[@CitrusArms] Magnemite would float upwards to examine the interior of the dumpster to find.. a what? It was like some weird dark turquoise creature with big eyes, but tiny pupils. It was also very tubby and had an underbite with two canines peaking up from underneath. [hider=The trash gremlin] [center][img]https://www.serebii.net/scarletviolet/pokemon/new/446.png[/img] [i][color=6ecff6]Pokedex Entry #446-Munchlax, the Big Eater Pokemon. It needs to consume its own weight in food every day. As far as flavor is concerned, it's indifferent. [/color][/i] [/center] It looked up midway through putting some indecipherable chunk of food into its mouth at the Magnemite. [b]"Munch?"[/b] It looked at the [i]food[/i] in its hand and then at the Magnemite before hoarding it back. [b]Munch![/b] It leapt out of the dumpster and was ready to throw down. This was its turf, its food! What do you do? [/hider] [hr] [@Xaltwind] Well, this is a short and sweet little encounter. With a Pokeball thrown at the Bounsweet without taking an ounce of damage from anything, the little fruit Pokemon was absorbed into the ball and fell upon the ground though this time the ball did a weird shake in the air before it fell down. It shook once... [hider=And click?] [color=6ecff6][i][center]Evelyn caught a Bounsweet![/center][/i][/color] [center][img]https://www.serebii.net/scarletviolet/pokemon/new/761.png[/img][/center] [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] 8 [b]Moves:[/b] Play Nice, Splash, Rapid Spin [b]Ability:[/b] Oblivious [i]The Pokémon cannot be under the Attract condition, Intimidated, or be taunted, while having this ability.[/i] [b]Held Item:[/b] [b]Health and Status:[/b] Currently at full hp [color=6ecff6][i][center]New Pokémon caught! Evelynn earned 1750! Would you like to Nickname it?[/center][/i][/color] [/center] [/hider] So, after searching for this Pokemon in multiple areas, what do you do now? [hider=Suggested Actions] 1. Find Pokémon.[i]Can be specified what kind of Pokémon is being searched for, and how you search[/i] 2. Talk. [i]In cities, there are considerably more people one can talk to.[/i] 3. Exit. [i]Exit the park.[/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. Aria's Manor [i]It's open to the public. It's a good start to learn more about the park and the plants and Pokemon that live in it.[/i] [/hider] [hider=Florasong: Aria's Park] Common: #415-Combee #540-Sewaddle #829-Gossifleur Uncommon: #276-Tailow #761-Bounsweet Rare: [/hider] [hr] [@Lunarlord34] [color=ed145b]"Oh, sure! That sounds nice... and normal,"[/color] Freya responded with visible relief. She would just walk along and watch whatever antics that Steph got up to, such as picking a fight with a Growlithe. Now thankfully, Steph used an actual Pokemon instead of just throwing herself at it like the barbarian that was bordering to be. Steve, being higher leveled and having the type advantage was able to make quick work of the pup, which let Steph easily throw her last Pokeball at it. It shook once... It shook twice...! [hider=Result] [color=6ecff6][i][center]Steph caught a Growlithe![/center][/i][/color] [center][img]https://www.serebii.net/scarletviolet/pokemon/new/058.png[/img][/center] [center] [b]Gender:[/b] ♀ [b]Type:[/b] Fire [b]Personality:[/b] (Up to player.) [b]Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other:[/b] (Up to player.) [b]Level:[/b] 4 [b]Moves:[/b] Leer, Ember, Howl, [b]Ability:[/b] Intimidate [i]Upon entering battle or receiving the ability, the opponent’s Attack lowers one stage.[/i] [b]Held Item:[/b] [b]Health and Status:[/b] Currently at half HP [color=6ecff6][i][center]New Pokémon caught! Steph earned 1750! Would you like to Nickname it?[/center][/i][/color] [/center] [/hider] Your party is full. Would you like to switch out? Anyway, another quick training session where returns are beginning to dwindle and if we include Steve's previous venture... [center][i][color=6ecff6]Barra is now level 9 Steve is now level 8 Bea is now level 7 Glory is now level 9 [/color][/i][/center] Once that was completed, they would walk through the park and this time return to the typical walkway that all the other guests used. The duo would eventually stumble upon a building made from the same pale bricks that made up the fencing that surrounded the park. It had picture windows that let in so much of the natural light into the building. Outside of the building was a campus area where people of various ages wandered around, some who looked more like seasoned trainers and some that were obviously just small children barely starting to understand how type interactions work. There were outdoor facilities that looked like they were used for trainer battles though there were none at the moment. Once inside, on the contrary to the exterior of the building, it was more modern, sleeker, and definitely fed the idea that whoever funded this school was pumping a lot of money into it. A receptionist waved them over. "Hello there! How can I help you today?" What does Steph do? [hr] [@baraquiel] "Well, aren't you a cutie! Where are we going?" The man was completely oblivious to Bravos' deception! Meanwhile! [b]"...I guess we don't need to meet anyone else after all."