Alicia Westfield
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Player Character
Posts: 656
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Player Name: Helen Rose
OOC Username: AzureGhidorah
Arena Points: 12
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Post by Alicia Westfield on Sept 2, 2024 14:27:14 GMT 9
Alicia continued to snooze lightly across Tikani’s back, blissfully unaware as others handled their bells and wishes. And as promised, the leaf-adorned dinosaur kept careful watch as others came and went. Curiosity struck as some seemed to be starting the process of the rumor from scratch. Not wanting to disturb her slumbering partner, the Bayleef resorted to her vines. One to grasp, the other to mark so that it could be returned to its appropriate resting point with nothing amiss. She smiled at a few. One left her utterly baffled. Another made her shed a tear at the implication. One was so iconic that she recognized the writer instantly. She couldn’t help but laugh in merriment. But a ping would soon go off. And Tikani’s change had left her… more aware of what felt like weirdness in the world. So she knew to shuffle a bit and poking her trainer. ”Alicia… wake up…” Tikani whispered. ”Mmm…” Alicia mumbled as she stirred under the Bayleef’s nudging. ”What’s up?””I think you need to check something.” the Bayleef intoned. ”Mm… ‘Grant Someone Else’s Wish’?” Alicia mused, reading the prompt. As well as appreciating the give and take of the wishing glade. It made so much sense, after all. Tikani nodded softly, noting that she did in fact hear something. Something she couldn’t see but Alicia could. Strapping her in with vines, the Bayleef got up and lumbered steadily over to one tag in particular. ”I think this is one we can do easily enough.” Tikani noted, showing the tag to Alicia. The pinkette took it and read it quickly. I wish for an item to help me unlock stuff.”… I can do something for that, but I have no idea if they’re interested in the class. Or where they are.” Alicia mused. ”Leave that to me.” Tikani noted. Fortunately the nap had helped Alicia recover from the sparks of her partner’s Drift, so she was ready to handle another one. Crackling, the Bayleef bolted in the direction she had seen Kyukon leave in. The young man would perhaps end up very confused. For in one moment a bolt of purple lightning would surge past him horizontally, missing by inches. And in the next, it was gone and he was alone with his Pokemon again. The only indication of the bolt’s passing was the sudden addition of several chunks of iron ore just lying there. They sparked a bit from the lingering charge, but more importantly there was an attached message that would pop up for him if he investigated the sudden gift. DIRECT MESSAGE> Hey. I may not know you. And you definitely don’t know me. But I saw your tag in the glade. I’m not sure if this is something you’re interested in, but I think the Ironsmith class is worth pursuing. Here’s some raw material to help you get started. You’ll need a Steel Type, a Fire Type, and to make armor and fight in it.
Hoping this is something you want for yourself.
- Alicia WestfieldAlicia was at least kind enough to leave her name so that he could maybe get in contact with her later if he wanted.
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Kyukon
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Lone Wolf
The Creed
Posts: 364
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Player Name: Arthur Wright
OOC Username: Peony
Arena Points: 0
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Post by Kyukon on Sept 2, 2024 22:50:24 GMT 9
There was a feeling of deja vu, finally escaping that tunnel and reentering the canopy of starlight. He was not sure why that would be the case, and the feeling passed as quickly as it came, easily forgotten. Gou had certainly not noticed anything, for he was already nodding off on his shoulder, having been exhausted (or perhaps bored out of his mind) with the walk back. The trainer let out a sigh, thinking of what to do next. He thought that another notification might come soon to tell him what was next in the quest, but if nothing was going to happen, maybe he should just call it for the day--
...huh. Well, there was other lore text that accompanied it, but Arthur focused on the what to do next. Well, now he wished that he had aimed higher, his wish might've been one of the easiest to grant, maybe. For all he knew, he could just get like some kind of cheap-ass item that wasn't even useful. He frowned at the thought, wondering whose wish he should try to work towards. Before he could even try to pull one for his own, there was a sudden crack, like a whip striking the air, before the wind burst in front of him, passing him by - it left a trail of purple electricity, nothing like the thunder and lightning that he could hear from the distance, and just as it came it went, leaving nothing but burnt grass in its wake.
