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Post by Dew on Nov 25, 2022 21:30:53 GMT
The dark sky was angry with a massive storm as lightning flashed and thunder roared above, the massive, towering waves threatening to sink the dingy little ship that was sailing across the sea. It eventually reached the rotting wooden dock of the island that had, until now, been closed to everyone. It was Salve Co.'s property, purchased well over a 100 years ago by the company. Rumors of the purpose of the island had swirled through the years. Some say it was used to craft new medications and vaccinations against dangerous viruses, others said research on people went on... but there was no real answer. All that anyone knew was that, a while ago, a massive explosion was felt on Deprin's entire east cost and smoke could be seen rising from the island. A few moments later the boom was heard along the eastern front of the region's mainland. Salve Island had exploded. There was one survivor according to the news reports, an engineer from the company. The police said the explosion had been caused by some sort of old boiler finally reaching its limit. And that was it. But the invitation of the island was strange. Certain people signed up, others got a letter. 'You are hereby invited to explore Salve Island for a total of 3 hours. Once the time is up, you will report back to the boat or you will be forcefully dragged back. Please treat the pokemon on the island with respect. You are more than welcome to capture or battle the pokemon you find. You will be provided five of Salve Co.'s luxury balls. Please enjoy your time on the island. Salve Co. is not liable for any injuries sustained during your exploration.' Odd... but a chance. There were rumors that Salve Island was home to some of the rarest pokemon in Deprin... why wouldn't someone go? A Wild Pokemon Appeared!
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What will you do?
Encounters: 0/3
Luxury Balls: 5/5
Out of Battle Heal: 1/1
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Post by Gunther Maple on Dec 2, 2022 4:24:31 GMT
Salve Island….what a crack of garbage that place. Truly Gunther couldn’t even fathom why he bothered to show up to a dump like that. Even worse the weather that surrounded it was like living in a washing machine that had frayed wires on the inside so you were getting shocked to death as you drowned and tumbled. Even so he found this place slightly more secretive than it should have been. Why would someone build in a place that is so uninhabitable by humans? Heck he’s even more surprised that they gave him a three hour pass to explore the island. Then again….why would he turn it down. Such a place holds valuable data and legends of their own, and Gunther had planned to make the most out of it with his, luckily – very waterproof – high quality smartphone camera. Needless to say Gunther would need it considering how much he had to uncover in the time frame given. However…. Something still swirled in his gut, like the place was unnatural to some degree, or maybe it was tainted by humanities hands. Then again….it was familiar at the same time. “Log 01: First impressions… unsettling, dangerous and familiar all at the same time. Yet to Log any wild pokemon.” the man turned to see his Sytcher cautiously walking behind him trying to avoid the large gusts of turbine strength winds. Her wings rattled as something spooked her and her claws scratched the ground as if drawing a protective line. Scyther // Level 1 // Female Max HP | Attack | Defense | Speed | 14 | 17 | 16 | 21 |
Ability: TechnicianHeld item: None Moves: Leer, Quick Attack, Feint
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Post by Dew on Dec 3, 2022 22:28:24 GMT
Night || Storm Oh, the freedom! The freedom of the nightly storm that ravaged this island like a predator over the corpse of rotting prey! The gastly was enamored with it, with the feel of the rain through her incorporeal form. It felt like tiny, gentle daggers splashing through her body to leave a cold chill. So much nicer than the needles that were used to draw out her natural poison that was created deep inside her core. She faded in and out of existence as she enjoyed the rampage of the sky. For a long time, all she got to know was the cold lab and only hearing the rain when a door opened or closed to the outside. Until, of course, the day that person unlocked her cage. They let her out, and their pokemon lead her and the others far away, onto the beach. And then the big explosion happened. She didn't understand why, or how... but she was left be. When she returned to the lab, sure this was some sort of test by their handlers, they were all gone. Some smoldering as corpses from the fire, but they were all just... gone. And now the rain, the storm, the world was hers to experience and enjoy. She wondered what was out there, beyond these sands. Would she enjoy it? Would she hate it? Did she really want to leave? As these thoughts plagued her mind, she noticed a human. Oh! Another one! They had been arriving to the island, though always one at a time. She floated a little closer, watching them. They didn't look like one of the scientists. None of the people that came did. A few looks like people that would work in a lab, like this one, but never those that were left smoldering. Never those that would poke her with needles. They were dead, thank Arceus. Maybe this was a friendly human, like the one that came before the explosion? There had to be more than one out there! Gaaastly! she called over the rain, keeping her distance. Floating, looking curious at the human and his large, knife-handed bug. A Wild Pokemon Appeared!
