PlatinumSkink

Pokémon: Start

@Rune_Alchemist

Zeal dodged out of the way, managing precisely to get out of the way of the giant beam of sunlight, yet the mere proximity to the beam was causing a bit of damage to him. It would have been bad, had it not been Not Very Effective. Now his fire-type took in the burning rays pretty well, despite the massive amount of power. And then, he dashed forth to get close to the giant sunflower, behind which Archie tilted his head a bit.

‘No Taunt? Okay,’ Archie shrugged, then smiled so widely as he called out. ‘Grass Whistle!’

While Sunfloorall had been preparing for another blast, it was quick enough to completely switch tactics when Zeal came running for him. Instead of charging its face with solar energy, it instead directed one of its leaves to its mouth and blew. The sound was an almost enchanting yet exceedingly eerie tune, sounded out in Zeal’s direction. While the instinct was probably to dodge that, too, sound was considerably harder to dodge, especially when you just dashed that much closer to the source. The sound echoed across the battlefield and Zeal couldn’t help but fall fast asleep onto his stomach as he reached Sunfloorall’s feet.

‘Why, oh, why, did you want to get close? … Eh! Sunfloorall, do your thing~!’ Archie shrugged again and gave his command with a wide smile.

‘Floooooora~!’

Sunfloorall happily called out, taking numerous giant steps backwards as the huge flower charged another Solar Beam towards the now sleeping target…

What would Claire do in response to that? The options would be to hope Zeal woke up or switch Pokémon, though the one she switched to would get an immediate Solar Beam in their face. Or anything else, that the GM hasn’t thought of yet.

Fire Emblem: A Blinding Light

@Apollosarcher Thank you.

@Lmpkio I'd really like to have your post, as well.

Pokémon: Start

Hm. That felt somewhat imperfect, but there you go. Tell me if there's any issues anywhere.

So, given that I am aware of that I am useless Monday through Wednesday because of my schedule, I am going to try to implement something here. I will attempt to post on Thursdays and Sundays, to make for steady amount of posting every week. Two GM posts per week, for those who have posted. This sound reasonable, right? I feel relatively good about that. How does that sound?

Pokémon: Start

@Old Amsterdam@Gardevoiran@Dusksong

'Oh, and right, this too!' Kalmia took out a set of Super Potions, handing one to each so they didn’t have to go to the Pokémon Center. … Or they could go to the Pokémon Center anyway and get themselves a free Super Potion, seeing how that was apparently the destination of at least two right now anyway. Eryn apparently already applied said potion in her post, so that’s fine. Moving on.

@Old Amsterdam@Gardevoiran

As discussed, the group headed for the Pokémon Center. They could save on a Super Potion by just letting the nurse heal them instead.

nurse

‘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…

Di, di, di-do-da!

‘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!’

So, it wasn’t exactly defined what they wanted to do at the Pokémon Center, so here’s assumed they asked around to more experienced trainers and see what they say.

‘The docks of Isson connects to the rest of the world! If you go there, you can buy the things exclusive to other regions! But, heh, it’s going to cost a pretty penny. Maybe return after earning some money on your journeys, eh?’
‘Route 1 is a safe route, a place where young trainers can train to become strong. Route 2 is undoubtedly more exciting, with Wet Caverns presenting a challenge to all who enter it. It’s pretty easy to get lost in there. I know they sell maps in Lakewatch Town, but that’s on the other side. How thoroughly unhelpful.’
‘Many young trainers start out going to Infested Woods to the east. However, that’s a beginner’s trap. The outer forest is safe enough, but venture too deep… Yeah, that wood is a little too close to everyone’s favorite city to start out from for my liking.’
‘Don’t be afraid to walk off the edge of the map! Just because an option isn’t listed, it doesn’t mean you can’t do it. Take the Silent Forest north of Route 1 or west of Route 3. No map tells of a way into it… but you can just walk in there, can’t you!? Take a chance! You have no idea what you might find!’
‘It always rains on Route 3, and Wet Caverns await after Route 2… Yupp! No matter what way you go, you’re going to get wet! Best to prepare yourselves! Oh, though I suppose you could take a boat from Highhill Town. That works too, but isn’t using vehicles in a Pokémon journey kinda cheating…?’
‘Super Contests are held in Pureplain City! They hold the most amazing of shows there! It’s a step up from the Normal Contests of Redcoast City where anyone can enter. … And Penelope has been mopping the floor with her contestants, both there and in the Trainers’ School! Ooooh, Penelope… How my heart aches for you…’
‘The Trainers’ School of Pureplain is the finest in the land! Go there if there’s something you want to know, and I here they occasionally let out rare Pokémon in their little park? I wonder what they have right now~!’
‘They say that once upon a time a great beast liked to run over the great plains which Pureplain City were originally named after. However, now most of the plain is taken over by Pureplain City, there’s little plain left to run on and it hasn’t been seen for ages. I wonder if the beast is still somewhere out there…?’
‘Pureplain City has a Pokémon Gym, just like all the other towns of Isson. … However, the leader might be have a case for being the strongest Gym Leader in Isson. There’s no use challenging him yet. Travel, become strong, and come back when you feel ready! Even then, you probably aren’t! He wiped the floor with me…’

So, with that done, they’re still in Pureplain City. Anything they want to do there?

