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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 (Croconaw)
Sorbet (Vulpix)

Location: Laki's parent's place

Recently: You have a spirit journey, Keira came back, you helped Cubone get armed.
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>>2557003
WOOOOO! Hope you're having a good day so far Gobble!
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>>2557003
Alright! Not sure if I'll be able to stay up for the whole run, but I'm looking forward to it all the same.
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“We’d better get them to bed.” You say. “Is your room big enough for all of us? I think we need to keep an eye on Abigail, at least.”

Laki nods. “Yeah. But I get to mess with her.”

“Shyou wish!” Abigail flops against the Laki. Laki doesn’t even need to use her arms as the tiny girl can’t push her any more than she could push an oak tree. “Come on. Drunk *hic* off my tiny delicious butt I can still outwit you.”

Laki raises an eyebrow. She answers back by lifting Abigail under one arm and carrying her to her room, displaying her pure physical dominance and sort of making her own argument about how smart Abigail has to be to try to tick off someone who can do that. “Grab Keira.” Laki tells you and Hana.

You and Hana look at each other as Laki carries her redheaded luggage to the room.

“I’ll get her. “ Hana says, volunteering so you don’t have to strain yourself.

Hana bends down and picks her up. You can tell Hana is still a tiny bit tired and sore herself from that work at the construction site. She really overdid it.

“Hey, Hana.” Keira smiles sleepily. “What’s going on.”

“Just waking you up because it’s time to go to bed.” Hana jokes, hitching the smaller priestess up onto her back. “We’re going to Laki’s room. It’s going to be a little crowded though.”

“I don’t mind.” Keira says. “I miss it. Crowded sleeping arrangements.” She sighs.

“They can be fun.” Hana thinks about something else as you make your way up the stairs. “Herb, it’s going to be really crowded and probably hot in the room. Maybe it’s a good thing if your pokemon sleep outside today.”

Oh. You didn’t think about that.


>Sure. That makes sense.
>Maybe you’ll keep them all in their balls so they’re still close by
>Nah. They’ll crowd the room a little but you’re sure it’ll be fine
>Try to assess Keira’s drunkeness, if any.
>Something else
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>>2557126
>>Sure. That makes sense.
>>Maybe you’ll keep them all in their balls so they’re still close by

For the life of me I can't remember if it's been explained about what it's like inside the ball, it's like a blink of an eye for them right? Or was that just for the professor's porygon with Kat's pokedex.
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>>2557126
>Sure. That makes sense.

They don’t sleep with us when we bone down either.
They can sleep with Wailord, Onix, et all.

>Wish your Pokémon goodnight.
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>>2557126
>>Sure. That makes sense.
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>>2557126
>>Sure. That makes sense.
Gobble and Mace can keep them in line easily enough.
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>>2557126
>Sure. That makes sense.
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>>2557126
>Sure. That makes sense.
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“Sure, that makes sense.” You say. “You guys will look after each other, right?”

Gobble, Mace both take their charge seriously. Bella acknowledges it but she’s more playful and almost eager to have something go wrong. She seems a bit bored lately and without a battle or challenge you worry she might get up to mischief with her energy. Sorbet, who usually avoids eye contact when this sort of thing comes up actually looks a little eager to prove herself. Not too eager, but a little. Dice gives you a nice little nibble on the hand after you pet him and it melts your heart. Cubone’s still outside, practicing.

“Good night, everyone. Don’t be afraid to let me know if you need anything. Sleep tight!”

Gardevoir follows the pokemon. It feels a little weird because sometimes it’s hard to think of her as one or the other. But every once in awhile she does seem to remind you that she’s more pokemon than anything.

“Oh, bye Gardevoir” Hana says, hitching Keira up again. “Guess I can’t be too greedy.” She mutters to herself as she carries the priestess up the stairs.

You get to the door of Laki’s room.

“Hana you smell funny.” Keira says.

“Funny?” Hana’s eyes go wide in alarm. You see her half raise an arm to smell but she stops herself because everyone is looking.

“You got tanned. I can smell it. I bet you have lots of funny tanlines.”

Hana laughs. “Yeah. I- wait, you probably do too. Why don’t we compare in the room? See where that goes? Maybe play some games.” She opens the door, letting you see Laki trying to stop a rambunctious Abigail from bouncing all over the room. She’s somehow stolen most of the pillows and crawled up onto a high shelf in Laki’s closet, claiming she’ll sleep up there.


>Hana, let’s not get any ideas...
>Let’s just chat, wind down, and go to bed
>Yeah! Let’s play some games!
>Help Laki wrangle Abigail
>Go directly to sleep. Let the girls do what they want
>Ask Hana or Laki if maybe they’d like to experiment in you taking aura
>Something else
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>>2557294
>Help Laki wrangle Abigail
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>>2557294
>>Yeah! Let’s play some games!
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>>2557294
>Help Laki wrangle Abigail
>Let’s just chat, wind down, play some games
Then if things don't end in decisions that everyone may regret or feel guilty about in the morning
>Ask Hana or Laki if maybe they’d like to experiment in you taking aura
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>>2557294
>Ask Hana or Laki if maybe they’d like to experiment in you taking aura
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I wonder if Herb can steal their drunkenness.
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>>2557294
>>Help Laki wrangle Abigail
then offer
>Let’s play some games!

I'm having flashbacks to a certain truth-or-dare session many, many threads ago...
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>>2557341
It'll feel weird if we do something while Abby is drunk.
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>>2557360
A lot of stuff happened during the game, if I'm vaguely remembering things right. I'm not advocating something like what we did with Hana, definitely. Just ridiculous stuff in general.
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>>2557419
Jane STILL needs to finish her dare.
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You guess it’ll take awhile for everyone to settle in. Passing the time with some games or something sounds fun. You enter into the room and close the door after Hana carries Keira in.

But before that, you’ve got a redhead to wrangle.

“Abigail. Come on down.” You step in to help Laki.

“No!” She throws a pillow. It misses Laki and hits you. “I’ve got the ammo to hold my position until my demands are- *hic* until my demandsh are met!”

You look to Laki for an explanation. She sighs. “She wants sleepwear to help her precious modesty.”

“You didn’t bring any?” Hana asks.

“Nothing I’m *hic* wearing in front of you.” Abigail retorts. Hana looks a little disappointed, but not hurt. “I don’t want you gettin’ any ideas.”

“The bigger a deal you make it, the more ideas people are going to have. And I think you know that.” Laki says, having no patience for Abigail’s games. “I’ve got lots you can wear.”

“Your clothes suck.” Abigail says. The giggle she fails to contain after betrays her intentions. She probably doesn’t think that, but she’s trying to get a rise out of Laki.

“My clothes are great!” Laki retorts, taking the bait anyway.

“Youuuuuuuuuuuuu haven’t even tried anything on but the clothes you packed for your *hic* journey!”

Laki’s hands subtly reach around her body “Well, most of them don’t fit well anymore...” Laki “Come on. Just put this on.” Laki tosses up an old shirt.

“I will if you do.” Abigail points to you. “Unless you’ve got a better deal. My *hic* terrorism is extremely reasonable.”

Well at least she admits what it is.

>No way. Abigail can wear your old clothes
>Fine. Wear some of Laki’s old clothes if it’ll get Abigail down
>Just grab her and bring her down. She’s light, you bet you could do it
>Nah. You can stay up there.
>Something else
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>>2557470
>No way. Abigail can wear your old clothes
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>>2557470
>>Fine. Wear some of Laki’s old clothes if it’ll get Abigail down
Sounds easy enough

>But oh my god if it's a sweater or something that droops and goes over Herb's hands I will squee like a girl.
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>>2557470
>Fine. Wear some of Laki’s old clothes if it’ll get Abigail down

It’s not like Herb hasn’t already been as intimate as possible with Laki.

Besides, he can probably pull it off better than Abi, and that’ll be fun for Laki to rub in her face.
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>>2557470
>Fine. Wear some of Laki’s old clothes if it’ll get Abigail down
>If you stay up there you'll miss out on all the slumber party games

Just grabbing her has a similar feel to how Herb formed the Salmate thing in the first place. The whole physical conquest angle. So tempted.
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>>2557470
>Fine. Wear some of Laki’s old clothes if it’ll get Abigail down
>Fine, I'll wear it. And you know what, I'll wear her clothes better than you do so *nyeh*
>*Stick tongue out for dramatic effect*
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>>2557470
>Fine. Wear some of Laki’s old clothes if it’ll get Abigail down
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what dos the shirt look like gobble?
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>Laki’s hands subtly reach around her body “Well, most of them don’t fit well anymore...” Laki “Come on. Just put this on.” Laki tosses up an old shirt.

What was that fragment in the middle supposed to be?
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>>2557647
>Laki’s hands subtly reach around her body. “Well, most of them don’t fit that well anymore...” Laki's voice is soft and nostalgic for a moment. “Come on. Just put this on.” Laki tosses up an old shirt.
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“Fine!” You say, pulling your shirt off. “And I’ll wear it better than you.”

“Hana your grip is getting too tight.” Keira, still getting a piggyback from Hana, complains.

“Sorry.” Hana apologizes but with a very excited look on her face. “I’m just having a good night.”

“Soft Hands. You don’t have to.”

“It’s okay. “ You assure her, but turn around to give Abigail a challenging look. “Got any suggestions?”

Laki opens her drawers for you to investigate and you dig through, finding the best outfit you can make. You hate how amazing you come end up looking, even if it’s just a relatively normal if feminine shirt and old comfy sweats. Honestly this doesn’t really feel like drag that much. Laki’s got a lot of boyish clothes. There’s still a slight feminine edge to them, though. The trim on these pants especially, they’re really tight around the ground and seat.

Abigail slides down, rustling through Laki’s clothes, making a lot of comments and jokes when she reaches the underwear drawer. “You really just exploded one day, huh? These go from normal to massive.”

Laki grinds her teeth, but holds back. “Yeah, well, when you start developing you can choose your own bras. You’ll need one some day, I’m sure.”

There’s a little standoff between the two, but they don’t let it get out of control. Laki tosses a shirt at Abigail, who then goes into the closet and closes the door to put it on.

“Bras really aren’t fun.” Keira says. “That’s why I never wear them.”

“I felt that.” Hana mutters, flexing her shoulder blades.

“Well, I don’t really have a lot of a choice.” Laki says, wanting to move on from the subject.

“So!” Hana says. “Tanlines! Let’s seem them.”

Abigail bursts out of the closet wearing an oversized sports jersey. “Hey someshing I’m good at!” Abigail blurts out, showing some shoulder.

Wait, that jersey was an option?!?! Oh wow, her legs are blindingly pale.

Hana looks at you to see if you’re seeing this. Yeah, Abigail looks absolutely adorable in that oversized jersey, showing off her tanlined shoulder.

