Feel The Ground Shake (Pokemon - Ground-type specialist)

[Jambory]

Sparks bristle along the Manectric's fur. The blue-skinned hound jerks its head and with a flash of blinding light a new team member has suddenly replaced it on the field. An orange-bodied Pokémon wearing a far-too-innocent little smile.

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No officer, my jaw isn't on the floor. What are you saying?

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So I'm not gonna lie, I read "orange-bodied Pokémon wearing a far-too-innocent little smile" and thought it was going to be a Dedenne.

Thought it was going to be one of those classic "it might look puny, but it's actually ridiculously powerful," like Ash's Pikachu or Elesa's Tynamo.


But yeah, Rotom-Wash makes way more sense.

 

[Bob Saget]

Meta moves like Baton Pass, Roar, and Volt Switch really detract and distract from the suspense and spirit of "real" battling.

They're moves designed and implemented to make the poke-games artificial turn based battling less basic. But much like running onto a deadly field to apply a hyper potion to completely heal your pokemon 'between' moves, they do not hold up well when you ponder their realism and impact on battles.

 

[Kenshin135]

Meta moves like Baton Pass, Roar, and Volt Switch really detract and distract from the suspense and spirit of "real" battling.

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I agree that most of the switch moves are too gamified to work when applied to 'real' battles, but I do think Baton Pass holds up. At least the buff passing aspect. I imagine it something like using the mutual bond to the trainer to temporarily store and transfer the buffs during the switch.

A move like Roar should just make an opponent flee away, Whirlwind toss them away, Volt Switch/U-Turn are just moves that use recoil/momentum to create a bunch of distance after hitting, etc.

Same with Entry Hazards; activating on switch in is weird, I imagine them more like traps a target stumbles into by moving around.

 

[ThunderBasilisk]

Man this fight was amazing! And man that strat is perfect for a Dark type(though I do hope we see a Moxie fueled sweep at some point) and a a real battle turner. Cause it puts an opponents entire damn team on the clock. And with how many Toxic Spikes were laid down they're Badly Poisoned.

 

[LordVishnu]

He didn't note that Grass Knot was also being used differently here? It's normally a remote attack that strikes from below tripping you and converting gravity into Grass damage. Not a contact move that leaves a lash scar.

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Oops.

I'm guessing that Volt Switch here was being used by striking himself. Because normally Volt Switch does nothing if it can't damage.

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Nah. It really was just some Electric Aura cheat codes.

 

[Dokiewokje]

I like this chapter, the implication that Brad is already above gym leader level is great, type advantage notwithstanding

 

[AceViltrumite]

TFTC
Happy New Year!!

 

[wdango]

"Well son you certainly played me good on that one! I concede!"

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Oh, for shame. I wanted to see Grundy fight, and that was a lovely high level match. Great showing especially by Vlad, though. Quickly becoming my favourite player on this team.

 

[Slickji]

I guess they are going to patch the roar if he does that in the conference, maybe limiting the times he can spam that.

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Disable and similar effects in a unlimited size moveset format shut it down, it cost nothing to have it in but isn't op because unlimited moveset size but shuts down op strats reliant on 1 move.

or a faster pokemon using ingrain style effects into encore into set up move into encore again if you dont switch out.

it's got negative priority my man, enough counterplay exists if you can't beat you shouldn't win such a prestigious tournament like the silver conference.

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oh no, negative priority here all the more reason people should be prepared, I mean you can just do your own roar too or court change or you get the point. forced switching in games with priority is possible via prankster and that's not banned so 0 priority wouldn't be either.

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riolu has prankster and roar all this really is that strategy except you don't have to use riolun and you get no priority

really think about it competitively you could roar for ~37% if you got 3 spikes and stealth rock up assuming neutral to rock. or you could sword dance up twice as gliscor and use eq or facade to ohko and still have turns left over for hazards.

 

[rahad]

Wattson's team is actually good enough to take down Grundy. But not in a 1v1 and he knows it.