Pureplain City

Pureplain City is placed on the south-west brink of Isson, with the town facing the water and spreading quite far. The further in-town you go, the higher the buildings become, but the suburbs spread quite far. In terms of sheer landmass, it might even compete with Worldedge City, although maybe not in height. Life passes normally within this city. Children grow up alongside their parents in houses in the long, friendly streets. Jobs come from the depths of the town in the taller buildings. Schools grow from the reasonably high amount of children in need of tuition. And of course, there are lots of Pokémon.

In Pureplain City, human and Pokémon work together. Be it for manual labour or just for company, Pureplain houses often contain at least one household Pokémon and there are many Trainers’ Schools around the city have always been plentifully attended, not counting the recent drop of embarking trainers due to the Team Wars. In addition, Pureplain Harbor is known as the “Gateway of Isson”, as that’s where all the ferries from outside the region dock, giving life to quite the marketplace. A common attraction of the city is the Super Contest stage, but other than that, Pureplain remains what it has always been. Pure and plain.

Suggestions to actions

1. Find Pokémon. Can still search for Pokémon in towns~
2. Talk. In cities, there are considerably more people one can talk to. Specify what kind you’re looking for.
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 Buildings. Visit any of the facilities of the city!
6.1. Pokémon Center. Heal all your Pokémon.
6.2. PokéMart. Go to a store and buy things.
6.3. Gym. ???
6.4. Super Contests. Rank 2 / 4. Where hopefuls become idols!
6.5. Trainers’ School. Where young trainers study to become better. Has a little park of wild Pokémon.
6.6. Kalmia’s Lab. You know you’re always welcome.
6.7. Pureplain Harbor. Known as the Gateway of Isson, it has a marketplace and ferries to places.
7. Familiar Faces. Kalmia’s still in front of you, and then you have each other, of course, if you want to talk. Jacques is still here, as is Eryn and Oaken, Axl and Rodger. Vivia over there, Simon might be possible to catch up to.

Connected areas:
Route 1. Easier path, just follow the bigger road.
Route 2. Walk through quite an amount of suburbs until you eventually reach the path.
Sea. There’s water, alright. Can take you anywhere you want to go, assuming you have means to traverse it.

Pureplain City, known Pokémon

Common:
#16 Pidgey
#52 Meowth
#506 Lillipup

Uncommon:

Rare:
#353 Shuppet (night)

That, or there was a mention that they might head towards the Gym Kalmia mentioned? That Gym lies in Highhill Town, and to get there they have to leave Pureplain City. If so, then they’d head across the streets until the buildings thinned out, following the road until a small plain stretched before their eyes, where trainers had their first experiences as Pokémon Trainers…

Route 1

Route 1

Route 1 is a long, flat and grassy route where most trainers get their first taste of the world. From Pureplain you can see the hills of Highhill in the distance, from Highhill the scrapers of Pureplain looms in the distance, the start of the Silent Forest surrounding the Silent Shrine on the side. There is a larger road, a main road used for travelling in and out of Pureplain City, there are plenty of more mature travellers taking that road to get from point A to point B. But, young Pokémon Trainers usually much rather use the smaller path going out into the grassland. This is some remnants of the plain which Pureplain City was named after, although most of that plain is now swallowed up by buildings of people living around here. Small roads branch out, leading to different places where some individuals have made their houses.

There are many safe roads, yet take one step out of it and you’re immediately in tall grass, where you can already see many first-time Pokémon Trainers are challenging their first Pokémon. One could expect Pokémon Trainers to be searching for Pokémon either in the tall grass or the forest on the side, and also battling one another as they can. From the looks of it, there are plenty of young trainers sporting freshly caught Pidgeys and Rattatas. As one approaches Highhill Town, the forest becomes more plentiful, as beyond the town lies a forest.

Through the route also runs an indent, a drain surrounded by walls, seemingly made for the water to gather up inside it. It’s currently dry, whatever cause of that might be. Some trainers appear to be having fun battling inside it, and they’re running around challenging one another inside it. But, the drain also raised interesting questions about what kind of Pokémon or things one might find should one explore it further.

The most common here, as could be seen, are common Pidgey and Rattata, found pecking or scavenging among the grass.

Pokédex Entry #16 – Pidgey, the Tiny Bird Pokémon. They are docile Pokémon that avoid fighting, kicking up sand in an enemy’s face or using Whirlwind to avoid battles. They have sharp senses of direction, capable of finding their nest or destination from very large distances. They inhabit tall grass where they search and prey on small bugs.

Pokédex Entry #19 – Rattata, the Mouse Pokémon. It has impressive vitality that allows it to live anywhere there is food. It scavenges for food all day and reproduces quickly. Very cautious, it’s ears listen for trouble even when asleep. It’s teeth never stop growing, it will gnaw on things to keep their size in check.

Suggestions to actions

1. Find Pokémon. There’s searching in the tall grass, and there’s the forest in the left, then there’s the drain…
2. Train Pokémon. With this command, we can jump ahead in time and skip posting about grinding.
3. Seek trainers. There should be some here and there. Note, some may challenge you, regardless.
4. Talk. There’s plenty of young trainers around. There are also houses and travellers. Maybe seek answers to any burning questions you have.
5. Move along. Move along normally, letting any events that may come happen naturally.
6. Hurry along. Intentionally avoid confrontations and try to get safely to the next destination.
7. Specify. If you specify what you want to do, the GM will take it into account and tell the result.
8. Trigger random event. Force the GM to use his imagination to make a scenario for you.
9. Area Specific: Descend. There’s a drain. The kids are having a little tournament in it, challenging themselves to fight in a tight area. Perhaps you’d like to try becoming king of the drain? Or maybe you’d just like to explore it.

