Yeah, got a little tired of waiting, so I'll just post that. Too many days of empty waiting for me. So, Shiela's off to prepare for being Creep. Tell me if there's any problems. She's going to steal a bunch of black clothing, a blindfold and a voice-changer. Because Creep can't communicate like Wisp all the time or it'll be obvious. ... Actually, make that two blindfolds, she needs one to tie the voice-changer to her mouth, probably. ... I have no idea how voice-changers look. Hahahaha. Anyways.
Edit: Oh, right. I wanted to ask. Should others also partake in time-skips and such? What Wisp is doing right now is important to what she's doing, she's trying to establish a whole different identity, but yeah. Still a thing.
Okay, so it seemed like Shatterpoint got away safely, when Wisp pursued him and then watched him getting into that car and driving away. She stood invisible there, just watching. Alright, so today had been successful. She hadn’t needed to deliver the final blow on the enemy herself, and they had escaped a hero attack, she’d assume that was. Currently, Wisp had no pressing needs to go see heroes. So she turned and headed home.
In case nobody has any issues with her heading home
Viola wouldn’t mention that she had called the Minutemen on Sheila. She just saw her sister return, asked how it had gone and gotten ‘Fine. we won’t need to worry about the Rockers again.’ back in return. That carried some shilling implications, but checking the internet a bit later she could come to the conclusion that Sheila hadn’t murdered them all. So that’s a plus. Viola couldn’t possibly call the Minutemen again while Sheila was home, but they had her phone-number now.
Sheila, in the meantime, had to make a distinction between her two selves.
Wisp - Rogue, power controls light and makes illusions, blinds people with laser-pointers, speaks by making letters of lights, makes herself invisible by diverting light.
Creep - Villain, controls perception and stability, attacks with knives and by breaking a person’s balance, makes herself invisible by changing a person’s perception. Speaks by…
… A voice-changer, she needed a voice-changer. She couldn’t have both Wisp and Creep make letters in the air. Also, she’d have to change her weapon of preference when being Creep, Creep couldn’t use laser-pointers. Wisp has knives, not the same knives as Creep, but Creep’s a lot more liberal with using them. … Meaning Sheila had to personally get more used to using knives, to become a convincing Creep. That was fine.
She searched the internet and found a company that made voice-changers, and unless stopped by greater powers, she’ll find one for convenience. She’ll head there before the next meeting to steal one using her powers. She’ll also need to make sure to have a different costume for Creep. Wisp used laser-goggles, Creep would have to use… something else. Unfortunately, Sheila didn’t have access to any high-end things. … So she’d steal some black pants, jumper and coat, and a blindfold.
Since she could manipulate light anyways, a blindfold didn’t actually blind her. Slightest gap and she could see everything around her. That’d do for seeming mystic. And a tight, black hood to cover her white hair. It was way too recognizable. Anyways, that’d do. Then, assuming she had successfully stolen that voice-changer, it was just to wait until the time of the next meeting with the Rockers and see where she went from there.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand that marks one year since I started this thread.
Thanks to those hanging onto it, those that done so from the very beginning and those that are newer. I’m thankful to you all, and I hope you're still having fun. Hahaha.
And now, that I’ve said that. Let me cross that off my checklist. Honestly, I was thinking that we haven’t gotten nearly as far as I’d originally imagined. Oh, well. That’s probably entirely due to me. ANYWAYS!
@Rune_Alchemist Nicely posted. Yupp, that is a reasonable strategy. Let’s see how that goes.
Edit: And today I learned that my clock is exactly two hours early compared to the guild's. ... Yikes, it was late when I put this thread up. Oh, well. ALMOST a year ago. Hahaha.
Mariette kept her attention on Lily, watching her. Oh, she had one more thing to say. She listened, with a blank expression. Messed up a lot and apologized for it. Mariette didn’t react to the apology, but did find that she slightly appreciated it. She frowned slightly as the keyword wish was used… but she knew Lily didn’t mean to harm her. As rude and assuming as she’d been, Lily did not want to harm Mariette, so it was fine. …
Mariette watched Lily walk away, and soon thereafter lifted the note with numbers on it, inspecting it for herself. Sakura left them, heading after Lily, and Mariette wasn’t oblivious to that it might be because of the word “wish” had been said. … But fine. She could trust Violet and Sakura to not grant a wish that’d be troublesome for her. That was fine.
