[Best Rookie March 2011] Begin, Again (Kanto Journey RP)

[Ash_Ketchum123]

Chapter 4
Part 2​

A Rest From...well, something​

Shigeru crossed the wobbling bridge that led to the other side of Route 2 as cautiously as he could. The thought of maybe falling down the bridge and towards the river made his thoughts scrabble away from his previous mistake of capturing a petty Magikarp. He didn't want to release the little guy, so he might as well train it, but it kept occurring to him that the only move his Magikarp knows is Splash, and that absolutely does nothing. Great, he thought. Looking down, he saw a bunch of Magikarps splashing aimlessly in the river. His head filled with rage. If it weren't for that stupid fisherman who broke his stupid PokéDex, he would've known what kind of stupid Pokémon he was about to stupidly capture. He breathed in a deep sigh and tried to remain calm. It wasn't like him to get all mad because of something he forgot. It was somehow his fault after all. He looked ahead. He could almost make out a town by the end of the bridge. The fire that built up inside of him died down and was replaced by joy. He turned his head towards the sun and he noticed that it was about to go down. He thought how it was so fortunate for him to have reached the town before the sun came down. After all, he didn't want to camp outside. He's not taking any chances of sleeping outdoors, even though he packed a portable tent in his bag.

He ran across the bridge, the fear of falling down far behind him now. He was only a few steps away from the end of the bridge. As he was about to step onto the ground, one of the Pokéballs in his pocket released a Pokémon. He tripped on the glowing red figure that formed in front of him and he fell down on top of it. The figure materialized and revealed that Kai went out of its Pokéball on his own. "Osha-wott!" Kai exclaimed as he carried his trainer's weight on top of him. "Sorry 'bout this, Kai, but next time you do that, you probably don't want to appear right in front of me." Shigeru told his shiny Oshawott. He stood up as quickly as he could to end his Pokémon's misery. Kai jumped up and ran briskly atop Shigeru's right shoulder, and together, they walked excitedly towards the town up ahead.

As he got closer, he was able to make out a sign that read "Welcome to Edgeville," so he thought, the town's name must be Edgeville. Way to go, Shigeru. he mocked himself. When he entered town, the first thing he noticed was that the town was just a bunch of houses that circled a Pokémon Center. Pretty small. But good enough for him. At least there's a Pokémon Center he thought. Just then, smoke came about from one of the houses. Kai sniffed the air and immediately scoffed at it. It smelled like a bunch of toenails being burned, which was weird for Shigeru because he never actually smelled burnt nails before. His curiosity won him over and he paced towards the smoky house. He knocked on the door and almost in a flash, an old man opened it for him. Without any word, the old man invited him in with a gesture with his hand. Inside, he saw an old lady who was burning toenails in a pot over a campfire. "Um, excuse me ma'am, but what exactly are you ding with that?" he asked the lady. " MY NAME IS LADY GETSIT!" she suddenly shouted, "AND I OWN THIS MAGNIFICENT GIFT SHOP!" Shigeru looked around him. Shelves that were filled with jars of what looked like scales, horns, and apparently, nails, surrounded him. I don't think it's that magnificent he told himself. He realized that the lady didn't really answer his question, but he might as well leave it like that. He suddenly had the feeling that he might not want to know. Just as he was about to leave through the door, the lady appeared right behind him and tugged on his shirt. "You are a trainer, no? How about you capture a male Nidoran for me in exchange for some Full Restores?" she said. Shigeru stopped and thought. He did need some Full Restores, just in case something bad happens on the road, but he also wanted to reach the first gym as fast as he could by tomorrow. "I'll see what I can do." he answered, as he exited the weird lady's "gift shop."

Shigeru ran towards the Pokémon Center. He hasn't felt this much need to rest for a long time. He entered the Center with an awful lot of excitement, and he was greeted by a man who sat on the front of the center. "Hello! Welcome to the Pokémon Center." he said. Shigeru figured that that was the nurse around these parts. Weird. I never thought there'd be a male nurse in a Pokémon Center. "G'evening. I would just like to know if you have any room here, and I have some Pokémon here that needs healing." he told the man. The nurse nodded in response to his first question and said, "The rooms are right down that hall," he pointed to his right, "and you may just leave the Pokéballs here on my desk. The machine here takes abut eight hours for the Pokémon to be fully rested, so they'll be ready by the time you wake up tomorrow." Shigeru blinked. Eight hours? So much different than the previous Pokémon Center, but it will have to do. He fished his pocket for Neko's and his Magikarp's, who he has decided to name Koi, Pokéball and placed both of them on the nurse's desk. He bowed in respect to the nurse and headed for the room he was about to sleep in...

((OOC: Nothing happened here ^^ Just wanted Shigeru to reach Edgeville now that other people have reached it.))

 

[moon]

@ Ace - Ok, I love how you wrote up lady Getsit XD Glad to see you back in the mood, looking forward to the next post.

 

[Tonko]

Out of the town at last—Astrid could have slept at the Pokemon Center like she usually did in town, but the little fuzzball had been shaking the whole time Astrid had walked to the Center from the park, clinging to Astrid's arm, while Archie walked alongside, staring upward in concern.

Finally, Astrid had given the little guy a last rub between the ears, and told him to wait for her, and recalled him to his pokeball. She'd waited impatiently at the Center, and taken the ball back from the distracted looking nurse with a few questions about the state of her Minccino.

"Yeah, you caught one real exhausted fella," the nurse had said briskly as he'd placed the ball carefully in her hand. "His energy will be right up to normal now, but his condition needs good care. Don't overwork him, good food, you know." The harried air faded from him for a moment and he gave her a sharp look. "Seriously. Take it easy on that one on the way through the forest."

"Of course," Astrid had replied, nodding firmly. Her seriousness seemed to satisfy him—that and he knew she was licensed—because he was off then, into the back for some other task.

Now, well outside of town, Astrid mashed the button on the pokeball she'd been holding in wait since the Center, and red light flashed, resolving into the crouching shape of her new little friend. His ears were rigid and quivering, and he oriented on her right away.

"Sssrrrrr," Archie murmured happily. The Minccino didn't stop watching Astrid, but seemed to relax slightly, more easily than earlier. His ears were still raggedy, for sure, but that would get better with time...

Astrid squatted down and held out her hand. The fuzzball had managed to grow on her more than she'd expected while she'd carried him in town. He was certainly her responsibility, but she wasn't even feeling... resigned, or anything. She was just glad to be able to let him out where he'd be calmer. "You got me fond of you already, fuzzball," she said.

He cocked his head, and then shuffled forward against her hand. She rubbed her knuckles gently against his fuzzy cheek, not wanting to put her hand on his head and make him looking like he was flinching, she didn't like that at all. This was okay though, she thought, his ears were up but not rigid now, just perked up. She tickled him under the chin, getting a happy look, and then stood up.

His eyes widened suddenly in apprehension, and he bounded forward to cling to her ankle. "Oh hey, hey," she bent to gently pry him loose. "I'm not walking off without you, silly." She set him back a few inches, regarding him for a moment. "Do you need me to carry you again?" she asked, trying to decide if he'd be better off if she just carried him around or not. If she did it all the time, maybe he'd never calm down without her. That wouldn't be healthy.

"Squirrrr," Archie commented, coming up beside the fuzzball and pointing farther down the road. The Minccino cocked his head curiously.

"Yeah, we're going to go on through the forest," Astrid said. "Lots of trees... some strange people... new pokemon too," she mused to herself, eyeing the green smudge up ahead in anticipation. She walked a few slow steps down the road, then looked back. The Minccino scrambled after her instantly, but this time stopped short of glomping her hiking boot, though his eyes were all big again. She bent to rub his cheek, and he mostly relaxed. "Yeah, you get it, right? We're all going together. Alright, let's go." She was gonna watch him, he was still so jumpy, he'd probably get tired soon. But he'd get to rest and calm down when they found a camp. It was just afternoon now, so they'd have a good walk, and then they could settle in and get to know each other.

She started walking once again, for real this time. Archie and the Minccino both pacing her just fine. Archie, she noticed, was keeping himself behind their new companion, making sure the fuzzball wouldn't feel like he was getting left behind. They were certainly getting along. She wondered if Archie would always be that easygoing about new teammates. Well, time would tell, there.

With a sudden grin, she extracted her camera from its carrying case and turned around to walk backwards, taking some snaps of Archie and... hmm.

"You need a nickname, fuzzball," Astrid mused, turning right way forward again, and checking the preview images of her snaps. Not bad.

"Squirtle!!" Archie seemed to agree with her. True to form, the Minccino didn't make a sound, but he did bound forward until he was next to her, and looked up, sort of thoughtfully.

"Fuzzball isn't really a good name, I don't think. But you definitely are fuzzy. Like the tops of a long piece of grass, you know? Or—wait! How about the fuzzy bits in clover, the flower part."

The Minccino's ears perked at that, ragged, but round like clover leaves, even if they weren't green at all. "Clover then?"

That seemed to work for him. He dropped back behind to walk with Archie. It seemed like he had an extra spring in his step now.

Clover and Archie both kept up as they reached the forest. For the rest of the day, though, the walk was uneventful. They passed a couple of glum-looking trainers heading back towards the Pokemon Center in Edgeville, and a few other non-trainer groups who were grumbling about having to take this route, instead of the one that had been blocked off by those black-uniformed guys. Astrid felt slightly better—at least she wasn't the only one!

She didn't much like walking near other people, though, neither did Clover, and after the first person they saw made him try to climb into her backpack, she just started recalling him to his ball whenever they saw anyone. She hurried up, then, moving past and onward into the woods.

Besides, wild pokemon were much less likely to appear if there was a whole group of people galumphing along the path.

Eventually, she spotted a Butterfree and caught its data in her pokedex before it disappeared into the branches overhead. After that, she spent a lot of her time looking up, trying to spot what she remembered lived in the area, since most of it liked trees.

When it got too dark to really see anything anymore, she sighed and gave up. She was a bit off the path, but her crashing through the undergrowth maybe hadn't been a good plan. It was more "wild" over here than on the path, but she was making a lot of noise. She was in a small open area, with enough space to see the darkening sky overhead, and she set her camp up before it got fully dark. Clover watched with interest as she cleared a spot to light a little fire, then parked himself and watched the flames in fascination as she laid out her bedroll. According to her tablet there was no rain coming, and the sky was clear, so she would probably be fine without a tent.

She cooked herself some ramen, passed around the nanab bread and the pokemon chow to her companions, and they were all sitting in companionable quiet, watching the fire, when an unholy racket started crashing through the brush towards her.

