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@Pikmin Eye

There were a couple of Durants homing to Vice Grip at Heatmor, but it turned out the anteater was perfectly equipped to deal with such an attack. An Incinerate fireball was launched, the attack wide-spread and hitting every ant adjacent to Heatmor, taking them out and at the end of it a crowd of burned Durants lay defeated. The Pokémon was admiring its incoming feast when Goldeen’s surge of water encompassed the lone source of light currently in the cavern.

‘Mooooor…’ The creature complained, looking over with tired eyes as Goldeen came in and Horn Attacked-!

Goldeen’s attack struck true, and Heatmor recoiled, waving its clawed arms with surprising speed to wave off the goldfish-Pokémon. However, with this attack, something became apparent…

Heatmor’s level can be estimated to be 15 ± 2

Horn Attack had done damage, but not very much. Heatmor was giving Goldeen and Martin a tired but threatening stare which translated roughly to “really? you wanna do this?”.

While his body was soaked and flames diminished, Heatmor was probably more than capable of dishing out physical attacks as well, if those claws were of any indication.

… Would Martin still go ahead with this plan?



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@Joshua Tamashii

Lakewatch Town was bustling with happy people calling from different shops around town and people riding over the water, the atmosphere was overall positive around here. Still, yeah, places to go, things to see. Amelia managed to take the canoes to the main landmass, where there were some regular buildings as well, before finally exiting out to Route 5.



… And as one travels Route 5, one might realize that the route’s grass contain many Deerlings walking around, enjoying the relative lack of humans and other dangers. Upon approach of any humans the timid Pokémon are however quick to run and hide in any patches of tall grass or forests they can find. Most of them are pink in color, not really helping them hide anywhere as their spring-form’s really colorful, but closer to the Frozen Cavern there are Deerlings that still haven’t shifted from their winter form.



Pokédex Entry #585 – Deerling, the Season Pokémon. A Pokémon known to live in mountain grass, it changes it’s appearance based on current temperature and humidity, effectively giving it a new form for each season. People used them to foretell the current season. They live in herds and are very timid with other living beings, hiding quickly.


And, also. Every here and there on the route there’s a couple of rather distinct leaves just sticking up at random, sometimes in very odd locations like in the middle of the road or right in the middle of nowhere. These were sleeping Oddishes, the Pokédex could probably point out.



Pokédex Entry #43 – Oddish, the Weed Pokémon. During the day, Oddish finds nutrient-rich soil to sleep in and absorbs, specially preferring cold soil. When touched by the moonlight, it then pulls itself up and starts wandering, spreading its pollen and looking for a new place to sleep. If it is pulled up by an aggressor during the day, it shrieks out loudly.


… So, yeah, it’d find plenty of cold soil on this route next to the Frozen Cavern. Natural Oddish habitat.

So, of course, Amelia can continue her trip along the road towards Route 6. Or she could…



Connected areas:
Lakewatch Town. Right behind you.
Stillwood Village. In the north lies the forest which hides the village, Mt. Strength lying behind it..
Route 6. Vast plains start in the south-east, this route leads towards Raremine Town.
Frozen Cavern. After an incline up to the ridge of Mt. Chill, a cavern of ice could guide the way to Route 9 and Cooldome City.
Endless Forest. To the south, a dark forest looms. There are no indications as to why you’d ever want to go there.

I do understand that feeling, as I've felt it before. Heh.
@Joshua Tamashii Paci-wha-er- *goes and checks* Oh, that place. Er. Not entirely. The place still has proper streets and turns and such. It's just that where the cars would be driving is water instead. The buildings actually stick up from the bottom rather than float on top of the water, it's a place that was built and flooded but instead of people moving elsewhere they just moved up a floor. Er, hm. I'm considering what city in Pokémon I could compare it to-

Actually, yes. Pacifidlog Town, but the buildings stand straight and orderly, and with urban-themed instead of wooden huts. And instead of logs allowing you to cross the water there are strategically placed canoes that you can jump onto that'll ferry you between the buildings, some mechanic making sure there are always canoes available to cross between all buildings so you can't get stuck. That'd be how the mechanics of the town worked if it was in an actual Pokémon game. XD
*went and double-checked Majoras collab thing to see if anyone had typed in it* Nope, okay.

