[PKMN OPEN] The Pokémon Trainer Academy (T) [Best Veteran 4Q '11]

[Megaman765]

Once everyone arrived from the elevator, Clay moved in front of the class. There was a small shed placed nearby filled with various equipment. One particular piece of equipment that was missing was, well, pickaxes. How do you mine without those? The answer for that would be obvious...

"Well now that your all awake... I think its time we get right down to business! Inside that shack is all of the equipment you'd need for mining. Besides the pickaxes of course. Haha. That'll be left to a couple partner's of mine." Suddenly straight from the ground, Several Excadrill would appear, and the couple few that were expanding the tunnel further also fell into position. "We're in some pretty deep territory, so if ya don't have your own Pokemon that can dig through these hardened walls, all you gotta do is signal for one of these guys here and they'll help ya dig out whatever you spot! Which brings me to your most important piece of equipment, the Dowsing Machine." Clay added.

The device was like a rader with two small antennas sticking out. Some of them would be giving off a couple of small beeps already just from the direction they were pointing toward. "Those things are designed to find hidden items either in the walls or heck, perhaps buried on the ground. You'd be surprised what ya'd find not just down here, but even above ground. All ya gotta do is point toward the direction you want to investigate and call for one of our Excadrill helpers. Or you can easily use your own Pokemon as well. Your choice." Clay said.

While he was talking, Snype looked like he was in heaven. His mouth was wide open and his tongue was even hanging out... all those gems! So much food! "Snype... your drooling..." Mark said. Snype wiped himself off but was still in awe. Well if Mark guessed he was going to be finding more food then treasure.

"Still, even though this is an Advanced Mining Class, I'm also a specialist in both Ground and Rock Types. If you'd like to focus more on learning about your Pokemon, then don't hesitate to ask. I'm more then willing to teach ya'll a little somethin. I'd also recommend mining in groups so that nobody gets lost down here. Its more fun to share your findings with your buddys after all. Just don't get greedy! With that said... happy mining! Oh and if ya find anything, let me know and I'll give ya more information." Clay finally finished off.

Mark looked down at his Dowsing Machine, seeming to already get a reaction from somewhere... he wondered what kind of stuff could be found all the way down here? The students seemed to be spreading out now, grouping up with buddies and starting to search the walls of the cavern. Mark wanted to move in a bit deeper to get some space to find his own stuff.

(10000 posts! Wahoo!)

 

[Synthet]

Samantha Felicity Cooper

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Sammy made sure to pay attention to what Clay had to say, more than she would with a normal class. This was his territory and she definitely didn't want to find herself lost in these tunnels or attacked by a rogue Golem rolling around. That said, as much as her first instinct was to stick with Mark as a mining buddy she didn't want him knowing about anything she found if it was something that could give her an advantage in the tournament. Her competitive streak won out over good sense this time around, so she quickly grabbed a Dowsing Machine.

"I'm gonna go check out over there," she nodded in the direction opposite the elevator, "You and Snype keep your distance alright? I don't him gobbling up any treasure I manage to find." She gave the slobbering Sableye a warning look before setting off in the direction she'd stated, Dowsing Machine held awkwardly in front of her as she cradled the egg case against her body.

"Come on, beep already. Find me something good, I need every advantage I can get for this damn tournament," she muttered to the device, sweeping it across the surface of the walls and the ground directly ahead of her.​

 

[Gemini8910]

Amber Frost​

Amber watched the Pokemon emerge from the ground with fascination. Those drills looked pretty deadly; she'd bet those would be great in a fight. Plus, they would give the Pokemon the ability to use the ground underneath the surface for more maneuverability than the opponent... She'd have to ask Clay about them later.

As the other students slowly filtered out into the tunnels in pairs or groups, Amber grabbed a Dowsing Machine and headed into a tunnel solo. She released Valor from his ball, even though he wasn't really needed for mining, and he settled back on her shoulder, still sulking. She turned on the Machine and was surprised as it immediately started beeping, although she couldn't see what it was pointing it. It looked like it was... right below her?

Feeling proud at already finding treasure, Amber stepped aside and was about to call an Excadrill when she realized something was off. She could've swore the treasure just moved! She walked around some more and it kept following her. It took several minutes of looking like an idiot to realize the problem. She pulled her necklace out of her shirt and the Dowsing Machine pointed right to it. With a groan, she continued down the tunnel, the incessant beeping of the Machine driving her crazy, and hoped that the Machine could find multiple treasures at the same time.

