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 May 21, 2023 23:32:32 GMT 9
At some point they’d need to get back to work on forging that armor, but for now, it was far too nice to relax to disturb the little crew. She’d had a particularly bad day at work and with Lucas the night before, so it was good to escape to somewhere completely detached from her real life for a while. As much as battle was waged here, it felt a lot more honest than the attacks she often found herself under in the real world.
She swallowed hard at the thought, rubbing her wrist. It was bruised in real life, but the injury didn’t carry over into the game. Regardless, a phantom twinge still served as a reminder. 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 May 21, 2023 23:28:35 GMT 9
Relaxing inside the mouth of a cave with a small campfire roaring for warmth was a much more comfortable way of weathering a Surge Steppes storm than any others she’d tried so far. “This is the way to do it, isn’t it?” She grinned, speaking to the pokemon gathered around her. She received a few hums of acknowledgement, but most of the little group were snoozing in the warmth or too content to answer. It certainly beat getting her umbrella blown inside-out by the wind!
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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 May 21, 2023 22:38:38 GMT 9
The driving rain beat down from the sky, but Taylor had come prepared, this time. She’d finally managed to track down somewhere to purchase an umbrella, so rather than making the mad dash to the shelter of the field tents in the downpour, today she strolled over nonchalantly.
That was, until a particularly strong gust of wind caught the bloody thing and promptly blew it inside out. “SHITSHITSHIT!” She cursed, instantly drenched to the bone and dashed into the tent.
“Well, there goes my casual entrance,” she grouched, trying to turn the umbrella right-side out and accidentally popping it open indoors instead. Grumbling something about bad luck, she eventually managed to wrangle it back into its collapsed form. Dripping all over Ash’s floor, she then made her way over to the desk.
“Got some more for ya, prof,” she explained, placing three slightly soggy pokeballs on the desk and grimacing at the water she was leaving behind. “Sorry about the floors,” she added sheepishly.
Taylor offers 2 x Duraludon and 1 x Magnemite
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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 May 21, 2023 7:51:18 GMT 9
Thankfully, it all proceeded smoothly from there. Somehow it would seem that she’d lucked upon the right combination of processes, and was successful in producing a number of metal ingots. Now, they certainly weren’t anything approaching pure iron, but Taylor wasn’t sure if that would even matter. The unlock conditions did talk about crafting a set of “imperfect” armour, so it clearly wasn’t expecting perfectly pure materials or a flawless result. That niggled a little at her perfectionism, but she did her best to shut the discomfort down.
With thanks to Tamara for her help and the acquired ingots stored away in her inventory, they made their way out of the Steppes for the day.
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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 May 21, 2023 7:47:27 GMT 9
“Thanks!” With that said, she called Vixey and Dinah over, and settled in once more. “It’s a lot of trial and error and hoping for the best at this point, honestly,” she replied, rubbing the back of her neck a little sheepishly. “I’m hoping that you and Vixey can heat it, while Dinah uses her telekinesis to manipulate the resulting liquid metal into ingots.” From there, she was even more unsure of the plan, but one step at a 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 May 21, 2023 7:38:09 GMT 9
Taylor laughed, moving over to where the iron ore is now scattered about the area. “That actually wasn’t the plan today, no! For once!” She gestured towards the fragmented chunks of rock. “I was looking for that.”
At the teen’s look of confusion, she grinned and went on to elaborate. “Iron ore. Need it for unlocking the Armourer class. Needed to smelt it down next actually – I don’t suppose your Cinder would mind lending a hand, would she? I’ve only got the one fire type and it’d go faster with two.”
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Taylor
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Lone Wolf
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Posts: 491
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Taylor Finch
OOC Username: Lea
Arena Points: 72
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Post by Taylor on May 21, 2023 7:27:00 GMT 9
“Hell yeah, we did!” Taylor laughs, joining in the celebration and moving to sling a friendly arm over the pipsqueak’s shoulders. She’s panting lightly, still out of breath from the whole thing, but it certainly doesn’t keep her from grinning. “We might as well catch it, eh? More donations for the professor!”
She pulls out her golden pokeball and tosses it lightly towards the now-fainted pokemon.
