PlatinumSkink

Pokémon: Start

@Dusksong

The fisherman was about to answer, closing his eyes and opening his mouth wide, but Eryn stopped him. He then looked at her quizzically, but as it turned out she had made her decision. Instead, he gave a light smirk and refocused on the water. Swampert was continuing to attempt resting while Vaporeon was gazing at Eryn and her little, now one Pokémon larger, gang.

Magikarp was caught!

Gender: ♀
Type: Water
Personality: (Up to player.)
Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other: (Up to player.)
Level: 5
Moves: Splash
Ability: Rattled. Boosts speed if hit by a Dark, Bug or Ghost-type move.
Held Item: None.

New Pokémon caught! Eryn earned 500 P!

Would you like to give a nickname to Magikarp?

And yes, she did.

A note on water-only Pokémon. In order to make them not extremely circumstantial to use, upon exiting their Pokéballs they’re surrounded a small bubble of water that floats in mid-air and allow them to swim about over solid ground. This bubble only interacts with the water-Pokémon itself, meaning it doesn’t protect them from physical harm and they can’t suffocate anyone in the bubble. They can only hover a reasonable height from the ground, preventing them from flying over ground-based Pokémon. This is all for the convenience to be able to use them in proper battles.

Eryn offered the rod back to the fisherman.

‘Huff. You’re free to have it if you want, we have lots of extra to give to possible fishing enthusiasts. But if you feel it’ll only take up space, I can take it back,’ he replied, and would take the rod if Eryn was still set on giving it back after that, otherwise he’d let her have it. He’d then raise an eyebrow at that she apparently wanted his contact info, somewhat surprised.

‘Huh. Alright. I’m Darryl, and I’m most commonly found… just about here and Pureplain, if you want to find me. Sometimes I go on trips to the oceans of Fairsea, but that’s about it,’ he told her, handing over his contact information. After that, they said their goodbyes, Darryl wishing her good luck on her journey, Swampert grunting something and Vaporeon giving a bit of a happy call that translated to “thanks for making the evening slightly interesting”. With that, Eryn moved on towards the Infested Woods.

The Infested Woods loomed ahead, the trees tight and between all the dark trees in the night she could see… light?

Now Entering

Outer Infested Woods

The woods glows. Despite being in the dead of night, the contents of this wood is positively glittering. Almost everywhere you look, there are shining lights swirling around the trees, flowing along the winds of the woods. It’s a bright dance of yellow light that encompasses everything forwards, shielding the woods from being peeked further into.

The floors of the woods are naturally wet, the waters of the Dragon Lake flowing south and nourishing the woods, giving plenty in the kind of water needed to sustain the woods, and the puddles are excellent for the breeding of bugs. That is the kind of world you’ve stepped into.

Pokédex Entry #314 – Illumise, the Firefly Pokémon. They draw complex patterns in the night sky using Volbeats by attracting them with their sweet aroma, and use this to gain respect among other Illumise. For every Illumise, there’s usually a swarm of Volbeats right behind.

Pokédex Entry #313 – Volbeat, the Firefly Pokémon. Volbeats live in forested areas with supplies of clean water. Their tails light up in the dark or during the night to communicate, and are known to draw geometric shapes in the night sky. They're attracted to Illumise's sweet aroma.

So, there’s a metric tonne of Volbeats flying in every perceivable direction, which is the source of this light. One could see where the sweet aroma of Illumise could be smelled in the air as the swarms flew steadily in those directions, before circling back. They were so many, it made the lights shine in numbers enough that one barely saw anything other than the moving lights, causing the woods to glow.

You’re not alone. There are quite a few humans that have gathered here, from Bug Catchers with a more simple quests of catching bug-Pokémon to common people or couples that came here entirely to see the light-show that the Pokémon were conducting. A few Illumise were competing with one another having their Volbeats create patterns, of spheres, triangles, spheres with triangles sticking out around like a sun in the night sky, formed like a large human in the sky or like star signs created on whims. It was quite the display, and on the ground it was accompanied by the music of Kricketots hitting their antenna together, causing it to sound like a gentle orchestra of xylophones. Humans sat around smiling at the skies with each other’s company just to experience this spectacle of sound and sight around small campfires to keep warm.

There’s a hut standing here, on the outskirts of the woods. There’s a sign on the outside saying “We’ll heal your Pokémon for 100 P!”. … Yupp, that’s here.

This is the more recreational part of Infested Woods, the safer part that new trainers was recommended to stick to. Going further in would lead to True Infested Woods, as per what Eryn in the library earlier. Now, she could just move past here into the wilder forest, but perhaps she wanted something here, too?

Other common Pokémon here

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

Pokédex Entry #265 – Wurmple, the Worm Pokémon. It lives in tall grass and inside forests. Using the spikes on its rear end, it peels off the bark from trees and eats the sap that oozes out. Often the target of bird-Pokémon, it defends itself with poison released from its spikes.

Pokédex Entry #401 – Kricketot, the Cricket Pokémon. It shakes its head back and forth, causing its antenna to hit each other and sound like a xylophone. It chats with other Kricketots this way, and also accidentally make the sound when they stumble on their short legs. They’re the most active during and are associated with fall.