Keira shows some of hers. She got a little sunlight but not much and not in any lines. She’s always wearing so much paint. Hana’s got some sharp ones. She’s Loanan, but more pale than Laki and Keira. Laki has them too, but mostly just the lines from the tank top she’s been transitioning to.

(continued)
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>>2557694
Huh, now that you think about it, Laki’s been really loosening up with her clothes, wearing more stuff that shows her body. It’s been such a gradual change from hiding it when you first met that you hadn’t really noticed.

The girls flank you as everyone gets comfy on the big comforter laid out on the floor. Hana, then Keira on your left, and Laki, then Abigail on your right.

“What are we going to do now?” Keira asks. Her speech is a little slow but she might just be tired.

“No truth or dare.” Laki says. “Too loud for my house. Plus it wouldn’t feel right without the others.”

They all agree.

“Shame there’s no bottle to spin.” Hana half jokes.

Laki gives Hana a look you can’t really translate exactly, but can tell it’s not a thrilled expression.


>You’re sure there’s something that could substitute as a bottle
>You hate to ask, but you’re still sore, can someone give you a back rub?
>Whisper to Keira and Hana that you want to try to help Abigail and Laki get along better
>Ask about the upcoming gym and temple
>Tickle Laki. She looks tense
>Pull the blanket up and very subtly get frisky with Laki and Hana
>Something else
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>>2557706
>Tickle Laki. She looks tense
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>>2557706
>>Tickle Laki. She looks tense

Then afterwards,

>You hate to ask, but you’re still sore, can someone give you a back rub?

Ask her to return the favor (and get ourselves even deeper into back rub debt)
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>>2557706
>>2557732
Supporting.
Also, how the hell isn't there a pack of cards in a household with three men, two of which who work on a construction yard. Normal poker yo.
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>>2557706
>You hate to ask, but you’re still sore, can someone give you a back rub?

>Chat with Laki and Keira about your vampirism plans, and see what they think.
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>>2557732
>>2557706
Backing as well. I'm curious if Keira or Abigail will beat the others to give it.
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>>2557706
this>>2557732
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You guys remember how when we first met Jeneane she was telling fortunes with tarots?

Herb: “I’m sorry, I just don’t think it’s in the cards for this to happen.”

Keira: “You can do that now?”
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You let your hands crawl up slowly towards Laki’s unsuspecting back. Hana, watching, looks surprised, impressed, and very eager. You’re just going to tickle her., it’s not that entertaining.

“How much did mom make you drink?” Laki asks Abigail.

“She didn’t *hic* make me do anything. I’m a grown, sositifated.” She scrunches her face adorably. “Sophistipated. Shoflhisti-” She concentrates hard. “Sophisticated young woman! Not some kid like those three.”

Laki’s a bit older than you and Abigail’s a bit older than her.

“Four of us, unless you’re including me in the old hag club.” Laki says, a little amused and a little offended. “Which you better not be.”

“No, you’re old like me.” Abigail says. “But not a shpinsshter like me.”

“A spinster?” Laki clarifies.

Laki bursts into laughter as you strike. Your timing is a bit bad. Laki sounded genuinely sympathetic for a half second. But the moment is lost. Abigail joins in and tickles her from the front, helping you really push your assault.

Laki is completely helpless, laughing and kicking and curling and expanding. And that’s when you feel hands wriggle around your own weak spots and send you into a laughing fit.

“Betrayal!” You whisper-shout back at Hana and Keira who are joining in, but against you.

You try to fight back but between Laki and them, and all the general struggling and motion, you can’t. You try to take another position to get better leverage, but end up just getting fingers around your wounds.

“Ow ow ow ow.” You say before you can stop yourself. That breaks up the tickle fight quickly enough.

“Still sore, huh?” Laki says. “I shouldn’t have left you out there.”

“I...” You decide not to comment on that at the moment since Laki said it so quietly. “I’m just a little sore, yeah. Can I ask someone for a back rub? I’ll pay you back.”

“I will!” Abigail crawls over Laki.

Laki’s eyes narrow. “No way. I will.”

“I don’t mind.” Keira says. “I’ve been learning a little about bodies lately.” Keira says. “While studying. I wanted to learn more about your healing techniques.” She further clarifies.

“I’ll do it.” Hana says, having been paralyzed by everything going on. Her hand slowly slides down and cups your butt.

“I said first.” Abigail says. “Come on. I want Goldentop to owe me one. And you *hic* jerks don’t appreciate me so I’ll show you how awesome I am to be around.”

“You just want Soft Hand to owe you a massage.” Laki says.

“And you just want to stop me!” Abigail retorts. “Plus yeah, I do. What, you think he’s some untrustworthy *hic* seducer of women, or do you think I’m like my mom? Which is it, huh?”

(continued)
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>>2557894
Keira and Hana share a quick look. Abigail’s letting out a lot by accident at the moment.

It feels incredibly strange to have all this positive female attention on you, but also very, very nice.

>Why not everyone? You’ll return the favor after
>Abigail was first. It’s only fair
>Laki’s fine. She knows the muscle groups and it might help that jealousy
>Sure, Keira, thanks!
>Why not Hana? She loves to please!
>Something else
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>>2557902
>Why not everyone? You’ll return the favor after
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>>2557902
>Sure, Keira, thanks!
Yes.
Yes.
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>>2557902
>Keira

>might as well let her practice

>chat about aura massage and vampirism
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>>2557933
Keira fan, are we?
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>>2557902
>>Sure, Keira, thanks!
What the hell. I'll back it
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>>2557952
Bro you have no idea. I've been the herald of the holy trinity from the beginning.
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>>2557902
>>Sure, Keira, thanks!
Late, but def this. I'm 90% certain she won't do anything untoward. Maybe it'll even give Hana some later fantasy material to work with.

Hell, maybe we find some way to have Keira play it up just for Hana's sake. Really get her imagination firing.

I'm a terrible influence.

>>2557960
Always good to see some people still sail on best ship.
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“Um, I’d really appreciate if you could do it, Keira.” Keira’s the only one genuinely interested in it without having a secondary motive of some sort.

The other three look disappointed, but nobody really objects. Especially when the cheerful Keira springs up and over. She lands on your back with surprising agility, not hurting at all. “I just like touching so much.”

Hana bites her finger a little at that comment.

As Keira starts working your back, you begin to relax. You need to get your shirt off after a bit to help her out.

“I’m taking payment later anyway.” Laki tells you quietly. You’re not sure what kind of payment she wants but you have a few ideas.

“Keira, I’ve been thinking about aura stuff.”

“Me too.” She adjusts to get another part of your shoulder. Oh man, you must have really rested funny because you are very sore.

“No, I mean, about siphoning aura. It’s possible, right?”

The massage stops, but only for a second. “That’s dangerous. Why would you do something like that?”

“No. Not to hurt anybody. But to get extra energy. Voluntarily.”

“Well. I’m still learning, but if I’m to be your guide I should tell you what I know.” She says, shifting muscle groups again while Laki and Hana are surprisingly amused by the drunken antics of Abigail. It doesn’t hurt that she’s genuinely being hilarious and she keeps kicking while just wearing that jersey. The banter between her and Laki floats back and forth from friendly joshing to harsh but still civilized.

Keira tells you all about what she knows. The first warning is only to take a small amount. It’s surprisingly easy to siphon too much. A lot is lost in the moving of energies so even if you don’t feel like you’re getting that much, it can still be a lot. The second thing is that it can really affect your personality for awhile. You take on the nature of the energies that you siphon, which are generally those most prominent in the person you’re taking on. In other words, you feel a lot more like that person. The third is that is basically doesn’t work unless the person’s guard is down. Because the energies aren’t really something you can pick and choose and you just get what you can take, you might not have the most useful ones for what you’re doing.

“I didn’t know different energies were more useful for different tasks.”

Keira massages a tiny bit too hard. “You know by instinct then, because you’ve been using it that way.” That wasn’t jealousy popping up, was it? “Flip over. I’ll do your front.”


>You’re good here. Return the massage
>Make a point to point out how impressed you are with her knowledge. Don’t be subtle
>Ask if you can try it on her tonight
>Abigail and Laki are almost getting along! Try to help it along somehow
>Ask if she can try aura massage techniques on you. You’ll teach her
>Ask her something else (specify)
>Something else
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>>2558133
>Ask if she can try aura massage techniques on you. You’ll teach her
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>>2558133
>Ask if she can try aura massage techniques on you. You’ll teach her
>Make a point to point out how impressed you are with her knowledge. Don’t be subtle
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>>2558133
>I figured it would be just like how I give some of my aura when I heal or unlock potential, but backwards.

>Have you seen how big Abi’s aura is? How does that happen? Does she like, live on a ley line?

>I hate that I can’t seem to see aura. It seems like one of the first things I should know. I’ve only just recently figured out I’m mostly normal type.

>Tell me about Shedinja. How’d You get that to work out?
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>>2558133
>>Ask if she can try aura massage techniques on you. You’ll teach her
I'd still like to point out her little slip-up at the end there. Mention that we're sorry for touching on a sore point, and say that we appreciate her experience a lot. We'll probably need it going forward. I'd rather not go full-bore on it though - seems more like pity with that route.
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>>2558133
>Make a point to point out how impressed you are with her knowledge. Don’t be subtle
>Ask if you can try it on her tonight
>Ask if she can try aura massage techniques on you. You’ll teach her
The return of the bodyswap episode?
Keira getting all weepy because in Herb's body she can interact with Shedinja?
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>>2558198
That require don’t the use of time flowers last time.

Come to think of it, we should ask her if she’s learned anything more about Time flowers since we’ve done fuck all with it.

And if she doesn’t know, we can call Jeneane.
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>>2558133
>>Ask if she can try aura massage techniques on you. You’ll teach her
>Ask if you can try it on her tonight
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>>2558264
Let me dream dammit. Gobble already dashed my hopes of truth or dare tonight, let me have this for a few minutes more.
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>>2558133
>Ask if she can try aura massage techniques on you. You’ll teach her
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>>2558322
You're not one of those people that want a lewd bin with herb in one of the girl's body are you, because you are sick in that case.
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>>2558357
Y-yes... he's the sick one.. depraved even. Hana understands me, she likes all the fetishes too.
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“Would you like to try aura massage?”

“Aura massage?”

“I don’t know what it’s called, but it’s a thing. Ask Laki and Hana... Um, actually, that's not really necessary... But it’s really neat!” You say before you explain the general concept. She listens as you go over the basic idea.

“Oh! It’s similar to a ritual I know. Yes! Maybe I can help guide your technique on that as well.”

“I bet! I have no idea what I’m doing and you know a lot. I’m really depending on you.”

She stops again and gives you a funny look. “Herb, I have a well respected title here. I know when people are trying to tell me what I want to hear. They do it all the time.”

