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@Xandrya Just wanted to have responded before you moved on, but feel free to have moved on now. I'm kind of left waiting for the posts of the other two in that room, otherwise. Hm. Let's read up so I know I haven't missed something vital.

Edit: Oh, wait. They arrived in the command deck. Is that where everyone else is?
@Xandrya

Lataniva flexed her fingers a bit, having quite the time resisting the urge to grab Amy to read her mind and find if her claim was justified. However, she knew she had to live with being unsure. Lataniva had partly raised a hand towards her, through sheer instinct, before returning the hand and grabbing it onto her stomach.

‘Very well. I will trust this to be the truth.’
And that was all of that, before Amy headed on. Then Lataniva handled the take-off pretty well, she was used to sudden unexpected forces taking hold. Then she could hold on until gravity returned with a dull acknowledgment of what had just happened.
@Rune_Alchemist Nicely posted. Yupp. Quite the situation, eh.

@Pikmin Eye Well posted. Now, let's see what we can make of this.

@Joshua Tamashii ... Oooh. You're using Litwick's such burning of spirit to detect if there are nearby predators. Interesting use. Nicely posted.

Though, about seeking help, you write. I don't know for sure yet if you'd find any in the next part of the woods, but there were trainers in the Outer Woods... Anyway, can you clarify that a little for me? That "or" confuses me, if you meant in Outer Woods than it's seek help or not seek help, so I'd assume you mean seek trainers in next part of the woods, then?
Hmmmmmmmmmm. Eh, I'm bored.

@Pikmin Eye Here, have a post. I'm going to have Sleep act about the same as in the games, since so many moves cause it. That's how it is balanced. Since you don't have Awakenings or ability to switch Pokémon, I went ahead and described how it would go naturally. That's that. Your opponent was allowed two free moves. Yeah.
@Pikmin Eye

Unfortunately, this time, Nincada must have underestimated the reach of the spores, for as he made his way away and managed to get off his Harden, the spores spread on and reached him. Unable to do anything about it, Nincada fell asleep, at least for now.

‘There we go! Now! Tangela! Vine Whip, Vine Whip, Vine Whip!’ Lewis let out in elation, pointing forward at Nincada. Because sleep did not mean faint in this world.

‘Tangela!’ The Pokémon sounded out in similar elation and started attacking with Vine Whip, the tentacles of the Tangela lashing out with powerful snaps at the sleeping Nincada. Unless Martin managed to come up with a plan for how to wake Nincada up from the unnaturally induced sleep, Tangela would be able to get in two Vine Whips against him before he woke up. Given two Hardens, that didn't hurt all that much, but was still worth a considerable blow to the back of the Bug/Ground type.

As soon as he woke up again Nincada'd be ready for action again.
Wisp
Sheila Hopkins

New Home



They found a new place. It was a house that Wisp was pretty sure was inhabited, yet there was no sign of the inhabitants. It was further out from the city, in a calmer section squeezed together with other buildings, a fairly long walk from the city center. The contents were couches, beds, an old TV, a refrigerator… Someone clearly had lived here, yet the dust told of a place that had been abandoned. Had someone died? Would someone one day return? Perhaps. They’d surely need to get a new place pretty soon, if for no other reason than that there were no active alarms on the place. But, this would do for now, since it had electricity. They took a few trips back and forth under Wisp’s shroud to get some of Speedrunner’s “necessities”.

‘Don’t take off your cape-outfit for at least a week, just in case they return. Only exception is washing it.’ Sheila told her sister, breathing out as she could finally relax in a dust-filled couch. Both were in their cape-outfits, meaning Sheila was in white body-pants with no shoes and only thick socks, tight white jumper with a hood as well as red laser-goggles. Viola wore a purple full-body tight cycling suit with white details, as well as purple laser goggles and a purple cycling-helmet on her short blonde hair, going with her purple Speedrunner theme. It was really late now, the night approaching.

‘Right, right.’ Viola responded, also sitting down, tired from having been moving all of a sudden. Then, she finally found the time to ask. ‘Who were they?’ Viola asked, looking intently at her sister through the laser-goggles. Sheila took a moment, hesitating due wanting to shield Viola from that information, but ultimately reasoned they were in this together.

‘The Rockers.’ Sheila told in a quiet tone. ‘They were there to recruit me. They showed no signs of knowing about you.’

‘Hah. Of all people to find us… Think Shatterpoint can see you?’ Viola, who was more active on PHO than Sheila, immediately asked.

‘Maybe. Regardless, we need to be more careful leaving the building from now on.’ Sheila stated.

