C0D13
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Bug Maniac
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Post by C0D13 on Apr 20, 2022 10:00:40 GMT 9
LOOKING FOR EGGS!
searching...
Eggs are hard to find, what with their being round and all. They roll into cracks and camouflage themselves among all those delicious rocks.
But you know what isn't hard to find? A baby Pokemon, what with their screaming and toddling around and such. So here is the plan: don't look for eggs. Instead, try to make the eggs hatch as you search around the tower.
Love, warmth, and time. Those are the secrets you must master if you are to become a true hatch-lord.
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Buddy BamBam
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Trainer Class: Swimmer
Player Name: Philip Bennet
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Post by Buddy BamBam on Apr 20, 2022 12:29:29 GMT 9
Hop...hop...hop...
Pebbles fell and grass churned as the sound of jumping echoed across the cliffside. When approaching the Rookery, there was a perfectly fine path that lead upward across the cliffs. However, walking took too much time for a certain player. Thus, he decided to attempt the tried and true rock climbing method of spamming his jump in order to reach the top faster.
This was easier said than done, the physics engine was not exactly accommodating to such brash gymnastics. Did Buddy give up? Hell no, if anything it made him double down. His mountain goat antics probably took more time than actually just following the path, but as Buddy made those last few hops to reach the top of the cliffs he felt far too accomplished to notice.
As his boots reached Terra Firma, Buddy pumped his fist in triumph. "Take that nature!" He declared loudly as he strode forward. The jubilation from his triumph was short lived, because now he had to actually find what he came for. Throwing caution and patience to the wind once more, Buddy began pushing around all the rocks he could in search of eggs. He wanted to be the very first to find one and unlock its secrets. What wonders awaited him? Ugh he was riddled with anticipation!
"Come on come on! Papa needs himself an omelette!" |
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Big Bee
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Bandana Guy
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Player Name: Bryan Nautilus
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Post by Big Bee on May 5, 2022 11:03:09 GMT 9
"Love, warmth, time. Love, warmth, time." Big Bee repeated the words like a mantra as he walked up and down the chunky stairs of the tower. Behind him trailed all his fire Pokemon: Blaziken, Litten, Fennekin, and Oricorio. They laid a burning trail up and down the tower, warming the balmy spring night well into a hatchable temperature.
"Warmth is easy," he said, sweating under his bandana, which he was bearing Poke-Breeder style. "And time will take care of itself. All we've got to do now is show love."
He spotted another player. A nimble, smiling fellow who was clambering up the sheer rock face as is he were some sort of Sneasler or Skiddo. "Hey! How's it going man!" Big Bee called to Buddy BamBam. "Don't you just love eggs?" |
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orioncayge
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Bandana Guy
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Post by orioncayge on May 5, 2022 13:08:39 GMT 9
Perhaps it could be said that Orion didn't know the first thing about what he was doing, and all and all that would be a true statement. He'd skimmed the tutorial and had spent more time lusting over a pixilated professor who's feelings in return were an enigma that could best be described as "Dude quit simping over some nerds AI GF he injected into the game" Regardless, he wasn't quite sure what the fuck he was doing aside from following some form of prompt that had appeared on his HUD.
If the game was giving him a heads up, surely it meant something cool was about to happen.
The resulting walk was rather neat, and the scenery was nothing to scoff at. A rather gorgeous mountain view and two men had beat him to the punch, one of which appeared to be some sort of fire trainer warming the place up with a parade of proud fire types, and the other one...
"I need to replay final fantasy six again..." Orion muttered to himself before shaking his head and continuing upwards to catch up to the other two. "Ay wassup yall?" Orion called out as he approached. "This some kinda world event or something?" |
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Big Bee
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Bandana Guy
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Post by Big Bee on May 9, 2022 11:12:02 GMT 9
"Sup! I'm Big Bee," Big Bee said, giving a cheery wave as he watched the newcomer make his way up the mountain. "I think it's more of a seasonal thing. Like a Spring festival?"
The marker on his map showed an area encompassing the whole of the Rookery, and the workers at the top had been appropriately vague for NPCs. Love, warmth, time. Big Bee smiled wider. "If you're doing the same quest as me then it's an area thing."
It appeared they were doing the same quest, as the game auto-grouped the three of them. Names and stats popped up in the corner of Big Bee's UI. His fire Pokemon burned bright, heating the mountain air and making the Swimmer sweat. "Well Buddy and Orion, would you describe yourselves as loving, warm or, uh, timely?" |
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orioncayge
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Bandana Guy
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Post by orioncayge on May 9, 2022 14:39:30 GMT 9
Orion would ponder the mans words for a moment, rubbing his chin ever so slightly as he did so. He watched as the UI seemed to bleep and bloop, and then suddenly they were a party, neat. "My old man says I've gotta big heart, and some times I think it might be like a medical thing, but the context is never really medicinal, so I take it as he means I've got a lot of love to give. You ask the ladies of Las Vegas and they'll sing my praises, and my crew back home would all take a bullet for me cause I'd do it for em, so I think that first bit I've got covered." At first he wasn't quite sure why the swimmer dude, El B Grande, was sweating bullets, but after a while of his pokemon parading around, Orion found himself untying his sick bandanna and dabbing a few beads of sweat away from his face.
