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 Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 11:40 pm
Post #10
It's just one surprise after another today, Dante thought as he turned towards the new distraction, keeping his dismay in check. Mewtwo had been seen by yet another human, and whoever this man was had just blown Dante's cover... or at least would have, had Belle's ditzy mind managed to make the connection between him and the Genesia Gym Leader. That's one small comfort, at least
"I've only managed to see two of them so far, but it looks like we have a solid field this time around," Dante said to the newcomer. His mouth twisted upwards in a grin, but his eyes conveyed a simple message: Mention me being a Gym Leader again and I will end you. "And you are?" he asked, holding out a hand in greeting. He hadn't seen the man before, at least not as far as he could remember.
Mewtwo, just step away and find some cover, hopefully somewhere nearby, Dante thought, hoping the cat would pick it up. Let me deal with this one.
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 11:55 pm
'Thoughts' "Telepathy" "Vocalized Speech" From: Post # 9
Level: 50 Moves: Atk: TM30 Shadow Ball/Atk: Psycho Cut/Atk: Barrier/Atk: Disable Trainer: None ***** Without any indication as to why he was leaving Mewtwo turned and walked off the road and into the grass. He'd wade out just far enough that no newbie Trainer would willingly follow and return when Dante gave the all clear. In retrospect if he'd listened to the Gym Leader's advice earlier he probably wouldn't be in this situation at all. The newcomer appeared to be a Ranger if his outfit was any indication, not that Mewtwo really knew much about the organization, so he wouldn't bother him for just walking off. The Ranger might be curious as to why a wild Pokemon was hanging around humans willingly but it wasn't the most uncommon occurrence either. "Have fun with your lover and babysitting the girl," Mewtwo chuckled over his shoulder directly into Dante's head. The Gym Leader hadn't reacted the first time around but some playful teasing might just change that. ***** OOC: Kat if you wanna have Belle dart after Mewtwo you're welcome to do it. He'll keep her from falling of a cliff or dying in general if only because he'd feel terrible about it otherwise. It'll endear her to him. XDD
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Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 12:51 am
Belle tilted her head as Dante spoke to his boyfriend. Frankly, she didn't really understand whether his comment about the trainers was good or bad, so she took her usual stance on things like this - she took it as a compliment. She was pleased when she saw him grin at the guy - how cuuute! Such a cute couple! She was confused as to why he felt the need to act as though he didn't know him though. She was no homophobe, she had no problem with him having a boyfriend.
Movement caught her eye, and she saw that Fuzzylumpkins was leaving. No! Glancing back at Dante, she put a light hand on his shoulder, saying cheerfully, "I'll leave you and your boyfriend to it! I'm going to go be with Fuzzlumpkins!" That done, she hurried after the Pokemon, feeling a faint tingling at the back of her head. What? Oh, right. "Celisse, baby! Come on!" Somewhat grudgingly, the Charmander trailed after his trainer as she caught up with the other Pokemon. She was rather uncomfortable at being so deep in the tall grass, but she'd follow Fuzzylumpkins anywhere~
"Fuzzylumpkins, where are you going? Don't you want to be with Dante and his boyfriend?"
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Post 18
Charmander (Celisse)/Female/Received at Valerian's Lab/Level: 7/Holding: Nothing/Ability: Blaze/Atk: Scratch/Atk: Growl/Atk: Ember/Atk:
Shinx (Lucius)/Male/Caught on Route 1/Level: 4/Holding: Nothing/Ability: Rivalry/Atk: Scratch/Atk: /Atk: /Atk:
Bag:
5x Pokeballs
8x Potions
2x Revives
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Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 12:28 pm
Wow. The girl was clearly an idiot if she didn't catch on to that little slip. There went whatever hope Des had of the new crop. But Dante had said there was a solid field this time despite having only seen two of the newcomers, so maybe there was some potential. Or maybe the Gym Leader liked having such a sorry lot to watch grow and develop. "I see. Well, best of luck to them taking on the League Challenge!" he said cheerfully.
The cat-like Pokemon wandered off, and the girl mentioned something about a 'boyfriend' before going after the cat named 'Fuzzylumpkins'. Something was seriously wrong with that girl's head. It was only the leader left now. Des looked at the man's hand before taking it for a firm handshake.
