@solokolos Want a conversation with Visage before actually posting, but Creep will definitely be there, terrified as all hell and hoping it doesn't show. Has sent a PM to you in order to ask about that.
Now that I think about it, however, Raven’s character doesn’t necessarily need to be there when the game starts, sooo…
@Pirouette I’ll assume you want to start in the throne room? As princess of Grado, I can imagine you being trusted enough for this, heh. But, yeah, if you have any other thoughts, they’re welcome. @Rune_Alchemist As a Wyvern Rider of Grado, you’re totally eligible to being assigned as the princess’ guard. Is that good enough for you, for the moment? @Eisenhorn We can also make a fair argument for you being there, being a shaman in service of Grado. What do you reason? @Apollosarcher I could place you in the throne room as well, saying you reached right before things went down, as well. Like last time. Is that fine with you? @Lmpkio You’re harder to reason for why you’d be in Grado Keep, being a rogue mercenary and all that. However, I have an idea I like that just might make sense and feels very Fire Emblem. It involves Raven’s character, however. @Eklispe Heh. You wrote that part about warning Grado of the attack… I will say that you probably made it there before the army, but the attack happened so soon after that word didn’t have time to properly spread. That said, I can place you in the throne room, too, ready to receive the mission. They’d be thankful enough to hope you’ll slip away with them, you’re relatively unconcerned, after all. To stay with them after would be your decision, heh.
If any of you have ideas you think would be fun, I’d be willing to hear them. Otherwise, I’ll just settle for placing the majority of you in the throne room. I’d like to hear all your opinions and hear any questions you might have, on where you’d be at the start.
Eli gaze lifted into the sky as Caroline cried out within her loving embrace. She held on, as if she was holding her sister, her disguise leaking tears from her eyes. And then… as Caroline passed out, there was a voice in the winds…
‘… Bye…’ Eli muttered her reply, perhaps too silently to be heard by anyone. She sat down, still holding on to Caroline, as a silence encompassed the area from the immediate battle ending. Now, Eli simply sat there hugging Caroline’s limp form, resting her own head against the passed out vampire. It all… felt so peaceful now… … …
Mariette
Mariette spat, her neck in pain from where Caroline had held her. She pulled herself onto her feet with janky, aggressive movements, really not appreciating what she had just been forced through. Still… she had seen all that had happened. She smiled oh, so pleasantly, her form slightly hunched over due to still being in pain.
‘That’s it, Eli… Now just hold onto her, just like that, for just a little longer…’
A portal opened from here to within the Bastion, and from it Mariette used her arms to retrieve the large, frameless mirror that she had been gifted. She placed it against the ground leaning on herself, directed towards Caroline. The surviving Shadows gathered around, the amount of light in the area seemingly decreasing as they got closer. Of course, she still had portals linking to her eyepatched eye all around to see if anyone was going to try to interfere.
This, this was a decisive victory that Justine could not overcome. Now, Mariette would have wanted to flaunt it over her, but as long as Sonia could pop out of anywhere with her bane in hand it was way too risky. Mariette had to place this girl somewhere not even Justine could reach her. Besides… This worked wonderfully for striving towards Mariette’s ultimate goal…!
‘Asengav… I have… an offering for you… Do treat it lovingly, he-he…’ Mariette uttered with difficulty due to the pain to her throat, yet there was a strain of playful vengeance in her voice, and she even giggled a little from being drunk on pain and triumph. Eli blinked in realization, felt that perhaps this was a bit twisted, but it was also for their survival, and so she held on as ordered.
The mirror slowly darkened in colour, the Shadows around them seemingly getting small grins as the dark powers coalesced. The mirror now a portal directly to the ancient horror Asengav himself, in whose grasp Mariette could be certain Sonia could not rescue her from. Dark tendrils, some of them with grasping large shadowy hands on the tip, emerged from the mirror, seeking to lay claim to the girl in Eli’s grasp. As those limbs approached they would gently, almost affectionately, curl around around Caroline’s body. Eli’d let go at that point, pulling herself back as to not be accidentally snared up as well.
With Mariette and the Shadows all smirking at the scene, the dark arms would gently start pulling Caroline back into the depths of the dark portal.
