@Majoras End I've been working, gaming, writing in other roleplays. I've been considering what Mariette should do, but it feels too soon for another move already (in terms of number of IC posts) and Eli's simply going to be watching the battle. So, I'm just intending to wait a few posts. Mariette's not supposed to be taking center-stage with too many posts, really. Hah.
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Yikes. I don't think I've ever been in a roleplay where those immediately concerned posted so quickly.
If anyone wants to post something that involves them in the situation but don't have the ability to post quite that quickly, please say so, and I can wait with my next one or something like that. Otherwise, I'll just keep up with Banana. Haha.
Of course, if Anomaly's grab at his ankle works, then Knight will react to that next post. But, otherwise, that's her reaction in general.
Edit: Also, I think I forgot to show my reaction to one of the things that I read here. *a-hem*
If anyone wants to post something that involves them in the situation but don't have the ability to post quite that quickly, please say so, and I can wait with my next one or something like that. Otherwise, I'll just keep up with Banana. Haha.
Of course, if Anomaly's grab at his ankle works, then Knight will react to that next post. But, otherwise, that's her reaction in general.
Edit: Also, I think I forgot to show my reaction to one of the things that I read here. *a-hem*
Knight
Rosaline BucknerBattle in Dorchester
Knight didn’t understand exactly why Septima didn’t think hitting Sickle-Cell again was a good idea. However, what came after was definitely bad. She could but blink at the horrifying image of Sickle-Cell staining his mask with a bloody hand-print and then looking to them. He dodged the shield aimed at his feet, and Knight quickly made it vanish to release the space of her capacity to she could defend herself if needed. Oh, oh this was bad. He was frightened because of Anomaly’s attacks, but still able to act. A terrified beast was likely to do terrible things.
The fact he went after the one blasting at his ally first gave Knight some time to pull the net that had captured a bunch of Sickle-Cell’s shards back, closer towards Septima while not obscuring her vision. She could but hope the Ward would banish that barrier of frozen time quickly, because it was currently taking up a significant portion of her current mental capacity. Then, after having attacked the one attacking his comrade, Sickle-Cell turned to her.
‘… Ah.’
If Knight hadn’t been anticipating an attack at any time, she probably wouldn’t have been able to manifest a shield in front of her in time to block that shot to her head, but as it was she had been wary of exactly that. A thin round blue shield, one and a half meters in diameter, manifested to block the blood shot. With the assumption that it was actually blocked and didn't curve around to hit her…
It occurred to her that the spot of blood was probably still on the other side of the shield and he could probably control it, meaning simply dropping the shield would render her vulnerable to it. Instead she sent the shield flying at Sickle-Cell, intending to try hitting him as well as blocking his line of sight and sending the blood-spot away from her. She ensured some space under the shield so her team could still see his legs, so they could counter his movements. If she noted him trying to move to go around it, she’d telekinetically move it to attempt blocking his path, swinging it to hit him if he made any fancy moves.
… And that was it, until Septima could banish the net containing Sickle-Cell's blood-shards, that was the limit of what she could accomplish right now.
Regardless, Knight stepped into his way. There was no way he wouldn’t eventually get past her shield, and as such she prepared herself for blocking his way, intent on fighting him. She had trained to include her ability to manifest shields around her swiftly into her combat-style, and knew she had tricks to play. She was fairly confident in her close combat skills. Not take on fucking Sickle-Cell confident, but she surely was the most competent in her current team, and she’d have support.
Gripping her sword with both hands, she leveled it and glared in challenge.
immediately concerned: @Sickle-cell@Banana
locally concerned: @DracoLunaris@Kiddo@knifeman@POOHEAD189
@Pirouette Depends on if the wind can wedge under you or not. If it can and won't just flow over you? Then I won't give any guarantees. Heh.
@Joshua Tamashii Pretty possible. Let's see... *checks his team* ... Ah, damn, he has no ghost Pokémon. A shame. Oh, well.
Anyways. Nicely posted. I felt like it, so you got a response.
@Joshua Tamashii Pretty possible. Let's see... *checks his team* ... Ah, damn, he has no ghost Pokémon. A shame. Oh, well.
Anyways. Nicely posted. I felt like it, so you got a response.
@Joshua Tamashii
Jacques looked towards her with a pleased smirk as Amelia approached, and in response he stood up from his chair, took his hat from his head and placed against his chest and returned her bow.
‘Good evening. You certainly may.’ Jacques replied before standing up and placing his hat back. The younger man at the side looked back and forth between Jacques and Amelia with certain surprise. While his mannerism and words were always polite, there was always an underlying self-pleasing amusement to his tone.
