Thread 6322616

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Rules are simple: Votes are tallied every hour, with whatever course of action being the most popular being the course of action taken. Write ins are encouraged and non-mutually exclusive votes will be combined if possible.

When a roll is called for, roll however many D100 are specified. 5- is a 'crit fail' and generally means something bad is about to happen. 95+ is a 'crit success' and generally means something good just happened. a 'crit success' trumps a crit fail. User input on both will be taken into consideration.

Once per thread, if three or more people invoke it, a single roll may be re-rolled.

Inventory, pokemon stats and other links: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15i2N08IpWqitoTJujsUMishe4PLbao1lqT-bCAmvPcE/edit

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For a short summary for the new and to recap:

You are Alex. A newly minted trainer and camping enthusiast just starting out on your journey at the age of seventeen after your father lost his job in order to help pay the bills. On the road, you met Fie, the Fire Gym Leader, Gareth a novice Aura Guardian on pilgrimage and Holly, a runaway heiress using a pseudonym. You've also made enemies of Team Green a group of violent, radical activists looking to abolish pokemon training.

For the time being, Fie returned to her gym for the time being.

Last thread, you beat Daniel, the Greenshoot Gym Leader, evolved Coolie into a Hydrapple, trained a whole lot, prepared to head out in the morning, had some friendly battles with Sarah and Tom which you lost and groomed your team...

"Nah." You shake your head, then clap your hands. "Let's just give our guys some TLC."

Sarah brightens and to your satisfaction, Tom nods, rather than raising a fuss.

It seems like now he’s got Sobble, he’s actually beginning to understand the importance of taking proper care of pokemon, where before, he was more likely to just want to play.

You break out your grooming kit and get to work. Sarah and Tom already know the basics of grooming.

Helping your mum and dad with their pokemon means you all at least know what you’re doing and with plenty of time on your hands, nothing else you really need to do right now and some pointers you’ve picked up from Holly, you quickly get into a rhythm cleaning everyone up, whether that involves brushing, polishing or preening, to the great delight of all your pokemon.

Part of you wishes you could give Kay O-o this treatment right now, but he’s still going to be out for a day or two, by your mother’s reckoning.

You make a note to yourself to treat him when he’s better. He damn well deserves a reward for what he did in keeping Latias, Sarah and Tom out of harm’s way and fighting off a Tyranitar with more experience than him the way he did.

Quicker than you’d have credited, you find that you’ve finished grooming everyone, Euphrates stretching languidly as she walks off after you finish lightly oiling her hide, before Sage approaches again, paws clasped hopefully as she stands in front of you.

It’s easy to see why she wants the extra attention though: she’s developed a thick ‘cloak’ of red fur, what the pokedex refers to as ‘felting fur’, meant for creating the distinctive ‘robe’ that Delphox are known for and her present batch is coming away in clumps.

>Give Sage some extra attention. (Roll)
>Train with Nika.
>Spend some extra time with Latias.
>Do obedience training with Blitz.
>Other

Rolled 18 (1d100)

>>6322618
>>Give Sage some extra attention. (Roll)

>>6322618
>>Give Sage some extra attention. (Roll)

Rolled 49 (1d100)

>>6322681

Rolled 45 (1d100)

>>6322618
>Give Sage some extra attention. (Roll)

>>6322648
>>6322681
>>6322682
>>6322687

You pat the ground next to you and once Sage has sat down, you start brushing out her coat.

She really needed it, with all the fur that comes away even on this first brush stroke.

The fur's not matted, but it's thick and loose, coming out in long, thick strands - perfect for felting, hence the name - and you can only imagine how itchy Sage has been getting while this fur grows.

In short order, Syurm's bustled over and gathered up what you've brushed out of Sage's overcoat, before waiting attentively for you to brush out the last of her loose coat, whereupon Sage turns around and hugs you briefly, before walking off with a spring in her step as Syurm gathers up this second batch of fur and bustles off to add the fur to the other pile, which she's diligently arranged and appears to be fashioning into cloth, presumably so she can sow a robe for Sage when she evolves.

It's not long before the others return and you head in to help Sarah and Tom with their homework before dinner - a simple, but hearty stew which is just the sort of food for cold, rainy weather like this.

>Leave early in the morning.
>Leave mid morning after getting some training in and rearranging your team.
>Other

Sorry for the abrupt jump. If you've got other stuff you want to do before we move on, by all means let me know. I'm tired right now, is all.

>>6323202
>Leave early in the morning.

>Sorry for the abrupt jump. If you've got other stuff you want to do before we move on, by all means let me know. I'm tired right now, is all.
No worries, QM.

>>6323202
>>Leave early in the morning.

>>6323227
>>6323286

You wake up early the next morning and see Holly and Martha stirring as your alarm goes off. Predictably, Gareth is still asleep.