[/b] The old man sighed and began to slowly to type on the keypad of his phone, again. Not one to waste time, Archie and company decided to walk towards a little building that was close to the Tauros enclosures. However, just as they were walking together, they would see Bravos dragging alongside a limping man. [b]"Danny? Why're you getting dragged along by this munchkin?"[/b] Neil asked with an arched brow, looking down at Bravos. "Oh, hey boss! No idea, I guess he just wanted to show me something?" Danny looked down at Archie and asked, "Who's the kid?" Neil took in a deep breath. If someone asked this question one more time, he was going to let the Torchic's use them as a scratch post. [b]"Danny, this is Archie. He wants to help with our thief problem. Archie, this is Danny, the one who got his leg smashed by a Tauros. We were about to go talk to Hurly and see the footage for last night."[/b] Danny shrugged and said, "Huh, nice to meet you kid. I'll tag along too then." So, off they went to the building. When they opened it, they found a heavy-set man sitting by several monitors. "Oh, hey there. Is someone finally taking over?" He looked down at Archie and asked, "Who's the kid?" Everyone in unison said, "This is Archie." Well, Archie had free reign to look at the tapes and question Danny. What kind of discrepancy does he wish to look for? [hr] [@Zarkun] Astrid nodded with satisfaction at Jason's observation. [color=7bcdc8]"A good answer! Is there anyone else that would like to give their perspective?"[/color] She asked to the open crowd. The flashy boy with pink hair raised his hand and when called up, calmly stated, [color=f6989d]"Each Pokemon's role was clearly defined and because of that their moves and abilities complimented each other."[/color] This answer elicited a calm smile from Astrid. [color=7bcdc8]"Would you care to explain?"[/color] The pink haired boy nodded and continued with an even-handed collectedness. [color=f6989d]"Sigrid's team was built around her Ninetails ability to generate the snow condition, which doubled their defense stats and allowed for Ninetails to use Aurora Veil, which boosted both of their defensive capabilities. Furthermore, the snow activated Sandslash's Slush Rush ability, doubling its speed. Ninetails' role was to set up weather, bolster defenses and speed while providing long range support while Sandslash is able to rush down."[/color] Sigrid nodded in approval of his assessment of her team's composition and strategy. He motioned towards the electric type-gym leader who was looking up at him curiously. [color=f6989d]"Thora's team, however, takes advantage of her Electivire's Motor Drive ability when used in tandem with her Rotom's Discharge to deal damage to the opponent as well. Her Rotom is a utility Pokemon that is meant to disrupt and reposition should her Electivire get into trouble while managing close quarters combat."[/color] Thora gave him a wide, electric grin and a vigorous thumbs up. Astrid nodded after listening to the flashy boy's explanation. [color=7bcdc8]"That is also an astute observation. You are correct that team composition and roles do play a major role in battle. Is there anyone else that cares to share what they think?"[/color] When asked, there was only silence, but the plain brown-haired boy hesitantly lifted his hand. When called upon he shakily said, [color=007236]"Luck is a major factor."[/color] [color=7bcdc8]"How so?"[/color] Astrid asked with a grin. The plain boy cleared his throat, and this time spoke up a bit more, [color=007236]"Well, when electric types moves and ice type moves are being slung around, you'd expect either side to be paralyzed or frozen, but neither happened. Even the Moonblast from Ninetail's didn't lower Rotom's special attack."[/color] [color=7bcdc8]"Right you are! Now, we all watched an exciting battle between skilled trainers that took into consideration of field advantages and carefully crafted roles that complimented their teams. However,"[/color] She paused and let the silence hang in the air for a moment. [color=7bcdc8]"They were both lucky and unlucky; should have they received a status effect then the battle would have swayed heavily into one side's favor."[/color] The grumpy orange haired boy sat there with his arms folded. [color=f26522]"I could've answered that..."