Pokémon: Gotta Fuck 'Em All! (2nd Impact)

[CrimsonNutcase37]

Honedge resisted the urge to sigh when the Poliwag splashedWhen Electrike managed to blast three of the 6 Team Aqua members, a smirk crossed his face "A good show, my young friend" 'Koben' complimented "Keep at it on those who would attempt to approach, if you would be so kind?" Reaching for his belt, he took off Electrike's ball and tossed it to Nurse Joy "Gentle Nurse, if you would be so kind, if something happens and you escape, make sure that you release the Electrike. My friend swore he would do so and he is a man of his word. And no matter what, make sure that the two of you survive" he commanded in a strict, but soft voice

With that said, the possessed teen turned his electric blue eyes back to the woman "Well considering that three of you went down in one attack, it would appear that would not be the case" he spoke calmly, his voice showing no sign of fear. Slowly, his lips pursed into a grim, almost macabre smile "The question is, how many of you will live?" Honedge spoke before Koben suddenly darted forwards, heading straight towards the group while drawing the blade back with one hand, his other clenching into a tight fist. It was likely that he would not succeed in his attack, but with this, it would hopefully buy even more time, perhaps even take a few of the Aqua members out before they could release their pokemon 'Go my friend, do what is right. Even if we may lose more then this fight' Koben's thought rose in his head

[daxtinator396]

Steve smiled in understanding,"Its okay Miyu. We'll get there. I'm willing to wait. Besides I'm still very proud of you. Both of you." He said smiling and then blushing at Chrys,"Stop doing that! I don't pry into your secret thoughts..." He said with a sniff as he looked back to see Officer Jenny handing them some money," Oh... Thanks! This is gonna help us out a lot.. Now we can leave." I said and then heard the shout,"Shit. Let's go! Come on!" Steve said running to the sound.

[Nightmare]

Looking to his side, Luke found a Pokemart just a few yards away from him. Quite the serendipitous find seeing as he'll have to catch some water Pokemon so he'll be able to swim out of the place. He glared at the pokeball containing Hex

"You stay where you are"

He walked the automatic doors of the Pokemart, welcoming the cool air conditioning. He walked up to the refrigerators containing regular potions, taking 5 of the chilled purple bottles and putting them a basket. Walking down an aisle, he picked up a case containing three pokeballs, uniting it with the potions in the basket. He already had some of his own pokeballs, three in fact, but he wanted to have a complete set. He went looking for some repels next, taking 3 of them.

When he was finished, Luke walked up to the cashiers and showed them what he had.

"There"

[Voff]

What?!! Wait she can't be serious? Or...? The way Sam jumped. Varen's knee-jerk that this had to be a bad joke, or test, quickly dissipated in the tense atmosphere of the room. The Boss wasn't that big of a woman, but her sheer presence made her more then terrifying enough. It didn't matter though. He bore no ill will towards Sam. They had even fought together. "No", he didn't have a clue where this road would lead, but there was no chance in hell he would attack someone out off the blue like that. Disobeying her like this couldn't be good though. "You first ask me about loyalty, and you ask me to do something like this?" Varen lifted his gaze and looked her right in the eyes. This wasn't a game he wanted to play along with. "If you want blind obedience then I can't help you. I might not know him that well, but the fact is that I still know him better then I know you, and he is the reason I figured you guys were worth joining. I'm not going to attack someone just because you say so". He was about to put his hands in his pockets to ready his pokemon if there was to be a fight, but stopped himself. He didn't have any high level pokemon, and he didn't want to let them go through whatever this room was prepared to handle. Whatever was coming he would have to face it himself. "By the looks of this place you want soldiers, but if that entails attacking good people on your say so, it is not something I'm willing to do".

[dragonmaster121989]

Slightly disappointed with the selection of Pokemon this time around Jackson lets out a small sigh and looks frown at his Pokemon. " well guys lets get going. These guys don't really seem like they want to fight and I really want to get to the next town so we can check out our new friend. " after getting back out onto the trail Jackson smiles at his Pokemon on last time before pointing in the direction of town setting off with his team in toe. When Jackson gets Into town he heads straight for the Pokemon center. Once inside Jackson kneels down and gives his Pokemon a hug and a little nod before tapping the button on each of their pokeballs. With four miniature pokeballs in hand Jackson walks up to the counter to wait.

