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Post by fattymccatcat on Aug 19, 2018 16:49:34 GMT
After about five hours of trudging through the woods, the trees thin and we step out of the forest.
Stretching before us is a large grassy plain, that continues far into the distance and towering over us is the mountain known as Oreburgh gate.
“Only a little longer till we reach the mountain” ruche says
“I’m just glad to be out of the forest” I say stretching a little.
Scarlett runs out onto the field, also happy to be out of the forest.
We walk through the grass toward the mountain for about two hours, the sun beating down on us.
“Ugh, its so hot all of a sudden” I say unbuttoning my vest and taking my tie off.
I look over at Sasha who seems fine despite wearing such heavy dark clothing, I look over at Ruche, who seems to be sweating a little as he’s looking at my vest.
“I’ve been meaning to ask, why a suit vest and tie?” Ruche asks
“i just like how it looks” I say taking a sip of my water
Ruche nods and then seems to think of something and takes out his sketchbook.
Im about to ask him what he’s doing but get distracted by a tree in the distance, the only tree we have seen in hours.
We walk over and take a break in the shade.
After about twenty minutes I’m finally cooled down
Ruche has been sketching since we sat down, I get curious
“What are you drawing?” I ask
“Its a secret” ruche says with a devious smile.
“Okay, hey Sasha wanna have a battle?” I ask turning to sasha
“Sure” she says
We walk out onto the field and Sasha summons buneary.
“Scarlett, you're up” I say and Scarlett jumps forward ready to battle.
Battle set
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Battle start!
“Scarlett iron head” I say
Scarlett glows a metallic white and kicks off the ground flying toward buneary
“Bounce” Sasha says
Buneary dives forward into a handspring and uses her ears to launch herself into the air right as iron head was about to hit
Scarlett stops as buneary starts to fall into a downward kick toward scarlett
“Iron head straight up!” I yell
Scarlett looks confused for a second and then starts so glow again, mustering all her leg strength she jumps upward and collides with buneary
They both tumble onto the field but quickly scramble to their feet.
“Pound” Sasha says and buneary charges at Scarlett
“Bite” I yell
Buneary closes in and punches Scarlett across the face with her ear as Scarlett’s jaws wrap around and clamp down around buneary who yells in pain
“Throw it upward!” I say and Scarlett spins gaining momentum and tosses buneary upward
“Iron head upward again” I say
“Defence curl” Sasha says
Buneary curls into a ball as Scarlett starts glowing and jumps, smashing into buneary sending it upward and then crashing down onto the field
Buneary doesn’t get up.
“You did it Scarlett” I say running over and picking her up, she’s panting heavily and smiles up at me.
Sasha walks over to buneary and picks her up
“Bun” buneary says with a sigh
“Its okay, you did great” Sasha says putting buneary back into its pokeball.
We walk over to the shade and rest for another ten minutes
Ruche finally puts his sketchbook away and we set off once more
We walk for a few more hours and right as the sun is about to set, we reach the base of the mountain and set up camp for the night.
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Post by fattymccatcat on Aug 20, 2018 17:41:14 GMT
We wake up early, have breakfast, then set out to find the caves entrance
After we manage to find it ruche pulls out his pokenav
“Alright, its pretty much a straight shot through to Oreburgh, probably a forty five minute walk” ruche says looking a bit nervous
I look over at Sasha and her face doesn’t show anything as usual but she’s fiddling with her necklace more than usual.
“Oh right, caves are pretty bad for you both huh, but don’t worry, scarlett and i will fight off whatever comes at us” I say puffing out my chest trying to lighten the mood.
They still seem a bit tense, but we enter the cave anyway.
Scarlett gets excited and a runs ahead a little.
“Be carful” I yell after her
Ruche and Sasha are quietly walking behind me, as we walk deeper into the cave the light from the entrance fades and it starts getting dark, luckily there are strings of lights hanging on the walls, and they stretch the entire length of the cave.
Scarlett’s running around and inspecting everything with a big smile
“I guess that’s to be expected, Mawile are cave dwelling pokemon after all” ruche says quietly
“Oh, I didn’t know that” I say
After about twenty minutes we reach a fork in the road, one path goes straight and one goes to the left.
The left path is dark and there’s a sign in the middle of the path
“Oreburgh Gate Depths closed due to broken generator - entry prohibited by ranger union until further notice”
As we turn to continue down the illuminated path a roar echoes down the tunnel from the darkened path, its so loud some dirt from the ceiling gets jostled loose
I notice Sasha has stopped moving, she probably had the same thought as me, that pokemon must be pretty big to roar that loud
“Sasha-” I start to say but get cut off by a new sound
The sound of numerous wings flapping erratically
I take out my flashlight and point it down the darkened path
A huge hoard of zubat’s are flying frantically toward us.
Ruche’s eyes widen and he starts shaking
I grab Sasha an Ruche’s arms and drag them along
“Run!” I yell
All four of us starts sprinting down the pathway and we can hear the hoard getting closer and closer.
As I’m running I see a small indent in the cave wall and I toss ruche, Sasha and Scarlett inside, they barely fit, so I cover them all with my body as best i can as the hoard fly’s past.
a few zubats hit me and bounce off, but continue flying.
After a few moments the hoard passes by us and I stand up, and make sure they are all gone, there isnt a single zubat in sight.
However ruche is still panicking.
“Ruche! They’re gone” I say trying to calm him down but he doesn’t seem to hear me
I hit the button on riolu pokeball and riolu pops out and starts holdng ruches hand
it seems to work a little
After about five minutes Ruche’s calmed down enough to move again.
“You good? We can take a few more minutes” I say a bit worried
“I’m… I’m fine. Thanks for worrying and… for protecting us” ruche says a bit embarrassed
“Thank you” Sasha says
“Anytime guys” I say with a smile
We continue down the path until we notice its getting brighter, then the exit comes into view and we sprint to the exit
As soon as we leave the cave the town comes into view.
“so that’s Oreburgh” I say
Ruche pulls out his pokenav
“Oreburgh city, a vibrant and energetic mining town, Its a tiered city, on the highest tier is a large factory, and the pokemon gym, the next tier seems to be buildings like the pokemon center, the museum, and shops, and the lowest tier seems to be mostly residential, surrounding the whole town is a field filled with boulders and rocks that roll down the mountain” ruche says
“It looks like the tunnel put us just outside town” I say
We walk into town and head straight for the pokemon center
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Post by fattymccatcat on Aug 20, 2018 17:47:50 GMT
We stroll through the lowest tier of the city which is full of beautiful houses made of cobblestone and up into the middle tier
We find and walk into the pokemon center and up to the counter where nurse joy is talking to a chansey.
Nurse joy turns to us and smiles as the chansey runs off
“How may I help you three today?” Nurse joy asks
“We need a room and a check up for our Pokemon” I say as we all scan our trainer cards into the system
Nurse joy types something into her computer and smiles
“There’s an empty room you three can stay in, its room four” nurse joy says handing each if us a key
A chansey walks over pushing a cart and we all put our pokeballs on it, I also put Scarlett on the cart and chansey wheels them away
“The checkup should be done soon, I’ll ring your room when they are ready” nurse joy says
We walk through the lobby and into the lounge, then into our room and unpack.
Sasha takes the left bunk bed and ruche and I take the right.
“I’ll be right back, I have to make a call” ruche says leaving the room
“What do you plan on doing next?” Sasha asks
“I don’t see a reason I shouldn’t just challenge the gym right away” I say
“Don’t you need three pokemon for a gym battle?” Sasha asks
“What? Is that true?” I ask worried when ruche walks in with a big smile on his face
He sits at the chair by the desk between the bunk beds
“So the guy I have to deliver the package to is busy today” ruche says happily
“Cool, hey do I need three pokemon for a gym battle?” I ask
“Well, normally yes, but if its your very first gym battle, then the gym leader uses two pokemon, its to help new trainers get used to the gym system, because every gym has its own rules it can be a bit overwhelming” ruche explains
“Why do you know so much about gyms?” I ask
Ruche laughs and right as he’s about to answer a speaker in the corner of the room let’s out a melody
“I guess our pokemon are ready” ruche says getting up
We head to the lobby and gather our pokemon and head out into oreburgh
“Looks like the gym isn’t open until noon” ruche says looking at his pokenav
“Let’s look around town” Sasha says
“Yeah!” I say
“Maw!” Scarlett says excited
“Where should we go first?” Ruche asks
“Oh! Does this town have a egg shop?” I ask
Ruche scrolls through his pokenav
“Yeah, there’s one here on the second tier” ruche says
We walk through town enjoying the scenery, the town smells of wet dirt and the black stone paths that weave through town are beautiful.
We reach the egg shop and walk in, the inside of the shop is drastically different from the scenery outside, the walls and floor are white, lining the walls are shelves, each filled with pokemon eggs sitting inside incubators, on the shelf under each incubator is a small blank piece of metal.
A girl smiles at us from behind the counter and waves us over.
“Hello, you three looking to learn about egg shops?” She says
“Yes, but I’m also here to take one with me if I see one I like” I say
“Oh well then, let’s first explain how this works. Every egg here was bred by various pokemon breeders across sinnoh and distributed to these shops, they’re kept in incubators, and cared for everyday by the breeders who run the shops” she says pointing to herself and smiling
“What happens to the ones that hatch without being bought” Sasha asks
“They are released into the wild, we find out where their natural habitats are and take them there to be with pokemon like themselves” she says
“How much is an egg anyway?” Ruche asks curiously
“Every egg is $7000 no matter what’s inside, once the egg hatches, if you take the incubator back to any egg shop you will get $700, and under every incubator, on the shelf, is a plate that says what each egg will hatch into, but they are covered for the people who want to keep it a mystery” she explains joyfully
Once she Finish’s explaining I stroll around the shop, there’s so many eggs, yellow ones, red ones, striped ones, each one a different pattern than the next, but none of them jump out at me.
“Yeah, there isn’t really any that I feel like getting here, I’ll save the voucher for a different shop” I say to Sasha and ruche
We say farewell to the lady and leave the store.
“Alright, where to next?” I ask
“How about we head to the third tier, I want to see the whole town from above” ruche says
“That sounds nice” Sasha says
“Great! Let’s go” I say getting excited
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Post by fattymccatcat on Aug 20, 2018 17:55:08 GMT
We reach the stairs that lead up to the third tier and start climbing
This flight of stairs is three times longer than the set leading up to the second tier of oreburgh
“Wow this is a lot of stairs” I say as we’re climbing
“Apparently its to keep the noise from the factory and mine as far from the residential area as possible” ruche says
After about ten minutes we reach the top and look around, the floor is mostly stone, no paths like the second tier
We turn around and see the entire city sprawled out beneath us, the field full of boulders stretching into the distance leading into some forests and beyond that the mountain range.
