Recently: You and Robin won your double battle against Robert, the fire master of the Elite Four, and her dad.
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Havent been around for lik 100, suddenly twitter alert. Is this quest still worth it?
Gobble. Whatever you are doing now, gotta give you credit for sticking with this so long.
I wonder if should catch up.
Asher Myers
HYPE!
Thanks for the smut based not-kill Gobble.
Jack Williams
...yeah om drunk
Owen Foster
Nearly beat one elite 4 perfectly, crushed another spirits completely, smuts bins produced as normal.
If ya enjoyed before yeah, if you left cuz you got bored of it probably not
Easton Young
Uh, maybe try picking it up again. It's still going quite strong! Far less salt than early threads too.
Sebastian Evans
>Is this quest still worth it?
IMO it has very good writing, and i always get immense enjoyment out of it.
94/100 minor writing mistakes is about the worst that happens.
Very worth reading.
Daniel Martinez
Robert agreed not to go on a one-man war against Team Imperium after you beat him and got him to actually listen to what they've been up to.
“Robin,” Robert looks down at his daughter. “I’d like a moment alone.”
The others scoot out of their chairs and begin to leave. Robin grabs your hand, though. “Whatever you want to say, you can say in front of her.”
You of course don’t argue against this.
“Very well.” He sighs. “I believe that it’s possible I can...misjudge, a situation. Robin, are you safe?”
Robin nods.
“Are you happy?”
Robin nods.
“No trouble with the...hrm...” He motions to her eye.
She blinks and it turns into a smiley face. She blinks again and it’s normal.
He grimaces for just a second, then nods and grunts, relieved with her answer. He turns to you. “Kat, should you not succeed in the championship, I’d like you to consider taking over my old gym.”
You're not sure how to feel about Robert. He's changed his tune a lot since you beat him today, but he's also been a gigantic jerk to you since you've met him. He's hurt Robin too, and threatened your friends. Is he just doing this because he's in shock? Does he only respect strength?
Is this an olive branch that you want to take?
>He should offer that to Robin >Politely decline >Accept >You'll consider it >Something else
Brandon Anderson
Thanks Gobble, a nice one!
James White
>You'll consider it Gym leader? I dunno. Kat would beat up so many poor kids, especially the snooty ones...
Benjamin Garcia
>>Accept >>Because if we aren't champion it means Robin won and she can't run a gym that way anyway
Anthony Gomez
If that happens, I'll consider it, but Robin deserves it more honestly. Of course,....... can there be two gym leaders from the same gym?
Luke Bailey
>Critical Thinking Edition
Welp we're fucked.
Lincoln Martinez
>>You'll consider it
Sebastian Nelson
Supporting
Jaxon Butler
Holy shit. So I have 100 or so threads worth of worthy reading. PRAISE THE SUN.
.. do i still need to occasianallu fap and has kat been dicked. if so i dont wanna.
Connor Flores
I mean that's fine and all, but does Kat actually want to run a gym at all?
Christian Moore
We have a ranch and slowbros to look after.
At least we will eventually.
Colton Lewis
>You'll consider it
Brayden Perez
There are bins so go fap away,
Kat has been dicked once in a noncanon bin that was pretty fucked upped that you can ignore
Noah Hernandez
I personally don't see her doing it, but that's just me.
I'm still shilling for Diantha style famous champion. Actress etc
Bentley Powell
>Politely decline
I've got my own goals unfortunately.
Adam Bailey
ok thanks. now off to find the thread where i last was.
Matthew Kelly
Did you have a good week, Gobble?
Austin Scott
“That’s a nice offer, but shouldn’t you be asking Robin?”
He looks at you like you’re the dumbest person on the planet. “Robin has expressed that she is not interested in it.” he turns to her, slightly hopeful, “unless that’s changed.”
Robin awkwardly fiddles with her food for a second. She puts her fork down and looks up. “N-no.” She chokes down her urge to explain or apologize. “I want to be the new champion.”
“Then there you have it. Robin will become the new champion, and you will run my...your gym.” He says both points like they’re facts.”
“I’ll consider it,” you offer a handshake.
He shakes and nearly crushes your hand. It doesn’t seem like that was his intention, just how he shakes. “I await your answer, then. Be warned, other applicants may beat you to it if you delay too long.”
He takes out two fire badges. They don’t hold any official meaning anymore, since he left his old gym to become part of the elite four, but they mean something to him.
“Geno will know you better than you know yourself. He will ask for the match to have an amount of Pokemon according to his greatest advantage. He typically prefers three per side. Do not underestimate his ability to find your weakness and strike it.”
(continued)
Connor Lopez
He gets up to leave, then stops himself.
This giant of a man, with a fiery, impossible to ignore presence, looks just a little bit smaller. “I understand you've spoken to your mother lately. Has she....mentioned me, at all.”
