[@hatakekuro] It bears to note that Anise looked at him kinda surprised when Basil suddenly bowed down and apologized. Slightly taken aback, she was somewhat hesitating at what was the appropriate thing to do, but eventually decided maybe she should bow to him, too, maybe? Landorus glared at Basil as he asked his question, arms perpetually crossed. He didn’t reply to the question, merely glared, until Basil came to his other request. A request to be blessed. Landorus raised an eyebrow, and then… He laughed. A stifled laughter of a mighty being that felt itself recognized. Honestly, this little human scum was sort of flattering, wasn’t he? Landorus drifted forward, Anise (and probably Basil) moving out of the way as the man-creature exited out into the cave outside the shrine. Landorus took a deep breath, like breathing the free air for the first time in quite some time… Then stuck his tail down into the ground! [color=C3C1AA]‘Woah-!’[/color] Paulie stumbled to his feet and a couple meters away, as the rock and earth itself was formed before their eyes! The earth took a recognizable shape. Raised rocks at the appropriate place, dipping down at other places, forming a recognizable circle, and larger peaks… he’d made a map of south-west Isson, formed from the earth itself by the Ground-type legendary Pokémon with Earth Power. Landorus put little raised bits of earth that shaped themselves with remarkable detail. Tiny humans tending their crops on what once was Pureplain Plains, all the way to Highhill Town, albeit they were disproportionately huge compared to the scale of the map itself. There was also that little shrine, from the location was the Silent Shrine. Then… Landorus gave Basil a look before pointing towards something just outside where Pureplain City would one day appear. Something huge suddenly took shape. Earth rose to take a great form, something towering over the manifested landmass, and the little stationary earth-humans were turned to look at it in horror at it. The form started spinning, tendrils launching of it, taking a massive, threatening form… until the details settled in, and it became a very much recognizable form. Landorus had, using only earth and rock, sculpted a recognizable phenomenon that the humans had every right to fear… A massive hurricane. Landorus depicted the humans fleeing the hurricane, as their fields were overtaken by the storm. There wasn’t anything they could do about such a natural force… except now, Landorus gestured towards the Silent Shrine. There, a single human sat on his knees, praying to the shrine… and a small entity showed up in front of him. There wasn’t any recognizable shape to it, but with a burst of sand, the tiny entity raised its tiny arm, and with a flash of earth and power, three recognizable entities took shape. Landorus, and his two brothers. The tiny entity gave a small circular item to the human, really too small to see what it was, but then the three Pokémon and the human headed to face the hurricane. The human raised the tiny circular item, and the three transformed into three shapes, a beast, a bird, and a dragon(?). The beast commanded the two other deities, and they approached the hurricane, and quelled it. Not quickly, but they tamed the massive winds, turning it the other way, sparing the humans holed up in Highhill Town. They defeated the “darkness” that had been threatening the primordial humans and their Pokémon. Next, he showed how the humans worshipped them, and built three more shrines to celebrate them. That would be the Deepforest Shrine, the now Abandoned Shrine, and the shrine inside the mountain for the earthly one. Each settled into their various shrines, and remains there, including the tiny form that had summoned them to begin with in the Silent Shrine. And so it remains. Now Landorus thrust his tail into the map, and it erupted into plants, grass and flowers in all their colours, the Abundance Pokémon sharing his nutrients with the ground itself. Then… a plant grew up, and spontaneously sprouted berries. Orange berries that was somewhat pear-shaped. Landorus snapped up two of them with his tail, before gently lobbing them over to Basil and Anise. [center][color=6ecff6][i]Basil obtained Abundance Berry![/i][/color][/center] … Landorus then stretched, flexing his shoulders, his back, his waist, and… [color=e04f4f]‘Wait, is he-’[/color] Anise started, but- And then Landorus took off in dramatic, overwhelming speed, blowing straight out of the opening and out into who knows where! He probably blew straight out of the entrance of Rainrock Caverns and out off into the skies! [color=C3C1AA]‘Woah. And there… he goes,’[/color] Paulie said, breathing a bit heavily after that experience. [color=e04f4f]‘Aaaaah…’[/color] Anise made a complaining noise, still holding her own Abundance Berry. [color=e04f4f]‘I just found the Strong One, and he blows off…!’