Sarah Lee
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Soldier, Poet, King
The Creed
Posts: 483
Trainer Class: 
Player Name: Barack Orama
OOC Username: Ladybug
Arena Points: 35
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Post by Sarah Lee on Jan 2, 2022 22:20:20 GMT 9
A shriek of electrified strings sliced the air, and Sarah whipped her head around to behold the Rival in Red. "Sup!" He said, smirking as he pulled his backwards hat off his head and put it back on right-way-round, only to whip it backwards again dramatically. "So you're my rival, huh? You look pretty high-strung!" He emphasized the pun by shredding a sweet riff on his electric guitar.
"Hmmm, you're supposed to be quite weak," Sarah said, scrolling through his team details on one of her popup windows. "Chimchar and Blitzle? That's very doable, but at this point I only have a single Pokemon, and the guide says you demand a 2v2, so I'm going to pass." She turned and walked away, speed-walking towards her Mom's house to get the Running Shoes.
"Heh, afraid you'll get arpeggi-owned by my sweet team?" he taunted, jogging to keep up, the electric guitar slapping against his chest with each step. He should have been easy to escape, but without Running Shoes Sarah was easy prey. She couldn't outrun him. "You don't seem very sharp," he followed up, "I bet my Pokemon would stomp you flat." He smirked in a way that was focus-tested to piss off players of all ages, races, and experience levels.
Sarah stopped dead. "Okay, you know what asshole? I'm in. Either I beat you 1v2 or I lose and respawn closer to Mom's house. GO TEPIG!" she screamed, hurling her Pokeball straight at the Rival. He ducked in shock, the ball barely missing his head as it ricocheted off a nearby home. Tepig burst out of the capsule in a gout of flame.
<A 1v2? That's a bit unfair, isn't it?> she snorted, eyes crackling with reflected flame. <You could have at least brought three.>
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Kath Ulu
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Hard Mode Survivor
Round 2
Posts: 171
Trainer Class: 
Player Name: Heather West
OOC Username: kathulu
Arena Points: 10
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Post by Kath Ulu on Jan 2, 2022 22:45:07 GMT 9
Kath Ulu and Tim made their way down the riverside. The crystal water flowed gently next to them, and Kath took a few deep breaths of the crisp air and smiled.
"Are you... smelling me?" Tim asked cautiously.
"No." Kath said, her smile gone. "I was smelling everything but you."
Tim opened his mouth to respond, but then Sarah Lee burst into the clearing before them. She was running from a Rival in Red, an unsporting looking young chap with an electric guitar and two violent looking Pokemon.
When Sarah turned and threw her Tepig at the lover of unfairness and, presumably, rock'n'roll, Kath marched up and stood wordlessly next to her.
" Oh, hell yes, another player!" Heather fistpumped in her hideout. Then she felt a sudden pang of anxiety. The need to perform. No, no, she wouldn't let it get to her. She focused on the dialogue at hand. Lots of music puns. Well, before Seattle became a desolate war zone, Heather had been to High School and had attended music class. It was time to put that to good use.
Kath turned to Sarah. "It's... natural for me to help you."
"Oh, baby, no."
Kath tried her best to ignore the Grookey that was cringing next to her, and kept trying to make a good impression.
"Is this guy giving you... treble?"
"Baby," said Tim, "Baby please quit while you're behind so you don't end up getting lapped!"
Kath turned angrily. "We're doing musical puns, not racing puns, Tim!"
"Not my name."
Kath picked Tim up by the tail and swung him toward the Blitzle.
"Go, go, Grookey!" She yelled.
"What the hell!" Grookey screamed as he was hurled toward the lightning pony.
Heather just about fell over laughing when she realised the game let her do that. Then she stopped, as she realised the sudden potential of losing her starter Pokemon in her first fight. Had she made a mistake? Sarah Lee |
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Sarah Lee
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Soldier, Poet, King
The Creed
Posts: 483
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Barack Orama
OOC Username: Ladybug
Arena Points: 35
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Post by Sarah Lee on Jan 2, 2022 23:14:05 GMT 9
The green monkey flew into battle against Blitzle, and Sarah set her sights on the Rival in Red. He's just got a Chimchar left. This'll be a simple now that I've unlocked a rock move.
