Drufle (GM)
So!
Welcome to session 10.

Cici
so

Axel
Session 10! DOUBLE DIGITS
Air Horns

Cici
double the digits double the fun

Axel
yes

Drufle (GM)
Last time we had a gym battle, as well as some new acquisitions!
They were pretty neat.

Jack
Look at Walter over there
sulking
bleeding out

Axel
poor Walter

Jack
AUGH

Axel
he got Sucker Punched
suddenly everyone

Drufle (GM)
There's all the pokemon that fainted during that battle, by the way.

Axel
oof

Drufle (GM)
6 of yours to 4 of his, not too bad.

Axel
6???

Jack
that's a whole team's worth

Axel
oh, total

Drufle (GM)
Yeah, total.

Axel
I was thinking you meant "6 of Axels, 4 of Jack's"
that would have been a bit confusing

Drufle (GM)
Looks like 5 of Jack's and one of Axel's.
Although one of Jack's was technically Axel's.

Axel
I revived one, though

Drufle (GM)
That did happen yeah.
By the way Cici, that's Daryl there.

Axel
I don't think Nickel ever rejoined???

Drufle (GM)
He's not actually in the room though.
Nah, he didn't.

Axel
good use of revives
good job me

Drufle (GM)
So, how much cash are we holding right now?
I feel like the party is fairly rich at the moment.

Axel
I have 20000 muns

Cici
is daryl uh

Axel
that gym was lucrative

Cici
is he the repair guy from skyward sword

Axel
yes

Cici
nice

Axel
he very much is

Drufle (GM)
Yep.

Jack
I have 19600??

Drufle (GM)
That's basically the design I pictured him as.

Cici
my character sheet says i have 5100

Jack
yes

Axel
wait, you have less muns than me now??

Jack
do you need a handout

Cici
i dont know if you guys got me any more cash while i was Away

Axel
how did you manage that?

Cici
no clue
i think i went shopping

Axel
that might have been it
I'll be shopping soon too
because now we can Fly away, whereever we want

Drufle (GM)
Well a lot of your cash has been coming from loot and Gym battles.

Axel
well, I can fly

Drufle (GM)
Neither of which Cici participates in.

Axel
that is true
I had half this amount before the gym
for perspective

Drufle (GM)
So I think it's best for the party to stop by the Center to heal up all the poor Pokemon, and then we'll head out?

Axel
but we just give each other money anyways

Cici
i think i might have paid for someones key item come to think of it

Jack
yeah

Cici
yeah
no worries m8

Axel
lets heal up
much needed

Drufle (GM)
Oh yes, you bought the apricorn kit right?

Axel
yus

Drufle (GM)
I forgot you guys had two key items.
Ah well.

Axel
it happens

Drufle (GM)
The party leaves the gym and begins walking back to the Center.

Jack
but what's the apricorns for

Axel
pokeball machen

Drufle (GM)
Yeah, making Pokeballs.

Jack
not milkshakes?

Drufle (GM)
No, those are berries.

Axel
I don't think apricorns are edible

Jack
ok
aprishakes
from HGSS

Cici
apricorns are more like pinecones than berries i think
theyre not edible raw

Axel
If they can be turned into balls, they have to be pretty tough

Jack
you definitely turned them into health drinks for your olympic dreams
well, your mons

Drufle (GM)
As the group approaches the Center from a distance, they see a large Pokemon sitting outside of the building.

Axel
uh oh

Jack
"now what's this all about?"

Drufle (GM)
Before they can reach it, a man walks out of the Center, waves inside, and hops on the Pokemon and flies away.

Cici
it's donkey kong

Jack
"My machop's neck is broken"

Axel
"Flight?"
woops
not spoken
ignore that

Jack
it used up B

Drufle (GM)
You can make an Attention check if you really want to try and see what it is.

Axel
it didn't happen
yes
sure

Jack
I will!

Axel
everyone join in
Jack:
Attention
Check: 14 Nickel:
Attention
Check: 12

Drufle (GM)
Does Cici remember how to make checks?

Cici
i dont remember that i ever set up my macro properly tbh
Drufle (GM):
Attention
Check: 15 No, it's there.
Click on your pog, then up in the upper left.

Cici
whats the command for it

Axel
nice roll, Cici

Drufle (GM)
All of your checks are there.

Cici
ah right
i was trying to use a /command like a NERD

Drufle (GM)
Nah, that's old school.

Axel
there are not a whole lot of commands

Drufle (GM)
Well Cici is the only one to actually make out the man and Pokemon.

Axel
we are bad at seeing

Cici
i've got the glasses and whatnot
axel's are perpetually blurry.

Axel
I do too!

Cici
perpetually.

Drufle (GM)
The man seems to be dressed very formally, with a full suit and tie with glasses. The Pokemon appears to be a Staraptor.

Cici
its steven stone
i mean uh

Axel
Steven had a Skarm, not a Star

Cici
"What a massive Staraptor! I don't know that I've ever seen one that large before..."

Axel
"Staraptor? Where?"

Jack
"Is that what it was? I couldn't tell"
(is it still day)

Drufle (GM)
Yep!
You were just really far away.

Jack
"the sky's too bright" >_<

Cici
"I'm quite positive, going off the wing structure and coloration."

Drufle (GM)
Also, you know, snow town.
It tends to be a bit cloudy around here.

Jack
I can't look at cloud cover for more than 10 seconds
my eyes water
truly, I am a troglodyte

Drufle (GM)
Well go on into the center!

Jack
"way's open now I guess"

Axel
"Well, alright...was it that thing flying away?"

Jack
"yes!"

Axel
"Oh..."
"Speaking of flying...we might want to fly ourselves"

Jack
"I'd love to, but I don't think there's a fossil lab in this town."

Drufle (GM)
(there isn't)

Axel
"I-I'm sure Wolfram can carry us all...he's quite large"

Jack
"a shame really, I've found a lot of them just wandering around the mountains."

Cici frowns at Axel

Jack
"Axel, Wolfram is like a Camerupt with a predatory streak. I wouldn't get on him for an Avaluggite!"

Cici
"Are you sure he's strong enough for that? I know Skarmory are awfully heavy, but we have a lot of gear..."
"And... Yes, there is the question of his... disposition."

Nickel
"Zzzrttt" -Poor idea. Wolfram is unpredictable-

Axel
"O-oh...okay...right, silly idea...sorry"

Jack
"you might be able to. The question is, what do we do afterwards?"
(Drufle assume we are in the center now)

Axel
"Well I...Chrom here is an eevee and..."

Jack
we ain't just milling around in the snow

Drufle (GM)
You can move between locations yourselves if you feel like it, but alright!
The Center is still empty aside from Nurse Joy, who is currently cleaning some dishes behind the counter.

Jack
i can?

Axel
walking and talking
into the center
Nurse Joy turns around at the door opening.

Axel
"I would like to return to a larger city, buy a Thunderstone..."

Nurse Joy
"Oh, hello again! How did the battle go?"

Jack
"Ehhh, we won, in the end"

Axel
"And I'm...not too fond of traversing the mountain...again"

Jack
"trial by fire, though"

Axel
"Oh, uh, yeah, the battle went alright"

Jack
"we've got six here that need seeing to."

Nurse Joy
"Oh my, he gave quite a fight! Let me deal with them quickly then."

Cici
"Perhaps it would be faster if we were to simply head down the mountains on the other side. Head to a new city, rather than retracing our steps."

Jack
"Sorry if we're being inconvenient."

Nurse Joy
"No no, this is my job!"
Nurse Joy smiles and takes the Pokeballs.

Axel
"Jack has...two fossils now? He needs a fossil lab..."

Jack
"I need a waiver on team size! I don't want to send anyone away..."

Axel
haven't you been doing that a lot?

Jack
doesn't mean I like it :T
Nurse Joy turns and talks over her shoulder.

Nurse Joy
"If you're going down the mountains the other way, you have quite a distance to go before you reach a city!"

Axel
thankfully levels are tied to trainers, not mons
so you can "train" mons in the box

Jack
ture
rue

Axel
ooooh that's a long trek
we are at 4...which leads down to either 11 or 7 or

Nurse Joy
"There's Zirconne Village far to the southeast, Lazulin City a bit further north, and Rubellin City farther east."

Axel
all of them are really far away
"Uhh...do you have a map?"

Nurse Joy
"All three of them have gyms, if you're planning on continuing the challenge!"
"Oh, of course! I would've thought you all would have one by now!"

Axel
"I thought I did...did I?"
Nurse Joy puts the Pokeballs down and reaches under the counter.

Jack
"honestly we ought to..."

Cici sighs
Nurse Joy slides a few holo-maps onto the counter.

Axel looks over at Nickel. He shakes his head.

Cici
"Axel, I'm HOLDING the map."
"Right now."
"Here it is."

Cici waves it in his face

Axel
"Oh..."

Jack
"figured as much"
Nurse Joy giggles.

Nickel
"Zzt?"
-When did you get that?-

Nurse Joy
"I'm glad someone on your side is prepared!"

Drufle (GM)
I'm pretty sure Aidan gave you a map in like, sesssion 2.

Jack
an eternity ago

Axel
I don't remember

Cici
yeah honestly
its in the documents because we actually have one

Drufle (GM)
Precisely!

Axel
I was unaware of that
but alright
Cici has map

Cici
"Hm... Perhaps backtracking isn't such a bad idea after all..."

Axel
"It...looks about as long both ways..."
how long would it take to fly from one place to another?

Jack
"I don't wanna walk that"

Drufle (GM)
We said it was what, one hour per square on the map at walking speed?

Axel
yes
but what about flight?

Drufle (GM)
Flying is much faster, so let's say it's like 5 squares per hour.
Plus you don't have to follow the routes.
So you can take diagonals.

Axel
I was hoping to take Jack's Old Amber and fly over to some lab and get him the aerodactyl that way

Jack
that'd be fine by me

Axel
it'd take a few hours back and forth though
city 2 had the fossil lab, right?

Drufle (GM)
Let me do the calculation.
And yes, that's Tormalia City.

Jack
this map could do with a proper grid

Axel
it does sort of?
its all squares

Drufle (GM)
It's about a 3.5 hour flight from here to Tormalia.
Does that seem reasonable?

Jack
get it all done in half a day, sure

Drufle (GM)
With the 5 square/hour flight.

Cici
are we all going to fly or just axel

Drufle (GM)
How many of you have Flying types?

Jack
just axel I think

Axel
You have made it clear that you do not trust Wolfram

Cici
tru

Jack
we'll either have to make our way to next town

Drufle (GM)
Remember that in PPP, all Flying types can use Fly.
But only them.