‘I am a member of the Elite Four, titled the “Servant of the Mountain”. I go by Jacques. Pleased to make your acquaintance, young hopeful.’ Jacques told, looking at her confidently with his little smirk. The other person at the table looked back and forth in a bit of bewilderment before also speaking.
‘A-and I’m Charl! I’m the Move Changer! I can, uh… change the types of certain moves…’ Charl here looked like the time to usually be pretty energetic, but the mere presence of Jacques was giving him a boatload of doubt with every word, constantly glancing like he was afraid of somehow stepping on Jacques toes. Jacques himself gave no impression that he had even heard him talk.
Jacques sat down again and offered a seat to Amelia while adjusting his glasses.
‘I was at Kalmia’s lab, correct. The reason being, I also had an interest of spreading Pokédexes among the trainers of Isson, so I got into contact with Professor Sycamore of Kalos and had it arranged. It turned out Isson’s own Pokémon Professor Kalmia, who’s fairly new to the scene, intended the same through Professor Oak, but I did not consider that a clash of interest. Simply more young hopefuls that got Pokédexes. So, I was there yesterday to have the young hopefuls of mine and Kalmia’s meet, and have some friendly battles. The one you battled, Joshua, is one of mine.’ Jacques went ahead and explained something he suspected she should know and might be wondering.
While talking they probably got menus, was allowed to order things and potentially eat, but that’s not extremely important and can be left in the background. Unless Amelia had no intentions of staying for that, of course.
Jacques looked towards her with a pleased smirk as Amelia approached, and in response he stood up from his chair, took his hat from his head and placed against his chest and returned her bow.
‘Good evening. You certainly may.’ Jacques replied before standing up and placing his hat back. The younger man at the side looked back and forth between Jacques and Amelia with certain surprise. While his mannerism and words were always polite, there was always an underlying self-pleasing amusement to his tone.
‘I am a member of the Elite Four, titled the “Servant of the Mountain”. I go by Jacques. Pleased to make your acquaintance, young hopeful.’ Jacques told, looking at her confidently with his little smirk. The other person at the table looked back and forth in a bit of bewilderment before also speaking.
‘A-and I’m Charl! I’m the Move Changer! I can, uh… change the types of certain moves…’ Charl here looked like the time to usually be pretty energetic, but the mere presence of Jacques was giving him a boatload of doubt with every word, constantly glancing like he was afraid of somehow stepping on Jacques toes. Jacques himself gave no impression that he had even heard him talk.
Jacques sat down again and offered a seat to Amelia while adjusting his glasses.
‘I was at Kalmia’s lab, correct. The reason being, I also had an interest of spreading Pokédexes among the trainers of Isson, so I got into contact with Professor Sycamore of Kalos and had it arranged. It turned out Isson’s own Pokémon Professor Kalmia, who’s fairly new to the scene, intended the same through Professor Oak, but I did not consider that a clash of interest. Simply more young hopefuls that got Pokédexes. So, I was there yesterday to have the young hopefuls of mine and Kalmia’s meet, and have some friendly battles. The one you battled, Joshua, is one of mine.’ Jacques went ahead and explained something he suspected she should know and might be wondering.
While talking they probably got menus, was allowed to order things and potentially eat, but that’s not extremely important and can be left in the background. Unless Amelia had no intentions of staying for that, of course.
Also, Pumpkaboo is now holding a Super Potion.
@DracoLunaris@Kiddo Um. I do think that, now that we know what Geist's going to do, Draco should at least write what it looks like Vice is intending on doing even if he perhaps doesn't do it yet? Because Dragon might want to factor that into her next reaction, maybe. Or if perhaps you're both fine with how this looks now, then alright.
Sorry about not bailing out anyone, but, er,
I HAVE A HARD TIME EXPLAINING HAVING KNIGHT FOREGO THIS OPPORTUNITY. XD
Also, pretty sure there's a kill-order out on those who you've been talking about bailing out. Is there? They seem to have killed a bunch, so... Hah.
I HAVE A HARD TIME EXPLAINING HAVING KNIGHT FOREGO THIS OPPORTUNITY. XD
Also, pretty sure there's a kill-order out on those who you've been talking about bailing out. Is there? They seem to have killed a bunch, so... Hah.
Knight
Rosaline BucknerBattle in Dorchester
Knight saw Sickle-Cell look towards her partly while she went through her plan and pointed her sword at him. While she couldn’t see it, it really felt like he was making fun of her with his gaze. The mere fact he just paused there a moment and stared at her without doing anything. “Yeah, I used your shields to murder. What’ya gonna do about it? Point your sword at me? Oooh, I am soooo frightened…” … She imagined in her head.