‘So, what did you tell them? Did you threaten them off?’ Viola asked, envisioning her sister’s less than positive answer…

‘… I told them I’d consider it and contact them later, and that they were to leave immediately. I needed them to think they were successful to avoid ending in a confrontation right outside our home.’ Sheila explained, but this was a tough situation. ‘I need to find out how they found us. I’ll meet with them, see if I can find out.’

‘Heh. Okay. What will you tell them when they ask you to join them?’ Viola asked, testing out her sister’s plan. Sheila was silent, considering.

‘… I might play along, to keep them off our backs. I could find a good time to betray them, perhaps call in the Protectorate. As long as the jobs aren’t openly villainous and I make them not announce my participation, it could gain some benefits. I’ll give them a set of terms.’ Sheila sighed.

Viola recoiled a bit from her words, staring at her sister in alarm. ‘He-hey, sis. That’s dangerous. Cooperating with villains, even with that purpose in mind…’ Sheila looked at her, sensing her sister’s fears…

‘Don’t worry. In the worst case scenario, I’ll simply kill them. I’m a Stranger with a knife. I can do that.’ She felt a bit numb saying so, but… she could, and they were being cornered, so it felt reasonable. However, this statement just appeared to cause Viola to be even more frightened. Sheila, growing tired of this conversation as she saw it wasn’t going well, stood up to leave.

‘I’m going. I need to find their headquarters. Do not leave until I come back. Flee if you’re tracked down. Whatever you do, do not call the Protectorate. I’ll do that myself when the time is right. That’s all.’ So Sheila said, before her shroud of light promptly cloaked her, removing her from sight as she moved out.

Viola was left on her own, sitting with what Sheila had just said on her mind. Sure, what Sheila had in mind had its advantages, but it meant becoming a real villain. If she did jobs for the Rockers, she’d become a villain. If she decided to kill them, she’d become a villain. Regardless, this job would taint her, and that was even without the chance of failure and all its consequences taken into account.

… Sorry, sis, not going to let you get yourself into a situation you can no longer get yourself out of.

Though, Viola wasn’t willing to move out herself. Too dangerous, and she wasn’t confident in her experience. However, her mind drifted to the one hero whose videos she’d watched in the past and secretly admired. G4M3R. He was a member of the Minutemen, as he told over the stream. They offered heroic services, asking for donations in order to remain functioning. While Sheila had detailed not to call the Protectorate… but that didn’t mean anything if she was calling the Minutemen, right~? Viola was somewhat desperate, so any loopholes she could find were alright in her book…!

Viola will call the Minutemen number at an unspecified late time an unspecified day. Late because it happened to be this late when Viola learned of Sheila’s plan. The reached Minuteman is free to simply answer when ready for it.


Streets of Denver


It was early night, a girl wandering cloaked by her power in the dark streets. Wisp’s next job was clear. Find the Rockers. Hopefully, it wouldn’t be too hard. They’d got to have some kind of territory. If they did, Wisp had examined its location on her and Viola’s computer earlier before finally getting going. If they didn’t, she’d have looked for their most common appearances and seek there. They used pickaxes and this fairly recognizable theme, they shouldn’t be that hard to pinpoint places where they were common from the PHO. Any known locations, Wisp would seek out buildings where they’re known to stay, all while moving invisible in the street, dodging like dancing soundlessly from any passersby that came wandering in the night, searching Denver at a more laid-back hour…
What time is it currently in the Sonika/Furnace/Minutemen/Others encounter?

Edit: So Jake/Outsider was planning for overtime when he saw the encounter. That would place the encounter at 17-19? Unless he works irregular hours. Um. I don't know. Anyways.

Disclaimer. Viola's an NPC that I'm simply manipulating right now for my own benefit, due to having created her as my character's sister to give Sheila a reason to exist. GMs/CO-GMs are free to take control of her from me at any time and change her any way they feel like. Unless anything else is said, though, I'll write her lines whenever someone answers.

Anyways, yes. Viola will call the Minutemen at an unspecified late hour an unspecified day. Meaning, you can all get done with your current scene if you wish before responding, you can even say that Viola and Sheila's thing happened a different day (unless the GMs says that's not the case) to make things not happen one-after-another, and yupp. Simply make me aware when you do take the call. This also allows Wisp to make some headway before things happen, which I'd appreciate. Yell at me if there's any problems with this arrangement or someone disagrees.

Yupp. That's all.
@Rune_Alchemist Wonderful~

@Eklispe I reserve the GM right to neither confirm nor deny this statement.

