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POKEMON: Johto Diaries

@Gareth This is what I use. If you want specific maps per region, Bulbapedia has them in their respective pages, I think.

POKEMON: Johto Diaries

I just realized @Cojemo and @Gareth haven't posted yet. Should we wait for them after @onenote makes their post?

POKEMON: Johto Diaries

B R I A R

A Roll of the Dice

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The Pokemon Laboratory of New Bark Town was stationed to the west, practically overlooking the rest of the quiet settlement. BRIAR found herself frowning at the sight. It wasn't nearly as imposing enough. They could appreciate the sleek lines and the sheer magnitude of the building compared to the rest of the plebian architecture that littered the town, but it was simply too... cheery.

Their assistant seemed to not share their sentiments as her eyes began to alight with wonder at the Pokemon Laboratory. It irked BRIAR to no end. Oohs and ahhs echoed behind them, for which they pointedly glared at the young girl. They pushed past a lanky assistant that was to enter the building as well, and marched up to the woman that they had penned the letter to. "Professor Juniper, I assume," they began. The Professor responded in kind, with a warm smile on her lips as she extended a hand. "And you must be BRIAR. I'm a fan."

For their part, BRIAR merely eyed the proferred hand before turning to look around the laboratory, noticing that there were already two others there - younger than them and so irritatingly chipper. "Of course you are. Who wouldn't be?" It was a rhetorical question, and they glared down anyone who dared attempt to negate their statement. "I must admit, when I first saw you, I didn't think you were the type to settle somewhere so..." their hand waved in the air as an attempt to find a perfect word occured, "quaint."

Juniper blinked before smiling kindly, choosing to take the other's statement as a compliment. "It is a peaceful place, and perfect for new beginnings." She extended her arms, as though further welcoming the group, "That's what we're all here for - for a new beginning with Pokemon by our sides."

Samantha, BRIAR's personal assistant, stepped up to her boss and whispered, "I'm starting the camera. Remember why you're doing this." She fiddled for a moment with the small video camera before handing it over to BRIAR. It was especially made for what the star was about to partake in. It was small, water-proof, and had a battery that could easily be recharged by a weak volt from any electric Pokemon. What BRIAR loved most about it was that its compact structure allowed them to tuck it into the jacket they always wore, and the colour scheme matched too.

Now, the camera was a reminder of why they had travelled so far, and would continue to do so. Their fans, the very same people they had alienated themself from. If their assistant had tried to speak to them in such a manner for something less dire, she would have received a good tongue-lashing, but at that moment, BRIAR simply nodded and accepted the camera. Samantha looked positively beaming.

BRIAR turned back to the Professor, who had been watching the interaction with a small smile. "Very well. I'll be receiving a Pokemon, will I not?"

"Yes, of course," Juniper assured, but made no motion to grab a Pokeball for BRIAR. Instead, she gestured to the other two with them, a brunet and a blond. BRIAR could care less about those children, but it seemed that Juniper was intent on making her. "How about an introduction while we wait for the others?" Her eyes were urging, shining with a request that was truly hard to say no to. BRIAR had to wonder if that was how the Professor managed to get children to wander around a region with only a bunch of Pokemon with them despite the apparent danger of such an undertaking. It had to be those eyes. They let their gaze wander down. It had to be those eyes, or those legs. They raised their eyes again, meeting the Professor's smile. Both. It was definitely both.

With an exasperated sigh, they turned to the two boys. "The name is BRIAR, and yes, it is your pleasure." They turned back to the Professor, hand held out. "Have I earned that Pokemon?"

Behind them, Samantha just sighed tiredly.

POKEMON: Johto Diaries

@Synchronize Will you be making posts for Juniper, or will we be really taking control of her throughout everything?

Okay but now I'm just imagining BRIAR with their assistant acting like a butler and it's perf.

I'll be making another post for BRIAR as soon as the first two before me have made theirs :>

Into Darkness - A Dungeon World Adventure

Creature: *senpai voice* Follow me if you want to live.

