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This is my second profile on here, and I have been Play-By-Post RPing for about nine years now. I do my best to see every RP to the end or at least let my character come to his/her own dramatic conclusion when I feel like signing off. Just like novel writing in real life, I tend to find myself on long hiatuses. Since writing is a great way to work out your brain, I try stay engaged as much as possible.

My favorite genres include futuristic worlds, mysteries, and super powers. Any mixture of these three elements will peek my interest.

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@LuckyBlackCat@Cerces22@Zarkun@Dusksong
Update: My morning is turning out busier than expected, so I'm going to have to delay my "Plot Moving" Post till tomorrow morning.

Also @LuckyBlackCat, I replenished Ryan's Pokeball inventory, but they don't have Potions.... yet.
"Reply All" Post

...“Rock Slide,” she said as she called out her Marshtomp. With her Marshtomp keeping the wild Pokemon occupied, Dana walked over to her Ivysaur. She’d noticed a faint glow on the Ivysaur, and now that she recognized it, she took a step back to watch as the Ivysaur evolved...

...“Another day,” Dana said, returning the Venusaur before turning to watch the ongoing battle with a frown.

Marshtomp (Rock Slide) > lvl 17 Jigglypuff, male. Dana will throw a Pokeball if she wins.


Jigglypuff was stood in awe of the newly evolved Pokemon. He was so caught up in this sight in fact, that he didn't even notice the Rock Slide that Marshtomp had summoned forth. It wasn't until the rocks were right on him before he tried to dodge, and by then, it was too late. Every single rock was a direct hit. Just like that, the battle was over. Jigglypuff just sat there dazed, hardly understanding what just happened to him, on the very edge of passing out.

Dana then threw her Pokeball. It sucked Jigglypuff up and landed amidst the Rock Slide ruble. The ball only shook once before... *Click*!

Battle Result: Marshtomp Wins
Pokeball Result: Dana Caught a Jigglypuff


...“You’ll do great, Thea,” Camden said with a smile, patting his Gothita’s shoulder. “Win or lose, we’re just here to train.”

Thea nodded, jumping daintily onto the field as Lutz pulled out his own Pokeball.

Sure I’m not expecting to win, Camden conceded with a grin, but that doesn’t mean I’m not trying to.

Camden challenged Lutz Heintschel. First Pokemon: Gothita.


Lutz smiled as Camden sent out Gothita. Through his thick German accent he said, "A psychic type? That's good, but I have...!" And without finishing his sentence, Lutz threw his Pokeball. From the Pokeball's red light emerged... another Pokeball? No wait, it was Voltorb!

The air around him crackled with electricity. "You ready to battle, Voltorb!?"

Voltorb responded with a loud and proud mechanical screach, that IF the two could speak Pokemon world language would recognize as, "VOLTORB!"

(Quick Note: Voltorb is male and level 9.)

@LuckyBlackCat@Cerces22@Zarkun@Dusksong

Early tomorrow morning or perhaps late tonight I will put up one more "Reply All" Post followed consecutively by a "Plot Moving" Post. This "Plot Moving" Post won't be nearly as long as the last one and won't contain nearly as much information. Basically, it will serve to introduce the next location "Pokemon HQ-4 (Egypt)" and the Pokemon found there. This doesn't mean you all HAVE to IMMEDIATELY move your posts to Egypt or anything. You can take your time and wrap things up in France first.
"Reply All" Post


...The Razor Leaf will stun it, allowing for Ivysaur to close in for a Poison Powder, Dana thought, glancing at her Ivysaur as she pulled out a Pokeball. It should have no problem with accuracy, being the most used to its devolved form.

@Balthazar007 Jigglypuff lvl 17, male. Dana will throw a Pokeball if she wins.


With surprising agility Jigglypuff managed to avoid almost every leaf from Ivysaur's attack, while at the same time charging in with a ferocious Double Slap. His attack landed clean knocking Ivysaur backward. On the bright side least this brought the Jigglypuff in closer to use Poison Powder. But Ivysaur was too slow; Jigglypuff read her attack before even one speck of powder could release. Jigglypuff jumped backward with eyes closed and breath held, while at the same time, using Disable. His maneuver worked; there would be no more Poison Powder for a while.

