『 𝗣𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻 』dead

[Shimmering_Apocalypse]

Jason "Jace" Broderick

Jace was definitely not setting a good precadent for himself with these two, as he'd struggled to get Gibbs to let go of the poor eevee. The trainer who apparently owned the pokemon was snapping at him to make Gibbs stop, which was warranted, while the person that had been sitting with the girl was interjecting himself into the situation. This interjection bothered Jace a bit but he kept that to himself. It was clear that Jace didn't intend for this to happen, yet this dunce was making it seem like he was doing this on purpose. He was relieved though when he was finally able to reel Gibbs in, keeping a tight grip on the land-shark who after having been snuffed on the treats for his actions seemed rearing to go for a second round at the eevee. So, Simon kept a firm grip on the small pokemon. Jace needed to take him out of the town so that the small pokemon could blow off some steam.

Jace offered a small nod to her statement about Gibbs being lucky that the eevee hadn't evolved yet, which was true but he didn't suspect that it would have dissuaded the ball of teeth any. He had a tendency to bite off more than he could chew if Jace wasn't keeping him in check. She proceeded to berate him for the action of his pokemon and that he should get a handle on the small pokemon. Something that was much easier said than done when it was insistent on being a troublemaker, which was a trademark for most gibles. After it seemed that the girl was done berating him, she'd turned her attention to her friend, whom Jace was for the most part ignoring, despite the fact that the guy's pokemon had just evolved.

With Jace's free hand he pulled out a small container of poketreats and held them out to Anita and said, "I know it doesn't fix things but they're my apology. They're treats that I made from berries that I collected." He hoped the gesture would ease some of the anger that was being directed at him. If Anita would accept the offer, he'd give a small smile but if not, he'd return the treats back to his bag before returning Gibbs to his pokeball. It wasn't often that he put his starter into his pokeball but it tended to set the precadent with the land-shark that his behaviour wasn't acceptable. So, instead Jace let Loretta out of her pokeball so that she could stretch her wings. He did his best to let his other pokemon out of their pokeballs out every so often, his corphish was much like Gibbs, a loaded canon that could go off at any moment due to her sassy nature. Loretta on the other hand was more docile and quickly settled herself in his arms.

When Anita mentioned that he should head over to nurse Jenny too, he offered a small nod and after having heard the mention of her intending to challenge the gym today he spoke, "The gym isn't too tough, I just beat it not too long ago actually. Do you have any other pokemon?" Normal wasn't exactly the best against rock, actually it was the opposite, so he hoped that for her sake she did have another pokemon. Jace at this point was completely ignoring Simon as he extended a hand to Anita and introduced himself as he spoke, "Again I'm really sorry about everything, my name is Jace." He waited for the girl to start heading for the pokemon center, contemplating accompanying her if she would accept his company.

Location: Pokemon center
In the company of: Anita and Simon
Thoughts: Well that could have gone better
Out of Carbos:

[Vicious Madam Mari]

__𝓦𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓽𝓼
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_____Rustboro City Pokemon Center

"The gym isn't too tough, I just beat it not too long ago actually. Do you have any other pokemon?"

Anita fed one of the home made treats to Star as she listened to Jace's words on the gym. She looked towards the person she could tentatively call friend (Simon) out of reflex just to see if he had any thoughts to add to the mix. For all she knew he could have already challenged the gym. Though it was hard to imagine that he had considering how crazy hard it was just to make a living and get stronger in this world compared to the original games. Where were those speed players now huh? Besides she had just invited him to come with her to go to the gym.

"I've got a few," Anita answered Jace's question in a reasonbly steady voice.

She wasn't really going to say what she had. Nor what level they were at right now. For all she knew he could be trying to find an advantage against another player (like her). Considering the fact that the Gible had been an aggressive little thing...she wouldn't put it passed the trainer. Sure it was a little bit paranoid to think like that but after the conversation of what was happening in the real world she'd just had with Simon, coupled with watching Star's lifebar get a small bite out of it from being bit, mortality was really on her mind.

"Again I'm really sorry about everything, my name is Jace."

"Anita," the ginger trainer answered as she shook his hand.

Once the handshake ended, Anita put away the rest of the treats that Jace had given her. She looked back to Simon to see if he was going to do his own thing or not as she started to walk off to the center of the center. She had a pokemon to get all healed up.