[Laughing Hyena]

Madison didn't say much when she spoke up and started confessing to a few things. Like the fact that she effectively ran off when the battle became too much for her to handle. He was wondering why she did that but he had figured it was because she was trying to remain helpful. None the less he wouldn't think less of her for it. The steps she had taken prior were not ignored even if she backpedaled a bit and to be honest he couldn't blame her. He had felt those same fears time and again and he knew every instance of his bravery was to be tested against these kind of people. Madison had about ten years or so to muster this courage and he had Eevee at his side for it. Nina had less time to simply become brave. Either way Nina need a shot of confidence and decided to give a small pep talk. "Nina, you're human and you are being put to the test as a trainer and person, far quicker than I ever was." He said standing up slowly getting straight to the heart of the matter on his own opinions of her. "Granted… you cannot keep hiding forever from the world. I wouldn't want you to either. You're braver than you think because you are trying to overcome those fears you have." He said giving her a smile to show he had some faith in her even if she didn't.

He figured that with this training just between the two of them it would make a break from all these horrible things she was experiencing. "Oh… well… I actually haven't thought that one completely through but I was thinking to stay in Rustboro since we and the police made it safe enough to handle. Just find some place nice and suitable for battles and then practice. Just us two. I have a few Orre Region exercises for Pokémon to just warm up with before we go a few battles with one another." He rubbed his chin for the moment and then snapped his fingers as it came to him. "I think theres a fountain just outside the Pokémon Center that we can train at." Heading on out to lead the way Eevee hopped off Nina's lap and followed at Madison's front like an excited and spunky girl that she was. Madison actually began to hum a slight tune as he walked to the fountain. Soft and upbeat to the sound of it.

Once there he would consider what they were going to do for the moment. "Alright Nina. What would you like to do. I was thinking a few exercises with Pokemon and Trainer and then to just go into legit League battling. We can only improve by working off the other in this regard." He said figuring to explain it. He took out a rubber ball from his pack as it was just a simple ball. Eevee was seated in front of Madison her tail swishing back and forth when she saw the ball because she knew what it meant. It was both playtime and training to her. But either way Madison was just waiting on Nina.

[MiscChaos]

Unknown Location:


Varen

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At your answer, an almost feral grin splits the Boss’s face. The amount of malice in the smile is staggering as she makes her way around her desk and towards you. The closer she comes, the more pressure you feel bear down on you, coming to a head when she comes within striking range. She simply stares at you for what feels like minutes before, finally, the grin drops and is replaced with something a bit more genuine. “That, my young friend… would be a pass. Congratulations.” At the sound of her voice, Sam seems to tense up again, only to finally relax once her words penetrate his head.

“Not cool, Boss. Not cool.” He mutters, pouting now.

“I apologize for the deception, Samuel Jones, but it was necessary for this fairly simple test. You see, I find that spies that attempt to infiltrate my resistance are all too eager to shed the blood of someone they will be working alongside for the foreseeable future. As you can imagine, that is a rather bad trait for anyone in this group to have since it impacts our ability to trust them. Can we believe that they won’t attack through an ally to get at a foe? Will their single minded obedience cause problems in the field? Is this person a good person? Questions of that nature immediately are thrown into the air and the Debunkers as a whole suffer when we cannot answer them. Therefore, the only people I am interested in recruiting are those who can think for themselves. People who will outright refuse a superior’s orders if it goes against their moral compass. It does not matter how weak that person is, we can make them stronger in time, but if their morals are corrupt then they are a danger, pure and simple. Well met, Varen Bakk.” She extends her hand towards yours for a handshake.

Once you’ve accepted it, you feel something drop into your hand. You don’t have time to look at it though as she continues talking. “Now that I can trust you with at least Sam’s life, I will assign you under his leadership for the moment. As I begin to trust you more and more, I will allow you to come into contact with more and more cells of the Debunkers. For now, you are restricted to Sam and his contacts and team, though if you so happen to bump into another member, well, how can I stop that?” It seems Boss is likely allowing you to form your own bonds with different Debunkers rather than introducing you to them herself, only doing so only as necessary. “Samuel Jones, I would like for you to introduce Varen Bakk to the armory and the gym, if not when we are done here, then in the near future. I would like to take advantage of his strength as soon as possible. That is all for now. You are dismissed unless there are any questions.” She doesn’t move, seeming to be waiting for the two of you to exit the room before she goes anywhere.

