Victory Road
Victory Road
and, we guess, fight a cult??
Naem
ohohoho!
Victory Road
We didn't write a separate FAQ for this part of the plot, but if there are any questions, we'll be happy to answer them.
Max
Well dang
Himbo Agenda
Oh, we're fighting things? Hell yeah, now my stupid shounen protag is interested.
FRIENDS HUG
GASP
Victory Road
We definitely wanted there to be everything for everybody in this plot, thus the different focus of the different stages!
Hoho-Eyes
TIME TO FIGHT A CULT!!
duck bastard
oh sweet, fighting a cult, dimitri feels weirdly nostalgic
Naem
i may work up the nerve to ask questions tomorrow but they're less general and more "hello please acknowledge my character's criminal intent" dfgdfh
chris 🧸
so for the newbies in the crowd, who are the claw lemon people?
duck bastard
Question: what happens if, before the leader finishes speaking, dimitri throws a rat at his face
duck bastard
can i include that as a part of my challenge
Victory Road
chris 🧸 : This is actually only the very first time they've shown their faces!
duck bastard
"dimitri, you can't keep solving problems this way" i mean.... you don't know that
chris 🧸
oh ok so I'm not missing anything
Victory Road
duck bastard : It'd be pretty hard to actually hit him before he finishes speaking, but Dimitri is free to chuck a rat at his face afterwards
Himbo Agenda
OH, RIGHT, THEM.
Himbo Agenda
lmfao, I entirely forgot about them.
duck bastard
excellent
Naem
i have no memory of the new year's post dfhggfchjghj
Himbo Agenda
What about punch a dude after fighting them.
Naem
i just went !!!!!! at the rampaging pokemon
Himbo Agenda
Are we allowed fisticuffs after beating their Pokemon's faces in.
duck bastard
.....starts laughing as I think about Dimitri throwing a Pokeball in the middle of group, and out pops up the giant and very hungry shiny Kingler he got in the bottom of the temple
duck bastard
oocly i know that everyone deserves a chance at battling, but ah. this mental image.
duck bastard
use your still kind-of-wild giant crab's hunger for the greater good
Victory Road
You can't just disrupt our secret cult plot line like that!!
chris 🧸
duck bastard speedrunning the event
duck bastard
i think, ICly, the entire group could probably speedrun this
duck bastard
but the kind of speedrun where you crash your computer
Himbo Agenda
So you're Pokemon Vinny.
duck bastard
i mean, we have jojos, so that feels like the kind of thing that happens
Hoho-Eyes
Time for Yuzu to kick some butt—
Himbo Agenda
I'm shitposting but also it's a legit question because Jolyne would.
ʟᴇɢᴀʟʟʏ sᴏᴜᴘ
you've always been free to punch people in the face in VR! We have no laws against this, except perhaps the law of common decency
ʟᴇɢᴀʟʟʏ sᴏᴜᴘ
returning: They wouldn't particularly try to stop him. They are going to be focusing on fighting and then, if possible, claiming the egg.
Himbo Agenda
You know, fair. She hasn't punched anyone recently since ~apparently people don't like you punching people~.
duck bastard
..........raises hand again
duck bastard
if a rat used Thief on a cultist, what would he get
ʟᴇɢᴀʟʟʏ sᴏᴜᴘ
Nothing! They don't seem to have any held items on them
Naem
okay i've worked up the nerve to ask one (1) question so far: i assume the answer is no because obviously that'd kind of ruin the plot fdgdfg buuut if anyone else were to try and make off with the egg in the confusion................
Himbo Agenda
Gross, they basic.
duck bastard
so basic
duck bastard
Naem i'm laughing because i'm including that thought in my form right now as i write it
duck bastard
but on the defensive side
ʟᴇɢᴀʟʟʏ sᴏᴜᴘ
Naem : Yeah, unfortunately, that will be a no. In terms of positioning, the cult is between the player characters and the exit. So even if someone were to grab the egg, they wouldn't be able to go anywhere.
Naem
yeah dfgdfsg i think i'll probably include all mentions of Rocket Intent when i fill out my form, that's. most likely the way to go
Naem
ʟᴇɢᴀʟʟʏ sᴏᴜᴘ : THANK YOU i figured but i had to ask
fish deranged
rubs my grubby hands together
fish deranged
battle writeups my beloved
ʟᴇɢᴀʟʟʏ sᴏᴜᴘ
Though, if you want (but it would require giving up a chance to battle), we can allow for Doppio to pick up the egg, and we will make note of that in the write-up when you defeat the cult.
Naem
oho!
