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You know, I never actually thought about that. Most of the fights seem to be based off absolutes rather than 'beating you up because i need cash for food'.

Presumably this is as... well, most of the Pokemon we fight are 'feral', their minds broken (to an extent) with regards to hostility against outsiders. At least that's what I recall a while ago whilst discussing the RP with Lugia. We do however have some characters that reoccur, i.e. Team Zan and their occasional genius.

In the end, this RP is based off a game where EXP is needed to progress without getting killed. Personality is usually side-tracked 'cause I assume we're just too lazy to do anything with the monsters, and see them more as fodder if anything.

Now, with regards to getting to places... I have raised the issue in the past. Thing is, we actually don't have that many fights; we don't expect the fights to take weeks at a time, to the point where this RP won't end for another year or so. They're supposed to be interruptions at least, but our posting schedule's been elongated. It takes a week just to do an action now, which is something I talked about in my earlier post and how I preferred to post more than once.
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But this is what my thoughts all boil down to; these are indeed interruptions. They're not really all that meaningful as far as I know and they mainly serve as a roadblock for something that could be more interesting. I actually slow down a lot when I write a post around these random encounters: I'm not going to pretend that I'm especially invested in or enthusiastic about this RP, but I still try to inject some character into my writing so that they're fun to write and hopefully read and respond to. I find it kind of difficult to do that when all that's going on is "Rebecca smacks some schmuck around" or "Rebecca buffs the party," especially as these actions are repeated and they start to wear out their welcome more and more. I guess I could just not try and get things done faster, but that's kind of a defeatist course of action.

But yeah, post is up.