He turned to deal with the more fiery enemy. Knight really didn’t know what to think of that one, her focus was all on Sickle-Cell. When suddenly…
Huh? That shadowy hand… Anomaly hit? Sickle-Cell froze in place?
Knight hesitated, scared of the possibility it was a false opportunity, that if they attacked now they’d just be horribly massacred.
Then, with the feeling of a light punch to her leg from a shadowy hand, that fear disappeared.
‘ATTACK!’ Knight jumped forward, she could not waste this opportunity Anomaly had given her to possibly eliminate one of Boston’s worst criminals! She created two shields again, and threw both. One of them, somewhat larger than the other, she shaped as it flew so it bent somewhat inwards, as a trap or a fish-net. This shield flew into the field of Sickle-Cell’s blood shards, intent on catching them and gathering them inside the net so that Knight could then close the net and seal away Sickle-Cell’s weapons.
The other sailed straight forward, intent on colliding with Sickle-Cell’s legs, fell him if he was standing and then remain there. If the impact was successful, she was hoping to run closer so she could shape the field so it bound around his legs, to trap him so she could then fling him into one of Septima’s portals. That was the long-term plan.
Every step on the way she was prepared to freeze, let the shields she had thrown unfreeze so that she could create new defenses for herself and her team, if this attack turned out to be a mistake. She did not particularly bother to think about the person running by Sickle-Cell yelling at him, because said person wasn’t yet doing anything to stop her.
She left it to her team-members to decide for themselves what the best use of their powers were when she gave the command “Attack”. It wasn’t like they had long.
immediately concerned: @Sickle-cell@Banana
locally concerned: @DracoLunaris@Kiddo@knifeman@POOHEAD189
There we go. Tell me if I did anything terrible. Hah.
@Eklispe ... Yeeeaaah, training a rock on water's not gonna do it. XD
Sorry about that.
@Rune_Alchemist My apologies that I got lazy with the accessories shop. If you want anything in particular, tell me and we'll negotiate a price. Haha. Anyways, yeah. I wanted to show that in some way or another, so Claire can overhear that, if she wants to. It's mostly posters of relevant people in the contest world. Heh.
@Pikmin Eye I simply had you arrive. Questions can be asked now.
@Joshua Tamashii You know what? I'm feeling nice. I won't let you do this with Pokémon, mostly, because finding Pokémon's the purpose of the game, but when you just want to meet a specific person? I'll admit that it was an opportunity you missed. So, here ya go. Heh.
@Pirouette Nicely posted. Now, I am somewhat proud I remembered that ability. However... XD
I had a little fun with Pidgeotto's remarkably terrible roll. Now, then. What'll you do?
@Project Hi. How are you doing?
@Eklispe ... Yeeeaaah, training a rock on water's not gonna do it. XD
Sorry about that.
@Rune_Alchemist My apologies that I got lazy with the accessories shop. If you want anything in particular, tell me and we'll negotiate a price. Haha. Anyways, yeah. I wanted to show that in some way or another, so Claire can overhear that, if she wants to. It's mostly posters of relevant people in the contest world. Heh.
@Pikmin Eye I simply had you arrive. Questions can be asked now.
@Joshua Tamashii You know what? I'm feeling nice. I won't let you do this with Pokémon, mostly, because finding Pokémon's the purpose of the game, but when you just want to meet a specific person? I'll admit that it was an opportunity you missed. So, here ya go. Heh.
@Pirouette Nicely posted. Now, I am somewhat proud I remembered that ability. However... XD
I had a little fun with Pidgeotto's remarkably terrible roll. Now, then. What'll you do?
@Project Hi. How are you doing?
@Eklispe
‘Good luck, then.’ The girl simply said after having taken the money before giving him a small wave and then returning to her cell-phone as Dawkin left.
It is possible that Dawkin might see Martin as he passed in to enter the Explorer’s Guide Service.
Anyways, Dawkin decided to train in the waters here…
He’d quickly notice that this is very difficult due to type match-ups. The opponents he’d be fighting were Woopers, Poliwags and Tympoles. They were all water-types with distance-attacks that ensured they never needed to leave the water, meaning Atlas could never hit. This was far from the optimal circumstances to train an Aron in, and Wooper had the problem that she only knew a water-move. Yeah, these aren’t effective training grounds. Try again?
Connected areas:
Wet Caverns. Water-filled caverns that are located to the east. There’s a small hill to climb to get to the entrance.
Route 5. The main exit of Lakewatch, leading to a grassy incline connecting mountains, forests and plains.
Route 14. The waters of Dragon Lake are also known as Route 14. It connects Lakewatch Town, Highhill Town and Stillwood Village.