A wild Gastly appeared! Scyther is faster! You can attempt an out of battle capture! (Note: you only get one chance to try an out of battle capture! If you decide to fight, you can still disengage combat and have a capture chance if you play your cards right!)
What will you do?
Encounters: 1/3
Luxury Balls: 5/5
Out of Battle Heal: 1/1
Gastly // Level 1 // Female Max HP | Attack | Defense | Speed | 6 | 14 | 8 | 16 |
Ability: LevitateHeld item: None Moves: Confuse Ray, Lick
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Post by Gunther Maple on Dec 4, 2022 5:02:35 GMT
As the winds spun around the researcher, and his Sytcher alerting him, he found himself using his camera to take in as much information as possible. Mainly to go over some of it later that he may have missed with his naked eye. With that said, the faint “gastly” echoed among the pitter pattering of the hail like rain. Surely this was a common pokemon right? Well, needless to say he had moved to the apps on his phone, scrolling through them like an instagram page until he came to his pokedex. Gunther turned his body and stopped the protective pokemon from being overly aggressive. Surely this was out of character for her, as she was normally shy and quiet in contrast with himself. It meant that this island made her uneasy and endangered, as if the island itself was trying to kill her. It was indeed strange, and this behavior would have to be documented, but instead he shifted his attention back to his phone, which described a pokemon called “Gastly”, and it was a ghost type pokemon, it had been fairly documented over the last three years, but Gunther needed a field study to determine more. “It appears that a Gastly has arrived and is observing my movements. Moving in closer to get proper documentations.” he spoke into the microphone on his phone as his feet stepped forward into the sinking mud. “Well…this is great,” he paused then stared at the Gastly some more, “Come here will ya?” honestly, he was just too lazy to truck through some of this mud, and since the pokemon was already curious, he said screw it to get its attention. “Do you like ugg,” he reached into his pockets, shit…..there were pocket cookies in there he had forgotten about from the boat ride. “cookies pieces?” to be honest they were just smashed up oreos. But…he a pokemon might like those right, “You want some, they're yours if you come see me so I can see what you look like,” hands gesture grandly outward as he heaved his feet out of the mud. Sabel on the other hand, let her tiny wings keep her above the sinking mud around them, all while holding onto Gunther’s coat with her feet so she didn’t lose her trainer. She kept her claws alert, and eyes narrowing around the area. ---------- Attempting Non-Battle Capture ----- Gunther offers Gastly pocket cookies to come closer so he can take pictures, and Sabel keeps her guard up and is uneasy on the island during the storm. Scyther // Level 1 // Female Max HP | Attack | Defense | Speed | 14 | 17 | 16 | 21 |
Ability: TechnicianHeld item: None Moves: Leer, Quick Attack, Feint
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Post by Dew on Dec 4, 2022 16:03:16 GMT
Night || Storm Oh? Food without a demand to perform? To do something for the various numbers on the computer and for eager writing on clipboards as they tested her ability to phase in and out of the world, but still be there in her entirety? Very well. She floated forward, but cautiously. This person... They were talking into a device like the researchers did. But they weren't holding anything as a tool of punishment. Not flipping switches or turning dials on machines as she and the others did as they were told in the research, hearing the pained howls from the chimeras deeper in the labs. That was all over now, thankfully. No one could make her return to such a life--nor any of her fellow pokemon on the island. But this was a good offer. She slowly came closer and closer, watching the scyther with a frown. Trying to demonstrate that the gastly herself meant no harm to this human. She didn't like to cause any harm to anyone. Well, not without reason. Before long, the gastly was within arm's reach, but clearly ready to move back if she had gotten too close for the scyther's comfort. What was that like, she wondered... to have a human you cared about enough to protect? The researchers had some pokemon. She does not know where they went... she thought she saw one wandering the island, but she was unsure. The gastly did not stay long enough to see. The pokemon of the researchers were not kind to the other pokemon. They only obeyed orders to harm the test subjects such as herself. But not all humans were bad and neither were all pokemon--she knew this well. Which begged the question.... what about this human and his pokemon? What would they prove to her? A friend? Or an foe? A Wild Pokemon Appeared!
