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In Pokémon: Start → 10 mos ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
@Remram

‘… Spurr…’ Espurr sighed out, just so exhausted, that it just sat down where it was, relaxing where it was after Basil’s encouragement. When Basil turned to address the crowd…

‘What? Who’s Kalma?’
‘Is this guy some form of big-shot?’
‘Ooh, we’re witnesses!? This was some kind of big event!?’

There was a sudden reminder that the people of Stillwood Village are some of the people least concerned about what’s going on outside their village in the entirety of Isson. Regardless, as being the people with the absolute least going on in their lives as well, they were also the ones with the most time to stick around. Some of them ran off, though.

So, he called Kalmia. She was out on a walk with various Pokémon on the PC.

'Oh, hey, Basil! How’s it going?' she asked, before he started outlining what was going on, vaguely. 'Are you alright, Basil? What happened?' Well, apparently he wanted to tell that on the spot, so… 'Okay. I’ll call him. I’ll be right there.'

If he waited on that spot…

Suddenly a massive something fell from above. As far as Basil could tell, it fell down from the very top of the trees that cloud the skies of Stillwood Village. Looking up at what landed, it turned out that what came falling down was a giant Pokémon.



It was far, far bigger than what a Pokémon of that species should be.

On top of the Pokémon, a small boy walked up.

'Heeey~!' the boy called. 'I got a call from someone saying not to let anything happen to the boy in the market, so here I am~!'

And in case Basil wondered who that was…

‘Archie! The Gym Leader is here!’
‘Lilligiant is as impressive as ever…’
‘Huh, I guess this is the real deal, after all.’

The people around were more than happy to say.



The giant plant falling from the sky was enough to make someone else run into the scene and stop short, wondering what the heck was going on. The red-head frowned, looking over the scene, before looking over at Basil.

'… What have you been up to?' Anise asked, clearly feeling left out.



‘Excuse me? I was told there was a crime scene?’ … One of the villagers had called over the police girl from the police station that Basil visited, who had come over with her Granbull behind her, however…

'Nooope~! There’s someone else coming to deal with this! Until then, leave this scene to me~' said the young boy Gym Leader to the actual police officer.

‘Uh… I see,’ the officer said, looking not entirely convinced by that and is just going to stick around for a bit just in case.

Espurr was just content where it was right now.



Eventually, after a while of waiting… a giant prehistoric dinosaur suddenly swooped in above them, breaching through the treeline, descending down. On its back, as elegant as always, stood a man in a suit and a tophat, seemingly completely stable despite having just been on the back of a giant flying monster.



Pokédex Entry #142 – Aerodactyl, the Fossil Pokémon. A Pokémon who roamed the skies in the age of dinosaurs, it has today been regenerated from genetic material found in amber. It’s a savage creature that is known to go for the throats of opponents with its sharp claws.



‘Basil, hm? To be summoned here without being told why, I must say. I am eager to hear what brought you to summon an Elite Four to your location, fu-fu,’ Jacques said, effortlessly stepping off the flying dinosaur onto the ground.

'Heeey~! It’s top-hat-guy!' Archie waved from on top of the Lilligant.

‘Archie, thank you for looking after Basil until I could get here,’ Jacques said, bowing to Archie.

'It’s the least I could do~' Archie replied, smiling so widely.

Not entirely as graciously, the familiar form of Professor Kalmia carefully slipped off the Aerodactyl, having arrived at the same time but clearly not as gracefully.



'Of all the ways to travel fast…' she sighed. However, she refocused on the task at hand. 'Basil! I called Jacques, and he then gave me a ride here,' she explained. 'What’s the situation?'

There was also a third passenger that had travelled on the (pretty large) Aerodactyl. Stepping off on the opposite side of the dinosaur compared to Kalmia and Jacques, was a girl with pink hair, wearing a dark dress, and had a Seviper following her every move. She watched warily at the other two directing their questions at Basil…



Anise is just going to take a moment to process this. Could be Basil told her something before the rest arrived.

What does Basil say/do?


In March of the White Rabbit: A Roll-Your-Own Magical Girl Roleplay → 10 mos ago Forum: Advanced Roleplay



The two twins looked up at Rachel as she placed her hands on their shoulders and praised them. Both of them felt just a little bit embarrassed being praised like this, but Miko bit it together while Ronin smiled, both of them appreciative.

‘Thank you, ma’am,’ Miko said.
‘You can count on us!’ Ronin called.

Beyond that, they watched as Kimble entered the scene, simply letting her and Alicia have their moment. When the time came, they’d be ready to move.

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Mayra just heard the part where Alexander said the guards were a problem, and all of a sudden she kicked the unicorn into high gear and rode straight past them towards the city gates. The idea was that the rest of them were not to follow her, but to watch from a distance, albeit she did not convey this idea. Mayra rode straight up to the moat by the closed gate, and…

‘HEY!’ Mayra called out, lobbing some fireballs at the guards. When she had their attention, she lifted up Brittany in front of her, up to display. ‘I kidnapped your prisoner! If you don’t want the Queen to be very, very mad at you, you should summon the greatest force your little castle can build, and come chase me down! Don’t hold back; I can take anything you throw at me!’

‘Besides, your Queen is a ████-██████ ████-███████ █████ ███ █████ ███ █████ ██ ███████!’ Mayra shouted insults that could be neither written nor heard without in any setting expected to be presented to an audience. ‘And if you’re gonna let me get away with saying that, YOU’RE ALL ████████!’