𝓟𝓸𝓴𝓮𝓶𝓸𝓷

𝕾𝖙𝖆𝖗
𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝓔𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓮
𝓐𝓭𝓪𝓶𝓪𝓷𝓽
𝓛𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓵 15
𝓣𝓱𝓸𝓻
𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓟𝓸𝓸𝓬𝓱𝔂𝓮𝓷𝓪
𝓒𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓯𝓾𝓵
𝓛𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓵 07
𝓗𝓮𝓵𝓪
𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝓔𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓮
𝓑𝓻𝓪𝓿𝓮
𝓛𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓵 09

[Shadow - Dragon]

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Simon narrowed his eyes at this Jace guy before his sight moved over to Anita. Whatever they were discussing had obviously gone out the window, he had much more to share with her but didn’t want to bring up anything with this stranger around. Instead he returned Nidorino before picking up his tray of food. “Whatever, I guess we’ll talk some other time,” he said ignoring Jace as he had ignored him. Liquid from his bowl of noodles had splashed onto the tray and even some onto the table however, since everyone else had moved away from the table, a NPC came over to clean up. The blue haired woman went as far as offering to and then taking Simon’s tray leaving him to nod his farwell to Anita before heading outside. He was going to challenge the gym himself before his irritation got the better of him and he was black listed again. As long as the main missions were taken care of then he could get NPC banned while traveling to the next city, whichever one that was.

On his way towards the gym he crossed through a patch of grass, not paying attention until some sticky web hit his show. Wiping it off he saw a wild Wurmple, wanting to fight him. Not wanting to take too long or double back to the Pokemon Center in case of running into certain people Simon sent out his newly caught Zubat to take on the small bug Pokemon. The bug attempted to spray his bat with string shot however it easily flew around to avoid it shouting out a supersonic to confuse the Pokemon. Confused it began to run into a tree, hurting itself and allowed Zubat to swoop down and sink his fangs into its body absorbing the last of the health. Once the bug fainted Simon returned Zubat telling him he did a great job before putting him away and pressing on.

The gym in itself was actually impressive, some elements of the games he had wondered how they would look to real people. Even though it was still animated in a sense it had a real world look about it, appearing to be carved out of a mountain on the edge of town. Entering the gym he saw that the main layout had a rocky terrain feel to it. There was even a rock museum in the entry way with fossils on display, much like the remake version of the games that came out later. There was a smaller area before the main battle ground, that area looked like it was taken from the original games with the final part looking more like the anime. There were even gym trainers however they didn’t seem to be complete just yet as they just stood there. Walking pass them to the main area he called up to Roxanne who was running her hand down the massive stone mural behind her. Turning she smiled at him explaining just how strong rock Pokemon were before accepting his gym challenge. It was true, with his poison Pokemon she’d normally dominate him however he was ready sending Nidorino out to face her Geodude.

The rock ball hurled itself at Nidorino who managed to artfully dodge the attack before jumping down and double kicking it. Considering that fighting was super effective against rock Pokemon Nidorino made short work of the first and second Geodude, switching it up to Corphish to battle Nosepass. A few water attacks and the rock Pokemon was defeated. Simon received his badge, thanking Roxanne and heading back to the Pokecenter to heal his team. Afterwards he decided to sit at the entrance or exit of the forest depending on which way one was going.

(Encounter, regular)

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Pokemon Team
✗✗ Nidorino ✗✗ Corphish✗✗ Beautifly✗✗ Wurmple✗✗ Zorua✗✗Seviper✗✗ ✗✗Zubat✗✗

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[Wool Supply]

Dominix#0095B6
Location: Route 104 With: Self + P!10 Paras Doing: Looking for Rare Pokemon Active Quests: Catch them Bugs!
Encounter Request: rare roll (3) shiny roll (4)

From her seat on the log, Dom was giving the tall grass a dirty look. This shitty game was taking too long to give her what she wanted, even with a Devon Scope. Her gaze shifted towards her feet where her Paras was eating moss of the wood. “Are you ready to go again?” She asked it as she pushed herself off the log and cracked her neck.

The both of them crunched their way though the grass as Dom used her Devon Scope to try to spot movement. “Annoying.” She muttered to herself as they progressed into an area of grass that was around a foot tall. Looking around, she basically had two options for directions to go. The first was staying in the basically baron tall grass or the second was to venture off the path and into the trees and hopefully have better luck. After a few moments of deliberation, she chose the second.

