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@Remram@Joshua Tamashii

Anise recoiled a little when Amelia brought up that Landorus was a flying-type. She grimaced a bit as she detailed the things to keep in mind.

‘Yeah, that’s…’ Anise muttered, glancing over at Basil who clearly had a similar reaction to Amelia’s outlining. ‘That’s what I was grumbling about,’ she admitted, then frowned as she crossed her arms. ‘Becoming stronger is already part of my plan. Perhaps if I can prove my strength to Landorus he’ll be more willing to listen. Now, I know my Fighting-types aren’t the best suited to handle a Flying-type… or three of them if all of them become involved…’ but then, her eyes opened and it was like a fire lit in them. ‘But seriously, look at me!’

She then spun and faced sideways from Amelia and Basil, bending her knees and raising her fists in a stance. Responding to her energy, Mienfoo, Froakie and Meditite jumped to stand next to her both assuming the exact same stance. Riolu was a newer addition to Anise’s party and as such wasn’t in on the procedure yet, and Zigzagoon was busy running circles around them.

‘Fighting’s in my blood!’ Anise punched forward twice, and Mienfoo, Meditite and Froakie did the same in perfect sync. ‘I’m a disciple of the Fighting-type Gym!’ she said as she and her Pokémon kicked up into the air in sync. ‘I’ll do a way better job training Fighting-type Pokémon…’ Anise jumped into the air and made a spinning kick into the air in front of her, and the Meditite, Mienfoo and Froakie all did the same. ‘… than any other kind of Pokémon!’ she declared, as she landed on both her legs, and then put her fists to the sides as she breathed out, while her Pokémon did the same. Including the frog, which looked a little silly trying to mimic the human motions, and also definitely looked like he was worried she’d realize he wasn’t a Fighting-type.

‘… So, anyway…’ Anise said. ‘I’m currently pondering if I’m being too inflexible not to try to adapt to the problem, and it would be a failure as a Pokémon Trainer not to get a more flexible team…’ she relaxed her stance and sighed. ‘… or if doing so would be the easy way out, that doing so would mean lacking the determination and discipline to solve things the way I’ve been taught, and that I’d have failed as Hector’s disciple.’

That part aside. Anise otherwise stayed silent as they talked about what to do with the powerful Pokémon Basil had with him.

‘Yeah, I’m ready to head out,’ Anise simply said about that. Ready to potentially head to the Berry Garden and see what happens.







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.

@Remram@Joshua Tamashii

Anise looked a little surprised at Basil’s talking about her as a bodyguard. Anise took a deep breath, looking like she was focusing away some exasperation, raising a hand to rub between her eyes a little before looking towards him once again. ‘… That was a joke. The bodyguard thing… was a joke. I was poking fun at you,’ she explained, very simply. Note that Anise had delivered said joke with the exact same cadence as anything else she says. Then he explained the rest, and…

‘Right. Yeah, sounds like you’ve got an unusual Pokémon on your hands. I definitely would ask your professor about it, or so. Still, with Stillwood Village being the most peaceful place on the continent, more or less, I think we might be pretty safe here, at least,’ Anise said. Meanwhile, her Pokémon had gotten bored and were now playing around chasing each other around her, like Mienfoo jumping for the Meditite that then just floated up in the air above it, and then Riolu tried to do a sneaky jump at it from behind.

Basil suggested she stay and catch Amelia up while Basil look for clues. He got another confused look from her.

‘But, I was going to head there, too? Besides, I can explain on the way. Or right now. It’s not that much. Or maybe it is. I guess I better get started. I could explain as we walk,’ Anise took a deep breath, and then looked to Amelia.



‘Do you have any questions? Do you want to head with us to the Berry Garden?’ Anise asked.





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.

@Remram@Joshua Tamashii

Anise looked a bit stunned at the whole “having to sacrifice your arm to get a dragon” bit, but she seemed to come around to it decently quickly. ‘Alright, then,’ she simply said about it. She then listened to the rest which Basil told her. She took a deep breath, placed her hands together, then looked straight at him.

‘You forgot your hypothetical question, Basil,’ she just blankly stated. ‘If that is what happened, then I suggest you don’t keep it to yourself. The Gym Leaders and the various police…’ Yes, police exist in this world. ‘… can and will help out if asked. We could ask if there’s someone missing their Pokémon, too. Wild Pokémon usually don’t reach that high a level… Perhaps your Professor might be able to analyze the Pokémon to find out more about it, or something?’ she said, then narrowed her eyes at Basil.

‘What did you manage to get yourself into? Do you need a bodyguard?’ she asked, looking a bit astounded.





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.

@Joshua Tamashii@Remram

‘Phew! That went better than I thought!’ the nurse said, looking honestly impressed with how well it had worked. ‘Do come back if there’s any, um, unexpected side-effects,’ she said, looking just the slightest concerned towards Amelia before seeing them off.