Cici
i dont have any

Jack
or wait here and find something to do

Cici
;x
we could start walking

Axel
"I...mmmmight be able to get the Old Amber to a lab by flight..."
"Then we'd have two fliers"

Jack
"really? that'd be excellent if you could!"

Cici
by the time axel gets done in tormalia we can meet him at the intersection on the way north

Drufle (GM)
Aerodactyl is... big enough for one, certainly.
Dunno about two.
He can probably do it.

Axel
freakin' PIDGEY can do 1

Jack
I hate how tiny real aero's body is
the anime got it right

Drufle (GM)
Bulbapedia says he's 5'11", but that seems ridiculous.

Axel
its probably length

Drufle (GM)
Besides, Pokemon have wild height differences all the time.

Axel
but my Pidgey argument still stands

Drufle (GM)
Also, were any of you planning on going to the ranchlab?

Jack
nobody wants to ride a pidgey!
oh yeah
that reminds me

Axel
we were going to do that, wern't we?

Jack
would their be reviving facilities at Hawthorn's lab?

Drufle (GM)
I believe you have to buy that, but let me check quickly.
If it isn't something you can buy, we'll just say he has one.
Nope, you get fossil-reviving purposes from buying a Museum.
ack!

Axel
I really hope Aero doesn't end up being ANOTHER wolfram

Drufle (GM)
Which I don't think you guys can do yet!
How many Pokemon are in your collective Pokedex?

Axel
Museum seems a ways off, maybe

Jack
ok so that plan is scuppered

Axel
I have 6 mons total
1 is a dupe with Jack

Drufle (GM)
I count about 24, including all 5 characters.
You need 40 to buy the Museum.

Axel
welp

Cici
dango

Axel
Cici, get to work

Drufle (GM)
You also need to buy part-ownership, which I don't think you've even done yet!

Axel
no we have not

Cici
for the pokedex tab in the character sheets

Axel
we have done -nothing-

Cici
would it then be more useful to keep track of everyone in the group's pokemon
like i mean

Drufle (GM)
Yes, probably.

Cici
can we use the Anime Rule
that you can scan ur firends pokemen

Drufle (GM)
Of course!
Go ahead and mark off everyone you have.
All the Pokemon are available to you Cici, correct?
For dex-writing purposes.

Cici
true

Drufle (GM)
Alright!
So Axel is heading off to Tormalia, and Cici/Jack are heading off to the eastern side of Galens?

Axel
if you guys keep going, it'll take me a little longer to fly

Jack
I think so?
or was it north?

Drufle (GM)
Well it's actually due south.

Axel
oh right, I need to get Rochelle back

Drufle (GM)
You're at 4.
Heading down from the mountains is due south into the grasslands, and then east into the savannah.

Jack
Didn't Cici want to go to 6?

Axel
isn't 6 up north?

Drufle (GM)
If you want to go to 6 you'll probably run into Will.
That's where he's headed at the moment!

Jack
oh right
we're _avoiding_ him

Drufle (GM)
:P

Jack
until such a time as Streak can return

Axel
he's been taking his sweet tim eup there
long, scenic route up there

Drufle (GM)
Considering 6 is in the exact opposite direction, that would be a bit more of a trek.
But sure, that's also an option!

Jack
(which I don't think is gonna happen ever at this rate)

Drufle (GM)
At this point, I'm willing to let you guys go wherever you please.
You could even go to the fancy locations if you'd like, but all of those are a bit far away.

Axel
once we have another flier, we'll have even more freedom

Drufle (GM)
Well let's have Axel do his part, and in the meantime Cici and Jack can decide what they'd like to do.

Axel
alright

Cici
hmmm

Axel
"hey, Jack? M-may I have the old amber?"
"I can get you the Aerodactyl back at Tormalia"

Jack
"only if you give me back Bluejohn's ball :P"

Cici
streak's had more free time recently

Axel
"Oh, right"

Cici
maybe we could actually meet up with him again ?

Axel hands Bluejohn back

Jack
LOOK ITS THEM
"thanks"

Jack hands over the rock

Axel
"And I...need to grab Rochelle again"

Axel acquires amber

Axel grabs Rochelle's ball from the Nurse

Axel
"I'll call you when I get there, okay?"
(he's totally going to forget to call)

Jack
"okay!"

Drufle (GM)
If streak is capable of doing sessions again, of course we could meet up with him!

Axel hops on top of Wolfram

Axel
"Okay...easy...lets...WAH!!"

Wolfram launches INTO THE WIDE BLUE YONDER

Wolfram
Wolfram AWAY!!!

Drufle (GM)
By the way, I've made the executive decision in secret that you only have to make Fly checks when going to new locations.

Jack
"Dear lord he's going to die"
ok

Drufle (GM)
Or flying over unknown territory.

Cici
i c

Wolfram
but what if we fail??

Cici
you die

Wolfram
do we fall?

Jack
you fall off

Drufle (GM)
Well, we'll see when that happens!

Wolfram
crash land into unknown territory?

Jack
fly into one of those distortions

Drufle (GM)
You might want to have a spare character ready.

Jack
from ORAS
suddenly Zekrom

Wolfram
I have Copper, I can handle a Zek

Axel
Right, here I am, at Tormalia
are we in dif rooms?

Drufle (GM)
After a swift and fairly long flight, Axel and Wolfram kind of tumble into Tormalia City.

Jack
that's an oxymoron there

Drufle (GM)
Unfortunately I can't split the party like that.

Axel
alas
"R-right...where is the lab?"

Drufle (GM)
By swift I mean more of... dangerous I suppose.

Jack
turbulent

Drufle (GM)
Yeah, that's it.
Tormalia City is very busy today!
You land in the main square, where you see a number of bizarre characters around.

Axel
"Okay...I can see over...most of these heads"
(Druf, I still have Bluejohn access)
(probably should take that away)

Drufle (GM)
There's a man peddling some weird objects, a woman dressed in vibrant clothing dancing, and a tall man dressed in all white clothing standing on a podium shouting to the crowd.
Yeah, alright.

Axel
can I see...anything?
where am I even going?
I don't want to keep the others waiting

Drufle (GM)
Make an Attention check to see if you remember where the lab is.
Nickel:
Attention
Check: 11

Jack
Only Axel would ever need this

Nickel
ah crap

Jack
and there's the result we all wanted

Nickel can't see. He doesn't even know where he is

Drufle (GM)
Well instead of walking towards the lab, you think "Ah, of course it's that way!"
You walk through the crowd in approximately the opposite direction, towards the shouting man.

Axel
why the shouting man?

Drufle (GM)
Because he's in the opposite direction of the lab.

Nickel
"Zzzzzt?"

Drufle (GM)
He seems to be yelling about the legendaries that have been appearing everywhere.

Nickel
"Zrt..."
-Of course-

Axel
"Hm? What is he..."
we need a map, badly

Drufle (GM)
As you get closer, you can make out some of what he's saying.

Axel
why didn't we take Cici's map?
oh god, its the PLOT

Strange Man
"We've received more reports lately about more mythical beasts in the mountains! Rayquaza, Articuno, some even say Palkia has been spotted high in the Galensi mountains!"
Strange Man is pointing to a map of Galens next to him, with little pictures of legendary Pokemon stuck all over it.

Nickel takes out his notes and writes down these names, along with "speculative"

Drufle (GM)
The man is dressed very bizarrely, now that you're a bit closer.
He's wearing an all-white suit, with a pale yellow tie.
He also seems to be wearing a... cape?

Nickel
I smell villainry
with my nonexistant nose

Drufle (GM)
He has short black hair, and a sharp jaw. He's smiling as he shouts out more rumored locations of legendaries.

Axel and Nickel look at each other for a second

Strange Man
"I've even seen a Raikou myself! I was walking up north, and the beast ran right by me!"

Axel
"M-maybe this was the wrong way...how about...left?"

Drufle (GM)
You know, you could always... ask someone?

Axel
its Axel

Drufle (GM)
Ah, that is true.

Axel
the only one with the forthought to ask a person is Nickel

Jack
Drufle

Drufle (GM)
You'd have to make a Poise check probably.
Yes?

Jack
is this Solf J. Kimblee

Drufle (GM)
Wow, uh.
You know I hadn't intended that.

Jack
I think there was an unconscious effort there

Drufle (GM)
But that is kind of exactly what this guy looks like.

Jack
:P

Axel
he snuck into our game
sneaky bugger

Drufle (GM)
I might even use his picture if I need to.

Jack
wonderful

Drufle (GM)
But yes, I assume Axel is just going to walk around?

Axel
lets try not to take too long here
everyone is waiting

Drufle (GM)
The Pokemart is quite obvious, if you want t go do that first.

Axel
except phoone it seems?
where did she go?

Drufle (GM)
Right in the main square, with the big blue front.

Axel
Pokemart, yes
that has maps, maybe
"Oh...OH! A mart. Perfect"

Drufle (GM)
Well that, and the Thunderstone.

Axel
yes

Drufle (GM)
You can just pop in and out with your items.
No particular need to get anything from there.

Axel
sure
3000 to get Thunderstone, yes?

Drufle (GM)
Yep!
Maps are free.

Axel
noice
"Ah...okay...oh...oh dear"
"I was going...very much the wrong way"

Drufle (GM)
Yeah, quite a bit.
You can just leave the fossils with Dr. Cailan.
I'm sure he'd be thrilled to work with an Old Amber.

Axel
I sure hope so
I need to get back to the others
-with- an Aerodactyl

Drufle (GM)
It will take a little while to fix up the fossils, would you like to do anything else in the meantime?
Or just skip right back?

Axel
let the others do something, or skip
skip would work

Jack
Hora, was Walter a luxio when you got him>

Axel
I can't think of anything else to do here

Cici
he was a shinx

Drufle (GM)
No, he was a little guy.

Axel
Jack: no, a Shinx

Jack
ok thanks

Axel
adorable little thunderkitten

Drufle (GM)
Well, that's fine with me!
After about another hour or so, Dr. Cailan hands you two Pokeballs.

Axel
two?

Drufle (GM)
You had a Lileep as well, remember.
I sure hope you brought both of the fossils.

Axel
did I?
Jack, did you hand me both?
I don't think so

Jack
................

Axel
Another Axelism

Jack
no that was entirely my fault

Axel
no no, Axel only asked for the Amber

Drufle (GM)
Well, Dr. Cailan hands you one Pokeball then.

Axel
"T-thank you very much"

Dr. Cailan
"This was quite a marvelous specimen! Thank you very much for the opportunity!"

Axel
"Now, I need to go"
Dr. Cailan nods.

Axel
"Have a nice day!"

Wolfram beings launch sequence

Drufle (GM)
Now time for the 3.5 hour flight right back to Tanzan.

