[@Joshua Tamashii] - [i]Night[/i]

The chosen Shuppet looked a bit surprised at being chosen, but then smiled and nodded. [color=7c80a6]‘Shuppet!’[/color] … And then fairly excitedly drifted to the Pokéball, letting itself flash into it and be captured without any shaking. Click.

[center][color=6ecff6][i]Amelia obtained Shuppet![/i][/color][/center]

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[b]Gender[/b]: ♀
[b]Type[/b]: Ghost
[b]Personality[/b]: (Up to player.)
[b]Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other[/b]: (Up to player.)
[b]Level[/b]: 5
[b]Moves[/b]: Knock-Off, Screech
[b]Ability[/b]: Insomnia, prevents Pokémon from falling asleep.
[b]Held Item[/b]: None.[/hider]

[center][color=6ecff6][i]New Pokémon caught! Amelia earned 750 P![/i][/color]

[color=6ecff6][i]Would you like to give a nickname to Shuppet?[/i][/color][/center]

[color=7c80a6]‘Shuuu-uuupp…’[/color] The first Shuppet looked a bit disappointed, tilting over in defeat. [color=7c80a6]‘Shup, shup!’[/color] The second one smiled and commented, starting to move to drift around Amelia for an unspecified purpose. [color=7c80a6]‘Shuppet!’[/color] The third one drifted upwards and called out like a congratulations.

[color=ebb178]‘Who goes there?’[/color] … And then suddenly the Shuppets dispersed, because the door of the house had opened and a man stood in the opening, staring with tired eyes. He was wearing a black outfit of a class that didn’t feel it really belonged in this age, his lightly brown skin and bleach-colored hair not entirely fitting together. He stood straight with a grace and class that looked like it had been pounded into his body, yet his eyes told of wear and tear, exhaustion, and if the Shuppets in his eaves was anything to tell by, a whole lot more as well.

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His eyes drifted at Amelia, seeing where she stood. [color=ebb178]‘… A trainer…’[/color] He commented, his eyes drifting towards the Shuppets in his eaves before he sighed. [color=ebb178]‘Kids shouldn’t be out at this hour… There’s no telling who you might run into…’[/color] He spoke, sounding like he said that with a piece of irony to his voice. Amelia was free to react as she wanted.

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[@Pikmin Eye]

The king recoiled a bit at Martin’s speech, obviously a bit intimidated by his unsure expression, but stood his ground, clutching his fists with the princess hiding behind him.

[color=02b1d4]‘No more speeches! We’re doing this!’[/color] He then turned his gaze on the battle.

Nincada moved forward, the time to engage about the same as the time it took for Tangela to root himself. And then, he scratched. Tangela recoiled, the jiggly tentacles taking the damage of the tearing claws, but stayed attached to the ground and ready to retaliate. It would appear that defense was also a strong part of their opponent.

[color=02b1d4]‘Constrict!’[/color] Lewis commanded, and the tentacles struck out, and Nincada would be too slow to avoid it having moved in to scratch. The arm which scratched the tentacle-monster got entangled in the blue tentacles, which were reaching out to bind the bug. They hardly did much damage, but if it continued unopposed it could get dangerous. Tangela was periodically healing himself with Ingrain from tentacles pushed into the ground, as well.

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[@Eklispe]

Wooper defended Atlas from the fireball that Growlithe sent flying and the flame burst into the water-type’s face. The fluids on Wooper naturally defended her from the flames, but… Growlithe was higher level than the freshly caught Wooper and Wooper’s special defense is low, meaning Wooper still took considerable damage and was forced to at the very least recoil. Too many of those would still be dangerous, even if she could handle at the very least one more.

Meanwhile, to the response of the Water Gun and Mud-Slap Ducklett swooped in, taking the blast of water and the sent mud with its wings held in front of it to defend, but a quick swipe with its wings blew away the mud and Ducklett stared intently forward at Atlas and Wooper, relatively unharmed. Ground and water would neither be very effective against the duck.

[color=b35647]‘… Sure. Gauge how smart we are. Hey, girl who’s not doing anything.’[/color] The guy called to his companion, who immediately turned and glared at him.

[color=6aa697]‘Hey, I just defended you against TWO super-effective moves! Show some-’[/color] She was interrupted by the guy with a Growlithe on his back lobbing a Pokéball to her, and she blinked in stunned realization as she just managed to grip it.

