[IC] Pokémon: There and Back Again

[Zarkun]

Jason Connor

Inventory

Pokédollars: 1250p
3x Potion
10x Pokeballs
2x Antidote
Camping Kit
Spelunking Equipment
Good Rod, Red
Link Heart

On hand

Slayer

Species: Ralts
Gender: ♂
Type: Psychic/Fairy
Personality: Jolly
Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other: Takes great interest in watching Jason’s bladework
Level: 16
Moves: Disarming Voice, Growl, Double Team, Confusion, Hypnosis, Draining Kiss, Teleport
Ability: Telepathy-Allows avoiding friendly fire from allies.
Held Item: Oran Berry

Murus

Species: Golett
Gender: N/A
Type: Ground/Ghost
Personality: Relaxed
Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other: Enjoys lining up boulders and small stones. Holds long conversations with Slayer.
Level: 17
Moves: Astonish, Mud Slap, Defense Curl, Pound, Shadow Punch
Ability: Iron Fist Causes the power of affected punching moves to increase by 20%.
Held Item: None

Sable

Gender: Female
Type: Water
Personality: Naive
Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other: Stays close to the group at all times after nearly being poached.
Level: 17
Moves: Scratch, Leer, Water Gun, Mud-Slap, Bite
Ability: Sheer Force Removes added effects to increase move damage.
Held Item: None

Occisor

Gender: Male
Type: Bug/Flying
Personality: Serious
Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other: Talented at carving, holds a small grudge against Sable for getting it caught, though nothing serious. Is slightly gruesome.
Level: 12
Moves: Leer, Quick Attack, Fury Cutter, Ominous Wind, False Swipe, Wing Attack
Ability: Technician Technician increases the power of moves - that are usually base power 60 or below - by 50%.
Held Item: None.

Avem

Gender: Male
Type: Normal/Flying
Personality: Hardy
Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other: Loves all the berries. No seriously, he'll hold you at beak point, just handover the berries
Level: 13
Moves: Tackle, Growl, Quick Attack, Wing Attack, Double Team
Ability: Keen Eye Keen eyes prevent other Pokémon from lowering this Pokémon's accuracy.
Held Item: None.

Lucha

Gender: Female
Type: fighting/flying
Personality: Feisty
Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other: Spends a lot of time training and practicing and...Jason thinks it's working out, but he isn't sure.
Level: 16
Moves: Tackle, Wing Attack, Hone Claws, Detect, Aerial Ace
Ability: Unburden: Unburden doubles the Pokémon's Speed stat when the Pokémon's held item is used or lost.
Held Item: Oran Berry

PC

Iratus

Gender: Female
Type: Bug/Poison
Personality: (Up to player.)
Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other: (Up to player.)
Level: 11
Moves: Poison Sting, Harden, Twin Needle, Fury Attack
Ability: Sniper- If the Pokémon's attack lands a critical hit, the attack is powered up even further.
Held Item:

Jason wanted to argue with her, to say that taking a natural course to strength might not be fast enough, but he knew the Amazonian woman was probably right. Trying to rush to strength like a bullheaded idiot with more brawn than sense wasn't going to help him and panicking about what could or could not happen wasn't going to help either, so when she said he needed to rest, he nodded in agreement. "Yeah...yeah, you're right. Rest is probably the smart thing to do here." When she asked him to sit down, he did, humming to himself as he waited and trying to figure out his best route forwards. The woods had to still have their secrets, their undiscovered species of Pokemon. Avem was a good little guy, Starly tended to be, but Lucha and he were both flying types and he knew he didn't want to double up on typing. Actually, I think I'm tripled up on flying right now, with Occisor, Avem and Lucha... His typing for the team could use some work, that was for sure.

[Remram]

@samreaper

The Lombre repeatedly smacked the Leafages as they came, getting ever closer to and closer to its opponent. With more leaves scattered about Tristan ordered Angel to spin once again and... nothing happened. The leaves glowed faintly with green light, but for some reason they would not take off from the ground again Perhaps it was something that needed to be practiced in order to be pulled off consistently.

Its hand came down and smashed the opposing grass-type back though it was a trade of blows. After all, Angel still used Rapid Spin. The Lombre was smacked in the face by an errant leafy hand before it landed its blow against Angel. The little plant was sent flying back and perhaps that would've scared Tristan though perhaps he had not really noticed it yet, but the diva was somehow nimbler than before. It was like she was gliding about in the air though that should not have been a surprise. After all, Rapid Spin and her previous attack increased her speed by two-fold. At this moment, she was just barely faster than her opponent.

"We still have the momentum! Use Mega Drain!" Ordered Ramos.

A sickly green energy glowed around the Lombre and it then it darted forward towards Angel.

What does Tristan do?