"Lukas. I usually stay around the Ranger HQ doing paperwork and overseeing the recruit training, so it's rare for me to venture out this far. I heard there was a new batch of Trainers coming here, so I figured I'm come check them out and properly educate them on the potential dangers of going out into the wilderness unprepared, but if you're around looking over them then that saves me some time. Hopefully we'll have fewer casualties this year from under-preparation. Nice to meet you." Des said with a casual smile before he pulled his hand back.
It was a pretty solid lie that didn't have any loopholes (that he knew of, at least), so hopefully Dante would buy it.
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Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 8:44 pm
'Thoughts' "Telepathy" "Vocalized Speech" Post # 10
Level: 50 Moves: Atk: TM30 Shadow Ball/Atk: Psycho Cut/Atk: Barrier/Atk: Disable Trainer: None ***** Mewtwo had moved fairly quickly for someone unused to making his way on foot. The grass he was in now was taller than he was and he slowed his pace to cautiously listen for other Pokémon that might have been wandering nearby. He wasn't in any danger if he was on guard and he was far enough away from the road that Trainers wouldn't bother him unless they were purposely moving further afield. The sounds of something crashing through the grass behind him had the psychic turning to find the same girl from before. She was entirely too loud to be wandering in territory humans avoided unless they had big guns or bigger Pokémon. "Return your Charmander to her Pokéball before everything goes up in a blaze," Mewtwo said quickly once he realized he was being followed. Was the girl really this ditzy or was she thick? Didn't she know that her Charmander had an open flame on her tail at all times? If the fields outside Blyse didn't go up in massively uncontrollable flames then the cat would be stunned stupid. "Go back to the route before something worse than a Shinx tries to eat you."
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Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 11:02 pm
Belle jumped again when she heard Fuzzylumpkins's voice echoing through her head again. Ooh~ Exotic! She glanced down at Celisse, who was intelligently working to move her tail away from the grass. Smiling, she reached down and picked up her Pokemon, attempting to keep her balance with the bag on her back. At Fuzzylumpkins's second message, Belle shook her head, grinning at him. "No, Fuzzylumpkins! I'm not going to leave you, you poor, lonely baby." She reached out with her free hand and patted his arm sympathetically, cooing, "Does the big baby need some looove? How about some cake? Do you want some cake, baby?"
Almost out of nowhere, Celisse made a hissing noise, leaping out of Belle's arms and landing on the ground, growling and something she couldn't see. "What? What is it? What - Aaaah!" Something pink and white shot out of the grass, slamming into Celisse and knocking her onto her back. Belle's Pokemon, though, was apparently having none of this. As she watched, little bolts of orange shot from her mouth, knocking back the Skitty. Celisse stood up again, glowering at the other Pokemon. "Uhm. Okay. Do what you just did again." The Charmander obeyed, spraying the Skitty with its little balls of fire to keep it at bay. "Yay~ Keep it up!" The Skitty, unable to close in, quickly retreated back to the grass, limping.
"Yay~ There's a good precious! Oh, you're hurt . . . here." Belle dug around in her bag, producing a Potion. Celisse held out her arm and she sprayed it, watching the wound begin to heal. "Good baby girl~"
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Post 19
Charmander (Celisse)/Female/Received at Valerian's Lab/Level: 7/Holding: Nothing/Ability: Blaze/Atk: Scratch/Atk: Growl/Atk: Ember/Atk:
Shinx (Lucius)/Male/Caught on Route 1/Level: 4/Holding: Nothing/Ability: Rivalry/Atk: Scratch/Atk: /Atk: /Atk:
Bag:
5x Pokeballs
7x Potions
2x Revives
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Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 4:59 pm
Post #11
I don't even know him, Dante thought after the cat in protest as it disappeared into the bushes. Really, that girl had the strangest notions. Dante supposed it had something to do with growing up in a secluded town, but never having been to Iclea himself, all the gym leader could do is guess. Besides, you'd know as well as I do that I'm not gay. He snorted in annoyance.
"Nice to meet you as well, Lukas," Dante replied as he let go of the man's hand. "I actually think I've got this area covered though, and I'm sure we've got a few more trainers on the other side of the route who are getting started. I'm sure they'll need instruction too." Especially if they're anything like Belle, he thought privately. The gym leader hoped that the ranger would leave without any further discussion - he would spend perhaps another hour here with Belle to make sure she wasn't completely incompetent with wilderness survival and then collect Mewtwo and take off for Genesia. He had no wish to stay here any longer than absolutely necessary, especially not when Mewtwo had already been seen by no less than three other humans and his own cover had been blown.