[/color] she complained. She sighed. [color=e04f4f]‘Oh, well. I did learn what I wanted. Whenever the storms DO go out of control, I know who to find, now. Finding him is just going to be a completely different issue. I’ll need to get strong and build a team worthy of the task,’[/color] Anise determined, nodding to herself. So that happened. What will Basil do? If he goes back to Rainrock City. [hider=Rainrock City][center][h2]Rainrock City[/h2][/center] [center][url=https://i.imgur.com/Tr740Wd.jpg][img]https://i.imgur.com/yzIlVec.jpg[/img][/url][/center] Passing over the rock bridge to enter, you’ll find Rainrock City to be a lot of exactly what’s in the name. Rain and rock. At the base of Mt. Strength, the city is on the top of a steep cliff, and has grown right where two rivers flow down from Mt. Strength to meet. A lake has grown in the center of the city, and the city has grown around it. The architecture of the buildings takes influence from an older time, as on these rocky cliffs larger buildings are difficult to construct, the streets made of cobblestone rather than asphalt. Given the near constant rain, it’s a largely silent mountain city where a lot of older people live, listening to the falling rain and taking it easy. You’re unlikely to find the town square bustling with attention. Behind the town lies ancient caves, thought to have been inhabited in ancient times. By Pokémon, by men, who knows, the writing on the walls remain untranslatable to this day. It is perhaps due to these caverns, as well as a general concentration of old and wise people, that caused Rainrock City to house both the Rainrock Library as well as the Rainrock Academy. If Pureplain City house the schools for young children to learn, Rainrock City is where they finish their studies at the Academy, studying old texts under the calming noise of the rain. Rainrock Academy also happens to house the Pokémon Gym, due to Gym Leader being an esteemed professor. Also notable, around Rainrock and on the streets there are Geodudes in town despite the rain, just lying about. Oh, and small crab-like bugs that make home in the rocks around here.[/hider] [hider=Suggestions to actions]1. Find Pokémon. [i]Can still search for Pokémon in towns~[/i] 2. Talk. [i]In cities, there are considerably more people one can talk to. Talking can give you info on local rumors and such.[/i] 3. Exit. [i]Exit the town to any of the connected areas.[/i] 4. Specify. [i]If you specify what you want to do, the GM will take it into account and tell the result.[/i] 5. Trigger random event. [i]Force the GM to use his imagination to make a scenario for you.[/i] 6. Notable Places. [i]Visit any of the places in the city![/i] 6.1. Pokémon Center. [i]Heal all your Pokémon.[/i] 6.2. PokéMart. [i]Go to a store and buy things.[/i] 6.3. Rainrock Academy/Gym. [i]A higher-level Pokémon academy for higher-level studies. Also doubles as the Pokémon Gym for ???[/i] 6.4. Rainrock Library. [i]Information stored throughout the ages. Are you interested in any particular subject?[/i] 6.5. Rainrock Lake/Rivers. [i]Powerful currents flow beneath, a calm lake lies midst the town. Surely, some water-Pokémon got to inhabit these.[/i] 6.6. Rainrock Caves. [i]Ancient, shallow caves in which contain numerous Rock-types. Something lived in here in ancient times.[/i] 6.7. Old Street. [i]Many old people live here. Careful, they don’t actually have much else to do but battle.[/i][/hider] [i]Connected areas: [/i] Route 3. [i]To the south, the route around the mountain, leading to Route 4 or Highhill Town. A wet woodland.[/i] Route 11. [i]A semi-populated road west under heavy rainfall, starting with a descent down towards Redcoast City. Abandoned buildings on the south side facing Silent Forest.[/i] [hider=Rainrock City, known Pokémon]Common: #74 Geodude #557 Dwebble Uncommon: Rare: [/hider] __________________________ [@Joshua Tamashii] [sub][sub][url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66LCfFqIbAA]appropriate music[/url][/sub][/sub] [color=paleturquoise]‘Hey, I’ve told you what I can!’[/color] Annica frowned in reply to Amelia resorting to threatening, not looking particularly scared. [color=paleturquoise]‘But if you want to fight, I can oblige! My Murkrow has an advantage against your whole little ghostly team!’[/color] [color=goldenrod]‘Y-yeah! And my Barboach knows LOTS of moves it shouldn’t know yet! It can Aqua Tail, E- Mud Bomb and Magnitude on you!’[/color] Leila also called, sounding quite a bit more scared, eyeing the multitude of ghosts that just appeared…! [color=3A87C5]‘Palp…’[/color] the Palpitoad considered something. Hmmm. Would you like a hint? [hider=TESTIMONY: Backpacker Leila][center][url=https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/e/e4/VSBackpacker_F_SM.png][img]https://i.imgur.com/KdQaabU.png[/img][/url][/center] [color=goldenrod]‘So, the three of us are friends. We came to Route 2 together.’