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@Rune_Alchemist
So, Claire went for the accessory shop. There was a whole lot of things, rows upon rows for the wannabe coordinators. There were ribbons, hats, wings, flowers, all manner of things…
There are too many to list in a proper shop.
All things for Pokémon to potentially equip for one reason or another on stage.
And if there’s something specific one could want that isn’t in the lists from the games, then a request should probably be possible.
There’s also a whole bunch of clothing. Clothes are Basic, Feminine, Sporty, Classic, Elegant or Exotic… Or, you know, you can just consider what you would want to wear. All such things.
Eventually, Claire might wander past a bunch of posters that had a small crowd in front it. The posters were probably inside the Contest Hall as well, but now we’re showing them off. Because unlike the Pokémon League, these people REALLY wanted to sell who their stars are, with fan-clubs and all. That’s not to say there weren’t super-stars in the league, too, but here it was really shoved in your face. In fact, if you watched TV, it wasn’t impossible that at least the first four faces showed up pretty regularly.
‘Aaah, Valerie… Queen of Contests… Will I ever be able to stand as your equal?’ A dreamer stood drooling before one of the posters.
‘If at the very least, I’d like Valerie to notice me…’ A noticeably blushing young man was saying looking at the poster. Hm.
‘Valerie, one of the five monarchs of Contests, specifically the Cute Queen, but she competes in Master class in all categories… Queen of Contests, indeed. Can we match her?’
Then there were two posters that were hanging side by side. In front of them were a crowd of young girls…
‘Ooooh, Jayce’s so… so… dreamy~!’
‘But, but, Marcus is soooooooo cooooooool…!’
‘Jayce’s charming smile… I-I need to become an excellent coordinator so that I may see it in person one day…!’
‘Eh, Marcus is better… His serious, cool persona will take over the world…!’
‘Marcus is cool indeed, but he’s the Tough Boss, while Jayce’s the Ruler of Cool. Both formidable opponents… Can we do it?’
‘That’s Grace, right? The “Conductor of Spirits”, coordinator from Witchpeak City…’ Some looked at a fourth poster with some apprehension.
‘Yeah, I saw her on TV. She’s pretty amazing. Snatched the position as one of the five monarchs like it was nothing.’
‘She’s so… elegant and mysterious…’
‘A prime example of why not to underestimate challengers, she took the Beautiful category by storm not too long ago… Are there any other dark horses we may have missed…?’
‘Hey, did you hear? Apparently, Penelope managed to defeat the Super-Rank Contests all with only Purrqyute!’ Someone said in front of a fifth poster.
‘Heh? Seriously? Is she trying to make an All-Star? Well, no matter how hard Dreamer Studios are pushing her, she’s going to fail when she meets the five monarchs…’ A girl made fun of her right in front of Penelope’s poster.
‘Huh? No poster of the Clever King, Roderick? … Ah, suppose he’s the hardest monarch to market, hah. Still, the five monarchs are precisely why making an All-Star is so difficult. Each monarch has one Pokémon directed to being the champion of only their own category. For a single Pokémon to beat all the Contest champions on their own game… Basically impossible. Better face only one monarch, than all of them… Hm… Which do we want to face…?’
Then, the attention of the crowd turned to the final poster, which featured two people.
‘Huh? Who’s this? Alberto and Lucia?’
‘Ah, yeah, sorry for the confusion, I’m kinda embarrassed…’
‘Yeah, they’re new and sponsored by Dreamer Studios! They haven’t even been in a single contest yet, but they’re supposed to be really good.’
‘Hah, you’re making me blush. But, yeah, that poster shouldn’t be hanging right alongside the likes of the monarchs yet…’
‘So, are they entering the same contest and taking two slots? Together, or with one Pokémon each? Can they do that?’
‘Oh, no, together. Like a duo, one slot. Or, well, I’m the one registered, Lucia’s backing me up. Couldn’t possibly go up there myself…’
‘Well, they look kind of cool. I’ll watch them and wish them the best of luck!’
‘Ah, gee, thanks. It means a lot to hear that.’
‘Wait, huh?’
Then the crowd collectively turned and realized that in the back stood this very same Alberto that was on the poster, smiling a little silly smile looking embarrassed and scratching behind his head, Lucia standing silent beside him with her arms crossed and looking more aloof than anything else. Both were wearing… fairly distinctive clothes that I’m not even going to try to describe, except they’re mostly dark with dark purple hair, both of them, Lucia in a dress that were black with white details and Alberto wearing fairly nice clothes with long pants and special kind of shirt that just screamed “sponsored”.
