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A true hero... in training (Pokemon Gym Leader's apprentice quest)

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[X] Take the direct route.

it is not about not being confident, but we need pointers to refine our training method further. Plus, Maylene will probably make us build some muscles, and who knows when we might need it ? that galactic grunt's punch is a bad memory, I think. not only because of the terrific clown that saved us.
 
[X] Take the longer route to Veilstone. It will give you one more day to train on the road and a chance to find trainers or pokemon to fight.

Shinx has passed the landmark of pissing off a tsundere!
 
[X] Take the longer route to Veilstone. It will give you one more day to train on the road and a chance to find trainers or pokemon to fight.

As much as I wanna head off to maylene now, we should try and boost our Pokemon up just a touch. Make a good impression on her when we get there.
 
[X] Take the longer route to Veilstone. It will give you one more day to train on the road and a chance to find trainers or pokemon to fight.
 
[X] Take the longer route to Veilstone. It will give you one more day to train on the road and a chance to find trainers or pokemon to fight.
 
[X] Take the longer route to Veilstone. It will give you one more day to train on the road and a chance to find trainers or pokemon to fight.
 
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Omake: Delivery
  • Sidestory
    • Delivery​

    <><Outside veilstone city><>]

    'Alright Lal you got this, no if, and's, or but's about it.'

    Pants are clean and unruffled, showing no signs of having just been used to walk through the woods.

    'You're gonna walk in there and they'll see a dedicated, cool, and collected mail man just trying to deliver one of his packages, they totally won't see the anti-criminal team team member that also happens to be a mailman.'

    Blue button up is clean and unwrinkled, official mailman patches on left breast, collar of white undershirt peeking out from the undone buttons at the top.

    'You are the fire, you are the night, you are ZUBAT-MAN'

    Hiking boots are well taken care of but still show signs of having been used for quite a while.

    'Yeah, alright, you got this no problem, no problem at all'

    And hat, my hat is...in a tree branch? Why? Ugh, whatever.

    Alright cap firmly back in place, I was once again the very model of a modern postal service man.

    "Arceus above, I hope there wasn't a psychic close enough to hear that."

    <><><>

    Two grunts stood in a lobby, growing tired of the silence the younger one turns to his compatriot.

    "Hey."

    "What."

    "Do you ever wonder why we're here?"

    "Nope."

    Taken aback, he let out a soft oh before turning back to face forward. Glancing over at the other grunt the elder sighed. Scratching his neck, he opened his mouth to speak, offer some advice to try and ease the kid into the grunt life style but before he could the doors opened up.

    Snapping to attention, he couldn't help but be flabbergasted.

    'How the hell did a mailman know to come here of all places to deliver something?'

    Straightening himself he spoke "Anything I can help you with sir?"

    The mailman tilted his head to the side and spoke with a grin "I don't rightly know, sir. My name's Lal, I'm a postman for spiral deliveries and I have a package for someone named Cypher? Cyfler?" Checking the package he gave himself a light smack on the head. "Sorry, Cyrus, yes I'm looking for someone named Cyrus and i was told I could find him here?"

    As soon as the boss' name had passed through his lips, the grunt had begun looking to make sure he wasn't some kinda cop, he didn't notice anything much but he did find the pokeballs at his hip interesting.

    One premier ball, three regular pokeballs, a dusk ball and a great ball at the end. All had seen obvious use, and the premier ball had obvious signs of age, this isn't some civilian who had taken a partner for safety, this mailman whoever he was had been a trainer at some point.

    Glancing at his junior he took a small step forward and started "Well you got the right address, give me a moment to radio someone higher up and I'll see if he's here."

    Glancing to the other grunt he was pleased to see that he had stepped forward to distract the visitor while he went to see what to do about this situation.

    <><><>

    "Yo-you're cleared to head level three sir." Arceus above, normal civilians aren't even allowed to go farther than the lobby, heck he wasn't even allowed to go to level three, why are they letting him?

    "Thanks alot my good sir, I'll be right on my way then." Grinning the man quickly hurried over to the stairs.

