This world is inhabited by creatures that we call pokemon. People and pokemon live together by supporting each other, but now the scourge threatens the safety of the entire region. Kohaku has become a dangerous place, where children stay at home and only brave souls go adventuring.
Welcome to KOHAKU. Come for the nightmares. Stay for the tea and crumpets.
The season is SUMMER. It is easy for survivors to forage for food from the land, as there are entire abandoned farms ready for harvest. On the downside, you can smell the corpses.
swarms
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Post by cold volume on Apr 5, 2013 13:56:35 GMT -5
This wasn't the battle arena trainers used. This arena was coated in metal. There was an observation booth two researchers might stand together side-by-side and judge the techniques of pokemon in combat. Fancy buttons littered the dashboard in front like candy, and a gummy-worm microphone connected the collaborative sterile observation room of the research station to the experimental environment. A special slot could be used for injecting a pokemon into the experimental chamber.
Regina glanced at the person that stood to her left. It was a girl with long blonde hair and a hipster messenger bag that could only be used for carrying some adorable pokemon. Regina smoothed her bangs, not knowing how she got here because she wasn't one to lucid dream.
"What a unique room," she said, touching the perfect and new machinery with hungry gleam in her eye. There was even a cup of steaming coffee set on a coaster with her name on it. She scooped up the cup and happily looked over at her friend. (Coffee time is happy time.)
"It must be built for Pokemon combat observation -- look at these engines," her hands glided down the array of buttons and dials. She was completely lost of any idea of a scourge ravaging her home -- her essence ruled now, which included her fervor as a scientist. She glanced curiously at the girl while plugging in Sunshine and Mole to the device. "Do you want to try it with me, hey? Oh -- it's special to meet another lady scientist," she laughed and stuck out her hand to shake.
mood: curious notes: uuugh your post was so gooood <3
Well this was…certainly odd enough. He had no recollection of coming here, and he didn’t recognize anything around him at all. Yet despite that, he felt surprisingly unalarmed. That could really only mean one thing…he instinctively knew it even as he followed the train of thought. Dream World.
He glanced at the consol in front of him, and then out at the arena below. It was all very clinical and cold…he didn’t really care for it. Mom’s office had always been cluttered and rather homey…although perhaps this place was more reminiscent of the since destroyed Pax institute. It was sudden and slow all at once, the realization that someone else was standing next to him. Turning his he blinked at her before flashing a comfortable grin. Nodding in response to her observation, he realized at roughly the same time that there were in fact refreshments. While hers was coffee, his was hot chocolate, and he happily took a sip - not too hot! Haha, how strange this place really was.
Try it out? Hmm…well, what else was there to do? They were stuck in this metal observation booth after all! “Sure! Call me Nima, by the way.” With a slender hand, the blond researcher obliged the introductory handshake. “Haha, I don’t know about that…I’ve met another lady scientist, and she was kind of scary.” He input Peablossom and Phoenix. Contrary to their severe type differences, Peablossom squeaked and quickly crawled up the Ponyta’s leg in order to perch on his hindquarters happily - and he was more than willing to oblige her!
Post by cold volume on Apr 7, 2013 14:52:28 GMT -5
Regina peered at the Bellsprout and Smoochum over the rim of her coffee mug. Sunshine leaped on Mole's back and they became a single unit, wiggling its leaves in a cacaphony. Smoochum toddled about trying to balance the light-wight plant on her shoulders. meanwhile, Regina withdrew her pokedex and aimed it at the fire horse, stomping its pretty hooves in anticipation. The little device flickered happily at a completed data entry.
"Scary? How so?" she asked the casual lady, wondering what her scientific background was exactly. "How many have you known?"
Smoochum leapt forward with a pound at the ponyta's legs
Bellsprout stretched its stem with growth and whapped a bullet seed at peablossom.
mood: curious notes: whoo second battle i dun know what i'm doing lol
Catching on pretty quick, Nima withdrew his own pokedex to register one of his nameless partner’s pokemon. He had to wonder though if it would even count…wasn’t this a dream? Well, the dream world did seem to work in odd ways. Guess he’d find out when he woke up! “Oh just the one so far, and then you. Hm, well she…threw my pokedex for starters…” Just thinking about it made him cringe. How horrible it would have been if it’d broke…
Phoenix deftly lept over the smoochum+bellsprout duo, avoiding the attack. Little Peablossom happily spewed stringshot from atop the ponyta’s back…at least until she ate a face full of bullet seed and was knocked clear off her mount. She was down for the count. Somewhat horrified, Phoenix wheeled about and snorted, setting out an ember at the bellsprout.
Peablossom (lvl 4) - stringshot (your choice of target), then fainted lol (no second move due to scanning…I think I’m doing this right lol) Phoenix (lvl 11.5) - dodged pound, then ember at bell sprout
My tracker should be totes updated with their moves and levels too. The other battle I’m in is just now starting so it doesn’t count toward their totals as of now XD
Sorry for being so MIA! Life is hectic, and I'm moving. I should be good to go after about a week!
The sticky net landed on the bellsprout, and the Smoochum toppled off. Little guy was trapped when the ember hit, and in a brief scorching was out. The computerized system collected peablossom and sunshine.
"Why did she throw your pokedex??" Regina asked, installing another pokeball. That was bizarre? Did Eos really hire anyone? She was taken aback, and she seemed exasperated. "You had a fight or what?" A shellos appeared on the battlefield, gyrating like a nudged pile of goo.