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Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 11:52 pm
'Thoughts' "Telepathy" "Vocalized Speech" Post # 11
Level: 50 Moves: Atk: TM30 Shadow Ball/Atk: Psycho Cut/Atk: Barrier/Atk: Disable Trainer: None ***** "Please don't call me that," Mewtwo said with equal parts politeness and embarrassment while stepping once out of Belle's reach. The Trainer was entirely too familiar with him and he was not entirely comfortable with that. She wasn't trying to make him feel so on purpose and combined with her inexperience with proper mannerisms concerning wild Pokemon was the only reason he hadn't taken flight. If her earlier experience hadn't taught her anything then she wouldn't last long. The girl's Charmander's eagerness to hurt other creatures was disturbing. Were all starters bred to be so violent towards other Pokemon until they were absorbed into the team or driven away? "If you're going to allow your Charmander to attack other Pokemon then at least capture them," Mewtwo admonished with a frown. "Don't let them wander off injured. They'll be targeted for a weakness you caused."He advocated survival of the fittest but too often he'd come across wild Pokemon that had come off worse for wear because Trainers didn't realize that sending their team at anything they didn't intend to add to their ranks because of the "experience" that would be gained was upsetting the delicate balance nature had in place. Wild Pokemon only tried to kill one another when they were hungry, in danger, or when their young were in danger. ***** OOC: Should I list Mewtwo's Trainer as "occasionally Dante"? XDDD
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 12:38 am
Belle blinked at Fuzzylumpkins in confusion. "Call you whaaat? Fuzzylumpkins? That's your name, you silly banana." Her hand dropped somewhat uselessly when he moved away. "Now, there's no need to be afraid, sugar. I'm only here to help you~ And that Skitty attacked us! It was hardly our fault! Isn't that right, Celisse?" The Charmander made an affirmative noise, trotting over to Mewtwo and sniffing his leg deeply. After a moment, she bared her teeth and slashed at his leg.
"No! No, bad girl Come here, dearest!" She moved over to it, picking the Pokemon up again. "You are so naughty~" Belle tapped her Charmander on the nose, rolling her eyes as she wriggled free again. Celisse, tail up and head to the ground, was apparently now off sniffing something. "So, Fuzzylumpkins, how did you come to meet Dante?"
A squawking noise drew her attention back to Celisse, who had clamped her jaws on to a Pidgey's wing. "Arceus! Celisse, release! Releeeease!" She reached down at yanked at her Pokemon, pulling it away from the victimised Pidgey. "You really shouldn't - FFF- Tackle!" The Pidgey had launched itself at Celisse, who promptly launched back, baring its teeth. "Uhm . . . Do that thing you did before!" Celisse, momentarily befuddled by this command, allowed the Pidgey time to smack her again, enraging the Charmander. Celisse opened her mouth, letting out the stream of red bolts again. "Yay~ Keep it up, shnookums!" The stream increased, with one particular bolt hitting the poor bugger on the head, apparently knocking it out. "Uh . . . stop now, please~ I think it's unconscious."
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Post 20! Level up!
Charmander (Celisse)/Female/Received at Valerian's Lab/Level: 8/Holding: Nothing/Ability: Blaze/Atk: Scratch/Atk: Growl/Atk: Ember/Atk:
Shinx (Lucius)/Male/Caught on Route 1/Level: 5/Holding: Nothing/Ability: Rivalry/Atk: Scratch/Atk: Leer/Atk: /Atk:
Bag:
5x Pokeballs
7x Potions
2x Revives
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:17 pm
The lie worked. What a surprise. Well, that was fine. Des did attend a Ranger Academy long enough to know most of the important stuff. Dante had said there were other Trainers further along the route, so he'd make sure to swing by to check them out.
"I'll go check out the other trainers then." he said. He started to walk away, but then turned to look back at Dante. "That girl never called back her Charmander when she chased after that purple cat, did she? I don't think it's rained here for a while, so I can only hope she doesn't accidentally start a fire with that tail flame. I'm only scouting today so I didn't bring a Water-type to put out any fires. If there's any casualties or damage to nature I'll be sure to send the bills to you since you yourself said you have this area under control."
