@Pikmin EyeThe girl smirked a bit, leaning forward on her elbows and inspecting Martin for a bit.
‘Alright. Then, walk back into the Wet Caverns from here. In the very first crossroad, go right. You’ll end up at a deep pond. There, Slowpokes typically fish for food. Now, if you have Pokémon that can help you dive, that pond is actually a tunnel, which leads somewhere, but I’m not about to spoil where. It’s dark down there, but it’s somewhat lit up by the Chinchou’s inhabiting it, if you want one. That’ll do for the Masterful tip.’ She nodded, and then continued.
‘Route 6, famous enough to actually get a name of its own. It is called the Vast Plains, and it’s pretty wild. Nowhere to hide. It’s a bit more dangerous than going the northern path, but that’s all part of being a Pokémon Trainer, eh?’ She chuckled a little.
‘The most common Pokémon are Starly, Doduo, Ponyta and Bunnelby underground or at night. There’s also a whole bunch of more uncommon and rarer Pokémon of the “wild” flavor on there. But what most people should be worried about while crossing Route 6 are the hordes of Tauros that sometimes rampage across the plains. They take offense so easily. Tihi.’ She smirked as she said.
‘That’ll do for the minor tip or Route 6.’‘That’s four minor tips, one considerable and one masterful. That’s a total of 900 P for all I’ve told you. Oh, and here’s the random map of Endless Forest you asked for, if you think that’ll be of any use. Believe me when I say, though, it’s useless. Anyways. Will that be all?’ She asked as she reached down and grabbed a paper from behind the desk to hand over to him.
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@EklispeThe forests of Route 5 were only a small part of the route and not the main part, a piece of Route 4 which is a forest route leaking out over Stillwood Village and onto Route 5, but certainly a part to explore. Moving through the trees, there were many more Deerlings in here as well where there were actual cover. Every here and there was a looming shape of a larger quadruped, mildly threatening by just their existence, wandering silently.
Pokédex Entry #586 – Sawsbuck, the Season Pokémon. They migrate according to the seasons. They’re therefore sometimes known as the “harbingers of spring”. Their horns carry different plants depending on the season, and the horns themselves grow to a size equivalent to its status in the herd. The leaders tend to have magnificently large horns.
Dawkin was able to avoid them though, and the creatures seemed unthreatened by his presence for as long as he kept his distance. So he was fine on that front, for the moment. So, he kept looking…
It didn’t take all that long. He knew what he was looking for, and this forest wasn’t that tight on trees, one could see pretty far, and with yellow being the dominant color, it wasn’t as if the creatures he was looking for had any amount of real natural camouflage.
First, something jumped over his head, from one tree to the next. A Pokémon jumping from treetop to treetop, yellow standing out considerably from the surrounding green.
Pokédex Entry #587 – Emolga, the Sky Squirrel Pokémon. It lives in treetops and holes in trees made by other Pokémon. It stores electrical charge in its cheeks, and uses this energy to assist flight. It has a thin cape-like membrane between arms and body which helps it fly, and this membrane is capable of discharging the electricity it has stored.
So, not exactly what he was looking for, but close, and he could follow it. And following that way, eventually Dawkin heard some sounds from deeper within the forest. Following those, he could eventually spy more yellow in the distance.
Pokédex Entry #25 – Pikachu, the Mouse Pokémon. It stores electricity in sacks inside its cheeks, which it unleashes if threatened. They live in forests, and use their electricity to roast berries. It monitors its surroundings by raising it tail and sensing electricity. If multiple Pikachu gather up, their power increases.
‘Pika!’ ‘Pika-pi!‘There are numerous Pikachus playing about with one another, searching bushes together for berries or otherwise, generally making noises as they run on the forest ground from tree to bush to tree, communicating to one another with quick and happy sounds of their names as they run about. And after them…
‘Pichu!’ ‘Pi!’ ‘Piiich!’ … Runs a small group of four little Pichus. It’s slower than the Pikachus, looking really happy as it chases them, but every once in awhile the Pikachus wait up to allow the pre-evolution to catch up.
Pokédex Entry #172 – Pichu, the Tiny Mouse Pokémon. It can store electricity in its cheeks, but it's unstable, and may accidentally discharge upon startled or feeling other emotions that my cause it to lose focus. When playing with other Pichu, they touch tails and set off sparks as a test of courage.
