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In Pokémon: Start → 7 yrs ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
@Joshua Tamashii

Nothing disturbed her as Amelia inspected the environment for a simple school life. There were desks on rows, a whiteboard for the teacher in the front with pens for them to write things. Books for the students to study was lying here and there on the sides, different projects by the students were hanging on walls, all of it feeling a bit lonely and dark currently as it was really late. After having finished her inspection.

She walked around school, the decently dark corridors without much activity, most activity at this hour is in the park or perhaps in the library, not the average halls. Amelia kept walking until…

Well. There’s ghosts in the school, she could feel. A floor above her, as well as on this floor…

It suddenly got cold. A chill went through the hall. Her Pokémon sensed it, too. The air itself got significantly colder. Now, this is the time a normal person might have gotten scared, like a draft going through the hall, and in the darkness beyond there was like something was watching… except, yeah, it's trying to affect Amelia, so. However…

The door of the classroom next to her slammed open! A brightly icy-coloured tuft of long hair flew out as a girl jumped out and stood on guard in front of Amelia, like attempting to protect her from the darkness! With her jumped moderately short blue dinosaur on all fours that looked and felt considerably cold, sending a chill even from there. Both stood in front of Amelia, facing the darkness.

‘Amaura! Aurora Beam!’ she called, pointing into the distance.

‘Amaaaaauuuuu!’ the blue dinosaur called as it shot a beam of aurora-coloured chill into the wall on the other side of the corridor… and froze it. They had decidedly missed.

‘… Missed again! Curses! You’re mine one of these days!’ the girl waved her fist in annoyance, before spinning around to Amelia…



‘Ah, well, hi! I’m Daisy, the Siren, Champion of the Trainers’ School, as well as future Ice-type Elite Four! That is, if I can’t make Champion!’ so Daisy called, giving a determined smile and a dramatic pose. ‘It’s been dangerous around here at night lately, but as long as you hold onto this, you should be able to keep away from potential dangers!’ Daisy told her, and handed over a piece of paper to Amelia…

Amelia received Seven Mysteries note!




‘I’m after the first one myself! The chilling hunter must be some loose Ice-Pokémon, and ice is what I’m all about!’ so Daisy confidently told. ‘Alright! Now where did it go!?’ she asked, as she spun and walked a couple of steps away from Amelia, Amaura following… and the chill left with them. For now? For now.

Rrrrrrrrregardless. What would Amelia do now?





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@Rune_Alchemist

Claire took a moment, and then showed the Pokédex entry for Uxie.



Pokédex Entry #480 – Uxie, the Knowledge Pokémon. A Legendary Pokémon. It was born from the same egg along with its kin, Mesprit and Azelf. Known as the “Being of Knowledge”, legends speak of that with its emergence it gifted humans with the gift of intelligence, allowing ancient humans to solve problems and improve their quality of life, leading to the civilization we know today. It has full control of the memories of those who see its eyes, which it uses to make people forget they’ve ever met it.


‘Oooooooooh!’ Connor sounded out excitedly. ‘You actually encountered Uxie and managed to get its data!?’ Where did his stutter go? ‘Nobody seems to actually encounter Uxie, because anyone who does leaves with their memories erased! Oh, wait, actually, could it be that you have no memory of encountering this being, yet you found its data in your Pokédex!? Phenomenal, if so! Glorious! Ah, you don’t need to worry about side-effects, if that’s what you’re here for! It’s a very caring Legendary Pokémon, it doesn’t harm people! In fact, it’s helped us form society as it is! How I’d love to learn its secrets…’ Connor quickly shook his head, though. Ralia’s feeling excitement, wonder, and a little bit of sorrow.

‘Unfortunately, that’s forbidden, no disturbing the lake-trio. They hold the sacred duty to protect our land from an even greater disaster. … O-oh!’ Connor suddenly stuttered again, as he realized what he’d just said.

‘Y-you d-don’t n-need t-t-to worry about a-any d-disaster, though! W-we’re perfectly safe, th-they’re protecting us? H-hahaha!’ he laughed, trying to ease any form of worry. Hopefully. Maybe. ‘St-still, um. Th-that Pokédex… Y-you’re one of K-Kalmia’s trainer, a-are you n-not? I-it’s an ho-honour to meet you! S-so, about th-this entry… wh-what can I he-help you w-with?’ he asked, his stuttering gotten worse. Ralia’s feeling a bunch of worry suddenly, but still amazement at the Pokédex entry.

‘Klefki~’ Klefki meanwhile sounded happy, more than happy to play and wave keys at Ralia.

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@Typical

After sleeping for the, morning, and making introductions it was off to Route 5 to train!



So, training against Hoothoots was a no-go, because there’s no Hoothoots out during the day. Caterpie? Knock yourselves out, the little bugs stood no chance against multiple of Eryn’s Pokémon. They were easy experience, even against Level 1 Peri. Being an Onix gave some advantages against their kinds.

Peri grew to Level 4! Peri learned Curse!


Oddish and Deerling were harder to level against, but there were Pikachu and Emolga in the forest-parts. So, train against those, too, they gotta give better experience than those poor Caterpie. Something Eryn quickly noticed was that when sending out two Pokémon, she almost exclusively met Pokémon in pairs, for some reason. Which, was fine, honestly, because there bugs and electric Pokémon could hardly do damage against Peri, level difference notwithstanding. A couple tackles later, and…

Peri grew to Level 7! Peri learned Rock Throw!


… a proper Rock-type move learned!

That’s when Peri accidentally knocked over a tiny tree. The tiny tree promptly stood up and ran, crying.



Pokédex Entry #438 – Bonsly, the Bonsai Pokémon. It prefers arid environments. If it gets excess water, it leaks out the water through its eyes, making it look like it’s constantly crying, which also serves to make enemies less willing to attack it. It is a fairly good mimic and are often mistaken for real bonsai trees. Somehow.


… That aside! Eryn could train a while longer with the same strategies… eventually getting some form of a result!

Peri grew to Level 11! Peri learned Rock Tomb!
Tula grew to Level 15! Tula learned Recoil-Free Struggle (Tackle)!


Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand with that she’s basically used her afternoon training, it’s approaching evening. Training takes time. And this has cut all the times she probably needed to go back to the Pokémon Center to get Peri back in shape again. Now, in a few more minutes the Hoothoots are going to be coming out. Regardless! What will Eryn be doing next?

Also, huh. There’s something lying here. Did a bird drop this? How a bird could possibly drop this aside...

Eryn found Sharp Beak!




Connected areas:
Lakewatch Town. On the south-west of the route, Lakewatch Town lies adjacent to the lake on the road to the Wet Caverns.
Stillwood Village. In the north lies the forest which hides the village, Mt. Strength lying behind it..
Route 6. Vast plains start in the south-east, this route leads towards Raremine Town.
Frozen Cavern. After an incline up to the ridge of Mt. Chill, a cavern of ice could guide the way to Route 9 and Cooldome City.
Endless Forest. To the south, a dark forest looms. There are no indications as to why you’d ever want to go there.