With that, Mayra laughed and turned the unicorn to ride east, like, away from the secret entrance, and also where I mentally picture the nature/dwarf forces to be preparing that ambush. She was also ready to use some fire/darkness magic to fry/avoid any projectiles the gates might be launching at her at this point.

‘You’re gonna help me fight when it comes down to it, right, Brit?’ Mayra asked Brittany, turning the tiny shopkeeper back to herself like talking to a doll. ‘I saw what you were doing before Mariette stopped you! You’re a proper fire-cracker!’ she said, chuckling. This was taking place right in front of the gates, they needed to give the guards some time to get their forces/lower the drawbridge, anyway, ‘Yeah, we’re gonna get along just fine,’ Mayra smirked, ready to be an awful influence.

When the time was right (and assuming they were behaving as Mayra wanted), Mayra would grin back and shout. ‘YOU’LL NEVER CATCH ME!’ and then kick the unicorn into dashing as fast as possible away, east, while throwing a couple extra fireballs up at the guards on the battlements to maybe take them out before riding off.

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The Queen started giving Mariette a lesson in how to conquer a town. As absurd as that felt, Mariette was fine with that. She was permitted to see exactly what the Queen was doing, through the Queen’s own portals. So, she was deeply focused on the invasion of the town. In a way, that was good. It meant her eyes were not on other things, closer to home. That said, she wasn’t exactly happy to see an invasion-force heading to Penrose. She knew Nykannis had some form of defenses in play, but she had no concept of how strong she should expect that defense to be, or if it was strong enough to repel the Queen’s army…

Besides, Mariette realized. She was once again in a position to try to suggest a different method. She just needed to consider how to do so. … As soon as she got past the obstacle of needing to eat, apparently. She really, really didn’t want to eat. So, what does she, as the Queen’s daughter, do when she doesn’t want to do what she’s told?

Th-throw a tantrum?

‘B-but mother!’ Mariette tried. ‘Th-this is the most important moment, I can’t just sit and eat while everything is happening! I-I want to watch!’

… Definitely felt completely out of her comfort-zone to attempt to say something like that. ‘B-besides…’ Now, what was it Mariette wanted to say? ‘Why was it… we needed to conquer Penrose? Was it just to cause chaos and become an antagonist? Because… if it was just to slay Asengav…’ As unbelievable as that sounded…

‘Then we could just go to Penrose by portal, and then I could call him. At any time.’
In Pokémon: Start → 11 mos ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
@Pirouette

‘Alright, we’ll be right behind you!’ Joshua said behind her as Erika dashed into the alley and pursued their opponents. She might have barely then heard Ewan’s ‘Wait, who’s that…?’

The Noctowl flew away at some point, perhaps unnoticed in the chaos that was unfolding.

Erika pursued the big guy and his Quilladin, that rejoined shortly into the alleys. He had been running in the same direction as their leader, but into the alleys they split, and Erika followed the ones with the goods. In these allies, sparse few other people hung out, and a few Meowths and Rattata avoided them as they ran. Multiple turns were taken, to the point one could question why these alleys existed…

Combusken shot an Ember at Quilladin! It hit the grass-type square in the back, and the grass-type cried out in shock and damage! It briefly slowed down, and the big guy it was running with slowed down too in order to pick him up! It looked like Erika and Chic was about to catch up, when…

The sound of wings.

‘Wing Attack!’

Golbat suddenly swooped in front of them. As long as they didn’t keep running, they’d avoid being hit by the initial blow, but now a giant bat would be blocking the way in the alley. It was the same Golbat as they’d seen before, and the voice had come from behind them.

‘Keep running!’ the leader shouted where she stood behind Erika, having clearly decided to catch up after she noticed her ally had been the one to be pursued. Erika and Chic now had Golbat in front of them, and the leader herself stood behind them. She had a black hood and a facemask, as well as a piece of cloth over her eyes, but likely one of those one can see through. ‘If it’s just you, I can deal with you…’

What does Erika and Chic do? If they don’t deal with Golbat, it’s going to harass them, but battling it would mean the Quilladin and its trainer would likely get away…



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@Remram

‘Espurr…’ Espurr made a noise as Basil kept talking to it. Talked for longer than it should have taken Espurr to fire the Psybeam, as it just stayed charging, bending space around the feline’s paw, as he spoke. As Basil spoke, it seemed like Espurr was listening. Breathing a bit heavily, paw still aimed for Glory. It’s gaze wandered to the ground as he spoke about their grip on the Pokémon, and that good people existed…

Then flinched as Basil spoke about fighting back, a flash of franticness entered Espurr’s expression. It looked shocked at the proclamation that it could, in fact, fight back. In unsurity, it looked at the Hawlucha it was aiming the Psybeam at…

‘Don’t lose focus,’ their opponent spoke, and Espurr flinched again. ‘Fire.’

… Yet, Espurr did not, as Glory now spoke to it. Espurr looked at him in surprise, clearly not expecting this, either. ‘Es… purr…?’ Fighting for… me…? the Espurr asked, at that statement. And then, at Glory’s next question.

"Maybe you're pointing that attack at the wrong person?"

Espurr blinked at Glory. A little shocked to hear it. Then… it directed and pointed the unreleased beam in the direction of the orange-haired trainer. The onlookers gasped.

