Typical

Pokemon Spiral

Aedre Charbonnet

— Mesalon Outskirts —

“Right. Forgot about that,” Aedre said when Alex mentioned that Beldum were genderless Pokemon. “A lot of interesting Pokemon in that egg group, right?” she said, thinking back to the Pokemon egg groups she’d studied during her early undergraduate years. That almost all Pokemon could be paired with Ditto always fascinated Aedre. The single gelatinous purple Pokemon held much prestige in the scientific world despite being rather commonplace in some regions.

Aedre fell silent as she and Alex neared the foliage. A strange silver arthropod creature accentuated with purple spines emerged from the leaves, tangled in the vines and rather shaken. Aedre watched quietly as Alex helped the Pokemon out of the vines and on its way, ready to offer help should any be needed. Instead, Alex managed to catch the Pokemon, prompting Aedre to take out her Pokedex and scan the strange Pokemon.

Wimpod — This Pokémon is a coward. As it desperately dashes off, the flailing of its many legs leaves a sparkling clean path in its wake, Aedre read, rather surprised at the Pokemon’s immediate listed characteristic. Wonder if this one will have a different personality?

Before she could congratulate Alex on his new catch, a red-winged bird Pokemon hopped out of the bushes, followed by another, then another. Spearow, Aedre recognized with a grimace. Territorial Flying-types. As long as we’re not in its territory, it should be—

“Peaaaa!” the first Spearow cried, glaring at the two humans. Its cry was echoed by the ones nearest to it, then by the ones nearest to those until the small forest was a cacophony of high-pitched cries of protest.

“Alright, Alex. Fight or flight?” Aedre asked, shooting the boy a glance as she laid a hand on her other Pokeballs. Although the chances of victory seemed unlikely, she and Alex had five Pokemon between the two of them, and Aedre was also eager to see her newest Pokemon in action — if she could earn its respect.

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Notes

Team:

• Pasithea “Thea” ♀ — Togepi (10)
  
  • Attacks: Growl, Charm, Metronome, Sweet Kiss
  • Ability: Serene Grace
• Alitis “Little” ♂ — Fletchling (8)
  
  • Attacks: Tackle, Growl, Quick Attack
  • Ability: Gale Wings
• Unnamed ♂ — Honedge (5)
  
  • Attacks: Tackle, Swords Dance, Fury Cutter
  • Ability: No Guard

Bag Items:

• Pokedex (with Kosei Region Map)
• Smart Phone
• Credit Card linked to a private account that houses a decent amount of money
• Poke Radar
• Collapsable Bike with two gears (third for bike ramps, fourth for muddy slopes)
• Laptop & Charger for formal work and notekeeping
• 5 Pokeballs

@abysmaldemon

Pokemon Spiral

@luckyblackcat @heckno12 Alright I think I asked this already, but how do Pokemon level up? Trainer battles / battles via showdown only, or are wild battles included as well?

Pokemon: New World

@luckyblackcat Right. Just... pretend I never said anything about that xD

As for moves then? Are you okay with the whole "all moves in the moveset" thing?

Pokemon: New World

@zarkun The system was mostly made to simplify battles so that they could be simply and easily carried out and monitored by the GM. This system will definitely change in the future (when the off-guild site launches in full and we move to a new thread), but as of right now this is how it goes.

If everyone's okay with it -- seeing how the rules surrounding battles currently aren't completed -- we could just open moves up to any move that a Pokemon can naturally learn (still measured in CP for power, just available typings open up). But the line will be drawn there -- no breeding moves, tms, etc, until things get settled with the site. Status effects and such will be up to the writer's discretion; any conflicts can be directed to me.

@luckyblackcat@toadropes@silver fox@lugubrious If you're all okay with that?