Into Darkness - A Dungeon World Adventure

The Druid felt an indescribable urge to curse, but found her vocabulary lacking. She watched as her words were lost on the creature, and she blamed the naivety of her limited experience. It asked for her to talk her companions down, but she would not let them sacrifice their stance for a creature that still would not cooperate.

She shook her head, tiring of fruitless chatter, and gripped the shaft of her spear. If the creature would not offer information with the offer of food, then it would spit out all that it knew with the threat of death looming over. She took a step, and halted. Music - no, Serah couldn't call it that. A cacophony of noise assaulted her eardrums and she turned a pointed glare at Linoleum, intent on asking why his tune had changed, but quickly found that it had not come from him or his gong.

It was from the Wilderdeep.

The creature dove for the shrubbery, and Serah had felt the unadulterated terror in the creature. Whatever was the cause of the onslaught that made her want to empty her stomach onto the crimson floor, it was enough to strike the fear her party of misfits had failed to. There was only a moment of hesitation in her before she placed the spear onto her back and grabbed the hands of the two closest to her - Linoleum and Zogolli - and pulled them towards where the creature had gone. "Come," she called out to them and the rest of their companions. She ran after the creature, not quite sure if her companions were right behind her.

POKEMON: Johto Diaries

Don't worry. BRIAR's little shadow won't be there long. She'll just be tagging around until they get their Pokemon.

POKEMON: Johto Diaries

B R I A R

A Roll of the Dice

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BRIAR was going to fire their assistant. With a quick mental note made, they boarded the helicopter, chin held high despite the pilot's insistence for them to lower their head should they accidentally hit the rotor. It was foolish, really, as they were rather lacking in the height department and the rotor was positioned high above their head. They had no need to bow down, even if the pilot was screaming bloody murder about the threat of decapitation. They'd fire him after the assistant.

They had taken a plane ride from Unova, leaving their lovely mansion behind, to Kanto, where they promptly boarded a helicopter to take them to New Bark Town. The long travel had already taken up much of BRIAR's patience, and their assistant's failure to procure the exact brew they'd wanted had only thinned it out further. They were already sacrificing much of their precious time for this so-called journey, and to such a provincial area as Johto too. Had it been somewhere like Kalos, or even their home turf Unova, they'd have been in their element, but no, the Professor had called for them to assemble in a backwater region like Johto, where they would be stuck skulking around with mud on their designer boots.

Which, okay fine, they had included the sacrifice of their favourite boots in the letter they'd sent, but they hadn't thought they would actually have to trample around in the woods and such. True to form, taking up the role of the Pokemon Trainer had not been something BRIAR thought out fully. They'd seen the Pokemon that cameod in films and shows they'd participated in, but they hadn't thought it would include actually training them. "Well, it is in the name," their assistant had the audacity to state, as though BRIAR were too dim-witted to figure that out themself.

Their usage of the copter had massively cut the travel time should they have taken a bus or a train, and as the copter noisily descended into an open area near New Bark Town, they noticed that they were the first. The town's welcoming signage greeted them with its dulled down writing: 'Winds of a New Beginning.' The copter's rotor had only slowed to allow them to step off and for their assistant to carry their luggage off the vehicle before roaring to life again and exiting the area as loudly as it had entered. The heavy breeze caused by such an action had caused their assistant to fumble and for her hair to turn into a messy crop, but BRIAR stood amongst it in all their glory, clothes and hair as perfect as when they'd stepped out of their home.

They looked around at the quiet neighbourhood and openly sneered. "Come now, Jane-" "My name is Sam-" "We must find the Professor so I can be on my way." They began to walk, surveying the land as the click-clack of their boots now echoed in the comfortable silence that once again engulfed the town.

Breakfast University Of Magic

@shagranoz I think most of everyone now that they're in the Mess Hall? So long as Phagora's there, she can probably talk to anyone. Lee would be happy to interact with Phagora.

@Rune_Alchemist Lee's also mostly a goody two shoes. Viola's going to be surrounded by the goodness.

Into Darkness - A Dungeon World Adventure

Yep, this is gonna end horribly and they'll have to kill the creature.