Pokémon: The Zeta Emergence (IC Thread)

[romdinner]

Catherine *Kat* Primrose
Chapter 2 - Part I
- Route 29-

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" Birds of a feather go down together!"

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It didn't take long for Kat and Pyro to reach Route 29 after having their little break at the café, in contrast to her morning when she came into the town. Every place is easier to travel through once you see a glimpse of it. With that in mind Kat was eagerly awaiting to go back to Route 29 and see what her journey will throw at her. As she and her pokemon set foot on the starting route of this region the winds started to blow gently over the grass, making it dance a slow waltz as the air current made their way up to Kat's hair and danced around her hair.

"Refreshing isn't it?" she said feeling the wind in her face. Pyro replied with a nod and started marching in front of the girl scouting the new area. Kat had traveled a bit through this route earlier that morning s her car broke down. However, she didn't really have the time to see it clearly as she had been in a hurry. The place was an open grassy field that had, here and there, a few bushes witch gradually, as you made your way to the end of it, turned into numerous trees.

"Let's stick to the straight path for now and see where we end up!" Kat suggested. It was her first time alone, well apart from her pokemon who was there, out in the open. As thrilling as it may be, she couldn't help but feel a surge of anxiety. So the dirt path was her choice for now.

After a while of walking, they had already put a lot of distance between them and New Bark Town. The two even passed the place where Kat's car broke down, Kat saw the fresh tracks but no car, which obviously meant that the car had been repaired and Lucas had left. Pyro was still a few steps in front of Kat, acting like a knight that had to escort the princess he pledged his loyalty too. In the short time they spent together they managed to establish a firm ground to their bond and seemed that the two will work well together.

"You know you don't have to walk in front of me all the time." Kat said as she rushed to Pyro's side. The fire pig nodded serious and sprung in front of Kat once again. " If that's how you want it then….I'll race you to the end!!!" she said as she dashed past her pokemon.

"Pig…Tepig!" the pokemon cried and started running as well after her trainer. Kat had gotten a lead start and was a few feet away from Pyro. But the fire pig didn't back down so easily. He was trampling the ground in his way, dashing faster and faster, the space between him and his trainer getting shorter and shorter with every step he took.

"That's not going to be enough Pyro!" said the girl and shifted her speed into third gear. However, as she was running along the road, with Pyro following close behind, something jumped out of the grass and ran straight into Kat's leg. The poor thing got knocked on the ground.

"Oh you poor thing!" Kat said picking what looked like a green flower bud up and brushing the dust of her. As soon as the bud pokemon opened its eyes it started struggling as hard as it could, trying to escape from Kat's grip. "Don't worry I won't hurt you!" the girl said trying to calm the little pokemon.

"Dew..Budew!" it cried and turned Kat's head using its bud towards the left. After that, all went blank for our girl. Yet Pyro had just caught up to Kat and managed to see the whole scene. As soon as was turned to the left, two bird pokemon flew straight into her head and knocked her out. The bud pokemon jumped from her hands and dashed through the grass, being quickly followed by the two bird that made contact with Kat.

"Owww! What in the name of Arceus happened?" Kat said after a few minutes of being out cold. She felt a severe headache as she looked at her Pokemon who was licking her cheeks. "The last thing I remember is seeing two Pidgeys right in front of me." She said as she slowly got up. " Did they knock me out?"

"Tepig!!" the pokemon shouted as to confirm Kat's guess.

" It hurts so much!" raising her hand to her forehead. As she put her hand on the spot where the pain was the strongest her face turned from pained and confused to shocked. She quickly searched her bag for a little mirror she packed with her and pointed it at her head. The girl was rendered speechless. She had a huge bump on her head the size of a coin. Kat put the mirror in the bag and pulled something else from it. A scarf that she quickly wrapped around her forehead like a bandana. Then she dusted herself off and looked at Pyro.

"Where did they go?" she asked. Pyro promptly pointed towards the way the wild pokemon had fled as he trainer had a furious look on her face. " Let's go then! We'll show them a thing or two." And off she went where Pyro had pointed, running eve faster than when she raced with her Pokemon.

Meanwhile the Budew managed to make her way through the grass as fast as she could and ended up under a tree. The Pokemon had been chased by the two birds for some time now and was almost out of energy, so seeing as she lost their trail, she stopped for a bit to take her breath. However, as in any unpleasant situation where somebody is being chased, the chaser always catches up to their target. Same did the two Pidgeys, and soon enough the two burst out of the sky straight towards the tree where the bud pokemon was resting. The two Pidgeys started tackling and pecking the poor pokemon without giving it any chance to counter or escape.

"Hey bird brains, pick on somebody your own size!!!!" Kat shouted as she finally got to the scene. She quickly ordered Tepig to launch a Tackle. The fire pokemon stomped the ground and dashed towards one of the Pidgeys knocking it down on the ground with its attack. " Guess it paid up to watch Seth battle!" were Kat's thought as she remembered the basic things her butler taught her before she left.

"Pidgey!!!!" the unharmed Pidgey shouted as it flapped its wings to get higher. Then it dived down into a Tackle aiming of course for Pyro.

"Dodge it Pyro!!!" Kat yelled as she saw the bird on the verge of hitting her pokemon. For a few seconds she got a bit distracted as she ran to Budew who didn't even have the power to get up. Kat took the poor pokemon and placed it on a patch of grass behind the girl, at safe distance from the battlefield. The fire pig managed to dodge the attack in the last minute, jumping to its left. "Follow up with another Tackle attack! " Kat said as the Pidgey flew past Pyro. The fire pokemon chased after the bird pokemon and before it could turn around it got hit by Pyro's attack sending it flying next to its fellow accomplice.

"Tepig!" the pokemon cried proud of shoving those birds in their right place. It turned around and started walking towards Kat with a satisfied look on his face. He looked at his trainer that was just about to open her mouth. But before she could say anything Pyro got hit from the back. The two Pidgeys weren't going to give up that easily, they got up and soared straight into a Tackle, hitting the fire pig at the same time.

"Pyro, noooo!" Kat shouted as she saw her pokemon being shoved to the ground right under the tree. Pyro quickly got up again, he still had some stamina to spare and the two Pidgeys would really give him a run for his money. The two birds had flown over the fire pokemon and circled around him. "Pyro watch out!!!" Kat shouted as she saw one of the birds diving down for an attack. "Dodge again!" she yelled again seeing the other Pidgey dive as well. Pyro managed to dodge both attacks without getting hit. Guess his speed was better than that of his opponents.

"Tack….Dodge once more!!!" Kat changed her words as the Pidgeys flew up and dive back down again. It seemed like the two Pidgeys were aiming to gang up on Pyro and attack him quick and repeatedly. "Dodge every move" she said as she figured their battle strategy. So as it was told, the fire pokemon dodged move after move, jumping and running all over the place.

After a series of swiftly executed dodge maneuvers Pyro was left gasping for air. His energy was rapidly fading and soon enough one of the Pidgeys managed to land a hit on Pyro. Surprisingly, the pokemon managed to keep its ground and was still standing.

"Pyro quick use Magnitude!!!" she yelled in the spur of the moment. Pyro jumped in the air and crashed into the ground sending a huge shock wave throughout the whole ground. Yet, the birds remained without any harm. Kat looked confused for a minute but then realized the gravity of her command. She somehow forgot that ground type moves are useless on flying type like Pidgey. And to Kat's despair, the two Pidgeys took that chance and quickly launched a tackle attack, diving as fast as they could. As Pyro finished its attack, the two bird Pokemon hit him hard knocking him to the ground, making the dust rise all over the place.

"Damn it!" were Kat's words as she saw her pokemon being pummeled to the ground. It was all her fault, she called the wrong move and her pokemon paid for it. It was even harder on her because she knew about type advantages and disadvantages. She always had time to think for an answer when she was at home, but here on the battle field it was different. Kat now learnt that the pace of the battle changes from one second to the other and she has to adapt to it as well. "Pyro please be ok!" she said clenching her arm at her chest.

The pile of dust started to clear, leaving the battle field visible once again. The two bird Pokemon were cautiously flying above the field waiting to see the outcome of their attacks well. As the dust disappeared, Kat could see Pyro who managed to get up once again, but this time he was barely standing. One more hit and he would surely faint.

"Pidgey!!!" the two pokemon shouted and dived down for a Tackle.

" Those two are a pain in the neck!" Kat Thought as she was thinking for a quick way to counter. She looked around to her environment but it was very helpful. It was an open field with only one tree near. "Wait a minute!!! That's it!" she yelled has she came up with something. "Pyro run to the tree!!!" And without a second to spare, the fire pokemon took a deep breath and ran as fast as it could, with the two Pidgeys on its tail. Pyro reached the tree and stopped at its foot. It turned around and looked at the two Pidgeys who were quickly approaching, then he looked at Kat who had a determined look on her face.

