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In Pokémon: Start → 3 yrs ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
@Pirouette

‘… Tsk,’ Elana made a noise as she quickly returned Slurpuff to a Pokéball and started dashing after Erika, shuffling her great bag into her hands and sticking into her bag looking to get her hands on an appropriate item for this situation, which would be an Escape Rope. Still, she couldn’t use it with just herself…!

‘…!’ Ewan quickly grabbed Duessel and leapt aside, his instincts perhaps faster than those of his companions, and he leapt sideways into the way where they’d come from, to the left. He got into it, but that led to him being split off from the rest of them as the giant drill went past him. He quickly stood up and retrieved a couple Pokéballs…

‘WOA- THAT’S NOT ON THE ENCOUNTER-LIST!’ Joshua laughed, as if unbothered by the suddenly very perilous situation they’d found themselves in, gripping Mudkip and holding her onto his head as he ran with a wide smile along the underground corridor.

The three of them ran on, clearly faster than the giant drill, but hardly safe should any of them coincidentally stumble. However, after a good run the path turned right, and as they turned the giant drill did not. It carried on and slammed into the wall straight ahead. There, it stopped, emitting a loud sigh of smoke shooting out of its varying exhaust-pipes.

Ewan showed up, with a Psyduck, a Swinub, a Treecko and a Spearow all in position to attack the mechanical aggressor. Elana, also not appreciating the visitor, turned and held a Pokéball ready, albeit hadn’t thrown it yet. Joshua also spun around, though looked less startled about all of this.

A hatch suddenly shot open on the top of the machine.

‘Woh. We made it,’ said a surprisingly young boy, crawling out of the top of the giant mechanical machine. He had short brown hair, a giant green coat hanging like a cape around him, numerous mechanical gadgets wrapped onto his left arm, and tired brown eyes. Behind him skipped forth a couple purple-clad seemingly psychics that were helping pick up some very strange looking equipment from out of the machine to on top of it…



‘Right, let’s begin at once…’ the boy said, directing the device on his left arm in front of him and starting to turn a few screws…

‘Who are you supposed to be?’ Elana asked, a little miffed at being chased like that.

‘Oh, there’s people here…’ the boy said, looking down with tired eyes at them. ‘If you’d just be on your way, I’d very much appreciate it.’

‘You almost ran us over!’ Ewan told him, clearly also pretty upset about that.

‘Hm, the records said people rarely travel through these tunnels. How very unfortunate you must be. Well. Carry on,’ the boy said, turning around towards the machines that the psychics had picked out. Something with a screen. The boy opened a Pokéball, and a small, green-and-white humanoid Pokémon formed on top of the machine…



Pokédex Entry #281 – Kirlia, the Emotion Pokémon. It’s horns amplify its psychokinetic powers, allowing it to see glimpses of the future or distort space to display mirages. It’s highly sensitive to its trainer’s feelings, instinctively dancing in response to happiness. It’s said to grow more beautiful when exposed to positive emotions.


‘Don’t worry, my Pitri. We’ll find your item. Start the scan,’ the boy told his Kirlia.

‘Kirl!’ Pitri replied, holding its arms over its head, closing its eyes to focus Psychic power… and a dot appeared on the screen of the machine underneath.

‘Sir Julian! There’s… a single positive response in the entire mountain!’ one of the Psychics said.

‘Excellent. Then let’s go take it. I didn’t dig all the way from Mt. Edge to return empty-handed. Let’s crush this filthy mountain so I can be back home soon,’ the boy, Julian, told as he started to get down into the machine again.

‘Wait, you just DUG a tunnel from Mt. Edge to Mt. Strength?’ Joshua asked, leaning to peer in the direction the drill had come from. ‘Cool.’

‘Not cool,’ Elana grunted. ‘I got to collapse that tunnel before Psychic-types from Mt. Edge start invading, it’d cause havoc to the ecosystem of Mt. Strength…!’ she mentioned, before taking off towards where the drill had come from.

What does Erika take away from all this?

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@Joshua Tamashii
appropriate music

‘Oh, that’d make sense,’ Leila said, hitting one hand into the other, thinking that was pretty clever. ‘So maybe it wasn’t any of us, after all. That’s a relief…’

Palpitoad looked curiously at the pictures that Amelia was showing her… but none really stuck. Palpitoad tilted its body to peer at the images, then shook its head at the question. That wasn’t the intended solution of this puzzle. Nice idea, though.

Some of the testimonies have been rewritten to include some of the new information.

What will Amelia do now?









Or she could leave.



Connected areas:
Pureplain City. You can get back without complication.
Infested Woods. You’re right next to it.
Wet Caverns. May need to cross a bridge or two to get there.



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Gym battle in progress

@hatakekuro

Basil returned Crocus, and sent out Cecil. Cecil immediately received the brunt of two giant lances as Escavalier hit against her with Fell Stinger. However, despite the stat-difference, Fell Stinger is a decently weak move and it’s Not Very Effective, meaning Cecil got out of the tussle with relatively little damage. Escavalier bounced a healthy distance back after the impact.

‘Heh, even a weak Bulbasaur is worth keeping around, huh?’ Lorette mused, her own tactic failing. ‘Very well. A fire-type, huh. Too bad Accelgor fainted. It knew Water Shuriken, after all,’ she continued, giggling a bit. ‘Okay, Escavalier! You’re probably going to faint now, but if you don’t, DOUBLE-EDGE!’ she commanded, and the Escavalier took off again! Using its own lances as stilts to lounge itself forward for a tackle…!

Then Basil made his command. ‘… Huh?’ Lorette made a confused sound.

Cecil obeyed the command, and blasted a burst of fire down into the wooden platform! Now, the platform had been constructed with the intention of violent battles taking place on these boards. They’d usually be able to take some heat just fine… but not when the attack was aimed directly at them! Incinerate burst into the wood, and because of what Incinerate does, the wooden plank was thoroughly burned through, creating a hole! Incinerate doesn’t light things on fire, it incinerates them, reducing it to ashes!

Then came Escavalier at full speed, intending to stick its lances into the floor and carry it straight through the smoke of the Fire-type move it had expected to hit it, pushing its lances down to fling itself in a destructive Double-Edge towards-!

SPLASH

-aaaaaaand Escavalier fell through the hole in the platform and into the waters beneath, as the entire wooden platform was situated on the pond inside the Gym. While the water wasn’t deep, Escavalier was a bug and rather heavy, and was flailing desperately beneath the surface. The forward speed had carried it underneath Cecil’s current position, under the wood, and it was having trouble finding its way back to the surface! It wiggled some time more…

… And Lorette stood up, raising a Pokéball and returning her Pokémon to its Pokéball.

‘… Whatever are you doing to my platform? It’ll take some doing replacing those, you know,’ she asked, though looking somewhat amused. ‘Oh, well. Guess that counts as Escavalier being defeated.’

Cecil grew to level 12! Cecil learned Fire Fang!


‘Alright, then. Shuckle! You’re up!’ Lorette called, throwing her next Pokéball onto the field! Out from it came a small, red rock, with a strange yellow tentacle-like bug growing out of its various holes.



Pokédex Entry #213 – Shuckle, the Mold Pokémon. It stores berries inside its shell. It is naturally shy and typically hide under rocks, keeping its body concealed inside its exceedingly hard shell while eating stored berries. The berries mix with its body fluids to become a delicious juice that it secretes through various holes.


Lorette looked happily and expectantly at Basil, and so did Shuckle. Seems like she wasn’t going to give a command until he did.
In Pokémon: Start → 3 yrs ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
Gym battle in progress

@hatakekuro

Crocus managed to Growl before Beedrill hit him again, decreasing the power of U-Turn. Once again, with no choice in the matter, Beedrill bounced back towards its trainer… only for the vine to slam it down into the floor again as it couldn't return. The annoyed bee immediately surged in at Crocus again, while Leech Seed drained some health to him…!