‘Welp, we’re terrible at making friends.’ Deni giggled as it seemed the other part had pretty much left. ‘But anyways! We can at least have dinner together!’ Deni smiled at Violet, remaining Djinn Sister. ‘As soon as Sakura returns and- Oh, I should go get Eli, too!’ Deni grinned a bit more.
Mariette, meanwhile, continued to slowly inspect the note, forward and backwards, reading the numbers on it… Then, she started speaking for herself, not really meant for anyone, but Violet could possibly overhear.
‘You wish my feelings would reach you, huh, Lily? I'm fairly sure what feelings I'd receive, but tell me, what exact feelings of mine… are you expecting in return?’ She mused about that one part of that wish, staring blankly at the note with a phone number… before sighing through her nose and placing the note back on the table.
‘… I have no phone.’ She then commented in a flat tone, staring straight opposite, where Sue once sat.
I edited out the "after Lily had left, if she left" part. She apparently didn't leave at once. I'll still intend to post it, but not right now. There's that and some more that will be added to it, now.
Edit: Mariette's still just watching, I'll wait to posting until Ariamis next post, then. I'll post her full reaction then.
Edit 2: Oh, alright, they're over there. I'll post, then.
Edit 3 (after post): Now, I realize only Violet's still nearby, but I kept all the tags for at least this post, anyway. Sorry if it confuses anyone.
@Project Nicely posted. Heh, you can ask Lillipup to find more Oran Berries for you if you want to. But otherwise, sure, resting. And now to catching a Growlithe. When it comes to catching, I'll mostly give the option to quick-catch or so, but I won't mention it. Only in specific scenarios are quick-fighting not an option, like if it's a very important wild Pokémon taking part in a story-scenario or if you're fighting someone with relative importance to the plot. But I won't ever approach a battle with the assumption that you're going to quick-fight it, unless you, like, tell me it's your preferred method. That said, you've outlined a strategy here, so I might as well follow it to its natural conclusion. Haha.
@Pirouette Yeah, one Pokéball for Gible's going to be needed. And, yeah, that's a nice post. Nicely posted. Feels good and all that. Haha. Anyways. Moving on. Alright, we'll see you when you can post again, there'll be a reply waiting for you unless I've gone and screwed something up in real life. Haha.
So... I did consider that perhaps there'd be someone who could find me, or perhaps I'd intervene if someone got too close to Shatterpoint... but is the idea that Shatterpoint gets away and the Minutemen only finds an empty warehouse, mostly? That is somewhat disappointing, given how long I've waited, but alright. Should I just have Wisp slip off into nothingness, then? ... Oh, well.
@Rune_Alchemist Gym Leader needs to show that his Pokémon can do things. And so he does. Now, how do you counter?
@Pirouette Now, I realize what I typed implies a whole lot about the perceived personality of the Gible, but you're really still allowed to change it to whatever you want on your own. Hahaha.
Drifloon accepted Amelia’s comforting and then simply hung around. She still held it, after all, looked like it was along for the ride.
Now, then. Amelia greeted the three small fairies with a cry that made them momentarily recoil, but then just look among one another in light amusement. Then, she asked the one question that they could actually answer.
‘Flabébé!’ One of them answered in a high-pitched voice, rising a little in altitude as it did. She also didn’t mind floating over the young girl’s hand, looking at her. So, then she asked if they knew a place where they could find some Oran Berries… The faces lit up.
‘Flabé!’ ‘Bébé!’ The fairies then drifted away from her, into the forest and directly through one of the arcs standing around, smiling to her and pausing if she was taking her time following, they clearly intended her to follow. Reminder, it’s still raining, although the forest trees were taking a lot of it.
They’d head off on a little stroll through the trees. They’d wander by several of the lanterns and arcs, but it’d be relatively simple to seek one’s way back to the outside. Unlike Infested Woods, this wasn’t an inherently dangerous forest. There were small movements of Pokémon hiding here and there, and more Flabébé’s drifting around, and the only sound that could be heard was the rain, the occasional rustle of vegetation and the Flabébé’s ahead of her calling to her to follow. But, soon enough…
It was honestly still in the forest. But just beyond an arc, lay a little glade. In it, there were numerous berry trees, standing with several types. Seemed like this was simply a place suitable for berries. But there was a catch. Underneath it lay a resting little clan of a multitude of pink scary-faced dog-like Pokémon either chewing on berries themselves or standing as if guarding the trees. Apparently, this was their turf, and their faces sure looked like “DON’T GET IN OUR WAY”. … Buuut, um. They were Snubbulls. Debatable how intimidating they might be looking.
