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Sorry I have a couple of questions. 4 days ago I lost my rockruff’s pokeball in a busy shopping center (fortunately she was out of her pokeball at the time) and I’ve checked a few times and it hasn’t been handed to lost & found yet. Now I was wondering if pokeballs have some kind of tracking system in them and if so, how/where do I go to track it? I’d like this particlar pokeball back but if not possible is there a way I can “release” her without having the physical pokeball?

No need to apologize! You’ve actually asked a very excellent set of questions that can be answered in one go.

First, rest assured you’re not the first person who has ever lost a poké ball, nor are you the last. Sending young trainers out into the wilderness means lost poké balls are inevitable, especially when the leagues allow such things as battling over the ocean, in the sky, next to a volcano…

[[If you think Hoenn doesn’t make sense, Bill, just remember your territory has literal maelstroms. In the plural. —LH]]

Anyway, first, yes, poké balls have built-in tracking devices. Normally, this enables the storage system to keep track of your new catches and the leagues to monitor your safety. (Specifically for the latter, if it looks like a team has stopped in a dangerous location for too long, the league will contact authorities to check on their trainer and see if they all need to be rescued.)

For lost balls, though, it is indeed handy for tracking where they went.

From this point onward, you have a few options, most of which require a bit of, shall we say, finagling of storage system settings: 

1. Obtain the general location of your lost ball via the PC or your pokédex. If it’s in a spot that’s easy to reach, this is likely your most straightforward option. Just be warned that in some cases, especially indoors and in crowded areas, the GPS may drift or lag, so move quickly and consider using a pokémon with abilities well-suited for finding objects (such as Pickup) to help you.

2. If your rockruff had been in her poké ball at the time, you could trip the transference component to deposit her, thus transferring her to a known location (i.e., the storage system) for retrieval later. Unfortunately, she’s not, but for those curious, this is in fact an option (and a better one for those of you who drop your poké balls into the ocean—literally Lanette why does Hoenn allow that).

[[Plural. Maelstroms. Bill. —LH]]

3. If the first or second options aren’t feasible for you, you can use the release function, even if you haven’t deposited your rockruff and even if she isn’t anywhere near her poké ball. This will unlink her from her assigned ball and allow her to be recaptured. Trainers often use this option as a means of transferring pokémon to a new (often fancier or designer) poké ball, but it’s also handy in an emergency when you literally drop your pokémon’s poké ball into a volcano, hopefully while the pokémon is busy fighting Team Magma. (Honestly, Lanette, it’s no wonder you redesigned the storage system with so many useful features, given where your league lets its trainers go.)

[[At least I don’t sit on the board of the governing body for a league that lets its ten-year-old trainers enter the multiple labyrinthine cave systems inhabited by extremely powerful and dangerous legendary pokémon, some of which are surrounded by the obscenely powerful whirlpools for which they’re named, sir. —LH]]

Electrike and Manectric

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Electrike
The Lightning Pokémon
Type: Electric
Official Registration #: 309
Entry: This small, puppy-like pokémon stores static electricity in its fur, which it uses both as added defense and as a means to stimulate its leg muscles. Once its legs are charged, electrike is capable of reaching speeds faster than the human eye … making games of fetch between tamed specimens and humans particularly quick. Be warned, however—upon each successful fetch, electrike enjoys praise and belly rubs, the latter of which has led to an unfortunate number of electrocution incidents in electrike’s native region of Hoenn.

Manectric
The Discharge Pokémon
Type: Electric
Official Registration #: 310
Entry: The evolved form of electrike, by battle experience. In the wild, this dog-like pokémon is rare and frequently avoids humans, but it is not necessarily difficult to find. This is because its pointed main attracts lightning, which it collects in its fur and discharges constantly into the atmosphere around it. Unfortunately for manectric, such discharges lead to equally unfortunate consequences to both human and general surrounding alike, and more than one forest fire and electrocution have been attributed to this pokémon.

