Yuze
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Weekend Warrior
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Player Name: Vera Miroslavova Kovacheva, PhD
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Post by Yuze on Jun 3, 2023 10:28:47 GMT 9
The 5 PILLS OF NYASPARIN Dr. Bunya had so graciously given him the last time he had come to the Briarbane lab still sit in his inventory, having decided not to use anything that could negatively affect this supposed Parasite of his. He is trying to befriend it, after all, which is also why he had heeded the doctor's (un)wise advice. "Hmm... Honestly, I'm not all that sure if your suggestion of feeding the parasite has made much of a difference, but maybe your tests will be able to determine something I haven't noticed." Yuze tells the doctor the next time he visits, ready for any poking and prodding she may feel inclined to do. It's as if none of it bothers him at all. In fact, his Parasite class now sits fully maxed out, and while the voice that he assumes belongs to it has been chattier than usual, that may also be because time has passed. His Pokémon sure seem to have changed, though. Like the Espurr that accompanies him: completely drained of emotion and staring at Bunya with its huge deadpan eyes — not blinking even once. "Unless you meant feeding it one of my Pokémon. Hmm... I guess I could try that next time. Any other suggestions on befriending it?" Yes, he says this right in front of the Espurr, and the Pokémon does not react. After musing on this matter, he offers a vial filled with a sizzling black liquid to Bunya. A CORRUPTION SAMPLE. "For now, you can test this sample on this one, if you want."Of course, the Espurr continues to stare directly at Bunya.
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Fairytale
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Post by Fairytale on Jun 4, 2023 9:38:20 GMT 9
Padma is alive. As soon as Fairytale had checked on that and reassured themself, their emotions had grown cold. They had recalled all their worried pokemon.
After all, they remembered that a certain story quest exists, and since they cannot direct their anger towards the corruption area, they can direct it at one who encourages others to visit said corruption area.
While they did not go there on purpose, others do. And Fairytale cannot understand that.
Perhaps, like them, they hate themself. But still, they would never have willingly relived the worst moment of their life with brand new framing. Not without some encouragement.
Their eyes are ice cold when they finally reach their location. Their body is trembling. And what seems like a hundred bleeding cuts litter their form. They should be bleeding out, with their injuries.
Icy gaze landing on the Bunya, their expression is blank with rage. "If you care so much about your precious 'snyanmples', go for yourself. Or do you not dare to?"
"So long as you send others and their pokemon to torments like that... You are no doctor. You do not heal nor do you help. You are a charlatan acting as a mad scientist. You care for no one and nothing, and you deserve to rot in the corruption for all I care." All the while their severe wounds continue to bleed.
"So, do try to justify yourself. Or, if you will not bother..." They tilt their head, and blood drips heavier from a neck wound at the motion. "Well. I can promise yourself I will never forget you, either way. I will be waiting, perhaps briefly or perhaps what seems like a lifetime... And I will remember. You will wish I had not."
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Tiernan Oaktread
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Weekend Warrior
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Post by Tiernan Oaktread on Jun 4, 2023 12:42:11 GMT 9
Fortunately, the vision he experienced in Mistra was not personal- it was not something tied to his real life, a horror he had to face in the world as he did in the game. However fortunate he was, though, Tiernan was not to argue he was lucky. Ever since he woke back in Briarbane, a malaise had settled in his lungs, straining his breath and sapping the energy from him. He breathed as though he was being strangled, and when coughing fits overcame him, dizziness spotted black in his eyes, and ichor upon his hands.
Slowly- for he could only go slowly, now- he made his way back to Bunya's lab. He eased his way inside, and heavily sat in a chair before Ash's desk. "I know..." His voice wheezed, and his words were punctuated by gulps of air. "-you want-" He closed his eyes, to steady himself, and Rae stared up at him, worried. She pawed at the side of the chair, gently, as if letting him know she was there would help. "Samples?"
Even the single sentence had been an ordeal to speak. His breath caught, before the next word, and a coughing fit seized him, strangling the light from the room until he, slowly, breath by breath, recovered, still doubled over himself, eyes mostly closed. "Bi... opsy?" Tiernan forced out, voice now just above a whisper.
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C0D13
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Bug Maniac
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Post by C0D13 on Jun 4, 2023 16:56:51 GMT 9
Bunya inspects Yuze's Espurr. She taps its head with her pen, and stares deep into its unblinking eyes. "This thing's unnyaving!" she says, looking away.
She takes the sample from Yuze, and puts the little cat in the testing chamber. "Why is it always cats?" she asks, pushing the big black button and flooding the chamber with aerosol corruption.
