As the Shuppet circled Valen letting out their own, unique cries, he was panicked at first. Were they going to attack him? But his fears were assuaged once he saw Qwerty do a backflip mid air. She seemed quite triumphant, and though Valen was still nervous, he relaxed considerably.
"Wow, we did it," he sighed, looking at the Shuppet circling him and Qwerty. The three ghosts and the Virtual Pokemon seemed intrigued by each other. They were communicating back and forth with rapid chatters of their own, no doubt asking each other questions and coming to some kind of understanding. Qwerty was curious about where the Shuppet had grown up, what were their favorite parts in the city, barring the old coot's backyard of course. Did they enjoy solid food as much as emotions of misery? And the Shuppet, in turn, were interested by Qwerty. Where had she come from? What was her virtual world like? What were her favorite toys? Valen admired the scene with a small across his face before remembering-- he could tell the old man that he'd completed the mission now! And even receive some kind of reward. Would it be some kind of pokemon? He hoped so. I guess any reward's good enough as any, he thought, trying to train himself to be more easily satisfied than he actually felt.
He knocked on the door. "Uh... Hello?". As the client opened the door, Valen swallowed. "I just, I mean, I got the Shuppet..." The ghost types cackled, and Valen just hoped they wouldn't fly away, making him look like a liar and a fool in front of the client! "They uh, they decided they're moving onto bigger and better things I guess. But they're with me now! Sooo uh." What was the polite way to ask for a reward? Was it polite? He really didn't know. It was the first time he'd done a non volunteering job. "But, you know, well, you said you'd give me something else after the task had been completed. So that's why I'm here." Little did he know, though, the Shuppet found his nervous energy somewhat fresh tasting. It wasn't quite misery, but the flavor of thinking something bad was going to happen was a bold experience that probably tasted something like roasted red pepper, sage, and garlic.
After the conversation, with the night still being young, Valen found himself going to the local pokemon center. Qwerty had been returned to her pokeball on account of there being more pokemon being out and about Valen. Thankfully, the three Shuppet circling him, cackling and giggling hardly brought a glance from anyone. With Kalmia often taking her own long walks through the city with all the pokemon she took care of, who would think three Shuppet were strange?
"Oof," Valen waved Shuppet #1 away from the PC sceen. "C'mon, you guys wanna get to this place or not?" All three circled around him frenetically. "I guess that's a yes. Then let me-- hey, no playing with the mouse! Come on, let me find out where to take you guys!"
After some playful struggle, the Shuppet settled for contedly sitting on his shoulders and top of his head as he looked up where to take them. "Hm... Horror... House? In Pureplain? Oh wow, huh, I thought I'd have to get out a lot further. Well that works for me! What about you guys?"
The Shuppet dissappeared, reappearing in front of the screen, their eyes glued to the pictures. They guffawed at the sight. What an interesting place they'd be going to! Had they proper mouths, they would have been smiling, although the way their eyes crinkled up at the corners was enough to read their expressions as amused.
"Let's head out then. Hey-- no going through my bag!"
Arriving at the Horror House took approximately a half an hour of walking around, though the destination had been simple to navigate through. The spindly and dark building loomed over them, and even if Valen knew it was just an attraction, the atmosphere was chilling. "Sheesh, you'd think I would have outgrown this stuff by now..." The Shuppet, meanwhile, were enjoying the taste of Valen's fear. It was sweet, very sweet. "I mean... I guess I can't just leave you guys here. Let me talk to someone." He knocked on the door of the establishment. "Hello? Anybody there?"
Came to collect from the old man! That was a thing, wasn't it? If not, I can edit my post! I also put some 'would do' actions as well, if that helps any.
Zeal, Monferno Level 14 Status: FNT Held Item: Focus Band
Chikorita, Pip Level 10 Status: FNT
9352P Antidote x1 Great Ball x5 Super Potion x2 Tiny Mushroom x 1
Important Items: Castle Medal Crystal of Knowledge
Badge Collection: Challenge Badge - Redcoast Town, Hector. Minor League.
Archie opted for the simple solution. Bellawesome sped across the field, intending on cutting down all the copies as she swung her leaf blade like some hula girl with an attitude. She'd have to match this fight with her own beauty and grace. She only had a small window to deal with Bellawesome before things got bad for Ralia. Once she got into close range, it wasn't going to go well for her.
"Alright..." They had entered the home stretch. The battle was likely going to be over in only a few more moments, either with her win or her loss, and she wasn't going to let the latter part happen. It was a simple plan, but one that would hopefully give her the most amount of success. She just needed to hope Ralia could pull it off. "Hit 'em with a Confusion!"
"Rrral!~" Several of the clones that hadn't been hit yet made every attempt to avoid Bellawesome, mostly in their usual comical and over the top fashions. Ralia herself had taken refuge among a small group that were constantly moving about, making sure to keep up the facade herself, not in the center or back, that would be too obvious. Just a bit to the left. Concentrating her psychic energy, she blasted an attack right towards Bellawesome.
Sensing Claire's intent however, as soon as Bellawesome got close enough she'd teleport away to the far side of the field.
‘Cof…!’ Cofagrigus made a scoffing noise in reply to Amelia’s little speech to it. Two of its shadowy arms crossed and entwined underneath its face, looking down at her where he floated in mid-air. Still, anyway.
‘… Cofagrigus!’ it called, waving one of its other arms in a circle twice, on the point of that it’d already decided it was going to do something. With that, it started drifting towards the exit of the room.
That was some form of result. What would they do now?
‘Uh-huh. You seem like you’re doing fine,’ Earl stated about the blindness as Skylar got his hands on the herbs finally. Then, Seabreeze was fed one of the herbs, munching on it for a bit, experiencing how UTTERLY AWFUL it tasted, when the Pokédex suddenly piped up.
Seabreeze was fully healed! Seabreeze grew to level 7! Seabreeze’s Special Defence severely fell! Dragon type was added to Seabreeze! What? Seabreeze is evolv Seabreeze did not evolve. Seabreeze learned Fowl Flap! Seabreeze fell asleep!
Fowl Flap is a flying-type move with an 18% chance of making an opponent drowsy. The user waves its wings in a sleepy manner.
It really did feel like he was about to evolve for a second there, then something also realized it wasn’t time yet and promptly stopped. Decreased Special Defence and Dragon-type would both be temporary.
‘Huh,’ the boy said, looking up at the Pokémon that had fallen asleep on Skylar’s head, and then looked down on the Pokédex. ‘Why, that’s handy. I had no idea what it’d actually do, but seems like it recovered health as intended. Good. That’s a step in the right direction,’ Earl commented, nodding. Cleffa and a couple Budews started cheering and bumping into one another like they had done a good job.
Then, he looked to Skylar’s next question, looking at the glasses with an unchanging expression.
‘I’m here gathering ingredients. This is somewhat of a fairy forest, so a bunch of these plants have unpredictable effects. Also, they say some form of a horned, mystical Pokémon inhabits these forests. I’m looking for it, see if it’ll gift me one of its horns. I bet it’d make my brews into miracles,’ he said, a snide smirk appearing on his mouth. ‘That’d make for some legendary potion, now, wouldn’t it? Currently, my brewed herbs have rather random effects, no two alike, but one day…’
‘How about you and the girl? Just out adventuring?’ Earl asked, looking Skylar over.
Vivia is currently busy giving Celebrity all the pats, both hands, a bit amazed that the Pokémon is apparently enjoying itself. That’s when Venonat, mildly jealous, dashed in next to Celebrity, also wanting pats.
'Ahahaha, sorry, you get some too-' Vivia said, letting her hand move over to pat Venonat… only to have completely forgotten that the hair around a Venonat is stiff, prickly and coated in poison. Vivia let her hand fall on the being, paused a moment, and then had to lift her hand away from the little needles she had pricked herself on with small tears in her eyes as said hand closed to shield the pain. Gloves of some kind so she can pat Venonat is most assuredly on the to-buy list…
Eventually he came to open the door again. The man who was his client for this matter stood there once again. He frowned a bit as the Shuppets still flew about, though notably they had reason to hide from this man. Still, Valen made the claim that he was going to move the Shuppets elsewhere, that they had decided to “move on to bigger things”…
‘That so?’ the man questioned, sounding like he wasn’t entirely convinced. Still...
‘I suppose you’re here for your reward, then,’ the man said, turning and heading into the house again. It took a bit of searching, but he eventually returned with two Pokéballs.
‘Here. Take one of these two, if you so want them. Otherwise, I suppose I can pay you in more cash,’ he said, and allowed Valen to examine the contents of the Pokéballs.
