[OOC] Pokémon: Start

[PlatinumSkink]

@Eklispe Heh. Alright. Nicely posted. So, you're heading to the Explorer's Guide Service to get information? Or just see what people might have to say on the way? I'll note that he'll get there and find that the place charges for their info, haha. I'm just going to copy-paste the menu here.

Explorer's Guide Services

1. Tips! Get a tip about any of the serviced areas!
Small tip - 50P. Considerable tip - 200P. Masterful tip - 500P.
1.1. Wet Caverns.
1.2. Route 6, a.k.a, the Vast Plains.
1.3. Frozen Cave/Route 9.
1.4. Dragon Lake.
1.5. Mt. Strength.
1.6. Mt. Chill.
1.7. Route 7, a.k.a, the Desert Eye.
1.8. Endless Forest. ”Tips” don’t help in Endless Forest.
1.9. Anywhere else! Name a place, and we’ll see what we can do!
2. Maps/guidebooks! To ensure you’ll never feel lost on your own!
2.1. Wet Caverns. Shows paths and water-ways. 300P.
2.2. Route 6, aka, the Vast Plains. Habitat guidebook. 500P.
2.3. Frozen Cave/Route 9. Maps and survival tips. 500P.
2.4. Dragon Lake. Habitat guidebook. 700P.
2.5. Mt. Strength. Maps. 1000P.
2.6. Mt. Chill. Maps and suggestions. 1000P.
2.7. Route 7, aka, the Desert Eye. Maps, and guide to finding the Oasis. 1000P.
2.8. Endless Forest. Any attempt at making a map or guidebook to Endless Forest is doomed to fail. We have hundreds of attempts, feel free to take one for free.
2.9. Anywhere else! Name a place, and we’ll see what we can do! - Price varies.
3. Hire a guide! To accompany you and help out with your needs in said area! - 2900P.
3.1. Wet Caverns.
3.2. Route 6, a.k.a, the Endless Plains.
3.3. Frozen Cave/Route 9.
3.4. Dragon Lake.
3.5. Mt. Strength.
3.6. Mt. Chill.
3.7. Route 7, a.k.a, the Desert Eye.
3.8. Endless Forest. Service discontinued due to complaints of getting lost despite having a guide. <There’s a drawn face rolling its eyes next to this one>
3.9. Anywhere else! Name a place, and we’ll see what we can do!

Just finding out the common Pokémon in each place is probably a small tip her route. Finding out about the rarer Pokémon or potentially find one would be a considerable tip. Or you can haggle, it's a vague service, after all.

Anyways. Regardless, I don't think you updated your inventory and Pokémon after the fight with Cathia. I just went to check how much money you had due to going to the Explorer's Guide Service, and I think you have more than 22 P, and your Pokémon have gone up a few levels... Haha.

[Eklispe]

Whoop you got me, added in my free stuff and levels. As for the services, yeah I'll just say he'll cough up the money for a small tip regarding Frozen Cave and Route 5.

[Pyromaniacwolf]

Right that went well now to go deliver this Ducklett...uh I'm gonna have to check were I was told to drop it off again..

[Joshua Tamashii]

@PlatinumSkink range disadvantages suck, but let's see how things go.

[Rune_Alchemist]

@Pirouette

Tagging you since Erika would have received a very excited Claire call her about her shiny new badge~

[PlatinumSkink]

@Joshua Tamashii Oh, my. Alright. This was what I was asking for, wasn't it? Hahahaha. Yeah, nicely posted. Now for me to determine what'll happen in all of these cases. Most are pretty simple, but... heh. Yupp. I like the effort. I know I kinda demanded it, but. XD

@Rune_Alchemist ... Erika's in a very interesting spot for a sudden phone call. XD ... Well, at the very least she's just starting out the challenge, and not mid-challenge. OR IS SHE? ... I'm going to leave it to @Pirouette when exactly in her post she might get that call. Haha.

Anyways. Nicely posted. Let's see where Claire might find the one she's looking for.

[Pirouette]

Oooh. I've got something in mind for the call then!

Edit: Errr... Never mind, I'll have Erika call Claire back after this challenge!

Also there is my idea. A trench seems like a pretty reasonable idea and Gible seems like it can dig that trench fast enough, at least.

[PlatinumSkink]

@Pikmin Eye Taha, okay, nothing to do down here yet, huh? Very well. Training Goldeen it is. Nicely posted. Haha.

@Pirouette Ooooh. That's a strategy. Alright. Let's see how I have it pay off. Nicely posted.

[Pikmin Eye]

I have big plans to go back there should a key card ever fall in my hands. Until then, pretend it's not a thing. Also, having a Level 5 Goldeen really is a shame that must be corrected.

