January - February Test drive

[indigo_events]

➞ Post with a character you wish to test drive in this game's setting.
➞ Tag other people's starters and thread out shenanigans!
➞ Invite your friends! Try out new characters! Come play with us!
➞ Have fun!

NOT SURE WHERE TO BEGIN YOUR TEST-DRIVE JOURNEY?
CHECK OUT ALL THE LOCATIONS WE HAVE AVAILABLE IN:

JOHTO | KANTO | SEVII ISLANDS

Feel free to make various prompts in multiple locations!

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OTHER USEFUL LINKS:
NAVIGATION | RESERVES | APPLICATIONS

Comments

[gobetween]

Well, if there's something neat to be found somewhere, then you can bet I'll find it. Foraging's a lot of what we Fraggles do. And I bet I could get one of my Pokemon to help me too, now that I think about it.

[When discussed, he looks down at his Pokemon and gives it a good-natured rub.]

If I gotta buy it, well... Then I guess that's how it is, eh. I've noticed that's how things seem to be run here.

[desertpowered]

I've found things in all kinds of strange places. Side of the road, tree stumps, alleyways...some of it can be very useful, even if it doesn't seem to be right away. Or you can sell it for things you do need, and you'll be able to afford that Fire Stone more quickly than you'd think.

[Paul wonders what a "Fraggle" is, but doesn't ask immediately. While he's human, some of the other people transported here were other intelligent species back in their worlds. Fraggles must be one of them.]

That's how it is in most places, unfortunately. People here can be surprisingly generous, though you do have to be careful. There's Team Rocket lurking around, you might have heard of them, and the usual con artists besides them.

[Paul's from a darker world - his nature is more cautious, with reason, and he has some awareness that this place has its own dark side. He shifts to a lighter topic, admiring the other outworlder's Pokemon.]

That's a handsome Growlithe you have.

[gobetween]

[He makes note of the idea of selling things, though part of him wonders what's the point? If he finds something neat, he's more inclined to keep it, or just give it away to someone else. There's always finding money from other places, if he needs it.]

I'll definitely be careful, I've heard of Team Rocket already. But thanks for the warning anyway, I appreciate it!

[Crooks like that isn't something he's exactly used to, but living in fear of his life is. After facing down angry monstrous Poison Cacklers trying to eat you, how could one worry about Team Rocket?

But the mention of Growlithe gets a warm smile from him, and the Pokemon barks a bit in reply. Attention!]

Awwh yeah, thanks! He was the partner that I started out with; named him after my Uncle Matt.

[It's nice having someone named Matt around who actually listens to what he says-]

[desertpowered]

[Paul's seen worse - a lot worse - than Team Rocket. Still, he's in a vulnerable position here until he and his partner are both stronger, so he's being careful to stay out of trouble. This is a different world, with different rules and dangers.]

It's no problem. There are a lot of helpful people here, but you still have to keep your eyes out and watch your step so you don't get taken advantage of.

[Paul shifts to make space for someone, and a buglike orange Pokemon with a gaping mouth joins him on the screen.]

Your first Pokémon is important. Mine was Hulud here. He's a Trapinch - he's my own partner, like Matt is to you. A Ground-type Pokémon. Agreeable creature, but very curious. So he sometimes gets into places he shouldn't, like my bag.

[The Trapinch makes what sounds like a purr, curious about the Gear, and then looks up, as if examining the other two.]

[gobetween]

Whoa. Now that thing looks cool! [At a little yip he looks beside him and laughs, skritching Matt behind the ears.] So do you, buddy.

[Satisfied, Growlithe now decides that it's naptime, pulling back from the shot. Sure that's just to flop down on one of Gobo's feet, but that's to be expected.]

So I guess Trapinch is some kind of biter, then? With a mouth that big.

[desertpowered]

According to the Pokédex, Trapinch is a hunter. In the wild they dig holes in the sand and wait for prey to fall in.

[Paul looks over to his partner and then, deadpan:]

Or they give you that face until you surrender and feed them berries instead.

[He sighs, more amused than annoyed, and flicks a berry to the Pokemon, who catches it in that big mouth with no effort.]

[gobetween]

[That gets a warm laugh out of him. Boy is he used to that kind of stuff.]

It never ceases to amaze me just how many different types of Pokemon there are. I thought I'd seen all sorts of critters before, just at home, but here? It's incredible!

[He's smiling, but there's some little note of uncertainty there, at the edges.]

Kinda overwhelming, too. When you've got a lot of other new stuff to get used to on top of that.

[desertpowered]

This place is far more relaxed than what I'm used to. I miss my home universe, but I think I can learn to live in this one. Not that I have much of a choice in the matter, but it could be worse.

[No need to worry about being eaten by sandworms or assassination attempts, at least. Honestly, Paul is probably better off here in more than a few ways.]

It's a relief that these PokeGears and the Network exist, or we'd be even more lost than we would be otherwise. There are other people in the same situation as us, so at least we aren't alone.