Ryuzaki

Pokemon Chrome: The International League

TL;DR

Lachlan loses his favorite pokemon, who finds Alaric. The zigzagoon and the trainer search for Lach, before realizing they can call him. The two boys meet once again and battle. Both gave it their all but this time Lachlan won, bringing the record to 1-1. The two heal and head to route 2 to meet new Pokemon and people.

Lachlan left the ceremony with a wide smile on his face, excited to face the trials that the international league would bring. Dozens of other trainers walked out of the ceremony beside him, so many faces he couldn’t ever remember them all. Something felt slightly like it was tugging on his bag but he paid it no mind. He continued down the path back from the stadium to the hotel for a while longer before spotting a shopping mall that he hadn’t noticed before and began wandering in the general direction of it.

Ziggy had hopped out of Lachlan’s bag and was weaving his way through the feet of the trainers on the bridge to the familiar face he had spotted a ways back behind Lachlan. Within a few minutes he had found the boy he and Lachlan had sparred against a year ago and did a small circle around his feet before calling out to get the boy’s attention.

Alaric was feeling plenty smug after the ceremony, as usual. Arsenic Island wasn't somewhere he knew a lot about, and he wanted to know what sort of pokemon he'd encounter there, as perhaps he could expand his party. His train of thought was interrupted however by a familiar face, a Zigzagoon that he recognised almost immediately when he saw it. He'd almost tripped on it as it ran in circles around him before his attention was caught.

"Well, what a surprise! I didn't expect to see you here so early. But if you're here, then where's Lach?" Alaric enthusiastically spoke while rubbing the top of the pokemons head. He didn't expect to run into a familiar face before he'd even set out, but it was perfect for him. He could test his mettle against a worthy opponent already, and focus on shoring up his weak points afterwards.

Ziggy looked around at the mention of Lachlan, quickly realizing he had lost track of his trainer. He looked back at Alaric and then began to head back to where he had last seen Lachlan, sniffing the ground and moving slowly to try to get a trail on him. When he got to where he had abandoned the comfort of his trainer’s bag, Ziggy caught the scent and turned around to make sure Alaric was following him. The crowds were beginning to thin out and there would hopefully be enough space for the boy to follow him closely. He circled around the spot where he had left
Lachlan and sat there, then he tried to mime out himself spotting Alaric from in the bag and jumping out by standing on his hind legs and looking out around then at Alaric and jumping toward him.

Alaric had been following Zig fairly easily. His thin stature made it easy to get through the crowds. Before long, the pair arrived at Zigs intended destination but Alaric couldn't, for the life of him, figure out what the Pokemon was up to. It felt like he was trying to act out something, so he figured he'd just go with the flow, even if he couldn't quite understand what he was trying to show.

"Do you know where he might have gone?" Alaric questioned the pokemon. He wasn't exactly expecting a response but he figured that with that sense of smell, they'd eventually be able to find him.

The zigzagoon sniffed around and pointed himself toward the city and began to hurry off in that direction. He led Alaric down the main road following the crowds for the most part, from here Ziggy recognized the hotel that he and Lachlan had stayed in before and continued following the trail toward it. About 20 feet further he suddenly stops, surprised to notice that the trail did not continue toward the hotel but instead some other way. He turned toward Alaric and sniffed in the direction Lachlan had went then pointed at the hotel.

Meanwhile, Lachlan stood in the food court, he had just ordered some food for his pokemon and let Applin and Toxel out to eat when he realized Ziggy was gone. He had carefully taken everything out of his bag and put it back in to make sure he wasn’t pranking him. Panic was starting to set in. He had no idea when Ziggy had even run off.

Within 30 seconds however, Lachlan's rotom phone began ringing. He looked over at his two pokemon, who looked back at him expectantly. He picked up and said, “Hello?”
Alaric responded with a laugh. "Yo. I seem to have found your partner."
“Oi, Alaric, you found Ziggy? Thanks so much, I just noticed he was gone. Where are you guys?” Lachlan said, relieved.
"More like he found me, haha. Little fucker nearly tripped me up. We're at the hotel. I'll wait here with him." He chuckled a little as he spoke.
“Yeah, he gets excited sometimes, must have seen you and remembered our battle.” Lachlan laughed, “I just bought some food at the mall, be there in, i dunno, 10?”
"Making me wait huh. Tsk tsk. You better battle me to make up for it. I'll catch you in 10 then" He teased, as he hung up the phone. Alaric wasn't one to hold onto phone calls, and even if he was joking around, he was still a bit miffed that he had to wait even longer to get his rematch.

