcity of land to put people, not to encourage repopulation.

Aside from all that, we really should talk to Keira and Jane about mad fug asap, like we decided we would earlier.

Maybe we’ll talk Lady fug into letting us bring them in on everything in our dreams tonight?

>>3292539
>>Don't do it. It's too risky

>>3293232
Their role has been to control most of the lives and culture at least since the dust up with the normal temple which wasn't that long ago when counting all of their history. With that in mind most population control movements in our real history are really more for controlling people then an actual limit to the livable space available.

Anyway it has a lot of connection to natural ebbs and flows of nature. Say a war happens or a natural disaster and it would switch from preserving the limited resources and space of the islands to increasing the population, The new feeling of Loanah being a very small part of a larger whole is definitely going to be effecting the cultural view of whether or not its a time for growth.

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>>3293107
>>3292845
>>3292669
>>3292590
>>3292581
>>3292558
>>3292549
Just imagine it...

You’re all making good, rational points. The only issue is that you’re doing so from a modern, real world perspective. This is a completely different situation.

Think back to the threads where we were around Laki’s family. The comments about her being one of the last ones her age still single. Her mom dropping grandkids comments in front of a guy she just met. Her dad built his own house, no modern issues over insane mortgages seem to be relevant. Laki has made a ton of comments about wanting to do this throughout the quest. This is normal from a cultural perspective.

This also comes after personal character developments that were all about being more decisive and more of a man. Looking the woman you love in the eye and saying okay to her not using the birth control and her getting excited only for you to opt not to be too risky is very indecisive.

When I saw that this was going to be the last vote of the night, I was worried. I was worried because leaving this open allows people to take a step back and try to make the most calculated and rational decision possible. That’s not in character and that doesn’t reflect the passion of the situation. These are unique circumstances that should be one of those instant decisions.

Not taking the pill for a single night should only allow for an extremely low chance of pregnancy, right? I think I'm fine with taking that risk.

We better get with Keira after this, though, we have clearly shown our commitment to Laki.

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>>3292656
So we could be the first to see her face... I’ll be in my bunk.

>>3293127
> So why take the risk in the first place?
Adventure is in the title. Why stand up to dangerous Pokémon in the first place?

>>3293463
Very well said anon

>>3293463
That’s sensical.

I do still feel it’s a bit past what I’d consider to be Herb and Laki both compromising on the timeline. If Herb had had, say, an indication that he could quickly get a good paying job as a healer, or won a plot of land, I may be on board.

But as is, it feels like he’s not pursuing his own needs much.

>>3294498
No doubt. He’s going to need to change that. I’d be interested in following up on a potential new normal temple. Maybe that can fulfill his basic needs of land/shelter while he pursues the power he needs to resist the Fugs.

Having a lot of kids is conductive to starting a family business, like say a Restaurant

>>3294599
>>3295170

Now see, I had envisioned him introducing aura healing to modern medicine as his career.

He has the ability to unlock abilities in others. If he can use his ability to unlock abilities to unlock the ability for others to unlock others abilities, then the ability to unlock abilities can propagate. Then, those people can unlock others abilities to heal, allowing aura healing to exist as a viable treatment.

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[Did you guys want to roll for things with Laki or have me decide what happens?]

>>3295420
Rolling for things feels weird. You do you

>>3295420
Honestly, you've got a good track record when it comes to this stuff, gobble. The less we let RNGesus interfere with this, the better. I trust your judgement.

>>3295420
If we roll, then it’d make sense to roll for things like pregnancy complications, or what stage in her cycle she’s in, and I just don’t want that sort of thing.

And I don’t really know what would count as our bad luck kicking in here either. Since a pregnancy would add challenges, but having a kid isn’t inherently bad.

I think, to go in on the results of the vote, without just ending the journey and going and looking for a job to buy neonatal vitamins with and such, there are some good options.

You could take some time, I think, to explore what these three thought at the births of their three little brothers, and what their thoughts on having kids have been. I want to know what Hana’s plans were. Did she want to adopt? Foster? Surrogate?

Or let Laki’s next period come late and see how these three react in the mean time.

Or other third thing.

But yeah, no rolling. I don’t want to roll for medical things like that. Like, realistically, Herb’s in a new area around a lot of people and should probably catch some colds or flu as he adjusts to the local disease map, but that would get in the way of having adventures.

