Morpheus
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Player Name: Shiro Kuroda
OOC Username: Spinner
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Post by Morpheus on Sept 12, 2024 2:22:32 GMT 9
Oh? Looks like he managed to pique Shalin's interest in his research on dreams (or rather, his RP role of a Dream Seeker), so it didn't take long for him to smile at her question. "The last time I tried to visit for an event, I used a portal that appeared in Percipice Shrine to enter the Dream World. While I managed to achieve that goal, I know I still have a lot to discover about it. I even heard there's a subclass that's related to it and even lets them open temporary portals to it. If I figure out the requirements, I might visit again and see what's behind the creation of it in UNOVR!"
He then realized what he was saying and chuckled sheepishly. "Sorry. I kinda got carried away when it came to the dream topic. But yeah, you can say that's my personal goal in this game." Shalin Nariya
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Morpheus
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Weekend Warrior
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Player Name: Shiro Kuroda
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Post by Morpheus on Sept 12, 2024 1:55:04 GMT 9
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Morpheus
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Weekend Warrior
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Posts: 114
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Player Name: Shiro Kuroda
OOC Username: Spinner
Arena Points: 20
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Post by Morpheus on Sept 12, 2024 1:53:22 GMT 9
Morpheus's eyes widened upon seeing the shard strike the Venipede's back as it screeched in pain. The same could be said with his Pokemon with a gasp after witnessing the same event. <<No way! It hit way harder now! Whatever you did, it's working!>>
As he suspected, the wild Pokemon battle options seemed to be reset after the update. Thankfully, it only took a few tweaks while healing Yukina at the shrine to fix his mistakes immediately. With this, he did not need to retreat any longer. "Then this gives us an advantage. Yukina, follow it up with Icy Wind!"
His Glaceon blew the said attack to the bug just as it rolled itself to her. While she did so, Morpheus took out an empty Golden Poke Ball and threw it just as its HP was low enough to catch it.
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Morpheus
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Weekend Warrior
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Posts: 114
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Shiro Kuroda
OOC Username: Spinner
Arena Points: 20
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Post by Morpheus on Sept 12, 2024 1:41:14 GMT 9
Once again, Morpheus found himself in front of an angry Venipede. He could tell from its eyes that they were getting annoyed by his constant retreating. While it was effective to deal with some issues that arose from the latest update, he and Yukina were also tired of it, too. The sooner he dealt with this Poison/Bug-type Pokemon, the better.
"Third time's the charm, Yukina! Use Ice Shard one more time and endure its next attack!" He commanded.
<<This better work or I have a good reason not to listen to you anymore!>>
With a deep breath, his Glaceon created another shard of ice from her breath and fired it at Venipede.
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Morpheus
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Weekend Warrior
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Posts: 114
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Player Name: Shiro Kuroda
OOC Username: Spinner
Arena Points: 20
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Post by Morpheus on Sept 10, 2024 22:50:59 GMT 9
Another close call... Morpheus was confused. How could the Venipede manage to hit his Glaceon strong enough to get her back to half HP? Maybe something might have happened while he was out of the game for a while. He didn't know what kind of changes were made though since he didn't have time to see the latest patch notes for UNOVR.
Either way, he needed a Plan B and he knew Yukina wasn't enough. Maybe... The answer lies in his HUD.
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Morpheus
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Weekend Warrior
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Posts: 114
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Player Name: Shiro Kuroda
OOC Username: Spinner
Arena Points: 20
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Post by Morpheus on Sept 10, 2024 22:48:10 GMT 9
Morpheus grew confused. Yukina made a shard large enough to strike the Venipede. But just like her Icy Wind, it seemed to endure the shard before striking her again with its tail. This time, her face turned pale as she started to stumble.
<<What the heck?! What kind of Venipede is that?! There's no way it can endure my Ice Shard!>>
Morpheus narrowed her eyes. Even after she was healed, Yukina only dealt small damage while she endured a strong Poison Tail along with being inflicted with Poison. This wasn't working in his favor. For now, he needed to retreat again. "Hold your attack, Yukina. Let's get back to the shrine. Something might not be right about this."
<<Again?! I can't believe we're running away for the second time!>> She stopped as she saw Morpheus's glare, seeing he already decided for a good reason. <<A-Alright. But only because you said so!>>
With that, they ran off before the Venipede charged at Yukina again.
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Morpheus
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Weekend Warrior
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Posts: 114
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Player Name: Shiro Kuroda
OOC Username: Spinner
Arena Points: 20
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Post by Morpheus on Sept 10, 2024 22:22:53 GMT 9
Back again... Morpheus was relieved the shrine in Misty Timberlands was still there after his hiatus. If he didn't, Yukina wouldn't be able to be healed on time. However, it didn't mean they were out of the woods yet. By the time he and his Glaceon came back, the Venipede they left behind already got to them once they left the shrine.
<<Morph, give me the word! I'm ready to give that Venipede some payback!>>
He nodded at his Glaceon. "Alright! Yukina, use Ice Shard!"
The ice-type Pokemon took a deep breath and with a cold breeze blowing from her mouth, she created a shard made of ice and threw it to the bug Pokemon.
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Morpheus
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Weekend Warrior
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Posts: 114
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Player Name: Shiro Kuroda
OOC Username: Spinner
Arena Points: 20
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Post by Morpheus on Sept 10, 2024 21:08:18 GMT 9
Morpheus gasped in exhaustion. Even after he ran as fast as he could, the Venipede was surprisingly fast enough to hit his Glaceon before he could grab her. Thankfully, she managed to hang on afterward as he managed to arrive at the shrine. He was exhausted, but he wasn't too late to save her as the light from the shrine enveloped her body.
