@Pikmin Eye Alright. That's a strategy. Since Cathia exchanging Pokémon was one round, I'll say the blocking of Vine Whip is that round and the running to scratch is the other. Yupp. Nicely posted.
Swapping is one round, just like all moves are one round, roughly. If you swap and declare a move, it's two rounds, meaning the enemy should be allowed to do two moves. Each move you command would be one move, and the opponent should be allowed to counter with the same amount. Basically. Circumstances can shift, though, like moving a certain distance can take a turn, some attacks might be quicker/slower than others... Oh, well. Common sense is also a powerful weapon. Now, let's see.
@Pyromaniacwolf Awww, Slowpokes aren't to your liking? XD ... Well! They were there, anyway! But, yupp, moving on, then! Nicely posted. Haha.
@Eklispe Well. Um. I'm having slight trouble imagining how you'd do it. If you just pull on the vine sideways, you could potentially force Flabébé to lower her altitude that you could then attempt taking advantage of that. Do you mean, like, shove the vine to get her closer and then attack? It's a little hard to administrate that force via mouth, but potentially. Maybe. Hah.
@Pyromaniacwolf That's alright. Thanks for keeping us updated!
@Eklispe@Pikmin Eye Nicely posted. Yepp. Getting a bit bolder. Hmmm. I wonder if I should establish more rules for switching Pokémon. Because like this, Cathia's definitely going to... yeah. And then, I reason, you have no reason to keep fighting her with a definite disadvantage. It works in the games because it's turn-based, but like this...
Hm. Allow me to consider what to do in this situation, while I also give you a post to consider what to do about, which I'm going to count as part of the "previous" round of posts you just barely missed. Heh.
I will say that if you take a Pokémon out to dodge an attack, the new Pokémon will take the attack. Like, if Dawkin exchanges Aron now, the exchange will take the blow. But in situations like what Cathia did? Where she returned Bagon instead as a response to what had happened? Or like Dawkin did with Wooper? Hm. Oh, well. For now, let's see if this goes well! XD
So, Dawkin returned Wooper to her Pokéball, and then sent out Atlas straight in Bagon’s path… Which sure, but Bagon reacted on pure instinct and spewed out its Ember at the target straight in front of it, which would have been Nincada (who had been ready to dodge), but the fireball instead hit Atlas. Now, the steel on the outside became unbearably hot… but Atlas rock-body under could handle the heat relatively well, so it became just basic effectiveness. Still, two more of those could become dangerous. Atlas then proceeded to ram Bagon with the hot steel plate in a Headbutt.
On the side, Nincada did dodge the potential of being hit by the Ember, but was instead hit by Fairy Wind from the flanking fairy. The strike was heavy, for some wind, due to Flabébé’s considerable special firepower, the wind taking power from him, but Nincada was also able to run in and pierce the Bagon in the side with Leech Life, sucking back a bit of what he lost.
‘BAGO-!!’ The dragon-Pokémon shouted out, hit by two moves from the front, stumbling back a bit from the impact. Earlier, its defense had been lowered, so it really hurt. Bagon glared back at the two opponents. It wouldn’t be able to beat them both like this.
Cathia frowned seeing this, and held out a Pokéball, taking a clue from Dawkin’s book and returned Bagon, looking on intently as she did. She directed her hand to a Pokéball, and then threw it forward, but not quite so far it came to her opponents. And out appeared… a blue ball with ears and limbs, a blue belly and a blue ball attached to a thin, black tail.
Pokédex Entry #183 – Marill, the Aqua Mouse Pokémon. The tail contains oils lighter than water, ensuring it drifts to the surface even after having dived for food, and the tail can stretch to become very long. It fishes for food at the edge of fast-moving streams. It’s body is water-repellant and it’s dry even when playing in water.
‘Marill, Water Gun the Aron. Flabébé, keep it from dodging with Vine Whip.’ Cathia formulated a new plan, pointing forward.
‘Marill!’ The blue Pokémon jumped forward a bit, with a determined expression, preparing to fire.
‘Flaaaaaa~!’ Flabébé flew to bind, releasing vines from its body to bind Aron.
But, yeah. Cathia had just retrieved her Pokémon. That was a round. Dawkin and Martin could make up a new plan if they wanted to, they had time to make moves or so first, and had the advantage of knowing Cathia’s plan. So, what now?
As the battle started Growlithe Roar-ed at Eevee, but despite the sounds Eevee stood firm, Tail Whipping down Growlithe’s defenses, before heading in to Tackle. Growlithe used Bite in return, both moves hitting, but Eevee suffered considerably less damage than Growlithe. Actually, it was close on that Growlithe was taken down in one hit there. Sooo, onto using a Pokéball, then?
