Current Events > CYOA: You are a Magikarp and your grandfather is dying of cancer.

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F. Throw a pokeball at him

Nows your chance! You grab one of your Heal Balls and then immediately drop it.

Oh yeah the napkin. You spit and sputter to get it out , using the water in the puddle to your advantage, then you pick up the ball again and twist. Throwing it right at crying Bruno.

The ball smacks him directly across the face and he doesn't even flinch. Then in a flash of light he's caught inside the ball.

The ball drops to the ground and stays perfectly still. It doesn't wobble at all. Bruno didn't even fight it.

You caught a BRUNO

BRUNO is fully restored from HEAL BALL

Would you like to give BRUNO a nickname?

A. Yes ________
B. No

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do heal balls work on emotional damage

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A. Brock's dad

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B.

We caught an Elite 4(former member) Yay!

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Will we eventually go to a town with a .... daycare ? ;;

B. No.

Finally free and alone again, you take a moment to assess the situation.

The bad news: You're tired and still in incredible pain from the various beatings you've endured. You don't have the medicine, the only store that sells it closed. You don't know where you are or how to get home and you're floating in a shallow dirty puddle in the middle of the night.

Hmm...

And the good news:..... Well you're still alive!... Rest of the good news needs some work.

You flop across the village back towards the pond, you're no good out of water. Looking around as you hop the only things still open are the pub and the Game Corner gambling den.

Back in the pond you find it hard to keep your eyes open. The day has caught up with you. You're exhausted. You can just have a little nap maybe.... That is until you swear you felt something brush past you while you were nodding off. But that's impossible in the water.

Hang on wait!

You lost $25.

You look around and see a Carvanha speeding away from you. That damn dirty fish just robbed you!

Carvanha: "Carvanha! Car-Van-ha!" (Nyah nyah nyahnyahnyah!)

It zooms off deeper into the water. You follow in hot pursuit! You need that for your grandfather.

It zig-zags a little then shoots down an underwater tunnel. You follow it awkwardly in the darkness. You're catching up! Ha the tunnel's coming to an end, you're gonna corner it.

Until...Uhoh.... Right at the end of the tunnel 4 more of them emerge from obscure holes. They were waiting for you. And there's several miscellaneous bones behind them. It's a trap! Come to think of it, it probably let you catch up!

The first Carvanha spins round and grins at you.

Carvanha #1: "Carvanha. Carvanha. Carvanha." (Hand over everything and we'll rip you to pieces)
Carvanha #3: "Carvanha." (or)
Carvanha #1: "Carvanha. Carvanha." (Or! or we'll rip you to pieces!)

Mom always warned you to avoid fast relationships...

What do you do?

A. Splash
B. Use Item: $287
C. Trainer! I choose you!
D. I think these guys are going to be needing a nurse. Get 'em Officer Jenny
E. Go Bruno!
F: Flee. You can't fight them underwater.
G: Throw a pokeball at one of them.

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DrizztLink posted...

do heal balls work on emotional damage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vt5Um2IAsg

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It's been a while since trainer appeared.
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C she does well with fish.

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E. Time for some martial arts justice!

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C. Trainer! I choose you!

You throw your pokeball with your mouth, you've gotten pretty good at that although it doesn't go far underwater.

Suddenly Trainer emerges before you, blocking almost the entire tunnel with her body.

To say the Carvanha gang were surprised is a understatement, although that surprise turns into puzzlement as Trainer thrashes around, pawing frantically at the tunnel ceiling.

Trainer: "Bublbblmmglaaabbbbbbbbl! BLblblugh!"

Oh yeah. You kind of forgot that she needs oxygen to breathe. Well at least she's between you and the Carvanha, blocking the tunnel. That is until all five of them start gnawing at her legs.

Trainer: "Mblglmmmmmmghjh! MAAAAAAAAGHGHGHGHAGHLLBBLBLL!"

