(03-11-2018, 01:49 PM)Dragonstrike Wrote: [ -> ] (03-11-2018, 01:33 PM)Iron Wrote: [ -> ]His door opens, revealing a Machop. Mallorn is sitting on his bed, fiddling with a Pokedex.Â
"Hey, boss! Gonna challenge Tanuki while you're here? Pull up a chair." He points to a chair by a desk.
Nathan takes a seat. Ralts ends up sitting in his lap.
"Yeah, at some point. Enjoying a little downtime while we have some. Come on Furret, don't be shy. Come on in. So, what brings you to Cress, Mallorn?"
"I'm delivering a package - already done! and then going to talk to Dagny tomorrow. Whenever I'm in a city, I try to drum up something interesting, and there's always something interesting going on in Cress. I just haven't found it yet this visit. But mainly, I'm here because I was paid to come here."
I'll let you add your Intimidate to your flee roll.
Exeggcute: (2)(2), (5)(3), (4)(1)
Shiva: (4)(6)(6)(2)
You retreat, your Pokemon helping to cow the enemy, until you're back on the main path. Volbeat pets your head, apologizing that his light has attracted trouble. He points along a green-pebbled path.
Following that, you come to a grove of ancient trees, right here in the middle of the city! These trunks are so big you could lay down inside them, should they be hollowed out. A few are indeed partially hollow, but none with gaps big enough for a human to enter. You're sure tons of Pokemon live in these trees.
Volbeat's light eventually shows a dark silhouette with a shiny top, staring up between the branches of the ancient trees. That's Gothitelle, all right, with her trademark tinfoil hat. She makes no sign as Shiva approaches her.
(03-11-2018, 03:30 PM)Iron Wrote: [ -> ]"I'm delivering a package - already done! and then going to talk to Dagny tomorrow. Whenever I'm in a city, I try to drum up something interesting, and there's always something interesting going on in Cress. I just haven't found it yet this visit. But mainly, I'm here because I was paid to come here."
Well, Mallorn doesn't seem to be paying enough attention right now to notice that Ralts is...well, not a Kirlia. Alright then...
"Delivery, huh? Well, guess that's not surprising...how'd you know we were in the area, though? We haven't even been here for a full day yet."
(03-11-2018, 03:35 PM)Dragonstrike Wrote: [ -> ] (03-11-2018, 03:30 PM)Iron Wrote: [ -> ]"I'm delivering a package - already done! and then going to talk to Dagny tomorrow. Whenever I'm in a city, I try to drum up something interesting, and there's always something interesting going on in Cress. I just haven't found it yet this visit. But mainly, I'm here because I was paid to come here."
Well, Mallorn doesn't seem to be paying enough attention right now to notice that Ralts is...well, not a Kirlia. Alright then...
"Delivery, huh? Well, guess that's not surprising...how'd you know we were in the area, though? We haven't even been here for a full day yet."
"I ran into Shiva yesterday at the Pokemon Center. She asked me some questions about a strange Poochyena she'd acquired, prompting a Pokedex update. We had lunch together at the Relicafe in the Creshire Museum. Great place. I go there all the time. My colleague, Professor Laurelin, works in that museum, mostly studying prehistoric times."
"Say, you're the only one in this group with a Pokedex, right? Since Vincent left to pursue his own ends. He's run into a few Delta species on his journeys, and he's thinking of settling down somewhere in Creshire. Can't see it happening, though: he's too easily distracted by anyone who needs help."
(03-11-2018, 03:50 PM)Iron Wrote: [ -> ]"I ran into Shiva yesterday at the Pokemon Center. She asked me some questions about a strange Poochyena she'd acquired, prompting a Pokedex update. We had lunch together at the Relicafe in the Creshire Museum. Great place. I go there all the time. My colleague, Professor Laurelin, works in that museum, mostly studying prehistoric times."
"Say, you're the only one in this group with a Pokedex, right? Since Vincent left to pursue his own ends. He's run into a few Delta species on his journeys, and he's thinking of settling down somewhere in Creshire. Can't see it happening, though: he's too easily distracted by anyone who needs help."