‘Espurr,’ he said again, with more urgency, his knees bending slightly and hunched over…

‘-Spurr!’ Espurr fired! A purple, extraordinary beam fired with such force it ruffled blades of grass and the clothes of the onlookers, the wind itself turned as the sheer force of the beam cruised through the air, and the opponent leapt out of the way. But, he was never the target. The beam flew low to the ground and hit the Pokéball that had been sent flying behind the trainer, and before their eyes, it was reduced to dust by the massive Psychic power of the beam emerging from the tiny paw of the Restraint Pokémon. As the beam ended… Espurr sighed out in relief…

and the orange-haired trainer was booking it. Just dropping everything and dashing as fast as he could, forcing a couple disgruntled Stillwood villagers aside as he ran.

‘What was that?’
‘Looked dangerous!’
‘Are you okay?’

The Stillwood spectators were clearly quite confused about what just happened, but for now, the scene was Basil and Glory’s. Espurr stood silently, exactly where it began.

What does Basil do?



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@Typical

‘Nope! Nothing of the sort!’ Kaz replied enthusiastically about not having a phone or Pokédex. He did have an issue that he didn’t exactly have a way to write down the number, either, but that could be solved if Eryn had something she gave with it… or he turned to Golduck, asked ‘You remember it?’ and the Golduck nodded slightly, ‘Great!’ Kaz called, looking pleased. Then he assured he’d keep her posted about the Glaceon, and he went off.

With that, Eryn headed back, and nothing in the Frozen Cave wanted to bother an Onix making her way through. The miners of the encampment welcomed her back, some asking how it went for her in the Frozen Cave proper, and then she could take her place to sleep for the night, and have her important conversation with Eri and then contact people. Then, that was enough for the day.

The next day, she set off for Route 5.



Trailing along the route on Peri, she would not run into any particular dangers, but perhaps some travellers would be a bit amazed at seeing a trainer actually ride an Onix. It wasn’t that common a sight, and the giant Pokémon was an impressive sight. But, for now, she was heading towards the coordinates she’d been given…

Oaken sat on a foldable chair, leaned forward holding his Pokédex in front of him in one hand and a notebook in the other, staring down reading through his glasses. At his side stood a large horse, its mane flaming, a large horn sticking out of its forehead. On the back of the horse was a saddle, reins attached to a bridle, it outfitted to be ridden.



Pokédex Entry #78 – Rapidash, the Fire Horse Pokémon. Can usually be found cantering plains or fields. It is very competitive about speed, loving to run at full speed, around 150 mph. At great speed, its flames blaze ferociously, enhancing its appearance. It only slows down to let its children catch up to it.


She might know about the service where one can hire Rapidashes to ride on Route 6, depending on how well informed she is.



‘Hmph. You came,’ he said, as if it hadn’t been a given that she would. He put his Pokédex and notebook aside, standing up to face her. ‘It would seem we have a mission we will need to deal with together,’ he said, referring to what she’d been told down by the legendary Pokémon previously, that Oaken still intended to join in on. ‘We’re going to need to be strong, so it makes sense that we should measure each other’s strength. Albeit…’

He scoffed a little, as he grabbed a Pokéball from within his jacket. ‘I doubt you’ll be able to match my team as you are now.’ So he said, no shortage of confidence in his words.

‘So. Trainer chosen by Azelf… Eryn,’ he said, as he lifted the Pokéball towards her. ‘I assume you’re prepared?’
In March of the White Rabbit: A Roll-Your-Own Magical Girl Roleplay → 11 mos ago Forum: Advanced Roleplay



‘Yeah, there you have it!’ Ronin chuckled as Mac laid out the facts. Miko looked unconvinced, and started saying…

‘I was more referring to that we’re…’ then her voice trailed off, and she shook her head. ‘Never mind.’ The fact they hadn’t been magical girls for very long, and weren’t that much older than they looked. But it seemed insignificant to argue about at this moment.

‘Wait, huh? Were we heading to-’ Ronin spoke, because she hadn’t entirely understood that they’d volunteered to be teleported back, but that moment was also the one where they were teleported and arrived to the base. Ronin and Miko were looking around, but then Elora displayed that the Queen was attacking. The both of them got serious expressions, as they listened…

And then Alicia asked them that. The two twins exchanged looks, and then looked back up at her.

‘I firmly believe we’ll make more of a difference if you bring us with the attack,’ Miko argued.

‘Not only is it where we want to be, but we’ll be able to heal you all up and keep you healthy and even deflect individual attacks!’ Ronin argued as well. On this point, the twins were of the same mind.

‘We’re not the strongest, so putting us up against a whole army like that isn’t going to make much difference…’ Miko said, looking towards the screen. ‘We’ll do it if you feel we’re needed there, but…’

‘If you’d have us, we’d like to support you at the castle, ma’am!’ Ronin concluded, and the two looked at her with determination. After all, they knew Mariette was holed up in the castle now, and both of them still felt connected to their former master, and wanted to save her.

Ronin and Miko were really bad on large battlefields with many opponents. Not only did they not really resist gunfire, they lacked the firepower or barrier strength to either eliminate the armies of opponents or resist their firepower for long. They were better suited supporting stronger people, or dealing with single stronger targets.

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When Gaia introduced Mayra to Branch Nose, Mayra waved and smirked to him. ‘I won’t light you on fire!’ she promised.

