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| Chaos Shadow | Feb 19 2010, 08:49 PM Post #1 |
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[ Continued from Pleasant Stroll. ] Reia arrived in Petalburg City around noon, and immediately took toward the Pokémon Center to get her group healed and herself a bit rested. After a quick meal, she picked up her Pokémon and headed for the computer. She tried logging in to her Orange Islands box again, but the connection was still too weak; she could look at the Pokémon, but couldn't interact with them. "Shoot," she muttered. Well, it was to be expected, really; the club members back in Oldale had mentioned that she needed to head north of here (west then north, actually) in order to reach Rustboro, and that would probably have the devices that she needed. Well. No sense remaining here, then. The nurse behind the counter answered the only question she had; how long would it take to get to Rustboro? She said it would be only a couple of hours of walking through the Petalburg Woods before arriving, and Reia would make it well before nightfall-- and possibly in time to catch the gym while it was still open. She had been more concerned with making it before nightfall, and didn't really have any inclination to challenge a gym leader -- she was going to get back to the islands as soon as possible -- but thanked the nurse for the information and walked out the door. "Wait!" Reia stopped and looked to the sound of the voice, and saw one of Birch's assistants approaching. She blinked a few times and settled slightly, looking at him curiously. "Hm? What's up?" "I-- catching up to--" He came to a stop, gulping down air, and swallowed. She gave him a few minutes to catch his breath -- he seemed to have been running all the way here from Oldale, she wouldn't fault him that. He gathered himself, however, and looked at her again. "I'm sorry, Birch sent me after you, been runnin' all day..." "It's no trouble," she said, feeling a little chill run through her. "You didn't catch the thief, did you?" He shook his head. "Afraid not," he said. "But that's why I'm here. Birch sent me after you, said to be careful." There was a moment's pause. Reia looked at the man, frowning slightly to herself. Of course that couldn't be it, sending somebody all the way out here just to say 'be careful', he could have just left a message at a Pokémon Center or something... "We, ah, we told him what happened. How he escaped. He asked if you were okay, we said yes, that you fought him. You seemed to know him, too." He tilted his head. "Do you?" "More than I care to," Reia admitted. "But what about it?" "Well... he wanted to give you a couple of Pokémon. To help you get the Torchic back." She blinked. "Am I... does he want me to try and get him?" "Yes. We're... we're not exactly outdoors-types," and he smiled awkwardly to say it. "He's posting alerts throughout the area, but said that you might be in danger and wanted to give you a few things that could help. Two Pokémon. Very rare." Reia shook her head. "I couldn't possibly," she said quickly. "He already gave me Treecko, I know those are rare, too, I couldn't..." "Oh, don't make me have run all the way here just to be turned back," the assistant said. "Please. They could use the exercise, anyway, and... well, one of them will definitely help you against Torchic, and he sent the other to help against the dog-thing that attacked..." He reached into a small satchel at his side and pulled out two pokeballs, bowing slightly. "First one's a Lapras," he said. "A very rare subspecies, only just discovered-- it'll also help you move around out here, you know, on its back. Surfing, I guess." Reia accepted the first of the pokeball and clipped it to her belt, and then he presented the second. "This is an Espeon." Reia stared at him dumbly for a moment. "An Espeon?" she asked. "Oh, no way, those are... Eevee are rare enough, but an Espeon?" "He didn't have anything else that might be able to combat... whatever the dog-thing was that attacked you," the scientist said. "It might have been a Poochyena is our best guess, but we really can't be sure. If it is," and he smiled slightly, "then an Espeon really won't be helpful, honestly, but she's fast. And she can help you track him down-- psychic type and all, very useful." Reia looked at the second pokeball for a moment, then finally accepted it. "Thanks," she said quietly. "I really can't thank him enough, the professor's..." "He says it'll be thanks enough if you can bring that Torchic back and that boy to justice," the scientist said. "And maybe if you record some data for him. Can I see your pokedex?" She removed it from her pocket and handed it to him. He took it and slotted a small chip into the bottom. The screen of the device flashed, and he returned it to her. "It's a Hoenn-dex upgrade," he explained. "You'll be able to gather and register data on our Pokémon out here, and feed it back to Birch. And," he added with a smile, "when you get back to the islands, you'll also feed him information about island Pokémon." "Tricky man," Reia muttered, but she smiled all the