Bolting upright, she clicked on her flashlight (high-powered LED, thank you, currently set to a range of 50 feet) and pointed it at the sound.

"Squirrrr!" Archie said warningly, and put himself between her and the sound. Off to the side, she saw Clover shoot into her sleeping bag and stay there, a lump under the fabric, just peering out the opening.

"Snnnnivy!" came an answering call, and Astrid saw Archie relax, just like that.

"Kadru, get back here! We can't challenge anyone now, we have to rest!" Jayesh's familiar voice came from the trees. Astrid sighed, and stared evenly forward. Of COURSE. Who else would find her in the middle of the FOREST? (Well, just a bit off the path. But STILL.)

The Snivy wasn't listening to her trainer, though, because she shot out into the light cast by Astrid's flashlight and stopped in front of Archie, giving him a playful smack with her tail. He pushed her gently back, and then they were chattering to each other, communing like old friends. Jayesh stumbled out into the open just behind Kadru, followed by a Houndour, a Pidove, and then a Nidoran M AND a Nidoran F. Astrid stared, disbelieving, as, trailing behind, a Poochyena brought up the rear.

"Can you, uh, lower that a bit?" Jay asked plaintively, and Astrid canted the beam off to one side so it wouldn't shine into the eyes of Jay and his... menagerie. "Astrid?" he asked, now that he could see past the glare. "seriously?" His surprise turned to relief instantly. "Wow! How lucky am I?"

"I don't really know," she answered. Her luck didn't seem to be that good, she thought.

"No you don't," he said, look abnormally serious and lacking the usual verve with which he approached her. "Please, let me use this camp too?"

"Uh... sure," she said, taken aback by the nervousness in his question. "Who did you think it would be, anyway?"

"There are... people... in these woods," he said, his shoulders going tense. "They, um, didn't like me."

"Oh, them," Astrid said.

Jay unshouldered his bag and let it drop with a thud, staring at her, eyes wide. " 'Oh, them' ?" he repeated. "They are scary people," he frowned at Kadru, who was still over with Archie, and now flanked by the rest of Jay's team. Introductions of some kind seemed to be occurring. "I had her out and... I don't know. They knew I was a trainer, just from seeing her, which makes sense I guess. I was just looking around—I had encountered Ifreet just before, and captured him, I had my hands full of everyone's pokeballs because I was rearranging my belt, and a couple of these... people... just appeared and told me to get out of their territory, because trainers weren't welcome on it. They were all raggedy and had, like, spears..." Jay trailed off.

"They're the Viridian Savages," she told him, going back to her little fire. He followed her, sitting on the other side of it, and she sighed. Of course he wouldn't set up his own... well, maybe that was a bit wasteful, she conceded reluctantly. "Don't you remember anything from geography?"

"Only what I needed to pass the test," he joked, sort of weakly.

"They're some kind of weird cult. They don't use electricity or anything, the don't like trainers because of the technology we use, the PCs and everything. Even though they have pokemon just the same," she rolled her eyes. "They're on the news sometimes in Pewter, we'd hear about them now and then. They call themselves True Viridians."

"Oh, you're from Pewter?" that tidbit seemed to be valuable to him for some reason. At least his mood improved all of a sudden. And she realized she was glad of that—he was annoying as anything, but seeing him scared hadn't been very nice.

She just shrugged though, not planning on giving him a summary of her life story.

"Well I dunno what they're saying on the news these days," Jay said, expression darkening a bit again. "These Viridian people aren't friendly at all. When they were, uh, escorting me away, they said there were too many people coming through, and they were going to be watching their borders, that the people in white wouldn't leave them alone... whatever that means."

"No idea," she said. "I saw some idiots in black blocking the road, which is why everyone's coming through here at all."

"Oh, yeah, I saw—" he paused suddenly, attention skewing off towards her sleeping back. "Oh," he said, his voice rising an octave into the baby-talk that a lot of people did towards pets and small children. "Hey there, guy."

Clover had ventured ever so slightly out of the sleeping bag, apparently having categorized Jay as "maybe not that scary". He froze when Jay noticed him, but didn't retreat.

Jay didn't lean forward to try and touch him or anything either, just gave him a smile and then looked back at Astrid again, and continued on about his own encounter with the black-uniformed thugs—he'd been less argumentative than her, but he had some much wilder theories about what they'd been stopping people from seeing which he explained to her. At length—and Clover eventually dared to come out all the way, creeping over to Astrid's lap and curling up there while she and Jay talked. Behind them, she could hear thumps and thuds and amused pokemon murmuring as Archie joined Jay's team in play-fighting, and eventually, when Jay ran out of his crazy ideas, they turned around to watch.

Astrid offered some unadorned criticism on Jay's pokemon's moves, which he protested cheerfully each time with more and more blatant excuses.

"Well look, most of them DO need way more experience. But Kadru is tip-top!! Battle in the morning, I'll show you." he said to her, when they finally got ready to sleep. "I'll show you!" he repeated for good measure, and he realized he expected an answer.

"Yes, yes, fine," she said.

"Cool. Goodnight Astrid."

"Night."

"See you in the morning."

"Yep."

"Sleep well."

"You too."

"Sunrise is at 6:40 am tomorrow."

"Okay."

"I have some extra breakfa—"

"Shut up, Jay."

"Right."

**

((OOC: Wow. I really enjoyed writing all that, sorry for nothing "real" actually happening. Battle with Jay coming up, though.))

 

[moon]

@ Tonko - I've missed your posts so much! Just remember the Viridians are pretty much friendly with the people in white, because Team Shiro convinced them they are on the same side, both disliking trainers for using pokémon as slaves in battles and such things. I love how your pokémon have distinct personalities, and the ending was fun xD

I'm pretty sure Archie and Clover got some useful life experience from this fine post~

- Archie (Squirtle) grew to level 13 and learned Water Gun!
- Clover (Minccino) grew to level 8!

 

[Ash_Ketchum123]

((OOC: I hope this isn't dead yet :c I like this too much for me to accept that this is dead. Anyway, I'm posting here just in case.))

Chapter 5
Title to be changed when I have thought of a good one...

[FONT=&quot]"Bulbasaur, Vine Whip!" [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]The Bulb Pokémon then sprouted two long whips and shot at Kai with it. It hit the shiny Oshawott, but he recovered quickly. Kai retaliated with a Water Gun, shooting out a beam of water from his mouth and directing it towards Leone's Bulbasaur. It didn't affect him much. Come to think of it. It liked being soaked in water. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"That all you can do, Shigeru-kun?" Leone taunted, "Let's finish this now. Bulbasaur, Leech Seed!"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Finish? Great idea. Kai, counter that with Water Gun! Full blast!"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]And Bulbasaur shot a seed from his back and it flew towards Kai. The otter shot another Water Gun and made it hit the seed flying towards him. Once the two attacks hit, Kai powered up his Water Gun. The seed lost its momentum, and the Water Gun carried the seed back towards Bulbasaur. The stunned creature just stood there as the Water Gun made him skitter back. The seed planted itself on Bulbasaur's forehead and it sprouted mini vines that constricted the Bulbasaur. It sucked energy out of the Bulb Pokémon while limiting its movement. The odds were now on Shigeru's side. All he had to do was fire another strong attack. He would've ordered Kai to use Pound at full strength, but then, Leone took this moment to taunt Shigeru some more.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"You think this is over?" he said, followed by a mocking laugh, "You think that little trick of yours will beat my Bulbasaur? Dream on. Bulbasaur, Vine Whip…"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Ha! Kai can easily dodge that!"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"… on yourself!"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Bulbasaur sprouted those two long vines again, and whipped himself. Kai stood there, stunned at what he was seeing. Why would he do that? he thought. Then the pieces of the puzzle started to connect inside Shigeru's mind.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Kai! Get ready to dodge!" Shigeru shouted.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Now, Bulbasaur! Whip that petty Oshawott!"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]The mini vines that constricted Bulbasaur went loose and was shot with his Vine Whip. Kai sidestepped, but the vines redirected themselves and followed the shiny Oshawott. They hit Kai square on his chest and the mini vines quickly wrapped itself around him. The mini vines constricted Kai and sucked his energy out of him. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"No! Kai, try to squirm out of there!" [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]But Leone's Bulbasaur was already running towards the constricted Kai. Everything was going according to Leone's plan. He was going to win, if it weren't for a bunch of guys who went in the middle of Kai and Bulbasaur. The running Pokémon had to go for a complete stop fast. He skittered forward until he came to a complete halt. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Hey! Not cool, man." Leone shouted.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Quickly, Shigeru called back Kai and shoved his Pokéball back in his pocket. He walked towards the group of people who interfered with their battle to talk to them. They wore casual clothing. They had fierce looks on their faces. Shigeru wondered why. As soon as he was near them, they faced the boy as if he had murdered someone and they were about to put him in jail. Shigeru took a step back. Meanwhile, Leone was just walking towards them. He just called back his Bulbasaur. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Do you know it's against the rules to interfere with a trainer battle?" Leone told the group of people.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Well sooorry, mister I-love-Pokémon-slavery," one man in the group stepped forward and said.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot][ Hey, Shigeru! Why don't you let me talk to them.] Dexter said.[/FONT]



[FONT=&quot]Oh right. I forgot to tell you about what Nurse Eskil did to Shigeru's PokéDex. When he woke up the next morning in the Pokémon Center back in Edgeville, the nurse asked him if he had a PokéDex with him. Shigeru answered yes, but he told him that it was broken. The nurse offered to fix it, but he would also download some stuff that he wanted to try out on a real Pokédex. Shigeru agreed and handed over the malfunctioning PokéDex. Nurse Eskil rebooted the high-tech encyclopedia and started pressing buttons and stuff. He plugged it in his computer and pressed more buttons. After a few moments, Nurse Eskil walked back towards Shigeru and handed him back the PokéDex.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"There you go. All you have to do now is press that button," he pointed towards a red button on the upper hand corner of the Dex, "and everything will be back to normal and better."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Shigeru pressed the button and the screen of the Dex turned bright. It flashed for awhile until a face appeared on it. It was a pixilated smiley face. Just the face. Then the pixilated eyes blinked. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot][ My name is Dexter, and I am happy to be of service to you, Shigeru.] it said.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"You made it talk?" Shigeru asked the nurse whose smile was near to touching his ears.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot][ Correction. He made me "think for myself." Thanks to him, I have a mind of my own.] Dexter said, [From now on, you won't be hearing those boring Pokémon descriptions that are all the same for everyone. I will personally give you the details you need to know of a certain Pokémon.][/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Shigeru was speechless. He wasn't sure if this was a good thing or a bad thing. He thanked the nurse for fixing his PokéDex, asked for his Pokémon back and finally walked outside the center and towards the Viridian Forest.[/FONT]