The Gastly approaches for cookies!
What will you do?
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Luxury Balls: 5/5
Out of Battle Heal: 1/1
Gastly // Level 1 // Female Max HP | Attack | Defense | Speed | 6 | 14 | 8 | 16 |
Ability: LevitateHeld item: None Moves: Confuse Ray, Lick
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Post by Gunther Maple on Dec 4, 2022 22:45:14 GMT
Excellent and filed, the pokemon loved cookies! Even if they were crushed. Or at least the prospect of free food! Gunther’s childish ways always had a way of popping up, even if it meant someone else wanted his snacks. “Excellent,” Gunther smiled, opening the bag of crumbled up cookies for the pokemon to munch on. While he was always cautious around pokemon, he didn’t really fear them, rather he worried about how they’d react to him. Afterall much of a pokemons temperament depended on their species, and that included aggression. Letting the Gastly have its own thoughts on the cookies, he scrolled through the pokedex, “It seems you aren’t a regular Gastly,” the blue eyes stared it down, looking over it’s round body as if to look for any deformities, which by the looks of it, it had some kind….of scarring? Which was strange considering it was a ghost type pokemon, and it couldn’t be hurt by conventional means. Then his eyes danced across the scenery as his brain wandered about this pokemon. How long was it here for? Was it always here? Was it hidden? Hiding? Was it a tool? Was it owned? Who knows. What Gunther did know was that this pokemon had a scope of the area to some degree, because it lived here. And, well, who wants to live here? No one. A gentle and welcoming smile pulled on his face, “You know…..being alone and hungry sucks doesn’t it,” he smiled hoping to reach out and have the pokemon to allow him to touch the spots with the most scars. “Why don’t you stick around with me,” the heavy buzzing of Sabel’s wings echoed in the background. “ show me around the island; and you can come home with me and leave this place behind you,” he asked, reaching into his pocket, pulling out one of the black pokeballs. ” What do you say….Gastly,” still…..something felt hurt in the gastly, and he couldn’t understand what it was. “And you can have all the food you want”—-- Non-Battle Capture Attempt —- Giving Gastly the Cookies – Trying to touch scars on its body — Offers to take Gastly off the island with him to not be lonely —- Offers it the Luxury Ball to join in —- Side Note: wants to have Gastly guide him around the island if possible. —-- Scyther // Level 1 // Female Max HP | Attack | Defense | Speed | 14 | 17 | 16 | 21 |
Ability: TechnicianHeld item: None Moves: Leer, Quick Attack, Feint
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Post by Dew on Dec 6, 2022 1:08:27 GMT
Night || Storm The gastly carefully ate the food, clearly very pleased with such a kind offer! She was very gentle as well, ensuring her venom-covered tongue did not touch the human in the slightest. She had learned what her Lick attack could do to a human... much to her sorrow. The poor scientists didn't realize how strong it would be on one of their own, but yet they wanted to try. To study how strong pokemon attacks really were even from a gastly as weak as her. Yet the human's offer was... fascinating. The food was interesting as well, but the luxury ball offered to her. Then... going back into the deep heart of the island. A look of fear crossed her face. Not for the lab, but for the creatures that called that place home. Awful, horrible things. Things that would twist and turn the very fabric of reality... She made a soft noise before floating away, as if fleeing, until she came back, dragging a large palm leaf behind her. Or, large to her, that is. she sat it down, glaring up at the storm as she would try her best. She stuck out her tongue, venom dripping from it in a artful sort of way on the leaf. Despite the crude manner of her methods, the little gastly proved herself an artist in her own right, creating a rather nice looking map of the island that was being burned into the leaf with paralyzing venom. Her brow furrowed as she focused on drawing a path to the island's heart and the facility she once called home. Once she was done, she floated away from it, watching the rain pound into the leaf. Her map was unmarred. She smiled and spun around, giving a grin to the human and his bug-friend. Gastly! she said, before fear came to her face once more. Lyyyy... she glanced back to the forest and then shook her head, darting to the luxury ball and vanishing inside. It clicked instantly. She had no intentions of coming out while she was still here. But she had faith her new friend would keep her safe. A Wild Pokemon Appeared!
Capture successful! Please add Gastly to your tracker.
