No attacks came after them. That’s nice. However, they probably heard, so there was no reason to become complacent.
Unfortunately, there was likely no chance to rescue anyone else from the building. The only one there was still hope for was Mire. There were at least four hostiles here, the two in the lobby Mire was fighting were not the same two that her grunt in the building had reported about. They would lose an extended encounter here. She needed to think of the bigger picture. The Community was attacking all over, right?
She quickly took out her phone and typed “current state and location?” and sent it to the shortcut for all Rockers. Sure, that meant Salem would get it, too, but she needed to know the state of her forces. Forces that didn’t reply meant either taken out or unwilling to continue fighting. The latter was an acceptable choice, all Rockers knew that, because she had told them earlier. If in a group, only one per group needed to reply. The intention of the messages was to get a grasp of how many usable forces she still had, and where they were. Her own phone was still in the state that the only reaction to getting a message was the phone screen lighting up.
That’s when Mire burst out of the front of the building, making Creep flinch but also making her realize the time for action was here. This wasn’t a fight they wanted to fight, so if they could get Mire to pull back, that’d be great. To start with, Creep directed light so she’d show herself to Mire while still hiding herself in other directions, and made a wave with her hand to indicate the direction to move… only to realize Mire’s face was covered with some form of light. She looked like she couldn’t see. Darn it, Creep cursed internally.
‘Block the entrance,’ Creep whispered sharply to Salem, then pulled his arm to follow because she still intended to hide him behind her as best she could, trying to keep herself in-between the HQ and Salem as they hurried. She attempted to get as close to Mire as possible without getting gassed, while also putting some distance between herself and the HQ so the enemy couldn’t overhear.
‘We need to leave, fight them where we have the advantage. This way, follow my voice,’ Creep started, hoping to lord Mire was listening. She made ready to dodge arrows or projectiles while also keeping view of all around her to look for where an enemy might peek out, but otherwise simply prepare to run away with Salem if Mire actually obliged.
She was invisible and tried to hide Salem too for the entity of this post, though her range is only one meter.
Notably, it wasn’t that Zane had been protecting his ally, the motivation had been that said ally was in the way for Zane getting into combat. That aside.
Titania jumped up and took a ride with Isolde while Aldo jumped up and took a ride with Servus. Zane did a final attack which was aimed at Isolde, but Isolde’s swing with the halberd mitigated it enough so that she could take the rest with her defense. Then, the two wyverns swooped off, carrying them all away from that particular alley.
‘HEY! YOU CAN’T DO THAT! COME BACK!’ Zane shouted out after them in frustration. However, they were gone by then.
They then headed towards the exit and dropped off their passengers a bit later. Or they could still be on, if so desired.
Viridia blinked just a little in surprise with Marwood praising her and potentially unintentionally suggesting another potential future for her. A Knight of Renais… She nodded to him, her mind still a bit riled up but replying the way she had been trained to.
‘Yes, sir!’
Then Viridia was commanded by Kara to go deal with the two Mercenaries with Osmund. She could do that.
‘Hoho! Leave it to me!’ Osmund declared, turning and charging at one of the Mercenaries over there. The Mercenary he faced blinked at him, but saw how unskilled his posture looked and grinned, thinking he had this. Osmund charged on, and the Mercenary easily jumped over Osmund’s lance and chopped down at Osmund’s shoulder to deal some damage! … Only to find his sword completely repelled by Osmund’s armour and then finding that Osmund did not stop to have a regular battle but charged forth and knocked his whole shoulder into the jumping Mercenary’s stomach, the Mercenary then knocked back with a serious slam to his body. The Mercenary toppled to the surprising blow.
‘Huff! That’s how you do it!’ Osmund bragged, leaning his lance on his shoulder overlooking his handiwork.
Viridia dashed in next to Osmund at the other Mercenary. That Mercenary was a bit more cautious, and able to draw his blade to counter her attack, but they were evenly matched. Sword and lance clashed a couple of times as Viridia focused on her opponent and their weapons danced in a D-rank weapon-skill clash, but to any observer it was clear that Viridia had the upper hand due to Weapons Triangle. Assuming she made no dumb mistakes, she’d have this fight, even if it’d take more than one round to secure it.