I take my camera and snap a few shots.
“You know, its much prettier at sunset” a voice says from behind us
I turn and see a man with red hair wearing a miners helmet and he’s covered in dirt
“I might have to come back later then” I say
“Sorry for disturbing you, I got curious when I saw a Mawile, I’m roark” he says shaking my hand
“I’m dakota, this is Sasha, ruche, and my partner Scarlett” I say gesturing to everyone
“Well, nice to meet you all, what brings you to Oreburgh” Roark asks
“I’m here to challenge the gym, you work here right? Do you know the gym leader?” I ask
Roark laughs and I see ruche stifle a laugh too
“Yeah, we go way back” roark says smiling
“What kind of pokemon does he use?” I ask
“Its a rock type gym, would you me to show you the way to the gym?” Roark asks
“Sure!” I say
“Great! Follow me” roark says walking off
I notice ruche is grinning ear to ear as we walk
“What’s up with you?” I ask confused
“No, its nothing” ruche says stifling another laugh
We walk for a few minutes and reach a peculiar building
It looks like the gym was carved into an extremely large stone with a flat top, atop the entrance sits the gym logo signifying that this is an official gym
“Well, there it is” roark says
“Thanks roark” I say
“Your welcome, well I have somewhere I need to be, good luck with your gym battle” roark say
“Thanks!” I say waving goodbye to roark who walks off
We walk into the gym and a man with green hair stands from behind the counter
“Hello! I’m Ian, Welcome to Oreburgh gym, are you-” ian says but gets cut off by the phone ringing
“Sorry” he says picking up the phone
He looks confused for a second and then smiles and hangs up
“Sorry about that, so which one of you is the challenger?” Ian asks
“Me, its my first ever gym battle” I say
He nods and walks out from behind the counter
“This way, the gym leader is ready for you” ian says leading us through the gym
We walk through some double doors and into a very large room.
In a recessed floor about twenty feet deep is the battle field outlined in chalk, its filled with jagged rock pillars and boulders, the roof above the field is open, and surrounding the pit are rows of benches for spectators.
Ruche and Sasha sit down on a bench as Scarlett and i descend down to the field with ian
“Where’s the gym leader?” I ask
“Right here” I hear a familiar voice yell out from the other side of the field
Out from behind a rock steps Roark with a big grin on his face and he steps into the trainer box
“Welcome challenger, Im Roark, the Oreburgh city gym leader, and one who proudly walks down the path of a rock type trainer” Roark announces happily
“Well, i guess that’s why ruche was laughing, I’ll have to get him back for this” I say a bit embarrassed
“Ha ha, sorry it just seemed too good to pass up, usually challengers look up everything about the gym before challenging it” roark says
“Where’s the fun in that” I say
“So shall we get started then” ian says standing in the center of the Field
“Yeah, oh wait no, do you use any really big pokemon? My friend is scared of them and I’d like to warn her” I ask
“Yes i do, an onix” roark says
I run over to the padded wall and call up to sasha, she looks down over the wall
“Yes?” she asks
“He uses an onix, I figured I’d warn you” I say
“Thank you for your concern, I have been working on a solution and will give it a try” she say
“Okay” I say running back to the trainer box
“You ready for this Scarlett?” I ask
“Mawile” she replays with a nod and a big smile
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Post by fattymccatcat on Aug 20, 2018 17:59:14 GMT
“This match will be two on two, and only the challenger can make substitutions, do you understand?” Ian asks
“Yeah” I say
Roark summons his first pokemon, and I take out my pokedex
Geodude - The Rock Pokemon - Rock/Ground - Found in fields and mountains, people often mistake them for boulders. They slam against other geodude in a contest of hardness, and the longer one lives the rounder and smoother they become. It sleeps half buried in the ground and won’t wake even if accidentally stepped on by hikers.
I put the pokedex away
“You’re up chimchar” I say tossing his premier ball.
Chimchar appears on the field ready to fight
“I’ll let you go first” roark says
Battle set
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Battle start!
“Chimchar use ember” I say
Chimchar shoots a flurry of small flames from his mouth towards geodude
“Geodude use hidden power” roark says
geodude launches many small green spheres of energy and they fly and smash into the small flames dispersing them
“Geodude, rollout” roark says
Geodude tucks into a ball and starts rolling towards Chimchar at a high speed
“Chimchar get behind a pillar” I yell and Chimchar darts behind a stone
Geodude plows through the stone like its nothing and slams into Chimchar knocking him down and rolling off
Before Chimchar can climb to its feet geodude smashes into him again, and then again, and then once more, this time knocking him into the air
Chimchar falls to the ground and doesn’t get up
“Chimchar is unable to battle, geodude is the winner” ian announces
I return Chimchar to its premier ball
“Rollout’s a move that gets stronger every time it hits” roark says as geodude rolls back to its side of the field
“Alright, Scarlett, you’re up” I say
Scarlett nods and runs out onto the field
Battle set
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Battle start!
“Geodude rollout!” Roark says as geodude speeds toward scarlett
“Scarlett, iron head!” I yell
Scarlett glows a metallic white as she kicks off the ground and fly’s as the spinning geodude
“Hmm?” roark says to himself
Scarlett and geodude collide and both pokemon fly backwards
“Great, he stopped rolling! Use iron head again” I yell
Scarlett glows again and fly’s toward geodude
“Geodude, catch it and use seismic toss” roark says
Scarlett collides with geodude and it winces in pain as it clamps its arms around Scarlett
“Maw!?” Scarlett says surprised
Geodude launches high into the air with Scarlett.
as they start to fall geodude begins spinning at a high speed
“Quick, use fairy wind at the ground, maybe it will cushion your fall” I yell
Scarlett jaws open and start blowing a stream of pink glittery wind
As geodude spins the fairy wind creates a spinning vortex and creates a pink glittery twister blocking our view of the pokemon
“What!?” Roark and I yell
Both pokemon get flung from the twister and it dissipates, geodude crashes into a rock spire and Scarlett falls to the ground
After a moment Scarlett slowly climbs to her feet while geodude doesn’t get up
“Geodude is unable to battle, Mawile is the winner” ian announces
“Well that was surprising” roark says returning geodude to its pokeball
“You’re telling me” I say just as suprised
“Are you good to keep going Scarlett?” I ask
Scarlett is breathing heavily but gives a thumbs up
“Let’s go onix” roark says tossing his pokeball
A gigantic pokemon make of rock suddenly towers over us
I look ever at Sasha worried but start to laugh
I see buneary standing on her shoulder wrapping its ears around Sasha’s head, blocking her eyes and ears
“THAT’S her solution?!” I say laughing
I take out my pokedex
Onix - The Rock Snake Pokemon - Rock/Ground - It burrows underground at 50mph in search of food, the tunnels it leaves become homes to diglett and other cave pokemon. It has a magnet in its brain that acts as a compass so that it doesn’t get lost while burrowing at high speeds. As it grows older it gets increasingly rounder and smoother.
I put my pokedex away
“You can do it Scarlett” I say
Battle set
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Battle start!
“Onix slam!” Roark says
Onix sweeps its tail across the field with amazing speed and sends Scarlett flying into a rock
She staggers to her feet for a moment but collapses immediately
“Mawile is unable to battle! Onix is the winner and the match goes to Roark the gym leader!” Ian announces
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Post by fattymccatcat on Aug 20, 2018 18:03:47 GMT
Roark returns onix to its pokeball and I go and scoop up scarlett, ian runs over and does some quick first aid on my pokemon
Roark walks over
“That was a good battle for a first attempt” he says
“Thanks” I say a bit disappointed
“Don’t be down, you just haven’t trained enough, If you want I can tell you some of the places you need to focus on” roark says
“Sure, i I won’t turn down help” I say
“Okay, first, do you know what your Pokemon’s abilities are?” Roark asks
“Abilities?” I ask
“Each and every pokemon has an innate ability, take my onix for instance, its ability is rock head, it makes it so it doesn’t take damage from moves that would normally hurt its opponent as well as itself, so you should look into their abilities with the pokedex, some are constant and some need to be activated by the pokemon” roark explains
“Next, you are using iron head wrong, the way you two use it the power and accuracy is being cut in half” roark says
“Maw!?” Scarlett says in a shocked tone
“While using iron head you should stay firmly planted on the ground instead of using energy to kick off the ground and fly through the air, if your running on the ground you can make quick directional changes, and since you’re on the ground, once the attack lands you will have more leverage behind the attack” roark says
“Now, there’s plenty of places to train around here, some people go out into the field of boulders that surround the town, some people go into the depths of Oreburgh gate, and some even go into the mines with proper supervision” roark says
“Oreburgh gate depths huh” I say
“Yeah there’s a beautiful subterranean lake down there, it would be a great place to train and take some photos, but its closed right now because the generator is down” roark says
“I can deal with a bit of darkness, I’ll bring a flashlight” I say
“You will need a lot more than that, dont underestimate caves… tell you what, meet me at the ranger base tomorrow morning at seven. I’ll go with you to ask for permission to enter the depths, but if they say no, then promise me you will find somewhere else to train” roark says sternly
“Thank you very much!” I say
“Great, I’ll see you tomorrow” roark says with a smile
Ian leads us back to the entrance to the gym
We exit the gym and start walking toward the stairs down to the second tier
I’m still carrying Scarlett as we head down the stairs
“That was tougher than I thought” I say suddenly
“Yeah, gym leaders are crazy strong” ruche says
“I wasn’t prepared at all, and after this one i have to face three of their strongest pokemon?”
“Yep” ruche replys
There’s a moment of silence
“Thanks for recommending this ruche” I say with a smirk
“Your welcome” ruche says with a smile
We reach the second tier and head to the pokemon center and I check in my pokemon, sasha and ruche go to our room while i head out to buy the supplies for tomorrows adventure.
When I get back I put my supplies under my bed, sasha is making some pokemon food at the desk while ruche is reading a book on his bed.
I head back into the lounge and into the communication center.
I sit down at the table and type in my home phone number.