@Delta44 Teh-heh. Okay.

@Pikmin Eye Yupp. That is so. Nicely posted.
Gah. A little late. But, here ya go. Haha.

@Joshua Tamashii I actually meant it when I said "insignificant detail". Meant I had to describe the Outer Infested Woods night scene. Haha.

@Eklispe Both Wooper and Aron are 40 cm tall. How were you envisioning? Haha. ... I will note, this encounter was not created to be faced by one person. Sorry about that. Haha.

@Pink Madness And gotcha. Alright. Haha. Now, then. If you wish to continue question the two of them, you can decide not to go into the caverns and just stay there and talk. If you wish. Or just wander on. Just, don't do both. You can't both continue the conversation and delve deeper into the cave. Haha.

@Delta44 You triggered Joshua. ... Don't pick a stalker-target until you know who you're targeting. XD ... Anyways, yeah, react as you please.

@Pyromaniacwolf I will note, just because they understand you doesn't necessarily mean they won't react animalistically, but, eh!

@Rune_Alchemist And you, keep going with your absurdly low-level battle while THAT'S going on a few meters away. No problem, right? XD

@Pikmin Eye And for you... well, the battle's continuing. Gosh, felt I had so much to write for everyone else. But, anyway. Yepp. Haha.

@Pirouette ... I'll just keep dropping mentions.
@Pyromaniacwolf

The bugs looked alarmed and tensed, ready to lash out as Lucian clapped his hands and then forwarded his deal. After he was done, the back number started making angry noises that did not sound particularly well-intended.

‘Venipede!’ The one in the front, however, stayed calm and told the others off, glaring at Houndour. It appeared to have accepted the proposal, confident in its victory.

Then, the Venipede jumped somewhat into the air and curled into a ball, rolling to the side, jumping on twigs and tree trunks before it could catch speed to hurl towards Houndour. The little bug knew Rollout.

The other Venipede’s glared angrily at Lucian and Houndour, but stayed in their places.

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@Rune_Alchemist

Ralia directed a Confusion at the Combee, and it impacted with a little purple effect that knocked the mind of the Combee.

‘Combeeeeee…!’ The Pokémon shouted out in damage from the hit. It took a substantial amount of damage, but should be able to handle at least one more. Now, fortunately for trainers, Pokémon in general turns to fight an offender rather than fleeing, meaning Combee turned around with six tiny angry eyes and three unhappy mouths, and moved in to blow a powerful wind in Ralia’s direction as she was multiplying with Double Team, a wind otherwise known as the move Gust.

Thoooooouuuuuuugh, the Combee wasn’t the only thing that turned towards her.

A distant Vespiquen, hearing the cry of her worker bee and a potential future queen, turned to glare in the direction. Blocking her way stood Delphox, who naturally had seen this future, the bipedal fox grinning a bit back at the queen bee and readying her flaming wand. Vespiquen wordlessly glared at the fox, the sounds of many, MANY bees filling the woods around her as the Vespiquen’s pheromones ordered the attack. Within moments, many hundred bees and Combees came flying towards Claire and Ralia to attack, but…

‘Del… phox~’ Delphox called out, the fire of the wand increasing dramatically in intensity as the fox spun in place, waving out the wand and swinging it along with her spinning. As she did, a powerful burst of flame scorched out, flaring out as a long wave in a single direction as the result of her spinning. The flame burned the bugs that had gotten too close to the right, and then Delphox stopped and spun the other direction, a wave of fire blasting off to the left. As the fires surged out, the noise encompassed even the buzzing and the surrounding area was colored red.

‘Phoxel~’ Delphox challenged the woods, Beedrills and Vespiquens turning their attention to the offender, who now had burned much more than just the Combees of that one Vespiquen. Fortunately, she had psychic control of her own fire so she could keep it from setting fire to any trees or such, but the woods themselves recognized her as a threat. At this… Delphox merely grinned.

Oh, and behind her, Claire and Ralia was facing off against this single Combee. Yupp.

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@Joshua Tamashii

The man looked at her in a bit of dull surprise, then replied, waving her off.

‘Fine, fine, if you’re going to be so well-mannered and all. Take extra care, little one. Some kinds of people are more active at night, when there’s nobody around…’ He said, before shutting the door calmly, allowing Amelia to be on her way.

So, Amelia wandered into the wetlands of Route 2

Route 2

‘Wooo, I exist’


And then on to her real destination, Infested Woods.