When you’re done asking any questions you may have of the Boss, Sam says, “Well, Varen, now that you’re in (though I could’ve used one less heart attack to get you here), you wanna check out the armory and gym or meet my team?” He seems to be content to allow you to determine the pace of your introduction.

Petalburg City:


Jackson

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As you enter town, you see that the PokéMart is closed for the time being. Why is fairly simple to figure out as the door is broken down and what you can see of the inside is a collection of scattered goods and shattered glass. Inside the PokéCenter, Nurse Joy heals up your Pokémon with no problem and quickly returns them to you. From how fast she moves and how quiet she is compared to other Nurse Joys you’ve met, it seems she’s had quite the eventful time recently and is on alert for another incident. Besides figuring out what’s on her mind, it seems things are quiet in town for now.

Route 104:


Vivian

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Steve

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Alexis sighs as you begin to move, looking up into the sky. “One break, that’s all I ask. Why, Arceus? Why?” She mutters before following after you. When the two of you arrive on the scene, you see the cause of the screaming, though you’re quite a distance away. The scream was, in fact, Rose crashing into another Trainer. Right now, it seems like she’s threatening the Trainer with the gun in order to get them out of her way.

In Rustboro:


Madison

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At your words, Nina gains a shaky smile. It’s rather weak and still lacks self-confidence, but it’s better than the depression that was just on her face at any rate. “I know I can’t keep hiding and I’m trying not to. It’s just a bit harder than I thought. It’s nice you think I’m brave though.” The tone of her last sentence implies that she doesn’t really believe that of herself yet, but she isn’t outright rejecting the idea anymore. When you suggest the fountain, she nods and follows along, obviously curious as to what you have planned. Her curiosity turns into confusion when you take out the ball. “I know you said we’re gonna do some exercises, but what’s with the ball? Are we gonna have the Pokémon race to play fetch or something?”

In Verdanturf:


Lily

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In Mauville:


Milla

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In Slateport:


Naomi & Koben

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The possessed Koben charging headlong into the group of Team Aqua Trainers catches them completely off guard, so he’s easily able to strike one down, a non-lethal swipe to the legs putting the Trainer out of commission with pain, before they get their heads together. “This dude’s nuts! 3 of you, get over here. 1 of you deal with the Nurse and her friend!” The woman in charge shouts as she desperately tries to avoid Honedge. They scramble to obey, turning the fight against Koben into a 5-on-1. With the pressure taken off herself a bit, she moves towards her PokéBalls and tosses out a Carvanha in between herself and her attacker. “Carvanha, take this nut out!” She says. The others look to be just about ready to toss their own Pokémon into the mix.

The one focused on Naomi and Nurse Joy seems to be unworried about things since Nurse Joy doesn’t seem to have a Pokémon and Naomi’s Pokémon has only used Splash up to this point. “Tell you what, strip down and spread ‘em and I might not even hurt you.” The Aqua Grunt says, openly leering at the two of them. Naomi’s phone is beeping, telling her that an Officer is on the way and now is just a matter of buying time. Nurse Joy is slowly backing away, obviously aiming to get out of town. Seeing that, the Grunt begins going after her, but is cut off by having to dodge a quick Thunder Wave from Electrike. It seems she took Koben’s words earlier to mean stick close to the two ladies. He glares at the Electric-type, obviously not having anything to deal with it.

In Sootopolis:


Luke

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Walking up to the clerk, she counts up your purchases and says, “That’ll be 3150, sir.” Looking through your wallet, you quickly see that you only have 2000 after renting out the plane to get you here, not nearly enough for everything. The 5 potions cost 1500, the 3 Repels cost 1050 and the 3 PokéBalls were 600, so you’ll either have to put something back or find some other way of getting everything you want.

On the S.S. Tidal:


Skye

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[Voff]

Varen never would have imagined this possibility. The Boss' mood switch, from seemingly wanting to nail him to the wall to accepting him into the Debunkers, had kept him on edge until the end of her speech. It was quite a speech though, but it left him even more confused. He did a quick shake of his head in response to whether he had any other questions. It seemed she was done with them for the moment and Varen did not feel like poking the bear.