Personally I believe I'm waiting for Broken/Majora in the situation there. If they're involved in a collab I'm not currently aware of it.

Edit: I will mention it is finals week for quite a few, as far as I've heard. That might be a cause. Maybe. I don't know where in the stages of their lives everyone is.
@Pirouette Thank you. I was gripped with a moment of panic when I wrote "she" and then paused with "am I sure that's correct?", and then went up to your little sheets to find nothing about it. Haha.

... I'm afraid I am not going to be taking availability in Black/White into account for Pokémon you may coincidentally encounter/receive. XD

@Pikmin Eye You explain your tactics in a post, along with as many eventualities as you desire to include and in what circumstance you attempt capture. I will then be typing out how the entire battle went, along with consequences. If something goes wrong with your written tactics, then I'll pause the attempt to quick-capture and await your change of tactics. But, should everything go as planned, it might allow you to capture a Pokémon with a single post-exchange.

It's only quick-catch in terms of how many posts we exchange, the battle still takes as long in-game. That's about that.
Hm. Maybe it'd be more fun to suspect "Sickle-Cell will bomb this place" and move out to check on him? I'm a bit conflicted internally.

@SkinnyTy And, uh, I don't think I'm in Dorchester anymore. Haha.
Knight
Rosaline Buckner
The Circus


The first battle was Sickle-Cell versus Automaton. The most famous criminal in Boston against… an unknown. Knight frowned, and focused. She was interested in how Sickle-Cell would fight in a scenario where nobody was obviously bleeding. So, the match started…

… And Sickle-Cell gave up the moment he could speak, before being launched into the bars of the cage as his opponent hadn’t been able to stop her- notably powerful -attack. … He had given up, and the outrage was more or less obvious in quite a few of the audience. Knight… was actually amused. A soft giggle escaped her mouth, staring at where Sickle-Cell was sitting and his opponent advanced on him, a conversation seemingly taking place.

‘He sure knows how to make himself hated by the entirety of Boston…’ She commented. Quite a few were unlikely to want to be his allies after this. He was unlikely to be accepted into the Circus as a contestant anytime soon again, either. No doubt he had agents that had betted on him losing or something, so. It was debatable if he’d be allowed to leave alive. Then again, Pipeline was laughing, so maybe the owner of the place was amused enough to let it slide this time. Oh, well.

Well… That meant their battle was coming up faster. Three battles to go, one of which included Vector. … She continued speaking strategy with Ifrit, as they watched.

Automaton and Sickle-Cell both left. It made Knight a little worried, what were they doing? Sickle-Cell wasn’t about to bomb the place, right? He HAD made himself an enemy of all the gangs in Boston, and wouldn’t this be a perfect opportunity to get rid of them all at the same time? Drop in a Gubbins bomb somewhere?… … … That made more sense than she wanted it to, in her mind. Yet, Knight stood still, silent. She defaulted to hoping that was not the case, as she watched the stage for the next battle.

There was… more than one clash of motivations in her mind.
@Pikmin Eye So, you're down here now. Now say hi to the most common denizens chasing each other around down here. Because if you spend a lot of time here, you'll see a lot of them. XD

@Eklispe Sawsbuck didn't feel like even risking an absurd stroke of luck. That said, you're not out of this yet. Hahahaha.

@Pirouette ... I rolled for all three Pokémon's genders. 12.5% chance of becoming female. All three became female. Wow. That's a, what, 0.2% chance? XD Anyways. Some training gotten done.

@Joshua Tamashii Alright. You've arrived in Lakewatch Town. You're free to continue acting.

