[IC] Pokemon Chrome

[TalijaKey]

Location: Brittanium City
A moment of relaxsation
Interaction:@I-Am-X@Amaterasu@itano123
GM:@Sho Minazuki

Team

Francis - Fletching

Name: Francis
Species: Fletching
Gender: Male
Ability: Big Pecks
Battle Experience: 2+1+1(4)
Moves:
Tackle
Tailwind - inherited move
Quick Attack
Peck

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Maria Boadicea - Eevee

Name: Maria Boadicea
Species: Eevee
Gender: Female
Ability: Run away
Battle Experience: 2
Moves:
Tail Whip
Growl
Covet
Tackle

Bag

3 potion
3 pokeballs
1 revive

Other staff Danilo drags with him

One comb
One brush
One big towel
One small towel
One scarf
One pokedex
One old map from Chromis
One notebook with pen
One makeup case small, full.
One small first aid case, including bandages, thermometer and alcohol.
One empty casing for berries
One empty cassing for TM
One rope - you never know when you need it to climb out a hole you fall in

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They meet up with Ven, and made their way to the city. Once they were entering it the hustle and buzzle made Danilo smile, it reminded him of Kalos and the period where he lived in just a populated place like this one. His father performing in the biggest hall there was. It was long before he received Francis egg. There was always a kind of magic being in such a busy place.

Francis who spend most of the time chipping lovely at Maria was the one who noticed her big eyes as she looked everywhere around. He knew where this may end. Maria never came this close to this place before. She was about to go off to the side to see what was that in that shop window when two hands wrapped around her middle and pulled her into air. She protested loudly turning her head to see the gloved hands belonged to her trainer who smiled at her.

"To not loss you, Maria." He explained as he put her in his bag. She awaited to be called into a pokeball and was about to protest how she wanted to see all this things whatever they are. But seeing how that didnt happen and she was now sitting atop of a soft scarf quite comfortable, her head easily looking around out the bag. She made a bark sound in thanks and allowed Dan to carry her in her bag so she could look around. Francis quite proud he pointed out to Danilo, that Maria was about to run away and off to who knows where, flattered to rest on top of her head.

She rolled her eyes at the Fletchling but just decided to allow him to stay there. It wasnt like he was heavy, just slightly annoying with the amount of chipping. Lucky for Maria, Francis was testing out how well he could nap on her head so he fall silent during the tour.

On the other hand, Danilo was anything but in the mood for a nap, following the quick pace, his own shoes and staff clicking along his travel companions. He enjoyed the sightseeing, on occasion using the pokedex to take a photo. He planned to send a mail to his family before they leave the city. Showing them how his travel is going. The shops that were shown as best ones to shop in were quite fascinating. He couldnt help himself that he kept comparing price and fashion to his home region. Once they came to the jewelry Dan noticed how Maria was leaning out of the bag to get a closer look at some of them. She reacted similar to the pokemon outfits and Danilo grinned, she was curious. She was adorable, he moved his hand and gave her a light side pet. "Maybe later we can get something. We will see."

She jumped in joy in place at that, which jolted Francis awake. With a chip of annoyance the little bird hid under Dans hat where sleep was much easier to achieve. Danilo chuckled and waved his staff as to show Maria that there was nothing wrong with waking up the bird with a startle. Even if the tour took them around the city, or a part of it, it still lasted quite a while. He felt hungry and tired. So Ruby showed them some mercy as she lead them to her home.

The door to the house which Ruby showed as her own was opened by her mother. And who would he be if he didnt show some manners to the woman who was taking them into their house, and with whose daughter he was traveling along side. So Danilo let the girls enter the house before him and placed the bag, with Maria still poking out of it, down. His staff moved under his arm so he could do a deep bow and use his hands to give a kiss to the back of the young mother hand.

"The pleasure to be here is all mine. Which luck must I have to be graced with the presence of such a breathtaking and beautiful mother. Ruby cheerfulness must be coming from having you in her life. My name is Danilo Suviol." He greeted the mother back standing upright once more. During this time Maria was already deep into the house and curiously exploring every inch of it, her tail wagging in excitement.

Danilo let Maria roam a bit, but he kept a close eye from under his bangs on her, calling her name just before she would slip out his view. Once he was done with the juice which was quite refreshing, he asked to bath his pokemon. Which was allowed and he was pointed to the bathroom. He really had to put Maria thought a proper bath. Francis wasnt much better from all the fighting and forest they both were quite dusty. Which also meant his own hair was a bit of a mess as well, thanks to Francis snuggling into it.

Bathing pokemon, having fun.

Plus who knows how long will it take till another opportunity like free housing and warm water will arise. Closing the bathroom door behind himself he placed his bag down. Maria jumped up on the edge of the bathtub testing how slippery the inside was with one pawn. Danilo took off his hat from which Francis emerged flapping a round around the room before settling on the sink. The gloves were the next item off and he placed them inside the top hat the staff laying on top of it all. His coat and shirt were next and hung on the back of the door. He knew with 100% accuracy he will get splashed at least once, and most likely end up all wet. It was a law of nature, even when he bathed his father pokemon it was like that. Not to even mention the pokemon his mother breed, they usually had a competition who will get others more wet.

Maria was observing the bathtub filling up, not fully trusting it, but too curious to leave it alone. Danilo was amused with her reactions but there were guest and shouldnt hog the place longer than needed. With a slightly evil smirk Danilo pushed Maria from behind into the warm water. She yelped as she dropped head first into the waiting water. She raised her head out the water, her fur now all dripping with water. She gave a glare to Dan. "Oopsy." The red head trainer commented pretending he was innocent.

It didnt help that Francis was chipping with one wing over his face, trying not to show how funny he found this. Maria turned her head away from the bird showing she felt insulted by his behaviour, making Francis fly closer and chip an apology. Instead to ignore or forgive him, Maria used her tail to splash water over Francis, who from the extra weight of water dropped into the bath himself. Now Maria was laughing at the normal flying type expression. Danilo noticed the wink Francis gave Maria but he was too slow to react as both pokemon made sure their trainer received a grandiose splash of water in his face.

That was the exact reason he was shirtless on his knees. He laughed shaking his head at them both, it was good they were starting to get along. Using the shampoo he first turned his head into a mess of bubbles, removing in the process his bangs from his eyes. Next he took care off Maria making sure to give her a proper head massage. He was proud to see his eevee all but fall asleep in his hands. Next he took care to Francis, who was blowing at the bubbles in great concentration. "Just keep training and you will breath fire soon enough." Washing everyone off including himself, was much easier than he awaited.

In a matter of minutes everyone was more or less dry as well. The towel he used to dry everyone off he put in the dirty pile. Using the comb he adjusted his bangs, and the moment he was done with them Francis fly up and started to fix his hair back to be the most comfortable for himself. Maria was busy observing herself in the mirror, and how much softer her fur looked and how it even shined a bit. Danilo was already dressed when he picked her up with one hand the other carrying the bag and staff, on top of his head was his top hat and Maria was sure Francis was under it as well. Most likely still making a nest.

The left the bathroom and rejoined the group of trainers, Maria was about to run off to the girl who caught her friend and ask to play with her. But Danilo placed her in his lap and pulled out a brush. Softly, gently and carrying he started to brush her fur, to groom her. Maria sighed, changing her mind that she could play afterwards. This felt really nice, she definitely should have gotten a trainer ages ago. Lazily she moved her tail slowly, left and right, simple enjoying and listening to the chat her trainer had with the other humans.

[itano123]

Ven

Route 9 - Brittanium City

@Sho Minazuki@I-Am-X@TalijaKey@Amaterasu

“Simple is best” Ven mumbled out loud as he enjoyed sitting down eating while he waited for the others returned, hopefully they would be a while so he could have a proper rest after how everything spiraled… sadly that didn’t really happen as he soon found himself being dragged off again, seems you can't always get what you want.

