More Moe Is Needed: Let's Play Moemon: LeafGreen, Thread II

[UserShadow7989]

I say catch; after all his mysterious mutterings, we ought to try to get some info from him. At the very least, it would seem somewhat contradictory to Seed's personality so far to kill him, considering her conversation with Lance and rejection of Giovanni's deal.

[Cieyrin]

Lugia doesn't see the difference as being relevant. She was a pikachu once, and really hasn't changed that much, and I suspect he still sees that in her heart.

Works for me. Legendaries have better things to deal with than minor details like that.

Its an endangered gender, catch! (Why is lugia male though?)

Why shouldn't Lugia be male? Also, if I recall correctly, fizzmeister set the chance for male gender at 1/256, so we basically have the RARE Lugia. Definitely catch! Must raise male population to 3!

[Mystic Muse]

No, I've played this mod before. The Lugia behind that door is specifically set as male. Either that, or every time I enter in there, I get that 1/256 chance, which would be odd.

[Hawkflight]

Furthermore, it seems that all genderless pokemon are set to male. I'm guessing this has something to do with the programming code for genders?

[fizzmaister]

Catch, then again, I'm a completionist at heart (more on that later).

Why shouldn't Lugia be male? Also, if I recall correctly, fizzmeister set the chance for male gender at 1/256, so we basically have the RARE Lugia. Definitely catch! Must raise male population to 3!

No, the only moemon that have a 1/256 chance of being male are the weedle family and the family of each moemon that appears in the teachy tv (notice that they always use male moemon, not random ones, and it freezes the game if a species is all female). Also, Seed already has three male moemon, Spike, Nuriko, and Kai. She needs a fourth one.

No, I've played this mod before. The Lugia behind that door is specifically set as male. Either that, or every time I enter in there, I get that 1/256 chance, which would be odd.

Yes, Lugia is always male.

Furthermore, it seems that all genderless pokemon are set to male. I'm guessing this has something to do with the programming code for genders?

No, out of this whole list, only Ditto and Lugia are male. I wanted to create a breeding mini-game using only Ho-oh and Lugia to get the three legendary gerbils. I couldn't get it to work. I later figured out that I could get it to work by using the three legendary birds, but by then I already came up with my current idea which is much better. Speaking of which, Deme, please leave the three birds in the Daycare center with, Kai or Nuriko. I think you'll like what happens (Spike doesn't need a bigger harem).

[Forum Explorer]

capture Lugia!

[ShinyRocks]

Catch!

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[Deme]

No, out of this whole list, only Ditto and Lugia are male. I wanted to create a breeding mini-game using only Ho-oh and Lugia to get the three legendary gerbils. I couldn't get it to work. I later figured out that I could get it to work by using the three legendary birds, but by then I already came up with my current idea which is much better. Speaking of which, Deme, please leave the three birds in the Daycare center with, Kai or Nuriko. I think you'll like what happens (Spike doesn't need a bigger harem).

...I will obviously have to see what happens. Putting them with Kai as he is mellow-out guru is an option. Or I can fit in one last Nuriko appearance...Hmm...Maybe call for a vote?

Also, so Mewtwo's a girl? Good to know. Now I can foreshadow and actually use pronouns. I've actually been meaning to ask.

[Mando Knight]

(Spike doesn't need a bigger harem).

Incorrect.

[Eldonauran]

Incorrect.

Agreed. No such thing as too big a harem.

[Goldfly]

I think you should definitely catch Lugia.

[Squiggly-Thing]

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[John Cribati]

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[Penguinator]

"Now, what'ch all thish nonshenshe about cat'ch? All 'ey do is meow when leasht convenient!"

[fizzmaister]

Speaking of which, Deme, please leave the three birds in the Daycare center with, Kai or Nuriko. I think you'll like what happens (Spike doesn't need a bigger harem).

Oops, I forgot, Kai is not a ditto. You'll need to leave them with Nuriko or Spike (yes the Nidoran M family is a ditto for breeding purposes).

[Dusk Eclipse]

Oops, I forgot, Kai is not a ditto. You'll need to leave them with Nuriko or Spike (yes the Nidoran M family is a ditto for breeding purposes).

poor spike.....

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Oops, I forgot, Kai is not a ditto. You'll need to leave them with Nuriko or Spike (yes the Nidoran M family is a ditto for breeding purposes).

Including for legendaries?!

[Squiggly-Thing]

Including for legendaries?!

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Well, he said to put Spike with the birds. I assume that means the legendary bird trio.

[fizzmaister]

Well, he said to put Spike with the birds. I assume that means the legendary bird trio.

I did. Also, Nuriko, Pixie and Legendary bird trio sub-plot? Maybe? Please. (I want to see more of Pixie).

Including for legendaries?!

Yes. All of them.

[Deme]

I did. Also, Nuriko, Pixie and Legendary bird trio sub-plot? Maybe? Please. (I want to see more of Pixie).