Wolfram has LIFTOFF

Drufle (GM)
Unless the other two have already begun walking?

Jack
yeah

Wolfram
I imagine that fly is silly fast

Jack
I was trying to ask where

Wolfram
because of how quickly you get around in the games

Jack
in telegram
but nada

Wolfram
Phoone kinda vanished
for a bit

Axel
"Right...okay...I'm here..."

Drufle (GM)
Well, at least we now have an Aerodactyl!

Axel slowly falls off Wolfram

Axel
Into the snow
"Hey Jack...I got it..."
"You there?"

Drufle (GM)
Alright, uh.
I think it's fair to say they've gone south?

Axel
maybe?
I would think so

Jack
I'm not sayin anything until we're all present

Drufle (GM)
That might be wise.

Axel
where did phoone go?

Drufle (GM)
For all we know, the other two are just sitting in the Center.

Cici
im back sorry
i sneezed
it was a mess

Jack
ah

Drufle (GM)
Pfffft.

Axel
one hell of a sneeze, then

Cici
had to go run around the house looking for tissues
horrible

Jack
not enogh tissues anywhere

Drufle (GM)
So are the other two walking already?

Jack
I had that happen at work once

Cici
sure

Jack
it was awful

Cici
where are we going
backtracking and then north?

Jack
been trying to ask you?

Cici
is that what we decided

Jack
that's what I thought you wanted

Cici
depends how soon we want to meet up with will

Axel
where you went will determine if Axel is alone or not

Jack
how about we stayed in tanzan and

Cici
Axel Is Alone is the third chapter of my angsty fanfic

Jack
went to the casino or something

Cici
thats the one where he loses his mind

Axel
Axel and Angsty Fanfic do not go together

Drufle (GM)
You could've just gone and talked to Daryl or something.

Axel
He is incapable of Angst

Cici
underage gambling

Jack
Cici never did meet him

Cici
can we assume that we told axel where to meet us on the road

Jack
let's do that!

Drufle (GM)
I'm pretty sure the only casino in Galens is in Tormalia.
She was there at the gym battle!

Cici
yeah i TOTALLY WAS

Jack
but not in spirit :P

Drufle (GM)
Just very quiet.

Cici
shh

Drufle (GM)
Yeah, I think it's for the best that Axel just meets up with the others here in Tanzan.

Axel
where are we even?

Cici
alright

Axel
okay, Tanzan it is
where are you guys

Cici
how about jack and i go oot and aboot
have a lil walkabout

Axel
say hi to your fave scientist

Cici
look for INTERESITNG SPECIMENS

Jack
yeah what IS there to do in town

Cici
i mean we had like an 8 hour wait or so
we can grind for exp

Drufle (GM)
Yeah, the two of you should have your own RP segment.
Since Axel was off for a bit.

Axel
I can get lunch in that time

Drufle (GM)
Do you want to go wander the mines?

Jack
a better way
oh yeahhhh

Cici
ooh

Jack
we never went there!

Drufle (GM)
Now that you've met Daryl, you have permissions to travel the mines.

Cici
i love having a good spelunk

Axel
boop me on Telegram if you need me

Jack
"Hey Cici, how about we have a gander at the caves?"

Drufle (GM)
And remember, caves/mines give you better chances for fossils.

Axel
yes, more fossils

Cici
"That sounds wonderful!"

Axel
I'll brb, eating lunch

Jack
"I need to take my mind off my not giving Axel my root fossil"

Cici
"Imagine what sort of treasures they're uncovering in there..."

Jack
"like a darn FOOL"

Cici giggles

Cici
"I can't believe we forgot about that one..."

Axel
Axel is rubbing off on you

Jack
please lord helix no

Cici
"I suppose a Lileep isn't the most fascinating pokemon in the world."

Jack
oh the horror cave

Cici smiles sheepishly

Jack
"Lileep are the GREATEST pokemon and I won't hear a word otherwise!"

Jack is indignant

Drufle (GM)
:P
Daryl shows you the way to the mines, just a bit behind the gym.
Everything's locked up tight, but he opens the way easily enough.

Jack
oh I guess I have Clear now

Cici
hehe
"Anything in particular we should watch out for here, Daryl?"

Daryl
"What, in the mines? Just some wild Pokemon, nothing too nasty."

Cici
"We've spent our fair share of time in caves, so I think we should be alright for the most part."
"Alright! We'll do our best not to bother the miners too much."

Daryl
"Don't go in too far, I think there might be a Steelix lair far enough in there."

Jack
"I just hope all the ore mining won't have destroyed any fossils in the walls".

Daryl laughs.

Daryl
"Oh don't worry, I'm sure they'll be fine."

Cici
"Mining is a more delicate process than you might think, Jack!"

Daryl grins.

Cici
"Especially when it's done by hand like this, instead of with large drilling machines."

Daryl
"Well, go ahead! Find some great stuff for me, alright?"

Drufle (GM)
Yeah, most of the mining is by hand here.
With all the rare-earth metals, it can be dangerous to go large-scale.

Jack
like sloth? :P
"We'll do our best, Mr Daryl!"

Cici waves

Drufle (GM)
Well, let's see...

Cici
"Cmon!"

Drufle (GM)
Time to roll up a quick Cave encounter.
Cici, I swear one day we're going to go back to biomes you can use.

Cici pulls out her flashlight and begins to shine it in the corners, although most of the mine passages are lit by lanterns

Cici
ehehe

Drufle (GM)
rolling 1d6( 5 ) = 5
rolling 1d6 ( 5 ) = 5
rolling 1d6 ( 6 ) = 6

Cici
"Let's try and find anywhere the mineshaft intersects with a natural cave- that's where we're most likely to find Pokemon."

Jack
"fine by me!"

Drufle (GM)
You know what, I'm not even going to question how this Pokemon is here.
Sure.

Cici
oh god

Jack releases Mantaro

Drufle (GM)
Let me get him a friend though.
rolling 1d6 ( 3 ) = 3

Mantaro is being sulky

Drufle (GM)
rolling 1d6( 6 ) = 6

Jack
"okay there, buddy? I'm really sorry about your first battle"
"it was wrong of me to expect that from you so soon"

Drufle (GM)
Alright, sure, I'll work with this.
I hope you guys like 6th gen.

Jack
"so for now, it's okay if you just watch us fight."
> 3>

Mantaro nods

Cici
oh boy

Jack inspects the walls for anything of interest

Drufle (GM)
There are entire veins of bright metal in the walls.

Cici
dang son

Drufle (GM)
Of course, I'm not sure if you guys could use any of it.

Jack
"you seemed rather enthusiastic about this, Cici. You interested in mining?"

Cici shakes her head

Cici
"More the things unearthed by the dig than the dig itself, eheh."
"Lots of interesting Pokemon live underground!"
"I mean... we've already bumped into our fair share of those, haven't we."
:P

Jack
"I guess we have!"
it's a shame I can't get XP for just looking
need to watch my omanyte sleep

Cici
lick the rock

Jack
don't tempt me

Drufle (GM)
(sorry for the delay, pictures are being funky)

Jack
it's fine

Drufle (GM)
You know, I was going to ask why everything is blue.
Then I remembered I did that to make the mine "icier"
Anyway!

Jack
didn't work for us mate :P
this cave is orange!

Drufle (GM)
The two of you walk around a bit, and eventually you hear some splashing!
:O!

Jack
"whatwasthat?!"

Drufle (GM)
Seriously, this was kind of a weird result.
As you turn a corner, you see a section of the mine the miners seem to have ignored.

Cici
"Is that... an underground lake?"

Drufle (GM)
A tunnel goes on a bit, and ends after a slight dip at a pool!

Jack
"maybe just a puddle?"

Cici
"Fascinating! What kind of strange and exotic Pokemon live in something like this?"

Drufle (GM)
If by lake you mean a body of water like 20 meters across, then yes.

Jack
well

Drufle (GM)
Seriously, look at this nonsense.

Cici
hahaha what the fuck

Drufle (GM)
I rolled Poison, Dark, and Water.
These were the results.

Jack
"A Skrelp, an Inkay, and a Clauncher"
"okay then"

Cici
"Oh my..."
"These appear to be the only three Pokemon in this pool!!"
"How did they get here...??"
"Skrelp can't usually survive out of the ocean!"

Jack
"maybe someone dumped them here?"

Drufle (GM)
(don't ask me what the hell they're doing here the dice demanded it)

Cici
"Perhaps this is some sort of subterranean, fresh water variant?"

Jack
"or is this related to the strange legendary appearances?"

Cici
"Oh dear... you might be right :("

Drufle (GM)
You know, with all of your variant Pokemon things, that might actually be the case.

Cici
"Still, this is a rather... miniscule body of water."

Jack
don't make me draw a freshwater skrelp
a BLIND CAVE SKRELP

Drufle (GM)
Perhaps this Skrelp is a lighter color, some sort of Cavernous type?

Cici
can i try and look up close at the pokemon and see if they're healthy

Jack
blind cave everything
this is canon now

Cici
there can't be much to eat down here

Drufle (GM)
Sure!
They seem to be playing in the water, and the Clauncher seems fine.
The Skrelp is idly spouting water and the Inkay is just kinda lazily floating around.

Cici lies down on the cave floor and crawls up to the water's edge, gazing down at the Pokemon below

Cici
"Hello there!"

Jack
"well that Skrelp looks too weird to be a normal one. it's probably rare!"

Drufle (GM)
The Pokemon jolt up when they hear your voice.
The Clauncher hops out of the water and starts clacking its claws.

Jack
"I'd rather not catch anything like this unless they want it. maybe we can ask for a battle?"

Cici
"Oh dear..."
"This Clauncher does seem rather aggressive."
"I do hope you're all doing alright. Have you been down here long?"

Drufle (GM)
The Clauncher is kind of glaring.

Jack
"maybe if i.."

Drufle (GM)
Inkay and Skrelp are just staring curiously.

Jack releases Cambria

Jack
"talk to them if you can, Camby"

Cici
tell ur squid to make friends with the other squid

Drufle (GM)
The other Pokemon seem surprised by the Omanyte suddenly appearing.

Cambria moves to engage in Discourse with the group

Drufle (GM)
The Inkay and Skrelp seem happy to join with the new guy.
Clauncher is still very suspicious.

Jack
I wish I had a charisma stat
win over converts

Cici
start ur own cult

Drufle (GM)
Well, you do.
Cambria doesn't.

Jack
that's what I meant really. Use something of mine in her instance

Drufle (GM)
If you'd like to use yours for her, that'd be fine.
It's Poise if you remember.

Jack
ohh
Poise
Check: 10

Drufle (GM)
Oh dear.