‘… Hi! We’ll be competing soon. Feel free to come watch?’ He said, a bit awkwardly while waving to them, a bit similarly awkwardly.
‘We’re favourites to win, of course.’ Lucia dropped, that seemingly being of importance to mention for her. There was a moment of silence before the crowd started giving slight shouts of amazement at that he was actually there and gave him questions, Alberto and Lucia being more on their equal level even if they were favourites, and so.
So, that aside. That might not be relevant to Claire at all. If that wasn’t relevant to Claire, Yvonne eventually came out of the Contest Hall after she had been browsing accessories. And this time, Yvonne looked basically sparkling.
‘Teh-heh-heh… If that’s the level I’m going up against, I’ve practically already won…!’ … She had been watching a performance. And not been impressed/been pleased with what she saw, judging by her grin and what she said. She was speaking with herself, though, and hadn’t seen Claire because she was only seeing the sparkles of stardom right now. She’d eventually see Claire (next post) even if she didn’t interact with her (assuming Claire doesn’t hide), but Claire could make use of that Yvonne hadn’t noticed her yet if she wanted to.
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@Pikmin Eye
As Martin rowed his way through town with Goldeen jumping and stylishly spinning around him, they attracted a few looks from the sidewalks.
‘Oh, wow, look at that. What beautiful jumps.’
‘Heh, perhaps training to possibly enter a contest?’
… Random comments from people watching aside. Soon enough, would see the signs for the Explorer’s Guide Service, and decide to head there. He may possibly see Dawkin exiting the place, but that aside.
The Explorer’s Guide Service building itself was but a small dent into a building, a door and windows full of advertisement for the service. Inside was a cozy little store-like room where lots of fliers advertised the accomplishments of several presumably employed individuals while good reviews of their services hung around like newspaper articles, the walls covered by papers, maps of Isson and the likes. By the door stood a sign with some info for a visitor.
“Lakewatch residents live somewhat out of the way, meaning we need to travel to find our callings! On our travels, we have learned a lot! Here we offer our experience for you to use!”
There’s also a map of Lakewatch under the message with a “Our guides live HERE!” showing small arrows pointing at various spots throughout Lakewatch Town. It was vague enough that’d it be somewhat hard to find the person based on it, but with the number of arrows and how spread it was it delivered the message that this was an honest occupation in this town.
And, in the back on a chair behind a desk covered in paperwork and a strange small stone-statue of a Trapinch sat a girl staring at her mobile phone. Though, when Martin came in, she blinked a bit in realization. She had barely had time to pick up the phone again, so she looked a little dismayed as she had to place it down again, though then looked up at him curiously. The girl’s wearing a jacket, hood and a large backpack lies packed on her right. She looks like she’s basically already on a journey.
‘Lots of new kids today. Hello. Need something?’ The girl asked in a casual tone, looking to Martin. Though she said “kids”, she didn’t look THAT much older… did she?
Now, a list of the place’s services are listed to the girl’s immediate right.
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@Joshua Tamashii
First she went to the Pokémon Center.
‘Don’t worry about it! We’re here for your service!’ The nurse simply said to her apology. ‘When I say “we hope to see you again”, I mean it~!’
That aside. So, she wandered town, thinking thoughts. On the way, she passed by a suitable café that just happened to be there. Now, it probably looked entirely alright for dinner or so, but as she was to make a decision if she wanted to or not…
‘I’m very pleased you’ve taken an interest in my services, sir Jacques! I’ve been experimenting with expanding it through different avenues and-’
‘Think nothing of it. You’re a talented Pokémon breeder and trainer, Move Changer. I think if we look into the source of your abilities, we might unlock something greater… Oh?’ The man, turned on a slight angle in the chair, dressed in a fancy suit and top-hat draped with a couple red ribbons and glasses, looked with a smirk at Amelia who stood right outside the café.
‘Oh, um…’ The young man Jacques was sitting with was a lot more plain. With blue hair, wearing a red apron and- the following.
‘S-someone you know, sir Jacques?’ The young man asked slightly apprehensively.
‘The youngest of Kalmia’s trainers. She’ll know me… if she wants to know me. Fu-fu.’ Jacques replied, with a little smirk looking towards Amelia. They were sitting at a table with four spots, leaving two open, but it didn’t seem like they had any further planned company.
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@Pirouette
Gibs dug them a little tunnel, but it didn’t go all that fast. They’d need to duck to let the Pidgeot pass through like a jet at least once, the wind grabbing at them but the trench holding them in place. That said, they soon arrived at the spot on the middle platform where they could engage in Erika’s plan. The Pidgeotto above them, thinking nothing of what the wind might result in, did as commanded and blew his Whirlwind as Erika passed. That’s when Gibs blasted up his Sand Attack. The sand was caught in the wind and blew straight over into the space of the other Pidgeotto.