 

[ShaymieTheShaymin]

Holly Amarosa and Kayla Makihatayama

Holly got dressed once she left the shower and gasped when she saw Shadow playing with Lumina on her bed. "I thought that you left!" she said, grabbing a brush and sitting down next to Lumina. Shadow looked at the ground sadly. Holly smiled at him and started brushing her hair. At least he's safe, she thought. Molly floated over to her and gestured to the door. Holly looked away from her. She didn't want to go to the same class as Kayla. She didn't want to talk to Kayla, but she knew that she would have to eventually.

"I don't feel good," she whispered. It was technically true. Her headache wasn't going away anytime soon. She heard a knock at the door and glared at Molly as she floated over to open it. She groaned when Kayla walked into the room and frowned.

"We should get to class," she said. Holly glared at her and picked up Lumina.

"I'm not going to class with you," she said. Kayla frowned and sat down next to Holly. Holly glared up at her and scooted away.

"Holly, you can't skip class," Kayla said. Holly frowned and looked away from her. She heard Kayla sigh and gasped when she grabbed her wrist and started pulling her out of the room.

"What are you doing?" she asked, looking up at Kayla. Kayla kept looking ahead.

"I don't care if you're mad at me, Holly. You're going to class," she said. Holly hugged Lumina with her free arm and sighed.

"I hate you," she said softly. Kayla frowned. "I know," she muttered. She kept pulling Holly towards their class and smiled when they finally got there. Holly returned her Pokemon to their Pokeballs and stormed into the class. Kayla sighed and followed behind her closely.

 

[Nillemi]

Ellie Ward - Hallways

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Entering the cafeteria there were only a few people still at a table eating. Taking Any packaged food she can find, she dumps it into her bag and hurries along. "Let see here, If that old guy is correct it should be To the left... then right... then right again... I think..." She says to herself, Slowly getting herself more and more lost.

"How is this building even Sorted? do they just randomly assign letters to classrooms?" She rants to herself as she quickly walks past the classrooms, taking short peeks into them as she does. Most of the classes seem like they haven't started yet But occasionally she gets a glimpse of something happening, usually an odd looking teacher preaching something to the class. "Great, looks like I'm gonna be late..."

Miraculously through her wondering about she finally comes across her destination. After a second look though, maybe not as miraculously as she originally thought as she witnesses this woman beat the tar out of this Sketchy looking kid in a hood. Ellie quickly hid behind the corner in attempt to go unnoticed till the fight is over. "Is it just that kid, or is this what we're all gonna have to go through with this class?" Ellie wonders to herself. "I only know one little trick and she's much larger than me..."

About a minute later the fight sounded like it was over, Ellie quietly slipped into class and attempted to take a seat in the back of the room without being noticed, As if she was there the whole time. "Yeah, Looks like he's a student, Why didn't I ditch today?" she thought to herself.

 

[WooliestSteam]

Liam - Self Defense Class
Great Start to the Day​

Finally Maylene had sprung into action but perhaps not in the manner that Liam had intended. Liam just sat quietly and watched as Maylene beat Lysandros down to the ground without much effort. As surprising as it was to see Maylene spring to life what was even more surprising was that she now asked Liam if he was 'ready for his turn'. Was this a training exercise for the students or just for Maylene? Liam had no idea how to defend himself in a fight so it seemed a bit strange that Maylene would ask him to fight her considering the entire reason he's in the class is to learn HOW to defend himself. Nevertheless he shook his head and hesitantly raised himself up off the floor and onto his feet. Just then however, two girls entered into the classroom. One was dragging the other by the hand and they didn't seem to say much, actually they said nothing at all. Liam squinted his eyes in an attempt to make out these two girls that had entered into the room and it was then that it struck him. It was Kayla and Holly! He'd met them a few days ago outside the Lugia White Dorm. Upon realising it was them, he quickly moved his head in the other direction in an attempt not to be seen by them.

He was just about to take Maylene up on her offer when someone else entered into the room. A girl slipped in and sat down at the back. He'd never seen her before but all you could say right now is that she was probably the person that Liam would talk to quicker than anyone else. He shook his head once more and looked back towards Maylene. Positioning himself just a short bit away from his bag, he stood facing her. Once again, Maylene had taught them nothing at this point, so what the hell was he supposed to do? He let out a sigh and could do nothing but clench his fists and bring them close to his head.

What a great start to the day! thought Liam sarcastically as a slight frown appeared on his forehead.​

 

[Blastin'Tyruntz]

Lysandros Durand (self defense class)- Lesson #1.....

