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Pokemon: Chronicles

Posted! :)

Also, I'd like to finish up the first IC day in about 5 -10 more posts... hopefully. And then we can timeskip a little further ahead. And let's try to aim for posting around once every 7-10 days please! I love the momentum this rp has, and I'm eager to get started on the main story more.

let me know if you have any questions. Thank you :)

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Would the heroes hear the pleas for help?

_{Time: 5:30 PM}

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Netty and Zaria would be interrupted by the sound of sobbing and knocking coming from outside their door. If they went to go check it out and see who was crying…

A boy who was in some simple loungewear was crying in the hallway outside their door. “He’s lost! I can’t find him...” Turning to see Netty and Zaria, he sniffed and wiped his tears away hurriedly. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to disturb you guys. It’s just that I lost my Sobble, Socho. I… I came here because I heard the some of the top 4 transfer students from class 2A were here…” He blew his nose on a handkerchief.

“We were walking around the dorms… Something startled him and now he’s gone! Socho just got so scared and you know what happens when Sobble get scared, right? They can go see through just like water. And I can’t find him! Please, you guys have to help me.” He turned to Zaria. “You’re a ranger, aren’t you? You help with stuff like this, right? Please, I need to find my Socho…” He sniffed again and wiped his nose on his shirt.

If they chose to go along with him, they’d be led to a winding, dimly lit corridor. There were all sorts of hallways, annexes, stairwells, and alcoves scattered about the grand castle that was PMA. In this corridor, there were also a few study and sitting rooms about. Perhaps Sobble was somewhere around here? They’d need to look for him. Also, what had startled him in the first place?

"I'm not sure, it was some kind of loud noise or something..." The boy sniffed. "My name's Bennett by the way... Thank you for helping me..."

@jujube@LuckyBlackCat

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Tim and Asa’s terse dinner conversation was interrupted by a soft thump at their balcony window. Whatever could it be? Well, if they decided to check it out…

They’d come across a small, young, very feeble Pidove. The poor thing had what looked like were scrapes and cuts all over their small, feathery body. Their right wing stuck out at an angle as well. Things didn’t look good, that was for sure. The little Pidove cooed and coughed. They had been attacked by a wild Pokemon most likely, and had probably just gotten away. Their condition looked critical... What were Tim and Asa going to do?

@Crimson Flame@zeroSH

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Minccino darted towards the ball and swiftly caught the berry juice covered device with their mouth. Unfortunately, the ball was not triggered, and the Mincinno was able to grab the device and scurry away back into the bushes… If Troy pulled Shuckle out to do an Infestation during this though, the attack would hit.

The Minccino scurried back into the bushes, cautious and wary. The Infestation pulled and scratched at their fur, but the Pokemon was not too worried. The attack didn’t hurt too much, although it was an annoyance. They lay flat and close to the ground, ears perked and fur bristling. The Minccino’s plan was to lay low and away from Troy, fully aware of what was going on now.

The Infestation attack would whittle some health away, but once it stopped, the two opponents would be back to square one. The Minccino would avoid and use the cover of the bushes while keeping a watchful eye on its den while Troy would have to lure it out again. However, Jamie had just realized something watching all of this. He thought back to when the Minccino jumped out where someone had littered earlier…

“Troy!” Jamie shouted. “I think I know a way to get the Minccino out!” He rubbed his glasses and muttered under his breath, “I hope the beautification club doesn’t find out about this…” Then he ran to the open grass and did the unthinkable: he tipped over the trashcan and garbage spilled out. “Ohhh, please forgive me Beautification Board! I swear I’m doing this for good! I promise I'll clean this up afterwards! Waaah!” He ran away, keeping his distance from the park clearing, which was just as good because the Minccino instantly leaped out of the bushes, crying with dismay.

How dare these humans make a mess of their den?! The den that they worked so hard to keep spotless and clean. The information Troy had read earlier suddenly made a bit more sense. Of course, Minccino were not aggressive or territorial usually, until someone threatened the cleanliness of their den. The Pokemon was out in the open now, distracted by all the filth and rubbish about, trying to clean up. Actually, the poor thing looked quite distressed... So now what? Would Troy attack? Or try to help the Minccino out?

@Ryik

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Will try to post this week! Ive just run into a busy spell. Thank you for your patience!

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@Ryikinteresting! serene Grace is such a busted ability lol Your minccino/cinccino can definitely get a King's Rock Crown. that sounds absolutely adorable

as for the Ability Capsules... They're actually not sold anywhere. In this RP, they're a prototype item that hasn't been released to the market yet. YC will need to make friends with a certain NPC to obtain them.