[FONT=&quot][ Go on, Shigeru. Just let me talk to them.] Dexter bugged Shigeru.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Maybe some other time, Dex."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]This time, a woman stepped out of the group. "Why don't you continue your battle outside of this forest," she said, "we, the True Viridians, don't want any battle to take place in this sacred place."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Just as Shigeru was about to speak up, Leone stepped forward a little bit more until he was face-to-face with the woman who had just spoken up. "We battle wherever we want, so bug off!" he told the woman.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Shigeru pulled Leone back. Even though they were rivals, he didn't want anything seriously bad to happen to him. And he felt like something seriously bad was just about to happen. The woman started laughing. The whole group laughed with her. Mocking laughter echoed throughout the forest. It grew louder every second, and Shigeru felt as if they were doing to call someone out. Or something. Finally, they stopped. One by one, they walked away from the two boys. The woman that had stepped up to face Leone had a smirk on her face.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Bug off? Fine. You'll realize the irony soon." she said before she walked away and disappeared deep in the woods.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]As soon as Shigeru was sure that no one could see them, he pushed Leone. "What were you thinking?" he shouted at his rival.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Hey, they started it."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"It's not a matter of who started it!"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Cool down, Shigeru-kun. Look. They're gone. We can continue our battle now."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot][ Not so sure about that, mister Leone, sir.] Dexter said from inside Shigeru's pocket. Shigeru pulled him out of it.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"What do you mean?" he asked his PokéDex.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot][ Well, that group of people are called the "True Viridians." They are against the idea of Pokémon being captured by trainers, and they hate forced Pokémon battles. Awhile ago, they saw the two of you "forcing" your Pokémon to battle each other, so they had to stop it.][/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"You're point?" That one was Leone.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot][ They're not just gonna let you continue your battle here. They will do anything to stop you.][/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Just as Dexter stopped talking, a loud buzzing noise filled the large forest. It was like a whole army of bees were flying towards them. Apparently, it was a whole army of bees, only worse. Much worse. A large horde of Beedrils flew amazingly fast towards the two boys in the middle of a clearing. They seemed to be cranky, awakened from a peaceful sleep. They bared their sharp needles at Shigeru and Leone. They buzzed at both of them, telling them words that normal humans wouldn't have understood.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot][Let me translate: "You have woke us up from our sleep, now you will pay the price! BZZZZZZZZT!" That last part meant nothing at all.][/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I blame you."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Shut up and fight! Go, Hoothoot!"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"But… oh, nevermind. You go, too, Neko."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]And the owl and the cat fought side by side to protect their masters from certain doom…just kidding. The two took this one as a contest, and so did Leone. Hoothoot flew and pecked hardly on the Beedrils' heads. One by one they fell down hard on the cold forest floor. Neko, on the other hand, scratched wildly while jumping, aiming for the bee's wings to make them fall one by one. Once on the ground, she would scratch their heads with her sharp claws, making blood flow all over their faces. It was a gory mess, and Shigeru kind of regretted calling upon Neko for help.[/FONT]


((OOC: Not quite done yet, but will be shortly. And man did this look so much better in MS Word xD))
​

 

[moon]

@ Ace - Bloody battle! Oh, this is far from dead. I've been a ghost lately (but so have all of you xD) I've made some new players come into the game, let's hope they'll post soon.

I love what you made Eskil do to the pokédex! This can get interesting.

- Kai (Oshawott) grew to level 11 and learned Water Sport!
- Neko (Meowth) grew to level 9 and learned Fake Out!

 

[killet513]

Chapter 5
Fire vs. Fire​

Anthony's Team

Spoiler:

Hamlet
Male
Lvl. 9

Tackle
Tail Whip
Ember
Odor Sleuth

Midnight
Female
Lvl. 8

Hypnosis
Foresight
Growl
Tackle

As Anthony entered the forest, all he noticed was the vast expanse of trees and undergrowth. The sight made him remember the forest beside his house that he grew up in and all the fun times he had with John. He couldn't think about that anymore. He had chosen to leave them and go on his journey that way he could leave the pampered life that he had come to halt. He kept moving, wanting to get through the forest as quick as possible so he could continue his journey. A whimpering from Hamlet cut him from his thoughts.

"What's wrong buddy?" Anthony said sitting down to rest for a bit before continuing his travels. Hamlet jumped up on his lap to lay down.

"Whoa, what's that pokémon?" a voice called out through the trees.

"This is my shiny Tepig, Hamlet," Anthony replied to the voice. A child about Anthony's height walked up to him.

"Is he a good battler, because I want to see whether this pretty pig can fight? Oh yeah, my name is Jason." He said sounding confident.

"Why yes, Jason, he is a good battler. I could beat your pokémon while I am asleep, but he is tired and I am too. So, go away." Anthony said closing his eyes and shooing him with his hand before Jason could reply.
Jason obeyed the request and disappeared in the trees.

Anthony and Hamlet ran up on a little group of huts that seemed to just be stuck out, away from the main road. A person was sitting on a stump sharpening what seemed to be a stick of some sort.
"Hello, my name is Anthony, can me and my Tepig stay in your hut for a little while so we can rest for a bit." Anthony asked the man.
"No, I hate travelers almost as much as I hate those people dressed in black," the man retorted.
"The people dressed in black? What are you talking about?" Anthony questioned.

"Those damn people that made all of the travelers come through our forest making all of the pokémon and us angry. Oh yeah, I forgot to introduce myself, I'm Carl. I live with the people and we are the True Viridians." The man said. He sounded calmer than before. He went on telling the story about the men dressed in black and how they had blocked all routes except the one through Viridian Forest. Then how the people dressed in white and how they love pokémon and fight for the good of pokémon and wildlife.
"We love the people dressed in white, even though we don't know much about them. Who cares about how much we know about them; they have gained our trust though, just as you have." That left Anthony speechless. He had just listened to the old man's story and he already gained his trust? He didn't feel so good about those people in white anymore.

"Well then, do you trust me enough to let me rest here?" Anthony asked hoping to get some long awaited sleep.
"Of course, but first you must have a meal with us. Our meals are very good trust me." Anthony didn't trust the old man one bit, but it was food and he was really hungry. What the hay, why not.

After the meal, Anthony was shown to his room, where he would sleep only once before continuing his journey.
After a he was woken from his nap by the old man, Carl, he started baclk on his trek through the Viridian Forest. The two traveled before out of nowhere Hamlet jumped up, letting out a squeal, scaring Anthony. Hamlet was staring at a wild pokémon ready to attack on Anthony's command. Anthony just pulled out his pokédex to see which pokémon this one is. The pokédex responded to his curiosity.

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Houndour Dark/Fire
The Dark Pokémon
It is smart enough to hunt in packs. It uses a variety of cries for communicating with others.
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"Alright Hamlet, use Tackle." Anthony said. Hamlet charged in hitting the Houndour head on knocking it back a couple of steps before regaining its balance. The Houndour retaliated by sending a purple fog out of its mouth sending it toward Hamlet.

"Don't breathe it in Hamlet, or you will be poisoned," Anthony
commanded. Hamlet closed his mouth tight trying not to inhale the toxic fumes. Soon the fog faded letting Hamlet regain his breathe before going back to battle.

"Alright Hamlet, use Ember," Hamlet let loose small pellets of fire, making them go toward the Houndour. They hit the Houndour, but just making his fur glow red as if the fire powered him up. "Crap, he must have the ability Flash Fire. OK Hamlet, use Tackle, now." Hamlet rushed in again hitting his mark just like last time. I have to switch out to Midnight. He can put him to sleep and do as much damage as Hamlet is doing now. Wait, it's a dark type so Hypnosis won't affect it. Damn it. Before Anthony could call Hamlet back, Houndour had let out the same pellets Hamlet had released, except this time it hurt Hamlet.

"Hamlet, come back," Anthony said. The small pig ran back to his trainer's side ready to get out of battle. "Go Midnight." A red wisp from a pokéball sent the owl pokémon into battle versus the Houndour. The Houndour released another set of flaming pellets towards Midnight. The owl pokémon dodged each flame as it came toward it.

"Alright Midnight, use Tackle." Midnight lifted its wings propelling itself toward the wild pokémon.

Think Anthony, what does Midnight have that Houndour doesn't. I got it, she can fly! I'll use the trees to give her more of a punch when she uses Tackle. Alright, let's put this plan in action. "Alright Midnight, fly up into the trees." Anthony sounded desperate, because he didn't know how much she could take. Midnight took flight toward the nearest tree hoping to recover from its injuries. After the command to use tackle, Midnight swooped down from the tree gliding straight into Houndour knocking them both backwards. The Houndour staggered up while Midnight lay limp on the ground. The impact had been too much for her. She hadn't been knocked out, but she was exhausted

"Good job Midnight. You deserve a rest. Return," Anthony pulled out her pokéball, and as she turned into a red wisp then disappeared into the pokéball. "Alright Hamlet, it's up to you." Hamlet sprang back out from his trainer's side to face down his opponent for the second time. Houndour spit more flames, but Hamlet dodged the flames the same way Midnight did earlier.

"Use Tackle, now!" Anthony was determined to capture this pokémon, because it was a worthy opponent. Hamlet rushed in and hit Houndour that seemed to be the finishing move. The pokémon lay still on the ground. Anthony pulled out a pokéball from his bag before throwing it toward the limp pokémon. The Houndour tuned into a red wisp before disappearing into the falling pokéball. It hit the ground and started to
shake the countdown to a, successful or unsuccessful, catch.