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@Eklispe

‘Oh,’ Florrie looked a bit surprised at the accepted offer. ‘Then let’s see what the sandstorm holds! I’ll just, um, go buy my own Go-Goggles, ha,’ she did a little awkward laugh as she headed of to purchase some. Dawkin went and hired a Sandstorm coloured Vivillon…

He got a smile from the clerk at that one. ‘It’s a fitting choice, isn’t it?’ the clerk said, walking over to the Vivillon and holding up and arm. The Vivillon immediately got what was going on and jumped onto the clerk’s arm, and then the clerk went back to Dawkin and took the payment and then handed over the arm with the Vivillon. ‘We’re counting on you to take care of him, alright?’



Vivillon happily jumped onto Dawkin, and now he had a scale Pokémon for the day.

Dawkin and Florrie departed into Route 7…

And then, it was out on Route 7. You can skip the following hider if you’ve already read it in the last post.



Current Condition; Relatively Clear - It’s still decently calm, but who knows about later today? The usual sandstorm blows over the path to the Mystic Oasis, though.



They were headed out with the intention to go into the sandstorm, did they not? As such, they turned an immediate right, suited on their Go-Goggles and let Vivillon fly free. Not his first rodeo, Vivillon flew against the sandstorm yet with determination in a single direction, which Dawkin and Florrie followed after.

‘I… should perhaps warn,’ Florrie says. ‘There’s quite a few that tries to get to the Mythic Oasis without paying the decently cheap price for hiring a Vivillon. Some by sheer willpower braving the sandstorm and searching, others by trying to use other Pokémon to counter the effects of the sandstorm, but some by-’

‘HEY, YOU!’

‘B-by taking the Vivillon of those who paid the fee…!’ Florrie said, a tad too late and realizing that she was too late. In fact, it is a sort of entry fee that each trainer that desires to enter the Mythic Oasis needs to battle a string of trainers…!

‘I’m in a PINCH! A great PINCH! And it’s a strong eat the weak world out here, I’M GONNA NEED THAT!’

Keep in mind, Dawkin can fight them himself… or make Florrie fight one or two of them!



‘Hey?’ said a roughish guy with a backpack. ‘I’ve been at this for hours, and yeah, be a pal, and just let me have that Vivillon, you get me?’



‘Aaah… I’m a ninja… but I’m stuck in the enemy’s trap…’ a boy dressed in a ninja was saying the sandstorm was the work of his would-be foes. ‘Y-you…! If I just use you, then…!’

And he approaches…!



What will Dawkin do?

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Gym battle in progress

@Gardevoiran

Paradise spread her huge, leafy wings, and flashed them forward, sending a huge Gust forward at the opposing Accelgor. The ninja-like Pokémon made a dash to avoid, but she was way too close, and was caught by the blow. She was sent flying across the room, rolling and quickly standing up, having taken significant damage. Super Effective! Around half health? … Accelgor flashed back with a lightning quick dash and shot another Acid Spray into Paradise, burning at her leaves and doing even more Super Effective damage! It was a heavy blow…!

… But Paradise still stood! There was a moment there when Accelgor blinked up at the leafy (comparative) giant, hands forward in the position from having shot that second Acid Spray and just, like, remarking, “it didn’t go down, huh”.

‘Tough dino, huh,’ Lorette chuckled a bit on the other side.

Still. Special Defence harshly fell once again. No way Paradise can take another one of those. But… she’s got one more move in her! Or if Skylar takes her back, another move to use somewhere else!

What will Skylar and Paradise, and perhaps Seabreeze, do next?

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand Paradise slams down with another Gust! Accelgor was sent flying again, making laps across the room and crashing into the drink by where Lorette was sitting, the girl blinking a bit at it. Critical Hit! Accelgor fainted!

Paradise grew to Level 14!
Mac grew to Level 13!


Accelgor would not have fainted if that hadn’t been a Critical Hit.

‘You took out Accelgor. Well done,’ Lorette said, smiling. ‘But since you beat one of them, you have to know who’s coming next, right?’ the Gym Leader said, picking up and spinning another Pokéball. ‘Escavalier! Go!’ Lorette threw the ball forward, and with another blast of shining light a suit of armour wielding two lances took shape, and contained inside the armour was a bug.



Pokédex Entry #589 – Escavalier, the Cavalry Pokémon. Karrablast evolved my wearing Shelmet’s shell, the steel armor protecting its whole body. They fly around at high speed, striking with their two lances. Even when in trouble, they face opponents bravely.


‘For your second challenge. Beat something hard!’ Lorette challenged. Escavalier is slow, the first move is Skylar’s.

In Pokémon: Start → 7 yrs ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
Gym battle in progress

@Gardevoiran

Skylar switched Mac out and sent in Paradise, who took some immediate Water Shurikens that had been meant for Mac, and they did barely any damage. Paradise started her next turn by shooting out a Sweet Scent, which scattered among the cloned ninjas… and one of them wavered, clearly distinguished from the other as that sweet scent dazed Accelgor’s mind.

‘Tihi. Sweet Scent would do it. Now, should I be mean? Why, yes I should. Accelgor, Acid Spray,’ Lorette commanded, and the ninja Pokémon immediately got back in the game, alert eyes going, albeit which one is the real one is no longer a question. On the same round as Sweet Scent, Accelgor shot forward to right in front of Paradise, and at this range, there really was no dodging.

Accelgor’s hands slapped together and a spray of acid blasted into the body of Paradise, and it hurt! Super Effective, and in addition, her Special Defense harshly fell! Now, avoiding would be impossible, but the move from there would be up to Skylar and Paradise. Due to Accelgor’s lack of poison typing and Paradise’s respectable Special Defense, it didn’t hurt as much as it could have… but her Special Defense had been halved, the next Acid Spray would hurt twice as much if she was hit with another.

What would Skylar and Paradise do?
In Pokémon: Start → 7 yrs ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
Gym battle in progress

@Gardevoiran

Mac shot off his Ember at the Accelgors… and it went straight through one of the false ninjas! That apparently was not one of the correct choices. The multiple ninja copies used Quick Attack, flying forth at Mac, rocking the wooden platform that’s somewhat floating on the shallow water of the gym a bit…!

Mac tried to Ember again, but being the stylish ninja she was, Accelgor avoided the fireball and knocked into Mac from the side, her real self blended in among her copies as Mac took the first hit. It honestly didn’t do that much damage, but he was no closer to hitting the real opponent.

‘That’s an interesting strategy, but I think Accelgor is fully capable of outmaneuvering your Mac by knowing where the Ember is going to go,’ Lorette told. ‘I’d suggest you switch. And in order to further encourage such a decision…’ the Gym Leader smiled at Skylar. ‘Accelgor, Water Shuriken.’

With that command, the five lined-up copies of Accelgor lifted their right hands, and watery spinning shurikens took shape, ready to throw. Only one of them were real, but despite not being water-type these shurikens would certainly do a lot of damage if thrown at Mac. The line of ninjas would wait a few moments before their volley.

What would Skylar and Mac do?
In Pokémon: Start → 7 yrs ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
Gym battle in progress

@Gardevoiran

‘Tihi. Well met, Skylar. Alright, show me your all, and I’ll show you what I got!’ Lorette said, looking decently excited. So, just as Lorette might have expected, a fire-type came out to see her. Lorette smiled at little Mac.

‘Aw, cute little chicken. Good, you got the typing down, but are you sure you want to wait for me to attack?’ Lorette asked, before making her command. ‘Accelgor, Double Team!’

