Reminiscing - Video

[pikapikajankenpo]

Whoo, spoopy time. Seems like yesterday I was having the time of my life going trick or treating. My old town doesn't celebrate Halloween as hardcore as some of the other towns I know, Kanon town goes all out and I went there a couple of times. I had some fun there definitely.

Speaking of spooky, I got my badge from Morty. Thanks for all the help everyone with the advice, I really needed the assist. It was an endurance test all the way through but I managed to beat him.

Anyone plan to do anything this October besides the usual?

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[lyingheart]

October doesn't have any particular significance for me, though I don't imagine I'm really anyone you're expecting an answer from, as a stranger.

Would you mind talking a little about what it was like for you challenging Morty?

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[pikapikajankenpo]

It's all right, new people are coming in all the time, and I have yet to meet everyone. I'm Yayoi Kise.

Sure, well, he specializes in Ghost Types and I specialize in Electrics so it's a battle of attrition. We were slugging it out with back and forth hits with a lot of power hits and challenging on the secondary types of our Pokemon.

[lyingheart]

Good to meet you, Yayoi. I'm Annie Leonhart.

Ah, seems like the season to be tackling ghosts of all kinds. What secondaries did he have, versus yours? I've been doing more research on what they functionally act like these days.

And thank you.

[pikapikajankenpo]

Nice to meet you. Did you just arrive?

He had Drifblim and Spiritomb, Dusknoir, Mismagius, Gengar and Chandelure which have assorted secondary types such as Flying, Poison, Dark and Fire. I had to brute force electric attacks with some of those since I didn't have type advantage, used a Psychic Pokemon as a matchup for some, the Flying I shocked it down with Thunderbolt and Golem to withstand it's power, and then with Chandelure I waged a battle of endurance with Fire Blast.

[lyingheart]

It's been three weeks, going on four since I arrived. So not just, but new enough to be still getting a better understanding of things here.

A few of those were familiar names. Clearly I've got my reading cut out for me. Did you end up having to rely on supplements of any kind to keep your team going strong, or were you able to make it work through brute force and playing to advantages when you had them?

You were facing his elite team then? Congratulations on your success either way.

[pikapikajankenpo]

That's a good pacing intro then, you can learn a lot in your first month here or so.

Yeah, I gave them a couple of vitamins in between battles and healed my Pokemon. My Mega Evolved Ampharos soloed two of his Pokemon so we had to keep topped off since we had no type advantage and had to rely on speed, stamina and all out attrition.

Yes, I was. I didn't want to make it easy on myself since my entire team of six Pokemon are all level 100. Thank you.

[lyingheart]

You do. It's easier to get used to things like the sun rising and setting opposite to what I'm used to, direction wise, and starting to train out assumptions about how things work based only on home.

Sometimes those are the only skills you can rely on. Enduring longer than your opponent can be enough to get you through, and when you need to win, you don't need it to be by a landslide. Though when you say Mega Evolved... I've heard mention of mega something in passing, but haven't had a chance to ask anyone about that. What exactly is a mega evolution for a pokemon?

One of the peculiarities, that there's a ceiling to any pokemon's capabilities and growth. At that point it does become a measure of picking your way forward with care.

[pikapikajankenpo]

Yeah, I'm from Japan and as far as I can tell, this place is similar to my home region as well. It's based on the Kanto Region of Japan landscape wise, with a little bit of Kansai in it. So it's familiar territory.

Sometimes yeah. I try to be more diverse but I realized no amount of diversity was going to get me through the rough patch that was Morty, so I just bullied on through. And Mega Evolution is a phenomenon that happens in battle, between a trainer and a Pokemon. It utilizes a Mega Stone and a deep bond, a connection with a Pokemon who has forged a deep connection with their trainer, their friend. And then they evolve in battle to a higher state.

And yeah it does, sometimes. The rest is up to customization of powers through Technical Machines or TMs and HMs, Hidden Machines.

[lyingheart]

This is the first I've heard of the territory reminding anyone of home. The Japan you're from also has people living beyond the boundaries of your nation?

Making the most with what you have and getting through anyway... it's not as if you're doing it alone, in that sense. The way these tinctures and foods work to help pokemon recover so swiftly is useful.

I see, so it's one of those changes that comes about due to the strength of a relationship. How does one even measure such things... I suppose they prove themselves true eventually, or never at all.