With that warning, Des left.
Around the same time, the Litwick that Des let out and commanded to use Minimize before going to speak with Dante, Mewtwo and Belle had remained invisible (due to ghost powers) before following after Belle and her Charmander into the tall grass, keeping her distance. She had then used her flame to light the tall grass on fire before sinking into the ground with her ghost properties and followed after her Trainer. As the fire was within the tall grass, near the girl and Mewtwo, rather than on the outer edge, it looked like the Charmander had started the fire. Mewtwo could have noticed Wickersham, but he was probably too busy being flustered with Belle to have noticed the tiny candle ghost do the deed. And since Desiderio had already left the area, not only could he not be held responsible for the fire, but it would be extremely difficult to trace the source back to him.
After all, there was no Ranger Lukas.
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 11:42 pm
'Thoughts' "Telepathy" "Vocalized Speech" Post # 12
Level: 50 Moves: Atk: TM30 Shadow Ball/Atk: Psycho Cut/Atk: Barrier/Atk: Disable Trainer: None ***** "My name is Mewtwo. You need to read the handbook included in your Pokedex on how to properly train your Charmander," Mewtwo said while narrowing his eyes at the fire lizard. He privately warned the little upstart that if she attempted violence against him again he'd essentially Tail Whip her back to the route regardless of whether or not he could perform it properly; if he was injured somehow then it would be worth it. "She's already training you to believe that she's the alpha of your relationship. I suggest you let her know differently before you go any further. As a Charizard she's going to be difficult and should she decide that she doesn't like something you've done she'll react like an alpha and put you back in your place. For you that would mean hospitalization if she doesn't accidentally kill you in the process."He'd have continued lecturing the girl had the wind not shifted direction and sent smoke wafting directly into his nose. Calmly the cat sniffed the air, absently noting the Charmander did the same. At least he wasn't the only one who smelled the burning grasses. "I told you that having a fire-type out in grass this high was dangerous," Mewtwo said with some irritation coloring his tone. He couldn't take flight and take Belle and her upstart starter with him without being seen by every Trainer on the route. They would have to walk and be careful that they didn't run across brush-fire in the process. "Let's head back to the road." To prevent any damage from happening a blue glow emanated from the psychic's eyes and appeared around the three of them before flickering out of sight. Barrier only raised defense so if they had to run through fire they could but standing in it was out of the question. Dante would gripe at him if he left the girl to a fiery end and she honestly didn't deserve such a death to begin with. Her innocence proved that much. ***** OOC: Here's how that Barrier works.
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Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 12:06 am
Belle tilted her head at him stating his name, repeating it slowly. "Mew . . . two?" Like the second Mew? No, surely not, she was being silly. She knew, of course, of Mew the Legendary Pokemon. Perhaps his name was Miato, but he pronounced oddly? Yes, that must be it. Miato. "Ooh, I don't even know how to use this~" She pulled out her Pokedex, pushing random buttons at will. "I know how to look at stuff like moves or abilities and show what Pokemon it is, but I didn't know there was handbook involved. Miato's next comments, though, confused her. "Whaaat? What do you mean? You'd never hurt me, right, baby?"
Celisse, though, was rather uninterested in this conversation. She was sniffing around at the grass, growling at something. She seemed to jump back at something - and that's when she saw the flames. Belle let out a high-pitched shriek, moving backwards. "Celisse, what did you do?" The Charmander whipped around, snarling at her, clearly not pleased with her accusation. "What?" she demanded. "Don't give me any 'tude, girl, there are no other Fire types around. I - " she broke off upon seeing them surrounded by a blue glow, attention drawn back to Miato.
"Eh . . . okay. Come on, sweetie. We can discuss this later, we don't want you getting - get your nose out of the fire!" Celisse sneezed, moving away from the flames. "Arceus, you're insane. Look, you got black stuff on your nose!" She reached down and snatched up her Pokemon, moving back towards Dante and his boyfriend, trying to hold down the Charmander, despite its struggling.