It rings a few times and mom picks up
“Hey mom” I say
“Hi sweetie! Where are you?” Mom asks
“Oreburgh” I say
“Oreburgh!? You sure move fast.” She says
“Yeah, I kinda made a beeline straight here, I kinda regret it. I should have taken my time and trained properly” I say a bit dejected
“ i see, you always were a bit excitable, other than that though how was your first week as a trainer?” She asks
“Well, I caught a Chimchar, I’m doing the gym challenge, and I’m traveling with some friends, so pretty good, You remember sasha right?” I ask
“Oh yes, the cute quiet one who’s good at sneaking up on people, good for you” she says with a smirk
“I also met this guy named ruche, we’re only traveling together for a little while though but…” I trail off
“What the matter?” Mom asks
“Well, I can tell he wants to travel the world, he looks so sad sometimes when he talks about going home, I want him to travel with us, but he must have his own circumstances, I don’t know if I should butt in” I say
“Yeah that sounds like you, whenever you see someone sad or in trouble you can’t help but charge in, at least you held yourself back this time” mom says with a laugh
“Very helpful, thanks” I say rolling my eyes
“Listen, until he opens up to you about it the best you can do is make the time you have left together fun and memorable” she says
“Yeah, I guess” I say
“So, how’s dad?” I ask
“He’s okay, he’s almost done examining the ruins in Hoenn and should be home next week” she says with a smile
“That’s great, give him my love next time he calls” I say
“I will, love you” she says
“Love you too” I say
"Oh, and good luck with sasha” mom says with a wink and hangs up
I sigh and head back to the room and lay down, I set my alarm for tomorrow and go to sleep.
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Post by fattymccatcat on Aug 21, 2018 17:12:52 GMT
My alarm goes off and I get up and shower, then sneak out of the room with my bag and into the lounge and have breakfast.
Then I head out into the empty lobby and up the counter
Behind the counter is a chansey
“Uh, can I get my pokemon?” I ask scanning my pokedex
“Chansey!” It says with a nod
It slowly types something into the computer with its tiny hands.
Its adorable.
A few moments later another chansey wheels a sleepy Scarlett and a premier ball out on a cart.
“Thanks” I say to the chansey clicking the pokeball onto my belt and picking Scarlett up.
I exit the pokemon center, the sun is barley up and the town is bathed in a pale blue light, the cold mountain air makes it so I can see my breath.
I take out my pokenav and find a map of Oreburgh and find directions to the ranger base.
After about ten minutes of walking we get there a few minutes before the meeting time.
“Scarlett, wake up” I say because she had fallen back asleep in my arms
She fusses a bit and after some work I get her to wake up and I set her down.
Roark walks up
“Good morning you two” roark says
“Good morning” I say
“Mawile” Scarlett says with a wave while yawning
Roark laughs and we enter the ranger base
Its bight and warm inside, and like the pokemon center, completely empty.
“Are… They closed?” I ask
“More like… Understaffed” roark says hesitently
A booming laugh echo’s through the building
“Now don’t go giving the lad the wrong impression roark” a man stepping from out of a corridor says
The man is portly with a scruffy beard and he is wearing a ranger uniform
“We’re not understaffed per say, its just the few rangers we have are out on missions” he says in an amazingly deep voice
“Ha ha, I know I know, Dakota this is Cobb, one of the highest ranking rangers in sinnoh” roark says
“Nice to meet you” I say
“Maw!” Scarlett says waving
“Nice to meet you both, what can I do for you today?” Cobb asks eyeing me over
“Well…” Roark starts to say
“Oh this should be good. What is it this time roark?” Cobb says
“No, its nothing really, Dakota just wants to go down into the depths to train and take some pictures” roark says with a smile
“Oh is that all? Well, then the answers no” Cobb says with a smile
“What why!?” I ask
“I can tell that you have never been in a cave before, you seem to be underestimating how dangerous it is, especially now that the generator is down, its so dark you can’t even see your hand when its an inch from of your face” cobb says
“I know i have to be careful, and as for the dark i brought a flash light, and even some glow sticks for my pokemon to wear” I say gesturing to my bag
“Yeah, that’s the other problem, you are all packed and ready to go, you have all the supplies you think you will need, which means you were planning on going no matter what I said” Cobb says sternly
I freeze for a moment and then shake it off
“You got me” I say
“Dakota…” Roark says shaking his head
“Kids these days, no respect for a keep out sign” Cobb says with a sigh
“Im sorry, but when I heard subterranean lake I decided I was was going no matter what, I promise I’ll be careful” I say
Cobb sighs.
“Sorry about this” roark says to cobb
“No, I’m glad you brought him, better than him just wandering down there” Cobb says walking over to the counter and picking up a microphone
“Mayce! Report to the front desk immediately, you have a mission” Cobb says rubbing the bridge of his nose
“Sorry roark” I say feeling a bit guilty
“Its fine, I shouldn’t have mentioned the lake to a photographer” roark says with a laugh
“Just… Be careful okay?” Roark says
“I will” I say
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Post by fattymccatcat on Aug 21, 2018 17:20:38 GMT
The elevator in the corner of the room opens and out walks a girl about my age, short black hair and sharp eyes, she’s wearing a ranger uniform and following behind her is a pokemon I’ve never seen before
I take out my pokedex
Meditite - The Meditate Pokemon - Fighting/Psychic - Meditite heightens its inner energy through meditation. It survives on just one berry every day. Minimal eating is another aspect of this Pokemon’s training, by enduring its hunger its spirit is tempered and made sharper. As it heightens its spiritual power it begins to levitate.
She and meditite stand at attention in front of Cobb, not even glancing our way.
“I’m sending you out on your first mission” Cobb says
“Finally” she says
Cobb sighs
“Your mission is two parts. First, try and fix the generator in Oreburgh mine, a new generator is arriving in a few days but I’ve decided to send you down there to try and get the old one up and running” Cobb explains
“Understood!” Mayce says
“The second part…” Cobb sighs
“The second part is, this young man wants to go into the depths and take some pictures, you are to escort him down there, however, if you can’t get the generator running, you are to drag him back to the surface if necessary” Cobb says
Mayce looks over at us and I wave enthusiastically
Mayce looks disgusted
“Why do I have to babysit this guy? Cant he just go down there once the generators fixed?” Mayce says in a displeased tone
“Mayce I’ve given you your mission, you set off in an hour, go get prepared” Cobb says in an annoyed tone
Mayce walks over to the elevator and steps inside, as the door closes she glares at me.
“She seems nice” I say trying to lighten the mood
Cobb sighs again
“I wasn’t planning on sending her on any missions until she fixed her attitude, but looks like that plans out the window. Dakota look, if she can’t get the generator running…” Cobb starts to say
“I promise I will come right back, I’m not here to be difficult, I just got a bit excited about having a cave adventure, I’m sorry” I say genuinely feeling a bit bad about how this went down
Roark looks at his watch
“Oh, this went a bit longer that I thought, I have to go” Roark says
Roark says his farewells and leaves
“So, anything I should know about the caves?” I ask
Cobb nods and we sit down at the table
“Well, the Oreburgh depths are pretty nice as far as caves go, there’s a beautiful underground lake, and most of it usually has lighting, so its good for a first time spelunker, but that’s when there’s light” Cobb explains
“What about the pokemon? Any dangerous ones? I heard a roar as I was passing by yesterday, it shook the caves pretty good” I ask
“the pokemon in there are pretty friendly, the only problem would be if you angered the boss pokemon of the area while your down there” Cobb says
“What’s a boss pokemon?” I ask
“You don’t know? A boss pokemon is a ridiculously strong pokemon that rules over an area. They aren’t usually this close to a town because they usually rule over an area where people seldom go, such as a forest or a cave system, they look over the weaker pokemon in their territory and help protect the area in general. They are so strong that even the champions would have difficulties dealing with one, they started appearing after the tragedy” Cobb says
“Tragedy?” I ask confused
Cobbs eyes go wide
“Uh, its nothing. Anyway the boss pokemon for Oreburgh depths is a golem, make sure to run if you see it” Cobb says standing up and excusing himself
Twenty minutes pass and I get bored sitting in this empty lobby, Scarlett’s even fallen asleep again.
I take out my pokenav and text Sasha and ruche that I may not be back tonight, and let them know about the generator and the whole situation
After about twenty minutes the elevator opens and Mayce and meditite walk out.
Mayce is carrying a tool box and has a backpack on
“Let’s go” Mayce says coldly
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Post by fattymccatcat on Aug 21, 2018 17:26:04 GMT
We quietly walk through the second tier or Oreburgh and quickly reach the stairs and start descending them
“By the way, my names Dakota and this is my partner Scarlett” I say as we reach the bottom of the stairs
“Mayce” she says
A few moments of silence later meditite turns to us
“Meditite” he says with a smile
“Nice to meet you meditite” I say
“Mawile” Scarlett says
“Keep up!” Mayce yells from way ahead of us
Meditite sighs
“Medi” meditite says in an apologetic tone
We jog to catch up to mayce and silently walk through the first tier and out of town.
We reach the caves opening and I take a package out of my bag
“What are you doing?” Mayce says with a sigh
I take out a long thin tube and crack it, and it starts to glow a bright yellow.
I wrap it around Scarlett’s neck and clasp it closed.
“Glowstick necklaces!” I say enthusiastically
Mayce shakes her head
“Meditite, do you want one?” I ask
Meditite looks up at mayce and mayce just shrugs
Meditite smiles and I put a blue one around his neck.
He plays with it with a big smile on his face.
I put one on myself and look at mayce
“Yeah, there’s no way I’m wearing one of those. Can we just get going?” Mayce asks
“I thought you would be happier to be going on your first mission, why are you in such a bad mood” I say
“This isn’t my first mission!” She snaps at me
“But Cobb said-” I mutter but get cut off
“Let’s just get going” mayce says turning and walking off toward the cave.
We all follow behind and enter the cave.
We walk until we reach the split in the path and mayce and I take out our flashlights and start heading down the darkened path
“Stay close, watch where you step, and be careful” mayce says
“Got it” I say
We reach the end of the tunnel and make a sharp left.
We enter a large room, along the outside of the wall is an old looking wooden staircase that stretches down into the darkness.
“Woah. How far down does this go?” I ask
“To the bottom” mayce says
“Is this even safe?” I say after Scarlett steps onto it and it creaks loudly
“I don’t know” mayce says
We start descending the stairs that creak under our weight
After twenty minutes we reach the bottom, along the caves walls are many exits leading deeper into the cave.
“Which way is the generator?” I ask
“Hold on” mayce says
Mayce pulls a slip of paper from her pocket and inspects it with a frustrated expression
“He draws like a two year old” mayce says under her breath
I look at the slip of paper and its a crudely drawn map with stick figures and notes.
“Wow, Scarlett can draw better than that with her jaws” I say
For a brief moment I could swear I saw mayce smirk but it is too dark to tell for sure.
“Its this way… I think…” she says pointing her flashlight toward one of the many tunnels that sprawl out from this room.
We walk into the tunnel and down deeper into Oreburgh gate.