Whelp. That delay wasn't supposed to happen. Anyways. Here. Tell me if anything's wrong.
@Rune_Alchemist I realized belatedly I forgot to name these two. All trainers you face should have their names show up as you face them. Oh, well.
@Eklispe Alright, here you go. Of course, you don't have to challenge her right now, but she's a bit excitable. Teh-heh.
@Joshua Tamashii Yikes, that ghost-sense of yours. Okay. I have no idea if it's reasonable for the Bug Garden to be open at night, but EH! XD Here you go.
@Pirouette As expected, the battle against Daisy might be a bit more complicated. Do you want to change tactics, or do you keep at it and hope for the best?
Through all that training, and onto fighting the hiker!
Zeal VS Geodude. Zeal started it all out with a Power-Up Punch, which hit Geodude and sent the rock flying a bit while powering up. Geodude curled up with Defense Curl. increasing defense and setting them back on equal grounds. Zeal hit again, doing further damage and sending the rock tumbling, but then Geodude got into a roll and came right back at Zeal. Zeal struck back with one more Power-Up Punch, but got hit by a powered-up Rollout in turn. Zeal was already on his last legs with that blow. Geodude, though, tumbled out of that impact fainted, only having survived two super-effective blows due to stone-hard defense. It didn’t look like he could take any more damage, and it could be assumed that he wouldn’t be able to handle one more fight…
Then he proceeded to 1HKO one-punch Machop with a single fast and powerful punch, sending the Superpower Pokémon spinning through the air before crashing into the ground, knocked clean out.
Zeal grew to Level 11!
Onix came out. It was now a question of if Zeal had powered up enough to take Onix out in one hit. The chimp was obviously faster, dashing up to the the giant rock-snake and delivering his massively powerful punch, sending the huge Pokémon careering into the mountainside. … Nope, that one’s not coming back up.
Claire was victorious! Claire received 392P for winning!!
‘Oh, wow. I was distracted. What was I doing again?’ So the hiker asked before heading back towards Rainrock City to get his Pokémon healed.
Zeal was healed, and onto the next battle.
Zeal VS Shroomish. Taunt completely shut out the mushroom Pokémon’s attempt to paralyze, and instead tried to Absorb on Zeal. Didn’t work very well, though. Two Embers later Shroomish fainted with Zeal only suffering minor damage.
Zeal grew to Level 12!
Here, Claire’s opponent realized that Cherubi wouldn’t stand a chance against Zeal and as such switched up her order and sent out Roselia first. Taunt did nothing against Poison Sting, which was already an attacking move, and the Thorn Pokémon turned out surprisingly fast as well as accurate with the shot and hit Zeal with Poison Sting, which poisoned him. As such, Claire switched up to Ritz.
Ritz was almost immediately Poison Stinged, but Safeguard defended him from Poison. With flight he avoided the second Poison Sting, letting him setup Reflect. With Mega Drain now doing barely any damage, the Aroma Lady resolved to shoot Poison Stings at the Ledyba, which are shots since they apparently don’t make contact. Ritz sent out Supersonic, which successfully confused Roselia, making the plant spin a bit as it tried to continue damaging with Poison Sting. Roselia happened to sting herself once and then ram herself into a nearby tree on accident from Confusion before shaking it off, and with two lost rounds spent hurting herself Roselia could not out-damage Ritz’s repeated Comet Punches. Roselia fainted.
Ritz grew to Level 15!
Against Cherubi, Claire (with Rune_Alchemist supplying action taken) used an Antidote on Zeal to get rid of the poison, which let Cherubi set up Sunny Day and boost its speed… which meant little as Zeal could still keep up. Zeal did get Leech Seeded, but in the end that meant fairly little. Cherubi was burned and Embered.
Zeal grew to Level 13!
Claire was victorious! Claire received 437P for winning!!
‘… Th-though, that means that whenever our Pokémon faints, we have to run home…!’ So the Aroma Lady noted with panic in her voice for the suddenly fresh air she had to breathe before she turned and ran with her Pokémon back towards Stillwood Village.