Soon after finally arriving at the city Ven was dumbstruck by the amount of people and all the buildings in the area, to the point that as soon as Ruby started showing everyone around he was immediately lost in the crowd of people and had no idea how to proceed which resulted in him getting even more lost.
Catching a whiff of some delicious smelling food Ven decided to follow the smell instead of trying to find his way, though he found the source of the smells was a restaurant area it was much to his dismay that he couldn’t practically afford the pricing on the food.
Broken and dejected the boy mopped his way around trying to find the companions he arrived with as he had no freeking idea where anything was. So he filed through the crowd bumping into a few people, almost getting into a brawl, getting a rumbling stomach and eventually thankfully? (seem as one was the reason he was even dragged here) found his companions.

Somehow, in the end they ended up at Ruby’s house and met her mother… who seemed to be…. Different... compared to Ruby.

After being welcomed it was only right to introduce himself, “thanks, the names Ven… Becoming friends with your daughter is eventful to say the least” Showing his gratitude Ven couldn’t help but have a sinking feeling somewhere in his stomach for some reason.

[I-Am-X]

Lucifina - "Lucy"

- Forest off of Route 9 --> Brittanium City

@Amaterasu @itano123 @TalijaKey @Sho Minazuki

As they were exiting the forest, Ruby had a pouty expression on her face. Lucy figured it was something akin to a lack of attention. I heard that it's quite fatal for 'idol's... she giggled to herself, much to zaps confusion. She wasn't sure what exactly the cause was, but she took in the sight with a smile. Looking at her you wouldn't think that they were the same age but Lucy still found it adorable all the same. Before long, they found themselves on the outskirts of Brittanium City.

Ruby than thought it proper to give them a 'quick' tour, but of course, she took them to only places that interested her, namely fashion and cosmetic shops. Soon enough the pint-sized idol would get lost in her own world and seemed to forget about them altogether. But it seemed like Berry stuck to reality and even made sure the others didn't get lost in the crowd, though, Ven, naturally, was the only one who actually got lost.

Though, Ven, by some miracle, managed to find them in the end. It was nothing new to them, considering he was always getting lost on their journey. Even back home he was always getting lost. She laughed inwardly, recalling all the searches that was made to find him when younger. Soon enough, they all found themselves at Ruby's home and in the presence of her youthful looking mother. She was beautiful and elegant, Lucy couldn't help but be in awe.

Though, she was snapped out of it by Dan's cheesy 'gentleman' act. When the others introductions were over, it was her turn. "It's nice to meet you madam, I'm Lucy. We met at the PokeLab and been journeying together since. It's been a joy to travel with her as your daughter is quite am---something. There's never a dull moment, that's for sure." She laughed to cover up for the fact she almost said 'amusing' again. Whoops.

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Now that they were in total relax mode, she let Zap and Glacia out of their pokeballs as they chilled out in Ruby's room. Eventually Lucy, Ruby and Zap settled into playing a pokemon contest battle card game. Whenever Ruby played a decent hand, berry would be there using fairy wind with sparkles in. Though, the game stalled several times because Glacia would occasionally mess with Zap and steal his cards.

Soon, however, the game was stopped when Zap had it and started brawling with Glacia, who even than was still mocking and having its fun with Zap, enraging it further. After laughing at the little scuffle, they found other ways to preoccupy their time. As more time passed, they ran low snacks, and with their traveling supplies also low, Lucy suggested going on a shopping trip with the others. It's been awhile since she last went on one, especially with friends.

[Lord Szall]

Jack Schreiber

Location: Route 9
Group: @Broyeabro@Sho Minazuki@alexfangtalon@I-Am-X@Alder
GM: @floodtalon

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Arclight Grunt wants to Battle!

Battle

The Arclight Grunt split off from his comrades and led Jack away from his as well. Finally he stopped and sent out a Voltorb to do battle with Cubone.

Jack smiled at the sight of a Pokemon that looked strangely like a Pokeball. "Bonesaw! use Bone Club" he commanded, as his Cubone charged forward, waving the Bone in one hand in a flurry towards her opponent.

The Voltorb was hit 3 times before it rolled backwards away from the attack, looking slightly dazed. It collected itself and quickly a shot off a Sonic Boom at the Cubone.

"Jump back and get some distance, Bonesaw!" Jack said to his Cubone. As it jumped back from the oncoming shockwave, it was able to dodge the shockwave this time, but she needed to be wary of how close she got to the voltorb. "hmmm... use Focus Energy, Bonesaw, and slowly circle the enemy!" Hearing Jack's next order, Bonesaw brought herself to a stance, readying her club as she pumped one of her tiny fists, and began slowly walking around the Voltorb.

The Voltorn didn't really know how to approach this situation and neither did the trainer, so the Voltorb just shot off another Sonic Boom at where the Cubone was going to be if it kept circling.

"NOW! Headbutt." Jack yelled. As the Voltorb began to fire the Sonic Boom, Cubone immediately ran straight forward, it's Bone still low to it's waist. As the shockwave flew past, aiming for where Cubone would've gone if she had kept circling, she brought her head down to charge the opposing Voltorb.

The Voltorb was hit by the mighty Headbutt, but it began shaking strangely as it fainted from the damage. It then released a massive burst of energy, the Aftermath of its defeat and it's pent up energy being released.

Jack was unprepared for the Voltorb's sudden explosion. "Quick, Bonesaw, Jum-" but it was too late. With a subben burst, the impact of the Voltorb's final attack caused Cubone to cry out in pain. Worried, Jack ran over to check Cubone. "Are you alright, Bonesaw?" he asked his partner Pokemon. Slowly, she got back up, wincing as she held onto her Bone Club with all her strength, using it to help her up until she could finally stood once more. Jack sighed with relief and look towards the Grunt, smiling. "Is that all you have got?" he said, as he and Cubone stared at their opponent with the same look in their eyes.

The Arclight Grunt smiled as he sent out his last Pokemon, a Lombre. The Lombre immediately dashed towards the Cubone and suddenly stopped, clapping it's hands in front of the Cubone to Fake Out its opponent. It then shot out some Bubbles at the Cubone to take advantage of the flinch.

Jack had not anticipated it's next move to effectively daze his partner Cubone. When the bubbles came forth, a look of fear colored his face white. "Shake it off and dodge, Bonesaw!". The Cubone blinked twice, suddenly reacting to the bubbles being shot towards her. As best as she could, she tried to avoid them, but immediately took a blow to the side of her face from an oncoming bubble.

As she took the hit, Jack thought to himself about his options. He had only one potion left at this time, and needed to consider either using it and switching out, or continuing to fight with Cubone. "Bonesaw! Return" Jack commanded, pulling out his pokeball, as the beam of light shot from the ball, recapturing his partner Pokemon. Sending out another Pokeball, Squirtle had suddenly appeared to the field in Cubone's place.

The Lombre hadn't been expecting a switch out so it had shot more Bubbles in its attempt to take out Cubone. The Arclight Grunt cursed under his breath but remained assured in his victory.

Jack was calm seeing his partner, Squirtle, out on the field once more. "Squirtle, dodge it and fire at Lombre with a water gun!" Jack said to Squirtle, smiling once more."Squirr!" It replied, jumping away from the direciton of the bubbles, before taking a deep breath in. She tilted her head down, firing her water gun in a line towards Lombre as she brought her head up, the stream firing across and directly towards her opponent.

The Lombre didn't even bother dodging as it stood still and let the Water Gun hit it directly. It stung slightly, but otherwise it meant nothing to the Grass Water typed Pokemon. The Lombre made an Astonishing face to try and make the Squirtle flinch, but otherwise it just stood there.

