#a donphan never forgets

[freerangeranger]

Arrived! Safe and sound. It took a few extra hours for paperwork bc i have non native pokemon but my team is worth it ❤

The rangers have put me up in a hotel and then im supposed to travel by air taxi to meet with my partner. Idk who it is but hopefully they arent too much of a stick in the mud. I dont think i could take spending a week with a irl rules lawyer

[paldean-ranger-brandy]

Went out to look at a dead Donphan out by Cascarrafa. Tusks had been removed, so it's pretty clear someone's collecting some ivory - and they probably got a good hunk outta this one, that dead bitch was UP there in years.

Got a wild hariyama to help haul the body back to the base station. Honey and I spent the day reviewing the case, so I just got back to finally take a closer look. Looks like it was attacked, prooobably by a water type if I had to guess, based on the injuries. Which is actually great, if it had been poisoned we'd have a huge hunk of useless meat. At least this way Michael and Macaroon can go to town on it.

Did you know mightyena have a strong enough bite strength + stomach to chow down on the bones of their food? It's very cool to watch, makes a very satisfying crunching sound. Poochyena normally can too, but Macaroon still has really poor bite strength from whatever team calm did to her. But after watching Michael she's starting to get into chewing on the hide! I've even gotten her to play a real game of tug-o'-war with some of the trunk :') she's really starting to come out of her shell.

I know it's probably not an ideal "send-off" for the donphan but eh. That kinda thing always seems so hokey to me. At least this way the body is useful for living creatures, yanno?

[skrub-dubs]

[A small package arrives. Wrapped inside of tissue paper is a chunk of whittled Ivory. Victoria seems to be getting very good at whittling, she managed to carve an elaborate design of a Huntail into this Donphan tusk like its scrimshaw. The Huntail is surrounded by swirling wave like designs and gusting wind.

There’s a note with it….

Dear Uncle Skrub. Thank you for all those wonderful birthday gifts again. I started this as soon as I got here in Paldea. I found the biggest Donphan and relieved him of his tusks. One I used for practice, this one’s the final product.

Happy Father’s Day!]

[A video is attached. Skrub is seen marveling at the lovingly-carved hunk of donphan ivory, looking at it from all sorts of different angles. Tears seem to be already welling up in her over this piece of art.

"Holy shit, this- there's so much.. detail put into this. The kid made it with her own two hands...?"

Skrub sniffled a small bit, the floodgates opening as the tears that threatened to spill up to this point finally streamed down his face in spite of his large grin.

"Damn kid should be an artist..."]

[a note is also sent back to Vic. His messy writing looks even messier than usual, showing his urgency to show his thanks.

"Dear Little Shadow.

This art you sent really means a lot to me. It means a hell lot that you'd put in all this time and effort and love into a gift as amazing as this, especially while you're on the job...

And the fact this was sent on today of all days makes me think I've done at least sumn right for you, I hope.

Ivory or stone or wood, anythin' you make is infinitely more valuable than what it was made out of to me, kid. Because I know you always put in 110% into whatever you do, because you care.

Thank you.

- Uncle Skrub.]

[championhessonite]

Could someone please tell me what’s going on with the “donphan never forget” situation? Also please leave all elephant pokemon alone! They are harmless unless provoked and all you’re doing is making them associate humans with bad things!

[the-royal-hyrule-library]

Hyrulean Pokédex: Phanpy and Donphan

Typing: Ground (Phanpy), Ground/Fighting (Donphan).

Donphan has a well-earned reputation for being aggressive, and understandably so. In times past, this pokémon was hunted to the brink of extinction for its hide and its tusks. The species is now protected; and its numbers are slowly, but steadily, climbing. But as the old saying goes: a Donphan never forgets.

[pokemon-ash-aus]

What would Riolu/Lucario from journeys look like in the cursed AU? Since Ash hatched it from an egg, it would have been disable from birth, and I'd imagine the people of Kanto would further believe Ash was cursed, having hatched a disabled pokemon.

Technically, Lucario isn't the first pokemon Ash hatched.

I dunno why people seem to forget that Donphan, Scraggy, Noivern, and technically Larvitar have all hatched from Ash.

I don't think Larvitar would have a disability because he was never ash's pokemon, but ya never know!

And yeah, Ash's hatched pokemon were born with disabilities, which then 'proved' Ash was cursed.