So, with all that done, Claire too could head east, wandering in as the trees grew thicker, the sky above was covered by the crowns of trees, and ultimately…
Stillwood Village
Inside these calm forest lies a village completely in-tune with nature. The buildings are built around or in the trees of wood and stone, the light shining onto the village stifled by the great trees above. In the air, meeting your nose as soon as you tread into the village, is filled to the brim with the smell of forest and spores. It’s a wild smell, but somehow it is extremely relaxing and any worries seem to be stifled before the calming village ahead where everyone is always so calm and happy, wild Pokémon walking freely on the roads of the place. This is Stillwood Village, the most relaxing place imaginable, it’s people in touch with nature and wishing the best to all those who come to their cozy and ancient little home.
Wild Grass Pokémon freely wander the streets, spreading their spores into the air which the townspeople actively walk through every single day. They are all smiles, very helpful, the entire village and all visitors afflicted by the relaxing sensations brought by the spores during their stay in Stillwood Village. However, these spores are the reason quite a few avoid Stillwood Village, arguing that it messes with one’s mind. It is extremely rare that a member of Stillwood Village moves out of the village, after all. It will also quickly become evident just how little the members of the village care about the world at large, all their worries gone by the relaxing spores and just continue living, no troubles in the slightest.
That’s Stillwood Village for you.
Pokémon wanders or jumps along the streets…
Pokédex Entry #406 – Budew, the Bud Pokémon. It is sensitive to changing temperature. In winter it closes its bud and endures, while in summer it blooms and releases its pollen. This pollen is mildly poisonous and can cause harsh sneezing. It lives near clear ponds.
Pokédex Entry #315 – Roselia, the Thorn Pokémon. It’s flowers release a scent known to cause extreme relaxation, the scent being stronger the healthier it is. Attempting to pick the flowers will result in it defending itself with its highly poisonous thorns, which it can launch as projectiles. It is drawn towards nutritious waters.
Pokédex Entry #285 – Shroomish, the Mushroom Pokémon. It lives deep in dark, damp forest where it eats the composted soil and fallen leaves. By day it remains still in the forest shade, by night it moves to eat. If it detects danger, it can spout highly toxic spores from the top of its head, strong enough to make trees wilt.
The Budews, Roselias and Shroomish were above all the ones to blame for all the spores in the air, the relaxing smell and the effect that seemed to drain on a person’s worries entering the village. However, in the air drifted smaller beings.
Pokédex Entry #187 – Hoppip, the Cottonweed Pokémon. Known to drift on winds, Hoppip is known to clutch to others of its kind to not be separated or to prevent being blown away. It is so light, even the gentlest breeze can lift it. When Hoppips gather, it is said spring is on the way.
Pokédex Entry #188 – Skiploom, the Cottonweed Pokémon. The flower on its head reacts to temperature and opens more the warmer it is, it is sometimes used as a thermometer. The petals absorb sunlight, in sunshine it floats into the air to get closer to the sun, while in rain the flower closes and it hides under trees.
Hoppips floated along the winds in Stillwood Village, and high above Skiplooms floated to catch the light heading down, further decreasing the amount of sunlight that actually touched the villagers treading about the village. Also walking about were…
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 #44 – Gloom, the Weed Pokémon. It releases a foul smell from the pistil of its flower. When it feels calm and secure its smell isn’t that bad, however if endangered the smell it releases in defense can get so bad it can be smelled from over a mile away. It drools out a sweet nectar that it uses to attract prey, but the nectar also smells bad.
Numerous Oddishes had apparently failed to understand that the relative dark was not due to night. That aside, the nice smell of the village was only occasionally interrupted by foul smell of a passing Gloom, but that problem seemed to only be bothering visitors as the villagers didn’t even seem to notice.
While the smell of spores washed over her and she could see all the buildings partly built onto the trees, Claire went to the Pokémon Center.
‘Hello, and welcome to the Pokémon Center. Would you like to rest your Pokémon?’
Assumingly, yes.
‘Okay. I’ll take your Pokémon for a few seconds, then.’
She’d then accept the Pokéballs and put them into the machine, and…
‘Thank you for waiting. We’ve restored your Pokémon to full health.’
