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Post by fattymccatcat on Sept 20, 2019 19:23:35 GMT
I wake up, get showered, dressed, and ready for the day
Since I don’t have anything to do today I decide to go train at one of the nearby parks
As I’m preparing some stuff Ruche sits up in bed
“Are you going to go train?” He asks
“Yeah” I say
“I wouldn’t bother, today’s the start of the contest season. Coordinators from all over Sinnoh are going to flood into town to sign up. Its going to be hectic out there” he says
“… Wait, that means Josie, Cory, and Rebecca should be in town” I say
“I guess so, yeah” Ruche says getting up and going into the bathroom
“Hmm, alright change of plans, let’s see if we can find them” I say and Scarlett nods
We leave the inn and the streets are packed with people and pokemon
Its like a festival
we run around looking for about two hours but don’t see them in the crowd
As I’m thinking of just calling Josie or Rebecca the flow of the crowd picks up and we get swept along with the rush
We wind up in the massive crowd off people surrounding the contest hall and the stage that’s sitting in front of it
Its a giant dome shaped building at the center of Hearthome
The crowd is murmuring to themselves and then everything goes quiet when the music starts playing
Its sort of fast passed and upbeat and I prepare my camera
And on time with the music, cannons start spraying confetti over the crowd
Suddenly the confetti gets swept up with a gust of wind and swirls into a large sphere above the stage and explodes out revealing a lady with purple hair standing atop a drifblim
She’s wearing a fabulous purple dress and dancing atop the pokemon as it lowers down onto the stage
The crowd cheers and I get some nice shots of the whole thing
She smiles and picks up a microphone
“Ohohohoho! So! The time is upon us! The contest season! It starts again!” She says in a slight accent
The crowd cheers again
“As I am sure you all know, I am Fantina! Your fabulous contest committee chairman!” She says with a flourish
The crowd goes wild
“Ohohoho! Now I’m sure you all wish to sign up for the season, well, I am happy to announce that sign ups will open after the announcement has finished!” She says
The screen behind her lights up and the names of twenty cities appear on the screen
“These are where the contests will be held this year!” She says and the crowd cheers
From the looks of it the cities are spread all over Sinnoh
“Where will the first contest be? That reveal is for next week!” Fantina says playfully
Then she goes over a bunch of other stuff that I don’t really get since I don’t know much about contests
Its sounds interesting though
Then Fantina smiles
“That is all for today! Have fun! Be stylish! And try your hardest!” She says and then all the confetti in the crowd floats up and surrounds the stage obscuring everyone’s view
Then the confetti falls and Fantina, the stage, and everything else that was blocking the entrance into the contest hall is gone
People start flooding into the building and Scarlett and I finally break free of the crowd
I text Rebecca
“Hey, you’re in Hearthome right?”
It takes a few minutes but she replies
“Dakota? Yeah, why? Are you all here as well?” She asks
“Yeah! Do you want to meet up later?” I say
“Sure! I’ll let Josie and Cory know” she says
Scarlett and I go and eat breakfast and then we head to the meeting place Rebecca texted me
I text Sasha so her and Reavus can meet them as well
“Hey” Sasha says walking up to us
“Hey, did Ruche not want to come?” I ask
“He had something to do with Rigel’s outfits” Sasha says sitting down next to me
“Oh, is he like, studying them or something?” I say
“Maybe” Sasha says
We sit there and talk until I see everyone walking towards us
“Hey!” I say waving them over with a smile
Josie runs over and hugs me and then Sasha
Sasha let’s Reavus out of his pokeball and his face lights up when he sees everyone
We all say our hellos and stuff and then we sit down in the shade
Reavus looks ecstatic, bouncing between everyone with a big smile on his face
“So, how have things been since Eterna?” Cory asks
“Ah, well.. You know, more of the usual” I say
“You catch any new pokemon?” Josie asks
I smile
“Yes actually. I have” I say standing up
I grab Shinx’s premier ball and let him out
He appears and stares at the three who look a bit uneasy
“Meet Shinx! He was raised by ghosts” I say with a grin
“Cool!” Josie says with a grin
“His eyes… So piercing…” Rebecca says unable to look away
“I know right, I’ve known him like a week and I’ve never seen him blink. He’s awesome!” I say proudly
“Man, you catch the coolest pokemon” Josie says petting Shinx
“Wait until you see the next one” I say with a smirk as I grab Sneasel’s ball
I let her out and Rebecca gasps loudly and Sneasel gets scared and hides behind my leg
“S-she’s beautiful” Rebecca murmurs
“Where did you catch a Sneasel? Aren’t their habitats up north?” Cory asks
“I actual got her as an egg from an egg shop” I say patting Sneasel head
“That’s some amazing luck you have” Josie says
“Ah ha ha” I say not sure how to respond to that
“I love her little folded ears, she would be a big hit in the contest scene” Cory says with a smile
Sneasel steps out from behind me as she realizes these are my friends and walks over to them and smiles
“Aww” they all say simultaneously
We spend about two hours catching up and trading story’s about our travels
Then we go and get lunch together and just have a great day together
Its just like the memories of the days off we all have from mismagius’ school
“So, what are you guys doing tomorrow?” Josie asks
“Uh, we are gonna be a bit busy tomorrow, why?” I ask
“I’m sure you’ve heard about it, the banquet! We are going to all watch it together tomorrow on TV, thought you guys could join us, like a viewing party” Josie says
“Actually-” Sasha starts to say but I stop her
“Sorry, we really are going to be busy tomorrow. We won’t even be able to watch it ourselves. Text me if anything interesting happens” I say trying really hard to not smile
“Sure, usually the only interesting thing that happens is the Cynthia battle though” Josie says
“I like the introductions that happen when someone walks in” Cory says
“I’m looking forward to seeing what kind of food Seln has prepared this year, its always crazy!” Rebecca says with a laugh
We make plans to meet up the day after tomorrow and part ways
“Shall we head back to the inn?” Sasha asks
“Nah, I need to make a stop somewhere” I say
“Okay. See you later” Sasha says and walks off
Scarlett and I walk through town and we head into a barber shop
I get a trim, my hair was a little below my shoulders but now its about an inch or two above my shoulders and looks a bit cleaner
We head back to the inn and Ruche has all three of our outfits laid out and is going over them with his pokenav and flashlight
“Uh, what are you doing?” I ask
“Looking for his logo” Ruche says without looking up
I look at Sasha and she shrugs
“Okay” I say moving across the room making sure not to step on anything
After about half an hour Ruche throws his hands in the air
“Found the last one!” He says happily
“Cool. What are you talking about?” I say
“Ah, right. Uh, The bloom family has this sort of… Calling card. They stitch their family logo, a leaf with a star in it, somewhere on the clothes they make, its completely invisible to the eye, except it shows up incredibly well on camera, its made of very thin, very reflective thread! I wanted to see if I could find them” Ruche says with a laugh
“That’s kinda neat. So how obvious will it be that we are wearing Rigel’s stuff?” I ask
“Pretty obvious” Ruche says
“Well, we were going to get a bunch of attention anyway” I say with a laugh
“Yeah… So, did you decide if you’re going to enter the roulette?” Ruche asks
“Yeah, I decided that I will, even if I get completely destroyed, fighting someone strong will be decent training” I say
“Okay, good luck” Ruche says with a smile
I walk over and pick up the hat Rigel gave me and put it on
I angle it back a bit and it looks pretty good with the haircut
We help Ruche put away the clothes and go get dinner
When we get back to the room I upload the pictures I took of the contests announcement and Fantina to the website
Then we relax in the room until we decide to go to bed
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Post by fattymccatcat on Sept 23, 2019 23:07:04 GMT
We wake up at about ten and just relax until its time to head to town hall
We grab the bags with our outfits in them, as well as everything else Carrara told us to bring, and make our way across town
We walk in and carol smiles at us
“Good morning, just head on back, ill join you in a moment” she says
We walk into the office and Carrara is wearing a nice suit and is all finished getting ready
“Good morning!” She says looking super excited
“Morning” I say
“You can change in the bathroom over there” she says
We change clothes and start getting ready
Ruche helps me put make up on over the bruises while carol comes in and helps Sasha’s do her hair
After awhile Carol and Sasha walk out of the bathroom and carol looks exhausted
Sasha’s hair has always been wild and just kinda does whatever it wants but somehow carol managed to brush, straighten, and twist it into a bun
“You look amazing” I say with a smile
“Thank you” Sasha says
“My arms… So tired….” Carol says sweating bullets
She plops down onto the sofa and Carrara hands her a water bottle
“So did alabaster finish the fountain?” I ask
“Of course!” Carrara says with a smile
We go over everything one last time and we head over at about five thirty and get there at six
We walk into the building and a man in a black suit stops us
“Tickets?” He asks
We show him our tickets and he tells us to go to waiting room seventeen
We follow Carrara through the building and into the waiting room
We sit there for about an hour until another guy in a black suit comes to get us
“Nervous?” Carrara asks with a laugh as we walk
“Incredibly” I say
“Don’t worry, I’ll be there if anything goes wrong” Carrara says
“Okay” I say still very nervous
We get stopped in front of two large wooden doors where a woman in a black suit and a clipboard smiles
“Carrara, then Dakota and Scarlett, then Sasha, then Ruche” she says reading from her clipboard and we all nod
“I can’t believe I’m about to be introduced at Seln’s banquet” Ruche says with a big grin
“Just smile and walk down the stairs once you hear your name” the security lady says
She opens the doors and Carrara smiles at us and walks through as the doors shut behind her
I step forward with Scarlett who looks just as nervous as me
“Let’s do this” I say and she nods
After a moment the security lady opens the door and we walk in
We are standing atop a grand staircase lined with red carpet that leads to a beautiful and massive ballroom with a shiny wooden floor
There are large ornate chandeliers hanging from the ceilings and a band playing some gentle classy music at the back
It looks like something out of a movie
There are at least two hundred people in here and at the bottom of the stairs is a camera crew with a huge camera pointed at us
“Introducing Dakota Douglas, and his partner Scarlett” a voice says loudly and everyone in the room claps
We smile and walk down the stairs and meet up with Carrara
The doors at the top of the stairs open again and Sasha steps through
“Introducing Sasha Galen!” The announcer says and everyone claps
Her face is as still as always as she walks down the stairs and joins us
She gets close enough that I can see her hands are shaking and I realize she’s just as nervous as me
“Good job” I say with a smile as I grab her hand
She squeezes it tight
“Thanks” she says in a barely audible voice
The doors open again and Ruche steps through with a big smile
“Introducing Ruche Bellerose!” The announcer says and everyone claps
He walks down the stairs and joins us
“That was awesome” he says with a smile
After about forty minutes the introductions start to wrap up and the doors open again and an old distinguished looking lady walks in wearing a dark red suit
Her hair is white and she has a smug look on her face as she gracefully descend the stairs
A few moments pass and the doors don’t open again so I assume that’s everyone
There is now about four hundred people here
Suddenly the lights dim and a spotlight hits the double doors
A man wearing a chefs hat and uniform walks in
He reaches the edge of the railing and smiles
“Welcome one and all to my banquet! I am your host and head chef, Seln! I hope you all, as well as the viewers, enjoy tonight’s festivities!” He says and the lights click on
He descends the stairs and everyone starts to mingle amongst themselves as the camera people reposition themselves
Waiters flood into the room holding trays with drinks on them
Carrara warns us not to take anything from the blue trays because those are the ones with alcoholic drinks like wine or champagne
Carrara gets called away by some people and Ruche wanders off and starts talking to people
As I’m looking around I see someone I didn’t expect to see here, and he is walking towards us
Its professor rowan
“Well well, this is quite the surprise. I didn’t expect you two to be here” he says looking at me and Scarlett
“Likewise Mr. Rowan” I say with a smile
“Ha ha, well, everyone needs a break every now and then, and Seln’s food is quite good” he says with a smile
“I’ll second that” someone says
We turn and see Cynthia walking up to us
She’s wearing a beautiful black dress and has her hair down
“Ah, Cynthia, fantastic to see you as always” rowan says
“Same here professor” Cynthia says with a smile
“And you are Dakota, Sasha, and… Scarlett was it?” She says looking down at Scarlett with a smile
“Maw!” Scarlett says smiling back up at her
“Its nice to meet you” she says shaking all of our hands
“S-same here” I say a bit nervous
Someone calls out to her and she excuses herself and walks away
“So, how’s assistant life treating you? I hope professor conifer is doing his job properly” rowan says
“Ah ha ha, yeah its super great” I say forcing a smile
“I see, well if you ever need any assistance feel free to call me anytime” he says
“I will, thank you” I say
Rowan excuses himself and we start walking around
A bunch of people I don’t recognize come up and give us superficial greetings and we return them and they walk away
It gets pretty dull pretty fast so after about forty people Sasha, Scarlett, and I escape to a corner to catch our breath
Suddenly people start rushing into the room and start setting up tables
The tables create a big rectangle around the edge of the room leaving a big empty space in the middle
Carrara walks over to us with Ruche following behind her
“Time to eat” she says with a smile
The tables get set up with blinding speed and everyone finds their seats
Seln walks out into the center of the room with a microphone
“Tonight’s meal will come in three parts, the first part is a delicious herb soup, made from various herbs and spices, as well as the herbs that grow on a Pokemon called pansage’s head, which are said to have a stress relieving effect” he says and people start wheeling out bowls of bright green soup
It smells crazy but it makes your mouth water and tastes like distilled nature
You can feel your entire body relax as you eat
The whole room goes quiet as we all calmly enjoy the soup
As people finish eating their bowls are taken away and get replaced with the next dish
Its an incredible looking steak covered in some sort of sauce and what looks like mushrooms
“This next dish is a steak covered in a paras mushroom sauce” Seln says happily
The steak is cooked perfectly and the sauce is amazing, I don’t even like mushrooms and I think its amazing
Our plates are cleared as we finish
Scarlett looks so happy I have to stifle a laugh
“And finally dessert, its a flan made from the highly nutritious blissy egg, and moomoo milk!” Seln says
They set a sort of jiggly yellow pudding down with a darker yellow top
Its somehow the best thing I’ve had tonight despite the other two dishes being incredible
Its so sweet and cold and it melts in your mouth coating your tongue in vanilla and caramel
The plates get cleared and everyone starts talking to whoever they are sitting next to
Carrara leans over
“Dakota, you brought an empty pokeball like I told you to, right?” She asks
“Yeah” I say taking a premier ball out of my pocket
Carrara hands me a pen
“Sign your name on the back of your ticket, and put it into the empty ball” she says
And I do that
“You know its not a guarantee that you will battle right? There’s only three battles, that’s six people out of however many decide to enter” Ruche says
“That’s fine, either way it should be fun” I say with a smile
Seln walks out into the center of the room again
“Its time for this years battle roulette!” Seln says and everyone cheers
“Everyone who wishes to enter sign your name onto the back of your ticket and stick it into an empty pokeball, we have pens and spare pokeballs if you need them” Seln says
Someone walks around with a cart and collects the pokeballs and takes them to a big clear machine that’s sitting in the middle of the room
Its got a tube coming out of the top and swirls around the outside of the machine
Its basically a giant lottery ball machine
After it looks like everyone is done entering the contest Seln smiles and throws his own pokeball in
“Well then! Let’s see who battles this year!” He says and all the pokeballs start getting churned up and thrown around inside the machine and after about a minute one pokeball gets sucked up into the hole at the top and rolls down the spiral and stops at the end of the tube
This happens three more times and they are all regular pokeballs
“Come on, come on” I mutter
Suddenly my pokeball shoot towards the top and gets sucked up
“Yes!” I say quietly
It rolls down and joins the others then another one gets sucked up and the machine stops
“That’s all six! Let’s see who we have!” Seln says grabbing the first two balls
“The first match is between… Lucian and Jacob! Oh my, a member of the elite for right off the bat, this should be fun” He says
He grabs the next two balls
“The second match is between Trixie and… Cynthia!” He says and the crowd cheers
“And the final match it between Dakota and….” He says and then smiles
“Me!” He says and the crowd loses it
“Whoa, what?” I say
“Dakota, he’s thrown his ball in every year and has never been picked” Carrara whispers
“Oh, is he strong?” I ask
“he’s pretty good” she says
“I don’t have to like, throw the match cuz its his party right?” I ask
“No, if you can kick his ass, do it” Carrara says with a smirk
“Perfect” I say with a smile
“Can all of the participants please start making your way to the waiting rooms until its time for your match” Seln says
“Wait what? I can’t watch Cynthia’s battle?” I ask
“Sorry, no” Carrara says
“Aww” I say standing up and following the security guard to the waiting room
After about twenty minutes the security guard comes to get me and I follow him back out into the main room
A few tables have been broken and there’s clear signs of a fierce battle taking place
The crowd is talking amongst themselves and I start getting nervous
I step into the ring of tables and Seln is there waiting for me
I approach him and he smiles at me
“Its nice to meet you Dakota, how are you enjoying my party?” He asks
“Oh, its been a blast” I say with a grin
He laughs
“That’s great, let’s have a good battle” he says extending a hand
“Yeah!” I say shaking his hand
We separate and one of the security guards steps forward to act as judge
The cameras all focus on us and the judge flips a coin and points to Seln who takes out a pokeball and tosses it
And a Glaceon appears
I take out Monferno’s premier ball and I toss it and Monferno appears
“Monferno! Time for a battle, let’s give it all we’ve got!” I say
“Mon!” He says with a smirk
The band starts playing some high intensity music perfect for battling to and I start getting pumped
The stage is set!
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2
1
Battle start!
“Brick break!” I say
“Quick attack!” Seln says
They charge at each other, Monferno’s fists glowing white and Glaceon leaving a white streak behind itself
Glaceon is faster and slams into Monferno
“Flamethrower!” I shout
Monferno shoots a jet of flame at Glaceon who swiftly dodges backwards
“Ice beam!” Seln says
A glowing sphere of light blue energy appears in glaceon’s mouth and it fires a beam across the ground towards monferno leaving a sheet of ice as it goes
“Use flame wheel to dodge!” I yell
Monferno tucks into a ball and bursts into flames and speeds around the ice beam towards Glaceon
“Dodge across the ice!” Seln says
Glaceon shoots forward and starts skating across the path of ice it created
Monferno follows it and skids out on the ice and spins in place
“Ha ha, quick attack!” Seln says happily
“Spin faster!” I yell
The flames intensify and melt a hole in the ice as Glaceon shoots across the ice towards monferno
“brick break the ice!” I shout
Monferno uncurls onto his feet and since he melted a hole in the ice he has stable footing
He swings both fists down onto the ice as hard as he can
The trail of ice shatters and Glaceon trips and falls
“Brick break again!” I yell
Monferno breaks into a sprint with his fists glowing white
Glaceon barely makes it to its feet as monferno punches Glaceon full force in the face
Glaceon gets sent flying backwards and crashes into one of the tables breaking it to pieces
Glaceon staggers to its feet and glares at monferno and charges at him
“Ice fang!” Seln yells
“Do it like Shinx!” I yell and monferno nods
Glaceon’s teeth turn into light blue fangs that give off a sort of frost
Glaceon sinks it’s fangs into Monferno’s side and he winces and then he smiles
Monferno grabs Glaceon around its waist and kicks off the ground launching over Glaceon
They roll into a ball and monferno bursts into flames
“What!?” Seln yells
A burning ball of orange and blue swirls in place in the middle of the floor
“Ice beam!” Seln yells
Suddenly half the ball freezes and then melts and then freezes again
It turns into a spinning ball of fire and ice, the fire chasing the ice and the ice chasing the fire
Suddenly a beam of energy fires out freezing a table
A moment later a jet of fire shoots into the air
“monferno! Give it everything you’ve got!” I shout
“Glaceon! You can do it!” Seln yells
Suddenly the ball of swirling orange and blue turns white and explodes
Glaceon skids across the floor covered in little embers while monferno gets sent flying through the air covered in frost
Neither are conscious and monferno is flying towards the wall at a dangerous angle
Without missing a beat I sprint in his direction, jump onto one of the tables, and leap into his path catching him in my arms
we both fly back and slam into the wall
I get the wind knocked out of me but it could of been worse
The crowd of people in the room burst into a thunderous applause
“Monferno?” I say checking him over
Sasha and mantyke rush over
“Nice catch” Sasha says as mantyke starts using aqua ring
I start brushing the frost off his body and after a few moments monferno opens his eyes
“Hey buddy, nice battle” I say with a smile
“Mon?” he asks
“It was a draw” I say
Monferno sighs
“Yeah, I’m kinda getting tired of draws as well” I say with a laugh
Monferno stands up and Seln and Glaceon walk over
“That was a spectacular battle!” Seln says with a smile
“Yeah, it was fun!” I say standing up
“How’s Glaceon?” I ask
“Perfectly fine! Luckily the fabulous Cordelia was here” he says gesturing to the lady behind him
She’s quite tall and dressed a bit differently to everyone else, like a prince from a fairy tale, she even has the little red cape
“Oh ho, you did quite a good job” she says looking from monferno to Sasha
“…thank you” Sasha says
“…Let’s talk!” Cordelia says putting her arm around Sasha and walking off with her
“Uhhhh. Who is she?” I ask
“She’s quite a famous Pokémon breeder, she is known for being a bit eccentric but she’s saved countless lives across the globe” Seln says
“Hmm. Okay” I say
People swarm into the room and start cleaning up the debris and tables
Then they wheel in what I can only assume is the fountain covered in a large red sheet
Carrara and Scarlett walk over
“You still good to go? You took a pretty big hit when you hit the wall” she says
“Ha! I’ve taken worse hits than that” I say with a smirk
“… Alright then, let’s go” Carrara says with a grin
Everyone starts to talk amongst themselves as they hook two ropes from the ceiling to the red sheet
Carrara, Scarlett, and I walk over to the fountain and turn towards the cameras
Carrara and me are handed microphones and Carrara smiles
“Hello everyone! I am Carrara, the mayor of Hearthome city! And I’m very pleased to tell you about something amazing that was found in the ruins near Hearthome” Carrara says with a smile gesturing to the sheet behind her
“But, maybe I should leave that to the one who actually found the thing, I’m very happy to introduce, Field Agent for the Professors Union, Dakota Douglas!” She says gesturing to me
“Thank you Carrara. Now, I’m sure your thinking that I’m a bit young to be a field agent for the professors union, and your totally right, but that’s not gonna stop me” I say playfully
“Anyway, As I was doing a training exercise in the ruins behind Hearthome at the request of my professor, I stumbled upon some interesting things, a mysterious notebook hidden in a wall for instance, I used my training as a field agent and my intuition as a Douglas and followed the clues to an undiscovered part of the ruins, and that’s where I found this!” I say gesturing to the sheet
Two golden ropes drop from the ceiling just like Carrara told me they would
Carrara grabs one and I grab the other and we pull as hard as we can and the sheet shoots into the air revealing the fountain
It turns on and starts spraying water
“That’s right, your eyes aren’t deceiving you! Its a third star crossed Shellos fountain!” Carrara says happily
“Although they don’t look as star crossed now, they are finally together, as they should be” I say
The crowd applauds
“This fountain will be installed between the other two fountains within the week! All three Shellos fountains will be in one place, on display, for the first time in thousands of years!” Carrara says and the crowd cheers
Seln walks over and takes one of the microphones
“Its truly a great day for Hearthome! Let’s give a round of applause to Dakota!” Seln says and everyone starts clapping
“Well then, with that the party’s over! Have a great night Sinnoh! I’ll see you next year!” Seln says and he waves goodbye to the camera with the fountain behind him
Carrara does as well, so Scarlett and I wave goodbye to the cameras too
The little red lights on the camera turn off and the camera crew clears out
Everyone in the room rushes over to get a closer look at the fountain and to talk to me
Everyone says their thanks and congratulations and then move on
A blonde girl walks up to me and hands me her card
“Hey! I’m Bebe, you run Dakotas Photography Journey right?” she asks
“Yeah! You know it?” I ask
“Yeah, from the enigma berry video, I’m guessing you’re sites going to get a lot of traffic soon, I’d like to offer my services, I’m quite good with computers you see” she says with a smile
“Ah ha ha, well my site is pretty bare bones… Yeah, sure” I say
“Great! I look forward to working with you, actually, id like to start tonight if you don’t mind” she says with a smile
“Uh, okay, meet me at town hall after this” I say
“Alright then!” She says with a smile and walks off
I look for Sasha and see her across the room still talking to Cordelia
As I break free from the crowd Cynthia and rowan walk up to me
“Oh ho, when I signed the okay on you’re field agent status I didn’t think you would be producing results so soon” rowan says
“Ha ha, yeah well, things just sort of happened” I say with a smile
“That was a fantastic battle earlier as well, you wouldn’t happen to be doing the gym challenge would you?” Cynthia asks
“I am! I’m currently at three badges” I say with a smile
“That’s great, I’m looking forward to seeing you at next years pokemon league” she says with a smile
“Thanks! I’m looking forward to it as well” I say
They walk off and Ruche runs over
“You were great!” He says with a smile
“Thanks” I say
“I had so much fun! Thank you Dakota” he says with a smile
“No problem Ruche. I bet Nia will be jealous” I say
“Ah, well. She gets invited to this thing every year, she always turns it down though, its not really her thing” he says with a laugh
“Oh. Right, she’s like a super famous metal smith right?” I ask
“Yeah, something like that. Where’s Sasha?” He asks
As we walk over Cordelia walks off and Sasha walks over
“What did she want?” I ask
“Nothing important. Good job on not blowing it” Sasha says
“Gee thanks!” I say
Carrara walks over and everyone starts leaving the venue
We walk back to town hall
When we walk in Bebe is waiting in the lobby
“Bebe!” Carrara says going over and giving her a hug
“You know her?” I ask
“Yeah, she’s Sinnoh’s best computer programmer! But why are you here?” Carrara says
“I’m here to redo Dakota’s website, its kinda basic” Bebe says
We head into Carrara office and Bebe pulls out a laptop
I give her the codes so she can start working on the website and then Scarlett, Ruche, Sasha, and I plop down onto the sofa exhausted
Carol walks in
“You guys did great” she says with a smile
I take out my pokenav and I have twenty one missed messages
I laugh
I open the ones from mom and dad first
“Oh! My sons on TV! Ha ha. You look very nice in your suit”
“Scarlett looks good too”
“Oh Sasha looks beautiful! Did she tell her mom about this?”
