[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Ruins Question:
"Negative emotions, even when bittersweet, are like a magnet to most Ghost-type Pokemon, and considering how dangerous the Ghosts of Skull Ruins are said to be, the last thing we need is them swarming us."

Oh. .........OH! Above Shiva's head a figurative lightbulb lights up, she feels like just having gotten a new insight. "I.... I see. That, if I'm okay to speak it out, probably plays an important role in Toya and your other Ghost Types being obediant and comfortable around you, does it? They're drawn towards those negative experiences and losses you had to endure... Fascinating." It is indeed for her, but it has just a bittersweet taste.

Dating Question:
*clears throat* "It was a common practice, especially when starting out, its main intention was to make it so that the, as you called them, acolytes, could better focus on their studies, but because of how many people disagreed with the practice, I heard through the grapevine that it was discontinued maybe a year or so after I left the gym to start my journey."

M.... maybe she shouldn't have outright called it 'dating' then, seeing that it hit a sensitive nerve of the spectral breeder in front of her.
...........*very frantic and embarassed hand gestures* "I'm sorry! I didn't mean to... eh... Doesn't matter!! >o<; " All silently she's happy though that those feelings between Spira and Leigh were mutual. Aww!~

the 'bold' question:
"That's a very kind offer, very well, if one of these incarnations of temptation should stand in our way, I know I can count on someone."
After Spira's emotional baggage has been unloaded, his countenance visibly changes for the better, "Thank you for lending an ear to what I had to say."

Hehehehe. That's rather flattering again, Shiva seems rather pleased that he didn't outright deny, that he wanted to handle such a creepy creature all alone, it's shown by a rather cute smile. "S... Sure you can count on me then! 'It' won't make it to add our spirits to its collection, count on it...."

It's very relieaving also to notice that Spira's doing quite better now. *Another compassionate smile* "...Doing better? That's good to see. N-nothing to thank me for, you asked for someone to listen to you.... But I gladly did so, indeed. You, ehm, can always come to me if you need to talk 'bout something or need to vent, okay?" Only if allowed (Shiva would flinch away at the smallest sign of discomfort), she'd then all gently pat Spira' shoulder.

"....Try to have a good night's rest then. We'll see one another tomorrow morning... " (Unless there's somethingelse that needs to be talked about/shared, but actually not from my side at the moment)

[Dragonstrike]

Spoiler

(Since I have the time and nothing is going at the time of this post, I'm going to type out Terra's 'A Whale of a Story' right now, and say it happens after our characters have introduced and returned our Zorua)

"....Ah! Almost forgot. You wanted to hear story about Wailord, yes? *Gets confirmation, and nods himself* Okay. It is not very long or epic, but hope it is interesting. *Closes eyes, his mind going back in time* Hm.....was in Lilycove, after long time time in the wilds. Low on medicine and Pokeballs, so needed to restock on both....."

A Whale of a Story 

Didn't have lots of Poke either, so couldn't do that. Hadn't fought many trainers then, or found any treasure to sell. Was almost broke. Tried to find temp job. Work for awhile to save up cash, and take break from living in my home's wilds.

 *Shakes head* 

Nobody wanted to give me work, though. Was too......under-qualified and stupid for lots of jobs. Others didn't like or feared me. Not busy time of year too, so not lot of jobs in first place. Spent few days exploring city looking for work, and failing. About gave up and head to Foretree. People there didn't mind me as much, and lots of hard labor jobs there.

On last day I tried to search for work, got lucky. Went over to harbor, and found their was a big fishing boat, heading out to Route 129. Needed tough, strong Trainers to man ship, catch fish, and defeat dangerous wild Pokemon. Fit all requirements they had, so I got job after proving myself by lifting up my blood brother for them.

