A Journey of Two, a Pokemon Story

"Just release all of them," Crystal interrupted Violet's thoughts as she tried to decide which of the Pokemon present she wanted to convince to join her team. "Talk with who you want after the upcoming fight."

"O-okay," Violet uttered before beginning to release the Pokemon from the Cage Balls. Alakazam was the first to be released, resulting in the Pokemon giving her a grateful nod.

Closing his eyes, Alakazam pulsed briefly as he used a Recover. Then Violet and Crystal both heard the Pokemon speak into their minds. 'There are 5 trainers headed here. Do you have a plan?'

"Help me release the others," Violet requested, to which Alakazam immediately began to do so. Charizard and Chandelure were released next, the former of which had to be restrained by Crystal's Charizard as they nearly attacked on sheer instinct. The latter, however, began a series of Minimizes in preparation for the fight to come.

Realizing that having Umbreon out to help her coordinate would help, Violet released all five of her Pokemon. Taking up positions around the room, Dragonair joined Violet in freeing the other Pokemon. As Crystal calmed down Charizard and convinced them to fight whoever came into the room, Blastoise, Venusaur, and Gothitelle were released. Feeling a slight pressure in her mind, Violet gave an annoyed look at the Astral Body Pokemon who replied with a contemptuous look at both her and Crystal.

With the last set of Pokemon being released (Gengar, Lapras, Gyarados, Machamp, and Delphox), the room was filled with 22 Pokemon, half of which were wild Pokemon. Violet and Crystal shared an unspoken conversation between the two of them, as they split up the Pokemon among themselves to coordinate.

Rather quickly, the two of them gave up on trying to convince Charizard or Gothitelle to work with them. The former was too angry at having been captured while the latter simply didn't respect them enough to do so. Alakazam, however, was willing to work with Violet. Even if he planned on heading back to his home after this, he would still ensure that they all escaped and brought down the building along the way. Thanks to his help, Violet was able to convince Gengar, Machamp, and Blastoise to work with her. Crystal meanwhile had a slightly harder time of it but managed to convince Lapras, Venusaur, Delphox, and Chandelure to work with them.

Gyarados, however, was far too angry to even attempt to calm down. While Charizard and Gothitelle were at least willing to not attack them, Gyarados immediately attempted to attack them. It was only Violet calling out a warning that allowed Raichu to preempt the attack with a Thunderbolt.

"Three vs two odds, hmm." Crystal mused, mentally calculating a strategy for what to do. "What do you think kid?"

Violet thought for a moment about the advantages that a defensive posture offered. Then she looked at the large group of Pokemon present. "Why wait?" She said mischievously.

Crystal gave a bloodthirsty grin. "Why wait indeed?"

The following ten minutes were not fun for Silph Co security. Having stacked up on the entrance to the underground storage, the five guards had their full teams of six out which resulted in a group of thirty Pokemon having to charge through a single door into what they believed was twenty Pokemon on the other side. As they coordinated the use of Protects to get past the chokepoint, their plan was suddenly interrupted by the door exploding followed by Alakazam teleporting Forretress, Blissey, and Violet in front of the thirty Silph Co Pokemon.

Forretress, having already begun to glow with energy from Self Destruct gave a facsimile of a bow while Blissey's Protect created a barrier to keep Violet and Alakazam safe. And from the door that Hitmonchan had broken down, Umbreon emerged to use Taunt. All the while Dragonair wrapped around the Moonlight and Punching Pokemon whilst using Protect.

"Oh no," were the only words that Silph Co security could utter as a thunderous boom blew out the windows in the building. A cloud of dust and debris ballooned into the street as worried bystanders immediately began calling the police and gym.

*Forretress upgrades Self Destruct to B from B-*

Waving her hand to clear away the dust and grime, Violet smiled at the sight of thirty unconscious Pokemon and five unconscious humans. Emerging from the stairs, Crystal looked at the destruction around her with an impressed gleam. "You don't hold back, do you kid?"

"Should I have?" Violet asked, already knowing the answer.

"Heck no."