Connected areas:
Pureplain City. Right behind you.
Highhill Town. Requires crossing the route.

Route 1, known Pokémon

Common:
#16 Pidgey
#19 Rattata

Uncommon:
#58 Growlithe

Rare:
#1 Bulbasaur

If Skylar wants a Pidgey, they’re all over the place, here. Either seeking scraps in the streets of Pureplain City or picking at bugs in the grass of Route 1…

Pokédex Entry #16 – Pidgey, the Tiny Bird Pokémon. They are docile Pokémon that avoid fighting, kicking up sand in an enemy’s face or using Whirlwind to avoid battles. They have sharp senses of direction, capable of finding their nest or destination from very large distances. They inhabit tall grass where they search and prey on small bugs.

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@Dusksong

Eryn moved after Oaken on the way to the Trainers’ School. He looked a bit surprised at the fact she had said she was meeting him there, but quickly adapted and gave her a little nod. In Pureplain City it was a regular, peaceful day, with people and Pokémon heading on their daily business and young trainers gathering where they belonged. Of course, one such place was the Trainers’ School, which Eryn and Oaken was far from the only ones that were heading to.

Trainers’ School

It’s a school. Kids around Pureplain City flock here eventually to learn the basics of Pokémon battling, or there are trainers that come here only to attend the odd lesson before they embark on their big journey. There’s a patch of grass on the side where wild Pokémon can be found, and every week the teachers are known to have found a new specie to release into it in order to keep the students interested. And, of course, there’s plenty of Pokémon battling among the students as they do their best to learn. In fact…

To the right immediately after Eryn enters the school, there’s a list of students in a ranking-list on a wall. A huge list of the 50 top students, ranked in Pokémon battling ability, and there’s a thing that anyone who visits can challenge the list to get onto it temporarily. Leaving for too long obviously means falling off the list, but those who rank high gain some benefits and bragging rights.

current unimportant rankings

#1, Jonathan
#2, Reynalda
#3, Ilda
#4, Tillie
#5, Neva
#6, Gregg
#7, Cristy
#8, Shizuko
#9, Junie
#10, Marvella
#11 Wally
#12, Christiana
#13, Zachery
#14, Joya
#15, Sadye
#16, Lisabeth
#17, Katelyn
#18, Gonzalo
#19, Wonda
#20, Rebecca
#21, Leeann
#22, Emerald
#23, Leanne
#24, Lekisha
#25, Juliet
#26, Dina
#27 Randell
#28, Ute
#29, Tad
#30, Nichole
#31, Hortense
#32, Mary
#33, Beverlee
#34, Thu
#35, Catalina
#36, Livia
#37, Shanell
#38, Gabriel
#39, Ashlee
#40, Dennis
#41, Gaye
#42, Zack
#43, Kyoko
#44, Jerilyn
#45, Debbi
#46, Jessie
#47, Fred
#48, Rich
#49, Jenelle
#50, Anthony

But even above the #1… The school apparently had their own Elite Four and Champion that one could challenge.

Pureplain City Trainers’ School
Elite Four:
Georgia - The Brawler
Loke - The Knight
Penelope - The Idol
Edwin - The Cricket

Champion: Daisy - The Siren
_{(The Champion in our hearts, Maple - The Scorcher, is currently out on her Pokémon trip. We send out our most heartfelt wishes to her!)}

'Hm. I have already studied all the subjects they are likely have available here, and I’m not particularly interested in proving my worth here in battle. When I prove myself, I will do so in the real League. For now, I will be going to their park and see if they have any rare Pokémon available that I would like to add to my team,' Oaken said, turning to walk towards the park.

So. What would Eryn do here? Anything she wanted to know, challenge, or catch?

Suggestions to actions

1. Pokémon School Park. There’s a small park of grass in here. What kind of Pokémon might be in it?
2. Talk. Plenty of students and teachers. This is a wellspring of knowledge, someone must know something.
3. Challenge. Work your way up the leaderboard! Specify the level of opponent.
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. Study. You want to know something? Feel free to learn about it here!
6.1. Pokémon Habitats. Learn where you might find a specific kind of Pokémon!
6.2. Isson Geography. Learn more about the different places in Isson!
6.3. Names to Remember. Learn about Gym Leaders, Elite Four, or the like!
6.4. Local Legends. Learn about different tales from around Isson!
6.5. Pokémon Breeding. That’s also a subject.
6.6. Battling Basics. You likely know them already.
6.7. Specify. Tell what you want to learn and we’ll see if we have a course!

Connected areas:
Pureplain City. All around, of course.

Trainers’ School, known Pokémon

Common:
Varies~

Uncommon:
Varies~

Rare:

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@Eklispe@Joshua Tamashii

The Golett which Amelia approached stopped to take a look at her, inspecting her curiously. Then, unfortunately, she was not given the comfort of walking as it picked her up and hauled her onto its shoulder, the little golem holding her over its arm as it turned about to walk back to the Old Tombs with her. Now, Goletts are actually only a meter tall, so to lift adults it probably needed two of them each, but for the daughter and Amelia one sufficed, though it probably wasn’t that comfortable.

Dawkin did not have to wait long for a chance to sneak after, for the Goletts did not actually post any guards of any kinds. The Goletts that had failed to grab any captives walked on into the desert, moving out towards any living humans they could see and otherwise just headed straight out. They weren’t very perceptive, so with the assumption that Dawkin hid they’d pass by without noticing him. Those that did get ahold of someone headed into the tombs with them without posting any guards, meaning he was free to stalk after the Golett carrying Amelia off.

