Balthazar007

Pokemon: Earth

@Wayward

The man behind the counter had to hold back from rolling his eyes. He spoke in a monotone voice. "There are Poke stores all around us. You should check your handy Pokedex to find them all, but if you want my opinion, go to the "Poke Central on Madison Avenue". It's close the Pokemon Lab. They can heal your Pokemon at the lab, just as well as any Poke Center could. As for gyms, the closest one is obviously the Manhattan Gym, but you can't face that one before the others. You'll have to go to the other four boroughs first."

Just as the man finished answering Bryan's question, another person came running up to the desk. "Excuse me! I'm a new Pokemon trainer, and I just got into the area. Can you help me?"

The man behind the counter dropped his head in defeat. After a moment of silence, he looked back up and started his speech again. "There are Poke stores all around us...."

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@Alisdragon911

The girl named Samantha shrugged her shoulders. "I'm not sure. I'm not really the competitive type. I think I'm going to be a breeder instead. I just like spending time with my Pokemon and raising them to be big and strong... But maybe I'll give the gym a chance, just to test how well I've bred my own Pokemon so far."

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@jeroukoo

Malcolm was surprised at what the nurse said next, "Gotcha, Malcolm Striker, from Annapolis, Maryland. You sure are a long way from home. I'll have a room ready for you right away, but um... would you mind if I retook your picture? Your license expired almost... nine years ago??? That can't be right..."

The nurse then turned the computer around, to show a picture of Malcolm at age 17. He recognized the picture, it was from his high school yearbook. His father must have signed him up to be a trainer without telling him, all those years ago.

Pokemon: Earth

@Wayward@Alisdragon911@jeroukoo

I've decided to make an adjustment. Pokemon Centers and Poke Marts will not appear on the map. Instead, it should now be understood that all PUBLIC hospitals also double as Poke Centers. The main difference is, unlike their real-life counterparts, they offer rooms and food to Pokemon trainers. Imagine that all these hospitals, have two or more extra floors to accommodate these additions.

Poke Marts, which we haven't even mentioned yet, are no longer "a thing" per se. Instead, pet stores (like PetSmart) are now Pokemon stores, and supermarkets (like Target and Walmart) that have a pet section now have a Pokemon section. On that note, anytime you see the word Pet, you can substitute Poke. So instead of PetSmart, their new name would be PokeSmart, (which sounds a lot like Poke Mart anyway doesn't it...)

I will continue to add Pokemon Labs to the map though. Making all laboratories an official Pokemon Lab would be too much.

Pokemon: Earth

@Wayward@Alisdragon911@jeroukoo

Everyone, I'll have a reply post up by tomorrow. Today I worked a double, so no time until now, and now I'm exhausted.

Pokemon: Storm

@iKatamalicious

That was a great IC post. I'm going to need to respond to it in the morning after I've had time to sleep on it.

Pokemon: Earth

Faye is glad that a nice nurse is taking care of her Pokémon as she swipe her trainers card to get in line to put a slice of pizza and a bottle of water. She walks over to the brown hair girl she saw ealierand sits next to her.

“Hi, I thought you may want some company.”

Faye hopes to get a few tips from her as everyone can tell she is a new trainer as . takes a bite of her pizza. She takes a sip of water wondering if the brown hair girl wanted her to stay or go away.

@Alisdragon911

The brown haired girl gave Faye a polite smile, "Sure, my name is Samantha. What's yours?" She then took another bite of her sandwich.

Pokemon: Earth

"Oh, uh..." Malcolm didn't realize they could look up trainer cards on the PC.

Shit, well maybe I'll just freeze tonight anyway...

Malcolm returned Split to her ball and scratched his head.

"It's ah... Striker. Should be under Striker..." It pained Malcolm to say that. It would have probably brought up his father's trainer information. And wanted nothing to do with him. Malcolm half thought about just leaving the center, considering the trip over a little vacation from the cold.

@jeroukoo

The nurse arched an eyebrow as he typed his last name into the computer. "Okay, and your first name? And date of birth?" Of course there would be more than one Pokemon trainer with the last name Striker in the world.

Pokemon: Earth

@Wayward@Alisdragon911@jeroukoo

As you see everyone, from now on, I'm going to combine all my IC replies into one IC post. This will cut back on clutter. Also, as we get more people, my responses will have to be more direct and to the point.