"I mean, a Rattata would be more fitting, don'tya think?"
As the black mist clears away, the Espurr sits unchanged, unblinking. Bunya cocks her head to the side, waiting. "I'm sure it'll do something soon," she promises.
And it does.
Espurr's head bulges, the shape of its body distending in a clear line right down its middle. It's like watching jelly move in slow motion, and Bunya screeches in shock and delight as Espurr divides in two, forming a pair of identical Pokemon.
She stares at the pair of Pokemon, trying to pick out the original. "This shit's banyanas!" she says through a sharp-toothed grin.
Yuze's Esupurr has been Duplicated!
SEVEN/TEN SAMPLES SUCCESSFULLY COLLECTED!
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Genesis
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Post by Genesis on Jun 9, 2023 10:41:39 GMT 9
Genesis had bags under his eyes, but he was still sporting an almost-maniacal grin just the same.
He had gone into the Corruption Zone, and he had emerged unharmed. More than that, he had found exactly what he was looking for: a sample of the corruption itself.
Which also happened to be what Dr. Bunya was looking for, but honestly, that was more or less a coincidence. He wasn't here to help an NPC, but to progress the story within the game, and more than that, to learn new things, to shine a light upon the darkness that was this unknown realm.
"So, uh." Genesis coughed. "I've got a corruption sample for you, and... I heard you're using the samples on Pokemon now, and I want in."
Genesis considered his options for a moment. Potoooooooo was the obvious option, the Ponyta having been his companion within that strange new realm, but the Pokemon had been spooked enough by the journey; Genesis wasn't sure if he could take corruption on top of that. Plus, there was the pragmatic view to consider here. The possibilities for what could happen to corrupted Pokemon were limited, and if he wanted to avoid a negative impact on any Pokemon's rarity, well, might as well pick one that was already as common as could be...
"How about my Zubat, Amity?" The Zubat in question was flitting around the lab, apparently unconcerned with Genesis' words. "Use the sample on her."
That grin on Genesis' face grew all the wider as he added, "I'm as excited to see what happens to her as you are, I'm sure."
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2023 0:33:57 GMT 9
If there had been a bustle of activity here at the start of this quest, it sure had died down since. This was ideal for Kallisto, for it meant that there was almost no one around to stop him when he approached the enigmatic and eccentric scientist and slammed his hands on the table.
❝Hey.❞ he growled, knowing full well that the first time he came here, he looked completely different. His adjustment to his current form had been plenty easier than the first time he spawned in the game, but there was something else that dragged its nails at the back of his skull; a phantom feeling that sent shivers down his spine. ❝You sent me to get a sample, but I--❞ he grimaced, remembering that he couldn't exactly blame her for not knowing what he was getting into. He knew she said that the corruption could affect his Pokemon, and he willingly agreed to it, not really stopping to think of how much this effect could be or other possible consequences.
Whatever was in Mistra, it was nothing like the rest of the game. It was nothing like the little glitch with Mom.
Parasite has been equipped.
❝Whatever's out there, it got me. How do I get rid of it?❞
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C0D13
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Post by C0D13 on Jun 26, 2023 11:21:34 GMT 9
"Zubat, huh?" Bunya asks, watching the little bat flutter around her lab. Once it settles into a roost she gently picks it up and carries it over to the testing chamber. "Science always nyeeds volunteers, and we've been getting come crazy results!"
She presses a black, fish-shaped button on the side, and a mist of black particles fills the chamber. The black mist grows thicker and thicker until Zubat is fully obscured.
Bunya watches intently through the glass as the dark air thins, revealing their test subject. She waits, eyes wide, watching for any change. Zubat takes a few experimental flaps, and it appears that the Pokemon is no longer as confident in the air. What has changed?
"That should have worked," Bunya says, tilting her head. "It was the same as last expurriment, but I don't see any side effects yet." She unseals the chamber and hands Zubat back to Genesis. "Not as dramyatic as I expected, but let me know if anything weird manyifests, okay?"
Zubat's Secondary Type is now :?:
EIGHT/TEN SAMPLES SUCCESSFULLY COLLECTED!
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Wolf
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The Tempest
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Post by Wolf on Jun 27, 2023 9:57:32 GMT 9
After what had happened while she was looking for that lot of stuffuls, Rhaenyra suddenly remembered a message she received a while back about a certain corruption zone and warning not to go there. And honestly, still being a new player made her not even question it. But now, her curiosity was peaked.