She says as she hands the Pokéballs back. She then bows to her customer and gives a friendly smile.
‘We hope to see you again!’
Now she’s in Stillwood Village. What does Claire want to do here?
1. Find Pokémon. Can still search for Pokémon in cities~ 2. Talk. In cities, there are considerably more people one can talk to. Talking can give you info on local rumors and such. 3. Exit. Exit the town to any of the connected areas. 4. Specify. If you specify what you want to do, the GM will take it into account and tell the result. 5. Trigger random event. Force the GM to use his imagination to make a scenario for you. 6. Notable Places. Visit any of the places in the city! 6.1. Pokémon Center. Heal all your Pokémon. 6.2. PokéMart. Go to a store and buy things. 6.3. Pokémon Gym. ??? 6.4. Herb Store. Selling bitter medicine that is very good for your Pokémon! 6.5. Flower Shop. For decoration and for pleasant smells, the flower shop has the best selection in Isson! 6.6. Berry Garden. Allows trainers to rent earth to plant their own berries. New trainers gets a kit to start them off! 6.7. Treehouse Arena. Even forest-people want to battle it out sometimes. Lots of berries as prices~ 6.8. Ancient Woods. An older part of the forest. Dangerous, but said to hold a link to the past. There are large old rocks here. What more could they hold? 7.1. Erika. Currently engaging in Treehouse Battles, Claire could go look if she wanted. Or enter. Hah. 7.2. Joshua and Ewan. The two friends are currently in Stillwood Village. They’re currently examining the Flower Shop. That is, Joshua’s eagerly examining it, Ewan’s waiting.
Connected areas: Route 4. Forest route at the base of Mt. Strength leading west to Rainrock City. Route 5. A grassy incline connecting mountains, forests, plains, Stillwood and Lakewatch. Route 14. The waters of Dragon Lake are also known as Route 14. It connects Lakewatch Town, Highhill Town and Stillwood Village. Mountain Valley. A passage between Mt. Strength and Mt. Chill, a shortcut to Worldedge City.
‘Thank you for waiting. We’ve restored your Pokémon to full health.’
She says as she hands the Pokéballs back. She then bows to her customer and gives a friendly smile.
‘We hope to see you again!’
Dawkin exited the Pokémon Center and then went walking through Raremine Town. It’s a bright and warm day, with plenty of kids playing around with their Drilburs or otherwise. Strong men on breaks sitting at random cafés were laughing together, and the air was pretty fresh from the trees around despite the considerable heat. In any case, asking a bit and looking at signs, he could follow the way to the Pokémon Gym. Except…
… Okay, there’s a huge gate here, an arc held upon two pillars forming a place to walk through, and it says “Pokémon Gym” in large shiny letters. Except, the gate leads straight out into the vast, sandy desert.
On the side stands a little sign, as proper for a Pokémon Gym, despite the clear lack of actual building.
Raremine Pokémon Gym - Minor League Leader: Kristy “The Desert Princess!”
Beside the sign a young man in glasses was leaning at a wall, before he saw Dawkin, upon which he smiled and stepped forward to greet him.
‘Hello. I suppose you’re wondering where the Gym is.’
‘I don’t think I’ve seen you before. Are you, perhaps, our newest champ-to-be? Oh, it’s exciting to meet you! Let me begin by telling you what you’re up against.’
‘So, this is, as you no doubt understood already, a Pokémon Gym! The Gyms of Isson is divided into two categories, Minor and Major League Gyms. Each official town and-or city has a Gym waiting for you, which is one of the two! Defeating the challenge of the Gym earns you a Gym Badge, and there are nine Minor and nine Major League badges in Isson. You need eight badges of one kind to compete in the Pokémon League, against others of the same level! The winner of the Pokémon League then gets to challenge Elite Four and potentially the Champion!’
‘The Minor League is primarily for people to grow as trainers, compete in the League and learn more as they complete their Pokémon journeys, as well as for those who find they can’t beat the Major League Pokémon Gyms. The Major League is for those who wants to become the very best! It’s definitely recommended to start with the Minor League, and there’s plenty of rewards for competing in it, too! Good luck!’
