[@Eklispe][@Joshua Tamashii] Cacnea stared as Atlas came out, stared at the steel-type… Then like lifted its arms up and smiled a creepy little smile up at Dawkin. [color=68a875]‘Cacnea?’[/color] “Parley?” … It had realized it basically stood no chance of winning. However, as the cactus still wouldn’t be letting itself be captured by talking a battle still would take place if Dawkin wanted the cactus. Two headbutts would do nicely, as Cacnea was trying to Leech Seed Atlas back but it wasn’t going very well. It tried to Absorb, which would have done more damage but Atlas’ Steel-type prevented it from doing so. Atlas took a bit of damage, but ultimately could decrease the opponent’s health enough for Dawkin to throw a Pokéball. The ball impacted the cactus, and the Pokémon was taken inside the ball which then fell down on the ground. It shook once. It shook twice…! [hider=result] … It shook thrice. [i]click[/i] [center][color=6ecff6][i]Dawkin caught Cacnea![/i][/color][/center] [center][url=https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/1/12/331Cacnea.png][img]https://i.imgur.com/L79Jd3C.png[/img][/url][/center] [b]Gender[/b]: ♀ [b]Type[/b]: Grass [b]Personality[/b]: (Up to player.) [b]Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other[/b]: (Up to player.) [b]Level[/b]: 11 [b]Moves[/b]: Poison Sting, Leer, Absorb, Growth, Leech Seed [b]Ability[/b]: Water Absorb. Contact with water restores health, including water from any Water-type moves. [b]Held Item[/b]: None. Currently at about 14% health. [center][color=6ecff6][i]New Pokémon caught! Dawkin earned 1250 P![/i][/color] [color=6ecff6][i]Would you like to give a nickname to Cacnea?[/i][/color][/center] With that done, Dawkin and Amelia could continue. [i]Current Condition; Mostly Clear, slightly windy[/i] - There’s a swirl in the winds, throwing the occasional sand into the air. It might grow more intense, it might cool down. Only the future will tell. The usual sandstorm blows over the path to the Mystic Oasis… [hider=Suggestions to actions]1. Find Pokémon. [i]Can be specified what kind of Pokémon is being searched for, and how you search.[/i] 2. Train Pokémon. [i]With this command, we can jump ahead in time and skip posting about grinding.[/i] 3. Seek trainers. [i]There are miners and the occasional archaeologist around here to potentially seek out.[/i] 4. Talk. [i]They can also just be chatted to![/i] 5. Move along. [i]Move along normally, letting any events that may come happen naturally.[/i] 6. Hurry along. [i]Intentionally avoid confrontations and try to get safely to the next destination.[/i] 7. Specify. [i]If you specify what you want to do, the GM will take it into account and tell the result.[/i] 8. Trigger random event. [i]Force the GM to use his imagination to make a scenario for you.[/i] 9. Area Specific; Delve into the Sandstorm. [i]If you think you’re prepared![/i][/hider] [i]Connected areas: [/i] Raremine Town. [i]Behind you.[/i] Desert Mines. [i]What Raremine Town stands here for! These mountains are filled with dough!.[/i] Old Tombs. [i]Across the desert, an old and chilling place awaits those who wants to visit…[/i] Mystic Oasis. [i]Somewhere within that sandstorm, that is.[/i] [hider=Route 7, known Pokémon]Common: #331 Cacnea #551 Sandile #554 Darumaka Uncommon: Rare: [/hider][/hider] Amelia wouldn't be getting any more information than was described from the previous post from here. Though, she could very clearly tell where the tombs they were seeking were located. __________________________ [@Rune_Alchemist] Zeal was evolved, and ready to show off his new moves…! Unfortunately, Whimsicott is a frickin’ speed demon, flying forth at a magnificent pace and got off Stun Spore before Zeal had gotten off his taunt, paralyzing him. Then, it became a Gust VS Ember battle between two basically equal Pokémon, both recently evolved, Zeal’s lower Special Defense countered by that Whimsicott lacked a Flying-type. However, paralyzation kept Zeal from acting out first and halted his movement at one point, resulting in that Whimsicott won the overall battle. Zeal fainted. Ralia came out. Whimsicott was still taunted, so it went for Mega Drain. First it hit, healing itself somewhat before Ralia could get her Double Team up. Next move, Whimsicott targeted the wrong clone, so Ralia got off a Confusion. Whimsicott located the correct Ralia, and hit with a Mega Drain, but then Ralia teleported and Whimsicott had no idea where she went. It made a futile attempt to keep Mega Draining but couldn’t find the real one before being Confusioned to defeat. [center][color=6ecff6][i]Ralia grew to level 15![/i][/color][/center] Against Lombre, Ritz came out. On average, Lombre’s Bubble is its most powerful move, so Daisy set to spamming that. However, that unwittingly played against Ritz excellent Special Defense, meaning he was free to set up his barriers with ease. After that, Lombre did frustratingly little damage, and Ritz Comet Punched Lombre on and on, and Ritz got lucky in the number of punches he delivered. Ultimately, while it damaged Ritz heavily, he took down Lombre on his own. [center][color=6ecff6][i]Claire is victorious! Claire gained 356P![/i][/color][/center] [color=4bab7b]‘Oh, wow. I lost, but I got to see a young trainer grow stronger right before my eyes. That’s the idea of gyms, is it not? I’m strangely happy. Maybe this is my calling? … Tihi. Okay, that aside. You’re free to go on!’