@Valkan ... Getting knocked-out by a Stantler using his own Pokéball caused me to laugh. XD
Anyways, yupp. Seems like an alright enough dude. You are leaving it to me how exactly he got his invitation, eh? Yeah, that works excellently. You'll... actually be (tied if Delta44 comes back) oldest of the player characters, though there are multiple at 16. That's fine, too. I'd probably say 18 would be too old, but 17 is alright enough. Still just under the maturity line. Haha.
Anyways. As for your Pokémon and character, they're totally alright. Ezra is accepted! You may move him and his Pokémon over to the characters tab. Feel free to have your first post be arriving to Kalmia's lab. She actually has a visitor right now, inside her own house, but that's minor details. Ask me for any and all details you might need and I'll provide. Welcome to Pokémon: Start!
@Landaus Five-One So, let's see here. Dar'vech is leaking magic everywhere from an abandoned building in the commercial district, and that should be easy to sense for standard Magical Girls.
Then there are these Swarm Hunters that are basically huge spiders that are controlled by Dar'vech and have spread through the north part of the city. Stealthily or highly detectable?
If there's anything else that is highly evident that I've so far missed and/or gotten extremely wrong, can you summarize that for us? I've read the posts, I'm just trying to wrap my head around what it all means.
Also, compared to usual Magical Girls, how strong are these dragons? I apologize if you've already stated so, but it just got relevant.
Lataniva nodded to Arex as he accepted to be searched. Didn't seem like she'd need to make him calm down, which was good, because that meant she could focus on seeking results faster. In any case.
She placed the hand on his forehead, and kept her eyes focused on him as she worked. Her psionics entered his mind, seeking into his memories, creating a connection to the electrical charges going on inside his brain…
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First her look was the pinnacle of focus, staring at him with a stoic look. Then, she blinked, unmoving but her eyes nonetheless showing alarm, before her eyes focused with an anger as she continued to hold her hand in place while her muscles tensed. Eventually, she relaxed, but still glared at Arex as she did. Then she stood there for a bit, before… she jerked to, a bit, recoiling from nothing. She held her hand in place, but glared at Arex as parts of her body twitched their muscles restlessly, her fingers grasping. Then, finally, she tore her hand away from Arex’s forehead, much more violently than it felt like such an action needed, and she glared at him coldly. Maybe not him, really, but she sure glared at his head for several moments before turning to speak to Stryker.
‘Stryker. Arex is, somehow, artificially part-Dalentian. The people who created him probably wished to enhance humans with Dalentian properties, and they had other Dalentians helping, I couldn’t see if they were there willingly or not. They’ve installed working defenses into his head should another Dalentian try to read his mind, something which before this point I would have told you was impossible.’
She told, giving Arex a little glare before looking to Stryker again.
‘They’re trying to hide it from Arex as well. He doesn’t know what they’ve done. It’s hidden in there, but when I try to pry, it burns the connections. However, thanks to Arex actively cooperating, I found at least something. Arex took a muscle fibre from the station. It had been on display, signifying something important. But when he tried to process it here, it somehow realized it had been stolen and the nanobots inside mixed into a bomb and blew up. That’s all I could find without destroying Arex's mind by prying deeper.’
@Pirouette And you're officially back on the character page, too. Haha. If you want to catch any of those Pokémon, or anything else, then just write that. You do what you feel like. Ask if there's any uncertainties.
The rest of you, go ahead. If there are any questions, feel free to ask.
@Eklispe@Pyromaniacwolf@Pikmin Eye If it feels like they're doing way too much, feel free to tell me if you'd like to intervene somewhere. We're sensible here. We can do things. Haha.
‘VEEEEEEN…!’ The Venonat was hit by the Powder Snow and fainted, finally, and Vivia’s muscles visibly sunk together in disappointment and feelings of loss on the other side.
‘Aaah…’ The look in her wide eyes told something about that she was expecting this to be a sign of what awaited her for most of her journey.
Sno grew to Level 6!
‘Y-you’re welcome, haha…’ Vivia gave a little smile at Erika’s words, and then took a deep breath to refocus. ‘Alright. I’ll become stronger. And I’ll be able to defeat some people to start with. I will become better! And I’ll-’
And that’s when her Rotom in washing-machine state sank an “arm” down the back of her shirt and gave her a playful shock, causing Vivia to jump wide-eyed on the spot before spinning around with an angry frown to confront her Rotom. It grinned widely at her as it drifted away, when Vivia seemed to realize something.
‘That was… punishment because I lost.’ Vivia stated. Rotom nodded excitedly.
