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@Pirouette Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha...

Though, when it comes to backtracking, I'll probably make it significantly easy. So, like, say Rune says she wants Claire to catch all the Pokémon on Route 1, 3, 4 and 11. I'd probably let her do it in one post, because it's in the past, assuming she has enough Pokéballs. Same with training a Pokémon up to a level to match the ones currently in your party. Write "train to level 12" on a level 3 and I'll probably let it happen in one post. It's when you're walking into new lands and train to previously unreached levels that I make it take a while.

What I'm trying to say is, by the time you've seen 721 Pokémon, catching them all is going to go SIGNIFICANTLY faster...! XD

... But yeah, still going to take while, hahahahahaha...

Edit: If one new guy shows up I said okay.
... So, I did some counting and indexing, for some silly reason. Altogether, all the trainers that embarked from Pureplain City with Kalmia's Pokédex (including those that have since left the roleplay) have seen 207 Pokémon and captured 39!

... Haha. That is 207 Pokédex entries I've written, out of 721. That is... not an insignificant percentage. 28.7%, in fact. Haha.

Why did I spend time doing that? Oh, right, because I was amassing a Pokédex so I never forget if I've written a Pokédex entry or not. Hahaha.



... And that filled 2/3rds of the character limit. The Pokémon without images are so because they were starters and I didn't provide images for the starters to begin with. And the big ones are because, at the time, those two didn't look good with 100x100 resolution. Haha.
@Pikmin Eye Alright. Here you go. I know what's here, and I could probably put you on a rail if I felt like it because I have a series of events in mind... but I can't do that because you need to react and stuff and will probably/hopefully change the tracks we're riding, impacting the events by your actions because this is a roleplay. So, what will you do? ... Or, of course, you can just line your pockets with the stuff in the storage and gtfo into the underground, that works too. XD

@Eklispe@Joshua Tamashii Ho. Okay. That written. I'm not sure how this will be interpreted by the players, but hah. So, who's right here? Is any of them? Both? Does it matter to Dawkin and Amelia? Probably not, but now you're looking after a runaway Tyrunt for some reason! Hahahaha! ... Yeah, up to you what you do from here on. Or you can just stay in place and do nothing. That works too.

@Rune_Alchemist And, yeah, you're at a castle. Have fun, do what you will. Hahahaha.

@Pirouette Alright, so, two of your battles went a little awry. Chu versus Eevee and Eep versus Nuzleaf. You're going to need to either decide to change Pokémon or... anything else, hah. They're both the last and strongest Pokémon of their respective trainers. Anyways.

I decided to be a bit liberal with the levels. Sure, Kay was about to grow to the next level when he was frozen. Hahahaha.

Anyways, there. Tell me if I made any massive mistakes.

@Pikmin Eye

Martin headed through the level, avoiding the healing station and probably the chests of recovery items and the strangely placed save-spot too had they existed before eventually heading down the stairs, which spiraled down a tight rectangular space until he reached a lower level. There, he reached another wider room, with several routes. The room itself was empty except for some benches on the sides for potential seating. Based on some scratches on the floor, things on wheels commonly made their way through this room.

To his right following the wall was a large door labeled “Underground”. If Martin tried it, he’d find he had access and that it led to an elevator going downwards. Evidently, he could reach the underground from here. Ahead of him was “Lvl. 1 Storage”, which was open to him. To his left along the wall was also “Lvl. 2 Storage”, which was inaccessible to him. To the far left was a large door, with the main sign, “Testing Area”.



With Martin’s current key-card he could only go to the underground or the Lvl 1 storage from here. If he goes underground, well, then the story will continue from there. If he goes to the storage…



Now. In either the case that he went into the storage and is now coming back out again OR he simply lingered inside this room for a bit of extra time for any reason, there was a sudden echoing successful sound of a door’s lock being opened. It was the Testing Area’s door, which lights just flashed green. This likely means it’s about to open. Martin has a few seconds to potentially hide or whatever else he has a sudden desire of doing. If he’s still there… what will he do?