As it turned out, there would be no more Poison Powder at all. The battle only lasted another minute or two, with Jigglypuff taking little damage. Finally, the battle ended with Ivysaur on the ground breathing heavy. It was then that Dana noticed, Ivysaour was much more tired than she should have been. Something was off... As this thought occurred to her, a faint glow started emanating from Ivysaur's body. It grew brighter and brighter by the second. Jigglypuff was becoming entranced by it and thus, did not run away.

Result: Ivysaur Looses

(Quick Note: While Ivysaur lost this round, you have the opportunity to evolve her. Also, since Jigglypuff didn't run, you may battle him again, if you want. I'll even allow you to rematch him with a freshly evolved Venasaur... Again, only if you want. You're free to use another Pokemon or not rematch him at all.)




...It had been two days since she lost to Mr. Mime, Clefairy had plenty of rest and more than enough to eat. After hearing Professor Sycamores announcement she knew she had to go out and catch more pokemon. She wondered through the city looking for wild pokemon and came across an other Mr. Mime, setting up for a show. She knew Clefairy wouldnt be able to take on the wild pokemon so Circe decided to just straight catch it, after she caught three pokemon she would sign up for the tournament.

(Mr. Mime level 9 male)


Mr. Mime looked up as Circe approached. He was already drawing a crowd, and his show hadn't even begun yet! The thought pleased him greatly. Hopefully he would receive plenty of tips for his performance today. He needed that money to eat.

A little known fact: Mr. Mime have been disguising themselves as humans with psychic illusions and buying their food from stores. Unfortunately, most people think these Pokemon are only performing for the fun of it and don't think tipping is required since they're not "humans". But, with a little psychic persuasion, many Mr. Mime have started to increase their tips dramaticly, a trick that this proud Pokemon is firmly against.

When Circe pulled out a Pokeball, Mr. Mime immediately realized what was about to happen. He'd heard of other Mr. Mime being captured by those things. Those captured Mr. Mime were either never seen again, or seen happily alongside the human that captured them, presumably well fed and taken care of. As Circe threw her the Pokeball, Mr. Mime closed his eyes. In real time, it took all of 1 second for the ball to reach him. But Mr. Mime was actually using Meditate to try and decide, "Should I go with this trainer? Or continue living on my own?"

The red light took him inside, eyes still closed. Then began the shaking. Once.... Twice.... Three Times.......... Four Times.........Five Times...... Six Times.............. *Click*....... His decision was made. He would give this trainer a chance.

Result: Circe Caught a Mr. Mime




...The bus ride into the industrial was short and in no time, Forest had found a Togedemaru who was caught up munching on wires. Letting Aayla free of her Pokeball, he grinned.

"Alright, Aayla, let's start this off strong. Brick Break!" The Pinsir rushed the preoccupied Togedemaru, it's arms glowing as it moved to deliver the fighting type move.

(Male, Level 11)


The glow in Pinsir's arm faded away as quickly as it appeared, causing her to stop mid-run in confusion. "Wasn't that how it was done?" She thought to herself. She wasn't sure, as she had never actually done that move herself. She'd only seen it a couple times in her life.

This afforded the wild Togedemaru enough time to catch on to the situation. Quickly, he rolled into a ball and charged his opponent with Rollout. Snapping out of her momentary confusion, Pinsir was able to dodge the attack, just barely. Clumsily, Togedemaru kept rolling until he smacked straight into a wall. And like that, the battle was over; Togedemaru did not get up; he just sat there rubbing his head, with his back to Pinsir and Forest.

Looking back at Forest with a confused yet amused look, Aayla shrugged as if to say, "So... I win?"

Battle Result: Pinsir Wins
Pokeball Result: Forest Caught a Togedemaru

(Notes:You are officially the luckiest person in this RP right now. You tried to use a move that Pinsir wont learn until level 26 and failed. (Check out Pinsir's bulbapedia page) BUT despite that, you miraculously won the dice roll. And top it off, you catch Togedemaru by the skin of your nails. Congratulations, but be more careful. LOL. In your next post, you can mention the throwing of the Pokeball and capturing of Togedemaru.)




...It was almost an hour in when Crunch heard it, the sound of a Pokemon rushing them from the right. Rather than dodge out of the way though, the Gabite rounded and slammed it's head against the Pinsir's. "Gabite!" Breaking away, Jason slid a short distance back with his partner, grinning.