Took a few days to get to Route 129. Caught lots of Tentacool, Tentacruel, Carvanha, and fought of pod of Sharpedo with Melly - an Electrike at that time. Ended up overloading ship from being too eager and cost whole day fixing it, but better that than having torn up ship underwater, and everyone in sharks belly. Thought I saw some long blue eels with big green teeth, but they disappeared before I could get good look.

Spend about a week.....trawling Route's waters. Half of people used rods to catch their fish, others had Water Pokemon Surf or Dive for them and bring them back to ship. I used the big titanium and tungsten nets on ship with Genie - A Vibrava - to cast them out far, pull bunch of fish in with my blood brother, and have Melly zap them all. Not hard, but it was good work and practice.

Until I end up catching a Wailord. Then it was very hard work.

Happened early in morning. Was one of first ones up, and got early start on day's fishing. Had Genie scout out good throw to cast net, and found good patch of water with lots of fish. So we put net out there, and waited for boat to drift and catch them.

That did not happen. Only few minutes after casting net, the Wailord broke surface of water, mouth wide open to gobble up fish there. 

It was big, bright blue, and beautiful. Made ship I was on look small. Looked......grand and without flaw.

Until its face got caught in the net. Then it looked like bottom of a tennis shoe. That was not good a good look on it. Appeared very uncomfortable.

Wailord agreed with me. 

Wildly.

Started thrashing around, bellowing, and sending up great big Water Spouts. Made big waves that nearly capsized ship. Scared away all the fish too.

Crew started to panic. Badly. Those with Water Pokemon that knew Surf or Dive abandoned ship, and fled to Pacifidlog or Mossdeep quickly. Rest did best to keep ship floating. Some trainers with me tried to knock it out. Couldn't. Wailord too tough and bulky, and it kept healing itself with Aqua Ring. Only made it act more wildly. Started making  [i]big Whirlpools, tried to Bounce us off, and blast at boat with Hydro Pumps.[/i]

Finally, it looked like it had enough. Started to take deep breaths, and submerge in water.

 It was going to Dive. If it did that, would drag whole ship down with it. And everyone on it. 

That was not good. Not good at all. Something had to be done to stop that. 

So I did.

I had an idea. Stopped trying to Fight it, and rushed over to wear net was connect to boat. Got Shiranui and Genie to try tear and melt its connection to boat. It worked, but Wailord had tangled itself up in it by then. Ship would not be pulled down, but it might still get hit by Wailord Diving back up.

Then I had another idea. Decided to jump off ship, swim to Wailord, free them from net myself, and calm them down. 

It was not a good plan. But it was the only one I got. Was.....do or die? Yes....do or die.

So I did it. 

......And it worked. 

Wailord had tired itself when I acted out plan, so it was just floating in the water regaining its Strength when I swam over to it. Was able to get its attention, and told them to stay still and be calm while I got them out of net. They did, so I was able to free them after.......an hour of work. Had to be careful not to hurt them more and cause them to panic again, and had to take a break to rest myself, but I got them free without much problem. Did not expect that, but was grateful for it.

After that, I apologized to it for the accident, and promised it would not happened again. It forgave me, but only after I spent a few hours of giving its face a massage with Shiranui. Was pretty friendly after that. Called them Big Blue, and they seemed to like nickname.

I wished it well and good bye, and we both left each other. Went back to ship, and everyone was staring at me. Confused and made me worry, so I asked what was wrong. Then they started to laugh and cheer, and threw a big party. Made me guest of honor, and got big bonus for taking care of Big Blue. 

*Shrugs* Don't know why. Was responsible for mess in first place, and only fixed it.Tried to refuse money and praise, but they insisted, so I accepted. We then headed straight back to Lilycove. Got off boat, and vowed to never fish on open seas again with nets again, to honor promise to Big Blue. Was able to purchase a lot of supplies, and headed back out into the wild.

"*Opens eyes* ......And that is all. Not too big of story, as I said, but big thing happened in it. *Gives Nathan a curious look* Did you enjoy it?"

Well?