Suggestions to actions

1. Find Pokémon. Can be specified what kind of Pokémon is being searched for, and how you search.
2. Train Pokémon. With this command, we can jump ahead in time and skip posting about grinding.
3. Seek trainers. Though most people around here seems to just be people enjoying the view together or alone.
4. Talk. There are some people around, enjoying the evening in the woods. Maybe speak with them if you want.
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: Heal at the hut (100p). It’s still open at night! 24 hour support!
10. Area Specific: Delve Deeper. What might await in the deeper regions of the woods…?
11. Area Specific: Enjoy the Show. Might not serve much purpose, but… It’s a spectacle, isn’t it?

Connected areas:
Route 2. Close, can easily get there without complication.
Wet Caverns. Requires a bit of a walk alongside the outer regions of the woods.

Outer Infested Woods, known Pokémon

Common:
#10 Caterpie
#265 Wurmple
#313 Volbeat
#314 Illumise
#401 Kricketot (night)

Uncommon:
#165 Ledyba

Rare:
“Queen”

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@Lo

Erza started training Growlithe and luckily started out fighting two Bellsprouts, who only had Vine Whip to defend themselves against Growlithe… but then he tried against a Shroomish and got instantly paralyzed by a Stun Spore. After a tackling and biting contest Growlithe was still victorious, though he took some considerable damage and is paralyzed. However, he got something for the effort.

Growlithe grew to level 7! Growlithe learned Ember!

… Hm? There’s something on the ground here, that Erza just happened to walk past during the visit to the forest. It’s a…?

Erza obtained a Shiny Stone!

Curious thing to just find on the forest floor. Regardless. What’s his next action?

Suggestions to actions

1. Find Pokémon. Specify if you’re looking for a specific kind of Pokémon in the forest.
2. Train Pokémon. With this command, we can jump ahead in time and skip posting about grinding.
3. Move along. Move along normally, letting any events that may come happen naturally.
4. Hurry along. Intentionally avoid confrontations and try to get safely to the next destination.
5. Specify. If you specify what you want to do, the GM will take it into account and tell the result.
6. Trigger random event. Force the GM to use his imagination to make a scenario for you.
7. Area Specific: Follow the Arcs. They seem to be standing randomly, but if you follow them anyways…?

Connected areas:
Route 3. To the east.
Route 11. If you head directly north for a while.
Silent Shrine. Go south, you should be able to find the road there.

Northern Silent Forest known Pokémon

Common:
#69 Bellsprout
#285 Shroomish
#669 Flabébé

Uncommon:
#209 Snubbull
#300 Skitty

Rare:
#280 Ralts

Pokémon: Start

@prettydrops Nicely posted. Though, this is a regular encounter right now. I'm not intending on spicing it up particularly. So, what'll they do?

@Gardevoiran Your Celebrity rolled pretty good on her sing-roll. Hahahaha. In any case. Nicely posted. Do you want to do this battle the faster way or the really slow way? Hahaha.

@Eklispe@Joshua Tamashii I started typing and then I realized I needed your input. So, er. What do you do?

@Rune_Alchemist Nope, Archie does not understand. In any case. Nicely posted. I will say we'll probably speed up any rematch so you don't have to fight through it all like that again! ... Unless you want to, I suppose!

@Lo Welcome back, heh. Nicely posted. In any case. There's north Silent Forest and south Silent Forest. You didn't specify, because I didn't really show you that it was an option, so I picked one.

@Dusksong Happy to see you post again! You worried me there for a bit, hah. Nicely posted. Have a little talk.

Pokémon: Start

@prettydrops

Qwerty used Conversion2! Qwerty transformed into the Fire type!

With that, Qwerty hunted out after the Growlithe. She unleashed a Psybeam, which hit the puppy Pokémon straight on. Because of a combination of higher level and a pretty powerful move Growlithe took the majority of its health from the blow, frowning and looking back at Qwerty.

‘… Rowl!’ Growlithe returned it by sending another Ember back, which impacted Qwerty! But, due to Conversion2, this time it was not very effective! Qwerty took only a small amount of damage and was in a good state to counter, or whatever she wanted to do!

That is, Qwerty is most assuredly winning this fight like this. What’s Qwerty and Valen’s course of action?

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@Gardevoiran

‘Heh,’ Earl gave the slightest of a smile. ‘I have tried that already. However, I am up for trying it again… on the ground,’ Earl said.

They probably eventually get down to the ground, and Earl brought with him one of the Beduws, which he then lobbed forward at something that resembled a bunch of grass that could be fought on.

‘Alright, let’s do this,’ … After Seabreeze had woken up.

Herbalist Earl wants to fight!

‘I’ll start with Budew,’ Earl says, gesturing to his Pokémon.

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.

‘Budew!’

Yupp.

Meanwhile, Celebrity started singing to Venonat and Vivia.

'Wait, I-!'
‘Veno-!’

Both individuals sounded out somewhat in panic, before Celebrity’s song penetrated their ears, and… both promptly fell asleep, not fast enough to do anything to change their fates.

Venonat fell asleep!
Vivia fell asleep!

Celebrity stands victorious by the sleeping forms of both the Venonat and the trainer. If this was the intention or not is up to Celebrity.

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@Eklispe@Joshua Tamashii

Gengar and Cofagrigus took a moment waiting for the army to pass, and then moved onwards. … It appears they’re intending on approaching the opponents head on. Does the two of them have better ideas?

A Map

Meanwhile. To outline the brief adventure of Joshua off-screen.

If he wanted a Sigilyph, he’d find one. They’re Uncommon down here, but spend long enough and you will run into one.