So, with that, through two different means, they descended down the stairs…

Now arriving to

Old Tombs

A perfect mix of sand, civilization and senescence. The old tombs are once grand halls construed out of a rocky interior decimated by time. Old buildings still stand, magnifique in their architecture and proud in their stature, showing the grace of a time long by. The halls lead deeper, but many of the passages are blocked by the sands of the desert, which has leaked inside through unintended openings that has broken up by time or digging. Who knows what kind of wonders await down inside the different buildings that still stand down here, or what kind of creatures still stirr in the wake of the civilization that once stood here. Because all the writings and discoveries that have been decoded here point to the same thing; these are tombs. Magnificent and deep tombs that lead who knows where, protected by the same protectors that once protected the civilization above ground as well.

These protectors still walk these halls, threatening those who would wander them.

A curious sight entered their field of view. It was a line of three Goletts, walking in to inspect the kidnapped humans one by one. The three of them were armed, a sword in their right hand and a shield tied to their left. However, each of those shields were alive…

Pokédex Entry #436 – Bronzor, the Bronze Pokémon. They were found in ancient tombs, and implements shaped like them are too. Ancient people seem to believe the pattern on their back had mysterious powers. They are closely related to mirrors in ancient writing, yet no surface of it is properly reflective. X-raying it, there’s nothing inside.

… And so were the swords!

Pokédex Entry #679 – Honedge, the Sword Pokémon. They are ancient swords possessed by departed spirits, floating by mystical power. Should someone grab the hilt, its blue sash ties itself around the arm to hold it in place as the sword drains the energy of the one foolish enough to grab the hilt of a possessed sword.

In a manner, anyway. However, an issue quickly arose. Because these inspecting guards were putting the captives asleep using their Bronzor shields, which emitted Hypnosis at the captives before they were carried deeper. Just ahead of Amelia, the young daughter and her father were being carried…

‘Father, it would seem Bronzors are putting the captives to sleep,’ the girl said.

‘It would appear so,’ the man said, looking over.

‘Father, I have a proposal. I allow myself to be captured, and I will see if I can convene with the spirits within this tomb. You break free, hide out somewhere and prepare to come to my rescue,’ the girl continued.

‘Hm, very well. Your plan is acceptable, my daughter,’ the man said… after which he kicked out, his foot going straight through the Ghost-type Golett… which also meant his feet just came free. With remarkable agility, he also spun about to kick at the one holding his upper body… and once again his limbs went straight through, but this also meant that he got himself free and rolled onto his feet on the floor. Without a moment’s pause he dashed away through the corridors to the left and right, because there are such, and after him dashed most of the otherwise free Pokémon, including two of three armed Goletts.

With most of the force departed, what remained were three Goletts, two of which were carrying Amelia and the other girl, and the third was one armed with a Bronzor and Honedge, the other Goletts carrying people departing with their sleeping captives going ahead, deeper into the tombs. Without minding the departed security, the Golett approached the girl with intention of using Hypnosis on her, and then Amelia after that if it got that far. Dawkin was assumingly spying from the entrance of the room.

What would they do from here? Would Amelia keep going with allowing herself to be kidnapped even if that meant being put to sleep? Would Dawkin keep simply spying? That is most certainly an option. What would they do?

Beyond the Looking Glass: A CYOA Magical Girl Roleplay [Completed]

@BrokenPromise ‘Hah!’ The girl smiled widely as Su dodged forward and under her arm, closer to her while the clawed hand carved through bookshelves and sofas within the apartment. I reaction, the girl leapt backwards and called her hand back, though it’d be coming back from to Su’s right and not straight behind her due to the swipe having kept going. Then, before she landed, Su shot a blast of wind that tore through the floor beneath where her opponent was about to land. The coat-wearing girl had just gotten her right hand back, which had returned to its normal but still fairly oversized size, when she looked down in alarm as a hole had appeared, not able to react quite fast enough to prevent falling through. Thooouuugh…

She briefly fell through, before shooting up again after having been out of sight for but a fraction of a second, grinning and standing on her now excessively long metal legs, which had been shot down into the floor beneath and now acted as stilts.

‘What? You don’t want to hurt little old me, for some reason? I’m touched.’ So she said, before making a small wave if her left hands, palm upwards and fingers waving back towards her in a “come-here” motion.

So, something Su could potentially could have noticed. When the girl recalled her somewhat smaller right hand, it was because it had left behind a considerable amount of metal debris behind Su, splintering off while causing destruction in the room. That mass of metal now shaped into a considerable amount of sharp knife-like splinters, which the girl called to fly at high speed back towards herself, through the space which Su currently occupied. If she was in the way and didn’t do anything to act against it, she would certainly be pierced. If the parts did not hit anything they’d fly to the coat-wearing girl and slip in any available openings, by her neck, by her arms, from underneath and between the belts that held her coat together. That was more metal than the coat should logically be able to hold within it.

After that spray of metal, the girl excitedly leapt at Su, her stilt-legs molded back into her “normal” metal legs as she got into the air, now intent on simply getting into close combat and striking with the sharp ends of her huge metal hands once again.

@DarkwolfX37

Victoria looked curiously at the camera, and then smiled to Shion.

‘Ah, yeah, me? I’m kinda part of the fight. I was a little bored, so I wanted to try out the local selection. Just to warm me up, you know? Teh-heh. Though, I’m happy for the moment,’ Victoria smiled a bit, looking out towards where another her was currently fighting Helga.