Pokédex Entry #495 – Snivy, the Grass Snake Pokémon. Known to be intelligent and calm, they can use their vines more deftly than their hands. They photosynthesize by bathing their tails in sunlight, and they move more swiftly after sunbathing. When they’re not feeling well, their tails droop.
and
Pokédex Entry #501 – Oshawott, the Sea Otter Pokémon. The scalchop on its stomach can be removed and is used to defend and attack. If it is attacked, it will retaliate immediately by slashing. While most known for its use in battle, it’s also known to use the scalchop as a tool for all from climbing to breaking upon hard berries.
‘I had a Tepig as well, but I gave him away to a trainer that helped me out. If you find a trainer named Maple, ask if she still has him? These Pokémon were playmates when young, so seeing each other again could be… joyful.’ … The man says with the least joyful expression ever carried by a human being.
Moving on towards the attraction over here. Keeping in mind that I earlier established with Amelia that there’s no more ghost-Pokémon in Pureplain City, I need to keep this established. Let’s simply say that someone came out to greet you and would be more than happy to have the Shuppets join their troop and that’d be the best for this particular plot as you can now say your goodbyes and move on to the next thing you want to do.
What would Valen want to do now?
Pureplain City is placed on the south-west brink of Isson, with the town facing the water and spreading quite far. The further in-town you go, the higher the buildings become, but the suburbs spread quite far. In terms of sheer landmass, it might even compete with Worldedge City, although maybe not in height. Life passes normally within this city. Children grow up alongside their parents in houses in the long, friendly streets. Jobs come from the depths of the town in the taller buildings. Schools grow from the reasonably high amount of children in need of tuition. And of course, there are lots of Pokémon.
In Pureplain City, human and Pokémon work together. Be it for manual labour or just for company, Pureplain houses often contain at least one house-hold Pokémon and there are many Trainer's Schools around the city have always been plentifully attended, not counting the recent drop of embarking trainers due to the Team Wars. In addition, Pureplain Harbor is known as the “Gateway of Isson”, as that’s where all the ferries from outside the region dock, giving life to quite the marketplace. A common attraction of the city is the Super Contest stage, but other than that, Pureplain remains what it has always been. Pure and plain.
1. Find Pokémon. Can still search for Pokémon in towns~ 2. Talk. In cities, there are considerably more people one can talk to. Specify what kind you’re looking for. 3. Exit. Exit the town to any of the connected areas. 4. Specify. If you specify what you want to do, the GM will take it into account and tell the result. 5. Trigger random event. Force the GM to use his imagination to make a scenario for you. 6. Notable Buildings. Visit any of the facilities of the city! 6.1. Pokémon Center. Heal all your Pokémon. 6.2. PokéMart. Go to a store and buy things. 6.3. Gym. ??? 6.4. Super Contests. Rank 2 / 4. Where hopefuls become idols! 6.5. Trainer’s School. Where young trainers study to become better. Has a little park of wild Pokémon. 6.6. Kalmia’s Lab. You know you’re always welcome. 6.7. Pureplain Harbor. Known as the Gateway of Isson, it has a marketplace and ferries to places.
Connected areas: Route 1. Easier path, just follow the bigger road. Route 2. Walk through quite an amount of suburbs until you eventually reach the path. Sea. There’s water, alright. Can take you anywhere you want to go, assuming you have means to traverse it.
Ralia pulled off a Confusion at Bellawesome as she dashed and sliced some clones, and it hit. Bellawesome jolted a bit with damage, but didn’t appear to be Confused nor particularly damaged for that matter. With that, Ralia was starting to run out of non-sliced clones to hide behind, and Bellawesome now approached the group which Ralia was part of. Ever one for efficiency, when so many were so close Bellawesome was quick to slice all about her in a way that took as many of them as possible in as few slices she could… and Ralia teleported out of the way before she could be hit.
‘A-ha! There she was!’ Archie called excitedly.
‘Bellossom~!’ Bellawesome called, spinning around to look across the battlefield for Ralia’s new location. Even if she was hiding among other clones, it was clear enough where she would have gone, and Bellawesome took off with considerable speed to cross the battlefield. It would not be long before Bellawesome arrived again, and this time she knew where she’d find Ralia. There may not be time for two moves this time.
After dropping the Shuppet off at the troupe, Valen was on his way, deciding to take the Route to Highhill Town. As he headed out into the night, he glanced at the pokeballs around his waist. He hadn't gotten a chance to introduce the new pokemon to Qwerty. There's only two, I could probably handle both of them out.
Hesitantly, he released the Snivy. It was an interesting pokemon, no doubt, with sly amber eyes and a brilliant green coloring. His pokedex went off, rattling off about information on the pokemon. He held out his hand for the pokemon, who sniffed it hesitantly.
Qwerty greeted the Snivy with a cheerful cry, the Snivy responding with the tiniest of smiles.
Valen wasn't sure what to do about the grassy, reptilian ppkemon. The creature seemed hesitant about accepting him, but it hadn't not approved of him.
"Well hi," he didn't know what else to say. "I'm Valerian, just Valen though. Valerian's pretentious enough." The pokemon moved in front him, hardly acknowledging what he'd said. It was certainly testing him, even if he didn't realize it entirely. However, the pokemon reacted positively to Qwerty, and the two communicated and got along, it seemed. Qwerty was enthralled with the new addition to the budding team.
At least they're friendly with each other. Better to have that Snivy like one of us, intstead of neither of us.
The grass rustled, and Valen only just managed to dodge an irate Rattata's tackle. "Ack! Ow!" He'd heard about this, wild pokemon that often attacked trainers to prove themselves or train.
Qwerty and the Snivy were quick to move to the front. Other wild pokemon watched, some curious, others itching to join in the fight.
Huh... He didn't want the wild pokemon to end up too badly hurt. It was tough enough surviving in the wild, after all. "Don't get in too bad of a fight, guys." The Rattata that had attacked them, however, scampered off, feeling quite intimidated. And probably for good reason.
Still, the random encounter had given Valen an idea. There were probably quite a few wild pokemon on this route, weren't there? Perhaps there was a potential team member just waiting to be found on their way to Highhill. Or even potential items that had been dropped. That settled it then.
"While we're on route 1, let's keep an eye out for pokemon, or maybe like stuff on the ground," Valen added. "Who knows? Maybe we'll find a friend or something? I guess, try not to get hurt but we can try and train some too, if a pokemon challenges us I mean."
Qwerty let out a "kre!" The Snivy huffed, though the pokemon wouldn't do something as paltry as look for items, testing moves and building up strength after being in a pokeball was at the highest on the list.
As they fought their battles, practicing their techniques and trying to grow, they continued on the route, the moon round and luminous above them.
Walking on Route. I don't know if this is too specifc, but to help Valen get over his fear of fire pokemon, I'd like him to encounter amd catch a Growlithe eventually. Something that'll force him to catch it? I know that growlithe are uncommon and I know it might take a few posts to find one, but I'm okay with that too :) In the meantime, I guess they'll train to pass the time!
Seabreeze the Wingull (♂) Level 7 Water Gun, Supersonic, Growl, Wing Attack, Fowl Flap Keen Eye No Item Current Condition - Healthy
Celebrity the Jigglypuff (♀) Level 8 Sing, Defense Curl, Pound, Play Nice Friend Guard No Item Current Condition - Beaten Up
Paradise the Tropius (♀) Level 6 Razor Leaf, Gust, Sweet Scent, Leer, Growth Solar Power No Item Current Condition - Healthy
"Oh jeez! Sorry about that, buddy!" Skylar apologized, patting Seabreeze on the head as the Wingull looked towards the pond, diving down into it to try and wash out the awful taste in his mouth. Skylar felt really bad for the bird, but there wasn't much he could do. He still had the herbs in his possession, though, and he was certainly keeping them in case of a pinch. They did heal up his Pokemon, but it didn't exactly work out as well as he had thought.
Earl explained why he had been in the woods, and told about his plight to find the horned Pokemon of the woods. Skylar admired that, and rightfully responded. "I feel that. I'm trying to become the best flying type trainer in the region myself. Hopefully I can get the attention of one of the legendary flying-type Pokemon in the region." Skylar placed a hand on his hip as Seabreeze came flying back up, landing in Skylar's hair and... making the boy wet. He didn't mind that, though.
Earl asked about Vivia next. "Oh, Vivia? She's new to this too, heck, she was even my first battle! She lost, but she still gave it her all with her team. She's really cool. We're traveling together for right now, since we're both kinda new."
Skylar smiled and waved at Vivia before turning back to Earl. "So what is the mystical Pokemon you're speaking of? I've just looked for a lot of flying Pokemon since I've been in this forest, but a mystical Pokemon like that would be super cool to see."
Celebrity was busy looking at Venonat while all of this was going on, and was upset at the jealous poison type, especially since it made the pats stop! Celebrity was not having that, and simply frowned at the bug-eyed brat.