"Hmm... Meeting the team sounds like a good idea. If they are people we're going to work with it is probably best to get to know them sooner rather then later", Varen responded to Sam after thinking a bit, "else I'm not sure. I guess it would be up to you, leader", he added with a smile. "I don't have that much battle experience so some training would probably be a smart at some point, and I guess you want to know the extent of what I can do..." Varen wasn't quite sure what to do next. By how the fight with the Underground League went, if they had any downtime, training was probably wise. Still if a mission came up it wouldn't do asking the League to 'hold off for a bit' while he got some training...

Even though he had been accepted in to the Debunkers Varen had a feeling stuff weren't quite as straight forward as he had imagined. First of all this rather intense test and strange test. Some sort of test was probably to be expected, but something seemed a bit off. The way Sam reacted, he definitely wasn't aware it was a test, and the thing the Boss had given him during the handshake. He was about to look at it immediately, but pocketed it instead. If she had wanted Sam to see it why give it to him in such a way. Hopefully he was just being paranoid, but he would have to wait until he got a moment alone to see what the thing was. Not that he had any reason to doubt Sam, but it would take a bit more for Varen to blindly trust him.

Varen was curious however as to what Sam had to say about the 'test'. He would have to ask him when they were out of earshot of the Boss.

[daxtinator396]

Steve Ran to the sound and then stopped,"Son of a bitch.. Can we handle this agian? Maybe we can take her down and bring her back to the police... We can't leave that trainer.. She might kill them. But how do we make it work.." Steve said as Dusky growled lightly on his shoulder,"We have to tackle this Careful... Chrys um.. Anyway you can take that gun from her?"

[dragonmaster121989]

More then just a little bit curious about what's going on Jackson raises an eyebrow and looks at nurse joy with a questioning stare." excuse me. Nurse joy I'm a little curious what's going on. I have met a few other joys and they all seemed so happy and cheerful, yet you seem like you have something bothering you at the moment. Is there anything I can do to help? Atleast I can lend a listening ear and let you talk about what's bothering you. That's the very least I can do for you. " hoping to be able to help Jackson waits to see what joy has to say while placing all his pokeballs back on his belt.

[CrimsonNutcase37]

Honedge pulled Koben's lips back into a bloodthirsty smile as his eyes glew with a manic blue gleam, rearing a foot back and lasking out with a kick towards the forming Carvahna, aiming to punt the water/dark type back at it's owner teeth first before continuing his attack, now aiming for the 4 Aqua grunts who had yet to release their pokemon. With any luck, he might be able to take them all down before they could release them as it would make his fight that much harder, Koben directing Honedge on where to strike

[that man]

"I won't do something like that!" Naomi yelled, as she snapped back to reality. "I can't loose to someone like you!"

Moving back in front of Nurse Joy, Naomi ordered Poliwag, "use that one attack with the water!"

Confused as to her meaning, Poliwag used splash again, but with a little more vigor than before.

[Laughing Hyena]

"Well I wasn't thinking about that but that does sound like a really good idea." Madison said with a smile to show that he hadn't thought to this and made sure to voice it. "Actually have you ever seen boys play with a ball and bounce it off a wall" He gave the ball a short few bounces to make sure it snaps right back up to his height with the right amount of force. Which is about a small flick of the wrist. "Ready Eevee?" He would throw the ball to the floor which rebounds onto the wall and then back towards the small Pokemon. She leaps up and effectively tackles or tail whips the rubber back to the wall to make the ball bounce. The more she does it the faster the ball goes and the quicker Eevee has to move about to get to the ball. "Same concept but with Pokemon. The ball is bounced on the ground then the wall and the Pokemon has to bounce it back. Lather, rinse, repeat."

Madison would be good about explaining this and also showing examples since in his mindset the best way to help Nina is to raise her confidence as a trainer. Sharing what he has learned thus far may help in this regard. Especially with a safe environment now. "Since Orre doesn't have many wild Pokemon we have to train them differently to help them reach full potential. Hence trainers come up with various exercises for the Pokemon to partake in. Of course not every Pokemon learns the exact same way. Heard on the news Kalos Region does this more fancy, with balloons or something along with body bags or such." He smiled lightly all the same as he would see Eevee start to really turn up the speed darting back and forth to keep the ball bouncing back in the center. The ball really cannot do any damage to the stone.