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Post by fattymccatcat on Aug 21, 2018 17:31:21 GMT
We walk down the tunnel, and I start to smell moisture in the air.
“Is the lake near by?” I ask
“Yeah, somewhere, but you aren’t to leave my side” mayce says
We walk down the Hall for a long time until we reach a hole in the floor, it spans the width of the hallway and is about seven feet long.
“Do… Do we jump it?” I ask
“What? No!” Mayce says
She pulls out the slip of paper and reads some of the notes scrawled on the side.
“There should be a plank we walk across. Maybe a pokemon took it?” Mayce says
“So we jump it!” I say
“No!” Mayce says in an angry tone.
“Meditite use psychic to lift us across” mayce says
Meditite starts glowing a light blue, and then so do we as we start to float into the air and slowly drift across the hole.
We land on the other side and stop glowing, meditite looks a bit winded after lifting so many people at once.
We start walking down the tunnel again.
“Why haven’t we seen any pokemon? I thought I’d see at least a zubat or something” I say
“I was wondering about that too” mayce says in a serious tone looking around
A few minute’s pass and a zubat flutters past us at a high speed and I see mayce let out a sigh of relief.
“Looks like we were just missing them” mayce says
“Yeah. So you said this isn’t your first mission, but Cobb said it was, what’s that about?” I ask
Mayce sighs
“Fine. If you must know, at the ranger academy I went on many missions as part of my training” mayce says
“Oh, so training missions?” I ask
“No, I shadowed a full fledged ranger, and since I was at the top of my class, I got to go on dangerous and exciting missions with an elite ranger” Mayce says proudly
“Oh, is that why you were so against this? Because its just an escort mission?” I ask
“No! I just… I wanted a chance to fix my mistake” mayce says
I look over at her and she looks a bit sad.
Before I can ask more about it, we enter into another large room, sitting in the center of the room is an old looking generator, from it stretches a thick cord that attaches to the strings of lights on the wall.
Mayce walks over and sets down her tool box, and pulls out a new slip of paper and starts working on the generator.
I start walking away to explore the room
“Don’t you even think about leaving this room” mayce says without looking up from her work.
“Okay” I say walking to the edge of the room.
I start walking the border of the room passing tunnel after tunnel that leads from the room
As I pass by one I hear a faint whimpering, like an injured pokemon, echo down the tunnel
“You hear that Scarlett?” I ask
“Maw” she says with a nod
“Hey mayce” I say
“Not now!” Mayce snaps as I see a spark fly from the generator.
I look at Scarlett and we nod and head down the tunnel towards the sound
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Post by fattymccatcat on Aug 21, 2018 17:36:17 GMT
Scarlett and I rush down the tunnel watching where we step in case there’s another hole.
After a few moments we enter another room.
I shine my light across the room and I’m shocked at what I see
Sitting in three large metal cages are many crying injured pokemon
Angry I start walking toward the cages to free them but Scarlett pulls me behind a large rock an covers my flashlight
Then I hear someone else enter the room, and i see a slight red light reflexed in a pool of water on the ground in the distance, I hear a man talking to himself.
“Good, just keep leading it in circles” the man says
then the lights come on.
“What?! Someone fixed the generator?!” The man says confused
The pokemon in the cages start to get riled up because of the lights and I hear him start doing something
I look over the rock we’re hiding behind and I see a man dressed in grey, except for a bright red bandana around his neck, his head is shaved except for the front which has been dyed a bright red, and he’s wearing huge sunglasses.
He’s prodding the pokemon in the cage with an electrified stick, they scream out in pain and pass out.
I take my camera and snap a shot of the man and cage and then grab Scarlett and run back down the tunnel we came from
I sprint full speed down the tunnel back into the room with the generator.
Mayce looks at me angrily
“I told you not to leave the room!” She says in an extremely angry tone
I’m out of breath but I show her the picture I took while I catch my breath
“What!?” She says with a mix of horror and anger
“We have to go help them!” Mayce yells handing the camera back to me and running towards the tunnel I came from but stops when the man walks out from the tunnel.
“I thought I saw something run from the room” the man says smugly
I sneakily hide the camera in my pocket as mayce and meditite go to confront the man
“I’m from the ranger union and I’m placing you under arrest for poaching pokemon” Mayce yells
The man ignores her and presses a button on the side of his glasses.
“Yeah, there’s a pokemon ranger and some kid here” he says and then seems to get a reply
“No I can handle them, just keep distracting it” he says
Then he takes six pokeballs from his coat and tosses them, and out pops six red pokemon
I take out my pokedex
Wurmple - The Worm Pokemon - Bug - it loves to eat leaves. It uses its spiked bottom for defence, and its feet have suction cups that can stick to anything, even glass.
“That’s cute, a little kid with a pokedex and what seems to be a rookie pokemon ranger” the man says
“Meditite psychic!” Mayce yells
“String shot” the man says
Before meditite could even glow blue wurmple shoots a sticky web that covers meditite face making him lose concentration
Then the other five wurmple shoot a glob of web that sends meditite flying back and he gets stuck to a rock.
“Meditite!” Mayce yells
“Scarlett use bite to free meditite!” I yell
Scarlett runs toward meditite
“String shot the rest as well” the man says
The wurmple shoot Scarlett and stick her to the ground and then they launch a flurry of globs at me, but mayce jumps in the way and gets tied up.
“Run!” Mayce yells
I see the generator and mayce’s toolbox, I dive behind the generator and grab a wrench and turn off the generator and the room goes dark.
“Ha, you idiot, I have night vision” the man says
I take a wrench from the toolbox and stand up, I see a red light from the mans glasses and hurl the wrench at it.
I hear a crack and a scream in pain
“You stupid brat!” I hear the man yell in pain
I feel around for a screwdriver and rush toward the blue light of meditites glowstick necklace cross the room.
I feel around for something sticky and start cutting the strings with the screwdriver and free meditite
“mayce! meditite’s free!” I yell
“Meditite! psychic!” Mayce yells
Meditite starts to glow blue and so does the man
“Aim for the glow! Sweep the room!” The man yells
I hear the wurmple shoot their webs and then I feel something hit my side, it wraps around me, tying me up.
Then I see the same thing happen the the glowing meditite and the man falls to the ground
After a moment the generator turns on and the man is standing in the center of the room panting
“That was a close one you stupid kid!” He yells walking toward me.
He crouches down beside me and takes out the electrified stick and smiles
“This is for the wrench you little shit” and then he presses it into my side and I scream out in pain as I’m electrocuted
Then the man suddenly presses a button on his glasses
after a moment the man looks angry
“… What!?” The man yells
He stands and runs out of the room
“Damn!” Mayce yells in frustration as she struggles with her bonds
“Meditite, can you open the pokeball on my belt?” I ask through gritted teeth, my side still radiating pain
Meditite looks at my belt and nods, then he starts glowing and a rock next to me starts to glow, it floats over and presses the button on the premier ball and out pops Chimchar
He looks shocked and confused at the situation
“Chimchar, burn away the webs quickly!” I say
“Good thinking!” mayce says
Chimchar uses ember to burn away the webs
I hobble over to mayce, in pain.
Mayce is messing with a device.
“I can’t get through, he must be jamming the signal” mayce says putting the device away
“Are you okay?” Mayce asks with a worried expression
“I’m fine” I say with a grunt
“You’re probably in shock” mayce says
“Was… That a joke? Did you just tell a joke?” I say with a smirk
“No! I’m serious, that’s going to hurt later” she says
“Yeah, so what do we do now, free the pokemon or go after the bad guy?” I ask
“We go free those caged pokemon!” Mayce says
“Okay, its this way!” I say as I lead everyone towards the caged pokemon
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Post by fattymccatcat on Aug 21, 2018 17:40:19 GMT
We rush into the room with the cages and the room is lighted up by Chimchar’s tail and our flashlights
Mayce looks angrier than I’ve ever seen anyone look
“Meditite brick break the cages!” Mayce yells
Meditite’s hand glows white and it chops the bars of the first cage freeing the pokemon but they are to weak to run away
I notice Chimchar eyes go wide when this happens but I’m in pain so I ignore it for now.
Meditite breaks the other two cages but the pokemon are all too injured or unconscious to run away
“Meditite, use pain split then recover on each one” mayce says
“What should I do?” I ask
“Just rest, you’re hurt” mayce says
Scarlett hold my hand and has a worried expression, but I smile to reassure her that I’m fine
Meditite walk over and touches the first pokemon
Then meditite starts panting while zubat looks better and fly’s away
After it does meditite glows white and it looks perfectly fine, he repeats this prosess for every pokemon
Without them noticing I snap a few pictures of meditite and mayce working and get some good shots
After the last pokemon leaves we head back to the generator room
“Now wha-” I start to say but get cut off by a roar that echoes through the cave, its so loud it feels like my ears are about to explode
“That was a golems roar!” Mayce said
“Like, the boss pokemon golem!?” I say
“Probably, it sounds incredibly angry, we need to leave!” Mayce says in an urgent tone
“What about the bad guy?” I ask
“my top priority is getting you to safety!” Mayce says
We head down the way we came toward the wooden staircase out of here, meditite lifts us over the hole and we jog into the room with the staircase and we freeze.
Standing by the stairs was a large pokemon made of rock that i had never seen before, but I could tell, the sheer power that was seeping into the area around this pokemon, every hair on my body stood up, and everything in my being was telling me to run.
This was the boss pokemon golem.
Standing before the golem was the man in grey carrying an unconscious woman wearing similar clothes. He looks beat up and scared.
The golem looks our way and upon seeing us roars.
“He thinks were with them!” mayce yells slowly reaching for her styler
Golem starts to glow white.
“Oh no! That’s explosion! Run!” Mayce says picking up meditite
I pick up Scarlett and Chimchar as mayce grabs my hand and we sprint down the tunnel we came in from
I look back and see the people in grey dash into a tunnel as an explosion rips through the room we were just in filling it with flames, a blast wave roars down the tunnel and hits us as mayce throws us all down the hole in the floor, and all I see is fire before blacking out.
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Post by fattymccatcat on Aug 21, 2018 18:39:51 GMT
Sasha wakes up and see’s Dakota leaving the room
She gets up and showers then goes into the lounge and has breakfast with bunery
She pulls out her pokenav and finds a map for Oreburgh and finds the stores she needs to go to.
On her way there she gets a message from Dakota saying he might not be back tonight.
She visits the market and buys the Berries and supplies needed to make fire and fighting type pokefood.
On her way back to the pokemon center she notices a man standing next to a pond
The man is on his pokenav and sitting on a table behind him is a scummy tank of water with a blue pokemon inside and the pokemon looks sick.