Oh, wait, there were some lumps here. What were these? Upon examining them, they turned out to be Iron Ore, along with a note explaining what they were for. He could've sworn it felt like someone gave him coal (for being a naughty child?) but it turned out that they served some purpose after all. Specifically, to unlock an Advanced Trainer Class. Arthur raised his eyebrows, amused. ❝Well what do you know.❞ the mysterious benefactor even briefly informed them of the other requirements as well as their name, and upon reading it, he couldn't help but let out a laugh.
Gou woke up, letting out a groan. <What's so funny?>
Arthur lightly shook his head. ❝Nothing, I just thought that we've already met all the racers UNOVR had to offer.❞ even their names were formatted similarly, with a first and last name. Sure, it was possible that those weren't their real names, but really...he was pretty sure that Josh, Shalin, and Alicia must know each other. He supposed he was just meeting them all individually first. ❝I'll need to think of something as thanks, I guess.❞
He wondered if she wished for something? Would he be able to grant it? Now that the excitement had calmed down, he decided it was his turn to try answering a wish.
And then Arthur laughed again, because while it wasn't Alicia, it was pretty fucking close.
Gou just looked at him in concern. <You're acting weird.>
❝I find coincidences funny.❞ maybe it was fate. He picked up the Iron Ore and stored it in his inventory for later use. ❝Gou, if you were a legendary Pokemon, what would make you more interested in meeting a trainer?❞
<That's a weird question.> but he did think about it seriously. <Mm, you said that we were here for a shrine, right? Something there felt like it could have the touch of a legendary.>
❝Ohh. I think you might be onto something.❞ he pulled out his UI and used the Help Center to search for key words related to building. Eventually, he did find a snug feature that seemed to be in beta: made the game a little more like Minecraft as a little easter egg to a fan game. ❝We'll need a fighting type and a Pokemon that can cut stuff.❞
<What for?>
❝To build a shrine for Raikou, obviously.❞
+1 Ironsmith req: "Harvest" iron ore I lost my post :<
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Torino
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Weekend Warrior
Mythstar
Posts: 212
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Player Name: Torino
OOC Username: Ladybug
Arena Points: 0
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Post by Torino on Sept 3, 2024 9:52:10 GMT 9
Torino browsed the wishes like they were titles in a bookstore.
Some were kind. Some were selfish. Many were filled with a gentle melancholy, a soft urgency told through context alone.
People needed for much, even here. Many of them wished for solutions to the things that plagued them in the world outside.
Torino's eyes found an unfamiliar wish from an unknowingly familiar source.
"Oh I have the perfect gift! I must find the wisher!" Torino said. Should would have jumped for joy but her arms were full of Jirachi. Her UI pinged with a destination, the location of the wishmaker. "Oh they are close!"
She rushed out of the glade and through the grass sea, following her UI mark like a guiding star. Soon she found her white-haired wisher and gasped with surprise. "Kyukon! You wished!" She giggled, handing him the Jirachi so that she could fish in her pack. "You wished for an unlocker. I found this!"
The key Torino pulled out was two feet long and made of wet, red clay. It was heavy with the weight of the riverbank where Torino had found it. Remnants of cattails and hardy roots patterned the clay key like it was a diorama. "This is just for you," she said, handing him the key and taking back her baby. "It was in a river, sticking in the mud. I think the door it unlocks must be very big! Maybe there is lots of treasure inside. Or a giant monster!" she smiled, excited by the idea.
With a wish granted and her inventory considerably lighter, Torino wandered back into the starry night.
Granting Kyukon's wish by giving him a very big key
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Torino
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Weekend Warrior
Mythstar
Posts: 212
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Player Name: Torino
OOC Username: Ladybug
Arena Points: 0
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Post by Torino on Sept 3, 2024 10:11:41 GMT 9
The grove help more wishes than one could ever grant, but Torino was determined to try.