Mayra smirked widely as Brittany emerged in song in response to her inquiry. Not only did she sing, singing meaning “yes”, but she also sang “yes”!

‘I like you! I’m gonna hold you to that!’ Mayra stated, and then held on as she rode on the terrified unicorn along with the rest of the party.

‘Yeeeaaaah! Speeeeed!’ She would not object to overtaking the whole group, if she could.

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‘…’ Mariette stared in pretty much oppressive silence as Cheshire came in, placed the tray over there, introduced herself and made a multitude of offerings, some making Mariette’s eyebrows twitch a bit, before finally leaving… and standing right outside the room. Which was troublesome, in case Mariette wanted to talk to someone. She could have cat hearing, for all she knew. That said, that time was not right now.

Instead, Mariette was embracing her “Mother”’s offer to watch as she would “lay devastation” on Penrose… which sounded concerning. Mariette was unable to actually take the Queen’s hand through the mirror, but she could nod appreciatively and now place the mirror closer to the Queen, properly by her side, so she could watch what she was doing in greater detail. With that, she should be in the best position to judge if whatever she was directing her firepower at needed urgent assistance or not, and if there was anything Mariette could do to help…
In Pokémon: Start → 11 mos ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
@Remram

The opponent trainer watched blankly as Glory used Detect. The move that embodied the way a martial artist could predict any attack from the opponent when they focused, and enabled them to avoid any blow, once. The Espurr fired, a phenomenally powerful beam of pure Psychic power that Glory would have been too low-level to avoid… yet the Hawlucha moved at his own blinding speed, unerroneously bypassing the beam with a swift sidestep, allowing him to dash parallel with the beam… to run straight past the Espurr, directly for its trainer. The beam struck the ground next to Basil, where it severely tore up the ground.

The opponent had also heard Basil’s command. Showing no surprise, he picked up Espurr’s Pokéball and curled an arm around it to protect it… yet Aerial Ace never misses.

Glory leapt up next to the trainer, and slashed with his talons; somehow completely avoiding the trainer’s attempt limbs yet landing a perfect hit on the Pokéball. Unable to be held back by human strength, the ball was launched back behind the trainer and into the wall of the building behind him, several meters back.

Espurr spun around, eyes widening at the confusion that was Glory’s attack not being aimed for it. It wasn’t the only one confused, the villagers that stopped to watch the battle were also very confused. That wasn’t how a Pokémon battle was supposed to be fought!

Then Basil shouted to the Espurr…

The bipedal cat spun back to look at Basil, its tiny little mouth hanging a bit open. It wasn’t expecting to be addressed like this, and it looked like it was taking its time to process what it had been told…

‘Espurr.’

The one word from the opposing trainer and the Espurr flinched, in a manner one might associate a child being caught behaving badly.

‘Use Psybeam on the Hawlucha.’

‘Es… purr…’ Espurr replied, turning around away from Basil, and lifted its shaking paw again, charging another beam intended for Glory’s back. Even without the Pokéball, it seemed the trainer’s words had power in the Espurr’s mind… albeit. Basil’s own words had clearly done something, as the Espurr hesitated, giving Basil and Glory time for another move.

What are Basil's next words, or his next action?



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@Pirouette

‘Lance, Aerial Ace the bag the man is carrying! Sven, Icy Wind! Freeze the path they’re running!’ Ewan commanded his Pokémon, intending just like Erika not to allow the robbers to get away with anything. However, in that moment, with a slight electrical bolt from Thunder Wave making a little zap, the Fearow was forced to land. Lance was fully paralyzed!

Meanwhile, Sven the Swinub was debating how to throw that Icy Wind, because he couldn’t see a way to cast that without striking the robbers themselves with it… and the Swinub got dizzy from Golbat’s earlier Confuse Ray and rolled over on his back. Ewan grunted. Neither of his Pokémon would be doing anything this turn!

Erika, through, sent her Combusken, Chic, forth as a ball of flame. As the Quilladin was in the midst of the group of robbers, this meant they had to part ways to not be in the way of Chic as she charged, but way before she reached her target…

‘Vine Whip Jump!’ came the command of the big guy who previously hadn’t said a word.

With no hesitation, the Quilladin launched two vines upwards, both attaching themselves to lamp-posts, and then pulled with enough force to pull the Quilladin into the air, pulling it over Chic and launching the grass-type flying into the air like a projectile, over both Chic and Erika!

‘Keep running, you know where to go…’ the big guy kept saying… when a pink flash suddenly flew right past him, making him flinch as the bag in his hand was suddenly taken from him. Standing by the side of the road was now Joshua’s Espeon, protecting the bag of goods, having used Quick Attack to snatch that bag from him.

‘Alas, I must support Lady Erika!’ Joshua said, having apparently whispered his command to Espeon beforehand. The robbers were somewhat off-balance…

‘Leave it! Scatter!’ their leader commanded, and they suddenly parted ways. The various buildings had alleys that could be ran into, leading to many different paths. While they had intended to simply dash past Erika, Chic made that a slightly more perilous quest. With that, the leader and her Golbat dashed for one alley to Erika’s left, the woman who previously had the Magnemite went for another further away, closer to Ewan who still had problem with paralyzed/confused Poémon. The one who had the Koffing dashed for a building across the street while quickly grabbing another Pokéball among those he had available. The big guy whose Quilladin was going to flee past Erika by itself also dashed after the leader, but if they got there they’d take different directions inside the alleys. The woman that had the Chimecho pranced while humming for a different alley on Erika’s right, her Chimecho pursuing joyfully.