“Is your uncle not there?”
“Oh, I saw you talking to Cynthia!”
“That soup looks weird, did it taste good?”
“That steak looks good but you hate mushrooms right? How was it?”
“Oooh, flan. I’m jealous”
“Oh my gosh! You’re going to battle Seln! You can do it!”
“Fight fight fight!”
“Oh no! Are you okay?! You hit the wall pretty hard”
“What?”
“What!?”
“Oh my gosh your dad almost fainted! You found that in the ruins!?”
“Call us tomorrow! You’re dad wants to talk about the ruins!”
I figured that would happen, I make a note to call home tomorrow
Josie, Rebecca, and Cory sent me some as well
“You sneaky little! How could you not tell us!” Cory texts
“That food looks amazing! I’m going to kick you’re ass when I see you next” Josie texts
“Oh wow! You found that!? You’re amazing!” Rebecca texts
“Rebecca says you look good in your suit lol hsdfjkaksjkdoan” Josie sent
“Ignore that last text!” Josie sent but I think it was actually Rebecca
“Nice catch! That was a very flashy battle, good job!” Cory texts
I start getting sleepy and we all kinda start to dose off on the couch
I yawn and Bebe notices
“You guys should head off and go to sleep, this will take a bit of time, so we can meet up tomorrow and go over it” Bebe says
“Yeah, plus that couch is awful to sleep on, trust me. You should really head back to your inn” Carrara says
“Uhh, alright, thank you Bebe” I say standing up
“I’m happy to help!” Bebe says with a smile
We all slowly make out way back to our inn, get changed into our pajamas, and go to bed
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Post by fattymccatcat on Sept 26, 2019 8:19:06 GMT
I wake up and I’m alone in bed
Sasha’s in the shower and Ruche is waiting his turn while looking at his pokenav
“Hey” I say sitting up in bed
“Morning” he says
I grab my pokenav and check the time, its about ten in the morning
I see the note I wrote about calling home and sigh
“What’s up” Ruche asks
“Gotta call my parents later” I say
“Ah, they probably have questions huh” Ruche says
“Yeah, what about you? Did you’re family back in Canalave watch the banquet?” I ask
“Dad recorded it since he had to patrol last night, I don’t know about mom, but Nia said she watched it, she says hello” Ruche says
I get up and walk over to the hat Rigel gave me and put it on
“Are you going to switch that out for your usual hat? I think it would go well with your usual outfit” Ruche says
“Nah, I think I’ll stick with my usual hat for now” I say
“What’s the deal with that hat anyway?” Ruche asks
I shrug
“I don’t really know, I saw it in the store one day and just had to have it, then I grew my hair out since it looked stupid with short hair” I say
“Huh, I guess it would look weird with short hair” Ruche says
“What should we do with the suits and dress anyway? shoving them into our packs seems like a bad idea” I say with a laugh
“I think I’m going to ship mine home” Ruche says
“Then I will as well” I say packing it into its bag
Sasha walks out of the bathroom and Ruche goes in
“Hey” I say
“Good morning” Sasha says
“Hey, did you tell your mom you’d be on TV?” I ask
“…I forgot” Sasha says
Sasha picks up her pokenav and calls home
“Good morning Mother, I was on TV last night and forgot to tell you, I apologize” Sasha says
Sasha is quiet for a bit
“I see, then everything worked out” Sasha says and then goes quiet again
“I Love you too mother” Sasha says and she hangs up
“My mother was informed by one of her friends that was watching the event that I had attended and she watched it online later” Sasha says
“That’s great” I say with a smile
I wait for Ruche to finish showering then I get cleaned and dressed for the day
We leave the inn and stop by the pokemon center on the way to breakfast
I go to the communications room in the lounge with Scarlett and call home
It rings a few times before they pick up
“Oh, its Dakota!” She calls out
“Good morning” I say
“Maw!” Scarlett says
“Good morning” mom says with a smile
Dad walks into frame and smiles
“Dakota! Scarlett! I’m glad its finally you who called” dad says
“Finally us?” I ask
“Ah ha ha, some of our works friends have been calling and congratulating us about how you’re following in our footsteps” mom says
“Oh. Sorry” I say with a laugh
“No no its fine, its great! You did an amazing job, you’re uncle called and told us that you’ve been taking it seriously and are acting very professional” mom says
“Ah… Ha ha… Yeah” I say
“But, we are a little confused. you uh, never really mentioned wanting to become an archeologist, we always thought you took more of a liking to photography” mom says
“Ah, well… Look, a lots happens in three months, I’m not studying to be an archeologist, I just… Happened to find the fountain and the book, and everything kind of… Snowballed. The reason I’m a field agent is so I can take pictures of ruins across the world, or something. I’m just kind of… Going with the flow, seeing where it takes me, broadening my horizons yadda yadda yadda” I say with a laugh
“Yeah, about that field agent thing…” Dad says
“Ha ha! Yeah! Pretty cool job title huh” I say
“Some of our friends said it can be quite a dangerous job nowadays” mom says
“Yeah, that’s why we are doing training exercises and I’m not aloud to go anywhere too far off the established routes, conifer is not going to send me traipsing off into the wilds” I say trying to reassure them
“…okay, that’s good….we Will accept you’re decision to work for the professors union, but we still need to talk to this professor!” Mom says
“I know… Look, I’m meeting up with him in majolica in a few weeks, we will call you then” I say
“Alright then, we can wait” dad says
“I have to go, my friends are waiting” I say
“Alright, we love you” mom says
“Love you too” I say and end the call
I sigh and head back to the lobby
we walk through town and go to a cafe for breakfast
“So uh, what are we doing?” Ruche asks after we finish ordering
“With what?” I ask
“Are we staying in town until the fountains installed?” Ruche asks
“Huh, I don’t know… I honestly wouldn’t mind leaving today” I say
“I am fine with that as well” Sasha says
“Alright then, we should check in with Carrara though, make sure she doesn’t want you there when its installed” Ruche says
“Yeah alright, I Gotta check in with Bebe anyway” I say
“Oh yeah! I wonder if she’s finished you’re website” Ruche says pulling out his pokenav
“…Whoa…” He says
I take out my pokenav and go to my website
It looks fantastic, and a lot more professional
“Oh sweet, this looks awesome” I say scrolling through the pages
I put my pokenav away when the food arrives
“Oh right, what did Cordelia want last night, you guys were talking for awhile” I ask
“It is… Nothing” she says looking away
“God, how are we all so awful at lying” I say with a laugh
Ruche laughs
“It does not matter what she wanted, I turned her down” Sasha says
“…Alright then. She did kinda look like a weirdo” I say
“Oh, was she the one dressed like a prince? I kind of liked the outfit, it wasn’t really appropriate for the setting though” Ruche says
We continue talking about the banquet and eventually finish eating
Scarlett and I head over to town hall while Sasha and Ruche head back to the inn to pack
We walk into town hall and carol greets us
Then we head back to Carrara’s office
We walk in and everyone’s here, Johnny, Carrara, alabaster, even Bebe
“Hey, good job last night kid” alabaster says with a grin
“Thanks, good morning everyone” I say
“Hey hey, did you see the website?” Bebe says excitedly
“Yes! It looks fantastic! Thank you” I say with a smile
“I’m glad you like it” she says with a smile
“How much do I owe you?” I ask taking out my pokenav
“Ah, I took care of it” Johnny says with a smile
“Oh, thanks Johnny… Scarlett! Hug attack!” I yell and Scarlett tackles Johnny in his chair almost knocking him over
“Ha ha. Oh yeah, can I upload the pictures of the fountain and the ruins I took now?” I ask
“Go ahead! I’m sure people would love that” Carrara says with a smile
“Great” I say and I take out my pokenav
I’ve had it set up for awhile so I just hit a button and it starts uploading the pictures
“Cool… So we’re thinking of heading out” I say
“Oh, where are you headed to next?” Johnny asks
“I have this… Important thing to do in majolica, so we are going to head that way, there’s a gym in Pastoria as well so, that should be fun” I say
“I see, I’m almost done here in Hearthome as well” Johnny says
“Oh, does that mean you’re headed back to Hoenn then?” I ask
“Yep!” Johnny says
“I’m sure I’ll make my way there eventually, when we do, I’ll drop by your place ” I say
“You two will always be welcome” he says with a smile
“So, what were you guys talking about before I came in?” I ask
“A security system!” Bebe says
“well, with what happened in Oreburgh we have to be ready if those prism weirdos decide to attack Hearthome” Carrara says
“Oh yeah, that was awful” I say
“…wait, you were there?” Johnny asks
“We all were. Sasha treated the injured, Ruche was in the burning part of the city. I was trapped in the museum with the crazy guy…Yeah, it wasn’t a good time” I say
“Man, screw those prism lunatics! Ever since they got exposed they have been reeking havoc across Sinnoh!” Carrara says
“Its not just Sinnoh, apparently they are having trouble with them in Hoenn too” Johnny says with a sigh
“… Do you think it would have been better if… They uh, never got exposed?” I ask
“No, then they would just be doing things in secret” alabaster says
“I don’t know, now that they are out in the open its like they’re getting more and more brazen, like they have been unleashed and are just going around doing whatever they want” Bebe says
“…. Well, I should get going. I have a few things to do before we leave town so… Goodbye everyone” I say wanting to get away from this conversation
Carrara stands up and walks over
“Its been great working with you Dakota” she says extending a hand
“Same here, thank you for everything Carrara” I say as I shake her hand
“Johnny, I’ll see you later” I say
“Stay out of trouble” he says
“I doubt that’s possible” I say
“See ya kid” alabaster says
“See ya” I say with a smile
“If you ever need more work done on your website you have my card!” Bebe says with a smile
“I’ll keep that in mind” I say with a laugh
Scarlett and I leave the office and head to the lobby and find carol
“Thanks for everything carol!” I say
“Oh, so you’re leaving then? Its been fun Dakota” carol says with a smile
“Yeah, it was fun. Tell Kevin I said hi” I say
“I will” carol says with a smile
We leave town hall and head back to the inn and pack
I text Josie that we are leaving and she says they want to see us before we go
I take the collapsed incubator out of my pack and set it on the table
“Going to take that back to the egg shop?” Ruche asks
“Yeah, its on the way to the shipping place anyway” I say
We grab our stuff and check out of the inn
We walk through town and stop by the egg shop and return the incubator
Then we head over to a pelipper priority mailing shipping center
We walk in and walk up to the counter and a woman appears
We fill out the paperwork and pay and give them the proper addresses
I sent it to my mom, Sasha send it to her mom as well, while Ruche sends it to Nia
“Why not your dad?” I ask
“He might be out on a mission” he says
“Ah, right” I say
We hand the lady the outfits and she places them in boxes and sets them aside
“Thank you for using pelipper priority mailing!” The lady says with a smile and we leave
We walk through town to the meeting place and they are waiting for us
“Sorry, were you waiting long?” Ruche asks
“No we just got here” Josie says standing up
She walks over to me and puts me in a headlock
“Oh look who it is! Mr. Man of the hour! What’s with not telling us huh!?” Josie says
“Ha ha ha! Sorry sorry! I couldn’t help myself!” I say while laughing and trying to break out of the headlock
she let’s me go
“So how was the food?” Rebecca asks
“It was great!” I say
“I liked the soup the best” Ruche says
“Really? I liked the flan the best” I say
“The soup was quite good” Sasha says
“The steak looked amazing” Cory says
We sit down and talk about the banquet and the fountain for awhile
“So, where’re you headed next?” Josie asks
“Pastoria” I say
“I heard they have a botanical garden filled with poisonous plants there and that everyone in the city has a croagunk” Rebecca says
“Oh, that garden sounds interesting” I say
I notice Ruche looks a bit uncomfortable
“Well, we should get going” I say
“I’m sure we will run into each other again when we’re traveling around for the contests” Josie says
“Good luck! I hope you both make it to the grand festival” Ruche says
“Thanks” Cory and Josie say at the same time
We say our goodbyes and we start leaving town
We head through the plaza, past the Shellos fountains, and out through the southernmost exit
We walk for a few hours and then stop for lunch
As were cooking I decide to ask
“So, Ruche, have you thought about what you’re going to do about Pastoria?” I ask
“I’m… Going to try” Ruche says
“Cool, if we get there and you decide you cant handle it though, just say so and we can leave” I say
“No, if anything I’ll continue on alone to majolica and you can catch up once you get you’re badge” Ruche says
“What? Are you sure?” I ask
“Yeah. You want all eleven badges right? I don’t want to get in the way of that” Ruche says
“I mean… Its not that important that I get all eleven” I say
“Dakota, I can handle traveling alone for a week” Ruche say
“That’s not what I meant!” I say
Then my pokenav starts ringing and I see that its conifer
I step a bit away from the cooking area and answer it
“Hello?” Conifer says
“Hi, what’s up?” I ask
“Ah ha ha, well uh, I saw you on TV last night, and uh, so did a lot of other professors” conifer says
“Mhmm, are they chastising you for hiring a child?” I ask
“No… No they are actually trying to poach you away from me” he says
I laugh
“What? What does that mean?” I ask while smiling a bit
“It means they think someone as exceptional as you shouldn’t waste your talents with my dead end research” he says sounding a bit bitter
“Ouch, did they actually say that to your face?” I say
“They danced around it with pretty words but yeah basically” conifer says
“Geez. Well I’m obviously not going anywhere. Hell, if I was you I would have thrown the fact that I kinda sort of found one in their face” I say with a laugh
“God, I wish I could’ve” conifer says with a laugh
“So hey, we just started making our way to Pastoria, I don’t know how long it will take to get the badge there but we are making progress towards majolica again” I say
“Great, maybe I’ll head over there and wait for you” he says
“This early?” I ask
“Its getting a bit stuffy here, maybe some field research at a nice lake resort wouldn’t be so bad” conifer says
“Ha, sounds like a plan” I say
“… Hey so, how’s you’re magic?” Conifer asks
“still gone. I try every now and then but its all just, locked away. Like I can tell its still there. it… Feels like a fence with a chain on it. You can pull on the door and it opens as much as the chain allows, but it won’t open no matter how hard you pull” I say
“Hmm. Well don’t try and force it…. Just, Take it easy okay” conifer says
“I will conifer” I say and he hangs up
I walk back and continue helping Ruche cook
We eat, clean up, and then walk until nightfall
We set up camp and I set up my brand new tent for the first time and we all go to bed
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Post by fattymccatcat on Sept 26, 2019 12:16:52 GMT
We spend the next four days walking along route 212
The further along the route we get the cooler it gets which is great because we are well into summer now and each day is hotter than the last
Since we took a few days off from training we ease back into it and get Shinx and Sneasel used to the routine
Other than that nothing really happens and we just spend a nice couple days enjoying our surroundings
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Post by fattymccatcat on Oct 6, 2019 12:09:52 GMT
I wake up and head outside with Scarlett and see that its a bit gloomy out
I check the weather forecast and sure enough its going to rain in this part of Sinnoh today
I summon everyone and we do our stretches, then we get ready to train
I help Scarlett and Monferno get into their training equipment
Monferno throws a few quick punches and smiles
“Hmm, Monferno, would you say you’ve gotten used to the weight of the gloves?” I ask
He nods
“… Alright, let me see them real quick” I say pulling out the key
I turn the gloves up to level one and the weight doubles
Monferno smiles as he struggles to throw a punch
“Go slow for now, and take frequent breaks” I say and he nods
“Combee, gust training” I say and she flies off and starts whipping up a nice breeze
“Chatot and Sneasel, continue working on your hand to hand combat” I say and they go off to do that
“And finally Shinx lets work on you’re eerie pulse today, I want to see if we can increase its range” I say
We find a patch of dirt nearby and Shinx activates eerie pulse
I take a stick and outline its current range in the dirt then I draw a circle around that with only about two inches between them
“This is the goal, see if you can make it reach this line without moving” I say
“Shinx” he says with a nod
Everyone trains hard for about an hour and then we stop once everyone else wakes up and finishes their own training
We all make breakfast together and then pack up camp when we are done eating
We walk for a few hours and it starts to lightly rain as we walk closer to our goal
Right as the rain starts to fall a bit harder a large mansion comes into view
“Is that the place?” I ask
“Yep! The Backlot Rescue Shelter. Its sort of a rest stop for travelers before they get into the more swampy areas of route 212” Ruche explains
“And you said there’s wild pokemon there?” I ask
“Yeah, pokemon that have been displaced by natural disasters or reclaimed from poachers are sent here to live, heal, or find trainers to go with" Ruche explains
“cool” I say
As we approach the mansion grounds we see that it’s surrounded by a large trimmed hedge with the occasional archway leading inside
We walk around until we find a way in and step through into a massive front yard
There are statues and topiaries of various pokemon everywhere along the path leading to the front door
“Do… Do we knock?’ I ask as we approach the front door
Ruche shrugs when the door opens and a woman in a maid outfits smiles at us
“Hello, welcome to the backlot mansion and rescue shelter” she says motioning for us to step inside and we do
She hands us a few towels and we dry off as best we can
“Is this your first time here? If so, would you like an explanation of what we do here?” The maid asks
“Sure” I say
“Excellent, please put these on first” She says as she reaches into her pocket and hands each of us a bracelet with a number on it
We put them on as we follow behind her
“first, let me tell you about the one who started all of this! Mr. Backlot was his name and he was a wonderful man. he enjoyed the company of pokemon immensely and took in as many as he could and loved them all like family, but one day he realized that hoarding pokemon is wrong, pokemon deserve to be free to go as they please, with whoever they please. So he opened his large house to anyone, and let the visitors play with the pokemon in his garden, and if the pokemon found a trainer they wished to go with they were free to go. A few years ago Mr. Backlot passed away, and left everything to his thirteen maids who helped him keep everything running, grateful, and wanting to keep his legacy going, the thirteen maids came up with ways to improve the way the Backlot mansion worked. They figured that there are many pokemon displaced by natural disasters or who were rescued from poachers and that there were many other pokemon in need of a place to stay, so they reached out to the ranger union, pokemon centers, and many other organizations and said they were happy to help. Mr. Backlots reputation helped a lot and the ranger union was on board. They send any pokemon who is willing to come here. They interact with trainers passing through and if they so choose, they can choose a trainer to catch them. If your bracelet lights up, that means you’ve been chosen by one of the pokemon here. You are free to turn them down if you don’t feel they are a right fit for you of course” the maid explains
“Sounds cool” I say
“Indeed” the maid says with a laugh
We reach a set of doors and the maid turns and smiles
“Have fun, if you wish to stay the night find a maid and we will find you a room” she says and then she swings the doors open
We step through into a massive indoor garden filled with plants and trees bursting with fruit and berries
There’s a tiny stream flowing through the middle of a nice miniature flower meadow
There are people and pokemon sitting in pairs or playing games or walking around
“Whoa” I say immediately grabbing my camera
“So, all you have to do is walk around and look for pokemon to play with, there are many little hidden biomes and things scattered all around the place so if you’re looking for a certain kind of pokemon you should wander around until you find a place they would like” the maid says with a smile
“Should we split up?” Ruche asks
“Sure, why not” I say
Sasha and Ruche walk off in opposite directions while I walk over to the maid
“Am I allowed to take pictures?” I ask showing her my camera
“Of course” the maid says with a smile
“Great, thanks” I say and walk away
“Come on scar, let’s go take some pictures!” I say
“Maw!” Scarlett says with a cheer
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Ruche walks along a narrow tree lined path looking at all the pokemon playing and running around
The sound of the rain hitting the glass ceiling echoes through the building
He reaches the next large area, a large sand pit, and takes off his shoes and steps inside
He passes a few hippowdon and a couple other ground types but they pay him no mind or walk away from him
Then he stops
In the middle of the sandpit sits a little club shaped tree with a bright blue pendant on a silver chain wrapped around its trunk
The chain looks like its been broken and instead of having it fixed they just tied the chain in a knot
He walks over and sits down in front of the tree
“Hello, I’m Ruche. That’s a nice pendant you’re wearing” Ruche says
The tree opens its eyes and with a disappointed sigh wiggles himself up out of the sand
“Bonsly…” It says
“That was it! Bonsly! I couldn’t remember what your name was, that was going to drive me crazy, thanks” Ruche says with a laugh
Bonsly smiles
“So about that pendant…” Ruche says taking a closer look at it
Its a bright blue pendant with a silver four pointed star in the middle, the silver chain has snapped and been tied into a knot around Bonsly branches to keep it from falling off
“Bon!” Bonsly says showing it off proudly
“Its very nice. I noticed its broken, I can fix it if you’d like?” Ruche says reaching into his bag and pulling out his tools
Bonsly eyes him over suspiciously
“Ha ha, would you like an example?” Ruche says pulling a small chain out of his kit and snapping it
Then he takes his tools and starts fixing it
As he works Bonsly watches enthralled with a smile on his face
After about five minutes all the broken bits on the length of chain are fixed and look better than ever
“Bon!” Bonsly says amazed
“Ha ha, I’m glad you liked that, would you like me to fix yours?” Ruche asks
“……bon!” Bonsly says with a nod
Ruche smiles and starts untangling the knots keeping the pendant on
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Sasha walks along the path and stops suddenly when she hears a bell ring
She steps off the path and walks into the trees following the occasional chime
She breaks into a clearing where a lot of pokemon are sitting quietly with their legs crossed
In the middle of the clearing sits a medicham and a small bell like pokemon with rope like appendages
“Cham” the medicham says and the bell pokemon shakes and let’s out a chime
The medicham opens one of its eyes and looks at Sasha
Sasha sits down on the grass and crosses her legs and joins the pokemon in their meditation session
After about ten minutes medicham stands up and the bell pokemon rings a few times and all the pokemon stand up and start talking to each other or they disperse back into the trees
Sasha walks up to medicham and the bell like pokemon
“Hello” Sasha says
“Medi” medicham says bowing slightly
“Chingling” Chingling says
“That was nice, I did not think pokemon meditated like that” Sasha says
“Cham cham” medicham says with a smile