[crystalelemental]

Alright, time for my own run of the League.

Rika’s solid.  I don’t have great answers to Ground-type, especially since I’m not running a Water-type at all.  I lost Meowscarada and Espathra.  But otherwise, not too bad, just some misplays on my part.  I didn’t expect Poison Jab from Donphan and forgot about Sturdy...

Poppy went down like a sack of bricks.  Bellibolt was just the hardest counter.  Mud Shot took out Magnezone in two shots even with Light Screen.  Discharge eviscerated the rest of her team, especially with Electromorphosis powering it up.  Not that it came up that often, we legitimately didn’t take damage until Tinkaton.  I love strategy-based play, but there is something to be said for trying too hard.

Larry was a bit tougher.  Overconfident after #BelliSweep, I led with it...forgetting about Tropius as his lead.  So I had to switch out to Ceruledge...who barely missed the KO on Staraptor and took a crit Brave Bird to the face.  Dachsbun handled the next two alright, although confusion from Oricorio did a number so Flamigo took it down.  Thankfully, we then get to return to our regularly scheduled #BelliSweep, and all is well.

Hassel was a fun fight.  Clodsire dominated.  At least, until it got hit with Leech Seed.  Had it not been for a lucky flinch on his first Dragon Rush, Clodsire would’ve likely swept this team.  But oh well, few things go exactly as planned.  And speaking of, on that note, I brought in Dachsbun, thinking hey, this is a good time to Fairy-type this dude.  So I Terastallized it.  And it then proceeded to miss three 90% rolls on Play Rough and died.  Incredible.  I knew I should’ve gone with Tinkaton.  At least Espathra finally got some direct EXP.  Baxcalibur would kill her instantly though, so Clodsire came back in.  With a Poison Tera type it should be fine...is what I’d like to say if Dachsbun hadn’t failed me on that front too.  So Clodsire dropped.  But then, the people’s champion.  Bellibolt can tank Glaive Rush, and the poison from Toxic Spikes combined with the heavy damage from Electromorphosis Discharge took it out.  #BelliSweep never stops.

Alright, Geeta.  She didn’t impress against my wife, but how about against me?  I am overleveled, and fully EV trained.  This does not end well.  Meowscarada took out her lead, U-Turns to Ceruledge who takes out Gogoat no problem, then goes to Bellibolt for the next two.  By the time she sent out Veluza, which I think is a lame choice from the current region personally, Bellibolt was too low on HP to succeed.  So sadly, the #BelliSweep ended.  Thankfully, Meowscarada’s back in, and it’s a clean sweep from there.  Rika and Hassel took out more of my team than Geeta did.  I really hope there’s a rematch after the crater or something.

Nemona was even sadder.  I lost no one.  We absolutely destroyed her.  Nothing interesting to report.

Now, into the crater!  I gotta see this.

[zdbztumble]

“Summer”

A writing prompt from the Pokeshipping Discord run by @lightningenergy and @waterrflower.

This is set in the continuity of a group fic I work on, so some context before we get started: Ash now has an Alolan Sandshrew. His Lycanroc’s picked up the nickname Sunset, and Sunset’s mate is Midnight, a Shiny Midnight-form Lycanroc that belongs to Miette and lives on Oak Ranch. Ash also gave Misty and Eevee for Christmas.

("OK, Uncle!") Azurill called. ("I'm ready!")

("Me too, Azurill!") Pikachu replied. ("Go for it!") He spread his arms wide and readied himself. The little Polka Dot Pokémon scurried back to the end of the log, bounded forward in three great jumps, and dove straight into Pikachu's arms. The force knocked them both into the water, and they came right back up, laughing.

In the water around them, and on the lakeshore nearby, Ash's other Pokémon broke into cheers and applause. Buizel and Oshawott swam over to pat Azurill's head. On the shore, Misty's Psyduck waved his flippers, Pidgeot flapped his wings, and Donphan trumpeted. Bulbasaur reached out with his vines to lift Azurill back onto the log they were using as a makeshift diving board. And Misty's Eevee, who stood in the water up to the tops of her paws just to the left of the log, cheered again and again: ("Yay, sister!")

