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Post by Taylor on Apr 26, 2023 3:07:24 GMT 9
<Uhh… is that a good idea?> Dinah murmured, eyeing the perpetually unsteady water-type in alarm.
“Hmm…?” Came the trainer’s distracted response and she rooted around what amounted to a truly alarming number of pockets, given how her avatar was actually dressed. “Why wouldn’t it be?” It had to be around here somewhere...
<Because of that!> the Espeon yelped, darting forwards to grasp the scruff of Mumble’s neck in her teeth as someone hooked on the line, damn near yanking the starter down into the well.
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Taylor
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Lone Wolf
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Player Name: Taylor Finch
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Post by Taylor on Apr 26, 2023 3:02:39 GMT 9
“I mean, fair point I guess…” Taylor muttered as she considered the situation. She could just keep on and hope for the best – that usually worked out fine and was tempting.
“No,” she told herself with an eyeroll. “Be a responsible adult. I’m sure this thing came with instructions… Where did I put them..?” Holding onto the rod was making it rather difficult to pat herself down in search of the booklet of directions, and she huffed in frustration. “Hey, hold this for a sec, would’ya?” She called to Mumble. The little penguin happily took hold of the line between his flippers.
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Taylor
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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 25, 2023 22:33:31 GMT 9
A few minutes passed with the float bobbing on the surface of the water. It was kind of hypnotic to watch, honestly. Staring as it bobbed to and fro in the depths of the well, Taylor zoned out for a while, before something rather significant occurred to her. “Uhh…” she began, glancing down at Dinah as though for help. “You know, I just realised, I don’t actually know how to fish…”
The Espeon blinked and stared straight back. <Well don’t look at me,> she snarked, back bowing in a luxuriant stretch. <I don’t even have thumbs. I'm not sure what you think I can do about it.>
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Taylor
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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 25, 2023 22:00:23 GMT 9
She’d spotted the old well on a previous visit to Briarbane Settlement, but hadn’t had the chance to investigate at that point. With a rod now purchased, Taylor found herself back over Churchside way, crouching to investigate the constellations carved in its weathered, moss-covered stone. Her fingers ran over the carvings reverently, and after a moment she turned her gaze to the words carved there.
“I mean, it no doesn’t say no fishing anymore, technically,” she hedged, eyes on the Espeon and Piplup at her side. Mumble stared blankly in response, but Dinah at least nodded in agreement.
<Yes,> the psychic-type intoned. <It must have been crossed out for a reason.>
Taylor nodded in response, thinking again for a moment before shrugging and drawing out her newly purchased fishing rod, casting the line into the water. FISHING ROD SET!
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Taylor
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Lone Wolf
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Player Name: Taylor Finch
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Post by Taylor on Apr 25, 2023 21:05:47 GMT 9
“Good idea!” She grinned. “Yeah, pretty new, but I got impatient and went off to do a few things here and there before getting them all completed.” The intention to do the tutorials first had been there, but not necessarily the follow-through! “This is the last one I had pending though!” It would feel good to not be seeing those popups anymore, once this was sorted!
As Morpheus pulled out the package and had a look at the tag, she grinned. “Oh! You already picked it up – nice!” She really must have been zoned out! She did find that the sun tended to do that to her. Maybe she should have been given a grass-type as a starter instead, but she couldn’t bring herself to regret being matched with Mumble!
“Oh, Briarbane’s this way!” She grinned, gesturing and turning to start down the path. “We might as well make a start heading there, huh?” Provided the other player fell into step beside her, she began walking. “I wonder what the obstacles will be," she mused, absently. "There’s supposed to be three, and I think the description said they’d be fairly simple.”
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Taylor
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Lone Wolf
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Player Name: Taylor Finch
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Post by Taylor on Apr 25, 2023 20:24:46 GMT 9
Honestly, Taylor was a little relieved to see that Lacrimosa seemed to have the same moment of what the fuuuuuck as she did, when the Medicham opened the door. As soon as she'd realised that the Pokémon definitely wasn’t their mother, her face had flushed beetroot in embarrassment. The look of horror on the other player’s face had eased it slightly; humiliation loves company and all that. That was the saying, right? As she moved into the house, she pressed the back of a hand to one scarlet cheek. Interesting that even that physiological response carried over into this world. That was certainly one she could have done without...
