Archive of Our Own ^beta

[ADMIN] theOne: Before we close off for the day, there’s something I’d like to make everybody aware of.
[ADMIN] theOne: You might be especially interested in this, Lugia.
[MOD] beastieBirb: Oh?
thunderbirbTwo: tell me he’s getting a vacation
[MOD] skylineCrash: Shut up, Zapdos.
[ADMIN] theOne: Ash Ketchum is beginning his journey tomorrow.
[MOD] beastieBirb:
[MOD] beastieBirb:
[MOD] beastieBirb:
[MOD] beastieBirb: SHIT I DIDN’T THINK IT WAS SO SOON
beastieBirb [BB] fled the memo.
[ADMIN] theOne: I’d like to remind everybody not to interfere unless it’s a dire emergency.
[ADMIN] theOne: No, Hoopa, ‘being bored’ doesn’t count as being a dire emergency.
oddityOdyssey: aww
crystallineSlush: So everything we discussed before, does that still stand?
crystallineSlush: Where it comes to keeping an eye on him?
[ADMIN] theOne: If you must, do it from a distance.
[ADMIN] theOne: He must grow into his role as Chosen One naturally. It cannot be forced.
[ADMIN] theOne: No direct contact unless it’s absolutely necessary.
thunderbirbTwo: hey uh quick question
[ADMIN] theOne: What is it, Zapdos?
thunderbirbTwo: does talking to him count as direct contact
[ADMIN] theOne: …
thunderbirbTwo: only he’s been in the kanto memo for a couple of months
thunderbirbTwo: he’s in there talking to art rn

offensiveGlaceon: Well
offensiveGlaceon: Yeah
offensiveGlaceon: That’s kinda how it works
ultimateTrainer: um, okay.
ultimateTrainer: i guess that just means i’ll have to do it too!
offensiveGlaceon: Sure
offensiveGlaceon: Fair warning if you throw one of those balls at me I am going to throw one at you
ultimateTrainer: do you do that to all the trainers who try to capture you?
offensiveGlaceon: Nah most of em don’t even get close
thunderbirbTwo: hey art jig’s up
offensiveGlaceon: What
theOne [TO] responded to [Kanto General].
poryBot [PB] assigned theOne [TO] the ‘administrator’ role.
offensiveGlaceon: Shit
ultimateTrainer: hi arceus!
[ADMIN] theOne: Wh
[ADMIN] theOne: How do you know who I am?
ultimateTrainer: mew gave me a crib sheet!
[ADMIN] theOne: …I see.
[ADMIN] theOne: Well, that mostly takes the wind out of what I was going to say.
[ADMIN] theOne: I apologize for all this, Ash Ketchum. You should not have had to endure this disruption prior to your journey.
ultimateTrainer: actually it’s been very helpful!
[ADMIN] theOne: …it… has?
ultimateTrainer: yeah! the birds and mew have been giving me tips!
offensiveGlaceon: See Arceus
offensiveGlaceon: We can be useful
[ADMIN] theOne: I must confess. I was hoping that you would not become involved in all of… this.
[ADMIN] theOne: You should have had a perfectly ordinary journey to look forward to.
[ADMIN] theOne: And again I apologize, for in the few minutes since learning about this I had considered asking Uxie to remove your memories of us.
thunderbirbTwo: boo
ultimateTrainer:
ultimateTrainer: well… i guess…
offensiveGlaceon: No
offensiveGlaceon: You don’t have to take this lying down
offensiveGlaceon: What happened to Greatest Master Ever
offensiveGlaceon: You don’t have to take shit from him
ultimateTrainer: but he’s arceus!
thunderbirbTwo: so what
thunderbirbTwo: hey arceus if you want him you’re gonna have to go through me
offensiveGlaceon: And me
offensiveGlaceon: And Moltres
offensiveGlaceon: Who buggered off at some point
offensiveGlaceon: And I’m sure that Mew said if you did anything she was gonna join his team immediately
ultimateTrainer: guys you don’t have to do that for me.
ultimateTrainer: i don’t even know how i got here, the chat just… appeared on my phone.
[ADMIN] theOne: You would go so far for him?
offensiveGlaceon: Hell yes
thunderbirbTwo: yeah
[ADMIN] theOne: Hm. Perhaps you’re learning.
thunderbirbTwo: so you won’t do it
[ADMIN] theOne: Well, Zapdos, if you’d paid attention to what I said, you’d have noticed I said that I’d *considered* it.
[ADMIN] theOne: I decided not to.
[ADMIN] theOne: And Uxie immediately rejected it on moral grounds anyway.
ultimateTrainer: so…
[ADMIN] theOne: There is a single stipulation, Ash Ketchum.
[ADMIN] theOne: You cannot mention us to *anybody*.
[ADMIN] theOne: I can bend the rules for you and you alone but I cannot break them.
[ADMIN] theOne: You must keep this a secret.
offensiveGlaceon: Or what
ultimateTrainer: no i get it.
ultimateTrainer: thanks!
ultimateTrainer: you’d better watch out articuno my squirtle and i are gonna catch you! :p
[ADMIN] theOne: …
[ADMIN] theOne: You bounced back quick.
ultimateTrainer: it’s mew’s number one rule!
ultimateTrainer: stay positive!
thunderbirbTwo: yeah
thunderbirbTwo: you tell him
[ADMIN] theOne: …Articuno, does Lugia know about this?
offensiveGlaceon: Why would we tell Lugia about it
[ADMIN] theOne: …
[ADMIN] theOne: I had asked everybody to avoid direct contact, but perhaps that’s better refined to avoiding *physical* contact.
[ADMIN] theOne: Understood, @decibelDrama?
[MOD] decibelDrama: aww how’d you know i was here?
thunderbirbTwo: tbf you didn’t go afk
[MOD] decibelDrama: shit.
[MOD] decibelDrama: well, instruction understood, grandad.
[ADMIN] theOne: And watch your language, all of you.
[ADMIN] theOne: Ash is *nine*.
ultimateTrainer: i’ll be ten tomorrow!
[ADMIN] theOne: That’s irrelevant!
[ADMIN] theOne: Shouldn’t you be getting some sleep before tomorrow?
ultimateTrainer: yes okay.
ultimateTrainer [UT] fled the memo.
[ADMIN] theOne: We shouldn’t be encouraging him.
offensiveGlaceon: Why not
[ADMIN] theOne: I don’t want him to go through his journey under the assumption that he can get help from us at any point.
[ADMIN] theOne: I’m going to have to draft a new set of rules now…
[MOD] decibelDrama: already drafted em they’re on your desk.
[ADMIN] theOne: …what desk?

as promised, here’s that cribsheet of our usernames, because as you said, it gets very confusing! plus some comments and stuff, w/e. they’re in alphabetical order by username abbreviation.

free reminder: yes, some of us aren’t unique. we know! there’s like a dozen mew around the world right now. so if for any reason you come across a legendary who won’t talk to you they’re not the prime and you should let the prime know in chat so we can come clear it up as fast as possible.

BB - beastieBirb
lugia. he *says* he’s from johto but he spends most of his time in the orange islands shouting at the kanto birds who don’t live in kanto.

BC - biologicalComputer
regigigas. unique. don’t expect any intelligible conversation, or at least one that doesn’t last less than an hour. you know how computers get slower the older they are? regigigas is basically as old as the planet. do the math.

BG - blazingGlory
entei. he’s a bit boring.

BN - barkNecessarily
xerneas. unique. it’s okay if you don’t understand him because his accent is extremely strong (and by extremely strong, i mean extremely xtrong). he’s a nice guy for the most part but don’t talk to him about rock and steel types.

BS - bosunSoul
manaphy. or at least, it *would* be manaphy if any of them were interested in being prime right now. the name’s kinda reserved until then.

BT - boltfromTheblue
raikou. he’s a lazy idiot who’d rather sit around and play games all day than do work, like the rest of us have to do most of the time. (i mean, i know *i* get a lot of flak for being playful and irritating, but i actually do the stuff i’m meant to do, eventually.)

CB - cumuloBurnout
thundurus. unique. he’s like me in that he does most things for shits and giggles but unlike me he won’t hesitate to actually hurt someone if he thinks it’s funny.

CM - chasingMendacity
zekrom. he calls himself the champion pokémon of ideals, if you buy into that. he doesn’t have an indoor voice so if you meet him you’ll probably get deafened. and/or zapped accidentally.

CO - codeOscillation
regidrago. unique. all of the regis talk weird but regigigas quit building drago halfway through so he/she/it/thing breaks down all the time.

CS - crystallineSlush
suicune. i’m biased because i hate water so i can freely say she’s a menace to all of catkind but at least she's sensible.

CW - concentratedWillpower
azelf. unique. all three of the lake guardians are just really nice guys, except don’t call them guys ‘cause they use they/them.

DD - decibelDrama
mew. it’s me! best pokémon in the world.

DN - dantesNferno
moltres. you know all about moltres by now but i want it on record that he doesn’t shut up at all.

DN2 - disavowedNegotiation
tethera. she’s actually a galarian form moltres which is still a moltres but she’s got a nickname so we don’t get them confused. if she compliments you it’s probably a disguised insult.

DT - dualistTao
kyurem. not a nice guy. he’s great when you get to know him but he doesn’t want to get to know you.

DU - downUndertaker
spectrier. unique. technically only half a pokémon since yveltal accidentally killed half of him, glastrier is the other half. extremely australian, mate.

DW - doctorWhom
dialga. unique, as if it wasn’t obvious. don’t ask him to do anything time-related for fun because he’ll tell you it isn’t fun.

GG - galvanizedGubbins
registeel. another regi, not much to see here, moving on.

GN - glacierNinepin
regice. ditto (but not an actual ditto).

GO - grassrootsOptimism
shaymin. really really nice and a super fun pokémon to be with. at least, the prime is. the rest of her species have a reputation for being jerks.

GS - groundShaker
groudon. unique. groudon is a 50/50 pokémon. either he’s fighting kyogre or he’s recuperating after rayquaza beat him up for fighting kyogre.

GW - garrulousWharf
mesprit. unique. see previous comment about azelf. don’t touch their tails or you’ll lose all your emotion and turn into tapu fini. (zing!)

MB - monkeyBusiness
zarude. *very* zarude. she sort of quietly hates everyone including everybody she hasn’t met.

MC - mordantConcept
reshiram. basically a living lie detector, if you tell a direct untruth in chat and he’s there he’s morally obligated to call you out on it. really annoying.

MG - mistyGreensward
calyrex. unique. calyrex would be fun except his memory’s like cheese and the only thing he can remember most of the time is that he has a grudge against basically everybody, even if he made it up at some point. he thinks he’s king of galar though and expects everybody to serve him.

MM - mechaMarvel
magearna. unique. actually a human-made pokémon. subdued a lot of the time but if you motivate her she *goes*. and usually attacks you. i think she kinda hates me for saying ‘that grinds my gears’ around her a lot.

MO - moltenOpportunity
heatran. i don’t really know this guy, the only thing i know is that he’s blind.

MS - moietySatellite
lunala. unique. she’s one of those paradoxes that seem really sweet and stuff but try to play with them and they turn into a nightmare. she likes roleplaying but nobody can keep up with her when she does it.

MT - milestoneTwister
tornadus. unique. see previous comment about thundurus. these two are brothers and they really like picking on humans.

MU - monarchUkulele
tapu lele. unique. island guardian from alola. nice, but not that quick on the uptake. gets confused a lot. has to spend most of her time clearing up after the rest of the tapu.

NB - necroticBlame
yveltal. unique. if you thought xerneas’s accent was strong yveltal is almost unyntellygyble. if you meet her she’ll try to be careful but she just kills things by accident a lot of the time.

ND - nebulaDiscursor
deoxys. unique (we think). it’s an alien who’s basically in super-detention after crashing an asteroid into arceus. it can’t spell for shit so you may need a translator.

NG - nominalGneiss
regirock. regi #4, nothing new, although he has a habit of disappearing when you’re not looking at him.

NM - notaryMemento
uxie. unique. lake guardian #3, nothing new. does a lot of memory-related stuff.

NN - neverNadir
zygarde. unique. chief party pooper who takes everything seriously. try to involve him in anything fun and he’ll shut you down immediately.

NT - nestedTempo
latios. he does a lot of music work and he’s a great guy to hang out with but he gets overshadowed by latias most of the time and the two of them sort of come as a package deal.

NU - nightmareUnleaded
darkrai. handle says it all, really. he only really operates because he hates all of us.

OC - overClocker
regieleki. unique. regi #5, it quotes from wikipedia a lot.

OG - offensiveGlaceon
articuno. again, you know art. don’t need to say anything else.

OG2 - ominousGaze
yan, galarian articuno. same deal as tethera. she won’t even bother disguising it though, she’s really really *really* mean.

OM - octetMelody
meloetta. unique. positive: she sings all the time and it’s really nice! negative: she sings *all the time*.

OO - oddityOdyssey
hoopa. unique. he’s usually bouncy and annoying, just like me with less of the charm, but he’s been really subdued lately. dunno why.

OS - onshoreSteamer
volcanion. unique. i’ve never spoken to this guy. apparently he doesn’t really speak to anyone else either. everyone just holds both sides of the conversation for some reason.

OT - outtaTime
celebi. uniqueish. she’s a time travelling troll. there are multiple of her but it’s the same her just at different points in ‘her own personal timeline’. basically she’s a pest and that’s all you need to know.

SB - swordBravo
cobalion. unique. leader of an unovan group called the swords of justice, who go around saving pokémon in need. great stuff but the guy himself is insufferable.

SC - skylineCrash
rayquaza. unique. big green dragon sounds like he’d be a fun guy but he spends most of his life with a migraine after dealing with groudon and kyogre. (and trust me, i took over for him once, and that nearly put me out of commission for a week.)

SG - scimitarGamma
virizion. unique. another sword of justice (see the theme naming?) except much more personable. if cobalion is the face she’s the voice.

SM - solarMaverick
solgaleo. unique. he defuses arguments a lot, which is no fun. if you let him he’ll be all up in your personal business so i just don’t talk to him.

SO - surgingOxbow
keldeo. unique… um… yeah. unique *now*. the swords of justice are going to start training him soon.

SS - sevenStar
marshadow. unique. don’t know anything about this guy, he always vanishes when i try to talk to him.

ST - sabreTango
terrakion. unique. sword of justice #3, the muscle. more friendly than cobalion but not as savvy as virizion.

SU - stockadeUpheaval
tapu bulu. unique. another island guardian, somehow even lazier than raikou. don’t let his talking deceive you, he talks people into doing things that he’s too lazy to do.

SW - sleuthWolf
zacian. unique. sword doggo, probably the sanest legendary in galar, which doesn’t amount to much.

TB - tsunamiBeluga
kyogre. unique. like groudon, she’s either fighting him or resting after rayquaza broke them up. also very lazy but if you were a giant whale you’d be lazy too.

TD - topiaryDreamscape
cresselia. she tends to poke around in peoples dreams without their permission so be careful. other than that she’s nice except for when darkrai’s mentioned.

TM - twiceMulticolored
ho-oh. for me it’s hard to tell with him because he gets a new personality every time he’s reborn, but this time around he’s just a responsible guy, which is refreshing kinda.

TN - tenaciousNova
latias. cute exterior, like me, but what she really *really* wants is to be the main character. i don’t need that because i’m the main character already.

TO - theOne
arceus. obviously unique. you know about arceus. the original one. or, to me, grandad.

TS - thousandSiroccos
landorus. unique. remember tornadus and thundurus? this guy is the guy who’s supposed to stop them from misbehaving and fixing all of their problems, kind of like rayquaza is to groudon and kyogre.

TT - thunderbirbTwo
zapdos. again, you know her.

TT2 - turboTrample
tyan (galarian zapdos). just as mean as his siblings. they’re not actually related to the kanto birds even if they say they are.

TU - tempestsUproar
zeraora. probably not unique, we don’t know, because he won’t speak to any of us.

UD - usuriousDrubbing
glastrier. unique. the other half of spectrier as mentioned above. he claims he was brought up in a gang but can’t prove it.

UM - upriverMarlin
tapu fini. unique, island guardian #3. sleeps most of the time, and otherwise, eh, she’s kind of a wet blanket. she doesn’t get excited about anything.

UN - unyieldingNucleus
diancie. unique. she’s kind of… hoity? is that a word? she’s kind of like a younger, female version of calyrex, except kalos doesn’t actually have a throne. she’s more willing to make exceptions though.

US - unabatedStimulus
tapu koko. unique, island guardian #4, unequivocally the second most fun pokémon on this list (behind yours truly). he’s not afraid to throw seriousness out of the window.

WC - winCondition
victini. unique. the only words i can use to describe him i refuse to say to a 9-year-old.

WD - worldDistributor
palkia. unique, again obviously. like dialga, except more easily annoyed.

WG - wishGranted
jirachi. unique, although like manaphy, the username is sort of reserved. jirachi only wakes up for about a week every thousand years, which is disappointing since they're a blast to hang around with.

WS - welshStaccato
zamazenta. unique. shield doggo, very easily distracted. tell him there’s a skwovet about and he’ll go hunting it for hours.

WW - wonkyWindlass
giratina. unique. not the best social pokémon but he's the one who set this whole chat thing up so he's cool.

UT - ultimateTrainer
ash, obviously.

TW - tropicalWaterfall
misty.

UB - unassumingBoulder
brock.

DS - doodleStarly
verity.

MW - mythicWisteria
sorrel.

spoiler warning - do not highlight until you've read chapter 105!
CC - copyCat
mewtwo.

slightly less of a spoiler warning - do not highlight until you've read chapter 131!
BD - briskDexterity
ritchie.

offensiveGlaceon [OG] joined memo GOTTA KETCHUM ALL on board THE LEGENDARIUM.
> General Ash Ketchum discussion. There are currently [6] users present.
> Be *especially* mindful of the rules. We shouldn’t even be doing this.
> Type /rules to view the rules and guidelines.
> Present administrators: doctorWhom [DW]
> Present moderators: concentratedWillpower [CW], decibelDrama [DD], twiceMulticolored [TM], poryBot [PB]
> Present users: crystallineSlush [CS], unabatedStimulus [US]
> Your current username setting is: [SHORT]. Type /names short or /names real to change this.
> MOTD: happy birthday ash! -DD

OG: Yooooo
[MOD] DD: yooooo!
OG: Kinda figured there’d be more peeps here
OG: Everyone’s busy then
[MOD] DD: well, latias already got herself banned.
OG: RIP
[ADMIN] DW: I’m only here by sheer virtue of time travel.
US: i got stuff to do but i cant be bothered
US: listenin to this stuff is more entertaining
OG: How’s he doing
OG: Who’s got eyes on
[ADMIN] DW: Mew and Suicune.
[ADMIN] DW: As I understand it it’s an… inauspicious start.
US: sounds to me like that pikachu needs a kick up the ass
OG: Wait what
OG: Pikachu
OG: What happened to his Squirtle
[MOD] DD: he overslept.
[MOD] DD: he arrived at the lab looooong after the other new trainers and whoops.
[MOD] DD: he gets a misbehaving pikachonk.
OG: How do you know that
OG: Are you the Pikachu
[MOD] DD: ha i wish!
[MOD] DD: but srsly i was a pidgey looking in through the window.
CS: Whoa!
US: what
CS: I’m pretty sure that was an aura spike!
[MOD] CW: we know that (ash) may wield (aura)
[MOD] CW: this is not a (surprise)
CS: Yes but it takes weeks of training just to do anything with!
CS: I think he just did it by accident!
OG: We should get Hoopa to set us up with a ring to watch through
[ADMIN] DW: Absolutely not.
[MOD] DD: oh yeah!
[MOD] DD: that’s a great idea!
[ADMIN] DW: No it isn’t!
[MOD] DD: you’re from the future your argument is invalid.
[MOD] DD: and skadoosh!
oddityOdyssey [OO] joined [Gotta Ketchum All].
OO: allez-hooparing!
[ADMIN] DW: Damn it, Mew.
oddityOdyssey [OO] began streaming!
[ADMIN] DW: No. Stop.
[ADMIN] DW: If anybody sees that ring we’re all in for it.
[MOD] DD: oh relax i’ve got it.
[MOD] DD: thank you kecleon camouflage!
OG: Yeah nice but where’s Ash
[MOD] DD: hold on lemme find him.
[MOD] DD: sui where’d ash go?
CS: What?
CS: Crap, I lost track of him.
US: nice one
[MOD] DD: great.
[MOD] DD: guess i’m going human hunting!
OG: How can you have lost him already
OG: It’s been what two hours
OG: Anyway what happened to Lugia wasn’t he gonna be here
US: oh he hard panicked
[MOD] TM: I’m filling in.
OG: How are you filling in
[MOD] TM: Badly.
OG: @ultimateTrainer where are you
OG: Was worth a shot
OO: hoopa turning off ring for the moment
OO: hoopa getting sick
[MOD] DD: hey there’s a thought.
[MOD] DD: i’m gonna look up how steadicam gimbals work.
OG: Welp
OG: @unabatedStimulus how’s Alola
US: hot
US: sols determined to give us all sunstroke
CS: Uh.
CS: Mew is it just me or is there suddenly a storm over there?
[MOD] DD: over where?
[MOD] DD: uh yes.
CS: I wasn’t aware that it was going to storm here today…
CS: Wait.
CS: Is that
CS: @CHASINGMENDACITY ZEKROM!!!!!!
[MOD] DD: oh you’re shitting me!
[MOD] TM: omw
CS: OW
[MOD] DD: OW
OG: What
OG: What happened
OG: Hoopa turn the ring back on
OG: Cheers
[MOD] DD: ow ow ow ow ow.
[MOD] DD: hey sui did your eyeballs just explode?
CS: Feels like it.
CS: Did I say ow?
CS: Ow.
chasingMendacity [CM] joined [Gotta Ketchum All].
CM: SOMEONE CALLED
CM: WHATEVER IT IS I DIDN’T DO IT
CS: I know it was you!
CM: PROVE IT
CM: I’M NOWHERE NEAEORIJAWE[’O
[MOD] TM: Got him.
US: nice
[MOD] DD: dammit zek arceus said no direct boosts!
[MOD] DD: you could have at least waited until i did it first!
CM: WHAT AND I’M SUPPOSED TO IGNORE A FLEDGLING HERO OF IDEALS???
CM: HE WAS LITERALLY ABOUT TO DIE
OG: Wait what
OG: Explain
CM: DID NOBODY SEE THE SPEAROW???
CS: I took my eyes off him for *five seconds*!
US: rookie mistake
US: never turn your back on the body
US: or the chosen one or w/e
[MOD] DD: found him.
OG: Oof that looks like it hurts
CM: HE WAS ABOUT TO TRY AND HAND-TO-HAND THE WHOLE FLOCK.
CM: JUST TO PROTECT HIS PIKACHU.
CM: HE’S AN IDIOT BUT HE’S AN IDEALISTIC IDIOT AND I LOVE HIM FOR THAT.
[ADMIN] DW: Don’t form any emotional attachments.
[ADMIN] DW: Also, Zekrom?
[ADMIN] DW: You’re grounded.
chasingMendacity [CM] fled the memo.
[MOD] TM: And there he goes.
[ADMIN] DW: You’d better get out of there before he sees you.
[MOD] TM: I’m already going.
OG: Well that went well
OG: Three hours in Ash nearly died already
[MOD] DD: looks like he’s waking up!
US: what wouldve happened if he died
[ADMIN] DW: I suppose I would have been tasked with revising the event so he didn’t.
CS: Oy vey.
CS: I’m so looking forward to when it’s Entei’s turn to deal with this.
ultimateTrainer [UT] responded to [Gotta Ketchum All].
UT: i see you up there @twicemulticolored!
[MOD] TM: Crap.
[ADMIN] DW: Oh well.
UT: did you lose a feather?
UT: this one looks like yours.
[MOD] TM: Double crap.
[MOD] TM: Mew if you could take that from him please and thank you.
[MOD] DD: lol no!
UT: ok so i’m gonna try and find that pokémon center.
UT: pikachu’s hurt.
ultimateTrainer [UT] fled the memo.
[ADMIN] DW: …interesting.
[ADMIN] DW: He knows we’re in the area and he doesn’t ask for help.
[ADMIN] DW: This may not be as bad as father feared.
OG: Well yeah
OG: It’s not like we told him to use us as a crutch
OG: What do you take us for
US: three idiots who fight all the time
OG: Who told you that
US: lugia
OG: Fair
[ADMIN] DW: Out of curiosity and concern, what *did* you teach him?
[MOD] DD: basic stuff mostly.
[MOD] DD: we kinda wanted him to give us a serious challenge when he inevitably reached us.
US: oh hell yes
[MOD] DD: he didn’t even know the type matchups come on.
OG: He actually thought going after Zapdos with a Squirtle was a good idea
OG: We didn’t think Arceus wanted his chosen one stumbling around with no idea where he’s going
OG: Zapdos used the word magoo
OG: I don’t know what that means but
CS: Okay, finally caught up.
CS: Father, is it going to be okay that he has a Rainbow Wing?
[MOD] TM: I suppose it means that out of all of us I’m going to be the one he fights first.
[MOD] TM: This means I’m going to have to find Marshadow…
[MOD] CW: (i) would think that out of anyone (ash) would be (perfect) as the (rainbow hero)
[MOD] TM: That’s what I’m worried about.
[MOD] TM: Well…
[MOD] TM: It seems like a bad idea but it’s fine for now.
OG: I think that just describes Ash in general

