PlatinumSkink

Pokémon: Start

@Rune_Alchemist@Eklispe Well posted. Always glad to see quick responses.

@Pirouette@Delta44 Acknowledged. It would be very nice to see posts of some kind. It doesn't need to be that complex, you really only need to read the parts concerning yourselves at this moment, but, yes.

RPGC#12: Growth! -- Voting and Discussion

As the author of Dryads... I totally @vote for Un-American Activities. XD

I'll write a review with a little later. And maybe respond to Holmishire too. But, not right now.

Pokémon: Start

@Rune_Alchemist I actually missed your explanation, but upon noticing I can see you saw my post before I edited it. My apologies, I read it once and then forgot it during the week. It's completely understandable. But, yes. Good to hear! And don't worry, given the pattern here, you didn't hold anyone up~

Pokémon: Start

Alright. I was distracted by some things that needed to be done in real life, but now that they're done... I'm a little disappointed there's only three posts here.

@Eklispe@Pikmin Eye@Lasrever Well posted, all of you. Your tactics have paid off. Haha. Oh, and.

@Lasrever I realized later I had kind of put you in a "meta or not meta" situation. Where it'd look like you were cheating if you did anything but what you now did, and everything was kind of troublesome. Since I realized that, I'm just going to solve that situation myself, using an action you did, and with that I will make a mental note to attempt avoiding placing my players in such situations in the future. My apologies about that. Haha.

Now, then. @Pyromaniacwolf, since @Delta44 has yet to post, and is holding you up, I am not particularly adverse to continuing with this battle regardless. You've not been able to do something for quite a while due to another player, which is unacceptable. I would offer that maybe we'd make this a 1-on-1... but then you'd be fighting a Horsea, which might not be the most effective thing ever. So, I could control Ren until @Delta44 feels like actually using her character.

@Pink Madness Happy to hear you'll post! And yes, the Pokémon you are seeking exists in the wild. It may not be extremely easy to find the rarer, but seek specific Pokémon and you may find them. I can't guarantee you'll find them, but... I can guarantee they're there. They're all out there, somewhere. I know where they all live, and how rare they are in these places. Do not worry about that. Eevee is rare, that's going to be shown in the game too, but... yes. As Eklispe helped out with saying. They're out there. You just need to find them, and asking for information is a good way to start. Haha.

@Rune_Alchemist Alright. Do come back to posting when you can. Someone has a bit of catching up to do, anyway. Haha.

As for the other two yet to post...

@Pirouette How's it
@Keyblade87 going?

Pokémon: Start

@Lasrever@Pikmin Eye@Eklispe

First, Winston Tail Whipped before actually going to Water Gun. This messed up the Natu's timing. It had timed the strike so that if Winston Water Gunned immediately, it would have hit Aron, but now he Tail Whipped first? Ellyn clicked her tongue over there as Winston was simply took the attack while lowering the Natu's Defense by the first move. Realizing what would happen next, the Natu jumped away and managed to avoid the Water Gun, since it was ready for it, but due to Natu's new position the beam would harmlessly strike the ground, and Ellyn's plan failed.

'Tsk.' Ellyn made an annoyed sound. '… Keep pecking. Avoid the Water Guns...' She commanded, for the Natu was the only thing that stood between Maggy and a Water Gun.

Meanwhile, #2 found herself tackled by Nincada and Aron, as they headed towards Maggy. The Hoppip was unable to get out of the way in time, and was carried forward as a shield. Maple panicked, seeing how the small Pokémon was now held in the way for an Ember of any kind. 'Ember! Ember, and don't hit #2!' Maple commanded, but that was rather difficult. Maggy charged her fire, and attempted.

'… HOP!' The fireball flew and hit #2, who due to the fire flew out of the grip of the Pokémon that were using her as shield. This then meant that both Nincada and Aron had a straight path directly to Maggy, who stood after having just used an Ember with nothing to defend herself with. The two Pokémon hit, smashing into Maggy, who flew backwards...!

