[center][h1][color=F27357][i]Nils[/i][/color][/h1][color=#2E2C2C]_[/color][color=#3B302E]_[/color][color=#483531]_[/color][color=#553A34]_[/color][color=#623E37]_[/color][color=#6F433A]_[/color][color=#7C483D]_[/color][color=#894D40]_[/color][color=#965142]_[/color][color=#A35645]_[/color][color=#B05B48]_[/color][color=#BD604B]_[/color][color=#CA644E]_[/color][color=#D76951]_[/color][color=#E46E54]_[/color][color=#F17356]_[/color][color=#E46E54]_[/color][color=#D76951]_[/color][color=#CA644E]_[/color][color=#BD604B]_[/color][color=#B05B48]_[/color][color=#A35645]_[/color][color=#965142]_[/color][color=#894D40]_[/color][color=#7C483D]_[/color][color=#6F433A]_[/color][color=#623E37]_[/color][color=#553A34]_[/color][color=#483531]_[/color][color=#3B302E]_[/color] [sub][url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5600237][color=C0C0C0][ cs ][/color][/url][/sub] [hider=Inventory][b]3250p[/b] Pokeballs [color=C0C0C0]x10[/color] Smokeball [color=C0C0C0]x1[/color] Potions [color=C0C0C0]x2[/color] Antidote [color=C0C0C0]x1[/color] Paralyze Heal [color=C0C0C0]x1[/color] [b]Key Items:[/b] Camping Supplies Dudley's Business Card [indent][/indent] [/hider][hider=Pokemon][center][table=bordered][row][/row][row][cell][img]https://i.imgur.com/dHSF0IY.png[/img] [b][u]Tors[/u][/b] Species: Mudbray ♂ Type: Ground Level: 7 Status: [color=00C728]Healthy[/color] Ability: [abbr=Boosts the Defense stat when the Pokémon is hit by an attack]Stamina[/abbr] Moves: [i]Mudslide[/i], Rock Smash, Iron Defense, Smack Down* Held Item: --[/cell][cell][img]https://i.imgur.com/zk36tW1.png[/img] [b][u]Rau[/u][/b] Species: A-Rattata ♂ Type: Dark/Normal Level: 6 Status: [color=00C728]Healthy[/color] Ability: [abbr=Boosts the Pokémon's Attack stat but lowers its accuracy]Hustle[/abbr] Moves: Tackle, Tail Whip, Quick Attack Held Item: --[/cell][cell][img]https://i.imgur.com/11Z93yO.png[/img] [b][u]Fara[/u][/b] Species: Aron ♀ Type: Steel/Rock Level: 5 Status: [color=00C728]Healthy[/color] Ability: [abbr=The Pokémon cannot be knocked out by a single hit as long as its HP is full. One-hit KO moves will also fail to knock it out]Sturdy[/abbr] Moves: Tackle, Harden, Metal Claw Held Item: --[/cell][/row][row][cell][img]https://i.imgur.com/nDnYzKr.png[/img] ( TBD ) Species: E-Igglybuff ♂ Type: Fire/Fairy Level: 5 Status: [color=00C728]Healthy[/color] Ability: [abbr=Turns Normal-type moves into Fire-type moves and increases their power by 30%]Combustion[/abbr] Moves: Poison Gas, Echoed Voice, Ember, Defense Curl Held Item: --[/cell][cell][img]https://i.imgur.com/yRhfL93.png[/img] [indent][/indent] Species: -- Type: -- Level: -- Status: -- Ability: -- Moves: -- Held Item: -- [color=2E2C2C]placeholder text so that table looks nice[/color][/cell][cell][img]https://i.imgur.com/yRhfL93.png[/img] [indent][/indent] Species: -- Type: -- Level: -- Status: -- Ability: -- Moves: -- Held Item: -- [color=2E2C2C]placeholder text so that table looks nice[/color][/cell][/row][/table][hider=In the PC]None yet.[/hider] [/center][/hider] [color=F27357][b]Location[/b]:[/color] Route 4[/center][hr] Given that the group wasn't on a time constraint, they stopped by the Pokemart on their way out of the city. Nils had perused the wares at a leisurely pace as he thought about what he might need for the road ahead. He still had pokeballs, but since catching pokemon to record data and sending them back to Professor Kapoc was technically the task of his assistants, it would probably be a good idea to make sure he had plenty on hand. He definitely wanted potions in case they ran into trouble and didn't have easy access to a pokemon center, and as for anything else... well, after seeing Sir Lopsalot suffering from being poisoned earlier, Nils didn't want any of his pokemon to go through the same thing if he could help it - so at least one antidote. And... why not another status cleanser for good measure? [b][ Purchase: Pokeball x3, Potion x2, Antidote x1, Paralyze Heal x1 ][/b] [b][ -1500p ][/b] That was probably good for now, at least until Nils could get a real sense of how the adventure was going to go. It was his first time being this far from home after all; long distance traveling was going to be a new experience. One that he was excited for, yes, but hard to know what to buy or bring since he'd never done it