Would you like to stay here or move onto sub-area 2: Fractured Woods?
(Alas! Pokemon caught in a thread are considered in a 'cool down' period so they cannot be used that same thread. Like, getting used to their new home in the ball! I hope what I offered will suffice as a sort of guide!)
What will you do?
Encounters: 1/3
Luxury Balls: 4/5
Out of Battle Heal: 1/1
Gastly // Level 1 // Female Max HP | Attack | Defense | Speed | 6 | 14 | 8 | 16 |
Ability: LevitateHeld item: None Moves: Confuse Ray, Lick [img src="https://www.serebii.net/art/th/92.png" alt="Gastly" style="max-width:100%;max-height:200px;"]
[a href="https://pokemondb.net/pokedex/gastly"]Gastly[/a] // Level 1 // Female
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Post by Gunther Maple on Dec 6, 2022 2:45:37 GMT
And like that the Gastly was gone. Gobbling up the cookies in an instant then disappearing…..well at least Gunther tried, or so he thought. Until the ghost returned with a palm leaf, which he found strange until he saw the drool acting like corrosive paint. Which was indeed an insane thought; something of scientific achievement, so he thought. Pokemon could make maps! While crude this ghost type had the ability to discern location. At the same time Gunthers gut twisted and turned as a whispering intrusive thought entered his brain, ‘ What had to have happened here that this Gastly would remember it so vividly?’ Following his thoughts, he watched Gastly turn towards the forest, giving almost a scowl. “Well….” something was truly wrong here. As he thought, and the Gastly quickly, and almost terrified entered the black Luxury ball. “Willkommen, Attentater (Assassin in German)” He slowly tugged the pokeball away in his leather research bag. “Alright Sabel let’s move towards that forest and see whats going on there."Trucking through the mud, his boots making a strong suction noise with each shallow sinking step. Blue eyes narrow through the winds as he finds shelter among billowing trees. “finally out of the rain… well most of it,” Gunther spoke as Sabel shook her head, and flapped her wings wildly to remove excess moisture. “time to follow this map,” unrolling the palm leaf, he saw a small layout of the land, “Were in the forest….but the Gastly doesn’t have concept of direction,” he commented, as it just created a map out of what seemed to be vague memory. “Sabel we should cli-” something moved! —-- Moved onto the next area. —-- Gunther is taken off guard by something! Scyther // Level 1 // Female Max HP | Attack | Defense | Speed | 14 | 17 | 16 | 21 |
Ability: TechnicianHeld item: None Moves: Leer, Quick Attack, Feint
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Post by Dew on Dec 7, 2022 23:52:26 GMT
Night || Storm The further one went into the trees, the stranger things got. First, the trees towards the beach seemed to be in fine condition, but slowly more and more some trees appeared scorched by flames, others completely collapsed. Some trees looked as if they had been shattered by something, only for there to be heavy pieces of metal laying on the forest floor, massive in size and scorched beyond belief. The rain that hit them made a dreary echo. Hidden away in branches were cameras, their wires severed, some broken on the ground and others having been crushed by pieces of metal debris. It was no secret this island had an explosion, but one that was being enough to send pieces of metal that would give even a Machamp trouble to carry was... something else. The forest was home to many other things, too. The little foal darted through the forest as fast as he could, dodging branches and limbs and fallen metal as he made his way through, bursting out of the undergrowth to Akira Slide in the mud. His eyes glanced behind him, his Run Away once more proving useful in this place. That thing that had come after him... red like a devil and stronger than any other pokemon on this island. It was territorial about the few fruiting berry trees but... The ponyta's ears twitched as he turned to look at the newest danger. A human and a pokemon! The Galarian foal took a defensive stance, hide twitching as he was prepared to once again run at the smallest hint of danger from these two. He was so tired already, but he was not about to become someone's lunch! A Wild Pokemon Appeared!
You are in sub-area 2: Fractured Woods
A wild Galarian Ponyta appeared! Scyther is faster! You may attempt an out of battle capture!
What will you do?
Encounters: 2/3
Luxury Balls: 4/5
Out of Battle Heal: 1/1
Galarian Ponyta // Level 1 // Male Max HP | Attack | Defense | Speed | 5 | 15 | 12 | 18 |
Ability: Run AwayHeld item: None Moves: Growl, Tackle
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