Todd focused on his breathing, the most meditative option available to him in the moment, and by the time the curtains came up, to the reveal a stadium filled with cheering individuals, he was able to greet them all with beaming smile. He waited his turn to present Spin, careful not to tap his foot or show that he was nervous or impatient, and watched with genuine interest as the host introduced himself and his opponent to the crowd. Then it was his turn. Todd inhaled and exhaled, slowly, before taking large strides to the center of the stage. "C'mon out, Spin! Greet the crowd with Bug Bite!" he called out, voice carrying. He tossed his pokeball out with a bit of spin on it, releasing the Spinarak to the crowd with some flare. She gave a cute little screech, landed on all six legs, and then lurched forward to pinch the air with her mandibles; nothing too large, she didn't want to scare anyone. But the slight movement was enough to jostle the bell on her collar, and allow a clear sound to ring out. From behind Spin, Todd dipped into a low bow, announcing the end of their presentation.
Spin the Spinarak Base Appeal: 10 | Combo Chance: 20%
CUTE | Struggle Bug ♥♥ Works great if the user goes last this turn. CUTE | Bug Bite ♥♥♥ Makes audience expect little of other contestants. CUTE | Attract ♥♥ Makes the remaining Pokémon nervous. CUTE | Bounce ♥ Prevents the user from being startled until the turn ends
Presentation Round
Todd applied a Bell Collar to Spin! (+4 Cute Appeal) Trey applied a Bow Tie to Cherish! (+4 Cute Appeal)
Spin used Bug Bite! +3 Appeal
Contest in progress...
Loonamist
Prepare to lose then! biggrin
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2017 9:25 pm
Trevor "Trey" Dover and Jeraldo "JR" Advante
Location:Hoenn, Slateport City
NPC Battle 95/15 posts
Wild Pokemon 95/3
Posts To Leave Area 3/3
Item questing: Headband 10/10 posts Area Specific Item: Explosive Seal 4/10 posts
Trey recalled Cherish before the curtains pulled back, and stood straight when they did. It occurred to him that heeeee.... really needed to work on his own presentation. He wasn't the smiley, showy type, but it wouldn't hurt to at least have a bit more flare. A suit, or even just a dress shirt and some slacks, or something. Just about anything would be better than the near-hipster look he had going on. But, whatever. When it was his turn, he swept out, releasing Cherish into the air. The pokemon yipped and gave a very toned-down screech attack as he excitedly bounded towards the audience, stopping at the end of the stage, and waving his tail, before sitting cutely, and tilting his head. Trey gave a slight clap to get the pokemon's attention again, and he turned, bounding back. It might not have fit the category, but he made it fit.... at least, so he wouldn't lose points.
Contest Summary
Presentation Round: Trey used a Bow Tie on Cherish! +4 Cute Appeal Base Appeal: 10 Appeal from Poffins + 4 = 14 Base Appeal Todd applied a Bell Collar to Spin! +4 Cute Appeal + 6 Poffin Appeal = 10 Base Appeal
Spin used Bug Bite! +3 Appeal Cherish used Screech! +3 Appeal
Cherish: 14 Base Appeal + 3 = 17 Appeal Spin: 10 Base Appeal + 3 = 13 Appeal
Performance Round Turn 1: Cherish used Screech! +3 Appeal
Notes to self: "Elvrick Hirsh" is JR's 'Trainer' persona
Pending Items
- Contest - x1 Conditioner x2 Smoke Seal x1 Maiden Ball x1 Sparkle Seal x1 Green Scarf
OoB;
Cherish, the Gekkit ♂, lvl 15. [ XP Ball ] Exp 3/25 Ability: Battle Armor Prevents Critical Hits and reduces damage from Physical Attacks by 1/10 of the total damage Item: HP: 110/140 Contest Base Appeal: 10 Cute 4 Cool 1 Beauty 0 Smart 0 Tough 1/7 Poffin FP Trey: 3/5 6/10 FP Jr: 0/5 0/10 Attacks: Withdraw: Raise user's physical defense one stage ♥♥ Prevents the user from being startled one time this turn Uproar: 90: lasts 3 rounds, and all Pokemon on the field cannot sleep for the duration of the uproar ♥♥ Badly startles Pokémon that the audience has high expectations of Disarming Voice: 40: Ignores accuracy & evasiveness ♥♥ Works great if the user goes first this turn Screech: Lower targets defense two stages ♥♥♥ Makes audience expect little of other contestants (Next Move: Bite at 13 ) Shade, the Danshen Θ, lvl 16. [ XP Ball ] Exp 17/21 Ability: Pickup If a pokemon with this ability is in your active party, the post count for item bumps is reduced by 10. This reduction does not affect items that are already 10 posts to obtain, and having multiple pokemon with Pickup in the active party does not decrease the number of posts for an item more than 10 Item: HP: 100/160 FP Trey: 2/5 1/10 FP JR: 0/5 1/10 Attacks: Confuse Ray: Confuses target pokemon ♥♥ Badly startles Pokémon that the audience has high expectations of Calm Mind: Raise special attack & defense one stage ♥ Gets the Pokémon pumped up. Helps prevent nervousness, too Confusion: 50: 4/10 Chance to cause confusion ♥♥♥♥ Quite an appealing move Trick: Swaps held Items with target ♥♥ Badly startles Pokémon that used a move of the same type (Next Move: Disarming Voice at 12 )
Out of Party Pokemon
Wesley, the Wigglytough ♂, lvl 50. Exp 0/15 Ability: Competitive Boosts the Sp. Atk stat when a stat is lowered Item: HP: 500/500 FP Trey: 0/5 0/10 FP JR: 0/5 2/10 Attacks: ç•Play Rough: 130 (90 + 40): 1/2 chance to lower targets physical attack one stage ~Hyper Voice: 130 (90 + 40) ç•Wake-Up Slap: 110 (70 + 40): Inflicts double damage if target is asleep. wakes the target ç•Body Slam: 125 (85 + 40): 7/10 chance to paralyze. If a pokemon has used minimize, the base power is doubled (Next move: ---- ) N A M E ♀♂, lvl 00. [ S P E C I A L B A L L ] Exp 0/15 Ability: Item: HP: 0/00 FP Trey: 0/5 0/10 FP JR: 0/5 0/10 Attacks:
The pokemon his opponent sent out (Trey?) was one unfamiliar to Todd, and if he'd had his pokedex on him he would've brought it out to scan the little fox. As it was, he highly doubted it would be 'proper contest etiquette' to do just that, so he'd have to shelf his curiosity for now and focus on the task at hand. When the stage was cleared, Todd thrust a hand out into the air, signaling for Spin to take over. "Struggle Bug!" The little spider scuttled out, spotlight trained on her small form, and with all six legs jittering in place she rolled herself across the stage. "Now use Bounce!" Todd's command came just as Spin reached the edge of the stage, and with a soft 'scree' she popped several feet, flipped, and then landed. Todd joined in with the audience's applause, welcoming his pokemon's return with vigor.
Spin the Spinarak Base Appeal: 10 | Combo Chance: 20%
CUTE | Struggle Bug ♥♥ Works great if the user goes last this turn. CUTE | Bug Bite ♥♥♥ Makes audience expect little of other contestants. CUTE | Attract ♥♥ Makes the remaining Pokémon nervous. CUTE | Bounce ♥ Prevents the user from being startled until the turn ends
Presentation Round
Todd applied a Bell Collar to Spin! (+4 Cute Appeal) Trey applied a Bow Tie to Cherish! (+4 Cute Appeal)
Spin used Bug Bite! +3 Appeal
Cherish used Screech! +3 Appeal
Spin | (6 + 4 + 3) 13 Cherish | (10 + 4 + 3) 17
Performance Round
Turn O1 Cherish used Screech! The audience expects little from Spin! +3 Appeal
Spin used Struggle Bug! It works great if she goes last! +5 Appeal ; +1 Match
Cherish | 3 Spin | (2 + 3 + 1 - 2) 4
Turn O2 Spin used Bounce! She can't be startled this round! +1 Appeal ; +1 Match ; +1 Excitement Excitement | 1/5
Spin | (4 + 1 + 1 - 2) 4 Contest in progress...
Loonamist
We shallllll
Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2017 4:53 pm
Trevor "Trey" Dover and Jeraldo "JR" Advante
Location:Hoenn, Slateport City
NPC Battle 96/15 posts
Wild Pokemon 96/5
Posts To Leave Area 3/3
Item questing: Cautious Lens 1/40 [ Reduced from 50 by Shade's Pickup Ability ] posts Area Specific Item: Explosive Seal 5/10 posts
Cherish had, ah.... been on a roll, so when Trey tried to sign for Disarming Voice, he instead.... used Screech. Again. The young trainer facepalmed and grimaced at this. What.... a waste of an opportunity. He sighed, but shook his head, eying his opponent as Cherish bounded back to his side, and trying to strategize. Cherish's moveset, admittedly, really didnt have a lot of strategy to it just yet, but he could still at least do something at this point. He looked down, gesturing to Cherish, who peered up, and seemed to actually catch on this time.
He turned, hopping out, leaping, and tucking into his cone, tumbling down and rolling about before popping his head out and jumping to his feet at the end of the stage. He turned and raced back to Trey at the end of his turn, but the judge's coin flip as a result of the tie, had them going first, and he turned, this time properly understanding Trey's gesture, and bursting forward with a sing-song like howl that floated through the stage, accompanying his prancing walk, before again, he returned to Trey's side. Hopefully, that would be enough to put them in the lead....
Contest Summary
Presentation Round: Trey used a Bow Tie on Cherish! +4 Cute Appeal Base Appeal: 10 Appeal from Poffins + 4 = 14 Base Appeal Todd applied a Bell Collar to Spin! +4 Cute Appeal + 6 Poffin Appeal = 10 Base Appeal
Spin used Bug Bite! +3 Appeal Cherish used Screech! +3 Appeal
Cherish: 14 Base Appeal + 3 = 17 Appeal Spin: 10 Base Appeal + 3 = 13 Appeal
Performance Round Turn 1: Cherish used Screech! +3 Appeal Spin used Struggle Bug! +2 +3 from going last +1 [match] -2 from Screech = +4 0/5 Excitement - Screech
Spin: 4 Cherish: 3
Turn 2: Spin used Bounce! +1 +1 Match = +2 Appeal 1/5 Excitement Cherish used Withdraw! +2 +1 Match = +3 Appeal 2/5 Excitement
Spin: 6 Cherish: 6
Turn 3: Cherish used Disarming Voice! 2 + 3 + 1 Match = +6 Appeal 3/5 Excitement
Notes to self: "Elvrick Hirsh" is JR's 'Trainer' persona
Pending Items
- Contest - x1 Conditioner x2 Smoke Seal x1 Maiden Ball x1 Sparkle Seal x1 Green Scarf x1 Headband
OoB;
Cherish, the Gekkit ♂, lvl 15. [ XP Ball ] Exp 5/25 Ability: Battle Armor Prevents Critical Hits and reduces damage from Physical Attacks by 1/10 of the total damage Item: HP: 110/140 Contest Base Appeal: 10 Cute 4 Cool 1 Beauty 0 Smart 0 Tough 1/7 Poffin FP Trey: 3/5 7/10 FP Jr: 0/5 0/10 Attacks: Withdraw: Raise user's physical defense one stage ♥♥ Prevents the user from being startled one time this turn Uproar: 90: lasts 3 rounds, and all Pokemon on the field cannot sleep for the duration of the uproar ♥♥ Badly startles Pokémon that the audience has high expectations of Disarming Voice: 40: Ignores accuracy & evasiveness ♥♥ Works great if the user goes first this turn Screech: Lower targets defense two stages ♥♥♥ Makes audience expect little of other contestants (Next Move: Bite at 13 ) Shade, the Danshen Θ, lvl 16. [ XP Ball ] Exp 19/21 Ability: Pickup If a pokemon with this ability is in your active party, the post count for item bumps is reduced by 10. This reduction does not affect items that are already 10 posts to obtain, and having multiple pokemon with Pickup in the active party does not decrease the number of posts for an item more than 10 Item: HP: 100/160 FP Trey: 2/5 1/10 FP JR: 0/5 1/10 Attacks: Confuse Ray: Confuses target pokemon ♥♥ Badly startles Pokémon that the audience has high expectations of Calm Mind: Raise special attack & defense one stage ♥ Gets the Pokémon pumped up. Helps prevent nervousness, too Confusion: 50: 4/10 Chance to cause confusion ♥♥♥♥ Quite an appealing move Trick: Swaps held Items with target ♥♥ Badly startles Pokémon that used a move of the same type (Next Move: Disarming Voice at 12 )
Out of Party Pokemon
Wesley, the Wigglytough ♂, lvl 50. Exp 0/15 Ability: Competitive Boosts the Sp. Atk stat when a stat is lowered Item: HP: 500/500 FP Trey: 0/5 0/10 FP JR: 0/5 2/10 Attacks: ç•Play Rough: 130 (90 + 40): 1/2 chance to lower targets physical attack one stage ~Hyper Voice: 130 (90 + 40) ç•Wake-Up Slap: 110 (70 + 40): Inflicts double damage if target is asleep. wakes the target ç•Body Slam: 125 (85 + 40): 7/10 chance to paralyze. If a pokemon has used minimize, the base power is doubled (Next move: ---- ) N A M E ♀♂, lvl 00. [ S P E C I A L B A L L ] Exp 0/15 Ability: Item: HP: 0/00 FP Trey: 0/5 0/10 FP JR: 0/5 0/10 Attacks:
Leo scratched his cheek, clearly uncomfortable with the idea of his sister being exposed to so many individuals. "There's a lot of risk involved, Lia," he pointed out, trying to be as gentle as he could as he shut her idea down. “You’re a legendary, after all, and there might be people ought there who try and poach you, or something.” Though he kept a calm face, just the probability of someone even attempting to capture his sister made him a distressing mixture of nervous and angry. Those audiences were huge, filled with people of all types, not to mention that most of the contests were televised. Leo absently began to nibble his bottom lip, while lacing his fingers tighter around each other, before noticing what he was doing and putting a stop to it with a heavy exhale. “I’m just worried is all,” he explained, far more casually than his lingering emotions left him.
He needed to calm down, to distract himself and give him the chance to put his thoughts into something less stressful. So when the idea of making a bit of money came to him, Leo jumped onto it and decided to put forth the steps necessary to make the idea a reality. He forced himself to calm down, he was stressing himself out over nothing, and after departing from his sister in the others he began to stroll through the contest hall. If he wanted to start up a betting pool, he needed to figure out the name of Vince’s competitor, didn’t he? There would be, what, three other people he was going against? And one of them definitely needed to be that guy from before… Discovering the name of the ‘contest prince’ was easy enough, his signature color and snobbish nature made him easy to find, as did… his reputation; he apparently was some kind of hotshot amongst the contest. “Lance Knight,” Leo muttered the name as he headed for the registration, not at all surprised that that was his name, it just… fit. But, with step one completed he needed to move on to step two, registering Vince for a beauty contest that already had Lance as a competitor.
Leo scanned the list of upcoming beauty contests, humming as he went down the paper, then perked up when he noticed an open slot available, with Lance’s name already scribbled in the one before it. He checked the time. That would be in about an hour, so plenty of time for Vince to finish getting ready. The bluenette didn’t bother to fight back his smile as he went about registering Vince, though it did falter when he tried to recall the pokemon he’d mentioned entering with. Ah… that was right, he hadn’t mentioned a name, he’d only said that he would use his Kingdra. Damn. “No nickname?” the registration woman noted, curious. “Ah, nope. Just Kingdra will do,” Leo responded with a sharp nod. He’d have to remember to learn the pokemon’s name before it and Vince went out. Making a correction was easy, he just needed to get him signed up before that slot was taken. Before sliding the list back, Leo took a quick glance at the other two coordinators Vince would be up against. A ‘Dr. Spencer’ (how fancy) with his Castform aaaand Kathleen with her Milotic. Alright then, time for a bit more research.
“Really?” Surprise lit Olivia’s voice. “Not even one? What did you wear for weddings or funerals?” Even Freddie had a few suits tucked away in his closet, but, at the same time, the kid did love ‘dressing up to the nines’ and looking good was a hobby of his; a self-proclaimed one. The kid was weird. She needed to call him and check up on him. “Alright, I’ll keep a lookout for darker colors,” Olivia remarked, returning to the matter at hand, before she broke out into a sly grin. “Though… I bet you’d look good in white too. And I bet beating that guy while wearing his own colors would really get a rise out of him.”
The arrival of a tailor took the guesswork out of Vince’s suit size, and once they had his size the two began searching for suits that fit his established criteria. Once found, Olivia sat down in a chair and waited for Vince to come out of the changing room, fiddling with her communicator and absently looking around the store to keep herself entertained. She needed to get back to Kalos soon, and get to her actual job; she could have never predicted she’d become this sidetracked while undercover. It wasn’t as if she… truly minded, at least on a personal level, she was glad she’d met Vince, and that they could spend time together.
“Everything alright in there?” The pinkette called out, more teasing than concerned, after a few minutes had passed without a single appearance from her companion. Olivia hummed to herself and patted her thighs, but perked up when the changing room’s door opened and Vince stepped out. “Looking good~” She complimented as she stood up, inspecting him from her full height. Olivia did a slow walk around the suited Vince, eyeing him appraisingly, and when she had completed a full 360 she nodded in approval. “The tie works better,” she insisted, then stepped forward to help Vince loosen his tie. “At least for a Beauty contest, and although the judges won’t be looking at you, I’m sure they’ll appreciate it -- is this loose enough?”
Olivia stepped away from Vince afterwards, and turned around to face Lia and Gardevoir as they returned, grinning as they both complimented Vince’s choice of outfit. She looked curiously over the pile of items the two had brought over, and then listened as Gardevoir explained their use. She only knew the basics of contests, and so her lesson in beauty items was useful to her too; though she doubted she’d ever make much use of it, as fun as contests were, she’d always been more of a spectator than a contender. Without much to add, Olivia remained quiet for the duration of Vince and Gardevoir’s exchange, and followed after the former once he’d decided on what to buy. She knew what poffins were, and their use within contests, but knew nothing on how to create them. Olivia looked down at the Kelpsy berries in her hand, then over to the poffin making station. “No, I don’t,” she answered. Now was the best time to learn, she figured.