With that command, suitable for the ninja-like appearance, Accelgor vanished in a quick flash. In her place were now five different Accelgors, lined up side-by-side, and they were all preparing to dash in at Mac.

‘Quick Attack!’ Lorette’s next command rang, and the five Accelgors would blast forward at Mac at phenomenal speed, but only one of them was the real one…

However, notably, that was two commands. Quick Attack will be the first move of the second round, but Mac has a first-turn move that he can potentially make. He has time for that.

What will Skylar and Mac do?
In Pokémon: Start → 7 yrs ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
@Gardevoiran

‘Sounds like you’ve got the beginning of a plan. Don’t sweat the long-term, it’s really not that important. Don’t feel tied down to some schedule! Just do what you feel you should at every moment, and you’ll do fine!’ Kalmia said to him about the first part.

‘Oh,’ Vivia blinked a little in surprise when Skylar told he was not giving her Celebrity. She quickly waved her hands in front of her with a mildly awkwardly panicked expression. ‘Don’t worry about it! This feels right, too! I mean, it’s not as if I could possibly expect you to give me one of your companions, I’m- I’ll happily accept her if you ever decide you want to give her to me and she’s fine with it, but I’ll never ask you to give her to me, that’d feel wrong. I’m also trying to consider her feelings on the matter here, but, er, yeah. Okay?’ So Vivia said. That’s about it.

‘Heh, sounds complicated. Good to know there are Team Virtue members about trying to combat these Amethyst individuals, albeit perhaps they should be a bit more wary about who they attack. In any case. Good luck, tomorrow! Good night, Skylar, Vivia!’

‘G-good night!’ Vivia quickly called to the professor as she realized she’d been spoken to as well. Then she sighed out after the end of the call. ‘It’s going to be a while before I’m able to convince myself that I can relax around her again, huh…’ she lamented somewhat, but then they could say good night and each get a separate bed to sleep in and that’s fine.

So, the next day…

Skylar indeed woke up before Vivia, and got ready to do battle with his team. He did some training in order to get his weaker Pokémon some levels… and that’s totally fine, so, hunt some bugs and fighting types and eventually…

Smiley grew to Level 12! Smiley learned Haze!


… Honestly, it’s really hard to train any Pokémon to a higher level than that around here. The Pokémon just aren’t strong enough. So, it was on towards the Pokémon Gym!

After having walked for a while, he found the Gym. It was an older wooden building, but it was bigger than other buildings in Highhill Town and had a pond built around it. Someone had dug out a ditch and the Gym stood on this little island in the middle, a wooden bridge going to the entrance. A sign stood in the front.

Highhill Pokémon Gym - Minor League.
Gym Leader: Lorette.
“The Shrine’s Bug-Maiden”

‘Hello there!’ said a guy out of nowhere, having appeared and wandered up to Skylar. ‘You’re our newest champ-to-be, aren’t you? Going to challenge the gyms of Isson and prove yourself the best there ever was? Well, regardless! If you need it, I’m here to explain the details to you and answer any questions you might have! I’ll also be giving you tips specific to each Gym, so it’s worth speaking to me even if you’re experienced!’



‘Oh, and, you’re in luck! There are long periods of time when the Gym Leader here isn’t home, but today she got in nice and early to prepare! Did she know you were coming? Did she feel destiny approaching? No idea! But here’s my explanation on the Pokémon League!’

Now, Skylar can ignore this guy and go in without listening to him, but here’s what he has to say if he listens.





With that, Skylar was set to go into the first gym.



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@Typical

Statement: The plot I had in mind here isn’t interesting enough and has mildly derailed already, I’m cutting this short.

Must have been quite the scene for anyone who watched, the happily yelling young girl getting scooped up on top of the huge, newly born Onix among the trees of Route 5’s shoreline at night. Still, the moment ended when suddenly she had to shout to Laurel about the unknown shape in the sky.

Laurel didn’t wait for Cutiecruel and Eryn to get back before starting the engine and making a beeline for Dragon Lake. Eryn unfortunately found herself left behind, but then some loud explosions happened over there. Now, Erebi was brought along to see it, but suffice to say there was a Pokémon Battle that took place and it was way over the level of any of Eryn’s Pokémon.



Eventually, however, the opponent escaped into the air, albeit without being able to collect any of the dragons he intended to collect. The ship came back and collected Eryn and Cutiecruel, with all the people on the ship looking a bit more exhausted now. Lin had fallen asleep, while Zak looked more than a little overwhelmed. Laurel looked satisfied, however.

‘Good call. We owe you both,’ Laurel told Eri and Eryn as he helped the latter onboard again.

That would be everything actually exciting that happened during this boat-trip. Eventually their shift was over and they’d be brought back to the base. Unless she had anything further she wanted to say to those she had travelled with, Zak took his leave with a happy wave, Laurel said she’d be welcomed back whenever she wanted to work again, and Lin’s… still asleep.

‘I’ve been told you did well. As such, in addition to the 6,000 P fee you’d normally get, you get the 2,000P bonus for being useful as well. Well done,’ the sailor at the desk told her. And so…

Eryn obtained 8,000P!


… It’s now morning. Working here forced her to stay awake all night. Still, now she’s in Lakewatch Town in the morning. What would Eryn do from here?





Connected areas:
Wet Caverns. Water-filled caverns that are located to the east. There’s a small hill to climb to get to the entrance.
Route 5. The main exit of Lakewatch, leading to a grassy incline connecting mountains, forests and plains.
Route 14. The waters of Dragon Lake are also known as Route 14. It connects Lakewatch Town, Highhill Town and Stillwood Village.



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@Rune_Alchemist

‘A-a sensitive issue, i-is it?’ Connor asked. ‘R-Raremine Town is s-south of here, b-beyond Route 10, past F-Fr-Freecape Town, down Route 8 a-and the-then east w-when you’ve reached Route 6… I-it’s about h-half the d-d-diameter of Isson’s map, b-but it can be reached d-decently quickly and s-safely on a bike if you stick to the r-road…’ the scientist continued to explain, then Ralia teleported on top of his head when Claire was sounding like she was heading off.

‘O-oh?’ Connor didn’t look particularly bothered by either Claire’s hand on his shoulder or Ralia on his head. After Ralia had managed to convince Claire to stick around, he nodded to her request to talk privately. ‘V-very well. Th-this way, then,’ Connor gestured, and he led her some way through the laboratory to a bunch of offices, one of which he led her into. A typical office, it had a desk with a computer, plenty of shelves filled with scientific nonsense, a couch to the left and a chair for guests to sit in.

Connor sat down on the other side of the desk and gestured for Claire to sit down. From one of the shelves a flying Pokémon came scrambling out along with the sound of keys clanging about on its chain, as it flew to rub itself at Connor’s cheek. Connor lifted a hand to pat the little key ring fairy, before the Pokémon turned to stare at Claire and Ralia. Ralia especially if Ralia was still on top of Connor.

‘Klefki?’ the Pokémon asked curiously.



Pokédex Entry #707 – Klefki, the Key Ring Pokémon. A key collector, it sometimes infiltrates homes to steal keys. It never lets go of a key once it’s grabbed, so people give it keys to vaults and safes to prevent theft. Should it be endangered, it will threaten the attackers by fiercely jingkling their keys at them. Its diet consists of minerals.


