C0D13
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Bug Maniac
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Post by C0D13 on Mar 9, 2023 0:04:57 GMT 9
Tower of Worms Floor 5: Can(opy) of Worms
You've reached the peak of the tree, and the lush canopy spreads out around you. Symbiotic vines hang from the upper reaches of the great tree, dangling like great, green worms. Or maybe snakes?!?
No. Definitely worms.
Swing from the vines, blind your enemies with sunlight, and free the treetops from the beaked terrors once and for all!
You have defeated 10 Pidgey and unlocked Blipbug (U)! The next reward (Shuckle) will be unlocked at 50 Pidgey.
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Tuesday
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Battle Legend
The Creed
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Player Name: MartĂn 'Mars' MarzĂĄn
OOC Username: Stells
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Post by Tuesday on Mar 9, 2023 6:51:32 GMT 9
Tuesday had taken her sweet time, but finally, five floors in, here she is: arms crossed over her chest and crimson cape billowing behind her. A Dragonair elegantly slithers behind her up the steps, and when they finally reach their destination, it takes to the air, floating amongst the verdant canopy.
"You know, Orm. I think you may be the only worm I like."
Hence why our dear feline Alchemist had taken her sweet time to come here up after the Tower of Cats had been cleared and replaced by this Tree of Worms. However, despite her claims, there are some rumours of enough allure to lure this cat up a tree. What could those be?
<'Ha. Rude. I'm not a worm.'> The Dragonair counters while moving around in the most worm-y fashion.
"Really? Why do you think your name is Orm?"
<'...'> Silence. Tuesday's mismatched gaze fixes on the canopy, noticing the Pidgey that also seem to notice and be very interested in her worm-y dragon. <'...Where's the 'W', though?'>
"Duh, we always earn those." She winks, because of course. "Now cool it, will you?"
And yes... that's the cue.
For what?
Well, for the BLIZZARD that picks up the moment Tuesday speaks those words, summoned by the Dragonair that circles overhead and sure to cause the aggressive Pidgey to shill out for a moment. The catgirl grins, triumphant and unbothered by the cold.
NEXT PROMPT (42): [Tower]iLgN_Nb51-50 1-50
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Wolf
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The Tempest
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Player Name: Genesis Fox
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Post by Wolf on Mar 10, 2023 12:12:55 GMT 9
Fashionable late to the party, Rhaenyra made it to the final floor. Pale golden orbs spotted the remaining pidgey, looking pretty defeated by this point. The fellow earned hybrid character sent them a nasty bone chilling breeze with her gorgeous Dragonair. Despite the powerful blast, the pesky birds still had some fight in them.
Although Rhaenyra didnât have a powerful attack like that, the woman could at least help. Her recently caught noibat fluttered his tiny wings frantically to catch up with his new trainer. The purple baby dragon bat eyed the pidgeys. âLetâs play it safe Echo. We donât have enough power nor health. Use absorb.â Maybe if theyâre lucky, they could at least make it to the end if they keep their health up.
The noibat emitted a screech, large circular ears took on a red glow. Suddenly, two beams of red light shot out from his ears. The beams hit without fail, drawling some of the pidgeys energy out and returning it to the noibat. He could feel his health being restored, refusing to back down.
NEXT PROMPT (43): [Tower]txmIipiI1-50 1-50
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Bergamot Gristleborg
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Muddy Girl
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Post by Bergamot Gristleborg on Mar 10, 2023 22:10:42 GMT 9
"Eeeeek! A snake!" Bergamot screamed girlishly, clutching her cheeks with both hands in a brilliant imitation of the classic painting The Scream (or that's what she thought it was called, anyway).
When nobody came running to her rescue, Bergamot gave up pretending to be afraid of the hanging vines and looked around herself instead, actually taking stock of her surroundings. They'd reached the upper canopy of the Tree of Worms already, and the fresh air felt fresh and airy on her face.
Morgana reached up and tugged on one of the vines. It held.
"O...ho...ho..."
Her delightful laughter warned that she was about to do something genius, and with a flash of blue skirts, Bergamot was halfway up the vine. "Now, swing me, Senga!"
She released a female Meowstic, a psychic-type from Kalos, and the cat waved a handful of anchovies at her agreeably before using its psychic powers to send the vine swinging.