Robin fiddles with her food again. She really doesn't want to get involved in this. Violet has said nothing except for maybe an off-hand comment about him having held her and her Pokemon back by being too soft when she left him.
It dawns on you that maybe that’s part of the reason he’s such a hardass.
>Forget about that bitch. Move on >Tell him what she said >Make something up that he needs to hear (write-in) >Tell him she hasn’t mentioned him at all >Don’t say anything, leave this to Robin >Something else
Cameron Collins
>Don’t say anything, leave this to Robin I dunno, either this or saying she hasn't mentioned him. But Robin should have the biggest say.
Bentley Sanders
>>Don’t say anything, leave this to Robin
Jacob Richardson
>Don’t say anything, leave this to Robin Also give Robin so prodding to make sure she gets we want her to say something
Luis Evans
>Don’t say anything, leave this to Robin
Matthew Stewart
[Long, long week. Working too much.]
[Holy poop, user. That's way more praise than I deserve. Thanks!
[I hope you enjoy it. Sorry about any spelling/grammar issues. Wrote drunk, edited sober.]
Cameron Kelly
>Forget about that bitch. Move on
Logan Rogers
>[I hope you enjoy it. Sorry about any spelling/grammar issues. Wrote drunk, edited sober.] I'm sure it's fine, Gobble. As long as it's not the reverse!
Daniel Phillips
>Something else Ask what she used to be like.
She couldn't have always been a psychopathic ballsack.
Jeremiah Bell
That's actually a fair idea...though I dunno if now is the best time to ask, but it couldn't be too bad I suppose.
Jaxon Perry
>>QST go to your own board faggots
Cooper King
Everything prior is on here. Fuck off and save me saving another archive link.
Angel Thomas
Well, good luck but I've got a prerelease to get to for the TCG.
Gabriel Gutierrez
Everything prior is on here.
This is the main reason i will never move to QST as long as i can help it, and one of the multiple BIG reasons i don't support the board in general.
That isn't to say i hate qst, but i don't want it shoved down my throat.
Aaron Bell
Mods have been banning retards like you since /qst/ got put up. /qst/ isnt a fucking Jew oven for the quests. Until the mods say otherwise, quests are still PLENTY welcome on Veeky Forums.
Brandon Ramirez
You look to Robin. She can’t really decide how she wants to handle this. So you stall a bit to let her figure it out.
“What was she like before?”
He looks off into another world. “Passionate. That’s what I remember most about her. She loved Pokemon dearly. We’d go on walks in the forest and she’d stop to make sure every damned Caterpie and Metapod was alright. She’d teach me how to care for Pokemon, I’d teach her how to teach them to stand up for themselves.”
“What changed?”
He downs the rest of drink. It’s just now that you realize he’s been pounding back quite a lot of alcohol. “Nothing, I supposed. You’ll realize this as you grow older, but life has a way of stalling all those little dreams you have until it’s too late. She became restless. She always had this way of justifying any little thing she did by saying it was for the greater good of a Pokemon. Even when she left, it was because she owed it to her Pokemon to fulfill their dream of a cruelty free world.” He sighs. “Perhaps, at times, I may have let my anger get the best of me. But I don’t hate her. I loved her.” he looks at Robin. “She gave me something...something all the strength in the world couldn’t.”
Robin slams her hands on the table. “M-m-mom ruined everything! You’re finally starting to act like you did before she left! D-d-don’t let her suck you in again.”
“Robin-”
“You’re a bad dad. You used to be good, but you let her make you bad. No, she didn’t make you. You let yourself be a bad dad. I can forgive that. I can forgive Torkoal being scared of you. But I can’t forgive you if you go back to her and let her kill what’s left of my dad.” She takes out crumpled, torn, ancient looking paper. “Sign the divorce papers and get her out of your life!”
(continued)
Nathaniel Diaz
Robin storms out.
He looks down at the papers. Robin must have held onto those forever. He picks up a pen and stares at them.
“Would you, if you were me and she was Robin?”
>Leave, chase after her >Stay with him and encourage him to sign >Say something (write in) >Something else
Isaac Butler
>"We wouldn't have let it get like this" >Leave, chase after her
Easton Williams
...
Wyatt Wilson
>>Say something (write in) "I don't know. I haven't known Violet like you have, but from where I am right now... I'd sign that paper."
Bentley Green
Works
Henry Green
this also >Violet was bragging about what she did to you and Robin. I wanted to punch her in the throat so badly.
William Allen
>That takes far more imagination than I have. But honestly, they're just papers. The Violet I've had the misfortune to know doesn't seem like she'd care whether they're signed or not. It's up to you to decide whether to chase the dream of getting the old her back, or salvage the family you still have.
Andrew Allen
>I'd be as big a fool as you, but I might. I would only be risking my own well-being though, and not a relationship with my kid. To me, I think that would change everything.