As for saving the young girl’s father, that probably went off without a hitch. The question then was if he was then sent to find more backup outside the base, if he proceeded to head deeper inside to attempt to save his daughter or if Joshua just brought him to the entrance or so.

Regardless, indeed. The thundering sound of quite a few Goletts marshing upon the exit is approaching, with Honedges and Bronzors floating along joining them in their endeavours… Will result in quite a battle quite soon.

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@Rune_Alchemist

‘… Eh? Why?’ Archie asked, his eyes wide and his expression one of utter confusion. Bellawesome as well looked over at her, looking surprised. Ramsey, however, shook his head a bit.

‘Young master, I bid you to accept the young lady’s decision. She has her pride as a Pokémon trainer, and you should respect it,’ Ramsey told, and Archie looked up at him, still with the expression of confusion.

‘I don’t… get it. But… okay,’ Archie said, sounding disappointed as he looked towards Bellawesome and Ralia. ‘Bellawesome,’

CHING

Ralia fainted!

‘Loss,’ After an exceedingly fast last swipe of her sword, Bellawesome made a similarly disappointed sound while letting her Leaf Blade blow off into the winds as regular leaves after she let go of it. She turned and returned towards Archie, who looked to Claire while still looking remarkably confused.

‘… I’ll expect you to come back, okay?’ Archie said, before turning around and dashing straight off the platform onto the sea of trees, joining the Pokémon he had been previously playing with. Meanwhile, Ramsey headed over to Claire.

‘May I escort you down, miss Claire?’

With the assumption she’d then head down and get her Pokémon healed…

Stillwood Village

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.

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.

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…

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.

if she went to the Pokémon Center (which, by all means, don’t if you don’t want to, but)

‘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!’

Claire’s in Stillwood Village. What does she want to do now.

Suggestions to actions, Stillwood Village

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. Archie’s Grass-type 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?

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.

Stillwood Village, known Pokémon

Common:
#44 Oddish
#187 Hoppip
#188 Skiploom
#285 Shroomish
#315 Roselia
#406 Budew

Uncommon:
#45 Gloom

Rare:

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@Lo

Erza went by the two boys on their way out and then himself went to pray at the altar. He prayed for a thrilling adventure, perhaps the luck to run into some rare Pokémon and whatnot… Was that a glimmer of light from the idol? Nah, probably a trick of light.

Regardless, he was soon enough turning to head off into the Silent Forest proper. Within, he would find that the skies above darkened under the thickness of the crowns and the clouds gathering overhead. And then, rain fell upon his steps, as the forest before him lit up with mysterious light in the silence…

Arriving at…

Northern Silent Forest

Before you lies a forest, dark to the sight but that is mostly due to the clouds gathered overhead. Unlike on Route 3, however, the thickness of the trees prevent actually seeing above the trees. The place has a lonely feeling, made only worse by the constant downpour which is the rain around Rainrock City, yet the place is filled with things one would not expect. There are lanterns shining blue light in the trees, there are arcs around the forest for unknown reasons that sometimes look like they’re glowing themselves. There were definitely mystifying powers at work here, these wooden arcs standing as if guiding the way somewhere, yet they lead nowhere, and are strewn around seemingly randomly.

True to its name, other than the rain barely any sounds come from within the forest. And yet, among the trees, small creatures dwell. Despite the lonely feeling, it is hard to look in a direction and not seemingly see a sign of movement. On the ground, smaller grass-type creatures were invariably found, while larger creatures that enjoy the rain could also be expected. But most of all, the air was populated by small, floating flowers, and the tiny denizens on top of them… This place was fairly well known for the fairies that inhabited it. If you’re looking for a place to name the Fairy Forest of Isson… This is a good candidate.

Within here, three species of Pokémon are common enough to find anywhere. In the air, small fairies clutching flowers flew about…

Pokédex Entry #669 – Flabébé, the Single Bloom Pokémon. At the beginning of its life, this fairy picks a flower that then becomes a part of its body. It can draw out and control the hidden power of flowers, whatever that means. When it floats in the wind, any troubles in its heart is said to wane.

… And two kinds of small grass-type Pokémon made their home, Shroomishes and Bellsprouts enjoying the rainy forest.

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.

Pokédex Entry #69 – Bellsprout, the Flower Pokémon. A carnivorous plant, it traps and eats bugs to eat. It can root itself deep into the ground to drink, or uproot itself to move. It’s skinny body is extremely flexible to avoid attacks, and its speed with its Vine Whips at prey are said to be blindingly fast. It loves hot and humid places.

So, what would Erza do from here?

Suggestions to actions

1. Find Pokémon. Specify if you’re looking for a specific kind of Pokémon in the forest.
2. Train Pokémon. With this command, we can jump ahead in time and skip posting about grinding.
3. Move along. Move along normally, letting any events that may come happen naturally.
4. Hurry along. Intentionally avoid confrontations and try to get safely to the next destination.
5. Specify. If you specify what you want to do, the GM will take it into account and tell the result.
6. Trigger random event. Force the GM to use his imagination to make a scenario for you.
7. Area Specific: Follow the Arcs. They seem to be standing randomly, but if you follow them anyways…?

Connected areas:
Route 3. To the east.
Route 11. If you head directly north for a while.
Silent Shrine. Go south, you should be able to find the road there.

