Sen

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New rule, Sen: your character must give a "power of friendship" speech before fighting every gym leader.

@Shadeflare123

I can and will do this if desired.

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Are you guys making fun of my new character and his arceus

Because i'll have you know, Sans Undertale will be the best trainer Chromis will ever know.

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hey Sho can I make another custom mega for an NPC?

I'm thinking Mega-Arceus. Nothing changes except Arceus gets a gun and can shoot you.

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@Sho Minazuki How does backtracking on routes work? Do we just say we travel for a long time and just get there?

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That wasn't sarcasm, I'm very excited to see if Deos is gonna deliver on that camp cooking.

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Well, now that we've done Exciting Things, it's time for everyone's favorite part of Pokemon: taking a fuckin break.

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-> @Shadeflare123 @Deos Morran <-
GM: @MechonRaptor

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"Good job out there, guys!" Novis said, flipping around to face the rest of his team as picked up the Pokeball he had just thrown, tired but happy. Though still a bit tentative about enlisting a Pokemon that had just jumped them, Nov was pretty excited to get another partner on the team, especially one that could help Nier a lot in a fight. "Three new members to our lil' caravan, huh? How about that for our first adventure."

"Think that was the leader of this whole Poke-rebellion? We should go talk to that scientist guy and see how it's going now." He was pretty ready to just turn heel and head back to the entrance of the site, but when he whistled for Nier to follow close behind, the dog just barked. Nov turned around to find him, and to his surprise, Nier was futitely trying to drag that bag the Larvitar had over to the rest of the team. Walking over to it, Nov picked up the rucksack and peered inside. Besides an unfortunately old lunch and some (for Nov) unidentifiable stones, a few stones stuck out in particular: a small cache of Fire Stones!

Nov walked back over to the group, Nier now following on Nov's heel, and showed everyone the contents of the bag. "Looks like those Pokemon were thieves too. Who do you think's this is?" He held out the three Fire Stones to the group, the red rocks emanating a weak heat. "It'd be hard to find the owner at this point, yeah? Well, with how common these things probably are 'round here... How about we just keep 'em?"

| Excavation Site |

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-> @Shadeflare123 @Deos Morran <-
GM: @MechonRaptor

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As he was dramatically pointing, Roxy suddenly ran past him. This, of course, would do no good. Novis was not about to be beaten at his own game, so without even waiting to see if Aiden was behind him, he ran after Roxy, dodging past the archaeologists occupying the path to the cave system. Nier was less agile in this department, accidentally charging into peoples' knees and causing an over-all ruckus as the trainers made their way to the first cave entrance they could.

Once they had set foot into the darkness of the cave, Nov slowed down to a walk with Nier, who was panting hard while trotting close behind him. Aiden showed up pretty quickly, and almost immediately whipped out a flashlight from his backpack. Having not planned for this occasion, Nov pulled out his PokeDex and used its screen's light to investigate things close up. Well, not that he investigated much, since it was mostly just boring rock the excavation team already dug through, but still. It was good to know exactly where he was stepping.

Once they were a little ways in, the outside world's light was starting to dwindle away, leaving only the faint light of lampposts and the few flashlight-esque objects they had on hand. It was at this post that Aiden reminded them of the task at hand: aggressive Pokemon. They had to be prepared to fight anything that popped out, in case it were one of the ones causing the whole issue. Nier didn't seemed too happy with the whole prospect, ducking inbetween Nov's legs with little growls, as he walked on besides the others. Both trainer and Pokemon where decisively out of their element, and Nov didn't like how many rock type Pokemon there were bound to be in the, well, rock cave. If anything, that meant Nov had to be extra careful they didn't get jumped, since their key to beating anything right now was not getting hit at all.

"How far down does this thing go?" Nov muttered, trying to figure out if there was a rhyme or rhytm to how the tunnel was dug. It was as he pondered this that he felt a small cloud of dirt fall onto his head. At that, he looked up at the ceiling of the cave, only to see nothing obviously wrong. Roxy and Aiden had walked a little further on as Nov stood under the mystery spot, but it quickly became apparent what happened when there a crash came from up ahead. At the sound of a Pokemon cry, Nov dashed forward, almost bowling over his two friends in the process of getting to the frontline. Nov couldn't help but crack a cocky look at the sight of the trio of thugs they encountered. As the dust cleared, a Drilbur, Rockruff, and Larvitar emerged from the ceiling and gave some bravado.