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I think is more like the arena would not have survived the battle. Remember he is a gym leader and need the arena for the challenger tomorrow. Battling a Alpha pokemon would have wreaked the arena for a couple of days.

 

[NightmareWarden]

I think is more like the arena would not have survived the battle. Remember he is a gym leader and need the arena for the challenger tomorrow. Battling a Alpha pokemon would have wreaked the arena for a couple of days.

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This sounds right. I hope they move the battle outside and he sets a "no earthquakes" rule for Grundy.

The roar strategy would have annoyed me. Hyper Voice should counter it. Normally it works through Protect and Detect as of Gen VI, but I bet a gym leader's strongest will be able to tank it with those two. I also reckon Roar should drain something from the user's reserves, unlike a normal scream. Energy which could have been used for normal attacks. If this was another story, I'd recommend giving Roar a luck-based chance of succeeding, with better odds if any of your pokemon's type(s) are super effective against the target.

Brad took care of babies from time to time while working at the ice gym, yes? If not babies, still very young ones? Yeah, I guess he will be okay to handle the baltoys. And they could be intriguing for Mewtwo or Mew, should they meet. I reckon they'll be a protective element in case Brad needs to wrestle with Moltres or Zapdos in a city environment or in the sea, where he's frantic.

Spoiler: Dumb prediction

I wouldn't mind AT ALL if Mewtwo himself stole the baltoys from. Brad. The man worked with team rocket and I think Mewtwo would have issues with someone "raising psychic babies from birth to be weapons" like the public's minds could assume from Brad's appearances. Plus, that means we could see Brandon versus Mewtwo, if the Registeel arc results in the two B-boys hitting it off.

So is Brad going to ask about Scott, if Watson's call to Brandon fails? Scott seems like the kind of man who can track Brandon.

 

[LinkedTortoise]

This sounds right. I hope they move the battle outside and he sets a "no earthquakes" rule for Grundy.

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Grundy is a special attacker probably because less things die. Most moves we've seen him use are special.

 

[Requiem_Jeer]

Grundy is Bold natured, which means reduced Physical Attack. 10% less, specifically.

A nidoking's base attack is 102, while their base special attack is 85. So by focusing (see: EV training) Grundy on Special Attack, he could easily have a higher special attack than regular attack.

Of course, the real reason is that Nidoking has a fantastic special attack pool that triggers easily off of Sheer Force, and while the Life Orb makes this superfluous, the one item per team limit means that he'll not be using that often.

 

[Priapus]

"Gyro Ball!" 'Going to come at us physically!'

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Gyro ball is such a weird move for electrode, outside of the name. A move that scales inversely with speed on a hyperspeed mon.

Still, it's a steel-type move, so we take that off-typing.

The change out is quick. A pink Heal Ball is tossed into the ring before Electrode's even finished dematerializing.

"Raaaaiii!!"

Raichu: Lv. 62
Nature: Bashful
Potential: C+

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Ngl, I misread that as Raikou for a moment, and was concerned.

"Well hot damn! Looks like that makes us 1-1! I knew this was a good idea! My guys really have grown rusty against taking a proper hit!"

The man is laughing…he's laughing, and on my end of the field it's all nervous swallows and sweat beading down my neck.

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It ain't the waterfall that is nervous, but the carp.

Spikes layer one: Deployed.

Wattson's eyes narrow and for the first time an actual frown manages to briefly show on the jovial man's face. It was fleeting, but it was there. 'I think we may have found ol' Pop Pop's pet peeve.'

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Understandable. It's such a Blue move.

There are many reactions I've witnessed when people first behold the titanic Nidoking. I've seen fear. Dismay. Disbelief. Even pure awe.

Complete and utter silence followed by laughter is a first though.

"BWAHAHAHA!" Wattson lets loose his biggest, deepest, most full-bodied belly laugh to date. The man almost toppling over from how far he's leaning back. His hand is slapping his thigh over and over as he tries to control himself. "Well son you certainly played me good on that one! I concede!"

