Yggy Br00ks
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Pikachu Fan
Round 2
Posts: 393
Trainer Class: 
Player Name: Kenneth Garfield
OOC Username: M00K
Arena Points: 68
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Post by Yggy Br00ks on Apr 9, 2022 9:32:20 GMT 9
"Batter up!"Long before the storm, before freshman year finals, and before a certain battle with a four-armed wrestler in a weight room, a boy and his duck were playing baseball. Crack! Ducker swung his leek, smacking the ball with a wet snap of rippling white leather. Yggy was still amazed the giant leek could take that much stress without breaking - but he guessed if it broke, it wouldn't be much of a weapon, and the Farfetch'd wouldn't be much of a fighting-type. The ball flew into the canopy. Whooping, Yggy ran to retrieve it, baseball cap falling off the back of his head in his eagerness. By the time he returned, Ducker was still waddling around the bases. Unlike his Kantonian counterpart, Galarian Farfetch'd was too heavy to fly. Perhaps if he dropped his stick he'd have stood a chance, but Yggy knew Ducker would never do that. This would be his win! They both dove for home plate, Yggy with the ball in his hand, Ducker with his leek. Length won out. The tip of the leek slapped the base just before Yggy did. "Arrgh! All right, you got me. Switch sides!" Yggy got up, dusting red jungle clay off his jeans. "You're pitching next." He handed Ducker the ball, grinning. He can hit, but no way can he throw with those wings...But he'd been bad at pitching too when he first joined his team. And look at him now! If Yggy could go from a total loser to a half-decent baseball buff, a duck could learn to throw a fastball. Anything was possible with practice! RARITY INCREASED BY +5 (RARE)
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Yggy Br00ks
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Pikachu Fan
Round 2
Posts: 393
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Kenneth Garfield
OOC Username: M00K
Arena Points: 68
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Post by Yggy Br00ks on Apr 14, 2022 10:16:50 GMT 9
They'd taken things to the next level. After an unfortunate incident in which Yggy's baseball had floated away down a jungle river and been swallowed by Carvanha, they'd been forced to improvise. "Ready?"
"I suppose."Short tail lashing, Tigger the Torracat sucked in air, sides expanding as the bell around his throat gave a single, brilliant chime. White-hot flames bolstered by Yggy's Kindler ability built around the cat's neck, coalescing into a palm-sized sphere of pure fire. It sizzled as it flew through the air towards Yggy. The teen didn't seem scared. He whooped, throwing up a baseball-gloved hand to catch it. Anyone else would have thought twice before grabbing something the temperature of a blacksmith's forge, but the game seemed to respect his Kindler status. The leather of his glove didn't even char. "Aw, it's not so bad! Just a little warm."He threw it back and Tigger leapt to intercept it, flashing out with one paw to bat it back. The ball of flame sizzled back and forth as the pair played catch, seemingly unworried about catching anything on fire around them. Jungles were wet, humid places. Yggy was confident it was safe. That didn't make the conditions pleasant for playing sports, though. "Whew!" Yggy said, finally taking off his cap. His hair was a mess of damp blonde locks, and sweat beaded on his brow and neck. "Let's take a break, okay?"The ball of fire sizzled as Tigger spiked it midair like a volleyball ace. It landed at his feet, exploding and blowing sod and clay in all directions. Yggy yelled and dove to the side. "What the heck, dude?"Tigger gave him a weird look, like he didn't understand the question, and trotted away. He climbed up a tree and settled down on one of the branches, watching Yggy dust himself off below through half-lidded eyes. "I guess he's competitive," the youth muttered to himself, fetching his now-singed hat. RARITY INCREASED BY +5 (VERY RARE)
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Yggy Br00ks
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Pikachu Fan
Round 2
Posts: 393
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Kenneth Garfield
OOC Username: M00K
Arena Points: 68
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Post by Yggy Br00ks on Jul 7, 2022 0:29:24 GMT 9
"Huh? You're not Ducker?"Squatting on her heels, Yggy looked between the two Farfetch'd. Ducker (the real one) quacked angrily at him, while Ducker (the other one) quacked... angrily at him. Well, it's no wonder I couldn't tell them apart, the blonde thought defensively, pulling a face. I guess having Pokemon Speech off does make some problems...But it was nothing she couldn't handle, and it wasn't like she needed to talk with her Pokemon to communicate with them. "Okay, okay, I'm sorry!" she exclaimed, holding up both hands defensively against the tirade of disgruntled duck sounds. "You have like, the exact same game model, okay? Except for the leek."Since Ducker (the real one) had been using a standard stick instead of the Galarian one since his had been broken in the High Tide Raid, Yggy hadn't noticed the difference. It was only when she'd taken the wrong Ducker out to the homestead to see her vegetable patch that things had gotten heated. "C'mon!" Yggy whined, ducking (ha) out of the way of a wingful of green onions. "I'll make it up to you guys— okay, here's an idea! Ducker 2, I'm gonna rename you McDuck."The actual Kantonian Farfetch'd blinked warily at him, muttering something in duck language. Yggy went on, turning towards the real Ducker (a Galarian Farfetch'd down on his luck when it came to the leek department). "And man, Ducker, I really am sorry. I totally mixed you guys up. Hey, maybe after you get your leek back you can evolve so you're a white duck and it's easy to tell you apart! Wait, that sounds wrong. Or racist, I guess?"<Gwa?>Grinning, Yggy stood up and threw aside the blue tarp she'd had covering the little patch of ground. "Tadaaa~!" A huge, overgrown, heavily over-fertilized leek sprouted there in the soil, good as the one the original Farfetch'd had lost. "I had to bring like, so many Gardeners over to get it this big," Yggy said enthusiastically. She rubbed the back of her head, feeling sheepish. "You... like it?"Ducker was already pulling it out of the ground in a shower of loamy soil, hefting its weight, his temporary stick all but forgotten. Yggy passed it to McDuck, who took hold of it gingerly between two primary flight feathers. "Guess you're the torchbearer now," she said, grinning. "Don't worry— this one fits you perfectly."RARITY INCREASED BY +5 (RARE)
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Yggy Br00ks
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Pikachu Fan
Round 2
Posts: 393
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Kenneth Garfield
OOC Username: M00K
Arena Points: 68
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Post by Yggy Br00ks on Nov 19, 2022 20:09:41 GMT 9
Yggy scratched her head, getting up to look at the half-constructed jigsaw puzzle from one direction, then the other. "It doesn't really look right..."Nugget chuckled to himself. He'd switched some of the pieces when Yggy wasn't looking, so the tomboy was just squatting on her heels, looking (no pun intended) puzzled.