Would Erika pursue any of them? Of all of them, Quilladin was now the only one that still had stolen goods, while the humans were heading in various other directions. Quilladin had launched itself over Chic and Erika, and was going to continue running on the other side after landing in the middle of the road and then trying to take off.


In March of the White Rabbit: A Roll-Your-Own Magical Girl Roleplay → 11 mos ago Forum: Advanced Roleplay



Miko looked on with interest as Mac started speaking, and Ronin looked a bit surprised at how well she answered. Miko nodded to both keeping it a secret, and then to that she understood that defending Penrose, her home, was a reasonable explanation. Then, the bit about being Alicia’s aunt… Ronin laughed at the talk of scandal and feelings.

‘Haha! Maybe I didn’t think that one through. But it still could’ve been possible!’ Ronin claimed. Then about being THEIR niece.

‘Um, I don’t think we’re old enough to have a niece your age…’ Miko said, suddenly uncertain.

‘Hey, in this world? Anything could’ve been possible!’ Ronin chuckled and Miko just looked dejected. Then, Mac jumped away to ask someone else what she should do.

‘… She’s friendly,’ Miko simply observed to her sister.

‘Yeah, I like her!’ Ronin said with a smile, and then both of them moved to the next scene.

‘Woah, they’re coming after me!’ Ronin skipped away, because despite her demeanour, she WAS in fact wary of the fact these cute things could be hostile, not to mention even if they were friendly she didn’t exactly want cacti running into them, so she engaged in a little chase where she ran around and the cacti came running after her.

‘… Because you shouted after them,’ Miko said, watching Ronin run in a circle with a group of cacti chasing her joyfully mimicking her movements. Anyway, it was probably time to depart.

‘Okay. Assuming these cacti will not be a problem, we’re ready to depart,’ Eli observed.

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‘What, I get to keep her?’ Mayra asked, lifting up Brittany and staring her in the little magical girl’s delusional face, while Mayra held a blank expression. ‘Cool.’

Gaia offered her the unicorn, making Mayra look up at her in a bit of surprise. Then she chuckled. ‘Yeah, sure, thanks! I’ll be the dragon riding the unicorn, or something,’ she said, before leaping up on the unicorn. She placed Brittany in front of her, facing towards Mayra. Mayra looked over the completely spellcast shopkeeper…

‘Hey, Brittany. You got all the weird magic items in your shop and whatnot. Since I’m saving your life now, I get to take a couple when we get back, right? Sing something if “yes”, say random gibberish if “absolutely”,’ Mayra told her.

Regardless of the result of that, then she refocused on the unicorn. She picked up Brittany again, put her behind her, and then focused on the unicorn. She leaned forward, and spoke into its ear.

‘Hey, unicorn. How would you taste if I ate you? Horse meat, or like a bunch of sweets?’ she asked. ‘Do a good job, or I’ll find out,’ she promised with a whisper, smiling, before doing the kick to announce it was time to gallop!

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‘…’ Mariette didn’t really know why, but she felt compelled to also place her hand to meet Lily’s when she placed her hand there. Mariette didn’t really feel that emotional, but it felt like the appropriate gesture when the other party placed their hand on the mirror, for some reason. ‘I’ll trust you to it,’ she eventually replied.

Alexander made his statement about not wanting to be her unbirthday gift… and actually got the slightest of an amused ‘Hn,’ out of Mariette. ‘I understand. No offense taken.’ She felt a bit embarrassed, too. Because her “mother” had just decided they should be together. Mariette shook her head, and then waved them off.

She then looked at the Queen. The Queen noticed her back, causing Mariette to flinch. But… still, she’d seen enough. The Queen was doing the exact thing Mariette was doing, opening portals and managing her troops. Being the leader. That was Mariette’s role in her team, too. Information-gathering and giving orders over vast distances in the blink of an eye… ‘… Can I watch, if I want?’ Mariette asked back, just to leave the door open to just watching the Queen in the future. Sure, the Queen might know about it, but if she didn’t mind being watched, then…

Still, Mariette did close the mirror in order to look over her troops. Mariette confirmed the plan was pretty much going as intended, when it came to army tactics. She just needed to keep an eye out for threats that could head their way. Which would help if she had contact with the other army commander. She contacted Chloe, who…

‘Oh,’ Mariette made a noise of light surprise, but it was completely reasonable. Who could say there wasn’t some way the Queen could listen within her own tower? While Mariette didn’t have a choice but to risk it… ‘No, you’re right. I’m sorry,’ she said, and closed the mirror, feeling deflated. She could still reach out to Chloe in a pinch, but more communication than necessary was a possible liability. Suppose, that was what happens when you’re the enemy’s prisoner…

As the Queen had promised, Cheshire Cat brought her dinner. Mariette did not want company, but the cat might insist on doing her duty. It would be better to let her deliver the dinner then be on her way. With no mirrors opened…

‘You may enter and then leave the food. Then I want you to leave,’ Mariette declared, turning to the door. … And also prepared herself in case there was more to Cheshire’s visit than what was told. She didn’t think the Queen would assassinate her, but maybe one of the other princesses of the realm might have gotten jealous, or any other circumstance. Mariette was prepared in case she was about to be attacked, anyway.
In Pokémon: Start → 11 mos ago Forum: Casual Roleplay


@Pirouette

‘Lance, Aerial Ace!’ Ewan commanded his Fearow, right after the announcement that he wouldn’t let them plan.