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Post 21
Charmander (Celisse)/Female/Received at Valerian's Lab/Level: 8/Holding: Nothing/Ability: Blaze/Atk: Scratch/Atk: Growl/Atk: Ember/Atk:
Shinx (Lucius)/Male/Caught on Route 1/Level: 5/Holding: Nothing/Ability: Rivalry/Atk: Scratch/Atk: Leer/Atk: /Atk:
Bag:
5x Pokeballs
7x Potions
2x Revives
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Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 9:07 pm
Post #12
Dante watched Lukas's retreating back until the Ranger disappeared into the grass on the other side of the Route from Mewtwo. Thank Arceus that's over with, he thought, sighing as his body relaxed. The Gym Leader had made up his mind to leave the Route now before someone else showed up and sidetracked him into another conversation. He might come back later, once Mewtwo was safely ensconced in his flat in Genesia, but as of now there was too much of a danger that people would see - and recognize - Mewtwo. Mewtwo? Where are you? Dante though, readying Venezia's Pokeball. I got the Ranger to head off, let's make a break for it while we can. As he scanned the grassy field that the Legendary had disappeared into, Dante caught a glimpse of a small smoke column. Looks like that Charmander learned Ember already then, he thought, with a little apprehension. Hopefully Belle had the good sense to not burn down the route.
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Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 10:35 pm
'Thoughts' "Telepathy" "Vocalized Speech" Post # 13
Level: 50 Moves: Atk: TM30 Shadow Ball/Atk: Psycho Cut/Atk: Barrier/Atk: Disable Trainer: None ***** "If only Route 1 wasn't on fire ," Mewtwo said with a hint of urgency. The fire was spreading quickly and the psycat was about to damn secrecy and it's conveniences if it meant escaping the horrendous amount of heat. He made sure to keep the girl near. No doubt she would panic if she lost sight of him and that wouldn't do her or her team any good. Locking on to Dante's brain helped with finding their way back to the road and when the small, sweat and soot soaked group arrived they panted and it was to smoke-stained air. Dante stood a little further down the road from them. 'I might have panicked a little in my haste to get clear of the grass,' thought the cat. That was the only explanation for why they weren't gasping for fresh air in front of the Gym Leader. *****
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Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 5:04 pm
"Oh, right. Arceus, Celisse, if you don't stop struggling I will put you in your Pokeball." The Charmander stopped its wriggling, looking rather irritated. "There's a good baby girl." She picked her way carefully through the grass, still moving at a somewhat speedy pace. "OhmiArceus, it's totes hot. Who knew fire would reach this temperature?" she mused. Celisse's tail flame wasn't really helping the situation. Looking up, she saw Dante a little ahead of them. She put her Pokemon back down again, frowning when she saw her arm. "Really? Soot? FFF-" Grimacing, she rubbed her arm vigorously - thankfully, it had only just gotten on there, so it wasn't sticking on.
"Okay. Celisse, come back here. We need to discuss you setting the damn Route on fire." The Pokemon had wandered off, sniffing at the grass again. "I swear, if you find another Arceusdammed wild Pokemon -" Naturally, something was now flying at her. After a moment, Belle could see that it was a Pidove. Celisse, apparently untouched by the creature, wheeled backwards. It took her a few seconds to realise that the Pidove had used Gust. "Alright, Celisse, use Ember~"
Regaining her balance, the Charmander shot its little red bolts at the Pidove. The other Pokemon, wings flapping, moved backwards, before sending another bout of wind at Celisse. "Don't be fazed~ Just keep firing 'em!" This went on for a few minutes, as neither of them needed to close in, and could fire from a distance. "FFF- Just . . . uhm . . . use . . . Scratch! Well, no, don't go in the way of the Gust, move around it - girl, use your speed!" After a few tries, Celisse managed to dodge around one of the other Pokemon's attacks, slashing at it with its glowing claws. The Pidove shuddered, before collapsing.
Celisse looked back at its trainer, rather pleased with itself. "Yaaay~ There's my precious! Come here, I've got a Potion for you~" The Charmander hurried over, baring its fangs in a smile when it was sprayed. "Gooooood, girl."
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Post 22
Charmander (Celisse)/Female/Received at Valerian's Lab/Level: 8/Holding: Nothing/Ability: Blaze/Atk: Scratch/Atk: Growl/Atk: Ember/Atk:
Shinx (Lucius)/Male/Caught on Route 1/Level: 5/Holding: Nothing/Ability: Rivalry/Atk: Scratch/Atk: Leer/Atk: /Atk:
Bag:
5x Pokeballs
6x Potions
2x Revives
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