Yes. All of them.

I think at least a few scenes will be needed, if I'll be breeding them. Nuriko's all for 5some. As long as it is fabulous.

[Squiggly-Thing]

Oops, I forgot, Kai is not a ditto. You'll need to leave them with Nuriko or Spike (yes the Nidoran M family is a ditto for breeding purposes).

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(Sorry, forgot about you can't quote quotes:
This is what I was reacting to.)

[Lemonus]

I'm currently doing an archive binge, and I realized that I really want to see more of Marumari.

[Deme]

Chapter 74: Lessons

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I think about my options. Lugia waits before me, a little worse for the wear. I offer him a hand.
"I'd be a hypocrite if I killed you...But you have to agree that even if you didn't want to, it was a terrible thing to try and kill me."
Otherwise, I'm still a hypocrite.
"...Yes, that sounds about right. I've lived in the bottom of the ocean -- down there, it's very clear how precious life is. Everything down there holds onto it so hard... It's a shame to destroy it."
"If you believe it that much, then why go along with it?"
"Because she willed it so, and I could not help but obey."
"...She?"
"I'm afraid, Mi'lady, I can't tell you that."
"Why not?"
"Because I cannot stand against her, even in a matter this small."
"Why not?"
Man, I sound like I'm seven. But these are valid questions.
"Well, why do pokemon obey you?"
"Trust?"
"...So you say. But what about the ones that don't trust you?"
Like Mushroom-Mellow...
"They serve you because a part of them, some deep part they cannot reckon to... Wants to. Needs to. They feel it in their guts. It can be beaten..."
"But it's like an animal chewing off a foot to escape a trap: as painful to stay as it is to go."
"An apt metaphor, yes."
"So your boss is human?"
"Perhaps a little...But mostly, no."
"Mostly no?"
"Only mostly... But it's still more than that. If to go against her will is not unthinkable...Then it is at least impossible. If she demands your heart to stop beating, then it will stop -- there's no more resisting it than paper can resist water."
"And she wants me dead."
"She is your enemy."
"Then why doesn't she just stop my heart?"
"...That, I don't know."
"Great. So an unspeakable semi-human operator who can kill me at any time wants to kill me."
"That is what it sounds like."
"...Marvelous."
I sigh.
"Well, I can grill the other birds about it, do you think?"
Lugia shrugs.

"But first...Should I call you something?"
"Lugia. But if you'd like to be casual about it...It's still Lugia."
"Ok, point made."

And so I've beaten another legendary, and added him to my team.


"...Anyway, let's go see about talking to the others."

***
"So, do you know anything about --"
"Wait! We have a matter about which we must speak with you."
"First, do you know about who would be trying to kill me?"
"Unfortunately, no."
"I bet it's a lot of people. You seem kinda the sort."
"...The sort that everyone wants to kill?"
"You are something of a meddling kid."
"TRUE DAT."
"Please don't be upset, Mistress... One is judged by the quality of their enemies, after all."
"...Riiight. Ok, what was it you wanted to talk to?"
"We would like lessons...In love."
"Miss Nuriko has been giving us some lessons... But they've been getting..."
"Really odd."
"...I can imagine. Since Nuriko's technically male."
"Oh Really?"
"Yeah, really."
"We would like to travel with you for a while, and see you at work. To be used by you... After all, you win all the time. Clearly something's working. Pokemon fight from inside."
"Well...Alright. For a little while, then."

I re-arrange matters, with the others trailing along.


And I decide to head to One Island.


I don't run into Beau there.
"Is suddenly getting depressed part of your strategy?"
"Seed's just sad about her friend. Her special wants-to-kiss-or-maybe-slap friend!"
"...Love is certainly complicated."

I head to the pokecenter and see Celio at work.
"Hey, Celio."

"I am champion of Kanto!"

"And I have seen my enemies driven before me and heard all sorts of lamentation!"

...
...
I am dubious of this.

"...Yay?"

I've never traded. I find this idea nebulous...
But it'd help this one guy do something that matters to him. I like this.

Celio: "...From trainers far away."
Besides, maybe there's some appeal in getting foreign pokemon -- I've heard lots of people like mudkips.

Oooof course. Because Celio does nothing without me being sent on a quest.

And it's a fetch quest. The best sort of quest. /sarcasm

"I bet it's on the mountain."
"There were jewels there."


"Yeah, but then he'd be doing it, and not you."
Celio: "Exactly! Bill is my friend..."

"I'll see if I can't find you that gem."

"Why are we doing this? He is a perfectly standard human being. There is nothing worthwhile about him."
"There's something worthwhile about everyone! And he means to do a good thing... So I'm helping him. It's part of how I roll."
"If you want to understand her heart, that is where you begin, understand?"
"...Not yet."
"Well, we're going anyway."

I head back to Mt. Ember, since dollars to donuts that's where it is.