 

[moon]

@ Killet - Great first post! And good battle :D

- Hamlet (Tepig) grew to level 11!
- Midnight (Hoot-hoot) grew to level 10 and learned Peck!
- Anthony caught a Houndour! (level 9 female)

I will add you to the first page in the OOC thread soon... as soon as I've got time >.<

 

[Nakuzami]

Kris Kollyns
A creeper and some pokemon...​

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"Jebus Cripes..." I looked around at the massive forest, or more accurately: a jungle. I had just taken my first steps into Viridian Forest since starting my journey. Let me tell you, it was freaking HUGE! Sure, I loved it, lotsa trees and crap, but it was SO FREAKING HUGE. It was way past the title of forest, it should be called Viridian Massive Freaking Jungle. Though, since this place was so large and lush, I knew i'd be seing many pokemon.
​

I took another step, stepped on a twig, and froze. As soon as that twig broke, what looked like hundreds of Beedrill heads popped out of the trees. What was this place? One huge machine that wanted to eat you with bugs? I waited for a few moments as almost all of the Beedrill retreated. I noticed one was staring at me. Staring straight through me and into the deep, dark abyss known as my soul. Crap.
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I jumped to the right, the Beedrill's head moved to the right, I jumped to the left, the Beedrill's head did the same. I ran like freaking hell, and the Beedrill cheated by flying. "OH COME ON! JUST A LITTLE PEACE PLEASE!" I yelled as I ran to who-knows-where.
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"Beedrill. Halt." The buzzing of the wings stopped. Sanctuary! SANCTUARY! I turned to see a man, perhaps around his twenties. Apparently he was this Beedrill's trainer?
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"Are you a pokemon trainer?"
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"Uh...yeah?" Shouldn't that have been a bit obvious?
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"Leave. You are not welcome here." Okay, maybe he wasn't a pokemon trainer...

"Not welcome here? Well, I guess that you're a 'True Viridian' then?" I began, "Well, let me tell you something: Sure, I respect that you and your people live with pokemon and no technology," though I don't understand why. I mean, wow, who could do that? "But you don't own this forest. No one does. People have been coming through here much longer than your people have been here, so you have absolutely no say in who is welcome here and who is not."

"True, but we can still make you leave. You, who abuse pokemon by capturing them and forcing them to do your bidding." Okay, I have another name for these "True Viridians": Team Palsma. Or at least this guy. "But that doesn't mean i'm going to." Weirddudewholives withouttechnologyandhatesrandomtravelersfornoreason say what? "What you say is true. Also, you're only a kid, and the fact that you don't just run right now makes me like you." Like that doesn't make me think 'CREEPER!'?

"Well, I don't really understand why you don't like random travelers either."

"I won't go into details, but one reason is because there has been so many of them lately."

"And why is that?"

"The people in black have closed off all other routes around Viridian Forest, forcing travelers to come through here."

"The people in black? What, like Team Rocket or something?" Was Team Rocket still around?

"No, not Team Rocket. We are not sure who they really are. All we know is that they're nothing like the people in white." Really? You're going to stop talking right there and make me ask you more questions about the other new and interesting subject you just brought up? Fine, be that way.

"And who are the people in white?"

"Again, we do not really know," OH COME ON!!!! "But we do know that they seem to be fighting for the good of pokemon and wildlife." Oh, you do have some information. Thank you and don't mind me mentally screaming at you a few seconds ago.

"...That's it?"

"That's it." After that followed a few moments of awkward silence, though the awkward part came from the fact that the man was staring at me the whole time.

"Well thanks for the information. I think i'd better be going now..."

"That would be best." I would like to say that I was completely calm and walked away in that manner, looking as awesomesauce as I liked to look. Though I may have walked away like that, I didn't feel like that. This guy just freaking creeped me out. I mean, stalker much?

*****​

Once I got away from Mr. Creeper, I walked along all calm like, listening to nature as I went. There was a lot of it to listen to after all. There were pokemon everywhere. To my right, there were Pikachu scurrying along the forest floor with Sewaddle in the trees above; to my left, there were Pansage swinging from tree to tree, Buneary hopping along cheerfully. There were a few Seedot running around on the forest floor; a flock of Butterfree flying above me; some Beedrill buzzing around cautiously; and even a few Emolga soaring around overhead.

"Bun-eary!" Aww, a Bunear-ow! I stumbled backwards as a pair of furry feet made contact with my face. When I regained my balance, I turned to see a Buneary jumoing up and down happily and heard some laughing coming from a Pansage.

"Oh, you think that's funny, do you?"

"Bun! Bun~eary!" "Pan~sage!"

"Well, let's see if it's funny once I catch you." All happy jumping and laughing stopped in the surrounding area. You'd think i'd just announced Arceus's death or something. "Let's go, Bambi and Bulbasaur." In a blast of white light, two figures appeared in front of me. One was a small deer and the other...well, who knows what he was.

I pulled out my pokedex and scanned the two wild pokemon. After the usual stuff-I-don't-need-to-hear-again, I found out the moves the two pokemon knew. The Pansage knew Scratch, Leer, Lick, and Vine Whip while the Buneary knew Splash, Pound, Foresight, Defense Curl, and Endure.

"Let's start this off with Tackle and Vine-Whip." Bambi launched himself at the Pansage while a long green vine extended from the shiny Bulbasaur's body and sliced at the Buneary. The Pansage extended its claws and scratched furiously at Bambi while the Buneary began to pound Bulbasaur with her ears.

"Sand-Attack and Leech Seed." Bambi turned and dug his back legs into the ground, kicking dirt into the Pansage's face. Bulbasaur launched a small seed at Buneary, which split open and enveloped her in vines that began to sap her health. The Pansage could not see and the Buneary couldn't move, both were basically helpless. "Now, Tackle and Vine Whip again." Bambi rammed the Pansage, who was still clawing at is face, and Bulbasaur whipped the helpless Buneary with his vines. When the Pansage recovered, it noticed that the Buneary was trapped in a net of vines. It ran over to her and freed her with Scratch.

"Well, let's see how much longer you two can last. Bambi, launch yourself off of Bulbasaur's vines. Bulbasuar, give Bambi an extra boost and then wrap the Buneary and...toss her around." Bulbasuar extended his vines and Bambi climbed on them. Bulbasuar raised the vines so fast ti was hard to keep my eyes on them, at the same time Bambi leaped into the air. As Bambi rocketed back down to earth with wicked force and accuracy, Bulbasaur wrapped his vines around the Buneary and slammed her into a nearby tree. Bambi landed on the Pansage, hitting it so hard it fainted almost instantly. The Buneary began to glow a faint red as it used Endure. Bulbasaur continued to slam her into anything he could: trees, rocks, the ground - everywhere. Eventually it became too much for the Buneary, and consciousness slowly slipped away from her.

When both pokemon were down and on the ground, I walked over to them and lightly tapped them each on the head with a pokeball. The two pokemon disappeared in scarlet light, into the pokeballs.
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[Tonko]

((OOC: Even though Archie learned Water Gun as a result of the previous post, I'm imagining that he's been practicing a weak, non-combat-worthy version before now, since it's not like it's a TM move or anything, so he can suddenly use it now, haha.))

Astrid woke up first. It was mostly overcast now, the morning chill was damp on her face, but there were streaks of sky visible when she rolled over and rubbed her eyes to squint upward. It wasn't about to rain right now, probably. Maybe later, if it didn't clear up.

She stretched in the sleeping bag, then sat up. Beside her, Clover roused at her motions, his light grey fur bright against her red bag. He'd slept right next to her, only outside the sleeping bag—her thermal sleeping bag was two warm for him to have stayed in with her, they'd soon discovered. Archie was a green lump of shell at her feet, most of himself pulled into the shell, tail curled around. There was Jay's Pidove a bit farther off, pecking among the grass for seeds or something, and Astrid remembered she wasn't alone.

Craning around to look, she saw Jay's black hair, the only part of him visible outside his blue sleeping bag. The blue colour wasn't that visible either. All of his team seemed to be sleeping on or around him, the Nidoran pair snuggled together, the Houdour and Poochyena sprawled like the puppies they were, and Kadru the Snivy in a tidy ball at Jay's head.

If Kadru had progressed like Archie, and she did seem to be the strongest of Jay's team, she'd know at least one grass move by now. Archie was disadvantaged there for sure, and Astrid wasn't going to put Clover into battle anyway. Hmm. Archie's Water Gun attack was one they'd been working on for awhile, and it wasn't really there yet, but it would do better than Bubble, certainly... it had more battlefield uses anyway. And Archie was sturdy...

Thinking on it, she slipped out of her sleeping bag and went to her fire. Poking at the ashes, she uncovered a few embers, and fed it slowly back to life.

While she boiled water for instant oatmeal, Archie woke up, and so did all of Jay's pokemon, even Kadru. Astrid had noticed that Archie was extremely alert to the possiblities of food—so was Clover. And, it seemed, so were most pokemon. Soon, crouched over her little fire, she was faced with a whole ring of hopeful-looking faces. Astrid eyed Archie. "They know about the bread, don't they?"

"Squir... tle." Archie had the grace to look a little embarrassed at that, but then his eyes went to her pack.

"You realize that by sharing it, there's none left until Pewter," she warned him, and he looked chagrined at that, but then glanced at his new friends, and gave a helpless shrug.

She dumped her heated water into her thermos cap, and added the oatmeal. While it soaked, she dug the nanab bread out and broke it up into pieces for the assembled crowd. Even the Pidove returned from looking for grass seeds to accept his bite.

By the time everyone had some, her oatmeal was read, and she sat down to eat it. The unabashed glee with which the pokemon were nibbling, chomping, pecking, and chewing at the bread was... okay, it was cute, and she couldn't resist grinning at the sight.

Jay, for his part, was still soundly asleep, and stayed that way until Astrid had finished eating, washing out her thermos cap, rolling up her sleeping back, and repacking her bag.

Archie had spent the whole time socializing with Jay's pokemon, and Clover had inched over to be with them as well. He'd glanced in Jay's direction from time to time but it looked like being with the pokemon was easing his mind a bit about Jay. That was good. If he knew that other people aside from Astrid were nice, maybe he'd be less scared when they got to Pewter.

Wait, had she just thought of Jay as "nice"? What was the world coming to? Not like she wanted anything to happen to him, and no, he wasn't bad or anything, of course not, but he was so...

Well. He definitely wasn't annoying when he was asleep, at least. She laughed a bit at that.

"Morning Astrid!" Jay chirped, and she jumped and looked over. He was sitting up in his sleeping bag. His hair was a total mess, but otherwise, he looking bright-eyed as if someone had hit an "on" switch.

"Morning," she returned.

"Wow, you're packed and everything already? Did you eat? I have some—"

"Yeah, I ate," she interrupted him, and he shrugged, unfazed. Now that he'd woken up, Kadru trotted over to greet him, and the others did likewise, in their own time. He gave cuddles and headscratches as appropriate.

Beside Astrid, Archie's demeanour had changed. Instead of just cheerful he was now definitely waiting for something, watching Kadru, and Astrid could see Kadru settling into the same sort of state.

"Alright, alright, let me get some food," Jay was saying. He changed his socks and t-shirt, rolled up his sleeping bag, then rummaged in his pack, pulling out trail mix and a juice box. He shoveled a handful of it into his mouth, then spoke. "'Et's batt'l!"