"Now jump!!!" Kat shouted as the two Pidgey's were just about to hit Pyro. The fire pokemon jumped as high as it could, leaving the two bird pokemon to ram themselves into the tree. Pyro landed on the ground and looked at the two Pidgeys. To his surprise one was knocked out for good, but the other was getting up and with its last strengths flew up then dived into a Tackle. Pyro closed his eyes and then heard something crash to the ground. He opened his eyes and saw that the second Pidgey had fainted as well.

"Now we're even!!" Kat yelled as she had thrown a pebble straight into the Pidgey's head. It seemed fair enough for Kat to do so since it hadn't been a fair battle from the start. " Two against one…not gentleman like at all!! That should teach them to never pick on the weak and more important…mess with a girls face!!!" were he victory words as she walked up to get Pyro.

"Tepig!!" the pokemon seconded that. Then Kat and Pyro went over to where she had left Budew. The little bud pokemon got up at the half of the battle and had watched quietly, while it was regaining its strength.

"Seems you're a bit better now!" Kat said seeing Budew on its feet. Kat pulled out her Pokedex and pointed it at the bud pokemon. Even though she was familiar to Pidgeys she hadn't seen a pokemon like the one before her eyes.

"Budew, the Bud Pokémon. In winter, it keeps its bud closed to survive the cold, but then opens it again in the spring." ​

"So you're a Budew!" Kat said after hearing the Pokedex's explanation. The bud pokemon looked at Kat with a somehow surprised and disappointed at the same time. " Hey I've just started being a trainer like a few hours ago!!!" she replied seeing the pokemon's face. "Hmmmm what should we do help you recover!!!" she mumbled knowing that there was no Pokemon Center in New Bark Town and no PokeMart as well.

"Budew!!!" the pokemon said jumping up and making its way towards the tree. It quickly climbed up and by the time it reached the first branches Kat realized what it was up to. The girl didn't notice that the tree that she even used in her tactic was an Oran tree. Budew grabbed some and brought the berries down at Kat's feet for it and Pyro to eat.

"That's very nice of you!"

"Bud..Budew!" the bud pokemon replied with a smile. However, Budew was the one who had to thank them for saving it from the two Pidgeys. As soon as Budew and Pyro finished eating the berries and rested for a while to restore their energy, Kat and Pyro got up and decided it was time to continue their way through the route.

"Guess we'll be leaving now! Take care of yourself and stay out of trouble!" Kat advised the little bud pokemon as she put her bag on her shoulder.

"Tepig!!!" Pyro said bidding Budew farewell and starting to walk with her trainer towards the dirt path from before.

"Dew?!?" Budew cried seeing the two leave. The pokemon hoped to spend some more time with the two. It got on its feet and started walking in the opposite direction going through the grassy field. As it was slowly walking, the pokemon couldn't help but look back for a few times until Kat and Pyro's figure finally disappeared into the distance. At that moment Budew stopped and sat on top of a rock. The pokemon looked across the field and saw nothing but the bare wilderness, a bare solitude that left Budew with a gloomy look on its face. Then it turned its way towards where Kat and Pyro's figure disappeared a few moment ago and in a second her face was lit with a smile. "Budew!!!" it shouted as it jumped off the rock. With a clear thought in her mind she started running , in a straight path, towards the thing that made her smile.
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[Jake♫]

The Abandoned House (1+ Posts)​

You approach the house and see the appearance. You aren't sure if it's even safe within it's four rundown walls, but maybe investigating it is still worth the effort. In the end, you decide it is worth it, and trod into what you think will be darkness, but it is actually quite lit: The holes in the roof and walls provide openings for light to enter the building.

It appears to just be an old home, run down by weather and other natural effects. However, there might be more lurking here than you might think...

What you CAN do:
→ Attempt to battle and catch wild Pokémon. If you choose to do so, end your post with the Pokéball shaking, and I'll decide if you have caught the Pokémon.
→ Battle other trainers who might be lurking around the house (NPCs or a collaboration with another RPer)

What you MUST do:
→ Explore in the house. If you have no interest in investigating it, capturing something, or battling something, you're free to leave after checking it out briefly and continue with the normal Route 29 posts.
→ If you attempt to catch a wild Pokémon, end your post with the Pokéball shaking. I will determine if you catch the Pokémon or not.

Wild Pokémon found in the house:

Gastly (Level 4)
Hypnosis
Lick

Spinarak (Level 2-4)
Poison Sting
String Shot

Misdreavus (Level 4)
Psywave
Growl

Duskull (Level 4)
Night Shade
Leer

@romdinner:

Spoiler:

I'm not sure if I feel worse for how the Pidgey's ganged up on Budew or one of them nailing Kat in the head! Either way, I like that you left Budew running back towards you (I'm assuming!)

Pyro grew to level 8 and learned Ember!

 

[Somniac]

Ffion Caera - Abandoned building.

Ffion had been sat under a large oak tree, flicking through various pages in her Pokedex. She had just been trying to memorize all the type effectivenesses of the normal type, so that she could be more aware of Bella's strengths and weaknesses. This however was proving difficult due to the fluffy ball of inquisitiveness on top of her head. Bella couldn't sit still, she was simply too interested in the derelict house outside of which they were waiting.
After attempting to read the same sentence four times over; [Normal type Pokémon's are inherently completely immune to ghost type attacks, and the same is true inversely, thus it is unwise to pit a normal type Pokémon and a ghost type Pokémon against each other. The exception to this however is when one or both of the battling participants has moves which are not of the normal or ghost type peramit-...]

"Oh fine! We can go check out the house." Ffion jokingly scolded Bella.

She stowed her Pokédex as she stood and Bella jumped down from her usual perch on top of Ffion's head. Walking up to the large wooden door, which hung loosely from a single remaining hinge. The door creaked in a long, slow and deep groan as Ffion pushed it open. Inside, the building was far better lit than she had initially expected and she was pleasantly surprised by how much of her surroundings she could see. There was no need to call out to see if anyone was around, for once the door had slowly creaked to a close behind them it was deathly silent. Dust particles swirled in the beams of light, which were filtering down from holes in the roof far above. Old books far beyond comprehension and toppled furniture were strewn around the room, a thick layer of dust covered them all, and lay heavily on the cobwebs stretching across several areas. The pair stood in silence peering around the long forgotten room. To Bella's surprise she found herself more timid than she was used to, and it was Ffion that moved first. Stepping forwards her footsteps were almost silent against the carpet of dust, and when she spoke it was in a low whisper so that Bella could only just hear her words.

"I wonder what this place was.... and why it was abandoned..." she pondered aloud.

Slowly they wandered around the room at their own pace, Ffion noted three doors leading off and a staircase leading down into a basement. Pushing aside a pile of books, and noting an old newspaper article, she picked it up and blew the dust from it. The headline was obscured by a large amount of mold but the image below was still clear to see. A young man stood in the center with a wide grin on his face. He was holding an equally large trophy and was surrounded by beaming Pokémon.
Before Ffion could read the article below, there was an almighty crash from behind her. Wheeling around she saw none other than...

"Bella! What on earth are you doing?" she asked amused.

Bella wriggled out from under the pile of books that she knocked over, and looked up at Ffion guiltily but nonetheless amused. There was a second crash, and this time both Ffion and Bella had been staring at each other the entire time. Again, spinning on her heel Ffion turned in time to see a pile of books, and from under them the ghostly shape of an Eevee emerged looking guilty. It wasn't just any Eevee though, it was clearly Bella and Ffion could see right through this translucent doppelganger.

"Wh..what the?" Was all that Ffion could articulate.

She pulled out her Pokédex and pointed it in the direction of the strange apparition. The screen flashed and an image of an entirely different Pokémon appeared on it.

"Gastly. Said to appear in decrepit, deserted buildings. It has no real shape as it appears to be made of a gas." The Pokédex chimed in a monotone voice.

The ghostly Eevee laughed a 'Ghaaaas' and faded for an instant before reforming in an image which was much more representative of the Pokédex entry.

"Well, that's a neat trick... lets see how you like this! Bella, tackle it!" Ffion cried in an attempt to surprise the Gastly.

Bella sprang at the Gastly obediently and to both her and Ffion's surprise, passed directly through the Gastly. landing, Bella turned towards her trainer uncertainly, as if to ask for advice on how to fight an enemy she cant touch. The Gastly pulled a goofy face and some dark energy began to materialize in-front of it. The energy swirled in a ball, changing hue slightly between purples and blacks. The Pokedex which was still in Ffion's hand flashed again and began in the same monotone voice;

"Shadow ball. A powerful ghost type attack."

Ffion called out to Bella to dodge, but it was too late. The sphere of energy shot towards the small Eevee and before she could so much as flinch it- passed right through her? The Gastly laughed again and floated upside-down. Ffion slapped her hand to her forehead.