Northern Silent Forest known Pokémon

Common:
#69 Bellsprout
#285 Shroomish
#669 Flabébé

Uncommon:
#209 Snubbull
#300 Skitty

Rare:
#280 Ralts

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@Dusksong

She got a few pointers from the fisherman who was clearly experienced in the art of giving fishing pointers and soon enough she got something into the water.

‘’Pert,’ Swampert simply replied to the question of if it had been a long day, looking pretty tired.

‘We went up extra late for this. Not that you’d see it by looking at this guy,’ the fisherman declared, pointing a thumb over at the Swampert. But, then there were the other questions.

‘Water-type, huh,’ the fisherman commented, pulling and throwing out his line again. ‘Then it depends mostly on what kind of water-type you want. This is freshwater, you’re not going to find any salt-water fish in this. The best fishing spots are actually around the middle of the lake, but the problem with fishing there is that your boat is going to be assaulted by Carvanhas, which isn’t pleasant. We’re all dreaming of the day we fish up a Feebas, but that ain’t happening,’ he said with a sigh.

‘Otherwise you should find some of them in Wet Caverns. If you’d rather have a sea-worthy fish, then suppose you’ll need to head north past Rainrock City until you finally reach a sea-route. Dragon-type, however. Yeah, they’re here. The Lakewatchers that patrol the lake will prevent you from catching them, though. They defend the dragons from poachers… as well as from everyone else, including trainers. That said, they murmur that there’s a place in Wet Caverns where a dragon might be caught without their supervision… dunno where it is, though,’ the fisherman shrugged and continued.

‘Wet Caverns and Infested Forest both work for training. If you find either too tough, you can always head back and head north via Route 1 instead, far easier. … Infested Forest is known to be a place for Bug-types, but some people claim they’ve seen ghosts in there, too. Heh, who knows? Might have just seen a shadow move or something. Eh, I dunno.’

‘Swaaamp,’ Swampert suddenly stated.

‘You’re about to have a bite,’ the fisherman translated.

If she pulled at this moment…!

Pulled a…!

Pokédex Entry #129 – Magikarp, the Fish Pokémon. While known for being extremely weak and washed away by even the weakest current, Magikarp can survive even in the most polluted of water. They’re incredibly fertile and have spread to waters all around the world. They jump fairly high, and older Magikarps are known to brave mountains with these jumps, seeking evolution.

… So, maybe not the most epic catch ever, but it’s a Magikarp that she could capture if she so felt like it. And yes, Magikarp lives in all waters.

What would Eryn do now?

Capes of Denver: A Worm RP

Creep

Sheila Hopkins

Outside Rockers HQ

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A situation emerged. The two in the lobby had emerged. The archer finally appeared, and Creep finally recognized him. He was a former member of the Minutemen, she had seen him due to Viola being a fan of them. That, and another hero she recognized appeared. Guardian Angel, who had been sighted around Denver. They had fired on… that was Swarm, wasn’t it? Swarm and an ally. That meant they were not on the same side. Two possibilities. The two heroes had teamed up to take on the Rockers and Swarm had been there by coincidence… or they were there because they were attacking by orders of the Community. Either way, it didn’t really matter, all that mattered was that Mire pulled back-

The sirens rang. Sirens that Creep knew the meaning of, but had always assumed she would never have to hear them. No matter where in the world it would sound, it couldn’t be in her Denver. Her eyes widened, as she realized all which this meant. An Endbringer was coming… and she was in command of a gang that had the power to help. She had the power to help. Oh, god.

But before all of that.

Mire was clawing at her face, and Creep realized with a start what she was going to do. Creep panicked.

‘Mire! Stop!’ Creep shouted out, putting all the sharpness she could manage into her voice as she dropped all invisibility for the moment and stepping numerous steps forward. The mouth-mask and voice-changer she had over her mouth underneath her blindfold was blocking some of the sounds, and she wanted to shout as clearly as she could, so without thinking she gripped and pulled it down to shout the next part. ‘YOU’LL BE MARKED FOR DEATH!’

Of course, Mire wasn’t listening. That’s about as much Creep may have had time to do before everything else in the scene had to happen.

@BCTheEntity@Lemonzest1337@Spiffy

Capes of Denver: A Worm RP

Creep

Sheila Hopkins

Outside Rockers HQ

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No attacks came after them. That’s nice. However, they probably heard, so there was no reason to become complacent.

Unfortunately, there was likely no chance to rescue anyone else from the building. The only one there was still hope for was Mire. There were at least four hostiles here, the two in the lobby Mire was fighting were not the same two that her grunt in the building had reported about. They would lose an extended encounter here. She needed to think of the bigger picture. The Community was attacking all over, right?

She quickly took out her phone and typed “current state and location?” and sent it to the shortcut for all Rockers. Sure, that meant Salem would get it, too, but she needed to know the state of her forces. Forces that didn’t reply meant either taken out or unwilling to continue fighting. The latter was an acceptable choice, all Rockers knew that, because she had told them earlier. If in a group, only one per group needed to reply. The intention of the messages was to get a grasp of how many usable forces she still had, and where they were. Her own phone was still in the state that the only reaction to getting a message was the phone screen lighting up.

That’s when Mire burst out of the front of the building, making Creep flinch but also making her realize the time for action was here. This wasn’t a fight they wanted to fight, so if they could get Mire to pull back, that’d be great. To start with, Creep directed light so she’d show herself to Mire while still hiding herself in other directions, and made a wave with her hand to indicate the direction to move… only to realize Mire’s face was covered with some form of light. She looked like she couldn’t see. Darn it, Creep cursed internally.