Oh, I also wanted to point out that Hana joked about how she wasn’t on vispum birth control, but at the beginning of the quest, Keira gave her some to stop her period. So, not sure if you want to retcon one of those things or if it’s a butt or what.

>>3295420
I trust you to make whatever happens fit the story.

Oh yeah, and you can get womb transplants these days too. I don’t know if Hana’s a candidate for that.

Even if she isn’t, you can still induce lactation in a nonpregnant woman, which might take some pressure off Laki.

Potential outcome: Laki doesn’t get pregnant, Hana decides to freeze some eggs for later surrogacy by Laki.

In fact, you can freeze fertilized eggs too. If she did that, so that they could have kids even something happened to Herb or his balls, it would be kinda like the three of them having a kid together now but with the actual pregnancy put off until later.

>>3295170
>>3295219
I like both of these too. Why not all 3?

>>3295886
Well, probably not all at once.

>>3295420
I like the idea of us not knowing if we hit the target or not just like in real life.

>>3295420
You decide, I'd eather not leave it up to random chance either way.

I'll just state for the record that pregnancy is most definitely not my fetish, and I'd rather not deal with that and all the complications it brings in-and-out-of-story. Apparently that's not a common opinion for some reason, but worst that happens is I take another break like when the whole Hana confession shitshow happened way back when.

Honestly if we get a land grant for the invasive species island we can, set up a safari zone a restaurant and a aura clinic all at the same time.

>>3296451
That's honestly what I'm hoping for as an endgame myself. Either that or helping reinstate/run the Normal Temple, though I like the Safari Zone idea better.

>>3295420
Rather have you decide, Gobble. I trust your judgment.

Rolled 54 (1d100)

>>3295420
I'm fine with an executive decision here. Whichever one you pick is the story you'd rather write, and that means you'll write it best.

That said, I'm rolling anyway just for giggles.

>>3295558
>Hana decides to freeze some eggs for later surrogacy by Laki.
I'll back this just because I know Hana will make some kind of "I wanna get inside you" joke.

>>3296326
This might seem crazy considering which site we’re on, but it’s not just about fetishes. It’s exciting in general. Dealing with complications and drama can be fun when it’s in a story setting like this. Enjoy the adventure!

>>3297043
I am, I just don't consider it to be an adventure I want to read about. Feels too much like dragging the real world in, if that makes any sense?

I also don't feel that anyone involved is ready for that kind of responsibility and... commitment? That's not quite the right word, but I feel like it would be the start of a countdown clock to the end of our travels, and think it's something that should wait until closer to the end, especially with Dark Fug on the loose and taking an interest in us.

Either way, fetish probably wasn't quite the right word to use, but it's the only one I could think of.

WOW I'M REALLY ANNOYED I MISSED THIS WEEKEND'S SESSION! Happy with how everything's coming out but still severely annoyed! Very interested to see how the Keira situation is going to come out, even more interested in how this festival overall is going to pan out. I haven't got much to say about the potential kid stuff than what's already been said in this thread.
I am only like.... 95% sure that I'd have a joyful heart attack if Keira ended up in their relationship.Also can you imagine Keira getting some kisses from Hana, Laki, or Herb and saying to not worry about it as her facepaint starts running.

Thanks for running Gobble! Hope life settles down around you for a while at least.

>>3297152
Gah! why you got to give me this heart boner with that spoiler!

>>3295420
Has all this feedback been helpful?

Hey Gobble, whatever happened with the poison gym leader? After Herb forced her to talk things out with her brother, she agreed to let her mother set her up on a date with a guy. I was wondering how that went for her.

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>>3301499
[Yes! Very! I'm sorry I haven't finished the bin, but this gave me a great outline to work with.]

>>3301834
[The first few weren't great, but she stuck it out despite herself and things picked up. Her outlook on that part of her life went from strongly pessimistic to cautiously optimistic.


Thread in an hour or less!]

Preemptive woo!