Lysandros sat back at his seat and pulled up the hoodie as soon as he saw 3 girls enter the room.
One of them was dragging the other by force, and the 3rd just sat there quietly. He decided to try and figure out what was all the dragging about at the end of the lesson, but right now, all he wanted to see is maylene in more action. He sat down quietly and pulled out his knife, folding and unfolding it as he watched maylene throw Liam over her shoulder and onto the floor.

"Well, Maylene 2, students 0!" She said and giggled. "Oh! More students! I guess i will start class now."
She started speaking.
"My name is Maylene, and as you may or may not know, i am a fighting type gym leader of the Sinnoh region. I will be teaching you and your pokemon how to defend yourself in case of a battle, and of course, keeping up good sportsmanship. I am warning you: This class is gonna be tough. You may crack down under the pressure, but i am not letting any students go!" She said with a big smile on her face, looking at Liam.
After helping him get up, she started talking again, as Lysandros couldnt help but to be mesmerized by her.

"Alright, hand me any pokemon you got, then please take off your shoes and any form of clothing like hoodies or vests, and any accesory such as watches, necklaces and..." She looked at Lysandros then quickly grabbed his pocket knife, "...Knives."

Lysandros quickly took off his shoes and hoodie, putting a hand over his face to hide his scar.
'Don't worry Maylene, i'm gonna be the top student!'
He thought to himself, grinning.

"Now...stand in an organized line."
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[siiadams]

(OOC: Man, I miss one day on the forum... Oh well, hopefully I can catch up.)

Shawn Williams - Raikou dorm
Clay's cavern

When Shawn could finally move again, he was inside a giant cavern. He smiled slightly at the sight, knowing now that the rumors were more true than he thought. He saw the multitude of Excadrill inside, which made his eyes grow wide. He never saw a full sized Excadrill before and was so distracted that he almost failed to hear the next set of instructions. At the mention of the Dowsing Machines, he noticed a few handheld electronics nearby. They were to find other objects in the walls and call for help once they find something. "Maybe Rocky can help move some rock out of the way for me," he thought and brought out his Geodude, who floated there and awaited orders.

Shawn grabbed a machine from the small pile and started tuning in to it. It took a minute to get used to it, but soon was able to use it like normal. "Let's go, Rocky. We got a cave to explore," he said with a slight expression of excitement in his voice. Rocky nodded and simply followed his trainer while Shawn was following the beeps. After quite a few feet out from the group, he finally saw something. Slowly he followed the machine's placement of the item until he was right in front of whatever it was. A dazzling golden stone was to be found stuck in the rock. He knew what to do now as he turned to Rocky. "I need you to use your strength to clear away the earth to this stone. No powers, just physical strength, ok?" he asked the rock-type. "Dude" was his only response as he starting moving the rocks and earth away from the prize. In no time at all, Rocky was done and a shimmering Nugget was the reward. Shawn smiled and picked up the prize, but felt that he needed to hide it from the others. After all, this would net him quite a bit of money and that's what he needed more at the moment.

Shawn slipped further out of everyone's eyesight and allowed Sting to come out. "Sting, listen close," he whispered, "I need you to hold onto this Nugget for a while, ok? Protect this like you would protect me." The Drapion responded with a nod as his pincers clamped around the shiny rock. Shawn quickly recalled Sting to his pokeball and returned to view as he and Rocky resumed their search within the cave.

 

[Gemini8910]

Amber Frost​

Amber trudged along the tunnel, the nonstop beeping driving her crazy. She was beginning to give up hope of finding anything when the Dowsing Machine changed its beeping. She hurried along much faster now in the direction of the treasure. She began thinking of what to do with all the money when she found piles of jewels down here in the cave. Finally, she reached the source of the beeping. Something smooth and white was barely visible on the surface.

Amber called over an Excadrill and directed it to the hidden item. It slowly dug out the item and gave it to Amber. Upon inspection, it looked like a Rare Bone! Most would probably sell it, but not Amber. As she continued on her way, Dowsing Machine and Bone in hand, she thought of all the possibilities she could carve with such a rare artifact.

 

[Synthet]

Samantha Felicity Cooper

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Sammy trudged through the tunnel with little success. She'd stopped and summoned an Excadrill at one point, the hard-working Pokemon scraping away about half a foot of dirt to reveal a broken green shard. It had been her only find so far and she'd deposited it into her bag with all the excitement it had deserved - none. She turned around and started back the way she had come, scanning the opposite wall this time. She didn't want to wander too far and get lost down here, or walk right past something potentially valuable.

Beep... beep... beep... beep... beep.. beep.. beep. beep. beep. beep beep beep beepbeepbeepbeepbeepbeepbeepeepepepepepepep.

