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"...what is it?"

I have two questions. The first is for any of those familiar with what this entire world is "based" on, so to speak: a game series.

Taking the time to travel through Kanto has brought me to the realization that many things are different from what I remember in actually playing what amounted to a children's RPG. Maybe it has something to do with there being different interpretations of it across different universes. It's strange to think how normal discussing something like that is, anymore.

My question is, if you are familiar with the games I'm referring to, what exactly do you recall as being different in comparison to the world we're all now forced to live in? And I mean beyond there being new Pokemon; that much has already been established. In my experience, the cities in Kanto for example- as well as their gym leaders- are the same, but the routes taken to get to them seem different here. It's entirely possible that I just chose a different path unintentionally, given the fact that traveling in real life is different from moving in a video game.

Having the opportunity to face Elite teams formed by these gym leaders is also something new, it seems.

[This translates into the fact that Nagi had intended to do the gyms in order (in painstaking, 6 100-level Pokemon to the face, order), but the way traveling went sortof threw a wrench into those plans.]

And my second question.

Assuming you do not have any ground types on hand, what Pokemon would you use as alternatives to battle Lieutenant Surge?

Is it unreasonable to want to just forget about someone, even though the universe seems bound and determined to continuously remind you of their existence?

[Especially when this world apparently saw fit to give you a picture of someone you've been trying to just move on from. A picture that would probably be better left destroyed, yet...hasn't been.]

[Early in the morning, a single, urgent text appears on the Network.]

18 Espurr eggs in need of homes. Only serious responses will be considered. No charge.

[There is a story here, but any further explanation is just not provided. When you've returned home to your first experience in unprecedented eggpocalypse happening in your room, what else CAN you say?

It doesn't help when you have eight cats just by default that really tried hard to keep their eggs hidden. But 18 eggs + one pretty small closet = a bad time for everyone involved.]

[OOC: OOC egg post here! Again, all of these eggs are free and there are a lot left!]

[After the excitement of the past week or so, Nagi had been ready to just head back to Mahogany and lose himself in mindless training, as you do. Because of this, he's taken a bit off guard by the fact that he's woken up this morning with his powers back. It's a shock but less of one than it could have been, since this has happened once before. It's a relief to feel the familiarity again, but at the same time leaves something of a bad taste in his mouth. He knows it isn't going to last, for one...but there are other reasons as well.

As such, he doesn't try to keep himself localized to one place, allowing the paths to take him to wherever they may. He would just go inside to wait it out, but this world's state dictates that he's not going to be able to stay put no matter how much he wants to. Getting to see the unusual Pokemon around is enough to keep him occupied at least, if he has to be out.

Anyone traveling on the routes trying very hard to get to somewhere may see two large space rocks circling each other- a shiny Lunatone and a Solrock, respectively- while Nagi observes them from a seat in the grass next to a tree nearby. They don't seem to be fighting or anything, rather making curious noises at each other since the Solrock literally just poofed into their midst with no rhyme or reason. These Pokemon can't talk, but their body language (if you can call it that) is the definition of ????????

But after a while the two seem to grow acquainted enough with one another that the Solrock initiates some playtime by lifting a small rock from the ground using Psychic and tossing it the Lunatone's way. So now there are two space rocks tossing a slightly smaller rock between each other. Every so often the rock will be thrown too high or too low and skip in Nagi's direction, only to be tossed right back. With how they turn to face him when that happens, it looks like one or the other are just bringing it back by their own volition, when it's actually giving Nagi a chance to use his abilities while still being discreet about it.]

[Video]

[It's evening, and a video seems to be starting up with a very brief bit of static, along with a muffled voice that keeps cutting in and out.]

...-ori...-n't paw...-he 'Gear-

[By the time the video starts the culprit has clearly assumed a position of total innocence. Who's touching the 'Gear, she's not. You're touching the 'Gear. She's been sleeping this whole time.

There's a heavy sigh and the sound of sheets shifting across each other as the Gear jerks when the person on the other side realizes it's been switched on, and a second later it quickly goes back off.]

[Text]

[A little while later a text appears from the same Gear.]

