Frakir's brother
Goodbye.
- Location
- The Sea of Trees
Is it Yanma? Or voltorb? Krickitot perhaps? Baltoy or Litleo?
Deserter [a Pokemon AU Quest]
- Thread starter Markala
- Start date
- Fantasy
Oh I am slain!
Wynaut?
- Location
- Tatooine
Huh. Depending on levels, Patrat might actually be the most useful here besides our mystery 'mon. Learns Detect (basically Protect) at level 11. And Hypnosis at 18 and Super Fang (halves HP in the games) at 21.
Patrat and some of the others all can have the Run Away ability too; I'm kinda curious how that works in this quest.
Comparison of the first 5 'mon options: Compare Pokémon - veekun
...I'm still too easily tempted by the mystery box option, though. ^_^
Patrat and some of the others all can have the Run Away ability too; I'm kinda curious how that works in this quest.
Comparison of the first 5 'mon options: Compare Pokémon - veekun
...I'm still too easily tempted by the mystery box option, though. ^_^
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- Location
- Just passing through.
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[x] RagnorakTres
Markala
Hannor & Polycho Shipper
- Location
- At the Junction of Angst and Fluff
You guys are so gonna kick yourselves when the reveal happens!
"Run Away guarantees escape from a wild Pokémon, negating any trapping move or Ability that would prevent it from escaping (such as Mean Look and its variations, Wrap and its variations, Shadow Tag, Arena Trap and Magnet Pull). Run Away allows a Pokémon affected by Ingrain to escape."
Run Away (in-quest) manifests as an adrenaline rush(who here's played Mass Effect 2 & onward? RUN AWAY is basically a nerfed ver. of ME2 Soldier Adrenaline Rush) that comes with heightened reflexes & mental processing power to Houdini-up an Escape (base +30 to Escape roll--> highest lvl= +50 to escape rolls thou 'Mon art the ghost of Houdini himself). Should enemy or pursuer manage to roll higher = Sam&co. have bigger things to worry about. Run Away does not include Sam, does not affect her rolls in any way, just the 'Mon w/ ability(unless Sam can follow), a thing to consider (like Sam is not going to be able to dive into a Patrat/Zigzagoon-sized hole in the wall behind said 'Mon). Also CAN be used during trainer battles at Questers' (or GM rolls') disclosure.
- Location
- United States
[X] RagnarokTres
Markala
Hannor & Polycho Shipper
- Location
- At the Junction of Angst and Fluff
Voting is now closed! Winner is Sam keeps the pen, pursue the flash of white-and-orange fur, Teaming up wi' our boy Jason and RagnorakTres' taming method/plan of action. I think I tallied everything right, for future reference if you guys ever see any voting errors, tag me & I'll fix.
- VOTE TALLY
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Omake: BFFs (by RagnorakTres)
RagnorakTres
Technically Correct
- Location
- A Rolled Up Sidewalk Somewhere South Of Toledo, OH
- Pronouns
- Any/All
Alright, here's that omake I promised. I may do another for Aisley later. I sort of like the interpretation that Aisley is Asuka, Sam is Rei, and Jonas is Shinji, only they're less socially incompetent, so they wind up getting along.
Set 7 years in the future, and with a pretty off-the-cuff set of personality traits for everyone involved. I don't know why I made Sam sound like Meowth, but I did. If it seems like it was a terrible idea when I'm sober again, I'll probably edit it.
Yeah, I have no idea what the mystery box might contain. Guess we'll find out!
Also I have no idea what's going on with the formatting right now, apparently GDocs doesn't like being copy-pasted into SV's text editor, and SV's text editor doesn't actually have the default font in the font list? So you get some of this post in different fonts!
Set 7 years in the future, and with a pretty off-the-cuff set of personality traits for everyone involved. I don't know why I made Sam sound like Meowth, but I did. If it seems like it was a terrible idea when I'm sober again, I'll probably edit it.
Jonas' breath came hard as he cleared the bluff. While his cardio had become impressive under The Community's "caring" guidance, he had been double-timing his way across the wastes for most of the last 3 days on grit, hardtack, and two hours of sleep a night.
After what Sam had tried, he'd never get away from them, otherwise.
"Tat? Taticate?" Dant gently nosed the back of Jonas' calf. The poor Raticate had evolved only hours ago after a particularly close call with a wild (and wildly upset) Trapinch. Despite the powerful EV Energy coursing through him, however, Dant was nearly as tired as Jonas was, and the trainer was considering returning him until they reached the next settlement, despite the danger.
Not for the first time, Jonas considered just giving up and going back. Most of the people in The Community had treated him well, even after his best friend tried to defect. Aisley had been a bit cold for a little while, but that was hardly surprising; she had been nearly as hurt by Sam's death as he had been, despite their rather bellicose relationship. Nearly everyone else had approached him with sympathy and reassuring words, saying he "couldn't have known."
Which made it all the worse to realise that he couldn't stay any longer. The group he'd graduated with was 16 now, which meant they were being paired up by the leaders of The Community.
He couldn't even begin to imagine being married to any of the girls in his age group. They were either completely vapid or more akin to sisters than potential lovers. And even if he was a bit more open-minded than The Community really approved of, the same problem existed with the boys.