You're afraid they're going to munch and squeeze their way past her to you until Trainer starts kicking wildly, catching a few of them with her toes. A moment later, all the Carvanha's faces turn from sadistic grins into fearful expressions of dread. Then suddenly they turn around and desperately flee into the tiny holes they ambushed you from.

Ha. Serves them right. Guess they were just cowards after all. You didn't get your money back. But at least you kept your scales.

Then the large shadow engulfing you from behind makes you realize they weren't scared of you or Trainer but something else. You turn around to find yourself face to face with a Sharpedo that has teeth the size of your dorsal fins.

You're way too big for the holes the Carvanha escaped into and the humans are useless here. This thing could eat your entire family in seconds.

It just stares you directly in the eyes, you start to tremble as your entire life flashes before your eyes... Damn you were boring. You gulp and mentally apologize to your grandfather for failing him.

Sharpedo: "Sharpedo Sharpedo Sharpedo Sharpedo Sharpedo." (Hey Karp, your human is drowning)

Then in an uncharacteristic display for a legendarily aggressive pokemon, it grabs Trainer by the arm with its mouth and drags her out of the tunnel and back to the surface. After your body eventually stops trembling you follow it. Not like you have much choice.

Trainer: "BWAhhhhhHUh..puff..puff... bwa...wha.... What the heck is going onnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!?" she squeals after breaking the surface.

You decide it's probably a good time to withdraw her back to her pokeball. If the Sharpedo had wanted to fight, you'd be dead already.

Sharpedo: "Sharpedo Sharpedo Sharpedo? Sharpedo. Sharpedo." (So what are you doing in my little village? Karp don't live around here, I've been waiting for one for a long time. Don't lie to me, I'll know.)

Somehow you find him more scary than the 5 Carvanha trying to attack you.

You: "Magikarp." (I'm just trying to buy medicine for my family. I had over $300 but those Carvanha stole some of it and now I won't have enough unless I get it back!)

Sharpedo: "Sharpedo Sharpedo Sharpedo Sharpedo." (Hahahaha. Poor little lost Karp. Medicine costs $700 here. It's a remote village, not a big town. Why do you think that little gang was wasting their time mugging Karps? Everyone's desperate.)

What!? $700!? That's more than twice your entire family's savings.

Sharpedo: " Sharpedo Sharpedo Sharpedo. Sharpedo Sharpedo Sharpedo Sharpedo" (But don't worry, Uncle Sharpy's here to help. Where I'm from, you do a favor to get a favor. So you do a little job for me and I'll get you what you need. )

He pulls you close, your eyes are an inch away from his teeth, then he indicates to a nearby hut, right on the edge of the village.

Uncle Sharpy: "Sharpedo Sharpedo Sharpedo Sharpedo Sharpedo Sharpedo." (See that place there. There's someone inside who is very..... Important... to me. I've been waiting for a Karp to come along for a long time. All you need to do is spend the night with them and in the morning I'll owe you a favor."

You: "Magikarp. Magikarp. Magikarp." (I don't understand.)

Uncle Sharpy: "Sharpedo? Sharpedo Sharpedo Sharpedo. Sharp......edo..." (What's there to understand? Spend the night inside there and I'll get you what you want. Or don't and I won't. You do whatever you want Karp. I can't make you do anything and there's lots of ways to get what you want in this world. Trust me. Just remember that next time... Well maybe having me on your side is a good idea. )

The Sharpedo dives back under the water and swims away. This time you do have a choice and feel like following it would be a bad move.

However you realize he's right. Even when the store does open. You're just not going to have enough money. You need to do something drastic.

What do you do?

A. Break into the store and steal the medicine.
B. Go to the Casino and gamble.
C. Rob the pub. That trio probably have tons of money.
D. Find a way to earn money legitimately. I'm an honest fish.
E. Do the task for Sharpedo. It never hurts to have friends.
F. Leave the village. This place is crazy and if I head closer to home, which I need to do anyway, prices go down.

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E. I know a narrative hook when I see one.

