PlatinumSkink

Pokémon: Start

@Ephemeral

Erza sprinted after the Blitzles, intent on catching up to them, though the equinus Pokémon were definitely faster than him. Then he sent out Extraordinary, whom… is also slower than the Blitzles. When they’re running, Extraordinary will have trouble catching up to them. Astonish is a physical move, after all.

The Blitzles were still running. Might need to rethink that a bit.

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@Rune_Alchemist

Frans looked a bit confused at the pat on the back. Pokéballs? Frans pointed with a smile to his belt. Favorite snack? ‘Huh?’ Partner in crime? ‘Uh.’ Would that be Parvati? Then he looked completely lost for safety goggles, climbing gear and dumbbells. Then… battle face. Frans looked utterly confused, but not dissuaded enough to not attempt to go along with the demand. So, battle face. Make the Pokémon fear him.

‘A-aaaaarrrr…!’ A somewhat nervous Frans raised a fist and opened his lips to intentionally show (extremely white) teeth for Claire, trying to frown to look angry while his eyes still looked confused. For battle stance he’d try to turn his side towards the opponent in a stance that totally looked like he was going to fence with said opponent, except he had only lifted his fists, and looked towards Claire to wonder if he was doing alright and what on earth he was doing.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaand then came the physical training. Turned out Frans wasn’t quite as able-bodies as Claire, to put it mildly. He was entirely alright physically for his age, slim and healthy enough, but his physical endurance left something to be desired. 100 pushups, 100 situps and 10 km run was way above his capabilities, but Claire was always there with a giant bee with very pointy stingers to keep him motivated, along with the whistle that she now has and can add to inventory.

Claire had Whistle all along!

All in all, she had Frans sweating and panting in a pile on the ground by the time she was finished, Parvati looking on in mild concern when she arrived to that.

Then she tested Parvati. The Togekiss was, by all intents and purpose, a Pokémon that was already Pokémon League worthy. Agility was exceptional and battle ability was off the charts, as far as Claire could tell. Sooooooooo, attacking Frans.

‘Huh? W-wait!?’ Frans asked in alarm where he lay on the ground, while Parvati looked confused at Claire. Buuuut, okay. Parvati turned and unleashed an Air Slash towards Frans…

‘WAAH!’ Frans jumped out of the way in a weirdly comical way and just got out of the way as the Air Slash carved a small tunnel into the ground just where Frans had been lying. ‘P-Parvati, try to hold back…!’ Frans asked with desperation, shaking in his boots as Parvati looked at her wing considering how exactly to do that. The tests that followed resulted in everything between small puffs of wind that did nothing and additional tunnels formed behind where Frans had just ducked under, leaving his hat in mid-air above the Air Slash he just dodged under before the hat fell back down on his head.

Then, it was time to engage a wild Pokémon! … The first few were slammed off into the distance by Air Slashes. ‘C’mon, Parvati! You can do it! Hold back…!’

They engaged a Bronzor for the specific reason that the steel-type would take less damage from Air Slash. Frans stood determined, displaying the battle face and stance Claire had taught him, Parvati flying cautiously as they faced the Bronzor…

‘Parvati! Held Back Air Slash!’ Frans commanded, and Parvati called out in affirmation, before throwing her wing, and… succeeded! After numerous failures against other Pokémon, a weak Air Slash flew through the air and hit Bronzor, who staggered back in mid-air, damaged but not taken out.

‘Alright! Now, Pokéball! Bronzor, I CHOOSE YOU!’ Frans said, raising a hand and turning his extravagant hat backwards on his head (which did not have the same effect as a peaked cap) before doing the most exaggerated throw over him using his whole body to throw, and the Pokéball flew over at Bronzor and hit. The bronze Pokémon was absorbed by a red light into the Pokéball.

‘Yes! Alright, now…!’ Frans clutched both fists and looked on, seeing the Pokéball fall to the ground.

The ball rolled once, it rolled twice, it rolled thriiiiiice…

result

CRASH!

The ball blew open and Bronzor came out.

‘Nooooooooooooo…! What did I do wrong…!?’ Frans cried out, falling down to his knees, tears threatening again, Parvati floating over him looking sad…

‘Bronzor? Bronzor…?’ the Bronzor asked, looking about itself over there.

This is where Ralia could suddenly sense something with her telepathic abilities on the wild Pokémon. Something that was a bit out of the ordinary.

Bronzor was confused as to why it hadn’t been captured. It had accepted Frans as a trainer, yet the Pokéball had blown open on its own.

… Claire and Ralia’s actions?

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@Joshua Tamashii @Eklispe

Darkrai held still, listening to Joshua’s little speech, eyeing him with an analyzing gaze, the cloth-like darkness extending from its shoulders and pelvis flowing as if caught by an unseen wind. It indeed did not accept Joshua’s hand, however it appeared to accept the words he said on account of that it floated back and planted itself on the floor of the tomb, on the other side of the hole it had created when it emerged.

‘…’ The girl was standing silently at the side, camera in hand, determined expression on her face. She was entirely intending on taking pictures of this event.

The people present are free to exchange a number of more sentences… when suddenly Darkrai flew up into the air for a second. That’s when the roof detonated. Or, more accurately, the roof was caved in. A massive beam had impacted the roof above the tomb and cracked straight through, shooting a dangerous rain of rocks down-

And then Darkrai blasted out a Dark Pulse. Not in offensive purpose, merely to scatter the rocks so they didn’t hit anyone present. There was now a giant hole in the ceiling, and light from the crescent moon shone down into the tomb from the heavens, because it’s totally night now, you totally spent that long in the tomb. In the center of that light, right in the way of where the moon was now placed, the Pokémon shining and glittering as if divine.

She looked down into the crypt, gazing towards Darkrai and the other inhabitants, the moon behind her outlining her sparkling form.

the form

Pokédex Entry #488 – Cresselia, the Lunar Pokémon. A Legendary Pokémon. Shiny particles are released from her wings like a veil. Said to represent the crescent moon, she has the power to dispel nightmares and holding one of her feathers as you go to sleep is said to assure joyful dreams. A celebrated Pokémon, she is said to have spread her feathers at a time when Darkrai was causing nightmares throughout the land. While normally a very docile and friendly Pokémon, she becomes exceedingly hostile in the presence of Darkrai.

Darkrai faced its rival for a couple seconds, and then floated back. Back to behind Joshua, giving him a look as it did.

‘Heh, you’re going to fight the might of a Legendary Pokémon? I’m intrigued,’ said an unknown voice to Amelia and Dawkin, though one Joshua had already heard too much of. A man walked to stand at the edge of the hole Cresselia had carved into the tomb, looking down at them. A Chatot sat on his arm, an intimidating Luxray stood by his side and an Archeops set itself down slightly behind him, looking over his side.

Roderick and Pokémon

Pokédex Entry #441 – Chatot, the Music Note Pokémon. One of few Pokémon that can learn and speak human words. It’s able to copy almost any sound it hears, which it uses to make other Pokémon thinking it’s one of them so it won’t be attacked. When Chatots gather, they share what they’ve learned with one another.

Pokédex Entry #405 – Luxray, the Gleam Eyes Pokémon. It’s gleamingly gold eyes that see through anything. It spots and captures prey, even that which hides in the darkness or behind walls. It also comes in handy for scouting for danger and to keep track of its young. This makes Luxray a favorite for police as well as rescue parties.