They then found and attracted the attention of Anise, who blinked a little at being called by Basil first. She was quickly onto her feet with a respectful nod, her earlier concerned expression going away.

‘Basil. I’m glad you-’ she started, then immediately halted when she realized how he looked. ‘What in the world happened to you?’ she instead asked with a concerned frown. ‘But yeah, everything’s fine.’

Basil explained the bit about Amelia, and Anise now turned to look at the young girl, looking a little curiously at her. ‘Hello, Amelia. I’m Anise, and as mentioned, I am Hector’s disciple. Nice to meet you, too. You’re a long way from Witchpeak, huh,’ she said with a nod. Of her Pokémon, Froakie looked up at her in concern, Meditite gave a gentle smile and a wave, Mienfoo gave a happy little cry, Riolu copied his trained and gave a polite nod, while Zigzagoon stared up blankly at her before skipping forward to smell at her shoes. Probably looking for something to steal.

‘… Tell me if he’s bothering you,’ Anise said about the very curious Zigzagoon.

‘Right. I told my family and Hector that I would depart on this trip. My goal is to find Landorus again, prove myself to him, and bring him to the others,’ she said, then glanced down at her team, who also gave concerned looks back. ‘... Though, in case it becomes a fight, either against him or the others, I’ve become conscious of the fact that perhaps I’m specializing in the wrong type,’ she mumbled a little quieter, seeing how those were all flying Pokémon. Probably.

‘That aside. We came here to see if we could find out more about these berries. That was the case, right?’ Anise asked Basil but also glanced down at Amelia. ‘Have you told her what happened?’

What would they say / 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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@Gardevoiran

‘I see. Very well,’ the man said, nodding to Skylar. ‘An admirable goal. It is quite possible that we’ll see each other in Witchpeak City, yes. We have an office there. If you wish to find us, you can find us at this address…’ Skylar was given the address to a location in Witchpeak City. ‘We’re not always there, as we’re often out on the field. So maybe I should give you this, too.’ … along with general contact information. ‘I wish you luck on your journey.’ he finished with, before the two parted ways.

So, Skylar headed back to Raremine Town…





Connected areas:
Route 6. The Vast Plains open up to the north of Raremine. The shorter paths lead to Route 8 and 16, while west far enough leads to Lakewatch Town.
Route 7. The single rocky desert of Isson, it connects to the Desert Mines, the Old Tombs and to the Mythic Oasis.



… And then on to back to the “Gym”, which really was just the exit out to Route 7. He crossed the desert to get back to where he was previously… only to find something he might not have been expecting. It was probably hidden before, but not far from where he’d previously been, there was a very, VERY localized sandstorm. It was taking place on an encircled flat area of sand, and within it, two people were facing each other. Of course, Skylar couldn’t actually see what was going on in there. However, just as he came close…

‘Hahahaha! Well, what do you know? You did it!’ Kristy chuckled as she returned her last Pokémon, and also moved her goggles as she did. The sandstorm slowly cleared, revealing who it was that had been fighting the Gym Leader. A dark-haired girl in a white outfit and wearing glasses, looking absolutely stunned at the scene before her.

‘I… I did it…?’ she asked, and promptly collapsed onto her knees, panting a bit. ‘… Oh, my goodness… Goomy, you’re the absolute- You did it! We won…!’ she fell forward and embraced a damaged-looking slimeball dragon that still gave out a victorious cry. ‘Gooooooooooom…!’



‘Hehehe… Didn’t I see the two of you together earlier? Wanna share your victory?’ Kristy asked, her gaze trailing to the approaching Skylar.

‘Huh?’ Vivia made a confused little noise, looking over towards him. ‘Oh! Skylar! I! I won!’ she said, sounding absolutely amazed that she did. ‘It came down to my last Pokémon… but Goomy pulled it off…!’

‘Yeah, haha. You’re on your way to getting pretty strong, I think. That was some trick you just pulled…’ Kristy chuckled, before turning her attention to Skylar. ‘Well. I assume you’re here to make this a double feature? Your friend here kind of solved the Gym Puzzle for you, but, heh,’ Kristy gave a smirk to him. ‘Do you want to fight me, too?’ she asked, putting one hand on her hip, smirking, and holding out a Pokéball towards him.

What does Skylar say?
@Joshua Tamashii@Remram

Of all the places in Isson, Stillwood Village was perhaps the place where you were the least likely to get accosted for being carried by a Drifloon. Everyone here’s so calm and relaxed, even if there was a situation they’d be so sure it’d resolve itself peacefully. It was probably fiiiiine. There was surely just something they didn’t know… and they were right.