‘Winning at the Pokémon League isn’t the only way to get to do the Champion Challenge, though. Any individual the Elite Four or the Champion judges worthy is allowed to fight the Elite Four and possibly the Champion for a chance to take the title! … But the normal way is most certainly to do well in the Pokémon League. Sometimes they even let multiple people who did well in the Pokémon League take the challenge, because the Elite Four aren’t immune to itching for a fight, too. Haha. But that’s for the future, back to the present!’
‘Now, let me give you an analysis. Kristy is a user of the Ground-type. Her powerful Pokémon make short work of any Electric, Fire, Rock or Steel Pokémon you bring along! … They’re weak to Water as well as Grass, and their ground-based moves are unable to touch Flying-type Pokémon, but it’s dangerous to assume she hasn’t prepared some kind of counter to such! Kristy likes to engage in battle in the desert in the midst a sandstorm, so you’ll have to beat her in her element, where all her Pokémon are powered up, if you want to get that badge~! … Prepare accordingly, is what I intended to say! As you might tell, she’s pretty tricky. Be ready for a tough fight!’
‘Tihi.’ At some point, Kristy had stepped out from behind the Gym gate and wandered to stand behind the Gym Guy, chiming in with an imitation of his voice in-between his lines. Now she stepped aside, smiling rather mischievously at Dawkin.
‘Hiya~! I’m so happy to see you’ve come to visit my Gym! Where’s my Gym, you ask? Well, all of Isson’s deserts are my Gym~!’ Kristy smiled widely lifting her hands on her sides to gesture around her, showing the desert behind her.
‘So, you’ve come to challenge me? Of course you have. I accept your challenge!’ Kristy was apparently going ahead with this, looking supremely excited. ‘The challenge to prove you’re worthy is simple. I’ll be running in the desert on my Pokémon, and my team will be doing all in their power to keep you off me. You’ll have to catch me to have your gym battle~’ Kristy grinned some more, grabbing two Pokéballs and looking at Dawkin.
‘You feeling ready~?’
… And if you’re not ready, you’re perfectly allowed to go prepare, now that you know what you’ll be facing,’ Gym Guy chimed in, getting a bit of a stare from Kristy before her smile was directed at Dawkin again.
Dawkin’s free to just return to town if he feels like it.
1. Find Pokémon. Can still search for Pokémon in cities~ 2. Talk. In cities, there are considerably more people one can talk to. Talking can give you info on local rumors and such. 3. Exit. Exit the town to any of the connected areas. 4. Specify. If you specify what you want to do, the GM will take it into account and tell the result. 5. Trigger random event. Force the GM to use his imagination to make a scenario for you. 6. Notable Places. Visit any of the places in the city! 6.1. Pokémon Center. Heal all your Pokémon. 6.2. PokéMart. Go to a store and buy things. 6.3. Pokémon Gym. Kristy, the Desert Princess. Ground-type Gym, Minor League 6.4. Desert Miner’s Hangout. The workers of the Desert Mine live around here. They can give tips about the desert! 6.5. Research Lab. For archaeologists, those who want to talk to Dunstan and those who want to resurrect fossils. 6.6. Stone Store. Where all the stones of the Desert Mines or Frozen Cave eventually end up! Lots of evolutionary and other kinds of stones! 6.7. Bug Garden. A garden within which bugs thrive. Vivillons can be hired here for tracking down the Mythic Oasis! 6.8. Warehouses. Because the things they mine here needs somewhere to be stored. This includes Ancient Pokémon, apparently, as some of the warehouses are pens. 7.1. Amelia. She’s still in town, Dawkin could go see her if he wanted. 7.2. ???. A girl in a dark dress with a Seviper slithering behind her is in town. Wouldn’t be that special, but people are turning their heads in interest like she’s well known.
Connected areas: Route 6. The Vast Plains open up to the north of Raremine. The shorter paths lead to Route 8 and 16, while west far enough leads to Lakewatch Town. Route 7. The single rocky desert of Isson, it connects to the Desert Mines, the Old Tombs and to the Mythic Oasis.
Amelia waited for the night at a food-joint where she could eat her fill, on her own. While nothing in particular happened, here’s numerous conversations that took place around her if she found any of it even the slightest interesting.