While the two of them were doing that, the Kara and Marwood had their own things to take care of.
Kara charged at the Fighter in the line, who’d been mostly focused on trying to follow his boss. However, then Kara came thundering over, and… well, there wasn’t much other than a panicked cry before he was slammed out of the way by a huge dragon.
After that, Marwood rode straight past and engaged the Soldier that was just stumbling out of the woods next to the colosseum. He gave a slight shout of panic as Marwood outpaced him and ran him through with his lance…
‘THAT… WAS A POOR DECISION!’ the commander shouted out, turning around and grinning at them. ‘WHO CARES IF IT’S A DRAGON!? ATTACK! ATTACK, ATTACK, ATTACK!’
The two suddenly found themselves attacked. Marwood was attacked by two Mercenaries, jumping and swinging their swords at him. While the lance’s weapon advantage and overall superior skill meant he could dodge one of them, the other got in a decent hit only because the two of them were teaming up on him. He didn’t take much damage, he was more experienced, but it was a bit of a warning that perhaps there were consequences of running off without backup.
Meanwhile, Zane overruled the other Knights, particularly the one who wanted back to guard the door, directing them to attack Kara. They ran forth and surrounded her, stabbing forth with their lances, but their attacks were nothing compared to their commander. Zane came running with numerous grudges burning through his system as he plunged forth his lance where Kara had settled after her attack on the eliminated Fighter. With superb experience, she wouldn’t be able to avoid Zane’s charge and find that his lance met her hide. And- it hurt! Zane’s strength proved itself a class of its own compared to his soldiers and capable of piercing her scales. Staying like this would be dangerous, even for her.
‘HAHAHA! I’VE TAKEN ON YOUR KIND BEFORE!’ Zane shouted out at her, lance ready for combat. ‘DON’T DISAPPOINT ME!’
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Meanwhile, the Soldier to the east was considering his choices… when a dark spell suddenly rose from the ground and slammed him down and out.
‘There we go. This way, they’ve have cleared the path for us,’ Voss said, leading the way for Romilda.
‘Hmpf,’ Romilda simply made a noise, letting herself be rescued and following the instructions. They had just exited the house to the east, where the rest of them had also come from, and was heading south.
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The axe-fighter and the cart leaving and the nearby Mercenaries engaged in battle, Hevel and the opposing thief found themselves by themselves. Hevel gave his opponent a little smile.
‘Heh, guess it’s just you and me and-’ Hevel started to the other thief… when this thief suddenly spun 180 degrees and fled at full speed. ‘-huh,’ Hevel finished up the noise he was making, looking over where the opponent thief was running and himself standing there sort of lost.
So, what was happening now?
Support Marwood/Kara -> 1 (for cooperation hunting down the Soldier) Osmund/Viridia -> 4
Current Injuries: Marwood took a light blow to the side from one of the Mercenaries. Kara has been stabbed by Zane. Zane is pretty strong, that wound might want to get looked at.
Noteworthy Movement: The Thief on the left is running north after having noticed the failing trend. He intends to inform the higher-ups.
Notable Individuals;
Left Blue Wyvern Rider Isolde - Clumsy, but reliable Wyvern knight. Weapon Mastery: Axe: D Level: 5 Equipment and Items: Halberd, Tactician’s Stone
Blue Cavalier Marwood - The prince of Renais with a good heart and a rebellious streak, cares deeply for others. Weapon Mastery: Sword: C, Lance: D Level: 4 Equipment and Items: Reginleif, Steel Sword, Tactician’s Stone, 5,000G
Blue Cleric Titania - A tough healer from Rausten, she forges her own path to help as many people as she can. Weapon Mastery: Staff: D Level: 5 Equipment and Items: Heal, Mend, Tactician’s Stone, Fire Emblem
Blue Shaman Aldo - A shaman researcher and advisor on things magic in service of Grado. Magically gifted and incurably serious. Weapon Mastery: Dark: E Level: 2 Equipment and Items: Flux, Vulnerary, Guiding Ring, Tactician’s Stone x4.