‘Block the entrance,’ Creep whispered sharply to Salem, then pulled his arm to follow because she still intended to hide him behind her as best she could, trying to keep herself in-between the HQ and Salem as they hurried. She attempted to get as close to Mire as possible without getting gassed, while also putting some distance between herself and the HQ so the enemy couldn’t overhear.

‘We need to leave, fight them where we have the advantage. This way, follow my voice,’ Creep started, hoping to lord Mire was listening. She made ready to dodge arrows or projectiles while also keeping view of all around her to look for where an enemy might peek out, but otherwise simply prepare to run away with Salem if Mire actually obliged.

She was invisible and tried to hide Salem too for the entity of this post, though her range is only one meter.

@BCTheEntity@Lemonzest1337@Spiffy

Fire Emblem: A Blinding Light

@Rune_Alchemist@Eklispe

Notably, it wasn’t that Zane had been protecting his ally, the motivation had been that said ally was in the way for Zane getting into combat. That aside.

Titania jumped up and took a ride with Isolde while Aldo jumped up and took a ride with Servus. Zane did a final attack which was aimed at Isolde, but Isolde’s swing with the halberd mitigated it enough so that she could take the rest with her defense. Then, the two wyverns swooped off, carrying them all away from that particular alley.

‘HEY! YOU CAN’T DO THAT! COME BACK!’ Zane shouted out after them in frustration. However, they were gone by then.

They then headed towards the exit and dropped off their passengers a bit later. Or they could still be on, if so desired.

@Apollosarcher@Crimson Raven

Viridia blinked just a little in surprise with Marwood praising her and potentially unintentionally suggesting another potential future for her. A Knight of Renais… She nodded to him, her mind still a bit riled up but replying the way she had been trained to.

‘Yes, sir!’

Then Viridia was commanded by Kara to go deal with the two Mercenaries with Osmund. She could do that.

‘Hoho! Leave it to me!’ Osmund declared, turning and charging at one of the Mercenaries over there. The Mercenary he faced blinked at him, but saw how unskilled his posture looked and grinned, thinking he had this. Osmund charged on, and the Mercenary easily jumped over Osmund’s lance and chopped down at Osmund’s shoulder to deal some damage! … Only to find his sword completely repelled by Osmund’s armour and then finding that Osmund did not stop to have a regular battle but charged forth and knocked his whole shoulder into the jumping Mercenary’s stomach, the Mercenary then knocked back with a serious slam to his body. The Mercenary toppled to the surprising blow.

‘Huff! That’s how you do it!’ Osmund bragged, leaning his lance on his shoulder overlooking his handiwork.

Viridia dashed in next to Osmund at the other Mercenary. That Mercenary was a bit more cautious, and able to draw his blade to counter her attack, but they were evenly matched. Sword and lance clashed a couple of times as Viridia focused on her opponent and their weapons danced in a D-rank weapon-skill clash, but to any observer it was clear that Viridia had the upper hand due to Weapons Triangle. Assuming she made no dumb mistakes, she’d have this fight, even if it’d take more than one round to secure it.

While the two of them were doing that, the Kara and Marwood had their own things to take care of.

Kara charged at the Fighter in the line, who’d been mostly focused on trying to follow his boss. However, then Kara came thundering over, and… well, there wasn’t much other than a panicked cry before he was slammed out of the way by a huge dragon.

After that, Marwood rode straight past and engaged the Soldier that was just stumbling out of the woods next to the colosseum. He gave a slight shout of panic as Marwood outpaced him and ran him through with his lance…

‘THAT… WAS A POOR DECISION!’ the commander shouted out, turning around and grinning at them. ‘WHO CARES IF IT’S A DRAGON!? ATTACK! ATTACK, ATTACK, ATTACK!’

The two suddenly found themselves attacked. Marwood was attacked by two Mercenaries, jumping and swinging their swords at him. While the lance’s weapon advantage and overall superior skill meant he could dodge one of them, the other got in a decent hit only because the two of them were teaming up on him. He didn’t take much damage, he was more experienced, but it was a bit of a warning that perhaps there were consequences of running off without backup.

Meanwhile, Zane overruled the other Knights, particularly the one who wanted back to guard the door, directing them to attack Kara. They ran forth and surrounded her, stabbing forth with their lances, but their attacks were nothing compared to their commander. Zane came running with numerous grudges burning through his system as he plunged forth his lance where Kara had settled after her attack on the eliminated Fighter. With superb experience, she wouldn’t be able to avoid Zane’s charge and find that his lance met her hide. And- it hurt! Zane’s strength proved itself a class of its own compared to his soldiers and capable of piercing her scales. Staying like this would be dangerous, even for her.

‘HAHAHA! I’VE TAKEN ON YOUR KIND BEFORE!’ Zane shouted out at her, lance ready for combat. ‘DON’T DISAPPOINT ME!’

[@-nobody]

Meanwhile, the Soldier to the east was considering his choices… when a dark spell suddenly rose from the ground and slammed him down and out.

‘There we go. This way, they’ve have cleared the path for us,’ Voss said, leading the way for Romilda.

‘Hmpf,’ Romilda simply made a noise, letting herself be rescued and following the instructions. They had just exited the house to the east, where the rest of them had also come from, and was heading south.

