OH NOES NOT ANOTHER ONE! Let's Play Pokemon EMERALD

[greed]

Make sure it's a male Ralts. The tail chasing MC's reaction to a male Gardevoir should make for some funny writing.

On flying, can Ninjask learn it? That's Bug/Flying right?

Also I've always liked the Aron->Aggron line since I got a shiny one, is one of them on the list of pokemon to get?

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

Would you change Ralts name when it evolves to Gardevoir?

Ninjedit!: Also if you get a Male will you be evolving it to a Gallade or Gardevoir?

Bushedit: Ahh my apologies!

[greed]

He's playing Emerald, so no Gallade.

[Ecks]

Well, I was contemplating making Ralts female (I'm gonna need one or two to balance out the testosterone and idiocy). I had a killer idea for her too... guess I'm still on the fence for this one. Gonna wait on you for nickname ideas, and if I see one I like, I'll go with an appropriate gender.

Might consider an Aron, once we get to Dewford.

NOTE: I'M GIVIN' YOU GUISE ONE MORE DAY TO START COMING UP WITH NICKNAMES OR I'M NAMING THEM ALL NPF USERNAMES.

This is because I have not started work on the next update cuz I'm waitin on yous guise.

[Thadius]

In all honesty dude, you should name them what you will. It'd be somewhat interesting to show up as one of them, I suppose, but if you're hard up for nicknames...

Ralts - Needs to be some sort of gender ambiguous name so that with either outcome it'll be funny as all get out. Mmm. Oh wait. Does Vaarsuvius fit?

[Julford Hajime]

Originally Posted by Thadius

Does Vaarsuvius fit?

Yes, as the letter limit is exactly ten characters, but I request that this NOT be his/her name. Ever.

Also, Julford is a totally kick-ass name and I approve any and all usage of it on anybody in your party. Even the fat lazy sloth.

But naw man I'm keeping quiet on the whole naming thing because I am TERRIBLE with names. The only one I ever used that I liked was a Ponyta named MyLil'Pony.

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

Ya want names?

Slakoth: Mac; cause I can be pretty lazy sometimes.
Shroomish: Toad if male, Toadette if female
Zigzagoon: Brigand
Wingull: Sky vermin
If I may suggest also in grabbing a Poochyena for a dark type.

[greed]

Male Gardevoir should be Bridget. Or Ashley if you don't want to beat a dead horse and want a gender ambiguous Pokemon related name.

Shroomish should be MycolTyson. If you don't get it, mycology is the study of fungi.

[Ecks]

OKAY TOTALLY GOING FOR MALE RALTS NOW.

Heh heh, Bridget.

As for Slakoth... sure, we'll go with Mac.

Ziggy's gonna be some variation on mule or something, as I'm dumping all my HMs on him.

Dunno if I'm gonna actually HAVE a flying type. As I'm going with Ralts, the only thing Flying will be good for is, well, Fly. To cover grass, bug, etc, I have Kentucky. I'll pick up a Taillow to shut Julford up (I'll even name it Julford, just to make you feel better, buddy) and to use Fly.

OKAY! Expect something like an update over the next 48 hours (don't wanna waste precious internet browsing time on screencapping every half second of gameplay, if you get my drift).

EDIT: Okay, I guess I lied. Expect something sometime this week. I was out late last night and there were some CURAYZEE shenanigans going on. Didn't get to bed until about 3 am. I can has social life?

[Ecks]

Part One



Well, standing around here isn't going to help. Might as well go back to Oldale.

Not like there's anything to do in Littleroot anyway.




D'OH!



Another Zigzagoon, eh?

Lemme at 'em.




Okay, Kentucky. Go get him.



Scratch!

With pleasure!




Huh. Shoulda used Focus Energy first... Do it again!

Got it.



Hmm... I wonder... Let's give this a try.

Huh? What are you up to now?



Oh, gonna try your hand at catching it?

Eh... why not? I could use the practice for more useful Pokemon down the road.

What? You saying I'm not useful?

Dude, chill out. Like I told you before, as cool as you are for being my first Pokemon... I'm still gonna need at least five others to cover the types you're weak against.

Types I'm... weak against?

Yeah. Pretty sure the most you're gonna be able to do to a Water-type is give it some serious claw and beak marks. As for a Rock-type... yeah, good luck trying to score some serious hurt on them.

But couldn't I, y'know, BOIL the Water-types? Melt the Rock-types?

Yeah, y'know, if you had some Fire-type moves capable of raising temperature to stupid high numbers.

Oh. Right. Well, carry on then.



With gusto!






Hurray.




Fascinating.



Eh, I'll just name him Runt or something, he's gonna sit in the PC most of the time anyway.

How do you figure that?

Oh come on, there's gotta be SOMETHING more useful than a wannabe raccoon. Most it'll be useful for is, I dunno, cutting down skinny trees or something.

