[ti]megathread[/ti] PARK OF DOGS

FLOOR 8: KOFFING BALLS

Zamazenta barks and snaps at the Marill as they spray him at full force, filling his mouth with water. "WHARGARBLBLBLBL!"

Zacian watches, rooted to her spot at the entrance to the park. "Thank you, my brother is enjoying a reprieve from the Summer heat."

After ten minutes of hostile spraying, Zamazenta trots back to the park gate. His fur is thoroughly soaked, and his tongue lolls happily from his mouth. "Ball!" he barks.

"It looked quite refreshing, yes."

"Ball!"

"I would very much rather you didn't."

Zamazenta ignored her, shaking out his fur and sending Marill water spraying in every direction. "Ball ball!"

Back in the park, an evening show of Koffing has been released into the evening air. They float through the evening air, leaving trails of colored smoke behind them. A worthy plaything for Zamazenta? Only one way to find out!

You have collected 70 Balls and unlocked Snubbull (U)!
The next reward (Growlithe) will be unlocked at 80 Balls.

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Snubbull has been added to your box!

After the unpleasantness of the Marill, Torino was glad for something that was only stinky. Stink wasn't bad! Anyone who worked with plants knew that mother nature was sometimes smelly. "Okay Marocchino! Let us get a flying purple ball for Zamazenta!"

Her Houndour raced off, snapping at a Koffing and shooting little spurts of Ember into the air to corral it towards the entrance. The trail of purple smoke cut a wavering line through the dusk air.

Torino had wanted to pet the big dogs at the entrance when she dropped off the Marill, but one of them had a very cold aura, and the other a very wet coat. Maybe next time, once the wet one had dried off.

"Oh! Kyukon!" she called, waving to him as she ran across the park. "It is nice to see you in a place not on fire!" She looked over to her Houndour, which was still shooting Embers into the sky. "I will be careful. It is okay!"

NEXT PROMPT (73): [Tower]xA00gglX1-50

It had been... a long time since Nero had last been in this park. He'd had no-one but his starter back then, having somehow wandered from the tutorial zone right into this place because the words 'challenge tower' had sounded appropriately cool to him. He'd wanted to show off straight away after a... mixed bag of tutorials, having even veered off in the middle of them to smooth over his ego before returning to finish them off. He liked to think he wasn't quite so desperate for other players to think well of him now... but in truth he'd probably just got better at hiding it over time.

At least he wasn't over-compensating so much anymore. He had felt small and weak as a beginner, desperate for a reward from this tower just to grow his team at all, but now? Well, the Tauros walking beside him, flicking its tails and snorting hot air out of its nostrils, was more than enough intimidation alone for Nero to not need to puff out his own chest and stomp around like he thought he was the Beedrill's knees. That casual nature actually improved his image immeasurably too, making this return feel somewhat glamorous for him in its own way.

He was here for business though, not pleasure, so he tried not to waste time basking in his own glory (cringe-worthy in itself, but it was rare that he felt so positive about anything so perhaps the world would just let him have this moment) as he looked around for the necessary ball. He seemed to remember chasing one down last time too, but these were Koffing, weren't they? Definitely a different species than last time, but nothing his Tauros couldn't handle. "Poison type, right?" he said allowed, looking towards the bull Pokemon and smirking. "All yours, dude." A loud snort came from the Tauros as a hoof scraped at the ground. His head lowered a moment latter, glowing a strange pink colour as he turned his focused towards the floating Koffing. Another scrape of the hoof, a toss of the head, and a Zen Headbutt was being thrust towards the floating ball of gas in front of them, ready to launch it in the direction of the waiting dog.

PROMPT #75: [Tower]N_SFtEjW1-50

Wolf observed the scene unfold, fighting the urge to giggle as the zamazenta shook the water off and drenched anyone who was near it. Of course, the hybrid was quick to move away from the splash radius. Almost getting soaked, but thankfully she was out of the splash zone. And just as they managed to finished the next quest, the sun started to set to cue next task.

Little purple poisonous living meteorite floated into the park, emitting smoke all the while. The player could already see how this was going to play out, but played along in hopes that she could collect every dog that tower had to offer. Many players sprang into action, everyone wanting her personal favorite pokemon. Wolf spotted a koffing that needed to be caught, plucking a pokemon from her pocket and summoning it within seconds.

The mashtomp materialized, a wide smile on his lips. “Sense you are less likely to get poisoned, can you knock some of them out of the sky for me?” Jethro’s gaze shifted to a cluster of koffing, slamming his fist into the ground to break up the earth. He snatched a clutter of ROCKs then began to THROW them at the clutter.

MARSHTOMP USED ROCK THROW

PROMPT #77: [Tower]kHIsx29o1-50

Lucille somehow found an internet café while she was enjoying her Summer vacation in some tropical far-off land, logging in as soon as she had received an email about the precious doggo tower prizes. The stoic woman's expression briefly quirked. She had raised a shiny Arcanine in the actual games before that she had spent many hours painstakingly breeding for with the Masuda Method, he was quite a bulky tank that she loved to use for stalling tactics. She probably wouldn't expect much different here in Unovr. The idea of having another fluffy dog to wordlessly fawn over internally excited the quiet woman.

"Aymr could you round up some pesky Koffing for Zacian and Zamazenta with Rollout?" She suggested, pale blue irises following the floating purple spheres. The Ghostly Hisuian form of Typhlosion stared at his trainer for a moment before slowly nodding his head and gearing up to practically Spindash– Sonic the Hedgehog style towards the poison-type balls that the two Legendary doggos sought after.

"Why are we here again?"

"Cause Rion said this was a way to get the team up."  Eddie replied, his eyes dancing off to the distance where his overly excitable cousin was chasing the various dogs around, Achilles the large cat following behind like his shadow.

"And you trust him?"  The cat asked, perched on his masters shoulder.  

"Implicitly."  Eddie replied with a smirk.  "He might have a hot temper, and mean right hook when he's mad, but he's family and he loves this place.  He'd never steer me wrong."  

"He sounds like a liability."  Carver purred.

"He puts the ASS in asset."  Eddie corrected.  "Anyways, you wanna help me get this ball rolling?"  He'd motion to one of the many balls that seemed to be abandoned in a tree.  

"Sure."  The cat, stretched, hopped down, and then sent a barrage of leaves at the ball, knocking it free with the move LEAFAGE.  Eddie caught the ball with a level of grace he could never muster with his large, lumbering form IRL.

"Good work, let's reconvene with Orion and Achilles and consolidate our efforts with the others."

"Copy."