Let's Sperg Pokémon Reborn (Screenshot LP) -A Matureᵀᴹ take on the beloved franchaise- - Solaris has the balls to be a badass. Cal, has less testosterone than Shelly.

[Bookmark Cuck]

I hope the real Cain looks at this game in 10 years see's the character based on himself and regrets not killing himself.

 

[Fictional Character]

Spoiler: Sperging About Videogame Writing

I think thus far, Cain and Kiki are doing a great job demonstrating just WHY it's a bad idea to us a roleplay as the basis for the script. I'm sure in the actual roleplay, Cain went off on his own and played the hero while Victoria battled Kiki, who then had an epic death scene and then handed over the HM while the people playing the schizos got to live out their Saw torture porn fantasies. All well and good in that context, even if Kiki still doesn't come off as all that great. But then you add a new 'hero' character into the mix, and everything gets fucked up. That leads to the weirdness of the NPCs not caring about the NPCs outside their friend groups, because the main NPCs were designed to be the heroes where they spouted platitudes while everyone died. The answer is to reel back the RP, but when you do a RP you get attached to the story and characters and have an issue with too much change, especially if you're weak-willed. If someone wanted advice on how not to right a script for a RPG, I'd tell them to play this game through to completion to demonstrate the lack of player agency.

Don't get me wrong, by the way. One thing that I don't like about Pokemon games are how little personality the Gym Leaders tend to have. It's hard to give them one unless they get involved in the plot and develop, true, but there's little things you can do to make them memorable. Reborn unfortunately seemed to have that same thought then proceed to go full retard with it. The game certainly has a lot of potential, but it needs whole sections overhauled, and that's just not going to happen.

I would argue that Reborn has just as much player agency as official Pokémon games and in one moment, even more, since you can actually change how the story plays out. But you did touch on the main issue, which is that the story isn't about the player character at all. The player character is there to just witness the story of other characters and could be easily removed from most scenes.

It's most egregious in this part of the game, since the pacing is absolutely terrible. Like you said, it's easy to assume that the original RP participants all went their separate ways in the story and it worked out in the RP. Here, the player character has to be involved in every single adventure that took place and it bogs down the game. So far we had:
1) Amaria's water treatment facility adventure which only sets up things for later and has no real relevance to what's going on.
2) Victoria's drama with Kiki that's still not done and still hasn't reached its most idiotic point.
3) Cain's island side-trip that is just pointless.
And we're still not done.

It's even more frustrating, since Amethyst isn't opposed to overhauling huge parts of the game. When Gen 6 and 7 games came out, all the encounters and a lot of trainer battles were changed to account for all the new pokémon added. But the story is unchanged. That said, being based on an RP saves Reborn's writing for me, since it's impossible to take seriously already and knowing that it's just a bunch of people having fun makes it easier to go along with the absurd edge and laugh with it.

Spoiler: Sperging on how to improve this part of the game

It would be so easy to fix the worst issues here. After finding out the kids are gone, the main character finds Cain. He can't surf over to the island, since the lake is too polluted. He's completely willing to give you the key to the wasteland, but there's no real point without the HM machine. Amaria comes by and tells you about the water treatment plant. Once that bit is solved, Cain hands over the key and tells the player to go get the next badge while he goes get the HM. Player goes to the wasteland, gets the next badge (and a level cap increase, so you're not stuck bumping against it for five dungeons). Cain is nowhere to be found. Amaria offers her boat to the player to go look for Cain. On the island, the player takes Kiki's test to go through the cave while Victoria goes searching for Cain. Once the player is back, Victoria is also missing and Kiki suggest where to look for her and Cain and says that she'll fight you once they're safe. Still a bit contrived, but it does not depend on the characters not cooperating and the pace of gaining levels is better.

Agreed, Its really annoying when the author gets attached to a particular character and keeps showing off "how cool" said character is. The problem with Reborn is that pretty much 90% of the cast is like this, because since they are self inserts the devs obviously want their self insert to be cool and save the day.

Ame is the most restrained of the self-inserts in spite of being the actual main dev. Amethyst seems more willing to take liberties with her own character than with the characters played by others (Which is another effect of Reborn being based on an RP, I assume. You ruin your own character's life for your amusement, but it breaks the social contract if you do it to others without their agreement.).

 

[EnemyStand]

I would argue that Reborn has just as much player agency as official Pokémon games and in one moment, even more, since you can actually change how the story plays out. But you did touch on the main issue, which is that the story isn't about the player character at all. The player character is there to just witness the story of other characters and could be easily removed from most scenes.

Well, talking about player agency in a videogame tends to be a crapshoot, since if you want to enjoy the game you have to do what the game wants regardless. But you understood my point perfectly so my use of the word "agency" just muddied the water a bit.

It's most egregious in this part of the game, since the pacing is absolutely terrible. Like you said, it's easy to assume that the original RP participants all went their separate ways in the story and it worked out in the RP. Here, the player character has to be involved in every single adventure that took place and it bogs down the game. So far we had:
1) Amaria's water treatment facility adventure which only sets up things for later and has no real relevance to what's going on.
2) Victoria's drama with Kiki that's still not done and still hasn't reached its most idiotic point.
3) Cain's island side-trip that is just pointless.
And we're still not done.

The Kiki storyline gets worse?! Not going to lie, I'm a little excited to see that.

It's even more frustrating, since Amethyst isn't opposed to overhauling huge parts of the game. When Gen 6 and 7 games came out, all the encounters and a lot of trainer battles were changed to account for all the new pokémon added. But the story is unchanged. That said, being based on an RP saves Reborn's writing for me, since it's impossible to take seriously already and knowing that it's just a bunch of people having fun makes it easier to go along with the absurd edge and laugh with it.

I was going to say something here, but you covered it already later on.

