Tohjo Military University [Pokémon]
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Skewfiend
The Corruptor of All Things
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- The Darkness Behind Your Eyes
Absolutely, and confirmed here:
@wdango do we know what effects poison has on development? Does it just improve poison strength, or does it also affect evolution chance and stuff?
Preoccupied professor is preoccupied.
You need the dango to answer them first. I don't actually generate those answers.
Lab_Accident
A 2D 1D4
- Location
- Your dreams
So new plan, feed Oddish poison?
Can we get Nidoran to poison Oddish, and Oddish to poison Nidoran? A little early to be plotting training sessions with pokémon we haven't even caught yet, but I'm sure Silver wouldn't be opposed.
Can we get Nidoran to poison Oddish, and Oddish to poison Nidoran? A little early to be plotting training sessions with pokémon we haven't even caught yet, but I'm sure Silver wouldn't be opposed.
wdango
Storyteller
- Location
- Bali, Indonesia
In Oddish, just Poison strength.
In other species, you don't know.
Oddish doesn't actually eat, btw.
Lab_Accident
A 2D 1D4
- Location
- Your dreams
Does it still have a mouth? If so, what for? Is it only there to prep it for evolution?
Well, it screams as a defense mechanism when uprooted.
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- Rapidly approaching your location.
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- Any/Morb
Mhm.Man, 3 votes? Is this quest dead already?
[X] Do some training. (1 Day)
→ [X] AGI : Focus on training your reflexes.
→ [X] See if Silver and/or Leaf want to train with you.
Sirrocco
Pedantic
You've straight-up said that you don't have resources to spend right now, and probably won't until after the move. That suggests that it's going to be a bit before the next update, which lowers the urgency level. People aren't super-enthused about the whole training thing (because training can't actually help us for the next hurdle) but they're not comign up with much in the way of questions, either. Personally, I keep getting the impression from what people are saying/writing that our plan could use more information, but it's in a sort of game-esque "increase information numebr on this plan" way, rather than any feelign that the plan itself needs work. We basically know what we need to do on Oddish, and the feedback we've gotten has all been in the form of "Yep. That's basically right. That'll basically work. Maybe tweak this part of it." Our plan for Kangaskhan is... pretty similar, really. I'm sure that if we go into the meeting with the next prof with the right questions we can get a useful tweak or two there, too, but coming up with what sorts of questions to ask, when the plan looks pretty solid to begin with, is not entirely trivial. That leaves me, at least, sort of vaguely hoping that someone else comes up with some good questions to ask that I can maybe bandwagon on.Man, 3 votes? Is this quest dead already?
I suppose, going to talk with Ivy, that the big ones would be asking for things like tips on tracking our pokemon of choice down faster, surviving the Safari Zone, making it through the Safari Zone as quickly and safely as possible, and tips on trap use. Part of the problem is that her class is the one we're really good at, which basically means that "I'd expect you to know this already, but..." answers seem even more likely, and we've already run into a number of those.
I dunno. That's just what I'm seeing.
Skewfiend
The Corruptor of All Things
- Location
- The Darkness Behind Your Eyes
If I were a cynical man (which oh, look at that, I am), I would suggest that it is because none of the talkers have made anything prominent enough for the lurkers to bandwagon on to.Man, 3 votes? Is this quest dead already?
Anyway, looking over the remaining professors, I have some thoughts and questions.
Ol' Sammy Oak is probably out of our league unless we have some sort of pressing need to talk to him, which we do not.
Now professor Ivy would be a good teacher to get some more feedback from, as finding pokemon will be a big part of some of our challenges.
-[] Describe our plans, ask for comment.
-[] Any advice for tracking oddish, nidoran and Kangashkan?
-[] Any advice for traversing the Safari Zone in relative safety?
-[] List loadout, any essential medical/survival/tracking gear we are missing?
Honestly, I'm not super clear on what we might need to see elm for. If he's in charge of our loadout, a consult about supplies and equipment might be in order, but that's not high on my priorities.
-[] Is there any gear available for communicating with each other in the field? radio, walkie-talkies, etc.
Honestly, I wouldn't mind doing a consult with the Archaeology prof at some point.
-[] What was the area now covered by the safari zone before the reemergence of pokemon?
-[] Is anything known about the origins of the Safari zone beyond common knowledge?
