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mamgaeater
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Shroud, Flying, Trample, Haste
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posted January 19, 2011 06:26 PM |
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"Aron, get back. We gotta get out of here. Zucruu, use confuse ray on that one. ((Archeokat 4))"
"And it's worth a shot. I'm going to try to catch that second Bronzor."((Bronzor 2, pokeball))
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Protection From Everything.
dota
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ohforfsake
Promising
Legendary Hero
Initiate
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posted January 19, 2011 08:06 PM |
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Seeing as his comrades keeps on the fight:
"Mr. Mime, come back, I'll spare you for this round".
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Kareeah_Indaga
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Undefeatable Hero
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posted January 19, 2011 08:23 PM |
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Main Group:
The Starlight Squad is already pulling back into the Shrine; Elren is arguing with Dien and trying to untie his Pokemon again while the lower-ranking members gradually filter back inside and get ready to barricade the door against the attacking Pokemon.
Zack recalls Mr. Mime!
Zack sends out Vigoroth!
Pointed stones dig into Vigoroth!
Vigoroth takes 8 damage!
Stacey throws a Pokeball! ((Roll = 53))
The ball shakes once…twice…thrice…
DING!
Wild Bronzor was caught! (( ))
Do you want to give a nickname to the caught Bronzor?
Pokemon:  Bronzor
Type: Steel/Psychic
Ability: Levitate
Gender: Indeterminate
Level: 45
Held Item: None.
Stats—
HP: 120
Attack: 40
Def: 96
Sp. Attack: 40
Sp. Def: 96
Speed: 39
Moves:
Imprison
Confuse Ray
Extrasensory
Iron Defense
Safeguard
Gyro Ball
((Regardless, it warps off to box storage once you decide since you already have six Pokemon with you.))
Brona throws a Greatball! ((Roll = 87))
The ball shakes once without cracking but splits open on the second shake, disgorging a very irritated Archeokat.
Draloed uses a Pokeball! ((Roll = 89))
The ball shakes once…twice…thr—
—the remaining Bronzor escapes the confines of the Pokeball after a hard struggle.
Mina uses the Repel!
Oodramer unleashes his Spectral attack on the can: there is a sound like a very loud POP or a very muffled gunshot as the weird energies involved eat the thin metal shell and the pressure inside makes the contents explode outward, engulfing the diminished force of Pokemon.
((Roll = 59, 18, 69, 26, 57))
Archeokat 2 and Bronzor 1 bolt out of the cloud of gas and flee the scene; the other Bronzor almost follows suit but seems to remember itself and turns back to the battlefield, readying a Gyro Ball.
Zucruu uses Confuse Ray!
Archeokat 4 is confused!
Archeokat 1 uses Curse!
Archeokat 1’s Attack rises!
Archeokat 1’s Defense rises!
Archeokat 1’s Speed falls!
Stripes uses Sand Attack!
Accuracy of all foes falls!
Vigoroth uses Yawn!
Archeokat 4 became drowsy!
((Disable Roll = 78))
Archeokat 4 is disabled no more!
((Roll = 79))
Archeokat 4 is confused! ((Roll = 65))
It hurt itself in its confusion!
Archeokat 4 takes 24 damage!
Bronzor 2 uses Gyro Ball! ((Roll = 80))
Attack misses!
Phoebe uses Tackle!
Attack missed due to capture! ((Poor Phoebe isn’t hitting anything, is she?  ))
Sandshrew uses Rock Smash! ((Roll = 34))
Archeokat 1 is hit for 6 damage!
It’s super effective!
Archeokat 1’s Defense falls!
“Nice one Sandshrew!” Mina calls.
The allied Pokemon are buffeted by the Sandstorm!
Oodramer takes 4 damage!
Stripes takes 4 damage!
Phoebe takes 2 damage!
Stacey’s Grimer takes 4 damage!
Brona’s Grimer takes 4 damage!
Zucruu takes 4 damage!
Vigoroth takes 4 damage!
Aron loses 7 HP due to Burn!