Martha remedies this by kicking Gareth - gently - until he finally wakes up.

You dress quickly and pack your bags, before heading back to the house to have a quick breakfast with Jackie before you head outside.

>Switch up your team before you leave.
>Go say goodbye to your mum.
>Other

>>6324238
>>Go say goodbye to your mum.

>>6324238
>Go say goodbye to your mum.
>>Other

Take inventory of everyone condition.

>>6324238
>Go say goodbye to your mum.

>>6324268
Also this

>>6324248
>>6324268
>>6324285

Oh yeah, here's what your team presently looks like:

Present Team:
Ayumi (Dratini)
Rascal (Braviary)
Fluffy (Eevee) (Everstone)
Coolie (Applin)
Nika (Riolu)
Piker (Feebas)


Companion slot: Latias

>>6324415
In that case I'll change my vote to switch Piker to Euphrates, Ayumi to Volta, and Coolie to Sage.
Sage probably needs the grooming care, Volta cause I feel like we haven't had her in a while, and Euphrates because I wanna get a Swampert.

>>6325173
I'll support this for the sake of moving on... But I don't like getting read of all our dragons.

Also, what is lacking for turning Fluffy into Umbreon again?

>>6324248
>>6324268
>>6324285

"Any last things you want to do before we go?" Jacky asks.

"Yeah, just one." You confirm. "Going to switch up my team." You reply.

Jacky nods, before you head back out to the shed and trade out Piker, Ayumi and Coolie for Euphrates, Volta and Sage.

If things were less hectic, you'd have liked to keep your team as it was and focus on raising your less experienced pokemon more, but considering you're going to be chasing Team Green out of Redmont, you decide to go with some more experienced pokemon, since Team Green like to use numbers and their pokemon on South Crescent Island were quite powerful.

"Sorry guys." You say to the three staying back regretfully. "You'll get to come with me soon, I promise." You add, before you head out to where the others are saddling up their own pokemon.

You release Rascal and get him saddled up and don your helmet and goggles, stow your bags and mount up, before following Jacky aloft along with the others, Jacky taking the lead on her Staraptor, before the wind picks up behind you.

You just barely hear Jacky order Staraptor to use Tailwind beforehand, before you're away, heading northward in the chill morning air on a beautiful, sunny winter morning.

Successes to completion: 0 of 3

Roll: Target DC 60 (Overlevel penalty negated by Rascal respecting you, +5 for Tailwind, +5 for Rascal being Large.)

Rolled 21 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>6325474

Rolled 13 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>6325474

Rolled 32 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>6325474

>>6325528
>>6325531
>>6325581

Okay...

Give me another roll, please.

>>6325528
>>6325531
>>6325581


Okay, give me another roll, please.

Eighteen under target, let's see how this goes.

Rolled 8 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>6325584

>>6325591
wow

>>6325591
Thunderstorm.
Shelter that Syrum made reused.

>>6325591

You've been flying for maybe an hour when you begin running into a cross-wind and see off to the east a thunderhead forming.

It doesn't take a psychic to figure out what's going on and you head downward, following Jacky's lead as she angles down towards Route 2 and to your private joy, you see she's angling for your old campsite.

When you land and head inside, you find it more or less how you left it, the fire pit burned out, but there's a pile of wood put up against one of the sides and you see some carelessly discarded wrappers off to the other side of the shelter.

Clearly, Syurm's handiwork is seeing some use by other trainers and generally, they're taking care of it.

"That Leavanny of yours did some real good work." Martha admits.

"She was a Sewaddle when she did this." You reply, before Jacky swears.

You turn to see her looking at her phone.

"This isn't a natural storm." She said tiredly. "It's a Thundurus."

>Thundurus?
>Right, let's go get this sorted.
>How long will we have to wait?
>Other

>>6326312
>>Right, let's go get this sorted.
Is it allowed to catch it?

>>6326438

If you can.

First though, you'd have to find it.

In a thunderstorm. In the middle of pretty open grassland.

>>6326443
We have a Lati@s.

>>6326448

True, but it's still going to be a rough fight, fair warning.

>>6326449
What? We can't rekt freely a roaming legendary? Unfair.

What about balls? Did we got a Master ?

>>6326451

You have the option of getting a master ball from Professor Conifer in exchange for doing some field work for him.

The other option is a free ticket to another region.

>>6326453
so no "Master Ball" in our inventory.

>>6326465

Nope.

You have fifteen poke balls and one premier ball.

>>6326312
>Thundurus?
Been a while since we've seen another legendary that isn't a cute jetplane.

>>6326468
>You have fifteen poke balls and one premier ball.
We probably aren't gonna catch it lmao

>>6326590
Yeah, but what if we pull it out?