‘N-now, then, wh-what did you wish t-t-to talk about?’ Connor asked Claire.

What’ll Claire and/or Ralia do and say?

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@Joshua Tamashii

‘I understand. I’ll see what I can do,’ Kalmia told her, and then it was appeared that the time of the conversation was over already. Kalmia and the twins waved them off, the twins so happily saying they’d love to play with her ghosts again, and then Amelia was off. Eventually, she ended up in front of the Trainer’s School… and decided to wander in, despite it apparently being late! Because who closes their gates at night!?



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@Eklispe

‘Do you want me to come with you? The desert IS my supposed area to search, and the Mythic Oasis should be my area…’ Florrie asked Dawkin, before he was allowed to wander off. He purchased the Go-Goggles from the store, totally fine, he now had a couple of goggles that ensured he’d never be bothered in the midst of a sandstorm. Then, off to the Bug Garden, where the clerk is like…

‘Why, sure. 750P per day. Have a pick,’ he said, and let Dawkin pick one. ‘The Vivillon will simply fly along with you and obey your commands, but it will not fight for you. It’s your responsibility to bring back the Vivillon in the same state as you got it in. The Vivillon will fly home on its own when time is up, and will inform us if you treated it badly. With that out of the way, which one would you like?’

There’s a bunch of them.

After that, he’s still in Raremine…





Connected areas:
Route 6. The Vast Plains open up to the north of Raremine. The shorter paths lead to Route 8 and 16, while west far enough leads to Lakewatch Town.
Route 7. The single rocky desert of Isson, it connects to the Desert Mines, the Old Tombs and to the Mythic Oasis.



… But I could imagine that he’d want to head out to Route 7, too.



Current Condition; Relatively Clear - It’s still decently calm, but who knows about later today? The usual sandstorm blows over the path to the Mystic Oasis, though.



Connected areas:
Raremine Town. A town of miners and research, on the tip between the plains and the desert.
Desert Mines. What Raremine Town stands here for! These mountains are filled with dough!
Old Tombs. Across the desert, an old and chilling place awaits those who wants to visit…
Mystic Oasis. Somewhere within that sandstorm, that is.



So, what will Dawkin do?

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@Pirouette

Chic came out, and proceeded to Sand Attack at Nuzleaf. Nuzleaf prepared to counter-attack…

… Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand Nuzleaf proceeds to hit himself with his increased strength as he repeatedly hits himself in Confusion, and Chic helps the process by throwing the occasional Ember. Chic easily disposed of Nuzleaf by herself. Nuzleaf fainted.

Kay grew to Level 16!

Chic grew to Level 16!

Erika was victorious! Erika gained 510P!


‘Nicely done, young trainer. Come, Master Archie awaits,’ Ramsey said, bowing briefly before (after Erika got to heal) guiding Erika up the stairs…

However, before that…

Chic has a choice to make. There’s an energy coursing through her, that she could use to make it happen here and now… or she could wait for a more optimum dramatic moment. Because, doing it in action will fully heal her.



Eventually, she headed after Ramsey, heading up the stairs, where Ramsey opened a hatch which they went through…

She arrived at a great platform, gazing out over a sea of trees.


In Pokémon: Start → 7 yrs ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
@Eklispe

‘Good to hear! Good luck on your journey, then!’ Leila told him happily, as she saw him off. Dunstan was turned towards chemistry instruments and seemed satisfied with his part. Indeed, Florrie followed after Dawkin, and was there for when he asked his question.

‘Oh, yes!’ Florrie told, somewhat excitedly as it was a question she knew the answer to. ‘The area of the Mythic Oasis is always covered by a sandstorm, you may want to purchase some Go-Googles at the store, I think they go for 1,200P... Or if you don't mind not seeing, you can skip that. Anyways! The nearby Bug Garden allows you to rent their Vivillons, who have the ability to skillfully track down water, regardless of environment! We use them to find the Mythic Oasis within the sandstorm! It's like it moves, so it's the only reliable method to find it that we have... Though you could try your luck, I suppose?’ Florrie says.

In case he then heads to the Bug Garden.

The Bug Garden was a building, a fairly large building with plants around it and promising more plants inside.

There were signs.

“Bug Garden

Feel free to visit and enjoy
Vivillons for the purpose of finding the Mythic Oasis can be hired for 750P per day
They are not for fighting
The Pokémon in the garden are wild, but we appreciate avoiding holding battles in the garden

Thank you for your consideration”



What's Dawkin's next action in Raremine Town?





Connected areas:
Route 6. The Vast Plains open up to the north of Raremine. The shorter paths lead to Route 8 and 16, while west far enough leads to Lakewatch Town.
Route 7. The single rocky desert of Isson, it connects to the Desert Mines, the Old Tombs and to the Mythic Oasis.

In Pokémon: Start → 7 yrs ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
@Joshua Tamashii

The kids and the Pokémon playing over there, Tim and Tom seeing it as a challenge that the ghosts could just turn intangible, Amelia and Kalmia could have their discussion.

Kalmia listened to what Amelia had to say, her expression turning serious and putting one leg over the other as she listened. At the end the professor had put a hand on her chin as she considered.

‘It’s not a wish that is easily granted. The whole Pokémon system is built upon the six Pokémon limit. There are times where people are granted special permission to bring more than six of their Pokémon, primarily at events, but you don’t have anything that’d make you eligible for such a permission. However…’ Kalmia looked like she was thinking of something. ‘… I can see what I can do. It’s a bit beyond my authority, I’ll have to ask some people that I answer to when it comes to the PC-system. Chips or so, or perhaps something even better. You do have the privilege of having a Pokédex, which does grant you some favours in the system. Hm. Yeah, I can see what I can do. Not right now, however. I’ll need to work on it.’

Kalmia responded, looking to Amelia to see what she thought of that.

Currently in Pureplain City.





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



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@Rune_Alchemist

So, Claire goes and busts her way into a laboratory!

At the entrance there were simply different corridors leading to different places where different kinds of research was being done, with fluids in tubes and Pokémon and who knows what else, a ton of researchers in white and wearing glasses around looking official. However, to make this a bit quick.



‘M-my lady…’ said a scientist approaching her, who has a stuttering character trait rather than that he’s afraid or anything like that, he’s plenty confident. ‘I-I’m afraid that m-master D-dunstan is currently at his l-lab in Raremine Town… B-but it could be t-the case that I might s-serve your needs? I a-am Scientist Connor, a-an assistant of m-master Dunstan, a-at your service…’ … So he says.

Claire’s actions?



Connected areas:
Route 10. South of Worldedge. A farmland employing multiple psychic Pokémon from Mt. Edge to help with the crops.
Route 13. West of Worldedge. A slightly disturbed route, which attracts electric Pokémon due to the proximity of the power plant.
Mt. Edge. The mystical mountain at the heart of Worldedge’s unnatural existence. Few people actually cross its fabled tunnels, most just teleport past.
Route 18. East of Worldedge. A calm stretch of land going from Worldedge to Witchpeak, part of the Allmass Cycling Circuit.





Currently in the Information District.