Mega Manectric
The Discharge Pokémon
Type: Electric
Official Registration #: 310+
Entry: The advanced form of manectric, via manectite. The fur on this mega evolved pokémon can store hundreds of thousands of volts of electricity. It is therefore not a spiky thunder doggo; please stop trying to pet it for youtube clicks.

Are there any service Pokemon you’d recommend for an autistic person with hyper-sensitive sight and sound issues?

This can sometimes come down to personal preference, anonymous, but there are a number of choices, each sorted by move.

For one, some people with hypersensitivity issues find that using moves like Feather Dance or Cotton Spore effective—the latter especially because it can be done in small doses to create makeshift earmuffs that are effective in filtering sound. To this end, members of the cottonee line are especially popular.

Additionally, others prefer using Teleport to transport themselves to a fixed, calming location. It’s also useful when the person in question is rendered unable to verbalize their need to leave; most pokémon with this move are psychic and thus able to sense their partner’s distress or hear their thoughts. While the abra line are most known for their ability to use Teleport, the ralts line tends to be more popular, especially given ralts’s empathic powers (and kadabra’s tendency to induce headaches).

Other people with hypersensitivity issues prefer using moves such as Wonder Room, which can—depending on the power of the user—be used to create a comforting space anywhere the user’s partner may be. (Some pokémon capable of using this method are trained to keep their spaces small and to custom-tailor each space to suit their partner’s needs. Such spaces can be anywhere from soundless rooms with opaque walls in calming colors to transparent boxes that merely filter sound.) Solosis tends to be popular for this, as it can double as a stim toy if necessary (no, this doesn’t hurt it), but for reasons I admit I’m not sure of, psyduck is just as popular. Apparently, its vacant stare is both hypnotizing and calming.

And then, of course, some people may only need a pokémon that can help them navigate overstimulation without moves. In this case, psychic pokémon are often the best, as they’re capable of helping their partners communicate their needs, and because many psychic-types train through meditation, they often are extremely patient and capable of guiding their humans through similar calming techniques long enough to help them find a safe, calming (physical) place. Medicham is especially popular for this.

So, in short, I suppose it depends on whether you want to filter stimulation, remove yourself from stimulation, or simply have a pokémon who’s calm and reassuring at all times, but there are quite a few options for you, should you need it. Of course, don’t forget to talk to your therapist (if you have one). They may offer suggestions that will fit your specific needs—possibly even suggestions that aren’t listed above.

Do people from different regions have different accents? What do they sound like?

Speaking from experience, yes, we do indeed, anonymous. I must admit it’s rather difficult to describe because there are so many possible accents in the world. Some regions even have multiple possible accents, depending on which part you’re talking about. For example, people from Goldenrod City don’t actually sound like people from Ecruteak City, and even fellow Kinjin may sound different, depending on which district you come from. As an example within an example, both Bebe and I are from the same city, but she comes from the newer Northeast Side, which is close enough to Violet City to experience a sort of blending of the two populations. By contrast, I come from a far older neighborhood in the southwest, which itself has a unique accent due to the high number of rather ambitious immigrants, many of whom have given Goldenrod its reputation as a melting pot and center of art, business, and modern culture. Consequently, my accent is commonly thought to be the typical Goldenrod accent, whereas Bebe’s is far lighter and more mixed with a Violet City accent.

Ultimately, the divisions of accents depends completely on regional and personal history as well as general culture. Specifically, although we all speak the same language, one of the reasons we all have different accents due to the fact that prior to the introduction of Common, our languages were extremely varied. English sounds different from Japanese, after all, so when both speakers made the transition to Common, one could still tell what a person’s original language had been. Additionally, accents can vary from people to people, even if the native language had been the same. For example, Kinjin once spoke Japanese, as did many other people in the Kanto and Johto areas, but they emphasize their vowels, leading to longer, softer-sounding words. This lines up with Goldenrod’s history as a center of commerce: it’s easier to do business if you speak slowly and soften your voice, as you come off as more personable than the stiff and quick-speaking people of Kanto. And of course, there is also the fact that Goldenrod was a major entry point for immigrants, which in turn contributes to how different it sounds compared to the dialects of Kanto and the rest of Johto (what with assimilation and all).