Following the battle (although calling it a battle was a little generous), Violet and Crystal sat down to wait for the rest of the authorities to arrive. As they did, Crystal began copying some of the data she had grabbed to ensure it wasn't lost. Violet, on the other hand, was pretending not to pay attention as Gengar attempted to pilfer some of the food she was carrying.

Just as he was about to try and pickpocket her, Violet turned around, looking him in the eye. Smirking, she held out the granola bar which Gengar looked at suspiciously. "You could have just asked."

Magneton gave Gengar a sympathetic look, trying to sneak up on Violet was a fool's errand, but it hadn't stopped them from trying. The Shadow Pokemon huffed slightly but still accepted the granola bar. Eating it in a single bite, he mimed a request for a second bar, causing Violet to sigh.

"You can't eat too many of those," she said, even as she handed him a second one. "There's too much sugar in them."

Gengar rolled his eyes in amusement, eating the second bar in a single bite before miming that he was still hungry. Violet's eyes narrowed in suspicion as he went on an elaborate story on how he hadn't been fed in days.

Violet poked his stomach with a finger, the digit sinking into his body with no resistance. "You look well-fed to me," her finger brushed against the whole granola bar in his body. "You don't even eat food, you eat dreams." She said with a huff as she remembered that aspect of the Gengar line.

The Shadow Pokemon feigned surprise, acting as if he had never heard about this.

Briefly chuckling, Violet attempted to pat Gengar on the head before she stumbled at the unexpected lack of resistance. "Don't laugh," she requested with a blush as the Shadow Pokemon shook with mirth.

Gengar replied by miming himself eating.

"I don't have any more on me," Violet responded. "Unless you want to come to the Pokecenter with me." She added hopefully, holding out a Pokeball so he knew what she meant by it.

The Shadow Pokemon levitated slightly as he thought. But within a few seconds, he pressed the button on the Pokeball. Violet smiled, now having a full team of 6 Pokemon.

The 39th Week, Pick 2

Pokemon Actions

[] Spend time with Gengar - Having recently caught Gengar, it'd be good to spend time with him to understand their desires.
[] Train with your Pokemon - All of your Pokemon are skilled in battle with unique skills, but they can see some improvements through practice. Especially with their new moves.
[] Buy and Use TMs/HMs - You're a big enough trainer to afford TMs and HMs for your Pokemon.
[] Buy Items - Now that you've earned the fifth badge, you can start looking into buying items for your Pokemon.
[] Train with Willow- While it would be nontraditional to train with your rival, both of you have unique skill sets that could complement each other.

Battling Actions

[] Challenge New Trainers - Now that you and your Pokemon have developed, fighting a few trainers in rapid succession would be easy.
[] Challenge an Experienced Trainer - There are at least a few experienced trainers around here that may be worth fighting.
[] Challenge the Viridian City Gym - While you wish to face the gym, you'll first have to face one of the attendants to gain entry for a six-badge fight. After which you could face the gym itself. Willow will be facing Giovanni this week as well.
[] Challenge Crystal - Crystal is a trainer roughly at your skill level. It would be fun to have a battle with her and see who wins.

Exploration Actions

[] See the Sights Inside the City - Several interesting attractions in Viridian City would be worth exploring.
[] Explore Unorthodox Locations - Viridian City has a lot that you can explore, some of which would certainly be atypical. Who knows what you may find?
[] Explore the Viridian Forest - A thick patch of jungle north of the city home to mainly bug types with a few ghost types here and there, it'd make for a fun adventure for a few days.

Traveling Actions (Will be taken either this week or next week)

[] Leave Viridian City - Once you defeat Giovanni you plan on leaving the city within a few days. (opens sub-vote). Must be taken with Challenging the Viridian Gym.