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@Zarkun

"Of course I'm right. Now, relax. I'm going to make some food." She placed some kindling in her woodstove, small sticks that were made from cutting logs down further and further until their diameter resembled that of a matchstick. Carefully she placed a match in the heart of the kindling pile, and it took a little bit of time for the fire to really catch, but eventually it became strong enough that she threw three smaller logs inside it and slammed the door shut. Jason would feel the room become warmer, if not slightly uncomfortably so if he was heavily dressed, as the logs caught fire.

It was actually quite the device that stove. It had rivets on the top that allowed for stove top cooking and an oven. If Jason watched, he would see that she was rough chopping various vegetables, onions, carrots, peppers, celery, potato, and so on before throwing them into a pot filled with premade stock. It was a sweet smell; warm spices filled the air and was soon accompanied by the smell of bread baking in the oven. Obviously, she had made the dough prior to Jason arriving at her doorstep. Then at some point she pulled out a grate full of mushrooms of various shapes and sizes that she soon chopped up and fried on the stove. The scent of mushrooms was accompanied by rosemary and thyme.

Now that Jason had a moment to sit down and actually look around there was something off about the cabin; there were no personal effects. Yes, there was furniture, but they looked like they were scrapped together crudely just to be functional enough to be used for moderate comfort and durable enough to take some punishment. They were tools with no emotional sentimentality attached to them. What was weird was that there was nothing in the cabin that was not like that. There were no pictures, no meaningless knick knacks, or anything, nothing that showed anything about her life or whatever her life was before living in these woods. It was all rugged and cold utilitarianism.

However, those thoughts would probably have been pushed to the side as food was placed in front of him. A bowl of soup with a red surprisingly red stock packed to the brim with vegetables, a big hunk of bread with butter on the side, and a pile of mushrooms on a plate. Now, it was questionable if the food would've been good. After all, her coffee would've been considered cruel and unusual punishment. However, this was actually good. The soup was light and refreshing with an acidic kick towards the end, the bread was light and fluffy, and the mushrooms were very much meaty, herbaceous, and savory.

So, they could act out the meal or just move forward.

[samreaper]

Tristan Glory

Inventory

Inventory

Pokedollars: $4,600

Pokeballs: 20
Premiere balls: 0
Potions: 1
Repel: 1
Camping gear
Old and tattered Pokémon textbook (gifted by Nurse Joy)
Moomoo Milk: 6
Allergy Medicine
Emergency care kit (includes one multi-bristled brush, comb, tweezers, clippers, skin cream, compact mirror)

Special Gear:
Mystery Files (quest item)
Ice stone: 1

On-Hand

Pokémon Team

King

King



Species: Darkness Pokémon
Type: Flying/Dark
Level: 12
Ability: Super luck (Increases the chance of critical hits by 1 stage.)

Moveset:

Peck: King uses its sharp beak to peck at the opponent.
Astonish: King startles the opponent with a surprise attack.
Pursuit: King chases down and attacks an opponent trying to flee.
Feather Dance: King flutters its feathers to lower the opponent's attack.
Haze: King releases a mist to eliminate all stat changes.

Princess

Princess


Species: Emanation Pokémon
Gender: Female
Type: Fighting
Level: 9
Ability: Prankster (Gives priority to status moves)

Moveset:

Quick Attack: Princess lunges quickly to strike the opponent.
Endure: Princess endures any attack with at least 1 HP remaining.
Feint: Princess strikes with a swift attack that ignores the opponent's defenses.
Metal Claw: Princess attacks with sharp claws made of metal.

Ace

Ace


Species: Chick Pokémon
Gender: Male
Type: Fire
Level: 11
Ability: Speed Boost (Boosts the speed stat by one stage at the end of every turn)

Moveset:

Scratch: Ace scratches the opponent with sharp claws.
Growl: Ace growls to intimidate and lower the opponent's attack.
Ember: Ace launches small flames to burn the opponent.
Quick Attack: Ace delivers a swift attack before the opponent can react.
Flame Charge: Ace charges at the opponent while cloaked in flames.

Angel

Angel


Species: Flowering Pokémon
Gender: Female
Type: Grass
Level: 9
Ability: Regenerator (Restores a little of the Pokémon's HP when withdrawn from battle)

Moveset:

Leafage: Angel attacks with sharp leaves.
Sing: Angel sings a soothing melody to put the opponent to sleep.
Sweet Scent: Angel releases a pleasant aroma to lower the opponent's evasion.
Rapid Spin: Angel spins rapidly to deflect attacks and remove hazards. Increases spd by 1 stage.

Sewaddle

Sewaddle


Species: Sewing Pokémon
Gender: Male
Type: Bug/Grass
Level: 8
Ability: Chlorophyll (Doubles the speed stat during harsh sunlight)

Moveset:

Tackle: Sewaddle tackles the opponent with its body.
String Shot: Sewaddle spews silk to bind and slow down the opponent.
Bug Bite: Sewaddle bites the opponent with sharp mandibles.