‘Yeah, I could tell you something about the monsters. They’re someone’s. Not ours, but someone’s. Someone felt it was a brilliant idea to summon an army of skeletons around here. Who and why, I can’t tell, and I don’t really care. That’s also why I’m not fighting them. I don’t really care about what a horde of skeletons do, if they take a few lives or whatnot. Magical Girls are going to show up soon enough to take care of it. Look, there’s one,’ Victoria said, pointing towards the end of the horde heading for the park, where a tiger-beast girl was jumping into the horde… and it was reassembling itself as she tore them apart.

‘Ho-ho, looks like she might be in trouble. Maybe I should interfere JUST to possibly get an admirer,’ Victoria chuckled a little, looking off in the direction…

@Ariamis

Victoria stared a bit oddly at Helga at the references as both of them attached themselves to the wall. They exchanged the blow, and Victoria looked fairly confident about herself. Then Helga started speaking about Victoria’s supposed weakness. She raised an eyebrow, but made ready to dodge aside or raise a barrier of ice again to take the attack… only for her ice to shatter from the sound-wave and took her off the edge of the building.

‘Tsk!’ Albeit her ice that was there at the time had shattered, Victoria could still manifest new ice under her feet and attached to the wall for balance. She rode her ice down and straight down into the horde of skeletons, knocking a considerable amount of them aside and leaving them part frozen. When the ice met the ground, Victoria easily walked off with perfect balance. Her expression was deeply annoyed.

‘… “Resonance”? What kind of stupidity is that? Stronger and faster than me AND just somehow has a spell that somehow counters my entire specialization? That’s not even my weakness! I’m not WEAK to Sound! … Screw this. Magical Girls are bullshit, and now I’m in a bad mood. I’m leaving.’

Saying so, Victoria took an immediate right into an alley, uninterested in whatever she was leaving behind, including her allies and the giant ice-sled down into a skeleton horde she had just created.

@DarkwolfX37

‘… Huh. I didn’t expect that…’ The Victoria next to Shion muttered, watching the above written scene, somewhat perturbed by the events concerning her double.

Fire Emblem: A Blinding Light

@Rune_Alchemist@Eklispe Nicely posted. Now, then.

@Apollosarcher@Lmpkio Now, @Crimson Raven can still stay hidden if she so desires, but you two are in the thick of it. What do you do? How's it going?

Pokémon: Start

@Old Amsterdam@Gardevoiran

'Ro-to-to-to-tom~' Rotom just made a taunting noise towards Alice and didn’t appear to be intending to make any sort of motion towards actually working to better its activities.

'Ha, ha, ha… I wish…' Vivia tilted her head a little, a resigned smile on her lips. Then, Alice suggested she left to adventure with them, and her eyes widened in realization at the invitation. 'Wa, huh? You’d wish to travel with me…?' She needed to process that for a bit. Then, she straightened up, put on a serious face more in line with her character image, and adjusted her glasses. 'Heh! Alright, then. For the time being, I would be happy to accompany you. I am rather inexperienced myself, but we can help each other out. It would be my pleasure,' she said, a slight smile appearing on her lips that she was trying to restrain.

Rhyperior was more than happy to be hugged. Now, the big rock was way too wide for Alice to actually hug around, and his own arms were a bit limited in ability to hug back due to same wideness, but…

'Rhy!' the Rhyperior called out happily and gave her a decently careful pat on the head with one of the huge rock-arms. 'Rhyperior!' He then waved to her when she said they’d see each other again, and looked quite blissfully happy. Jacques was at the side and looked on with a smirk.

Kalmia smiled at Skylar’s question, but shook her head. 'Nope. I’m afraid that in Pureplain City, you’re only going to find the pure and plain, at the very least when it comes to Flying-types.'

Anyways, that’ll be that. Though, at the side…

@Dusksong

Dei leapt before arriving at Skorupi, descending down on the scorpion from above.

'From above!' Oaken tried, and Skorupi tried.

'Skorupi…!' it announced, thrusting above it with a claw, trying to Knock-Off… but did it a slight bit too early. Missing, Skorupi got confused enough to open its eyes to see what was going on… right in time to see a Charmander falling down on it, burning tail first!

'SK-SKOO-!' Skorupi gave a small shout of panic before Dei smacked down into it, in whatever way he intended. The impact was enough to push Skorupi over the edge, and it slumped aside and rolled onto its back, fainted. The battle was over.

Eryn was victorious! Eryn gained 1000 P for winning!

Dei grew to Level 6!

'… Hmpf.' Oaken turned his head in slight regret to the right, then lifted his Pokéball to recall Skorupi. '… You followed my orders well towards the end. I suppose I cannot expect you to be perfect from the get-go. Well fought, I suppose.' He recalled Skorupi, and then turned to Eryn.

'You managed to turn a sure loss into a decisive win. Well done, I suppose. If I’m ever pushed into a corner… I’ll try to keep you in mind. I’ll see you in the Pokémon League.' … Oaken did not intend to stick along longer than that. He gave a nod to Jacques, who gave a nod back, before intending on walking off.

'I’ll waste some time at the Trainer’s School,' Oaken said, passing behind Rodger’s back.

'Got it! I’ll find you there when I’m done!' Rodger said, before turning back to the battle he was focused on.

Now, Eryn can stop Oaken before he walks off too far, if she wants to. After her victory, and if she hadn’t engaged in conversation or so, Eryn would be approached by Professor Kalmia.

'You two did great, Eryn, Dei! Well done! Now, I just need to give you these, and then you’re ready to get going!'