ultimateTrainer [UT] responded to [Gotta Ketchum All].
UT: do normal trainers have busy first days like this?
[MOD] DD: probably not.
[MOD] DD: nice work with those thieves.
OG: TBF we don’t track normal trainers
UT: fair.
UT: at least pikachu likes me now!
OG: If he didn’t he’d need his head examined
OG: You recharged him with a bike ffs
UT: speaking of, um, the girl i borrowed it from is pretty mad.
OG: Girls do that
OG: They get mad about silly things
[MOD] DD: ahem.
CS: Ahem.
OG: What it’s true
OG: Anyway she’ll forget about it
OG: Nice battle btw
UT: even though i lost?
[MOD] DD: if you won every single battle i’d be calling hax.
[MOD] DD: and/or piledriving victini.
UT: he’s the one who does luck, right?
OG: Yeah
OG: And taking all the credit
OG: There’s a reason we all call him Dicktini
[MOD] TM: Language.
UT: actually i’m really glad that chase was the first person i had a proper battle with.
UT: starting off close to home, you know?
[MOD] TM: I can respect that.
UT: oh yeah.
UT: professor oak didn’t believe me when i said i saw ho-oh.
[MOD] TM: Few people would.
UT: i showed him the pictures though and he changed his mind.
[MOD] TM: CHOK E
[MOD] TM: You took pictures
[MOD] TM: How
UT: my pokédex has a camera built into it.
UT: it’s really useful.
[MOD] DD: samuel oak, everyone.
[MOD] DD: he is a determined man.
[MOD] TM: You are going to ruin me Ash Ketchum.
UT: hey it’s not my fault i saw you!
UT: i just did what i would’ve done anyway!
OG: Kid has a point
OG: Not his fault you’re slow af
UT: why were you heading east, anyway?
UT: don’t you live in johto?
[MOD] TM:
OG: Another good point
CS: Oh my stars.
CS: Father you did NOT.
[MOD] DD: HE GOT LOST LOL
UT: lost what
UT: you’re a legendary pokémon how can you get lost.
OG: Important fact
OG: Nine times out of ten we’re not gonna know where the hell we’re going
UT: but you can fly!
OG: That’s just another dimension to get lost in
OG: Protip never ask Lugia to lead the way
OG: We went on a daytrip to Sinnoh once
OG: We ended up in Kalos
CS: I promise you we’re better than this Ash.
UT: are you really?
CS: …
CS: No.
CS: Based on all prior evidence, no we are not.

OG: Hey it’s those thieves again
TT: what thieves
OG: You weren’t here yesterday
OG: They tried to steal from the Viridian Pokémon Center while Ash was there
TT: big oof
OG: The building did not survive
[MOD] DD: i wanna see what ash does with his new pokémon.
CS: Should we not be dealing with these thieves?
CS: They’re a threat to more than just Ash.
[MOD] DD: they want pikachu.
[MOD] DD: that’s single-target fixation.
[MOD] DD: ash is fine.
CS: This *is* a Pikachu that got a jump-start from Zekrom, so we’re on the same page.
OG: True
TT: bah zekrom
TT: should’ve been me
TT: i had dibs
OG: You did not
TT: hey i saw him first

[Kanto General memo, some months ago]

DN: No, no, *thrice* no.
DN: End of discussion.
ultimateTrainer [UT] joined [Kanto General].
TT: who the fuck

TT: therefore dibs
CS: Using a stronger Pokémon to bait attention away from a winning play by a weaker one, that’s… novel.
CS: Who taught him that?
TT: not me
OG: Nobody
OG: That’s 100% Ash right there
CS: Yikes.
[MOD] DD: btw sui you might want to move.
[MOD] DD: you’re kinda obvious.
CS: If I go anywhere else I’ll either be seen or won’t be able to see Ash.
CS: What about you?
[MOD] DD: you’re bright blue in the middle of a dark green forest.
[MOD] DD: i’m invisible, what’s your excuse?
[MOD] DD: @ultimatetrainer big grats to your metapod
[MOD] DD: i’m basically the mythical of evolution and that was fast even by my standards!
grassrootsOptimism [GO] joined [Gotta Ketchum All].
GO: Looks like I’m late to the party!
OG: Yeah Shaymin you just missed pretty much everything
CS: Ash caught a Caterpie and a Pidgeotto, dealt with some thieves again, and his Caterpie’s just evolved.
GO: Nice!
GO: Loading up Hoopa’s stream…
GO: Who’s the girl?
[MOD] DD: ash destroyed her bike yesterday.
[MOD] DD: by which i mean zekrom destroyed her bike yesterday.
GO: I had heard something about Zekrom being where he shouldn’t.
CS: And because of that, father had to intervene and Ash saw him.
CS: And got a Rainbow Wing to boot.
GO: Oof.
GO: Well, everything’s ok now, it seems.
TT: apart from the girl’s bug type fear
TT: which is silly
CS: Fear of bugs is completely valid.
TT: it’s still silly
GO: Hmmm.
GO: Can’t Cresselia do anything about that?
[ADMIN] DW: That would count as direct contact.
[ADMIN] DW: Really, Shaymin?
[ADMIN] DW: You, of all of us?
GO: It was only a suggestion.
TT: wait what when did you get here
[ADMIN] DW: I’ve always been here.
TT: creepy as fuck
[MOD] DD: sui you’ve been made get out of there!
CS: What?
CS: Crap!
[MOD] DD: it was only ash but still!
OG: And now the girl thinks he’s a weirdo for making weird gestures
OG: Great
TT: tbf ash kinda is a weirdo

monarchUkulele [MU] joined [Gotta Ketchum All].
[MOD] TM: Welcome, Lele, to day five of ‘lost in Viridian Forest’.
MU: Wait, he’s still lost????
MU: Is that even possible????????
[MOD] TM: Ash’s abysmal sense of direction.
TT: you’re one to talk
[MOD] TM: No stream today, Mew’s taking a nap.
[MOD] TM: We’re waking her up once Ash gets out.
OO: means a break for hoopa too
OO: glad
MU: Can I just ask how we went from ‘don’t disturb him’ to ‘watching a livestream of his journey’ in less than a week?
TT: mew
TT: but also ash
[MOD] TM: For reasons I cannot fathom, Ash enthusiastically approved when he found out and shot down any suggestions of stopping.
[MOD] TM: He wants the highlights.
CS: He’s having a battle.
TT: can we not like
TT: mount a ring on suicune’s head or something
OO: hoopa is not hoopaflix }>:(
CS: This guy is *really* committed to his samurai bit despite being a Bug-type trainer.
CS: Pretty sure that katana’s made of rubber though.
CS: No - plywood.
TT: what a shitty sword
MU: It doesn’t sit right still.
MU: I wouldn’t want my life streamed to an audience.
TT: one you’re not human
TT: two the only audience is us
TT: and this is ash ketchum here
TT: he’s loving every minute of this
MU: I suppose???
CS: …His Metapod and the other guy’s Metapod are having a Harden-off.
TT: lewd
twiceMulticolored [TM] kicked thunderbirbTwo [TT] from the memo. (Reason: Inappropriate.)
CS: Wh
CS: What warranted that?!
MU: What happened?
CS: A Beedrill swarm just kidnapped Ash’s Metapod!
MU: Why?!
MU: That’s just mean!
thunderbirbTwo [TT] responded to [Gotta Ketchum All].
TT: what are you waiting for
TT: charge
[MOD] TM: That would count as direct intervention.
TT: direct intervention my ass
TT: right where is it i’m coming up
[MOD] TM: Zapdos do not.
thunderbirbTwo [TT] fled the memo.
[MOD] TM: @offensiveGlaceon @dantesNferno @beastieBirb Somebody stop Zapdos before she gets up here!
CS: I think you’ve overestimating her, father.
[MOD] TM: Hm?
CS: Her intervention would require her to *also* not have a terrible sense of direction.
ultimateTrainer [UT] responded to [Gotta Ketchum All].
UT: @thunderbirbtwo it’s fine zapdos!
UT: i’ll sort it out!
CS: Does ‘sorting it out’ involve you wading into a Beedrill hive?
UT: it involves teaching pidgeotto whirlwind.
UT: does that count?
MU: Won’t that also blow your Metapod away???
UT: i’m still working on that.
thunderbirbTwo [TT] responded to [Gotta Ketchum All].
TT: ash dammit this isn’t ok
UT: i know!
UT: but i need to fix this myself!
CS: You’ll have to wait until the morning anyway.
CS: You’ve been lost for five days travelling during the day, I hate to think what’d happen at night.
UT: i know!
UT: i know.
UT: this is hard.
UT: but it’s like mew said
UT: i’m never going to be a pokémon master if i’m using you guys as a crutch all the time.
[MOD] TM: That’s the right attitude to have.
UT: that said i’m probably gonna have to ask misty for help with whirlwind.
MU: Who’s Misty?
UT: …the girl whose bike got blown up and who is now following me demanding a new one?
TT: oh is that her name
UT: it’s been nearly a week since we met!
UT: how do you not know her name yet???
TT: didn’t think she was particularly important
TT: she’d just wander off after a while
UT: yeah, i… don’t think that’s going to happen.
CS: Can you at least shout at that other trainer?
CS: Fairly certain it was all his fault.
UT: misty already did.
UT: now i’ve just got to figure out how to teach pidgeotto…
MU: Is it that difficult?
MU: I mean, I’m not a flying type, but isn’t it just flapping really really hard?
[MOD] TM: That’s Gust.
[MOD] TM: Whirlwind’s awkward because you’re not strictly aiming at anybody, you’re aiming in front of them.
[MOD] TM: That way the rush from each wing crosses over before it gets there and generates spin.
[MOD] TM: Then on low power it just makes them so dizzy they just want to leave and on high power they’re just gone.
TT: so that’s what i’m doing wrong
UT: that’s really helpful, thanks!
[MOD] TM:
[MOD] TM:
[MOD] TM:
twiceMulticolored [TM] fled the memo.
TT: lol
UT: he won’t get in trouble for that, will he?
CS: I doubt it.
TT: scuse me while i go practice then
thunderbirbTwo [TT] fled the memo.
CS: Possibly the worst thing that will happen is Lugia has a go at him for teaching something new to Zapdos.
UT: okay then.
UT: i’d better start practicing with pidgeotto.
UT: bye!
ultimateTrainer [UT] fled the memo.
MU: It’s just going to keep getting worse, isn’t it.
CS: Oh yeah.

CS: Right, now we get to see whether this has all paid off.
OG: Did he get Whirlwind working
OG: We all know that Zapdos did
CS: For a given value of ‘working’, anyway.
CS: Misty was impressed with his decision but less enthused about being the test subject.
CS: Still don’t know how he intends to stop the move from blowing Metapod away.
[MOD] GW: ConcernedAboutMetapodsEmotionalState.
[MOD] GW: PresumablySpentNightWithBeedrill.
OG: Shame we haven’t got the stream back yet
OG: We need more than one ring operator
OO: }:(
OG: Or some actual cameras or something
OG: This must be how Zapdos feels about her puppet shows
GO: Spitballing here, but might it be an idea to ask Giratina?
GO: I know he can control the size of Reverse World portals, so…
GO: Just stick some cameras through them and then Giratina can move them around.
[MOD] GW: IntriguingSuggestion!
[MOD] GW: WillConferWithSiblings.
GO: Otherwise we’re just stuck with waiting for Suicune or whoever it is watching him to tell us what’s going on.
GO: Suicune?
OG: @crystallineSlush
CS: Sorry, I had to deal with something.
OG: What
CS: You remember what Mew was saying about single-target fixation?
OG: Yeah
OG: Wait
OG: Is it those thieves again
GO: The same ones from a few days ago?!
CS: Yes.
CS: They were planning to interfere and attempt, again, to capture Ash’s Pikachu.
CS: I appropriated some local resources to divert them. They won’t be interfering.
[MOD] GW: Hmmmm.
[MOD] GW: SuchPersistenceIsTroubling.
CS: Ash has found the hive.
OG: Where tf is my popcorn
CS: I can see Metapod too. Right in there.
CS: This may be more difficult than Ash bargained for.
CS: He’s summoned Pidgeotto…
CS: Wha
CS: Oh my stars he just ran in.
GO: O.O
OG: AAAAAAAAASH KETCHUUUUUM
CS: Whoa!
OG: What happened
OG: Suicune
GO: Suicune?
GO: Did it work?
CS: I
CS: Cannot *wait*
CS: Until Entei takes over for me next week.
CS: This is becoming hazardous to my health.
OG: You got caught in the Whirlwind didn’t you
[MOD] GW: FreeReminderThatWeAreJustAsSusceptibleToSuchMoves.
GO: I understand that in the open Whirlwind just blows others away, but…
GO: How does it make trained Pokémon go back in their capture balls?
GO: Roar, I get, they just retreat in fright.
GO: But Whirlwind?
[MOD] GW: TheWayIUnderstandItIsItMakesThemSoDizzyTheyRetreatToRecover.
CS: Give me a minute to get my bearings then I can find out what happened.
ultimateTrainer [UT] responded to [Gotta Ketchum All].
UT: great success!
ultimateTrainer [UT] uploaded file "missioncomplete.jpg".
ultimateTrainer [UT] fled the memo.
OG: Ash you troll
GO: Wait.
GO: That’s a Butterfree.
CS: It evolved again?!
CS: @decibelDrama @decibelDrama @decibelDrama
[MOD] GW: MostIntriguing!
[MOD] GW: WhenWasItsFirstEvolution?
CS: Two days ago.
[MOD] GW: WowThatIsVeryFast!
decibelDrama [DD] responded to [Gotta Ketchum All].
poryBot [PB] gave decibelDrama [DD] the ‘moderator’ role.
[MOD] DD: i’m up i’m up
[MOD] DD: what happened
GO: Ash’s Metapod evolved.
[MOD] DD: you’re shitting me!
[MOD] DD: hold on i need to check something!
OG: I take it that’s unusual
GO: Granted, I think Bug-types evolve quickly anyway, but not *that* quickly!
[MOD] DD: congratulations @ultimatetrainer
[MOD] DD: you now hold the record for the fastest unintentional chain evolutions ever.
OG: Unintentional what
[MOD] DD: as in not triggered by something like an evolution stone.
[MOD] DD: think a bellsprout evolving into weepinbell and then immediately using a leaf stone.
OG: Ah gotcha
CS: …Is this going to become a Thing?
CS: Ash evolving Pokémon quicker than normal?
[MOD] DD: fuck didn’t think of that!
[MOD] DD: that’s very possible!
[MOD] DD: okay, new plan: ash gets a wailmer asap.
CS: NO

upriverMarlin [UM] responded to [Campfire Songs].
dantesNferno: Okay, I think that’s everyone who wanted to know!
dantesNferno: So I’m just going to go over how the League here works, because I know you don’t have one in Alola.
monarchUkulele: Somebody said something about badges?
dantesNferno: Yes! League entry is permitted through a badge-based merit system.
dantesNferno: Trainers who wish to participate in the region’s league must challenge ‘gyms’ and beat their ‘gym leaders’ to obtain a badge.
dantesNferno: They must obtain at least eight badges from the region in order to be permitted into the League tournament.
dantesNferno: There are a total of eleven gyms in the Kanto region, as well as a supplementary one on the Sevii Islands and three in Tohjo, which is a little area wedged in between Kanto and Johto.
dantesNferno: Each gym focuses on a specific type.
unabatedStimulus: this is the bit where you go on and on without stopping right
dantesNferno: That’s exactly right!
dantesNferno: I figure if I give all of you the infodump now you can all bookmark it and come back whenever you need information on it rather than just asking all the time.
dantesNferno: Though I might as well do it myself and save you the effort. #kantoleague
dantesNferno: Okay, so.
dantesNferno: The eleven Kanto gyms focus on Fire, Water, Grass, Electric, Ground, Psychic, Fairy, Rock, Poison, Flying and Fighting.
dantesNferno: Sevii Isles is another Water-type gym, and Tohjo has Dark, Rock and Ice.
dantesNferno: Pewter City, where Ash is right now, is home to the Kanto Rock-type gym.
dantesNferno: Before Ash set off we did a little brainstorming and worked out a circuitous route around Kanto that should bring him to a number though not all of the gyms in time for the tournament next year.
unabatedStimulus: we
unabatedStimulus: was it you and ash or just you
dantesNferno: He had input!
dantesNferno: Anyway, he planned to start with the Viridian City gym, which is the Ground-type one, but that was closed for repair work.
dantesNferno: So he’s starting in Pewter instead.
dantesNferno: Then he’s going to head for Water in Cerulean City, Fairy in Amaranth Town, Psychic in Saffron City, Electric in Vermilion City, Grass in Celadon City, Poison in Fuchsia City, and Fire on Cinnabar Island.
dantesNferno: The Flying and Fighting gyms in Aureolin Town and Redwood City are a bit too far out of the way.
dantesNferno: That’s not to say Ash is going to *avoid* them if the opportunity comes up, but it’s a whole balance issue.
dantesNferno: He doesn’t want to be stuck on the opposite side of the region the day before the League starts.
stockadeUpheaval: You’ve put a lot of research into this.
dantesNferno: They light a fire for the duration of the tournament in my honor.
dantesNferno: The least I could do is understand why.
dantesNferno: Any questions?
unabatedStimulus: that sure was a lot of text
dantesNferno: That sure wasn’t a question.
dantesNferno: Anything?
dantesNferno: No?
dantesNferno: Sol, Fini, nothing?
unabatedStimulus: yea fini went back to sleep
[MOD] solarMaverick: I’m sorry, I’m having to split my attention at the moment.
[MOD] solarMaverick: There’s a really big argument going on and I’m having to play mediator.
dantesNferno: If Fini is asleep, how come she hasn’t timed out?
stockadeUpheaval: Probably because you rattled all of that off in less than five minutes.
upriverMarlin [UM] fled the memo.
stockadeUpheaval: There you go.
stockadeUpheaval: Are we finished?
dantesNferno: Well, don’t come blaming me if you didn’t understand any of that.
dantesNferno [DN] fled the memo.
unabatedStimulus: @uprivermarlin hes gone
upriverMarlin [UM] responded to [Campfire Songs].
upriverMarlin: Thank you
monarchUkulele: That was just mean.
monarchUkulele: You did ask about it and he offered to explain it.
monarchUkulele: And he did.
upriverMarlin: If I remained present we would still be talking about it
upriverMarlin: Moltres does not know how to drop a subject
unabatedStimulus: im headin over to the other memo to watch
unabatedStimulus: cya
unabatedStimulus [US] fled the memo.
stockadeUpheaval: …he said Ash was challenging the Rock gym today.
stockadeUpheaval: What Pokémon does he have with him?
monarchUkulele: Pikachu, Butterfree, and Pidgeotto.
stockadeUpheaval: All three of which are disadvantaged against Rock-types.
monarchUkulele: …Oh.

GO: Without being too harsh towards Ash, that went *spectacularly* badly.
UT: no no it’s fine!
UT: as long as i learned *something* from the battle, it wasn’t a waste!
OG: *Dons teacher glasses*
OG: What did you learn
UT: well mostly that i need to train my pokémon to defend against their weaknesses.
UT: we’re doing some training tonight at an old hydro thing.
GO: Not going to try and catch a Grass-type?
UT: i *would* but entei’s scaring them all off.
BG: Oh shut up
UT: isn’t raikou supposed to be turning up soon?
BG: He will not
BG: He has barricaded himself in father’s basement
BG: And is refusing to come out
UT: that’s
UT: uh
UT: how old is he again?
BG: Old enough to know better
[MOD] DD: yeah ash you should’ve gotten by now that age =/= maturity.
[MOD] DD: groudon and kyogre are almost as old as the planet and they bicker like teenagers.
[MOD] DD: hey so let me know when you head out to that place and i’ll bring snacks.
GO: Is that really a good idea?
[MOD] DD: no it’s a terrible idea.
[MOD] DD: which is why i’m doing it anyway!
BG: I don’t approve of this
BG: You are running unnecessary risks
[MOD] DD: good thing i don’t need your approval then!
decibelDrama [DD] fled the memo.
GO: So, by ‘defend against their weaknesses’, what did you mean?
UT: well for pikachu i guessed i’d just use the hydro stuff to charge him up again.
UT: it worked in viridian with a bike, so with a proper power thing it should work better.
GO: Um, well, probably, but Geodude and Onix are both part Ground-type.
GO: Electric attacks won’t work no matter how much charge Pikachu has.
UT: never say never!
OG: Attaboy
BG: You’re a terrible influence
US: if it works lemme know
US: i would like to know your location
UT: anyway
UT: brock’s pokémon seem pretty slow, so i figure for geodude at least pidgeotto can outspeed it.
UT: and the pokédex is telling me butterfree should know some psychic-type attacks.
UT: ok i’d better get off my phone and start preparing.
GO: I’m surprised that Misty hasn’t commented on the fact you seem to be glued to that device.
UT: she has you just haven’t heard her. :/
ultimateTrainer [UT] fled the memo.