Waving at Vivia. Asking about the mystical Pokemon, as well as if there are any flying Pokemon around. Frowning at Venonat.
Zeal, Monferno Level 14 Status: FNT Held Item: Focus Band
Chikorita, Pip Level 10 Status: FNT
9352P Antidote x1 Great Ball x5 Super Potion x2 Tiny Mushroom x 1
Important Items: Castle Medal Crystal of Knowledge
Badge Collection: Challenge Badge - Redcoast Town, Hector. Minor League.
"Ralia, confusion!" Despite the attacks it had taken, Bellawesome didn't seem to be too bothered, but that thing was fast and it hit hard. She could stall, but that would just delay the inevitable so she was going to take it head on. It might have been reckless, but that was her plan for now.
"RRRRAAAAL!~" Summoning as much psychic energy as her little pokemon body could, Ralia turned towards her opponent and sent another blast of weak psychic energy towards the grass type.
Gender: ♂ Type: Grass Personality: (Up to player.) Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other: (Up to player.) Level: 5 Moves: Tackle, Leer Ability: Overgrow. Boosts power of Grass-type moves when heavily damaged. Held Item: None.
New Pokémon caught! Valen earned 2000 P!
Would you like to give a nickname to Snivy?
And so, at some point, Valen headed out from Pureplain City and headed for Route 1.
Route 1
Route 1 is a long, flat and grassy route where most trainers get their first taste of the world. From Pureplain you can see the hills of Highhill in the distance, from Highhill the scrapers of Pureplain looms in the distance, the start of the Silent Forest surrounding the Silent Shrine on the side. There is a larger road, a main road used for travelling in and out of Pureplain City, there are plenty of more mature travellers taking that road to get from point A to point B. But, young Pokémon Trainers usually much rather use the smaller path going out into the grassland. This is some remnants of the plain which Pureplain City was named after, although most of that plain is now swallowed up by buildings of people living around here. Small roads branch out, leading to different places where some individuals have made their houses.
There are many safe roads, yet take one step out of it and you’re immediately in tall grass, where you can already see many first-time Pokémon Trainers are challenging their first Pokémon. One could expect Pokémon Trainers to be searching for Pokémon either in the tall grass or the forest on the side, and also battling one another as they can. From the looks of it, there are plenty of young trainers sporting freshly caught Pidgeys and Rattatas. As one approaches Highhill Town, the forest becomes more plentiful, as beyond the town lies a forest.
Through the route also runs an indent, a drain surrounded by walls, seemingly made for the water to gather up inside it. It’s currently dry, whatever cause of that might be. Some trainers appear to be having fun battling inside it, and they’re running around challenging one another inside it. But, the drain also raised interesting questions about what kind of Pokémon or things one might find should one explore it further.
The most common here, as could be seen, are common Pidgey and Rattata, found pecking or scavenging among the grass.
Pokédex Entry #16 – Pidgey, the Tiny Bird Pokémon. They are docile Pokémon that avoid fighting, kicking up sand in an enemy’s face or using Whirlwind to avoid battles. They have sharp senses of direction, capable of finding their nest or destination from very large distances. They inhabit tall grass where they search and prey on small bugs.
Pokédex Entry #19 – Rattata, the Mouse Pokémon. It has impressive vitality that allows it to live anywhere there is food. It scavenges for food all day and reproduces quickly. Very cautious, it’s ears listen for trouble even when asleep. It’s teeth never stop growing, it will gnaw on things to keep their size in check.
Valen and his Pokémon ended up struggling with a bunch of Rattatas and Pidgeys. That is totally and completely fine, Snivy has a few levels to catch up on Qwerty. Now, the Ratattas here were a bit weak for Qwerty to efficiently train being on level 9, but Snivy got some experience for free.
Snivy grew to level 7! Snivy learned Vine Whip!
Took some damage, though. With that out of the way-
And that’s a random fireball that just flew straight past Valen and his Pokémon as they were training.
‘Rowl! Rowl! Grrrrr-!’ … And there’s an angry Growlithe that just shot the Ember at them, standing in a ready stance and glaring at them, breathing a bit of fire preparing to potentially battle.
Pokédex Entry #58 – Growlithe, the Puppy Pokémon. Known to be brave and loyal to it’s trainer, but will bark threateningly at anyone entering its territory. It has superb sense of smell and will never forget a smell once it has picked up on it. Through smell, it can sense the emotions of others.
It would appear they had somehow entered its territory. What would Valen do now?
Seabreeze went down to the pond to wash out the taste, then flew up to sit on his head again… THEN fell asleep, as that was the last recorded effect of the herbs. He’ll wake up with a few pats, though. The equivalent of a couple of turns, which goes fast with talking.
‘Flying, huh,’ Earl replied, looking about a bit. ‘Assuming you already got a Tropius, I think Cottonee’s the only flying thing about, though that one isn’t a Flying-type…’ He thought about it a little bit more, then shrugged. ‘Drifloons appear on Route 3, though.’
Vivia caught the wave, and forced a smile through the pain of her closed fist and waved a bit back with her other hand while Venonat caught Celebrity’s frown and glared right back. A jealous little Venonat here. So here we now had a purple ball and a pink ball in a staring contest.
‘So, yes,’ Earl smirked at the question. ‘I read about it in Rainrock City. Apparently, there’s this legend about a mythical Pokémon whose power can heal any form of wound or something… or it defends the weak and fights for righteousness. One of the two. Still, I’ve been searching around here for quite a while, and I’ve found nothing,’ he finished, crossing his arms and nodding to himself.
‘Might be time to look for a new forest and try out their herbs. I’ve got a ton of things I’d like to try out.’
‘Cl-cleeeff…’ Cleffa made a bit of a worried sound at Earl’s most recent remark, shying back a bit.
‘Budew!’ one of his Budews suddenly called out.
‘Hm? Can’t think of what else to try out?’ Earl looked back. He considered it for a bit, then shrugged.
‘Cleffa, cast Metronome on the brew!’
‘Cleffa!’ Cleffa replied, totally having learned the move as an Egg-move, apparently, and ran forth to wave its fingers at the brew…
Metronome became Bind! … Cleffa attempted to bind around the pot and promptly burned herself. ‘C-cleff!’
‘Again!’ Earl called.
Cleffa tried again! This time… Metronome became Bulk Up! … Cleffa boosted her own stats and became 1.5 times bigger with bigger muscles suddenly! ‘Cleffa!?’
That didn’t do it either, so once again, Cleffa tried Metronome! Metronome became...
Heat Wave
Cleffa blew out a powerful blast of exceedingly hot breath, blowing away and fainting multiple crying Budews and almost setting the room on fire. Some of the brew it was blasted on was shot out in multiple directions, but the rest of it was blasted to massive degrees before their eyes and melted all which had been thrown into it, leading that the potion had an even red coloration made in a mix of who knows what. Cleffa breathed out in relief, while Earl smirked and walked forward to scoop up some of the potion into a glass container. He turned and walked over to Skylar again.
Skylar was given the Heat Wave Potion!
‘Hm-hm-hm! I’m interested in what this’ll do. Try it out in battle sometime,’ Earl said, smiling slyly.
Ralia shot off a Confusion… which hit Bellawesome, but wasn’t enough to stop her. Bellawesome swooped forth with her blade at the ready, there was no way for Ralia to dodge the considerably faster Pokémon. The blade flew forth in an arc… and stopped right by her head.
Bellawesome smiled at the smaller Ralts, holding the blade at the ready. Telepathy told that the moment Ralia tried something, she would most certainly faint. Because Bellawesome was strong enough to faint Ralia in a single strike, at this rate.
‘Oh-hohohoho! Bellawesome, you know you’re making us more likely to lose like this?’ Archie called while laughing at the Pokémon’s actions.
‘Teh-heh… I understand. Hey, Claire!’ Archie called, while raising an empty hand which Ramsey promptly put something into. ‘Bellawesome is having fun. You’ve entertained her. She doesn’t want this battle to end. That’s why…’
Archie braced himself and threw whatever it was in his hand across the battlefield to Claire…
Claire was thrown a Revive!
‘You get one… more… try…’ Archie said, a little grin on his lips and waving a single finger as he said. ‘… And if your choice is a close-combat fighter, that’d make Bellawesome really happy~’
‘Belloss~!’ Bellawesome called happily.
‘Young master, I will remind you that you are a Gym Leader,’ Ramsey said. ‘You aren’t supposed to give challengers extra chances if they’ve proven themselves powerful enough to overcome you.’
‘What, I can’t…?’ Archie asked, turning wide-eyed to Ramsey. ‘But, but… Bellawesome is having so much fuuuuuun…’ Archie continued, his eyes growing wide, wet and totally puppy-eyed. Ramsey looked down at the young master with an unreadable expression, and then sighed.