Gah! You’re not good at this. “Oh, I really meant it, but sorry.”

“Don’t be. I appreciate it coming from you. You're always honest.” She says, smiling. “Now, let’s go over your aura massage.”

You try to guide her through it as she sits on top of you. She listens intently, asking strange questions a lot and using terms you’re not very familiar with, but easily understand after she explains it.

“Let me warm up first.” She says. “I still have trouble getting into that mode. You always seem in it, though.” Keira stretches and cracks her knuckles, then leans back a bit. It’s a little painful in these tight pants as she sits on your lap but you adjust.

“Tell me about Shedinja.” you say, trying to bring something up to talk about. Hana’s trying to calm down a situation where Laki has put Abigail in some sort of leg lock. Luckily it looks more like goofing around and horsea-play than anything serious. At least, for now.

“I...would like to avoid that topic right now.” Keira says, scrunching her closed eyes. “I need to concentrate.”

“Oh, okay.” You make a mental note to bring it up later.

Keira places a hand on your temple and another on your chest.

“Umm, this isn’t really a massage any more.” You say.

“I know, but you don’t need to. Not in theory, anyway. You were just doing that as a way to connect to their aura and help them relax. These are easier areas to work with.” She sounds a little frustrated, but mostly disappointed in herself. “I’m sorry, Herb. I can’t seem to get it. I feel so close. How did you do it before?”


>Well, we’ll just have to practice it. Come on, your turn for a massage
>Expend a little energy making your aura easier to work with
>Well, you have the most experience with more lustful emotions...
>It’s probably because you’re not relaxed enough. Lie back and close your eyes. Let your mind wander
>Insist that the physical massage is part of it. She should try it your way
>Something else
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>>2558367
The only way it could get worse if he was one of those people who wants herb ( who likes girl's mind you) to lewd his on body whilst in one of the girls.
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>>2558369
>>It’s probably because you’re not relaxed enough. Lie back and close your eyes. Let your mind wander
Specifically mention that some of the meditation techniques we've been taught have helped us a lot.
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>>2558357
Guilty as charged.

>>2558369
>Expend a little energy making your aura easier to work with
>Well, you have the most experience with more lustful emotions...
>Insist that the physical massage is part of it. She should try it your way
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>>2558369
>>Well, you have the most experience with more lustful emotions...
>Expend a little energy making your aura easier to work with
>Insist that the physical massage is part of it. She should try it your way
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>>2558369
>It’s probably because you’re not relaxed enough. Lie back and close your eyes. Let your mind wander
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>>2558382
Nah, I mostly just want to see how absolutely ecstatic Hana would be if we bodyswaped with her and got to bang Laki while we nibble her ears.
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>>2558369
>>It’s probably because you’re not relaxed enough. Lie back and close your eyes. Let your mind wander
>>2558397
Strap on's are a thing ya know.
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>>2558369
>Insist that the physical massage is part of it. She should try it your way

>Sorry, I really don’t know what else to tell you. Massage helped keep me and the girls relaxed.

>>2558382
Not like Herb doesn’t give his body handies. I don’t expect him to go any further with that line of action.
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>>2558369
>>Well, you have the most experience with more lustful emotions...
In the interest of full disclosure...
>It’s probably because you’re not relaxed enough. She could try meditating, or we could shoot the breeze with her for a couple minutes. Some small talk might put her at ease as well.
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>>2558406
It's not t even close to the same. Plus, it's Hana. The more niche it is the hotter she'll get over it.
Also opportunity to let her experience having a full set of meat limbs again, at least for a while
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>>2558464
A full set plus one.
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>>2558464
Maybe ya should read a story that already has body swapping between a man and a woman ( in a serious way) instead of trying to have it be something here.
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>>2558501
Gobble's done body swaps for funzies before. It's not like it's totally out of the realm of possibility. Don't be so grumpy.
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“It’s probably my fault. I’m not relaxed enough.” You tell her. “I’ll close my eyes and try to stop being so tense.”

“Thanks.” She says, closing her own eyes

After a short time of doing nothing, you start talking a little. “That tickles. Your finger right there.”

She taps your forehead with it playfully and giggles. The sound from the taps resonates in your head. “Maybe you’ll be more relaxed if I just tickle you.”

“I’ll get you back.” You threaten, grinning.

“Oh!” She gasps. “I just felt something. What other emotions can we use?”

“I always did a physical massage and umm, well...”

“Herb, relax or I’ll lose it again. Please, just tell me.”

“Well, I had the most practice with lustful emotions.” You say. “I did that way more than anything.”

She giggles. “That’s why they warn us about boys in our schooling so much.” She says before concentrating. Her hands start massaging your body, roaming wherever she feels, as she tries to coax out your emotions and get a way in. You swear you can almost physically feel it.

But you don’t really concentrate on it. Your mind is wandering. Wandering to the thoughts of a nice sunshiny day at the beach with your friends, family, and pokemon. Daydreaming about relaxing on the beaches, cooking up a barbeque for everyone, and just taking it easy until nightfall where you and Hana and Laki sneak away somewhere. Oh. Things are getting a bit racy in this little daydream of yours.

In the back of your head something feels a bit off. It doesn’t really feel like Laki or Hana you’re playfully getting a little frisky with in your dream.

“Herb.” You feel a whisper in your ear. You’ve come to enjoy those.

“Herb.” It whispers again, more urgently. You open your eyes. Keira’s right there, eyes wide. “Herb, your pride.”

What? Your...oh gosh. It’s raging, with Keira sitting right on it. Her face is a mix of a lot of different emotions, even through the facepaint. But deep down in there you unmistakingly see a little lust in her eyes too, among the others. That wouldn’t jump out at you so hard if you weren’t feeling so frisky right now.

“Shh.” She says. “I know this can be embarrassing. You probably don’t want Abigail to see your barbarianism. It’s okay. I won’t judge. But what do we do now?”

That’s a huge relief. Keira's such a good friend. And a pretty one, too! And she smells nice.

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>>2558561
Keira sitting on you is the only reason everyone can’t see it. You strained right the fabric of these old worn out sweats. You’re almost a little proud and how solid you are, but mostly concerned about how Laki might react.

But wow. You really, really want to make love right now. To emotionally and physically express yourself towards your girls


>Ignore that feeling. Massage Keira back like you said you would
>Put the moves on Laki and Hana, right here in front of everyone
>Laki said she’d be okay with Keira. Time to bring it up right here and now
>Skooch under the blankets and onto your side. Ride this out
>Subtly ask Laki or Hana to come with you somewhere. One of them won’t raise too much suspicion
>Sneak away to the bathroom and handle this quickly and privately
>Something else
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>>2558561
>>2558570
>Put the moves on Laki and Hana, right here in front of everyone
>Laki said she’d be okay with Keira. Time to bring it up right here and now
HEAVEN OR HELL BOYS.
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>>2558570
>Subtly ask Laki or Hana to come with you somewhere. One of them won’t raise too much suspicion
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>>2558570
>Subtly ask Laki or Hana to come with you somewhere. One of them won’t raise too much suspicion
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>>2558570
>Skooch under the blankets and onto your side. Ride this out
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>>2558570
>Put the moves on Laki and Hana, right here in front of everyone
>Laki said she’d be okay with Keira. Time to bring it up right here and now

Blame it on the aura stuff later if we need to
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>>2558525
I mean part of the problem I have with it, is that Herb is trying to be man, so why the heck would he would he put himself in a woman's body.
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>>2558586
Planning out excuses isn’t very Herb-like.
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>>2558570
>Put the moves on Laki and Hana, right here in front of everyone
>Laki said she’d be okay with Keira. Time to bring it up right here and now
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>>2558570
>>Laki said she’d be okay with Keira. Time to bring it up right here and now
This is a terrible decision, but I'm voting for it anyway. Life isn't fun a a bad decision or 10 made along the way.
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>>2558570
>Laki said she’d be okay with Keira. Time to bring it up right here and now


>>2558598
Dude it wasn't intentional last time. And I dono, to see just how different and manly he is? It's silly shit.
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>>2558570
>>Put the moves on Laki and Hana, right here in front of everyone
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Don’t you guys remember that Herb was just reminded that Keira made vows of celibacy? How she thanked us before for not putting moves on her when she was lust-addled?

This feels like especially poor timing of a bad plan.
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>>2558570
I don’t want to rush these things
>Ignore that feeling. Massage Keira back like you said you would
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>>2558619
She thanked us for not putting it in. She mentioned that she can't have intercourse without her prospects changing. At no point was it said that all sex acts are verboten. If it were that picky then she disqualified herself the moment she let Herb's dick touch her snatch ages ago.
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>>2558570
I kinda want to vote for Herb trying to subtly grind against her right there and then, but that's pretty out of character.
Would make a good what-if bin, though.
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>>2558619
Keira is for hugs, not fugs.
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>>2558687
>literally becomes a fertility priestess if she fuggs.
>Has been visited by Fug
>Sees herb in her visions
Keira is definitely for fugs.
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>>2558687
Por que no los dos?
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This one’s got me anxious.
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>>2558570
>Subtly ask Laki or Hana to come with you somewhere. One of them won’t raise too much suspicion
I like Keira as much as the next guy but this isn't the right time.
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>>2558570
>>Subtly ask Laki or Hana to come with you somewhere. One of them won’t raise too much suspicion
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>>2558730
eh screw it I will change to this.
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>>2558570
>Put the moves on Laki and Hana, right here in front of everyone
>Laki said she’d be okay with Keira. Time to bring it up right here and now
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>>2558730
That takes me back to princess guard.

>really guys it's not the right time!
This is janes date all over again.
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>>2558757
>That takes me back to princess guard.
No. Stop. The memories are sealed. Let them remain so.
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>>2558764
except for the memelord redoing PGQ
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>>2558770
What in God's name.
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>>2558772
I think they are up to the 6th thread now
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>>2558781
I've seen that, but I've been afraid to actually look. Is it... faithful, or a disaster?
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>>2558781
Absolute madmen. Still, as long as bracelet-chan remains best girl, all is well.
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>>2558788
I read some of it, it didn't grab me. I think he gave Mari huge tits or something and I bounced off.
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>>2558792
Not remembering her name is Tina-chan shame on you.
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>>2558788
If it remains faithful then it wouldn't it be a disaster tho?
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>>2558804
Dude I haven't even thought about that quest in years, you expect me to remember names?
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>>2558815
I'm in the same boat and I still remember the names.
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>>2558788
He took completely the wrong lesson from Archelon's failure, and decided that the reason people were bitter about the original is that it wasn't edgy enough.