Eryn obtained 5 Pokéballs!!

'If you have any questions, I’m always just a call away!' So Kalmia said.

Now she can talk to the others, or whatever she wishes. Eryn, Skylar and Alice are currently in Pureplain City.

Pureplain City

Pureplain City is placed on the south-west brink of Isson, with the town facing the water and spreading quite far. The further in-town you go, the higher the buildings become, but the suburbs spread quite far. In terms of sheer landmass, it might even compete with Worldedge City, although maybe not in height. Life passes normally within this city. Children grow up alongside their parents in houses in the long, friendly streets. Jobs come from the depths of the town in the taller buildings. Schools grow from the reasonably high amount of children in need of tuition. And of course, there are lots of Pokémon.

In Pureplain City, human and Pokémon work together. Be it for manual labour or just for company, Pureplain houses often contain at least one house-hold Pokémon and there are many Trainer's Schools around the city have always been plentifully attended, not counting the recent drop of embarking trainers due to the Team Wars. In addition, Pureplain Harbor is known as the “Gateway of Isson”, as that’s where all the ferries from outside the region dock, giving life to quite the marketplace. A common attraction of the city is the Super Contest stage, but other than that, Pureplain remains what it has always been. Pure and plain.

Suggestions to actions

1. Find Pokémon. Can still search for Pokémon in towns~
2. Talk. In cities, there are considerably more people one can talk to. Specify what kind you’re looking for.
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 Buildings. Visit any of the facilities of the city!
6.1. Pokémon Center. Heal all your Pokémon.
6.2. PokéMart. Go to a store and buy things.
6.3. Gym. ???
6.4. Super Contests. Rank 2 / 4. Where hopefuls become idols!
6.5. Trainer’s School. Where young trainers study to become better. Has a little park of wild Pokémon.
6.6. Kalmia’s Lab. You know you’re always welcome.
6.7. Pureplain Harbor. Known as the Gateway of Isson, it has a marketplace and ferries to places.
7. Familiar Faces. Kalmia’s still in front of you, and then you have each other, of course, if you want to talk. Jacques is still here, as is Eryn and Oaken, Axl and Rodger. Vivia over there, Simon might be possible to catch up to.

Connected areas:
Route 1. Easier path, just follow the bigger road.
Route 2. Walk through quite an amount of suburbs until you eventually reach the path.
Sea. There’s water, alright. Can take you anywhere you want to go, assuming you have means to traverse it.

Pureplain City, known Pokémon

Common:
#16 Pidgey
#52 Meowth
#506 Lillipup

Uncommon:

Rare:
#353 Shuppet (night)

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@Rune_Alchemist

With his flames boosted by the flaring sun, Zeal fired off a magnificently huge, flaring Ember at the Taunted, String Shotted Lilligiant that could not get out of the way in time! The fireball impacted, and Lilligiant gave out a cry as the flames did their damage, leaving leaves seared and slightly burning… but still, Lilligiant was tough enough to weather at least one of those fireballs. A heavily damaged Lilligiant still employed Mega Drain once again, draining power from Zeal through some unnatural grass-typed power through the air that who knows how it actually works. … Still, with all likelihood Zeal just fired another Ember…

‘LILLIGAAAAAAAAAAANT!’

… And the humongous plant fell burned, the huge form falling over with a soft crunch as it impacted the wooden platform beneath it, the signs of burning String Shot strings still binding around it.

‘Hahahaha! String Shot plus Taunt. That’d do it. Good job! You took down my wall!’ Archie called out to Claire, smiling oh, so happily as he returned Lilligiant to her Pokéball. ‘So, since my wall is down, and I’d rather you don’t Taunt my other Pokémon, I suppose I’m switching to my cannon.’ Saying so, Archie lifted his hand, and Ramsey dropped a Pokéball into his master’s hand. Then, with a gleaming little smile, Archie called out his second Pokémon.

Hider because another huge Pokémon

‘Go! Sunfloorall!’

With a crash and a call, a second humongous plant now stood before Claire. One supremely giant sunflower with a gleam in its face.

‘Sunflora~!’

The giant Pokémon sounded out in a playful tone…

What the Pokédex shows…

Pokédex Entry #192 – Sunflora, the Sun Pokémon. It converts sunlight into energy. When the sun is out it constantly moves to face it, and its colours and expression grow more vibrant the sunnier the season is. In darkness, it closes its petals and becomes still, waiting for the sun to rise once again.

‘Solar Power,’ Archie started explaining without missing a beat. ‘Boosts the special attack of the Pokémon by a HUGE amount during harsh sunlight! But, each time it uses this, it hurts itself! What I’m saying is…’ Archie smiled so widely. ‘I think you’re better off dodging until Sunfloorall faints on his own~’

‘Sunfloorall!’ Archie commanded, and the huge sunflower was already directing its face towards the sun, absorbing enough power to start glowing…

‘So~lar~ge~ beam~!’

‘Suuuuun~!’

Claire and Zeal is given a small moment to react before a massive ray of all-consuming sunlight is unleashed in Zeal’s direction, and then promptly dragged around the battlefield as Sunfloorall moves a little to cause the beam to sweep over an area before finally running out of power. The sheer force of the nature-beam threw force Claire could feel herself pushed somewhat away from it, and assuming it didn’t hit Zeal straight on it then soared on into the horizon, eventually running out of juice and vanishing into nothing… until the next beam, which Sunfloorall was already starting to charge for immediately after finishing the previous one.

What would she and Zeal do now?