before. But he was feeling pretty good about it, and still had a decent amount of money left over too. It was more than could be said about Clarissa on both accounts, and more than once Nils had given her a sympathetic smile when it looked like she was worrying too much over her purchase of a fishing rod. Fishing was fun! He was planning to do some himself before settling in for the night, if they ended up close to water. Of course he was also planning just to make a rod himself, but it wasn't like a professionally made one was a bad buy. For now though, Route 4. It was nice; the rolling hills, the river streaked fields, the warm sun. The weather made for a pleasant trek so far as the group continued moving through the area. He did find himself laughing lightly at Valerian's description of the route. Nils cast his gaze over everything, from the terrain to the wild pokemon... and eventually slowed his pace from the others. [color=F27357]"I'm gonna do some battling I think, see what the pokemon around here are all about,"[/color] Nils told the rest of the group. [color=F27357]"Don't wait up for me, I'll catch back up soon."[/color] [b][ Train Pokemon ][/b] And so while the others continued on the main path, Nils made a detour down a shallow embankment, drawing a pokeball from his pocket. It shouldn't take long, right? A couple of battles each for his team, and then he'd meet back up with Amelia, Clarissa, and Valerian again. As the training got underway, a problem quickly became apparent to Nils: out of the four pokemon he currently had, three of them were weak to water. That meant that most of the team had to avoid the brook and its water-type pokemon. Those pokemon were left to Rau to deal with, while the rest took on the rock and normal-types. They weren't at it for too long since Nils didn't want to be left behind by the rest of the group, but just long enough that he could start getting a feel for battling with the Aron and Igglybuff while also continuing to toughen up the Mudbray and Rattata. During the battling Nils considered what to do shore up his current roster's weakness. He wasn't the type that wanted to fill up all six slots as soon as possible, but... a grass or electric type would be good to add, and sooner than later. Maybe both at once, if there was a pokemon like that out there? Otherwise he didn't think it would be too difficult to at least find a grass-type either out there in the field or in the forest ahead once they got there. As much as Nils may have wanted to let all of his pokemon walk around on the route with him following their little training session, he knew it would be too chaotic. For now, Tors was the lucky member of the team to remain outside of his ball as pokemon and trainer climbed up the little hill and returned to the road. He held his hand up to shield his eyes from the sun, but found no trace of his new friends. [color=F27357]"Can't have gotten that far though, right Tors?"[/color] Nils said, to which the mudbray replied, "Muu." They started off after the group, though the first thing that caught Nils' eye was the tips of the nearby ruins as it gradually came into view. He hadn't really been a history nerd growing up, but in recent years his interest had grown. He was sure checking them out would at least be a little neat even if they weren't related to what he was looking for. Maybe he had time for another detour... Which is when he [i]heard[/i] people ahead of him. They must have been just a little past the ruins, or maybe next to them, but either way the very loud cry of a Phantump followed by a girl's shriek was impossible to mistake. Even if Nils hadn't think it was Amelia's partner that had shouted, he still would have investigated - and so he took off towards the source of the noise with Tors on his heels. When he arrived, skidding to a halt beside the trainers, he came upon a scene of an unfamiliar girl on the ground and an unfamiliar boy standing nearby, both with pokemon out in battle stances. Clarissa, Valerian, and Amelia were there too, along with the latter's Phantump. ...was a battle going on, or just about to start? Nils glanced at Amelia and asked her, [color=F27357]"what's going on?"[/color] [indent][/indent] [right][@Joshua Tamashii][@Crusader Lord][@Azure Bubbles][@Goggy][@Remram][/right]