    "Uh, sir we have an elevator right over here, why not use that?" Confusion was blaring across his juniors features, but he already knew what was going on.

    "Oh, I don't believe in elevators!" Came the bright cheery response.

    Dedicated or high end trainers were a bunch of weirdos and kooks at the best of times.

    <><30 minutes later><>

    Popping my back, I allowed myself to relax with a yawn. Loki sat across from me, the malamar gently going over my memories of the galactic hideout.

    When they were back she could create an illusion to show off what he had saw, but until then I think I'm gonna spend some time relaxing before heading back out.

    I could stop by the department store, maybe check out the gym if I really felt like it and hey there used to be a game corner around here right? Maybe it's still open.

    'Just a day or two than I'll get back to work. First I need to send a message so they know I'm not dead.'


    [An: I am well aware that my writing is sub-par in several ways but in my defense I did this on a phone and I like this quest. If you're in the discord than you might have some idea as to what's happening in here but if not than I'll leave explanations to other more qualified individuals. Thanks for reading, and if ya feel like roasting this than feel free.]

    [Forgot to include that Loki was a malamar, problem is now fixed.]
     
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  • Sidestory
    • [X] Take the direct route. You don't feel confident on your training abilities on your own. You need Maylene's help as soon as possible.

    Just think of the question the other way:
    Imagine that we were in Veilstone already. Now, do we go back to the forest for a day, or do we go to Maylene for proper training facilities and guidance. It is obvious that we wouldn't go to the forest for one extra day.

    The things the routes offer (that Gyms and Cities don't offer better) are camping experience, wild pokemon, local knowledge, and familiarity with the normal trainer's journey. Since none of these are what is needed right now more than training, we definitely shouldn't use a day for those things instead of better training.

    Edit: Especially the reasons offered for taking the long route (training and battles) are things that are much easier to get at the gym. So let's go there.

    Edit^2: Also, Maylene knows perfectly well how much time it takes to travel the routes, and knows when we left. She'll know we took an extra day in the woods. When she gets to know why we deliberately prolonged our stay in the forest (to train there instead of going directly to the gym to train), it won't make her impressed. It just lets her know that Haru is being dumb again.
     
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    Lifeandlice said:
    <><Outside veilstone city><>


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    [An: I am well aware that my writing is sub-par in several ways but in my defense I did this on a phone and I like this quest. If you're in the discord than you might have some idea as to what's happening in here but if not than I'll leave explanations to other more qualified individuals. Thanks for reading, and if ya feel like roasting this than feel free.]
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    Oooh, My first Omake in this quests! I like the competent grunt. People always underestimate them, but being able to recognize a good trainer is a good skill to survive as a grunt.

    A couple things. First give it a tittle (Unless the <><Outside veilstone city><> ) so I can threadmark it. You should also give a bit of a minimal explanation. It's a bit difficult to understand what's going on if you don't read your conversations about team spiral on the discord.

    Now about rewards... Coments and Omakes make the QM happy so I should reward this kind of behavior. You can choose one of two:

    1- Next ally roll is a super roll: Super rolls are like normal rolls but the DC to pass it will be a lot lower. If it's a combat roll the enemy can still win the round two and tie, but you will probably not lose that one. I will only use the super roll if you have at least a chance of wining. If you suddenly attack a legendary the super roll will not be used.

    2- I know some of you want to make team Spiral a reality, so I will give yo a super special secret option. You can bank this Omake reward and, when you and the others make some more omakes, team spiral might make an appearance somewhere.*

    *Omakes still not canon for now. I will think about making some of team spiral adventures canon or not when the time comes.
     
    Thank ya kindly lux, and I would like to take option number two and bank my omake point into the secret special option.
     
    Team Spiral​

    This clandestine group of vigilante trainers have come from all corners of the globe, an unlikely band of oddballs and savants who have joined forces for one reason. To ensure that Sinnoh is kept free of influence of Villainous "teams". Taking the "team" title for themselves as a means of defying the underworld that seeks to creep unnoticed into the region, they work behind the scenes in order to undermine attempts by criminal elements to gain footholds in the birthplace of the world.