‘Young master, you are the Gym Leader. You decide the rules. I am simply here to remind you,’ the butler told. Archie smiled widely.
‘Thank you, Ramsey! You’re the best~!’ he said, before turning to Claire.
‘Now, what’ll you do?’
Revive, of course, wouldn’t restore more than half health to a Pokémon… but Bellawesome had taken her fair share of hits as well already. What would Claire do?
The two followed Cofagrigus, who rounded a corner… and ran into a couple of Bronzors harassing another Pokémon. Cofagrigus, less than amused, sent forth an Ominous Wind that blasted the Bronzors aside. In their wake sat an unamused purple Pokémon, glaring back at them. This particular ghost did not seem like it was particularly having problems, but regardless Cofagrigus had just solved said problems. Now, they were face-to-face with a…
Pokédex Entry #94 – Gengar, the Shadow Pokémon. It likes to hide in the shadows of people and make them move on their own. It delights in curses and laughing at the people it frightens. When a Gengar hides, the temperature of the area decreases by ten degrees, so be careful if you feel a chill. It is said to emerge to steal the lives of those lost in the mountains.
The Cofagrigus and the Gengar exchanged glares, before they started shouting out at one another.
‘Cofagrigus…!’
‘Geng? Gengar, Gengar!’
‘Cofa, cofagrigus!’
‘Geeeeeeeeng-gengar!’
And since nobody understands this conversation, here’s a rough translation. It may or may not be entirely accurate.
‘’Sup, dawg! I’mma off to take my tomb back from thesa punk-ass invaders!’
‘Nigga you too much of a weak-ass bitch to beat those punk-asses!’
‘Ye, that’s why I’mma gonna need my bitch-ass homeboy to help me school these bitch posers!’
‘LMAO and why would I help you weak ass throw those punk-ass bitches out your tomb and then leave your ass with all the loot?’
‘I’d like ta see ya try an’ take it, you little ghost-ass bitch! … AFTER we beat those punk-ass bitches!’
‘YER ON, NIGGA!’
Basically, it boiled down to the two Pokémon shouting at one another before ending up in one another’s faces, two of Cofagrigus hands holding forcefully against Gengar’s two hands as if struggling for superiority while both were grinning widely.
Sounds could be heard from deeper into the tomb. The forces had started to move.
As the fireball went whizzing past Valen, his heart beat furiously and sweat appeared on his brow. Of all the things that could have terrified him, or come hurtling his way, a fireball? What were the odds? Why me?
"Ahhh!" He ducked, covering his head, trying to run in the opposite direction but only managing to trip and fall in his panic. "Qwerty! Snivy!"
While the Snivy didn't seem to care all that much, Qwerty's attention was promptly at Valen's side. "Kree!" The Virtual Pokemon exclaimed, worried, angry, and confused all at once. She was hovering in the air-- and the next thing Valen knew, she had been hit by another fireball from the snarling Growlithe. His eyes widened in horror. "Qwerty?!" The pokemon was knocked back, but his initial reaction was transformed into one of awe as Qwerty's body began to change color. The flat pink and blue planes that made up her form changed to fiery red and orange, and a shimmering heat seemed to be emanating from her.
"That's... Conversion 2," Valen mumbled, dazed. Qwerty had been hit by the attack, no doubt, but she seemed fine for the most part.
All Valerian truly wanted to do was run and get out of their situation, but Qwerty was angry. If that Growlith didn't want them in his territory, well, he could have been much more polite about it, she thought. How dare he ambush them with his awful Embers? She wouldn't stand for it! With a shrill cry, she whizzed towards the Growlithe, readying a Psybeam.
"Wait no, Qwerty! Come back!" Valen shouted, but Qwerty refused. The Snivy watched on, curious, itching to join the fight... Valen, who noticed the eager grass snake's fighting stance, pushed him back. The Snivy responded with and indignant hiss.
"Two against one's not fair," Valen said, shaking his head. "I know you don't like me, I'm sorry about this..." Snivy was recalled back to the pokeball in a flash of red. The capsule shook once, as if to protest, but Snivy was somewhat tired after his training.
"Qwerty, you too, sorry but now! Return!" But the return light beam kept missing the very much excited Porygon, who was itching to prove to this Growlithe that it couldn't mess with them! She refused to back down! Valen pressed his fingers to his temples. It seemed like he was going to be engaged in this mess no matter what. I hope we make it out of this, alright.
As Amelia followed Cofagrigus, she sensed the other ghosts as they moved around the tomb. They were gathering up together which could only mean one thing: they were running out of time. Still, it seemed that their new companion was not the most concerned with this, as it stopped for a seemingly casual, if slightly heated chat with a Gengar that they had come across. Still, she said nothing about this, as she knew they had some help waiting by the most likely route the Ghost-types were going to take. She just knew that Joshua wouldn't be able to hold back an entire army. Regardless, she was certain that Cofagrigus didn't forget the threat of an army marching and would simply wait for it to make it's way toward them.
Meanwhile, in the tunnel leading towards the surface, Joshua got to his feet and stretched a bit. "Showtime I guess." He said to himself, looking down at Absol, who had joined him. He glanced around at the hall they were in and sighed. In a scenario like this, he had a bit of an advantage when it came to holding back a group of enemies. His pokemon where strong and given the narrow space, under normal cicumstances, nothing would be able to leave the hallway. But his enemies were Ghost-types, so they might be able to pass through the walls. But then again, most of them weren't really real ghosts, more like objects, so who knew. Regardless of the actual facts, he brought out four more pokemon: Greninja, Bisharp, Weavile, and Pangoro. " Absol, Gangoro, and Bisharp, up in front. Weavile and Greninja, cover our rear just in case and take down anything that gets past or around us."
His pokemon took their place and Joshua waited for the first wave to appear. He was going to make sure to send a good number of them packing until he was either overwhelmed or they stopped their advance.
Seabreeze the Wingull (♂) Level 7 (?) Water Gun, Supersonic, Growl, Wing Attack, Fowl Flap Keen Eye No Item Current Condition - Healthy, but Schleep.
Celebrity the Jigglypuff (♀) Level 8 Sing, Defense Curl, Pound, Play Nice Friend Guard No Item Current Condition - Beaten Up
Paradise the Tropius (♀) Level 6 Razor Leaf, Gust, Sweet Scent, Leer, Growth Solar Power No Item Current Condition - Healthy
"Well shoot, now I wanna go get a Drifloon, heh." Skylar scratched behind his head as he took the Heat Wave potion, curious as to how that'll work. Maybe it gives the Pokemon access to the move in battle? He wasn't exactly sure, but he wasn't afraid to test it out in a minute if he could.
Though, when the question of what the two boys were doing came up, Skylar thought for a moment before snapping. "Maybe if we battle we can bring out the Pokemon you want to see? A test of strength might be all that we need." Skylar raised his arm, elbow out, and fist against his chest, before thinking for a moment and realizing something. "Err... but let's let Seabreeze wake up first. I don't want him missing out on the battle."
Whilst the two boys talked, Celebrity looked at Venonat and had it up to here with the bug. Without so much as a warning (outside of the large breath the puffball took), Celebrity began to vocalize itself. As soon as the first word came out, Vivia and Venonat would know (Paradise would be just out of reach of the move's full effect, thankfully.)
Celebrity used Sing!
Oh dear. This would not bode well.
Challenging Earl to a battle! Using Sing on Venonat because >:(.
Dawkin stared at the two pokemon, somewhat bewildered by the mixed aggressive and friendless he thought he saw. At the end... Things seemed to work out. "Well that's good I guess." Dawkin muttered to himself, not at all pleased that he still had virtually no understanding of the situation but following along none the less. "So is our plan to have these two heavy lifters just take out everything? In case you forgot we're not exactly on par with the Pokemon here and I don't know that these guys can take of it all by themselves." Dawkin whispered to Amelia, unsure if the Pokemon in question would take offensive to his doubt.
Atlas Gender: Male Type: Steel/Rock Species: Aron Level: 12 Personality: A stubborn and sometimes disagreeable little fellow, he likes eating. A lot. He's smarter than he looks and can be quite devious in order to get what he wants. Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other: Fill in as we go. Probably Moves: Tackle, Harden, Mudslap, Headbutt, Metal Claw Ability: Sturdy. Allows the Pokemon to survive an attack that would otherwise knock it out. Held Item:
100%
Gender: Female Type: Water/Ground Personality: Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other: Level: 11 Moves: Water Gun, Tail Whip, Mud Sport, Mud Shot Ability: Water Absorb, will regain health upon being hit with a water-type move. Held Item: None.
100%
Gender: Male Type: Electric Personality: (Up to player.) Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other: (Up to player.) Level: 9 Moves: Thundershock, Charm, Tail Whip Ability: Static, may paralyze other Pokémon on contact. Held Item: Dragon Scale.