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Yeah, even a much higher-levelled Manetric would struggle to won against Grundy without proper setup, and trying isn't worth the repair costs.

 

[LordVishnu]

A/N: Chapter is smol. But is important. Many things happen in few words.

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Chapter 32

Mauville Gym, Early Morning

The small golden pin smacks into my grip -snatched out of the air from where the Gym Leader just snapped it towards me- and I turn the trinket over in hand with a raised brow. 'The Dynamo Badge'. "What's this for?"

"Just a little souvenir!" Wattson cheerfully barks, his voice carrying over the work of the repair crews hauling dirt and stone behind him. "I know you aren't running the Hoenn circuit, but now you'll always have something to remember ol' Wattson by! BWAHAHA!"

To the surprise of absolutely no one, it seems Mauville's most famous man is an early riser through and through. Whereas most of the living world is still sipping at their start-of-day coffee, the Gym Leader looks as though he's already been up for two or three hours. The quintessential morning person if you will. 'With all the energy and exuberance that that implies.'

"Well I appreciate that." I nod back, returning his grin and pocketing the pin for a moment. 'Ironic. It's technically Badge #8. It came from my hardest Gym fight to date. And the little thing is totally worthless outside of a good memory.' "I noticed you had some pretty young volunteers mixed among your staff watching from the stands yesterday. I hope none of them got too much of a fright from me sending out Grundy. I know just looking at him sometimes can be…alot."

"Ha! Are you kiddin'? It made their night! Ben and Viv had never seen an Alpha outside of textbooks before and Kirk—well he was barely up to my knee back when 'Charlie' was still around at the Mauville zoo! I had to remind them all that, since you and I skipped over the usual release forms when battling in a Gym, none of them were allowed to post any pictures they snapped onto the Net." The white bearded man smiles guiltlessly at me. "Though I hope you don't mind, I did forward a video of the fight to one or two old pals of mine, bwahahaha! Just a couple of old fogey's who enjoy that sort of thing."

"Bah, don't worry about it." I wave his concerns off. "If you wanna tell the youngin's that they can share those pictures with their friends then that's fine. Though if we can keep them off the Net for at least a little while I'd be grateful." 'I'm not really trying to stay off the grid. But one supposes I should at least make a token amount of effort at lowering my presence online. If Rocket finds me, they find me. I'll deal with it when it hap-' "Wait. Did you just say they had an Alpha in a zoo?" I stare at the man a bit slack-jawed. "How the heck did the city manage that?"

"Ehh, it's not what you're thinkin'." Wattson casts an eye over towards where some Machop are hauling away a slab of stone. "Charlie was the sweetest Torchic you could ever meet. Gentle enough that kids could walk right up to her and give her scratches beneath her feathers. Plus, with a collar of Everstones around her neck day & night, there was an almost zero chance of her ever evolving into a Combusken." The Gym Leader sighs a bit to himself with that special brand of old timer nostalgia. "Bit of a national tragedy when the old girl passed a few years back. No replacin' her."

The fellow aura user suddenly snaps his fingers. "Oh! Before I forget! Got a message back from Brandon. Man says he can be here by tomorrow. I'm sure that's what you were coming in this morning to ask about. Rare thing for him to sound so galvanized, I'll tell you that. He's usually a much more stoic sort. Describing your situation to him, why it was like I threw a live wire right at his heels. He also wanted me to pass on that he's rather impressed by your team as well."

I cock my head. "He one of the ones you sent the video to?"

The grandparent nods along affirmatively, taking a moment to wave at an employee who's just walked in the door. "We've got one of those 'groupchats' as you kids like to call 'em. Though, just between us," Wattson leans in as though he's going to share some special secret. "I don't know if the lad's realized he's the only one in there whose hair hasn't lost all its color yet, bwahahaha!" The Gym Leader chortles merrily at his own joke. "The man doesn't just like digging up dusty relics, he socializes with us too! BWAHAHA!"