US: @decibeldrama how was last night
[MOD] DD: it was great!
[MOD] TM: What did you do last night?
[MOD] DD: joined ash for a training session at pewter’s old hydro plant.
[MOD] DD: he got some endurance training, pikachu got charged, butterfree is frankly scary, and pidgeotto somehow managed not to blow the building down.
[MOD] DD: oh yeah and we all ate a lot of riceballs.
[MOD] TM: You *what*.
[MOD] TM: You showed yourself in front of Ash and his Pokémon?!
[MOD] DD: how dumb do you think i am i was disguised!
[MOD] DD: okay yeah maybe ash was a bit too chummy with a wild nidoran that he made no attempt to catch, but still.
[MOD] DD: only pikachu really suspected something but i’m still a good actress.
[MOD] DD: i didn’t interfere with the training at all.
US: didnt you
[MOD] DD: sure i *tried* but ash was having none of it.
[MOD] TM: Hmph.
OG: So what’s his plan for the rematch
OG: It’s 2v2 right
[MOD] DD: i think he’s entering butterfree and pikachu?
GO: Against Geodude and Onix again.
GO: I did warn him.
US: wheres hoopa
OG: Probably asleep
[MOD] DD: okay everyone shut up his battle’s starting.
[MOD] DD: leading out with butterfree against the geodude.
[MOD] DD: testing the waters.
[MOD] DD: nicely executed confusion, direct hit. let’s see wh
[MOD] DD: oof
[MOD] DD: welp there goes butterfree.
GO: :/
US: dammit
[MOD] DD: it was a lucky shot.
[MOD] DD: time to see if that extra charge on pikachu paid off.
[MOD] TM: A thought occurs.
[MOD] TM: Mew, Pikachu has now been overcharged on three separate occasions.
[MOD] DD: your point?
[MOD] TM: A (minor) boost from Zekrom and he basically deleted a flock of Spearow.
[MOD] TM: Then he blew up a building.
[MOD] TM: After being charged by a *bike*.
[MOD] DD: …and now he’s been charged by a hydro plant, fuck me running.
[MOD] DD: if anything like that happens i can contain it, don’t wo
[MOD] DD: WHAT
[MOD] DD: EXCUSE ME WHAT
OG: What
OG: What happened

decibelDrama [DD] responded to [The Legendarium].
DD: ASH’S PIKACHU JUST ELECTROCUTED A GEODUDE
DD: I SHIT YOU NOT
[ADMIN] WD: What the
NG: >print: N O T _ S C I E N T I F I C A L L Y _ P O S S I B L E
[ADMIN] WD: ZEKROM
DD: no palkia we checked.
DD: zekrom’s boost got all used up clearing that spearow flock.
DD: this is 100% ash’s pikachu.
DD: this is *NOT NORMAL*.

thunderbirbTwo [TT] responded to [Gotta Ketchum All].
chasingMendacity [CM] responded to [Gotta Ketchum All].
TT: here comes the lightning brigade
GO: I
cumuloBurnout [CB] joined [Gotta Ketchum All].
US: whoo
US: thats the sound of a lot of ground types gettin very worried
GO: What
[MOD] TM: Well.
TT: that’s our ash
[MOD] TM: I don’t think any of us were expecting *that*.
OG: I am
OG: So proud
OG: Sniff
CM: I TOLD YOU SO.
CB: /\/ i knew it was possible
CB: /\/ landy can go suck it
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poryBot [PB] gave thousandSiroccos [TS] the ‘moderator’ role.
thousandSiroccos [TS] banned cumuloBurnout [CB] from responding to the memo.
thousandSiroccos [TS] fled the memo.
OG: Never
OG: Say
OG: Never
CM: I TOLD YOU THAT PIKACHU’S WELLS WERE DEEPER THAN NORMAL.
CM: BUT DID YOU LISTEN?
CM: NOOOOOO.
[MOD] TM: At the time we were more concerned with the fact that you’d directly interfered with Ash’s journey.
[MOD] TM: And as a result, he not only saw me but obtained one of my feathers as well.
TT: even though that was your fault
[MOD] TM: If it weren’t for Zekrom I wouldn’t have needed to be in the area.
OG: Nice blame shift
GO: But
TT: shaymin’s broken guys
GO: Sorry, I’m still trying to work out how this is possible.
GO: I mean, Miracle Eye exists to circumvent Dark’s immunity to Psychic, and Scrappy exists, but…
GO: Is there a move or ability that *allows* Electric to damage Ground?
[MOD] TM: That a Pikachu can learn?
[MOD] TM: No.
[MOD] DD: or maybe there is and we just don’t know about it!
[MOD] DD: this turns everything upside down!
US: hey uh mew
US: what happened to the battle
[MOD] DD: what
[MOD] DD: oh
[MOD] DD: um
[MOD] DD: i don’t
[MOD] DD: i kind of stopped paying attention…
[MOD] DD: the gym’s kind of empty now.
[MOD] DD: WAIT WHEN DID I GET WET
[MOD] DD: AUGH
decibelDrama [DD] fled the memo.
GO: So if Mew got wet…
GO: Maybe he did somehow use Soak???
OG: TBF if Pikachu can use Soak then it’s still worth an epic freakout
GO: Hey, Zekrom?
CM: WHAT.
GO: I wasn’t part of that discussion, what did you mean by ‘deeper wells’?
CM: ALL ELECTRIC-TYPES HAVE A CHARGE WELL THEY DRAW ELECTRICITY FROM.
CM: NONE ARE INFINITE, NOT EVEN US.
CM: USE ENOUGH ELECTRIC ATTACKS AND IT *WILL* RUN DRY AND REQUIRE A RECHARGE.
GO: Makes sense.
TT: natch as legendaries ours are pretty damn big
CM: I FELT PIKACHU’S WELL IN OUR BRIEF MOMENT OF CONNECTION.
TT: did you now
twiceMulticolored [TM] kicked thunderbirbTwo [TT] from the memo. (Reason: Inappropriate.)
CM: HIS STORED CHARGE WAS AT AN ACCEPTABLE LEVEL.
CM: HIS *POTENTIAL* CHARGE WAS ALMOST THE SIZE OF MINE.
GO: So, wait.
GO: You’re saying that if Pikachu’s fully charged, he’s almost got a legendary-scale power level?!
CM: BASICALLY.
GO: Ouch.
US: not so much ouch as bzap
GO: All I can think of now is ‘that poor Geodude’…
[MOD] TM: Hm.
US: what a shocking turn of events
twiceMulticolored [TM] kicked unabatedStimulus [US] from the memo. (Reason: You’ve been warned about bad puns.)
ultimateTrainer [UT] responded to [Gotta Ketchum All].
UT: boulder badge get!
[BOT] PB: da-da-da-do!
UT: uh what
OG: Big grats Ash
OG: You not only won a badge but you broke physics
UT: yeah that was pretty surprising!
GO: You didn’t even know it would work?!
UT: i just thought i’d ask pikachu to give it a shot!
[MOD] TM: Question. Why did Mew get wet?
UT: oh, was she in the building?
UT: pikachu accidentally set the sprinklers off.
UT: i kinda forfeited because they soaked onix…
GO: But you got the badge anyway?
UT: yeah!
UT: apparently all the gyms have a secret test of character?
UT: brock’s was all about resilience.
UT: you know, not giving up as soon as a battle seems impossible.
UT: did you know this @dantesnferno?
dantesNferno [DN] responded to [Gotta Ketchum All].
DN: I did not.
DN: I’ll do the research and get back to you.
DN: Though I will say it makes a lot of sense.
DN: Simply earning the badges for overpowering their holders every time frankly seems counterproductive.
[MOD] TM: So the secondary challenges encourage the trainers to fight *smart*.
DN: Precisely.
dantesNferno [DN] fled the memo.
UT: though speaking of brock he’s coming with me!
OG: Why
OG: I mean it’s great that you’re making friends but why is a gym leader following you
OG: Did you blow up his bike too
UT: ha ha :/
UT: he’s got a dream of becoming a pokémon breeder and his dad took over the gym so he could do that.
thunderbirbTwo [TT] responded to [Gotta Ketchum All].
TT: breeding eh
OG: Do you have like a sixth sense for innuendo or something
[MOD] TM: Actually, Pokémon breeding is a legitimate profession.
[MOD] TM: The title is somewhat of a misnomer. They’re more of a hybrid between field doctors and regular trainers.
[MOD] TM: They help raise Pokémon for noncompetitive environments.
UT: that makes sense.
OG: So I guess you’re off towards Cerulean then
UT: actually no, we’re going the other way…
[MOD] TM: Ash Ketchum. You *cannot* be lost.
[MOD] TM: *You haven’t even left Pewter yet.*
UT: it’s just a bit of a detour!
UT: i saw a poster yesterday for a tournament that’s coming up in a place called rota!
TT: rota eh
TT: that’s mew’s old stomping grounds
UT: it is?
decibelDrama [DD] responded to [Gotta Ketchum All].
poryBot [PB] gave decibelDrama [DD] the ‘moderator’ role.
[MOD] DD: bbbbbbrrr.
[MOD] DD: rota yes!
[MOD] DD: i know this!
[MOD] DD: there’s a ‘hero of the year’ tournament that’s held in cameran castle!
UT: that’s the one!
[MOD] DD: ooh i can drop in and give my bro a visit.
[MOD] DD: haven’t seen him in aaaaages.
[MOD] DD: if you get the time you should totally visit the tree of beginnings too.
[MOD] DD: it’s really awesome.
[MOD] DD: i’ll probably have to escort you but i can do that disguised.
UT: nice!
OG: Tho
OG: Probably the only place Mew could show herself and we couldn’t call her out for it
[MOD] TM: It goes without saying that you should still be careful.
[MOD] TM: And I will continue repeating this statement until you’re out of the area again.
[MOD] TM: It’s a shame, we never did find out what happened to Sir Aaron…
TT: ash being a hero
TT: isn’t he one already
UT: only by your very strange standards.
ultimateTrainer [UT] fled the memo.
TT: uh
TT: was that a burn
OG: Y’know sis I think it was

TT: so hows the tree doing
[MOD] DD: oh just shut up i’m not there yet.
[MOD] DD: it took me long enough to set up hoopa’s ring so you could all watch the tournament.
[MOD] DD: i can’t just teleport in, i haven’t been here in a long time!
OO: hoopa still not hoopaflix :(
[MOD] GW: CheerUp!
[MOD] GW: TalksWithGiratinaAreProgressingSmoothly.
[MOD] GW: YouWillBeAbleToTakeALongerBreakWhenTheLogisticsAreSortedOut.
OG: Some pretty good battling going on here
OG: Butterfree finally getting some air time without getting squashed
[MOD] DD: bug-types are just really fragile.
[MOD] DD: probably why there’s no bug-type legendaries.
[MOD] DD: wonder where my bro’s at.
[MOD] DD: last time i was here he just sort of popped up in front of me.
MU: What *do* Mew do when they get together?
[MOD] DD: stupid stuff.
[MOD] DD: bro really likes playing kaiju with lego.
TT: ngl that sounds pretty fun
[MOD] DD: the first few times, yes.
[MOD] DD: it gets stale after a
[MOD] DD: uh
[MOD] DD: hold on
OG: Ow that looked like it hurt
OG: There’s gotta be rules against that
MU: I think there is, I think the referee just disqualified that guy.
MU: See, look.
OG: Oh yeah
OG: @ultimateTrainer if I ever catch you doing that I’m disowning you
TT: can you even disown him
OG: No but I’ll do it anyway
[MOD] DD: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[MOD] DD: @BARKNECESSARILY @BARKNECESSARILY @BARKNECESSARILY GET DOWN HERE NOW
MU: ???
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BN: What’x the matter?
[MOD] DD: NO TIME TO EXPLAIN
BN: Doex anyone know what xhe’x talking abaaaaaagh!
BN: I hate teleporting.
BN: Um.
BN: Yex that’x really very bad.
barkNecessarily [BN] fled the memo.
[MOD] GW: WhatsTheProblem?
[MOD] DD: i dunno exactly but there’s something really really *really* wrong with the tree of beginning.
[MOD] DD: my bro’s nowhere to be seen either.
[MOD] DD: it’s like it’s
[MOD] DD: sick.
[MOD] DD: to most pokémon nothing would look wrong, but…
MU: It’s like a sixth sense?
[MOD] DD: yeah exactly!
[MOD] DD: @crystallineslush are you in the area?
[MOD] DD: if so xerneas might need some help.
OG: So hold on
OG: What happens if there’s a problem with the tree
[MOD] DD: worst case scenario, basically the whole ecosystem for the country goes kaput.
[MOD] DD: at least that’s what my bro told me the tree did.
[MOD] DD: @barknecessarily please tell me if there’s something i can do to help!
barkNecessarily [BN] responded to [Gotta Ketchum All].
BN: The bext thing you can do at the moment ix xtay where you are.
BN: I found a major aura leak in one of the tree’x rootx.
BN: Ax it xtandx thix ix going to turn me into a tree again xo pleaxe xtay out of the way.
[MOD] DD: gotcha.
[MOD] DD: @crystallineslush never mind.
TT: damn it we missed ash
TT: was anyone paying attention
OG: He’s doing fine
OG: Was a little touch and go
OG: But that guy will not be underestimating butterflies ever again
OG: Mew you were right about that Butterfree being a demon
[MOD] DD: ikr
[MOD] DD: sorry but i’m just trying not to panic over here.
BN: Mew it might be an idea to take thix to private mexxagex.
[MOD] DD: yeah probably.
BN: Can xomebody let Zygarde know I’ll be home late pleaxe.
barkNecessarily [BN] fled the memo.
decibelDrama [DD] fled the memo.
OG: I kinda get the feeling Ash is the only one treating this seriously
MU: To be fair it is a competition for the title ‘Hero of the Year’.
MU: I get that it seems to be a tradition but I don’t think most of the locals are treating it seriously either.
OG: True
twiceMulticolored [TM] responded to [Gotta Ketchum All].
poryBot [PB] gave twiceMulticolored [TM] the ‘moderator’ role.
[MOD] TM: Apologies for my tardiness.
TT: raikou again
[MOD] TM: He seems to have somehow welded the door shut.
[MOD] TM: The entire building is made of wood.
[MOD] TM: I don’t know either.
[MOD] TM: How are things going?
OG: Ash is probably gonna win the tourney
OG: Mew and Xerneas are dealing with something at the TOB
OG: Good times
[MOD] TM: TOB?
MU: He means the Tree of Beginnings.
[MOD] TM: Oh I see.
OG: You should check out Ash’s gear
OG: I was totally right blue is definitely his color
[MOD] TM: Gear?
MU: It’d probably be better if you just switched on the stream.
MU: Everybody at the event is dressed in period-accurate costume.
MU: I tried asking *what* period, but nobody seems to know.
[MOD] TM: Hm.
[MOD] TM: Uh
[MOD] TM: Does
[MOD] TM: Does Ash know he’s wearing Sir Aaron’s clothes?
OG: Wait he is
[MOD] TM: He’s the spitting image of the man.
[MOD] TM: Younger, of course.
[MOD] TM: …
[MOD] TM: CELEBI @outtaTime
current outtaTime [COT] RIGHT NOW joined [Gotta Ketchum All].
COT: you called, your rainbowness?
[MOD] TM: Please confirm for me that Sir Aaron is not, in fact, somehow, an alternate time clone of Ash Ketchum.
COT: oof that sounds like it’d be a logistical nightmare.
COT: one tick!
current outtaTime [COT] fled the memo.
past outtaTime [POT] 1,996 YEARS AGO responded to [Gotta Ketchum All].
POT: he’s not.
POT: phew!
OG: Oh good
OG: Last thing we wanted was some weird time shit
[MOD] TM: It’s just uncanny.
[MOD] TM: Ash, at Cameran, wearing those clothes…
[MOD] TM: I’m going to start having flashbacks soon.
MU: Um, I guess I missed something???
MU: Who’s Sir Aaron?
[MOD] TM: Sir Aaron was a previous Chosen One, as you can see from Celebi’s timestamp, around two thousand years ago.
[MOD] TM: He was a master of Aura.
[MOD] TM: He was
[MOD] TM: He
crystallineSlush [CS] responded to [Gotta Ketchum All].
CS: Oh no.
CS: Father, take a minute. Please.
MU: Um.
MU: Is it okay to ask what warranted such a reaction???
CS: Sir Aaron was… one of father’s.
TT: one of his what
CS: In the same way that Ash is one of Lugia’s.
MU: Oh.
MU: OH.
OG: Well
OG: Shit
POT: it’s not like i can stick around and find out what happened either.
POT: there’s about six months of blar around the end of the war that neither me or the boss can get into.
POT: aaron goes in one side, doesn’t come out the other.
[MOD] TM: Knowing him, whatever he did, he intentionally blocked you from watching.
[MOD] TM: Somehow.
[MOD] TM: He always was good at cheating the system like that.
OG: Hey um Ash won
OG: He’s a big time hero now
OG: @decibelDrama if you’re done can you move the ring
decibelDrama [DD] responded to [Gotta Ketchum All].
poryBot [PB] gave decibelDrama [DD] the ‘moderator’ role.
[MOD] DD: yeah sure.
MU: Is everything fixed?
[MOD] DD: not quite but xerneas says he’ll make sure it is before he nods off.
[MOD] TM: What, exactly, was the problem?
[MOD] DD: one of the roots was leaking aura like a sieve.
[MOD] DD: i don’t know what my idiot brother was thinking letting it go unchecked like that.
[MOD] DD: xerneas thinks if we didn’t spot it for another few years trying to fix it would have actually killed him.
TT: ouch
TT: so basically ash just saved the world
[MOD] DD: well
[MOD] DD: kinda?
[MOD] DD: i mean sure i’m only here now ‘cause ash is here, and it’s xerneas who’s fixing it…
TT: root cause
TT: ash
[MOD] TM: She has a point.
TT: words i’d never thought i’d hear you say
OG: So
OG: Can we put the heavy talk behind us for the moment and just enjoy watching Ash dancing like a prat
TT: dancing
TT: is that what that is
TT: i thought he was being electrocuted
[MOD] DD: well it was a serious situation but it’s all in hand now so it’s time to think positive again!
[MOD] DD: and i know just how to blow off some steam.
[MOD] TM: Don’t do anything reckless.
[MOD] DD: oh relax.
[MOD] DD: your rainbowness.
POT: pfft
POT: k if i’m all done here i’ll just pop back to the present.
past outtaTime [POT] fled the memo.
CS: Who’s that he’s just started dancing with?
MU: A local???
[MOD] TM: She looks familiar…
[MOD] DD: ;3
[MOD] TM: MEW YOU ARE NOT.
OG: LOL
TT: omfg that’s genius
[MOD] TM: Does Ash know that’s you?
[MOD] DD: based on the way he rolled his eyes when i winked at him i’m guessing yes.
[MOD] DD: now @ultimatetrainer this is how *legendaries* dance!
OG: Don’t look now I think Brock’s jealous
MU: Forget Brock, look at Misty!
OG: OOF
OG: Yeah she not happy
[MOD] TM: Is that dancing, or is that throwing Ash around like he’s a ragdoll?
[MOD] DD: care to join us, mr i-once-got-lost-on-a-dancefloor?
[MOD] TM: I don’t know.
[MOD] TM: I might get noticed.
CS: Have I ever mentioned how disconcerting it is when my father starts using sarcasm?
[MOD] TM: I’m right here, Suicune.
CS: I *know*.
OG: What the
[MOD] TM:
[MOD] DD: it’s aaron’s lucario
[MOD] DD: wtf

[ADMIN] theOne: This is not how I pictured this day going.
[ADMIN] doctorWhom: Tell me about it.
[ADMIN] theOne: We find out Sir Aaron gave his life to restore the Tree of Beginnings.
[ADMIN] theOne: We find that not only is his Lucario still alive but also fit and healthy.
[ADMIN] theOne: We find out that Ash’s aura signature is very similar to Aaron’s.
[ADMIN] worldDistributor: Still trying to figure out how *that* works.
[ADMIN] theOne: We find out that the aforementioned Tree of Beginnings was suffering from a long term problem which, fortunately, Xerneas has now fixed.
[ADMIN] theOne: And we’re less than three weeks into Ash’s journey.
[ADMIN] theOne: Less than *three weeks*.
[ADMIN] worldDistributor: And we finally found Mew’s brother in a three-day-long queue for the Lego store in Saffron City, but we’ll gloss over that.
[ADMIN] theOne: What was Lucario’s decision, in the end?
[ADMIN] doctorWhom: He’ll think about it, but he wants, well, time.
[ADMIN] doctorWhom: The world he now lives in is vastly different from the one he last slept in.
[ADMIN] doctorWhom: Otherwise the metaphorical equivalent would be dropping him in the deep end, pulling him out with a preserver, and then throwing him back in again.
[ADMIN] theOne: As far as I’m concerned, he can have all the time he wants.
[ADMIN] worldDistributor: I don’t know where Aaron got the time/space compressors for his staff, and frankly I don’t want to know.
[ADMIN] worldDistributor: I’m surprised they never exploded.
[ADMIN] worldDistributor: We’re probably going to find out that he got each of us to teach him our respective components under false pretences.
[ADMIN] doctorWhom: I’d wager he used a similar method to time-lock the events surrounding his death.
[ADMIN] doctorWhom: Speaking of…
[ADMIN] doctorWhom: Father, I should probably let you know that Ash is basically time-locked as well.
[ADMIN] theOne: Fantastic.
[ADMIN] worldDistributor: How did he manage that???
[ADMIN] worldDistributor: Is this your subordinate’s fault?
[ADMIN] doctorWhom: Yes and no.
[ADMIN] doctorWhom: Yes, in that Ash has become time-locked because Celebi’s personal timeline is completely knotted around his.
[ADMIN] doctorWhom: Not *now*, but in about one and a half years’ time.
[ADMIN] doctorWhom: And no, because - I have confirmed - she was forced into the first knot against her will and things just got progressively worse on their own.
[ADMIN] doctorWhom: The bottom line is that if anything goes wrong -
[ADMIN] doctorWhom: We know nothing *is* going to go wrong, but if anything goes wrong -
[ADMIN] doctorWhom: Revising anything like serious injury is going to be next to impossible.
[ADMIN] wonkyWindlass: BUT NOT COMPLETELY IMPOSSIBLE
[ADMIN] doctorWhom: Give me a little credit, Giratina. I did *create* time.
[ADMIN] doctorWhom: The topic drifted a little, I think.
[ADMIN] worldDistributor: A little?!
[ADMIN] theOne: Thank you for informing me, Dialga. Keep me updated.
[ADMIN] doctorWhom: Back to today’s events…
[ADMIN] doctorWhom: I think Lucario was not entirely surprised when Ho-oh arrived, though we know full well that Aaron was never forthcoming about his personal life with anyone.
[ADMIN] doctorWhom: I didn’t stay to listen in, I didn’t think it was appropriate.
[ADMIN] doctorWhom: Though… you know Ash wants to get Lucario added to the chat?
[ADMIN] doctorWhom: His argument was that it might help if he had someone to talk to about it for a while, and basically the only ones who are still alive from back then are... well, us.
[ADMIN] theOne: I… I’m not sure if that’s possible.
[ADMIN] wonkyWindlass: THATS MY DEPARTMENT ILL LOOK INTO IT
[ADMIN] worldDistributor: I suppose we should really be thanking those thieves.
[ADMIN] worldDistributor: Team Rocket, was it?
[ADMIN] worldDistributor: While their persistence is extremely annoying, it must be said that Ash and Lucario would never have bonded the way they did if they hadn’t kidnapped Pikachu.
[ADMIN] theOne: Yes, Team Rocket are an… issue.
[ADMIN] theOne: I considered - like I had with Ash before this started - asking Uxie to just edit their memories a little so they wouldn’t be so much of a nuisance.
[ADMIN] doctorWhom: And the reason you didn’t?
[ADMIN] theOne: Quite aside from the fact that Azelf has taken a shining to them, our discussion was interrupted by Calyrex.
[ADMIN] theOne: Who told us in no uncertain terms that if we executed the plan we would be tipping the first domino in a chain that ends with the world’s destruction.
[ADMIN] doctorWhom: Just from removing the influence of a couple of thieves?!
[ADMIN] worldDistributor: I don’t know what you’re surprised about.
[ADMIN] worldDistributor: You’re always going on about the Beautifly Effect.
[ADMIN] doctorWhom: I’ll be back in less than a second, I need to confirm this for myself.
[ADMIN] doctorWhom: Oh for goodness’ sake.
[ADMIN] wonkyWindlass: WHAT
[ADMIN] doctorWhom: I ran an experiment by creating a divergent timeline in which they never encountered Ash.
[ADMIN] doctorWhom: The instant I did so the space-time continuum disintegrated thanks to a time paradox.
[ADMIN] theOne: Dialga, experimenting is all well and good, but I felt that. Please don’t do it again.
[ADMIN] doctorWhom: Sorry.
[ADMIN] wonkyWindlass: SO
[ADMIN] wonkyWindlass: UH
[ADMIN] wonkyWindlass: EVEN IF THEY DONT ACTUALLY KNOW IT
[ADMIN] wonkyWindlass: THEYRE PROTECTING THE WORLD FROM DEVASTATION
[ADMIN] theOne: …
[ADMIN] theOne: …Yes, Giratina, they are.