Tyrunt
Gender: ♂ Type: Rock/Dragon Personality: Affectionate, likes to nibble on things, and gets distracted easily Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other: To be discovered Level: 5 Moves: Tail Whip, Tackle Ability: Strong Jaw. Increases the power of biting-based moves. Held Item: None.
100%
Gender: ♀ Type: Grass Personality: (Up to player.) Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other: (Up to player.) Level: 11 Moves: Poison Sting, Leer, Absorb, Growth, Leech Seed Ability: Water Absorb. Contact with water restores health, including water from any Water-type moves. Held Item: None.
Zeal, Monferno Level 14 Status: FNT Held Item: Focus Band
Chikorita, Pip Level 10 Status: FNT
9352P Antidote x1 Great Ball x5 Super Potion x2 Tiny Mushroom x 1
Important Items: Castle Medal Crystal of Knowledge
Badge Collection: Challenge Badge - Redcoast Town, Hector. Minor League.
It seemed she was about to lose this battle. Ralia got off her confusion, but it wasn't enough. Bellawesome closed in, speeding through the clones that were left right towards the small Ralts. The small psychic type tossed her hands up in the air, standing up straight as though she were about to be arrested as the leaf blade came right for her neck.
Yet the strike never came?
"E-eh?"
"R-ral?"
Claire was understandably caught off guard by this turn of events, Ralia was too. Claire looked from Bellawesome to Archie, then back to Ralia. The Ralts hadn't moved an inch and was still alive and well, though from the beads of sweat forming on her head she wasn't doing to well as she tried to do her best impression of a pokemon statue. She was so caught off guard by both Archie and the turn of events, she almost missed the Revive being thrown at her. It smacked right into her head, quickly bringing the redhead back to reality as she snatched it before it hit the ground.
"A...revive?"
At first, Claire was a bit angry. Was she being messed with? Patronized? Archie didn't seem the type, but she couldn't help but feel slightly agitated by potentially being given a freebie. On the other hand...she did want to win, and she certainly didn't mind using this to achieve that...so she had a dilemma. Should she take the freebie? Her pride was hurting at the thought. She had lost, that much was certain. Claire looked at the healing item in front of her, then back to the pokemon, then back to Archie.
"...urgh, I feel kind of bad taking this." Claire grunted, smirking in a mildly angry fashion. "I lost fair and square. Taking a freebie just isn't my style." Claire continued, sighing. It might be odd for a trainer to say this. She could imagine other people would take this offer, but... "Thanks, but I'll take the L here."
Pokédollars 1200 Pokéballs 10 Potions 4 Everstone 1 Lunar Wing 1 Ragecandy Bar 1 Razor Claw 1 Star Piece 1 TM66 Payback 1 Mysterious Egg Team Virtue LvL01 Keycard
Gender: ♂ Type:Normal Level: 6 Moves: Tackle, Growl, Tail whip, Sand-attack, Helping Hand Ability: Adaptability Held Item: None. Status:100%
Gender: ♂ Type: Normal Level: 5 Moves: Leer, Tackle, Odor Sleuth Ability: Pickup. May randomly end up holding items. Held Item: None. Status:34%
Gender: ♀ Type: Normal/Flying Level: 5 Moves: Tackle, Sand-attack Ability: Tangled Feet. Greatly raises ability to evade if confused. Held Item: None. Status:21%
Gender: ♂ Type: Normal Level: 5 Moves: Scratch, Growl Ability: Technician. The power of low-powered moves are boosted. Held Item: Quick Claw Status:100%
Gender: ♀ Type: Ghost Level: 5 Moves: Leer, Night Shade, Pain Split Ability: Levitate. Pokémon is able to avoid ground-based attacks. Held Item: None. Status:100%
Gender: ♂ Type: Fire Level: 5 Moves: Bite, Roar Ability: Flash Fire, raises power of Fire-type moves after being hit by one. Held Item: None. Status:84%
The Silent Forest. Damp, with an air of serenity and a never ending silence that was likely it's namesake; Erza had been ghosting through without paying serious attention to his surroundings so far, only ever stopping at the sight of a new pokémon in order to register it into his pokédex.
Pokédex Entry #548 – Petilil, the Bulb Pokémon. They prefer to live areas with moist, nutrient-rich soil. They’ve been known to be used by humans to find areas suitable for planting plants. The leaves on their heads come right back when plucked off, and while extremely bitter, they’re known to refresh a tired body.
Pokédex Entry #546 – Cottonee, the Cotton Puff Pokémon. They’re extremely light and mostly go where the wind guide them. They’re known to feel more at ease in a group, so they stick together with others of its kind and resemble clouds floating about. If attacked, they shoot cotton at their attacker to distract them.
He briefly considered training his Growlithe right there - but he was feeling drawn towards the shrine and he could always revisit here later in order to catch some new pokémon - maybe even explore in search of a rarer pokémon that might lurk in these woods.
Moving on forward, hasty as it was very common to Erza, the boy eventually found himself standing a short distance away from the beautiful temple that was likely known as the Silent Shrine. His eyes narrowed slightly, focusing on the details spread about the building, he took note of the pillars, the decoration, the lights - everything seemed to emmanate peace in this peculiar place. His legs worked their way closer, the boy now standing next to the pillar, a hand gently running through it's surface as he analyzed the building's every detail. Curious, interested and excited, Erza was anxious to enter the temple, but he took a few minutes wandering around the temple, nodding his head should the man running the shop outside see him. He wasn't quite interested in spending hard earned money with souvenirs however; he might need it for more pokéballs, supplies and...
The boy ran his hands through his clothes. Dirty, soaked and in terrible shape - damn, he was seriously starting to worry about how he looked. No trainer would take him seriously if he already looked like a mess in the very start of his journey. Maybe praying at the temple, as per tradition, would help in this endeavor - or rather, adventure.
Erza entered the shrine. It was safe to say that it looked very beautiful and that feeling of peace only seemed to increase as he dwelved inside the building.
There were two boys conversating. Erza caught their names during the conversation; Rodger and Oaken. Both looked like trainers and somewhat friendly to one another, so Erza assumed they were travelling together. They mentioned that the gym leader might be lost in the Silent Forest and seemed very disinterested in searching for her; the thought made Erza's heart race a little, the boy considering that there could be some peril in this quiet forest. Taking a deep breath, the boy approached the altar and leaned down, onto his knees. His hands moved to clasp together and his eyes fluttered closed. For now, he'd honor the tradition - especially after listening that every champion of Isson had previously prayed at this very shrine one time or another.
I'm not exactly the religious kind, so I'm sorry- I have no idea of how I should start...
Well. I don't want an easy adventure, to be frank. Maybe some good fortune, maybe some luck to run into some rare, strong pokémon that can help me achieve my objective. I want to be a champion, you know? And not only that, I want to catch every pokémon! But, above all that, I want that this feeling never ends. You know, this thrill? The adrenaline that rushes through you whenever you are in a battle with a wild pokémon or another trainer. It's something so amazing I can barely describe it.
That wasn't praying, was it? Well, it felt like I've been talking to myself mentally. Heh, funny.
Erza smiled and stood up, looking up at the unknown figure at the altar. No matter how weird this whole thing was, he'd cast a glance at the boys (if they were still there) before making his way outside of the shrine. A lost kid in the woods, eh? Chances are that whoever it is, it should be safe. Gym leaders are tough, after all. But Erza could catch two pidgeys with one pokéball right now: Searching the woods for rarer pokémon and a Gym Leader. It would be nice to challenge someone far above him in terms of skill and experience.
Route 2 || Night The fisherman seemed nice enough, and his Pokemon were certainly impressive. The Vaporeon was the first to notice Eryn approaching, alerting the fisherman, who seemed rather unsurprised. So unsurprised, in fact, that he offered Eryn a fishing rod without batting an eye.
“Oh, thanks,” Eryn said, receiving the fishing rod with some surprise. Taking the fisherman up on his offer, she sat down beside him, Dei and Kylie gathering on the other side of her. “Er, like this, then…” Eryn fumbled with the hook for a bit before managing to cast the line. Though she’d fished before, she’d only done so a few times to make sure she had the basic trainer skills down. Past being able to cast and reel, she was out of her element.
“Right, waiting.” Straightening, Eryn turned back to the fisherman, who was again waking up his Swampert. “Long day?” It was getting late, but Eryn didn’t feel too tired yet. She glanced at her Pokemon. Dei stood beside her, staring impassively at the fisherman’s Pokemon, and Kylie sat next to him, dangling her legs over the edge of the dock as she peered into the water. Then, as if noticing Eryn’s gaze, Kylie looked up, grinning as she met Eryn’s eyes.
“Maw,” she said, kicking her legs back and forth.