On the tank is a sign that says “rare wild pokemon for sale $50,000”
Sasha walks up to the man and stands right in front of him
A few moments pass and the man happens to look up from his pokenav for a second and jumps backward in fright, knocking the table and the tank into the pond behind him
“Look what you’ve done you stupid girl!” He yells as he raises his hand to strike her, but sees the onlookers and decides better
Then he sees an officer jenny walking up
“This girl knocked over my table!” The man yells
“I saw the whole thing, you knocked it over yourself” officer jenny says
“Well I still deserve compensation!” The man says
“The reason I’m here is because I had reports of a man trying to sell a pokemon without a permit, can you show me your permit?” Officer jenny asks
The man freezes
“It uh… Fell in the pond!” The man says
“That’s fine, there should be a record of it somewhere, if you can just accompany me to the station” officer jenny says
The man bolts and officer jenny chases after him.
A portly man in a ranger uniform walks up to sasha
“Hello miss, I’m Cobb, that was some quick thinking, I was on my way to kick over that table myself, the ranger union can use people like you” cobb says with a smile
Sasha points at the blue pokemon floating in the pond, it still looks sick
“You want to know about that pokemon?” Cobb asks and Sasha nods
Cobb pulls out his styler and after a moment finds the entry
“Yes, just as I thought, that’s a mantyke, Its a pokemon that lives in the ocean, I doubt it will be very happy in this small pond, maybe I should-” Cobb says but gets cut off when he hears a splash
Cobb turns and see’s Sasha wading out into the pond with a canister of pokemon food and a healing spray
The mantyke runs from her, so she stops in the center of the pond and throws a piece of pokemon food toward mantyke.
After a few minutes of apprehension mantyke approaches the pokemon food, after smelling it, it takes a small bite, its eyes go wide and it eats the rest.
Sasha throws another piece a little bit closer to her
And this goes on for quite some time until mantyke is right next to her.
“Mantyke, please let me help you, this is medicine” Sasha whispers gently
Mantyke looks Sasha over and slowly approaches.
Once mantyke is close enough she sprays mantyke and mantykes expression seems soften as the pain slowly fades away
“I need to take you to the pokemon center, so please let me catch you and take you there” Sasha says presenting a pokeball to mantyke.
Mantyke seems to relax a little and start passing out.
Sasha presses the pokeball onto mantykes forehead and it goes into the ball
The ball shakes a few times before making a sound
Sasha climbs out of the lake and Cobb wraps a towel around her
“That was amazing” Cobb says
Sasha turns toward the pokemon center when suddenly the ground shakes a little and the sound of an explosion can be heard far away
Cobb turns toward Oreburgh gate
“That’s not right…” Cobb mutters to himself
“Sorry little lady, I got to go” Cobb says running off toward the ranger base.
Sasha rushes back to the pokemon center as the sun sets and she checks in mantyke with nurse joy.
She goes into the room and changes into some dry clothes right as she walks back into the lounge her pokenav rings
She picks up and its ruche
“Sasha! Come to the ranger base! There was an explosion in Oreburgh gate and no one can reach Dakota or the ranger he was with!” Ruche says in a panicked voice.
Sasha hangs up and rushes out of the pokemon center.
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Post by fattymccatcat on Aug 21, 2018 18:44:47 GMT
Ruche wakes up to an empty room
“Oops, I overslept” ruche says grabbing his pokenav
He see’s he has a message from Dakota letting him know he might not be home tonight.
Ruche gets up, showers, gets dressed, and has breakfast
He leaves the pokemon center and heads to the market
He looks around and finds a bolt of cloth in the color he is looking for, he finds someone working there and buys some of the cloth.
Ruche puts it in his bag and then heads towards the Oreburgh museum.
He walks into the museum and up to the counter, a lady smiles.
“Hello! How may I help you today?” The lady asks
“I’m here to see Professor Conifer, he’s expecting me” ruche says
The lady’s smile fades and she picks up the phone and calls someone
“There’s a boy here you see you” she says
She seems to get a reply and hangs up
“Go through the fossil exhibit, go through the door in the back that says faculty, find the door all the way in the back that says conifer” she says
“Thank you” ruche says
“Good luck” the lady says with a snicker
Ruche walks through the fossil exhibit, and through the door in the back, after about five minutes of searching he finds the room and knocks and hear a commotion from behind the door
“Come in” a voice says
Ruche opens the door and walks into the poorly lit room.
There are stacks of papers everywhere, on the walls are pictures of pokemon ruche has never seen, maps, pictures of people, graphs, and strings attaching all of them together.
A disheveled looking man stands behind a desk, his white hair and beard are messy and his lab coat has numerous stains.
ruche thinks it might have been a mistake to come alone
“Ah, you must be ruche, I’m professor conifer” he says scratching his beard looking through some papers on his desk.
“Nice to meet you, I’m here to deliver a package from my mother” ruche says reaching into his bag and taking out a sealed folder.
“Yes I know, she’s been calling non stop asking if I’d heard from you” conifer says with a laugh
“Sigh, I’m sorry about her” ruche says shaking his head
Ruche carefully steps across the room and hands the folder to conifer who places it on his desk
Conifer looks ruche up and down and smiles
“Boy, you sure grew up fast huh” conifer says
“Um, have… We met?” Ruche asks
“Well, I guess. You had just been born” conifer says with a laugh
“Do you know my parents?” Ruche says
“Yeah, we used to be best friends, but we had sort of a… Falling out” conifer says looking a bit sad while looking at his research adorning the walls
After a few moments of quiet conifer shakes it off
“Would you like some tea?” Conifer asks
“Um… No, I should be getting back to my friends” ruche says
“Oh you made friends! Then convincing her to let you come was worth it” conifer says with a soft smile
“What do you mean?” Ruche asks
“Your mom didn’t tell you? It was my idea that you make this delivery” conifer says
“No, she didn’t tell me anything, infact she did everything she could to try and turn me off of going” ruche says with disgust
“Yeah, your dad said she had gotten a bit too overprotective since the accident” conifer says
“A BIT?” Ruche says with a scoff
“Now now, she just wants what’s best for you” conifer says trying to calm ruche down
“No, she wants what’s best for her” ruche says coldly
There’s another moment of silence
Conifer coughs
“So, tell you what, if you bring your friends over I’ll give you guys a tour of the museum!” Conifer says trying to change the subject
Ruche sighs
“I’m sure they would love that actually, thank you” ruche says with a slight smile
“Well, I should actually get going” ruche says
“Yeah, thanks for delivering this” conifer says patting the folder
Ruche leaves conifers room and heads back out into the museum.
He takes his time looking at a few exhibits and drawing a few ideas that come to mind for some outfits based on fossils.
After awhile he leaves the museum and bumps into someone, ruche falls backwards but the person he bumps into catches him
“Whoa, be careful there” the man says
Ruche looks up and sees Roark.
“Oh hey, you were with Dakota yesterday right?” Roark says
“Yeah” ruche says
“Here enjoying the museum?” Roark asks
“A little, I was making a delivery to someone who works here” ruche says
“I see” Roark say
“What about you?” Ruche asks
“I’m here to-” Roark starts to say but gets cut off by the ground shaking and the sound of an explosion off in the distance
“That… Sounded like it came from Oreburgh gate” Roark mutters
“What!? Isnt that where Dakota is?!” Ruche says panicked
“I need to get to the ranger base” Roark says running off
“Well I’m coming too!” Ruche says chasing after him
They reach the ranger base and barge in.
Cobb is behind the counter
“Damnit! Why aren’t you picking up Mayce!” Cobb yells in frustration
“Cobb what happened?!” Roark asks
“There was an explosion down in the Oreburgh depths, the stairs leading down have collapsed and I can’t reach Mayce” Cobb says
Ruche calls dakota but there’s no reply
“Dakota isn’t picking up either!” Ruche says
“Your Dakotas friend?” Cobb asks
“Yeah” ruche says while calling again
No reply
Ruche decides to call sasha
After a moment she picks up
“Sasha! Come to the ranger base! There was an explosion down in Oreburgh gate and nobody can reach Dakota or the ranger he was with!” Ruche says and hears a click
A few moments later Sasha barges into the ranger base panting.
“The girl from the pond? You know Dakota too?” Cobb says
“What’s the plan” Roark asks
“I’m gathering all the rope in town right now to make a rope ladder long enough to reach the bottom, since the explosion scared off any wild pokemon that can fly me down there, but even if i did I don’t know where they are” Cobb says frustrated
“What if we use my onix to tunnel down?” Roark says
“I don’t know how damaged the cave is, I wouldn’t want to risk a cave in” Cobb says
After about an hour people have been bringing in rope and cobb directs them to oreburgh gate to help build the rope ladder.
As ruche calls Dakota for the hundredth time, and sighs
Suddenly a crobat flys into the ranger base and is flapping about.
Ruche screams and dives behind the couch
The crobat lands exhausted in front of Cobb and drops something
Cobb picks it up and unravels it
“A… Hat and camera” Cobb says
“Those are Dakotas” Sasha says getting closer
She looks at the camera and sees a bloody fingerprint
Cobb’s eyes go wide and he fiddles with the camera
“Ha ha! Look, this one was taken after the explosion! now I know where they are” Cobb says grabbing his gear
“Where are they?” Roark asks
“Heh, that stubborn boy, i bet he was grinning while taking it, he actually got the picture of the lake he wanted” Cobb says with a laugh as he rushes out the door.
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Post by fattymccatcat on Aug 23, 2018 5:07:27 GMT
I open my eyes and the first thing I notice is the intense ringing in my ears, then the headache
I pull myself up and look around disoriented.
Its dark, the only light I can see are the faint lights of the glow stick necklaces and the smaller than normal flame on chimchars tail
I remember what happened and rush to Scarlett’s side.
I see that she’s still breathing and breathe a sigh of relief.
