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[anexcitableboy]

Okay, so battling's a big deal and everything here. I still think that's pretty messed up, but what do I know about Pokemon? Not much, I only been here so many months. I haven't really thrown myself into it, I just do friendly stuff to keep my Pokemon happy and healthy. But I'm starting to get into it.

[Jimmy's a competitive guy, and after drying out, the Battling Bug's starting to grip him hard. But he knows damn well that two Pokemon does not a sleek battling team make.]

So I'm wondering how you build up a solid team, you know? I've been going over my 'gear all day, but I don't even know where to start. How do you know what other kinds of Pokemon you ought to get? How tough is it taming a wild Pokemon? My two weren't wild. Do wild caught Pokemon do better in battles, or a Pokemon hatched and raised to be part of a specific team?

[He throws up his hands and shakes his head at the 'gear screen.]

I'm totally friggin' lost.

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[paladinlost]

Does it? Debilitating spells are also very common in my world, but here they're not even fatal. A single night of rest, and even paralysed newborns are as good as new.

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[anexcitableboy]

Knocking something out to capture it and steal it away from its home to basically make it mine</i is kind of morbid. I mean I'm gonna do it, but just saying...

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[paladinlost]

...Point taken. You can think of it as proving your strength to a creature interested in gaining your protection, if that makes you feel better.

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[anexcitableboy]

That does make it sound better.

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[paladinlost]

Besides, if any Pokémon is displeased with you they can easily express their feelings. Usually through surprise attacks.