After another good bout of laughing, the Gym Leader finally settles and casually moves his hands to rest in his pockets. "Drake was disappointed you didn't showcase a Flygon. Though I think the bias is obvious on that one. Always something to compla-"

"Pause." My hand suddenly grasps the Gym Leaders arm. "Drake? As in the strongest of Hoenn's Elite Four Drake? That one?" A worrisome feeling starts to well inside. "Who all exactly did you send the fight to?"

"Just some old friends like I said. Elderly coots like me." Wattson replies reassuringly. "Let's see. There's Drake, my old pal Wilson Moore up in Lavaridge -he helps his granddaughter run the Gym there-, uhh Spenser who introduced us to Brandon in the first place -he's also heavily involved with that new Battle Frontier-, Otis Carmichael -you wouldn't know him- he's a researcher who works for that young buck Prof. Elm-

'Welp.' As the list gets longer and longer I can feel my eyes glaze over in resignation.

'Did I say something earlier about at least making a token effort in staying under the radar?'

Yeah, better just throw that plan straight in the trash right now.

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Green pants. Green jacket. Smoothed brown hair and eyebrows so thick that they'd probably eat a pair of tweezers if they wandered close enough.

Pyramid King Brandon is almost exactly how I imagined him.

The small exam room shakes again. A tremor that ripples out with every step of the stone giant's feet. High-pitched beeps and deep toned warbles emanate from a face with no mouth and nearly every alien sound is paired with a seemingly random pattern of orange eyes flashing.

Regirock: Lv. 70
Nature: Adamant
Potential: A

Throughout it all, the Frontier Brain just nods his head along. "Yes, I suppose that makes sense." The fellow owner of a Sub-Legendary turns his neck towards me. "Where did you say you found him again?"

"The Ruins of Alph." I answer, keeping an eye on Registeel's insensate form splayed out on the metal slab. "A swarm of Unown teleported me into a sort of underground complex while I was poking around one of the less explored areas. A quick journey ascending back to the surface later and…well there he was. Half buried in a wall."

"Buried, you say?" The middle-aged man subtly frowns, two fingers on his chin. "If I could see the surrounding rock I might be able to guess how long he may have been down there. Without it though..." The man trails off. "Any chance you'd be willing to let me borrow him for a bit?" he throws out half-serious. "I've only had my own Registeel for about three years now and mine seems to be about two inches shorter. I'm curious about what other differences there could be to uncover."

"Not on your life." I give him my best deadpan. 'What is it with everyone always asking me that?'

The master archaeologist smirks. "Pfeh, yeah. I didn't think so." he speaks approvingly, as though that was some sort of test I just passed. "Well, what are you waitin' for?" he suddenly directs at his own Legendary golem. "Let's get him up!"

'Get him up?' I raise a brow. 'You think I haven't tried that al-'

"ÜN ÜN ÜN"

Registeel shrieks awake as twin stone fists hammer into his midsection with Superpower. Wiry arms go flailing. Red eyes flare to life. The iron statue goes tumbling over the side of the examination table with all the grace of an adult whose dog just pushed them out of bed and the tile floor cracks under his face-down impact.

"⠠⠁⠶⠗⠊⠑⠧⠫⠀⠠⠌⠁⠞⠑⠰⠞⠒⠀⠠⠺⠑⠇⠇⠀⠞⠀⠺⠁⠎⠝⠄⠞⠀⠧⠀⠝⠊⠉⠑⠲" distressed beeps and whirs come from the recumbant Steel-type who is slowly moving to push himself up and a terrible twitching seems to have overtaken my face.