"Now I remember! Ghost types and normal types can't hit each other normally...." She gave a weak smile as she spoke, realizing that this Pokémon's was no threat at all.

The Gastly glowed slightly for a moment and the Pokédex began to chime again;

"Hypnosis. A psychic type attack which lulls the foe into a deep state of relaxation and eventually sle-"

Ffion cut the Pokédex off before it could finish with a loud 'Uh-oh' and did some of the quickest thinking she had ever done in her life.

"Alright Bella, sand attack now! use all that dust!" Ffion spoke confidently, even though she was unsure of whether this would work.

Bella jumped forwards and sprayed as much dust up as she could, a large plume blocked the Gastly's line of sight and she ran around to flank it and kick more dust up into the air. The confused sound of 'Gasss?' came from the cloud of dust and was followed by a singsong and sleepy sound of 'Gasssstly....' Ffion's heart pounded as she waited for the dust to dissipate, and when it did the sight surprised her. Unconscious, hovering a few inches from the floor was the upside-down face of a slumbering Gastly.

"Alright Bella, you made it hypnotize itself!" Ffion said, taking care not to speak too loudly.

They pair of them watched the sleeping Gastly slowly sink and pass into the floorboards, presumably to reappear somewhere below in the basement.

Bella walked towards the spot where Gastly had disappeared and slowly sniffed at it with curiosity. Satisfied, Bella trotted back to Ffion's side and nuzzled against her leg, as if she was testing whether she was the real Ffion.

"Creepy..." Ffion muttered quietly. "C'mon Bell' lets get out of here."

The pair of them left the house without exploring any farther, the threat of an opponent which was entirely immune to Bella's only attacking move was a little worrying, not that Ffion doubted Bella's courage. She was more worried about her lack of battling prowess and somehow getting Bella hurt due to a stupid mistake she could make in her inexperience.

Ffion let a small sigh of relief escape her lips as she stepped out into the sunlight. It seemed a cacophony of noise in comparison to the muffled silence of the house interior. The wind rustling leaves and distant Pokémon calls were a pleasant change and the two of them started forward with renewed vigor and excitement. Bella leaped up onto Ffion's backpack and scrambled on top of it, resting her front paws on the top of her trainers head and peering over it in her usual position. The rich brown of her fur matched almost exactly with Ffion's own hair and if it were not for two large ears protruding above Ffion's head one might mistake the Eevee for an usually large top-knot of hair.

Idly, Ffion scratched at Bella's head as they walked along the path continuing onwards, and eager to put some distance between themselves and the ghostly building.

 

[Jake♫]

Somniac:

Spoiler:

Gastly...doesn't know Shadow Ball. I mean it's really not a big deal since you didn't try to catch it or anything, but attacks are listed specifically of what they know, so don't venture off of that please! However other than that the psot was lovely!

Bella grew to level 9 and is trying to learn Growl. Do you want to forget a move for it? Respond in the OOC thread.

 

[king_nick72]

King walked over to the pokeball and picked it up.
King sighed
"I know that Hoothoot will be a rebel, I can already tell..."
King put the pokeball away and continued down Route 29 with Hugh. After around an hour of walking, King and Hugh came upon an abandoned house. King and Hugh decided to check it out, maybe they will get a new pokemon there. Upon walking into the house, King already knew that nobody was in that house for a long time. The walls were broken down, and webs were everywhere.
"Hugh there is nothing interesting, lets leave this place."
As King and Hugh were starting to leave, something caught Hugh's eye. A shadow moving very quickly. Hugh became scared and wanted to show King.
"RI...RI..." Hugh spoke up to King, felling frightened
"Hugh.... there is nothing there. Its just the-"

Kings sentence was cut off by a weird noise.
"GHAASSSSSSSSS" The noise went.
King turned around and yelled
"Who's there!?"

King then looked up to what's left of the ceiling to find 2 beady eyes staring right back at him.
"AHHHHHH!!!" King jumped back screaming. The 2 eyes then began to form a mouth, and a body that was sphere like with some type of gas flowing out of the back of his body. King took out his pokedex and scanned the weird blob to see if its a pokemon or an actual ghost. The pokedex beeped and said,
"Ghastly: The Gas Pokemon. It can slip into any place it desires with its gas like body. However, it can be blown away by the wind."

"Soooo, Hugh use sky uppercut so we can get out of here and continue on our journey"
Hugh hesitated, then began to charge at the Ghastly. His right hand scraping the ground as it usually does when he uses the attack. Hugh jumped up and swung his right hand at full speed to hit the Ghastly. Hug would have hit Ghastly..... if fighting type moves can hit ghost pokemon. Hugh's fist went right through Ghastly. Ghastly started to laugh.
"GHAS GHAS GHAS" Ghastly cackled. Hugh was beginning to get frustrated, using sky uppercut over and over again, only to fail over and over again. King then decided to check his pokedex to see if Hugh can do anything to Ghastly.
"Damn, Hugh can't do anything.... wait... what is this move... foresight?"
King has never even heard of the move foresight, but he figured why not give it a shot.
"Hugh, use foresight!"
Hugh stopped the sky uppercuts, calmed down, and closed his eyes. A little after this, a weird blue light surrounded Hugh, and soon after, the entire room was covered in the blue light.

King had no idea what was going on, so he decided to check his pokedex for the move foresight. After a couple of minutes, the pokedex had an answer to Kings question
"Foresight: A move tha allows normal an fighting moves to hit a ghost type pokemon."
"A move that could allow Hugh to hit ghost pokemon, now that's just awesome." King thought to himself.
"OK Hugh, use sky uppercut!"
Hugh opened his eyes and started to charge once again with his right hand scraping the ground. The Ghastly started to laugh once again, thinking that Hugh would just go right through it again, but then Hugh jumped and swung his right hand and hit the Ghastly right in the face. The Ghastly was stunned for a minute, and then the smile Ghastly had turned into a frown. Then, Ghastly's eyes began to glow a weird purple light. King did not know what that was it was, but he knew Hugh had to get out of the way.
"Hugh, get out of the way!!!!"
The Ghastly fired the weird purple glow and Hugh barely got out of the way. Sadly though, an unlucky Spinarak was hit by the blast. The Spinarak was still for a good minute, but then it fell to the ground asleep.
"Ok I'm going to assume that that was Hypnosis, so I think it is safe for Hugh to avoid that"
Hugh turned around only to have Ghastly right in front of him, and the weirdest thing happened to Hugh. The Ghastly LICKED Hugh! King couldn't just believe what he just saw. Hugh started to run around flailing disgusted that a pokemon actually licked him.

King had to chase Hugh around to catch him and calm him down. Ghastly got a good laugh out of this.
"GHAS GHAS GHAS GHAS!!!!" The ghost cackled. King was annoyed by this pokemon, he wanted it knocked out, now.
"Hugh, use foresight one more time"
Hugh closed his eyes and once again, a blue light filled the room.
"Now use Sky Uppercut!"
Hugh began to charge at the Ghastly. Hugh jumped up and hit the Ghastly as hard as he could. The Ghastly hit the ceiling and fell to the ground, appearing to be knocked out.
King ran to Hugh to lift him on his shoulders for a congratulations.
"Great job Hugh, now lets get outta here. I don't want to stay in here any longer..."
Hugh shook his head in agreement. The duo left the abandoned house to continue their journey on Route 29 to Cherrygrove City.

 

[Jake♫]

@king:

Spoiler:

Definitely getting better! Just try to work on getting battles/captures a little longer, but it's definitely coming along!

Hugh grew to level 8!

 

[EvilSkittles]

Emile Chapter 1

Emile finally broke through the forest and came to the edge of what must be New Bark. He had caught a ride on his father's private boat that his father was taking to Golden Rod city for a business meeting. Emile almost immediately regretted that decision, the ride had been tense the pair parted ways without a word.

Emile quickened his pace when a large building came into view. It must be Professor Gold's lab. He slipped through the door, his bare feet relishing in the cool tile. No one seemed to notice his presence as he meandered around. A few aides lounged by the computers, two others were getting lectured on basic battle mechanics and why sending out a pokemon who only knows splash is a pointless endeavor. Professor Gold himself was nowhere in sight.

A shelf of pokeballs caught his eye. Though he knew of them, this was his first time seeing one up close. They had little white buttons in the center, it must be how they open. Curious, he reached out and pressed one.The pokeball opened with a click and Emile was knocked off his feet as a pokemon materialized on his chest.

Emile took an immediate liking to the small red lizard. It looked like a baby dragon! He loved dragons and lizards, they were soo cool. The scars on the back of his neck were a testament to that. Emile pet the creature, who was startled at first but then began demanding more attention, on the head.

"Young man, what exactly are you doing in my lab?" an old man asked sternly.