Levi Sullivan
“I don’t know. Violet bragged about leaving. I haven't known Violet like you have, but from where I am right now. I'd sign that paper. All I can tell you is, we wouldn't have let it get like this."
The last thing you hear from that room as you leave to find Robin is the clicking of a pen.
Robin is happy. Tired, but happy. “I-I hate always bringing everything down with my...my drama. Sorry. I’m sure you’re pretty sick of this.”
You put a hand on her back. “Never. It’s fine.”
She let’s that sweet smile of hers show. “Well, that’s it for me. I-I need to take my own advice, and not let her keep having an effect on my life. Why should I even think about her when I can be here in the moment with you.”
“How poetic,” you put an arm around her.
She grabs your hand and holds it. “Come on. Let’s pamper our Pokemon before bed. They earned in. Tomorrow, we have to train.”
And that’s exactly what you do. Vance, Jeanine, and Clair are all happy to help. Their Pokemon play with yours until it’s time to sleep.
You wake up early the next day. You have one more Elite Four member to take on. Geno.
(continued)
Wyatt Long
Your friends have already done a good amount of research for you and Robin. Geno’s the dragon type master, and it shows. his Pokemon seem to land critical hits much more commonly than normal. He apparently has a knack for finding and hitting weak points, both in Pokemon and people. His Pokemon are fast too. They’re tough, very tough,, but it’s the speed and precision that stand out. He’s likely to one or two-shot some of your team before they can act if you’re not careful.
There’s a knock at the door. Speak of the devil.
“Geno,” Clair welcomes him. “This is a surprise.”
He offers the bare minimum of polite acknowledgment to her before entering. “Kat. Robin. Congratulations on making it this far.”
“T-Thanks.”
“What brings you down?”
He gives a half-sided smile. “I’m excited! As you know, I usually fight three on three, or four on four. I find that’s the strongest position in most cases to give my opponents a fair chance. A one on one is simply unfair. It’s over before it starts.” There’s no hint of arrogance. He’s stating what he considers to be a fact. “But I’ll be honest. I want to fight you on the number of Pokemon you think works best for you. I want to feel alive for this.”
He’ll be facing Robin first. She asks for a three on three.
He turns to you after. “What sort of match would you like, Kat?”
>One on one >Two each >Three each >Four each >Five each >Six each >Whatever he wants >Something else
Jackson Roberts
Hmmm, well I don't have any real preference so why not all six. >Six each
Samuel Kelly
>Six each
Hunter Reed
>>One on one
Our mon aren't super trained for it.
James Russell
>One Pokemon best of 5 rounds.
Adrian Morgan
>>Six each Full teams
Anyone hoping for another Oberon sweep?
Samuel Richardson
>>Six each OR >>One on one Superspeed crit dragon showdown.
Oberon will be king
Gabriel Wood
Haha, now that's an idea.
Hunter Bell
>Three each
6x6 will take weeks to do with how gobble has been running.
Matthew Ward
Eh, Oberon already showed off in the E4.
Daniel Jenkins
>>Six each It's what we're most practiced with.
Austin Phillips
>Six each It's getting late here, so good luck with the rest!
Ryan King
>One on one
Lucas Howard
>Six each Might as well. 1v1 would be different, but with the theme so far, I'm afraid he'll just pull out Mega Rayquaza or something.
Benjamin Smith
>Mega Rayquaza May as well forfeit at that point.
Michael Moore
(It seems like six on six is winning, but I hate to make assumptions.
Unless you intentionally stall, regardless of what you pick, it won't be as long as your battle with Emma. She did a lot of stall tactics. A one on one is likely to be a high-noon, wild west draw more than a battle. A six on six will be longer, but it also lessons the chances of dice going against you.
From the quick info you got from friends, he doesn't like the idea of using legendaries. He has the following confirmed Pokemon:
With that in mind, just to be absolutely sure, how many Pokemon do you want to fight?]
>one >six
Jaxson Bennett
>six
Evan King
>six
Jacob Thomas
>>six
Chase Hernandez
>six
Nicholas Gonzalez
>one
Ryder Gray
>six
Zachary Campbell
Oh shit, he named his mons. We're fucked.
Adam Torres
>six
Logan Rivera
>six
>Shenron >Desghidorah >Saphira Gobble, pls.
Owen Wood
I'm going to laugh so hard if we sweep him with Fel
Logan Powell
That's it, we're using him.
Ryder Thompson
Best team would probably be something like: Zappy Dan Destiny Fel Oberon Nibbles Aria
Mason King
I'd say Levi over nibbles
Charles Kelly
I'm just really jamming having rocks against 4 possible flying types.
Josiah Long
“Six.”
“Daring. Very well. I look forward to it.”