So, that’s the scene presented to Dawkin right now. There are still the Emolgas in the trees if he has interest in those. None of the Pokémon around are currently aware of him. What does he want to do?
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@Rune_Alchemist‘Huh?’ Alberto blinked in surprise as he seemingly suddenly realized Claire existed, looking towards her in surprise when she started talking, eyes a bit wide. After a bit of staring and listening, he scratched behind his head awkwardly and smiled as he talked.
‘Ah, yeah. That’s us. I-it seems we are, though we haven’t really earned it yet. But, um. I-I’m not sure why you’d think you’re tr- er, that, you seem like you’re nice enough. I-I mean, yeah, you’re cool. You’re okay. I haven’t really had enough of an impression to make a judgement, but, er…’ He was a bit confused as he looked at her.
‘…’ Lucia, on the other hand, had a look on her face that somehow spoke “yeah, you’re trash compared to us, good that you realized”. If nothing else, Ralia’s emotional sensor confirmed it.
‘Oh, Yvonne’s, er.’ Alberto looked around trying to find her. … Yvonne actually exited the store somewhere behind him and was slowly walking towards them with a frown as Alberto was talking.
‘As far as I can tell, she’s the kind that only wants to be seen at her best, so, um, usually I see her or she doesn’t. Maybe that’s because she’s good at running? Didn’t expect to see her here. I mean, I knew she’d end up here eventually, but not at the same time as us. I’m happy she looked so happy, though. I haven’t seen her since-’ Then Yvonne, with an annoyed look, lifted a hand to the back of Alberto’s head and pushed upwards to tilt his head until he was looking downwards.
‘-OOOH…!!!’ Alberto made a sound of amazement as he apparently hadn’t seen the Ralia clones crowding around him and Lucia. He instantly went down to a crouch, looking closer to Ralia and looking at each with amazement, while Yvonne stood sighing a bit in satisfaction behind him.
‘S-so many… But they’re one and the same! Double Team? But they’re all moving so individually! And she’s SOOOO CUTE~! This is amazing! So wonderful! I-I’m taken! I don’t know if I’ll ever see something so breathtaking, I’m-!’ Alberto said, launching into his own little tirade while holding fingers forward to see if Ralia would play with him. Yvonne had a look of light superiority to her expression as she looked towards Claire and spoke.
‘Sure. Let’s go practice. Did you have something in mind? I’m more than ready go in there right at this moment, but we can practice somewhere. I’ll admit I’m curious to what you’re going to be bringing to the table, if you mean together.’ She spoke to Claire with a passive voice with mild hints of victory in it while Alberto was obsessing over Ralia. Lucia turned and looked at Yvonne for a moment, and Yvonne gave a slight frowning glance back before looking back to Claire.
Ralia could feel from the emotions that these two consider one another enemies. Not rivals, enemies. There was a certain hatred between both of these. For comparison, there was always some amount of competitive excitement in Yvonne when she spoke to Claire that Ralia could feel, but that was completely gone with the appearance of these two. Alberto, though, was mostly a ball of confusion, attempted friendliness, awkwardness and excitement towards most of everyone. As soon as he noticed them, anyways.
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@Joshua Tamashii‘Yeah, a Charmander’s fire naturally comes from its mouth, so I used that. But… hm.’ Charl looked like he considered with a little smile, Charmander standing looking on with interest by the side.
‘Assuming the Pokémon is a ghost-type and already knows Ember, I could give it a try. I think it should be possible. I’m optimistic and kind of eager to attempt. But, you didn’t want to leave anyone behind for now. That’s fine. I’ll be here in Highhill Town if you ever want to make use of me!’ He smiled happily.
‘Char!’ Charmander gave a happy little call to punctuate the happiness.
‘Another Joshua, huh?’ Jacques listened to what she was saying with an interested little smile.
‘Hm. Interesting. I’ll keep this in mind. But, heh.’ He smirked, staring with a penetrating gaze at Amelia.
‘It makes me wonder. Why did a trainer with badges from multiple regions stop by to train you? Did you know him previously? I’ll admit, you appeared out of nowhere to me as a trainer to receive Kalmia’s Pokédex. What makes you special, according to yourself? Do I have reason to be interested in your development?’ He asked, gazing at her curiously.
Also, yes. Obviously, a restaurant in the Pokémon world has food for both humans and Pokémon. They’re partners, way more than pets, after all.
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