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In Pokémon: Start → 3 yrs ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
@Gardevoiran

Under its mask, Type: Null’s eyes twitched a little at Skylar’s statement, but still just gazed at him.

Seabreeze easily blasted off another Water Pulse at the opponent’s Archen before it got off another Rock Throw, and it fainted, collapsing to the ground. The female Amethyst grunt grunted (heh) as she recalled both her Pokémon, and she was all of a sudden left with no Pokémon at all. She glared around for something she could do anyway…

Mac blocked Mankey’s Karate Chop with one of Double Kick’s two kicks! That… still hurt! Karate Chop is a stronger move than a single Double Kick is, and this isn’t a badly trained Mankey, either! So damage was taken to Mac’s leg… but he was still able to kick Mankey with the other leg for a clean hit, sending Mankey staggering away a bit. Far enough for Paradise to hit it with a Gust! Powerful winds decked the Mankey, sending it rolling over for Super Effective damage… but the angry monkey refused to give in! It leapt back onto its feet, its eyes shaking in anger! Highly damaged, though.

‘Okay! Vulpix, Ember the Tropius! Mankey, take advantage of the confusion and Karate Chop that Combusken’s head!’ the male grunt pointed forward, and his Pokémon did so, Mankey leaping forward at Mac to Karate Chop, while Vulpix sent a blast of fire (not a fire blast) at Paradise, clearly with hope to take them out…

But Vulpix then took a rock from the side, yelping a bit in damage from Pretzl’s Rock Throw that did some Super Effective damage, and then there was Seabreeze who was likely circling around to end the fight…

‘We’re not winning,’ the female grunt observed, and her eyes quickly scanned for something that could help them… and they locked onto Excadrill. Now, sure, it was true that the big metal mole wouldn’t do anything for this dofus over here, but wasn’t there something else that had motivated him, earlier?

‘Hey, Excadrill!’ the girl shouted at the mole, who didn’t even bother reacting to being addressed. ‘If you help us claim that quadruped Pokémon in the big mask, Isabella will LOVE you!’

‘Ex-CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!’ the Excadrill suddenly screamed out, smashing down its feet into the ground with enough force to crack the floor, getting onto its feet and taking a fighting stance, the fire of passion burning brightly in his eyes.


‘Alright!’ the female grunt grinned victoriously while the male grunt once again stared at Excadrill with just a “seriously?” kind of look, but the girl was just too excited to mind him. ‘Use-’

‘EXCA-!’ … And the Pokémon dashed forward, unceremoniously knocked the female grunt aside for no other reason than that she was slightly in his way, sending her ‘ACK-!’ flying aside, not that hurt but very surprised.

Also in his way were Mankey, Mac and Vulpix, who unless they moved also would be knocked aside as the Excadrill rampaged forward like an unstoppable force through the warehouse, dashing towards a singular target.

Type: Null turned its head as it realized it had a giant high-level rampaging metal mole dashing directly at it, metal blade imbued in its arm raised to strike. For whatever reason, the masked wasn’t moving.

What would Skylar and his Pokémon do?

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@hatakekuro

Roxanne VS Venipede! Venipede and Nosepass has the exact same HP and Attack stats. That is somewhat amusing.

Albeit, Defense is then way in Roxanne’s favour, not to mention the typing. Venipede Defense Curled, but was then swiftly paralyzed by Roxanne’s Thunder Wave. Then, with the Venipede being too unlucky to get a move in from paralyzation, Roxanne Rock Throwed until her opponent fainted.

Roxanne grew to level 14!


Crocus VS Geodude! Interestingly enough, Geodude’s defense is high enough that it survives a single Vine Whip, but because it used Defense Curl on the first turn instead of trying to strike back, the point is moot.

Crocus grew to level 14!


In the Crocus VS Marill fight, Marill started with Defense Curl! That’s when Crocus sent out Sleep Powder… which failed to take effect! Perhaps being curled up like that protected Marill from the effect of the powder? … How does a Marill “curl up”?

Regardless, it meant that Marill could start rolling next turn! Rollout was powered up, rushing towards the Bulbasaur! Crocus hit it with Vine Whip as it approached, doing Super Effective damage… but not enough to 2-hit-KO, not with Defense Curl increasing defense! That said, Marill’s hit to Crocus did substantial damage due to Defense Curl and Huge Power combined, and he could faint with the next one, since it’d have double the firepower! And then… then Rollout would be really scary.

Would Basil like to reconsider his strategy?

Next battle!

Crocus VS Pikachu. Unfortunately, Pikachu used Quick Attack and managed to dodge the Sleep Powder pretty cleanly. It struck Crocus with its body, doing slight damage. Crocus Vine Whip back actually didn’t do that much damage either, but it did MORE damage. After numerous exchanges, where neither side managed to do critical hits or anything of the following, Crocus eventually ended up on top.

Lancer and Paras were sent out, and proceeded to have a super-slow charge towards one another as a base speed 20 and a base speed 25 dashed for one another… albeit when they arrived the battle was swift and one-sided. Paras managed to hit with two Fury Cutters, doing miniscule damage both times despite the second being more powerful, but one Peck from Lancer left Paras almost fainted, and the second finished the job.

Lancer grew to level 13! Lancer learned Twineedle!