"Looks like you've got the warm bit covered, but yeah I can be pretty hot." He smirks, "And I'm not gonna brag or anything, but the mixtape I made in middle school and put on Soundcloud has some fucking BARS. Shit got like 200 likes in a week, I can spit flames." For a moment he debated bringing out his squad too, but the pathing was a lil tight for the large gathering already, and any more heat and he would need to take an ice bath when he woke up from this virtual dream.
"As for timely? Uhhhh...." He drawls for a moment. "I mean, I dunno man, I just sorta go with my flow. Sometimes I'm early, sometimes I don't show up at all, it all depends on what I'm feeling, ya feel?" |
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Big Bee
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Bandana Guy
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Post by Big Bee on May 11, 2022 12:03:50 GMT 9
As the temperature rose on the cramped mountainside, Big Bee undid his own bandana. "That's a pretty impressive resume, and a sick bandana," he said, wiping his forehead and neck with the now soaked rag.
His new companion's frank familiarity was infectious, and Big Bee felt himself start oversharing too. "If we're talking spitting heat then I'll tell you that I used to do fire-twirling down on the beach. It's hell on your throat if you're not careful, but I can spit of bit of fire when needed." Why was he saying all this? Just to make Orion like him? To get a higher rating for the game?
Big Bee wrung out his bandana. The puddle of sweat started to evaporate the second it hit the ground. He folded the fabric and retied it around his neck in a chunky strip
"I don't have any heart problems myself, but I've got a pretty tight-knit fam-, uh, famsquad back home. Hopefully I never have to take a bullet for anyone, but I'd take, uh, maybe a softball or something? Depends where it was aimed."
Steam rose off the rocks around them as the bandana bros swapped street credentials. Big Bee was having a great time, and had almost forgotten why they were here in the first place. |
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orioncayge
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Bandana Guy
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Post by orioncayge on May 13, 2022 16:02:32 GMT 9
Ah yes, he too was a man of culture. Orion began to beam with pride as this man complimented his sick ass bandanna, the crown jewel of his almost perfect one to one recreation of his actual body. Some people would say such a thing would be dangerous, putting your face out there on the internet, but a shitload of people posted pictures of their bootyholes online for cash so at least he had clothes on.
His eyes widened as the man mentioned his hobby of fire twirling, and a beach. "For real man? Like the shit you see in like movies n shit? How do you do that shit where you swig the fuel? Do you like actually partially swallow it or do you just like cheek it up and spit like mofuggah?" He found himself unintentionally mirroring the man in front of him by wringing out his bandanna and then tying it around his neck kinda like a cowboy or a bandito would, with a long triangular curtain draping over his chest.
"Sick bandanna to you too by the way, and uh..." he turned to the clown for a moment. "You good chief?" He would turn back to B. "You think he's lagging or something?" |
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Big Bee
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Bandana Guy
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Post by Big Bee on May 14, 2022 9:23:42 GMT 9
"The goal is to not chug any of the fluid, but sometimes you can't help it. It's like a reflex. You keep it in a water bottle too!" Big Bee laughed despite the memory of bitter swill. "That's like half the issue. Between drinking lighter fluid and burning yourself every second week it was a bit more trouble than it was worth."
The heat in the mountain climbed higher, and for the first time Big Bee wished he had picked Kindler. If there were any eggs nearby they were either 10 seconds from hatching or right about ready to serve.
"I switched to surfing," he said fidgeting with his bandana. Wipe, squeeze, fold, this time around his wrist like a sweat band. "Much better for my lungs." |
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Buddy BamBam
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Trainer Class: Swimmer
Player Name: Philip Bennet
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Post by Buddy BamBam on May 15, 2022 9:37:09 GMT 9
Buddy's searching had grown more frantic as Big Bee approached tye scene. So much so that Buddy did not even notice Big Bee before stuffing his head into a rock opening. The echoing ambience of the opening drowned out the meeting between Big Bee and Orion. The opening itself seemed to go deeper, perhaps there was an egg back here?
Buddy tried to push his arm through along with his head, and found it to be quite impossible. No amount of contorting would allow more than his head through, so after another minute of struggle Buddy would give up. Buddy pulled his head through, nicking his ears as he escaped the opening.
Buddy dusted himself off, unsatisfied with that brief misadventure. As he turned away, he would finally notice the other players. After a moment of processing, Buddy would address them.
"Where the hell did you two come from?" |
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orioncayge
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Bandana Guy
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Post by orioncayge on May 15, 2022 11:39:52 GMT 9
Holy fuck this dude is rad.
Orion had never personally been to a real beach, that was a luxury his kin had never been afforded. He's always dreamed of it though, the sand between his toes, the lapping waves, hanging the proverbial ten, punching sharks in the nose when he would inevitably get mauled. That's how beaches worked right? There were just sharks waiting around like a snack buffet?