Blue Manakete Kara - Mature and worldly Manakete with a strong wanderlust and an even stronger appetite. Weapon Mastery: Stone: D Level: 6 Equipment and Items: Dragonstone, Vulnerary (2 uses)
Right Blue Wyvern Rider Servus - Abandoned his home as a rogue mercenary. Adores his rare wyvern, Amboli. Weapon Mastery: Axe: D Level: 6 Equipment and Items: Halberd, Vulnerary, Pure Water
Blue Knight Osmund – A Grado Knight from the countryside. Inexperienced warrior with intimidating visage. Weapon Mastery: Lance: E Level: 2 Equipment and Items: Iron Lance, Vulnerary, Antitoxin
Blue Soldier Viridia - Daughter of a Jehannan hero. Serious, righteous and dependable. Weapon Mastery: Lance: D Level: 3 Equipment and Items: Iron Lance
Thief Hevel - A young man on an aimless journey. A timid but humane thief that often monologues with himself. Weapon Mastery: Sword: D Level: 3 Equipment and Items: Iron Sword, Lockpick
Green Shaman Voss - Scholarly Shaman of Grado. Usually prefers the company of books over people. Weapon Mastery: Dark: C Level: 4 Equipment and Items: Flux, Nosferatu, Vulnerary
Green Summoner in Cell Romilda – Notorious dark-magic criminal. Captured and had her magic sealed by Rioga. Weapon Mastery: N/A (sealed) Level: ??? Equipment and Items: ---
Red Knight Boss Zane - Former knight of Grado, now a commander of Jehanna. Craves battle and greater challenges. Weapon Mastery: Lance: C Level: 12 Equipment and Items: Iron Lance
Red Warrior on throne Nurit - Second-in-Command of Rhodri’s Wheel Guild. A hearty girl with a vicious battle-lust who feels at home at sea. Weapon Mastery: Axe: ???, Bow: ??? Level: ??? Equipment and Items: Killer Axe, Steel Bow, Hero Crest
Red Wyvern Knight next to throne Nadir - Second-in-Command of Eira’s Storm Guild. A charming man who dutifully takes care of all Eira can’t handle. Weapon Mastery: Axe: ???, Lance: ??? Level: ??? Equipment and Items: Spear, Elysian Whip
Enemy Base Level: 2 Enemy Base Weapon Mastery: E Enemy Equipment Quality: Iron Notable Deviations:STORMBELLOWS! lies dropped behind Kara. Functionally an Iron Axe.
Mire was attacking while the building was collapsing. Creep had no reason to believe the people Mire was attacking weren’t Community. There was no real good choices here.
‘Get out of there!’ Creep shouted into the building, then grabbed Salem and pulled to get around the corner. After all, she had just revealed her location, she was still looking all over around just in case someone attacked her. She’d try to listen in on what happened, and a second later assuming they weren’t attacked she’d look over again to see what was happening.
Having the invisible girl be the leader had its disadvantages.
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.
Creep frowned when she was told the Community was attacking everywhere. A joined attack on all teams? They were making their move? … Very well.
‘In that case. We Rockers may be able to retreat from our current predicament and help where we’re needed. Let me get back on you on that, after we’re done abandoning our HQ. I’ll call again, keep me posted if anyone so desires.’ That was all she had to say before she tried to call her allies. Out of those, only Salem replied. Nothing from Mire, could be she just wasn’t in a state to answer her phone, nor Pester, who should have been there, and Visage straight-up declined her. Though frowning, she could understand if she had gotten into a tough situation. That said, this meant only Salem would be arriving at Point B. That was useless.
In fact, here Salem came running. Good to know somebody was dependable around here.
Before Salem could enter the building, Creep showed herself to him alone and waved him over. Assuming he didn’t enter the building anyway, she’d start talking to him while they were in view of the HQ, except Creep was hiding them both.
‘The Community is attacking all our allies. This city is now a battlefield. Some parahuman archer is attacking within our HQ, probably with one more person. I’ve seen mostly everyone evacuate, but I haven’t seen Pester, and-’ and this is about the time Mire dropped down and started advancing at the main building. Creep made an unhappy noise looking at that, but okay, guess they were attacking.
‘- c’mon, we’re assisting Mire. I’ll cover the both of us, they won’t see us. Stay as close as you can. If you find the archer, melt his arrows,’ she told Salem, grabbing his arm and pulling on him as she headed forth towards the ensuing battle while doing her best to cover the both of them, running ahead to make that easier. She was startled seeing Mire being attacked by someone, she had to get in closer and see what was going on.
