PlatinumSkink

Accidental Magical Girl CYOA

@Shifter_Master Ah, but if we knew the stats, then we'd make decisions based on those. We can't have that kind of safety when confronted with proper villains, can we? We shouldn't be able to say "but my stats say I'm stronger than her!", that's no fun. Teh-heh...

Pokémon: Start

@Rune_Alchemist

Mienfoo did have to break as Ritz swung by in a new direction, and the Meditite blinked as it realized it had become the new target. It tried to aim upwards at Del as he dropped down, but the Confusion it was inflicted with caused the Meditite to sway in the air and lose balance, meaning that when Del pierced down with the poisonous dagger it caused the yoga Pokémon to fall backwards out of mid-air and hit its head hard into the ground below. Meditite hurt itself in its confusion!

‘MEEDIII-!’ The Meditite yelled out in panic and pain where it lay with a Weedle on its head. Its trainer grunted with a deep frown, silent for a moment about how deplorable that went, but then directed a finger up to give commands.

‘Mienfoo, slap that Weedle off Meditite! Then go back after the Ledyba!’ The trainer looked quite ticked-off at how this was going on that front. She spared a look at Froakie, apparently judged that the frog was doing fine, and then continued to focus on these two. ‘Meditite! PLEASE use Confusion on the bug! You’ll take it out, easy!’ She demanded of her Pokémon.

As commanded, Mienfoo switched targets and dashed over to help get Del off its teammate, while Meditite struggled on its back, bound up by String Shot, trying to use its small hands to grip Del and prevent more Poison Stings and get a shot for a Confusion. Wasn’t entirely easy like this. For this moment, looked like Ritz was not attended to.

Meanwhile.

It might be unclear if it was by sheer luck or by the Froakie’s excellent awareness, but it went straight after the right Ralia when she split up and lifted his hand to Pound. However, Ralia got off her Confusion before he could go through with it. Froakie recoiled, closing its eyes and looking away for a brief moment as its expression twitched in pain, before swiftly looking back with eyelids forming a frown on the large oval eyes. Though, his eyes were considerably less focused, balance a bit off… Froakie became Confused!

Though, apparently not confused enough to stop him this time. He quickly swung his Pound at Ralia with one swift motion, and with the considerable difference in physical capability there was little Ralia could do to dodge the move. She’d take a blow. While Pound was powered-down from Growl, Ralia’s physical defenses weren’t exactly formidable to begin with, either. It’d hurt more than the bubbles had. Three more of those would be dangerous, and now Froakie was up in her face. Confused, but up in her face, intent on swinging Pounds like a madfrog.

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Zigzagoon was initially supremely happy to hand over the golden ball to Lure in exchange for the honey, which it happily slurped on, sweet honey is delicious to Pokémon. Far too late did he realize the trap he had fallen in.

It yelped in surprise and pain as Gust hit him and he spun and ran off a few meters before realizing his mistake and spun back to look after where Lure was flying off.

‘Zigzagoon! Zigzagoon! Zigzagoon!’ He was crying out various panicked complaints trying to chase after Lure, but fail as he came dashing straight into the wall after Lure lifted over the shrine…

Lure obtained a Nugget!

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@Joshua Tamashii

The kids looked curious about how Amelia said that the grass-ghosts origin was apparently a secret, but respected this fact. Then, they looked to one another with excitement when she said it was actually possible to find Shuppets in Pureplain City. Not exactly clear if they acknowledged her statement about asking for permission and being quiet while doing so, though.

The youngster looked notably relieved when Amelia started talking and was proven to be a very sensible individual rather than a scary one. He nodded to pretty much all she said, listening with somewhat wider than normal eyes. He gained a little smile when Litwick and Shuppet said their hellos, raising his own hand to wave at them a little, and…

‘WAH!’ He flinched backwards absolutely terrified and the whole group jumped with him as Phantump shouted and startled them. It took a moment or so before he realized it hadn’t actually been an attack and he could calm down again, looking at Phantump (who I imagine looks pretty amused). Then he blinked, noting Pumpkaboo making a nest in his hood, and he could breathe out in relief again.

