002 Bushels ❦ [Video/Action]

[buckyouup]

[Hello, people of Johto. Today you’re in for a treat. The journal feed opens rather abruptly, as the force of a flying Magikarp shakes the screen. A frustrated southern belle sits patiently at the shoreline, an old rod in her hand.]

Alright, y’all. What’s with all these here Magikarp? I’ve been fishin’ here all day, and the only thing nibblin’ are these useless bottom-feeders.

[She taps her chin a couple times.] Maybe if I catch one, it’ll scare the rest of ‘em away, ‘r somethin’.

[She digs though her bag, shuffling her way through the disarray inside, eventually retrieving a pokeball. Aiming at the fish that hit her pokegear, she boredly tosses the ball. It shakes a couple times, before clicking shut. Applejack bends over and picks up the ball, presenting it to the camera and speaking quickly:] Alright, y’all, listen up. This here’s Rainbow Dash. Empty headed son… [She mumbles to herself, plopping the unfortunate fish into her bag before retrieving her rod.]

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m gonna go catch me somethin’ worth seein’!

[She has no idea what she’s getting herself into.]

Comments

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[usedfeint.livejournal.com]

Oh, Magikarp? They only grow up to be completely awesome... [Ritz is kneeing her Epic Knifebird Mount out of the shot and throwing a pokeball; suddenly, the streets of Goldenrod have Andre the Gyarados staring down at the gear.]

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[buckyouup.livejournal.com]

Oh my-- [Excuse her a second. She's never seen anything like that before.]

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[usedfeint.livejournal.com]

This is Andre. I caught him as a Magikarp. I had to keep sending him out and then switching for a pokemon that was more directly useful like Brenda here- [Ritz is patting the Skarmory with the hand not partially in a cast.] but after he evolved he was a force of nature. he also makes a good guy to travel with because he's big enough that half our traveling party's gear is nothing at all to him.

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[buckyouup.livejournal.com]

An' that big guy came from one of these wall-eyed bubble-blowers? [She looks down at Rainbow's ball in disbelief. No way can she be telling the truth.]

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[used-fireblast.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't count on scaring them off. I'm not sure they actually understand things like consequences. Or fear. Or going back into water instead of flopping around on land.

[Harry briefly had a Magikarp the last time he came to Johto. He's not sure the fish ever quite understood that it was no longer in the ocean.]

I think the entire species might be in-bred or something.

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[buckyouup.livejournal.com]

They're all about as smart as a bag a' hammers, I reckon.

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[used-fireblast.livejournal.com]

Either that or they're collectively playing dumb until they launch a campaign of vengeance for deep-sea tuna fishing or something.

...Not terribly likely, but given where we ARE...

[Video]

[usedwaterpulse]

You've probably already heard by now, but those guys actually get to be pretty tough when they level up enough, but... I think you start catching other water types the more you travel, if it helps.

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[buckyouup.livejournal.com]

Good to know. A friend of mine told me to look for a water type to fight the 'mean tree' pokey-mon so I can get to Ecruteak faster. But these fellers can't even fight the current.

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[usedwaterpulse]

[ Katara laughs a bit in agreement, but-- ] They're hard to train, at least I've heard. Naila was already evolved when I got her. I have some water types, if you're interested I could send you a Totodile, Eevee, or Squirtle egg when mine breed?

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[usedwaterpulse]

Actually... [ Looks thoughtful. ] You said Ecruteak? I'm heading that way. If you want I can help you get past it?

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[3-butterflies.livejournal.com]

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[buckyouup.livejournal.com]

Everything alright, sugarcube?

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[3-butterflies.livejournal.com]

[Video]

[isthedeadcat]

The fishing rods you can get in Cherrygrove are just below standard quality. A better rod would probably help.

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[buckyouup.livejournal.com]

These fish sure are picky then. Back home, I'd have no trouble catchin' fish with a stick an' some string. Guess I'll have to get me one of them fancy rods one of these days.

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[isthedeadcat]

It's just that better rods usually get to deeper waters, and that lets you catch the pokémon that live there.

It's mostly Magikarp in the shallow waters.

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[manlymanly.livejournal.com]

Hah! If you really want a better fish...

*DRAMATIC PAUSE FOR EFFECT*

... dive in there and wrestle it out!

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[buckyouup.livejournal.com]

Walkin' isn't exactly easy for me yet. I don't wanna try swimmin'.

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[manlymanly.livejournal.com]

With that attitude, of course you won't try swimming! You need to just jump in if you really want one.

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[partyofwin.livejournal.com]

You named it Rainbow Dash?

[SHE'S GOING TO MAKE IT A RAINBOW HAT!!]

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[buckyouup.livejournal.com]

Unless you can think of somepony more empty-headed than her...

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[partyofwin.livejournal.com]

[Pinkie bites her lip with a bit of a grin. She doesn't really agree with the idea of Rainbow being empty-headed, but the first thing to come to mind for another suggestion had actually been "Gilda".]

I'm sure it'll be a great pokémon!

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[halfatail.livejournal.com]

<sub>[Fish? ... FISH OH GODS FISH.]

[Toothless has long since learned (even if he hasn't entirely accepted it yet) that he can't eat the wild fish here... but ... BUT...!]

[So here, AJ. Have two GIANT GREEN EYES filling the screen.]

[Seeing a Magikarp flopping around is pretty much the best way to catch this dragon-turned-human's attention.]</sub>

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[strideways]

Trust me, they're a better investment than you think. Just gotta know how to train 'em.