'Wait…that isn't…' My thoughts fail. '...are you saying that…that all this time…' My eyes glass over. 'All the poking, the prodding, the scanning,'

Registeel gets to his feet and begins slowly peering around. "⠠⠕⠃⠎⠻⠧⠠⠝⠒⠀⠠⠹⠀⠊⠎⠀⠝⠀⠍⠽⠀⠞⠑⠍⠏⠇⠑⠲⠀⠠⠔⠟⠥⠊⠗⠽⠒⠀⠠⠐⠱⠀⠊⠎⠀⠹⠦"

'The ridiculous experiment where I tried using my own aura as a defibrillator...'

The Sub-Legendary finally realizes there are others in the room and faces towards Brandon and I. "⠠⠛⠗⠑⠑⠞⠬⠒⠀⠠⠕⠓⠖⠀⠠⠓⠑⠇⠇⠕⠀⠐⠮⠖⠀⠠⠱⠕⠀⠍⠊⠣⠞⠀⠽⠀⠁⠇⠇⠀⠃⠑⠦"

'THAT I JUST DIDN'T HIT HIM HARD ENOUGH?'

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One Week Later, Route 111, North of Mauville City

Time passed quickly after the disruptive events of my first three days in Hoenn's centermost city. Hours were spent picking Brandon's brain in the aftermath of Registeel's awakening and hours more were used on getting the unexpectedly verbose golem introduced and familiar with everyone on the team.

Just from the brief time we've all interacted with him, it's obvious to see that the Legendary Steel-type -henceforth officially nicknamed: Karn- is an inquisitive, well-mannered, and unflinchingly polite soul.

Now if only we could get past the hiccup where none of us can understand a single word he is saying.

For a trainer that's par for the course when welcoming a new member to their squad. Comprehension comes as part of the bonding process and you can never understand a 'freshly caught' Pokémon anywhere near as well as you can ones that you've traveled, battled, and trained with. It's part of the journey.

What's weird is that none of the rest of my team have any idea what he's saying either.

Gesticulation helps. You can get decently far with just body language. But there has been at least one incident so far where -rather than continue playing charades- the silver golem cut his losses, patted K.Rool thrice on the head like a child, and then walked away.

The Krookodile was quietly seething for days.

Far below me from where I'm riding on Simon's back I can see us fly past the Winstrate family house. A popular travelers spot where challengers can do back-to-back battles against three generations of trainers without rest. It's not heralded as a particularly difficult challenge. As I recall, the 'Grandma' of the family only fields a single Meditite as a quick example, but I had thought it might be good exercise for Junior.

'We can always swing by on the return trip. Too busy right now.'

Yes, time had moved quickly in Mauville. A vacation that didn't last nearly long enough. With nowhere pressing to be, and no outside schedule breathing down my neck, I was able to focus on getting Karn settled in and throwing a small team celebration for Isra & Fel cementing their second and third moves into their pool.

Harden and Rapid Spin if you're curious.

That all changed after one conversation.

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Flashback

Zone. Locus. Nexus. Hotspot. Pick your favorite terminology. It all refers to the same thing. An area of the world where the ambient Aura is thick.

"Sinnoh wasn't always so staunchly isolationist y'know." The Gym Leader chats sociably, plopped on a bench as we watch the Baltoy twins play tag with one of the Gym's local Minun. "Long time back, back when I still had a full head of hair mind you, outsiders could travel there like any other region. That's where I found the biggest one I've ever felt. Mt. Coronet."

At the memory the man's fingers gently brush over his Rotom's Poké Ball.

"The aura there was strange. Instead of being concentrated, it was all spread out. Diffused across the mountain range. Different type energies would rise and ebb as you traveled from cavern to cavern. Eventually I found a spot where Electric was strongest and I camped there for most of the trip." The man turns to me with a grin. "You ever found a place like that? One where your aura is completely at home and in its element?"

"No." I answer simply. "The opposite actually."

Ice Tunnel. The path from Mahogany to Blackthorn. I can still remember how the cold stabbed through all my clothing. How Gliscor became so uncomfortable he had to retreat into his Ball. I can remember how unnatural it felt to be there. How I jokingly thought the cave must have been home to a Regice in ancient times.