("Awful lot of fuss to make over a two-foot dive,") Pikachu heard Torracat say through a yawn. The fire cat was draped over a high branch in a tree well back from the waterline, while Ash's other Fire-Types sat or lay around it. Charizard gave rough grunt at all the noise, but Quilava smiled and shook his head.

("Lighten up, you two,") he said. ("The kid's still getting used to the water ahead of the day she becomes a Marill. And besides, how often do we have Pikachu here?")

("That's right,") Infernape agreed. ("You should come to the ranch more often!") he called out to his friend.

("Maybe I should,") Pikachu chuckled. There was nothing stopping him, not since he and Ash permanently moved back to Pallet Town. He liked seeing all of his friends, and on beautiful summer days like this, there was always plenty to do at the Oak Ranch.

("Where's Ash?") asked Sunset. He was sprawled out on the sand, with Midnight snuggled up over his back.

("It's Saturday,") Pikachu replied. ("When he and Misty are done being even more cuddly and gross than you two -")

("Hey!")

("He has to spend all day with May and Dawn getting measurements for the wedding while she works with Miette and her sister. Ash'll be back around six; he and Misty wanted to do some training here for the Indigo League.")

("Ah, the wedding,") Oshawott sighed. A starry-eyed look crossed his face as he flipped onto his back. ("I can't wait! Our Ash, at the end of the aisle, looking his best, and getting married to the greatest, prettiest girl in the whole wide world!")

Charizard rolled his eyes. ("Of course the love runt loves the water freak.")

("She's the best and you know it!")

("I still can't believe Ash proposed,") Bulbasaur chuckled. ("I thought for sure Misty would have to do it herself.")

("What, propose?") said Pikachu.

("No - buy her own ring, write out a proposal, and tell Ash exactly what to say and do.")

("And he wouldn't have realized what he was saying until a minute later,") Charizard snickered.

("Oh, give him some credit,") said Sunset. ("He pulled it off, didn't he?")

("With my expert advice,") Pikachu added. ("But yes, he did.")

("And it'll be the most spectacular wedding on the face of the earth!") Oshawott shot out a weak Ice Beam to give himself a pedestal on the water's surface, the better to let him pirouette in joy.

("They're doing it outdoors, right?") wondered Pidgeot. ("How else would they fit us all in?")

("And Misty's Pokémon, too - how will they see it?")

("What time of day will it be? Have they decided yet?")

("We're not going out-of-region for this, are we?")

Everyone fell into discussing the wedding, in some way or another. There were five different conversations going about at once, in as many groups, and they all had questions for Pikachu. And his answers to all of them - that no, he really didn't know what the plans were for the wedding, that he doubted Ash and Misty had anything set beyond the date and their tailors, that if it wasn't for May and Dawn and the other girls' prodding they probably wouldn't have even that fixed - wasn't satisfactory.

("Come on, there has to be something more by now!") whined Oshawott.

("They at least have a guest list, right?") asked Noivern.

("And colors, and decorations, and floral arrangements - they know what to do about those, don't they, hey hey?") said Corphish.

("No, no, and no!") Pikachu cried. ("And can we slow down a minute? I can't keep track of -")

("Uncle, what are 'floral arrangements?'") asked Azurill.

("Flowers, Azurill. Now, if everyone can ask their questions one at a time - ")

("Do Mommy and Daddy need flowers?")

("For the wedding, yes. But that's still a long ways away, and -")

("Summer's end? That's only two-and-a-half months,") said Buizel. ("They'd better start getting prepared.")

("Do you think we could be involved with planning it?") asked Torterra. ("I could do some landscaping!")

("Me too!") Bulbasaur smiled. ("And Bayleef could help too - right?")

("Hmmph.")

("Not this again...")

("This Misty isn't the type of girl who wants birds flying around, is she?") Staraptor frowned. ("I don't know why humans go for that, but there's no way I'll agree to something that silly.")

("She's not gonna ask for that!") Pikachu snapped.

("Er - everyone?") Sandshrew said softly. Pikachu heard, but couldn't respond over the ongoing chatter.

("Summer's end could be hot, or the start of fall weather. They might need a bonfire...")

("Where can they go for their honeymoon? Ash has been, like, everywhere on Earth, hey hey!")

("What we really need to do,") said Pidgeot, with a pointed stare Midnight's way, ("is to find a way to keep this one's Trainer from pulling any funny business.")