It probably didn't help that he and Aisley had finally gotten around to having that knock-down, drag-out fight they'd been putting off since Sam had died. Aisley had always maintained that Sam must have had a good reason to try to scarper like she had, while Jonas thought she'd just gotten scared. They'd let things be for years, just...not talking about it, but the stress of the upcoming marriage postings had been slowly fraying both of their nerves, and they'd finally exploded at each other.
Thankfully, it'd been in their barracks and not out in public. Talking about Sam was still forbidden.
Jonas' thoughts must've been deeper than he'd thought, because there was suddenly a Luxray on top of Dant, holding it by the neck. Before he could even begin to move to help, a dark blur streaked out of the sparse underbrush and hit him.
He was out before he hit the ground.
Coming to, the young man groaned. "Dant...DANT!" Despite the pain in the back of his head, concern for his partner brought him the rest of the way to clarity in moments.
"Y'know, Jonas, if ya were almost anyone else from That Place, ya'd be dead right now, and I'd be long gone. Wonder if they knew that." He couldn't quite make out the face of the speaker between the light and the ringing in his head, but he heard the capital letters slam into place like a judge's gavel.
"Mrr...whrrs Dant…'f you hurt him…" The underlying threat of the sentence still hadn't really sunk in. Certainly, he knew that The Outside took a rather dim view of The Community, but that was alright.
They just didn't know the Truth.
"Still more concerned for your 'mon than yourself? I'da thought they'da broken you of that by now, Joe. Don't worry, I'm takin' just as good a care a him as I did the firs' time. Better, even. I got a few more supplies than a pen this time! Stop moving, you dense Rat, you'll mess up my stitching!"
"Rata! Ratarat Cate Raticate!"
"Oh quit complaining, you big baby. Aithne, a bit more light? You could've been a bit more gentle, Mai, he's only just evolved."
The scene was slowly becoming clearer. She was kneeling over the reposed form of his Raticate, hands moving quickly. There was a huge, brilliantly white Arcanine resting its head on her shoulder and apparently providing a light source, while the Luxray that had started the whole thing was cleaning itself next to the fire with apparently no cares in the world.
Finally, Jonas managed to place the voice. "S-Sam?"
"Yo, Joe. Been a while. How ya been?" Her voice was just as unrefined as it had been.
He could barely breathe. Noticing his silence, his dead best friend turned away from his partner and gave him one of her concerned looks. "Whatsa matter? Ya look like ya just saw a Duskull!"
Jonas' breath came faster, and he could feel his heart rate spike as he started to panic. "Bu-but...you're...who are you? Sam's dead! I saw her body!"
After what Sam had tried, he'd never get away from them, otherwise.
"Tat? Taticate?" Dant gently nosed the back of Jonas' calf. The poor Raticate had evolved only hours ago after a particularly close call with a wild (and wildly upset) Trapinch. Despite the powerful EV Energy coursing through him, however, Dant was nearly as tired as Jonas was, and the trainer was considering returning him until they reached the next settlement, despite the danger.
Not for the first time, Jonas considered just giving up and going back. Most of the people in The Community had treated him well, even after his best friend tried to defect. Aisley had been a bit cold for a little while, but that was hardly surprising; she had been nearly as hurt by Sam's death as he had been, despite their rather bellicose relationship. Nearly everyone else had approached him with sympathy and reassuring words, saying he "couldn't have known."
Which made it all the worse to realise that he couldn't stay any longer. The group he'd graduated with was 16 now, which meant they were being paired up by the leaders of The Community.
He couldn't even begin to imagine being married to any of the girls in his age group. They were either completely vapid or more akin to sisters than potential lovers. And even if he was a bit more open-minded than The Community really approved of, the same problem existed with the boys.
It probably didn't help that he and Aisley had finally gotten around to having that knock-down, drag-out fight they'd been putting off since Sam had died. Aisley had always maintained that Sam must have had a good reason to try to scarper like she had, while Jonas thought she'd just gotten scared. They'd let things be for years, just...not talking about it, but the stress of the upcoming marriage postings had been slowly fraying both of their nerves, and they'd finally exploded at each other.
Thankfully, it'd been in their barracks and not out in public. Talking about Sam was still forbidden.
Jonas' thoughts must've been deeper than he'd thought, because there was suddenly a Luxray on top of Dant, holding it by the neck. Before he could even begin to move to help, a dark blur streaked out of the sparse underbrush and hit him.
He was out before he hit the ground.
Coming to, the young man groaned. "Dant...DANT!" Despite the pain in the back of his head, concern for his partner brought him the rest of the way to clarity in moments.
"Y'know, Jonas, if ya were almost anyone else from That Place, ya'd be dead right now, and I'd be long gone. Wonder if they knew that." He couldn't quite make out the face of the speaker between the light and the ringing in his head, but he heard the capital letters slam into place like a judge's gavel.
"Mrr...whrrs Dant…'f you hurt him…" The underlying threat of the sentence still hadn't really sunk in. Certainly, he knew that The Outside took a rather dim view of The Community, but that was alright.
They just didn't know the Truth.
"Still more concerned for your 'mon than yourself? I'da thought they'da broken you of that by now, Joe. Don't worry, I'm takin' just as good a care a him as I did the firs' time. Better, even. I got a few more supplies than a pen this time! Stop moving, you dense Rat, you'll mess up my stitching!"