Continuing on with the talk Madison. "Pidgey or Shroomish might get use out of this exercise since it builds durability, speed and accuracy. Chinny on the other hand might benefit from target practice such as rubber balls or something durable being spiked up so it goes high into the air for them to shoot. Or maybe using the rather fun looking fountain to do agility tricks. Basically it's more about finding creative ways to train with Pokemon and there is no wrong method if it works for your Pokemon and they enjoy it. Care to try?" He asked for a moment as he would then say to Eevee "Finish up Eevee, it's Nina's turn!" By this time Eevee was using quick attack to run around to tag the ball and in the end she was seen with the ball pinned down under her paws with her laying on the stone, her tail swaying back and forth. She rose up and picked up the ball trotting back with a pleased fashion and placing the ball in Madison's hands. He pets his Eevee with a bright smile "Good girl"

Turning back to Nina he would finally ask her "So do you want to have them race to get the ball or try one of the other exercises I suggested?" He figured to leave it up to her. He wanted her to be able to make her own decisions as well so this was important. But ultimately he wanted Nina to feel no pressure during this, no team magma, no team aqua, no underground league, just two trainers relaxing and playing with Pokémon.

[Nightmare]

Luke checked his pockets to find out he was 1,150 poke short on his list. He could simply take out a few items, but he would really rather not go out into the region without them. He would have to find some way around his current predicament. It was brief, but in the past, Luke had worked in a Pokemart. The job was uninteresting, day after day was spent bordering boredom and depression and the pay was terrible, so he quit. He didn't see anyone else in the pokemart but the two of them, so he decided it was the perfect time to capitalize on that. He was sure the cashier had to be bored and maybe even holding up some sexual tension. If he could get her under the spell of his charm, she would do anything he wanted.

He leaned on the desk between them with one arm, giving off the impression of casualneess and friendliness while also serving to position himself just a little closer so the cashier could clearly see the details of his relatively handsome face.

"Long day, huh?"

His voice was warm, joking, conversational and even had a hint of flirtation as he started a conversation that he hoped would end in sex and free supplies.

[MiscChaos]

Unknown Location:


Varen

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“Well knowing what you can do is good and all, but we’ll get to that once we starting training in full. Need to know what to build up on and all that.” Sam starts, looking up as he thinks. “I also need to know how you’ll affect team dynamics since everyone one my team does something different. But I’m not too worried about that. First, let’s go get you introduced to the team!” Diving back into the maze that is Debunker HQ, Sam guides you to the 7th floor. It looks a bit like a mess hall, all sorts of people flitting in and out, eating peacefully and/or laughing boisterously. Seems this area will be very lively at any rate. You and Sam have just entered the room when suddenly your companion is tackled from behind. Only his sturdy frame allows him to stay standing. He immediately seems to know who it is because he sighs the sigh of familiar suffering.

“Sammy! You’re back!” The girl cries with the same energy she tackled Sam with. Everyone else seems to ignore her, used to her particular brand of hype. Over at a nearby table, a rather matronly woman breathes a similar sigh as Sam and stands up to meet him.

“It has been some time, Sam. Indeed, it has been a rather long time to be without some form of communication.” Despite the kindly nature of her words, her stern expression says he’d better have a reasonable explanation quickly or suffer the consequences.

“It’s only been a month.” He says rather confused. By the way the other woman’s face starts holding a blatantly fake smile and the small girl who was attached to him starts backing away, that was obviously a wrong answer. “Wait, wait, wait! I was going through my assignment no problem and then I ran into a small snag. Nothing serious, but it worried me so I investigated it. Accidentally tipped off some Undergrounds before I was ready for them and had to take them on. Only then my sister got into some trouble so I had to drop that and find her. And then the Undergrounds I was beating followed me and it turned into this huge mess! I’m fine obviously and I even got a new recruit out of it!” Sam spits his words out rather quickly in hopes of avoiding her wrath and it seems to work as the creepy fake smile drops and is replaced with worry and curiosity.

“May I assume the strapping young man here is your new recruit? If so, then it is a pleasure to meet you. I am Natasha Lowe.” She sticks her hand out for a shake as she introduces herself. The other girl is a lot less reserved, plowing into you with the same vigor she had with Sam.

“Hi, new guy! I’m Suzy Sanders, but you can call me Double S for short.” In what world Double S is shorter than Suzy you don’t know, but it seems to make sense to the young looking girl currently attached to your back.