Naem
would it be alright if i pmed you to talk about this tomorrow, dees?
ʟᴇɢᴀʟʟʏ sᴏᴜᴘ
heck yeah!
Naem
EXCELLENT i will do my best to remember
Himbo Agenda
Sorry not sorry
Himbo Agenda
Poor cultist having to deal with level 100 assholes and two of them being E4 champion 'mons.
duck bastard
dimitri also apologizes for nothing
Himbo Agenda
At least Stone Free is probably A Concern at her trainer decking a dude. The others don't care.
Hoho-Eyes
...yo these cultists are fuckkkkked
ʟᴇɢᴀʟʟʏ sᴏᴜᴘ
They may have slightly underestimated you guys
ʟᴇɢᴀʟʟʏ sᴏᴜᴘ
as is custom of RPG villains
duck bastard
underestimated the desire to just Wholly and Physically Throw Down
duck bastard
also i like that Armin sensibly thought "I won't bring my fire types into a water temple", meanwhile, Dimitri holding tightly onto Dean's hoof (his starter) while cradling his Marowak, because sentimentality
duck bastard
there are smart people, and then there are people who make sure their Rattata takes part in every gym battle because they don't want him to feel left out
ʟᴇɢᴀʟʟʏ sᴏᴜᴘ
I tried to be fair and pick a team without taking too close a look at what he'd be battling, but in the end, all his pokemon are lvl 100, so it is a curbstomp either way
duck bastard
lmao the things that happen when you stay long enough and become an aurora league member
fish deranged
oops,
sword gremlin 🔪
a majority of Felix's pokemon are lvl100 too, and that's before I actually catch up on weeks' worth of levels >_>
sword gremlin 🔪
and he too will be punching a cultist in the face afterward
sword gremlin 🔪
he never gets to fight for real anymore!
fish deranged
i love how so many of the veteran trainers just want to punch people
fish deranged
ford, teaching a full team of his pokemon to box: if i can't do it you're sure as fuck gonna be able to
sword gremlin 🔪
Felix, filling his team with Fighting and Steel types:
sword gremlin 🔪
wait which people arguing with felix, I forget
sword gremlin 🔪
OH YEAH I don't even remember what he was arguing about skljfgs
sword gremlin 🔪
ohhh right
Himbo Agenda
Jolyne, sparring with most of her Pokemon like a crazy woman:
Himbo Agenda
Why are you looking at her like that.
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
lordy
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
let me update my roster and then ardyn's gonna go for blood
Himbo Agenda
lk;slfks;d lmfao
Himbo Agenda
Carly in the distance like WHY DO YOU KEEP TAKING YOUR SHIRT OFF IN PUBLIC
Himbo Agenda
When ur wife is shirt allergic
Hoho-Eyes
BHLDSKFJ
fish deranged
plops that down
fish deranged
ford pines voice ah. i see you have chosen Death and it's the pinkest pokemon i have
Himbo Agenda
tbh, I enjoy that three of the our people going after the priest are Aurora idiots.
Himbo Agenda
... of the four
Himbo Agenda
F KEY, DON'T FORSAKE ME
the owo pokemon
oh man those poor cultists
having to deal with lv 100s among other things
fish deranged
honestly half the aurora league in this game is made up of dumbasses and it's because like
fish deranged
those are the most likely to power through every gym challenge and be spicy enough to actually go for it
Himbo Agenda
I MEAN... U RITE....
fish deranged
and then you get the outliers like armin who got there just because he's like. a diligent hard worker
fish deranged
what a weirdo
Himbo Agenda
Mine just wanted to fight and call Lance a bitch, so I guess I can't say shit.
the owo pokemon
(and pour one out for narancia, who cannot go due to being stuck in the middle of his rocket training week
not that he would have been able to do anything with his untrained starters but)
fish deranged
(also it kind of makes up for how in most of the actual pokemon games the gym leaders and elite 4 don't do jack shit about anything going on)
fish deranged
(we are making that not a thing anymore, our idiots are There)
Himbo Agenda
They Fite
Himbo Agenda
At least Jaskier is doing everyone a favor and recording this shit. So Nara can see it after! :-D
Hoho-Eyes
almost done with Yuzu's bit against the cultists and realizes that... we've got plenty of people going up against priests already
Hoho-Eyes
do I rewrite this whole thing to add to the number of people handling everything else—
the owo pokemon
i mean true
he can see it all on staryutube
Himbo Agenda
He can get a glimpse at the dumb bitch he'll be around if he gets Carlynapped.