Then there was Lupin the Sneasel VS Kadabra. In a moment, it looked completely hopeless for the Kadabra. That’s when Victor the Schoolkid focused his mind, and…

‘Hey, you’re Psychic, right!? Use your powers to send rocks from the earlier fights at him!’ Victor commanded, and since Confusion is described as “a telekinetic force”…

‘Kadabra!’ the Pokémon charged its psychic powers, picking up small pieces of debris that had been torn from the stage from earlier fights (especially Rollouts from Boey) at Lupin!

Fortunately for Basil, Sneasels are agile creatures and the small pieces of debris didn’t really do a lot of damage, so while it might have been a tougher battle than he’d initially expected because of his opponent going for unconventional strategies, his level 11 Sneasel still beat the level 16 Kadabra. That’s a bunch of exp.

Lupin grew to level 14! Lupin learned Icy Wind!


‘Aw,’ Victor just gave a disappointed little noise.

Basil was victorious! Basil gained 526P for winning!


Next battle!

Roxanne VS Ponyta. Ponyta doesn’t have any effective moves and instead kept ramming into Roxanne with Flame Wheel, which didn’t do a whole lot of damage. Roxanne handedly won the battle with several Rock Throws.

Roxanne grew to level 15!


Rhyhorn, with that Pokédex entry, is basically one of the most abusable Pokémon ever and Crocus easily outmaneuvered it to Vine Whip the thing to fainting with impunity. Rhyhorn eventually fainted.

Crocus grew to level 15! Crocus learned Take Down!


Lancer VS Cacnea. Lancer got himself Leech Seeded! Which caused him to take some damage twice before having Pecked the Cacnea twice, fainting the little cactus, taking an insignificant Absorb on the way.

Lancer grew to level 14!


‘Ouch. Well, I think you’re going to be just fine if you head that way!’ Ella said, smiling cheerfully.

Basil was victorious! Basil gained 381P for winning!


Right, one battle more that needs to be dealt with, but what would Basil want to do afterwards?





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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@Typical

As they walked, the woman in armor smiled happily as they kept walking, also taking Eryn’s Trainer Card as she offered it, looking at it closely before handing it back.

‘I see, I see. A trainer that got a Pokédex from Professor Kalmia, huh? Well, that makes you easy to find,’ she commented as they kept walking. ‘School, haha. I never needed school, and I did pretty well for myself, I think!’ she said, chuckling a bit.

@Joshua Tamashii If you two would like, Eryn and her current armored companion is going to pass by the entrance of the Wet Caverns.



Amelia could hang onto them to head to Lakewatch Town, if she so wishes, or just talk to Eryn.

That all aside, what happens should there not be such an encounter.

‘Oh, me? I’m just some dragon breeder. The dragons of Dragon Lake were very few due to poaching some time ago, but I’m helping with growing the population again! It’s nothing special, but it does make me happy,’ the woman replied, specifically ignoring the question of what her name was.

After wading a certain amount of water and going through the caves strangely unbothered by Pokémon, they’d eventually be back to Lakewatch Town.



There were numerous inhabitants of Lakewatch Town that randomly waved the woman walking with Eryn, and she happily waved back. Regardless, Eryn found herself led to the Pokémon Center.

‘Now, heal up the dragon, and let me talk to her!’ the woman requested. Eryn could decide to do so, or perhaps not. Will she?





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@Eklispe@Rune_Alchemist

‘I’m willing,’ Cathia replied to Dunstan. ‘I already despise Team Amethyst, I want nothing more than to help you end whoever these villains are,’ Cathia said, looking more focused than she did before.

Then, though, Claire told her little thing, and Cathia looked towards her with a bit of alarm. She let Claire speak until she was done, and…

‘That… does explain something. I thought that was a strangely strong grunt. I was wondering if I’d have encountered one of the elites without knowing it…’ she commented. ‘But you were not winning. Had we not been interrupted, I would have won,’ she so simply claimed.

‘You got what-’ Dunstan, instead, reacted to the later part of what Claire was saying. He took a moment to think about that. ‘Okay. If you decide to make use of that, do keep me informed. I’m not sure I trust all the backup I could give you, but I could buy you some items. If nothing else, I could be your backup. I’m at least moderately strong,’ Dunstan said.

‘I could help. Though, if it’s Isabella… Isabella is one of the Admins of Team Amethyst. A cruel lady, she’s not afraid of commanding her Pokémon to attack the opposing trainer in battle. The fact her Golbat is not a Crobat says something about how she treats her Pokémon, too. If she’s going to be there, it’s probably a good idea to get somewhat stronger, first…’ Cathia said, and in the background of that Dunstan grabbed a pen, started writing down some notes, then looked at Cathia like “how do you know that”, but didn’t actually ask it. Right now, anyway.

Then with what Dawkin said…

‘I deeply appreciate that. Give me a call whenever you decide to go, and I’ll see how I can help,’ Dunstan said. With that, they could share communication info if they didn’t last time.

‘With that, I guess that’s all I got for now. Do you have any questions?’ Dunstan asked. If not, they could be on their way.





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 → 3 yrs ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
@Gardevoiran Well. Would you like to repeat your stunt? Or perhaps this is a little bit more extreme? Hahahahahaha

@hatakekuro I did roll dice to find out of Sleep Powder was effective or not. You didn't roll that well. Anyway, you have one battle that needs your input. But, you can as well type what you'll do after that, if you wish.