She stopped, passing the Dowsing Machine over the same patch of wall several times to make sure it wasn't going off by fluke. She shrugged and called the Excadrill back over, the drill Pokemon immediately setting to work excavating whatever it was she had discovered. Probably another broken piece of whatever, or an evolutionary stone she'd never need for a kind of Pokemon she'd never have, like a Moon Stone. The Excadrill stopped tunelling and shuffled out of the way, gesturing for Sammy to have a look. She leaned in and saw that the Excadrill had stopped once it found a strange rock embedded into the earth. It was a dark grey colour, and fairly unremarkable, except it seemed to have a feather petrified inside it. She frowned and tucked the Dowsing Machine through her belt, reaching out with her free hand and grabbing the exposed part of the stone. A sharp tug pulled it free, dirt and small stones tumbling down to the tunnels floor. She held the odd stone closer to her face so she could get a better look at it.

"What the hell is this thing?" She asked out loud. How had a rock ended up with another rock in it shaped like a feather? Had someone carved it out? It seemed unlikely that it was of any worth, but it was unusual enough that she decided to keep it. She wandered back towards Clay and held the stone out to him. If it was anything other than a funky rock he'd be able to tell her, but she wasn't expecting it to be anything exciting. A green shard and a feather-stone. Not the most inspiring haul...

"Hey. I found this in the wall back there. What is it?"​

 

[Gemini8910]

Amber Frost​

Amber was feeling much better as she walked along through the tunnel system, waiting for the Dowsing Machine to pick up on something besides herself. She was so focused on finding treasure, that she almost didn't notice that she had gone in a complete circle. She found herself back near the main room where they had descended into the mine. She was about to start walking into a new tunnel when she spotted Clay and a very familiar trainer. It looked like she had some sort of treasure in her hand.

Intrigued, Amber turned off her Dowsing Machine to keep quiet and nonchalantly walked within earshot, pretending to be examining some sections of the wall. She waited for Clay's answer. If it was worth something, perhaps it was time she let Swindle do his thing.

 

[Megaman765]

Mark Wilson

Sammy had a point. Snype looked pretty darn eager to find something to munch on. Looks like he'd be digging up stuff for Mark. Well, anything that wasn't a mineral that is... Snype was sticking around Amber's group for the time being so that Sammy could do her own thing. Mark took out the Dowsing Machine and began to point around the walls and the ground hoping to get some form of reaction but so far nothing. Snype meanwhile was already digging around, munching on the walls and eating up whatever rocks were around. The little guy was having a field day!

Mark seemed to just be casually inspecting the walls until his Dowsing Machine would eventually react to a certain part of the wall. Mark called over Snype to start digging it up and told him NOT to eat up anything valuable in there. Snype was mostly chewing on rocks rich in minerals anyway. Maybe there was a Fossil hidden deep inside there! Or maybe a Nugget. Just something amazing and valuable! Mark was extremely excited to see what would be dug up. So far, Snype couldn't find much... but the Dowsing Machine was still reacting. Snype would find something out of place eventually. Some kinda rock. Perfectly round and it seemed to be giving off a faint green shine. But really it didn't look like anything special. It looked like any old rock yet the Dowsing Machine was going crazy when it pointed toward it.

"Great... guess I'll show this to Clay later..." Mark said, placing the little rock inside of his pocket. "Alright Snype, lets keep looking around.

Meanwhile with Clay, he seemed to look rather surprised! "Well, didn't think anyone would find one of these so quickly. What ya got there is a bonafide fossil! Pardon the pun." Mark said, chuckling a bit to himself. "We have a little station outside that does all sorts of research on finds like these. They have a pretty powerful machine that can revive fossils like these into Pokemon! After your excavation, we can head right up and see whatcha got!" Clay said. Of course, he knew what Pokemon that fossil belonged to but he didn't want to ruin the surprise...

 

[Synthet]

Samantha Felicity Cooper

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A fossil? And they could revive a Pokemon from this sort of thing? It took a second for her brain to figure out she was going to end up getting a Pokemon that didn't even exist anymore. How was she supposed to look after some sort of dino-mon? She didn't know about many fossil Pokemon so she wasn't sure what to expect... but Pokemon like that had to be rare. Hell, they were extinct, right? They were basically nonexistant. That could be a serious advantage, it was definitely something Mark would never see something... the suprise on her face slowly turned into a wonderful smile.

"That's great! So, maybe we can keep this quiet? It could be a wild card up my sleeve for the tournament later, you'll help me keep that under my hat, yeah?" She felt that Clay would play along, he clearly loved suprising people. And their little chat in the elevator would hopefully make him more likely to keep her secret.