The opponent's tactic had squirtle startled for a moment. She certainly didn't expect Lombre to simply take the attack, but it made Jack's plan all the more easier. "Now, Squirtle! Charge at them with Rapid Spin". Adhering to Jack's words, Squirtle popped into it's shell from a run, as the now wet floor allowed Squirtle's assault to slide across the floor with ease. She spun towards Lombre with rapid acceleration!

The Lombre and it's trainer were so confident in their victory that they didn't notice Jack's plan until it was too late. The Lombre didn't have enough time to dodge as the Squirtle slammed into it, sending it flying back towards its trainer. He stumbled back a bit as he held Lombre as it fainted, running away quickly and disappearing amidst the mass confusion.

As the Grunt fled after the battle, Jack kneeled down as Squirtle ran back to his call. "Well done, Squirtle" Jack praised, as he pat Squirtle's chest before returning Squirtle to her ball. Jack then looked back towards the Fossil machine and thought to himself, not leaving his knelt position. "If more of them show up, I'll need to offer as much help as I can." He then brought back Cubone out and sprayed her down with potion.

"This is the last potion I have, Bonesaw. If we fight again, I won't be able to help you until we arrive at a Pokemon Center, understand?" Jack said to his Pokemon, expressing his concern clearly. As the Cubone nodded, letting out a 'Cuu~' from beneath it's helmet, Jack pet the top of her skull with care. "You did well today. I'm very proud of you, Bonesaw." He said to Cubone, as he returned her to it's Pokeball. Slowly getting up, he jogged back over to the fossil machine, regrouping with Leo who had just finished his last battle.

[Amaterasu]

Claire (NPC)

Amalgam University
@Sho Minazuki @floodtalon @I-Am-X

"Ho-Hold on, I'll follow you two--" The nurse had a difficult time going after the two with a pair of heeled, white shoes and just as she had caught up to them, her feet could not stop at the sudden break. CRASH. Claire ran into someone and stumbled down backward. Rubbing her head from the faint pain of the impact, she was just about to apologize to her next accident victim when a hand was offered to her. "Oh, that's kind of yo--" Her statement was interrupted once more, except this time with a hand over her lips and an arm locking her into place.

"Mmmmf???" Completely confused at the situation at hand, the clumsy nurse blinked wide eyed at the blond boy who looked awfully familiar. "OH MY GOD YOU WERE DRESSED AS A GIRL!" Another confusion arose as Claire literally stared at her assailant and..... He indeed did look like the 'girl' who bumped into her earlier. Unsure about how to feel at her current situation and the new found revelation, she obediently played the hostage role without any struggles. The relaxed nurse wasn't prone to panic easily, whether she was lost or had gotten into a little accident but wasn't this sorta thing one would actually worry about...?

[Sen]

-> @Shadeflare123 @Deos Morran <-
GM: @MechonRaptor

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The lady said that they couldn't enter the ruins on grounds of a 'situation', and that only served to rile up Novis more. Her eyes flicked between her and the ruins, suggesting an honest worry, but Novis was focused on getting revenge on that Yamask for kicking them while they were down! Besides, there was no way they were about to just sit there and wait for the route to unblock itself, or Arceus forbid, go around the stupid ruins!

"Whatever it is, we can handle it! We'll crush anyone that gets in our way, I promise!" Nov shouted, and Nier was also spinning in circles excitedly, ready to fight anyone despite have almost no idea what was going on. "If they're messing up the place, it's only going to hurt you more if you don't let us at least try! We're bonafide Pokemon trainers after all!... ma'am!"

| Zamak Ruins (Entrance) |

[Amaterasu]

Ruby

Brittanium City
@I-Am-X @TalijaKey @itano123 @Sho Minazuki

Time flew quickly as Ruby, Lucy and their Pokemon gathered at her room to play the Pokemon contest battle game. Ruby would visualize in her mind as if the hand she had were from an actual Pokemon contest. She was visibly being obvious when she had a great hand, grinning like she had already won, and when she didn't, her face full of dread and despair. After spending the rest of the time with other sleepover like activities, the older teen suggested to go shopping as a group.

Raising her hand to gesture her agreement to the idea, Ruby declared, "Ruby wants to go shopping with everyone too~! Ruby will lead the way to the central mall!" Picking up her pink sling bag containing only the necessary items, the little girl lead her friends out of her house and into the city once more.

The central mall seemed to be crowded with people and Pokemon alike, which was a usual scenery for a shopping mall this huge. Before going into the fashion side of the mall, Ruby decided to go with what their original purpose was, snacks. The group casually made their way to the grocery area, Berry the Sylveon keeping an eye on Ven in case he gets lost once again.

[I-Am-X]

Amalgam University

@Sho Minazuki @floodtalon NPC: @Amaterasu

Battle

Ignoring York's retort, Ruari started laughing at Talonite's comment. With Fionn just silently glaring at her, she laughed even harder. Calming down, she carefully looks over their pokemon. "A ghost type, huh?" With that, the target was set and the battle had begun.

"Necro, use Hypnosis." Talonite decided he wanted to end this quickly, as Necro's eyes glowed an eerie blue.

"Alright then, Ren use Bubble", he called. York's Froakie began to expel a wave of bubbles, though it seemed to have been purposely done as a slow-moving semi-wall as it floated towards the Gible.

"Rio, Use Foresight on the Gastly." Once the order was given, she turned towards Fionn.

With a simple look, he knew the move that should follow. "Gible, Sandstorm, now.". With Riolu using Foresight on the ghost pokemon, it was now capable of being hit by Riolu's move and with Sandstorm, the plan was to shield it from Hypnosis and potentially from the bubbles, that was the plan anyway.

Talonite sighed and shook his head at the audacity of the two. "It's considered rude to kick up weather indoors. Necro, use Lick on the Riolu." Necro sped towards Riolu and licked it, ignoring the sand getting in its mouth.

"Sandstorm huh? Alright Ren, disappear", he said, as soon as the Sandstorm made another wave, the Froakie was gone from sight. "Water Pulse on Gible, stay hidden", he ordered, for a moment amongst the sands, the sandstorm was split in a circle as a ball of water flew from an unexpected angle upon the Gible.

"....Rio, Use Hi-Jump Kick on the Gastly, send it crashing into the ground." she commanded calmly, despite the attack on her partner as her Riolu, following foresight, jumped up and retaliated with a punishing kick.

With the Froakie taking advantage of the sand produced by sandstorm to hide and launch an unexpected attack, there was only one call to make. "Counter with Dragon Rage." Taking advantage of the sandstorm and the fact the enemy attacked, the Dragon Rage would create a vortex of sand and now the enemy's water pulse. Providing offense and defense.

Talonite narrowed his eyes and whistled sharply. "Back! That was his signal for Necro to back off and begin using Spite to wear down the opponent. Necro moved back fast in a zigzag pattern to avoid the devastating move, glowing blue as it used Spite to tire out the Riolu.

The sand vortex changed the nature of the cover, but he was already a step ahead. The Dragon Rage overpowered his Water Pulse, but Ren stayed out of the Gible's direct line of sight, allowing him to close the distance. York only had one simple command, "Water Pulse!", with the sand vortex clearing the area around the attack briefly, revealed the Froakie in the corner of the Gible's vision as the attack was done from relatively close range.

With the Gastly using it's speed as it back away, it managed to avoid serious damage, as it countered with spite. However, it was Riolu instead who took damage, missing the gastly as it crashed into the ground.

"Hm..." Despite seeing Rio crash land, she barely kept her calm while also keeping a close eye on Fionn's battle, she decided to take advantage of the Froakie's attention on Gible to stop it's attack. "Rio, hit it with Quick Attack!" Getting off the ground slowly, it did some zig-zagging of it's own and launched itself at the Froakie striking in the side, in hopes to veer it off course.