Cambria only incited anger with her Helixist dogma!

Drufle (GM)
Pfffft

Cici
"Er..."

Axel
hi, I'm back

Cici
"Whatever she's said, it seems to have riled them up even further."

Drufle (GM)
The other two are back to being confused.

Axel
what's happen

Drufle (GM)
Clauncher starts snapping at Cambria.

Axel
happening

Cici
"This is getting ridiculous."
"Hey!"

Cici shouts at the Clauncher

Cambria
Cambria is trying and failing to convert the heathen

Cici
"Don't be rude!"

Axel
Cambria pls

Cambria
god I'm gonna have to give in

Drufle (GM)
The little crab turns to Cici.

Cambria
and make a cambria gijinka

Axel
Cici is gonna get wet

Cambria
with all the trimmings

Drufle (GM)
He waddles over to Cici and looks directly up at her.

Cici gives that lobster the fucking staredown of his life

Clauncher CLACK CLACK CLACK

Axel
he clacks

Clauncher stares intsntly.

Cambria
"Cici I think you might want to back away!"

Cici begins rhythmically snapping her fingers

Clauncher also stares intently.

Axel
its time for a SHOWDOWN!!!

Jack
whoo[s

Cici
west side story bitch

Axel
Rap Battle
Cici on one side, Clauncher on the other
who can drop the best beats
who will slip on their own tounge

Clauncher continues staring at Cici for a few more minutes, and then nods.

Clauncher turns to Skrelp and Inkay and clacks something at them in a sort of morse code.

Jack
"Cici, do you have"

Cici sighs and exhales deeply

Jack
""any" idea what just went down?"

Axel
sick beats, yo

Cici
"Sometimes it's best to stand your ground!"

Clauncher walks back to the group and clacks at Cambria.

Drufle (GM)
Some sort of agreement seems to have been met.

Axel
Cici speaks Clauncher, who knew

Jack
how should cambria respond

Cici
"This Clauncher is fairly small, so I thought intimidating it might help resolve things faster."
"It seems to have at least some sort of respect for us now."

Drufle (GM)
Cambria should probably walk away.

Jack
"well that's good to hear"

Axel
X-naut salute, then walk away
the deed is done

Cambria acquiesces, and shuffels backward

Drufle (GM)
The underwater cave party is willing to join you, if you'd like.

Cambria
cool!

Axel
seems fishy

Drufle (GM)
But watch out for that Clauncher.

Cici
"Cmon. Let's get you out of this cave."

Drufle (GM)
He's a fesity one.

Cici
i LIKE this clauncher

Drufle (GM)
Also feisty.

Cici
hes got STYLE

Axel
no one wants any of them?

Drufle (GM)
Clauncher is very bad at spelling.

Axel
Skrelp is poison

Cici
me 2 buddy me 2
do we have to roll capture checks

Jack
Cici wants the clauncher I think, I want the skrelp tbh

Cici
you can have him :> ive got lots of poison types

Drufle (GM)
Uhhhh no, I think you can just have them if you'd like.

Jack
ok! we'll buy them all!

Drufle (GM)
I usually consider capture checks to entail some sort of resistance.

Axel
all the puppyfish

Cici places 3 pokeballs on the ground and backs up

Axel
do you have enough balls though?

Drufle (GM)
Who's taking who? I need to put the characters in.

Cici
ive got 2 actually fuck
jack pls tell me u got a ball

Jack
dibs on blind cave skrelp

Axel
we got a poison/water who turns into a poison dragon

Jack
Bitch I be Trippin Balls

Axel
a dark/psychic

Cici
i dont think i can teach inkay uhhh

Axel
and a pure water

Cici
like anything

Axel
water seems to be more Jack's thing
I technically have Magical Training

Jack
5 pokeballs, 1 great, 8 ultra
I really should share these...

Drufle (GM)
Fun fact: M.Clawitzer is Water/Fighting.

Axel
but like...that doesn't do much for poor inkay

Cici
fucking ripped

Axel
M.Clawitzer goes FALCON PAWNCH
look at how big that claw is

Cici
oh i have some moves which dark types can use actually
ill take inkay
and clauncher

Drufle (GM)
And Jack takes Skrelp?

Jack
yah

Cici
indeed
did we ever identify the rock the gardevoir gave us btw
its still in my inventory

Axel
we're only half way through this session
holy cow
umm, rock...
is it in the notes?
did it get a name?/

Drufle (GM)
Oh man that uh.

Cici
'a mysterious stone bestowed by a gardevoir'

Jack
"so, Mantaro, I guess, umm, not every battle has to be solved with a fight!"

Drufle (GM)
I'm going to honestly have to go back and find that again.

Mantaro is baffled

Drufle (GM)
Because I do not remember what I intended that for.

Axel
Mantaro does not understand the art of not-fist

Drufle (GM)
I believe it might be Plot.

Axel
Plotstone
evolves Pikachu into Plotchu
the Plot Pokemon
Its ability to win and lose is solely tied to the needs of the story
it requires no skill of its own

Cici
i remmeber we made checks to try and identify it once or twice and like
we all failed lmao

Axel
give it to Nickel again
maybe he can manage

Drufle (GM)
Yeah, sounds about right.

Mantaro
well bring it up in dialogue when we're all together andd we'lll hash out a plan

Drufle (GM)
Alternatively, it might've just been a special Dawn Stone for the Ralts.

Mantaro
hm
that sounds plausible

Drufle (GM)
I can check quickly if you'd like.
At the moment I'm just adding your Pokemon in.

Axel
I still don't know where I got my Dawn Stone
or why

Drufle (GM)
Alright! There we go.
Everyone has some new friends.
Hey Jack, roll Attention.

Axel
mon count increasing
Jack:
Attention
Check: 13

Axel
I think I have the least now

Drufle (GM)
Cici has such an obscene pile of Pokemon.

Cici
c:

Axel
its her job
to have ALL OF THEM

Drufle (GM)
Alright, make an Aptitude check.

Cici
do we magically teleport pokeballs to the ranchlab
Jack:
Aptitude
Check: 18

Cici
nice

Axel
good god

Drufle (GM)
Holy shit.

Jack
hide ur balls

Axel
full 6s

Drufle (GM)
rolling 5d6( 3 + 2 + 2 + 5 + 4 ) = 16

Jack
high roller

Axel
the mines are full of GOOOOLD

Drufle (GM)
So I think you guys just found like.
A hidden pirate cache or something.

Cici
good shit

Jack
do we have to give Daryl any of it

Axel
he doesn't have to know

Jack
"Hey look Cici! At the bottom f the pool!"

Cici
what daryl doesnt know wont hurt him

Drufle (GM)
No, he was willing to just let you take anything you found.

Cici
:O!

Drufle (GM)
So long as you're not stealing the minerals.

Jack
the fool

Axel
its a mine, there's enough for everyone
this is probably just normal
always a loot stache

Jack
"my treasure senses are tingling! Cambria, go down and have a look!"

Axel
in fact, I bet its a loot stache mine
specifically for finding naturally occurring loot
here comes a big list
its going to be amazing
you might want to make a note for this, druf

Drufle (GM)
3 hyper potions, 3 potions, 1 ether, 3 revives, 4 full heals, 4 ultra balls, 2 great balls
are all the items
gimme a sec for the cash

Cici
nice

Axel
good find
now for the absurd amount of muns

Drufle (GM)
sorry its 4 revives

Jack
noted

Cici
split evenly ?

Jack
oh sure
we're here

Axel
I'm not there, so it'd be half-half with you guys

Drufle (GM)
you also find a whopping 24k pokeyen

Axel
good arceus

Jack
"It's the motherlode!"

Drufle (GM)
rolling 1d6( 1 ) = 1

Axel
just a treasure chest

Drufle (GM)
rolling 1d6( 6 ) = 6

Axel
its still going

Cici
"Oh, my..."

Drufle (GM)
Also!
A Cranidos fossil!

Jack
yay!

Axel
adorbs

Drufle (GM)
And that is all.

Jack
"there's the thing!"

Drufle (GM)
Unfortunately no 6's, so no mega stones for you guys.

Axel
they'll find one next time

Drufle (GM)
Your only other available Pokemon is Clear I think.

Axel
especially with rolls like that

Jack
yah and clear ain't here

Axel
if I were there, Wolfram and Copper would've been available

Drufle (GM)
Well remember, he gets the one treasure roll for his Attention check.
And then you get an extra roll for every 2 over 10 you get with the Itemfinder.
You got freaking 18 which is an extra 4 rolls.

Axel
I don't think he's failed a single one of those

Drufle (GM)
I don't think so.
Alright!
That's all for the cave I believe.
Unless, you'd like to keep going?

Jack
Cici you can have all the money

Cici
:O
thanku

Jack
I am loaded

Drufle (GM)
You guys have so much cash.

Cici
ill let you keep the fossil and the better potions then

Jack
I love the Monty Haul

Drufle (GM)
Seriously, start the labranch.

Axel
we should probably use some of that

Drufle (GM)
You guys probably have over 50k between you.
Well maybe not quite that much.

Jack
"man we've got SO MUCH cash from this"

Axel
17000 from me

Cici
Jack: Skull Fossil, 3 Hyper Potions, 2 Revives, 2 Full Heals, 2 Ultra Balls

Cici
3 Potions, 2 Revives, 2 Full Heals, 2 Ultra Balls, 1 Great Ball, $24000

Jack
"we could start our own lab! heck, a whole town!"
thanks

Cici
"I'm not sure this is quite enough money for THAT... But it is quite a lot!"

Drufle (GM)
(you literally could)

Cici
god damn lmaop

Drufle (GM)
(it's only 32500 cash to rush for the town)

Cici
jesus christ

Axel
absolutely increadible

Drufle (GM)
Anyway! Further into the mines, or are we good here?
You've got quite a haul in both treasure and Pokemon.

Jack
I think that's enough for now

Drufle (GM)
I promise you there's no plot in here, so going further is just more goodies.

Jack
while I do love goodies, I do want to hurry along and see my new dinosaur
*pterosaur

Drufle (GM)
Right!
I should also add him in.

Cici
we DO have 8 hours but i suppose we can assume nothing else interesting happens

Axel
it takes 8 hours to haul the treasure out of the mines

Jack
I like to think the cave too several hours

Cici
we could easily say those items were scattered all around

Jack
money is heavy

Cici
instead of all in one spot

Drufle (GM)
Yeah, that's understandable.

Cici
and then we took a nap

Axel is standing around, looking worried

Drufle (GM)
By the way the chat archive isn't loading so I can't check right now.
I'll look in the threeums later.
We return to Tanzan Village!
Everyone's got some neat stuff now.

