Valentine
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Soldier, Poet, King
Player Character
Posts: 186
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Logan Denman
OOC Username: Haberdasher
Arena Points: 60
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Post by Valentine on Apr 7, 2023 6:54:31 GMT 9
Valentine had a few different Pokemon with slicing moves herself. (What did that say about her, that she had a number of Pokemon willing to use their sharp and pointy bits to attack their enemies if need be? Something? Anything?) After seeing Jinx bombard an enemy Patrat with razor-sharp leaves from a silky-smooth Cottonee, though, Valentine knew who she wanted to choose this time around.
And Nova was so in tune with her owner that Valentine didn't even need to voice her command to get the Rowlet to act. All it took was looking over at the small bird Pokemon and shooting her a nod and a wink, and the Pokemon leapt into action quickly enough.
Within a matter of seconds, the Cottonee's leaves weren't the only razor-sharp leaves flying around the Tower, as Nova was quick to add her own cutting barrage to the mix. As with Jinx's attack earlier, the enemy Patrat was cut into pieces. Good thing this game's animation tended towards the cutesy and less-detailed side, because in another type of game, slicing up a rodent like that could lead to the kind of gore that Valentine shuddered to even think about!
Soon enough, the Patrat faded away, leaving them with... a floor absolutely covered in pointy leaves. Oops. Hopefully nobody was going barefoot around here...
NEXT PROMPT (28): [Tower] JXkRunva1-1001-100
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Tiernan Oaktread
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Weekend Warrior
Round 2
Posts: 107
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Lorethemar Theron
OOC Username: spibe
Arena Points: 80
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Post by Tiernan Oaktread on Apr 7, 2023 23:25:24 GMT 9
Tiernan picked his way carefully through the tower, trying to be mindful- Sharp leaves were littered all over the ground, signs of some earlier fought battle. The shuckle sedately following after him didn't seem to notice nor care, continuing to drag themselves along.
The pair stopped at the sight of a patrat, behind a very obvious tripwire and a swinging ball made of leaves and twigs. Tiernan stepped over the wire, and shuckle... simply plowed through it. The ball swung down, right into the shuckle, who continued to move forward as if nothing had happened.
The patrat felt fear.
Paralyzed, it could only watch the shuckle approach, the soft and placid looking creature the lashing out with violence.
SHUCKLE used STRUGGLE BUG
29. [Tower]aSHch4XC1d50
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Genesis
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Weekend Warrior
Player Character
Posts: 158
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Shiloh Hayes
OOC Username: Haberdasher
Arena Points: 20
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Post by Genesis on Apr 19, 2023 10:30:58 GMT 9
Genesis had just thrown Merdeka onto their Tank class--three Tanks, only two other Pokemon equipped in the other two classes combined, sure it was unbalanced but it was working well for them and what other class would you give a Steel/Dragon type that's literally just a living wall of metal?--and they were ready to test out what the Duraludon had to offer.
...admittedly, the Tower of Cats was not exactly the most challenging place to test a Pokemon's skills, but it would do for a start, at least.
"Merdeka, hit it with a Breaking Swipe!"
The move lived up to its name, hitting the enemy Patrat fast and hard and making it faint in an instant. As would any Dragon-type move, Genesis knew, but still, the sight was enough to bring a smile to their face. Merdeka was showing promise indeed.
Prompt 30: [Tower] UQ|u|88H1-1001-100
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System Admin
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Administrator
Posts: 1,469
Player Name: System
OOC Username: M00K
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Post by System Admin on Apr 19, 2023 11:14:01 GMT 9
The next floor appears to be one of (surprising) respite. A checkpoint and rec room has been set up for the players here, complete with foosball, vending machines, and bunk beds. Since you're approaching the halfway point, it's time to rest up and chow down!
However, Goldilocks-style, Patrat ruin everything. The chairs have been sat in. The beds have been slept in. The microwave has been used to cook fish. Everything you try to play with has been sabotaged or already claimed by Patrat in some way.
Drive the interlopers from this room!
You have defeated 30 Patrat and unlocked ESPEON (R)! The next reward will be unlocked at 40 Patrat.