While technically it is March 3rd in Malcolm's timeline, it is still March 2nd in everyone else's. This isn't an issue since your character's aren't interacting at the moment. I can manage multiple timelines and story arcs without an issue.

Pokemon: Earth

@jeroukoo

The male nurse sighed with pity as Malcolm shivered. "Well, let's get you taken care of, okay." He said as he motioned for Malcolm to follow him to the front desk. "What's your name?" The man said, as he logged into a computer. "I'll look up your information. We can get you set up with a room, and I'll have your replacement trainer card ready for you in the morning." When Malcolm didn't respond right away, the man looked up from his computer with a confused look on his face.

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@Alisdragon911

A kind nurse with a southern accent took Faye's Pokeballs. "You should get something to eat at the cafeteria while we tend to your Pokemon. It'll only take ten minutes or so."

The cafeteria was semi-busy with trainers getting food. Some of them had their Pokemon out, eating with them, Pokemon that Faye had never seen in person before. She couldn't help but be amazed. Maybe someone here could give her a few pointers.

In the back of the cafeteria, a young brown haired girl, around Faye's age, sat quietly as she ate lunch alone. She seemed nice enough.

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@Wayward

It was evening in New York City, and while the inside of the train was warm enough, outside was a cold 38°F. Bryan would have to visit a Pokemon Center before it got too late. It wasn't supposed to drop bellow freezing or snow, but still, there's never any need to be cold and miserable when there are Pokemon Centers waiting to take care of you for free.

Pokemon: Earth

@Wayward

So, for the Pokemon that could be in your team, I'm going to do a wide search with the middle of Connecticut being my center point. Basically, these Pokemon can be found in Connecticut and surrounding states, sometimes a little further. Pokemon in bold and italics are the closest ones, the ones that he would have came across early in his Pokemon adventure.

After you choose your Pokemon, I'll let you know where you would have gone to find them, just so that you know where they came from more exactly. Also, you may notice that Eevee is not on this list. Eevee is not naturally found in this area. As such, Eevee could be a gift from his parents, not a starter from the lab. Any Pokemon that is in bold and italics can be the starter Pokemon from the lab. Or maybe, when they asked him to pick a starter Pokemon, he said no thanks, because he already had his Eevee.

Bulbasaur
Caterpie
Weedle
Pidgey
Rattatta
Psyduck
Magnemite
Gastly
Totodile
Ledyba
Spinarak
Marill
Hoppip
Murkrow
Misdreavus
Wobbuffet
Snubbull
Heracross
Smeargle
Miltank
Zigzagoon
Surskit
Sableye
Mawile
Carvanha
Solrock
Corphish
Shuppet
Bidoof
Shinx
Buneary
Carnivine
Rotom
Snivy
Drilbur
Timburr
Basculin
Scraggy
Frillish
Klink
Litwick
Rufflet
Fennekin
Scatterbug
Swirlix
Clauncher
Helioptile
Klefki
Wishiwashi
Stufful
Minior
Minior

Next is the list of Pokemon found in New York City and the surrounding area:

Pidgey: Can be found all over the place.
Psyduck: Can be found by the water, but generally at night when people aren't out in numbers.
Gastly: At night, particularly in and around cemeteries.
Misdreavus: At night, in parks and back alleys.
Wobbuffet: Randomly, anywhere, but hiding from people.
Snubbull: In parks, during the day.
Zigzagoon: In parks and suburbs.
Shuppet: At night, in back alleys and near cemeteries.
Basculin: Along the shore, in rivers, in large bodies of water.
Klink: Practically anywhere, but quick to run away.
Litwick: At night, in and around old buildings.
Clauncher: Off the coast and in the rivers.
Klefki: In any parking lot but quick to run away.
Togedemaru: Practically everywhere but quick to run away.

Once I know what Bryan is looking for, I'll add things to the map in his area.

Pokemon: Earth

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Nice. It's good to be getting back into the swing of RPing. Also, I'm figuring for my character's starting placement, just have him already in NYC. I'm just gonna start off with him on the train as it's getting towards Grand Central; well, specifically at Harlem-125th Street, and leaving for Grand Central from there. But for simplicity's sake, we can just place him at Grand Central because he'll be there within my intro post.

@Wayward

You got it, but I'm going to have to do your Pokemon lists tomorrow morning actually. I've been on the road all morning and have to go into work soon.