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Goldenrod City in the summer. The sea breeze comes in from the west, the girls wear flowers in their hair, the heat is immense, yet somehow pleasant. But it's not all glitter and glamour.

There is an ugly underbelly to this city. In the Goldenrod tunnels, there is a haven for the tired, the hungry, the wretched masses of the unemployed and unemployable. Most of them have been displaced by the recent completion of the Magnet Train and much as you hate to admit it, you're one of them.

Your tin cup rattles as a passerby throws a coin into it. A dollar piece. "Thank you sir. Bless you sir." The man doesn't even bother to look down. That's all right, you know you're not much to look at right now. It's the thought that counts. Behind you, in your ratty tent, your little sister begins to rouse from her midday nap. She peeks her head out and rubs her eyes.

"Hey." You say, fixing her hair. "How are you feeling?"

"Hungry."

You check the broken change in your pocket. Thirteen dollars. Enough for a half-decent meal. For one person anyway, the rest you'll have to save. You're almost there now, so close you can taste it. The way out of this hole.

>Ask if she can wait a few more hours, there'll be more people coming through the tunnel in their lunch break and you want to get a few extra bucks
>Take her to the food court at the Department Store, cheapest food in town and Mr. Yamauchi is always generous with his portions
>Talk to Mr. Zinnai "next door", he always has some food to share, not anything hot, but it hold your sister over till dinner
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>Take her to the food court at the Department Store, cheapest food in town and Mr. Yamauchi is always generous with his portions
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>>3329631

Welcome to Pokemon Poorfag Quest!

This is a quest that takes place in the Johto region. I will be using pokemon from the G/S/C era (for no other reason than those are the only ones I'm familiar with). This quest is a throwback to my own poorfag childhood where the Pokemon game was a welcome escape from reality. Hope you all enjoy the ride!
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>>3329631
>Take her to the food court at the Department Store, cheapest food in town and Mr. Yamauchi is always generous with his portions

To give a little sister anything less than the best available is a truly grievous sin.
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>>3329648
>This quest is a throwback to my own poorfag childhood where the Pokemon game was a welcome escape from reality. Hope you all enjoy the ride!

Also
>Gen 2
>Childhood
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>>3329819
I have to leave. Please count my vote as a Cyndaquil or Marril
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"Alright. Let's go to food court." The idea of staying in this damp tunnel for another hour to beg for change doesn't exactly excite you. And besides, your sister has been stuck in bed with fever for the past week and could use a meal that doesn't consist entirely of half-warm beans and discarded breadsticks.

"Are we going to Mr. Yamauchi's?" Says your sister, as you help her button on her coat.

"Sure."

"And can I--"

"Yes, you can order the Sunday special with extra hot sauce, even though it's not Sunday."

She smiles and takes your hand. A few of the other squatters wave at you as you pass. A few of them even come up to give your sister some sweets, to which she looks to you for approval and when you give it, lights up like a voltorb about to explode. The people here have nothing, yet always find a way to share. If not for them...well, thank god for them.

The southern entrance of the tunnel comes quickly. As you step out, the sun makes your eyes water, but the warmth on your cheeks and the cool wet wind over your brow is a welcome change. You can already see the superstructure of the Goldenrod Department Store looming above the high-rise apartments. It's only a short walk to the main entrance. The doorman gives a nod of recognition as you pass and the person at the front desk gives a sneer of disgust. Same old, same old.

The food court is on the 3rd floor and not wanting to waste your sister's appetite you decide to head there immediately. Mr. Yamauchi is the store's chief proprietor of Kanto cuisine, a master of fish, fowl and every species of noodle under the sun. He's become quite familiar with the two of you, and sympathetic to your cause, not in small part because of his own domestic problems.

Is it taking advantage? Maybe, but the man seems to enjoy it and beggars can't be choosers.

"Ah! My favorite customers, and how is the Plumb family today?" He says, as you approach the counter.

"Hey, Mr. Yamauchi. We're doing alright. Just the usual today. Sunday special."

"With extra hot sauce!" Adds your sister.

You lean into Mr. Yamauchi's ear. "Go easy on the heat if you can, she's been sick." He pats your arm and gives a knowing nod.

"And how about you son, the same?

"Oh no, nothing for me today." You drop your change on the counter and begin sorting the coins by denomination. "Six dollars right?"

"Right." He says, sweeping the money into the register. "And I'll throw in some soup, for later. Come by after too, I might have some leftovers for the gang."

"Thanks, Mr. Yamauchi."

"Don't mention it. Take a seat, food'll be right out."

1/2
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>>3329879
You sit down at the open tables, choosing a spot a little further away from the shop, by the balcony that your sister really likes. You're just about settled in when a patrolling security guard spots you and starts lumbering over. Mr. Saito, aka Mr. Psycho, the resident homeless hater of the Goldenrod Department Store.

"Excuse me, young man, but we don't allow squatters in the store."

Despite the fact that you've clashed with this man no less than a dozen times, he always pretends like he's never met you before.

"I'm not squatting, I'm a customer."

"I don't think so. Get up. Come on up, up." He grabs under your arm and begins dragging you from your seat.

"Hey! let go of my big brother. Hey stop! Stop!"

Now people are beginning to watch. You really hate that.

>Just leave for now, don't make a scene, you can pick up the food later
>Make a huge scene, you're in the right for once, maybe you can get Psycho fired
>Write-in
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>>3329915
>>Make a huge scene, you're in the right for once, maybe you can get Psycho fired
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>Write-in
Ignore the security guard and speak to our sister in a gentle but slightly louder than normal voice

"It's ok [name of sister] this man is just doing his job. Even if we paid for the meal and are hungry we still must obey those in authority... I promise to find a way to feed and protect you. Fighting now would simply disturb the other customers and make trouble for Mr.Yamauchi."

FULL ZEN MODE
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>>3330076
Supporting
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>>3330076
Let's go with this one.
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>>3329915
Supporting >>3330076, assuming we keep the "pick up the food later" bit from the main option.
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>>3329915
>>Make a huge scene, you're in the right for once, maybe you can get Psycho fired
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>>3330076
>>3330230
>>3330253
>>3330277

There are so many eyes on you now. Too many. You can feel the early warning signs already coming on, the flush of sweat on your brow, the palpation, the shortness of breath. You force yourself to remain calm.

"Rosy, stop shouting." You say. Your sister quiets immediately. Mr. Psycho takes this as a good sign and releases his vicegrip on your arm. You take the opportunity to shake loose from him. "It's alright. Even though we paid for our meal, and even though I have the recipt right here--" You hold it right up to Psycho's face, "we have to obey those in authority."

"But, big bro--"

"Come on, we get the food later. We don't want to make trouble for Mr. Yamauchi right?"

Your sister folds her arms, confused by this sudden conundrum, but eventually nods and gives you her hand. Mr. Saito, who is now the object of everyone's judgmental glares, doesn't seem even the least bit bothered. He wears a self-satisfied grin as the both of you walk back to the counter of Mr. Yamauchi's shop.

"Oh food's just about done, son. What's the matter?"

"Er, nothing. We just decided we wanted the food to go. I'll be back later to pick up the leftovers though."

"Keep moving young man." Says Mr. Saito, behind you.

"He's a customer." Says Mr. Yamauchi.

"You don't have to defend him sir. I know his kind. I've dealt with them all my life. Start walking, young man."

"I'm telling you he's--"

"Sir, please. Let me handle this."

"Sorry Mr. Yamauchi. Uh, I guess I'll try to come around later."

"The hell you are. This is my restaurant, you're a paying customer; no one treats my customers like that." Mr. Yamauchi stares at Mr. Saito like he's trying to X-ray his organs, but the latter just picks at his fingernails.

"Please, Mr. Yamauchi. Don't. I'll just go."

"Son--"

Behind him, one of the servers pushes out an order, forcing Mr. Yamauchi to turn his attention. You head back to the elevators, Psycho following your footsteps all the way until you suddenly come face to face with a living legend.

"Whitney." You didn't mean to call her. Maybe if you hadn't she wouldn't have noticed you. She wouldn't have seen you dressed as you are, smelling as you are.

"Luke." You can already see the recognition turning quickly into pity. God, you just want to die.

"Babe, who's this?" A burly young man in the familiar green suit of the park rangers, regards with you scarcely masked disdain. His hand is place squarely on the small of her back. You hate him immediately.

>Just wait for the next car, you'd rather deal with Psycho than this
>Get in the elevator pretend like this never happened, she doesn't know you, you don't know her
>Try to be cool. Just try be cool goddamnit.
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>>3330397
>Get in the elevator pretend like this never happened, she doesn't know you, you don't know her
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>>3330397
>Get in the elevator pretend like this never happened, she doesn't know you, you don't know her
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>>3330419
>>3330426

You look behind you and Psycho is still there, waiting for you get on the elevator and out of his life. You put your head down and oblige, turning your back the instant your inside. Whitney is at least aware enough not to say anything, though it's obvious her "friend" has picked up on the vibe.

A few moments of tense silence pass.

"Hi Whitney!" Says your sister. You make a mental note to kill her once this is over.

"H-hi, Rosy." Says Whitney. The elevator stops. It doesn't matter what floor it is, you get off and drag your sister so hard she almost pops a socket.

"Ow, big bro that hurts."

"Deal with it." You stomp out as fast as you can, but inevitably, Whitney calls out for you and by unconscious reflex, you stop. She runs up to you, having at least the decency to leave her friend behind.

"Hey." She says. "Sorry."

"For what?"

"Uh, I, I don't actually know. H-how are you doing?"

>Peachy. Just peachy. [sarcastic]
>I've been better. But hanging in there. [calm]
>Leave without saying word. You have nothing to say to her. Fuck her and her park ranger boytoy [completely and totally cool and collected]
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>>3329819
Did I say something wrong?
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>>3330454
>>I've been better. But hanging in there. [calm]
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>I've been better. But hanging in there. [calm]
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>>3330454
>I've been better. But hanging in there. [calm]
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>>3330481
>>3330494

You take a deep breath and then release. You even try to smile, but you're pretty sure, based on the look on Whitney's face, it comes out more like a grimace. "I've been better. Just hanging in there for now."

She scratches her neck. "I heard about your dad."

"Yeah well. He was always a deadbeat asshole. We're better off without him."

You sister sucks in her breath and covers her mouth. "Big bro, you said a bad word." She whispers.

"Well, I don't really know how to say this, is there anything--I mean if you need--" This pain is of the kind they inflict on war prisoners.

She begins reaching into her purse.

>Make a run for it, there's no way in hell you're sticking around for this
>Take the money, god knows you need it and you're almost there anyway and you'll pay her back soon
>Just tell her no and walk away. It doesn't have to be more complicated than that.
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>>3330532
"Stop. Could you spare an unused Poke Ball instead, Whitney?"
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>>3330542
Supporting.
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>>3330542
>>3330532
Yee
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>>3330532
>>Just tell her no and walk away. It doesn't have to be more complicated than that.
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>>3330542
>>3330549

You grab her hand. "Don't. Please."

"Sorry, I didn't mean to--I mean I was just--"

"Yeah. I know. We're doing OK. Really."

She does a quick once over, taking in the OK-brand of tattered jeans, soiled overcoat and hole-ridden sneakers. You've convinced no one today of your lies.

"Isn't there anything I can do?"

You're about to respond in the negative, when a sudden thought, disgusting and vile, arises in the back of your mind. And before you know what you're doing, the words are coming out of your mouth.

"Do you think you can spare a Pokeball?"

"What? Oh."

"I mean since you're a gym leader I figure you get them for free or something from Pokemart. Like product placement. Haha." Rope. You need to buy rope after this. And a book on knots. "You know what, forget it. Forget the whole thing."

"No, hold on. Here." She hands you, not a spare, but an entire packet of a half-dozen great balls. Retail price: almost 4 grand.

"I can't take this."

"Trust me, I have more." She hands the packet to your sister, who snatches it like was water in a desert. "I got them as part of my signing bonus."

"Signing bonus?"

"Oh, right. I guess you haven't heard. I applied for a job at Indigo Plateau. I'm a stand-in for one of the Four! You know it's always been my dream to be one of the Four, and this is really a big step forward. Eric, that's him over there, he was the one that clinched the job for me. His dad is Koga." She squeals, like one her pigs. "Can you believe it?"

"Yeah." You know you shouldn't feel...whatever it is you're feeling right now, but there are some moments where life just takes a continuous shit on a person. This is the diarrhea version of that moment.

"Well, it was good seeing you. You should come by the gym later." But what she really means is, I've paid my dues, please don't come around. Ever.

"Yeah." But what you really mean is not in a million years you absolute whore.

You part ways amicably.

You sister holds up the packet of great balls, still in the original packaging. So much for spending 3 months saving up for regular old Pokeballs. You suppose that money can now be spent on travel supplies. For the first time in a long time, a weight feels lifted off your shoulders. It feels like your life is about to change.

"Big bro, I'm still hungry."

"Right."

A quick and filling lunch later (you assume, your sister ate most of it). You have the rest of the day plan out and six great balls to contend with.

>Sell a few of the balls back to get some spending money
>Head out immediately to catch some pokemon, phase one of your plan is a go
>Get the 193 dollars and 25 cents you've been saving and splurge a little
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>>3330625
>>Head out immediately to catch some pokemon, phase one of your plan is a go
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>>3330625
>>Head out immediately to catch some pokemon, phase one of your plan is a go
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>Sell a few of the balls back to get some spending money

If we can get a good price for them then we should sell them all and replace them with regular pokeballs. The only benefit great-balls bring is a higher catch rate which shouldn't really matter for our first (presumably weak) pokemon. We can always buy more later when we have money. Right now immediate funds seem more important.

then

>Head out immediately to catch some pokemon, phase one of your plan is a go
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>>3330625
>Head out immediately to catch some pokemon, phase one of your plan is a go
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>>3330659
Great Balls sell for 300P in game. My suggestion is use them to catch a pokemon for us and sister, then sell the leftovers and get some standard balls.
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>>3330659
changing vote to
>>3330726
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Rolled 56 (1d100)

>>3330625
>>Head out immediately to catch some pokemon, phase one of your plan is a go
GENTLEMEN, PRAY FOR GROWLITHE.
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>>3330636
>>3330655
>>3330708

There's no sense in delaying things and you hardly contain your excitement anyway. The only question is where. Do you head north to Route 35? It'll be long walk from here, unless you take the tram. Of course you do have the money for it now.

Or you could just head south to Route 34. There's a good selection of Pokemon there. You've even heard rumors of Abra sightings, they're not a good first Pokemon since they can't really do anything, but at least they can't hurt you either.

Or, maybe it might be worth taking a day trip up to the National Park. No one goes into the deeper parts this late in the summer, they should be easy pickings.

>Route 34, so you don't waste too much time
>Route 35, you really just want to ride a tram
>National Park, might as well make a day of it
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>>3330755
>>Route 35, you really just want to ride a tram
Some nice pokemon there. Also OP I'd really advise you get a trip code, especially if you're gonna be changing IDS.
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>>3330755
>Route 35, you really just want to ride a tram
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>>3330755
>>National Park, might as well make a day of it

These are where the best Pokemon are.
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>>3330755
>National Park, might as well make a day of it
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>>3330755
>>Route 35, you really just want to ride a tram
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>>3330763
>>3330767

You decide to head for route 35, if only because you haven't ridden the tram in a while. The trip back to the tunnels is a triumphant one. A quick change to the set of clothes with the least offensive odor later, you're on the tram heading north to Route 35.

It's another hour before you're finally at the northern checkpoint of the city. From here only buses and cars run and not having access to either you decide to start walking. It takes some time before the marks of civilization disappear into wild nature. Pretty soon you can hear the flutter of wildlife around you and you venture into the tall grass and trees to capture some of it.

Your sister, riding on your shoulders, acts as a lookout for local police. Technically, no one is allowed off the path without a Pokemon and if you get caught, it's probably going to get ugly.

>4 hours of sunlight left

>Roll 1d100
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Rolled 84 (1d100)

>>3330817
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>>3330820

Choose one:

>Drowzee
>Nidoran (o->)
>Nidoran (o+)
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>>3330830
>>Nidoran (o->)
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After what feels like a decade gathering grass stains, you finally encounter a small, pink nidoran, nibbling at a patch of grass. Without a pokedex, there's no way to tell what level it actually is but from where you stand, it doesn't look too strong.

>Throw a rock at it (+1 to capture, 1-2 crit fail)
>Throw a pokeball at it
>Get away safely
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Rolled 33 (1d100)

>>3330817
Nidoran Male?
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>>3330854
>Throw a Pokeball at it.
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>>3330861

>Roll 1d100
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>>3330854
>Throw a rock at it (+1 to capture, 1-2 crit fail)
it will up the chance to get and we might need the the catch rate up. sure it might attack us but if that happens then we beat it down with our bare hands, then stuff it in a poke ball and it will know to obey us for we are stronger
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Rolled 97 (1d100)

>>3330862
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>>3330873
Or ya roll like that>>>3330874
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>>3330874

You throw one of the great balls while it's still distracted. The ball inflates to full size and the red laser latches onto the pokemon, shrinking the pokemon down (or whatever it is pokeballs do) and landing softly on the dirt. The nidoran doesn't even struggle. Inside the pokeball it's just napping contentedly.

Well, that was easy.

>3.5 hours of sunlight left

>Time to head home
>Spend some time training the Nidoran
>Keep searching for more pokemon, you have six more balls left
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>>3330894
>>Keep searching for more pokemon, you have six more balls left
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>>3330894
>Keep searching for more pokemon, you have six more balls left

Should be:

>...five more balls left
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>>3330894
>>Keep searching for more pokemon, you have six more balls left
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>>3330894
>Keep searching for more pokemon, you have six more balls left
>Spend some time training the Nidoran
In classic Pokemon fashion, fight duplicates and catch new ones.
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>>3330894
>Keep searching for more
but no more then a hour or two we need to get home and set up for night
ps what time of year is it becuse if its fall or winter we will need to get going soon mostly so we are not getting home to late, when does the tram stop running
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>>3330894
>>Keep searching for more pokemon, you have six more balls left
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>>3330897
>>3330902
>>3330906

I think that'll be all for tonight. Thanks for playing.