… The Pidgeotto glared unimpressed at them through the sand, even as it collected on him.
Pidgeotto’s Keen Eye ability prevents loss of Accuracy!
Duessel’s Water Sport didn’t do much to distract it, either.
Pidgeotto scoffed at them as Zubat came flying, stretching his wings, and then causing a Whirlwind, sending Zubat flying and Joshua to yelp a little as he jumped and grabbed his Pokémon before Zubat flew across the cave and into the wall.
…
Pidgeotto blinked a little.
Had he just done something unfathomably stupid?
Because the scroll he was protecting was just sent flying by his own Whirlwind.
‘Psay-duck!’ Ewan picked up Duessel by his legs, held him up and Duessel could catch the scroll.
‘There we go.’ Ewan collected the scroll from his Pokémon and handed it to Erika. It contained a very simply message.
“The Trail Master is Amazing!”
… Well, they got the scroll. Maybe not entirely how they were planning to get it. The Pidgeotto over there was panicking while getting very blank stares from the other Pidgeottos. So, with that, Erika and crew could think what they wanted about that, and Gibs could continue digging, until…
‘Um.’ Joshua suddenly made an unsure noise calling for their attention while they were continuing northwards towards where the way turned right, looking behind them.
One of the three Pidgeottos that weren’t blowing, that had been inhibiting the deeper parts of the cavern, had just flown over and landed somewhat behind them inside their own trench. He was giving them that pleased smirk the Pidgeottos had when they had first entered. Seemed like those three were permitted to fly wherever they pleased. … It stretched its wings with a bird-smirk. Seemed like it was intending on filling the trench with a Whirlwind.
Actions?
‘Good luck, then.’ The girl simply said after having taken the money before giving him a small wave and then returning to her cell-phone as Dawkin left.
It is possible that Dawkin might see Martin as he passed in to enter the Explorer’s Guide Service.
Anyways, Dawkin decided to train in the waters here…
He’d quickly notice that this is very difficult due to type match-ups. The opponents he’d be fighting were Woopers, Poliwags and Tympoles. They were all water-types with distance-attacks that ensured they never needed to leave the water, meaning Atlas could never hit. This was far from the optimal circumstances to train an Aron in, and Wooper had the problem that she only knew a water-move. Yeah, these aren’t effective training grounds. Try again?
Connected areas:
Wet Caverns. Water-filled caverns that are located to the east. There’s a small hill to climb to get to the entrance.
Route 5. The main exit of Lakewatch, leading to a grassy incline connecting mountains, forests and plains.
Route 14. The waters of Dragon Lake are also known as Route 14. It connects Lakewatch Town, Highhill Town and Stillwood Village.
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@Rune_Alchemist
So, Claire went for the accessory shop. There was a whole lot of things, rows upon rows for the wannabe coordinators. There were ribbons, hats, wings, flowers, all manner of things…
There are too many to list in a proper shop.
All things for Pokémon to potentially equip for one reason or another on stage.
And if there’s something specific one could want that isn’t in the lists from the games, then a request should probably be possible.
There’s also a whole bunch of clothing. Clothes are Basic, Feminine, Sporty, Classic, Elegant or Exotic… Or, you know, you can just consider what you would want to wear. All such things.
Eventually, Claire might wander past a bunch of posters that had a small crowd in front it. The posters were probably inside the Contest Hall as well, but now we’re showing them off. Because unlike the Pokémon League, these people REALLY wanted to sell who their stars are, with fan-clubs and all. That’s not to say there weren’t super-stars in the league, too, but here it was really shoved in your face. In fact, if you watched TV, it wasn’t impossible that at least the first four faces showed up pretty regularly.
‘Aaah, Valerie… Queen of Contests… Will I ever be able to stand as your equal?’ A dreamer stood drooling before one of the posters.
‘If at the very least, I’d like Valerie to notice me…’ A noticeably blushing young man was saying looking at the poster. Hm.
‘Valerie, one of the five monarchs of Contests, specifically the Cute Queen, but she competes in Master class in all categories… Queen of Contests, indeed. Can we match her?’
Then there were two posters that were hanging side by side. In front of them were a crowd of young girls…
‘Ooooh, Jayce’s so… so… dreamy~!’
‘But, but, Marcus is soooooooo cooooooool…!’
‘Jayce’s charming smile… I-I need to become an excellent coordinator so that I may see it in person one day…!’
‘Eh, Marcus is better… His serious, cool persona will take over the world…!’