[/color] Daisy said, a smile on her lips. Then, after she went to heal, Butler Ramsey stood ready for her. Ritz VS Skiddo. Ritz got himself Leech Seeded and Tail Whipped, but the barriers were up. Since Razor Leaf would be laughable against a Ledyba, Skiddo went Tackling. This time Ritz didn’t quite get in as many punches using Comet Punch, most of it got healed by Leech Seed, and Ritz found himself too hurt to continue on. Claire switched to Del. Del Hardened twice as Skiddo seeded him too with Leech Seed, but then Poison Sting was far more effective than what Ritz’s Comet Punches had been, poisoning the target on the second try. While Tackle + Leech Seed took a decent chunk out of Del’s health, he still stood victorious over Skiddo. [center][color=6ecff6][i]Del grew to level 13! Del learned Focus Energy![/i][/color][/center] Del VS Leafeon. Del was still Leech Seeded, but managed to counter that by immediately stinging and poisoning Leafeon through the Sand Attack. Leech Seed plus Leafeon’s Quick Attacks meant Del would have his health depleted first, and as such Claire switched to Lure. Lure may have found her opponent frustratingly powerful, as Quick Attack was really strong, but through biting and gusting and poison Lure still managed to finish the job. Finally, Ralia VS Nuzleaf. Ramsey [sub]who knows his types better than the GM[/sub] has Nuzleaf Fake Out shoot itself up in Ralia’s face before she can Double Team, causing her to flinch and getting Nuzleaf into close combat. She still managed to Double Team after, but Nuzleaf was good at following her movements. She still got off two Disarming Voices, damaging Nuzleaf considerably, but Nuzleaf was overall the more powerful Pokémon and Ralia had to switch out. Then came Lure. Nuzleaf tried to Pound. Lure was probably immensely unimpressed and Bug Bit the heavily damaged Grass/Dark Pokémon to oblivion. [center][color=6ecff6][i]Lure grew to level 14![/i][/color][/center] [center][color=6ecff6][i]Claire is victorious! Claire gained 510P![/i][/color][/center] [color=b6aabd]‘Well done, young trainer. Come, Master Archie’s this way,’[/color] Ramsey said, bowing briefly before (after Claire got to heal) guiding Claire up the stairs… She arrived at a great platform, gazing out over a sea of trees. [hider=Here we are][center][url=https://i.imgur.com/5Aj32H4.jpg][img]https://i.imgur.com/5Aj32H4l.jpg[/img][/url][/center] The sun glares down viciously over the woodland region that is the Stillwood Forest. The trees stretch high, crowding to pick up every bit of sunlight there was. Under the treeline it was as if the sun didn’t even exist, but up here, above the trees that served as the roof of Stillwood Village, the powerful rays stung against the skin… [i]The landscape is under the effect of Harsh Sunlight![/i] Claire stood on top of another platform, larger than the one she had previously been fighting on, entirely created out of wood. Ramsey dutifully closed a hatch they had come out from, rendering the path down invisible and rendering the sunlit platform surveying the sea of trees stretching in all directions one from which there was no visible escape. Ramsey wandered to the edge of the platform… There. Movement. A young boy was playing with a number of stray Hoppips and Skiplooms. He was laughing, running… he was running on top of the trees as if it was a floor, absolute confidence he would not be falling through down towards a long drop down to Stillwood Village. As if the crowns of the trees were as reliable as the earth itself, he ran without a worry, laughing so happily, a green cape with green flowers on it blowing after the teal-haired young child… [color=b6aabd]‘Master Archie,’[/color] the butler called from a distance. The boy didn’t seem to hear him. [color=b6aabd]‘Master Archie!’[/color] the butler tried again, raising his voice as gently as he could. Here’s a room for Claire to do something spontaneous if she feels like. Or just tell the GM to move on. That works too. The boy eventually heard the butler’s calls. Waving a bit to his Pokémon friends, he dashed over, running effortlessly on top of the trees below. Finally he arrived at the platform, leaping high into the air above the edge and landing before Claire and Ramsey. He looked over her with a wide, innocent smile and eyes which felt slightly unfocused [color=2fbdb6]‘Hiii…! Oooh, you look like fire. Red and fierce like fire. I bet I’m facing a fire-type. Hahahahaha…!’[/color] So the young boy said with a tone that was a cross between excitement and a daze, starting to half-prance around Claire to get a look at her. [center][url=https://i.imgur.com/SlypTED.jpg][img]https://i.imgur.com/SlypTEDl.jpg[/img][/url][/center] [color=b6aabd]‘Young master, I will remind you of what your mother have told you about manners,’[/color] Ramsey said in a tone that one would use to a young boy that has forgotten something, walking to stand on Archie’s side of the arena. [color=2fbdb6]‘Oh, yeah.’