Pokédex Entry #567 – Archeops, the First Bird Pokémon. Said to be the ancestor of bird Pokémon, it has been revived from a fossil. It’s an intelligent bird that will cooperate with the flock to catch prey. It runs better than it flies, and needs to run at a speed of 25 mph to take flight. However, after that it can fly trainer’s as well as other bird-Pokémon.

‘Still, you didn’t expect me to just sit around doing nothing, did you?’ Roderick asked, smiling a bit. He looked to Amelia, Dawkin and the other girl. ‘Greetings, I’m Roderick of Team Virtue. I recommend you leave at once, this is about to become violent,’ he told, giving a little smile towards them.

‘Violent!’ emphasized the Chatot.

Standing a little bit away, somewhere below Cresselia, stood another man. A somewhat dizzy-looking blonde man with a large staff, the Pokéball in its spire opened. Behind him floated a Yanmega, seemingly as his protection, and in front of him stood another Pokémon. A beagle-like Pokémon with white and brown fur, as well as a long tail which end resembled that of a paintbrush. A canvas had been placed before the Pokémon, ready to draw what would happen.

Oscar and Pokémon

Pokédex Entry #235 – Smeargle, the Painter Pokémon. A special fluid oozes from the tip of its tail, which colour depends on the Smeargle and is determined at birth. It paints the fluid everywhere to mark its territory. By drawing a move with its tail, Smeargle becomes able to replicate that move whenever it desires, making it very versatile.

Pokédex Entry #469 – Yanmega, the Ogre Darner Pokémon. It’s wings are strong, it can create shock-waves by churning its wing and can easily carry an adult human on its back while in flight. It has an amazing jaw-strength, which it uses in its preferred combat strategy of soaring in to bite at top speed before flying away again for another run.

‘Be ready… when the time comes, you must not fail…’ Oscar said, his Smeargle nodding and Yanmega buzzing behind.

That’s around when Cresselia had enough of waiting around, and started gathering energy. Darkrai pulled back a bit extra, knowing what was coming. Because before long, a massive Moonblast would be fired as the almighty laser of a Legendary Pokémon directly into the crypt.

What would Dawkin, Amelia and Joshua do now?

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@prettydrops @Gardevoiran

Allan looked at Valen as the young trainer gave up, and so gave a bit of a smile towards him.

‘Sure, we can come to an arrangement,’ Allan said, with a tone of victory.

‘Heh, saved by the bell, weren’t you?’ Mia taunted Vivia.

'Ngh-!' Vivia made a frustrated noise, glaring right back at Mia.

‘Now, then, we should get going right over to-’ Allan started… when suddenly a huge fireball fell from the sky and he had to throw himself right aside to get out of its way, rolling on the ground to get back up on his knees and look up at the source of where the fire had come from. Turns out someone new was standing on top of the shrine.

‘Good lord, if you’re gonna mug someone, don’t do it at my shrine!’ a young girl said, standing on top of the shrine in question, with long dark hair and an outfit benefiting a shrine-girl, though with some liberties taken. At her side sat a moth-like larva Pokémon with several fiery hot horns sticking out of it, a large humanoid ladybug floated behind her and hiding behind her left leg was a tiny white fairy with a green cap and a small red horn sticking out of it.

Girl and her Pokémon

Pokédex Entry #636 – Larvesta, the Torch Pokémon. A Pokémon said to have been born from the sun. It lives at the base of volcanoes. It spews fire from its five horns in order to repel enemies, but can also use these flames to fly. When about to evolve, it encases itself in a cocoon of fire until the evolution has been completed.

Pokédex Entry #166 – Ledian, the Five Star Pokémon. It supposedly uses starlight as energy. It rests during the day, but come night it flutters around under the starry skies, spreading a glowing powder. The more stars are visible above it, the larger the spots on its back becomes and the more powerful it will feel. It’s naturally attracted to places with clean air.

Pokédex Entry #280 – Ralts, the Feeling Pokémon. The horn on its head can sense emotions, and its own mood will be affected in turn. It will approach positive emotion and its body will warm, while it will shy away from and avoid negativity and hostility. Quite rare to see in nature.

‘Wait, that’s-’ Mia said, suddenly alarmed.

‘-Darn, pull back!’ Allan told, and suddenly the two of them returned their Pokémon and made a run for it southwards, into the woods, leaving the present trainers unharmed.

‘Such rowdiness,’ the girl commented, before jumping down, her Ledian gripping around her shoulders to ease her descent. Larvesta skipped down next to her, emitting a bit of fire to slow the fall. The Ralts remained on the roof, peaking timidly down past the edge. If the individuals present hadn’t all taken off by then for some reason, the girl gave them a smile.

‘Hi! I’m Lorette, Shrine Maiden of the Silent Shrine and Gym Leader of Highhill Town. How do you do~?’ she asked, sounding a bit playful, but at the very least friendly so.

So, the reaction of the individuals present?

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@Dusksong

Eryn accepted the scarf and then moved on to the battle.

‘Alright, let’s go!’

Youngster Kale would like to battle!

… Though, Kale was pretty underleveled compared to Eryn, and as such she can deal with his Pokémon as she sees fit. He does have four of them, but they’re all about level 5. That said, how will Eryn battle? Without speaking?

Youngster Kale’s Pokémon

Pokédex Entry #403 – Shinx, the Flash Pokémon. When its muscles extend or contract, it generates electricity. When it senses danger, a Shinx will let the electricity run through it, causing it to glow. If threatened, it uses its muscles to flash a bright light to blind the predator while it flees.

Knows Tackle, Leer and Flash.

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

Knows Absorb and Sweet Scent.

Pokédex Entry #41 – Zubat, the Bat Pokémon. It lives in colonies in dark places. It has no eyes, but when flying it is constantly emitting ultrasonic sounds which it uses to navigate through echolocation. As sunlight burns it, it’s usually only found in caves or at night.

Knows Leech Life and Supersonic.

Pokédex Entry #509 – Purrloin, the Devious Pokémon. It puts up a cute act to fool humans around it. It loves stealing things for fun and will act cute in order to make people forgive it. If endangered, it will counter-attack with sharp claws.

Knows Scratch, Growl and Assist.

Regardless, she’d win eventually, and gain 240P for winning.

‘Aw, I lost again! And… woah, you got new Pokémon already! Awesome!’ Kale called, looking rather amazed.

‘So, um, will you play with us, today, too?’ the bug catcher asked, sounding totally hopeful.

… So, regardless if she spent her time with them or just headed on, she’d eventually find herself in Outer Infested Forest with the ability to move on. But, seems like her doppleganger had played with a couple kids yesterday, after their battle. Apparently.

What will Eryn do, now?

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…?

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”

Fighting King: Brawl in the Streets

In the midst of her kick Naja noted that her opponent was striking her from overhead and so she attempted to twist her upper body while still committing with her lower body. The blow still hurt, the blow to the upper right chest glancing but aching. Naja used the force of impact from her leg on him to spin back onto her feet, facing him. That was a good hit, but not a finishing one. The cyborg charged the chi within her limbs, preparing for her own super-move, desiring to end this quickly… but Pacho had decided to do so first.

Naja paused and stared a bit in surprise when Pacho talked, polite enough to wait… except then he jumped into the air and his thunderbird took shape. Naja moved through instinct, her knees bent and directing her hands downwards.

‘-Bolstered Spear-!’ she shouted in a hurry, blasting out the energy in her metal hands while leaping with her legs, attempting to launch herself into the air before Pacho hit her. Up, slightly backwards. Up because it was easy to imagine the impact still hurting her if she dodged aside, that he'd continue her pursuit of her if she went backwards. Besides, in the air, she could…

In the scenario where she isn't in fact caught by  Pacho's Thunderbird, Naja was now in the midst of a slow backflip, her hair streaming behind her. Her mind was blank, heart pounding from the danger she had just had aimed for her. … His style changed depending on the cardinal direction he was facing. Then, what would he do if she came from above?