Spoiler: Sperging on how to improve this part of the game

It would be so easy to fix the worst issues here. After finding out the kids are gone, the main character finds Cain. He can't surf over to the island, since the lake is too polluted. He's completely willing to give you the key to the wasteland, but there's no real point without the HM machine. Amaria comes by and tells you about the water treatment plant. Once that bit is solved, Cain hands over the key and tells the player to go get the next badge while he goes get the HM. Player goes to the wasteland, gets the next badge (and a level cap increase, so you're not stuck bumping against it for five dungeons). Cain is nowhere to be found. Amaria offers her boat to the player to go look for Cain. On the island, the player takes Kiki's test to go through the cave while Victoria goes searching for Cain. Once the player is back, Victoria is also missing and Kiki suggest where to look for her and Cain and says that she'll fight you once they're safe. Still a bit contrived, but it does not depend on the characters not cooperating and the pace of gaining levels is better.

It's not an elegant solution, but it's a solution that works. Really, even if Cain gave a bad excuse to not hand over the key he'd come off better. Just making it so the self-inserts didn't seem to be off in la-la land 24/7 would greatly improve the story.

Ame is the most restrained of the self-inserts in spite of being the actual main dev. Amethyst seems more willing to take liberties with her own character than with the characters played by others (Which is another effect of Reborn being based on an RP, I assume. You ruin your own character's life for your amusement, but it breaks the social contract if you do it to others without their agreement.).

I do give props to Amethyst here for staying mostly out of the story. As someone who's posted fanfiction and RPs with self-inserts, I know how hard it can be. Anyway, what you said here was what I wanted to say to your above point. I think the real issue with the story being changed isn't because Amethyst doesn't want to or just won't, it's the fact that if it is changed the other people involved with the RP might chimp out. I have no doubt in my mind most if not all the surviving members are working on the game too, and I have few doubts that if Amethyst does something with the story that messes with their ridiculous self-inserts totally quirky and interesting character concepts they might try to mess with the project in some way. Although I kind of hope @SilkyJohnson is right and they grow out of it. Honestly, the only characters I actually hate are Kiki for reasons described, Cain for being an obnoxious weirdo (I sing to myself too but not mid-conversation!), ZEL for being a fucking enby, and Amaria because her edginess just isn't charming like Corey's kind of is,. Also, bitch should be at least in the hospital after taking a huge hit from a fucking Tyranitar. List will probably be updated as the burning train flies off the tracks and crashes into the ocean before exploding.

 

[ChucklesTheJester]

Ame is the most restrained of the self-inserts in spite of being the actual main dev. Amethyst seems more willing to take liberties with her own character than with the characters played by others (Which is another effect of Reborn being based on an RP, I assume. You ruin your own character's life for your amusement, but it breaks the social contract if you do it to others without their agreement.).

Makes you wonder how much better reborn could be if she took the bull by the horns and tried to improve on the RP story.

Image a Reborn where Corey is likeable, and you could talk him out of being a suicidal Doomer. KiKi wasn't a woe is me cunt who denies you a hard earn badge after a battle because MUH INCURITIS.

Where Cain is semi likeable(We can't expect a miracle here). Where the PC isn't just some literal who tagging along on a greatest hits retelling of the RP.

Shade, and Julia would stay the same, they are the most likeable two of the current gym leaders.

 

[Bookmark Cuck]

Cain fucking dead then. Here a few fun snippets from Muk's pokedex over the gens.

They have factories full of that faggot, the clones keep doing retarded shit like fucking electrical sockets so they just rip a new one out and throw him into the world.

 

[ChucklesTheJester]

They have factories full of that faggot, the clones keep doing retarded shit like fucking electrical sockets so they just rip a new one out and throw him into the world.

So in otherwords.

Can't wait to see the landfill full of just Cain clones. At that point would it be a cemetery, or is cain just so unlikable he can't be considered human.

 

[Mary the Goldsmith]

The Kiki storyline gets worse?! Not going to lie, I'm a little excited to see that.

You're gonna "love" the next episode then.

Ame is the most restrained of the self-inserts in spite of being the actual main dev.

Credit where credits due, I do give props to her for this, one would expect her self insert to single handedly solve everything in the game

 

[Bookmark Cuck]

@Mary the Goldsmith I request a Ratticate called Vee.

It has to be used as well in some major fights, we wouldn't want Sargons milk-fed gimp feeling left out.

 

[Mary the Goldsmith]

@Mary the Goldsmith I request a Ratticate called Vee.

It has to be used as well in some major fights, we wouldn't want Sargons milk-fed gimp feeling left out.

very well but you are gonna have to wait a couple of updates

 

[Mary the Goldsmith]

Episode 20: This is a full retard that has gone beyond a full retard, or full retard 2, and this IS TO GO EVEN FURTHER BEYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOND!!!!!!!!! (aka The island part 4)

Spoiler

Welcome to what is probably going to be the single most memorable episode of this whole LP!

Sargon's team is all healed up and ready to kick some Team Meteor ass!

Let's get going shortly, all right?

Oi cunts, I'm here to kick your arses back to whatever hole you crawled from.

Oh, hey, Sargon
Didn't expect to see you down here.​

Heyyy, Sargon!

Oh, yeah. Guess you came for your friend, huh?
Sorry about that
We were kinda ordered to capture him, and well, he happened to be sailing right by, sooo... yeah.​

And here I was hoping you had killed him...

I am but a damsel, imprisoned and distressed!
Sargon, save me, my darling prince!

Did you just fucking misgender me?

But how did you find us?
This island was meant to be for breeding Pokémon and repopulating the region, but since we closed it
nobody should be coming here.
Even this building was just an observation center-- Well, before we hijacked it anyway.​

Yeah, and now they're trying to attack Apophyll!

Well... Yeah, that's the plan.
Take a PULSE up there, take Camerupt up there.
You probably know, Pyrous Mountain is the last active volcano in Reborn.
So we just have Camerupt use a little Eruption attack, and that's bye-bye Apophyll.
That's one pocket of civilization wiped off the map and off our to-do list.​

I almost want to help you nuke that fucking island to be rid of Kiki, but the cunt still hasn't given me the badge so...

Anyway, we were also ordered to capture you.
And since you sorta just waltzed in here... Yeah, that's a thing.​

Time to rematch this retard.

This is actually my second attempt because I once again accidentally reset the game... anyway lets just play this idiot's theme song.

His keyes start by setting up spikes while SandNigger retaliates with Lava Plume, but the possessed keychain survives, and despite being burned it is not enough to kill it. In any case it dies on the second turn to another Lava Plume.