The blue Lycanroc lifted a brow. ("And what's that supposed to mean?")

("Come on, dear,") Sunset yawned. ("You know what she's like.")

("Don't you start too,") Midnight grumbled. She nipped at her mate's ear before nestling her head down into the fur on his back. Pikachu fought off the urge to gag.

("Um, excuse me, but -")

("You'll probably get to sit with his mom,") Charizard snickered to Torracat. ("I'll bet she'll get you a bowtie, too.")

("Hmmph. I'd never wear such a thing.") The Fire Cat Pokémon quickly busied himself with personal grooming.

("You're right - she'll probably get her new Growlithe to do it.")

("Wha - but what's wrong with me!?")

("Ah - I'm sorry, everyone, but I really need to -")

("I'm sorry, everyone, but this is important, and we need to -")

("QUIET!") Pikachu screamed. For good measure, he shot a Thunderbolt off into the air. All the Pokémon still in the lake with him shot daggers his way, but everyone finally shut up. Thank Arceus. I couldn't take another minute of that...

Bulbasaur nodded approvingly and turned to his assistant. ("OK, Sandshrew. What did you need to tell us?")

The Alolan-form fidgeted uncomfortably where he stood. ("Er...Misty's Azurill and Eevee are gone.")

("What? Don't be silly. They're right over -") Pikachu pointed to the diving log, but his hand dropped down to his side. There was no sign of Misty's two baby Pokémon. ("Where'd they go?")

("They were just there,") said Charizard. He, Pidgeot, and Noivern took to the skies and circled around over the lake, but they came back down almost immediately. ("We can't see them.")

("We can't see anything through all these trees,") Noivern added, nodding to the woods nearby. ("But they can't have gone far.")

("Azurill!") Pikachu hollered, as loud as he could. ("Eevee! Where are you?")

("They go for flowers,") Psyduck said. He was prodding a fallen apple with his bill, and hadn't even looked up from the fruit. Even as Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Sandshrew, Charizard, Torracat, and both Lycanrocs closed in around him, he still didn't look up.

That's just perfect, Pikachu thought with a shake of his head. The only one of us who noticed is the unfathomable. ("Psyduck,") he said. ("What do you mean, they went for flowers?")

("You say Mistress and her Ashboy need flowers,") the duck replied. ("For wedding. Babies go for flowers.") He waved a hand down a cleared path leading into the woods. ("That way.")

("THAT WAY!?") Bulbasaur gasped. He looked pale.

Psyduck nodded. ("Eevee smell flowers that way. They be back soon.")

("Forget that!") Bulbasaur snapped. ("Charizard, head down to the clearing! Sunset, Midnight, in after them! Sandshrew, Torracat - with me! We'll cut through the shortcut!") Everyone rushed to obey. Charizard cleared the treetops in under two seconds. The Lycanrocs darted down the path, vanishing into the shadows of the trees. And Bulbasaur knocked aside some brush to their right to expose a rough, beaten dirt trail. He let Torracat lead the way, and had Sandshrew take up the rear.

("Bulbasaur, what is it?") Pikachu asked, following them in. With his visits to the ranch being so rare, he didn't know much about how things worked in the place, but he always assumed that it was peaceful, safe, and happy. That's how everyone always made it sound. No one ever said there was anything dangerous on the ranch. Certainly nothing that would cause Bulbasaur to hurry down the hill after Azurill and Eevee. With his speed, it wasn't hard for Pikachu to keep pace with his old friend, but he was still amazed at how quick they were going. ("What's wrong?") he asked again.

("Two things,") Bulbasaur said quickly. ("First - there is a flowerbed at the bottom of this hill, but there's a big Moss Rock down there.")

("So what? What's the big deal about a mossy old rock?")

("Mew, you sound like Ash right now. Not a mossy rock, a Moss Rock. Understand?")

(A Moss Rock? You mean...oh!") Pikachu's cheeks sparked with fright. ("But Misty still has the Water Stone Ash gave her!")

("Exactly. But the other problem is that that flowerbed is where - they live.")

---

Eevee liked the smell of roses best out of all flowers. The tickseed, the lavender, and the daylilies were nice too, but there was something special about roses. They were so rich; it was almost like a meal through the sense of smell! And there were so many kinds of roses - red, white, pink, lilac, yellow, and even...

("Look, Azurill!") she trilled with a hop. ("Blue roses! Mommy loves the big blue water, and Daddy always wears blue. Don't you think they'd love these? They smell so pretty!")

Azurill buried her face into one of the flowers and took a big whiff. She closed her eyes and let out a happy sigh. ("They do. But I heard Mommy and Daddy teasing Auntie May's boyfriend about his roses. Maybe we should get some of these other ones?")

("The daylilies? Auntie Daisy would like those, but I don't know how much Mommy likes Auntie Daisy...")

("Don't say that!") Azurill chided. ("She's a lot nicer now. And if Mommy wins her big fight and gets her new job, Auntie Daisy might do all the Gym Leadering from now on.")

("Hmm...maybe some of those, then. And the blue roses, and the red ones for Mommy's hair, and the white ones, and the -")

A shadow fell over the two of them from behind. Instead of turning around, they both craned their heads back to look up. Three large Pokémon surrounded them in a half-circle, a Rhyperior, a Machamp, and a Granbull. None of them looked very nice, but Mommy and Auntie Milotic always said not to judge people by how they looked.

("Well, well, well,") said the Rhyperior. ("What do we have here?")

("Hello,") Azurill said pleasantly. ("We're picking flowers for our mommy!")

("Is that right?") Rhyperior looked back and forth between his companions. ("Here that boys? They're picking flowers.")

("On our turf,") grunted the Granbull. ("You're a long ways away from the big house, ain't you kids?")

Azurill smiled and bounced around to face them. ("It's OK. Uncle knows the way back!")

("Your uncle, huh?") The Machamp cracked his knuckles. ("I don't see him around now.")

("No...but he's right up the hill.") Whatever Mommy and Auntie Milotic said, Eevee didn't like these Pokémon. She wanted to walk away, but Azurill was still smiling up at them as if nothing was wrong.

("Do you wanna help us pick flowers?") she asked. They all laughed.

("Sure,") Rhyperior replied. ("We'll help you pick the flowers. But first - ") he shuffled back a few steps, and his friends backed away from him - ("either of you two squirts know how to battle yet?")

("Oh no you don't!") Two blurs - one orange, one blue - barreled into the Rhyperior, taking him off his feet. Another orange blur came down from the sky to crash into Granbull. Machamp was brought down by a pair of vines around his legs. Following the vines to a clearing in the trees, Eevee saw Daddy's Bulbasaur at the other end, looking very angry. On his left, the icy Sandshrew and Torracat looked just as mad, and on his right, Uncle Pikachu was bristling with sparks.

("Oh, goody!") Azurill cheered. ("We get to watch battling!")

("You can watch battling,") Eevee frowned. She didn't like battles outside of Mommy's Gym. They were too messy. ("I'm gonna start picking flowers.")

She turned away and started into the meadow. The racket of the battling followed after her, but there was nothing to do for that. She tried to focus on the scent of the flowers. They all smelled wonderful, but she had to pick the absolute best ones for Mommy. The red smell the strongest, but the blue ones are nice and cool, and these lilac ones...what's that other smell, though?

It was wet and earthy, like the garden at Daddy's mom's house. But there was something else about it; something old. Eevee held her nose up high and followed it through the meadow. It wasn't far; just a few feet in, near a big old tree, she found it: a rock, almost as big as Uncle Starmie, with funny green stuff all over it.

It smells...good, Eevee thought. And there was something else about the rock, too. Nothing about the smell, or the look, or any other sense, except a prickly feeling up and down her back that something would happen if she just reached out with a paw to touch it...

("Now hold on there, young missy! What do you think you're doing with that old stone?")

---

They were called the Boxer Boys. The Machamp of the group new the sport, and had taught it to his friends. No one knew just who their Trainer was, but he must have been some piece of work, because all of his Pokémon were dirty fighters and bullies. Bulbasaur said that a huge part of his job when he first came to Oak Ranch was keeping them from making trouble, and Pikachu could see why. It's my own fault for taking Play Rough head-on, but...OW!

He was done with the fighting. Despite the Play Rough, he and Torracat had managed to reduce the Granbull to a sparking, charred mess on the ground. Bulbasaur and Sandshrew had chased the Machamp off, though the jerk had gotten a knock-out over on poor Sandshrew. Charizard followed after the Fighting-type, blasting him from the air with Flamethrowers. Rhyperior was all that was left, and with his immunity to electric attacks, Pikachu could only sit back and nurse his aching tail while the Lycanrocs handled him.

They'd taken their share of blows, Sunset and Midnight, and the Rhyperior's defense was insane, but they wouldn't let up. Sunset used Rock Slide to cut off any retreats, while Midnight worked away with Counters and Reversals. Pikachu had to admit: gross as they are together, they made a pretty good battling couple.

("Isn't it amazing, Uncle?") Azurill asked. She'd watched the whole thing, utterly delighted; she was bouncing up and down at the finale. ("And I get to do that some day?")

("Yes,") Pikachu sighed. ("You and Eevee both get to...where's Eevee?")

("She didn't wanna watch the fight. She went to pick flowers.")

("Where?") Pikachu whirled around, the pain in his tail forgotten. ("Where is she? Where's the rock!?")

("What rock, Uncle?")

("We can't let her touch that rock! Bulbasaur, where is it!?")

("I-I can't remember!") The Seed Pokémon had been tending Sandshrew; now, he was looking around as frantically as Pikachu. ("It's in the meadow, but -")

("Don't just stand there!") Sunset snapped; he and Midnight had finally brought Rhyperior down. ("Fan out and let's find her before -")

("Looking for this?")

They all turned at once. Eevee was walking toward them, a small bouquet of roses in her mouth. At her side was a hobbling old Alolan Raichu with a patient chuckle to his voice. ("She was sniffing around the old rock. Of course, it wasn't so old the first time I came here. Not that I was ever here all that much. Still ain't, 'smatter of fact. Oh, but there was this time back a ways when all sorts of trouble came up over that thing, and Vee and I had to -")

("I think we got it,") Bulbasaur said quickly. He extended his vines to embrace Eevee and gently bring her over to Azurill's side. ("Thanks, Pika.")

("Friend of yours?") Midnight asked, with a rather suspicious sniff.

("He's an old-timer,") said Bulbasaur. ("Pops in every now and again, handy with some things.")

("Yessir.") Pika leaned back, his paws held at his chest. ("Like the time all those Tauros got loose the day old Oak and the other one were sick. Of course, that was nothing on some of the things I used to get up to. Did I ever tell you about the time when we were on that airship and I -")

("Thank you, Pika,") Bulbasaur said firmly. ("I need to get Sandshrew to the house, and we need to get these little ones away from that rock.")

("No patience for an old-timer, eh? Well, fine then.") He frowned, but he didn't sound truly angry. As he turned to go, he looked over his shoulder right at Pikachu. ("And good seeing you again.")

("...I'm sorry? Have we...wait a minute.") Pikachu put a paw to his chin. ("The New Years party...the Poke Ball...you're -")

("On my way!") The old Raichu gave a final wave, then headed into the trees.

("What was that about?") asked Bulbasaur. Pikachu just shook his head and slumped down onto his bottom. What a way to end a play day...

("So, Uncle,") Eevee said through her mouthful. ("Can we give these flowers to Mommy and Daddy?")

("Yeah, flowers for Mommy and Daddy!") Azurill cheered.

("Girls...") Pikachu sighed. ("Ash and Misty need flowers for their wedding. That's still a while off.")

("Oh.") They both looked disappointed. ("But - wouldn't Mommy and Daddy like some flowers now anyway?") asked Azurill.

("I...")

("Please, Uncle?") Eevee pleaded. ("I already started. Help us pick some more, please?")

("I don't think -")

("Summer blooms only last so long,") Bulbasaur chuckled. Torracat and the Lycanrocs were chuckling too.

("...Let's wait for Charizard to get back so he can take Sandshrew. Then we'll pick some flowers.")

("Yay!")

[freerangeranger]

Our new team mate is going to help us out today! @belamew was kind enough to meet up with us in Paldea and drop them off.

Everyone - this is the most perfect Princess Zelda. I have known her for 5 minutes and I would kill everyone in this region and then myself if anything happens to her.

We are super excited to welcome our new team mate.

... Right Lamp?

Lamp?

...

Oh well 😅

Ooc: Princess Zelda is one of the Alcreamie/Dashbun Hybrids made by Belamew! Thanks so much for helping me design her.

(My bad for the color inaccuracies - im color picking on Android Notes 😑)

Stay tuned to see what she turns into! Honey doesnt know what her hybrid is so this will be fun!

[paldean-ranger-brandy]

Arc fucking DAMN IT WHY is great tusk here this was supposed to be a a BREAK from these assholes why is this one so fucking biiiiiiig wtf 🤬🤬🤬

I can't get my capture line around it where is MICHAEL

[auditect]

Ah, thanks!

Personally, I like to think Wendy has a Donphan because an Elephant never forgets! Plus, it's a Pokémon from her home region! One character you didn't mentoin was Sergeant Viper, and personally, I like to picture him with a Seviper for obvious reasons.

Miyamoto and Madame Boss don't have confirmed Pokemon of their own, but I don't have headcanons for them

Which Pokémon would you assign to characters that were never shown owning one?

Hmm, good question. If I miss any characters that you want to see let me know - I’m not confident I’ll remember them all.

Sebastian - Zebstrika

Domino - Roserade (shiny)

Wendy - Mankey (cute with a bad temper. Well, *I* think Mankey is cute, some would disagree 😂)

Pierce - Scizor (I don’t remember Pierce having any Pokémon, correct me if I’m wrong)

Zager - Clefable (I know it seems a bit bizarre, but hear me out - it helps him find and study meteorites)

There’s a good chance I’m forgetting someone 😅 If so, forgive me and point it out and I’ll make an edit 🤣

[askroahmmythril]

I just realised something Gamefreak has never considered: a pokemon racing mini game. The possibilities are endless!

There’s.... been at least two examples I can think of right off?  I know at least a couple of the mini-games in the Stadiums on N64 involved racing, there was one that was racing Donphan around a track, and another where it was more a treadmill situation that rolling Pokemon would go down, having to avoid obstacles.  I forget if the Pokethalon from HG/SS had any racing games, I didn’t mess with that too much.  There’s also that standalone game, I never played it, I think it was called Pokemon Dash?  It was an early DS title.

[paldean-ranger-brandy]

What the fuck just happened to the donphan population

[paldean-ranger-brandy]

I. Cannot. Believe. That this fucking mission ENDED with another paradox pokemon. Literally the exact thing I took this mission to get away from.

Not only that, but it was literally the biggest one I have ever seen, and I've been chasing these losers back into the whole day and night. If it weren't for Michael's ability to extend the capture line we DEFINITELY would not have been able to capture this one. My boy is getting sooooo many treats tn.

It is also like. Really integrated into the Asado Desert donphan population. Which is not something I have seen with any other paradox mon. Like, at all. Maybe this giant weird tusk will be a helpful lead when I head back to the crater management mission. Idk, I tagged him for data collection either way.

I did get tased though, which has never happened to me before! Helluva hit, I'm still all tingly from it 🥴 I love new experiences 🖤

[paldean-ranger-brandy]

<an audio file is attached. We can hear a battle going on in the background, complete with Victoria and Honoria's shouting back and forth. Brandy seems to be somewhat removed from them, and is cussing under her breath while intermittently responding to a howl thrown up by Michael. There is a slight whirring sound in the near distance, possibly a capture line, which is suddenly cut off by what sounds like an elastic snap, coupled with some loud warning beeps from Brandy's styler and much louder swearing.

Brandy calls out to Michael for an assist. We hear a growl, presumably affirmation, and then a metallic crunch as Michael grabs the disk in his mouth. There is a second, much more panicked warning beep from the styler as it registers the extra damage to the disk, but Brandy ignores it to shout encouragement and commands to Michael. The whirring sound returns, and we hear it loop away and back again a few times as Michael runs the disk around something large.

Brandy swears again, and we hear a sharp intake of breath before the sound of her dashing towards great tusk. She commands Michael to run wide, and we hear a grunt and the sound of something large and solid making impact. The sounds of Michael and the capture disk rapidly decrease, and we hear what is presumably the sound of Brandy hitting the ground after being knocked away.

The audio file cuts out.>

[paldean-ranger-brandy]

hey brandy! I was gonna ask which base your stationed at (because a whole pizza was airdropped in near me and I feel like sharing it) but like.

you're from hoenn too? Nice! Still though do you want to split the pizza. -that dragonair ranger

NOT NOW PIZZA RANGER I AM UNDER FUCKING ATTACK 😭😭😭

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