A Pokemon Problem
(23) - A Shocking Revelation
You ever heard something that you simply didn't have an answer to? Well, that's how I felt when I heard Miranda's parting words. I always tried to keep Love, with a capital 'L,' out of my relationships; those three words almost always overcomplicated things.
I calmly thought all this as Miranda's form grew even brighter and taller. In a spark of concern, I adjusted her body so that she wouldn't impale herself on my nose-cone-spike-thing if she so much as twitched. Eventually, I realized that the safest—and least complicated thing—was to act like I hadn't heard her.
Yes, I know it was cruel. Yes, I know it was morally wrong. But you know what? I was in no position to be rekindling old relationships (even if the other party hadn't signed the release contract); I'd deal with my feelings at a later time—preferably one where I wasn't surrounded by explosives and a fire-wielding bird.
Seemingly on time with my decision, the light disappeared from Miranda's body and she swayed until I steadied her with a hand.
"What... happened?" she asked, twisting her neck back and forth, confused as to why her perspective was so radically different. "James?! Where are you?!"
I heard the panic in her voice, and answered quickly, "Look down."
She did, and then I saw it click in her head. Miranda spent roughly thirty seconds examining her new body before saying, "So this is what it feels like to be tall!" She snickered. "How's the view from down there? Hah! I always wanted to say that..."
As my hand extricated itself from my face, I thought, "That's all well and dandy, but we should probably catch up—"
"Oh! Yeah, you're right—here, let me drag you..."
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I don't care what anyone says: having a girl strong enough to drag me around was certainly a nice change of pace. With the help of Miranda's six foot tall form and unnecessarily strong legs, we were able to catch up to the rest of the crew and explain (to Philomena in particular, who hadn't the slightest idea what evolution was (not that I blamed her)) what took us so long.
After that was explained, excluding what was discussed between Miranda and I (Ryder raised an eyebrow, but didn't comment), we traveled through the train cars, stopping at each one to briefly inspect the contents. The ninth and eighth carriages were full of straight-up apples; why they chose to keep the dynamite and hard liquor on the caboose was beyond me. The seventh one had a motley assortment of wood, nails, and other building material. One of the boxes containing what appeared to be some sort of jungle wood was knocked over, but nobody said it was them. I filed that away for later.
Finally, the sixth carriage held our quarry. Carefully, Miranda slid open the door and stopped dead in her tracks. I heard several gasps. Curiosity got the better of me and I pushed up with my arms, using them like a pair of stilts to see over Seth.
If I had a mouth, I'm sure that I would've gasped as well.
Crisscrossing the interior of the dark train car were strands of what appeared to be spider string, and every so often, a spark would run along the length of one before fizzing out of existence.
"What the f—" Ryder began, only to be cut off by a muffled groan.
I tried to pierce the darkness of the train car and determine where the moan came from, but when that didn't work, I opened up my consciousness and tried to listen in to the thoughts around me. Ryder, Seth, and Miranda's mental monologue was hidden from me, but Philomena's (she was thinking about cake at that moment, which struck me as odd) and someone else's weren't.
The mysterious someone's thoughts were a jumbled, incoherent mess—much like the carriage that currently had the amount of spider webs one would expect in a basement that hadn't been opened for a century. The thoughts—pleas, rather—all had one thing in common: they were terrified, and they wanted to escape. Soft whimpers permeated the air.
"Hello?" I whispered, or at least, the thought-equivalent of a whisper.
The whimpers ceased, and whatever small, jerky movements they were making subsided as well. Their thoughts were reeling, confused, and unsure of what to do.
"Where are you?"
They continued giving me the silent treatment, but their thoughts betrayed their anxiety.
"It's okay," I thought. "We're not going to hurt you if you don't hurt us. All you have to do is think about where you are, and—"
Seemingly unbidden, a thought of 'left side, in the corner' flew out of their mind before they had a chance to quell the thought and banish it to a far recess of their mind.
"Whoever they are, they're in the left side corner. Can someone—?"
"Ow!"
I glared at Miranda, who had tried to brush the cobwebs aside and received a jolt for her effort. She looked back at me sheepishly and stood back; some of her feathers were sticking straight up.
"Can someone who isn't affected by electricity please clear a path for the rest of us?" I finished, turning my attention to Seth, our resident Ground-type.
It took him a couple of seconds to realize that I was referring to him. "Oh—oh! You mean me!"
"No, I mean the other person that's immune to electricity here," I thought dryly. "Yes, I mean you."
Seth looked at the dark, dreary carriage covered in spider webs, then looked back at me. "But I'm going to get covered in it! How hard do you think it's going to be to get cobwebs out of my fur? I mean look at it!" He shook like a dog, and his mass of hair shook with him.