"Um... I'm Emile, I was told to come here to get a pokemon." Emile said as he scrambled to get up right.

"Yes,yes. I am Professor Gold, come this way and do please refrain from touching anything else." said Professor Gold as he walked to the back of the lab."As for starters, we only have the traditon fire, water, grass types left."

"Can I have this guy?" Emile asked looking down at the little red pokemon following his steps.

"Charmander, a good choice. It will become a strong pokemon but you need to take special care of it." the professor replied. "Here is a pokedex, it gives the informantion on a pokemon."

He turned and swiftly stopped two aides placing a bet before leading Emile back to the door. "Do you know of Team Zeta?" he asked.

"Sorta" replied Emile, he heard a little about them over the radio.

"Team Zeta, is a powerful group determined to take over this region. The will use anything, people, pokemon to achieve this goal. When I set on my own pokemon journey, I encountered and defeated a similar group called Team Rocket. Now I am collecting young trainers to do as I once did. Your mission, should you chose to accept it is to try and stop Team Zeta. Go on your journey, make friends, form alliances." Professor Gold said shooing him out the door.

The professor leaned against the door with a sigh, that was the last child and he was ready for a stiff drink. Now he only had his aides to deal with, the impertinent bastards.

Chapter 2

"Here you go, it's ready." Emile said as he plucked another berry to roast over Aiden's tail. Hal used to call him Aiden sometimes, said it meant little fire. The pair were nestled in a tree branch, enjoying a midday snack. They had been walking along route 29 all day and Emile's excited hadn't waned at all. He finally had a pokemon of his own. Aiden was perfect.

"Look a Pidegy." Emile said pointing to the bird pecking at a fallen berry at the base of the tree. "Aiden, why don't you attack it. Don't look at me like that, we can get the drop on it."

Aiden reluctently agreed, still not thinking this to be the greatest idea.

"Okay Dragon Pulse." Emile called out. A bright blue sphere hit the unsuspecting pokemon with a small explosion.

"Whoa, I think it's knocked out." He said as he and Aiden scrambled down to look at their work.

"Char, char!" Aiden squeaked

"What is it." Emile asked looking over in Aiden's direction. "Oh ****." The rest of pidgey's flock was staring at them and they did not look happy.

"Oh ****!" Emile exclaimed, picking up Aiden and taking off in a dead run; the bird pokemon not far behind. Spying an old house in the distance, he decided it was better than death overhead.

"Ow" Emile winced as one of the birds tore into his right shoulder. They weren't going to make it.

"Dragon pulse, dragon pulse, dragon pulse!!" He screamed, turning Aiden towards the flock. C'mon, they were so close. "Keep it up Aiden, we're almost there"

Emile burst through the door and slammed it behind him. He slid to the floor in relief. "We made it, we're safe" he said hugging Aiden tight.




​

 

[Jake♫]

@EvilSkittles:

Spoiler:

Posts need more detail for sure. The first one was fine since it was just the intro post, although the description for Team Zeta could have definitely had some more to it. The first battle didn't really describe anything. All I got out of it was what a Dragon Pulse looked like. And Charmander is level 5. It's not knocking anything out in one shot. Be sure to look at some other people's post to get a feeling of what I'm going for.

Aiden grew to level 6!

 

[EvilSkittles]

Uploaded wrong draft, will fix tonight.

 

[Jake♫]

@EvilSkittles:

Spoiler:

The Pokéball shook a few times, but Gastly broke back out again! It seems to be charging at Aiden for another Lick attack! Do you want to engage it in battle again or flee?

If you want to catch something you'll have to strive for some more length and detail than that =x Also there's needs to be continuity between your posts. How did you get to the house? Describe what you're character sees around you, how he feels, etc. I know your newly back to RPing which is why I'm definitely giving you the second chance to try again, but just know at some point they'll stop coming.

 

[king_nick72]

King and Hugh continued on Route 29, after fighting that Ghastly in the abandoned house. They were glad that they got out of there. King was getting bored and anxious for a battle with a trainer. After a little walking from the abandoned house, King saw a young boy who looked obviously wealthy. The boy was staring down Hugh. King stopped and said to the boy.
"Either speak up, or continue on your way, but either way, you already have piss me off..."
The boy replied in a snobby voice,
"How did you get such a rare pokemon like Riolu? How much money did you pay to get him?"
"..... Are you that spoiled?"
The boy was furious when he said that.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY!!!!"
"Huh.... Are you hard of hearing to?"
The boy remained silent at first, then he calmed down and said,
"How much do you want for that Riolu?"
"Nothing.... he is not for sale...."
The boy was furious at this point.
"Everything has a price. Now name it!"
King turned around, starting to get furious.
"If you were wise, you will stop talking, turn around, and leave now..."
"OK then, why don't we battle. If I win, I get your Riolu."
King sighed. He was furious, but getting angry wasn't the answer,
"Besides, this could be a good chance to try out Hoothoot." King thought to himself.
"Ok kid, I'll battle you. But I'm not going to use Riolu."
"Oh, really, then what are you going to use then cause I'm using this-"

The boy threw out a pokeball. The white light came out as a blob, but then began to form into the shape of a bird, but it wasn't like Hoothoot though.
"PID PIDGEY!!" The bird screeched.
King took out his pokedex to see what this pokemon was.
"Pidgey: The tiny bird pokemon. It usually hides in tall grass. Because it dislikes fighting, it will usually kick up sand to defend itself."
"So, he is using a normal-flying pokemon as well huh? OK its time to fight Hoothoot."
"OK Hoothoot, Lets rock!" King yelled while throwing out a pokeball.
The pokeball opened and within it... the Hoothoot that gave King a lot of trouble.
The white light finally formed into a Hoothoot, and its eyes finally opened.
"HOOT HOOT!!!!" The pokemon cried angrily. Hoothoot looked around, wondering where it was, then it saw the Pidgey, and Hoothoot looked mad.
"OK Hoothoot use Tackle!"
The Hoothoot began to charge at the pidgey.
"Pidgey you use tackle to!"
Pidgey began to charge at the Hoothoot.

The two collided. Both birds flew back to their corners.
"Pidgey use tackle again and again!!!!!"
The pidgey began to charge once again.
"This will be easy... Hoothoot... Growl..."
"HoootHoooooot......"
Hoothoot began to growl at the Pidgey, and Pidgey began to look a bit scared.
The boy became frustrated.
"Pidgey hurry up and use Tackle. I have Riolu to win!!!!"
"You are funny kid, cause your not going to win... Hoothoot use tackle now!
Hoothoot began to charge at the scared Pidgey. Hoothoot crashed into Pidgey at full force.
Pidgey fell to the ground knocked out.

"Great job Hoothoot, now return...."
King said as he proudly returned Hoothoot to his pokeball.
The boy was furious. He started to stomp the ground and started to yell.
"DON'T THINK THIS IS OVER YET. I STILL HAE ONE POKEMON, THIS POKEMON IS EXREMLY RARE IN THE JHOTO REIGON. I WILL HAVE THAT RIOLU!!!!!!!!!! GO!!!!"
The pokemon started to form. King had no idea what it was.
"What on earth???? Holy crap hat is that????"
The pokemon opened his eyes and cried out
"SSLLLAKOOTHH"
King opened his pokedex once again.
"Slakoth: The slacking pokemon. The way Slakoth lolls around makes people feel like they are doing the same"
"This kid doesn't really learn does he? OK Hugh..... Your up..."
"RI RI!" Hugh cried as he walked up to battle.
"OK Slakoth use scratch!!"
The Slakoth walked slowly up to Hugh to scratch him.
King said nothing.
"Whats the matter? Giving up you Riolu???"
Slakoth scratched Hugh with surprisingly a lot of power.
"Hugh lets try out that new move...... use counter.."
"RIIIIIIIIIIIIIII OLU!!" Hugh cried as he stepped forward and hit the Slakoth with all of the power that he was hit with. The Slakoth was sent flying toward his owner.
The boy started to become more and more frustrated with King.
"What was that move?"
"Thats a simple answer. That was counter. Its a move that allows the user to hit his or her opponent with twice the power that he was hit with, and since its a fighting type move, it does double the damage... now Hugh... use sky uppercut, I want to get to Cherrygrove City first...."
Hugh began to charge at the Slakoth with full speed, his right hand, clenched in a fist ready to strike.

"Slakoth, move out of the way now!!!"
It was to late for the Slakoth. Hugh swung his right hand at Slakoth, hitting him into the sky. Hugh began to walk back to King, while he was doing this, Slakoth fell to the ground unconscious. The boy returned Slakoth to the pokeball. He was extremely frustrated.
"Just you wait... I will get you and your Riolu sooner or later!!! Remember my name. Its Kyle!!!" He yelled running off in the opposite direction.

