Day 41 [video]

[seasaltkeys]

[The video opens on a sunset, though it's a bit hard to see. Roxas has climbed onto the roof of the pokemon center, since that seems to be the tallest building around in Mahogany. After a moment, Roxas's hand moves into the camera, holding a newly won Glacier badge. He admires it, and the way it glitters in the sunlight. He hasn't won a badge in a while, so this is a feel good moment.]

Just one more to go. For Johto anyway.

It's too bad Mahogany town doesn't really have taller buildings. You can't really see the sunset from here.

[There's a pause]

Haven't heard this music in a long time.

Comments

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[seasaltkeys]

And it sends you back, not forward.

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[paladinlost]

If your goal is to return to the closest city, rather than travelling further...

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[seasaltkeys]

It'd be easier to walk than just to let your pokemon faint.

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[paladinlost]

It's also less painful for everyone involved.

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[seasaltkeys]

That's for sure.

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[paladinlost]

...Which does make me wonder why attacks such as Explosion exist in the first place.

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[seasaltkeys]

Last ditch attempt. If you know you can't win, might as well bring your opponent down with you.

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[paladinlost]

Put like that, it sounds rather spiteful.

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[seasaltkeys]

It's still a strategy though.

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[paladinlost]

Hopefully we'll never need it.

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[seasaltkeys]

Yeah. Don't think I have any pokemon with that attack.

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[paladinlost]

Klu knows it, but we usually pretend it does not exist. He's more than strong enough to defeat opponents without it.

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[seasaltkeys]

Well yeah, with all your level one hundreds and stuff.

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[paladinlost]

And the few moves he learned from TMs and Move Tutors. That gives him more attacks before he has to explode.

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[seasaltkeys]

...Aren't there people who can make pokemon forget moves? Wouldn't it be easier to have him forget the move if you aren't going to use it?

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[paladinlost]

There are? How would they manage that?

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[seasaltkeys]

I don't know. I just overheard it in a pokemon center once.

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[paladinlost]

Perhaps I should visit them. Then again, if it involves modifying a Pokémon's memory...

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[seasaltkeys]

But it would just be forgetting attacks, right? Not anything else.

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[paladinlost]

Only the attack, or also the moment they learned it and every time they used it?

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[seasaltkeys]

I don't know. I didn't think about that.

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[paladinlost]

The information must be available somewhere. I'll look for it.

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[seasaltkeys]

Let me know if you find it.

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[paladinlost]

I will. Goodness knows it could be very important.

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[seasaltkeys]

Thanks, Mr. Cecil.