thirteenth fusion

[beholdmydemons]

Damn but it's been a while since I've done this.

Three Pokemon for sale! Togetic at level twenty-eight, a female, cheerful, name of Beatrice. A Happiny at level twenty-seven, sweet but a little spoiled, female as well. Answers to Mary. And then an Altaria at thirty-six, a male, a little scattered. Name me your price and we'll haggle it out.

On the road again at last with hardly a care in sight. I'm the last you'll hear complaining about a life of traveling freely but lately I've had the feeling of turning a wheel over and over when it's not firm on the axle. Traveling and winning battles and having the money to continue doing so but where are we going after all. Once Pokemon are at the hundredth level can they really grow no stronger? It seems disheartening. I hope that spells out nothing about humans. I shudder to think I could look up and into the future and see a wall where an ever rising road could be.

I've languished these past weeks and only of my own failing. Come and gab and have me make a friend of you. Or a rival if you'd rather.

Comments

[solas_ion]

Damn, did you hit your head or somethin'? That seems oddly introspective of you.

[beholdmydemons]

I'm flattered. And my head is just fine.

With as long as you've been here are you still battling?

[solas_ion]

Now and then, sure. I've taken more to training myself along with my team, and raising some of the younger ones I've got.

This kind of simple, quiet life suits me just fine, or it did once I got used to it.

[twinsanity]

...Walter, where the hell are you?

I want to be sure you're not typing this from the edge of a cliff somewhere.

[beholdmydemons]

There aren't any cliffs in Cherrygrove. Why?

[twinsanity]

[Thank you for that, lest he forget he's working with an idiot.]

Because Bertholt would likely be very upset if you slung yourself off of one, and I would really prefer to not deal with anything of the sort.

[doitrockapella]

If you see a wall where an ever-rising road could be, perhaps that's just a sign that you're not setting your gaze high enough to see over it.

[beholdmydemons]

Then I can't take for granted that I haven't caught sight of it yet.

It's dispiriting to have a Pokemon so eager to battle that simply can't grow further though.

[doitrockapella]

It is, isn't it?

Though it's interesting to keep in mind that sometimes when a climbing vine reaches a ceiling, it simply opts to grow in a different direction, instead.

[synchroswim]

dude you could just climb the wall



uh

assuming its not one of those funky ones here where you jump down and then you cant get back up because those are totally lame

[beholdmydemons]

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It's not a real wall.

[synchroswim]

you can still climb fake ones

like

emotional walls or some junk like that
you can probably just break the wall too and make your own path or something i dunno

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[paladinlost]

Finding yourself retracing your steps along the road tends to happen long before you truly hit a wall, in my experience.

[But if that had not been the case, would he have been able to- No. Pondering that is meaning less now.]

But you can still use external sources to improve, just as a Pokémon can learn additional attacks from TMs or Move Tutors.

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[beholdmydemons]

Hoy, Cecil. [It's been a little while.] What mean you by retracing?

[paladinlost]

Be it due to time or lack of use, skills both physical and magical fade away, turn rusty. You might find yourself relearning them twice or thrice throughout your life.

[That's what happens when your level is reset for the next game.]

[fourwayconnection]

Who cares about levels or whatever?? That's not the end of crap and everyone knows it! You can always better yourself!!! Or your pokemon w/e

I'm not really good at metaphors so I'm not sure if I'm doing this right but it sounds sorta like youre saying there's just that one road? Dude no way there's always other shit to do!!

we should totally meet up sometime I'm better with this sorta thing in person

[beholdmydemons]

[so shounen ]

Right enough to my ear. And I concur. Where are you?

[fourwayconnection]

[He might not be the protag, but dammit he will shounen until his last breath]

Cianwood!! Me and my friend Maka have a house there. You ever been?

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[foolishwren]

strength is in the eye of the beholder

when you get right down to it a lot of really good battling has to do with strategy and shit

even if a pokemon hits 100 that doesn't mean they can't get smarter and learn

or get in shape or whatever

and humans dont even have levels



i wouldnt worry about it

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[beholdmydemons]

If strength were in the eye of the beholder then more battles would end in stalemates.

That excepted I do see your meaning. The Pokegears have spoiled me.

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[foolishwren]

well i was being cliche there

but what i mean is that theres different kinds of strength


my dog is level 100 but he's also a giant dumbass

like legit i bet someone's welltrained level 80 could probably kick his fat furry butt if they played their cards right

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[babel_hacker]

aasdhkskc

[Sorry about the keysmash, Walter.]

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[beholdmydemons]

Pardon?

[islandshore]

I'd argue they can still grow, just not in the same way as before. You can have a strong Pokémon that still fails in a fight due to inexperience or a lack of mental maturity. Even the sharpest sword is useless in the wrong hands.

Now, that doesn't mean you can't hit a brick wall eventually. Right now, this place doesn't offer much to do once you get both sets of badges beyond tourism and rematches. Still, I've seen people get by. Just depends on how goal-oriented you are, I'd say.

[beholdmydemons]

This may sound a foolish question but what do you mean by goal oriented?