Combee

Combee


Species: Tiny Bee Pokémon
Gender: Male
Type: Bug/Flying
Level: 9
Ability: Hustle (Boosts the Pokémon's attack but lowers accuracy)

Moveset:

Sweet Scent: Combee releases a sweet aroma to attract opponents.
Gust: Combee flaps its wings to create a gust of wind.
Struggle Bug: Combee launches a weak bug-type attack that lowers the opponent's special attack.
Bug Bite: Combee bites the opponent with sharp mandibles.

PC

Pokémon Storage System

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Tristan was nervous and anxious as he watched the battle continuing to unfold and when the flickering glows from the flowers started had him tensing.

Only for it to falter shortly after, leaving the teen disappointed and frustrated.*Hngh! Why didn't it work? Ugh... guess it requires some special conditions?* Thought Tristan; irked by this fact, but this also meant there was something there and it was possible. He needed to figure out what it was that triggered the incident.

Something that he unfortunately had no time to focus on, amidst the on-going battle against a most rather aggressive Lombre. Contemplating whether to try again or not, when he saw Angel getting pushed back; indeed scaring him both from the shock and surprise at Angel's improved nimbleness.

With that bit exchange over, Tristan took a moment to release his breath, having not noticing doing so.

Though his initial plans failed and while Lombre was seemingly landing decent hits, he could see Angel was still in pretty good health, to his relief. And apparently faster?.* Was this a side-effect of the rapid-spin?* The perplexed teen thought. This was unexpected and showed just how little he knew about pokemon and how their moves worked. Then there was whatever Angel nearly pulled off; a feat they would definitely do.

"We still have the momentum! Use Mega Drain!"

The man's words caught Tristan's attention." Tch, we will see about that! Don't underestimate Angel's nimble beauty!" He called back in challenge.

Deciding to put off on attempting the leaves again, instead chose to take on a risk. With Angel's current state and taking into account Lombre's attack..." Don't worry about dodging, Angel! Instead charge and build up speed with rapid-spin and slam into that mega-drain with your all!" Tristan cried out, the teen clenching his teeth at knowingly having her take the hit.

But, if this worked out then the benefits might get him the edge needed.

[Remram]

@samreaper

Ahem, perhaps it was not something that needed special conditions, but practice? Or bullshit anime logic? Who knows? I'm just a disembodied voice that no one can actually hear.

Well, Rapid Spin's speed boosting effects would actually work if they made contact with the target. However, fate decided that Tristan rolled high enough. Anime bullshit logic it is. Angel's speed was beginning to pull up the leaves from her previous attack and spun around her. The leaves ripped up the grass up from beneath and sputtered all over the crowd watching them. A particular large patch of earth hit Louis square in the chest, leaving a brown blotchy stain on his nice suit.

"Are you bloody-?!"

But we don't care about Louis. What was important that Angel rushed towards the energy sapping beams of light with her swarming leaves and broke through! The Gossifleur charged and the Lombre was slashed by a series of leaves before being knocked on its back with X's for eyes.

Louis, in his ruined suit, lifted a handkerchief towards Tristan. "Lombre is unable to battle! Gossifluer wins!"

Just has he said that Tristan's Pokedex rang with notifications.

Angel is now level 11!
The combination of Rapid Spin and Leafage created a new move. Would you like to name it?

Meanwhile, Ramos rubbed his chin with a grin. "Oh ho? How interesting. Maybe my instincts were right about you, sprout. Don't celebrate just yet. The real fight starts now." He grabbed one more Pokeball from his belt and out from it came his final Pokemon. It was this large green and red bipedal lizard with a singular long leaf protruding from its head and leaves protruding from the sides of its wrists and two leaves for a tail. It stared at Tristan with cool, collected yellow eyes.

Your Final Opponent

Pokédex Entry #253 – Grovyle, the Wood Gecko Pokémon. Grovyle leaps from branch to branch in large trees, moving with ease. It propels itself with astounding speed and force.

Again, his Pokedex chimed in.

Warning, this Pokemon is higher level than the rest of your team. Proceed with caution.

The Grovyle held in its hand a green with an ochre yellow tip and tossed it in its mouth. It chewed on the seed and as soon as it swallowed it, green energy began to emit a green light.

Grovyle ate a Grassy Seed. Defense increased by one stage due to the garden! Grass Seed consumed! Unburden was activated! Grovyle's speed has doubled!

This thing was a raid boss. Ramos had not given any orders to the Grovyle yet. He was waiting to see what Tristan would do.

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@Zarkun

After a meal and a rest, Jason stood outside the cabin with Helga by his side.