‘Marcus is cool indeed, but he’s the Tough Boss, while Jayce’s the Ruler of Cool. Both formidable opponents… Can we do it?’
‘That’s Grace, right? The “Conductor of Spirits”, coordinator from Witchpeak City…’ Some looked at a fourth poster with some apprehension.
‘Yeah, I saw her on TV. She’s pretty amazing. Snatched the position as one of the five monarchs like it was nothing.’
‘She’s so… elegant and mysterious…’
‘A prime example of why not to underestimate challengers, she took the Beautiful category by storm not too long ago… Are there any other dark horses we may have missed…?’
‘Hey, did you hear? Apparently, Penelope managed to defeat the Super-Rank Contests all with only Purrqyute!’ Someone said in front of a fifth poster.
‘Heh? Seriously? Is she trying to make an All-Star? Well, no matter how hard Dreamer Studios are pushing her, she’s going to fail when she meets the five monarchs…’ A girl made fun of her right in front of Penelope’s poster.
‘Huh? No poster of the Clever King, Roderick? … Ah, suppose he’s the hardest monarch to market, hah. Still, the five monarchs are precisely why making an All-Star is so difficult. Each monarch has one Pokémon directed to being the champion of only their own category. For a single Pokémon to beat all the Contest champions on their own game… Basically impossible. Better face only one monarch, than all of them… Hm… Which do we want to face…?’
Then, the attention of the crowd turned to the final poster, which featured two people.
‘Huh? Who’s this? Alberto and Lucia?’
‘Ah, yeah, sorry for the confusion, I’m kinda embarrassed…’
‘Yeah, they’re new and sponsored by Dreamer Studios! They haven’t even been in a single contest yet, but they’re supposed to be really good.’
‘Hah, you’re making me blush. But, yeah, that poster shouldn’t be hanging right alongside the likes of the monarchs yet…’
‘So, are they entering the same contest and taking two slots? Together, or with one Pokémon each? Can they do that?’
‘Oh, no, together. Like a duo, one slot. Or, well, I’m the one registered, Lucia’s backing me up. Couldn’t possibly go up there myself…’
‘Well, they look kind of cool. I’ll watch them and wish them the best of luck!’
‘Ah, gee, thanks. It means a lot to hear that.’
‘Wait, huh?’
Then the crowd collectively turned and realized that in the back stood this very same Alberto that was on the poster, smiling a little silly smile looking embarrassed and scratching behind his head, Lucia standing silent beside him with her arms crossed and looking more aloof than anything else. Both were wearing… fairly distinctive clothes that I’m not even going to try to describe, except they’re mostly dark with dark purple hair, both of them, Lucia in a dress that were black with white details and Alberto wearing fairly nice clothes with long pants and special kind of shirt that just screamed “sponsored”.
‘… Hi! We’ll be competing soon. Feel free to come watch?’ He said, a bit awkwardly while waving to them, a bit similarly awkwardly.
‘We’re favourites to win, of course.’ Lucia dropped, that seemingly being of importance to mention for her. There was a moment of silence before the crowd started giving slight shouts of amazement at that he was actually there and gave him questions, Alberto and Lucia being more on their equal level even if they were favourites, and so.
So, that aside. That might not be relevant to Claire at all. If that wasn’t relevant to Claire, Yvonne eventually came out of the Contest Hall after she had been browsing accessories. And this time, Yvonne looked basically sparkling.
‘Teh-heh-heh… If that’s the level I’m going up against, I’ve practically already won…!’ … She had been watching a performance. And not been impressed/been pleased with what she saw, judging by her grin and what she said. She was speaking with herself, though, and hadn’t seen Claire because she was only seeing the sparkles of stardom right now. She’d eventually see Claire (next post) even if she didn’t interact with her (assuming Claire doesn’t hide), but Claire could make use of that Yvonne hadn’t noticed her yet if she wanted to.
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@Pikmin Eye
As Martin rowed his way through town with Goldeen jumping and stylishly spinning around him, they attracted a few looks from the sidewalks.
‘Oh, wow, look at that. What beautiful jumps.’
‘Heh, perhaps training to possibly enter a contest?’
… Random comments from people watching aside. Soon enough, would see the signs for the Explorer’s Guide Service, and decide to head there. He may possibly see Dawkin exiting the place, but that aside.
The Explorer’s Guide Service building itself was but a small dent into a building, a door and windows full of advertisement for the service. Inside was a cozy little store-like room where lots of fliers advertised the accomplishments of several presumably employed individuals while good reviews of their services hung around like newspaper articles, the walls covered by papers, maps of Isson and the likes. By the door stood a sign with some info for a visitor.
