16th Spell: [Video/Action for Goldenrod]

[friendyousohard]

[The feed clicks on to show Twilight hugging what looks like a spaceship with eyes. Looks like her Magneton finally evolved.]

Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes! Finally, my very own Magnezone!

[She practically giggles in glee, clambering up onto the top of her newly evolved Pokemon with a grin. The Magnezone waits for her to be settled on top of it, and then slowly rises up into the air.]

I am Twilight Sparkle, Captain of the Starship Tesla! Our mission is to search the cosmos for-

For...

Megasoma, Snails, what are you two doing with my gear?

[The feed suddenly clicks off.]

Comments

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[friendyousohard]

No, more recent than that. She only showed up in January, herself, but she's been making up for lost time with a vengeance.

[video]

[captainash]

Sounds like she'll go very far very quickly, with that attitude.

[video]

[friendyousohard]

That's AJ for you. Of course, she does have sort of an advantage. She was here once before, and she recently got back the Pokemon she left behind.

[video]

[captainash]

She did? Did they find themselves at the Foster Home, then?

[video]

[friendyousohard]

Precisely. She's having to try to regain their trust and affection now after over a year, but I think she's doing an admirable job.

... Aside from her Piloswine, but that's to be expected. He's a bit... unruly.

[video]

[captainash]

...A year, uh. It could have been much worse. What sort of unruly is he?

[video]

[friendyousohard]

The violent sort. One of his favorite pastimes is to go barreling headlong at her if she stands still too long.

[video]

[captainash]

...Aren't Piloswine relatively large and tusked?

[video]

[friendyousohard]

Not as much so as their final evolution, Mamoswine, but yes. Yes they are. I don't think I need to elaborate on the implications there.

[video]

[captainash]

Yeah, I can already tell they're painful and bloody.

[video]

[friendyousohard]

Fortunately, AJ's tough. She hasn't gotten more than a bruising from him so far.

But still...

[video]

[captainash]

I'd suggest investing in leg guards before she allows him to evolve again. Or even if she decides to keep him as he is.

[video]

[friendyousohard]

I'll make sure to pass that advice along. Whether she bothers to listen or not is another matter entirely.

[video]

[captainash]

The stubborn type, then?

[video]

[friendyousohard]

You have no idea.

[video]

[captainash]

I can probably imagine. I've met plenty of particularly stubborn people.

[Like his whole family.]

[video]

[friendyousohard]

I suppose there are some people like that everywhere.

Well, I'll tell her, anyway. She does know to listen to me... usually.

[video]

[captainash]

What are the odds this will be one of those times?

[video]

[friendyousohard]

About fifty-fifty, I think.

[video]

[captainash]

Ah, the best kind of odds.

[video]

[friendyousohard]

I prefer if they're leaning my way, to be frank. I'm not much of a gambler.

[video]

[captainash]

Isn't every battle here a gamble, between critical hits and other factors?

[video]

[friendyousohard]

On the contrary, I'd say the vast majority of them are decided before you even start. Luck plays a factor, but between type advantages, level, individual strengths and weaknesses, and strategy, it's relegated to a minor role.

[video]

[captainash]

Even if you have no idea what strategy your opponent will use, or what attacks they know?

[video]

[friendyousohard]

That's why you try to create a team tailored to counter anything that can be thrown at you. If you find something that takes you by surprise, then you simply adjust for that scenario next time.