Search results

Dave narrowed his eyes at the lump. "Hey, wiggle once for yes, twice for no. You comfy in there?"

"Owen, what--" Dave was about to say it could infect him, but no, clearly Owen had done this before, which was still bad. "They only brainslug when they're hungry? Did you seriously just let it out and see what happened?"

"What do you mean it doesn't seem to mind? Can you ask it and get an answer while it's inside? Can it get back out?" He glanced at Squiggly, over in his cage. "Look, science isn't just about fucking around and seeing what happens. You could chop people in half and see what happens, but that's...

Dave gave Soda a skeptical look. "So you think the Shades get... absorbed by these rocks somehow? Is there a reason you think that's a good thing?"

Dave blinked at the Porygon-Z. He'd gotten used to this world having all the same Pokémon except they talked, but a fucking AI virtual assistant? What was next, Clippy? "Hi," he said. "What's this about?"

"Wait, excuse me?" Dave said. "Let me get this straight, the so-called God Squad just appeared out of nowhere one day? Nobody has any reason to trust them? Other than the god that conveniently came down to tell you to? Even if you think Arceus is real and omnibenevolent and just conveniently...

"Yeah, also, just so you know, the other day Maple told me if she ever caught even a hint that we're not trustworthy and aligned with their goals of saving Cibus, she'll just fucking obliterate us. So there's that."

Dave sat in a corner and sighed in exasperation, waiting for Diyem to get to the point. Curio had already told him the what, but exactly how Diyem went about talking about it was probably worth hearing.

Dave hesitated. Hardly the best timing from Diyem, was it? That said, he had a pretty good idea what he was about to talk to them about, and while it'd be real nice if they could actually do something to find Starr and Brisa rather than twiddling their thumbs waiting for Maple to do it... "You...

As everything dissolved into ridiculous squabbling (not that he could entirely blame Curio here), the Mudkip was somehow the only person with sense, trying to make actual progress. He moved toward him and Owen, listened to Diyem's answer. "Wait, so can you or can't you confirm they're not where...

Dave sighed. “Fine, yeah, I’m coming.” At least Maple wouldn’t be there. He trotted over to join Owen, Curio and Nip.

Oh. Not that it was a surprise, exactly, but Dave'd at least hoped Maple would have fucked off for more than five minutes. No sign of Brisa or the Litten. "Hey, don't know if you noticed but you lost a couple people."

"I mean," said Dave, "why do we want to wait for Maple? Or the 'God Squad'? For my parts, it's nice to not have those creeps watching our every move. Can't we just set out on our own and try to figure out where they've gone? How about that Giratina, did it get them? I read somewhere that it's...

Dave looked around. The two Lugia weren't there, but they'd presumably be fine underwater. Maple was nowhere to be seen either. It was probably too much to hope she'd drowned, wasn't it. She'd summoned... Giratina? Wasn't that like the devil in the legendarian mythology, or something? Ruled an...

Assurance on Lugia.

Dave will use Assurance on Darkwhite.

For turn 3, Dave will use an Elixir and then Assurance on Lugia.

Turn 2: - Howl on Curio, Cabot and Celeste - Assurance on Darkwhite

Psych Up on Starr. For the next couple turns, for which I'll likely be asleep: - If Dave is at <25% HP, use an Oran Berry - Howl on Curio, Cabot and Celeste until they're at +6 - After that, Assurance (permission for others to decide who he targets depending on the plan)

Logging two hours of writing.