Pokédex Entry #209 – Snubbull, the Fairy Pokémon. It carries a scary face that frightens smaller Pokémon, but Snubbull is actually a cowardly, excessively affectionate and kind Pokémon that is very popular with women for its frolicing ways. It becomes sad from Pokémon fleeing it and is known to sleep half the day.
‘Flabébé!’ The Flabébé’s pointed into the glade without actually entering it, smiling at Amelia. It was now up to her how to confront this.
Erza left the school and then headed on to the Pokémart, shopped for mostly all his remaining money, and then headed on out. It was easy to find the way towards Route 1, simply follow the largest roads. He passed many people within Pureplain City, heading on their average businesses, but as he came further out the people thinned out, replaced with travellers and Pokémon trainers. Yupp. It was time to come out into the world of Isson.
Route 1
Route 1 is a long, flat and grassy route where most trainers get their first taste of the world. From Pureplain you can see the hills of Highhill in the distance, from Highhill the scrapers of Pureplain looms in the distance, the start of the Silent Forest surrounding the Silent Shrine on the side. There is a larger road, a main road used for travelling in and out of Pureplain City, there are plenty of more mature travellers taking that road to get from point A to point B. But, young Pokémon Trainers usually much rather use the smaller path going out into the grassland. This is some remnants of the plain which Pureplain City was named after, although most of that plain is now swallowed up by buildings of people living around here. Small roads branch out, leading to different places where some individuals have made their houses.
There are many safe roads, yet take one step out of it and you’re immediately in tall grass, where you can already see many first-time Pokémon Trainers are challenging their first Pokémon. One could expect Pokémon Trainers to be searching for Pokémon either in the tall grass or the forest on the side, and also battling one another as they can. From the looks of it, there are plenty of young trainers sporting freshly caught Pidgeys and Rattatas. As one approaches Highhill Town, the forest becomes more plentiful, as beyond the town lies a forest.
Through the route also runs an indent, a drain surrounded by walls, seemingly made for the water to gather up inside it. It’s currently dry, whatever cause of that might be. Some trainers appear to be having fun battling inside it, and they’re running around challenging one another inside it. But, the drain also raised interesting questions about what kind of Pokémon or things one might find should one explore it further.
So, out in the wild he saw more Pidgeys, as he could be reasoned to, and it wouldn’t take many steps out into the tall grass before he and his Pokémon came face to face with the other most common Pokémon of Route 1, a purple-backed little rat commonly known as 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.
Well. He did intend on training, and here was the weakest Pokémon in Isson, and they came in droves. It was just smash in and do work. He trained his two weakest Pokémon, fighting on and on against the smaller ones. He’d note there were many Youngsters and such new Pokémon trainers doing basically the same thing. Well. He’s be able to get considerable progress, making Pidgey and Lillipup more fit to be fighting Pokémon on his team.
Lillipup grew to Level 5! Lillipup learned Odor Sleuth!
Pidgey grew to Level 5! Pidgey learned Sand Attack!
Both are pretty beat up, now, though, having fought from a low level to a slightly more respectable one in one stretch.
Oh, hi, Oran Berry! … That is, Lillipup finds an Oran Berry lying around in the tall grass.
… However, beyond that. Erza would search, and he’d find. Pidgey knew what he was looking for, correct? From a higher point of view, Pidgey’d see a Growlithe, resting against a tree by the other end of the tall trees, by the beginning of the forest. From there, Erza could advance.
Pokédex Entry #58 – Growlithe, the Puppy Pokémon. Known to be brave and loyal to it’s trainer, but will bark threateningly at anyone entering its territory. It has superb sense of smell and will never forget a smell once it has picked up on it. Through smell, it can sense the emotions of others.
From the smell, Growlithe would notice Erza approaching its territory. The resting puppy-Pokémon would quickly spring to its legs, turning towards Erza, and rapidly proceed to bark at him, glaring. Now, then. What would Erza do?