“Lakewatch residents live somewhat out of the way, meaning we need to travel to find our callings! On our travels, we have learned a lot! Here we offer our experience for you to use!”
There’s also a map of Lakewatch under the message with a “Our guides live HERE!” showing small arrows pointing at various spots throughout Lakewatch Town. It was vague enough that’d it be somewhat hard to find the person based on it, but with the number of arrows and how spread it was it delivered the message that this was an honest occupation in this town.
And, in the back on a chair behind a desk covered in paperwork and a strange small stone-statue of a Trapinch sat a girl staring at her mobile phone. Though, when Martin came in, she blinked a bit in realization. She had barely had time to pick up the phone again, so she looked a little dismayed as she had to place it down again, though then looked up at him curiously. The girl’s wearing a jacket, hood and a large backpack lies packed on her right. She looks like she’s basically already on a journey.
‘Lots of new kids today. Hello. Need something?’ The girl asked in a casual tone, looking to Martin. Though she said “kids”, she didn’t look THAT much older… did she?
Now, a list of the place’s services are listed to the girl’s immediate right.
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@Joshua Tamashii
First she went to the Pokémon Center.
‘Don’t worry about it! We’re here for your service!’ The nurse simply said to her apology. ‘When I say “we hope to see you again”, I mean it~!’
That aside. So, she wandered town, thinking thoughts. On the way, she passed by a suitable café that just happened to be there. Now, it probably looked entirely alright for dinner or so, but as she was to make a decision if she wanted to or not…
‘I’m very pleased you’ve taken an interest in my services, sir Jacques! I’ve been experimenting with expanding it through different avenues and-’
‘Think nothing of it. You’re a talented Pokémon breeder and trainer, Move Changer. I think if we look into the source of your abilities, we might unlock something greater… Oh?’ The man, turned on a slight angle in the chair, dressed in a fancy suit and top-hat draped with a couple red ribbons and glasses, looked with a smirk at Amelia who stood right outside the café.
‘Oh, um…’ The young man Jacques was sitting with was a lot more plain. With blue hair, wearing a red apron and- the following.
‘S-someone you know, sir Jacques?’ The young man asked slightly apprehensively.
‘The youngest of Kalmia’s trainers. She’ll know me… if she wants to know me. Fu-fu.’ Jacques replied, with a little smirk looking towards Amelia. They were sitting at a table with four spots, leaving two open, but it didn’t seem like they had any further planned company.
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@Pirouette
Gibs dug them a little tunnel, but it didn’t go all that fast. They’d need to duck to let the Pidgeot pass through like a jet at least once, the wind grabbing at them but the trench holding them in place. That said, they soon arrived at the spot on the middle platform where they could engage in Erika’s plan. The Pidgeotto above them, thinking nothing of what the wind might result in, did as commanded and blew his Whirlwind as Erika passed. That’s when Gibs blasted up his Sand Attack. The sand was caught in the wind and blew straight over into the space of the other Pidgeotto.
… The Pidgeotto glared unimpressed at them through the sand, even as it collected on him.
Pidgeotto’s Keen Eye ability prevents loss of Accuracy!
Duessel’s Water Sport didn’t do much to distract it, either.
Pidgeotto scoffed at them as Zubat came flying, stretching his wings, and then causing a Whirlwind, sending Zubat flying and Joshua to yelp a little as he jumped and grabbed his Pokémon before Zubat flew across the cave and into the wall.
…
Pidgeotto blinked a little.
Had he just done something unfathomably stupid?
Because the scroll he was protecting was just sent flying by his own Whirlwind.
‘Psay-duck!’ Ewan picked up Duessel by his legs, held him up and Duessel could catch the scroll.
‘There we go.’ Ewan collected the scroll from his Pokémon and handed it to Erika. It contained a very simply message.
“The Trail Master is Amazing!”
… Well, they got the scroll. Maybe not entirely how they were planning to get it. The Pidgeotto over there was panicking while getting very blank stares from the other Pidgeottos. So, with that, Erika and crew could think what they wanted about that, and Gibs could continue digging, until…
‘Um.’ Joshua suddenly made an unsure noise calling for their attention while they were continuing northwards towards where the way turned right, looking behind them.
One of the three Pidgeottos that weren’t blowing, that had been inhibiting the deeper parts of the cavern, had just flown over and landed somewhat behind them inside their own trench. He was giving them that pleased smirk the Pidgeottos had when they had first entered. Seemed like those three were permitted to fly wherever they pleased. … It stretched its wings with a bird-smirk. Seemed like it was intending on filling the trench with a Whirlwind.
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