[/color] Astrid took a moment to look around at her audience before leaving them with her final words. "No matter how excellent your strategy is, dumb luck is just as likely to turn the tide in your favor or against you. All you can do is be as prepared as you can and adapt. I hope you all take whatever observations with you and apply them to your own battles moving forward." What does Jason do now? [hider= Grand Glory Park: Known Pokemon] Common: #016 - Pidgey #019 – Rattata #052 – Meowth #161 - Sentret (Park Only) #519 - Pidove #580 - Ducklett (Park Only) Uncommon: #058 - Growlithe #548 - Petilil Rare: #550 - Basculin-W [/hider] [hider=Connected Areas] Route 1- North Route 4- South [/hider] [hider=Suggested Actions] 1. Find Pokémon.[i] Can still search for Pokémon in towns and cities.[/i] 2. Talk. [i]In cities, there are considerably more people one can talk to. Specify what kind you’re looking for.[/i] 3. Seek trainers. [i]There should be some trainers among those walking back and forth in the area.[/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. Area Specific. [i]Trainer’s School. Where young trainers study to become better. Fisherman's Stall. A place to get equipment to fish. Pedal Boat Stand. Rent one out to go out onto the water[/i] [/hider] [hr] [@Shazamrock] It was exactly what one would imagine ruins to be: quiet, an echo of what once existed in the past. If there was anything left to plunder from these ruins, then they would be somewhere even the archaeologists would have failed to consider looking. You did find a cool rock though, so I guess that counts for something? [center][i][color=6ecff6]Nils found a Hard Rock[/color][/i][/center] You walked around and examined the writing on the walls, strange writing that was foreign to whoever looked at them. Except, you've seen them before haven't you, Nils? The same symbols that you have seen your grandfather jot down when he thought that you were not paying attention and the way it colored your parents' tongues when they needed to speak privately away from the ears of children. But you were older now, someone just on the cusp of being a young adult. You were taught to read and write these rigid runes because these words belonged to you. However, it was too cumbersome; you were trying to understand rows upon rows texts from walls upon walls and there were words that were too strange, too esoteric for you to even understand. It was a task that would take weeks, if not months to decipher. However, you were able to gleam something from these runes; he could get a general meaning of things, such as a [i]blinding light,[/i] [i]cracks in the sky,[/i] and [i]Singularity.[/i] There was also something else, something that was supposed to be here, but the question is if he could find it; the entire place was, in no pun intended, ruins. There was a facility, a military base most likely, that had something that he could only guess to be an [i]automaton.[/i] What does Nils do now? Connected Areas: Grand Glory City Starbor Forest [hider=Suggested 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 should be some trainers among those walking back and forth in the area or some fisherman wanting a brawl.[/i] 4. Talk. [i]There’s plenty of travellers around. Maybe seek answers to any burning questions you have.[/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: Mysterious Ruins. [i]Of unknown origin, ancient markings on them.[/i] [/hider] [hider=Route 4, Known Pokemon] Common: #074-Geodude #194-Wooper #399-Bidoof #580-Ducklett Uncommon: #231-Phanphy #270-Lotad #343-Baltoy (Ruins) #562-G-Yamask (Ruins) Rare: [/hider] [hr] [@Goggy][@Azure Bubbles][@Joshua Tamashii] [color=#a32f1d]"Or maybe you just have a stick up your ass."[/color] Sabine countered. [color=#a32f1d]"It's all just ribbing. They don't have that where you're from mister fancy pants?"[/color] She teased, leaning forward with her hands on her hips. Clearly, she had no idea who Valerian was, unlike the dashing cowboy next to her. Connon squinted at the prince as he tried to place him where he last saw him. His eyes widened when it suddenly hit him lack a Machoke's fist to the back of his head. [color=0072bc]"...Isn't that the youngest prince of the royal family?"[/color] He asked, pointing a gloved finger at Valerian. Sabine looked up at Connon and beamed with mischievous energy. [color=#a32f1d]"Oh, so he has a royal stick up his royal ass. Got ya."[/color] She made sure to roll the R's really hard in a mockery of all sense of formality. Frankie placed a hand on the prince's shoulder and shook his head. [color=e6755e]"I appreciate you helping, but Sabine's a force to be reckoned with."[/color] Meanwhile, Amelia couldn't sense anything beyond the Yamasks though to be fair, there were a [i]there were a lot of them.[/i] If there was anything then it would have been hard to detect, but these ghosts were not focused on answering her question; they looked at Clarissa who was about to touch one of the walls. Connected Areas: Grand Glory City Starbor Forest [hider=Suggested 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 should be some trainers among those walking back and forth in the area or some fisherman wanting a brawl.