Feel The Ground Shake (Pokemon - Ground-type specialist)

Arkon · 2026-06-15T07:55:16+0100

LordVishnu said:
Titanic purple limbs. Thick carapace plating over nearly every inch of its body. A monstrous 'SKREEE-!' as the second King announces its presence to the world.

ThunderBasilisk · 2026-06-15T08:00:27+0100

Hot damn glad this is back! And man I forgot just how bad this timeline was. Magma truly is a monster of an organization to do shit like this(but we already knew that) and make their drug able to persist through an evolution. Honestly I bet the drug becomes permanent if it does. And damn that was a very impressive training Arc with those gains. Cant wait to see the rest of the team show off.

LordVishnu said:
Everyone, make your 'Kong vs. Gojira' jokes now if you would.

There won't be an opportunity to later.

I'm calling it now that Grundy gave the raging monkey the signature Kiss of Death and fired a Hyper Beam down it's throat.

Chrisleech · 2026-06-15T08:17:06+0100

So he didn't find a good enough Trapinch while he was in the desert?

LordVishnu · 2026-06-15T08:30:37+0100

Zerak said:
A letter or a sub rank?

So is it A now or is it S? I asume A.

From A minus to A regular.

zharshoul said:
Should we imagine Karn's internal dialogue like an elcor from mass effect?

Never played any of the Mass Effect titles, so I couldn't tell ya. I'd have to Google what an Elcor is.

Chrisleech said:
So he didn't find a good enough Trapinch while he was in the desert?

Flygon fans never getting what they want is basically a rule these days.

Aetra · 2026-06-15T09:14:01+0100

In a proper 1v1, Grundy would have gotten placed on a shirt

Edit:

LordVishnu said:
Flygon fans never getting what they want is basically a rule these days.

Flygon fans curse the day Garchomp was released

Zabione · 2026-06-15T10:02:59+0100

Didn't realize Grundy was so strong that he 3v1s the next three strongest for training, that is kinda crazy. I didn't think the individual gaps between Ma-Ma, Simon, and Karn to Grundy was that big.

Jambory · 2026-06-15T11:42:00+0100

LordVishnu said:
"⠠⠗⠑⠃⠥⠅⠬⠀⠠⠌⠁⠞⠑⠰⠞⠒⠀⠠⠊⠀⠹⠔⠅⠀⠞⠄⠎⠀⠋⠜⠀⠢⠳⠣⠲"

",rebuk+ ,/ate;t3 ,i ?9k t's f> 5|<4"

Oh boy, here we go!!!

LordVishnu said:
"⠠⠒⠉⠻⠝⠫⠀⠠⠺⠜⠝⠬⠒⠀⠠⠮⠀⠿⠑⠌⠀⠅⠬⠀⠊⠎⠀⠁⠃⠀⠖⠡⠜⠛⠑⠲" Karn beeps and whirs, his language now halfway understandable to me. "⠠⠎⠕⠗⠗⠪⠰⠇⠀⠠⠗⠑⠍⠜⠅⠒⠀⠠⠊⠀⠋⠑⠜⠀⠮⠀⠑⠭⠞⠢⠙⠫⠀⠁⠃⠥⠎⠑⠀⠓⠁⠎⠀⠍⠁⠙⠑⠀⠭⠎⠀⠍⠔⠙⠀⠥⠝⠗⠂⠡⠁⠼⠲" He continues with a depressed hum.

",3c}n$ ,w>n+3 ,! =e/ k+ is ab 6*>ge4" Karn beeps and whirs, his language now halfway understandable to me.
",sorr{;l ,rem>k3 ,i fe> ! ext5d$ abuse has made xs m9d unr1*a#4" He continues with a depressed hum.

Ah, I see. So he's too far gone, which is why Brad's gotta put it out of his misery. "Yeah, no, I'm already dealing with one Pokemon with severe trauma, there's no way I can deal with another. Time to die."

LordVishnu said:
-Negative Trait Obtained: A bit more vulnerable to Ice, Grass, and Water aligned aura.

Ohhhh, sounds like Lorelei's gonna have a lot more sway over him in the future than before...

LordVishnu · 2026-06-15T11:48:22+0100

Jambory said:
",3c}n$ ,w>n+3 ,! =e/ k+ is ab 6*>ge4" Karn beeps and whirs, his language now halfway understandable to me.
",sorr{;l ,rem>k3 ,i fe> ! ext5d$ abuse has made xs m9d unr1*a#4"

Is this gobbledegook what you're getting when you run the Braille through a translator?