Considering that she’d be putting this knowledge to immediate use, Olivia listened intently to Gardevoir’s instruction, eyes wandering from her to Vince, and then to the berries she held in her hand. It didn’t sound too complicated, but at the same time she could see how easily mistakes could be made during the process. Olivia glanced up afterwards, realizing around the same time Vince did that Lia was no longer in their group. She looked around, hoping to spot the redhead, but eventually gave up in favor of turning to Vince; she was sure that the girl hadn’t gone too far. “It’s been awhile since we’ve cooked together, huh?” She nudged him playfully. “Ready to start?”
T Y P E: L E V E L: 22 G E N D E R: Female ＮＡＴＵＲＥ: Impish: Tomboy; Mischievous, prone to getting in trouble; Loves playing the ukulele ＡＢＩＬＩＴＹ: Lightning Rod: Electric-type moves are drawn to this Pokémon. Electric-type moves will do no damage and the Pokémon's Special Attack is raised one stage ＨＯＬＤＩＮＧ: N/A ＡＴＴＡＣＫＳ: Volt Tackle - 120: 4/10 Chance to paralyze target, user takes recoil damage equal to 1/3 of the damage dealt Iron Tail - 100: 7/10 Chance of lowering target's physical defense one stage Quick Attack - 40: (Priority +1) Thunderbolt: 90: 4/10 Chance to paralyze target
220/220 HP | Status: None | 21/27 EXP | Next Move;
⇨xxN A M E: Poppy - Happiny
T Y P E: L E V E L: 25 G E N D E R: Female ＮＡＴＵＲＥ: Sassy: Primadonna; Catty; Slow to warm up to others ＡＢＩＬＩＴＹ: Natural Cure: The Pokémon's status ailments are healed when withdrawn from battle ＨＯＬＤＩＮＧ: N/A ＡＴＴＡＣＫＳ: Charm - Lowers target's physical attack two stages Drain Punch - 75: Restores HP to the user equal to 1/2 of damage dealt Copycat - Copies the last move used Mud Bomb - 65: 7/10 chance of lowering target's accuracy one stage
250/250 HP | Status: None | 18/35 EXP | Next Move; TM - Psychic
⇨xxN A M E: Cayenne - Cyndaquil
T Y P E: L E V E L: 26 G E N D E R: Female ＮＡＴＵＲＥ: Brave: Curious; Horrible liar; A bit of a space case ＡＢＩＬＩＴＹ: Flash Fire: This pokemon is immune to fire type attacks. Activates when user is hit by a damaging Fire-type move. Once activated, user's Fire-type moves deal x1.5 more damage with type effectiveness for five turns ＨＯＬＤＩＮＧ: Charcoal: Fire type attacks do x1.2 damage ＡＴＴＡＣＫＳ: Leer - Lowers target's physical defense one stage Tackle - 40 Flame Wheel: 60: 4/10 Chance of Burn Quick Attack - 40: Makes Contact (Priority +1)
260/260 HP | Status: None | 34/36 EXP | Next Move; TM - Wild Charge; lv. 31 - Swift
⇨xxN A M E: Licorice - Sableye
T Y P E: L E V E L: 25 G E N D E R: Female ＮＡＴＵＲＥ: Impish: Easy-going; Lazy; Funny, at least she likes to think she is ＡＢＩＬＩＴＹ: Keen Eye: Prevents pokemon with this ability from losing accuracy ＨＯＬＤＩＮＧ: N/A ＡＴＴＡＣＫＳ: Zen Headbutt - 80: 3/10 Chance to Flinch target Scratch - 40 Thunder Punch - 75: 4/10 chance to paralyze target Foul Play - 95: Inflicts damage using the target's physical attack increases and level attack bonuses instead of the user's
250/250 HP | Status: None | 05/35 EXP | Next Move; lv. 29 - Shadow Claw
⇨xxN A M E: Blueberry - Lupup
T Y P E: L E V E L: 25 G E N D E R: Male ＮＡＴＵＲＥ: Rash: Earnest; Momma's boy; A bit of a goofball ＡＢＩＬＩＴＹ: Adaptability: If this Pokémon uses an attack that has the same type as it, then the move's power does x1.5 base damage ＨＯＬＤＩＮＧ: N/A ＡＴＴＡＣＫＳ: Bite - 60: 4/10 Chance to Flinch target Iron Tail - 100: 7/10 Chance of lowering target's physical defense one stage Disarming Voice - 40: Ignores accuracy & evasiveness Dragon Pulse - 85
250/250 HP | Status: None | 05/35 EXP | Next Move; Lv. 38 - Crunch
⇨xxN A M E: Ginseng - Bunnelby
T Y P E: L E V E L: 24 G E N D E R: Male ＮＡＴＵＲＥ: Hardy: Macho, a real man's man; Afraid of women ＡＢＩＬＩＴＹ: Pickup: If a pokemon with this ability is in your active party, the post count for item bumps is reduced by 10 ＨＯＬＤＩＮＧ: N/A ＡＴＴＡＣＫＳ: Quick Attack - 40: (Priority +1) Leer - Lowers target's physical defense one stage Tackle - 40 Stone Edge - 100: 1/10 chance for critical hit
240/240 HP | Status: None | 20/33 EXP | Next Move; Lv. 18 - Mud Shot
Inactive Party:
⇨xxN A M E: ??? - Torchic
T Y P E: L E V E L: 10 G E N D E R: Female ＮＡＴＵＲＥ: Rash: Emotionless; Violent, a work in progress ＡＢＩＬＩＴＹ: Speed Boost: The Pokémon’s Speed stat is raised by one stage at the end of every round ＨＯＬＤＩＮＧ: Blazikenite: Mega Evolves Blaziken: Attk x1.3, Sp.Atk x1.2, Speed x1.1 ＡＴＴＡＣＫＳ: Growl - Lowers target's physical attack one stage Scratch - 40 Ember - 40: 4/10 Chance of Burn Sand Attack - Lowers target's accuracy one stage
100/100 HP | Status: None | 00/15 EXP | Next Move; Lv. 14 - Peck; TM - Shadow Claw
⇨xxN A M E: ??? - Honedge
T Y P E: L E V E L: 10 G E N D E R: Genderless ＮＡＴＵＲＥ: N/A ＡＢＩＬＩＴＹ: No Guard: All moves used by or against a Pokémon with this Ability cannot miss. It also allows Pokémon to be hit during the semi-invulnerable turn of Fly, Bounce, Dive, Dig, Shadow Force, Sky Drop, and Phantom Force. ＨＯＬＤＩＮＧ: N/A ＡＴＴＡＣＫＳ: Precipice Blades - 100 Swords Dance - Raises user's physical attack two stages Tackle - 40 Fury Cutter - 40: Damage doubles after each successful Hit, If not used consecutively, or misses, damage resets
100/100 HP | Status: None | 00/15 EXP | Next Move; Lv. 13 - Pursuit
⇨xxN A M E: Valerian - Bisharp
T Y P E: L E V E L: 30 G E N D E R: Female ＮＡＴＵＲＥ: Modest: Goal-driven, has the tendency to tunnel-vision through life; Strong upholder of justice; Even-tempered ＡＢＩＬＩＴＹ: Defiant: Raises user's attack by two stages each time any of their stats are lowered. Defiant does not activate for self inflicted status lowering moves such as Overheat or Leaf Storm ＨＯＬＤＩＮＧ: N/A ＡＴＴＡＣＫＳ: Fury Cutter - 40: Damage doubles after each successful Hit, If not used consecutively, or misses, damage resets Iron Head - 80: 4/10 Chance to Flinch target Metal Burst - Takes the damage of the target's last attack and counters back with x1.3 damage Dark Pulse - 80: 3/10 Chance to Flinch target
300/300 HP | Status: None | 05/16 EXP | Next Move; TM - Aerial Ace
Bag:
Items: Battle Recorder Heart Scale x4 B. Mushroom
Held Items: King's Rock Roman Candle Flame Plate Iron Plate Spooky Plate Dread Plate Mind Plate Zap Plate Splash Plate Pixie Plate Latiosite Eviolite Lucky Punch Wise Glasses
Medicine: Potion x∞ Shalour Sable Revival Herb Moomoo milk x5 Lemonade x3 Max Heal
Personal Items: Wallet | Gun | Badge | Medicine Kit | Handcuffs | Notepad Pokedex | Satchel of herbs
XTransceiver
Vincent Belduke
SpectralEternity
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 9:20 pm
ＶＩＮＣＥＮＴＢＥＬＤＵＫＥ
Movement 3/3 || Wild Pokemon: 172/3 || NPC Battle: 146/15 || Item Bump: 22/30 Razor Claw, 4/10 Mist Seal (Area specific) || Need to Claim: Blue Flute, 10/10 Heart Scale x6, Latias (with Zen Headbutt, Earthquake, Steel Wing, and Dragon Claw) || Wishlist: Heart Scales, Crystal Shards, Big Mushrooms, Expert Belts, Flying Gems, TM Earthquake x2, Razor Claw
Team OOB:
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⇨xxN A M E: 秀风 (Xiù Fēng “Beautiful/Elegant Wind”) - Lupup T Y P E: L E V E L: 22 G E N D E R: ♀ N A T U R E: Brave - Speaks her mind, courageous, likes to explore, believes Vince to be her ward. A B I L I T Y: Adaptability - If this Pokémon uses an attack that has the same type as it, then the move's power does x1.5 base damage H O L D I N G: N/A B A S E x A P P E A L: 0 Poffins | 0 Cute | 0 Cool | 0 Beauty | 0 Smart | 0 Tough A T T A C K S: Bite - Base Appeal: ♥♥ | Jam: ♥♥♥♥♥ to the pokemon that acted previously | Battle Round effect: Jam: ♥♥♥♥♥♥ Dragonbreath - Base Appeal: ♥♥ | Jam: ♥♥♥♥♥ to the pokemon that acted previously | Battle Round effect: Jam: ♥♥♥♥♥♥ Disarming Voice - Base Appeal: ♥♥ | Effect: ♥♥♥♥♥ if the User is first | Battle Round effect: +3 appeal if the user goes first in that round | Battle Round: Adds +4 appeal if the user goes first, +2 otherwise Tackle - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥♥ | Effect: +2 Excitement | Battle Round Effect: ♥♥♥♥
- 220/220HP | Status: None | 8/32 EXP | Next Move: TM Psychic (Lunine) Heart Scale - Dragon Pulse & Iron Tail (Lunine) Lv. 42 - Moonblast (lunine) | Evolve at level 30 while gym battling
⇨xxN A M E: 煌辰 (Huáng Chén “Bright Morning”) - Charmeleon T Y P E: L E V E L: 16 G E N D E R: ♀ N A T U R E: Adamant - Very determined, wants to prove herself A B I L I T Y: Blaze - When HP is below 1/3rd, fire type attacks do x1.5 damage H O L D I N G: Expert Belt: When this item is held, if the holder uses an attack on the opponent which is Super Effective, its power is increased x1.2 B A S E x A P P E A L: 0 Poffins | 0 Cute | 0 Cool | 0 Beauty | 0 Smart | 0 Tough A T T A C K S: Scratch - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥♥ | Effect: +2 Excitement | Battle Round: ♥♥♥♥ Iron Tail - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥♥ | Effect: +2 Excitement | Battle Round: ♥♥♥♥ Heat Wave - Base Appeal: ♥♥ | Jam: ♥♥ to contestants that acted before the user | Battle Round: Jam: ♥♥♥ Dragon Rush - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥ | Effect: Add half of the previous pokemon's move appeal to base appeal | Battle Round: If the opponent used an appealing move, ♥♥♥♥, if a jamming move, ♥♥
⇨xxN A M E: 伟河 (Wěi Hé “Mighty River”) - Kingdra T Y P E: L E V E L: 20 G E N D E R: ♂ N A T U R E: Serious A B I L I T Y: Sniper - Critical Hits by this pokemon do x3 damage instead of x2 H O L D I N G: N/A B A S E x A P P E A L: 2 Poffins | 0 Cute | 1 Cool | 20 Beauty | 0 Smart | 8 Tough A T T A C K S: Hydro Pump - Base Appeal: ♥ | Effect: Add one appeal point for each excitement. | Battle Round: Appeal equals one fourth the total appeal between battling pokemon. Blizzard - Base Appeal: ♥ | Jam: ♥♥♥♥♥ to the pokemon that went previously | Battle Round: Jam: ♥♥♥♥♥♥ Dragon Pulse - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥♥ | Effect: Excitement +2 | Battle Round Effect: ♥♥♥♥ Yawn - Base Appeal: ♥♥ | Effect: Makes the remaining Pokémon nervous. | Battle Round: Doubles jam done to opponent if the user makes a startling move next round.
- 200/200HP | Status: None | 0/15 EXP | Next Move: Lv 26 - Focus Energy, Heart Scale - Iron Head
⇨xxN A M E: Unnamed - Ghoizard T Y P E: L E V E L: 10 G E N D E R: 0 N A T U R E: Naughty - Impudent, selfish, and unnecessarily cruel A B I L I T Y: Marvel Scale: Attacks that hit this pokemon will do 1/2 damage when induced with a major status condition H O L D I N G: N/A B A S E x A P P E A L: 0 Poffins | 0 Cute | 0 Cool | 0 Beauty | 0 Smart | 0 Tough A T T A C K S: Leer - Base Appeal: ♥♥ | Jam: ♥♥♥♥♥ to the pokemon with the highest score | Battle Round: Jams opponent equal to one fourth their battle round appeal Night Shade - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥ | Effect: No change in excitement after first use, no reduction for using the move consecutively | Battle Round: Jam: ♥♥♥ with no reduction for repetitive use Detect - Base Appeal: ♥ | Effect: Prevents the user from being startled until the turn ends. | Battle Effect: ♥♥ Prevents Appeal drop for two turns.
- 100/100HP | Status: None | 18/20 EXP | Evolves at level 16 at night | Next Move: Lv 15 - Bite
⇨xxN A M E: 翔 (Xiáng: “To Soar”) - 𝛿 Salamence T Y P E: L E V E L: 11 G E N D E R: ♂ N A T U R E: Bold - Dependable, strong silent type A B I L I T Y: Moxie - This Pokemon's attack is raised by one stage upon KOing a Pokémon H O L D I N G: N/A B A S E x A P P E A L: 0 Poffins | 0 Cute | 0 Cool | 0 Beauty | 0 Smart | 0 Tough A T T A C K S: Rage - Base Appeal: ♥ | Jam: ♥♥ to contestants that acted before the user | Battle Round: Jam: ♥♥♥ Fire Fang - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥♥ | Effect: +2 Excitement | Battle Round Effect: ♥♥♥♥ Dragon Tail - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥ | Effect: ♥♥♥♥♥♥ if the user goes last in that round | Battle Round: +3 appeal if the user goes last in that round | Battle Round: Adds +4 appeal if the user goes last, +2 otherwise Thunder Fang - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥♥ | Effect: +2 Excitement | Battle Round: ♥♥♥♥
- 110/110HP | Status: None | 14/21 EXP | Next Move: Heart Scale - Iron Tail, Big M - Dragon Rush, Hydro Pump
⇨xxN A M E: 戰士 (Zhànshì “Warrior”) - Jangmo-o T Y P E: L E V E L: 10 G E N D E R: ♂ N A T U R E: Modest - Loyal and brave A B I L I T Y: Bulletproof - Protects the Pokémon from ball and bomb moves H O L D I N G: N/A B A S E x A P P E A L: 0 Poffins | 0 Cute | 0 Cool | 0 Beauty | 0 Smart | 0 Tough A T T A C K S: Tackle - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥♥ | Effect: +2 Excitement | Battle Round: ♥♥♥♥ Bide - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥ Effect: Moves the user back in the order by one | Battle Round: ♥♥ The opponent will go second the next round. Leer - Base Appeal: ♥♥ | Jam: ♥♥♥♥♥ to the pokemon with the highest score | Battle Round: Jams opponent equal to one fourth their battle round appeal
⇨xxN A M E: 太力 (Tài Lì: “Great Strength”) - Tyrunt T Y P E: L E V E L: 16 G E N D E R: ♂ N A T U R E: Rash - Temperamental and bull headed, thinks he knows better A B I L I T Y: Sturdy - Attacks that would knock out this pokemon in one hit will leave 1 HP instead. H O L D I N G: N/A B A S E x A P P E A L: 0 Poffins | 0 Cute | 0 Cool | 0 Beauty | 0 Smart | 0 Tough A T T A C K S: Tackle - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥♥ | Effect: +2 Excitement | Battle Round: ♥♥♥♥ Tail Whip - Base Appeal: ♥♥ | Effect: ♥♥♥♥♥ if the user goes last in that round | Battle Round: Adds +4 appeal if the user goes last, +2 otherwise Roar - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥ Effect: Moves the user back in the order by one | Battle Round: ♥♥ The opponent will go second the next round. Stomp - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥♥ | Effect: +2 Excitement | Battle Round: ♥♥♥♥
- 160/160HP | Status: None | 1/26 EXP | Next Move: Heart Scale - Outrage, Head Smash (Tyrantrum), Big M. - Ice Fang, TM - Earthquake | Evolve at level 39
⇨xxN A M E: 黎玉 (Lí Yù: “Black Jade”) - Dratini T Y P E: L E V E L: 22 G E N D E R: ♀ N A T U R E: Jolly - Very perky and generally positive A B I L I T Y: Shed Skin - Every turn, this Pokémon has a 3/10 chance of healing from a status condition H O L D I N G: Eviolite: If held by a pokemon capable of evolving (but has not reached its final stage), their Defense and Special Defense are raised three stages each at the beginning of battle. B A S E x A P P E A L: 0 Poffins | 0 Cute | 0 Cool | 0 Beauty | 0 Smart | 0 Tough A T T A C K S: Iron Tail - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥♥ | Effect: +2 Excitement | Battle Round: ♥♥♥♥ Fire Blast - Base Appeal: ♥ | Effect: Add one appeal point per excitement | Battle Round: Appeal equals one fourth the total appeal between battling pokemon. Dragon Rush - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥ | Effect: Add half of the previous pokemon's move appeal to base appeal | Battle Round: If the opponent used an appealing move, ♥♥♥♥, if a jamming move, ♥♥ Thunder - Base Appeal: ♥ | Effect: Add one appeal point per excitement. | Battle Round: Appeal equals one fourth the total appeal between battling pokemon.
