C0D13
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Bug Maniac
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Player Name: C0D13
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Post by C0D13 on May 16, 2022 2:16:31 GMT 9
LOOKING FOR EGGS!
searching...
The tower used to be stone. Perhaps it was part of a cliff in ages long passed, but wind and rain and crumbling time carved it into a singular finger pointing towards the sky. Then, centuries of habitation by the Pokemon of Asper have reshaped it again. Limbs of stone stick outwards at sharp angles, as if the stone pillar used to be a hat rack for some race of giants.
All Pokemon can (and should) wear hats, but not all Pokemon can fly, and the exterior of the tower is covered in stairs, handholds, vines, tiny waterfalls, and dozens of rest spots for weary climbers. It's a great hike, if you don't mind moving vertically, and there are a thousand tiny spots for a misplaced egg to go unseen. Strap on your climbing hat and get searching!
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Hephaestus
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Player Character
Posts: 12
Trainer Class: Kindler
Player Name: Hephaestus
OOC Username: 高橋湊 Takahashi Minato
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Post by Hephaestus on May 20, 2022 11:01:41 GMT 9
Finally! After what felt like an eternity of work he managed to log back in. Looks like he missed the last event, but the next one wasn't too far behind a new update. Standard practice. He perused the patch logs while waiting for the load screen of the Rookery environment to finish up, a location picked at random.
Coming out of the menu he looked up at the massive pillar of rock. Then the area description in his UI. Then the rock.
"Mistakes have been made." He mumbled. "Whelp! Time to see if physical ability translates." Quickly doing a check of his inventory he made note of the lone pokeball and package. Problems for later.
After a brief stretch he made his way to the foot of the big tower and began to climb. Though, he climbed in a way that no sane person would. For example, he approached a short cliff. Grabbed hold of a few of the vines hanging from the top, tugging on them to be sure of their security. Once assured, he jumped several times, kicking his feet into various cracks, or at points where faces of the cliff met. Once he got to the top of the cliff he stomped his feet furiously along the cliffs edge. He constantly grabbed at, pulled on, picked up, or moved anything and everything within arms reach. Things he couldn't reach with his arms he often tried to kick at or throw smaller objects at.
It took at least thirty minutes to climb what any sane person could do in ten. On the bright side, those patches of cliffs were the most thoroughly scoured patch of rock this side of, well, anywhere.
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orioncayge
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Bandana Guy
Round 2
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Post by orioncayge on May 21, 2022 11:12:25 GMT 9
Ah yes, a beautiful day for an egg hunt.
Orion was getting a hang of this now, he figured. Between the baptism by fire with the raid, and subsequent shenanigans egg hunting, him and his team were one a march. Not like a military march, more like a veritable parade, Orion taking the front and setting the pace, followed by his Tepig Ares who was clutching a the previous egg they'd found in the rookery to keep it warm. Behind him was Achilles, his Litten, who was happily trotting along humming something horrifically out of tune. His head was adorned with Orion's signature yellow bandanna, pilfered as a reward for his last success. Taking up the rear was Hades, his cyndiquil who seemed to be nervously scanning the scenery. Achilles had found the last egg and wouldn't cease his endless bragging, so this time he wanted to be the one to be able to hold one up on his teammate.
The climb hadn't been much for them, though he occasionally had to stop and life the little munchkins up a sheer climb and then scale after them, but that was the price he payed for being a giant among babies. The occasionally pokemon flying overheard drew pause from them, but nothing seemed on the border of picking a fight, so he was comfortable for now.
After what felt like an hour of looking, the gang stumbled across something, though an egg it was not. It was a gentleman scrambling up a cliff and searching in some sort of chaotic fashion, and then the ping popped alerting him that he'd been auto party matched with a man named Hephaestus.
What a brilliant fucking coincidence.
"Yo!" Orion called up to the man as he'd finally scaled his patch of wall. "Find anything?" |
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Hephaestus
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Posts: 12
Trainer Class: Kindler
Player Name: Hephaestus
OOC Username: 高橋湊 Takahashi Minato
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Post by Hephaestus on May 21, 2022 12:56:28 GMT 9
After having the opportunity to thoroughly test the climbing mechanics things had progressed from silly to absolutely ridiculous. By the time orioncayge had arrived he found Hephaestus in a most peculiar position. He stood straight out on the core of the tower instead of the climbing path, at a 40-ish° horizontal angle. One foot was planted firmly on the tower while his other was suspended in the air above a cliff, positioned as if he was supported on the air. Perhaps the most jarring part of this whole setup was that his long, black, coat pointed straight up into the sky. Fluttering about madly as if caught in gale force winds, ignoring the nice breeze swirling around the rocky structure. Hearing the voice from the ground he looked up to its source... Down? Casually he raised a hand as if this was completely normal. "Hey there..." His coppery eyes flicked off to one side before focusing back on the man. "Cayge? Nothing up here but some mildly concerned fedora-wearing Pidgey so far. You?"Was he... Slowly sliding up the wall?