Nincada, moving sideways, was able to avoid Flabébé’s Fairy Wind, which soared through the cavern and the spiritual wind broke against the cavern walls as it passed, making its mystical destructive capability known as it went through. Fortunately, it wasn’t that fast, but it had range. And Flabébé was using that range, keeping a distance from Nincada, drifting backwards. Meanwhile, Wooper went off to the right into the water to keep shooting Water Guns at Bagon, which took every single one of them, with little damage done. Bagon was still charging Wooper in rage, when…
‘Bagon. Discontinue.’ Cathia ordered, neutral but focused expression. She hadn’t reacted to Martin’s taunt, her attention completely on the battle. ‘Charge Nincada. Ember when close enough or after the next Water Gun. Flabébé. Move closer to Nincada, Fairy Wind. Punish dodging.’
Bagon has to twist itself to break the Rage attack, but manages. Instead, it turns to Nincada, who now stands without the Wooper shield because Wooper went to the water. Because of Not Very Effective, it seems Cathia decided to focus down on one of her opponents. Bagon turned and dashed, fire building in its mouth, glaring at Nincada. Flabébé joined the charge, summoning another Fairy Wind, ready to unleash.
Lucario and Hector both stood still as Claire sent out Ritz. Hector stood with a confident grin, arms crossed, looking at Claire and her Pokémon with eager and battle-ready eyes. Lucario, meanwhile, stood simply stoic and ready, arms raised for combat. Then, the battle was starting. Ritz was starting to fire Supersonic, while Ralia was charging a Confusion… Hector’s grin spread enough to show teeth.
‘Lucario, FIGHT!’ So sounded his only command. It was all he needed.
‘Luca!’ The blue canine-like Pokémon sounded out, before… it was gone in the wind. No, not quite gone, but very fast. Not extreme speed fast, but Quick Attack fast. Lucario used the move to run right around Ritz’s Supersonic, the waves missing completely, before the blue Pokémon simply jumped up into the ladybug for immediate impact. It had been too fast to dodge. Ritz would find that the impact had dealt considerable damage… but he could probably handle at least one or two more of those.
In the meantime, Ralia got off her Confusion when Lucario stopped and had to drift to the ground because having impacted. The move went off, hitting the fighting/steel type, and Lucario recoiled with a grimace of pain as the move hit its mind. However, his mind was otherwise as focused as ever, and turned to glare in Ralia’s direction. From the stance of its feet, it was clear it was going to do another Quick Attack, this one in Ralia’s direction, probably before Ritz could even properly recover from the impact.
So, the Gibles around her cheered for they had managed to catch up to her and poked on her, most of them looking like they had somehow accomplished a great victory. Others decided to play the game themselves, choosing another Gible (sometimes not willingly) to suddenly chase, and the Gibles were suddenly chasing one another around the Plateau. The nearby Gabite turned and stared in frowning disbelief, as well as a Gabite can frown, and looked like it was looking for someone to blame for this chaos. That aside.
‘Gible~! Gible~!’ The Gible on her legs was privately celebrating, knowing it was the one who got her first, bouncing from one leg to the other, in both their cases. It then blinked a bit in surprise as it was petted, looking up at Erika as she made her proposition.
‘Gib…?’ It blinked a bit more, showing surprise. Join… her team? Come with her? It had some brief mental images of what that would involve, but it looked over the plateau that had been its life up until now. Did it really want to leave…?
… … … … …
WHAT ON EARTH DO YOU THINK!? BY WINNING THIS COMPETITION, HE HAD CLEARLY PROVEN TO BE THE MOST FIT AND CAPABLE GIBLE ON THE PLATEAU! THE NEXT NATURAL STEP WAS NATURALLY TO TAKE ON THE WHOLE WORLD! EVEN IF THIS GIRL WAS WEAK, HIS MERE INCLUDANCE IN THE TEAM WOULD ELEVATE HER TO CHAMPION LEVEL!
THIS!
WAS!
ON!
‘GIBLE!’ Gible jumped on her legs, looking up at Erika with eagerness in his positively sparkling eyes, more than ready to join the trip.
Erika obtained Gible!
Gender: ♂ Type: Dragon/Ground Personality: (Up to player.) Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other: (Up to player.) Level: 6 Moves: Tackle, Sand Attack Ability: Sand Veil, increases evasion during a sandstorm. Held Item: None.
New Pokémon caught! Erika earned 2000 P!
Would you like to give a nickname to Gible?
Then suddenly she heard wings. Big wings.
‘Er, everything alright? I kind of heard a stampede and a scream, and…’ Lesley asked, sitting on top of a Druddigon, the dragon glaring down at her while the Gym Leader looked over the dragon’s head down at Erika with a mildly curious and mildly worried look. Like, had she sent a young girl to be seriously wounded by stampeding young dragons or not?
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