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@Eklispe@Joshua Tamashii

Tyrunt stopped and stared at the two as they offered their alternative path, then gave a little cry of amusement and dashed towards them, completely throwing off the numerous Sandshrews that emerged from the ground numerous feet ahead of where Tyrunt WOULD have been going had the Pokémon continued in the direction he was previously going. Now instead they looked considerably confused before digging down underground again. So for now, they had a curious wild Tyrunt hanging out with them.

Now, they wanted to leave the area… except Route 6 is vast, on their feet they wouldn’t get far enough before they could hear hooves approaching from a distance. They did get far enough to get behind a hill before the situation settled, the driver and his protector having been able to retain a portion of the ancient Pokémon while the other portion slipped away with the Ground-type Pokémon. Now, potentially because she saw Dawkin and Amelia earlier, the trainer on the Rapidash was now riding in their direction, on the other side of the hill…

And on Route 6, there is nowhere to hide. … That is, unless they hide behind those Miltanks just absently walking about and grazing the endless fields. That is theoretically possible.

Dawkin will reluctantly and with great embarrassment, attempt to hide behind the miltanks.


Amelia will likely follow Dawkins lead and try to get the Tyrunt to do the sane


So, with varying emotions they maneuvered into the her of Miltanks, some of which looked at them curiously before continuing with their peaceful behavior. Amelia keeping an eye on Tyrunt might be for the best, because he was inches away from curiously biting at the nearest Miltank, and angering their cover might not be the best idea possible.

So, on the other side of the Miltanks, the trainer on the Rapidash rode over the hill. At this point she stopped and frowned, looking around, knowing there’s no way they’d have gotten that far assuming they went by foot. She eyed towards the Miltanks, but they didn’t seem particularly suspicious so she hit her feet so the Rapidash too off in a gallop… before suddenly the ground started shaking. The trainer had to hurry to reign in her Rapidash from the sudden shaking and the Miltanks around Dawkin and Amelia were also startled, though not to the degree of actually starting to run. Then… something large burst from the ground before the trainer on the horse.

It was another woman, emerging from the ground sitting on top of a sizable Pokémon. Amelia could sense the presence of at least one ghost in the woman’s Pokéballs.



Pokédex Entry #344 – Claydol, the Clay Doll Pokémon. It’s said to have awoken from a clay figurine of an ancient civilization when a mystic light shone upon it. It is a floating enigma, flying with psychic powers and firing beams its hands. It sleeps while floating in the air, and even if it comes apart it can reassemble itself with psychic powers.





From this distance, it was much easier to make out the two, albeit Dawkin and Amelia perhaps should avoid peeking too often because at the very least Claydol has eyes on all sides. Still. The woman on the Rapidash had short, blonde hair, a plain face and a large white coat as well as a red scarf. Nothing too unnatural, minus riding in high heels. The one that emerged from the ground, though, was a different story. She had long, wild red hair, was wearing a yellow suit that was seemingly made to protect her body while deep underground, on which she had numerous pockets and gadgets attached that probably helped with mining, and a brown jacket on top of that. In addition, the suit was… kind of open on top, showing a bit of skin. That aside. The two women’s eyes met, the blonde one frowning meeting the smiling red-headed one. They both knew which one of them had won the previous encounter.

Under the assumption that Dawkin and Amelia stayed put, the two women started talking, starting with the blonde one on the Rapidash.

‘Kristy… Stealing is unbecoming of a Gym Leader.’ There was poison on her otherwise polite tone.

‘Hahahaha. If I considered myself stealing, would I be showing my face?’ The replying woman who had arrived from underground sounded more jovial, but nonetheless tense.

‘Nonetheless, this was an unsanctioned attack. You’re not getting away with this.’

‘Maybe not. Though, I do like to hope the message of what we think of your actions came through.’

‘We’re not doing anything illegal.’

‘Oh, grow up, Leila. You were shipping those Pokémon to be sold to the highest bidder. Ancient Pokémon fetch a handy price, eh?’

‘We were not. We were taking them to the research labs of Worldedge City to be further researched for what information about the past we can discover. Team Amethyst has gotten into your head.’