Astrid gave him a disapproving glower (in truth, she thought it was funny, but... she didn't want him to know that), and he obligingly chewed and swallowed before repeating, "Let's battle!"

Down to business, good. Astrid nodded, and stood up. Archie clapped his hands together, and Kadru bounced on her toes. "Just these two," Jay added, and Astrid nodded in confirmation. Jay eyed Archie, probably assuming he had the advantage, and went on, "and the winner gives the loser some fresh water or a potion or something." He looked at her earnestly, then over at Clover. "I don't want to strand you out here with the pokemon you don't want to battle."

"Thanks," she said dryly. She pointed out towards the meadow area, away from the little fire, and they headed there, and face each other across a wide swath of low, breeze-blown grass and small shrubbery. "Remember," she said to Archie, "she's probably got a grass move. You're tough but that will be a bad hit. Dodge that, even if you don't dodge anything else."

Despite her confidence, this really would be hard. This wasn't an ideal arena for Archie. The grass, even though it wasn't tall enough for wild pokemon to hide in, here, was still tall enough to make it awkward for Archie to move easily, and he wasn't exactly agile at the best of times. "When I say Bubble or Water Gun, don't try for a hard hit, try for interference, okay?" Archie nodded, and Astrid hoped their time training together meant he really did understand everything she'd said. 'Interference' was one of their key words now, and he didn't look confused at all. But practicing 'real' and 'interference' moves might not really have sunk in just yet...

Well, anyway. Archie was excited, and so was she, to be honest. She straightened up and looked at Jay, standing across the meadow in the morning light. Something inside her gave a little thrill. This is being a pokemon trainer, she thought, and her imagination shot her back to those striking gym battles she'd seen. Someday that'll be us, she thought, looking at Jayesh's short profile and back-pack wrinkled clothing. He'd grow up doing this, and so would she.

"Ready?" she called out, and he raised one hand in a thumbs up. "Go, Archie! Opening moves!" she commanded.

"Squirrrr-tt!!" he cried as he fell into a battle stance.

"Kadru, attack!" came from Jayesh's end, and both pokemon moved. Kadru shot forwad, moving through the grass as if she belonged there, and Archie bounded like a stone falling down a slope. "Leer!"

They didn't slam together when they met in the middle. Rather, Kadru paused and circled, head down as she tried to catch Archie's gaze to land her leer. Archie did as Astrid had said, what she wanted him to use as his opening moves for now—he lunged in a fake tackle. The feint redirected Kadru's leer, and Archie slid promptly to the side, spitting bubbles.

"Vine Whip!" Jayesh's voice was faint to Astrid, but not to Kadru, certainly, and she wheeled through the bubbles, trying to spot her opponent. The bubbles popped nearly harmlessly against Kadru's green hide, but she wasn't moving so quick as if the field was clear. Her vines looped out, gaining momentum that the bubbles mitigated, a bit. Not enough. One missed, one landed, a glancing blow only, but still.

"Withdraw!" Archie rolled away and to his feet, tucking himself into his shell. "Again!" Astrid told him, as Kadru followed Jay's command and slithered forward through the bubble-slickened grass to loop those vines around Archie in a tight Wrap. Bubbles were meant to reduce speed, Astrid knew, but against a grass-type, on a field, not so much.

It wasn't as bad as it could be, Astrid reassured herself. Kadru was wrapping mostly shell. She'd pinned his tail to his back, but Archie's limbs were free, and she was small. Her vines slowed him, squeezed, but didn't impede his movement for the narrow space of slack that was left between them.

Archie's toes flexed, digging shallow furrows in the ground as he resisted—without much difficulty, Astrid saw with pride—Kadru's attempt to drag him off balance.

"Growth!!" Jay's call floated across the battlefield, and Kadru set her own feet and closed her eyes, seeming to glow, even in the morning light.

"Tail--" Astrid cut herself off. That move wouldn't work, now. "Just tackle!" Astrid called. "You're tough and she's attached to you now! Pull her down!"

Archie, still braced back against the vines, narrowed his eyes in consideration at that. "SQUIRTLE!" he bellowed, and Kadru's eyes popped open. Astrid clapped her hands once in delight. Distraction of power-up moves, she'd have to add that to her list. But Archie wasn't done, of course. He shot forward and slammed into Kadru, and she bounced off him, only to smack into him again as her vines pulled her up short. Archie spun, dragging her through the wet grass in a circle, gaining momentum before jumping back against the pull of the vines, and falling onto his side. Kadru's vines tightened, but she was yanked through the air to slam into the ground before she could pull in the slack enough.

She let go instead, jumping backwards.

"Water gun!" Astrid said. "Push her back!"

"Vine whip!" Jay's simultaneous order came, "you're stronger now!"

Archie's jet of water slid Kadru back through wet grass, though, and her vine whip swung wide by mere inches, which was too lucky, really. They really needed to work on that one.

"Skipping stone!" Astrid yelped the instant there was some distance between Kadru and Archie, while the ground between them was still slicked with water from Archie's water gun.

Jayesh was saying something but Astrid didn't care what, now, on her toes trying to see if this would work...

Archie jumped back a step, then ran, flat-out, as fast as his short Squirtle legs could make him go. He was no Snivy, not in this meadow, but this combo wouldn't work in water anyway, and she knew he could do it...

Pulling his head limbs, and tail in to the tightest withdraw he could, Archie flung himself forward over the rapidly-vanishing puddles. This version of tackle had looked like a cannonball when they'd practiced it, and...

"YES!" Astrid cheered as Archie's shell hit the puddle surface and bounced onward, like a flat rock over water, and slammed into Kadru's narrow midsection. Archie was stopped by the impact, but Kadru had gotten all his momentum and was flung onward like a struck marble.

Kadru was staggering as she got up—no less than Archie as he righted himself, which made Astrid's gaze dart back and forth between them. The disorientation Archie suffered after that special tackle meant it always had to hit, she realized, or he'd be in for a direct hit himself.

Kadru's stagger turned into a sit, though, and she didn't stand up again this time, still visibly dazed from that last impact. She looked over at her trainer, who was dragging himself through the damp grass towards her.

Astrid did likewise, squelching over damp ground towards Archie.

The smell of cut—well, torn—grass and wet earth hung in the air now, and Jay was watching her with wide eyes. "That was amazing," he said.

Astrid didn't answer him, instead leaning down to give Archie his very well-deserved Squirtle-five. He grinned and smacked her palm, and she grabbed his hands and spun him around. He was getting very heavy, she realized.

"Sniiivy!" Kadru said, and Archie looked over at her, blinking tiredly. She was in Jay's arms now, slumped comfortably, tail limp and tired, but her eyes were bright.

"Squirr-rrr-rrr-rr!" Archie replied, and Astrid looked at Jay, sharing an unguarded amused look at their pokemon's apparent friendship.

"Really, that was great," Jay said, as they moved back towards the camp. "Kadru's really agile so I've never really tried to make use of the ground or anything like that."

"Well it's not something that you should do if you don't need to," Astrid replied, "It's not good to..." she remembered one of the teachers' points about flair in battle. "Creativity for the sake of creativity is for stuff like art." Astrid said slowly. "It's good if you need to think fast but if you fight flashy it doesn't mean you're fighting good. Necessarily," she allowed.

"You're so smart," Jay breathed, and Astrid felt her face start to grimace as her annoyance came back all of a sudden.

"Thanks," she said, a bit curt.

Jay's pokemon swarmed over him in a crowd, chattering at him and Kadru both in varying degrees of enthusiasm, chiding, and praise, going by their tones. Archie was met by Clover, who regarded him with a shy sort of amazement. Undeterred by his comparitively lesser reception, Archie just grinned at Clover. The confidence pouring off him seemed to be a little contagious, and Clover stood a bit higher too, even if the glances he kept casting over his shoulder at the battlefield were uncertain.

Thankfully, Astrid managed to separate herself from Jay without much trouble. He had been planning to backtrack a bit, trying to catch an elusive Pansage, and didn't seem to expect that she'd want to do likewise, even if his wistfulness when they parted ways was rather obvious, and she was starting to think... well, anyway. He'd given her the prize money, and wouldn't accept the potion she tried to give him either, shrugging it off, saying that he had plenty anyway, and that his newer teammates needed practice anyhow.

"Take care, you all," he waved a last time, as he and his entourage disappeared into the trees.

"Bye!" she called out, almost despite herself.

"Squirrrrrrr!" Archie added, receiving a chorus of pokemon-noises in reply.

"I guess he's really not that bad," Astrid allowed. Archie and Kadru really did seem to relish the chance to fight each other now, and in a good way.

Well, anyway. Onward now. She was almost home. Through this forest were Mom and Dad, Nina and Benny... almost there!

 

[moon]

Gosh, I thought I'd already written up this post >.< I'm soooooo sorry!


@ Nakuzami
- Bulbasaur grew to level 11!
- Bambi (Deerling) grew to level 10 and learned Double Kick!
- Kris caught a Buneary! (level 9 female)
- Kris caught a Pansage! (level 9 male)

@ Tonko
- Archie (Squirtle) grew to level 16 and learned Bite!
-- Archie may now evolve into Wartortle!


So, you guys want a new chapter? ;) Tell me so in the OOC thread if that's the case. It will probably be up in the weekend at the very latest, possibly earlier.



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I'll post the next chapter now, but you are free to keep posting in Viridian Forest until you feel like you are done.

Chapter 6
The D i g g i n g Site
<Click for chapter theme song>​

As you get out of Viridian Forest, you see a commotion up ahead, blocking the path to Pewter City. There is a crowd of people standing near some rocky hills. An old sign tells you that this used to be the entrance to Diglett's Cave. Now there are tents and machines here, and a lot of people dressed in black who are holding the crowd back. A police officer is there, but can't seem to do anything. If you ask her, she will tell you that they have permission to be here, but she'll be worried. A lot of people in the crowd is against what the people in black, called the Digout Corporation, are doing while others support it. They claim to be digging out the Diglett's Cave to create a straighter route to Vermilion City.

If you talk to the corporation people, they will tell you to stay away or to help. If you agree to help, you will be assigned to a team of you and three others. You will be sent into the cave with the mission to get rid of any people or Digletts blocking the way for the diggers.

If you refuse to help, you will be approached by a rather anonymous person in white who will ask you to help defending the Digletts instead. If you agree, you will be assigned to a team of yourself and two other people. You will be sent into the cave to sabotage for the diggers and for the corp people who are disturbing the Digletts.


Either way, everyone who took a job for any of the two teams will get paid very well by their respective employers no matter what how things turn out, when they come back out.



Posts: At least 1, describing either staying outside or taking the mission for either side.