"This tree is mine!" Bergamot laughed victoriously before running face-first into a flying Pidgey. NEXT PROMPT (44): [Tower] MfRD8KBd1-501-50
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Aero
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Hard Mode Survivor
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Post by Aero on Mar 22, 2023 5:01:42 GMT 9
Eventually, Aero found herself on the next floor. She got herself a new Pokemon as a reward and god, she loved it! The glasses-like eyes and the blue and yellow coloring, it screamed nerdy but cool! "I like you, little guy! How about I named you 'Specs'?"
Naturally, her Blipbug loved it, especially how she wasn't freaked out by its first impression. However, Aero quickly turned her attention to another flock of Pidgey coming toward their direction. "Oh, not those birdies again!" Aero turned to Specs and asked, "Think you can try peg a bird or two?" The worm responded with fear, wondering why his new trainer wanted him to attack the very prey he wanted to avoid. "Don't worry. If all goes south, I'll pull you back in your ball. I promise!"
The bug was still reluctant about this, but if this was for his new trainer, then he would have to risk it. He nodded his head and quickly turned to the flock with its glasses-like eyes narrowed. "Let's do this! Specs, use Struggle Bug!"
With all of his current strength, he released a red aura that hit two of the Pidgey flock right in front of them. Struggle Bug is a Bug-type move. NEXT PROMPT (45): [Tower]jaXdLc2n1-50 1-50
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Buzzster Hooperham
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The Quizmaster
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Post by Buzzster Hooperham on Mar 22, 2023 22:59:29 GMT 9
Zac tested the vine. "The secret is to make sure it can hold your weight," he told Petal.
"That's not a secret. That's just good sense!" replied the Chikorita. "Otherwise you'd fall!"
"Fall?" Buzzster asked leadingly, "why, it's barely even Spring!" He pulled a clenched fist up into view with a flourish. "And do you know what my favorite Spring flower is?"
"The Magnolia?" Chikorita asked excitedly. That was her favorite flower, and she felt it deserved more representation.
"No. The goldenrod!" he announced, opening his fist to reveal an oversized gold coin. "Now check this out!" He waggled his fingers magically and the coin raised itself up onto one edge and started to spin slowly in place.
"Wow! That's so cool! How are you doing that?" Petal asked.
Zac chuckled. "A magician never reveals his secrets for free." He winked at the Gimmighoul that was hidden behind the coin.
"Let me try! I can make stuff appear too!" Petal said. She clenched her eyes and a fountain of multicolored Magical Leaves shot from her head. They sprayed into the canopy, cutting vines and swatting at least one Pidgey out of the branches above them.
"Hey that's pretty good! I bet I could put that in my act somewhere." Buzzster nodded to himself, and was deep in thought when a brilliant magenta leaf floated stem-first right into his eye. "Stevie Wonder's ghost!" Zac swore, stepping back and clutching at his injured eye.
Unfortunately, the tree branch was far thinner than required for such a natural reaction. Buzzster grasped at the open air, his fist closing around a vine just in the nick of time.
His downward momentum levelled out as he swung at high velocity through the branches, and in a fantastic display of temporal synchronicity he shot straight past Aero, missing the youth by just a few pixels. He gripped the vine with white knuckles, teeth grinding like a box of dice as foliage whipped past him at high speed. NEXT PROMPT (46): [Tower]a|pkn5fX1d501d50
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Silvermoon
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Post by Silvermoon on Mar 24, 2023 12:45:14 GMT 9
Everything was- so weird. Bright green vines hung from the trees, which made them a beautiful decoration. Which was not, however, a reason to swing from them. However, a lot of other people didn't seem to be getting the memo. Silvermoon flinched back reflexively as someone swung past, nearly taking someone else out as they did... whatever they were trying to do.
Silvermoon... wasn't that brave. They looked at the vines, deemed them too much and opted to just walk. However, their lower comparative speed made them easier prey, and with a sharp rush of feathers a pidgey shot down at them-
Only to be stopped by one of Silvermoon's newest and greatest friends, tails lashing as he snarled at the bird who was VERY QUICKLY trying to backwing before he could launch at them.
