CH143 (757), Unexpected Reaction!

After explaining to Thor/Raichu how to switch back to his regular Raichu form, Tapu Koko told us that he was looking forward to seeing our future development before vanishing. Once he was gone, I went up to Thor and pat him on the head while congratulating him on receiving a blessing from Tapu Koko along with a boon from all 4 Tapu. I honestly preferred the regular Raichu over the Alolan one, but since Thor was able to switch between the two forms at will, I more than welcomed Thor's capability to do so. Either way, since I was curious about the blessing he received and his status in his alolan form, I asked Thor to switch back to the rounder Raichu. Once he had completed the switch, I took a look at his status sheet.

'Name: Thor

Species: Raichu 

Gender: Male

Age: 12+ years 

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Type: Electric, Psychic*

Potential: Light Aurora (10.54%)

Modifier: Blessed by Tapu Koko*'

I first saw the obvious change in Thor's typing with the addition of the psychic type before moving on to the modifier section. Being able to see a new addition there without any potential cost was always a blessing. Heh, see what I did there. Anyway, I opened up the description of "Blessed by Tapu Koko", and after skimming over the flavor text, I saw that the blessing gave Thor a 15% overall boost to his racial values/base stats. This increase pushed Raichu's racial level to the same level as that of Arcanine, making him a top-level species member. In fact, his number was a bit higher than that at 557 or 558 depending on whether one rounded up or down.

Interestingly enough, the blessing also granted him knowledge of a new move called Stoked Sparksurfer, which was an Alolan Raichu-exclusive Z-move in the games/canon. That was quite the surprise since Z-moves did not actually exist in this universe as far as I knew, though the Stoked Sparksurfer Thor learned was not a Z-move since he could perform it on his own without any external input, so no silly dance moves, trainer support, or Z-crystals. Even more important was that Thor was not limited to using the move in just his alolan form since he had his full psychic affinity and prowess during his normal form, which allowed Thor to perform the necessary tail-surfing even in his standard form.

Anyway, very happy with what I had read, I moved on to his abilities since I wanted to see which one got replaced by the Alolan Raichu exclusive one.

'Abilities: Surge Surfer*, Lightning Rod, Electric Surge'

Seeing Static replaced with Surge Surfer I could not help but smile, especially since Surge Surfer and Current Rider actually stacked, which meant that his base speed got tripled as long as Electric Surge was active. It could have been a 4 times increase but unfortunately, the boosts were additive and not multiplicative. Still, even then the boost was pretty impressive since it raised his "base" speed to 379, which made Thor a speed demon; One that had a base stat total of 810 in his alolan form while Electric Surge was active. Honestly, this was incredible and I dared anyone to call Raichu a middling species after seeing Thor. That he had to look a bit cutesy and cuddly in return was an acceptable trade.

'Talents: Current Rider, Tapu Switch*

Affinities: Electric, Psychic'

I naturally also took a look a the boon granted by the Tapu quartet even though we had seen what it did. The name was okay and was pretty straightforward if one knew the whole picture. The Tapu were the source of the talent, and the switch bit was what Thor did between his alolan and standard body/form. Moving on, the description did not contain anything new and simply mentioned that Thor could now switch between the standard Raichu and the Alolan Raichu on demand, though there was a special note that the talent was the result of a boon from all four Tapu, hinting that this talent could only be granted by the quartet in question.

I skipped the next two sections since I knew for sure that those would not have changed, but the type relation section was bound to have been affected by Thor's change to an Alolan Raichu.

'Immunity:

Electric

-

Resistance: 

Flying (Minor), Steel (Minor), Fighting (Minor)*, Psychic (Minor)*

-

Weaknesses: 

Ground (Minor), Bug (Minor)*, Ghost (Minor)*, Dark (Minor)*

-

Standardized:

Ground (in progress)'

As expected, there was quite a difference compared to before, and I was honestly not all that happy seeing three more weaknesses listed there, even if those were minor ones. The two new minor resistances were a poor consolation though the saying better than nothing was fitting here I guess. I knew that this change should be limited to Thor's alolan form, but I still asked Thor to change back to his regular form just to ease my mind. I saw that the type relation section returned to the near-empty state typical of a pure electric type that had Lightning Rod.