Pokémon: Start

@Dusksong Nicely posted. Yupp, that's cool. Now, excuse me for perhaps putting a lot in your section here, but I did want you to potentially talk to the other new trainers that just got out from their battles, heh.

@Old Amsterdam Heh. You want Vivia to hang on? Sure. Until I figure out something else I want her to do. Nicely posted.

@Gardevoiran I like the use of Water Gun there. Nicely posted. Yupp, now it's up to you guys where you want to go.

@Rune_Alchemist Nicely posted. Now, if you've read the IC post, I mostly intend that your next post is most likely the description of an attempted dodge and then your next plan of action. Teh-heh. Good luck with that.

@Eklispe Nicely posted. Alright, that's what Dawkin wants to do. Now, I'll post as soon as Joshua figures what he wants Amelia to do. Teh-heh.

@Demon Shinobi How's it going?

Beyond the Looking Glass: A CYOA Magical Girl Roleplay [Completed]

@Ariamis@DarkwolfX37 _{(The last because potentially spying, without which there may not even have been reason to write this NPC fight XD)}

Victoria looked annoyed as Su jumped off, frowning after them. ‘Tsk, I’m the one challenging you!’ … Though, then her focus turned to Helga, who was introducing herself. Victoria regained her grin. ‘Oh, well, you’ll do.’

Then… Helga blasted herself off towards Victoria with monstrous speed using her sound-cannons. ‘Wha-o,’ Out of nowhere, a shield of ice sprouted in front of Victoria while her arms made a cross to block the attack. Helga at that speed was way too powerful to be stopped by a mere sheet of ice, and promptly slammed through it. Upon impact, a burst of cold emanated from the shield before it in turn shot back into Victoria, who was launched back towards a building. However, despite the speed she was hit with, Victoria regained control in mid-air and kicked her legs and leaned one gauntlet back into the building, where ice froze around her feet and hand in such a way she was now solidly attached to the wall. She grinned at Helga.

‘Right! Okay, yeah, you’re probably faster and stronger than I am, hahaha! Stronger than me I’m used to, but faster? Woah. So this is a Magical Girl. Hahaha…’ Victoria grinned, somewhat. ‘Yet, you’ll fall to the same trick as monsters will, won’t you?’

… Upon impact with Victoria’s shield a burst of cold had shot out, and it was now settling on Helga. She’d feel the cold ice in the atmosphere attaching itself to her muscles, cold and crystalizing, seeking to restrain her movements. Not a lot right now, it had only been one impact, but it was there and promised to be a pain if the fight turned long.

Victoria manifested a longsword of ice in each gauntlet, long and beautiful, smiling at her opponent. ‘En garde~!’

If Helga had continued to hunt after Victoria after the first blow, then Victoria would have made her speech while on the defensive, dodging and creating blocks of ice to defend herself as Helga pursued, each hit to an icy blockade sending another burst of ice to collect around her and seeking to freeze her muscles and joints. If Helga paused after realizing the effect Victoria’s ice was having on her, then Victoria instead went on the offensive, slicing with swords of ice and hitting with gauntlets, not intending to let Helga have the chance to brush off Victoria’s ice or think of another strategy to counter Victoria’s strategy…

@BrokenPromise Meanwhile.

The eyepatched girl was already part-way turning around when Su floated up, lifting her metal hands in case she needed them in battle. Her one visible eye widened as Su threw the flash-stone. She lifted her huge metal hand in the direction, and from within her huge coat pieces of metal slunk out and flew to meet the stone… and then it flashed hard. ‘ACK!’ she made a noise.

Then, Su flew into the neighboring window. She came into an apartment with nothing of note, just bookshelves and couches and a TV, but a door deeper into the building and a path to where she had left the girl behind. She pressed on to search-

‘KAH!’ A giant metal hand burst through the wall between the girl and Su, the eyepatched bunny-coat girl grinning widely as she came through with quite a bit of wall debris. ‘TOO BAD! WRONG TARGET FOR A FLASHBANG! NOT VERY EFFECTIVE! HAHAHAHA!’ Saying so, the girl swiped with her metal hand, which was significantly larger than before and covered a significant amount of the height of the apartment. It seemed at first that she was too far away to hit with the swipe, the girl’s metal manipulation on her her own limbs extended the arm and thereby the swipe, intending the giant metal hand to tear through furniture and Magical Girl alike. While her visible eye was red and partly closed after the flash, she didn’t seem to be particularly pained by it, and neither did she seem blinded. Su had her job cut out for her yet.

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@DarkwolfX37

‘Hi. Enjoying the show?’

The Shion that had gotten closer to peek at the skeleton army and possibly the fight suddenly felt a shill of cold and notice another Victoria alike the one fighting had walking in beside her, identical to the one down there currently fighting Helga. Now, duplication should not be a foreign concept to Shion, but still. Another Victoria was right there beside her all of a sudden, smiling slyly at her.

Beyond the Looking Glass: A CYOA Magical Girl Roleplay [Completed]

‘We’ve picked out a few suitable spots,’ Freya said, looking out over the vast table in this dining hall of Mariette’s new gothic mansion HQ. Numerous girls were gathered in this dreary room, lit by a luminescent glow emitted from the floor. It was Mariette, Freya, Suzette and Tullia. None of the latter three girls were transformed, which most likely made them look out of place in this shiver-inducing place to call home. Mariette, the only one transformed, simply stood as always, clutching her bunny. She looked over the noted which the kimono-clad Freya had presented, letting the others talk, only speaking when needed to.