"We'll give you a haircut after." I glanced at the Blaziken standing to the right. She waved. "Or we could always burn your hair off if it's bothering you that much."
Seth made a gulping noise that seemed exaggerated. "I'm going, I'm going! Sheesh."
Philomena hopped down from her perch on Seth's hunched back, and Ryder transferred his hand to one of the triangular spikes protruding from my torso so he didn't get zapped.
As Seth slowly made his way through the train car, breaking every electrified thread that he could, Philomena made a comment that I had been waiting for.
"You are all unlike anypony or anyone else that I've had the pleasure or misfortune to come across. Where do you hail from, Little Guy?"
"A place called 'Earth,' located very far away," I replied. "And what are we, then? A pleasure or a misfortune?"
Philomena ruffled her feathers and began preening almost immediately, a habit I noticed her do whenever she was met by something that made her uncomfortable. "You're... strange. Not a pleasure, nor a chore, just... strange. Are everyone who live in 'Earth' as different as you four are?"
"No. Most are even stranger." She made a soft clucking sound that I took to represent a laugh.
By the time I looked back at through the doorway, the bottom three-and-a-half feet were free of cobwebs. That was more than enough for everyone present, with the exceptions of Miranda and I; she had to crawl on her hands and knees to get through, but I had to tank through. Each time I dragged myself closer, I was struck by the sensation of touched a fly zapper: not as painful as it could've been, but it was still a royal pain in my lower abdomen. Before I pulled myself out of that dark and spooky carriage, I still had one more thing to do.
I reached over with my left hand, the one that looked like a half-melted candlestick, and plunged it into the veritable nest of spider string. Ploughing through the pain of a hundred stinging sensations, amplified by my injury, I found a solid heap that resisted my movement, and pulled it free and behind me as I crawled out of that carriage and into the next. Miranda lent me a helping hand (hah), this time keeping her wrist flames to a minimum size, as they had scorched me a little bit the first time she dragged me.
Before I could take a closer look at who or what was wiggling around in the spider web cocoon and making agitated noises, something jumped on top of me and yelled, "Another one, huh?! I'll knock all of your bloody blocks off, you pony bastards!"
New chapter. And for once I was at the computer when it popped up.
ZOROARK. ADD A ZOROARK.
put a G2 there, like a water pokemon calles Totodile
2503689 I AGREE. ZORUA WORKS TOO. I DON'T KNOW WHY CAPS LOCK IS ON.
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NOT SURE EITHER. I APOLOGIZE.
That seems familiar. Hmm...
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Nein! Add in Missingno.!
2503689>>2503703You're all wrong! It should be a Gardevoir! (no really. Gardevoir is my favorite pokemon from G3. It's behind Umbreon, Glaceon, and Metagross.)
I say a fighting type.
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Not sure what that is. i only like Zoroark because of Illusion and its shiny form looks awesome
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Umbreon could work too. They're pretty cool. Best of the Eve-lutions anyway.
Personally? By the way he's speaking it would be hilarious if he was a ratta.
I mean just imagine it. You have all these wondrous and powerful creatures never before seen standing off right in front of u. Then you look down and there's a sentient rat threatening you.
Though i have to admit it would kinda remind me a bit to much of that annoying abomination scrappy doo.
2503727Missingno. is a glitch from Yellow Version that, if pulled off correctly, fucks your game over so bad you have to reset, or risk permanently damaging your game cartridge.
galaide the male version of gardavour
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gira-fucking-tina
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That barcode thing?
2503747Eeyup.
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What fun is there in that? Zoroark goes all "magic claws illusion stuff" then beats things up.
Spiratomb, Grovyle or Swellow
2503763We don't need illusions. We need badass Psychic powers of badassitude.
Guess the reference.
A snake like pokemon Arbok, seviper, serpireor or stelix you know the cool ones cant unhing there jaws.... or in stellixs case crunck a tarnk in half with her big mouth..... i like the snake pokemon i have all full evo and female in white
I demand a Dark-Type pokemayn.
So the Sandile, Scraggy, Pawniard, or Deino evolution trees.
Fighting would work as well.
Hariyama are BEAST.
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My brain hurts to much right now. Shouldn't you be working on Flames of Oblivion? I'm still waiting on that.
Noticing a distinct lack of gen 4. Is there a reason or just coincidence? anyway, add a rampardos
Castform, so they can get a job as a weather manager
It should originate from Gen 2 so as to have a representative from all generations. Either water or dark for rounded coverage...
I'd say Sneasel, Murkrow, or Quagsire.
Great chapter like always. The sixth pokemon should be a new type like grass or dragon; Sheldon perhaps? Or maybe a leafeon.
Lucario or Riolu
2503785Haven't you read chapter 3? It hasn't even been a week since I released that.