At night, Outer Infested Woods glew brightly yet still. Volbeats tracked their Illumise, and in the night they dared drift higher. A few Illumise were competing with one another having their Volbeats create patterns, of spheres, triangles, spheres with triangles sticking out around like a sun in the night sky, formed like a large human in the sky or like star signs created on whims. It was quite the display, and on the ground it was accompanied by the music of Kricketots hitting their antenna together, causing it to sound like a gentle orchestra of xylophones. This was a display that simply wasn’t able to be experienced during the day of Infested Woods. There were numerous humans around, even at night, sitting around smiling at the skies with each other’s company just to experience this spectacle of sound and sight around small campfires to keep warm.

That said, if Amelia was looking for anything other than bugs, she was out of luck. She wasn’t feeling the presence of any ghosts in this immediate area. Perhaps if she went deeper? … Would she risk that in the dead of night? Regardless, a choice fell onto her.



Connected areas:
Route 2. Close, can easily get there without complication.
Wet Caverns. Requires a bit of a walk alongside the outer regions of the woods.

If she checked her Pokédex, she’d find a record of Pokémon which other trainers had found here.



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@Delta44

Ren is free to interrupt or flee at any point of this post, as if let to go off on his own, Joshua will go a bit overboard. This is true in all posts, really, but there is special need to mention it here.

‘Oooh, foreigner! Cooool~’ Joshua immediately called out happily as Ren mentioned not being from Isson, and then listened with a wide smile with eyes on her. Then, the smile vanished as Ren continued to speak. His hands drifted to his headphones, which the boy had been wearing the whole time, and pulled them off as his eyes wandered to look at Ewan.

‘I see.’ Ewan replied, nodding to Ren without noticing the staring Joshua. ‘Indeed, we seem to be here to watch the-’

‘Ewan.’ Joshua stated, pulling the other boy’s attention by interrupting him. Ewan blinked a little, and turned to gaze at his friend.

‘Do you realize what we have here?’ Joshua asked.

‘… What?’ Ewan asked, sensing what was coming next.

‘We have been chosen!’ Joshua declared. He placed one hand on the shoulder of his friend and directed the other towards Ren, his face looking as happy as enlightened. ‘This lovely flower, born in rural lands of no contests, has been guided by divine forces to us by the way of her own curiosity! A diamond in the rough, brought to us by seeming exceptional chance, yet make no mistake! There is a star from lands unknown, and it is our holy mission to show her the world of glamour and beauty she’s yet to know yet undoubtedly linked to by destiny!’ Joshua took an excited step forward towards Ren, entirely intending on placing both his hands excitedly on her shoulders if she didn’t retreat, his eyes wild with excitement.

‘Ren Moyra, there’s a star within you that is but waiting to burst out and overwhelm the known world! You have an inner self that will blast over the benighted imaginations of the ignorant crowd! Reality will be rewritten, records will be broken, I can’t even picture how beautiful you’ll be when dressed up for the stage! Now, all you need is the perfect partner…’

‘And what do we have here!?’ Joshua asked, letting go of Ren if he had caught her and looked down to Shyn where he was showing off for Pikachu. Joshua immediately grinned and gestured to the Shinx with amazement. ‘Oh, yes! So cool! So cute! So tough! Maybe clever? Beautiful nonetheless!’ He lifted his hands to direct at Shyn and Ren. ‘This is a dream waiting to be fulfilled! A destiny past any before it! A cool and mysterious trainer, who’s beauty’s just waiting to be revealed, and a Pokémon whose toughness and confidence shall explode on stage to draw all the eyes of the crowd! By Arceus decreed, it is not coincidence that has brought you to us today! To be declared worthy of such a task… I am honored!’

Joshua suddenly spun around to the store which he had been attending when Shyn and Ren had appeared. Ewan took that moment to take a step closer to Ren with a frown on his eyes.

‘You’re free to decline at any time.’ He mentioned silently enough that Joshua would not be able to hear. ‘In fact, if you’re uncomfortable, flee, right now.’ He said and returned to where he had been standing. A few seconds later it was time for Joshua to spin around and head back to Ren, if she was still standing there.

‘If I may, I offer this present for the occasion?’ Joshua approached, offering something in his hand forward to Ren. It was a wine-red little hairpin, a small stripe to pinch around hair which end became a wine-red tiny flower. ‘Those who distinguish themselves early have an advantage early on. Also, rewarding those who wish to look at you is excellent practice. You hide yourself, but those who peek through are already in for a real treat. Some accessories will go a long way to further bolstering the amazement of those who see the real you. You’re already cool and cute, but if you wish to become a Coordinator of your own one day, you’ll need to be as charming and confident as your Pokémon~! Now! Past this, let us watch the show and be inspired! For our future as Coordinators~!’