Naja ejected the power in her legs and sent herself spinning down at Pacho, initially curled up to increase the speed of the spin before she extended a single leg to deliver the single most powerful kick in her arsenal.

‘--- Thunder Axe---!’ With risk of being a Pacho copycat, Naja delivered a chi-filled downwards strike with an enhanced mechanical leg slamming down with enough power to probably crack the asphalt below. It wasn't as strong as Pacho's super, of course, but it was one which Naja had found herself in the perfect position to use…!

She was momentarily unaware of Thæng bx lbīch, although it may have struck before she came down if it arrived when Pacho hit the ground.

_{Unless she was caught by the Thunderbird, of course. Or if someone “saves” her, then the post is cut there.}

Pokémon: Start

@Ephemeral

The Blitzles turned and looked at him for a bit, surprised to hear him talk to them. They looked among themselves, shiny Blitzle as well.

‘Blitzle?’ asked the shiny Blitzle.

‘Blitzle, Blitzle!’ replied another.

They threw another look at him before the whole herd turned and ran away from him. Not Quick-Attack fast, just regular running. Nope, they wouldn't agree with that.

Pokémon: Start

@Joshua Tamashii

‘Oh, yes, as determined by Arceus’ design… We’ll solve that particular problem when we get to it,’ Roderick commented in the midst of Joshua’s statement. Then, he didn’t look particularly impressed by Joshua’s statement about crushing them like bugs, shaking his head disapprovingly. Then, at the next question… ‘Angelique is already being pursued by-’ Roderick started, but he was interrupted by Greninja’s sudden Smokescreen, the man taking a step back as his Pokémon prepared for immediate combat. However, instead of a battle happening, Joshua took the moment to run back into the tomb. Roderick’s Luxray dashed through the smoke to pursue, but then had to jump back due to the army of ghosts standing in defense of the tomb that had gathered at the entrance, an army that simply let Joshua run past now.

‘Hmpf, this will take too long. And with that young man among our opponents, it could be trouble,’ Roderick concluded.

‘Trouble!’ Chatot repeated.

‘Oscar!’ Roderick shouted out to his left, because Oscar hadn’t gotten far enough to get out of vocal range. Oscar stopped short, turning to look back at his boss.

‘Release her!’

‘But, your excellency, if I unleash our vessel of triumph, I fear we may be unable to give her commands, let alone return her to our custody!’ Oscar shouted back, warning of the consequences.

‘That is fine!’ Roderick smirked. ‘Today, our goals align!’

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@Eklispe

‘Oho, what a gentleman,’ the man said, smiling towards Dawkin.
‘I see. Pity about the Pichu, I’d say you'd do great as a Pokémon catcher, but alas. That aside. Something dawns on me. Protecting that girl, who seems to have entrusted herself to the darkness… I asked about your greatest champion, but in reality, you're the champion, aren't you?’ he said, and then looked over and smirked over at his Pokémon. ‘How about it, partner? You're not limited by pesky things like only being able to target Pokémon, right?’ … The two started laughing, sounding like an already twisted man laughing with his shoulder-devil, no angel to be seen.

Then the shoulder-devil reappeared right in front of Dawkin. It wasn't clear if it teleported or just moved exceptionally fast. Two balls of power was shot from the creature, one orange and one blue, directly at Dawkin. There was no space to dodge. The energy surged right into him, and…

Something shone from within him. Some form of power had just planted itself within his chest, and suddenly all form of exhaustion left him all at once. Carrying Amelia suddenly became effortless. In fact, any sort of movement was really easy, and the walls themselves seemed like suggestions rather than rules…

‘That was Power Split and Guard Split. My partner has shared half his power with you,’ the man said, smiling, while the Pokémon cackled something terribly as it floated back to the trainer.

‘I can't stay, even I don't want to contend with the pet Roderick's bringing, but maybe you, with all your convictions, will. It costs me nothing, after all. Have fun being a temporary superhero,’ he said, before turning around.

‘Darkrai's coming free. I leave it to you what you want to do. Partner?’ With that, his Pokémon gripped a hold of his trainer and the floor beneath them turned into darkness. The both of them sank into the darkness effect, vanishing from the room. … Then a dark explosion hit into the feathers surrounding the barrier around Darkrai, the numerous feathers leaving the barrier. The cackle of the Pokémon somehow echoed throughout the room as the effect vanished…

Extended database examined. Match found.

The Pokédex suddenly spoke up, and the picture shifted, showing the creature Dawkin had just seen.

Updated Pokédex

Pokédex Entry #720 – Hoopa, the Mischief Pokémon. A Mythical Pokémon. A powerful conqueror powered by avarice among Pokémon, it is held back by being confined in a smaller yet still powerful form. A thief and a troublemaker, it uses its loop able to warp space for mischief, transportation and passage through hyperspace. The size of what it can move is massive, legends speak of that it once stole a whole castle only to lay claim to the treasure within. A resident of hyperspace, it is normally never seen by humans and only a handful of sightings have ever been recorded.

Of course, the Pokémon and its partner had left now, but… yes.

… And that's when the next Dark Pulse broke through. The dark energy surged through cracks in the barrier, and the figure within looked up curiously. Then, with a final wave of his hand, Darkrai clawed his way through the wind and got loose. Darkrai rose up, slowly rising to float unopposed, the aura of a legendary Pokémon filling the area. Darkrai was free. … Or was he?

The whole tomb suddenly shook from something impacting from the outside. Something similarly powerful had just been released on the outside, and it was attacking.

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@Joshua Tamashii

Once again, a silence after Amelia spoke her words. A significant amount of time, in fact. Amelia could say more if she liked, but it would not change what Darkrai’s eventual response would be. Eventually, she heard the voice again. ‘I will keep this in mind. You, however, seem to no longer be of use to me asleep,’ the voice stated. It was silent some more. ‘It would appear things are heading towards their conclusion. You should get to safety,’ the voice told her, and with a start, Amelia woke up.

Her current location depends on what Dawkin did during the last post. There’s still a couple Yamask’s floating about.

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@Joshua Tamashii

Joshua made his way back into the tomb. He passed numerous ghosts, some more powerful than the rest, spurred into motion by Aegislash, Cofagrigus and Gengar. However, when he had got far enough into the tomb with his Pokémon again, the impact of a huge amount of power struck the entrance behind him, informing that the battle may be over faster than initially expected. There was little time to waste.

Passing by

‘CHARGE, MA HOMIES!’ ‘LET’S BEAT THESE WEAK-ASS PUSSIES!’ ‘YOU BITCHES MESSED WITH THE WRONG NIGGAS!’

… Translated, of course. Anyways, onwards.

Joshua ran and ended up in the room where Aegislash had been commanding everyone from. There, an adult man stood, the one from earlier that had been captured with his daughter and that Joshua had gone off to save. That may have been off-screen, but it’s a fair assessment to say Joshua had probably succeeded with this endeavour. He looked back at Joshua as he arrived in the room. The sleeping humans that had been taken captive were still in here.

some guy

‘I’ll look after these, but my daughter and the other two aren’t here, it would appear. I believe they might have gone to the source. That should be-’ and then he could give a description of where to go to get there, since the ghosts were occupied with that there’d be a battle brewing.