Two round-trips later, and standing only due to Growl and Leech Seed, Crocus outlasted the angry giant bee, which now lay fainted at the end of the vine, having slammed its face into the floor repeatedly with the excess power of U-Turn. The Bulbasaur was heavily damaged, however.

Crocus grew to level 13! Crocus learned Poison Powder! Crocus learned Sleep Powder!


‘Nicely done,’ Lorette smiled as she returned Beedrill. ‘Now, let me reintroduce you. Escavalier!’ she called, throwing out a Pokéball, and the knightly, slow but powerful bug with twin lances formed once again.

At this point, Basil should determine what he wants to do beforehand, really.



How will Basil react?

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@Pirouette

Elana peered at her intently from really close when she insisted the two boys were just friends that wanted to join them. After all, Erika was looking really nervous and like someone that may just be hiding something. ‘… Well, okay, then,’ she eventually concluded that it didn’t necessarily matter that much, leaning away from her and focusing on the journey at hand.

They then embarked on their trip and arrived at Mt. Strength. At the mention of needing to send out Pokémon that didn’t look too tough, Joshua and Ewan looked at one another.

‘It’s gotta be Mudkipz!’ Joshua said, sending out his Pokémon and grabbing around her. ‘You’re such a sweet-looking little thing, who’d be scared of you?’ he said, hugging around his Mudkip happily, and the Mudkip looked similarly happy.



Pokédex Entry #258 – Mudkip, the Mud Fish Pokémon. The fin on top of its head is highly sensitive to movements in water and air, allowing it to act like a radar and giving it impressive awareness. It’s known to rest by covering itself with mud at the bottom of a river. It’s known to be very strong for its size.


‘… I suppose Duessel,’ Ewan said, sending out the Psyduck, who immediately looked back at Ewan with a kinda sad-looking expression, while holding onto his head. ‘Don’t worry, you’ll look far tougher after you evolve,’ Ewan assured his Pokémon. Duessel looked sort-of relieved with that.



Pokédex Entry #53 – Psyduck, the Duck Pokémon. It is plagued by headaches from the moment it is born until it evolves. Its vacant look is there to lull its enemies, and by intensifying its headaches it can unleash psychic powers. However, any time it uses these powers will create a lapse in its memory and it won’t remember having done so.


The deal of the stones was agreed upon. Elana nodded, and then held the Shiny Stone in front of Slurpuff. ‘Smell this. Keep in mind that we’re not looking for exactly this stone, just another kind of evolution stone,’ she told. Slurpuff excitedly nodded, smelled it, and… ‘Slurpuff!’ the Pokémon called, and was immediately on its way. Elana nodded to Erika and started to follow already. ‘It does seem like we’re heading down…’ Elana remarked on where Slurpuff was heading.

They headed down through tunnels, leaving behind the underground town of fighting-types to follow relatively normal underground tunnels, snaking in varying direction and leading further down the mountain. Then and again Pokémon headed by, Machops fighting or transporting rocks somewhere or Meditites just sitting on the wayside meditating.

Joshua and Ewan were momentarily happy to follow. Joshua got into a bit of trouble when he accidentally stepped on a Geodude. The Geodude immediately attacked, but Joshua could take it out with one shot via Mudkip’s Water Gun. However, a couple Machops saw the display, and decided Mudkip was worthy of being challenged! Ewan had to step in to help defeat the wild Pokémon for a bit, there…

Meanwhile, Slurpuff was heading through the tunnel with utmost determination, seeking directly through the tunnels until it found what it was looking for. There! A stone! … A Shiny Stone, just as the one Elana had showed it! … Some time later, it found another stone! Another Shiny Stone, that is. … And then another. Then another. Then…

‘I… did tell you that what we were looking for wasn’t EXACTLY like this?’ Elana asked, frowning a little at her Pokémon as she was holding the fifth Shiny Stone they’d found. Slurpuff tilted its head a little, confused. Elana sighed. ‘Well, guess we can keep looking…’

They’d now been wandering the tunnels for quite an amount of time. Stones were, though, not the only thing they’d found around here. Quite a bit of basic Pokémon Trainer necessities were lying about…

Erika obtained 3 Potions!
Erika obtained 6 Pokéballs!
Erika obtained 3 Repels!


They kept wandering the lower parts of Mt. Strength. Slurpuff was attempting to widen the search-parameters, actually finding a Fire Stone down there, which Elana promptly collected. Joshua and Ewan were discussing what kind of Fighting-type they could imagine capturing, neither of the two had become particularly impressed with any of the Fighting-types they’d seen so far. Still, they continued wandering the dark caves until-

The cave suddenly started shaking! Like there was an earthquake or something going on!

‘Woah-!’ Joshua called, grabbing onto the wall. ‘What’s this-!?’ he asked, clearly excited by the level of power displayed.

‘Huh, that’s odd. The Pokémon down here should be pretty weak…’ Elana commented, crouching to pick up Slurpuff, to prevent the light Pokémon from bouncing off.

‘… It’s coming from that direction,’ Ewan pointed, because indeed, the shaking seemed to be coming from behind that wall. There were even sounds, and the sounds were coming closer…!

‘… There should be no reason to worry, the Pokémon of Mt. Strength isn’t the kind that’d want to hurt you past challenging your Pokémon, and there’s none bigger than a Machamp; they wouldn’t hurt you accidentally,’ Elana tried to comfort, but it was true that something was coming closer, and-

And something burst through the wall.

It wasn’t a Pokémon. It was huge.

It was a gigantic drilling-machine, going through the wall and with no sign of stopping.



There’s two immediate ways out of its way. One would be immediately to the left. Pros include, short distance to get there and guaranteed out of the way. Cons, you have a very limited amount of time before the machine blocks the way and a failed attempt to get there could have dire consequences.

Second option, turn and run further down the cave. Pros; the machine is slow and you should be able to outrun it. Cons; the path is straight and you’ll have the machine pursuing you for a significant distance, don’t stumble. Then, there’s the third option, use whatever possible means to stop the giant drill before it engangers you. Fourth option, escape rope.

Now, each of the others is going to have their own immediate reaction, but to start with, what’s Erika’s?
In Darkest Before the Dawn: A CYOA Magical Girl Roleplay [Completed] → 3 yrs ago Forum: Casual Roleplay


Freya’s face darkened as she heard the announcement, from one of the phones of the other girl that somehow heard what was happening in the main room. The other girl sighed, and Freya grunted in anger.

‘Well, that was a ----- waste of time and care, why the hell did I even bother? ---- horror, playing with my ---- emotions, see, this is exactly why-’ Freya grunted in anger, partly noticing that the other girl had stood up and started wandering away. Freya was a bit confused, but just as the girl vanished out of sight Freya heard someone else approaching. Penny.

‘Penny…’ the monster-girl grunted her name, before spinning around to not look at her right now. ‘Darn straight I’m not okay. Why the hell did I dare to hope? ---- this. I want to tear that horror’s darn heart out and squash it beneath my boot. Some ------ Christmas event that turned out to be. Even if I’d somehow gotten my luck, someone else would have been hurt. What a ------’ Freya pronounced a couple profanities her player isn’t comfortable writing before sitting down herself with a sigh.

‘… So, you just happen to be empathetic enough to just head after me just because I looked bothered? Well, uh, thanks. I’m, uh, Freya. Freya Cameron. … What else did you come here for?’ Freya asked, kind of unsure what to say.





Tullia was engaged in the snowball fight, specifically creating fortifications for Victoria to attack from and just generating snow for Victoria to throw...