“Sue here specializes in fast electric Pokémon. Big surprise considering her energy, huh? Natasha is more support and usually keeps Pokémon that boosts stats or heals others up, though it can get kinda scary if she’s made to attack.” Sam says, though the last part is quiet in hopes that Natasha doesn’t hear. If she does, she doesn’t react outwardly towards it. “My team’s rather small right now. We… ran into some trouble a while ago which reduced our numbers. I don’t see her around, but I’ll introduce you to our Benefactor at some point. She’s new around here as well, but she seems pretty determined to root out the Underground.”

In Petalburg City:


Jackson

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Nurse Joy shakes her head and waves her arms at you. “Oh no, there’s nothing going on now. Excuse me for being frank, but it’s been one hell of a day. The daughter of the PokéMart has run away you see. I can’t really blame her though. Being chased by Team Magma idiots would do funny things to a person.” She seems rather ashamed that she let her thoughts show on her face around a customer, so she seems to be making up for it by giving you information.

In Rustboro:


Madison

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Nina seems to think about it for a little while before nodding her head in decision. “I think Chinny might enjoy the aim exercise. I might even try to make a game out of it and see how long she can keep the ball in the air with her attacks! She says, starting to get into the idea. “C’mon out, Chinny!” She calls as she releases her starting Pokémon and grabs a rubber ball off you. “Alright, Chinny, I’m gonna throw this into the air. I want you to use Water Gun to keep it in the air as long as you can. Ready?” At her Chinchou’s nod, she tosses it into the air. She seems to be enjoying herself now that she has something safe and constructive to do. Her Chinchou seems to be enjoying the game too if the amused chirps of her name between Water Guns is any indication.

In Slateport:


Naomi & Koben

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Poliwag uses Splash again… but much like the first time it does absolutely nothing. Well, nothing except cause the Team Aqua grunt in front of you to look at you with a look of extreme confusion and exasperation. A look Nurse Joy shared somewhat, though since she knows you the confusion isn’t nearly as strong. Electrike seems more than willing to take advantage of the moment of levity, launching a Thunder Wave at the distracted enemy and locking up his muscles, causing him to hit the floor.

On Koben’s end, his kick does indeed send the Carvanha flying at its Trainer who dives to avoid the projectile Pokémon. “What the fuck is wrong with you!? She shouts as she hits the floor. As your foot touches back to the earth, you notice your leg scratched something fierce due to Carvanha’s Rough Skin. Adrenaline and purpose allow you to ignore it for now, but you’ll need to get it treated soon. Wary of someone proven to cut people up and attack Pokémon, the Team Aqua trainers stay as far away from you as possible, though one of them isn’t nearly quick enough. Cutting him down in whatever way you see fit (giving you free range on this one), the others begin to gather their wits and go for their Pokémon when a voice sighs.

The voice is familiar to Naomi. She just heard it earlier today after all. “10 minutes. I walk away from you for 10 minutes tops, Naomi, and THIS is what I find you in? I didn’t even walk far enough for the screams to be inaudible!” Katie says, holding her head in her hands. Recomposing herself, she glares at the Team Aqua grunts. “Hey, do you mind just beating it? I don’t have the patience to deal with you all today.” Her hand starts making its way to a PokéBall. Whatever she ends up doing, she’s currently one hell of a distract for Koben, giving him more than enough opportunity to continue his assault.

Off in the distance, everyone hears a ferry pulling in.

On Route 121:


Raphael

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At your obvious show of hostility, Absol removes its last traces of hesitation and prepares itself for battle, which in turn causes Kal to sigh and release a Vulpix to help you out in the coming battle. Her Pokémon doesn’t look overtly powerful like Tyr or Seraphim does after all they’ve went through, but it’s better than nothing. Before everything gets started, you spray Tyr down with a Potion to help it recover from its battle and send him on his way. Seeing how shaky Seraphim is from going two battles without healing, Kal tosses Remmi a Potion to spray on the Ralts before the Absol finally makes its move. As it does, you and your allies’ Pokémon all feel an ominous Pressure on them! It’ll likely take more out of your Pokémon to attack then they’re used to! When the Absol buckles a bit, you see a smile come across Remmi’s face. Seraphim’s Ability must be Trace, throwing Absol’s Pressure right back at it. Shaking off the effect, Absol presses on.