⇨xxN A M E: 林花 (Lín Huā “Forest Flower”) - Mega Sceptile T Y P E: L E V E L: 21 G E N D E R: ♀ N A T U R E: Calm - Very level headed, acts as the peacekeeper of the team A B I L I T Y: Lightningrod - Electric-type moves are drawn to this Pokémon. Electric-type moves will do no damage and the Pokémon's Special Attack is raised one stage. H O L D I N G: Sceptilite: Mega Evolves Sceptile - Atk x1.2, Sp.Atk x1.3, Speed x1.1 B A S E x A P P E A L: 0 Poffins | 0 Cute | 0 Cool | 0 Beauty | 0 Smart | 0 Tough A T T A C K S: Leaf Storm - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥♥♥♥ | Effect: If the pokemon is startled after this move during the same round, it takes -6 appeal | Battle Round: ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ but if opponent uses a startling move, receive double jam. Drain Punch - Base Appeal: ♥ | Total appeal equals one less than the opponent's move before it | Battle Round: Appeal is equal to one less than the move used before it. If the opponent used a startling move, then the appeal is based off the user's previous move. Rock Slide - Base Appeal: ♥♥ | Jam: ♥♥ to contestants that acted before the user | Battle Round: Jam: ♥♥♥ Giga Drain - Base Appeal: ♥ | Jam: ♥♥♥♥♥ to the pokemon that acted previously | Battle Round: Jam: ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
- 210/210HP | Status: None | 5/17 EXP
⇨xxN A M E: 小榄 (Xiǎo Lǎn “Little Olive”) - Noibat T Y P E: L E V E L: 16 G E N D E R: ♀ N A T U R E: Quirky - Hyper and Easily Excitable, Somewhat Skittish A B I L I T Y: Frisk - Searches opponent for an item and knocks it away, preventing them from using it or gaining is effects. (Item will be returned at the end of the battle) H O L D I N G: N/A B A S E x A P P E A L: 0 Poffins | 0 Cute | 0 Cool | 0 Beauty | 0 Smart | 0 Tough A T T A C K S: Super Fang - Base Appeal: ♥♥ | Jam: ♥♥♥♥♥ to all that successfully showed appeal this round | Battle Round: Reduces opponent's appeal by their previous move Supersonic - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥ | Effect: Reduces the other contestant's appeal by two for two rounds. No excitement till the end of turn. | Battle Round: Reduces the opponent's Appeal by 2 for two rounds. Tackle - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥♥ | Effect: +2 Excitement | Battle Round Effect: ♥♥♥♥ Leech Life - Base Appeal: ♥ | Total appeal equals one less than the opponent's move before it | Battle Round: Appeal is equal to one less than the move used before it. If the opponent used a startling move, then the appeal is based off the user's previous move.
⇨xxN A M E: 荫灵 (Yīn Líng “Shade Spirit”) - Deino T Y P E: L E V E L: 12 G E N D E R: ♂ N A T U R E: Impish - Bites everything, likes to provoke people and cause trouble A B I L I T Y: Hustle - Doubles the damage of all physical attacks, however all physical attacks have a 1/5 chance to miss. If a pokemon with Hustle is in the active party, the chances of encountering pokemon of the two strongest levels is increased by 50%. In general, this means rolling a six sided dice for pokemon levels so that 1 and 2 are the lower levels, and 3, 4, 5, and 6 are half the highest level and half the second highest. H O L D I N G: N/A B A S E x A P P E A L: 0 Poffins | 0 Cute | 0 Cool | 0 Beauty | 0 Smart | 0 Tough A T T A C K S: Headbutt - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥♥ | Effect: +2 Excitement | Battle Round Effect: ♥♥♥♥ Focus Energy - Base Appeal: ♥ | Effect: Reduces effect of being startled by half (rounded down). Increases the chance of a combo by 20% | Battle Round: ♥♥, Reduces jam by 1 Dragon Rage - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥ | Effect: No reduction for using the move consecutively, no change to excitement after the first use | Battle Round: ♥♥♥, no reduction for repetitive use Dark Pulse - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥♥ | Effect: +2 Excitement | Battle Round Effect: ♥♥♥♥
⇨xxN A M E: 海兰 (Hǎi Lán “Sea Orchid”) - Dragalge T Y P E: L E V E L: 20 G E N D E R: ♀ N A T U R E: Lonely - Not very social, admires Vince A B I L I T Y: Adaptability - If this Pokémon uses an attack that has the same type as it, then the move's power does x1.5 base damage H O L D I N G: N/A B A S E x A P P E A L: 0 Poffins | 0 Cute | 0 Cool | 0 Beauty | 0 Smart | 0 Tough A T T A C K S: Toxic - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥ | Effect: Prevents opponents from using high appeal (4 or more) moves for one round | Battle Round: Jam: ♥♥ Gunk Shot - Base Appeal: ♥♥ | Jam: ♥♥♥♥♥ to all that successfully showed appeal this round | Battle Round: Reduces opponent's appeal by their previous move. Dragon Pulse - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥♥ | Effect: +2 Excitement | Battle Round Effect: ♥♥♥♥ Aqua Tail - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥♥ | Effect: +2 Excitement | Battle Round Effect: ♥♥♥♥
⇨xxN A M E: 懶巨人 (Lǎn Jùrén “Lazy Giant”) - Haxorus T Y P E: L E V E L: 5 G E N D E R: ♀ N A T U R E: Lax - Lazy, a bit of a glutton A B I L I T Y: Mold Breaker - The Opponent's Ability has no effect H O L D I N G: N/A B A S E x A P P E A L: 0 Poffins | 0 Cute | 0 Cool | 0 Beauty | 0 Smart | 0 Tough A T T A C K S: Scratch - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥♥ | Effect: +2 Excitement | Battle Round: ♥♥♥♥ Assurance - Base Appeal: ♥ | Effect: +3 appeal if the user goes last in that round | Battle Round: Adds +4 appeal if the user goes last, +2 otherwise Leer - Base Appeal: ♥♥ | Jam: ♥♥♥♥♥ to the pokemon with the highest score | Battle Round: Jams opponent equal to one fourth their battle round appeal Outrage - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥♥♥♥ | Effect: If the pokemon is startled after this move during the same round, it takes -6 appeal | Battle Round: ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ but if opponent uses a startling move, receive double jam.
- 50/50HP | Status: None | 0/15 EXP | Next Move: Heart Scale - Iron Tail, TM - Focus Blast, Earthquake | Evolve at level 16
⇨xxN A M E: 堅坤 (Jiān Kūn “Unyielding Earth”) - Mega Garchomp T Y P E: L E V E L: 10 G E N D E R: ♂ N A T U R E: Hardy - Enduring, stubborn, hard headed A B I L I T Y: Sand Force - Strengthens Rock, Ground, and Steel moves, doing x1.3 damage during a sandstorm H O L D I N G: Garchompite: Mega Evolves Garchomp; Atk 1.3, Sp.Atk 1.3 B A S E x A P P E A L: 0 Poffins | 0 Cute | 0 Cool | 0 Beauty | 0 Smart | 0 Tough A T T A C K S: Iron Tail - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥♥ | Effect: +2 Excitement | Battle Round: ♥♥♥♥ Earth Power - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥♥ | Effect: +2 Excitement | Battle Round: ♥♥♥♥ Sandstorm - Base Appeal: ♥♥ | Jam: ♥♥♥♥♥ to all opponents that appealed to the audience this round | Battle Round: Jams opponent's appeal by their previous move Dual Chop - Base Appeal: ♥♥ | Jam: ♥♥♥♥♥ to pokemon that Used a Move of the same Battle type (Fire, water, fighting, etc). | Battle Round: Jam: ♥♥ doubles if the opponent uses a move the same type.
⇨xxN A M E: 祖父 (Zǔfù “Grandfather”) - Drampa T Y P E: L E V E L: 10 G E N D E R: ♂ N A T U R E: Sassy - Cranky old grandfather dragon who won't take backtalk from you young whippersnappers A B I L I T Y: Sap Sipper - When a Pokémon with Sap Sipper is hit by a Grass-type move, its Attack is increased by one stage, and the move will have no effect on that Pokémon. H O L D I N G: N/A B A S E x A P P E A L: 0 Poffins | 0 Cute | 0 Cool | 0 Beauty | 0 Smart | 0 Tough A T T A C K S: Echoed Voice - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥ | Effect: No reduction for using the move consecutively, no change to excitement after the first use. | Battle Round: ♥♥♥, no reduction for repetitive use Protect - Base Appeal: ♥♥ | Effect: Prevents the user from being startled one time this turn | Battle Round: Prevents being startled during the opponent's next turn. Play Nice - Base Appeal: ♥ | Effect: Add one appeal point for each excitement. | Battle Round: Appeal equals one fourth the total appeal between battling pokemon. Twister - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥♥ | Effect: +2 Excitement | Battle Round Effect: ♥♥♥♥
- 100/100HP | Status: None | 0/15 EXP | Next Move: Lv 13 Glare, Dragon Rush and Hurricane (Big M.), TM Focus Blast and Steel Wing
⇨xxN A M E: Alduin - Kyurem T Y P E: L E V E L: 19 G E N D E R: 0 (Identifies with ♂) N A T U R E: Lonely, Adamant and Slightly Aggressive A B I L I T Y: Pressure - Intimidates the opponent to not use the same move consecutively. If a pokemon with Pressure is in the active party, the chances of encountering pokemon of the two strongest levels is increased by 50%. In general, this means rolling a six sided dice for pokemon levels so that 1 and 2 are the lower levels, and 3, 4, 5, and 6 are half the highest level and half the second highest. H O L D I N G: N/A B A S E x A P P E A L: 0 Poffins | 0 Cute | 0 Cool | 0 Beauty | 0 Smart | 0 Tough A T T A C K S: Icy Wind - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥♥ | Effect: Reduces moves that do +2 appeal or less to 0 Appeal | Battle Round: Reduces moves that do +2 appeal or less to 0 Appeal Outrage - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥♥♥♥ | Effect: If the pokemon is startled after this move during the same round, it takes -6 appeal | Battle Round: ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ but if opponent uses a startling move, receive double jam. Iron Head - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥♥ | Effect: +2 Excitement | Battle Round Effect: ♥♥♥♥ Earth Power - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥♥ | Effect: +2 Excitement | Battle Round: ♥♥♥♥
190/190 HP | Status: None | 4/20 EXP | Next Attack: Level 22 - Ice Beam
⇨xxN A M E: 月姝 (Yuè Shū “Moon Beauty”) - 𝛿 Gardevoir T Y P E: L E V E L: 10 G E N D E R: ♀ N A T U R E: Gentle A B I L I T Y: Synchronize - When this Pokémon is afflicted with a major status condition, so does the opponent. Abilities and natural type immunities that prevent major status conditions will prevent synchronize from working. H O L D I N G: N/A B A S E x A P P E A L: 0 Poffins | 0 Cute | 0 Cool | 0 Beauty | 0 Smart | 0 Tough A T T A C K S: Moonblast - Base Appeal: ♥ | Jam: ♥♥♥♥♥ To the Pokemon that went previously | Battle Effect: ♥♥♥♥♥♥ Jam to opponent Misty Terrain - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥ | Effect: +2 Excitement if used first in a round, +3 if used first in the very first round | Battle Effect: Appeal = the inverse of the round this move is used in (ie, first round, +4 appeal, second round, +3, etc) Confusion - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥♥ | Effect: +2 Excitement | Battle Effect: ♥♥♥♥ Appeal Healing Wish - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ | Effect: The user cannot move after the attack has been made. | Battle Effect: The user cannot move after the attack has been made. +15 if made the first round, +12 the second, +10 the third, +7 the fourth, and +4 the fifth.
100/100 HP | Status: None | 0/15 EXP | Next Attack:
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Cheria Barnes Isis Nikon Olivia Beaumont (Listed as Olive)
Lia frowned lightly as Leo expressed his concerns about actually putting her in contests. I know... But... They were valid concerns after all, but she still really wanted to try contests herself. It was times like these when she wished they'd been born as a pair of plusle and minun instead of latios and latias. Then they'd just be normal pokemon, doing normal things, find a nice trainer and travel the world with them, be put in contests.... As they were though, while they shared many unique abilities to help disguise themselves, Lia could never really be herself without putting them in danger. Not to mention, she could sense the distress the idea was giving Leo, no matter how well he disguised it. Ah.... Never mind. You're right. It was a stupid idea... She sighed, deflating a bit. Unfortunately, no matter how gently Leo put it, the outcome was the same. She could only dream of being in a contest as herself. Sure she could just pretend to be some other pokemon, but it just wouldn't be the same.
Vince chuckled at Olivia's surprise in not owning a suit. "Well... I actually haven't really been to any weddings, though that might change soon since my older brother Cheng is engaged. Maybe I can use the suit for that, unless he asks for more traditional attire." He mused, though as his mind fell to funerals in contrast, Vince looked away in discomfort, not wanting to think about it. Despite this, echoes of his past still came to haunt him anyways. "Nh..." He grimaced and rubbed his forehead as it ached to try and repress the painful memories. He was quick to rebound though, playing it off like a dizzy spell before suggesting she look for darker colors. "Mm... As amusing and satisfying as that would be, I still would prefer not to wear a white tux." He insisted with a chuckle, though he appreciated the thought of finding other ways to ruffle the prince's feathers.
After changing into a few different suits and dealing with Ducky's text, Vince realized just how long he'd been taking, and as if on cue Olivia knocked to check on him. He'd kept her waiting long enough, he supposed. Thankfully he believed that he'd found a winner as long as the tie was loosened a bit. His cheeks grew a red tinge though at Olivia circled him to inspect. It just felt odd, but at least he had her approval? "I guess." He sighed at her insistence for the tie over the bow, though a small smile soon crossed his face. "They won't be looking at me? I seem to recall a different conversation on the beach earlier." He suggested teasingly. "Maybe I should remove my shirt. Think I'll get more points then?" He was absolutely kidding. There was no way he'd be taking off his shirt in public for a contest, much less on TV, but he saw the opportunity to tease Olivia and had to take it.
His neck did feel better now that Olivia had loosened his tie though. "Yes, that's much better, thank you." He sighed, fiddling a bit with the slack tie in the mirror. It looked a little unconventional, but he was sure it'd be fine. Now that he was properly outfitted, Vince changed back into his normal attire before the gardevoir took them to the poffin making stations, handing them berries and explaining how to cook poffins. Vince glanced up at Olivia as she commented on how long it'd been since they'd cooked. "Heh... Yeah, guess it has." Given that the pokemon centers provided food and there were restaurants in cities to stay at otherwise, there hadn't been much need to cook. The only reason they had in the distortion world was out of necessity, but... It had been fun. "Would you like to get groceries some time and just make a meal some time, rather than eating in the center cafeteria?" He suggested. He couldn't say he would mind that much, though most of the rooms didn't have furnishings like a stove. He could probably improvise though with some wood and help from Huang Chen out back, then they could have a picnic on the floor, maybe watch a movie... That sounded nice actually.
It also sounded like a date. Vince grimaced and shook the thought from his mind, instead focusing on poffin making. It seemed simple enough, and when Olivia asked if he was ready, Vince nodded and the gardevoir went ahead and started up the machine. Batter began to fill the pot as she had said, and two chute slots opened in front of Vince and Olivia. "Alright, go ahead and put in the micle and apricot berries I gave you both. With two micle berries and four apicot, the poffin should come out with the maximum beauty enhancing potential without wasting any berries." She encouraged.
Vince put in his berries and began stirring the batter at a consistent pace, adjusting his speed when it looked like they were stirring too fast or too slow. Eventually, the batter began to turn a creamy blue color, solidifying into a little loaf when the gardevoir instructed them to stop stirring. "So this is a poffin?" Vince asked curiously, picking the little bun up in his hands and quickly setting it on the counter of the machine to cool. "I think a girl I met in Kalos tried to offer one to my Pokemon once, but it was more like a cupcake so I didn't really want them to eat it." He recalled. "That was probably a pokepuff, those are different; they're just treats. They're good for making pokemon more friendly towards you though." The gardevoir explained. "Ah." That made some sense. Actually now that she mentioned it, Vince was pretty sure Cheria had said something to that effect.
After making two of the poffins, Vince let out Wei He so that he could sample them himself. The kingdra sniffed curiously at the poffins but eventually ate them and seemed to enjoy the flavor. "How do you feel about participating in a beauty contest Wei He?" Vince asked, patting the kingdra near the fin. Wei He gave a snort of confusion. Vince had never seemed like the type to become interested in contests, but he wasn't opposed to being put in a beauty contest. His regal form could certainly be better appreciated in such an environment after all. He gave a nod, confirming that he'd do it, if Vince was serious. "Alright, let's get ourselves signed up then." Vince suggested, making his way back to the front desk, only to find that he was signed up for the next beauty contest already. Vince had Wei He's name changed from kingdra, but the real question was; who signed him up? It couldn't have been marshmallow boy, they didn't know each others names, so it was probably either Leo or Lia being helpful. Likely the latter. Speaking of which, Vince still didn't know where she had gone off to.
"Um... Hey Gardevoir." Vince looked to their gardevoir companion. It only occurred to him now that she had never given her name, so he didn't really know how to address her other than by species. "Yes?""Would you mind finding out where Lia went to? I need to go get ready, apparently." He chuckled. "Certainly. I will let her know that you will go on shortly. I look forward to your performance~" With a graceful bow, the gardevoir excused herself. Vince turned back to Olivia, opening his mouth to say something, when the registration clerk spoke up first. "Sir, we need to you make your way into preparation room number five please." Vince blinked in surprise, feeling like suddenly the contest was upon him and he was not yet prepared. Was this what they called stage freight?
He quickly turned to Olivia, taking her hand in his and searching her face, looking a slightly terrified, but he felt like he couldn't speak, not knowing what to say or ask. Thankfully the clerk could recognize first performance jitters. "Don't worry, she can come with you, but when the contest starts she will need to take her seat. You have twenty minutes. Good luck!" The clerk gave them a nod of encouragement and then stepped aside from the booth, opening the way for them to make their way towards the stage and preparation rooms. As soon they were inside room number five, Vince took his suit and set his bag down on a nearby table, quickly making his way back behind the screen to change back into his tux. He was also trying to take deep breaths and calm himself. Getting frantic and rushing right now would end up making this a disaster. "Can you pull out those accessories and grooming supplies that gardevoir got me? They're in my bag." Vince asked as he changed, eventually coming back out from behind the screen when he was decent but still buttoning everything up.