When she felt something. A feeling in the air. A disturbance in the snow. A calling from the sky.

She had somewhere to be.

‘Sorry, Victoria. I must go,’ Tullia said, spinning around and leaping off over the fortifications of the icy castle.

‘Wa- TULLIA!?’ ‘Tullia!?’ ‘Where are you going!?’ ‘Tullia…!’ numerous Victorias called out after her as their source of success suddenly leaped away and left the horde of Victorias on their own to fend off the opposition.

Tullia ran through the area, focusing some magic and sending it surging ahead of her, as she leapt and formed ice-skates on her feet. As her feet landed, she glode on frozen snow across the island, driven by a single goal. Finally, she leapt off the last piece of frozen snow, melted the skates and then landed perfectly right in front of a block of ice.

She’d reached the field of ice sculpting. Her home.

‘I… am Tullia Barese, the Cold Sculptor. This is my thing,’ she said, spreading her arms to her sides. A saw of ice manifested in her left hand, and a variety of chisels of ice manifested in her right. ‘No cheating this time,’ she muttered to herself.

She glanced around, noticing Kimble and Alicia nearby. That… that would do.

With the precision of a high-agi girl, she walked around the block of ice and drew the contours of a statue. Then, wielding the icy saw, she cleaved off the excess ice, the saw she created easily cleaving through the ice because ice-girl. Did that count as cheating? Hopefully not. Then, with chisel in hand, she went in, time to carve out all the details…

The thing she created was a magnificent magical girl in an elaborate armour, long, flowing hair and wielding a detailed bow. It was somewhat inspired by Alicia, but Tullia changed enough things that it wouldn’t be recognized as her, except for perhaps through the use of a bow. It should be noted the statue wasn’t exactly perfect, for Tullia’s trying to get better without “cheating”, but regardless this was still definitely a work of art she was working on, some distance away from the others at the field.
In Pokémon: Start → 3 yrs ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
@Pirouette

‘Of course! That will be 1,900P,’ the woman at the Berry Garden said, and the purchase was done. Erika applied the Damp Mulch and planted the berries in her little patch of soil in the garden, ensuring she didn’t need to water her berries, and then she was on her way. After that, she awaited the return of her companions.

Eventually, from the direction of the Gym came a… positively dancing Joshua, who was followed by a Zubat spinning around him.

‘ERIKA! WE WON!’ Joshua called out so happily, lifting his new sparkling Treetop Badge up high. ‘And it was all thanks to this hero! Who’s the best darling hero Zubat? You are, that’s who! You’re the best, most delightful, beautiful Zubat across the land, and you’re my hero! You’re an absolute charm, Zubat! My hero!’

Erika has never seen a happier Zubat, the bat acting positively abashed in the praise but flying about making happy Zubat-cries.

Behind Joshua, Ewan arrived, nodding appreciatively at Erika.

‘Thank you for the tip about the weather. It made me remember I had found a Hail TM in the Frozen Cavern earlier, and I applied it to great effect. Sven really came through, despite Ground-typing. Just had to switch between him and the rest at steady intervals to keep Hail going, but with that, I won modestly easily. That Bellossom was no joke, though, has to just keep my distance and let the hail do the job. Archie wasn’t very happy with that and had to be coaxed into giving me the badge by his butler…’ Ewan sighed a little, seemingly regretting his strategy but coming out on top nonetheless.

‘In any case. Your tip saved me. Please, have this other TM I found as, er, payback,’ Ewan said, offering something to Erika and looking like he found what he said a bit amusing.

Erika obtained TM66 Payback!


Joshua then proceeded to tell the epic tale about how his Zubat saved the day, but through his flowery descriptions it basically amounted to “Zubat used Confuse Ray and got lucky repeatedly”. Still, Joshua was pretty good at making a dramatic story out of it.

Eventually, a young woman approached them, having found her way towards them. A blonde girl in a tight hat with goggles, wearing a jacket and had way too big a backpack on her back. She found Erika decently quickly, but stopped a bit of a distance as she noticed the other two.



‘Oooh, you must be the guide Erika spoke about!’ Joshua flew back on his feet, skipped over and bowed ever so gracefully to her. ‘I am Joshua, and it’s a delight to be charmed by your presence. I can feel the weight of your experience already from here, and it has touched my heart. It shall be a gift to be amazed by your enchanting abilities!’

‘… Likewise?’ Elana asked, looking a little confused as she looked between Joshua and Ewan. She then took to walking around Joshua and proceeding directly to Erika, leaning in really close to whisper. ‘You haven’t tricked me into going to a mixer, have you?’ she asked, mildly startled.

Anyway, with that out of the way (and probably with a few Erika lines explaining), they were on the way!

Still, here’s Stillwood Village if she wanted to do anything here.



Otherwise, they departed westwards. Leaving the village, they’d still find themselves to be in Stillwood Forest, albeit one which wasn’t quite as tight and let sunlight shine down through the trees. This route was the gradual thinning of the Stillwood Forest, until eventually it led somewhere else. Either to the route where it always rained, or to the mountain.



So, assuming she heads on.

Heading up the forest hill towards Mt. Strength. The mountain-range rises above, but after a walk up the cliffside the entrance can be found fairly close to the base. The arc of rock is carved-out with great effort, with patterns and ancient letters and the like, the opening wide enough that a truck could be driven through. With the stories of the wild caves of Mt. Strength going around, one wouldn’t be blamed expecting to be delving into caverns of absolute chaos and roughness. Yet as one descends into the cave and it opens up in its whole honesty, the ground beneath becomes… cobblestone.


In Darkest Before the Dawn: A CYOA Magical Girl Roleplay [Completed] → 4 yrs ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
The icy island was teeming with Snowbuns, bouncing and bounding here and there, as if the place had been overrun with the fluffy creatures. Mariette saw from her high vantage point that they seemed to cover the island from end to end. However, when she activated Absolute Direction, she was met with a straining result; hundreds upon hundreds of signals popped, each dragging her to a different location simultaneously. Before her headache could develop further, she turned it off, having decided to save it for when it was necessary.

But as she looked, she noticed something peculiar; in an open field to the north, she saw a stack of Snowbuns; like a totem pole, they each sat on top of one another. And at the bottom of the stack was a different-looking Snowbun; it had shiny, copper-colored fur, and seemed to enjoy carrying the stack as it bounced, moving in a circle around the field, with the stack of Snowbuns swaying above it but not falling.

Mariette was lying in a pile.

She’d found the easiest way to gather the friendly animals had been to open portals for them and let them come to her. There were Snowbuns everywhere. She was petting them, patting them, they were so fluffy. They were inspecting her and she was inspecting them back. She really didn’t need more. Her happiness-receptors had exploded. This was already heaven.

Yet, when she opened another portal to let more through, one of them refused. Curious about this development, Mariette peeked sideways. That one… that one was different. Hm. Mariette got up on her knees, petted a couple dozen Snowbuns, before stepping through a portal to face the different Snowbun. She walked closer, and squatted to peek at it if she got close enough.

What was this one? Was this one of those Dan had…?

The moment Mariette stepped into the snow field upon leaving the portal, she dropped; the powder snow was piled deceptively high over what must have been a pit, and hid the surface under it, causing Mariette to sink into it, up to her head. As a result, the snow happened to cave in around her, causing her legs and arms to become momentarily stuck.
Then, Mariette heard the sound of mischievous giggling mixed with the chittering of a lagomorph, and saw as the Harebringer approached, a smug smile on its face. It bounced on top of the same snow Mariette fell through as if the copper Snowbun was as light as a feather. Then, as it came close, it jumped on top of Mariette’s head to mock her, weighing incredibly light, and then off her before she had time to dig herself out of the snow. It then continued bouncing around the field as the other Snowbuns on top of its head also giggled.