[MOD] DD: not the worst rhyhorn racing i’ve ever seen.
UT: well.
UT: thanks for the backhanded compliment.
UT: can’t believe i didn’t recognize bruno…
UT: i must’ve seen the pictures moltres showed me a dozen times.
OG: TBF you just start tuning Moltres out after a while
DN: I resent that remark.
DN: I provide helpful and useful information.
DN: Any difficulties you run into as a result of not paying attention are therefore your own fault.
TT: hey art
OG: Yeah
TT: it’s about time we did something about this
OG: You have a plan
TT: i’ll paralyze him you take his island
OG: You’re on
DN: I’m right here!
TT: yes you are
TT: want to do something about it
thunderbirbTwo [TT] fled the memo.
offensiveGlaceon [OG] fled the memo.
DN: I swear.
DN: My siblings are the *worst*.
dantesNferno [DN] fled the memo.
UT: there they go.
[MOD] TM: Well, it’ll keep them quiet for a while.
[MOD] TM: Quiet considering, anyway.
[MOD] TM: They’re Lugia’s problem now.
UT: ho-oh, i have a question.
[MOD] TM: Hm?
UT: i was reading back through the chat for when i was at rota.
UT: what did suicune mean when she said i was ‘one of lugia’s’?
[MOD] DD: uh oh rumbled
[MOD] TM: Much as I would like to explain… it would be better if Lugia himself did so.
UT: has he been in this memo at all?
[MOD] DD: nah he keeps chickening out.
UT: i get the feeling i’m missing something important.
[MOD] DD: i’d say ping him now but he’s probably busy fighting the other birds.
[MOD] DD: eh you’ll be fine.
[MOD] DD: so long as he doesn’t see the clip of you dancing.
UT: :/
[MOD] TM: I confess I fail to see why that’s relevant.
[MOD] DD: it’s not so much the actual dancing it’s the fact that he was doing it with me. :p
[MOD] TM: Okay, yes.
[MOD] TM: That I can see.
UT: uh
UT: hm
[MOD] DD: what?
UT: well
UT: you know i asked the other day if lucario could be added to the chat?
UT: and giratina said he’d look into it?
[MOD] TM: Yes?
UT: um
UT: apparently he’s still looking but in the meantime he figured out a way for brock and misty to join. :/
UT: he’s set up a whole new memo board for it too.
[MOD] TM: That… seems like a very bad idea.
UT: he’s very
UT: enthusiastic about it?
[MOD] TM: Yes, Giratina does that.
[MOD] TM: He gets very excited about things and doesn’t think them through all the way.
UT: isn’t that what mew does?
[MOD] DD: hey!
UT: but it is true.
[MOD] DD: never said it wasn’t!
[MOD] DD: difference between us though is when i realize it’s a bad idea i just shrug, say ‘fuck it’ and do it anyway.
[MOD] TM: Language.
[MOD] DD: but when giratina realizes it’s a bad idea he thinks everyone’s going to hate him for it.
[MOD] DD: even if it wasn’t actually a bad idea or wasn’t his fault.
[MOD] DD: there was one point, can’t remember exactly when, he gave celebi a shortcut through the reverse world.
[MOD] DD: nothing unusual.
[MOD] DD: except afterwards celebi got really sick.
[MOD] TM: Oh, I remember that.
[MOD] TM: She’d been stung by a Seviper, got poisoned, and just didn’t notice.
[MOD] DD: yeah.
[MOD] DD: but giratina was convinced it was his fault.
[MOD] DD: no joke nobody saw him for nearly two hundred years because he was convinced everybody hated him forever.
UT: wow.
UT: that’s really sad.
UT: that just means we’ve got to make this the best idea ever!
UT: we’re going to make this work!
[MOD] TM: Admirable, to be sure.
[MOD] TM: And I don’t doubt that he’s set the board up so none of us can get in there.
[MOD] TM: But that doesn’t mean nobody’s going to try.
UT: yeah…
UT: maybe it would work if giratina put a couple of mods in there.
UT: then they could make sure everybody else stays out.
UT: and i could just say you’re my friends who run the chat.
UT: which is basically true anyway!
[MOD] DD: who though?
UT: well, sorry mew, but you’re kinda…
UT: impulsive?
UT: you’d probably blow your cover immediately.
[MOD] DD: oh absolutely.
UT: ho-oh?
[MOD] TM: Hmmm.
[MOD] TM: It could work?
[MOD] TM: I think?
[MOD] TM: Though I wouldn’t be able to keep an eye on it 24/7.
UT: maybe somebody from kalos or galar since they’re awake when we’re asleep?
[MOD] DD: probably zygarde then?
[MOD] TM: Might be an idea to add a third and grab either Dialga or Palkia as well, just to cover our bases.
UT: i’ll ask arceus about it.
[MOD] DD: wow.
[MOD] DD: those positivity lessons are paying off huh :p
[MOD] DD: he is literally speaking to the original one to put forward ideas just to make giratina happy.
[MOD] TM: Perhaps this is why he was Chosen.

worldDistributor [WD] created new memo CAMP CLEARING on board LOST IN VIRIDIAN FOREST.
> Private board set up for Ash and his friends.
> Please be mindful of the rules and guidelines.
> Type /rules to view the rules and guidelines.

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poryBot [PB] gave worldDistributor [WD] the ‘administrator’ role.
worldDistributor [WD] invited twiceMulticolored [TM], neverNadir [NN] and ultimateTrainer [UT] to the memo.
[ADMIN] WD: !automod twiceMulticolored
[BOT] PB: Automatic moderator role assigned.
[ADMIN] WD: !automod neverNadir
[BOT] PB: Automatic moderator role assigned.
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[ADMIN] WD: There. That should be everything.
[MOD] NN: zZz Im not convinced that this is a good idea zZz
UT: it’ll be fine!
UT: i’ll just refer to you guys by your handles.
[ADMIN] WD: Giratina has set things up so nobody else can even see this board, so you *shouldn’t* have any problems.
[ADMIN] WD: Nobody apart from the admins, I mean.
UT: will it be okay that ho-oh and i discussed it with mew in the other memo first?
[ADMIN] WD: Again, Giratina. He’s deleted the relevant part of the log.
[ADMIN] WD: What are your friends’ handles?
UT: misty is @tropicalwaterfall and brock is @unassumingboulder.
[ADMIN] WD: I’m going to wipe this section from the chat record now.
[ADMIN] WD: !prunelog start
[BOT] PB: Messages deleted to bot initialization. Deleting this message in 5 seconds.
worldDistributor [WD] invited tropicalWaterfall [TW] and unassumingBoulder [UB] to the memo.
[ADMIN] WD: They get them?
UT: yeah!
[ADMIN] WD: Good. I’m out, then.
worldDistributor [WD] fled the memo.
UT: this is going to be a little awkward because i can talk to them out loud but then you won’t hear *me*.
[MOD] NN: zZz Turn on voice recognition zZz
UT: since when has that ever worked?
unassumingBoulder [UB] joined [Camp Clearing].
[MOD] TM: Good evening.
[MOD] NN: zZz What is even the point if youre travelling together zZz
[MOD] NN: zZz Surely that makes this redundant zZz
UT: well it’s going to be useful if we get separated.
UB: Hey.
tropicalWaterfall [TW] joined [Camp Clearing].
UT: why *is* that the board name?
[MOD] TM: Probably because WD thought it was funny?
[MOD] TM: And good evening to you as well.
[MOD] TM: *ahem*
[MOD] TM: Welcome to the both of you.
[MOD] TM: Ash has been telling us about you.
UB: Good things I hope?
[MOD] TM: Well, so far, what’s stuck is that you’re a great cook and Misty really wants a new bike.
TW: you bet I do!!!
[MOD] TM: Doubtless Ash has told you a bit about the chat - he’s on it most of the time after all - but allow me to just go over a couple of things.
[MOD] TM: From what I’ve been hearing I don’t expect either of you to break the rules, but please use /rules to familiarize yourself with them regardless.
[MOD] TM: If you need any help with the chat, either myself, NN or WD should be around to answer any questions.
TW: does Ash really come on here all the time just to chat with the two of you?
[MOD] NN: zZz No zZz
[MOD] NN: zZz In fact Ive barely spoken with him at all zZz
[MOD] TM: Everybody else is…
[MOD] TM: I want to say less well-behaved?
[MOD] TM: Ash is used to them but really they don’t have a filter.
UT: that.
TW: :/
UB: Well, pleased to make your acquaintance.
UB: It’s getting late so we’d better sign off for now.
UT: yeah.
UT: talk to you later guys!
ultimateTrainer [UT] fled the memo.
unassumingBoulder [UB] fled the memo.
TW: …
TW: how much *has* Ash told you about us?
[MOD] TM: Rest assured he has never once described either of you as an annoyance.
TW: what
TW: i didn’t
[MOD] TM: Apologies for my inference there.
[MOD] TM: After hearing about the bike situation I guessed you might think that way.
TW: oh.
TW: …thanks.
[MOD] TM: …I think I know something that might help.
[MOD] TM: !motd Ash owes Misty a bike.
[BOT] PB: New MOTD: Ash owes Misty a bike. -TM
[MOD] TM: Now we *know* he won’t forget.
tropicalWaterfall [TW] fled the memo.
[MOD] NN: zZz That was rude of her zZz
[MOD] TM: It’s not absolutely necessary to make a leaving statement. You know that.
[MOD] NN: zZz Still a bad idea zZz
twiceMulticolored [TM] fled the memo.

ultimateTrainer [UT] responded to [Gotta Ketchum All].
UT: so, question.
UT: did anyone *know* that clefairy are from space?
TD: Unfortunately that’s my fault.
TD: I once, ahem, got rather upset with a clan and sent them to the moon.
TD: With air of course! I’m not heartless.
[MOD] DD: yeah it’s the really polite ones who get super super scary when they’re angry.
[MOD] DD: you do *not* want to deal with an enraged lunala.
TD: Then there was an… incident, with somebody who shall remain nameless, and I forgot about them.
TD: It turns out that Clefairy thrive in no oxygen and low gravity conditions.
TD: They basically own a quarter of the moon now.
[MOD] DD: i hate zubat, btw.
[MOD] DD: they use echolocation and all but they still keep crashing into me.
UT: yeah i think brock’s new zubat was one of them.
MU: Are we not going to mention the Copperajah in the room???
MU: AKA Team Rocket???
UT: yeah, i…
UT: i really don’t know what those guys are doing :/
[MOD] DD: they really want pikachu huh.
[MOD] DD: do you think i’d be able to get them off your back for a while by dropping them a random wild pikachu?
UT: i think that’d be really unfair to the pikachu!
[MOD] DD: i could always just pretend to be the pikachu instead.
[MOD] TM: That’s even worse.
[MOD] TM: If they’re going to such lengths just for a Pikachu, imagine how they’d react if they found they’d ‘captured’ a legendary.
TD: Just don’t do anything.
TD: They’ll give up eventually.
UT: that’s what articuno said about misty.
[MOD] TM: Ash, I believe there’s a bike shop in Cerulean.
[MOD] TM: You can stop in there after your gym challenge tomorrow.
UT: yeah, i guess.
UT: for some reason misty’s not keen on me doing it and she won’t say why.
UT: she wants me to skip cerulean entirely.
MU: That’s a very strong reaction.
MU: Are you sure she didn’t tell you and you just forgot?
UT: i’m sure!
UT: obviously i’m not skipping it but…
[MOD] TM: Hmm.
TD: It’s unlikely to be fear-based.
TD: Based on my observations of Misty around Bug-types.
monarchUkulele [MU] fled the memo.
TD: Possibly it’s… embarassment?
UT: oh, maybe she challenged the gym before and did really badly.
UT: and she just cringes when she thinks about it.

twiceMulticolored [TM] began pestering tropicalWaterfall [TW].

TM: I apologize if I’m interrupting anything.
TW: w
TW: uh, no, I’m not busy.
TM: Good.
TM: It’s just that, well, Ash has told us you’ve attempted to dissuade him from challenging the Cerulean gym tomorrow.
TM: I won’t ask why, as I’m guessing it’s a personal reason.
TM: I just wanted to make sure you knew that nothing outside of a most dire crisis will deter Ash from his challenge.
TM: And then I’m not sure even that will be enough.
TM: You’re a friend to him - he respects that - but it will take more than your say-so for him to miss a step towards his dream.
TW: …
TW: …my sisters run the gym.
TW: I’m *supposed* to help.
TM: I see your predicament. Rest assured, your secret is safe with me.
TM: May I ask, is it because of your sisters you’d rather he avoided the gym, or because you’re worried he won’t take it seriously?
TW: both.
TW: my sisters don’t think I’m capable of being a gym leader.
TW: they’ll let themselves be defeated and give us a bad name.
TM: Do *you* think you’re capable of being a gym leader?
TW:
TM: If knowing Ash has taught me anything, it’s that despite what others might say or do, we forge our own paths regardless.
TM: If it is your dream to be a respectable gym leader, it is up to you to fight the world for it.
TW:
TM: If I may make a proposal, it is this.
TM: If you are on paper a leader of Cerulean gym, you battle him.
TM: Don’t allow him to use Pikachu.
TM: *Force* him to take it seriously.
TW:
TW: who *are* you?
TM: Somebody who thought he knew everything until he met Ash.
TM: It sounds silly, but…
TM: I guess you could say he’s my hero.

TM: Suicune?
CS: Yes, father?
TM: I just unironically described Ash as my hero.
TM: Please kill me.

UT: huh.
UT: misty’s changed her mind but she’s bet me that i can’t beat the gym without using pikachu.
[MOD] TM: Oh?
[MOD] TM: Do you plan to take that bet?
UT: duh!
UT: i don’t need a type advantage to win that badge!
TD: To be fair, you had a type *disadvantage* when you fought Brock.
TD: Threefold.
UT: exactly!
UT: so using just butterfree and pidgeotto should be easy!
UT: and if it’s not, well
UT: then it’s all the more fun!

US: hey wait
US: wat
US: mistys a gym leader
[MOD] DD: what???
MU: Really???
MU: You didn’t say anything about that, Moltres!
DN: I *said* that the gym leaders - plural - were the Waterflower sisters.
DN: First names aren’t given.
DN: How was I supposed to know?
OG: Huh
OG: The more you know
OG: We finally gonna see Ash vs Misty
OG: How you holding up Giratina
[ADMIN] WW: ITS EASIER THAN I THOUGHT ITD BE
[MOD] TM: How *are* you controlling three cameras at once?
[MOD] TM: I missed the beginning of the stream.
[ADMIN] WW: I HAVE CAMERA OPERATORS
[MOD] GW: Hello!
[MOD] NM: We Are Currently In The Reverse World .
[MOD] NM: We Can See Out But Nobody Can See In .
[MOD] DD: really frees me up!
[MOD] TM: Somehow it doesn't seem right having the lake guardians doing this.
[MOD] NM: We Volunteered .
MU: Uhm, Mew?
[MOD] DD: yahuh?
MU: Isn’t this a Water-type gym?
MU: Aren’t you going to get a bit wet?
[MOD] DD: this time i’m prepared for it.
[MOD] DD: light screen/barrier wombo combo all the way.
OG: Is there a reason one of the cameras is outside
[MOD] CW: (sorry)
[MOD] CW: (distracted)
US: this is gonna be a fast one then
US: electricity beats water
[MOD] TM: Ash won’t be using Pikachu.
US: huh
OG: Huh
MU: What???
MU: Why wouldn’t he???
[MOD] TM: Misty bet him last night that he couldn’t beat the gym without using Pikachu.
[MOD] TM: This being Ash, he took that bet.
MU: I don’t remember that!
[MOD] TM: It was right after you left.
[MOD] DD: must’ve been her plan all along.
[MOD] DD: lull ash into a false sense of security and then whap-bam!
[MOD] DD: wake-up slap to the face!
[MOD] DD: anyway
[MOD] DD: let’s get our water types in here they’ll want to see this!
[MOD] DD: @watertypes
[MOD] TM: Suicune will be joining us later. I recruited her and Entei to try and drag Raikou out of the basement.
US: p sure finis asleep
surgingOxbow [SO] joined [Gotta Ketchum All].
SO: oh hi!
SO: what’s going on in here?
OG: Ash is gonna face the water gym in a few min
SO: who’s ash???
swordBravo [SB] joined [Gotta Ketchum All].
poryBot [PB] gave swordBravo [SB] the ‘moderator’ role.
swordBravo [SB] banned surgingOxbow [SO] from responding to the memo.
[MOD] SB: I don’t apprciate you distracting Keldeo in the middle of his training, Mew.
[MOD] DD: tumut
swordBravo [SB] fled the memo.
US: what an ass
OG: Isn’t it like
OG: The middle of the night in Unova
DN: Yes.
DN: Time zone conversion for the Home Regions to Unova is -13 hours.
OG: I agree with Koko then
OG: You ass, Cobalion
DN: Now shut up, they’re about to start.
DN: I hope Mew’s out of the way.
[MOD] DD: i’m wedged in a corner up in the viewing gallery.
OG: Azelf wtf are you doing with that camera
[MOD] TM: Pidgeotto vs Goldeen. This should be… interesting.
[MOD] TM: Ash’s lack of Pokémon is going to work against him here.
MU: Um.
MU: Speaking to the four birds in here…
MU: Don’t you *eat* fish?
OG: Yeah
DN: We are, however, much bigger than a Pidgeotto.
US: im vegan
MU: No you’re not.
[MOD] TM: The key thing here is whether Ash paid any attention to what Misty was doing any time she battled in the past.
tsunamiBeluga [TB] joined [Gotta Ketchum All].
TB: ~~~Someone called
US: were watchin a water battle
OG: Whoa
[MOD] DD: yikes!
[MOD] DD: did not expect the surface-to-air ballistic fish!
MU: Have we ever seen Misty’s Goldeen battling seriously at all???
MU: It’s not like they’ve ever had any battles at rivers or lakes.
DN: …I don’t believe we have, no.
DN: Goldeen as a general battler isn’t particularly useful unless it’s mastered Aqua Ring.
TB: ~~~Why bother with Aqua Ring
TB: ~~~Just make a new river
OG: Yeah not everyone can do that Ky
TB: ~~~Their loss
[MOD] DD: come on ash you must have some trick up your sleeve!
[MOD] DD: and you too pidgeotto!
[MOD] DD: you are never living this down if you lose this!
MU: Misty’s just playing with him now.
MU: She’s having Goldeen give Pidgeotto openings that are too narrow to
MU: Okay, nevermind, wow.
[MOD] DD: AGH
[MOD] TM: Using Whirlwind on the pool itself, that’s inspired.
[MOD] TM: That water is going *everywhere*.
US: no water in the pool no problem
OG: Yeah
OG: You go Ash
OG: Find a problem you remove it
OG: Surgically
[MOD] DD: you call this surgical?!
[MOD] GW: MewYouMayWantToMove!
[MOD] GW: AllThisWaterIsExposingYourCamouflage!
[MOD] DD: fuck.
[MOD] DD: not a lot of choice in here…
DN: As much as Pidgeotto works though that’s not going to remove *all* of the water.
DN: True that’s stopped Goldeen from launching properly, but that doesn’t stop all these Water Pulses.
DN: …That’s not how Whirlwind wor
[MOD] DD: YIKES
US: wtf
OG: Uh
[MOD] GW: Wow!
MU: Did
MU: Did Ash just get his Pidgeotto to *invent* a move in the middle of the battle?!
[MOD] NM: That’s Certainly What It Looked Like .
[MOD] TM: …It started out as a Whirlwind but Ash got Pidgeotto to make the flow cross *behind* Goldeen instead of in front…
[MOD] TM: …That’s…
OG: @ultimateTrainer you are so teaching that to me when you get here
OG: Cause that is AWESOME
DN: Well.
DN: Match to Pidgeotto.
[MOD] DD: yeah, not a lot goldeen can do when it’s being pinned against the floor like that!
MU: What would that even be called?!
DN: …Actually, I’m not sure it *quite* counts as a new move.
DN: The wing gusts crossed behind Goldeen underwater, launching it into the air on Pidgeotto’s terms.
DN: It’s more like Gust that wasn’t actually targetted at Goldeen.
OG: Spoil my fun why don’t you
[MOD] DD: okay they’re both switching out.
[MOD] DD: kinda makes sense pidgeotto looks exhausted.
[MOD] TM: So it’ll be Butterfree against… Starmie.
DN: Advantage Ash, I think. The pool’s not really a viable option any more.
[MOD] DD: okay i’m moving now before the demon gets going.
[MOD] DD: crap.
US: oof
MU: I’m getting the feeling that Misty wasn’t prepared for the pool to be so empty.
MU: She’s on the defensive.
TB: ~~~That wouldn’t be a problem if I were there
OG: Well you’re not so shush
MU: Fair to Misty, this is probably Ash’s hardest battle so far.
MU: That I’ve seen, anyway.
[MOD] DD: there was one a couple days ago but that was bruno.
MU: Who?
DN: I explained to you the Elite Four.
US: no you didnt
OG: Ash has this in the bag
OG: Time to wrap it all up
[MOD] CW: hm
US: uh
US: wat
OG: Azelf wtf
[MOD] DD: oh ffs it’s team rocket again!
[MOD] TM: For crying out loud.
US: giant vacuum what
US: mew
[MOD] DD: i’m on the wrong side of the arena!
[MOD] DD: if i so much as sneeze i’m going to get spotted!
MU: Is it just me or does it look like they expected there to be more water in the pool too?
DN: Cerulean gym is famed for its pool.
DN: I don’t suppose anyone would ever consider thinking of it as being nearly empty.
US: go on pikachu
US: blow it up
MU: That’s a terrible idea, Koko.
MU: That would hurt all of the Water-types already inside it.
OG: Oh nice
OG: TBH I forgot about that Seel
[MOD] DD: what happened? i’m not watching the stream ‘cause i’m here in person, and i’m kinda stuck in the stands.
[MOD] TM: Misty instructed the gym’s Seel to attack the machine with Ice Shard.
[MOD] TM: I believe it hit something vital.
US: and here comes pikachu
MU: NO DON
MU: Okay then!
US: see
OG: Nice tag team there
OG: Wonder how many Thunderbolts to the face it’ll take before they get the point
[MOD] DD: and they are outta here!
[MOD] DD: hey @wonkywindlass we need a new porybot response for this.
US: well
US: that sucked
decibelDrama [DD] kicked unabatedStimulus [US] from the memo. (Reason: boo)
OG: Huh
OG: Went over well with the sisters then
OG: They’re giving him the badge
OG: Misty not happy
MU: I don’t think I would be, either, if I’m honest.
MU: …And Ash isn’t either, wow!
[MOD] DD: oh ffs.
[MOD] DD: tried to teleport free and ended up outside…
MU: Ash gave the badge back to Misty and said it was her call.
[MOD] DD: he what
OG: Oh
OG: Yeah
OG: I think
OG: That’s my fault
[MOD] DD: what how
OG: Part of the whole giving us a challenge thing
OG: I said something like ‘badges mean nothing if you didn’t earn them’
OG: Guess Ash feels like he wants to earn the badge from Misty rather than the others
MU: …and she gave it back to him.
DN: Making the entire exchange pointless.
DN: He should have just kept the badge.
[MOD] DD: hey, moltres. did you ever figure anything out with the secret gym challenges?
[MOD] DD: maybe he passed that and we just didn’t notice.
DN: Oh.
DN: Not really. They’re kept secret for a reason, it seems.
DN: We would have to ask Ash to ask Misty.
MU: Somehow I don’t think ‘saving the gym from thieves’ is an acceptable challenge.
tsunamiBeluga [TB] fled the memo.
[MOD] DD: dunno, maybe it could be an ash-exclusive challenge if they keep showing up.
[MOD] TM: All in all, I think that went quite well.
[MOD] TM: I can see I’m going to have to bring some points up to Lugia later.
OG: Where even is he
OG: He hasn’t joined this place like once
[MOD] TM: I can understand a certain degree of nervousness, but we’re getting close to a month in now.
[MOD] TM: …my presence is required downstairs. Suicune and Entei have run into a new difficulty.
twiceMulticolored [TM] fled the memo.
[MOD] DD: makes me glad i haven’t got kids.
OG: Aren’t you like the ancestor of all modern Pokémon
[MOD] DD: no?
[MOD] DD: evolution doesn’t work like that?
DN: That’s a human assumption, like so many, which is incorrect.
DN: Or, at least, based on an incomplete assumption.
DN: As I understand it, Arceus was experimenting with genetics during the creation of a different Mew and the egg exploded.
DN: Or something along those lines.
MU: I don’t think that’s how eggs work either.
ultimateTrainer [UT] responded to [Gotta Ketchum All].
UT: cascade badge get!
[BOT] PB: da-da-da-do!
[MOD] DD: grats ash!
[MOD] DD: that was an amazing battle!
UT: yeah!
UT: pretty tough though.
DN: They’re only going to get tougher. Gym leaders make modifications to their teams based on the amount of badges their challengers have.
DN: Were you to have challenged the Cerulean gym with no badges at all, I suspect Misty would have used Staryu instead of Starmie.
MU: What was that whole thing with you giving the badge back?
UT: oh right.
UT: i know they’re the gym leaders as well, but it didn’t feel right them giving the badge to me when they weren’t the ones battling me.
[MOD] GW: ICongratulateYourMatureResponse!
[MOD] GW: ISpeakForAllThreeOfUsHereWhenISayWeExpectGreatThings!
OG: NGL forgot you guys were still in there
OG: Can probably switch the cameras off now
UT: yeah, we’re not going anywhere this evening.
UT: well, i’m going to the bike shop later cause otherwise misty and ho-oh will never let me hear the end of it, but we’re staying in the city overnight.
MU: Azelf, did you know that Team Rocket were there before they made an appearance? @concentratedWillpower
MU: You had your camera outside for most of the battle.
[MOD] CW: i had (suspicions)
[MOD] CW: their actual (appearance) was (executed) in a manner of (seconds)
MU: Why didn’t you warn anyone???
[MOD] NM: Azelf Has Taken A Liking To This Particular Trio .
[MOD] DD: oh ffs.
[MOD] GW: Language!
[MOD] DD: this is a willpower thing isn’t it?
[MOD] CW: while i cannot agree with their (goals) their (tenacity) is (remarkable)
OG: So long as they don’t actually get away with Pikachu
[MOD] CW: of course not
[MOD] CW: will (observe) but not (intervene) unless situation becomes (untenable)
[MOD] DD: sigh.
DN: Ash, for the purposes of my records, do you mind asking Misty what Cerulean’s secret challenge was?
UT: oh right, i forgot about that!
UT: hang on
UT: okay you have to promise not to tell anyone else.
DN: Who would we tell?
UT: good point
UT: she says it’s about flow.
UT: a trainer has to be able to react on the fly and have their pokémon switch between moves smoothly.
DN: Which you did with that water explosion to tackle maneuver with Pidgeotto.
OG: Which was awesome btw
OG: Like I said you’re so teaching me that later
OG: How’d you even think of it
UT: i don’t know, it just…
UT: i figured that i needed to have control over when goldeen left the water.
UT: pidgeotto was already whirlwinding a lot so i just used that.
MU: Um.
MU: Ash?
UT: yeah?
MU: You do realize that the birds are watching you make all these tactics and will be ready for them?
OG: Drat, rumbled
UT: let’s just say i’m counting on it!
OG: One (1) fear