He then sends out an Alola Exeggcutor, it outspeeds our camel and does a lot of damage with Wood Hammer, one Lava Plume does very good damage to it, sadly the palm tree heals up with a Sitrus Berry it was holding. I heal Sandnigger in the next turn and we resist a Dragon Hammer but my problems are just beggining.

His Exeggutor has the ability Harvest, meaning every turn it has a 50/50 chance of magically getting another Sitrus Berry... I attack with Lava Plume bu tthe palm tree outspeeds and kills SandNigger with wood hammer, and then heals the recoil damage with its Sitrus Berry, and immediately gets another one.

I send Rebornbat and land a crit Air Cutter, which Exeggcutor heals with its Berry, before one shotting Rebornbat with Dragon Hammer, and then harvests another Sitrus Berry

Depends on manages to poison exeggcutor before being one shotted by Dragon Hammer.

I send out our steel supremacist, but the palm tree puts it to sleep with Hypnosis, and then heals the damage with its Sitrus Berry, the poison is still affecting it but it just keeps harvesting berrys at the end of every turn.

Don't know why but Taka decided to switch out Exeggcutor and send out Gligar who immediatelly uses U-Turn to flee and Exeggcutor rejoins the battle, Exeggcutor receives the Extrasensory meant for Gligar and combined with the poison its left in the red but then it heals with its Sitrus Berry, however it fails to harvest a new berry this turn.

So the poison and Extrasensory defeat it for good this time, I hate when battles depend this heavily on the RNG.

And so Gligar returns and once again uses U-Turn to flee.

So Chatot is dragged out, and receives a crit Extrasensory it survives and heals the damage with a Sitrus Berry.
I use ES again and it is left in the red so Taka heals it with a Hyper Potion, I do the same thing again and Chatot this time uses Roost to heal itself, I decide to use Future Sight, but Chatot uses Heat Wave and one shots NazisRpref.

Our poor bald sheep barely survives a heat wave, but in turn retaliates with a terrain enhanced Discharge and kills the parrot.

And now Gligar is back yet again.
No Suit leads with Rock Slide but deals little damage while taking a lot of damage from Acrobatics, I heal No Suit and one shot it with Water Pledge.

I hate this fucker almost as much as Cain...

Looks like I don't have a choice but to let you go this time, huh?
Team Meteor, prepare to retreat.
Bring Camerupt with us.
And I guess we just have to hope Sargon doesn't try to stop us.
It'd be a right shame if they did. Saving all those people...
We'll see you up there, Sargon.​

And they all just leave while Sargon was too busy having an epic spergout with Gold on social media.

...

Hey, what's that look for? I was just kidding about the damsel and prince thing... Geez~
You can still be my prince if you want.
But we have to hurry!
If we don't get over there fast, those freaks are gonna make Pyrous erupt and destroy Apophyll!
I'm gonna head over there right now-- without getting captured this time, hopefully-- and stop them!
Come quickly!​

and he leaves while I grab the item ball from the table, it is the pulse dex entry for the P.U.L.S.E. Camerupt Team Meteor plans on using.

And of course this thing is basically an ultra Prima Groudon, this thing has a 250 Special Attack, for comparison the pokémon with the highest special attack is Mega Mewtwo Y with 194. Anyway lets run back to Apophyll.

Cain already told us everything that happened!
Come inside; Kiki wants to talk to us all!​

Good.
I cannot speak much, nor long.
We already saw the Meteors pass through, and they've begun climbing the mountain.​

And why the fuck did you not try to stop them?

They're going to use a machine to make a Camerupt react with the volcano and erupt!

If that happens, then the Academy and everyone here will be-- ...

From what I've been told of their motives, I can only assume that it is more than that.
The two may be separated by the toxic lake, but if Apophyll is destroyed, the city will be hurt as well.
Though we reject the technology which festers in Reborn, we are two sides of the same coin.
Reborn, outside the city and within, is one whole.
If one part is lost, the balance will be broken.
The power will shift to their favor.
We must stop them, and time is short.
If they've already begun, our only hope is that Cal can hold them off for long enough.
But you all must hurry to aid him. I-- ...I-- A-ah...​

Take it easy, Sensei! You have to conserve your strength!

There isn't time for that.

No, there has to be.You leave this to us.
Sargon.Cain.
Please. I'm going to stay with Kiki to make sure she's okay.
I'm trusting you two to help Cal and stop Team Meteor. All right?

Don't have to tell me twice!

...But during the Stone Age... What kind of insult is that fuck you Gold! Sorry You guys said anything?

~ You turn to us, whenever you need us We've got the power to protect us all ~
~ One thing is true: we're kind of magic, At the tip of your fingers, whenever you call ~
Sargon, I'm going ahead! Let's go quickly!

Hey Cain, wait I have something for you.

Oh what is it?

Now we're good to go.

And so we depart to save this shitty Island from the bad guys.

Once we arrive at the scene we fidn Cain already defeated one of the Grunts.

No, sir. Them's my orders.

No entry. No battle.​

And so you're not gonna send out your Pokémon either.
You're just gonna stand there?

Yes, sir. And you aren't going to pass.
Because that's what I'm here for!​

...Kay.
Nidoking~?

And the guy now stays there likely rethinking his life.

Once inside the mountain we are interrupted by some retard

I caught up to you!​

Ugh, the fuck you want now?

Kiki made me leave her.
She said there was nothing I could do for her.
I know she's right, but... I don't like it.
You know the way to the top, right? I'll just follow you.​

Victoria is our partner for this part of the game.

Which means this will all be double battles, and also means that our mons get healed after every encounter.

The battles aren't that interesting, but I do learn that Rebornbat is really weak, his attacks do little damage and he gets one shotted most of the time. so I'm gonna do what is called a Pro-Gamer moveᵀᴹ I'm gonna level up Rebornbat until he evolved and then I'm gonna use common candies to lower him to the levelcap.

There we go.

He is a lot more useful now.

Once at the top we find another Absol.

What was that Absol doing just now?
...You don't think something could have happened to Cal?​

Don't know, don't care now keep walking.

I think he's a massive fag, also keep walking.