If you've ever heard of the Persona series, they do a mechanic called Social Link, which is essentially what I'm trying to incorporate in this RP. In Persona, the more you hang out with an NPC character, the better your stats can become or they'll give you stuff or augment your battle capabilities in some way. Since we don't really have stats in this rp, specific NPCs will be handing out items or giving your characters other types of augments/ valuable information.

Me and LuckyBlackCat are still sussing out the details, but I should have those details written up and incorporated into the OOC Post rules in about... two-three weeks or so.

This weekend may be kind of busy for me, so I'm not sure if I'll be able to get a post out by Sunday. I will try though

@jujube I have never pictured a magnemite being used as a mixer nicely posted

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and there's a post.

so I'm going to try to have a lot of these sort of puzzles in this rp. (for example, the puzzle going on right now is: how do you lure out the nimble and evasive Minccino to a specific area to battle?)

in these puzzles, there's usually one or two ways I set as a solution, and I'll always try to hint at that solution. but I also try to be flexible, so if a player comes up with a viable solution different than the one I sort of preset for the situation, I'll do a dice roll to see if the player's plan worked based on how viable I thought it was.

in this scenario, I had a specific solution in mind for example. however, troy came up with a different plan than i anticipated. so I basically rolled to see if Minccino would fall for Troy's trick. Mincinno got a pretty low roll, so they fell for troy's plan. however, if the roll hadn't been high, the Mincinno would have ignored the pokeball and I would have tried to hint at a different solution. or the player could just try a plan of their own, and I'd roll to see how their plan fared again.

that's pretty much the approach I'm going to be taking for these sort of puzzles/scenarios that the player needs to figure out. to summarize: there's always a solution or two that I have preset in these scenarious, but players can also take their own approach to solving something. hopefully that all made sense. let me know if anyone has any questions.

you're also definitely allowed to ask questions about the puzzles in ooc. if you want more specifics, just ask. I'll try help without giving too much away haha

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The plan in action...

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Jamie nodded. “Alright then, I trust you.” His serious expression turned into a grin. “I’ll be cheering you on! I want to see how this turns out, so I hope you don't mind an audience. Good luck.” So Jamie situated himself a bit further away to watch the spectacle himself, walking about 20 feet away from the gardens and settling down in the grass to watch. A trainer actually managing to catch the nimble thief of the Myriad Color Gardens? Jamie hoped it would happen. The number of students coming to the gardens would increase once they heard the thieving pest was gone, and as such, it would make the beautification club look especially good. “Let’s see what you’ve got, transfer student!”

When Troy was reading, he would note how particular Mincinno were about their dens. Though these chinchilla pokemon were not very territorial and often didn't mind sharing living space with other creatures, they were quite aggressive over how neatly their nests were kept. For example, some reports had noted that Mincinno had been seen nesting with flying type pokemon. Many of these avian creatures preened themselves and kept their nests neatly contained, which Minccino seemed to respect. On the other hand, Mincinno were not often seen around Aipom colonies because the monkey pokemon were typically quite messy: when Aipom ate they'd often leave large bits of pulpy fruit or cracked nut shells everywhere, they didn't spend as much time grooming themselves, and their nests were not as well maintained as other pokemon species.

Meanwhile, the Minccino saw the human boy take his place on a bench. Their ears perked and their eyes narrowed as they saw the item the boy had placed on the ground. The Pokemon sniffed the air— the scent of berries wafted over. Hm, but there was another smell too. Metallic, familiar, but also inedible. The Minccino bristled. What was this strange item? Maybe it would make for a fine addition to their collection.

The Minccino darted forwards and leaped towards the pokeball. It seemed it had taken the bait. What now?

@Ryik

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Apologies for not posting yet! It's been super busy on my end.

@jujubeI like the songs! Magnet Bomb is fine to add. And as for the school food being expensive, that fits fine into the narrative. It's definitely an expensive school to go to, after all.

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@LuckyBlackCat nicely posted! edit: love Netty's song too!

@Ryikthat song is awesome! and yeah, I actually hadn't realized you linked the Battle Legend class in Troy's profile but thats a nice touch! and i'll definitely keep that in mind

also, I think I may edit the post before yours and include Mincinno's ability+ moves. I know in the games you don't see abilities or moves until after you catch the pokemon, but I don't really see why they can't be scanned beforehand. And in the games, you can catch pokemon so quickly it doesn't matter, but in an rp, I think the process needs to be streamlined.