>>3330920
>ps what time of year is it
First line of the quest my man. Tram stops running after 10 PM. Sun sets around 7 PM
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>>3330927
ty for running QM
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>>3330927
right im a dumb
and thats super nice to know that we have a lot of leeway when it comes to the tram, so we dont get forced to stay in the woods over night, and something bad happens to our sister then we have to track down the people that did it, there by becoming a stereotypical super hero protagonist.
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>>3330894
>>Keep searching for more pokemon, you have five more balls left
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>>3330944
I think after catching another Pokémon or two it might be smart to get a bit of training from Whitney.
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>>3331156
Are you drunk or being intentionally thickheaded?
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>>3331156
>>3331179
Yeh, i doubt we would go to Whitney...

>"Well, it was good seeing you. You should come by the gym later." But what she really means is, I've paid my dues, please don't come around. Ever.

>"Yeah." But what you really mean is not in a million years you absolute whore.

Something happened in our past, she got out, we got fucked.
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>>3331179
>>3331196
Yeah she sounds like such a terrible person giving charity to the edgy homeless kid and his sister and asking them to come by to her gym later. I don't buy the characterization. Maybe OP could've presented a compeling reason for why the MC is supposed to hate one of the first pre existing character we meet.
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>>3331273
I think the reason the MC resents her is because they had a history and she came out alot better than he did. With the completion of the Magnet Train leaving him and his sister homeless (Dad missing or dead), having to see her succeed and make it to Gym Leader while he lives in a tent and feels like a failure. Then when they meet again he can see her pity him and resents her for it.
Why would he want to subject himself to that same pity?
Also, the "...you absolute whore." thought after Luke saw her with her boyfriend suggests the relationship they had was at least slightly romantic, at least in his mind.
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>>3329631
This is gonna turn into some kind of Gutter King, Commie quest isn't it.
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>>3331273
>edgy homeless kidd

So you're just an idiot then who's unable to empathize with others. You somehow believe that this one act washes way the years of abuse, hatred, and destitute the MC had to endure along with his sister whom he's protected. You are unable to realize, exactly as the story explicitly laid out, his father is an awful person who left them in this situation, so a mention of him would elicit a less than cheerful response to the person who brought it up. Who's to say she's being genuine? Why now when she see's him did she decide to "help out"? Why not sooner, when his father left? She obviously knew there was the younger sister, not just the MC. Besides, you're missing the greater point. They are children. It's not as though they are going to think of everything from every situation. And finally, as this anon said, >>3331390 PRIDE AS A MAN, WHICH YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT.
Are you such a one-dimensional mouthbreather that there is no way you could have thought of this on your own unless someone else brought it up?
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>>3332018
You seem mad
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>>3332027
Yes. I detest imbeciles.
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Is this quest before or after the fall of team rocket?
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>>3330897
>>3330906
>>3330916
>>3330920
>>3331019

Please roll me another 1d100

>>3331273

lmao. I tried not to be to on the nose about the past relationships (show don't tell and all that) but this: >>3331390 >>3332018 is basically it. Didn't mean for the MC to come off as "edgy".

>>3332061

After, as you'll soon see. But as with other things, I've taken some liberties on the game's canon
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Rolled 94 (1d100)

>>3332105
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Rolled 77 (1d100)

>>3332105

>>3332118
Nice dice
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>>3332121
I've been on a roll lately. Nat 100 soon
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>>3332118
Hopefully it's Growlithe. I assume a nat 100 would get a shiny/swarm pokemon/out of region pokemon.
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>>3332139
>Nidoking and Arcanine
Are we Gary lol
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>>3332118
Choose one:

>Growlithe
>Snubbul
>Drowzee
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>>3332156
>Growlithe
Should be a nasty surprise for the Jennies if nothing else.
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>>3332156
I know I'm not >>3332118 but
>>Growlithe

>>3332152
Well, I assume we'll give one to our sister. I can see us leaving her while we go off on a pokemon journey.
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>>3332161
Assuming we don't bring her.
I'm curious to see if we go Adventure or criminal lord of the Goldenrod underworld
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>>3332161
*I CAN'T see us leaving her.
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>>3332156
>Snubbul
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>>3332156
>Growlithe
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>>3332161

It's not long after you catch the nidoran that your sister alerts you (by pulling on your ears) to the presence of a true rarity. A growlithe pup chasing its own tail.

You release nidoran and the growlithe, more curious than anything else, ventures closer to do battle. It doesn't very look strong, but then, neither does your nidoran.

>Attack with nidoran, weaken it first (+1 capture, 1-2 crit fail)
>Throw a pokeball at it
>Get away safely
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>>3332184
>attack with Nidoran
Lets see what our first catch can do. We do need to sell our GB's for pokeballs after this tho
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>>3332184
>Attack with nidoran, weaken it first (+1 capture, 1-2 crit fail)
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>>3332184
>>Attack with nidoran, weaken it first (+1 capture, 1-2 crit fail)
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>>3332194
>>3332202
>>3332209

"Catch it big bro. Catch it, catch it, catch it! It's so cute!"

"Alright already, quit pulling on my hair you're gonna make me bald." You crick your neck. It's been a while since a real battle. A rush of memories and with them, emotions, comes flooding back. It takes a moment to recover. "Alright nidoran, attack!"

The growlithe turns his head, as if asking a question. The nidoran runs toward it, jumps three feet into the air and then lands feet first on the growlithe's face. The growlithe whines and begins to bark as the nidoran tries to run back to your feet. The growlithe charges forward and sinks its teeth into the nidoran's leg, throwing it behind him.

Nidoran definitely got the shorter end of that stick. But he's still standing.

Current bonus: +10% capture
>Attack with nidoran, weaken it first (+15% capture)
>Throw a pokeball at it
>Get away safely
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>>3332241
I'm divided on this.
Nidoran has Poison Point as an ability so the more physical this get the more likely we poison Growlithe and wrap this up. But that first skirmish was not encouraging.
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>>3332241
>Throw a pokeball at it
Diminishing returns and all that, I believe in our odds right now
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>>3332241
>throw the ball
Lets wrap this up
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>>3332271
>>3332272

Roll 1d100+10 please
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Rolled 74 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>3332277
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Rolled 59 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>3332277
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>>3332281
Not bad
Looks like Rosie is getting a puppy
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>>3332105
For what it's worth, I felt the MC's reactions to Whitney seemed quite realistic.
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>>3329631
Btw what do we look like?
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Rolled 5 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>3332277
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>>3332308
Jesus christ
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Do we actually hate Whitney or is it just the pity thing? Like there's clearly some baggage there but I'm not able to parse it all out.

Or is it just the shame of seeing someone who knew you before you were poor?
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>>3332330
A little of column A. A little of column B. But because of this ignoramus >>3331273
I might try doing everything in my power to go full edge lord.
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>>3332281

Brave little nidoran still has some fight left in him, but you'd rather not risk having your sister witness the mutilation of a pokemon so late in the day. You throw one of the great balls at the growlithe, while it growls aggressively at nidoran.

This time there is a struggle. The ball bounces, rolls, once, twice, three times, and then goes still.

"Yay!" Says your sister, raising her arms to cheer and consequently, almost falling off of your shoulders. You return nidoran and pick up the growlithe (which has gone back to chasing its tail inside the pokeball). "We should name it. And the nidoran too." Says your sister.

A memory flashes unbidden in your mind. A distant voice. You never name them kid. Never get attached to them. That's the first mistake. The worst mistake. But that life is long past and those guys are long gone.

"Sure. What should we name them?"

>Suggest names for each

>3 hours of sunlight left

>Time to head home
>Train your newly caught pokemon
>Keep searching for more pokemon, you have 4 more balls left
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>>3332386
>Name Growlithe Don't and name Nidoran Can't.
>Don't, attack with ember!
>Can't, use tackle!
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>>3332386
>Don't name the Nidoran. But let Rosie name the Growlithe if she wants. She seems fond of it.
>Time to head home
I'd rather us not get caught walking in the slums after dark. Let's head home. Got all day tomorrow to train.
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>>3332386
Alexander
and
Courage

>Keep searching for more pokemon, you have 4 more balls left
Let's try for a Ledyba.
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>>3332386
Oh yeah, also
>Keep searching for more pokemon, you have 4 more balls left
Let's get a third pokemon and then spend the rest of the time training.
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>>3332386
>>Suggest names for each
King and Ace

>>Time to head home
We need to see about getting a trainer license so we can use the free rooms at the Pokemon Center.
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>>3329631
Fuck da police goin straight to da underground
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>>3332386
When we were supposed to go by the restaurant later? Is now 'later?' Don't forget to snag our food.
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>>3332460
Nah, you ate lunch (or at least your sister did) before you left.

I'm gonna wait a bit longer for tie-break, otherwise I'll just roll to break the tie.
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>>3332386
>>3332472

Alright well I'm on the head home train then.
I'm fine with King for the nidoran, but Let our sister name the pupper.
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>>3332481
Supporting
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I'm not too up on my pokemonfu, but I'm pretty sure that if we can keep them fed/trained/evolve that Arcanine and Nidoking are pretty solid mons.
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>>3332490
Yes. In the show Ash's main rival has both of them on his end game team. They are high tier
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>>3332490
Nidoking is a solid bruiser with a good ability. And Arcanine basically a police cruiser with fire attacks.
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>Time to head home.

>>3332383
Hey whatever dude, if you wanna be a vindictive jerkbag because I pointed out a single thing I found flawed in the quest that's on you.
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>>3332525
I think you are both raising valid points. But i do think if you view the incident from the stubborn and wounded pride of a teenager it makes more sense.
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>>3332481
>>3332403
>>3332411

You sister thinks of names as you venture back toward the road. "How about Alex for the nidoran?"

"Alex?"

"You don't like it?"

"It's a little too...human, don't you think?"

"OK. Oooo! How about King!"

"King. I like it." It'll be doubly fitting once it evolves.

"And for the growlithe. What about...Luke?"

"Yes?"

"No, I mean for his name, silly."

"You're not naming a dog after me, Rosy."

She giggles. "I just kidding. How about Nibbles? Because he likes to bite."

It's a little to cute for your tastes, but, you can already guess (by the vice like grip of your sisters legs on your neck), that she's not going to take no for answer. "Alright. Nibbles it is."

You reach the checkpoint with hours of light to spare. The tram ride back to the tunnels will take another hour at least. Your sister falls asleep in your lap minutes after you board the tram and, exhausted by all the excitement of the day, you soon follow.

"Alright, this is a stick-up! Nobody move and you--keep driving if you know what's good for you. Wallets! Into the bag!" You are rudely woken up by a pair of bandanna wearing hoodlums. A sneasel, their partner in crime, is threatening the passengers with its claws while the other two are holding out bags to take in everyone's wallets, purses and jewelry.

You wish you could say this wasn't an everyday occurrence but, not everyone has the constitution for panhandling, some people turn to crime. In the case of these guys, the dirty black trousers and hats and the white gloves,give them away as part of an organization that also once employed you.

>Just stay calm, they probably won't even come to you, you don't look like you have anything to steal
>Covertly release both your pokemon and set them loose on these bastards
>Try talking to them, maybe as a former "colleague" you can convince them not to do this
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>>3332564
>Just stay calm, they probably won't even come to you, you don't look like you have anything to steal
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>>3332564
>In the case of these guys, the dirty black trousers and hats and the white gloves,give them away as part of an organization that also once employed you.
We were a Rocket then.
>Ask them if Rocket has fallen so as to turn to simple thuggery. Release your pokemon on them.
A simple holdup? These faggots disgrace Giovanni
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>>3332564
> In the case of these guys, the dirty black trousers and hats and the white gloves,give them away as part of an organization that also once employed you.

Should be:

> In the case of these guys, the dirty black trousers and hats and the white gloves, give them away as former members of an organization that also once employed you.
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>>3332564
>Covertly release both your pokemon and set them loose on these bastards.

>>3332535
Yeah I understand that, but minds are very malleable, they could think one thing for one reason for a few minutes and then it completely changes the next. I just wish OP would've made it a bit more clear on why the MC dislikes Whitney.
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But yeah talking isn't gonna help unless we actually know them. Rocket is clearly desperate if low brow robbery is what they are turning to. If we want to avoid a generic adventure quest, bringing Rocket back to glory could be interesting
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>>3332564
>Covertly release both your pokemon and set them loose on these bastards
They're going to come after us next. Might as well be prepared and get the jump on them.
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>>3332383
Psst! Let the QM answer questions about his/her setting please. Thank you! Also, don't ruin the thread because you're buttmad.

QM, nice spin on Pokequests. Keep it up. I'm on this train for the foreseeable future.
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>>3332607
Growlithe has a type advantage over Sneasel. Ember should be our first attack when we launch.
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>>3332582
Uh, unless they're former members of Team Rocket as well I don't really think that correction applies.
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>>3332613
Growlithe is injured from the fight we just had capturing him. He's also low level/wild. That sneasel might be more experienced.
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>>3332618
I belive QM pointed out earlier that The Fall of Rocket has already happened.
Very likely these guys are remnants
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>>3332618
Yeah, this >>3332631
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>>3332618
Fair. but 2 on 1 should help. Also one of the other passengers might have a pokemon too.
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>>3332612
You don't know how to read the thread. He did, here. Please, be quiet and read before commenting. It's literally the first thing your taught when coming to this website.
LURK MOAR

>>3332105
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>>3332690
I feel like people are geting waaay more hung up on the whitney thing then they should be. On both sides.
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>>3332690
Anyway, thanks for taking my advice. Luckily your sperging is being ignored for the most part. Now quit being a spoilt cunt and enjoy what QM is giving us.

Thank you. No further replies needed!
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>>3332708
Mostly just spergs like >>3332690, but I do agree. It really isn't that deep.
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>>3332708
There aren't any sides, I just made a post about training with Whitney and this guy has been shit flinging ever since.

>>3332711
Just filter him if he keeps causing problems.
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>>3332734
Exactly. The only side is the edgesperg one. Not sure why >>3332708 went all Donald Trump on us. You didn't do anything wrong, anon. You prompted an idea, it was explained, the thread moved on.

Why there is still a spergfest is a mystery.
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>>3332711
>gee billy, TWO replies?
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>>3332755
I am. I can't stand imbeciles. ^^
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>>3332734
You made a stupid suggestion, got told why you were wrong and continued to whine about it.

>>3332767
>I can't stand imbeciles.
I can't either, too bad you're here.
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>>3332767
I'm glad you admit you are one.
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>>3332595
>>3332607
>>3332580

Somehow your sister still hasn't woken up. She's always been a heavy sleeper, even when she was a baby. You covertly grab the pokeballs hugged to her chest and roll them on the ground. Immediately, they release and King and Nibbles jump out and...begin growling at each other. Right, they were just fighting to the death an hour ago.

The robbers are momentarily stunned by the spectacle and one of them even panics. "Franky, what do we do man?"

The other one just kneads his eyebrows, miffed at having his identity revealed so easily.

"Is this what Rocket has come to these days?" You say, putting your sister down and standing up. The two of them flinch. Everyone's eyes are on you now, but you try to ignore it.

"Return your pokemon punk. If you know what's good for you."

"I don't think so. But how bout this instead. You put the bag down, and you get off at the next stop and I decide not let...Nibbles, here burn you alive."

"Ha! Nibbles? Frank you hear that?"

"Shut the hell up you goddamn idiot." The leader of the group gives you a strange look, and then a flash of recognition passes through his face. Shit.

"Give them back their stuff." He says.

"But Franky."

"For the love of god!"

"Alright, alright." The two of them dump their bags on the tram floor. The driver pulls over on the nearest curb and they both get off. As the leader of the gang passes you, he leans in, and you can smell the distinct odor of cigarettes and cheap whiskey. "See you around. Sir." He snorts and gets off. You sit back down as the crowd begins to clap.

The girl next to you even says, "You're a real hero." Which you find so you funny, you forget to laugh.

Your little sister wakes up from all the noise and rubs her eyes. "Are we there yet?"

"Not yet, go back to sleep."

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You return home around 6 PM, still feeling jittery from the events of the tram ride. Your sister, fully refreshed from her nap has decided to take it upon herself to reconcile your two pokemon using the power of childhood innocence and love. It's super effective. By the end of it, she has King and Nibbles following her around like a queen. Nibbles has gotten so attached, so quickly that he growls at anyone that even looks like a threat. He almost gives poor Mr. Zinnai a heart attack when he tries to call Rosy over.

As for you, you still have some errands to run. For one, you have to pick up the leftovers from Mr. Yamauchi and for another you want to renew your trainer's license and maybe resell some of the great balls.

>Head to the Department Store first, it closes at 7 and you don't want to keep Mr. Yamauchi waiting (not to mention you're starving)
>Head to the Pokecenter, to see about getting your trainer's card renewed
>Write-in
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>>3332796
As well as you and your mother.

No more replies needed sir!
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>>3332842
>>Head to the Department Store first, it closes at 7 and you don't want to keep Mr. Yamauchi waiting (not to mention you're starving)
Food First. How late do PMC stay open?
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>>3332842
>Head to the Department Store first, it closes at 7 and you don't want to keep Mr. Yamauchi waiting (not to mention you're starving)
>see you around..sir
We were an Admin then? Or at least something above a generic Grunt.
Should we go the Neo-Rocket route that will be good info.
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>>3332867
PMCs offer 24 hour service as in the games.
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>>3332844
Look, I know you're trying to be "cute", but I don't have time to babysit a kid. Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior, I'm getting too old for this.