Managing to shift the water pulse slightly, however, it still managed strike and do some damage to the Gible. Realizing that this matchup wasn't favorable for his pokemon, Fionn decied to change targets. "Gible, change of target, tackle the Gastly."

The Gastly stood there with a bored expression as the Tackle passed straight through it, leaving the Gible to stumble behind the Gastly. "Necro, use Lick on the Gible. Knock him out of the park." Necro turned towards the Gible and swung at it with its tounge in an attempt to knock it into a wall or something.

"Oh", the sudden appearance of Riolu reminded him this was in fact a double battle.

"Ah right. Okay, let's coordinate. Make a wall of Bubble behind Gible", Ren began to set up a field of bubble behind the Gible, limiting it's options to move against Necro's lick, this also meant he and Riolu were going to have to deal with one another now as the Froakie turned to the other little blue Pokemon, besides itself.

With the turn of events, Ruari could only grind her teeth to surpress her growing rage. What was that idiot thinking going after the gastly? Turning to glare at Fionn, she turns back to her own battle. Well, if he was going to blunder like that...Looks like he's on his own. "Rio, do another quick attack on froakie!" considering the bubble field seperated the two, neither of them can move without taking damage, with the Damage Riolu took from the miss and Gible and his lack of options against ghost. with the command, Riolu darts after Froakie, hitting it in the stomach with quick attack.

Feeling an intense glare coming his way, his failure really hit home. Considering his options, this matchup wasn't exactly favorable. Especially since he couldn't exactly move the way he wanted to, that bubble and getting hit with that lick was clear. He had only one way of attacking a ghost pokemon and theres spite to consider...Not really left with an option. "Gible, Dragon Rage on Gastly!" giving the close proximity, he could only hope it'd disperse the bubbles but wasnt counting on it. On command, the gible sent the dragon rage right at it.

Necro cackled as it dodged the deadly Dragon Rage, which was made much easier by the distance it had created with the Lick. Talonite was surprised that the Gible didn't get knocked into the Bubble wall but it was no skin off his back. Literally. "Necro, finish it with Lick. Knock it into the Bubbles." The Gastly rushed Gible and swung it's tounge at it in an attempt to knock it into the Bubble wall.

The second Quick Attack into Ren made the Froakie flinch and step away from the Riolu as they sized each other up. "Alright, use Bubble", he started, the attack was executed in a wide area to make it harder to avoid, however as soon as the Bubble was out and a threat, "Now use Quick Attack, get around the side!", the Froakie flickered from vision before turning the sides on the Riolu, going for a quick solid strike from the side. The Riolu was now largely surrounded by Bubble with Froakie in the way.

While Gible tried to hit it with Dragon Rage, the speed of the gastly enable it to dodge it with ease and rush the Gible with a lick, sending it crashing into the bubble wall and knocking it out. Leaving Riolu in a 2 on 1 situation. Cursing to herself, she looked at the time and calmed down. There's no choice, she needed to at least try to take one down with her and buy more time. "Rio, used quick attack and finish that Froakie with Hi-Jump Kick!" Like it or not, they've lost this battle but she can at least slow them down. It was all or nothing. With fast break off the ground Rio used its leg power to slip past the bubbles and charge towards the pokemon with a lunging kick.

Talonite rolled his eyes at the attempt to be valiant or whatever by taking one of them down with her. How cliche. "Necro, Levitate over the Bubbles and use Hypnosis on the Riolu." The Gastly began to Levitate up and over the wall and looked at the Riolu with glowing blue eyes.

"Ren get through the bubbles", the Froakie charged through it's own bubbles in an attempt to avoid the Hi Jump Kick, were the Hypnosis not to work. "Charge a Water Pulse and aim it at the ground", the Froakie made preparations to blast itself using the momentum of the Water Pulse to fly and dodge should it need to.

Their last ditch effort to eliminate the froakie came crashing down, literally, when the gastly managed to levitate over the bubbles and hit a hypnosis on Riolu during it's jump. Becoming drowsy, it fought it off and continued to lunge after the Froakie. However, it charged up a Water Pulse and aimed it at the ground, using it to blast itself to send it flying up and passed the Riolu's attack, causing the Riolu to crash down into the ground. It was a clear victory for the young trainers as Riolu couldn't get up anymore.

Angry at the result but checked her watch again and reasoned it was enough. Recalling their pokemon in their pokeballs, they glanced at each other and made to leave. "We bought enough time, now it's up to the others to finish it." she said to Fionn with disappointment. With that they fled through the exit, leaving Clair all tied up on the ground.

[Shadeflare123]

Roxanne Hart

Location: Route 13
Interacting with: @Sen / Novis; @Deos Morran / Aiden
GM: @MechonRaptor

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As the trio made their way toward the Ruins, Roxy couldn't help but pick up her pace. The Ruins were an archaeological wonder of sorts, and just the thought of seeing it in person had her hands trembling with anticipation. "Oooh, I wonder what it'll be like inside! I mean, I've seen, like, hundreds of pictures, but in person?" She was skipping now, giving Lucina and Aela a tough time keeping up with her. "Apparently the Ruins have a connection to the Alph Ruins all the way in Johto! Which is, like, wild since the Alph Ruins have to do with Unown. Rumor has it that you can find Unown deep inside the Zamak Ruins, though, which means the two are most definitely related in some way!" She paused momentarily, realizing she was actually a short distance ahead of her companions, and put her hands on her hips as she waited for them to catch up. "C'mon, guys, we gotta hurry!" Roxy was joking, of course...mostly.

Roxy noticed that Aiden seemed a bit...on edge? Zorex was also agitated to some degree, but all Roxy did was continue walking toward the Ruins with both Aiden and Novis in tow. Maybe Aiden and Zorex were upset about the food incident earlier? The trio eventually stood before the Zamak Ruins, which Roxy found to be utterly beautiful despite their obvious old age. She looked around at the tourists and scientists bustling about, and suddenly felt the same wave of anxiety that she felt when they were in the dig site earlier. Why hadn't she expected to run into more archaeologists? These were the Zamak Ruins, after all! Roxy stood very still, realizing that she actually recognized one or two people around here; maybe she'd read about them, maybe her parents knew them? Regardless, it was definitely putting a damper on this little archaeology adventure. Glancing down at Lucina and Aela, Roxy wondered why they were both on edge too; in fact, they were acting the same way Zorex was. Lucina's arms were positioned as though she was about to Force Palm something, while Aela was crouched down with her teeth bared.

"Um, hey guys, do you think something's-" Roxy was cut short when a horde of Mankey suddenly sprang on the group, seeming to come almost out of nowhere. She felt her bag being torn away from her as several Mankey shoved her to the ground. Lucina, furious at the sight of her trainer being attacked, used Force Palm and quickly managed to drive them off of Roxy. Aela immediately chased after them, delivering a nasty Bite to one of their tails. But the Mankeys seemed to be everywhere, and Roxy could hardly process what was happening; in fact, she'd since lost sight of Aela, while Lucina was set upon by even more Mankeys. Roxy's bag, meanwhile, had been tossed about six feet away, and a group of the little demons were hastily rifling through it. Inside, they found a couple brushes, and a strudel of Aiden's that Roxy had snagged before they'd left the rest site. They also found the Fire Stone, which they quickly discarded after realizing it wasn't food. The Mankeys did take the strudel though, and ran off soon after. Stumbling to her feet, Roxy shoved several Mankeys aside with her foot as she made her way through the horde. "Lucina! Find Aela, hurry!" Lucina nodded, forcing her way through the horde until she found her teammate and pulled another Mankey off of the Rockruff.