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E although I want to gamble but I want grampa to life

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Fuck it, its time for a gambling break.
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E. Do the task for Sharpedo. It never hurts to have friends.

Spend a night with Uncle Sharpy's friend? Could it really be that easy? Well it seems like the best option to take and you'd rather stay on Uncle Sharpy's good side.

You swim towards the hut, the pond goes almost right next to it. These guys sure like being close to water. You're unsure what you'll find inside. 100 Carvanhas? Mrs Sharpedo? Heck even a dozen Blastoise wouldn't surprise you at this point.

You hop up to the door and squechily hit it with your fins. The door quickly opens and you are surprised by who answers. It's a little kid.

Little Kid: "Oh boy! A Magikarp!"

The kid looks around, then picks you up with genuine excitement and waves you about as he shows you around the hut. It's full of fishing equipment.

Little kid: "Hi Magikarp! My Name's Joey! This is my bed and this is my table and this is where we put our nets and rods. Wow you're heavy. I never got see a Magikarp before! Except pictures. My grandpa says I'm not allowed. But you don't seem so bad! We're going to be the best of friends. My grandpa's a fisherman, he knows everything in the world about fish but he hates Magikarp. "

He places you in a bath and fills it with water. You've never seen someone be genuinely happy to see you before. IT feels... nice..

Joey: "My dad was going to be a fisherman but he got sick and they said he couldn't do it anymore. So he does trains and boats and stuff instead. But my Grandpas says he's gonna show me to how be a fisherman. I've already caught a bunch of fish. He's the best. Do fish have grandpas? I bet you don't even remember yours. This one time I was out by the lake when I saw this weird pink thing and I thought it was dead but it turns out it was just moving so slowly that I didn't even notice, so I got this big tablecloth and we-"

Joey never shuts up. At first it's cute but he just keeps talking and talking. Eventually he just makes you sleepy. Before you know it you've drifted off and are fast asleep.

Next thing you know it's morning, you're awoken by a quiet thud and realize you're still in the tub. Well at least you got some rest finally. Then you notice Joey lying next to the tub with a blanket. Instead of going to bed he stayed next to you all night.

Joey is still fast asleep when you hear the thud again. It's coming from outside. You hop out of the tub and look out the window to see Uncle Sharpy in the pond, almost directly below you, with a smug look on his face.

Uncle Sharpy: "Sharpedo Sharpedo Sharpedo!" (Ah, you did good Karp. I thought you would. See. Nice and easy right. And I look out for my friends. Here you are.)

He tosses you a bottle of Medicine through the window that you catch awkwardly with your mouth.

You obtained item: Medicine.

Yes! That's it! That's the medicine you needed! It was a wild ride but you finally have it. If yesterday was the worst day of your life then it looks like this is going to be the best one.

Then suddenly you hear the front door open and 2 men walk in. This does wake Joey up.

Joey: "Daddy! Grandpa!" He rushes to the door and hugs them both.

Joesph: "It's good to see you too son. I'm sorry we left you on your own last night. Daddy didn't have a choice."

Joey: "It's okay. I made a friend."

Old Joe: "Hey boy, it's good to se-.... BOY! THAT'S A MAGIKARP! What did I tell you! No Magikarps! EVER!!"

Joey: "But he's nice."

Old Joe: "NO JOEY! How many times have I told you! Your pa he-"

Suddenly Joesph starts going into anaphylaxis. He collaspes to the ground and starts coughing and spluttering, his skin starts to turn blue.

Joey: "Daddy? Dad! What's wrong dad. You're scaring me."

Old Joe jumps forward and takes a swing at you. Luckily you're still by the window so you leap into the water below to escape and land almost directly next to Uncle Sharpy who seemed to be expecting the whole thing.

