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[hoperaider]

[Well, Jake is currently on the road to Viridian City Violet City. He's currently resting somewhere off the road, and he looks a mite hassled.]

I've got two questions I'd like to pose at the moment. My first question is how do you feed a possessed candle when the Pokedex says that it feeds off of the life force of humans and Pokemon? Really, I'm all for survival and taking good care of your Pokemon and all that, but I'm not about to kill myself for it.

My sec--YEOWCH!

[That's about when he flails a little, sighs in exasperation, and holds up his hand. Dangling from it is a Totodile, who looks quite content to be chomping down on Jake's hand.]

How in frig's flipping sake do you get Totodiles to not bite you every time they leave the Pokeball?!

[He should've gone for the cat. But no, he wanted the cool blue alligator baby.]

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[ghostytrainer]

[Oh hey...a ghost related question. John totally has this. His own Litwick is sitting on his shoulder, peering at the screen.]

I let Chandel here feed off of wild pokemon. Or well...more like snack really. I watch her very carefully to make sure she doesn't actually completely drain anything or anybody. It helps though that ghosts don't seem to need to eat as often as other pokemon. At least mine don't. But yeah, always better to go for multiple food sources for ghosts. You'll find that most of them don't really eat "normal" food. As for the Totodile...

[Sigh.]

I would tell you if I knew, but I don't. My Umbreon likes to bite and I still haven't really gotten him to stop doing it completely.

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[hoperaider]

[Yes, impart upon him your wisdom, O John Egbert.]

How often would you feed a Litwick?

[Jake will share this sigh.]

Wonderful. I hope this isn't a trait that carries over into whatever it evolves into.

[With his luck so far? It probably will. Have fun having a Croconaw/Feraligatr chomping on you, Jake.]

[tentacletrainer]

I'm not positive on what you could do for your Litwick. Ghosts are John's department. As for that Totodile, however, have you had a chance to gather any berries yet?

[[She digs out a few examples from her bag, holding them up to the camera.]]

If you can discern which berry your toothy friend dislikes, you could purchase a spray bottle in the next town, make a sort of liquidy mash by crushing the berries and adding water to the mixture, and spray your hands with the mixture. Every time he bites, he'll get a lovely mouthful of that, which he will of course hate. That should quickly wane his biting habits.

At least to you in any case.

[[Pokemother of the year at your service.]]

[hoperaider]

[Rose is his Lord and Savior from now to forever. All hail Rose Lalonde!]

No, I didn't realize you could gather berries. What sorts are there? I could at least start picking some up on my way to Violet.

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[doitrockapella]

TOTODILES ARE THE
B I G
J A W
POKEMON

THEY LIKE TO BITE EVERYTHING THEY SEE !

SO MAYBE
IF YOUR TOTODILE CAN'T SEE YOU

IT WILL NOT KNOW WHERE TO BITE ?

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[hoperaider]

A fair point!
But then how will i train it?

[roemance]

I hawe one a' those and really I think you just need to be strict with it an' make sure it knows if it attacks you it's bein' gotten rid of or dumbed in the ocean or something.

Else if it still does it when it's as big as mine you're goin' to hawe problems.

[hoperaider]

I'd rather I didn't have to resort to threats of abandonment, especially after Cheria went through all the trouble to send me the egg in the first place.

How big does it get? [He's almost afraid to know the answer....]

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[idkmybffwaddles]

Maybe you should try tickling him!

[She'd tell him to punch it, but she already told someone to punch a giant spider, so she can't be giving two people the same advice for clearly different problems.]

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[hoperaider]

[He frowns at the grinning alligator thing.]

I don't know, its hide looks too tough for any tickling to take effect.

[Still, you never learn without trying! So, Jake tries tickling her belly. Surprisingly, it's very effective and he grins at Mabel.]

Well, that's one way to get her to let go! Thanks, Mabel!

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[iownahoofbeast]

I admit I do not possess any great experience with Ghost types, but my own Pokebeasts seem to have little trouble procuring their own sustenance in the wild. I would presume the same would hold true for the candle-spirit.

[He's not a fan of, say, people hunting animals, but animals hunting other animals? That's all fair game. Survival of the fittest and all that.]

As for the Totodile, it does not respect your STRONGNESS. You must prove yourself as its superior. ...Or it merely enjoys being insufferable. It appears to be a common trait among seadwellers.

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[hoperaider]

Perhaps you're right. It might be best if I let it fend for itself in regards to food, but I'd hate for it to get the wrong idea about my own Pokemon.

[Yeah, Jake's no stranger to that rule...stupid jungle island trying to kill him.]

I think it might be the latter. According to the Pokedex, Totodiles just love to bite things for some reason, and apparently they're very playful.

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[guardianjoker4]

[Have a giggling Amu!]

Maybe you should just give the Totodile a reward every time it doesn't bite you. Or get it a chew toy...

But I really don't know anything about possessed candles.... [they sound scary tbh]

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[hoperaider]

A chew toy sounds sensible. Do you know where I could get one?

That's alright. If I can solve at least one of my problems, I'd be pretty happy!

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[usedshooshpap]

You train it not to, dipshit.

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[hoperaider]

Train who to not do what?

[Who knew Karkat would find somebody arguably worse than John?]

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[brokenmemories]

I don't think murder is going to be necessary to satisfy your candle's hunger. Maybe berries?

[Misaki's face dropped to a frown when the word "totodile" was mentioned.]

You got a Totodile too? I don't know how to help there. Mine likes to gnaw on everything, especially my pair of heels. He hasn't bit me yet but he takes part in mischievous pranks with Kizu, those brats.

I always thought if you knew how to train a dog to not bite you, it might be the same thing though.

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[hoperaider]

I didn't think ghosts could eat berries. What with their being souls or whatever.

I've never had a pet before, so I'm afraid this is a very new experience for me. And I feel that a dog may be different from a baby alligator.

[licentious]

Well, I suppose you can try politely requesting them to stop. If not, then I suppose a reduction of privileges until the message is fully received shall do the trick. As for the question about life force consumption.... [ dramatic pause. Her head points down. ] Death isn't quite possible here.

[hoperaider]

I've tried being polite and I've tried being forceful. [He sighs.] This is the first time I've ever had anything like a pet before, so I'm sadly inexperienced about it all.

[Wait hold the phone--]

You mean to tell me that it's impossible to die here?

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[trailweblaze]

_{[Oh, you have one of those blue bitey monster things... Miguel doesn't have a good experience with those.]}

Maybe you could try punishing it when it bites and... reward it when it doesn't?

[video] Do you mind a little fourth walling? He won't say anything, but he'd probably have a moment.

[hoperaider]

I dunno. I'd rather I didn't have to discourage it from a potential attack against an enemy.

[8etterl8]

[Sniggering]

Maybe you should just wear a giant mitt on your hand all the time.

[hoperaider]

[rude vriska]

It's certainly cold enough for that, I think.

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[fairycircle]

You actually caught one of those ghosts? Why?

[fairycircle]

[And then that Totodile... chomps.] Wh-- No, don't bite! Totodile, that's bad! [FEELING SO GUILTY THAT THE POKEMON SHE GAVE HIM IS BITING NOW, AUUGUGHGGHH]