[Custom Feature Question] Variable to display a random Pokemon name?

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$game_variables[125]=rand(149)+1
pkmn=pbGetPokemon(125)
pbSet(126,pkmn.name)

I'm sure there's plenty of faulty logic in what I'm trying to figure out.

Basically I'm trying to work a system where a player can use a telescope, stores a random number in variable 125 (in this example, between 1-149, vanilla kanto dex), sets pkmn equal to whatever value 125 is equal to.
Then whatever pkmn is, get .name and store in variable 126.

Theoretically I want to call variable 126 in a game message to say something like,

Woah - you see a \v[126] off in the distance
"Woah - you see a Dragonite off in the distance".

In the future I would probably like to only select from a certain list of mon, probably through a var.shuffle, then send them off to that map for a fateful encounter with the respective pokemon, upon defeat/capture resetting the variables of the [mini-game].

Anyways for now I'm just trying to figure out why I can't pull pokemon names from a variable, I'm pretty much using the same code found in the example where an npc tells you what pokemon is in your party. I just replaced the variables 1 and 2 with my own (125 - where the pokemon id is stored and 126 - where i want to store the name).

pkmn=pbGetPokemon(125)
pbSet(126,pkmn.name)

 

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Just bumping post - thanks to anybody who can help 😜🖤​