@Eklispe ... ... ... Damn, I could have played clever. XD
@Pirouette Glad to have you back! Alright. Nicely posted. Yupp, that's a good and entertaining post, thank you. I'm very happy to see it. Training it is! Bunches of grass-Pokémon around, Torchic should have no problem getting a couple levels.
Now, given finals, I completely understand if you don't post for a week, with finals and all that. Just going to say that. XD
I belatedly realized Atlas has "Sturdy", meaning he should survive a single hit that should take him out. However, then I realized, that was Double-Kick, so obviously, Sawsbuck kicked twice, only sending him flying on the second kick.
@Joshua Tamashii Didn't particularly intend on anything happening, I was thinking that I'd delayed you long enough, you can continue exploring now. I did not want to just assume you'd pay the necessary amount, but now that I know that, I could but simply type out the trip if you'd like.
@Pirouette Heh. Alright. Then I'll just add in Torchic's data into the post for you. Edit:
12.5% chance of a female gender on that one, but you got that. Congratulations, if that's what you wanted. Otherwise, "whoops". XD
@Pikmin Eye Nice. I'm pleased with your decision. Alright, nicely posted. Down into the depths we go. Teh-heh-heh...
@Pikmin Eye Alright, there we go. My apologies if you wanted a destination rather than the beginning of another journey, but heck, I knew what was down there. You did not. In any case... heh. Let's see what you do.
@Rune_Alchemist So, yeah. I'm not going to have this move be as all-consuming as it is in the games, but in order to make it not completely useless as well we can assume whatever he said to be absurdly rage-inducing to the average Pokémon, and then we work from there. We can discuss what we think would be the likely resolution of that, if you like.
@Joshua Tamashii Nicely posted. Yupp, moving on. And I'm throwing in a slight bit of flavor just because. Amelia may react as she pleases. Heh.
@Eklispe Nicely posted, but ya, no. You're not fighting a Sawsbuck. XD
@Pirouette ... Phew. That'll do. I decided the prices for getting to the end of the Trail Master's house a while ago. Anyone coming here later will face a different challenge. Heh.
Grabbing onto Goldeen, they dove underwater. They descended into the darker area, lit only by the small lights of Pokémon down there among the depths. Not that Martin could see very clearly, without the proper tools to see underwater combined with this general darkness, but nevertheless, should he aim a Pokédex at the creature he would find the device pretty waterproof and more than willing to provide him with information.
Pokédex Entry #170 – Chinchou, the Angler Pokémon. It is known to live on dark ocean floors where sunlight doesn’t reach. It is capable of discharging electricity from the antenna tips to shock prey or attackers, but it also uses the flashes of electricity to communicate to others of its kind, usually in order to claim their respective turfs.
Now, regardless of if he was actually interested in them or not, it wasn’t like he could take a moment’s pause given his limited air-supply. They swam by, and as they came deeper it could be asked just how deep they were actually going. There was somewhat of a current going on here… but anyways. Martin eventually could meet the water-surface once again, and get up on dryer land.
And here… he reached… … … …
Vast Underground
This is not the end of the road. This is a beginning of a road. Beyond this point, the caverns are dark, potentially threatening, who knows what lurks beyond? In the distance, you hear echoing. It’s hot, how deep are you? The way these caverns stretch, they must be going underneath Dragon Lake. And they stretch on and on, giving no form of hints as to what sort of life-forms might be lurking within. This is not a venture to get to a destination anymore, it’s a journey into the unknown. There is nobody who can tell you what might await deeper in these caves. Now, then.
It’ll be dark if you keep going without some form of light to guide the way. But, aside from that. What does Martin want to do now?
Yvonne smirked proudly at Claire’s first note of amazement, clearly proud of her Pokémon. She received a raised eyebrow at the questioning of how clever he could be, though. Anyways, the attention was on Lure… who gestured at Ralia.
‘Ooo.’ Yvonne made a pretending noise of being hurt by the decision, while Stefan stood resolute, showing no particular reaction. ‘Yeah, that’s what I figured you’d do. Now, then. Stefan, Taunt, then prepare.’
The Absol leaned back to stretch its legs, before looking towards Ralia’s copies with a confident smirk. ‘Ab-sol.’ He claimed, which somehow translates to the worst possible insult potentially imaginable as uttered by a Pokémon to another.
The move is basically an emotional manipulation, drawing towards anger. It’ll make logical reasoning harder. No problem if you’re aiming for destructive effects, but…
Of course, a reasonably intelligent Pokémon will know they’re under the influence of Taunt, and can fight it.
Yvonne and Stefan both looked intently to Claire and Ralia after that. That… was round one out of four, since there’s only two of them.
Jacques gave her a final nod with a hand on his hat before he left, throwing down a Pokéball on the street right outside, and suddenly a dinosaur with huge wings was standing outside as Jacques was stepping up on its back.