Once he was dressed, it was time to get Wei He prepared using some conditioner. Thankfully, being a water type, the kingdra was extremely well tempered when it came to taking a quick bath, and after thoroughly washing his scales to a glossy polish, Vince applied the sparkle seal to Wei He's water ball and tied the cape gently around his neck. Then there was the natural appeal makeup, which Vince had no idea how to use. "How... How do you apply makeup...?" He asked Olivia. He didn't know how girls put makeup on themselves much less how to put it on a pokemon. "Ahhhh.... I think this was a bad idea." He lamented with a nervous chuckle. "I don't feel ready for this yet, there's still so much I don't know, so much I need to study and practice...." He ran a hand through his hair. "I don't know what I'm doing at all, I don't know how to use half this stuff Gardevoir got me..." He was already blanking on Wei He's moveset too. If this were a battle it would be one thing. He knew how to battle, but the moves Wei He had in a contest might as well have been foreign, since they had completely different effects in contests than they did in battle. What if he made a fool of himself, just like the white prince said he would?
"Attention Coordinators, you have ten minutes. I repeat, ten minutes until the contest begins."
"Arceus, has it been ten minutes already?!" Vince's heart hammered. They weren't finished prepping Wei He and Vince still needed to think of what he was going to do to open for the show but he couldn't remember Wei He's damn moveset. It was a good thing Olivia had loosened his tie earlier, because even without it tight around his neck, Vince felt like he couldn't breathe.
[Sparkle Seal Applied to Wei He's pokeball]
[Contest Details]
Vince is participating in a Beginner's Ribbon Beauty Contest!
Watching Trey and Cherish go before them, Todd tried to come up with a new strategy to use for the rest of the contest. They were getting down to the second half, which meant that they didn't have much time left to wow the judges and audience. As determined as he was to try and show off Spin in the best way possible, he couldn't help but to smile gently when Cherish unleashed a melodious cry, it really was a cute pokemon. But, they weren't out just yet! As the young fox exited the strange Spin took her place, scuttling across the stage before she gave a small jump at the crowd, snapping her mandibles softly. The spider returned to her trainer's side with the applause of the audience to send her off.
Spin the Spinarak Base Appeal: 10 | Combo Chance: 20%
CUTE | Struggle Bug ♥♥ Works great if the user goes last this turn. CUTE | Bug Bite ♥♥♥ Makes audience expect little of other contestants. CUTE | Attract ♥♥ Makes the remaining Pokémon nervous. CUTE | Bounce ♥ Prevents the user from being startled until the turn ends
Presentation Round
Todd applied a Bell Collar to Spin! (+4 Cute Appeal) Trey applied a Bow Tie to Cherish! (+4 Cute Appeal)
Spin used Bug Bite! +3 Appeal
Cherish used Screech! +3 Appeal
Spin | (6 + 4 + 3) 13 Cherish | (10 + 4 + 3) 17
Performance Round
Turn O1 Cherish used Screech! The audience expects little from Spin! +3 Appeal
Spin used Struggle Bug! It works great if she goes last! +5 Appeal ; +1 Match
Cherish | 3 Spin | (2 + 3 + 1 - 2) 4
Turn O2 Spin used Bounce! She can't be startled this round! +1 Appeal ; +1 Match ; +1 Excitement Excitement | 1/5
Cherish used Withdraw! +2 Appeal, +1 Match ; +1 Excitement Excitement | 2/5
Cherish | (3 + 2 + 1) 6 Spin | (4 + 1 + 1 - 2) 4
Turn O3 Cherish used Disarming Voice! It works great if the user goes first! +5 Appeal, +1 Match ; +1 Excitement Excitement | 3/5
Spin used Bug Bite! The audience expects little from Cherish! +2 Appeal, +1 Match ; +1 Excitement Excitement | 4/5
Cherish | (6 + 2 + 3 + 1) 12 Spin | (4 + 2 + 1) 7
Turn O4 Contest in progress...
Loonamist
Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2017 4:56 pm
Trevor "Trey" Dover and Jeraldo "JR" Advante
Location:Hoenn, Slateport City
NPC Battle 97/15 posts
Wild Pokemon 97/5
Posts To Leave Area 3/3
Item questing: Cautious Lens 2/40 [ Reduced from 50 by Shade's Pickup Ability ] posts Area Specific Item: Explosive Seal 6/10 posts
Trey... well, he was nervous, deep down, but he was convinced he wasn't. They were in the lead, and they were going to go first, but... what if something happened? Best to play it safe. He looked down to Cherish, signing for him to use Withdraw, and hoping the pokemon got it. His 'starter' looked up at him, taking a few hesitant steps forward, before turning, mind made up. He leaped forward, then jumped into the air, before popping his head into his cone, and promptly landing.... upside down. The cone rattled but he pulled his body in, and it balanced, perfectly upside down. Popping his head back up, he flipped and landed on his feet, facing Trey, but turned, gekkering at the audience and judges before doing a playful, prancing circle, and then bounding back to his trainer.
Contest Summary
Presentation Round: Trey used a Bow Tie on Cherish! +4 Cute Appeal Base Appeal: 10 Appeal from Poffins + 4 = 14 Base Appeal Todd applied a Bell Collar to Spin! +4 Cute Appeal + 6 Poffin Appeal = 10 Base Appeal
Spin used Bug Bite! +3 Appeal Cherish used Screech! +3 Appeal
Cherish: 14 Base Appeal + 3 = 17 Appeal Spin: 10 Base Appeal + 3 = 13 Appeal
Performance Round Turn 1: Cherish used Screech! +3 Appeal Spin used Struggle Bug! +2 +3 from going last +1 [match] -2 from Screech = +4 0/5 Excitement - Screech
Spin: 4 Cherish: 3
Turn 2: Spin used Bounce! +1 +1 Match - 2 from Screech = +0 Appeal 1/5 Excitement Cherish used Withdraw! +2 +1 Match = +3 Appeal 2/5 Excitement
Spin: 4 + 0 = 4 Cherish: 6
Turn 3: Cherish used Disarming Voice! 2 + 3 + 1 Match = +6 Appeal 3/5 Excitement Spin used Bug Bite! 2 + 1 [Match] = +3 Appeal The audience expects little from Cherish! 4/5 Excitement
Spin: 4 + 3 = 7 Cherish: 6 + 6 = 12
Turn 4: Cherish used Withdraw! 2 + 1 [Match] - 2 [Bug Bite] = +1 Appeal 5/5 Excitement The crowd went wild! +3 Appeal
Notes to self: "Elvrick Hirsh" is JR's 'Trainer' persona
Pending Items
- Contest - x1 Conditioner x2 Smoke Seal x1 Maiden Ball x1 Sparkle Seal x1 Green Scarf x1 Headband
OoB;
Cherish, the Gekkit ♂, lvl 15. [ XP Ball ] Exp 7/25 Ability: Battle Armor Prevents Critical Hits and reduces damage from Physical Attacks by 1/10 of the total damage Item: HP: 110/140 Contest Base Appeal: 10 Cute 4 Cool 1 Beauty 0 Smart 0 Tough 1/7 Poffin FP Trey: 3/5 7/10 FP Jr: 0/5 0/10 Attacks: Withdraw: Raise user's physical defense one stage ♥♥ Prevents the user from being startled one time this turn Uproar: 90: lasts 3 rounds, and all Pokemon on the field cannot sleep for the duration of the uproar ♥♥ Badly startles Pokémon that the audience has high expectations of Disarming Voice: 40: Ignores accuracy & evasiveness ♥♥ Works great if the user goes first this turn Screech: Lower targets defense two stages ♥♥♥ Makes audience expect little of other contestants (Next Move: Bite at 13 ) Shade, the Danshen Θ, lvl 16. [ XP Ball ] Exp 21/21 Ability: Pickup If a pokemon with this ability is in your active party, the post count for item bumps is reduced by 10. This reduction does not affect items that are already 10 posts to obtain, and having multiple pokemon with Pickup in the active party does not decrease the number of posts for an item more than 10 Item: HP: 100/160 FP Trey: 2/5 1/10 FP JR: 0/5 1/10 Attacks: Confuse Ray: Confuses target pokemon ♥♥ Badly startles Pokémon that the audience has high expectations of Calm Mind: Raise special attack & defense one stage ♥ Gets the Pokémon pumped up. Helps prevent nervousness, too Confusion: 50: 4/10 Chance to cause confusion ♥♥♥♥ Quite an appealing move Trick: Swaps held Items with target ♥♥ Badly startles Pokémon that used a move of the same type (Next Move: Disarming Voice at 12 )
Out of Party Pokemon
Wesley, the Wigglytough ♂, lvl 50. Exp 0/15 Ability: Competitive Boosts the Sp. Atk stat when a stat is lowered Item: HP: 500/500 FP Trey: 0/5 0/10 FP JR: 0/5 2/10 Attacks: ç•Play Rough: 130 (90 + 40): 1/2 chance to lower targets physical attack one stage ~Hyper Voice: 130 (90 + 40) ç•Wake-Up Slap: 110 (70 + 40): Inflicts double damage if target is asleep. wakes the target ç•Body Slam: 125 (85 + 40): 7/10 chance to paralyze. If a pokemon has used minimize, the base power is doubled (Next move: ---- ) N A M E ♀♂, lvl 00. [ S P E C I A L B A L L ] Exp 0/15 Ability: Item: HP: 0/00 FP Trey: 0/5 0/10 FP JR: 0/5 0/10 Attacks:
Leo glanced away from Lia as she conceded, not taking joy in seeing her so defeated. At the same time, however, he needed to remind himself that he was right and that this was the best decision for the both of them; he wasn’t being selfish, he just wanted to keep his sister safe. So why did he feel like such a bad guy? Leo mumbled incoherently to himself, and ran several fingers through his hair, before he spun around to look at his sister. “Fine!” he exclaimed, out loud, but scowled upon the realization that he was continuing a conversation that, up until now, had been solely telepathic. Leo quickly corrected himself. “We can do one contest. One! I’ll… figure something out, change my appearance or something, but after the winners are announced we leave right then; we don’t stick around, got it?” He acted as if Lia had been begging him to change his mind but, in actuality, he’d simply caved at the idea of disappointing his sister; he really… needed to stay firm on his own decisions.
Flip-flopping on his calls… Well, at least there was one plan he was going to stick to. After leaving the registration desk, Leo went about the contest hall to try and root out information on the rest of Vince’s competition. Unfortunately, there wasn’t much to find out about Dr. Spencer and Kathleen. While neither were as new to the contest scene as Vince, they also weren’t top stars like Lance, from what he gathered they were at the point of… having just a few individuals recognize their name, with a few contest wins under their belts. That was enough for Leo to work with, thankfully, and once he felt he had the necessary information he went to share his ‘findings’ with a few interested parties. “Hey guys, looking forward to this upcoming contest?” The blunette greeted a small group of people, who had begun to line up around the entrance to the contest hall as time drew closer. All looked up, and a few offered a few murmurs of agreement, but only one person, a short woman who looked to be in her mid-thirties, gave a distinguishing remark. “But of course! My lovely Lance will be taking the stage with Aurora, who wouldn’t look forward to this?”
Leo was careful not to let his eyes light up as the woman, all but confessed, her love for Lance; this was the superfan he needed. “I know I am. It’ll be great to see everyone compete.” The words were barely out of his mouth before they were drowned out by a boisterous laugh from the woman. “Hah! As if there’ll be much of a competition. It’s obvious that Lance will take the ribbon, just as he always does!” There were a few murmurs of agreement from the rest of the crowd, other fans who’d undoubtedly seen Lance in action, while a few individuals rolled their eyes and scoffed; a good mix of responses, Leo would say. “I dunnooooo,” Leo sang, unfazed by the woman. “He’s got quite the list of competitors this time: Dr. Spencer, Kathleen. Though my money’s on this new guy, Vince.”
Once again, his comment was met with laughter, much harsher this time, from the same woman. “Ohohoho! I’m sorry, but did you just say you believed the ‘new guy’ would win? You think that some nobody could beat the Lance Knight? He’s been undefeated since his debut! What could possibly make you think this ‘Vince’ stands a chance against a superstar like Lance?” Leo, who had kept his smile even in the face of mockery, simply shrugged. “It’s just a feeling I’ve got. I think everyone stands a good chance to win, contests are pretty unpredictable. You never know how they’ll end up going.” He took a pause, and used this as a chance to gauge the small crowd.
They all seemed pretty invested in what was being said, and a few were more expressive than others. Perfect. “But! You know, if you’re so confident in Lance, why don’t we start up a little betting pool?” Leo offered, and while it was a suggestion made for all who were interested, his eyes remained on Ms. Superfan. She huffed, but didn’t bat an eye. “Fine then. I could use a little extra pocket change anyway.” The legendary flashed a smile. “Excellent! Anyone else care to participate? Feel free to bet on more than just Lance and Vince, of course, there are four contestants after all.” A few others stepped up, hands in pockets and purses to produce money. “Just, keep it mind, I do get 5% of the winnings, though I'll still bet on Vince, since I'm organizing this.” Without too many complaints, others stepped up as well. He was in business!
Olivia nodded her head, still surprised at this new revelation. “Well I hope, for your sake, you can wear the tux to the wedding, or else I’ll just have to have you wear it at random. We can’t allow you to waste such an elegant piece.” Because that would be a true tragedy. She took note of how Vince didn’t answer to the second part of her question, involving funerals, but certainly wasn’t going to push it and moved on. While Olivia wasn’t the impatient type, she still felt the need to check on Vince after he’d spent several minutes inside the changing room, and was pleased to see him step out soon afterwards.
She had to bite her lip to prevent from laughing too hard when Vince suggested taking his shirt off during the contest, though the very image was even to elicit a few snickers from her. “Well, it would definitely fit the ‘beauty’ theme,” she mused, amongst poorly kept chuckles. “But, as much as I and the audience would enjoy such a show, you’ve got to make sure the attention remains on Wei He.” She was careful to try and not fall into a fit of laughter, but, again, just the image of Vince… “Snnrktt…” Olivia snorted again.
Once Vince’s tie had been taken care of, and he’d purchased his suit, all that was left was to create his poffins. “A home-cooked meal would be nice,” Olivia remarked, mind already on the different type of dishes they could cook together. “Sure, I’m down for it. All this cafeteria food isn’t healthy anyway.” It’d be nice to do something simple with Vince. “Maybe we could even go camping.” Now that was a more ‘out of the blue’ idea, but it still remained in the ‘nice’ realm. Keeping in mind Gardevoir’s suggestion, Olivia did her best to stir at a pace that wasn’t too fast or two slow, which was much more straining on her forearm than she would’ve originally thought. But, the finished product was worth the slight soreness, or at least that was what the pinkette told herself, and she joined Vince in peering down at the finished poffin; it matched the pictures she’d seen in the magazines, so she’d count that as a success.
Olivia, pleased with the progress they’d made in getting Vince and Wei He prepared for the contest, kept quiet up until after Vince had signed up for his contest, when it was announced that he’d need to move on into his changing room. “Hm?” She blinked when she felt her hands suddenly in Vince’s, and when she looked up she found him looking at her face in earnest. Though at a loss for words, she still managed to smile, his nerves keeping her calm. Olivia was ready to offer words of assurance, and more encouragement, but stopped when the clerk revealed that she could join Vince, just long enough for the preparatory round; which certainly worked for her.
Eager to help in anyway she can, Olivia took out Vince’s accessories, as instructed, before she sat down on the small couch offered to wait for him to return. Once he finished, without much else to do, she simply watched as Vince prepared Wei He by applying conditioner to his scales. But, that was as far as his progress went, and Olivia stood up slowly from the couch when Vince began to panic. She’d never seen him in this state before, and as new of a sight as it was, they didn’t have time for it. “Vince, take a deep breath,“ she instructed, walking over to her friend and grabbing him by the shoulders. “You’re going to be fine.” And she knew he would, he just needed to get himself together. “Why don’t I take care of Wei He’s makeup while you review his move-set? Take care of two things at once.”