That's peculiar. When I use this site it comes out as plain English.

ABC Braille

Translate Braille Image to Text, supports UEB Grade 2 and other languages. Tools for UEB Contraction lookup, Braille to Text and Text to Braille conversions.

abcbraille.com

darknessfalls · 2026-06-15T11:55:28+0100

I kinda forgot what happened with Quagsire and Bradley's friends. Quagsire somehow made Amnesia into super-amnesia and ???

Jambory · 2026-06-15T11:58:38+0100

LordVishnu said:
Is this gobbledegook what you're getting when you run the Braille through a translator?

That's peculiar. When I use this site it comes out as plain English.

ABC Braille

Translate Braille Image to Text, supports UEB Grade 2 and other languages. Tools for UEB Contraction lookup, Braille to Text and Text to Braille conversions.

abcbraille.com

Ah. I've been using BrailleTranslator.org, and thought the results were accurate. I was under the impression that it was supposed to reflect the idea that Karn's speech is ultimately indecipherable, that even if you could understand what he's saying, you would only be able to parse the gist of what he's saying rather than anything specific (like how Brad himself was only able to just barely glean what Karn meant from context clues). My bad.

On another note, this is a really fitting turn of events. Brad went from losing a match to a Pokemon Ranger because he'd lost control of Grundy, to now saving the lives of multiple Pokemon Rangers with Grundy against another out of control Alpha Pokemon. Fun times.

LordVishnu · 2026-06-15T12:00:04+0100

darknessfalls said:
I kinda forgot what happened with Quagsire and Bradley's friends. Quagsire somehow made Amnesia into super-amnesia and ???

The last section of Chapter 21 has the final bit of that backstory if you want to go refresh.

darknessfalls · 2026-06-15T12:15:03+0100

LordVishnu said:
The last section of Chapter 21 has the final bit of that backstory if you want to go refresh.

Thanks

Simplexity · 2026-06-15T12:27:14+0100

Fun fun times! Super glad it's back! Ground type specialist for the win!

Sad that he couldn't find a Trapinch but Qué Será, Será
I'm mostly excited for Junior!!! Like Simon is the protagonist obviously while Grundy is clearly the edgy rival character but I'd like to think that Jr is shaping up to being the reliable "actual" best friend character that backs up the protagonist in those fights where the rival is off honing his edge and thus is unavailable to join the fight.

Yes I also have anime roles for the other members of the team.

rick1497 · 2026-06-15T13:07:40+0100

zharshoul said:
Should we imagine Karn's internal dialogue like an elcor from mass effect?

Elcor start their sentences with the emotion they're conveying. This is starting with the type of sentence instead. So really, it's more like HK-47. Still, similar speech patterns from creatures made by the same company, so it's still a good guess.

LinkedTortoise · 2026-06-15T13:36:31+0100

On the positive side, the Rangers live and Magma is not coming back outside while there is an Alpha Nidoking there.

Chrisleech · 2026-06-15T14:39:20+0100

darknessfalls said:
I kinda forgot what happened with Quagsire and Bradley's friends. Quagsire somehow made Amnesia into super-amnesia and ???

Quagsire made Amnesia both much more powerful, and permanent. So it forgot its self limiters. It forgot who its trainer is. And it forgot how not to kill with its attacks.

Greatazuredragon · 2026-06-15T17:33:31+0100

Simon is the Protag confirmed.

MasMaud · 2026-06-15T17:37:55+0100

LordVishnu said:
To take a blast from one of the Legendary Giants like it was nothing?

Aren't the Regis actually kind of weak, especially for legends?

NightmareWarden · 2026-06-15T17:47:56+0100

Unique move for K. Rool? Huh.

Feel The Ground Shake (Pokemon - Ground-type specialist)

Arkon

Well Worn Bastion

Experienced.

I trust you know where the happy button is?

Just casually sitting

Getting out there.

Getting sticky.

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Versed in the lewd.

Getting sticky.

I trust you know where the happy button is?

Versed in the lewd.

Versed in the lewd.

Well worn.

Not too sore, are you?

Experienced.

Connoisseur.

I trust you know where the happy button is?

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