Ever since he first came to Apophyll, I've thought he was really cool.
He was helpful, and eager--
A little shy, but, well, that's cute, right?
I think once all of this is over, maybe I'll tell him how...
​

Shut the fuck up Victoria! There are literal terrorists over there ready to blow this place to kingdom come and you decide this is the perfect time to talk about your gay ass love life?

Well, never mind. Let's just focus.​

And speaking of the devil we run into Cal here at the top.

Victoria?

Were you defeated already?

Uh, about that...
​

Ugh, I couldn't take both of them at once...

You did enough, Cain, thank you.
Sargon and I will take it from here!

SOLARIS: How amusing.

And Sargon is here, too.​

Of course, I'm here to kick arse and tweet about it, and I just got banned from Twitter.

I writhe in fear at what you yapping pups could possibly do.​

Hey, Sargon, Victoria, we don't have a whole lot of time.
Look!

place is gonna blow!

And you are not permitted to interfere.
Taka, deal with the girl.

TAKA: Yes, Father.

Woah, you're that creep's son?!

Seems so.
I'll deal with Sargon.
It won't take me more than a single Pokémon to delete them.​

How smug, I'm gonna enjoy kicking your arse.

Bring it on fag!

And he does indeed only have one pokémon... cue the epic battle music!

This doesn't look good at all...

As expected SandNigger is one shotted by an Earthquake, it's ok we just need something faster, something fast enough to counter a perfect IV level 75 Garchomp....

Rebornbat gets one shotted by a Dragon Rush, so let's send in Sheeple she still hasn't shown her true power, there is a reason the phrase "Wake up Sheeple" exists...

So Sheeple died to a single Earthquake... let's have NazisRpref explain to this faggot why the Steel type is the superior type.

And our Nazi bell dies to a single terrain enhanced Fire Fang.

Seriously? You send a fucking Grass type pokémon in the middle of a volcano?​

Shut up you cheating wanker! My strategies are beyond your understanding...

And Depends on dies to a single Earthquake...

I'm counting on you No Suit... my friend... show him why you are the best starter!

But...How...this...why...

And so Sargon suffers xer first ever defeat*

*All witnesses to zer defeat at the hands of the Scraggy gang died in a tragic fire and Shelly has been threatened with extreme violence and cancellation on Twitter if she ever reveals she defeated Sargon twice.

Huh? He beat Sargon?
No way...

*sniff*YOU FUCKING CHEATING FAGGOTT!!!!!! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Spoiler: Fun Fact

You are not meant to win this battle, but if you somehow defeat Solaris, he only says this is "inconsequential" and nothing changes everything else plays out the exact same.

Sensei!
You should be resting at the Academy! You're too weak!

Stand back, Sargon.
I will take care of this.

*sniff* I...I let him win okay? He...he...

Medicham.

The PULSE will reach its full capacity any second now.​

Therefore...
Medicham, destroy that infernal machine!

Sorry, Victoria.
I know this isn't what you thought of me.
I guess I have a habit of not really being what people want me to be.​

Y-you're betraying us?

Dispose of it.
But--

Do it.
Now!​

And the fucking Medicham makes the thumbs up from Terminator 2, What the fuck was Amethyst thinking? I don't know whether to laugh or to cringe.

...Kiki.
All who oppose Team Meteor will be silenced.
Execute!​

Sargon meanwhile is still crying and reeeeeing at the top of their lungs, which is why ze doesn't even care about what's going on anymore, also I guess we are never getting that badge now.

Kiki!

Solaris!
This was NOT part of the plan!

She would have died in the flames regardless.
You have no reason to be upset. You knew this would happen.

No, I didn't want this!
Forget it, I'm done!

It seems you're as weak as your brother advised, after all.

Don't you DARE--
...Yes, I am.
I am weak.
I am pathetic.
I always have been.
Kiki helped me realize that.
And she helped me accept it.
Strength isn't what's important.
Or maybe it is, and maybe weakness is standing by, not doing anything to stop the things you hate from
happening around you.
I'll stop that right now.
Magmortar.
Destroy the PULSE.
​

Spoiler: Sperging about the plot

Solaris is absolutely right, so Cal was cool with blowing up an island with hundreds of people Kiki among them mind you, but killing Kiki in front of him is where he draws the line? I guess the faggot role playing as Cal got cold feet and decided he didn't want to be the bad guy at the last second.

Well at least I don't have to fight that PULSE Camerupt, although I'm kinda curious what it would look like and what bullshit moveset the devs would have given it.

You are insufferably useless.
And you've killed your own teacher.
Taka, the operation has failed. Retreat.
Yes, Father.​

And they leave, although to be fair this is the oen instance it makes sense the protagonists just let them go since they were all defeated.

I never meant for this to happen...​

Then just what did you mean to happen, Cal?
You meant to destroy all of Apophyll?

I wasn't--​

Did you want me dead, too?

No!​

What were you thinking?!
Were you just lying to us the whole time?
Did you ever even care at all?!

Victoria, I--​

No! Don't talk to me!
Go away!

I'm sorry.​

I don't even want to look at you right now.

...That's fine.​

At least Victoria Calls him out on all his faggotry, I fully expected her to forgive him "because he's cute" or whatever, considering how retarded she is. So I guess I'll knock her up my scale of respect by 1 point

I'm fine.
I'm just fine. But Kiki is--

Apophyll is safe, thanks to her.

...That's right.
She died protecting the place she loved.
It was her home.
Everyone there was her family.
She built it from the ground up.
She gave her life to it.
And for it.
Oh, Kiki...
I'm so sorry.
I'm so, so sorry...

And so we leave the mountain, thankfully we get teleported I don't feel like running all the way back.

As owed to you by my former master, I present you, Sargon, with the Machine, Strength.
And having witnessed your struggle from your first steps, I would like nothing more than to offer you the
Fury Badge, which you earned against Kiki before.
However, I cannot. Because Kiki is--​

Dead yeah, we get it just give me the HM so I can leave this sodding place forever.

...No longer a Leader, that Badge has been invalidated.
I'll take care to contact Ame and make sure that the Reserve Fighting Leader is notified.
I will also be remaining here at the Academy henceforth.
Apophyll Academy needs a leader. Kiki chose me.
So, I'm sorry, Sargon.
It looks like we won't be able to travel together anymore.​

And that is probably the best news I've heard today...

