"canary in the coal mine"
Yeah, really fits with her being a reclusive artist.
So I got invited by some high falutin society of trainers, and just learned that Taunie's MOTHER is dead, and the jacket Taunie wears belonged to her.
I mean...... maybe Jett is Taunie's grandma or something? Jett doesn't look too old, I'm guessing in her 50s.
Alright, time to make my debut into high society with my friend Malamar, I'm sure the elites will love him.
Apparently, canaries are a programming value used for buffer overflow protection, which is what the Electric connection is. And also canary = yellow.
The legend has returned.Okay, this section is shaping up to be GREAT!
Jacinthe is hilarious, I love her already. And funny all of you mention Canari because she's talking about getting revenge on me for humiliating her on stream TWICE, so I guess I'm going to have to embarrass her a THIRD time with my Krookadile.
On a less positive note, Taunie, you had a GREAT introduction, but YOU ARE BEING A MORON IN TWO SECTIONS IN A ROW ALREADY. I was excited to be part of high society, and you RUDELY drag me out without even asking what I wanted. Sure Rogue Mega Pokemon and all, but I wanted to be part of high society and humiliate Canari again. But I have to say, the bit where Jacinthe joined in the whole meeting had me in stitches.
Taunie, you are REALLY going to need a redeeming moment for your recent jackassery or I'm quitting Team MZ and joining the Rust Syndicate, at least they appreciate me!
"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"
nah, Taunie was justified on that one.
Which one, borrowing money from the French Yakuza to shoot a commercial(that she didn't even film BTW.), and NOT helping us when we needed to do jobs for the French Yakuza and letting all her friends worry about where she was, something Lida notes, OR leaving a party and disrespecting the host to go drag us to carry Team MZ against the Rogue Pokemon? Something Lida again lampshades.
Because after the events of the Rust Syndicate arc, I had half a mind to let Taunie deal with the Rogue Pokemon herself since she left us at the mercy of the Rust Syndicate to go play bodyguard to a rich CEO.
"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"I REALLY hope Taunie pulls through by the end of this game, because I really like her. I think the devs know what they are doing with her, because Lida is acting like the voice of reason here.
I enjoyed the bit where she's asking you if she's actually helping because she feels bad about me having to hard carry the team, and wants to know if she's easing that burden on us at the very least. Even Naveen is assuring me that he's got my back. Taunie feels like she's taking us for granted.
Also Jacinthe is really fun. I love how extra she is.
"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"guess who just caught a shiny Alpha Krokorok?
EDIT: false alarm, the Cros was shiny but not Alpha. I did end up with one with the normal coloration though
Edited by MorningStar1337 on Oct 19th 2025 at 2:31:31 AM
Krookadile is a VERY helpful mon, and I have him as an Alpha so he looks EXTRA intimidating.
Hmmmm....so far my team is a Malamar, Krookadile, Emboar, Gardevoir, Lopunny, and Chandelure with Gyarados, Absol, and a Camerupt in reserve.
Wonder what these choice of mons say about me.
that you are afraid of bugs, getting punched in the face, the dark, water and ghosts?
Edited by The-Azure-Star-Of-Orion on Oct 19th 2025 at 3:01:45 AM
After 10 year plus years I have the confidence to be here. My one and only Fate servent.Are we still stuck with a Mega ring or can we place our keystone elsewhere like the other mega trainers?
"May your heart be your guiding key"so far it seems like there is no alternatives to the ring.
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Hilariously, Bugs are consistently my team's weakness in most Pokemon Games.
But sheesh, I need more anti-water mons. My Lopunny knows Thunder punch and she HITS HARD.
But I'd REALLY prefer an Alolan Raichu in my team as opposed to regular Raichu.
"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"So I COULD challenge Jacinthe now, OR I could do those sidequests I missed, and finish some wild area entries I missed. I already have areas 1-10 finished.
Sorry Taunie, gotta wait for me.
......Wait are all the guests STILL in the hotel? That's hilarious, better keep them waiting then.
"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"If there's no other takeaway I'm getting from this conversation out of context, I'm seeing a good number of Krookodile praising going on right now. This pleases me greatly.
Self-professed Wild Card who thinks cynicism isn't so bad.As a Dark type enjoyer, having an Alpha Krookadile with me as I do violent crimes like teaching children about individual values, cleaning the streets, and beating up rich people, is a great way to get photos.
Seriously, my K. Rook utterly swept a certain streamer on her stream, truly his finest hour, until the next one.
"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"So going back about Taunie and the Rust Syndicate, yeah no, them roping Team MZ with her debt and saying they did this as a favor for her after helping them out makes'em the bad guys in this no matter what.
like it's one thing if she did this on her own volition but no after helping them out all they saw was another sucker to get money from then added us to get even more help, that's just scummy.
After 10 year plus years I have the confidence to be here. My one and only Fate servent.I'm at the point where a streamer fan helps you cheat at a quiz to reacha promotion match
these might be the most morally ambiguous pokemon protags yet
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My issue with Taunie in this case is that she didn’t ask anyone in the team before borrowing from the French Yakuza, we don’t even see or even hear about the video she filmed with the cash she got, and when the French Yakuza force us to work for them, she does jack shit to help us out in favor of protecting the rich CEO lady. This is something Lida even calls her out on, since she’s so busy helping strangers, she apparently doesn’t have time to help out her friends that she got into trouble.
Yeah this is where I started getting annoyed with her, but the shit with Jacinthe is just making things worse.
Really hope the devs know what they are doing with her because I really want to like her, and Lida’s comments are giving me hope that this is all deliberate on the writing side of things.
Edited by RedHunter543 on Oct 19th 2025 at 9:20:54 PM
"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"wow after people mistook Iono for a Vtuber we ended up with someone who comes as close as possible.
x3 it makes sense as Jett is her grandmother and it's implied that she was homeless/an orphan.
also she still as her own debts to pay as well as Corbeau just separated what she owns to us.
Edited by The-Azure-Star-Of-Orion on Oct 19th 2025 at 6:44:58 AM
After 10 year plus years I have the confidence to be here. My one and only Fate servent.

Okay, is it just me, or is Canari oddly named in the entire main series? While there is a fruit called "canary melon", the first thing that comes to mind with her name is the bird.
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