‘Oho-ho-ho. Funny you should mention… We have reason to believe you’re cooperating with them.’

‘Baseless accusations. In fact, we have reason to believe you’re working with them.’

‘… Oh?’ Kristy sounded genuinely taken aback at that.

‘There are only two major holders of ancient Pokémon in the world. You Raremine Miners, spanning from the Frozen Cavern Mines to the Desert Mines, and us, the Worldedge Scientific Division. Yet, our collectors are reporting that there has been a certain increase of ancient Pokémon on the less reputable market. Why is that? Someone’s leaking, and might I claim, miners might be more inclined to desire a better, richer life than scientists…’

‘Heh. Or maybe the crooks have just uncovered a new good spot for mining that they’ve kept hidden for profit. Or maybe it has to do with the incomplete transactions happening among scientists. Test subjects that, when done with, just happen to vanish…’

‘They’re entrusted to friends, family, or to nearby Pokémon Trainers that visit the lab, library or museum.’

‘Really? I’d like to see those records, because that sounds like convenient excuses. Oh, by the way. Play Park called. They wondered why they didn’t get as many ancient Pokémon as was promised, or as I can confirm were delivered from Raremine Town by your men.’

‘… Huh. I haven’t heard about that. I’ll look into it.’ Leila replied to that, her turn to be taken aback a bit.

‘You definitely should. Until I’m further been assured of the situation, however, I don’t feel safe leaving those Pokémon in your hands, and I will continue attacking your shipments. I trust you won’t mind.’

‘That is highly violent of you. We really need those Pokémon. Speaking of violent solutions, if I just defeat you and capture you, I figure I could make your men hand over the Pokémon in exchange for that I don’t hand you over to the authorities?’ … And suddenly, the pressure of Leila’s words grew dramatically, but Kristy just laughed.

‘Ahahahaha! Capture me, huh. What age did you grow up in? Anyway. In Raremine Town, I AM the authority, and I remind I didn’t become a Gym Leader by being bad at battling. So, what’s it gonna be, sweetie? Can you match the Desert Princess?’

‘… That title doesn’t suit you anymore. I realize you got it along with your Gym Leader position when you were a teenager, but now you’re…’

‘Heh. Yeah, suppose I might have outgrown it. “Princess” isn’t what you think looking at me anymore. I could change it, but I’m kinda attached to it. “Desert Queen” sounds way too haughty, though.’

‘… Heh.’

‘Oooh, got you to smirk!’

‘…’

‘…’

The two turned silent, each holding a Pokéball glaring at the other, the casualness of the previous conversation about Kristy’s title washing away as both prepared for eventual battle.

… Would Dawkin and Amelia do anything? Their action could take place during the conversation, even if they’ll interrupt it, the above is simply “if they do not interrupt”.

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@Rune_Alchemist

The scarred Pangoro turned his head a little and gave a grin, acknowledging Claire’s claim, before he kept going and walked back up the castle road. Him pausing to do that basically led to the entire castle also pausing to see what he was going to do, then just a combined little smirk as their great leader grinned, and then everyone returned to what they were doing.

Infernape turned his head a little to Claire’s talking to him and Lucario, and slowly nodded though with a displeased expression. Then, he turned to Maple and Ellyn, pointed at the exit with one hand while making the universal “shoo, shoo” motion with the other. Ellyn was quick to turn and walk without an additional look towards Claire and Anise… but Maple however turned wide-eyed and looked to Claire.

‘W-wait!’ She called out. ‘Claire! Can I have your phone number!? I’d love to talk to you occasionally!’ Desperate to expand her net of friends, Maple called out to Claire. Up to her how she responds, but regardless Lucario and Infernape are going to be pretty quick at leading Maple out after her companion.

Regardless of Claire’s reaction, moving on.

So, this is basically a fully functioning city, except inhabited by Pokémon.



There were numerous rings throughout the castle where Fighting-Pokémon faced one another and tried to win. However, the majority was simply buildings and different Fighting-types working to maintain it all. There were Machops aplenty, quite a few Timburrs and Meditites, the occasional Mienfoo. There was a bunch of Panchams, but they were mostly all competing for whom could be the closest and most perfectly mimic the current action of their king, no matter what that action was at that exact moment. Rarer among their number were the every-so-often Riolu and Tyrogue, both kinds seeking to grow stronger in this crowded castle. And, of course, there was at least one family of Chimchars.