"Well, I guess this is it. You better see that scientist or whoever ask you to check down the shrine." In case Jason forgot, he originally went to find the shrine at the request of Professor Jacquelyn who was probably still waiting for him in the Scholar District. It had been a while, so it would've been easy to forget.

Anyway, the titan of a woman stood there with her arms crossed, uneasy. "Again, I'm sorry. I never imagined that things would've escalated like this." There was definitely guilt there, but acceptance of what she had done. However, she still had that look that she knew more than what she was letting on though her lips were sealed. "Remember the favor I asked in return? Consider it null and void since I never really expected you to actually do it. However, what I said wasn't a lie. The moss found on Ekans in Blue Lichen Cave is quite useful for medicine. If you do catch one, bring it to me and I will reward you. The least I can do after all of that."

Goodbyes were said, yada yada yada.

Well after all of that, Jason had the reigns returned for his journey. What do he want to do?

His current location...

Helga's Cabin

To find this cabin this deep in the woods meant someone really went out of their way to find this place. Anyone could tell that if a person lived all the way out there, then they were someone that wanted to be well enough alone. It was a dark, damp place; the only source of light were those coming from the cabin itself. At first glance it would appear that way, but there were more orbs of light floating around and with no close inspection needed they were all Pumpkaboo of great proportions though apart from that they seemed to be the only Pokemon to be around.

Pokedex Entry #710-Pumpkaboo, the Pumpkin Pokemon. Supersized Pumpkaboo are very partial to the spirits of people who were of similarly superior proportions. Pumpkaboo of this size are said to be the product of areas where a great number of lost souls lingered.

The cabin itself was well maintained on the outside though one could hardly imagine anyone living somewhere like this. It was completely isolated from the rest of the world, true isolation. There were no people, no civilization, nothing. In most cases, most people run away from finding a lone cabin in the woods in fear of being chopped up into tiny pieces or find someone in a hockey mask rise from the water. Is whatever that needs to be done worth it?

Suggested Actions

1. Find Pokémon.Can be specified what kind of Pokémon is being searched for, and how you search
2. Talk. Only one person here to talk to.
3. Exit. Exit the area.
4. Specify. If you specify what you want to do, the GM will take it into account and tell the result.
5. Trigger random event. Force the GM to use his imagination to make a scenario for you.
6. Go to the cabin. Knock on it. See what happens.

Starbor Forest-Deep Woods: Helga's Cabin

Common:
#710-Pumpkaboo

If he decides to leave.

You return to...

Deep Starbor Woods

Deep Starbor Woods was a place that many actively avoided and perhaps for good reason. The mist that permeated the area cutdown the visibility within the woods and somehow, the canopy above was thicker than before, making it darker. This was a tad big dangerous as there were some drops that if someone were not paying attention, they would find themselves with some very broken limbs or fall in a river down below. That is if they don't fall in some webs and find themselves on the wrong end of a hungry bug-type. Actually, people just needed to be careful of these webs in general as they were littered all over the place.

Due to the lack of people travelling and lack of people volunteering to enter, the path that led to the Deep Woods was essentially now just a dirt, rocky path covered with moss. Yes, this place was not exactly a place that experienced a lot of foot-traffic in general, but that meant that there were possibly encounters that people had limited experience about or never had seen before.

From what can be seen, the Pokemon responsible for all of the webs in the area were these green spiders with markings meant to scare predators away from them.

Pokédex Entry #167 – Spinarak, the String Spit Pokémon. With threads from its mouth, it fashions sturdy webs that won't break even if you set a rock on them. Although the poison from its fangs isn't that strong, it's potent enough to weaken prey that gets caught in its web.

There were also these horned caterpillar things with big, pink, round noses and every now and again, sentient yellow cocoons could be seen hanging above from strings of white.

Pokédex Entry #013 – Weedle, the Hairy Bug Pokémon. Weedle has an extremely acute sense of smell. It is capable of distinguishing its favorite kinds of leaves from those it dislikes just by sniffing with its big red proboscis (nose).

Pokédex Entry #014 – Kakuna, the Cocoon Pokémon. Kakuna remains virtually immobile as it clings to a tree. However, on the inside, it is extremely busy as it prepares for its coming evolution. This is evident from how hot the shell becomes to the touch.

However, the main reason as to why many people avoided took the form of very angry bees with drills for arms. You know what they are.

Pokédex Entry #015 – Beedrill, the Poison Bee Pokémon. Beedrill is extremely territorial. No one should ever approach its nest—this is for their own safety. If angered, they will attack in a furious swarm.

However, there was something else that Jason could do. He could hear three voices off in the distance though it was up to him if he wanted to approach.

Deep Starbor Woods

Common:
#013-Weedle
#014-Kakuna
#015-Beedrill
#167-Spinarak

Uncommon:

Rare: