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Wow three years since an update....well - I guess I've been busy. Finally getting back into real story writing instead of just editing and submitting old stuff.
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Wow three years since an update....well - I guess I've been busy. Finally getting back into real story writing instead of just editing and submitting old stuff.
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6 yrs ago
Responses didn't come like I meant them to. I'm working on being able to get to them this week. Thank you for your patience with me.
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6 yrs ago
Responses to those waiting to hear from me will come tomorrow. Apologies.
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6 yrs ago
Shit happens, responses slow. Working on it. Please be patient.
I'm an adult with a family and responsibilities that take priority, as well as mental health issues that can cause me to not get on this site for periods of time. Just know I will get back to you - hopefully within a few days. Right now my schedule is in flux until I get everything figured out properly so I cannot make promises to respond quickly.
If you've come here looking to RP, please note right now I'm not accepting any new projects. Thanks for the interest, and I wish you luck on your quest.
I recently started working on getting published, and have self published one story so far. Check it out on Amazon - Into the Night by Alexia Wynd. You can also check out more of my work - short stories and the like - at my recently started Patreon: patreon.com/storiestocaptivate
Pokédollars: 500 1x Potion 10 Pokeballs Rotom Phone Professional camera Camping backpack with a cold weather sleeping bag with a sleeping pad added to it, waterproof canvas tarp, 50 ft of rope, mess kit, extra clothes, a week of food (granola, jerky, a few canned soup, pokemon food for Sage, etc), water purification kit and canteen, compass and maps of the region, magnesium fire starter, multi-tool knife, and a camping saw.
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Species: Eevee Type: Normal Personality: Sage is a pretty even tempered Pokemon. He is patient and tends to be calm. With other Pokemon, he tries to reason and help sort things out without fighting, but he will not back down from a fight. Living up to his name, he'll end up keeping Faye on task when needed, and offering her a sounding board when her thoughts get muddled. Level: 5 Status: Moves: Tackle, Growl, Sand-Attack, Double Kick* Ability: Adaptability - Increases STAB from 1.5x to 2x Held Item:
The purple haired photographer watched at one by one people started to get into position, and then one of the two youngest among the group took off into the forest after his pokemon. Well...she could wait. But she didn't have to wait long. A Hydreigon walked out carrying the boy. She quickly focused her camera and managed to get the shot of the dragon type placing the boy and his Chespin down. Today was quite eventful indeed! She'd always been interested to see a Hydreigon up close, and she'd heard how powerful Kapoc's was. So to see it - to capture it it in...action?...was really a treat.
The fact others seemed like they were actually up for the group photograph was a treat as well. Editing wouldn't be able to happen until she made her way back to King's Cross, but surely no one would mind. That was a problem she'd deal with at a later date. Picture now, touch up later. Adrianne being on board helped drag Kapoc - someone she wasn't entirely certain would willingly join the photo op on his own - into it too. While she was prepared to instruct them how to pose, pretty much everyone struck up some form of pose. That was perfect! It certainly captured the group's energy and personality better than her setting them up in professional stances.
"Are you going to be able to get in the photo too?"
Faye had just raised the camera but not fully started working it when she heard the question. She lowered it and laughed softly. "Oh, uh - no. Not this time. But don't worry about it. I'll be posting selfies to my socials as I go so if people want to see me, you can find me on pretty much any social." With that, she quickly got her camera in focus and took the picture of the group.
"Give me a call when the photo's ready, alright? I'm Evelyn, by the way."
"Sure thing." Faye offered the other girl a smile. She looks like the type to want the touched up version. Should I mention -
Well it was too late to finish that thought. Kapoc moved on with what he planned to participate in today. The photographer lowered her camera to let it rest in what will quickly become it's standard resting spot on her hip and focused on the adult talking.
She accepted phone when it was given to her. Her brows rose high - and how could they not?! - when he explained how high tech they were. She signed on to do just these kinds of things, but knowing how good the phone's signal was made her reconsider using her personal one to post everything. She'd just have to ship hers back home. That would be better than just lugging it with her until she got to King's Cross. The fact it had everyone's numbers in it already was a plus. Not that she wasn't looking forward to at least sightseeing for now, but she'd definitely appreciate the means of getting in touch with others to distribute the photo she just took and checking in on progress - or sharing progress in the case of any major developments she found that wasn't specifically related to finding pokemon.
Then was catching the pouch of pokeballs. She hadn't doubted they'd get a few to start, but this felt like more than just five...Which she confirmed when she opened and gave it a quick count. Not shabby starting with 10. It certainly helped get them all off to a good start.
Oh! Start! It looked like some were already on their way out and - well Nils was distracting David and the girl that had arrived with her own pokmeon - others were distracted pairing off already. Well...she supposed...
Faye was distracted in her own thoughts and hadn't noticed she'd been approached by anyone. Sage shifted, leaning against her leg, before yipping for her attention. "Hmm?" She blinked and looked up from the items in her hands (which she truthfully wasn't actually looking at.)