It did seem like the rule of “strong seeks upwards” was present here, as though there were evolved Pokémon they were few and far between, mostly acting as overwatchers of the smaller fighters around. Yet, holding the title as leader of the castle needed one of the strongest of their kind, which was that Pangoro. This meant that to seek new challenges, the young Fighting-types eventually left the castle to grow stronger, and one day perhaps fight the king of the castle. As such Pangoro made himself an idol to all the Fighting-types of the castle, and you best believe he was ready to jump down to save his kind, only stopping because he noted Claire’s approach and was interested in how it would turn out.

The largest arena was, of course, the top of the castle, where the king and his top four enforcers (Conkeldurr, Lucario, Infernape, Breloom) squared off in high-power duels that left the audience in awe, dreaming to grow as strong as them one day.

So. In any case. What would Claire do now?

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@Pirouette

‘Oh? Well, then. Good luck, Erika! I’ll be rooting for you!’ Isaac told her as she headed off, waving to her and wishing her luck.

With that, Erika went to battle!

Gibs completely floored the first Buneary, the creature unable to overcome the blazing Dragon Rage. Sno then made short work of the poor Hoppip which didn’t stand a chance. Eevee, however, was a different matter. Play Nice was used, decreasing Eevee’s attack while Eevee hit with Sand-Attack. Realizing what Erika was doing, Jamie commanded an all-out attack by Eevee to do damage while she still could. It became a Tackle VS Thundershock battle, but even with the previous, Thundershock wasn’t doing enough damage. Eevee was winning this battle, if only just. Will Erika change up her plan?

Next battle! In the fight against Koffing, Chu turned out to be a terrific choice. Chu’s speed meant Koffing’s gasses couldn’t keep up and trap him, and while he got Smokescreened a few times he could keep his distance and Thundershock the floating ball without fearing gas nor admirable defense, meaning Koffing fainted soon enough.

Chu grew to Level 9!


Sno Powder Snowed down Spearow with just a few shots, but not without being pecked for a nasty piece of damage in return. Still, she got some experience.

Sno grew to Level 11!


Roggenrola wasn’t affected by Sand Attack (IT HAS NO EYES) and headed in for a Headbutt… but Dragon Rage pierced all its supposed defenses and Roggenrola fainted.

Gibs grew to Level 10!


Erika was victorious! Erika gained 278P for winning!


‘Woa!’ Adrian looked in surprise at Gible and his downed Roggenrola. The school kid glanced over his notes, a surprised look in his eyes, looked up at Gible again, then let the noted drop as he looked out over the nearby lake for numerous quiet seconds. Eventually, he spoke, sounding slightly in awe. ‘I… I want a dragon.’ Well, looks like he learned something, at the very least.

Chic VS Bronzor. Bronzor was indeed heatproof and had superior defense and special defense, but poor offensive stats balanced the fight. Initially it looked bad as Chic fell asleep from an Hypnosis while Bronzor got off Confusions, but Chic woke up quickly and kept on Embering while Bronzor failed a couple Hypnosis after. Chic was heavily damaged, but Bronzor fainted first.

Chic grew to Level 10! Chic learned Sand Attack!


Gothita sent a Tickle at Kay, tickling any sensitive points with Psychic powers, before being promptly taken out by Foul Play.

Kay grew to Level 10!


In Woobat VS Sno, Woobat’s speed allowed it to get in a few Confusions, but eventually Sno’s type-advantage froze the bat in the air and victory was Erika’s.

Erika was victorious! Erika gained 492P for winning!


‘GAH!’ Mason recoiled as if taking a physical blow, then the Psychic promptly pointed at Erika while returning his Pokémon. ‘Th-this isn’t over! You haven’t seen the last of me…!’ Shouting a line that perhaps would have served better said in fiction by a D-class villain, Mason spun and dashed away. Didn’t seem like he learned anything.