"Rata! Ratarat Cate Raticate!"
"Oh quit complaining, you big baby. Aithne, a bit more light? You could've been a bit more gentle, Mai, he's only just evolved."
The scene was slowly becoming clearer. She was kneeling over the reposed form of his Raticate, hands moving quickly. There was a huge, brilliantly white Arcanine resting its head on her shoulder and apparently providing a light source, while the Luxray that had started the whole thing was cleaning itself next to the fire with apparently no cares in the world.
Finally, Jonas managed to place the voice. "S-Sam?"
"Yo, Joe. Been a while. How ya been?" Her voice was just as unrefined as it had been.
He could barely breathe. Noticing his silence, his dead best friend turned away from his partner and gave him one of her concerned looks. "Whatsa matter? Ya look like ya just saw a Duskull!"
Jonas' breath came faster, and he could feel his heart rate spike as he started to panic. "Bu-but...you're...who are you? Sam's dead! I saw her body!"
Yeah, I have no idea what the mystery box might contain. Guess we'll find out!
Also I have no idea what's going on with the formatting right now, apparently GDocs doesn't like being copy-pasted into SV's text editor, and SV's text editor doesn't actually have the default font in the font list? So you get some of this post in different fonts!
Markala
Hannor & Polycho Shipper
- Location
- At the Junction of Angst and Fluff
This is glorious, please take +3 RP.
Arc 0.05: Hungry! Hungry! Hippowdon! And a Rival?!
Markala
Hannor & Polycho Shipper
- Location
- At the Junction of Angst and Fluff
Happy Halloween everybody! Super sorry for the wait, between midterms, my chronic procrastination of my final project paper, and my faithful junker laptop finally dying after three years of inglorious, repeated BSOD's and overheating despite thorough cleaning, I have appropriated my Mom's unused one(it's mine now, & it's so weird working on a laptop that doesn't crash every 2-4 hours, which devolved to every half hour while on its last legs), I've been writing this on and off when I could get spare moments, sorry it took so long. Also, you lucky, lucky bastards…
Some blood, violence and stuff… And hungry, hungry hippos!
Arc 0.05: Hungry! Hungry! Hippowdon! And a Rival?!
You have five minutes to gain the trust or at the very least, the submission of a Pokémon before the Hippowdon start munching them.
Fucking Hippowdon.
You're not actually sure if you and the other kids are on the munching list or not, but you don't want to find out.
Your mind immediately flits to Jason, he helped you before right? Sure you puked up the food earlier (still gross, don't think about the drying vomit on your clothes Sam-), but even with your limited scope on interacting with your fellow humans, he might be your best bet for an ally right now; and the prospect of dodging the sandy jaws of death alone is rather unappealing at the moment.
Your eyes scan over the arena, which is actually more of a colosseum now that you see the rising rows of seats lining the outer shell of the arena, and note that the walls separating the arena pit from the spectator seats are too high, for you or even the adults, to feasibly scale without help. This place is a sand trap and the sky is blocked off at the top by what looked like some sort of heavy metal netting, like a cage.
You settle into a light jog as you observe the gaggles of children desperately trying to snatch and hold down any number of Pokémon; it's pure chaos, with lots of biting, scratching and screeching, from both human and Pokémon alike. You saw Jason head over to the cages earlier, and you finally spot him around the second pass… Now that you think about it, it's a lot harder to differentiate the rest of the kids from afar without hair. Apart from a few particularly tall or short kids, most everyone in this group looked Orrean, with a small smattering of those with Kantoan facial features, which you only recognize right off the bat because of the family from Kanto that lived next door to your apartment- Old apartment, get it together Sam.
[ You gain 3 EXP in the Perception Mental Skill. ]
[ You gain 4 EXP in the Knowledge Mental Skill. ]
[ You gain 4 EXP in the Knowledge Mental Skill. ]
Jason is kneeling in front of a largish cage, its sole occupant is a rather runty, one-and-a-half foot long rodent not including the tail, its irises red and its face, paws and entire underbelly covered in off-white fur. It's a Rattata, pressing itself back against the heavy mesh wire, its dark thistle fur fluffed up, large incisors bared in silent threat.
Jason is holding out a hand towards the Rattata, he's holding out a, strip of dried meat?
'Where'd he get that?' You wonder, staying quiet, as to not scare the Pokémon with big enough incisors to take off Jason's fingers.
To you, while still a bit wan, Jason looks little better off than anyone else in the arena, sweaty, clothes stained with drying vomit and stuck sand, not that you probably look any better. You watch as Jason's hand jerks towards the Pokémon as he inches forward on his knees.
The Rattata somehow manages to scrunch itself back even further into the cage, and hisses at Jason threateningly.
"Hey."
Grey eyes turn to you in alarm-
Silence.
'Fuck, Sam, say something-'
"You'll get your fingers bitten off that way if you keep doing it like that you know?" You hear yourself say plainly as you crouch down next to him.
"Mrgh," Jason responds quietly, slowly drawing back the proffered hand, "so what do you suggest then?"
"Scooch back, palm flat, hold out the food, stop shoving your hand into its face and for the love of Arceus if you feel the need to smile, stop showing your teeth, most Pokémon species that're not positively socialized with humans usually take that as a sign of aggression." You rattle off quickly before standing up, time is of the essence after all.