As quickly as the horde came, they were gone, it seemed. Zorex drove them off with a nicely aimed Dragon Rage, meaning that the Mankey were gone. Roxy pushed a stray bit of hair out of her face as she turned to Aiden and Novis, panic still on her face. "Are you guys okay?!" she called, brushing sand off of her clothes. They seemed unharmed, at least. Lucina and Aela were also mostly unharmed, Roxy realized, with a sigh of relief. What on earth was that all about, anyway? Spotting her bag a ways away, Roxy quickly walked over to it and fished it out of the sand, huffing as she realized there were grains of sand everywhere inside. Not to mention that her Fire Stone seemed to be missing, in addition to her strudel. "I can't believe this! We just got jumped, and that stupid ghost thing stole from us too!" Roxy looked at Novis, confusion evident on her face. "Ghost thing? What ghost thing?" Regardless of what the 'ghost thing' was, it had apparently stolen their Fire Stones. Which, to be fair, they had also stolen, but...still! That was one hundred percent not cool! "Ugh, this sucks!"

It was then that Novis approached some lady standing over by the Ruins, who had evidently been a spectator to their little incident. Roxy had no clue who she was, though she seemed to be yet another archaeologist studying the Zamak Ruins. Novis mentioned a Yamask, which Roxy couldn't help but find...unsurprising. The Zamak Ruins were full of ghost types, among other things, so a Yamask wouldn't be uncommon around here. She continued brushing off bits of sand as she approached the lady too, exasperation practically emanating off of her. It seemed that a large group of tourists and scientists were flooding out of the Ruins, clearly scared off by something. Goodness, what else could possibly be going wrong today? The scientist lady was speaking to another person-likely a colleague-who appeared to be in distress. That...wasn't good, was it? Regardless, she apparently didn't want to let them inside, which just wasn't going to do. "Ma'am, we really need to get inside. That Yamask stole from us, and we're trainers, after all. We can handle ourselves!" Aiden came up behind them, also trying to persuade her to tell them what was going on. He was right, though; they were plenty strong together, right? Novis seemed eager to bash some heads in himself, and if there was something that could possibly damage the Ruins, then...well, that was more than enough reason for Roxy to crush some foes too.

[Sho Minazuki]

York Grevillia
Amalgam University

@floodtalon
NPC: @Amaterasu
GM: @I-Am-X

"Ay there, you seem a little wound up", York laughed at his own joke as he knelt down and undid the knots. He had some biting feeling this might not be the first time they'd have to do something like this. After that was done he immediately moved through the back area, and began making his way down to the lower floor. They seemed to be now behind the doors that go into the stage.

"Hmmm...", he pulled out a Pokeball. With Ren beside him, this was obviously his Dewpider's. [/color=steelblue]"I'm gonna cover the area with Al's Spider Web attack, that will take care of the grunts. You find some way to deal with their leader, just for long enough for everyone else to turn on him once they're no longer occupied"[/color], he stated. If that was agreed, they would executed it immediately.

[Sho Minazuki]

Route 9

Shopping Spree - Halogen Mall, Central
@Amaterasu@TalijaKey@itano123@I-Am-X

The shopping mall at this time was upbeat, the casual chatter of storegoers as they walked through it's halls looking for what they need or want. This shopping mall had three areas, the central area was designed in a sort of circular fashion, a drop in the middle usually littered with large signs and decorations hanging, while the east and west side mirrored each other, each side with a different set of stores.

Amidst the crowd were some disguised members of Team Arclight, although no one would guess it. There were a lot of people in the mall after all, and just by changing out of uniform they managed to blend into the crowd, though they moved with purpose, a particular man donning a blue jacket around his shoulders seemed to be calmly following them.

All this happening unbeknownst to Ruby and her motley crew.

For now, they can enjoy shopping at their leisure. After the food court would be the fashion district, they went around looking for whatever they pleased. Whilst in a clothing store for Pokemon, the lights in the entire mall went out momentarily, but as soon as they were back in a flash, they went to pay for their purchases.

"Alright, that comes to one hundred million six hundred and fifty eight thousand three hundred and... Hey wait...", the female cashier was visibly confused. The numbers on the cashier were scrambling.

"What? Oh it was fine just a moment ago...", she said with exasperation. Moments later the mall was abuzz with angry yelling, both outraged customers, cautious onlookers, and poor store attendants. It seems this wasn't happening in just this store. What exactly was happening...

As they walked out to examine the mess that was going on, the store's shutters began to snap and lock everyone in, it was a security lockdown, expecting every shutter to go down and lock them into a small part of the store, the shutters suddenly stopped. Whatever security was supposed to go off, seemed to have been shut down by whoever was responsible for this mess. With everyone standing still, any major movements were now obvious.

In the corner of their eye they spotted a blue coat dip around a corner into a staff area. Whoever that was seemed to know what they were doing. They can either wait here and wait out the crisis, or go and explore for all they care.

"Ah, please, can you all stay in the store? The entire mall's on lockdown, so for your safety please stay inside. I'm told this should be over soon", well it was up to them. There was no physical barrier to stop them from going, however because most of the mall was cut off they couldn't exactly go and shop.

[Broyeabro]

RYZIN

AMALGAM UNIVERSITY

Hider

The Team Arclight Grunt scoffed with annoyance as he called up his Noibat. "Alright then kid, let's play a bit then", he seemed to be a little irritated, he didn't seem eager to battle, but all the same his Noibat was called up in front.

Ryzin looking at the Grunt full of cofindence stops and looks at Dm, "Look Dm just do your best and stay on guard this is all new for both us, NOW LETS SHOW HIM YOUR POWER!!".

"Loudmouthed kid, alright then. Noibat, use Gust!", the Noibat flew a little higher before swooping over the Totodile, picking up significant wind, before turning and 'throwing' a small tornado at it.

"Dm jump to the right and use Water gun just like we practiced". Totodile noding, jumps to the right trying to dodge a small tornado like gust coming at it, narrowly dodging the attack Totodile inhales, then fires of a water gun at Noibat as quick as its able to.

The Gust was a wide-area attack, so Totodile managed to avoid the worst of it, giving it the footing it needed to counter-attack with Water Gun, however Noibat was already freely flying around, it was a fast, moving target, the Water Gun at most could only manage a light graze as the Noibat came back in for another swoop. "Now, Supersonic!", the Noibat screeched a nauseating sound, gold rings showing the effect area as it came in on Totodile from the front.

Ryzin thinks to himself, 'this is quite a fast pokemon, very troublesome indeed'. "Ok Dm QUICKLY!!. Try using water gun pointed at the floor to boost you, then jump as high as you can over the Supersonic, try to land on Noibat as you come down".

The Totodile's stunt by order of his trainer was risky, Water Gun doesn't have the force to send it high into the air, but for it's Supersonic run the Noibat went closer to the ground, the Water Gun's force was sufficient from the small water Pokemon as the Noibat suddenly felt a weight on it's back, before crashing to the ground, as it's small wings could not carry the sudden baggage. The Noibat was skidding along the ground as Totodile was in a position to attack it while it was on the ground.

"Argh! Damnit Noibat, Screech! Use Screech!", the order came out, the Noibat heard it, but it was still recovering from it's fall.

Ryzin seeing the slight delay from noibat yells to Totodile, "Dm now's the time use Ice Fang, NOW!! before it recovers Bite its wing stop it from flying around". Ryzin giggles to himself 'hehehehehe, this should turn the tides a bit.... hopefully'.

Totodile Nods in acknowledgment, Her fangs start to freeze over and Totodile lifts her head up and chomps down hard on the Noibat, Hitting the top of the left wing.

The Ice Fang was super effective, the Noibat yelped in pain before turning to the Totodile, and using Screech in it's face, managing to force it off, however the damage was done. The Noibat attempted to take to air again, only to stutter and fall a bit, before getting up again. It was limping. It no longer had the speed it displayed earlier.