Discuss any questions or confusions in the OOC thread!


Catchable pokémon: Remember you may catch many pokémon! When you have more than seven, the extra pokémon will be transported instantly to the Cedar Lab.


Sandshrew

(Scratch, Defense Curl, Rapid Spin, Poison Sting, Sand Attack)
Diglett

(Scratch, Sand Attack, Growl, Astonish, Mud Slap)
Drilbur

(Scratch, Mud Sport, Rapid Spin, Mud Slap, Fury Swipes) Ground
Woobat

(Confusion, Odor Sleuth, Gust, Assurance) Psychic/Flying
Whismur

(Pound, Uproar, Astonish)



Levels 10-13. End your capturing post with the pokéball shaking. I will determine if the capture was successful or not, as well as the gender and level of the pokémon, depending on post quality and creativity.

 

[Neptune Vasilias]

Chapter 5: Eco Freaks Encounter!​

Rowena brisk walked all the way from Edgeville to Viridian Forest. The trees and plants increased as she journeyed deeper into the jungle. There was like a gigantic maze sprawled over the whole lush forest and Rowena had to backtrack several times. As she rounded a fork in the beaten path, she met 2 people cloaked in suits of ebony black and one of them commanded her to take the route right through the forest. "Fine, no need to get so edgy…." She muttered under her breath, glaring at those men. Not long did Rowena felt something zipped in the air right above her head. She shrieked but calm down quickly and saw that it was just an Emolga gliding through the canopy.

"Heh, it's you. Fancy you here. So afraid of an Emolga?""

She knew that annoying voice of Scott anywhere. It was irritating as blunt nails scraping against a chalkboard, worse when he was taunting. She turned to face him and replied sarcastically, "What are YOU doing here then? For your information, I didn't see the Emolga coming." She gave a 'humph' while Scott rolled his eyes.

"Hey, I was just getting to the next city," He seemed to have a thought before suggesting, "While we're here, why not a quick battle with a Pokemon I just caught?" She agreed, promising herself that she would maintain the record she set previously. She chose Starlia for this and she anticipated what Scott would use.

"Star!" The eager bird chirped proudly.
"Pan pan pan!" A green monkey warped on Scott's side and did a somersault in the air before getting ready.

At once, the Pansage was ordered to use Vine Whip and Starlia countered with a head-on blow from her breast. Then the vines coiled around the Starly but they were all pecked off. The Pansage then tried to slap its tongue on Starlia's face but when the apparition of a ghostly tongue appeared, it simply went through the blackbird's body. Starlia then took off and a shining trail grew from its wingtips as it plunged it bodyweight onto the monkey's back. The Pansage was pushed to the ground and as it stood up, the Starly head-butted the air out of its lungs. Its legs gave in as it tried to launch an attack but exhaustion overwhelmed it to unconsciousness.

Scott expressed genuine concern at his new member but as annoying as can be, he taunted that 'it wasn't over' and substitute Pansage with another new addition- Pikachu.

The rodent lighted its cheeks as it hurled a ball of electricity at Starlia. Managing to dodge it, the Starly did another full-force head-on and beat the Pikachu to the ground. It seemed to be full of energy and it released a wave of zigzagging static that enveloped Starlia. The bird couldn't attack and the Pikachu tried to coax it by wagging its yellow tail. Starlia wasn't taken in by the performance and regained temporary control of its body and flew towards the mouse in a bid to slap it with her wings. The Starly furiously lunged at the Pikachu's face and took flight before it could have a chance to retaliate. Then as the bird was about to aim at the Pikachu, the numbing shocked her and she crash-landed near the Pikachu. However, Rowena distinctively saw her Starly giving Pikachu a good spank with its wings on the rear. Undeterred, Pikachu's body fizzed with sparks and fired a streaking bolt of lightning to the Starly. The Starly shrilled in pain and once it was over, it staggered before knocking out on the ground.

Rowena comforted the poor Starly as she referred to it back to its ball. Then a pink-cloaked fawn took its place and as both sides got ready, the Deerling kicked up a cloud of sand with its forelegs and the grains stung the rodent's eyes. For a few moments, it's moves all missed and the young Deerling trotted up right in front of the Pikachu and with its strength and speed, rammed its heavy body against the Pikachu. The electric mouse tried to zap him but the Thundershock was transferred to the flowery tuft on Senson's head and Senson merely countered with a sharp kick to the flank of the mouse. The Pikachu let out a startling yowl that made him frantically run back to Rowena.

Rowena spoke soothing words to tell him about the opponent's tactics and assured him that the yelping sound came from the Pikachu and not from a predator in the jungle. Just then, a harsh voice that sounded infuriated bellowed at the two of them. "Just what are you two kids doing fighting in the middle of the forest here?!" They looked to see a middle-aged man with a young woman and an old veteran, staring angrily at them. The old one cleared his throat and spoke up, "Did you know that battling is off-limits in the forest? You're intruding the tranquility of this haven. Please leave or else…."

Scott was terribly annoyed by the interruption and retorted, "Or else what, old bag? Please keep your nose out of our business.""Young man, I advise you to keep your impolite trap shut. You're clearly a fool and very ignorant." Shifting his audience to her, he introduced, "I'm sorry, little miss for our rude entrance into your battling but we are the True Viridians and we come from the sanctuary tribe deep within the heart of nature." The name sounded quite familiar, through tales and rumors. She heard the name spread out occasionally during school or on TV. Everyone called them Viridian Savages, people who live in isolation from modern civilization and were eco-friendly maniacs. The middle-aged man took over the drift and started rambling about how Pokemon battle disrupted the serenity of the forest and that the tribe believes that Pokemon shouldn't be treated as fighting slaves, killing each other. Then Scott angrily said, "You guys are mad! Really crazy! We're not or abusing Pokemon as slaves, you've got it all wrong!"

"Well, we've warned you not to mess with us. We don't tolerate ignorance and foolishness. It seems that we have to teach your the hard way." The middle-aged man smirked as the old man looked provoked. "Beedrill! Houndour! Time to show them what True Viridians actually are!" The burly man and the ancient veteran called up their Pokemon, which weren't contained in a ball but free to move where they like. Rowena half suspected that they were most likely untamed.

"Looks like we're on the same team for now. Rowena, you ready?" Scott sounded very determined to win this one and Rowena had to agree with him. They were just Trainers meaning no harm! "Right when you are. Let's go, Senson!"

Scott had his Pikachu swiftly knock out the Beedrill with a critical overpowering Thundershock. The Deerling was badly affected by the Houndour's Smog but managed to apply a rough kick to the side of the Houndour's neck. Scott had Pikachu aid Senson in the battle with Pikachu releasing a sharp bark to distract the foe. While the Houndour was focused on attacking the Pikachu, Senson rushed up from behind and with a swift jerk, clocked the fire-wolf with a nasty head butt and the Houndour tumbled to the ground, yelping in pain. The Pikachu then disarmed it with a tickling jolt of electricity. The Houndour layed numb on the forest floor, its tongue lolled out sideways and eyes glazed with confusion and exhaustion.

Seeing that they were defeated just by 2 young rookie Trainers, the gang of Viridian Savages, hurriedly left the scene after getting their Pokemon back from the damage. But before they completely disappeared, the young woman who hadn't uttered a word since they met warned them in an icy creepy voice, "The True Viridians aren't done yet. With the help of the people in white, we will accomplish our goal to make others aware of the sin they're in. You two, are just children.…." With that, the hostile lady vanished into the shrubbery along with the men.

"Well, that was very weird and creepy. It's sad that we didn't end this right, maybe next time, kay?" Rowena nodded and a thought flashed in her mind. And then I can beat you fair and square without any morons interrupting.
"I still don't understand what 'people in white' mean. You saw those figures in black too outside the forest too, did you Rowena? I wonder whether they are those teams everyone's been whispering and gossiping these days. Well, maybe we'll know soon. So then, bye!" They both bade each other farewell. as Scott went the other way to train his Pokemon, Rowena strolled along the path towards her next destination- Pewter City.

(OOC: I'm sorry for making you read such a lengthy post of 1462 words! I think it's a record? I can't remember the last time I wrote so long.)

 

[moon]

@ Diamond - It's not too long! I loved it! Awesome battles :D

- Starlia (Starly) grew to lv 7!
- Senson (Deerling) grew to lv 9!


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((OOC: To everyone, I've changed the latest chapter (chapter 6). This RP will continue to go in a soloing style, where you are playing against your own creations... and of course against mine ;) I hope that you will have the time to put up a post soon! ))

 

[Nakuzami]

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Kris Kollyns
The Digout Corporation Sabotage, part 1​

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I walked out of Viridian Forest with Bulbasaur by my side. What I saw next was not what I had expected. Instead of the calm and quiet Diglett's Cave and entrance to Pewter City, I saw a big commotion. In front of what used to be Diglett's Cave were a bunch of tents, machines, and people dressed in black. I had a small feeling that these people in black might be the same people that the creeper dude in Viridian Forest had mentioned. I noticed a police officer in the crowd, so I walked up to her to ask what was going on.

"These people in black, known as the Digout Corporation," Okay, they could be someone else, "Have permission to be here." Okay, guess they weren't the same people, "I'm a little worried though," Well, maybe they could be, "Most people here in the crowd are against what these people are doing."

"And what would that be?" Come on, she had to expect me to ask.

"They claim to be digging to create a straighter route to Vermilion City." Okay, for some reason that made me really angry. Who did they think they were? They were going to destroy one of Kanto's landmarks in order to create a straighter path to another town?! Well, last I heard nobody had any problems going through either Diglett's Cave or Cerulean City to get there!

"Thank you." I said politely to the officer, which was a complete contradiction to all of the nasty things that were racing through my mind.

I turned to the people in black and walked right up to them. "What do you think you are doing?" I almost yelled, but not loud enough for anyone else to hear me over the machines and talking. "What gives you the right to destroy a landmark and an important pokemon habitat to make a very, very unneeded route to Vermilion?!"

"Look, kid. If you're not going to help, GO AWAY!" The man in black that I had been yelling at countered.

"Yeah, like i'd help the likes of you!" I turned and began to walk away while muttering under my breath, "You better hope I don't come across you people when i'm stronger." I was frustrated enough to not notice a woman in white walk up to me.

"Hey, kid. How would you like to help defend the Diglett?" Well, that piqued my interest. I turned to the woman and examined her quickly. These had to be the people in black and white ((lulz)) that the man in Viridian Forest had mentioned. Though, from what I heard these people in white were closer to the good guys.

"Sure, i'll help."