I take out my flashlight and check on everyone else they are unconscious but breathing
I see a slope that we seem to have rolled down and look up and see the hole we jumped down, its about twenty feet up
I turn around and laugh
Stretching out before me is the underground lake, the light reflecting beautifully off the surface of the still water
I reflexively take out my camera and take a few shots
As I look down at the camera a drop of blood falls onto the screen
I feel the back of my head, its a little wet so I look at my hand and its got a little blood on it
Then i hear something move behind me
I turn and see Mayce sit up
“Hey, you okay?” I say rushing over
“Ow. Yeah, you?” Mayce asks
“Yeah, I’m bleeding but its just a scratch” I say
Then the flame on Chimchar tail gets bigger lighting up the area and Chimchar staggers to his feet
Then Scarlett and meditite wake up
Mayce tries calling cob but the signal is still being blocked
“So, do we try and leave?” I ask
“No. The explosion probably knocked out the stairs judging by how close the golem was to them, and were too beat up, if those poachers attack we would be in a pretty bad spot, we should just stay here and wait for rescue” Mayce says
Then the stinging pain in the back of my head starts getting worse
I touch the back of my head again and wince in pain, and there’s a lot more blood than before and Mayce sees this
“I thought you said it was just a scratch!” Mayce snaps
“I though it was!” I say
Scarlett looks panicked
Mayce grabs a first aid kit from her bag and starts looking at the back of my head and meditite uses psychic to hold the flashlight steady as she examines the wound
“It looks like there’s a small rock stuck in your head, maybe from the fall, or the explosion, it doesn’t seem bad but you may need a stitch or two” Mayce says
Then I feel a sharp pain
“Ow! What was that?” I say
“Anaesthetic” Mayce says tossing a syringe back into the first aid kit and grabbing the needle and thread and a pair of tweezers
Scarlett sits in my lap as Mayce removes the rock and stitches the wound closed
“There, that should hold you over till we get out of here” Mayce says
“Thanks” I say
“Now, we need to let them know where we are…”
“Well, I took a picture of the lake” I say
“Of course you did” Mayce says
Mayce starts looking around and sees a large purple pokemon hanging from the ceiling
“Great a crobat” Mayce says pulling out her styler
She points the device at the crobat and shoots something that looks like a top from it, it fly’s threw the air and starts spiraling around crobat creating a ring of light, Mayce is twirling her styler about and I start taking pictures, then the circle of light tightens around crobat and crobat fly’s down and lands in front of us
I take out my pokedex
Crobat - The Bat Pokemon - Poison/Flying - it fly’s so quietly through the dark on its four wings that it may not be noticed even when nearby. If this pokemon is flying by fluttering only one set of wings its proof that its been flying for a long time. It uses its hind wings to hang from trees.
“Okay crobat we need you to take this camera into the town and find a building with this symbol on it” Mayce says pointing to her ranger badge
I decide to wrap the camera in my hat so it would be easier to hold onto, and since my hairs all bloody I don’t want it getting dirty anyway
Crobat takes the camera and fly’s away
About an hour passes
“…I spy with my little eye” I say
“Oh god no” Mayce says
“Well I’m bored” I say
Mayce sighs
“What’s being a ranger like?” I ask
There’s a brief moment of silence
“Its fantastic” Mayce says with a smile
“You said you went on real missions before during your training right? Were they like this? Fighting poachers?” I ask
She goes quiet for a long time.
“They were way more exciting than this, dealing with people much more dangerous” Mayce says
“Huh, maybe I should carry a weapon or something then” I say
Mayce seems to ignore me
“…You said you made a mistake before. How bad of a mistake?” I ask
She goes quiet again
“I… Got a bit ahead of myself on a mission when I was shadowing an elite ranger. Being at the top of my class made me think I was better than I was, and he…” Mayce trails off while staring off into the distance
After another long pause she finally starts speaking again
“He lost both his legs protecting me and had to retire. As soon as I graduated i was sent here, the middle of nowhere, probably as a punishment from the higher ups” Mayce says with a sigh
“That sucks, but I don’t think that’s something they would punish you for” I say
“Whatever” Mayce says
A few minutes pass and I notice Chimchar had disappeared
I look around and see him, he’s with meditite a distance away and they seem to be whispering about something
“What are they doing?” I ask
“I don’t know, let’s find out” Mayce says getting up
We walk over
“What are you two doing?” I ask
Chimchar spins around and has a big smile on his face
Chimchar hold out his hand and closes his eyes, after a moment his hand starts to glow white
“Whoa!” I say
“Meditite, you taught him brick break?” Mayce says and meditite knods
“That’s great!” I say
“Chimchar!” Chimchar exclaims
“Thanks meditite” I say with a smile
After awhile a light shines down the hole we fell down
“Mayce! Dakota!?” I hear a voice yell
“Cobb!” Mayce yells back with a big smile
“Anyone hurt?” Cobb yells
“Dakota is!” Mayce yells
“stand back!” Cobb yells as a rope ladder falls down the hole and Cobb climbs down
Cobb walks over
“Well what happened?” Cobb says
“We exploded!” I say jokingly
“Shush!” Mayce snaps
“Some poachers angered golem and it used explosion, the poachers got away but the pokemon were set free” Mayce reports
“I see, how are the both of you?” Cobb asks
“I’m fine, but Dakotas injured” Mayce says
“Its only a head wound” I say with a laugh which hurts
Cobb sighs
I put Chimchar into his ball and Mayce says she will carry Scarlett up the ladder
Cobb lifts me up on his back and carries me up the ladder, we walk into the room where the stairs used to be, but there now just a pile of Burnt wood.
In the center of the room is an unconscious golem laying in a small crater
I take out my pokedex
Golem - The Megaton Pokemon - Rock/Ground - It tumbles down mountains leaving groves from peak to base, stay clear of these groves. Even dynamite cant hurt its hard boulder like body, it sheds its hide once a year. Golem are known to roll down mountains to prevent them from rolling into buildings or towns groves are made to divert them away to safer locations.
We climb up the stupidly long rope ladder and out of Oreburgh gate
We enter town right as the sun rises and Cobb carries me to the hospital, while Mayce take Scarlett and Chimchar to the pokemon center.
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Post by fattymccatcat on Aug 23, 2018 5:18:59 GMT
I get checked into the hospital, I’m very tired but the doctors say I have to stay awake until they are sure I don’t have a concussion.
About midday Sasha and ruche walk in.
“Dakota! Are you okay!?” Ruche says with a worried expression
“Yep! Just tired” I say with a smile
Sasha is standing by the door fiddling with her necklace
“Sorry for worrying you both” I say
Then the door open and Scarlett runs in and jumps on the bed and hugs me
“Whoa, hey Scarlett, how did you get here?” I ask
Then Cobb walks in
“She was so worried about you she kept trying to leave the pokemon center so they called me, I also got your Chimchar here too” Cobb says setting Chimchars premier ball down on the table.
“Thanks” I say
Cobb closes the door and locks it, he looks a bit uneasy.
“What’s wrong?” I ask
Cobb looks serious as he pulls my hat and camera from his pocket.
He tosses my hat at me and I put it next to Chimchars ball
“Listen, about that photo you took…” Cobb says
“The one with the poacher?” I ask
“…yeah, can I have it?” Cobb asks
“Sure, for a wanted poster or something right?” I say
“Yes, but…” Cobb says apprehensively
“why don’t you explain from the beginning since this seems to be a bigger deal that i thought” I say
Cobb swallows hard and looks a bit nervous
“This is a very big deal actually. This is the first definitive proof of criminal activity we have been able to get on these guys” Cobb says
“Who are they?” I ask
“The Prism Association” Cobb says
“Wait, I’ve heard of them from my mom” ruche says
“It was created back when the tragedy took place right? I thought they good guys” ruche says in a confused tone
“What’s the tragedy? Cobb mentioned it yesterday but clammed up when I asked” I say
“You don’t know?” Ruche says suprised
“It makes people uneasy when they talk about it so its not common knowledge anymore” Cobb says
Ruche seems to consider something for a moment and then nods
“About twenty years ago, every legendary and mythical pokemon on the planet disappeared” ruche says
“What?! Thats crazy” I say
Cobb steps forward
“I’ll tell you what I know, the story of the legendary disappearances and the story of the bivlets.” Cobb says
“The… Bivlets?” I ask confused
“At the same time the legends disappeared, a little girl disappeared too, her name was Dia Bivlet.” Cobb says with a sigh
Cobb sits down in a chair next to my bed
“The legendary pokemon were always elusive and powerful, some protected towns, some protected the planet, so having them just disappear caused mass panic, people were rioting, it was chaos. Then the Bivlet children came, and somehow calmed everyone, they used there money and power to organize the masses and created an organization whose soul purpose was to find the legends and to find their sister who they were convinced was involved” cobb says
“And that organization was…” I say
“Yep, the Prism Association, each Bivlet child took a region or two and started searching, i think at the peak they had about fifteen percent of the planet searching, but after three years with no results everyone had given up and gone back to living their lives, and the association disbanded, but the Bivlet’s didn’t stop, and then one day people noticed they had disappeared too. Nobody knows what happened to them, it started a rumor that if you go looking for them you would disappear too” Cobb says
“What does this have to do with the poacher?” I ask
“About twelve years ago, people started reporting suspicious activity, only some of the higher ups in the ranger union and interpol know about it, and now you. The reports were about people dressed in weird clothes, doing bad things, wearing the prism association emblem, but anytime people would try and look into it, the ones who reported it changed their story, or there was no proof, or just… Disappeared. The international police suspected them of being paid off or threatened to change there story, but there’s never been any proof. I want to send out this picture you took, it will let interpol, and the rangers finally pursue this investigation officially, we will keep the source of the picture a secret but since that prism member who saw you got away…” Cobb says
“They might come after me” I say
“Yes, so think it over” Cobb says
“nah, just take and send it out” I say
“Are you sure? Just like that?” Cobb asks
“Yeah, I don’t want anyone getting hurt because I was scared of something the might not happen” I say with a laugh
Cobb seems to consider something for a moment and takes the SD card from my camera and puts it in his pokenav and downloads the photo, then tosses the SD card back to me and puts the camera down.
“Thanks” Cobb says
Cobb leaves and we are all quiet
“That was a bit crazy huh” I say with a laugh
“Yeah” ruche says
Were all still quiet until I clap my hands together
“Let’s switch gears! I gotta get ready for my gym battle! No time to be thinking about stuff that happened decades before I was born” I say
Ruche laughs
“Oh yeah, we can get a tour of the museum from the guy I made the delivery to” ruche says
“Oh cool!” I say
I look over at sasha, and get a bit worried since she hasn’t said anything
“Sasha, you okay?” I ask
Sasha looks up and nods
“So anything interesting happen yesterday while I was gone?” I ask
“Not really” ruche says
Sasha stops fiddling with her necklace and grabs a pokeball from her belt and tosses it
Out pops a floating blue pokemon I’ve never seen before
“Whoa! You caught a pokemon! What kind is it?” I ask with a smile
“She’s a mantyke” Sasha says petting mantyke softly
“Tyke!” Mantyke says happily
I fish my pokedex from the drawer next to my bed and point it at mantyke
Mantyke - The Kite Pokemon - Water/Flying - the pattern on its back vary by region. It can offer be found swimming among a school of remoraid. When it swims near the surface of the ocean people can enjoy observing the pattern on its back.