[color=b35647]‘Throw that and your Minccino’s Pokéballs past him.’[/color] The guy commanded, giving a little smile at Dawkin. [color=b35647]‘Ember.’[/color] He then commanded his dog. Growlithe knew he was aiming for Atlas, currently protected by Wooper, so he shot the fireball at Wooper.

[color=6aa697]‘… Fine!’[/color] The girl took a step forward in the water, annoyance in her eyes, and pointed turned with the hand holding his Pokéball turned away, ready for a baseball-style long-throw, intending on attempting throwing it past Dawkin in the corridor. Ducklett floated in the water, ready to move to block any moves, knowing his role in this.

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[@Rune_Alchemist]

Looking for a female Combee did not take a long time. Not only does the Pokédex actually have a function to determine the gender of a Pokémon, but as a fellow Pokémon Ralia could easily point the way. Now, among the different Combees that headed their way, inevitably a few were female. For instance, this one here, who happened to drift close to Ralia with her little wings keeping the three conjoined bugs in place drifting down to examine the fellow Pokémon due to being attracted to the colorful red horn that could have been a flower. But, well, it wasn’t.

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[color=f2bd49]‘Combee?’[/color] The three bees asked in a choros, staring down at Ralia, who happened to not be a flower. Not to say she isn’t pretty as one, but… anyway!

Meanwhile, Delphox moved forward gazing into her flame a little lazily, then absent-mindedly thrust her wand and a burst of flame at a Beedrill whom she had triggered from walking closer to his territory. As the Beedrill’s fainted and charred body fell to the ground a bit away, Delphox placed herself in-between Claire and a specific Vespiquen who was taking in the nectars that her Combees were gathering. The fox already knew exactly which bug would trigger in case of if Claire attacked a Combee.

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[@Pink Madness]

Audrey blinked a little in surprise at how Donna suddenly argued that she was a great trainer. She turned to Donna, blushing a little and scratching behind her head.

[color=a38b6c]‘Awww, heck. I can’t stay depressed if you’re going to encourage me like that. Okay, maybe I’ll give it one more chance…’[/color] She giggled a little, though then. [color=a38b6c]‘Though, I still don’t need four Pidgeys. A bit more variety is probably good. So, you can still have her. Okay~?’[/color] And with that she waved and wandered off, with Donna still left with a Pidgey.

And then, Donna moved on. It should be noted that Flame suffered a considerable amount of damage in the last battle and her new Storm is still fainted from the same battle.

And so, the roads started going up, inclining as the rivers stopped and the surroundings became just a bit dryer, if only from the altitude. She had reached the next location.

[hider=image][center][h3]Entrance of Wet Caverns[/h3][/center]

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It’s just a hole in the mountain, anyone could enter it. By the entrance, Donna could notice that there were two individuals standing by the entrance. A girl with white hair and whiter clothes, a long blue tie hanging in front of her and darker boots, stockings and sleeves. And, a guy with brown hair, a blue jacket and multi-colored pants, looking like a mix-match of a thug trying to dress a bit more fancily with a serene-like girl.

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[color=1966b3]‘Halt! You there! Are you-’[/color] The guy called out, glaring in Donna’s direction. However, he was interrupted by the girl placing a hand on his chest to stop him.

[color=cad7eb]‘Calm yourself. Our quarry was described to be a girl and a boy in unusually fine black clothes, and the girl’s hair was described as long and cyan. This is not her.’[/color] She said, focused.

[color=1966b3]‘… You’re right. Sorry, I’m a bit on edge…’[/color] The boy grunted to Donna, turning away to look into the cave.

[color=cad7eb]‘Be careful. We have received warnings from travellers that two people in suits have been sighted around here despite the conditions, which is the tell-tale sign of Team Amethyst. If you see them, let us know. We shall handle them.’[/color] The girl said to Donna. [color=cad7eb]‘Now, esteemed trainer. If you wish, I can heal your Pokémon. It would be dangerous to walk into Wet Caverns with a damaged party. Should I?’[/color] The girl offered.

Donna could pick if she wished to get healed or not, and then she was free to make another choice.