'M-MAAAG...!' … And fell over in a heap on the ground. Maggy has fainted.

While the Pokémon was hot, neither Aron nor Nincada suffered burns.

'Maggy!' Maple sounded out in distress, but the Pokédex informed her that the Pokémon was out of commision with a little sound, and she could no longer continue doing battle.

'Eh.' Simon looked down at his Pokédex. 'Synthesis?' #2, way over there now after having launched by the Ember, threw her tiny hands in the air again. 'HOP!' … Another green glow came around her, and she regained health. Not all the damage she had suffered from the Super-Effective Ember was healed, but considerable amount. Not that it helped a lot now.

'… Tsk.' Ellyn clicked her tongue again, watching the scene.

It would appear that the Dawkin, Martin and Abigail team had gained a considerable advantage.

Pokémon: Start

@Rune_Alchemist BACK! ... And now to answer your question. For the long-range teleports, I'm thinking that I'll allow the Pokémon to pick a single spot while present at this place, and then be able to teleport itself and/or any willing trainers to this specific location. The "marker" of this teleport can be moved, a new one can be created at any time at the expense of the former or if the Pokémon simply wish it to vanish. If something makes it impossible to manifest at the target location, like if something is blocking the way or so, then the teleport simply does not happen.

As for in-battle teleport, I am going to make it so that for Teleport, you have to focus for a considerable amount of time. You CAN have teleport prepared in advance, but then you can't have any other moves prepared. In addition, when taking shape, it'll take a considerable amount of time for the Pokémon to regain their bearings. But otherwise, Teleport will have a fairly long range that simply requires the user to be aware of the location it wishes to teleport to, which will make it very useful against some opponents. But... if the enemy is aware of your teleporting and have the right moves, they can easily invalidate the use of Teleport with any projectile attack. I believe for this reason, I'll have there be a limit on how far from the trainers the Pokémon will be allowed to Teleport in mid-battle. And, Confusion and such moves will require line-of-sight and notable proximity, if still ranged. Teleporting too far won't make you able to do much damage.

Hiding to stat-boost is possible, I realize, however. ... Heh. Yupp.

@Eklispe And nicely posted. And yupp, this is a team game. Though, don't worry about the metaing thing. That's why I specifically wrote that it was "Aron's position at the moment of attack" for Natu's attack, as such it doesn't matter where Aron is because the Natu will have calibrated~

Pokémon: Start

I made it? WOW, I JUST PRECISELY GOT DONE WITH THE POST! MADE IT IN ALL HASTE! NOW I HAVE TO GO!

I apologize for any mistakes I made in my haste!

@Rune_Alchemist Will answer when I get back! Woooooooo~! I made it! I'm so happy! *vanishes for many hours...*

Pokémon: Start

@Rune_Alchemist

Ralia took her stance, and Ewan stood with his straight face inspecting the battle from his side while Sven dashed towards Ralia. Seemingly no exact command had been made, but Ralia still had acknowledged the plan. The advantages of fighting with a Psychic Pokémon.

Sven charged in at Ralia, who... jumped, and landed on his side, grabbing onto it.

'SWI-!?' Sven made a loud noise and started trashing and jumping around on the spot, forcing the Ralts to use all her physical strength to just hold on, but she could still use her mental strength to use Confusion on the Swinub.

It cried out a bit in damage, but didn't otherwise seem confused, and kept throwing about, running and spinning in circles, allowing Ralia to practice her pig riding rodeo skills. That's when Ewan made his voice known.

'Stop.' He called, a single word. It was to Sven, who stopped instantly, and unfortunately the force which he stopped with would be too much for a Ralts to hold on with.

'Odor Sleuth.' Ewan commanded, and the Swinub breathed in through its large front nose... 'Swi!' Looks like it picked up the scent.