Cue Game of Thrones levels of on-screen rape and murder under the guise of being 'dude so metal omg'
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>>2558811
It could be a *bigger* disaster. And I don't remember the beginning as all that bad. I forget when I burned out, though. Even reading from the archives and skipping to story posts, the salt got to be overwhelming.
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>>2558827
Yeah, at least Gobble has the decency to put it in a bin when Herb gets molested.
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>>2558851
herb gets molested?!
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>>2558827
I don't think PGQ is a failure, I thought is was pretty good overall. Above average characterization and character development. I think what people wanted out of it was at odds with what the quest was, it was a slice of life quest at it's heart and people wanted to be the best at the combat and didn't really lean into the animeness. I think Arch biggest failures were just creating most of the drama in his own quest.
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>>2558834
I was there the whole time and that salt was really funny.
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Gobble is kill.
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>>2558858
Arch was a fucking terrible QM, good writer though
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>>2558858
There were failures of Princess guard quest.

1. How he handled the waifu war.

2. French guy and his legendary sword of derp winning the tournament.

3. Rein being stupidly underpowered

4. The final boss fight was won by blinding a guy with dirt. A guy who used earth sense to see, was blinded, by dirt being thrown in his face.

That somehow blinded his tremor senses...
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>>2558855
There was that one time when Keira got herself off grinding on Herb’s exposed barbarism while he was asleep.

She felt real bad and apologized though.
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>>2558858
I'll admit the writing was pretty good, but Archelon is a shitty QM and he probably should have just made it into a VN from the outset because he clearly didn't really want players to have any agency.

PGQ was a shitshow but it had nothing to do with the writing or tone, which was part of my point about taking the wrong message from PGQ's failure.
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>>2558887
Probably the worst QM, dude was a mong of the highest order
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>>2558890
>Probably the worst QM
That's pretty firmly FemCOCK.
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>>2558874
I wouldn't call him terrible, but there were some really bad break downs in communication and Arch had this really bad habit of getting real adversarial when he was mad.
>>2558876
The waifu war was the player's bases fault always was gonna be, Arch was straight up with saying the chance of getting more than one girl was extremely unlikely and he wasn't gonna do harems.

He also telegraphed that magic sword thing pretty hard, and I'm surprised that the fan base was surprised by it. When we had basically confirmed it ourselfs from playing from Monique's POV.

Rein was just a regular swordsman he was never going to be strong as people centuries old and Rein was never as weak as people made him out to be, he did his job well and never failed at protecting the princesses.

That last one, I don't remember the specifics of the final battle, but I'm pretty sure it was like a multi combo kinda thing going on from like half of the supporting cast that was there at the time.
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>>2558898
He told us early on we'd never ever see one of those swords in game.

The tournament's rules stipulated no magic shenanigans.

Rein being a regular swordsmen is the flaw in and of itself. What is the point of a guard who's so weak by the settings powerscale?

Just about any middling mage could have been hired instead and would have been more effective than Rein.

The last one was retarded.
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>>2558897
Never heard of him

>>2558898
Dude, he basically removed all player agency because he didn't want them to ruin is special setting. He also cockgobbled the only thing the MC was ever good at by giving the rival a super speshul donut steal sword, that let him beat the MC criting in a duel. That's one example
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Alright, I think I need to crash. Got to run out to the airport again tomorrow, and I'm liable to work tomorrow morning as well. Try not to let things blow up too much, alright everyone? We want small, controlled detonations at most.

Thanks for the run tonight Gobble!
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“It’s okay.” You assure Keira as you push yourself up. The action accidentally causes Keira to rub against you a little.

“What are you going to do?” She asks, whispering just in case you’re still concerned about hiding yourself.

“My girlfriends.” You say plainly. You feel a rush of embarrassment because Hana and Laki both clearly heard that Abigail’s still playing around but notices them both turn to you.

Laki’s turning back from laughing at “Herb. What are you talking about. Holy...do you have a-” she’s cut off as you embrace her in a kiss. A deep, long, heavy petting kiss. You make sure to hit all the secret little places she responds to the most. It doesn’t take long. “Wow.” She gasps.

You grab Hana and do the same. She gets revved up much, much quicker. “In front of Keira and Abigail?” She asks when you turn your attentions back to Laki. You let your actions speak for you.

“Soft Hands. Holy crap. What’s gotten into you?” Laki gasps. She doesn’t seem to think it’s a bad thing.

“Oh boy. Here it comes!” Abigail says, half sarcastic. She makes herself comfortable. “I knew this was coming. I must be psychic.”

“That’s...” Hana gasps as your attentions turn back to her. “A common misconception. They can’t see the f-hnnng,” you nibble her neck. “future! That's what Clair told me!”

“Herb...” Keira says as you start to really get heavy with both girls. “Do you have the energy for this?”

“Always.” You say, surprised at your own confidence. But the steel in your resolve is as hard as the steel in your pants.

“J-jeez, Soft Hands.” Laki says, overwhelmed by your assault. “What kind of massage d-” she stops mid sentence. “Oh. Keira gave you a taste of your own medicine.” She says.

“It was the emotion he had the most practice in for it.” Keira nods, a little, but not a lot embarrassed.

Laki laughs, then pushes you onto your back. “And you came right to me and Hana.” Laki says. “Good Soft Hands. We have a saying here that it doesn’t matter where you get it as long as you park it where you should.” She tries to look stern but breaks as you get back up from under her and continue your assault. “Soft Hands! Wow. I’m not going anywhere. And people are watching.”

“Let them.” You say, concentrating on the task at hand and pulled Hana back in. She freezes up sometimes.

“Keira. You should really consider a fertility priestess career.” Laki laughs. “I’ve never seen him so...lustful.”

(continued)
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Wow Keira sure is embarassed and upset. Sure glad we didn't ask her about it because it'd be sooo inappropriate.
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>>2558925
Well now, let’s wait for the other half before taking away any lessons.
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This suspense is killing me!
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uMyCa35_mOg
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>>2558916
Keira stops laughing though. She puts a finger on her chin. “I....hmm.”

You stop your assault now too and look up at her. You glance right in her eyes. It's a look of invitation if she ever does go down that road. A look of friendly safety, admiration, swimming heavily in lust. You you glance to Laki and Hana and pay attention to both of them to see if they object, because you didn't hide it from them. They don't raise any objections or look offended.

You can't keep yourself from the girls much longer. You tackle Hana. “Awe-hawesome.” Hana eagerly proclaims as things get a little friskier by the second.

Keira blinks a few times, then nods. It’s not a solid question or a solid confirmation. It could just be that she's acknowledging that she understands, not that she accepts. But you haven’t heard or seen a no from anybody concerned. You’re too preoccupied to give that concern more attention. You’ve got your hands full.

Abigail adjusts the pillow she's sitting on. "You know. You'd think this would bug me but it *hic* kinda helps me with that little homesickness I have."

"They do this in front of you now?" Keira asks.

"Guessh so." Abigail says. "I'm too drunk to keep Hana quiet so that'sh on you tonight." She says before curling up.

Keira looks so confused. But also curious.


>Take Hana and Laki out in the open. Abigail’s seen it and Keira doesn’t seem to mind
>Turn off the light and take Hana and Laki under the blanket
>Press the moment and remind Keira that her vows still allow *some* things
>Make another joke inviting Abigail, tool. You’re out of control!
>Something else
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>>2558964
>>Press the moment and remind Keira that her vows still allow *some* things
>Invite Keira to observe. Have Hana describe her side of things as herb gets to work. After all She could be a fertility priestess sometime soon.
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>>2558964
>Take Hana and Laki out in the open. Abigail’s seen it and Keira doesn’t seem to mind
Wouldn't want to deny anybody the show.
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>>2558941
>>2558955
>>2558956
[Sorry, had a weird captcha issue. I am a robot it seems.]
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>>2558964
>Take Hana and Laki out in the open. Abigail’s seen it and Keira doesn’t seem to mind
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>>2558964
>Take Hana and Laki out in the open. Abigail’s seen it and Keira doesn’t seem to mind
>Press the moment and remind Keira that her vows still allow *some* things
AAAAAAAAA
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>>2558975
Captcha is aweful, I know this pain all too well Gobble.
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>>2558964
>Take Hana and Laki out in the open. Abigail’s seen it and Keira doesn’t seem to mind
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>>2558964
>Take Hana and Laki out in the open. Abigail’s seen it and Keira doesn’t seem to mind
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>>2558964
Actually vote this time
>Press the moment and remind Keira that her vows still allow *some* things

>Take Hana and Laki out in the open. Abigail’s seen it and Keira doesn’t seem to mind

But now I wanna learn more about Abi’s home life, help out if we can
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>>2558964
>Take Hana and Laki out in the open. Abigail’s seen it and Keira doesn’t seem to mind

>Maintain solid eye contact with your audience to establish dominance.
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>>2558964
>>Press the moment and remind Keira that her vows still allow *some* things
>Take Hana and Laki out in the open. Abigail’s seen it and Keira doesn’t seem to mind
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>>2558964
>Take Hana and Laki out in the open. Abigail’s seen it and Keira doesn’t seem to mind
>Press the moment and remind Keira that her vows still allow *some* things
>Make another joke inviting Abigail, tool. You’re out of control!
Give Hana The Look™, see if she starts pulling people in on her own.
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>>2559015
That's not fair. We both know that Hana is a black hole.
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>>2558964
Release the Hana
>>2559015
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>>2559023
Oi, Hana's hole is pink and perfect.
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>>2558964
>>Turn off the light and take Hana and Laki under the blanket
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>>2559034
Which one?
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Can we not involve Abi or Keira they did drink and its a little rapey
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>>2559040
Oh piss off.
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>>2559040
Definitely against Abi, she's too drunk to consent in my opinion.
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>>2559040
Speaking of having sex with drunk people, how much does Herb remember of last time Gobble? It’d be a shame for him to forget his whole “tidal wave” bit.

>>2559044
Hey, it’s a fair question to ask. Laki’s real careful about consent, usually.
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>>2559040
At the very least keep Abi out of it, Keira seems quite cognoscente.
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[Let's do a 5 minute, no quote vote just to be safe. Just want to me safe with this one. Keep in mind this is an invitation and *potentially* could be going that inch too far.

Keira has had nothing to drink and under no comprimising influence.

Will Herb invite Keira in to do *some* things, or just smash his girlfriends in front of Keira and Abigail like an absolute madman?]

>invite Keira
>don't
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>invite Keira
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>don't
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>don't
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>>2559066
>don’t

Unless those things are like, stuff a towel in Hana’s mouth, grab some tissues, watch, etc.

Actual invitings should be saved until it’s super clear Hana and Laki are on the same page about it that we are.
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>invite Keira
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>>2559066
>don't
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>>2559079
Man, it's a no quote vote.
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>invite Keira
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>>2559087
[Sorry I mean it's a vote where you're not required to quote. We all have IDs so it's fine]
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>>2559066
>invite Keira
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>>2559066
>invite Keira
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>>2559094
Cool, thanks for the clarification Gobble.
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>>2559087
Huh?