Active Party:
⇨xxN A M E: Yarrow - Pichu
T Y P E: L E V E L: 22 G E N D E R: Female ＮＡＴＵＲＥ: Impish: Tomboy; Mischievous, prone to getting in trouble; Loves playing the ukulele ＡＢＩＬＩＴＹ: Lightning Rod: Electric-type moves are drawn to this Pokémon. Electric-type moves will do no damage and the Pokémon's Special Attack is raised one stage ＨＯＬＤＩＮＧ: N/A ＡＴＴＡＣＫＳ: Volt Tackle - 120: 4/10 Chance to paralyze target, user takes recoil damage equal to 1/3 of the damage dealt Iron Tail - 100: 7/10 Chance of lowering target's physical defense one stage Quick Attack - 40: (Priority +1) Thunderbolt: 90: 4/10 Chance to paralyze target
220/220 HP | Status: None | 22/27 EXP | Next Move;
⇨xxN A M E: Poppy - Happiny
T Y P E: L E V E L: 25 G E N D E R: Female ＮＡＴＵＲＥ: Sassy: Primadonna; Catty; Slow to warm up to others ＡＢＩＬＩＴＹ: Natural Cure: The Pokémon's status ailments are healed when withdrawn from battle ＨＯＬＤＩＮＧ: N/A ＡＴＴＡＣＫＳ: Charm - Lowers target's physical attack two stages Drain Punch - 75: Restores HP to the user equal to 1/2 of damage dealt Copycat - Copies the last move used Mud Bomb - 65: 7/10 chance of lowering target's accuracy one stage
250/250 HP | Status: None | 19/35 EXP | Next Move; TM - Psychic
⇨xxN A M E: Cayenne - Cyndaquil
T Y P E: L E V E L: 26 G E N D E R: Female ＮＡＴＵＲＥ: Brave: Curious; Horrible liar; A bit of a space case ＡＢＩＬＩＴＹ: Flash Fire: This pokemon is immune to fire type attacks. Activates when user is hit by a damaging Fire-type move. Once activated, user's Fire-type moves deal x1.5 more damage with type effectiveness for five turns ＨＯＬＤＩＮＧ: Charcoal: Fire type attacks do x1.2 damage ＡＴＴＡＣＫＳ: Leer - Lowers target's physical defense one stage Tackle - 40 Flame Wheel: 60: 4/10 Chance of Burn Quick Attack - 40: Makes Contact (Priority +1)
260/260 HP | Status: None | 35/36 EXP | Next Move; TM - Wild Charge; lv. 31 - Swift
⇨xxN A M E: Licorice - Sableye
T Y P E: L E V E L: 25 G E N D E R: Female ＮＡＴＵＲＥ: Impish: Easy-going; Lazy; Funny, at least she likes to think she is ＡＢＩＬＩＴＹ: Keen Eye: Prevents pokemon with this ability from losing accuracy ＨＯＬＤＩＮＧ: N/A ＡＴＴＡＣＫＳ: Zen Headbutt - 80: 3/10 Chance to Flinch target Scratch - 40 Thunder Punch - 75: 4/10 chance to paralyze target Foul Play - 95: Inflicts damage using the target's physical attack increases and level attack bonuses instead of the user's
250/250 HP | Status: None | 06/35 EXP | Next Move; lv. 29 - Shadow Claw
⇨xxN A M E: Blueberry - Lupup
T Y P E: L E V E L: 25 G E N D E R: Male ＮＡＴＵＲＥ: Rash: Earnest; Momma's boy; A bit of a goofball ＡＢＩＬＩＴＹ: Adaptability: If this Pokémon uses an attack that has the same type as it, then the move's power does x1.5 base damage ＨＯＬＤＩＮＧ: N/A ＡＴＴＡＣＫＳ: Bite - 60: 4/10 Chance to Flinch target Iron Tail - 100: 7/10 Chance of lowering target's physical defense one stage Disarming Voice - 40: Ignores accuracy & evasiveness Dragon Pulse - 85
250/250 HP | Status: None | 06/35 EXP | Next Move; Lv. 38 - Crunch
⇨xxN A M E: Ginseng - Bunnelby
T Y P E: L E V E L: 24 G E N D E R: Male ＮＡＴＵＲＥ: Hardy: Macho, a real man's man; Afraid of women ＡＢＩＬＩＴＹ: Pickup: If a pokemon with this ability is in your active party, the post count for item bumps is reduced by 10 ＨＯＬＤＩＮＧ: N/A ＡＴＴＡＣＫＳ: Quick Attack - 40: (Priority +1) Leer - Lowers target's physical defense one stage Tackle - 40 Stone Edge - 100: 1/10 chance for critical hit
240/240 HP | Status: None | 21/33 EXP | Next Move; Lv. 18 - Mud Shot
Inactive Party:
⇨xxN A M E: ??? - Torchic
T Y P E: L E V E L: 10 G E N D E R: Female ＮＡＴＵＲＥ: Rash: Emotionless; Violent, a work in progress ＡＢＩＬＩＴＹ: Speed Boost: The Pokémon’s Speed stat is raised by one stage at the end of every round ＨＯＬＤＩＮＧ: Blazikenite: Mega Evolves Blaziken: Attk x1.3, Sp.Atk x1.2, Speed x1.1 ＡＴＴＡＣＫＳ: Growl - Lowers target's physical attack one stage Scratch - 40 Ember - 40: 4/10 Chance of Burn Sand Attack - Lowers target's accuracy one stage
100/100 HP | Status: None | 00/15 EXP | Next Move; Lv. 14 - Peck; TM - Shadow Claw
⇨xxN A M E: ??? - Honedge
T Y P E: L E V E L: 10 G E N D E R: Genderless ＮＡＴＵＲＥ: N/A ＡＢＩＬＩＴＹ: No Guard: All moves used by or against a Pokémon with this Ability cannot miss. It also allows Pokémon to be hit during the semi-invulnerable turn of Fly, Bounce, Dive, Dig, Shadow Force, Sky Drop, and Phantom Force. ＨＯＬＤＩＮＧ: N/A ＡＴＴＡＣＫＳ: Precipice Blades - 100 Swords Dance - Raises user's physical attack two stages Tackle - 40 Fury Cutter - 40: Damage doubles after each successful Hit, If not used consecutively, or misses, damage resets
100/100 HP | Status: None | 00/15 EXP | Next Move; Lv. 13 - Pursuit
⇨xxN A M E: Valerian - Bisharp
T Y P E: L E V E L: 30 G E N D E R: Female ＮＡＴＵＲＥ: Modest: Goal-driven, has the tendency to tunnel-vision through life; Strong upholder of justice; Even-tempered ＡＢＩＬＩＴＹ: Defiant: Raises user's attack by two stages each time any of their stats are lowered. Defiant does not activate for self inflicted status lowering moves such as Overheat or Leaf Storm ＨＯＬＤＩＮＧ: N/A ＡＴＴＡＣＫＳ: Fury Cutter - 40: Damage doubles after each successful Hit, If not used consecutively, or misses, damage resets Iron Head - 80: 4/10 Chance to Flinch target Metal Burst - Takes the damage of the target's last attack and counters back with x1.3 damage Dark Pulse - 80: 3/10 Chance to Flinch target
300/300 HP | Status: None | 05/16 EXP | Next Move; TM - Aerial Ace
Bag:
Items: Battle Recorder Heart Scale x4 B. Mushroom
Held Items: King's Rock Roman Candle Flame Plate Iron Plate Spooky Plate Dread Plate Mind Plate Zap Plate Splash Plate Pixie Plate Latiosite Eviolite Lucky Punch Wise Glasses
Medicine: Potion x∞ Shalour Sable Revival Herb Moomoo milk x5 Lemonade x3 Max Heal
Personal Items: Wallet | Gun | Badge | Medicine Kit | Handcuffs | Notepad Pokedex | Satchel of herbs
XTransceiver
Vincent Belduke
SpectralEternity
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2017 12:37 pm
T o d d
This was it, they were down to the wire. Todd waited, patiently and definitely not nervous one bit, for Trey and Cherish to finish up their move before he gestured for Spin to go out, one last time. This was going to be tough, especially knowing how well received Cherish's last move had been, but they could definitely come back from it. Totally. Probably. Right? Todd shook his head, no need to doubt themselves now! "Struggle Bug!" he called out, voice echoing across the stage. Spin jumped into action, tiny legs shaking and jiving in a little dance. She danced and busted an adorable move all across the stage, and then back over to Todd, and used the crowd's collective 'aww' as her music.
Spin returning to Todd signaled the end of the performance round, and afterwards the judges gathered together for deliberations. Todd watched them from the corner of his eye, wondering just who would come out the winner, but that was only for a few seconds before he turned his attention to Spin. "You did great, girl," he praised, and gave her a few head scratches to go with. The Spinarak churred softly and closed her eyes, before she rubbed her head up against Todd's leg. Heh, now if only the judges could see this.
It wasn't long after that the panel broke apart, with one leaving the judge's table just long enough to give their final results to the announcer. The woman nodded as the winner's name was whispered to her, and she put on a beamish smile as she turned to the audience. "Thank you all for waiting!" she called out, her voice carrying with the help of her microphone. "The coordinators today, and their pokemon, both did an excellent job! Our winners today are.... Trey and Cherish!" A roar of applause followed the announcer's reveal, Todd's amongst them, and she gestured out for Trey to come up on the stage and collect his ribbon. "Congratulations you two!"
Spin the Spinarak Base Appeal: 10 | Combo Chance: 20%
CUTE | Struggle Bug ♥♥ Works great if the user goes last this turn. CUTE | Bug Bite ♥♥♥ Makes audience expect little of other contestants. CUTE | Attract ♥♥ Makes the remaining Pokémon nervous. CUTE | Bounce ♥ Prevents the user from being startled until the turn ends
Presentation Round
Todd applied a Bell Collar to Spin! (+4 Cute Appeal) Trey applied a Bow Tie to Cherish! (+4 Cute Appeal)
Spin used Bug Bite! +3 Appeal
Cherish used Screech! +3 Appeal
Spin | (6 + 4 + 3) 13 Cherish | (10 + 4 + 3) 17
Performance Round
Turn O1 Cherish used Screech! The audience expects little from Spin! +3 Appeal
Spin used Struggle Bug! It works great if she goes last! +5 Appeal ; +1 Match
Cherish | 3 Spin | (2 + 3 + 1 - 2) 4
Turn O2 Spin used Bounce! She can't be startled this round! +1 Appeal ; +1 Match ; +1 Excitement Excitement | 1/5
Cherish used Withdraw! +2 Appeal, +1 Match ; +1 Excitement Excitement | 2/5
Cherish | (3 + 2 + 1) 6 Spin | (4 + 1 + 1 - 2) 4
Turn O3 Cherish used Disarming Voice! It works great if the user goes first! +5 Appeal, +1 Match ; +1 Excitement Excitement | 3/5
Spin used Bug Bite! The audience expects little from Cherish! +2 Appeal, +1 Match ; +1 Excitement Excitement | 4/5
Cherish | (6 + 2 + 3 + 1) 12 Spin | (4 + 2 + 1) 7
Turn O4 Cherish used Withdraw! He cannot be startled this round! +2 Appeal, +1 Match ; +1 Excitement Excitement | 5/5 The crowd's excitement reached its peak!
Spin used Struggle Bug! It works great if she goes last! +5 Appeal, + 1 Match ; +1 Excitement Excitement | 1/5
Item questing: Cautious Lens 3/40 [ Reduced from 50 by Shade's Pickup Ability ] posts Area Specific Item: Explosive Seal 7/10 posts
Trey stood by the other end of the stage, watching his opponents performance with clenched fists. He wasn't angry, or frustrated, just.... a bit tense. If he'd been keeping track right.... he and Cherish were on the path to victory. That could change, however, if this move was successfully pulled off.... And honestly, from what he saw, it was. It didn't get quite the same reaction that his and Cherish's performance had, but still, the finale effect of it seemed to really boost the judge's opinion. The willingly-mute trainer rolled his shoulders back and glanced down at Cherish, who was grooming himself, and sighed. Well, either way... they did pretty good, in his opinion. He took the time while the judge's deliberated to kneel down and pet the pokemon, who looked up, gekkering quizzically, before both looked over as the announcer spoke up. Trey straightened, preparing for the worst, but actually smiled when they were announced the winners. He turned to a curious Cherish, who was just gazing at the woman with his head tilted to the side, but turned to his trainer at the movement.
"We won!" The teen signed enthusiastically, before leaning down to pick the pokemon up. Cherish yipped in surprise, before settling down in his arms. Trey was clearly happy, though he wasn't exactly bursting with joy, like some might have at their first victory. He moved over to get his winnings, nodding and giving a slight bow in appreciation, before looking down at the ribbon. Their first ribbon.... and the first of many, hopefully.
Contest Summary
Presentation Round: Trey used a Bow Tie on Cherish! +4 Cute Appeal Base Appeal: 10 Appeal from Poffins + 4 = 14 Base Appeal Todd applied a Bell Collar to Spin! +4 Cute Appeal + 6 Poffin Appeal = 10 Base Appeal
Spin used Bug Bite! +3 Appeal Cherish used Screech! +3 Appeal
Cherish: 14 Base Appeal + 3 = 17 Appeal Spin: 10 Base Appeal + 3 = 13 Appeal
Performance Round Turn 1: Cherish used Screech! +3 Appeal Spin used Struggle Bug! +2 +3 from going last +1 [match] -2 from Screech = +4 0/5 Excitement - Screech
Spin: 4 Cherish: 3
Turn 2: Spin used Bounce! +1 +1 Match - 2 from Screech = +0 Appeal 1/5 Excitement Cherish used Withdraw! +2 +1 Match = +3 Appeal 2/5 Excitement
Spin: 4 + 0 = 4 Cherish: 6
Turn 3: Cherish used Disarming Voice! 2 + 3 + 1 Match = +6 Appeal 3/5 Excitement Spin used Bug Bite! 2 + 1 [Match] = +3 Appeal The audience expects little from Cherish! 4/5 Excitement
Spin: 4 + 3 = 7 Cherish: 6 + 6 = 12
Turn 4: Cherish used Withdraw! 2 + 1 [Match] - 2 [Bug Bite] = +1 Appeal 5/5 Excitement The crowd went wild! +3 Appeal Spin used Struggle Bug! +2 +3 [effect] +1 [match] = +6 Appeal 1/5 Excitement
Spin: 7 + 6 = 13 Cherish: 12 + 4 = 16 Appeal
Total: Spin: 13 + 13 = 26 Cherish: 17 + 16 = 33
Trey won! Claiming TM Earthquake +10 exp to Cherish!
Notes to self: "Elvrick Hirsh" is JR's 'Trainer' persona
Pending Items
- Contest - x1 Conditioner x2 Smoke Seal x1 Maiden Ball x1 Sparkle Seal x1 Green Scarf x1 Headband
OoB;
Cherish, the Gekkit ♂, lvl 15. [ XP Ball ] Exp 9/25 +10 exp from contest Ability: Battle Armor Prevents Critical Hits and reduces damage from Physical Attacks by 1/10 of the total damage Item: HP: 110/150 Contest Base Appeal: 10 Cute 4 Cool 1 Beauty 0 Smart 0 Tough 1/7 Poffin FP Trey: 3/5 8/10 FP Jr: 0/5 0/10 Attacks: Withdraw: Raise user's physical defense one stage ♥♥ Prevents the user from being startled one time this turn Uproar: 90: lasts 3 rounds, and all Pokemon on the field cannot sleep for the duration of the uproar ♥♥ Badly startles Pokémon that the audience has high expectations of Disarming Voice: 40: Ignores accuracy & evasiveness ♥♥ Works great if the user goes first this turn Screech: Lower targets defense two stages ♥♥♥ Makes audience expect little of other contestants (Next Move: Bite at 13 ) Shade, the Danshen Θ, lvl 17. [ XP Ball ] Exp 2/22 Ability: Pickup If a pokemon with this ability is in your active party, the post count for item bumps is reduced by 10. This reduction does not affect items that are already 10 posts to obtain, and having multiple pokemon with Pickup in the active party does not decrease the number of posts for an item more than 10 Item: HP: 100/170 FP Trey: 2/5 1/10 FP JR: 0/5 1/10 Attacks: Confuse Ray: Confuses target pokemon ♥♥ Badly startles Pokémon that the audience has high expectations of Calm Mind: Raise special attack & defense one stage ♥ Gets the Pokémon pumped up. Helps prevent nervousness, too Confusion: 50: 4/10 Chance to cause confusion ♥♥♥♥ Quite an appealing move Trick: Swaps held Items with target ♥♥ Badly startles Pokémon that used a move of the same type (Next Move: Disarming Voice at 12 )
Out of Party Pokemon
Wesley, the Wigglytough ♂, lvl 50. Exp 0/15 Ability: Competitive Boosts the Sp. Atk stat when a stat is lowered Item: HP: 500/500 FP Trey: 0/5 0/10 FP JR: 0/5 2/10 Attacks: ç•Play Rough: 130 (90 + 40): 1/2 chance to lower targets physical attack one stage ~Hyper Voice: 130 (90 + 40) ç•Wake-Up Slap: 110 (70 + 40): Inflicts double damage if target is asleep. wakes the target ç•Body Slam: 125 (85 + 40): 7/10 chance to paralyze. If a pokemon has used minimize, the base power is doubled (Next move: ---- ) N A M E ♀♂, lvl 00. [ S P E C I A L B A L L ] Exp 0/15 Ability: Item: HP: 0/00 FP Trey: 0/5 0/10 FP JR: 0/5 0/10 Attacks:
Movement 3/3 || Wild Pokemon: 173/3 || NPC Battle: 147/15 --> 132/15 || Item Bump: 23/30 Razor Claw, 5/10 Mist Seal (Area specific) || Need to Claim: Blue Flute, 10/10 Heart Scale x6, Latias (with Zen Headbutt, Earthquake, Steel Wing, and Dragon Claw) || Wishlist: Heart Scales, Crystal Shards, Big Mushrooms, Expert Belts, Flying Gems, TM Earthquake x2, Razor Claw
Team OOB:
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⇨xxN A M E: 秀风 (Xiù Fēng “Beautiful/Elegant Wind”) - Lupup T Y P E: L E V E L: 22 G E N D E R: ♀ N A T U R E: Brave - Speaks her mind, courageous, likes to explore, believes Vince to be her ward. A B I L I T Y: Adaptability - If this Pokémon uses an attack that has the same type as it, then the move's power does x1.5 base damage H O L D I N G: N/A B A S E x A P P E A L: 0 Poffins | 0 Cute | 0 Cool | 0 Beauty | 0 Smart | 0 Tough A T T A C K S: Bite - Base Appeal: ♥♥ | Jam: ♥♥♥♥ to the pokemon that acted previously | Battle Round effect: Jam: ♥♥♥♥ Dragonbreath - Base Appeal: ♥♥ | Jam: ♥♥♥♥ to the pokemon that acted previously | Battle Round effect: Jam: ♥♥♥♥ Disarming Voice - Base Appeal: ♥♥ | Effect: ♥♥♥♥♥ if the User is first | Battle Round: Adds +4 appeal if the user goes first, +2 otherwise Tackle - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥♥ | Effect: +2 Excitement | Battle Round Effect: ♥♥♥♥
- 220/220HP | Status: None | 9/32 EXP | Next Move: TM Psychic (Lunine) Heart Scale - Dragon Pulse & Iron Tail (Lunine) Lv. 42 - Moonblast (lunine) | Evolve at level 30 while gym battling
⇨xxN A M E: 煌辰 (Huáng Chén “Bright Morning”) - Charmeleon T Y P E: L E V E L: 19 G E N D E R: ♀ N A T U R E: Adamant - Very determined, wants to prove herself A B I L I T Y: Blaze - When HP is below 1/3rd, fire type attacks do x1.5 damage H O L D I N G: Expert Belt: When this item is held, if the holder uses an attack on the opponent which is Super Effective, its power is increased x1.2 B A S E x A P P E A L: 0 Poffins | 0 Cute | 0 Cool | 0 Beauty | 0 Smart | 0 Tough A T T A C K S: Scratch - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥♥ | Effect: +2 Excitement | Battle Round: ♥♥♥♥ Iron Tail - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥♥ | Effect: +2 Excitement | Battle Round: ♥♥♥♥ Heat Wave - Base Appeal: ♥♥ | Jam: ♥♥ to contestants that acted before the user | Battle Round: Jam: ♥♥ Dragon Rush - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥ | Effect: Add half of the previous pokemon's move appeal to base appeal | Battle Round: If the opponent used an appealing move, ♥♥♥♥, if a jamming move, ♥♥
⇨xxN A M E: 伟河 (Wěi Hé “Mighty River”) - Kingdra T Y P E: L E V E L: 20 G E N D E R: ♂ N A T U R E: Serious A B I L I T Y: Sniper - Critical Hits by this pokemon do x3 damage instead of x2 H O L D I N G: N/A B A S E x A P P E A L: 2 Poffins | 0 Cute | 1 Cool | 20 Beauty | 0 Smart | 8 Tough A T T A C K S: Hydro Pump - Base Appeal: ♥ | Effect: +Appeal equal to the excitement meter. | Battle Round: Appeal equals one fourth the total appeal between battling pokemon. Blizzard - Base Appeal: ♥ | Jam: ♥♥♥♥ to the pokemon that went previously | Battle Round: Jam: ♥♥♥♥ Dragon Pulse - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥♥ | Effect: Excitement +2 | Battle Round Effect: ♥♥♥♥ Yawn - Base Appeal: ♥♥ | Effect: Makes the remaining Pokémon nervous (the effect of the startling is multiplied by two). | Battle Round: Doubles jam done to opponent if the user makes a startling move next round.