Anyway, I think that Ivy is probably the next professor to speak to, and will probably suffice.
[X] Talk to Professor Ivy
-[X] Describe our Oddish capture plans, and ask her if she has any comments or concerns.
-[X] Ask if she has any advice for tracking oddish, nidoran or Kangashkan, beyond the basics we already know.
-[X] Ask if she has any advice for traversing the Safari Zone in relative safety.
-[X] tell her what medical, tracking and survival gear we are currently planning to bring, and ask if she can see any omissions.
Feel free to shout out any other questions.
Also, an option we might want to take at some point:
[] See what Silver is up to, and join in/help out
- Location
- Rapidly approaching your location.
- Pronouns
- Any/Morb
Yeah Ivy is definitely one to ask for tips on not dying from nature itself (apart from the Pokémon). The questions Skew and Wysteria put up are pretty good fits. Probably keep the questions short and concise so Ivy doesn't flip out at us.
@Skewfiend what if we specified how to trakc them, like footprints, dung, markings? Kangaskhan are said to also be territorial, right?
Also specify that we are planning a South-North-South route for the third question.
Maybe bring Silver along with Kotone? Unless he already asked...
@Skewfiend what if we specified how to trakc them, like footprints, dung, markings? Kangaskhan are said to also be territorial, right?
Also specify that we are planning a South-North-South route for the third question.
Maybe bring Silver along with Kotone? Unless he already asked...
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- Rapidly approaching your location.
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- Any/Morb
But we don't have enough time for all of that, do we?
I doubt the professor will care. She'll probably say something along the lines of if you have the time to ask me, you have the time to search it up yourself. Her time is worth more than ours.
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- Any/Morb
*flashbacks to professors' snark and my own hopelessness*
Ok fine, we'll go train or research or something...
Lab_Accident
A 2D 1D4
- Location
- Your dreams
Okay, crazy suggestion here: We're more than ready for Oddish. Silver will get us extra pokéballs. Do we want to research a different pokémon we'd like to catch in the Safari Zone if given the chance?
So if we conveniently run into, like, a Scyther we know what to do to capture it?
So if we conveniently run into, like, a Scyther we know what to do to capture it?
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- Location
- USA
We'd get him arrested or something, we're not allowed to use the extra pokeballs except as extra chances on capture....
That said, kinda yes. Tauros Tauros.
Lab_Accident
A 2D 1D4
- Location
- Your dreams
I don't specifically remember that rule. That said, it sounds plausible enough, to which I say: Use the pokéball, shrink it, keep it hidden, "find" it again when we're allowed to have more pokémon. Are we a ninja or not?
- Location
- USA
Possible. Depends on whether Pokemon need to be taken out and fed or if you can keep them in stasis indefinitely... @wdango?
Tbh, we can research Gloom so we can go for it if situation presents itself. Or Bellosom. These are only pkmn research i will support.
Edit, voting
[X] Do some training. (1 Day)
→ [X] AGI : Focus on training your reflexes.
→ [X] See if Silver and/or Leaf want to train with you.
Edit, voting
[X] Do some training. (1 Day)
→ [X] AGI : Focus on training your reflexes.
→ [X] See if Silver and/or Leaf want to train with you.
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- Voidbetweenstars
[X] Talk to Professor Ivy
-[X] Describe our Oddish capture plans, and ask her if she has any comments or concerns.
-[X] Ask if she has any advice for traversing the Safari Zone in relative safety.
-[X] tell her what medical, tracking and survival gear we are currently planning to bring, and ask if she can see any omissions.
We don't need to ask about the other pokemon. So we shouldn't.
-[X] Describe our Oddish capture plans, and ask her if she has any comments or concerns.
-[X] Ask if she has any advice for traversing the Safari Zone in relative safety.
-[X] tell her what medical, tracking and survival gear we are currently planning to bring, and ask if she can see any omissions.
We don't need to ask about the other pokemon. So we shouldn't.
- Location
- Rapidly approaching your location.
- Pronouns
- Any/Morb
According to the poll, Scyther is catching up with Oddish in popularity. Maybe people are really confident in avoiding a rock slide?
In this case, "rocks fall; everyone dies" makes a lot of sense
In this case, "rocks fall; everyone dies" makes a lot of sense