[center][img]https://fontmeme.com/permalink/200122/e953ebd7baa8b50eccbebc557e8aa65b.png[/img] [@PlatinumSkink] [hider=Inventory] Items: Key Items: Pokedex, Umbrella, Mandolin, Sketch pad and Graphite Pencils sketch of mirror (probably useless) Old Rod, Forearm Guard (Bracer), Dragon Chew Toy, Swanna Pail, Fruit Basket, General: 6x Potion, 5 Super Potions, 4 Great Balls, 12 Pokeballs, 3 antidotes, 3 paralyze heals, Red Scarf, Blue Scarf, Fighting Gem, Rock Incense, Repel, Ability Capsule, Moon Stone, Black Belt (Equipped), Fire Potion, 2 Berry Smoothies, 2 Berry Gummies, 2 Berry Bars, 2 Berry Poké Puffs, Rare Candy TMs: TM57 Charge Beam, TM89 U-Turn Badges: Shrine Badge Pokédollars: 19,585 [/hider] [hider=Roster] [hider=Cecil] [img]https://i.imgur.com/NDqzgVS.png[/img] [b]Pokémon Name:[/b] Cecil [b]Species:[/b] Darumaka [b]Gender:[/b] ♀ [b]Type:[/b] Fire [b]Personality:[/b] A jolly, over confident creature that will sass the hell out of people and demands cuddles. Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other: It tries to mimic Basil drawing, but all that it makes are just scribbles and blobs. Also likes marmalade sandwiches. Her goal is absolute domination on the battlefield and help Basil out of his shell. [b]Level:[/b] 15 [b]Moves:[/b] Rollout, Tackle, Incinerate, Rage, Fire Fang, Headbutt [b]Ability:[/b] Hustle [b]Held Item:[/b] None [b]Health & Status:[/b] 20% [/hider] [hider=Crocus] [img]http://i.imgur.com/gNHbSqv.png[/img] [b]Pokémon Name:[/b] Crocus [b]Species:[/b] Bulbasaur [b]Gender:[/b] ♂ [b]Type:[/b] Grass/Poison [b]Personality:[/b] Crocus is a curious, friendly creature. A bit too friendly and trusting for its own good. Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other: His goal is to be an adventurer and go where no Bulbasaur has gone before! Smells like freshly cut grass. [b]Level:[/b] 15 [b]Moves:[/b]Tackle, Growl, Leech Seed, Vine Whip, Sleep Powder, Poison Powder, Take Down [b]Ability:[/b] Overgrow. Boosts power of Grass-type moves when heavily damaged. [b]Held Item:[/b] None [b]Health & Status:[/b] 100% [/hider] [hider=Glory] [center][url=https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/4/44/701Hawlucha.png][img]https://i.imgur.com/Nn2dmpj.png[/img][/url][/center] [b]Gender[/b]: ♂ [b]Type[/b]: Fighting/Flying [b]Personality[/b]: (Up to player.) [b]Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other[/b]: (Up to player.) [b]Level[/b]: 17 [b]Moves[/b]: Detect, Tackle, Hone Claws, Karate Chop, Wing Attack, Roost, Aerial Ace [b]Ability[/b]: Limber. Cannot be paralyzed. [b]Held Item[/b]: Black Belt Health & Status: 100% [/hider] [hider=Stella] [center][url=https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Gothita_(Pok%C3%A9mon)][img]https://i.imgur.com/jdvUXq8.png[/img][/url][/center] [b]Pokémon Name:[/b] [b]Gender[/b]: ♀ [b]Type[/b]: Psychic [b]Personality[/b]: (Not entirely up to player.) [b]Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other[/b]: (Not entirely up to player.) [b]Level[/b]: 74 [b]Moves[/b]: Pound, Confusion, Tickle, Play Nice, Fake Tears, Double Slap, Psybeam, Embargo, Feint Attack, Psyshock, Flatter, Future Sight, Heal Block, Psychic, Telekinesis, Charm, Magic Room. [b]Ability[/b]: Shadow Tag. By standing on a target’s shadow, this Pokémon prevents the target's escape. [b]Held Item[/b]: None. [b]Health & Status:[/b] 100% [/hider] [hider=Volta] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/JsbO8XE.png[/img][/center] [b]Gender[/b]: ♂ [b]Type[/b]: Electric/Poison [b]Personality[/b]: (Up to player.) [b]Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other[/b]: (Up to player.) [b]Level[/b]: 1 [b]Moves[/b]: Belch, Tearful Look, Nuzzle, Growl, Flail, Acid [b]Ability[/b]: Rattled. Raises speed if hit by a Bug, Ghost or Dark-type attack, or if Intimidated. [b]Held Item[/b]: None. [/hider] [hider=Soren] [center][url=https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Deino_(Pok%C3%A9mon)][img]https://i.imgur.com/CSpMFle.png[/img][/url][/center] [b]Gender[/b]: ♂ [b]Type[/b]: Dark/Dragon [b]Personality[/b]: (Up to player.) [b]Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other[/b]: (Up to player.) [b]Level[/b]: 9 [b]Moves[/b]: Tackle, Dragon Rage, Focus Energy, Bite [b]Ability[/b]: Hustle. Pokémon’s attacks are more powerful, in exchange for accuracy. [b]Held Item[/b]: [b]Health & Status:[/b] 100% [/hider] [/hider] [/center] The people in this town really had no sense of urgency, did they? Basil hung up after finishing his call with Kalmia and sighed, returning Glory to his Pokeball for a well-deserved rest. This was definitely not on his bingo card of thing he expected to happen, but there he was. All he could do now was wait. However, a look of realization spread along his face as he looked around for Stella. [color=8493ca]"Stella? Hey, you can come out now! Where are you?"