Anyway, after confirming Stoked Sparksurfer's presence in the move section, I shared all I saw with Thor and the others; Unsurprisingly, they were all in awe of the boost Thor gained in his alolan form while Electric Surge was active, and Thor lamented that it would have been awesome if that whole situation had been permanent, which had the others laugh. After having a little laugh, Mothra/Butterfree said that we should head inside Utopia since they wanted to share what just happened with the others, and I could see Thor perk up at that. He seemed pretty eager to show off his new power to switch forms. Since they wanted to do that I obliged and moved all of us to Utopia.

After we arrived at my place, something unexpected happened. I was surprised to see that Utopia's optimization process commenced and that it targeted Thor. Energy was being funneled into Thor, attracting the attention of the rest and startling Thor who suddenly felt energy being pushed into his body. As soon as I felt that, I opened up the log/record and I saw that Utopia was reacting to the leftover energy inside Thor. Utopia was once again demonstrating just how impressive it was by channeling the energy residue of the other 3 Tapu and merging it with the energy it funneled into Thor to upgrade the blessing granted by Tapu Koko; I'd say it was safe to assume that the upgraded blessing would be one "granted" by all 4 Tapu.

Honestly, if I was not worried that interrupting the process midway could result in Mew knew what, possibly even the loss of the blessing itself, I might have actually stopped the process because I had no doubt that Tapu Koko and its fellow Tapu would definitely notice the change as soon as Thor stepped outside of Utopia, or rather as long as one of them paid attention to our group while Thor was outside. I was not sure what I would say if they decided to show up to inquire just how the blessing granted by Koko had changed without any further input from them.

Hmm, it would probably be for the best if Thor stayed inside Utopia for the next few weeks or so before I let him accompany me again. That way I could say something along the lines of "It may have happened while Thor worked on mastering the switch". Anyway, the process ended and everyone, including Thor, turned to me, wanting to know what had just happened. I just shrugged and told them that Utopia decided to mess with Thor's blessing, which had Thor look simultaneously curious and nervous while the others chuckled before they all urged me to check his status sheet, which I promptly did since I was just as curious.

'Name: Thor

Species: Raichu 

Gender: Male

Age: 12+ years 

-

Type: Electric, Psychic

Potential: Light Aurora (10.54%)

Modifier: Tapu's Blessing*

Abilities: Static, Lightning Rod, Electric Surge

Talents: Current Rider, Tapu Switch

Affinities: Electric, Psychic'

I confirmed that the blessing had changed, and after reading through its description, I  verified that like, the title suggested, Thor's blessing was now one granted by all 4 Tapu. The "new" blessing provided Thor with a 25% boost instead of a 15% one, which was definitely welcome and made the possible headache I would have to face almost worth it. I was honestly hoping that they would just come to some conclusions on their own or simply write it off as our usual weirdness just like they collectively seemed to have done with the rising number of aurora potential Pokemon in our group.

Still, the second addition granted by the upgraded blessing was another knowledge pack, which allowed Thor to use another Z-move. This time Thor got to learn 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt, which was a Z-move exclusive to Cap Pikachu in the games. I was certainly not complaining about Thor gaining access to another overpowered electric move. In fact, I could incorporate this into the excuse I thought of earlier. I would say that Thor spent the week mastering his switch and that he suddenly got inspired after yet another switch, which resulted in him comprehending 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt. We could then speculate that the change in the blessing happened at that time.

Honestly, 10 million Volt Thunderbolt was a mouthful and a half, so maybe using something like Gigabolt would be better, but we could settle that later on. What I was more interested in was seeing if the bolts released by 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt were as colorful as in the games and the anime because if I was totally honest I would prefer it if that wasn't the case. Hence, I asked Thor to use the move toward the sky, and he eagerly followed the request. He charged the attack for a few seconds before releasing 5 large purely yellow streaks of lightning/electricity into the sky, much to my relief.