Lachlan was about to start talking when he heard the line disconnect and the *Bzzt* of the rotom phone locking. “Mate, imma make you pay for that, ya ass,” he chuckled, as he turned back to Applin and Toxel, who were just finishing their food. He quickly grabbed what he ordered for himself, recalled his pokemon, and began the walk back to the hotel while he ate.

Alaric sat down on a nearby bench, looking curiously at the zigzagoon. It'd obviously had some battle experience since they last met, and that meant that they were in store for a great battle. Figuring that it'd probably be boring for him to just sit there, Alaric sent out Lance, since the two were familiar and left them to play, while he messed around on his phone, occasionally tapping his foot and fidgeting like an impatient child.

Lachlan could see Alaric looking blankly at his phone as he came around the corner and whistled, which prompted Ziggy to drop what he was doing and run up onto his shoulder. “Oi, Alaric, you cant just hang up on me like that, bruv,” Lachlan said rather loudly, “I’ll oblige your battle, but when I win, you’d best not be such an ass again eh?”

Alaric put his phone back in his pocket and looked at Lachlan, giving him a small wave.
"That's implying that you can win! For I am the great Alaric. Once I remind you who is the greater duelist between us, you will address me as Sir until we battle next!" He exclaimed, grinning in expectation. He'd been looking forward to this.

Battle

Both trainers found an empty space to battle and commenced almost immediately after agreeing to a best of 3 format. Both trainers opted to use their Dragon pokemon first, with Alaric sending out his Bagon and Lachlan sending his Applin.

“Here we go! Applin use astonish!” The small apple-like pokemon began wailing wildly as it rolled toward the enemy Bagon, with its sights set on knocking it off balance. The hit landed cleanly and Moko found herself being knocked down. She was quick to get up however, and her trainer was even quicker to give out a command.
"Moko, use headbutt!" Alaric spoke with confidence. The Bagon charged forward toward the Applin, stumbling slightly due to the prior attack but still moving with a full head of steam. Applin was sent flying over Moko’s head from the attack, doing some definite damage.
“Quick Applin, respond with sucker punch!” Applin landed on the ground behind Moko, her leaves beginning to exude a dark aura, which she then tried to smack Moko on the back of the head with. The punch connects with Moko but it does little in the way of damage. Without skipping a beat, Alaric commands "Quick Moko! Take a bite out of that apple!" Within seconds, Moko was baring its fangs at the Applin and charging forward again, even more unsteady than the last time. The bite connected and the Applin fainted. Alaric let out a grin. "Looks like I'm still on top." pointing to himself triumphantly before calling Moko back to her pokeball.

Lachlan gave his opponent a determined grin, “Not for long!” He said, the red beam extending from his pokeball to retrieve his fainted pokemon. “Go! Toxel!” he shouted tossing a second ball into the air before him, the shimmering form of the small purple pokemon coming into view a few inches below it. Alaric responded in kind, sending out his Aron a few seconds after his peer sent out his pokemon. He didn’t wait much before issuing a command however, figuring that he’d have to strike first.

“Emil, use metal claw!” Alaric shouted to his Pokemon as the Aron began charging toward the toxel, looking to close the distance to attack. Unprepared for the sudden assault, the hit collided with the surprised Toxel, causing her to stumble back a few steps.

“Pull it together, use Nuzle!” Lachlan called in response as Toxel recovered her balance and shoved her face toward Emil, her head and cheeks sparking with electricity. The Aron, being a steel type, wasn’t hurt that badly by the electricity that connected with him. It hurt mind you, but he didn’t feel himself strongly staggered by the blow. Alaric grinned, thinking that the attack power of the Pokemon must have been weak. “Finish em’, Emil. Use headbutt!” he called out, yet his pokemon did not move. He couldn’t seem to move his body, no matter how much he tried.

