as ATP is this weekend!

[these_balls]

TEST DRIVE MEME


➞ Post with a character you wish to test drive in this game's setting.
➞ Tag other people's starters and thread out shenanigans!
➞ Invite your friends! Try out new characters! Come play with us!
➞ Have fun!


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As usual, we've created a Google Doc so you can submit your wanted characters for a big Route game ad on this month's ATP!
FIND IT HERE
CUTOFF FOR ADDING CHARACTER WANT ADS TO THE GDOC IS:
6:30 PM, EST, ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 30!

Comments

[pinevestigator]

I...don't really know either.

[Dipper frowns, looking down at the Deerling, who just huffs indignantly.]

We can do it without them though, if we have to. We just need to have a plan.

[kittenfists]

Well...

[She turns to face the direction that New Bark was in, frowning slightly.]

We can go back that way and look around for clues, but...from what you've said so far, I don't think it'll be much help. Orrrrr...we could go to Cherrygrove and see if we can find anything there!

[Like...cherries.]

[pinevestigator]

[Mabel...]

We should probably keep heading on from New Bark. I spent a while there, and I don't think there will be anything else there to help us out.

[kittenfists]

Then it's settled! That-a-way!

[Aaaand marching down the route towards Cherrygrove we go, apparently. The little pig follows close behind, filled with the same enthusiasm that his trainer has.]

[pinevestigator]

[Dipper exchanges a glance with his Deerling before following with his hands in his pockets.

Well...this ought to be an adventure.]

[kittenfists]

[It's going to be a long three days.]

Okay, so...you don't remember doing anything to bring us here. I don't remember doing anything to bring us here... The witch possibility still exists, but...maybe something happened on one of our last - [FINGER WIGGLE.] - mythical adventures to bring us here.

[pinevestigator]

Maybe...

[Dipper's a bit tempted to let out the goat that random old man gave him, but Mabel doesn't have anything to ride on, and he's not sure if they'd both fit on one goat...]

Whatever happened, it must've wiped our memory too.

[kittenfists]

[...Probably not, but it would be hilarious to see.]

Okay, the only thing I'm getting here is...aliens! Aliens can wipe minds, right? It's gotta be them.

[pinevestigator]

Aliens?

[He knows he's paranoid, but come on now.]

[kittenfists]

[She's just tossing ideas out there...]

Well, what else could it have been? Other than, you know, Bill. ...But if he wanted to send us somewhere, I'm pretty sure he wouldn't have sent us here. Maybe someplace more...creepy and dangerous?

[pinevestigator]

Maybe, maybe not. He's tricky. ...might be trying to go with something more subtle.

[Yeah, and maybe the sky is gonna fall and Mabel's pig is going to start flying.]

Either way, this place doesn't seem... too dangerous...

[kittenfists]

[Dipper, what could Bill possibly gain from throwing you two in Johto.]

See? And I mean, these things are pretty cute, too! If they wanted to attack us or something, they would've done so already.

[inb4 they encounter a wild Pokémon.]

[pinevestigator]

[Hey man, you never know. That triangle is weird.]

Yeah, I guess you're right...I mean, this deer has been helping me get to places, so that's...good.

[More like shoving him until he gets moving, but details.]

[kittenfists]

You need to give it a name! ...Ooh! How about...Leafy?

[Please do NOT name it that.]

It's got a little leaf thing on its head!

[pinevestigator]

Nooo...I don't think that really fits.

[He looks down at the Deerling, who bleats softly and pushes her nose into Dipper's hand.]

I think it is a her, actually...

[...]

...it...wouldn't be weird if I called her Wendy, would it?

[kittenfists]

[There are two ways she could go about this: one - being mature and not saying anything, or two - being the great older sister she is and teasing him about it.

...

While the second choice is most tempting, she's certain that he'd just end up getting flustered and yelling at her, so...he gets a break. Just this once. It doesn't stop her from giggling, though, as she shakes her head.]

I don't think it's weird at aaaaall...

[pinevestigator]

[Well, it helps that he's actually starting to get over Wendy...little by little. And them still being friends makes it easy for him to name his new little friend after one.]

Alright. Wendy it is, then.

[kittenfists]

[She's still working on that list of rebound crushes...slowly but surely.]

Well, that's settled... Haha, their names both end in "y"!

[pinevestigator]

[You will find 'the one' one day, Mabel. He's sure of it.]

Heh, they do. C'mon, let's get to Cherrygrove. Maybe they actually do have cherries.

...just uh. Let me look at any berries you find before you eat them. Apparently a lot of them are just for the Pokemon and can make people sick.

[kittenfists]

[Oh, she knows she'll find "the one" someday, Dipper... She's just trying to help you out. It's good to have a wingman - er...wingwoman? - to put in a good name for you in the dating pool, right? And what better one than your beloved twin sister!]

Whaaaaat? Bummer.

[What if she wanted to eat berries... Johto, why have you forsaken her...]

Oh well, guess I'll just feed them to Roasty.

[pinevestigator]

[YES WELL...maybe he should stay out of the dating circuit for a little while. For his sanity and everyone else's.

Also, Johto is a cruel mistress.]

Yeah, that'd probably be best. I've seen a couple here and there...mostly things that kinda look like blue oranges, and some things that looked like peaches.

[kittenfists]

In that case, Iiiiii think I saw some earlier before I came here, but when I went to go check them out, Roasty ended up setting them on fire, sooooo...

[Yeah. That was a thing.]

[pinevestigator]

.....what all has Roasty set on fire, Mabel?

[kittenfists]

He set the end of my sleeve on fire, too!

[Mabel...why are you so cheery about that...]

[pinevestigator]

That...that sounds pretty dangerous, Mabel...

Can he control that...?