"Good, follow me." I did as told and followed the woman to a group of two other people, both of which I recognized. "This will be your team to go into Diglett's Cave and sabotage the Digout Corporation. Need I say more?" No, all I needed to know was that I was allowed to destroy these people in black, and I was good to go. It wasn't a very complicated process. Though it was interesting to see who the two people on my team were.

"Kris?" Came a voice from a boy that I knew well. He was only a few months older than me, so he was fourteen already. He had sandy-brown hair that went down to his shoulders and light brown eyes. He wore the typical fingerless gloves that most trainers, even me, could be seen wearing. He also wore a dark brown t-shirt that had a rock design on it and faded blue jeans.

"Hello Dustin," He also happened to be one of my rivals, and the other was standing right next to him. "Hi, Sierra." Sierra was the same age as me and wore a light blue beanie that covered her jet black hair that went a little farther than her shoulders. She wore a light blue summer hoodie, light blue fingerless gloves, light blue jeans and a light blue t-shirt under her hoodie. Basically everything about this girl was light blue, except for her hair and her eyes, which were a deep blue that glistened in the sun like diamonds. They reflected her beautiful personality and just her plain beaut-wait, i'm getting a little off topic here.

"Kris! Nice to see you!" Sierra said happily before giving me a quick hug. Why did it have to be so quick...oops, starting to get off topic again.

"Okay, let's go sabotage some evil!" Dustin cheered before turning to the cave.

"Why are you two here and helping?" I asked, but then the answer smacked me in the face. Of course I knew why.

"Well, you know why we're here. And as for the reason i'm helping, well that should be obvious. I love ground type pokemon!" Dustin walked right up to the cave and inside, right past the people in black. How did he do it you may ask? I had no idea, and me and Sierra weren't to quick to just walk right in. We dodged out of sight behind a few rocks that lead to the entrance and sprinted inside. The wild pokemon in here, mainly Diglett and Dugtrio, were going wild.

"So, how do you s'pose we go about sabotaging these people?" I asked as I looked around the pretty large cave. Hard to believe this was completely built by Diglett and Dugtrio.

"Weeeellllll, I was thinking you could stall them while I went and did what I do best." Dustin said, before he turned and sprinted down the cave, not bothering to wait for an answer.

"Okaaaaay then. Guess it's a plan." I turned and stared at the entrance. And stared at it. And stared at it. And stared. Stared...I checked my watch, Dustin had left maybe ten minutes ago, and nothing had happened. well, except some of the Diglett seemed to have quieted down.

"Where are they?" I was starting to get bored.

"I'd assume that their still doing what they were doing when we were outside. I'd expect them any minute though."

So, we waited another minute, and nothing but a Whismur and a Drilbur came along. "Wanna catch them?" Sierra asked me, noticing the way I was looking at the pokemon.

"There's a lot of pokemon I want to catch, so yes."

"Okay, i'll help!" I tossed a pokeball into the air, and Monierba appeared. Sierra did the same and her Seel, Dewdrop, appeared.

"Monierba, start things off with a Vine Whip on Drilbur! Sierra, let's gang up on him!" Monierba extended a vine and started whipping at the Drilbur, while Dewdrop used Headbutt and rammed the Drilbur with her head. The Drilbur stumbled backwards while the Whismur jumped back, startled, and started to cry. When a Whismur cries, it's not pretty. Sierra and I both covered our ears as the Whismur hid behind a rock, and the crying became a soft whimper.

"Hey! What was that?" I heard a voice of a man outside.

"Oh, just a stupid Whismur. It must have been startled by the fact it won't be living here soon!" Both men started laughing. Even more reason to sabotage them.

"Vine Whip, frenzy!" Good, Monierba knew what I meant when I said that. He started whipping the Drilbur relentlessly, and the Drilbur just cowered as it stumbled backwards. I had a feeling it was a young Drilbur, like the Whismur. I saw the little pink form of the Whismur peeking out from behind the rock.

"Icy Wind!" Dewdrop opened her mouth to let out a breeze of freezing wind, but then the little pink amp jumped out from behind the rock and began to wail. The wailing, which was so loud we could no longer hear the machinery outside, caused everyone, including the pokemon, to stagger back a little. The freezing wind that Dewdrop released went the wrong way and hit the ceiling, freezing it. The Whismur then proceeded to run up to Dewdrop and pound her with its ears, repeatedly.

"See~l!" Dewdrop flew backwards and rolled into Sierra, tripping her and causing her to fall on her face. I couldn't help but laugh a little.

"You alright?"

"Yeah, just peachy!" She stated sarcastically as she wiped herself off.

"Keep using Vine Whip, concentrate on Whismur!" I called over to Monierba as I ran over to Sierra to help her up. Monierba lifted up the Whismur and tossed it high into the air. He then whirled the vines around in a tornado-like fashion that kept the Whismur suspended. When Sierra and Dewdrop were back up, Dewdrop froze the Whismur solid with another Icy Wind. Monierba grabbed the Whis-sicle and slammed it into the ground with all the force he could. The ice shattered like glass and the Whismur lay on the ground for a moment, before it started to wail again. This time the wailing was it throwing a tantrum over losing and being hurt.

"Hey, go shut that stupid thing up!" I heard one of the men yell.

"Crap, seal the entrance with an Icy Wind!" Sierra turned and told Dewdrop to do so, and she did just that. The entrance was sealed with a layer of ice as Monierba knocked out the Drilbur with another Vine Whip. I walked over to the Whismur, picked it up and cradled it. It began to calm down, and in a minute fell asleep. I touched a pokeball to its head and the Drilbur's head. Both disappeared in a scarlet light.
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[Tonko]

Defending Diglett's Cave (Part 1)

"What the..." Astrid frowned, and felt the frown get harder and more severe as she approached. There was a crowd of people here, and the once-familiar entrance to the Diglett's Cave that had been open to travelers with pokemon as long as she could remember was almost impossible to see. There were tents and digging machinery and—"No way, not them," she felt her face darken as she saw the row of black-clad figures standing between the milling crowd and the Cave.

Clover, riding on her backpack, hunched against the back of her head, his small paws digging into her hair, and she reached back to touch him. He was wound stiff and tight on his perch. Not good. "Hey, get down, get down," she poked gently at his flank, and when he didn't move, she halted to reach back and gently lift him up over her head. She crouched and put him down in front of her, facing away from the people up ahead. Archie came up next to her, and murmured quitely at Clover too. The Minccino's ear's were rigid and his eyes were huge. "Alright?" Astrid said encouragingly. He trembled, and started to turn and stare at the the distant noise of people, but she touched his soft cheek and he stopped, turning back to look at her. She crouched there, looked at him. Whenever he tried to turn, she just touched him gently, reminding him who was here, and he'd turn back to her instead of fixating on the crowd.

When Clover's ears finally relaxed a little, she let out a breath and smiled at him. "There we go. It's bad but it's not impossible. You're very brave," she told him, and rubbed his cheek properly now. He leaned into it and she was relieved. She retrieved his pokeball from her pocket and he bounced slightly on his feet, eager to be away from the crowd, but not terrified anymore. "Yeah, let's do it this way," she agreed, and touched the button. Red light spilled over Clover's shape for a moment before shrinking back into the ball, and she placed it carefully away again.

"Ssssss. Squirtle," Archie commented, head tilted thoughtfully, and the frowned at the crowd ahead.

"I think he'll be okay eventually," Astrid answered. "Little by little. Just like you get stronger."

"Rrr," Archie agreed with that idea.

"Now, we really have to see what the heck is going on here." Astrid stood up again, and scanned the crowd as she approached. She'd passed by the cave often before leaving for the Academy and it looked incredibly strange to see it this crowded, and she did not like the look of those machines, not a bit.

She spotted a police officer with the familiar Pewter City patch on her arm. The woman had a frown on her face as well, eyeing the crowd solemnly—nothing loud or violent seemed about to happen, at least—and the black-clad people with some dubious disapproval. "Officer Jenny?" Astrid called out as she came near, and the officer turned to nod politely at her, and at Archie too.

"Can I help you kiddo?" the officer asked, and despite the 'kiddo', didn't actually sound condescending, just distracted.

"Well, what's this stuff? Why are they digging up the Cave?" Astrid went up on her tiptoes and craned her neck. "Is there something wrong with it?" She doubted that. The cave entrance, and the path approved for people, was regularly checked and patrolled.

"No..." Jenny said slowly. "These people are... improving it, apparently." The disagreement in the officer's voice was obvious. "They've got their permits in order, and I just don't..." Jenny shook her head and pressed her lips together like she was trying to keep herself from saying anything worse. "Basically, they've got permission to improve the cave, and dig a more direct tunnel through to Vermilion."

"What? But.. this is a landmark. It's... it's fine the way it is! It's a tourist attraction, and it's still home for all the Diglett that live there!" Astrid felt her own expression changing to match the officer's. Diglett's Cave was what it was called. It was a cave for the DIGLETT that lived there. People were allowed to pass through once the cave had been checked to be safe, but it was a habitat for the Diglett. To go through that with machines...

The officer gave her a look of full agreement. "I know, hon, but they have the signatures, it's all in order... the city's allowed this. Or so it seems," the officer muttered.

Astrid frowned at her, but Jenny didn't let on that she'd said anything like that.

"If it helps," Jenny added, "most of these people would agree with you."

"I'm surprised there isn't a riot," Astrid fumed quietly.

"Well, they didn't actually start the digging yet. And because they're allowed to be here, preventing anything would mean I'd have to start arresting people." Jenny didn't look pleased at that thought.

Astrid gulped. "Oh, well, that wouldn't do much good either." She stared hard at the people in black. "It is okay if I talk to them, though, right?"

"That's fine," Jenny confirmed. "Just don't pass their line, and don't get into any fights. Pokemon, or actual ones," Jenny clarified.

"Right. Thanks." Astrid set her shoulders, checked that Archie was ready to follow her, and started off through the crowd.

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Twenty minutes later, she was off on the perimeter of the crowd, glaring. The people in black seemed to have had enough of the locals arguing with them because almost none of them would even respond to questions. One of them had—stupidly—offered her some kind of compensation if she wanted to help them out, which she had incredulously just walked away from. She taken some pictures for a record of this, because they couldn't stop her from doing that. The machines loomed horribly over the weathered earth and stone of the landmark. Honestly how could they—"Argh!" she exclaimed to herself, and stamped a foot on the ground in useless frustration.

"Sk-sk-sk-sk," Archie muttered, distracting her from her mounting irritation, and she felt him pat her leg. She looked down at him to see him pointing off to the side.

