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To those I RP with, I haven't dropped off of the face of the earth, just had a mental health crash but am recovering. Now to catch up on posting.
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To those I RP with, I haven't dropped off of the face of the earth, just had a mental health crash but am recovering. Now to catch up on posting.
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7 mos ago
The worst thing about mental illness is you have to look after yourself a disgusting amount. I know it's the only way to actually be in a fit state to look out for others, but it still feels wrong.
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8 mos ago
Emeth: Then I'll be that friend who's the opposite kind of annoying, whispering "Do it, you know you want to..."
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8 mos ago
Judging by the Internet's definitions of introversion and extraversion, you'd think everyone's either an extreme hermit or a party animal with no in between.
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9 mos ago
Krystal: All part and parcel of the job.
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A frazzled British thirtysomething cat mum with something of a tea addiction.
I like a wide range of RP genres, but have two absolute favourites: Pokemon and magical girls. (If someone manages to combine the two, I'll be VERY happy!) I post fairly regularly, but sometimes shit mental health days crop up - if that causes any delays, I'll try to resume posting ASAP.
Despite Ella's efforts to help, Florence was too weakened to climb out of the pit. Returning her Pokemon, the pink-haired girl clambered up. Thankfully, the pit wasn't too deep, but once out, she had to catch her breath. Two nights without sleep had done her no good at all.
"Treasure!" As Leisy commanded her Sewaddle to use String Shot, Ella sent the Trubbish back out. "Please help too!" The trainers and Pokemon pulled at the silk, hauling Florence upwards and out.
Ella fell to her hands and knees, panting. No! She couldn't get tired now. Running on very little proper rest was no excuse not to have her wits about her, not at a time like this.
"Thanks, all of you." Trembling with shock and fatigue, Florence unsuccessfully tried to free herself and Bonica from the silken ropes. An exhausted-looking Ella crawled over, pulling away the sticky silk.
Once the last of the strings were untied, Florence grabbed on to a tree branch, attempting to stand even though every movement hurt. Bonica squealed in alarm, but the trainer kept forcing her tired and battered body to cooperate.
"I've got to find her!" The words came out in a shaking sob. "I've got to!"
"Well, I happen to have gotten this new TM yesterday," Sophia explained with a smirk. "Surely it'll make things much easie- uhh, make things easy for me." Ignoring the tightening knot of anxiety, she strode forward into the building. "Just watch."
With that, she marched up to one of the students who had witnessed yesterday's battle. "Hey! Remember me?" Setting Lacey down and placing her hand on her hip, she did her usual trick of making her Pokeballs spin around her. The Gothita gave an exasperated mutter, putting up a wall of light. The Pokeballs bounced off, scattering and rolling on the floor.
"Uhh, never mind that!" Sophia hurriedly made the Pokeballs reattach themselves to her belt. "Let's just say I've learned a thing or two. Want to see for yourself?"
The man bowed, raising an eyebrow slightly. "Very well. It's essential for a new trainer to learn from their mistakes."
Sophia cringed at the hint of sarcasm in his tone. Great, another know-it-all... Well, she'd show him. "Lacey, start this!"
As Lacey stepped forward, the student sent out his own Pokemon. "Rattata. Begin with Bite."
Watching her Gothita take the sharp-toothed attack, Sophia gasped. "What's with that Rattata?" She'd never seen a black one with mustache-like whiskers before. "Ok, Lacey, Reflect!" The wall of light reappeared.
"He's not from around here," the student explained. "All Rattatas in the Alola region look like this." He turned back to his Pokemon. "Now, offset that Reflect with a Tail Whip." The rat wagged his tail, lowering Lacey's guard.
"Heh. Cute." Sophia sneered. "Take it out with Confusion!" She stared in shock as Lacey's psychic blast did absolutely nothing. "What...?"
"Alolan Rattatas have Dark as well as Normal typing," the man told her. "Maybe, before attempting a gym challenge, you should read up on Pokemon of that gym's type. Now, Bite again." Even through the force field, the damage Lacey took from the gnashing incisors was too much for her to withstand. She collapsed.
"Ah! Lacey!" Withdrawing the fainted Gothita, Sophia commanded another Pokemon to step in. "Grimalkin! Use Scratch!"
Her smirk reappeared as, even with the Tackles and Quick attacks from the opposing Pokemon, the Purrloin's scratches wore the Rattata down until it slumped. In a flash of light, a Whismur took its place, easily shaking off the cat's attack. At the student's command - Echoed Voice - it opened its mouth and let out an ear-splitting screech, sending Grimalkin flipping back. She landed on her feet, snarling and hissing.
Sophia winced from both the sound and the way the battle was starting to go. "Keep at it, Grimalkin! Scratch!" The Whismur simply retaliated with another Echoed Voice, louder and harsher than the last.
Her entire body tense as Grimalkin fainted, Sophia called to her last Pokemon. "Arcturus, you can do this! Use Water Gun!" A third Echoed Voice attack, though, was all it took to send the Staryu toppling over, its core blinking.
Uncovering her ears, Sophia was speechless as she returned Arcturus. She'd just lost to a student. Losing to a gym leader was one thing, but a STUDENT?! She could barely look at anyone around her.