In Pokémon: Start → 7 yrs ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
@Gardevoiran

Kalmia watched on as Skylar presented each of his Pokémon, waving to them and greeting them each in turn. So, then…

‘Yeah, sure. You can just give the Pokéball to Vivia, and it’ll transfer alright. There’s a couple safety measures that prevents the system from being abused, but you don’t need to know about those,’ Kalmia said, explaining to Skylar with a smile.

NPCs can just hand over Pokémon in the games, so sure, you can, too. Not sure how it works, so let’s keep it vague, heh.

Then Skylar asked his second question about letting his dad have the Pokémon in his boxes. Kalmia looked a bit surprised, but thought about it.

‘Hm. It would be possible, but it’d take some complicated workings. You need special permission from high in order to be able to house Pokémon boxes, but I got mine for research purposes and with Oak’s recommendation, so it should be possible. I got the rest of the trainers boxes here, so I suppose I could part with yours. I’ll get into contact with him and see what I can do, but it could take a while. I’ll see what I can do,’ Kalmia says, listening in.

Then he transferred that part with the grunts, because that’s a thing. ‘… Hm. That is worrying. It’s not as bad as it once was, but the grunts are still out there, it would seem. I know there are Team Virtue members patrolling the area searching for them… but things like this still happen, huh. I’m sorry you had to experience that. I’ll certainly report about it for you,’ Kalmia said, sounding a bit serious.

‘Oh? You saw Entei? Cool,’ Kalmia said with a smirk. ‘Yeah, he hangs out around these parts. We know this, from occasional sightings, but they’re rare. I wonder where usually runs when we don’t see him? Still. It’s cool that you got a photo of him. Nicely done!’ Kalmia said, sounding excited. Now, then.

‘Hahaha! I’m doing fine, thank you for asking. I have less to do now that the trainers I’ve prepared are out on journeys, so I keep looking up your profiles and seeing what Pokémon you’ve all encountered and caught, only one of you have a badge yet, though. Still, I need to do my own research. I intend on doing research on Pokémon within the boxes, but I don’t know beyond that, I’ll see. You’re doing okay, too, right?’ Kalmia asked, happy enough.

Vivia was in the background somewhere. She was looking a bit awkward, given her own “betrayal” of Kalmia, despite that Kalmia had previously forgiven her.

What now?

Currently in Highhill Town.





Connected areas:
Route 1. To the south, is the common route of first journeys. Green and straight.
Route 3. To the north, the route to Rainrock or the Silent Shrine. A wet woodland.
Route 14. To the east, the lake known as the Dragon Lake, potentially for crossing.
Path to Silent Shrine. To the west, the Silent Forest and the path to the shrine within.



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@Rune_Alchemist

Lure came in and easily dispatched the last of Krabby’s health with Gusts, leading to a simple victory for Claire.

Pip grew to level 13 (because she was really already at 12)! Pip learned Synthesis!


Lure is level 15. Remains at 15.

Claire was victorious!


‘ACK!’ Alfred recoiled. ‘C-could it be? W-was I easy pickings? Argh! Back to training! … But I must keep beneath level 15!? AGH, THIS IS ANNOYING!’

Anyways! Onwards to Kyle!

Ralia managed to use Confusion to down Roggenrola rather easily. However, Klink turned out a greater challenge than a mere Confusion spam could handle, and the exchanges of Confusion VS Vice Grip was one that Ralia eventually lost. Ralia fainted. Laurel used Sandstorm, but was then fainted by another Vice Grip. Then… honestly, Pip doesn’t stand much of a chance. This will end up in a loss for Claire. But here’s some experience!

Laurel grew to level 10! Laurel learned Screech!
Ralia grew to level 17! Ralia learned Magical Leaf!


‘’Ey, Rickey! We won!’ Kyle presented to his child, lifting the boy high into the air, Rickey laughing as he was lifted high, not seemingly understanding much of what had actually happened. In any case.

In any case. Claire was made to wait around for the end of the other battles, her Pokémon were healed, and then it was time to announce the results…

‘Fourth place, Pokémon Trainer Claire!’

Turns out she actually got a better standing than Kyle, because Kyle had lost an earlier match and some of his Pokémon had fainted in other battles, so she got a better position than any of her opponents. One of those over her was a kid, but the other two was a Pokémon Trainer girl that looked close in age with Claire and the winner was a middle aged man who looked considerably experienced, who was wearing this smirk… was he really supposed to fight here? Regardless. Claire got her fourth-place reward.

Claire earned 900P!
Claire obtained Little Cup Ribbon!
Claire obtained Calcium!


And then, she was free to go again. Where would she go?



Connected areas:
Route 10. South of Worldedge. A farmland employing multiple psychic Pokémon from Mt. Edge to help with the crops.
Route 13. West of Worldedge. A slightly disturbed route, which attracts electric Pokémon due to the proximity of the power plant.
Mt. Edge. The mystical mountain at the heart of Worldedge’s unnatural existence. Few people actually cross its fabled tunnels, most just teleport past.
Route 18. East of Worldedge. A calm stretch of land going from Worldedge to Witchpeak, part of the Allmass Cycling Circuit.





Currently in the Residential District.



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@Typical

Laurel frowned when Eryn asked about the Gible that she’d earlier encountered. He took a moment, during which he looked decently troubled, and then responded.

‘… I haven’t heard of many recent successful attacks, but once upon a time, there were many. Of course, we don’t know what happened to all the Pokémon taken them. It may be that the criminals saved a number of those dragons for breeding purposes, and still sell them for outrageous prices,’ Laurel theorized, frowning as he did. ‘… and as little as I like to admit it, yes. There’s the “Lakebacks”... don’t go there. Most activities done there are strictly legal, just murky bars, some gambling parlors and Pokémon battling… but there’s surely shady business happening beneath the surface, it’s simply hidden. Believe me, we’ve stormed those corners before…’ he said, and sighed in a way that indicated they probably didn’t find anything.

She then went on to ask Lin where she got Cutiecruel.

‘Hm? Oh, I caught her on Route 27, but you can catch a Tentacool or a Tentacruel in just about any sea-water,’ Lin replied, looking decently relaxed. She then smirked, grinning a little as she looked towards Eryn. ‘… But, be careful if you ever find yourself surfing across Route 26 through 29… There’s a pirate ship sailing about those waters, whose destructive trainers don’t care how inexperienced you are, they’ll challenge you for your loot anyway…’ Lin said, clearly intending to scare Eryn.

‘Eh, they’re not really pirates. They like to make you think they are, though, but they’re not strictly doing anything illegal and as such aren’t wanted for anything but scaring unsuspecting trainers,’ Laurel told, just musing over there.

‘Oh, I dunno… I heard something about them smuggling Pokémon from way overseas…’ Lin said, giggling a little more, but that was enough about that.

Then Eryn came upon her little disaster about the egg hatching. Laurel, close enough to hear, blinked somewhat in alarm at this call.

‘… Why, aren’t you a spot of trouble,’ Lin told, frowning at the sudden need to get up from her resting place, sitting up and looking at the egg before looking out over the waters. ‘Cutiecruel!’

Within moments of the call, the Tentacruel got up. ‘Get this girl to shore so she can hatch her Onix!’ Lin commanded, and Cutiecruel understood quickly enough. She gave Eryn a tentacle to help her onto the top of the big, blue head and then quickly swam to shore, knocking numerous Carvanha out of the way as then Eryn was left off at shore close to the woods of Route 5.

