002 | Text | Violet City

[doesntdomuch]

[So Perry decided to go check out the Sprout Tower after finally making his way to Violet City and found himself charmed by a pretty cute Pokemon in there and decided to catch him.

And, well... after he read the Pokedex entry for the guy...]

Can people please tell me if the Pokedex entry for Phantump is just a legend or not?

Because if it's true why are people letting this poor thing fight?

It shouldn't be allowed.

[If you were able to see him, Perry is currently tearing up a little while hugging a slightly confused Phantump.

Yeah that Pokedex entry might have struck a chord with him.]

Comments

[text]

[bylight]

You don't have to use your Pokémon to fight. In the end, it's up to our Pokémon, not matter how depressing their backstory is.

[text]

[doesntdomuch]

But it's a child. Children shouldn't be allowed to battle.

[Well, dead ones anyway. Perry has less issue with battling with Pokemon that just hatched.]

[text]

[bylight]

Ask it and see what it says.

[Action]

[kingofthetvworld]

[Whereas Perry is advancing through his pokemon adventure, Teddie continues to dick around Violet City like the trash can diva that he is. A-After a hard day's work, of course. So it goes without saying that the moment he gets off, he's going to look for Perry. Guess who didn't read his text yet? Go ahead, guess.]

Hey, no way! Did you get another one already?! How the heck do you keep doing that, you're amazing!

[No fair, Perry almost has a full team. Maybe the last one can also be a dead child.]

[Action]

[doesntdomuch]

[Teddie, three of them were eggs and he only had to buy one of them.

Perry just shrugs, luckily Teddie's annoyingness is distracting him from that terrible Pokedex entry. Honestly he just ran into the guy and they hit it off immediately.

[Action]

[kingofthetvworld]

Woah, so cool...

[Just shrugging like that, this guy must be a born natural. Teddie can't handle this swag, it's almost too much.]

Soooo are you gonna show me? I can bearly see it with your arms in the way!

[Speaking of pokemon, Teddie's have been clinging onto him this whole time. Cho sits in her usual spot on top of his shoulders while the other two have claimed a leg as their own. How Teddie managed to run up to Perry is anyone's guess, but he did it. Somehow.]

text;

[occultigen]

I don't think I've heard of a Phantump before...

Is its entry really so very bad?

text;

[doesntdomuch]

[Yeah Perry is just going to text the entry he saw.]

"According to old tales, these Pokemon are stumps possessed by the spirits of children who died while lost in the forest."

text;

[occultigen]

W-What?! But that's horrible!

[text]

[samsa]

It seems like a lot of ghost type Pokemon have Pokedex entries that suggest something like that about them. I couldn't tell you for sure if it's true or not, but...

[He almost says "I have a friend who seems to think so", but he doesn't want to be asked to explain why. That's Maka's story to tell, not his.]

I have a Pokemon with me that is the same way, Yamask. It...was once human at one point, apparently. The entry even says that it still has the memories of its past life.

[text]

[doesntdomuch]

So people become Pokemon when they die in this world?

[That seems... weird, although not too surprising now that Perry thinks about it.]

[text]

[samsa]

It seems that way, but...if that is true, I think it's only possible with people native to this world.

The rest of us...can't really die.

text

[islandshore]

But what if they want to? I did plenty of fighting as a kid, even if it was mostly sparring.

Plus, this world lets ten year olds go off on journeys on their own. Not saying you should force them, but it's complicated.

text

[doesntdomuch]

So did I, but this is different.

[Mostly because he wasn't dead when he was training.]

text

[islandshore]

Have you talked it over with them? If they're scared, lonely, or depressed, maybe they just need some support.

I'd still suggest training eventually just so they can defend themselves, but I can see why you'd want to hold back.

text;

[diehardreaper]

[ Well don't you remind him of someone he knows from home...? ]

don't have to let it fight if it doesn't want to
my alan does well enough alone and only fights when he wants to
if its any consolation he thinks its playtime sometimes

text;

[doesntdomuch]

That's good at least.

But I can't imagine why anyone would be okay with letting one of these things fight.

text;

[ossifragant]

Seems like a common thing with ghost Pokemon. Or certain types, anyway.

To be honest, it kind of freaks me out.

text;

[doesntdomuch]

At least I'm not alone in this.

I've heard Yamask has a similar story. What other Pokemon are like this anyway?

[text]

[exeggutorhead]

There's a few like that, who used to be people. I've got a Yamask who doesn't like fighting, so I don't have him do any.

It's up to your dead kid what they want to do, I guess.

[text]

[doesntdomuch]

Please call him "Heinz".

Yeah, I've heard about Yamask. Are they supposed to be cursed or do all people just become Yamasks when they die?

[armoredsoul]

I don't know about Phantump specifically, but with the ghosts it seems like an even mix of fable and actual truth in their Pokedex entries. I've been told some people do come back as Pokemon, but I can't imagine that it's the case for all Ghost types.

[doesntdomuch]

Great.

Although I guess there is a chance that Heinz was just born as a Phantump?

He seems young and I didn't see any possible family but I guess it's not impossible that these species don't normally have very involved parents.]

[cookiecats]

I don't like letting my Pokemon fight :( we shouldn't be fighting each other!! I know it helps them be stronger but there are other ways to be strong too!!!

[doesntdomuch]

[Perry was considering saying that he normally doesn't mind his Pokemon fighting, but children were unfortunately one of his biggest weaknesses.]

You're very right. One's ability to beat someone up isn't a measure of how strong someone is, after all.

[He is... fully aware how hypocritical that statement is for him.]