A pokemon calls out and medicham bows before walking off
Sasha stands up and starts walking away from the clearing but Chingling stops her
“Ling ling ling” Chingling says with a smile
“Oh, did you want to spend some time together?” Sasha asks
Chingling nods
“would you like to show me around?” Sasha asks and Chingling gets an excited look on its face
It floats a few feet away and motions for Sasha to follow with its rope like appendages
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Scarlett and I walk around snapping pictures here and there but don’t really get anything good
We walk into a large area with a sizable sand pit
We walk around the edge and snap a few pictures of the pokemon playing in the sand
Then I see Ruche sitting in the middle of the sand pit next to a small tree with his tool kit out
Then I see the tree move
“Oh, its a pokemon” I say
I take my camera and zoom in and get a pretty nice picture of the two of them
We keep walking around the sand pit and back onto a narrow path lined with berry trees
After about two minutes we enter another large area
This one has a huge pool
There are water types swimming around and jumping out of the water
There are people in swimsuits swimming around as well
“Maw…” Scarlett says hiding behind my leg
“Its okay, we won’t get too close” I say patting her head
We get close enough to take pictures but far enough that Scarlett feels safe
We get a few nice shots of some pokemon leaping out of the water and a few that are floating on the waters surface
“Alright, let’s move on” I say getting up off the ground
“Wile” Scarlett says breathing a sigh of relief
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Ruche finishes fixing the chain and smiles
“There you go” he says showing it to Bonsly
“Bon bon!” Bonsly says jumping for joy
“Here, I’ll help you put it on” Ruche says
He wraps it around Bonsly branches and trunk in a way that ensures it won’t fall off
“How’s that? Not too tight right?” Ruche asks
Bonsly smiles joyfully and jumps into Ruche’s lap and gives him as much of a hug as he can with his tiny limbless body
“Ha ha, you’re welcome” Ruche says
Bonsly sees the numbered bracelet Ruche was given and stares at it for awhile
“Sly!” Bonsly says jumping from Ruche’s lap
“Bon bon!” Bonsly says waving with his little branches and then Bonsly runs off
“Oh alright, goodbye!” Ruche says standing up and brushing all the sand off of him
He picks up all of his stuff and put it back into his pack and leaves the sand pit
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Chingling floats through the air as Sasha follows behind
They break through the tree line and arrive at a large playground
Its one of those large pieces of playground equipment with little bridges and slides, tube, and things to climb up or on
“Ah, would you like to play?” Sasha asks
“Ling ling ling!” Chingling says with a nod
Sasha and Chingling head inside and play for about ten minutes
Then they climb to the very top of the thing
There’s a little zip line that goes to the bottom, its one of those ones there you stand on a plate instead of holding onto a bar
“Want to ride?” Sasha asks
Sasha holds onto him with one arm and steps onto the plate and kicks off the platform
The thing zooms down the zip line and Chingling screams the entire way down
They get caught at the bottom by some cushions on the rope and step off
“That was fun” Sasha says
“Ling ling ling!” Chingling says while laughing
“… Want to go again?” Sasha asks and Chingling nods
They head back up to the top and Sasha starts pulling the platform back up to the top with the rope that’s attached
Chingling looks at her numbered bracelet and smiles
She gets the thing back to the top and turns to Chingling
“Shall we?” Sasha asks extending a hand towards Chingling
“Ling ling!” Chingling says happily
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I notice the rain has stopped when Scarlett and I walk into the next clearing
Its a field of tiny flowers with a bench in the middle
Sitting on the bench is one of the maids
She’s surrounded by pokemon and has a beautiful smile on her face
Beams of Sunlight are streaming through the glass ceiling making the scene look breathtakingly serene
I snap a beautiful picture and it turns out amazing
The maid notices me, smiles, and waves us over
We walk over
“Hello” I say
“Hello, how are you enjoying our garden” she asks
“Its great, I’m getting a lot of beautiful pictures” I say with a smile
“That’s good, I’m Monica by the way” she says
“I’m Dakota, and this is my partner Scarlett” I say and Scarlett waves
“… You look familiar…” She says looking at my face
“Ah, maybe you saw me on TV? At Seln’s party?” I say
“That was it! You’re the young man who found the fountain!” She says with a smile
“Yep” I say
“Everyone was in disbelief when it was announced, some of the maids are planning to take a few days off next month to go see it once its installed” Monica says
“That’s great, its really very beautiful” I say
“Yes, it looked amazing, most of the maids who work here are from Hearthome you see, so they lost it when that curtain raised and the fountain was revealed” Monica says with a laugh
I laugh
“… Would you mind if I called one or two of them over? I’m sure they would like to meet you” Monica says
“Sure. Ah, but first would you mind if I put this picture I took on my website?” I ask showing her the picture I took of her
“Oh my goodness, this is… Wow, yeah sure. You are quite talented” she says with a smile
“Thanks” I say sitting down next to her
She pulls a pokenav out of her apron and texts the other maids
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Ruche walks along the path and sees Sasha walking towards him
“Hey” Ruche says
“Hello” Sasha says
“So, did you find any pokemon to play with?” Ruche asks
“Yes, a Chingling, but he flew off rather suddenly a few minutes ago” Sasha says
“Ah, same thing happened to me, except with a Bonsly” Ruche says with a laugh
“Shall we go and find Dakota?” Sasha asks
“Yeah” Ruche says
They continue walking and eventually come to a fork in the path and start heading towards the center of the garden
They walk into a clearing with a field of tiny flowers
In the middle of the meadow is a bench where Dakota and Scarlett are surrounded by maids
“Looks like Dakota made a few friends of his own” Ruche says with a smirk
They walk over
“Hey guys!” I say waving them over
“What’s all this” Ruche says
“They wanted to know about the fountain” I say
“Ah, I see I see” Ruche says with a laugh
“Oh, both of your bracelets are lit up, congratulations” Monica says with a smile
Ruche and Sasha look at their bracelets and they are indeed lit up
“Oh, that means that one of the pokemon I played with wants to come with me right? I think I know which one” Ruche says with a laugh
“Yes… Can you girls go and fetch the pokemon that requested their numbers please?” Monica asks
“Okay” one of the girls say and they all leave
About ten minutes later one of the maids returns with Bonsly and Chingling
“never seen those pokemon before” I say as I take out my pokedex
Chingling - The Bell Pokemon - Psychic - Every time it moves the orb inside its mouth bounces around and makes a ringing sound. They enjoy singing and people find their songs to be quite soothing
Bonsly - The Bonsai Pokemon - Rock - It prefers arid environments and it can cry on command. It does so to regulate its moisture level, this liquid is similar in composition to human sweat
“Oh. Okay” I say putting my pokedex away
“Oh my, so its you two, that’s surprising” Monica says patting Chingling and Bonsly
Chingling floats over to Sasha and Bonsly leaps out of the maids arms and runs over to Ruche
Monica looks over Sasha and Ruche and nods
“Alright! Would you two mind taking these two along with you?” Monica asks with a smile
Sasha nods and reaches into her bag, pulls out an empty pokeball, and presents it to Chingling
Chingling bobs in the air happily and slams into the pokeball and gets sucked inside
The ball shakes a few times and then chimes as Chingling is caught
“My turn then” Ruche says with a smile
He reaches into his pocket and grabs an empty pokeball
“Welcome to the team Bonsly” he says as he presses the pokeball against one of Bonsly’s branches
Bonsly gets sucked inside and the pokeball chimes
“Congratulations” I say with a smile
“Take good care of them. They have… Been through a lot” Monica says
“What do you mean?” Ruche asks
“Well, Chingling was from a forest in the western part of Sinnoh, but it was devastated by a forest fire a few years back, the pokemon that made it out were all sent here. Chingling was in pretty bad shape, he lost his voice because of the smoke for a long time, its just recently gotten better, buts its better if you don’t push his voice too much” Monica explains
“I understand” Sasha says
“As for Bonsly… We don’t really know what happened to him. he was severely malnourished when they found him, once he got better they decided to send him here instead of releasing him into the wild” she says
“What about the pendant? Was it like, a memento or something?“ Ruche asks
“Oh, ha ha, no. he got that out of the lost and found a few months ago” Monica says with a laugh
Ruche shakes his head and smiles
A bell chimes through a loudspeaker on the ceiling
“Oh, it looks like lunch is ready. Will you be joining us?” Monica asks
“Sure” I say
We follow Monica out of the garden and back into the mansion
We walk through the house to a grand dinning room
There are tons of people and pokemon sitting around a ridiculously long dining room table
We find seats and people start bringing out food and we eat lunch
Once we are done we start getting ready to leave
“Have a safe trip” Monica says
“We will” I say
Bonsly and Chingling give Monica a big hug and then go back into their balls
We leave the mansion and walk through the front yard
There are puddles everywhere
We walk until the sun sets and summon all the pokemon and introduce Bonsly and Chingling to the group
We find a relatively dry spot to set up camp and make dinner
We eat and then go to bed
I lay in bed and I remember to check the AWWW blog
There’s a lot of new posts but I scroll down to the one that had mentioned there possibly being another Shellos fountain and see that it has a bunch of new posts
“No freaking way! Some kid actually found the third fountain!” Someone posts
“I know! I couldn’t quite believe it” someone else posts
“Didn’t he say he was a field agent? I wonder who his professor is” someone else posts
“He looked familiar, has he done something else?” The first person asks
“Isn’t he the one who posted that enigma berry video a few weeks back?” Someone says
“That was it! Thank you, that’s been bugging me lol” someone writes
“He posted the pictures he took while looking in the Hearthome ruins on his site, hold on I’ll post the link” someone says and then does
I scroll through the rest of the posts but its just more of the same
I go and check the two new posts
The first one is called “Murkrow Menace” and seems to be a continuation of the other post about the giant flock of Murkrow
“The giant flock of Murkrow has been confirmed to exist. Sadly this is bad news as three towns in Sinnoh have been ravished in the flocks search for food. They fly into town and take all the food and valuables they can grab and fly off. Surprisingly pokemon rangers are having difficulty tracking this flock for some reason, its like they disappear into thin air as soon as they get what they are looking for. Three people have been injured so you should report increased Murkrow sightings to your local pokemon ranger station as they could be scouts for the flock and your town could be attacked next” is what the article reads
There’s more information as well as pictures of the flock and the aftermath of their raids that some people took during the attack
I check the next article instead of looking at the comments and its called “Statues across the globe”
“Strange statues are being discovered across the world. They depict various pokemon in a distressed state. They are off putting to say the least as they just seem to appear wherever. No one knows who is making them or why but one things for sure, they are creepy as hell” the article says and then it has a few pictures of the statues
They look like they are in distress, like they are running, screaming, crying, or cowering in fear
They kinda freak me out so I close my pokenav, turn out the lights, and go to bed
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Post by fattymccatcat on Oct 7, 2019 13:46:59 GMT
We spend the next four days heading south along route 212
As we get closer and closer to the part of Sinnoh called the great marsh the terrain gets muddy and wet until eventually we can no longer progress forward normally
The muddy water suddenly starts getting deeper, like a swamp, so we look around for a path through the marsh
Luckily we find wooden bridges that twist through the marsh allowing us to walk over the water safely
Unfortunately the water freaks Scarlett out so she goes into her ball for the time being
Every couple hours or so, wherever the marsh’s terrain allows, there are large wooden platforms where you can set up camp or train, some are even large enough that they have a battlefield painted onto it
Over the course of four days I manage to get a few interesting pictures of the marsh and the pokemon that live there
Some are of pokemon swimming through the muddy water, or hiding under the spaces made by the roots of the trees that stick out of the water, some are playing on the wooden bridges, and some are resting on the large moss clumps that float by
I upload them to the website with the pictures from the backlot mansion
I’m a bit lonely without Scarlett around so I get a bit excited when Ruche tells me that we should reach Pastoria tomorrow
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Post by fattymccatcat on Oct 13, 2019 16:21:13 GMT
I wake up to the sound of rain lightly hitting my tent
“Well, there goes my plans for today’s training” I say with a yawn
I grab my phone and watch some shows I’m behind on with Scarlett
About an hour passes and the rain finally stops
As I finish getting dressed I hear someone moving outside my tent
I head outside to see who it is and see a pokemon sitting near the fire pit in the middle of the platform
“Croagunk?” It croaks as it sees me
“Oh, hey. A croagunk, you checking out the tents?” I ask while taking out my pokedex
Croagunk - The Toxic Mouth Pokemon - Poison/Fighting - Its cheeks have poison sacs that make a peculiar sound when inflated. Watch out for its poison jab, as its fingers are coated in its poison, however after some processing this poison is a great remedy for back pain.
I put my pokedex away and approach croagunk
It looks up at me and smiles
“Good morning croagunk, I’m sorry to ask you this but could you move along? One of my friends is a bit… Scared of poison types” I ask crouching next to it
Croagunk nods and stands up
Then its stomach growls
“Hmm. Hold on” I say
I reach into my bag and grab one of the berries I have tucked away and give it to them
“Here, for asking you to move” I say with a smile
“Gunk!” It says taking it with a smile
It nods gratefully and walks off
“Huh, I can see why Pastoria likes them so much, they are a bit cute” I say with a smile
Scarlett shrugs and I stand up and start making breakfast
After about ten minutes Ruche walks out of his tent and stretches
“Morning” I say
“Good morning” Ruche says walking over
We finish making breakfast just as Sasha wakes up
We all have breakfast and then pack up camp
Scarlett hops into her ball and we set off
We walk for about three hours before the canopy overhead gets thicker and the already dark marsh gets darker
We can still see but we take our flashlights out just to be safe since falling into this muddy water would suck
After another hour or so we reach the end of the wooden path
It changes into a large sturdy wooden staircase leading up a rather steep hill
“We’re here” Ruche says
“Really?” I ask
“Yeah, Pastoria is just up these stairs” Ruche says
“That’s great!” I say as I start walking but Ruche doesn’t follow
“Ah, do you need a minute to prepare yourself?” I ask
“…yeah” Ruche says sitting down on the stairs
We sit next to him and wait for him to get ready
After about five minutes he sighs and stands up
“Let’s go” Ruche says
“Alright” Sasha says
“Just let us know if you need anything” I say
“I will… Thanks” Ruche says
We climb the stairs and after about five minutes we reach the top and Pastoria comes into view in the distance
We are out of the marsh so I let Scarlett out of her ball
We walk for about twenty minutes and head into town
There are Croagunk all over the place, walking with people, working at shops, lounging around, or playing with kids, they are just everywhere
Ruche looks a bit pale and he tightly grabs onto my arm for support
We quickly make our way through town to the pokemon center
We find it tucked away at the other end of town
We head inside and walk up to the counter
A nurse joy and a croagunk in an apron smiles at us
The croagunk is also wearing a fancy crown for some reason
“Hello, how may we help you?” Nurse joy asks
“We would like a room please” I say
“Okay… Is… Is your friend okay?” Nurse joy asks
I look over at Ruche and he’s really pale now
“Ruche breath!” I say
Ruche take a deep breath in
“You’re doing great, room please” I say looking back to nurse joy
She hands us a key and we head back through the lounge to our room
Ruche’s legs give out the second the door closes behind us
“You did surprisingly well” Sasha says
“Yeah!” I say
“I feel like I’m gonna throw up” Ruche says with a laugh
We help him up and he walks over to the bed and sits down
We start unpacking but I stop
“Wait, should we unpack?” I ask
“What do you mean?” Ruche asks
“Well, if I go and beat the gym today, we can leave tomorrow” I say
“You think you can beat it first try?” Ruche asks
“…probably not, but you never know” I say
“Then let’s wait until after your battle” Sasha says setting her pack aside
“Who are you planning to battle with?” Ruche asks
“Well, Scarlett since she’s immune to poison, one of the benefits of being a steel type, as for the other two… Monferno and Chatot I guess?” I say
“I guess that’s your best bet. Sneasel and Shinx aren’t ready yet right?” Ruche asks
“No, not yet. Soon though” I say
“good luck” Sasha says
“watch out for their poison” Ruche says
“I will” I say
Scarlett and I leave the pokemon center and follow the map on my pokenav to the gym
For some reason its a fair distance away from town
There’s a beautiful gravel path surrounded by roses leading in the direction of the gym
We reach the building and its shaped like a giant flask kinda like you see in cartoons, the ones with the round body and long spout, and there is purple smoke coming from the spout at the top
“Looks like this is the place” I say
“Maw” Scarlett says
Its an interesting building so I snap a picture and head towards the door
We step through and wind up in a weird little room with the door we came in on one side and the door leading inside on the other
We try the other door but its locked
Then as the door we came through closes behind us we hear a beep and wind blasts through the chamber and we hear the door unlock
Confused, we head inside and walk up to the counter and ring the bell because no one is here
“Huh? Uh, hold on!” Someone calls out from the back
A lady appears from the back holding a plate of nachos
“Oh… A challenger?” She asks
“Yes?” I say
“Huh. Usually people skip this gym” she says with a laugh
“I’m uh… Going for all eleven” I say
“Oooh, okay. Good luck, they don’t like it when you do that” she says
“What do you mean?” I ask
“Ha ha, you’ll see when you get to number nine” she says with a smirk
“Okay…” I say
“What are you at now?” She asks
“Three. Oreburgh, Eterna, and Hearthome” I say
She nods and sits down at the counter and takes out her pokenav and calls someone
“Hey Datura, you have a challenger at the front desk… No, I’m not joking… Three… Alright, I’ll send him through” she says and hangs up
“Okay, she’s ready for you, do you know anything about this gym?” She asks
“No” I say
“Okay, the challenge is to make it through the maze to Datura” she says
“Ooh, a maze huh. Sounds fun” I say with a smile
“You can’t use your pokemon and there’s no time limit” she says standing up and heading to another door that seems to lead into another one of those weird air locks
“What’s the deal with these doors anyway?” I ask
“Ah, we had… Complaints from the townsfolk” she says
“Complaints about what?” I ask and she just smiles
Scarlett goes into her ball and I step into the air lock
“Good luck” she says with a laugh
The door closes and I’m hit with a blast of air again and the door unlocks
I open the door and the chamber gets flooded with white smoke
It smells so strong, like a million perfume bottles broke, and the smoke is thick and obscuring my vision
I start coughing immediately
“Well, this sucks” I say
I walk forward and find a wall
I place my hand on it and start slowly making my way through the maze
After about twenty minutes I hit like my twentieth dead end and my head is a bit foggy
“Ugh, I’m getting kinda dizzy” I say turning around
I follow my mental map back the way I came and notice something’s off
I get to the intersection a bit faster than I though I would
I go around and feel all the walls and something is definitely wrong
“Last time I was here it was a four way intersection, now its a three way intersection… The walls are moving! Sneaky, I like it” I mumble to myself
“If the walls are really moving… Then… What if I do this!” I say
I break into a sprint down one of the corridors
I don’t bother touching the walls or checking if anything is in front of me, I just run
And surprisingly, I don’t hit anything, I just keep running in a straight line until suddenly I fall a step and fall to the floor
The dizzy feeling fades immediately
I look up and see lights, candles in the smoke that I can just barely make out, as well as a figure in the smoke
“Good job” a woman’s voice says with a little laugh
Fans kick on and a lot of the smoke is cleared from the room
Sitting on a large pillow surrounded by incense burners and candles is a beautiful woman smoking one of those long pipes
She’s tall and has incredibly long white hair with purple ends
Her eyes look sleepy like she just woke up from a nap
And her clothes are comfortable looking, like purple silk Pajama’s that are a bit loose and flows in the breeze that the fans are making as they suck the smoke out of the room
“did you enjoy my little maze?” She says with a grin
I turn and see what the maze actually is
The room is not even that big, its just that the “maze” was on a big platform that’s slowly spinning
All the walls start moving and turn towards me
Its a bunch of croagunk with sections of wall strapped to their backs
“Ha ha ha, that’s great” I say as I get up and dust myself off
“Thanks. They have a lot of fun whenever they get the chance to play this game” she says walking over to me
“I’m Dakota, and I’m here to challenge you to a battle” I say with a smile
“And I’m Datura, the Pastoria city gym leader, welcome challenger to my house of poison” she says with a grin
She motions for me to follow and we head through a door in the back
We enter a large room with a battlefield covered in sand
There are incense burners all around this room as well, but they aren’t lit
this room doesn’t have candles like the other one, its well lit by floodlights that go all the way around the ceiling and are pointed at the battlefield
The lady from the front desk walks over and stands in the middle of the field and we get into our places as well
“This battle will be a three on three battle. The first one to knock out all three of their opponents pokemon is the winner and only the challenger can make substitutions” the referee says
“You ready?” Datura asks
“Yep” I say with a smile
Datura takes a pokeball out of her pocket and tosses it and a purple scorpion pokemon appears
I take out my pokedex
Skorupi - The Scorpion Pokemon - Poison/Bug - It grips its opponents with its tail claws and injects them with poison from the tips of the pincers and hangs on until the poison takes effect. It buries itself in the sand to catch unsuspecting prey by surprise
“So that’s a Skorupi huh. Good thing Ruche isn’t here” I say putting my pokedex away and grabbing chatots pokeball
I release him and he looks around
“I know this is a bit sudden but its time for a gym battle!” I say and he nods
The stage is set!
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Battle Start!