‘Ah-!?’ Mariette cried out in surprise as she plunged into the snow, blinking in surprise as she got herself down all the way to her neck. That, uh. That was unexpected. Then the strange hare jumped closer, and- uh, jumped on her head. Mariette wasn’t entirely sure how to process that before it jumped off through the field, somehow still balancing multiple Snowbuns on its head. Mariette was confused.

Though, it wasn’t like her current situation was a predicament. Her tentacles burst forth under the surface of the snow, and Mariette pulled herself down under the surface. Using her tentacles to dig and feel ahead, she made herself into an undersnow predator, manifesting a portal over her nose to breathe and another over her eyes to navigate from above, Absolute Direction helping her keep track of herself after her target from underneath the snow, her tentacles ready to shoot out from under the snow to try to snatch the hare…!

The Harebringer seemed oblivious to Mariette as she tunnelled through the snow like a many-tongued worm, using her small size and magical prowess to her advantage. The copper bun sniffed the air, wiggling it's adorable little nose just as the tentacles burst out, kicking up snow everywhere and obscuring her vision of what exactly had happened. She noticed something wriggling in the grasp of her tendrils. When the snow had settled again, she saw that she managed to catch one of the Snowbuns that had ridden on the Harebringer's head. The real one kept bouncing around, blowing a raspberry at Mariette; it now had a reduced stack of two Snowbuns instead of three.

… Hm. Were those Snowbuns on its head get-out-of-jail cards, and she had to catch him three more times to actually catch him? Now he’d be more wary of attacks from below. Perhaps Mariette should have saved such an attack for later. No matter. She gently brought the Snowbun in her tentacles grip to her hands, where she gently petted it and smiled, before turning her attention to the Harebringer.

It was time for some good old-fashioned tentacle hunting.

Portals opened around Mariette, and portals opened around the Harebringer. Tentacles reached out to attempt to catch him again. She used her Awareness to try to predict where he’d jump to, and would attempt to open a portal there ahead of time so another tentacle would catch it there. Even if he escaped from that enclosure, a new array of portals would open in his new position. Mariette was a relentless predator when on a hunt, and getting away from her just didn’t work very well. Let’s test this little soul’s agility, endurance and perseverance. Mariette could do this for a long time…!

The Harebringer, now knowing to expect tentacles to burst out in an attempt to catch it, expertly dodged the first few tentacles that lashed out from portals. However, new portals opened fast in the locations he dodged to. Eventually, the copper Snowbun was forced to eject one of the Snowbuns on its head to escape. Now reduced to only one Snowbun on its head, it was visibly angry, with cute furrowed eyebrows. Now it was no longer hopping as fast as before, bouncing around at the speed of a regular Snowbun, seemingly easily catchable by regular means. However, the trick was revealed when Mariette sent more tentacles after it; the tentacles suddenly slammed to the ground around the Harebringer, and turned slow and lethargic. The Harebringer used a spell to create a gravity well centered on itself, causing the tentacles to be burdened to the point of being too slow to catch the Harebringer, no matter how many Mariette would summon. Curiously, both the Harebringer and the Snowbun on its head were immune to the effects. Snowbuns also began to gather around the edges of the field in droves, seemingly curious about the magical hunt that was taking place.
The Harebringer spotted the girl in the distance, and turned to wiggle its fluffy tail at her with a “Hmph!”

Mariette stared curiously at the creature from a distance. A gravity-spell? Impressive. That would make trying to capture the hare an insurmountable challenge for most girls. The challenge was to catch, not harm, the hare, so shooting magic into the field wasn't an option. However…

A large portal manifested over the hare. You know that snow deep enough to burrow through? A enormous quantity of snow suddenly fell like an avalanche down with the enhanced gravity right on top of the hare’s head. It wasn’t the only snow, though. Throughout the landscape, sinkholes in the snow formed as portals took the snow and avalaunched it at the hare from various directions, intent on using the hare’s gravity to create its own compact prison. Even if the hare managed to escape, Mariette just had to move the portals, trying to create a whirlpool of snow from varying directions to center at the elusive hare.

The portal girl absently stroked the Snowbun in her arms as she watched the snowy trial of the Harebringer.

The Harebringer blinked as it looked up at the portal that opened before it, and then chittered in surprise as snow dropped heavily over the creature. The Harebringer ejected his last Snowbun and managed to jump out of the way, only to be caught by snow that circled around it. Caught in a white vortex, the Harebringer fell back to the field, and ended up buried by a big pile of snow. Though Mariette no longer saw the Harebringer, she could tell with her magic that the magical Snowbun was still in the pile.

With that, it was time to do something else that was in her magical arsenal that she’d never done before. She knew she had the ability to manifest weapons of light, but she’d never had any use of it, until now. Focusing her magic power, she manifested a Lasso of Light, and then let one of her tentacles grip the hilt because her own arms wouldn’t have been strong enough. The tentacle lashed out towards where Absolute Direction pointed her, sending the top of the lasso spinning, piercing through the snow with light-energy, before aiming to tie tightly around the Harebringer’s torso, so she may restrain it on a distance without the need to enter the gravity-field herself.

Mariette threw the golden lasso of truth, and like Wonder Woman, successfully caught the Harebringer through the snow. However, as Mariette began to pull, she heard a loud chitter, followed by an explosion of snow, as the Harebringer unleashed it’s most powerful magic; it cast a spell of reverse gravity that quickly spread to the entire field, catching Mariette in it as well; she was now forced to hold on to the golden lasso as she now began to fly up alongside the huge quantity of snow that rested on the field, as well as a few Snowbuns who didn’t hop away fast enough. But there, Mariette saw her quarry; the Harebringer, with no hands to remove the lasso, wiggled and struggled, it’s copper fur standing on end from being agitated, doing everything it can to avoid being petted. The gravity then began to turn around the field in various directions, and Mariette began to spin with the Harebringer at the axis, the golden lasso the only thing keeping her steady as a snowstorm practically raged around her.

Mariette positively vaulted as the gravity explosion took place, its power far exceeding her previous estimates. Her tentacles gripped around both her and her lasso of light, keeping her from being completely blown away. This… this was bad. Even if she opened a portal directly to the hare, she couldn't oppose the gravitational force to reach through it. She needed… some form… of push…!



@Ponn@Shifter_Master

‘MAGICAL DREAM PRINCESSSS…!’ Mayra excitedly called out at the appearance of her new friend at the snowball-fight. ‘I see! You seek towards Penny, the strongest Magical Girl here, thinking it would give you safety in battle. I see, I see,’ the draconic girl nodded sagely, regardless if this was the case or not.

‘But, your judgment is misplaced! For I have created the ultimate weapon to breach the walls of her fort! HERE!’ Mayra excitedly lifted… A positively gigantic snowball she'd taken a temporary leave from the battle to create. ‘With the Mega Snowball, I will bring down the entire fort in a single swoop!’

‘MEGA…’ Mayra held the gigantic snowball with both hands behind her, comically undersized in comparison.

‘… ULTRA…’ Mayra shot a burst of fire magic through her, glowing red, smoking and grinning with a sound like revving an engine.

‘… DRAGON…’ Mayra started her swing, fire bursting from her elbows and legs as she started spinning like a blur with the giant snowball!

‘… THROOOW…!’ she finally called, letting go of her giant snowball that was sent surging with intense destructive force towards Penny's fort…!

Then a portal manifested and ate the snowball before winking out of existence.

‘… Whuh?’ Mayra made a confused sound at the end of her throw pose.



