[@Joshua Tamashii] [color=d4b6a1]‘Quite a while, yes. I knew him even before his more difficult years, albeit I wasn’t close to him until after he’d already cleared his name. Say 20 or so years, I was already a veteran and he had a rapid ascent to stardom…’[/color] Dorian reminanced a bit about the Elite Four member. The older trainer then watched as Amelia considered what she’d been told and released her Pokémon from their Pokéballs, patting the large, excited dog next to him all the while. When she spoke, he got a satisfied little smile, and nodded his head in turn to her. [color=d4b6a1]‘You’re very welcome, young Amelia. Do feel free to return again whenever you feel the need for the words of an elder. Now, then, if that was all, I believe Stoutland here would like his walk.’[/color] [color=b88456]‘Stoutland!’[/color] So Dorian said as he stood up once again, despite already having been out with Snorlax, in order to go take a walk with Stoutland. Care for Pokémon does take a decent amount of time. In any case. If Amelia had anything further to say to him, she could. Otherwise, here’s Pureplain City. [hider=Pureplain City][center][url=http://i.imgur.com/90QlLSx.jpg][img]http://i.imgur.com/V8jzaJE.jpg[/img][/url][/center] Pureplain City is placed on the south-west brink of Isson, with the town facing the water and spreading quite far. The further in-town you go, the higher the buildings become, but the suburbs spread quite far. In terms of sheer landmass, it might even compete with Worldedge City, although maybe not in height. Life passes normally within this city. Children grow up alongside their parents in houses in the long, friendly streets. Jobs come from the depths of the town in the taller buildings. Schools grow from the reasonably high amount of children in need of tuition. And of course, there are lots of Pokémon. In Pureplain City, human and Pokémon work together. Be it for manual labour or just for company, Pureplain houses often contain at least one household Pokémon and there are many Trainer's Schools around the city have always been plentifully attended, not counting the recent drop of embarking trainers due to the Team Wars. In addition, Pureplain Harbor is known as the “Gateway of Isson”, as that’s where all the ferries from outside the region dock, giving life to quite the marketplace. A common attraction of the city is the Super Contest stage, but other than that, Pureplain remains what it has always been. Pure and plain.[/hider] [hider=Suggestions to actions]1. Find Pokémon. [i]Can still search for Pokémon in towns~[/i] 2. Talk. [i]In cities, there are considerably more people one can talk to. Specify what kind you’re looking for.[/i] 3. Exit. [i]Exit the town to any of the connected areas.[/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] 6. Notable Buildings. [i]Visit any of the facilities of the city![/i] 6.1. Pokémon Center. [i]Heal all your Pokémon.[/i] 6.2. PokéMart. [i]Go to a store and buy things.[/i] 6.3. Gym. [i]Major League, Normal-type. Leader: Dorian.[/i] 6.4. Super Contests. [i]Rank 2 / 4. Where hopefuls become idols![/i] 6.5. Trainer’s School. [i]Where young trainers study to become better. Has a little park of wild Pokémon.[/i] 6.6. Kalmia’s Lab. [i]You know you’re always welcome.[/i] 6.7. Pureplain Harbor. [i]Known as the Gateway of Isson, it has a marketplace and ferries to places.[/i] 7. Familiar Faces. [i]So, not exactly familiar, but Cyril and Basil are still in their first visit to Professor Kalmia.[/i][/hider] [i]Connected areas: [/i] Route 1. [i]Easier path, just follow the bigger road.[/i] Route 2. [i]Walk through quite an amount of suburbs until you eventually reach the path.[/i] Sea. [i]There’s water, alright. Can take you anywhere you want to go, assuming you have means to traverse it.[/i] [hider=Pureplain City, known Pokémon]Common: #16 Pidgey #52 Meowth #506 Lillipup Uncommon: Rare: #353 Shuppet (night)[/hider] __________________________ [@hatakekuro] So, some hard work putting the front yard back into order along with a dutifully working Rodger, who despite his looks appeared not to consider putting the yard back in order to be particularly much of a chore, Basil once again came to talk to Kalmia. In response to apologizing for the yard Kalmia just raised a hand and waved a bit, shaking her head a little with a smile. That aside, Basil asked to be introduced to Cyril and his friend. [color=82c6cf]‘Oh, yes! Sure, come on in!’