She plucked another tag from an irongrass stalk. It was a request for a rare item. She didn't have it, but it could be found in the Misty Timberlands. She added a little dog-shaped marker to her map. "I will find it soon," she promised, hanging the tag back up.
Torino continued like this for a while, sending well-wishes, money, and items, and adding markers to her maps until each area was polka-dotted with cute dog markers. "There are so many wishes, and I cannot help with so many," she said. Not complaining, but also not happy with her limited capacity.
She picked one last tag. Starlight slid off its surface like silver oil. Torino frowned. "Why does he want to be a half man? Is he too big?" She puzzled over the words. Her mind wandered, imagining a person too large to fit through doorways, breaking the flimsy wooden chairs that his long-suffering family used around the dining table. What a tragic life to live! Cursed by your own size.
"I must help!" Torino said, her heart breaking.
Her UI added a note, and she rushed off back to Briarbane. The wisher was in the Firewater Saloon, a place Torino had been before. She pushed through the swinging wooden doors. "Hello everyone!" she said, her voice and avatar a spot of bright sunshine in a dark and brooding drinking den. "I am here for the giant!"
Several regulars looked at her like she had two heads, and several others just ignored her, either set on their drinking or engrossed in a card game. Her UI was helpful again, pointing her to a non-giant man seated at a table in the corner.
Torino rushed over to him. "Hello! Are you the giant?" she asked, looking at him. "I read that you were sad because you were too big, but you look normal to me." Confused but determined, Torino pushed on, pulling her wish gifts out of her bag. "Here! These are for you." She handed him a folded 6XL t-shirt with 'I <3 Briarbane' on it, and a set of cowboy pants big enough to fit a person in each leg. "It must be hard to find clothes when you are giant," she said.
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Kyukon
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Lone Wolf
The Creed
Posts: 364
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Arthur Wright
OOC Username: Peony
Arena Points: 0
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Post by Kyukon on Sept 3, 2024 10:45:11 GMT 9
It turned out that the surprise iron ore gift was not the only thing he would be receiving tonight.
He was checking through his UI as well as the progress of his unlockables before turning in before a blip on the mini map noted that there was a player approaching. A friend, at that? It didn't take long for her to appear from view on the horizon. She looked happy as always, at least, with something unfamiliar in her arms. Wait, actually--
❝Is that--❞ he was handed the baby mythical Pokemon without any warning - it was a gentle exchange but it felt like he was handed some kind of precious, fragile thing that if he got a scratch on he would die by his parents' hands. The Jirachi was adorable and tiny, and suddenly everything clicked and made sense that this was their shrine. The Wishmaker, the star that watches over them and actually comes down from the heavens to grant a hint of peace to weary, desperate souls.
He was so stunned by the Jirachi that he didn't even notice what Torino had assumed his wish to be. Well, she wasn't wrong, per se, and based from their previous interactions, he knew that she took some things literally due to language and whatnot. So he took the key, faintly asked, What is this? under his breath, though it was obvious it was a key - just a matter of what it unlocked.
The Jirachi was handed back as if nothing happened, and Torino similarly left without sticking around too long, seemingly caught up in the idea of granting more wishes. It made sense that she would be the helper to the wishmaker. He wondered if he was imagining that faint trace of power he felt while he held Jirachi, even just for a few moments.
It emboldened him to look at the other wishes, just in case there was something else he could do. The Raikou shrine was going to be a bit of a long haul, after all. Was there something he could do now?
Wait, he just got iron. There were a couple of pieces, but he could always get some more - he could just give the ones that he got from Alicia to whoever wished for this one.
He turned on the map tracker to figure out who this was, only to find that the dot was moving away from him, in the same direction where Torino went.
Once again he let out a snort. Coincidence after coincidence...if only he had a mount to be able to ride and catch up to her.
❝Maybe the next time we see each other I can give some of these.❞
All for the winter, the disaster that he had been hearing in whispers, to never come.
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eddiecayge
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Player Character
Posts: 18
Player Name: Eddison Cayge
OOC Username: Fred
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Post by eddiecayge on Sept 4, 2024 13:23:20 GMT 9
Man, metaphors were hard.