There wasn’t as much grass in the trees, the canopy made it hard for it to grow. At least that’s what it would do in real life, the game was probably just simulating it. What it lacked in greenery though, it made up for in leaf coverage. Her feet crunched with every step and when she stopped, she could hear the nearby sounds of Pokémon scurrying. Using her Devon Scope, she looked in the direction of the sound in hopes of spotting whatever it was.

[Vicious Madam Mari]

“Wool Supply”

W u r m p l e
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Female __________ Level 03

[Wool Supply]

Dominix#0095B6
Location: Route 104 With: Self + P!10 Paras Doing: Looking for Rare Pokemon Active Quests: Catch them Bugs! 1/10
Encounter Request: rare roll (9) shiny roll (1)

Dom took a step closer in the direction that she was looking only to hear a branch snap above her head. Her eyes shot up as she sidestepped to avoid getting pummelled but instead had a Wurmple fall directly onto her face. She froze for a few moments- coming to terms with the thing on her face before letting out a horrified scream and flailing around to get it off as if it were a spider.

Her Pokémon, Paras quietly watched his master freak out, then slowly shifted his gaze to the Wurmple that landed a few feet away from him. Paras started to crawl towards it as it regained a sense of direction and before the Wurmple could take off, Paras was already holding its tail with his claws. He casually shifted his gaze to Dom as she got herself together and waited for orders.

Finally gathering some sort of composure back, Dom looked down to see Paras already with the Wurmble. “Stun Spore.” The look she gave the worm could have killed it as she spoke. Her Paras followed orders and released a pink mist from his mushrooms, making the Wurmble go limp other than the occasional twitch. Shoving a hand into her pocket Dom pulled out a pokeball, activated it then tossed it at the Wurmble. At this level it was an easy catch and the ball only blinked once before confirming it.

“One down, nine to go.” Dom commented as she fixed her now messy hair. Once done, she squatted down and picked up the ball before pulling it away. The trainer and her Pokémon continued on though the trees as they looked for more Pokémon, though this time Dom was keeping an eye on the trees as well as the ground.

[Vicious Madam Mari]

Shadow - Dragon

C o t t o n e e _____
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Male __________ Level 05

[llirbwerdnadivad]

𝖑𝖔𝖈𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓
Rustboro City


William sighed for the umpteenth time in the past ten minutes. The gym battle had been so close. He couldn't help but feel as though he had been cheated out of a victory. Roxanne had had three Pokemon instead of the two she had had in the games! William didn't want to be a sore loser, but he would have won if it wasn't for that. He knew he really only had himself to blame, though. He had been unprepared and that was that. His strategy was pretty simple, just send out Mudkip and spam Water Gun.

The orange haired boy closed his eyes and thought back to the fight as he let his feet carry him around. William had been surprised to see that Roxanne's first Pokemon was a Sudowoodo. It had led to some hesitation on his part, but he recovered soon enough. Sudowoodo actually went down pretty quickly. In the gap between when Sudowoodo was knocked out and Geodude, Roxanne's second Pokemon, was sent out, Mudkip had gone back to spraying William with Water Gun. It was just as well, William planned on giving Poochyena a shot once Mudkip had taken down Roxanne's first Pokemon.

Poochyena was defeated about as fast as Sudowoodo had been. Learning Bite had helped a lot, and Poochyena was able to do quite a bit of damage, but he had still been defeated. William switched back to Mudkip after that. Rattata was at level nine (he had no idea where that extra level came from), but didn't have any moves that would be very effective against Rock-Type Pokemon. Mudkip took down the Geodude in one hit. Poochyena's contribution had been really helpful. Then came the Nosepass.

It really seemed like they would have a fighting chance. Mudkip came incredibly close to defeating Nosepass. Nosepass was clearly very worn down. However, Nosepass had won in the end. It was with a heavy heart that William returned Mudkip to his Poke Ball. He hesitated when he looked at Rattata. "Rattata, you're up." Rattata charged out, ready to fight. Unfortunately, the fight didn't last long. Rattata tried hard, but was defeated even faster than Poochyena had been. William had let out his first of many sighs as he returned Rattata.