Here, the egg could hatch safely, and the huge form of an Onix evolved out of the egg. A newly hatched Onix, huge from birth, and here’s the data once again.



Eryn obtained Onix!


Gender: ♀
Type: Rock/Ground
Personality: (Up to player.)
Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other: (Up to player.)
Level: 1
Moves: Mud Sport, Tackle, Harden, Bind
Ability: Rock Head. Prevents recoil damage.
Held Item: None.

New Pokémon caught! Eryn earned 1500 P!

Would you like to give a nickname to Onix?


‘Woah, that’s more exciting than normal. That happen often? Do you collect eggs, or so?’ Zak asked Eri, who I’ll assume stayed behind on the ship. ‘So, are you two, like, sisters?’

‘You do look quite similar, I wondered myself,’ Laurel chuckled by himself.

‘Pffth. Learn to extrapolate data,’ Lin mocked them, before leaning back where she was.

That was, though, when on a fluke, Eri might notice something. Way up in the sky, WAY up, there was an exceedingly dark… balloon? It made no noise and just hung there, almost invisible against the night sky. Now, there’s PROBABLY others also looking towards the sky… but did they have as good night-vision? … And… something similarly dark just dove from it, straight down towards Dragon Lake. This is while Eryn is dealing with a hatching egg on the shore along with Cutiecruel.

Actions?
In Pokémon: Start → 7 yrs ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
@Typical

‘Very well. This way, then!’ the sailor told, pointing towards a door for volunteers to enter through and wait to be assigned to a ship.

Eventually, a young man came into the room in order to pick her up. Now, inform me if you want to interrupt anywhere, because otherwise I’ll take you for a bit of a ride.



‘You’re the new volunteer? First time, eh? I’m Laurel,’ he said, holding a hand forth to greet Eryn. ‘I’m the Lakewatcher that’s in charge of this crew. Good to meet you. Can you tell me a bit about your capabilities and what you bring to the team?’ he’d ask, and Eryn was free to answer whatever.

‘Alright. Let’s move,’ he said, and then it was out towards the docks. A sailboat was prepared there, and there were two other individuals there, prepared to go out on the waters. A Youngster and a Swimmer…



‘Zak reporting for duty!’ the youngster said, excited.

‘Hm,’ the swimmer just made a noise looking at them.

‘Good to hear you’re in high spirits today again, Zak! Yeah, this is Zak, and this is Lin, they’re also volunteers,’ Laurel said, gesturing first to the youngster and then to the swimmer. ‘Zak, Lin, this is…’ and left a spot for Eryn to potentially introduce herself.

With that done, it was onto the ship. The ship was a simple sailboat, pretty suitable in size for four people. Sail because that’s so exceedingly much cheaper than running an engine all the time, albeit the ship had an engine. It was a simple already prepared sail, Laurel just had to pull a rope and the sail unfolded itself in order to give them some speed, because there was some wind tonight. And, if there wasn’t, they had solutions to that.

‘Fly, my birds! Be my lookouts!’ Zak called, releasing no less than three Pidgeys to fly off over the lake.



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.


‘They all have Keen Eye as their abilities! Nothing will get past them, and I’ll be earning more money to support mom with!’ Zak called proudly, not the first time he was out here, obviously.

‘Nothing over the surface, anyway. As for under…’ Laurel said, opening a Pokéball, which called out a fierce-looking blue seahorse to stand on the edge of the boat.



Pokédex Entry #117 – Seadra, the Dragon Pokémon. By flapping wings, fins and tail, it’s able to swim backwards as easily as forwards. The fins leak poison, which cause fainting but are also valued as ingredient in herbal medicine. It sleeps among corals, and is highly aggressive against those that come close, fending off enemies with its toxic spikes.


‘Seadra, keep a lookout under the surface, and don’t let the Carvanha bite!’ Laurel said, and Seadra nodded before jumping into the water. … Now Laurel looked towards Lin, who was lying trying to sleep in the ship, arms under her head, eyes closed. ‘… Lin,’ Laurel called her attention.

‘You know the deal,’ Lin said. ‘I’m only relevant AFTER we’ve been engaged in battle. At that time, I’ll defend with my full power. Until then, I’ve got nothing.’

‘Lin, I know you have a Tentacruel.’

‘But she’ll be bit by Carvanha!’

‘She’s way too tough to be bothered by the common fish in this lake.’

‘Tsk,’ Lin made an annoyed noise, until she surrendered and took out a Pokéball, throwing it back. A decently huge Pokémon with great red orbs on it took shape and grabbed the side of the ship, tilting it a bit.



Pokédex Entry #73 – Tentacruel, the Jellyfish Pokémon. It lives in complex rock formations on the ocean floor and traps prey using its 80 tentacles, which are normally kept short but can extend seemingly endlessly by absorbing ocean water, which wrap around prey to weaken them with poison. Its red orbs glow when it grows excited or agitated, and allows it to fire harsh ultrasonic blasts.


‘Cutiecruel, look out for infiltrators trying to get into Dragon Lake underwater, will you? Oh, and blast apart any Carvanha that tries to bite you,’ Lin commanded, and the Tentacruel nodded, before letting go of the ship and diving underwater, making the ship jerk to somewhat. With that, Laurel was satisfied albeit Lin was a bit annoyed, and they could be off.

Followed by Seadra and Tentacruel under the water and numerous Pidgeys in the air, their ship sailed onto…



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@Rune_Alchemist

Against Monnie.

Laurel VS Hoothoot! Hoothoot managed to miss the first Laurel with the first Hypnosis, allowing him to get a first Sandstorm. Then it became a Bite VS Peck fight… and due to Tinted Lenses, Hoothoot still did regular damage with Peck! That, and because Hoothoot was double Laurel’s level, meant that Laurel wouldn’t be winning this battle, despite buffeting Sandstorm on the bird. Tez came in and used Imprison, a usually hilariously useless move that now meant Hoothoot couldn’t do Hypnosis. Monnie wasn’t able to understand she couldn’t use Hypnosis anymore, though, so Claire could use this moment of confusion to easily Confusion down the Level 10 Hoothoot with her Level 15 Bronzor. The sandstorm died down.

Laurel grew to level 6!


Tez VS Clefairy! … Sing did nothing! Tez resists both Disarming Voice and Pound, and just Confusions away! This battle is a cakewalk, albeit Clefairy’s high Special Defense meant it took a while before it fainted, managed notable chip damage! Clefairy fainted!

Pip VS Luvdisc! Pip alternatively used Growl at first… but for some reason Draining Kiss is a special move, it was unaffected by lowered Attack! Razor Leaves did way more damage, though. Still, Draining Kiss taking health from Pip and Growl doing nothing meant the battle was decently equal… until Pip got in a good Critical Hit, Super Effective! Luvdisc fainted!

Claire was victorious!


Don’t win no money in an official tournament battle, though.

‘Ooooh… I didn’t hold back, but I lost anyway… Good battle, big sis!’ Monnie called to Claire.

Then, Alfred.

Lure VS Machop! … Karate Chopping at Lure did, like, nothing but be an annoyance, and Lure could Gust him into oblivion afterwards!