Bagon/Shelgon/salamence
Scyther/scizor
A giant spider that spins electric webs? THAT'S FREAKIN' AWESOME! THAT'S EVEN COOLER THAN SPIDERS THAT SPIN BASS GUITAR STRINGS! Also, Marril please.
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Missingno. is an infamous pokemon glitch that causes some weird game issues. Here's an article on it:
Bulbapedia: Missingno.
The weird glitched picture with the lines is the most common form you'll find it in.
Gallade, of course!
MAGIKARP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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2503602 NUUUUUUUUUUUUUUuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
Umbreon! Either that or Yamask or litwick or Duskull
Give us an Eeveelution!!! Maybe Sylveon!!
Evee... or a magicarp, magicarp is best useless pokemon. But mostly Evee.
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I want to see... a water-type. I want a Wartortle.
Oh, I see, that A.N. must be pertaining partially to me?
I don't care that it's legendary and not even a G1, but I think the next one should be Darkrai (totally biased opinion)
Gardevoir, Mawile, Mismagius, Loppunny
Easy best choices, of course!
TELL ME THIS CROSS BETWEEN A CAT, A FOX AND SOME BLACK PAINT ISN'T CUTE/AWESOME/RIDICULOUS LOOKING.
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Clever, clever. Yes, I stole that from Divide's story Kleptomania, 'cause I'm cheeky like that.
Well we have a Gastly/Haunter/Gengar from G1, a Swinub/Piloswine from G2, a Torchic/Combusken/Blaziken and a Beldum/Metang/Metagross from G3, and Joltik/Galvantula from G5. So I'd say let's have one from G4.
We could also look at the type disbursement. We have 5 pokemon representing 10 types. Still missing are Normal, Water, Grass, Flying, Rock, Dragon, and Dark. Dark and Dragon aren't real crucial types, and Normal is boring and stupid. So I'd say pick one that has two of Water, Grass, Flying, and Rock. Lotad/Lombre/Ludicolo might be a good choice as a Grass/Water. Kabuto or Omanyte might be good as a Water/Rock type. I think I'd personally go with a Water/Flying type would be best as Water is the most common type and this team is sorely missing a flier. (though the first two members seem to be plenty capable. I just mean a flying type.) Pelipper or Swanna could fit the bill. Mantyke does as well, and is even from G4! (even though it's just the baby form of a G2 pokemon.) Or you could probably find hilarity in having our the last member of our motley crew be a Magikarp who is always just hilariously useless (until the climactic finale when they evolve into the OPest of OP Water/Flying types, Gyarados.)
Just my two cents. (TWO? More like twenty!)
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I knew I caught something :D.
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Is that the one with the thief or w/e who stole from the dragon in the 2nd or so chapter? If so, that must be why. (AND NOW I REMEMBER :D)
We need an Eevee. That gives you choices to choose how the story goes.
I would truly love to see a snivy. You don't have a grass type and snivy's are cuter than hell.
All I will say is if the last person isn't in their final form when they find them, I vote it be a pokemon that becomes absolutely flippin massive so they can all ride them. maybe an onix/steelix they find in the caves beneath canterlot?
2503855 It's the king of Karp!
So far gen 4 is under repped... I would say go with Spiritomb, but you already have a ghost type and someone who currently has to be dragged everywhere, you also have both a steel type and a fighting so there goes Lucario; by the same reasoning
GarchompGible is out due to having Piloswine... Whom I just realized evolves into Mamoswine... So that takes care of G4(lol ponies) and leaves vacancies for Gens 2 and 6.Since almost nothing is known about 6 (except that the primary legendaries look awesome) that leaves gen 2.
Also so far we have a Steel/Psychic, a Ghost/Poison, a Ground/Ice, a Fire/Fighting, a Bug/Electric, and, if you count
MoltresPhilomina, a Fire/Flying type(s). So the last member of our team should, based on how the team is constructed, be (or evolve into) a dual typed Pokèmon of any of the following types:Water, Grass, Rock, Dark, Dragon, Normal, and/or Flying.
So for potential Pokèmon from gen2 we have Chikorita, the only Grass type that was actually useful from that gen; either Maril or Totodile for Water, I would have suggested Horsea because Kingdra is a Water/Dragon type, but they would be pretty much crippled on land; Chancy/Blissey would be usefull, as would Miltank (buck you, Whitney. Buck You.); the only G2 Dark types are Murkrow, Houndour, Umbreon, and Tyranitar, whom is the only one besides Umbreon does not over lap types or Gen#; in my opinion, the most likely contender for last spot is Larvitar who evolves into the Rock/Dark type Tyranitar, who is made of awesome.
Also why is Kingdra the only Gen2 Dragon type? I love that type.
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Again, go for Magikarp! he evolves into Gyrados which is a water/flying type!