So, then Joshua could run by and… eventually arrive to the room where Darkrai floated in the air, majestically considering his options and probably, in some manner of being, waiting for him. That is, if Dawkin didn’t do something first, on account of that Dawkin and Amelia probably has time to react first.

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@Ephemeral

Erza headed back to Route 11, where it was raining a bit once again. Perhaps investing in an umbrella wouldn’t have been the most terrible of ideas? Regardless, Princess took to the skies and scouted for the Shiny Blitzle. Now, finding Blitzles wasn’t very hard here, just follow where the lightning bolts struck, but she had to pass a couple smaller herds before she could find them.

But find them she did. There’s the Shiny Blitzle and its herd.

This again

Pokédex Entry #522 – Blitzle, the Electrified Pokémon. Its mane shines when it discharges electricity. They use the frequency and rhythm of these flashes to communicate. They gather where storm-clouds go, catching the lightning strikes with their horns like lightning rods in order to charge themselves.

It’s the shiny Blitzle and a herd, hanging out in a field, letting lightning strike them as they pleased and just resting about otherwise. Erza knew what happened last time, but this time he had a stronger team. What would Erza do, this time?

Pokémon: Start

@Ephemeral

Erza got his Pokémon healed back up.

So, Erza went to buy Fire Stones, possibly, but nope. He won't find those in a regular mart. The shopkeeper was happy to tell him the great stores in Worldedge City probably has them, though.

Statement; cities are not optimal for the findings of Pokémon. They’re mostly Pidove and Zigzagoons in Redcoast City, same as Route 11 but not as common on account of all the people. He could look into the waters by the side of the city, though his findings there would be limited as well. Here’s two, though.

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.

Pokédex Entry #98 – Krabby, the River Krab Pokémon. It lives on beaches burrowed inside holes it dug into the sand, both by fresh and salt-water. The pincers serve both for balance and as weapons. If one breaks, it grows back quickly. When there’s little food to go around, Krabbys can be seen squabbling for territory on the beaches.

With Pidove and Zigzagoon, that’s two common Pokémon from each of the neighboring routes. Now do something else.

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. 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 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. Pokémon Gym. ???
6.4. Normal Contest Hall. Rank 1 / 4. Where dreamers become hopefuls!
6.5. Dreamer Studios. Ready to catch any growing talent in their infancy. Offers training for wannabe coordinators.
6.6. Surfer’s Club. Vocal local presence who surfs the seas with their Pokémon.
6.7. Redcoast Hotels/Restaurants. You can’t afford them, but who knows?
6.8. Team Virtue, West Base. Taken residence here due to the former Team Amethyst presence here.

Connected areas:
Route 15. Water Route to the west, with the Sacred Grounds island a bit further out.
Route 11. Land Route to the east, where it commonly rains but it’s the passway everywhere else from here.

Recoast City, known Pokémon

Common:
#98 Krabby
#129 Magikarp
#263 Zigzagoon
#519 Pidove

Uncommon:

Rare:

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@Dusksong

Specifically, Eryn's double blinked at her approach before she arrived and jumped back before Eryn had a chance to hug her. At Eryn's statement, the double gave a little shrug and a smile, for Eryn to interpret as she liked. Then Eryn(?) looked surprised when she was saluted, raising her own hand in slight surprise as Eryn turned and left. Chandelure watched the double suspiciously before Eryn walked past and he continued guiding Eryn to the entrance.

She took her farewells with Chandelure, still thanking him profusely (I imagine), before heading back to town to heal. The next day she engaged Outer Infested Forest, and found her Pokémon had basically already out-levelled the Pokémon here, only the weakest and child-friendly of bugs inhabiting the outer reaches. Still, Tula got a few Struggles in.

Tula grew to level 7!

So she went into True Infested Woods, and the going got tougher. Not only did the Pokémon get stronger, they also got more numerous and aggressive. More than once she had to run from Ariados, Whirlipedes, or just hordes of smaller Pokémon. However, it got easier over time to recognize the trees Pinneco fell from like bombs, to perceive the webs of Spinarak and recognize the sounds of larger Pokémon before she walked into them. Training against the likes of Spinarak, Karrablast and Metapod, Eryn's Pokémon grew stronger over time, tougher as they battled the smaller and growing beings of the woods.

Dei grew to level 12! Dei learned Smokescreen!
Kylie grew to level 12!
Tula grew to level 8!

… Then, Eryn ran into a conundrum. See, the weaker and unevolved Pokémon of Infested Woods seem to top at level 9. However, every evolved Pokémon seem to be level 25+. There's a large gap between the fodder and the threats in the woods, and while there are Pokémon that are in the process of traversing the gap they're few and hard to find, not optimal for reliable training. Seems Eryn is stuck at her current level here for now.

Eryn walked back into Outer Infested Woods, currently the day after her trip deeper into the woods, and-

‘Mute lady!’ … she heard that called, and then saw a group of five youngsters and bug catchers running her way.

‘I’m so happy we found you! Can I fight you again!? Please!? Your ghosts were so cool, but I'll win this time!’ a bright-eyed youngster called.

‘Could you do those tricks again? They were amazing! Luke and Peter wanted to see them too, after I told them!’ a bug catcher told, gesturing to two excited friends.

‘I, um, made this for you,’ a younger youngster said, handing something over.

Eryn was offered Silk Scarf!

‘It was really cool of you, to choose to play with us…’ the same kid said, looking timid.

Well. No need to be a genius to figure what happened here. What would Eryn do?

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@Rune_Alchemist

‘Oh… In the midst of your normal Pokémon journey, brimming with excitement… How nice…’ Frans said, looking a bit dreamingly at Claire for reasons that had nothing to do with any charm of hers. Then she got close and put an arm over him, rendering him mildly confused, but then she made her offer.

‘Oh, y-you would!? Oh, thank you! Then… what do we do?’ Frans asked, looking startled but excited.

Sooooooooo… standard coaching would likely take forever in terms of posting, so feel free to post a plan of action when it comes to this guy, and I'll poke about where things went weird.

Eventually Parvati would come back with Ralia on her back, the Togekiss smiling so happily after having taken Ralia on one serious roller-coaster ride.

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

Post that apparently never happened, but I wanted to write it anyway

Not relevant anymore

”But she had greatly overestimated what she could do in the small space between Tonya’s open umbrella and Tonya herself. ”

Actually, just to prove I’m not a complete idiot, let me explain the misconception there. Mayra wasn’t intending on doing anything between the umbrella and Tonya. Mayra was going to pass Tonya on Tonya’s left side with her own left arm raised up to deck her in the face, which would ignore umbrella but then hit Tonya in the face. That is, the swing I described was started WAY before Mayra actually reached the umbrella. But apparently I suck at description, so whatever. Way too late to think about it. I just really wanted to include that explanation in the actual IC somewhere.

So, Mayra’s arm slammed into her opponent… and instead of her opponent getting decked Mayra’s arm got caught in the barbed skin and swung to slam into the girl. It was way too close, but heck, Mayra loved close! The eventually got untangled from one another, and that’s when the melee began. Tonya turned out to be a masterful used of the blade/umbrella, but close combat was Mayra’s forté as well. There wasn’t a moment that Mayra wouldn’t spend on the offensive, only the briefest moments where Mayra had both feet on the ground.