- 200/200HP | Status: None | 1/15 EXP | Next Move: Lv 26 - Focus Energy, Heart Scale - Iron Head
⇨xxN A M E: Unnamed - Ghoizard T Y P E: L E V E L: 10 G E N D E R: 0 N A T U R E: Naughty - Impudent, selfish, and unnecessarily cruel A B I L I T Y: Marvel Scale: Attacks that hit this pokemon will do 1/2 damage when induced with a major status condition H O L D I N G: N/A B A S E x A P P E A L: 0 Poffins | 0 Cute | 0 Cool | 0 Beauty | 0 Smart | 0 Tough A T T A C K S: Leer - Base Appeal: ♥♥ | Jam: ♥♥♥♥ to the pokemon with the highest score | Battle Round: Jams opponent equal to one fourth their battle round appeal Night Shade - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥ | Effect: No change in excitement for consecutive uses, no reduction for using the move consecutively | Battle Round: ♥♥♥ with no reduction for repetitive use Detect - Base Appeal: ♥ | Effect: Prevents the user from being startled until the turn ends. | Battle Effect: ♥♥ Prevents Appeal drop for two turns.
- 100/100HP | Status: None | 19/20 EXP | Evolves at level 16 at night | Next Move: Lv 15 - Bite
⇨xxN A M E: 翔 (Xiáng: “To Soar”) - 𝛿 Salamence T Y P E: L E V E L: 11 G E N D E R: ♂ N A T U R E: Bold - Dependable, strong silent type A B I L I T Y: Moxie - This Pokemon's attack is raised by one stage upon KOing a Pokémon H O L D I N G: N/A B A S E x A P P E A L: 0 Poffins | 0 Cute | 0 Cool | 0 Beauty | 0 Smart | 0 Tough A T T A C K S: Rage - Base Appeal: ♥ | Jam: ♥♥ to contestants that acted before the user | Battle Round: Jam: ♥♥ Fire Fang - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥♥ | Effect: +2 Excitement | Battle Round Effect: ♥♥♥♥ Dragon Tail - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥ | Effect: ♥♥♥♥♥♥ if the user goes last in that round | Battle Round: Adds +4 appeal if the user goes last, +2 otherwise Thunder Fang - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥♥ | Effect: +2 Excitement | Battle Round: ♥♥♥♥
- 110/110HP | Status: None | 15/21 EXP | Next Move: Heart Scale - Iron Tail, Big M - Dragon Rush, Hydro Pump
⇨xxN A M E: 戰士 (Zhànshì “Warrior”) - Jangmo-o T Y P E: L E V E L: 10 G E N D E R: ♂ N A T U R E: Modest - Loyal and brave A B I L I T Y: Bulletproof - Protects the Pokémon from ball and bomb moves H O L D I N G: N/A B A S E x A P P E A L: 0 Poffins | 0 Cute | 0 Cool | 0 Beauty | 0 Smart | 0 Tough A T T A C K S: Tackle - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥♥ | Effect: +2 Excitement | Battle Round: ♥♥♥♥ Bide - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥ Effect: Moves the user back in the order by one | Battle Round: ♥♥ The opponent will go second the next round. Leer - Base Appeal: ♥♥ | Jam: ♥♥♥♥ to the pokemon with the highest score | Battle Round: Jams opponent equal to one fourth their battle round appeal
Lia blinked as Leo made his exclamation out loud, causing Vince to look back at the twins with some confusion. Thankfully, given that Lia used sign language anyways, he assumed she'd been signaling Leo for something incessantly and he's simply responded aloud rather than suspecting that they were having a telepathic conversation and turned his attention back to his contest preparations. Nevertheless, Lia grinned widely as Leo promised her one contest as long as they didn't stick around afterwards. Really?! Really really?! You mean it?! She threw her arms around her brother in a rather heavy handed hug, jumping up and down. What am I going to wear?! Oh I need to go pick out some accessories! But first I guess I should decide what contest to try out. I think I'd be pretty good at a cute contest huh? Though I don't think my moves are very cute.... They're more cool, so maybe I should go for a cool contest! Lia babbled on and on, mostly to herself since it was likely at this rate Leo would soon tune her out.
Sure enough, the bluenette quickly excused himself as Lia ran off to go browse the accessories again in all of her excitement. Vince didn't really mind, he had his own contest to worry about and it was probably best he did that without the twins, as mean as it might sound. He was amused by Olivia's shock in him not having really owed a suit before, much less worn them. The fabric was thick and stuffy and a little uncomfortable but he would manage for the sake of looking sharp for this contest. He wouldn't really mind wearing it at other times at Olivia's request either, given how determined she was to put the suit to good use. "If you insist." He voiced his mild agreement, joking about the possibility of taking off his shirt for the contest to earn them more points. The only points Vince would be earning with that idea was from Olivia though. There was no way he'd actually strip in front of a crowd, but suggesting it to Olivia and seeing her laugh made the comment worth it.
With his suit and accessories for Wei He picked out, the gardevoir had Vince and Olivia make poffins for the kingdra, causing the conversation topic to shift to cooking together again like they had in the distortion world. Vince had to admit he'd rather enjoyed doing it. In less gloomy circumstances it would have been even better, so he was willing to do it again casually rather than out of necessity if Olivia so desired. He chuckled at her proposal of camping and nodded. "Well we are heading towards Fortree. I'm sure we could opt out of the pokemon center and find the means to set up camp in the forest nearby." He suggested. After their poffins were made and fed to Wei He, Vince was prepared for the contest.... Except he wasn't, at least not mentally. Mild panic overcame him as he was brought into the preparation room, and it was likely that Olivia's presence was the one thing holding him together. He was able to get himself dressed and able to wash Wei He, but he was at a loss for applying the makeup and his gardevoir teacher wasn't around to advise him.
He didn't know why he was suddenly so nervous.... He had never been good with crowds but that was more an annoyance than genuine fear. Maybe it was the fact that this time, he had to make a good impression. Typically he felt indifferent to the feelings of the strangers around him. He didn't go out of his way to be a jerk or anything, but he didn't really care what they thought of him or perceived him as. Now he had to, since he would be judged by it. Or rather, Wei He would, but Vince felt so unprepared given the short amount of time in which he'd decided to throw himself directly into the fire. It also probably had something to do with the crowd being so far away and small but still there. Being inside of a crowd, Vince could see any potential threats among the people around him since they were so up close and personal. He could also lose any tails by submerging into a large crowd, but this? This was putting himself up on a pedestal for the world to see, and that was dangerous. Somehow it just didn't quite click until now. He felt like he couldn't breathe, like he was going to be an insect under a magnifying glass for others to recognize and hunt down, or study and scrutinize and judge and--
"Vince, take a deep breath."
Vince blinked and obeyed, sucking in the air he'd been depriving himself of for the last minute due to his internal panic attack. Vince let out a sigh, trying to calm his nerves, nodding as Olivia offered to take care of Wei He, insisting he'd be fine. "Yes.... Yes.... Okay.... You're right.... Thank you." He said somewhat shakily, pacing back and forth for a bit looking for a chair that was right under his nose before he sat down and slowly ran his hands back through his hair. For a moment he focused on breathing, eyes closed, calming down. He would be fine. He had to believe that. He was strong, his pokemon were strong. Even if the worst happened, he was sure they could get through an attack. Prepare for the worst, hope for the best, it was all he could do.
With that settled, he flipped through the little booklet that Lia had handed him. First he needed to plan their grand entrance. Out of the three beauty moves We Hei had, dragon pulse had the highest marks for appeal, so he figured he should probably work with that. The presentation round was just that, presentation, so strategy with Wei He's other moves didn't quite come into play yet. Once he had his opening strategy, Vince checked on Wei He and Olivia to see how the makeup was coming along. The change was subtle, but effective. Certain scales along the kingdra's face and body had been accented with deep blue hues, Wei He's eyes had also been traced with the dark blue makeup, a little bit of a shimmering silver added. As the makeup promised, it was a natural appeal that seemed to accent Wei He's features rather than make them gaudy. Vince slowly smiled as he admired Olivia's work. "He looks amazing." Vince complimented them both, and Wei He looked away out of embarrassment. It wasn't like Vince to give out compliments so freely to his pokemon. Nevertheless, Wei He was grateful, subtly peering into the mounted mirror on the wall and looking at himself curiously. He only managed to pull his eyes away when Vince spoke of his plan for their opening entrance.
A knock at the door interrupted their discussion, but Wei He had a good enough idea of what Vince was going for. "Vince? Hey, it's showtime guy. We need you on stage or we have to call a forfeit." Vince took in another deep breath and relaxed. Whatever had been agitating him before seemed to have been quelled somewhat. He was still clearly nervous, but at least it wasn't inhibiting him completely any longer. "I'm coming." Vince insisted, though he took a moment to hug Olivia first. "Thanks again.... Wish me luck. I'll look for you in the audience." He suggested with a small smile, still desperately trying to keep calm as he reluctantly let her go and returned Wei He to his ball.
The next thing Vince knew, he was standing behind the curtain with his three opponents, waiting to be announced and walk on stage. His nerves were once again reaching a fever pitch, the tightness he felt in his whole body causing him to tremble ever so subtly, but he continued to replay Olivia's gentle reminder to keep breathing in his head. Lance was here now, staring him down. He couldn't afford to show weakness. "You really are dim witted, aren't you?" Lance finally commented when he was finished scowling silently at Vince. The dragon tamer chose to ignore Lance's comment rather than engage in such a baited question. No good would come of it anyways. Unfortunately he and Lance didn't quite see eye to eye on that subject. "Leave. Now." Lance hissed. This was his stage and he wouldn't have some amateur turning it into a circus. "No." Vince stated flatly with a condescending smile, and finding great satisfaction in Lance's annoyance.
".......Lance Knight and Aurora!" The announcer called suddenly and the crowd cheered. The white clad male's jaw set, staring at Vince for a moment. "You'd better go, or they'll take your absence as a forfeit, and wouldn't that be a pity." Vince continued coolly. With a huff, Lance turned to make his way out on stage, putting on a dashing smile for his loving audience in spite of how irritated he felt. Vince watched from the screen back stage as Aurora, his alolan Vulpix, came out in a sea of mysterious mist and powdered snow which eventually cleared to show her dazzling form, all dolled up in a diamond necklace that sparkled as much as her gleaming fur. She also had a bit of makeup that accented her eyelids and lashes, making her look more elegant than her natural cute appearance. Vince rolled his eyes, but he had to admit it was well done.
"I don't understand.... How can they love him so much when he's such a jerk in person? Do they really believe the act he's putting up?" Vince remarked to no one in particular. If the other contestants didn't acknowledge the comment, Vince wouldn't take it personally, but he got responses anyways. "Yeah, well.... Everyone who's actually participated in contests with him knows the truth at least. Plus I don't think it's entirely an act. Lance does love his fans, especially since they support him rather than stand in his way." One of the women remarked before she was called up next on stage. Her name was Katrina, and she was a beauty in a ruffled magenta two piece swimsuit with a milotic that seemed outfitted the same as her trainer with her sun hat and pearls. "I see that you are Lance's latest target.... Heh...." Vince turned his attention to the scientific looking woman next to him as she adjusted her thick glasses and smiled warily. "He used to give me a hard time too, insisting that scientists such as myself should erm.... 'Stick to clever contests, where we belonged'. Science can be beautiful too, y-you know?" She insisted with a frown and furrowed brow, and Vince gave a small smile and reassuring nod. He didn't really know, since he wasn't really scientific himself, but he would take her word for it. "....I'm sorry that you seem to have gotten on his bad side, but I have to say it's nice not being the one bullied by him for once... S-sorry." The woman gave a nervous and sympathetic smile. "It's fine. He can try to bother me all he wants. I' not leaving. Better he harass me than someone who'll be affected by it." Vince insisted with a shrug. "Yes...." The woman, who's name was apparently Dr. Spencer, was called onstage next, where she released her glowing castform and showed off a powder snow of their own. Vince smiled as he watched. The colors of castform's glow seal and the snow somewhat clashed so she didn't get as much appeal, but Vince could see the idea she was trying to get at, and he was sure one day she'd be able to perfect it.
Now it was his turn. Vince wished it wasn't. It was strange, being caught between excitement and fear. Then again, the feeling wasn't entirely unfamiliar to him, but he was used to the two feelings interacting in a different way, melding together into pure adrenaline, not fighting for dominance as they were now. The battle left Vince's head swimming, his stomach in knots, but he clutched Wei He's ball, took a breath, and stepped out onto the stage. There was polite clapping and a few cheers, some of which were embarrassingly loud. Whether the latter was Leo or Olivia, he couldn't tell. Perhaps both, but it had to be them; no one else would be that excited for a new face in the contest scene. At least, Vince hoped not. "Let's give these people a good show Wei He...." Vince murmured before tossing the water ball in the air. All at once, the kingdra appeared in a shower of sparkles, accenting his polished glossy scales and makeup he wore, and making him look roguishly handsome with his cape. To add to the effect, Wei He shot off a weak dragon pulse that encircled him and then gently exploded into even more colorful opalescent sparkles. The effect was overwhelming as the audience suddenly roared with cheers. Vince himself seemed a little surprised at how well they'd been able to pull it off, or rather, how well it'd been received.
Vince is participating in a Beginner's Ribbon Beauty Contest!
Opponents: Lance/Alolan Vulpix (Aurora): Powder Snow - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥♥ | Effect: +2 Excitement | Battle Round: ♥♥♥♥ Ice Shard - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥ | Effect: Causes the user to move one position earlier on the next turn. | Battle Round: ♥♥ Allows the user to go again, switching the order. If the user is already first, no secondary effect. Icy Wind - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥♥ | Effect: Moves that do +2 appeal or less fail to excite the audience | Battle Round: Reduces moves that do +2 appeal or less to 0 Appeal Mist - Base Appeal: ♥ | Effect: Prevents the user from being startled until the turn ends. | Battle Round: ♥♥ Prevents Appeal drop for two turns
Dr. Spencer/Castform (Forecast): Hail - Base Appeal: ♥♥ | Effect: -4 Appeal to all that successfully earned appeal | Battle Round: Reduces opponent's Appeal by their move from the previous turn Powder Snow - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥♥ | Effect: +2 Excitement | Battle Round: ♥♥♥♥ Rain Dance - Base Appeal: ♥ | Effect: +Appeal equal to the excitement meter | Battle Round: Appeal equals one fourth the total Battle Round Appeal between battling pokemon Weather Ball - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥ | Effect: No change to excitement meter for consecutive uses | Battle Round: ♥♥♥ No reduction for repetitive use
Kathleen/Milotic (Ariel): Rain Dance - Base Appeal: ♥ | Effect: +Appeal equal to the excitement meter | Battle Round: Appeal equals one fourth the total Battle Round Appeal between battling pokemon Aqua Ring - Base Appeal: ♥ | Effect: 1/2 Startle effect. Increases the chance of a combo by 20% | Battle Round: Gains +2 appeal. Reduces negative appeal by 1 Aqua Tail - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥♥ | Effect: +2 Excitement | Battle Round: ♥♥♥♥ Water Pulse - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥ | Effect: -2 to opponent's appeal for two turns; no excitement till end of turn | Battle Round: Reduces the opponent's Appeal by 2 for two rounds
Movement 3/3 || Wild Pokemon: 174/3 || NPC Battle: 133/15 || Item Bump: 24/30 Razor Claw, 6/10 Mist Seal (Area specific) || Need to Claim: 1st badge Gym TM of choice,Blue Flute, 10/10 Heart Scale x6, Latias (with Zen Headbutt, Earthquake, Steel Wing, and Dragon Claw) || Wishlist: Heart Scales, Crystal Shards, Big Mushrooms, Expert Belts, Flying Gems, TM Earthquake x2, Razor Claw
Team OOB:
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⇨xxN A M E: 秀风 (Xiù Fēng “Beautiful/Elegant Wind”) - Lupup T Y P E: L E V E L: 22 G E N D E R: ♀ N A T U R E: Brave - Speaks her mind, courageous, likes to explore, believes Vince to be her ward. A B I L I T Y: Adaptability - If this Pokémon uses an attack that has the same type as it, then the move's power does x1.5 base damage H O L D I N G: N/A B A S E x A P P E A L: 0 Poffins | 0 Cute | 0 Cool | 0 Beauty | 0 Smart | 0 Tough A T T A C K S: Bite - Base Appeal: ♥♥ | Jam: ♥♥♥♥ to the pokemon that acted previously | Battle Round effect: Jam: ♥♥♥♥ Dragonbreath - Base Appeal: ♥♥ | Jam: ♥♥♥♥ to the pokemon that acted previously | Battle Round effect: Jam: ♥♥♥♥ Disarming Voice - Base Appeal: ♥♥ | Effect: ♥♥♥♥♥ if the User is first | Battle Round: Adds +4 appeal if the user goes first, +2 otherwise Tackle - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥♥ | Effect: +2 Excitement | Battle Round Effect: ♥♥♥♥
- 220/220HP | Status: None | 10/32 EXP | Next Move: TM Psychic (Lunine) Heart Scale - Dragon Pulse & Iron Tail (Lunine) Lv. 42 - Moonblast (lunine) | Evolve at level 30 while gym battling
⇨xxN A M E: 煌辰 (Huáng Chén “Bright Morning”) - Charmeleon T Y P E: L E V E L: 24 G E N D E R: ♀ N A T U R E: Adamant - Very determined, wants to prove herself A B I L I T Y: Blaze - When HP is below 1/3rd, fire type attacks do x1.5 damage H O L D I N G: Expert Belt: When this item is held, if the holder uses an attack on the opponent which is Super Effective, its power is increased x1.2 B A S E x A P P E A L: 0 Poffins | 0 Cute | 0 Cool | 0 Beauty | 0 Smart | 0 Tough A T T A C K S: Scratch - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥♥ | Effect: +2 Excitement | Battle Round: ♥♥♥♥ Iron Tail - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥♥ | Effect: +2 Excitement | Battle Round: ♥♥♥♥ Heat Wave - Base Appeal: ♥♥ | Jam: ♥♥ to contestants that acted before the user | Battle Round: Jam: ♥♥ Dragon Rush - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥ | Effect: Add half of the previous pokemon's move appeal to base appeal | Battle Round: If the opponent used an appealing move, ♥♥♥♥, if a jamming move, ♥♥
⇨xxN A M E: 伟河 (Wěi Hé “Mighty River”) - Kingdra T Y P E: L E V E L: 21 G E N D E R: ♂ N A T U R E: Serious A B I L I T Y: Sniper - Critical Hits by this pokemon do x3 damage instead of x2 H O L D I N G: N/A B A S E x A P P E A L: 2 Poffins | 0 Cute | 1 Cool | 20 Beauty | 0 Smart | 8 Tough A T T A C K S: Hydro Pump - Base Appeal: ♥ | Effect: +Appeal equal to the excitement meter. | Battle Round: Appeal equals one fourth the total appeal between battling pokemon. Blizzard - Base Appeal: ♥ | Jam: ♥♥♥♥ to the pokemon that went previously | Battle Round: Jam: ♥♥♥♥ Dragon Pulse - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥♥ | Effect: Excitement +2 | Battle Round Effect: ♥♥♥♥ Yawn - Base Appeal: ♥♥ | Effect: Makes the remaining Pokémon nervous (the effect of the startling is multiplied by two). | Battle Round: Doubles jam done to opponent if the user makes a startling move next round.