Nathan smiles, as does Gallade.  "Yeah, really heartwarming.  I think the Legends that watch over nature would be proud."

[Lord Windos]

Nathan smiles, as does Gallade.  "Yeah, really heartwarming.  I think the Legends that watch over nature would be proud."

Terra momentarily appeared confused/concerned at his friend's first comment - how did his story make their hearts heat up, and is that a bad thing.....? - but their second distracted him enough to just shrug back, as if what he did for Big Blue was not big deal.

"Do not think Legends would be proud of my mistake, but if they are, they are. Just did what I could to fix thing, that is all. *Smiles*"

Yet again, the sagely monk's is either being humble, or his low self esteem is making him underplay his accomplishments. Hard to tell in this case.

With story time and introduction over (at this point in time), he looks down at Nathan with a small smile, before he motioned to the door.

"Glad you enjoyed my story, though. Have more, but will tell them another time. Now, have to prepare for my battle against Tanuki. Take care, Nathan. Hope you make a big catch with Super Rod, but not too big of one."

That said, the mountain of a man leaves, and does exactly what he says: get ready for his Gym Battle against Tanuki! Nathan himself claimed it was the toughest Gym in all of Cheshire, and he knew from experience that a well trained Normal type was a powerful and unpredicatable foe, so he best get to planning his strategy for victory against the abnormal lass!

(Guess that wraps up that segment! I'll post what Terra does for preparations after we get done with introducing ourselves to our Zorua!)

[Iron]

Zorua comes out of her Pokeball with a roll. Or maybe more of a tumble. You aren't entirely sure she did it on purpose. She moves with rapid tiny movements of her legs, over to sniff everyone.

[Iron]

"I let trainers pick their own rules, as long as they don't get too complicated. I don't hold back, either. (fainting only). Your pal, the young man, requested 1 Potion, Held Items allowed, standard rules otherwise. I prefer to use just 3 Pokemon because I've usually got somewhere to be. What do you think?"

[Iron]

Shiva will later be able to sense that a lot of what she's intuited about Spira + Ghosts is similar to how Howl deals with Dark types.

[Lord Windos]

Zorua comes out of her Pokeball with a roll. Or maybe more of a tumble. You aren't entirely sure she did it on purpose. She moves with rapid tiny movements of her legs, over to sniff everyone.

(Uh.....What about Nathan's Zorua, Iron? We both decided to introduce them at the same time, after all.)

Terra let his dark darling get a feel for everyone and make herself a bit comfortable before catching her attention by coughing into a fist and greeting her, his countenance a cross between friendly enough yet still tough, like a macho Ursaring unsure of whether or not to offer a hug or not.

"Hello, Zorua. I'm Terra. Terra Sanaa Ismat. Your trainer, partner, and leader. Will take good care of you, and protect you from danger. Listen to me, and have faith in my teachings *Clenches a fist* and you will grow in a strong and brave Dark type, like Calam."

He motions over to the Dark Prophet himself to draw her attention to him (and vice versa), before warmly smiling at her.

"Understand?"

[Iron]

Zorua comes out of her Pokeball with a roll. Or maybe more of a tumble. You aren't entirely sure she did it on purpose. She moves with rapid tiny movements of her legs, over to sniff everyone.

(Uh.....What about Nathan's Zorua, Iron? We both decided to introduce them at the same time, after all.)

Terra let his dark darling get a feel for everyone and make herself a bit comfortable before catching her attention by coughing into a fist and greeting her, his countenance a cross between friendly enough yet still tough, like a macho Ursaring unsure of whether or not to offer a hug or not.

"Hello, Zorua. I'm Terra. Terra Sanaa Ismat. Your trainer, partner, and leader. Will take good care of you, and protect you from danger. Listen to me, and have faith in my teachings *Clenches a fist* and you will grow in a strong and brave Dark type, like Calam."

He motions over to the Dark Prophet himself to draw her attention to him (and vice versa), before warmly smiling at her.