Robin sighs in relief when he leaves. “I only had three plans I could count on.”
You don’t pressure her on revealing those. You’ll see them when she battles him.
That gives you three and a half days to do your own training. You should probably figure out who you want to use, first. You come up with a quick mental list of Pokemon based on their ability to hurt Dragon types, or resist Dragon type moves.
But for some reason, you’re feeling the urge to include Fel. He’s not the physically the strongest, but with his powder moves and Quiver Dance, he might be an unexpected showstopper.
>Swap someone for Fel (Butterfree) >Swap someone for Aria (Meloetta) >Swap someone for Vlad (Crobat) >Swap someone for Trunks (Trevenant) >Swap someone for Devon (Houndoom) >Ask Vance if you can borrow Sneasel >Something else
Mason Anderson
Zappy Dan Destiny Fel Oberon Nibbles Aria
Andrew Kelly
>he names his mon >fin fang foom
Best boy right here.
William Foster
Sure, ill second
Samuel Price
...
Ethan Rivera
>Swap Raistlin for Aria She hasn't really had a chance to shine yet
Wyatt Hall
This works.
Blake Foster
I'll third this plan
Connor Collins
>Swap Fel for Raistlin
Julian Parker
Okay, so this guy's got four potential megas, right? I doubt he'll be able to mega more than one of them per fight, two tops, but I wouldn't put it past him to be capable mega-ing any one of those four. >Mega Salamance Absolutely fits the fast and hard M.O. Fast as hell and hits especially hard with aerialate turning normal moves flying. Very weak to ice. >mega garchomp We should all be familiar. Very weak to ice. Knows sand force, and will likely carry powerful rock, steel, and ground moves. > mega tyranitar Deceptively, not a dragon type. Rock/dark. If base form tyranitar doesn't carry sand veil, mega will. Expect overwhelming power. >mega Altria Fairy/dragon, probably there to eat opposing dragons. Durable. >mega ray quads Just because we don't have a clue about it doesn't mean it can't happen. Use destiny bond, pray.
Asher Miller
Confused tyrantrum for tryanitar, sorry
Noah Scott
>Rhaegal
ASOIAF DAMMIT
Eli Torres
>Swap someone for Aria (Meloetta) Raistlin
Parker Walker
You scratch out your previous plan. You have a new one.
Zappy Dan Destiny Fel Oberon Nibbles Aria
Yeah. That feels good to you.
You stretch. Now you need to come up with a plan. You know Geno’s general motif, you know his seven Pokemon, and you have a team. You just-
There’s another knock at the door.
It’s Vernon! “Hey!” You hug him. “How are you, you old fart?”
Robin gives him a hug too.
“I was headin’ straight here, but the oddest thing happened. I was asked tuh’ consult on a mass Slowbro migration. With airships no less. Fancy that, huh?” He elbows, proudly.
“Yeah, well. You know. They needed a new place and I fell into some land.”
He laughs. “Unbelievable. I've watched a lot of trainers get far and let it get to their heads. They forget it’s about the Pokemon." He looks off at the distance for just a moment, remembering his own past. “Well, I wanted you to know it went off without a hitch. Easy as can be. They’re all settled in and comfy. We built habitats an' everythin'” Vernon looks good. Years younger. He still has his cane, but he carries it instead of it carrying him.
“Oh yeah. No big deal, just tying up valuable resources and spending an absurd amount of fuel lugging some of the heaviest Pokemon around.” You see Prince Arledge. “Kidding, of course. The royal family is happy to help. Great PR. The mainland and our own island both love us these days, thanks to you.” He kisses your hand.
(continued)
Leo Campbell
Vernon smacks him away with his cane. “Kat. I think you might be onto something.” He wastes no time.
“What kind of something?”
He lays out a bunch of papers. “Sympathetic mega-evolution. A kind that surpasses normal mega-evolution. Where your Pokemon takes on physical characteristics based you.”
He pokes a bunch of stuff. “If this is something you and Devon want to do before you match with Violet, we need to start right away.”
Arledge pushes past and talks to Robin. He wants to help her train. “It’s always a good idea to have a future champion owe you a favor,” he explains when Clair presses him.
Vernon also has some other papers. He’s been hard at work. Apparently those cover lessening the effects of critical hits. That’d be perfect for Geno. Maybe even enough to counter how he operates.
But time is short. You need to pick one strategy and stick to it.
>Sympathetic mega-evolution with Devon >Critical Hit avoidance and negation training >Just train each Pokemon normally. Learn moves or improve stats >Something else
William Howard
>Critical Hit avoidance and negation training save sympathy for Violet
Adrian Ramirez
>>Critical Hit avoidance and negation training
Robert Perry
>>Sympathetic mega-evolution with Devon
Nathan Hughes
>Just train each Pokemon normally. Learn moves or improve stats