"Thanks for the help," Sarah said, flicking her new ally a grin and a friend request. It was always good to make connections. Her impromptu teammate looked young. Maybe a year or two older than her, only...rougher. If Sarah was mustard greens then this girl was mountain wasabi.
"Whoa!" said the rival, sizing up the pair of them. He turned his cap backwards a second time, and slipped on a pair of tinted sunglasses. "2v1's aren't my forte, but if you think you've beaten my with your clefer trick then you're in for a major shock, isn't that right Chim-ska?"
The Rival in Red sent out his starter, and Sarah was assaulted by a wave of high-energy brass, along with a fiery monkey dressed in a Hawaiian shirt and black and white vans. "What the hell!" she said, turning down the Chim-ska's theme. "Tepig! Rollout!"
Tepig hurtled towards the monkey, picking up speed until it was rolling, tumbling end over end in a blur of fur and fire that churned through the riverside soil. Chim-ska dodged out of the way, leading Tepig in a series of tight curves that sliced deep furrows in the dirt. <Do I look like I'm into Rock 'n' Roll?> asked the monkey, who was somehow even more insufferable than the Rival.
Sarah flushed with fury, and felt the air around her crackle with heat. "Tepig!" she shouted, as the pig shot past Chim-ska for a third time. "Sniff him out! Aim for the smell of brass polish and aftershave!" |
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Kath Ulu
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Hard Mode Survivor
Round 2
Posts: 171
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Heather West
OOC Username: kathulu
Arena Points: 10
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Post by Kath Ulu on Jan 2, 2022 23:49:26 GMT 9
" Oh." Heather looked at the friend request that popped up. She clicked accept. " Cool."
Tim collided with the Blitzle head first. They both tumbled in a heap. When they came to a halt, Tim was lying on top of the Blitzle.
"Did I win?" He asked, as the Blitzle powered up a Lightning Attack.
"Oh no," said Kath as her Grookey was shocked into the air with all of his hair on end and landed in a heap.
"Oh, yes," the Blitzle said confidently. It stepped over her frying Grookey, who was coughing up smoke, and marched toward her. "Quavering in fear, are you? No more pokemon on which to bass your defense?"
"Watch your tone, you equine discharge. Tim! You okay?" Kath shouted.
"I think I need a pit stop," said Tim. "Orchestra pit," he hastily added.
"Tim, use Tepig!"
"That's not even a move, that's another Poke-"
"JUST USE TEPIG!"
"Oh! Gotcha," Tim said, and grabbed Blitzle by the back legs and swung the lightning pony into the path of the charging Tepig.
"I hope your Pokemon can harmonise," Kath said to Sarah as she braced for the impact.
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Sarah Lee
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Soldier, Poet, King
The Creed
Posts: 483
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Barack Orama
OOC Username: Ladybug
Arena Points: 35
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Post by Sarah Lee on Jan 24, 2022 10:18:08 GMT 9
With a snout full of the monkey's funky scent, Tepig homed in on Chim-ska like a beat-seeking missile. Tepig's attack was still picking up speed. Gaining momentum and power as it rolled around the makeshift stage with staggering speed. The pig wheel tore through the soft grasses, crushed the underbrush, and completely missed Chimchar at every pass. It was like the monkey had a perfect sense of timing!
"Whoa! Waltz the big idea? You coda warned me before ruining my stage!" Said the rival, giving a punchable shrug. He knew what he was doing.
"Stop dodging!" Sarah shouted.
"Who said anything about a battle? This is a dance-off!"
Tepig's final Rollout ripped across the clearing, kicking up chunks of mud. There was a flash of black and white as he collided with... Blitzle? The fully charged Rollout hit Blitzle with a wet crunch, sending the Pokemon flying right into Chimchar! The pair hit the ground hard, tumbled, and came to a rest at the feet of the Rival.
"What? This is impossible! My Ballroom Blitzle and my Chim-Ska are the perfect team! They were-"
"No match for a duet," Sarah finished. "Now beat it."
"No! You cheated!" Sulked the Rival.