Social Actions (For socials, it's assumed you keep up a basic level of contact through text, choosing a social means I write it up)

[] Call Your Parents - Your parents would as usual like a call when you're free.
[] Call Tetsuya - Having barely eked out a surprise win against Sabrina, Tetsuya is headed to Celadon to face Erika for his 6th badge.
[] Debrief - Officer Jenny has requested you and Crystal visit her to discuss what you found at Silph Co. She's very interested to know why she was kept out of the loop on the matter.

dolcevita said:

If this is taking cues from that, then there's a couple things to take note of. One, Team Rocket had to take what they wanted from Silph Co., they didn't have enough internal pull to just have them hand it over. Two, the Cage Ball sounds an awful suspicious lot like a prototype Master Ball. Three, if Mewtwo is still a thing here, then there might be a very specific Pokemon that Giovanni wants to use a Master Ball for, that a Cage Ball just wouldn't cut it with.

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Based on what Violet has seen and heard, it seems that the Masterball was a Silph Co product that's been in the works for years. So for it to have been Rocket R&D, it'd imply that they effectively own Silph Co in some manner. And while Giovanni does own notable stock in the company, he isn't the majority owner by any means.

Don'tTrustMe said:

Violet also never used her bike?? Or it just isn't written and gave no effects.

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You haven't actually been in a situation to make use of its effects due to travelling with Willow and taking shorter routes between nearby cities.

And with that, I'll be calling the vote here. Looks like debrief then gym it is. Next update Violet gets to try and hide in her chair as Crystal and Officer Jenny get into an argument over information sharing as well as learning somethings about the poor relationship between the gym and police force. Along with some other fun details~

I've been working on a team sheet for Violet's team for about the last month or two that's meant to represent the end state we're working towards when we train our Pokemon or participate in battles, and I'm happy to say it's finally finished for the team so far. Now obviously this post doesn't include Gengar who we just picked up but I've only got the mechanical sections of his sheet ready to go as we know too little about his personality at present for me to write the fluff so all that's staying in my Google Doc until a later date where I'll edit it into this sheet.

Regardless, at around eight thousand words, and a solid twenty-odd pages of content I think this is more than enough for people to sink their teeth into for the time being. With that, I believe I only have a few more notes to make before I turn all of you loose on the team sheets which are one that the numbers besides the stats are training priorities meaning that, that's the order of prioritization that each stat should receive during training for each Pokemon but it's not necessarily reflective of the order in which you'd sort their stats from highest to lowest.

Two, that core moves are what I believe a Pokemon requires to perform their job at a high level, secondary moves are moves that offer a significant synergy to the Pokemon moveset but are not required, and tertiary moves are moves that are merely nice to have. And, three that the moves within their tiers of core, secondary, and tertiary are roughly sorted by order of importance in terms of acquisition and training time/move slot allotment.







And, before I sign off I would just like to note that Dragonite, and Blissey learning Fire Blast rather than Focus Blast was a mistake on my part. I had actually already finalized their movesets before that vote but for some reason, I accidentally voted for Fire Blast from an earlier version of their movesets rather than Focus Blast. It's not a big deal but it is kind of an annoying partial waste of a reward.

Regardless, thank you for reading my post, and I hope you enjoyed a glimpse of World Champion Violet's team.

Unfortunately for Violet, she had decided to be responsible and wait for the authorities. Less than an hour later, Violet and Crystal were sitting in the Viridian City Police Headquarters waiting for Officer Jenny to join them. Worryingly, the attendant's usual steely exterior was undercut by a tension in her jaw. Clearly having a grudge against the police force for some reason, Violet hoped it wasn't a mutual issue.

The arrival of Officer Jenny proved that it was, in fact, a mutual issue. The officer entered the room, briefly directing a sharp look at Crystal. "I have learned quite a lot about these Cage Balls in the last hour," she punctuated the statement by placing one on the table. "It would have been helpful if you cared to keep your law enforcement colleagues in the loop."

"We got the job done," Crystal replied dismissively. "That's all that matters."

Officer Jenny crossed her arms, a scowl etching itself on her face. It was an expression she had worn quite often when it came to Viridian gym attendants. "You broke into private property, released dangerous Pokemon, and then knocked the entire security force unconscious. It'll take months to repair the building after what you two did to it."

"The kid's good," Crystal said with a smile, both happy to compliment Violet as well as rile up Officer Jenny.

