(04-02-2018, 12:23 PM)Iron Wrote: [ -> ] (04-02-2018, 11:52 AM)Spiritmon Wrote: [ -> ]
(04-02-2018, 11:35 AM)Iron Wrote: [ -> ]The inside of the gym is a maze! Well, not the main hallway - that part is easy to navigate, very straightforward, leading to doors saying "EMPLOYEES ONLY," "CHALLENGERS," "SPECTATORS," and "WAITING ROOM PARK."
The maze is a bunch of tubes that tangle their way across ceiling and walls, crossing over each other, ducking above the ceiling or below the floor, twisting in all directions. Some are translucent, others opaque: they are the only bright colors in the Gym. There are a few portals to this maze of tubes, but a human wouldn't easily fit inside.
"Now this is what I call a Gym! I think what they say is true: Never judge a book by his cape." Then Heart follow in the direction of the door with "CHALLENGERS" sight and follow his path to find Tanuki.
Tanuki is lounging on a big pillow, playing with a Zigzagoon, lifting it up in the air, even tossing it.Â
"Ah! A challenger, huh? I'm Tanuki, who are you?"
She jumps to her feet. "Let me tell you the rules real quick. This is the Normal gym, so there's no consumable items here - no Potions, no Awakenings, nothing like that at all! Held Items are OK, and even encouraged! If you win, I'll give you a great Held Item! My Gym is a test of the trainer more than a test of technology. Beyond that, it's just normal 4x4 single battle League Rules, battling until one trainer has no Pokemon that can continue!"
Heart bow in respect in direction of Tanuki. "Yes I am miss. My name is ArcHeart. But please just call me Heart. A unsual name I know, but be respectful. We have meet before during the festival in Star City. Its a pleasure to have meet you again."
Heart nods his head in agreement. "I agree with the rules. Its a little similar in Star City during my battle against Dagny. But of course its Single Battle rules. Anyway, I okay with the rules, and me and my pokemon its okay to begin. But before that I would like to proporse something interesting." Then Heart search his bag and find a coin. "How about we decide who their hand first during the battle? In pokemon battles its always important to be in second to be able to see what pokemon your foe might use. The one who loose in head or tails will have to bring their pokemon first? The rest of the rules its the same. How about it?"
(04-02-2018, 01:42 PM)Iron Wrote: [ -> ]Furret runs through a tube, and comes out inside the stands.
Nathan takes a seat and puts his bag in the spot next to him. Furret's welcome to sit next to him (and she'll get some affectionate strokes if she does.)
"The gym's kinda like the tunnels of Mt. Sentry, isn't it, Furret? All sorts of different passages, going in various different directions and to different places...I wouldn't be surprised if it changed each day, to be honest."
He looks at Furret and Forthright, then back at the battlefield.
"...well, this oughta be an interesting battle. Going to be a bit more intense than facing one of the Kimono Girls...I wonder what kind of specific battle style Tanuki uses..."
Oh yeah, that reminds him...he needs to send a text to Shiva
Quote:
Hey, Shiva. Forthright learned Weather Ball earlier! She was playing 'catch' with Furret as soon as she learned the move  And also purring in contentment afterwards. Hehehe...oh, it's so sweet and adorable to think about...anyways, whenever you're ready to get that test of the full extent of her Ability going, we can do that.
Also...when did you want to start the Electroweb tutoring? Have to do that at some point, too.
Alright, message sent. Now then, to enjoy this battle with Forthright, Furret, Ralts, and Charmeleon. Oh yeah, Charmeleon's out too so he can see exactly what he might be up against later. "She's not Dagny, but she's just as strong at the very least. I think that'll be a decent way to test how much you've grown since your first attempts at taking on the Leader of one of the Capitols. I definitely recommend paying attention to how Tanuki battles while we have the chance. Rushing into this blindly will only get us so far, after all..."
(04-02-2018, 11:44 AM)Iron Wrote: [ -> ](...)
Ventus and Valder are both all charged up, really excited to get revenge! Their eyes even gleam in the half-light.Â
Anything to add before Haunter and Malphena descend into the Candelabra?
Ventus beckons over his 'horrifying' sister with a wave of his hand, before he place a firm hand on her head/body and looks them straight in the eyes an intones to them with a tone grim soluminity and expectation.
"Malphena, you and Haunter are about to engage with my
hated, cowardous enemy Chandelure and its Litwick minion, so I say this to you now: Show them
no mercy, no compassion, no tolerance , and channel all your energies into
cursing their souls to the depths of hell. Make them
fear you as they fear
me, and glut yourself on their terror as you and Haunter
destroy them, for the deserve
no better and
far worse. Do not sacrifice yourself for my cause, though, if they prove to be more
fiendish than we think, and flee back to my side for treatment. Finally, and most importantly of all....."