Healing Sno and Chic was a good choice, because Sno suffered some nasty bites in the following battle against Sandile and Chic suffered numerous Thundershocks, good thing the chicken wasn’t a Flying type. Sno triumphed over Sand Attack’s decreased accuracy and hit his Powder Snow to take down Sandile.

Sno grew to Level 12!


In her fight with Magnemite Chic was paralyzed and couldn’t move once, but the type advantage meant the Embers she did get off did enough damage to out-damage the Thundershocks and Chic won.

Chic grew to Level 11!


Then… it was Nuzleaf. Eep did fairly well, using Acid to do Super Effective damage, but the level difference was too great. Nuzleaf was going to faint him while only taking roughly half his health as damage, after perhaps unnecessarily paralyzing Eep. Would Erika switch strategies?
I got distracted. I'll say tomorrow.
Oh, my. Lots of mentions since I last logged in. Alright, let's see now.

@Joshua Tamashii Alright. Nicely posted. Your actions have been noted and I shall write out what happens next. Heh.

@Rune_Alchemist Yupp. That was nice and heartwarming. Nicely posted. Alright, now let's see what we can find here, heh.

@Pirouette Wooo. Lots of text. Of course, trainer battles like these warrant them, haha. Nicely posted. I'm not sure all of these are going to go well, but I'll pause where needed so you can revise your tactics where you have to. I did mean to write that you can head to the Pokémon Center between battles if you want to, but anyways! Let's see what I can write.

I'll see how much I can write on this post tonight, but seeing how I had no head-start due to Easter, it might take tomorrow too. Potentially give me 30 hours, if I'm not done in the next 6.
On a different note, during this brief moment when I can look in...

@Joshua Tamashii@Pirouette How's it going?
@Eklispe Yupp, nicely posted. Alright, then. We're just waiting for Josh, then.

@Pikmin Eye And yupp, nicely posted. Let's see what we can find down here. Teh-heh.

Still occupied. Will be back to normal on Tuesday.
Hm. Oh, well.

@Rune_Alchemist You get a post. It's somewhat rushed because I don't have much time right now, but I hope it'll suffice. Claire's free to do whatever she wants from here. Ask if you want any information, hah.

Edit: I speedposted that because I realized I'll be extremely unavailable this week-end, so I just went for it for the one player that had posted, hah.
@Rune_Alchemist

Infernape looked down at Ralia with a bit of surprise when the flower was pulled out, the fire monkey slowly reaching down to pick up the flower with two fingers. While the received had been confused rather than anything else, the gift had been accepted and Infernape was now staring down at it while Ralia ran off. It’s thought process went something in the direction of “well, suppose it’s alright”.

The Chimchars were very curious about the fairy Pokémon that came running to them, having spent most of their lives in this mountain and castle. They were totally up for playing, jumping about showing off how well they could scale buildings or just poke their new guest. Of course, with Teleport, Ralia could keep up with them even if they jumped up on the roofs of the castle buildings.

Anise held out her arm and accepted Ritz with a smirk, looking to her. ‘Good luck,’ she’d remark before being thrown the jacket, which she looked a little perturbed by but folded it to hold under her other arm. ‘What am I, a caddy? Eh, for this time…’

Numerous things factored into the battle that followed. One being that Claire’s 5’7’’ matched against Pangoro’s 6’11’’, his 300 pounds versus hers probably less than half, the fact Pangoros are strong enough to send trucks flying, and that doesn’t even mention how this Pangoro became the king of a Fighting-type fortress while being weak to Fighting (somehow). Claire quickly got a sense of how powerful those punches were when they swirled by, and that was with him holding back as to not destroy her on the spot if he hit.

That said, she could still grab the beast! While Pangoro was huge, there were holds she could take, pins she could attempt, but the king here was an experienced wrestler that had seen a lot of battles in his own right and knew what moves to make to get out of the pins, and with that Claire had to get out of the way as to not end up countered by a being twice her size. Still, Pangoro enjoyed the tussle, a wide smile on the panda’s face as he maneuvered past Claire’s holds and swung to grab her in turn.