They were not fast enough, and the buizel slammed into them hard, knocking them clear off the floor. Prompt 47. [Tower]hu9g|oqD1d501d50
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Sarah Lee
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Soldier, Poet, King
The Creed
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Post by Sarah Lee on Mar 25, 2023 9:13:08 GMT 9
Pidgeys bomb-dived Sarah, hooting in furious indignation as they pecked at her head. "Get off! Get back! You're not even doing any damage!" At least the rats in the last tower had the decency to stay on the ground.
Her health bar, and that of her Braixen, was still full of green. What level were these pests?
Annoyance kindled within her like an autumn pyre. How many more of these birds could there possibly be?
Sarah's felt the burn of Z Energy course through her body. One good move would be enough to scorch a patch forward.
"Focus!" she called, and her noble Braixen snapped to her side like a magnetized suit of armor.
The pair dropped into a wide-legged stance. "Just as we practiced."
Sarah spun her arms in a circle, igniting a flaming circle around her like a burning halo in the air. Beside her Braixen did the same.
A roar filled her ears, like she was riding a train that was fast approaching a tunnel.
"Inferno Overdrive!"
The canopy kindled around her as the was engulfed by the fireball. It burst from her like an escaping soul and scorched a path up through the branches above and high into the sky where it burned like a second sun.
PROMPT 48: [Tower]TItj1JzK1d50 1d50
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Genesis
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Weekend Warrior
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Player Name: Shiloh Hayes
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Post by Genesis on Mar 25, 2023 11:08:15 GMT 9
A simple prompt, perhaps, but Genesis was glad to get in on it. Shuckle sounded like fun. They just had to decide which of their many physical moves to use, from which of their Pokemon...
Something physical on Zener, just to show off how his Espeon could use physical moves too? Something on Merdeka just to get a better feel for their new Duraludon?
Or there was always...
Genesis nodded to Arecibo, and the Frogadier didn't even need to hear them speak before readying a Smack Down, the generated boulder hitting the nearest Pidgey squarely in the face.
Why was that animation so satisfying to them? Genesis wasn't sure, but they weren't about to look this gift Ponyta in the mouth.
NEXT PROMPT: [Tower]ECMjW61q1-50
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Tiernan Oaktread
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Weekend Warrior
Round 2
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Player Name: Lorethemar Theron
OOC Username: spibe
Arena Points: 80
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Post by Tiernan Oaktread on Mar 27, 2023 1:39:22 GMT 9
The Tree of Worms was comfortable and familiar, lush and teeming with life. Tiernan moved almost sedately though the chaos and fighting, mindful of but paying little direct attention to the attacks and shrieks. He simply took his time, taking in the air and feel of the tree, the sunlight starting to filter through the boughs. Flames cut through the tree ahead of him, the crashing of stone and rock hitting wood to the other side.
A pidgey shrieked, coming to hover before him, wings beating furiously. "Don't you think this is a bit excessive?" Tiernan asked, gesturing at the devastation around him. "You have a right to hunt- but the pokemon here have a right to live, too." The pidgey gave no counterargument, just chattering angrily instead.
Tiernan shook his head. "Fal'inrush," Tiernan requested, the rowlet fluttering free, wings spread eagerly. With a soft coo, he swooped towards the pidgey, delivering a sharp Peck to knock them out of the air.
Prompt 50. [Tower]Fle96OBz1d50 1d50
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C0D13
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Bug Maniac
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Post by C0D13 on Mar 27, 2023 22:33:12 GMT 9
Tower of Worms Floor 6: Worming your way inside When you've reached the top where else is there to go? Easy! Inside. You crawl through cracks in the bark, into the Hollow Core of the tree!
The inside is a jagged, wooden chute where wooden spits stick inwards from the walls like a set of huge, natural stairs. The steps themselves are already occupied by the crackling, stinking nests of a flock of shrieking Pidgeotto!
And just as you're wondering why you would have to worm your way back down the inside of the tree you see a wriggle of lime green. Could it be?! Follow that worm!
You have defeated 10 Pidgey and unlocked Shuckle (U)! The next reward (Burmy) will be unlocked at 60 Pidgey.
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Taylor
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Lone Wolf
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Player Name: Taylor Finch
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Post by Taylor on Apr 6, 2023 21:30:59 GMT 9
How could she not investigate an even called âtree of wormsâ? The curiosity of what on earth this was, was driving Taylor crazy! Finally she loaded into the area to find⌠literally a tree, full of worms, being swarmed by ravenous Pidgey! A brief overlay explained just what was going on, and Taylor laughed, delighted by the concept.