>>3332842
>Head to the Department Store first, it closes at 7 and you don't want to keep Mr. Yamauchi waiting (not to mention you're starving)
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>>3332876
And besides we can always just get the license tomorrow morning if we need to.
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>>3332879
Then shut the fuck up and leave. No one's forcing you to stay.
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>>3332886
There it is. There's the real personality coming through. You are a baby. You can't handle other people's opinions, worse, you can't even defend your own. You're a liar and a fraud, and it's only a matter of time before people find out.
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>>3332842
Rosy is gonna die lol
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>>3332932
Why would you say that?
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>>3332911
This coming from the manchild who sperg'd over a vote in a thread of fiction? Yup. Pot, meet kettle. You two get acquainted.
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>>3332941
>Your sister, fully refreshed from her nap has decided to take it upon herself to reconcile your two pokemon using the power of childhood innocence and love. It's super effective. By the end of it, she has King and Nibbles following her around like a queen
I can only imagine her death is either gonna drive us back to what's left of Rocket or if they kill her drive us to hunt them down.
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>>3332950
I hope not. I'm looking forward to brother/sister pokemon adventure.
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>This coming from the manchild who sperg'd over a vote in a thread of fiction?
Are you perhaps lost?
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>>3332941
As a trope the prediction has some weight to it, how can we as the MC start our pokemon adventure with her around? Are we going to bring her with us? Who should take care of her?

Depending on the tone of the story QM wants to set her dying is a possibility. We either bring her with us, she finds someplace safe to stay, she dies, or gets kidnapped/goes missing and the goal of the quest shifts to finding her again. I'm looking forward to seeing what the QM does with her as a plot device.
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>>3332961
The quest seems a bit darker in tone than generic pokemon so i assume QM isn't gonna let us have a happy time
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>>3332967
>deflection
Who's the liar and fraud again?
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>>3332985
>implying
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>>3332985
>>3332967
For the peace of the thread pls just stop
This argument is over half a paragraph of ambiguous dialogue.
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>>3332842
>As for you, you still have some errands to run. For one, you have to pick up the leftovers from Mr. Yamauchi and for another you want to renew your trainer's license and maybe resell some of the great balls.
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>>3332967
>>3332985
Gents, for the sake of the continuation of the quest, and the sanity of the QM please call it quits for awhile. We don't want salt to end it prematurely.
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>>Head to the Department Store first, it closes at 7 and you don't want to keep Mr. Yamauchi waiting (not to mention you're starving)

anons please.
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>>3332950
>Child killing? In MY wholesome pokemon quest?

>>3332985
>>3332992
Much as I appreciate the free bumps, let's be cool, guys. The Whitney thing will be explored later on anyway.

>>3332867
>>3332875
>>3332879

Writing for picking up the food
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>>3332842
>>Head to the Department Store first, it closes at 7 and you don't want to keep Mr. Yamauchi waiting (not to mention you're starving)
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>>3332969
Clement and Bonnie were together so there is precedent. Although i do agree that IF this is gonna be an adventure quest, it's likely. We have no confirmation either way tho. For all we know this could be a criminal underworld quest or some shit.
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>>3332992
>being a bitch nigga
It's time to stop. Where are your parents?
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>>3333007
My bad, Professor. I'll be the bigger man and walk away.
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When you arrive at the food court, most of the shops are closing down for the night. Psycho never takes the night shift, so you can walk without looking over your shoulder. You see Mr. Yamauchi sitting at one of his tables, bent over some paperwork. Next to him, are bags of leftover food donated from all over the food court. Mr. Yamauchi spearheaded the charity effort when he first met you and your sister and he's been the head of it ever since.

"Hey, Mr. Yamauchi."

"Oh, hey there son." He sounds a little off, distant, but also like he has a cold and his nose is stuffed up. As you draw closer, you can see that his eyes are puffed up as well. Allergies? No, you think he might have been crying. He turns back to his paperwork. Just staring it, not really even reading it.

"Everything alright, Mr. Yamauchi?"

"Hmm?" He laughs. "Oh yeah. No, yeah, fine. Listen I'm sorry about earlier today, that Saito, he's real--"

"Nah, it's cool. I'm used to it. My mom used to say I had a suspicious looking face."

"Yeah..." He's not even paying attention.

>Ask him what's up
>Just take the food and go, he looks like he needs some space
>Write-in
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>>3333071
>Ask him what's up
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>>3333071
>Ask him what's up
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>>3333071
>>Ask him what's up
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>>3333071
>Ask him what's up
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>>3333071
>ask him what's up
100$ Rocket is shaking him down
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>>3333071
>>Ask him what's up
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Yeah. I shouldn't kick men who are already (intellectually) down.

>>3333071
>>Ask him what's up
Hope he didn't lose his shop. Come on now!
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>>3333097
Yet again the little man of Goldenrod City takes a hit from the Man.
Gee i hope something doesn't happen to their precious Mag-train later on :)
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>>3333076
>>3333077
>>3333079
>>3333081
>>3333086

You sit down across from him. You've seen this kind of thing before, this look of hopeless despair at the fringes of their eyes. It's not uncommon down in the tunnels.

"Mr. Yamauchi, if want to talk about it--"

"She's taking my kids, son. She's taking my fucking kids. My little girls." He slides the papers over to you and covers his face with his hands. It's a court order dressed in legalese. You already knew that he was involved in an ugly divorce but the reality of never truly hit you till this moment. "She wants full custody--I mean...I gave her everything I had. The house, the car, the fucking antique furniture set that she likes so much. I know I made a mistake but ain't this too much? Don't you think?"

"Can't you fight this? Take it to court or something?"

He shakes his head. "Can't afford it. I've pissed away most of my savings already and she took rest. My lawyer won't go any further. He wants to settle. If we settle he says he might be able to get me "supervised visitation". Supervised, can you believe that? With my own daughters. My own flesh and blood. Fuck!" He hits himself on the head with a fist. "Fuck me and fuck that dumb bitch, fuck her and fuck her lawyer and fuck everything. Fuck every goddamn thing." He seizes the papers from your hand and begins tearing them apart into little pieces. Tears run down his sallow cheeks. You sit with him until he calms down again, not saying anything, just waiting. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't be like this I know."

"It's cool. I've seen worse, believe me."

He laughs. "Yeah." He wipes his eyes and pats the bags of food. "You need any help getting this down?"

"Sure."

Mr. Yamauchi helps you as far as the entrance to the tunnel. You want to tell him about your recent turn of fortune, but you decide to hold your tongue. The moment doesn't feel right. As he says good-bye, in another one of those brilliant Lucas moments, you blurt out--"How much would taking it to court cost anyway?"

"Too much. Fucking lawyers. Don't ever become one of those bloodsuckers son, or hell, do, and help me pro bono."

"But how much? Ballpark."

Mr. Yamauchi scratches his nose and looks up. The stars are out tonight, and even though the relative smog of the city obscures the majority of them, yet still they shine like a billion eyes of heaven. Indifferent and eternal. "My lawyer wants twenty-grand."

"Goddamn."

"Yeah, tell me about it. Anyway, enjoy the food alright? I'm gonna head home and try to get as drunk as I possibly can." He turns to leave again.

>What if you could help him with the money? Could he delay the trial?
>Let him go, it's not your problem. And you have enough of your own to deal with
>Write-in
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>>3333173
>Hey Mr. Yamauchi, what if you came into some evidence that clearly showed your Ex as unfit to care for your daughters?
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>>3333173
>>What if you could help him with the money? Could he delay the trial?
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>>3333173
>What if you could help him with the money? Could he delay the trial?
This whole damn city is rotten to the core. If our time in Rocket taught us anything it's that you stick with whatever friends you are lucky enough to get. He's our friend. We help him or we aren't a man
>>3333187
Alternatively this
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>>3333173
>What if you could help him with the money? Could he delay the trial?

I want to be the very best, like no one ever was.

What is that though, like 10 battles? Been a while since I've played.
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>>3333173
>She wants full custody--I mean...I gave her everything I had. The house, the car, the fucking antique furniture set that she likes so much. I know I made a mistake but ain't this too much? Don't you think?"
What the fuck? No court in earth is this unfair. What right does she have to literally everything from the marriage?
This smells fishy. She's either fucking the judge or something. This makes zero legal sense
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>>3333220
It sounds like she has something up her sleeve that a jury is sure to sympathize with in a custody case and a very good lawyer to go to bat for her.
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>>3333220
?
That's literally how it is in the court system.
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>>3333247
The court system does not give 100% of the property to one party. Yeh it favors women but not to this degree. Shes clearly greedy and a sane jury would see that
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>>3333255
Which is also why I think getting dirt on her will be easier and probably safer than whatever super shady shit we'd need to do to get 20g in such a short time.
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>>3333255
It didn't give her 100%. Yamauchi still has his business, a house and whatever savings he had to pay the legal fees thus far. But (in the US at least) it's not uncommon for the jury to side with the mother in these kinds of cases, especially, as has been hinted, when there's infidelity.
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>>3333255
To be so naive, what I wouldn't give.
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>>3333282
He literally said that he lost his house.
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>>3333276
Goldenrod Casino heist needs to wait until we get the band back together eh?
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>>3333292
I meant to imply that he had more than one and that he just lost his main house. Sorry about that I should have made it clear earlier on.
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>>3333292
Is that 100%, dodo?
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>>3333314
I wouldn't be surprised if he's sleeping in the back of his shop, seeing as he's going through legal papers here.
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Also remember this is a dark quest and he could be grooming us/our sister and want his 'daughters' back for another reason.

That being said he's probably an okay dude.
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>>3333346
Uh, are you in the right thread sir?
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>>3333201
>>3333203
>>3333216

"Could you delay the trial?" You shut your eyes. This is how it always starts, good intentions. Good intentions and a plan.

"What?"

"If I could get you the money. The twenty grand--could you delay the trial, maybe a few months?" Probably you won't need that long, but best to err on the side of caution.

"What are you talking about son?" He laughs. "You, get me the money?"

"I might...come into something, soon."

"Oh yeah?"

"Yeah." You say, challenging his doubting tone. You hate it when people underestimate you. "So can you do it?"

He just stares at you, trying to figure you out. You stare back. Maybe he understands. Maybe he's heard the rumors from the other guys in the tunnel and maybe he believes them. "Sure." He says, softly. And maybe not.

"Alright. Let's say two months. Can you do that?"

"If you're thinking of doing something--"

"It's not like that. Trust me. I'm not into that--" You're about to say, you're not into that anymore, but somehow even admitting that you were, at any point, is painful. "It's not like that." You say again.

Mr. Yamauchi doesn't ask anymore questions. He looks down at his feet and you know that, if he weren't so desperate, if the only thing ever really loved wasn't on the line, as with you and your sister, his pride would never allow this hideous thing. This is what this world does to some people.

"Alright." He says. He offers his hand and you shake on it. "Two months. I...thanks."

"Don't mention it."

And with that, you return to your tunnel.

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1/2
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>>3333482
It's late, around midnight. You can't sleep. Your sister is sandwiched between her two new pets, smiling in unseen dreams. You keep thinking back to everything that's happened today. It seems almost like too much. Whitney, the great balls, the pokemon, the old Rockets, Mr. Yamauchi. Twenty grand. Can you really come up with twenty grand in two months?

You juggle the pokeballs in your hand, with practiced ease. An old habit that brings some measure of clarity and comfort. Phase 1 of the plan is almost complete. Nidoran and growlithe will evolve into nidoking and arcanine, both top tier pokemon. You just need to fill out the rest of your party, shore up your weaknesses. And then...

You take out the trainer card from your pocket. Brand new. It took almost two hours to fill out all the necessary paperwork, but ultimately it was worth it. It will all be worth it in the end. A cool million dollars and on top of that, the chance to finally destroy the man that ruined your life and killed your father.

You lie back down on the bedroll, turning the trainer card over and over in your hands and eventually, you fall asleep.

The next morning, your sister is up before you are, putting King and Nibbles through their paces, running around in the tunnel and generally being a nuisance. You scold her for a good two minutes but as usual, it doesn't hold.

It's a new day. And there's work to do.

>You should sell some of the great balls first; you can use the cash to buy some new clothes
>Head to the Goldenrod gym, it's time to train your pokemon
>It's Saturday, the bug-catching competition is today--head to the National Park
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>>3333495
>>It's Saturday, the bug-catching competition is today--head to the National Park
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>>3333495
>It's Saturday, the bug-catching competition is today--head to the National Park

Getting a good bug or grass type is too important, clothing can come later.
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>>3333495
>A cool million dollars and on top of that, the chance to finally destroy the man that ruined your life and killed your father.
Are we after Giovanni then?
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>>3333495
>>It's Saturday, the bug-catching competition is today--head to the National Park
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>>3333495
>It's Saturday, the bug-catching competition is today--head to the National Park
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>>3333495
>>It's Saturday, the bug-catching competition is today--head to the National Park
Can we take Our sister? Is she still sick, should we be taking her to a clinic instead?
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>>3333513
Either that or we are after a Main charcter from the game would be my guess.
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>>3333495
>>It's Saturday, the bug-catching competition is today--head to the National Park
Let's go Scizor orSunkern!
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>>3333495
>Head to the bug catching competition.
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>>3329631
Clearly our mc has a long term plan we arent aware of.
>1 million dollars
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Both bug and grass are trash in the games. But seeing as how status effects matter in anime world, we need to get one asap. Might I suggest Sycther or -- oh wait. That's Gen3.

>mfw nincanda and ninjask would've been top tier bug pokemon
>gen 3
>rage

Scyther and . . . uh--the rest suck.
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>>3333536
>>1 million dollars
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>>3333520
Yeah, unless otherwise stated, assume your sister will always be tagging along
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>>3333546
Scizor and Pinsir are both fairly top tier. Pinsir less now that Aerilate got nerfed, but it's still pretty good.
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>>3333546
>grass is trash
Are you high?
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I want a heracross myself.
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>>3329631
We need a fighting or rock if we are ever gonna beat whitney
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>>3333546
I would say the battle system I'll be using is a mix of the manga version (just Red's story though, never actually read past that) and the games. Creativity in how you use and combine your attacks will matter more than metagame stuff (which I never got into). Not every pokemon will be viable by themselves, but I'm going to try my best to make it so that every pokemon, used in combination with others, is viable.
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>>3333571
Can we have six MissingNo. and go around challenging gyms with that team?
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>>3333571
You may want to create a twitter so we can keep track of run times.
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>>3333523
Main character most likely, I'd say.
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>>3333601
Possible that our dad was an Rocket Admin and the Hero or Rival ended him.
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>>3333609
That's possible, from the way the QM described the fight, it appears the damages are "realistic" and pokemons can get maimed or die so I wouldn't be surprised if our dad got offed during one by the protag as, after all, aiming for the trainer instead of his pokemons make a lot of sense.
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Alright I have to take a break for lunch.

I hope everyone's enjoying the quest so far!
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>>3333672
Yup. Thanks for keeping us entertained QM.
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>>3333672
Top tier quest, Professor.
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>>3333571
Go full on Pokemon Origins mate.
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>>3333571
Go full on Pokespe, mate.
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>>3333571
Does anyone have the image from the manga where Fug stabs Zianna? What about the one where Koga blinds an Arbok with a combination of leech life and his own blood? QM has no idea just how fucking brutal things got in that manga.
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>>3334018
Yeah, it's pretty great. Not a fan of anything B/W onward though, it just feels weird to me.
Also, the very first page of the manga is one I really like. A wild Nidorino is just sitting in town, letting little kids huck pokeballs at it, playing.
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>>3334018
I don't know about the first scene but I do remember Koga shenanigans. I think there was a scene where he literally melts a pokemon using acid.

Anyway, back and writing for National Park.
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>>3334125
It's nice that it's not 100% going to follow the games logic I guess, when it gets that mechanical and everything comes down to type affinity/stat point growth it gets a bit dull.
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Saturday's were usually the best day to stay in the tunnels. Most people were off work, out with their spouses, lovers, girlfriends, and wanted to impress and the money flowed like water. But, Saturdays are also when the bug-catching competition is held at the National Park. Normally you wouldn't even think of entering, simply because of the 150 dollar entrance fee (instituted after several jackasses decided to ruin the free entry deal for everyone by colluding).

But now that you have the great balls in reserve, the savings can be put to better use. Your sister at least, is excited to visit the Park. She's only been there once and was too young to remember. The trip goes by surprisingly quickly. A quick tram ride followed by a bus to the park entrance. You arrive around noon, with twenty minutes to spare.

Naturally, the universe decides to use this time constructively to inflict pain. Your relaxing with your sister in one of the outdoor balconies of the park when one of the park ranger's catches your eye. You recognize him instantly, it's the same one that was with Whitney at the Department Store. She's not with him now, but you make the mistake of maintaining eye contact a little too long and he notices you.

"Yo, didn't I see you at Goldenrod the other day? At the Department Store?" He's smirking in that way that people who have never felt inferior to anyone their lives do.

Luckily your sisters not around. One of the other park rangers is holding a tour of the facilities and she decided to join the gaggle of children participating.

>Be polite. Make small talk. Avoid talking about "that" as much as possible.
>Act like you've never seen him before in your life
>Might as well get to the donphan in the room. No sense beating around the bush.
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>>3334125
Shit, I just realized. Are Pokeballs like in Pokespe? Where normal trainers have normal balls, gym leaders have great balls and elite four have ultra balls or is it more like the game in that regard?
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>>3334213
>Act like you've never seen him before in your life
Just ignore this faggot. He's not worth our time. Don't let him bait us.
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>>3334213
>Be polite. Make small talk. Avoid talking about "that" as much as possible.
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>>3334213
>Be polite. Make small talk. Avoid talking about "that" as much as possible.
He might be able to get us thrown out of the contest.
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>>3334213
>Act like you've never seen him before in your life
He's obviously baiting, just ignore him
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>>3334248
This.
Ignoring him is our best action.
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>>3334217
Nah, just expensive. I'm using (for the most part) the prices from the games. Great balls are ubiquitous but Ultra Balls can only be bought from certain places (likewise in the game). My plan is to come up with lore-friendly reasons for this, but we'll get to that we get to it.

