This would only be a good idea if you didn’t mind recreating There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly but with a house instead of the elderly.
In all seriousness, anonymous, never use wild pokémon to solve a domestic issue. Wild pokémon rarely understand house manners. Instead, consider catching one and training it to clean up insects. Just one should be sufficient.
I could have gone my entire life without imagining this, but yes.
To the first half of this ask, essentially, yes. Blissey eggs are simply giant eggs, and whatever you can do with ordinary chicken eggs, you can do with blissey eggs. However, most trainers prefer having their blissey use Softboiled and then serving the newly literally soft-boiled egg over freshly made, hot rice. This method “activates” the egg (in that the blissey imbues it with further healing properties) and slightly cooks it at the same time. Thus, it’s less work for the trainer and twice as potent as normal.
Although the above is the preferred method, non-activated eggs are also effective at curing sadness. In fact, a lot of trainers prefer cooking their egg to allowing their blissey to use Softboiled, as this provides more flexibility. (You can’t un-Softboiled an egg, so if you prefer your eggs any other way but soft-boiled, you’re out of luck if you use the above method.) However, it’s important to note that the more ingredients you add to a blissey egg, the more diluted its effects will be, so while pancakes made with blissey eggs are, from what I understand, both delicious and capable of making one happy, they won’t be as effective at lifting one’s spirits as blissey eggs sunny side up.
It could perhaps have something to do with the fact that beedrill eat cutiefly.
Contrary to popular belief, beedrill are not herbivores that feed off nectar or pollen. Rather, they’re carnivores that attack prey with the three stingers on its body, then drag the corpse off to their hives to feed themselves and their weedle hatchlings. While beedrill will generally attack and eat anything that’s both smaller than them and considered meat, they gravitate especially towards other bug-types pokémon. Cutiefly, being part-fairy, are a bit of a delicacy in particular.
In short, I would consider keeping your beedrill as far away from your friend’s cutiefly as possible.
Psychic abilities tend to be stronger when the psychic in question is in physical contact with a target. Thus, imagine putting your mouth on something, only to hear the last dying scream of a once-living entity.
That’s why psychics generally prefer vegetarian lifestyles. Or at least the ralts line does. Many other psychics tend to have less potent empathic abilities (or aren’t quite as concerned), so eating meat or the like is less of an issue with them.
Steelix. I’m just curious to know what would happen.
Edit: As expected, my editor has requested very politely for me to edit this answer.
First and foremost, anonymous, consult your cruise(’s website) first. Each cruise line has their own set of rules concerning what you may or may not bring aboard. Some ships have weight limits, others may have bans on certain types, and so forth. Thus, you may actually find yourself placing many of your team members in the storage system by default, simply because your cruise line may bar them from coming aboard.
That aside, though, it depends on which of the remaining members of your team wish to accompany you. While it’s true that some ice-types may encounter difficulties with the weather and some rock-types may not be comfortable out at sea, it’s also true that luxury cruise liners take this into account and have special rooms aboard their ships to accommodate such pokémon. So while certain members of your team may not be able to go with you on island tours, they may be just fine if left aboard the ship.
However, I will say this: from what I understand, some cruises are best enjoyed with pokémon that can use Dive, Surf, or both. These pokémon may go with you to any port you visit and could very well add to your experience, especially if you plan on scuba diving or snorkeling. Some tourists also prefer taking telepathic pokémon with them to foreign ports in order to facilitate communication, so that’s certainly an option as well. But of course, if any of your pokémon seem particularly excited at the prospect of exploring new places with you, those are the ones you should consider taking above all others.
Bon voyage, anonymous!
Provide him with a dust bath, not a water bath, anonymous. In the wild, lycanroc (and rockruff, for that matter) roll around in volcanic ash in order to clean themselves, and this can be simulated in domestic settings, either by spreading commercially sold pokémon dust in a manmade sand pit or by simply leaving a bare patch of dirt in your lawn, depending on whether or not you live in a dust-heavy environment. Either way, be sure to clean your lycanroc’s bathing area regularly by raking the used dust away and replacing it with new dust every few days.
It’s also highly recommended that you follow up your lycanroc’s dust bath with a thorough brushing to remove excess dust.