Sandstorm rounds remaining: 1
Stealth Rock in effect
Group:
Pidgey: 0/63
Natu: 0/54
Sandshrew: 53/53
Oodramer: 3/66 (Defense down 1 level, Speed down 1 level)
Stripes: 34/71 (Defense down 1 level)
Phoebe: 33/41 (Defense down 1 level)
Slugma: 0/50
V: 4/46 (recalled)
Mona: 10/51 (recalled)
Grimer (Stacey’s): 35/65
Rhyhorn: 65/65 (recalled)
Gastly: 0/55
Magby: 0/38
Grimer (Brona’s): 17/68 (Defense down 1 level)
Aron: 14/56 (Defense up 2 levels, Burned)
Zucruu: 55/71 (Defense down 1 level)
Psyduck: 0/49
Mr. Mime: 45/48 (recalled)
Staryu: 0/48
Vigoroth: 59/71
Houndour: 0/60
Pikachu: 0/48
Evan: 0/79
Dubba: 0/61
Blaze: 0/67
Hedge: 0/58
Growlithe: 0/65
Sting: 0/57
Snorlax: 0/113
Rattata: 0/58
Starlight Squad:
Wierdra: 0/153
Honchkrow: 0/132
Arkhiti: 0/58
Girafarig: 0/69
Clefairy: 0/63
Tentacool: 0/50
Stellas: 0/97
Wild Pokemon:
Archeokat 1: 27/159 (Attack up 2 levels, Speed down 2 levels, Accuracy down 4 levels)
Archeokat 2: 122/159 (fled)
Archeokat 3: 0/159
Archeokat 4: 100/159 (Attack up 2 levels, Defense up 1 level, Speed down 2 levels, Accuracy down 4 levels, Confused, Drowsy)
Bronzor 1: 84/120 (fled)
Bronzor 2: 33/120 (Defense up 1 level, Accuracy down 4 levels)
Bronzor 3: 8/120 (Caught!)
Bandra Pokemon
Geodude 1: 0/41
Geodude 2: 0/41
Geodude 3: 0/41
Geodude 4: 11/41 (fled)
Mankey 1: 0/41
Mankey 2: 0/41
Mankey 3: 0/41
Mankey 4: 0/41
Wispaferyn 1: 0/75
Wispaferyn 2: 0/75
Wispaferyn 3: 41/75 (fled)
Magnemite 1: 0/55
Magnemite 2: 0/55
Magnemite 3: 0/55
Graveler 1: 0/70
Graveler 2: 0/70
Machoke (Taskmaster’s): 0/111
Nidorina (Taskmaster’s): 0/109
Parasect (Taskmaster’s): 0/97
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ohforfsake
Promising
Legendary Hero
Initiate
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posted January 19, 2011 08:35 PM |
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"Vigoroth, slack off!"
Zack throws his great ball after Archeokat 1
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Mytical
Responsible
Undefeatable Hero
Chaos seeking Harmony
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posted January 20, 2011 01:23 AM |
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"Stripes one more sand-attack. Phoebe tackle the Bronzor. I am hoping that they now can not hit the broad side of a barn..cause if not we are finished one attack."
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Message received.
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Kareeah_Indaga
Responsible
Undefeatable Hero
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posted January 20, 2011 02:02 AM |
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Mina tore through her pack for the single Super Potion she’d bought and dashed over to Oodramer. His throat was working frantically and his expression was as disgusted as she’d ever seen it—and no wonder why: the Repel scent was so strong even Mina could smell it.
“Thank you my dear,” she soothed. “Here, hold still now…” Mina applied the Super Potion to his wounds; even for a creature made of ooze he looked battered, and there was sand embedded in his hide. She hoped it wasn’t going to cause any long-term problems. “There; will that hold you for now?”
Oodramer indicated the affirmative, so Mina gave his nose a gentle scratch and directed him to Bubblebeam the strongest of the remaining Archeokat ((4)). (Her hand was slimed in the process but she was getting used to that.) He seemed much better after the Super Potion, without the careful sluggishness he’d had that Mina associated with pain.
I’ll have to get some more of those, she noted.
Sandshrew was watching her with an odd expression. “What?” Mina demanded.
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AlkarRahn
Promising
Legendary Hero
Divine Arcanist
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posted January 20, 2011 05:31 AM |
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Stacey celebrated the catch with a short jump into the air, then returned to seriousness.