Also Kurt's pokeballs will be a bit more useful in this quest.
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>>3334258
He's a park ranger with an ego and a important dad, it's his word against ours if we piss him off and he tries to get us banned.
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>>3334265
Right.
Confronting him is gonna backfire.
We have nothing to gain
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>>3334280
Ignoring someone with a massive ego is a sure way to piss them off though, also the the vote isn't to confront him, it's to be polite and indulge him.

At any rate the vote is tied unless more peeps vote, if more don't vote soon maybe you should roll for tiebreaker QM?
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>>3334213
>Be polite. Make small talk. Avoid talking about "that" as much as possible.
Make it short and sweet, fuck him otherwise.
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>>3334213
>>Act like you've never seen him before in your life
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>>3334213
>>Be polite. Make small talk. Avoid talking about "that" as much as possible.
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>>3334315
The only winning move is to not play.
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>>3334239
>>3334244
>>3334351

You can be the bigger man here. Maybe not literally, given that you look like a victim of famine, but it's the thought that counts.

"Yeah. Eric right?" You offer your hand. He just looks at it, keeping his arms still folded. You relinquish your hand.

"Sorry. Just got out of a cold. Don't wanna spread it." He lies with absolute straight face. "And yep. But I don't think I caught your name."

"Luke."

"Luke. Right. So you here for--" He spots your sister among the other children. "Oh, you're just here with your sister huh? Enjoying the weekend?"

"Sure." You want him to leave, so naturally he decides to take a seat next to you. He doesn't say anything, just keeps his on his knees and keeps adjusting his park ranger hat.

"So...you work here?"

"Yeah. Well I'm off on the weekends."

You decide not to ask him why he's still wearing the ranger suit if that's the case. Keep it civil. "Must be nice."

"What? Oh." He laughs. "Yeah, man, for sure. It's a sweet gig. Especially now that it's summer time. Short skirts, sea breeze. You know what I mean?" He smirks again. The intercom crackles.

"The bug-catching competition will begin in 5 minutes. Contestants please report to the main office for instructions."

Eric stands up. You stand up. Eric looks at you like he's confused you even exist. "You're doing the--you're a contestant?" He says. You nod. "You know--and I mean no offense, but you know there's a entree fee right?"

"Yeah. I paid it."

"You did?"

"Yeah." You show him the entry ticket. He actually holds it against the sun, as if to check if it's counterfeit.

"Cool. Guess I'll see you out in the fields then." He says, in voice that suggests he's actually a serial killer in disguise.

Ten minutes later you're out on the tall grass with a belt-full of cheap safari balls and a baggie full of pokebait. Your sister is perched on your shoulders as usual. You tried to leave her at the ranger station but she began displaying the warning signs of an oncoming tantrum. Apparently one of the other kids made fun of her for her clothes. She wanted you to beat up this offender, but seeing as the criminal in question was an 8-year old you decided on an alternative means of raising her spirits.

It's hot as a charizard's tail and you're sure most of the other dozen or so contestants won't bother going too deep into the park, but that's exactly where the best pokemon are hiding.

>You have 2 hours remaining

>Go deep or go home. (-30 minutes)
>Stay in the shallows and catch whatever you can
>Don't go too deep, but go a little beyond the shallows (-20 minutes)
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>>3334405
If he's the kind of asshole I think he is I bet if we get him talking about his job and how important he is at the park we can end this encounter pretty painlessly, only a matter of time before he actually has to go do something or our sister comes back and we have a polite excuse to disengage.
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>>3334436
>Go deep or go home. (-30 minutes)
Unless our sister is with us then maybe
the -20 minutes deal.
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>>3334436
>>Go deep or go home. (-30 minutes)
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>>3334436
>Go deep or go home. (-30 minutes)
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>>3334436
>>Go deep or go home. (-30 minutes)
Well that went better than expected
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>>3334436
>Go deep or go home. (-30 minutes)
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>>3334436
Professor Poe, I'm so glad you made this quest.
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So is this gonna be like the game where we can only use one pokemon to fight during the contest?
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>>3334436
>Go deep or go home. (-30 minutes)
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>>3334445
>>3334453
>>3334468
>>3334493
>>3334515
>>3334584

You'll have to keep an eye on your sister to make sure she doesn't get too dehydrated or sunburned from the heat, but otherwise, you have to go deep if you want to win this thing. As per the rules you were only allowed to bring one pokemon, so you brought:

>Nibbles
>King

And you'll have to make sure not to overexert him either. The healing the pokemon centers provide can only go so far; there's no reviving a dead pokemon. As you veer off from the main path you sense someone watching you and a few times you think you hear something in the brush. You tell your sister to keep an eye out but she doesn't see anyone. Maybe just your imagination.

Soon you enter the densest part of the woods. It's quite save for the buzzing and chirping of hidden pokemon.

>Roll 1d100
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Rolled 14 (1d100)

>>3334659
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Rolled 5 (1d100)

>>3334659
>King
He's a fire type and the obvious choice
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Rolled 61 (1d100)

>>3334659
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>>3334659
>Nibbles
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>>3334659
>Nibbles
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>>3334676
King is the Nido m8.
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>>3334670
Choose one:

>Caterpie
>Weedle
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>>3334715
>Weedle
Ffs curse you dice
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>>3334715
Shit. Maybe we can just run away? No point in wasting balls or bait on this if we can help it.
>Caterpie
just because it would suck to get poisoned.
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>>3334715
Weedle.
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>>3334715
Weedle
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>>3334726
We still have an hour
Scyther is still out there
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>>3334737

Your sister sees it first and screams bloody murder. Perhaps it wasn't the best idea to bring a child that hates bugs to a bug-catching contest.

"Kill it. Kill it!" Says your adorable, innocent, 7-year old little sister.

The weedle drops from the tree and begins inching its way toward you. You release growlithe to put something between you and the stinger and weedle, perhaps sensing its impending doom, stops in its tracks.

While you do have plenty of Park Balls, they're garbage, and you'll need as many as you can get for a pokemon you actually want to keep.

>You have 1 hour remaining

>Burn this weedle to a crisp and move on
>Throw a park ball at it
>Have growlithe weaken it and try to capture it
>Get away safely
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>>3334778
>>Get away safely
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>>3334778
>Burn this weedle to a crisp and move on
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>>3334778
>run away
It's not worth our time Or our balls
No need to be cruel either
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>>3334778
>Get away safely
Last thing we need is to spook nearby Beedrill.
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>>3334787
>>3334819
>>3334814

You let the two have a little standoff, while you slowly back away. Once you're far enough the weedle loses interest and begins climbing up another tree.

As you return your growlithe to its ball, you hear a quiet snap behind you. And, unmistakably, the sound of someone softly cursing. Is someone really following you? Maybe the ranger?

>Call out to them
>Ignore it
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>>3334778
>Get away safely
Weedle knows it's outclassed, it won't mess with us.
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>>3334842
>Call out to them
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>>3334842
>>Ignore it
No time. They want to see our butt, let them.
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>>3334842
>Call out to them
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I think I'm gonna call it a night here gents. Thanks for taking the time to play.
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>>3334965
Thanks for running.
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>>3334965
Goodnight and thanks again.
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>>3334842
>>Call out to them
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>>3334842
>>Ignore it
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>>3334842
>Call out to them
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>>3334842
>ignore it
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>caught two stone evo mons
>in Johto

Ha, unless our MC can somehow catch a ride to Kanto we're stuck with a NFE pupper and a mid-stage shitmon. Also
>Ignore it
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Huh. Were we a former Admin? Or just slated to be promoted /to/ an Admin?

And if so, does Luke have an awesome pants-shitting stare we could use?
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>>3336370
Don't forget the Magnet Train my man.

>>3334855
>>3334864
>>3335110
>>3336036
Call out

>>3334861
>>3335582
>>3336063
Ignore
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"Is someone there?"

Silence. Nothing but the rustle of leaves. And then someone cough and you hear the metallic click of a lighter being flicked open.

"Shit, that's good." A man with a cigarette emerges from behind the bushes. It takes a second to recognize him without the bandanna wrapped around his face. It's the robber from the tram. Franky, you think it was. "Hello, sir." He smirks. His cheeks are wrinkled and unshaven, flecks of little white hairs all across them. He pulls hard on his cigarette even as it sets off a coughing fit.

You reach for the pokeball at your hip. He raises his hand.

"Relax. I'm here not fu--" He looks at your sister, then back to you. "I'm just here to talk."

"So talk."

Franky looks up and blows smoke into the sky. "I was real surprised to see you again sir. I heard about the old man. My condolences."

"Thanks. Is that all?"

"No." He takes a step forward, still with his hands raised. "We--that's me, my partner and a few other old guys, are planning a little something and I wanted to extend the courtesy. We could use a someone like you sir."

"To relieve tram-passengers of their loose change? No thanks."

"Hey, we're just trying to survive. Same as you. Isn't that why you're doing this shitty thing?" He waves around him at the trees. "I hear sunstones go for a cool grand on the market."

"I'm not interested."

"You haven't even heard the payout." He flicks the cigarette to the ground and grinds it with his heel. "It's ten grand. A piece."

>You have 55 minutes remaining

>Like you said, not interested
>Hear him out (-20 minutes)
>Threaten him and take your leave
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>>3336406
>>Like you said, not interested
Too good to be true. At the worse we're being set up to be the fallman, or one of the passengers on the tram might be the next champion in the making and stomp our mons.
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>>3336406
>Like you said, not interested
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>Like you said, not interested
We weren't born yesterday.
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>>3336406
>Like you said, not interested
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>>3336406
>Like you said, not interested

I would think that rare stones would bring a lot of unneeded heat unless you had Giovanni-tier contacts. And I don't think these guys are anywhere near connected enough to safely sell them off.

If we actually do go the crime route I we pick things that have little to no risk. Can't take care of Rosy in jail after all

Also also Silver team up wen
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>>3336406
>Like you said, not interested

We have our little sis' to take care of, now isn't the time to get ourselves involved with whatever they're planning.
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So uh, just got an idea. What if we can get one of these Rockets to start dating the ex-wife. I don't think it'd go over well in court that the mom is associating with criminals.
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>>3336424
We'd be owing them a favor tho. And that's bad considering these are low INT mooks
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>>3336386
>Magnet Train
Where would we even start to get a pass for that.
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>>3336406
>>Like you said, not interested
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>>3336408
>>3336410
>>3336415
>>3336417
>>3336418

Ten grand is a lot of money. With the rest of your assets it puts you more than half-way to Mr. Yamauchi's twenty grand. Not to mention it would make the process a whole lot faster. But, you've decided to move on from that life. Crime does pay, but sometimes more than one bargains for.

"Like I said, not interested."

"What would your father say if he saw you like this?"

And that sets off the little vein in the back of your head. "If I ever see you again, I'll make sure you get the opportunity to ask him yourself."

He actually takes a step back. You may only be a husk of your former self, just as Rocket is a shadow of its former glory, but your reputation still precedes you.

"Alright. Have it your way sir. Good luck with...whatever this is."

"It's Luke now. You don't have to call me sir anymore."

"Luke." He smiles and shakes his head like he can't believe it. "Sure." And he's gone.

>50 minutes remaining

>Roll 1d100 to look for pokemon
>Write-in otherwise
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Rolled 90 (1d100)

>>3336433
Shit, we really were a decently middle to high ranking officer after all?
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>>3336427

iirc the pass was given as a consolation to people displaced by the Magnet Train's construction. Plenty of people in the tunnel apply (not you personally though), and you could probably buy it off their hands. Alternatively you could just buy a ticket.
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>>3336438
>>3336433
I didn't precise it but I rolled for Pokémons, sorry.
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Rolled 26 (1d100)

>>3336433
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Rolled 6 (1d100)

>>3336433
Er, the only idea I have is to walk aggressively since Scythers are kinda either cowards or fight happy ninjas

>>3336438
>Me silently hoping for Admin potential while below 20 years old
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Rolled 79 (1d100)

>>3336433
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>>3336440
>the pass was given as a consolation to people displaced by the Magnet Train's construction
Given to people in Saffron City though, not Goldenrod.
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>>3336438
Choose one:

>Venonat
>Paras
>Kakuna
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>>3336448
>Venonat
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>>3336448
BEESUS

>Also a 90 not enough for a Scyther
Come out you little shits we gots winning to do
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>>3336446
Yeah, but I mean, it's reasonable to assume something similar for Goldenrod as well. I'm not sticking religiously to the game canon anyway, as has already been seen.
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>>3336448
>Venonat
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>>3336448
>>3336455
Huh. If we can make Paras indefinitely make super rare mushrooms we could probably sell them. Hmm
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>>3336448
>Kakuna
Gonna go for that one because a beedrill is better than a venemoth in the long term
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>>3336440
Could you please put a name on (Even just "QM"), it would make separating your posts from the general annon chatter much easier
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>>3336459

Whether the smell of smoke scared them off or just your sour mood, all the pokemon in the forest seem to have suddenly disappeared. You walk around in quiet for a long time, until finally you spot a venonat curled up in the hole of an enormous oak tree. If you remember your grade school biology teacher correctly, venonats are nocturnal and generally sleep through the day.

>Status: Sleep (+30% to capture)

>Attack it with growlithe (will wake it up)
>Throw a park ball at it
>Get away safely
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>>3336489
>throw a ball park
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>>3336489
>Throw a park ball at it
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>>3336489
>>Throw a park ball at it
30% is a pretty good buff to capture

(Also thanks for putting on a name)
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>>3336489
Fuck it, chuck a ball at it.
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>>3336489
>Throw a park ball at it

Might as well
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>we turned down Rocket
God damnit. That could have gone somewhere
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>>3336499
Bad stuff tho. They didn't seem particularly competent from our first impression.
We can have plenty of Rocket interactions later anon. We /were/ a high ranking officer it seems
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>>3336489
>throw ball
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>>3336492
>>3336493
>>3336494
>>3336497
>>3336506

>Roll 1d100+30
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Rolled 89 + 30 (1d100 + 30)

>>3336509
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Rolled 26 + 30 (1d100 + 30)

>>3336509
DICEGODS PLS
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Rolled 50 + 30 (1d100 + 30)

>>3336509
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>>3336499
Somewhere bad most likely as they aren't Rocket, just the rumps of it.
Do you really wanna trust whatever plan guys reduced to stealing peoples' wallets in trains and immediately fleeing as soon as someone get out a pokemon might have?
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>>3336512
Well fuck you too dicegods :/
Imma just stop rolling
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>>3336505
Yeh fair point.
Always next time.
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>>3336510

"Wow, it's so fluffy." Says your sister.

"Don't touch it. It's poisonous." You bat her hand away. You were able to catch the venonat with only a single park ball and with minimal damage to its person. It might be enough to win the contest, and you don't have much time before the contest ends anyway. You return the venonat to its ball and start heading back to base.

You're almost to the border of the forest when you again hear some rustling behind you.

>Choose one:

>Beedrill
>Scyther
>Pinsir

Special event because I messed up the previous result, forgot to take into account that you were in the deep woods, which would have given you a bonus to the encounter rolls.
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>>3336527
>Scyther
Ninja Bug!
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>>3336527
>Scyther
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>>3336527
>Scyther
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>>3336527
Syther.
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>>3336527
>Scyther

At last
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I would caution everyone that QM has likely layed a trap here. Time is running out. We might have to choose between winning or catching this thing.
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>>3336537
Errrr I don't think so? I fail to see that logic anon
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>>3336542
I mean it would force us to make a hard choice
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>>3336537
We ran into it while heading back. Since this is a QM apology event I doubt QM will be that cruel
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>>3336532
>>3336534
>>3336535
>>3336536

"Don't move." You say. Your sister doesn't need a reminder. She's gone rigid. The scyther, takes a tentative step forward, slicing away the brush and branches in its path with its blades.

You release growlithe, who immediately begins barking and growling at the scyther--though this seems to have no real effect. You've heard horror stories of campers getting torn to shreds by scyther swarms. The rangers take care not to let such swarms build up and even prevent people from camping too deep in the park for that reason.

>Burn the bastard, weaken him (+20% to capture, +10% crit-fail)
>Throw a park ball
>Get away safely
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>>3336546
>>Burn the bastard, weaken him (+20% to capture, +10% crit-fail)
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>>3336546
>Burn the bastard, weaken him (+20% to capture, +10% crit-fail)
>Glare
>You're getting him no matter what
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>>3336546
>Burn the bastard, weaken him (+20% to capture, +10% crit-fail)
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>>3336546
>Burn the bastard, weaken him (+20% to capture, +10% crit-fail)
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>>3336546
>Burn the bastard, weaken him (+20% to capture, +10% crit-fail)
Nibbles show him your might!
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>inb4 this Scyther wasn't even very large
>inb4 the Venonat is so fat it wins the whole show
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>>3336561
The Big Boi venonat vs the manlet Scyther
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>>3336565
The Chad Venonat vs the Virgin Scyther
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>>3336561
>Wins the whole show while fast asleep
How can this scyther even compete?
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>>3336585
Green Bois on suicide watch
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>>3336550
>>3336551
>>3336552
>>3336553
>>3336555

OK now that we're getting into the first real battle, it's time I talk a little about the combat mechanics. These are subject to change and there might be some trial and error before we settle on something permanently; please bear with me.

Rather than get bogged down on stats and numbers, we'll try to streamline things and focus instead on choices and strategy, and only for combats that actually matter (so grinding and training will be handled in a montage fashion).