Lure VS Onix! Lure shot Razor Leaf at Onix, doing magnificent damage! However, Onix’s mildly put awesome Defense meant he could take at least one of those! She took a decently damaging Rock Tomb back, which lowered her speed! This lowered speed meant Onix outsped her enough to do another Rock Tomb, hurting her down to under half health, but then she Razor Leafed again and that was enough to KO Onix!

Pip grew to level 11!


However, then it was Krabby. Krabby was Level 15. That said, Krabby has poor Special Attack, meaning it’d take three Bubble Beam’s to do even half damage to Pip. Pip also needed three Razor Leaves to take out Krabby, but Krabby was faster. Krabby shot Bubble Beam after Bubble Beam, none of them doing the secondary effect of reducing target Speed. Pip also shot Razor Leaf after Razor Leaf… but didn’t get a Critical Hit. Krabby had been reduced to 20% health when a final Bubblebeam took the last of Pip’s health and fainted her.

What would Claire do, now?

Against Cornelia.

Laurel VS Cyndaquil. Sandstorm and Smokescreen was exchanged, but honestly, Sandstorm is a powerful wind and as such the Smokescreen was blown away. Cyndaquil was buffeted. Then they started attacking. Now, the thing is, Cyndaquil is Level 13. He may be at a type disadvantage, but Cyndaquil still did the more damage, especially since Laurel didn’t have any Super Effective moves to pull. He bit into Cyndaquil and did damage, but ultimately higher-level Embers and Quick Attacks did the more damage. Claire switched to Zeal, who took some Quick Attacks but could efficiently take out Cyndaquil with two Power-Up Punches.

Laurel grew to level 8!


Zeal VS Lillipup… after Zeal had two Power-Up Punches already. … Zeal slammed his opponent down easily, meeting that Take Down in the middle and took the damage from the brutal attack, but Lillipup took a far more brutal blow and fainted.

Lastly, Abra. Abra teleported behind Zeal, but Zeal was attentive enough to spin around and SCRATCH, with 3 Power-Up Punches backing it. Abra took massive damage but still grabbed the arm and threw Zeal into the ceiling, dealing a decent chunk of damage. Zeal was more than capable of coming down on his own and dealing another Scatch, fainting Abra.

Claire was victorious!


‘A-aah! You’re good! I-I should be able to do that, too, as soon as Cindy evolves… Th-thank you for battling me!’ Cornelia said, amazed at Zeal’s performance, ultimately bowing to Claire again.

Finally, Kyle.

Pip VS Roggenrola! Pip Growled, reducing the power of the Rock Blast Roggenrola shot at her. Three rocks hit her, doing some damage. Then, onto Razor Leaf! It does a hefty chunk of damage to Roggenrola, but unfortunately Roggenrola’s rocky defense defended it from taking even more damage. She was hit by another Rock Blast, though this time only two rocks. Growl again, reducing Rock Blast’s capability further, which was good because next time she was hit with five of them. Pip shot another Razor Leaf… and missed! Roggenrola somehow got out of the way! Another Rock Blast was shot at her, hitting thrice, doing very little damage now. Pip could do one final growl, but after the next Rock Blast it was time to switch Pokémon.

Laurel VS Roggenrola. Leer took down Roggenrola’s Defense a notch. Then he was hit with three rocks, that took a bit of a chunk of health. He bit Roggenrola, which did a little bit of damage. Then he was hit by three rocks again. He used Leer again, dropping the opponent’s Defense down further. Then he took three rocks again… and now Laurel was about to faint. Most certainly would if he attempted to Bite again. Roggenrola had taken a great deal of damage, but would certainly survive another Bite.

What would Claire do?

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@Gardevoiran

‘Back to the Pokémon Center sounds nice,’ Vivia says, and heads with Skylar back towards the Pokémon Center. Then… there was the matter about Celebrity. Vivia looked towards Skylar, a bit surprised.

‘Wha, you mean it?’ Vivia asked, sounding a bit confused. She then took a moment to consider, during which she was considering how exactly to ask this in a way that didn’t insult Celebrity in any way, shape or form. Eventually, she gave up on asking this question, instead going for. ‘… Yes,’ Vivia said, nodding to him, eyes a bit wide, still. ‘She’s so cute and so. I’d be happy to, if you… feel that’s best,’ she said, remaining serious.

Then Skylar tripped over an ancient vase in the midst of a wet forest and alleviated the atmosphere a bit. In any case. Moving on. He healed at the Pokémon Center and then called Kalmia.

We’ll say that Amelia’s visit and this call takes place on slightly different times.

‘Hello, Professor Kalmia speaking! What’s up, Skylar? Oh, yeah, I just got your Goomy! Nice catch! Interestingly enough, you’re not the only one to catch a dragon!’ Kalmia said with an audible smile, and now Skylar’s free to talk.

Still. Currently in Highhill Town.





Connected areas:
Route 1. To the south, is the common route of first journeys. Green and straight.
Route 3. To the north, the route to Rainrock or the Silent Shrine. A wet woodland.
Route 14. To the east, the lake known as the Dragon Lake, potentially for crossing.
Path to Silent Shrine. To the west, the Silent Forest and the path to the shrine within.



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@Joshua Tamashii

Jacques raised a hand and a smile, making a light tip of his hat at Amelia for the thanks before he departed. Now, onto Kalmia’s residence.

Since they were fleeing keeping to themselves, Tim and Tom probably ignored those that just fled from them all the time, at least until they had a plan for how to engage.

‘Ehehe, but he doesn’t have a single Gym Badge yet~!’ Timothy said with a grin about his brother.
‘We know, we have looked at the Professor’s computer~!’ Thomas followed it up with, grinning as well.

‘Yeah, ask permission before you do that, next time,’ Kalmia said, sighing. Then Amelia showed all her Pokémon…

‘Oooh, a bunch of ghosts!’ Timothy sounded excited.
‘Look! That one’s shiny!’ Thomas pointed equally excitedly at Phantump. Then they both took off towards Amelia’s Pokémon, assuming she let them out for them, because that’s what it felt like to them.

‘Boys! You should ask the Pokémon if you can play with them before you… jump right in… oh, sigh. I need to find a handbook on how to deal with children. Was this what Dawkin was dealing with every day before he went on his trip? I heard it’d been hard, but…’ Kalmia sighed a bit while Tim and Tom so excitedly went on. ‘Still, I couldn’t take care of all these Pokémon on my own, I have research to do…’

Then Amelia said she had something to ask of Kalmia, with a serious face. Kalmia looked at her with slight surprise, sitting back in her chair with a decently professional expression.

‘Alright. Ask away, and I’ll see what I can say,’ Kalmia replied, looking directly to Amelia right now. Regardless of what antics the twins were doing.

…

Pumpkaboo found a Max Potion somewhere with Pickup!

Currently in Pureplain City.





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



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@Eklispe

‘Hm. Aren’t you eager? Very well,’ Dunstan said approvingly, standing up. He went through the lab and opened a storage box, lifting out a truncated octahedron, similar to the one that Florrie had. He went over and handed it over to Dawkin.

‘We’ve managed to duplicate a few of these. Here you go.’

Dawkin obtained Zygarde Cube!