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Festival Start Edition

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?tags=Pokemon%20Island%20Adventure%20Quest
https://twitter.com/GobbleQM
ALL BINS: https://pastebin.com/u/Gobblepokemon
Character info pastebin in progress: http://pastebin.com/iB0tb7rz
Dice odds for best of 3: http://pastebin.com/994WTT3g

Latest bin: https://pastebin.com/MnTZZFQu

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 involve three rolls of 1d100, taking the best, and using the base accuracy and crit ranges of the the PTU system, roughly, but the 'turn order' will be more like the anime, where sometimes you can do a few moves in a row or be hit by a combo of moves yourself, all depending on circumstances. Stronger moves tend to take more time and have more cooldown than weaker moves and also may leave you open to an interrupt, so beware of that timing. Speed is more important for closing ground, intercepting, and other things and doesn't necessarily mean going first.

Pokemon and trainers are unique, and may have certain specializations, skills, or other things that the video-game mechanics might not allow. Some examples: That kung fu Bellsprout in the anime, that crystal Onix, or a Roggenrolla that can fly. Herb's perception skills, pokemon knowledge, context clues in general, and other things will hopefully come into play to avoid completely unfair, unforeseeable bullshit, but expect more bullshit from more advanced trainers.

Call me out on a mistake and receive a suggestive picture, mostly likely a butt.

Pokemon:
Gobble (Munchlax)
Mace (Roggenrola)
Belladonna (Roserade)
Dice (Feraligatr)
Sorbet (Vulpix)
Ghost Pepper (Rotom)

Location: Eelilee; near the festival grounds

Post-emptive WOO! POKEMANS!

>>3303055
Emptive woo!

>>3303055
Heya gobs!

>>3303055
How’d you like the Pokémon direct today, Sobble?

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You hadn’t intended to delay going to the festival until morning. You’re glad the others didn't seem to mind. Laki just kept you all night. Over and over and over again. You’re very thirsty, your pelvis hurts, you’re completely drained of energy, but despite all that you feel pretty good today.

Laki hums and bounces on her feet. You can’t recall ever seeing her this content and happy. Even Abigail looks like she’d rather get infected by the good vibes than try to get Laki riled up today.

Hana whispers and giggles with Keira, who has patiently avoided the topic of last night so far. There doesn’t seem to be a rush to press anything.

The outside of the festival looks exactly like what you’d imagine a fair in Loanah being like. There’s an assortment of game booths. Some of the games you recognize, some are completely foreign to you. The decorations are all heavily done in the different island styles that you’ve seen, as well as the ones you haven’t become familiar with yet.

“Lots of little kids.” Hana comments.

“It’s their day.” Laki informs her with a smile. “Different groups get a focus on different days. Today is the day for young children. It’s all about them. We can still enjoy the festival, but all the events today are focused on these cute little munchkins. It’s tradition that we do the game of advice at some point for them, but we can do that at any time.”

Abigail raises an eyebrow at how Laki’s acting, but says nothing. The mood is just too good to risk ruining.


>Go find some games
>Go find some games for your pokemon
>Fortune teller!
>Chat up the food cart people and see if you can gleam their recipes
>Go do the game of advice now
>Is that a kissing booth?
>Call up your sister. Isn’t she supposed to be attending this too?
>Something else

>>3303112
>Call up your sister. Isn’t she supposed to be attending this too?
Been a while since we've seen sis.

>>3303112
>Fortune teller!
>Is that a kissing booth?
>Call up your sister. Isn’t she supposed to be attending this too?

>>3303112
>>Call up your sister. Isn’t she supposed to be attending this too?

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>>3303068
[Hi!]
>>3303073
[I didn't know it was happening and missed it completely.]

>>3303112
>Fortune teller!
>Call up your sister. Isn’t she supposed to be attending this too?
We can meet up hand have some authentic festival food later on1

>>3303112
>Fortune teller!

>>3303112
>Call up your sister. Isn’t she supposed to be attending this too?

>>3303112
>Fortune teller!
I’d like to
>Call up your sister. Isn’t she supposed to be attending this too?
But if she’s actually with Max then that will bring down the mood. Still, she should meet everyone.

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“Is that a fortune telling booth?” You ask. “Can we go?”

“That would be fun! But that’s not a real fortune teller like at the temples.” Keira laughs. “That’s just someone who plays games and gives vague predictions. But some people believe in that stuff. The clergy is a lot more tolerant of that during the festival.” She thinks for a moment. “But I’m starting to suspect it’s because this is a time of levity and games, so it makes those practices seem less legitimate. Huh.”