@Rune_Alchemist I'm happy you made it. Nicely posted, that was fun to read. And, at least for you, I'm cutting back on the use of dice. This was figured with logic. Haha.
@Pikmin Eye

Into the darkness of the Vast Underground it was, Nincada leading on with Martin following after. The darkness became complete, but the warmth down here thankfully ensured the place was dry and therefore the rocks were dry. The path was wide, possibly describable as epic in scale, with large pillars of stalagmites and stalactites meeting mid-way as they made their way in. The dark rocky path was on an uneven decline, leading deeper than they already were. The path branched multiple times, but no matter what path they choose they’d always be heading in the same general direction, and they could always get back if things turned out unwell. The choice of path wasn’t as important here.

In fact, the paths seemed pretty chaotic. Small tunnels branched off to dead-ends, other small corridors branched out a little only to rejoin the main path, sometimes the main path broke up only to rejoin further down the line, and so far it was empty. One could question how such a vast expanse could exist down here underground, if the answer didn’t come to become evident fairly soon.

Nincada saw them first. They were there, on the walls, on the ceiling of the underground, turning their heads to look in the direction of the intruder. They made small sounds, cackling among themselves, the sounds of their insectoid movements along the cavern walls unnerving to someone who couldn’t see them. Now, Nincada had no way of telling Martin exactly what he was seeing… but fortunately, he didn’t have to. Because further down, a sudden loud blast of fire lit up the cave and the giant ants on the walls started fleeing en-masse.



Pokédex Entry #632 – Durant, the Iron Ant Pokémon. They build large, complicated maze-like tunnels in mountains or underground to make their home. They are extremely territorial and attack in groups if endangered, protected by their steel armor. All their strategies are to ensure their continued survival in the face of their natural predator, Heatmor.


And, as said, the blast of fire was taking down scores of giant ants further back. Numerous ants where seemingly throwing themselves on the predator, sacrificing themselves to allow the greater number of their companions to flee the scene, leaving the fire-Pokémon satisfied with the ants available to it while scores of the ants scurried past Martin and Nincada fleeing the beast.



Pokédex Entry #631 – Heatmor, the Anteater Pokémon. It breathes in fresh oxygen through its tail that it then uses to fuel the fire coming out its mouth. It uses this fire as a tongue to burn through the armor of Durant, its prefered prey. It is known to chase Durants endlessly through their complicated mazes to get their meals.


Indeed. Watching the scene, it was clear the corridors around where there in order for the Durants to always have a second or more options to flee the Heatmor should it come advancing down the main path. Incidentally, that meant Martin too had additional routes if he didn’t want to get too close to the large fire-breathing anteater. The Vast Underground stretches far further than this little encounter, after all.

So, what would he do now?



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@Eklispe

Apparently, Sawsbuck didn’t feel like engaging in the futile attempt to capture him, because he looked up at the Pokéball that had been lobbed for him and launched the Energy Ball straight up into it, the ball of pure energy positively vaporizing the Pokéball mid-air, the energy ball continuing upwards into the air. Straight after, though, came Wooper’s water-gun showering over the great stag.

Without even having flinched, Sawsbuck turned his dripping snout to make his angry glare fall onto Wooper.

It’s not very effective…

After but the briefest of pauses, Sawsbuck launched into a mighty fast gallop directly at Wooper while lowering his head and directing his horns forward, the horns starting to glow a dangerous green as Horn Leech was being charged for maximum damage. Wooper was not NEAR fast enough to get out of the way in time.

On the plus side, Sawsbuck had been distracted enough that Dawkin had managed to run up and gripped Pichu’s Pokéball while Sawsbuck dashed the other direction towards Wooper.

So, next action?

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@Pirouette

The Trail Master, while somewhat upset that his trial had been overcome quite quickly, did smile and look a bit proud as Erika complimented him before he swooshed away.

Joshua and Ewan, being left with Mudkip and Treecko to pick from, exchanged a glance.