Jack
"Ah, Is that Axel over there?"

Axel has his back turned from where the others are

Cici waves

Cici
"Hey!!"

Jack
"HOooooooooy!"

Wolfram Wolfram sees the others, and caws

Axel
"WAH!! What? Oh?"

Jack
Wolfram von Wolfram

Drufle (GM)
Current Pokedex Count: 29.

Axel
"JACK!"
"I got it!"

Axel holds up the Aerodactyls pokeball

Jack
"great!"

Cici
did we gain any exp for that encounter btw
even though it wasnt a fight
i forget how that works

Axel
you probably do

Jack
you should for your diplomacy

Axel
I'd say you do

Jack
I did no thing

Axel
You were there though, Jack
Cambria did stuff

Jack
cambria failed at her job
she gets demoted

Cici
you gained exp from how badly she fucked up that poise check i think tbh

Jack
to zealot, third class

Drufle (GM)
Sorry hi I'm back.

Cici
was it low enough actually

Axel
hoi druf

Cici
it was pretty low but i forget

Drufle (GM)
Yeah, 2 exp for that encounter.

Jack
yey

Cici
sick

Axel
I think you onle get fail EXP from to-hit things

Drufle (GM)
And yes, that's correct.

Cici
aw

Drufle (GM)
Otherwise you could just spam Attention/Poise/Aptitude checks for exp.

Jack
four more to go!

Axel
a shame, but that's our lot in life
already?
wow

Cici
same

Axel
you're catching up

Drufle (GM)
Remember how he got like 3 failure exp last time?

Axel
yes

Drufle (GM)
Yeah, that was a help.

Axel
I remember that fondly

Jack
three-eyed snake
WAAH

Axel
anyways, Jack, get your dinobird
woah

Drufle (GM)
Big Mon.

Cici
Lorge

Jack released the Aerodactyl!

Cici
"Oh, my..."

Axel falls over

Jack
"Big BOY"

Axel
Everyone falls out of their balls

Jack
"or girl! I dunno yet!"

Rochelle topples into the snow

Cici
powerful nonbinary dinosaur

Aerodactyl
SKREEEEEONK

Cici
oh myg od

Chrom rolls around in the snow

Drufle (GM)
You guys can name them at any time.

Chrom
gimme that thunderstone
Chrom wants to evolve RIGHT NOW

Aerodactyl
I can't think of things!

Cici
chrom fucking eats it
just bites it in half with his Manly Jaws
Chrom jumps into Axel's back and grabs the thunderstone

Jack
"wow, someone's eager!"

Drufle (GM)
FLASH

Cici
"Oh, how wonderful!"

Chrom begins hopping around, glowing a brilliant white

Chrom
Yay

Cici
c:

Chrom
now I need to update EVERYTHING

Drufle (GM)
Why are every single one of Axel's Pokemon more intelligent and quick than him?

Chrom
What moves do I gain, what do I lose?
Nickel is a good teacher

Aerodactyl takes off in surprise

Chrom
also, should I change my highstat?

Drufle (GM)
Whoosh, off he goes.

Chrom
oh dear

Jack
"don't be scared, it's just a Jolteon!"

Chrom
what are my options for highstat?

Drufle (GM)
You have to, Axel.
ATK isn't an option for Jolteon.
Speed or SPatk.

Chrom
oh, I literally can't keep it
hmmm
let me weigh my options
while you guys...handle the dinobird

Drufle (GM)
Yeah, what's up with Aerodactyl?
He's having a good time.

Chrom
I assume I can keep Lick?

Drufle (GM)
Yes.

Chrom
Double Slap?

Jack beckons the Aero down with delicious meat substitute ribeye steak

Jack
"Fortunately I came prepared"

Cici
how does jolteon slap things

Chrom
paws

Cici
with its tiny little paws ???

Chrom
yes

Drufle (GM)
Sure, go ahead.

Chrom
okay
Metal Claw and Iron Head came from ATK highstat

Jack
somehow, this dog can pronate its limbs!

Chrom
what happens to them?

Drufle (GM)
Are those the same move mechanically?

Chrom
no
Iron Head can Flinch for PP

Drufle (GM)
Ah, alright.
I think those are both fine.

Chrom
right

Drufle (GM)
The coverage would be nice.

Chrom
I am about to get a ton of moves
oh, Helping Hand
what do I do with that?

Drufle (GM)
Hm.
I suppose that can stay.

Chrom
okay

Drufle (GM)
Let's work the rest of these out later.

Chrom
so I lose...no moves
and am about to gain things
keep going while I figure this out

Drufle (GM)
Alright!

Axel
I'll try to chime in when I can

Drufle (GM)
We now have two fliers.
So!
Are we heading south?
West?
Somewhere else?

Cici
are we avoiding will or trying to find him
i feel like thats an Executive Decision

Axel
we could either try the Fly roll and go somewhere new

Jack
I want to go do lab stuff

Axel
ranchlab seems good

Cici
yea same kinda actually

Jack
largely so drufle is satisfied :P

Cici
lets do that

Jack
"alright, time for the test flight!"

Drufle (GM)
Yeah, sure!
I'd love to finally do some ranchlab stuff.

Rodan
SKREEEEE

Drufle (GM)
Ooh, Rodan.
Very nice.

Rodan
it's the only choice

Axel
nice name
onward

Drufle (GM)
Well since you all know where the labranch is, there's no reason to make a check.

Axel
Wolfram, prepare for liftoff

Drufle (GM)
Let's go!

Wolfram
-3, 2, 1...-

Wolfram launches straight into the sky, making jetplane noises

Drufle (GM)
It now occurs to me that I'm not even sure if I have a map for the ranchlab.
Let's find out.

Rodan takes off clumsily after Wolfram

Jack already feels sick

Cici
who are these fuckers

Axel is holding on for dear life

Jack
past selves!

Cici
fuckin time paradox

Jack
food!
back in a bit

Drufle (GM)
Alright there we go.
Ok!
Now if any of you actually remember, this is actually where we started the game.
Which is a good map for the labranch since it is canonically right next to Hawthorne's lab.

Axel
a ranch
maybe

Drufle (GM)
Yeah, later on I can get an actual map.
For now, I think this will suffice.

Axel
wow I get...pretty much nothing new for moves
no matter what highstat I chose

Drufle (GM)
Better move to Electric Focus/Ultimate Electric.
So!
Here we are, back at the ranchlab.
As the group of you lands and I forget to loop the music, Aidan comes out to greet you.

Cici
:D

Axel
"Is it over?"

Axel is still holding on for dear life

Wolfram is mildly annoyed

Aidan
"Well, look who it is! Wow, what an incredible group of Pokemon you guys have!"

Cici
"Hiya!"
"We've amassed quite a few!"
"I've taken some notes on the region's ecology which I think you'd find quite fascinating..."

Aidan
"Yes, I certainly can see."
"Of course! I'm always ready for some new information on the region."

Cici
science talk

Wolfram
Chrom now knows Thundershock
that is all that is new

Aidan
"Ah yes, I see, quite!"
"These seem to be not what we expected, are you sure about this?"

Axel finally falls off Wolfram
Aidan continues babbling on about the notes.

Nickel has joined the conversation

Nickel
he has notes too

Cici
i tell him what the professor siad too
is the professor back yet actually
i forget if he was gonna head back here or not

Aidan
"Oh, thank goodness he's safe."
"I was very worried! At least he's alright."

Drufle (GM)
Nah, Hawthorne's gonna keep moving around.
Gotta find all the best hints, you know.

Nickel
that's what got him into trouble in the first place!
never learns

Aidan
"So, what brings you back here? Need new supplies?"

Nickel
"ZzzzzrrrT"
We are very rich sir
we bring funding

Axel
"W-well, actually...the reverse, really"

Aidan
"Oh? Are you bringing supplies?"

Axel
"We are...very rich right now"
"Jack kept finding rare things"
Aidan raises his eyebrows.

Aidan
"Is that so? Well that's very nice!"

Axel shows Aiden the amount of money he's carrying

Axel
"This is...less than a third of what we have"
Aidan widens his eyes, his mouth agape.

Aidan
"Wh... where did you find so much money?!"

Axel
"J-jack would know better"
"He found a lot of it"

Drufle (GM)
(Jack ain't here right now.)

Axel
"B-but I've also...fought a few gyms, which might have helped"

Drufle (GM)
(Food to eat.)

Axel
yes, I just remembered

Aidan
"My, they must be giving out piles of cash as a reward these days! Incredible!"

Cici
"We've done an awful lot of spelunking lately, it seems."

Aidan
"So are you planning on helping expand our land here?"
"You can buy some of the land yourself, you certainly have the cash for it!"

Cici
"Yes! We've got enough supplies to last us a while, so I think we can take the time to invest into the lab."
"We were thinking of maybe setting up a ranch for our Pokemon, now that we've got so many."

Aidan
"Excellent! Well I'll call up the renevations group, anything you'd like to do, just tell me!"

Axel
right, options
what can we do

Drufle (GM)
So, first things first.

Axel
part ownership

Drufle (GM)
Gotta pay that 3k for the land and ownership.

Axel
I'll do that

Moppy
"I just have a knack for finding loose change, I guess" XP

Drufle (GM)
The amount of land you buy can hold up to 900 Pokemon.
Trust me, you'll be fine.

Axel
Mopp, you aren't supposed to be IN the game yourself
be Jack

Drufle (GM)
No, it's the god above.
HELLO I AM GOOD AT MONEY

Jack
be the other guy

Axel
so I spend 3k to buy the land

Drufle (GM)
Ok, uh, first off you can hire Retainers if you'd like.
They're 1.5k each, and they basically help to keep the land tidy, and have their own Pokemon.

Axel
so a staff, basically

Drufle (GM)
Yeah, I don't remember what they're required for.

Jack
let's get one staff each

Axel
I can manage that

Drufle (GM)
I know you need a bunch to start an evil team, but I think they're for something else.

Axel
lets not be evil
there already is an evil team lurking
anyways, 1.5k from me for a retainer

Drufle (GM)
Yeah, that's actually the only thing retainers are required for.

Axel
oh
wait
nvm
what else do they do?

Drufle (GM)
They will do what you ask, within reason, so long as it
does not involve leaving the ranch for more than 6 hours. If they find one
of your requests to be unreasonable, offensive, or otherwise objectionable,
they will refuse, and if you insist, they will cease to be your retainer,
returning 500 Pok�dollars to you.

Axel
huh

Drufle (GM)
They are two levels lower than you are.

Axel
I'm not sure what we'd need them to do

Drufle (GM)
They basically just act as a sidekick that sticks by the ranchlab.