@Typical I was going to write even more, but I didn't want to control your character so here's a mid-stop. Do say if you stop anywhere on the way. Or, if you just do as the woman wants, then I can continue writing with an edit. Though, also.

@Typical@Joshua Tamashii The two of you were briefly at the same location. If you want to, we can pause there in Eryn's post and let the two of you interact. Would you like that? Otherwise, Eryn can keep going.

@Eklispe@Rune_Alchemist And with that, you two should be free to potentially head off again. You can ask more questions of anyone present if you like, or you can head on. That works too. What would you like to do?
In Pokémon: Start → 3 yrs ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
@Typical

‘Hahahaha! Nonsense! Any little dragon I know is always ready for-’ the woman in armor laughed at Eryn’s statement that the Bagon was out of it, thereby coincidentally not looking at Eri during Eri’s little confused moment. Then she looked back down at Eri just in time to see the Bagon-shape stumble over into a pile. The woman’s expression dropped to a bit of startled realization.

‘- oh, I guess she was pretty out of it,’ she said. She then shrugged and smiled at Eryn once again. ‘Eh, that’s fine with me,’ she said, and immediately fished up the two fainted Bagons, one in each arm. This is with the consideration that the Bagons weigh 93 pounds / 42 kg each.

‘I’m gonna take these to the Lakewatch Town Pokémon Center, heal them up, and then let them back out into the wild again. Let’s walk together! I insist.’ … For some reason, there was something in the tone she said that with which signaled that “no” wasn’t an applicable answer.

Should Eryn not pull any particular tricks to try to get away, the woman would have another set of questions.

‘Hey, can you tell me about yourself? Why’d you decide to become a Pokémon trainer? Oh, and can I see your trainer card?’ the woman said with a wide smile, jolly tone, and for some reason Eryn probably felt like she was in a courtroom.

Would she comply?




Connected areas:
Route 2. ‘Nope.’
Lakewatch Town. ‘This way!’


In Pokémon: Start → 3 yrs ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
@Gardevoiran The battle continues. Did not expect you to take that blow straight on. You're gonna be down a bit.

@Typical Felt like giving you a little situation, just because. Hehe.

@hatakekuro Alright, so, remainder how Pokémon battles work against random trainers. I list all the Pokémon they have and their general strategy with each below. Then you write in your post how you intend to handle them. Feel free to ask me questions when you feel like. That's that.
In Pokémon: Start → 3 yrs ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
@Gardevoiran

Firstly, Skylar barely dodged the Type: Null’s attack, shattering his cane in the process…

‘Wait, hold on, he’s BLIND!?’ the male grunt suddenly called.

‘Seems so!’ the female one replied.

‘Wait, I don’t know if I like this. Picking on the blind kid is such a bad guy thing to do,’ the guy said.

‘Oh, grow up, we’re criminals! We’re already bad guys, darn it!’ the lady called, exasperated.

Then, when Skylar moved in the way of the Ancient Power…

Right, that whole part about Pokémon protagonists being durable? That does not extend to enduring actual Pokémon moves. There is a reason why humans use Pokémon for battle.

So, those are actual rocks slamming into Skylar from the front, definitely knocking him over. That took a good 78% of his HP, and unlike Pokémon, human performance decreases with health. Skylar’s not going to be able to get up for a little while. The grunts, meanwhile…

‘WHAT THE-!’ the guy staggered.

‘I… didn’t mean to do that…’ the girl commanding the ancient Pokémon to use Ancient Power said.

There was someone else who was surprised. Type: Null stood staggered, glaring at Skylar with a stunned look under the metal mask. It didn’t expect that.

Regardless, the battle continued! And I will say, because of the thing with Type: Null, the enemy got a little bit of a time-advantage.

Skylar was only able to block one Ancient Power, the other struck Paradise for damage! It wasn’t enough to take her down, but it was substantial!

Paradise sent a Magical Leaf at Tirtouga, and the opponent TA grunt grit her teeth. ‘Tirtouga, Aqua Jet the Archen!’

With that command, suddenly launched itself into the air with a blast of water heading after it, flying straight past the Magical Leaf and striking Pretzl before he got off the Rock Throw! It was just Seabreeze that headed for Archen! ‘Archen, strike back! Rock Throw!’

The Archen spun to throw a rock at Seabreeze… who struck first with Water Pulse, easily doing more than half of Archen’s health in damage. There was something defeated appearing in its eyes… yet it still managed to Rock Throw and hit Seabreeze, which still did substantial Super Effective damage…!

However, that Tirtouga who had just pinned Pretzl that thought itself so strong, about to fire a Water Gun into the newly reawoken ancient Pokémon… was then suddenly struck by a flutter of Magical Leaves that had spun around and struck from behind! Nobody dodges Magical Leaf! Times 4 Super Effective! The stunned-looking turtle fainted!

‘My Pokémon…!’ the grunt staggered.

Meanwhile, Mac successfully blocked the Ember heading for Paradise, and then headed for Vulpix… but something came in the way!

‘Mankey, AT THEM!’ the guy commanded, and a very angry monkey suddenly leapt at Mac, preparing a Karate Chop! Mac wouldn’t be able to get to Vulpix with this thing here! He could Double Kick the Mankey, thereby trading with a Karate Chop if we wanted to, but…

‘Vulpix, Confuse Ray!’