It would be an incredible risk, using a Pokemon from potentially thousands of years ago. She had no way of knowing what it could do but neither would any opponent she would face. The smart course would be to save this new Pokemon until she had worked with it, but the more she thought about unveiling this long-dead Pokemon during the tournament the more the idea appealed to her. Anyone watching would see her absolutely beaming with excitement as she tucked the fossil into one of her inside coat pockets, the movement causing her miners hat to fall rakishly over one eye, complimenting her hairstyle.

For a girl that didn't care about if she looked good she was having an incredibly good first day of trying to.​

 

[Gemini8910]

Amber Frost​

Amber's eyes widened slightly at the identity of the strange treasure. A fossil?! she thought in amazement. That had to be super rare! It could sell for quite a lot... and the Pokemon inside was probably incredibly strong. Amber could use a bit of power on her team. As she reached for Swindle's Pokeball, she suddenly froze at the girl's excited smile, and her rather fashionable miner's hat. She stared, stuck in place for several moments before she was suddenly jerked awake at a sharp pain in her ear. She yelped.

"Ouch! Val, what the hell?!" she interrogated her Pokemon angrily, while holding her bitten ear. Valor chattered at her angrily before attempting to pull her in the direction of the girl with the rare treasure to steal. Amber turned in the opposite direction and started walking, her face slightly red. She'd blame it on anger at Valor if anyone asked. She didn't need that fossil anyway.

As she turned the Dowsing Machine back on and kept hunting for treasure, she pondered the fossil and the Pokemon it could turn into. It'd be a real gamble to use a new and untrained Pokemon for an important event, but she could bet on the opponent being off-balanced by a strange new Pokemon. She stopped in place as a thought occurred to her, causing a still-chattering and agitated Valor to almost fly into her. What kind of sporting event would this tournament be without a little gambling? And now had a bet so crazy that no one would expect her to win.

With that pleasant thought, Amber strolled down the new tunnel, Dowsing Machine in hand.

 

[Dawn]

Valorie Ryder - Life Skills Class (Joint Post)

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Lucia hummed merrily as she floated along in the hall, the colored band she wore around a fin marking her as a student, though it still wasn't enough to cause anyone to NOT look away. She knew where the room was thankfully as she happily floated up to the door and opened it up, humming as she found a seat... not necessarily sitting in it but floating above it as Tyro stood next to her, "You know... Roberto would usually be here. Maybe you should let him out?"

Lucia looked down at the pokeballs wrapped around her abdomen, "I'm not sure... I mean... maybe not. Yes, definitely not." She gave a few nods, "He'll let me know when he wants to come out."

After a few minutes of waiting, a rather awkward looking Flannery made her way into the classroom. She seemed unsure how to feel about teaching a class consisting half of pokemon, pokemon that were also heroes of the island and people! ...Not that pokemon weren't people, but--! Flannery's mind raced as she tried to get over a dozen preconceptions about pokemon. This hadn't been what she'd had in mind when she'd sought to teach prospective trainers how to maintain a healthy lifestyle!

...Was being transformed into a pokemon 'healthy'?

Probably not. Trubish! She had a lot of work to do. Flannery began counting her students, struggling to pick out which of them were students and which were just pokemon being allowed free reign of the classroom. A long moment passed before she spoke.

"Students?" she asked aloud, grabbing most of the students' attention. "It's about time we began." she added after a moment, flashing a mildly nervous smile.

"Ooooh!" Lucia held up a finned hand, "Can I get another desk? I can't necessarily fit into mine..."

There were some other murmurs in the room as a Charizard in the back squirmed a bit, before the desk it had tried to fit into kind of broke. Lucia tilted her head, "Though is this class surely necessary? I mean, it wouldn't stop the feral-vication process my sensors are picking up." She explained. "My HUD is saying that given a period of three weeks every student here will descend into the throes of becoming fully feral as most pokemon, barely able to recognize their old lifestyle."

"What!?" A Breeloom student cried out as the other pokemon squirmed a bit.

"Oh yes!" Lucia beamed, "My sensors detect us changing over time, probably becoming more and more pokemon and less and less human! It'll start with memories, then personality, and other such aspects of humanity will be stripped bare."

As she spoke some of the pokemon students began to panic as suddenly many of them began to shout out, most obviously shouting for answers from Flannery as others cried out that they were all doomed.

Lucia meanwhile titled her head, "Ooooh... I have pong on my HUD!" She went quiet as suddenly loud dings from the game pong echoed out as she began to play the game. Tyro just glanced around and let a very loud sigh.