‘This is the Zygarde Cube. Whenever you encounter one of the cells, you can store it inside this. It’ll also give you a hint if there’s a Zygarde Cell in your current area. I have a couple, so if there’s anyone else with a Pokédex that you’d entrust with this mission, you can send them this way and you can hunt side-by-side. Leave the desert and the immediate area around here to Florrie, that’s where our Zygarde was broken apart after all, while you go seek far and wide over Isson for the rest. That should work out, right?’ Dunstan said.

‘W-welcome aboard!’ Florrie said, sounding excited to have another ally.

‘If there’s anything you wonder, you can find us either here or in Dunstan’s lab in Worldedge City. Except for that…’ Leila said…

‘Right, I’ll give you my number, so you can give updates on your progress. Alright?’ Dunstan said. Unless Dawkin had any complaints, he was then handed Dunstan’s contact information.

‘That’ll be all, right? Now off with you, then,’ Dunstan said, turning back to his chemistry research with the vials and such…

‘… Sorry about him. Was there anything else you were wondering, or are you good to go?’ Leila asked.

‘I-I’ll follow you out, at least…’ Florrie said, for whenever Dawkin was actually on the way.

With that, Dawkin was free to leave out to Raremine Town again, unless he had other business with these individuals, things to ask, etc.

What would Dawkin do?





Connected areas:
Route 6. The Vast Plains open up to the north of Raremine. The shorter paths lead to Route 8 and 16, while west far enough leads to Lakewatch Town.
Route 7. The single rocky desert of Isson, it connects to the Desert Mines, the Old Tombs and to the Mythic Oasis.


In Pokémon: Start → 7 yrs ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
@Eklispe

‘Oh, yes. That happened, didn’t it? You didn’t get to see my best side, I’m afraid,’ Leila told before giving him a kind smile. ‘I’m Leila, Pokémon Trainer, and representative of the researchers of Raremine as well as Worldedge. Pleased to meet you.’

Florrie blinked a bit.

‘D-did I ever introduce myself?’ Florrie asked, suddenly frozen in place. She then spun around to Dawkin. ‘I-I’m sorry! I’m Florrie, Pokémon Trainer and lab assistant! Pleased to meet you!’

‘… And I’m Professor Dunstan,’ the man said, casually saying that he’s the most famous researcher in Isson. He put his hands in his pockets and stood, looking over to Florrie. ‘So, Florrie. Your reasoning is that because he has the Pokédex, we can trust him?’

‘Y-yes!’ Florrie said, bewildered. ‘He’s been entrusted with one of the very few Pokédexes that the foreign professors made, this must mean he’s a worthy and dependable trainer to be entrusted with something like that! If the Professors trust him, then so should we! Besides, that Pokédex already knows about Zygarde and told him upon scanning Zei…!’

‘Is that so?’ Dunstan says, not sounding particularly convinced. ‘Leila, what do you think?’

‘Hmmm, I think he has his head on straight,’ Leila said, probably recalling how he made her and Kristy not fight. ‘Besides, it’s not like we have a lot of options, now, do we?’

‘I suppose not,’ Dunstan says, and then looks towards Dawkin. ‘Well, then, kid. Would you like to partake in a possibly dangerous mission that might involve taking on criminals and threats of a scope you can’t even imagine with little to no backup? We can’t tell you anything until you agree, but it is for the sake of the betterment of the world,’ Dunstan asks, staring blankly at Dawkin.

‘Now, now, Dunstan, don’t intentionally try to scare him away,’ Leila told, giving him a smile. ‘We can tell you this much, at any rate. Zygarde 50% form long inhabited the Desert Mines. We found him, noted that he existed, and then didn’t bother him. Zygarde consists of a collection of separate cells, the more together the more powerful. Zygarde is mainly regarded as the guardian of the ecosystem, who rises up to destroy those who threatens the order of life on this planet. The 50% form is a form it takes to monitor. It uses some unknown senses to keep track of all the threats in the world, and should any of them cross the line it will summon the rest of its kind and become the 100% form, capable of whatever you’d expect a Legendary to achieve.’

‘So when we found it, we obviously let it be. We don’t mess with Legendary Pokémon, but I did try to study it as best I could,’ Dunstan said. Then, his look became serious. ‘However. A week or so ago, someone visited the 50% form… and blew it open, scattering the cells. We’ve tried seeking in the desert and in the Desert Mines, but we’ve only found enough to create the 10% form. Basically, we need trainers to seek through the rest of the world for Zygarde Cells, and protect them from whatever person it was that destroyed the 50% form…’

Dunstan shakes his head a bit, looking grim.

‘… However, more importantly. We can’t allow whoever destroyed Zygarde to do it again. He must have done it with a purpose in mind. As such, information about what we’re doing must be kept under wraps.’

‘Dunstan doesn’t trust the Pokémon League, and any normal trainer might be connected to the man who tore Zygarde down in the first place, so we’re terribly short on options,’ Leila said with a smile. ‘Not to mention, we have our regular businesses and troubles to manage…’

‘… So, there you have it. We recollect the cells, make the 50% shape, let him monitor whoever destroyed him somewhere safe. Then Zygarde can administer whatever judgement he decides appropriate when we get there, as the 50% shape should be able to summon the rest of them,’ Dunstan said, shrugging a bit before looking towards Dawkin again.

‘What say you? Think you can gather Zygarde Cells around the world while keeping them and the information about them safe?’ Dunstan asked. Yupp, that’s the question. ‘If it’s rewards you’re wondering about, then I do have quite a bit I could offer. You can name your price, and I’ll see if I think you’re worthy of it after a while.’

What would Dawkin respond?

‘… How did he learn you had Zygarde with you?’ Dunstan asked Florrie.

‘I, um, used Zei against him in a Pokémon battle…’ Florrie told, looking away, mild panic in her face.

‘…’ Dunstan did not answer, just looking towards her with a blank face.

Anyways! Dawkin’s actions?

In case he just up and leaves.





Connected areas:
Route 6. The Vast Plains open up to the north of Raremine. The shorter paths lead to Route 8 and 16, while west far enough leads to Lakewatch Town.
Route 7. The single rocky desert of Isson, it connects to the Desert Mines, the Old Tombs and to the Mythic Oasis.



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‘Hm-hm, I’ll consider it. Farewell for now, and good luck on your own endeavours!’ Braith told as Eryn made her way away.

Later, at the Lakewatcher Base.

‘You’ll be assigned to a team which may contain a combination of official patrol members and other volunteers, depending on how many are working at the night. You can bring a friend along if you so wish, you’re the only one actually working?’ he asked, because, like, matters of pay. ‘However, there may be times where you’re sent off on a smaller boat on your own if we’re investigating something fishy or a battle occurs somewhere and you’re either sent as reinforcement or perhaps to stay as a look-out while the rest are the reinforcement. We intend to be as flexible as possible. Expect the unexpected.’ So he says.

Does that answer her questions? Does she want to ask anything else, or does she want to try this out?

In case she didn’t want to.





Connected areas:
Wet Caverns. Water-filled caverns that are located to the east. There’s a small hill to climb to get to the entrance.
Route 5. The main exit of Lakewatch, leading to a grassy incline connecting mountains, forests and plains.
Route 14. The waters of Dragon Lake are also known as Route 14. It connects Lakewatch Town, Highhill Town and Stillwood Village.


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