Current prompt: Use a Binding or Trapping move. Grinning, she released Mumble from his ball and crooked a finger to ask him to follow her. As quietly as she could, the young woman crawled through the cracked, gaping bark and carefully navigated the space inside, getting both herself and Mumble settled on the steps. There were even birds in here, and as one of the Pidgey flapped its shrieking way towards them, furious over the intrusion, Taylor nodded to the little Piplup.
âWhat dâyou say we try out that new Whirlpool move of yours?â she prompted with a grin. Mumble was more than happy to oblige, and if the attempt was a little clumsy and soaked them as well as the target? Well, sheâd certainly never tell!
[Tower]tvaaFinS1d50 1d50
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Silvermoon
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Post by Silvermoon on Apr 6, 2023 23:35:24 GMT 9
Heading into the tree proper was a little disconcerting. Silvermoon moved cautiously, trying to not slip and fall and die. This was made harder by the nests sprinkled everywhere, and by the large bird pokemon swooping at them at nearly all times. They kept Phoenix in their arms, holding him tight so he couldn't fall down the whole height of the tree.
Swiftly, though, Silvermoon was trapped, pinned on the stairs by a flock of the angry birds. Phoenix had already tried spitting fire at them, and shrieking, and it hadn't done anything. Every time Silvermoon had nearly found an opening to escape, it was then filled by bird. Phoenix quieted, looking at the other birds, thinking. Trying to figure out their movements. One drew back, as if to strike- And Phoenix stared at them.
The Pidgeotto collapsed, and Silvermoon broke free, racing down the stairs- and only briefly catching sight of the green flash. More vines?
PHOENIX used DETECT!
Prompt 52. [Tower]We8yBEnb1d50 1d50
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Domino
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G.A.Y.
Round 2
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Player Name: Hilda Faust
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Post by Domino on Apr 16, 2023 20:08:43 GMT 9
Alright, so, full disclosure... Domino had made a mistake. Well, not really, but kinda? See... She had kept true to her promise of only having ten PokĂŠmon at a time, and for the sake of doing so, two had had to be sacrificed, but she had forgotten one very important detail. What is that detail, you may wonder? That she really really really wants one of those Dunsparce sold by Beta Bethany.
So, to hunt for five easy fodder PokĂŠmon she goes, and few places are better for hunting for fodder than the challenge tower. Tree, in this case, but what are trees if not nature's towers?!
" 'Kay, Balvino, you know what to do." She tells the Quaxly that seems more interested in styling his hair than in anything going on around him.
Thankfully for Domino (and not so much for the duckling), it all becomes quite personal for him when a Pidgeotto steals his precious comb. Said Pidgeotto quickly learns that an AQUA JET is no joke.
"Nice. Now... Let's get that worm!"
Off she goes, a trail of aesthetic multicoloured flames being left behind by her every step... a few missing thanks to her clipping right through everything in her way.
NEXT PROMPT (53): [Tower]UehdO1Qm1-50 1-50
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Wolf
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The Tempest
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Post by Wolf on Apr 18, 2023 11:21:05 GMT 9
If this wasnât a game, Rhaenyra would have never been brave enough to get this high in the tree. It wasnât that she didnât like heights. That wasnât her problem with it. It was the fact of what could happen if she slipped from the height that got her nervous. Pale golden orbs peer down cautiously down at the ground, a sense of being overwhelmed washed though her. Yet as she reached the top and let out an exhausted huff, the wolf eared woman couldnât help but continue her venture.
She was careful as she entered the dark hollow in the tree, gaze shifted back and forth in search of answers. A sudden shriek of pigeotto startled her, making her take a deep breath and a tentative step back. But just as she took the step back, Rhaenyra spotted the worm. Reaching into inventory, pulling out a bug that should be able to take a few hits. The ball burst opened, revealing the said shuckle she just got. The sight of the bug got their attention, hungry avianâs diving for a tasty snack.
âTime to play bowling. Rollout!â
The chuckle withdraw into his shell, thrusting himself forward so hard that his body began to roll. Birds dived at him, only to be meet with a harden shell that smacked them away. Meanwhile, the hybrid inched closer to her escape deeper within the hollow cove of the tree.
NEXT PROMPT (54): [Tower]xIkdbr3a1-50 1-50
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