ultimateTrainer [UT] began pestering unassumingBoulder [UB].

UT: cascade badge get!
UB: Congratulations!
UB: I’m still in the queue for the camping shop.
UB: There was some kind of robbery in the area earlier so everything’s not quite going yet.
UT: um
UT: did someone steal an enormous vacuum machine?
UB: Yes.
UB: How did you know that?
UT: it was team rocket. they attacked the gym.
UB: Oh, great.
UB: Is everyone okay?
UT: we’re all fine.
UT: misty broke the machine and pikachu got rid of them.
UB: I thought Misty was going somewhere else?
UT: um, brock?
UT: didn’t you know that misty’s a gym leader too?
UB:
UB: I do now.
UB: I thought the gym was run by the Waterflower sisters?
UT: it is.
UT: she’s waterflower #4.
UT: her sisters
UT: uh
UT: are kind of jerks?
UT: they treated her as a runt.
UT: i think my battle with her opened their eyes a bit.
UB: Sounds like it’s good that I missed it, then.
UB: You remember what things were like for my family back in Pewter.
UT: yeah, i do.
UT: but hey it’s all over now.
UT: misty’s still coming with us but only because she wants to become a more experienced trainer first.
UB: Not because of the bike thing?
UT: oof.
UT: yeah we went to the bike shop.
UT: misty has accepted my iou for one (1) bike because all the bikes were crazy expensive.
UB: Well, you tried.

tropicalWaterfall [TW] began pestering twiceMulticolored [TM].

TW: um.
TW: thanks.
TM: Don’t mention it.
TW: I guess Ash told you about how things went?
TM: I believe the term for what he’s doing is ‘humble-bragging’.
TW: with slightly less emphasis on humble?
TM: That’s the one.
TW: has Ash always been… odd?
TM: How so?
TW: well
TW: before it could finish, our match got interrupted.
TW: between us we both sorted the problem out.
TW: then my sisters decided to just give him the cascade badge.
TW: not because he beat me, but because he helped sort out the interruption.
TW: then he
TW: he gave the badge to me and said it was my call.
TM: He did mention something about that.
TM: The direct quote is:
TM: UT: i know they’re the gym leaders as well, but it didn’t feel right them giving the badge to me when they weren’t the ones battling me.
TM: And to answer your question…
TM: Admittedly, I haven’t actually known Ash for so long. Some of the others were talking to him long before I was introduced.
TM: He’s…
TM: Enthusiastic and optimistic.
TW: you got that right.
TM: Sometimes, yes, he can be a bit… dense. But his heart is never in the wrong place.
TM: Has he told you at all exactly *why* he stole your bike?
TW: something about Spearow.
TW: I don’t know, I was more concerned with the bike.
TM: As he told it to us, his Pikachu accidentally angered a flock, and they were attempting to get away.
TM: He crashed in the rain.
TM: Pikachu, as is still the case, refused to get into his Pokéball.
TM: So he made a decision, then and there.
TM: It was - is - his dream to be a Pokémon Master, so it was up to him to fight the world for it.
TW: isn’t that what you told me yesterday?
TM: Word for word.
TM: He was fully prepared to fight each and every one of those Spearow himself to keep Pikachu safe.
TM: In the end, he didn’t need to. Pikachu drove them all off.
TW: he
TW: he was going to do that?
TM: Whether it was heroism or stupidity, we still don’t know.
TM: We have complete faith that he told us the truth, though.
TM: It’s in that moment that Ash first meant something to me.
TM: And he’s showing me time and time again that my faith in him is not misplaced.
TW: wow…
TM: So tell me, Misty:
TM: Did that mentality help in your battle today?
TW: yeah.
TW: I mean, yeah, I was making Ash take the battle seriously.
TW: but at the same time I was proving myself to my sisters too.
TW: I showed them that I *am* a gym leader.
TM: And from the way I hear it, you’re fully deserving of that title.
TW: the thing is I could have beaten Ash if I was stronger.
TW: so i’m not staying with the gym.
TW: not yet.
TW: i know i can be better.
TM: Thus, the core of fighting the world for your dream.
TW: why *did* you help me?
TW: you could’ve just not said anything.
TW: if Ash was going to challenge the gym anyway no matter what I said.
TM: I suppose it’s something I do.
TM: I provide inspiration.
TM: And after Ash inspired me, I felt compelled to pass on the favor.
TM: I’ll admit that I didn’t want to get too involved in the business of Ash and his friends.
TM: I was against it, in fact.
TM: But I became part of it anyway.
TW: Ash’s enthusiasm was infectious?
TM: Exactly that.
TM: I guess maybe I feel a little better myself having done it, too.
TM: If you haven’t already, could you… not tell Ash that I helped?
TW: I won’t tell if you don’t.
TM: Deal.

current outtaTime [COT] RIGHT NOW responded to [Gotta Ketchum All].
COT: heyyyy!
CS: Morning, Celebi.
[MOD] NM: Good Morning .
COT: what’s the order of business for today?
[MOD] DD: well, ash is going in the wrong direction on purpose again.
[MOD] DD: he must be doing it to screw with us.
CS: While he’s in the area, Professor Oak requested that he travel to Cerulean Cape to meet with his friend and colleague Bill.
CS: Ash is taking the opportunity to challenge a sort of trainer gauntlet on the main bridge out of the city in that direction.
COT: neat.
COT: no stream?
[MOD] NM: No.
[MOD] NM: My Siblings And I , And Giratina , Do Have Things We Need To Be Doing .
[MOD] NM: We Have Agreed With Ash That We Will Not Be Filming Twenty Four Seven .
[MOD] NM: We Will Stream If Something Interesting Is Happening Such As A Gym Challenge .
[MOD] NM: Or We Or Hoopa Can Be Scrambled At Some Notice If Something Unexpected Happens .
[MOD] DD: and in the meantime i’m just recording this gauntlet with an *actual* video camera so ash can watch it later.
[MOD] DD: humans make really neat toys.
COT: aw.
COT: but sure, okay.
CS: I don’t know why you’re complaining. You can just skip the boring bits.
CS: Unless you happen to know that this particular encounter *won’t* be boring.
COT: believe it or not suikun i still get a kick out of discovering things for the first time!
COT: sure yeah i know ash and his friends in the future but i don’t keep track of *every* event!
[MOD] DD: you know ash *and* his friends?
COT: sure!
COT: here watch this:

FUT: how’re things?
FWT: Predictable.
FWT: Muk has just eaten another chair.
FUT: didn’t professor oak say he was going to change muk’s diet?
FWT: He has and it doesn’t appear to have worked.
FWT: …Muk is giving me Baby-Doll Eyes.
FWT: *Why is Muk giving me Baby-Doll Eyes.*
future watchThis [WT] uploaded file "mukbde.jpg"
FBN: …I never thought I’d xay thix about a Poixon-type but that’x adorable.
[MOD] FDD: i blame bulbasaur.
current outtaTime [COT] RIGHT NOW responded to [Gotta Ketchum All] THREE YEARS FROM NOW.
FWT: I’d argue but you’re probably r
FWT: Celebi what
COT: hey so is anyone next to mew right now?
FUB: She’s harassing me, yes.
[MOD] FDD: i’m not *harassing* him.
[MOD] FDD: i’m eagerly anticipating lunch.
COT: tweak her ear for me will you?
[MOD] FDD: ow!
[MOD] FDD: this is karma for yesterday, isn’t it?!
COT: nope!
COT: just proving a point to your past self.
[MOD] FDD: my past
[MOD] FDD: oh fuck you celebi!
[MOD] FBB: Language.
FUT: :/
COT: ;)
current outtaTime [COT] fled the memo.

COT: you’re welcome!
[MOD] DD: what did you even do?
COT: i got brock to tweak your ear in the future.
CS: …I don’t know what’s worse, that you did that so casually or that Brock apparently knows Mew in the future.
COT: casual spoilers, causal spoilers, same difference.
COT: anyway how’s that challenge coming?
[MOD] DD: …
[MOD] DD: as well as he could probably be doing, bearing in mind he’s still only got three pokémon.
[MOD] DD: all of these guys seem to have only one though.
[MOD] DD: ash is still going on about his two badges.
CS: Needless to say, Misty isn’t happy about this.
[MOD] DD: she’s going off about the bridge in general.
[MOD] DD: something about trainers beating the bridge and then assuming they can breeze through the gym too.
[MOD] DD: and her sisters usually letting them.
GO: There must be some kind of regulations for gyms, right?
GO: I can’t imagine that anybody official would be happy with the gyms just giving out badges for freebies.
COT: oh you’re here shaymin?
GO: Yes!
GO: I finally managed to catch a break.
GO: There may be no stream but I’m enjoying the commentary regardless.
[MOD] DD: not that there’s much of a commentary :/
[MOD] DD: this is boring af
[MOD] DD: kinda wish those thieves would turn up to be honest!
[MOD] NM: Azelf Tracked Them For A While After Yesterday’s Debacle .
[MOD] NM: They Appeared To Receive A Thorough Scolding From Their Superior For Attacking A Gym .
CS: I heard how it went.
CS: Subtle, they are not.
GO: To be fair, a human-speaking Meowth is hardly subtle to begin with.
COT: i watched him learning the language.
COT: there had to be easier ways of doing it.
CS: Did you help him, at all?
COT: nah.
COT: just watched.
COT: he learned it to impress a female and you know me, i ship it.
GO: Did he get the girl?
COT: nope.
COT: she just thought he was weird.
CS: Oof.
[MOD] DD: stop it, you’re making me feel bad.
COT: there’s a lot to ship if you look hard enough.
CS: Celebi, no.
CS: Ash is *ten*.
winCondition [WC] joined [Gotta Ketchum All].
WC: but ashxmisty all the way
winCondition [WC] fled the memo.
[MOD] DD: oh piss off victini.
COT: meh, pokéshipping is so overrated.
GO: …Pokéshipping?
CS: Don’t tell me you made up names for these things.
COT: don’t blame me, blame mesprit.
COT: and that’s *not* a spoiler because i know for a *fact* that they’ve already named that one!
COT: seriously they’re obsessed.
[MOD] NM: Unfortunately I Can Corroborate That Fact .
[MOD] NM: Mesprit Ships Everybody .
CS: What, even me?
[MOD] NM: Everybody . With . Everybody .
COT: yeah.
COT: probably the most obvious one on that list is iamanassholeshipping.
GO: Do we even want to know what that one is?
COT: victini with himself.
CS: Accurate.
GO: Accurate.
[MOD] DD: accurate.
winCondition [WC] responded to [Gotta Ketchum All].
WC: more like iamthegreatestshipping
winCondition [WC] fled the memo.
[MOD] DD: inaccurate.
COT: me, i like my crack ships.
COT: guardianangelshipping all the way.
CS: I hesitate to ask what that one is.
COT: ash and mew.
[MOD] DD:
CS:
GO:
COT: hey, i said it was a crack ship.
COT: you guys are just too cute together though!
garrulousWharf [GW] responded to [Gotta Ketchum All].
poryBot [PB] gave garrulousWharf [GW] the ‘moderator’ role.
[MOD] GW: GuardianAngelShipping!
[MOD] GW: ThatsAMuchBetterNameThanTheOneIWasThinkingOf!
COT: oh shit.
CS: Now look what you’ve done.
COT: welp i guess nothing interesting is actually happening after all!
COT: seeya!
current outtaTime [COT] fled the memo.
GO: So, wait.
GO: What did Celebi just do?
CS: She created a paradox.
[MOD] NM: Mesprit Uses The Term GuardianAngelShipping In The Future Which Is How Celebi Learned Of It .
[MOD] NM: And Mesprit Is Only Using It Because Celebi Gave Them The Idea .
GO: I suddenly have a headache.
future outtaTime [FOT] THREE MINUTES FROM NOW responded to [Gotta Ketchum All].
FOT: that means you now understand time travel!
FOT: grats!
decibelDrama [DD] kicked future outtaTime [FOT] from the memo. (Reason: BEGONE, FOT)
[MOD] GW: IWillBeFairToHerAndNotWriteThatDown!
[MOD] GW: ImSureWeWillReachAPointWhereTheIdeaWillGenerateNaturally!
CS: Can we just…
CS: Forget anybody said any of that?
CS: Uxie?
[MOD] NM: No .
CS: Can we at least get @wonkyWindlass to delete that entire subject from the logs at least? Ash *does* read them.
[MOD] DD: joke’s on her though, ash just beat the gauntlet.
GO: Oh, neat!
[MOD] DD: only just.
[MOD] DD: he needs another pokémon at least. these three are good but their overall coverage is shite.
[MOD] DD: if he has to battle an electric-type he’s screwed.
CS: And he will, bearing in mind he aims to challenge the Vermilion City gym.
GO: So what’s he won?
[MOD] DD: give him a chance!
[MOD] DD: looks like…
[MOD] DD: oh, a premier ball. nice!
GO: I forget.
GO: Does a Premier Ball *do* anything?
[MOD] NM: I Do Not Believe So , No .
[MOD] DD: and
[MOD] DD: oh you’ve got to be *kidding* me.
GO: ?
CS: What?
[MOD] DD: the guy’s trying to recruit them for team rocket.
CS: …
[MOD] DD: he’s not even with the talking meowth, he’s just some guy.
[MOD] DD: ash is p i s s e d
[MOD] DD: so are misty and brock.
[MOD] DD: @ultimatetrainer for future reference fighting dirty is perfectly acceptable against these goons. #stackrules
[MOD] DD:
[MOD] DD: you’ll never guess who just showed up.
CS: Is that
CS: Oh my stars.
CS: Why.
CS: You know what, I’m not even surprised at this point.
GO: You’re joking, the trio again?
GO: Now that we know that both Misty and Brock are gym leaders, I don’t fancy their chances.
CS: Raticate, Ekans and Koffing against Staryu, Starmie, Geodude and Onix.
CS: Yeah, this is going to end badly for somebody.
GO: Um.
GO: Question. Are they still on the bridge?
[MOD] DD: yeah.
GO: Is it a stone bridge?
[MOD] DD: no it’s made of w
[MOD] DD: ok yeah i see what you’re getting at, i’m gonna back off so i don’t get wet again.
[MOD] DD: hey, did giratina add that extra command to porybot yet?
[MOD] NM: Which Command Is That ?
[MOD] DD: probably better to just find out!
[MOD] DD: !blastoff
[BOT] PB: What an awful feeling!
CS: What?
[MOD] DD: uh

UT: no, it was really cool!
UT: i didn’t know dragonite could get that big!
OG: Neither did I
[MOD] SC: I did, and I’m really very sorry.
OG: Ray you’ve apologized like a million times
UT: it’s really fine!
UT: and everything worked out!
GO: Was Bill as interesting in-person as he sounded in Mew’s commentary?
UT: he was
UT: um
UT: i’m thinking basically a human version of giratina?
UT: enthusiastic and dedicated.
UT: the kabuto suit was, um, weird.
[MOD] DD: not the worst monsuit i’ve ever seen.
UT: monsuit??
[MOD] DD: lemme tell you ash, there are entire conventions that you’re not allowed into unless you’re dressed up as a legendary.
[MOD] DD: to varying degrees of ‘dressed up’.
OG: Hah yeah I saw the pictures
OG: That cardboard Dialga was topkek
UT: let me guess
UT: did you crash one?
[MOD] DD: crash, no.
[MOD] DD: attend, very yes.
[MOD] SC: I hadn’t heard about this.
[MOD] SC: That was irresponsible of you. What if you were caught?
[MOD] DD: oh i didn’t go as myself!
[MOD] DD: or alone for that matter!
GO: :D
[MOD] SC: Shaymin, you didn’t.
GO: I wanted to see what it was all about!
[MOD] DD: we went as two girls in a shitty suicune costume.
CS: You what?!
[MOD] SC: Language.
[MOD] DD: and let me tell you simulating two sets of human legs at the same time while also stopping shaymin from falling out was *really* hard.
UT: :/
[MOD] DD: didn’t even win the cosplay competition, either.
[MOD] DD: that went to the guy who built an enormous palkia mechasuit.
GO: It was a lot of fun though!
GO: We really enjoyed ourselves!
CS: I want to see that costume destroyed.
CS: Preferably by me.
[MOD] DD: you’re too late, entei caught us after the fact and incinerated it.
CS: @blazingGlory why did you not tell me about this?!
blazingGlory [BG] responded to [Gotta Ketchum All].
BG: Did you really want to know
CS: Yes!!!!!
CS: I want evidential proof that thing was destroyed.
CS: And I expect to see it in the tower when we switch shifts tomorrow.
UT: is raikou going to come out any time soon?
BG: No
BG: I’m not convinced he’s even in there any more
BG: Which is good
BG: He’s horrible at stealth
[MOD] DD: oh yeah, i forgot about that.
UT: aw.
UT: does he know about pikachu?
UT: he’s basically the only electric type who hasn’t commented.
CS: …I’m not sure.
CS: If he’s dead set on ignoring all of us, probably not.
[MOD] DD: how’s the new addition doing?
UT: he’s great!
UT: he’s got as much energy as you!
[MOD] DD: ha, i doubt it!
OG: Great
OG: Now there’s two of them
UT: thanks again though.
UT: if you hadn’t helped us understand the dragonite, i don’t think bill would have been grateful enough.
[MOD] DD: hey, i love dragonite!
[MOD] DD: they’re great!
[MOD] DD: remind me to take you out to dragonite island at some point, it’s an amazing place.
[MOD] DD: could get a dratini of your own while you’re there, i’m sure they’d love you too!
UT: maybe someday!
UT: an eevee is fine for now!
OG: You should evolve him into Glaceon
OG: Ice is great too
BG: Flareon
UT: guys.
OG: Glaceon is so much better than Flareon in every way
BG: No it isn’t
UT: guys!
[MOD] SC: Simmer down, the pair of you.
UT: sorry but mew already spoke to me.
UT: i’m going to leave it up to eevee.
UT: and definitely not going to think about it until i get to know eevee better anyway.
[MOD] DD: damn right!
[MOD] SC: Ah, she gave you The Evolution Talk.
[MOD] SC: Been saving that one up for a while?
[MOD] DD: yeah, ever since he got pikachu.
UT: three guesses what misty wants me to do and is upset that i'm not doing.
CS: Well, a sensible suggestion from Mew isn’t completely unheard of.
[MOD] DD: hey!
GO: For him to just *give* you an Eevee, though… wow.
GO: Even if you had our help with the Dragonite, that shows he’s got a huge amount of trust in a new trainer he’s only just met.
[MOD] SC: I’d get mad about the direct involvement, but I really don’t like the thought of what would have happened if we didn’t help.
UT: he preloaded my pokédex with a lot of information too!
UT: i wonder if there’s any stuff on you guys in there…
OG: Oh do me do me
UT: ‘articuno, the freeze pokémon. this legendary pokémon, with wings like thin sheets of ice, is believed to possess the ability to freeze water vapor and create snow.’
OG: Accurate
UT: ‘it is said to appear to doomed people who are lost in icy mountains.’
OG: It
OG: How rude
GO: Be fair, there’s more than one of you.
OG: Also
OG: How would they know
OG: If I only appear to doomed people how would not-doomed people know
OG: Also also
OG: How would *I* know
OG: It’s not like I have a freezing-to-death radar
UT: that’s just what it says.
OG: See
OG: I think they just make a lot of this shit up
[MOD] SC: Language.
[MOD] DD: what about mine?
UT: uh
UT: ‘no information, believed to be extinct.’
[MOD] DD: :p
UT: suicune’s is very generic and there’s nothing on it for shaymin or rayquaza.
GO: Shame.
UT: entei, does a volcano erupt every time you bark?
BG: Don’t be ridiculous
[MOD] SC: No, I think that some information’s gotten crossed somewhere.
[MOD] SC: That’s what happens every time Groudon sneezes.

ultimateTrainer [UT] began pestering neverNadir [NN].

