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A question for rotomblr. When you got your partners, how many of you got them from a lab as a set of three choices, from befriending a wild pokemon, or from a class with a partner pokemon included under tuition? And how many of you had troubles with your partner pokemon before making a connection? I've mentioned offhandedly, but part of my job is raising the starters you know and love so that they can be given to new trainers. Lately a new trend has been pokemon partners being assigned at private schools, and I'm wondering how many of you got yours when you started some classes, and how many of you had unorthodox partners!

Unsure if you jumped 40 years from my present or TO my present, but at least in my reality and time period, it's become a thing! With every young person and plenty of people in older generations wanting to start a pokemon journey, scheduling an appointment at a lab from a choice of three starters has become less and less of an option. There's not enough labs, and three pokemon for one person isn't always an option, either. Yes, the two non-chosen starters are put up for the next person, but it really wasn't sustainable if EVERYONE gets a starter that way. So some schools have started doing class assigned starters, where you are simply given a starter you either applied for in advance (i.e. filling out the form to be assigned a fuecoco instead of a charmander) or allowing yourself to be given one based no temperment (after a few weeks of school so the pokemon handlers can get to know you). It's still not as common as lab starters, and it tends to breed... superiority... and sometimes bad pokemon care... it's a work in progress system, but most things are.

Absolutely no problem! I'm always glad to talk to people with questions. also I don't trust self-driving cars unless it's got a rotom in it, as a base rule! Starters in my universe have been a free service for a while so long as you're registered as a trainer, but which starters you can choose from is a different can of orthworm. I'm not entirely sure how schools do it, but I assume if they have 6 sprigattito available and 7 students want one, they'll just send away for more from a research lab or reserve somewhere in Paldea. Previously as well people who were over the age of starting a "traditional" pokemon journey would go and wrestle themselves a goodra friend anyway, which predictably did not go well every time, and that's not to mention that traveling without a pokemon is dangerous in and of itself. So the more people who have starters in every region, the less people trying to catch pidgey in jackets and the less injured people AND pokemon in the process!

A question for rotomblr. When you got your partners, how many of you got them from a lab as a set of three choices, from befriending a wild pokemon, or from a class with a partner pokemon included under tuition? And how many of you had troubles with your partner pokemon before making a connection? I've mentioned offhandedly, but part of my job is raising the starters you know and love so that they can be given to new trainers. Lately a new trend has been pokemon partners being assigned at private schools, and I'm wondering how many of you got yours when you started some classes, and how many of you had unorthodox partners!

Unsure if you jumped 40 years from my present or TO my present, but at least in my reality and time period, it's become a thing! With every young person and plenty of people in older generations wanting to start a pokemon journey, scheduling an appointment at a lab from a choice of three starters has become less and less of an option. There's not enough labs, and three pokemon for one person isn't always an option, either. Yes, the two non-chosen starters are put up for the next person, but it really wasn't sustainable if EVERYONE gets a starter that way. So some schools have started doing class assigned starters, where you are simply given a starter you either applied for in advance (i.e. filling out the form to be assigned a fuecoco instead of a charmander) or allowing yourself to be given one based no temperment (after a few weeks of school so the pokemon handlers can get to know you). It's still not as common as lab starters, and it tends to breed... superiority... and sometimes bad pokemon care... it's a work in progress system, but most things are.

I've never heard of that!! I'd love to go sometime myself, when I get done with my current projects. Ghost pokemon are so hard to study, but they're so fascinating as well!

It could be a more "personal" disaster. Perhaps not a tsunami in the heart of Kalos, but it could be the buddings of a serial killer's reign or something equally dangerous but man-made. If she has somewhere she needs to go, let her pursue it! Follow her if you're worried about her, or maybe get a collar camera to keep tabs on what she intervenes in.

apologies for the late reply, she just about dragged me out the door a bit after making the post haha. it turned out the ‘disaster’ was actually a wild bisharp that got caught up in a mob after people thought it was trying to invade lumiose. poor thing had a chipped blade, definitely wasn’t leading any pawniards any time soon. i will look into getting your collar suggestion, though i’m not sure if she’d be particularly thrilled. thank you for the advice!

Not a problem!!! It might also work for a horn camera, or somewhere less obtrusive. Good luck, and I'm so glad it worked out!

It could be a more "personal" disaster. Perhaps not a tsunami in the heart of Kalos, but it could be the buddings of a serial killer's reign or something equally dangerous but man-made. If she has somewhere she needs to go, let her pursue it! Follow her if you're worried about her, or maybe get a collar camera to keep tabs on what she intervenes in.

Out of their depth is one word for it! Pokemon can also take advantage of their trainers, pushing inexperienced trainers into situations they're not ready for and getting both parties injured. I've just always found it interesting how focused Team Plasma is about the dangers of humans to pokemon, and they don't speak often on it the other way around. Thanks for answering!

Merlin's Missing...Where is He??? (Worried_Patrat_Emoji)

Merlin is your patrat, right? You mentioned seeing other patrats nearby where you were staying earlier. Perhaps he's visiting family!

my pokedex keeps glitching out... it keeps refusing to index new pokemon for some reason? :(

Is the new pokemon from your home region? If not, make sure you've got the correct additional pokedex on it! If you're from johto, for example, install the kanto data set into your app or device to document johto species when you go there.

Its from my region! its specifically when i get closer to veilstone when it starts glitching out, its honestly weird!

It could be? I'd get your dex or rotom phone looked at, or else ask around. If the network is out in an entire city, I think someone had better know to fix it, even if it's only yours.

my pokedex keeps glitching out... it keeps refusing to index new pokemon for some reason? :(

Is the new pokemon from your home region? If not, make sure you've got the correct additional pokedex on it! If you're from johto, for example, install the kanto data set into your app or device to document johto species when you go there.