“You’re awfully pessimistic today.” Abigail comments.

Keira looks shocked at the accusation. “I’m just...I have a wider view of things.”

You take out your pokedex and call up your sister as you walk to the booth and wait in line. Reception on Eelilee has usually been pretty terrible for you, but the signal gets through clear as day.

“Hey squirt!” She answers, almost as chipper as Laki. “How’s it going?”


>Let’s meet up so she can spend the day with your group
>Just saying hi. Hope we’ll run into you
>You have to give her some sort of warning about the Rayquaza's, even if she probably won’t understand
>You want to meet her new boyfriend
>Something else

>>3303176
>>Let’s meet up so she can spend the day with your group
>You want to meet her new boyfriend

>>3303176
>Let’s meet up so she can spend the day with your group
>You want to meet her new boyfriend
I mean, we have to give Keira SOME idea of what a normal relationship is like.

>>3303176
>Let’s meet up so she can spend the day with your group
>You want to meet her new boyfriend

>>3303176
>Let’s meet up so she can spend the day with your group
>You want to meet her new boyfriend

>>3303184
What is she going to think when we clonk him over the head with our frying pan for laying hands on our sister?!?

>>3303176
>Let’s meet up so she can spend the day with your group
>You want to meet her new boyfriend

>>3303176
>Let’s meet up so she can spend the day with your group

>>3303176
>Let’s meet up so she can spend the day with your group

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“Lots!” You tell her with equal enthusiasm. It’s the kind of energy that only comes from being sore and tired. “You’re close, right?”

“...close to what?” She smirks.

“Oh, sorry. At the festival. We’re here too! We should-”

“Meet up!” She finishes your sentence. “I heard you had a girlfriend. I’d love to meet her.”

“‘A’!” Abigail laughs in the background. “Oh this is going to be g-” Laki puts her in a headlock. But it’s mechanical. She’s still beaming with positive energy as Abigail chokes between her arm and chest.

“I want to meet your boyfriend too!” You announce.

“I think you’ll really like him. You guys will get along great.”

You make arrangement to meet up. She’ll come to the at the fortune teller booth in a bit.

“One at a time, or is this a group fortune?” The woman at the front of the booth asks.

You look at the girls and get nothing but shrugs. They don’t seem to have any strong leanings.


>Let’s all get separate fortune tellings
>Let’s do it as a group
>Something else

>>3303268
>Let’s do it as a group

Rolled 62 (1d100)

>>3303268
>Let’s do it as a group
Rolling for mystic knowledge.

>>3303268
>Let’s do it as a group

>>3303268
>Something else
Tell her fortune

>>3303268
>>Let’s do it as a group

>>3303268
>Let’s do it as a group

>>3303268
>Let’s do it as a group

>>3303268
>Let’s do it as a group

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“A group fortune sounds fun, doesn’t it?” You ask.

Laki smiles contently, seemingly happy with whatever happens.

“Yeah, that could be fun.” Hana says.

“It’s not real for...ah, what the heck. It *will* be fun.” She agrees with Hana.

“You guys have a weird definition of fun, but whatever. I’ve got nothing better to do.” Abigail says.

Gobble looks up at you. He seems excited. He holds the tent open for the other pokemon and ushers them in. The much larger Dice rolls in and lays flat on the floor, making an obstacle you have to all walk around. His tongue sticks out as he playfully watches you.

“Welcome!” A woman in a corner fortune teller’s getup greets you. “Please, close the curtain and have a seat. Quite the large group.”

“Not nervous about this many eyes watching you, are you?” Abigail challenges her.

“Abigail!” Hana gives the fortune teller and apologetic look.

“It’s fine. I get many skeptics. I’m positive I’ll be able to change your mind before our time is through.”

Your group gets comfortable as the woman relights some incenses and prepares her crystal ball. “Now, what is the first thing you wish to know?”

“You haven’t seen that already?” Abigail mocks, then covers the back of her head from a whap from Laki that never comes. Seeing that nothing is going to get a rise out of her, she seems to decide to tone it down.

“What we ask first says a lot about our state of mind.” She continues.