“Skorupi, toxic spikes” Datura says
“Fly up!” I say
Chatot flies into the air while Skorupi summons a purple sphere at the tip of its tail
The sphere shoots into the air and explodes into a bunch of tiny spheres that fall and sink into the ground
“Again!” Datura says with a grin
“Mirror move!” I say
They both fire purple spheres into the air and they scatter smaller spheres into the sand
“What is that” I mutter
“Again” Datura says with a laugh
“Enough! Air cutter” I yell
The tips of chatots wing glow blue and he crosses them with a quick flap of his wings and fires off a blue cross towards Skorupi who dodges backwards and fires a third sphere into the air
It shatters and sinks into the sand like the other
“Good job, now, cross poison” Datura says
“Air cutter” I yell
Chatot fires off a cross of blue energy while Skorupi fires off a cross of purple energy at Chatot
The moves slam into each other and explode
“Steel wing!” I shout
“Dig” Datura days
Skorupi burrows into the sand before chatots wings even turn to medal
“Mirror move!” I shout
Chatots eyes turn to mirrors and he plummets through the air into the sand below
“Oh dear, that might not have been the best idea” Datura says playfully
Suddenly Chatot gets blasted up out of the sand with a pained expression
“Cross poison” Datura says
Skorupi send a purple cross soaring towards Chatot
It slams into him and causes a huge explosion even stronger than when it collided with air cutter
“Oooh, its a crit” Datura says happily
Chatot falls into the sand and doesn’t get up
“Chatot is unable to battle, The winner is Skorupi!” The referee announces
“What the heck happened!?” I say rushing over to chatots side
Datura walks over and crouches down next to me
“That is called a critical hit. Sometimes, a Pokemon’s move will do twice as much damage as usual, its rare, and random, but there are a few moves out there that increase the odds a bit. Cross poison is one of those moves” Datura explains
“But still, it shouldn’t have been enough to knock him out…” I ask
“Well, Skorupi also has the ability sniper, where his crits do three times as much damage” Datura says
“That… That’s… Brutal” I say
“Ha ha. Yeah” Datura says with a grin
She stands up and heads back to her trainer box and I put Chatot away into his pokeball and head back to my spot as well
“Okay… Gotta go with the big guns then” I say grabbing Monferno’s pokeball
I toss it and he appears
“Give it everything you’ve-” I start to say but get interrupted by a bunch of purple spikes shooting out of the sand and skewering monferno
“Mon!?” Monferno yells
“What!?” I yell
Monferno looks a bit woozy as the spikes recede back into the sand
Little purple bubbles float off of Monferno’s body as he steadies himself
“What was that!?” I yell
“Toxic spikes. Any pokemon that enters battle will be impaled, they don’t do any damage but they do poison the pokemon” Datura explains
I sigh
“Sorry Monferno, I didn’t know” I say
“Mon…ferno!” He says flashing me a weak smile
Monferno turns towards Skorupi and gets into a fighting stance
The stage is set!
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Battle start!
“Dig” Datura says and Skorupi dives into the sand
After a moment Skorupi tail shoots out the sand behind Monferno and slashes across Monferno’s back with amazing speed and then disappears back into the sand
“Mon!” Monferno says blasting the spot with flamethrower
Skorupi’s tail pops out again
“Behind you!” I yell
Monferno whips around in time to have his chest slashed by the tail
He powers through and makes a grab for the tail but just barely misses it
He staggers a bit as more purple bubbles rise up off of his body
“cross poison” Datura says
Skorupi’s tail shoots up out of the sand about ten feet away from monferno and the tips of his tail claw glows purple and makes a slashing motion
“Grab it!” I yell
Monferno sprints towards Skorupi as it fires a big purple cross
Monferno ducks real low and sprints like the wind and manages to duck under the attack and charges at Skorupi
“Wow” Datura says
Skorupi’s tail just barely recedes into the sand as Monferno reaches it
Monferno reels back and punches into the sand all the way up to his shoulder
He struggles for a moment the reels back and drags Skorupi out of the sand
Skorupi struggles but can’t break free of Monferno’s grasp
“Flamethrower!” I yell
Monferno blasts Skorupi with flamethrower point blank
He hold it for a few second then stops
He drops Skorupi to the ground and it doesn’t get up
Monferno staggers backwards, the poison taking its toll, and he looks like he’s about to pass out
“Monferno, If you fall it will be counted as another draw” I say
A fierce look flashes across his face as he slams his foot down and steadies himself
“Skorupi is unable to battle, The winner is Monferno!” The referee calls
Monferno yells and the flame on his tail surges
Datura puts Skorupi back into its pokeball
“That was cool, bravo” Datura says taking out her second pokemon
She tosses the ball and a small purple skunk pokemon appears
The second Stunky takes a step purple spikes shoot out of the sand and skewer them but Stunky seems unfazed
I take out my pokedex
Stunky - The Skunk Pokemon - Poison/Dark - It sprays a foul liquid from its rear that lingers for 24 hours. In extreme cases its been potent enough to be smelled from up to a mile away
“So toxic spikes don’t work on poison types then” I say as the spikes recede back into the sand
“Correct. Poison types cannot be poisoned” Datura says with a smile
“Figured as much” I say
Monferno staggers a bit as more purple bubbles float off of his body
“You good?” I call out
He throws a thumbs up my way without turning around
“Alright” I say
The stage is set!
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2
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Battle start!
“Brick break!” I say and Monferno charges forward with his fists glowing white
As he gets closer Datura smiles
“Acid spray!” Datura calls out
Stunky pivots in place and raises its fluffy tail and sprays Monferno with a bright orange liquid
Monferno makes a face and starts rolling around in the sand like he’s on fire
Then I smell it, a putrid stank fills the room and turns my stomach
Monferno pats his body all over and winces in pain as the acid burns his skin and the smell burns his nose
“Flame wheel!” I yell
Monferno jumps up out of the sand, tucks into a ball, sets himself on fire, and spins towards Stunky
Its a bit slow because of the sand though and Stunky dodges without much difficulty
“Night slash!” Datura calls out
Stunky’s claws turn a bright purple and it lunges at monferno
“Flamethrower!” I shout
Monferno uncurls and blasts a flamethrower at Stunky
It hits and Stunky is bathed in flames
Stunky shoots out of the flames and rolls in the sand but can’t put all the fire out
“Its burned! Dual chop!” I yell
Monferno lunches at Stunky, fists glowing green, and throws a quick punch
But the green light flickers out as the punch lands limply against Stunky’s face
Monferno collapses on top of Stunky and doesn’t get up
“Monferno is unable to battle, Stunky is the winner!” The referee calls out
“Good try Monferno” I say as I put him back into his ball
Stunky gets up and bursts into flames for a second
I take out Scarlett’s ball and toss it
“Maw!” Scarlett says
She’s skewed with purple spikes as well but they don’t seem to affect her
“Maw!?” Scarlett says as the spikes recede back into the sand
“Don’t worry about it” I say and she nods
The stage is set!
3
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Battle start!
“Iron head!” I yell
Scarlett charges forward towards Stunky
“Incinerate!” Datura says
A big bright fireball appears above Stunky and fires at Scarlett
“Blow it away with Fairy wind!” I yell
Scarlett spins her jaws and blast a gust of pink glittery wind towards the fireball
It gets blown of course and crashes into the sand
“Feint attack!” I yell
Scarlett charges forward and gets close
She throws a punch and Stunky goes to dodge only to be greeted with a swift kick to the face
Stunky falls to the sand and struggles to get up
“Bite!” I say
Scarlett lunges at Stunky and whips her jaws around and bites down on Stunky
Suddenly the two of them explode
I’m blasted with sand and the wind pressure makes me fall backwards
Scarlett soars through the air and lands in the sand unconscious
“Neither pokemon are able to battle and all three of the challengers pokemon have been defeated! Datura is the winner!” The referee announces
I rush over to Scarlett and check on her as Datura puts Stunky back into its pokeball
“That was a good attempt” Datura says
“What happened!? Did Stunky use explosion?” I ask
“No, that was Stunky’s ability. Aftermath. It explodes when its knocked out with a physical move” Datura explains
I put Scarlett into her ball for now and sigh
“Poison types have some pretty unique abilities” I say standing up and brushing myself off
“Yeah, training them is a lot of fun” Datura says with a smile
“I’ll be back soon for a rematch” I say
“Fantastic. I’m looking forward to it” Datura says
The referee walks me back to the lobby
“Oh wait, take this” she says reaching under her desk and pulling out a little basket with bottles in it
“What’s this?” I ask
“Shampoo, body wash, laundry detergent, and other stuff like that” she says with a smile
“Okay” I say a bit confused
I leave the gym and head back to the pokemon center and check my pokemon in with nurse joy
She has a weird look on her face as I’m talking to her but I ignore it and head back to our room
Ruche is sitting there on his pokenav when I walk in
“Oh hey, how did it- ugh, what’s that smell!?” Ruche says covering his nose
“….oh! That’s what the baskets for” I say with a laugh
“You smell like ass and perfume!” Ruche says
“Yeah sorry, I’ll get cleaned up right away… You should probably unpack by the way” I say
“You lost?” Ruche asks
“I was completely destroyed” I say with a laugh
I head into the bathroom and take a nice long shower
Then I throw my clothes into the washing machine in the lobby with the soap from the basket and head back to our room
I spend the next few hours getting unpacked, doing research on aftermath, toxic spikes, critical hits, and the other stuff I learned about today and start coming up with a strategy
Everyone gets patched up and cleaned by nurse joy so I go to the lobby to pick them up
After about two hours Sasha comes back
“How did it go?” She asks
“Horribly! Poison types have a lot of little tricks up their sleeves that I wasn’t quite ready for” I say with a laugh
“I see. Then I guess I will unpack my stuff” Sasha says
She gets unpacked and we just kind of sit round for awhile
Then we make and eat dinner and head to bed for the night
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Post by fattymccatcat on Oct 20, 2019 2:35:17 GMT
I wake up at around eight and see that Ruche is already up
He’s sitting there on his pokenav with a tired looking expression
“Did you sleep at all?” I ask
“I tried, but every time I was about to fall asleep I’d hear a croagunk croak” Ruche says
“Yeah, the walls are a bit thin, I heard it a few times as well… Maybe try earplugs?” I say
“I tried. They were too uncomfortable, I couldn’t sleep” Ruche says with a sigh
“… I’m out of ideas” I say
Ruche laughs
“That’s fine. I’m not that tired” Ruche says
We quietly chat for a bit until Sasha wakes up
“You guys want to go get breakfast?” I ask
“I don’t feel like going out” Ruche says
“Then how about I go and pick us up something?” I ask
“Sure” Sasha says
“That would be great” Ruche says
I take their orders and everyone pitches in some cash and I get ready to go
“Come on Scarlett” I say
“…maw” Scarlett says shaking her head
“You don’t want to come?… Okay…” I say eyeing her over suspiciously
“I’ll be right back” I say
I leave the pokemon center and walk to a nearby cafe and order our food
As I’m waiting for the food it hits me
“Its august!” I say with a face palm
The food comes and I pay, grab the bags, and sprint out of the cafe back towards the pokemon center
I burst through the doors but I’m too late
Ruche, Sasha, and Scarlett are at the counter
Ruche looks like he’s panicking while Sasha is holding all of Scarlett’s teeth in her arms
Scarlett is sitting on the counter with her head in her hands as nurse joy examines her jaws
I walk up to them
“Dakota! I-I don’t know what happened! She jumped onto my lap and all of her teeth just, fell out! I don’t know what happened! I’m sorry!” Ruche stutters
I walk over to Scarlett and flick her forehead as hard as I can
She looks up from her hands with a mischievous smirk and stick out her tongue playfully
“Scarlett, apologize!” I say sternly
“Maw wile wile” Scarlett says in an apologetic tone but with a smirk
I sigh
“Sorry. I forgot to tell you guys about this” I say
“w-what?” Ruche asks
“this happens every august, she sheds her teeth and grows newer stronger ones since they are technically horns” I explain
Ruche falls to the ground exhausted
“Oh thank goodness” Ruche says breathing a sigh of relief
“So it was a prank?” Sasha asks
“Yes. She is still a fairy type you know. She pulled the same trick on me the first time it happened. I freaked out just like you” I say with a laugh
Nurse joy smiles from behind the counter as nurse joys croagunk moves in beside Ruche and puts a hand on his shoulder in a reassuring manner
Its like time stops for a second as everyone realizes what just happened
Ruche starts screaming and just bolts out of the lobby back towards our room
“That is not good” Sasha says
Sasha walks back to the room with Scarlett teeth still in her arms
I sigh
“What happened?” Nurse joy asks
“Ah… Well, he’s actually afraid of poison types” I say
“Oh dear, that’s quite unfortunate” nurse joy says
“Croa” croagunk croaks sadly
I crouch down and pat Croagunk’s head
“You didn’t do anything wrong” I say
“…maw” Scarlett says actually sounding apologetic this time
“Now you on the other hand… No, you didn’t know this would happen. you’re not at fault either” I say
I stand up and Scarlett hops off the counter
“Your jaws don’t hurt right? You don’t need nurse joy to look at them” I ask and she shakes her head no
Scarlett staggers a bit as we walk back to the room since her balance has been thrown off
We walk in and Ruche is sitting on his bed with his head in his knees and he’s shaking like a leaf
Sasha is sitting nearby and all the teeth have been thrown onto my bed
“He says he needs a minute” Sasha says
“Kay” I say
I set the food down on the desk and gather all the teeth together
As usual they each weigh about two or three pounds each and are made of solid steel
We sit for about ten minutes until Ruche looks up
“…yeah, I think I’m going to head out” Ruche says
“That is probably for the best” Sasha says
“Yeah I figured. You should head on over to majolica and meet up with conifer” I say
Ruche sighs
“I tried. I really did” Ruche says
“And you did great! Baby steps” I say with a smile
We eat and Ruche packs up his stuff
“Safe travels” Sasha says
“We will be right behind you. See you in a week maybe two if I get destroyed by Datura again” I say with a laugh
Ruche smiles
“Good luck with your gym battle” Ruche says
“Mhmm” I say
“And stay out of trouble!” Ruche says
“I’ll try” I say with a laugh
Ruche leaves and I throw all the teeth into a bag
“What are you going to do with those?” Sasha asks
“Send them home. We have all of the old ones packed away, might as well keep adding to the collection” I say
“You could sell them” Sasha says
“Nah. I’ll be back later. I think I’m going to go train after I ship these” I say
“Okay” Sasha says
we leave the pokemon center and head to the local pelipper priority shipping center and send the teeth home to mom
Then we find a nearby park with a big pond to train by
“Scarlett, you can sit today’s training out since you’re balance is still off” I say and she nods and goes and sits in the shade of a nearby tree
I summon everyone and we do our stretches
“Uhh, Shinx! I want you to do some quick side steps today while using spark” I say and he nods
He walks a few feet away and starts jumping side to side while cloaked in electricity
“Sneasel, ice shard training today. Let’s try and increase the amount of shards you can make at one time” I say
“Snea!” She says with a smile and a wave of her claws
She starts creating ice shards nearby and I turn to Chatot
“Hmm… What do you feel like working on today Chatot?” I ask
“Chat!” Chatot says and flies up high and starts screaming
“Got it. Monferno, how about firing off a few flamethrowers over the pond?” I say
“Ferno” Monferno says with a nod
He walks over to the waters edge and starts spraying fire into the air
The jet of fire is pretty tight and goes pretty high
“And finally combee” I say turning towards her
But something wrong
She’s starring off and her eyes are glazed over and her wings are beating a little slower than usual
“Combee?” I say as I gently poke one if her cheeks with my finger
Combee blinks a few times and smiles up at me like nothing happened
“Comb!” She says in her usual cheerful tone
“Are feeling okay?” I ask and she nods
“…okay… Go work on your gust” I say and she flies off
We train like this for awhile and I keep a close eye on combee
We decide to stop for the day around lunch time
We go and get lunch from a food stall nearby then stop at a nearby playground so the pokemon can play
I notice combee zoning out again and then, just for a second, the red mark on her lower face lights up
“That’s… New” I say
I take out my pokenav and think about calling andrena
“I probably shouldn’t bug her with this… But she did say to keep her updated about combee and amber sphere…” I mutter
I go back and forth about calling her until I finally just say screw it and call her
It rings a few times and then she picks up
“Dakota! Its so nice to hear from you” andrena says
“Same here, sorry for bugging you but combee is acting weird, and you know, I thought I’d ask how the amber sphere research is going” I say
“The research is going well actually! We managed to get one of the male combee here to learn amber sphere!” Andrena says excitedly
“That’s great! I remember you said you hoped the males could learn it, I’m glad its going well over there” I say
“Me too. So, you said combee is acting weird?” Andrena asks
“Yeah, she keeps zoning out, and I think I just saw her red face mark light up” I say
“Oh! Oh! Oh! That’s fantastic news! Combee is getting ready to evolve!” Andrena says
“Really!? That’s great!” I say
“Bug types usually get a bit sleepy just before evolving, if her mark is lighting up it should be fairly soon, I’d recommend letting her stretch her wings outside of her ball for the next few days” andrena says
“Alright, I can do that” I say
“Oh, and please let me know if there are any changes to amber sphere once she evolves. We haven’t been able to teach the move to any of the female combee or vespiquen that we have here yet” andrena says
“Yeah sure, I’ll send you a report if anything changes” I say
“Oh, thank you, looks like you’ve been studying the books that professor conifer sent you” andrena says
“Ha, yeah” I say
“That’s great. Keep up the hard work” andrena says
“I will. Have a good day andrena” I say
“You too” she says
We end the call and I let the pokemon play for another hour or so
“Alright everyone! Let’s head back to the pokemon center” I call out and they all come rushing over
I put everyone but Scarlett and combee back into their balls
“Comb?” Combee asks
“Uh, you don’t have to go back into your ball for awhile” I say
Combee looks confused for a second but then she smiles and floats Into my arms
I carry her back to the pokemon center and we relax in our room for awhile
Her mark lights up a few more times but she doesn’t seem to notice
At around nine Sasha and buneary walk in
“Hey” I say
“Hello” Sasha says
She sets buneary down and she hops over and starts playing with combee and Scarlett
“Is something going on with combee?” Sasha asks
“Yeah she’s, uh, getting ready to evolve” I whisper
“Good for her” Sasha says
“Yeah, I can’t wait” I say with a smile
Sasha sits down on her bed and pulls out a book
“Oh, Dakota, do you have any plans tomorrow?” Sasha asks
“Nope, just waiting for combee to do her thing, maybe some training” I say
“Would you like to visit the poisonous flower garden with me tomorrow?” Sasha asks
“Oh yeah! I forgot about that. Yeah sure! Let’s go!” I say
Sasha nods and cracks open her book and starts reading
We spend the rest of the night relaxing until we eventually turn in for the night
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Post by fattymccatcat on Oct 26, 2019 7:51:52 GMT
I sit up in bed and grab my pokenav
Its about nine thirty and Sasha seems to be up already and in the shower
I nudge combee and Scarlett awake and get ready for the day
After I get out of the shower I see Combee’s red mark light up again and smile
“So what time does the garden open?” I ask
“Ten” Sasha says
“Cool, we can head over after breakfast” I say
We leave the pokemon center and go to a nearby cafe
After we finish eating we make our way through town to the garden
It’s a large greenhouse surrounded by a black iron fence
The big ornate black iron gate that leads inside is beautiful and the sign above it reads “Pastoria’s Garden Of Poison”
The place where you pay is less impressive as its just a booth covered in rules and warnings
I don’t see a sign that says I can’t take pictures so I get my camera ready
We pay, get our tickets, and head in through the gate into a stained glass tunnel
As we pass through the tunnel I grab a pamphlet from a little box on the wall
“Combee, Scarlett, don’t touch any of the flowers okay?” I say and they nod
“You too buneary” Sasha says
“Bun bun” Buneary says with a smile
We leave the tunnel and step into the garden
But it looks like our warning was unnecessary as it looks like all the flowers are locked behind gates so visitors can’t get close
You can still see the flowers though so its fine
There are so many beautiful flowers and it smells great in here
They each have little plaques that give information about the flower and how fast it would poison you and the effects it would have on your body
We come to a plant that has little white bell shaped flowers
“These are pretty” Sasha says
“The plaque says they are called… Lily of the valley, every part of the plant is poisonous… It grows naturally on an island in the north west part of Sinnoh, on the island where the pokemon league conference is held” I read
“I guess we will be seeing this flower around when you go to the pokemon league” Sasha says
“Looks like it” I say
We continue along the path looking at all the different flower displays until we reach a split in the path
I take out the pamphlet
“Hmm, looks like the path to the left goes to the rafflesia and vileplume section, which has an odor warning, while the path to the left goes to the rose garden where you can play with Roselia” I read aloud
“How bad is the smell?” Sasha asks
“… Like rotting meat” I read with a grimace
“Pass” Sasha says
The Pokemon seem to agree
“To the rose garden then!” I say
We walk along the path and pass through another tunnel
This ones shorter though and we soon step out into a grassy field
They are selling little picnic basket sets at a stall nearby so you can have a nice lunch among the roses so we buy one
There are large rose bushes growing everywhere and in an impressive array of colors
They also sell baskets and a pair of clippers so you can go pick your own roses to take home and we buy one of those as well
Scarlett and buneary run off to play with the Roselia that are all over the field while combee yawns and floats over to be held
I start putting my camera away when Sasha walks over and grabs combee
“I will hold her for you” Sasha says
“Thanks” I say with a smile
We walk along the path and some of the Roselia come over to meet us
I take a few pictures that turn out okay but nothing all that good
I notice Combee’s head mark has been flashing every five minutes or so and figure its almost time
I wave one of the Roselia over and crouch down
“Hey, are there any black and yellow roses around here?” I ask
Roselia thinks for a second then nods
“Great, can you lead us there? black roses first please” I ask
“Rose!” Roselia says with a smile
We follow Roselia away from the path and find a few bushes with some beautiful black roses
I pick about ten with Roselia’s help and put them into the basket we bought
“Now for yellow!” I say and Roselia nods
We follow Roselia to a bush of vibrant yellow roses
“Perfect! Thank you Roselia” I say and it smiles and walks off
I set the picnic basket down and take the black roses and stick them into the bush of yellow roses
“Backdrop complete” I say with a smirk
“Ah, I see” Sasha says
Combee’s head mark is flashing once every two minutes or so now
“Shall we eat while we wait?” Sasha asks
“Yeah” I say
“Maw!” Scarlett says
We lay out the picnic blanket that comes with the set and have a nice simple lunch among the flowers
We wait around for about half an hour
I keep a close eye on combee as they play nearby with some of the Roselia
After another ten minutes or so I notice her head mark start flashing really fast and her eyes have glazed over
I run over, pick her up, and run her over to the rose bush
Once she’s in place I grab my camera and quickly find the right angle and start taking pictures
The mark on her face lights up and the glazed look in her eyes fades as she looks at me and smiles sweetly
I get a shot of that and suddenly her whole body lights up
I keep snapping shots as her body grows bigger and changes shape
The light fades and the newly evolved vespiquen sits in front of the black and yellow rose bush
She smiles excitedly as she checks herself over
She moves her new arms around and does a cute twirl in the air
“You did it! Congratulations vespiquen!” I say with a smile
She flies straight at me so I quickly set my camera aside
She wraps her arms around me in a hug and I hug her back
“Vesp!” Vespiquen says happily
My pokedex dings and I take it out as vespiquen shows off to Scarlett and buneary
“Hmm, one of her moves changed… Her ability changed too huh… Let’s check her dex entry” I mutter as I point the pokedex at her
Vespiquen - The Beehive Pokemon - Bug/Flying - Its abdomen is a honeycomb which holds Vespiquen’s grubs. They clean, protect, and take care of Vespiquen’s needs. The grubs are part of Vespiquen’s body and regenerate over time when destroyed in battle
“…Grubs?” I say as I put my pokedex away
“Vespiquen, can you go over by the rose bush so we can get a few more shots?” I ask
“Vesp!” She says with a smile and floats over to the rose bush
We take a few more shots and I get an idea when I see her little claw hands
“Vespiquen, try and do this with your hands” I say while making a heart shape with my hands
It takes her a minute to get it but luckily her little claws are hooked so it comes out great
“That is adorable” Sasha says and vespiquen blushes
“Do you know how to make a flower crown?” I ask
“No” Sasha says
“Shoot. Oh well” I say
“Alright I think that’s all I’m going to get out of this photoshoot. You want to go check out the room that smells like rotting meat?” I ask
“No” Sasha says
“Yeah me neither. Let’s get out of here” I say with a laugh
I gather all the black roses we picked and toss them into the basket
On our way out we give the picnic basket back and make our way out of the garden
“You are going to go train now right?” Sasha asks
“Yep, want to join me?” I ask
“No” Sasha says
“Okay. How’s Chingling's training coming along anyway?” I ask as we walk
“Fine, Chingling is a good fit for me. He knows heal bell” Sasha says
“Cool, let me know if you two ever want to battle, Shinx or Sneasel would probably be a good match for him” I say
“Sure, how does tomorrow sound” Sasha says
“Great!” I say with a smile
We reach the park and find a spot that’s free and I let all my pokemon out
Sasha and buneary leave as all the pokemon gather around vespiquen and seem to be congratulating her
“Let’s start today’s training!” I say and they all cheer and we do our stretches
“Where to start…” I say looking over everyone
“Shinx, do the side steps again” I say and he walks off a bit and starts doing side steps while cloaked in electricity
“Sneasel, Chatot, and… Monferno, you three are paired up today, Sneasel, make a ice shard right now” I say and she does
“Monferno, use brick break and destroy the ice shards” I say and Monferno smiles as his fists light up
He throws a quick punch and the ice shatters
“Great, Chatot, use mirror move and make some ice shards as well. Now off you go” I say and they run off
“Scarlett how your balance?” I ask and she gives a thumbs up
“Great, go do side steps with Shinx” I say and she runs off
“And finally vespiquen!” I say turning towards her with an excited smile
“Vesp!” She says pumping her fist in the air
“We have so much to go over” I say taking out the pokedex
“So your ability has changed, you forgot gust and learned air slash, the thing about the grubs, we need to check amber sphere, we should also run through your other moves just to make sure they haven’t changed… I think that’s it” I say
Vespiquen nods and moves back a bit
“Let’s check out your new ability, the pokedex says its called pressure, can you activate it or is it automatic?” I ask
Vespiquen closes her eyes and takes a deep breath in
As she exhales she opens her eyes and glares at me and releases some sort of aura around the area
My hair stands on end and a shiver shoots up my spine
Everyone in the area stops what their doing and looks at her
“Wow, it almost feels like a boss pokemon’s aura, not quite as strong but still, wow” I say with a smirk
Vespiquen stops emitting the aura and smiles sweetly like usual
after a moment everyone goes back to what they were doing
“Great! Now let’s check out air slash, aim it at that tree” I say pointing to a tree
Her claws glow blue as she reels back and then slices through the air with one arm, then the other
A blue saw like disk of energy forms and flies at the tree but misses
The second one hit though and shreds into the tree a bit before disappearing, leaving a brutal jagged gash in the trunk
“Whoa. That’s way better than gust!” I say with a laugh
Vespiquen looks a bit frustrated that one missed and kind of shakes her arms a bit