…

…which now that I think about it again, considering my adventure in the Ruins of Alph, might not be such a crackpot theory after all.

"Well then." Wattson beams so widely I'm surprised it doesn't hurt his cheeks. "Have I got a treat for you!"

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Mirage Tower. An exclusive feature of Pokémon Emerald.

Sometimes it's there. Sometimes it's not.

It appears in the northwestern desert of Route 111 when it feels like it and then might just vanish on you if you turn your back for too long.

Scientific instruments confirm that the structure doesn't truly fade. It's more of a…cloak. As though the entire building is somehow using the Ability: Sand Veil.

There's nothing really in it. Four floors of almost complete emptiness. In the game it has no trainers inside. There's one or two rocks you can smash. Its only purpose is to give the player his choice of a Claw or Root Fossil and then have the other sink into the earth.

According to Wattson, the Ground aura is so dense inside that just being near it makes him physically ill.

'Sounds like my kinda place.'

I make note of a water source right before we cross over from the 'green' section of the Route and into its sandstorm-infested eastern half.

I imagine we'll be making foraging runs there quite a few times in the coming weeks.

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Mirage Tower

'Holy shit...' I step around the open chamber and just breathe. I breathe and…No. No, that's not the right word. I don't breathe…I…I bask. That's it. I bask in the energy here. I can feel it suffusing every cell. Saturating my reserves to the point of bursting. I feel like I could stomp the earth and feel it crack underneath my feet.

It's…it's amazing.

"Out. Everyone out."

Gliscor. Swinub. Golurk. Krookodile. Ursaluna. The Baltoys. Nidoking. Even Registeel. He's not Ground type, but he's part of the team too. Get them all out. Full meeting right the hell now.

With every emergence the bond gets flooded with more and more feelings. Vlad's surprise which turns to gleeful cackling. K.Rool's desire to build a deep burrow and zonk out beneath a blanket of warm sand. Ma Ma's confusion which quickly evolves to enthusiasm as she starts smelling everything.

Simon is clenching a fist open and shut over and over while looking at his fingers. Junior and the twins don't seem to know what's going on, but they seem happy that everyone else is. Even Grundy, normally implacable and irascible Grundy, seems to be…introspective.

The Nidoking's chest inflates. A deep heavy inhale with eyes closed while the Alpha just…is. A King who is -for the moment- content to simply be.

"⠠⠑⠭⠉⠇⠁⠍⠠⠝⠒⠀⠠⠁⠀⠚⠥⠝⠉⠰⠝⠀⠏⠕⠔⠞⠖" The golem warbles loudly.

"⠠⠉⠥⠗⠊⠕⠎⠰⠽⠒⠀⠠⠐⠮⠀⠊⠎⠀⠝⠕⠀⠉⠜⠑⠞⠁⠅⠻⠀⠔⠀⠎⠊⠣⠞⠀⠹⠳⠣⠲⠀⠠⠔⠟⠥⠊⠗⠽⠒⠀⠠⠐⠱⠀⠙⠀⠽⠀⠎⠥⠏⠏⠕⠎⠑⠀⠓⠑⠀⠊⠎⠦" he then follows up with a second set of strident tones.

Yeah. You said it, Karn. Whatever that was.

'Oh, man.' The excitement is welling. I can barely contain it. 'We can do some serious xianxia cliché bullshit up in here.'

"Guys…do you know what this means?" I don't need to ask. They do. They all know. I'm practically broadcasting my thoughts like a damn radio station.

Paws, claws, and clenched fists all shoot up! Punching towards the heavens!

"TRAINING ARC!"

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A/N: Next Chapter will begin with a Six Week Timeskip.

Though I'm thinking I may go write for other projects first.

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Spoiler: Registeel's Dialogue

Registeel's dialogue is written in Braille as a fun (for me) reference to the Gen III puzzles. But because I'm not a sadist, here's some translations for you all:

1) "Aggrieved Statement: Well that wasn't very nice."