Jack
so we can't turn this into Salo, then

Drufle (GM)
No, unfortunately.
They have to pretty much stay here.

Jack
they stayed there in Salo, as well

Drufle (GM)
You can build a Villa for 5k.

Jack
largely the problem

Drufle (GM)
It houses 10 people and is quite a nice place.

Axel
that is on the way to the town, right?

Drufle (GM)
It isn't required, but it helps.

Jack
what would benefit our pokemon more?

Axel
right, think mons first

Drufle (GM)
Well there's more options, just a second.

Axel
we have...more than enough muns

Drufle (GM)
A battlegrounds costs 5k.

Axel
a place to fight trainers?

Drufle (GM)
Yep.
You can customize it with terrains and hazards.
You can also buy festival grounds for 5k.

Axel
For Festive things?

Drufle (GM)
Yeah.

Axel
sounds festive

Drufle (GM)
Later on you can hold festivals to bring in lots of cash.

Cici
:o
neat !!!

Drufle (GM)
You can also do some wilderness cultivation.

Axel
hmm
for the wilds, eh?

Drufle (GM)
It costs 3k to make a patch of wilderness.

Axel
that's not too bad

Drufle (GM)
It either grows berries, grows apricorns, or it acts as a sanctuary.
You can harvest/search for Pokemon once a day.
You can also build some condos for 6k, which is just a bunch of smaller houses.
That would help grow towards the Village.

Cici
lets spontaneously make wilderness

Jack
I'd like an apricorn orchard

Cici
good idea

Axel
Apricorns sound nice

Drufle (GM)
You also need the condos for the Pokemart.

Axel
I have the kit, too

Drufle (GM)
Alright!
Someone mark off 3k for an apricorn orchard.

Cici
is that 3k total or from each of us

Axel
who's paying for the orchard

Jack
mee

Cici
part ownership was 3k each right

Drufle (GM)
No, it's just the one payment of 3k.

Axel
I already paid for part ownership

Cici
oh ! ok then lmao

Drufle (GM)
Unless you guys plan on each having your own stuff.
If you want to make three separate Villages, go ahead.

Jack
and go to war

Axel
right next to each other?
that seems silly

Jack
I think one is enough

Drufle (GM)
I'll keep track of the upgrades you buy.

Cici
one is fine

Axel
lets not spread ourselves out too thin

Jack
thank you

Cici
theres a spot in the character sheet to keep track of em too

Jack
present us with the bill later

Drufle (GM)
Indeed!

Axel
now we have Apricorns
nice

Drufle (GM)
Let's see...
You can also buy "beautifications".

Axel
those seem like extras

Drufle (GM)
Those are just generic nice looking things.
They have the bonus of being worth more than you pay for them.
They cost 1.5k, but count as 2k for the purpose of higher upgrades.

Jack
hm

Axel
we'll use those if we need them
I don't think we need the higher stuff yet

Drufle (GM)
Alright!
Most of the higher things basically just need you to spend lots of money.
Would you like to buy anything else?

Axel
sure

Drufle (GM)
Or will that be all.

Axel
more muns
throw them all around

Jack
could you summarize?

Cici
what else is Goode

Drufle (GM)
Of course!

Jack
what we have so far

Drufle (GM)
Oh, what you have?
You just have the apricorn orchard.

Jack
ok so owenership and the orchard

Cici
how does depositing/withdrawing pokemon here work btw

Axel
use a PC

Jack
I would like a villa
and a battleground

Drufle (GM)
1.5k per retainer, who work the land. 5k for a villa, which holds 10 people. 5k for a battlegrounds. 5k for festival grounds. 3k for cultivated wilderness. 6k for condos. 1.5k for beauty stuff.
That's all the low-tier options.

Axel
battleground sounds like its on the path to a gym

Drufle (GM)
Also, your Pokemon are just around!

Axel
they hangin out

Drufle (GM)
The point of all this land is to have them scampering about and having fun.

Jack
3 + 3 + 5 +5 + 4.5 = 20.5k

Drufle (GM)
We're in quite a nice location for a variety of biomes as well.

Jack
maybe scrap the battleground

Axel
don't include the part ownership cost
I already paid for that

Jack
oh ok

Drufle (GM)
Oh also, a pokemart costs 2.5k, and requires the condos.

Jack
17.5l
k
if we split that then we're good!

Axel
so we're getting a Battleground and a Villa?

Drufle (GM)
You're capable of building an official gym as well, I believe.
Alright!
That sounds good to me.

Jack
Cici?

Drufle (GM)
By official, I mean unofficial.
You don't have the Pokedex reqs for the actual gym.

Cici
hmmm
are we restricted to one wilderness

Drufle (GM)
Nope!
Very few of the upgrades are one-only.
The villa and condos are some of them.

Cici
lets get a berry patch and a pokemon biome too then
ill pay for those

Drufle (GM)
Alright!
6k for more nature.

Axel
hmmm

Drufle (GM)
And 10k for the villa and battlegrounds.

Axel
we basically have everything at this point

Drufle (GM)
I'll mark those down, if everyone is up for that.

Axel
except Condos

Jack
235000

Axel
add Condos

Drufle (GM)
That sure is an extra 0.

Axel
I can pay for that

Jack
23500

Axel
right, what does that leave us?

Cici
jack are you paying the 10k for villa + battlegrounds

Jack
yeah

Drufle (GM)
I have 19k worth of improvements so far.

Axel
I'll pay 6k for Condos

Cici
ok ill buy the next thing then ive spent the least

Drufle (GM)
Not including the part-ownership.

Cici
after hte condos

Axel
shouuld I just update my thing?

Drufle (GM)
I'm keeping track of everything here.

Axel
okay then

Drufle (GM)
You guys need to keep track of your money then.

Cici
will do

Jack
ok so -10k for me

Axel
I'm down to 8000

Drufle (GM)
Your ranch is currently worth 25k!

Axel
right, did we unlock anything?

Drufle (GM)
This opens up quite a few things.

Axel
yessss

Jack
this will all take a week in-game to finish

Axel
oh dear

Cici
the economy in this region is fucked

Axel
we just dumped a huge amount of money into this
we will MAKE this region

Cici
we built a bunch of condos for the price of 3 ultra balls

Jack
hahaha

Axel
ultraballs are expensive, holy cow
though aren't we using yen?

Drufle (GM)
You can build an unofficial gym for 3k, build a pokemart for 2.5k, build a superstore for 10k (requires the pokemart), buy a radio station for 3k (requires the superstore), start a company for 3k (requires the superstore), open a resort for 5k, attract a village/pokemon center for 6k
there we go
Most of the rest requires Pokedex stuff, which you're a bit low on right now.

Jack
can we do that later

Axel
Hmmm

Jack
this is a good start

Axel
I feel like I want one more thing

Drufle (GM)
You can literally just pop a town for 7.5k at this point which is hilarious.

Axel
lets just...do that I guess?

Drufle (GM)
I think that should require a bit more time in-game though.
You can begin attracting a village if you'd like, but the rest will have to wait for later.
Just to make this seem reasonable.

Cici
ill pay for a pokemart
for the last thing

Drufle (GM)
Alright, Pokemart it is!

Axel
I can't afford a superstore
oh well

Drufle (GM)
Aidan is just staring wide-eyed at these plans you're drawing up.

Axel
we have the muns, good sir

Cici
"...We have a lot of money."

Axel
trust us, we are proffessionals

Aidan
"Goodness gracious, you're basically building a new village with all this money!"

Jack
"Hey Aidan, is it alright if we lay out the foundations for Jackopolis over here?"

Nickel actually manages a chuckle at all this

Jack
"just kidding!"

Aidan
"Condominiums, a battlegrounds, even a Pokemart! Incredible!"

Jack
I could be using this to pay for college

Axel
what does a resort do?

Aidan
"I'll call the renovations company right now!"

Axel
question for the future

Aidan
Uhhhh

Jack
no doubt I will find more

Axel
yeah, seriously
there will be money

Aidan
You basically make a resort around the Villa/Condos, and people can pay to go there.
You can collect cash there once a wekk.

Jack
Axel-land

Aidan
week*

Axel
a very unsure theme park
rides that don't quite make it

Jack
the rollercoasters just
end
like in that one game
multiple casualties

Aidan
I just checked and you guys do now have the cost requirements for everything.

Axel
nice
we just need more mons

Drufle (GM)
Aidan is very knowledgeable about building things.

Axel
anyways, I want to get into a battle

Jack
it all falls to pieces without the aide

Drufle (GM)
Yep, the only thing stopping you now are Pokedex requirements and Building Reqs.

Jack
is the heatran still down there though
will he object

Drufle (GM)
Who knows!
Aidan hasn't felt any more rumbles recently.

Axel
a good sign

Cici
god i cant wait until our town gets fucking wrecked by Hungry Hungry Hetran

Axel
don't worry, we have Copper

Drufle (GM)
Pfffft.
Also I just remembered.
You guys can have ranch adventures!

Axel
huh?

Drufle (GM)
You can roll 1d100 if you have a Pokemon hanging out at the ranch.
And they'll do something!

Axel
well, I can't do that

Drufle (GM)
It's not usually anything too interesting, just some flavor most of the time.
If you're lucky you can get items out of it.

Cici
:>

Jack
oh good

Axel
it'll probably be adorable

Drufle (GM)
Do Cici/Jack want to roll for that?
And who would you roll for?

Jack
right now>
?

Drufle (GM)
Uh, actually no.
You're meant to do this as like an update apparently.
Like you call Aidan and go "hey man whats this pokemon up to"
And he tells you what weird stuff they've been doing.

Cici
aww

Axel
he's right here

Cici
hehe

Axel
ask him

Jack
right
I suppose the mons are here already

Axel
you guys have been using the PC, they have to be

Drufle (GM)
Would you guys like to just have a quick fight out in the nearby grasslands?

Axel
YES

Jack
sure
also Drufle

Drufle (GM)
We have an hour left, we can squeeze in a quick fight.

Axel
YES PLEASE

Cici
can i swap my team out while we're here

Drufle (GM)
Yep!

Jack
since I have Rodan here, Bluejohn is in ranch

Cici
i wanna pull out an eevee i htink

Drufle (GM)
Righto, Jack.
Take whoever you wish!

Axel
poor bluejohn

Cici
was i going to give other people some of my trubbish
i forget

Jack
someone's gotta go!

Axel
pull out all the eevees

Jack
and Moraine's pulled more weight

Axel
become eevee master

Drufle (GM)
Now, here's the thing.

Axel
wasm

Drufle (GM)
I specifically picked this area because a lot of biomes coincide here.

Axel
wasn't one of those eevee for Will?