[/color] Kalmia waved for Basil to follow as they approached the two that were practicing trading by Kalmia’s computer and station. [@Savo] [color=82c6cf]‘Basil, this is Cyril, who came here from Kalos. Cyril, this is Basil, from Worldedge City, also a trainer who has received a Pokédex from me. Be nice to each other!’[/color] [color=EF284F]‘And this is Chloe, whom I gave a Pokédex,’[/color] Jacques introduced, because he’s still here, smirking by the side. [color=fff79e]‘Yupp, hello! Nice to meet you! Hey, do you have your eyes on any particular Pokémon? Have you imagined your future team?’[/color] Chloe spun and asked Basil, a bit of a gleam in her eyes as she completely bypassed how Basil was looking to just be excited. [color=fff79e]‘Cyril was doing a plan to get us rich quick! Didn’t work yet, though,’[/color] Chloe told, as well. Anyways. Now what? Currently in Pureplain City. [hider=Pureplain City][center][url=http://i.imgur.com/90QlLSx.jpg][img]http://i.imgur.com/V8jzaJE.jpg[/img][/url][/center] Pureplain City is placed on the south-west brink of Isson, with the town facing the water and spreading quite far. The further in-town you go, the higher the buildings become, but the suburbs spread quite far. In terms of sheer landmass, it might even compete with Worldedge City, although maybe not in height. Life passes normally within this city. Children grow up alongside their parents in houses in the long, friendly streets. Jobs come from the depths of the town in the taller buildings. Schools grow from the reasonably high amount of children in need of tuition. And of course, there are lots of Pokémon. In Pureplain City, human and Pokémon work together. Be it for manual labour or just for company, Pureplain houses often contain at least one household Pokémon and there are many Trainer's Schools around the city have always been plentifully attended, not counting the recent drop of embarking trainers due to the Team Wars. In addition, Pureplain Harbor is known as the “Gateway of Isson”, as that’s where all the ferries from outside the region dock, giving life to quite the marketplace. A common attraction of the city is the Super Contest stage, but other than that, Pureplain remains what it has always been. Pure and plain.[/hider] [hider=Suggestions to actions]1. Find Pokémon. [i]Can still search for Pokémon in towns~[/i] 2. Talk. [i]In cities, there are considerably more people one can talk to. Specify what kind you’re looking for.[/i] 3. Exit. [i]Exit the town to any of the connected areas.[/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] 6. Notable Buildings. [i]Visit any of the facilities of the city![/i] 6.1. Pokémon Center. [i]Heal all your Pokémon.[/i] 6.2. PokéMart. [i]Go to a store and buy things.[/i] 6.3. Gym. [i]???[/i] 6.4. Super Contests. [i]Rank 2 / 4. Where hopefuls become idols![/i] 6.5. Trainer’s School. [i]Where young trainers study to become better. Has a little park of wild Pokémon.[/i] 6.6. Kalmia’s Lab. [i]You know you’re always welcome.[/i] 6.7. Pureplain Harbor. [i]Known as the Gateway of Isson, it has a marketplace and ferries to places.[/i] 7. Familiar Faces. [i]Kalmia, Cyril, Jacques, Rodger, Chloe, Tim & Tom… and Amelia somewhere else in the city, not that any of you know her.[/i][/hider] [i]Connected areas: [/i] Route 1. [i]Easier path, just follow the bigger road.[/i] Route 2. [i]Walk through quite an amount of suburbs until you eventually reach the path.[/i] Sea. [i]There’s water, alright. Can take you anywhere you want to go, assuming you have means to traverse it.