“Now, Follow up with Power-Up Punch!” Lachlan called, seeing an opportunity for an extra attack. Toxel brought her fist up in an uppercut aimed at Emil’s head, a red glow around it. The aron found itself unable to move, dodge or do anything against the assault and found himself uppercutted. He was very dazed and looking pretty rough from the scuffle, and Alaric was perplexed, almost like he’d been the one punched. He didn’t know why his pokemon couldn’t move, until he’d figured out that he’d been paralyzed. Hoping he’d be able to break out of the effects, Alaric called out to his pokemon one last time.

“Emil, use Rock Tomb!” he spoke with confidence, feeling like a bit of electricity wouldn’t hold down his pokemon for long. Yet, his Pokemon didn’t have the same feelings. He was still stuck, unable to act in any way or defend himself against the coming assault.

“Now’s your chance, Toxel, give it everything you’ve got to finish this!” Lachlan said triumphantly, prematurely relishing in the coming victory. With that, Toxel began flailing her arms around wildly at Emil, full force closed fists battering his immobile form, using the move Thrash. It was clear the Pokemon wouldn’t withstand the pummeling as he collapsed and fainted. “Alright! Nice work Toxel!” Lachlan said as she slowly waddled over to him. He kneeled down to pat her a few times before he pulled out his pokeball to return her to it. Ziggy, who was already raring to go on Lachlan’s shoulder jumped down eager for his turn.

Lance had already been set out, so there was little time before the last bout started. Alaric let out a smile. It surprised him that one of his Pokemon had been taken out in such a way, but using a move to induce paralysis was a smart choice given that he was met with a type disadvantage.

“Not bad, Lach. Not bad at all.” he spoke smugly, before returning to a more serious tone. Whilst he appreciated the competition, he wasn’t about to lose and thus gave the command to his partner. “Lance, use disarming voice!” he spoke, as the Pokemon let out a charming cry toward its adversary. The sound seemingly caused Ziggy to recoil as if it had been a slap to the face, he cried out from it then regained his composure and readied for his trainer’s command, which came shortly after.

“Ziggy! Pin Missile!” was the shout that came from Lachlan, prompting Ziggy to lift the end of his tail over his head and fire 5 black and white quills out at Lance, each attempting to home in on him. 3 of the missiles stuck into Lance, whereas the other two went off course due to an evasive maneuver. They hurt, but he did his best to shrug them off and not let the pain show. Without missing a beat, Alaric gave his next command.

“Lance, draining kiss!” and moments after he spoke, the Ralts ran at the Zigzagoon, looking to try to steal their life force. Ziggy’s slender form and experience climbing trees allowed him to dodge out of the way of the attack, ending up 10 feet to Lances left.

“Woah, nice dodge, now Stop him from trying that again! Sand Attack!” As Lachlan commanded, Ziggy spun around and began kicking up dirt and sand into Lance’s direction, filling the air with lingering dust and sediment and attempting to get some in Lance’s eyes. Lance was not one to back down from a challenge however and stood bravely against the attack, letting it hit him but covering eyes with his wrist, before trying the attack again, given as he had not been given an alternate command by his trainer. Whilst some sand got in his eyes, he didn’t stop moving toward his target. Ziggy Heard the attack coming from in the dust and got ready to dodge, but didnt notice in time as it connected, absorbing some of his energy.

“One more Pin Missile from close range!” Lachlan said as the zigzagoon fired off 5 more of the monochrome quills from his tail at the foe who was still nearby, an audible whistle could be heard as they raced toward their target. Whilst Lance was lucky the time before in dodging a few of the missiles, he wasn’t so much this time. All 5 connected, 3 to his wrist and 2 to his chest, and he fainted. A look of surprise crossed Alaric's face before he let out a smile. He was genuinely surprised. He called back his Ralts, before walking over to Lach and shaking his hand.

“You’ve gotten stronger since we last fought. That was a good battle, and my first ever loss.” he spoke with a grin as he scratched the back of his head.

“You put up a good fight too, had me really worried at the end there.” Lachlan said, proud of his win, but also impressed with Alaric’s growth as well. “Why don’t we head back to the Pokemon center and get our pokemon healed up?” Lachlan said, realizing they’d be in no shape to travel each with only one badly hurt pokemon.#

“Sounds like a plan.” he responded, still somewhat surprised by his loss. He began analysing the match in his head, thinking more about how he’d had Paralysis used on him by that electric type. Perhaps status conditions were something that he needed to pay mind to, lest he lose another battle like he just had.
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After that the two brought their Pokemon to the Pokemon Center to heal. Once they were ready to go they headed out onto Route 2, both eager to encounter new Pokemon and people on their trip to Brass town. Who knows what awaits our two heroes, find out next time on Pokemon Chromis Chronicles.

maybe this is too much but I'd like to gm a pokemon tabletop rp...