[@-elsewhere]

The axe-fighter and the cart leaving and the nearby Mercenaries engaged in battle, Hevel and the opposing thief found themselves by themselves. Hevel gave his opponent a little smile.

‘Heh, guess it’s just you and me and-’ Hevel started to the other thief… when this thief suddenly spun 180 degrees and fled at full speed. ‘-huh,’ Hevel finished up the noise he was making, looking over where the opponent thief was running and himself standing there sort of lost.

So, what was happening now?

_{Support
Marwood/Kara -> 1 (for cooperation hunting down the Soldier)
Osmund/Viridia -> 4}

Current Injuries: Marwood took a light blow to the side from one of the Mercenaries.
Kara has been stabbed by Zane. Zane is pretty strong, that wound might want to get looked at.

Noteworthy Movement: The Thief on the left is running north after having noticed the failing trend. He intends to inform the higher-ups.

Changed map details

Notable Individuals;

Blue, Allied Units

Left Blue Wyvern Rider

Isolde - Clumsy, but reliable Wyvern knight.
Weapon Mastery: Axe: D
Level: 5
Equipment and Items: Halberd, Tactician’s Stone

Blue Cavalier

Marwood - The prince of Renais with a good heart and a rebellious streak, cares deeply for others.
Weapon Mastery: Sword: C, Lance: D
Level: 4
Equipment and Items: Reginleif, Steel Sword, Tactician’s Stone, 5,000G

Blue Cleric

Titania - A tough healer from Rausten, she forges her own path to help as many people as she can.
Weapon Mastery: Staff: D
Level: 5
Equipment and Items: Heal, Mend, Tactician’s Stone, Fire Emblem

Blue Shaman

Aldo - A shaman researcher and advisor on things magic in service of Grado. Magically gifted and incurably serious.
Weapon Mastery: Dark: E
Level: 2
Equipment and Items: Flux, Vulnerary, Guiding Ring, Tactician’s Stone x4.

Blue Manakete

Kara - Mature and worldly Manakete with a strong wanderlust and an even stronger appetite.
Weapon Mastery: Stone: D
Level: 6
Equipment and Items: Dragonstone, Vulnerary (2 uses)

Right Blue Wyvern Rider

Servus - Abandoned his home as a rogue mercenary. Adores his rare wyvern, Amboli.
Weapon Mastery: Axe: D
Level: 6
Equipment and Items: Halberd, Vulnerary, Pure Water

Blue Knight

Osmund – A Grado Knight from the countryside. Inexperienced warrior with intimidating visage.
Weapon Mastery: Lance: E
Level: 2
Equipment and Items: Iron Lance, Vulnerary, Antitoxin

Blue Soldier

Viridia - Daughter of a Jehannan hero. Serious, righteous and dependable.
Weapon Mastery: Lance: D
Level: 3
Equipment and Items: Iron Lance

Green, Other Forces

Thief

Hevel - A young man on an aimless journey. A timid but humane thief that often monologues with himself.
Weapon Mastery: Sword: D
Level: 3
Equipment and Items: Iron Sword, Lockpick

Green Shaman

Voss - Scholarly Shaman of Grado. Usually prefers the company of books over people.
Weapon Mastery: Dark: C
Level: 4
Equipment and Items: Flux, Nosferatu, Vulnerary

Green Summoner in Cell

Romilda – Notorious dark-magic criminal. Captured and had her magic sealed by Rioga.
Weapon Mastery: N/A (sealed)
Level: ???
Equipment and Items: ---

Red, Invaders

Red Knight Boss

Zane - Former knight of Grado, now a commander of Jehanna. Craves battle and greater challenges.
Weapon Mastery: Lance: C
Level: 12
Equipment and Items: Iron Lance

Red Warrior on throne

Nurit - Second-in-Command of Rhodri’s Wheel Guild. A hearty girl with a vicious battle-lust who feels at home at sea.
Weapon Mastery: Axe: ???, Bow: ???
Level: ???
Equipment and Items: Killer Axe, Steel Bow, Hero Crest

Red Wyvern Knight next to throne

Nadir - Second-in-Command of Eira’s Storm Guild. A charming man who dutifully takes care of all Eira can’t handle.
Weapon Mastery: Axe: ???, Lance: ???
Level: ???
Equipment and Items: Spear, Elysian Whip

Enemy Base Level: 2
Enemy Base Weapon Mastery: E
Enemy Equipment Quality: Iron
Notable Deviations: STORMBELLOWS! lies dropped behind Kara. _{Functionally an Iron Axe.}

Capes of Denver: A Worm RP

Creep

Sheila Hopkins

Outside Rockers HQ

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Mire was attacking while the building was collapsing. Creep had no reason to believe the people Mire was attacking weren’t Community. There was no real good choices here.

‘Get out of there!’ Creep shouted into the building, then grabbed Salem and pulled to get around the corner. After all, she had just revealed her location, she was still looking all over around just in case someone attacked her. She’d try to listen in on what happened, and a second later assuming they weren’t attacked she’d look over again to see what was happening.

Having the invisible girl be the leader had its disadvantages.

@BCTheEntity@Lemonzest1337@Spiffy

Pokémon: Start

@prettydrops

Valen obtained Snivy!

Gender: ♂
Type: Grass
Personality: (Up to player.)
Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other: (Up to player.)
Level: 5
Moves: Tackle, Leer
Ability: Overgrow. Boosts power of Grass-type moves when heavily damaged.
Held Item: None.