>Will you overcome the...’one’ that is angry with you?
>When will you start a family?
>What’s our next big challenge?
>What will you all do for a living as an adult?
>Something else

>>3303341
>>When will you start a family?

>>3303341
>What’s our next big challenge?
All of the rest... seem a bit too heavy to ask right now. This seems to fit more with the mood of the festival, at the moment.

>>3303341
>When will you start a family?

>>3303341
>When will you start a family?

>>3303341
>>What’s our next big challenge?
Leaning towards this as a single question

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>>3303344
>>3303350
>>3303354

>>3303341
>>What’s our next big challenge?

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>>3303377

>>3303341
>Something else
"Will I be a good dad?"

>>3303341
>>3303426
Changing my vote to this.

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“When will we start a family?” You ask for the group.

“Together?” The fortune teller lowers her glasses. “You’re an ambitious young man.”

The Laki and Hana exchange looks. Keira avoids everyone’s eyes but tries not to smile. Abigail’s smug aura seems almost palpable.

“Hmmm, yes. Yes. I see something.” The woman begins her routine. “Oh? What’s this? A new one on the way.”

Laki’s head shoots right up.

“Yes. I see it clearly. A new life...a pokemon egg! One of you will receive one soon.”

““Lots of people get eggs at the festival. That’s an easy prediction. And he asked about starting a family.” Abigail retorts.

“Well, we can see what sort of trainer you are.” The women loses some patience and shoots back. To everyone’s surprise, that seems to silence Abigail as she reflects on her words. “But yes... I can look deeper...yes...hmmm.”

“What do you see?” Laki is impatient.

“You.” The woman points to Hana. “I see...an unexpected surprise. But not an unwelcome one, in the end. Yes, after much difficulty and doubt, I see you to be the first to start a new human family.”

Laki slumps a little. You can tell from her body language that she no longer believes the woman has any insight. But the woman seems to pick up on that. “You will be right after her. Yes, not even a week apart. Like sisters, a strong bond, you will have. As will your children.”

Laki and Hana might not believe her, but they seem to like that idea.

“Oh... and you, priestess. This is odd. I see quite the matronly aura in your future as well. Yes. A new family shortly after them.”

“R-really?” Keira smiles.

“Yes...this can’t be right. My apologies, I must looked into the wrong-...I’m unsure what to make of this. I’m sorry. Obviously that’s not correct. Please, forgive my careless speech. Of course there is no charge for this reading.” She gets up, looking confused.

Keira looks too surprised and swept up to say anything


>Thanks for your time. Have a good day
>Wait, please continue
>Ask another question
>Something else

>>3303341
>What’s our next big challenge?

>Something else
Get everyone else to ask a question. I mean, that's why we're here, right? It would be a shame if only Herb asked a question!

>>3303430
>>Thanks for your time. Have a good day

>>3303430
>Something else
I'm down with herb asking the rest of the group if they want to ask any other questions.

>>3303430
>>Wait, please continue
Big confused here

>>3303430
>Wait, please continue
>give Keira a nudge

>>3303459
>>3303460
This

>>3303430
>>Thanks for your time. Have a good day

>>3303430
>Wait, please continue

>Invite someone else to ask a question.

>>3303459
She’s probably legit. If she was doing a cold reading, she’d have no way of knowing Keira was becoming a fertility priestess, and wouldn’t insinuate she’s break her normal vows.

The reading on Hana may either indicate the sort of IVF/surrogacy like I suggested, or adoption.

The Pokémon egg might be one of us receiving an egg at this festival, or us going to that breeder we met to stud out Dice. (Bella might too, but she seemed less sure about the idea.)

>>3303126
Well, they do record them and put them on YouTube. It’s only seven minutes.

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>the fortune teller has foreseen that Herb has pumped so much healing arua infused spooge into Hana on so many occasions that she's completely open for business

>>3303459
Herb has the magic healing jizz and got Hana pregnant

>>3303430
>Wait, please continue
>give Keira a nudge

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“Wait. We have more questions.”

The woman stops. “You still want a reading?”

You give Keira a nudge, and she finally snaps her head out of it. “Yes. Absolutely.”

The woman gives Keira a funny look. “I just...predicted you would become a mother.”