[ You re-discover the Animal Taming Field Ability at Rank E. ]
"Hrm," Jason replied thoughtfully, complying with your instructions quickly as his offhand began fishing through his left pocket, "thanks."
"No problem," you answer with a little smile as you turn to leave, then you turn back, body language smooth, a little grin pulling at the corners of your mouth, "hey, wanna meet up after the bell rings? I mean, with two heads being better than one and all, so-?"
"Sure," Jason nods before turning his attention back to the Rattata who's started to inch forward, "and here."
You look down, and held out in his hand is a crumbly strip of dried meat, you take it.
"Thanks!" You say with a careful smile, no teeth, as you stuff the prize into your pocket, you decide to ask where he'd gotten it later.
[ You gain 30 EXP in the Charisma Social Skill. ]
"Ehrfm." You hear Jason mumble quietly as you jog off into the direction you'd spotted that dash of white-and-orange fur streak off to earlier.
More kids chasing one of those rabbit-eared weasel things, no, more Rattattas, still no, some kids snatching up struggling beaver-things? No, but you wish them good luck on not getting their veins cut open by incisors the size of your palm… Where-?
Out the corner of your eye, to your left, you see that streak of orange and white stalking carefully along the arena wall, while also trying with little success to scale said wall. You break into a sprint, feeling that maybe a little over half the little time you were given was probably up, despite your muscles and lungs screaming in protest.
Wow this Pokémon was a lot bigger up close.
You're closer now, and the Pokémon was, strange, you've never seen one like it before. Standing on all fours, with its tall, feline ears held flat as it hissed, clawed the air in your general direction with a paw mostly occupied by a pair of long, sturdy-looking black claws that extended from the two middle-most digits, engulfed in red-orange fur that faded to white inches above its wrists. Its pelt is mostly white, with a jagged patch of red-orange fur that colors its left ear and streaks over the cheek, through the eye and ends in a point on its forehead. Its eyes are black, oh wait those are just the blown irises, the sclera are pinkish-red and its body and facial structure just looks very feline with a stocky, badger-like quality to it.
But enough mind-chatter, time is running out and you need to bag this 'Mon without getting mauled… Too badly… To death…?
You fish around for the jerky strip in your pocket, 'cause well, you'd have to be stupid not to use it right? Its eyes follow your hands-
Rummmble-rummmble…
The Pokémon tenses as the ground rumbles faintly, ever so slightly, like a Hippowdon just casually sand-walking beneath your feet…
[ You gain 3 EXP in the Perception Mental Skill. ]
BRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIINNNNGGGGGGGG!
'Well, shit.'
Plan 'Fuck Everything and Run,' go!
Nimbly, you lunge forward around the creature's right, managing to wedge an arm between it and the wall to wrap and clutch around the Pokémon's fuzzy belly, holding the large, cat-badger creature to your torso for dear life as the its flails and yowls.
"RAAOARRRW!"
There is this sudden fire that blossoms in your right wrist, the little bones give an audible little crack as the Pokémon's jaws clamp tight around it.
"Fuck!" You cry out, stumbling forward, barely avoiding what could've been a twisted ankle on the shifting sand.
Looking down, you can see the Pokémon's head craned awkwardly against your arms, fangs piercing the skin bloodied of your right wrist and somehow you manage to not drop the creature in your arms, as you breathe laboriously through your nose, soldier on Sam, gotta move-!
[ You gain 4 EXP in the Fortitude Mental Skill. ]
Rummmmblle-rummmmb-!
[ You gain 3 EXP in the Perception Mental Skill. ]
'Fu-!' The ground's shifting and rumbling was too close, your first instinct is to throw yourself to the right, as far as you can, and then you land, hard.
BWIIIISHHU-! "BWWWOWOOOORR!"
You turned yourself mid-fall, managing to not land on the Pokémon with teeth currently buried in your flesh, because that would be counterproductive, so instead your entire arm is now comprised of muscles of pain and bones of suffering. But, both your lives! Murder Hippo currently on your ass! This Pokémon is going to be your friend whether it likes it or not!
[ You gain 3 EXP in the Fortitude Mental Skill. ]
You roll, stumble back onto your feet, and then you run, you just run, because nothing matters right now except running like Darkrai himself is behind you.
Also, the Pokémon you're lugging? Heavier than it looks! It weighs like half as much as you do and its jaws are still clamped tight around your wrist, and still squirming as its chest vibrates with cat-like growls.
Click-click-click!
It's all you can think of as you run and the shifting sand rumbles menacingly behind you, following you as you press your tongue up against the palate of your mouth, sucking the air back, making that rapid, clicking noise that you remembered Peter using to command Jaeger once upon a time.
The creature in your arms doesn't, stop flailing per say, but its squirming is less vigorous and its ears perk up as the jaw around your wrist loosens a bit. Its dark gaze flicks to yours for but a moment as the desperate words spill forth, "we are each other's best chance at survival! Work with me, here!"
Ruummble-rummble-!
Below!
[ You gain 2 EXP in the Perception Mental Skill. ]
"BWWAAAARRR!"