‘You’re going to do that… every time I lose.’ Vivia continued. Rotom nodded even more excitedly.
‘OKAY!’ Vivia announced, extending hands into the air. ‘For the sake of preserving my sanity and skin-color, I will BECOME STRONGER!’ … And it seemed they came to some kind of agreement.
Meanwhile.
‘Congratulations on your victory!’ Kalmia said to Erika as she came along. ‘Before you go, take these!’ And so, Erika was also handed her Pokéballs so she could head out on her trip.
Erika obtained 5 Pokéballs!
‘If you have any further questions, I can always be reached over the Pokédex! If there’s nothing else, then I suppose you’re ready to start your trip, eh? Good luck on your trip! I’m rooting for you!’ Kalmia happily saw her off, with all that meant and such. Then, of course, she ran into her father and got delayed a bunch, but, that’s a separate matter.
- Later
Finally able to get away from her father, Erika headed down the Pureplain City suburbs in the direction of Route 2. There were lots of buildings and lots of people wandering their way or wherever, but eventually they thinned out and Erika could arrive at a much less travelled path as Route 1 was the main way in and out of the city. What remained here was a wet Route squeezed between the Dragon Lake and Infested Woods, beginning in Pureplain City and ending in the mountains containing the Wet Caverns. You’re getting either bugged or wet in this direction.
Route 2
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…
So, training on Route 2, Erika would see the most common Pokémon of Route 2. Sno would have little trouble taking out the Pidgeys due to Ice’s effectiveness. The Surskits skipping on the water of the rivers in the route were resistant to Powder Snow, making them slightly more troublesome to take out. Otherwise, most was just neutral in the ice match-up, But, due to a somewhat higher level, Sno would be able to handle them. Sentrets, Weedles and Lotads could all be handled due to neutral effect back and forth, Lotads in particular due to grass being weak to ice while water was resistant.
Pokédex Entry #16 – Pidgey, the Tiny Bird Pokémon. They are docile Pokémon that avoid fighting, kicking up sand in an enemy’s face or using Whirlwind to avoid battles. They have sharp senses of direction, capable of finding their nest or destination from very large distances. They inhabit tall grass where they search and prey on small bugs.
Pokédex Entry #161 – Sentret, the Scout Pokémon. A very cautious Pokémon, it stands on its tail to spot far-off threats and shouts an alarm if it sees one. When they sleep, they always does so with at least one Sentret on guard. If separated from the pack, a Sentret is unable to sleep.
Pokédex Entry #13 – Weedle, the Hairy Bug Pokémon. It has an acute sense of smell, and can easily distinguish its favorite leaves. It eats its body-weight of leaves every day. Its stinger secretes a powerful venom, and it uses this toxic barb to ward of hostiles.
Pokédex Entry #283 – Surskit, the Pond Skater Pokémon. Found on lakes or in puddles after evening downpours, feeding on microorganisms. It secretes an oil from its feet that enable it to move on water as if skating. When endangered, it secretes a sweet fluid from its head.
Pokédex Entry #270 – Lotad, the Water Weed Pokémon. They live in clean ponds and lakes, where they float with their large leaves above the surface, and they serve as ferries to smaller Pokémon. They rise climb ashore only in search of cleaner water. If it’s dehydrated, the leaf will wilt.
Then, once. She saw something different hiding under one of the bridges, swimming up to the side of the river. It looked like a blue ball of…? No, wait. That’s the back of a big tadpole.
Pokédex Entry #60 – Poliwag, the Tadpole Pokémon. While it has legs, it’s inept at using them and always swims. Its skin is extremely thin, making its spiral innards visible. Despite this, it’s very flexible and even sharp fangs bounce right off.
And… that’s what she’d find. If she wanted to catch any of the Pokémon she met, then of course she could invest energy into that. Otherwise, the training of Sno went off without particularly much of a hitch.
Sno grew to Level 8!
And now, (unless she’s off catching a Pokémon), that’s where she’s standing, on the edge of Infested Woods in between a couple of bridges on this wetter route. Where would she go now? Would she look for Claire?
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. You can get back without complication. Infested Woods. You’re right next to it. Wet Caverns. May need to cross a bridge or two to get there.
Del was going to continue stabbing Meditite with the poison stinger, but unfortunately focusing their attacks on Meditite had left Mienfoo similarly unchecked and he dashed in at full speed and slammed a Pound into Del, sending him flying off Meditite’s face. Also, Mienfoo’s destructive power is of note here, as is a Weedle’s fairly terrible defense. As Del landed and rolled further away, he’d very much note that he likely couldn’t take another one of those, or another of pretty much anything. But he hadn’t fainted.