“Glad you two aren’t that worn out yet,” Eryn said with a smile. Then, remembering the fisherman’s question, her smile turned sheepish. “I’m at Dragon Lake, so tips on finding Pokemon would be great. I’m looking to catch a water-type and, if possible, a dragon-type.” She paused. “But, other than that, do you know any good training spots? And fishing spots, I guess,” she said, glancing down at the bob floating in the water. “Or any interesting rumors you’ve heard. I’d be up for an adventure.”
Qwerty used Conversion2! Qwerty transformed into the Fire type!
With that, Qwerty hunted out after the Growlithe. She unleashed a Psybeam, which hit the puppy Pokémon straight on. Because of a combination of higher level and a pretty powerful move Growlithe took the majority of its health from the blow, frowning and looking back at Qwerty.
‘… Rowl!’ Growlithe returned it by sending another Ember back, which impacted Qwerty! But, due to Conversion2, this time it was not very effective! Qwerty took only a small amount of damage and was in a good state to counter, or whatever she wanted to do!
That is, Qwerty is most assuredly winning this fight like this. What’s Qwerty and Valen’s course of action?
‘Heh,’ Earl gave the slightest of a smile. ‘I have tried that already. However, I am up for trying it again… on the ground,’ Earl said.
They probably eventually get down to the ground, and Earl brought with him one of the Beduws, which he then lobbed forward at something that resembled a bunch of grass that could be fought on.
‘Alright, let’s do this,’ … After Seabreeze had woken up.
Herbalist Earl wants to fight!
‘I’ll start with Budew,’ Earl says, gesturing to his Pokémon.
Pokédex Entry #406 – Budew, the Bud Pokémon. It is sensitive to changing temperature. In winter it closes its bud and endures, while in summer it blooms and releases its pollen. This pollen is mildly poisonous and can cause harsh sneezing. It lives near clear ponds.
‘Budew!’
Yupp.
Meanwhile, Celebrity started singing to Venonat and Vivia.
'Wait, I-!' ‘Veno-!’
Both individuals sounded out somewhat in panic, before Celebrity’s song penetrated their ears, and… both promptly fell asleep, not fast enough to do anything to change their fates.
Venonat fell asleep! Vivia fell asleep!
Celebrity stands victorious by the sleeping forms of both the Venonat and the trainer. If this was the intention or not is up to Celebrity.
Gengar and Cofagrigus took a moment waiting for the army to pass, and then moved onwards. … It appears they’re intending on approaching the opponents head on. Does the two of them have better ideas?
Meanwhile. To outline the brief adventure of Joshua off-screen.
If he wanted a Sigilyph, he’d find one. They’re Uncommon down here, but spend long enough and you will run into one.
As for saving the young girl’s father, that probably went off without a hitch. The question then was if he was then sent to find more backup outside the base, if he proceeded to head deeper inside to attempt to save his daughter or if Joshua just brought him to the entrance or so.
Regardless, indeed. The thundering sound of quite a few Goletts marshing upon the exit is approaching, with Honedges and Bronzors floating along joining them in their endeavours… Will result in quite a battle quite soon.
‘… Eh? Why?’ Archie asked, his eyes wide and his expression one of utter confusion. Bellawesome as well looked over at her, looking surprised. Ramsey, however, shook his head a bit.
‘Young master, I bid you to accept the young lady’s decision. She has her pride as a Pokémon trainer, and you should respect it,’ Ramsey told, and Archie looked up at him, still with the expression of confusion.
‘I don’t… get it. But… okay,’ Archie said, sounding disappointed as he looked towards Bellawesome and Ralia. ‘Bellawesome,’
CHING
Ralia fainted!
‘Loss,’ After an exceedingly fast last swipe of her sword, Bellawesome made a similarly disappointed sound while letting her Leaf Blade blow off into the winds as regular leaves after she let go of it. She turned and returned towards Archie, who looked to Claire while still looking remarkably confused.
‘… I’ll expect you to come back, okay?’ Archie said, before turning around and dashing straight off the platform onto the sea of trees, joining the Pokémon he had been previously playing with. Meanwhile, Ramsey headed over to Claire.
‘May I escort you down, miss Claire?’
With the assumption she’d then head down and get her Pokémon healed…
Stillwood Village
Inside these calm forest lies a village completely in-tune with nature. The buildings are built around or in the trees of wood and stone, the light shining onto the village stifled by the great trees above. In the air, meeting your nose as soon as you tread into the village, is filled to the brim with the smell of forest and spores. It’s a wild smell, but somehow it is extremely relaxing and any worries seem to be stifled before the calming village ahead where everyone is always so calm and happy, wild Pokémon walking freely on the roads of the place. This is Stillwood Village, the most relaxing place imaginable, it’s people in touch with nature and wishing the best to all those who come to their cozy and ancient little home.
Wild Grass Pokémon freely wander the streets, spreading their spores into the air which the townspeople actively walk through every single day. They are all smiles, very helpful, the entire village and all visitors afflicted by the relaxing sensations brought by the spores during their stay in Stillwood Village. However, these spores are the reason quite a few avoid Stillwood Village, arguing that it messes with one’s mind. It is extremely rare that a member of Stillwood Village moves out of the village, after all. It will also quickly become evident just how little the members of the village care about the world at large, all their worries gone by the relaxing spores and just continue living, no troubles in the slightest.
That’s Stillwood Village for you.
Budews, Roselias and Shroomish were above all the ones to blame for all the spores in the air, the relaxing smell and the effect that seemed to drain on a person’s worries entering the village. However, in the air drifted smaller beings.
Hoppips floated along the winds in Stillwood Village, and high above Skiplooms floated to catch the light heading down, further decreasing the amount of sunlight that actually touched the villagers treading about the village. Also walking about were…
Numerous Oddishes had apparently failed to understand that the relative dark was not due to night. That aside, the nice smell of the village was only occasionally interrupted by foul smell of a passing Gloom, but that problem seemed to only be bothering visitors as the villagers didn’t even seem to notice.
‘Hello, and welcome to the Pokémon Center. Would you like to rest your Pokémon?’
Assumingly, yes.
‘Okay. I’ll take your Pokémon for a few seconds, then.’
She’d then accept the Pokéballs and put them into the machine, and…
‘Thank you for waiting. We’ve restored your Pokémon to full health.’
She says as she hands the Pokéballs back. She then bows to her customer and gives a friendly smile.
‘We hope to see you again!’
Claire’s in Stillwood Village. What does she want to do now.
1. Find Pokémon. Can still search for Pokémon in cities~ 2. Talk. In cities, there are considerably more people one can talk to. Talking can give you info on local rumors and such. 3. Exit. Exit the town to any of the connected areas. 4. Specify. If you specify what you want to do, the GM will take it into account and tell the result. 5. Trigger random event. Force the GM to use his imagination to make a scenario for you. 6. Notable Places. Visit any of the places in the city! 6.1. Pokémon Center. Heal all your Pokémon. 6.2. PokéMart. Go to a store and buy things. 6.3. Pokémon Gym. Archie’s Grass-type Gym. 6.4. Herb Store. Selling bitter medicine that is very good for your Pokémon! 6.5. Flower Shop. For decoration and for pleasant smells, the flower shop has the best selection in Isson! 6.6. Berry Garden. Allows trainers to rent earth to plant their own berries. New trainers gets a kit to start them off! 6.7. Treehouse Arena. Even forest-people want to battle it out sometimes. Lots of berries as prices~ 6.8. Ancient Woods. An older part of the forest. Dangerous, but said to hold a link to the past. There are large old rocks here. What more could they hold?
Connected areas: Route 4. Forest route at the base of Mt. Strength leading west to Rainrock City. Route 5. A grassy incline connecting mountains, forests, plains, Stillwood and Lakewatch. Route 14. The waters of Dragon Lake are also known as Route 14. It connects Lakewatch Town, Highhill Town and Stillwood Village. Mountain Valley. A passage between Mt. Strength and Mt. Chill, a shortcut to Worldedge City.
Erza went by the two boys on their way out and then himself went to pray at the altar. He prayed for a thrilling adventure, perhaps the luck to run into some rare Pokémon and whatnot… Was that a glimmer of light from the idol? Nah, probably a trick of light.
Regardless, he was soon enough turning to head off into the Silent Forest proper. Within, he would find that the skies above darkened under the thickness of the crowns and the clouds gathering overhead. And then, rain fell upon his steps, as the forest before him lit up with mysterious light in the silence…
Northern Silent Forest
Before you lies a forest, dark to the sight but that is mostly due to the clouds gathered overhead. Unlike on Route 3, however, the thickness of the trees prevent actually seeing above the trees. The place has a lonely feeling, made only worse by the constant downpour which is the rain around Rainrock City, yet the place is filled with things one would not expect. There are lanterns shining blue light in the trees, there are arcs around the forest for unknown reasons that sometimes look like they’re glowing themselves. There were definitely mystifying powers at work here, these wooden arcs standing as if guiding the way somewhere, yet they lead nowhere, and are strewn around seemingly randomly.