Combat proceeds in rounds. Each round, you'll pick a strategy and I'll call for a roll and take the first three 1d100s and count successes. 2 or more successes wins the round. You need to win two rounds to win the match. Losing two rounds likewise loses the match. Crit failing (getting 0 successes) and losing the match results in the death of the pokemon, so be careful. You can switch out pokemon at any time, but the enemy gets a free attack and you'll still have to roll.

Certain strategies will confer bonuses (and maluses) to subsequent rolls and even subsequent matches. I'll try to accommodate write-in plans as well. Certain items will reset the round counter (e.g potions). Pokemon that get injured between battles will suffer maluses to dice rolls or even the round counter.

OK, let me know if there's any questions. And now back to our regularly scheduled programming.
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You put your sister down and tell her to stay behind you. You'll kill this scyther if you have to, but if you can capture it, the contest is yours.

The scyther creeps forward, slightly bent over as if about to charge.

"Nibbles, ember!"

>Round 1
>Roll 1d100
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>>3336604
How do the bonuses/maluses translate to the dice?
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Rolled 47 (1d100)

>>3336607
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Rolled 36 (1d100)

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Rolled 89 (1d100)

>>3336607
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>>3336614
Bless you sir
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>>3336608

Depends on the bonus/malus. It will generally be a flat +/- percentage as we've already seen. These can stack, allowing for combination plays.
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>>3336607
Huh. If it's charging could nibbles spread the ember in a fan? Less damage but more coverage
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>>3336617
We have remember where we are. We dont want to burn the forest down. We should lure it outta the woods. Less cover for it too then
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I think we should go with an evade and counter and follow it up with a big strike to finish of the Scyther if need be. Assuming this first round goes ok
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We could also throw rocks at it to distract it at the perfect moment for Nibbles' attack. or would that be too dangerous since it'd attack /us/ instead?
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>>3336623
Problem is Scythers are speedy bois. We wouldn't be able to outrun it
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>>3336635
The latter. Remember Rosie is with us
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>>3336609
>>3336611
>>3336614

>47, 36, 89 vs. DC 50

Your growlithe attempts to breathe flame at the scyther's feet, but scyther is too fast. It blurs for a second as it charges in a zig-zag pattern and before Nibbles can react, the scyther's claw rakes him across the side, leaving a bloody gash that staggers your poor pokemon.

"Nibbles!" Screams your sister. You have to hold her behind you, before she tries to fight the scyther herself. The scyther leaps back, doing a quick flip in the air, and in act of strange pokemon chivalry, lets your growlithe catch his breath.

>Round 2

>Ranged attacks aren't going to work, you'll have to get close and pin him down. Have Nibbles bite him.
>Try and use Nibbles' embers to control the space, force sycther to move as you want him (+15% to next roll)
>This is too dangerous, have Nibbles roar while you get away safely
>Write-in
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>>3336614
This slashy boy will be ours.
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>>3336641
>Try and use Nibbles' embers to control the space, force sycther to move as you want him (+15% to next roll)
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>>3336641
>Ranged attacks aren't going to work, you'll have to get close and pin him down. Have Nibbles bite him.
We'll switch him out immediately after.
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>>3336641
>I wanna say fire fang but I doubt that's allowed

>Try and use Nibbles' embers to control the space, force sycther to move as you want him (+15% to next roll)

Also how about just whistling as a distraction?
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>>3336652
Can't. We were only allowed one poke
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>Try and use Nibbles' embers to control the space, force sycther to move as you want him (+15% to next roll)
Nibbles is outclassed here. We need to fight smart.
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>>3336604
Also this is just my personal thoughts but I feel that this battle method is too cut and dry.
Like I feel we're just betting the /survival/ of our poke on a coinflip
I wouldn't even mind a tiny bit more complexity in the system if it gives us a higher chance to let our pokes survive
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>>3336648
>>3336653
>>3336664

It's been so long since you've felt the familiar rush of blood, the nervous electricity of battle. Even if it's against a wild pokemon, there's just something about it, a thrill, which has never quite released you. There are those that might call you an addict.

And they would be right.

"Nibbles, ember. Aim where I point. There!"

>Round 2
>Roll 1d100
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Rolled 16 (1d100)

>>3336671

Pls no bully
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Rolled 32 (1d100)

>>3336671
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>>3336674
God we are so fucked
Bad day for Dice
F for
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We have Venonat right ?
We can cheat if nobodies around to see us
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Rolled 71 (1d100)

>>3336671
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>>3336688
Yes, thank for the clutch anon!
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>>3336690
Current system we need 2 success. We're still fucked and now a poke is dead.
Have to be honest I'm little salty here
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>>3336690
When in doubt, trust in Khorne. It always works Anon.
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>>3336693
The scyther did seem conciliatory.
Maybe it will let us run?
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>>3336693
We didn't critfail so we just lost the round.
We have two other pokemons left, so we should be OK.
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>>336701
King isn't with us. Our only option is to cheat and use Venonat
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>>3336701
We only have one pokemon as per rules
>>3334659
You'll have to keep an eye on your sister to make sure she doesn't get too dehydrated or sunburned from the heat, but otherwise, you have to go deep if you want to win this thing. As per the rules you were only allowed to bring one pokemon, so you brought:
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>>3336701
We've only got a sleeping Venonat, King was left with the contest official if it's per the actual game.
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>>3336706
Cheating is such a big, mean word. It'd be better to say we're going to "creatively interpret" the rules to achieve victory instead.
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>>3336709
Then we withdraw Nibbles and use Venonat. Nobody will know
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>>3336706
I think we can throw a ball as a last resort, if we trust in RNGesus we might make it work
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>>3336674
>>3336677
>>3336688

>16, 32, 71 vs. 50

As the scyther bounces from one spot to another, you try and constrict his movements by igniting the grass around him. It works, but growlithe ends up getting hit anyway. The scyther slams into his body from above, forcing growlithe to the ground. Your brave little pokemon tries to stand, but you're pretty sure one of its ribs has been broken.

Either way, he's out of commission. "Good boy, Nibbler. Return." He should be safe in the pokeball, and you can use the park office's healing service when you get back. As for the scyther, the small fires you've started have closed off his movements to a narrow path, nullifying his speed. Now would be the time to strike.

Unfortunately, the rules state that you're only allowed to use one pokemon. Using the venonat would technically be cheating. That is, if they actually found out--but there are no rangers around. You could still just run and cut your losses, the sycther doesn't seem like it'll follow, but then again scythers are rare and capturing one is worth a lot more than winning some contest.

>Release venonat, fuck the rules
>Get away safely
>Throw a park ball, might as well give one last shot
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>>3336714
>>Throw a park ball, might as well give one last shot
I still feel the system needs some more work but that's just me
Sorry if I'm snippy, I just never liked the Nuzlocke things where your pokes die
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>>3336714
>release venonat
FUCK THE RULES, I HAVE (NO) MONEY!
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>>3336714
Also an argument so we don't cheat.
Do you guys really want best sis to see us cheat? She's literally right next to us
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>>3336714
>throw the ball,might as well give it one more shot
>Pray to Arceus
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Ok lets be smart here.
If we use Veno, i imagine there is a chance that snooty ranger pops up
God the tension
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>>3336714
>>Throw a park ball, might as well give one last shot
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>>3336714
>Throw a park ball, might as well give one last shot
I believe
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>>3336720
Rosie is gonna have to be exposed at some point. Especially if we go down an edgy path.
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>>3336726
>edgy path
Let's not then.
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>>3336726
No, I mean she'll unintentionally out us.
7 year olds can't help but show their feelings on their face and mannerisms
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>>3336717
>>3336721
>>3336723
>>3336724

>Roll 1d100

>>3336717
I personally loved the idea of nuzlocke when I first learned about it. It made me wanna try pokemon again after forgetting it about for years.

Anyway, as I said the system is still tentative. I think the crit-fail condition strikes a decent balance between a rare occurrence and an actual possibility you'll have to take into consideration. But consider this playtesting.
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Rolled 18 (1d100)

>>3336739
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Rolled 42 (1d100)

>>3336739
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Rolled 35 (1d100)

>>3336739
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I think Arceus just hates us
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>>3336748
Considering how fucked our life is already I'm inclined to believe you. Should have prayed to Ho-oh instead.
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This system seems kind of dumb. Getting a single good roll is already hard at times, but getting 2 or you lose?
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Now we tackle it and try to fight it ourselves. Dammit we getting that Scyther
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>>3336756
I’ve gotta agree with this Anon, Bo2/3 is pretty dicey.
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>>3336748
>Protag climbs the glowing stairs on spear pillar, /fit, covered in scars and wearing a mega ring on his wrist and the skulls of Palkia and Dialga on his shoulders
>"I've come for payback bitch"
>
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>>3336758
TEAR THE FALSE GOD FROM IT'S PERCH
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Oof, looks like I missed some good old dice jobbing.
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>>3336741

You look behind you at your sister, who's trying her hardest not to bawl over Nibbles. You reach for the park ball at your belt. You're pretty sure venonat can take him. But that would be in violation of the rules and you're not just living for yourself anymore. You have to serve as an example for you sister. A better one than your father served for you.

You throw a park ball at the scyther, it bounces off his leg, the laser tags his body and he slips into the ball...for less than a second, before breaking out. Yeah, that seems about right.

"Hey! What's going here? Is that smoke?"

And that's your cue to get the hell out of here.

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"Thank you everyone for participating in today's bug-catching competition! We will now begin the judging process, so please submit your chosen pokemon at the front desk. You can pick up your items and any pokemon you left with us at the PC rooms on the second floor. Thank you!"

Back at the ranger station, the contestants are nursing sore limbs and applying topical paste to bug bites. Your sister is busy grooming a fully healed Nibbles; the latter quite content with the attention after his near-death experience.

You are in the washroom, trying to get the smell of sweat and pine needles out of your body. You've already submitted the venonat for the competition. Judging by what you overheard from the other contestants, pickings were slim and you have a decent chance at 2nd place, maybe even first.

"Yo, Luke." Eric comes up to the sink next to yours and begins fixing his hair. "I got your girl, dude."

"What?"

"The scyther dude. That was you right? I mean I didn't see anyone else go into the woods. It was pretty close too, my golbat almost didn't make it but we pulled through in the end." It takes a second to process what he just said and another second to relax the fist that has formed at your side. "But, you know you're not supposed to start fires in the forest right? Like, dude, that could get you banned from the park."

You don't say anything and neither does he for a minute; he just keeps fixing his hair. "It's cool. I wasn't duty or anything and there was no harm done. And I even got a sweet catch out of it. So, we'll just keep it between us eh?" He smirks that self-assured smirk that you've associate with distilled scum and then walks off.

The intercom buzzes. "Contestants please make your way to the main hall for the judges final verdict."

You dry your hair and face and head back to the main hall, retrieving your sister from the lounge. "Big bro can we get something to eat after this?"

"Sure." Maybe you can get something from the northside of Goldenrod. You remember there used to be some good cafes near the Radio Tower. Then again, given the condition of your clothing, they might not let you in.

1/2
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"The judging will now begin. As a special treat this week, Gym Leader and former Park Ranger, Tsukushi, better known to his fans as Bugsy, is here all the way from Azalea Town to take part as a judge! Everyone please give a warm welcome to Gym Leader Bugsy!"

Bugsy, wearing the typical ranger suit, stands up, takes a quick bow and then goes back to chatting with the cute ranger girl sitting next him, making her giggle every few seconds. The first round of judging weeds out all the lower tier captures. Weedles and caterpies mostly. Then in the second round there's a dispute between Bugsy and another judge over whether the mushrooms on a paras's back counts toward it's weight. The competition admin wisely settles the matter with a coin flip, which seems to satisfy neither party.

Then finally the third and final round of judging, to determine the order of the prizes. It's been narrowed down to your venonat, which you're sure now will at least get 3rd place, the scyther you got stolen under you, and two butterfrees. In a huge upset, your venonat takes 1st place. You're pretty sure it was just Bugsy trying to spite the other ranger he was arguing with before, but you'll take it.

No one is more surprised by the outcome than the second place winner: Eric. He comes up to you after the award ceremony, still in a daze from the loss. "Congrats on the win." He says. It sounds like he's trying to pass kidney stones.

"Yeah, you too."

"You heading out?"

"Yeah. My sister's hungry. We're gonna grab some food."

"Oh. Well I know this great seafood place, right up near the beach. I was gonna head there myself, catch a few waves. How bout it? My treat."

What's his game here?

>Politely decline, you don't like seafood
>Why not? If he's buying...
>Just tell him straight that you don't want to hang out with him
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>>3336876
>Politely decline, you don't like seafood
0% trust this dude
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>>3336876
>Politely decline, you don't like seafood
Sorry, but I prefer Unovan cuisine to be honest with you
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>>3336876
>Politely decline, you don't like seafood
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>>3336885
Actually, we could use the excuse of our sister being exhausted after running around in the park and the fact we need to get our growlithe to a pokecenter.
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>Why not? If he's buying...
He seems more like a Gary type than openly hostile.
Besides Rosie would enjoy it. Let's play nice.
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>>3336876
>Chad Venonat won the competition

SCYTHERFAGS BTFO

Honestly, I’d prefer a Scyther, but fuck it, clearly Venonat is meant to be.
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>>3336876
>Politely decline, you don't like seafood
>Go heal and train your mons instead.
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Christ, all these typos. Really sorry guys, didn't get much sleep last night
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>>3336876
>Politely decline, you don't like seafood
Fecc off, cunt
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>>3336890
>>3336903
Please note that your mons are already fully healed. The Ranger station has a healing device on site
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>>3336902
A Venonat winning the contest over a Scyther is possible in game too. They can get up to Mid 300s point wise.
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>>3336903
We already turned down Frankie
At some point we are gonna need to befriend someone desu
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>>3336910
Oh, hm. Well our sister did just run around in the woods for two hours and saw her pet nearly get murdered so there's always that to fall back on.
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>>3336915
The rich cunt who despise us isn't a good choice tho.
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>>3336910
Aight. Just go train them then. We have a decent enough team setup, though we seem to be running a poison theme with Nidoran and Venomath. The Growlithe is more for our sister right? First step is evolving our two mons and teaching sis how to train
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>>3336915
Yeah, but why the dude that looks like he needs to swallow his pride just to talk to us? IC we dislike him and unless he gives us incentive to think otherwise I don't see us wanting to be around him
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>>3336929
I just think it cant hurt to play nice. He's making a gesture here at least.
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>>3336880
>>3336883
>>3336885
>>3336903
>>3336909

"I appreciate the offer but I think we're just gonna get something northside on the way. It's been a long day, my sister's tired."

"No I'm--" You pinch her arm. "Ow! Big bro that hurt."

"Anyway, I'm not really much of a seafood guy either. Had a bad experience with a gyrados when I was--it's a whole thing." You shove your sister through the door. "Thanks for the offer though."

"Yeah, sure. Uh, before you go..." He scratches his head. "I feel kinda weird asking this, but would you be willing to sell your sunstone? To me?"

So the lunch was just a ruse.

"It was kind of why I entered the competition." He says. "I have this gloom that I--well, it doesn't really matter. What do you say?" He takes out his wallet and then a bank card. "I can do a direct transfer. Or, or I guess cash would be better huh? How does $1500 sound?"

That's generous, almost three times what you would get selling it to the Department Store.

>Deal
>No deal, you plan on using it
>Haggle for more
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>>3336989
>Sure
>"Next time just be upfront about it. No need to beat around the bush."
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>>3336989
>$1200
>And trade the Scyther for that Venonat
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>>3336989
>Deal
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>2k and you have a deal
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>>3336989
>"If you give me that Scyther, I might think about it."
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>>3337001
Supporting. Willing to drop a few lower if need be
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Also forgot to mention, the sun stone in this quest also has leaf and fire stone capabilities (like wise moonstones with water and thunder). So you'd be able to use it to evolve growlithe.

Just to add a little more spice to the choice.
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>>3337001
I'll support this, but if he wont do it we should just take his initial offer.
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>>3337001
Would he take that deal? I’d support it if he would, but it seems kind of like he’d be getting the short end of the stick, considering Scyther’s are apparently rather rare and and Venonat’s probably aren’t.
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>>3337018
Urrrgh in that case unless we can get the Scyther out of this it's definitely not worth it. Who knows when we'll get a firestone.
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>>3337021
I mean, rare enough to win the context. They must have some value. He gets a trade out've this at least and at a lesser price. I think it's a good deal
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>>3337018
So how common are Sun Stones? Luke was with Team Rocket, he'd know something in that field if you catch my drift
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>>3336989
>Sorry man I need it for my growlithe.
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>>3337037
True.

>>3336989
Alright, I’ll support 1200 and the Scyther trade as well, and willing to negotiate a few 100 lower, if that doesn’t float his boat
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>>3337001
Supporting
If he refuses just take the money
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>>3337041
Fairly uncommon, at least in johto. Fire and sun stones are found in volcanoes, so they're more common in Kanto than Johto.
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Wait. Would the $1200 cover market price for a Fire Stone? A Sun Stone sounds more valuable and we know he's buying ours for three times the selling price. Afterall, Sunstone covers multiple evolutions so I assume it's rarer. If we get the Scyther out've this deal we can use the money to go buy the stone ourselves
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>>3329819
I was six during Gen 2.
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>>3337058
Yes $1200 would cover it, but you'd be hard pressed to find a store that sells it, at least in Johto.
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>>3337078
It'll get us out of poverty at the very least. For the time being. We need this as a startup fund. We can find a place that sells them later. Besides, I eventually want the funds to pay Whitney pack entirely so our ego can be sated. I can't imagine we were happy needing to take her handouts, whether we asked or not
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>>3337058
That scyther is precious and we need it. Growlithe can evolve naturally anyways
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The qm has basically said we're not seeing another stone for a long ass time. So it's a 'do you want some cash 'now' or a sooner level up (with a possibly never) on the growlithe.
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>>3337086
No he can't?
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We can just take the train across the border and buy a sunstone there. Would give us a chance at some foreign pokemon too
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>>3336989
>Sorry, I need it
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>>3336996
>>3337006

Deal

>>3337001
>>3337011
>>3337013
>>3337053
>>3337055

Deal but also scyther

>>3337007
Deal but more money

>>3337049
>>3337113
No deal

Ok the consensus seems pretty clear. As an added bonus, I'm going to tweak the evolution rule for items a bit and say that, if the traded pokemon is given the item sometime after the trade, it will still work.