Immediately, one of the robbers met his challenge, the girl in black (albeit, they were all in black) that had commanded the Magnemite stepped forward with no lack of intensity in her movement, and a trace of red hair under the black beanie she was wearing. She was also wearing a black mask and black sunglasses, and the rest were wearing similar things, except the Koffing’s trainer was wearing a gas mask.

‘Magnemite, take it! Thunder Wave!’ the Magnemite’s trainer commanded, and the Magnemite flew up and took Lance’s Aerial Ace, and then shot back yellow electricity in return! Lance glared back, but the Fearow’s motions were slowed down! Lance was Paralyzed! The two separated…

‘Sven, Mud Bomb!’ Ewan commanded, and his little Swinub didn’t hesitate to suddenly throw a large clump of dirt at the Magnemite that was still focused on Lance!

‘Oh, shoot-’ the robber called as the bomb slammed into Magnemite and detonated, sending the steel/electric type back with x4 damage, the robber moving to barely catch Magnemite with her hands instead of letting it be launched back at her other companions.

‘Golbat, Confuse Ray!’ the leader commanded and pointed at Sven the Swinub, and the Golbat shot out waves of confusion that Sven was too slow to dodge. Sven was confused!

Meanwhile, Erika called out from her side…

‘Ah? That’s to me, right? You’re addressing me~?’ the trainer of the Chimecho replied to Erika as she called out that the mention of the leader not being the only one in trouble, sounding excited about it. Chimecho and Koffing took another hit of Icy Wind, being slowed down further… and Koffing also collapsed. Koffing fainted!

‘Oh, for the love of-’ the Koffing’s trainer lamented, returning the Pokémon to its Pokéball.

‘Chimecho, Yawn~!’ Chimecho’s trainer called, and the Chimecho looked at Sno and let out a deep, ringing yawn, the sound of it somehow amplified by the wind chime Pokémon, and unless somehow prevented Sno would feel a drowsiness setting in. Sno became drowsy!

The Quilladin and its trainer had been ladled with all the stolen things, which they both seemed quite suited for, as the trainer was a big guy and the Pokémon was pretty strong, too.

The leader of the robbers looked at the situation, and…

‘We don’t have time for this. DASH!’

With that command, the team of five people and three Pokémon (four if we count the trainer holding her fainted Magnemite) dashed the opposite direction of Lance, taking them closer to Erika but they seemed very intent on dashing right past her. With them Golbat flew, and the Chimecho had been slowed down by Sno’s Icy Winds so her trainer grabbed the Wind Chime’s tail and pulled the Pokémon along in mid-air, and then also the Quilladin carrying the loot running alongside her trainer.

Joshua didn’t do anything this round, just stopped short and looked on with slightly widened eyes. Espeon looked back at him curiously.

What does Erika do?



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@Remram

‘Espurr. Use Psybeam.’

With nary an expression given as Basil had sent out Glory, from neither trainer nor small cat-like Pokémon standing on two legs, and also no reaction from being accused of having hacked a video game, the only thing the opposing trainer did was give a three-word command to their Pokémon.

Espurr raised a tiny paw… and a massive amount of power gathered in front of it. Its psychic power amassed with a single-minded purpose, to blast this enormous power at its opponent, Glory the Hawlucha. There was no question of how much power would be in that shot once it was fired, it already seemed to bend space merely taking shape. The Pokémon itself seemed unaccustomed to its power, its little paw shaking, slight sweat breaking out.

But soon enough…

‘Espurr,’ the Pokémon stated, before firing a blindingly fast, bright and slim, brightly purple beam of psychic power at Glory.

But perhaps Basil had already started his plan before then?

What was Basil doing?


In March of the White Rabbit: A Roll-Your-Own Magical Girl Roleplay → 11 mos ago Forum: Advanced Roleplay



‘I didn’t mean that…’ Miko said in reply to Mac. ‘I suppose the questions I wanted answers to was…’ she took a moment. ‘What’s your connection to us or our town? Do you live in Penrose? Why are you helping us fight Wonderland?’

‘Heh, what if she just wants to be a mysterious stranger?’ Ronin asked with a chuckle.

‘Then she’ll just not reply. Tell me it’s none of my business… or something,’ Miko sighed at her sister’s silly suggestion.

‘Maybe she’s Alicia’s aunt!’ Ronin suggested. She immediately got an incredulous look from Miko that made her lift her hands in an “I don’t know” pose. ‘It’s possible in this world! And she did say Alicia knows her!’

‘Please disregard her suggestions…’ Miko begged.

‘If she doesn’t reply to your questions, we’re calling her “auntie”!’

‘We are not.’

In any case. Miko and Ronin both nodded to Alicia about her unintended meaning about the question, and then it was time to head out.

‘We might not advance too quickly. You can teleport ahead if you wish. Anything that gets in our way should be able to be handled my our Dream Princess,’ Miko said.

‘Unless the Queen appears. Then it cannot,’ Ronin pointed out.

‘Oh,’ Miko made a noise. ‘She has a point.’

‘Hey, cacti! Are you friendly? You’re friendly, riiiight?’ Ronin asked, while both she and Miko were prepared to raise Reinforcement barriers around themselves and Magical Dream Princess in case the cacti launched an offensive.