She had to bite back a slightly hysterical giggle as they entered and the other player’s eyes went a little wide behind his stiff smile at the sight of the interior that greeted them. They really weren’t messing around with making it feel like a Mom™ lived here. An deep inhale pulled in the surprisingly delicious smell of cooking food – the devs were showing off here, for sure! – and Taylor practically skipped over to a random cupboard. She got lucky, stumbling upon the eclectic array of mismatched bowls purely by chance, and giggled when “Mom” corrected the other player.
“Yeah Lacri,” she grinned, a juvenile, teasing lilt to her voice. “Gosh, don’t you remember where the silverware is by now?” This was an exceedingly weird situation, and Taylor was handling it by leaning into the weird. That sounded like the most entertaining way to proceed, to her!
“Now Taylor, you leave your brother alone!” Came “mother’s” scolding voice, and she bit back laughter, adopting an appropriately penitent expression and fetching the bowls over to the table. Once the woman's back was turned she collapsed into silent giggles - gleefully mouthing the word brother to the other player in a sort of can you believe this? manner.
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Taylor
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Lone Wolf
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Post by Taylor on Apr 25, 2023 19:55:53 GMT 9
By this point, the rival seemed to have grown bored of being ignored by the players, and merely stood watching the fight, strumming his guitar grumpily now and then. Absorbed in conversation with the other player, Taylor found that she was content to allow Mumble to make his own choice of moves. If this was more than a tutorial battle, she’d make sure to be more involved. Besides, since the Litten seemed happy to decide her own attacks, Mumble was great at following an example. Taking the initiative… not so much. But following along with what someone else was doing? He was stellar at that! The fact that the moves he was using happened to be landing super effective hits was mostly coincidence, rather than conscious choice.
The Piplup scowled at the opposing Pokémon as Kitten stayed down for moment. <STOP HURTING MY FRIEN-> His words were cut off by a second blast of fire knocking him flat on his ass, and he was left blinking around a little confusedly. The water-type likely would have switched targets to the Blitzle, but that last blow had left him muddled, and he defaulted back to returning the shots aimed his way. This time it was a beam of bubbles that left his beak. A little less impressive in power perhaps, but they seemed effective enough.
Taylor had been silent for a moment as she watched the fight, just needing to make sure that the Piplup remained on task, but now she rolled a shoulder in a shrug. “I guess so,” she mused, thoughtful. “I think in the past it’s always been very clear that they’re characters in a game – this is the first time they’ve seemed so real, so it’s a dilemma that’s only become more relevant recently.” Of course, there’d always been debate around the Pokémon franchise as to how ethics would apply if it were real. But really this was the first time it had ever been so easy to see the creatures as sentient. “It’d be interesting to see if there are some who hate battling,” She continued to muse, humming in consideration. “I’ve not met many here yet, to get a decent sample size. That might ease the dilemma a little, no? To see that their personalities dictate their preferences more than their code?”
PIPLUP ATTACKS CHIMCHAR: BUBBLEBEAM (WATER) ga8D6akx1d50+35 +10 (rarity) +5 (pkmn refresh) +20 (supereffective)
mumble used bubblebeam (tank charge) foe's chimchar took 76 damage mumble took 10 damage
Health Kitten 213/300 Mumble 195/300 Chimchar 0/150 Blitzle 144/250 1d50+35
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Taylor
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Lone Wolf
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Posts: 491
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Player Name: Taylor Finch
OOC Username: Lea
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Post by Taylor on Apr 25, 2023 18:41:42 GMT 9
| DINAH
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ESPEON | FEMALE | | | SWEEPER | 200 HP (+50 ARMORER) | ATK: 3d20 (+5 ARMORER) | RARE +10
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BASIC MOVES 1-10 COVET, BITE, COPYCAT, BATON PASS, TAKE DOWN, CHARM, DOUBLE-EDGE, HELPING HAND, TACKLE, GROWL, TAIL WHIP, CONFUSION, SAND ATTACK, QUICK ATTACK
TIER 1 MOVES 10-20 BABY-DOLL EYES, SWIFT
TIER 2 MOVES 20-30 PSYBEAM, MORNING SUN
TIER 3 MOVES 30-50 POWER SWAP, PSYCHIC, PSYCH UP, FUTURE SIGHT
TIER 4 MOVES 50-70 LAST RESORT
TIER 5 MOVES 70-100 NONE
OTHER MOVES NONE | OTHER INFORMATION: NONE
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Taylor
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Lone Wolf
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Post by Taylor on Apr 25, 2023 6:13:54 GMT 9
The wanted board had been something that Taylor had noticed a couple of times now, always been interested in checking out, but had never quite gotten around to. Well, in fairness it had hardly been a long time since she first noticed it, but even so. Finally today, on something of a slow afternoon, she remembered its existence and headed over to check it out.