Pokemon: New World

@zarkun We're currently going by pre-edit battle rules, and those rules say that Pokemon can only perform moves that match their typing during battles. These rules are currently negligible for informal battles (ie battles with npc pokes, etc) but for formal battles players should, technically, only order Pokemon to use moves that match their Pokemon's natural typing. Any move that doesn't match their typing should not be used (i made an exception of this -- two, actually -- when i cleared the usage of moves like growl since they don't technically do anything, and LuckyBlackCat accepted my usage of Larvitar's Bite up there^)

Does that all make sense?

Pokemon: New World

Leisy Takigawa

— Stillwater —

Leisy followed Ella’s gaze up to the sky, eyes rounding when she took in the green horizon. “Whoa. What — a green sky?” she said, surprised. Her first thought was towards pollution. Although Central City had been relatively clear of it, Leisy knew that in many parts of the region the environment was not so well off. However, the sky at this moment — although an ominous shade of green — was still clear where the clouds broke, albeit darkening.

“The Pokemon Center first then,” Leisy said, concern growing. First the mission to find an unknown but powerful Pokemon, then the murderous Malamar that shouldn’t have been aggressive, and a viridian sky? Something was happening, and Leisy didn’t want her Pokemon to all be hurt when it did.

The girls quickly made their way over to the Pokemon Center. Tapping her foot agitatedly as she waited for the man to return her Pokeballs, Leisy listened intently as the man described Stillwater’s “Green Days.” After a few shaky questions and nods, the girls were on their way to find food, silent as they walked and processed the information.

“We should stay in town tonight,” Leisy started, biting her lip, “but… It also sounds like tonight would be the best time to find the nightmare culprit. If the Pokemon’s strong during normal nights, it’d be even stronger during the Green Day night… Or maybe it’s causing them?”

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Leisy’s Pokedex

Rank: Skilled
Organization: Helping Hand Guild

TP: 151 +1 +1(HHG bonus) = 153

Inventory:

• Pokeball x 3
• Rare Candy x 2
• Twisted Spoon

Pokemon:

• Bidein “Dei” ♂ — Fletchling (10)
• Naunet ♀ — Piplup (10)
• Devinco “Devi” ♂ — Larvitar (8)
• Cassia “Sia” ♀ — Ekans (1)
• Tyrus ♂ — Gastly (2)
• Animo “Nemo” ♂ — Sewaddle (1)

@luckyblackcat @lugubrious

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122CP

We're Just Trying To Make It.

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Nylah Weiss

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^{Central Park Reservoir → Home → Bagel Place || Phillip via text @hushedwhispers, Kieran via text @neoAC, Cecilia via text @MissCapNCrunch, Olivia via text @QueenoftheBee, Rui via text @Vlerchan}

The music pumping from Nylah’s earphones dimmed to allow a ‘ding’ to surface and inform Nylah that she’d received a new text message. Slowing down to a walking-pace jog, Nylah slipped the device out of its pocket in her armband — a impulse buy she’s not yet regretting, for once — and clicked it on to see Phillip apologizing for bailing out. Slowing to a stop at the side of the road, Nylah typed a quick response to the boy.

Philly Cheesesteak —

Np, birthday boy. Would like a notice in advance next time so I’m not awkwardly stretching for twenty mins, but no worries. And duh? What else do you think got me through the week?

Depositing her phone back in its rightful place in her armband, Nylah started up running again, eyes focused on nothing in particular. Alright, Nylah. One more loop — let’s do this, she thought encouragingly to herself as she amped up the pace. Her hair — tied back — swished behind her, but Nylah ignored it in favor of the chilly yet refreshing morning breeze and the background noise of Sia’s The Greatest.

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When the run was done and over with, Nylah had hitched a ride home on a taxi. A shower and a change of clothes later, Nylah checked the clock and figured that it was about time to go buy some real food. Picking up her phone, she pulled up Kieran’s number.

The Bear of Sesame—

Morning, sunshine! I’m heading down to the bagel place, if you wanna join me. Famished — I’ll buy if you come keep me company.