When I first arrived to this place, I had a certain idea of what Pokémon was supposed to be like. There were only about a little over half a hundred species of Pokémon in total with very few 'Legendaries'. Just as many moves total for them to learn were available. Dark type, Steel type, and Fairy type did not exist. Breeding, evolution via friendship...none of that existed. I found it interesting, then, to note that Psychic type was unparalleled in its power. The only weakness it had was Bug, and there were only three Bug type moves available to be learned. And, of course, you were only allowed to teach your Pokémon four moves at a time. They simply could not learn everything.

There were also far more technical issues with the Pokémon that I knew that I didn't realize until I came here. You could only carry twenty items in total at once. Items had to be stored in the PC to make room for new items, particularly key items that were used frequently.

I encountered many bugs in battle that were potentially game breaking. For example, there is a move called Struggle that a Pokémon would use if all of the PP for its moves had been depleted. It wouldn't be of much use here, since there is room for far too many moves for that to be an issue. But the problem lay in the fact that the move would inherently take on a Normal typing, no matter what type the Pokémon using it was...meaning that if they were in battle with a Ghost type, they would be helpless. The move Rage was useless; the user would immediately become enraged and disobedient after using it, making it unable to use any other move until it fainted. What was more, moves that struck multiple times- such as Fury Swipes- retained the same amount of power for each turn. So, if the first strike was critical, all subsequent attacks would be critical hits as well. Critical hit ratios were also directly related to speed, meaning that a faster Pokemon with Fury Swipes could potentially deal unfairly massive amounts of damage. The same applied to One-hit K.Os. If you were slower than the target, you would never possibly be able to knock them out in one hit.

I wonder how different things would be like in this world if the same, original rules applied? They would certainly be more challenging than they are now. There was far more strategy involved in only having access to four moves at a time during battle, after all.

[Well this...sure is a text at an ungodly hour of the morning. 3 o'clock, to be exact. Cold enough for everyone this fine evening?]

I don't expect anyone to actually be awake at this time of night, but I figured that if I wasn't going to be getting any more sleep any time soon I may as well check and see who else is suffering from insomnia at the moment.

[Now, see, Nagi is used to pulling all nighters, so usually this wouldn't be a problem...if it weren't for the fact that he's actually interested in sleeping off the stress that the past event in Kalos handed to him.

And he wouldn't be awake right now if it weren't for a good reason.]

Speaking of which, for those who are awake: is anyone here familiar with Pokemon who are known to eat dreams?

[The network seems to have been seeing an influx of anonymous texts lately, and this one is no exception. Seems like the events of the past weekend have had some residents doing some reflecting.]

It is inevitable that no relationship will truly last forever. No matter how confident you are in the thought that things will be fine, they won't. You can delude yourself into thinking they will, but eventually they will dissolve and those left behind will move on.

Is it truly worth it to allow yourself to entrust another enough to open up to them, knowing that one day it will all go away? Is it worth letting yourself be hurt just for the brief moment of pleasure that person's presence might give you? Is it worth the risk of that person betraying your trust, only to come after you with malicious intent? Someone who you were so sure you knew until they have left you. Manipulated you. Deceived you.

Feel free to provide any answer you would like, but don't think you will impress me by saying it is better to have loved and lost than to have ever loved at all.

So tell me. Is it really?

[A whole day and part of the night spent flying has required some resting up on the parts of both Nagi and his team after leaving Goldenrod as soon as was possible. His Hoothoot evolved rather suddenly during battle, finally granting him the freedom of flying from town to town. Only instead of going forward, he went back to Azalea. Gotta do the gyms in order, after all.

But when you're stuck sitting in a hotel room mulling over battle strategies- not that he's too concerned, it's a bug type gym, after all- playing the same Gear games a thousand times over only goes so far. Somehow, he also can't help but think that if he somehow did have a computer right now that he could use, he would just leave it sitting there untouched. It's not a comforting thought, but it's there all the same.

That being said, it's time to put your thinking caps on, trainers. "Tensai" has a question.]

Let’s assume that you are in the midst of a battle with a passing trainer. You have three Pokemon on your team, and each of them are relatively close in level. The trainer you are up against seems to have a team consisting of Ground-type Pokemon, and Ground-types exclusively. They also have three Pokemon with them, and the levels they have reached closely match your own.

However, you seem to have constructed a team of solely Electric-types. Unless you know absolutely nothing about what you are doing, you will quickly realize that their electric type moves have zero effect on the opposing trainer’s Pokemon. Yet, your own Pokemon have a few moves that will damage the opponent. Let’s pretend that you have a Raichu, for example. You have taken the liberty to teach this Pokemon a few moves via TM...one of these being Grass Knot, a move that would be super effective against any Ground type.

