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Rose understood the assignment as Erika commanded Tara to Round. She quickly stood up behind the flipped table, pointed forward and shouted.

[color=e090b8]‘All of you, ROUND!’[/color] she commanded, and the Whismurs ran forth to stand as a pair of jukeboxes on either side of the table, and Chimecho lifted to fly behind her!

[color=a86f53]‘Hypno, Psychic them!’[/color] Lotus commanded, and Hypno, hunching forward from stumbling in confusion, quickly flinging his arm up to focus his Psychic!

… However, he’d done it so violently that his pendulum came swinging around and struck him in the face! It didn't hurt a lot, but then he closed his eyes while trying to cast Psychic, and the energy somehow blew up in his face! Hypno staggered back. Hypno hurt himself in confusion!

And then came the sound-waves from several different sources in the room, ready to join up at Hypno’s location. Even Lotus took some rapid steps away from her own Pokémon when she realised what was going to happen.

The sound-waves gathered, and we're amplified. An explosion of sound blasted across the room, echoing out as the cries of multiple Pokémon. The workers that were not asleep due to Tara were about to recover, when once again a loud cry made them all clasp their hands over their ears and fall again. On the computer-screens, tiny figures were waking up due to the loud sound the soundproofing could not contain, much to the horror of the Pokémon that were with them. Mainly Drowzees.

Hypno himself stood in the epicenter of the noise and didn't move, eyes wide in shock… until he tumbled backwards, limbs spread in various directions and eyes turned white. Hypno fainted!

[center][color=6ecff6][i]Sno grew to level 23! Sno learned Draining Kiss![/i][/color][/center]
[center][color=6ecff6][i]Tara grew to level 24! Tara learned Take Down!![/i][/color][/center]

Meanwhile, Sno, unbothered by the noise, blasted an Icy Wind in the face of the Malamar that had turned to face her… followed by the appearance of Malamar’s eyes shining yellow through the frozen wind. The squid then burst forward, propelled by psychic power, throwing itself through Sno’s storm with its limbs glowing with purple energy.

This was Payback, a Dark-type move that got stronger after just being hit. Sno was definitely out-leveled, but had a moment of time to perhaps figure out an alternative strategy to avoid the blow, but straight-out dodging seemed unlikely to succeed as Malamar would chase her relentlessly, tentacles glowing purple with power.

Erika was trying to push Malamar through the room. It was working, the sleeping Pokémon was being pushed forward at a decent pace, albeit its substantial weight was slowing it down… and then she came to a sudden stop.

[color=a86f53]‘And what exactly…’[/color] she could hear Lotus voice from the other side of Musharna. [color=a86f53]‘… do you think you’re doing with my Pokémon, [i]thief[/i]?’[/color] an angered director had moved to block her path, pushing at Musharna from the other side. [color=a86f53]‘I think you need to take a nice, long res-’[/color] 

[color=e090b8]‘HYAH!’[/color] … And then Rose came running across the room herself and jump-tackled into the opposing woman and the both of them suddenly rolled off to the side from the speed of Rose’s tackle, freeing Erika to continue pushing for the door. Albeit, right behind her, Sno was, as described, in a precarious position.

Rose’s Pokémon was still doing the combined Round, keeping everyone else occupied by virtue of being very, very loud.

What would she do now?

[hider=Lovesick Lane](albeit without snow)

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Alike Afterthought Abodes, Lovesick Lane is dominated by medium-size buildings and is primarily a residential area of Bigfjord City. However, unlike Afterthought Abodes, the citizens of Lovesick Lane managed to give their home a greater appeal, an identity of its own. It features its own streak of entertainment; there’s plenty of nice restaurants, there’s strange parlors and dance clubs, all employing various Pokémon. Compared to most other places in Bigfjord City, the citizens here seem almost happy… albeit that certainly isn’t due to the quality of their jobs, but more due to the community they return home to. The star attraction of the place is Maledy’s Menagerie, a circus as well as the star celebrities of the area. Of course, they’re rumored to do so much more than just entertain the people. The whole of Lovesick Lane has this dim magical sweet scent about it…