“Congrats Sasha, and its nice to meet you mantyke” I say
We all summon our pokemon to meet mantyke and they go play in the corner of the room, I show ruche and Sasha the pictures I took down in the caves.
After awhile the doctor walks in
“Okay, you don’t seem to have a concussion so you can go to sleep” the doctor says
“Finally!” I say exhausted
“Can I leave tomorrow?” I ask
“Yeah, just don’t strain yourself, check outs at seven” the doctor says
Sasha and ruche leave and I put Chimchar into its ball and Scarlett lays down next to me as I finally fall asleep
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Post by fattymccatcat on Aug 23, 2018 6:25:03 GMT
I wake up at about five am and Scarlett is snoring next to me.
I grab my pokenav and start doing research for today’s training.
After awhile the sun comes up and I sneak out of bed and shower, then get dressed.
I wake Scarlett up and head down to the lobby and let them know that I’m leaving.
We step out into the cold morning air and I start making my way to the field full of boulders surrounding the town.
After we leave Oreburgh I summon Chimchar and we all start stretching
After that we look for a suitable place to train.
“The pokenav says this field has so many boulders in it because golem and graveler roll them down the mountains, they carved grooves into the mountain to divert them away from town, its a good place to train because every once in awhile people have to come and clear out the boulders anyway” I say
“Maw!” Scarlett says ignoring me while trying to climb a big boulder with chimchar
After awhile I manage to find a good spot, a small grassy hill with a few round boulders about as tall as my knee, and a huge boulder relatively close, just what I needed
“Great! So first let’s go over your abilities. Scarlett, your ability is called sheer force. From what I read it seems like it powers up certain moves by removing the secondary effect, for example, if a move would normally have a chance at paralyzing a foe, then instead of that ever happening the move is just more powerful, from what i could tell, iron head and bite are powered up by this ability” i explain
Scarlett nods
“Chimchar, your ability is called iron fist. It strengthens moves when they are about punching.” I say
Chimchar seems confused
I lead Chimchar to two similar sized rocks
“Okay, when meditite used brick break he did a chopping motion right? Do that to this rock” I say
Chimchar focuses on his hand and it starts glowing white, then he chops the rock and a few cracks form on the surface and his hand leaves a small dent.
“Okay, now use brick break on the second rock, but this time close your fist and punch it instead of chopping it” I say
Chimchar focuses on his hand again and it glows white, he curls it into a fist and the light glows a little brighter, he punches the rock and it shatters into pieces
Chimchar’s eyes go wide
“Good job! So only ever do the punching version okay?” I say and Chimchar nods.
I lead Chimchar over to a very large boulder, its slightly taller than me
“Now, it seems like it takes you a moment to activate brick break, we need it to be instant, so I was thinking you just need to keep repeating the move until it becomes second nature, so punch this rock until it breaks” I say
“Chim!?” Chimchar says looking at this giant boulder.
“Good luck” I say patting his head
Chimchar starts his training and I walk over toward Scarlett who looks nervous all of a sudden
“Don’t worry, your training isn’t as ridiculous” I say with a chuckle
Scarlett breaths a sigh of relief
“so first, we need to try and learn how to use fairy wind properly” I say
“Maw” Scarlett says with a nod
“You unleashed a really strong fairy wind in the battle with geodude, I think that’s the key, start using fairy wind, and don’t stop” I say
Scarlett turns and opens her large jaws and starts blasting a pink glittery wind across the field
“Now while still using it close your jaws” I say
She slowly closes her jaws and the stream gets thinner but more powerful
“Great, its already better, Now I think the trick to what happened was the rotation from seismic toss, so try spinning your jaws in a circle” I say
Scarlett tries to spin her jaws but can’t rotate them fast enough to make a difference, then she collapses to the ground panting.
“Looks like that’s pretty difficult, does it feel doable?” I ask
Scarlett considers something and then nods
“So you just need practice then, but not right now, we already made it stronger by closing your jaws and turning it into a stronger stream. That’s good enough for now, let’s move onto the other thing” I say
I lead Scarlett over to the grassy hill, there’s two small round boulders sitting at the bottom.
“We are going to train iron head, remember what Roark said? You need to stay on the ground while using it” I say
Scarlett nods
“use iron head to knock one of these round rocks up the hill, then chase after it and keep knocking it with iron head till its at the top” I say
Scarlett starts glowing a metallic white and charges at the small boulder smashing into it, it rolls up the hill a little and starts rolling back down, but Scarlett smashes into it again sending it a little bit up the hill, then she smashes into it a third time but this time it shoots off to the right and rolls to the bottom and Scarlett stops glowing and walks back to the bottom
I go and check on chimchar
Both of his fists are glowing white now and he’s alternating his punches, there’s a small dent forming in the side of the rock.
We continue like this until noon and take a break.
They are both tired so I carry them back to town for lunch.
I meet up with Sasha and ruche at a cafe in town
“Here” Sasha says handing me a pokefood container
I pop it open and see bright red pokefood, and it smells incredibly spicy.
“Oh right the fire pokemon food, thank you” I say handing Chimchar a piece.
Chimchar pops it in his mouth and a big smile spreads across his face
“Looks like he likes it” I say
Sasha nods and hands ruche a similar container and the whole process repeats with riolu
“Thank you Sasha” ruche says
We both pay for half the cost of the supplies as we agreed, feed our pokemon, then our food arrives
After we all finish eating we have some tea
“When do you guys want to go to the museum?” Ruche asks
“Whenever is good for you two” I say
“How about tommorow?” Ruche says
“Sure” Sasha says
“Great!” I say with a smile
“The museum opens at ten, I’ll let conifer know” ruche says
Sasha excuses herself and just ruche and me remain
I finish my tea and think of something
“So… Now that your delivery is over…” I ask
Ruches smile fades
“I have to go back to canalave” ruche says his eyes look full of disdain but he shakes it off
“But I decided not to leave until after your gym battle” ruche says
“I see” Is all I can say
Ruche leaves saying he has to get back to work so Scarlett, Chimchar, and I head back out into the field
Chimchar continues punching the boulder and Scarlett continues iron heading the rock up the hill
As the sun begins to set Scarletts at the bottom of the hill
She glows a metallic white and smashes the rock a good way up the hill, she charges up the hill and smashes it again sending it further uphill, it starts to roll downhill and hits a small stone and veers off course to the left, but Scarlett charges faster than I’ve ever seen her go and reach’s the stone, smashing into it once more and sending it flying up the hill again, this time the stone stops and just sits there atop the hill and Scarlett stops glowing and collapses onto her back, she raises her arms in a victory pose
“You did it!” I say picking her up and handing her my canteen.
She starts chugging the water
I walk over and check on Chimchar, he’s methodically punching the stone, almost in a trance like state, there’s steam rising from his body as the sweat evaporates immediately from the fire inside him.
He seems to be able to activate brick break immediately now, and there’s a sizable dent in the stone and cracks forming all along the surface of it, it looks like it could break at any moment, but the suns about to set
“Let pick this up tomorrow” I say
Chimchar doesn’t respond he just keeps punching, his eyes look cloudy
“Chimchar stop!” I yell
Chimchar jolts and his eyes clear, and then they look filled with determination as he winds back
“Char!” Chimchar yells as he punches the boulder one last time
His fist sinks into the stone and then stops glowing.
Chimchar falls back onto his butt exhausted.
I go and pick Chimchar up and as we turn to walk away I hear a cracking sound, it gets louder and louder and we turn back just in time to see the boulder split in two and crash to the ground
“Your both amazing” I say petting them both
I carry them back to the pokemon center and check them in
Then head back into the lounge, eat, shower, and go to bed
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Post by fattymccatcat on Aug 23, 2018 6:30:45 GMT
We all get up, get ready, and have breakfast in the lounge.
Then at ten we set off for the museum.
“So, what’s this professor conifer like?” I ask
“Uhh… You’ll see?” Ruche says in a weird tone
We all walk into the museum and up to the counter
A man smile from behind the counter
“Hello, how may I help you all today?” The man asks
“Were here to see Professor Conifer, he’s expecting us” ruche says
The man picks up the phone and punches in some numbers
After a moment it seems to connect
“Professor Conifer? There’s three children here to see you” the man says, then a moment later nods then hangs up
“He will be right down” the man says
After awhile a man shows up, wearing a stained lab coat, and a bushy white beard and messy white hair, he looks a bit nervous and uncomfortable
“Uh, hello, I’m Professor Conifer and I’ll be giving you a tour of the museum” conifer says
Ruche steps foward
“These are my friends Sasha, Dakota, and his partner Scarlett” ruche says gesturing toward us
“Nice to meet you all” conifer says
Sasha nods
“Likewise” I say
“Maw!” Scarlett says with a smile
“Well, this museum has three main exhibits, the coal exhibit, the mining exhibit, and the fossil exhibit, I’ll be taking you through all three” conifer explains
“Great!” Ruche says
Conifer leads us to a little room off to the side of the main hall, we enter the room and its filled with rows of glass cases of varying sizes and lengths.
“This is the coal exhibit, there’s coal samples from all over the world, old mining equipment, and a local favorite, coal that sorta look like pokemon” conifer says
Ruche and Sasha start wandering around and I walk up to conifer
“Am I allowed to take pictures?” I ask
“Uh, yeah, just turn the flash off” conifer says
“Got it” I say
I start walking around with Scarlett examining the various box’s the one I start with are the coal samples from various regions, but they all look the same to me so I move on.
Next I check out the long glass case filled with old mining equipment, there’s rusty metal picks and old oil lamps, and old mining helmets.
Ruche is looking at this one and sketching in his notebook.
Scarlett and I move onto the small cases with pieces of coal in them.
Under the first one is a sign that reads magicarp, and the coal in the case is roughly fish shaped.
I look down at Scarlett and she shrugs
Conifer walks over
“Yeah, I can’t really see it either” conifer says with a laugh
I check out the last thing, with is a giant lump of coat about the size of a mattress.
We all finish looking at everything in the room and meet up with conifer by the door
“Alright let’s move on, don’t worry, the other two exhibits are way better” conifer says with a laugh
We walk back into the main hall where the mining exhibit resides
“This is the mining exhibit, its full of things that were dug up from all over sinnoh” conifer explains
Ruche immediately heads for the fossil section while Sasha heads over to the section filled with ancient pottery.
I decide to start with pokemon artifacts.
Scarlett follows behind as we approach the glass cases.
This part seems to be mostly things like petrified pokemon foot prints and pokemon bones or teeth that have been turned into jewelry.