His attention was robbed from his rad new companion by his seemingly mad new companion. The man, who Orion had sworn had lagged and clipped his head into a hole, finally managed to free himself and end his ostrich impersonation, and declared his own ignorance to either of the two's presence. Orion raised and eyebrow and gave waggled two fingers lazily in a wave. "Yo, looks like we got like, auto grouped in this egg hunt. You find anything in that hole? Looks a lil too big for you but I bet one of my mons can squeeze." He reached his hand into his pocket and fetched out Achilles, giving it a lazy toss into the air. With a swoosh, the Litten would emerge giving a lazy mew of greeting, which to those who spoke pokemon came across as "Sup." Before turning back to his master.
"Can you take a look in that hole and see if you find an egg bud?" He would ask, and the cat would quickly scamper into the depths, allowing Orion to return his attention to Bee.
"Surfing sounds fucking rad, is it anything like skateboarding?"
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Big Bee
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Bandana Guy
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Post by Big Bee on May 15, 2022 12:20:04 GMT 9
"I've been here the whole time!" Big Bee said, grinning at Buddy, though his smile felt a bit underwhelming when compared to a full face of clown makeup. "Uh, nice to meet you Bud! You don't mind working together, do you?"
Big Bee nodded along as Orion sent out hit Litten to search the cracks. "Oh I can help with that," Big Bee said, and he sent out one final Pokemon. Unlike the bevvy of fire-types that were crowded along the path, this final Pokemon was an octopus. Big Bee twisted the bandana, making a two-tone braid that he tied around the little guy's head so he looked like a sushi chef. Is that tasteless? he wondered, before dismissing the worry. TKO looked goddamn adorable. "This guy's built like a Stretch Armstrong. If there's an egg in there he'll find it, right buddy?"
TKO reached up one gloved hand, feeling the bandana around his head. "Curious..." He scuttled off with Litten to investigate the cracks and crags of the mountainside.
"Oh dude surfing it way better than skateboarding. A lot of the same skills. Balance, timing, core strength, all that. But when you wipe out in the surf you can just climb right back on. No need to stop and pick pieces of yourself off the concrete." He laughed, wishing he was in the surf right now. Where were those damn eggs? The whole damn tower felt like the inside of a parked car.
He put on his backup bandana. "You've never tried it?" |
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Buddy BamBam
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Trainer Class: Swimmer
Player Name: Philip Bennet
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Post by Buddy BamBam on May 15, 2022 12:30:12 GMT 9
The whole time? Impossible, Buddy would have noticed if these two were lurking about. He has a very sharp eye you know. Buddy folded his arms, answering Big Bee with reluctance.
"No eggs, only shame and pain."
The one known as Orion offered to send a pokemon through, and Buddy did not object. Big Bee brought out his own pokemon, and as he called his TKO 'buddy', the aloof clown would look his way.
"What? Oh you meant--nevermind."
How humiliating, a couple of randos engage in baseline social interaction and Buddy was falling apart. As hisbfellow trainers discussed surfing, Buddy would slink off to check a nearby pile of rocks for eggs. |
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orioncayge
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Bandana Guy
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Post by orioncayge on May 15, 2022 13:01:51 GMT 9
A loud meow alerted Orion to a response from Achilles, who came back rolling an egg with what could only be described as a smirk. "Fucking sick champ!" Orion called out, bending down to scoop up his new prize with one arm and his litten with the other. He would turn Bee and flash him a smile.
"Nah man, I'm landlocked out in Vegas. Best we got is like, some sick junked up slums to shred in the West Edge and a couple roads in South Edge that are great for like bombing down at high octane speeds. Skinned a lot of knees and broke my wrist once but it's fucking rad. Total rush. Does salt water get up your nose? What about sharks? There're sharks in the ocean right? My uncle Mac talks about sharks all the time, and Tia Olivia says she's had to punch one to save her brother when they were coming to america."
He couldn't acknowledge the second bandanna, it was too rad, too powerful, doing so would be a sign of weakness. His eyes wandered to the clown to see if he'd had any luck, talkative or not he was a party member and he needed to make sure he got his egg too.
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Big Bee
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Bandana Guy
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Post by Big Bee on May 16, 2022 1:15:22 GMT 9
"Landlocked? Ah damn dude that sucks, but Vegas is a whole trip. Magic shows and bright lights and everything. Like one big gacha game, isn't it?" Big Bee had fond memories of his visits to Vegas. He tried to stay away from casinos. They were the ultimate tourist trap, but there was something so polished about them that he enjoyed seeing from the inside.
"I wear a nose plug," Big Bee said, shrugging. "No need to power wash my nasal cavities when I get dumped. I haven't punched a shark, uh, not yet anyway, but sometimes it gets rough out there when people try to jump the line and get the wave when you're next up. You get-" TKO returned, his bandana wrapped around a fragile oval treasure.
Big Bee took the bundle. "Oh you got one! Awesome!"
"Must eggxamine further..."
"Yeah we've gotta take this back and see what's inside. Oh! Speaking of." Big Bee opened up his UI and slung orioncayge and Buddy BamBam a friend request. "Come to San Fran some time, dude, I'll take you surfing. We can find some sharks to punch." |
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