Amber nodded. "That's my plan, it's one way to study Pokemon. I've never heard of a travelling gym leader before, the gym leaders in Kanto stay in one place - must be exciting, going from town to town. And yeah, once I'm more experienced, I'd be more than happy to battle."
She wondered what she'd discover during her own travels... and what challenges she and the others would run into. Remembering the man in the strange, round outfit and his threat, she acknowledged with a shudder that things were only likely to become tougher. Not that it would stop her. She wasn't going to set out into the world only to withdraw from it.
"You wouldn't mind telling us," she asked, "what the rest of Kosei is like? I've done some reading up, but seeing as you must know the region pretty well..."
Nauseous from snake venom and distress, Florence struggled to keep the berry down, but little by little, the pain faded and her breathing became easier. Shifting into a sitting position, she pulled away from the few remaining Ekans. Her shoulder still twinged, but no longer burned with agony, and her only other injuries seemed to be bruises.
She stared at the Inkay for what felt more like minutes than seconds, until a shake of his head dashed her hopes. "She's got to be around! Surely they can't have gone far!" she cried, trying to pull herself up, only to fall back down, shaking. The berry had cured the poison, but not its aftereffects.
A pink light shone, and a soothing feeling washed over her. "Th-Thanks..." she whispered to the Audino, although Heal Pulse could only do so much for humans. Holding on to the rough wall of the pit, she made another attempt to pull herself up.
Bonica looked around, then up, squealing in bewilderment. Probably wondering where her playmate is, Florence thought, barely able to take in what had just happened.
"I-I'm not..." Tears stung the corners of her eyes. "I'm not leaving her behind!"
As her legs gave out and she slumped to the ground, the awful realisation that she was in no fit state to do any searching came to her. Reaching out and hugging Bonica, she gazed blankly ahead, at the concerned Audino, who kept the Cutiefly safe in her arms.
Now, Florence knew exactly how the couple had felt.
Once more, Ella found herself completely helpless.
As Leisy's Gastly, Purrloin and Fletchinder drove away the last of the Ekans, all she could do was help Florence out of the pit. This was just like the one Vivian had fallen into, the night her mother's Vileplume had been stolen, and just like the one beside the cage containing the Skuntank and Stunkys... Why hadn't she thought to warn Florence about pit traps?
"Is... Is there anything...?" She gave Leisy a desperate look. There had to be something they could do. Even in their current state, even after two nights without sleep, there had to be something... right?
"N-No... There was someone else, he took Vernie!" Florence choked out, her throat constricting. The two other girls' faces swam before her. "Ella! Surely your Inkay can find her!"
More hissing indicated that not all of the Ekans had fled. Weakly raising her head, she saw flashes of dark purple slither towards Ella and Leisy. "B-Bonica... Agh..." With a shaking hand, she reached for a Pokeball. "Stun Spore!"
The Budew's burst of powder stopped several of the Ekans in their tracks. "Unnh... In my bag..." Florence propped herself up the best she could with her good arm, her surroundings lurching as she did so. "Pecha Berry... quick, f-feed it to me..."
Another hiss threatened to drown out her barely-audible words.
"Jumbles, use Psywave!" Ella commanded, returning Lucette. As the Inkay's attack knocked the Ekans aside, the girl ran forward and climbed into the pit, kneeling beside Florence. The brunette convulsed, her pain clear on her face, the skin on her shoulder puffing up around two puncture wounds.
"Treasure, Allsort, fend off the other Ekans." Sending out the two Poison types, she searched through Florence's bag. Hurriedly pulling out a pink berry - not the freshest, but it had to still work, it had to - she held it to the other trainer's mouth.
As Florence took a bite, Ella watched, tensing. The brunette gagged, and for one awful moment, Ella feared Florence would choke, or heave up the berry before it could cure her. Slowly, though, the medic's ragged breathing settled into a more regular pattern.
Beside the three trainers, the pink-haired girl's Pokemon kept the Ekans at bay, Allsort swiping with his claws, Treasure slapping in quick succession, and Jumbles making use of his type advantage with psychic attacks. "Jumbles, please leave it to the others for now," Ella urged. "Can you sense Florence's Chikorita anywhere nearby?" Maybe, hopefully, the weakened Kadabra hadn't been able to teleport far. "Leisy, the other guy, he had a Kadabra, it teleported with him and Vernie!"
The Inkay closed his eyes, focusing for a few drawn-out seconds. Something sank in Ella's stomach as Jumbles shook his head, giving a despondent squeak.
"I should have put up more of a fight... I-I'm sorry..." Ella clenched her hands by her sides. "We'll find her! We'll make sure we find her!"
A frazzled British thirtysomething cat mum with something of a tea addiction.
I like a wide range of RP genres, but have two absolute favourites: Pokemon and magical girls. (If someone manages to combine the two, I'll be VERY happy!) I post fairly regularly, but sometimes shit mental health days crop up - if that causes any delays, I'll try to resume posting ASAP.
<div style="white-space:pre-wrap;">A frazzled British thirtysomething cat mum with something of a tea addiction. <br><br>I like a wide range of RP genres, but have two absolute favourites: Pokemon and magical girls. (If someone manages to combine the two, I'll be VERY happy!) I post fairly regularly, but sometimes shit mental health days crop up - if that causes any delays, I'll try to resume posting ASAP.</div>
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