This would be a good fight for the Gabite, he could already tell. "Alright Crunch, let's get this rockin'! Dual Chop!" Crunch rushed the Bug Type and attacked, the move aimed for maximum effect.

(This is the same one Liz ran into. So Male, Level 20)


Pinsir was caught off guard by Crunch's ferocious attack. This was the most intimidating opponent he had faced yet. Still, this wouldn't cause him to give up. Instead, he let the Dual Chop connect, which dealt a good bit of damage. But now up close, he was able to grab Crunch and send him tumbling to the ground with a Vital Throw. That was the theme of this battle, a blow for blow, knock down, drag out, bonanza.... But in the end, Crunch was the winner. Pinsir was notably out classed.

Result: Crunch Wins

(Quick Note:: You never mentioned a desire to catch this Pinsir, so I didn't do a Pokeball throw.)




...Ruby nodded, spitting out a slew of Leech Seeds around the Gothita that sprouted as soon as they touched ground.

...

“Get him, Ruby!” Camden called when the Gothita prepared its first move. At Camden’s call, Ruby rushed forwards towards the Gothita in a quick Tackle.

Gothita lvl 11, female.


The sleepy Gothita did nothing to dodge the Leech Seed, a mistake that would be costly as time passed. Instead, she began to cry, Fake Tears actually, saying, "Gothita" in a very sad tone. Cherubi understood this to mean, "Why do you want to hurt me?" This threw Cherubi off balance; he slowed down to a hault before his Tackle could even land... Big mistake... Gothita took advantage of the situation and hit him hard with Pound.

Upset that he had been tricked, Cherubi continued the battle with a new vigor. It was neck and neck for a while, with Gothita frequently using Pound and attempting to hit Cherubi with Confusion. The psychic Pokemon held the advantage for a while, but then things started to change. The Leech Seed from before kept zapping her strength and giving it to Cherubi... Until finally, she fell flat on her butt, out of breath...

Battle Result: Cherubi Wins!
Pokeball Result: Camden caught a Gothita

(Quick Note: You can include the Pokemon capture in your next post if you want. The Pokeball didn't shake even once.)
@Balthazar007 so many decimals haha. I'll just keep as-is, seeing as my main focus is trying to work in the Ivysaur's evolution somehow.

// edit: also, are you deciding the NPC's teams? I want to have Camden challenge one, but it's a bit odd if I have nothing to go on, unless I just write a post about Camden's first move and leave you the dice roll before I write out the battle?


I have the Pokemon for each NPC already picked out on the back end. If you wish to be the challenger, all you need to do is call up the person you want to challenge and meet. You will then reveal your Pokemon. Do all this in one post.

In my reply, I will reveal their Pokemon and launch an attack.

You will then respond with your counter attack.

Then I will role dice and respond once more to summarize the events of the battle in vague terms.

So while wild Pokemon battles generally take 2 posts to get the results for. NPC battles take 4 posts. It's worth it though, as all of your Pokemon will gain levels from battling.
@LuckyBlackCat@Cerces22@Zarkun@Dusksong
I will do my next "Reply All" Post tomorrow morning, just in case LuckyBlackCat wants (and is able) to get something up before then.

Also, whenever one of you would like to battle one of the NPCs, you can. Simply check out the "Pokemon League" character sheet. I've updated it with the location of characters. There are two trainers (one Earth trainer and one Pokemon universe trainer) that are currently in France. Be sure to check that post out often, as I will update it frequently.
@Balthazar007 If 17 nabs the half level growth, then keep as-is. But the level-bump for wilds is definitely something I'll utilize in the future!


I've adjusted how levels are calculated. As it stands, you will gain half a level (0.5) for winning or 0.125 for loosing.

But if you want to make the Pokemon a little weaker, say lv 15 for example, your Pokemon will gain 0.441 of a level for winning and 0.11 for loosing.

So what do you think. Keep it the same or lower?
@LuckyBlackCat@Cerces22@Zarkun@Dusksong

@Balthazar007 Well, definitely messed up with the levels there with Dana's Mr. Mime (thought her Duskull was level 30, so anything over 15 would be fine). But moving on haha

Would Dana be able to exchange her caught Pokemon for Pokeballs, or just request extra Pokeballs when she runs out? I don't think she'll ever actually use the Pokemon I just had her catch.