Of course, she was internally preparing for that their enemy could see her. Her eyes were looking in all directions, perfectly focused, and she was ready to jump to dodge at any time.
‘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.
@Rune_Alchemist Four days ago. Time goes so fast. Anyways, I don't want any player posts to become 5 days old without any response, so here. Quick post. Nicely posted. Last fight here is on.
@prettydrops So, we can probably jump right to depositing the Shuppets if you so wish. You did intend this to still be in Pureplain, right? Probably somewhere there. Anyways. Nicely posted. Let's see if we can also get you on some kind of road, hah.
@Gardevoiran Nicely posted. Now, here you go. Do you want to use these? Ask him any other questions? Earl here isn't necessarily the most talkative of guys if he isn't asked questions, but before that, here's some herbs, heh.
@Eklispe Yupp. Nicely posted. You are free to still suggest strategies or whatever, but I do understand if there doesn't seem to be any to suggest or if it's more natural to leave it to Amelia. Oh, well. Some way or another.
‘Oooh, a Psychic-type. Good thing you left your Poison-type behind, eh, Bell?’ Archie asked his Pokémon with a smirk. And then, Claire started out with a Double Team. Archie and Bellawesome was left looking around at the multiple clones that Ralia was producing before their eyes, Archie’s smile glowing excitedly while Bellawesome stood as calmly as ever.
‘Aaaaaaah, I don’t think any of our clever tricks will help us out with this one. So, Bellawesome!’ Archie called, a glimt in his eyes as Bellawesome’s stance tenced in preparation.
‘Cut them all!’
‘Belloss-!’ Bellawesome called out before glowing lightly from taking in the sunlight with Chlorophyll, and then launching with phenomenal speed towards the nearest clone. That Ralia was promptly cut through, because there is no way Ralia could avoid a slice that quickly on her own. With that, Bellawesome blasted to the next. In a deadly, beautiful dash, the swords-wielding Pokémon was simply going to cut through every single Ralia it came across with considerable speed, and it would only be a matter of moments before she’d come across the real one at this rate, cut after cut, taking two at once if they stood too close to one another.
The Shuppets looked around at one another and also glanced at Valen. Then… one of them drifted towards him. Then another. Then the third.
‘Shuuuuuuuup,’ the first one said.
‘Shuppeeeeeeeeet,’ the second told, smiling as it drift about.
‘Shuppet~!’ the third called out happily, as they were now circling about Valen.
Valen now has three Shuppets following him, swirling around him with all their eyes directed in looking at him. Yay?
He’s currently in Pureplain City.
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. 7. Horror Place? With all the children living in this city, there’s probably some market for entertainment in some corner of the city. Are you heading there with the Shuppets?
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.
'Oooh…' Vivia made a noise as Celebrity made that purring noise while being patted. This, of course, simply encouraged the mildly blushing girl to continue providing plenty of pats. Venonat staaaaaaaaaaaaared on as this kept going on…
Meanwhile. Up there at the door.
‘Huh,’ the boy replied, looking over Skylar with behind his glasses and putting the Pokéball away as Skylar introduced himself and his Pokémon. ‘Nothing much here, I’m afraid. Just plantlife and the occasional Pokémon… Hm, your Pokémon was damaged?’ So the boy commented, before turning and dashing over to the pot. He scooped up a couple herbs that were stuffed in there by the various Budews, leaving Cleffa behind to stare up at Skylar. The boy then shortly returned, hands full of leaves.
‘My name is Earl. Try these,’ he told, holding forth the herbs…
Skylar was offered 6 Mysterious Herbs!
‘… And then tell me the effects,’ he told, looking no more excited than before and yet there was just the slightest glimmer in his eyes. Multiple Budews and the Cleffa was also watching with interest.
@Rune_Alchemist Yupp. Nicely posted. Now let's see if Titania and Servus agrees with this. Also, I like the little memory of Zane. Just enough to paint him as just a bit bigger. Nice.
@Crimson Raven I approve of giving orders. Heh, but perhaps someone else has a better idea? We'll simply have to see. And yeah, managing the Dragonstone when not strictly necessary. Nice. Nicely posted.
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