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Kazuki
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You Can't Take Me
The Creed
Posts: 883
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Himura Atsushi
OOC Username: Sleepy
Arena Points: 113
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Post by Kazuki on Apr 19, 2023 11:29:01 GMT 9
One of the Patrat is stopped on his way to the fridge. A scorbunny sneers down at it. The Patrat immediately begins to panic.
<I-I have no idea who you are!>
<Ya think this is funny? A goddamn joke?>
The scorbunny kicks the rat over, who gets knocked onto the floor and starts waving his little hands in front of himself. <Please!>
The cute bunny reaches down, grabbing the rat by one of his chubby cheeks, shaking him as if he were a doll. <I trusted you, rat. We were in the business together. I smuggle you all those lava cakes, fresh from the crater, and ya jus’ leave me high n’ dry on a pick up?>
<I didn’t mean to! I was gonna get the goods, but your trainer was there and->
The scorbunny smacks him.
<That’s my boss now, rat.>
He grins, cutely and menacingly. <And I'm just following orders.>
Prompt 31. [Tower]SA_x_sUP1d50 1d50
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Momo
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Retired
Posts: 127
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Momo Matsushita
OOC Username: M00K
Arena Points: 0
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Post by Momo on Apr 19, 2023 11:50:07 GMT 9
Momo looked down at her User Interface as she received a ping! in her notifications. YOU HAVE UNLOCKED ESPEON!"Espeon?" she wondered out loud, pulling up her storage box to look at the little icon. She recognized it immediately- not by that name. "Ah! Eifie." Another cat- it was not so surprising. Is it cute? she wondered, looking at the little sprite. Hm. Perhaps it is beautiful instead....What was she thinking? Quickly, as if someone might catch her, Momo closed her User Interface and strode up to the next floor with long, brisk strides. She threw open the door to a recreation room of some kind, like the waiting rooms at train stations. She frowned, taken aback by the suddenly mundane interior. <I'm thirsty!> complained Kusa, her Treecko. The green gecko popped his head out of her miniature backpack, crawling up onto her shoulder. She tried not to shudder at the creepy feeling. <Can we get a drink?>"...That's fine."She approached one of the vending machines and put some change into it. But what fell out of the drink slot when she pressed the button was not a refreshing and healthy bottle of mineral water, but a Patrat. Momo recoiled. "Ugh!" She took a step back and watched the rodent scurry away. "It seems to be empty," she said after a moment. When she tried to get her change back by pulling the lever, nothing happened. "Very broken," she said through gritted teeth. <You have to shake it a little. You didn't try hard enough!> Kusa complained. The little lizard flew forward, using a Quick Attack to rock the entire drink machine. Momo's coins rattled back out, along with the bottle of water she'd requested. "Thank goodness," she sighed, collecting both and handing the bottle to Kusa. Treecko used quick attack! NEXT PROMPT (32): [Tower]xNaqL0oh1-50 1-50
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Verai
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You Can't Take Me
The Creed
Posts: 877
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Miyagawa Tarou
OOC Username: spibe
Arena Points: 38
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Post by Verai on Apr 23, 2023 0:37:49 GMT 9
This room was... a relief, honestly. Verai moved to sit, finding the lounge chair... groaned, gently, when he applied only brief pressure to the back. Verai tried another, only to find the same issue. He frowned, hissing a bit- and a side table nearby crumpled without so much as a look. "What is happening-" He snapped, whirling- to see a patrat, standing atop the microwave.
This was the last insignificant straw. He let out his newest find- a blitzle, who looked widely at everything before zeroing in on the patrat. Diggin in his hooves, the blitzle began drawing in energy, electricity crackling over his body.
In fear for what was to come, the patrat passed out.
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Taylor
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Lone Wolf
Mythstar
Posts: 491
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Taylor Finch
OOC Username: Lea
Arena Points: 72
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Post by Taylor on May 6, 2023 23:20:14 GMT 9
With the delightfully named Tree of Worms being the featured challenge tower at the moment, this second, older iteration had been something Taylor had initially missed. Fortunately, a kind player had noticed her participation in the first and sent over a nudge in the direction of the Tower of Cats!
Of course, she’d rushed straight there – the swimmer never had been one to turn down or overthink an invitation! This time it seemed an excessive number of Patrat were assaulting a tower of cats.