'Tackle.' Ewan followed this up with, looking onto the battle with the means with which he held, and Sven immediately spun around and charged towards Ralia once again. Though, this move in between had given Ralia some extra time for her own next move, and Sven was more damaged than her. However, with Odor Sleuth in effect, it would feel like Sven had essentially used a cheat-code for precise aim, dodging the same way would become a lot more difficult.

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@Pirouette

Vivia looked a little sad as people kept on picking opponents that wasn't her. Was it... was it because she had seemingly betrayed them? That was it, wasn't it? She lost the little confident glimt in her eyes for a moment... when Erika came up to her, and her eyes shone up again. She looked over the girl and to Sno who was following along, and Vivia smiled to her.

'Of course! Don't expect me to hold back!' Vivia smiled happily, her haughty words not matching up with the tone or expression she was returning. Her hands went to her side, where we'll say is a bag for items and she started fishing for a Pokéball, grabbing one and lifting it up with newfound energy. 'Alright, let's get starte- AH.'

Vivia's eyes suddenly went wide with panic when another Pokéball, not the one she had picked out, suddenly fell down towards the ground... 'NO, NOT-!'

There was a bright flash, and a small, floating orange Pokémon revealed itself, grinning to itself. 'Rooo~!'

Pokédex Entry #479 – Rotom, the Plasma Pokémon. Its body is composed of plasma. It is known to inhabit abandoned buildings. It is a mischievous Pokémon, known to possess machinery to play pranks and cause destruction. Its type changes depending on the machine it possesses.

'NO, NOT YOU. BACK IN THERE.' Vivia demanded, picking up the Rotom's Pokéball and attempted returning it. However, Rotom dodged back and forth with a cheeky grin, avoiding the Pokéball.

'FINE, THEN STAY BACK AND DO NOTHING.' Vivia demanded of it in frustration, as she spun and threw the other Pokéball forward towards the battle-area. With a little flash emerged a purple fuzzball with big, red eyes and two antenna... 'Venonat!'

Pokédex Entry #48 – Venonat, the Insect Pokémon. Its many small eyes function like radars and detect insects at night which it eats. A coat of thin, stiff hair that oozes poison covers its body for protection. Its eyes are capable of shooting beams and enable psychic powers. It's attracted to light.

'Alright, Venonat! We'll show our ability together!' Vivia cried out, using her anger at the Rotom's unappreciated appearance to fuel her battle-vigor. The Venonat looked forward at Sno, ready to get going.

'Rotoooom...' The orange ghost-Pokémon's lightning wings drooped a bit, looking disappointed that it wasn't allowed to fight. And then, it gained a little grin, before it silently drifted forward on a slight angle downwards. It moved itself so it'd place itself beneath Vivia's skirt, before intending on turning to look-

Vivia suddenly dashed with full speed into Kalmia's lab, leaving the grinning Rotom and staring Venonat both blinking in surprise into the door that Vivia slammed open. Moments later, the raging assistant came out carrying a small washing machine, glaring at the Rotom.

'Rotom!?' The Rotom flinched, looking at its raging trainer. Vivia then dashed with full speed, somehow carrying a washing machine in that speed, while Rotom turned around trying to flee. However, he was too late, and...

'HYAH!' Vivia smashed down the washing machine over the orange ghost-Pokémon, causing the Rotom to vanish and the washing machine suddenly turned orange, and gained a face.

'Rotom?' The washing machine asked, before suddenly Vivia spun around and delivered a full round-house kick to its face, sending the washing-machine/Pokémon flying way over multiple buildings. 'ROOOOOOOOoooooootoooo_{oooooooommm...}' … One could swear one saw a small flashing star where it vanished into the sky.

'I apologize for that...' Vivia breathed out as she put her leg down again after having kicked her Rotom. One can realize the reason Vivia brought the washing machine was to have Rotom possess it, thereby losing its Ghost-type and therefore enabling Vivia to kick it. One could also realize that that was the Pokémon Vivia had claimed “didn't count” as a first Pokémon. Finally, one could realize that Vivia's legs... are actually really, REALLY strong.