‘Kristy’s our princess~! She always gives the miners a breath of fresh air when she shows up, giving enthusiastic encouragement and digging a lion’s share of her own! She’s very well liked in town~!’ ‘Once upon a time, a meteor struck down in the desert, and the lovely Mythic Oasis sprung up where it hit… Or so they say. Mythic Oasis seems to move around, and I don’t know if a crash-site can really move. With a Vivillon you can be sure to find it, though.’ ‘Huh. I think I saw Sylvia in town. Wonder what’s she doing here? We’re a long way from Goldshore Town…’ ‘Crossing the desert is taxing and potentially dangerous, and all that awaits are some old tombs. I’m sure archaeologists or spirit mediums think it’s paradise, but the common folk aren’t going to find much of value.’ ‘Miners dig things up in the Desert Mines, and the researchers in the Research Lab study what they find. That’s how it’s always been in Raremine Town, a cooperation between the brawly and the brainy. Lately, though, things have been disappearing here and there in Raremine Town, and both sides are suspicious the other might be responsible. I wonder, though.’ ‘Professor Dunstan is spending more and more time in the Raremine Town lab, rather than in his home in Worldedge City. Wonder if he’s found something interesting nearby? It’s an interesting thought, considering he’s a well-known researcher of legendary Pokémon…’
Amelia ate and then moved on towards the Bug Garden. This late, the streets of Raremine Town was a lot more empty, yet laughter could be heard from different places where people could gather to eat. The place Amelia had just been at was probably such a place, as such she had to look at the time on her own rather than at the amount of people in the joint for when it was time to go out to explore in the night.
The Bug Garden was a building, a fairly large building with plants around it and promising more plants inside. While it was dark out, seems the building was still open.
There were signs.
“Bug Garden
Feel free to visit and enjoy Vivillons for the purpose of finding the Mythic Oasis can be hired for 750P per day They are not for fighting The Pokémon in the garden are wild, but we appreciate avoiding holding battles in the garden
Thank you for your consideration”
The bug-garden was indoors, a pleasant atmosphere in here where trees grew happily and the bugs could thrive. At the door, there was a place where you could hire the Vivillons for 750P, but due to the late hour the post was vacant. However, it was still possible for Amelia to enter the garden, where she could look about the many plants with food for the bugs, numerous trees standing about and a fountain in the middle. This was probably the fanciest place in Raremine Town. There were a few nightly gardeners about, but otherwise it was all Pokémon. On the ground Scatterbugs and Spewpas strayed about, and in the air or on the trees fluttered Vivillons…
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 #665 – Spewpa, the Scatterdust Pokémon. It lives in thicket shadows, where it hides until evolution. It’s body is tough to avoid predators eating it, and if attacked it attempts to scare its enemies away by rustling its fur. If all else fails, it can spew a powder at an attacker.
Pokédex Entry #666 – Vivillon, the Scale Pokémon. Known to appear all over the world, the pattern on the wings differ depending on the climate of their habitat. They’re extremely skilled at finding water, so if you release one in a desolate environment it can be followed to find your way to a spring. In the deserts of Isson, they’re the primary means of finding the Mythic Oasis.
However, it wasn’t just ONE colour of Vivillon. It was seemingly… all of them? The many Vivillons scurrying and fluttering with their wings around the area was in a multitude of colours, making the interiors of the Bug Garden a colourful one indeed. But… they weren’t what Amelia was here for.
By the trees were more Nincadas, who had come up larger numbers because it had become dark…
Pokédex Entry #290 – Nincada, the Trainee Pokémon. It is usually found underground, using its antennae to sense its surroundings. It gains nourishment my tapping into the roots of trees with its claws as it await evolution. Nincadas are nearly blind, and avoid sunlight due to inability to withstand it.
In addition, occasionally, something extremely fast whipped by way too quickly for Amelia to properly follow it, she could only finally see what it was when she saw a number of them gathered on a tree drinking of its sap.
Pokédex Entry #291 – Ninjask, the Ninja Pokémon. Left on its own it will constantly gain speed, eventually reaching the point where it is impossible to follow with eyes. Listening to its cry for too long can result in a headache. It is notoriously difficult to train, though one can use its love for tree sap, which they gather on in groups.