Pure yellow streaks were better than the rainbow-colored original, at least in my opinion that was the case. I did notice that Thor released 5 streaks instead of the 7 I remembered from the original, but that was most likely due to Thor's low mastery. Once he became proficient with the move that would probably increase, and I was sure that Thor's version would eventually even surpass the canon version. After trying out 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt, Thor also went ahead and tested Stoked Sparksurfer. This move frankly used to confuse me since it was labeled as a special move in the games even though it looked like the Raichu slammed/flew into the target and erupted before flying away; Looking at Thor perform the move that confusion did not vanish.

While Thor did not aim for a specific target, it still looked to me as if he was on a collision course, though I guess one could theoretically use the move as both a physical and special/energy move. If one slammed into the target before erupting/releasing all the charged electricity the move became a physical one, and if one simply erupted as one was passing by the Pokemon, it counted as a special move. That was honestly the only way I could make sense of the situation, so I decided to from now on take my assumption as a fact.

Either way, I gave Thor a thumbs up before telling him the unfortunate news that he would have to stay inside Utopia for a week or two or more for the excuse I had come up with. He seemed a bit disgruntled at that but understood my reasoning so he nodded in acceptance even if he was a bit reluctant while doing so. I told him he could work on his switching speed and his two new ultimate/trump card moves, and the reminder of the things he had gotten in return for his little "imprisonment" had him perk up again.

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This part is purely to display the various Thor's status screens in one piece and does not count toward the word count.

Post-Blessing (Alolan Shift):

'Name: Thor

Species: Raichu 

Gender: Male

Age: 12+ years 

-

Type: Electric, Psychic

Potential: Light Aurora (10.54%)

Modifier: Blessed by Tapu Koko*

Abilities: Surge Surfer, Lightning Rod, Electric Surge

Talents: Current Rider, Tapu Switch

Affinities: Electric, Psychic

-

Bond: Mikail (Deep)

Quirks: Slightly Mischievous

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Parameters:

Stage: Dark Gold Stage (Mid)

Vitality: E

Strength: D

Endurance: E

Agility: C

Energy Capacity: D

Energy Density: D

----

Immunity:

Electric

-

Resistance: 

Flying (Minor), Steel (Minor), Fighting (Minor), Psychic (Minor)

-

Weaknesses: 

Ground (Minor), Bug (Minor), Ghost (Minor), Dark (Minor)

-

Standardized:

Ground (in progress)'

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Post-Blessing (regular/Utopia Involvement):

'Name: Thor

Species: Raichu 

Gender: Male

Age: 12+ years 

-

Type: Electric

Potential: Light Aurora (10.54%)

Modifier: Tapu's Blessing

Abilities: Static, Lightning Rod, Electric Surge

Talents: Current Rider, Tapu Switch

Affinities: Electric, Psychic

-

Bond: Mikail (Deep)

Quirks: Slightly Mischievous

----

Parameters:

Stage: Dark Gold Stage (Mid)

Vitality: E

Strength: D

Endurance: E

Agility: C

Energy Capacity: D

Energy Density: D

----

Immunity:

Electric

-

Resistance: 

Flying (Minor), Steel (Minor)

-

Weaknesses: 

Ground (Minor)

-

Standardized:

Ground (in progress)

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Condition: Healthy, Exhilarated, Gladdened

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Masteries: 

Electric Energy Manipulation (Advanced)

Psychic Energy Manipulation (Proficient)

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Techniques: 

-

(Unofficial) Initial:

N/A

-

Novice:

Growl, Tail Whip, Stoked Sparksurfer, 10.000.000 Volt Thunderbolt

-

Beginner:

Feint, Rest, Safeguard 

-

Proficient: 

Thunder Wave, Swift, Nuzzle, Wild Charge, Spark, Dig, Brick Break, Protect, Surf, Rain Dance, Double Kick, Volt Step, Ion Tail (C), Slam, Teleport, Psychic, Thunder Fang, Light Screen, Magnet Rise

-

Advanced:

Electro Ball, Thunder Punch, Agility, Iron Tail, Discharge, Quick Attack, Thunder, Double Team

-

Mastered:

Thunder Shock, Volt Tackle, Thunderbolt, Electric Terrain

-

Combo/Custom:

Ion Tail (Proficient), Volt Step (Proficient)'

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