'L-let's begin before it comes back.' Vivia urged, the Venonat that had been staring at its trainer now spinning around again to face Erika and Sno, ready for action.

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@Pink Madness

A chase commenced. Flabébé chased Flame who dodged her tackles, barely ahead of the flower fairy. But, Flame was proving the faster of the two, albeit only slightly when Flabébé accelerated for a tackle.

When, however, the order to Ember was given, the target was easy to hit. Flabébé was trying to impact against Flame, meaning Flame could just shoot a blast right as she dodged a blow from point-blank range. And, so it hit.

'Flaaaaaa...!' The fairy spun a bit as the fireball impacted, spinning vertically before coming to a pause mid-air... and blinked happily down at the Vulpix. A Flabébé has rather high Special Defense, and wasn't as hurt as it could have been. But, it was definitely damaged, and like this it wasn't hitting its tackles.

'Flabébé!' Cathia commanded, raising her voice. 'Use Vine Whip to latch onto its legs! Don't let it dodge you!'

'Flaaaaaaaa~' Flabébé smiled happily, and vines shot out from the flower towards Flame. While as an attack, Vine Whip would be Not Very Effective, but to hold her in place they'd do their job. The vines would snap to grab around Flame's front legs and her body, to hold her in place while Flabébé flew in to tackle again, unless she managed to escape this somehow. To note, however, even if the vines got hold of Flame, her internal heat would be able to make short work of them, though perhaps not fast enough to avoid a hit from the next Tackle.

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@Eklispe@Pikmin Eye@Lasrever

'E-EMBER THE MUD-SLAP!' Maple commanded in panic, seeing two enemies approaching. Maggy complied, frowning and blew out an ember at the incoming mud, with the same effect as previously. The mud was blown open, but the fireball was effectively stopped with the exception for the heat. Braving said heat, Nincada was able to approach and Scratch at the Magby.

'MAG-!' Maggy recoiled from the scratch-damage, jumping back but clearly damaged, a Magby's defenses sub-par. She glared forward at the enemies, but she had every intention to continue fighting. A Hoppip bounced in at her side, smiling happily.

'Hoppip~!' #2 announced, willing to take part.

'B-block the Aron's mud for me! Maggy can win as long as her Embers aren't blocked!' Maple requested of Simon, who nodded enthusiastically.

'You heard her, #2! We'll block Aron! We'll be the very best blockers!' He called out, Simon holding his determined expression. With their new plan, both of them turned to the battle. Both Maple and Simon found a place where to smile in the midst of battle.

'Hop!' With that, #2 jumped forward, her only goal to be a general pain, intent on blocking the enemy's route. Maggy glared at Nincada, intending on repaying that damage with considerable interest, another ember charging in her mouth.

Meanwhile, Winston took a Leer, but then the Natu found herself pushed back by the stream of water to its face. After it ended, Natu was a bit further away, but it shook its head and glared at the defense-downed Wooper. Natu was damaged, and had been unable to hit Winston. Ellyn glared at the two a bit, and then made her decision.

'Bird. Two small jumps to the right. Jump and attack, be ready to dodge.' Ellyn commanded, and the Natu somehow knew exactly how far a small jump was for it jumped and placed itself there, and went forward to attack, jumping a bit into the air to be at roughly the same height as the enemy's face when it attacked. A keen-eyed observer would note that, at the moment of attack, Natu had placed itself so that if Winston Water Gunned and missed, the water would be heading for Aron, somewhat further away...

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@Keyblade87

'Oh, Quick Attack!' Joshua grinned, waving his elbows back and forth a little in some form of dance, as he watched. He gave absolutely no command. The lack of command caused Pichu to blink a bit in panic as it realized an attack was coming and it wasn't commanded to do anything about it...!