His heart felt lighter when Roxanne complimented him on the fight. "Thanks," William muttered. The AI in this game really was impressive. His head was still hanging low when he exited the gym, however. He had been defeated and that was that. He had high hopes for winning his first gym battle. Deep down, William knew that he wasn't the only person who was defeated and that gym battles were supposed to be tough, but that didn't do much at all to ease his feelings.

It had also been the first time since Mudkip had hatched that he hadn't been accompanied by at least one of his Pokemon. They were all knocked out and resting inside of their Poke Balls. It was lonely. He was glad to not have Mudkip squirting him with water every few seconds, and he was still soaked from the gym battle, but at the same time, he sort of missed it. With another sigh, he sat down somewhere, not paying attention where, and looked up at the sky. He vaguely wondered how long it would take for his Pokemon to recover. He had grown accustomed to their company, after all.


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[Vicious Madam Mari]

Wool Supply

S u r s k i t
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Male __________ Level 05

Surskit is eating algae atop a small pond that Dominix comes across.

[Mimi Kyashi 19]

/// 𝔸𝕞𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕒 𝕊𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕥𝕤𝕠𝕟𝕘 ///

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/// 𝔏ocation: Rustboro; Pokemon Center /// ℭompany: ///

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xxxHow had she managed this? The young woman looked around the forest in confusion, wondering how she could get out. Already, Amelia had been wandering longer than she had meant to, and wasn't sure just how far she had adventured in. With a resigned sigh, the girl leaned her back against a tree, and slid down until her bottom hit the ground. There were dangerous Pokemon here, and they needed to get out soon. But, she was tired, lost, and afraid. She missed home. Her eyes began to cloud with tears as she thought about her dad. At least he would keep her alive long enough to get out of this game. If she got out.

A few minutes later, and the dual-toned girl noticed Dugan acting a bit odd. He kept sniffing the ground, then doubling back. Finally, he came back to Amelia to sniff her shoes. That's when she realized what he was doing. "Can you scent us out?" She asked the Shinx. He mewed in agreement, and a fierce determination lit up his little face. "Well, let's go!" Amelia cheered.

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An hour and a half later, and the small party found their way back to the front way station. Amelia made her way to the quest NPC woman, and handed over the balls of Wurmples. "I caught eight." She confirmed. The woman handed over the $2,000 in reward money, and eight net balls. "Thanks." Amelia pocketed her earnings, and prepared to return back towards town. She was sure her Pokemon wouldn't mind some healing and time to rest at the Poke'Center, and today had felt like the longest day ever. However, it seemed as though Oliver didn't agree. The little Skitty began scampering off, oblivious to the exhaustion of the rest of the group. "Oliver, wait!" Amelia called, running off after him.

The shiny skitty had stopped at the feet of another trainer. Another real trainer, one who was from the real world. It had been a while since Amelia had talked with another person, outside of her NPC friend Grace. After losing some of her friends on the way here, she figured it was better to not get too close to anyone. Still, she felt slight relief at seeing someone like herself. Oliver was pawing at the man's leg, as though he wanted to play. Amelia watched for a moment, curious to the strange behavior from her Pokemon, before picking him up and holding him in her arms.

"Sorry about him. This is Oliver. I'm Amelia Sw-...Amelia. I'm not sure what's gotten into him." She shrugged her shoulder, and then frowned down at the skitty. "Skiiiiiiitty!" He replied happily, oblivious to any trouble he had caused. The girl's face softened, and she sighed. It was hard to stay mad at the kitten. Still, she'd have to work on his impulsiveness. That would become dangerous in the future. "Are you doing the quest?" She asked, tilting her head towards the Quest NPC standing at the forest entrance. "Be careful if you are. It's easy to get lost in there."






Dugan, the Shinx
♂ / Brave / Intimidate / Level 12
Fire
Experience: 14/24
Moves
❥ Leer
❥ Tackle
❥ Spark

Fuwa, the Cottonee
♀ / Timid / Prankster / Level 12
Fairy / Grass
Experience: 1/24
Moves
❥Absorb
❥Fairy Wind
❥Growth
❥Leech Seed

Oliver, the shiny Skitty
♂ / Jolly / Cute Charm / Level 6
Normal
Experience: 3/12
Moves
❥ Tail Whip
❥ Tackle
❥ Growl

[Vicious Madam Mari]

A local designer had the crazy idea of using Wurmple's string shot to try and create a new type of fabric. However, the flaw in their plan was that they didn't have enough wurmple! So they've decided to hirer local trainers to go back out to route 104 in order to catch the bug pokemon for them. They've even been generous enough to supply the trainer with special pokeballs to help in their endeavor. Many trainers have taken up the call.