The researcher flashed her a downright
malevolent smile, full of spite and wicked intentions for his
prey. Oh, revenge will be
sweet.
"
Bring them all to me when you are finished having fun, so I can have mine. Do you understand me, Malphena?
Then go forth in my name, and crush their Will with our own."
(04-02-2018, 02:00 PM)Spiritmon Wrote: [ -> ]
(04-02-2018, 12:23 PM)Iron Wrote: [ -> ] (04-02-2018, 11:52 AM)Spiritmon Wrote: [ -> ]
(04-02-2018, 11:35 AM)Iron Wrote: [ -> ]The inside of the gym is a maze! Well, not the main hallway - that part is easy to navigate, very straightforward, leading to doors saying "EMPLOYEES ONLY," "CHALLENGERS," "SPECTATORS," and "WAITING ROOM PARK."
The maze is a bunch of tubes that tangle their way across ceiling and walls, crossing over each other, ducking above the ceiling or below the floor, twisting in all directions. Some are translucent, others opaque: they are the only bright colors in the Gym. There are a few portals to this maze of tubes, but a human wouldn't easily fit inside.
"Now this is what I call a Gym! I think what they say is true: Never judge a book by his cape." Then Heart follow in the direction of the door with "CHALLENGERS" sight and follow his path to find Tanuki.
Tanuki is lounging on a big pillow, playing with a Zigzagoon, lifting it up in the air, even tossing it.Â
"Ah! A challenger, huh? I'm Tanuki, who are you?"
She jumps to her feet. "Let me tell you the rules real quick. This is the Normal gym, so there's no consumable items here - no Potions, no Awakenings, nothing like that at all! Held Items are OK, and even encouraged! If you win, I'll give you a great Held Item! My Gym is a test of the trainer more than a test of technology. Beyond that, it's just normal 4x4 single battle League Rules, battling until one trainer has no Pokemon that can continue!"
Heart bow in respect in direction of Tanuki. "Yes I am miss. My name is ArcHeart. But please just call me Heart. A unsual name I know, but be respectful. We have meet before during the festival in Star City. Its a pleasure to have meet you again."
Heart nods his head in agreement. "I agree with the rules. Its a little similar in Star City during my battle against Dagny. But of course its Single Battle rules. Anyway, I okay with the rules, and me and my pokemon its okay to begin. But before that I would like to proporse something interesting." Then Heart search his bag and find a coin. "How about we decide who their hand first during the battle? In pokemon battles its always important to be in second to be able to see what pokemon your foe might use. The one who loose in head or tails will have to bring their pokemon first? The rest of the rules its the same. How about it?"
"Well, alright, just this once!"
She opens a door and leads you to the Gym Stadium. It turns out to be just as large as Dagny's, with all kinds of tubes! One even seems to be a waterslide, judging by the sound and the occasional spray of foam from it.Â
Nathan, alone in the stadium, is up behind and above all these tubes, so he can see clearly the whole arrangement!Â
"Well, here's my Gym! Feel free to use the Furret tubes during the battle."
This time, Malphena dives down ahead of Haunter. The plan is for the two ghosts to battle Chandelure directly this time, so no Intimidate check is necessary.
I have some secret bonuses to give still, and Ventus doesn't know what's happening down there, so some of the rolls are gonna stay secret!
Initiatives:
Malphena: (6)
Chandelure: (6)
Litwick clan: (4)
Haunter: (2)
Chandelure Rematch Round 1
Malphena
*rolls*
Chandelure
*rolls*
The Candelabra flares to life momentarily!
*rolls*
Litwick
*rolls*
Haunter
*rolls*
Haunter comes up grinning. He shakes some wax off his claws into the room, then dives down again.
Malphena
*rolls*
The Candelabra shakes!
Chandelure
*rolls*
Litwick
*rolls*
Haunter
*rolls*
Haunter resurfaces. He's eaten his Sitrus berry, but is has taken 4 more damage on top of that! He holds up two fingers to indicate his faint count. But he gives a thumbs up to indicate how the battle is going overall.
The poisonous ghost is glowing a little bit blue-violet.
(04-02-2018, 02:12 PM)Iron Wrote: [ -> ] (04-02-2018, 02:00 PM)Spiritmon Wrote: [ -> ]
(04-02-2018, 12:23 PM)Iron Wrote: [ -> ] (04-02-2018, 11:52 AM)Spiritmon Wrote: [ -> ]
(04-02-2018, 11:35 AM)Iron Wrote: [ -> ]The inside of the gym is a maze! Well, not the main hallway - that part is easy to navigate, very straightforward, leading to doors saying "EMPLOYEES ONLY," "CHALLENGERS," "SPECTATORS," and "WAITING ROOM PARK."