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Lucky Guy
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Soldier, Poet, King
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Player Name: Lucky Guy
OOC Username: AleDog#9110
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Post by Lucky Guy on May 24, 2022 11:33:39 GMT 9
It had been a long day for poor Lucky Guy. First he had found an egg, which was wonderful-or so it had been were it not for the hat it had worn. It was the worst hat that he had ever seen in his life, not just in the virtual world but in the world of real life as well. It was so bad that the hat was on the bottom of the egg just so that nobody would pass it by before picking the egg up and taking a look themselves. The monstrosity was indescribable, and still lingered in the darkness of his mind even to this very living moment. How horrible. How terrible. Lucky would never accept a Pokémon defined by such a hat. And so he tossed that egg back where it came from for such a petty reason. He'd sought an egg from there, yet had no luck in finding an egg among the nasty egg-stealing hat birds. Maybe HYDANCE would implement catching angry Pokémon like that soon. Lucky was interested enough in a few of those birds... Deciding that he wouldn't find an egg on the nest and that Furrlicity had enough talk with him, Lucky decided to seek eggs in the strangest of places: The pillar itself. Maybe an egg would accidentally show up clipped in the rock, or perhaps a cheeky designer hid an egg in a cave in the stone itself for the adventurous. Regardless, that was how the two below found Lucky climbing down from above. At some point the lad had noticed Hephaestus beginning to create a clipping phenomena with the stone wall and took a few minutes to recreate it. At risk to his own game-life, Lucky ended up beginning to slowly slide down the stone, his body perpendicular to the pillar and feet almost clipped into the earth. It was pretty relaxing, yet also nerve wracking-Lucky had to be ready at any time to reach out and grab onto the pillar in case he started falling. His descent approached the other two. He waved every time one of them looked in his general direction, seeing if he could strike up a friendly hello to the passerby. |
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orioncayge
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Bandana Guy
Round 2
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Post by orioncayge on May 28, 2022 3:59:31 GMT 9
Orion glanced up and suddenly noted how the man, nay men, were clipping and colliding with the geometry, sliding up and down and all around as the game struggled to deal with the fuckery afoot in a way that wouldn't cause them undue pain or crashing. He'd seen some shit before, and he was half tempted to submit a bug report to C0- oh wait.
Ooops.
Either way, he turned to address the first man who'd spoken. "Fedora wearing Pidgey? That sounds kinda rad, not gonna lie. I haven't found shit sides this lil guy." He motions to Ares carrying the egg still. "Found him on the last hunt, he's like a...spider dude I think? Thats what the rook folk had to say at least, so we're trying to hatch him while we gather more bros for the squad." He took a ginger step upwards, trying to simulate the weird glitches they were experiencing. His vision began to shake a little bit as his model vibrated rapidly, and he quickly stepped back down and steadied himself.
"Do uh, either of you two need help getting unstuck in the cliff or...?" He trailed off, responding to Lucky's wave with a two fingered salute as he adjusted the bandana on his head. |
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Lucky Guy
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Player Name: Lucky Guy
OOC Username: AleDog#9110
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Post by Lucky Guy on Jun 1, 2022 14:09:07 GMT 9
Considering that Orion had taken the mettle to call him out on his position, Lucky saw no need to hide his wonderful presence from the other man who was sliding up the cliff... Not that he thought that Hephaestus wasn't the kind of guy who'd fail to notice him, of course. "N-nope! I'm doing just fine up here, lads! I'm just right as rain up here, as you can see. And I don't want to fall... But more importantly, there's probably no eggs down there!" Truly that was the tragedy deserving of great fears. Anyone could die in a virtual world, but what if they missed out on loot? There was no worse fate for a man playing a game with a grindset in mind. He felt something bump into his foot. The glitched terrain was getting screwier with time as he descended, presumably because he was approaching space that was intended for players to exist in. Lucky decided to check out his heels to see if it was an egg lodged in the stone that he stopped on. Wouldn't that be funny? |
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pawbrey pawtini
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Trainer Class: Kindler
OOC Username: cupid
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Post by pawbrey pawtini on Jun 1, 2022 23:42:24 GMT 9
He had never hiked a mountain in his life and he wasn't particularly wanting to start now. But... He did want another Pokemon. And apparently those Pokemon eggs were a great way to get them. He would just have to do his best. Inhaling deeply, the strange mountain air, he did notice that he heard other voices. "Lime, go check that out." The Rowlett gave a quiet hoot sound and flew ahead, scoping out the fact that there were other players... Some of them having some unfortunate issues with clipping. Something he knew all about in video games.
The owl settled in back on Pawbery's shoulder as he approached the trio of other players. Carefully stepping around the holes in the ground and careful not to hit one of the rocks that seemed to be floating in mid-air for some reason. He'd missed a lot of things in this game apparently. "Hello there! Do you need some help?" It was the sort of thing a big friendly person like himself would say. A cheerful smile on his face as he assessed the situation the best he could.
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orioncayge
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Bandana Guy
Round 2
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Post by orioncayge on Jun 5, 2022 13:21:05 GMT 9
Orion watched this situation escalate as another approached them, their rowwlet approaching through the air. "Yo!" He raised one hand in a lil wave as he shot them a bright smile. "I mean, if you're hunting eggs, the more the merrier though we seem to be a lil tangled up." His eyes darted back to Lucky who was begining to spaz out more and more.
