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Lone Wolf
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Posts: 491
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Player Name: Taylor Finch
OOC Username: Lea
Arena Points: 72
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Post by Taylor on Apr 30, 2023 22:31:32 GMT 9
Taylor couldn’t help but be charmed by the Ninetales’ response to Mumble’s entirely unnecessary move – she appreciated that he made the Piplup feel included. There was little the water-type loved more than helping, and precious little that broke his heart more than it being clear he wasn’t needed. Thankfully, they’d yet to encounter many situations in which the others involved weren’t willing to at least humor the little guy. To say that Taylor was relieved by this would be slightly underselling things.
“You sure?” The Swimmer queried, turning to more fully face Muin. It felt weird to go ahead and take the catch when the Gardener was the one who’d knocked it out. After a moment though she remembered that two trainers could catch a fainted spawn and nodded – he’d still be able to throw a ball after, if he wished. “Okay, can do!”
She turns back to where Mumble is now gently nudging the fainted normal-type with his beak, clucking her tongue at him as she would a cat. “Out of the way please, buddy,” she called, waiting for the penguin to step back before gently tossing a ball towards the Patrat.
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Taylor
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Lone Wolf
Mythstar
Posts: 491
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Taylor Finch
OOC Username: Lea
Arena Points: 72
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Post by Taylor on Apr 29, 2023 22:40:32 GMT 9
Upon spying the notification for a limited-time dungeon Taylor had jumped to join, too concerned that spaces would fill up quickly to read the popup through carefully. Now she was left blinking around the area, a selection grid displayed before her. The sudden increase in volume has her yelping and covering her ears, before carefully straightening up once more.
“Wha…?” She murmurs, noting that a couple of the options were greyed out before shrugging and selecting Wattrel. Within moments of the selection, five tiny birds appear behind her. “Awww, look at you guys!” She coos, reaching down to gently pet one. It’s then that the booming voice speaks once more, and she freezes, wide-eyed. “Wait, get ready for what..?” She really should have read that popup, huh?
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Taylor
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Lone Wolf
Mythstar
Posts: 491
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Taylor Finch
OOC Username: Lea
Arena Points: 72
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Post by Taylor on Apr 29, 2023 21:19:40 GMT 9
The process of reeling the fish in took quite some time, and by the time a blurry, mostly green shape could be seen through the surface of the water, Taylor was breathing heavily. “You two ready for a fight?” she checked, with a glance down to where the Espeon and Piplup stood waiting. Once a nod from each was received, the swimmer readied herself, planting her feet, and gave an almighty tug on the rod.
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Taylor
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Lone Wolf
Mythstar
Posts: 491
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Taylor Finch
OOC Username: Lea
Arena Points: 72
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Post by Taylor on Apr 28, 2023 5:41:55 GMT 9
It didn’t take long for something to tug at the line, although this time rather than the nibbles of before, it was more of a chomp! Whatever had hooked itself on the end of the line this time clearly had no intention of letting go and bumbling away peacefully. Planting her feet, Taylor recalled the instructions she’d read and held on for the ride! Anytime the tension in the line eased off, she’d reel it in just the tiniest bit more.
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Taylor
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Lone Wolf
Mythstar
Posts: 491
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Taylor Finch
OOC Username: Lea
Arena Points: 72
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Post by Taylor on Apr 28, 2023 5:32:20 GMT 9
Dinah expression was not one of a Pokemon convinced, but she made no further attempt to intervene. Victorious – or as close to it as she was going to get – Taylor stepped up once more to the weathered old well.
“Let’s try this again,” she breathed, casting the line as the instructions had suggested, smiling when a gentle plunk indicated that the bobber had reached water. “Now just to wait for a bite.” One she’d be prepared for, this time!
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Taylor
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Lone Wolf
Mythstar
Posts: 491
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Taylor Finch
OOC Username: Lea
Arena Points: 72
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Post by Taylor on Apr 27, 2023 18:31:53 GMT 9
<You think?> came the Espeon’s doubtful tone response. Her eyes narrowed and with psychic energy levitated away the fishing rod that Taylor was now reaching for. She was seriously tired of the carnage that occurred when this woman was winging it.