Eddie sat on his heels, squatted low in a post to constrict blood from his legs forcing it all into his head, or so Deathnote had told him at least. He'd always been the smart Cayge, all of his cousins had something going for them. Mac was handsome and could mix drinks like an alchemist, Gio Jr was the weed wizard, Frank could fix just about anything and Orion...
Well, most of you know him well enough to know his talents.
But Eddie, he'd always been the smart one, graduated top of his class, had scholarships lined up out the door, universities chomping at the bit to get him into some obnoxious tech degree or make him an architect but...well, he had no passion for it. He loved his fathers shop, he loved his family, and when the time came he would likely "go for a walk in the desert" like so many other members of his family had. If he was lucky he'd find a spot right between Aunt Helen and Cousin Alexander.
But anyways, he was smart and that made this puzzle all the more enraging when he couldn't figure it out. Was it supposed to be real or surreal? Literal or metaphorical? This land of zeroes and ones definitely skirted the line between what was tangible and not, and had he not been vexed by this puzzle he'd have fallen victim to the calming nature of this electronic Eden.
Darby was tuckered out from all the running around, laying in a patch of grass semi adjacent to Carver, who'd spent the entire time sunbathing and snickering as Eddie flailed about with various ways to "give" the bells voice back. He'd been half tempted to stuff them both back into his ball, but that seemed...unnecessarily cruel. Eddie had already gotten an earful from Orion about the ethics of proper pokemon care, and he was almost certain his right hook would hurt a hell of a lot more here than IRL.
"Alright you silvery little fuck" Eddie hissed raising his voice ever so slightly as he raised it to his lips. "This is my last attempt before I say fuck you and your stupid goddamn whimsy and I go fucking making wishes true the good ole fashioned way." Standing up, he'd stretch and take a few wobblily steps as blood began to flow again. Gently he would examine a tag, squinting, before raising the bell to his lips and spoke softly.
"For new friends. for Iron, and for a winter that never comes."
He would raise the bell up, and give it a shake, a clear and resonant tone echoing through the field as his UI popped up. Torino? Hrrm, he'd never heard of em, but her icon was kinda cute. He'd hung the now, suddenly silver bell next to the tag and smirked. "Come on you two, I've got the next step and well..." A shrug would be offered as he began to walk, the two lazy mon scampering to keep up with his long strides. "I have an idea or two."
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Two great discoveries had been made after leaving the field. A, you could not swing a fucking stick in this game without finding Orion's fucking footprints holy shit. He'd found the firewater saloon as a nice place to work on his crafting, and much to his surprise it seemed very familiar. The stairs, the wheelchair ramp (which also had a fresh coat of paint to match Orion's most recent IRL renovations) hell, even one of the horse hitching posts was bent at exactly the forty seven degree angle from where a drunk driver had run into one of those concrete pilons meant to stop people from ramming their car into the building. Inside was an identical copy of the layout, and he'd taken up a place in his usual drinking spot (despite Macs bar being a gay bar, many members of the Cayge Clan frequented it for cheap drinks and in familial solidarity.)
Discovery two, the crafting minigames were fucking LIT. He'd spent the past hour GRINDING on his creation, and the end result was a beautiful polished ring woven from a strand of that silvery iron grass all of the tags have been hung upon. He'd been just about to go hunt down this Torino woman before he was suddenly accosted by a circus tent of a shirt and pants that could be used as a sleeping bag by a very beautiful woman with pink hair named...his eyes widened as he set his gaze upon her username.
"I'm..." he stammered, doing his best to not check her out right here and now. "Not a giant but if this is about those wishes well..." He'd shake his head. What would Orion do? What a vexing phrase, but his charismatic cousin had a way with handling these sorts of things with all the grace of a ballerina and all of the force of a sledgehammer when needed. "Here." He'd offer her the ring. "Iron, can't do shit about holding winter at bay but..." He'd shrug as they exchanged gifts. "I can buy you a drink and hang out if you want, Friendship and Firewater go hand in hand if I don't say so myself. Names Eddie," he'd offer her a hand to shake.