    Team Spiral combats the "quantity" of the many evil teams with "quality", each member of the seven man team is a capable and seasoned trainer who was unable to fit within the constraints of the League's regulations, they have adopted code names to keep their true identities from being used against their families and loved ones. Led by the mysterious "Crimson", a master of the blade; they work under the disguise of a simple parcel delivery company, allowing them access to areas all over the region.
     
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    [X] Take the longer route to Veilstone. It will give you one more day to train on the road and a chance to find trainers or pokemon to fight.

    TempestK said:
    Team Spiral
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    TempestK said:
    each member of the seven man team is a capable and seasoned trainer who was unable to fit within the constraints of the League's regulations,
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    Guzma?:V

    But seriously though, I wonder who's in this. With only seven people, it sounds less like a "Team" and more like a couple people just decided to get together and fight organized crime.
     
    [X] Take the longer route to Veilstone. It will give you one more day to train on the road and a chance to find trainers or pokemon to fight.
     
    KidFromPallet said:
    [X] Take the longer route to Veilstone. It will give you one more day to train on the road and a chance to find trainers or pokemon to fight.





    Guzma?:V

    But seriously though, I wonder who's in this. With only seven people, it sounds less like a "Team" and more like a couple people just decided to get together and fight organized crime.
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    Kinda. At it's core, it's a couple people on the Discord (including me) who decided, hey, we'd make a really shitty team, just like Jessie, James, and Meowth.

    Then we went and did it.

    We've got some omakes stockpiled up, but in all honesty we're pretty slow getting them out so it's not that much.

    We all have a full team of six pokemon and are decently skilled trainers, but nothing exactly great. Lux said we're around B+ tier, which should be gym leader-level.

    All of our teams are based around a one word theme. My character's word is "Illusion". I think Lal's is "Evil".

    In addition, we all have a specifically set role in the team.

    Not sure if I should say much more. But look forward to hopefully more omakes in the future.
     
    Omake: A Wild Day
  • Sidestory
    • Whelp by virtue of being the only other omake that's actually done yet here's the misadventures of my own guy.
    A Wild Day​

    "Okay Ma, Pa, see you later!" Wild called as he ran out the door.

    "Have a good day at work sweetie! You're representing our shop out there!" the man manning the cash register shouted back as the door clanged shut.

    As Wild ran he checked his Poketch. A message from Tempest. "High priority package," it read, "Teleportation required. Pickup at the Pokecenter."

    Wild rolled his eyes, "Jeez, that's cold Temp, really cold."

    The road to the Pokecenter was as beautiful as Wild remembered it, but he kept a close watch on his surroundings.

    "High priority" wasn't in and of itself a warning sign. But "teleportation required"? Hell yes. Teleportation was already a requirement when it came to his deliveries. He had no Pokemon that could fly, and they didn't have a system in place that would allow customers to request "teleportation only".

    Still, nobody suspicious really stood out. Celestic town was rather small, even considering Cynthia's status as champion. Everyone knew each other.

    The most he found was some stray Starly and Bidoof here and there. Those, he watched especially carefully. It was only when you knew how to trick people that you got really suspicious yourself.

    After all, he had used those same tricks himself before.

    One Starly got particularly friendly and hopped towards him, nudging his leg. Wild stared at it. It stared back.

    "Hmmm…" he tilted his head one way. The Starly tilted its head. Wild tilted his head the other way. So did the Starly.

    "I'm watching you," Wild gestured from his own eyes to the Starly with two fingers stretched out, "I'm on to you buddy."

    Laughter from nearby caused Wild's head to snap back up. A couple were walking the other way on the same path as him.

    "Up to the same tricks as always, huh?" the woman asked.

    "Ah, yeah, you know me Susan. Just… keeping an eye out," Wild laughed nervously, "A-anyways, I have a job to get to. See you later Susan, Ted. Stop by and get a bite to eat sometime!"