[hider=Suggestions to actions]1. Enter Wet Caverns. [i]Time to go in.[/i]
2. Turn back. [i]You always can.[/i]
3. Talk. [i]There are two strange people here. If you wish, you could ask them things.[/i]
4. Specify. [i]If you specify what you want to do, the GM will take it into account and tell the result.[/i]
5. Trigger random event. [i]Force the GM to use his imagination to make a scenario for you.[/i][/hider]

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[@Delta44]

Joshua and Ewan were inspecting a few of the stores when…

Pikachu’s ears twitched as they picked up on being called out to, his tail rising to sense electricity. Moments later, Pikachu spun around on Joshua’s shoulder in Shyn’s direction, eyes highly attentive and excited. [color=f5e284]‘Pika-chu!’[/color] He sounded out excitedly, getting his trainer’s attention.

[color=668570]‘Hm? What’s up, little buddy?’[/color] Joshua asked, turning and looking in the direction just in time to see Shyn running up to him. [color=668570]‘Oh! A little friend!’[/color] He crouched down to him and was more than happy to be jumped at, smiling from ear to ear and lowering a hand to attempt patting the little guy. [color=668570]‘What brings you here? Oh, Pikachu here, right?’[/color] Joshua smiled happily and turned his shoulder with Pikachu forward.

[color=f5e284]‘Pikachu!’[/color] The excited Pikachu jumped down to greet Shyn, also totally happy with seeing another electric-type around, and was totally about to playfully jump onto him when Ren came shuffling forward. Ewan had blinked a little in surprise when Shyn appeared, looking down at him, but otherwise stayed calm and noticed Ren approaching before Joshua did.

[color=668570]‘Oooooh! Aren’t you… Yeah, you’re one of Kalmia’s…’[/color] Joshua grinned happily. [color=668570]‘Appearing here… The cool mystery-girl is interested in contests! … And she’s pretty cute up close, too! My heart leaps with joy!’[/color] He stands up straight and looks about as excited as Shyn or Pikachu was as he happily offers his hand to Ren. [color=668570]‘I’m Joshua of Justroad City! Don’t worry, you’re not disturbing. In fact, you coming over to talk just made my day!’[/color] The dark-green haired boy said happily. He then gave Ewan a little glare of “say something~!” before looking back to Ren with the same happiness. Ewan noticed, maintaining calm, and then looked to Ren.

[color=decdad]‘I’m Ewan, also from Justroad. The Master-Rank Contests take place there, and Joshua’s been influenced by them since birth.’[/color] No mention of how Ewan managed to avoid it. [color=decdad]‘Are you interested in contests?’[/color] He asked about what Joshua had just automatically assumed.

Meanwhile, Pikachu was totally trying to instigate playing with Shyn, excitedly jumping about and generating lots of static electricity.

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[@Pyromaniacwolf]

Lucian headed down into the forest, following Houndour. The two led themselves down from the glowing parts of the Outer Woods into the deeper parts, where vegetation started growing tighter, the area grew darker as more trees blocked sunlight from above and the sounds of life died down yet the stares of countless little predators still could make themselves be known through the woods. This was the next area of Infested Woods.

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Houndour could track the scent, and followed a path. For this particular path, it seemed like Lucian was remarkably unopposed for whatever reason, though small sounds could be heard here and there, wind gripping at the tops of the trees while he had to manouver tight areas in the woods to reach their destination. There was a while of walking, one could almost start wondering if this trial was actually going to lead anywhere or if it just went on forever. However, eventually, Houndour reached a tree, where…

[color=bd4a63]‘Ven!’[/color] A 40 centimeter tall bug suddenly jumped down at Houndour, intending on getting an attack in before a fight had even broken out. Houndour would be able to avoid the bite (which the GM supposes counts as a Poison Sting attack for now), but the bug clearly was asking for a fight.

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[center][color=6ecff6][i]Pokédex Entry #543 – Venipede, the Centipede Pokémon. It senses its surroundings using feelers on its head and tail through vibrations in the air. It is extremely aggressive, and its bite contains a powerful poison that can paralyze even large birds. [/i][/color][/center]

… And it wasn’t alone. There were four more Venipede’s jumping down from the tree, glaring at Houndour and Lucian, as if indicating that they definitely had wandered into the wrong neighborhood. These bugs were the source of the other poisonous smell that Houndour had picked up on. Now it was up to Lucian if this interested him.