Too fast to actually dodge while Mankey was there (though after the Double Kick if he wanted to kick the monkey), the Vulpix shot out an orb of ghastly power that hit Mac from the side after circling Mankey ominously. There was very little that could be done to dodge that one! Two-on-one is definitely harder!

What would Skylar’s Pokémon do now?

No, not Skylar, he’s going to need some more time to recover from those rocks. He might, though, find Type: Null staring at him.

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@Typical

Eryn decided to attempt to trick whoever was coming into view by having Eri change into Atha. Eri did so, and just in time, too. Someone approached… and that someone was accompanied by the sound of armor?



A blonde woman, wearing red armor, walked out into view, holding her own little lantern. She looked curiously at Eryn, as Eryn immediately started making her case.

‘Oh, hey, I know these three! Always fighting one another for things they find, always trying to one-up one another…’ the trainer said, smiling decently widely. She crouched down, looking towards Eri. ‘So, you decided to head with this trainer? It’s what you truly want?’ the woman asked Eri, seemingly not having realized this wasn’t, in fact, not actually a Bagon.

‘Well, if it’s what you want, then I don’t mind! I wish you luck on your journey! One last headbutt for the ride?’ the woman asked Eri with a smirk, reaching into her bag and retrieving a helmet to complete the armor…

Yes, this woman is 100% wanting to have a friendly headbutt with Eri. What will Eryn/Eri do?





Connected areas:
Route 2. Feel free to fast-travel.
Lakewatch Town. Behind you.



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@hatakekuro

Basil did get a couple locals happily walking over to tell him all the tricks to how to do that gondola trick when he fell over, probably just adding to his embarrassment, but still.

Anyways, yes, this is a town of Pokémon Trainers… which probably means there’s some places where you could fight… for instance. While he had to walk up a stair and get to the roof of a building to get there, he found an arena for Pokémon battling on the roof of a building. Here a bunch of younglings and low-strength trainers were testing their mettle against one another, probably the level of strength that was actually safe to do battle on top of a building.

Basil approached, and he was allowed to do battle freely! They gladly invited him to it! His Pokémon would be healed between each battle.


‘Hello. I’m Boey. I like shorts and Rollout.’

Youngster Boey would like to battle!




‘Hey, my Abra just evolved! I’d like to give it a try!’

Schoolkid Victor would like to battle!




‘I went over Route 6 and back, and caught some Pokémon! I want to show them off to you!’

Picnicker Ella would like to battle!







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.


In Pokémon: Start → 3 yrs ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
@Eklispe@Rune_Alchemist

‘Team Amethyst…’ Dunstan sighed at what Dawkin said, but nodded. ‘It does, albeit I don’t know what exactly to do about it. Thank you, for bringing this to my attention…’

And then Claire had come at some point. During the journey here, she’d found that Cathia isn’t actually very talkative unless she has something to say, and during the trip she didn’t have a lot to say, so she mostly just looked curiously at Claire and responded to what she was told. She was pretty amazed at the Uxie Pokémon dex entry, however.

When they arrived. To Dawkin, Claire just arrived with Cathia, the same trainer of Jacques that had previously barred the way out of Wet Caverns some time back, that he and Martin had fought together.



‘I’m-’ Cathia suddenly stopped short when Dunstan looked over towards Claire and Cathia as they came in.



‘I’m honored to meet you. Okay, so. I invaded the Team Amethyst base here, and found their research,’ she said, holding forth the papers she’d procured. Dunstan snapped up the papers and started reading intently. ‘They were stealing ancient Pokémon, in order to find the cells of the immortal Pokémon among those that may have been blessed by it in the past… and they succeeded. They found the cells of the lifegiving Pokémon, and they’re sending multiple packages to Bigfjord City as we speak. Unfortunately, it doesn’t say what they’ll be used for…’ Cathia responded.

‘I…’ Dunstan looked a bit stunned, and slumped down in one of his chairs. ‘I see. That… that makes sense. However, how the blazes did they know to look for the cells in ancient Pokémon!?’ Dunstan asked, looking quite upset at this. He picked up the vial of blue cells. ‘Well, thanks to Dawkin, we have one of the deliveries right here. But apparently, there was more than one…’

‘Right. Usually, we’d send the Pokémon League’s trainers to root out our foes and stop whatever plan they have… but unfortunately, whenever we do that it’s like Amethyst knows we’re coming. Even when we’re trying to send our best trainers undercover, even when we do it in secrecy, it’s like they know. Our only other option is…’ Dunstan took a moment, then looked towards Dawkin, Claire, and Cathia. He had an odd look in his eyes.

‘Well. I could say… Welcome to the unofficial HQ of people trying to stop what’s going wrong in Isson. If you ever learn something that you want to share with those who fight for a better world, this should be a safe place to do so.’ As in, the GM says this is a safe place.

‘It’s clear these people have interest in doing stuff with Legendary Pokémon, since they shattered Zygarde. We already put you on that,’ he nodded to Dawkin, but now looked at Claire and Cathia. ‘Zygarde is the Legendary Pokémon that normally responds whenever someone tries to mess with nature. He usually resides in the Desert Mines, but not anymore. Seeing how someone had the foresight shatter Zygarde into small clumps of cells, we know they’re likely doing something Zygarde would respond to. We do have the ability to put him back together, but if we do so without foresight of our own they might just come back and do it again,’ Dunstan slumped his shoulders a bit.

