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@Pirouette I'll be occupied from Thursday to Monday. ... But no worries, I got this. I got this.

And yupp, nicely posted. ... Gible, eh? Yepp, that's a nice choice. Let's see how it goes.
In 24 hours, I have hopefully posted. Because if I haven't, then we're looking at a longer delay.
My first roleplay character... haha... Was Riolu. Yes, the Pokémon. No specific name, just Riolu.

We were a group of Pokémon on a quest. I don't remember all the details. I remember we had to save a small Pokémon from an evil Arcanine or so, and there was a giant Snorlax who blocked the way to the cave. I played Riolu as somewhat of a guardian, who was very intent on keeping the rest safe and being a moral support. He wasn't a leader, was unsure if he was good enough to defend them all and often was clumsy or took things way too personally, but he did his best to keep them safe.

Flaws? Weeeeeeeell. He had no story at all. That wasn't really part of the roleplay. Just pick a Pokémon, get your moves and stats, get put together in a group with no real reason to it, here's a quest, off on an adventure. So of course, there was no connection to the other characters or story-events. We just did that one session and hah. He got to Quick-Attack the Arcanine. That's the only thing I actually remember him doing.

It's slightly hard to fault him due to the circumstances of his creation. He was a test-run, so to say. Despite this, I got myself a fairly solid understanding of his personality. A wannabe guardian that is unsure of his ability, but wanting to do his best regardless. Ya. I still like him, and remember him fondly. Haha.
@TheIrishJJ Oh, yikes. Frozen? Poor little Pokémon, luck wasn't on its side today. Hahaha. Oh, well. Normally I'd control how such fights go even in quick-fighting, just you telling your strategies and so, but since I gave you permission to totally roll him, sure. This is okay. Nicely posted. Onto Highhill Town, then. No time to waste on Route 1. Haha.

@Pikmin Eye Alright. Thanks for taking the time. Nicely posted. Then, now's for Cathia to start out. Teh-heh. Okay.

@Rune_Alchemist Teh-heh. Nicely posted. I did think Claire wouldn't mind. Yeah, these guys could definitely point out where to catch a fighting type. But for now... Let's have a Gym Battle. Hahaha~ ... I didn't think we'd start at Redcoast! XD
The way that worked out made me feel I had to remind people. Mariette's not a good person. Heh.

In a hider because it doesn't necessarily concern anyone.

@Pirouette Oh, yes, sure. Pick the kind you want. Though, yeah, you probably can't have any of the evolved ones or Druddigons due to how that'd mess up the balance~ The idea was for one closer to your level, haha.

@Project You're catching them in Pureplain City, of course they're Normal-type! XD ... That aside, heh. Dorian might actually appreciate an apprentice. Haha.

Alright, nicely posted. I like the details. Haha. And, heh, you're actually heading to the trainer's school, eh? I was slightly expecting everyone to completely ignore it. Well, let's see what happens. XD

@Joshua Tamashii Tihi. Feeling safe, huh. Yeah, cute enough. Nicely posted.
Gasp.

@Project There we go. You have a few less Pokéballs now. Haha.

@Joshua Tamashii I got your name down now. Anyways. Heh. What ya gonna do?

@Pyromaniacwolf She's got things on her own schedule, but she checks what she can do. Haha.

@TheIrishJJ I will note that I usually control everything, so you shouldn't need to give me a basis of what to go from. Like, seeing the silhouette and then describing the silhouette only gives me so much to play with. But, I ran with it this time and gave you an extremely low-level trainer. But, yeah, feel free to quick-beat if you want on with the adventure. Haha.

@Rune_Alchemist ... I'll note some of those Pokédex entries are hopefully exaggerated. Some of Machamp's stated it could throw enemies "over the horizon". What does that even mean? Do we want that? Gosh. Also, feel free to cut in at any moment you wish and twist things however you like, and those in there will react accordingly. Anyways. There ya go. Haha.

@Pirouette And yepp, your conviction is now being tested by the Dragon Watcher herself. How will you reply?

@Pikmin Eye And how's it going?
@Project

So, Pureplain City has quite the amount of grass, actually. While there are a lot of asphalted roads, big buildings growing up and so, the suburbs has a lot of passages between buildings where grass grows and Pokémon dwell, and wild Pokémon could also just wander if they felt like it. But, the first Pokémon that Erza laid his hands on… was a brown little canine with furry face and large ears, blinking a little in realization at being targeted.



Pokédex Entry #506 – Lillipup, the Puppy Pokémon. The hair on its face senses extremely subtle changes in atmosphere and can be used as a radar. It’s known to bravely face off against terrible odds, but also to run away from battles it cannot win.


The little puppy Pokémon was swiftly struck by Eevee’s tackle, and tried to counter with its own. Though, it had been fairly decently hurt by the Tackle, and probably couldn’t handle another one, so Erza could throw his Pokéball. It hit, and the little Pokémon was taken into the ball with a red flash, and the ball fell down onto the ground.

It shook once.

Then it shook twice.