    "Don't we always? I mean, we still have the usual arrangement right?" Ted raised an eyebrow.

    Wild flashed him a thumbs up. "Absolutely! Table for two right by the window, Saturday at six on the dot! Bye then!"

    Wild decided to play it safe and rush to the Pokecenter. Out of the corner of his eye he noted with satisfaction that the… "Starly"... had followed him for a few steps before deciding it wasn't worth it.

    The Pokecenter soon approached. Small and rustic, like with most things in Celestic town. It had a small lot to itself with an area in the back for battle practice. The walls were stone, again like most places in Celestic town. The roof was wooden, the red paint now faded. If Wild had to guess, it would need repainting in a month or two. Not that it'd get it.

    Celestic town's residents preferred things that way. Low-key and homey. Leave the metal buildings and fancy city environment to the rest of Sinnoh. Damn city folk. Wild spit to the side on reflex.

    Walking inside allowed for a quick blast of cool air. The lobby was well-lit, if sparsely populated.

    "Hey there Joy," he walked up to the receptionist's desk, "I'm here to pick up a delivery."

    "Sure thing," Joy smiled and ducked below the counter, "You're just in time. It came in with the supplies shipment thirty minutes ago."

    Joy handed him a brown package, the kind that isn't in a box but gets put in those slip envelopes with a lot of bubble wrap. But this was a lot of bubble wrap. 'I think I felt some pop just taking it from Nurse Joy.' He thought.

    "So," Wild tried to ignore that beautiful sensation of popping bubble wrap, "Where am I taking this?"

    "It's going to be headed to a man by the name of Gilmore in Veilstone city. His address is on the bottom of the package, actually," Nurse Joy sighed, "And I think you should stop if you want there to be any bubble wrap left by the time you get there."

    Wild opened his left hand, inadvertently getting another pop out. The package was safely secured in his right arm like a football, and he was cuddling the package to his chest, trying to squeeze out more bubble wrap with just the pressure from his right arm.

    "Look, I'm kind of offended Joy. We've known each other for a while, ever since you came here five years ago, right? I think you know me better than that."

    She put her hands on her hips and looked straight at Wild. "That's exactly why I'm saying this."

    Wild pointedly ignored the "Ooooh"s coming from the growing crowd of watching trainers. Bunch of immature ten year olds. "Alright, my pride and integrity have been hurt long enough. I'm out of here," he spun on his heel and marched out of the doors.

    A cheery "Bye!" was ignored as he stomped over to the street corner. With a flash Houdini was released, the Alakazam teleporting him away immediately.

    Wild and Houdini materialized in one of Team Spiral's underground bases. In no time the package was laid out on a table in the center of the large room.

    "Alright Houdini, tell me what you're feeling," the words were barely out of Wild's mouth when Houdini's eyes began to glow.

    Psychic-abilities allowed for a telekinesis-like effect, and Wild used this to have the Alakazam feel out the concealed object. Houdini's psychic abilities could feel out the tiniest change in the package, in essence mapping out the object telekinetically. The fact that telekinesis could work through objects meant that the package's outer wrapping didn't matter.

    Of course, such a task is very hard, so it stands to reason that most people and organizations aren't aware that such a thing is possible, much less try to defend against it.

    By the time the scan was done, Wild had Houdini transfer the data to Doppel's mind. The Ditto then used Transform to turn into a physical copy of the packaged object.

    "What is this supposed to be? You have any idea Houdini?" the Alakazam shook his head.

    Wild sighed and snapped a picture of it. He then encrypted the picture and sent it to Mon. Barely five minutes later he got a reply with one word, "Pokeradar".

    Wild's jaw dropped as he looked back and forth between Doppel's transformation and the text on his Poketch. "A Pokeradar? Aren't those only given to really trusted Dex Holders? Shit, this could be big."

    He returned Doppel and hefted the package under his arm. "Well Houdini? Feeling up to a jump to Veilstone?" Houdini scoffed and grabbed him in answer, the two of them flashing away without another word.