If it was quote only I’d just post

>don’t

But I can put my reasonings too, right? And it still counts?
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>>2559114
Yup, that’s why he specifies no quotes
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>>2559087
Those are kind of pointless on boards with IDs. He was just making a qualifier in case he didn't understand what the option meant.
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>>2559114
But I can put my reasonings too, right? And it still counts?
[Correct!]
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Rolled 68 (1d100)

Rolling
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Looks like the don't have it within the time-limit and keira invite wins on all total votes.
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Man Anons always think with there dick.
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Invite
>>2559069
>>2559072
>>2559081
>>2559093

Don’t
>>2559070
>>2559074
>>2559077
>>2559079
>>2559086

Late
>>2559098 (by 14 seconds)
>>2559102 (by 30 seconds)

Right?
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>>2559151
I'm pretty sure don't won cause the limit was 5 mins.
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>>2559155
Why you link the deleted votes?
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>>2559157
It may have but still it always surprises me how much dick think there is in quests.
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>>2559157
Well that's stupid. Gobble's been updating irregularly.
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>>2559165
Anon is always thirsty my drinks.
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>>2559155
>best girl is going to lose because I fucked up the captcha
I don't have a reaction image for this.
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>>2559162
They weren’t deleted for me, so I didn’t realize.

It looks like one person on each side accidentally sent their votes twice, so it evens out.

>>2559171
Just think of it as a slow build up.
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>>2559155
Really dude, I’m discounted because of a dang captcha error by -15- seconds?
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>>2559181
Yep, that's how it works. It's fine though. I wouldn't say Kiera's out of the game. Like what that other anon said we are building up to the main event.
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I don't really see the point of a time-limited vote when we've got id's already.
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>>2559181
I'm discounted because I had to wrangle my three year old into his pajamas.
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>>2559194
I'd argue that the main event is inducting her into the harem and having sex. Bringing her in for oral and heavy petting -is- the buildup.
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>>2559197
You didn't actually vote at all, though. You just rolled a bit less than the best number.
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>>2559207
I'm not sure I'm sold on the three girlfriends yet, though Kiera and Herb are real cute together. Hmmm
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>>2559225
But he is the bone of his girls. INFINITE girls!
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It’s a long, sweaty, amazing night. You feel like a man possessed, but you know it’s just you. Just your inner self. It’s just so strange to see yourself as this big lady’s man. But you are. You, the guy who can’t even say dirty words most of the time seem to have this crazy beast inside that you unleash in bed. You turned your two girlfriends into satisfied, quivering messes. And you did it in front of an audience, without shame.

It felt amazing. You lie there, tired and heavy, cuddled and satisfied. You still worry about the impending time you can’t keep up or fail to satisfy, but the way Hana just came out and said not every time will be great before when things didn’t go so well really helps keep you at ease. You think maybe it’s because you feel so safe with them that you’re able to avoid your nerves acting up.

Keira’s easy going attitude made it sort of fun to give her a show, too. The whole thing just went way better than you expected, and you think it might have a lot to do with how nonchalant you were.

There’s a knock at the door. Everyone except Abigail shoots up.

“Hello?” Laki says.

The knock comes again, urgent but soft. And from low to the ground. You scramble for some pants and answer.

It’s Gobble. And there’s all your other pokemon.

“Cubone’s missing!” Keira translates.

[That's it for tonight. We'll pick up tomorrow. I know some anons aren't happy with the way that last vote went, but Keira is very much mind blown at the moment and curious and flustered and not threatened or feeling pressured.]
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>>2559225
Everybody involved has good chemistry with each other, in my view, and Keira definitely has a thing for Herb. I see no reason not to make everyone happy in the obvious way. Sure, we might not take it all the way physically for a while for religious reasons, but that's no problem.
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>>2559234
I think things went better than if we pressured her, I felt like her attitude was such that she wasn't ready for a thing yet.
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>>2559231
Thanks for running, Gobble!
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>>2559249
[Thanks! Sleep tight! Don't forget to call your mom tomorrow!]
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>>2559256
Gotcha, thanks for the reminder
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At the very least, I demand that the bin be from Keira's perspective.
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>>2559256
It's also my birthday tomorrow! Every other birthday is on mother's day for me
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>>2559280
Happy Birthday, Anon!
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>>2559268
[Sure!]
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>>2559256
I’m going to try baking apples for her and grandma!

Thanks for running!

I wish I had been able to do some more cards but I had to keep fixing the fence to keep my family’s dogs from breaking out. I’ll get around to it.

>>2559268
That’d make the most sense, though I wouldn’t be opposed to interludes from any of the other girls’s perspectives.

What was the list of bins that you were working on again Gobble?

Also, I should try to make a list of plot threads to pursue sometime.
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>>2559285
ty
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Ha, Herb boned down while wearing girl clothes.
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>>2559231
I would have voted Don't if I were here, and "Keira is very much mind blown at the moment and curious and flustered and not threatened or feeling pressured." sums it up the reasoning really well.

Patience is a virtue.
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Was abi awake during this too or did she drunkenly nod off?
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>>2559373
This plus the exhibitism made Hana a happy girl, I bet!
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>>2559662
I look forward to when they’re all sleeping together spent and tired after a long day. Being honest, I wouldn’t mind seeing Hana and Laki being more intimate with each other as well like they are with Herb. Also I feel like a dunce, what’s Val doing at the moment?
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>>2560625
Val’s got contest stuff.

We should actually go watch some of that sometime, especially if she goes to the finals.

Laki’s been opening up to Hana at her own pace.
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>>2560636
It's so weird how much James mom looks like Jesse, and with her mom also having purple hair it makes me wonder if they're like cousins or even estranged sisters
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>>2560662
Probably why James likes following Jessie, I always felt Jessie was the one were the pants in their relationship. James is just so use to obeying his mother he just found a nicer version of her to pal around with.

I always thought it was super funny how stinking rich James is, he has no reason to want to make money through criminal activity, so he probably just does it to spend time with his friends and just to give himself goals.
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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 (Croconaw)
Sorbet (Vulpix)

Location: Laki's parent's place, Laki's bedroom.
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>>2559854
Herb is legitimately her perfect husbando.

He will be Laki's once he impregnates her.
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>>2560820
And Keira’s when they revitalize the regions temples together.And Valerie’s when he greets her in an apron and asks how her busy day with the company was and whether she’s got any new plans for the contest she’s sponsoring.
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>>2560820
Excellent, everything goes according to plan...
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A light thunderstorm still attempts to rage outside but only manages small outbursts for now. You really lost track of things and have no idea when that sprung up. You have to struggle to get your mind to focus. You just had a pretty intimate and physically draining night.

“What do you mean, missing?” You ask Keira and Gobble.

“She snuck out when we were sleeping. Mace was watching the window.” You turn to Mace and wonder what he saw for a moment, but don’t let that slow anything down. “Dice found her on her way out, but she tricked him.”

“Tricked him? How?” You say, looking down at a disappointed, sad looking Dice with a stain on his nose.

“He found her when she was leaving and asked her to stay. She made it seem like she was just investigating something very smelly and when he sniffed it, stuffed his nose in.” Keira gasps. “Oh, poor Dice.”

Laki approaches, putting on some clothes and sniffing. “Mom’s perfume?”

“She gonna be mad?” Abigail mumbles. Her eyes are closed and her face is mushed into her pillow, but apparently she’s fairly awake.

“It’s cheaper than water.” Laki struggles to put on some old shorts that just can’t fit onto her wide hips.

“Why did she run away?” Hana asks.

Gobble shrugs.

“He doesn’t know. But he doesn’t think anyone offended her or anything. She seemed to be really warming up to everyone. This came as a big surprise.”

You’ll say!

>Come on, let’s go find her
>You’ll stay here and try to console/wash Dice’s nose, others can go if they want
>Well, if she wanted to leave, let her go
>You’ll look for her in the morning
>Something else
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>>2560831
>Come on, let’s go find her
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>>2560831
>Come on, let’s go find her
>Abi, could you take care of Dice's nose while we're out?
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>>2560831
>You’ll stay here and try to console/wash Dice’s nose, others can go if they want
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>>2560831
>Come on, let’s go find her
And
>>2560845
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>>2560831
>she’s a ground type with Lightning rod, she’ll be safer out there than any of us will be.

>let’s look in the morning.
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>>2560831
>Come on, let’s go find her
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>>2560831
>>2560865
Addendum* Ask hana to look after Dice.

Hana won't go out in a storm guys, metal legs and arms and she's terrified.
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>>2560852

This + loook after Dice. I feel like we neglect him as a mon
>You’ll stay here and try to console/wash Dice’s nose, others can go if they want
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You glance out at the thunderstorm. You’re pretty sure that wouldn’t really affect Cubone that much, given her ability and her being accustomed to the life of a wild pokemon, but it still bothers you that she’s out there all alone. What’s she doing?

“Abigail, can I ask you to look after Dice while I’m out? I’m going to go find Cubone.”

Abigail very lazily rolls her body towards Dice, trying her best not to actually get up. “Sure. Come here, Dice.”

“We.” Laki corrects, still trying to negotiate an angle that the shorts can fit.

“We-er.” Hana adds in awkwardly. Her eyes clearly avoiding looking out the window. “I can’t let you get hurt again.” Her chest rises and falls heavily, but she stands firmly. "Wait, pretend I said 'we-three.' That would have been cooler."

“A trail by storm.” Keira mumbles.

“Huh?”

“Nothing.” Keira shakes her head. “I’ll come too.”

That’s a lot of volunteers. “Hana, are you sure?”

She puts on the same awkward smile and eyebrow arching she gets when she pretends she’s not thinking something lewd and waves off the concern. “What, me? Yeah. These models are supposed to be safe. It’s all in my head, right? Plus I still have Mandibuzz and I don’t know what the plan is there. I’ll stay a few feet away from everyone just in case.” Her face makes it look like a joke but the way she swallowed while saying it didn’t.

You also realize how unprepared Laki and Hana are. You could really cover a lot of ground by the time Laki and Hana gather thier pokemon and gets dressed.


>Keira and you will go ahead. You two can catch up
>Alright. Everyone that volunteered can come. We’re out in five
>Take Mandibuzz and leave Hana behind. Ask her to look after Abigail and be here in case Cubone returns
>You’ll go with just your pokemon. Everyone stay
>Something else
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>>2560929
>“A trail by storm.” Keira mumbles.
Should that be "Trial"?