‘Oh, uh, yeah. Guess they aren’t so bad. Haha.’ He gave an awkward little laugh as he was trying to look at Pumpkaboo in his hood behind him, and the other kids were excited.

‘That does it! We’re going on a ghost-hunt tonight!’
‘Yeah!’

There were varying shouts of excitement and maybe one or two worrying their parents might not approve of such a venture in the middle of the night, but otherwise it appeared they had accepted Amelia’s words.

‘Um, thanks.’ The youngster said. ‘Since you answered so kindly… Want to have this?’

Amelia was offered a Lava Cookie!

‘They sold these down at the docks. I have a bunch, so you can have one!’ The boy grinned as he offered.

Now she could stay and talk to them, or head on, or whatever else she wanted.

Route 2

Route 2

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Original Description

Route 2 is the wetter alternative to the fairly dry and straight-forward Route 1. Dragon Lake naturally flows south, causing many rivers through Route 2 which lead on into Infested Woods, giving the woods all the water it needs to grow. The road forward is a more primitive gravel road, which in order to get to the mountain housing the Wet Caverns on the other side requires one to cross a number of bridges, and it’s near tradition that there’s at least one trainer waiting in ambush for any other trainer who desires to cross. But, Route 2 sees traffic from nature-goers, fishermen and so as well as trainers, giving possibilities to slip by if desired.

One step to the left and one has ended up in the wetlands of Route 2, drenched by Dragon Lake’s insistence on breaking into the ground. Large flowers and many bushes arise from these lands, the nature is lush and green. Although one might wish to pack an extra pair of boots if one intends to traverse the reaches, there are undoubtedly many wild Pokémon awaiting in the grass around. Quite a few other trainers seem to have thought this, as there are quite a few in various stages of Pokémon searching or battling. With the combination of water and grass, one can assume the kind of Pokémon one might encounter. In the distance, by the lake itself, stands a number of fishermen’s huts, for those interested.

To the right, instead, stands the imposing Infested Woods, which scare people by its name and promises of how terrifying it might be to wander deep, or maybe that’s just scary-tales from those who are scared to death by bugs. Regardless, it stands there, drinking deep from the waters provided by the rivers. One merely needs to break off from the path and then one will sooner or later be in the woods. It is an alternative way to the Wet Caverns that avoids the trainer-bridges, but the choice of where to go obviously falls on the trainers themselves. For the most obvious Pokémon, there are Pidgeys flying about, every here and there one carries a captured Weedle from the tall grass, which tries to sting back…

Suggestions to actions

1. Find Pokémon. Can be specified what kind of Pokémon is being searched for, and how you search.
2. Train Pokémon. With this command, we can jump ahead in time and skip posting about grinding.
3. Seek trainers. There should be some here and there. Note, some may challenge you, regardless.
4. Talk. There’s some other travelers around. Maybe seek answers to any burning questions you have.
5. Move along. Move along normally, letting any events that may come happen naturally.
6. Hurry along. Intentionally avoid confrontations and try to get safely to the next destination.
7. Specify. If you specify what you want to do, the GM will take it into account and tell the result.
8. Trigger random event. Force the GM to use his imagination to make a scenario for you.
9. Area Specific: Fishermen Huts. See what the fishermen over there's got going.

Connected areas:
Pureplain City. Close enough.
Infested Woods. Close enough.
Wet Caverns. It’s a bit more, but close enough.

