Recently celebrated my birthday and had the thought of what each pkgo character would get me. This is very self-indulgent and not at all serious. Slightly NSFW in Arlo's part
Prof. Willow: probably a bag, I'm a backpack boy for the space it provides and compartments
Candela: weights. She will watch me use them as weapons against Arlo as I aim them at his frontal lobe
Blanche: they like books, I like books, they'd get me a set of bookmarks or a list of recommendations (probs abt evolutionary biology)
Spark: he'd be the type to get anyone a gift bag filled with sweets. I'm a savory girly but if you give me those sour watermelon candies I'm having a ball
Giovanni: a pipe bomb on my doorstep, what a king!
Arlo: uh. He uh. I should keep this sfw but tbh I'd climb up into that stupid fucking balloon and join the 600 meter high club OSHA guidelines be damned. That's his gift to me
Cliff: a bag of buttered popcorn jelly beans (my favorite flavor) and he'd watch me tear into it before saying something like "you eat like a larvitar"
Sierra: go girl give us nothing! She'd just say "happy birthday" and make fun of me for liking Arlo because I deserve it
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Spark's Dialogue from "An Instinctive Hero"
Taken from Pokeminers
My thoughts below the cut. There aren't many, but...
+RESOURCE ID: quest_special_dialogue_spark_may23_0_0 +TEXT: Hey! %PLAYERNAME%! No time to explain—take this Incubator and follow me, quick!
+ +RESOURCE ID: quest_special_dialogue_spark_may23_1_0 +TEXT: Phew! Appreciate the hustle, %PLAYERNAME%. Did you use that Incubator I gave you?
+ +RESOURCE ID: quest_special_dialogue_spark_may23_1_1 +TEXT: I bet you’re curious why we’re in a hurry.
+ +RESOURCE ID: quest_special_dialogue_spark_may23_1_2 +TEXT: It’s because Elekid ran off—right as I took my eyes off it to put an Egg in that Incubator! +
+RESOURCE ID: quest_special_dialogue_spark_may23_1_3 +TEXT: To be fair, this isn’t the first time my Elekid’s gotten a case of the zoomies. I think it just gets restless sometimes. And hey, chasing after it is a great way to get my daily steps in!
+ +RESOURCE ID: quest_special_dialogue_spark_may23_1_4 +TEXT: As for that Incubator, I had a feeling you’d be up for helping me track down Elekid and thought, “Why not hatch an Egg along the way?”
+ +RESOURCE ID: quest_special_dialogue_spark_may23_1_5 +TEXT: Professor Willow tells me you’re no stranger to hatching Pokémon. I’d love to hear all about your escapades, so c’mon, dish!
+ +RESOURCE ID: quest_special_dialogue_spark_may23_1_6 +TEXT: Actually, hold that thought—I think I see Elekid over thataway! After it, %PLAYERNAME%! We can chat on the way!
+ +RESOURCE ID: quest_special_dialogue_spark_may23_2_0 +TEXT: Wanna hear more about what I’ve been up to?
+ +RESOURCE ID: quest_special_dialogue_spark_may23_2_1 +TEXT: Okay, so, I had this wild idea that exposing Pokémon Eggs to different kinds of music might influence what interests they develop as they grow up.
+ +RESOURCE ID: quest_special_dialogue_spark_may23_2_2 +TEXT: No results yet, but I’ve been making a lotta playlists. Ooh, you should share some of your favorite tunes with me later!
+ +RESOURCE ID: quest_special_dialogue_spark_may23_2_3 +TEXT: I’m getting excited. Haha. Thinking about Pokémon always amps me up!
+ +RESOURCE ID: quest_special_dialogue_spark_may23_2_4 +TEXT: Like, how do they instinctively develop so many unique characteristics? And at the same time, they all have their own personalities!
+ +RESOURCE ID: quest_special_dialogue_spark_may23_2_5 +TEXT: For example, Elekid are known to rotate their arms to generate electricity, but they supposedly tire easily. And then there’s my Elekid, who’s always running off.
+ +RESOURCE ID: quest_special_dialogue_spark_may23_2_6 +TEXT: That’s what makes my buddy so charming, though! I wouldn’t have it any other way.
+ +RESOURCE ID: quest_special_dialogue_spark_may23_2_7 +TEXT: What’s your Buddy Pokémon like, %PLAYERNAME%? You should ask it to join us while we track down Elekid. I’m itching to see if your buddy’s personality is anything like yours!
+ +RESOURCE ID: quest_special_dialogue_spark_may23_3_0 +TEXT: A-HA! Elekid spotted dead ahead! And it looks like it’s tuckered itself out.
+ +RESOURCE ID: quest_special_dialogue_spark_may23_3_1 +TEXT: Our wild Pokémon chase is finally coming to an end.
+ +RESOURCE ID: quest_special_dialogue_spark_may23_3_2 +TEXT: Y’know, I bet things only went as smoothly as they did because you were here.
+ +RESOURCE ID: quest_special_dialogue_spark_may23_3_3 +TEXT: I didn’t even have to worry about Team GO Rocket trying to mess with us!
+ +RESOURCE ID: quest_special_dialogue_spark_may23_3_4 +TEXT: Come to think of it, they’ve been weirdly preoccupied lately... But hey, I’m not about to look a gift Horsea in the mouth. +
+RESOURCE ID: quest_special_dialogue_spark_may23_3_5 +TEXT: Enough about them, though. Thanks again for being my hero today, %PLAYERNAME%! I dunno how long it would’ve taken me to chase down Elekid without your help.
+ +RESOURCE ID: quest_special_dialogue_spark_may23_3_6 +TEXT: Well, I’ve got places to be and Eggs to hatch, but don’t be a stranger! Let’s chat again real soon!
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I don't have much to add due to the fact that the dialogue feels fast-paced despite being nothing but text, so the gameplay experience will be interesting. Kudos on the writers for channeling that.
But, fuck me sideways: Spark is one of those mixtape guys? I love it and I'm here for it.
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Professor Pecan! Spark's ancestor and Professor Laventon's counterpart~
I& watched a video about an actual professor ranking Pokémon professors (really good video honestly, gave a lot of inspiration haha) and she put Prof. Laventon in the lowest possible tier by himself, mainly because he's useless he calls the player "my child" as soon as he meets them and that's creepy and I& never really noticed it until now and... I& wanted to roll with that creepy and useless professor theme xD
Hopefully, Prof. Pecan's design isn't too on-the-nose? The joke is Spark continuously talks down this creepy old professor without realizing he's his ancestor (think of it like that ditto sidequest in Sun and Moon where something is heavily implied but not said outright. In this case, it's Prof. Pecan being Spark's ancestor)
...Actually, I& was going to draw smth else today (don't wanna spoil it lol) but i& needed a design for Prof. Pecan's/Prof. Willow's lab coat so i& decided to just design Spark's ancestor, but now Im& out of pencils...
Well, time for poptarts-! :D
Lme what you think of Professor Pecan ^-^!
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Just for fun, I put Willow and the GO Leaders into Dall-E 2 to see what it would make out of the box. This is what it got.
It's like those 90's video game cartoons where they take the concept and have no idea what the source material is about. Anyway, this is definetly the clear winner and probably what Willow will look like after he's saved from Ultra Space:
Honorable mention to his faithful sidekick, SPARNK
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