Hey, I could cut down skinny trees.

And waste a moveslot on something you should be able to do NATURALLY?

How do you know it'll use up a moveslot?

If whoever or whatever created this world is asshole enough to give irresponsible adults the authority to give twelve-year-olds dangerous creatures to control for their own purposes... whatever it is, it's sure asshole enough to make you waste a moveslot on stuff you should know how to do naturally.

Good point.



Well, that's about enough of that.



Right, let's head back to Oldale. Gotta hit that Pokemon Center with the hot nurse.

And give me a nice long nap, while you're at it.

Sure thing, buddy. And while you're taking a nap...



...I need to pick up some supplies at that wonderful place the guy from the Poke Mart told me about: the Poke Mart.



Yeah, this is the place.




Well, what do we have here? An attractive bystander?



With nothing interesting to say... eh, I've lost interest. That's weird, normally I can completely look past a girl's other faults if she's really hot. Then again, I'm not really getting the best look at her from this crappy top-down perspective... what was I doing in here again?

Oh right, supplies.



Yeah, thanks.



Well, I'll just take a few Potions and some spare Poke Balls, dude.



Dunno if I'll come back to this location... but I'll definitely stop by some of the rest of your chain.



Let's go outside. And figure out where to go from here.




That's... wow, I don't even know what to say to that.



Wonder what's out this way...



Let's put Runt out front.

Why?

So he can scout whatever we bump into, and then I can switch you in for the kill.

The kill.

Yes.



...

He's a man of few words. Which is fine by me, I'd rather not waste valuable time penning out dialogue for less-than-essential personnel.

So much for your fourth wall.

You broke the HELL out of that last chapter.

Oh. Right.



So let's get going.



What's this dude doing?



That's real fuckin' neato.

Also? Sounds like a good idea. There's bound to be something useful here.

Useful? For what, dare I ask?

I dunno. Maybe I'll try this trainer thing. Y'know, like that asshat Professor and my ex were talking about?

For the last time bro, she was never your girlfriend.

Yeah, yeah, whatever.



Oh, hey, cool, found something.



A Ralts, huh? Don't know if want...

Why not?

WEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL... let's just say that Ralts is a very 'popular' Pokemon on the Internet.

What is that supposed to mean?

Ever heard of Rule 34?

No.

DEAR GOD are you lucky. Let's just say that some people get off to Kirlia and Garedvoir porn.

WAT.

Yeah.

Ugh... so, what are we gonna do?

Whelp, I'm gonna catch this one. Because Ralts is a Psychic-type. And Psychic-types can be really powerful once they're trained a bit.

Tell me you're not one of those people you were talking about earlier...

Uh, no? I'm not? Because seriously, that's really gross. Nope, human tail for me, 100%.

Good. I'd have to light a fire under your ass if you were.



Okay, Runt. Let's weaken for capture.

...

I enjoy our conversations.




Okay, time to throw a Poke Ball.






Awesome.




Interesting... might be useful as a detector.

A detector?

You know. To sense hostile intentions. Useful if you're in a crowd of people and one of them's a criminal or something.

Do a lot of crimefighting in your spare time?

Smartass.

Finally! Big Brother has come to take me home!

It talks!

No... no I don't think it's talking... I can hear the voice, but it's not being spoken. Telepathy, maybe?

It IS a Psychic-type.

Big Brother, I'm tired. Your mean little raccoon beat me up pretty bad!

Why do you keep calling me your brother?

Oh, you're not actually my brother, silly. See, that's just an unfortunate mistranslation. In order for you to actually understand me, I have to dive into your brain and tap into your language centers so I can translate my language into something you can comprehend. The closest word you have for ??????is Big Brother, so that is what I call you!

Uh...

Okay, this is officially creepy.

Oh, don't be so upset, Chicken Man. I may be adorable and act like a little human girl, but that doesn't mean I can't be articulate.

So... you're a she?

Hmm... well, in your language, yes, I am indeed a member of the female sex.

CAN WE NOT SAY THE WORD SEX EVER?

My, are we uncomfortable, Big Brother? Or would you like me to call you... Master?

You... you're enjoying all this aren't you?

I'm a Psychic. If I weren't getting some sort of thrill from messing with people's heads, I would be playing against type, now wouldn't I?

Okay, creepy-clingy-girl... thing. I've officially got my eye on you.

Whatever you say, Kentucky, whatever you say...

Wait, how do you know my name?



What's a clingy-girl name? Hmm... well... I DID recently play The Legend of Zelda: The WindWaker... Aryll. Doesn't quite cover her creepiness... but she's bound to be really clingy... right?



Well, I imagine Runt needs a little juice...

Don't forget about me, Big Brother!