The maze is a bunch of tubes that tangle their way across ceiling and walls, crossing over each other, ducking above the ceiling or below the floor, twisting in all directions. Some are translucent, others opaque: they are the only bright colors in the Gym. There are a few portals to this maze of tubes, but a human wouldn't easily fit inside.
"Now this is what I call a Gym! I think what they say is true: Never judge a book by his cape." Then Heart follow in the direction of the door with "CHALLENGERS" sight and follow his path to find Tanuki.
Tanuki is lounging on a big pillow, playing with a Zigzagoon, lifting it up in the air, even tossing it.Â
"Ah! A challenger, huh? I'm Tanuki, who are you?"
She jumps to her feet. "Let me tell you the rules real quick. This is the Normal gym, so there's no consumable items here - no Potions, no Awakenings, nothing like that at all! Held Items are OK, and even encouraged! If you win, I'll give you a great Held Item! My Gym is a test of the trainer more than a test of technology. Beyond that, it's just normal 4x4 single battle League Rules, battling until one trainer has no Pokemon that can continue!"
Heart bow in respect in direction of Tanuki. "Yes I am miss. My name is ArcHeart. But please just call me Heart. A unsual name I know, but be respectful. We have meet before during the festival in Star City. Its a pleasure to have meet you again."
Heart nods his head in agreement. "I agree with the rules. Its a little similar in Star City during my battle against Dagny. But of course its Single Battle rules. Anyway, I okay with the rules, and me and my pokemon its okay to begin. But before that I would like to proporse something interesting." Then Heart search his bag and find a coin. "How about we decide who their hand first during the battle? In pokemon battles its always important to be in second to be able to see what pokemon your foe might use. The one who loose in head or tails will have to bring their pokemon first? The rest of the rules its the same. How about it?"
"Well, alright, just this once!"
She opens a door and leads you to the Gym Stadium. It turns out to be just as large as Dagny's, with all kinds of tubes! One even seems to be a waterslide, judging by the sound and the occasional spray of foam from it.Â
Nathan, alone in the stadium, is up behind and above all these tubes, so he can see clearly the whole arrangement!Â
"Well, here's my Gym! Feel free to use the Furret tubes during the battle."
"Well its indeed a awesome looking Gym." Then Heart take his coin. "Well, ladies choose first? You choose head or tails?"
Humm... It turned out that Shiva was waiting some reaction, a reply, or ANY sort of response in vain, as all she received was a neutral "We'll see one another tomorrow afternoon then, I guess!~" from Mr. Finder. K... She did very well understand that this was the signal that their meeting-up for today has reached its end, the contract is now made and the rest of preparing for the departure was mostly his customer's part. If she thinks over this again a little later, she'll come to conclusion that such was actually to be expected and it's not too off that most information shall come from not-his side, but for now this outcome made her feel like being left alone with unanswered questions that she's not too sure about how to deal properly with 'em. It...was no pleasant feeling for Shiva at all.
Giving him a somewhat deadpan and not too impressed look now however, she wordlessly and almost painfully neutral packed Dawn Stone/Runestone/half red gemstone carefully away again, not averting her non-intimidating gaze once. Her voice when she eventually spoke up to give Mr. Finder a goodbye for today was lacking some of the usual softness, but it was nevertheless a friendly and polite one that indicated that she'll her visit of him now. "Alright, we'll indeed see each other tomorrow afternoon then Mr. Finder, I'll very likely come to you tomorrow morning once more to politely claim the book I just gave you back. Apart from that, we'll await you at 3pm at the entrence to Mount Sentry from Cress City; again, please try to keep expenses as low as possible as we can provide food, ropes, weapons if necessary, safety and similar. I thank thee for your aid"; *low bow to him that Kyuu on her shoulder unwillingly joined*, "and I wish thee a fruitful day then. .....Come, Braixen and Lilith. You as well, Kyuu." Off they were, and this time Shiva indeed exited the Violet Tent for today. She already stopped counting how often she visited this place already, but everytime she stepped outside of the tent into the fresh air, she has to get herself re-used to the fresh air in contrary to all the various and intriguing smells within this precious tent for a moment.
Shiva made a not hasted, but eager beeline to the Eastern Pokemon Center next to swap around in her party AGAIN at the provided PC - phew, now with her pool of own Pokemon having grown massively if compared to near the start of the journey she had to get used to rearrange the Pokemon she'd like to have with her on a regular base. What she'd do if there wasn't Bill or PCs in general she didn't knew, she also feels lucky that Pokemon usually do not mind staying in a PC Box if their health is good. In detail, Helios, Kyuu and *sob* Vulpix are placed into a Box to accompany the other digitalized Pokemon there, while in return Spritzee, Furret and Nightshade come to Shiva again.