… But, once again. That wasn’t what she was looking for. Walking through the Bug Garden, she could finally sense one of the ghosts on the other side of a tree. Walking around the tree… there it was.
Pokédex Entry #292 – Shedinja, the Shed Pokémon. A discarded bug shell that came to life. No matter what, its body will not move, not a twitch or anything, floating around instead by an unknown means. It appears without explanation when Nincada evolves. It is said that if you peer into the crack on its back, it will steal your soul.
There was Shedinja, back pressed firmly against the tree, the Pokémon utterly unmoving. It also mostly didn’t matter what Amelia said to it, it wouldn’t move or give the slightest indication that it was even listening. But, most surely, here was a Ghost-Pokémon. … One quite a number of levels above where her current party were at.
So. Would Amelia do anything here?
Otherwise, here’s the town again.
1. Find Pokémon. Can still search for Pokémon in cities~ 2. Talk. In cities, there are considerably more people one can talk to. Talking can give you info on local rumors and such. 3. Exit. Exit the town to any of the connected areas. 4. Specify. If you specify what you want to do, the GM will take it into account and tell the result. 5. Trigger random event. Force the GM to use his imagination to make a scenario for you. 6. Notable Places. Visit any of the places in the city! 6.1. Pokémon Center. Heal all your Pokémon. 6.2. PokéMart. Go to a store and buy things. 6.3. Pokémon Gym. Kristy, the Desert Princess. Ground-type Gym, Minor League 6.4. Desert Miner’s Hangout. The workers of the Desert Mine live around here. They can give tips about the desert! 6.5. Research Lab. For archaeologists, those who want to talk to Dunstan and those who want to resurrect fossils. 6.6. Stone Store. Where all the stones of the Desert Mines or Frozen Cave eventually end up! Lots of evolutionary and other kinds of stones! 6.7. Bug Garden. A garden within which bugs thrive. Vivillons can be hired here for tracking down the Mythic Oasis! 6.8. Warehouses. Because the things they mine here needs somewhere to be stored. This includes Ancient Pokémon, apparently, as some of the warehouses are pens. 7.1. Dawkin. Might not be in town still since it’s now late for Amelia, but still. 7.2. ???. A girl in a dark dress with a Seviper slithering behind her is in town. Wouldn’t be that special, but people are turning their heads in interest like she’s well known.
Connected areas: Route 6. The Vast Plains open up to the north of Raremine. The shorter paths lead to Route 8 and 16, while west far enough leads to Lakewatch Town. Route 7. The single rocky desert of Isson, it connects to the Desert Mines, the Old Tombs and to the Mythic Oasis.
In Chic VS Oddish, Chic had the obvious advantage and took very little damage from Absorb while Oddish took massive damage in return, Oddish fainted soon enough. Gibs VS Seedot started out with Harden against Sand Attack, then Eric tried to go for Bide. Gibs proceeded to blast Seedot down in one go with a Dragon Rage. And, in Sno VS Metapod, Metapod tried to Harden but went right past it, and proceeded to Freeze its target. The battle was over there. However, none of Eric’s Pokémon had been experienced enough to grant any levels in turn.
Erika was victorious! Erika received 3 Tanga Berries!
‘Ooooogh… Five hundwed losses in five hundwed battles…’ Though, despite his spirit being drained from losing, Erika’s encouragement quickly brightened his expression again, lifting his tiny arms into the air. ‘I’m gonna do five hundwed more!’
Next battle. The Spearow Penny had caught against Sno. Sno was unable to dodge the fast bird, but Powder Snow turned out very effective. Sno was pecked twice causing considerable damage before finally hitting Spearow with a stream of snow, causing the chilled bird to crash into the ground as its wings could no longer flap, fainting.
Sno grew to Level 13!
Chic VS Shroomish. Chic got off an Ember that did lasting damage on the Grass-type, but was then caught by Stun Spore. She was then paralyzed for a turn while Shroomish hit her with a Leech Seed, but right after Chic got off another Ember which hit and Shroomish rolled away with a cry of burning, fainting after.