[/color] He called out, turning around frantically as he tried to catch any sight of the little psychic-type. As Basil called out her name, Stella stepped out from behind one of the village buildings. She skipped over to Basil; her eyes fixated on him. There was a slight twinkle of amazement in them. The young noble heaved a heavy sigh of relief and knelt down next to his little admirer. [color=8493ca]"Jeez, don't run off on me like that ever again, okay? I was so worried about you."[/color] He chastised firmly though it turned into a smile as he gently patted her head. [color=8493ca]"I told you, right? I won't let anything happen to you."[/color] He heard rustling of leaves from above followed by a shadow looming over him and it was growing bigger. Looking up Basil saw something big hurtling towards the ground and with a shout of surprise he scooped Stella and jumped back as some big flower creature crashed into the ground. A look of shock and awe was etched on his face. Did this thing eat an Abundance Berry or something? [color=8493ca]"What the hell is [i]that?[/i]"[/color] He muttered to himself as he pulled out his Pokedex. Yeah, it looked like the Pokemon in the picture except it easily towered over normal specimens. Then a voice called out from above the creature, presumably its owner, a little boy with teal hair with an aura of woodsy fairy tale whimsy. Before he could even ask who the child was the village spectators conveniently mentioned that he was the gym leader. [i][color=8493ca]The gym leader? Who called him? Why is he protecting me?[/color][/i] Basil thought to himself though his train of thought was interrupted by the sight of his travelling companion rushing to the scene. She certainly did not look very happy with being left out of the loop. [color=8493ca]"Uh, hi Anise."[/color] Basil smiled awkwardly at her knowing that he had a lot of explaining to do. [color=8493ca]"Remember that over-leveled Pokemon I caught? This is her,"[/color] he said while holding Stella a little higher. His smile curled to a frown as he set Stella back down. Anger still simmered behind his yellow eyes. [color=8493ca]"It turns out that she was running away because she was being used as a lab rat and I found one of the people responsible. Things happened and I requested Professor Kalmia and the Elite Four member Jacques to meet us here and now the gym leader is here. I'll- I'll explain when they get here."[/color] From the corner of his eye Basil noticed that the policewoman he encountered earlier. Well, it was fair that someone would have called her since he declared that the those who watched the battle were eyewitnesses to a crime. His eyes were torn away when his Pokedex alerted him with a beep, and he curiously checked it though he was even more confused than before. [color=8493ca][i]Level 57? But it was much higher a moment ago? Is the Pokedex bugging out?[/i][/color] After a long time of waiting, a very familiar dinosaur descended into the village with a very flashy gentleman standing perfectly straight as if to defy gravity. [color=8493ca]"My apologies for dragging you all the way out here on such short notice."[/color] And there was the professor who was less than graceful in her attempt to get off the Aerodactyl though she eventually managed it. [color=8493ca]"Professor, thank you for coming. I, uh, -"[/color] He stopped when he realized that there was a third person getting off the fossil Pokemon, a woman with a Seviper. However, he focused back onto the topic at hand. He took a deep breath and said, [color=8493ca]"I uncovered an unknown organization artificially strengthening Pokemon via experimentation."[/color] [color=8493ca]"Sorry, uh, let me start from the top. This is Stella, I caught her in Lakewatch Town, or to be more accurate, she decided to join me."