- 210/210HP | Status: None | 7/16 EXP | Next Move: Lv 26 - Focus Energy, Heart Scale - Iron Head
⇨xxN A M E: Unnamed - Ghoizard T Y P E: L E V E L: 11 G E N D E R: 0 N A T U R E: Naughty - Impudent, selfish, and unnecessarily cruel A B I L I T Y: Marvel Scale: Attacks that hit this pokemon will do 1/2 damage when induced with a major status condition H O L D I N G: N/A B A S E x A P P E A L: 0 Poffins | 0 Cute | 0 Cool | 0 Beauty | 0 Smart | 0 Tough A T T A C K S: Leer - Base Appeal: ♥♥ | Jam: ♥♥♥♥ to the pokemon with the highest score | Battle Round: Jams opponent equal to one fourth their battle round appeal Night Shade - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥ | Effect: No change in excitement for consecutive uses, no reduction for using the move consecutively | Battle Round: ♥♥♥ with no reduction for repetitive use Detect - Base Appeal: ♥ | Effect: Prevents the user from being startled until the turn ends. | Battle Effect: ♥♥ Prevents Appeal drop for two turns.
- 110/110HP | Status: None | 20/20 EXP | Evolves at level 16 at night | Next Move: Lv 15 - Bite
⇨xxN A M E: 翔 (Xiáng: “To Soar”) - 𝛿 Salamence T Y P E: L E V E L: 11 G E N D E R: ♂ N A T U R E: Bold - Dependable, strong silent type A B I L I T Y: Moxie - This Pokemon's attack is raised by one stage upon KOing a Pokémon H O L D I N G: N/A B A S E x A P P E A L: 0 Poffins | 0 Cute | 0 Cool | 0 Beauty | 0 Smart | 0 Tough A T T A C K S: Rage - Base Appeal: ♥ | Jam: ♥♥ to contestants that acted before the user | Battle Round: Jam: ♥♥ Fire Fang - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥♥ | Effect: +2 Excitement | Battle Round Effect: ♥♥♥♥ Dragon Tail - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥ | Effect: ♥♥♥♥♥♥ if the user goes last in that round | Battle Round: Adds +4 appeal if the user goes last, +2 otherwise Thunder Fang - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥♥ | Effect: +2 Excitement | Battle Round: ♥♥♥♥
- 110/110HP | Status: None | 16/21 EXP | Next Move: Heart Scale - Iron Tail, Big M - Dragon Rush, Hydro Pump
⇨xxN A M E: 戰士 (Zhànshì “Warrior”) - Jangmo-o T Y P E: L E V E L: 10 G E N D E R: ♂ N A T U R E: Modest - Loyal and brave A B I L I T Y: Bulletproof - Protects the Pokémon from ball and bomb moves H O L D I N G: N/A B A S E x A P P E A L: 0 Poffins | 0 Cute | 0 Cool | 0 Beauty | 0 Smart | 0 Tough A T T A C K S: Tackle - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥♥ | Effect: +2 Excitement | Battle Round: ♥♥♥♥ Bide - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥ Effect: Moves the user back in the order by one | Battle Round: ♥♥ The opponent will go second the next round. Leer - Base Appeal: ♥♥ | Jam: ♥♥♥♥ to the pokemon with the highest score | Battle Round: Jams opponent equal to one fourth their battle round appeal
Vince was feeling pretty good about his contest debut given how well their entrance had been received. He returned to the back of the stage with a salty Lance and the two other women congratulating him on pulling off such a great opening. Vince could only give a modest smile and thank them for the compliments, trying to return the favor by praising Kathleen and Ariel's entrance and giving his thoughts on Dr. Spencer's. The latter of the two seemed very appreciative of his observation on the color clash, suggesting she would fiddle with it for next time. "Hmph. Enjoy the attention while it lasts. Aurora and I will be stealing the show soon enough." Vince tensed as he heard Lance's vague threat. "We'll see about that." Vince insisted back calmly, smiling as he was called to go first for the start of the performance round. That had to be a good sign since, from what he'd observed in the last contest, the order was determined by how well you were doing. The fact that he was first said that loud and clear, much to Lance's annoyance.
Unfortunately, as Vince stepped out on stage with Wei He again, he drew a bit of a blank. He hadn't been planning what to do next, and he certainly hadn't been expecting to be called out on stage again so soon. "Er... Right.... Okay Wei He, another dragon pulse, but this time don't hold back!" Vince insisted. Hopefully it would be different enough from the way he'd used it in the presentation round that the audience and judges wouldn't notice.
They didn't.
As Wei He fired the brilliant beam of multicolored light from his snout, it soared into the air, taking the form of a dragon before exploding like a firework into a larger shower of sparkles. The audience ate it up, growing more excited and seeming to think it was a good follow up to the initial move. Vince smiled with relief and made his way back stage again, passing by an unimpressed Lance. "Really? Again? I don't see what they're all so fired up about. Please tell me you at least came into this contest prepared with more moves. Nobody likes a one trick ponyta." The white clad male sighed dramatically, not bothering to wait for an answer from Vince. After all, he was up next to perform, and he would see soon for himself what Vince would have to offer as the contest progressed. Aurora's icy wind move also garnered just as much appeal as Wei He, but then out of nowhere Ariel stole the stage with her beautiful water pulse. Afterwards, it seemed like they just weren't as impressed with the rest of them, far too hung up on Ariel's performance. They practically ignored an amazing rain dance from Forecast, but gave it some props for the appeal.
This was bad. Given the audience's mood, it would be difficult to impress them as much as he'd been doing. Vince had struggled enough with a normal crowd, a tough crowd made him even more nervous, but hopefully they would pull through. Wei He launched a hydro pump in the air, making it shower around him like a fountain and the display really seemed to excite the audience. Lance was beside himself with anger. There was no way he was losing to some nobody from nowhere who'd literally decided TODAY that he was going to be a coordinator. How was he doing so well? It made no sense. Beginner's luck, he supposed, but he swore to see that luck run out. Getting fed up, Lance had Aurora shoot an ice shard onto the floor before Vince and Wei He were able to get off stage, causing part of Wei He's fountain to freeze up around his tail. Vince whirled around and glared daggers at the man. Of all the underhanded, cheap tactics---!
Unfortunately most of the audience didn't seem to notice the not so unintentional accident, and Lance just shot Vince a winsome smile as Aurora used the momentum to skate across the frosted floor and send the audience into another tizzy. It was even more frustrating that he couldn't get the frozen ice off of Wei He in time to go up on stage first in the third round, so Lance ended up taking his place while the stage crew helped melt the ice off. "Alright, if that's the way they're going to play, let's give them a taste of their own medicine." Wei He nodded, sending a blizzard onto the stage. It was only a light one meant to obscure Aurora's performance and make it less effective and serve as their entrance back on stage, but suddenly the Alolan Vulpix cried out in pain, slipping on the ice and feigning a hurt ankle. Lance gasped incredulously and gave Vince a pointed look. "Have you no shame?! Attacking a poor, defenseless little vulpix!" Vince's eyes furrowed in frustration and confusion at their obvious act. There had obviously been no intention of an attack in his tactic, and there was no way an ice type would slip on snow, but the audience absolutely bought into it. A chorus of boos and hisses garnered Vince negative appeal for his move. Apparently while underhanded tactics were supported in tough contests, they weren't seen in quite the same light here. Not that Vince had been trying to hurt the Vulpix, but Lance sure as hell had seemed ready to make it look that way, as if he knew Vince would try and get him back for the little stunt with the ice shard.
Once Lance picked Aurora up in his arms and had his back turned to the crowd, he shot a smirk Vince's way. "You should learn your place and mind your temper, amateur." It was clear Lance had the audience eating from the palm of his hand, and would make them see what he wanted them to see. It was frustrating and completely unfair, but he would have to deal with it in another way. After all, if Lance had to resort to acting and cheap tricks, then that meant he saw Vince and Wei He as a threat, and that was a good thing.
Vince blinked. Of course! He'd baited Vince, he was just trying to get into his head, throw him off his game. Get him focused on revenge rather than continuing to perform their best. How could he have been so stupid?! Vince grimaced and shook his head. At least now he was seeing things clearly again. Speaking of which, Vince watched as Kathleen and Ariel attempted a combination of Aqua Tail and Water Pulse, but they also slipped on the ice and messed the whole thing up, earning disappointed silence from the audience and negative scores from the judges. The whole round had just been a complete disaster for everyone except the good Doctor and Forecast who had somehow managed to slip in a nice weather ball to match the snowy area. Vince could see it now, what Dr. Spencer's tactic was. Not amazing, not terrible, just good enough to keep slowly but surely gathering points and sneaking up the ranks, but not drawing attention to herself and putting a target on her back. Smart....
Vince felt fairly confident that he had this contest in the bag though if he just focused and finished strong. He was up first again and decided to finish with one last dragon pulse. Enough time had passed now since he'd last used it, and it tied his whole performance together nicely, plus after the last round the audience seemed so desperate for any good performance that they easily bought into it, cheering wildly as their excitement grew.
Dr. Spencer followed up with a nice powder snow with equally successful results, but unfortunately it seemed they'd only worked the crowd up into a frenzy and served it to Lance on a silver platter and he and Aurora stole the show with another Icy Wind. Ariel made a valiant attempt to win back some appeal but unfortunately there was no recovering from her combo failure, and that was the end of the performance round.
As judges tallied up the scores, Vince found it hard to sit still, pacing back and forth, anxious to know the results. He could only desperately hope that his snap judgement mistake and falling into Lance's trap hadn't cost him this contest. After what felt like hours, the MC finally returned to the mic, grabbing everyone's attention for the results.
"In fourth place, we have Kathleen and Ariel! In third place..... Dr. Spencer and Forecast! Let's give them a big hand everyone!" The audience clapped and cheered amicably, but the winner had yet to be revealed. "And the winner of this Beauty Beginners Ribbon is..... Vince and Wei He!"
Vince straightened, looking up with wide eyes of shock and disbelief. He'd done it? He'd actually won...? A large smile quickly replaced his stunned expression as he practically jumped onto Wei He, pulling the seahorse into a hug. "We did it! Gods, we actually did it! I can't believe it!" Vince laughed merrily. This felt great. Better than great. It felt amazing. He was just so... Proud, and happy, and pleasantly surprised. "Heh, sir, you'll have to uh... Let go of your pokemon so we can give it this ribbon." Vince blinked and quickly released Wei He with a sheepish smile. "Right! Right.... Sorry. Please, go ahead." Vince gestured to Wei He and stepped away.
"Unhand me you brutes!" The familiar Voice of Lance Knight rang out among the chatter filling up the contest hall. He was being ushered off stage but seemed not ready to leave quite yet as he locked eyes with Vince and broke away. "I refuse to accept this. There's still a battle round and it wasn't even offered as a--!" Lance was suddenly cut off by another familiar voice. "It didn't go into the battle round because it'd be pointless, Lance. He had a solid 20 point lead on you. He won. Let it go." When had that gardevoir gotten on stage? Lance's eyes narrowed at her accusingly nonetheless. "You! This is your doing, isn't it?" The gardevoir inclined her head indignantly. "I've no clue what you're referring to." Lance scoffed. "Please Luna. As if he could have won if you hadn't helped him. How else would a complete beginner win against me?""Natural skill and talent.""There is no such thing." Luna's eyes flashed dangerously, but her composure didn't waiver otherwise. "Is that so? Then why do you claim to have such things in interviews?" Lance bit his cheek, finding his foot suddenly in mouth. "Now then, I'll be taking this." Her eyes flashed again, bringing a pokeball to her hand. Lance didn't look entirely surprised, but he was certainly angry. "Fine then. Leave. I don't have room in my party for traitors anyways." With a huff, Lance stormed off and Luna watched as her ex trainer disappeared from view with resolve, though there was a touch of sadness in her eyes once he did leave. Vince turned to the gardevoir, looking over her curiously. He had questions, but didn't really want to pry, so instead settled for asking "....Are you alright?" Luna looked to Vince with a hesitant smile. "Yes.... I believe this is for the best. He's no longer the trainer I once knew and cared for, and unfortunately I don't think there's anything I can do about it." She admitted quietly. "I was your last resort, I assume." Luna smiled again, warily. "Something like that, yes.... You're a very perceptive man, aren't you?" Vince made a modest gesture, placing his hands in his pockets. "So now what...?" Luna laughed. "I believe now you go celebrate with your friends." Vince chuckled at her joke, but they both knew that hadn't been what he'd been asking. "Ah.... I don't know. I suppose I should be happy about my newfound freedom, but in truth.... I just feel lost." Vince nodded in understanding. "Well.... You're welcome to stay with me until you find your way again." He offered. The gardevoir blinked in surprise, but eventually smiled to herself. "Yes... I think I'd like that."
Vince is participating in a Beginner's Ribbon Beauty Contest!
Opponents: Lance/Alolan Vulpix (Aurora): Powder Snow - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥♥ | Effect: +2 Excitement | Battle Round: ♥♥♥♥ Ice Shard - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥ | Effect: Causes the user to move one position earlier on the next turn. | Battle Round: ♥♥ Allows the user to go again, switching the order. If the user is already first, no secondary effect. Icy Wind - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥♥ | Effect: Moves that do +2 appeal or less fail to excite the audience | Battle Round: Reduces moves that do +2 appeal or less to 0 Appeal Mist - Base Appeal: ♥ | Effect: Prevents the user from being startled until the turn ends. | Battle Round: ♥♥ Prevents Appeal drop for two turns
Dr. Spencer/Castform (Forecast): Hail - Base Appeal: ♥♥ | Effect: -4 Appeal to all that successfully earned appeal | Battle Round: Reduces opponent's Appeal by their move from the previous turn Powder Snow - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥♥ | Effect: +2 Excitement | Battle Round: ♥♥♥♥ Rain Dance - Base Appeal: ♥ | Effect: +Appeal equal to the excitement meter | Battle Round: Appeal equals one fourth the total Battle Round Appeal between battling pokemon Weather Ball - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥ | Effect: No change to excitement meter for consecutive uses | Battle Round: ♥♥♥ No reduction for repetitive use
Kathleen/Milotic (Ariel): Rain Dance - Base Appeal: ♥ | Effect: +Appeal equal to the excitement meter | Battle Round: Appeal equals one fourth the total Battle Round Appeal between battling pokemon Aqua Ring - Base Appeal: ♥ | Effect: 1/2 Startle effect. Increases the chance of a combo by 20% next round | Battle Round: Gains +2 appeal. Reduces negative appeal by 1 Aqua Tail - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥♥ | Effect: +2 Excitement | Battle Round: ♥♥♥♥ Water Pulse - Base Appeal: ♥♥♥ | Effect: -2 to opponent's appeal for two turns; no excitement till end of turn | Battle Round: Reduces the opponent's Appeal by 2 for two rounds
Vince/Wei He Wei He used Dragon Pulse! +4 Appeal +1 Match Point +2 Excitement (2/5)
Lance/Aurora Aurora used Icy Wind! +4 Appeal +1 Match Point +1 Excitement (3/5) Moves that do 2 or less appeal will fail to excite the audience this round.
Kathleen/Ariel Ariel used Water Pulse! +3 Appeal +1 Match Point +1 Excitement (4/5) The audience expects little of other contestants! No excitement till end of round Opponents appeal reduced by 2 for 2 rounds.