Growlithe was hit by the Pokéball, vanishing into the ball with a flash. The ball then proceeded to fall onto the ground.
It shook once! It shook twice! It shook thrice…!
Click
Erza captured Growlithe!
Gender: ♂ Type: Fire Personality: (Up to player.) Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other: (Up to player.) Level: 3 Moves: Bite, Roar Ability: Flash Fire, raises power of Fire-type moves after being hit by one. Held Item: None.
Around 38% health at this moment.
New Pokémon caught! Erza earned 1000 P!
Would you like to give a nickname to Growlithe?
And to be nice, Pokémon Egg doesn’t take up a slot. It’s essentially a Wild Pokémon in the egg, it’s just that you’re probably going to store the being in a Pokéball after birth, is the assumption.
This aside. He had now caught his Growlithe. Now, what would he do? He’s on Route 1, by the forest, free to do what he wants.
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.
1. Find Pokémon. There’s searching in the tall grass, and there’s the forest in the left, then there’s the drain… 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 plenty of young trainers around. There are also houses and travellers. 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: Descend. There’s a drain. The kids are having a little tournament in it, challenging themselves to fight in a tight area. Perhaps you’d like to try becoming king of the drain? Or maybe you’d just like to explore it.
Connected areas: Pureplain City. A bit south. Highhill Town. A bit north-north-east.
Amelia approached, Drifloon in hand, while the Flabébés were watching from where they had guided her in. Upon noticing her, because some of those just lazing about would, some of the Snubbulls spun to get up on their feet and face her, and even fewer barking just a little just in case she was a threat.
‘Snubb!’ ‘Snubbull!’
That was the vocal minority of two, though. The majority of the Snubbulls on guard were pulling back in fright of whatever was approaching, just looked on curiously, or didn’t really care at all. Still, even the barking ones were pulling back in fright, leaving enough room for her to reach at least one Oran Berry tree. So she could probably retrieve the berries she wanted if that was the only business here she had. She could harvest 11 Oran Berries. The Flabébés were still watching, otherwise.
Northern Silent Forest
Before you lies a forest, dark to the sight but that is mostly due to the clouds gathered overhead. Unlike on Route 3, however, the thickness of the trees prevent actually seeing above the trees. The place has a lonely feeling, made only worse by the constant downpour which is the rain around Rainrock City, yet the place is filled with things one would not expect. There are lanterns shining blue light in the trees, there are arcs around the forest for unknown reasons that sometimes look like they’re glowing themselves. There were definitely mystifying powers at work here, these wooden arcs standing as if guiding the way somewhere, yet they lead nowhere, and are strewn around seemingly randomly.
True to its name, other than the rain barely any sounds come from within the forest. And yet, among the trees, small creatures dwell. Despite the lonely feeling, it is hard to look in a direction and not seemingly see a sign of movement. On the ground, smaller grass-type creatures were invariably found, while larger creatures that enjoy the rain could also be expected. But most of all, the air was populated by small, floating flowers, and the tiny denizens on top of them… This place was fairly well known for the fairies that inhabited it. If you’re looking for a place to name the Fairy Forest of Isson… This is a good candidate.
1. Find Pokémon. Specify if you’re looking for a specific kind of Pokémon in the forest. 2. Train Pokémon. With this command, we can jump ahead in time and skip posting about grinding. 3. Move along. Move along normally, letting any events that may come happen naturally. 4. Hurry along. Intentionally avoid confrontations and try to get safely to the next destination. 5. Specify. If you specify what you want to do, the GM will take it into account and tell the result. 6. Trigger random event. Force the GM to use his imagination to make a scenario for you. 7. Area Specific: Follow the Arcs. They seem to be standing randomly, but if you follow them anyways…? 8. Current Events: Flabébé and Snubbulls. Or, of course, if you have more business here.
Connected areas: Route 3. To the east. Route 11. If you head directly north for a while. Silent Shrine. Go south, you should be able to find the road there.
‘Heh! Seems like it went well!’ Lesley commented, smiling down on Erika after having heard that it apparently went well. She nodded at the gratitude the girl displayed to her, and then smirked at the statement that Erika would one day be back to challenge her. ‘Yepp! I’ll be counting on it! Good continued luck on your journey!’ She waved in reply, before the Druddigon and her took off with a couple of strong waves, taking the Gym Leader and the dragon both over the mountain.
Erika was then fine to head back. There she’d find Joshua occupied with watching Pikachu playing with a couple Axews, jumping over one another and things.
‘Oh, you’re back! Oooh, you got yourself a little dragon! Nice!’ Joshua smiled and looked back to her, admiring Gibs for a bit. ‘Ewan went back into the cave, but he shouldn’t have gone too far.’ He then called for his Pikachu, who attentively waved his ears a bit before dashing back to Joshua to climb up on his shoulder, waving a little to Erika as they could descend. Once again, she’d find herself in the Wet Caverns.