Basil did his little demonstration with the Deino that he’d caught, so for Amelia…



Pokédex Entry #633 – Deino, the Irate Pokémon. Usually found nesting deep in a cave. Deinos cannot see, and their first instinct upon encountering anything is biting and eating it. Approaching them carelessly is dangerous. It is said a trainer will be covered in wounds before a Deino has warmed up to them enough to not automatically bite.


Eventually, they headed into the Pokémon Center.



‘Hello, and welcome to the Pokémon Center. Would you like to rest your Pokémon?’



‘Wait, you want me to treat a human!!?? I, uh, I don’t know if I’m qualified for this!’ the nurse suddenly panicked. This had never happened before! Probably!

‘I’ll, uh, I’ll do my best!’

The nurse would indeed do her best to patch Amelia up. Fortunately, it wasn’t something super bad, so after using some strangely effective items she could probably get up and walk again. On the way in, though, they might have seen someone else.

On the right side of the Pokémon Center, a young red-haired that most probably would figure as being a Battle Girl was sitting on the floor, staring at her group of five Pokémon. In front of her sat a little blue frog, an onion-headed yoga-creature, a martial-arts inclined mustelid, a small blue bipedal canine and a fuzzy raccoon dog. She looked them over, especially her three Fighting-types… and then sighed.

‘I know I’m a disciple of a Fighting-type Gym Leader… but maybe I should try to make a slightly more balanced team if I’m to actually make my journey? But you’re all my friends…’ she said, hanging her head a little, pondering the little conundrum while her Pokémon were tilting their heads and making small worried cries more worried about their trainer being in a mildly distressed state than anything about wondering about their places in the team.



She’d probably eventually figure out Basil had entered the Pokémon Center. Otherwise, you may greet her as you wish and perhaps introduce the other person, for instance. But here she is.

What would you do now?





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.


@Joshua Tamashii@Remram

So they made their way over towards Route 5. Keeping off the beaten path also let them avoid anyone who might get disturbed by Amelia being held aloft by a Pokémon literally known for kidnapping kids. Still, it didn’t take that much effort to get around Lakewatch Town and then onto Route 5.





Connected areas:
Lakewatch Town. Right behind you.
Stillwood Village. In the north lies the forest which hides the village, Mt. Strength lying behind it..
Route 6. Vast plains start in the south-east, this route leads towards Raremine Town.
Frozen Cavern. After an incline up to the ridge of Mt. Chill, a cavern of ice could guide the way to Route 9 and Cooldome City.
Endless Forest. To the south, a dark forest looms. There are no indications as to why you’d ever want to go there.



Still, even here they could stay off the road if they wished for it, just a bunch of Oddishes and Caterpies looking up at the girl flying with her balloon curiously while Deerlings stayed out of their way. With that, they could move on, because so far, so good, nothing that seemed to get in their way. Where to now?

In case they headed north to Stillwood Village…



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@Gardevoiran

Skylar decided it was a good idea to flee from the giant man-eating sandcastle that was visibly angry at him. Probably a good idea. The Pallosand cramped up and sent an enormous amount of power straight down into the sand beneath is, sending a massive Bulldoze sending a spray of sand off all around it…!

But at that point Skylar was already hightailing out of the range of the attack, and Paradise lifted the surprised man straight over the sand-wave that carried off beneath them. With that, the sand-ghosts chose not to follow, and they were home free.

‘That was a good escape. Well done. Perhaps you’d have it in you to join the…’ the man said, before looking at Skylar and perhaps noticing something about him. ‘… Well, maybe I’ll return in a couple years,’ he concluded. Then Skylar had his realization, and…

‘Oh. Darcie’s my daughter,’ he then said. ‘I’m Dad… to her, anyway. It seems she has tried to contact me. I was waiting for her to return from Witchpeak City, but I was distracted by a report that someone had stolen ghosts from the pirates. I managed to catch one of them…’ he said, holding up and opening a Pokéball, and a little sand-ghost manifested at their feet.

‘Sandy?’ the little ghost asked.

‘… but all of them became a bit too much. I will report it to Darcie, after I get her. I suppose that means I am crossing with the ferry. Will you be coming?’ the man asked Skylar.

So, what will Skylar be doing?

@Gardevoiran

The Sand Tomb missed, and Paradise dropped off Skylar and Owlfred before getting back into the conflict. She unleashed a storm of Razor Leaves, the sharp leaves surging through the mass of sentient sandcastles, doing damage to every single one of them! And… Two of them were critically hit! Those two Sandygasts fainted, the little sand-dunes flopping over!

That, apparently, was enough.

‘Sandyyyyyyyy-!’ the Sandygasts cried out as they turned sand-tail and fled, shuffling away from Paradise and Skylar’s team. With that, the man who was being forced to pile sand on a Sandygast suddenly stumbled over from nothing, before grabbing his cello-case, dusted himself off, and then stood up to look towards Skylar.