The forest was picked through by a lot of trainers before returning back to the city or moving on to another part. However, there were some people out there that didn’t just go out to get some extra money. Deeper into the forest there was a small camp where pokemon had been tied up. The people who tied these pokemon up also had decided to take out some torches to smoke out extra Wurmples. Unfortunately an ember caught on some dry underbrush.

As the fire starts to catch, some players will find that there are shady looking characters using the opportunity to capture uncommon pokemon. Unfortunately as the fire raged out of control these criminals started to panic and in their panic they've begun to act irrationally. They’ve left some of the pokemon at their site tied up while they try to fight the fire with the water pokemon that they have. As though there is a fire raging inside of them they will become very aggressive to anyone who enters their camp to try and help the pokemon they captured or have stolen out.

Meanwhile, the fire rages on all around as pokemon of all sorts panic; running around and trying to get away from the forest fire.

[Vicious Madam Mari]

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_____Rustboro City and Route 104

“Whatever, I guess we’ll talk some other time.”

”Bye, see you later,” Anita said with a small smile. The be safe was left unsaid though hinted at with her tone. They were in a game that seemed out to kill them half the time after all.

Once Simon had walked away, the redhead looked back towards the new man as she idly ran her hand over Star’s head. ”After challenging the gym, I think I’m going to take up a few quests. There was one about capturing wurmples I think. Seems easy enough.”

Focusing on the game like it really was their life (cause it was at this point) was a lot easier to talk about than the unspoken “be safe” from earlier. Or the tension that even a fraction of her pokemon’s health going down had caused.

”After I get this little fella healed up of course. What about you?”


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The gym battle had been...interesting to say the least. She’d been greeted by the people in the front as was expected. And after a bit of probing she’d gotten the rules of the match down. They were more or less the same as other games. The only thing that was really different was the way experience was distributed. And she’d used the information she gleaned from that as best she could. After a lot of cries from her very squishy pokemon facing against rock types... Anita finally won. Just by the skin of her teeth - or rather by the skin of her pokemon Star’s teeth. Thor and Hela had just managed to hang on and gained one point of experience each while Star had gotten nine.

With the badge in her possession, Anita went back to heal her pokemon at the pokecenter. There were a lot of people there needing their pokemon healed. So she had to wait quite a while. Still - it was free and a lot more effective than throwing potions or even berries down her pokemon’s throat. So she ground her teeth together, danced around and tried to distract herself from how long it took to get through that line for her pokemon to be healed. Once they were finally done, the redhead went to read over the job board to see if the Wurmple job was still up. It was. As were a few other.

Anita tapped on her lip with her finger as she looked over the listings and got an idea. ”A buggy situation huh…? What are the chances there are wurmples there, Star?”

Her pokemon pretty much gave a shrug before started to walk away from the board as though it had already made the decision for them. Anita laughed slightly and smiled, shouldering her pack and walking after her pokemon.


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Two hours of being a bug squasher...Anita was exhausted. She rested against the fence of the local manor. It apparently also had a famous garden; she’d heard about it at least fifty times while working for those slave drivers. How had they let their garden get so infested? She’d gotten fifteen pokemon in the span of two hours - five wurmples all around level five which would work for the other quest at least. The pay of 500 PD that she’d gotten from the two hours of serious moving around and trying desperately not to get poisoned barely seemed like enough. The only solace was the cumulative 15 experience points that she’d gotten.

She straightened up when one of the manor’s servants (they were dressed like a freaking fancy butler!) came up with what looked like a silver platter. Star was panting on the ground, legs spread out, beside her other pooped out pokemon. Even with them not at their best, Anita tried to look presentable enough just out of habit.

”Thank you for helping the Honeycut family with their little pest problem. As a reward, on top of the five hundred pokedollars that have been wired to your account, we offer these for your service.”