    In a matter of seconds they were standing in front of a nondescript house. Wild knocked on the door without checking the address. Houdini knew what he was doing.

    "Yes?" the door opened to a kind of weedy looking man with crooked glasses.

    Wild held up the package. "You Gilmore?"

    The man shifted a little, something about him growing sharper. "Ah, that's right. Thank you so much for the delivery. The payment will be…" He drifted off as a puff of pink mist was blown into his face.

    Wild smirked and subtly gave a thumbs up where he knew Freud was hiding behind a Reflect illusion. "Right, I'm going to have to make sure that everything goes through first. You don't mind if I come in, do you?"

    "Oh, not at all. Feel free," Gilmore listlessly opened the door for them.

    When the police would get there three hours later they would find a shirtless Gilmore sitting in a chair, a Mime Jr. blow up doll slowly spinning in circles as it hung loose from the softly whirring ceiling fan. Every time it passed his field of view he would let out a yelp and go slack, barely recovering before it passed again.

    Gilmore would reportedly faint in shock, and a thorough investigation would reveal that the anonymous tip was correct with the loads of questionable material found on his computer, along with files incriminating him as a member of Team Galactic.

    The wayward Pokeradar was safely recovered from where it was bundled up for transportation in his attic.

    Back in the underground, Wild sat back in his chair at HQ. With a yawn he cracked his knuckles. A flurry of tapping later, he saved the file and exited with a sigh of satisfaction. The Pokeradars were known to be able to detect the potential levels of wild Pokemon. Nothing perfect, but the algorithm was set by the combined efforts of the biggest Professors in the business along with testimonies given from a collection of Champions, current and past alike.

    They weren't in a position to break into the Team Galactic HQ, and the nefarious evildoers were sure to change their plans when word of Gilmore's arrest reached them.

    But with the data they already had, along with the modifications to the Pokeradar code that Mon had found, Team Spiral had all of the leads they could get out of the day.

    "A plan foiled, and some leads uncovered. Shadow Pokemon potential… wonder what that is. Well, today was a good haul, eh? Let's head back home Houdini."
     
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  • Sidestory
    • [X] Take the longer route to Veilstone. It will give you one more day to train on the road and a chance to find trainers or pokemon to fight.

    Gives more chances for Maelstrom to do a Dramatic Evolution when we reach the gym.
     
    [X] Take the longer route to Veilstone. It will give you one more day to train on the road and a chance to find trainers or pokemon to fight.
     
    [X] Take the longer route to Veilstone. It will give you one more day to train on the road and a chance to find trainers or pokemon to fight.​
     
    WildCardFool said:
    Whelp by virtue of being the only other omake that's actually done yet here's the misadventures of my own guy.
    A Wild Day​
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    Ah~ More omakes. You are making this Magic Squid really happy. I will give you the same offer that I did for the one before this. Superdice or one more for the future maybe canon team spiral?

    Speaking of canon team spiral... It will be modified. I have to take a good look at everything because they are around Sinnoh, and that has heavy implications. Canon might differ from your original view of the team after I modify it to include it in the story.

    That's of course if you get enough omakes.
     
    And it's time to count the votes. Let's see what won...

    Taking the long route it is. I hopped this was the case. Things are going to get interesting.

    And my artist now has something to do.
    Adhoc vote count started by Luxicato on Feb 17, 2019 at 8:39 AM, finished with 35 posts and 23 votes.
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    Luxicato said:
    Ah~ More omakes. You are making this Magic Squid really happy. I will give you the same offer that I did for the one before this. Superdice or one more for the future maybe canon team spiral?

    Speaking of canon team spiral... It will be modified. I have to take a good look at everything because they are around Sinnoh, and that has heavy implications. Canon might differ from your original view of the team after I modify it to include it in the story.

    That's of course if you get enough omakes.
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    Spiral plox. And that's find. You have access to the drive if you want the nitty gritty details that we've thought of so far.
     
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