‘YEAH, LET’S DO THIS~!’ she cried, her eyes alight with the flames of excitement as Mayra’s body swung about to deliver vicious kick after savage clawing of her monster-hands at her opponent, her magic fire constantly flaring to keep her limbs lit and also just blasting behind her to keep Tonya’s wind from blowing her out of her beloved close combat. However, while Mayra span in the air to deliver kick, claw and slap of her tail, Tonya expertedly blocked and dodged each move with her skill. Where Mayra was savage and relentless, Tonya matched her with expertise, and even when Mayra found herself hit she quickly pulled together to deliver another savage kick. But, she realized, she wasn’t actually making headway, in this pillar of wind her opponent had the advantage. This could be dangerous.

… And that’s when Alex’s enchantments surged in and hit her from behind, Mayra’s eyes widening as she felt the power surge through her limbs. This was reinforcement. She was being powered up to fight her stronger opponent. Mayra’s happy grin spread so widely, her eyes filled with childlike wonder. She barely heard Alex’s line about keeping her opponent alive.

‘YEEAAH~!’ she cried, and immediately launched herself straight at Tonya. ‘C’MON, C’MON, C’MON, C’MON, C’MON-!’ In no state for intelligent conversation, Mayra struck forward, actively trying to tear through her opponent’s defenses with upgraded martial capability, slicing with claws and kicking with legs from all manners of directions attempting to overwhelm her opponent and reposition herself as often as she could around her with bursts of fire, and if she ever got the chance to she tried to grab the opponent’s weapon, the umbrella, to swing herself around it and kick the opponent on the other side.

At the specific event of the metal stein aimed for her head, Mayra swiftly attempted to dodge under it, after which she attempted to launch herself forward to claw at the opponent’s chest. That failing, she’d attempt dodging whatever counter by ducking and grabbing the ground so she could swing around her lower body to deliver two hard kicks at her opponent, then use the fire within to blast her legs back so she could slide back with her arms, trying to continuously deflect or dodge her opponent and try to translate the force from the defensive motions into offense to land her own blows. That’s how Mayra fights. Currently, the monster-girl was 100% in the business to prove she was THE force to be reckoned with on her prefered range of super-close-combat~!

To clarify, Mayra wasn’t REALLY trying to kill her opponent, but it wasn’t as if she was considering that her opponent might not survive if she got in a vicious enough hit. Whatever happened happened~!

Mayra wouldn’t have the ability to realize if Tonya was replaced with an illusionary copy, and would continue violently pursuing her enemy as she tried to move away. ‘WHERE ARE YOU GOING!? WE’RE HAVING SO MUCH FUN, STAY AND FIGHT~!’

... Now, even if we went with this, Mayra'd probably still be hit, given she has no form of defense against an invisible opponent.

Edited: I was under the impression she was stabbed with this:

closed umbrella

Note, sharp but thick tip, quickly gets wider to spread wound apart and do more damage, closed and long so it’ll go deep with no stopping point, Magical Girl blessed weapon probably pretty destructive and can run you through.

Which’d result in…

Mayra found herself lying in the bottom of a grave, her hands clutching the hole in her stomach. Tonya had hit her with all her strength, and with a direct hit like that not even Mayra’s hide could protect her. Mayra raised her head to look at the hole… and there was blood everywhere, a girl with less Vitality would probably be dying. ‘Ooooh hahahahah, that’s bad,’ Mayra laughed, despite the fierce pain. Honestly, she wouldn’t even mind it that much, but she still had no idea what actually hit her. That honestly bothered her more than the wound.

‘Ooooh, darn it, hahahaha~!’ Mayra laughed, lying in place in the bottom of the grave. Yeah, moving would probably be a bad idea for now, this smarted like hell~!

Instead, she was actually stabbed with this:

open umbrella

Note, small tip makes small hole so limited damage, open and as such can only go so far in compared to closed, not nearly as deadly.

So the following happens instead.

‘… Ow,’ Mayra made a noise as she lay in the bottom of the grave. Hm. She had no idea what had hit her, and this was somewhat bothering her. She raised her head to look at the wound… and it was a relatively small, bleeding wound that still went a fair bit into her, but didn’t really do that much damage.

‘Oh, is that it?’ Mayra grinned, somehow having imagined that she should have taken way more damage than she actually did. Well, no point staying about here, then! She flinged her legs back so that the force brought her up onto her arms. The movement hurt the wound, slowing her down a bit supposedly, but as if Mayra was going to let that keep her down. With arm-muscles and a blast of fire Mayra flew up from the grave and into the air, spinning to face back towards the action.

‘ALRIGHT, WHERE’S THE-’ -and she shut up seeing Alex attacking something that didn’t seem to exist. Mayra blinked a bit, remembering that she had been attacked by something unseen, and then let herself drop to the ground bending her knees with one claw bracing the ground, her tail swinging. She smirked, taking a moment to watch what was happening, but also looking for her moment to blast into combat.

Blood leaked from the small, untreated hole in her stomach. The blood… was glowing a hot, fiery yellow rather than normal red blood, and looked extremely hot, even if it quickly cooled down upon leaving Mayra’s body, becoming redder and thicker the further from the wound it ran.

Fighting King: Brawl in the Streets

He acknowledged that it was Okichitaw, but otherwise didn’t answer her question. Suppose that was fine. There’d be no more need for talking in their battle, then.

So, Naja successfully managed to get close to her opponent, grabbed the hand and moved to get behind him, but her opponent turned flexible enough to somehow get a knee into her. Naja grunted, and promptly blasted him off with her Bolstered Spear technique, sending him flying with her chi, the double impact making both fighters fly a bit of a distance away from one another. Naja was frowning. No time to check how Sam was doing. She heard Light’s cheering. Alright, then.

Without pause, Pacho continued to create something in his hand. A large tomahawk axe. Given the range he used it on, it had to be a projectile. Naja quickly kicked into the asphalt next to her to launch her to her right, knocking herself over so that she may roll over her back and back onto her feet in order to avoid the thrown axe. After this, assuming she hasn’t found herself cut, Naja once again launched herself forward aggressively, intending to get in close again.

Even if she got hurt by some unknown property of Falcon Dive, as long as she was fighting fit her strategy would be the same now. Naja felt she was stronger physically. She also felt that this man probably hid more tricks, and as such she should finish this fight if she at all got the option to. He was probably going to strike at her with another of those manifested weapons. So she dashed in towards him, looking like she was going to go in for another Baji Quan close-quarters battle with her fists and elbows, leaned forward to make herself a smaller target…

Except right at the part where he probably manifested some sort of weapon, Naja suddenly spun, her body swinging about 180 degrees until the tip of her left metal foot slammed into the weapon or Pacho’s guard or so from his right. One of the basic rules of Savate was to feint, after all.

From there Naja’d kick numerous time with her left foot while standing on her right, the extremely quick motion of bending the knee and striking out again numerous times, and when Pacho’s counter came she’d jump to counter herself, twisting in the air to then instead kick down with her right foot from Pacho’s left to strike him from an unexpected angle while both her feet were in the air.

Pokémon: Start

@Dusksong

Dei rushed forth to Ember, and in turn Eryn(?) pointed forth at the Charmander and gave her command to Phantump. That is to say, her lips moved as if she made a command, but no audible words left her mouth as far as either Eryn or her Pokémon could hear. Phantump, however, went to action as if receiving a command.

Dei shot his first Ember, and hit Phantump straight on. The stump-Pokémon let out a cry and floated off slightly on fire, taking considerable damage from the Super Effective move, but regardless spun around and launched a Confuse Ray at Dei, which he was unable to avoid. Dei had become confused!