"Ah, gotcha. Hmmm...that reminds me...I wonder how Larry's doing with that Omanyte..."
"...well, I think Shiva picked up a 'Dex of her own at some point...she pulled it out to look something up during her gym battle with Dagny...wait, Vincent's run into some Delta Species too? Wow...what kinds? Last I heard from him, he'd only mentioned that he'd caught a Voltorb and a Vivillon..."
(03-11-2018, 03:58 PM)Dragonstrike Wrote: [ -> ] (03-11-2018, 03:50 PM)Iron Wrote: [ -> ]"I ran into Shiva yesterday at the Pokemon Center. She asked me some questions about a strange Poochyena she'd acquired, prompting a Pokedex update. We had lunch together at the Relicafe in the Creshire Museum. Great place. I go there all the time. My colleague, Professor Laurelin, works in that museum, mostly studying prehistoric times."
"Say, you're the only one in this group with a Pokedex, right? Since Vincent left to pursue his own ends. He's run into a few Delta species on his journeys, and he's thinking of settling down somewhere in Creshire. Can't see it happening, though: he's too easily distracted by anyone who needs help."
"Ah, gotcha. Hmmm...that reminds me...I wonder how Larry's doing with that Omanyte..."
"...well, I think Shiva picked up a 'Dex of her own at some point...she pulled it out to look something up during her gym battle with Dagny...wait, Vincent's run into some Delta Species too? Wow...what kinds?  Last I heard from him, he'd only mentioned that he'd caught a Voltorb and a Vivillon..."
"No, she doesn't have one yet, must have been something else."
"He didn't capture them. He was in the Safari Zone - perfect place for an adventurous sort like him. He found the strangest Parasect, but as you know he already has a Parasect, and this one...unnerved him. He took a few photos, but none of them turned out! All blurry. He said it had a bluish tinge and a luminous aura, but it wasn't water type."
"I haven't heard from Larry at all."
"Was there something you needed from me? I'm afraid I don't have my full stocks with me, but I could have it shipped to you..."
(03-11-2018, 04:40 PM)Iron Wrote: [ -> ]"No, she doesn't have one yet, must have been something else."
"He didn't capture them. He was in the Safari Zone - perfect place for an adventurous sort like him. He found the strangest Parasect, but as you know he already has a Parasect, and this one...unnerved him. He took a few photos, but none of them turned out! All blurry. He said it had a bluish tinge and a luminous aura, but it wasn't water type."
"Was there something you needed from me? I'm afraid I don't have my full stocks with me, but I could have it shipped to you..."
"Odd...I could have sworn she pulled out a pokedex of some kind...hmmm..."
"Bluish with a luminous aura...I'll keep an eye out. Was planning to make a trip to the Safari Zone at some point, so that is sorta conventient..."
"...well, nothing in particular...just figured you might be curious about checkin' out my 'Dex or somethin' while I was here, potentially. Since we're on the topic, though...we did encounter a rather...weird Delta Species a few weeks back...and there were a lot of them, too, which is one of the weirder parts...I managed to capture one, actually. Been raising him to try and get a better understanding of his species...it's a...*ahem*...Delta Houndour. Fire/Psychic type. But...they don't exactly live...here. In Creshire, I mean."
There at the main path, Shiva finally finds a an opportunity to calm herself again from this run-in with these annoying Exeggcute. Hmpf... If they wouldn't have left her alone while she retreated, she'd MAKE THEM do so by pestering back with Ice Beams from her fae rabbit and Gusts from her grassy sauropod, but she's glad that it didn't come to a battle - means more time to search for Lilith as it's getting darker and darker, and she wouldn't want to risk these Exeggcute fainting the Volbeat that's kindly herlping her out!
Both Azumarill and Tropius get a thankful hug which especially Azu returned with joy, before they get recalled into their respective Balls. Volbeat apologizing to her earns him a dear smile and a pet back. "It's alright, you... It's not entirerly your fault, I should have stayed more alert as well. then they wouldn't have targeted you with an Uproar. You're doing okay? ...Yes? Alright then, where to go... Oh, fine then, we'll take that green-pebbled way then."
