July - August Test Drive Meme

[indigo_league]

➞ 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!

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Comments

[thetombkeeper]

Yeah. They don't. But they're animals so...

[Shrug.]

And I'm not sure. I haven't really tried to make sense of it.

Ah- So you're from the USA? I've actually never been there before. Got any good recommendations to visit? You're also correct, you're not... on our earth. I'm not sure of the name of this world though.

[worstorganplayer]

[Snakes grins, pleased by the question.]

New Orleans is the place to be! Every kind of celebration imaginable! They don't like sleepin' down there; New Orleans is an all-night city!

[But he looks shaken by the confirmation this isn't Earth.]

So ... uh ... when do we get home?

[Or would he want to? He had just died back there; going back probably meant he'd still be dead. Maybe he'd have to make a new life here....]

[thetombkeeper]

New Orleans, huh? I'll keep that in mind! I've never visited a place that's always partying.

[Marik's smile shifts into an uncertain one.]

I... can't give you an answer on that, I'm afraid. I've heard some people return home after a few months, some have been here for over ten years... No one knows how it works.

[worstorganplayer]

It's the best!

[Snakes wavers.]

... Well, I'm probably better off here now anyway.

So ... what goes on in this place? How do people make money?

[thetombkeeper]

[He'll probably end up loving Cajun food. Rice, select meats, and spices? Yes please.]

There's a good number of people who feel the same way, trust me. I'm one of them.

Hmm... As for money, I think you can get a proper job. I just make mine through battling and offering to teach people how to train their pokémon though. It's pretty easy.

CW: Mention of animal abuse

[worstorganplayer]

Battling? Like the Pokemon? I know we had to go at some wild ones when they attacked, but that's really a way of life here? Back home it's illegal!

[In Snakes' time period, there are those who arrange brutal fights between dogs with people betting on them, so that is what he automatically thinks of.]

[thetombkeeper]

[Marik is familiar with the concept but seems unaffected by the aspect of it being illegal.]

It's less like cock fights and more... like exercise? It's really weird but some of them enjoy it. There's medical facilities in every town and they still potions so any damage your pokemon take, you can heal them.

[worstorganplayer]

... That is pretty out there. My blo - uh, Wobbuffet doesn't seem too interested in it. But that's legal and moneymaking, huh? I'll havta look more into it!

[Snakes' eyes gleam at the thought of money.]

Sell, not "still"*

[thetombkeeper]

You can always try catching other pokémon too. There's a couple of different ways you can do that. You can either weaken them first or ... just ask if they'd like to join your team. The latter is how I got pretty much all of my team.

Re: Sell, not "still"*

[worstorganplayer]

Yeah? You just walk up to some random Pokemon and ask if they wanna come along, and they'll say Yes even without knowing you?

[thetombkeeper]

... Okay, I realize that sounds really stupid but most pokémon are friendly. A lot of them understand human speech and they'll let you know if they're interested or not.

[worstorganplayer]

Really, though, just out of the blue? I don't even need to watch them or have them watch me for a spell?

[Were the Pokemon really that gullible? ... Well, the blob is still here after Snakes had basically ran off "Every man for himself"....]

[thetombkeeper]

Not out of the blue, no. Not all the time at least. You do need to earn their trust first. Food helps or even just chatting with them.

I mean, that's how it's worked for me so far...