Dr. Spencer/Forecast Forecast used Rain Dance! 1 + 4 (excitement meter) = 5 - 2 (audience mood) = +3 total appeal +1 Match Point +0 Excitement (4/5)
Vince/Wei He Wei He used Hydro Pump! 1 (base appeal) + 4 (excitement) = 5 - 2 (audience mood) = 3 total appeal +1 Match Point +1 Excitement (5/5) Excitement is at it's max! +3 appeal!
Lance/Aurora Aurora used Ice Shard! 3 (base appeal) - 2 (audience mood) = +1 total appeal +1 Match Point +1 Excitement (1/5) Aurora will move earlier next round!
Kathleen/Ariel Ariel used Aqua Ring! +1 Appeal +1 Match Point +1 Excitement (2/5) Ariel is calm, startling moves will have 1/2 effect Ariel has a 20% higher chance of pulling off a combo next round!
Dr. Spencer/Forecast Forecast used Powder Snow! 4 - 2 (audience mood) = +2 total appeal +1 Match Point +2 Excitement (4/5)
Final Totals: Vince/Wei He: 64 Lance/Aurora: 51 Dr. Spencer/Forecast: 43 Kathleen/Ariel: 38
Vince Wins! Wei He gained 20 exp!
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Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2017 8:50 am
Trevor "Trey" Dover and Jeraldo "JR" Advante
Location:Hoenn, Slateport City
NPC Battle 99/15 posts
Wild Pokemon 99/5
Posts To Leave Area 3/3
Item questing: Cautious Lens 4/40 [ Reduced from 50 by Shade's Pickup Ability ] posts Area Specific Item: Explosive Seal 8/10 posts
Trey was pretty content with himself, and proud of Cherish, as he made his way down the stage. At least, until he saw the smug smirk on JR's face. At which point, his RBF promptly returned. "Cute. Can we go now?" the assassin queried. "Where? Do you have somewhere to be?" Trey signed back dryly. JR gave a twisted smile that suggested he was trying to hold back a sneer. "Yes, actually. Not for a bit, but I'd rather you not take your time with all this, so that I can at least get there sooner," he replied, ignoring the Wigglytuff by his side that was staring intently at him, as if trying to mind control him into being more impatient.
Trey rolled his eyes and signed. "Fine. Sorry," he signed back, actually earning a surprised look from the man. One he didn't pay much mind to, since he was already turning to Shade, and setting Cherish down. "Ya did great, Cher," he congratulated quietly, petting the pokemon on the head. The fox accepted the affectionate ruffle of his fur and gekkered lightly, before turning, and promptly pouncing on Shade, earning a small squeak fro the limbless fluffball. Trevor smiled, swallowing a chuckle, before standing back up. He pulled a ribbon case out of his bag (he'd need to get more, if he ended up going to other regions) and flipped it open, bringing the ribbon around to take a look at it. He ran a finger over one of the two ribbons that dangled from it, a smile on his face. He wasn't an.... emotive person, but there was a fire swelling up inside him, despite the serene look on his face. He was excited. He wanted to do that again. He wanted to do better. They'd made mistakes and they had room to grow, but damn it, he was proud of their first contest. Cherish had done incredibly well, especially given how little training they had done. He knew he had room to improve, too. Standing over there in the corner, likely looking like a hipster at a funeral, probably didn't help them earn much points, but they'd still won. And they would keep winning. Maybe they'd find an opponent that would challenge them-- maybe they'd even lose, some day. But they'd learn from it, pick themselves up, and come back even stronger. And he couldn't wait for it.
Notes to self: "Elvrick Hirsh" is JR's 'Trainer' persona
Pending Items
- Contest - x1 Conditioner x2 Smoke Seal x1 Maiden Ball x1 Sparkle Seal x1 Green Scarf x1 Headband
OoB;
Cherish, the Gekkit ♂, lvl 15. [ XP Ball ] Exp 21/25 Ability: Battle Armor Prevents Critical Hits and reduces damage from Physical Attacks by 1/10 of the total damage Item: HP: 110/150 Contest Base Appeal: 10 Cute 4 Cool 1 Beauty 0 Smart 0 Tough 1/7 Poffin Ribbons: FP Trey: 3/5 9/10 FP Jr: 0/5 0/10 Attacks: Withdraw: Raise user's physical defense one stage ♥♥ Prevents the user from being startled one time this turn Uproar: 90: lasts 3 rounds, and all Pokemon on the field cannot sleep for the duration of the uproar ♥♥ Badly startles Pokémon that the audience has high expectations of Disarming Voice: 40: Ignores accuracy & evasiveness ♥♥ Works great if the user goes first this turn Screech: Lower targets defense two stages ♥♥♥ Makes audience expect little of other contestants (Next Move: Bite at 13 ) Shade, the Danshen Θ, lvl 17. [ XP Ball ] Exp 4/22 Ability: Pickup If a pokemon with this ability is in your active party, the post count for item bumps is reduced by 10. This reduction does not affect items that are already 10 posts to obtain, and having multiple pokemon with Pickup in the active party does not decrease the number of posts for an item more than 10 Item: HP: 100/170 FP Trey: 2/5 1/10 FP JR: 0/5 1/10 Attacks: Confuse Ray: Confuses target pokemon ♥♥ Badly startles Pokémon that the audience has high expectations of Calm Mind: Raise special attack & defense one stage ♥ Gets the Pokémon pumped up. Helps prevent nervousness, too Confusion: 50: 4/10 Chance to cause confusion ♥♥♥♥ Quite an appealing move Trick: Swaps held Items with target ♥♥ Badly startles Pokémon that used a move of the same type (Next Move: Disarming Voice at 12 )
Out of Party Pokemon
Wesley, the Wigglytough ♂, lvl 50. Exp 0/15 Ability: Competitive Boosts the Sp. Atk stat when a stat is lowered Item: HP: 500/500 FP Trey: 0/5 0/10 FP JR: 0/5 2/10 Attacks: ç•Play Rough: 130 (90 + 40): 1/2 chance to lower targets physical attack one stage ~Hyper Voice: 130 (90 + 40) ç•Wake-Up Slap: 110 (70 + 40): Inflicts double damage if target is asleep. wakes the target ç•Body Slam: 125 (85 + 40): 7/10 chance to paralyze. If a pokemon has used minimize, the base power is doubled (Next move: ---- ) N A M E ♀♂, lvl 00. [ S P E C I A L B A L L ] Exp 0/15 Ability: Item: HP: 0/00 FP Trey: 0/5 0/10 FP JR: 0/5 0/10 Attacks:
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Badges
Kanto
Johto
Hoenn
Sinnoh
Unova
Kalos
Alola
Contest Case
For full Contest Case see here Cute Ribbons - Cherish
Bag
Contacts Mom Dad Nonna JR Goldenrod Police Department (just in case) Sebastian Pokeballs
Contests x1 Sheen Spritz - Accessories - x1 Monocle +5 Smart or Cool Appeal x1 Bow Tie +4 Smart, Cute, or Cool Appeal x1 Top Hat +3 Cool or Smart Appeal
Profile || 1/1 Movement (Flying Enabled) || 269/5 Pokemon Encounter || 519/15 Trainer NPC || 32/50 Star Shard || Need to Claim: 10/10 Heart Scale x4, Lansat Berries x5, Banette Bagel x24, x4 Rare Candies, x1 Paper Lanturn, lv 10 Riolu combined with crystal shard to be shiny, Rare Candy x5
Team OOB: --
✿ ❀ It took little time to fly to Slateport from Lilycove, but that was what Isis had been counting on. She guided Nocturne down to the contest hall, landing and hopping off before returning her to her pokeball so that Isis could head inside. She could only hope he was still here. "Excuse me...!" Isis attempted to flag down one of the staff at the front desks checking people in, but it was rather busy and Isis was hesitant to just barge in.
"Isis...?" The blonde turned curiously as she heard her name. The voice did sound familiar, but the man she turned to face was not. At least, not immediately. "Wait..... Hey! You're Mister Dragon Tamer!" Vince smiled uncomfortably, not sure how to feel about the nickname she seemed to have remembered better than his name. "Vince.... It's.... Vince." He reminded her gently. "Right, Vince. Sorry." Isis chuckled. "You're looking sharp! Wait, were you in a contest?" Her eyes lit up at the prospect. She knew Vince worked with dragons, but if she knew he was interested in contests, she would have given him her card and explained more about her own occupation. "Oh.... Er.... Yes. I wanted to try my hand at them, and had some help." He glanced to the gardevoir at his side. "Well no shame in asking for help! But.... Haven't I seen you somewhere before? You have such a unique style. Very eye catching...." Isis murmured somewhat to herself. "I don't really recall seeing you before, so perhaps not..." The gardevoir replied quietly, looking uncomfortable at Isis' scrutiny. "No I don't think you'd remember me, I just have vague memories of you on a stage in Ecruteak maybe...? Yes, I think that's it. Didn't you have a sister too? She was gorgeous, just like you, with navy blue hair~" Isis snapped as she recalled the memory more clearly. "I.... Er.... That's....."
"Isis, what are you doing in Slateport anyways...? Last I saw you had been traveling in Kalos." Vince cut in, bringing the blonde's attention back to him and away from the gardevoir. "Oh! Right, I was looking for someone named Trey? I have a pokemon to give him. It's a long story, but I actually work for Coordinator Culture here in Hoenn~ You and I should talk some time." She insisted, but hesitated somewhat. She had wanted to come to Slateport for Trey certainly, but it couldn't have been coincidence that she'd run into Vince again. "Hey... Um.... I have a feeling that I should give you something too...." She suggested, digging through her bag. "Don't tell me you have another dragon you couldn't handle." Vince joked, but Isis made a face that made Vince's smile drop into a more concerned expression. "I mean.... You aren't entirely wrong...." She chuckled halfheartedly as she pulled out the small jade orb from her bag and handed it to Vince.
The dragon tamer gave her a questioning look as he took the orb from her, but then suspicions settled in. This wasn't what he thought it was, right? It couldn't be. Nevertheless, he quickly shuffled the orb into his bag just in case to minimize the number of people who could have seen the exchange. The look Isis was giving him only confirmed his suspicions. "Look, I know, but I just don't have anyone else to turn to, and I certainly can't handle it, so I thought maybe...." Isis trailed off. That wasn't entirely true. Zero and Leon had been other potential options, but Delta was aggressive enough as it was and she wasn't throwing another rampaging rayquaza at him, and Zero had heart problems so she wasn't pushing it.
Vince hissed something in Chinese under his breath. "Very well.... I will take it and see what I can do." Isis looked relieved and nodded appreciatively before glancing back to the front desks where the crowds seemed to have diminished. "Thank you Vince. We'll talk contests some other time~" Isis waved before heading to the booths.
"Hi! Sorry, excuse me, but can you point me in the direction of a mister Trey Dover? I believe he registered for a contest recently here and I have something of his." The attendant pointed to a pair nearby, one taller, older, dark haired male, who seemed to be conversing with a younger, shorter male making hand gestures of some kind. Isis nodded in thanks before making her way over to the two. "Hello! Sorry to bother you, but I'm looking for Trey Dover?" Isis asked. The clerk had pointed in the direction of them both so Isis still wasn't sure who was who, but she retrieved the Volcarona's silver ball from her bag in preparation. As much as it pained her to give it up, it was the right thing to do. ✿ ❀
Carona the Volcarona ♂, lvl 20. Exp 0/15 Ability: Flame Body Item: HP: 200/200 Contest Base Appeal: 0 Cute 0 Cool 0 Beauty 0 Smart 0 Tough FP: Attacks: Fiery Dance: 90 ( 80 + 10 ): 8/10 chance to raise user's special attack one stage ♥ Works well if the user is pumped up; +5 Appeal if the user is Pumped Up Quiver Dance: Raise user's special. attack & defense, and speed one stage ♥ Gets the Pokémon pumped up. Helps prevent nervousness; 1/2 Startle effect. Increases the chance of a combo by 20% Overheat: 140 ( 130 + 10 ): Lowers user's special attack two stages ♥♥♥♥♥♥ A very appealing move, but after using this move, the user is more easily startled; If the pokemon is startled during this or the next turn, it takes -6 appeal ~Light Screen: Reduces damage from special attacks by 1/2 for 5 rounds ♥♥ Prevents the user from being startled until the turn ends (Next Move: ---- )
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⇨xxN A M E: Raja - Wispard
T Y P E: L E V E L: 68 G E N D E R: 0♂ 10:38 ♀ Gender Influence: (Female) N A T U R E: Quiet, Likes to observe, Playful when relaxed, a bit naive, doesn't know her own strength yet A B I L I T Y: Wonder Guard - The Pokémon is only harmed by attacks that do x2 or x4 damage on type effectiveness H O L D I N G: Choice Band: Physical attacks will do x1.5 damage, but only allows the use of one move. A T T A C K S: Frost Breath - 60, Always critically hits unless opponent has Battle Armor, Shell Armor, or is Under the Effects of Lucky Chant Zen Headbutt - 80, 3/10 Chance of causing the target to flinch, Makes Contact. Exorcism - 70, Restores the users HP equal to half the damage dealt. If the target is a Ghost type pokemon, this attack will always inflict a burn (even if the secondary type is fire). Fire Blast - 110: 4/10 Chance To Burn
T Y P E: L E V E L: 57 G E N D E R: ♀ N A T U R E: Lax, Tends to Fall Asleep randomly due to Narcolepsy, Fiercely Powerful in Battle A B I L I T Y: Static: The opponent has a 3/10 chance of being induced with Paralysis when using a physical attack against this Pokémon H O L D I N G: Zap Plate: Electric type attacks do x1.2 damage, but if an electric type is using the attack, it does x1.3 instead. A T T A C K S: Charge - Raise special defense one stage; Next electric-type attack does x2 damage Zap Cannon - 120, Paralyzes target Dragon Pulse - 85 Damage Fire Punch - 75: 4/10 Chance of Burn, Makes Contact
570/570HP | Status: None | 10/19 EXP
⇨xxN A M E: Hylia - Aegislash
T Y P E: L E V E L: 33 G E N D E R: ♀ N A T U R E: Serious, Protective and Obedient, Very Quiet A B I L I T Y: Stance Change: The Pokemon changes Stance depending on how it battles. Takes on Shield Forme when using non attack moves or out of battle, reduces opponents attacks by 1/10 of the total damage while in Shield Forme. Takes on Sword Forme when using attack moves in battle, doing an extra x1.1 damage to all Attacks, Physical and Special, while in Sword Forme. H O L D I N G: N/A A T T A C K S: Sacred Sword - 90: Ignores target's stat changes, Makes Contact Iron Head - 80: 4/10 Chance to Flinch target, Makes Contact Kings Shield - Protects against attacks, and lower targets physical attack two stage if the attack made physical contact. The user is protected this round, if used in succession however, it has a 1/5 chance of working the second time, and every subsequent round after, a 1/10 chance until another move is used. (Priority +4) Shadow Ball - 80: 8/10 Chance to Lower targets special defense One Stage
T Y P E: L E V E L: 47 G E N D E R: ♂ N A T U R E: Impish, Gluttonous, Likes to Scare people and Play Pranks A B I L I T Y: Insomnia: The Pokémon cannot fall asleep while having this ability H O L D I N G: N/A A T T A C K S: Phantom Force - 90, 1st turn charge, 2nd turn attack. Can Strike Through Protect/Detect, Makes Contact Confuse Ray - Confuses Target Pokemon Energy Ball - 90: 1/2 chance of lowering targets special defense one stage Trick-or-Treat - Adds Ghost Type to target's type(s)
470/470HP | Status: None | 10/45 EXP
⇨xxN A M E: Nocturne - Noivern
T Y P E: L E V E L: 45 G E N D E R: ♀ N A T U R E: Lonely, Generally Aggressive, Distrusting, Hates all Males with a passion and seems to continually hold some sort of grudge towards them. A B I L I T Y: Infiltrator: Ignores Light Screen, Reflect, Mist, and Safeguard H O L D I N G: N/A A T T A C K S: Boomburst - 140, Hits All Hurricane - 110: 7/10 chance of confusion, hits Pokemon in the air during semi invulnerable stage of an attack for double damage Fly - 90: Charges on first turn, strikes on second turn, makes contact Moonlight - Restore half max HP, fully restores HP at night ( 6pm - 6am CT ). Can only be use 5 times in battle
450/450HP | Status: None | 25/50 EXP
⇨xxN A M E: Atona - Mega Lucario T Y P E: L E V E L: 52 G E N D E R: ♂ N A T U R E: Hardy, Likes to Protect Others, Wise, Old Soul, and Sensible A B I L I T Y: Adaptability: If this Pokémon uses an attack that has the same type as it, then the move's power does x1.5 base damage H O L D I N G: Lucarionite: Mega Evolves Lucario: Atk x1.3, Sp.Atk x1.2, Speed x1.1 A T T A C K S: Psychic - 90: 1/2 chance to lower targets special defense one stage Dragon Pulse - 85 Aura Sphere - 80: Ignores Accuracy and Evasiveness Iron Tail - 100: 7/10 Chance of lowering targets physical defense one stage
250/250 HP | Status: None | 05/35 EXP | Next Move; Lv. 38 - Crunch
- 220/220HP | Status: None | 8/32 EXP | Next Move: TM Psychic (Lunine) Heart Scale - Dragon Pulse & Iron Tail (Lunine) Lv. 42 - Moonblast (lunine) | Evolve at level 30 while gym battling
- 110/110HP | Status: None | 14/21 EXP | Next Move: Heart Scale - Iron Tail, Big M - Dragon Rush, Hydro Pump
- 220/220HP | Status: None | 7/32 EXP | Evolve at level 30
- 120/120HP | Status: None | 15/17 EXP | Next Move: Level 17 - Dragonbreath, Level 42 - Dragon Rush, Heart Scale - Iron Tail (As Hydregon), TM - Acrobatics (As Hydregon) | Evolve at level 50
- 100/100HP | Status: None | 0/15 EXP | Next Move: Earthquake (TM), Dragon Rush (lv 55)
100/100 HP | Status: None | 0/15 EXP | Next Attack: 
680/680HP | Status: None | 5/41 EXP | Total Ghost Types Defeated: 48/50 
570/570HP | Status: None | 10/19 EXP 
330/330HP | Status: None | 39/42 EXP | Current Forme: Shield 
470/470HP | Status: None | 10/45 EXP 
520/520HP | Status: None | 11/33 EXP 