Joshua would then offer Ren his hand, intending on guiding her towards the direction where audience enters the stage-area to watch, WHILE his other hand was still offering the hairpin.

Ewan stared at Joshua for a moment, before finally speaking to his friend.

‘You’re going to scare her away with your antics.’ Ewan told him in a somewhat quieter tone, before turning to Ren. ‘… He’s ultimately just meaning to ask if you wish to see the show with us.’ Ewan said, still calmly, though he did appear embarrassed from his friend’s speech. … Joshua’s little show had likely drawn the eyes of surrounding people, with varying amounts of amusement, to add to that feeling.

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@Pikmin Eye

With a scratch or two at the vines, Nincada was able to get himself loose from the vines, and Tangela remained attached to the ground via Ingrain. Lewis smirked a bit in relief that his plant was able to scare off the opponent. Nincada started hardening himself for the next attack, while Lewis…

‘That’s it! We can do this! Now for the secret weapon! Sleep Powder!’ After the command, Lewis threw a glance at the still sleeping mercenary leaned at the wall over there… ‘And don’t hit me!’

‘Tan-gela!’ The Pokémon shook itself, and a powder released from the jiggling vines like spores, seeking forward at Nincada and spreading slightly in front of them, meaning another threat to drowse to sleep for Martin’s Pokémon.

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@Eklispe

The guy raised an eyebrow as Atlas pushed Wooper into the water and then dodged the Ember himself, and then the Wooper was commanded to charge his leg.

‘Right, fine. Ember the Aron.’ He commanded, and Growlithe turned to the now Wooper-shield-less Steel-type, and shot out a fast Ember in his direction.

‘Ducklett! Block the Wooper!’ The girl commanded, and the Ducklett dove into the water to meet with Wooper’s charge. Ducklett was far faster than Wooper when it came to both outside and inside the water, unfortunately. If the water-type continued, Wooper and Ducklett would simply impact, which counts as Struggle damaging both parties.

So, the girl took her stance and attempted throwing it. Turns out, she was a pretty good thrower, and the ball carried above Dawkin. Dawkin jumped to catch it, but instead it simply spiralled to the right, hitting the wall and with a flash another Pokémon came out.



Pokédex Entry #322 – Numel, the Numb Pokémon. Numel is a cauldron of magma, which powers its fire-moves and enormous power that can move up to around 100kg. It is extremely dull-witted and won’t even notice being hit. If it gets wet the magma cools and it loses its energy.


‘… Meeeeel…!’ Sounded the slow Pokémon with half-open eyes, staring forward at Dawkin.

‘Ember the Aron!’ The guy commanded from a distance, and the Numel slowly turned. Looked like Atlas soon would have embers to dodge from two locations. Meanwhile, the girl took her Miccino’s Pokéball and prepared to throw that one, too.

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@Pink Madness

‘Never heard of Team Amethyst, huh. Hopefully, one day that will be the norm…’ The girl sighed a little, before gazing at Donna again. ‘They’re bad people. They advertised themselves originally as a group who caught rare Pokémon for you and then you simply had to buy the Pokémon from them. However, it went out of hand. Rare Pokémon were being hunted to extinction, because of their sudden availability thanks to Amethyst. At some point, their means also changed, and they thought it was okay to steal rare Pokémon from trainers to sell to their buyers. They started attacking trainers, and the routes became less safe.’

‘… We fought them off.’ The guy over there said. ‘In the Team Wars a few years ago, we, Team Virtue, fought them off and destroyed their bases of operation. Because of loss of public face, their customers vanished, and Team Amethyst sunk back into the darkness. The world became safe once more. … But, they were never eradicated. They’re still out there…’ The guy said, considerable hatred in his voice.

‘… Yeah.’ The girl confirmed. ‘We’re still searching for their remnants. They’re out there. As long as there is a customer with few morals desiring a rare Pokémon, they will always have a market. We won’t stop patrolling. The world is a lot safer, but still not entirely. Call us if you ever suspect anything bad. Here’s my number.’ The girl handed over a card. It was the card of one Anabelle of Team Virtue, along with an address to a place in Justroad City and a phone number.

Donna obtained Anabelle’s Card!


… If she accepted it, anyway. Then, Anabelle healed up Donna’s Pokémon, and she was free to go with a word of caution.

Then, Donna wandered on into the hole in the mountain, descending into…





Connected areas:
Route 2. Right behind you.
Lakewatch Town. You don’t know the way, yet.


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