This all said, I'm going to say for trainer battles or pokemon competitions, you can't pre-scan opposing pokemon with a pokedex. let me know if you guys have any questions or objections! I'm still trying to figure out the incorporation of these little puzzles and tabletop elements into this roleplay lol

i'll probably be able to respond sometime this weekend.

edit: on that note, rolled for Minccino's ability + moves. Minccino didn't get Skill Link but remember there's Ability Capsules to change abilities!

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i was just looking at the trainer classes on bulbapedia and wanted to see how they corresponded to the trainer classes of the characters in this rp. i found some random easter eggs lol

for example, I didn't know Battle Legend was an actual trainer class in the pokemon world, and that it corresponded to Red and Blue! and Troy's color completes the primary color trio with yellow lol

also asa's character looks pretty similar to the pokemon doctor character model in sword and shield lol funny how they both look tired and have gray hair xD



bulbapedia is fun to read what can i say

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A rustle in the bushes...

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“A Berry Juice? Thanks!” Jamie’s anxious expression turned in a grateful grin. He released Swirlie from his poke ball and emptied the juice into the Pokemon’s mouth. A few moments later the sugary pink Pokemon was wagging his tail. “Swi!” He barked.

“Swirlie! Feeling better?” The Swirlix climbed on top of Jamie’s shoulder in response and licked his cheek. “Great, now let’s get going— oh, there he goes. W-wait, hmm that’s not quite right.” Jamie grabbed Troy’s arm and guided him a little further down in the direction they had been going… “This is where you want to be.”

Myriad Color Gardens

“This is the Myriad Color Garden,” Jamie said, pushing his glasses up his nose. “There are quite a few different garden areas here at PMA, in case you haven’t noticed. There’s the Cloud Gardens, the Zen Gardens, the Modern Gardens, the Hot Spring Gardens, the Maze Gardens, the Music gardens… I think that’s all of them.”

The Myriad Color Gardens were called such because they were a four season garden; all throughout the year the variety of flora would bloom depending on which season it was. It was August, so there were bright and pungent marigolds, delicately pink shrub rose, and soft asters that dotted the yard. There were also quite a few leafy shrubs, bushes, and small trees that surrounded the area, planted in a quaint pattern and landscaped to perfection. Jamie continued. “Anyways, about this Pokemon… They like hanging out here. Anyways, it likes hiding in these bushes and shrubs, and likes stealing stuff when people sit on the benches. I heard someone else say it likes to grab food from the trash too. But there’s another reason it’s hard to catch.

“Take a look around. This isn’t the battle facility. These gardens cost a lot of money to install. They're not gonna stand for students just ripping up their grounds, especially when they're not supposed to battling in these areas anyways. We're allowed to attract pokemon, because the school loves any rare pokemon visiting their gardens. But we're not supposed to be battling in places like this, obviously."

Jamie cleared his throat and straightened up, putting his hands on his hips. "So you need to be mindful of where you are on the grounds! In other words, you can’t do something like irreparable damage to anything here. The school’s gonna freak if they see damage done, and it’s not going to take them long to find out who did it. I'm president of the beautification committee, and I'll have to report you to the school authorities myself if I see damage done!" Jamie waggled a finger as intimidatingly as he could.

"Anyways, see the green turf there with no bushes or trees? That's pretty much the only space that's safe to attack that pokemon on. If you can lure it there...” Jamie then suddenly spotted a piece of litter. He marched right over and threw it away into the garbage with gusto. “Ugh, littering! I hate it when people do that, don’t you? I mean the nerve of some-“ he stopped suddenly, staring in front of him. A short tree seemed to be shaking some… And out jumped a pokemon! It was only for a second but Troy's pokedex caught it in the nick of time and scanned it.

Pokedex Scan Activated!

Minccino, the Chinchilla Pokemon. The way it brushes away grime with its tail can be helpful when cleaning. But its focus on spotlessness can make cleaning more of a hassle. They pet each other with their tails as a form of greeting. Of the two, the one whose tail is fluffier is a bit more boastful.

Lvl 11

Cute Charm

Pound, Baby-Doll Eyes, Helping Hand, Echoed Voice, Aqua Tail

“-Oooh, that's it! That's it! So, what’s your plan?” The Minccino jumped to another bush quite quickly. Though they couldn't see Minccino, though they approximate where it was based on the bushes shaking. The crafty little gray mouse could see them quite clearly and was observing them.

Yeah, just what did Troy plan to do?

@Ryik