She’d been rather delighted to find herself just behind a familiar player who she’d recently taken on one of the tutorials with. She entered the room just as he was leaving, the fainted Patrat was out cold from the mere threat of the impending attack.
The next prompt popped up, and Taylor snickered, facing the next Patrat as it stepped up as an opponent, hopping gingerly over its predecessor. “Y’all are really into the electric moves lately, huh?” With that said, she sent out the Dratini that’d recently been added to her team. “Think you could send a Thunder Wave this little friend’s way please, Mushu?”
The serpentine Pokemon listened with a curiously tilted head, before nodding once and obliging easily enough.
NEXT PROMPT (34): [Tower]63hnPFOh1-50 1-50
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Domino
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G.A.Y.
Round 2
Posts: 314
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Hilda Faust
OOC Username: Stells
Arena Points: 40
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Post by Domino on May 7, 2023 13:18:40 GMT 9
"Ah, good ol' Tower of Cats" Domino smirks when looking at her messy surroundings. No trees, no Pidgey, no worms, just Patrat making a damn mess as they always do. How nostalgic. "It sure brings back memories, doesn't it, Bart?"
The Mew giggles, circling over her, but admittedly, he probably was a terrible choice in Pokémon to bring to the tower...
See, Domino should have remembered that the last time she was here, when they all were chasing after Mew, the pink legendary couldn't have cared less about the Patrat and definitely never attacked them.
Domino only remembers this when it's too late: when a couple of Patrat run towards her.
She grabs a chair to hold them back.
"Yo, Bart! A little help here?"
Leaves spawn out of thin air by the will of the Mew up above, swirling in a sphere of energy. Yes, the ENERGY BALL looks impressive and all, but when shot it flies high, completely missing the Patrat. So much for that.
"Oh, for fuck's sake." And so, Domino runs, clipping right through and past some bunk beds when they happen to be in her way.
NEXT PROMPT #35: [Tower] 4AQFXRzL1-501-50
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Genesis
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Weekend Warrior
Player Character
Posts: 158
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Shiloh Hayes
OOC Username: Haberdasher
Arena Points: 20
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Post by Genesis on May 8, 2023 2:10:35 GMT 9
The Tower of Cats always seemed more... subdued, than the Tower of Worms. Maybe it was just the benefit of hindsight, having conquered this Tower once before and therefore knowing what it might throw at them in the future, while the later levels of the Tower of Worms remained a mystery. Maybe Genesis just liked cats and rats more than birds and worms. But Genesis liked the feel of the Tower of Cats better overall, even if it didn't have the same sense of adventure, the same feeling of helping to uncover something new for the first time, that they got in the Tower of Worms.
Either way, though, it was the same sort of prompts and the same ritual of striking down one's opponents with a single shot.
"Arecibo?"
A name, a nod, and the Frogadier acted immediately, tossing rocks onto the enemy Patrat without hesitation. The poor little rats didn't know what was coming to them until it was too late; an instant, and they were crushed beneath the weight of the rocks, disappearing from view.
NEXT PROMPT (#36): [Tower] _2jD7Su91-501-50
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Yuze
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Weekend Warrior
Mythstar
Posts: 223
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Vera Miroslavova Kovacheva, PhD
OOC Username: Stells
Arena Points: 70
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Post by Yuze on May 10, 2023 7:54:33 GMT 9
Yuze is not a fan of most cats, but as he had been recently informed, the Tower of Cats is actually filled with angry Watchog and Patrat. Curiosity had led him here, but to be entirely honest, a messy room is not exactly what he had expected to find.
"Samodiva." The Pumpkaboo floats ahead, bouncing eagerly from side-to-side. She approaches a Patrat, but instead of attacking it, she takes its hand, leading it towards another group of them.
<'Pump-ka-boo~'>
She waits, but the Patrat just look confused. A couple ready to attack, even.
<'BOO!'>
It's then that Samodiva shoots eerie energy towards them. Clearly, they hadn't given her what she wanted.