Also, would NPC battles be available for the battle league? Working like wild battles with dice rolls and whatnot, I mean. And how many days will the league likely go on for?


I'm not going to go back and change any past results, but going forward... I've thought of a better way to level up Pokemon when they battle. It involves math on my part, but it's more simple than it looks.

Also, from here on out, the level limit on wild Pokemon encounters is level 50, unless you find a Pokemon nest. Pokemon found in nests can be all the way up to level 80. Still though, it's not smart to encounter a Pokemon that is too strong if you're trying to catch them, not until we launch better quality balls.

With the two announcements above, would you like to adjust your wild Jigglypuff's level, Dusksong? Or continue as it is?

And no, exchanging Pokemon for more Pokeballs isn't a thing. But you can always ask for more Pokeballs. They will give you what they can. You just have to be happy with what you get. lol

And yes, minor NPC battles are very much like wild Pokemon battles. This is covered in the section of the 1st OOC Post labeled "Minor NPC Battles". One thing though, if you are the challenger, you have to reveal your Pokemon first, thus making it a little harder to pre-plan your type matchups. BUT once you choose your Pokemon, the opponent will reveal theirs. THEN you start the battle off with an attack, and I will treat it just like a wild Pokemon battle from there... as far as dice rolling.

And the league is a permanent addition to this RP. When and IF this RP ever ends (due to finding a way back to the Pokemon Universe) that is when the league will end. But there will be tournaments, like the one mentioned to crown a champion, and other limited time challenges as well. Doing well in the league, is simply how you keep yourself in a good position to qualify for these competitions.
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Would it be possible, as we've now moved forward several days, for a dice roll to decide the outcome of my attempt with Pinsir. He was going to offer to help the Pinsir beat the other one if he joined his team.


I rolled the dice twice on Pinsir (at her softened 7 resistance). On your first Pokeball it failed (result), but she didn't run. On your second Pokeball it was a catch (result). I'll go ahead and add her to your team. You can include the capture in your next post. And remember, you catch her on the second try.
Pokemon League
Last Updated: 06/03/2018 IRL -- 06/02/2020 IRP


League Rule #1: League battles must be fought in an official arena (located in all Pokemon HQs and Outposts).

League Rule #2: If you challenge someone that has more points than yourself, they must accept or take an automatic defeat (vice versa), BUT if you challenge someone with less points, they may decline without any consequences (vice versa).

League Rule #3: When you defeat someone, they must pay you 25% of their points (to the nearest whole number), and vice versa.

Linked = Player Controlled Character
Italicized = Minor NPC
Bold & Underlined = Major NPC
Green: From Pokemon Universe
Blue: From Earth

  • Rank: Name: Trainer Points (Closest Arena)
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  • 1st: Dana: 150 pts (HQ-6 Colorado)
  • 1st: Jeremy Quick: 150 pts (HQ-2 Siberia)
  • 2nd: Lutz Heintschel: 125 pts (HQ-6 Colorado)
  • 3rd: Corey Fox: 120 pts (HQ-1 Japan)
  • 3rd: Edward Stark: 120 pts (HQ-4 Egypt)
  • 3rd: James Logan: 120 pts (HQ-5 Amazonas)
  • 3rd: Jared Zephyr: 120 pts (HQ-7 Hawaii)
  • 3rd: Julia Beaufort: 120 pts (HQ-3 France)
  • 3rd: Red: 120 pts (HQ-6 Colorado)
  • 4th: Aeron Kulmala: 100 pts (HQ-3 France)
  • 4th: Beatrycze Brzezicki: 100 pts (HQ-4 Egypt)
  • 4th: Circe: 100 pts (HQ-6 Colorado)
  • 4th: Forest: 100 pts (HQ-6 Colorado)
  • 4th: Francesc Jordà: 100 pts (HQ-7 Hawaii)
  • 4th: Fu Li: 100 pts (HQ-5 Amazonas)
  • 4th: Fuyuko Inoue: 100 pts (HQ-2 Siberia)
  • 4th: Máximo Del Olmo: 100 pts (HQ-1 Japan)
  • 4th: Ryan: 100 pts (HQ-6 Colorado)
  • 5th: Ash: 90 pts (HQ-1 Japan)
  • 5th: Tiffany Bellomo: 90 pts (HQ-6 Colorado)
  • 6th: Camden: 75 pts (HQ-6 Colorado)
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