Uncle Sharpy: "Sharpedo Sharpedo Sharpedo Sharpedo Sharpedo Sharpedo." (Ahhh that Joesph, what a shame he has such a lethally severe Magikarp allergy. He was a real up and comer in this backwater. He was going to propose to the mayor today that the village restarts the railway, opens this place up to the sea and builds a port. Stop this from being a dump slowly bled to death by a casino. But see, dozens of ships, hundreds of people, constant expansion? New pokemon? Those huge things from the ocean? Nah. I like it how it is. Simple and with me in charge. I couldn't have done it without you. Honestly I'd given up on finding a Karp in time, and then you appear on the last possible day as if by magic. It was fate really.)

Oh no! No wonder Old Joe hated you so much. Joey must have covered his dad with your slime and scales when he hugged him. You see Old Joe and Joey huddled over Joesph's spasming body by the doorway. Uncle Sharpy has already started to swim away.

Joey: "I got sea-sickness tablets and milk and blankets. We can-"

Old Joe: "No! The only thing that'll do him now is that fancy expensive Medicine! And we ran out of that ever since it got so darn pricey."

Joey: "I can run to the store! I'll get it!"

Old: "No boy, there's no time for that. If you're at the store when your pa dies you'll never live wit yourself. You need to say goodbye now."

Joey: "Daddy... nnoo.. I'm sorry..."

You look back at them, then look at your medicine

What do you do:

A: Give Old Joe the Medicine. You can't just leave them like this.
B: Turn your back and swim away. That Medicine is for your grandfather.

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sorry jo

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Pretty sure that grandpa being sick was only a sob story your mother made up to get you out of the house for a bit.

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A, what if the medicine was actually poison anyway? Cant really trust that Sharpedo

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A: Give Old Joe the Medicine. You can't just leave them like this.

Your conscience gets the best of you. Your grandfather wouldn't want to be saved like this, there's somethig fishy about it.

You starts splashing up and down to get Old Joe's attention while keeping your distance for Joesph's sake.

Old Joe: "OH YOUR BRAGGING HUH!? WELL I SWEAR ON MY BOY'S LIFE I'M GONNA MAKE-"

You then throw the medicine at him wih all your might. His decades of Fisherman's reflexes causes him to catch it instinstively, shame he ever tried his hands at baseball.

You lost item: Medicine

Joey: "Grandpa! I think that's medicine! I told you he was nice."

Old Joe: "Now son, I know you're upset but fish don't think like us, dey stupider than Cousin Jo. He's just throwing trash from the ocean because it's a defensive instinct to desperately attack a superior prey. But I can thow it back a lot harder!"

Old Joe winds his arm back but at the last moment little Joey snatches it out of his hand with a jump and pours it down Joesph's mouth.

Old Joe: "BOY! WHAT DO YOU THIK YOU'RE DOIN'! Respect ya elde-"

Suddenly Joesph sits up and starts coughing and spluttering. Still whoozy from the shock to his body but clearly alive and quickly recovering. You wish that was your grandfather.

Joey: "Daddddddddy! You're okay!" Joey says excitedly as he tries to hug his dad.

Old Joe: "JOEY! Stay back from him until you get cleaned up."

Joey: "Yes Grandpa." he says realizing the wisdom. "But see, he was trying to help! I told you."

Old Joe: "Smgugharavemmph mphh... I bet he thought it was poison or summit. Never trust a fish, they always betray you. And never ever ever bring a Magikarp home again! you hear me boy!"

Old Joe lifts up Joesph and starts carrying him towards the hut. But Joey doesn't hear him as he looks at you with a smile.

Joey: "Thank you Magikarp! Come visist anytime!"
Old Joe: "NO IT CAN'T!"
Joey: "Well then I'll come and visit you!"
Old Joe: "NO YOU WON'T!"
Joey: "Goodbye Magikarp! Goodbye!"
Old Joe: "BAD BYE! STAY AWAY FROM MAH FAMILY!"

Joey waves goodbye at you while Old Joe shakes his fist with one arm while carrying Joesph back into the hut with the other.

Uncle Sharpy: "Sharpedo." (Aww Looks like you made a friend.)

You jump in shock. You didn't realize he was behind you again. He's so fast and so quiet.