"I'm here!" Samantha said, proclaiming her entrance into the class. "Phew, just in time, too. I got a little sidetracked and I-- oh?"

She stopped mid-sentence, taking in the sight before her. Mingled in amongst the students were... pokemon? She had seen some kind of announcement back at the dorms, posted for everyone, mentioning that some students had been transformed. Of course, Samantha had chalked it up to some silly prank that some other students were playing, but apparently, this was not the case.

Samantha suddenly paused. Well, this was certainly an interesting start to the day, for sure. She quickly walked towards the nearest available desk, trying to pretend that everything was normal. The students, particularly the transformed ones, were murmuring amongst themselves, as Samantha just looked around the room, partly due to anxiety, but also due to some curiosity. This was going to be an interesting class, indeed.

Flannery just sort of... watched in utter confusion as the class began to panic. What were those pokemon even saying?? She hadn't the faintest clue. "Kids--Kids!" she called out urgently, trying to grab their attention back. It would take an entire minute's patience, but the room eventually acknowledged that she wished to speak.

"...Thank you. Now what's wrong?" she asked, trying to grasp what had just happened. Luckily, at least one of the transformed students in there had a friend with one of their translators. One awkward translation ever and Flannery was giving Lucia a somewhat unamused look. Wait--Was she playing pong over there? For a moment the fiery woman just sort of listened to ye olde video game noises in disbelief.

Nope.

The moment's frustration passed and she decidedly did not regard the porygon z further, completely declining to comment. She cleared her throat. "Please understand, we're working very hard on finding a way to reverse this. We're not going to let you get ... feralized." she explained awkwardly, debating whether that was even a real word silently.

"In the meantime though, we've done a bit of debate on the subject and -most- of the--" Flannery started, only to have the door swing open. Oddly enough, no one entered. Flannery waited a moment before calling out. "Hello..?" she asked.

"Yes--Um... Hi. I'm having trouble fitting through the door?" a transformed female student's voice remarked. Lucia might recognize it as Valorie.

"Oooh! I know that voice!" Lucia said suddenly as she floated up, "Hm... five minutes on pong. Interesting!" She floated on over to the door and wasted no time. A tri attack shot out and, luckily, missed Val... it just shattered the wall so a bigger hole was there. "There you go!" Lucia said cheerfully. "And you should TOTALLY get a seat next to me Val! We're just starting and all"

A student emitted a scream and Flannery just sort of found herself gawking at Lucia's behavior again, utterly as a loss for words as a disturbed Valorie hesitantly peaked through the hole. "Lucia..?" she asked, bemused by the other's choice of problem solving skills.

Lucia happily nodded, "Yeah. Well, come on Val, we're just starting like I said. Unless you wanted to spend countless hours just trying to fit through.. I mean we could have, but it's not your fault." She said as she patted the Goodra's shoulder, only to shudder as she floated back and flicked her finned hand in the air to get the goop off. The good news was that it got off! Bad news was that it was flung on some other students. "Er... yeah, so uh, we'll just find a seat for you and all. Oooh I got it!" She floated on over to empty desk as she picked it up with her fin arms and floated on over everyone's head as she set it next to hers. "We'll be study buddies!"

Meanwhile, as Valorie hesitantly eased her way into the classroom, Flannery stared at the wall as if drowning in a sea of doom and gloom. No meeting nor staff training session could have prepared her for a catastrophe like this. It was like watching a wailord belly flop into a beachside city in slow motion!

Valorie eased her way over next to Lucia and stared at the infinitely too small seat for a moment. According to her calculations, the volume of her backside times the weight of whatever she was made of, she would rip the desk asunder if she were to sit down! "Lucia... I--" she started, shaking her head. Her gaze shifted to Flannery and she abruptly seemed to shift shaped, perfectly mimicking the other's form. She then proceeded to casually sit down and cross her legs, beaming at Flannery with a look that sought approval in her eyes.

"...Right." Flannery murmured out, struggling to regain her composure.

Samantha just watched the other interact, not entirely sure how to respond to the situation. It was... well, strange was an understatement, that was clear.

Lucia floated happily in her seat as she opened up the word program on her HUD and got into serious study mood, obvious by the fact that she pulled her small arms tightly against her body.

Samantha noticed the Porygon focus himself... herself... itself? Whatever it was, it reminded her that there was suppose to be class going on right now. She fumbled around in her backpack, pulling out a notebook. She rummaged through her pack again, locating a pencil. Well, at least she was prepared. She opened the notebook to the first page, putting pencil to paper to begin taking notes.