"Ugh... Absorb, use Absorb!", the grunt was getting panicked, and unable to fly quickly, the Noibat simply hovered in it's position, struggling to fire out Absorb as a beam.

Hearing the point blank Screech, Totodile grabbed at its ears and closed her eyes tightly and fell backwards trying to block out the sound. Slowly Totodile gets up as the deafening sound dies down,"Dm jump to the right once again, then use Water Gun one more time".

Totodile looking a little more tired now jumps to the right, again narrowly dodging the green beam heading towards her. Totodile inhales deeply then lets out a Water Gun beaming towards Noibat.

The Absorb sloppily landed as the Totodile stepped to the side, avoiding the attack before swiftly returning fire with a Water Gun, cleanly shooting the Noibat out of the air. As it landed to the ground, it was clear it had fainted as it struggled to get up, before finally resting it's head against the ground.

"Urgh,,,", the Grunt clearly had no Pokemon left as he begrudgingly returned the Noibat to it's Pokeball.

After seeing the Grunt Flee from the scene Ryzin rushes over to check on Totodile. As Ryzin approaches Totodile she flops backwards landing on her behind, she starts to pant heavily and looks up at Ryzin. "Dm buddy are you ok?.Totodile looks up at Ryzin and gives a thumbs up and winks. Man you are amazing buddy those moves you pulled off were perfect, I am so proud of you"...... Mid sentence totodile falls on her back trying to recover, Ryzin shocked, thinking she had passed out scoops her up in his arms. All the while Totodile has a massive smile on her face looking at Ryzin with the cheekiest of expressions."Dm do you want to go back to the pokemon center and get some rest, or are you ok to carry on?, I get the feeling like we need to stick around, someone might need our help. Totodile nods and signals to be put down, she stands up proper and strikes her signature pose. "You are such a show off, I know your tired", Ryzin reaches into his bag, grabs a potion and sprays Totodile with it, "I know that must feel better, alright buddy lets go check on the fossil machine".

[Flood]

Amalgam University

@Broyeabro@Sho Minazuki@alexfangtalon@I-Am-X@Alder@Lord Szall

The battle was intense but Damien's Metagross finally fell to the overwhelming power of the Professor's Flygon, with Damien returning Terra to its Pokeball. He started to reach for another but stopped as he saw an Arclight Grunt rushing away from the Fossil Machine with a USB clutched tightly in her hand. "Welp, I'd say it's about time to blow this popsicle stand. I can tell when an audience can't appreciate my musical masterpieces. Smell ya later losers!" Damien put his foot down on the fog machine which had been running this whole time and it began to spew more and more fog. The room was quickly filled with it, Grunts returning their Pokémon quickly and running to the exit.

The fog cleared and the room was empty, no signs of Arclight aside from the damage they left while battling. And the abandoned fog machine and massive speaker. If anyone bothered to check the speaker they would find a CD taped to the side of it with Damien's latest tracks on it, the opening track being what he had played during his entrance.

---

Talonite

@Amaterasu@Sho Minazuki

"I'm suddenly regretting ever coming to Chromis. I've been robbed, dropped into a pool of water, and I'm now embroiled in a massive conspiracy all on the first day." As Talonite bemoaned his horrible luck his backpack began shaking and cracking sounds were coming from it. They stopped rather quickly as a pair of antenna emerged from the backpack tentatively. A baby Wimpod peeked out but quickly ducked back in out of fear as soon as it saw York and Ren.

[TalijaKey]

Location: Brittanium City
A moment of exitment
Interaction:@I-Am-X@Amaterasu@itano123
GM:@Sho Minazuki

Team

Francis - Fletching

Name: Francis
Species: Fletching
Gender: Male
Ability: Big Pecks
Battle Experience: 2+1+1(4)
Moves:
Tackle
Tailwind - inherited move
Quick Attack
Peck

*

Maria Boadicea - Eevee

Name: Maria Boadicea
Species: Eevee
Gender: Female
Ability: Run away
Battle Experience: 2
Moves:
Tail Whip
Growl
Covet
Tackle

Bag

(automatically refreshed to full because we are in a city)
5 potion
5 pokeballs
1 revive

Other staff Danilo drags with him

One comb
One brush
One big towel
One small towel
One scarf
One pokedex
One old map from Chromis
One notebook with pen
One makeup case small, full.
One small first aid case, including bandages, thermometer and alcohol.
One empty casing for berries
One empty cassing for TM
One rope - you never know when you need it to climb out a hole you fall in

---

Dan was quite content himself, snack and drinks, feeling both his pokemon taking a nap, Francis under his hat while Maria in his lap. She really liked to be brushed he guessed. On top of it all there was quite an amusing entertainment with Lucy and Ruby playing cards with their digimon pokemon. It was adorable especially how glacia stole cards from Zap.

"A shopping trip?" Dan hummed. "I love the idea, we could go to karaoke bar after that as well. I would love to find out who from us sings the best." Ruby was already up and about to run off and Dan chuckled. Maria crack open one eye, seeing the other pokemon being into their ball, she looked up at Danilo, tilting her head as if to ask if he would put her in a pokeball. Danilo shock his head and instead opened his travel bag again.

Maria jumped into it and Danilo stood up carrying her in one hand and his trusty staff in the other. The eevee wasnt that heavy he was used to carrying things, thanks to his mother. Especially how often he helped her hatch eggs by carrying a bunch of them up and down a path with her fire pokemon providing extra heat by his side. He followed after Ruby and the others to not be left behind. Francis kept napping quite happily under his top hat, unaware of his trainer getting himself into yet another adventure.

---

The food section was quite fascinating and Danilo found himself picking up anything that came into the category of Oh I never seen this before. Which lead to their snack collection to have quite a few strange articles. Black pepper and vanilla voltorb chips, Snorlax's dry bacon and seaweed dunkin donuts with extra sugar, grilled corn flavored Raichu candy and good last a bottle of pizza-ghetti slushie.

Next up came the fashion shop and of course Danilo tried out a few outfits, dressing as a street punk including baggy pants hanging barely on him. Making a model show for his pokemon. Francis rolled his eyes at that pointing his wing down. Maria huffed in agreement. Next he tried some beach outfit with more colors than the rainbow including silly shaped pikachu sunglasses. That made his pokemon laugh but tell him he still looked stupid. Next he tried a disco outfit with a adecvate afro wig which slipped over his eyes. Both his pokemon pretended he wasnt their trainer at that. Next he dressed up as a Dragonair which got a few laughs as the costume was too big for him. It ended with Danilo not buying anything for himself. Just like he planned, he was simple having fun with trying things out.

Next of course was the poke fashion shop and Maria was overjoyed. Well Francis was overjoyed as well as he got to watch all the pretty female pokemon who were let out the pokeballs to try out so many pretty outfits. He was in heaven himself chipping energetically and melodic to every outfit any of the female pokemon tried out. Maria was trying out a elegant dark blue dress when the power went out, in a blink she jumped on Dan and cling to his chest. Moments later the light was back on and Danilo petted her a few times. She huffed and jumped off him her tail raised and proud.

Danilo didnt comment, but noticed how Maria was staying close to Glacia after that. He wondered if the two Eevee were planning some mischief or were doing something else. He made sure to keep them in sight at all times. They settled on a few simple articles and jewels that could be easily combined with many outfits, as well kept in the budget Danilo had. Wouldnt do if he run completely out the money in the first day.

So when the cashier said the word 100 million Danilo gripped onto his chest as if he was having a heart attack. Even the numbers started to dance in front of Danilos eyes. No wait the numbers were actually going crazy, it wasnt his vision going mad. Huh? The shouts from all around them started to make it quite clear this was happening in more places.

Danilo loved this.

Oh how he loved this.