[/i] [hider=Pureplain City, known Pokémon]Common: #16 Pidgey #52 Meowth #506 Lillipup Uncommon: Rare: #353 Shuppet (night)[/hider] __________________________ [@Gardevoiran] [color=b5e6e2]‘Hm, okay,’[/color] Vivia said with a frown about not knowing what the countermeasure is against. She looked a bit disappointed in that it was just a cave, but after that she was decently amazed by that Mesprit had apparently been communicated by magical writing on fingers, among other things. Woah. [color=b5e6e2]‘That’s a real Psychic-type, huh…’[/color] And, in Lakewatch Town, Skylar probably would need to have his Pokémon or Vivia guide him a lot, because basically all streets had a direction one could walk in to just fall off and down into water. If this place was in a real Pokémon Game, there’d be a mechanic where you jump into canoes or onto Quagsires to be ferried to different streets of the town that were completely separated by water. But, Vivia followed along with Skylar for now and… Nah, no birds. Just a lot of Woopers and Quagsires for now. Eventually, they found their way to the place they were looking for. The Explorer’s Guide Service building itself was but a small dent into a building, a door and windows full of advertisement for the service. Inside was a cozy little store-like room where lots of fliers advertised the accomplishments of several presumably employed individuals while good reviews of their services hung around like newspaper articles, the walls covered by papers, maps of Isson and the likes. By the door stood a sign with some info for a visitor. “Lakewatch residents live somewhat out of the way, meaning we need to travel to find our callings! On our travels, we have learned a lot! Here we offer our experience for you to use!” There’s also a map of Lakewatch under the message with a “Our guides live HERE!” showing small arrows pointing at various spots throughout Lakewatch Town. It was vague enough that’d it be somewhat hard to find the person based on it, but with the number of arrows and how spread it was it delivered the message that this was an honest occupation in this town. And, in the back on a chair behind a desk covered in paperwork and a strange small stone-statue of a Trapinch sat a girl staring at her mobile phone. Except, the moment Skylar came in, she quickly looked up, gained a mildly interested look and leant forward. The girl’s wearing a jacket, a hat with some adventurous-looking goggles on and a large backpack lies packed on the right of her chair. She looks like she’s basically already on a journey. [hider=her][center][url=https://i.imgur.com/vgnsN1d.jpg][img]https://i.imgur.com/VuUGUuY.jpg[/img][/url][/center] [sub][sub]That is totally a lollipop.[/sub][/sub][/hider] [color=f0b4a3]‘What’s up? Heading somewhere?’[/color] the girl asked in a casual yet sharp tone, with hints of interest as she looked over Skylar. Now, a list of the place’s services are listed to the girl’s immediate right. [hider=Services]1. Tips! Get a tip about any of the serviced areas! Small tip - 50P. Considerable tip - 200P. Masterful tip - 500P. 1.1. Wet Caverns. 1.2. Route 6, a.k.a, the Vast Plains. 1.3. Frozen Cave/Route 9. 1.4. Dragon Lake. 1.5. Mt. Strength. 1.6. Mt. Chill. 1.7. Route 7, a.k.a, the Desert Eye. [s]1.8. Endless Forest.[/s] [i]”Tips” don’t help in Endless Forest.[/i] 1.9. Anywhere else! Name a place, and we’ll see what we can do! 2. Maps/guidebooks! To ensure you’ll never feel lost on your own! 2.1. Wet Caverns. [i]Shows paths and water-ways.[/i] 300P. 2.2. Route 6, aka, the Vast Plains. [i]Habitat guidebook.[/i] 500P. 2.3. Frozen Cave/Route 9. [i]Maps and survival tips.[/i] 500P. 2.4. Dragon Lake. [i]Habitat guidebook.[/i] 700P. 2.5. Mt. Strength. [i]Maps.[/i] 1000P. 2.6. Mt. Chill. [i]Maps and suggestions.[/i] 1000P. 2.7. Route 7, aka, the Desert Eye. [i]Maps, and guide to finding the Oasis.[/i] 1000P. [s]2.8. Endless Forest.[/s] [i]Any attempt at making a map or guidebook to Endless Forest is doomed to fail. We have hundreds of attempts, feel free to take one for free.[/i] 2.9. Anywhere else! Name a place, and we’ll see what we can do! - Price varies. 3. Hire a guide! To accompany you and help out with your needs in said area! - 2900P. 3.1. Wet Caverns. 3.2. Route 6, a.k.a, the Endless Plains. 3.3. Frozen Cave/Route 9. 3.4. Dragon Lake. 3.5. Mt. Strength. 3.6. Mt. Chill. 3.7. Route 7, a.k.a, the Desert Eye. [s]3.8. Endless Forest.[/s] [i]Service discontinued due to complaints of getting lost despite having a guide.