Also, my birthday is in two days! Since you're probably not running on Tuesday, that makes this my birthday run!
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>>2560929
>>Keira and you will go ahead. You two can catch up
>Something else
If we don't meet up in an hour, and we can't contact each other by pokedex because of the storm, let's have Laki's Parent's house be a rally point and meet back up here in 3 hours.
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>>2560929
>Keira and you will go ahead. You two can catch up
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>>2560944
>>2560929
This.
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>>2560943
[Oops! And happy (almost) birthday! How old, if you don't mind me asking? Any big plans?]
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>>2560943
Happy birthday dude, mine actually was on the fifth.
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>>2560959
Polling ages gobble? Some of us are old.
28
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>>2560959
27, and I'll be picking up a pair of Palkia codes while I'm near the shops.
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>>2560943
>>2560965
I got mine on the 7th.
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>>2560989
Clearly people with good taste are born in may.
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>>2560991
Good taste is a trait of Taurus.
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“Keira, you can go now, right?”

She nods.

“Great, we’ll go ahead.” You announce. You’re still riding that momentum of assertiveness from the nighttime activities. “Laki, Hana, come once you’re ready. If we don't meet up in an hour, and since we can't contact each other by pokedex because of the storm, let's have the house be a rally point and meet back up here in 3 hours.”

“Yes sir.” Laki says, intending it to be sarcastic but really sounding more impressed than anything.

You take Keira by the hand and both of you, rush out, all of your pokemon, minus Dice, in tow.

You check out in the backyard and Gobble points out the last spot anyone saw Cubone. There’s the spot on the fence where she hopped over, and below it you see a small piece of torn cloth that smells like cheap perfume even through the wind and water. Hey! That’s torn from the scared you made for Onix.

The huge pokemon is curled up under the little shelter they have for it, deep in sleep.

On the other end of the yard you see Gardevoir standing still, looking up at the sky. Rainwater deflects harmlessly against and invisible bubble she’s extending around herself. There’s a little room in the shelter but she seems not to be concerned. You can’t be sure, but you assume by her demeanor that she’s not entirely lucid at the moment.

The rainwater puts your arm hairs on end.

“How are we going to find Cubone?” Keira asks.


>Go to the place you first met Cubone
>Go in a straight line in the direction she left in
>You’ll go one way, Keira can go the other
>Spend time trying to get Gardevoir to help. Her psychic powers can help
>Something else
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>>2561017
>Odor sleuth hasn’t failed yet.

>Gobble, try to follow that perfume.
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>>2561017
>Odor sleuth and start heading the way she left.

As an aside, there should be at least one person on everyone’s team with that move, Meowth can learn it can’t they?
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>>2561017
>>2561028
This

Also Gobble,
>That’s torn from the scared you made for Onix.
You meant scarf right?
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>>2561017
>>2561028
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>>2561032
[Oops! Yes.]
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>Suddenly got an image of a Snorlax in a chef's hat slowly rotating his hands and wafting a string of steam while using odor sleuth to test a dish.

Goddammit I need this now.
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>>2561051
>Pokémon on the switch

E3 can’t come fast enough.
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>>2560979
man that's uncanny, I turned 27 today
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You come to a stop and think for a moment, letting go of Keira’s hand. “Gobble, can you use Odor Sleuth?”

“Good idea!” Keira exclaims.

Gobble looks around at all the other pokemon and yourself. He doesn’t seem sure, but he’ll try.

He sniffs, hard. While he does, you lean against the fence. Woo. You’re close to empty for energy. You’ve recovered from your injuries very quickly, but you’ve spent almost every ounce you can safely spend. You don’t really feel that drained until you lean against something or slow down, though.

“That way!” Keira translates. You open your eyes and see Gobble pointing. “Probably.”

“Good job, Gobble.” You rustle his head. “I don’t know what I’d do without you.”

Gobble beams. He’s such a reliable friend.

But there’s no time for that right now. You hope the fence. Once you get over you pause to turn back and offer Keira help, but she effortlessly climbs her way to the top and balances on it like a gymnast. Your pokemon all get over it quicker than you did, although Gobble needed a quick step up from Mace.

You rush out in that direction. The wind and the rain pick up a little, making any potential conversation difficult. That’s okay. You’re busy trying to think. What could Cubone be doing that’s so important?

You end up running by that one house on the edge of town near Laki’s hidden little area. You remember seeing a fierce looking Granbull there when you walked by. Gobble’s path would take you right through the yard.

And you and Keira can see it was in a fight recently. Granbull growls and backs away when you go by.


>No time. Keep going
>Try to heal it a little
>Maybe Keira can translate if you have any questions for it (write-in)
>Something else
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>>2561141
>>Maybe Keira can translate if you have any questions for it (write-in)
Did a Cubone come by here recently?
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>>2561121
Ah, Happy Birthday!
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>>2561141
>>2561145
This
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>>2561141
>Keira should talk to it.
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>>2561141
>granbull
>fierce
>when it gets bullied by preschoolers
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>>2561141
>>2561145
Supporting
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>>2561172
Kids are fucking vicious man.
>Video of cat with firecracks taped to it
>Video of dog pelted with rocks.
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“Did a Cubone come by here recently?” You say.

It growls and backs up.

“I don’t think she heard you.” Keira’s voice barely comes to you.

You cup your hands and yell the question again. “Did a Cubone come by here recently!”

Your pokemon join in, making lots of noise. But somehow, through it all, Granbull seems to hear it.

“Criminal.” Keira translates. “Tresspacer. Came in,” She scrunches her nose to think. “Yard? Um, they fought. And...Cubone used dirty tricks and ran off. And she’s a good girl.”

“Does she know which way Cubone went?”

Granbull makes more noise. “We’ll stay back.” Keira promises it, putting a hand on your chest and pushing you back so that only she’s close to the fence. “Cubone said she was after bones. That’s why Granbull attacked when she’s usually friendly to visitors. Mother bones. Very scary thing to say.”

“Oh. I think Cubone and Granbull had a misunderstanding.” You say, mostly to yourself.

Keira asks about the direction. It’s the same general area Gobble’s nose seems to be leading you.

Granbull edges towards the house, under an awning where it’s a little more dry. The thunder off the the distance makes it shoot up for a second.


>Great, let’s go!
>Ask Granbull another question (Write-in)
>Knock on the door. The owner should let their pokemon in during a storm!
>Something else
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>>2561344
>>Great, let’s go!
If we pass by later we'll knock.
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>>2561344
>>Great, let’s go!

Can't fix everything at once now.
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>>2561344
>Great, let’s go!
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>>2561344
>>Ask Granbull another question (Write-in)
>Tell Granbull she is a very good girl.
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>>2561386
Supporting.
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“You’re a good girl.” You say, feeling a little bad for that pokemon. “Come on, let’s go.”

But one thing at a time. You’ve been hearing a lot about spreading yourself too thin.

You have Gobble re-use Odor Sleuth every so often and slowly find your way towards what you hope is Cubone. The path takes you up a pretty steep cliff on the side of a large hill overlooking the town. Luckily it seems Cubone didn’t climb right up it and you have a path you can follow.

When you get to the top, Gobble stops sniffing. “He doesn’t know exactly where Cubone is, but he says the smell is strongest in this area. And his nose is feeling worn out.”

“Thanks Keira. Gobble.” You say, looking around. Cubone has to be around here somewhere.

Lightning illuminates half the cliff for a second, showing you a small cave entrance. The crack from it comes in a few seconds later, causing a bush way out on the edge of the area to rustle in surprise. There’s definitely something over there, but it seems pretty far away. And maybe you can get to the top of the rock formation and get a better idea of what else might be around here.

“I wonder if an electric attack would home in on Cubone.” You mutter, trying to think of who among the pokemon would know a move like that.


>Into the cave
>Shout out for Cubone
>To the rustling bush
>Ask Gobble to dig deep down and give you just one more Odor Sleuth
>Everyone split up and check everything
>You have the spot, go find Hana and her Chinchou
>Something else
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>>2561461
>Into the cave
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>>2561461
>Look for a berry that will turn natural gift electric in your bag or on a bush.
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>>2561461
>>Shout out for Cubone
>Get on top of the rock formation.
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>>2561461
Oh shit thats smart
>>2561476
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>>2561476
noice, the lightning rod will lead us to her.
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>>2561461
Backing >>2561476
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You think for a moment, holding your chin. Keira and Sorbet are looking behind a large rock. They find nothing, but you notice how ice clumps form on and around Sorbet. She’s putting out a lot to keep herself from getting too wet. The water droplets freeze together, become heavy little clumps, and she has to shake them off constantly before they get too heavy.

It’s funny how types and abilities work. You wonder if her diet affects that at all. You’ve been meaning to look a lot more into specific pokemon nutrition and see if there’s anything you can be doing to help make your pokemon even healthier. Maybe the right berry combination or-

Hey. You have an idea. “Pecha berries!” You say, diving into your bag.

“What?” Keira shouts.

“I’m still got some Pecha berries. Pecha berries and Natural Gift.” You say.

“With Cubone’s Lightning Rod...” Keira puts it together.

“Exactly!”

You and her high five quickly.

Bella jumps to your side to volunteer. She wants to help too.

“Alright.” You pat her on the head and hand her the berry. “It’s up to you then.”

Bella gives a smug look. She can handle this. She gets into a wide position, does an unnecessary twirl, and fires off the attack.

There’s a sharp twist of the arc as it zooms right into the cave. You’re about to go right in but Keira holds you back. She’s waiting for something.

“Zubats.” She says.

You both wait for a second.

“Nothing’s coming out.” You say.

“Something else has been living in there.” She comments. “Something territorial. Zubats flock to caves so often that most other pokemon don’t mind them in caves. They just keep coming back unless you really chase them off.”

You’re very impressed with her knowledge. She’s really amazing sometimes.

“I guess we should go in. But let’s be careful.” She makes a quick praying gesture at the opening.

It’s really, really dark in there.


>Let’s go in carefully, then. Cubone has to be really close.
>Get your pan out and proceed first
>Get a pokemon to scout. Someone more suited to it than you
>Shout to Cubone to come out
>Something else
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>>2561690
>Get your pan out and proceed first
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>>2561690
>Let’s go in carefully, then. Cubone has to be really close

Gotta be safe, but we also gotta be brave.
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>>2561690
>Get your pan out and proceed first
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>>2561690
>Let’s go in carefully, then. Cubone has to be really close.
>Get your pan out and proceed first
We proceed armed.
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>>2561690
>Let’s go in carefully, then. Cubone has to be really close.
>Get your pan out and proceed first
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You produce your frying pan. You only like needing it when you have something to cook, but you’ve wandered into enough caves to know to have it.

“Stay behind me.” You tell Keira as you step forward.

It’s actually pretty dry and nice in here. Bits of dried leaves and things give it an almost carpeted feeling. That’s when hear the noise.

“Crying?” Keira asks.

You go a little closer. Keira points her pokedex with it’s weak flashlight function. Her’s must be low on a charge or something because it’s not bright at all.