Shellos used harden and mud slap on the ponyta. Smoochum used pound and sweet kiss on whatever replaced peablossom.
mood: perplexed notes: lol dammit finally had to break out the dice thing
This situation was still rather odd. It seemed too…detached for his likes. His little peablossom returned to him by automation, and he blinked down at her pokeball. It was strange not to be down there with them, issuing commands. They were just battling away, while their trainers watched from above and made small talk. There was a wrongness, but at the same time he felt oddly apathetic about it too. This dream world thing was certainly very weird… He inserted another pokemon into the system to join Phoenix - the blitzle Raijin.
“Ah well…she had her pokemon snatch it away from me, so she could look at it. And then she tossed it back but…I don’t know, why would a researcher do that?? But yeah we did fight. Or well…I mean it was supposed to be a battle but…it was pretty…weird.”
Phoenix wasn’t happy to get covered in mud, and he threw his head back in irritation. It hurt but…some combination of level difference and move strength helped stave off any major damage. The ponyta then broke out a demure tail whip before lashing out at the shellos with a low kick.
Raijin appeared and…managed to get out of the way of the pound only to be…kissed?? What?? WHY?? WHY WAS HE ALWAYS GETTING KISSED BY RANDOM POKEMON!? WHY WAS THIS A THING!?
He was wildly confused by all the puckered lips affection, but he at least managed a quick attack on the smoochum.
Phoenix (lv 13.5) - Used TAIL WHIP and LOW KICK on that wad of jello Raijin (lv 15.5 i think lol) - DODGED and then GOT CONFUSED THE LITTLE JERK. Used QUICK ATTACK on dem lucious lips
Sorry for being so MIA! Life is hectic, and I'm moving. I should be good to go after about a week!
"Wow. Don't tell me this researcher is a good friend of yours? Seems kind of over the top... What happened in the battle? Did you win it, at least?"
The pile of goo dodged low kick, melting to the ground, and then used mud slap again with a vibrating snicker. Smoochum took the quick hit, then used wish and lick.
mood: observant notes: lol sorry for battle shenanigans
“…Definitely not. I don’t even know her name. And, well…I’m honestly not sure? Ehehe…it was really weird and we just sort of…stopped. She let me scan her last pokemon too, even though it didn’t battle - it was some crazy strong Gyarados but like…it just used splash. I wasn’t sure if I should laugh or be scared, you know?”
Phoenix snorted at the shellos, and opted to duck away from the nasty mud attack. He then lashed out with another low kick. Raijin was too busy freaking out at the little lip monster. Now it was licking him! LICKING HIM! ALSKDFJASKLJDFA-
Ok. Ok. It was cool. He's got this. Just relax. It's just a tiny pokemon. Just relax and use charge.
Phoenix DODGED the snotball, then used LOW KICK on the wiggly goo (who now has lowered defense) Raijin is FLIPPIN OUT. And THANK YOU finally not flippin out no moar. And used CHARGE (draw in electricity, next electric attack does double damage). And is not attacking because. I need to scan. Even though. We're literally sitting in a booth. Watching. Where the eff is our popcorn.
Sorry for being so MIA! Life is hectic, and I'm moving. I should be good to go after about a week!
"Maybe you should get one too and splash it back at her," Regina said with a bratty snip. "Throw her pokedex on the ground?"
The shellos went down with the kick, rolling over herself as she splattered against the wall.
(shellos +2) (raijin +1) (bc shellos is underleveled)
The smoochum used sweet kiss and powder snow on Raijin. < 75, sweet kiss hits.
Regina plugged in another pokeball and a squirtle appeared. It liked to blow bubbles shaped like donuts as if he were some faux connoisseur. Mikaelangelo used bubble and tail whip on phoenix.
MOOD: calm NOTES: as i lose track of what i was doing lol nbd
Nima blinked, and then laughed softly at the offered revenge options. Maybe once he’d have jumped at the chance to get back at that lady, but now it wasn’t really worth the effort. Shaking his head, he just grinned at his mystery guest. He seemed to be on a running theme with not getting people’s names…maybe he’d just have to invest in some more nicknames, like Mr Cabbage Head. “No, no. Besides, if it’s horrible for it to happen to me, it’s just as horrible to somebody else. The pokedex has all our research - no matter how angry it made me, I would never endanger her research. It could mean the difference between life and death sometime down the road, you know?”
Raijin was getting real tired of this shit ok. This little lip monster was being a royal pain in the arse! He just wanted to stomp on it! IF IT WOULD JUST STOP KISSING AT HIM!!
In his attempt at doing some measure of damage to the annoying little squirt, he tangled up his own legs and went down in an uncomfortable pile. And then a bunch of snow landed on him. You know what. You know what.
Phoenix wasn’t having much better luck. A water type was the last thing he wanted to see, and the stinging of the bubble was enough to send the ponyta to his knees. He was tired of getting hit with wet stuff he really didn’t like! He was recalled in a blast of red light.
Post by cold volume on Apr 25, 2013 23:38:42 GMT -5
Regina sipped her coffee and reluctantly agreed. The scourge was a matter of life and death - but the competition that she had known in science had never been so merciful. She thought of The Doctors and shivered, Nerio's underground surgeons. Science wasn't the place to capture wholesome folks like this girl.
"Make an attempt, at least, to stand up for yourself."
On the battlefield, the smoochum liked to cause harm to those she kissed like some devilish harlot. As for Michaelangelo, he'd never been the kind of squirtle to get all worked up about making the first move. He approached Zooka and prodded it with his finger.