All these somewhat unanswered questions are questions Shiva puts a tad bit aside right now, she'll have enough muse and time to mull over things during+after preparing and enjoying these Cloyster Mushrooms!~ At the kitchen belonging to the Center, she'll ask with super effective Baby-Doll Eyes whether she could please burrow a fireproof bowl or similar to collect and then fry her gatherings, thanking genuinely when agreed.
A check of the clock hanging in the Center revealed that it's only shortly after noon, and she knows that these blue Cloyster Mushrooms taste best a little later when they open to soak up the sun. Soak up....the sun... During Shiva's collecting - which all of her current Pokemon can join as they're summoned to her company - it'll probably become 'early afternoon' anyway, and Nightshade can help increasing the sunbeams to make the Mushrooms open themselves even more. It was pleasant for Shiva to follow some mushroom gathering through half the town in company of her dear Pokemon while the sun was shining, in no time she found herself humming the tune of 'Skirl of the Sounthern Wind' again. In such occupations, it was HARD to believe that Shiva has developed depressive issues over the journey, and she felt lucky that these are not troubling her now.
Once they've collected a full bowl of first choice Cloyster Mushrooms, Shiva carefully carried it to the ancient grove of trees she slept over once, asking all of her Pokemon to follow. Carefully placing the bowl down, she makes sure to create some sort of pillow again with all the pine needles, just like she already did one evening.
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Mechanics:
With 2 points in bow Survival and Nature as well as Braixen's help to ignite things, is is possible for Shiva to create a small(!) campfire that is way too unlikely to set things on fire accidently (she'll make sure that it's fully extinguished before leaving way later) in order to fry the gathered Cloyster Mushrooms? She and her Pokemon have gathered enough that everyone can have something, after enjoying the food she'll receive+send any messages via cell.
(04-02-2018, 04:28 PM)Spiritmon Wrote: [ -> ]
(04-02-2018, 02:12 PM)Iron Wrote: [ -> ] (04-02-2018, 02:00 PM)Spiritmon Wrote: [ -> ]
(04-02-2018, 12:23 PM)Iron Wrote: [ -> ] (04-02-2018, 11:52 AM)Spiritmon Wrote: [ -> ]
"Now this is what I call a Gym! I think what they say is true: Never judge a book by his cape." Then Heart follow in the direction of the door with "CHALLENGERS" sight and follow his path to find Tanuki.
Tanuki is lounging on a big pillow, playing with a Zigzagoon, lifting it up in the air, even tossing it.Â
"Ah! A challenger, huh? I'm Tanuki, who are you?"
She jumps to her feet. "Let me tell you the rules real quick. This is the Normal gym, so there's no consumable items here - no Potions, no Awakenings, nothing like that at all! Held Items are OK, and even encouraged! If you win, I'll give you a great Held Item! My Gym is a test of the trainer more than a test of technology. Beyond that, it's just normal 4x4 single battle League Rules, battling until one trainer has no Pokemon that can continue!"
Heart bow in respect in direction of Tanuki. "Yes I am miss. My name is ArcHeart. But please just call me Heart. A unsual name I know, but be respectful. We have meet before during the festival in Star City. Its a pleasure to have meet you again."
Heart nods his head in agreement. "I agree with the rules. Its a little similar in Star City during my battle against Dagny. But of course its Single Battle rules. Anyway, I okay with the rules, and me and my pokemon its okay to begin. But before that I would like to proporse something interesting." Then Heart search his bag and find a coin. "How about we decide who their hand first during the battle? In pokemon battles its always important to be in second to be able to see what pokemon your foe might use. The one who loose in head or tails will have to bring their pokemon first? The rest of the rules its the same. How about it?"
"Well, alright, just this once!"
She opens a door and leads you to the Gym Stadium. It turns out to be just as large as Dagny's, with all kinds of tubes! One even seems to be a waterslide, judging by the sound and the occasional spray of foam from it.Â
Nathan, alone in the stadium, is up behind and above all these tubes, so he can see clearly the whole arrangement!Â
"Well, here's my Gym! Feel free to use the Furret tubes during the battle."
"Well its indeed a awesome looking Gym." Then Heart take his coin. "Well, ladies choose first? You choose head or tails?"
"I'll take...tails!" (Odds)
Flip! (3) Tanuki wins!
"Hehe, this is fun!"
Yes, Shiva can easily make a fire, no roll is necessary. A bed of pine needles is not the best place, though - your survival instincts tell you to find a path's dead end as the safest place, thanks to the gravel.