>Roll 1d100
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>>3337112
Oh shit nice. We needa go buy a Metal Coat for our Scyther.... All our Pokemon are stone/trade evolutions now. Hurts our piggy bank
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Rolled 4 (1d100)

>>3337115
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Rolled 15 (1d100)

>>3337115
Here's to a Nat 1
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Rolled 45 (1d100)

>>3337115
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Rolled 64 (1d100)

>>3337115
fug
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Lmao arceus has forsaken our dice
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>>3337119
>>3337120
>>3337121
>He refuses the syther trade
>Reports us to the park rangers for stealing his money.
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>>3337131
>he's also pretty sure that isn't our sister and gets child protective services to investigate us
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If we don't get to evolve our growlithe over this I blame you guys.
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>>3337140
Well, no crit fail so he's probably just going to refuse the deal which leaves the stone in our hands still.
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>>3337117
>>3337119
>>3337120
Welp, guess we’re destined to fail at literally every juncture that requires any sort of dice roll, it is what it is.
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>>3337149
I mean it's a fail, so my guess is it's "No, I'm keeping the syther, you can have the 1200 though for the stone."

Whether that means we keep the stone or we sell it for 1200 is in the air.
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>>3337154
It probably either means "No, take the 1500 or leave it" or he agrees to a scyther trade but either for no money or much less money. Unless he's actually retarded I don't think hes going to try and say 'nope lol no sycther and less than what I initially offered'
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>>3337161
Pretty much this. We offered a decent enough deal by offering a trade. Worst case is he tries to offer less money imo
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>>3337117

It's a lot of money, but you'll soon be coming into money anyway. You were planning to use the sunstone with growlithe, but you suppose you can delay that if he's willing to part with his scyther. The trade will ensure you can evolve it later as well, once you buy a metal coat.

"How about $1200 and you throw in your scyther?"

He laughs. "Come on dude, be serious. The sunstone isn't that worth that much."

"Alright, I'll throw in my prize winning venonat too."

He shakes his head. "Nah man, I already have one. Actually the first pokemon I ever caught. My dad's crazy about them and they're pretty common around Fuchsia. Just take the money man, I know you could use it. Buy your sister some new clothes or something."

And that pretty much clinches it. The bastard at least has enough self-awareness to realize that was the wrong thing to say, if a little too late.

"Yeah, I think I'm good."

He closes his eyes, sighs and slips his hands in his pockets. "Alright. Later then, I guess."

You grab your sister at the door and head down to the bus station. Looks like you'll be using the sunstone on growlithe after all.

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An hour later, you're trawling the various eateries on Northside Goldenrod, looking for a place that will allow a suspicious character such as yourself inside. The ocean is so close you can smell the salt and hear the sound of the surf. At the far end of the street, the Radio Tower rises like an obsidian monolith. The streets here are crowded with a more elegant, refined class of people. Businessmen and captains of industry. But, side-by-side with the opulence is the ubiquitous stink of poverty. The entrance of the Magnet Train is filled with sign-toting homeless, trying to earn money at the feet of the very structure that displaced them. Most are ignored as if they were just part of the landscape.

In the end, you stop by at a roadside eatery, basically a fast-food place, and scarf down some burgers. By your usual habit, as you journey to the tram stop, you start thinking about the future. Currently your assets amount to 4 great balls, around $50 in cash, one sunstone and three low-level pokemon (last time you checked at the ranger station PC, they were all around level 13-14). None of your pokemon, except for venonat can evolve normally, though you've already secured the evolution for growlithe.

What it comes down to then, is training. And that means going back to the Goldenrod gym, a prospect which turns your stomach. Of course there are plenty of trainers traveling around the routes into the city but you don't have enough money for the wagers just yet. Maybe after you sell some of the great balls.

Maybe you can actually sell them here. There are a bunch of different stores around and you could probably get a better deal for them if you trade in for store credit. Your sister really could use some new clothes--and shoes and socks. And so could you.

>No, better to have the cash in hand
>Trade for new clothes
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>>3334262
If you are using the prices from the games, then everything is in Yen and thus super cheap.
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Last post for now as I can barely keep my eyes open.
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>>3337272
>Trade for new clothes
What a dick.
When we become the Champion of Johto we should revoke his citizenship
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>>3337272
>You were planning to use the sunstone with growlithe
Sunstones don't work on Growlithe, they need a Fire Stone. Unless you're doing something new. Or Luke has no idea how Growlithes work.
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>>3337297
>>3337018
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>>3337272
>Go find somewhere fairly abandoned, like an old rundown warehouse or something. It's time to be cheap! Which means you need to start building a training course from the scraps you can acquire from junkyards and the like. Why train against other people when you can just have your Pokemon fight eachother? Not to mention it gives you a chance to let your sister get used to it. Let her 'battle' against you with one of the mons.
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>>3337297
Already got told to us it covers multiple types. So it was retconned
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>>3337297
>>3337018
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>>3337297
Lurk moar, QM made a point to say earlier that Sunstones can act as Firestones and Leafstones.
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>>3337306
Ah, alright. Missed that, then. Thanks.
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>>3337272
>>Trade for new clothes
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>>3337297
Shoe on the other foot.

smug.jpg
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>>3337272
>>Trade for new clothes
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>>3337272
>Trade for new clothes.
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>>3337272
Rich boy wasnt that bad really. Maybe he'll be our Gary
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>>3337272
>>Trade for new clothes
Make sure we can get a few Pokeballs too, though.
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>>3337392
Gary's shit. If he's our Blue then fine
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>>3337272
>>Trade for new clothes
Just one.
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>>3337272
>Trade for new clothes
>>3337276
It appears we're using dollars rather.
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>>3337508
Then pokeballs should be like 3 dollars. If you look at the food items in the games, they cost around what a pokeball does.

Granted, this is kinda dumb because how useful pokeballs are, but I don't see Great Balls going for so much, when they are so cheap in the game.
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>>3337520
QM might have translated Pokemon yen to Dollars meaning pokemon shit is stupidly expensive.
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>>3337272
>Trade for new clothes
Might as well if we're getting to the point of being refused service.

>Scytherfags actually wanted to trade away sun stone
So how were you guys planning on evolving Nibbles then?
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>>3337552
To be fair the QM didn't state that the stone would evolve him until after a number of the votes had been cast. Additionally there appeared to be some disinformation about whether or not he could evolve without it.
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>>3337552
With a moon stone
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>>3337583
Nibbles... is the Growlithe.
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>>3337593
Don't assume his species, bigot
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>>3337593
We'll make it work dammit.
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>>3337628
>Shove moonstone down Nibbles throat
>roll nat 100
>Growlithe evolved into Growlnight!
>We accidentally a new pokemon specie
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>>3337650
Fuck it. I'm voting for this shit. We're revolutionizing the world. Also... Arcanight
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>>3337650
>rolling a 100
Anon we cant even roll an 80
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>>3337650
Considering that subspecies with altered typing do exist, I wouldn't put this outside the realm of possibility. Also QM is it possible that we could run into pokemon from other regions, or even Kanto/Johto subspecies?
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>>3337650
>Roll a 1
>Creates a Chaos spawn like abomination that kills us instantly before rampaging through the city.

Considering our luck most likely nibbles would just choke and die,but if we're lucky he might be able to shit it out so we can try again.
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>>3337677
We could easily take the train across the border to Kanto
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>>3337696
Nah, you have to hit players where it hurts the most.
>Shove moonstone down Nibbles throat
>roll 1
>He fucking chokes on it and dies
>Right in front of our little sister
>Her teary eyes keep darting between dead canine and us
>Crying and screaming how big of a monster we are, she runs into the night
>We go after her, but lose track
>Next morning we get scooped off the street by Officer Jenny
>She tells us they wound out sisters body in some dark alley
And thats why you dont mess with natural order, kids!
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>>3337520
The great balls the gal we met at the mall gifted us out of pity were worth 4 grands apparently.
Pokémon shit is definitely pricey and it only makes sense.
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>>3337858
They're only slight better then normal Pokeballs. The shit camo balls we just used are the same effectiveness!
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>>3337858
I kind of like the idea of pokemon being this obscenely expensive thing to the point where normal people usually only have one pokemon per household if they have any at all and if you have more than one or two at most you're either a serious trainer who essentially treats raising and battling pokemon as a full time job that has high risk/reward payouts or a very rich hobbyist.
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>>3337858
The tension this adds to the quest is really great. The decisions you make are not to be taken lightly,even a walk down route 11 to catch pokemon requires a large investment of resources.

Hell even having pokemon requires a lot of resources, even if our pokemon are in perfect stasis while in their balls these guys will have to eat eventually, and you can probably imagine the calorie requirements for a dog capable of internal combustion.

With that in mind it's interesting to think about how our pokemon will effect our livelyhood in general. We can probably keep our current pokemon alive on rattas they can hunt in the tunnels or just shoot some pidgeys out of the air with poison sting or ember and call it dinner. However that probably wouldn't be able to work when our Nidoran becomes an absolute unit of a Nidorino. It would be even harder to keep of full blown Arcinine fed, we would need to supply it with pounds of meat to keep him in top condition.

These circumstances bring up so many questions into areas of pokemon raising that have never been asked before. Do grass types have reduced nutritional requirements because they photosynthesize? On that note does a geodude even eat? How much money could we make selling pikachu pelts, or Ekans skin boots? Could we use a koffing as a form of natural gas source and sell tanks of shitty smelling propane on the side of road? How much money are the mushrooms on a paras worth? Is it even legal to sell them? In the unlikely event we get a helix fossil and somehow miraculously afford to revive it could we start a cult? Are there already helix fossil cults fighting over the fossils so they can revive more of the holy beings? Are there activist groups that advocate to be able to yiff humanoid pokemon? Is it legal to kill those activists? Can psychic types be used to cheat at gambling? can we use a water type and an ice type to create an improvised water park that we can charge money for? How much money does a gym badge sell for and can we get another one if we re-challenge?
I have so many questions.
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>>3337018
Welp, what a copout, not really pleased with this.
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>>3338616
In my opinion it kind of makes sense also it's not that big of a deal because we should probably wait to evolve Growlithe in the first place if the move thing is like the game
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>>3337871
Actually, the way I've been setting the DCs, great balls are much, much better than park balls. And about twice as good as regular pokeballs.

>>3338481
A lot of cool ideas here, but I don't plan on going so deep into the simulationist aspects. I don't really like bookkeeping to that extent. I do have some hand-wavy explanations to justify, e.g why captured mons don't necessarily need to eat. For wild pokemon, sure, dog-eat-dog and all that, but I don't want to go too deep into that either.

Poaching pokemon might be interesting to explore (and of course, highly illegal), likewise using pokemon as a natural resource. This kind of stuff has precedent in the games and manga so I do plan on exploring them. I have no such plans for anything even remotely related to furryshit though.

Anyway, I don't think I'll be able to hold a session for a while (at least until the weekend). I might drop a few updates throughout the week though so keep an eye on the thread.

Thanks again for taking the time to play. I hope everyone is enjoying themselves.
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>>3339239
Thanks QM. I know I am.
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>>3338481
>Furries in a world full of actual humanoid looking intelligent animals that are relatively accessible

Yeuch, best not to think too hard about that one. If there are furries then we’ll give them as wide a berth as possible. And should we ever get a Helix fossil revived then yes, we should definitely start a cult.
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>>3338616
Yeah but nobody cares anon
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>>3339256
Man you gotta feel bad for the sentient, humanoid pokemon. Like Gardevoir, they must be the most abused pokephillic bait in the entire setting.
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>>3339299
Honestly, there is nothing stopping a Gardevoir from lobotomizing an abusive trainer, beyond its own nature and sense of servitude.
And at this point, is it really abuse if poke allows it?
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>>3339310
From what I remember a Gardevoir is super loyal and protective of their trainer, assuming the trainer was the one who raised it for most of its life. So I guess it really just depends on whether you consider pokemon less than human or not. Maybe it's more of a species by species basis? But then you'd have to figure out where to draw the line.
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>>3339529
>Gardevoir will give it's life for it's Trainer
>Gardevoir can sense when its trainer is in danger
They are basically the bodyguard maid trope as a species desu. Still really creepy tho. (Shivers)
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Moar
I need moar!
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Time to change the subject (shit getting silly now) . . .

If Arceus is the god Pokemon, why is Mew the "Original One"? Never understood that.
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>>3340004
Because Arceus made Mew+a few other mons and it was the ancestor of almost every other pokemon that Arceus didn't make.

Not that most churches in, the Pokeverse know about Arceus.
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>>3340008
How strong (legitimately) is Mew?
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>>3340004
Arceus is god and Mew is Jesus, Mew2 is the second coming but instead of the apocalypse we got an implied war that happened in the Kanto region and a cool legendary. At least that's how I picture it
>>3340027
If we're going by the movies/anime, the mews can straight up alter reality. If we're going purely by the games, then top tier yes.
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>>3339856
Hey man, that's racist probably. It's 2019 anon, you're gonna have to get with the times and accept interracial relationships are a thing.

For real though let's not fuck any pokemon
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>>3339239
Having a lot of fun, really enjoy it. Hope you stick with it when you can.

10/10 would read again. Did you archive?
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>>3340087
>archive
Someone, do this!
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Is it bad, to feel happy we kept the Venonaut
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>>3340027
Little shit can learn any move that's not exclusive to a Legendary
But it's not as strong as its inbred clone, which was specced for better offense
>>3340096
Give me a description and I'll archive.
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>>3340110
No. He is ours and not for sale at all.
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>>3340096
>>3340118
It's already been archived: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?tags=Pokemon%20Poorfag%20Quest
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>>3340110
I don't like him, but Venomoth is okay.
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>>3340121
We name it yet? And roughly level 13-14 Pokémon are okay to start out. If raise up some funds, we can train and level up to fight bugsy. Hell maybe catch a slowpoke while we are at it
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>>3340131
I think he’s okay as a starter of sorts.i can’t recall what’s on route 14 to warrant grabbing Pokémon there
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In our immediate area, I think catching a Pidgey might be decent.

And should cover most of our issues at least for now
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>>3340131
>>3340137
>>3340121
Venobro is a pimp. He's a big purple boi who won us the bug contest. Scytherfags on suicide watch.
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>>3340208
I mean I wasn't keen on scyther either. I don't like bugs in general.
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>>3340217
I mean we can’t be picky and Vanonaut is a decent bug.

Though I do wonder what happens if we go over the 6 Pokémon limit
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>>3340225
I mean who's going to enforce it?
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>>3340225
Unlike the games, you'll be to use as many pokemon as you can reasonably carry. You can also store them in the PC for convenience. For trainer vs. trainer battles you're limited to 6, but you'll be able to choose which 6 you want before the match begins.

The prohibitive price of pokeballs should discourage trying to "catch 'em all" though, at least until you gather some more funds.
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>>3340110
No he's our perfect poisonous puffball and we should be happy that we got him.

Besides its like one of the only non-psychic johto mons that can naturally learn psychic, meaning that going against poison types will be a cakewalk if we train him up enough.

Crossing my fingers it has Tinted Lens as its ability for extra clutch
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>>3340110
Nah. I was a little dissapointed to not catch that scythor but I'm satisfied with how we did and the venonaut is still pretty cool too.

We should keep the three pokemon we have now and catch a fourth one for our sister. Give her a friend to train herself so we don't have to watch her as heavily. Plus I really don't want to leave her behind.
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>>3340275
Catch her another doggo maybe? Although we've only got one stone. Also we're gonna have to feed these animals aren't we? Or did the QM say we didn't have to worry about that?

I'm just worried we can't feed ourselves we might have to head off into the woods and have nibbles eat some rattata or something.
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>>3340137
For a longer term pokemon? If we had a good enough fishing pole we could try for a poliwag. If not then I guess we could try for a pidgy, oddish, or bellsprout for a short term team buffer.

Remember we don't have to keep any pokemon we catch on the team forever. We could always just use one for a short time, then just trade/release/give it to sis after.
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>>3340281
here
>>3339239
He said we wont be getting that detailed, which is just as well imo.
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>>3340281
A pikachu is apparently the perfect gift for little girls but I think they were kind of rare this early. If we did find one we might want to keep it for the electric type but there's better out there. If not maybe a poliwag, pidgy, or a rattata.
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>>3340281
Just assume the pokemon can catch/forage their food easy when we let them out.
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>>3340291
Well I mean I know she likes Nibbles cuz he's a pupper. Poliwag could maybe protect her once he's evolved but you're running into a stone problem.
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>>3340303
I kind of want our sister to be our PC desu. She can have playmates with the Pokémon we don’t used.

Actually Oddish will make a decent choice, though I kind of want Paras it Bellsprout
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>>3340340
It's gen 2 iirc we could get her one of those electric sheep.
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Pic related was the inspiration for the sister character btw
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I wouldn’t mind getting a Ratata since it reminds me of yellow l, and they are kind of cute
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>>3340354
Mareep is a good line yeah. If possible I'd like to get a mareep, elekid, or pikachu as our longterm go to electric type. A jolteon isn't put of the question but I'd prefer an elekid if possible.
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>>3340376
I prefer a pichu, I don’t know why but I was always picky on getting the base form first.

