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[captainash]

Is there any way for a Pokémon to keep its current ability after evolving? Or a way to block abilities, somehow?
It doesn't even have to work during battles, just while we're at home.
Using Entrainment and Simple Beam didn't work before, so that's out.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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[tearsofademon]

Haven't heard of any items that do that, but if other abilities aren't out, know anybody with a Yamask?

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[captainash]

A Yamask? What do they have that can counter abilities?

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[tearsofademon]

An ability called Mummy. When it touches another Pokemon, it changes its ability to Mummy too.

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[captainash]

Really? How long does it last? Do you know if it works on every ability? Entrainment and Simple Beam both turned out to have a 'no Truant' clause, but if this one works...

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[tearsofademon]

Truant, huh. I don't know any Slakoths personally, so I don't know for sure, but my research at the Center hasn't said anything about it not working.

Outside of battle, it kind of varies, but it lasts a couple hours, most the time. Or until they go back in their ball, or wash themselves off.

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[captainash]

Even a couple of hours would be better than nothing. Snoozy really wants the power boost evolving would give her, but she's not looking forward to losing Vital Spirit. She hates procrastinating, the poor thing.

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[tearsofademon]

To each their own, I guess. I'd love an excuse to sleep all day...

If you do go for this, though, and you don't have a friend with one, if it were me, I'd try and adopt or catch, instead of hatching a Yamask from an egg.

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[captainash]

Why? Is there a problem with hatching Yamasks, beyond the extra time it would take? Two potential abilities, with a 50/50 chance?

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[tearsofademon]

To be blunt about it, they're the souls of dead humans, turned into Pokemon.

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[captainash]

Oh yeah, that. Are the wild ones more adjusted to their new state, or something like that?

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[tearsofademon]

It's not that, it's just... It sucks that it happened to them, you know? If it's already happened, might as well make the most of a bothersome situation, but to bring another one into the world on purpose just seems cruel.

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[captainash]

That doesn't stop them from breeding in the wilderness, does it? Besides, if reincarnating as a mask monster in an option here, I'm not sure the other ones are any better.

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[tearsofademon]

Does that make it right to deliberately breed them on purpose?

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[captainash]

Depends on whether or not the souls are unhappy with their new bodies, I guess.

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[tearsofademon]

Pretty sure they don't really get a choice in the matter.

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[captainash]

...This world sure is screwed up, sometimes.

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[tearsofademon]

No kidding.

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[captainash]

But if the locals and the Pokémon themselves don't mind, I guess there's not much we can do about it.

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[tearsofademon]

Maybe they can't see how screwed up it is because they've lived here their whole lives. They don't know anything else.

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[captainash]

Even then, there should be a few people who want to bring change to the world. Yet everyone seems so... content.

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[tearsofademon]

It could just be that they're used to what they've got, and changing it would be too much of a pain to bother with. Can't say I'd blame them.

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[captainash]

...Or maybe they tried, and it went badly enough to stave off other attempts.

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[tearsofademon]

That's possible.

Though if that's what happened, I'd hate to see the mess it caused.

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[captainash]

It would have to be something worse than anything we've seen over the last few years, to stop the locals. Not a pretty thought.

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[tearsofademon]

Definitely not.

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[captainash]

...But if it leads to a solution to our Truant problem, I won't dig in too deeply. For her sake.

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[tearsofademon]

Where are you? I could ask Marian if she'd be willing to go visit and see if it works, at least.

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[captainash]

I'm in Cerulean at the moment, but I'd be happy to travel if it helps.

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[tearsofademon]

That's a little far from Ecruteak, yeah...

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[captainash]

Do you know if there are any wild ones around Lavender?

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[tearsofademon]

Haven't been that way in years, so I couldn't say either way.

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[captainash]

Oh well, it won't hurt to take a look around there anyway. Thanks for the suggestion; if it works, you'll have earned yourself Snoozy's undying admiration.

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[tearsofademon]

Good luck.

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[captainash]

Yeah, I'll need a lot of it.