The butler lifted the napkin off of the tray to reveal a rare candy and a small jar of...was...was that honey? Anita’s mouth dropped a little. How long had it been since she’d had proper honey? ’I need toast...yummy honey toast.’ With as much gratitude as the young woman could muster, Anita accepted the extra offerings and went on her way. Slowly went on her way to the pokemon center. Her thoughts on the matter was abuse it till she lost it as far as healing her pokemon went.

It wasn’t until well past mid day that she finally got around to turning the five wurmple she’d caught in for the extra reward. Then after that it was on to selling the ten other bug pokemon around level three to the first person she could offload them to. She’d made a neat sum of 1,500 PD from them, 1, 250 PD from the Wurmple, and 5 repeat balls on top of that. She planned to sell the repeat balls later when she had time. Or maybe give them as a gift; she did owe a certain someone for Thor after all.

The sun had started to touch the top of the trees once more before Anita finally had time to make it back to route 104 in order to continue with that wurmple quest. It was pretty good pay - better pay than the damned Honeycut family after all…

𝓟𝓸𝓴𝓮𝓶𝓸𝓷

𝕾𝖙𝖆𝖗
𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝓔𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓮
𝓐𝓭𝓪𝓶𝓪𝓷𝓽
𝓛𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓵 16
𝓣𝓱𝓸𝓻
𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓟𝓸𝓸𝓬𝓱𝔂𝓮𝓷𝓪
𝓒𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓯𝓾𝓵
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𝓗𝓮𝓵𝓪
𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝓔𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓮
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[Shadow - Dragon]

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Since he managed to defeat that Wurmple Simon let Zubat out to fly around for a bit as he thought on the path they would be taking next. Canonically Dewford would be the next gym they would need to battle however that would require both back tracking and an encounter with an NPC Mr. Briny. How would he make constant trips south for all the players? Would there be a different one to take them from Dewford to Slateport? There was a screech which drew his attention to where Zubat was attacking a wild Cottenee. Checking his gear he wondered if it would be worth it to catch it. The cost of a Pokeball verses selling it. Either taking too long or just not caring enough to stop him when Simon looked up Zubat had defeated the wild Pokemon by absorbing the life force from it.

Something against his leg caused him to look down where he saw a shiny Skitty. In the anime, the main character would scan the Pokemon whenever he or she saw a new one. Simon had tried it a few times and noticed that when scanning them, if owned by someone else, there was a mark. There was no way this thing was just out here, but a shiny always sold for more so he checked and sure enough there was a mark. Then a voice which completely proved his theory about the markings. Zubat flew down and perched on the bottom of a low tree branch to watch everything going on, or maybe listen since it didn’t have eyes.

As the female trainer sputtered out an apology or something he found this encounter to be more pleasant than the random guy whose Pokemon rushed another trainer. Perhaps if he had her deposition instead of being hostile, or was as cute as she was, he wouldn’t have gotten so annoyed. Then again attractiveness only went so far as these were avatars picked by the users. Well they were stuck here so it would be fine for now. Simon did note that she was going to say her full name but halted, a very real world introduction. Reaching out he ran a finger down the cat’s back, petting it, before it went back over to her. Looking from her over to the NPC he remained otherwise silent and with no real emotion in his features. Finally it broke and he gave them both a gentle smile.

“It’s okay Amelia, no harm done here. My name Simon, Simon Davis if that matters. As far as quests go, no I don’t think so. I actually don’t know what you’re talking about. I just completed the gym myself and came out here to let Zubat stretch his wings.” he nodded back over his shoulder where the bat Pokemon remained still. “I guess one could get lost in there. However I feel if you pick a direction and just walk, eventually you’ll get out. We are in the confines of a game after all. South is Petalburg and north is Rustboro, the game wouldn’t let us go east and west. So hit that wall and follow it around and you’re out,” he explained but then he shrugged and chuckled, “Or nothing, who knows we are a far cry from using those handheld devices.” Pausing he closed his eyes for a few moments breathing in deeply before jumping up. Zubat took flight but Simon returned him, opening his eyes and turning fully towards the forest. There was a haze that didn’t seem natural.

“Do you have water Pokemon?” he asked seemingly from no where. “It smells like fire, and that haze. I think the woods might be burning. Maybe I’m overreacting though.” His only water Pokemon was Corphish but it was better than nothing at all.