'P-Piii!' Pichu sounded out in panic as Riolu flew in as a blur to strike the Pichu... and while he impacted, a sudden flare of electricity came sparking out from the Pichu. The surprise of the strike caused the yellow Pokémon to discharge, and electricity is unfortunately faster than Quick Attack, so Riolu was shocked. Not paralyzed, though! Just a bit damaged.

'P-piichu!' Though so was the panicked Pichu, staring forward in a bit of fear and considerable damage...

'Perfect! Just like that, Pichu!' Joshua said, complimenting his Pokémon. Pichu blinked in surprise, looking back at him. 'Pichu...?'

'If you try to aim at him, you'll never be able to hit him while he's Quick Attacking. You'll also never be able to perfectly time it so you discharge just as he hits you! Therefore, let your instincts take over! Don't prepare to be struck, let yourself be surprised! Your natural defense mechanism will do the rest! Sooner or later he'll be paralyzed, and he'll be all yours! Go for it, little buddy!' Joshua told his plan to his little yellow Pokémon, the Pichu staring at its trainer wide-eyed and in awe, before nodding with determination.

'… Pichu!' Pichu spun back to face Riolu, not entirely sure how not to prepare to be hit, but...

'Charm in the meantime~!' Joshua told it, and Pichu got quiet for a second.

'Piiichyyuuu~!' Pichu jumped with the happiest face alive, and one could truly see the glimmering around it as the Pichu somehow made itself excruciatingly cute, and Riolu if watching might find his attack draining considerably...

But super-low defense Pichu had taken so much damage from high-attack Riolu earlier, even with this, it wasn't as if Charm could cripple Riolu enough in this case.

Pokémon: Start

@Rune_Alchemist Teh-heh. Sure. Match up your battle tactics with your fabulousness~ XD I'll see to what happens from this. Nicely posted~

@Eklispe @Pikmin Eye @Lasrever Teh-heh. Your consistency despite the four-player-battle pleases me greatly, and the fact this is a true team-battle as well. Haha. Nicely posted, all of you~

@Pirouette I'm happy to see you finally got your post in! And yupp, it contains exactly what it needs to. A reply will be coming shortly. Well posted!

@Pink Madness Teh-heh. Yupp, your opponent might have a bit of a problem since Tackle is the only thing she really can do, but, eeh. Haha. … By the way, Tail Whip might have been a waste as your only attack is Special and Tail Whip decreases the enemy physical defense. Not much synergy there. Eh, oh, well. You're all beginners, it's totally okay to make mistakes. XD Nicely posted~

@Keyblade87 Yupp, and that's all you need to get a battle started! Well posted! Haha! *checks Riolu's movepool* Pssh, Riolu only knows Quick Attack as an attacking move, eh? Isn't it strange how he somehow knows Quick Attack but can't Tackle? … EH! XD Speedy attacks it is! XD

So, then, @Delta44, you're the only one that has yet to post that can, at this moment.

I'm a bit busy this week-end as well, but I'm writing your replies at any breaks I can find! I COULD post those I'm done with, buuut... Eh, it'll come when they're all done!

Oh, by the way, if it was missed somewhere. Your Pokédexes can tell you what moves your Pokémon currently knows. Like when Simon looked down at his and found out Hoppip only knows Splash and Synthesis. Haha. But, yeah, looks like you've all got things going~

Pokémon: Start

... And made a small edit to acknowledge the fact that Leech Life actually leeches something. Haha.

@Pirouette@Delta44 It's alright, just as long as you eventually get to posting. I say that for those that will be waiting for you. Lucian can't get his response post until I know what Ren will do, for instance, and if Erika and Claire is to travel together it'll be slightly bothersome if Claire has long since already finished her battle. Just something to keep in mind. In any case. I'm happy to see you both responded so quickly to my question~! That bodes well for the future. Good luck with the internet and the, uh, life. Haha.