As soon as these ancient trees came into sight, Shiva intuitively lowered her walking pace while her gaze gets caught more and more by them. These trees....... Ah, that Guidebook mentioned them, if she wasn't mistaken in her memory. (It does) Simply reading about them earlier gave her an awed feeling, and now, near these trees, she felt like something draggs her more and more to them. They were alluring her, she didn't know why and how, but they did. Almost as if she heard mother nature silently calling her over. She mustered the hollow trunks with interest, but doesn't dare to place her hand into those that were within her range - there MUST be Pokemon in there, a ton of, but what kinds? And what species roam near such an ancient grove of trees, which were emitting such an amount of dignity and (to her) mystic that it'd make her dizzy? Well, now her curiosity was triggered, Shiva will certainly pay this grove another visit to find out.
But for now, she was incredibly glad that here she also found Lilith back - that, and even more seeing that she was fine, took a lot of load off Shiva's sensitive heart. Seing how she too was somewhat caught by these trees allured some joyful amusement, for now Shiva 'will stay roughly a meter away from her as she too looked up to these branches then, following her Psychic Pokemon's gaze. If she seemed alright, there was no point in disturbing her, as Shiva was definitely within her eyesight now and somewhat understood why Lilith has wandered away from her again, she probably had her own reasons to visit this precious ancient grove of trees. This doesn't change the worry she felt over the sensation of her having wandered away again, but it eases the hints of sadness and frustration she felt over this.
After having silently admired the view of these trees for some minutes, Shiva would eventually and carefully do anything to get to know them a little more - softly stroking over their probably very thick bark, placing the side of her head on them to listen to sounds of the Pokemon living in there, smelling at them, such things. Due to being a child of the big who only knows big and old trees from books and screens (the ones within White Forest she has visited a few times are nor nearly as impressive as the ancient ones here), this was quite a thing and experience from her.
Does Gothy react to that eventually? Shiva does leave her alone as well, but it's obvious that she won't leave this place without her. Actually, she won't leave right away anyway as she wanted to stargaze a little... Would it be safe to sleep over here at the grove of ancient trees while having some Pokemon out as a night guardian? Shiva would totally do that, leaned against Tropius and Furret loosely curled up around her. ^^
(03-11-2018, 04:51 PM)Dragonstrike Wrote: [ -> ] (03-11-2018, 04:40 PM)Iron Wrote: [ -> ]"No, she doesn't have one yet, must have been something else."
"He didn't capture them. He was in the Safari Zone - perfect place for an adventurous sort like him. He found the strangest Parasect, but as you know he already has a Parasect, and this one...unnerved him. He took a few photos, but none of them turned out! All blurry. He said it had a bluish tinge and a luminous aura, but it wasn't water type."
"Was there something you needed from me? I'm afraid I don't have my full stocks with me, but I could have it shipped to you..."
"Odd...I could have sworn she pulled out a pokedex of some kind...hmmm..."
"Bluish with a luminous aura...I'll keep an eye out. Was planning to make a trip to the Safari Zone at some point, so that is sorta conventient..."
"...well, nothing in particular...just figured you might be curious about checkin' out my 'Dex or somethin' while I was here, potentially. Since we're on the topic, though...we did encounter a rather...weird Delta Species a few weeks back...and there were a lot of them, too, which is one of the weirder parts...I managed to capture one, actually. Been raising him to try and get a better understanding of his species...it's a...*ahem*...Delta Houndour. Fire/Psychic type. But...they don't exactly live...here. In Creshire, I mean."
"Deltas are on the cutting edge of Pokemon research. So please, tell me everything you know about this Pokemon!" He pulls up a notepad program on his laptop.
With these nice pine needles, the warm day, and a full party of Pokemon, it would be possible to camp out here.
Volbeat eventually heads off in search of a mate. You can hear him making little buzzing noises. It sounds like he's getting plenty of suitors and now he can afford to be a little picky.