Yet even here, there’s people standing around, sitting outside various buildings looking sad, having likely spent what little remained in their pockets in an attempt to feel some happiness.[/hider]

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[hider=Bigfjord City][center][h2]Bigfjord City[/h2]


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[hider=Suggestions to actions, Bigfjord City]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. Current location: Lovesick Lane. [i]Everything you need to waste what money you still have.[/i]
	6.1. Pokémon Center. [i]Even here, there’s a Pokémon Center.[/i]
	6.2. Maledy’s Menagerie. [i]The biggest building, the palace of Lovesick Lane, is the circus run by the one called Maledy. She has various attractions, from mystical mazes, haunted houses, and of course the grand circus itself…[/i]
	6.3. The Aromatisse Atelier. [i]A chain of beauty-salons, employing Pokémon to at the very least make those who visit feel better about themselves. The scent of Lovesick Lane seems to emanate from this place, and its customers.[/i]
	6.4. Debonair Danceclub. [i]Just peeking in you can see a Jynx and a Ludicolo inspiring people to dance to various music. It is crowded, and it feels a bit desperate.[/i]
	6.5. Bigfjord Game Corner. [i]Apparently it wasn’t enough to be able to gamble in Worldedge City, they have it here, too.[/i]
6.6. Divination Corner. [i]A store where people have Psychic Pokémon and people try to predict your fortune or future. Apparently quite popular.[/i]
6.7. Dream World. [i]A big, adorned inn. A sign says; “Let our Pokémon put you to a deep, magical sleep. Wake up rested like never before.” Looks very popular…[/i]
7. Move to other areas.
	7.1. Steppingstone Streets. [i]The part of Bigfjord that most resembles a normal city. Got to keep up appearances for the freshies.[/i]
	7.2. Brighttown Boulevard. [i]The gleaming center of Bigfjord, with the bank, Rukh’s and the City Guardians’ HQ, the Pokémon Gym, and more.[/i]
	7.3. Gemstone Skyline. [i]Countless office-buildings with towering sky-scrapers and plenty of stores make a common backdrop for the city’s fighting.[/i]
	7.4. Safehouse Docks. [i]Countless warehouses loading and unloading wares from ships. Secure and orderly, for the most part.[/i]
	7.5. Evergreen Avenue. [i]The personal villas of the noble families that live here. Few stores are open here, just rich living.[/i]
	7.6. Foxhole Foundries. [i]Home to Bigfjord’s many factories and productions. Also home to many unhappy workers.[/i]
	7.7. Lovesick Lane. [i]A couple mystical streets with magic in the air, most famously surrounding Maledy’s circus, the crown jewel of the area.[/i]
	7.8. Afterthought Abodes. [i]Home to countless middle class citizens who go to work in other areas. It isn’t particularly pleasant.[/i]
	7.9. Sunset Slums. [i]A poor area where the struggling nonetheless live peaceful lives trying to survive to the next day.[/i]
	7.10. Tightrope Alleys. [i]The bad part of town. As poor as Sunset Slums, but not as peaceful. People warn you not to wander there at night, or at all.[/i]
8. Bigfjord City Trades: Dark-type
8.1. [color=DE6E87]‘I asked for a Dark-type from Alola… and I got a Grimer!? Is the pirate stupid!? It’s color is all weird. After seeing something so ugly,I want to see something beautiful now. Trade me a beautiful Pokémon.’[/color]
8.2. [color=3c71db]‘I got this Impidimp from an egg I got from the pirate. I don’t really want it. As a sailor, I’d prefer a Poliwrath. I’ll trade Impidimp for Poliwrath, Poliwhirl or Poliwag.’[/color]
8.3. [color=d2bade]‘I wanna go surfing the world. With that in mind… would you trade me a Bibarel for my Maschiff?’[/color][/hider]

[i]Connected areas: [/i]
Route 12. [i]A long, peaceful plain stretching far west towards Redcoast City.[/i]
Route 13. [i]A route of eternal night, leading east towards Worldedge City.[/i]
Route 26. [i]The calm waters north of Bigfjord City, leading towards Ironcliff Town.[/i]