@Yankee@vaguely Pokemon tabletop United is a similar system based off PTA that includes all pokemon up to gen 8 already the rulebook is on the side of this page here -> pokemontabletop.com

Shuffle your music player and post the first 10 songs

Here goes nothing on my 36 hour spotify playlist:

1. Earth to you - Sick Puppies
2. We dont Believe whats on TV - Twenty One Pilots
3. Go to Bed Angry - Set it Off featuring Wayfarers
4. Just The Beginning - Sick Puppies
5. London Beckoned songs About Money Written by Machines - Panic at the Disco
6. Imperfection - Skillet
7. Summertime - My Chemical Romance
8. Cemetery Drive - My Chemical Romance
9. Awake - Skillet
10. Let me go - 3 Doors Down and Jack Joseph Puig

Heres 3 bonus songs after those because a lot were from the same artists and i could do these for days:

1. Another Rainy Night (Without You) - Queensryche
2. Roger Rabbit - Sleeping with Sirens
3. Shepard of Fire - Avenged Sevenfold

maybe this is too much but I'd like to gm a pokemon tabletop rp...

Oi
I have seen PTU (Pokemon Tabletop United) and personally prefer it over PTA but interested none the less.

Pokemon Chrome: The International League

Lachlan

Age: 16

Gender: M

Nationality: Galarian

Personality: Lachlan is a hot headed, fast-to-fight young man who strives to impress his father and to be remembered in history. He has a fear of being forgotten by people and always tries his best to leave a strong impression on people to cement his place in their brain. Sometimes he has no brain to mouth filter and just says what he thinks without really considering the concequences but never means any harm by what he says. His loose tounge can sometimes get him in trouble, consequently either resulting in a pokemon battle, or a swift apology as Lachlan realizes what he said exactly.

Biography: Lachlan was born in Motostoke, Galar. His mother left him when he was a baby, and he never met her. His dad says that she moved to Sinnoh, and wont tell him much more than that. Lachlan’s dad never really had much money, and would say that Lachlans mother was the one who worked more. When she left his dad got a job as a receptionist at the gym to support them, and rented a small apartment for them to live in. He is very close to his dad, and they would go fishing in the wild area outside the city, often spending the whole day enjoying the relaxing activity.

As time passed, Lachlan got to spend less and less time with his dad due to trainer school and his dad’s job becoming more demanding due to a promotion. As a way to make up for it his dad gave him his first pokemon, a Galarian Zigzagoon named Zigs, for his 13th birthday. Lachlan began spending his free time while his dad was working playing with Zigs in the wild area near the pond he and his dad used to fish at. About a year later while he was with Zigs at the pond another boy from Motostoke bet Lachlan that he couldnt catch a pokemon before he could. The two boys raced off through the wild area, looking for the first pokemon that they could catch. Eventually they found a group of Applin both of them used almost every pokeball they had to try to get one but on his second to last pokeball Lachlan caught it before the other boy could catch his.

Collab with Milim

Lachlan was on his way back up to his dad’s apartment after a visit to the pond, when he passed by a store and noticed some new faces around town. Curious, he decided to get a bit closer to see what was going on. He walked through the front door of the store and started browsing shelves nearby to see if he could hear what they were saying.

Inside the store, Alaric was bored. Extremely bored. He had no idea why his parents had coaxed him to come along to this trip, and he’d rather do anything than stand idly by while they negotiated business deals and production quotas for specific articles of clothing. Whilst he had an interest in fashion, he had zero interest in business or economics, which was the topic of the day it seemed, as they’d went to 3 different shops already. He decided he’d sneak out and get some fresh air. His parents were too engrossed in the conversation to notice.

As he was about to walk out, he noticed someone walking in. A kid, around his age with very similar features to his. Light hair, reddish eyes though the difference in clothing was quite stark. He ended up colliding into him, though he’s not sure who was to blame given both were walking rather briskly to where they wanted to go.