… Which then caused Eryn to switch to Kylie! Kylie immediately suffered an Astonish. Kylie went for her floating stump opponent, who initially stayed on a range and sent a Confuse Ray in her face. Unfortunately, this meant she mistook a rock for her opponent and slammed into that trying to Astonish it, damaging herself in confusion. Eryn switched back to Dei, and Dei took an immediate Astonish from Phantump… which ultimately didn’t mean much because Dei shot an Ember back at Phantump and the Super Effective move blasted the woodland ghost back to Eryn(?) where it fainted before her feet. Eryn(?) looked down at Phantump with a slightly troubled frown, then gave Eryn a smirk saying she wasn’t done yet.

Against Pumpkaboo, Dei once again got an Ember in, doing significant damage before Pumkaboo got off a Confuse Ray on the Charmander. Eryn immediately switched to Kylie to combat the Confusion. Eyn(?) caught on and Pumpkaboo calmly kept a bit of a distance and sang the song of Pumpkaboos and Gourgheists, summoning a ghastly feeling like if spirits converged upon Kylie, giving her an additional Ghost-type with the intention to then Astonish. This backfired dramatically when Kylie employed her new temporary Ghost-type for a powered-up Astonish straight in Pumpkaboo’s face, the ghost-type rolling back from the Super-Effective move but Kylie pursuing. Kylie being faster, she hit Pumpkaboo with another Astonish before Pumpkaboo was able to Astonish her back. Kylie eventually got in the finishing Astonish, and sent the ghost flying back to Eryn(?), fainted.

Throughout the whole of this, Eryn(?) had constantly been given commands that her Pokémon were seemingly following, but no sounds came from her mouth, it was just her lips moving as if she was shouting the commands. Now Eryn(?) was looking really troubled, frowning a bit, but finally she shook her head and gave Eryn a rebellious stare, throwing Cascoon into the mix.

Though, Kylie had no problem dealing with Cascoon. Both Eryn(?) and Cascoon seemed surprised that Poison Sting didn’t work on Kylie, who doesn’t actually look like a steel-type. Tackle came way too late as Kylie Fairy Winded Cascoon back to Eryn(?), fainted.

Dei grew to level 9!
Kylie grew to level 9! Kylie learned Bite!

Eryn was victorious! Eryn gained 0 P for winning!

With that, Eryn(?) fell down on her knees, her expression looking defeated, surrounded by the fainted forms of her Pokémon. She looked up at Eryn with a sad little smile when she was asked who she was and what she wanted, and simply held up a hand… and gently waved four fingers at Eryn in the generally recognized gesture of “away”. Throughout the entire battle and this scene after, no voice had ever escaped Eryn’s doppelganger’s throat.

What would Eryn do now?

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@Rune_Alchemist

‘… Huh?’ the trainer made a noise as he noticed Claire running close, because Ralia had just teleported up onto the Togekiss. Togekiss, in the meantime…

Togekiss first stared ahead, blank as it felt Ralia’s extra weight upon her back. It wasn’t a lot of weight, but there was a weight. It seemed like she was being used as a mount.

‘Wait, Parvati, no-!’ the trainer started…

‘Toge-!’ Parvati the Togekiss suddenly swung her wings powerfully, blowing itself and Ralia straight up into the sky at as great a speed as a Togekiss could maintain. Ralia was suddenly taken on one heck of a joyride, Parvati doing numerous loops and quick turns and slices through the air, and if Ralia ever fell of she’d make a turn to recover her in the air…

‘Oh, there she goes…’ the trainer said, before turning to look at Claire. He gave a bit of an awkward smile, his clothing still sticking out as being unbelievably fancy.

‘Um, I’m Frans, the son of the owner of the Private Palace north-west of here. I’m a Pokémon Trainer…’ Frans made a slight grimace. ‘… Or, at least a Pokémon combatant. I’ve never actually captured a single Pokémon of my own. All my Pokémon were gifts. No matter how many times I’ve fought in the Pokémon League, it was never by my own efforts…’ He said, sounding a little bitter. He then shook his head.

‘I-in any case, I’m sorry for the trouble Parvati is causing you! Your Pokémon will be returned unharmed, it’ll just… take a bit of time,’ Frans said, sounding like he was worried Claire’d be mad, while Parvati was still doing loops in the skies above. ‘Um, do you want to be compensated somehow?’ Frans asked, looking worried though maintaining a smile.

The man was most certainly a noble, and somewhere in the edge between young man and adult. … So, what would be Claire’s reaction, here?

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@Ephemeral

‘… Guh,’ the girl made another noise when Erza made some accusatory words in his declaration to Castorm to give the mirror back. That said, if she was given the mirror back eventually she’d grab it and immediately turn around.

‘… One day, we’re going to need this mirror to save us. If we don’t understand how it works by then, then what’s even the point of it? The text about it say nothing, and none of the scholars or elders know. That’s why I’m experimenting,’ she told, sounding defensive. ‘… I’m going to go place this back at the Abandoned Shrine, now.’

With that said, the girl hurried off, her Pokémon following in turn.

So, two options. Erza either stopped her / stalked her or whatever, or he headed back to Redcoast City to heal his Pokémon as intended, and here’s the city thing regardless if you want it or not.

arriving in

Redcoast City

Redcoast City. Named so for the beautiful twilights that this sea is said to provide on the nights by the sandy beaches to the immediate west. Perhaps it is due to the perpetual rain over Rainrock, but it almost never rains here, and what started out as simply a pathway between Worldedge and Pureplain grew into a small city in its own right. Here, people mainly gather for the outpost towards the sea and to spend a well-deserved vacation. The buildings here are a mix of old fancy styles rich people might appreciate and healthy modern buildings, many green trees and pools of water invite nature in here. But the city is also not big enough to intimidate the average visitor, many open spaces exist with fresh vacation-air going through town, a homely feeling. Redcoast is close enough to Pureplain to be able to partake in all sorts of worldly delicacies, and hotels as well as restaurants of the fanciest kinds exist along the streets. But these things isn’t the main reason why Pokémon Trainers would be coming to Redcoast City,

A Pokémon Gym exists, one which all Pokémon Trainers who wish to partake in the Pokémon League needs to enter eventually. It is said to be a run-down ware-house that emits an evil aura and cries of pain can be heard from within frightening those who’d wish to visit. For a Pokémon Coordinator, this is also the city where their adventure starts, with the Contest Hall allowing tryouts for the newest talents and Dreamer Studios allowing for training within the field for those wishing to take on the world. Closer to the water lies the Surfer’s Club, where one can partake in training and sports for those who wishes to ride their Pokémon across the waves along with other activities. And then, also closer to the sea, is a large building where Team Virtue resides in their West Base opposite their main base in Justroad City, reminding that this place us under their guard. They’re always accepting applicants.

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. 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 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. Pokémon Gym. ???
6.4. Normal Contest Hall. Rank 1 / 4. Where dreamers become hopefuls!
6.5. Dreamer Studios. Ready to catch any growing talent in their infancy. Offers training for wannabe coordinators.
6.6. Surfer’s Club. Vocal local presence who surfs the seas with their Pokémon.
6.7. Redcoast Hotels/Restaurants. You can’t afford them, but who knows?
6.8. Team Virtue, West Base. Taken residence here due to the former Team Amethyst presence here.

Otherwise, he could head back to Route 11.

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. There should be some trainers among those walking back and forth in the area.
4. Talk. There’s plenty of travellers around. 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: Explore Buildings. There’s abandoned buildings. Why not have a look?
10. Erza Specific: Shiny Blitzle. It should still be out there somewhere!