same and took back her pokedex. "But I'd be more than happy to help his research." "Thanks." The scientist looked at the Pokémon center, and then moved past Reia. "If you'll excuse me, though, I need to rest for a bit. Take care, right?" She nodded as he disappeared through the doors, and then waited for a few minutes. After she felt it was long enough, she re-entered the Pokémon Center herself. Two extra Pokémon at her belt meant she was violating league regulation; she had to figure out what she could afford to box. She reached the box and logged in to the account she could reach, taking note of the presence of Ralts, and uploaded two of the pokeballs she had with her; Zigzagoon and Kiriko. The Lapras was already a water-type, and she was interested in seeing what it was capable of. She hadn't really interacted with the small mammal, and felt somewhat bad about that, but... The pokeball disappeared on the machine, and the stepped out again, checked the time, and flitted quickly into the nearby Pokemart in order to pick up a snack for the road. Then she was out and on her way. She did, however, stop momentarily as she passed the largest building in town. It looked to be a gym -- said as much on the sign outside, at least -- but the windows were all black. Seemed to be abandoned. Curious. Oh well. New Pokémon at her side, she moved westward down the path, and then hung north, heading for Petalburg Woods. [ tl;dr Party switch; boxing Kiriko and Zigzagoon, withdrawing Eevee and Lapras. 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| Chaos Shadow | Feb 22 2010, 09:37 PM Post #2 |
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[ Returning for Lorenzo's Light Show. As Novi said in the Soapbox topic, this won't reset my wild count in the Woods -- not that I've exactly fought a lot of things out there anyway -- but as it was just added I'll have to come back here and take care of it. Totally cool with that. ] She made it to the edge of town when she was suddenly accosted by a flamboyantly dressed man. Reia came to an abrupt halt, startled, and the man bowed to her. "Wait just a moment, young lady," he said, his voice smooth and practiced and perfectly enunciated. "I've got an offer for you!" She took a step back, wary. "Do you...?" she asked slowly. "What exactly...?" He laughed. "Nothing crazy, I assure you." He bowed deeply, and as he rose again, a winning smile was plastered across his face. "My name is Lorenzo. I'm a Pokémon Breeder, and I happen to specialize in light effects-- electric, fire, bio-luminescence. Do you know what--" "Naturally-produced light," she said, nodding. "I do. But what's this..." "Have to do with you?" he interrupted. "Nothing specific. I try to catch trainers as they come through. I have something you might like." Before she could take a step back, he reached into his pocket and produced a small disk, with the word 'Flash' written across the central band. She looked at it, then up to him. "A TM," he said, "for igniting the darkness. If you'd like it." "Just... you're giving it to me?" she asked slowly. "Not quite," Lorenzo said. "If you can beat me in a battle, it's yours." Reia considered. Checked the sun. Checked her watch. Remembered what the nurse had said. She would arrive in Rustboro City with ample time. "All right," she said, smiling slightly. "Why not?" "Excellent!" he cried, laughing raucously. "Have at!" [ Lorenzo's Light Show. It's a thing. ] |
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| + Megatron | Feb 23 2010, 06:45 PM Post #3 |
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Here's a tiny rat for you to deal with. [5] 21/21 [has the goods, and will Flash you with them]
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| Chaos Shadow | Feb 23 2010, 07:38 PM Post #4 |
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A Pichu, she thought. Electric, so... I have nothing that will make this simple... She reached to her side and tossed a Pokeball, and out emerged a small wood gecko, Treecko. She would be able to dampen Pichu's electric attacks, at the least. "Treecko," she commanded, "Absorb!" |
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| Angels & Insects | Feb 23 2010, 08:36 PM Post #5 |
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That pichu's charm defeats all! Except special attacks... (7) 29/29[-2 Att](5) 14/21
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| Chaos Shadow | Feb 23 2010, 08:54 PM Post #6 |
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"Another Absorb," she said, watching the Pichu as it tilted its head and twisted its tail and gave her the most sickening adorable expression it could. It took quite a lot of willpower to urge her Pokémon to beat that cute little face... |
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| shadow_rukario | Feb 24 2010, 05:49 PM Post #7 |
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Pichu had its health stolen again, but it decided to commit another act of sickening cuteness by wagging its tail. The nerve. (7) 29/29[-2 Att/-1 Def](5) 7/21
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| Chaos Shadow | Feb 24 2010, 07:05 PM Post #8 |