"Grimer, join Oodramer in attacking that Archeokat! Hit it with mud!"
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wog_edn
Promising
The Nothingness
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posted January 20, 2011 11:16 PM |
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"Don't you have manners, boy?" Brona said over to Zack. "I was already trying to catch that one." he stood holding a second great ball.
"Grimer, poison gas Archeokat ((4))."
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mamgaeater
Legendary Hero
Shroud, Flying, Trample, Haste
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posted January 22, 2011 03:55 PM |
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"Come on Aron, Lets stick through this. I think i have a potion in my bag."
Draloed looks through his bag and finds two potions and a full heal he didn't notice earlier. "Gah, well a full heal is much more valuable than an awakening."
Draloed uses a potion on Aron, and tells zucruu to dodge any attacks she can.
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Protection From Everything.
dota
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Kareeah_Indaga
Responsible
Undefeatable Hero
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posted January 23, 2011 01:38 AM |
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Main Group:
Zack throws a Great Ball! ((Roll = 46))
Shake…shake…shake…DING!
Wild Archeokat was caught!
Do you want to give a nickname to the caught Archeokat?
Pokemon:  Archeokat
Type: Rock
Ability: Sturdy
Gender: Male
Level: 55
Held Item: None.
Stats—
HP: 159
Attack: 110
Def: 121
Sp. Attack: 66
Sp. Def: 88
Speed: 99
Moves:
Stealth Rock
Ancientpower
Curse
Rock Slide
Defensive Stance
Sandstorm
Mina uses a Super Potion!
Oodramer regains 50 HP!
Draloed uses a Potion!
Aron regains 20 HP!
Zucruu takes evasive action!
Stripes uses Sand Attack!
Archeokat 4’s Accuracy falls!
Bronzor 2’s Accuracy falls!
((Roll = 43))
Archeokat 4 is confused! ((Roll = 99))
It hurt itself in its confusion!
Archeokat 4 takes 23 damage!
Bronzor 2 uses Safeguard!
The wild Pokemon were covered by a veil!
Phoebe uses Tackle! ((Roll = 85))
Bronzor 2 is hit for 1 damage!
It’s not very effective…
Brona’s Grimer uses Poison Gas!
But it failed!
Stacey’s Grimer uses Mud Slap!
It’s super effective!
Archeokat is hit for 5 damage!
Archeokat 4’s Accuracy falls!
Oodramer uses Bubblebeam! ((Roll = 67))
Archeokat is hit for 13 damage!
It’s super effective!
The Sandstorm subsides.
Archeokat 4 falls Asleep!
Aron loses 7 HP due to Burn!
The remaining Bronzor seems to decide that this is too much for it to handle alone as it hastily levitates away over the nearby rockfall. The Starlight Squad reverse their barricade preparations and move out of the temple before the other Pokemon wakes up, beating a hasty retreat down the road east.
((If you lot have anything you want to do now, do it. Otherwise, we’re moving on and moving out.
Final tally:
Stealth Rock in effect.
Group:
Pidgey: 0/63
Natu: 0/54
Sandshrew: 53/53
Oodramer: 53/66 (Defense down 1 level, Speed down 1 level)
Stripes: 34/71 (Defense down 1 level)
Phoebe: 33/41 (Defense down 1 level)
Slugma: 0/50
V: 4/46 (recalled)
Mona: 10/51 (recalled)
Grimer (Stacey’s): 35/65
Rhyhorn: 65/65 (recalled)
Gastly: 0/55
Magby: 0/38
Grimer (Brona’s): 17/68 (Defense down 1 level)
Aron: 27/56 (Defense up 2 levels, Burned)
Zucruu: 55/71 (Defense down 1 level)
Psyduck: 0/49
Mr. Mime: 45/48 (recalled)
Staryu: 0/48
Vigoroth: 59/71
Houndour: 0/60
Pikachu: 0/48
Evan: 0/79
Dubba: 0/61
Blaze: 0/67
Hedge: 0/58
Growlithe: 0/65
Sting: 0/57
Snorlax: 0/113
Rattata: 0/58
Starlight Squad:
Wierdra: 0/153
Honchkrow: 0/132
Arkhiti: 0/58
Girafarig: 0/69
Clefairy: 0/63
Tentacool: 0/50
Stellas: 0/97
Wild Pokemon:
(Safeguard active: 4 rounds remaining)
Archeokat 1: 27/159 (Caught!)