UT: zygarde?
NN: zZz What zZz
UT: did i do something wrong?
NN: zZz What do you mean zZz
UT: i tried to talk to you a couple of times on the memo with brock and misty.
UT: i didn’t think it would hurt to use it to have a conversation.
UT: so long as we didn’t say anything about legendaries, i mean.
UT: but every time you’ve never responded, and…
UT: i don’t know if you’re upset at me for asking for your help to moderate it.
NN: zZz … zZz
NN: zZz Ash how much exactly do you know about me zZz
UT: um
UT: i guess only that mew thinks you’re a party pooper.
NN: zZz … zZz
NN: zZz Im not a single organism zZz
NN: zZz Zygarde is created by the combination of multiple cores zZz
NN: zZz I can direct some of those cores to focus on tasks zZz
NN: zZz I generally leave only 10% to focus on conversation zZz
NN: zZz Or slightly more to respond to multiple conversations simultaneously zZz
NN: zZz But if all of my attention is required elsewhere I am forced to reduce that count to 5% zZz
NN: zZz With only 5% any conversation is reduced to automatic responses which cannot be discretionary zZz
NN: zZz Hence I have disabled it in that particular memo zZz
NN: zZz In all previous cases I returned to 10% engagement long after the attempts were made zZz
UT: but…
UT: why not just leave the chat and come back later?
NN: zZz Because using 100% is an incredibly bad idea zZz
NN: zZz I refuse to say why zZz
UT: oh, okay.
UT: and…
UT: i guess i also wanted to apologize for underestimating your type.
NN: zZz What zZz
NN: zZz Why zZz
UT: after what happened with brock’s pokémon i kind of thought i’d have an easy time against ground-types.
UT: there was a guy today with a sandshrew, i thought pidgeotto would beat it easily.
UT: long story short he beat me and i became a statistic.
UT: his 99th win in a row.
NN: zZz … zZz
NN: zZz Ash zZz
NN: zZz Why would I specifically need apologizing to zZz
UT: i dunno, it’s…
UT: i wanted to talk to you about the other thing anyway, and there’s only two other ground-type legendaries and neither of them care.
NN: zZz … zZz
NN: zZz I think the existence of a chat in which we can interact with your friends is incredibly risky zZz
NN: zZz Its only a matter of time until somebody slips up zZz
NN: zZz So excuse me if I seem pessimistic zZz
NN: zZz Because I am zZz
UT: oh.
UT: well…
UT: sorry.
NN: zZz … zZz
NN: zZz Ill make an effort to appear more sociable zZz
UT: you don’t have to do that!
UT: i
UT: sorry i’ve gotta go, but don’t think i’m forgetting about this!

ultimateTrainer [UT] stopped pestering neverNadir [NN].

TD: So that brings the total to… what? Five?
TT: yeah
TT: pikachu butterfree pidgeotto eevee bulbasaur
TD: Has he said at all how many Pokémon he intends to catch?
TT: nah
CS: I think the only thing he’s said on the matter is he’d rather have a small team he knows well rather than an enormous cast who need introductions every time they’re on the field.
[ADMIN] WW: UNLIKE A CERTAIN SOMEBODY
CS: Who?
[ADMIN] WW: UH
wonkyWindlass [WW] fled the memo.
TT: think we should wake mew up
TD: No, let her get some sleep.
TD: Nothing else important is happening, right?
BG: No
TT: not that we’d know
TT: you suck at commentary entei
BG: Father asked me to watch him
BG: He did not ask me to tell anybody what he does
CS: You used to be engaging, Entei.
CS: When did you become such a bore?
BG: When we started getting jobs to do
TD: Well, at the very least, I think they’ve finally lost Team Rocket.
TD: It feels like you would have mentioned if they were there.
BG: They were
TD: …
TD: When?
BG: Earlier
CS: Brother, when you get back here, I am strangling you with my tails.

DN: Okay, we’ll begin, and then anybody who wants to join in mid-way can do so.
DN: #gymrules2
DN: To maintain the difficulty curve of Pokémon gyms, their leaders tend to vary their teams based on the amount of badges a challenger has.
DN: As we’ve seen with Brock and Misty, as Ash had zero and one badge(s) respectively, their battles were limited to two-on-two.
DN: And restricted to Kanto Pokémon on top of that.
DN: Typically, this remains the case for the first three badges.
DN: Once a challenger obtains their third badge, gym leaders are permitted to escalate to three-on-three.
DN: Though there are of course exceptions. It seems that the leader of Vermilion is very fond of one-on-one challenges.
DN: Nevertheless, at this point they are still restricted to Pokémon found natively in their region.
DN: At six badges, gym leaders are permitted to introduce non-local Pokémon, to prevent the challenger from becoming too complacent.
DN: And as a challenger will typically only obtain the eight badges required for league entry, the eighth gym will also up the challenge to four-on-four.
DN: To create an example, I’ve looked at previous challenges in the Pewter Gym.
DN: Against Ash as we saw, or rather heard, as somebody with no badges battling for their first, Brock used Geodude and Onix.
DN: (Which I have noted have been replaced currently, as he took those Pokémon with him.)
DN: Their second badge team typically tended to be Geodude and a Rhyhorn.
DN: The three badge team would see the strongest Pokémon from his previous teams, being Onix and Rhyhorn.
DN: At the fourth, he would introduce Geodude to that mix. Geodude, Onix, Rhyhorn.
DN: Increasing the challenge, the fifth team would swap out Geodude for a Graveler, and likewise sixth Rhyhorn would make way for a Rhydon.
DN: Battling for the seventh badge allows non-native Pokémon so Onix, Rhydon, and a Boldore.
DN: And for the eighth, for a trainer’s final battle, Pewter would offer Onix, Boldore, Rhydon and finally Golem.
DN: Any beyond that, if a trainer decides to go above and beyond, or if they’ve competed in another league and have the experience, it’s up to the leader’s discretion.
DN: I believe they have Pokémon like Rhyperior, Gigalith and Coalossal for harder challenges.
DN: Pewter was just an example. Most of the gyms Ash will be visiting aren’t that well documented.
DN: In fact, Pewter gym seems to be the most consistent, from what I’ve researched.
DN: Celadon, Fuchsia and Viridian aren’t far behind, and Cerulean, Vermilion and Amaranth are middling, but there’s next to no information on Saffron and Cinnabar.
DN: And since I apparently missed it last time…
DN: The winner of the Indigo Conference gets challenge rights to the ‘Elite Four’, four trainers who are considered to be the best in the region.
DN: (For the purposes of this area, Kanto and Johto are counted as a single administrative unit.)
DN: Owing to the sudden retirement of one of their number, their fourth, Lance, is currently also the Grand Champion of the region. He specializes in Dragon-types.
DN: There are also Lorelei, Ice-types, Agatha, Ghost-types, and Bruno, Fighting-types (who Ash has run into already).
DN: Other regions have their own Elite Four and Grand Champion.
DN: Though for reasons I cannot fathom Ash has declared that becoming champion of a region is not the final step to becoming a Pokémon Master.
DN: In fact he seems to be unwilling to pin down a single definition for the term.
DN: If he means being champion of all leagues simultaneously, it would be an almost impossible feat, bearing in mind that league conferences typically happen annually and the existing champions are insanely strong.
DN: Hm. I think that covers everything. Any questions?
SW: -|===> Can we have our memo back now?

twiceMulticolored [TM] responded to [Gotta Ketchum All].
poryBot [PB] gave twiceMulticolored [TM] the ‘moderator’ role.
[MOD] DD: wb ho-oh!
[MOD] TM: Thank you.
[MOD] TM: Apologies for my absence this past week. Contractual obligations. Ecruteak Festival.
BG: Did it go well
[MOD] TM: It went very well, thank you, Entei.
[MOD] TM: Were Ash not currently bearing a Rainbow Wing, there were a few potential Rainbow Hero candidates.
[MOD] TM: Perhaps the only downside is that Suicune’s stalker was also present.
BG: Which one
[MOD] TM: I believe his name is… Eusine?
BG: Oh him
TT: man we’ve all got stalkers
[MOD] DD: i don’t!
TT: that’s ‘cause you’re the one stalking ash
TT: and everyone else thinks you’re dead
[MOD] DD: it’s not stalking if i have permission.
[MOD] TM: What have I missed over the past few days?
TT: well
TT: ash got given an eevee which is fun
TT: there was some dude whose sandshrew beat up pidgeotto
TT: something about a school
[MOD] DD: which is ash is now banned from, btw.
[MOD] DD: someone criticized him not already picking eevee’s evolution which set him off.
[MOD] DD: kinda my fault.
TT: ash legit caught a bulbasaur
TT: and those rocket guys are also still stalking him
[MOD] TM: So aside from the captures, I haven’t missed *much*.
TT: p much
TT: he’s comin up to the fairy gym tomorrow
TT: i’m pissed ‘cause i can’t watch him and the thunderbirds marathon at the same time
[MOD] DD: i went ahead and i’m already in amaranth.
[MOD] DD: there’s a *very* good bakery here.
BG: Reckless endangerment again
BG: I told you not to
[MOD] DD: and i told you i don’t want or need your permission!
BG: When you get caught I’m not going to help you
[MOD] DD: i got you a peanut butter breadball.
BG:
BG:
BG:
BG: I’ll be behind the gym in five minutes
TT: lmao
[MOD] TM: If only Raikou were bribed so easily.
TT: doesn’t he come out for food
[MOD] TM: We assume he must do.
[MOD] TM: Nobody has yet caught him in the act, though.
TT: eh
TT: wish moltres would shut himself up in his nest and not come out for ages
[MOD] TM: You’re Moltres’ sibling, not his parent.
[MOD] TM: As a father I’m concerned about Raikou’s health.
blazingGlory [BG] exploded.
[MOD] DD: ENTEI WHY

wonkyWindlass [WW] began streaming!
OG: Ok boys it’s time for
OG: WTF
DN: The gym appears to have burned down.
BN: Yex, we can xee that.
[MOD] DD: i am one hundred per cent blaming entei for this.
BG: Not one word Mew
BG: I swear
OG: What did you even do
[MOD] DD: i decided to be nice and got entei a snack yesterday.
BG: MEW
[MOD] DD: he repaid my gratitude by exploding.
[MOD] DD: while he was next to the gym.
[MOD] DD: i am never doing any favors for him ever again.
crystallineSlush [CS] responded to [Gotta Ketchum All].
CS: Entei, really?
CS: What happened to staying well clear of the humans?
BG: This doesn’t concern you
CS: It absolutely concerns me, brother.
CS: It concerns me *very much*.
[MOD] DD: all i did was give him the food and he just set *everything* on fire.
[MOD] DD: i had to use rain dance.
[MOD] DD: and i hate using rain dance.
CS: What snack was it?
CS: Entei?
BG:
BG:
BG: IT WAS PEANUT BUTTER OKAY
OG: ROFL
CS: You’re kidding me.
CS: You burned a gym down because you had a nice-tasting snack.
BG: Nice
BG: *Nice*
BG: It was the best thing I’ve ever tasted in my life
BG: I will never taste anything like that again
BN: How old are you again?
CS: Old enough to know better.
DN: Not to interrupt anybody’s arguments, but it seems that Ash will still be having his battle.
DN: Just outside.
[MOD] DD: i mean i had one too and yeah, it was pretty good, but it wasn’t a flavor explosion or anything.
[MOD] DD: i’ve got more, i can prove it to you.
BG:
[MOD] DD: no i’m not giving you another one!
[MOD] DD: suicune where are you right now?
CS: Home. Why?
[MOD] DD: heads up!
CS: Wh
CS: Oh, I see.
[MOD] DD: is xerneas gonna be the only fairy type coming in to watch?
BN: Apparently xo.
[MOD] DD: @fairytypes
BN: Oh, Zaxian xends hix apologiex.
BN: He and Zamazenta are invextigating a poxxible xighting of he-who-will-not-be-mentioned.
crystallineSlush [CS] fled the memo.
OG: Oh fuck not him
stockadeUpheaval [SU] responded to [Gotta Ketchum All].
OG: Ayy it’s Bulu
SU: Sorry I’m late.
SU: Though Lele will be even later, Fini is asleep, and Koko might not be joining us at all.
[MOD] DD: wait why not?
[MOD] DD: he was absolutely stoked a couple days ago!
SU: To be honest, none of us have seen or heard from him in over 24 hours.
SU: Lele is currently looking for him.
[MOD] DD: huh weird.
DN: Well, you’re not too late. They’re still setting up the outside field.
DN: I suspect Ash will be facing leader Holly’s two-badge team of Wigglytuff and Clefairy.
OG: Great more Clefs
OG: Those are real bad news
OG: Metronome for days
twiceMulticolored [TM] responded to [Gotta Ketchum All].
poryBot [PB] gave twiceMulticolored [TM] the ‘moderator’ role.
[MOD] TM: Is there any reason why Suicune just fled the tower at high speed?
[MOD] TM: With… aurorae leaking from her mouth?
BG: I said
[MOD] DD: oh no not you too!
DN: Ahem.
DN: In a plea for sanity, can the discussions about these snacks be removed to the shitposting channel?
[MOD] DD: do you want one?
DN: Allergic to peanuts.
DN: But thanks anyway.
[MOD] TM: …Yes, that’s probably for the best.
[MOD] TM: It seems Ash’s challenge will begin shortly, so please take all unrelated discussions elsewhere.
[MOD] DD: also, no diancie?
BN: I don’t keep track of what Dianxie ix doing.
[MOD] DD: okay okay no need to get snippy about it, geez.
SU: So who’ll Ash be battling with?
DN: If he’s got any sense, at least Bulbasaur, possibly with Butterfree.
DN: But this is Ash we’re talking about, so…
OG: Harsh words bro
[MOD] DD: i think he said he was going to give eevee and bulbasaur their first gym battle on at least the first attempt?
[MOD] DD: that thing we said about sharing the battle experience stuck, thank fuck.
OG: Not like that Pikachu needs to get any more overpowered
BN: If he ix fighting a Metronome uxer thix ix going to text hix ability to plan on the fly.
BN: I am not fond of Clefairy.
OG: Join the club
[MOD] TM: So, Brock took two attempts, and Ash technically forfeited.
[MOD] TM: Misty took only one but the battle was interrupted before it was finished.
[MOD] TM: Hopefully he’ll at least finish this one.
OG: Hey @concentratedWillpower are Team Rocket about
[MOD] CW: they are not
OG: And nothing of value was lost
[MOD] CW: after (ash)s last (gym challenge) they were scolded for (interfering)
[MOD] CW: it is (unlikely) for them to make a sudden (appearance) today
[MOD] TM: It is strange.
[MOD] TM: They brazenly attack a Pokémon Center with no repercussions save that which Ash administered, yet League gyms are apparently forbidden.
[MOD] DD: okay now shut up they’re starting!
DN: Clefairy as expected.
[MOD] DD: and eevee, good.
[MOD] DD: i want to see adaptability put to good use.
BN: Mew, how cloxe to thix battle are you?
BN: There’x probably going to be xome Xinging involved.
[MOD] DD: xinging?
[MOD] DD: oh, singing.
[MOD] DD: dw i’m loaded up with worry seeds.
SU: A reasonable start.
DN: Hmmm.
DN: I’m slightly worried. I think he’s being too cautious.
OG: Shock horror bro
[MOD] TM: Caution is always useful.
[MOD] TM: But yes, assuming that his opponent is always going to ramp up the difficulty slowly will leave him open to blitzkrieg tactics.
DN: Which is strange, because I *know* I told him not to do that.
SU: Give him a break. Has he had a serious battle with Eevee yet?
OG: Yeah at that school thing
[MOD] DD: sigh here comes the metronome spam.
[MOD] DD: wth
SU: What was *that*?
[MOD] DD: spike cannon.
OG: But
OG: Where did the bazooka come from
[MOD] DD: wait what
OG: Whoo
OG: You show em Ash
SU: That settles that question.
SU: The only way to deal with unpredictability is to be unpredictable yourself.
DN: I think that’s giving him too much credit for a happy accident.
DN: What do you think, Xerneas?
BN: I think it’x too early in Axh’x journey to make a concluxion.
BN: It’x all well and good xeeing him grappling with the Fairy-type but we can only judge him generally at thix point.
BN: Axk me later when he hax to deal with Fairy’x immunity to Dragon-typex.
OG: Oof
SU: …Yeah, ‘oof’ is the reaction there.
SU: An Eevee tackling into your gut will do that for you.
[MOD] TM: Moltres.
DN: Yes?
[MOD] TM: Based on your observation of the battle so far, would you hazard a guess as to the gym’s hidden challenge?
DN: Hm.
DN: I think I’ve narrowed it down to two options.
DN: The first we already mentioned, unpredictability. Ash has to show he’s prepared to deal with a battle where not even the opponent has a concrete plan.
[MOD] DD: ooh, misty terrain.
[MOD] DD: useless, but cool.
DN: The other is that he has to show he’s not underestimating the Fairy-type.
DN: Just because Clefairy and Wigglytuff happen to be ‘cute’ doesn’t mean they can’t do serious damage in the right hands.
SU: More likely to be the former.
SU: Xerneas and I are prime examples of how the Fairy-type isn’t necessarily cute.
BN: Cutenexx ix an opinion.
SU: And there’s that.
[MOD] DD: question is can eevee take out clefairy before it rolls something really good on metronome…
[MOD] DD: that tackle slowed it down but you’ve gotta go for the hands to stop metronome spam.
SU: Like that?
[MOD] DD: *ouch*.
[MOD] DD: i mean i know eevee isn’t biting hard enough to draw blood but *ow*.
OG: 1-0 Ash
[MOD] TM: Yes, I’m not surprised.
[MOD] TM: He put the leader in an untenable position and forced her to withdraw.
SU: I have known Eevees.
SU: They do not. Let. Go.
OG: Someone’s speaking from experience
SU: Let’s just say I hate the whole Eevee line with a passion.
BN: I will admit uxing Xwift to maxk the approach wax a good move.
BN: Flaxh would have been better.
DN: Eevee can’t learn Flash.
[MOD] DD: we’ll see about that!
DN: Mew, no.
[MOD] DD: mew very yes!
OG: Normally I’d say no too
OG: But fuck you Moltres
OG: Eevee can do what he likes
[MOD] TM: Mew, a gentle reminder that not everyone can learn every move.
[MOD] DD: hey moltres.
DN: What?
[MOD] DD: do me a favor and pick up a rock. just do it.
DN: …Okay…?
[MOD] DD: now throw it.
DN: Your point being?
[MOD] DD: grats you now know rock throw!
DN:
DN:
OG: GG Mew
OG: He’s literally lost for words
OG: Bet you he’s going to start throwing a tantrum any moment now
SU: Well, let’s not let it detract us from Bulbasaur vs Wigglytuff.
OG: Oh he withdrew Eevee
OG: I didn’t notice
[MOD] DD: i was napping during the whole bulbasaur thing so this should be good.
OG: Don’t expect any poison stuff
SU: Speaking as a part Grass-type who’s done his research…
OG: Oh no not you too
SU: Relax. It’ll be quick.
SU: I’ve always thought it weird that Bulbasaur, Ivysaur and Venusaur are all classed as part Poison.
SU: As far as I’m aware the only actual Poison move they learn is Poison Powder.
[MOD] DD: this is true actually.
[MOD] DD: i never really noticed.
OG: And *there’s* the singing
BN: Ax I xuxpected.
BN: Mew?
[MOD] DD: chewing a worry seed.
[MOD] DD: can i just say
[MOD] DD: i’m a cat and i sing badly
[MOD] DD: but this is the worst singing i’ve ever heard in my life!
[MOD] TM: I suppose the Reverse World is muting its effects for the stream.
[ADMIN] WW: YOU SUPPOSE CORRECTLY
SU: So what’s Ash’s strategy for when his Pokémon is asleep?
[MOD] DD: i know this!
[MOD] DD: just watch!
[MOD] TM: I don’t suppose that Ash’s Bulbasaur knows Worry Seed yet.
[MOD] DD: no, but he’s got something just as good!
OG: Wat
BN: What
BN: He juxt
BN: Hold on, wax that a Chexto berry?
[MOD] DD: that’s the one!
[MOD] TM: Did you give him that idea?
[MOD] DD: no, brock did.
SU: A clever trick.
SU: Unfortunately one that only works once.
[MOD] DD: it only *needs* to work once.
SU: What?
[MOD] DD: and bam!
BN: That’x a… creative uxe of Vine Whip?
SU: …Okay, I’ll give him that.
SU: You said he’s only had Bulbasaur a couple of days?
OG: Yeah
SU: Are we sure Ash doesn’t have any other Grass-types?
SU: I’ve seen plenty of people flailing around in Alola and they’re nowhere near as fluid with Grass-types.
[MOD] TM: Very impressive.
[MOD] TM: I can claim to have seen a lot with my lifespan, and I’ve never seen Vine Whip being used as earplugs.
[MOD] TM: But can Bulbasaur get by with just tackling Wigglytuff around?
[MOD] TM: They’re very resilient.
BN: And there ix a downxide in that Bulbaxaur cannot now hear Axh.
[MOD] DD: :3
OG: Mew knows something we don’t again
OG: That’s very aggravating
[MOD] DD: just realized that now, did you? :3
OG: Whoa
[MOD] TM: …That’ll do it.
BN: …Yex, I xuppoxe that’x obvioux in hindxhight.
SU: …
SU: I reiterate what I just said.
[MOD] DD: let’s see you sing now with a mouth full of dirt!
[MOD] TM: That Bulbasaur is surprisingly nimble.
[MOD] DD: game. set. match.
OG: That felt surprisingly short
[MOD] TM: Did it?
[MOD] TM: If anything that took longer than Ash’s battle against Misty.
[MOD] TM: Excepting the Team Rocket interruption.
BN: Hmmm.
BN: I xee what you were talking about. He ix an exceptional trainer already.
BN: If I muxt point out a detractor, it ix that outxide acouxticx are hardly ideal for a Xing-baxed xtrategy.
BN: If the battle took place inxide the gym, it may have been a different xtory.
[MOD] DD: well you all know who to blame for that!
BG: I KNOW
monarchUkulele [MU] responed to [Gotta Ketchum All].
MU: GUH.
SU: Oh, Lele.
OG: Hi Lele
SU: Did you find Koko?
MU: I found him, yes.
MU: Or rather he found me.
SU: Oh well that’s not so bad.
MU: Or rather his *vomit* found me.
[MOD] DD: oh tmi
MU: Needless to say he’s quite sick.
MU: Did I miss the battle?
SU: You did.
SU: While the Fairy-typing wasn’t much of a factor, Ash showed remarkable use of relatively recently captured Pokémon.
OG: And that’s badge number three
OG: Numero tres
[MOD] DD: is moltres tantruming?
OG: Uh hold on
OG: He’s doing something over there
dantesNferno [DN] exploded.
OG: RIP
[MOD] DD: lol
[MOD] TM: Should we be worried about this?
OG: Nah
OG: He’ll be fine
MU: I’m scared to find out what happened now.
OG: Oh Mew taught Moltres a move he supposedly shouldn’t have been able to learn and he was not happy
MU: That’s… not really something to get upset about???
OG: Then you do not know my brother
[MOD] DD: oh ffs!
[MOD] TM: What?
[MOD] DD: suicune just showed up.
crystallineSlush [CS] responded to [Gotta Ketchum All].
CS: I want.
CS: Another one.
[MOD] DD: YOU’RE NOT GETTING ANOTHER ONE FUCK OFF
[MOD] TM: Suicune, behave yourself.
[MOD] TM: This is unbecoming of you.
[MOD] DD: oh don’t give me that look!
[MOD] DD: hold on i’ve got a great idea!
decibelDrama [DD] fled the memo.
BN: One (1) fear.
[ADMIN] WW: ANYONE MIND IF I END THE STREAM
[MOD] TM: I think everything’s over now. It’s just wrap-up.
[MOD] TM: Thank you, Giratina.
wonkyWindlass [WW] is no longer streaming!
[MOD] TM: And thank you, lake trio.
[MOD] NM: It Was A Very Interesting Battle .
[MOD] GW: YesVeryInterestingIndeed!
[MOD] GW: LookingForwardToFurtherGymBattles!
[MOD] CW: his (badge) was well-earned
[MOD] CW: he planned ahead
SU: Yes, that was evident.
SU: I wonder if his slow start with Eevee was deliberately baiting the leader into underestimating the second matchup.
SU: He was forewarned of Sing and he came well-prepared for it.
[MOD] TM: An interesting tactic but not one he should rely on working.
[MOD] TM: Like I said before, it doesn’t preclude him against
[MOD] TM: …that was an explosion.
decibelDrama [DD] responded to [Gotta Ketchum All].
poryBot [PB] gave decibelDrama [DD] the ‘moderator’ role.
[MOD] DD: hey ho-oh i got raikou out!
[MOD] DD: he’s in a private convo cussing me out but he’s also not in the basement anymore!
[MOD] TM: You could’ve warned me!
[MOD] DD: i’m back in amaranth but i bet you he’s coming here rn
CS: Clearly there’s only one solution to this.
CS: You have to give everything you’ve got left to me.
[MOD] TM: …
[MOD] TM: I can’t believe I’m saying this, but Mew, I’m going to have to see what the fuss is about.
SU: …That’s not a good idea.
[MOD] TM: I’m out of good ideas.
SU: Reasonable excuse.
MU: No it’s not!!!
[MOD] DD: heads up.
BN: Two (2) fearx.
[MOD] TM: Hm.
BG: You see father
[MOD] TM: I confess I don’t.
[MOD] TM: It’s just bread and peanut butter.
[MOD] DD: THANK YOU
CS: You must not be eating it right.
[MOD] DD: and don’t think i’m sharing any more ‘cause i didn’t buy out the freaking shop!
[MOD] TM: How did you get them anyway?
[MOD] DD: there’s this thing, i don’t know if you’ve heard of it?
[MOD] DD: it’s called money.
[MOD] TM: Well, yes.
[MOD] TM: Obviously.
[MOD] TM: Where did you *get* the money?
SU: You mean you *don’t* have a stable income?
SU: We do.
MU: Yes, and most of it goes into anonymous donations to fix things that Koko broke.
SU: What else would we do with it?
OG: We get money but Lugia doesn’t let us have it
OG: Or mine anyway
OG: Zapdos spends all of hers on her TV bill
[MOD] DD: suicune i know you’ve got money.
[MOD] DD: buy ‘em yourself.
CS: Yes. This is true.
CS: I also cannot transform into a human and purchase such items from a shop.
CS: Or carry the money.
BG: Father
BG: Did you not know about this
[MOD] TM: …no, I didn’t. Where is all of this coming from?
CS: The offering box in the tower.
[MOD] DD: hey, be glad you’ve got a box.
[MOD] DD: i have to fly around to random shrines in the ass-end of nowhere.
ultimateTrainer [UT] responded to [Gotta Ketchum All].
UT: sparkle badge get!
[BOT] PB: da-da-da-do!
OG: Grats Ash
BN: Congratulationx.
[MOD] TM: Entei, apologize.
UT: wait what?
BG:
BG:
BG: I’m sorry for burning the gym down
UT: wait that was you?
UT: what did i miss???
MU: Entei burned the gym down???
[MOD] DD: i’ll tell you later it’s really annoying.
[MOD] DD: anyway eevee and bulbasaur did really well!
UT: yeah!
UT: it was tougher than i thought it’d be but we got it!
UT: eevee’s head hurts though so we’re in the pokémon center getting him checked out.
[MOD] DD: ooh, i’ve been there.
[MOD] DD: pretty sure i’ve still got one of arceus’s teeth lodged in my head.
UT: what
MU: WHAT
[MOD] DD: i was bouncing around and came straight up into his jaw while he was working.
[MOD] DD: one of his teeth went missing and we never found it.
[ADMIN] WW: NO YOU HAVENT
[ADMIN] WW: YOU ONLY HAD A CONCUSSION
MU: Okay. Less concerned.
SU: We were impressed by your use of a Chesto berry.
UT: thanks!
UT: tapu bulu, right?
UT: i remembered brock mentioning what they did a few days ago when i wondered aloud what stuff went into bottled potions.
UT: and he had some for medicinal purposes and he let me borrow a few.
BN: How did you anticipate the Wigglytuff Xinging?
UT: xinging?
UT: oh, singing.
UT: there was a wigglytuff who was part of a trainer’s team from pallet a few years ago that professor oak was looking after.
UT: it… wouldn’t really shut up :/
BN: That didn’t necexxarily mean the gym Wigglytuff wax going to do the xame thing.
UT: yeah i guess it was a shot in the dark.
UT: but even if it didn’t all it meant was bulbasaur had a snack for later.
[MOD] DD: you should probably know that bulbasaur can learn worry seed.
[MOD] DD: it stops anyone who eats them from falling asleep.
UT: oh, cool!
UT: i’ll keep that in mind!
[MOD] TM: It was refreshing to watch a battle that went uninterrupted.
[MOD] TM: I’m sure you feel better for participating in the same.
UT: i’ve battled a few people without team rocket showing up!
UT: like bruno!
[MOD] DD: who handed you your ass on a silver platter.
[MOD] TM: Language.
UT: and they never showed up when i battled brock!
UT: but yeah it was great.
BN: What wax your axxexxment of the Fairy-type?
BN: Ax an opponent, that ix.
UT: well after the clefairy thing…
UT: i guess i’d know more if i had a dragon-type?
UT: type effectiveness didn’t really do anything.
UT: it was more watching what holly was doing and figuring out a way around her tactics.
UT: i think maybe the clefairy thing before sort of prepared me i guess.
UT: gtg looks like eevee’s back!
ultimateTrainer [UT] fled the memo.
[MOD] NM: It Is Reassuring To Know That He Is At Least Learning Something .
BN: What’x next?
OG: Psychic I think
[MOD] TM: Yes, the Psychic-type gym in Saffron City.
[MOD] TM: There is a direct road between Amaranth and Saffron.
[MOD] TM: He has no excuse for going the wrong way this time.
[MOD] DD: apart from the fact that the road’s closed?
OG: LOL