Of course, this overly simplifies linguistics, but these tend to be the primary reasons why we still have accents despite, well, the fact that the majority of us speak the same language.

As for what we sound like specifically, that I can’t answer because it would take far too long to detail every single accent possible. I suppose I can describe my own accent in comparison to my colleagues’ and leave it at that. In which case, yes, I speak a bit slower than the others, and my voice largely comes from the back of the throat, rather than the palate or the front. As a result, my vowels tend to sound longer, and it’s been noted that I have “trouble” pronouncing H and R and that any word wherein R is the predominant sound becomes muddled (although quite honestly, all of you should be able to figure out what I’m talking about from context).

Well, to be fair, you were talking about a charizard’s breath that one time. —LH

Why would I be talking about how far it breathes?! —Bill

I think I attract cutiefly! Whenever i go out cutiefly swarm to me and sometimes nestle in my hair, shoulders, and lap, especially when i sit or stand in one place for more than a few seconds. Why is this? they’re not attacking me or anything, just being friendly.

Are you sure you aren’t a fomantis, anonymous?

Bill. —LH

Edit: In all seriousness, it’s very likely that you smell appealing to them. Sometimes, even subtle, floral soaps can draw attention from cutiefly.

Or alternatively, you’re secretly an animated princess.

Bill. —LH

Who would win: a trillion Pyroar or the sun?

Below is the actual video call between the author and editor regarding this ask, as transcribed and posted by the editor’s sister, Brigette Hamilton.

BILL
This is a rather silly question.

LH
Indeed it is. I don’t think it’s worth our attention.

BILL
I agree. After all, there are so many variables involved here.

LH
That’s not why—

BILL
I mean, I admit I don’t know the mass of a trillion pyroar off the top of my head, but I’d imagine it’s not nearly enough to take out the sun by default.

LH
Honestly, Bill, there are far more important things to worry about than—

BILL
On the other hand, pyroar are fire-types and therefore have a resistance to the element, and perhaps a trillion pyroar can form a miniature star-like object that collapses into an equally miniature black hole. That might compensate for the insufficient mass of a group of pyroar otherwise.

LH
Bill, that doesn’t—

BILL
Come to think of it, hold on. Let’s think about this for a second. How much does each pyroar weigh? Should we just assume they’re all perfectly average weight? Also, would the nuclear fusion take place on the planet or off? We’ll need to add in the mass of each pyroar’s breathing apparatus if that’s the case. Now that I think about it, we should probably assume the fusion takes place off-planet, perhaps in the corona at the very closest. We can’t have the pyroar die before the battle begins; otherwise, the whole point is moot. What configuration are the pyroar in as they fly towards the sun? Is it a cube of pyroar, a sphere, or an amorphous cloud?

LH
Why are you like this?

Wait, Brigette posted this? Just how many people did you give my login credentials to, Lanette? —Bill

All of us. —Bebe

hey bill whats up? —Molayne

Pikachu? (Part II)

Togedemaru
The Roly-Poly Pokémon
Type: Electric/Steel
Official Registration #: 777
Entry: Contrary to popular belief, not a round, pointy pikachu. However, this pokémon’s pointy hairs are as just as sensitive to electricity as its mouse-like counterpart. Each hair is an individual lightning rod capable of collecting electricity from the atmosphere and of releasing this stored electricity upon contact. Likewise, when agitated, togedemaru can raise and stiffen these hairs, creating an additional, needle-like line of defense. It is, in other words, just slightly ill-advised to pick this pokémon up.

Mimikyu
The Disguise Pokémon
Type: Ghost/Fairy
Official Registration #: 778
Entry: Contrary to its own belief, not a cuter, more likable pikachu. In fact, as adorable as this pokémon’s pikachu costume is, the actual form of this creature is most definitely not a pikachu. DO NOT ENGAGE.