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‘…’ Mayra didn’t really understand what everyone was overreacting for. In a not too different present, that girl died because Mayra punched her in the face too hard. ‘… Right! Are we heading for the castle!? They mentioned a secret passway! Orange, yellow, blue… or something!’ Mayra clenched her fists, fire emerging from her hair and along her spine and from her fists.

‘And also something about crossing our eyes! Sure, I can do that!’ Mayra said and her eyes just automatically stopped looking in the same direction with exceptional ease. ‘This looks weird!’ she then promptly stated as the world lost focus.

Anyway, she wasn’t about to head off on her own, so. While the rest were talking, Mayra went over to where Brittany was (unless she had GTFOd off-screen), and promptly picked her up.

‘Hey, I know you! You’re that shopkeeper!’ She then stuck Brittany under her arm as she walked back to the rest, Brittany hanging uselessly on her side. ‘Mine.’

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Mariette did not have an exceptional amount of time to process everything that the Queen had told her. There was a military plan that still needed to be performed, and Mariette had been absent from her command a bit too long. While she was unable to leave this room, she still had some information to provide.

‘Lily. Alexander. Connie. Gaia,’ Mariette opened a mirror directly back where she once was. It happened to be during the time Mayra was off picking up Brittany. ‘I’m afraid I have been captured, but I am safe, I just can’t leave. My portals can no longer be passed through, only talked through,’ she said. ‘The other team is victorious at the factory, and are now rerouting towards the castle. They are-’ and then she told them their rough location at this moment, in case they wanted it.

‘Be careful. The Queen is about, and she has portals just like I do,’ she warned. She did allow them to speak to her too, if they wanted it, but Mariette frankly had more important things to do, she just wanted them updated.

Mariette tried to keep track of where the Queen was with her mirrors, but she also had her own forces to coordinate. The plan was still the same. The Green Helms engage and then retreat, draw their forces into a trap laid by the forces of water, nature and dwarves. Speaking of, there was someone else with an army here that Mariette wanted to talk to.

‘Chloe,’ Mariette tried to contact the other dark magical girl (she is dark right), preferably after she’s received the update she was seeking. ‘I would like our forces to cooperate.’ … Which sounds like it would need greater topological information than what can be expressed in a post, but would like to at least not accidentally get in each other’s way somehow, at least. If Chloe is up for it, it could be some off-screen exchange of information…

…

Albeit, also. Mariette definitely wanted to track the Queen’s movements, if possible. If at all possible… could the Queen truly slay Asengav? Mariette wasn’t so sure she trusted what the plan would be after doing so… but if she could… how could Mariette possibly move to get there? It was… difficult, seeing how she still didn’t want the Queen to kill anyone, and there was the role she had to play in this campaign, yet…

Mariette kept her eyes open, searching for options as mirrors opened a bit of everywhere as Mariette scanned the world.
In Pokémon: Start → 12 mos ago Forum: Casual Roleplay
@Pirouette

‘Ah, sweet Erika! You’re nothing but brimming with the love and care you feel for your friends!’ Joshua gushed about her as she said she wouldn’t leave Ewan. He was quick to join her when she gave her command to attack.

‘Espeon, Confusion on the Koffing!’ Joshua called as Erika called her Icy Wind. Espeon jumped forth to stand The confusion hit the Koffing, and it recoiled, while both Pokémon were hit by Icy Wind, Chimecho also making a startled noise.

‘We’ve got company~ We’ve got company~’ the trainer of the Chimecho called, as she jumped into the store herself, probably knowing what was coming next.

‘Koffing, Smokescreen!’ the Koffing’s trainer called out, and the agitated and damaged Koffing immediately burst out a great, black cloud of smoke around the entrance of the store, covering the storefront, the other robbers looking up and back just before the smoke covered it all.

‘Darn it, are the Cigs already here!?’ the leader called out, annoyed.

‘They’re not the Cigs~’ the Chimecho’s trainer called.

‘You mean…’ there was a pause. ‘Oh, darn it,’ the leader cursed again.

‘They’re freshies~’ the Chimecho’s trainer called excitedly.

‘This is why you don’t rob Steppingstone Street! Too many freshies!’ the trainer of the Koffing called out.

‘Eh, I’d still say the lack of security made it worth it!’ the Magnemite’s trainer said.

‘There’s so little security BECAUSE of the freshies!’ the Koffing trainer retorted.

‘You guys are being really loud for a couple robbers! We’re hearing every word!’ Joshua called out happily.

‘We don’t have time for this. Get to the bikes!’ the leader called out. They came dashing out of the smoke towards their bikes… and a chilling blast of cold air blasted out over them, before a pair of great wings extended, casting a shadow over the robbers.

‘You’re not going anywhere,’ Ewan stood, and a giant, angry-looking bird in mid-air glaring down at them… and also a little Swinub at Ewan’s feet who had been the one to actually shoot that blast of cold air.



Pokédex Entry #22 – Fearow, the Beak Pokémon. Its long neck and beak is well-suited for catching prey in soil and water. With its large wings, it can keep itself aloft indefinitely without needing to rest. It is capable of quickly shooting itself high in the sky, and then plummet down just as quickly when the time to strike has come.




Pokédex Entry #220 – Swinub, the Pig Pokémon. To survive frigid landscapes, it uses its keen nose to find and dig up mushrooms, berries and other things under the ice. If it smells something enticing, it's known for dashing headlong towards it. It's sometimes used to find hot springs.