‘Mienfoo.’ Mienfoo stated with satisfaction, facing Del and glaring in combat-stance, ready to get to delivering that second blow pretty soon. Behind it Meditite was happy to be bug-free for the moment, sitting up and trying to refocus on reality around it right about now, opening its eyes… only to see a huge ladybug crashing down on it now instead of a worm with a poison needle. Meditite was floored once again, crashing back as it took Ritz’s tackle and its legs flew up into the air as the head hit the ground and Ritz kept going.
Mienfoo got a pretty stunned expression when he heard the sounds behind him, blinking and looking behind him. Like, “didn’t I just protect…?”, and so. However, despite the repeated hits, Meditite wasn’t out yet, but it struggled to get back on its feet, would most certainly faint with the next attack.
‘Mienfoo! Attack the Ledyba, keep it away from Meditite! Meditite, Confusion on the Weedle!’ The trainer commanded, pointing them in varying directions. Mienfoo nodded, and ran around Meditite to block the way and hunt down Ritz. Meanwhile, Meditite turned to attempt using Confusion on Del. Still confused, but if it could get off the move and hit, then it’d look really bad for Del.
Meanwhile.
Now, on an alert and fully focused Froakie, dance dodging wouldn’t have worked. Way too easy to predict and then intercept, too grandiose movements for getting out of the way of dangers. However, on CONFUSED Froakie...
‘Frooooaaaaak…!’ Froakie swung his pounds, hitting nothing but air. Swung for Ralia’s face and she danced under it. Annoyed, he swung down at her, but she had flashed to the side. Increasingly unsteady and angry, Froakie pursued the dancing little creature, but couldn’t seem to land a hit, Ralia always one step ahead of the frog. Froakie wasn’t hitting himself, but it didn’t appear that he was hitting Ralia either. They kept going like that.
Upon being petted, the Slowpoke stayed completely still just the same way as it had when she had arrived. It wouldn’t seem to actually be registering that it was being petted, even way past five seconds. Then, when Amelia had turned to walk to Kalmia’s offshoot home…
‘Slooooooooooow!’ There was a fond sound as the Slowpoke sounded out that it appreciated being petted, way after Amelia had already left it. It looked pretty stupidly happy over there, if she looked back. In any case, moving on.
Kalmia’s little house was fairly basic. There was a large living room and a kitchen next to it looking in. A separate door to a bedroom, with all likelihood. Things were a lot more sensibly in order and tidy here, for some reason. Over on a shelf over there and on the wall above it was a lot of pictures, showing Kalmia with several different Pokémon, pictures of her on mountains with a Golem or on oceans with a Lapras and more. Then there was one picture that was a bit larger than the others which appeared to be Kalmia when she had just become a professor shaking hands with an older professor that was smiling kindly with Kalmia looking all star-struck and in complete awe.
Based on these pictures, Kalmia definitely had a Pokémon trip of her own not too long ago.
‘And here you go!’ Kalmia said, handing over a glass of apple juice for Amelia before sitting down by the dinner table to listen to whatever reason Amelia had come for. And…
‘Ooooh!’ Kalmia sounded out in mild amazement as Phantump emerged from her Pokéball. She stood up and inspected the ghost at a closer range for a bit, looking at her from a few angles. ‘A shiny, so soon? There would be collectors and masters alike writhing in jealousy the world over if they heard, teh-heh.’ She’d continue inspecting before pulling out her own Pokédex and check out the data Amelia’s Pokédex had recorded upon capture, because Kalmia could do that with her own master-Pokédex.
‘Amazing. Very well done.’ Kalmia nodded with pride and joy. Then… her expression grew just a little worried, and she looked at Amelia a little. She seemed to consider something, something perhaps worth the worried look, deciding if to tell the young girl or not, if it was worth the worry… but ultimately decided that she should.
‘I… must warn you. The Team Wars are over, now, and Isson is much safer than it once was. Most trainers can travel anywhere and not need to worry about any remnants. But you… You now possess a little diamond of worth to them, here. There may be grunts undercover in the world who’ll go back to their nefarious ways due to seeing your Phantump where they otherwise would stay passive. You have every right to be proud of your Pokémon and take it on your great journey and grow strong together, but… Take care, alright? And don’t hesitate to call me or any of the other trainers using your Pokédex if you’re in any form of trouble. Alright? Alright. Good!’ Kalmia smiled again as she finished her word of warning, giving Amelia her comforting smile again.
Now it was up to Amelia if there was something else she wanted to talk about or otherwise ask.