Uncle Sharpy: "Sharpedo.... Sharpedo Sharpedo Sharpedo....Sharpedo... Sharp...edo."... How touching... How sweet.... How kind... How... Irritating... You know Karpe I really thought we could have been friends. I really thought we could have got along. I really thought you got it. But I'm disappointed in you.)

Uncle Sharpy leans in real close. You're not sure if you should splash, flee, reach for a pokeball or try to talk you way out of this but before you could even process that thought he's on top of you and his fangs rip right through your hard scales like a hot knife through butter.

He was so fast and expertly knew just where to strike. He's obviously done this many times before, even a Wartortle would be helpless. The pain is excruciating and debilitating. You squeal and wiggle in the water but there's nothing you can do as he chomps down. The harder he bites the less you're able to move until you're rendered completely paralyzed. Only then he spits you out and you float across the water like a plank of wood.

Uncle Sharpy: "Sharpedo Sharpedo Sharpedo Sharpedo." (Don't worry Karpe, I'm not going to kill you. I want you to live for a long long time so you can spend every moment remembering that you failed your family.)

He plops underwater, leaving you floating there for a little while. Then he emerges with a barrel. It has vinegar stamped across it and is clearly designed for transport.

Uncle Sharpy: "Sharpedo Sharpedo SHARPEDO!" (Well be seeing you Karpe. It's been a BARREL of laughs!) he says with a cruel cackle.

He tosses you inside the barrel of vinegar that smells and stings on your wounds. Did he plan for this!?

The last thing you see before you pass out is the lid being sealed shut.

You Fainted.

You wake up an unknown amout of time later in complete darkness. Still floating in smelly vinegar. You swim around your limited space trying to find an exit but can't. Eventually your swimming causes the barrel to wobble and fall over.

It falls for a surprisingly long time then crashes onto the floor in an explosion of wood, vinegar and ...well you. It hurts and you're flopping on cold ground again but at least you're free.

You look aroud and see you're in some kind of dull gray storage room full of barrels and crates. You were on a shelf, that's why you fell so far. You see a circular window and hop ontop of a pile of crates to look outside and get your bearings.

Then it hits you, wait that's not a window, it's a porthole! Oh no! Nononononno! You look outside and all you see in every direction is open sea. This isn't a storage room! It's a cargo hold!

That sick shark bully put you on you a barge! How far has it traveled already!? Where are you even heading!?

What do you do:

A. Jump into the Ocean. It's water and every moment on this ship is taking you further away from home.
B. Stay on the barge. At least it must be taking you somewhere. That's better than being lost in the middle of the sea.

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C. Send out trainer, get her to send out lapras, and get your ass back to shore.

If you're not taking write ins, then B.

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I'm cool with (non stupid) write ins, it's cool when people think of clever stuff I didn't realise. but Trainer doesn't have any pokemon anymore. Joy and Bruno didnt have have any to begin with

Lapras is still out there somewhere. It was still on the field after you caught Trainer.

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B. Gramps is dead if he was genuinely sick. It's time for ADVENTURE.

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A. Jump into the Ocean. It's water and every moment on this ship is taking you further away from home.

Dry land (Well boat floor) is bad. Moving even further away from home is bad. Water is good. How hard can traversing an ocean be? Just go the opposite way the boat is going until you hit land.

You leap out of the porthole, flipping in the air until you realize that you were not directly above the ocean. There's a deck right below you and you're plummeting towards it at a disturbing speed
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Sailor#2: "Not sure if there is enough time to secure the Berries. Can you handle it or do you need a hand?"

Sailor #1: "Of course I can handle it! I used to be a Captain I'll have you know!"

Sailor #2: "Oh here we go again. Yeah sure. If you used to be a Curiseship captain, how come you're here shifting crates with the rest of us schlubs?"

Sailor #1: "It's true! I love the sea but every time I come out here, something really bad always happens to me and I lose my position. I drop my sea sickness tablets or a Charizard sets fire to the boat or Team Rocket steal my cat."