‘I… actually already know where a lot of the Legendary Pokémon are. I have trainers I trust guarding their locations… Now, excuse me while I don’t disclose their locations to you immediately… but know that, in the case someone does strike, I am as prepared as I can be. Albeit they seem to always be a step ahead. Can I randomly call you in case one of these places is suddenly under attack? It’d possibly help,’ Dunstan asked something that could potentially be very important later.

‘As for the current situation… I really can’t ask this of you, but… Would you go to Bigfjord City and see if you can find what’s going on? I, and any of the strong trainers I know, would probably be recognized immediately. You are new, and might stand a better chance slipping in unnoticed…’ He looked up at the ceiling. ‘… Though, maybe you want to grow a bit stronger first. Just, you know, a little bit. I get this strange feeling they won’t be ready for a while.’

as in, the plot will wait for you
‘I… I just wish she was here… where could she have gone…?’
‘Of course, you don’t have to do this.’ After muttering something under his breath, Dunstan immediately turned to you three again. ‘You don’t owe us anything. Frankly, it’s kind of dumb that I, an adult, is asking this of kids. That said, I am out of options… What do you say?’

So, that was that. Now, Cathia will answer, but maybe you guys want to do so first. Feels more appropriate that way.

And, of course, you could leave after that, or maybe you have more questions.





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 → 3 yrs ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
For Eklispe there was the part that Claire is probably arriving to that scene, so I'm waiting for Rune's post.

@Gardevoiran

I did think this would be more interesting. Do you? Well, how do you believe you'll handle this?

Oh, and you're free to dodge. Or not. Depends on what you feel, heh.

@hatakekuro

That's a bunch of dialogue and you can go on. What would you like to do here?

@Typical

There we go. Now, what would you like to do? Yeah, I don't have more to write here, hah.

@Joshua Tamashii

Do tell if the reward changes your course of action. Otherwise, go ahead.
In Pokémon: Start → 3 yrs ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
@Gardevoiran

Skylar dropped down from the second floor and landed onto the ground floor in front of Type: Null. Of course he was decently fine, he’s a Pokémon Protagonist. Really, it is quite shocking how resilient his kind is.

Regardless, he landed ready to do combat with his multiple Pokémon. He made his little speech…

‘What the-’ the male grunt stumbled a bit as the new adversary showed up. ‘How’d you find us!? How’d you get in here!? Eh, doesn’t matter! Excadrill! At him!’

Excadrill is taking a nap!

‘DARN IT!’

‘You’re pretty confident, taking on Team Amethyst on your own…’ the female grunt glared at him, quite intent and not looking like she was about to back down. ‘We’ll see how well that confidence holds up to- BEHIND YOU!’ the grunt’s look and demeanor suddenly completely changed to panic at a realization of what she saw and pointed, as useless as that might be.

That warning might have just spared Skylar from a sudden strike, because Type: Null needed a bit more than that to be convinced. It fully expected Skylar to, just like those before him, to be nice for now and then just use him for war as everyone else, without actually caring. So it attempted to strike at him with its helmet, swinging its head and giant helmet from behind him.

Regardless of how that went…

‘Wow, that thing’s a monster!’ the female grunt called. ‘Alright, that’s it, we gotta get it. ATTACK! Both of you, ANCIENT POWER THE LEAF-THING!’

‘Er, Mankey, Leer! Vulpix, Ember the same thing!’

And so they did, Archen and Tirtouga sending a wave of flying rocks at Paradise (though neither of them got the omni-boost), joined by Vulpix’s burst of fire, while Mankey Leered at anyone who would look its way.

Now Skylar had to both brace for the attack on him by Type: Null… AND the attack by the Team Amethyst members. How would he and his Pokémon handle this?

Type: Null glared angrily. It figured that, even this trainer, probably just wanted to use him for something. Now that he’d shown his anger towards him, he’d change how he acted towards him, Type: Null figured…

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@hatakekuro

The Magikarp showed no signs of resistance whatsoever as Basil took out a Pokéball and tapped the fish into it. The ball shook once, twice, thrice.

click

Magikarp was caught!



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

New Pokémon caught! Basil earned 500 P!

Would you like to give a nickname to Magikarp?

Your party is full! Select one Pokémon to return to the PC.


With that, Basil ordered one ticket to Lakewatch Town for 750P, and he was soon away. The ferry was a decently sized vessel, notably it was reinforced with steel plates underneath. There was a large area where passengers could walk around and look out over the waters of the lake, and sure enough, there was a decent subset of people whom Basil could ask about their destination.