New Pokémon caught! Valen earned 2000 P!

Would you like to give a nickname to Snivy?

And so, at some point, Valen headed out from Pureplain City and headed for Route 1.

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.

Valen and his Pokémon ended up struggling with a bunch of Rattatas and Pidgeys. That is totally and completely fine, Snivy has a few levels to catch up on Qwerty. Now, the Ratattas here were a bit weak for Qwerty to efficiently train being on level 9, but Snivy got some experience for free.

Snivy grew to level 7! Snivy learned Vine Whip!

Took some damage, though. With that out of the way-

And that’s a random fireball that just flew straight past Valen and his Pokémon as they were training.

‘Rowl! Rowl! Grrrrr-!’ … And there’s an angry Growlithe that just shot the Ember at them, standing in a ready stance and glaring at them, breathing a bit of fire preparing to potentially battle.

Pokédex Entry #58 – Growlithe, the Puppy Pokémon. Known to be brave and loyal to it’s trainer, but will bark threateningly at anyone entering its territory. It has superb sense of smell and will never forget a smell once it has picked up on it. Through smell, it can sense the emotions of others.

It would appear they had somehow entered its territory. What would Valen do now?

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@Gardevoiran

Seabreeze went down to the pond to wash out the taste, then flew up to sit on his head again… THEN fell asleep, as that was the last recorded effect of the herbs. He’ll wake up with a few pats, though. The equivalent of a couple of turns, which goes fast with talking.

‘Flying, huh,’ Earl replied, looking about a bit. ‘Assuming you already got a Tropius, I think Cottonee’s the only flying thing about, though that one isn’t a Flying-type…’ He thought about it a little bit more, then shrugged. ‘Drifloons appear on Route 3, though.’

Vivia caught the wave, and forced a smile through the pain of her closed fist and waved a bit back with her other hand while Venonat caught Celebrity’s frown and glared right back. A jealous little Venonat here. So here we now had a purple ball and a pink ball in a staring contest.

‘So, yes,’ Earl smirked at the question. ‘I read about it in Rainrock City. Apparently, there’s this legend about a mythical Pokémon whose power can heal any form of wound or something… or it defends the weak and fights for righteousness. One of the two. Still, I’ve been searching around here for quite a while, and I’ve found nothing,’ he finished, crossing his arms and nodding to himself.

‘Might be time to look for a new forest and try out their herbs. I’ve got a ton of things I’d like to try out.’

‘Cl-cleeeff…’ Cleffa made a bit of a worried sound at Earl’s most recent remark, shying back a bit.

‘Budew!’ one of his Budews suddenly called out.

‘Hm? Can’t think of what else to try out?’ Earl looked back. He considered it for a bit, then shrugged.

‘Cleffa, cast Metronome on the brew!’

‘Cleffa!’ Cleffa replied, _{totally having learned the move as an Egg-move, apparently}, and ran forth to wave its fingers at the brew…

Metronome became Bind! … Cleffa attempted to bind around the pot and promptly burned herself. ‘C-cleff!’

‘Again!’ Earl called.

Cleffa tried again! This time… Metronome became Bulk Up! … Cleffa boosted her own stats and became 1.5 times bigger with bigger muscles suddenly! ‘Cleffa!?’

That didn’t do it either, so once again, Cleffa tried Metronome! Metronome became...

Heat Wave

Cleffa blew out a powerful blast of exceedingly hot breath, blowing away and fainting multiple crying Budews and almost setting the room on fire. Some of the brew it was blasted on was shot out in multiple directions, but the rest of it was blasted to massive degrees before their eyes and melted all which had been thrown into it, leading that the potion had an even red coloration made in a mix of who knows what. Cleffa breathed out in relief, while Earl smirked and walked forward to scoop up some of the potion into a glass container. He turned and walked over to Skylar again.

Skylar was given the Heat Wave Potion!

‘Hm-hm-hm! I’m interested in what this’ll do. Try it out in battle sometime,’ Earl said, smiling slyly.

‘Now, where were we?’

Yeah, where were you?

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@Rune_Alchemist

Ralia shot off a Confusion… which hit Bellawesome, but wasn’t enough to stop her. Bellawesome swooped forth with her blade at the ready, there was no way for Ralia to dodge the considerably faster Pokémon. The blade flew forth in an arc… and stopped right by her head.

Bellawesome smiled at the smaller Ralts, holding the blade at the ready. Telepathy told that the moment Ralia tried something, she would most certainly faint. Because Bellawesome was strong enough to faint Ralia in a single strike, at this rate.

‘Oh-hohohoho! Bellawesome, you know you’re making us more likely to lose like this?’ Archie called while laughing at the Pokémon’s actions.

‘Bellossom~!’ Bellawesome simply replied, smiling widely.

‘Teh-heh… I understand. Hey, Claire!’ Archie called, while raising an empty hand which Ramsey promptly put something into. ‘Bellawesome is having fun. You’ve entertained her. She doesn’t want this battle to end. That’s why…’

Archie braced himself and threw whatever it was in his hand across the battlefield to Claire…

Claire was thrown a Revive!

‘You get one… more… try…’ Archie said, a little grin on his lips and waving a single finger as he said. ‘… And if your choice is a close-combat fighter, that’d make Bellawesome really happy~’

‘Belloss~!’ Bellawesome called happily.