[/i] 4. Talk. [i]There’s plenty of travellers around. Maybe seek answers to any burning questions you have.[/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: Mysterious Ruins. [i]Of unknown origin, ancient markings on them.[/i] [/hider] [hider=Route 4, Known Pokemon] Common: #074-Geodude #194-Wooper #399-Bidoof #580-Ducklett Uncommon: #231-Phanphy #270-Lotad #343-Baltoy (Ruins) #562-G-Yamask (Ruins) Rare: [/hider] [hr] [@Crusader Lord] Tracing a finger along a wall, you would send just a spark of psychic energy, a signal to whatever was in these ruins. Except, you failed to take into account one thing: you were not only something that could send a signal, but you were something that could receive one in turn... And whatever was in these walls found you. It was a flood of energy, a flood of information that travelled through your finger and straight into your consciousness. You were everything and you were nothing. You were everywhere and nowhere. Time and entropy were now only words to you, and then there was darkness. To everyone else, they watched as you collapsed onto the ground though your eyes stayed wide open, peering off into the sky though that's not what you were seeing right now. In fact, you could say that you were not even in the same moment. You were standing in a vast city of stone and ancient concrete, the buildings that were once overtaken by time now stood proudly as if they were meant to withstand the tides of history. Wooden carts clacked along again roads as people and Pokemon walked side by side. You wanted to explore, but you couldn't; you were fixed in place. This body was not your own; it moved when it wanted to and saw what it wanted. Hell, whoever they were they were taller than you. You suddenly came to a stop stood in place, watching as slabs of this strange black material were being carved by tools made of the same stuff by laborers sweating away. You understood exactly the purpose of their labor, what they were trying to achieve and yet [i]you[/i] really didn't. It was scrambled, as if two people were peering into the same memory with the same eyes. There was an older man, one that gave off an aura of wisdom while there was a younger man with a look of dissatisfaction. [hider=The two men] [img]https://i.pinimg.com/736x/3b/e1/f2/3be1f2de8986b51a8222fa4ad8a8ea2a.jpg[/img] [img]https://i.pinimg.com/736x/7f/e1/79/7fe17929e59d9ebc56fafc3b4337ad98.jpg[/img] [/hider] "Are you sure that these will be needed? Not to doubt her wisdom, but surely ██████ ██████ is overreacting." He complained with scowl that was rather common on this youth's face. The older man clicked his tongue and glared at him with a furrowed brow. "Enough of that. For all of her abilities, her gift of foresight is what qualified her as a ███████████. We should consider ourselves so lucky that she rules besides ██████ ██████." "I'd say Witch is a more accurate title." The younger man sneered. For some reason, that snide remark made your blood boil. The young man looked back at the walls with crossed arms. "What purpose are they meant to serve us now? Seems more like a bloody waste of time." Words came out of your mouth, but you failed to recognize the voice. It was a woman's, strong and shimmering like polished steel. "If there are multiple possibilities, then one must prepare for every possible outcome no matter how unlikely." The older gentleman seemed pleased to see you while the other man adopted a nervous disposition. The older man smiled appreciatively at you. You felt yourself return the same smile. "Ah, ██████, well said. Your presence always brings a certain measure of order to things. I must ask though, what [i]is[/i] going through her head?" The old man said, gesturing towards the black monoliths. You crossed your arms and silently pondered your words before you broke the silence. "If we're lucky, it's just nothing. If not... A message from us to them." The older man stroked his beard in contemplation. "Hm, how sullen." [hider=...] [img]https://i.imgur.com/3LBQplX.gif[/img] [/hider] You wake up gasping for air. You didn't know what the walls said, but you know the message it was trying to convey; it was telling you to find something though you don't know what. The only thing that repeats in your head is a single word: Blackbox. What do you do? Connected Areas: Grand Glory City Starbor Forest [hider=Suggested 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 should be some trainers among those walking back and forth in the area or some fisherman wanting a brawl.[/i] 4. Talk. [i]There’s plenty of travellers around. Maybe seek answers to any burning questions you have.[/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: Mysterious Ruins. [i]Of unknown origin, ancient markings on them.[/i] [/hider] [hider=Route 4, Known Pokemon] Common: #074-Geodude #194-Wooper #399-Bidoof #580-Ducklett Uncommon: #231-Phanphy #270-Lotad #343-Baltoy (Ruins) #562-G-Yamask (Ruins) Rare: [/hider]