‘You know Dragon Lake we’re currently on? The Lake’s still growing. Lakewatch is currently on water because Dragon Lake is growing. Highhill Town didn’t use to be by the lakeside. I wonder why that is? Sure, there’s the eternal rain of Route 3… but could there be another reason?’
‘You know, not a lot of people go to Lakewatch Town! Most that go to Raremine Town does so by Route 8, not 6, because Route 6 is so dangerous, and those who go to Pureplain City obviously would rather go over Route 1 than Wet Caverns. That makes Lakewatch Town a town of Pokémon Trainers! You can go to the Explorer’s Guide Service to make use of that experience, for a fee!’
‘The Gym Leader, Lesley, is the “Hunter of Dragon Hunters”. Back when Team Amethyst was at large, so many preyed on the dragon-types of Dragon Lake… But Lesley and the Lakewatchers started guarding them. Now they hunt down the ones who hunt dragons, regularly patrolling here and in the Wet Caverns. If you want a dragon of your own, I’d give up on that…’ The guy shudders knowingly.
‘The Gym here’s a Major League Gym! That means, you better not take it on until you’re an elite yourself! I’d suggest heading for Stillwood Village for the gym there, or maybe the one in Raremine Town… uh, but maybe not via Route 6, the Vast Plains are unforgiving…’
‘Close to Lakewatch Town, past Route 5, is the Frozen Cavern. We mine for old fossils and frozen Pokémon there! It’s really fun! It’s also supposedly a passage to Cooldome City… but, uh. I wouldn’t recommend it, not with all the Glalies. The Tunnel on the other side of the mountain is definitely safer. You can get there via the Mountain Valley past Stillwood Village for a safer path.’
‘Just south-east of Lakewatch Town is the Endless Forest… No matter what, you always get lost there. It’s filled to the brim with illusion-producing Pokémon and the like. Creepy place. Nobody has ever reached the ending… wait, no. Apparently the Gym Leader of Stillwood Village did. Nobody knows how, though.’
‘Hehe, you know this ferry has steel plating under it because of the Carvanha in the water, right? Should have been called Carvanha Lake, hahaha! Still, there’s a bunch more interesting things to be found under the waves. One can swim down Descent Tower to reach Flooded Lakewatch… and there’s bound to be some secrets down there, eh? Who knows what…’

So went the idle musings of numerous individuals.

Eventually, the ferry arrived at its destination.



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@Typical

The Bagon looked a bit startled when Eryn started moving. She then stared at her intently as the Dragon Scale was sent rolling along to her, and she cautiously picked it up. The little dragon then glared at Eryn as she made her offer to escape this cavern. The Bagon… smirked at her.

‘BAGON!’ she called, bracing herself, standing and tensing up like the brave little warrior she was. It translated to “go ahead and try!”, and she clearly intended as many Pokéballs that Eryn had as possible.

With that, Eryn had no choice but to start chucking balls at the little dragon. The first ball hit…!

‘Ba…’ the Bagon made small call from the impact of the ball, before being absorbed into it.

The ball landed onto the ground, and…!



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@Joshua Tamashii

‘Wait, what are you-’ Annica asked as Amelia was heading over toward the lake, and then dipped it.

‘Huh? What is she doing?’ Leila asked, looking very confused.

‘I think she’s… wait, it’s coming off…?’ Eric asked, very surprised. Then she revealed the Water Stone…

‘The… Sun Stone was the Water Stone!?’ Eric remarked, shocked.

‘Waaait,’ Leila blinked a bit. ‘Annica, you insisted that stone belonged to you…!’

‘G-’ Annica visibly recoiled, and her Smergle also recoiled, in such a way that the tail snapped like a whip and somehow sent a huge wave of orange paint that just suddenly all came falling down on Annica, who simply braced and accepted her charge.

‘Gah,’ she muttered, all orange beside a Smeargle that had fainted itself, her plot revealed. ‘I… wanted it as a present for Amy… Why would anyone care if I stole it from a wild Pokémon? We were going to leave Isson anyway, nobody would have to know…’

… Now, this wasn’t actually a court of law, and as such there was no guilty verdict for the criminal. But Ledyba was officially Not Guilty, and looked very happy about it over there.

Palpitoad gave a happy noise at being given back his Water Stone, and immediately dove. Then, he came back with something. He gave Amelia… a blue whistle?

Amelia obtained the Water Whistle!


So that was that. Amelia headed on across Route 2, and eventually found her way to its end. There was an incline leading up towards the mountain, but reaching there she’d find a hole in the mountain. If she were to wander in…


In Pokémon: Start → 3 yrs ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
@Gardevoiran

Alright, here's a little situation for you.

Do note, in order to get you what you wanted (and also make a cute story), I do need you to make some form of emotional connection with your target. If you have an idea for how to do this, and if you have something you'd like me to change or so to make this more possible, I'm all ears. That aside, here's the situation I need you to react to right now.

I will note, I do not consider Type: Null legendary, hence why I am allowing this. :P

What will you do?

@hatakekuro

Probably not the most interesting of the situations going on right now, haha.

Do you want to head with the ferry to Lakewatch Town immediately? If so, I could just update the post with the information about that town, as well.

@Typical

Yepp, that has now happened. What will Eryn do?

If her action is just throwing a Pokéball to take advantage of the situation, I could update the post to contain the result of that. If you want to do anything else, possibly more creative or who knows, then feel free to post about it, heh. With that, go ahead.

@Rune_Alchemist

Going to simply assume that you're going to head to Dunstan's lab after this, hah. Now,

@Eklispe@Rune_Alchemist

I did put the two of you on the same quest quite a while ago. For one of you, I suggested hunting down the delivery-people, which successfully procured a vial of the substance. For the other, you infiltrated the base proper, and got some vital information from that. Now, there's considerable overlap in the information the two of you learned, that's because I was mentally prepared for, like, only one of the two of you actually still playing, but now you're both here, hahaha. Does that work?

I'm thinking Dawkin replies first, and he can keep being secretive if he likes, then Claire can come in. She could possibly have overheard what Dunstan was saying to Dawkin. Will save an explanation. What do you two think?