The shutters starting to lock down only to stop.

Everyone confused and unsure of what was going on.

Danilo heart speed up.

This is a mystery, it made his eyes go ablaze with the fire of curiosity, hidden behind his red bangs. He was positive something much bigger was going on.

And he wanted to uncover it. His grin was wide and giddly. Everyone around him was standing still.

Danilo pulled his metal staff closer to himself and used the strap to put his travel bag across one shoulder to have an easier time carrying it. It was at that moment Danilo noticed his bag was lighter than he awaited. "Oh no, where did Maria run away to?" He only stopped looking at the eevee for a few seconds how did she do that? "Lucy, is Maria around Glacia again?" He asked the other trainer.

As the chaos started and the shouting began Maria jumped out the bag Danilo put her in after they were done shopping. She silently indicated to Glacia to follow her because this was looking like a lot of possible fun. The Eevee noticed the blue movement and went after it, leaving the decision to Glacia if she wanted to follow her lifelong friend in mischief or behave and stay by her new trainer. They tried to sneak and stay just out of sight of the person with blue coat who looked like he was knowing what he was doing.

[MechonRaptor]

Zamak Ruins

- Roxanne (@Shadeflare123), Novis (@Sen), Aiden (@Deos Morran)

---

"Well I'm not sure what is going on but I think we're pretty strong. What is going on? We may be able to help and of course there is no harm in sharing a story, right?"
"If they're messing up the place, it's only going to hurt you more if you don't let us at least try! We're bonafide Pokemon trainers after all!... ma'am!"
"Ma'am, we really need to get inside. That Yamask stole from us, and we're trainers, after all. We can handle ourselves!"

The researcher turned to face the children head on this time, their pleas to enter the ruins caused her to snap back into reality and realize she was with them once more. It also made her realize that had been talking to herself, and that they had no doubt heard her ramblings about the situation. Her face turned a slight shade of red from embarrassment, placing her clipboard over her face for a brief second as she took a deep breath to calm down and process what each of them said. They were all so interesting, she thought, with various reasons to enter, or to simply see what was going on. And, like one of them said, it was true that they needed help or else they could lose precious aspects of the ruins.

The clipboard slowly descended as her grip switched around it, her arms now criss-crossing the clipboard across her chest instead of holding it from the sides. Honestly... they were right... And so, she took a deep breath, staring at them with genuine worry and hope.
"Today's been so hectic... Where do I begin. It's true, we could use some trainers to help us at the moment, though I hope you are as strong as your one friend seems to boast..."

She paused for a second before continuing, having brushed away some of her bangs from her eyes as they obstructed her view and slightly annoyed her.

"Oh! Um, the ruins have generally been a good place to work and explore. I'm sure you know about the ruins, so I won't go into much detail about them... But I'm sure you know that there is some link to Johto from them, right? Of course you do, you seem like smart trainers. I surmise that is a tad off topic, isn't it? Anyway, this afternoon we assume that some group had sneaked into the ruins with the crowd of tourists, and when they got far enough in, well... They began to attack the tourists, driving away anyone who wasn't a part of their group. They even drove away some of the other archaeologists and researchers... We don't know exactly who they are or what they want, but we can obviously infer that it has to do with the ruins in one way or another. But with how reckless they've been, along with how we've gotten reports of those who have went in that they're using heavy machinery... We're all worried that they'll damage the ruins beyond repair. Er... You know what I mean."

She took a long breath afterwards, having felt she had explained everything, though a quick glance at her clipboard jogged her memory, and this time she hastily said "Oh! Before I forget, you mentioned a Yamask, right? I've been studying his movements the last couple weeks, and he seems to come out every other day to take something from the tourists. Though, it's usually things he thinks they left behind or misplaced... He did have fire stones... Which leads me to deduce they were lying around? Did you drop them or something?"

[Lord Szall]

Jack Schreiber

Location: Route 9
Group: @Broyeabro@Sho Minazuki@alexfangtalon@I-Am-X@Alder
GM: @floodtalon

---

Jack dropped to the ground as the main hall filled up with fog. Precariously, he kept his gaze low, seeing the slightest of movements from under the rising fog. Before he could make a guess to which direction Team Arclight were escaping, they had already fled. The fog slowly cleared once more, and Jack looked around to assess the room, pulling out his favorite thinking tool: his mini color cube. Solving it between his hands, Jack's gaze went blank as his thoughts began to break down the situation he and the other trainers had just faced.

"Their group takes off in the midst of battle after only being here for mere moments? It's quite possible that what they were after wasn't the fossil machine itself..." Jack questioned himself, trying to figure out their agenda for coming here. He had so many questions about what Team Arclight wanted to accomplish with the fossil machine. As his fingers kept spinning the cube, his gaze turned to the machine with the massive speaker that man, Damien, had left behind. Jack walked over to it, inspecting the machine, and taking the CD in his hands.

"This was the cause for the music earlier. I wonder if leaving it here serves another purpose?" Closing the player, Jack slipped the CD in a pocket underneath his fur hoodie, and placed his cube back into his pocket to rejoin the others. Specifically, he walked over to professor Jonathan. "Excuse me, sir, are you alright? The Pokemon that man, Damien, threw out was clearly the strongest of them...." Jack asked the professor with care.

[Shadeflare123]

Roxanne Hart

Location: Route 13, Zamak Ruins
Interacting with: @Sen / Novis; @Deos Morran / Aiden
GM: @MechonRaptor

---

Roxy watched with wide eyes as the woman hugged her clipboard to her chest, almost ready to bolt the second she admitted they needed help. She stopped, though, when she continued to talk about the ruins; it was all stuff that Roxy knew, until she mentioned "some group" that went tearing into the place. At that point, her eyes narrowed as she listened to the woman speak, suddenly feeling a stark change in mood: desperation to anger. The trainer hadn't realized how serious the situation was, but if this group was using some heavy duty machinery, then...

Well...that just wouldn't do at all.

"The Zamak Ruins are a government-protected historical site! They're thousands of years old! If they're messing around in there without Chromis Department of Natural Resources-approved equipment, then these idiots are breaking the law! If they so much as scratch a single column in there, I will have their heads!" She paused, realizing her outburst came out much more...violent than she'd intended, and the semi-frightened looks on her Pokemon's faces weren't helping. But she could faintly hear shouting inside, which meant that something bad was going on. Roxy suddenly felt her anger flare up again at the thought.

This wasn't just about the Fire Stones anymore.

"Where's the security out here?!" she demanded, fury in her eyes as she looked at the scientist in front of her. "If those despicable, grave robbing, disrespectful, uncultured abominations have the audacity to charge in there as they please, then they have got another thing coming for them!" Roxy slung her bag over her shoulder and stormed into the Ruins, hands clenched into tight fists as she stomped inside. Lucina and Aela exchanged nervous glances before rushing after her, once again struggling to keep up with her pace. She was about ready to murder these heathens; Arceus help them.

[Sen]

-> @Shadeflare123 @Deos Morran <-
GM: @MechonRaptor

---

After a moment of consideration, the researcher decided to let the group of teens take a shot at dealing with the problem at hand, for one reason or another. Whatever it was, though, Novis apparently had it, and as the lady began to talk, he stood up a little straighter. His face shifted from the angry look he had to a much more... entertained expression. He was as excited as he was before, but in an instant, the focus shifted from petty revenge to a determination to help. Or maybe it was a determination to win, an equally petty urge to show off? Who knows.

Regardless, the trio listened attentively as the researcher lady quickly-- well, not that quickly -- briefed them on what was up. Apparently, after having sneaked in among tourists, a group of malicious thugs started to scare off the civilians and everyone else so that they could use their machinery without opposition. By the sounds of it, they were using Pokemon to hold back anyone that was trying to interrupt them. Of course, that meant they needed the strongest trainers possible, and enter the Three Escavaliers!... or something like that. Either way, Nov was filled with emotion, fists clenched and eyes burning up. By the looks of it, the others were fired up as well. Nothing was gonna stop this party of angry teens!