"I should put the two of you in a holding cell." Officer Jenny said seriously, causing Violet to pale as the young trainer realized that the statement wasn't an idle threat. "So tell me why I shouldn't."

"You're worried about a few property violations?" Crystal asked dangerously, her hand twitching briefly towards her Pokeballs. "We could have had Moltres burning the city down and you're concerned with your petty grudge?"

"It's not a grudge!" Officer Jenny's face turned red in anger. "There are laws for a reason, you can't just ignore them because you feel like it!"

In the background of the spiraling argument, Violet shrank into the chair, quite interested in the floor. Meanwhile, Crystal and Officer Jenny practically radiated hostility.

"Maybe if your department wasn't so dirty, we wouldn't have to act on our own!" Crystal shot back. "The last five times Giovanni told you about Team Rocket's plans, they conveniently found out!"

Officer Jenny's eyes narrowed dangerously. "And we're still dealing with the little 'mix-up' with the records you turned in. Conveniently it led to us missing your attendant's … involvement with Team Rocket."

Crystal flushed red with genuine rage, and for a moment Violet was concerned she was about to physically attack the officer. Forcing herself to cough slightly, Violet flinched as both Officer Jenny and Crystal looked at her. The latter thankfully took a deep breath, reminded that actions had consequences. "He was a traitor, plain and simple. And if Giovanni or I find him, he's dead." Crystal's voice was filled with steel and a promise. There was a cold rage in her face, an anger that had burned for so long that only cooling embers remained. "Don't you ever compare me to him."

"So you told us he was a member of Team Rocket immediately of course," Officer Jenny replied, her voice dropping to a mocking whisper. "Funny, I remember it went differently."

"Giovanni wanted to handle it personally," Crystal replied. "And we handled it. That's all that matters. So stop hand-wringing over procedure and property damage when there are more important concerns."

"It's not hand-wringing Crystal, it's law enforcement. Giovanni isn't exempt from basic decency and procedure no matter what he does." Officer Jenny threw her hands up, utterly exasperated by the Viridian Gym. "You could have caused serious harm tonight! Breaking in, destroying property, putting Silph Co employees at risk - "

Crystal slammed her hand onto the table, interrupting the officer. "Please, those security guards helped guard this thing," she said, gesturing to the Cage Ball. "Don't try and pretend they were innocent."

Officer Jenny's hand clenched her baton. "There. Are. Laws." She ground out through gritted teeth.

"I. Don't. Care~." Crystal practically sang those three words, driving the officer's blood pressure through the roof.

Violet, now a ghostly pale, managed a small, uncertain shift in her chair causing a slight creak. Both heads snapped toward her, and she shrank back. "Um…" she began, swallowing as Officer Jenny's eyes narrowed. "I …" Violet licked her lips, her nerves fully on display. "M-m-maybe w-we could … talk this out?" A dangerous flash went through Officer Jenny's eyes as if she had heard those words many times before. "Or, uh, not?"

Officer Jenny's eyes softened, though it was clear she still wasn't happy. Forcing herself to take a breath, her voice was still tense. "Miss Violet, in the future, don't listen to Crystal's foolish ideas."

"W-well-" Violet began, about to correct the officer that she was the one who had the idea.

"Don't worry, I won't bring the kid along unless she asks," Crystal interrupted, subtly gesturing to Violet not to correct her. "We done here?"

Officer Jenny sighed, crossing her arms. "Fine, but I'll be keeping an eye on you both. And the gym badge won't protect you next time."

Violet almost sprinted out of the room, wanting to be far, far away from the drama. Thankfully, Crystal didn't chase after her. Realizing that Violet wished to be alone with her Pokemon for a while, the attendant instead allowed her to run off.

With her gym battle tomorrow, Violet had to register two of her Pokemon for a team battle. Surprisingly, Giovanni was currently requiring all fights to be a 2 vs 2 team battle. Based on what Violet knew about his team, that would almost certainly be a Rhyhorn and a Nidoqueen or Nidoking.

Pick 2 Pokemon to use

[] Dragonair
[] Forretress
[] Blissey
[] Magneton
[] Umbreon
[] Gengar