This may seem like it’s not enough, but really, a thorough dust bath clears oils and dirt off the fur, scrubs the skin beneath clean, and knocks off and suffocates parasites. It will actually be perfectly sufficient unless your lycanroc is too weak to bathe himself or too caked in dirt for a dust bath to be effective. In these cases, you may need to use a water bath as well, but be sure to keep your lycanroc’s rock collar as dry as possible. Moreover, it’s imperative to follow up with a dust bath anyway, either by allowing your lycanroc to administer one himself or by helping your lycanroc to roll in his dust pit. This will help draw out any moisture from his fur and allow his body to dry.
If he still wants to battle, you’ll need to work on his trust in you. Remind him that he doesn’t have to make any split-second decisions in a battle and that you and he are meant to work as a team in perfect sync. You may consider trying some team building exercises between yourself and your sylveon, perhaps by exercising with him or by performing two-person tasks with his help. The more you build up his trust in you, the less pressure he will (hopefully) feel on the battlefield.
If, however, he doesn’t want to battle at all, you may wish to consider having other pokémon fill the same role as he would and allowing him to operate within your team as a mentor to your battling pokémon, rather than a battle-ready pokémon himself. A number of pokémon can use fairy-type moves, for example, or moves that can cover the same types a fairy attack would cover. Granted, you would be hard-pressed to find a pokémon whose type combination functions the same way defensively as a fairy-type would, but on the other hand, part of being an excellent trainer is being creative about that.
Ultimately, it comes down to whether or not your sylveon wishes to continue battling. If yes, reassure him that he can rely on you. If no, then it’s best not to force him to battle, even if he would be a valuable member of your team.
Sometimes, excitement over the subject of evolution isn’t excitement over evolution itself but rather excitement towards an evolved form. Think of it like this. Many of us have heroes, people who are more advanced that we are in our respective fields. However, not all of us want to literally be those heroes. Rather, we all have our strengths and weaknesses, and sometimes, we embrace or prefer ourselves as we are. (For example, I may idolize Professor Oak as many researchers my age do, but none of us want to literally be him. I for one would not want to change anything about myself; I simply want to use this skills I already have or will develop on my own to be as great a researcher as he is.)
In much the same way, it’s very possible that your ivysaur doesn’t actually want to evolve. He may simply idolize venusaur (or even a specific venusaur) for their power. It may be worth it to try to communicate with him in order to see if this is the case, but if you still can’t quite understand him, try training him to use similar abilities to a typical venusaur. For example, try working on increasing the power of his Solar Beam (or work on teaching him that move) until it’s just as powerful as that of his evolved form. Teach him new, powerful techniques. Find things he may be able to do as an ivysaur that he wouldn’t as a venusaur (he’s smaller and lighter, for one) and incorporate that into his battle style. It is, in other words, all about helping him grow and fulfill his wish to be as excellent a battler as something most definitely stronger than he is so that, perhaps, he’ll feel as if he’s living up to his idol’s standards.
If, however, his behavior isn’t because he idolizes venusaur, it could simply be that he’s indecisive on the matter, but the extra training will give him time to settle on what he would like to do.
Best of luck to you and your ivysaur, anonymous!
Absolutely. Many trubbish line trainers prefer giving their trubbish citrus peels and sour berries, as the acidity will neutralize the bacteria causing their pokémon’s odor. You may wish to consider leaving out a plate or bowl full of these berries as well as orange or lemon peels for your friend to eat. Additionally giving him a baking soda bath (perhaps by leaving a tray of baking soda out) also works, especially if your friend smells more like vinegar or feet, rather than rotten food. If you can, be sure to put a lid on your garbage to prevent him from eating just anything, and try to encourage him to change his diet slightly. (Non-acidic fruits and vegetables, as well as all dairy products, may make his odor more powerful.)
If all else fails, some air fresheners and air freshening sprays are safe for pokémon such as trubbish and grimer, but be sure to read the label carefully before buying and using it on your friend. Also be sure that if you do use it, only spray it onto his skin; do not let him consume it. For this reason, this is more of a last resort if your town grows hostile to your trubbish friend; it’s a bit too risky to use unless you’ve exhausted all the other options listed above.
Best of luck, anonymous!
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