Let’s continue by saying that the other two Pokemon on your team have no such moves that would be nearly as effective, but they have a few that will actually make contact in a pinch.
So. Would you flee from the battle, or would you still attempt to fight? Perhaps you believe that type advantages are the key to winning all battles and would choose to flee. Or, you may believe that a Pokemon may be able to succeed due to its own merits alone.

...

Also. Do you have a certain type of Pokemon you prefer training exclusively? If so, have you thought of ways to balance them so that you will have some chance of success no matter the opponent you face? Or, do you instead tailor your roster with more balance in mind?

[It's also just as likely that you do not care whatsoever and just pick your favorites, but.]

[It's a little early for the Network to be terribly active, but thankfully Violet doesn't seem to be seeing any influxes of Pokemon this morning. The pink birds from yesterday have all gone, leaving their sickly sweet scent behind that will surely hang around town for quite a while. Ultimately forced to catch a particularly clingy one to get it off of him, Nagi promptly boxed it with the intent of keeping it there indefinitely.

Then he received a rather strange Pokemon living inside a pumpkin that would not stop crying. Come to find out that the sweet scent that the pink bird gave off seemed to calm the little thing down, as well as give it something soft and fluffy to cuddle with. Even now, the bird, pumpkin, and two psychic cats from the beginning of the month sit curled up against Nagi's side as he writes a text on his Gear.

On his other side sleeps an Eevee, her chest rising and falling gently and her ears flicking every now and then in her sleep.]

Eevee can evolve by using various stones, normally. Vaporeon, Jolteon, and Flareon for example. But now there are evolutions that exist that allow Eevee to evolve into different types by way of..."friendship".

I'm not familiar with the concept of friendship evolution, and I am interested in my Eevee evolving into one of those forms. It sounds straightforward enough, but the Pokedex doesn't state anything further other than that the Pokemon will evolve during a certain time when leveled up with high friendship.

What exactly measures a friendship that is high enough for evolving? Does it just mean making the Pokemon as happy as possible? What have you done to cause your Pokemon to evolve via friendship, if anything at all?

[High friendship is as about as vague as a stipulation as you can place on a thing, and whatever he's been doing, it's not working.]

[Open | Public Frequency]

[With a special bulletin out promising bad weather to come, someone has decided it's time to start gathering information while there's still a chance before the Network becomes inundated with reports and messages being sent back and forth to those living in areas of higher concern. Of course he would be in a town promising to get hit rather hard, on top of everything else. After some time learning the workings of the 'Gear (because having the thing in your hands is a lot more complex than just getting some limited options in the game proper) he's tweaked it so at least he's sure his name isn't being divulged to a public of who knows how many trainers, at the very least. That being said...

...what appears on the Network isn't about anything at all to do with the weather.]

I have been informed that these regions contain far more Pokémon than I had first thought. So tell me. What are some of the stronger species of new Pokémon that have been discovered? Don't waste my time with any listed in the PokéDex from 1-151. I already know everything there is to know about those.

I am particularly interested in Psychic types, but I want to know about as many as possible.

[This may or may not be coming from right after a trip to the breeding center, in which there are like a million eggs and yeah we're getting some information before we commit to anything here.

Because priorities or something.]

[Filtered | Rocket Frequency]

So apparently I am to be a part of Team Rocket. If that is the case, I would like to know who exactly I'm expected to be working with.

[If any of you mention Giovanni, he swears.]

[A figure awakens with a start, the world blurry and unintelligible in the gloom as he- for a brief moment of panic- expects to feel the weight of thousands of pounds of rubble crushing him. A sharp gasp of air proves to him that he's not underwater either, at least, so where....

...

He blinks hard a few more times before he can fully make out the image of a Pikachu perched on his chest, nose just inches from his and twitching curiously as it sniffs him, red cheeks glowing and forming a very strange picture for Nagi to be looking at, even with the room being otherwise fairly illuminated.