Did they...literally punch through...?
I mean, I know they could mean they broke through...
But they've sort of been here for a couple of weeks...

My god. They're just going to announce their passwords in public...
Mere hands cannot facepalm hard enough.

...Goldeen need log badly?

Oh, the dramatic tension...

Wow, they actually spotted me.

Hey! Wait a second...
I was so busy snarking and people-watching I forgot the important thing: there is no team rocket!
"What do you think you're doing, being members of Team Rocket?"
Rocket Grunt #1: "We don't have to answer to you!"

No, seriously. I'd give up all treasure if I understood what the heck was going on.
Do I have to beat Giovanni again? Because I am so there.


But first, it's Zapdos's first battle! Against a Rattata...
That's kinda...
Yeah.
"Zapdos, just drill peck."



Yup.
"Why are you doing this exactly? You could just command them. You have more power than you use."
"Team Rocket exists to wield power over the helpless -- I refuse to be that way."
"...I see. Because you can... It makes you better to not?...Man, this is hard. Nuriko's version was easier, since it mainly involved glitter and hairstyling."
"And make-outs."
...
...
I'm a little freaked.

"Let's just get this over with."
Because the less I have to think about it, the better it is.

Articuno's first match went pretty well: I'm a little surprised she doesn't have disobedience issues.


Hey -- what sort of protagonist does this guy think I am? This is not a cliche JRPG!


Uh...Duh.
"Hey, why didn't you do double battle? It'd be easier."
Rocket Grunt #2 (Let's call him Steve): "Innovative Double-Battles are for the Poke-Bourgoise! Trends are the opiates of the masses!"
...I begin to see why Giovanni sent these two to these distant islands.



None of their moves have a lot of ammunition, but at least they're decent. Except for Zapdos, who I've padded with TMs.

"Uh, guys...Your organization is disbanded."

He’s just not listening

"...And now it's all you can think about."
Yup.


"Phew! This is a much hotter part of the mountain!"

Frig.
I'll be back in a second.

***
Ok, back...

And that is new. I write a few notes before retreating -- I have about as many pokemon as I have time for. Sorry.
But hey -- new pokemon!


And more old rocks.
Yes, they're rocks.


This is my 16th Slugma. The novelty, she has worn off.


...
The heck?
I approach the symbols.

I think they're...Braille? Everyone's gone quiet: I'm not entirely sure if I'm awake or not.
Then I hear footsteps behind me.
"Who's there?"
Nothing.
I hurry down the ladder, and find a room with a jewel...And another tablet.

I stare at it, forgetting the person behind me.
"...When a person has troubles in a way they can detect, other people invent ways to make things easier... And so we come to Braille. It's really such a clever invention -- all language is felt. This one's just more literal about it."
I turn.
"...How did you get here, little girl?"
The little girl in pink giggles.

"But if you can't read it, I guess the message doesn't have any meaning. So let me!"
She leans forward and runs a hand over it.

"Still...I think you know it all already. 'Everything has meaning. Existence has meaning. Being alive has meaning. Have Dreams... Use power.' Is what it says."
"...Everything.... Like how I'm here? Like why I'm different from other people?"
She laughs again, and it sends itself down my bones and into my fingertips and toes.
"See? You already know. Just don't forget, OK? Have dreams... And use your power to make that dream real... And this dream, too."
"Wait, what -- what drea --"


I wake up with a start in the room with all the Braille.
"Mistress? Are you alright?"
"...I...collapsed?"
"Oh, good!"
" You are awake."
"We were...concerned."
...I sit up and dizzily take in their statements.
Perhaps the moment you try and start changing, change can begin to creep up on you.

I take Azula's support and begin looking around. Already, I cannot remember what the girl looked like, except the pink of her clothes and her laugh.

A message I couldn't read and already knew...

"We should turn back. Mistress, let's go."
"Wait. I want to see what's downstairs."

As I saw...A jewel and a message.
I pick up the jewel -- as the tablet fits into my hand, I know for sure...It's what I was looking for.

But why did it have to be so mysterious about it? And how exactly did I see this room in a dream? 'Use your power to make that dream real...And this dream, too.' ...Is there something I have to do...To make that moment possible?

[Forum Explorer]

weird but cool. Also Nuriko is funny and he isn't even in this chapter.

[Penguinator]

Couple formatting errors, there's a "colo" bracket, instead of color, and an [/COLOR] at the end of one of Seed's quotes. And also, hypocrite. Not like hippos.

Other than that, I like the introduction of Mew. ...And Nuriko's lessons. And mudkipz.

[Deme]

Thanks for pointing those out!
...Also, who said that was Mew?

[Penguinator]

Meh, it's pink and giggles. If the shoe fits...

[Dusk Eclipse]

The most likely candidates for Lugia's master is either Mew or Mewtwo and if the latter is an artificial moemon, Mew sounds more reasonable.

Of course it could be Arceus...