The wolf hybrid entered the tent, expecting the see the Professor’s lab clean cut organization. Instead, she was meant with something else entirely. Pale golden orbs shifted over the new decor, taking note of the taxonomy and ecological charts as well as the strange looking vials and beakers of bubbling black fluid. It almost gave off a mad scientist vibes. However, her quick glimpse of the new layout was swift cut short when Bunya began to speak.
Left wolf ear twitched, gaze meet hers as she greets her. She twirls in her chair, abruptly opens a draw only for something to come jumping out. Rhaenyra flinches, observing as the woman scrabbles to gather the fish and put it back. Bunya makes a comment, though it goes ignored by the player and her facial expression remains emotionless and unbothered. In fact, Rhaenyra merely folds her arms over her chest and continued to wait. She was quick to move on.
Rhaenyra could see the sparkle in Bunya’s eye, a curious brow rose when she said it was alive. Her mouth opened, about to ask if it was like alive alive. But before she could form the words, the woman was quick to speak again. She explains that she wants her to go out there, against the Professor’s warning, to get more samples. The wolf girl hums to herself, wondering what on earth the game makers have in store for her this time around. “Alright,” she mumbled, her head high and back straightened, “I’ll see what I can do.”
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argent
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Post by argent on Jun 28, 2023 7:54:00 GMT 9
argent was pissed. Now, he was pissed a fair amount of the time he wasn't condescendingly amused. There was "Frat Brother Jason drank all the beer and tried to replace it with Bud Lite" pissed, and there was "Professor wanted to slap a pop quiz down on the first monday back from break" pissed, and there was, of course, "Angel broke into my room and stole my shit for no goddamn reason" pissed.
But none of those compared to the right now pissed, the "I went where you said and not only was that not a good fucking time, now things are broken and my lizard is gone, and I don't like that on top of the emotional duress" pissed.
"Doc," He snarled, hair imperfectly frazzled. The hand that wasn't holding the door open was curled into a fist. He stalked in like some kind of big cat, a leopard sizing up the worst housecat in the world. "You're gonna tell me where the fucking lizard is, and you're gonna do it now."
Had he learned his lesson about threatening the npcs? Absolutely not.
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Kazuki
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You Can't Take Me
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Post by Kazuki on Jun 28, 2023 13:14:11 GMT 9
“Yeah, so, I woke up and it just. Stopped.”
Kazuki stands in Bunya’s lab, rolling the vial containing a corruption sample in his hand. Bandages have been wrapped haphazardly and tightly over his body to cover severe injuries, clearly in need of changing, but strangely enough, the gauze isn’t stained red or brown. It’s pitch black, as if dipped in ink.
His eyes are not on the pint-sized doctor but instead on the reflective surface of the experimentation chamber, as if ensuring that he’s still in one piece. The injuries are irritating, but he’s seen what happens when he lets the wounds flow, and he’d rather keep that shit plugged up before whatever’s inside him gets any funny ideas- assuming it’s still in there.
It should be. Or maybe reaching Tier 5 is what kills it?
“No more voices. And I didn’t even need any dewormers,” Kazuki snorts, proud to know he’d been right. He didn’t need any help. He had solved it just by following his gut.
“Anyway, this is the stuff you were asking for, right?” He can’t resist shaking the vial out of her reach, because she’s got to be the shortest NPC he’s met so far, and he’s curious if she has cat reflexes.
Upon learning about the experiment needing volunteers, however, he seems to pause. His mind immediately latches onto the image of a sleeping kitty face getting shot into the shadow realm, and the option is met with a deep mental NO.
“You’ve only been trying it on small subjects. Try something huge. Like a horse.”
He sends out his Mudsdale—"What the fuck?!"—who lands in a splash of tar. The mud around her hooves has come to resemble liquid asphalt, and even her mane now flops, limp and heavy and jet black over her head. Her body feels unbalanced. She looks like she's melting.
Mudsdale winces, spitting on the ground a fresh puddle of tar. She's never been an emotive pokemon, but it's clear she's distressed, her two sets of eyes flitting in a panic between her new body and the humans nearby.
Kazuki has stepped back, evading the tar splash by seconds. He knew his pokemon had been changing since he was infected, but the difference before and after his sudden jump in class stages is staggering.
"... Do you have any Ivermectin in those pockets?" is what eventually slips out of his mouth.