[/color] [color=goldenrod]‘We came across the Water Stone, but Palpitoad protected it.’[/color] [color=goldenrod]‘I went with Annica, and checked the waters for rare rocks while she set up camp.’[/color] [color=goldenrod]‘I can confirm Annica was with me the entire time, until I left.’[/color] [color=goldenrod]‘I did so to check on the Palpitoad and the Water Stone, and found both to be gone.’[/color] [color=goldenrod]‘Nothing else of note happened.’[/color][/hider] [hider=TESTIMONY: Lass Annica][center][url=https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/0/0a/Spr_Masters_Lass.png][img]https://i.imgur.com/kkQlKFu.png[/img][/url][/center] [color=paleturquoise]‘I went to set up camp for us for later, because we were going to spend time here.’[/color] [color=paleturquoise]‘I didn't do much else, just watched Leila nearby by the waterside.’[/color] [color=paleturquoise]‘There was this odd earthquake out at the water at one point, maybe a different Palpitoad?’[/color] [color=paleturquoise]‘Leila eventually left towards the site where we found the Water Stone and Palpitoad.’[/color] [color=paleturquoise]‘It was shortly after that Palpitoad started washing over the route with water.’[/color] [color=paleturquoise]‘Anyways, I don't particularly have a reason to want a Water Stone.’[/color][/hider] [hider=TESTIMONY: Bug Catcher Eric][center][url=https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/6/6b/VSBug_Catcher_PE.png][img]https://i.imgur.com/a4txroy.png[/img][/url][/center] [color=greenyellow]‘Yeah, while those two were doing boring things, I went Pokémon hunting!’[/color] [color=greenyellow]‘I was battling the wild Pokémon of Route 2 the entire time!’[/color] [color=greenyellow]‘There was that weird earthquake at one time, and I saw Palpitoad depart to investigate.’[/color] [color=greenyellow]‘So there was a time there when the Water Stone was unguarded.’[/color] [color=greenyellow]‘… I was tempted. I would have wanted to gift Amy a Water Stone for her Staryu...’[/color] [color=greenyellow]‘But I'm in no rush! I'll find her another one!’[/color][/hider] [hider=Court Record][list] [*] Attorney's Badge. [i]… This is a Sun Stone.[/i] [*] Earthquake Testimony. [i]An earthquake happened that distracted Palpitoad. Would have been hard to miss.[/i] [*] Leila's Barboach. [i]A healthy Barboach. Has inherited a bunch of moves from parents.[/i] [*] Leila's Belongings. [i]Hiking equipment. A fishing rod. A ridiculous amount of peculiar rocks and stones. A diary with a ton of writing about wanting to compete in contests. There’s a Fire and Leaf Stone among them.[/i] [*] Annica's Murkrow. [i]A healthy Murkrow. Looks pleased with itself.[/i] [*] Annica's Fletchling. [i]A slightly damaged Fletchling. Looks a bit nervous.[/i] [*] Annica's Belongings. [i]A couple Pokéballs and Potions. A phone. The wrapped-up-in-a-hurry remains of the tent they were going to camp in. A pair of tickets for a ferry from Pureplain City to Sunyshore City.[/i] [*] Eric's Surskit. [i]A damaged Surskit. Still pretty peppy.[/i] [*] Eric's Ledyba. [i]A damaged Ledyba. It's suffered a Burn.[/i] [*] Eric's Belongings. [i]Bug catcher net and cage. Bunches of Pokéballs and Potions and Repells and anything else a good Pokémon Trainer needs. A photo of a young girl together with Annica.[/i] [/list][/hider] Or she could leave. [hider=Suggestions to actions]1. Find Pokémon. [i]Can be specified what kind of Pokémon is being searched for, and how you search.[/i] 2. Train Pokémon. [i]With this command, we can jump ahead in time and skip posting about grinding.[/i] 3. Seek trainers. [i]There should be some here and there. Note, some may challenge you, regardless.[/i] 4. Talk. [i]There’s some other travelers around. Maybe seek answers to any burning questions you have.[/i] 5. Move along. [i]Move along normally, letting any events that may come happen naturally.[/i] 6. Hurry along. [i]Intentionally avoid confrontations and try to get safely to the next destination.[/i] 7. Specify. [i]If you specify what you want to do, the GM will take it into account and tell the result.[/i] 8. Trigger random event. [i]Force the GM to use his imagination to make a scenario for you.[/i] 9. Area Specific: Fishermen Huts. [i]See what the fishermen over there's got going.[/i] 10. Current Event: Palpitoad Flooding. [i]Random event.[/i][/hider] [i]Connected areas: [/i] Pureplain City. [i]You can get back without complication.[/i] Infested Woods. [i]You’re right next to it.[/i] Wet Caverns. [i]May need to cross a bridge or two to get there.[/i] [hider=Route 2, known Pokémon]Common: #13 Weedle #16 Pidgey #161 Sentret #270 Lotad #283 Surskit Uncommon: #60 Poliwag Rare: #158 Totodile #420 Cherubi #536 Palpitoad[/hider]