“You’ve had arms for like an hour of course your aim will need some work” I say and she nods
“Great, now about these… Grubs” I say and her face lights up
A bunch of tiny little bees fly out from under her lower, dress like, half and float over to me
I can immediately tell they aren’t real bugs, like if you asked a kindergartener to draw a bee
Its basically a black and yellow oval with wings
“O-okay that’s… Okay” I say and they buzz around me
Vespiquen flicks one of her claws and they fly back up her hive dress
“… Anyway, let’s run through your other three moves starting with amber sphere” I say getting my pokenav out to record a video
Her facial pincers spread open and start glowing orange as a sphere of honey forms between them
“Fire it at the tree” I say
The sphere of honey shoots out and spatters against the tree filling the gash that air slash made
It hardens as usual and I walk over and poke it a few times and describe its texture and hardness aloud for andrena
After about sixty second it cracks and crumbles as usual
I stop the video and send it to andrena
We try out her other two moves
Bug buzz is a lot louder now that she has four wings but other than that not much has changed
Bug bite has changed from her fangs glowing to her face pincers glowing
They look quite sharp so bug bite should be a bit stronger now
The rest of the training session is devoted to getting vespiquen used to her new body
After an hour or so we start heading back to the pokemon center
As Scarlett and I are walking through town I see a pichu running towards us
Its has a big smile on it’s face and its holding a rangers styler
Trailing a few feet behind is a young guy, maybe about nineteen, wearing a ranger uniform
“Pichu! Stop!” He calls out
Pichu laughs and runs faster and passes between my legs
“Need some help?” I ask as the ranger rushes past us
“N-no I got it” he says and they turn a corner and disappear
“I wonder if he knows Mayce” I say with a laugh
We continue on our way and get back to the pokemon center and I start looking up stuff on my pokenav
“…so a vespiquen can have up to four hundred grubs in her hive at a time, they are used in some of Vespiquen’s attacks but also keep her healthy and can be given simple commands… Its interesting, I wonder if we can use them in battle…” I mutter to myself
I set my pokenav down
“Scar, how’s the new teeth coming along?” I ask
She turns and opens her jaws and you can see them starting to push through
“Good, if anything feels off let me know” I say and she nods
I go over the pictures I took at the garden and they turned out great
I upload the good ones to the site and delete the bad or blurry ones
We all just kind of relax for the rest of the day while I take vespiquen into account concerning the rematch with Datura
As were getting ready for bed I get a text from Ruche
“Hey, guess who just reached the ocean” Ruche says
“You can reach the ocean from here?” I text back
“Apparently. Its like a weird little beach a bit to the south, the route kind of winds around a sheer cliff face, you’ll see” Ruche says
“Oh man, the ocean, I haven’t seen it in awhile. I kinda wish we went with you” I say
“You’ll see it soon. How’s your training going?” He asks
“Oh! Combee evolved!” I text him with a picture
“What!!! That’s great, congrats!” Ruche texts back
“Ha ha, anything happen with you?” I ask
“Nah. Its been pretty uneventful. I’m making great time though” Ruche says
“That’s great, you have conifers number right? So you can call him when you get to majolica” I ask
“Yeah” he says
“Great” I say
“Alright, goodnight Dakota” he says
“Goodnight” I text back and then I put my pokenav away
I see Sasha texting and figure its Ruche
I watch some TV on my pokenav with Scarlett until we eventually turn out the lights and go to bed
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Post by fattymccatcat on Nov 9, 2019 23:44:46 GMT
We wake up, get ready for the day, have breakfast, and immediately set off for the park to train
Our training is basically the same as yesterday and after about two hours we stop and I give everyone some water
“Alright, let’s go over the plan for dealing with Datura” I say and they all turn their attention towards me
“First, Skorupi. Its crits and toxic spikes are a problem, we need to deal with it as fast as possible, who thinks their up for it?” I ask
Chatot, monferno, and vespiquen raise their hands
“Hmm… Monferno. You’re up first then” I say
Chatot looks disappointed and I figure its because he wanted a rematch since his first match was cut short by the critical hit
“Monferno, you are to take out Skorupi as fast as you can. If he lays down toxic spikes I can’t switch you out and you will have to deal with Stunky, which is bad since you are mostly a physical attacker, so try your best” I say
“Mon!” He says with a determined look in his eyes
“Next up is Stunky, it was pretty quick but not something you guys would have a problem with, the problem though, is that it freaking explodes if you knock it out with a physical move, so you need to pick it off from a distance, so Chatot or vespiquen, which one of you wants to take it on?” I ask
They look at each other for a moment and start talking it over
Chatot points at a tree far off in the distance and vespiquen nods
They both take flight and speed towards the tree whipping up a fierce wind as they do
They are neck and neck as they speed towards the tree but Vespiquen’s larger body pays out as she reaches forward and touches the tree just before Chatot
They both zoom past the tree and up into the air
They come back breathing heavy
“Uh, did you decide?” I ask
Vespiquen smiles triumphantly and does a little wave
“Vespiquen it is” I say as they drink some more water
“And finally, her third pokemon, we don’t know what it is but considering this is a town filled with Croagunk’s Id assume its either that or whatever croagunk evolves into, I think… We should go with Scarlett for this one, or maybe Monferno if he’s still up by that time, we just have to avoid getting poisoned” I say and Scarlett nods
“Looks like we have our team then, once Scarlett’s teeth come back in we will challenge Datura again” I say and everyone cheers
Sneasel and Shinx look a but down that they can’t help
“Don’t worry, you guys will get your chance, we have seven more badges to get after this one” I say while patting their heads
“Sel” Sneasel says with a smile
Shinx just stares at me and nods
“… But, you know what? Let’s head over to a park with a battlefield and see if we can get you guys a battle or two” I say
Sneasel eyes light up
Shinx’s expression doesn’t change but I can tell he’s excited because a spark of electricity shoots down his body to his tail and disperses
I put everyone into their pokeballs and pull up a map and search for a battle oriented park
“Looks like there’s one a few blocks from here, let’s go scar” I say
“Maw!” She says happily
Me make our way through town and as we turn a corner I freeze
Standing there is the pokemon ranger from yesterday with the pichu on his shoulder and he’s talking to king, the Interpol agent I met in Oreburgh
They turn to me and kings already creepy smile gets bigger
“Well well. Look who we have here! Dakota and Scarlett, its so good to see you again” kings says in his usual happy demeanor
I accidentally grimace
“Oh dear, it would seem I’ve made a bad first impression” king says with a laugh
“What are you doing here? Is something about to happen?” I say
King shakes his head
“No, I’m simply here to pick up something this young ranger found yesterday” king says gesturing to the ranger
“Uh, should you be telling this kid all this?” Del whispers to king
“Oh don’t you worry about that, Dakota is quite capable, and not entirely uninvolved” king says with a smirk
“What does that mean?” I ask
King just smiles
“I guess if your fine with him tagging along he can come” del says sounding a bit unsure
“Would you like to come along Dakota?” king asks
“…apparently I have to, since I’m not “entirely uninvolved” right?“ I say with a sneer
King chuckles
"Then lead the way young del” king says
We follow del through town
King walks a few feet behind us so I walk up to del
“So that pichu was yours huh, I though it was a wild pichu that stole your styler” I say with a laugh
“…oh! I thought you looked familiar, you’re the one who asked if I needed help yesterday” he says
“Yep, what was that about?” I ask
“Oh, pichu is just a bit playful” he says petting pichu and pichu smiles
“Ah, I get it. My partners a fairy type, you always got to be on your toes just in case they get in the mood for some mischief” I say with a laugh
We chat a bit as we walk and del leads us out of town a bit
“Its just through those trees” del says looking a bit uncomfortable
“What-” I say but king pushes past us and through the trees
I sigh and we follow behind him and push through the trees
We step into a shallow swampy clearing
I almost don’t see them right away but there are like twenty croagunk statues placed all around the clearing
Each one is in a different position and seem to be running away or screaming in fright
“Ugh, why would Someone make these” I say as a weird feeling creeps over me as I look at them
“I found them yesterday when pichu ran into this clearing with my styler” del says
“King what are-” I start to say but then I see his expression
Its a mix between sadness and fury
“King?” I say
He takes a deep breath and his usual creepy smile returns
“Thank you for reporting this del” king says placing a hand on Del’s shoulder
“No problem, we all memorized the memo that Interpol sent out” del says
“Can someone tell me what’s going on?” I say and king smiles and turns to me and del
“Sure thing, but first I need to call in a truck to take these statues away” king says taking out his pokenav
But before he dials he looks up
“Oh right, can you two go get my partner, she should be at the ranger base” king says
“Sure!” Del says
“…why do I have to go, I have some stuff to ask you” I say
“I’m not going anywhere, I’ll answer all your questions when you get back” king says with a smile
“…fine” I say with a sigh
We leave king in the clearing and make our way back through town to the ranger base which takes about ten minutes
We walk inside and it looks just like the one in Oreburgh except with more rangers around
We walk up to the counter and the ranger behind the desk smiles
“Hey del, what’s up?” He says
“Um, you know that Interpol agent I left with, is his-” del says but the guy cuts him off
“Oh yeah, he was just here, told me to give this to the kid you are with” he says and hands del a little card
Del looks at it and looks a bit confused
“What do you mean he was just here?” Del asks as he hands me the card
On it is a hastily drawn grinning face with its tongue sticking out and the words “rain check” scribbled under it
I crush the card in my hand and sprint out of the ranger base with Scarlett
We run back to the clearing but its empty, no king, no statues, nothing
I’m about to get angry when I sense something familiar
Its very faint but I can sense just the smallest trace of magic very similar to mine and it clicks
“That bastard has magic too” I mutter with a smirk
Suddenly del and pichu rush into the clearing
“Dakota what’s- where are the statues?” Del asks looking around in confusion
“I don’t know, ask king” I say as I walk past them
“Where is he?” He asks
“Hell if I know” I say as I pass through the trees and start making my way towards the park
There are a few other kids around waiting in line to battle with their pokemon standing beside them
I summon Shinx and head over to the group of kids who don’t have opponents yet
I see one girl talking with her croagunk and walk over to her
“Need an opponent?” I ask and she looks down at Shinx with a curious expression
“Sure” She says and we step in line
we wait our turn and after a few battles we walk onto the battlefield
“You ready Shinx?” I say and he slowly nods as he walk onto the field
The stage is set!
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Battle start!
As soon as the battle starts Shinx is surrounded by a red light
“Shoot, its female, Shinx use spark!” I say
“Mud slap” the girl says
Shinx charges at croagunk and coats himself in electricity
As he gets close croagunk jabs one of its hands into the dirt and it turns into a little pool of mud
With a flick of its arm it launches a stream of mud at Shinx and hits his face
He staggers back and seems to have been blinded by the mud
“Poison jab!” The girl says
As Shinx tried to shake the mud off Croagunk’s hands turn purple and it charges at Shinx
“Eerie pulse!” I yell as croagunk is about to punch Shinx
A black pulse shoots from his body creating a darkened sphere around himself and croagunk
Croagunk freezes as black electricity crawls over its body and it leaps backwards away from Shinx
Shinx shakes his head as hard as he can and the mud slides off and he can see again
“Spark!” I yell
Shinx charges forward and slams into croagunk and send an electrical current running through it
croagunk spasms and falls to the ground onto its hands and knees
“Again!” I say
“Mud slap!” The girl yells
Without getting up Croagunk’s hands sink into the ground and the ground becomes mud
It throws its arms back launching streams of mud at Shinx who dodges between the streams and slams into croagunk and shocks it once again
Croagunk powers through and whips around throwing Shinx off of its back and to the ground
“Poison jab!” The girl yells
its hands turn purple as it lunges at Shinx and being pummeling him
“Eerie pulse!” I say but Shinx doesn’t respond
Instead Shinx’s mouth fills with white glowing fangs as he sinks his teeth into one of Croagunk’s arms
My pokedex dings as purple bubbles float up off of Shinx’s body
And then he faints
“Shinx is unable to battle, croagunk wins!” The person acting as referee announces
I walk over and pick Shinx up
He weakly opens his eyes
“You did great! You even learned what I assume is bite!” I say smiling down at him
Shinx nods slowly and closes his eyes again as a few more purple bubbles float up off of his body
The girl and her croagunk walk over
“That was a good battle! Here, let me heal that poison” she says taking a little spray bottle out of her pocket
She sprays Shinx and the bubbles stop
“Thanks” I say with a smile
“No problem, almost everyone in town carries one or two of these around” she says with a laugh
I put Shinx back into his ball and leave the field
I summon Sneasel and walk back towards the few other kids that need opponents
A few of them have strong looking pokemon who wouldn’t be a good match for Sneasel yet
As we’re walking around a guy walks over to us holding a bidoof
“Want to battle us?” He asks
“Yeah” I say with a smile and we get in line
As we are standing in line he pulls out a pokedex and I follow suit
Bidoof - The Plump Mouse Pokemon - Normal - With nerves of steel, nothing can perturb it. It is more agile and active than it appears. It constantly gnaws on logs and rocks to whittle down its front teeth, which grow at the same rate as a rattatas.
We put our pokedex away and chat while we wait our turn
After about twenty minutes we reach the front and get into place
Sneasel looks a bit nervous
“Give it your best shot Sneasel” I say and she turns to me and nods with a weak smile
The stage is set!
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Battle start!
“Scratch!” I say
“Tackle” the boy says
Sneasel and bidoof charge at each other
Sneasel’s claws glow white as they get close but bidoof is just a step quicker and slams into Sneasel knocking her backwards
But she manages to scrape along its side with one of her claws as she flies back
“Hyper fang!” The boy yells
Bidoof lunges forward again as Sneasel braces herself for another hit
A very large set of sharp looking teeth made of white energy form around bidoof and Sneasel
As bidoof chops down on nothing but air the fangs mimic his movement and bite down on Sneasel who yells out in pain
The teeth disappear and Sneasel falls to the ground
She pushes herself up to her feet panting
“You good?” I ask
She flicks her claws in my direction and I assume its supposed to be a thumbs up and hopefully not something rude
“Alright, ice shard” I say and a frost starts building up around her claws
Three shards of ice form at once and with a flick of her claws she sends them flying at bidoof
“Dodge!” The boy yells
bidoof jumps back and two of the ice shards sink into the spot where he was standing
The third slams into his stomach sending him crashing to the ground
“Scratch!” I yell and Sneasel takes off running
she reaches bidoof before he can get up and with a glowing claw slaps him sending him skidding across the field
Bidoof tries to get up but collapses back down
“Bidoof is unable to battle! Sneasel is the winner!” The referee announces
Sneasel’s legs give out and she falls to the floor panting
I rush over to her
“You did it!” I say picking her up and twirling
“S-snea!” She says with a big grin
The boy walks over and puts his bidoof into its ball and we clear off the field for the next set of trainers
“That was a good battle” he says
“Yeah” I say patting Sneasel’s head
The boy walks off and we head back to the pokemon center and I check Shinx and Sneasel in with nurse joy
After about twenty minutes they are all patched up and we head back to the room
Sasha isn’t here and I see that her pokemon food making gear is gone, usually there’s something whirring away in the corner of the room dehydrating something, but its not here so I assume she’s off making pokemon food somewhere
“Well, the weather is kinda nice… Let’s have lunch outside today” I say and Scarlett smiles
I grab the pokemon food canisters and quickly make myself a simple lunch and make a sort of impromptu picnic and Scarlett and I leave the pokemon center
We head to a regular park and find a nice spot to eat
We enjoy a nice meal in the shade and then the pokemon go off to play for a bit
My pokenav dings and I take it out and see that I have a message from andrena
“Thanks for the video! There were a few small differences with amber sphere but nothing all that surprising it seems, please let me know if the moves changes at all, and again, give vespiquen my congratulations on her evolution”
I put my pokenav away and just spend the next hour or so relaxing in the shade and taking pictures of everyone as they play
Then we head back to the pokemon center and watch some shows on my pokenav
At around dinner time Sasha comes back and we eat dinner
Then we turn in for the night
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Post by fattymccatcat on Nov 10, 2019 22:00:32 GMT
I wake up a bit later today and Sasha is already up and reading a book
“Good morning” she says without looking up
“Morning, new book?” I ask
“Yes, I finished the one I was reading yesterday and picked up a few new ones at a used bookstore I found” Sasha says
“Cool” I say standing up and grabbing my clothes and shower stuff
“How is your reading assignment going?” Sasha asks
“Ah, I’m almost done with the last one, thank goodness” I say with a laugh
“I see” she says as I head into the shower
I get cleaned up and we have breakfast in the lounge
“What do you have planned for today?” Sasha asks
“Training and waiting for Scarlett’s teeth to finish growing back in” I say
“They look pretty much done” she says looking at Scarlett
“True, I’d say we will be ready to battle Datura tomorrow” I say with a smile
Sasha nods
“Good luck” she says
“Yeah, I wanna win and catch up with Ruche, Pastoria is pretty dull" I say with a laugh
We finish eating and I grab my bag and head out
We go to a nearby park and train for about an hour and a half
Vespiquen has pretty much gotten used to her bigger body and her aim with air slash has improved
Shinx spent most of the morning training bite on some dried berries and sticks
We take a ten minute break and then go again making sure we are as ready as we can be for tomorrow
After another hour we head back to the pokemon center and relax for a bit
We have lunch and then I finish the last few pages of the books conifer sent me that I’ve been putting off
At around five, Scarlett slaps my leg and I look up from my pokenav
“Maw!” Scarlett says with a smile as she points to her jaws
“Oh, they’re done huh?” I say sitting up in bed
“How does she know?” Sasha says
I shrug
She turns around and shows off her ten new teeth and chomps down hard with them
“Cool, now all that’s left is to beat Datura” I say with a smile
“Maw!” Scarlett says with a determined nod
We spend the rest of the night relaxing and I decide to turn in early
I wake up floating in a black endless void and I can immediately tell its a magical dream
“Aww, god damn it” I say in a frustrated tone
As I look around I hear something
Like someone walking through very shallow water
As the footsteps get closer I hear something behind me and spin around
Floating there is a little white wisp of light that’s getting smaller and smaller with every passing second
And for some reason it feels… Familiar, like I’ve met this wisp before, no more than that, like meeting an old friend that you’ve known your whole life after spending some time apart
And somehow I can tell what its feeling
its sad… and scared… And frustrated
And its about to die
I look at the wisp and cup it in my hands without a second thought and smile warmly at it
I hold the wisp close to my body as if embracing it and a bright light shines forth and I feel weird, like there’s two of me overlapping each other
It fades after a moment and the void disappears and I’m standing on top of an endless body of water with a clear blue sky above and Keldeo is standing there with a surprised expression
“What did we… I just do?” I ask a bit confused
“What are you doing here?” Keldeo asks
“What-” I say but get interrupted by a pop up window
[Establishing connection…]
“No wait, What is-” I say as the window changes
[Connection established, chosen child already has *************@##&$%@%@%@%&@]
The screen starts glitching out and spasms then disappears only to reappear again
[Connection established, chosen child -Jet- has been connected to patron legendary Xerneas]
And suddenly the water we are standing on explodes and Keldeo and I are sent flying high into the air as an island raises out of the water
The island has one large white tree on it and standing underneath its leafless boughs is a blue deer pokemon with massive horns adorned with beautiful shimmering jewels in an array of colors
My scar pulses violently and my entire body feels like its on fire and I scream out in pain
As I reach the apex of my accent I start to plummet back towards the ground so I brace myself for the impact
Only to fall to the floor of our room in the pokemon center, landing on my face with a loud thud
“Ow!” I yell rubbing my nose
“What happened?” Sasha says sitting up in bed
“I fell out of bed! Aww man, I think my nose is bleeding” I say as she turns on the light
“Tilt your head back, I will get you some tissues” Sasha says
“Thank you” I say tilting my head back
I notice that I’m covered in sweat and feel kinda dizzy
Sasha comes back with some tissues and I make little nose plugs with them
“It must of been some dream to knock you out of bed” Sasha says
“I guess, I can’t remember what it was about” I say
“I hate it when that happens” Sasha says
“Yeah…” I say feeling like I’ve forgotten something important
Sasha tilts her head to the side and puts her hand on my forehead
“You seem to have a slight fever, drink some water and I will check on you in the morning” she says
“Alright” I say suddenly feeling very tired
After my nose stops bleeding I crawl back into bed next to Scarlett and go back to sleep
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Post by fattymccatcat on Nov 12, 2019 4:44:16 GMT
I wake up and my body feels heavy and hot
I can tell its afternoon by the yellow sunlight flooding into the room through the window and I can sort of remember flashes of waking up and seeing Sasha taking care of me as well as the sound of a bell
“Oh good, you are finally awake” Sasha says
I turn over and see Sasha sitting in a chair next to my bed with a book in her hand
Floating next to her is Chingling and on the bed across the way is Scarlett playing with Reavus
“What… Happened?” I say in a raspy voice
Sasha helps me sit up and hands me a glass of water
“Well, when I woke up this morning you were burning up. You wouldn’t wake up for more than a few seconds so I’ve been taking care of you, your fever finally broke about an hour ago” she says
“…Thank you” I say
“It is no problem” Sasha says
As I finish the water I look down and realize I’m in different clothes than when I went to bed yesterday
“D-did you changed my clothes?” I ask
“You sweated through your other pair, it was quite easy with Reavus making you float with telekinesis” Sasha says
My face immediately flushes with embarrassment
“I-I see, thank you” I say
Chingling chimes and his body glows and releases sort of blue wave of energy that hits everyone in the room and my body glows for a second
“What's this?” I ask
“Heal bell, it loses some of its effectiveness on humans but it is still helpful in speeding up the healing process” Sasha explains
“Oh, well, thank you Chingling” I say with a smile
“Ling ling ling” Chingling says happily
I try to get up and go to the bathroom but my body feels really heavy
“Reavus, float him to the bathroom” Sasha says
“Rea!” Reavus says with a nod and then he starts glowing green and then so do I and my body starts to float up and then towards the bathroom
“Ha ha, thank you too Reavus” I say and Reavus smiles up at me
After I finish going to the bathroom I start feeling a little better and walk back to
As I lay back down Scarlett jumps into bed with me
I feel tired again and Sasha seems to notice
“Go back to sleep, I will wake you in an hour or two to eat something” Sasha says
“Thank you” I say as I fall back asleep
I get woken up a few hours later and she gives me something easy to eat and then I go back to sleep
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Post by fattymccatcat on Nov 26, 2019 11:35:42 GMT
I wake up feeling much better
I grab my pokenav and check the time and its a little after five in the morning
Sasha’s asleep in the bed on the other side of the room and it seems she left Reavus to look after me
Reavus smiles at me and goes to get Sasha
“Reavus no, its fine, let her sleep” I whisper as I sit up
Reavus turns to me with a frown
“No, seriously look” I say as I go to place my forehead against his but I just faze through him and Reavus laughs
Reavus looks me over and nods a bit reluctantly
I get up and get ready for today as quietly as possible
Then I head out into the lounge and make myself something to eat because I’m very hungry
After eating my fill I open my pokenav and see I have a get well soon message from Ruche
I smile and put my pokenav away since it’s too early to reply
I head back to our room and watch some TV until about eight
Then Scarlett shifts in bed next to me and sits up
She looks at me groggily and I smile at her
“morning” I say
Scarlett blinks a few times and smiles up at me
“Maw!” She says launching herself at me almost knocking me out of bed
“Shh! Sasha’s still asleep” I say hugging her close
Reavus floats over and shushes her as well
“Wile” she says in an apologetic tone with a big grin on her face
“You ready to challenge the gym today?” I ask
“Maw!” She says with a nod
I hear something move behind me and turn to see Sasha sit up in bed
“Reavus, you were supposed to wake me up when he woke up” Sasha says
“Rea…” Reavus says in an apologetic tone
“Sorry, I told him to let you sleep” I say
Sasha walks over and puts her forehead against mine
“… Your fever seems to have dissipated, I would tell you not to push yourself today but I bet you plan on challenging Datura again anyway" she says
“Ha ha, yeah” I say with a grin
Sasha just shakes her head
“What time does the gym open” she asks as she gets her shower stuff and a change of clothes ready
“Ten” I say
Sasha nods and heads into the bathroom
We get everyone fed, do some warm up stretches, and go over everything one last time then we start making our way over to the gym
“Are you sure you want to come with? Your clothes are going to get all funky” I say
“I do not mind” Sasha says
“Alright” I say with a laugh
We get there a few minutes before ten and wait on a bench near the entrance
At ten on the dot I try the door and it opens
We all squeeze into the little chamber and get blasted with air and then the door leading inside unlocks
“What was that?” Sasha asks
“Its to make sure the stank doesn’t get out, apparently there were some complaints” I say with a laugh
“Oh” Sasha says
We walk up to the counter and its empty again
I ring the bell and the same lady from last time walk out from the back holding a plate with what looks like an omelet on it
“Oh hey, you’re back” she says setting down her plate
“Yep!” I say with a smile
“I’ll let Datura know, you can just head on through” she says picking up the phone
“Thank you” I say and we head to the other airlock and walk through into the incense room
“Reavus” Sasha says and his pokeball opens and he appears
Reavus looks around a bit and then gets a serene look on his face as he floats through the smoke
“Ghost types like the smell of incense” Sasha says
“Huh, cool, I wonder how Shinx would react” I say with a laugh
We make our way across the slowly spinning platform and up to Datura sitting on her large pillow
“Welcome back challenger, I see you’ve brought a friend this time, not a lot of people are willing to accompany their friends to this gym” Datura says with a tired looking smile
“Good morning Datura, I’m back for that rematch” I say with a smile
“Excellent” she says with a grin
Datura stands up and motions for us to follow
We head through the back to the battlefield and Sasha follows the lady from the front desk up some stairs to a safer spot to watch the battle
I step into the trainers box and Datura steps into hers
A strong smelling fog rolls over the sand covered battlefield
The lady from the front desk steps between us to act as referee and Datura grabs a pokeball and I grab Monferno’s premier ball
We toss them and Skorupi and Monferno appear
“Well then, lets see what you’ve come up with” Datura says with a smile
The stage is set!