True to its name, other than the rain barely any sounds come from within the forest. And yet, among the trees, small creatures dwell. Despite the lonely feeling, it is hard to look in a direction and not seemingly see a sign of movement. On the ground, smaller grass-type creatures were invariably found, while larger creatures that enjoy the rain could also be expected. But most of all, the air was populated by small, floating flowers, and the tiny denizens on top of them… This place was fairly well known for the fairies that inhabited it. If you’re looking for a place to name the Fairy Forest of Isson… This is a good candidate.
Within here, three species of Pokémon are common enough to find anywhere. In the air, small fairies clutching flowers flew about…
Pokédex Entry #669 – Flabébé, the Single Bloom Pokémon. At the beginning of its life, this fairy picks a flower that then becomes a part of its body. It can draw out and control the hidden power of flowers, whatever that means. When it floats in the wind, any troubles in its heart is said to wane.
… And two kinds of small grass-type Pokémon made their home, Shroomishes and Bellsprouts enjoying the rainy forest.
Pokédex Entry #285 – Shroomish, the Mushroom Pokémon. It lives deep in dark, damp forest where it eats the composted soil and fallen leaves. By day it remains still in the forest shade, by night it moves to eat. If it detects danger, it can spout highly toxic spores from the top of its head, strong enough to make trees wilt.
Pokédex Entry #69 – Bellsprout, the Flower Pokémon. A carnivorous plant, it traps and eats bugs to eat. It can root itself deep into the ground to drink, or uproot itself to move. It’s skinny body is extremely flexible to avoid attacks, and its speed with its Vine Whips at prey are said to be blindingly fast. It loves hot and humid places.
So, what would Erza do from here?
1. Find Pokémon. Specify if you’re looking for a specific kind of Pokémon in the forest. 2. Train Pokémon. With this command, we can jump ahead in time and skip posting about grinding. 3. Move along. Move along normally, letting any events that may come happen naturally. 4. Hurry along. Intentionally avoid confrontations and try to get safely to the next destination. 5. Specify. If you specify what you want to do, the GM will take it into account and tell the result. 6. Trigger random event. Force the GM to use his imagination to make a scenario for you. 7. Area Specific: Follow the Arcs. They seem to be standing randomly, but if you follow them anyways…?
Connected areas: Route 3. To the east. Route 11. If you head directly north for a while. Silent Shrine. Go south, you should be able to find the road there.
She got a few pointers from the fisherman who was clearly experienced in the art of giving fishing pointers and soon enough she got something into the water.
‘’Pert,’ Swampert simply replied to the question of if it had been a long day, looking pretty tired.
‘We went up extra late for this. Not that you’d see it by looking at this guy,’ the fisherman declared, pointing a thumb over at the Swampert. But, then there were the other questions.
‘Water-type, huh,’ the fisherman commented, pulling and throwing out his line again. ‘Then it depends mostly on what kind of water-type you want. This is freshwater, you’re not going to find any salt-water fish in this. The best fishing spots are actually around the middle of the lake, but the problem with fishing there is that your boat is going to be assaulted by Carvanhas, which isn’t pleasant. We’re all dreaming of the day we fish up a Feebas, but that ain’t happening,’ he said with a sigh.
‘Otherwise you should find some of them in Wet Caverns. If you’d rather have a sea-worthy fish, then suppose you’ll need to head north past Rainrock City until you finally reach a sea-route. Dragon-type, however. Yeah, they’re here. The Lakewatchers that patrol the lake will prevent you from catching them, though. They defend the dragons from poachers… as well as from everyone else, including trainers. That said, they murmur that there’s a place in Wet Caverns where a dragon might be caught without their supervision… dunno where it is, though,’ the fisherman shrugged and continued.
‘Wet Caverns and Infested Forest both work for training. If you find either too tough, you can always head back and head north via Route 1 instead, far easier. … Infested Forest is known to be a place for Bug-types, but some people claim they’ve seen ghosts in there, too. Heh, who knows? Might have just seen a shadow move or something. Eh, I dunno.’
‘Swaaamp,’ Swampert suddenly stated.
‘You’re about to have a bite,’ the fisherman translated.
If she pulled at this moment…!
Pokédex Entry #129 – Magikarp, the Fish Pokémon. While known for being extremely weak and washed away by even the weakest current, Magikarp can survive even in the most polluted of water. They’re incredibly fertile and have spread to waters all around the world. They jump fairly high, and older Magikarps are known to brave mountains with these jumps, seeking evolution.
… So, maybe not the most epic catch ever, but it’s a Magikarp that she could capture if she so felt like it. And yes, Magikarp lives in all waters.
Route 2 || Night Eryn stared at the orange fish she’d reeled up, watching as it flopped on the dock. Was she surprised she’d reeled up the most common fish in the region and perhaps even the world? Of course not, and she felt dumb even thinking that she was a bit disappointed.
“Well, would you say it’s worth catching?” Eryn asked, glancing at the fisherman. “Wait.” She paused, looking back at the beached Magikarp. “You know what, don’t answer that.” She’d pulled up her first catch, and sure it wasn’t the most fascinating specimen—alright, so maybe not even an interesting specimen—but hadn’t she been the one internally touting that she hadn’t signed up to be a trainer to coast along? She’d signed up for the long haul: the side routes, dead ends, and all, and what better personified a temporary setback for long-term gain than a Magikarp?
“Sorry about that,” Eryn said, crouching and touching the Magikarp’s scales. They were slick smooth, built more like a carapace than like individual scales and surprisingly solid to the touch. As if registering her touch, the Magikarp stilled its flopping, its round eye staring up at her with an indecipherably blank gaze.
“Of course you’re worth catching,” Eryn murmured, retrieving a Pokeball with a grin. “You’re worth catching, even if it’s just ‘cuz I’m the one who fished you up,” she said, pressing the Pokeball to the Magikarp’s flank. Immediately, the Magikarp disappeared, engulfed into the red glow and into the Pokeball that glowed in Eryn’s palm. The capsule hummed with indecisive energy, caught between shaking and stilling for an uncertain second as Eryn stared down at it, uncertain herself. Then, the glow faded, and Eryn grinned anew.
“Alright, let’s see,” Eryn said, pressing the button and pocketing the Pokeball before she caught the newly-released Magikarp in midair, huffing. “Big gal, huh, Tula. Welcome to the team.”
Lowering the Magikarp down so that her other two Pokemon could take a gander, Eryn watched their reactions carefully, scanning their faces for any sort of indication as to what their thoughts were. Dei was, unsurprisingly, unimpressed with his new teammate, which he punctuated with a smoky snort after he finished looking Tula over. Kylie, on the other hand, slowly neared the fish, pressing a black-gloved hand to Tula’s scales before snapping the hand back and glancing at it. Then, she repeated the movement, this time leaving her hand on Tula’s scales and peering into the Magikarp’s eyes with a friendly smile.
“Mawile,” she said, stretching the syllables out in a sing-song manner. Dei snorted again.
“Glad that you both approve,” Eryn said, holding Dei’s gaze for an additional moment before straightening again, Tula circled in her arms. “Thanks for the tips, Mr. Fisherman. I think I’m set on fishing for a bit here, but thanks for letting me borrow the fishing rod.”
If the fisherman took the rod back, Eryn would move on without another thought since she doesn’t see herself actively reaching for it in the foreseeable future anyway. If he told her to keep it, though, she’d be pleasant surprised and accept, being the kind of person who liked to have too much over too little. A practical hoarder, if you will, though she’d keep herself within limits since she’s travelling. And she’d get the fisherman’s name and contact information through her Pokedex to keep him updated on her Magikarp because, after all, she owes her catch to him from tools and execution to reeling and completion.
Then, having properly thanked the fisherman again, she’d head along to the Infested Woods because what better time than the dead of night to see if the rumors about ghosts were really true?
“Right-o, Dei. Get that flame ready for some action.” Eryn grinned, patting Tula’s side as she watched Dei’s tail flick in front, the glow a small beacon in the darkness. “Don’cha worry, Tutu. You just watch and see how it’s done for now.” Given the darkness, she kept her ears perked instead of her eyes. She’d get some last training in before she called it a night and maybe—just maybe—get a glimpse or two of the rumored ghost-types haunting the woods.