Surprisingly, it shoots a mouthful of Ember at Tyr! Despite it not being type effective, it still hits rather hard! From your PokéGear’s headset, you hear confirmation that the Absol just used Me First, a move that randomly picks a move from its enemies and uses it with increased power! Thankfully, Tyr doesn’t seem to be burnt, though the attack seems to have taken a bit out of him.
A bit annoyed her own at her own attack being used, Kal orders her Vulpix, Hope she’s apparently named, to use its own Ember on Absol. The Disaster Pokémon winches a bit, but otherwise doesn’t seem too terribly affected by the move. Remmi must have communicated with Seraphim mentally, because the next thing you know the Ralts’ eyes are dyed a deep blue, a color that the Absol soon reflects as well. You’re not sure until your headset tells you so, but it seems Seraphim has used Disable! You’re not sure which move has been Disabled, but any move it doesn’t have access to is a good thing! Bringing up the rear, Tyr concentrates, using Focus Energy to make it likely that he hits more vital areas.

On the S.S. Tidal:


Skye

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The Houndour girl is moving almost as soon as you are. Unprepared for an attack on two fronts, the Officer goes down without a problem, easily held down by the brute strength of the PokéMorph. Wait, Officer? It turns out the Houndour girl’s handler is an Officer Jenny, though if she’s in the employ of Team Magma she’s obviously been corrupted. “Beast, what is the meaning of this!?” She demands, though the authoritative tone is slightly ruined by the fear in her voice. While your partner holds her handler down, you easily remove the remote from the Officer’s belt and find the off switch. With one final zap that causes the other woman to flinch, the collar falls off and an evil grin spreads across her face.

“Just revenge, bitch.” She growls as the Officer’s face rapidly pales. “Didn’t I warn you you’d be sorry the second I got out of this collar? Huh?” Well, she’ll likely listen to you if you tell her to back off a bit, but the question is do you want her to?

Introducing!


In Rustboro:

Roger

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Despite any misgivings you might have about leaving your hometown, you’re well on your way to beginning your journey! Probably not a moment too soon and maybe even a little late given the events of the day. A massive Pokémon battle right in the middle of the place! Against Team Magma and other delinquents even! It boggles the mind that such a thing could happen in such a place, but there it is. You see a couple of the fighters from that battle at the fountain training their Pokémon, but besides that the excitement’s died down. You don’t really have anyone to say goodbye to seeing as your parents are hard at work again, so you’re free to make your own way at any time. As if to make up for their absence though, your folks have left you a bag with a few items to help you on your journey.

In Slateport:

Aine

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It’s a long ride from Sinnoh to Hoenn, but as the reborn S.S. Libra docks into port you know your trip is over and your journey is about to begin. Only, you immediately hear that things aren’t likely to go smoothly. Screams of agony make their way to your ears and you think the crackle of electricity carries to you as well. Whatever’s going down in town, it isn’t peaceful. Unfortunately, you might have to pass by it on your way to do other things.

On the S.S. Tidal:

The Ferry has changed a bit, becoming a mix of cruise ship and ferry. It’s much more massive than it used to be, with 4 decks worth of cabins inside to better accommodate large parties. The top deck is pretty open aired with a pool on deck on the opposite side of the ramp you both used to board the ship and to the left. There’s also shuffleboard near the front, but who plays shuffleboard? To your left are stairs leading up and down.
Going up, you find everything needed to plot their course and steer (I forget the actual term for it right now). That’s where the majority of the crew is right now, sans the captain, though they look too busy to chat at the moment. Behind that are the kitchens. Odd placement, huh?
Going down, to your right, there’s the Captain’s Quarters, right there in case of emergency so they can be the first to respond. It looks rather large too, taking up a quarter of this level. The rest of this is Trainer cabins, compact compared to the Captain’s Cabin, but still the size of a small apartment room. All in all, there are 16 rooms on this level, including the Captain’s Room, excluding the men and women’s restrooms.
Below that, things look much like the deck above, but with more rooms since there’s no Captain’s Abode. There are about 20 rooms on this deck, again excluding the restrooms. A lot of these are Crew Quarter’s though, so only about 4 rooms are available. Still seems like a horribly low number of rooms for an entire crew. Maybe they share or something? On the bottom deck is the engine room, off limits to the normal folk. Or at least they claim as much.