"Just like a spoiled rich kid... they think they can get anything they want with money... how pitiful, they don't know how to earn things on their own... Anyways, Hugh. Lets get to Cherrygrove City so we can heal you and Hoothoot up."
Hugh shook his head in agreement. The two began to walk once again to Cherrygrove City, hoping to be the first rookie trainer there.

 

[Century]

Nycteus "Nick" Richards

Chapter II, Act I
Route 29, Johto

"First Encounters"

Nick and Cyndaquil hiked onto the dirt path that marked the end of safety from wild Pokémon, and marked the beginning of what was to be an extremely long journey. Cyndaquil calmly waddles left of him, the flame on his back almost non-existant, but enough to emit heat reaching Nycteus' left hand.

The environment around Nick and Cyndaquil was flat grassland. In the distance to his left is a forest, which seems thicker than any forest that he had seen before. To his right, a group of lakes reflect the sun with multiple glistens off of the surface.

He rubs his stubble once again and breathes in the air, which seems fresher than it ever had before. "You and me, we're gonna be the best." He says with a relaxed tone of voice.

"Quil!!" He is met with a cheerful response from his Cyndaquil, as they keep walking on the beaten dirt path. In the distance, he can see a flock of Pidgey flying high above. He pulls off his backpack while walking and reaches inside, pulling out a map of the Johto region.

"I guess this is the way to Cherrygrove City." Nick thinks to himself, tracing Route 29 with his finger. He then places the map back in his backpack and continues along his way. The walk continues to go quietly, until in the distance, what seems to be a beaten down house stands in the middle of the route. The paint is fading and chipped, and from a distance it seems to be abandoned.

"Huh. That's weird." Nick says out loud, rubbing his chin once more. Eyeing the house closely, Cyndaquil and Nycteus begin to walk closer and closer to the house. The two walk closer to the house to examine in, scanning his peripherals. To his right, a deep blue lake with calm waters reflects the suns glisten into the dark sunglasses that cover his eyes, looking calm with no Pokémon to be seen. To his left, a large healthy tree stands out in the middle of what seems to be a pasture.

"Huh, interesting. Let's go check that tree out." Nick notions to his Cyndaquil.

"Quil!" His Cyndaquil responds happily. They walk toward the center of the pasture, approaching the large tree. The shade then covers Nick and Cyndaquil, allowing Nick to tilt his sunglasses up onto his bandana. Looking up the tree into the healthy green leaves, Nick spots a nest about halfway up the tree.

"Look at that nest, I wonder what's inside." Nick speaks to himself, with a slight chuckle. Cyndaquil looks up at him, somewhat confused.

All of a sudden, a large gust of wind picks up and causes the leaves to blow around, rustling the trees and the nest that is inside of it. The nest comes toppling down, seeming to disintegrate on the way down, as small sticks and other components of the nest fall apart. Nick looks up, only to see what seems to be a Pidgey tumbling toward the ground.

Acting quickly, he sticks out his hand, preventing the Pidgey from falling straight onto it's head, and placing it down on the ground gently. The bird Pokémon didn't seem to like that too much, as it begins flapping it's wings violently at Nick and Cyndaquil.

"Pidg! Pidg!" Pidgey lets out very sharp shrieks as Nick backs up a bit, slightly confused. The Pidgey begins to flap it's wings hard, getting dust into the eyes of both Nick and Cyndaquil, before taking off, swooping down and slamming itself into Cyndaquil, causing him to fall backwards. The Pidgey swoops up into the air once more, as Nick rubs his eyes, getting the sand out before placing his sunglasses back over his eyes. Meanwhile, Cyndaquil's back flares up, sending a warm blast of heat towards Nycteus.

"Alright Cyndaquil, it's on!"

"Quil!" Cyndaquil emits a more intense sound, as the Pidgey swoops down once.

"Alright Cyndaquil, when the Pidgey swoops down again, hit it with your Tackle attack!" Nick calls out, and Cyndaquil moves more out into the open.

As predicted, the Pidgey swoops down attempting to slam itself into Cyndaquil, who dodges the attack. The Pidgey then angles itself so it turns upside down, using its momentum to carry itself back towards Cyndaquil.

"Now!" Cyndaquil then launches himself at the Pidgey, catching it off guard. The PIdgey attempts to change its flight pattern at the last second, but to no avail as Cyndaquil slams into it, causing the flying Pokémon to spiral, eventually sliding across the ground.

"Good job Cyndaquil! Tackle it while it's down!" Nick calls out, and the Cyndaquil charges towards the Pidgey, smashing it's body into the flying Pokémon once more. The Pidgey swiftly gets back up, and flies into the air out of Cyndaquil's reach.

It then flaps it's wings, causing dust to storm up into the eyes of Cyndaquil once more. It then dive bombs itself into Cyndaquil, tackling it once more. Cyndaquil falls back, the bright red flames on it's back flaring up. "He must be getting angry." Nick thinks to himself.

"Come on Cyndaquil, you can do this!" Nick encourages his Pokémon.

"Quil!"

However, the Pidgey begins to cause more dust and sand to come from the ground and into the eyes of Cyndaquil, who squeals in surprise. Pidgey swoops down once more and tackles Cyndaquil, leaving him at the base of a tree. The Pidgey swoops up into the air once more, and looks t be dealing the final blow to Cyndaquil.

"Quiiill…" Cyndaquil lays with not much left in the proverbial tank. Nick reaches into his pocket, and pulls out his Pokédex.

"Alright.. Let's see if you know any other moves.." He says outloud, scrolling, searching. "Tackle.. Leer… Flare Blitz? Hmm…" He pauses. "Cyndaquil! Try using Flare Blitz when the Pidgey comes back down!"

All of a sudden, the flames start to shoot out of Cyndaquil's back much akin to a bonfire.. The Pidgey swoops back down, as a massive flame engulfs Cyndaquil, who slames into the Pidgey!

The Pidgey immediately drops to the ground, motionless. "Quil…" Cyndaquil manages to make out a faint noise. Nick reaches into his pocket, pulling out a Pokéball.

"I can't leave this Pidgey here like this.." He says solemnly, before pressing the button in the middle, enlarging the Pokéball. He then throws it at the Pidgey, who becomes engulfed by a red laser. The Pidgey goes inside the Pokéball, as it begins rocking back and forth on the ground.

Shake..

Shake..
​

 

[Jake♫]

@king_nick:

Spoiler:

Just work on getting it a little bit longer for battles, but otherwise much better!

Hoothoot grew to level 5 and learned Hypnosis! Hugh grew to level 10!

Feel free to post again if you wish, the next chapter will be up on Friday at the latest =P

@Century:

Spoiler:

The balls shakes twice, then one more time, before laying dormant.

Your new Pidgey is on level 4 and knows Tackle! Cyndaquil grew to level 7 and learned Smokescreen!

Feel free to continue on to the house and the rest of the route!

 

[Somniac]

Ffion Caera - Route 29

Dry stones and twigs cracked under Ffion's boots as both her and Bella made their way along the path, with the abandoned house shrinking into the distance behind them. Bella, who was in her usual position of being perched on top of Ffion's rucksack with her front paws on the back of her trainers head, was peering from side to side as they continued away from the house. The small Eevee gave an excited cry and jumped down from Ffion's shoulders. Bouncing as she landed, Bella sprung into the grass to Ffion's right.

"Woah- Hey Bella, wait up!" Ffion called, in surprise.

Ffion stepped into the knee-height grass in pursuit of her Pokémon, who was visible only via the movement of the tall vegetation. Ffion followed in curiosity, watching the movement in the grass in front of her.
The trail of movement veered from side to side, and then Ffion noticed the second trail in her peripheral vision. This trail continued directly forwards for a few feet and stopped. A furry head appeared above the grass and then, spotting Ffion, disappeared again. Before Ffion could warn Bella about the approaching Pokémon, the two tails converged and the strange Pokémon leaped out of the grass in shock. Ffion looked around and spotting a clearer patch of grass, jogged over to it.

"Bella, over here!" She called as she reached the area.

Bella ran towards her trainers voice with the wild Pokémon close behind, and as she entered the clearing the wild Pokémon leaped. An instant before it crashed into Bella, she rolled out of the way and into a fighting stance. Ffion flipped her Pokédex open and aimed it towards the unknown Pokémon.

"Sentret - It stands on its tail so it can see a long way. If it spots an enemy, it cries loudly to warn its kind." was what the Pokédex had to say.

The Pokémon had a large bushy tail, and was longer than Ffion had originally expected. She realized that when she saw it earlier, it must have been standing on it's tail to see above the grass.

"Alright Bella, sand attack! Make sure it can't get you, then go all out!" Ffion called.