Route 2, known Pokémon

Common:
#13 Weedle
#16 Pidgey
#161 Sentret
#270 Lotad
#283 Surskit

Uncommon:

Rare:
#420 Cherubi

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@Pyromaniacwolf@Pikmin Eye@Eklispe

So, they followed the way left, following the curving cavern and river here. They likely had to wave off a few more Zubats coming down to visit them because this is a cave, but after sorting the Zubats out in whatever manner seemed the most appropriate they could continue relatively unopposed down the water. There were more Goldeens in the water, swimming away from the direction they were going, but they were definitely getting closer to the voices. In fact…

‘… can’t place it in a Pokéball, because it isn’t ours.’ A soft but strict female voice said.

‘I just wish I- Do I really have to do this!? What are we even doing with this bird!?’ A considerably rougher, more irritated though still young male voice said, accompanied by lighter sounds of wrestling.

‘I was thinking we take it back to base. She obviously didn’t want it.’

‘Well, I don’t want it, either! I just- Can you stop struggling!?’

‘Bear with it. When we get back to base, we can check to see if-’

And that’s as far as the conversation would have time to go before the two moved into vision of the three boys. There were hardly many places to hide if they wanted to, and the two were moving in the opposite direction wading through the river. The two were…

The Two

A girl with white hair and whiter clothes, a long blue tie hanging in front of her and darker boots, stockings and sleeves. And, a guy with brown hair, a blue jacket and multi-colored pants, looking like a mix-match of a thug trying to dress a bit more fancily. He currently had one arm around the body of a struggling angry Ducklett and one hand on the beak to keep it shut.

Pokédex Entry #580 – Ducklett, the Water Bird Pokémon. These birds are far better swimmers than they are flyers, and make excellent divers. When attacked, it defends itself by splashing water at the offender. Their favorite food is peat moss, and they’ll be found chewing on it constantly.

Dawkin had seen them before, of course. As well as the Ducklett, though his trainer wasn’t here.
Lucian might note they matched the description which Mia had given him, and that’s a Ducklett.
Martin would recognize the girl’s white clothing and the guy’s jacket as parts of a common Team Virtue dress-code. Though he was wearing it badly.

If the three wandered into vision of the two of them, they’d stop momentarily surprised, leaving enough time for the three of them to have the first reaction.

Now, what would they do?

Pokémon: Start

@Rune_Alchemist

There you go. Let's see. Did I describe that enough? ... Eh, probably.

@Joshua Tamashii

Yeah, just nicely handled. Now you can do as you please again.

@Pyromaniacwolf@Pikmin Eye@Eklispe

Alright. If any of you three have any overwhelming reactions that you think should be first, say so here. Because "first come first serve" does not make sense when it comes to immediate reactions. XD

Pokémon: Start

Alright, I'll just say I'm back. Unfortunately, Roleplayerguild wasn't the only thing delayed numerous days, but I'll say that replying to you all is always present in my mind in case I don't get a post up in the next few hours.

Capes of Denver: A Worm RP

There we go. Tell me if there's any problems. Wisp's still... heh... a bit innocent. So, yeah. That.

Capes of Denver: A Worm RP

Wisp

Sheila Hopkins

Rocker Warehouse

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And there she was.

Standing right behind him. Knife in hand. He didn’t know about her. She was within his stationary whirlwind, inside his protection. It took all her effort to stay calm and continue breathing silently, her free hand in front of her mouth so she didn’t breathe onto his neck. What… what now?

Stab him? It was way too easy to imagine him wearing body-armor under the suit. In fact, that was almost a given if he was a villain on the rise. The places that remained, was his head and neck. That would kill him, wouldn’t it? Did she really want to kill him? Become… a murderer? Get blood on her hands? It was becoming increasingly harder to stay composed for the teenage girl.

She could show him an illusion. But… what did that actually achieve? It wouldn’t stop him using his powers. Even if she showed him a bunch of goons aiming their guns at him, it said nothing about that he might be confident enough to handle them all. And then they were all illusions. It made no sense to show a known villain or hero, because Wisp couldn’t make them talk, only show them. It was all too risky.

As was trying to hold the knife to his throat and make him surrender. Way too easy to imagine him just claiming the knife like the objects floating around them and then Wisp would be powerless. That wouldn’t work.