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Battle start!
“Toxic spikes!” Datura yells
But Monferno is already sprinting at Skorupi as fast as he can
A purple sphere starts to form at the tip of Skorupi’s tail but Monferno is on top of Skorupi so fast it loses focus and jumps back to avoid Monferno’s dual chop and the purple sphere dissipates
Monferno throws punch after punch but they are either glancing blows or miss entirely
“Dig!” Datura calls out
“Don’t let it!” I yell
Skorupi starts to burrow into the sand but with a swift powerful kick through the sand Monferno sends Skorupi and a bunch of sand flying into the air
“Cross poison!” Datura yells
“Flamethrower!” I yell
Monferno sends a jet of flames flying towards Skorupi as it sends a cross of purple energy soaring down towards Monferno with a flick of its tail
The moves collide and explode sending sand flying in all directions
Skorupi lands a few feet away
“Dig!” Datura yells
Skorupi burrows into the sand before Monferno can reach it
Suddenly Skorupi’s tail shoots up from under the sand and scratches Monferno across the stomach
“Grab it!” I yell
Monferno fights through the pain and grabs the tail with all his might and pulls it out of the sand
“Flame cage!” I yell and Monferno smirks
He hugs the thrashing Skorupi, curls into a ball, bursts into flames, and starts spinning in place
“Skorupi!” Datura yells
After about ten seconds the flames extinguish and Monferno uncurls and drops the unconscious Skorupi into the sand while breathing a bit heavy with a smile on his face
“Skorupi is unable to battle! Monferno is the winner!” The referee announces
Datura puts Skorupi back into its ball
“That was fantastic” Datura says with a smile while taking out her next pokemon
“Thank you, monferno, come back, you should rest up” I say and Monferno walks off the field
I grab Vespiquen’s premier ball and let her out
“Oh wow, a vespiquen, not many challengers have one of those on their team” Datura says as she tosses her ball and Stunky appears
The stage is set!
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Battle Start!
The second the battle starts an oppressive aura blasts across the battlefield and Stunky takes a step back
Vespiquen smiles and starts speeding towards Stunky through the air
“Incinerate!” Datura yells out snapping Stunky out of it
A bright orange and red fireball appears above Stunky and launches towards vespiquen
“Blast it away with bug buzz!” I yell
Vespiquen’s wing speed picks up letting out a high pitched whine until they are going so fast they look like they aren’t moving any more
Her wings glow white and then she launches five concentric rings of energy at the fireball
The moves collide and explode sending sand and smoke flying in all directions
“Acid spray!” Datura calls out
Stunky turns around and raises its tail
“Amber sphere!” I yell and a glowing sphere of honey forms in front of her face and launches at Stunky hitting it right in its butt stopping the acid spray
Stunky yells and tries to shake it off but its already hardened
“What did you do!?” Datura says
“Ha ha, nice shot! Air slash!” I call out
“Incinerate!” Datura calls out
Another fireball forms above Stunky as two swirling saw blades made of energy form around Vespiquen’s hands
Stunky gets it’s shot off first
The fireball flies at vespiquen and with a flick of her arms she curves the blades around it and send them flying at Stunky
The fire ball hits and she bursts into flames
“Dodge!” Datura calls out
Stunky dodges one of the blades but the other one hits and digs into Stunky side and explodes sends him spinning across the sand
The fire goes out and vespiquen doesn’t look great as she kind of staggers in the air as Stunky pushes itself up to its feet with a bit of difficulty
“Air slash again” I call out
“Incinerate one more time!” Datura says
A fireball forms above Stunky as vespiquen whips up one more set of spinning saw blades
This time they get the moves off at the same time
She sends one saw blade spinning at Stunky while she sends the other at the fireball
The saw blade collides with the fireball and the moves sort of cancel each other out
The other saw blade slams into Stunky before it can dodge and sends him spinning across the sand again
This time it doesn’t get up
“Stunky is unable to battle! Vespiquen is the winner!” The referee calls out
Vespiquen drops down to ground level with a smile on her face
“Good job!” I say as she floats over to me
Datura walks over and picks up Stunky and checks the amber sphere still stuck to its butt
“Sorry about that, it should fall off on its own in a bit” I call out
“Ha ha, I see” she says as she puts Stunky back into its ball
She walks back to her trainers box
“Well, I have one pokemon left and you have three, looks like we’re in a bit of trouble” she says with a smile as she take out her last pokeball
She tosses it and a tall blue and red frog like pokemon stands up with a smug expression and croaks loudly
Its very clearly the evolved form of croagunk
I take out my pokedex
Toxicroak - The Toxic Mouth Pokemon - Poison/Fighting - The toxin made in the poison sack located in its throat is churned up every time it croaks to increase its toxicity. The toxin is then sent down it’s arms into its knuckle claws where it can then be used to deal devastating poisonous blows.
“Vespiquen, you want to keep going or tag out?” I ask and she smiles
She fly’s back out onto the field and gets into position
The stage is set!
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Battle start!
As soon as the battle starts vespiquen let’s out an oppressive aura and Toxicroak smiles
“Air slash!” I say
“Sucker punch!” Datura says
Before the saw blades even form Toxicroak disappears and reappears in front of vespiquen and sinks one of its spiked fists into her chest and she flies back a few feet with a pained expression
She shakes it off and forms two saw blades made of spinning energy and throws them at Toxicroak
Toxicroak nimbly dodges one of them but the other manages to clip its leg and throw it off balance
“Bug buzz!” I yell as Toxicroak falls to the sand
Vespiquen wings beat fast and then glow white as she launches three consecutive glowing ring of energy at Toxicroak
They hit and blast Toxicroak away with an explosion
It hops to its feet and it seems it didn’t take much damage
“Poison jab!” Datura says and Toxicroak charges across the sand towards vespiquen with glowing purple fists
“Fly up and use air slash again!” I call out
Vespiquen starts flying upwards but Toxicroak leaps high into the air and clasps his glowing hands together and slams them down on vespiquen head sending her crashing down into the sand
Toxicroak lands a few feet away and as the dust settles vespiquen is laying there unconscious half buried in the sand
“Vespiquen is unable to battle! Toxicroak is the winner!” The referee announces
I put her back into her premier ball
“You did good vespiquen” I say as I click it back into my belt
I look over at Monferno and Scarlett
“Scar, you’re up” I say and she smiles and runs out onto the field
The stage is set!
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Battle start!
“Iron head!” I call out
“Sucker punch” Datura says
Toxicroak disappears and reappears in front of Scarlett and goes in for a punch
Scarlett manages to put up her guard and block it a bit as the punch lands and she skids backwards across the sand
“Feint attack” I call out
Scarlett leaps at Toxicroak and throws a punch and Toxicroak leaps backwards to dodge only for Scarlett to disappears into a puff of black smoke and reappear above him and drop kick him
“Again!” I call out as she lands in the sand and kicks off the ground at Toxicroak
“Use Mud bomb to put some distance between you!” Datura calls out
A sphere of mud forms in each of Toxicroak hands and as Scarlett gets close he slams them together creating an explosion of mud that knocks Scarlett away and sends him tumbling backwards
“Mud bomb!” Datura calls out and two more spheres of mud form in Toxicroak hands
He throws one at Scarlett
“Fairy wind!” I say and she swings her jaws forward and whips up a gust that knocks it off course and when it hits the sand it explodes
Toxicroak takes the other mud bomb and pitches it as hard as he can
Its so fast it makes it through the fairy wind and slams into Scarlett and explodes sending her tumbling across the sand
She winces in pain as she pushes herself up to her feet
“Iron head!” I say and she charges at Toxicroak
“Mud bomb” Datura says and two more balls of mud form in Toxicroak hands
He throws them and Scarlett manages to dodge between them as she sprints across the sand and slams into Toxicroak stomach with an iron head
Toxicroak reels back in pain
“Bite!” I call out
“Sucker punch!” Datura calls out
Before she can swing her jaws around Toxicroak lands a quick uppercut sending her flying upwards
“Mud bomb!” Datura yells
Toxicroak quickly forms two balls of mud and pitches them at Scarlett
They hit and explode sending Scarlett flying upward through the air
She slams hard into the ceiling and begins falling back to the ground unconscious
“Scar!” I call out
“Catch her!” Datura calls out and Toxicroak leaps up and grabs her in his arms and lands
He sets her down gently and gives me a thumbs up
“Thanks” I say
“Mawile is unable to battle! Toxicroak is the winner!” The referee calls out
I rush over to her and pick her up and take her back to my side
Sasha’s already there
“Give her to me” Sasha says
I nod and hand her over
“Vespiquen too” she says and I hand her vespiquen pokeball
She walks back up the stairs with Scarlett in her arms
Monferno walks over
“Mon” he says
“You got this” I say and he nods
He walks out onto the field and gets into position
He is still a little banged up from the previous match but he’s rested a bit
Toxicroak is just as beat up but panting a little
The stage is set!
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Battle start!
“Dual chop!” I call out
“Sucker punch!” Datura calls out and Toxicroak disappears
Monferno smiles and throws a punch right as he reappears in front of him and the two trade blows as their arms interlink and they both take shots to the face
Toxicroak smirks as purple bubbles float up off of Monferno’s body
“Flamethrower!” I yell and Monferno gets off a point blank flamethrower bathing Toxicroak in flames
Toxicroak leaps backwards out of the flames and starts patting his body all over trying to put out the flames but he cant seem to get them all
“He’s burned! Brick break!” I yell and Monferno charges at Toxicroak
“Mud bomb!” Datura calls out and two balls of mud form in his hands
He lobs one at Monferno who dodges under it and continues his charge
As he gets ready to toss the other his body is enveloped in flames and the other mud ball disappears
Monferno gets close enough and punches Toxicroak in the gut
“Poison jab!” Datura says
“Keep using brick break!” I yell
The two start exchanging punch after punch
Toxicroak hands glowing purple as every so often his body gets enveloped in fire
Monferno’s hands glowing white as purple bubbles float up off of his body with increasing frequency
After about two minutes of this the two start to slow down
Monferno pulls a fist back after a successful body blow as Toxicroak bursts into flames once again
For a second it looks like the fire clings to Monferno fist as he pulls back but then the light on his fists start to flicker out
They both look like they are about to fall
“One more!” Datura yells as Toxicroak throws another poison jab
“Finish it!” I yell with all my might
The flame on Monferno’s tail surges lighting up the room as his fists burst into flames and my pokedex dings
With a fierce look in his eyes he throws a fiery punch with all his might just barely dodging the poison jab that was coming at his face and punches Toxicroak with every ounce of strength he can muster slamming Toxicroak down into the sand
Toxicroak doesn’t get up and Monferno plants his feet firmly in the sand and with his fists still ablaze screams triumphantly
“Toxicroak is unable to battle! Monferno is the winner which means The challenger Dakota wins the match!” The referee announces
“Yes!” I say running over to Monferno and hugging him
He passes out in my arms with a smile on his face
Datura walks over with a smile on her face and puts Toxicroak away into its ball
“That was an excellent battle, well done” she says
“Thank you, it was really really close” I say with a laugh
“The best battle usually are” Datura says
Sasha walks over with Scarlett and Chingling
“Maw” Scarlett says with a smile
Chingling floats over to Monferno and uses heal bell
“Ah, I believe this belongs to you” Datura says reaching up into one of her long sleeves and pulling out a small purple gym badge
I take out my gym badge case and find the right slot and click it into place
“Yeah!” Four down, seven more to go" I say with a grin
“Oh, your going for all eleven? Looking to grab one of those seeded spots at this years pokemon league huh” Datura says
“What?” I ask
“… You do know that if you get all eleven badges you can skip the preliminary rounds of the pokemon league right?” Datura asks
“I didn’t, I just kinda wanted to collect them all” I say with a laugh
Datura laughs
“Well, that will be harder than you think, after you get eight badges the gym leaders can go all out against you and your pokemon with their best team members, I’m sure number eight or nine will fill you in on the specifics, either way you’ll need to really give it your all” Datura says
“Huh, sounds like fun” I say with a smile
Monferno sits up and looks around
I smile at him
“You did it!” I say and he smiles
“You also forgot… brick break and learned… Fire punch! Congrats” I say looking at the pokedex notification
“Mon!” He says happily
I put him in his ball and put it back onto my belt along with Vespiquen’s ball
“So, where are you headed to next?” Datura asks
“Majolica” I say with a smile
“I see, so that would mean your next gym battle will be against Volkner over in Sunyshore, He’s going to be a tough one” Datura says
“Great!” I say
“Good luck” she says with a chuckle as she turns and walks away
We follow the referee out into the lobby and she gives each of us a basket of soap
We should only smell like the incense since I stopped Stunky from using acid spray but we take them anyway
We leave the gym and breath in the fresh air
“Ahhh, so, are we leaving immediately? Its only about eleven” I say
“Sure” Sasha says
We head back to the pokemon center and I check in my pokemon
We take turns taking showers and toss our clothes in the washer and start packing
After everything is packed and cleaned we head to the lobby, grab my pokemon, and leave the pokemon center
We stop for lunch at a nearby cafe real quick and then we make our way out of town
After walking for about Two hours we stop for a few minutes to rest up
“Oh yeah” I say taking out my badge case and pokenav
I snap a picture of me holding it open and then I send it to Ruche with the message
“Badge four, acquired”
It only takes a few moments for him to text me back
“Nice! So does that mean you’re on your way?” He asks
“Yep! We already left Pastoria” I send back
“That’s good” he says
“Something going on over there?” I ask
“No no… Well… Nah, you’ll see when you get here lol” he sends back
“Ha ha, okay, as long as nothings wrong” I say
“Oh right, there’s a big storm coming in, you should be careful” he says
“Oh damn, really? How far away is it?” I ask
“About three days? Then its supposed to last for like a week” Ruche says
“Dang, that’s for sure going to hit us before we get to town then” I say
“Yeah” Ruche says
“Alright, we should get going then, see you in a few days” I say
“Yeah, safe travels!” Ruche says
I put my pokenav away
“There’s a big storm headed our way, we should probably try and get past the ocean path Ruche mentioned before it hits otherwise it could flood and we would be trapped until the storm passes” I say
Sasha nods and we get moving again
We walk until we absolutely can’t any more due to the sun setting completely and then we set up camp and have dinner
Monferno is just sitting there with his hands on fire with a pleased look on his face
“We will start training that up soon” I say with a laugh and he nods with an excited grin
We put out the fire and head to our tents and go to bed for the night
I have a nightmare about being chased by shadows
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Post by fattymccatcat on Nov 30, 2019 3:22:51 GMT
I wake up, get dressed, and head outside
We step away from camp a bit and start today’s training
Everyone picks their own training today
Scarlett works on feint attack with Sneasel who is training her scratch by going blow for blow in a close quarter combat exercise
Shinx is using spark over and over trying to increase his voltage output
Monferno is getting used to fire punch by doing some shadow boxing
Chatot is training his chatter up above
And finally vespiquen trains her bug buzz by firing it at a nearby tree
As I’m overseeing their training my pokenav chimes
I pull it out and see I have a message from Ruche
“Figured you’d want this, “Sunyshore gym leader, Volkner. Uses electric types, and is regarded as the strongest gym leader in Sinnoh. Has high offensive power and brilliant strategies” You’re in for a tough battle, good luck with the training”
“Ah shoot… Electric huh…” I say looking over my team
“Thanks” I text back and put my pokenav away
“Everyone! Come here for a second” I call out and they start making their way over
“So… They next gym has electric types, so Chatot and vespiquen are probably going to have to sit this gym out, which means…” I say turning to Shinx and Sneasel
“One or both of you are going to get added to the lineup” I say with a smile
Sneasel smiles nervously while Shinx looks the same as usual except his tail is swaying back and forth shooting out little sparks
I smile
I hand out some water bottles and we take a short break before going back to our training
After about half an hour Sasha wakes up, we make breakfast, eat, and pack up camp
We walk for the entire day before we set up camp for the night
“So according to the map there’s a sheer mountain range that cuts along a good portion of this side of Sinnoh and goes all the way to the ocean, in order to get around it and reach majolica we need to go through a cove that the waves carved into the side of the mountain, so its located pretty much at the waters edge” I say reading from the pokenav as we eat dinner
“I see, it has been a few years since I have been to the ocean” Sasha says
“Same, I think the last time I went was… With you actually” I say
“Yes, my father took us” Sasha says
“Right! We camped out and he showed us a bunch of constellations, that was fun” I say with a smile
“Yes, it was” Sasha says fiddling with her necklace a bit
We finish eating and go to bed for the night
I dream of scavenging for supplies in a destroyed town that I don’t recognize
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Post by fattymccatcat on Dec 7, 2019 8:31:56 GMT
We spend the next two days making our way down towards the ocean
The terrain is mostly downhill but the path is clear and straightforward
The further we get the more we can smell the ocean breeze on the wind
The mountain eventually comes into view and slowly grows taller as we walk closer to it
Our training continues as usual with more focus on getting Sneasel and Shinx ready
I help Sasha dry some berries and take a few for training purposes
And as the trees thin as the sun sets on the second day we can see the ocean in the distance as we set up camp for the night
I can hear the waves crashing in the distance as I fall asleep and dream peacefully
I wake up the next day feeling great
I head outside and its kinda windy and cold
“That storm must be getting close” I say looking up at the sky
“Maw…” Scarlett says looking a bit uneasy
I pat her head and smile to try and calm her down
Then I summon the others and we get to todays training after a few warm up exercises
“Hmm, its a bit too windy to do anything with Monferno’s fire moves… Monferno, let’s do some work with your gloves today” I say and he nods
I help him put them on and he starts throwing some punches at a nearby tree
“Sneasel, continue working on scratch with Chatot , Chatot you just take all the scratches with steel wing” I say and he nods and they go off to train
“Scarlett and Shinx, I want you both to work on bite today, here Shinx, use these dried berries, Scarlett, let’s use your training bands” I say helping her put them on as Shinx starts biting through the berries
“Finally vespiquen, today I wanted to check out your grub control, but…” I say as a gust of wind whips past us and she nods
A bunch of tiny little bees fly out from under her dress, there’s about forty out right now
I’ve seen them flying around her occasionally ever since she evolved but as usual they seem to pay me no mind
“Is it too windy for this?” I ask and she shakes her head no
“Okay then, have them line up in a row” I say and she flicks her hands and they start forming a straight line in the air
It takes about two minutes but they form a perfect line
“Okay, now form a heart” I say and she flicks her hands a few times
This one takes about five minutes to complete, as the heart is barely recognizable at first and she has to coordinate each bee into its correct place while keeping the others steady but she eventually has them form a heart
I spend most of the mornings training calling out shapes and having her make them to the best of her ability but the wind starts to get stronger and starts messing her up
While she works I keep an eye on the others
She starts to get the hang of it as time goes on but it seems to take more of a mental toll than a physical one as she looks a bit tired
“Alright, that’s enough for today” I call out and everyone walks over and I give them some water
I take off the training equipment and clean the berry juice off of Shinx’s face
We rest up until Sasha wakes up and after she trains for a bit we make breakfast and pack up camp
“To the beach!” I say getting excited
Scarlett walks over and presses the button on her pokeball and goes inside
“Ha ha, I figured as much” I say
We walk for about an hour through the last few sporadic trees that lead straight out onto a huge beach
The sand stretches all the way to the mountain which has a massive chuck gouged out of it creating a sort of overhang
Underneath that is a large pool of sea water, like a giant tide pool, as well a path through to the other side
We walk down to the waters edge and look out over the wide blue ocean
He waves are rough and slam violently against the sand so we don’t get too close
You can also see huge dark clouds far off on the horizon
“That storms getting close, we don’t really have time to dawdle” I say with a sigh
“Let’s go” Sasha says
We head over to the pool and find that the usual path, the sandy beach path that’s supposed to be between the pool and the ocean, has been flooded by the waves