Connected areas:
Redcoast City. Right behind you.
Rainrock City. Requires crossing Route 11, but it’s a pretty well-travelled and safe road.
Route 12. Requires crossing Route 11 on the way north, also pretty well-travelled.
Pokéball Factory. A turn east on the path north should bring you there.

Route 11, known Pokémon

Common:
#263 Zigzagoon
#406 Budew
#433 Chingling (Only at Abandoned Shrine)
#519 Pidove

Uncommon:
#522 Blitzle

Rare:
#351 Castform

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@Joshua Tamashii

Recalling her Pokémon, Amelia advanced on the nightmare with her determination focused, with her threat identified. Her “father” stopped moving, gazing at her like disapproving, as did the Sableye, as did the very storm outside the window. Amelia offered her hand, and held her speech. There were numerous longer seconds of silence.

‘Assume for a moment that I would let them go,’ Amelia heard, as if within her head. ‘What would I do then? How would you help me against her?’

The voice was sceptic. Distrusting of humans. Not about to believe her just immediately. Needed to hear more. However, for the moment, it seemed like the being she talked to was willing to at the very least listen.

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@Eklispe

The girl listens to Dawkin’s reasoning and nodded to his conclusion.

‘Very well, sounds reasonable,’ she concluded. She then watched Dawkin pick Amelia up in that particular way, raising an eyebrow as she looked upon it. … She put a hand into her little bag that she has hanging around her neck, lifted a tiny little camera, and took a picture. It was most certainly going to be useful later. Before Dawkin had a moment to consider the fact she just took a photo of him carrying Amelia, she had spun around and pointed to a corridor.

‘This way! Abra, come!’ she called, starting to dash off while Abra teleported to a position with its feet crossed around her neck to keep itself steady, the girl grabbing the Pokémon’s legs as she ran.

They headed past a corner. Some Goletts and other ghosts passed them by, but unlike earlier they were not intending to battle them, now they were in the mode of defending their tomb against more dangerous opponents. With that, they were free to pass, and was able to run all the way into the depths of the tomb…

Something dark presents itself ahead. Something dark surrounded by something bright. And there’s a broken wall…

Dawkin enters a large room, a dead-end by all means proven. However, there’s a giant hole in the ground, revealing a tomb beneath a tomb. The hole was cracked open and something had escaped… almost. There was like a magical wind was surging around the darkness, with feathers entwined into the wind keeping the darkness within from escaping. Said darkness had its eyes closed, sending out periodical pulses of darkness against the wind that was restraining it, shaking the wind and the feathers, but so far the wind was staying put.

The darkness was, of course…

the form of darkness

However, what the Pokédex was showing, was…

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Pokédex Entry #491 – Darkrai, the Pitch-Black Pokémon. A Legendary Pokémon. Most active during nights of the new moon, it can lull people and Pokémon to sleep and make them dream, after which it is said that Darkrai then feeds on the dream. It’s dreams is also a defensive measure, as it puts potential attackers or intruders on its territory to sleep and have them experience vicious nightmares. Stories from across Isson paints Darkrai as a vicious villain that needs to be contained, but others argue that Darkrai never meant any harm. It has a vicious rivalry with the Lunar Pokémon of pleasant dreams, Cresselia. Darkrai has not been heard of on Isson for thousands of years.

Yet despite that last sentence, clearly, it was here.

… And someone else stood here. A man, stood before Darkrai, his arms behind his back, a half-a-meter tall Pokémon floating to his left…

The Pokémon suddenly let out a noise and pointed back towards the recently arrived, and the man staggered a bit, turning around.

‘Oh, blimey, is it that time already? I may overstayed my-’ the man said, turning around to face Dawkin, where he stopped his sentence at once. His expression went from mildly distressed to mildly amused as soon as he saw him.

‘… Or not. Hm, regular adventurers, huh. Mm. Yeah, don’t mind me, I was just wondering what had gotten Roderick’s feathers all ruffled.’ He gave a little smile, and then turned back to Darkrai, his Pokémon remaining with him. Dawkin had never seen this Pokémon before.

The girl staggered, frowning and taking numerous steps backwards, behind Dawkin.

‘This man and his Pokémon… are really strong… it would appear…’ she commented with a frown.

The man and his Pokémon

As said, the Pokémon is one that Dawkin has never seen before. He cannot identify it, and neither can his Pokédex.

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Pokédex Entry #??? - Error, does not recognize Pokémon.

‘Honestly, this thing… It’s tempting me, I can sense how powerful it is. But although it is supremely powerful, it’s a mere master of nightmares. It doesn’t have control on the scope that I desire,’ the man lamented, lobbing a Pokéball with a purple top twice from his hand and back into the same hand that had lobbed it before he put the ball back into his attire. His Pokémon grinned, looking back at Dawkin.

‘Hey, kid. Roderick and his band of white-clothed semi-religious nuts are coming her to seal Darkrai away. A waste, but I can’t be bothered investing resources countering every move my rivals make. Send forth your greatest champion, and then tell me. What do you wish to do? What conclusion do you desire for this incident?’ the man asked, sounding curious. ‘… Hold on, don’t I know you? Oh, yeah. Allan put you forward as a recruit for the team,’ he said, suddenly turning around smirking at Dawkin. ‘How’s catching that Pichu going?’ he asked, looking with an amused look at Dawkin. His Pokémon grinned at him as well.

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@Joshua Tamashii

‘… Darkrai?’ Chatot repeated what Joshua spoke. By now Ivory and Oscar was making their ways to find possible alternative entrances, some of their grunts had ground-type Pokémon that started attempting to dig through walls.

‘So, you do know of it,’ Roderick commented, looking strictly towards Joshua. ‘It is a really difficult Pokémon to catch. You should understand that we don’t want it escaping somewhere where we cannot control it,’ Roderick said. In any case, Roderick was totally intending on engaging in Pokémon battle here. That aside.

What would Joshua’s reaction be?

Pokémon: Start

@Ephemeral

‘Ugh,’ the girl initially made a noise of annoyance when Erza spoke of that she might need to prove that it belongs to her. Then, Erza suggested she describe the item. The girl took a moment, then… ‘Fine.’

‘It’s a mirror, which frame is blue on the left, green on the right, brown on the top and white in the bottom. It’s supposed to reflect truth, and local legends say that when it reflects the “Strong One”, the beasts will return to their true forms and nature will be calmed. It’s been stored in the Abandoned Shrine for generations in case it is ever needed again, so it isn’t strictly mine, it belongs to Redcoast City as a whole, but I’ve been it’s protector for a good while,’ the girl said, frowning. ‘If you really, REALLY have to, we can take it to the Redcoast City officials who can confirm my story. … And who’ll probably berate me for trying to experiment with it.

So, yeah, it’s supposed to reflect truth, so I took a rain-form Castform to it in order to check if it’d return to its normal self, or something. Instead it grabbed the mirror and floated away while I was grumbling about that it didn’t work. … Will that do?’

She looked at Erza expectantly, frowning.

Pokémon: Start

@prettydrops@Gardevoiran

Qwerty attempted to dodge, however Growlithe had more in both levels and speed. He didn’t go for Ember, on account Bite is just as strong and Allan had this notion that Porygons probably had pretty good Special Defense, not to mention flinching could help. As such, it became a pure Psybeam VS Bite match… however, Qwerty was losing in the long run. While she was impressively keeping herself from flinching, Growlithe’s higher level meant his bites were doing more damage. Growlithe took a lot of damage from repeated Psybeams, too, but Growlithe looked like he was taking this battle. Not to mention, Allan was retrieving another Pokéball.

