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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Agency by the Sea





Sandile
You haven't noticed?



Sandile
Nobody actually seemed sad about the rescue board being trashed.



Sandile
Everybody's putting on a brave face, but...



Sandile
I think, deep inside, they're afraid. Afraid that they will fail, and a Pokémon that could be saved won't be.



Sandile
It's silly, of course. There's an abundance of rescue teams and yesterday's missions were all low-stakes.



Sandile
If we failed any of them, we could have tried again or gave those missions to other rescue teams.



Sandile
But still... even before we became official, I felt like the team was one big failure away from totally collapsing.


Sandile relaxes in the sand in silence for a brief time.



Sandile
Do you remember anything at all from before we met you?










Rocky waves goodbye Shelgon and Salamence and finds Abra.



Abra
...I come from Cardinal Mountain...
...in service to you as commanded by Avalugg...



Abra
...the Master has requested your presence...
...when you are ready to go, speak to me again...










Ultima leaves Mew's stall and goes to Shuckle's.


Shuckle
Good morning! You must be with Team Remix!



Shuckle
A Pokémon left a gift for you just this morning. It was just the strangest thing.



Shuckle
When I got here before opening, there was a note under the counter with a little bit of on top.



Shuckle
I have it here somewhere... hang on...


Shuckle ducks under the counter and Ultima hears the sounds of frantic searching... as quickly as a Shuckle can.



Sunkern
Ultima! Ultima!


Ultima turns to see Sunkern frantically hopping his way.



Sunkern
Have you heard the news going around town? Two GOONS vandalized the board!



Sunkern
And one of them ate our berry stash! There was a pile of ash left where the berries were. It had to be them!



Sunkern
Anyway did you have a good day yesterday?





Locations: Town

Locations: Dungeons

Rescue Board

Accepted Rescue Missions

Recruited Pokémon

Exploration Prep







Musharna's Dream Dojo (Training Dungeons)



Pelipper Post Office (Rescue Mission Rewards and Special Requests)




Shops

Kecleon Brothers' shop
Technical Marvels
Salamence's Hoard
Chomp of Chance
Glorious Gold
The Berry Mill
Musharna's Dream Dojo
Move Mania
Meteorologica
Pelipper Post Office
Pokémon

Azurill
Turtwig & Aron
Noibat
Ambipom
Skrelp
Tranquill
Sunkern
Sandile
Shelgon & Salamence
Swanna
Abra




Rocky
Oh! I was wondering how we would get there. I'll return when the others are ready, thank you!


Rocky excuses herself and decides to continue her investigation by talking to Tranquil.

Ultima
Umm...



Ultima
...Could you slow down a bit please? I can't really understand everything at once...


Ultima takes a deep breath.


Ultima
First of all, what happened to your berry stash?



Ultima
If it was those Team Rude guys, well...



Ultima
...We have been trying to find their whereabouts, but haven't found anything conclusive yet...



Ultima
And umm... if you're wondering about yesterday...



Ultima
Sorry, but...



Ultima
...I don't want to talk about it.
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Sunkern
Oh, come on! You were all gone yesterday! You HAVE to have some good stories!
Ultima sighs.


Ultima
Look, a lot happened, but if you want to know that badly...



Ultima
Basically... we've went out on a few rescue missions after we became a full team...



Ultima
And for the others, it seemed fairly fine, but...



Ultima
...Our expedition didn't really go as smoothly...



Ultima
For one, once we arrived there, we had to deal with a... rather weird situation with a giant Dunsparce...



Ultima
But worse than that...



Ultima
Thanks to my carelessness, I... I...



Ultima
Sorry, but I don't think I want to talk anymore...
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Sunkern
Ah, ah...



Sunkern
Sorry, I wasn't trying to make you mad or anything.



Sunkern
I'll leave you alone.


Sunkern hops away.
Ultima tries to regain his composure, and wipes the tears off his eyes.


Ultima
*sigh*


Ultima then talks to Shuckle.


Ultima
Sorry about that... I'll just take the gift and move out of your way...
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Rocky talks to Tranquill.


Tranquill
Good morning to you.



Tranquill
Your team had a lot of Pokémon lined up to thank you last night.



Tranquill
It's nice to see someone doing so much good for the town.


Rocky
Oh, h-uh?


Rocky
(I guess that's right. All I've been able to think about is... Everything bad that's happened. Being afraid.)


Rocky
(Not wanting to let people down. Not knowing if I can trust any of these strangers. Not wanting to fight...)


Rocky
(All of my own insecurities and worries. Like nobody else really existed... And yet...)


Rocky
(Even the missions. Everything I've done so far... I've only done it because people were telling me to do it...)


