Reminder for future chapters
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dmxratedFrom the current draft of Ellen's next chapter:
"Alright, Rattata, let's have a look at you," said Ellen, flipping Rattata's ball open and ejecting the fainted Pokemon onto the ground.
She knelt down and applied what was left of her last Potion to her, but while her wounds healed up a bit, she still remained comatose.
"Dammit. Now I have to walk all the way back. And I only fought a few battles so far."
"Have you tried storing your Pokemon into a PC Box?"
"PC Box?"
"You have a Pokedex, right?"
"Yeah, what about it?"
"Isn't there a button you can press to send your Pokemon away?"
She drew out her Pokedex, and had no trouble locating the feature inside. Her three Pokemon appeared on the screen, each accompanied by a bar. Bulbasaur and Beedrill's were full, while Rattata's was empty. She selected Rattata, and then to have her sent back.
"Gee, Uxie, you could've suggested that instead before we left Viridian," said Ellen.
"It is only storage, nothing more, as was the process I performed on you yesterday at its most efficient. Treatment is still your responsibility as a Pokemon Trainer. That is why Pokemon Centers still have PCs through which to transfer Pokemon. Besides which, I believe he's assuming you have more Pokemon than on your person and need to switch out."
"So why not just send them through a Pokemon Center first?"
"That will change over time, but at the current state of technology, to do that would really put a strain on the Pokemon Center system. Each Pokemon Center already has enough work for its employees from in-person service alone. What actually goes on when your Pokemon are healed is not something some layperson can even begin to understand. That Pokedex feature should only substitute whenever you're in a pinch, if you've used up all of your healing supplies and there is no Pokemon Center nearby."
"Well, guess I better catch some more Pokemon."
"I hate to say it, but perhaps that would be efficient before you return. Provided you don't actually use your freshly caught Pokemon to battle with."
To try to fit this into the outline would just feel awkward at this point, given how rarely I look at that anymore, and Jake is free to critique it if he would like to when he gets back to me.
To start with, that Pokedex feature originated in the anime episode Mystery at the Lighthouse, even though it was never used again (instead of Ash having to video-call Professor Oak). I implemented it so as to allow my protagonists more access than in the games to all their different Pokemon that they'll collect throughout the story. (This is also inversely true with TMs, which can be used anywhere canonically but, being disks, will require a computer in my story.)
I'm glad I didn't get any further with anyone else so far. The reason I set this all up is because it wouldn't seem logical for Uxie to tell Ellen that he didn't know of alternatives to having her Rattata healed up at a Pokemon Center beforehand, or that it slipped his mind, when he should know as the bringer of knowledge.
This also lines up with technology standards of the '90s*, when Pokemon weren't healed upon entering a PC Box. While Pokemon Sun and Moon allow players to return a Pokemon of their choice already in their party instead of a newly captured Pokemon to be sent back to Molayne's PC, in this story, Trainers will automatically lose whichever of their Pokemon is in the best condition, to be specified by their Pokedex, in order to heal any wounds their other Pokemon had inflicted upon their new one. This is a pretty good reason to try to stop just short of actually KO'ing a Pokemon, in order save expensive Revives for emergencies and stick with Potions, and that would make non-standard PokeBalls a lot more useful when regular balls don't have a sealed chance to work. (Whenever Ellen captures her seventh Pokemon, Uxie will remind her of what he had already explained beforehand, about Pokemon Centers, which is part of the reason Trainers can only carry six (contained) Pokemon on their person, which in turn is part of the reason Uxie had earlier refused to enter a ball (also to prevent her from storing him inside a PC Box to avoid something obvious).)
(*I recently moved the story's beginning date to February 27, 1996, the day Pokemon was born as a franchise, so that the Pal Park event can coincide with the July 7, the Japanese holiday Tanabata, in case any of the mains win the Crown to summon Jirachi with. Pokemon League tournaments are held every two months, just like sumo in real life.)
"Alright, Rattata, let's have a look at you," said Ellen, flipping Rattata's ball open and ejecting the fainted Pokemon onto the ground.
She knelt down and applied what was left of her last Potion to her, but while her wounds healed up a bit, she still remained comatose.
"Dammit. Now I have to walk all the way back. And I only fought a few battles so far."
"Have you tried storing your Pokemon into a PC Box?"
"PC Box?"
"You have a Pokedex, right?"
"Yeah, what about it?"
"Isn't there a button you can press to send your Pokemon away?"
She drew out her Pokedex, and had no trouble locating the feature inside. Her three Pokemon appeared on the screen, each accompanied by a bar. Bulbasaur and Beedrill's were full, while Rattata's was empty. She selected Rattata, and then to have her sent back.
"Gee, Uxie, you could've suggested that instead before we left Viridian," said Ellen.
"It is only storage, nothing more, as was the process I performed on you yesterday at its most efficient. Treatment is still your responsibility as a Pokemon Trainer. That is why Pokemon Centers still have PCs through which to transfer Pokemon. Besides which, I believe he's assuming you have more Pokemon than on your person and need to switch out."
"So why not just send them through a Pokemon Center first?"
"That will change over time, but at the current state of technology, to do that would really put a strain on the Pokemon Center system. Each Pokemon Center already has enough work for its employees from in-person service alone. What actually goes on when your Pokemon are healed is not something some layperson can even begin to understand. That Pokedex feature should only substitute whenever you're in a pinch, if you've used up all of your healing supplies and there is no Pokemon Center nearby."
"Well, guess I better catch some more Pokemon."
"I hate to say it, but perhaps that would be efficient before you return. Provided you don't actually use your freshly caught Pokemon to battle with."
To try to fit this into the outline would just feel awkward at this point, given how rarely I look at that anymore, and Jake is free to critique it if he would like to when he gets back to me.
To start with, that Pokedex feature originated in the anime episode Mystery at the Lighthouse, even though it was never used again (instead of Ash having to video-call Professor Oak). I implemented it so as to allow my protagonists more access than in the games to all their different Pokemon that they'll collect throughout the story. (This is also inversely true with TMs, which can be used anywhere canonically but, being disks, will require a computer in my story.)
I'm glad I didn't get any further with anyone else so far. The reason I set this all up is because it wouldn't seem logical for Uxie to tell Ellen that he didn't know of alternatives to having her Rattata healed up at a Pokemon Center beforehand, or that it slipped his mind, when he should know as the bringer of knowledge.
This also lines up with technology standards of the '90s*, when Pokemon weren't healed upon entering a PC Box. While Pokemon Sun and Moon allow players to return a Pokemon of their choice already in their party instead of a newly captured Pokemon to be sent back to Molayne's PC, in this story, Trainers will automatically lose whichever of their Pokemon is in the best condition, to be specified by their Pokedex, in order to heal any wounds their other Pokemon had inflicted upon their new one. This is a pretty good reason to try to stop just short of actually KO'ing a Pokemon, in order save expensive Revives for emergencies and stick with Potions, and that would make non-standard PokeBalls a lot more useful when regular balls don't have a sealed chance to work. (Whenever Ellen captures her seventh Pokemon, Uxie will remind her of what he had already explained beforehand, about Pokemon Centers, which is part of the reason Trainers can only carry six (contained) Pokemon on their person, which in turn is part of the reason Uxie had earlier refused to enter a ball (also to prevent her from storing him inside a PC Box to avoid something obvious).)
(*I recently moved the story's beginning date to February 27, 1996, the day Pokemon was born as a franchise, so that the Pal Park event can coincide with the July 7, the Japanese holiday Tanabata, in case any of the mains win the Crown to summon Jirachi with. Pokemon League tournaments are held every two months, just like sumo in real life.)