Pokédex Entry #142 – Aerodactyl, the Fossil Pokémon. A Pokémon who roamed the skies in the age of dinosaurs, it has today been regenerated from genetic material found in amber. It’s a savage creature that is known to go for the throats of opponents with its sharp claws.
Soon enough, the creature waved its wings and Jacques was on his way.
‘Well, there he goes…’ Charl said, somewhat in awe. Then Amelia gave her goodbyes to him as well, and he smiled back. ‘Oh, yes. If you ever want my help, you’ll know where to find me! Have a good trip!’ Charl told her with a wide smile and waved to her. ‘Charmander!’ His little fire-Pokémon called out from the side, waving to her as well.
Then she slept for the night, and onto the next day.
She headed down to the docks, where she could look out over the Dragon Lake. And… well…
Route 14
It is most certainly a lake. A vast lake, that’d no doubt take quite a long time to walk around. The cliffs of Mt. Strength and Mt. Chill rises beyond the lake, and to the south are the cliffs that houses the Wet Caverns. Everywhere around the Dragon Lake lies forests, to the west and north and south, at the bases of the mountains and past. The surface of the water looks so peaceful, but way out there you know are the islands and creeks where dragons are known to roam. The places which the lake gets its name. Rain clouds are gathered in the north-west, over Route 3, as usual.
Also at the docks are numerous fishermen, fishing at the docks. While Amelia sits there, dangling her feet over the waters while waiting for the ferry, she may suddenly notice one of the fishermen approaching her.
‘Hey, yer just gonna sit there? I figure yer waiting for ther ferry, but there’s gotta be more to do than just sittin’ there. Here, take this.’
Amelia was offered the Old Rod!
If she wanted it, that is. The rod is collapsable so it can take way less room than it would extended, but the quality is a little lacking. Still a fine and, by the looks of it, experienced fishing rod, however.
‘Ye can have her. I’ve got better ones. Enjoy yer trip.’ Apparently with his job considered done, the fisherman turned and walked back to his buddies.
So that happened. Now, eventually the ferry would appear, offering a ride to either Lakewatch Town or Stillwood Village.
Pichu, noticing the attack coming for it, hid behind Sawsbuck’s legs. … The Sawsbuck moved his legs, not really feeling like getting wet.
‘Chu-!’ Pichu had time for a short, panicked cry before being struck back by another Water Gun, hitting a tree again, and then Dawkin threw his Pokéball. It flew in and struck the pained Pichu on the head, and then the ball fell onto the forest floor and stopped.
It shoo-
-k once, shook twice, shook thrice.
click
Dawkin captured Pichu!
Gender: ♂ Type: Electric Personality: (Up to player.) Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other: (Up to player.) Level: 5 Moves: Thundershock, Charm, Tail Whip Ability: Static, may paralyze other Pokémon on contact. Held Item: None.
Around 4% health at this moment.
New Pokémon caught! Dawkin earned 2200 P!
Would you like to give a nickname to Pichu?
… Then something went flying inches past his face, and Dawkin might belatedly realize that was his other Pokémon that just flew into a tree in way too many miles per hour.
It’s Super Effective!
Atlas fainted!
… Ya, no. Did you know Sawsbuck happens to know Double Kick?
Sawsbuck slowly lowered the leg he had just used to kick Atlas across the meadow with, before he turned and glared angrily at Dawkin, feet in a fighting stance. A green ball of energy slowly started to take shape between the two great antlers, the Energy Ball swirling with grass-type energy as Sawsbuck clearly didn’t entirely appreciate being attacked, and was gathering for one of the more powerful moves it knew.
But the Pokéball with Pichu still lies over there beside him.
‘Zubat! Supersonic! Suuuuuuuupersooooooooniiiiiiic…!’ Joshua called, pointing at a Pidgeotto that was trying to blow a whirlwind down into their trench. Zubat was quick to turn and send the signals into the bird-Pokémon, confusing it. For a few tense moments it looked like Pidgeotto would still be able to get his Whirlwind off the direction he intended… until he tipped, but still managed to Whirlwind. It was just, instead of Whirlwinding them, he instead managed to Whirlwind one of his absent-minded companion-birds.
‘Pidgeo-!?’ The Pidgeotto exclaimed, looking towards the offending confused Pidgeotto, before sending his own Whirlwind back at him. The Pidgeotto wasn’t confused enough not to realize he was targeted, and dove off into the water to avoid being hit. That, however, mean the Pidgeotto behind HIM was hit with the next Whirlwind, who glared back angrily, and…
Before they knew the word of it, it was a whole war of the birds going on, with angry Pidgeottos flying all over the place sending Whirlwinds scouring through the room, while Erika, Joshua and Ewan could but crouch in their trench and hope Gibs could dig a bit faster. By the end of it, some idiot managed to hit Pidgeot with a Whirlwind, the adult Pokémon not taking too kindly to this and promptly ended the whole battle with a massive Whirlwind of his own, which sent all the other Pidgeottos scrambling into the wall on the other side while Pidgeot sat with a pleased smirk on his perch. This was roughly when Erika and co found their way to the exit.