“Nonono, I’ve definitely got it,” Taylor insisted, nabbing the rod before the psychic-type could carry it further away. ”For real, this time!” Spawn Reset
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Taylor
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Lone Wolf
Mythstar
Posts: 491
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Taylor Finch
OOC Username: Lea
Arena Points: 72
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Post by Taylor on Apr 27, 2023 18:08:15 GMT 9
There was less chaos this time. That was an improvement, right?
Now soaked from head to toe and dripping slightly onto the concrete, Taylor sat cross-legged on the ground, pouring over the instruction manual. She did this under the watchful eye of a very put out Dinah, the Espeon’s tail lashing behind her irritably.
“Okay,” the trainer murmured, jumping to her feet. “I think I’ve got it!”
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Taylor
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Lone Wolf
Mythstar
Posts: 491
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Taylor Finch
OOC Username: Lea
Arena Points: 72
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Post by Taylor on Apr 27, 2023 4:38:01 GMT 9
She had to bite back a smile as the blond player so clearly misunderstood the meaning behind Kazuki’s words. “Oh, uh, I think he means more for your starter’s safety, than anything…” She was sure nobody really objected to the grass-type grazing on the flowers, but if the other player chose not to listen, then on his head be it!
The addition to her statement regarding mischief had Taylor sideyeing the kindler in some mixture of amusement and alarm. “Well, that’s reassuring,” she remarked, probably not quite as worried as she should be. Mumble was very naïve, so she should probably be a little more concerned…
Meanwhile, said Bulbasaur was intervening and doing his best to disrupt Mumble and Scorbunny’s fantastic plan! The Piplup shook his head rapidly. <Nuh-uh!> He protested. <You must have missed the bit about me putting out the fire! It’s only until we find the in…stru…ments!> Honestly, the fact he’d managed to pronounce the word correctly was a miracle.
Still, the grass-type tattles and Taylor snorts in amusement. “That was their grand plan?” she snickered, keeping pace with the Scorbunny’s trainer as he headed over to break up the threat of arson twins. From there, in a move that would surprise precisely nobody, things escalated.
Mumble, for his part, looked puzzled at this most recent development – he’d never been involved in a hostage situation before! But although bewildered, he wasn't too concerned, especially since he heard Scorbunny’s words to Hibiscus. <Yeah!> He crows in backup. He speaks up at a rather jarringly out-of-sync point in the conversation, but the intent is there.
Next though, he hears Kazuki’s words and is – shockingly – confused. He knows what dousing means, but what’s a rabbit? Looking to boss Taylor for clarification, he figures she’ll know. Taylor simply nods with a “go ahead, buddy,” so from there, he makes his best guess.
His best guess is, of course, entirely wrong. It’s the Bulbasaur that ends up drenched, in what was probably supposed to be a light shower, but instead mostly resembles a bucketful of tepid water being tipped over the head. That done, he looks to his trainer for approval, confused to find her hiding her face in one hand.
Huh. Weird.
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Taylor
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Lone Wolf
Mythstar
Posts: 491
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Taylor Finch
OOC Username: Lea
Arena Points: 72
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Post by Taylor on Apr 27, 2023 1:14:14 GMT 9
“Yeah, maybe that’s for the best…” Taylor allowed sheepishly, casting the line into the water once again.
She froze almost as soon as the bobber hit water. As she turned wide, oh no eyes to Dinah, the Espeon sighed. <You still didn’t check the instructions, did you?> Quite how a magical, pink cat managed to sound quite so disappointed in Taylor and her life choices was impressive. Slowly, the trainer shook her head, letting out a squeaky “eep!” when as if on cue, there was a nibble on the line… Spawn Reset
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Taylor
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Lone Wolf
Mythstar
Posts: 491
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Taylor Finch
OOC Username: Lea
Arena Points: 72
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Post by Taylor on Apr 26, 2023 22:25:20 GMT 9
“Well, that was fast,” Taylor laughed as they swiftly drew up to a fallen tree. “I guess that answers my question, aye!” She nodded in acceptance as Morpheus suggested that he go first, stepping back and crossing her arms to watch. She could only imagine jumping in deep dive VR must look pretty funny, and she was looking forward to seeing this!