"Understand?"

Nathan's Zorua is more mature, and starting to develop a bit of pride already. It's still rather small. It gives everyone a staredown before slowly stalking over for sniffs. Nathan's Zorua looks at Calam with awe in her eyes.

Terra's Zorua is young enough that she hasn't really decided who her pack is yet. It should be easy for Terra to earn her loyalty, and she already looks like she is hanging onto every word... some day she may be able to speak that language.

For now, whenever the two get startled, they both take the identical form of Howl's youngest apprentice, a little girl of only three years old whose job it is to groom and feed the young Dark types who are safe. Zorua isn't really one of those safe babies, but they still recognize her.

[Lord Windos]

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Spoiler

Nathan's Zorua is more mature, and starting to develop a bit of pride already. It's still rather small. It gives everyone a staredown before slowly stalking over for sniffs. Nathan's Zorua looks at Calam with awe in her eyes.

Terra's Zorua is young enough that she hasn't really decided who her pack is yet. It should be easy for Terra to earn her loyalty, and she already looks like she is hanging onto every word... some day she may be able to speak that language.

For now, whenever the two get startled, they both take the identical form of Howl's youngest apprentice, a little girl of only three years old whose job it is to groom and feed the young Dark types who are safe. Zorua isn't really one of those safe babies, but they still recognize her.

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His smile widens into a toothy grin at his transforming trickster's rapt attention, and reaches down to give them a good old fashion head room.

"Good. You learn fast. Keep doing that and work hard, and you will be rewarded well. If not, you will have to make up for it later. Either way, you will grow."

The sagely monk's tone was authoratative, but in a 'jolly cooperation' sort of way, as he and her were going to happily get along and give it there all in their relationship together, for now until the hopefully distant end!

Terra then deftly scoops up his Zorua and hold them towards his chest, looking down on them with an air of ceremony about him.

"Now, its time for you to get a name. All my partners have one to show how special they are. For a fast vixen like you......ah! I got it. Oinari Tomoe. Fox Goddess Warrior. *Nods* Yes. It suits you well. *Smiles* What do you think?"

Her Illusions garner his interest immediately, but for now he doesn't say or experiment with it. One step at a time, you know. Let's get introductions and initial instructions out of the way first, before going off on tangents!

[Iron]

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Spoiler

Nathan's Zorua is more mature, and starting to develop a bit of pride already. It's still rather small. It gives everyone a staredown before slowly stalking over for sniffs. Nathan's Zorua looks at Calam with awe in her eyes.

Terra's Zorua is young enough that she hasn't really decided who her pack is yet. It should be easy for Terra to earn her loyalty, and she already looks like she is hanging onto every word... some day she may be able to speak that language.

For now, whenever the two get startled, they both take the identical form of Howl's youngest apprentice, a little girl of only three years old whose job it is to groom and feed the young Dark types who are safe. Zorua isn't really one of those safe babies, but they still recognize her.

His smile widens into a toothy grin at his transforming trickster's rapt attention, and reaches down to give them a good old fashion head room.

"Good. You learn fast. Keep doing that and work hard, and you will be rewarded well. If not, you will have to make up for it later. Either way, you will grow."

The sagely monk's tone was authoratative, but in a 'jolly cooperation' sort of way, as he and her were going to happily get along and give it there all in their relationship together, for now until the hopefully distant end!

Terra then deftly scoops up his Zorua and hold them towards his chest, looking down on them with an air of ceremony about him.

"Now, its time for you to get a name. All my partners have one to show how special they are. For a fast vixen like you......ah! I got it. Oinari Tomoe. Fox Goddess Warrior. *Nods* Yes. It suits you well. *Smiles* What do you think?"

Her Illusions garner his interest immediately, but for now he doesn't say or experiment with it. One step at a time, you know. Let's get introductions and initial instructions out of the way first, before going off on tangents!
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*blink blink* *smile*