As per her instructions, the first thing Bella did was kick a cloud of dust into the confused Sentret's face, and then she strafed out of it's line of sight and hit it hard with a tackle directly to the flank. The Sentret rolled over and out of the cloud of dust, squinting from the pain in it's eyes and side. Angrily it squirmed around and then ran at Bella, attempting to scratch her with it's stubby but sharp claws.

Bella easily dodged the feeble attack from the already weakened Sentret, and tackled it again. Ffion pulled out a Pokéball and prepared herself to throw it, waiting for Bella's next tackle. However, before the battle could progress anymore, there was a crashing sound from the side and a young boy wearing a straw hat burst into the clearing. The Sentret took this moment of distraction and scampered away into the grass.
Ffion rounded on the boy angrily, as Bella relaxed realizing the fight was over.

"Damn it! You just lost me a new Pokémon!" She said, as she stowed the unused Pokéball.

The boy scoffed at Ffion and ran off into the grass again without saying another word. As frustrating as it was to come so close but lose a catch, Bella had still won yet another battle, and that was something to be proud of.

"Tch. Some people are so rude. I tell you what Bella, if we see him again then we are going to show him some manners." Ffion paused for a moment and added; "And kick his arse too!"

Bella jumped back up onto her backpack, and rested her paws on top of Ffion's head. The two of them made their way back to the path and continued onwards, no matter how large a setback, Ffion knew that together they could overcome it.

 

[Jake♫]

@Somniac:

Spoiler:

Good post! Hopefully we get to see more of this unnamed trainer!

Bella grew to level 10!

 

[Century]

Nycteus "Nick" Richards

Chapter II, Act II
Route 29, Johto

"The Haunted House"

Nycteus walks over towards the Pokéball which is no longer shaking, picking it up quickly before placing the ball in one of the holsters on his hip. He immediately turns his attention towards Cyndaquil, who is slowly beginning to get to her feet. Nick runs over, giving his Cyndaquil his full attention.

"Are you okay, Cyndaquil?" He questions, picking up his Pokémon. She still has a slight heat, but the flame on her back is mostly extinguished. "You did a heck of a job out there, though." He says with a smile.

"Quil…" He is met with what he thinks is the acknolegement from his companion.

"Here, eat one of these," Nick says as he slings off his backpack, reaching inside and pulling out a berry, "This should help you feel a little bit better."He slips the berry into his Pokémon's mouth, and Cyndaquil chews the berry to shreds, swallowing it in a couple seconds. He places Cyndaquil on the ground, and the flame starts to get brighter on her back.

"Alright, let's get going. We have to check out that house!" He says, and Cyndaquil oblidges, beginning to lead the way back into the middle of the dirt path. The old, beaten house lays in front of the two, as they continue their path towards it.

They get up to the old, worn down wooden fence in front of the house, allowing them to survey the house closer. The front door is non-existent, the paintless wooden frame of the door acting as a gateway into the dark abyss that seemed to swallow up all night that was inside.

"Well, we had best check it out. Who knows what could be inside…" Nick wonders out loud to Cyndaquil, but mostly himself. He pushes the gate back, making a loud CREAAAAAK sound, and wades through the tall grass that surrounds the old stones that lead the way to the house.

The closer they get to the house, the more inside is revealed, thanks to the now reignited flame on Cyndaquil's back. Nick enters the house, stepping on the extremely dirty wooden floor. Cyndaquil hesitantly follows him in, lighting up the house quite nicely. Looking around, Nycteus surveys the interior of the house. The wallpaper on the walls have completely deteriorated, all of the furniture within what appears to be the living room has completely deteriorated, and the floor is completely covered with dirt. Kicking away the dirt, he unveils more of the wooden floor. The large living room seems to have been unoccupied for a long time.

"Huh. Looks like someone forgot where they lived." He chuckles to himself, stepping further into the house. "Must not be any Pokémon in here, hey?" He lets out another chuckle, stepping deeper into the house. All of a sudden, the house is lit up with a bright flame.

"What the hell was that?" Nick says, spinning on his heels. He sees his Cyndaquil facing toward the door, and something floating above him. He immediately pulls out his Pokédex, pointing it at the object.

"Gastly, the Gas Pokémon. Its thin body is made of gas. Despite lacking substance, it can envelop an opponent of any size and cause suffocation."
​

Nick's Pokédex mechanically reads off to him.

"Are you ready to battle again?" He asks his Cyndaquil out loud.

"Quil!" A confident call from the Pokémon causes a slight smile to grow on Nick's face.

"Alright Cyndaquil! Let's do this! Use your Tackle attack!" He says out loud, and Cyndaquil charges at the Gastly, jumping into the air to tackle it… But nothing happens.

"Huh?" Nick stands in amazement. "Why didn't that work?" He seems puzzled, but presses on. "Cyndaquil! Use your Tackle again!"

Cyndaquil tries once again to tackle the Gastly, this time coming from the other way, but to no avail as the Ghost Pokémon simple floats on the air, before coming at Cyndaquil.

"Gaaaasssssss…" It hisses, sticking out it's tongue and licking Cyndaquil, who falls back, fearful.

"Come on Cyndaquil, get up! You can do this!" Nick prods on, as Cyndaquil quickly gets up. The fire on her back begins to flare up once more.

"Gaaaaasssss" The Gastly drones, and Cyndaquil begins to sway back and forth.

"Cyndaquil! Use your Flare Blitz attack, now!" Nick commands, "It's trying to put you to sleep."

"Quil…." Cyndaquil seems like she is drifting in and out of sleep, before the flames on her back engulf her, and she begins to charge at the Gastly once more. Jumping into the air, she knocks the Gastly across the room. The ghost Pokémon seems to evaporate into thin air, before noises are heard across the room.

"Gaaaaaasssssss…"

"Gaaaaaass……"

The Gastly appears right behind Cyndaquil, licking it once again.

"Quil!" Nick's Cyndaquil immediately turns toward the Gastly, more run down than before due to the effects of using Flare Blitz. Cyndaquil falls back, slightly hesitant.

"Cyndaquil! You have to use your Flare Blitz one more time!" Nycteus calls out to his Pokémon. His Cyndaquil seems slightly dazed, like it doesn't know what to do. The Gastly moves in to lick it again, and does, sending Cyndaquil down in a state of shock.

"Come on Cyndaquil!"

"Quil…" She lays on the ground for a couple of moments, twitching occasionally. "C'mon… You can do this.."

The Gastly stops in mid air, seemingly taunting Nick and his Pokémon. "Use Flare Blitz, Cyndaquil! You can do it!"

"Quil.." His Cyndaquil slowly makes it to her feet, before letting out a large squeak, as flames shoot out of her back, engulfing her in flames. She then jumps into the air, slamming into the opposing Gastly..

"Quil.." Cyndaquil sounds gassed as Nick reaches into his Pokéball pouch hanging off of his belt, pulling out an empty Pokéball. He presses the center button, enlarging it before throwing it at the Gastly. A red light engulfs the Gas Pokémon, as the Pokéball drops to the ground. Nick runs over to his Cyndaquil, picking her up off of the ground as he eyes the Pokéball as it shakes on the ground.

Once…

Twice..​

 

[{Swan}]

[ Hwang Feifei :: Chapter 3: The Abandoned House]

((Let's just say that Feifei's timeline's the last?))

"It looks kind if… dangerous" Feifei said doubtfully. Her and Huangju were standing in front of the rickety building. The walls are peeling and there's not much left of the paint job that once was. Overall it was a sad sight to behold.

"Are we really willing to put our safety on the line just for the sake of curiosity?" a look was shared between Feifei and Huangju. "Totally."

Feifei rummaged through her backpack and procured a flashlight. She cautiously entered the building- only to find out that it was fairly light inside. There were so many holes in the walls and roof that light poured in at irregular intervals. Inside nature had taken over. There was ivy climbing in through holes in the walls and what had formerly been the windows, and the darker places had moss growing over the wood. Rotten wood that had fallen down from the second floor was piled on the first. It smelled of rot and the air was musky and difficult to breathe.

It was awesome.

While Feifei walked cautiously (there were quite a few holes in the ground, she didn't feel like breaking a leg in one), Huangju bounded forward. Lighter and more agile than his human, he had a lot less to be afraid of. He climbed freely from the railing of the stairs to the remnants of a ceiling lamp, having the time of his life.

There was a skittering sound that startled Feifei, but its creators were nowhere in sight. It had sounded like it came from the walls themselves. She noticed the spider webs in every corner of the ruined house and shuddered involuntarily.

"Come on Feifei, you're braver than this. You're actually exploring an abandoned house, how cool is that?"

"Huangju?!" She called. "Huangju, where are you?" The monkey had disappeared from her view and she didn't like it. Exploring run down houses was all well in her theory, but the reality was scaring her. The bits of light that came in only seemed to amplify the shadows, and her flashlight wasn't helping very much. There kept being subtle sounds coming through the walls and she could swear she saw a floating skull for a moment! "Huangju, let's get back!"