[/i] 3.9. Anywhere else! Name a place, and we’ll see what we can do![/hider] And in case they left to do anything else… [hider=Lakewatch Town][center][h2]Lakewatch Town[/h2] [url=http://i.imgur.com/DChhkfk.jpg][img]http://i.imgur.com/QQcVLfQ.jpg[/img][/url][/center] As one looks upon Lakewatch, it is clear it was once built by the side of the water. Yet, over time, Dragon Lake has actually increased in volume, the water-level rising and swallowing the town. Then the natural conclusion would be to move the town back, follow the water-level, and rebuild at the new shore, right? That, does not appear to have been the thought that went through the minds of the designers of this Town, which is essentially placed out in the water on top of older buildings, the streets of the town flooded in water and to get around one has to make use of their many canoes or get on the back of a Pokémon. The town of Lakewatch rises fairly high for its size, and vegetation grows pretty freely around the buildings. Most buildings and streets have white floating cobblestone to walk on either side of the streets, with a river of water flowing in the middle. People here are highly accustomed to this, and the streets are constantly bustling with people heading back and forth, as well as people actually gliding down from the higher buildings from the roofs above using strange little paragliders. It appears people live in the higher floors, while business takes place on ground/water-level. There are canoes basically everywhere that anyone’s free to borrow, townspeople commonly jumping down on a canoe, using the force of the jump to drift it to the other side and then simply jump off. Now, anyone could hear from the name that Lakewatch Town is the town that basically rules the Dragon Lake. The Lakewatchers are a group of people that regularly patrol the waters, and become friends with the dragons that live there. Tours by the Lakewatchers are the primary tourist attraction of the place, along with the fish that is procured from the same lake, and guides are trained to show the way in any surrounding areas. Their boats are also those who trade with the western side through Highhill, keeping the place alive and busy. Plus, there’s always the rumors of treasure or otherwise hiding deep in Flooded Lakewatch, and Descent Tower looms in the middle of town for those hoping to explore… but who really knows? It’s a nice and different place, definitely.[/hider] So, what will they do here? [hider=Suggestions to actions]1. Find Pokémon. [i]There’s plenty of water here. Could be any number of Water Pokémon in the different rivers through town.[/i] 2. Talk. [i]In cities, there are considerably more people one can talk to. Talking can give you info on local rumors and such.[/i] 3. Exit. [i]Exit the town to any of the connected areas.[/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] 6. Notable Buildings. [i]Visit any of the facilities of the city![/i] 6.1. Pokémon Center. [i]Heal all your Pokémon.[/i] 6.2. PokéMart. [i]Go to a store and buy things.[/i] 6.3. Pokémon Gym. [i]???[/i] 6.4. Lakewatcher Base. [i]From where Lakewatchers embark to patrol Dragon Lake.[/i] 6.5. Lakewatch Docks. [i]For getting tours of Dragon Lake, just taking a ferry or fishing![/i] 6.6. Explorer’s Guide Service. [i]With all these strange places around, Lakewatch offers guides to the surrounding areas![/i] 6.7. Descent Tower. [i]A tower in the middle of town, with stairs down to Flooded Lakewatch. Come prepared for the underwater.[/i] 6.8. Back Alleys. [i]… What? Lakewatch has a darker section? What are you talking about?[/i][/hider] [i]Connected areas: [/i] Wet Caverns. [i]Water-filled caverns that are located to the east. There’s a small hill to climb to get to the entrance.[/i] Route 5. [i]The main exit of Lakewatch, leading to a grassy incline connecting mountains, forests and plains.[/i] Route 14. [i]The waters of Dragon Lake are also known as Route 14. It connects Lakewatch Town, Highhill Town and Stillwood Village.[/i] [hider=Known Pokémon][i]In Town[/i] Common: #194 Wooper #195 Quagsire [i]Waters outside[/i] Common: #60 Poliwag Uncommon: #318 Carvanha #535 Tympole Rare:[/hider] __________________________ [@Rune_Alchemist] [@Eklispe] [color=8a685f]‘… Then why did he send you to me?’