Still since poke balls and potions are expense we will have to pick and choose our choices carefully since we have to be stingy to raise funds
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>>3340376
Jolteon is stupidly fast. Great mon.

>>3340362
They're cute until they evolve.
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>>3340388
I prefer a mareep actually. Just a good line in general. And that final evolution:)
Also we should get Rosie a snorlax.
However our own team has issues.
We are great against grass types and not much else
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>>3340417
I say we challenge Bugsy and catch a grass or water type on the way.

We may be able to evolve our Nidoran too
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>>3340423
A Poli and Spearow would be welcome
or a geodude for that matter
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>>3340428
I wonder how trade evolutions work cause a Golem will be neat.
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>>3340438
Get our sister a trainer card. I always assumed it was something about the process of the 'transfer' machine.
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>>3340438
>Growlithe
>Nido
>Geodud
>Venonat
>Spearo
>Poliwag
Is not a bad team. Especially if we throw a ghastly in on rosies squad
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>>3340447
Is Spearo superior to the pidgy line?
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>>3340453
Iirc sparrow has better attack but weaker defense.

Pidgey is the opposite
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>>3340458
Huh yeah I'd never looked at the stats I'd just made the 'two evolution inferior to three' assumption.
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>>3340453
Pidgeot has more evenly spread stats, while Fearow has better Attack and Speed, which are the more important stats-- at least, it did, before Pidgeot got an extra 10 Speed in Gen 6 along with a Mega Evolution.

We'd be better off with a Crobat, overall.

I don't think we should keep that Venonat, for the record.
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>>3340475
If we can manage a crobat sure, don't they have odd evolution requirements?
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>>3340388
I'm fine with a pikachu or pichu, but I do agree I would rather catch one in its early base form to build up a strong permanent member to our team.
>>3340417
A mareep is definitely a solid pokemon to work with. I say just see whichever one of the three we can get first. I guess I could drop trying to find an elekid for a magby instead, and try to find a pichu or mareep.
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>Geodude
Get that rock out of here

Swap geodude for mareep and yeah we're golden.
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>>3340480
No. Keep geodude and give veno to Rosie. Then we squeeze a mareep in.
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>>3340484
>Quad weakness against grass and water
>Weak to ice and steel
Garbage rock. Especially in johto when we have an Ice and Steel gym leader.
Alohan geodude is okay but original is shit tier.
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>>3340475
For now we can't really be picky. Let's stick with the venonaut and see how well it does in battle and training.if it ends up doing well enough we'll keep it on. If we end up finding better options, we can just give it to our sister.
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>>3340484
Geodude isn't really worth the effort. I say just drop it for the mareep. Maybe get a ghastly to swap out the venonaut later.
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>>3340495
it will be better if we get it to a Graveler or Golem
>>3340496
two poison types on the same team tho?
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>>3340475
I say we keep it since we are limited on funds and it’s decent but like >>3340496
Said. We do this.

Though I hope it can be a Venomoth by the time we have to leave it with sister
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>>3340501
ok
so then.
>Growlithe
>Mareep
>Nido
>Poliwag
>Spearow
>Ghastly?
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Assuming we're going by the six Pokebench RPG rules. If not, I don't see what all the sperging is about Venonat.

>>3340447
Gen 2, so I say swap the Geodude for a psychic or fighting type. Not sure which. Mr. Mime seems on the upper echelons.

Mareep is my boy.
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>>3340512
Seem's fineish to me but always keep flexibility open, we may have different opportunities in game. Do you pass up a dratini if it lands in your lap?
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>>3340506
No it won't because it'll STILL have 2 quad weaknesses and be weak to ice and steel.

>>3340521
QM said here that he's not doing the six party thing, we can have as many pokemon as we can reasonably deal with >>3340234
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>>3340521
there are abra on route 34 or 35. IIRC
>>3340524
Oh certainly. Also Rosie seems likely to get a team as well. So we can cover each others bases if we need too type wise. No grass type anywhere in our list kind of bothers me.
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>>3329631
the Professors offer starters, yes? If we wanted a slog we could take Rosie there to get her first pokemon.
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>>3340548
That'd be good. Maybe an excuse as to why we were traveling. Don't forget about Mr whatshisface tho we promised to help him with cash.
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>>3340524
Definitely, no reason to lock ourselves off to only 6. We can always switch around pokemon and train multiple at once to keep them all viable. A ninetails would be awesone at some point for example. Hell we could get a pichu and a mareep and just switch out when needed, or even use both like at the water and flying type gyms.
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>>3329631
How about we beat Bugsy and sell the badge to some trainer with a lot of cash but low skills? Frankie might know a guy at least and it has to be good money. A few thousand towards helping our buddie at least
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>>3340506
Anon we've got three pokemon, all arguably better than most of what is available in our area. We can talk about changing up our team once we actually have the pokemon for it.
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>>3340577
A few issues with that, if we sell it and can't challenge the gym again than we're stuck. Sure we get some quick cash but odds are having a bunch of badges makes things better for us. Let's see what the benefits of beating gyms are besides getting to challenge the elite before we tgink about selling them.
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>>3329631
Would a ditto strike you guys as useful?
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>>3340628
Not really
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>>3340628
No, how about a slowpoke though, and try to evolve it into a slowking.
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>>3340628
Maybe if we can use it for some... weird crime stuff? Not sure.
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Are we limited to Gen 2 pokemon? That's kind of a shame. Gen 3 and 4 have all my favorites.
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>>3340702
We're limited to Pokemon that could feasibly be found in Johto. So, primarily Gen 1 and 2, yeah. But those Gen 4 crossgen evos and babies and such are probably on the table. There's always trades. And, beyond that, there might be swarms, like in HGSS.

https://www.serebii.net/heartgoldsoulsilver/swarms.shtml
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>>3340702
arcanine and nidoking are my favorites so I'm a happy camper.
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>>3340702
We are in Johto.
Theoretical we could cross into Kanto at some point
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Hope we get to hang with Neo-Rocket sometime soon.
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>>3340724
I too am hoping we go the Neo-rocket route. Put em back together again. Kinda sad we turned Frankie down desu
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>>3340729
Yeah, although it’s important that we get a good core of ‘mons first. And the outfits.
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Okay. So, hypothesizing about team comp is kind of useless, because we're very much limited by what we run into, and we can't necessarily predict what that'll be because of rolls and the QM's own opinion on shit. Right now, we're working with Growlithe, Nidoran Male, and Venonat. Which is decent. I want to ditch the bug, but whatever.

Our "priorities," in terms of practical application in the Pokemon world, is Psychic, Ghost, and Water. Water types are necessary because they give us an infinite supply of water and we have shit for money, so we'll never go thirsty again. Psychic and Ghost types, on the other hand, have ridiculous supernatural powers like teleportation, telekinesis, invisibility, phasing through shit, mind control/possession-- they're invaluable in a real world setting. Slowpoke can be acquired consistently in Azalea Town, which isn't terribly far all things considered, and is worth pursuing. The rest is entirely up in teh air.

>>3340718
Most of Johto is Kanto Pokemon, really. It's the biggest failing of the game. In fact, some Johto Pokemon are only found in Kanto, like Houndour and Murkrow, which is just fucking stupid. I doubt the QM is sticking that strongly to the game-based spawns, though. One dude had a Sneasel before, those're kind of rare in the Goldenrod area.

>>3340729
Nah dude, we're reformed. Nobody else wants to be a crimeboy, we have to mamoru our little sister.
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>>3340750
We are actively on a secret personal mission to kill the man who kiled our dad. Reformed isn't the right word. As far as we know dad might even have been an admin who got killed by the hero.
>>3340747
Goldenrod Casino heist when?
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>>3340674
Slowpoke could be useful.
Tails are worth money too
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>>3340768
Soon Anon, Soon.
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>>3340847
Come to think of it the prize corner has pokemon too. Money AND pokemon
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>>3340865
Two Murkrows one ball, eh?
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>>3340750
Can psychic types comunicate with their trainers? Getting an Abra or Slowpoke would be even more useful if so.
If we were in Hoenn a Ralts would be ideal, Gardevoir and Gallade are crazy strong.
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>>3340875
There are indeed psychic types with an empathetic bond with their trainers. Gardevoir is the most notable of these. Emotional telepathy at the very least. Im unsure about Abras and the like althoigh i would imagine it's not unheard of. In gardevoirs case the bond seem particularly deep
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>>3340875
The case could certainly be made that a Alekazam for instance should be able to communicate basic "Yes" "No" "Attack!" Type mental words, especially after long human contact
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>>3340628
It would be a good Ghost/Dragon-bane, I suppose. I think Ditto has more potential than is let on.

>>3340531
>So we can cover each others bases if we need too type wise
Y'all not seein what this anon said? If Rosie can get a team we're (no pun) gold. We're not doing edgefag or hobocriminal, which means she'll tag along with us unless she decides to do her own thing (not likely). This means qst can minmax like a motherfucker and it'll make sense IC!

Why is no one taking advantage of this?!
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>>3340750
>Most of Johto is Kanto Pokemon, really. It's the biggest failing of the game
I wouldn't really call it a failing. It was only the second installment of the entire franchise. It's not like nintendo ever expected pokemon to spawn as many sequels as it id, and why wouldn't they have just taken their original and expanded the list, it's a logical way to attract players to the new game with new pokemon while having the old ones too to not turn away some of the market. Then gens 3 to 7 (and now an 8th) happened and the roster exploded in size.
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>>3340928
I just checked, and you can find Ralts in route 34, the route before Goldenrod City.
It's only with swarms though.
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>>3340750
>failing
>Literally the best pokemon games that have both kanto and johto in them.
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>>3341015
>We're not doing edgefag
did you miss the part about avenging Dad
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>>3341015
Also dont throw out the Rocket option yet. Depending on our developing goals they could be helpful. Plnty of people want to interact with them
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Do we hate our father? Or are we trying to avange him?
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>>3341090
To the first we call him a deadbeat asshole >>3330532


To the second. Not sure.
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>>3341090
We want to avenge him. It has been heavily implied he was a ranking member of Rocket. The players have not yet been told who killed him but the MC certainly knows
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>>3341090
>>3341099
I think we were just putting on airs when we called him an asshole . Bluffing
>It will all be worth it in the end. A cool million dollars and on top of that, the chance to finally destroy the man that ruined your life and killed your father.
Thats a canon thought
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Just reading through the discussions and wanted to word of god a couple of things:

1. Unless otherwise stated, assume the quest follows the original G/S/C games (yes I'm talking about the ordinary, AA battery powered gameboy versions, that I played), relevant pages on Bulbapedia (particularly the biology sections for pokemon) and the Pokemon Adventures manga (just Red's bit); not anything else. I'm sorry if that excludes some of your favorite mons, but I haven't played any of the other games and I'm not familiar with any of the new mons beyond gen 2. I'll still be taking a lot of liberties with the canon material but these will be explicitly stated whenever possible and if I fuck something up because of it, let me know and I'll try to compensate some other way (as with the last minute scyther duel)

2. Loving the discussion of team building so far. However, keep in mind that I'll be emphasizing combination play more than the existing metagame that's based on stats. There are no "shitmon" so long as you think creatively about how you'll use them. One of my favorite moments in the manga was when Red amplified thunder by using water in the final battle. Notice e.g in the scyther battle, although growlithe had a clear type advantage, scyther's speed pretty much neutralized his ranged attacks. Type does matter, but even a monotype party is viable if your strategy is up to speed. Be warned, that applies to the trainers you face as well. A wild pokemon can never match the tactics of a human trainer.

3. Regarding the combat mechanics, I hear your complaints about the system being too stochastic loud and clear, so I'm thinking of switching the # rounds to win from 2 to 3. We'll playtest what we have currently in the next trainer battle, and if it still feels imbalanced we'll switch.

4. Much of this quest has already moved into improvisation territory based on your guys' background discussions. I mentioned this in the QTG, but MC was not originally planned to have anything to with Rocket, but since you guys seemed like you wanted that connection, I changed it. Basically, what I'm trying to say is that I actually read through all the discussion and try to accommodate (within limits) what people are saying they want to see/ their theories (while still trying to avoid being too predictable) so don't hold back your thoughts.
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>>3341132
>There are no "shitmon" so long as you think creatively about how you'll use them.
Magickarp spam build is a go
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>>3341057
That came off to me as taking away his championship from under him while playing things straight for our sister's sake. MC seems pretty ashamed by his past, from the glimpses of it in the dialogue.
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Anybody here likes skarmory? i still remember this glorious bastard when i was playing gen 2 so many years ago, i loved him.
Also Snorlax and Blissey are broken as fuck too.
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>>3341165
How do they fuck tho?
no penis to make babies
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>>3341148
Joke aside that actually brings up a good point. Magikarp are easy as fuck to get and it actually the level to evolve it isn't all that high. If we pick one up early, which again is a complete cakewalk, we just need to train it a ton fast and we'll have us a gyrados relatively early.
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>>3341177
Well it's a metal bird, so it either has a cloaca or a retractable penis.
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>>3341032
HGSS is my absolute favorite game in the franchise, but it has its faults. Primarily, level curve and 'mon distribution. RSE is a better example of how to distribute new and old Pokemon.
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>>3341180
Rosie's team is gonna be interesting
If we go with the base covering strategy doubly so
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But having Rosie do type coverage takes away her choice on what pokemon she wants to use. I don't think that's very brotherly.
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>>3341242
Nobody saying it doesn't have its faults, just that viewing its expanded pokelist as a failing because it isn't a new set of pokemon is a bit unfair considering it was only the second installment.
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>>3341537
I mean. No, that guy did. That guy I linked to, that's what he was saying.

I still vehemently disagree. It's poor game design to bury the new cool shit. People complained about that with Alola, too, that it was hard to find the new 'mon. Regardless of whether it was only the second game or not, most of Johto is inhabited by Kanto Pokemon, and several new, exciting species are hidden in postgame content. For every Johto Pokemon you can catch, there are two analogous Kanto Pokemon there as well. Just because it's the second game, that doesn't mean the game isn't poorly designed. Same with Kanto. It gets things wrong.
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>>3341132
When you say that it follows the GSC games, can you loosen up Pokemon habitats a little bit, within reason? Make Johto Pokemon populate more of Johto and all?
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>>3341132
For the combat system ive seen other qms use the first 5 it gives us a better chance plus its not that different compared to what you wanted to use before
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>>3341132
>>3341687
One thing I've seen done to smooth things out is do the dic rolls with minimal description on the combat, then when the fight is done the QM writes one big post detailing the whole exchange, instead of doing the fight post by post.
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>>3341180
Wait...we could just sell a bunch of Gyarados.
Why didn't we think of this before?
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Should i drawfag for this quest i really feel like doing that
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>>3342312
Also i think i should mention that this is my first time on /qst/ saw this thread between popular threads and read the entire thing i'm really enjoying the story so far! Is that a thing people do btw draw the scenarios that the qm is describing?
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>>3342313
The odd thread here and there has a drawfag, so it’s not common, but not too rare. And yes, that is what drawfags do, but they sometimes also do little side pieces of character art.
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>>3342295
Probably because Gyarados are fucking vicious.
>>3342312
>>3342313
Sure, feel free to drawfag if you want
I don't think he'll mind
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>>3342295
1) they're viscous like>>3342381

2) I said training one wouldn't be so difficult, training multiple magikarps into evolving them would be way more difficult, let alone training them well enough to sell.
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>>3341585
>Johtomons
>in Johto
I'm all for OCs and retcons but that's going too far m8.
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>>3342313
Drawfagging a quest is a pretty decent honour. I think you should do it if you're enjoying the game and feel inspired to be creative
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>>3342381
Slowbro tails are always an option
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>>3342542
They're probably on the lookout for Slowpoke smugglers after Team Rocket's big boner, and Rosy would disapprove.
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>>3342542
They aren't. Those would be nearly impossible to obtain, there's a Shellder attached to them. SlowPOKE.
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drawfag here overdid the mc's initial design a lil.. aherm but i made something more in the style of ken sugimori i'll post it after this
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>>3342823
i like this alot better i'll start with the story tomorrow i think
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>>3342825
First one looked like a Jojo character but now we're definitely Hiroshima Gen, noice
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>>3337295
>>3337333
>>3337339
>>3337383
etc.

Unfortunately, the shops along Northside all cater to that class of citizen that have enough disposable income to start a small country. 300 dollars for a pair of shoes just because the League Champion wore them in the final battle. It's mass psychosis.

After about an hour of scoffing at price tags, you finally discover an upscale thrift shop on the western part of Northside.

"Hi there!" A young woman in a purple kimono greets you as you walk in. "Are you looking for something in particular?"

"Not really. Clothes." You add, seeing, in addition to the racks of clothes, the assortment of bike wheels, fishing gear, gardening equipment, fake jewelry and dolls on display (the latter which your sister zeroes in on like a magneton using lock-on).

The girl glances quickly toward the counter and confirming the cashier is busy, leans into your ear. "Hey, you mind letting me show you around? I get paid on commission." She steps back, biting her lip and arching her brow expectantly.

>Sure, why not, she seems nice; might as well help her out
>Nah, you know the game, she'll try to steer you toward the pricey stuff.
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>>3342823
>>3342825
Holy shit, this is incredible my man. I'm incredibly honored, thank you so much!
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>>3342907
>Nah, you know the game, she'll try to steer you toward the pricey stuff.
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>>3342907
>Sure, why not, she seems nice; might as well help her out

If she gives us the pricy shit we go away
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>>3342907
>Nah, you know the game, she'll try to steer you toward the pricey stuff.
No way, fag.
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>>3342907
>upscale thrift shop
Still probably cheaper then Goodwill.
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>>3342823
>>3342825
cool shit dude.
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>>3342907
>Sure, why not, she seems nice; might as well help her out
What’s the worst that happens? Not like she can force us to buy.
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>>3342907
>>Sure, why not, she seems nice; might as well help her out
This is just agreeing to let her show us round, we're not necessarily going to buy whatever she leads us to.
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>>3342907
>>Sure, why not, she seems nice; might as well help her out
saves time for everybody
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>>3342907
>Sure, why not, she seems nice; might as well help her out
Seems a bit of a no brainer but i have a bad feeling
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>>3342907
>>Sure, why not, she seems nice; might as well help her out
She'll give us the good stuff.

