Jinji and I weren’t alone, however. After all, if Jinji is my right-hand man, then someone else needs to be the left! Luckily, I knew who to ask already. My loyal friend Muk, who has known me from birth and is the only other Pokémon in the dump to almost match me in stench and sense of humour, was more than eager to join me as our vice-captain. Taking on a new nickname, “Shmuck”, and building himself a new outfit out of trash bags, pipework and old leather, my sludgy pal adopts the role as the Guild’s alchemist and vice-captain, using his powers of sludge manipulation and knowledge of recycling to create all new materials and resources for our Team to utilize.