Wet Caverns
Above is an accurate representation of the average traveller trying to go through Wet Caverns, assuming the bats are Zubats
The Wet Caverns, known so for the sheer amount of water drenching the contents. It’s a large series of tunnels with no real large open rooms, dividing itself up into a fairly simple maze going from one side to the other. The water inside the tunnels thankfully lit up the contents due to some shining mineral in the liquid, giving rise to a mildly lit set of tunnels. Many people prefer not to travel through the Wet Caverns due to them being long and easy to get lost in, in addition to the large amounts of hostile Pokémon which might attack at any time. Yet, here you are…
Still. There are those who travel through it on a regular basis. Those who have learned the trick finds it a fairly easy shortcut between Lakewatch Town and Pureplain City. For enthusiasts there are always the options of delving deeper into the caverns, fishing or surfing to find out what kind of Pokémon might inhabit the depths and the shallow rivers that flow along the underground corridors. It is known to be fairly diverse when it comes to the Pokémon inhabiting it, giving trainers both water- and cave Pokémon to pick from when they want to catch something.
Now specifically at that lake, now with a ladder going up to the Dragon Roost. Down there back in the cave they’d actually run into Ewan, who came walking back to the ladder with a satisfied expression.
‘Did you find what you were looking for?’ Joshua smiled to his friend.
‘Somewhat. I caught a Psyduck.’ Ewan replied, holding up a Pokéball for a moment, before looking to Erika. ‘Did you get a dragon?’ He asked. Assumingly Erika acknowledged somehow and Ewan nodded and they’d be on their way.
Now, there was the chance that any of that would impact the current decisions or so, but otherwise, they could not be satisfied with their trip and head on out.
If they headed on, following the map to get to the other side, they’d follow a piece of river which they had to wade through. Then, they’d get to another split.
The majority of the river continued to the left, where it was just a turn of the water flowing down, but if they listened well enough, it sounded like the current got more violent down that direction. What could await there?
Straight ahead was a basically straight line on solid ground, allowing them to get out of the water, though there was yellow light in the end of it. They couldn’t see from here, but the light looked artificial.
Then to the right, there was a fairly nice pathway where there was dry land for walking on to the left side of the gentle stream of water. That particular tunnel grew wider, leading who knows where when it curved out of sight.
‘The exit’s to the right. This is the last split.’ Ewan could tell them. Now, would they head there?
Lucario quickly took charge and flew forth at Ralia… and missed. He went straight through one of her copies, swinging right by behind her, and she got off her Growl. Lucario most certainly heard it, and his attack was reduced.
However, behind her, Lucario had recovered and turned around to attack again. Lucario was quick enough with coming up to the next of the same attack that there wasn’t time to focus on a new move, and this one hit. Ralia’d feel Lucario rushing into her and sending her flying for a bit, taking a considerable amount more damage despite the lowered attack, the damage getting really dangerous. Lucario frowned, seeming quite intent on finishing the job…
Then Ritz hit with his Supersonic.
‘Lu…!?’ Lucario blinked as it suddenly had to take a step aside to maintain balance, becoming confused. With balance somewhat influenced, it turned and looked with anger at Ritz, as well as it could, and switched target once again. Seemed it wasn’t quite used to fighting multiple enemies at once.
‘Something wrong, Lucario? Seeing double? Afraid you’ll miss?’ Hector sounded like he was taunting his own Pokémon, giving a little laugh. ‘C’mon. You know what to do.’ Hector grinned. At this command…
‘…’ Lucario closed his eyes and focused, and what seemed like a flame lit in his eyes… a blue flame of Aura, guiding his way for him. He was using Foresight, to ensure the next attack would hit. Lucario opened his eyes again, making ready to move, despite the overturned contents of his head making it hard for him to focus.
This moment of focus, however, did give Ritz and Ralia a moment to recover and prepare for the next attack, perhaps do something on their own.
@Project *snicker* Sure. We'll see. You're now free to do as you please again.
@Joshua Tamashii Nothing specific happened to you with that course of action, you're free to act as you please in the forest. If you want to get a move on or if you have more to do here.
@Pirouette I moved you along to the next split after some brief conversation with the other two. Now, you're technically at the same place @Pyromaniacwolf is at, buuuuuuut, he just went by those three coming running back from being scared off by Lesley, he's there way before you. Unless the two of you want to meet, of course, then I can twist the space-time-continuum. Haha. Speaking of which, hey, Pyro, how's it going?
@Rune_Alchemist Yeah, this enemy's a bit stronger than your current Pokémon. But you expected a challenge, right? Haha.
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.
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