[/color] He motioned his hand down towards the little doll eyed psychic-type standing by his side. [color=8493ca] Little did I know that she was level 74 and that it decided to join me so it could use me as her getaway. A group of people were looking for her and I decided to book it to here while they were still unaware of what happened because, well, I thought it was a dangerous situation."[/color] Basil then raised his hand slightly towards his redheaded companion. [color=8493ca]"I met up with Anise here as originally planned and, on her suggestion, I went to the police and clumsily gathered clues. Yeah, er, sorry about that by the way ma'am."[/color] He gave the officer a sheepish, apologetic smile before he continued. [color=8493ca]"What I found out was that Stella was the daughter of a famous Gothitelle back home in Worldedge and then I asked her some questions. I had her draw out her responses."[/color] Basil slid his backpack down his shoulders and pulled out his sketchbook to show Kalmia, Jacques, and whoever else was participating in the conversation the drawings that Stella provided during their information game. [color=8493ca]"While the drawings are crude, they do detail an account of being experimented upon to which I was able to confirm very quickly unfortunately."[/color] He slid his sketchbook back into his bag as he continued to recount his long tale. [color=8493ca]"After asking around for recommendations for places to train, by chance I asked a man who wanted payment for information after the fact. When I asked what he wanted, he decided that his reward would to be my help to find Stella unaware that I was her trainer. Stupidly I confronted him, and he didn't try to deny the accusations of experiments performed on her; he threatened me instead to hand her over or else I wouldn't like the outcome. I didn't and he challenged me to a battle and well, also stupidly I accepted."[/color] Basil gestured to the very tired Espurr sitting on the ground while they spoke. [color=8493ca]"That Espurr was his Pokemon and it was even stronger than Stella. I realized that it was enhanced just like her and a battle turned into a rescue mission. I was able to wrest its Pokeball away from him thanks to my Hawlucha and we were able to convince it to fight back against its trainer. Well, uh, it atomized its Pokeball and he ran away. [/color] His eyes fell upon the spot where the Pokeball ceased to be. [color=8493ca]"I decided not to give chase because I don't know my way around the village, and my priority was to make sure that Espurr was okay."[/color] There was still that feeling simmering in him, that anger that drove him into this situation. Knowing that there were people that still treated Pokemon like this after everything that had happened in Isson sickened him. [color=8493ca]"I can't tell you who the group is or their motives, but there are only a few things that I know for certain. It's a really weird coincidence that the two enhanced Pokemon I stumbled upon are first stage psychic-types and it's even weirder that there is a group with the resources to do this covertly until now. They're probably getting help, which means they have powerful allies and traitors to Isson."[/color] For some reason Basil started to feel a bit self-conscious. He was talking so much, sharing his own overblown opinions, and there were so many eyes focused on him. [color=8493ca]"So, uh, that's why I called you all. I figured it's better than keeping it to myself and have people that could do something behind the scenes. Um, the crowd, or whoever is still here, can corroborate what transpired during the battle and give a description of the criminal, which I will be happy to provide as well."[/color] Basil cleared his throat as if to try and clear away whatever anxiety he was feeling right now. [color=8493ca]"Also, I was hoping that one of you could take care of Espurr. I think it would do it some good to live quietly and rehabilitate. Actually..."[/color] Basil pulled out his Pokedex and held it out [color=8493ca]"Professor Kalmia could you check this out? My Pokedex alerted me to something strange; Espurr's level dropped from 82 to 57 since the battle. I didn't even know that was possible. Is it bugged?"[/color]