(Encounter, regular)

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Pokemon Team
✗✗ Nidorino ✗✗ Corphish✗✗ Beautifly✗✗ Wurmple✗✗ Zorua✗✗Seviper✗✗ ✗✗Zubat✗✗

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[Mimi Kyashi 19]

/// 𝔸𝕞𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕒 𝕊𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕥𝕤𝕠𝕟𝕘 ///

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/// 𝔏ocation: The Forest /// ℭompany: ///

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xxxWhen he simply sat there at first, the girl had begun to worry that he was angry. Would he challenge her to a battle, since her Skitty was harassing him? However, the boy's face broke out into a smile, causing Amelia's shoulders to sag in relief. She wasn't sure that she, or her Pokemon, were even up for a battle right now. Well, except for Oliver who always seemed ready for an adventure. The playful kitten was quite interested in this trainer, as Oliver kept poking his head out curiously from behind Amelia's legs. She sighed lightly, and rolled her eyes. Things have been anything but boring with him around.

"It's nice to meet you Simon." Her face hallowed a bit at the idea of the gym. It was something she eventually needed to face, but her Pokemon were still so fragile. Amelia wasn't sure they were ready. Fuwa would likely be the main one to battle, as both Dugan and Oliver wouldn't do a whole lot of damage on their own. Still, it was one thing to mark off of her checklist. "Did you win?" She asked curiously, then blushed. "I suppose I shouldn't pry..." Being who she was, Amelia knew quite well what it was like to be prodded with questions that she didn't enjoy answering. If he had lost, she couldn't blame him for being prickly about it.

Oh. Right. He made a solid point as far as an escape plan from the forest. She had probably just walked in circles for too long. If she had thought things out properly, she probably would have gotten out faster. "You must be the clever type." She said dryly, knowing that was not a way to describe herself. "I should have thought of that." Amelia mused. However, her own pondering began to fade as she also noticed the the shift in the air. The girl's eyes narrowed. That...was not a good thing. Almost as if on cue, Simon posed a question about water types. Amelia shook her head.

"No, actually. Grass/Fairy, Electric, and Normal. But, I did pass other trainers, real ones, on my way out." Her pulse began to quicken as she flashed back to the faces of those trainers. Would they die? Could she sit back and let them? Her eyes gazed down at Oliver, whose ears had perked at the strange smell. Going back in there would risk both herself and her Pokemon. Amelia chewed the inside of her cheek, before letting out a resigned sigh. "No, I believe you're right. And, even though I don't have anything especially good for fighting fires, at the very least I could help lead others out." If she didn't get lost again, herself.

After another second of indecision, she trained her face into one of focus and nodded to herself. Already, the young woman had seen too many die to this game. "It was truly nice meeting you, Simon." She flashed him a grin, perhaps even a bit flirtatiously, as was in her nature. "Just....be careful, okay? I hope I see you again." Those words hung in the air with their double meaning, before the female trainer scooped up her Skitty and made a dash back into the forest.

It didn't take long before the brush of heat licked her skin. This fire was getting out of control quickly. Amelia saw a trainer, one a bit younger than herself, running in the wrong direction. She raced ahead, calling out, "Hey, you're going the wrong way!" By this point, all her Pokemon were in their balls, so she was able to move around more easily. The other trainer stopped and turned towards Amelia, before giving a hasty 'thank you' and going the way that Amelia pointed. It wasn't just trainers, either, that were running haphazardly from the flames. Little Pokemon were all underfoot, trying their best to escape. They were just pixels, virtual and not real. But, she found her heart breaking for them. She wanted to save them all, but Amelia knew there would be deaths from this.

[Encounter, please. Rolled 9 and 9]




Dugan, the Shinx
♂ / Brave / Intimidate / Level 12
Fire
Experience: 14/24
Moves
❥ Leer
❥ Tackle
❥ Spark

Fuwa, the Cottonee
♀ / Timid / Prankster / Level 12
Fairy / Grass
Experience: 1/24
Moves
❥Absorb
❥Fairy Wind
❥Growth
❥Leech Seed

Oliver, the shiny Skitty
♂ / Jolly / Cute Charm / Level 6
Normal
Experience: 3/12
Moves
❥ Tail Whip
❥ Tackle
❥ Growl

[Vicious Madam Mari]

Shadow - Dragon

Z i g z a g o o n
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Female __________ Level 05