Keira snorts a laugh she’s been holding back. “It’s alright! I know you didn’t mean to imply I’m going to break my vows. It’s actually surprising how right you might be.”

The woman is more confused.

“I’ve just changed careers.” Keira tells her in a hushed tone, as if it were a secret. “Fertility priestess.”

The woman collapses into her chair in relief. “Hoo. Oh. Wow. What are the odds I...err, nevermind.” She gets back into character and adjusts her strange hat. “Alright. I suppose we can continue. Now, where were we...ah, young man. You... hmm. It seems you’ve already got a fine family going.”

Belladonna climbs up onto your lap just as she says that. You give her a pat on the head.

“Now, you.” She motions to Abigail. “I see a broken house. Mended, with hard work. The cracks still show a little, and the door and floorboards creek. But it’s home. It’s taken a lot of work. You spent most of your time repairing it from the outside, and but the inside is still warmer, and you come to enjoy it.”

Abigail says nothing. She just grunts and looks away, unsatisfied. Or uncomfortable.

“What will be our next big challenge.”

The woman scrunches her face. “You’ll need to be more specific. Challenges come in many forms, and in a constant flow.”


>What’s your next pokemon related challenge?
>What’s your next spiritual challenge?
>What’s your next relationship challenge?
>What’s your next physical challenge?
>You have a different question
>Something else

>>3303559
>What’s your next spiritual challenge?
I'd like to ask some other questions, but considering fug...

>>3303559
>What’s your next spiritual challenge?

>>3303559
>What’s your next spiritual challenge?

>>3303559
>>What’s your next spiritual challenge?
Seems pretty important since it'd involve most of the people here more than likely.

Man, people are putting a lot of faith in this lady who probably isn't a real fortune teller or if she is she is very inexperienced. I wonder if one lucky guess is all it takes to sell you guys something.

>>3303583
It's just for fun, man. You don't take fortunes at face value. It's all about introspection. The fortune isn't important, it's not a glimpse into the future, it's about the person hearing the fortune thinking about what is important to them and them figuring out what they want to tackle next. No one, but you can figure that kind of stuff.

>>3303583
She hit a couple beats which prove she has some talent. I'm more worried having her peek at our spiritual path might put her in the crossfire though.

>>3303559
>What’s your next spiritual challenge?
So Hana hasn’t been using birth control and we’ve been having sex with her under the assumption that she can’t get pregnant... for a while. This sort of thing actually happens a lot. Keira’s time should be a week after Laki (ritual at the end of this 7 day festival) provided this is real. Wow.

>>3303583
She's probably a charlatan but hey, other people are having fun

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“What’s our next spiritual challenge?” You ask.

“Oh? Now that’s an interesting question. Especially from young people. I knew you had a unique aura about you when you came in.” She butters you up a bit. Taking her time, she settles in and does a lot of humming and setting of tone before continuing with this question. It almost feels like she’s forgotten that anyone else is in the room when her arm shoots up and points at Hana. “You! You will have a difficult question of beliefs. You will be presented with a path you never thought possible. You will consider two very starkly different choices.”

“W...what do I choose?” Hana asks.

“I only see the challenge.” She responds. Her arm shoots to Abigail. “YOU! Your proud skepticism hides a fear of hope. Your challenge is simple, yet very difficult. You will have to believe.”

Abigail rolls her eyes.

“You! Your spiritual challenge rests with supporting others. Do you have the strength?”

Laki looks a little concerned.

“You...have passed yours.” She says to Keira. “What you have left is learning. At some points you will question your choice, but you will never regret it.”

Abigail mutters something about that being obvious and not a prediction.

“And young blonde man. You...” She turns pale. Her face changes expressions several times “I...”


>Nevermind that. Ask another question
>Welp, thanks for your time. Bye
>What do you see? Please tell me!
>Something else

>>3303583
Yeah, it’d be weird to completely buy it. Still, she’s the best con of all time if she’s willing to basically insult someone who appears to be a ghost priestess by her interpeting pregnancy just to maintain a facade.

>>3303629
>What do you see? Please tell me!

>>3303629
>What do you see? Please tell me!

>>3303629
>What do you see? Please tell me!
>Something else
It's okay if you can't tell me, for one reason or another.