"Oh! Yeah, I can totally do that! I don't have my laptop but I do have a cable!" She hastily turned the Rotom phone over to double check if the cable she had for her personal phone would fit this one too. And luck had it - they were a match! She crouched down and shrugged her pack off her back and started digging through it. A few cans of food and camping gear unpacked then repacked later, and she had the cable in hand and was carefully hooking the camera to her new phone/pokedex.
While she focused on getting the right picture uploaded to the phone, Sage sniffed at the bipedal dinosaur. While the canine pokemon may have been a bit more cautious - after all the Tyrunt was bigger and definitely tougher than him - at first, he quickly warmed up to the friendly pokemon. He yipped and yapped, looking to start up a conversation with the dinosaur about how excited he was to have a trainer and get to go explore the region - and gauging what the dinosaur thought of the situation. (But the author didn't feel like writing all that out so there it is.)
At mention of travelling together, Faye looked up at the other girl. "oh? Where are you from? I'm from Evig, but it's not like I've really gone sightseeing or traveled the country much, ya know? I would love to travel with others. I think all trainers offer from travelling with other trainers. I offered to David and Nils already, so maybe we'll have additional company too. Or maybe it'll stick to just us for a bit. I don't know. There were a few monuments in Grand Glory I wanted to check out, and there's the Park near the new trainer school, and Grand Glory's port...Lots of stuff to see and do here before setting out. I've got a rough idea of places I want to hit."
She looked down and finished getting the photograph uploaded in a group chat of all the trainers in the current group. Then hit send. Everyone's phone would hopefully ding not too long after that with a group text that included the group photograph.
Once she slung her pack back on, she stood and tucked the cable into a cargo pocket on her pants. Much easier to retrieve it from there than her backpack. "Come on! The first thing we should do is go check if the boys are going to battle or if they're ready to set out too."
The intrepid photographer headed over to the small group forming where Nils had joined David, the smallest trainer with a hood pulled up, and the psychic that she'd barely registered throwing some rubbish away without lifting a finger. "Hey! So, we were going to head out. David, Nils, did you guys want to tag along with me and...-" she quickly checked her phone when she realized she hadn't caught the other girl's name before looking back up at the group - "Regan? Or were you going to set out with these two? Or with each other...? There's this cool fountain in the center of Grand Glory that I've been dying to get a picture of. So -" She looked at Regan. "That's our first stop, if you don't mind. But we'll head elsewhere where we can see if we can add to our team pretty shortly after that."
That sounds perfect. They can have some fun sight-seeing first, or just text each other to meet up if Nils goes a separate way. Either way they can battle before departing the city for real (so they can use that pokecenter!).
Personally when I'm torn like that, @Shazamrock, I typically let RP decide. If you're enjoying the dynamic of who you end up with immediately stick with them.
Last iteration, we ended up working out a plan for North and South to meet in a designated city at a designated time to reorganize. I'm sure that will come up this time too. And there are routes to cut across (i.e. boating across the lake) to aide in rerouting too.
@Shazamrock She's only taking it if everyone else. Because she wants to capture the energy in the group as it is and setting up a timer would likely ruin that. But she rarely is in photographs. She's more interested in taking them than being seen in them
But she'll be taking a cheesy selfie of her and Sage. And she'll do group photographs with whomever she travels with if asked to
Okay so Faye was wishy-washy in IC, but for full transparency:
Faye is going North (Route 1) after exploring the city. She is open to travelling with any number of people.
IC she's only put that out there to Nils and David (and anyone that decides they were near the three of them) but she won't turn down random requests.
So who is interested in a bit of sightseeing, event triggering, and catching Pokemon around Grand Glory with her? There's some monuments she wants to photograph while in town then off to the trainer park.
I'm an adult with a family and responsibilities that take priority, as well as mental health issues that can cause me to not get on this site for periods of time. Just know I will get back to you - [i]hopefully [/i]within a few days. Right now my schedule is in flux until I get everything figured out properly so I cannot make promises to respond quickly.
If you've come here looking to RP, please note right now I'm not accepting any new projects. Thanks for the interest, and I wish you luck on your quest.
I recently started working on getting published, and have self published one story so far. Check it out on Amazon - Into the Night by Alexia Wynd. You can also check out more of my work - short stories and the like - at my recently started Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/storiestocaptivate
<div style="white-space:pre-wrap;">I'm an adult with a family and responsibilities that take priority, as well as mental health issues that can cause me to not get on this site for periods of time. Just know I will get back to you - <span class="bb-i">hopefully </span>within a few days. Right now my schedule is in flux until I get everything figured out properly so I cannot make promises to respond quickly.<br><br>If you've come here looking to RP, please note right now I'm not accepting any new projects. Thanks for the interest, and I wish you luck on your quest.<br><br>I recently started working on getting published, and have self published one story so far. Check it out on Amazon - Into the Night by Alexia Wynd. You can also check out more of my work - short stories and the like - at my recently started Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/storiestocaptivate" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">patreon.com/storiestocaptivate</a></div>