Sailor #2: "Oh please, this is a simple cargo barge. What bad thing could possibly happen h-"

Suddenly with a loud thump you land directly on top of Sailor #1. Luckily breaking your fall and causing him to smash into the deck. Also covering him in smelly vinegar and Magikcarp slime.

Sailor #2: "Huh.... Don't see that everyday. Guess you're right. Sorry man."

A little embarrased you hop a little further along and leap off the barge again, this time actually landing in the water.

The fresh water feels great after the disgusting vinegar, but you're overwhelmed by the sight. Nothing but pure blue in every direction. It's almost scary.

After swimming for a while you see your first non blue entity in this empty space. Make that entites, several Tentacools floating around, heading vaguely towards you. They are all following a gigantic Tentacruel Matriach that dwarfs all of them, this thing would give Wailord a run for it's money.

It's by far the largest Tentacruel you've ever seen.... Technically the only Tentacruel you've ever seen but still, you imagine they're usually smaller. Now you understand why Uncle Sharpy didn't want competition.

Tentacruel: "Tentacruel TentacruelTentacruelTentacruel Tentacruel Tentacruel Tentacruel?" (So here's the plan kids. We're taking everything from that Cargo Barge. Remember boys, no killing. That attracts attention, a empty ship full of survivors is considered bad luck. Just pick one Sailor and make an example of him. The leave the others alone, they'll be too scared to do anything. Any questions?)

Tentacool #1: "Tentacool, TentacoolTentacool?" (Yeah ma, whose that?) It points at you with it's tentacle.
Tentacool #2: "TentacoolTentacool Tentacool." (Yeah wait who is that? Is he with us?")
Tentacool #3: "Tentacool TentacoolTentacoolTentacool Tentacool Tentacool." (Well obviously. Who else is going to be in the middle of the ocean. Come on guys don't recongize our sibling?)
Tentacool #4: "TentacoolTentacool." (That's the ugliest Tentacool I've ever seen.)

Tentacruel: "TENTACRRRRRRRRRUUUEL!"(NONE OF MY BABIES ARE UGLY!) she screams while flailing her gigantic tentacles around, creating massive waves.

Tentacool #4: "Tentacool..." (Sorry mom...)

Tentacool #5: "TentacoolTentacoolTentacool!" (You fool! that's no Tentacool! It's clearly a Feebas.)

You: "Magikarp Magikarp!..... Magi...." (How dare you! I'm a Magikarp!.... Opps...)

You probably shouldn't have said that.

Tentacruel: "Tentacruel!" (Get him!)

Ruh-roh. Suddenly 7 or 8 Tentacools all start advancing on you. They mometarily forget that the ocean is 3 dimensional as you simply swim up. Causing them to get their tentacles caught up together as they collide.

The Tentacruel lunges for you with it's extremely long tentacles but it's too far away and can't reach. You swim as fast as you can. Looking back you can see them gaining on you.

Looking back was a mistake as you don't see where you are going. Then with a soft thump you've crashed directly onto the shore of a small desert island. Spitting sand from your mouth you are greeted by a tiny wide-eyed Dwebble with a smile on its face.

Dwebble: "DwebbleDwebbleDwebble.... Dwebble!!!!!!!" (Hey fish friend. Welcome to my home. It's nice to meet you, I'm Dwebble. Are you hungry or tired? I'm sure I co... What the! EEEEEP!)

Suddenly the Tentacools emerge from the water and start to squelch onto the land. The Dwebble scuttles away in terror faster than you thought such a little creature could move and hides inside a nearby rockpool.

The Tentacools are getting closer by the moment. You need to think fast

What do you do?

A. Splash.
B. Follow the Dwebble and try to hide.
C. Trainer knows water Pokemon! I choose you! (Injured)
D. No one knows more about how to handle a gaggle of pokemon than a nurse! Get 'em Officer Jenny
E. This is a job for an elite! Go Bruno!
F: Flee. You outsmarted them once!
G: Throw a pokeball at one of them

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also why was sharpedo so mad