"What's this supposed to be, anyway? It doesn't look like the custom print of Vancouver Canadians' Iggy Brooks I ordered..."Oh crap, she'd forgotten her own gimmick of using Y in Pokemon names instead of I's. No wonder Dad hasn't found me yet..."Anyway, are we done with this game yet? I wanna get your rarity all the way to LEGENDARY," Yggy continued, unaware that Refresh maxed out at Very Rare. Nugget didn't answer— there was no point, considering Yggy had turned Poke Speech off since she'd come back from the High Tide Raid. Things had never really been the same since back then. She didn't hang out with her Pokemon like she used to. That was why Nugget was gonna milk this jigsaw puzzle for everything he had before they went back to the same old Pokemon grind. Nugget had no concept that anything had changed about Yggy's avatar. Some part of the Pikachu realized his trainer looked different than in his memories, but gender was just a random label to creatures of the game. It had no bearing on reality. "Pikaaa!" Nugget stuffed one of the pieces into his cheeks. Yggy ran after him, yelling, and chased him around until she finally caught him and wrestled it out of his mouth. ...Man, I'm never gonna tell her there's no Legendary Refresh.RARITY INCREASED BY +5 (VERY RARE)
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Yggy Br00ks
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Pikachu Fan
Round 2
Posts: 393
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Kenneth Garfield
OOC Username: M00K
Arena Points: 68
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Post by Yggy Br00ks on Oct 26, 2023 20:41:18 GMT 9
"Hey, Raine?""...Yes?""Do you remember when I, uh... found you?"They sat on the edge of a toppled spire on the Surge Steppes, legs swinging. Yggy had somehow procured a couple popsicles and the juice was already matted in Raine's paws. The Dewott sucked on one loudly, chewing between the toes to buy herself time to think. Why is she asking?
The day out was already a surprise on its own. Yggy's usual idea of fun was playing baseball, but it seemed like she was in a different mood today. Raine shifted slightly and autumn leaves drifted slowly around her, drifting and disappearing into soot as they reached the grasses below. "I remember when you used to call me Watson," the Dewott answered, a slight edge to her voice. She was avoiding the question. "Every day. And pretended like you couldn't hear me.""I couldn't!" Yggy objected. "It's a toggle feature. I had it off for awhile."Raine never knew what to make of goofy comments like this—they always seemed at odds with the teen's dorky sense of humor. "Anyway, to answer your question... not really. I know you didn't get me from Professor Ash. Watson was your first starter, wasn't he?" Raine had always wondered what had happened to the other Dewott. Actually, no she didn't. She had a feeling she knew. "Yeah." Yggy sighed, hanging her head. "Man, I really have to go get him sometime."The Dewott's spine stiffened, whiskers flaring. She turned to Yggy so fast, the uneaten half of her popsicle almost slid off. "Go get him? He's still alive?" It slipped out without her meaning to. The teen winced at her accusing tone, rubbing the back of her neck. "Well, yeah. I mean, no. Kinda. I have to go to the Everworld, do you know what that is? I guess it's like, the afterlife or whatever.""So he is dead," Raine echoed, unable to believe her ears. "What... can I ask what happened?"She saw Yggy shift uncomfortably. "It's not like that. Well... it was the same day I found you. Oh right, you don't remember. You probably don't understand being deleted or anything either, right?"
"What?""...Yeah, okay. Um, I guess we were in like, an extradimensional space. In a computer, sort of. We were fighting a Porygon, so it could do scary stuff like that. And me and Watson, and Tigger, and Nugget, and everyone... well, we all died."Raine didn't say anything. "But like, not exactly, because we were just in the computer, you know? But Raine, it was like, really scary." Yggy's voice hitched slightly, like she was actually upset. "I saw everyone... dissolve, or unravel, or whatever. There in the darkness. You were there too, but you were already mostly gone. I tried to save you, but I couldn't save anyone. I woke up at the shrine later, and everything was fine, even you—but Watson was gone.""Oh, the shrine," Raine echoed, understanding. "Strange things always happen at shrines." She turned her head to look over her shoulder, searching almost subconsciously for the shape of the Giant Shrine in the distance. Nothing. Yggy was quiet, looking up at the sky. She'd finished her popsicle. Raine sucked on hers while she mulled it over. "Well, I'm glad you saved me," she said finally, then added, begrudging "And I hope I can meet Watson someday. It sounds like we both owe him one." She let out a yelp as the teen scooped her up and hugged her around the middle like a teddy bear. "Hey! Cut that out!""Thanks, Raine. Me too. Then we can all play baseball together."RARITY INCREASED BY +5 (VERY RARE)
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