‘However, the town is, rather frankly, a mess.’ Freya continued.

‘Messes are good for us, makes it easier to act without being noticed,’ Suzette giggled a little, looking over the map.

‘Normally, I’d agree,’ Freya looked to Suzette. ‘Except there are powerful forces creating said mess. They’re unpredictable, and if they turned on us at the wrong moment we might be facing a force we’d have trouble contending with. As it is, our operation faces risks from unknown forces that’d attack just for the sake of it.’

‘Oooh, scary. Very well, then,’ Suzette kept a smile, looking over the map.

‘So… What do we do, then?’ Tullia asked, eyes unsure and folding her arms, looking from Freya to Mariette.

The list was a bit more extensive than Mariette would have wanted it, and it seemed like more would be appearing. However, her eyes lingered on a name…

All their phones rang. The fact the phones rang even though they were in this shut-off region of space meant it was one of their own. They took out the phones from their pockets, and put to their ears as a single voice spoke to each of them, briefing them on the current situation. Tullia’s eyes widened a bit in alarm. Suzette’s lips curled in the slightest of a smile. Freya frowned just a little. Mariette’s expression did not change at all. This was just normal, after all.

_{‘Damn it, Victoria…’} Tullia muttered.

‘Sooo, seems like some of our own are doing their own thing,’ Suzette giggled. ‘What do we do, oh fearless leader?’ she asked, looking to Mariette. Freya also opted to do so. Mariette was still looking at the name. As terrible as this was, there were objectives that could be accomplished today. The events at hand could be used as distraction. In addition, she was interested in…

She made up her mind.

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Once again, Eli sat and scouted in the real world. Her other duties done, other girls out on missions and Mariette handling those that weren’t, Eli finally had some time over she didn’t need to manage Mariette’s new mansion on. And… she used it to scout. There was something therapeutic about just focusing on a simple mission in the real world, lazily concealing herself with her Darkness magic and keeping an eye on an individual.

Today’s target, whom Eli spied through a window from one of the nearby trees, was one miss Brittany Todd, the Mini Mystic. The young-looking magician was an alchemist of some prowess, though most of the time she was just cooking up absolutely nothing of note, just things that spontaneously lit on fire, changed the size of her table, or made everything in the room green for a couple of seconds. Brittany seemed to have a lot of fun, but she didn’t appear to be capable enough to actually be an asset to Mariette.

While her unpredictability could be masking a massive capability, there was a problem with trying to capture her. Brittany had the “Get Out Of Jail Free” card up her sleeve, which they knew because it wouldn’t be the first time someone tried to kidnap her for her alchemy skills. She was, of a fashion, uncapturable and an eternally free soul. That said, there were still ways to take advantage of her by offering her a deal, but it was hard to say if the mini mystic would even be interested in such an-

Her phone started buzzing, vibrating within Eli’s slime body. It was honestly uncomfortable. Because of the arrangement they made, everyone in the team carried phones, including the one with no clothes and a slime-body. She had it on sound-less with minimal vibration to indicate calling, but having something there and having to press around herself to keep it there was rather annoying. She pushed it through herself so the phone exited out her shoulder so she could place it next to her ear, as to listen in on the conversation.

Oh. Something was going down. And… she had orders.

Eli launched herself onto the roof of Brittany’s home, looking out in a different direction. Something was happening, and Mariette was using it as a distraction. It was time to tip our hands a little, then.

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@BrokenPromise @Ariamis

A girl in purple stood as bewitched, in a small witch-hat looking over the horde of approaching skeletons. Helga called out to her, and her face immediately contorted in a wicked little smile as she turned to face them.

‘… Teh-heh. You’re talking to me? Magical Girls talking to me. Hahaha,’ she said, an aura of chill around the purple little witch. In body, she was but 9 years old. ‘Nah. I don’t feel like fighting monsters tonight. I’ve fought nothing but monsters for so, so many years. With nothing but Tullia to accompany me, I’ve been used to hunt monster, after monster, after monster… It has been ages. We still lived in cottages and castles when I started,’ she said and giggled a bit. ‘As a result, I’m pretty boss at monsters, now. These… these have a purpose. They were summoned here by someone, and commands were put inside their dumb heads. Who did it, and why? I dunno, and I’m not interested, either,’ the girl shrugged, still smiling. ‘That said, they make excellent bait for Magical Girls!’

The girl’s gaze sharpened, her legs parted and she lifted her fists, which froze icy gauntlets around her hands as she took what was unmistakably a battle-stance, the air itself around her cooling numerous degrees. ‘I’m the “Frostbite”, Victoria Tretyakova! You’ll make this fun for us, won’t you?’

‘Heeeey! Frosty!’ Another girl yelled out from an adjacent window, with two great metal hands holding the railings. This girl had arms and legs of metal, white hair and eyepatch under a massive black coat which hood somewhat resembled a bunny. Sticking out from said coat were two massive metal hands. She looked rather excited. ‘Are we starting? The ice restraining our monster is about to melt!’

‘Fu-fu. Let it! Just didn’t want her to be the first thing they saw!’ Victoria simply replied, which the eyepatched girl replied to by nodding excitedly and then spinning around and running into the apartment for the moment.

Now, that was a lot of talking, so it is reasonable they got time to do stuff if they felt like it, like completely ignore her if they so choose, or whatever else. What would Su and Helga do?

Now, while Victoria was completely ignoring the skeletons, that didn’t necessarily mean the skeletons would be ignoring her… but that’s up to the GM.