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Sarah Lee
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Soldier, Poet, King
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Post by Sarah Lee on Jun 29, 2023 16:37:30 GMT 9
Sarah walked into the lab. She held her Larvitar close to her chest, but set it down on Bunya's table so that she could talk to the professor. "I went into Mistra and returned with a sample," she says simply, offering a vial of curruption.
She had taken Charizard to the Noonlight shrine to heal after her journey into Mistra, and the corruption had come off in thick, chunky flakes. In the vial it looked like shale rock, or compacted charcoal. She's touched it too, near the safety of the shrine, and under her touch it had felt slippery, like dry ink soap.
"This will help us understand the corruption better, won't it?" she asked Bunya. It's an odd question. Of course it will. This lab is the forefront of corruption research. The only place in game where such discussions and explorations of the possible and impossible are happening. Sarah asked it mainly to feel better about what she was about to do.
"I'd like you to test the results on Rushmore."
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C0D13
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Post by C0D13 on Jun 29, 2023 17:09:45 GMT 9
Kazuki sends out the test subject, and Bunya clambers up on top of the nearest cabinet as the Mudsdale fills the lab, splashing liquid tar across Ash's pristine linoleum, and up the side of her desk. "What have you been feeding that thing?" she asks, her curiosity quickly overcoming her fear. She sits on the edge of the cabinet, watching the horse and banging the metal with each careless kick of her feet.
She jumps down, almost slips on the floor, grabs the sample from Kazuki, and leads the pair over to the sample machine. Thankfully it's large enough to fit Mudsdale, but only just, and with the horse crammed inside she inserts the sample and hits the fish-shaped button.
Black vapor fills the chamber, obscuring the inky form of the horse.
As the cloud clears, it's obvious something is wrong. Metal groans and glass crunches, and Bunya rushes to open the door and let out two Mudsdale. Bunya looks on in open-mouthed excitement as the parade of horses obliterates her flooring. "Another spontaneous division! That's my favorite result!" She dashes between the pair, making quick observations on the goopy horses. "Yep! They look the same to me! And don't worry about the damages. I'll send you an inyavoice."
Mudsdale has Spontaneously Divided
NINE/TEN SAMPLES SUCCESSFULLY COLLECTED!
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C0D13
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Post by C0D13 on Jun 29, 2023 17:22:13 GMT 9
"I like to think of my research as being crowdfnyanded," says Bunya, as she puts the Larvitar in the machine. She slides the sample into the slot on the side and hits the button, flooding the tank with black gas.
"Snyamples, test subjects, and fnyanding all off the books," she says happily, making small talk while the darkness dissipates. "It's the only way to get things done without nyaverment oversight."
The chamber clears, and Larvitar is unchanged. Bunya frowns. Maybe it's broken after the strain put on it by Kazuki's massive Mudsdale. She shrugs and opens the door to the chamber. "We're nyat all winners!" She says, but keeps an eye on the Pokemon as it waddles back to Sarah. "Let me nyow if you see any weird stuff, okay?"
Larvitar has learned a Corrupted Move
TEN/TEN SAMPLES SUCCESSFULLY COLLECTED!
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Lacrimosa
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Post by Lacrimosa on Jun 29, 2023 22:40:06 GMT 9
This time, he did not go to Bunya with ill-concealed malice in his heart.
This time, despite the pain, despite the sting of failure, despite the blood that still danced between his teeth- he offered Dr. Bunya a soft smile. "Good evening," He greeted, putting down both a sample- a vial of not inky blackness, but something that looks rather red- and a pokeball down. "I heard you were testing the corruption on our pokemon?"
He regarded the espurr's pokeball only for an instant. But the espurr was not the point. If the corruption saw fit, he would be rewarded. Everything until then was just-
A test of faith.
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C0D13
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Post by C0D13 on Jun 29, 2023 23:23:12 GMT 9
"Oh boy that looks nyasty!" Bunya says, gleefully picking up Lacrimosa's sample. She tilts it back and forth, watching the black-red, chunky sample slide along the tube. "Let's plug it in and see what nyappens!"
With Espurr in the chamber and the sample locked and loaded, she pushes the button. The chamber is flooded with black gas, which clears to reveal a pair of Espurr.
"Yes! Twice in nyan day!" she cheers, handing you an extra Pokeball to hold your newly acquired cat. She grins like a schoolgirl who's just crushed her first can of tuna. "Spontanyaous division is always my favorite."
"Wait a minyate! This happened with the other cat too!" She picks up a pencil and, in a rare display of academia, writes a note on the back of a flyer for a local sushi restaurant. genyatic predispositnyan?
ESPURR HAS SPONTANEOUSLY DIVIDED
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