There was no beating around the bush, huh. Her only option was to stab him in the back of his head or neck. But, she felt now, she wasn’t mentally prepared for such an action. It… it had to be done. This was a villain! He could take over the entire city with a power as powerful as this! She had to do it. She had to…

… She realized something she could do. Wisp blinked a bit as she considered it. It was… pretty simple, and didn’t necessarily involve stabbing. Perhaps, was this the way of Creep? It wasn’t as easy to identify as Wisp’s power. As she considered it, she liked the idea more and more. It was far, FAR easier than committing to stabbing him in the back of the head.

_@Spiffy

To Swarm, it would have been like it came out of nowhere. He was speaking to Shatterpoint, listening to his replies, when suddenly the world broke. She made the world shatter, all the pieces of it suddenly spinning into his whirlwind and flying like a tornado around his head. In addition, in the vision his own head spun with it, as if his eyes also were slung into the whirlwind along with the thousands of small fragments that should be building how the world looked around him. It would not help to close his eyes, the vision remained unchanged. No sound accompanied this vision, and his body wouldn’t feel anything else. Yet, this soundless vision of everything breaking and spinning with unfathomable speed was still translated directly into his brain, so unless he was completely immune to motion sickness…

Wisp created her own whirlwind around him, most particularly around his head. Light spun around his head so much faster than he could spin objects, and Wisp was picking bits and pieces to show him here and there, connecting just enough to make it all look like it was spinning. She was also moving the point from where his eyes were seeing, taking all the vision from a spinning point in space and directing it to his eyes so he saw it like his eyes were that quickly rotating object spinning around his head. This would hopefully do so much more than just get rid of his vision, as his balance, orientation and calm would hopefully take a sincere blow. Wisp had to have a hand within a meter of his eyes for the effect to continue, and she’d try to pursue him if he tried to run. She was also using her own powers to give her 360 degree vision to try to identify any danger she might be in to dodge whatever might happen, her knife ready if worst came to worst.

Hopefully, he thought the danger came from much further away, and he’d try to shoot it, in which case she was safe. Otherwise… … … Wisp hadn’t thought that far. She had just been desperate to do SOMETHING, and this was easier to do than to stab him. But… she was ready to do that too, maybe…

_@Eklispe

Shatterpoint and any other goons around Swarm and Wisp saw NOTHING of what Wisp was doing. Whatever reaction Swarm had to what Wisp was doing, would seem like he had it out of nowhere for no apparent reason. Wisp was just showing them the scene completely without her and her power.

Pokémon: Start

I've been tricked into a place with no internet until Monday. I apologize, but I refuse to write a post on a mobile phone. I'll try to have a post for you all then.

Pokémon: Start

@Eklispe Thanks for the swift reply! You seem to have completely ignored Lucian, but heh. Anyways, nicely posted.

The post does mean I need to turn to @Pikmin Eye to know if they're actually going to head down to the left or not.

Pokémon: Start

Gasp. Did I disappear? The week-end was extremely busy, it's been longer than I intended it to be. I'll need to work on a post. Not sure if it'll be up today, I have business this evening, but I'll work on one for tomorrow. But first.

@Pikmin Eye Nicely posted. Yupp, that's about it. I will note the next split is still in water so I'm not sure where Nincada is right now, but eh.

@Pyromaniacwolf Alright, nicely posted. Back into the the mix. Moving on.

@Eklispe So, Martin's back and Lucian's heading left along the river. What do you do? I'm not entirely sure I can post before that for the other two until I know what you do, too. Heh.

Pokémon: Start

@Pyromaniacwolf Sounds good!

@Rune_Alchemist Change of tactics, eh? Nicely posted. Now let's see. ... Aaaaaaaaaaaaand that mostly aligns with what I thought would happen with the Zigzagoon. Haha.

@Joshua Tamashii Alright. Nicely handled, and nicely posted. Teh-heh.