[/color] Dunstan asked, sounding positively lamenting about it. Still, the next question… [color=8a685f]‘The World Library in Worldedge City has my personal backing. Rainrock Library is a decent collection of information, as well, with a lot more local information. As for reading… “Collected Legends of Sinnoh” covers the creation myth pretty well. They got some connection to it over there. There was also an event there some time ago in Sinnoh, detailed in Rowan’s “The Team Galactic Incident, Detailed Report”... and a more biased version from a Team Galactic member in “Galactic Conquest”, that gives a very different individual’s viewpoint if you can stomach the cringe.’[/color] And, well, that's basically it for answers to those particular questions. [hider=Raremine Town][center][h2]Raremine Town[/h2] [url=https://i.imgur.com/saVwpPm.jpg][img]https://i.imgur.com/rhaACBx.png[/img][/url][/center] [right][sub][sub][sub]no cat-eared girls here, sorry[/sub][/sub][/sub][/right] Raremine Town is a moderately large, bright town on the edge of the only desert in Isson. By some twist, the largest mineral deposits in the land is located right under the desert, making it an attractive place to build mines. From that, Raremine Town naturally sprung into being as a merchant town on the edge of habitability from where the mineral could then be delivered to the rest of Isson. The temperature is hot, sun blazing down on this land where plains slowly become desert, the atmosphere dry and unfriendly… yet, life and trees blossoms among the buildings of Raremine Town. The ground is still the grass from the Vast Plains, with buildings on top of them. The modern houses stand tall with plenty of architectural skill put into them, tools for building and living sold inside the houses. Everywhere, one can see workers walking about, but they’re happy workers, with their families living close at hand in the town and with the finest equipment available. Oh, and of course, plenty of Pokémon that assist with the finding of ores and such! The trees, which appear to have been planted and grown all over town by the residents themselves, gives plenty of homes for local Pokémon to live.[/hider] [hider=Suggestions to actions, Raremine Town]1. Find Pokémon. [i]Can still search for Pokémon in cities~[/i] 2. Talk. [i]In cities, there are considerably more people one can talk to. Talking can give you info on local rumors and such.[/i] 3. Exit. [i]Exit the town to any of the connected areas.[/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] 6. Notable Places. [i]Visit any of the places in the city![/i] 6.1. Pokémon Center. [i]Heal all your Pokémon.[/i] 6.2. PokéMart. [i]Go to a store and buy things.[/i] 6.3. Pokémon Gym. [i]Kristy’s Minor-League Ground-type “Gym”.[/i] 6.4. Desert Miner’s Hangout. [i]The workers of the Desert Mine live around here. They can give tips about the desert![/i] 6.5. Research Lab. [i]For archaeologists, those who want to talk to Dunstan and those who want to resurrect fossils.[/i] 6.6. Stone Store. [i]Where all the stones of the Desert Mines or Frozen Cave eventually end up! Lots of evolutionary and other kinds of stones![/i] 6.7. Bug Garden. [i]A garden within which bugs thrive. Vivillons can be hired here for tracking down the Mythic Oasis![/i] 6.8. Warehouses. [i]Because the things they mine here needs somewhere to be stored. This includes Ancient Pokémon, apparently, as some of the warehouses are pens.[/i] 7. Familiar Faces; Claire and Dawkin. Alec, Dunstan, Florrie. [i]You’re in the same town.[/i] 8. Commotion. [i]There seems to be a search going on. Want to partake for some reason?[/i][/hider] [i]Connected areas: [/i] Route 6. [i]The Vast Plains open up to the north of Raremine. The shorter paths lead to Route 8 and 16, while west far enough leads to Lakewatch Town.[/i] Route 7. [i]The single rocky desert of Isson, it connects to the Desert Mines, the Old Tombs and to the Mythic Oasis.[/i] [hider=Raremine Town, known Pokémon]Common: #290 Nincada #529 Drilbur #664 Scatterbug Uncommon: Rare: [/hider]