So... you two have to beat the Reborn League for me, all right?​

Usually when I'm asked to beat something, it's a little more intimate, but, you got it~

Do I even want to know?​

Probably not, I'mmm just tryin' to lighten the mood~
But there are a few things that come first, you know?

Yeah. You still have to save the kids.​

Especially Shelly, I don't want her to die and lose another badge.

And that means Sargon has to beat Aya, huh.
All right. Sargon, I'm gonna head down to the Byxbysion Gate to open it for you.
You remember where it is, right? In the South Obsidia Ward.
I'll be waiting~

I swear to Arceus if you find another excuse to not open that gate I will throw you into the acid lake.

And so the Island chapter of Reborn comes to an end, I'm pretty sure this is where I dropped the game in my previous playtrough, but I do remember fighting Aya the next gym leader, but in any case this is pretty much as far as I got.

I can finally edit the OP so I will link all the chapters to the OP

EDIT: Fixed the pictures

 

[Yukari Yakumo]

Episode 20: This is a full retard that has gone beyond a full retard, or full retard 2, and this IS TO GO EVEN FURTHER BEYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOND!!!!!!!!! (aka The island part 4)

Spoiler

Welcome to what is probably going to be the single most memorable episode of this whole LP!
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Sargon's team is all healed up and ready to kick some Team Meteor ass!
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Let's get going shortly, all right?View attachment 2162712​

View attachment 2162250Oi cunts, I'm here to kick your arses back to whatever hole you crawled from.

Oh, hey, SargonView attachment 2162448
Didn't expect to see you down here.​

View attachment 2162245Heyyy, Sargon!

Oh, yeah. Guess you came for your friend, huh?View attachment 2162448
Sorry about that
We were kinda ordered to capture him, and well, he happened to be sailing right by, sooo... yeah.​

View attachment 2162250And here I was hoping you had killed him...

View attachment 2162245I am but a damsel, imprisoned and distressed!
Sargon, save me, my darling prince!

View attachment 2162483Did you just fucking misgender me?

But how did you find us? View attachment 2162712
This island was meant to be for breeding Pokémon and repopulating the region, but since we closed it
nobody should be coming here.
Even this building was just an observation center-- Well, before we hijacked it anyway.​

View attachment 2162245Yeah, and now they're trying to attack Apophyll!

Well... Yeah, that's the plan. View attachment 2162448
Take a PULSE up there, take Camerupt up there.
You probably know, Pyrous Mountain is the last active volcano in Reborn.
So we just have Camerupt use a little Eruption attack, and that's bye-bye Apophyll.
That's one pocket of civilization wiped off the map and off our to-do list.​

View attachment 2162250I almost want to help you nuke that fucking island to be rid of Kiki, but the cunt still hasn't given me the badge so...

Anyway, we were also ordered to capture you.View attachment 2162448
And since you sorta just waltzed in here... Yeah, that's a thing.​

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Time to rematch this retard.
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This is actually my second attempt because I once again accidentally reset the game... anyway lets just play this idiot's theme song.

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His keyes start by setting up spikes while SandNigger retaliates with Lava Plume, but the possessed keychain survives, and despite being burned it is not enough to kill it. In any case it dies on the second turn to another Lava Plume.
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He then sends out an Alola Exeggcutor, it outspeeds our camel and does a lot of damage with Wood Hammer, one Lava Plume does very good damage to it, sadly the palm tree heals up with a Sitrus Berry it was holding. I heal Sandnigger in the next turn and we resist a Dragon Hammer but my problems are just beggining.
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His Exeggutor has the ability Harvest, meaning every turn it has a 50/50 chance of magically getting another Sitrus Berry... I attack with Lava Plume bu tthe palm tree outspeeds and kills SandNigger with wood hammer, and then heals the recoil damage with its Sitrus Berry, and immediately gets another one.
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I send Rebornbat and land a crit Air Cutter, which Exeggcutor heals with its Berry, before one shotting Rebornbat with Dragon Hammer, and then harvests another Sitrus Berry
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Depends on manages to poison exeggcutor before being one shotted by Dragon Hammer.
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I send out our steel supremacist, but the palm tree puts it to sleep with Hypnosis, and then heals the damage with its Sitrus Berry, the poison is still affecting it but it just keeps harvesting berrys at the end of every turn.
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Don't know why but Taka decided to switch out Exeggcutor and send out Gligar who immediatelly uses U-Turn to flee and Exeggcutor rejoins the battle, Exeggcutor receives the Extrasensory meant for Gligar and combined with the poison its left in the red but then it heals with its Sitrus Berry, however it fails to harvest a new berry this turn.
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So the poison and Extrasensory defeat it for good this time, I hate when battles depend this heavily on the RNG.
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And so Gligar returns and once again uses U-Turn to flee.
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So Chatot is dragged out, and receives a crit Extrasensory it survives and heals the damage with a Sitrus Berry.
I use ES again and it is left in the red so Taka heals it with a Hyper Potion, I do the same thing again and Chatot this time uses Roost to heal itself, I decide to use Future Sight, but Chatot uses Heat Wave and one shots NazisRpref.
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Our poor bald sheep barely survives a heat wave, but in turn retaliates with a terrain enhanced Discharge and kills the parrot.
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And now Gligar is back yet again.
No Suit leads with Rock Slide but deals little damage while taking a lot of damage from Acrobatics, I heal No Suit and one shot it with Water Pledge.
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I hate this fucker almost as much as Cain...
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Looks like I don't have a choice but to let you go this time, huh?View attachment 2162448
Team Meteor, prepare to retreat.
Bring Camerupt with us.
And I guess we just have to hope Sargon doesn't try to stop us.
It'd be a right shame if they did. Saving all those people...
We'll see you up there, Sargon.​

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And they all just leave while Sargon was too busy having an epic spergout with Gold on social media.
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View attachment 2162483...