>>3342823
>>3342825
Wow. This is some beautiful stuff here.
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>>3342907
>>Sure, why not, she seems nice; might as well help her out
I mean its not like we look like we're swimming in money or anything.
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>>3342907
We should also try to get a nice doll for our sister and fishing gear for us.
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>>3343093
We cant just be spending money willy nilley tho
Remember we are still trying to get money for Mr. Yatsumoto or whatever his name was.
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>>3343093
No everything non-clothing essential is a no go with our money situation. We're only buying clothes because our current ones are so gungy we're at risk of being denied service because of them.
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>>3343113
this.
We need to go for shit that will LAST. Like a durable jacket, cheap shirt, and jeans. Not fancy shit.
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>>3343113
>>3343107
It's an investment in the future. Not every water pokemon is going to walk around on land, we and our pokemon need to eat, and she's our sister, she deserves something nice if we are going to be going all over who knows where.
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>>3343123
>She deserves something nice
She has a fucking Puppy. She doesn't need a doll. We can catch her something later. Problem solved.
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>>3343133
You don't understand little girls.

“A doll is among the most pressing needs as well as the most charming instincts of feminine childhood. To care for it, adorn it, dress and undress it, give it lessons, scold it a little, put it to bed and sing it to sleep, pretend that the object is a living person - all the future of the woman resides in this. Dreaming and murmuring, tending, cossetting, sewing small garments, the child grows into girlhood, from girlhood into womanhood, from womanhood into wifehood, and the first baby is the successor of the last doll. A little girl without a doll is nearly as deprived and quite as unnatural as a woman without a child.”
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>>3343207
Based and Redpilled.
Freud?
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>>3342907
>Sure, why not, she seems nice; might as well help her out
If she starts forcing us towards expensive shit we bail on her.

>>3343207
Yeah That's a no from me dog.
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>>3343207
Counterpoint, she can make her own damn doll if it's that important.
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>>3343209
Close. Victor Hugo.
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>>3343222
>refusing to buy your lil sis' a doll

How depraved of a brother are you? We ain't gonna buy her the top quality one but we can definitely try and pick one for her, she deserves it.
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>>3343267
1. We're short on cash a doll is not important even if someone wants to post psychobable.

2. She hasn't seen or said she wants one.

Food/Shelter/Clothing. If she really wants a doll, which we've seen no indication of what so ever, we can get her some when we're better established.
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>>3343279
>dolls on display (the latter which your sister zeroes in on like a magneton using lock-on).

Are you just a liar by nature or do lack the capacity for critical thinking?
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>>3343286
Apparently missed that line in particular, I apologize and retract the statement on her interest.

I'm still not 100% on getting her one, due to limited funds, but depending on cost could be pursued.
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>>3343286
Essentials first, doll later. She can play with Nibbles.
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>>3343207
Ah I see you're a man of culture as well. Poor little Cosette.

>>3342923
>>3343034
>>3343064
etc.

Writing for helping out a kimono girl.
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You shrug, an answer just non-commital enough to be interpreted both ways. The girl chooses to take that as a yes. "Great! Right this way sir."

She immediately takes you to the back of the shop, where there are racks of "second-hand" clothes that look like they've never even been taken out of the plastic. A few of them still have their old price tags.

"We get these from some of the wealthier people in the city." Says the girl. "Basically failed charity drives. The sponsors just end up buying brand new clothes to save face."

"Are these prices right?" You take down a pair of jeans that's been marked down almost five times the price on the original sticker.

"Yep. And there's also some girl's clothes on the next rack."

On cue, your sister tugs at your sleeve. "Big bro can I--"

"Yes, you can go look at the dolls. But only look."

She runs off before you can change your mind.

"She's adorable."

"Only in public, believe me."

She laughs in that carefree way that puts others at ease.

"You know, if you're being paid in commission shouldn't you have taken me to the more expensive stuff?"

Now it's her turn to shrug. "It's actually my first day. Chalk it up to inexperience." She grins. "Now those jeans would go really well with... this." She holds up a red jacket with a pokeball sewn onto the front. "The dressing rooms are right over there if you want to try it on."

"Is...that OK?" You're aware you don't exactly look like the paragon of cleanliness.

"Of course it is, and even if it isn't, I'll be the one to get in trouble not you. So go already."

You decide that you like this woman and you take the jacket and the jeans and head to the small curtained closet to try them on. They fit perfectly and, looking down at the tags, the pair only costs $30 in total. You come out and the girl gives a low whistle.

"Very chic. Try these." She hands you another stack of clothes and you spend the next twenty minutes in what amounts to a private fashion show. If nothing else, the salesgirl is a natural at preening people's self-esteem.

In the end you decide on:

(see pic related or suggest your own outfits, each outfit costs Xd20+20 dollars, where X = the number of outfits, keep in mind you still have to shop for your sister and anything else you might want to buy)

>You have $50 dollars and change
>You have 4 great balls worth ~$1200
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>>3343345
>B
For our regular outfit
>E
We can use this as our formal-ish wear just in case we ever get to go somewhere fancy. We probably won't be able to get something that can pass as formalwear (if you squint) for cheaper.

THen we have two outfits for us, and maybe get a formal and regular outfit for our sis.
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>>3343345
supporting
>>3343367
this exactly, right on friendo. I'd also add that we can just trade a great ball to pay for everything, and then keep the 50$ we have on us
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>>3343345
We need to buy the single most stylish outfit that will ever exist in Pokemon.
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>>3343345
>B
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>>3343345
>>3343367
Support
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>>3343345
B
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>>3343345
>>3343367
Supporting
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>>3343345

Yeah this >>3343367
At worst E is a backup set of clothes. At best having it on hand will save us from scrambling to meet a dress code in the future.
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>>3343345
Let's go with the classic model.
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>>3343417
>>3343413
>>3343408
>>3343388
>>3343384
>>3343371
>>3343367
>B
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>>3343456
We're going to be the cool looking, maybe bad, guy and you can't stop us.
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>>3343475
Also we'll get Rocket threads if we ever interact with them. One last mission under the "R" and all that.
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>>3343345
B so long as we keep our current hat.
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>>3343345
>A
E is gay look as fuck. I wouldn't be against B but it's not my favorite.
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>>3343222
Isn't she like 4 or 5? Plus a regular stuffed doll is pretty cheap. It's not like we'd be buying her the latest barbie dreamhouse set or anything.
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>>3343475
I'm all for doing what needs to be done but we need to set a line to not cross, we have a little girl we need to be a role model for.
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>>3343877
Indeed. When we hunt down our fathers killer she doesn't have to watch
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>>3343880
I think humiliating him by taking his championship title would be enough. Then again we don't know the whole story, so maybe there is some further details that would make me open to the idea. I'll wait and see what we learn before I agree to how we get back at him.
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>>3343440
Damn, left gold's clothes actually look comfy as fuck.
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We could just buy her a pokedoll, something we could actually use if the need arises. Even though that would be a hideous thing to do.
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>>3343877
That's why I said 'maybe' bad guy. Less bad more not good.
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A but with the pants from c
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>>3343345
All joking aside, let's not get B, it's the worst one. For Jesus Christ's sake, he's wearing high heels!
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>>3343965
B is cool. They're boots.
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>>3343973
Alright, fine. High heel boots then. It doesn't change the situation.
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>>3343965
Dawg those are boots.
Most of which come with some type of heel platform.
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>>3343991
What, you not comfortable enough in your sexuality to embrace fashion anon??
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>>3343991
They're... boots dude. Have you never seen boots before?
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>>3343992
>>3343999
>>3344009
They look more like these.
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>>3344041
They really don't dude.
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>>3344045
It's all a matter of perspective.
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>>3344041
Yeaaahhh... nahhhhh
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>>3344047
But they absolutely don't look like those though.
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>>3344076
>>3344078
Don't they though?
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>>3344076
>>3344047
>>3344045
What's B's sprite supposed to be of? It would probably help put minds at ease if we saw more concept art of who it's based on.
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>>3344100
https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Ace_Trainer_(Trainer_class)

Ace Trainer from Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum
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>>3344100
>>3344099
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>>3344100
It's the Ace Trainer class from Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum.
Unfortunately there seems to be no official art of that specific design outside of the in-game sprite.
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>>3343329
I legitimately cried at the end. My favorite part is Jean Valjean picking up Cosette from those horrible Thénardiers. It's kind of why I want to buy her a doll here. It was bullcrap M. Thenardier never received any sort of comeuppance and that brat Marius, I wanted to wring his whiny little neck at the end.
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>>3344120

I cried during several parts (When Jean meets the priest for the first time and the priest says, "I knew your name when you came in, you are my brother". When Fantine sells her teeth, her hair and then her body. When Fantine finally gets rescued by Jean only to die, never seeing her child. And of course when Cosette finally gets rescued by Jean Hugo has a way of really punching you in the gut and never letting up, while at the same showing a sincere love for humanity.
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>>3344111
>>3344110
>>3344107
Man, of course the most voted ace trainer pic is the one with no artwork or even fan art to it whatsoever.
Screw it's just a base, how about we all just agree to MC wearing regular travel boots and cargo pants with pockets. It's not like it has to be exactly the same as the pic, just similar.
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>>3344179
As long as it's not B, I'm cool with it.

>>3344178
It's a monster of a novel though. I had to try on 5 separate occasions to finish it because of the lengths the man went to in his descriptions. I thought Nathaniel Hawthorne had an affinity with prose, boy was I ever wrong. Though the Paris sewers were a fascinating read. People don't usually think about those types of things unless prompted.
Jean meeting the priest really sets the theme of man changing through the power of God. Over and over, Jean is shown to be self-sacrificial to everyone at the cost of his freedom, pride, and money, which is echoed in Javert's demise because Javert's code of ethics are based on the letter of the law put forth by men, where the guilty are sinners and cannot be forgiven. When he is given divine mercy by God through Jean, he returns the favor by allowing Jean true freedom. Javert, by letting a criminal go, has aware of new found emotions and thoughts(for what reason and purpose did he allow Jean to escape the iron rule of law?). Being unable to comprehend, having his entire outlook on life shaken to the core, the foundation on which he stands, with no family of his own, friends we are made aware of, or being a follower of the Lord, leads Javert to taking his own life. Truly a masterpiece. 10/10 book.
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>>3344179
I mean I can't agree for other people, I like B, I voted B, one guy is throwing a hissy fit because boots upset him.
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>>3344244
It's more than just the boots. It's the color scheme, the clothing design, and the clothing choices. Keep assuming things though.
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>>3344498
It's the only thing you had complained about until that point. Color scheme is okay, clothing design overall I think is fine/cool.
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>>3344500
I could go on and on, but do you really care? No, so I won't waste my time.
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I really don't see a need for everyone to get all hung up on something like clothing choice. Lets be real, this isn't a relevant vote beyond "Do you choose to look less like a homeless vagrant" to which we've answered "yes". The rest is semantics. It isn't as if we'll be looking at what we're wearing for 90% of the quest and it shouldn't be all that relevant for the most part
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>10+ posts sperging about how B's boots are gaaaaay
Dude it's 2019 embrace the metrosexual already.

Also I should have known from the sheer autism levels on display that the culprit was the doll psychobabble anon kek
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>>3344572
>I really don't see a need for everyone to get all hung up on something like clothing choice.
The only person hung up about the decision is boot-anon who doesn't understand what they actually look like.
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>>3344572
Not to mention it's a text story making debate on how we look like all the more irrelevant.

Let's just pick whatever outfit for ourself and a better one for our sis' and be done with it
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>>3344572
Well, the art guy might care, and I appreciate his input.
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>>3344230
You want level 99 prose? Laini Taylor, in the book Strange the Dreamer. Fuck with me son!
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>>3343440
BASED

>>3344111
>Diamond, Pearl
It's all about the fashion tips. It's a brand new scene, in a brand world. New rivals. As you dress for survival. Nothing can stop you . . .

>>3343345
I'd go A for our default if we could get it tailored/customised a bit to look cooler. A by itself is cool, but looks like Pokechav. Hell to the naw, to the naw, naw, naw. E may stay as our formal wear (who is that anyway?).

Torn between A and F. And customising the clothes will cost more.

sweaty.jpg
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>>3343367
>>3343371
>>3343388
>>3343413
>>3343417

In the end you decide on a split of casual and formal wear. A simple, breathable t-shirt with off-color long sleeves (for those chilly Johto nights), a pair of trousers to match and a pair of durable trail runners to replace the "useless and effeminate boots" (kimono girl's words, not yours) that came with the rest of the outfit.

For the formal dress, some comfortable loafers and a coat and a pair of pants made out of mareep wool. The cravat that comes with it is subbed out immediately ("unless you swing that way", to which you replied gravely that you did not) for a scarf (the elusive business-casual look) and a tie ("for those rich people orgies").

"And we still have your sister left right?"

"Yeah. Rosy--"

"I'm right here." So she is and with what appears to be some combination of a doll and a backpack forged in the rough image of a squirtle, embraced to her chest.

"Rosy..."

"I'll put it back when we leave. Please?" She could melt a geodude with those eyes.

"Alright, but I don't want to hear about it when we get home." A futile warning.

The salesgirl leads your sister to the dressing room and helps her try on various outfits until she finds one that she likes. Your own input is handily ignored as the two of them bond over shoes and skirts like superglue . Another half-hour later, they finally settle on some comfortable running shoes, long socks, and two pairs of a skirt and blouse combo cobbled together from the uniforms of several local private schools and a packet of hair scrunchies.

The total comes to:

>Roll 4d20+20

Which finally brings you to the main reason you came out here in the first place.

"So what's the policy on the store credit? Do you still get commission?"

"Sure. We buy stuff all the time too, so if you have something to sell..."

"I have great balls."

"Well aren't you forward." She waits. You stare at her. Silence. Followed by her laughing so hard that she starts making snorting noises.

"Haha I get it." Says your sister.

"No you don't." You say.

"Yeah...I don't." She shakes her head tragically.

"Sorry." She says. "I couldn't help myself."

"Right. So, store credit?"

"Yep. Do you want the remainder in cash or bank it for later? If you bank it you'll get full price--assuming the ball is in good condition, but obviously you'll only be able to use it here. You could, I don't know, get your sister that doll."

"She's gotten to you hasn't she?"

"We exchanged some words, yes. She just so darn cute, how could you say no that face?" She pinches your sister's cheek while she delivers her best guilt-the-big-brother smile.

>No. You want cash.
>Well, why not. 600 dollars goes a long way, the place doesn't only sell clothes and you wouldn't mind coming here again.
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Rolled 16, 13, 5, 7 + 20 = 61 (4d20 + 20)

>>3346528
We're not giving away all the great balls right? How much does the doll/backpack actually cost?
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>>3346536
No. A single great ball is worth $600 if you get full store credit and $300 otherwise. The doll/backpack costs $25.
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>>3346570

>>3346528
>Well, why not. 600 dollars goes a long way, the place doesn't only sell clothes and you wouldn't mind coming here again.

Alright it might be worth the store credit then. Might want to hock another ball for cash. But I'll leave that up to others.

I'll vote for getting the doll/backpack as well.
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Rolled 3, 13, 9, 11 = 36 (4d20)

>>3346528
>>Well, why not. 600 dollars goes a long way, the place doesn't only sell clothes and you wouldn't mind coming here again.
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Rolled 12, 7, 5, 16 + 20 = 60 (4d20 + 20)

>>3346528
>Well, why not. 600 dollars goes a long way, the place doesn't only sell clothes and you wouldn't mind coming here again
We could use more clothes and supplies for a longtrip anyway, might as well get that backpack squirtile for Roay too. No sense in wasting 300 dollars like that when they have enough things here worth getting.
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>>3346581
Well let's sell 2 here and bank while keeping the remaining 2 with us, just in case.
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>>3346528
>>No. You want cash.
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>>3346631
Woah now that's a bit much, just get credit for one here and save the other three, we can sell another later if we really need to. These are quality balls and we need to think about the longterm too.
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>>3346528
>>No. You want cash.
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>>3346650
+1
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Rolled 18, 1, 6, 5 + 20 = 50 (4d20 + 20)

>>3346528
>Well, why not. 600 dollars goes a long way, the place doesn't only sell clothes and you wouldn't mind coming here again.

Let's buy her the doll.
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Rolled 20, 4, 7, 11 + 20 = 62 (4d20 + 20)

>>3346528
>Well, why not. 600 dollars goes a long way, the place doesn't only sell clothes and you wouldn't mind coming here again.
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>>3342909
>>3343032
>>3343083
>>3342866
Thank you!
>>3345113
>>3346528
Also yeah his clothing will be important for his design i'll try to keep what he's wearing now in mind for next time aaand maaaybe take some liberties here and there
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>>3346528
And selling only one great ball.
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I read this and I'm reminded of the Homeless Mutant Quest of old. Godspeed OP, I'm on board for this quest!
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Did OP ever give an ETA on return?
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>>3352096
You can't capture the wind.
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>>3352130
Was afraid you'd say that
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https://pokecharms.com/trainer-card-maker/

Neat little thing qm.
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>>3339239
>>3352096
Said something about not being able to properly run til the weekend earlier.
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>>3352598
I love you my dude. This is awesome.

>>3352096
>>3352611
Yep, I'll be running tomorrow. Keep an eye out for a new thread.
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