She grinned as he glanced back at her from the other side, announcing that it was her turn. Taking a moment, she considered the obstacle. Sure, she could just hop or scramble over it sensibly, but where would be the fun in that?
Pacing a few steps backwards, she crouched slightly with a gleeful grin, before sprinting towards the fallen tree. Both hands gripped the long staff her avatar was forever equipped with, and upon reaching the obstacle she planted one end of it into the ground. Pushing off, she aimed to use it like a pole vaulter, launching her body into the air and hopefully landing in one piece on the other side!
Now, whether it would work or not was another thing!
Completely unnecessary rolling because it makes me laugh to give Taylor the chance to wipe out and land on her face~
1 - Wipes the heck out, lands on her face, breaks her nose or some shit. 2-5 - Failure... 6-9 - Success! 10 - Flawless execution.
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Taylor
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Lone Wolf
Mythstar
Posts: 491
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Taylor Finch
OOC Username: Lea
Arena Points: 72
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Post by Taylor on Apr 26, 2023 20:27:30 GMT 9
Piplup (Mumble) Tank, Espeon (Dinah) Sweeper, Vulpix (Vixey) Support The player that arrived looked friendly enough and Taylor beamed, happy that this could be an amicable match rather than an unpleasantly confrontational one. This was her first time attempting a PVP fight and honestly she was fully expecting to lose, so didn’t feel like getting overly competitive about it. Of course, that in no way meant that she didn’t plan to give it her all – frankly she rather though this current team would try their best even if she did choose to slack off!
Analysing the opposing party typings, the swimmer was interested to note that she had a slight type advantage, here. Mumble had several water-type moves that would be supereffective against the opposing sweeper, but that naturally meant that he became the most obvious target for swift elimination. When she’d thought this strategy through previously, she’d planned to target the opponent’s support off the bat, but this changed things. With their efforts focused on Mumble, the Piplup would almost certainly be going down at some point, so she adjusted, deciding it was best to make use of his type advantage while it was available.
Of course, before that could happen, there were blows to weather. “Brace yourself, Mumble!” She called, shoulders tensing as though she anticipated a hit herself. The water-type planted his feet, taking the full force of the Type:Null’s charge into his side. He staggered, the blow a sound one and fell back a few steps when it was swiftly followed up by dual Flame Charges from the fire-type starter.
The blows continued to rain down, and Taylor’s brows rose, impressed when the water-type didn’t cry out as the last attack impacted. It clearly hurt, but the normally naïve and almost childlike pokemon seemed to be in his element here, standing firm in the face of a flurry of attacks. “You good, buddy?” She called, breathing a quiet sigh of relief when the little penguin responded with a decisive nod, eyes remaining trained on the other side of the field.
“Okay,” she breathed, before raising her voice. “Focus in on the Torchic.” From there, her attention turned to the Vulpix. “You know what to do, Vix!” The fire-type did indeed know her role here, and since only one of her team were injured, it was clear enough who she should assist. After a moment in which she stretched luxuriantly to buff herself, the russet fox breathed out a puff of flame, warming her tails and dancing over to her water-type teammate. Moving lightly on her feet, she looped a swift circle around Mumble, brushing her now warming tails across his injuries as she moved. Once done, she skipped back to stand behind the water-type, and held her tails a little gingerly, doing her best to ignore the sting from the strain of such a move.
Whilst this was happening, Dinah had not been idle. The Espeon had darted forwards, eyes glowing as she summoned up the star-shaped rays of Swift, imbuing them with the psychic energy of a Confusion and launching them in the Torchic’s direction.
Now partially healed, Mumble moved too, lowering his head and charging directly towards the opposing fire-type while gritting his metaphorical teeth against the pain. His attack was inelegant but effective, bubbles of water seeming to seep from his pores as he moved, ensuring that the hit was a supereffective one, should it land.