With that over, there was another Pokémon that was pretty much swarming the place. A little bird trying to get food from trainers around and one which every trainer in imaginable existence probably has been annoyed by at some point.



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.


Well, you got to start somewhere.

The battle was similarly swift in its execution. Eevee tackled, the targeted Pidgey got into battle-mood and tackled back, and then Erza threw his Pokéball because the Pidgey wouldn’t have been able to resist another Tackle.



So, after that, he’d find that there were actually few Pokémon around that weren’t either Lillipup or Pidgey. But, hey, training. Eevee got to practice fighting other Pokémon whose only attack was Tackle, and that was fine. Eevee took a bit of damage in turn, but things were largely working out in Eevee’s favor. Then, there was something different. There was a wild white/beige like cat-Pokémon resting on a fence…



Pokédex Entry #52 – Meowth, the Scratch Cat Pokémon. During the night Meowth are known to sneak around stealthily in search of prey and shiny objects which it adores with a passion. During the day, Meowth is known to laze around all day. In the dark, its eyes glow.


Pokédex could probably identify that it was wild. Anyway. After they got close, the Meowth woke up and somehow sensed it’s situation, jumping down to meet them, seemingly confident. Eevee dashed in for a Tackle… But the Meowth countered with a perfectly timed and almost unnaturally quick scratch!

It became a bit of a battle, actually. The opposing Meowth was fairly strong for the level, and quite a technician with Scratch as well, and occasionally seemed really quick with its motions. But Eevee wouldn’t let himself be outdone. Perhaps taking advantage of other moves (maybe Erza adapted some strategy or so), the two Pokémon fought fairly evenly, both managing to get in tackles and scratches.

Eventually, both Pokémon looked fairly hurt, so it was time to throw a Pokéball. It hit the Meowth, which stared in a bit of surprise, before it was absorbed into the Pokéball. The ball then fell down onto the ground.

It shook once…



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@Joshua Tamashii

Amelia bought an umbrella for 50 P.

Later.

‘Driffff…?’ One of the floating balloons looked down at her, it’s slightly high-pitched voice drawn out in the rain. By its call, the other Drifloons also had their attention drawn. And… they started descending to her, redirecting from their aimless wandering, expelling air to slowly fall to her level. There, they inspected Amelia, the oval eyes of the silly-looking balloons looking at her curiously as they drifted around her.

‘Lllloooon…?’ One of them offered her its heart-shaped “hand”, trying to put it into hers. That is, it seemed to want to be held. Emotionally, it seemed mostly curious about her and wanted to investigate, no hostile intentions. Up to Amelia what she wanted to interpret this action is.

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@Pyromaniacwolf

‘Duck…!?’ The Ducklett blinked in surprise when Lucian said his trainer had asked that. While apprehensive, Ducklett dropped the “guard” and looked at Lucian, unsure but for the moment seemingly following along with that, watching him as he made the call.

‘Hello, this is Mia.’ Lucian would reach where he intended, hearing the girl from earlier’s voice. ‘You did!?’ She reacted in stunned surprise, and then listened to the rest which he had to say. After the last statement about having some questions, there was a silence in the other end, followed by the muffled sound of her speaking to someone else. It was a short exchange, which they successfully kept away from being overheard through the phone.

‘… I’m currently heading to Lakewatch Town over Route 14, but I won’t be staying. If you could… can we meet on Route 5, where the plains are just starting, east of Lakewatch, around the entrance of Endless Forest? Does that work?’ Mia asked, concern and focus in her voice. ‘Also, let me have a brief word with Ducklett. Just so he’ll be obedient until we meet.’ That was her response.

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@TheIrishJJ

So Rory set off to follow Erza, somehow missing where he was going at some point and assumed that he was heading for Route 1. After heading along the main road, the buildings of Pureplain City grew fewer and fewer until the remains of the plains which Pureplain City had been named for started out, and he was back on the Route which he had crossed previously crossed to get here.



And then, Rory saw someone, quickly looking towards the person. Could that be Erza and Eevee?

… No, it can’t, because Erza hadn’t left Pureplain City yet. Also, it had been hard to see on a distance, but this boy was considerably shorter than Erza. Aaand, he was heading right over.

‘YOU!’ Called the young boy.



‘You look weak! Let’s fight!’

And in front of him dashed a little purple rat that had previously been on his shoulder.

‘RATTATA!’



Pokédex Entry #19 – Rattata, the Mouse Pokémon. It has impressive vitality that allows it to live anywhere there is food. It scavenges for food all day and reproduces quickly. Very cautious, it’s ears listen for trouble even when asleep. It’s teeth never stop growing, it will gnaw on things to keep their size in check.


Youngster Joey wants to fight!

Welp, now that happened. However, this Rattata is not top percentage and therefore does not stand a chance against Spheal. Rory’s free to just win and then decide on what to do next, on the expanse that is Route 1.



Connected areas:
Pureplain City. Right behind you.
Highhill Town. Requires crossing the route.



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@Rune_Alchemist

‘Oh, okay. Good luck!’ He simply smiled and let Claire charge on after being interrupted.