💞 sweetheart
CULT FIGHT
Usagi
Carly meanwhile ponders staging a rocket solo vs cultists complete with 'ugh im exhausted you guys (Good guys) can KEEP the egg -bounces-'
because

it'd be funny,
Usagi
(also she's fairly confident in her ability to skedaddle,)
Himbo Agenda
k;ksdf sob
the owo pokemon
fghfgjh
amazing
the owo pokemon
i’ll have to be linked to the auction
Himbo Agenda
Goddddd. The auction was such an amazing trashfire
Himbo Agenda
Memorialized for the only non dude to strip.
💞 sweetheart
admittedly, jinx is Not Happy but i giggled writing up her challenge tbh
chris 🧸
that was fun to write up!
chris 🧸
I'm excited to start writing up gym challenges now that I've had my first taste
sailor bii
oh my god
sailor bii
omg time to fight a CULT
sailor bii
holy shit there's so many people fighting already
sword gremlin 🔪
LMAO YEAH I wasn't fast enough to get Felix fighting the most challenging ones and he was annoyed with me lol
sword gremlin 🔪
come on steven punch a cultist with him
sailor bii
he'll have to, yeah
ʟᴇɢᴀʟʟʏ sᴏᴜᴘ
Sorry, Felix. But rest assured, the cult will underestimate you guys less in the future!!
sword gremlin 🔪
hooray! Felix will be pleased
Hoho-Eyes
I wanted to get Yuzu fighting the strongest ones but I typed up too slowly
Hoho-Eyes
so for the sake of not putting yet another one on the priest section when we only need four there...
ʟᴇɢᴀʟʟʏ sᴏᴜᴘ
we underestimated how ready you all were for murder!
Himbo Agenda
MURDER
💞 sweetheart
so many people have cult trauma what were you expecting
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
ardyn just likes to choose violence
Himbo Agenda
Shounen protag
sword gremlin 🔪
and sometimes it's the pokemon themselves who love murder
Himbo Agenda
Honestly, they should be lucky she didn't bring Demon with her. Otherwise there would have been worse than getting decked.
Hoho-Eyes
many people just dont like cults and wanna murder all the priests
sailor bii
steven just likes fighting
ʟᴇɢᴀʟʟʏ sᴏᴜᴘ
Armin is just like. Trying to protect this egg??
ʟᴇɢᴀʟʟʏ sᴏᴜᴘ
all the rest of you guys need therapy
💞 sweetheart
it can be Both Things, armin, stop judging.
sailor bii
yeah, it's both
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
armin's correct
Winter❄️Blade🗡️
ooooo
duck bastard
Dimitri refusing to make eye contact as he agrees to "both" as an answer
Usagi
strokes chin....
hours later and Rocket FakeOut is still tempting

its just real funny
Himbo Agenda
Jolyne knows she needs therapy but fuck that.
duck bastard
dimitri's boyfriend is desperately trying to get the rest of them to get therapy, and it is a tough sell
the owo pokemon
Usagi you know i have to say do it usagi
live your dreams
ʟᴇɢᴀʟʟʏ sᴏᴜᴘ
explain your rocket fake-out idea and I can tell you if it possible from our side, at least
Usagi
essentially running in rocket style, blasting the cultists, and then ollying out via 'ah darn, now im tired out from that And all of you are here, GUESS I CANT STEAL THIS ONE...'
Usagi
so for all appearances itd be rocket fights cultist over prize, realizes is outnumbered

but really it was probably carly was in the middle if vid tutoring narancia when shit started happening and needed a good excuse to help without taking time to change fjdbfbfb
ʟᴇɢᴀʟʟʏ sᴏᴜᴘ
definitely nothing keeping that from happening from our end.
ʟᴇɢᴀʟʟʏ sᴏᴜᴘ
though, obviously, players would be very free to attack Carly for being a rocket
duck bastard
jolyne is punching someone. felix is waving doublade around. dimitri told his level 100 rat to ice beam anyone who got near the egg. carly AND doppio possibly both made attempts to steal it, at the same time. jinx is looting a cultist.
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
ardyn hasn’t thrown hands yet but he’s loving the energy today
ʟᴇɢᴀʟʟʏ sᴏᴜᴘ
and then there is armin
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
…frankly i might edit, he SHOULD loot someone’s pockets
ʟᴇɢᴀʟʟʏ sᴏᴜᴘ
armin is just looking at the rest of you feral monsters like
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
Naem
Himbo Agenda
Anyone goes after Carly, I can't promise Jolyne won't punch.
Himbo Agenda
IS IT A BAD IDEA FOR COVER? YES. DOES SHE CARE? no.