>>3303629
>>What do you see? Please tell me!
>But it's totally okay if you can't tell me!
I can totally see Herb being really excited and wavering about whether to push or let this moment go.

>>3303629
>What do you see? Please tell me!

Reassure her, that you probably know what shes seeing and that you just want her interpretation. outside perspective. and maybe a suggested count on how many mind pancakes we should expect to need.

>>3303629
>Welp, thanks for your time. Bye
Probably best not to worry the group

>>3303629
>What do you see?
>I think I can guess, but any specifics would be very helpful.

>>3303658
The groups read in on it since Jane blabbed the second we told her. And from what the Fug's said seers across the island have been doing their bit here and their implying actual human sacrifices in some instance. its still down low but if the 'charlatan' sees through it that's not really us spilling the beans.

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“What do you see? Please, tell me!” You lean in. Laki puts a hand on your back for support.

“I see...” She squints.

“It’s okay if you can’t tell me.” You blurt out. You’re both concerned for her, but also a little unsure now if you want to know.

“It’s...strange. I seem unable to see clearly.”

“Static?” Abigail asks. “Maybe you need to adjust the Buneary ears for a better signal.”

“Hold on.” She says, using her hands and humming. “Perhaps from a different angle.”

“Is it related to the Great-” Keira holds her mouth.

“The Great Protector!” She announces.

You all gasp. A heavy sense of fear falls over the group.

“Yet, something is wrong. Yes. I see a scary situation. One full of...doubt. And concern.” She fudges her face. “Ah. Young man. I sense a great secret that burdens you, relating to religion.”

“She’s just reading from information you’ve given out.” Abigail tells you. “Come on guys, you’re not buying this, right?”


>Yes! Yes that’s true! What else! Please look closely!
>You think Abigail is right but don’t want to be rude. Let’s go
>Ask another question
>Something else

Poor herb. Leaving a bunch of single mothers behind.

>>3303692
>You're not really sure if she's right
>Thank her for her time and go if the others don't have questions.

>>3303695
Seconding

>>3303692
>Ask another question
I just need to know what he likes best on his pancakes? I mean the destroyer ate them fresh but some people like fruit compotes or syrups.

>>3303692
>Something else
Thank her for her time and go if the others don't have questions.

>>3303695
Thirding. I really wanted it to be true, but I guess that’s the point. Well played.

>>3303692
>You're not really sure if she's right
>Thank her for her time and go if the others don't have questions.

>>3303695
>>3303697
>>3303720
>>3303721
I'm fine with this, but if she does have the sight she just looked into something really spoopy. the pancake question would 1) make her think we weren't taking her seriously if she is faking or 2) give it a bizarre comical bend that might lighten the spook factor also giving an aspect of our interaction with the entities that might clear up the vision.

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You feel confused and unsatisfied. A lot of what she said about the group was more right than matching salt with pepper. But Abigail does bring up a good point. It happened so fast, but you’re pretty sure all the things she told you about your spiritual question were things she could have picked up.

Maybe you’re reading too much into this. “Thanks. Does anyone else have any questions?”

“How many children will I have?” Laki asks.

“It seems you already care for too many.” The woman responds, motioning to Abigail.

Laki smiles. “Alright, that was great. But seriously. How many?”

The woman looks. After more showy motions and noises, she makes an assessment. “Numbers are difficult. But you are motherly to many beings.”

Laki seems satisfied with that. She touches her belly as she settles down in a way that draws your eye a little.

Hana asks a few questions about figuring out what she wants to do with her life. She gets vague answers about discovering the answer was there all along and that she’ll see it one day.

The group finishes up and exits the tent. You’re temporarily blinded by the strong sunlight that your eyes must now adjust to again.

“Hey Squirt!” Your sister’s familiar voice calls out.

“Hey!” You say as you squint. You’re still adjusting your vision when her big smiling face turns to surprise as she jumps from a smack on the rear. You look to see the culprit is

Max!


>Punch him on instinct! He slapped your sister’s rear!
>Tell him he’ll be sorry when her boyfriend shows up
>...what’s going on?
>”...”
>Force a smile, introduce your girls, and then wait to see what she says in response
>Something else

>>3303765
>Let her know he's a terrible person and you've nothing to say to him.