So, Claire entered the building… and the first thing that hit her was the smell of hard effort, likely to cause anyone used to the more proper class to flee in terror. This… there was no air-conditioning here, yet it very much felt like she had walked into a real gym, with all the efforts that went into that. Pokémon and people alike were lifting barbells, punching punching bags and sparring hard with different martial arts. Black Belt, Battle Girls and their Pokémon were competing both against one another and against their trainers. Over there a human was trying to wrestle a Machoke, without much success, being easily thrown around and crashing into the ground. It looked painful.

It quickly became apparent that the maintenance outside was because the residents of the gym were constantly hurting their own buildings. The roof where the chains were attached audibly croaked as the punching bags took super-human hits, there were cracks all over the walls in places where opponents had been thrown, many of the walls were built out of considerably different materials, likely added later in order to keep the building from completely crashing down on the inhabitants. The occasional screams were quickly confirmed to be either just trainers or Pokémon shouting out before a strike… or crying out in pain after one.

And… so many Pokémon. Yet, there seemed to be no distinction between Pokémon and person, each living being in here collectively tried to become stronger by themselves, using the same machines, using the same methods, and sparring against one another without bothering to think about genetic makeup. Only that the Pokémon were way stronger than the humans.



And that… was the scene which Claire was presented with.

Then a Battle Girl saw Claire, before turning and yelling across the room.

‘BOSS! CHALLENGER!’ She shouted out, and… most didn’t even bother noticing, but the people in the sparring-area made nods to one another and cleared the area… leaving the one that had been floored by the Machoke. He slowly rose, a wide grin spreading over his face. He had slightly spiky orange head on the top of his head, but wore nothing on the top of his body, showing off an amazingly muscular body while his eyes focused forward, full of intent and battle-lust while stretching his muscles a bit after the battle, waving them about a bit.

‘Hahaha… EXCELLENT! I was just about getting bored!’ He shouted out, despite the fact he had totally been failing to match up to the Machoke earlier.

He was suddenly handed a coat by a random Machop, and he took it. So, he was now currently trying to pull on a brown coat, stretch his right arm and glare eagerly at Claire all at the same time…



‘So, challenger! I am Hector, Gym Leader of Redcoast City! Prepare for an epic battle that is going to blow your mind to-’ Then his expression twitched in absolute regret and he turned around and shouted.

‘GAAAAAAAAH! WHY AM I MINOR LEAGUE!? If I was Major League, I could have shown all of my amazing moves and stun all the challengers and show what I’m really made of, all those Major League battles that I am missing, all those epic displays of physical prowess and tactical might…! And I’m left with…!’ He gasped out, glaring at the wall, and it felt like every other person and Pokémon in the gym did one big collective sigh. ‘I-I’ll be biding my time… One day or another, a Major League Gym Leader’s going to retire… And then I’ll be right there… I’ll get that spot… HEAR THAT, DORIAN!? RETIRE ALREADY, OLD MAN!’

He spun around eventually, faced Claire, and pointed at her.

‘ANYWAYS! YOU! BEGINNER TRAINER!’ He shouted out towards her. He took a moment, and managed to regain his smile, getting ready for what he’d be doing. His smile contained none of the resentment that had been going through him before, showing that he was ready to do his job as he was meant to do. Still, that was hard to forget. ‘How many Pokémon do you have?’ He began with in a mighty confident tone, checking her.

That is, if Claire hadn’t gone off on her own somewhere, just because.

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@Pirouette

‘Oooh. Johanna’s daughter’s making her trip now, huh? Well, how wonderful. Good luck with that~!’ Lesley grinned a bit at that relation being confirmed, then looked at her again as Erika started asking for other things. ‘Hm, actually catching a dragon, eh.’ Lesley looked away from Erika, out over the hills as she started thinking, bringing one hand up to scratch her cheeks a bit. Judging by her expression, she looked fairly unsure about something.

‘There’s some in the bottom of Wet Caverns, but it’s pretty dangerous down there. There are lots at Dragon Lake, but of course, we’re protecting those. So, uh. There are some in Mt. Strength or Mt. Allmass, though they’re very rare there. Otherwise, Lonely Island or Victory Road…’ Then she frowned, realizing how far away those are. She aimed an analyzing look over Erika and the other two, Joshua and Ewan still looking around inspecting the sights as well as paying attention to the conversation. Then… she smirked.

‘Tell ya what.’ Lesley crossed her arms and looked at Erika with excitement, her tone changing drastically. ‘If ya can convince a lower-leveled dragon to come with ya on its own volition, no Pokéball involved, then I’ll let ya take a dragon off Dragon Roost.’ She then raised her own chin a little in happy confidence, looking at Erika with a great smile.

‘But ya sure about that? Young dragons don’t evolve for a long, long time, and needs lots of love and maintanence, but aren’t actually super-effective against any other type. To get what ya want, a powerful, loyal creature that is a terror on the battlefield, we’re looking far, FAR into the future, Pokémon journeys considered. Ya prepared to go through all that?’ She finished that, looking expectantly at Erika.
So, what's currently up at the warehouse? Who's waiting for what, and so?
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