Chic grew to Level 12!
Gibs VS Deerling. Started out with Sand Attack against Growl, the deer spitting at the sand and shaking its head while Gibs’ attack was lowered. Then, seemingly unaffected by the sand Deerling still hit its Tackles, but Dragon Rage simply did way more damage and Deerling fainted.
Gibs grew to Level 12!
Erika was victorious! Erika received 3 Spelon Berries!
‘Hm. Guess I can’t expect Pokémon I just caught to be effective without training, haha!’ Penny laughed, going off the stage without seeming the slightest disappointed.
Gibs VS three Pikachus. … Dragon Rage promptly finished off each in turn, their stat-modifying moves useless before the dragon-move. Gibs took some Quick Attack damage, however.
Gibs grew to Level 13! Gibs learned Sandstorm!
Erika was victorious! Erika received 3 Chesto Berries!
‘Piiiiiiiiiii…! Pikachu!’ Carlo seemed a bit perturbed about Gibs, pointing at him and sounding mildly panicked. Anyways, he ran off after, still trying to be a Pikachu.
Then, it was Daisy.
Gibs VS Lombre. Lombre went all out, dashing forward to attack with Fury Swipes, which Gibs responded with by throwing sand in its face. This turned out to be a great success, as Lombre missed its first move just barely, and Gibs was able to avoid to throw Sand-Attack in its face twice more. That said, then Lombre found where Gibs was and started a furious swiping at Gibs, causing considerable damage given Lombre’s higher level. However, as it was blinded, Lombre was completely unable to dodge a point-blank range Dragon Rage blast. Lombre staggered back at the damage, and desperately swiped forward to hit again, but missed. Another Dragon Rage did the trick, Lombre falling fainted to the floor, but Gibs was now heavily damaged. Had Lombre hit with one more flurry, Gibs would have been in danger of fainting.
Gibs grew to Level 14!
Sno VS Vivillon. Icy Shard went first, being a really fast priority move, hitting Vivillon for considerable damage as the cold shard hit the fluttering Pokémon. However, Sno was then immediately put to sleep by Sleep Powder as the damaged Vivillon sped over, scattering the sleeping dust. Vivillon got the command to start Struggle Bugging little green tracking bug-missiles towards Sno, which surely would do a lot of damage.
Does Erika wish to change her strategy? If Sno wakes up, another Icy Shard might do the trick. If she doesn’t…
@Eklispe Yupp. Defensive healer. As you said you wanted to make. Heh, I am amused by imagining the future, here.
I will mention that I did imagine pilgrimages to be done at the very least in pairs/trios/small groups of young ones at once. That said, she could have just gone on her own, ditched the rest along with the first mercenary band or they moved on while she worked with various guilds, heh. I'll also mention playing in the forest could be called "potentially dangerous" with monsters around, that said, there are probably safer forests around the cities of Rausten, too.
Sooo, the point of the white is that you're to be easy to find when someone needs help, but guess sometimes you just don't want to be found. That, and finding a picture becomes a lot harder. XD
Currently needing to imagine how exactly she's to be involved. Hm. Eh, we can figure that out as we go along. I like this sheet. Titania is accepted.
Perhaps adjust either the comma or the capitalization of She in the R-button summarization.
Edit: Hm. I just realized that maybe that should only be "summary"... Oh, well.
The rest of you, if you might, may think about how you know one another if you haven't already. Reina, Isolde and Voss are all of Grado, it's not difficult to imagine you might have seen each other around. Marwood is a prince of Renais, so you've all at least heard of him, though Reina should have had the opportunity to speak, as I think have been talked about in the Discord. Servus and Titania, being from Jehanna and Rausten respectively, is perhaps a bit more unlikely to imagine knowing the rest, but perhaps they ran into someone at some point during their times with their respective guilds or something. XD
Of course, none of that is particularly necessary, or it could be with NPCs instead of with other players, but anyways! Now, then. Allow me to consider, heh.
Xaltwind,
adncod,
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Framing A Moose,
Ariamis,
Not a Sayan,
SkyeOfStars,
Remram,
Apollosarcher,
King Kindred