It was locked, but there was a place to enter a password. Ewan just threw the scroll they had painstakingly collected a glance (while returning Duessel to his Pokéball) before he typed it in. ‘“The Trail Master is Amazing”,’ he recounted as he typed.
click
The door opened, and they could pass through.
In the end, they found a little cozy hole in a cave. There were mattresses all over the floor, there was a TV standing on a little desk over there, there was a fridge and judging by the contents of the nearby trash can it was shock-full of candy and soda. On a desk over there sat three Pokéballs, meanwhile the Trail Master sat wrapped in a warm blanket on a couch directed towards the TV… except he had turned in alarm towards the opening as the three of them came in.
‘What the… you got through already!?’ He asked, distressed as he discarded the blanket and stood up. ‘It… it took me so many hours to find and train all those Pidgeottos…’ He lifted a hand and scratched through his hair. ‘Gah! I guess you win. …’ He glared a bit in annoyance. ‘Geh, did it have to be three of you!? I was going to give the first three a Pokémon each… but that was assuming they cleared the trail separately! … But I can’t go not giving you all rewards…’ He was more rapidly clawing into his hair now, staring. ‘Gah! Fine! The three Pokéballs over there! Take one each! That is your reward!’ He grinned.
‘I welcome you to come and try again sometime later. Watch me! I'll come up with an even more challenging and adventurous trial, next time!’ He boosted, returning to his high spirits in moments. ‘With that! TRAIL MASTER, SIGNING OUT!’ And then, unless Erika did something to stop him, the Trail Master threw another Escape Rope into the air, and it pulled him into nothingness and away from the cave.
Left there, Joshua looked over the Pokéballs, and then at Erika and Ewan.
‘Weeeeeeeeeeeell. It was all thanks to Gibs digging us a trench there that we could get through at all, so I figure Erika gets the first pick!’ Joshua grinned, looking at her.
‘Hm. Very well.’ Ewan simply responded, looking to Erika. So, apparently, she had a choice between three Pokéballs?
Pokédex Entry #252 – Treecko, the Wood Gecko Pokémon. A territorial Pokémon known to nest inside large trees in the forest, guarding it from anything near. It has small hooks under its feet, allowing it to scale vertical surfaces. It’s famously stubborn, known to not budge an inch no matter how outmatched the opponent has it.
Pokédex Entry #255 – Torchic, the Chick Pokémon. It has a flame that burns within its body, which it can take advantage of to spit fire at foes. It is famous for being one of the most comfortably warm Pokémon to hug, thanks to the warmth and fluffy coat. It’s known to struggle in darkness.
Pokédex Entry #252 – Mudkip, the Mud Fish Pokémon. The fin on top of its head is highly sensitive to movements in water and air, allowing it to act like a radar and giving it impressive awareness. It’s known to rest by covering itself with mud at the bottom of a river. It’s known to be very strong for its size.
… So. What does Erika do?
Erika obtained Torchic!
Gender: ♀ Type: Fire Personality: (Up to player.) Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other: (Up to player.) Level: 5 Moves: Scratch, Growl, Ember Ability: Blaze. Boosts power of Fire-type moves when heavily damaged. Held Item: None.
@Pirouette Alright. I'll type something up for you soon enough and see if we can get you on the way again. Hm-hm.
@Pikmin Eye ... *reexamines Goldeen's size* And that's its HEIGHT, meaning it is way longer, meaning it's... Gosh.
Alright, down we go. Nicely posted. I'll have something written soon enough.
@Rune_Alchemist Heh. Alright. Getting this started. Let's see if I know what the heck I'm doing. Nicely posted. Now, then. To review what moves I believe Absol knows.
Mariette looked at Alexander after his request. She mentally approved of that he had made that a request, and nothing else. With a moment's direction, opening small portals high above to her eye-patched eye so that she could see the area where Amber, Helga and Penny were currently located. Then, she directed her magic, and a portal opened. One end was right next to Alexander and the others, the other opened around 10 meters to the side of where Amber and Penny was currently located. In case that griffin wanted to go through, Mariette made it large enough for the creature to stride through.
She intentionally placed the portal so she herself would not be in view from the other side. Of course, it'd still be pretty obvious she made it.
Heh. If someone mentions this supposed "unification of Penrose" then Mariette has already scanned most individuals she could find in her attempts to find individuals to kidnap. She can locate and send around individuals pretty quickly, Absolute Direction and portals and all.
Anyways. I could just make a tiny post about Mariette opening the requested portal, because she will, but I do feel at the very least Sue might want to react first, and maybe Majoras' characters too, if she hasn't already started that supposed collab. Heh.
I'll wait a little to see if someone has decided to do something.
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