Before the Pokemon in your arms could show any sort of response, a gargantuan maw of pinked gums and teeth rise up through the sand just behind you and snap shut, sending a gush of warm-wet air whooshing against the backs of your calves.
Click-click-click! Click-click!
You keep running, zigging, zagging as you keep clicking your tongue, your lungs burn, your arms want to fall off and your muscles scream, 'build-up of lactic acid or whatever,' your panicking brain supplies unhelpfully.
[ You gain 10 EXP in the Fortitude Mental Skill. ]
[ You gain 2 EXP in the [Human] First Aid Field Skill. ]
[ You gain 2 EXP in the [Human] First Aid Field Skill. ]
'Where in the void is Jason?!' So much for meeting up later! You keep running, only to end up barreling straight into a group of kids you don't know, bowling one over and sending one sprawling onto the sand.
"Hey-!"
Barely regaining your balance, you end up facing them, and notice them all carrying squirming, biting, screeching red-eyed weasel things.
"Watch i-AHH!" Comes the cry of one of the unfortunate, before the sand beneath you all shifts violently.
"PAAAAOOOORRRWW!"
Instead of jaws, the entire Hippowdon surfaces, back first, body-checking all six of you aside like you weighed nothing. You land-
…
"KWWEER-! CRUNCH!
…?
The sound of… Sobbing-?
…!
"PAAORRRW!"
Bright spots cloud your vision as you come back up to your knees-
"SCREE-!"Crunch!
The telltale crunch of bones and silenced screeches tell you enough, so you don't bother looking, all that matters is that the Hippowdon is occupied, and that the Pokémon in your arms isn't… Squirming? Or biting you anymore, huh, murder-potamuses really do bring people together.
Not being one to look a gift-Ponyta in the mouth, you haul ass without second thought.
You leave those other kids behind, you feel:
[X] a bit guilty – it was every kid for themselves versus a Hippowdon and it's not like you could have done much, but leaving them to keep the monstrous creature busy was both your best chance and also kind of awful.
[] practical – this place has already shaped up to be a dog-eat-dog world so far, using them to keep that Hippowdon busy and breaking its pursuit of you was a sound tactical decision to your benefit, it was practical at the time, end of story.
You gasp for breath, and then you finally spot Jason and make a bee-line for him-
"Jason! Hey!" You call out as you get closer, he was running pretty fast.
The running boy in question's head turns to you at your call, and you notice that he's carrying the Rattata that he'd been calming earlier, a little smile pulls at your lips, good for him.
You're almost caught up, Jason's seen you and is making a zig-zagging sort of running line towar-
WHAM! Crack!
…!
"Yrrrrrraaaaaoooww!"
'…What?' You must've blacked out for a few seconds, your tongue hurts and your mouth tastes like it's full of copper..
"The Zangoose is MINE!" Comes an unfamiliar voice, before your eyes finally crack open, and see a tall boy, shaved blonde hair, an angry-smug sort of look on his face, dragging the yowling Pokémon you'd been carrying all this time by the tail and lands a swift kick to its throat-
This fucker was going to steal your Pokémon, your would-be partner and he kicked it in the throat-!
Suddenly, Jason body-slams into the larger boy out of nowhere, sending Jason, the mystery-douche, the… Zangoose, and Jason's Rattata all sprawling into the sand.
You sit up, head spinning a bit, sharp white-hot ringing in your face as you try to flex your jaw, it feels loose and awkward and probably dislocated… And likely cracked, 'dammit that guy can hit hard,' you think as you spit out a large gob of blood onto the sand.
[ You gain 7 EXP in the [Human] First Aid Field Skill. ]
"Fucking Bean-Counter spawn!" You can hear Mystery Douche spit out as he and Jason tussle and roll around in the sand; Jason's Rattata chitters nervously just along the outer edges of the fight and the Zangoose crawls toward you, wheezing.
You get up, there are monsters about! No time for lollygagging!
[ You gain 11 EXP in the Fortitude Mental Skill. ]
Mystery-douche gained the upper hand in the time it took you to stand again, he's on top of Jason, pinning him down, hands wrapped around his throat!
You need to do something, so you:
-[] write-in strategy
[X] fight dirty – throw sand in Mystery-douche's face, maybe plant a well-deserved drop-kick to his unprotected neck or try to choke him out with your good arm, something that he won't expect, something that'll give you an edge against your obviously bigger, stronger opponent.
-[X] write-in strategy {The Golden Rule - You live by the Golden Rule, do unto others as they would unto you. He just kicked your would-be partner's throat and attempted to leave you defenceless. He is also choking out your ally. Kick him in the throat as he is just in the right position to be vulnerable to that. After that, disable him and take what he has on him. He tried to take something, or rather someone, important to us. See if he has anything useful on him... Also, kicking him in the throat is sure to panic him into letting go of Jason, right? If not, kick harder.}
It occurs to you that the pen is the only thing resembling a weapon you have on you, you remember Peter mentioning it once, so you decide to:
-[X] save the pen – save the pen for later, you can manage
If its crawling towards you is any indication maybe the Zangoose will listen to you, so you:
[X] Tell/Signal the Zangoose to:
-[] Help you out somehow – you don't know what kind of moves or martial training that the Zangoose has, but it has to know something on its own, right?
-[] Scratch Mystery-douche? – it has big claws so it should know scratch right?