2) "Observation: This is not my temple. Inquiry: Where is this?"

3) "Greeting: Oh! Hello there! Who might you all be?"

4) "Exclamation: A junction point!" /// "Curiosity: There is no caretaker in sight though. Inquiry: Where do you suppose he is?"

 

[Asdf]

Registeel is so goated Already one of my favs in this

 

[ThunderBasilisk]

Don't worry Drake. A Flygon is a likely acquisition. Garchomp too hopefully. Cause the Z form is peak. And oh my God Karns speech reminds me of the Terminal Montage version!

And woohoo training arc! This place is gonna make his team hella strong!

 

[I_CAST_BULLET]

HARD ENOUGH

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Title Dro- oh wait, wrong story

 

[Moran]

'THAT I JUST DIDN'T HIT HIM HARD ENOUGH?'

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[Sarcasm]Well, Steel-types have the highest Defense stat. So assuming they are fragile is borderline insulting.

Registeel's dialogue is written in Braille as a fun (for me) reference to the Gen III puzzles.

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I assume Brandon is aware of this but withheld it because he wants MC to figure it out himself.
The question is, how long before MC realize this, and if there is any book on braille in the Pokémon world.

But because I'm not a sadist, here's some translations for you all:

1) "Aggrieved Statement: Well that wasn't very nice."

2) "Observation: This is not my temple. Inquiry: Where is this?"

3) "Greeting: Oh! Hello there! Who might you all be?"

4) "Exclamation: A junction point!" /// "Curiosity: There is no caretaker in sight though. Inquiry: Where do you suppose he is?"

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…from his dialogue, I picture HK-47.

 

[Jeckboi]

Observation: This was a very entertaining chapter.

HK-47 (or Terminal Montage) Registeel, just watch out if he ever starts talking about meat bags.

 

[LordVishnu]

The question is, how long before MC realize this, and if there is any book on braille in the Pokémon world.

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Lol, Braille can't actually be spoken like this my guy. And as such any book on it would be useless. It's just a fun way of me writing his crazy Regi sounds.

And also binary was way too long.

 

[lusians]

Lol, Braille can't actually be spoken like this my guy.

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Thats quiters talk , if there is will then there is way

 

[Requiem_Jeer]

Braille is probably spoken like binary would be, using each letter as a series of precise beeps indicating a 6-digit binary integer.

 

[Moran]

Lol, Braille can't actually be spoken like this my guy. And as such any book on it would be useless. It's just a fun way of me writing his crazy Regi sounds.

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Oh…
I'm well aware braille isn't a vocal language. I'm just under the assumption that Karn is communicating with their…eyes to form braille (or Morse code), and that MC needs a braille book to translate what Karn is trying to convey through them.

 

[Vanargandr]

Registeel's Dialogue

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He really is a jovy polite fellow huh

 

[chinlamp]

Legendary Steel-type -henceforth officially nicknamed: Karn

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Proper naming sense that. Hopefully he doesn't get locked in a box with some baby Pokemon.

Im surprised he didn't have at least a somewhat negative reaction to the Aura Spot though. Sure, Steel is adjacent to Ground, but Ground is still super effective against it.

 

[DaSilverSceptile]

So a thought just occurred to me, looking at how he talks, Karn is a more polite less bloodthirsty HK-47

 

[LordVishnu]

Im surprised he didn't have at least a somewhat negative reaction to the Aura Spot though. Sure, Steel is adjacent to Ground, but Ground is still super effective against it.

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I had this thought. Stopped me for a few minutes.

But then I went "Ehhhhh, he's a Regi. He'll be fiiiiine."

 

[10000soul]

Defiant Statement: There is nothing you can do to me. Do your worst

Revolting

 

[FourthPear]

I need a chapter where they run into a murder mystery and Registeel is a gentleman detective figuring everything out in the background…but nobody can understand him still.