Rocky
(Because I was too afraid to end up on my own with no memories or knowledge of the world I'm currently in...)


Rocky
(I had barely even realized I've been helping people. I've just been doing this because I thought I had to.)


Rocky
(To be honest though, even knowing people are happy because I helped them... Isn't making me happier...)


Rocky
(I broke down barely a few moments ago, and now I'm wandering around like nothing happened...)


Rocky
(Honestly, I don't know what I even want. I've been acting really weird the whole time.)


Rocky
(I wonder if I acted like this as a human, too... I know I can't have been happy, whatever my life was.)


Rocky
(Maybe I'm better off not remembering my life as a human. I wanted to believe I was a pokemon, after all.)


Rocky
(Whatever's eating me up inside, maybe I can just make a new start with these pokemon. I mean, after all,)


Rocky
(Everyone here has accepted me, and... Even if it's only a little, I guess I'm paying it back too.)


Rocky
(I just hope nothing like that Dunsparce incident happens again. Whatever it was felt... wrong.)


Rocky
(Either way, it's only been a couple of days. I clearly have a lot to learn about this world.)


Rocky
(And uh... Work out what I want and my place in it, I suppose. Even if that's uncomfortable to think about.)



... Rocky finishes her weird staring into the void after a simple good morning from Tranquill.


Rocky
Ah! Sorry. I spaced out a bit there. I guess I'm glad we could help people!


Rocky
Though most of the credit on the mission I was on goes to Tepig, Aron and Swinub.


Rocky
They got us out of a real jam. Even though Swinub was our escortee, heh.


Rocky
I should probably be thanking them too!

Tranquill
I suppose so!



Rocky
Say, I'm looking for leads on who vandalized the board. Did you see a Pawniard or Chimchar around recently?




Tranquill
Yes, actually!



Tranquill
While I was flying home last night, I saw a Chimchar walking down the beach, away from the town.



Tranquill
Ask Noctowl if you can find him. Sometimes he circles the beach when he goes out flying.



Tranquill
He may have seen one or both of the Pokémon you're looking for.











Shuckle
Hang on, hang on. I'm still looking...



Shuckle
Oh here it is. Here you go.


Shuckle gives Ultima an Oran Juice!



Shuckle
And here's the note.


Shuckle hands Ultima the note.



Shuckle
I haven't read it, not my business.



Shuckle
But they bought a berry juice along with it, so it must be from a Pokémon you've helped.



Shuckle
And you're not in my way. You just keep doing what you're doing.


Ultima leaves Shuckle to his business and walks away from the stall.

He opens the note.

Immediately he notices the writing as one of the kinds all over the vandalized rescue board.


To Team Rejects (HA!)

Stop me if you've heard this all before. Eleven Pokémon strut walk STRUT!! into town from a faraway village after "saving" a single little Sunkern from a cave he plays in all the time. They decide to start their own Rescuev team and suddenly they have the premier building in the square all to themselves?. Their first day of adventuring as a team and they already have a special request from a pokémon that didn't even need their help, their rescue team rank increases by two levels, and they already have a new "recruit".

Are you serious? I've had all the contrivances I can get. What are you gonna do next, meet a legendary or two three? You think I don't know a scam outfit when I see it? How does Treasure? Town even buy this garbage?

Do us all a favor and cut the act. Pack up your bags and go back to your forest. I don't know how you're doing it, but quit trying to fool everyone into thinking you're hotbig shots. One day you're gonna take a great big high profile rescue mission to keep up appearances and you'll fail cause you're not actually all that, and youre gonna destroy your reputation and the town's reputation.

   *snicker*      chimchar you can't just put *snicker* you look like an idiot

We're not cool with that. Until you stop this, that rescue board ain't ever gonna be back to normal. Got it?

Team Rude

P.S. They wouldn't let us register as Team Mean cause the name was already taken and we "didn't fit the requirements to be a rescue team." Jerks!

P.S.S Maybe you can work the berry fields!



Rocky
Oh, really?! That's fantastic help, thank you! I better go talk to Noctowl!


Noctowl's not in the town center so he's probably at the beach, right? Let's go and find him.

Ultima
(Wait, what?!)



Ultima
(...)



Ultima
(...)



Ultima
(...)



Ultima
*sigh*



Ultima
As if this couldn't get any worse...



Ultima
(...Should I tell the others about this...?)
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“Aye. I understand your concern. I know we’ll succeed though! What with you and the rest of us working together now... We just need to work hard...!”

...

“Well, I can’t say I remember anything about myself... But... I have this... feeling... I’m not sure how to describe it...”

“It’s as if I feel... bonded with you and the others. I don’t feel a stranger here, I feel... connected...”

“It’s as if I had a duty to protect the people here in this world.”