Featured: Ch. 35 - The Unnecessarily Surreal City - Pokémon Choice Quest 2

Chapter 7: To The Eastern Forest

Location: Nix City -> Palegrove Road

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"Here you go!" Says the clerk, handing out the goods you're looking for. Appropriately, you pay out a sum of money, put them inside your bag then walk to the main counter to pick up your Wailmer. Nurse Joy does the same, delivering a smile that Pokémon Trainers like you should feel free for using their service. You note her advice before leaving the Pokémon Center.

Once you're outside, you inhale the warm air, raising your head slightly afterwards. The clouds are there, the sun shines bright still, nothing seems to be out of place -- it's just the same old city you used to live in with signs of shoes and toes scattering about.

Since the path you're going for coincidentally leads you to go past there, you trek back to where you were hours ago. Walking while glancing to the side, your vision is locked onto the big apartment that housed you for years. What becomes of your room now will be introduced with a new occupant as time goes by, bidding an indirect parting wish to your departure. You do the same, by keeping that place in mind always, then turn to the road ahead.

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Greeted by the snow-covered spruces, you find yourself heading to the forest of the east. With nothing particularly interesting to be in view, you recall back about your Wailmer that has grown attached to you since the first, impromptu encounter. You realize that you haven't given it a nickname, yet you can't tell if your Wailmer is a he or a she. You give it a thought for a while, without hindering your pace. Figuring it out may not be of utmost importance since you just need a name that fits it the most.

Just across the road lies a river that flows gently. Weirdly enough, you don't catch any sight of a bridge or anything that can let you go across safely around you. You're confident that there's only one road the moment you entered the forest and have followed it since, though uncertainty gets to you with many possible way around that may be there and you could've wasted your time only to get back to the same spot.

In order to get to the other side, what will you do?

1. Build up some momentum, then jump!
2. Use your Wailmer to get across!
3. Try to look for a way around. Who knows you may run into something else?
4. Sit and use an imaginary fishing rod to catch an aquatic Pokémon.

Additionally, which nickname do you think fits the most?

• Cuddles
• Zale
• Calla
• Melissa
• Morian

Chapter 8: A Quick-Witted Solution

Location: Palegrove Road

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Being certain that there weren't any other roads besides the one you walked upon, you decide to make your way through the river. Although, your Wailmer lacks an ability that allows it to steadily stay afloat when a Trainer hop on its back, and turning it into a stepping stone is as risky as jumping from the riverbank.

Is there another way? You take out your Poké Ball and press the circular button, calling forth the Ball Whale Pokémon from its place, eventually saturating itself in its bluish color before landing softly on the grasslands at your left. Then, you climb on its back and hug it firmly. Thinking about it, the name just comes to you the moment you hug it, so you try to call it with what you got.

"Cuddles, use Bounce!"

Suddenly, you find yourself elevated upwards along as you hold tight on your Wailmer, who seems to acknowledge your command without questions asked. You can briefly feel the breeze of the air, see the white horizon of snow-covered trees and soon enough, the two of you makes another soft landing onto the other side. You get off from its back, albeit swaying, and decide to call your Wailmer 'Cuddles' from now on.

The next thing you do, is to advance with the road entrusted to you. You keep your pace and observe your surroundings, with Cuddles making a straight, broad trail following you. However, you happen to hear a faint growling within the thickets of bushes on your left, initially taking alert on what it might be. You could distinguish that the voice is coming from a canine-like Pokémon, and it appears that it's not the only one when they repeat, audibly.

As the voice impends nearer, what should you do?

1. Run as fast as you can. Cuddles may be strong, but it'll be overwhelmed in numbers.
2. Bring them here and confront them head on!
3. CAMOUFLAGE!
4. Inspect the bushes and identify the voice. It's possible that it's not always about danger.
5. Alternatively, use Bounce to see what comes below from above.