There’s Cubone, standing among a small pile of mostly broken bones. She‘s loosely holding her club and looking at an egg in a small nest.

“What are you doing, Cubone.” You ask cautiously.

She points to the bones. “That’s what’s left her mother.” Keira translates.

Oh.

Cubone doesn’t move from the egg. She just looks at it. She tenses when you take a half step forward with your pan.


>We’ll collect them and give her a proper, Loanan ceremony, right Keira?
>Surround her with you and your pokemon, but don’t get any closer
>Confidently over and move her away from the egg. Maybe she won’t have time to think if you’re fast enough
>Ask her to move away from the egg. You don’t want to give her any ideas, but she might already have them
>Remind her that the egg didn’t do anything
>Something else
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>>2561877
>>Remind her that the egg didn’t do anything
>We’ll collect them and give her a proper, Loanan ceremony, right Keira?
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>>2561877
>Put the pan away slowly and remind her the egg didn't do anything. Sit down, try to be as nonthreatening as possible and tell her you'll give her a proper burial.
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>>2561877
>We’ll collect them and give her a proper, Loanan ceremony, right Keira?
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>>2561877
>>Remind her that the egg didn’t do anything
>We’ll collect them and give her a proper, Loanan ceremony, right Keira?
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>>2561877
Looks like I'm later, but small write-in
>Ask if her mom protected the egg.
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Herb just can’t catch a relaxing weekend, can he?
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“Hey, Cubone.” You begin as you lower your pan and crouch down so you’re not as threatening. Mace stays close to your side. “It’s okay Mace. Cubone’s not going to hurt anybody. Not me, not the innocent egg that hasn’t hurt anyone.”

Cubone grips her club tightly. “It will once it grows up.” Keira tells you for her.

Lightning strikes again, illuminating the cave a little. Thunder follows a few seconds later.

“We’ll collect the bones and give her a proper, Loanan ceremony, right Keira?”

“Of course.” She says, sounding surprisingly cheerful. “It would be an honor.”

You go to move closer. Cubone lifts her club a little. “That’s all I wanted when I came here. I’m grateful you saved me, really. But...this isn’t fair.” The club smacks the ground. “This is a sky-terror egg!”

“It’s an egg.” You try to remind her.

Cubone doesn’t look enthusiastic, but she does look determined. Still, she wavers.

A horrible cawwing sound from behind draws everyone’s attention. Keira nearly leaps to the top of the cave in fright. Flurry and rage flap at you, but Mace, Sorbet, Gobble and Bella are ready and unleash a storm of moves that don’t hit it but keeps it back. You guess they’ve been around you long enough to be ready for your bad luck.

“Mandibuzz!” You hear Hana’s voice off in the distance.

Mandibuzz caws and rages, barely keeping her distance from the imaginary line your pokemon have made with their attacks. Hana’s able to find you but not get close or understand what’s going on past the raging mass of feathers.

“She’s worried about her egg.” Keira tells you, just in case you didn’t gather it.

This just got a lot more complicated. You turn around and see Cubone holding her club up, but not swinging yet.

Mandibuzz makes some horrible, gut wrenching noises.

“She attacked Cubone for coming in here before.” Keira says. “She says she’ll go through all of us if we don’t move right now.”

This is bad. With Mandibuzz on one side of you, looking frantic and desperate, and Cubone on the other side, holding a club over that egg, it feels like everything’s gone completely out of control in a second.

Mandibuzz caws and flaps her wings, giving what might be a final warning. You flinch a little, feeling sharp pains in your wounds. Or maybe you just remember them that hard.


>Have your pokemon attack them both. Take the chance now before it’s too late
>Step out of the way
>”EVERYONE CALM THE FUDGE DOWN RIGHT NOW!”
>Ask Cubone what her mom would think
>Something else
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>>2562067
>>”EVERYONE CALM THE FUDGE DOWN RIGHT NOW!”
>>Ask Cubone what her mom would think
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>>2562067
I don’t know man, which option ends the cycle of violence?
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>>2562067
>>2562067
>>Ask Cubone what her mom would think
>>2562067
>>Something else
"You told me you wanted to be a protector. Not a killer. Was that wrong?"
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>>2562067
>Something else
I've lost people I love too,Cubone and I felt it; the pain, the sadness, the rage, but that doesn't mean we should put more pain in the world because that cycle never ends. Your mom loved you, just like Mandibuzz loves that egg, and how do you think she would feel if she saw you now? What do you think she'd tell you to do?

Basically just my thoughts on
>Ask Cubone what her mom would think
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>roll nat 1
I don't know what she'd think. She's DEAAAAD *smash*
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Rolled 98 (1d100)

>>2562126
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>>2562137
Good job, you could have used that to avert this.
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>>2562141
The RNG is seeded based on time tho.
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Keira makes a quick motion. It’s a different kind of prayer than what you’re used to seeing. The words don’t sound similar either. Wait, no, you did. When she was at Heracross’s gravesite.

“Cubone.” You say, holding your hands out in both directions. “Listen to me. Please.” Your voice quakes a little when you say that last word.

Mandibuzz brings its wings down. It’s not calming down though. It’s getting into position to kick off in a dash.

“I've lost people I love too, Cubone. And I felt it; the pain, the sadness, the rage, but that doesn't mean we should put more pain in the world because that cycle never ends. Your mom loved you, just like Mandibuzz loves that egg, and how do you think she would feel if she saw you now? What do you think she'd tell you to do?”

She lifts and lowers her club a few times. That’s probably the only reason Mandibuzz doesn’t charge in.

“What’s going on, guys?” Hana shouts.

“We’ll tell you in a minute, stay back.” Keira replies, not wanting to complicate the situation any more than it is.

A tear finds it’s way down Cubone’s mask. “I can protect the future. Make my own future eggs safer. Make other Cubone’s safer. I can protect them just like mom protect me. Just like you protected me.”

"That’s exactly it, Cubone. You want to be a protector, but why?”

Cubone looks confused.

“You want to protect those that can’t protect themselves, right? The innocent and helpless. What do you call that egg?” You take another step towards her. “Think really hard about what your mother would say. What she’d want you to be.”

Cubone lowers her club. She’s shaking.

Mandibuzz starts walking forward, her head low and ready to strike. She passing the edge of the invisible line your pokemon laid out. They’re getting ready to unleash on her and she doesn’t seem to care anymore. She wants her egg now.

It’s a narrow passage. If she gets a little closer, there’s no way to get past her without getting within reach.


>Tell them to stand down
>Pick up Cubone and carry her past Mandibuzz. Maybe they won’t fight this time
>Pick up the egg and take it to Mandibuzz so she stays by the wider area
>Have them knock Mandibuzz out. You can heal her later when it’s safer. It’s still too tense and risky
>Something else
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>>2562280
>Pick up Cubone and carry her past Mandibuzz. Maybe they won’t fight this time
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>>2562280
>>Pick up Cubone and carry her past Mandibuzz. Maybe they won’t fight this time
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>>2562280
>Pick up Cubone and carry her past Mandibuzz. Maybe they won’t fight this time
You did good, Cubone. You did good.
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Don't suppose we could impress upon mandibuzz the reality of her child growing up without her just like she's done to cubone?
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>>2562280
>Pick up Cubone and carry her past Mandibuzz. Maybe they won’t fight this time
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>>2562280
>>Pick up Cubone and carry her past Mandibuzz. Maybe they won’t fight this time
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Rolled 55 (1d100)

>>2562355
Here's hoping
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Rolled 5 (1d100)

>>2562355
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Rolled 79 (1d100)

>>2562355
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Rolled 5 (1d100)

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[Oh yeah. Ignore me]
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>>2562404
Never!

Looks like we have nothing to worry about.
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You move in to scoop up Cubone, and Keira helps gather the bones. There’s a flurry of motion behind you that makes you tighten up a little. “It’s okay.” You assure her.

Mandibuzz eyes you intensely as she walks by. She makes a low deep noise She gives it hard to Keira too. It’s a tense moment as you squeeze by each other. She almost snaps at you, but thinks better of it.

“Blessings on the new life you’ve brought into the world.” Keira says, offering Mandibuzz another small prayer. This makes the fierce pokemon lower her defenses for a second.

And that’s when Cubone raises her club again. Not for the egg, but for a sucker strike on Mandibuzz. Your hand reaches out and catches hers before she can get her swinging arm up high enough. You shake your head.

You, your pokemon, Cubone, and Keira, all come out of the cave to Hana.

“So uh, now can I ask what's going on?” She looks very nervous.

Keira begins explaining it to Hana as you set Cubone down. Cubone looks embarrassed and lost. She’s just out of spiritual and mental energy.

She looks up. What happens now?

That’s a good question. Cubone almost went over the line tonight. She premeditated a way to get past Dice. She threatened to destroy an egg. She messed up that Granbull. She’s smart, but there’s a distinctly sneaky and scary side to her. Would she be a good fit?


>You have an empty spot on your team, if she wants
>She can follow along with your group like Gardevoir, if she wants
>You’re sure she’ll be fine. She can fight and she’s armed
>You’ll worry about that after you see to Dice
>Something else
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>>2562462
>You have an empty spot on your team, if she wants
>She can follow along with your group like Gardevoir, if she wants
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>>2562462
>>You have an empty spot on your team, if she wants
>She can follow along with your group like Gardevoir, if she wants
>No matter what, if she's coming with the group, she's going to promise to apologize to Dice.
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>>2562462
>>You have an empty spot on your team, if she wants
>>You’re sure she’ll be fine. She can fight and she’s armed
I really is up to her
I think having Gardevoir around is more than enough rouge Pokemon though.
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>>2562462
>You’ll worry about that after you see to Dice
I really don't want this one on our team, both because there's better options like cute boat ghost and because I don't like cubone herself.
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>>2562462
>You have an empty spot on your team, if she wants
or
>She can follow along with your group like Gardevoir, if she wants
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Fuck I'm late.

>>2562462
>You're sure she’ll be fine. She can fight and she’s armed
Our asshole pokemon quota is full of dragon, thank you.
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>>2562462
>You’ll worry about that after you see to Dice
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>>2562462
>You’ll worry about that after you see to Dice

It might be a better fit for Keira's lineup.
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>>2562483
The anchor?
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>>2562498
I thought Jane got the asshole dragon?
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>>2562522
The Misdreavus we met on Val's yacht, of course.
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“You’re welcome to come along.” You say. You don’t feel like you can really judge her too harshly. This can’t be a good time in her life. You leave it open about your team or just with the group. “But we’ll have to see to Dice first. I think someone’s owed an apology.”

Cubone does have the decency to look pretty ashamed. Especially when she sees the look she’s getting from your other pokemon. All of them really care for Dice. She offers them an apologetic bow. It doesn't seem really enthusiastic, but it doesn't seem insincere either.