Hey, what's that look for? I was just kidding about the damsel and prince thing... Geez~View attachment 2162245
You can still be my prince if you want.
But we have to hurry!
If we don't get over there fast, those freaks are gonna make Pyrous erupt and destroy Apophyll!
I'm gonna head over there right now-- without getting captured this time, hopefully-- and stop them!
Come quickly!​

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and he leaves while I grab the item ball from the table, it is the pulse dex entry for the P.U.L.S.E. Camerupt Team Meteor plans on using.
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And of course this thing is basically an ultra Prima Groudon, this thing has a 250 Special Attack, for comparison the pokémon with the highest special attack is Mega Mewtwo Y with 194. Anyway lets run back to Apophyll.
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Cain already told us everything that happened! View attachment 2162234
Come inside; Kiki wants to talk to us all!​

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Good.View attachment 2162237
I cannot speak much, nor long.
We already saw the Meteors pass through, and they've begun climbing the mountain.​

View attachment 2162250And why the fuck did you not try to stop them?

View attachment 2162245They're going to use a machine to make a Camerupt react with the volcano and erupt!

View attachment 2162234If that happens, then the Academy and everyone here will be-- ...

From what I've been told of their motives, I can only assume that it is more than that.View attachment 2162237
The two may be separated by the toxic lake, but if Apophyll is destroyed, the city will be hurt as well.
Though we reject the technology which festers in Reborn, we are two sides of the same coin.
Reborn, outside the city and within, is one whole.
If one part is lost, the balance will be broken.
The power will shift to their favor.
We must stop them, and time is short.
If they've already begun, our only hope is that Cal can hold them off for long enough.
But you all must hurry to aid him. I-- ...I-- A-ah...​

View attachment 2162234Take it easy, Sensei! You have to conserve your strength!

There isn't time for that.View attachment 2162237​

View attachment 2162234 No, there has to be.You leave this to us.
Sargon.Cain.
Please. I'm going to stay with Kiki to make sure she's okay.
I'm trusting you two to help Cal and stop Team Meteor. All right?

View attachment 2162245Don't have to tell me twice!

View attachment 2162246...But during the Stone Age... What kind of insult is that fuck you Gold! Sorry You guys said anything?

View attachment 2162245~ You turn to us, whenever you need us We've got the power to protect us all ~
~ One thing is true: we're kind of magic, At the tip of your fingers, whenever you call ~
Sargon, I'm going ahead! Let's go quickly!

View attachment 2162250Hey Cain, wait I have something for you.

View attachment 2162245Oh what is it?

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View attachment 2162253Now we're good to go.

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And so we depart to save this shitty Island from the bad guys.
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Once we arrive at the scene we fidn Cain already defeated one of the Grunts.

No, sir. Them's my orders. View attachment 2162266
No entry. No battle.​

View attachment 2162245And so you're not gonna send out your Pokémon either.
You're just gonna stand there?

Yes, sir. And you aren't going to pass. View attachment 2162266
Because that's what I'm here for!​

View attachment 2162245 ...Kay.
Nidoking~?

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And the guy now stays there likely rethinking his life.
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Once inside the mountain we are interrupted by some retard

I caught up to you!View attachment 2162234​

View attachment 2162250Ugh, the fuck you want now?

Kiki made me leave her.View attachment 2162234
She said there was nothing I could do for her.
I know she's right, but... I don't like it.
You know the way to the top, right? I'll just follow you.​

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Victoria is our partner for this part of the game.
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Which means this will all be double battles, and also means that our mons get healed after every encounter.
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The battles aren't that interesting, but I do learn that Rebornbat is really weak, his attacks do little damage and he gets one shotted most of the time. so I'm gonna do what is called a Pro-Gamer moveᵀᴹ I'm gonna level up Rebornbat until he evolved and then I'm gonna use common candies to lower him to the levelcap.
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There we go.
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He is a lot more useful now.
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Once at the top we find another Absol.

What was that Absol doing just now?View attachment 2162234
...You don't think something could have happened to Cal?​

View attachment 2162250Don't know, don't care now keep walking.

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View attachment 2162250I think he's a massive fag, also keep walking.

Ever since he first came to Apophyll, I've thought he was really cool. View attachment 2162234
He was helpful, and eager--
A little shy, but, well, that's cute, right?
I think once all of this is over, maybe I'll tell him how...
​

View attachment 2162250Shut the fuck up Victoria! There are literal terrorists over there ready to blow this place to kingdom come and you decide this is the perfect time to talk about your gay ass love life?

Well, never mind. Let's just focus.View attachment 2162234​

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And speaking of the devil we run into Cal here at the top.

Victoria?View attachment 2162417​

View attachment 2162234Were you defeated already?

Uh, about that...View attachment 2162417
​

View attachment 2162245 Ugh, I couldn't take both of them at once...

View attachment 2162234You did enough, Cain, thank you.
Sargon and I will take it from here!
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SOLARIS: How amusing.View attachment 2162435
And Sargon is here, too.​

View attachment 2162250Of course, I'm here to kick arse and tweet about it, and I just got banned from Twitter.

I writhe in fear at what you yapping pups could possibly do.View attachment 2162435​

View attachment 2162245Hey, Sargon, Victoria, we don't have a whole lot of time.
Look!
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View attachment 2162245place is gonna blow!

And you are not permitted to interfere. View attachment 2162435
Taka, deal with the girl.

TAKA: Yes, Father.View attachment 2162448​

View attachment 2162449Woah, you're that creep's son?!

Seems so.View attachment 2162448
I'll deal with Sargon. View attachment 2162435
It won't take me more than a single Pokémon to delete them.​

View attachment 2162250How smug, I'm gonna enjoy kicking your arse.
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Bring it on fag!
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And he does indeed only have one pokémon... cue the epic battle music!

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This doesn't look good at all...
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As expected SandNigger is one shotted by an Earthquake, it's ok we just need something faster, something fast enough to counter a perfect IV level 75 Garchomp....
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Rebornbat gets one shotted by a Dragon Rush, so let's send in Sheeple she still hasn't shown her true power, there is a reason the phrase "Wake up Sheeple" exists...
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So Sheeple died to a single Earthquake... let's have NazisRpref explain to this faggot why the Steel type is the superior type.
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And our Nazi bell dies to a single terrain enhanced Fire Fang.

Seriously? You send a fucking Grass type pokémon in the middle of a volcano?View attachment 2162435​

View attachment 2162483Shut up you cheating wanker! My strategies are beyond your understanding...