Amandie

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Your journey has pretty much already started since you caught the S.S .Tidal earlier today. The ship seemed deader than usual… though since you don’t ride it all that often you can’t be too sure about that. Most of the commotion on the ship seems to be coming from the floor above you since you’re in Room 302, but you haven’t gone to investigate it yet. Going from crew activity, you should be reaching Petalburg soon so you may not have to at all. Still, it might be something to pass the time if you’re so inclined.

[dragonmaster121989]

Being curious about the pokemart situation is on Jackson's mind but the current situation of a clearly rattled nurse joy is bothering him more." Is there anything I could possibly do to help you calm down? You look like you have seen hell and had to fight your way back. If nothing else I could give you a massage, I been told I'm pretty good at it too." Not really being sure if his offer would mean anything to nurse joy or not Jackson looks her over giving a little smile trying to put her at ease because judging by the mess in town a whole lot of things went horribly wrong.

[spriter1]

Aine gave a sigh of relief when the boat stopped, her head hanging over the side of it incase she needed to hurl again, one hand holding onto the rails and the other petting Sakura as it stood watching her. Making a mental note to try with all her might to not have to get a boat again, Aine quickly makes her way off the boat, making sure her Absol wasn't too far behind when she heard the sounds of pain along with electricity. "The fuck?! Come on Sakura!"
She quickly took off to try and get to the source of the sound, not recalling anything that she might need to do, nevermind anything more important than finding out what the sound was.

[Earthsage]

Roger smiles as he looks down at his bag. He's not exactly sure what he's got in his bag, but he decides to bring out Niko and rub the Whismur on the head as he sorts through his belongings. He's unsure of his relationship to Niko yet.. It's still all fresh, and new, and he wants to make the pink Pokemon feel as welcome as possible with him. He really looks forward to spending time with this Pokemon, and any others he happens to team up with along the way. But he should really check to see how much money, and what items and Pokeballs his parents have left him.. If he was lucky enough to have that many things in his possession this early in his journey.

[that man]

"Mrs. Katie!" Naomi cried, as she pointed to all of the other people and Pokemon. "These Team Aqua guys were trying to kidnap me, which really isn't that surprising since that keeps happening, but they were also trying to kidnap Nurse Joy too, which is a much more random thing for them to do! On top of that, the guy over there is a creeper...but he's also trying to help us out, so I guess It's a good thing he was a creeper...and that he also is a cool creeper then...BUT I SWEAR IT'S NOT LIKE THAT! Aside from that, Poliwag isn't very good at using all of her moves, since she can't do that one water attack to go out and attack by shooting out all of that water."

Poliwag heard what Naomi had told her to do and, in what was essentially a futile attempt to do the attack, causing it to take in a deep breath and try to hack up the water.

[CrimsonNutcase37]

As he pulled his leg back from punting the pirahna pokemon back to it's owner, Honedge glanced down at his trainer's leg, scowling at the scratched skin. It stung like fun, but he was sure that Koben would take care of it later, there was something more important to do right now. His eyes snapped up to the goons surrounding him as a manic grin spread across his face, causing some of them to step back, but not fast enough for one. Quick as a flash, Honedge had swapped Koben's grip on it's body to a reverse grip, the blade now pointed away from the Grunt, allowing Koben to ram the pommel of the sword into the grunt's belly. The impact forced him to bend over before Honedge lashed out, leaving cuts on the back of the grunt's knees, causing the man to topple to his knees

He had no idea whether the man would be able to walk correctly again if such injuries healed, but frankly, neither Honedge nor Koben cared at the moment, Honedge changing the grip back to the traditional way of wielding a sword, letting him crack the pommel of his sword on the grunt's skull. One down, 5 to go; minus the female grunt currently dealing with her punted Carvahna of course, though his ear's perked at the sound of a new voice entering the fray. This new combatant seemed to know the girl that was with Nurse Joy at the moment making her an ally, Koben making a mental note to congratulate Electrike if they got out of this situation for a job well done

"Perfect timing, we require help in cleaning up what remains of these witless fools. And my host is certainly not a creeper" Honedge spoke through Koben as the ghost type lunged towards the remaining grunts in an attempt to stop them from releasing their pokemon