There was a young lady there, neat green hair tied back in a ponytail, glasses and brown eyes, and dressed, jarringly, in white, from neck to shoes. White jacket over a white t-shirt, neat white pants and white boots. She was watching Astrid consideringly, and Astrid drew herself upright automatically in response. "What?" she asked.

"You don't seem to agree with what's going on around here," the lady observed.

"Well, duh," Astrid answered, not caring how childish that sounded. She was too mad to care. "It's stupid, the Cave is perfect the way it is. Digging it out will mess up the pokemon who live there, and ruin the natural beauty of the cave." She quoted a tourist brochure she'd read without caring, because the words were exactly right.

"We agree."

"We?" Astrid said, looking around. The lady didn't have anyone with her. No other weirdos in white were in evidence right now either.

The lady just nodded, without elaborating. "We would like to know if you'd care to stop this from happening."

Astrid got a little more alert at that. "Officer Jenny said we can't trespass. We'll get arrested."

"The Cave isn't fully cordoned off. Only the entrance. Technically, if you can get in elsewhere, there's no trespassing. Technically, if we show you a way in, it's possible that you could just take a nice scenic walk through the Cave. If you happen to come across their dig path, well." The lady shrugged.

Now, that was interesting. "That sounds like something I can imagine," Astrid replied, and her frustration ebbed, determination settling in instead.

The lady nodded. "It's possible a few others will be heading in at the same time," she said, and turned slowly and headed off, looking back over her shoulder only once.

Astrid met her eyes straight on, and followed her.


((OOC: I still have to work out what exactly will happen inside, but I wanted to post something now. The rest is coming soon!))

 

[moon]

@ Nakuzami - "The pokéball that touched the Drilbur's head shook violently when the pokémon had gone inside. Clearly it wasn't going to give up easily. But the fight had damage the ground pokémon, and eventually the ball went still.

The other pokéball didn't shake at all. It was as if the Whismur was happy to get inside a warm and safe place like a pokéball."

- Kris caught a Drilbur! (lv 11 male)
- Kris caught a Whismur! (lv 12 female)
- Monierba (Pansage) grew to level 11!

EDIT: M'kay, changed so that Pansage is Monierba xD And Drilbur is male.


@ Tonko - Nice living post! And good to see you alive ;) You can split up the inside of the cave into several different posts if you don't want to come up with it all at once.

- Clover (Minccino) grew to level 8!

 

[moon]

It's been 2 weeks since the last post.

Diamond, you're up for Chapter 6!

Nakuzami and Tonko, you should finish your Chapter 6 and somehow write about the Digout Corporation being chased out. Either by scaring them, downright battling them and forcing them out, or sending a flock of wild pokémon at them... anything goes ;) Your post doesn't have to be the longest or best ever written; it's a roleplay and not a top notch fanfiction. Even though it's always nice to read advanced posts.

The rest of you (killet513, Doctor Who and Ash_Ketchum123), I realize that you are busy and I will give you some more time. But if you feel that you don't have the interest to write up one post every week or every other week at the very least, you should tell me so, so that your spots can be given to more active players. No offense :)

 

[Nakuzami]

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Kris Kollyns
The Digout Corporation Sabotage, part 2​

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I shoved my two new pokemon into my pocket, their pokeballs I mean. I would have time to nockname them later. Currently the Digout Corporation people were going wild at the entrance, trying to shatter the barrier of ice, gracefully created by Dewdrop.

"Let's go find Dustin!" I yelled over to Sierra as we ran. Monierba, my Pansage, ran behind me, keeping an eye on the entrance as he did so.

"What do you think i'm doing?!" Sierra yelled back as she leaped over a small boulder.

"Dustin! Where are you?!" I yelled again, this time trying to be loud enough so that my voice got to the deepest parts of the cave. My reply was what felt like a mini earthquake.

"Nowhere. Not doin' much, just gettin' an army of ground pokemon together!" I turned to see Dustin run out from another corridor, followed by a stampede of Diglett, Drilbur, and Sandshrew, among their evolutions. Well, I had to admit, Dustin had his way with ground-type pokemon.

"Well, why don't you be useful and have them attack the Digout Corporation? After all, that's the reason we're here!" At that Dustin pointed at the entrance, and hundreds of ground-type pokemon gave their battle cries. They rushed the entrance and shattered the ice. I could faintly hear people scream from outside, but it was hard to hear over the horde of pokemon. Sierra and I followed Dustin out of Diglett's Cave and watched as the pokemon wreaked havoc on the Digout Corporation. Some fled immediately, others tried to fight the pokemon; none succeeded.

"Oi! You!" All three of us turned to see a man, glaring at us with a look of fiery hatred in his eyes. "This is YOUR fault!" Well, no duh! I thought it was the cheese fairies that flew out of the bodies of fat people! I had no idea that my friends and I caused these pokemon to attack these poor people that were only trying to destroy a precious landmark and pokemon habitat! That's unbelievable!

"Yes, yes it is. You wanna do somethin' about it?" I asked, giving the man one of my fiercest glares, which, I had to admit, was pretty scary.

The man hesitated for the slightest of moments, before countering in a bitter tone. "Yeah I wanna do something about it! GO, SWOOBAT!" Oh, cripes. That could not be good.

"Let me ask, is that all you've got?" The man's face turned sullen for a moment, as my bluff seemed to work.

"Yeah, that's all i've got," The man's face regained its bitter confidence, "But it's enough to beat you!"

"Not all three of us." I smirked. If all three of us teamed up to beat this guy, there was no way he could win.

"Well, let's see about that!" I tossed a pokeball into the air, along with Sierra and Dustin. Bonnie, my Buneary, appeared, along with Sierra's Seel, Dewdrop, and Dustin's Drilbur, Drivate.

"Swoobat! Use Confusion!" The Swoobat's eyes began to glow, and all three of our pokemon began to float with a pink aura around them.

"Icy Wind!" Dewdrop opened her mouth and let out a breeze of freezing air. The Swoobat, unable to dodge as it was too concentrated on the attack, was hit and lost focus. All three of our pokemon fell to the ground.

"Pound!"

"Fury Swipes!"

"Icy Wind!"

Dewdrop let out another breeze of freezing air as Bonnie and Drivate launched themselves at the Swoobat, a little off to either side.

"Dodge!" The Swoobat side-flew, wait, was that the right term? Oh whatever. Anyways, the Swoobat side-flew the Icy Wind, but ran right into Drivate. Drivate loosed a flurry of scratches upon the Swoobat, causing it to stagger backwards. Bonnie bounced back off the ground and rammed her ear into the Swoobat, causing it to stagger another way.

"Heart Stamp!" The Swoobat twisted around and stamped his nose on Bonnie, then Drivate, and it missed Dewdrop. Bonnie sat, grooming her hurt ear, but Drivate got right back up.

"Rapid Spin!" Drivate began to twirl as he hurled himself at the Swoobat, ramming it head-on.

"Bonnie, get up and use Pound again!" Bonnie glanced at me, a little confused at first, before she bounced towards the Swoobat. She pounded it with her ear and stepped back immediately.

"Air Cutter!" Swoobat flapped its wings and created razor-sharp blades made of air. It launched them at all three pokemon, sending up clouds of dust on impact that obscured all vision. When they cleared, both Drivate and Dewdrop were missing, or at least, that's what the man would think.

"Splash!" I yelled, almost wanting to laugh and cry at the same time. It was so pathetic, but it would hopefully work. I stared a Bonnie as she flailed about, as pathetically as I had predicted. The man looked very confused at this.

"What, is this some kind of joke?" He scoffed. It seemed he was starting to get a little cocky, while at the same time unsure of himself. I had no idea how that worked, but those were just the vibes that I was getting.

"Yeah, sure, look behind you." I smiled a mischievous smile.

"Oh, hi there!" Sierra said pleasantly as the man turned to her and Dustin. "Now!" Dewdrop and Drivate combined their Icy Wind and Rapid Spin attacks, creating a frozen mole that could scure many, many different kinds of things, including bats. The Swoobat had fainted almost instantly.

"H-how?!" The man recalled his pokemon and stared at us, shocked. Then he seemed to notice that the rest of the Digout Corporation had fled, so he did the same.

"Oh, that was fun!" Sierra said as the woman in white walked up to us. She handed us all wads of money.

"For your troubles. Thank you." Was all she said before she retreated.

I stared for a moment until she was out of sight. "Nice day we're havin', huh?"
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[moon]

Nakuzami - Nice and funny post :D I like your use of tactics, with Splash-maneuver and all. Makes the battle come alive. When everybody has posted about Digout Corporation being defeated inside the cave, I'll post the conclusion of the chapter and then Pewter City!

- Bonnie (Buneary) grew to level 10!

 

[combativepain]

um..i want to be in!!

name:Jalen but is called J for reasons in the history
Gender:Male
Age:16


History: Jalen was quiet when he was a baby. His mom liked to say..."Mature or mild" at times, but Jalen knew he was destined to be something...boring. His mom moved to pallet town,taking Jalen with her and got a boyfriend. Her boyfriend was very mean to Jalen...often calling him boy or big guy. He finally got close to knowing his name and called him J. When J was 15 he applied for Professor Cedars academy but failed everything.

J got depressed and thought he could do nothing in his life. He one day saw 2 trainers battle on route 1 and cried. He looked over and saw a person cheering on one of the boys battling. J walked over and asked why wasn't he battling and the boy said he doesn't battle, he travels with a friend and cheers them on in their battles. J got hope in that and watched the battle too. after the battle one of the boys got mad at the eevee he was battling with because he lost. He threw eevee's poke ball and walked away. J got the poke ball and opened it up. He saw the eevee cry so he took the eevee as a pet Pokemon so she wouldn't have to battle anymore.

Eevee and J become close friends and thought they should go on an adventure together. J told eevee about how he failed at the academy but eevee wanted to get out so bad. J remembered what the boy who was cheering on the battle that day and thought that he and eevee should do that. He stayed home a little while getting prepared. He finally got prepared at age 16 and wanted to say bye to everyone in town before he leaves on his journey with eevee.

Looks: J has Brown spiky hair and glasses because of an incident with one of eevee's moves. He looks like a handsome young man and he has a cape to try to make friends more easlily.

Personality: J is very short tempered and will do anything it takes to get revenge on people. He turns into a person who says they know what they are doing but really doesnt know anything he is doing. He gets very mad when someone calls him a rookie trainer and might break the rules of battling without graduating some times. He is very devious, tricky, and hard to understand sometimes and might just get so hyper that he just cant stop moving.

Pet Pokemon: eevee



I hope i get in :D