“Maybe next time the teeth from your jaws fall out I’ll make a necklace” I say with a smirk
Scarlett makes a face of disapproval and shakes her head
“I was joking” I say
We move onto the pottery section and Sasha is nearby
There are vases and pots with various patterns, they are all worn and a few have chips or cracks, there’s a few cases that just have pieces in them.
“Is this not your thing?” Conifer asks from behind me
“Sorry, was it showing on my face?” I say a bit embarrassed
“Its fine, not everyone likes this kind of stuff” conifer says
“Its not that, its just my dads an archeologist, so I grew up seeing stuff like this all the time, he would come home and excitedly show us pictures of his most recent discovery’s and talk for hours about it” I say with a laugh
“Oh I see, but I’m sure the next exhibit will be to your liking” conifer says with a smirk
I head over to the fossils where ruche is sketching away in his notebook
He’s looking at a large skeleton with large tusks, the plaque beneath is says its a mamoswine skeleton dug up in Mt. Coronet
Scarlett starts reaching out to touch the tusk
“Scarlett no!” I yell and Scarlett recoils her hand
My yell startled everyone, especially ruche who was standing next to me
“Sorry everyone” I say with a laugh picking up scarlett
We look at the rest of the fossil exhibit and move onto the one ive been saving for last, the gemstone section
As I head toward it excitedly I see conifer looking down into a case of gemstones, his face is pale and eyes look sad, he looks like he could start crying at any second.
“Professor?” I say and conifers body jolts
“Ah! yes what is it?” Conifer says wiping his eyes with his sleeve
“Are you okay?” I ask
“Yes yes, just… Thinking” conifer says
There’s a moment of silence and then conifer shift uncomfortably
“I’ll be right back” conifer says rushing off toward the bathroom
I debate Whether or not to follow but decide against it and turn my attention back toward the gemstones, in the cases are rows of gemstones of various sizes, shapes, and colors, they all sparkle beautifully in the light.
Ruche walks over
“Wow, that’s a big smile” ruche says with a laugh
“Heh, yeah, I’ve liked gemstones ever since my dad brought me home a geode from one of his trips, it’s the second best thing I’ve gotten from him” I say with a smile
“What’s the first?” Ruche asks
“Scarlett of course!” I say patting her on the head
“Maw!” Scarlett says with a big smile
We all finish checking everything out as conifer walks out of the bathroom
“You guys ready for the final exhibit!” Conifer says happily
“Yeah!” I say
“Great! Follow me!” Conifer says leading us through a door that says restricted in big red letters.
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Post by fattymccatcat on Aug 23, 2018 6:33:54 GMT
We walk down a long white hallway for about five minutes until we reach a large metal door
Conifer steps up to a keypad beside the door, and using his body to block it so we can’t see, he enters the password
The door makes a loud clunk and slowly starts to open
We step inside and the change of scenery is jarring, the large room is full of trees and plants I’ve never seen before, and there’s a river running through the center of the room, its incredibly bright because of the ceiling which is one large glass skylight.
“Whoa” ruche says
“What kind of exhibit did you say this was again?” I ask and conifer smirks
“Fossil” conifer replys
Then we hear a rustling sound from a bush a few feet away, and out pops a pokemon with a blue dome shape on its head
I take out my pokedex but the pokemon disappears back into the bushes.
I look up at conifer
“Go, they love hide and seek” conifer says with a smile
we all rush into the trees, after a moment we come out into a small field with a small stream running through it, sitting beside the water was roark.
He is surrounded by pokemon I have never seen before, the blue domed headed one from before, a red version of the same Pokemon and a small one with a flat oval shaped head, Roark smiles happily as he pets the blue headed pokemon.
Roark looks surprised to see us
“Well, you guys sure get around” Roark says
“Yeah, its been a crazy couple of days” I say
“how’s your head” Roark asks
“Fine, the pain is starting to fade, the doctor says it will leave a scar” I say
the blue headed pokemon walks over to ruche and nudges him a bit with a smile on its face
“So what’s the deal with these pokemon?” Ruche asks while petting the blue pokemon
“You don’t know?” Roark asks
“I wanted to surprise them” conifer says
“I see” Roark says with a chuckle
“Well, these pokemon are ancient pokemon that have been revived from fossils!” Roark says excited
“That’s awesome!” I say
“Right now there’s three fossil pokemon in the facility, two cranidos and a sheildon” Roark says gesturing to the pokemon beside him
I take out my pokedex and point it at the blue and red pokemon, a picture of the blue one appears on screen
Cranidos - The Headbutt Pokemon - Rock - It was resurrected from an iron ball like fossil, it downs prey with its headbutts. Its said to have lived in jungles over 100 million years ago, they are known to snap trees in two with a single headbutt
“Neat, why is one red though?” I ask
“Its a "shiny” pokemon" conifer says
“What’s that mean?” I ask
“A shiny pokemon is a pokemon that’s been born with a rare genetic mutation that makes it a different color than the rest of its kind” conifer says
“Oh okay” I say
I turn my pokedex toward the last one, which is now sitting on Sasha’s lap as she pets it
Sheildon - The Shield Pokemon - Rock/Steel - it habitually polishes its face by rubbing it against tree trunks. This pokemon has a sturdy face but is weak to attacks from behind. Many of these fossils have been found, almost none of them have shown damage to its face. This herbivorous pokemon lived in ancient jungles where it would use its face to dig up tree roots to eat.
“Its nice to meet you three” I say
“Maw!” Scarlett says happily waving at them
We all let out our pokemon to play with the fossil pokemon, they start playing tag with the cranidos, while sheildon remains on Sasha’s lap and ruche starts sketching the cranidos
I snap a few pictures as a man in a lab coat walks over to Roark and hands him a pokeball and tells him something, but I’m too far away to hear
Roark walks over to me
“Hey Dakota, you haven’t met my partner rampardos yet right?” Roark asks
“Nope, I assumed onix was your partner” I say
“Well let me introduce you” Roark says tossing his pokeball
Then a pokemon appears, it has a blue dome on its head surrounded by spikes, and it bears a resemblance to the blue cranidos
I take out my pokedex again
Rampardos - The Headbutt Pokemon - Rock - The evolved form of cranidos, its skull can withstand impacts of any magnitude. its skull is as hard as iron and are said to be about a foot thick, its mindlessly topples jungle trees while chasing down its prey.
“Whoa, is this is the third pokemon I would of had to fight if this wasn’t my first gym battle?” I ask
“Yep” Roark says with a proud look
“Nice to meet you rampardos” I say
“Ram” rampardos says doing a little bow before walking off toward the cranidos
“I bring him here once a week for a check up and to play with the other fossil pokemon” Roark says
“That’s nice” I say
I notice Sasha looks a bit off
“Uh oh, rampardos is scaring Sasha” I say before rushing over to her
“Are you okay? Is rampardos too big? Do you want to go?” I ask
Sasha looks at rampardos and then back to me
“N-no, Im fine” Sasha says shaking a little
“Are you sure?” I ask
“Yes” Sasha says petting the now sleeping sheildon on her lap
“Alright if you change your mind let me know” I say standing up
All of our pokemon spend an hour playing with the fossil pokemon while ruche continues sketching in his notebook and I take more pictures, the best one I get is one of sasha and shieldon
After about an hour someone walks up to conifer and says something and he nods
He walks over
“Alright it’s time to go you guys” conifer says
We put our pokemon back into their pokeballs
“bye cranidos!” I say waving at the pair as they are escorted off
Someone comes and pick up sheildon
“Goodbye” Sasha says waving at shieldon and it waves back while yawning
“My legs are asleep” Sasha says after a moment
I laugh a little and ruche and I help her to her feet
We follow conifer to the museums entrance
“Thanks for the tour professor!” I say
“No problem” conifer says with a laugh
“Next time I’m in Canalave I’ll visit you and your parents ruche” conifer says with a smile
“…yeah” ruche says looking away
We say our goodbyes and decide to go for lunch
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Post by fattymccatcat on Aug 23, 2018 6:37:15 GMT
After lunch Scarlett, chimchar, and I head back out into the boulder field for more training
We find a reasonably tall hill and some small round boulders.
“Today’s training is about dodging. Scarlett I’ve noticed your awful at it” I say
“maw!?” Scarlett says in a shocked tone
“So first part, roll these round boulders up the hill” i say pointing at two small rocks, each mostly round and a little smaller than themselves
They quickly roll them to the top and I follow behind
“Now, go to the bottom and dodge them after I roll them at you” I say
Chimchar runs to the bottom of the hill while Scarlett looks a bit nervous
“Do you want to opt out of this?” I ask
Scarlett thinks for a moment then shakes her head before running down to the bottom with chimchar
“Okay, Chimchar first, run at the rock then dodge it when I call out” I yell down to them
I lightly roll the stone down hill, the slope isn’t that steep so the speed is mostly determined by how fast I roll it
The stone start rolling and Chimchar runs toward it, as he gets closer I yell out and Chimchar dodges to the left, the stone misses him and rolls to a stop at the bottom of the hill
“Your turn Scarlett!” I call down
“Maw!” Scarlett calls out
I roll the stone down the hill and Scarlett runs at it, as she gets closer I call out and she dodges to the right, it just barely misses her and rolls to a stop at the bottom
We repeat this a few times and I increase the strength I use to roll the stone down hill each time
After six times Chimchar has dodged every time while Scarlett has gotten hit the last three times
She looks frustrated
“Do you want to try again?” I ask
“Maw!” Scarlett says with a determined nod
I roll the stone down the hill and Scarlett charges right at it, as it get closer I call out but she doesn’t move, instead she opens her arms and as the stone reaches her she claps down on the sides and swings her whole body backwards lifting the stone and tossing it over her, the stone fly’s through the air and lands past her and continues rolling down the hill, she tumbles down the hill as well, when she comes to a stop she is panting heavily.
“Scarlett!” I yell rushing to her side
She’s frantically shaking her hands
“Ouch, rug burn?” I ask taking out a water bottle and rinsing off her hands
“Why did you do that?” I ask
“Mawile maw!” Scarlett says with a big smile
“Don’t tell me you want to do that instead of dodging!?” I say
Scarlett nods
“But your hands!” I say
Scarlett claps her hands together showing that they are fine
I sigh
“I guess that’s a benefit of being a steel type?… So you want to learn to redirect attacks instead of dodging?” I ask
“Maw!” Scarlett says with a frantic nod
“I’ll try and think of ways to make this doable tonight but for now let’s head back” I say picking them up and carrying the back to the pokemon center
I get them checked in and lay down researching stuff online and thinking of tomorrows training
After awhile I fall asleep
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