>>55544295Kouji continues to catch a Caterpie and a Scatterbug, all on the first toss. Kouji starts to believe that all pokeballs simply catch pokemon and that the only reason why the pokemart had more expensive weird looking ones is simply attributed to vanity and style.
Thankfully Liam shows back up, explaining that a ranger at the gate helped him by using an antidote. Confused by how Liam actually found him, he of course inquires.
Liam: “Uh, bro? We’ve got GPS tracking.”
Showing him his phone, it turns out that as long as you have someone added as a contact you can see their location relative to your own. Kouji hums in thought, but shrugs it off and says it doesn’t matter (it does, surprise surprise).
Liam takes the lead for searching and completely flubs it, finding another Seedot. They both shake their head and move on, but Kouji stops him, suddenly getting a BRIGHT idea.
Kouji: “Hey, what if we tried to scare away all the weaker pokemon? Wouldn’t that leave only the strong ones?”
And so, for the first time, Kouji takes some initiative and decides to lead the charge. After getting the okay from the DM to use Intimidation to scare away the surrounding area, he asks me to explain how Kouji would do it.
Me: “I’ll just kick this tree until I feel like things get quiet.”
I roll… a nat 20. (remember when I said I’m lucky? Keep count folks)
DM describes how everyone in the surrounding forest can hear the sounds of bark crunching, like a large scary pokemon is thrashing a tree—except its actually just Kouji.
Soon enough, a worm-like pokemon falls out of the tree Kouji was kicking; Wormote (a fanmade pokemon from pokemon Untamed). Just as it is falling, however, something large shoots out from the treetop—catching the Wormote before turning to face us, growling. An Erycoon (from CAPX). Our pokedex tells us it cares for the wellbeing of the forest and its inhabitants and will not hesitate to protect them. In this case? Against us!
Cue battle.