Usagi
i mean cary has a team.of frighteningly competent lvl 100s so

its gonna be like watching someone blast in with a cannon and then Leave for many im sure fnfbfbfb
while everyone goes 'that couldve been, worse,'
Naem
doppio's not gonna get to fight at all because his topmost priority is to (squints) protect the egg
Naem
why else would he be hugging it!!
chris 🧸
Rainer is also looting the cultist
Usagi
dop,
💞 sweetheart
jinx is multitasking!!! she wants info on the cult!!!! and is protecting the egg!!! shes being good
💞 sweetheart
jinx is a superhero, feral or not
sword gremlin 🔪
a punch line fhskfbdk
sword gremlin 🔪
Dimitri might go apeshit if rockets show up and I am here for that disaster lol
Himbo Agenda
Dimitri, I swear.
Usagi
my only sadness is that between when this went up and when i got home and had access to a cpu, all the priests were blasted u-u carly will have to terrify acolytes...
Himbo Agenda
... At.... least her wife destroyed one of them?
Usagi
u-u
Usagi
it just makes this funnier tbh
-hits send-
Usagi
carly over here like another good lesson is to be op. note how i am double their level,
Usagi
i dont want to steal slots from other people tho so pretend jonathan somehow ended up fistfighting an acolyte while Emporio does damage control
Himbo Agenda
lkf;lsdfe lmfao
the owo pokemon
fhhfgjhvd
Usagi
Narancia watching this from offscreen like holyshit
Usagi
('how did she get her voice that deep...thats scary...')
sword gremlin 🔪
I'm laughing at how many people just unleashed lvl 100 pokemon on these jerks
Himbo Agenda
WHY DOES SHE OWE HER MANY KISSES. Not that she' complain, but I mean.
the owo pokemon
nara: holy fuck what is happening over there
Usagi
because she just looked really cool and she thinks that deserves kissing :[
Usagi
Carly: anyway narancia sweetie did you get all that
Himbo Agenda
f;lksdf You know what, fair.
the owo pokemon
that’s sure one way to show him a pokemon battle
just curbstomp a cultist on camera
Usagi
not that part nara, the acting the acting!
the owo pokemon
and that part
the owo pokemon
he’s gotta learn how to act!
duck bastard
now i'm wondering if it is possible for people to steal cult pokemon, because i feel there's at least three who are trying already lmao
Winter❄️Blade🗡️
ooohh... can cult Pokémon be "rescued"? since they're clearly in some sort of distress? >.>
ʟᴇɢᴀʟʟʏ sᴏᴜᴘ
Not at this point!
ʟᴇɢᴀʟʟʏ sᴏᴜᴘ
In the future, there might be opportunities to though
duck bastard
steeples fingers
duck bastard
can't wait for dimitri to continue stealing pokemon from evil trainers
ʟᴇɢᴀʟʟʏ sᴏᴜᴘ
update! The priests have been defeated, as have the Acolytes
ʟᴇɢᴀʟʟʏ sᴏᴜᴘ
just four novices remain!
Maidstrong
go go go!
ʟᴇɢᴀʟʟʏ sᴏᴜᴘ
spare a thought to these poor four novices who just watched their superiors get absolutely annihilated
💞 sweetheart
i pray for them and their own upcoming therapy bills
ʟᴇɢᴀʟʟʏ sᴏᴜᴘ
you think a cult has health care?
ʟᴇɢᴀʟʟʏ sᴏᴜᴘ
I don't think those can be called dreams exactly
Hoho-Eyes
unfortunate that im gonna have to rewrite to have Yuzu deal with a novice but thats what happens when you're engrossed into genshin for so long
duck bastard
not only annihilated, but one of them is getting punched by a jojo and the other had a rat thrown at his face
duck bastard
how's that for morale
ʟᴇɢᴀʟʟʏ sᴏᴜᴘ
Hoho-Eyes : genshin is super engrossing right now with all the new stuff
Hoho-Eyes
RIGHT
💞 sweetheart
ʟᴇɢᴀʟʟʏ sᴏᴜᴘ : well how else are they supposed to keep people
Hoho-Eyes
"Alright I wanna get Yuzu to fight a priest"

spends entire time playing Genshin to try and get Baal instead

"...novice it is then"
Hoho-Eyes
At the very least I did get Baal
Winter❄️Blade🗡️
aaahh I need to write something tonight
Hoho-Eyes
annnnd Yuzu submitted... crazy how quickly I can get it done when im not distracted
Winter❄️Blade🗡️
there we go... Romelle going after a follower
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