And with that he's suddenly sitting up and now he's on his feet, effectively causing the Pikachu to tumble off of him and onto the bed with a dull squeak of surprise. He gives the room a quick once over, realizing after a moment that his breathing has grown erratic to the point where it's making his chest hurt, and he has to make a conscious effort to calm himself down to take stock of where he is. His gaze falls onto a Pokéball lying on a table nearby, sitting minimized next to a PokéGear. He doesn't make a move for either, instead just staring at them for a long moment before stiffening when he feels something brush up against his side.

Nagi abandons the objects and sudden Pikachu besides, turning quickly on his heel to make for the exit. If anyone happens to be around the base he ignores them in favor of getting out of this unfamiliar building, out to something that he might be able to pick out as fami-

...oh. That's music he's hearing, familiar but distant, and no less burned into his brain from who knows how many hours of mind-numbing game play. Eventually Nagi wanders from the building altogether, not exactly right out in the open, but not in the shadows between buildings either. He's lost and confused more than anything, clenching and unclenching his fists at his sides in the attempt to keep himself focused and together enough to try to think. This has to be a dream, there's no way this could be possible, and yet there's that damn Pikachu chasing him for all it's worth, every bound punctuated with a soft Pi, Pi, Pi.

Nagi stops walking, turning his gaze up to the Pokémon Center he's somehow ended up near. Get yourself lost in a town, first thing you do is look for that red roof. Over his shoulder, a Game Corner, as well as the Pikachu that has planted itself at Nagi's feet, panting a little to catch a breath before unceremoniously grabbing Nagi's pant-leg and scaling him, up and up until he's perched on his shoulder. He ignores it in favor of....well, just staring up at that building, looking a whole heck of a lot like he's forgotten how to breathe for the moment.]

Pokemon Party (Changes frequently, but these are usually his mains):

Boxed/Rotation Pokemon:

Traveling Party:
Location: Goldenrod City
Job: ...

Money:

P172500

Badges:

JOHTO - COMPLETE

KANTO

Key Items:

-1 PokéGear
-Team Rocket Guide

Clothes/Travel Gear:

-1 Team Rocket Official Uniform
-3 changes of undergarments
-1 12oz bottle of liquid soap (this can double as laundry detergent)
-1 8oz bottle of shampoo; 1 8oz bottle of conditioner
-1 washcloth, 2 towels (one small, one larger), 1 toothbrush, 1 travel-sized pack of toothpaste
-Trail Mix

Items

-1 Pokéball containing the secondary Rocket starter
-5 Potions
-1 Repel, 1 MaxRepel
-1 Escape Rope
-5 PokéBalls
-TM51 Roost
-TM89 U-Turn
~~-TM Brick Break~~
-HM06 Rock Smash
-TM45 Attract
-TM30 Shadow Ball
-HM04 Strength
-HM03 Surf
-HM02 Fly
-HM03 Whirlpool
-TM07 Hail
-HM07 Waterfall
-TM08 Rock Slide
-HM06 Rock Smash
-TM03 Water Pulse
-HM02 Fly
-TM29 Psychic

July

07/22/14 - ENTER THE CHILD
07/26/14 - Seriously though why are there 600
07/27/14 - Eevee quest

August

08/02/14 - I'm not one to think the world is any good at all to begin with
08/11/14 - beep bop boop computers
08/17/14 - This is why we do not make friends
08/23/14 - Child you need to get a job
08/23/14 - Guess who's back, back again

September

09/01/14 - IT'S RAAAINING ME- no wait
09/01/14 - Psychic cats all the way across the sky
09/01/14 - /SPRINTS AWAY
09/03/14 - IT'S STILL RAINING ME- no wait
09/10/14 - Ew, sentiment
09/11/14 - Are the cats an omen for things to come, or
09/17/14 - Why friendship tho

October

10/01/14 - U don goofed
10/05/14 - 'Gear use for dummies
10/07/14 - Juniper please
10/09/14 - Hop hop hop
10/16/14 - my cats are exploding
10/19/14 - How could I forget to link THIS log
10/23/14 - ok but pikachu tho

November

11/04/14 - /assaults telepathically
11/04/14 - Make sure Ken hasn't abandoned ship
11/05/14 - grass knot what
11/08/14 - It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine
11/10/14 - Who needs HMs tho
11/13/14 - Don't look into the back
11/24/14 - It's 2:30 on a school night so it is time for puns
11/28/14 - You have GOT to be kidding though
11/29/14 - Everybody was kung-fu fighting
11/30/14 - THIS LITTLE BRAT