Archeokat 2: 122/159 (fled)
Archeokat 3: 0/159
Archeokat 4: 59/159 (Attack up 2 levels, Defense up 1 level, Speed down 2 levels, Accuracy down 5 levels, Confused, Asleep)
Bronzor 1: 84/120 (fled)
Bronzor 2: 32/120 (fled)
Bronzor 3: 8/120 (Caught!)
Bandra Pokemon
Geodude 1: 0/41
Geodude 2: 0/41
Geodude 3: 0/41
Geodude 4: 11/41 (fled)
Mankey 1: 0/41
Mankey 2: 0/41
Mankey 3: 0/41
Mankey 4: 0/41
Wispaferyn 1: 0/75
Wispaferyn 2: 0/75
Wispaferyn 3: 41/75 (fled)
Magnemite 1: 0/55
Magnemite 2: 0/55
Magnemite 3: 0/55
Graveler 1: 0/70
Graveler 2: 0/70
Machoke (Taskmaster’s): 0/111
Nidorina (Taskmaster’s): 0/109
Parasect (Taskmaster’s): 0/97))
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Sarah and Zelgius (and also Christian):
When Bandra attacked Stardust City, you were exploring the Shatterhigh Mountains, far out of reach of the battle’s devastation. You didn’t remain in ignorance long, however, as soon afterwards Bandra patrols flooded into the mountains, and you escaped their grasp only by falling back to the Pokemon Center on the road leading east, along with several other trainers in the same situation.
During the harried round of treatment that followed, you learned the gist of what happened in Stardust City. It also came out that no one knew what had happened to that town’s Elder, and the nurse wasn’t going to leave her post until she received word one way or the other.
Hearing this, several of the trainers present elected themselves bodyguards and refused to leave until she came to her senses; a few more stayed behind on the basis that there was safety in numbers. ((Whether you’re one of these two groups or you stuck around for some other reason I’ll leave up to you.  )) The trainers remaining behind then fortified the Pokemon Center to the best of their abilities, and the wait began.
A stretch of tense monotony was broken only by the arrival of a strange teen in a black jacket and cap ((B-E-T-A’s character)) who seemingly hadn’t heard of Stardust City being overrun and disappeared into the back with the nurse for treatment.
He may not have intended ill but it seems he’s the harbinger of bad news anyway: almost the instant he emerges, the trainer keeping watch out the Pokemon Center window announces:
“Hey, there’s a big group of people coming from the mountains!”
“How many?”
“Looks like ten… maybe more…” There is a brief moment of under-the-breath counting from the lookout and his nearest neighbors.
“I count a’least two dozen.” One of them finally reports.
“Are they wearing Bandra uniforms?” a girl sitting away from the windows asks, sounding worried.
“Can’t tell from here. Might be.”
The Center erupts into confused babbling as the trainers here try to decide what to do; among the ideas bounced around are fleeing, holding the Center against attack, and one confident soul even argues in favor of launching a surprise attack and pressing Bandra all the way back to Stardust City. (A less optimistic trainer has collapsed in a corner and started wailing in a panic.) Someone mentions that they don’t even know for sure that it’s Bandra. Nobody seems to know what to do.
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ohforfsake
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Legendary Hero
Initiate
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posted January 23, 2011 03:45 AM |
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((Just a question, how come Vigoroth didn't heal?))
Droplets of sweat, falling from Zacks face and hitting the ground, still shaking a bit after the tough battle, Zack thought they would never survive. Suddenly he realise what Brona just had said, but with all the fear and adrenaline pumping through his veins, he had little overview of the battle, it was too late as he'd already thrown the ball.
As the battle subsides, Zacks walks over to Brona, looking attentive into his eyes, now much more focused on him than during the battle:
"I apologize my friend, in the ensuing chaos of the battle, I was not attentive enough to notice my error."