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Gender: ♂ Type:Normal Level: 6 Moves: Tackle, Growl, Tail whip, Sand-attack, Helping Hand Ability: Adaptability Held Item: None. Status:100%
Gender: ♂ Type: Normal Level: 5 Moves: Leer, Tackle, Odor Sleuth Ability: Pickup. May randomly end up holding items. Held Item: None. Status:34%
Gender: ♀ Type: Normal/Flying Level: 5 Moves: Tackle, Sand-attack Ability: Tangled Feet. Greatly raises ability to evade if confused. Held Item: None. Status:21%
Gender: ♂ Type: Normal Level: 5 Moves: Scratch, Growl Ability: Technician. The power of low-powered moves are boosted. Held Item: Quick Claw Status:100%
Gender: ♀ Type: Ghost Level: 5 Moves: Leer, Night Shade, Pain Split Ability: Levitate. Pokémon is able to avoid ground-based attacks. Held Item: None. Status:100%
Gender: ♂ Type: Fire Level: 5 Moves: Bite, Roar Ability: Flash Fire, raises power of Fire-type moves after being hit by one. Held Item: None. Status:84%
Erza's sense of direction wasn't particularly great. So he just took a random path and followed it through; unknowingly, he was heading towards the Northern Silent Forest. He could notice that he was getting somewhere because the scenery was slowly changing. The practically ever pouring rain was there nonetheless, bothering him slightly but making no huge difference as the boy was already soaked, unfortunately. He could only hope that he wouldn't catch a cold or something that'd impact his journey negatively.
The forest seemed darker now. Looking up, Erza could barely see the sky; this forest was dense and thick. The boy was already beginning to feel an eery feeling within himself. The silence and the emptiness of this place was unsettling; and what were those blue lights that he could see in the distance, anyway? They clearly didn't seem to belong here.
Slowly but steady, Erza's steps brought the boy further into this mysterious place. He could now tell that the blue lights were lanterns. There were arcs placed everywhere that didn't seem to lead anywhere. Erza could, however, identify some pokémon:
Pokédex Entry #669 – Flabébé, the Single Bloom Pokémon. At the beginning of its life, this fairy picks a flower that then becomes a part of its body. It can draw out and control the hidden power of flowers, whatever that means. When it floats in the wind, any troubles in its heart is said to wane.
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A fairy-type. Exciting, but Erza knew that without a Steel or Poison type, he would waste too much resources and risk hurting his pokémon in a possible uneven battle. As far as he knew from reading pokémon related materials, Fairies are tough to battle without the advantage.
It didn't took him much longer to notice other pokémon he didn't encounter before:
Pokédex Entry #285 – Shroomish, the Mushroom Pokémon. It lives deep in dark, damp forest where it eats the composted soil and fallen leaves. By day it remains still in the forest shade, by night it moves to eat. If it detects danger, it can spout highly toxic spores from the top of its head, strong enough to make trees wilt.
Pokédex Entry #69 – Bellsprout, the Flower Pokémon. A carnivorous plant, it traps and eats bugs to eat. It can root itself deep into the ground to drink, or uproot itself to move. It’s skinny body is extremely flexible to avoid attacks, and its speed with its Vine Whips at prey are said to be blindingly fast. It loves hot and humid places.
Erza took a deep breath. It was raining, but he still had his Growlithe with him; fire types don't do well in the rain... but again, Growlithe didn't even knew a fire type move just yet. Maybe he could have some fun while heading deeper in the Silent Forest, hm? Smirking at the thought, Erza carefully picked Growlithe's pokéball and summoned his companion forth, the creature surging in a flash of red light with a yawn.
"Ready, Growlithe? Let's see how tough the pokémon in here are!"
Train Growlithe. The boy needs some levels. Erza will be moving ahead still, but at a much slower pace.
Seabreeze the Wingull (♂) Level 7 Water Gun, Supersonic, Growl, Wing Attack, Fowl Flap Keen Eye No Item Current Condition - Healthy
Celebrity the Jigglypuff (♀) Level 8 Sing, Defense Curl, Pound, Play Nice Friend Guard No Item Current Condition - Beaten Up
Paradise the Tropius (♀) Level 6 Razor Leaf, Gust, Sweet Scent, Leer, Growth Solar Power No Item Current Condition - Healthy
Skylar carefully stepped down to the ground and ran to where he thought the other side of the arena was (he had to use his cane to prod his way there, but he wasn't too afraid of this battle, although he certainly felt like he should. With the stuff made by Earl, there was no telling how this battle could go, though he certainly wasn't about to lose so easily to Earl, not at all.
As he got his bearings of the battlefield spatially (and as Celebrity waddled over to his side), he could've sworn he heard a familiar jingle echo in his head.
Herbalist Earl wants to battle!
Skylar pondered who to send in first. Celebrity was a big no, since she was still kind of low on health and he didn't want to use his one Potion on her just yet. Seabreeze was still a bit affected by the Herb that Skylar gave him a while ago, leaving the last party member up in peak condition, and ready to rock and roll.
"C'mon, Paradise. It's time to show us what ya got!"
Paradise raised her head before happily stomping her way over to the battlefield, ruffling her wings out before standing ready to fight.
Rising Star Skylar sent out Paradise!
He was ready to rock and roll right along with her. They could definitely do this, no doubt.
Alright! First trainer battle!
So, the long and short of the strategy here is to have Paradise use Growth to bolster her Special Attacking, and following it up immediately by using Gust to try and just OOF that Budew right outta here. If somehow Paradise falls to the strength of this Budew, Seabreeze would get the next shot at victory, and would immediately just go for the Wing Attack. If somehow that failed, too, then Celebrity would be the remaining fighter and use Sing before trying it's hardest to Pound the Budew into submission.
Zeal, Monferno Level 14 Status: 100% Held Item: Focus Band
Chikorita, Pip Level 10 Status: 100%
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Claire watched as Bellawesome dealt the final blow. Ralia, in a rather over dramatic fashion managed to twirl twice on her feet, holding a hand over her chest and one on her forehead before finally falling over, fainted. Pocketing the revive, Claire gave Archie a small smile as she placed a hand on her hip. Ah, loss really hurt, didn't it? But it didn't matter. Everyone had fun, and that was the most important thing. Even little Pip seemed happy at even just getting the chance to do something.
"Yea, don't you worry." Claire said with a grin, recalling Ralia to her pokeball. Extending a finger towards Archie, she shouted as he ran off to return playing. "One of these days I'ma come back, and then I'm gonna kick your ass! You can bet all the gym badges in the world!" Before Ramsey could make his way over to her, Claire had already bolted off in the other direction with her usual energy. No defeat would keep her down! Nay, a defeat was just a chance to get stronger, and Claire definitely felt like she had learned a lot from this battle. As much as she didn't like them, she'd need to start taking status moves more into account.
Making a brief stop at a pokemon center to heal her pokemon, then taking a break and finding a nice break outside playing with her pokemon, Claire ended up on a bench. Pip was playing tag with Ritz not far away. The grounded grass type was having quite the fun time trying to tackle a flying type. Claire was busy looking over a map of the region. Hm. Where should she go next? If she wanted to follow up on her meeting with Uxie, she'd need to backtrack to Rainrock or head straight to world edge. Head through mountain valley, and travel north on Route 10.
"Hmm-ah," Suddenly feeling a weight on her head as Ralia teleported on top of her, Claire glanced upwards. "What do you think, girl? Rainrock or Worldedge?" Really though, there were still a lot of places she hadn't been yet. Zooming straight to worldedge might have been jumping the gun a bit, but at the same time she couldn't leave Uxie hanging. If this was something important, then she couldn't just sit around and do her own thing.
"Rrralll?"
"Hmm...how about," Claire pointed to Worldedge on the map. "We go first to Worldedge, finish up business there, then go north to Bigfjord. If Professor Dunstan is a no go, then we can backtrack to Rainrock."
"Ralts!" A small happy cry from her partner was all Claire needed to decide her course of action.
"Alright!" Bouncing up, Claire quickly returned her pokemon to her pokeballs. "Mountain Valley, here we come!"
"Rrral!~" With a set course and determined path, Claire headed out of Stillwood and for Worldedge city.
Valen was sweating bullets. This whole battle with a fire type was making him nervous. Couldn't the ember attack ending up starting a fire or something around them?
Qwerty wouldn't like this but they were going to run. Let the Growlithe have his stupid territory or something, fear was at the forefront of Valen's mind. Maybe for a second he'd considered that this was a new experience, this was a whole new place, this was a fresh journey where he could reinvent himself.
But those thoughts were short-lived as he saw another Ember fly by. Valen took out the pokeball with trembling hands and pressed the return button once more. Thankfully, Qwerty was caught off gaurd and dissappeared in a flash of red. No matter how huffy or cross she became, Valen decided he would deal with it accordingly. He couldn't do this.
Valen decided he was too scared and he just ran away haha. He'll be making his way to Highhill Town. If he can't run away for some reason, then maybe we can turn this into a quick battle?
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Ragecandy Bar 1
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