"Aight look, I'm gonna get in a stance and I just need you to hop off the cliff and drop, I'll catch ya!" As he spoke, he spread his legs roughly shoulder width apart and dipped into a light squat, his arms splayed out in front of him, fingers curled into a spoon like shape perfect for scooping someone out of the air. "It's all about a moderate level of trust, cause if you keep sliding like that, you could potentially clip into the mountain and we don't C0D13 to get you unstuck." To accentuate his statement he gave his knees a light slap as if to invite him to jump down.
Meanwhile, the trio of fire starters were hard at work figuring out who was gonna win the bet.
"Twenty Bites says he drops him." Achilles the litten mewled, looking up at the situation.
"Nah, Mr Cayge is too strong for that," Hades the Cyndiquil shot back, eyes scanning the rocks for any eggs that might have somehow clipped into the geometry from the fuckery afoot.
"Youse guys are dumb," Ares the Tepig grunted trotting forward. "We gots no moneys to bet with."
The other two paused for a moment, the pig was right. |
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Hephaestus
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Posts: 12
Trainer Class: Kindler
Player Name: Hephaestus
OOC Username: 高橋湊 Takahashi Minato
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Post by Hephaestus on Jun 5, 2022 19:24:59 GMT 9
He looked around to those assembled around as the popped out one by one. The angle was weird, as he was currently facing up, but he managed to pull it off without moving his feet. Still he slid up the wall higher and higher. "You realize I'm trying to go up, right? This is on purpose. Why would I want to jump back down? There's got to be an egg somewhere between me and him." He finishes, pointing up to Lucky Guy . He clearly didn't understand what the others were freaking out about. "But, hey, if it's too much for you I understand. That's what they make the trails for, right?" He indicated the intended rocky path that continued to snake its way around the tower. "I just think places like this are always more interesting when you're outside the intended paths. Especially collectables, the rare ones are never where everyone else is. Where better to look than up a cliff?"
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Lucky Guy
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Player Name: Lucky Guy
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Post by Lucky Guy on Jun 6, 2022 2:55:03 GMT 9
"Yeah, for real! No need to get yourselves in a tizzy and all that, we're just looking for easter eggs as well as Pokemon eggs! You know, just like God intended for a vidya game! I doubt that there's anything up here, but..." Lucky said, just before fate itself decided to prove him wrong. He felt something shift under his half-clipped foot, and that was the only warning he would get. That warning was enough. As Lucky almost fell, he quickly gripped onto the edge of the new hole he'd just made--and that very stone fell out and right into Hephaestus 's hands. Well, would you look at that? That Lucky Guy'd gone and kicked an egg right into the other man's waiting arms. It was perfectly pristine, aside from a bit of dirt, and had a wild and fancy hat strapped onto the side. Lucky himself peered into the hole and found another. He could make out the shadowed figure of a crab-shaped cowl covering the egg in the darkness of the hole. "H-holy hell. You think some shit-eating dev thought it'd be funny to spawn an egg at my foot because we were talking about it?"
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orioncayge
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Bandana Guy
Round 2
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Post by orioncayge on Jun 6, 2022 13:13:23 GMT 9
"I mean, shit's been mad buggy recently ever since C0D13 went the way of Bonzie buddy. This could just be a big coind-"
WHAM.
An egg shot out of the ground at his feet at maximum velocity, beaning into his jaw and forcing him to bite his tongue. He reeled backwards, taking a few stumbling steps towards the edge, but Ares tottered forward and reached up onto his tippytoes to steady his trainer. Achilles and Hades' eyes both shot to the sky as they bolted after it.
"I got it, I got it!" Achilles mewled.
"No I do, I do!" Hades exclaimed. The two smashed into eachother like something straight out of a looneytunes episode, tumbling into one fluffy warm pile as the egg landed on top of them.
"Knife cath boith." Orion managed to slurr as he rubbed his jaw. His gaze shot to Lucky and Heph, then back to the new guy. "I tink its raining eggs." |
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pawbrey pawtini
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Trainer Class: Kindler
OOC Username: cupid
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Post by pawbrey pawtini on Jun 7, 2022 10:29:41 GMT 9
Pawbrey showed up confused and had no idea what was going on really. Which was fine. With all of these other people talking it was easy enough to pretend to be an idiot. Because he just simply didn't care about anything they were saying. They all seemed to know each other pretty well which was good enough. But pretending to be social was draining on him. So he just kept that dumb and confused look on his face until he saw what he had come here for.
"Oh! Is that an egg?"
His question sounded stupid because it was. But that was the whole point. A smile on his face he scooped one of them up in his arms and held it up. Like a proud papa but really he was just trying to figure out if whatever was inside was really worth all of this trouble. He guessed he wouldn't know until he actually hatched it at that Rookery place.
"Really good job everyone! We found them!"
Pretend to be nice. Pretend to care. People would like him or some shit. Profit.
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