PUZZLE 004 [ROUTE 32 - VIDEO/ACTION]

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[[Should you be wandering the streets of Violet City today, chances are you'll see Emmy happily striding along! If you're nearby, however, chances are you'll be clearing the road fairly soon when you see the Pokemon slowly gliding along behind her.

It's her newly evolved Gyarados and she's quite a monster.]]

Isn't this fantastic, Magik? You've gotten so big!

[[As Emmy walks, Magik rumbling in agreement, she starts breaking into song. Her voice, while not trained, is strong and pure, and she carries the notes with ease. Occasionally, she'll turn to look at the other pokemon following her with a mixture of mild concern and amusement; it's her Ariados, and he's happily bouncing along to the tune.

Should you be from her world, chances are you'll recognize it.

Confident in her surroundings, Emmy twirls and spins with the music, all the while meandering down the road, followed by her two Pokemon. Coming to the end of the melody, she pauses, wrinkling her nose slightly.]]

Oh, what came after that part....

[[...well, she'll just have to start from the beginning again!]]

Comments

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[[WELL IF THAT'S THE WAY YOU WANT TO PLAY IT!]]

Night Shade.

[[YOUR WITHDRAWING MEANS NOTHING!]]

[explosivecombat]

[...a move that strikes for a whole 29-power damage

watch out, guys, we got a badass over here

Either way, however, Richard is still kind of not well-off due to the Sucker Punching from earlier, to say nothing of COME ON BOSS WHY DO YOU NOT TRAIN ME MORE, so that move is going to finish him off rather quickly anyway. Dammit.

Fine, then! You can have Marat, then - or as Archer insists on calling her, "that horrible giraffe."]

Psybeam.

1/2

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[[No need to be bitter, it doesn't suit-

.....NOOOO BUG WHY ARE YOU COLLAPSING]]

Ah, Bug!! Are you alright?!

[[ofc he's not alright, but she has to check anyway!]]

You did wonderfully; return!

2/2

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[[A quick check of the Pokegear reveals all about dat Giraffe!]]

Magik!

[[And here comes her fangbeast, switching herself out of zen mode into battle mode!]]

Bite it!

1/2

[explosivecombat]

[...AKJSHDCKDJFGDJFVKBSDGBJKH

NOT OKAY

NEVER OKAY]

[explosivecombat]

[You know, Kimblee actually has a general strategy for shit like this. One that solves...most problems, honestly.]

Stomp, counter it -

[When in doubt, kick shit in the fucking face.

...admittedly that biting is still going to damn near kill Marat, but

the face

kick this thing in the face]

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[[Aaaand you just kicked Magik in the face, alright

....why did you make her angry tho]]

Magi-

[[lol sorry Emmy brb biting this thing]]

Magik!! Control yourself!

[[....ok ok we're back to zen mode

why you gotta kick her in the face, man]]

[explosivecombat]

[...you can just zen all you want

that biting kind of hurt, you know

like

real bad

not enough to warrant passing out just yet but fucking ow

...Kimblee doesn't seem too fazed, however.]

Again, Psybeam.

[don't worry, she won't kick you in the face

she'll just be over here trying to kill you with her brain instead

is that cool]

1/2

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[[well jfc that's not going down too well either

hello my name is Magik i am newly evolved and this is my first battle wharrgarbl wharrgarbl alskdjaflksdjad my brain]]

Hang in there, Magik! Can you get one more Bite in?!

2/2

[snapandscoot]

[[The answer to that puzzle is yes, yes she can]]

Well done, you did it!

[explosivecombat]

[...Emmy, you are so quaint he could d-

...

Lovely. That's lovely. All right. Kistna, go do your...thing...

...dear god what the fuck do you even do.]

...Feint.

[...OKAY COME ON LET THIS BE USEFUL OR SOMETHING]

1/2

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[[Aaaand yep can Magik just quit this battle already

she has had enough

....and will force Emmy to leap to the side as she comes crashing dramatically down, jfc]]

Don't worry Magik, Machi will take care of this!

2/2

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[[AND HER COMES HER STARTER READY TO ROCK]]

Brick Break!

1/2

[explosivecombat]

[...welp

it was nice knowing you, Kistna]

2/2

[explosivecombat]

[...at the same time, he'd honestly been wondering when that particular creature would come out; he's well aware that Machi is her starter, and as such it's a safe estimate that she's one of the level 35s. Take out the high-leveled ones and the remaining one shouldn't be too horrible.

As such, there is now a white classyfox on the field; say hello to Dorian.

...Dorian has no interest in saying hello to you and promptly turns his head to look at Kimblee with an expression that pretty much defines a really annoyed You've gotta be kidding, but that doesn't matter now. At least you're not jumping on him this time; help him win this battle and he'll give you a poptart or something later.]

Extrasensory, Dorian.

1/4

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[[Aaaand another one bites the dust!]]

A perfect strike, Machi! Your technique has really improved!

[[They will now share a mutual thumbs up!]]

Alright, what's next...

2/4

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[[...oh, well, hello there, pretty white fox.

....

Ok, something....feels a bit off...why the hell is that fox giving her bad vibes...]]

Let's start with-

3/4

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[[....or, let's not.]]

M-Machi!!

[[Boom, one-shot! Machi is now unconscious and crumpled into a rather dishevelled pile.]]

W-What just happened...!?

4/4

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[[She'll just be returning her Machoke to her pokeball and angrily selecting another!]]

Abby, Disable!

[[Whatever the hell that was, you won't be doing it again!]]

[explosivecombat]

[That's fine; Kadabra's speed is quicker than Kimblee's reflexes and as such Disable connects, but Dorian has no particular advantage over Kadabra as it is, and as such Kimblee recalls him anyway.

And replaces him with a six-foot dragonfly.

Any agitation that may have been present during the previous rounds of this battle is completely gone; his gaze is piercing, alive, but his voice is strangely calm.]

Abdiel - Night Slash, if you will.

1/2

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[[OH SWEET LORD WHAT IS THAT

JESUS TAKE THE ENTIRE GODDAMN SCOOTER]]

A-Abby...!! Not you too!

[[Another one...bites the dust, alright...]]

How is this happening?!

2/2

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[[U-Ugh, she's only got one Pokemon left...]]

....Nida!

[[And here is her Nidoqueen, ready to go despite...the opponent...]]

Body Slam! Hard as you can, you've got to put your all into this!

[explosivecombat]

[Emmy, do you know what one of the benefits to training a Yanmega is?

Speed Boost.

As such, he is going to be able to beat your moves.]

Detect; follow it up with Double Team.

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[[BODY SLAAAAM....!!!

...into a barrier of...some sort wtf she was totally pumped to squash that bug]]

What is....?!

[[Oh god oh god a million giant dragonflies a million]]

N-Nida, use...!!

[[What the hell does one use in this situation?!]]

I....use Chip Away!!

[explosivecombat]

[...well, that actually managed to connect, well done.

However.]

Slash, Abdiel.