“Ooooh, nifty,” she breathed, tapping away to open and minimize the various quest notifications, trade requests and the like. A few minutes in, her hands were flying almost faster than her eyes could read, and a bump to the back of the legs had her fumbling. “Oh!”
A glance down at the ground revealed a Mumble that seemed quite grouchy over being ignored, and she crouched down to give the little penguin some love. Standing back up a few moments later, the young woman turned and was startled to see that she had seemingly inadvertently started a trade request. “Oh, oops!” She breathed, tilting her head consideringly when it became clear what pokemon she had offered up. “I guess Yanma’s gonna find a new home.”
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Taylor
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Post by Taylor on Apr 25, 2023 5:42:17 GMT 9
Link to Successful Egg HuntTHE ROOKERY GIVES YOU...[FairyEgg]_OKgckX51d220 EggHatch your egg IC to add this Pokemon to your Storage Box! 1d220
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Taylor
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Post by Taylor on Apr 25, 2023 3:22:28 GMT 9
Shockingly, the move worked. Somehow. Honestly, even Taylor was surprised, and it had been her that came up with and executed the plan.
With an almighty BOP! the staff impacted with the back of the Braviary’s head, and the huge bird dropped to the ground, stunned. A very quick glance around revealed that much of the rest of the fight was coming to an end. They had a couple of options, here.
- Stay and hope they could take Big Bird on steroids out.
- Stay and hope the huge, angry, feathered one would decide their scrawny asses were simply too much to handle and flee in fear.
- Get while the gettin's good.
Deeming options one and two unlikely and improbable respectively, she dashed over to the Rufflet that had seemingly caused this whole mess, and scooped him up in her arms. <HEY! What’re you->
Holding the little guy under one arm like a rugby ball, she was off, charging back in the direction of the relative safety offered by the professor’s lab-tent-whatsit. “Time to dip, guys!” She yelled, grinning more than a little maniacally. Waiting just a moment until she was out of the heart of the shitstorm, she withdrew her team and pushed for a burst of speed.
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Taylor
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Lone Wolf
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Post by Taylor on Apr 25, 2023 2:40:23 GMT 9
Unfortunately or not, the Rufflet was now too busy with the opposing Braviary to answer Taylor’s argument, both taking and dishing out in return a fair old beating! Finally free of dive-bombing opponents, Taylor made to creep up behind the eagle. Maybe if she could bop it on the head while it was distracted tussling with her new friend, she could convince it that this fight wasn’t one worth continuing!
Giant magic eagle verses hooligan with a stick.
What could go wrong?
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Taylor
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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 25, 2023 2:36:21 GMT 9
She really had been too optimistic last time, hadn’t she? Trudging back to the edge of the shrine, she crouched down once more and set to tending her wounds. It was fortunate that she didn’t have to send out her team each time - if she had to patch them up this many times in such quick succession, she wasn’t sure she could stand the guilt! They might only be made up of code and part of a game but they were cute and fluffy creatures made up of code.
By the time she finished up at the shrine this time, makeshift steri-strips held together the cut on her face, along with the previously bandaged arms. Hell, she was really starting to look the scrappy fighter!
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Taylor
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Lone Wolf
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Posts: 491
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Player Name: Taylor Finch
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Post by Taylor on Apr 25, 2023 2:14:01 GMT 9
“I mean, I guess not,” Taylor grumbled, dragging herself back to her feet and swiping away a slash of crimson blood from where it pooled on her cheek. “But hey, it can’t hurt to get to know one another while we fight an angry hoard of overgrown pigeons, right?” Perfectly sound logic!
Naturally, with the current crowd. her joke wet down about as well as a lead balloon, and she yipped in surprise as a Spearow divebombed her in retaliation. "Damnit, must remember they can understand me too..." she muttered as she wound up an attempt to bat the bloody thing out of the sky.
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Taylor
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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 24, 2023 22:37:56 GMT 9
<Is this really the time?> The harried Rufflet intoned dryly as he grit his metaphorical teeth against a glancing blow from his opponent. <Suffice to say they’re not pleased and would like it very much if I were to stop breathing!>
Was that possible? Could pokemon die-die? The thought had Taylor freezing in contemplation, which unfortunately meant that she took an air cutter to the face. Yelping more in shock than in pain, she reeled backwards a step.
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