December

12/02/14 - This can't possibly go wrong the second time
12/03/14 - Wanting none of your cliched bullcrap
12/03/14 - Nagi stop starting wank
12/07/14 - /BEANS WITH BELL'S POKEBALL
12/10/14 - I stared into the abyss and the abyss stared back
12/11/14 - Cannot take this Abra ANYWHERE
12/13/14 - Bitter like black coffee
12/15/14 - This isn't a date what would make you say that
12/22/14 - It's too early for this
12/22/14 - Peeps need to calm down with all this breeding
12/22/14 - Mrr mrr pokemon world

2015

January

01/01/15 - DOONT DAANCE
01/03/15 - Nvm screw it apparently
01/05/15 - Joooker...?
01/05/15 - I don't dance
01/08/15 - You sure seem to know things
01/10/15 - This pig has gotta go
01/18/15 - We all need a little justification

February

02/01/15 - It's a species trait
02/08/15 - It's just a game
02/10/15 - Call me Joshua
02/15/15 - goshdang dream eaters
02/20/15 - If it fits, I sits
02/21/15 - Someone's new

March

03/02/15 - Virus scans will not catch cows
03/06/15 - Three years, really Sabrina
03/07/15 - Glalie sortof skeeves him out, not even gonna lie
03/09/15 - You can lead a horse to water yadda yadda
03/09/15 - Rival Nagi has appeared to laugh at you a lot
03/20/15 - COW PUPPIES
03/24/15 - Neba what the hell
03/24/15 - Okay at least he's trying to help
03/25/15 - Awkward feelings jam at the crack o' dawn
03/26/15 - Uchi calm down

April

04/08/15 - Hnnngh friendship evos
04/11/15 - Why do you keep giving him stuff
04/15/15 - What would you change
04/29/15 - Frickin' rude Nagi

May

05/01/15 - IT'S SO HOT
05/04/15 - Let's be done with the world together
05/04/15 - So this is incredibly absurd
05/04/15 - Dumb and dumber
05/07/15 - Uuughhh these ice types are stupid
05/17/15 - /quietly takes all the Escape Ropes
05/19/15 - Cats from eggs
05/21/15 - Home is where the heart is
05/24/15 - LET'S GET READY TO RUUUMBLEEEE
05/29/15 - Space rocks

June

06/05/15 - Some good news, for once
06/16/15 - Gotta start again, again
06/16/15 - This stupid mountain
06/18/15 - Cow surfin'

July

07/10/15 - Here he iiiis, Mr. Everything SUUUUCKS
07/12/15 - Most important person
07/13/15 - BADGE HYPEEEEE
07/14/15 - An eggsplosion of stupid proportions
07/19/15 - Welcome home, asshole
07/24/15 - Catching 101
07/27/15 - No matter how you're heart is grieving
07/30/15 - Misfires erryday

August

08/01/15 - ...this isn't a date
08/02/15 - ...IT. IT...ISNT A DATE
08/06/15 - It's three in the morning. I'm soooo tired
08/15/15 - MOCHIII
08/15/15 - Yer a bird, Tobias
08/17/15 - Regret
08/18/15 - Need a favor

September

[---HIATUS---]

October

10/05/15 - Bro do you even train
10/07/15 - Why would you stay there voluntarily tho
10/07/15 - ELOQUENT
10/12/15 - Was it worth it
10/20/15 - Which is more alarming

November

11/02/15 - We thought we were done with this, Johto
11/10/15 - Have you already been here
11/14/15 - u j-j-jelly
11/20/15 - Beat Sabrina do it
11/26/15 - Fly, fly, fly awaaay
11/27/15 - Ne...ku?

December

12/01/15 - And so it begins
12/10/15 - Don't be frickin rude
12/12/15 - Babby textin'

2016

January

01/05/16 - Goopy drgs
01/05/16 - On the road to sssssssaaaffrooon
01/09/16 - so it got angrier
01/10/16 - Glalie is freaky man
01/14/16 - What ARE you doing

February

[---HIATUS---]

March

03/04/16 - GEE I wonder
03/12/16 - Are you dead?
03/23/16 - go touch some grass Nagi

April

04/15/16 - Not like I care
04/15/16 - Touch the butt
04/18/16 - Not those kind of moves
04/27/16 - MOONAS

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