No sign of Huangju though. Last she'd seen him he'd climbed back up the stairs and disappeared into the remnants of a hallway. The farmhouse was quite big, as farmhouses were prone to being. Step by precarious step Feifei ascended the stairs. She made sure to test each step first to see if it would take her weight, a few of them had already dropped any occupant. The wood was most certainly rotten. "Huangju? Huangju this is not funny, come back this instant!" Her voice shook and she didn't sound very threatening. It also didn't seem like the monkey was coming back on his own good behaviour. "Huangju I shall be very cross with you!"

There was a creak of a stair behind her and she swung her flashlight around wildly. There was nothing there. With a big sigh she went on, trying to stay as close to the walls as she could. That's where the floor would be the strongest, the holes were all further away from the structural outer wall.

She jumped. Was that a flicker of purpose in the distance? Another wild swing of her flashlight revealed nothing. "Breathe Feifei," she whispered to herself. "This is your imagination, there is nothing here."

Another flicker. Another nothing. Then, from the distance, a furious snarl. "Huangju?!" Her voice seemed to have gone up an octave. "Huangju was that you?" The white of a skull flickered just momentarily before it was gone again.

Suddenly a bright orange light flicked in a room just a few paces ahead. Feifei hurried to the doorway as fast as she could while still making sure she wouldn't fall through the floor. There, as she'd hoped, was Huangju and… a thing. A thing of lightly glowing purple gas. A thing with its tongue on her Chimchar.

Huangju was spitting fmall flames at the thing, but it clung on with its tongue on the side of Huangju's head. The monkey's skin rippled where the tongue touched it, a look of disgust clearly read on his face.

"Huangju! You're breathing fire!" A moment of absolutely pride went through Feifei before she remember the situation. She searched her bag blindly for the Pokédex and pointed it at the gas. A picture identical to the creature appeared on the screen. It was a Gastly.

It was evident that the fire (ember as Feifei found out) wasn't working because the ghost was licking Huangju's head, which was also where the fire came from. The Gastly had to be dislodged first. "Huangju, get him off with scratch!"

Huangju gave her a look saying "are you serious?" and used thunder punch instead. The first went right through the ghost but the sparks attached moved themselves through the gas freely. The ghost let out a cry and retracted its tongue at once.

"Now use ember!" Feifei instructed, a little annoyed that Huangju had disobeyed her order. He must have known best though, she knew that. He was a lot better at this by himself than Feifei was, but she had to learn. The monkey opened his mouth and let out several balls of fire. More of them hit the Gastly, who retreated into a corner, the rest of them hit the walls of the very wooden house. As one might imagine, they ignited

"Oh my god, oh my god," Feifei panicked as the fire spread throughout the wall. "Come on Huangju, we've got to go!" Smoke started to coat the ceilings already and the heat was unbearable. Chimchar bounded ahead of her, swinging from the side of thestairway to the lamp to the floor, he was by the entrance in a second. Feifei was much slower and clumsier.

No longer taking care of her step Feifei ran the length of the upper hallway. Before she could register what happened there was a lot CRACK and a searing pain in her leg. Her foot had gone through the rotting wood of the floor and some wood had. The wood had scraped open her leg and was lodged around it in such a way that it was stuck, The fire was gaining behind her, but that was the least of her worries. Thick smoke was gathering around her, penetrating her airways. In a spell of clear thinking she remember the school lessons on what to do in a fire. Thankful of the bagginess of her sweater she brought it up to cover her nose and mouth before using both arms to try and pry her leg loose. All around her the creatures that had been living in the house scattered.

Hordes of Spinarak hurried towards any creaks they could find. Ghosts were scattering too. The Gastly, however, seemed doubtful. It touched her leg with its tongue, which felt cold and incredibly unpleasant. She shivered violently. "Go away!" She made shooing motions with her hand. "Don't touch me!"

In the doorway, meanwhile, Huangju was having a fit. He was screeching in his monkey way, not knowing what to do. Instinct told him to run away, just because his type was fire didn't mean he couldn't perish in one, but loyalty told him to help his trainer. His uproar did catch someone else's attention though.

Through the smoke she could see a figure. "Here!" Feifei yelled through the sweater over her mouth. "Help me! I'm stuck!"

"Hold on, I'm coming!" The voice shouted back. There was some cursing as the owner of the voice stubbed his foot on the stairs. The flames were starting to get closer to Feifei now, but the stairway was still clear.

As the figure was struggling with getting up the stairs a glowing silver ball of gas appeared. Or, rather, reappeared. This glower was soft, but just enough to make out the contours of the stairs. The Gastly moved with the figure, staying just ahead to light the path.

"Where are you?" The figure called out, quite close now.

"Right here! Mind the holes, stay by the wall," she advised. She could see the figure clearer as he approached her –for it was indeed a he.

"Give me your hand," he held out his and she complied. He braced himself and gave one big pull and with another sharp pain her foot came loose from the boards. "Can you walk?"

"I can limp."

"That'll have to do." He put one arm over her shoulder to help support her and together they descended the stairs and out of the burning building. When they distanced themselves from the burning farmhouse by a few meters they both fell down into the grass, panting. Haungju leaped into Feifei's arms, hugging her tight.

"Sheesh, I love you too," she croacked, her voice hoarse by the smoke. She coughed and the stranger offered her some water, which she gulped down. She got a good look at him for the first time. He had a mess of brown curls, equally brown eyes, and skin on the dark side even without the black soot that stained it. He previously had his shirt over his nose and mouth to protect against the smoke but that was down now. He took the water back and drank quite a bit himself. He also looked quite a bit older than Feifei herself.

"Hi there," he said with a grin. "Edilio Esperanzo, pleased to meet you."

"Hwang Feifei, thank you for saving my life," she wanted to stand up to bow but her leg throbbed too much.

"Don't mention it, I wasn't about to just keep walking. In fact you have your Chimchar to thank, without him I wouldn't've known there was someone in there."

Feifei was about to say something back when she spotted the Gastly. It hung around in front of the farmhouse, unsure of what to do now that its habitat was in flames. It looked rather battered from the endeavor itself, or maybe from the battle with Huangju before that. Most of all, it looked lost.

"Edilio, how do Pokéballs work?"

He looked surprised, not believing anyone didn't know how they worked. "You just toss one, it does the rest. You're going to capture the Gastly?" Feifei nodded. "Good, it was mightly useful back there."

Feifei got a Pokéball from her bag and tossed it. She had terrible aim and the Pokéball was about a meter off-target. Luckily Gastly was the only Pokémon around and the ball swallowed him up, fell to the ground, and started shaking…

 

[Jake♫]

Cherrygrove City (1-2 Posts)​

Cherrygrove City: Just a pit stop on the way to Violet City. However, it's still a decently inhabited town. Not much has changed in the past 50 years as far as buildings go, but that doesn't mean it isn't worth your time to take a break here. The luscious coast line is great for relaxing, and I'm sure some of the locals wouldn't mind talking to some new trainers that are on their way to Violet City! Perhaps they have some pointers for you?

What you CAN do:
→ There's an old fisherman that's in the Pokémon Center that could really use some help. If you do him a favor (up to your discretion, but don't make it super short), he'd be willing to give you an Old Rod for your troubles!
→ If you do receive the Old Rod, you'll have a chance to capture some new Pokémon! If you do attempt it, leave the Pokéball shaking at the end of your post and I'll decide if you've caught it!
→ Take a look at the sights
→ Talk to anyone in town. If you have some good interactions maybe their might be some incentive behind it?

What you MUST do:
→ Make a stop in the Pokémon Center to heal, regardless if you're getting the Old Rod.
→ When you're done with whatever you want to do here, go to the entrance of Route 30.

Wild Pokémon here (by fishing):

Poliwag (Level 3-6)
Water Sport, Bubble

Wooper (Level 3-6)
Water Gun, Tail Whip, Mud Sport

@{Swan}:

Spoiler:

Without a home to return to Gastly didn't put up much of a fight.

Your new Gastly♀ is on Level 4 and knows Lick and Hypnosis! Haungju grew to level 9 and wants to learn Taunt! Would you like to replace something with it? Respond in the OOC thread.

@Century:

Spoiler:

First of all I suck for totally missing your post :c I'm sorry!

The ball shook and laid to a rest!

Your new Gastly is Level 4 and knows Lick and Hypnosis! Cyndaquil grew to Level 9!