Lachlan was so focused on the items in the store and listening to the two people by the counter, he barely noticed the boy who had collided with him until it was too late. Startled, he jumped back and fell on his butt. “Mate! You surprised me, you must really wanna get outta here huh?” he chuckled, “Well, for knockin me on my bottom like that why don’t we have a battle!?” Grinning, Lachlan got to his feet and extended a hand to the boy, “Name’s Lachlan.”

Within seconds of trying to exit, he found himself on the ground, though he’d landed rather well. Alaric was confused how the collision even happened, but alas, he didn’t feel like questioning himself or this unfortunate kid who he bumped into. He stood up first and spoke to Alaric before offering an arm up, which Alaric gladly took.

“You have no idea, I feel like my brain is about to fry from listening to them for so long.” he spoke as he dusted himself off and began to address the rest of what Lachlan had said. A battle. He’d been offered one, and he did have his pokemon on him. He let out a smug grin. This was his time to shine, and prove himself a worthy trainer.

“A battle, eh? I won’t say no, but I’ll have you know that in my 14 years on this planet, I have never once lost a Pokemon battle.” he declared. Little did his opponent know that he had never once fought in a battle.

“That only means it will show everyone how strong I am when I beat you.” Lachlan said confidently as Zigs poked his head out of Lachlan’s bag and over his shoulder. “My partner Zigs and I are going to be the best one day.” Lachlan patted the Zigzagoon’s head, then turned back to Alaric and gestured for him to follow as he walked out of the store, leading him to a park not far away.

“Heh. A bold statement. Especially considering when I, Alaric, soon to be the greatest trainer from the Hoenn region am here. Me and my partner will show you our power!” he spoke confidently as he let out his Ralts from the pokeball he had at his waist. It seemed as exceedingly confident as his trainer.

“I’ve only have need for one pokemon. I’ll allow you to use as many as you want, as I cannot lose!” he laughed as he looked at Lachlan with his arms folded, ready to battle.

Zigs hopped out of Lachlan’s bag and past his head out in front of him. “It would only be fair for me to use a single pokemon too then.” Lachlan said, his confidence only slightly wavering toward the beginning. He raised one arm out in the air before him and shouted “Lets do this!”

As epic as the two hyped the battle up to be, it fell flat. Both were complete novice trainers who had never fought in a Pokemon battle, and as a result, it was a messy affair. Tackles and psybeams went left and right as both Pokemon tried desperately to bring their trainers home the victory. In the end, Alaric took the victory, but not without much effort. In a way, he felt cheated out of a true victory given as his opponent had only used one of his pokemon.

Lachlan knew he could have won had he used all his pokemon, but none the less he accepted his loss and promised next time they battled it would be a different outcome. Satisfied with the time he had killed Lachlan said farewell to Alaric and returned to his dad’s apartment after giving him his rotom phone number.

Lachlan later heard of the international league and told his father that he was going to leave to challenge it to get them out of that tiny apartment and into somewhere more comfortable. Upon arriving to the region he was given an egg to help him start out, and after a day spent in the hotel it hatched into a Toxel.

Trainer Bonus: Rival(Alaric)

Items:
3 Potions
5 Pokeballs
1 Revive

Pokemon Team

Name: Zigs

Species: Galarian Zigzagoon
Gender: Male
Ability: Quick Feet
Battle Experience: 5
Moves: Headbutt, Sand Attack, Baby Doll Eyes, Pin Missle
Extra Notes: Playful and energetic, often sits in Lachlan’s bag, looks over his shoulder, and makes faces to exaggerate what Lachlan is saying.

Name: Applin

Species: Applin
Gender: Male
Ability: Ripen
Battle Experience: 3
Moves: Sucker Punch, Astonish, Widthdraw
Extra Notes: Is small for an applin and quite skittish

Name: Toxel

Species: Toxel
Gender: Female
Ability: Static
Battle Experience: 2
Moves: Power Up Punch, Nuzzle, Flail, Growl
Extra Notes: Newest addition, rather calm and easily impressed.

Name: Beatrice

Species: Beedrill
Gender: ♀
Battle Experience: 7
Moves: Twineedle, Fury Attack, Rage, String Shot
Notes: This Beedrill seems haughty and gives off the aura of royalty, bug royalty anyhow.

Battle Theme

Disney D&D 5e

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