Ugh, can you just call me Ecks?

But Big Brother... Ecks sounds like SEX and...

GAH! NOT THAT WORD AGAIN! I CAN'T HEAR YOU, LALALALALALALA

Big Brother, why does the word SEX frighten you?

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-OKAY FINE! If you must know... I'm not really comfortable with the whole "pseudo-younger-female-sibling" vibe you're throwing at me, okay? Not to mention the whole "Rule 34" thing.

Yeah, I was wondering what that huge knot of twisted feeling was. At least you were honest, Ecks, you're not one of those trainers.

Uh, quick question?

Yes?

CAN WE HAVE SOME BOUNDARIES AS FAR AS READING MY MIND GOES? I'm not all that peeved about you reading my mind, since it makes it easier for you to get information without lots of useless recap... but could you... at least... ask for permission first? It's kinda freaky.

Fair enough. Can I read your mind now?

Oh, come on! I mean, when you NEED to know something that I'm not just BUSTLING to share with you.

Oh, and same deal for me. I've felt you digging around in my head.

Oh, phooie. It's just... I'm so bored, all the time!

Well, you won't be for long. Once you sign on with Ecks, you tend to get a lot of action.

Of the Pokemon Battle variety.

I kinda figured, Big Brother.

......

Ecks, sorry.



Okay, back to Oldale to rest up.



Let's make a stop at the PC for a moment.





Now, let's see if I can't-

Dude, come on. Is this REALLY the time to go browse /v/?

What, I have nothing else to do...

Ecks, I'm bored! Come on, let's go do something fun!

Ugh, I can't browse like this... FINE, we'll go do something you guys wanna do.



But first...




...

Sorry bro, but you're not all that useful at this point.

...

I'm glad you understand.





Okay, Runt's safe in the PC Box.

I'd feel more sorry for him... but I barely know the guy.

Runt doesn't like to talk much. Also, he doesn't like either of you.

How can you tell?

I'm a mind reader, silly! Though, he's not overly fond of me either...

I wonder why.



Okay, now let's have Aryll sit up front for a while.



So she can get some of that 'fun' she was hounding me about.



Where to next?

West? Seems to be the only way we can go that isn't blocked off.

Yeah, Route 103 has a small lake in the middle of it, and Littleroot's landlocked. Let's go.




Right, let's just walk by these bystanders like we usually do-



What.



That's nice.



Oh yes, yes I can.



Wait, why are we wiping to a battle scene? I just said no to the kid!



So... we're actually doing this? Fine, whatever.



WHOA! Bad type matchup. Let's fix that.







And now it's the Pooch's turn...




Okay.



Alright, Kentucky. Let's... huh, hold on, what's wrong?

Urgh, I don't feel so goo-BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRP!



Wait... did you just-

SHUT UP.

Tee hee! He belched out an Ember!

Aw, my life is ruined! All the other Torchic will make fun of me and call me a dork! I'll bet all the other Torchic did something awesome when THEY did their first Ember...

Dude, don't sweat it, you'll get plenty of time to perfect it.

Yeah, I guess so... BUT YOU BETTER NOT MAKE FUN OF ME. OR I'LL PRACTICE ON YOU.



Okay, chill. Just finish him off with a Scratch.




Okay, minor irritant eradicated.



Dude, no amount of training would've led you to victory against me.

Don't be so arrogant, Ecks.

At the risk of inviting psychological hurt, I'll be as arrogant as I want. Dude interrupted my walk.

>

Did... did you just... how... I mean... ARGH, MY BRAIN HURTS FROM TRYING TO COMPREHEND! OKAY, I'LL STOP.

:3

OH GOD SHE DID IT AGAIN!

What?

SHE TEXTED MY BRAIN!

What.

OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD Oh, she's done.



Wait, I get paid to kick these kids' asses? HEY GUYS, GUESS WHAT I'M GONNA DO WITH THE REST OF MY LIFE!

Look, Ecks, you're probably not gonna get much money this way... he only gave you 80 yen.

Hmm. You have a point. These twirps probably don't have much pocket money...



Listen, you. If you're poor, you should have told me before! Dork.



Well... it's not much, but it's a start! Let's keep going!

Yay!



Lemme guess... this guy is gonna stop me from advancing too...



Oh, darn.



Haha! I'll take your money when I beat you!




Hoo, boy. A Wurmple. Last I heard... Wurmple was part poison. Which, for some odd reason, is susceptible to Psychic power.

Yeah, I don't have an explanation for that. Sorry, Ecks.

Whatever, just kill it.

KILL IT? OH NO, I COULD NEVER DO SUCH A THING!

Well... could you, I dunno, confuse it or something?

I can do that.




Whoa, way to go, Aryll.

Thank you!



Oh, look. Another one.



And now it's gone!





Cool.



Nice to know.