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And Depends on dies to a single Earthquake...

View attachment 2162485I'm counting on you No Suit... my friend... show him why you are the best starter!

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View attachment 2162487But...How...this...why...

And so Sargon suffers xer first ever defeat*

*All witnesses to zer defeat at the hands of the Scraggy gang died in a tragic fire and Shelly has been threatened with extreme violence and cancellation on Twitter if she ever reveals she defeated Sargon twice.
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View attachment 2162496Huh? He beat Sargon?
No way...

View attachment 2162487*sniff*YOU FUCKING CHEATING FAGGOTT!!!!!! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Spoiler: Fun Fact

You are not meant to win this battle, but if you somehow defeat Solaris, he only says this is "inconsequential" and nothing changes everything else plays out the exact same.

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View attachment 2162496Sensei!
You should be resting at the Academy! You're too weak!

View attachment 2162237Stand back, Sargon.
I will take care of this.

View attachment 2162487*sniff* I...I let him win okay? He...he...

View attachment 2162237Medicham.
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The PULSE will reach its full capacity any second now.View attachment 2162435​

View attachment 2162237Therefore...
Medicham, destroy that infernal machine!

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Sorry, Victoria. View attachment 2162417
I know this isn't what you thought of me.
I guess I have a habit of not really being what people want me to be.​

View attachment 2162496Y-you're betraying us?

Dispose of it.View attachment 2162435
But--View attachment 2162417

Do it. View attachment 2162435
Now!​

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And the fucking Medicham makes the thumbs up from Terminator 2, What the fuck was Amethyst thinking? I don't know whether to laugh or to cringe.
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...Kiki.View attachment 2162417
All who oppose Team Meteor will be silenced. View attachment 2162435
Execute!​

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Sargon meanwhile is still crying and reeeeeing at the top of their lungs, which is why ze doesn't even care about what's going on anymore, also I guess we are never getting that badge now.
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View attachment 2162496Kiki!

Solaris! View attachment 2162417
This was NOT part of the plan!

She would have died in the flames regardless. View attachment 2162435
You have no reason to be upset. You knew this would happen.

No, I didn't want this!View attachment 2162417
Forget it, I'm done!

It seems you're as weak as your brother advised, after all.View attachment 2162435

Don't you DARE--View attachment 2162417
...Yes, I am.
I am weak.
I am pathetic.
I always have been.
Kiki helped me realize that.
And she helped me accept it.
Strength isn't what's important.
Or maybe it is, and maybe weakness is standing by, not doing anything to stop the things you hate from
happening around you.
I'll stop that right now.
Magmortar.
Destroy the PULSE.
​

Spoiler: Sperging about the plot

Solaris is absolutely right, so Cal was cool with blowing up an island with hundreds of people Kiki among them mind you, but killing Kiki in front of him is where he draws the line? I guess the faggot role playing as Cal got cold feet and decided he didn't want to be the bad guy at the last second.

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Well at least I don't have to fight that PULSE Camerupt, although I'm kinda curious what it would look like and what bullshit moveset the devs would have given it.
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You are insufferably useless.View attachment 2162435
And you've killed your own teacher.
Taka, the operation has failed. Retreat.
Yes, Father.View attachment 2162448​

And they leave, although to be fair this is the oen instance it makes sense the protagonists just let them go since they were all defeated.
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I never meant for this to happen...View attachment 2162417​

View attachment 2162637Then just what did you mean to happen, Cal?
You meant to destroy all of Apophyll?

I wasn't--View attachment 2162417​

View attachment 2162637Did you want me dead, too?

No!View attachment 2162417​

View attachment 2162637What were you thinking?!
Were you just lying to us the whole time?
Did you ever even care at all?!

Victoria, I--View attachment 2162417​

View attachment 2162637No! Don't talk to me!
Go away!

I'm sorry.View attachment 2162417​

View attachment 2162637I don't even want to look at you right now.

...That's fine.View attachment 2162417​

At least Victoria Calls him out on all his faggotry, I fully expected her to forgive him "because he's cute" or whatever, considering how retarded she is. So I guess I'll knock her up my scale of respect by 1 point
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View attachment 2162647I'm fine.
I'm just fine. But Kiki is--

Apophyll is safe, thanks to her.View attachment 2162651​

View attachment 2162647...That's right.
She died protecting the place she loved.
It was her home.
Everyone there was her family.
She built it from the ground up.
She gave her life to it.
And for it.
Oh, Kiki...
I'm so sorry.
I'm so, so sorry...

And so we leave the mountain, thankfully we get teleported I don't feel like running all the way back.
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As owed to you by my former master, I present you, Sargon, with the Machine, Strength.View attachment 2162234
And having witnessed your struggle from your first steps, I would like nothing more than to offer you the
Fury Badge, which you earned against Kiki before.
However, I cannot. Because Kiki is--​

View attachment 2162250Dead yeah, we get it just give me the HM so I can leave this sodding place forever.

...No longer a Leader, that Badge has been invalidated.View attachment 2162234
I'll take care to contact Ame and make sure that the Reserve Fighting Leader is notified.
I will also be remaining here at the Academy henceforth.
Apophyll Academy needs a leader. Kiki chose me.
So, I'm sorry, Sargon.
It looks like we won't be able to travel together anymore.​

View attachment 2162250And that is probably the best news I've heard today...

So... you two have to beat the Reborn League for me, all right?View attachment 2162234​

View attachment 2162245Usually when I'm asked to beat something, it's a little more intimate, but, you got it~

Do I even want to know?View attachment 2162234​

View attachment 2162245Probably not, I'mmm just tryin' to lighten the mood~
But there are a few things that come first, you know?

Yeah. You still have to save the kids.View attachment 2162234​

View attachment 2162250Especially Shelly, I don't want her to die and lose another badge.

View attachment 2162245And that means Sargon has to beat Aya, huh.
All right. Sargon, I'm gonna head down to the Byxbysion Gate to open it for you.
You remember where it is, right? In the South Obsidia Ward.
I'll be waiting~

View attachment 2162250I swear to Arceus if you find another excuse to not open that gate I will throw you into the acid lake.