[/color] The boy came to a stop before Claire. He did a small dramatic bow, before smiling to Claire once again, eyes still unfocused as he looked at her. [color=2fbdb6]‘I am Archie, Gym Leader of Stillwood Village! I run around in woods and stuff, places where no human other than I wanders, and there I meet some really cool Pokémon! The adults are all super-impressed, but it just comes naturally to me! Hahahahahaha…!’[/color] The young boy laughed slightly creepily as he took out a Pokéball and stumbled back from Claire. [color=2fbdb6]‘Soooo…’[/color] He smiled, a slightly disturbing smile on a far too innocent yet dazed-seeming child. [color=2fbdb6]‘Under this sun… a lot of Grass-Pokémon grow strong. My flowers bloom the mightiest under the blazing sunlight. But you look like fire, fire grows really strong too, fanned fiercely by the intense heat. Your fire, my flowers. Under this sun, which will grow the strongest? Will your fire be fumed into an intense inferno and overwhelm me? Will the sunlight be absorbed into my flowers and your fire extinguished under their weight?’[/color] Archie smiled so widely. Ramsey now stood to Archie’s immediate right. [color=2fbdb6]‘You use six Pokémon. I use three. Don’t worry about any tricky secondary types, all my Pokémon are pure Grass-types. Despite that, most newcomers never get by my first Pokémon. You’re not supposed to beat me on the first go. Learn from this battle, make up a plan, then come back and beat me, if you can. Hahahaha. Good luck~’[/color] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtXjsh3qS8I]Gym Leader Archie would like to battle![/url] [color=2fbdb6]‘GO,’[/color] Archie began, but in the middle of his exaggerated throwing motion Ramsey suddenly extremely deftly snapped the Pokéball from Archie’s hand, depositing in his pocket, and then put a new Pokéball back into Archie’s hand before Archie threw it, Ramsey now standing like nothing had happened at Archie’s side as the young Gym Leader went through with throwing the Pokéball without even a pause or seemingly noticing. [color=2fbdb6]‘LILLIGIANT!’[/color] The ball opened with a blast of light, and a form… a form took shape. Humanoid shape with a green flower dress and a beautiful flower on its head, limbs and clothes of leafs and a crown adorned in the midst of the flower, stood before Claire… except it towered above her. It was easily five meters high, more than twice the height of any normal human, probably more than thrice as high as Claire. This was not the natural size of this Pokémon. It was positively massive, beaming out and looking so happy in the blazing sun… [h2][color=90c26e]‘LILLIGANT~!’[/color][/h2] [center][url=https://i.imgur.com/lrLtxoY.png][img]https://i.imgur.com/lrLtxoY.png[/img][/url][/center] Though the Pokédex showed… [center][url=https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/2/21/549Lilligant.png][img]https://i.imgur.com/FHPV2KW.png[/img][/url][/center] [center][color=6ecff6][i]Pokédex Entry #549 – Lilligant, the Flowering Pokémon. Famed for its most beautiful flower that will wither and rot if not given constant care. It is a symbol of status to have a thriving Lilligant with a blooming flower. Despite this, it is famously the most beautiful when it blooms in the wild. The fragrance of the garland on its head has a relaxing effect.[/i][/color][/center] The flower most assuredly bloomed… [color=2fbdb6]‘Hahahahaha… The Gym Challenge… has started~!’[/color] Archie smiled knowingly on the other side of the giant Lilligant, the “Lilligiant” as Archie had called her. The next move was Claire’s. [/hider] __________________________ [@Dusksong] Oaken looked to Eryn as she spoke about lecturing her instead of her Pokémon. He didn’t reply, instead refocusing on what was happening in the battle. Skorupi missed a Knock-Off because of fear of Dei’s tail, when then the flaming tail hit Skorupi in the face. [color=606094]'SKROOOOP!'[/color] Skorupi yelled out and reversed direction, running away and back behind Oaken before tripping and rolling a few times. It did, however, get back on its feet and scramble a bit in panic. Oaken wasn’t even watching, but he crossed his arms. [color=7eab87]'Hmpf, very well. I commend your intuitive battle tactics when all odds were against you. However, as swinging the tail onto your opponent is not an actual Pokémon move, it will merely do superficial damage at best. You cannot win with that move alone. Eventually, Skorpi will get over his fears, and then the battle will be over…'[/color] So he said, but at that time the scorpion came tumbling at his side, looking rather wingly. [color=606094]'Skor… rup…'[/color] Skorupi has confused itself! It walked a couple of steps towards Dei, but then tried to Knock-Off way too early, swinging about and falling harshly onto its back over its tail, smacking its face into the asphalt. Skorpi hurt itself in its confusion! [color=7eab87]'… Ugh,'[/color] Oaken made a noise, and managed to make a neutral expression look like all of existence had collaborated to make his life nothing but pain. Skorupi scrambled to try to get back on its feet. [color=7eab87]'Knock-Off… whenever you can…'[/color] Oaken lazily waved his hand, trying to convey the rough idea of the plan. Skorupi was not entirely in a state to respond. [color=606094]'Skorup…'[/color] So, um. Eryn’s plan from here?