--[] where, write-in strategy
-[] Silently signal for it to stay out of the fight – it just got kicked in the throat, getting into the thick of another fight's a bad idea
-[X] Write-in {Watch for Danger - If this guy is a sign of things to come, it's best to have Zangoose on lookout duty for incoming 'fellows' who are on the watch for weakness. Also, can't forget about the Hippowdon that are about. Yeah, not having someone on lookout duty here could be all kinds of dangerous. It also gives Zangoose a chance to catch it's breath after the Foul Play move this jerk used. Probably should give it a few crumbs of meat to entice it to stay while you handle the jerk.}
-[] Scratch Mystery-douche? – it has big claws so it should know scratch right?
--[] where, write-in strategy
-[] Silently signal for it to stay out of the fight – it just got kicked in the throat, getting into the thick of another fight's a bad idea
-[X] Write-in {Watch for Danger - If this guy is a sign of things to come, it's best to have Zangoose on lookout duty for incoming 'fellows' who are on the watch for weakness. Also, can't forget about the Hippowdon that are about. Yeah, not having someone on lookout duty here could be all kinds of dangerous. It also gives Zangoose a chance to catch it's breath after the Foul Play move this jerk used. Probably should give it a few crumbs of meat to entice it to stay while you handle the jerk.}
Re-discovered the:
Animal Taming Field Ability at Rank E
Gained:
11 EXP in the Perception Mental Skill
4 EXP in the Knowledge Mental Skill
30 EXP in the Charisma Social Skill
28 EXP in the Fortitude Mental Skill
9 EXP in the [Human] First Aid Field Skill
4 EXP in the Knowledge Mental Skill
30 EXP in the Charisma Social Skill
28 EXP in the Fortitude Mental Skill
9 EXP in the [Human] First Aid Field Skill
Happy All Hallow's Eve everybody! Hello almost-not Halloween update! Sorry, school's been eating up a lot of my writing time mojo lately, so super-long update post as a Halloween treat and an apology, so cheers! Also, GM kinda fucked up on the color guessing discussion earlier, I realized after double-checking Bulbapedia that Zangoose is red, not orange, even though it looks like orange to me, so flavor-text in-plot says Zangoose is orangish-red 'kay? Sorry guys.
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Frakir's brother
Goodbye.
- Location
- The Sea of Trees
Eh, it was nine over here, you're fine.
AnimalKrazed
Caw Caw!
- Location
- Above You
Plan Golden Rule
[X] a bit guilty – it was every kid for themselves versus a Hippowdon and it's not like you could have done much, but leaving them to keep the monstrous creature busy was both your best chance and also kind of awful.
[X] fight dirty – throw sand in Mystery-douche's face, maybe plant a well-deserved drop-kick to his unprotected neck or try to choke him out with your good arm, something that he won't expect, something that'll give you an edge against your obviously bigger, stronger opponent.
-[x] The Golden Rule - You live by the Golden Rule, do unto others as they would unto you. He just kicked your would-be partner's throat and attempted to leave you defenceless. He is also choking out your ally. Kick him in the throat as he is just in the right position to be vulnerable to that. After that, disable him and take what he has on him. He tried to take something, or rather someone, important to us. See if he has anything useful on him... Also, kicking him in the throat is sure to panic him into letting go of Jason, right? If not, kick harder.
-[x] save the pen – save the pen for later, you can manage.
[X] Tell/Signal the Zangoose to:
-[x] Watch for Danger - If this guy is a sign of things to come, it's best to have Zangoose on lookout duty for incoming 'fellows' who are on the watch for weakness. Also, can't forget about the Hippowdon that are about. Yeah, not having someone on lookout duty here could be all kinds of dangerous. It also gives Zangoose a chance to catch it's breath after the Foul Play move this jerk used. Probably should give it a few crumbs of meat to entice it to stay while you handle the jerk.
[X] a bit guilty – it was every kid for themselves versus a Hippowdon and it's not like you could have done much, but leaving them to keep the monstrous creature busy was both your best chance and also kind of awful.
[X] fight dirty – throw sand in Mystery-douche's face, maybe plant a well-deserved drop-kick to his unprotected neck or try to choke him out with your good arm, something that he won't expect, something that'll give you an edge against your obviously bigger, stronger opponent.
-[x] The Golden Rule - You live by the Golden Rule, do unto others as they would unto you. He just kicked your would-be partner's throat and attempted to leave you defenceless. He is also choking out your ally. Kick him in the throat as he is just in the right position to be vulnerable to that. After that, disable him and take what he has on him. He tried to take something, or rather someone, important to us. See if he has anything useful on him... Also, kicking him in the throat is sure to panic him into letting go of Jason, right? If not, kick harder.
-[x] save the pen – save the pen for later, you can manage.
[X] Tell/Signal the Zangoose to:
-[x] Watch for Danger - If this guy is a sign of things to come, it's best to have Zangoose on lookout duty for incoming 'fellows' who are on the watch for weakness. Also, can't forget about the Hippowdon that are about. Yeah, not having someone on lookout duty here could be all kinds of dangerous. It also gives Zangoose a chance to catch it's breath after the Foul Play move this jerk used. Probably should give it a few crumbs of meat to entice it to stay while you handle the jerk.