‘I already have a Ground Pokémon and a Water Pokémon,’ Ewan blankly stated. In response, Joshua smiled widely, stepping forward and opening a Pokéball, lifting the Mudkip that came up high over his head.

‘Mudkiiiiipz~! Welcome to the team, my blue little buddy! We’ll be best friends~!’ Joshua called to the confused little mud fish before hugging him.

Meanwhile, Ewan walked forth and opened the remaining Pokéball, the bipedal green reptile coming out of it lifting his gaze to meet Ewan’s eyes, both looking at one another with a considerable lack of excitement.

‘Hello, Treecko. I’m seeking to become a Pokémon master. Will you join me?’ Ewan asked. Treecko took a moment, before nodding and making a little sound of acknowledgement. Ewan showed the slightest sign of a smile. ‘Great. I will call you Tr… tr… Trevor.’ Treecko frowned. Ewan looked the tiniest a bit confused before realizing.

‘Oh, you’re female. Then… Tr… tre… ther… Theresa. Yeah. That’s your name, should you accept it.’ Once again, a moment of silence passed between the two, before Theresa nodded and made another accepting sound. ‘Great.’ Ewan simply said, before lifting the Pokéball and letting Theresa return to it.

Joshua had by that point called out Pikachu and Zubat to say hi to the new member of their team, and that was that.

Sooooooooooo, outside again.





Pokédex Entry #585 – Deerling, the Season Pokémon. A Pokémon known to live in mountain grass, it changes it’s appearance based on current temperature and humidity, effectively giving it a new form for each season. People used them to foretell the current season. They live in herds and are very timid with other living beings, hiding quickly.




Pokédex Entry #43 – Oddish, the Weed Pokémon. During the day, Oddish finds nutrient-rich soil to sleep in and absorbs, specially preferring cold soil. When touched by the moonlight, it then pulls itself up and starts wandering, spreading its pollen and looking for a new place to sleep. If it is pulled up by an aggressor during the day, it shrieks out loudly.




Pokédex Entry #664 – Scatterbug, the Scatterdust Pokémon. Using a dust which covers its body and regulates its body-temperature, it can live in any region or climate. If attacked, it can release a poisonous black powder which paralyzes upon contact.




Pokédex Entry #10 – Caterpie, the Worm Pokémon. It has a great appetite and eats green leaves larger than itself. Its feet has suction cups allowing it to climb on any surface. If attacked, it can release a stench from its antenna to ward off attackers. It is known to grow fast, and will create a cocoon out of silk for itself to evolve.


And in the forest are way more Deerlings, but also the occasional



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.




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.


and the occasional



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.


… Hopefully, she did not attempt engaging any Sawsbucks.

Now, then. Torchic found this an excellent place to get started. With Deerlings, Oddishes and bugs, all things flammable, Torchic’s growth started with a boost.

Chic grew to Level 9!


Sno had similar ease, ice-moves turning quite effective against the local grass Pokémon.

Sno grew to level 10! Sno learned Icy Shard!


The rest could help Poli get up to a level where she (please write gender into the mini-sheets, just so I don’t have to go double-check XD) at least learned a damaging move, but beyond that this place was mostly grass and electric, not very good environment for a water-type.

Poli grew to level 5! Poli learned Water Gun!


Gibs did decently against the local Pokémon, taking less damage from both grass and electric moves. Went pretty well!

Gibs grew to Level 9! Gibs learned Dragon Rage!


Now, then. She had trained a bit. Ewan and Joshua took the que and trained a bit too, but now they’ve done that. What now?



Connected areas:
Lakewatch Town. On the south-west of the route, Lakewatch Town lies adjacent to the lake on the road to the Wet Caverns.
Stillwood Village. In the north lies the forest which hides the village, Mt. Strength lying just behind it.
Route 6. Vast plains start in the south-east, this route leads towards Raremine Town.
Frozen Cavern. After an incline up to the ridge of Mt. Chill, a cavern of ice could guide the way to Route 9 and Cooldome City.
Endless Forest. To the south, a dark forest looms. There are no indications as to why you’d ever want to go there.