{Spoiler}{BREAKDOWN} PIPLUP (253/300) Active Damaged by Type:Null, Torchic & Meowth for 102 HP Damaged by Charge Attack for 10 HP Healed by Vulpx for 65 HP
- Fight through the pain
ESPEON (130/150) Active Damaged by Fast Attack for 20 HP
- combine two or more moves for additional effect
VULPIX (130/150) Active Damaged by Heal for 20 HP
- Use a Pokemon with a Refresh bonus
Link to RollsTotal Damage: 96 to Torchic Total Healing: 65 to Mumble
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Taylor
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Lone Wolf
Mythstar
Posts: 491
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Taylor Finch
OOC Username: Lea
Arena Points: 72
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Post by Taylor on Apr 26, 2023 18:15:28 GMT 9
Heal x2 – Vixey the Vulpix Tail Whip on Piplup Ember on Piplup Damage Taken: -20 HP (-10 per dice) zs23Xc8r2d12 + Rarity (10) + Pkmn Refresh (5) + Buff (10) TOTAL BONUSES x2
BUFF - <Vixey> gains a +10 Bonus to all rolls (caps at +20)
Charge Attack – Mumble the Piplup Bubblebeam (Water) on Torchic Damage Taken: -10 HP 1d50+30 + Rarity (10) + Supereffective (20)
Fast Attack x2 – Dinah the Espeon Confusion (Psychic) on Torchic Swift (Normal) on Torchic Damage Taken: -20 HP (-10 per dice) 2d20 + Rarity (10) TOTAL BONUSES x22d12·1d50+30·2d20
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Taylor
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Lone Wolf
Mythstar
Posts: 491
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Taylor Finch
OOC Username: Lea
Arena Points: 72
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Post by Taylor on Apr 26, 2023 17:27:50 GMT 9
Dinah proved to have really quite the stubborn streak, continuing to glare until Taylor at last discarded the sheepish expression and assumed more of a genuine manner. “Okay, okay,” she sighed, hands raised with palms facing outwards in the universal sign of you win. “You were right, that was a bad idea!”
<Yes, well,> the psychic-type responded with a huff, the wind rather taken out of her sails, now that the trainer had acknowledged the error. <You wanted to leave here with more than one fish, correct? Let’s try again and perhaps you could keep hold of the rod this time?>
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Taylor
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Lone Wolf
Mythstar
Posts: 491
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Taylor Finch
OOC Username: Lea
Arena Points: 72
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Post by Taylor on Apr 26, 2023 5:23:52 GMT 9
MECHANICAL BATTLE
Piplup (Mumble) Tank, Espeon (Dinah) Sweeper, Vulpix (Vixey) Support Having not had anything particular in mind when presented with the arena select menu, Taylor had gone ahead and instructed the UI to pick one at random. She stood now, blinking around, the corners of her lips curling up in a smile. Well, this was quite lovely. A moment later it occurred to her that there would be at least one fire-type involved in this battle, and she winced as she glanced down at Vixey. Perhaps it wouldn’t be so lovely for long…
“It’s not a real place, genius,” she snarked at herself as she set herself into position, sending her three chosen Pokémon out onto the pitch. The matchup request she’d sent out had been a random one, and as a second player began to load in, a flash of white light announcing their arrival, she pre-emptively lifted a hand in a wave. “Hi!”
{Spoiler}{BREAKDOWN} PIPLUP (300/300) Active Damaged by (opponent) for (x HP) Damaged by (action) for (x HP) Other
ESPEON (150/150) Active Damaged by (opponent) for (x HP) Damaged by (action) for (x HP) Other
VULPIX (150/150) Active Damaged by (opponent) for (x HP) Damaged by (action) for (x HP) Other
Link to RollTotal Damage: x to (target) Total Healing: x to (target)
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Taylor
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Lone Wolf
Mythstar
Posts: 491
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Taylor Finch
OOC Username: Lea
Arena Points: 72
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Post by Taylor on Apr 26, 2023 3:13:17 GMT 9
“Oh shit!” Diving towards the pair, Taylor grabbed hold of the Espeon around the waist and hauled the pair, rod and all, back from the brink. A short scuffle later, the Magikarp was safely in a ball while Taylor, Mumble and Dinah lay in a dishevelled heap, all more than a little damp from the water the ‘karp brought up with it.
“…oops?” Taylor tried, grinning sheepishly in the Espeon’s direction. Turns out the psychic-type had a rather impressive glare when provoked. Noted!
FISHING ROD SET!
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