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I feel awful about this. Oh man, it's so... it's so cute... "A-another absorb," she said. |
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| Angels & Insects | Feb 24 2010, 09:10 PM Post #9 |
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Pichu fainted. The old man seemed sad to see his sparky young Pokémon fall in battle, but nodded and continued on with next mon. (5) 23/23
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| Chaos Shadow | Feb 24 2010, 10:09 PM Post #10 |
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[ Vulpix is supposed to be level 6, I believe. ] "S-sorry," Reia said, and with a nod to Treecko the wood gecko returned to her side. She picked another pokeball from her side and rolled it in her hand for a moment, smiling faintly. "He was really cute, but... not gonna hold back." She tossed the pokeball, and appearing before her was a Lapras. Or... something that was probably a Lapras, albeit of a variation she had never seen. A longer neck, a protruding tail, sharper horn and, if she was right, a more tropical color scheme, more blue-green and more heavily mottled. And he just gave me this? she thought dumbly. Professor Birch, sir, I owe you quite a bit more than stolen Pokémon and some research. "Lapras," she ventured, and when the creatures head tilted to listen, she assumed it was the right name. "Water Gun!" It probably knew Water Gun. And as she said it, she quickly checked her pokedex to verify the Lapras' moves. It seemed to know quite an impressive range of attacks, especially for such a young Pokémon. But yes. It knew Water Gun. And on cue, the Lapras raised its long neck and drew breath before unleashing a blast of foamy water from its throat. Edited by Chaos Shadow, Feb 24 2010, 10:10 PM.
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| Angels & Insects | Feb 25 2010, 08:04 PM Post #11 |
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OoC: Not sure how i missed this. Vulpix unleashed a ball of green energy onto your riding Pokémon that lobbed the h2o ball back at the small fire Pokémon. Neither took more damage, but Vulpix was worse off. (5) 19/32(6) 10/23
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| Chaos Shadow | Feb 25 2010, 08:27 PM Post #12 |
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Reia checked the pokedex again, quickly, and decided not to risk another attack from Vulpix; whatever it had used, it had looked painful. "Aqua Jet!" she cried. "Hit it before it can hit you again!" |
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| + Megatron | Feb 25 2010, 09:42 PM Post #13 |
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67% exp for your Ancient Lapras. Here's the [7] 32/32
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| Chaos Shadow | Feb 25 2010, 09:48 PM Post #14 |
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"Come back, Lapras," she said, and the great creature returned to her pokeball in a flare. Reia looked at the Pokémon before her and reasoned out that it must have been a bug-type (and if it wasn't... well, that would be weird, because it sure looked like a bug to her). Did she have any advantage over a bug? She remembered the crazy kid. The one who had gone berserk after she finished off his giant evil centipede. She remembered that it had been felled quite easily thanks to... "Apollyon!" she called, releasing the lioness before her. "Corona Ring!" |
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| bidoofish | Feb 26 2010, 07:46 PM Post #15 |
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"Oh well, I lost" the giddy old man with a grin, "What is that phrase those whippersnappers with the funny hats and the nets say? 'Do you like bugs? I like bugs.'" He didn't notice your immediate fear and rage and laughed as he flipped in the air like a ninja after throwing a pouch of Poke and a Flash TM at you and dissipearing in a puff of anime-style smoke. |
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| Chaos Shadow | Feb 26 2010, 08:03 PM Post #16 |
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"Ah... thank you," she said slowly, accepting the TM. She looked at it for a moment, then looked over to Apollyon. The lioness looked back at her, and Reia held up the TM. "I don't know who else I would use it on," she admitted. "Here..." She applied the TM, and after a moment it snapped cleanly in half. Apollyon shook her head and snorted, a little taken aback, and Reia took a few steps back. "Try it out?" Apollyon shook her head again, concentrated, and a grand flare ran across her fur, leaving her to casting a strange illumination against the daylight. Reia nodded. "That's cool," she said, and smiled, holding up the Pokeball. "C'mon back. Let's keep going." [ Time jump complete. Headed back to the present in the woods. Huzzah! Using Flash on Apollyon; getting self. ] Edited by Chaos Shadow, Feb 26 2010, 08:04 PM.
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21/21 [has the goods, and will Flash you with them]
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