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And so the Island chapter of Reborn comes to an end, I'm pretty sure this is where I dropped the game in my previous playtrough, but I do remember fighting Aya the next gym leader, but in any case this is pretty much as far as I got.

I can finally edit the OP so I will link all the chapters to the OP

EDIT: Fixed the pictures

Damn, a lot of shit happened in this episode. Also I love the reference to Kira there, makes me want to play through Pokemon "I Had To Wait A Fucking Hour To Play The Actual Game" Desolation again.

 

[Fictional Character]

Congratulations on getting past the lowest point of the game.

There is one benefit to actually beating that extremely unfair fight you're not supposed to win: you get a ton of positive relationship points: +1 Cain, +1 Victoria, +1 Shade, +1 Anna, +1 Cal, +3 Taka, apparently. The relationship points do nothing in the current version of the game, so winning is rather... inconsequential. And who wants positive relationship with any of those except Shade anyway?

 

[ChucklesTheJester]

God fucking damn it, kiki died like shade showed she would. Does this mean we should be on Suicide watch for anyone else that showed up in those death animations?

RebornBat being basically useless, incompetent in it's pre evo form, and being oneshot because of low stats? Making me proud little reborn bat.

The Medicham doing the terminator thumbs up is fine. It making this whole shit show of a chapter a tiny bit better.

Cal's a fence sitter. He can't be too good or too evil. Pick a fucking side cal. If you fine with blowing up the island you should be fine with kiki being murdered in front of you. She was going to die when it exploded anyway. I went back and rewatched the death gifs from shade. Sadly cal didn't show up in any of those four, and I would be happy if he was the one thrown in the lava, and not the pokemon.

 

[EnemyStand]

Wow. This chapter...I know it was supposed to be really dark and poignant, but I was laughing my ass off. Taka being laid back about murdering scores of people, Solaris talking like a cartoon villain's retarded younger brother, Cal refusing to shit or get off the pot...this whole thing was so horrible it was funny.

Also, I think the player doing Cal wasn't waffling whether he wanted to be a bad guy or not, I think he might have genuinely thought this would be an interesting redemption arc for him. The problem is, of course already pointed out: killing Kiki by exploding the volcano and expanding the world's landmass destroying Apophyll Island with Most Casual Genocider of the Year and his dad, Rock Okajima's Retarded Cousin is perfectly okay, but just straight up murdering her is a bridge too far. 'Kay. Wonder if he ever pops up again? I'd love to see more comedy.

 

[ChucklesTheJester]

Wow. This chapter...I know it was supposed to be really dark and poignant, but I was laughing my ass off. Taka being laid back about murdering scores of people, Solaris talking like a cartoon villain's retarded younger brother, Cal refusing to shit or get off the pot...this whole thing was so horrible it was funny.

Also, I think the player doing Cal wasn't waffling whether he wanted to be a bad guy or not, I think he might have genuinely thought this would be an interesting redemption arc for him. The problem is, of course already pointed out: killing Kiki by exploding the volcano and expanding the world's landmass destroying Apophyll Island with Most Casual Genocider of the Year and his dad, Rock Okajima's Retarded Cousin is perfectly okay, but just straight up murdering her is a bridge too far. 'Kay. Wonder if he ever pops up again? I'd love to see more comedy.

I really want to know what behind that 1000 year door we saw in a earlier update. It's clear the real goal is to open that, and just killing everyone else and taking what he needs from the corpses is the easy route. So what could Solaris want behind the door?

It better not be Arceus, I'll be pissed. Poor Arceus can't go a fucking day with out some megalomaniac trying to put him to some use. And that not counting every 10 year old that wants to capture it by just happening across the poor thing.

I'll rather it be a brand new pokegod, the game is fine adding custom pokemon, so a custom pokegod would be neat to see.

 

[EnemyStand]

I really want to know what behind that 1000 year door we saw in a earlier update. It's clear the real goal is to open that, and just killing everyone else and taking what he needs from the corpses is the easy route. So what could Solaris want behind the door?

It better not be Arceus, I'll be pissed. Poor Arceus can't go a fucking day with out some megalomaniac trying to put him to some use. And that not counting every 10 year old that wants to capture it by just happening across the poor thing.

I'll rather it be a brand new pokegod, the game is fine adding custom pokemon, so a custom pokegod would be neat to see.

Well, at least Arceus gets a break in the mainline games. Unless the DP remake has Cyrus decide to skip the bullshit with Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina and just go right for the throat. Personally, if all you want is to wipe a single region off the map any legendary from Ruby and Sapphire onward can get the job done, and since the PULSE Pokemon are proof that Team Meteor doesn't need Arceus to destroy Reborn, I have to wonder what his actual goals are. Maybe he likes Shade as much as we do and he thinks if he murders everyone Shade will be all powerful?

 

[ChucklesTheJester]

Well, at least Arceus gets a break in the mainline games. Unless the DP remake has Cyrus decide to skip the bullshit with Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina and just go right for the throat. Personally, if all you want is to wipe a single region off the map any legendary from Ruby and Sapphire onward can get the job done, and since the PULSE Pokemon are proof that Team Meteor doesn't need Arceus to destroy Reborn, I have to wonder what his actual goals are. Maybe he likes Shade as much as we do and he thinks if he murders everyone Shade will be all powerful?

He must just be simping for shade. UwU if I kill everyone, shade sempai will notice me.

This is why shade hides where he does.

 

[EnemyStand]

He must just be simping for shade. UwU if I kill everyone, shade sempai will notice me.

This is why shade hides where he does.

Solaris bootleg Thanos confirmed.

 

[ChucklesTheJester]

Solaris bootleg Thanos confirmed.

Reborn was already the start of the Kiwi let's sperg universe. Makes sense to see a thanos as well.

 

[Mary the Goldsmith]

I think he might have genuinely thought this would be an interesting redemption arc for him.

I think this may be the case, because of something that will happen later down the road.

I'll rather it be a brand new pokegod, the game is fine adding custom pokemon, so a custom pokegod would be neat to see.

I wish they added a new pokegod, they could even use the good ole' "Everyone thought it was a god but it was actually a demon" trope, it would be a lot better than just using Arceus since a lot of fangames tend to do it, but we'll have to wait and see