"Oh, they want to throw down!" Nov shouted, pumping his fist forward. At that signal, Nier jumped out from behind him and spewed out a few sparks of fire. When the Larvitar threw its bag to the side, Nov couldn't help but notice a shimmer from inside. Were they stealing non-boring rocks from the scientists?! Now that's dirty, and dirty means getting taken dow-- actually, nevermind about that phrasing. Regardless, Nov and Nier both knew they were at a disadvantage, but confidence was the key to victory!

| Excavation Site -> Exca. Site Cave |

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-> @Shadeflare123 @Deos Morran <-
GM: @MechonRaptor

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Before the scientist could muster a reply, Aiden suddenly jumped in beside Novis and completely ruined the whole thing by refusing to play along. Nov shot him a glare, but couldn't hold it for long before bursting out into a chuckle. The exasperation evident on his friends' faces made it worth it, regardless of whatever the scientist guy thought of them now.

Aiden named the team, and the young man seemed to be much more pleased by the wholesome introduction than Nov's grandstanding. Pushing up his glasses by the center, the archaeologist looked at all three of them, and then to their pokemon, before speaking. "Well, seeing as you seem determined to aid us, there is a task I would like you to settle here in the excavation site. You see..."

"We're already on it!" Novis shouted out, snapping his fingers for effect. Nier barked in agreement, wiggling out of Nov's one-armed grip on him.

Ignoring that interruption, the man continued on to actually explain the task at hand. Mid-way, he started to pace around while thinking about something. Nov puffed out his chest-- some random wild pokemon in a fossil site wouldn't be much of a problem at all. At the very least, there was no way they would lose between all three of them. After a bit of consideration, though, the archaeologist turned back towards the group of trainers. "If you would be so kind, go into these caves and find the pokemon responsible for annoying us." He pushed up his glasses again, this time by the side of the frame. "Capture them, knock them out, do what you will; report back to me when you do so."

Novis nodded again, looking over towards the couple of caves the young man had pointed out earlier. He took a few steps towards them before flipping around and pointing at Roxy and Aiden. "I don't wanna leave you guys in the dust again," Novis said, "So hurry up this time!"

| Excavation Site |

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-> @Shadeflare123 @Deos Morran <-
GM: @MechonRaptor

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"It's not gonna get much love outta me if it even tries to touch me," Novis said as he was still backpedaling, shooting Zorex a death-glare. As soon as the others were back to walking alongside him, he flipped around and followed Aiden's lead to Route 13, even if was only just a few turns off the main road. "But yeah; Roxy," He gestured from the young woman to the boy a few steps in front of them, "And Aiden? Cute names."

He'd never actually been too far to the East, so Novis found it intriguing to take his first steps on the rocky-grassy ground that covered Route 13. It was definitely the least green of the three routes leading out of Beryllium, but based on the number of people walking the road, it'd better be interesting. The ruins and fossils no doubt intrigued many a scientists, and the sightseers promised, well, sights to see. Nov had read about the whole region of Chromis before, actually, though like most of school, he couldn't exactly remember much besides that it had a notable amount creepy Pokemon that hung around the place, the more bored ones spooking up naive groups of tourists. Aiden had the idea of actually doing a bit of research on where they were heading, though. It never quite occurred to Novis just how much a PokeDex could actually do, but then again, he'd never even touched it since he got one from the Prof.

Soon enough, with enough walking, they got to the half-way point of Route 13, where a dig site was situated. Now that they were on the outskirts of both the ruins and the desert of Chromis, fossils were bound to be hidden under the dirt and sand. Novis didn't really care about some Pokemon bones, but Aiden seemed particularly adamant they get the experience. They probably weren't ever gonna come back to quaint Route 13 again, so Nov relented.

"If you really want to, I don't see much of a reason to not check it out." Nov picked up Nier from the ground as he spoke, the dog giving a little wheeze as Novis pulled out a bottle of water from his bag. Holding Nier under his arm, Nov poured some water into his cupped palm and held his hand close to Nier's mouth. The Growlithe slurped up the puddle with ferocity, and seeing such eagerness suddenly reminded Nov how long it'd been since he last had something to eat. "Which one of you can cook? I wanna take a break up ahead once we're done here, and lemme tell you, I ain't exactly gourmet."

Before he got a response and before he could consider if used that word right, he brushed past Aiden and jogged up to the nearest excavator. The man was checking out a bunch of sand-eroded rocks for some reason (Nov couldn't exactly discern if they were fossils or not), and so, if this whole thing was gonna be looking at a bunch of rocks for twenty minutes, Nov was gonna have fun with this.

Nov flashed a winner's grin and pointed at his chest with his thumb. "Hey, you guys need assistance with your fossil expeditions Me and my pals over there, we're bonafide Pokemon Rangers!" He gestured to Aiden and Roxy, who were clearly not with the program yet. "Got any details? A mission only strong, mysterious strangers such as ourselves could handle?" Nier barked in agreement, his little puppy face exuding a confidence that was fitting of only the most battle-hardened Arcanines.

| Route 13: Berly.Side -> Excavation Site |