Zack reaches out the ball containing the Archeokat towards Brona, speaking with a friendly, yet resolute voice:
"Here, I think you should train him"
Edit: Also Zack decides not to name the pokemon and given Vigoroth did not heal, asks him to heal.
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gnomes2169
Honorable
Undefeatable Hero
Duke of the Glade
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posted January 23, 2011 04:21 AM |
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"I'm telling you people!" Zelgius yelled to the trainers, "I grew up in the mountains! I have fought and trained in them for twenty two years! If at least five of you come with me, we can crush these Bandra terrorists in an ambush! If they aren't Bandra, as our friend there has pointed out," He gave the person a scathing glare, "then we will escort them to the stronghold we have here and wait for our nurse here to come to her senses."
He stood up on a table so that the assembled trainers could hear him. "People, while I agree with those that would have us stay here and wait, the time for waiting has ENDED! We must act or be whimsy to fate, and fate is a cruel master! No matter what you decide, I will go out there! Alone if I must. But let me make one thing clear," Zelgius's voice dropped to a harsh hiss, "when war comes to you, you must wage war back. If you think that Bandra will stop here and leave you unharmed because you do not fight them, because you claim to be peaceful, because you claim to be neutral, YOU are WRONG! They will crush and kill you anyway, because there are no boundaries in war, no lines to cross! There is nothing to stop them but us, and I'll be d@mned if I don't try."
With that, Zelgius stormed out of the Pokemon center, not listening to any protests or arguments, not caring if anyone else followed him. The man clad in white marched to war, a slaughter if it must be, but it would be his enemy's end, not his.
Especially if he got to his spot on the mountain that he had seen on his way here. No one could survive a few tons of rock crashing down on their heads. Zelgius smiled cruelly.
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Yeah in the 18th century, two inventions suggested a method of measurement. One won and the other stayed in America.
-Ghost destroying Fred
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Kareeah_Indaga
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Undefeatable Hero
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posted January 23, 2011 04:52 AM |
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((@ohforf: This works like the games; to use an item you have to give up a Pokemon’s action. I was going to let it slide, but as the battle was ending it seemed unnecessary. Consider him healed now anyway.))
Mina called back her remaining Pokemon with thanks and surveyed the battlefield. All the energy seemed to drain out of her now that the latest crisis was over; she couldn’t wait to get out of here and find somewhere to crash for a few more hours.
“How much further to the Pokemon Center?” she asked Elren.
“Not much more farther; it’s only a mile or two down the road.”
Mina couldn’t even bring herself to answer aloud, and only nodded once clumsily to show she understood. She hoped sincerely there would be no more Bandra forces between here and their temporary goal; Mina desperately wanted a bed to sleep in tonight. (Maybe a shower too, she added to herself after shaking a good dusting of sand out of her hair.) And she mentally promised a thrashing to any Bandra goon unfortunate enough to get in the way.
((@gnome: Going to hold off on having anything happen on your end for the moment so Jabanoss and B-E-T-A can contribute.))
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wog_edn
Promising
The Nothingness
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posted January 23, 2011 11:37 AM |
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Brona shook his head, too proud to accept. "No, it's your catch. You keep it. Once it's healed you should be able to take care of the Bandra for us rather easily." he gave the boy a quick smile, then turned away to congratulate Grimer for it's efforts.
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Mytical
Responsible
Undefeatable Hero
Chaos seeking Harmony
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posted January 23, 2011 12:28 PM |
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Misty noticed how weary everybody was, and realized she was exhausted also. Still, she wouldn't let a little thing like that stop her. She trudged behind Mina, ready to aid her if she faltered, noting to herself that not only did she have to work on evolving poor Phoebe, but a rock/ground type might come in handy also. With luck, they might be able to come back and she could capture one.
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Message received.
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Jabanoss
Promising
Legendary Hero
Property of Nightterror™
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posted January 23, 2011 01:58 PM |
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Edited by Jabanoss at 14:06, 23 Jan 2011.
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After Zelgius left the Pokemon Center, Sarah looked around and observed the facial expressions of the other trainers in the room. She only saw doubt and fear in their eyes, she knew that it they were going to succeed in defeating these Bandra people they had to execute an ambush. Because there was no way that these handful of trainers would be able to beat them otherwise.