Drufle (GM)
So pick between Grassland, Freshwater, Forest, or Mountain.
And yeah, one of the Eevee was for Will.

Axel
Hmmm
More Mountain?
or wait
we've been on a mountain for a very long time

Drufle (GM)
Mountain is available, but I think we've had enough of that.

Jack
enough mountain

Cici
forest pls

Axel
Forest, sure

Drufle (GM)
Forest it is!

Jack
same

Drufle (GM)
rolling 1d6( 4 ) = 4

Axel
we search the woods

Drufle (GM)
rolling 1d6( 1 ) = 1

Axel
for mons and muns

Drufle (GM)
rolling 1d6( 5 ) = 5

Jack
ONE SEC PLZ

Axel
Sec granted?

Drufle (GM)
rolling 1d6( 6 ) = 6
rolling 1d6 ( 3 ) = 3
rolling 1d6 ( 4 ) = 4

Axel
I think you can hide the rolls, druf

Drufle (GM)
Nah, this is more fun.
rolling 1d6 ( 2 ) = 2

Axel
okay then

Drufle (GM)
rolling 1d6( 5 ) = 5
Alright, I got them.
Time to go picture hunting.

Axel
I sense the presence of bugs

Drufle (GM)
There is indeed one bug here.

Cici
ive swapped out armstrong for felicia the eevee

Drufle (GM)
The other two are not!

Cici
she cant do anything besides struggle and toxic
but she has HEART

Axel
what highstat did you choose???
to cause such moveloss

Drufle (GM)
Pfffft, what did you do?

Axel
maybe you'll evolve after this fight

Cici
speed

Jack
augh
thanks

Axel
and that gets you nothing?

Cici
i dont have llike

Jack
sorry for that

Cici
any training besides poison lmao

Jack
potty emergency

Axel
welcome back Jack

Cici
im Specialized
rip mopps butt

Axel
if you were ATK highstat, what would you get?

Drufle (GM)
Almost done, just a bit more.

Cici
uhh

Axel
man, if it were a grass-steel type, I would be so happy

Cici
not much i dont think

Axel
you need that eevee to evolve
really badly

Cici
atk high stat would get me gunk shot

Axel
OH MY GOD

Cici
thats about it lmao
aww
yay hehee
its ur baby...

Axel
I'M A PSYCHIC

Drufle (GM)
Well, speak of the devil.

Axel
Mareep and Ferroseed

Drufle (GM)
BUG

Axel
yes, that is a bug
a weedle, to be precise

Drufle (GM)
Did you know the forest has electric types?
I didn't know that.

Axel
yeah, I'm a bit surprised by this

Drufle (GM)
I almost got a joltik.

Axel
Ferro, maybe
heck, even Joltik

Drufle (GM)
Who's ready for a brawl!

Axel
but Mareep???
ROCHELLE GET IN THERE

Drufle (GM)
Weedle's the boss by the way.

Jack
of course

Axel decides to send in Rochelle the mighty

Cici
"A fight, I suppose?"

Jack
"Forest wanderers! get in there Brunt!"

Drufle (GM)
A group of Pokemon leap out at you!

Rochelle topples out into the grass

Cici
"Cmon out, CLara!"
C. Lara

Drufle (GM)
Now I'm actually pretty sure I go first here.

Cici
im speed 4

Rochelle
oh?

Drufle (GM)
Because Weedle has 6 speed, and thus all of his buddies do!

Rochelle
speed 6, eh?
right then

Drufle (GM)
Also, he is tanky as hell.
Dude has 8 hp.

(From Rochelle)
please let Rochelle survive, this is her evolution battle

Jack
cheater

Rochelle
Imma drop rocks on his head
ALL the rocks

Jack
before we go
how do we regen PP?

Rochelle
drink ethers?

Drufle (GM)
I think it's a daily refresh thing? Lemme look.

Axel
we lack fire
this will make Ferroseed a bit difficult

Drufle (GM)
Ah, here.

Cici
it refreshes daily as i remember

Jack
that's why I'm havin him

Drufle (GM)
You restore PP at Pokecenters.

Jack
ok
so is that just a given or is it specific for us to ask

Drufle (GM)
It just happens!

Jack
okay!
good to go

Axel
just being there gives you PP
magically

Cici
well
technically its the pokemon being healed
because theyre the ones doing the effort
:p

Axel
right so
which of these jokers goes first?
Drufle (GM):
Weedle used Poison Tail!
Target Leafmaster Chomp
Roll 1 5 6 + 5
AC 15
Damage 3
Leafmaster Chomp?

Axel
oof
PFffaahahahahaa

Drufle (GM)
Sure, why not.

Jack
that is unfortunately a hit
Drufle (GM):
Mareep used Thundershock!
Target Brunt
Roll 4 4 6 + 4
AC 14
Damage 3

Jack
and one dead bug

Axel
does clara have a DEF highstat?
Clara is starter, has more than 3 HP

Drufle (GM)
Probably, I think.

Jack
oh right

Drufle (GM)
And I just barely pull out three damage on Brunt.

Axel
lots of offensive highstats here

Jack
when are you going to fuckin hit him with a physical attack

Drufle (GM)
I'll do it right now, fine!

Cici
clara has spdef high actually :x

Axel
welp
almost
Drufle (GM):
Ferroseed used Vine Whip!
Target Brunt
Roll 4 2 4 + 5
AC 15
Damage 2

Cici
uhh
is bug/grass weak to poison

Drufle (GM)
Grass is.
Bug is not.

Cici
does bug resist tho

Jack
ok that missed anyway
no it does not

Drufle (GM)
It does not, no.

Cici
so i should have taken super effective damage then

Jack
yes

Drufle (GM)
That was the super effective damage.
The +1.

Cici
ohh
i thought it had atk high

Drufle (GM)
Axel!
I believe you are next.

Axel
Right, okay
"Right, Rochelle, its been a while...but-"
Rochelle:
Rochelle used Rock Tomb!
Target Weedle
Roll 6 6 6 + 5
AC 14
Damage 4

Cici
holy shit

Jack
JACKPOT

Cici
fucking destroyed

Drufle (GM)
What the actual fuck.

Rochelle cuts him off with a sudden rock tomb out of nowwhere

Rochelle
Rocks goddamn falling from the sky

Drufle (GM)
+2 is from super effective and ATK focus?

Rochelle
yup
half his health, just gone

Drufle (GM)
I'm going to give you another +1 from that flawless roll.

Rochelle
just...fuckin gone
nice

Drufle (GM)
Clara?

Jack
"I could have picked you, back then.." :(

Rochelle
I critted

Cici
hmmm

Axel
"Oh...oh dear"
"She seems...a bit more amped up than usual"

Drufle (GM)
Man, Rochelle was ANGRY.

Cici
how do status effects work again
specifically sleep/paralyze
im trying to decide which to use

Axel
sleep is a 50% chance every turn to wake up
I know that much

Jack
that's freeze

Drufle (GM)
That's also sleep.

Axel
sleep and freeze are identical in ppp

Jack
ok

Axel
because reasons

Jack
I thought we said otherwise

Drufle (GM)
Paralyze gives them a 50% chance to just not do their action, and also -3 speed.

Jack
the last time this happened

Axel
Paralyze seems like the more debilitating status

Jack
I'd slow them down

Drufle (GM)
Don't bother hitting Ferroseed though!

Jack
oh yea grass

Drufle (GM)
Both grass and steel types are immune to spore effects.

Jack
AND steel?!

Axel
steel too?
wut

Drufle (GM)
Aren't they?
I thought that was a thing.

Axel
only Grass is in the game

Jack
not in the real game no!

Cici
nope

Drufle (GM)
That definitely feels like it should be a thing.

Jack
they're immune to poisoning

Axel
Grass is immune to all spore effects
Steel is immune to Poison period

Cici
let the robots sleep

Jack
and electric is immune to paralyisis too, so don't stun spore the mareep!

Cici
okay you know what im just using an attack
lmao

Jack
too much choice

Axel
ferro can't have thorns yet
no ability until it evolve

Drufle (GM)
Yep!
I actually kind of like that feature.

Axel
but steel/grass is...very hard to get around

Jack
I can hit it for neutral, leave it to me!
Cici:
Clara used Razor Leaf!
Target Mareep
Roll 3 4 2 + 5
AC 14
Damage 2

Drufle (GM)
Not quite!

Cici
thanks for the shitty rolls rng
lorde

Axel
don't worry, its Brunt's time to shine!

Drufle (GM)
Rochelle stole all of the luck.

Axel
get em, Brunt

Drufle (GM)
She's secretly Vriska.

Jack
you weren't here to see that absulte shenanigans of the gym battle

Axel
the gym battle was...
yeah...
and the fight BEFORE IT

Jack
uphill climb, both ways!

Axel
just...horrible luck

Jack
me now then?

Axel
yus

Drufle (GM)
Yep!

Axel
make us proud, Brunt

Jack
"Stop it in its tracks Brunt! Avalanche!"

Drufle (GM)
Oh no not the Avalanche again.

Axel
always more avalanche

Drufle (GM)
You learning Ultimate Ice is going to end up being the biggest pain, I can already tell.
Jack:
Brunt used Avalanche!
Target Ferroseed
Roll 6 4 1 + 4
AC 13
Damage 2

Axel
welp

Drufle (GM)
A hit!

Axel
yes druf, you expect correctly

Jack
right! freeze the thing!

Drufle (GM)
Off he goes.

Axel
stuck in a block of ice

Brunt fails to care about the whims of the gods

Drufle (GM)
Well then, Weedle's turn!
I am so going to get that rock.

Axel
give it a shot
Drufle (GM):
Weedle used Fury Cutter!
Target Rochelle
Roll 4 4 3 + 5
AC 16
Damage 1
Oh wow.

Rochelle
lol nope

Drufle (GM)
You upped your Defense?

Rochelle
yus

Drufle (GM)
Disturbing indeed.
Wait, to 7?

Cici
powerful...

Drufle (GM)
Hot dang.
That's scary.

Jack
Solid rock

Rochelle stands there as the Weedle desperately tries to get through her rock hard bod
Drufle (GM):
Mareep used Thundershock!
Target Rochelle
Roll 2 2 6 + 4
AC 14
Damage 2
Oh, poor Mareep.

Jack
too bad

Rochelle Rochelle doesn't even move. The Mareep just misses

Drufle (GM)
Rochelle!

Rochelle
I need to stop doing that

Cici
rochelle

Rochelle
right then!
we'll fix it in post
Rochelle used Rock Tomb!
Target Weedle
Roll 5 5 4 + 5
AC 14
Damage 3

Drufle (GM)
Lord, are you going to miss any time soon?

Rochelle unleashes more rocks from the SKY

Jack
is it dead?!