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@Joshua Tamashii

While not fishing, Amelia could stay in place until the ferry arrived. It was a standard little boat, the kind that mostly looked like an on-water buss with an inside with enough room for around eighty or so seated people with the roof and all plus an outdoors area where people could stand around and look out over the water. The staff took her payment no questions asked, just another day at work for them, and as soon as they had waited long enough the ferry took off. The trip turned uneventful, other than saying hi to another ferry heading the other way and a large canoe with a number of Lakewatchers on, spying out over the waters and rowing around ever vigilant. They had a number of tourists in the back and a tour guide explaining things, probably heading in to potentially look at dragons. In any case.

Soon enough, buildings were visible to the left of the southern mountain and the river heading out to the ocean beside it. Buildings that stood on water, and the craft headed in.



Arriving at the dock, it was evident that the most popular nearby building was the Lakewatcher booth for taking orders of tours to look at nearby dragons on Dragon Lake, which was the chief attraction of coming here. The docks the ferry stopped at were completely on water, floating, linked to buildings that themselves stood in water. To get around here, you had to be on water. There are plenty of canoes or people crossing on Pokémon, a favorite for that appearíng to be Quagsires, for some reason. There are plenty of them, and their pre-evolution Wooper was also hanging around a bit of everywhere.



Pokédex Entry #194 – Wooper, the Water Fish Pokémon. It lives in cold water, sleeping on the bottom and seeking food by the shore when it's cold. When walking above water, wild Woopers cover their bodies with a slimy, poisonous film that keeps them from dehydrating. It's slightly dull-witted.




Pokédex Entry #195 – Quagsire, the Water Fish Pokémon. A very easy-going Pokémon, they swim about and don’t even mind if they bump their heads into things. When hunting, it simply opens its mouth and moves no muscles, waiting for prey to blunder in. When not moving, it expands very little energy and does not need food for a long time.


Anyways. What would Amelia do, now?

Note, one basically has to cross water to get through this town. It’s not going to be used to slow anyone down, but to be considered when writing a post about crossing it.



Connected areas:
Wet Caverns. Water-filled caverns that are located to the west. 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

Yvonne looked a little surprised at the varying reactions of the Ralia doubles, or something in that direction. Perhaps at that that they were each having their own slightly distinct reaction. At Claire’s quip, she flashed the slightest of a part confident smirk, though immediately turned back to the battle. Yvonne nodded.

‘Okay. Quick Attack! Don’t let yourself be cornered!’

‘Absol.’ Stefan confirmed, and with quick steps where he seemed to flash out of reach of the clones, the Absol used his quick-attack move to quick-get out of the way, flashing back and forth not allowing their tiny punches to connect, even should they be fake.

However, when teleporting, you really only need the enemy to be still for a matter of a second to get your accuracy down, and this teleport was totally offensive enough to work under Taunt.

As Stefan came to a stop, turning around to face the group of Ralias again, Ralia suddenly showed up gripping his horn. The Absol blinked, his expression looking appalled at Ralia’s gesture.

‘Abs-!’ -And then he was Quick Attacking again, without awaiting command, stepping side-to-side with considerable speed to attempt shaking her off. With that kind of speed, if it was the real Ralia, she’d probably have some trouble holding on and need to do whatever she was doing. If it was a clone then Stefan would notice the lack of weight fairly quickly at higher speeds, in which case he’d just stop and stare at the rest in annoyance.

Exchange 2 of 4 complete.
@Joshua Tamashii Alright. Nicely posted. I'll see if I can post tomorrow so that I can get you on your way fairly fast.

@Pirouette This route has grass Pokémon and electric Pokémon. Wouldn't be a good route for Poli even if she did. XD

Granted, there are bugs, but still. XD
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