"Hey Kath Ulu ," Sarah said, as her Tepig rolled up to speed, churning the dirt beside her. "Shall we play him off?" |
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Kath Ulu
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Hard Mode Survivor
Round 2
Posts: 171
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Heather West
OOC Username: kathulu
Arena Points: 10
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Post by Kath Ulu on Mar 8, 2022 22:32:48 GMT 9
"Yes!" Heather yelled.
"Oh yeah, let's hit him with the 'Taps'!" Kath crouched in a combat position.
"Time to HARMonize!" Grookey yelled and flew into a flurry of SLASH.
The Rival clutched his injuries, and collapsed, unmoving.
"Huh." Kath scratched her head. "Is he..?"
"Wait. Did we kill him?"Grookey turned to Sarah Lee and her Tepig.
"You killed him!"
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Sarah Lee
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Soldier, Poet, King
The Creed
Posts: 483
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Barack Orama
OOC Username: Ladybug
Arena Points: 35
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Post by Sarah Lee on Mar 9, 2022 0:13:42 GMT 9
"No," Sarah said, black eyes locking on to Grookey first, and they to Kath. "We killed him. And we're in this together now."
The last blow had split the rival's forehead, and the thick gash oozed blood. Sarah bent down and smeared her hand across the wound, marking her palm. "In every land I've been to what we just did counts as murder. I don't know if this place had a prison, or even a court system, but I can assure you of one thing: I'm never going to see the inside of a cell again."
She walked over to Kath and put her hand up in a grizzly mirror of Grookey's high-five from moments ago.
"We're in this. Together," she repeated, waiting for Kath to complete the blood pact. "Until the bitter end." |
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Kath Ulu
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Hard Mode Survivor
Round 2
Posts: 171
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Heather West
OOC Username: kathulu
Arena Points: 10
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Post by Kath Ulu on Mar 14, 2022 17:20:04 GMT 9
For a moment, there was utter silence in the clearing. Leaves fell around them as Sarah held her hand high, a grim invitation to a morbid dance. There was no way to unplay these notes.
Kath accepted the high five. "Ohohohohoho," said Heather. "Well," Grookey said, calming as the liability was spread around, "The first thing we need to do is get rid of the body, baby."
"The river. We could put him in the river, and weigh him down with rocks," Kath said, looking to Sarah for approval. "I mean, there's always the chance an Omanyte finds him and brings him back to the surface. But if we bury him, we risk the same thing with a Diglett. With any luck, they'd just eat him."
Then a flash of wickedness crossed Kath's face.
"That's what we need to do! Get something to eat him! Quick, Sarah, what kind of Pokemon likes the taste of human flesh?"
"I'm sure we can orchestrate something," Grookey winked.
"We're not doing puns anymore," Kath replied. |
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Sarah Lee
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Soldier, Poet, King
The Creed
Posts: 483
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Barack Orama
OOC Username: Ladybug
Arena Points: 35
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Post by Sarah Lee on Mar 14, 2022 18:22:08 GMT 9
"I'm...not sure. Let me see what I can find." Sarah brought up her UI, and started a Pokedex search, quickly smashing in some optimized search terms, in the same vein as an author 'researching' their upcoming murder mystery novel.
'What Pokemon eats people?' she typed.
'Most dangerous Pokemon'
'Carnivorous Pokemon'
"Okay this is getting annoying. Maybe the designers didn't program in Pokemon eating players. I'm pretty sure Pokemon can't even hurt players. But Groo-" she looked at Grookey, who was still holding his bashing stick. "We already hurt him, so maybe it's just NPCs." Sarah chewed her lip, thinking of a way out. "Oh!"
She closed her Pokedex and brought up her global chat browser, clicking on the Rumor Mill. "Corrupted Gyarados, poffins, old man, starter lab glitch, Mamoswine tranqs, Bethany, giant Venusaur and disappearing NPCs BINGO!" she clicked the post, scanning it for more info. "Okay so a massive Venusaur has been spotted around the Beta Canopy and NPCs are going missing in the area."
Sarah deleted her browsing history and closed the UI. "So we've got to get to the Canopy. It can't be too far from here. We can probably just follow this river upstream." |
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