‘I’m sad. We had such a good thing going,’ Allan, commented, glaring at Valen.

Things were going even worse for Vivia, who had sent a bug to deal with a bird. Mia’s Ducklett sent Venonat flying with a single Wing Attack, causing Venonat to fly way off and Vivia to flinch backwards.

‘What, is that it? After that little shout about taking my challenge in turn for your friend, THAT’S what you attack me with?’ Mia asked, sounding condescending. ‘I’d laugh, but honestly all I feel is pity.’

‘Ducklett!’ the duck called, looking similarly confident.

'Gh, I…!' Vivia took put a second Pokéball… except yeah, that was Scraggy’s Pokéball, Skylar might know. Fighting-type, when the opponent was flying. It wasn’t really the best of match-ups. She had tried to send out Rotom… but at a time when Rotom might be needed, the electric ghost was bothering the shopkeeper for souvenirs over there, possessing his cash-register and spitting money out all over over there so the man had to gather it all again. She threw a bit of a panicked look in Rotom’s direction, and then at Skylar. She clearly hadn’t thought this through.

Valen and Skylar’s actions?

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@Ephemeral

funny you should say that

Princess flew around to throw a Gust into Castform’s face, who spun out of control for a bit but returned with a Powder Snow move it was hiding somewhere. Hit with it, Princess took some heavy damage, but still held herself in the game. That's when Erza maybe switched Pokémon, if so add a bunch of additional damage from some Water Guns on that Pokémon. Regardless, the result should be the same.

Otherwise, Princess flew in for a Tackle and hit Castform back for additional damage, which pulled the Castform to return with another Powder Snow. Unfortunately, this caused too much damage, freezing Princess’s wings and causing her to fall and faint, but Erza was able to throw and hit with a Pokéball at this time. The little water-drop cloud was absorbed into the ball with a red light, after which it fell onto the ground beneath it.

It shook once. It shook twice. It shook thri-

result

-ce.

click

Erza caught Castform!

Gender: ♂
Type: Normal
Personality: (Up to player.)
Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other: (Up to player.)
Level: 10
Moves: Tackle, Water Gun, Ember, Powder Snow
Ability: Forecast. Changes form and typing in different weather.
Held Item: Reveal Glass

Currently at about 40% health.

New Pokémon caught! Erza earned 2500 P!

Would you like to give a nickname to Castform?

With that, Erza was free to continue adventuring.

…

‘HOLD IT!’ A voice shouted, and a human suddenly descended at high speed from one of the nearby trees. The girl that bent her knees to absorb the impact had red hair, an angry frown, and was looking with rather fierce determination at Erza. She was wearing a pretty telling ninja/martial arts uniform.

With her, she had a group of three Pokémon, which all landed behind her as she faced Erza. Her Pokémon was a small blue frog with one hand on the floor which also was frowning determinately forward at Erza, a humanoid baby-like creature in a yoga-pose floating a foot over the ground and a weasel that took an exceedingly similar pose to its trainer.

Trainer and Pokémon

Pokédex Entry #656 – Froakie, the Bubble Frog Pokémon. It secretes flexible and delicate bubbles from its chest and back which absorb damage that would otherwise damage it. While it is known for a happy-go-lucky attitude, it has astute awareness of its surroundings.

Pokédex Entry #307 – Meditite, the Meditate Pokémon. It is found deep in mountains, meditating for hours on end and surviving on a berry a day. It trains its spirit, and by heightening its inner strength it somehow achieved levitation. It also enjoys daily yoga workouts.

Pokédex Entry #619 – Mienfoo, the Martial Arts Pokémon. While not very strong, it’s very fast and has mastered the art of elegant combos using claws to increase damage. As it concentrates, it grows in speed and efficiency. They have a tendency to start acting like their trainer’s personal body-guards.

‘That Castform stole something of mine. I was hunting it in order to retrieve the item. Give it back to me. Castform should be holding it.’

So she demanded. What would Erza do?

Here’s a reminder that it’s still raining.

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@Dusksong

‘Chandelure…!’ Chandelure announced, more than happy to get out of here as quick as physically possible. They turned and escaped, Chandelure sending out numerous Flame Bursts to clear the way of any Gourgeists that placed themselves in the way. The Trevenants watched silently, but never interfered with Eryn’s escape out of the woods. Soon the Gourgeists stopped trying to follow, and they were back into the Deep Infested Woods.

Here, Chandelure released another Inferno, clearing a path through the Dustox poison clouds so they could run through. While they had to watch out for more Dustox on the way, they were soon able to get back into True Infested Woods.

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True Infested Woods

Even here, Chandelure proved invaluable, as the chandelier Pokémon led Eryn so she didn’t walk right under a Pineco tree where Pineco’s would surely fall down on her and explode, he burned through some Ariados web, and they went on. However, for some reason the chill hadn’t entirely left Eryn. They were still travelling through the tight woods of True Infested Woods… when suddenly Chandelure spun around. There was rustling among the bushes behind them. They had been followed.

Assumingly, Eryn or her Pokémon would at least spin around to maybe catch a glimpse of the one which was following her, and…

Her Pursuer

… Eryn found herself staring at herself. A complete replica of herself, down to the smallest detail of what she was wearing, gave Eryn a smile from over there. That wasn’t the only similarity. Like Eryn, she had a party of three Pokémon with her, one of which was held to her chest… though it wasn’t the same three. In fact, two of them were ghosts and one was a bug. A Phantump floated on the right of her head, a remarkably large Pumpkaboo stood to the left of her feet, and in her hands she held the oval pinkish form of a Cascoon.

Pokédex Entry #708 – Phantump, the Stump Pokémon. Said to be stumps possessed by the spirits of children who died lost in forests. Found mainly in lonely forests where humans don’t tread, they can lead humans astray with their eerie cries that imitate a human child’s. The leaves on its head are said to have healing properties.

Pokédex Entry #710 – Pumpkaboo, the Pumpkin Pokémon. A pumpkin body inhabited by spirits trapped in this world. It is said to carry such wandering spirits to where they belong so they can move on. They turn restless at night. They comes in many varying sizes, from 7 lbs to over 30.

Pokédex Entry #268 – Cascoon, the Cocoon Pokémon. It’s protected by hardened silk around its body. All its cells generate energy for evolution. Until then, it will not move, even if attacked. It has perfect memory, and after evolution it will seek payback against those who hurt it as Cascoon.

The last without spikes right now, they do have the ability to pull those in.

Eryn(?) smiled, a happy, proud and maybe slightly mischievous smile, looking towards Eryn. She held a hand up towards Chandelure… and then waved four fingers horizontally in the universal gesture for “out of the way”. Eryn(?) then proceeded to point towards Eryn, the happy look that mimicked when Eryn herself looked happy now changing to a confident, challenging look.

‘Phantump!’ Phantump called, floating forth and placing itself in front of Eryn(?), like a Pokémon following the command of her trainer.

Pokémon Trainer Eryn(?) would like to battle!

… What would Eryn do?

in case she actually wants to battle and wants to make it a quick-battle

Phantump will start out with Confuse Ray and then just Astonish for all its worth. If the opponent recovers from Confusion, another Confuse Ray.

Pumpkaboo will ALSO Confuse Ray, then do Trick-or-Treat, making its enemy a Ghost type. From there, Astonish.

Cascoon will start out with Harden, then Poison Sting. … Unless it faces Dei, in which case it’ll have no use of Harden, it’ll just go Poison Sting. If the enemy becomes poisoned, switch to Tackle.