Around them, the Fighting-Pokémon and humans were watching intently and excitedly, many of the Pokémon and definitely Pangoro’s henchmen were shouting support to their king. So, Claire definitely had the majority of the audience against her…

‘GO, CLAIRE! SHOW THEM WHAT WE HUMANS CAN DO! YOU CAN DO IT! I BELIEVE IN YOU!’ … Maple was shouting her support from over there, positively bouncing on the spot and for some reason taking extreme passion in supporting the person her team was just fighting, her Pokémon catching on and the fire-types started howling and tooting for her support. Anise was more of the kind to stand there with focused eyes and silent support for right now, while Ellyn was looking on with a doubtful expression, taking the moment to apply a potion or two to her own Pokémon.

Eventually, however, Claire’s decidedly human stamina wouldn’t be able to keep up with Pangoro’s waves and counters, and after a particularly good pin on the panda that had the audience on edge, he managed to grab her and pin her down in a counter-attack she couldn’t see coming, and that was it. There was no getting out of Pangoro’s pin.

There was shouts of hurrays from Pokémon all around, a single ‘awww’ from Maple, and otherwise just respect for what had happened from the rest.

Pangoro grinned. The panda clearly had fun, and chuckled after Claire’s little admission of defeat.

‘Goro!’ he replied, before releasing her and standing up. He looked to one of the Panchams nearby, and nodded to him. ‘Pangoro!’

The Pancham blinked a bit in surprise, but then saluted and darted forward to Claire. He held forth a small little rock, carved into a medallion with a decent-but-not-good engraving of this castle on it. On the back was the middle of a Pangoro paw-print, as much as could fit. It had been punched in.

Claire obtained Castle Medal!


There was some applause from and impressed-sounding shouts (though not as fierce as when Pangoro had won) from the Pokémon around, Lucario and Conkeldurr included. Maple totally joined in.

‘YOU WERE GREAT, CLAIRE! YOU SHOWED THEM! YOU ALMOST HAD IT!’ … For some reason, Maple was crying over Claire’s loss over there, and her Pokémon joined in with sad-sounding howling and tooting.

The noise eventually quieted a bit, as Pangor looked out over the audience of Fighting-Pokémon and announced.

‘PAN! Pangoro, pan!’ … Whatever that meant, the Pokémon in the crowd quickly went to action, starting to pick up their fainted companions and carrying them further along the castle street on the way upwards. They were now completely ignoring the humans around. Pangoro gave Claire one more smirk before himself starting to tread off, if Claire didn’t say something to stop him or otherwise, his henchmen Panchams dashing after.

Anise took the moment to approach Claire and help her to her feet if she hadn’t gotten up on her own.

‘That was pretty good, considering what you were up against,’ Anise said, handing back Claire’s jacket when she got up again. ‘Hector would be ecstatic. That medal is a symbol of respect in Mt. Strength. Pangoro seems to have liked you.’

‘That was amazing! You’re wonderful, Claire! You make me wish I had spent more time improving my body…!’ Maple was still crying happy tears.

‘Maple, do look around before you relax,’ Ellyn said to her companion, eyes fixed on two particular Pokémon around them.

‘Huh? Why?’

Yeah, while Pangoro had left and so did Conkeldurr and Breloom if Claire didn’t stop them, Lucario and Infernape was very much here and glaring at Maple and Ellyn. Ellyn looked just a little on the edge by this, but remained quiet. Maple smiled at them, though looked a little unsure. ‘Um, is this an indication of something? Hahaha…’

While Maple tries to consider her way out of that one, Anise is just going finish what she intended on saying.

‘I brought you here because there are many different kinds of Fighting-Pokémon here that could potentially be convinced to join a trainer. They know one of the best ways to get really strong and become renown around the world is by being a champion for a trainer. I didn’t predict we’d be pulled into something like this, though,’ Anise shared, looking around at the battle damage and all the Pokémon running about now that it was over. Conkeldurr and some Timburrs that appeared from upper floors were already bringing materials to repair, seems like that was their job.

Anyways. What would Claire do now?
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