Luckily, there seems to be an alternate path around the back of the pool, so we decide to go with that
Its a large circular stone cavern with a stone path carved in around the edge of the big pool
The roof is open and stretches all the way to the top of the mountain letting in the sunlight which illuminates the violently shifting water
There are a bunch of Shellos clinging to the walls or swimming in the pool and they seem to live here
“Are they going to be okay when the storm hits?” I ask
“The pool looks deep enough for them to take shelter in” Sasha says as we walk along the narrow stone path
The stone is wet and slippery so we go slow just to be safe
As we reach the very back of the cove you get a clear shot of the thrashing ocean waves, the stormy sky, and the Shellos in the pool and I just have to risk getting a shot of this
I grab my camera off my belt and take a few shots
The Shellos look at me curiously as I snap a few photos and then I put my camera away and catch up with Sasha
After about fifteen minutes we reach the other side of the pool
We reach the other half of the beach and immediately start making our way off the beach and into the forest
After we are far enough away from the water I let Scarlett out of her ball and we walk until night falls
We set up camp and make sure out tents are as secured down as possible as we turn in for the night
The pokenav says the storm won’t reach us until tomorrow morning but you never know
We go to bed and set our alarms to wake up at first light to try and stay ahead of the storm
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Post by fattymccatcat on Dec 8, 2019 2:12:04 GMT
We wake up at around six thirty, eat breakfast, change into our rain gear, pack up camp, and get going
Its overcast and windy but luckily it hasn’t started raining yet
We travel along the path and at around eleven the rain starts to fall
As we walk the rain gets harder and harder and it becomes difficult to see the path as darker clouds move in over us
We eat a quick lunch in the cover of some trees and then get going again and walk until nightfall
We manage to find a suitable place to set up camp in a pretty dense section of trees, the canopy blocks most of the rain and the trunks block some of the wind
Setting up the tents is still a pain though, but we work together and get it done
We make dinner and turn in for the night
We wake up the next day and its still just as bad as yesterday
We have breakfast, pack up camp, and get going
We decide that Scarlett should rest in her ball until we reach majolica
We walk through the rain and wind until nightfall, we cant seem to find a good place to set up camp, and unfortunately majolica is still a few hours away
“What should we do? Try and get to majolica? Or look for a place to camp?” I ask
“… We should try and get to town” Sasha says
“Alright then” I say taking out my flashlight and Sasha does the same
We have to go much slower since its now even darker but we slowly make our way towards majolica
Sadly the dirt path we are on has pretty much turned to mud at this point
And even worse the path has been tilting uphill for awhile but now we are standing in front of a much steeper slope
“Well, shit… Should we go around?” I say looking at the water sliding down the hill
“Into the forest? No. Reavus” Sasha says and Reavus appears
The rain passes through his body as he looks around amused
“Please carry us to the top of the hill with telekinesis” Sasha says
“Mis!” Reavus says happily
he starts glowing green and so do we as we are lifted about a foot off the ground
We slowly float up to the top of the hill and Reavus puts us down
“Rea!” He says with a smile
From here we can see the blurred lights of majolica through the rain in the distance
“There it is!” I say
As I look at the lights suddenly an image of the lake from my dream flashes in my mind as my scar pulses violently
My legs go weak and I loose my footing
“Rea!?” Reavus yells as Sasha tries to grab me but she looses her footing as well and we start sliding down hill through the mud picking up speed
Reavus chases after us trying to pick us up with telekinesis but it doesn’t work, either we are going to fast or he is too panicked to focus on the move
We scrape and dig into the mud to try and slow our momentum or find something to grab onto but the rain has basically turned this hill into a huge water slide
“Shit!” I yell as we reach the pool of rainwater and mud at the bottom
I grab onto Sasha and spin to try and take most of the impact myself
We splash down into the shallow pool and my back slams against the ground
our momentum carries us farther and we slide a few feet through the mud
“…ow… Sasha, you okay?” I ask as she pushes up off of me
“I should be asking you that” she says
“Ha ha, I’m good, just got the wind knocked out me” I say spitting out some mud
“Thank you” she says as she helps me up
“It was my fault we even started sliding, sorry” I say with a sigh
“It-” Sasha says but gets cut off by Reavus catching up with us
“Rea! Mis Mis!” Reavus says in an apologetic tone
“we are unharmed and you tried your best, thank you” Sasha says and Reavus smiles
We are soaked through and covered head to toe in mud
We continue along the path towards majolica and reach the town at around one thirty in the morning
“Now what? Do you think any inns are open?” I ask
As we are deciding what to do someone points a flashlight at us
“What are you two doing out this late” a woman asks
As she gets closer we see that its officer jenny
“We just got to town” I say
“You were traveling in this weather!?” Officer jenny asks
“Yeah, are there any places still open this late?” I ask
“Hmm, come with me, you can dry off at the station” she says
We follow her through town to a small building with the police station logo on the front
“Come on in” she says
“Sasha, you thing mantyke can wash all the mud off?” I ask
Sasha nods and presses the button on mantykes ball and mantyke appears
He starts spraying us down and we get pretty much all of the mud off
“Oh thank you” officer jenny says with a laugh
We head inside and she gets us a temporary change of clothes, blue sweat suits with the words police on the front
She gives us a place to work while she throws our stuff into a dryer they have here at the station
We start using Monferno’s tail to start drying our stuff
After about an hour our clothes are dry and we change back into them and go back to drying our stuff
After another hour everything is all dry and packed up
Officer jenny walks in holding two cups of hot cocoa
“Oh, done already? Here, I made these to help you warm up” she says handing each of us a cup
“Thank you” I say with a smile
Sasha nods thankfully and officer jenny smiles
“So, what brings you to majolica?” She asks
“Research, I’m a field agent for the Professors Union” I say and she looks a bit taken aback
“Seriously? Wow, what are you researching?” she asks
“The legendary pokemon” I say and she looks even more surprised
“Well, you came to the right place then, they say one used to live in the lake before… You know…” she says trailing off and looking a bit uncomfortable
“Mmhm” I say taking a sip of my cocoa
“So, are there any inns open at… ugh, three thirty in the morning” I say looking at my pokenav
“No, I don’t think so, we have some cots you could borrow if you want” she says
I look over at Sasha and she nods
“Thank you very much” I say and she goes and gets us two cots
She shows us to a sort of storage room filled with shelves and says we can sleep here
She shows us how to set up the cots and we climb into them
They are pretty uncomfortable, but we are so tired we pass out practically immediately
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Post by fattymccatcat on Dec 15, 2019 1:09:05 GMT
I sit up in the cot and look around
“… Right, the police station” I say grabbing my pokenav
Its about eleven, I’m still tired but I figure we should get up
I walk over and nudge Sasha awake and start getting our stuff together
While Sasha goes to find the bathroom I text Ruche and conifer that we are in majolica
They both reply immediately
We work out where to meet and I put my pokenav away as Sasha walks back in
“We are meeting conifer and Ruche at a cafe a few streets over” I say
“Okay” Sasha says
I let Scarlett out of her ball and help her into her rain gear
“Maw!” She says happily twirling in place
We fold up the cots and leave them where officer jenny told us to and head out into the lobby
Unlike last night there’s quite busy in here now
The officer jenny from last night sees us and smiles at us from behind a desk as she talks to someone
I mouth “thank you” and she nods with a sweet smile and then we leave
Its still raining and there’s no one else really outside right now
We make our way through town to the cafe and head inside
We walk in and look around the empty cafe and see Ruche sitting at a booth towards the back
He waves us over, but for some reason he is hiding his face behind the menu
We walk over and sit down across from him and he continues hiding his face
“Hello Ruche” Sasha says
“So, how was your trip?” I ask playing along with whatever he’s doing
“Good… Well, most of it anyway” he says lowering the menu revealing he has a pretty bad looking black eye
“Ha ha, ouch!” I say with a grin
“Its not funny!” Ruche says
“Not “ha ha” funny, sure, but funny in a “so glad it wasn’t me this time” sort of way” I say still smiling
“Its pretty much your fault anyway!” Ruche says with a laugh
“Ooh really? This should be good, please, tell us what happened” I say playfully
“Well, I was walking towards Majolica with riolu and suddenly he senses something and riolu is freaked out so we go to investigate, we reach a river with some a fast current, and stranded out on a rock was an orange pokemon, bleeding from a head wound, and clinging onto the rock for dear life, and you know what I did?” Ruche asks
“Nope” I say
“I jumped in like an idiot! More specifically, like you!” Ruche says and I burst out laughing
I even see a slight smile flash across Sasha’s face for just a second
“I dove into the water and swam out to it, getting hit by a piece of wood as I did, hence the black eye, and got it back to shore. then I did as much first aid as I could and since we were only about an hour outside of majolica I carried it to town and got it to the pokemon center” he says with a sigh
“Ha ha, that’s great! You did amazing” I say still laughing a bit
“Riolu was the most surprised, he just watched from the shore dumbfounded, I wish you could of seen his face” Ruche says with a snicker
“Is the pokemon okay?” Sasha asks
Ruche smiles
“Ask her yourself” he says taking a pokeball off his belt and releasing a bright orange and yellow pokemon wearing a big glittery bow around its two tails and a bandage around its head
The pokemon’s face immediately lights up when it sees Ruche and leaps at him giving him a big hug and rubbing her face against his arm
I take out my pokedex
Buizel - The Sea Weasel Pokemon - Water - It swims by rotating its two tails like a screw. When it dives its floatation sac located around its neck deflates.
“So you caught her huh” I say putting my pokedex away
“Yeah, she got really attached, so I asked if she wanted to come with me” Ruche says petting her head gently
“Well, you are her hero” I say with a grin
“Oh, shut up” Ruche says with a laugh
Scarlett and Buizel start talking as I show Ruche the pictures I took while he was gone
After about fifteen minutes of catching up someone else walks into the cafe
They walk over and take off their rain coat and its conifer
He’s wearing a clean coat for once and he no longer has a beard, and his hair isn’t a mess
It weirdly makes him look ten years younger, and even weirder it makes him look like proper professor
“Hey” conifer says
We all just kind of stare at him
“W-what? Does it look weird?” He asks touching his face
“No, it looks great” I say snapping out of it
Ruche slides over and makes room for him to sit down and its quiet for a bit
“So, how have you all been?” Conifer asks
“Good” I say
“Fine” Ruche says and Sasha nods in agreement
Its quiet again
Ruche sighs
“So Dakota, anything magical happen yet, this town was your goal right?” Ruche says trying to move the conversation along
“Right! Uh, yes actually, I had a sort of… Vision? Man that sounds dumb, of the uh… Lake, made me slide down a muddy hill actually, bad timing to be honest” I say
“So that is what happened” Sasha says
“Yeah, sorry again” I say with a laugh
“Hmm, so you think you need to go to the lake then?” Conifer asks
“Probably? Maybe I’ll get another pop up window or something?” I say with a laugh
“I see, I’d prefer to do it when the weather was a bit clearer but its going to rain for a few more days, do you want to wait?” conifer asks
“I kind of want to get this done today” I say and conifer nods
The waitress walks over and takes our order and we continue discussing about what we should do and decide to just head over to the lake after we finish eating
Our food comes and we eat, pay, put on our raincoats, and leave the cafe
We start making our way through town towards the lake
After about twenty minutes my scar starts to tingle
“Ah” I say putting my hand over my scar
“What’s wrong” Ruche asks
“Ah, ha ha, my scar, its… Doing something, it feels like… Bubbly?” I say not sure how to explain the feeling
“Does it hurt?” Conifer asks
“No, it kind of tickles actually” I say
“Interesting, we must be getting close” conifer says
As we turn a corner we reach a set of stairs leading down to the sand and the waters edge
We look over the lake that stretches into the darkness but the view is mostly obscured by the rain
“Well, we’re here” Ruche says
“Yeah” I say
“Nervous?” Sasha asks
“Kinda” I say with a laugh
We walk down the steps and onto the sand and stop a few feet away from the water
“Anything?” Conifer asks
I’m just kind of zoning out at the lake, the same feeling I had in my dream washes over me, the feeling of wanting to touch the water
I take a few steps forward without much thought and step into the path of the water as a wave crashes on the sand soaking my legs
I snap out of it immediately
“Damn that’s cold!” I yell jumping back
“Dakota!” Ruche yells
“What?” I ask turning towards everyone
“We were calling you! It was like you couldn’t hear us” Ruche says
“…huh, sorry I kinda zoned out” I say with a laugh
“Do you feel anything… Magical?” Conifer asks
I look around and don’t see a pop up window, I try my eyes and they still don’t work, there’s nothing
I shake my head no
“Hmm, maybe we are at the wrong part of the lake?” Ruche says
“Yeah, let’s come back when the weather is better, we can walk the circumference of the lake” Conifer suggests
“How many miles around even is this-” I say but get cut off
Time seems to slow to a crawl as many things happen all at once
First, a glowing red arm made of pure glowing energy shoots out the water behind me and grabs onto my left wrist
Then a green one grabs the other wrist
Different colored arms shoot out the water behind me and grab onto or wrap around me
I get yanked backwards with great force and everyone’s faces show a look of horror and shock as they try to reach for me
As I’m pulled underwater a yellow hand wraps around my mouth blocking the water from getting in my mouth and nose
I get pulled pretty deep pretty fast and the already dull light from the surface quickly disappears until the only light left is from the glowing arms encasing my body
After maybe forty seconds of struggling I manage to turn around just in time to see the origin of the arms
A golden ring, with a sort of pink and blue portal swirling in the center sitting in the sand at the bottom of the lake
The arms seem to be coming out of the ring part, and the base of each arm is sort of transparent, like a projection
As we get closer we slow down and the arms start to bend and push me towards the center of the ring
My scar is pounding as I look down at this swirling portal and I can sense the same feeling my magic gives off but like a thousand times stronger and it makes me uneasy
The arms shove me through and the portal shuts off and everything goes dark
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Post by fattymccatcat on Dec 16, 2019 9:11:17 GMT
Once again I’m falling through an endless black expanse
I sigh and grab my pokenav and put on some music
Its sounds a little weird, kind muted, but it still works
after about three songs I notice lights appearing in the distance
They keep appearing more and more until finally there’s thousands of them
They kind of look like stars, except these are in vast array of colors
I put my pokenav away and grab my camera and take a few shots
After awhile the lights start to streak through the void like a meteor shower
I look down and see another gold ring getting closer
“Finally” I say snapping a picture of it and then putting my camera back onto my belt
I’ve been falling long enough that my clothes have started to dry
As the ring gets closer I notice it looks a bit different from the last one
It sort of look like there’s two rings overlapping each other and the pink and blue swirls in the middles aren’t synched up so it looks… Wrong
As I pass through there’s a bright light
And I land in some dirt
And I land on some grass
“What?” I say very disoriented
“What?” I say very disoriented
I stand up but lose my balance and fall backwards
I stand up but lose my balance and fall forwards
Then the world around me shatters like a pane of glass
And everything goes dark as my body feels like its being ripped apart until my consciousness cant take any more and I pass out
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“He broke it!?” I hear a little girl yell and I wake up
I’m unable to move any part of my body, my eyes are closed but I can still feel
I seem to be laying on a cold stone floor and I can hear someone stomping around
“It would seem so” a woman’s voice says
“How!?” The little girl says
“It would seem this boy has two human souls, and somehow, both were connected to the system giving him two legendary souls as well” the woman says
“Two souls!? Why does he have two souls?… Was he possessed by a ghost?” The little girl asks
The woman chuckles a little
“No, its a much stronger bond than that my dear, he has two of the exact same soul residing in his body” the woman says
“How did that happen?” The girl asks
“There are a few possibilities but I think we should focus on getting the system back up before they notice what’s happened” the woman says
“Good point, what about him though?” the little girl asks
“I’d like to put him back but I’m afraid he would just break it again” the woman says with a sigh
“Hmm…. What about the augmentation? Wouldn’t that sort of fix it? The whole point of it is to fuse the legend soul with the human soul right? Wouldn’t that also work with binding four souls together?” The little girl asks
“Hmmm… It might, he would need a far greater augment than usual though, possibly even multiple augments, its doubtful that he would survive the strain it would put on his body” the woman says
“But if he does it would it work right? Not to mention how strong he could get” The girl says
“Its Possible… However getting him to that point would still be difficult, as you just saw he can’t even reach the first trial where that happens” the woman says
“…. What if there was an anchor?” The girl asks
“… Interesting, let’s take a look at his memories and see if their is anything we can use” the woman says
“We should look at the other souls memory’s as well and see what’s up with that nonsense” the girl says
Suddenly I feel an ice cold hand touch my forehead
A few moments later the old woman burst into roaring laughter as does the child
“… No way! No freaking way!” The girl says still laughing
“I should have figured” the old woman says
“Well, the anchor point is fairly obvious now, but which one?” The girl says
“Ha ha, let’s just do them all, as a thank you for the amusement, it been some time since I laughed this hard” the old woman says happily
“That’s a great idea!” The girl says happily
“But still, I can’t believe you are conscious, what a strong force of will you must have, that will serve you well in the coming years” the woman says sounding a bit sad as she brushes the hair from my face
They both go quiet for a bit as they seem to start doing something
I try to move but cant, I try to talk but cant, I’m not even breathing yet I’m not suffocating either, it feels awful
“Aaaand done!” The little girl says
“That should hold up, excuse us for any glitches that might happen, its really not supposed to be used like this” the woman says
“Bye bye!” The little girl says
And then everything feels warm as I lose consciousness again
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Once again I’m falling through an endless black expanse
I sigh and grab my pokenav and put on some music
Its sounds a little weird, kind muted, but it still works
after about three songs I notice lights appearing in the distance
They keep appearing more and more until finally there’s thousands of them
They kind of look like stars, except these are in vast array of colors
I put my pokenav away and grab my camera and take a few shots
After awhile the lights start to streak through the void like a meteor shower
I look down and see another of those stupid looking rings getting closer
“Finally” I say snapping a picture of it and then putting my camera back onto my belt
I’ve been falling long enough that my clothes have dried
As the ring gets closer I notice it looks the same as the one from the bottom of the lake
I take a deep breath as I get closer just in case it also leads to the bottom of a body of water
As I pass through there’s a bright flash of light as I’m dumped very unceremoniously onto a patch of dirt and stone
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Post by fattymccatcat on Dec 21, 2019 7:06:43 GMT
“Ow” I say as I push myself up out of the dirt
“uh, are you okay?” Someone asks
Startled I look around
I’m in what looks like a dimly lit cave, there are pools of stagnant water around and stalactites hanging from the ceiling
There’s a man holding a little plastic lantern that seems to be what’s lighting up the room
The man seems to be twenty something and is quite burly, he has beautiful pink eyes and hair that matches
He looks as surprised to see me as I am to see him
“Who are you?” I ask
“I’m-” he says but stops as he seems to get distracted
A second later a pop up window appears in my field of vision just like in Oreburgh
[Begin tutorial?]
[Yes][No]
“Tutorial?” I say aloud
The guy looks at me surprised
“You got it too Huh?” He asks with a smirk
“Yeah” I say and the window disappears seemingly recognizing my response as confirmation
“Oh damn, that counted as me hitting yes!” I say
He laughs and another window appears in front of me
“Sorry. Let’s save the introductions for after we deal with this nonsense” he says
“Sounds good” I say
“Yes” he says and his window seems to disappear as well
I turn my attention to the new window
[Tutorial Quest 1 - Past and Future - Begin?]