PUMPKABOO takes a patrat TRICK-OR-TREATING
NEXT PROMPT #37: [Tower] kBY|iePu1-501-50
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Valentine
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Soldier, Poet, King
Player Character
Posts: 186
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Logan Denman
OOC Username: Haberdasher
Arena Points: 60
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Post by Valentine on May 13, 2023 11:34:29 GMT 9
Valentine's box was filling up fast, but she was finding it hard to care when there were so many cute Pokemon out there to snag! Sure, she had a few cats already, but the ones she didn't have were adorable, too, so how could she pass up the chance at some more? A few Bytes spent on box slots would be well worth the cost if it meant giving her the opportunity to bond with more potential Pokemon friends.
First, though, she had to do the battling side of things... at least that was easy enough here in the Tower of Cats, where she was guaranteed to not need more than one attack to finish off her opponent, so long as she used the right one.
And Valentine knew just what attack to use this time around.
"Nova, hit 'em with your Shadow Sneak!"
In the regular Pokemon games, Shadow Sneak wouldn't even hit an enemy Patrat... but UNOVR wasn't a regular Pokemon game, not by any stretch of the imagination, and here, the attack was enough to knock down the wild Patrat in a single move.
Nova, for her part, flitted around the Tower happily, a few stray feathers falling to the ground as she flew this way and that way, clearly satisfied with her own battling prowess.
NEXT PROMPT (#38): [Tower] FwV8GALB1-501-50
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Tamara
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WEEKEND WARRIOR
Player Character
Posts: 298
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Tamara Maddox
OOC Username: Lea
Arena Points: 40
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Post by Tamara on May 13, 2023 21:07:31 GMT 9
“Tower of Cats…” Tamara hummed to herself as she read the description of the area. Now that sounded like something she wanted to get herself involved in, sharpish! She loved cats. They had one when she was younger, but now since got a dog, her mother says they can’t get a kitten. “What’re games for, if not living through them vicariously!”
The room she loaded into looked like something of a checkpoint. A small sign on the wall declared it as floors 31-40, and comfy chairs and foosball tables made the area look quite inviting! An unpleasant fishing smell hung in the air though, and a small moue of disgust twisted the teen’s face as she looked around.
A Patrat bounded over to face her, and Tam cocked her head curiously. “Well, aren’t you a cutie!” The Pokemon scowled as though offended, and placed tiny paws on tiny hips as though in an effort to look tough. “Not a cat though, so I suppose you’d be one of the hundred Patrat that need clearing out.” With a smile, she released the recently evolved Cinder from her ball, humming and moving in a swaying dance to the music in her head as the Combusken appeared.
“Let’s toast this little intruder, Cinder!” She requested, and the fire-type swiftly obeyed, sending out a scorching Flamethrower to lightly scorch the Patrat.
NEXT PROMPT (#39): [Tower]PsKepmLH1-50 1-50
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Yuze
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Weekend Warrior
Mythstar
Posts: 223
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Vera Miroslavova Kovacheva, PhD
OOC Username: Stells
Arena Points: 70
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Post by Yuze on May 13, 2023 21:57:57 GMT 9
It's before he even leaves that the Patrat attempt to attack again. This time, a single one... apparently the only one that's left in this floor of the tower. Naturally, Samodiva is having none of it.
Yuze simply watches, seeing no reason to intervene as the Pumpkaboo stares down at the lone Patrat, giving it a scolding that ends with her spitting out BULLET SEEDS. A bit too aggressive? Not really, considering the Patrat are the ones picking a fight here.
At least they can move on to the next floor soon enough...
"Good work." He tells Samodiva.
KALOS POKÉMON USED: PUMPKABOO
NEXT PROMPT #40: [Tower] t1OiYXTl1-501-50
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System Admin
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Administrator
Posts: 1,469
Player Name: System
OOC Username: M00K
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Post by System Admin on May 14, 2023 0:07:25 GMT 9
A long shadow falls across the floor, teasing the arrival of a tremendous foe. A voice shakes the room, echoing. <THIS WORLD HERITAGE SITE WILL BE OURS! TREMBLE IN FEAR!>
Ten Patrat in an extra-long trenchcoat wobble towards you, their aura of intimidation extremely powerful! Whirling red-and-yellow eyes glow from every rip and seam and buttonhole, evoking unspeakable terror. Or that's the plan, anyway.
You have defeated 40 Patrat and unlocked GALARIAN MEOWTH (C)! The next reward will be unlocked at 50 Patrat.
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