scimitarGamma [SG] joined [Gotta Ketchum All].
TT: hi virizion
SG: Good evening, or whatever time it happens to be there.
TT: welcome to not much is going on
SG: Well, peace and quiet is welcomed anywhere.
SG: Especially after what Cobalion is putting us through.
TT: yeah
TT: i heard
TT: keldeo would probably enjoy this tho
SG: That’s what Cobalion is afraid of.
SG: Keldeo has only just started his training, relatively speaking, and Cobalion doesn’t want him distracted.
SG: He imagines that knowing Ash on his journey is going to fill his head full of dreams of heroism and recklessness.
TT: fair
TT: but still mean
TT: ash and keldeo would get on like a house on fire
SG: I don’t doubt it for a second.
SG: In fact, I would be completely unsurprised if Keldeo ends up travelling with Ash at some point in the future.
SG: But I will agree with Cobalion in that it’s too early.
SG: Keldeo has to demonstrate a certain level of maturity first.
TT: maturity’s overrated
SG: So what is the current situation?
TT: not much is going on
[MOD] TM: Ash has amended his routing.
[MOD] TM: The intention was to proceed directly to the gym in Saffron City from Amaranth Town, but the city is under some form of lockdown.
[MOD] TM: Thus, he is taking a - rather large - detour around the city to reach Vermilion instead.
SG: Well, no plan survives first contact with the enemy.
TT: or ash
[MOD] TM: We have, however, found fortune in this.
SG: Oh?
[MOD] TM: You are aware that Ash possesses one of my Rainbow Wings?
SG: Yes, I had heard about that.
[MOD] TM: I’ve finally been able to get Marshadow into the region.
[MOD] TM: Entei is bringing him to Ash now.
[MOD] TM: Just because Ash is a Chosen One doesn’t mean I should dispense with the usual procedures.
SG: I agree entirely.
[MOD] TM: When he arrives Ash is going to orchestrate a little chase after an imaginary wild Pokémon to get him away from his friends for the transfer.
ultimateTrainer [UT] responded to [Gotta Ketchum All].
UT: oh hi!
SG: Hello.
UT: don’t think i’ve spoken to you before!
SG: Virizion. Pleased to make your acquaintance.
UT: same!
UT: it’s a bit boring at the moment though :/
[MOD] TM: Mew is asleep, so we don’t have a current play-by-play of what’s going on.
UT: there’s not much to miss.
UT: i’m just getting butterfree checked out at a pokémon center, he was practicing speed with pidgeotto and got blown into a tree.
TT: ouch
sevenStar [SS] responded to [Gotta Ketchum All].
SS: problems
[MOD] TM: What’s the matter, Marshadow?
UT: is e
[MOD] TM: Ash?
UT: someone’s saying they found entei
UT: gtg
ultimateTrainer [UT] fled the memo.
[MOD] TM: @blazingGlory What are you doing?!
BG: Busy
SS: he got seen
BG: He was in a tree I didn’t see him okay
TT: so
TT: ash is now actively hunting entei
SG: Not much going on, huh?
TT:
TT: @decibeldrama @oddityodyssey emergency stream plz
[MOD] TM: This isn’t good.
[MOD] TM: We don’t need this kind of publicity.
decibelDrama [DD] responded to [Gotta Ketchum All].
poryBot [PB] gave decibelDrama [DD] the ‘moderator’ role.
[MOD] DD: i’m up i’m up
[MOD] DD: what’s happening?
TT: entei got spotted by peeps and ash is in pursuit
[MOD] TM: @ultimateTrainer Ash, I don’t know if you’re going to see this, but do *not* do anything stupid.
[MOD] TM: In the company of others Entei cannot go easy on you.
ultimateTrainer [UT] responed to [Gotta Ketchum All].
UT: yeah i get it!
UT: entei where are you?!
[MOD] TM: Don’t run and text at the same time you’ll hurt yourself!
oddityOdyssey [OO] reponded to [Gotta Ketchum All].
OO: hoopa is up
OO: allez-hooparing!
oddityOdyssey [OO] began streaming!
[MOD] DD: got the ring
[MOD] DD: now where’s ash?
[MOD] DD: wait, nevermind i can smell smoke.
[MOD] DD: that’s entei.
UT: wait i can smell that too!
ultimateTrainer [UT] fled the memo.
[MOD] TM: Entei.
BG: What
[MOD] TM: You should defend yourself. But don’t harm anybody.
BG: Hmph
BG: Easier said than done
BG: Fuck he’s here
[MOD] DD: and so am i!
OO: and hoopa is feeling sick again }:/
[MOD] DD: sorry hoopa i was in a hurry.
SG: Looks like Ash isn’t the only one there.
[MOD] TM: I was afraid of this from the beginning.
[MOD] TM: It’s a minor miracle that this hadn’t already happened.
SG: At this point, does Ash have a realistic chance against Entei?
SG: Using the Pokémon he has with him at the moment.
[MOD] TM: No.
[MOD] TM: Which is why I’m afraid he’s going to do something stupid and fight him anyway.
[MOD] TM: Or that he’s going to deliberately interfere in order to allow Entei to escape, which would be worse.
SG: Good point.
TT: why does that girl think she stands a chance with a piplup
TT: is this the female version of ash or something
SG: And there’s that.
SG: Sudden legendary appearances tend to draw out the stupid in everybody.
SG: Terrakion and I were attacked by a trainer with a Magby last week.
TT: oof
OO: people try to fight hoopa all the time
OO: hoopa just pranks them in return
SS: should i transfer
[MOD] TM: Only if there’s sufficient opportunity for you to do it without being seen.
[MOD] DD: aka not now.

unassumingBoulder [UB] began pestering ultimateTrainer [UT].
UB: Ash, where did you go?
UB: Ash?

unassumingBoulder [UB] began pestering twiceMulticolored [TM].
UB: I don’t suppose Ash has told you he’s going anywhere?
UB: We’re in a Pokémon Center and he disappeared while I was in the bathroom and Misty was looking the other way.
TM: He said something about somebody saying they spotted Entei.
UB: Entei?
UB: As in the legendary Pokémon from Johto?
TM: That’s what he said.
TM: Don’t tell me he went out looking for him.
UB: Sadly this is Ash we’re talking about so probably.
UB: What would Entei even be doing this far east?
TM: I believe the beasts of Ecruteak roam the entirety of the Home Regions, so Entei being in Kanto wouldn’t be completely unusual.
TM: Being *seen* doing so however is another matter.

BG: @ULTIMATETRAINER THAT’S UNFAIR
[MOD] DD: ash that’s so mean
[MOD] DD: you’re the best
[MOD] TM: I was distracted. What did he do?
[MOD] DD: he has one of those breadballs with him!
SG: I… think I’m out of the loop.
[MOD] DD: check the chat log with the fairy gym tag, i’m not explaining it all again.
SG: I’ll do that later then.
TT: wait if entei gets that won’t he explode
[MOD] DD: i think the whole point is ash isn’t *letting* him get it.
[MOD] DD: oh, a guy with a lucario.
[MOD] TM: Finally, somebody sensible.
[MOD] TM: …
[MOD] TM: Entei, try not to hurt the Lucario too badly please.
[MOD] TM: We get enough flak from the Lucario Kingdom as it is.
SG: Like I said, it draws out the stupid.
BG: @ultimateTrainer I’m not sorry
BG: Give me that right now
[MOD] TM: Entei, this is an order.
[MOD] TM: DROP IT.
BG: But father
[MOD] TM: DROP IT. RIGHT NOW.
BG:
BG: Fine
BG: You haven’t heard the last of this Ash Ketchum
[MOD] DD: …
[MOD] DD: that went well!
SG: …You have a strange definition of ‘well’.
[MOD] DD: my definition of ‘well’ is ‘not completely fubar’.
[MOD] DD: oh good, he’s making friends.
TT: ooh
TT: hoopa stick around plz i want to see this
OO: okay
OO: hoopa wasnt really doing anything anyway }:/

[MOD] DD: wait wtf
[MOD] DD: @ultimatetrainer @ultimatetrainer 100 yards ahead on your right!
SG: What is that?
SG: Is that a…
[MOD] DD: yeah, it’s a charmander.
[MOD] DD: oh i guess it’s a trained one?
[MOD] DD: i think this is the guy.
SG: I wonder wh
SG: NO.
SG: NOT OKAY.
SG: Mew, do something!
[MOD] DD: he’s got a lyanroc, what am i supposed to do?!
TT: ash
TT: kick this guy’s ass
SG: No, he can’t afford a protracted battle.
[MOD] DD: this guy *is* an ass!
SG: @ultimateTrainer Ash, that Charmander will die if its tail flame is extinguished.
SG: You must get it to shelter immediately.
SG: Cover its tail from the rain and seek cover.
SG: Ignore the trainer.
SG: Charmander should be your highest priority.
[MOD] DD: yeah uh virizion he’s not reading any of that he’s kinda busy.
SG: Then maybe you should busy yourself actually finding shelter for them!
SG: Or did you forget about getting out of the rain yourself?
[MOD] DD: okay yeah i’ll do that
[MOD] DD: hoopa you can take your ring back now.
TT: if i see that guy
TT: i am going to do something
SG: Zapdos, believe me, I would love to do something too.
SG: We are not there.
SG: We can only ask Ash to do what is right.
TT: well he’s doing it anyway so
OO: lmao
SG: This is no laughing matter, Hoopa!
OO: hoopa made the nasty guy trip
OO: very covered in mud
OO: yw
SG: …
SG: I suppose it’s a start.
[MOD] DD: @ultimatetrainer @ultimatetrainer cave up ahead, bear a bit to the left you can’t miss it!
[MOD] DD: should be safe, lucario guy is here.
SG: Oh good.

ultimateTrainer [UT] began pestering unassumingBoulder [UB].
UT: hey brock sorry for running off like that.
UB: Where are you now?
UB: And did you really see Entei?
UT: i did!
UT: i’m taking shelter in a cave, uh
UT: i’m not really sure where?
UT: but i’m with a couple of new friends, and we rescued a charmander from a jerk who left it out in the rain.
UB: …is it okay?
UT: sorrel thinks so.
UT: he wants to become a pokémon professor so he’s got the medical training for it.
UB: That’s good to hear.

[MOD] DD: hey so does anyone think it’s creepy that this guy is researching us?
TT: says the cat stalking ash
SG: It’s a hazard of the territory, we all know this.
SG: Just… don’t let him know you’re in there with him?
SG: We don’t want to elicit another bout of the stupids.
[MOD] DD: i’m currently a golbat on the cave roof.
[MOD] DD: no harm of that.