Hitting the send button with a grin, Nylah slid her phone into her bag, double-checked as to whether she’d forgotten anything, and made for the door. Feels like a booties kind of day, she mused to herself, pulling the shoes off the shoe rack and slipping them on before checking herself out in the mirror she’d set up directly across from the door. A girl dressed in red plaid over a white long sleeve and black leggings smiled at her, and Nylah winked back. This’ll do for now. We’ll save the fancy-schmancy stuff for tonight.

Locking her door and walking down the single flight of stairs, Nylah unlocked her car with a beep of her keys and started it up, making for the bagel place. Wonder if I should give Kieran a call? she thought as she pulled into the parking lot a small distance from the shop. Around five minutes later she was in line — any bagel store that didn’t have a line around brunch wasn’t a real NYC bagel store — waiting to order her toasted turkey-avocado bagel sandwich. Pulling out her phone as she waited, Nylah grinned and drafted a few responses to various chat groups.

The Whole Gang —

Let’s do a little costume contest then? One vote per person, and no self-nominations. Unless you’re the birthday boy. Calling Wrath.

The Perpetually Drunk Epicureans —

I wanted to go as Gluttony — mostly so no one can complain if I drink all the booze. But, since that’s Ollie’s job, I’m choosing Wrath for the bright red theme. You two?

“Next!” the cashier called. As the person in front of her left, Nylah looked up and noticed that she was now first in line. Alright Kier-bear. It’s now or never for that free bagel sandwich, Nylah thought, looking around the cafe for a specific long-haired blonde.

Pokemon: New World

@luckyblackcat Ohhh Oooops that would be my fault ._. Um same as for your Ekans and the Shadow Sneak? But yeah, sorry about that -- I'm going to leave it, but it's definitely not correct xD Feel free to leave yours as well.

Pokemon: New World

Leisy Takigawa

— Outskirts of Stillwater —

“Good job, Devi,” Leisy said when Ella returned her Duskull. Seeing the girl’s forced smile, Leisy felt her sense of happiness wither away. Of course she’d won — she was a skilled-rank trainer whereas Ella was still a beginner-rank one. There should be no sense of accomplishment — the point of the battle had been to train their Pokemon, and both girls had done just that.

“Thanks,” Leisy said, figuring that accepting the compliment would be the wisest thing to do. “Good job to you too — your Inkay really got strong.”

Leisy was in the middle of figuring out what else to say when her stomach growled largely. Cringing, she smiled awkwardly at the pink-haired girl. “Er, let’s go get some food now?” she said, attempting to laugh it off. “I’m starving.”

At her side, her Larvitar stayed silent and stoic before sparing his trainer a firm nod of agreement.

Battle Stats:

• Bidein “Dei” ♂ — Fletchling (9) : 65 CP
• Naunet ♀ — Piplup (9) : 30 CP
• Devinco “Devi” ♂ — Larvitar (7) : 50 CP
• Tyrus ♂ — Gastly (1) : 0 CP

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Leisy’s Pokedex

Rank: Skilled
Organization: Helping Hand Guild

TP: 149 +1 +1(HHG bonus) = 151

Inventory:

• Pokeball x 3
• Rare Candy x 2
• Twisted Spoon

Pokemon:

• Bidein “Dei” ♂ — Fletchling (9 + 1(battle) = 10)
• Naunet ♀ — Piplup (9 +1(battle) = 10)
• Devinco “Devi” ♂ — Larvitar (7 +1(battle) = 8)
• Cassia “Sia” ♀ — Ekans (1)
• Tyrus ♂ — Gastly (1 +1(battle) = 2)
• Animo “Nemo” ♂ — Sewaddle (1)

@luckyblackcat
@balthazar007 — Battle Concluded

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121CP

Pokemon: New World

@toadropes Ooo just realized that your Rotom was caught with a Great Ball. Since it's a middle-tier Poke and was caught with a Great Ball, it starts at lvl 10. (Balth & I had this discussion a while ago for Shanae's Lapras in which we figured that it'd be kinda dumb for a Poke that needs a stronger Pokeball to be the same level as a Wurmple)