"Forget the Yamask!" Nov shouted, throwing his arm out dramatically and pointing further into the ruins. Nier barked to accentuate Nov's point, shooting out small embers from its nostrils. "I'll deal with it later. For now, we gotta stop those thugs! I doubt the security's gonna stop 'em before they start breakin' shit, so it's now or never!"

Rox was similarly pissed off, but in a much angrier way. Nov found it almost entertaining to watch her go off like that, shouting about the "abominations" they were gonna go mess up. He couldn't help but laugh as she charged off without delay; the energy was clearly lost on her two Pokemon, who struggled to even keep up. "C'mon, Aiden, let's go!" Nov pointed towards the ruins before jogging off after Roxy, Nier instigating Zorex to follow with a bit of rough-housing.

As the group progressed into the ruins, Nov couldn't help but notice how it grew a little harder to breath. The muggy, dust-filled air felt stagnant in his lungs, and even though he was glad to get out of the sand-pelting breeze outside, the walls blocking any wind created an oppressive atmosphere. Regardless, that wasn't important. A little musty air never killed anyone, but the same might not be true for Roxy soon...

| Zamak Ruins (Entrance) |

[I-Am-X]

Lucifina - "Lucy"

- Brittanium City - Halogen Mall

@Amaterasu @itano123 @TalijaKey @Sho Minazuki

For a time, it seemed like Ruby would forget their true purpose and go straight to all the fashion shops, like what happened before, but surprisingly she remembered. On their walk over, they agreed to go visit the fashion shops soon afterwords because of how much it seemed like Ruby was struggling to resist the urge. They went to numerous shops, trying many different samples before stocking up on more than enough snacks to last them awhile.

Before entering the Pokeshop, she released Zap and Glacia to give them some pokefood samples she picked up at the shops. Also because she felt it had to be incredibly boring to be kept up in their pokeballs while they were having fun. Besides, it allows them to have some fun and try on some new things. Glacia seemed ever so willing while Zap shrugged and tried to put on an act of total indifference. Though, he failed miserably, occasionally taking quick glances at them trying them on only to look away when someone spotted him. Eventually he gave and started trying some one, to Lucy's amusement.

It wasn't long afterwords that everything started to get crazy. With the cash register going bananas, a major increase in yelling and commotion swelling up all over to the emergency shutters on the shops coming down when they went out to investigate. While there was panic from the surrounding people, Lucy was all smiles. With Ruby and Dan distracted by the commotion, she felt a tugging on her outfit. Just as she was about to fly into a rage, her outfit being precious and all, she noticed it was zap and calmed down. Before she even said anything, he pointed his arms to a certain direction, revealing Glacia and Maria sneaking off. Hmm...I wonder what they're up to.

It surely couldn't be a coincidence that it was the same direction as that suspicious guy in the blue jacket, right? Curiosity peaked, Lucy and Zap decided to follow after them, completely gone by the time Dan turned around and asked his question. Sneaking up behind them, her and Zap looked at each other with a big grin before proceeding to spooking them with a loud 'boo', startling them. While she was laughing, she caught sight of that suspicious man in the blue jacket. On instinct, the three of them hid to avoid being spotted by him. Once the coast was clear, Lucy looked at the Eevees and grinned.

She didn't have the slightest intention of stopping or scolding them. Instead, she thought it looked like fun and soon took the lead in following that man, leaving the others confused. The Eevee were all smiles as they chased after leaving Zap with his jaw hanging as he facepalmed at his trainers latest course of action. Not really left with a choice, he followed the Eevee and his trainer.

Status

Items:

4/5 Potions
4/5 Pokeballs
0/1 Revive
Electivirite
Key Stone (Mega) Ring

Pokemon Team

Name: Zap
Species: Elekid
Gender: Male
Ability: Vital Spirit
Battle Experience: 2
Moves: Quick Attack, Leer, Thundershock, Hammer Arm (inherited)
Extra Notes: Playful and stubborn with a competitive streak just like it's owner. They're often seen betting and competing with each other in punishment games, making for one very strange partnership. He's often seen out of his pokeball walking about alongside Lucifina.

Name: Glacia
Species: Eevee
Gender: Female
Ability: Adaptability
Battle Experience: 2
Moves: Tackle, Growl, Covet, Helping Hand
Extra Notes: A mischievous little one, a playful one that will definitely get along with Zap and Lucy.

[Deos Morran]

Location: Zamak Ruins

Interacting With: @Shadeflare123 @Sen @MechonRaptor

Equipment:
4/5 Pokeballs
4/5 Potions
0/1 Revives

Aiden could really only watch and listen as the tone and even aura around the little ground changed. Roxy being the center point of it... The professor though was telling them a rather sad and cruel tale. After all who would be mean enough to not only charge right into a public sight without care for it's future, but also to then attack and shut out anybody else nearby depriving them of the chance to share what should be everybody's. It was all just... very uncool. Though Roxy seemed to be taking it the hardest. He did share her absolute love and adoration with ruins and the things found within, but he still new that they were a wonder and should be preserved. Just well... Maybe he wasn't ready to kill over it... As when Roxy made the remark his face changed to one of surprise as he looked tos ee if that was still the same Roxy he left Beryllium City with.

Novis seemed to be in the same boat, ready for... something, but knowing him it was probably just more action. Regardless he once again was ready to charge head first into the fray with reckless abandon. And with Neir playing with Zorex who was at one point showing concern for Roxy, but now was just enveloped in the idea of playing and having more fun. Plus the idea of another battle was just... too awesome for him! So much like Roxy, Lucina, Aela, Novis, and Neir, Zorex went after them towards the ruins ready to go and have a grand old time.

Yet through it all Aiden couldn't help but think it may be a good idea to bring another friend to the party... It had been awhile and Aiden was hoping for their first meeting to be in a nice and clean Pokemon Center, but really at this point it may just be a good idea to say hello already! So pulling out his only other used Pokeball he took out his Revive and tossed the ball. In a flash a fainted Larvitar arrived at the scene and Aiden was quick to head over and administer the Revive bringing the little guy back from his unconsious and dazed state to see Aiden holding him close to make sure he was alright.

Blinking a few times he looked around to see the strange new places, curious but strangely calm through it all. Though being held and carried was NOT his idea of a good time and so he began to wiggle and struggle to get free, but the moment he was he looked back up at Aiden with his head tilted to one side.

It was then Aiden spoke up to say, "Well hey there buddy. Feeling better?" He started to say, just to try and break the ice, though he knew that the poor little guy was rather battered from the fight and he could still see it, so to better help out Aiden pulled a Potion from his bag, "Here, this will help a little. I promise!" With that he aimed the spray bottle at the Larvitar who just tilted his head the other way in reaction. Upon being sprayed though he blinked a few times and shook his head, not really expecting the result that had come of it. But he knew that it was working as his body hurt less and less.

"Name's Aiden." Aiden said, holdin out his hand to shake and while the Larvitar didn't shake it, he did walk up to it and slapped his palm, almost like giving a low five. This of course made Aiden chuckle a bit before saying, "I think we shoudl get you a name. How does... Well uh... How does Acano sound?" Aiden offered to which the little Larvitar got a big open mouth smile on his face before giving a call and cheering. Only to then slap Aiden's hand again. "Ok Acano it is. Come on though I think we're getting left behind!" Aiden said pointing ahead to the rest of his ground stomping away. From there the two new friends ran off to catch up with the group as they entered the ruins, ready for... well who could say, but one thing was certain... This was going to be another adventure!