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Ψυχή
Beyond my wingbeats lie the fate of all worlds...
- Location
- Void between SB and SV
Ah, no worries — NotShiny! makes getting one of my favorite Pokémon even better CX (tho shiny's blue is pretty sweet) — a fortuitous error in our favor with an awesome potential partner at our side.
Also, still Halloween here too; no prob
Edit: Apparently this exists, so I think you're clear
Also, still Halloween here too; no prob
Edit: Apparently this exists, so I think you're clear
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Malaquez
[MUFFLED EUROBEAT]
- Location
- Singapore
[X] a bit guilty – it was every kid for themselves versus a Hippowdon and it's not like you could have done much, but leaving them to keep the monstrous creature busy was both your best chance and also kind of awful.
[X] fight dirty – throw sand in Mystery-douche's face, maybe plant a well-deserved drop-kick to his unprotected neck or try to choke him out with your good arm, something that he won't expect, something that'll give you an edge against your obviously bigger, stronger opponent.
-[x] The Golden Rule - You live by the Golden Rule, do unto others as they would unto you. He just kicked your would-be partner's throat and attempted to leave you defenceless. He is also choking out your ally. Kick him in the throat as he is just in the right position to be vulnerable to that. After that, disable him and take what he has on him. He tried to take something, or rather someone, important to us. See if he has anything useful on him... Also, kicking him in the throat is sure to panic him into letting go of Jason, right? If not, kick harder.
-[x] save the pen – save the pen for later, you can manage.
[X] Tell/Signal the Zangoose to:
-[x] Watch for Danger - If this guy is a sign of things to come, it's best to have Zangoose on lookout duty for incoming 'fellows' who are on the watch for weakness. Also, can't forget about the Hippowdon that are about. Yeah, not having someone on lookout duty here could be all kinds of dangerous. It also gives Zangoose a chance to catch it's breath after the Foul Play move this jerk used. Probably should give it a few crumbs of meat to entice it to stay while you handle the jerk.
[X] fight dirty – throw sand in Mystery-douche's face, maybe plant a well-deserved drop-kick to his unprotected neck or try to choke him out with your good arm, something that he won't expect, something that'll give you an edge against your obviously bigger, stronger opponent.
-[x] The Golden Rule - You live by the Golden Rule, do unto others as they would unto you. He just kicked your would-be partner's throat and attempted to leave you defenceless. He is also choking out your ally. Kick him in the throat as he is just in the right position to be vulnerable to that. After that, disable him and take what he has on him. He tried to take something, or rather someone, important to us. See if he has anything useful on him... Also, kicking him in the throat is sure to panic him into letting go of Jason, right? If not, kick harder.
-[x] save the pen – save the pen for later, you can manage.
[X] Tell/Signal the Zangoose to:
-[x] Watch for Danger - If this guy is a sign of things to come, it's best to have Zangoose on lookout duty for incoming 'fellows' who are on the watch for weakness. Also, can't forget about the Hippowdon that are about. Yeah, not having someone on lookout duty here could be all kinds of dangerous. It also gives Zangoose a chance to catch it's breath after the Foul Play move this jerk used. Probably should give it a few crumbs of meat to entice it to stay while you handle the jerk.
- Location
- ?
[x] AnimalKrazed
I'm a little unsure about the pen. On one hand, going after someone with improvised weapon will draw bad kind of attention, on the other, things are kind of bad, and I'm worried if we end up in hospital the pen will be taken from us. Still, I'm mostly in favor of saving it for now so it's not an objection, just some musings.
I'm a little unsure about the pen. On one hand, going after someone with improvised weapon will draw bad kind of attention, on the other, things are kind of bad, and I'm worried if we end up in hospital the pen will be taken from us. Still, I'm mostly in favor of saving it for now so it's not an objection, just some musings.
Yeah, looking at wiki picture the color definitely falls under 'red' umbrella. I am a bit miffed that I was searching for the wrong thing, but it was interesting in its own right, I guess.
[X] a bit guilty – it was every kid for themselves versus a Hippowdon and it's not like you could have done much, but leaving them to keep the monstrous creature busy was both your best chance and also kind of awful.
[X] fight dirty – throw sand in Mystery-douche's face, maybe plant a well-deserved drop-kick to his unprotected neck or try to choke him out with your good arm, something that he won't expect, something that'll give you an edge against your obviously bigger, stronger opponent.
-[x] The Golden Rule - You live by the Golden Rule, do unto others as they would unto you. He just kicked your would-be partner's throat and attempted to leave you defenceless. He is also choking out your ally. Kick him in the throat as he is just in the right position to be vulnerable to that. After that, disable him and take what he has on him. He tried to take something, or rather someone, important to us. See if he has anything useful on him... Also, kicking him in the throat is sure to panic him into letting go of Jason, right? If not, kick harder.
-[x] save the pen – save the pen for later, you can manage.
[X] Tell/Signal the Zangoose to:
-[x] Watch for Danger - If this guy is a sign of things to come, it's best to have Zangoose on lookout duty for incoming 'fellows' who are on the watch for weakness. Also, can't forget about the Hippowdon that are about. Yeah, not having someone on lookout duty here could be all kinds of dangerous. It also gives Zangoose a chance to catch it's breath after the Foul Play move this jerk used. Probably should give it a few crumbs of meat to entice it to stay while you handle the jerk.