‘Oh, for the love of-’ the leader with the Golbat said. All of them were still wearing masks, likely to make identification harder. ‘You all have NO idea what’s really going on. It is not what you think it is,’ she said, grunting angrily, while her allies, specifically the trainers of the Magnemite and the Quilladin, had bags that they had stuffed a bunch of jewelry in.

‘What could it possibly be? You’re robbing a store,’ Ewan said, frowning at them.

‘I don’t have time to explain…’ the leader muttered.

‘Haha~! Our leader’s in trouble, our leader’s in trouble~!’ the trainer of the Chimecho chimed, as if she wasn’t also concerned. The trainers of the Koffing and Magnemite leaned in to whisper about something to the leader. It would appear they weren’t actively fighting back.

That is, unless Erika pressed the attack. She could have been doing whatever she wanted over the course of this post, including interrupting it.

Also worth noting, Ewan looks like he’s about to say ‘I’m not gonna give you time to plan!’ and call on his Pokémon to attack, unless interrupted.

The robbers have a Golbat, a Quilladin, a Magnemite, a highly damaged Koffing, and a Chimecho.

By this time, passersby have seen what’s going on and hurried off, and at the minimum of one has grabbed a phone and called someone about it.

What does Erika do?


In March of the White Rabbit: A Roll-Your-Own Magical Girl Roleplay → 12 mos ago Forum: Advanced Roleplay



Miko sighed as everything came to a close against the Mad Hatter. ‘Unreasonable people are the worst,’ Miko declared. She glared at the “hostage” with her Third Eye… just to make sure he wasn’t another trap.

Penny got the attention of both the twins after having learned Mariette was captured.

‘Oh. Time to save her again, huh?’ Ronin chuckled, not the first time she had to go on a mad mission to save that particular girl. When Penny and more decided to stay behind to collect advantages for them…

‘You can count on us! Just show up with something really impressive after, alright?’ Ronin called, excited to see what they’d show up with.

‘Oh. But you three are, like, half our combat strength…’ Miko said, somewhat quietly, but Ronin had already called out the parts before. ‘Alright, we’ll make do.’

‘We still have Dreamy!’ Ronin objected to Miko’s previous statement.
‘I suppose we do,’ Miko nodded, agreeing that she had a point there.

Then Mac showed up and introduced herself. Ronin looked up with amazement, while Miko looked up and averted her gaze from the creature.

‘Wow! You managed to tame the chicken? I like it! Well done!’ Ronin called out in amazement.
‘“Taking over for Knight of Tonight”, you say… I didn’t really know who she was, either, but…’ Miko was perplexed by this, so… ‘Who are you?’ Miko asked, the question serious in its tone and seeking a deeper answer.

‘Ey, she just said she’s Mac!’ Ronin chuckled.
‘… I meant beyond that, obviously,’ Miko replied, unamused, still averting her gaze.
‘Are you going to just ask that without telling anything about yourself first?’ Ronin asked, looking towards her sister in amusement.
‘… Uh, it didn’t seem important, I’m practically a nobody. I’ll do that if she asks…’ Miko sighed at her sister’s strange lines.

Regardless. After that, Alicia asked if they were ready.

‘Oh. Is this the “last chance to go back before you’re locked into the final fight cutscene” question?’ Miko asked. Ronin laughed beside her.
‘Except, you know, the battle isn’t going to wait for us even if we’re not ready here. It’s gonna happen, with or without us,’ Ronin said. Ronin and Miko exchanged a glance, nodded, and spoke at the same time.

‘We’re ready!’
‘We’re ready!’

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Mayra laughed as she delivered her beat-down, punching into the staff, burning the threads, knocking away the duplicate puppets. Finally, she spun around, delivering the last burning kick that snapped the staff in two, and Mayra stood there grinning.

‘Yeah. That feels good,’ Mayra said, definitely having just taken out the anger she felt at Mariette not letting her attack the queen. Then… the surrendering opponent started reading her a poem. Mayra, not understanding anything, tilted her head and listened.

‘Er… I do the fire with magic? I welcome fish into my jaws? What fish? Are there fish here?’ Mayra asked, looking confused. ‘Was that a spell you cast on me? What did it do?’ Mayra looked all over her limbs for any signs of change. If she found none, she’d be a bit disappointed. Anyway, the others had a reunion over there, and that was nice and all, and then-

‘Oh, hi. Who are you?’ Mayra asked Chloe. ‘Hehe, yeah. I’m pretty great,’ the dragon-girl chuckled about the whole could have rewarded her. ‘I’d still take the reward!’

Then. Run along now.

‘Huh, yeah. That reminds me. Where are we going? Are we invading the castle?’ Mayra asked, stepping over to the others… … … but there was then nothing that could prevent her from looking at what was happening next.

Mayra would not interfere. If anyone was going to defend Caterpillar or play the merci-killer, it would not be Mayra. For once, the most chaotic thing she could do was to let it happen. An uncharacteristically neutral expression would pervade Mayra’s expression, her eyes focused on the event. She’d let it play, start to finish, without a single motion. She’d have to be shook if someone wanted her to pay attention to anything else.

As the event concluded, assuming it did as intended, Mayra still stood motionlessly… until Chloe asked her questions. Then Mayra smirked.

‘Cool.’
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