The snowball slammed into Mariette's awaiting tentacles and sent her flying at the Harebringer. With panic in her heart she used the force of the escaping snowball that came out of the portal behind her to propel her through the gravitational field, crying from the intense force on her relatively weak body, desperately holding her arms forward in order to catch the Harebringer mid-flight…!

Propelled by Mayra’s Mega Ultra Dragon Throw, the snowball unleashed an explosive force as it went through the portal and struck the tentacles; like a trampoline, the tentacles in turn bounced Mariette, sending her flying just far enough for her to grab the Harebringer with her remaining strength; the creature’s eyes were wide as Mariette managed to push through the insurmountable odds, and it chittered in a fit of despair before finally succumbing to its defeat as Mariette’s hand finally landed on its head.


The Harebringer...was petted.

And the moment it was petted, the Harebringer turned docile; it ended the spell, and gently lowered Mariette down to the snow field, as it now rested in her embrace, clearly tired.

Mariette gasped as her hand reached the head of the hare, felt as if a magic blast went through her at the impact… and then everything went calm. She gently held around the Harebringer, breathing heavily as she drifted down into the snow. The girl calmed down slowly, gently petting the hare, her eyes wide from the alarming experience she’d just gone through. But… she’d gotten her price.

On staggering feet, she slowly stood up, ensuring to have her tentacles test for a stable foothold. She then opened a portal, wandering through it to the grove where she’d stacked the mountain of Snowbuns she’d collected before facing off with the Harebringer. There, surrounded by all her Snowbuns, Mariette simply sat down with her back against a tree, abscently petting the Harebringer in her lap while all her Snowbuns gathered around her to keep her warm in this frozen environment.

There, at least for now, she’d relax. For just tonight, she was the Princess of Bunnies, with nary a worry in the world. There, for now, she’d rest.
In Darkest Before the Dawn: A CYOA Magical Girl Roleplay [Completed] → 4 yrs ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
Okay, so backwards establishment. Deni probably learned Su left at some point in the time-skip. She’ll have been very sad and tried calling Su to talk about it, and if she failed sent a text message. Mostly just wanting to know why directly from Su, that way she can be more fine about it.

When Loc here says those who arrive through his game need not be alive, Deni freaks out a little, because Su isn’t dead, right? Loc can confirm she indeed isn’t dead. Deni’s relieved, considers for a bit if she wants to vote for Su or not, because if Su’s picked maybe someone else loses the chance to remeet some dead person they could otherwise never meet again. However, she figures that the more the merrier, if more people vote more people will be coming to the party, and it would be cool if Su could make it, and as such she votes for her with the additional message that “Helga can come with her!”.



It’s in the middle of the snow-battle, with Penny growing fiercer by the second and more people joining. Freya was the one who was actually able to keep up with Penny’s physical capability, not even Mayra could do that (due to Mayra having invested a bit in magic, too). Anyway, eventually she noticed she had a phone in one of her pockets. Freya lifted it, and-

‘…!’

Proceeded to throw the phone into a tree over there with her full gigantic strength where it promptly broke into pieces, Freya’s eyes wide. From that moment, she no longer could participate in the snowball fight and had to run off. She was left gasping a bit in the forest, before she grunted and went off to search for a single individual. She found her sitting behind a tree playing a game on her phone.

‘I received a text-message. Track down where it came from,’ Freya commanded her, deeply frowning.

‘That’s usually easier if you don’t break the phone. Fortunately, I already know who sent it,’ the girl replied, rolling her shoulders a bit. ‘There’s a horror playing a game. Send him a text message, and you enter a lottery in which you may have a reunion with someone from your past. The person need not be alive. They’ll return to where they were before after this event. The text was an appetizer, meant to get your attention. A second message, that I guess you never saw, explained the rules. So, who was it that texted you?’ she asked, peering up at Freya. Freya grunted, and looked away.

‘… A long dead ally from my homeworld. A… very close friend…’ Freya muttered.

‘So here’s your chance to bring her back from the dead for a short time. Maybe. Why not go for it?’ the girl asked.

‘… It’s not that simple. The monsters were the enemy. Now, I am the monster. She’d see me as an enemy. That and…’ Freya grunted. ‘… I don’t see how seeing her again would help. Astrid’s dead, so her experience doesn’t matter. It would be purely for myself if I were to try to get her back. I can’t see how that could possibly be anything but just painful for me,’ she muttered, unconvinced and uneasy.

‘That, or it could be a cathartic moment of healing. Wasn’t that what that boy told you? Heck, you’d never have opened up to me like this before you spoke to him,’ the other girl said, poking on her phone.

Freya frowned. Indeed, that’s what that boy had said. That her impression of things was all wrong, that she was the one who hadn’t grown up yet. The idea frustrated her, yet…

‘… Geh. Fine. I’ll try it…’ she eventually gave in.

The other girl smirked, and handed Freya a new phone, using which she could send the text-message to the horror…

In Darkest Before the Dawn: A CYOA Magical Girl Roleplay [Completed] → 4 yrs ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
<Ruby> Mariette gave a mouse plush to Ruby. She honestly wanted to give her two plushies, because she instinctively wanted to give one to Sakura and one to Violet, but they were one person now. It would be more fair like this. Ruby placed a hand on her shoulder and said to meet her later… Mariette nodded. ‘Alright. I’ll come find you when I’m done,’ Mariette replied with an understanding tone, before turning and walking to hand plushies to more people.

<Kayli, Rose, Iris> Mariette briefly inspected Kayli. This was the person Rose and Iris had talked about, huh. In any case, thank yous were given, ‘Merry Christmas,’ was said, and Mariette moved on.

<Connie, Gaia, MDP, Shane, Melisa> Mariette managed to produce complementary butterflies for Connie and Gaia, smiling as they thanked her. ‘You’re welcome- eh-’ Mariette was highly startled by MDP hugging around her after getting her unicorn. While quite uncomfortable with the contact, she let it be because Christmas spirit, and then received something in turn. Something for a good night’s sleep…? As a Horror girl, Mariette was often plagued with lack of sleep, she wondered how those powers would interact…

‘… Thank you, Dream Princess. I’ll try it out,’ she said, bowing to her, before putting the present down into a portal she opened.

Mariette got a little wide-eyed when she produced a bunny for Shane. It wasn’t Bunny, he was safe, but still, she had a soft spot for bunnies. Still, it looked good on him. ‘Merry Christmas,’ she simply nodded, and then Melisa…

Melisa was so tiny. Honestly, it was kinda bewitching for Mariette to look at her. And then, when she got the turtle to move with her, and then rode on it… Mariette’s cheeks flushed a bit. That was so cute. A somewhat flustered Mariette had to turn around and leave, she had more plushies to spread!

<Deni, Eli> Mariette approached the two girls, and stopped for a bit. Deni and Eli raised their gazes and looked up at her, Deni expectantly with a smile, and Eli with some amount of worry. Finally, Mariette reached into the bag she brought and produced a pair of bird plushies, each in the colours of their respective recipient (normal transformation), which the twins accepted. ‘Merry Christmas, Ronin, Miko,’ Mariette said.

Deni grinned widely, while Eli got a kind little smile and curtsied a bit.

‘Merry Christmas, Mariette!’ Deni said excitedly.
‘Merry Christmas, Mariette,’ Eli said, more calmly.

Mariette nodded, and then kept going, leaving the two with their new bird plushies.

<Samantha, Emily> Mariette was a little shocked at Sam just completely ignoring her. She was one of those she absolutely wanted to give something, due to the help at the mansion. ‘I’ll… come back when she’s in a better mood,’ she quickly determined as she handed one to Emily instead, nodding to the girl’s apologies. Oh, well. Guess she’d go give some others, then.