‘It would seem that I have been rescued. Thank you,’ said the man, gently bowing towards Skylar. ‘Now may I suggest we-’

‘PALOOOOOOOOOOOO-!’ the giant sandcastle behind him screamed out, turning towards them, apparently agitated by the fleeing little Sandygasts coming to take cover behind the evolved Pokémon, the very sand around the Pokémon starting to vibrate with power.

‘- escape in all due haste?’ the man ended his sentence.

What does Skylar do?

@Joshua Tamashii

The Digletts gave happy little cries, and the Geodudes mumbled something (probably their name) while being a bit too proud-to-be-rough Pokémon to show outward happiness but nonetheless gave a little wave and good-bye sounds as she threw out the Escape Rope. It stuck to something unseen, and before she knew it Amelia was pulled along with it and found herself arriving outside the cave, a Teleport move or something attached to the rope allowing her to be transported outside. She was now at the top of a little hill with a view over Lakewatch Town below as she sent the message. It was indeed not a Geodude, Graveler or otherwise that she sat on.

@Remram

Meanwhile, Basil had his stunned reaction to the Gothita he’d “captured” and the following group of people of around six people that had come looking for some “her” around here. Quickly figuring he’d need to get out of here, he did just that after sending a message to Amelia.

He’d make his way out of town and up the hill, finding Amelia sitting on a rock outside the cave.

So, they’re currently not in Wet Caverns, and they’re not in Lakewatch Town. So, they’re somewhere in between.

Connected areas:
Wet Caverns. Water-filled caverns that you could go into.
Lakewatch Town. The town sitting on the waters of the lake.
Route 5. Grassy incline connecting mountains, forests and plains to the east of here.
Route 14. The lake itself to the north.
@Joshua Tamashii

‘Diglett!’ the Digletts happily announced, looking like proud little tiny moles sticking out of the ground for having helped Amelia with her request. They then proceeded to watch as she turned to the Sableye…

Sableye was gnawing and nibbling on the Rock Gem as Amelia sat down to talk to it. It’s eyes focused on her for the duration of the speech, the two gems for eyes unmoving as she spoke. That said, as she concluded what she said, she might see the Sableye turning its eyes towards Amelia’s bag, where she’d put the gems in.

Amelia turned her attention to her Pokédex, seeing Basil’s response and then typed a reply. When she looked back up.

‘Sable,’ the Sableye was all of a sudden right next to her, staring up at her intently while holding up pointing at the bag. As in, can I have some more?







Connected areas:
Route 2. Feel free to fast-travel.
Lakewatch Town. Behind you.



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@Remram

Gothita didn’t actually step off his shadow. She just stared at him, expecting another song. Though perhaps if he suggested that she’d get a better view from in front of him, it’d work better. Regardless, he picked up his mandolin and played for the little Pokémon.

Basil played for the excited Gothita. And with that, he got the Psychic type’s eyes to stay fully widened and her little mouth to hang as she wiggled a tiny little dance to the song. Definitely appreciating the song-choice, somehow upping and style just from the language alone. He definitely got more attention than just the Pokémon, but as far as opinions that mattered, that Pokémon absolutely loved it.

‘Thia!’ the little Pokémon clapped happily with its tiny little arms as Basil finished, and his attention went to the Pokédex and then sent that message. He then addressed the little Pokémon, who looked up at him curiously as if she didn’t seem to understand what he was talking about. But, then he offered her the Pokéball.

Gothita took a moment. She then looked over towards the right, somewhere…







Connected areas:
Wet Caverns. Water-filled caverns that are located to the east. There’s a small hill to climb to get to the entrance.
Route 5. The main exit of Lakewatch, leading to a grassy incline connecting mountains, forests and plains.
Route 14. The waters of Dragon Lake are also known as Route 14. It connects Lakewatch Town, Highhill Town and Stillwood Village.


@Remram

Didn't seem like the Gothita obviously belonged to anyone nearby. Some were noticing it and raising an eyebrow or two, but otherwise moving along. So there was just this wide-eyed little humanoid known for becoming obsessed with things staring straight at him.

At the question if she'd like a song to be played just for her... the little Pokémon's eyes widened even further and she nodded her head very excitedly while keeping her eyes fixed on Basil.

That would appear to be a "yes".

So what's Basil to do?





Connected areas:
Wet Caverns. Water-filled caverns that are located to the east. There’s a small hill to climb to get to the entrance.
Route 5. The main exit of Lakewatch, leading to a grassy incline connecting mountains, forests and plains.
Route 14. The waters of Dragon Lake are also known as Route 14. It connects Lakewatch Town, Highhill Town and Stillwood Village.

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