Open Info Collection Post

[thaumewturge]

Who: Rhel + anyone who wants to help out
Where: Pokemon Center
When: August 8th
What: So Rhel wants to get all the information folks may have learned written down! Come help?

[Rhel can only hope that other people are of the same mind when it comes to gathering information. She doesn't know much about this place, she doubts other people know all that much about this place, and the more information they can get and make accessible the better.

So she asks Minato for help and tells the people she recognizes what the plan is and on the eighth of the month she settles down for a day-long info gathering fest.

She's quite pleased with the rather pretty journal and pencil she managed to find, too.]

OOC: Like it says in the explanation, Rhel wants to get all the information everyone's been gathering piecemeal and write it down! Feel free to threadjack if everyone's okay with it, I just play a nerd who'd do this sorta thing.

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[compendiem]

[ Oh? Oh!! His water slide idea is actually being considered. ]

What do you have in mind?

[rateup]

Like what if... our Water Pokemon can get together and flush it out somehow? But I guess the problem is that as of right now they're a little too underleveled to take on that Gyarados anyway.

[compendiem]

Which is where strategy comes in.

[ His gaze flickers over to Joonghyuk who'd brought up status ailments and using that to their advantage, and he's sure they'll be able to figure something out if they all put their heads together. ]

There's always a way to beat an opponent much stronger than you- we just gotta outsmart the boss. I told Joonghyuk that I don't want to kick the Gyarados out of its home... but it has to calm down for us to make any progress. Unless we figure out another way, that's gonna involve fighting it.

[regression]

... It's protecting something, isn't it?

[ Hm. Joonghyuk wasn't too sure about the slide, even if he isn't counting it out. It may work if their water Pokemon were strong enough. ]

If we can confuse it long enough, we can use Han Sooyoung's Ditto to shift into whatever it is and lure it out.

[rateup]

Has anyone gotten close enough to see what it's protecting, exactly?

[ itaru closes his eyes and tries to brainblast. ]

Mm, this isn't like in any of the games at all, huh.

[compendiem]

It acts out the most when somebody gets too close, so it probably is...

[ Somebody here has seen it! Hopefully they chime in, because Minato hasn't, all he's been trying to do all this time is fend it off from afar. ]

You've been trying to get closer, right, Joonghyuk? What did you see?

[regression]

It seemed to get tense when I put my hand in the water when I got close enough, so I wouldn't have the answer.

[ Unfortunately or fortunately, Joonghyuk wants to live. ]

[compendiem]

Something in the water? I wonder... if it's clear enough to see through, if someone went swimming down there. Wouldn't have to get close to it at all.

[ Who would volunteer, though, when you're at a severe disadvantage in the water if the Gyarados does spot you? Itaru and Sagi don't count, fools who cannot swim. ]

[regression]

If I have to guess, it must have offspring or something it's taking care of. I've noticed when feeding it, if I threw food closer to the center, it would pick up the berries and dive under.

[ Deductions... Though it would be nice if they had someone that can confirm. ]

[compendiem]

So... it'll calm down when its kids are grown up.

[ How long does it take for baby Magikarp to evolve? ]

[regression]

[ ... Looks at him. ]

[compendiem]

...Can we not give them time?

[ The island won't be submerged for another two weeks. ]

[rateup]

That'll take too long, though? Unless we keep challenging them over and over to help them level up.

[ that's. that's how it works too, right ]

[compendiem]

Bet the Gyarados will kill us before it lets us fight its kids.

[ It's not a bad idea, though. He's, uh. Pretty sure he's part of the reason the Gyarados is so strong, batting and losing to it for days and days in the past month he's been here. ]

[authoriser]

Excuse me? Who said you could use my Ditto?

[ Sooyoung glares over at Joonghyuk. ]

That thing won't listen to anybody but me.

[regression]

Do you think your Ditto isn't up to task?

[ Because he knows he can't flatter Sooyoung's "noble spirit" because she doesn't have one. Can't say "think of the people" with her. ]

[authoriser]

[ That's a good point, and Sooyoung just scoffs. ]

Just like how you can be up to many tasks, you can also choose not to do them, Yoo Joonghyuk.

[ aka you pick and choose, and she does the same. ]

[regression]

[ You think you can escape his criticism, Sooyoung? ]

Then you're choosing to be deadweight.

[authoriser]

Sounds like you want to choose to die, Yoo Joonghyuk.

[ They can have a glaring standoff right here. ]

[regression]

[ He is definitely glaring back. There might be some lightning between them, too. ]

Have you made your decision?

[authoriser]

[ Sparks! Trails of lightning! Whatever it is, it's definitely between them. Sooyoung crosses her arms. ]

I need more info. I'm not gonna toss it out on someone else's whim.

[scension]

...Like not mugging people.

[It would make sense for Sagi to keep this remark under his breath if he felt compelled to say it aloud at all. Obviously, that doesn't occur to him.]

[rateup]

She got you too, huh...

[ oh my god ]

[scension]

Yeah, she sicced a bird on me out of nowhere. So it wasn't a one-off...

[He's pretty matter-of-fact about saying that for someone who absolutely couldn't keep it to himself.]

[rateup]

Her Ditto completely knocked me out...!

[ he whispers, because she's literally right there, ]

Well, honestly I needed that nap, but...