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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 May 21, 2023 7:19:03 GMT 9
“I’m back, ya big metal bastard!” Taylor hollered as she re-entered the fight, grinning when she saw that Tam was holding her own. “You’re doing good, kid!” She praised. “Don’t let him squish you though – would not recommend!” She probably shouldn’t swear in front of the kid, but hey, she just got squished! Give her a little grace!
“I think we’ve almost got it!” She grinned, watching as Cinder landed a series of solid Double Kicks and the opponent teetered. Releasing her own team again, she dashed in for another roundhouse kick.
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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 May 21, 2023 7:13:22 GMT 9
The almighty CRASH still ringing in her ears, Taylor groaned. Shoving herself up into a seated position, she took a few precious moments to stretch out aching muscles, grimacing at the popping and clicking of joints. “Well that was just rude,” she grouched, considering the move the wild Pokemon had pulled a cheap tactic.
A quick sweep through her UI showed that her team was healed, though it was her that had taken the brunt of the damage, anyway. At least she couldn’t see Tamara here now, so presumably the teen was back there chipping away at it again. With another groan she dragged herself back to her feet and hobbled away.
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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 May 21, 2023 7:05:46 GMT 9
“I’ll hold him!” Taylor shouts as Tamara dashes off to heal.
And hold him she does, though it’s about all she does manage to do! The mighty beast thrashes to and fro as he attempts to dislodge her. His attacks are far less accurate with her acting as a walking, talking blindfold, but it does mean that she’s become the bugger’s primary target!
Thankfully, her team take full advantage of the opening, and the attacks begin to blur together as they rain down.
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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 May 21, 2023 6:52:09 GMT 9
As Decibelle returned to the field and Mumble distracted the opponent with a Whirlpool, Taylor made her move. Just as she had before, she launched herself at the huge metal beast, latching onto its back. This time though, rather than bonking it over the head a few times, she tried a different approach.
Clamping her hands over the creature’s eyes, she hung on as it thrashed back and forth violently. “Go! Now!”
At her shout, Vixey drew in energy before blasting out an Energy Ball!
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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 May 21, 2023 5:58:27 GMT 9
“Ohh that was a bad blow!” Taylor called out in sympathy. “Is she good?” Deciding at this point that it was probably worth getting physically involved herself, Taylor advanced. It had helped last time, so with any luck it would be effective this time, too.
Dashing up to the wild Pokemon, she spun, hitting it with a solid roundhouse kick. “Goddamn, I wish I could do that in real life!” She muttered under her breath, endorphins pumping from the exhilaration.
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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 May 21, 2023 5:31:09 GMT 9
Okay, the odds looked much better now. With her team healed up and health enlisted, Taylor felt a little more comfortable. Of her team, three advanced to actively fight. Vixey aimed an Incinerate at the behemoth, darting away from one of its massive claws as it attempted to swipe at her. Dinah’s eyes glowed cerise as she launched a psychic attack with Confusion, and Mumble made use of the distraction to shoot in with a Drill Peck.
“Good job, guys!” Taylor encouraged, staying back for now, but more than ready to jump in and help if it looked necessary.
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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 May 21, 2023 5:20:24 GMT 9
Shitshitshit!
Taylor hadn’t thought this through at all. She’d been in the middle of working on a set of armour – just about to start smelting from ore – when a Duraludon had attacked. She’d been trudging through the Steppes for long enough that both she and her pokemon were exhausted, and certainly not in any position to fight!
So it was that she found herself rushing to one of the Shrines now, trying to heal up before the situation got worse. Once done, she glanced around a little frantically, and her eyes lit up when the landed on a familiar blue head.
“Hey kid!” She called, waving. “Tamara! Want another Duraludon for the prof? I could sure use a hand!”
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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 May 21, 2023 4:52:20 GMT 9
The Duraludon made short work of the stone, chipping away what looked like it was probably enough to be getting on with. “Thanks, buddy!” Taylor called, leaving the steel-type out for now – might as well let him get some air. She grinned at her own thoughts. Let the AI creature get some AI air. Yep, made total sense and was definitely necessary.
By now most of her team was out, actually. Mumble helped her carry the ore over to where Vixey and Dinah lounged in the sun.
“Alright guys, enough sunbathing,” Taylor announced, dropping the ore and dusting off her hands. “We’ve got work to do!”
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