‘Young master, I will remind you that you are a Gym Leader,’ Ramsey said. ‘You aren’t supposed to give challengers extra chances if they’ve proven themselves powerful enough to overcome you.’

‘What, I can’t…?’ Archie asked, turning wide-eyed to Ramsey. ‘But, but… Bellawesome is having so much fuuuuuun…’ Archie continued, his eyes growing wide, wet and totally puppy-eyed. Ramsey looked down at the young master with an unreadable expression, and then sighed.

‘Young master, you are the Gym Leader. You decide the rules. I am simply here to remind you,’ the butler told. Archie smiled widely.

‘Thank you, Ramsey! You’re the best~!’ he said, before turning to Claire.

‘Now, what’ll you do?’

Revive, of course, wouldn’t restore more than half health to a Pokémon… but Bellawesome had taken her fair share of hits as well already. What would Claire do?

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@Eklispe@Joshua Tamashii

The two followed Cofagrigus, who rounded a corner… and ran into a couple of Bronzors harassing another Pokémon. Cofagrigus, less than amused, sent forth an Ominous Wind that blasted the Bronzors aside. In their wake sat an unamused purple Pokémon, glaring back at them. This particular ghost did not seem like it was particularly having problems, but regardless Cofagrigus had just solved said problems. Now, they were face-to-face with a…

Pokédex Entry #94 – Gengar, the Shadow Pokémon. It likes to hide in the shadows of people and make them move on their own. It delights in curses and laughing at the people it frightens. When a Gengar hides, the temperature of the area decreases by ten degrees, so be careful if you feel a chill. It is said to emerge to steal the lives of those lost in the mountains.

The Cofagrigus and the Gengar exchanged glares, before they started shouting out at one another.

‘Cofagrigus…!’

‘Geng? Gengar, Gengar!’

‘Cofa, cofagrigus!’

‘Geeeeeeeeng-gengar!’

And since nobody understands this conversation, here’s a rough translation. It may or may not be entirely accurate.

Translation

‘’Sup, dawg! I’mma off to take my tomb back from thesa punk-ass invaders!’



‘Nigga you too much of a weak-ass bitch to beat those punk-asses!’

‘Ye, that’s why I’mma gonna need my bitch-ass homeboy to help me school these bitch posers!’



‘LMAO and why would I help you weak ass throw those punk-ass bitches out your tomb and then leave your ass with all the loot?’

‘I’d like ta see ya try an’ take it, you little ghost-ass bitch! … AFTER we beat those punk-ass bitches!’



‘YER ON, NIGGA!’

Basically, it boiled down to the two Pokémon shouting at one another before ending up in one another’s faces, two of Cofagrigus hands holding forcefully against Gengar’s two hands as if struggling for superiority while both were grinning widely.

Sounds could be heard from deeper into the tomb. The forces had started to move.

A Map

Pokémon: Start

@prettydrops My scale on the rareness is

Common: You're likely going to run into the Pokémon on this route regardless if you want to or not.

Uncommon: You might still run into them, but it's not absolute. If you look for them, though, you will find them.

Rare: Now we're talking multiple posts to find one even when searching, heh.

So, yeah. You say you want to find a Growlithe? Here you go. Not sure about spinning the scenarios for it for the moment, though. Hah.

@Gardevoiran I decided he'd have a Cleffa with Metronome before I actually checked if Cleffa could learn Metronome. Egg-move? Good enough.

@Rune_Alchemist The whims of a child and a battle-happy Pokémon. Teh-heh. What'll you do?

@Eklispe@Joshua Tamashii ... I apologize if I offended anyone.

Capes of Denver: A Worm RP

Creep

Sheila Hopkins

Outside Rockers HQ

---

Creep frowned when she was told the Community was attacking everywhere. A joined attack on all teams? They were making their move? … Very well.

‘In that case. We Rockers may be able to retreat from our current predicament and help where we’re needed. Let me get back on you on that, after we’re done abandoning our HQ. I’ll call again, keep me posted if anyone so desires.’ That was all she had to say before she tried to call her allies. Out of those, only Salem replied. Nothing from Mire, could be she just wasn’t in a state to answer her phone, nor Pester, who should have been there, and Visage straight-up declined her. Though frowning, she could understand if she had gotten into a tough situation. That said, this meant only Salem would be arriving at Point B. That was useless.

In fact, here Salem came running. Good to know somebody was dependable around here.

@BCTheEntity

Before Salem could enter the building, Creep showed herself to him alone and waved him over. Assuming he didn’t enter the building anyway, she’d start talking to him while they were in view of the HQ, except Creep was hiding them both.

‘The Community is attacking all our allies. This city is now a battlefield. Some parahuman archer is attacking within our HQ, probably with one more person. I’ve seen mostly everyone evacuate, but I haven’t seen Pester, and-’ and this is about the time Mire dropped down and started advancing at the main building. Creep made an unhappy noise looking at that, but okay, guess they were attacking.

‘- c’mon, we’re assisting Mire. I’ll cover the both of us, they won’t see us. Stay as close as you can. If you find the archer, melt his arrows,’ she told Salem, grabbing his arm and pulling on him as she headed forth towards the ensuing battle while doing her best to cover the both of them, running ahead to make that easier. She was startled seeing Mire being attacked by someone, she had to get in closer and see what was going on.

Of course, she was internally preparing for that their enemy could see her. Her eyes were looking in all directions, perfectly focused, and she was ready to jump to dodge at any time.