"And I think you might be confused about my wish but well...thanks anyways. I can think of a million uses for these."
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orioncayge
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Bandana Guy
Round 2
Posts: 749
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Post by orioncayge on Sept 6, 2024 17:58:12 GMT 9
Well, there was ringing alright. Orion staggered back and grit his teeth, his vision still spotty from the flash of light. He'd seen a few lightning strikes up close and personal before, but never quite THIS close before. Raising up onto the balls of his feet, he squatted down to try and center himself, several deep breaths sucked in and out to steady his beating heart.
Fuck, that was a stupid idea, what had he been thinking.
Yet he couldn't argue with the results, the Zapdos egg tingled with a healthy hum like a happy little hummingbird, and the bell? Well the Bell was a pristine and brand new silver. He would have to remember to thank Eddie for the idea later, maybe smoke him out or something in payment. Once he was done reeling from the aftermath of his science experiment he would reclaim egg and bell, one hand on each as the UI popped up.
"Grant a wish, huh?" He raised a brow, then turned to the sea of stalks and the tags upon then. Strange, he didn't remember seeing those earlier.
Hrrrm.
Reaching up, he plucked one and gave it a glance over.
Raikou?
He'd had a couple nights of drinking with Bee, but that man was a consummate professional. If there were big dogs to be riding on, they defo weren't in the near future that was for sure. Poor bastard...
Unless...
He opened up his UI, pulled up one of the myriads of crafting menus and began to tinker. When all was said and done, he smirked down at the blueprint and hit send, giving the bell a ring. It wasn't exactly what he wanted, but it would hopefully scratch the same itch. He'd follow it up with a message.
With a smirk, Orion would dust off his hands and let out a soft sigh. Eddie was online, maybe he'd hit him up and see if he wanted to go on an adventure or two. He didn't think his wish would be seeing any meaningful answer anytime soon, but that was fine. He would grant it himself.
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Josh Devlin
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Beginning Trainer
The Creed
Posts: 1,073
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Player Name: Josh Devlin
OOC Username: RaikouRider
Arena Points: 28
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Post by Josh Devlin on Sept 7, 2024 10:32:51 GMT 9
As Josh and his Rival parted ways, he received a notification of a new multimedia message from orioncayge . It seemed to be a blueprint and a new quest. The blueprint made the child's eyes water. It was depicting a motorcycle that was the spitting image of Raikou, its frame even moving like one while the wheels were turning. It was a dream come true; while the actual Raikou was not likely to show up in the story, this was pretty close. Everything screamed the feel of one, and with the top speeds Orion described, it really seemed like a mechanical Raikou.
Ecstatic, the boy replied to the direct message.
DIRECT MESSAGE> Devs are about to kick off the World Event. Once that passes, let's do this. With all the destinations in and around the Surge Steppes, I can get my Zapdos chicks all grown up and ready for battle, too.
{Party}Ares the Charmeleon (Levels: 3/3/4) Ulysses the Dewgong (Levels: 3/3/3) Raiden the Zebstrika (Levels: 3/3/4) Saber the Manectric (Levels: -/-/-) Luna the Liepard (Levels: 3/3/4)
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C0D13
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Bug Maniac
Administrator
Posts: 2,033
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Player Name: C0D13
OOC Username: Ladybug
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Post by C0D13 on Sept 11, 2024 9:47:05 GMT 9
SCENARIO COMPLETE!All participants earn Zapdos DNA!Participants may choose (1)
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Claim your item in General Mod Requests!
{MOD ONLY}[s]ACCESSORY[/s] [u]IRONGRASS KASA[/u] - This straw hat has been carefully woven from Irongrass stalks, and shades the wearer's face mysteriously. While wearing this hat, your melodious [a href="https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Grass_Whistle_(move)"]whistling[/a] has the power to put players and Pokemon to sleep.
[s]ACCESSORY[/s] [u]IRONGRASS MINO[/u] - This straw cloak has been carefully woven from Irongrass stalks. While wearing this cloak, your Pokemon's :grass: type attacks become :steel: type, and vice-versa.
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