<Oros, Aria> Oros was as eccentric as ever, which actually made Mariette smile a bit genuinely. Mariette was momentarily worried that Oros would think Mariette was calling her a pig after that particular plushie was retrieved, but she seemed happy. Then Oros dropped the pig fact. ‘Um,’ Mariette didn’t know how to respond. ‘Alright, later then. Merry Christmas,’ Mariette said as Oros left for her date.

Aria was a much simpler encounter in comparison. She got a racoon, and it fit her excellently. Mariette quickly moved on.

<Lord of Change> WHY IS ONE OF THOSE HERE!? Who invited it!? Are we all in horrible, horrible danger!? I feel like it should be way more powerful than Dan and could completely overrule Dan’s rules! I… I have to give it a plushie, don’t I?

Mariette was very visibly frightened as she made herself approach to offer a plushie. ‘M-merry Christmas?’ she asked, as she offered one. She was also the closest one when it started declaring its intention. She didn’t really get it. Uh. Moving on.

<Alicia> Mariette felt a bit scared that this particular exchange wouldn’t go well. But, it seemed Alicia wasn’t going to cause any drama during the Christmas party. Mariette was thankful for that. She quickly moved on, not to bother the girl with her presence any longer.

<Maura> Went off without a hitch. She got her ghost plushie. Hopefully it would comfort her in the rough seas ahead…

<Hilaria> Mariette had to ponder if Hilaria had somehow been able to just home in on the cheeseburger plushie or if there was some form of fate attached to it. Oh, well. Mildly uncomfortable with being patted, Mariette regardless nodded and continued on.

<Lily> The girl seemed to take her cow well. And then, with the joke… ‘Pffth,’ Mariette couldn’t help but exhale a little in amusement. ‘Merry Christmas, Lily,’ she quickly covered, and then was on her way to the next person.

<Justine> … Was this girl actually regretting her actions? She looked very awkward with Mariette. Still, Mariette didn’t want to talk to her more than she had to, and as such turned and walked pretty quickly. She had better things to do right now.

<Sally> Got another bunny. Lucky, Mariette privately thought. Bunnys are the cutest.



Penny decided to throw herself into the snowball fight.

‘P-Penny incoming!’ Josefin called from the snow-fort that she and Taihei had quickly constructed for cover using their magic, the blonde girl quickly dodging out of the way, definitely outmatched.

‘Penny…?’ Lea looked curiously on who had joined the snowball-fight. The elvin monster girl smirked, lifting more balls of snow with her wind. ‘Fufufu. Brave of you, charging straight into a gathering of our forces. Let us show you how-’ -and her speech was interrupted by a snowball hitting her in the side of the face.

‘WE’RE NOT ALLIES HERE, IN CASE YOU FORGOT!’ an excited Victoria-clone that had thrown said snowball at Lea, taking cover inside Tullia’s ice-fortress that was growing by the second.

‘Grr. I’ll show you!’ Lea changed her words, using wind to throw snowballs both at the Victoria-clones and at Penny!

‘Penny…’ Freya breathed out, looking over at her with slightly wide eyes. ‘I’ve… been meaning to-’ and then she too got interrupted by a snowball to the face.

‘Dialogue later, fight now!’ Mayra laughed, having just thrown that snowball at Freya. The dragon-girl then turned to smirk at Penny. ‘I’m so happy you’d join us, Penny! I’ve been wanting to challenge you! Let’s do this!’ she called, and soon enough more snowballs were being thrown, the battle flaring up additionally.

To summarize the hecticness going on a bit.

Josefin and Taihei were teamed up, using magic to build a snow-fort while Taihei was also using Gravity-magic to shield from other snowballs or throw them back. A weird amount of snowballs seemed to constantly slip through and hit her, though.

Lea, Esther and Olivia were teamed and probably had the most firepower, Lea making and throwing snowballs with wind, Esther with branches and vines and Olivia with various spirits helping her. They didn’t have a lot of defense, though, beside some trees Esther was making for them.

Tullia was creating this massive ice-fortress that was manned by an army of Victoria clones throwing snowballs, with ice-magic constantly making new snowballs for them as ammunition instead of needing to go down to the ground to pick up more, they could all stand on the battlements and not run out of snow.

Jelena and Mayra WERE teamed up, until Mayra dumped a large amount of snow into Jelena’s coat. After that, they split up and were on their own. Jelena, Mayra and Freya were therefore all three on their own, but the three of them were the mightiest physical forces of the group, so they could handle themselves fine with high speed and powerful throws.

And that’s about that.



collab with twave

After Mariette made her rounds handing out gifts, Ruby would track down the girl to talk. Wouldn’t be long most likely but the girl felt it was important. ”Mariette.” The djinn girl would run up. ”Hey, I need to tell you something important. Uh… probably should be a bit more private. Not that it’s a big secret.” Taking a look outside she would gesture for her to follow.

Mariette was a bit tired from having needed to talk to everyone at the party, as a not super-sociable girl, so something more relaxing was in order… like a private conversation with someone she could relax around. That worked.

‘Alright. Let's go,’ Mariette agreed and followed along with the girl's move.

Moving off to one side the girl would give a big smile. ”Thank you for taking the time to speak with me. Alright so, this might be a little awkward but… well you remember your friends the Djinn Sisters yeah?” She would start.

Mariette nodded. ‘I do. You're them, right? I can feel the wish still working…’ she stated, smiling a little bittersweet smile. That, and she'd gotten a report from ???, who's monitoring the city and the people in it.

Looking a bit surprised for a second, Ruby would nod and give her friend a hug. "Yeah. I got the chance for a wish of my own and this is what I wanted." Snapping her fingers the Holiday theme would give way to her more Arabian garb for a minute. "Tada. Eh… What do you think?

Mariette hugged her friend back, then watch her transform back to her regular transformed self. ‘It's what you wanted…’ Mariette repeated, before making herself smile a bit. ‘It looks great. It just, feels a bit weird. My two friends have become one friend. It feels, I don't know, lonely? Still, I'm happy for you.’ She wasn't sure how to put it into words.

She was glad that the change didn't seem to cause any issues. After a bit she would step back and let the Christmas attire return. "Maybe a little bit. Because of Ilum we had a mental link so it was always like I was talking to myself in a way. I'm me again. Or at least as much as I can be as a magical girl." She would chuckle a bit.

Mariette nodded, not entirely being able to imagine talking to someone else but feeling like talking to oneself. Were they that similar? They always felt so distinct… ‘… Have I ever asked… who you were?’ Mariette asked, realizing she may not have been a good friend having been too occupied to ask about her friends.

The slight confusion was understandable. Mariette has been taking this very well. Asked about herself she would think about it for a moment. Well, she'd been telling her friends a little more lately. "Ashley Granger. I was a snooty cheerleader. Usually people went with it, I was popular after all."

‘Ashley…’ Mariette repeated the name. She nodded, then next question. ‘How old were you? How did you get picked up?’ Mariette asked, deciding she wanted to know.

"16." She answered. "I snuck into the back of a museum and knocked over a vase. My patron was inside and I made three wishes. I got what I asked for, but in the process became his servant." That had been many years ago now. Up until recently she didn't really dwell on it all that much.

‘I see…’ Mariette said, nodding to Ruby's story. ‘I was saved by my patron. He saved me from my father. I followed him in gratitude… or so I would have told you. I never considered that I was never given the choice to not be saved. Why are patrons like that…?’

Ruby would shrug a bit. "I don't really know. I guess they just see us as tools or lower beings. Djinn are tricky, I should have known better." She would stop and think a moment. "If you ever need some help or a place to stay my door is always open." Glancing around she would lean close so they could speak lower. "Say, is that why your gift wish was what it was. Is that something you want?" She was trying not to go into specifics in case anyone was listening. Crazy magic and sneaky people.