Drufle (GM)
Where did all of this luck come from?

Axel
"I...think you know what you're doing"

Drufle (GM)
Yeah, the Weedle is out!

Jack
I told you!
she stole it from Blue!

Axel
Rochelle has all of blue's luck

Drufle (GM)
I think you're stealing luck from your past selves.
This is where it all went from the gym battle.
Clara!

Cici
razor leaf again
if it aint broke
keep razor leafing

Jack
that'll break it good
Cici:
Clara used Razor Leaf!
Target Mareep
Roll 3 4 6 + 5
AC 14
Damage 2
eat leaf

Axel
:D

Jack
yay!

Drufle (GM)
Nooooooo

Axel
all the luck
its here

Drufle (GM)
These poor woodland creatures.

Cici
both of them are on 1 hp now i think

Drufle (GM)
Brunt!

Cici
lmao
brunt do some sort of showy double kill

Axel
if only we had a spread move

Cici
slam their heads together like coconuts

Jack
can I hit each of them with Icicle Spear
silly question perhaps

Drufle (GM)
.... I don't know actually.

Axel
you can't in the games, but this isn't the games

Drufle (GM)
I mean, I don't think there's a reason you can't?

Jack
well let's do it for the sake of experimentation!

Drufle (GM)
The move doesn't say you have to hit the same target both times.

Cici
its whole Thing now is that you get to attack twice yea

Jack
ain't no rule

Cici
so it makes sense to me that you could do a spread shot

Jack
"Okay Brunt, I'm gonna need you to try and spread your fire a bit. let's go for a double kill!"

Axel
Brunt becomes Reaper and uses his ultimate

Cici
ICE ICE ICE
edgy brunt
Jack:
Brunt used Icicle Spear!
Target Mareep
Roll 5 6 1 + 6
AC 14
Damage 1

Cici
nice

Axel
nice hit

Drufle (GM)
One down!
Jack:
Brunt used Icicle Spear!
Target Ferroseed
Roll 3 3 6 + 6
AC 14
Damage 1

Drufle (GM)
And another!

Jack
"Whoohoo!"

Cici
pOW
haha

Axel
"That was some very fancy shooting there, Brunt"

Cici
that weedles mine fuckers

Drufle (GM)
Brunt really is amazing.

Axel
want to catch
Ferroseed
and Mareep

Brunt doesn't know how to react

Drufle (GM)
Yes, you have to actually catch them.

Cici
im getting my atk focus mega beedrill

Axel
right

Brunt ... actually won a fight

Brunt starts crying

Drufle (GM)
Ferroseed needs a 30.

Axel
what are their rates?
30 and...

Jack
"aw buddy!!"

Jack hug Brunt

Drufle (GM)
Weedle needs a hilarious 19.

Axel
can you even fail that?

Drufle (GM)
Nope.
Mareep needs 28.

Axel
hmmm

Cici
uhh

Jack
I kinda want to try for the ferro

Axel
right, pokeballs are +20, right?

Drufle (GM)
So yeah, you can literally just have the Weedle.
There's no way to fail it.

Cici
"no attribute found for TARGET:target|BST

Axel
I want the Ferro
I am specialized in steels

Drufle (GM)
Oh yeah, don't use the macros.

Jack
you have more electric types now!

Drufle (GM)
I would have to individually put in everyone's BST and screw that.

Cici
ok i used a great ball bc its the weakest thing i have

Drufle (GM)
Here ya go!

Axel
I can just hand you a pokeball
I have some

Cici
ill just use the great ball hehe

Drufle (GM)
And yeah, if you'd like to use a Great ball, those are auto-catches for both of the other two.

Cici
its ok
ooh

Axel
Pure electric is handled by Chrom

Jack
"Right Axel, if you fail this catch I'm having that ferroseed, ok?"

Cici
ok ill trade ya

Axel
Okay

Cici
thats sensible

Axel
"Cici, can I borrow a greatball?"

Cici tosses one over

Axel
"T-thank you"

Jack
oh
well then

Axel catches the Ferroseed

Axel
with a ball that cannot fail to do so

Jack
another time!

Axel
do you have any steel or grass boons?

Jack
no...

Cici
:c

Axel
didn't think so

Cici
no pokemon for jack.......

Jack
s'alright

Axel
I'm behind
"Now...mareep"

Jack
oh hey whatever

Axel
I'll try a pokeball on mareep

Jack
AAAAHHH

Axel
I'm so sorry

Jack
the ENTIRE log filled with error messages

Axel
what do I roll?
oh, oh dear

Drufle (GM)
Just 2d6+aptitude+ball stat

Axel
rolling 2d6+7+20( 3 + 5 )+7+20 = 35

Drufle (GM)
Yeah, you're fine.

Axel
right, I had more ap than I thought I did

Drufle (GM)
Congratulations!
Now Jack, how about we get you even MORE money, huh?

Axel
I need to restock on balls

Drufle (GM)
Who has the highest Attention? I think it is actually Jack.

Axel
mine is only 5
or rather Nickel's is 5
Axel is like...2 or something
my guess is Jack
but he might be ERRORed into oblivious at the moment
*oblivion

Cici
guys
guysss

Axel
hi

Cici
weedle evolves at trainer level 1
er
2

Axel
wut

Cici
hit the wrong bbutton lol

Drufle (GM)
Yeah, that is indeed a bug.

Cici
kakuna evolves
at 3

Axel
get him into a fight then
two fights

Cici
two fights and i got a beedrill :>

Drufle (GM)
I need to make a point here, then.
It's kind of a silly rule, and you guys can decide if we want to ignore it.

Axel
right, the HP thing

Drufle (GM)
By the rules, you have to have at least 3 days between evolutions.

Axel
or is it not that
oh

Cici
:o

Axel
that's a dumb rule

Cici
fine by me tbh

Axel
lets not

Drufle (GM)
One of the perks of the Evolver persona is that you get to ignore that.

Cici
ill just not use the kakuna for a little while if nothing else

Axel
3 days is like...3-4 sessions

Cici
well given all the time it took to get here

Jack
back again

Cici
it's probably night here now isnt it

Jack
rolling

Drufle (GM)
It is!
It's quite late, actually.

Axel
who's keeping track of the time?
Jack:
Attention
Check: 11

Axel
hmmm
do we even know what day it is?

Drufle (GM)
Alright, make an Aptitude check.
I had a time-table in the threeums.
Jack:
Aptitude
Check: 13

Drufle (GM)
Kind of lost track after a while, but I can update it again.

Axel
our luck...it is gone
yes, please update it

Drufle (GM)
rolling 3d6( 2 + 1 + 3 ) = 6

Jack
blue's not bad

Drufle (GM)
Dang.

Axel
blue means 1 and a 6
you got a terrible and a great

Drufle (GM)
5 pokeballs, 5 potions, 4 revives, 2 ethers, 2 ultra balls, 2 full heals, and 3k pokeyen.

Axel
those are good

Drufle (GM)
and a hyper potion.

Jack
fair enough

Axel
you can have my share
I snagged Ferroseed from you anyways

Cici
we just did a loot without you but ok

Axel
eh, I only need balls

Jack
huh?

Axel
you wanted ferro, but I used greatball

Jack
I was huh-ing to Cici
you didn't do a loot without me

Axel
oh right, I wasn't in the mines
she was talking about me

Cici
without axel i meant

Jack
ah right
ok

Axel
honestly, I just want balls

Cici
hows this

?Jack
3 Pokeballs, 3 Potions, 3 Revives, 1 Ether, 1 Ultra Ball, 1 Full Heal, $2000

?Cici
2 Pokeballs, 2 Potions, 1 Revive, 1 Ether, 1 Ultra Ball, 1 Full Heal, $1000
axel do you want a share of the pokeballs then and nothing else

Axel
yes
I'm low
on balls

Jack
take all the balls I have

Drufle (GM)
Well, I think we have one more thing to do before we end.

Cici
?Jack: 3 Potions, 3 Revives, 1 Ether, 1 Ultra Ball, 1 Full Heal, $2000

?Cici
2 Pokeballs, 2 Potions, 1 Revive, 1 Ether, 1 Ultra Ball, 1 Full Heal, $1000

?Axel
3 Pokeballs
hows that

Axel
sure

Jack
ok

Axel
I have 5 pokeballs now
I was really low
I need to update the new mons...

Drufle (GM)
What's this!

Axel
HNMMMM???

Drufle (GM)
Rochelle!

Cici
whats this

Axel
OH SNAPO

Cici
rochelle is

Rochelle become shiny

Jack
aw yeah

Cici
just shitting everywhere
holy shit
rock poops

Jack
ahahahah

Cici
its just gravel
ewww

Jack
the legs

Cici
so thats where it comes from...............
GDSHFDISHG

Rochelle
this doesn't seem quite right
there we go

Cici
im dead

Drufle (GM)
I keep just overlaying them.
And hoping it covers them up.

Jack
transitonal phase

Drufle (GM)
It never does.
So we have a Boldore!

Axel
"Oh! Rochelle!"

Cici
33 pokedex count :>
she big...

Jack
Congratulations!

Drufle (GM)
Boldore's ability is unfortunately not that great.

Rochelle jumps onto top of Axel for hugs

Jack
" "

Drufle (GM)
But at least she has +1 hp now!

Cici
axel fucking dies

Drufle (GM)
CRUNCH

Axel is smothered by rock

Jack
*flattened

Axel
don't worry, its pokemon
nobody dies
what is her ability?

Jack
we are all very durable

Drufle (GM)
Yes, nobody dies.
Her ability is Sturdy!
Which is not very good in this game.
On the round she comes in, if she is hit by an NVE attack, it does no damage instead of 1.
That's all.

Jack
pish

Axel
for someone with only 4 hp that's nice

Drufle (GM)
True.
So that's all for session 10!

Cici
can i have my weedle

Drufle (GM)
Oh, right.

Cici
so i can write the pokedexeses

Drufle (GM)
I need to put those in.

Cici
im gonna write a shitload of those

Axel
yes, do some writing

Jack
thank you~
I gotta edit Lilly's sprite

Axel
I need to update the two new mons
Ferro is going on the team

Drufle (GM)
Yeah, gimme a sec to put in priveleges for everyone.

Cici
oh and 2 xp for that fight?

Drufle (GM)
Yep!

Jack
coo

Axel
right, where is the dex?
so I can see these highstats

Cici
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1O00mvFPFjlsXA6lxyyLzY5wheSz17CDGiEobehl5heM/edit#gid=0

Drufle (GM)
Alright, all permissions should be correct.
I also fixed their stats to be appropriate.
That'll be all for now, so go ahead and hop out.

Cici
later nerds