Sarah got up and walked to the door leading out, she turned around and looked at the others.
"You guys know as well as I do that if we are going to succeed in beating these fools of Bandra, we need to make an ambush." Sarah said to the others with a strong and confident voice.
"If we don't and they storm this place with us being unprepared, we won't have a chance. You might be doubtful about our chances, I'm not, I for one trust in my Pokemons. In any case I'm gonna follow that suicidal guy and help him with his ambush, I suggest you do the same." Sarah finished, turned around and left the building while muttering to herself:"*sigh* let hope that guy has some decent Pokemons and that the other aren't that much of cowards as they appeared."
Sarah walked quickly to catch up with Zelgius to see what plans he had. She turned to look back and saw that at least two others was leaving the building and had began following her. She smiled lightly and soon she caught up with Zelgius...
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"You turn me on Jaba"
- Meroe
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AlkarRahn
Promising
Legendary Hero
Divine Arcanist
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posted January 23, 2011 04:30 PM |
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Stacey recalled Grimer, with thanks.
"A mile or two down the... Alright. I guess I can make it," she said with a yawn. "Wow. Didn't realize how tired I was. Must have been the battle. Well, I'm not looking forward to another any time soon, so I guess we should go."
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ohforfsake
Promising
Legendary Hero
Initiate
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posted January 23, 2011 04:37 PM |
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Zack nods and leaves Brona to his own business.
As the group walks, Zack realise that Bronas expectations might be ill met, he asks the group:
"Have any of you had any experience with training pokemon at high levels? I'm nervous that without any gym emblems, I won't have much control over the Archeokat."
As the group closes in on the location of the pokemon center, Zack remembers his intentions of getting certain pokemon breed, though he's unfamiliar with the territory he decides to ask the group: "We shouldn't in any near future be close to keida should we? I've been told there are pokemon breeders there, and I think it could really make our group a lot stronger if some of our stronger pokemons were breed, so we had one each. How would you guys feel about going there and doing this?"
Zack, dreaming about a future vaporeon, suddenly remembers the need of an evolutionary stone for this to happen, he remembers a dream he once had, when it rained with evolutionary stones and adds to his previous question: "Also, does anyone of you know where we maybe could find evolutionary stones? I think it could really help us turn the tide against team Bandra!"
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gnomes2169
Honorable
Undefeatable Hero
Duke of the Glade
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posted January 23, 2011 07:58 PM |
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Zelgius stopped in his death march as he heard Sarah walking up behind him. "So then. Someone has a spine I see." He turned to face Sarah. "Girl, I need you to know that we are not going to just fight Bandra. We are going to crush them. I am planning to cause a rock slide above their heads, but I do not plan to kill anyone either, at least, not yet." Seeing her surprise, Zelgius elaborated. "They have pokemon like Geodudes who can catch the rocks that I'm going to roll on their heads." The evil smile returned, "I plan to take advantage of this distraction and take out as many of their pokemon as I can before I disappear from this fight."
He resumed walking, "So are you still with me? Or am I still just suicidal?"
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Yeah in the 18th century, two inventions suggested a method of measurement. One won and the other stayed in America.
-Ghost destroying Fred
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Jabanoss
Promising
Legendary Hero
Property of Nightterror™
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posted January 23, 2011 10:07 PM |
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"First of all don't girl me, please. I don't know what kinda of ladies you have encountered before me, but I can ensure you I'm nothing like that"
Sarah said while trying to making a tough and menacing look.
"In any case, Of course we're gonna crush them! I want to see with my own eyes if these guys are as tough as everyone wants us to believe"
"You saids something about rocks, you mean some kind of high ground from where we can give them a nasty surprise?"
She got a big grin on her face
"that sounds like a great plan so I hope you have a good spot for it, and don't you bother about those Geodude. They won't be able to catch any rocks if my Poliwag hypnotize them first."
she added
"But trust me, he has other tricks up his sleeve as well" Sarah finished with a wink.
Sarah caught up with Zelgius and was now walking along side of him. With a smile she asked: "now where is this place you had in mind?"
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"You turn me on Jaba"
- Meroe
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