TMs and HMs, both the ones sold and the ones that can be won from certain gyms? I'd heard there's a few like that, but not the specifics on where they were, or what they were, with who.

[pikapikajankenpo]

Yeah, it's just a country based in a world with a large population of several million people. There's more than 7 billion people in our world right now, and it keeps growing.

That's right, and people work together in harmony to keep this world going. It's really quite amazing.

Yeah. I'm not an expert in Mega Evolution, nor am I a scholar but I can tell you one thing: Pokemon respond to our emotions and friendship with them. The better you treat people and others, the more they respond to us.

That's right, a lot of the TMs can be found or purchased, and HMs can be rewarded and found as well.

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[plasticasshole]

I've never experienced Halloween before. It's very exciting.

[He's never seen people getting into the spirit of all things spooky before. He seems to be following suit though, as a Cofagrigus hovers behind him and grins menacingly at the camera.]

Congratulations on your badge, by the way. What kind of pokemon does Morty have?

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[pikapikajankenpo]

Really? It's quite a normal holiday but I'd imagine it varies between the worlds people come from.

[Yayoi grins back, considering everything.]

He has Ghost Pokemon, which is fitting for the holiday I'd imagine. Strange spooky things could be afoot as well, considering how many ghost types are here in Kanto and Johto.

[plasticasshole]

It's a holiday where I come from, but I haven't been around to experience it. I was asleep during what would have been Halloween this year, or at least I was back home.

[And he was only activated in August, so it would have been his first Halloween if he hadn't been in sleep mode.]

I've noticed a lot of Pumpkaboo around, I wonder if that's to do with Halloween approaching? They're a ghost type, after all.

[pikapikajankenpo]

Oh I see. That must have been quite the unique to your world thing then. Asleep?

[Different worlds after all.]

That's probably the case. Pumpkins are often associated with October and Halloween after all. I'm not surprise Pumpkaboos are around enmasse as well.

[plasticasshole]

Yes, I was inactive. I was activated in August, on the 15th. After I completed my mission I was put into sleep mode until November. I missed Halloween.

[And honestly, he wouldn't have cared about it back then. He hadn't developed emotions at that point.]

I caught a rather large one. It felt like a good opportunity to get another ghost type. I wonder if other pokemon will show up more frequently, too.

[pikapikajankenpo]

Ah, I see. So you're an android then I take it?

Cool, that must be rewarding. I only have six Pokemon, and I don't really feel like getting more. But it's always nice to get more Pokemon in your seen-count.

[plasticasshole]

Yes, I am. Or, I was, until I came here. Do you have androids where you're from?

[He wonders how they're treated in Yayoi's world, if so.]

It is rather rewarding. I always enjoy catching another pokemon. Hatching them, as well. There's just something about raising them that I find enjoyable. Evolution is always an exciting time, too.

[pikapikajankenpo]

There's an android from the future in the Hugtto Precure team, her name is Lulu Amour. She's quite a nice girl, and she likes music a lot.

She's a superheroine like I am.

Raising Pokemon is a lot of fun. I raised my kids, all six of them quite well, and it's challenging to attend to their needs.

[plasticasshole]

What is the Hugtto Precure team?

[Connor quite likes music himself, which he considers himself lucky for. The constant music playing here would really grate on his nerves otherwise.]

And... you're a superheroine?

[That's very interesting to Connor. He doesn't know much about superheroes as such, but he has a basic idea of what they are.]

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[toxicodendron_isley]

Congratulations on the badge. Glad to hear things went well.

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[pikapikajankenpo]

Thanks! I really enjoyed fighting him, it was quite a rush. I had a lot of fun doing it too, there was so much to battle and it was close a couple of times.

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[toxicodendron_isley]

Sounds like you had a good challenge then. I suppose it would have been a let down if you'd prepared so well then won easily.

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[pikapikajankenpo]

I know right? It was so challenging, he was quite the fighter when it came down to it. We had a good time battling one another, it was amazing. It was linchpin at a few points when I thought I almost lost it a few times.

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[toxicodendron_isley]

And now it's all the more a rewarding experience isn't it?

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[pikapikajankenpo]

Yeah it is. It's really quite nice. The fight to become stronger and the rewarding battles within, it's all kinda amazing.