UT: i’ll try and meet back up with you in the mor
UT: uh
UB: Ash?
UB: Ash, what happened?
ultimateTrainer [UT] uploaded file "aww.jpg".
UB:
UB:

UT: @twicemulticolored @crystallineslush @boltfromtheblue
ultimateTrainer [UT] uploaded file "aww.jpg".
crystallineSlush [CS] responded to [Gotta Ketchum All].
CS: It’s finally happened, brother.
CS: Your soft side has finally been revealed.
BG: Traitor
SG: Considering an application for the Swords of Justice, Entei?
BG: Oh shut up
BG: This was the only place I could find that was big enough
BG: This is not a natural storm
[MOD] DD: yeah… i think that might be my fault?
[MOD] DD: i think i triggered a storm cell with the rain dance i did the other day.
TT: wait so it’s actually entei’s fault
TT: cause you only did that rain dance to put the fire out that he caused
[MOD] DD: that’s right!
[MOD] TM: Now, why can’t you behave like this all the time?
BG: I do you’re just never watching closely enough
[MOD] DD: hey guess what ho-oh?
[MOD] TM: What?
[MOD] DD: that sorrel guy is telling ash about your legend.
[MOD] TM:
[MOD] TM: Oh no.
[MOD] DD: kinda appropriate that zapdos is here too huh?
TT: the mon
TT: the myth
TT: the legend
[MOD] TM: The *vandal*.
[MOD] TM: I liked that tower.
TT: it was an eyesore
TT: i crashed into it more than once
SG: Look at it this way:
SG: Ash having the legend explained to him by a human means he doesn’t have to make something up when someone asks him how he knows them.
[MOD] TM: This is true.
[MOD] TM: As long as he doesn’t show them the Rainbow Wing then.
[MOD] DD: he showed them the rainbow wing.
[MOD] TM: Ash you are literally going to destroy me.
CS: I think that unlikely.
CS: He’s going to need more Pokémon before he does that.
[MOD] TM: Not helping, Suicune.
[MOD] TM: …
[MOD] TM: I’m coming up to see what’s going on with this storm.
BG: Could you
[MOD] TM: @sevenStar Marshadow, they’re likely to spend all night in the cave.
[MOD] TM: Transfer at your discretion.
SS: ok
twiceMulticolored [TM] fled the memo.
UT: um, marshadow?
UT: if you’re riding along with me, is it going to hurt or anything?
SS: no
SS: unless you stray
UT: stray from what?
UT: what happens if i do?
SS: dont
sevenStar [SS] fled the memo.
UT: …
UT: okay i think i’d better go.
UT: i let brock and misty know what’s happening.
UT: i’ll meet with them back at the pokémon center tomorrow.
TT: assuming you can find it
UT: sorrel has a map.
TT: assuming you can read a map
UT: :/
ultimateTrainer [UT] fled the memo.
SG: I can’t stop thinking about that Charmander.
SG: That was a reprehensible human being.
SG: If Ash hadn’t been there…
SG: It doesn’t bear thinking about.
CS: I’m reading the past log, and yes, I agree.
SG: Then you missed what we all witnessed.
SG: The trainer - he said his name was Cross - kicked the Charmander when it attempted to return to him.
SG: It wasn’t an out-of-the-way nudge.
SG: It was intended to do harm.
CS: …
CS: It’s an unfortunate truth of the world we live in, that there are some who behave in such a manner.
CS: We can do little but provide support to those who are left behind.
SG: Fortunately, in this case, Ash is there to do that.
SG: We should arrange to keep an eye on that Charmander.
SG: I’ve known formerly trainer-owned Pokémon who were abandoned, and more than a few of them are permanently scarred.
TT: so i guess this guy’s going on the soj hit list huh
SG: The Swords of Justice don’t have a ‘hit list’.

twiceMulticolored [TM] began pestering scimitarGamma [SG].
TM: I thought you might like to know that Ash has formally adopted the Charmander he met last night.
TM: He has reunited with his friends in the Pokémon Center and is making sure the Charmander doesn’t have any hidden issues.
SG: That’s good to hear.
SG: Lugia must be proud of him.
TM: Unfortunately Lugia is finding every excuse he can not to talk to Ash.
TM: He’s extremely stressed about it, especially after he found out what happened on day one.
SG: So, hold on.
SG: Ash doesn’t even know?
TM: He does not.
TM: We’ve slipped up a couple of times, he knows *something* is up, but we’ve convinced him to wait for Lugia to tell him straight.
TM: However long that takes.
SG: Well, we can’t complain.
SG: Technically speaking it is none of our business.
TM: True.
TM: In other news, Ash has expanded the party to five.
TM: His enthusiasm is infectious, it seems.
SG: But is that good or bad?
TM: At the outset it looks like good news.
TM: Sorrel has already proved himself useful - for a certain quality of the word - for providing Ash with a credible source for our legends.
TM: (If it means we need to be even more careful than we were being.)
TM: Verity seems keen on learning things from the two gym leaders.
TM: Hm.
SG: Something wrong?
TM: No, it’s… there’s something about Verity that’s familiar for some reason, and I can’t place it.
SG: As I recall you say that about a lot of people.
TM: Also true.
TM: Alas, humans tend to blur a little bit when you’ve lived for so long.
TM: Anyway, enough of my blather.
TM: I should let you get back to your duties.
SG: Don’t let me keep you, Ho-oh.
SG: It’s always a pleasure speaking with you.

UT: @worlddistributor can you invite a couple more of my friends to the memo?
worldDistributor [WD] responded to [Camp Clearing].
poryBot [PB] gave worldDistributor [WD] the ‘administrator’ role.
[ADMIN] WD: Sure.
[MOD] NN: zZz Im against it zZz
[ADMIN] WD: NN, I have noted your objection and I’m summarily ignoring it.
[ADMIN] WD: I'll message you privately in a minute.
[ADMIN] WD: What are their handles?
UT: @mythicwisteria and @doodlestarly
worldDistributor [WD] invited mythicWisteria [MW] and doodleStarly [DS] to the memo.
UT: since they’re going to be travelling with us it makes sense.
doodleStarly [DS] joined [Camp Clearing].
mythicWisteria [MW] joined [Camp Clearing].
[ADMIN] WD: For the record, I think WW is trying to write a new speech recognition module for poryBot which would avoid anybody here having to have stuff repeated to them that they couldn’t catch in-person.
UT: oh cool!
UT: yeah, that’d help!
UT: like this @unassumingboulder @unassumingboulder @unassumingboulder
unassumingBoulder [UB] responded to [Camp Clearing].
UB: What was that for?!
UT: we’re all outside waiting for you, brock!
UT: hurry up!
UB: Ah, right. Sorry.
unassumingBoulder [UB] fled the memo.

unassumingBoulder [UB] began pestering mythicWisteria [MW].

UB: You guys alright over there?
MW: Misty scraped her knee, and I’m severely regretting picking this particular moment to give Lucario a rest, but otherwise, yes.
MW: How about you?
UB: Piplup’s still out cold.
UB: I *think* Verity is trying to teach herself to speak Squirtle.
UB: So roughly about the same.
MW: Is this… normal, for you guys?
MW: Around Ash?
UB: Unfortunately yes.
UB: Hang around Ash for even a few days and this just sort of starts happening after a while.
UB: Pit traps, stampedes, thieves, everything.
UB: Did Ash tell you about that time he accidentally released the Pokémon of an ancient hero who’d been in suspended animation for nearly two thousand years?
MW: He wasn’t making that up?
MW: He really did meet Sir Aaron’s Lucario?
UB: I thought he showed you the pictures he took of Ho-oh.
MW: Well, yes, but passing glimpses of Ho-oh have been written about enough times to follow a pattern.
MW: In its capacity as both the Eternal Flame and the Storm’s End.
MW: For desperate want for a better turn of phrase, Ho-oh choosing a Rainbow Hero is repeatable.
MW: Sir Aaron doesn’t even compare on that scale.
UB: I suppose not.
UB: Ash is…
UB: When he walked into my gym the first time, I thought he was underprepared.
UB: I was right.
UB: When he walked in the second time, I thought he hadn’t learned his lesson.
MW: And?
UB: Pikachu electrocuted my Geodude.
MW: …Geodude is part Ground-type.
MW: That’s not possible.
UB: It shouldn’t have been, but it happened anyway.
MW: …
MW: No wonder that Ho-oh picked him as its champion, then.
MW: Entei was probably sent to watch his progress.
UB: One of Ash’s online friends mentioned that it’s not unusual for Entei to enter Kanto, just that it’s unusual to be seen doing so.
UB: Is there any truth to that?
MW: Well, the Ecruteak Beasts have hardly been the focus of my study, so I may be a little rusty where it comes to them.
MW: But yes, I recall reading about unconfirmed sightings in a few places.
MW: Which friend was this?
UB: twiceMulticolored.
MW: Hm.
MW: I may have to speak to them.

OG: Yeah no I still don’t get it
DN: It’s not that hard.
TT: it is when you explain it
DN: I’ll try to speak slower, then.
DN: Six is the standard Pokémon party size for most trainers. It’s the maximum number accepted in official battles.
DN: There is nothing in any rulebook anywhere that prevents a trainer from carrying more than six.
DN: Though obviously a degree of common sense is required because carrying around dozens of capture balls would just be impractical.
TT: common sense is for boring people
DN: Before an official battle, if the trainer has more than six Pokémon with or available to them, they are required to lock in their selection of six before the battle begins, to prevent cheating.
DN: Unofficial battles such as the one Ash is now preparing to have are down to the participants’ discretion.
DN: He and Gary have decided on six, and as Ash has only just caught Squirtle, he will be sitting this one out.
OG: What happens to all the other Pokémon then
DN: Were you not listening at all?
OG: No
TT: no
DN: I hate the pair of you.
DN: There are two options for Pokémon not in active use. The main one used by most trainers is the PC Storage System that simply stores Pokémon as data.
DN: Ash has the additional option of having Professor Oak care for his additional Pokémon, which he intends to make full use of.
DN: It’s a system available to all of the trainers who begin from Pallet Town.
OG: Huh
OG: Wonder if the Professor does good food
DN: …
DN: If you decide to let Ash capture you, brother, I really doubt that the quality of the food you may or may not be getting in your off-time is going to be the deciding factor.

SU: Nobody ever told me; who exactly is this Gary person?
CS: I suppose you could call him one of Ash’s rivals.
CS: He obtained a Pokémon from Professor Oak’s laboratory on the same day as Ash.
CS: I imagine Ash feels he has something to prove, as Gary chose the Squirtle he desperately wanted.
SU: One of?
CS: Four trainers set off from Pallet at the same time. Ash, Gary, Chase and Elaine.
CS: Ash battled Chase at the end of the first day, and only lost by the fact that Chase had already caught a second Pokémon.
CS: Elaine… I think I caught a glimpse of her in Cerulean, but otherwise I don’t know.
CS: Gary, however, is the more significant person, since apparently he’s disliked Ash for years.
COT: yeah, i popped back to watch the off, he’s not a nice guy.
COT: not like that cross guy ash bumped into, he’s not cruel or anything!
COT: just… mean, i guess.
COT: towards ash specifically.
SU: I see.
SU: Is that really unusual, though?
SU: They are kids.
CS: I suppose so.
CS: Of course, it doesn’t help that Gary is Professor Oak’s grandson.
SU: Ouch.
SU: No, that won’t help.
SU: Does Ash suspect nepotism?
CS: No, thankfully not. He’s sensible in that regard.
CS: He’s in full understanding that the choices were first-come, first-served, and, had Ash not overslept, he could have beaten Gary there.
COT: and thus, pikachu!
CS: I suppose you already knew he was going to get a Pikachu.
COT: well, yes.
COT: duh.
COT: but he’s caught all three of the other choices anyway so i didn’t *know* pikachu was his first pokémon, nobody ever told me.
COT: i legit thought it was his charizard and pikachu was just the favorite.
SU: Charizard?
CS: Charizard?
COT: shit.
COT: welp, meowth’s outta the bag, yes his charmander will have fully evolved when i first met him in a couple of years don’t tell him.
CS: Well, if anybody could nurture an abused Pokémon to their final stage, it’s Ash.
SU: So, wait, hold on.
SU: Why would you have first met him in a couple of years’ time?
SU: It seems odd for you to just jump in the middle.
CS: Trust me, it’s not.
COT: yeah, i… don’t wanna talk about it. :/
COT: it was a very bad day for me all told.
CS: Now *that* is odd.
CS: You’re usually leaping about to give us spoilery hints.
COT: you’ll just have to wait the long way!
COT: you’ll see what i mean.
CS: Will I?
COT: yeah cause you were there.
SU: I think that counts as a spoilery hint.

[MOD] NN: zZz I zZz
[MOD] NN: zZz Im sorry for my earlier behavior zZz
[MOD] NN: zZz I should be more respectful zZz
[MOD] NN: zZz You are Ashs friends zZz
UB: I don’t think anyone took any offense.
UB: I’ve met less social people.
[MOD] NN: zZz Really zZz
UB: Yeah.
UB: Relatively speaking, I didn’t spend that long as Pewter’s gym leader, but it was enough to see pretty much every sort of trainer.
UB: Everybody from eventual league-winners to people who had no business being trainers.
UB: No true nightmares, thankfully, but certainly the darker side of things.
UB: So trust me, compared to some people, you’re perfectly pleasant.
[MOD] NN: zZz Oh zZz
[MOD] NN: zZz Well zZz
[MOD] NN: zZz Thanks zZz
UB: Can I just ask, why do you do that?
[MOD] NN: zZz Do what zZz
UB: Put all of those Zs around your messages.
[MOD] NN: zZz Uh zZz
[MOD] NN: zZz Im not sure how to answer that zZz
[MOD] NN: zZz Its just something I do zZz
DS: cmon brock its just a fun thing he does
DS: uh you are a he right?
[MOD] NN: zZz Yes zZz
UB: I suppose.
DS: is it like a rule or something
[MOD] NN: zZz No zZz
[MOD] NN: zZz TM has no such quirk zZz
[MOD] TM: I *am* here.
[MOD] TM: If only peripherally because the situation in the main memo is spiralling out of control.
[MOD] TM: I’m actually surprised you’re awake, NN.
[MOD] NN: zZz I dont feel like sleeping right now zZz
DS: oh is it nighttime where you are?
[MOD] NN: zZz Yes zZz
[MOD] NN: zZz I am in Kalos zZz
DS: oh cool!
UB: Huh. I’ve always been meaning to take a trip to Kalos.
UB: Especially Lumiose City.
[MOD] NN: zZz Take it from me Lumoise City isnt as nice as everyone thinks it is zZz

twiceMulticolored [TM] muted all non-moderators.
[MOD] TM: Okay, this got out of control quickly, so let’s everyone calm down.
[MOD] TM: I fail to see why there’s such sudden interest, after the same familiar faces since the beginning of Ash’s journey.
[MOD] DD: entertainment value.
[MOD] DD: who wouldn’t want to watch ash’s first 6v6?
[ADMIN] DW: Ash’s timing is phenomenal.
[ADMIN] DW: This battle is taking place right at the point when everybody’s spring tasks are finished and summer hasn’t really started yet.
[ADMIN] DW: I suppose we should be thankful that Ash is providing everybody with an outlet as opposed to just unleashing dozens of bored legendaries on the world.
[ADMIN] DW: Which means, everyone, I expect you to all be on your best behavior.
[MOD] SC: That means you, Groudon, Kyogre.
[MOD] SC: Either one of you starts making a fuss and I’m banning both of you.
[MOD] SC: I don’t know why you’re even interested so you’d better not be here just to argue with each other.
[MOD] DD: tbf we could probably just unmute some people and let everyone else talk about it in their own memos.
[MOD] SC: That would just flood the other memos.
[MOD] DD: make them take it to shitposting or something? i dunno.
[MOD] DD: in any case!
decibelDrama [DD] unmuted offensiveGlaceon [OG].
decibelDrama [DD] unmuted thunderbirbTwo [TT].
decibelDrama [DD] unmuted dantesNferno [DN].
decibelDrama [DD] unmuted crystallineSlush [CS].
decibelDrama [DD] unmuted blazingGlory [BG].
[MOD] DD: ‘cause the birds and i have a vested interest and entei and suicune are, y’know, here.
CS: Thank you, Mew.
TT: how’s it even taken so long for them to set this up
DN: Because it is, as it happens and as you appear to have forgotten, lunchtime.
DN: It’s fortunate Gary isn’t so arrogant as to force his Pokémon to fight on an empty stomach.
[ADMIN] DW: Hm. I think Mew’s idea might be for the better.
[ADMIN] DW: @here If you wish to join the whitelist for this discussion, message me privately and I’ll consider unmuting you.
[ADMIN] DW: Otherwise, take your chat to the Legendarium shitposting channel.
twiceMulticolored [TM] unmuted scimitarGamma [SG].
CS: We may have to also gently remind Ash that battling *immediately* after eating isn’t a good idea either.
DN: Unless it’s a Snorlax.
OG: Battling using a Snorlax is a bad idea full stop
OG: Cause you can’t
DN: Under normal circumstances, yes.
DN: However a Snorlax loaded up with very offensive moves and Sleep Talk is a force to be reckoned with.
[MOD] TM: Do we know what Pokémon Gary is intending to use?
[MOD] DD: i know he’s got a whole bunch.
[MOD] DD: it’s ridiculous it’s like he’s been flinging Pokéballs everywhere.
[MOD] DD: he’s gonna use his squirtle but that’s all i could overhear.
doctorWhom [DW] unmuted grassrootsOptimism [GO].
doctorWhom [DW] unmuted monarchUkulele [MU].
doctorWhom [DW] unmuted chasingMendacity [CM].
doctorWhom [DW] unmuted mordantConcept [MC].
doctorWhom [DW] unmuted welshStaccato [WS].
doctorWhom [DW] unmuted topiaryDreamscape [TD].
[ADMIN] DW: Everybody else, you failed to make your case.
[ADMIN] DW: And I’m going to carry out my threat:
doctorWhom [DW] banned dualistTao [DT] from responding to the memo. (Reason: Being unnecessarily rude about it.)
GO: Huzzah!
winCondition [WC] fled the memo.
[ADMIN] DW: Celebi, much as your case was well-made, I know for a fact that your future self will try to join and tell us to pay attention to the ‘good bits’.
[ADMIN] DW: So no, you’re not.
[MOD] SC: In which case, I’ll take my leave.
OG: Not staying Ray
[MOD] SC: Sure as I am that this is going to be interesting, I actually still have work to do.
[MOD] SC: There’s some space debris hanging about and I need to keep an eye on it.
[MOD] SC: Another time, maybe.
skylineCrash [SC] fled the memo.
WS: <} So uh.
WS: <} Never been to one of these before.
WS: <} How does it work?
TT: at the moment you just wait for giratina
[MOD] TM: Who in turn is waiting for the Lake Trio and Mew to let him know when the battle’s about to start.
[MOD] DD: actually ash is kinda waiting on me rn.
[MOD] DD: dw we shouldn’t be waiting too long.
GO: Waiting for what?
[ADMIN] DW: Mew, if this is one of your catbrained schemes again…
[MOD] DD: oh relax it’s not!
[ADMIN] DW: You’re not inspiring much confidence.
TD: The last time you said it wasn’t one of your schemes things didn’t go well, I recall.
TT: yeah
TT: i ended up in a river and art exploded
[MOD] DD: it’s really not!
[ADMIN] DW: Prove it.
[MOD] DD: hit ‘em, resh.
MC: SHE’S NOT LYING.
[MOD] DD: and for the double whammy!
theOne [TO] responded to [Gotta Ketchum All].
poryBot [PB] gave theOne [TO] the ‘administrator’ role.
[ADMIN] TO: Dialga, be patient.
[ADMIN] TO: It was my idea.
theOne [TO] fled the memo.
[ADMIN] DW: …yes, father.
[MOD] DD: thanks grandad.
GO: So, again:
GO: What are you waiting for?
[MOD] DD: oh, we’re just waiting for one more to join us.
[MOD] DD: any moment now!
[MOD] TM: One more?
[MOD] TM: Wait, you don’t mean…
beastieBirb [BB] joined [Gotta Ketchum All].
poryBot [PB] gave beastieBirb [BB] the ‘moderator’ role.
[MOD] DD: that’s exactly what i mean!
[MOD] DD: @ultimatetrainer @wonkywindlass @concentratedwillpower @garrulouswharf @notarymemento and it’s go, go, go!
[MOD] TM: Welcome, Lugia.
wonkyWindlass [WW] is now streaming!
CS: I feel like I need to add that following this morning’s shenanigans, Team Rocket are not in the area so will not be interrupting.
[MOD] CW: i will (confirm) that
[MOD] BB: Is it usually this busy?
BG: No
CS: It usually tends to be Mew, Father, at least one of the birds, whichever of myself or Entei is on long watch duty, and then it gets busier during gym battles.
[MOD] DD: round one start!
[MOD] DD: ash’s charmander vs gary’s…
[MOD] DD: spearow.
[MOD] TM: I feel like Ash would rather not face one of those again.
CS: Oh dear Arceus that’s brutal.
SG: It hasn’t been that long since Charmander was abandoned by its previous trainer.
SG: Ash needs to avoid putting it in these situations.
[MOD] DD: he.
SG: My apologies.
OG: Come on Ash
OG: You can do this
OG: It’s just a Spearow
SG: At the very least Gary isn’t pleased with that behavior either.
SG: This doesn’t speak much of his ability as a trainer, mind, if he can’t keep that bird under control.
[MOD] TM: How good of a trainer *is* Gary?
[ADMIN] DW: Good enough that he’s been focused enough to get up to Aureolin Town, defeat the gym leader there, and attain a one-badge advantage.
TT: yeah ash’s path has been a bit schizo
TT: lost and/or distracted
TT: sounds like somebody we know
[MOD] BB: I resent that insinuation, Zapdos.
OG: I bet you he’s lost right now
OG: Hey Lugia where are you rn
[MOD] TM: That’s enough of that.
[MOD] DD: ooh
GO: What was that?
DN: It’s likely to have been Charmander’s ability, Blaze.
DN: In tight situations it increases the strength of Fire-type moves.
[MOD] DD: that’s what i call a turnabout!
[MOD] DD: ash 1, gary nil!
SG: If I were he I’d withdraw Charmander right now.
SG: He’s no longer in a fit state to battle.
SG: Good.
DN: That was one of mine.
DN: ‘To finish first, first you have to finish.’
TT: you didn’t make that up
DN: No, but I appropriated it.
DN: Anyway, technically, Ash *did* withdraw Charmander rather than Charmander being eliminated, so that doesn’t count as a point in Gary’s favor.
GO: So, wait.
GO: Ash could still call him back out?
GO: That doesn’t seem fair to Charmander.
DN: I said technically.
DN: It’s within the rules, but I don’t think he’ll do it.
[MOD] TM: No, he knows his Pokémon’s limits.
GO: Aw, that was cute.
[MOD] DD: aww
CS: What happened? I missed it.
GO: Ash gave him a hug and apologized for not thinking of anything sooner.
SG: The only better thing he could have done was not let Charmander get into that situation to begin with, but yes, that was well thought-of on his part.
[MOD] DD: ash’s eevee vs gary’s female nidoran!
TD: Gary seems… upset.
[MOD] TM: He does?
TD: It was only for a moment.
TD: Mesprit, did you catch that?
nebulaDiscursor [ND] fled the memo.
[MOD] GW: IDid!
[MOD] GW: SensingPotentialConcealedJealousy.
[MOD] GW: AMoveStraightIntoAnInsultSupportsThat.
DN: Eevee is considered a rare Pokémon in some circles.
TD: Perhaps Gary was intending to catch one of his own and parade that.
nebulaDiscursor [ND] responded to [Gotta Ketchum All].
[MOD] DD: well too bad!
MU: I’m noticing Ash seems to prefer small, fast Pokémon.
TT: yup that’s my fault
TT: hit em hard hit em fast and never give em a chance to react
DN: I’d hardly describe Bulbasaur as ‘fast’ though.
OG: You weren’t there for the second matchup of the fairy gym
[MOD] TM: Yes. While Bulbasaur may currently be the slowest of Ash’s team on paper, agility can manifest itself in
WS: <} What the actual fuck.
[MOD] TM: …other ways.
OG: Oh neat it’s that trick again
MU: It’s great to see that Ash remembered that!
[MOD] DD: you think we’d let him forget it?
BG: That won’t work against us
TT: oh rly
CS: Where did that come from?
CS: You think Ash is going to run straight off and come after us with Eevee?
[MOD] BB: I rather hope he’s more sensible than that.
[MOD] TM: He is.
[MOD] TM: He appears to be collecting a variety of clever tactics so that he can use absolutely none of them when fighting your charges.
[MOD] BB: What?
[MOD] TM: He’s being remarkably devious about it.
[MOD] TM: Either that or he has no plan at all, and I don’t know which is worse.
[MOD] DD: OOF
GO: Oof, that had to hurt.
CS: If that doesn’t seriously impair Eevee’s ability to continue I’ll be very surprised.
CS: A kick to the face will do that to you.
DN: And that is exactly why Normal-types are weak against Fighting-type moves.
CS: Not surprised.
OG: 1-1
MU: Brock looks right at home performing as a referee.
GO: Oh, I thought they were called Battle Judges.
TD: It depends on who you ask.
[MOD] DD: pidgeotto subs in!
DN: This should go quickly.
DN: Nidoran is tired and Ash has had the opportunity to observe how she battles.
[MOD] TM: Plus, as I recall, Nidoran don’t have access to many attacks that would hit a flyer.
[MOD] TM: I agree with Moltres.
TT: there’s a first
[MOD] TM: There’s no need to be rude.
[MOD] TM: You could learn a lot from watching th