That's all. Now, everyone, go ahead.
In Pokémon: Start → 3 yrs ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
@Gardevoiran

Seabreeze flew after the tiny movements in the ground that indicated something was digging through the ground at that location, and Skylar flew right after on Paradise’s back. Pretzlcoatl was placed on Skylar’s head to look for pursuers, and, well…

There weren’t any pursuers, but the girl referred to as Sylvia, the one with the Seviper, did turn her eyes to look in their direction. But, you know, someone flying away on a Tropius was decently eye-catching, and she was in the midst of trying to look for anyone suspicious. Regardless, nobody actually initiated a chase before the group of people went out of view.

The flight took them to a warehouse at the edge of Raremine Town. The rumble went into the building, and didn’t pass, as it had for a lot of other buildings. A rather unremarkable warehouse, as perhaps could have been expected, but the large doors at the front of the warehouse were closed and locked… except there was a wide-open window on the second floor.

The second floor was more like a platform, allowing one to retrieve items from higher up in the shelves. It wasn’t a complete second floor, it allowed peaking down at the ground floor. Speaking of which, there was a hole in the floor, and a giant mole with spiky metal appendages down there.



Pokédex Entry #530 – Excadrill, the Subterrene Pokémon. 300 feet underground they and Drilburs dig mazeline nests in which they live. They’ve evolved drills powerful enough to dig through metal plates, and are commonly used to dig out new tunnels. Measures sometimes have to be taken so they don’t inadvertently destroy underground subways.


Before the Excadrill stood two people. Amethyst grunts.



‘Yeeeaaah! That went AWESOMELY! Thanks to my new EXCADRILL! High five, to our many future adventures!’ a Team Amethyst grunt down there was saying, raising a hand to “high five” the Excadrill…

The Excadrill lazily dropped onto his rear. Excadrill is loafing around!

‘Wh-what!?’ the grunt looked so startled.

‘I guess, since you just bought the Excadrill, he doesn’t respect you as a trainer, yet,’ the other, female Amethyst grunt, suggested.

‘B-but, I spent all my savings to get him! Why? You obeyed so well during the operation…!’ the male grunt panicked.

‘I… would guess it was because of Isabella? Remember how she approached Excadrill, not you, and said she had an important job for him…?’ the girl suggested.

‘Oh… right…’ the guy said, and at the mere mention of Isabella’s name the Excadrill got a very silly smile and a mole-blush. The Amethyst grunt gave him a “are you serious”-look, then shook his head. ‘No matter! Because… look what we got!’ he said, lifting his arms, presenting what they had in the corner…

A quadruped Pokémon, dark in color, a fin as a tail, mismatched limbs, and a giant metal mask on its head…



‘Look at this splendor!’ the guy said, advancing on Type: Null. ‘I have no idea what this is, nor do I care! You are amazing, my dude! Oooh, Isabella is going to give us so much credit for stealing you! We might even be made Elites of Team Ame-’

As he spoke, he got closer and closer to Type: Null… until he got too close and Pokémon rammed him with the side of his helmet. ‘KAAAAH-!’ the grunt shouted as he was sent flying. The quadruped landed in a tense stance, ready and very willing to do battle!

‘E-Excadrill! Help me!’ called the flailing grunt over there.

Excadrill was picking his nose with a giant claw!

‘Bah,’ the girl shook her head, then reached for her Pokéballs. ‘We’ll just have to beat it into submission ourselves!’ she said, picking out two.

‘R-right!’ the male grunt got onto his feet and pulled two as well.

‘Go! Tirtouga! Archen!’ the girl called, sending out a tag-team of ancient Pokémon, one of the sky and one of the seas, preparing themselves for combat.



Pokédex Entry #564 – Tirtouga, the Prototurtle Pokémon. About 100 million years ago, these Pokémon swam in the oceans, and have now been restored from fossils. They’re said to be the ancestor of most turtle Pokémon. They’re able to dive up to half a mile. They live in the seas, but can come up on land to search for prey.

Pokédex Entry #566 – Archen, the First Bird Pokémon. Revived from a fossil, it’s said to be the ancestor of all bird-Pokémon, though later research says this might not be the case. They were unable to fly, but lived in tree-tops and used their wings to jump from tree-branch to tree-branch or simply to glide a considerable distance.


‘Go, Mankey! Vulpix!’ the guy called, sending out a probably less impressive duo of a monkey and a multi-tailed fox.



Pokédex Entry #56 – Mankey, the Pig Monkey Pokémon. It lives in treetop colonies. It is unsafe to approach as it is extremely ill-tempered and can become violently enraged for no reason, and when one of them becomes angry the whole colony follows suit. They are very nimble, escaping an enraged Mankey can be very difficult.

Pokédex Entry #37 – Vulpix, the Fox Pokémon. Inside a Vulpix's body burns a fire that never goes out. It commonly inhabits grassy fields, and will feign injury to escape a stronger opponent. When born, a Vulpix has only one snow-white tail, but with age and care it splits into more, warmer tails.


Type: Null stood, simmering with rage, as it inspected its four opponents…

What would Skylar do?

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@hatakekuro

‘… Tell you what. I still have to hear about the berry and that. I’m heading home to tell my family that I’m heading off on this journey. You can do whatever you want, but let’s meet up again in Stillwood Village. Does that work?’ Anise asked. If they hadn’t exchanged contact information they could do so now. With that, with all likelihood unless Basil stopped her, Anise turned to hurry off back to Redcoast City to get herself ready. After all, she hadn’t told people she was going on her journey yet.