While the area around you were in the middle of a river, due to convenience we’ll say that we’ve reached an area with two parts, a shallow and a deep part, and you’re naturally walking on the shallow part while the deep part with the Goldeens and such is running alongside.
The male trainer blinked in notable surprise as Nincada came running forth at him. His eyes widened considerably as he jumped back from Nincada only to find that Houndour had run around him to push him behind. Unprepared, the guy fell, but he held his grip on the desperately flapping duck and both crashed into the shallow water, the guy maintaining his grip.
By this time, the girl had been quick enough to grip her Pokéballs, two of them, and… she hesitated. Houndour was ready to Ember her Pokémon, and her gaze looked at him with signs of doubt.
Meaning the guy became first. He held onto Ducklett with one arm and the slammed his other hand onto his jacket, somehow causing two bright flashes of light as his Pokémon were released. Out jumped a small orange quadruped mammal with a giant grey metal helmet extending ovally upwards to protect the rest of it like a shield, and a small, round and blue creature with eyes and a swirly pattern on its belly.
Pokédex Entry #410 – Shieldon, the Shield Pokémon. An ancient Pokémon which lived in jungles long ago brought back to life from fossils. Its shielded face is extremely tough, but it is weak to attacks from behind. It tends to polish its shield against tree-trunks.
Pokédex Entry #60 – Poliwag, the Tadpole Pokémon. While it has legs, it’s inept at using them and always swims. Its skin is extremely thin, making its spiral innards visible. Despite this, it’s very flexible and even sharp fangs bounce right off.
‘Shieldon!’ Shieldon was quick to direct its shield to take Houndour’s embers, confirming the Pokédex’s statement as it took a blast straight on with little trouble. It wasn’t very fast, though.
‘Poli?’ As a Water-Pokémon, Poliwag was surrounded by a thin veil of water that lifted it up a little from the shallow water below, no further than the creature was tall.
‘What’s the big idea!?’ The guy shouted out, irritated. ‘Shieldon, be ready with Protect! Poliwag-’
‘Karl!’ The girl called, looking at him with a clear gaze, holding her two Pokéballs. Karl winced, realizing what she was calling for and then gave his command.
‘Water Sport!’ And with that command, Poliwag looked up into the air and gave a huge splash of water, showering outwards. The water wasn’t harmful, but it was filling the cavern and making the air more and more moist, making sure fire-type moves would be less effective. Karl looked to her again with a look of “Good enough?”.
The girl nodded, and then threw down her Pokéballs as well. A bright light shone out, and two more Pokémon appeared. One was what appeared to be two gears floating in mid-air constantly spinning on each other while the other was a one meter tall bipedal snow-tipped tree with tail and arms.
Pokédex Entry #599 – Klink, the Gear Pokémon. Two minigears mesh together and are then joined for life, their magnetic charge will rebound other gears. The two gears are constantly spinning against one another, producing the needed energy for it to survive.
Pokédex Entry #459 – Snover, the Frost Tree Pokémon. They live around snowy mountaintops and carry the ability to summon such storms whenever. During colder seasons they migrate to lower altitudes, and they’re known to be very curious about humans.
‘Klink.’ Low tone from the flying gears, the “voice” sounding like glass or something hitting together.
‘Snover.’ Deep tone from the frost tree, staring at them.
Aaaaaaaaaaand both Pokémon stayed unmoving in front of their trainer with little interest other than staring at the situation. Notably, despite the supposed interest Snovers are supposed to have in people, Snover looked supremely disinterested.
‘If they’re trying to free Ducklett, then they’re allies of…’ But the girl frowned with her reasoning, looking to Dawkin. It didn’t fit together as long as he was there.
‘Anabelle!’ Karl shouted at her as she had drifted off.
‘Ah, right! Klink, Vice Grip them away from Karl! Snover, be wary of Embers, but otherwise, Leer them into fearing battle!’ So she commanded, looking a bit hesitant.
Klink did so, homing in to try to attack those who came close to Karl, but otherwise stayed put if they pulled back. Snover took cover by running behind the Shieldon, but was going to look out to Leer if the coast was clear.
Though, yes. This post is so long now, the three of them and their Pokémon likely had time to do a whole lot of talking and commands by the time that one’s over. The advantage was theirs when it came to initiative and readiness for battle.
@Joshua Tamashii Alright. Nicely posted. Nice observations. Cute and all. Haha.
This week-end is a bit busy for me (my friends/family are all free on week-ends so they plan stuff, resulting in a stressed Skink each week-end and I'm better at posting on work-days), but I'll see if I can respond to those that have posted soon enough.
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