Number: # 022 Simipour

Type: Water

Species:

Gender: 87.5% Male – 12.5% Male

Japanese Name: Hiyakkie

Description: Simipour is simply a stronger and more competent version of Panpour. It retains its personality from its previous form; unlike the other two elemental monkeys. Upon evolution in the wild, Simipour choose one of two lifestyles and stick with it until death, or capture. In one they take a reserved lifestyle and spend their time supervising colonies of Panpour from a distance, not interfering with their lives unless they are in dire need of help. They are seen as the wisest members of the colonies, and the young Panpour sometimes ask them for advice, or battle them if they wish to prove themselves capable.

The other form of living is the way of the wanderer. They leave behind their life within the colony and go off on their own, moving across the world. As they travel to different locations, they stop to build hovels hidden away from prying human eyes. From these secret hovels they observe all the wild Pokémon living peacefully, ready to step in to defend any human or Pokémon in need of help. They can be seen in almost any environment, but they steer very clear of extremely hot or cold biomes. They are most commonly seen in humid or damp environments, such as swamps, marshes and rainy moors.

They store large volumes of water in their head and tail, filling up stretchy sacs, with this water they can trek for days without having to stop. It is also purified internally, the result being very clean and healthy water with medicinal properties ever better than an unevolved Panpour's. Simipour have extensive knowledge on the art of medicine, so with this water and other herbs and berries gathered they can tend to and heal any wound. Due to these traits, Simipour are often compared to Audino, another well-known natural medic.

Since Panpour can only evolve into a Simipour via contact with a Water Stone, evolutions are a very rare thing in the wild. Due to this, Simipour hold evolution in high regard and have special rituals to bestow any found Water Stones to respectable Panpour in the community.

Personality: They keep the major traits of their personality as a Panpour, but have a few more to add on as well. They no longer leap about and play childishly as they once used to, and instead focus on assisting others and gaining wisdom for themselves. This doesn't mean they aren't kind anymore, no, no. Simipour are indeed one of the kindest species of Pokémon, as made evident by their abundant desire to help others.

Cheerful and optimistic are the first two words that come to mind when discussing Simipour, and they always smile warmly and hope for a better future, no matter how far away that future might be. Because of this wonderful personality, an organisation that aids the depressed has started pairing badly afflicted people up with Simipour, with the knowledge that if anyone can help those gloomy people, Simipour can.

Unlike Simisage and Simisear, it is actually suggested to catch a wild Simipour; this is because they are friendly, helpful and easy to bond with, traits that the other two monkeys lack entirely.

Lifespan: Simipour live far longer than both Simisage and Simisear, a normal lifespan ranges between 70 – 100 years of age. A hypothesis suggests that this is because Simipour live calmer lives than their counterparts, and as a result conserve enough power to lengthen their lives. Simipour older than 100 years are an extremely rarity, and some legends insist that at this age some gain the ability to talk in human language, through years of collected wisdom.

Diet: Simipour patiently gather berries and nuts to carry around with them on their travels. Amazingly, some of our field agents have reported that some Simipour have negotiated with Leavanny to convince them to weave them a basket out of leaves to carry these foods around. Pokémon are intelligent creatures, almost exactly on level with humans, but positive interactive behaviour like this is rarely observed in the wild.

Captured Simipour are content to eat a range of foods, but do not like things that have overly strong tastes. Plain foods such as bread, cereals and rice will do them just fine. They do however; require a large amount of water. Even though they hold a fair amount inside their own body, it is a good idea to carry a flask of water around just in case, especially if you plan on travelling far away from easily accessible water.

How To Bond: Living alone in the wilderness for years can make any Pokémon lonely. For a kind and sociable Pokémon like Simipour, this is ever moreso. Because of this, Simipour who have chosen to wander often appear before trainers and summarize whether they are strong and kind enough to be worthy of catching them. If a Simipour decides you are too weak or too cruel, it will disappear before you can even lay a finger on your pokeballs. If you haven't figured it out, Simipour let you catch them. If it didn't like you, then it would have vanished. Since it has already trusted itself to you, it will be willing to open up and bond with you quickly.

They like to help and make a good use of their presence, so get them as inclusive and hands-on as you can. Ask it to gather berries or help prepare meals, or assist in setting up camp. Simipour live to help, and after so many years of helping from the shadows they will be more than happy to lend any service they can give. Working alongside Simipour will strengthen the bonds forming between the two of you, as it will quickly latch onto you, its new friend.

Battling: Simipour retains its pacific qualities and is unwilling to fight unless defending its allies or a helpless creature in need of aid. This results in most people having using their Simipour for conventional or personal reasons only. But this does not mean that your Simipour will not battle for you, all it needs is a little coaxing or bribing. Try temping it with delicious berries or some other reward.

As with the other monkeys, Simipour does not learn any moves upon evolving, so if your Simipour has been evolved from a Panpour, you better have taught it some good moves beforehand. Alternately you can buy TMs, of which Simipour can learn a large variety of. I've covered all of them within Panpour's entry so backtrack if you need to.

Additionally, Simipour relies on speed and attack to overwhelm enemies, although it is noticeably more graceful about its tactics in comparison to Simisage and Simipour. It can blast huge torrents of water out of its tail; the force of these blasts is enough to destroy concrete. Its usual tactic is to wear to opponent down with weak but rapid attacks, until it has the opportunity to finish them off with a huge torrent of water. Being a pure Water type, Simipour also moves more swiftly within water, so if you find yourself in a pinch, try and divert the battle into a nearby source of water. Simipour can also use its internally stored water to soak the battlefield as an alternative.

With Fellow Pokémon: Simipour love taking care of other Pokémon, although they are used to doing it from a distance. It may have the best of intentions, but it may make some clumsy mistakes due to not being fully competent at close interactions. This can make your other Pokémon angry or upset at poo Simipour, who will not have realised what it has done wrong. You should slowly take Simipour through the first days of living with others until it learns how to act appropriately.

When it knows just what to do, Simipour makes a great 'Team Mum' or 'Team Dad' who looks after all the other Pokémon and protects them when you can't. Although they don't try an establish leadership, many younger Pokémon look up to them upon realising Simipour is skilled at surviving. Even so, Simipour will happily hand over the reigns of leadership back to you, or another competent Pokémon should you not return.

It is very protective of its new friends, and will do everything it can to treat any of their wounds on status conditions. If left alone, Simipour itself can heal a fainted group of five Pokémon by itself! As you can imagine, this is very exhausting work and Simipour may forget to take care of itself.

Warnings: None! Simipour are gentle creatures who mean to harm.

Summary: Simipour is the least proficient in battle, but it makes up for that in kindness and medicinal skills. Out of all the monkeys, Simipour is the only one that is recommended to be caught, and for good reason. If you'd rather have a thoughtful and helpful friend rather than a strong battle, Simipour is the right monkey for you.

Next Time… Number 023 Munna!

A/N: Sorry for the late chapter, there was an internet outage.

Even though I don't like Simipour, I came up with a few good ideas for it, such as the 'wanderer' idea. It's probably because Simipour is different from the other two and I was grateful for that. Now I have to move onto Munna… Yeesh I wish I could go straight to Blitzle!

Fun Facts: Simipour and Panpour are the only Pokémon capable of learning Scald by levelling up. Simipour represents February in the Unova Horoscope. (James the flaming Moltres, anyone?)