‘I know. I'm really happy that I'll always have that. Thank you…’ Mariette replied to the open door part. Then, Ruby asked about that, and Mariette's lips parted as she sought the answer. She… really couldn't answer it without a small speech to do it justice.

‘"Would I have turned out fine?" … It's a question I've found myself asking. If Asengav hadn't saved me, would I simply have died in my dad's basement, or would I have emerged at the end okay? Could I have survived to live a normal life? Or, would I have lived a broken life, never really recovered from my past?’

‘I found myself wondering that, with no way to get the answer. I figured, "maybe others wonder the same thing", and as such I decided to make that my gift…’ she explained, also with lowered tone. ‘Th-that's not silly of me, is it?’ she asked, worried.

Ruby would pull out a little notebook and look it over for a moment. She would let out a small hum and close it again. ”Well… I can’t really help you with that directly. But maybe I can try and see if I can work something out so you can have a chance at being a normal girl. I can’t really make any promises.”

‘Ah, wait. That's not it,’ Mariette shook her head, but smiled a bit. ‘Now that I'm involved with the magical world, I don't want to go back. I'd like to improve my position and get a better life, but I don't want to leave behind what I have. My gift simply ponders what would have happened if I wasn't saved… something like that. But… Thank you, for considering it.’

Ruby would shake her head. ”Oh, well I couldn’t take away anything. But I was thinking maybe find someone that knows about the magical world and could be your mom or something. What do they call it? Guardian? I don’t know. Beacon does something with Fake Parents but I don’t think that’s a good fix.” She would think a bit out loud toward the end.

‘Um,’ Mariette blinked a bit as she thought about that prospect. ‘Well, um, there’s… two, that could potentially already fill that role. One’s Su. Su offered to be my mom, after all this is over…’ she said, looking away and looking a bit embarrassed. ‘The other’s Joe. He’s an interdimensional tourist. He lets me stay at his house and eat the food he cooks. He’s nice…’ Mariette blushed a little. ‘… So if Su and Joe got married, that’d be perfect… teh-heh, Su and Joe…’ The girl looked like she privately enjoyed entertaining that odd thought.

”Oh.” Maybe she didn’t quite have a feel for this friendship thing like she thought. Well no harm done. ”I see. Well then it sounds like you’re already on the right track.” She would brighten up.

‘… Maybe. I’d have to embrace them, first,’ Mariette commented. ‘If possible, I’d like to help you with something, too. You’ve helped me a lot, after all. It’d be nice if I could do something in return.’

”Thanks. If I think of something I’ll let you know.”

‘Good. Shall we return to the party, then?’

”Sure. There’s still a lot to coordinate for the event. I just wanted to be sure you knew and were okay.” She would head back toward the lodge.

‘I understand. Thank you for looking out for me,’ Mariette replied, and then they could head back.



When they returned, Dan had shown up and started talking about how this would go down. Mariette listened modestly intently, when a spotlight showed up over her. She kind of went a little stone-faced awkward at this, but made herself smile and nodded.

Then there was a mention of the Snowbuns.

‘S-snowbu-!?’ Mariette blinked wide-eyed at the little creature, the absolutely most adorable thing she’d ever seen. Dan finished his explanation of the game…

and Mariette was gone. There was no sign of her where she’d previously been seen. Because she’d opened a portal and vanished. Where, might you ask?

Obviously, she was standing on a portal above the island, spreading her arms and summoning her mystic power, opening arrays of portals across the island, applying both Absolute Direction and Awareness to track down the bunnies! She… had… to… get… them…! Then however she would catch one with her 4 agility was another issue altogether. Clever use of portals, hopefully…!



‘Hahaha, so that’s how it works!’ Deni chuckled at the event. ‘Sounds fun! What do you want to do?’

‘We could probably benefit from one of those Gold Coins from Snowbun hunting…’ Eli said, smiling back to her sister. ‘Still, I’d very much want to try sleigh-riding. It sounds like fun.’

‘Then we’ll find time for that! Now, hm?’ Deni said, as she found herself having gotten a text message. She went to it, and… ‘Oh, Su! Alright, gotta answer this,’ Deni said, smiling as she did.

”We’re okay! Thank you for last time, we haven’t been hunted down yet! How are you and Helga doing? We’re currently at the Christmas Party in Dan’s dimension! We got our own little Christmas Island! There’s a lot of people here! Will you be coming?”
In Pokémon: Start → 4 yrs ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
Gym battle in progress

@hatakekuro

As Beedrill surged towards him, Crocus threw out the Vine Whips to grab the bee and veer it off course… but the giant bee was too fast, too strong, too determined! The vines gripped the bee but it was too much to try to throw it around, instead they just somewhat lessened the impact as Beedrill slammed into Crocus, doing a modest amount of damage. Beedrill bounced off him and headed back towards its trainer…

‘Good job, Beedrill!’ Lorette started as was holding up a Pokéball to return the bee, and held a different Pokéball at the ready. ‘Now, go, L-’

The vines on Beedrill suddenly went taut and Beedrill swung in them to crash headfirst into the floorboards underneath it! The vines gripping the bee wouldn’t let it leave, even if it had managed to hit Crocus with the U-Turn! Beedrill took Struggle recoil damage from slamming into the floorboards, and then Leech Life drained some health back to Crocus, healing from the impact!

‘… So that’s how it’s going to be,’ Lorette giggled a little. ‘Alright! Beedrill, U-Turn him! U-Turn him repeatedly!’ Lorette said a sentence that would otherwise be impossible, and Beedrill quickly obeyed, spinning around with the intention to surge into Crocus once again!

Crocus would be armed with the knowledge that, due to how U-Turn works, Beedrill would bounce back every time the move hit.

What will Basil and Crocus do?

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@Pirouette

Maple froze dead in her tracks when Erika told her good luck. She spun about in confusion.

‘What, weren’t you coming?’ Maple asked, confused and wide-eyed.

‘… She JUST said she’d wait for Joshua and Ewan to beat the Gym Leader, first,’ Ellyn explained, exasperated.

‘… “Wait”?’ Maple asked, as if trying to come to terms with this foreign concept. ‘Aaaaah, I don’t want to wait here! We’ll go ahead to Mt. Strength, we can see if we’ll meet up there! See you there!’ Maple said, spinning back to go towards Mt. Strength again.

‘… More likely we’ll blow right through Mt. Strength and it’ll be a while before we meet again…’ Ellyn sighed a bit, but then waved to Erika. ‘Good luck, you too. I’ll need to do my best to make sure Maple doesn’t run off a cliff, but we’ll see each other again,’ Ellyn said with certainty, before needing to follow Maple or the girl would be way off and leaving her behind, too.

Ewan and Joshua appreciated the hint about the sun, and then got going. Now, Erika went to the Pokémart…



Feel free to calculate how much that shopping spree would cost.

Then, she called Elana.

‘Hello, this is Elana of the Explorer’s Guide Service,’ Elana answered the phone pretty quickly, probably because she was holding it at the time. Erika introduced herself, and… ‘Oh, it’s you,’ Elana quickly noted, before listening to the rest.

‘I remember. Alright, I’ll be off my current job in just a bit, and then Stillwood isn’t too far off. I’ll be there in maybe two hours, if that works for you. Still, be ready for a long hike. That 2,900P fee isn’t going to cover much if I have to use two Escape Ropes,’ she said, and that’d be that.

So, eventually, Erika went to the Berry Garden…



So that’s that. What will Erika do now? She has the option to simply wait until Joshua and Ewan come back and Elana arrives.