[PlatinumSkink]

So, I really want to avoid letting any post go over 4 days without being answered. ... So I'm posting for only Eklispe to buy myself two more days for the other posts.

@Eklispe Frozen Cave and Route 5. Here you go.

[PlatinumSkink]

I had to write this in a bit of a rush between real-life events, apologies for any huge mistakes I may have made. But, here you go.

@Joshua Tamashii I did write 3 vs 3 battles, BUT EH! Let's just do this. XD

So, most of those went as expected, and even in those that it didn't could I think of other ways to beat the enemy without too much consideration. Only in one occasion did your tactics just straight-up fail, and in another case a bad critical-hit made for that you probably had to get inventive in the battle after, but I took some liberties in those cases.

But, yeah. In one match-up you straight-up lost, so I'd like you to insert a new tactic there.

If you do that fast enough, I can be reasonably quick with inserting your update so you can move on. Heh.

@Rune_Alchemist Bunches of descriptions. Hm. Heh. Yeah. Either make your current intentions clear or trigger a random event. Or don't, because I might just trigger it regardless. I just want to know what your intentions are, first. Maybe. You might decide to stick around in either location, anyway, but yeah. I wanna know where you want to be and what you're going to want to do, first.

@Pikmin Eye Bit of training, done. Sorry, no water-type moves yet, I'm afraid. Haha. But, yeah. What next?

@Pirouette Apologies for wanting to make a "press 'yes' to continue" post, but there was a few new details in that Ewan added Duessel and maybe you have a better idea or something. Anyways. There you go.

[Rune_Alchemist]

Welp, no sign of Yvonne.

Huhm...might have her call Anise and go ahead and have that dinner and ask about any fighting type pokemon in the area. Not sure~

[Joshua Tamashii]

@PlatinumSkink I'll see what I can do. I forgot they were just meant to be 3v3 battles though, sorry about that.

Edit: put in a tactic for when things went South for Driffloon

[PlatinumSkink]

@Joshua Tamashii Oh, you do it like that. Alright. I edited the post to be a bit more complete, then, and strew some level-ups into it. ... And realized that Drifloon learned a new move that just might have made a difference, but EH! XD

@Eklispe Nicely posted. For clarification, where exactly are you training right now? On the waters or on Route 5, that is? Both are "outside of town".

[Eklispe]

Ah true, the waters for now.

[PlatinumSkink]

@Rune_Alchemist Alright, nicely posted. ... Okay. Let's see what kind of accessory shops exists in the Pokémon universe that I could list. But, honestly, this place probably has what you might be looking for even if it isn't on the list. XD

@Pikmin Eye *checks size of Goldeen for purpose of surfing* ... Oh, wow. Okay, it's actually kind of big. ... Wait, haven't I had this realization before? Heh. In any case, alright. Nicely posted. So, those questions you have, are those questions you intend on asking when you actually reach the Explorer's Guide Service or are you asking them on the way? As I interpret it right now, I'll simply post you arriving at the place and then you can ask the questions, but I wanted to ask anyway. Heh.

[Pikmin Eye]

Those questions were part Martin planning, and me reminding myself not to space on what was my questions i wanted to ask later. So it's basically a combination yes to that question.

[PlatinumSkink]

@Pikmin Eye I'll simply have you arrive. Heh.

@Joshua Tamashii Alright, nicely posted. I will defend Audrey a bit that she did realize Amelia hadn't actually cheated and switched to "not fair" instead mid-word, but hah. Alright. Wandering town and thinking amusing thoughts. Now allow me to consider... Hm-hm.

[PlatinumSkink]

There we go. Tell me if I did anything terrible. Hah.

@Eklispe ... Yeeeaaah, training a rock on water's not gonna do it. XD
Sorry about that.

@Rune_Alchemist My apologies that I got lazy with the accessories shop. If you want anything in particular, tell me and we'll negotiate a price. Haha. Anyways, yeah. I wanted to show that in some way or another, so Claire can overhear that, if she wants to. It's mostly posters of relevant people in the contest world. Heh.

@Pikmin Eye I simply had you arrive. Questions can be asked now.

@Joshua Tamashii You know what? I'm feeling nice. I won't let you do this with Pokémon, mostly, because finding Pokémon's the purpose of the game, but when you just want to meet a specific person? I'll admit that it was an opportunity you missed. So, here ya go. Heh.

@Pirouette Nicely posted. Now, I am somewhat proud I remembered that ability. However... XD

I had a little fun with Pidgeotto's remarkably terrible roll. Now, then. What'll you do?

@Project Hi. How are you doing?

[Eklispe]

What do you mean a patch of ground won't materialize underneath him and the other Pokémon won't float above the water in convenient hitting range? YOU'RE GOING AGAINST EVERYTHING I KNOW AND LOVE