Colin's posts

@totalanimefan: One thing I would add in is the ability to 'short-cut' or 'force' a raid to start. Like if I'm solo-ing a 1-star raid, I want to be able to just start it without waiting the extra time.

And I realise that the timer is there for if in case someone else wants to join, or you're actively trawling for other members, or have invited them, or whatever. But how about making that an option for a private raiding group?

"Ah, yes!" Vincent responded.

"That's coming along QUITE smoothly." he told her. "I'm well on my way to having the proper credentials to doing so, and it should happen fairly soon in the future." he commented.

"I think it'll be an exciting challenge." he added.

Meanwhile, had gotten up from the couch, and looked over towards the closed door to the bedroom.

"..." he was silent, before making his way to it, and knocking on it. It was soft... barely audible... but he wanted to see if she was awake yet. But he didn't want to potentially disturb her.

He rolled his eyes.

"Claude needs to learn to lighten up." he grumbled.

"He's a stuffy old foof." he commented. "...and coming from ME, that's saying something." he added.

"And things are going well here. Quite well." he told her.

"I miss my more nomadic lifestyle, but there's something to be said for settling in and planting roots." he went on.

@totalanimefan: ....I would ABUSE any position of power I held at Niantic.

Like, seriously, any of my 'best friends' on my friend list that still gift me semi-regularly, or those I chat with outside of GO, would one day log in and see ALLLLLLL their Pokemon are now shiny!



...assuming I had the coding know-how, or had the power to have someone do that...

The man sighed.

"He has a good heart." he said.

"I'll have a chat with her tonight." he told her. "If anyone can free this woman from Vanessa's clutches, it's her mother." he then reasoned, shaking his head a little afterwards.

"On a... bit of a lighter note, have have you been?" he asked.

"Been a while since we've last seen each other."

He was silent upon hearing that, thinking on it.

"...I've heard that she has something put into her... subjects, as you say... that kills them if they ever succeed in running away." he commented. "If If this individual is not dead yet, she will be soon." he warned.

"Pretty sure it's been at least over a day." she responded.

"Then this is a remarkable individual." he commented.

"I will most certainly get ahold of Encrae's mother."

He paused when she made the request, almost stunned for a moment.

"...I admit, I wasn't quite expecting something along THOSE lines." he mumbled, shutting the door behind her.

"But... I WILL ask her." he said.

"Not sure what her answer will be, but I WILL ask her." he promised.

"I'll get ahold of her tonight." he said further, pausing again.

"And has someone escaped Vanessa?" he asked, sounding hopeful.

@totalanimefan: Ohhh no, not just you. The tasks really had me following my poke-radar to where ghosts were detected, or just blinding wandering about, hoping one would spawn.

The berries and throws and such are just slightly less annoying, as ghosts aren't needed for them, but MAN Niantic is really bulking out these steps. I mean, I get the number 49 reference for many of the tasks, but 40 ghosts? Seems excessive. Knock it down to 20, leave everything else untouched, and it's SO much better.

He paused for a moment, before nodding.

"Of course." he answered, stepping aside so she could enter.

"I admit, opening with that was... quite vague." he then said. "A friend of mine? Help? What sort of help?" he inquired. "That encompasses a LOT." he chuckled further.

"To be clear, I'm not saying 'no'... in fact, there's an extremely good chance the answer will be 'yes'... but what will I be saying 'yes' to?" he inquired.

"Also, would you care for some coffee?" he then offered her.

While she had been out, he had been busy. VERY busy.

One of the first things he had done was go back to where he'd heard the info about Vanessa in the first place, and filled the pertinent people in on what had happened. The altercation in the woods, how he'd found HER, and how she needed help. Badly. She needed a safe place to be. Even if that ended up being with him.

The other thing he'd done, was clean his apartment.

He had gotten rid of ALL the plastic bottles, stacked boxes in corners of the rooms, and had picked up all his strewn-about laundry, putting it in a (heaping) laundry basket, which he planned to take care of later.

When she woke up, he hadn't noticed, and was laying on the couch that he had claimed as his new bed.

"...think, Ash, think." he muttered.

"There has to be SOMEONE that can detox her of the junk that Vanessa put in her..."

"...on one hand, that's a relief, on the other, that's frightening." he responded.

"Then again... I do know about that sort of thing. Kinda." he admitted.

"A-Anyway, is there anything I can do for you right this moment?" he asked.

"Or do you just need to lay down for a bit?" he asked further.

"I'll do everything I can to also remove all traces of Vanessa from your system." he then promised her.

Ash almost fell backwards when he heard that.

"K-KILL!?" he exclaimed.

"Oh dear lord!" he said, sounding a little panicked now, to understate it.

"I'll... I'll try and get someone to help as quickly as possible, then!" he told her.

"How long!?" he asked hurriedly.

"Days? Hours? MINUTES!?"

@totalanimefan: The research has very few steps and tasks, but they're all fairly intensive. Like catching 40 ghosts several times over. Using 49 berries, making 49 nice throws, etc.

The individual tasks DO take longer to complete than most any other given task on a special research.

"...oh..." Ash muttered, before quickly closing the gap between them.

He put his hands on her shoulders, and helped her get through the mess of clothing, boxes, and plastic bottles he had strewn about.

"Sorry." he apologised.

"I... yeah, my place is a mess." he admitted.

"Not used to having people over." he went on.

"So yeah, sorry."