Now that I read it again, maybe that’s exactly what Basil was suggesting, so that works out.

Basil then made his way down to the docks of Highhill Town. There, he found he could look out over the great lake located in the south-west of Isson.



Also at the docks are numerous fishermen, fishing at the docks.



‘Oh, hey, a new trainer, wait right there,’ a random fisherman said before Basil reached the place that sold tickets. The fisherman then walked over to a box containing a bunch of fishing rods, grabbed one, then headed over to Basil.

‘Here, have this. Hope ye grow fond of fishing, lad,’ he said, handing it over.

Basil obtained the Old Rod!


The fisherman didn’t explain anything and then just went back to fishing.

The rod is collapsible so it can take way less room when stored away, but the quality is a little lacking. Still a fine and, by the looks of it, experienced fishing rod, however.

If Basil, at any point from this point on, in ANY water, tries to use the Old Rod…



There’s a ferry here, offering a ride to either Lakewatch Town or Stillwood Village.

Lakewatch Town - 750 P
Stillwood Village - 750 P

Otherwise, he can always go back to the rest of 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.



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@Typical

The three Bagons suddenly tensed up when Eryn was heard. She gave her assurance that she’d wait for them to be done. So… they continued.

They stared at each other intently. In fact, it qualified as Leer! All Bagons had their defense lowered twice, once per other Bagon!

Then, finally, their patience ran out.

‘BAGOON!’ one of them called, and suddenly all three of them were dashing at full speed at the center, their heads lowered to headbut! … But none of them are actually high enough level to have learned Headbutt, this is just Struggle! They crashed into one another, sending the three dragons toppling backwards…!

One of the Bagons, first to recover, got up and stumbled forward to try to pick up the Dragon Scale… which none of the other two Bagons seemed to like. They all of a sudden both came for the Bagon with the Dragon Scale in her mouth. She tried to lower her hard head to defend herself, but it was two VS one and not a fair fight! She was hit twice and knocked back, the Dragon Scale flying out of her grip! The first Bagon had fainted!

The two remaining Bagons locked eyes. Both knew what they had to do.

‘BAAAAAAG-!’ Both Bagons cried out in unison as they dashed into one another, heads lowered! Doing their best to headbutt one another in what looked to be basically Bagonian ritual combat, they refused to use any other moves and just knocked their heads into one another, over and over, their movements slowing as they took more and more damage, their willpower basically equal…

But in the end, only one could win.

One Bagon fainted, and the other, already very damaged and exhausted, breathed heavily before giving a loud ‘BAGON-!’ shout, a declaration of victory, before starting to stumble towards the Dragon Scale price they’d been fighting for.

Yupp, that happened. What would Eryn do now?

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@Rune_Alchemist

‘Oh. I’m sorry,’ Cathia immediately said, about having unloaded more than a little. However, then Claire started talking about the fact she could potentially help. Cathia looked on a bit as Claire spoke about Dunstan… and then looked startled when she suddenly spoke about having met Uxie. ‘You met…?’

Cathia took a moment to consider that, eventually arriving at a conclusion. She nodded.

‘If it is about legendary Pokémon, then he would know best, wouldn’t he? Very well. Let’s go to him,’ Cathia confirmed, and they could be on their way.

Feel free to walk into the conversation Dunstan is having with Dawkin in Dunstan’s lab below at any point you feel best. Maybe let Dawkin reply first, since you’re going to be arriving with new information.

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@Eklispe

‘W- won it in a Pokémon Battle, okay, I see,’ Dunstan replied, sounding a little incredulous. He continued inspecting the cells he had spilled beneath the microscope to inspect it, quite wide-eyed. ‘Is… is there any more?’ he just immediately asked. Then, the question if it’s a big deal.

‘Is it a big deal, he asks. We just got the cells of the life-giving Pokémon here. No big deal at all…’ He took a deep breath, stood up straight, and then held up the vial of blue matter so that Dawkin could see it again.

‘These… are the cells of the life-giving Pokémon. They’re filled with limitless basically magical energy capable of granting life. The Pokémon they came from is said to be able to grant immortality, and while that might be overblown it is true they contain untold healing capability. The treatments doctors could possibly make with these… They could also possibly supercharge a Pokémon they’re used on, granting enhanced capabilities. Aside from that, the self-replicating energy within can be used as limitless power-sources, powering machines far more magnificent than what we can imagine…’

‘Are they useful? Are the cells of the immortal Pokémon useful? Not to the regular trainer, no. To scientists, extremely useful. But, should these happen to end up in the wrong hands… It would be a problem. Which shouldn’t be a problem, because of the tiny little detail that these shouldn’t possibly exist.’

Dunstan turned fully to Dawkin, his expression very serious.

‘I ask again. Where did you get this? From what kind of trainer? Did they say anything about it? Do you think there’s any more of it? What can you tell me?’ he asked. He probably didn’t expect Dawkin to know the answers to all his questions, but he was absolutely pleading for anything else. Dawkin, of course, didn’t know the answers to all these questions, albeit I will remind he did overhear it was going to be delivered to Bigfjord City.

@Rune_Alchemist That said, Claire might, if she walks into this scene.

I will remind her that she overheard Isabella saying they’ve sent multiple messengers with their results, including Isabella herself.

If they want to share this is up to them, of course.

Or, if you want to completely ignore that and do whatever you want instead…





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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