 

[Somniac]

Ffion Caera - Cherrygrove

Ffion exhaled and wiped her hand across her forehead as she stepped from the rough pebble-strewn path of route 29 and onto the firm and clean paths of Cherrygrove city. The sun was now directly overhead and the refreshing breeze of the morning had subsided leaving the air still and warm. People walked to and fro enjoying the warm weather, if she had needed there would have been plenty of people for Ffion to ask for directions. This however was not necessary, the tall domed roof, painted a vibrant cherry red and the large sliding, glass doors made the Cherrygrove Pokécenter the most distinctive and easily recognizable building in the small city. Pleasantly surprised, and not having to resort to cornering a poor towns-person for interrogation, Ffion strode towards the Pokécenter.
Fully aware of how weary she was, as she had been for a while now, she welcomed the soft 'wooshing' sound the glass doors made as they parted for her automatically. The wall of cold, refreshing air that hit her once the doors had parted was even more welcome, and she approached the counter smiling despite her aching legs.

"Welcome to the Cherrygrove Pokécenter miss, how may I help you?" The nurse announced loudly, in a practiced tone that suggested that she said the exact same thing to everyone to walk through the doors.

"Just a check up please, for my Eevee. Oh and is there somewhere close I can get a drink" Ffion said, adding the later part as an afterthought.

Bella leaped onto the counter from her usual position as Ffion produced Bella's Pokéball and handed it to the nurse. Looking disapproving of this, she took the Pokéball gently and directed Ffion to the vending machines standing against a wall a few feet away. Judging by the nurse's reaction, not many trainers allowed their Pokémon to ride atop their backpack, with their front paws on top of their trainers head. Ffion cared little, she had already decided she was much more in favor of keeping Bella out of her Pokeball, unless Bella objected of course. Pokemon were to be both friends and companions for Ffion's adventures, and what use is having companions if they're in Pokéballs all the time.
Whilst Ffion waited for Bella to be checked over and healed, she walked over to the vending machine and set her backpack on the floor. Organization wasn't a strong point of Ffion's and so she had to unpack half of her bag before she managed to find the worn leather wallet which housed her loose change. The mechanical clatter of the coins entering the machine was harsh and jarring in the still silence of the Pokécenter. Wondering if it was always this quiet, she bought a bottle of water and stood in silence, sipping from it occasionally.

"Excuse me young lady?" breaking the odd silence, the voice spoke from beside Ffion.

Jumping slightly and dribbling water down her chin in the process, Ffion turned towards the voice to find an elderly and kind looking man. He was taller than her, and stooped slightly as he leaned on a walking stick. His face was lined and his skin was lightly tanned. Due to this, Ffion guessed that in his youth the man spent a lot of time outdoors. She wiped the water off her chin and replaced the lid on the water-bottle to avoid any farther accidents.

"Uh... Hi. I mean, Can I help you?" Ffion blurted out, still slightly alarmed by the sudden appearance of this old man.

The old man motioned to a table close by and the two of them sat. He began reminiscing about his past, in which he had apparently been both an able trainer and an adept fisher. Ffion suspected he had also been a ninja, or an assassin. Her mind could think of no other explanation for him managing to creep up on her so stealthily. In reality, she had been daydreaming and he had been stood there the entire time, but Ffion was not to know that. She often daydreamed. Very often.
Slightly bemused by the man's ramblings and cautiously looking around to ensure that there were no more inexplicably stealthy pensioners lurking around, Ffion listened, making sure to look as interested as she could for the sake of politeness.

"....And that is why I came to you my dear! You're a trainer, obviously. I've been waiting here all day for someone to turn up! Oh... how this town used to be so busy! Nothing like Goldenrod of course... I went there don't you know? When I was a trainer... Ah so long ago. Hmm where was I? Oh yes! I'm far too old to battle now, and all my Pokémon are too, we enjoy a comfortable life now. Hmm, but the thing is, I have a grandson. He's a little younger than you at a guess, and he wants to become a trainer. I need someone like you to help me show him what a real battle is like. I want him to see a battle first hand before he becomes a trainer, to prepare him!." The old man spoke slowly, and at times seemed distant as if he were trying to remember some far off place. After a moments pause in which he neither said nor did anything at all, he began to speak again;

"Oh, naturally I wouldn't ask you to do this for nothing. Oh no no, I still have a few of my old Fishing rod's left, and if you would help me then I think I could happily part with one of them. Well well, It could work out nicely actually. If I fish up a Pokémon, you can watch and learn how to fish first hand! Once I've got a bite, I'll reel it in and you can battle it! My young Sammy will see a battle first hand as well. You can catch some rare Pokémon fishing don't you know? Hmm... well then I think this old man's spoken far long enough; what do you have to say m'girl?" The old man stopped speaking, and had somehow managed to obtain all of Ffion's usually skittish attention span.

Ffion thought this odd. Usually she could hardly keep her own attention in check, and this stranger had managed to enthrall her with nothing but talking about his past. She thought to herself that his uncanny knack for storytelling was [/b]'probably something he had learned during his time at ninja-school'[/b]. She considered the offer, It was a good offer really. The battle would be valuable experience for Bella, and she could even catch a new Pokémon. In addition to that, she would gain a fishing rod and learn how to use it as well...

"Oh kayad ovtwo." Ffion paused for a second to let her brain catch up with her mouth and then repeated in a slower voice; "I mean, OK. I'd love to help you out."

The nurse returned and Bella ran over to Ffion enthusiastically. Once the nurse had returned Bella's Pokéball and ensured Ffion that she was an entirely healthy specimen of an Eevee, the two of them headed back out into the stifling warmth of the midday sun.

Ffion recounted everything to Bella, as they walked towards the beach. The old man had said he would meet her on the pier, and had gone off to get his grandson. Once they reached the start of the beach, Ffion removed her boots and socks, placing them in her bag. The sand was hot, but still pleasant to walk on. Spotting two lonely figures on the pier, Ffion walked over to them. The young boy had been dangling his legs over the edge of the pier, and his grandfather was telling him off in a caring manner.

"Don't know what Pokémon are in that water boy, you'll lose a toe like that!" He chuckled as he talked but the boy looked slightly alarmed.

After the elderly man had introduced Ffion and his grandson Sammy, and explained everything he needed to he cast his fishing rod into the water. The float landed with a small splash, and the three of them waited.
After 5 minutes, there had been nothing. Ffion was happy to just relax in the sun, and Bella was peering at her reflection in the water. Sammy stared intently at the float.

"It moved it moved, pull it in pull it in!" Sammy cried excitedly.

The experienced fisherman, although elderly had responded before Sammy even called. He was reeling the Pokémon in at a surprising speed. The water surface broke and a small blue Pokémon flew out and onto the pier.
Ffion sprang into action; first she whipped out her Pokédex and flipped it open pointing it at the bemused looking Pokémon.

"Wooper - When the temperature cools in the evening, they emerge from water to seek food along the shore." The Pokédex chimed instantly.

Ffion replaced the Pokédex in her pocket and began to speak confidently.

"Alright Sammy, you watching closely? scanned it with my Pokédex so I know what it is. Now Bella, hit it with a tackle attack!"

Bella jumped forward and sped at the Wooper who tried to waddle sideways out of the charging Eevee's path. The tackle only half connected, and the Wooper span on the spot as a result, and fell down. Bella shook herself and readied another tackle, as the Wooper happily cried 'Woo' and then spat a long jet of water at Bella with a 'Perrr'. Caught off guard by the unexpected attack Bella landed on her side, taking the full force of the watergun to her flank. Rolling out of the way she launched herself in another tackle, and this one connected fully.
The Wooper tumbled backwards over itself a few times, and cried in shock. Hoisting itself to it's feet laboriously, the Wooper waddled to the edge of the pier as quickly as it's injured body could carry it, and jumped off happily.

Slightly annoyed that yet another Pokémon had managed to escape from a battle so easily, Ffion decided that she would take steps in the future to cut off escape routes. However, Ffion's annoyance didn't last. She had learned a valuable lesson, and would be prepared for next time. Sammy was overjoyed and recounted the battle as fast as he could to his grandfather with "It was like, wow, and then bam!" and other such details. Chuckling happily Sammy's grandfather thanked Ffion profusely. After a little conversation Sammy and his grandfather left, leaving Ffion with an old, but well looked after collapsible fishing rod. The rod was a composite of metal and wood, with a green handle made from some sort of binding. Ffion tied it to her backpack, she would have plenty of time to use it later on.

A few minutes passed, and Ffion decided that now that they were alone, she could finally do what she had wanted to do since she first walked into Cherrygrove. She removed her leather jacket and green vest, and pulled a light-blue bikini top from her bag, she changed into the bikini top, but left her brown cargo-shorts on as they would dry quickly enough in then dived off the pier into the cool refreshing water.

"Haha, wow this is great" She called to Bella, who remained on the pier, watching in curiosity.

After putting a paw into the water, Bella decided against joining her trainer, and lay down on the pier in the warm sun.

Spoiler:

 

[Jake♫]

@Somniac:

Spoiler:

The old man is very appreciate for showing his kid a battle so he gave you an Old Rod!

Bella grew to level 12!