[Yes][No]
Then I hear the other guy say yes again and he suddenly drops to the floor
I get up and check on him and he seems to be asleep
I set my backpack aside and lay down so I don’t just drop like he did
“… Yes?” I say and everything goes black
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[This story begins twenty one years ago] a woman voice narrates
I’m suddenly floating in some familiar looking ruins, its the place with all the statues from when I touched the statue in Eterna, except there aren’t any statues around
Suddenly a bright prismatic rift opens and a huge white and gold pokemon steps through and looks around the massive stone room lined with murals, mirrors, vases, and a bunch of other cool stuff
[Arceus, The first pokemon, felt it was time to give birth to an egg, and came to these secluded ruins to do so]
I’m so mad that this is a dream and that I can’t take a picture of this
[This egg contained a new Arceus, it was extremely important, as after it was laid, Arceus would send it off into the void to created a new universe]
Arceus walks onto a large platform in the middle of the room and begins to glow, the room is filled with a blinding light that seems to last for a very long time
Once the light fades Arceus is laying down exhausted next to a huge egg made of pure light
[The egg was born, and Arceus was weakened but happy. This moment of bliss was to be short lived however] the narrator says changing tones
Suddenly the roof explodes and rubble rains down onto Arceus who uses their body to shield the egg
A huge red and black Y shaped pokemon flies in and dives for the egg
[Yveltal, seeking the power of the egg, attacked]
Arceus and Yveltal clash in a ferocious battle and Yveltal gets thrown back
They seem to be saying something but I can only see what’s happening, there’s no sound except for a faint crackling sound
It grows louder until finally the scene that was playing out sort of spasms and becomes all pixelated
Then the scene disappears
[Error]
“Uh…” I say looking around
The error message turns into a buffering symbol
“Seriously?” I say with a laugh
[Error]
This process repeats a few times until finally the black background turns white
The scene continues except now everything is made from crude hastily drawn caricatures, as if a child was taken over and is illustrating the story
“You have got to be kidding me” I say shaking my head
The white and gold scribble that seems to be Arceus and the black and red scribble that is supposed to be Yveltal start sort of smashing into each other
“Quite a fierce battle” I say trying to hold in my laughter
Then Yveltal seems to fire a beam or something and Arceus seems to fall to the ground and dies
Its not as funny anymore
The Yveltal drawing goes over to a drawing of the egg and, like, drains its energy or something
And now Yveltal is gold and glowing but then something seems to go wrong as he turns all evil and scary looking
What looks like black smoke starts pouring from it’s body
Then a picture of the world appears
And it gets bigger as if zooming in and a drawing of a different legendary appears
This repeats a few times
“So all the other legends noticed, let’s not go through them all” I say aloud hoping to move this along
Everything stops for a few seconds and it cuts back to Yveltal
It throws the black smoke at the world and the world turns grey and falls apart
Then the scene rewinds and the pictures of the legends jump in the path of the smoke and they turn grey and fall over
Yveltal looks super angry and starts building up another smoke attack and a little green spiral opens behind Yveltal
Then a little green pokemon appears from what I guess is a portal
“Who’s that?” I ask
The scene stops and then above the Pokemon’s head appears the word “Celebi”
Celebi holds something up but I can’t tell from the drawing
“What’s-” I start to say but get cut off by the words “a mirror obviously!” scrawled angrily above it
“Ah” I say
Celebi seems to say something and then a big snake thing with the word “Girratina” scribbled above it seems to come out of the mirror
It and the Yveltal drawing start to bump together then Girratina seems to grab it and drag Yveltal into the mirror
And they both disappear just as Girratina seems to turn grey as well
Celebi goes over to check on Arceus but its dead and it looks sad
Then a black portal opens under the mirror and the mirror disappears and Celebi looks angry
Then everything gets wiped away and a drawing of the mirror appears with the words
“Find” and “break” written next to it
Then black smoke starts leaking from the mirror into what looks like masks
Then the black smoke leaks from the masks into various drawings of pokemon and they get covered in the black smoke and separate into a cloud of black smoke and a grey pokemon
And the words that appears next makes me uneasy
“Fight” and “destroy” with arrows pointing at the smoke pokemon and the masks and the word “collect” with an arrow pointing to the grey pokemon
“… I have a few questions” I say and a new window pops up in my field of view
[Tutorial Quest 1 - past and future - completed]
[2 skill points gained]
[Moving to next phase]
And then I lose consciousness
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I wake up standing on an island with a large leafless tree with white bark surrounded by water
Keldeo is standing a few feet away talking to a tall deer like pokemon and a weird shadowy silhouette of a person
“Yo Keldeo!” I call out and he jumps
“You’re back!” Keldeo says running over with a smile on his face
“Yeah, I’m doing the tutorials or whatever, hey, was this island always here? And who are those guys?” I ask while looking around
“You don’t remember?” He asks
“… No” I say feeling like I’ve forgotten something
“I see… Well we’ve worked out some of what happened while you were gone, so Ill just give you the short version. Before you had touched the statue, you already had two souls” Keldeo says motioning to the shadowy silhouette and it sort of waves at us
“…Why?” I ask
“No clue, its memory is a bit fragmented right now” Keldeo says
“Aww, can’t I ever get any actual answers?” I say
“Ha ha, sorry, anyway. When you touched the statue I came in and accidentally cut the connection between you two and it started to fade away, as it was about to fade away completely it unconsciously reached out to you and you reestablished the connection of your own free will” Keldeo explains
“I did?” I ask
“Yes, and then something unexpected happened, through me, he was also connected to the legacy system and was given a legendary of his own, essentially giving you another patron legendary” Keldeo says motioning to the deer like pokemon who bows gracefully
“Who is that?” I ask
“Xerneas” Keldeo says
“Well… Welcome to my soul or whatever” I say and Xerneas smiles
A window appears
[Tutorial quest 3 - Fusion - Starting…]
“Fusion?” I say aloud
“oh! So its time then” Keldeo says
“Time for what?” I ask
“Well time for us to fuse together into one, having multiple souls in one body is very taxing on the body, so we all kind of get fused together permanently into one soul…” Keldeo says
“I feel like there’s a “but” coming" I say
“But then its like… Adding ice cubes to an already full glass, it would still be too much for your body to handle… so the systems going to make a small… Change to your body” Keldeo says
“What!?” I shout
“Its fine! A small change! Like an accessory that you can’t take off or a new hair color! Its usually based on your patron” Keldeo says trying to reassure me
“Am I going to get hooves!? I don’t want hooves!” I shout
“You’re not going to get hooves!” Keldeo shouts
[Augment Complete - Due to the presence of multiple souls a greater augment was needed to ensure survival]
I read that aloud and Keldeo just kind of stares at me
“I mean, hooves aren’t that bad” Keldeo says
“What!?” I shout
We stare at each other and then burst out laughing
[Preparing to begin fusion… 100… 99…]
“Seems a countdown started, what’s going to happen?” I ask
“Honestly I don’t know, I have like… Bits of information that I just kind of knew when I woke up here” Keldeo says
“Hmm, what about you Xerneas?” I ask
It seems to say something but I can’t hear it
“… Okay, can’t hear the deer. I’ll assume no” I say
“How bout you shadow man, can I hear you?” I ask
With a flourish he silently seems to start singing
“Nope” I say and he looks dejected
“Well maybe I’ll be able to hear them next time” I say
“Uhh, about that. I’m pretty sure this is the last time we will meet like this” Keldeo says
“Aww really?” I say
[20… 19…]
“Yeah, technically we were only supposed to meet this one time, but you kept showing up early for some reason” Keldeo says
“I’m pretty sure those reasons were “almost dying” like six different times” I say
Keldeo laughs
“Well, luckily when you wake up you will have some cool magic to hopefully keep you out of trouble” Keldeo says
“Aww sweet! I get my magic eyes back?” I ask
“oh, you get something way better than that, although your going to have to put the work into learning how to use them” Keldeo says with a smirk
“Them?” I ask
“Skills! What did you think those point were for?” Keldeo says with laugh
[3… 2… 1…]
Then its like a black hole opens in the center of the lake, everything gets sucked in and crushed together and I lose consciousness again
I wake up back in the cave
My body is extremely sore and tired and I can’t even muster enough strength to move
I’m covered in sweat and I’m thirsty
“H-hey, other guy, you awake yet” I ask in a raspy voice
There’s no response
“M-monferno. Hey. Anyone, can you hear me, come here and help me” I say and I hear one of my pokeballs open
A few seconds later Shinx jumps onto my chest
“Hey… Can you hit the button on Monferno pokeball? I need someone with hands” I say with a laugh and start coughing
Shinx stares at me for a bit and then hops off my chest
I hear another pokeball open, then another, then another, then finally another one and the cave gets a bit brighter
“Mon!?” Monferno says helping me sit up
Everyone is out of their balls and is staring at me
“Hey. Can you grab my water bottle, I can’t move” I say
Vespiquen carries me over to a wall and props me up while Monferno grabs the water bottle from my backpack
He helps me drink as everyone looks around
I start to get my strength back after a few minutes and can lift my arms
I look at my hands and feel happy as my hands have not in fact been turned into hooves
I check my hair and its still brown I don’t seem to have any rings or accessories
Then I notice Sneasel staring at me, more specifically my forehead
When she notices that I see her looking she looks away
I reach up and touch my forehead
“Aww man!” I shout as I feel that I’ve grown a horn
It sticks out about two inches from the middle of my forehead and curves upward slightly into a point
“Lame! How am I going to hide this!?” I say
I take my pokenav out of my pocket and take a selfie
“Aww! Its blue!?” I say
I touch it again and it seems I can feel what it feels
Its pretty sturdy feeling as well
I sigh and try to hide it with my hat but its very obvious something is off
I push the horn through the wool and it looks like a weird hat with a horn attached
“I guess that will have to do…” I say sighing again
I see Sneasel about to poke the guy who is still passed out
“No! Don’t touch him” I say and Sneasel jumps and backs off
Then I notice something’s off
I have enough strength to stand up now, although my legs are a bit shaky
I make my way over to him and I see that now he is laying in a patch of grass that wasn’t there when he first passed out, and its growing larger as time passes
Then I remember the time my tent exploded
“Ah, he’s doing that part I guess?” I say
A new window pops up
[Tutorial quest 3 - Fusion - complete]
[2 skill points gained]
[All legacy system functions have been unlocked. To open the menu simply say “menu”. to open it for all to see say “menu open”. for clarifications on any of the functions simply touch anything on the screen and say “information” to learn more about it]
Then that window disappears
“… Menu” I say and a new pop up window appears
I reach out and I can touch this one
I grab it and hold it like a tablet
There’s a bunch of different sections but I can’t focus on any of this right now
“… Close menu?” I say and it disappears
“Cool” I say and another window appears
[Secret Trial - tutorials at lake valor - completed]
[1 skill point gained]
[Preparing return portal]
And then a timer showing twenty minutes appears
I put everyone back into their pokeballs and gather all my stuff
I want to get back quick since according to my pokenav I’ve been gone a little over two hours
Suddenly the guys body starts glowing and all the grass that was spreading from his body starts sprouting flowers
After the light dies down and I look back at his body he has a golden septum piercing that wasn’t there before
“Oh sure! he gets a cool nose piercing and I get a horn!” I shout
About two minutes later his eyes open
He looks to be in slighter better shape than I was as he sits up a little before falling to the ground
“Ah, careful, let me help” I say walking over and helping him up
I give him some water which he basically inhales
“T-thank you” he says weakly
“No problem” I say with a smile
After about five minutes he seems to be in better shape
He says menu and fiddles with the screen a bit before closing it
He starts patting himself all over looking for his augment and I laugh
“You got a nose ring” I say and he touches his nose
“Ah, thanks, I should have figured with who my patron is, what did you get?” he asks
I tap the tip of my horn
“Oh geez, seriously?” He says looking at it
“I’m glad you thought it was part of the hat, maybe hiding this stupid thing won’t be as hard as I thought” I say with a laugh
“What’s your timer at?” I ask
“Fifteen minutes, you?” He asks
“Five” I say
“Dang, I wish we had more time to compare notes about this stuff” he says
“Yeah me too” I say
“Oh, by the way, I’m Morgan” he says with a cheerful smile
“I’m Dakota” I say
“So Dakota, quick question, what year are you from?” He asks and it kind of throws me off guard
“What? 2019?” I say
“Ha, I knew it.” Morgan says with a smirk
“Knew what?” I ask
“I’m from 1999” he says with a smirk
“What!? You’re from the past?!” I ask
“Yeah, looks like those portals are a bit more powerful than we thought” he says with a laugh
“Wow… How did you know?” I ask
“Camera” he says pointing to the camera on my waist
“Ah” I say with a laugh
My timer is at two minutes
“Looks like I’m about to head back, I hope my friends aren’t too worried, the last they saw of me I was pulled underwater by a bunch of freaky arms” I say
“What? My portal opened on the beach” he says
“Of course it did” I say with a laugh
I snap a few final shots of the cave
“What’s that for?” He asks
“My professor, I wouldn’t be a very good assistant if I didn’t take pictures of all of this stuff” I say with a laugh
“Oh, a professors assistant! Cool, one of best friends is a professors assistant, he’s off training under a professor right now so haven’t seen him in awhile. I should give him a call when I get back” he says with a laugh
There’s a pause and he seems to have an idea
“Oh wait! You’re from the future! Maybe he’s become some big shot famous professor like oak, you ever hear of a professor conifer?” He asks with a laugh
Suddenly it all clicks
“M-Morgan, what’s your full name?” I ask hesitantly
“Morganite Bivlet, why?” He asks
My jaw drops and I just stare up at him
I look over at my timer and there’s only thirty seconds left
“Uh uh uh! Selfie! Take a selfie with me!” I plead realizing I neglected to take his picture
“A what?” He says confused
“A picture!” I yell
He seems to sense the urgency in my voice and crouches down and we snap a quick shot together right as my portal opens
“I’ll be seeing you! …Maybe?” I say with shrug and a nervous laugh
“I hope so” he says with a confused but cheerful smile
I walk up to the portal and jump inside and it closes behind me
I just start laughing as I fall through this portal
After about five minutes another portal opens below me and I take a deep breath as I pass through it just to be safe
The portal seems to appear on the surface of the lake this time and my momentum carries over so I shoot high into the air and splash down into the water
The water is freezing and its still dark and raining
I see some lights in the distance and assume its the town
My backpack is quite heavy now that it is once again soaked
It takes me about ten minutes to swim to shore
I crawl up onto the sand and collapse from exhaustion
“I… Need… A… water… Type….” I say between deep breaths
Someone in a raincoat runs over and shines a light in my face
“Holy shit. Are you okay kid?” He asks
“… Yeah… Just… having a bad day” I say with a laugh
“Do you need me to call someone?” He asks
“Nah, I got it. Thanks though” I say sitting up
“…alright…” He says hesitantly and walks off
I sit there for a bit and just look out over the lake for a minute and catch my breath
I take out my pokenav and call Ruche
He picks up immediately
“Dakota!?” Ruche screams
“Hey, I’m back” I say
There’s a long pause
“Hello?” I say
“We are at the pokemon center near the beach” he says
“Kay, I’ll be there in like ten minutes, how’s Scarlett doing?” I ask
“Not good” he says with an exasperated laugh
“Yeah I figured, thinking I drowned for a few hours probably has her pretty messed up” I say with a weak laugh
Ruche mumbles something into the phone
“What?” I ask
“You’ve been gone forty six hours! We ALL thought you drowned” Ruche shouts
My heart drops
I hang up and jump to my feet and start sprinting towards the pokemon center
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Post by fattymccatcat on Jan 3, 2020 0:40:37 GMT
I reach the pokemon center and run inside
Scarlett rushes me and jumps into my arms wrapping her arms around my neck like a vice
“I’m back” I say struggling to talk
“Maw!” She screams
“Sorry” I say hugging her
Ruche, Sasha, and conifer run over, they all look worn out, like they haven’t slept since I left
“Where have you been!?” Conifer asks
“That’s gonna take a bit of explaining” I say with a laugh
“You’re soaked, were you in the water for two whole days?!’ Ruche asks
“I…from my perspective I was only gone for three hours” I say
“Yeah, the time discrepancies are quite annoying aren’t they” someone says from behind us
I turn and see king standing there with his usual grin
“Go away” I say with a scowl
“Its-” king says but I cut him off
“Go away!” I shout
“Aww, don’t be like that” he says taking a step towards me
I reach down and press the button on Monferno’s pokeball and he appears
“If he takes another step towards us, set him on fire” I say pointing at king
“Mon!” Monferno says with a nod
He glares at king as his hands ignite
King takes a step back
“Ha ha, whatever did I do to make you hate me so much?” King asks
“You know king, me finding you creepy is on me and we probably could of worked past that, and you know, I can even forgive you for ditching me in Pastoria, id have probably done something similar myself in some situations, but you want to know why I’m angry right now? Because your timing suggests you’ve been watching me and my friends, you knew I had been dragged into the portal, and you knew I was okay, and yet, you thought it was okay to let my friends think I had drowned for two. Whole. Days, and that is just… Unforgivable” I say prying Scarlett off my neck
“Hmm… I see, well I wasn’t sure how much they knew” he says with a nervous grin
“I don’t want to hear your excuses, I want you to leave” I say
“Look how about we start over” he says
“No” I say
“Look, I work for the magical crimes division at Interpol, we-” he says
“I don’t care, get out” I say flat out
“… I just want to help you learn the finer details of the magic systems and rules and-” he says
“No” I say
“Please, its Important, your life is in danger” he says
“Leave” I shout
King smiles and backs up another step towards the door
Conifer walks over and puts a hand on my shoulder
“Dakota. If your life is actually in danger we need all the information we can get” conifer says
I sigh
“…fine, but not from you, call someone else” I say
“…hmm, the others are a bit… You know what, sure, I can call in a favor, I’ll be back tomorrow!” King says happily as he leaves the pokemon center
We head back through the lounge and into the room they got while I was gone
I toss my backpack into the bathtub and Ruche gives me some dry clothes to change into as we’ll as a towel to dry my hair off
I get a better look at the horn in the mirror and sigh
I head out and everyone’s sitting on the beds
Their eyes immediately lock onto the horn and I burst out laughing
“Yeah, looks stupid huh” I say sitting down on the floor between them
Scarlett walks over and sits on my lap
“Why do you have a horn?” Sasha asks
“…I should start at the beginning” I say
I tell them everything that happened
The portal, the thing with Arceus and Yveltal, the story glitching out, Xerneas, Yveltal, my second soul, the horn, everything
They all just kind of sit there and listen quietly
“Conifer, I wasn’t alone there, there was someone else going through the same process as me” I say
“What really? There are others?” He says
“Yeah, I’m pretty sure king is one as well, but that’s not what’s important right now” I say grabbing my camera
I go to the picture of me and Morgan and hand it to him
His eyes go wide and he just stares at it for a long time dumbfounded
He starts trembling as he clutches the camera tightly
“Morgan seems like a good guy conifer” I say and he laughs as tears start to form in his eyes
“Yeah… He was… Is? He looks exactly like how I remember him… How?” He asks confused
“Ah, right, he was sort of… From 1999” I say and conifer looks up at me confused
“The portals we go through seem to go through time as well as space” I say
Conifer just goes back to looking at the picture
“So by my count that’s two legends and a Bivlet I’ve found, not too shabby huh” I say with a grin
Conifer laughs weakly
“You got that right!… I’ve chosen a wonderful assistant” he says with a soft smile
I smile
Conifer excuses himself to get himself together
“Ruche, can you make an alteration to my hat to help me hide my horn?” I ask
“like a horn cozy?” He says with a smirk
“I guess!” I say with a laugh
“Yeah I can work something out” Ruche says taking my hat
“Thank you” I say with a smile
I looks down at Scarlett and she’s looking up at my horn
“Go ahead” I say lowing my head
She smiles and reaches up and touches it and laughs
“So, what’s the deal with the menu thing you mentioned?” Ruche asks
“No idea, I haven’t messed around with it too much” I say
“Menu open” I say and it appears
Ruche and Sasha move down to the floor and sit next to me to see better
“It really is like a video game menu” Ruche says with a laugh
There seems to be five sections on the main menu
[Skills]
[Titles]
[Item Box]
[Quests]
[+]
“Hmm… What should I check out first?” I ask
“I’m interested in the item box” Ruche says
Scarlett points to the skills button
“Hmm… I’m actually interested in what item box means as well” I say
I press the item box button and say “information”
[Item Box: a small interdimensional space to store your equipment, personal items, and supplies necessary for survival during the trials, to store something just touch it and think of storing it away, to summon it simply picture it reappearing]
“So pretty much a video games inventory… that’s like, the best power” Ruche says sounding a bit jealous
I reach over and grab a blanket from the bed and ball it up
I picture it disappearing and it disappears
“Maw!” Scarlett says amazed
“Oh sweet! I don’t have to lug around that stupid backpack anymore!” I say with a laugh
“You can carry ours as well and we can save our strength as we travel” Sasha says
“Awesome” I say tapping the item box button and the screen changes
[Blanket x 1]
I summon the blanket back into my hand
I store and retrieve it a few times to get a feel for it
After some fiddling with the screen a little it seems I can group stuff together into something like folders on a computer
I see a weird bar on the side of the screen and click on it
[Water Storage - Empty]
“Cool, I’ll need to experiment with this later” I say
I go back to the main menu
“What next?” I ask as conifer comes back in
“What are you doing?” He asks
“Checking out the menu” I say
We tell him what we have learned so far
“Wow… Do skills next” confer says
I click [skills]
[Skills: use skill points gained by completing missions, quests, and trials to activate your innate skills and magical abilities]
“Yes!” I say getting excited as I click on it
I look over the page
[Skill Points - 16]
[Water manipulation - 5 skill points to unlock]
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“Hmm, looks like I’ve got… seven skills? But they all seem to be locked or something, except this one…” I say looking over them
I click on [Water Manipulation]
[Water Manipulation - Allows the user to manipulate water with their will, higher levels and proper training will allow for stronger effects]
[Spend 5 skill points and activate [Water Manipulation]?]
“Hmmm, I guess?” I say looking at conifer who just kinda shrugs
[Water Manipulation Lv 1 acquired]
On the skill screen a little bar appears bellow the skill and I click on it
[Exp - 0]
“Hmmm” I say scratching my head
“Conifer go get me a glass of water” I say
“Alright” he says and leaves and comes back with a glass of water
He hands it to me and I set it on the ground
Ruche and Scarlett look excited
“Do you know how to… Use it?” Conifer asks
“I’ve done something similar in the dream thing, maybe that was training” I say
I point my hand at the water and picture it flowing up into a sphere like in the dream
I feel the magic start to flow but its actually quite difficult
My arm shakes as if I’m holding a large weight and I suddenly feel even more tired than I already was
“Maybe I should’ve rested first” I say with a laugh
A few drops of water lift out of the glass but fall back down into the cup
Scarlett starts laughing as I fall down exhausted
“Wow… That was easier… In the dream” I say breathing a bit heavy
I look back at the screen and see there is a tiny blip on the bar underneath the skill and I click it
[Exp - 1]
“Ha ha” I say catching my breath
“You okay?” Ruche asks
“Yeah… Yeah, but let’s save the magic for another day” I say with a laugh
“You want to stop for today?” Conifer asks
“Nah, we’re almost done” I say sitting back down and clicking on the next section
[Quests - a list of current missions and quests]
I click it again
[None]
I shrug and head back to the main menu and click on titles
[Titles - titles grant passive abilities and are earned through mission, quests, trials, or personal achievements]
“Uhh, okay” I say opening the title menu
“Oh look, I already have one” I say clicking on it
[Protégé - enables the user to learn things faster when being taught by an expert - Keldeo exclusive]
“Okay…” I say
There’s only one title so I head back to the main menu and click on the last section
[+] [Mod Slot - allows for menu customization, adding functionality dependent on what is inserted, mod slots are extremely rare rewards and can be received through difficult quests, trials, and missions. Not everything is compatible]
“Hmmmmmmmm” I say looking at the screen
I take my camera off my belt and click the plus symbol
[Empty mod slot - insert item to check compatibility]
I touch my camera to the screen and it disappears
[Incompatible - depositing item into item box] appears on the screen
“Dang…” I say a bit disappointed
“What about your pokedex?” Sasha says
“Oh, good idea” I say taking it out of my pocket and dropping it in
[Compatible - estimated time until new functions are added…. 48 hours]
[Proceed?]
[Yes][No]
I click yes
“I wonder if I’ll get the pokedex back…” I mutter as I go back to the main menu
“…Looks like that’s everything” I say
My stomach growls rather loudly
“I’m going to order some pizza” Ruche says
“Oh sweet, make mine a pepperoni thin crust” I say
“Kay” Ruche says getting up and stretching
“I should get going, if you really traveled into the past maybe I can find some fables or something connected to this stuff” conifer says with a sigh
“Alright, goodnight conifer” I say
“Goodnight” he says as he leaves
I get up and go back to drying my stuff in the bathtub
After about thirty minutes the speaker in the corner chimes
“Pizza is here” Ruche says leaving to grab the boxes
I set down the hairdryer and the stuff I was drying and leave the bathroom as Ruche walks in
“I’m so sick of having to dry this stuff” I say with a sigh
“Seems it won’t be a problem anymore though with your fancy new item box” Ruche says with a laugh
“Yeah, it almost makes all this worth it. Almost” I say grabbing my pizza
We eat and I go back to drying everything one by one and dropping it into the item box
Ruche comes in and measures my horn and gets started on altering my hat
We turn the lights off at around nine and Sasha, Scarlett, and I go to bed while Ruche stays up to work on the hat
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