[X] fight dirty – throw sand in Mystery-douche's face, maybe plant a well-deserved drop-kick to his unprotected neck or try to choke him out with your good arm, something that he won't expect, something that'll give you an edge against your obviously bigger, stronger opponent.
-[x] The Golden Rule - You live by the Golden Rule, do unto others as they would unto you. He just kicked your would-be partner's throat and attempted to leave you defenceless. He is also choking out your ally. Kick him in the throat as he is just in the right position to be vulnerable to that. After that, disable him and take what he has on him. He tried to take something, or rather someone, important to us. See if he has anything useful on him... Also, kicking him in the throat is sure to panic him into letting go of Jason, right? If not, kick harder.
-[x] save the pen – save the pen for later, you can manage.
[X] Tell/Signal the Zangoose to:
-[x] Watch for Danger - If this guy is a sign of things to come, it's best to have Zangoose on lookout duty for incoming 'fellows' who are on the watch for weakness. Also, can't forget about the Hippowdon that are about. Yeah, not having someone on lookout duty here could be all kinds of dangerous. It also gives Zangoose a chance to catch it's breath after the Foul Play move this jerk used. Probably should give it a few crumbs of meat to entice it to stay while you handle the jerk.
Ψυχή
Beyond my wingbeats lie the fate of all worlds...
- Location
- Void between SB and SV
Not how it works — you either need the actual plan name or just the user to count properly for the tally stuff — Plan [USERNAME] doesn't work AFAIR
Coshiua
An Autistic Kyogre~!
- Location
- The Ocean
Whoops. Fixed.
RagnorakTres
Technically Correct
- Location
- A Rolled Up Sidewalk Somewhere South Of Toledo, OH
- Pronouns
- Any/All
[X] a bit guilty – it was every kid for themselves versus a Hippowdon and it's not like you could have done much, but leaving them to keep the monstrous creature busy was both your best chance and also kind of awful.
[X] fight dirty – throw sand in Mystery-douche's face, maybe plant a well-deserved drop-kick to his unprotected neck or try to choke him out with your good arm, something that he won't expect, something that'll give you an edge against your obviously bigger, stronger opponent.
-[x] The Golden Rule - You live by the Golden Rule, do unto others as they would unto you. He just kicked your would-be partner's throat and attempted to leave you defenceless. He is also choking out your ally. Kick him in the throat as he is just in the right position to be vulnerable to that. After that, disable him and take what he has on him. He tried to take something, or rather someone, important to us. See if he has anything useful on him... Also, kicking him in the throat is sure to panic him into letting go of Jason, right? If not, kick harder.
-[x] save the pen – save the pen for later, you can manage.
[X] Tell/Signal the Zangoose to:
-[x] Watch for Danger -If this guy is a sign of things to come, it's best to have Zangoose on lookout duty for incoming 'fellows' who are on the watch for weakness. Also, can't forget about the Hippowdon that are about. Yeah, not having someone on lookout duty here could be all kinds of dangerous. It also gives Zangoose a chance to catch it's breath after the Foul Play move this jerk used. Probably should give it a few crumbs of meat to entice it to stay while you handle the jerk.
Hurrah, it's back!
So we know a bit of First Aid, yeah? Enough to know that kidney shots hurt like a bitch? I know a few other, more esoteric less-than-lethal weak points, but clapping someone on the side of the neck or breaking the arch of their foot is less intuitive than hitting the relatively well-exposed kidney, and breaking someone's knee in the middle of an arena full of hungry, hungry Hippowdon seems...I dunno, cruel?
[X] fight dirty – throw sand in Mystery-douche's face, maybe plant a well-deserved drop-kick to his unprotected neck or try to choke him out with your good arm, something that he won't expect, something that'll give you an edge against your obviously bigger, stronger opponent.
-[x] The Golden Rule - You live by the Golden Rule, do unto others as they would unto you. He just kicked your would-be partner's throat and attempted to leave you defenceless. He is also choking out your ally. Kick him in the throat as he is just in the right position to be vulnerable to that. After that, disable him and take what he has on him. He tried to take something, or rather someone, important to us. See if he has anything useful on him... Also, kicking him in the throat is sure to panic him into letting go of Jason, right? If not, kick harder.
-[x] save the pen – save the pen for later, you can manage.
[X] Tell/Signal the Zangoose to:
-[x] Watch for Danger -If this guy is a sign of things to come, it's best to have Zangoose on lookout duty for incoming 'fellows' who are on the watch for weakness. Also, can't forget about the Hippowdon that are about. Yeah, not having someone on lookout duty here could be all kinds of dangerous. It also gives Zangoose a chance to catch it's breath after the Foul Play move this jerk used. Probably should give it a few crumbs of meat to entice it to stay while you handle the jerk.
Hurrah, it's back!
So we know a bit of First Aid, yeah? Enough to know that kidney shots hurt like a bitch? I know a few other, more esoteric less-than-lethal weak points, but clapping someone on the side of the neck or breaking the arch of their foot is less intuitive than hitting the relatively well-exposed kidney, and breaking someone's knee in the middle of an arena full of hungry, hungry Hippowdon seems...I dunno, cruel?