"Life sk--"

Before she could even finish the title of the class, her pencil snapped and broke. She frowned, realizing that she didn't even have a pencil sharpener. She looked around the room nervously, seeing if anybody looked as if they would have a spare writing utensil. In front of her sat the Flannery look-alike, most likely a ditto, judging by the circumstances. Samantha gently tapped the girl's shoulder to get her attention, speaking quietly, but loud enough for her to hear. "Excuse me, do you have something I could write with? My pencil just broke..."

Valorie turned her head. "Uh--Sure..." she replied, digging a convenient pencil out of her pocket. It was ... perfectly normal! Where she'd been keeping it before she transformed was up for debate. Flannery gave Valorie an uncomfortable look as she watched her double speak gibberish. She once again declined to comment however.

"Let's avoid destroying the school, shall we? We need our budget for, y'know, making sure you all make it back to your normal bodies..." Flannery explained sheepishly. "Anyway!" she added, promptly taking on a more optimistic tone. "In the meantime we can try to make the most of this and perhaps make it a bit less unpleasant of an experience for you all. For a long time pokemon professors like Professor Oak have been studying the bond between humans and pokemon, asking themselves how it works and why it works. One thing we do know for sure is that trainers who understand their pokemon tend to be better trainers because of it." she began explaining, putting both hands upon her desk and leaning forward.

"I know it might not seem like it at first, but this is an amazing opportunity!" she added after a moment.

Lucia tilted in mid air as she held up a fin, "Why is it an amazing opportunity?" She asked. "I mean... there's nothing we can do about... but you're making it sound like we're going to be guinea pigs in an experiment or something."

Lucia's question was lost on Flannery, but it wasn't long before it was more or less echoed by someone who could speak properly. Flannery frowned at the notion. "Well... you could. I'm sure there are some very safe and respectable professors out there who would pay you a hefty sum of cash for the chance to do some research, but that's not what I was getting at. Nobody is going to make you do -anything-." she assured the class, raising both hands and puhing the idea away from her. "Here's what I was getting at though. Why don't you treat this as your own experiment? Not many trainers get the chance to experience anything remotely like this. If you embrace it and get a real grasp of what being a pokemon is like, you'd have better insight than most other trainers on the planet!" she explained with a smile.

Valorie seemed to consider it for a moment. Why, that was actually pretty convincing! Who could argue with being a better trainer? Flannery continued. "That's what I want to talk about today, making the best of your situation. Now I want all of our transformed students to ask questions that might be on their minds, one by one, and I want those of you with translators to translate it. After that we'll work on a healthy outlook and managing some basic independence skills." she explained.

Lucia tilted herself in mid-air, "Hm...." She thought for a moment, "Well... uh... no one's going to catch us right? I mean, we have these bands and all... but what if someone does catch us? How will the staff know we've essentially been kidnapped?"

 

[Megaman765]

Mark was back to investigating the cavern, hoping to have better luck with whatever he finds next. It'd be kinda silly to show this weird rock to Clay right away. He might embaress himself again. So far, Mark wasn't having alot of progress with his findings. That last thing he found may have just been a bad omen or something like that. It showed up just to say "Yeah this is all your gonna get. Deal with it". But he was confident! Something good was gonna happen he could feel it!

"Comon theres gotta be something in these walls..." Mark mutter to himself. His Dowsing Machine would start beeping again, getting Mark's hopes up! He signaled for an Excadrill to mine it out since Snype was getting kinda full. After a bit of time Mark would find...!

...A Blue Sphere. He had no idea what this was worth, but for some reason it felt more underwhelming then the rock he had found earlier. Despite how much bigger it was. His bad luck was as apparent as ever today.

 

[siiadams]

Shawn Williams - Raikou Dorm
Clay's cavern

Shawn wasn't having much luck after the gold Nugget in Sting's possession. A couple of things that stood out to him turned out to be nothing more than buried glass and a small piece of metal, neither one seemed to hold much purpose. Still, he kept them to show later. They may turn out to be nothing but who knows? This day's been full of surprises so far. He had to be hopeful. "My next discovery could be just around this corner," he thought as he ventured further down with Rocky following behind him, looking a little bored.

Shawn found another stretch of wall no one came to yet and decided to try his luck again. This time, the Dowsing Machine came alive with beep after beep. His eyes lit up at the realization that something was there. A smile crossed his lips as he motioned for his Geodude to come to the wall. "Rocky, there's something behind this wall," he said softly, "Get it for me, but be careful. We have no idea what to expect." The slate grey pokemon nodded and started scraping earth from the wall.
It wasn't long before Rocky finally uncovered a small rock. As the pokemon worked on getting more earth moved from around it, Shawn reached out and took hold of it and gently tried to move it out. It was stuck fast to the wall still, so he stepped back and allowed his pokemon to continue its work.