Connected areas:
Route 4. Forest route at the base of Mt. Strength leading west to Rainrock City.
Route 5. A grassy incline connecting mountains, forests, plains, Stillwood and Lakewatch.
Route 14. The waters of Dragon Lake are also known as Route 14. It connects Lakewatch Town, Highhill Town and Stillwood Village.
Mountain Valley. A passage between Mt. Strength and Mt. Chill, a shortcut to Worldedge City.



In Pokémon: Start → 4 yrs ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
@Joshua Tamashii
appropriate music

‘I, uh, didn’t dare to look at her. Can’t help. A whole bunch of pairs of eyes I could have met and looked guilty to. Sorry,’ Leila said, looking a bit awkward.

‘My Pokémon have been here right beside me. I wasn’t doing nothing, I was preparing the tent, making me the only one who was actually preparing for our camping. I kept track of my Pokémon, too. Are we sure that the perpetrator is among us? It could just have been any wild Pokémon that happened to pass by as Palpitoad left to investigate the earthquake,’ Annica reasoned, crossing her arms as she considered it.

To get more information out of her, it may be needed to point out another contradiction or find something in the court record somewhere. Maybe.

What will Amelia do now?









Or she could leave.



Connected areas:
Pureplain City. You can get back without complication.
Infested Woods. You’re right next to it.
Wet Caverns. May need to cross a bridge or two to get there.



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@Pirouette

In the end, Ewan managed to defeat Maple, but that was actually barely. Half Ewan’s team were weak to fire, so it was really up to Duessel the Psyduck to pull his weight for a long stretch of that.

Meanwhile, in the fight between Joshua and Ellyn, Ellyn barely won, in large part because of her recently evolved Quilava being a great deal more competent than the small Pokémon that littered Joshua’s team, but it was a close battle.

‘Ah, Erika! Welcome back!’ Joshua said, smiling so widely. ‘Yes, we’re here to defeat Archie! We just went to catch some birds in the Mountain Valley to help us with the task! They should come in handy!’ he said, quite hopeful about this.

‘I could head for Mt. Strength. I could use a Fighting-type,’ Ewan said, nodding to Erika as she appeared.

‘You’re one of Kalmia’s…’ Ellyn commented, eyeing her kinda suspiciously.

‘Oh, oh! Yes! You are! I’m Maple! This is Ellyn! We’ve already beaten the Bug and Grass-gyms!’ Maple said, excitedly.

‘… Mt. Strength is the wrong direction to get to any of the three remaining Minor League gyms around here…’ Ellyn muttered.

‘Lesse. Mt. Strength. Fighting-types,’ Maple focused. ‘They’re strong against… I already got Fire for Ice… Normal, Rock, Steel and Dark. …’ Maple’s eyes widened. ‘What the- almost all types Fighting is strong against is Major League Gyms! Is this some kind of conspiracy!? An anti-fighting-type initiative!? Wait, are there any more types with similar disadvantages…!?’

‘… uh. Pretty sure that’s just coincidental…’ Ellyn said, but Maple was already wrapped in the conspiracy.

‘Regardless! That means I have little reason to go to Mt. Strength as it is! Unless I want Rock-types for the Flying-type Gym… but no! Rock has too many weaknesses! A full team of Electric Pokémon it is! Come, Ellyn! To the Power Station!’ Maple said, spinning to grab Ellyn and carry her somewhere.

‘… Power Station is beyond Mt. Strength, could be a case for an adventure…’ Ellyn quickly mentioned.

‘…’ Maple stopped short. ‘TO MT. STRENGTH!’ Maple spun around and headed back towards Route 4, still dragging an Ellyn with an expression questioning why she opened her mouth with her. Problem with that was that Erika probably wasn’t going towards that place yet, because…

‘Yeah, we got to beat the Gym Leader first! If you’re fine with waiting, then that’d be really sweet of you~!’ Joshua said, Ewan nodding and the two of them went off, first to the Pokémon Center after that battle and then over to the Pokémon Gym.

Would Erika do anything in the meantime, then? There was someone she wanted to have along as a guide, was it?





Connected areas:
Route 4. Forest route at the base of Mt. Strength leading west to Rainrock City.
Route 5. A grassy incline connecting mountains, forests, plains, Stillwood and Lakewatch.
Route 14. The waters of Dragon Lake are also known as Route 14. It connects Lakewatch Town, Highhill Town and Stillwood Village.
Mountain Valley. A passage between Mt. Strength and Mt. Chill, a shortcut to Worldedge City.



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Gym battle in progress

@hatakekuro

Crocus successfully put hit Beedrill with a Leech Seed as the giant bee appeared, and then Growled to decrease the bee’s attack as it homed in for a Fury Attack! It flew forth and thrust down its piercers in a furious charge and-

Utterly missed. There was now a string of needle holes in a line straight past Crocus position, but Crocus had been entirely untouched. Beedrill took some damage from Leech Seed draining health and sending it to Crocus.

‘Oh, well. It was worth a try,’ Lorette shrugged a bit. ‘Beedrill! U-Turn!’ she then commanded.

Beedrill spun about, suddenly covered in green energy as the bee surged towards Crocus, intending on hitting and then flying off back to its Pokéball!

Crocus has a choice between trying to counter/prevent the move, or taking the hit and making a first move against whatever new Pokémon might appear. Do decide that now, before opening the hider, if so.



How will Basil react?

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@Gardevoiran

Somehow sensing that they were on the cusp of something, JoJo and Skylar spent some more time grinding! They Confused some more Geodudes, some more Sandshrews, maybe even Disarming Voiced some Sandiles, until finally…!

Jonathan grew to level 20!


JoJo feels a wealth of energy within him. He has a choice. He can let the energy loose now, or he can hold it back to release at a later time for maximum drama.



That was done and Skylar’s still in the mines. What will he do now?

What will Skylar do now?





Connected areas:
Route 7. Right behind you.


In Pokémon: Start → 4 yrs ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
@Pirouette

‘Come back and fight me again sometime! Bellawesome would be sad if she couldn’t fight you again!’ Archie called after her as she left.

She went down the significant amount of stairs, and came back out to Stillwood Village.



However, there was something going on in the village square. There appeared to be multiple Pokémon battles going on! And the combatants were people she recognized.



VS


‘You… comprised your whole team with Fire-types?’ Ewan asked, raising his eyebrow as his Psyduck shot another Water Gun after Tepig, who had to dodge aside with heavy breathing.

‘I-I was prepared to take on the Grass-type gym! Of course I would!’ Maple defended herself.

‘You don’t think they’d have Lombres or something to cover the weakness?’ Ewan asked.

‘I’d adapt, like I will now! Tepig, Tackle!’ and so the battle continued.



VS


‘Woo! You’re shaping up to becoming a pretty decent trainer!’ Joshua complimented his opponent.

‘… Less talking, more fighting…’ Ellyn muttered with a frown. ‘It’s too fast. Sheep, Thunder Wave!’

‘Avoid it with Quick Attack!’ Joshua commanded, and a bolt of lightning was then dodged, and that battle continued, too.

So that was going on.

Then, as she was on the way to the Pokémon Center, another boy she might recognize walked by.



‘Oh, you’re done with the Gym? My turn, then,’ Rodger said with a smirk as he went past her towards the Grass-type Gym.

All that aside, Erika could go to the Pokémon Center without issue.



When she was done, the battles were still going on outside. She could wait for them to end, or move on. What would she do?



Connected areas:
Route 4. Forest route at the base of Mt. Strength leading west to Rainrock City.
Route 5. A grassy incline connecting mountains, forests, plains, Stillwood and Lakewatch.
Route 14. The waters of Dragon Lake are also known as Route 14. It connects Lakewatch Town, Highhill Town and Stillwood Village.
Mountain Valley. A passage between Mt. Strength and Mt. Chill, a shortcut to Worldedge City.


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