“I’m glad everyone’s okay.” Hana says as the group starts walking back. You find Laki running up the cliffside, a little out of breath.

“Did you run the whole way?” Keira asks.

Laki leans on her knees. “No. Thought. You went. Somewhere else.”

It’s odd seeing Laki of all people out of breath. Even when she’s really going at it she never gets that tired. She really must have hoofed it. The water and sweat drip off of her barely-dressed body.

Lightning strikes somewhere and Hana flinches. The thunder is only a half second behind.

Hana mumbles something under her breath about statistics, Faraday, her rubber shoes, and some stuff you can’t hear. She keeps her distance from the group.

The mood is pretty low right now. Everyone’s scared, or tired, or emotionally spent as you walk back in the driving thunderstorm. But this is still a heavily wooded area at night. You’ve got to be careful of wild pokemon even here.


>Promise everyone a hot meal when you get back. That always helps morale
>Remind Hana that Cubone’s presence will keep her safe
>Insist on taking Hana’s hand
>Let’s run back. Come on guys!
>Something else
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>>2562606
>>Promise everyone a hot meal when you get back. That always helps morale
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>>2562606
>Promise everyone a hot meal when you get back. That always helps morale

>Insist on taking Hana’s hand
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>>2562606
>Remind Hana that Cubone’s presence will keep her safe

>Insist on holding her hand.

Honestly, Cubone would be a good fit for Hana, since it will always protect her from lightning. (She’s got the experience with Loss to help her cope too.)
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I mean, there are a lot of thunderstorms on the islands. I think that Cubone would be good for Hana that way, but can I get a second opinion on that guys?
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>>2562696
Cubone doesn't really know Hana, she hasn't exactly expressed an interest either.

I'd be fine with Herb getting Cubone or Hana if she really wanted her?
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You take Hana’s hand.

“Herb. No.” She pulls it back. “You shouldn’t be so close.”

“It’s fine.” You say, hold your hand out. “When we get get back I’ll make a hot meal for everyone.”

Hana hesitates, but takes your hand. “Well...maybe your bad luck will cancel out my bad luck. Just don’t blame me if you there’s a spark.” She smiles. “Get it? Because we’re holding hands?”

Hana looks around. Laki gets it but doesn’t laugh. Keira doesn’t understand the idiom at all.

But you get it, and you let out a little air and a smile. Hana cuddles your arm. “Heh.”

“You’re sure you’re okay with this?” She asks. A flash and thunder follow.

“Stop being so difficult to get close to.” Laki tells her, taking Hana’s other arm.

Keira takes your other arm. Everybody except for Cubone ends up holding hands or riding on somebody’s shoulder. Bella hangs on Laki. Mace keeps floating around pushing up pokemon that need help balancing. Sorbet tried bouncing off of Hana’s leg but froze to it thanks to the rain. She could get loose with some effort but instead decides just to ride it out. She’s really loosening up on being playful now. Gobble’s holding Keira’s hand, looking happy at a good night’s work and looking forward to a nice meal.

Cubone follows behind at a decent distance. Hopefully, after some more traveling, that distance will shrink.

[That’s it for tonight, folks. Take it easy! There’s an outside chance of a thread on Tuesday. I’ll be working on that bin and am open to any more suggestions. We’ll likely have most or all of it from Keira’s perspective.]
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>>2562746
Thanks for running Gobble!
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>>2562757
[Thanks for coming! This was a bit of a darker adventure than usual so I hope that didn't turn people off.]
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>>2562746
Goodnighty!

Hopefully Herb quickly gets the vampirism he deserves, considering how he always lets everyone else vampire off of him.

Since the bin is from Keira’s perspective, I’d like to see what’s going on with their auras and what she thinks of Herb doing those ripples/tidal wave thing.
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>>2562773
I felt bad for Herb. He just can’t catch a break to rest up and eat souls.

Hopefully we’ll get some time at the festival to let things lighten up and consume the life force of our friends.

Speaking of which, does anything different happen when draining a Pokémon compared to draining a human?
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>>2562773
I liked this adventure, but I like when the going gets tough. I feel like we get the most interesting challenges when the shit hits the fan and we definitely had a few of those moments. Also I liked seeing Herb get closer with Laki's and Hana's family. Meeting cubone was a lot darker than I expected, but I felt it turned out well.
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>>2562773
Thanks Gobble!
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>>2562773
Thanks for writing!
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>>2562746
I missed the chance to vote to ask cubone to join, fucking damnit.

Have a good night gobble, and thanks for running!
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Alolan marrowak YES YES YES
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>>2562562
No, she tried, but he turned her down for the same reason. Neither of us were worthy.
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>>2563297
Herb literally beat it down with a frying pan, then nursed it back to health, how is that not worthy?
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>>2564067
It's a really prideful dragon, it probably thinks that that beatdown didn't count since it was basicaly starved at the time.

Jane can apparently summon him though so she seems to have developed their relationship further than we have.

We have Sorbet though.
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So, plot threads:

Vampirism practice. (Which should help minimize long term damage to Herb from his mauling.)

Cubone finding a trainer. (I vote Hana so she Cubone can keep her safe/assures with Lightning Rod and Hana can help Cubone go through grief. It also keeps our sixth slot open for a Pokémon I want more.)

The Festival is coming up at an unspecified time and we want to do cute courtship rituals with Laki.

There’s a dark god stalking our circle of friends, likely seeking out our fossil to either get itself resurrected or to destroy the fossil to keep Fug from being resurrected.

Our friend Val is going to finals soon probably and I want to watch and cheer her on.

Our bro joined a gang and went missing.

We’ve been shirking worry seed coffee development and Gobble might really want a supply of it if he manages to evolve.

Gobble’s been having a hard time evolving.

Mace still hasn’t learned explosion, which we were going to teach him as an emergency energy shunting technique. He seems to maybe not need it anymore though. I’d still like to teach him hyper beam at least.

Gardevoir has dimensia.

We planted a magic bean a while back that we should try not to forget.

Herb recently made a mental note to ask Keira about Shedinja.

Jane owes us the rest of that dare.

We should use that rebreather Tauros gave us and use it to learn to scuba dive with Hana.

Quarantine island is a fucking mess.

Our good friend Keira is relying on us to help correct the course of her people’s faith. (Grass temple down, 17 to go?)

We didn’t finish teaching Dice Dragon Dance and the way we were going it looked like Herb was going to learn it too.

Laki wants to challenge the local gym and show us around her island. I’d like to do this gym as a triple battle with our girls.

Herb should set a more concrete goal like becoming the best at aura he can be or learning a recipe from every temple (including the secret temples? I think Moomoo milk pancakes counts for the normal temple.)

There’s a hot pepper challenge waiting for us at the fire temple.

Anons want to bone down on (and maybe romance) the priestess. (Let’s wait to read the bin before further consideration at least.)

Anons want to bone down on Abi. (Wait until she’s close with Alamo at least guys.)

Anons want to bone down on Val. (Jesus guys.)

Herb wants to teach Cubone to fish.

We should surprise Sorbet by having her use fire type natural gift in battle, since she wants to be able to use fire so much.

Anything I’m forgetting guys?
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>>2565996
Why did Laki autocorrect to Alamo?
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>>2565998
Never forget.
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>>2565996
Anons want to bone down with Jane :^)

I'm still salty we didn't at least kiss her after the date & worst girl hana came out on top
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>>2565996
>Anons want to bone down on Val. (Jesus guys.)

The Herbowl is generous and buffet sized.
Though desu I'd like to see some of the initiative come from Laki and Hana too about bringing the other girls in.I'm a bigger fan of a proper poly relationship more than straight up harem.

>>2566353
Jane was an abrasive and untrusting asshole for nearly 30-40 threads and is just now starting to pull the stick out of her ass.
Might be nice to give her a call soon though, see how she's going. I'm all up for her being friends but the simple matter is that no one in the group especially likes her or tries to like her beyond Herb.

>>2565996
I'd say that in general training would be important. Oh! Gobble's crush on Sorbet seems to have been set to the wayside, is it still there at all or is Gobble past it.
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>>2566811
I think I remember reading a snippet that seemed to imply he had mostly gotten over it, or at least was able to be chill about it.
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>>2565996
Oh, and I’d like to give Hana a turn in our body.
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I think maybe we pick up Misdreavus next time we visit Val. Cubone would fit well with Keira, since they share the experience of not being quite sure what to do with their lives after having their pillar of support knocked out from under them.

Visiting with Val would be nice in general, of course.

And getting in touch with Polu so that we can help with his Team Skull problem.

Maybe we can make Shedinja a cape to deal with the "hole in its back that eats your soul if you look into it" problem?
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Consider: Laki, on a muscle beach, repeatedly using Herb as a weight.
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>>2567992
Quit trying to pawn off cubone, I want her for herb
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>>2568837
>>2567992

I also want the alolan marrowak for herb
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>>2568837
Well I want her for Hana to keep her safe from short circuiting.
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>>2568837
She's a cutie and I wanna hug her and tell her it'll all get better.
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>>2566811
I didn't know anyone even liked Val. I'm not even remotely interested in her.

>>2568837
I think Herb should have cubone. But I wouldn't be devistated if someone else did. She did dice Dirty. She an't gotta treat him like that.
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>>2569747
Then a Yoshi hatched from the egg, and things got kind of awkward.
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>>2570422
I always considered Val a good friend but I always thought she wanted to fug Laki and had no interest in Herb. Only when she said, "If things don't work out with your girlfriends do you still got me" basically after Herb explained his relationship problems did I think there might be some interest there.

Also I think Cubone would be a good mon for Herb, but you are right about needing to work out that awfulness with Dice.

>>2570725
Yoshi is great, i don't see any problems.
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>>2569747
>>2570799

But Yoshi can't hatch from an egg. It evolves from Dragonite.
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We running today?
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>>2576445
Hopefully, it's normally Saturdays.
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Is Gobble kill for realzies this time?
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>>2577380
Twitter says tomorrow but possibility of lewdbin tonight!
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>>2577528
I’m eager.
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[Sorry about the lack of thread tonight. Here's that bin, though!

https://pastebin.com/89ycH7Gk

Enjoy!]
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>>2578289
Wew. A couple broken lines (65 and 139.) Sexy stuff.

I wonder: is Herb’s lust unlocking technique something that the fertility clergy already use? Would joining them affect Keira’s political capital?

I want to aura mix with our girls.
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>>2578414
[Thanks! Fixed]
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>>2578289
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOF

Good stuff there Gobble, continuing that heart and boner boner.
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>>2578289
Hot stuff, another great lewd bit! It's nice to see the girlfriends and Herb getting closer all the time. Really warms the cockles of your heart.
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>>2578414
[Thanks! We're running in an hour or less!]
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>>2580345
[Nice gif! Also, we're live!

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