After a couple more minutes, Shawn tried again to move the rock. This time, the rock moved and soon came out from the wall. Upon closer inspection, Shawn noticed that there was an indentation in the rock. It was an odd shape as Shawn explored the contours of the rock with his finger. It almost looked like a prehistoric jawbone or something! Unsure of what it could be, Shawn looked over to Rocky and nodded his appreciation. "You did good, Rock," he said, "Let's go take this to Clay and see what he says about it."

Shawn and Rocky headed back the way they came and soon found Clay nearby, apparently watching the others work and discover other things in the walls. He walked up with a big smile on his face. "Excuse me, Clay?" he spoke as he produced the fossil he had found in the wall, "I found this in the cavern. Would this be a pokemon fossil?"

 

[Megaman765]

(Oh gawd sorry for taking so long. I forgot to reply to everybody as Clay!)

Claw nodded to Sammy. "Heh, of course. I don't wanna ruin anyones advantage. This thing could very well be a trump card for you for all ya know." Clay explained quietly. When Shawn wandered over to Clay, he quickly walked on over to him to start answering his questions as well.

"Heh, you got that right! Its got a pretty unfamiliar shape to me... but that's definitely a Pokemon Fossil! We have a place up on the surface that researches the different findings down here. Along with that, we can reanimate those fossils as well if ya like." clay explained to him.

Mark meanwhile still wasn't having great luck. A Blue Orb... a weird rock. Right now his Dowsing Machine wasn't giving off much of a response either. He'd start exploring a different section of the cavern. Hopefully then he'd have some more luck.

 

[Synthet]

Samantha Felicity Cooper

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Sammy grinned at Clay and adjusted her miners hat - she probably looked like a complete dork. She was about to head back off into the tunnels to see what else she could find when another student began speaking to Clay about a similair find. So her advantage might not be exclusive, but at least she'd managed to eavesdrop that this kid had a fossil too! Looking at him twice Sammy was sure she knew him from somewhere.

"Oh, hey, Shawnie!" She laughed. "How're you doin' man? I've not seen you since my first night here! Your head feeling... better..." She trailed off, realising she was interrupting his chat with Clay. "Uh, sorry. I'll just be... over there somewhere..." She sidled off to one side, scolding herself from just charging into greeting him like that. She was trying to do less of that sort of thing, trying to think about her actions a little more.

Still, it was pretty cool to see Shawn again. He'd been the first student she'd encountered on the island, even if their meeting had been an odd one. She'd caught her Shuppet outside the Lugia Dorm seconds before Shawn flew out of the old building like a Sharpedo, cracking his head in the process. Mark was easily the best friend she had at the Academy but Shawn was definitely the first friend she'd made here. She hoped he would be entering the tournament, she'd forgotten that they'd both made a promise to have a battle once she had settled in. He was a pretty good guy, so far as haunted house ammunition went.​

 

[siiadams]

Shawn Williams - Raikou Dorm
Clay's cavern

Shawn was, to say the least, shocked. As he was about to be confirmed about the fossil by Clay, the girl with the egg started talking to him like an old friend. It wasn't until her rambling was done and she walked away slightly embarrassed that he finally put two and two together: that was Sammy, the girl that helped him from the haunted dorm. She looked different...absolutely stunning! She decided to change her look and apparently it had a surprising change in her personality. "I guess great minds DO think alike..." he thought as his eyes trailed her before turning back to Clay.

"I can turn this fossil into a real pokemon?" he asked, stating the obvious, "That sounds awesome! I would love to...just as soon class is over, though. I may find more in the meantime." With that, Shawn smiled and put away the fossil for them to work on later. "Thanks for the information," he stated and, with a quick nod, turned to walk towards Sammy.

He approached her from behind, being sure to keep his distance a little and smiled, "Well, I guess I'm not the only one who had an extreme makeover, huh?" He then approached her right side and walked into her view before continuing. "Speaking of makeovers, I don't know what you did but it suits you really well. Of course, I also liked how you normally looked, but who am I to judge?" He tapped his Dowsing Machine a couple of times, seeing that there wasn't much around, and looked up at her, making sure she knew his attention was on her. "As far as my head goes, it's much better. Good enough to probably enter the tourney, at least." His gaze wandered from her to Rocky, who was floating around nearby people-watching. "May not last too long," he stated simply, "but hey, you gotta lose a lot to become an eventual winner."