After waiting for a while, his Glaceon stood up and cried in relief. Yet she glared at her trainer. <<You could have been prepared than throwing my ball so recklessly, Morpheus!>>
He sighed in guilt. "I'm sorry. But at least you're better now. I'll try preparing before I think about napping next time."
<<Wait, you what?!>>
"KREEE!!!"
Morpheus's eyes widened at the faint noise. "Maybe you should scold me later. We need to deal with that bug before it attacks us again."
<<Sounds like a good plan.>>
Both Morpheus and Glaceon rushed out of the shrine and back to where the Venipede was.
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Morpheus
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Weekend Warrior
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Posts: 114
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Player Name: Shiro Kuroda
OOC Username: Spinner
Arena Points: 20
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Post by Morpheus on Sept 10, 2024 20:57:32 GMT 9
Whether it was overconfidence or drowsiness, Morpheus realized too late how strong this little Venipede had in it. The moment it endured her Icy Wind, it didn't take long for it to strike Yukina with its tail. Her cry was enough to snap him out of his one-track mindset to realize the danger she was in. "Oh no!" Morpheus quickly caught his Glaceon before she could hit the ground. "Are you okay?!"
<<I-I'm good... But you didn't tell me how strong that bug is!>> Yukina exclaimed. <<It's even strong enough to endure my attack!>>
Morpheus stared at the Venipede for a while. He knew she couldn't win if he let her mindlessly attack it with Icy Wind. "Let's retreat for now and get you to the shrine. You might be back in shape in no time."
<<You better do it fast. Cause I think that bug is gaining on us!>>
True to Yukina's words, the Venipede rushed towards the trainer. At least it tried to if it wasn't for its stubby legs. Either way, Morpheus took this chance to run to the nearest shrine he could find.
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Morpheus
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Weekend Warrior
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Posts: 114
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Player Name: Shiro Kuroda
OOC Username: Spinner
Arena Points: 20
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Post by Morpheus on Sept 10, 2024 20:44:36 GMT 9
Rustle... Rustle... Rustle...
As he suspected, the noise grew louder the more he wandered around the field. He turned around and prepared to throw the Poke Ball. But he stopped when he noticed nothing seemed to appear behind him. That was until he saw something below him.
"KREEEE..."
It was a red worm-like bug, skittering near his feet. This...wasn't Morpheus expected. Then again, it might be an opportunity since he didn't have any Poison-types in his team. "Well, you will have to do. Yukina, help me out!" He tossed the ball, releasing his Glaceon out of it. "Take care of it with Icy Wind!"
Without questioning why, his Ice-type Eeveelution blew a cold breeze to the bug Pokemon.
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Morpheus
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Weekend Warrior
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Posts: 114
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Player Name: Shiro Kuroda
OOC Username: Spinner
Arena Points: 20
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Post by Morpheus on Sept 10, 2024 18:49:05 GMT 9
Rustle... Rustle...
That was all Morpheus could hear just as he opened his eyes. How long was he napping? He wasn't worried about the time since today was the weekend. Yet something about the noise was enough to rouse him from his brief slumber. As he stood up while yawning, he took out a Poke Ball from his inventory and quietly scanned the area for any signs of ambush.
"You know, I'm willing to resort to battle if you're planning to hide any longer. Come out before I'll make you!"
Poor execution of words, he thought. He knew there was a high chance it might be a wild Pokemon. So why in the world did he shout as if a player had stalked him? Regardless, Morpheus took a deep breath and prepared for the worse to come...
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Morpheus
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Weekend Warrior
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Posts: 114
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Player Name: Shiro Kuroda
OOC Username: Spinner
Arena Points: 20
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Post by Morpheus on Sept 8, 2024 2:58:59 GMT 9
DREAM TRAINER CLASSES DREAMER
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Morpheus
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Weekend Warrior
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Player Name: Shiro Kuroda
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Post by Morpheus on Sept 8, 2024 2:38:57 GMT 9
As Morpheus suspected... Again, he hadn't been to that island, but just hearing Shalin's words was enough to confirm his suspicions about it. "I...don't want to know what happens if you go through them..." He then sighed before hearing about something called "C0D13". "Uh... Right... I'll keep that in mind..." Now that she said it, something about that name sounded familiar. He recalled it from UNOVRCon, but that was all he could remember.
"But as much as I wanted to search for glitches like you, I have other goals in mind. Have you heard of the rumors regarding the dream world existing in UNOVR?" He took a deep breath before continuing. "I've technically been there on two occasions, but I want to see what it entails for me as a Dream Seeker in this game." Shalin Nariya
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Morpheus
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Weekend Warrior
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Player Name: Shiro Kuroda
OOC Username: Spinner
Arena Points: 20
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Post by Morpheus on Sept 2, 2024 20:38:21 GMT 9
Morpheus sighed in relief. Unlike the previous round, his ice cream barely got the judges' graces. Most of their criticisms were right on point, but only because he only has limited experience in the kitchen both in real life and UNOVR. Either way, he should take their comments to heart and maybe, he might try experimenting with his own homemade ice cream once this "Dungeon" is done. Besides, he passed the second round and he knew it wasn't over yet. However, the only thing out of his knowledge was how many rounds this cooking contest had. At most, 3 rounds should be a standard. But there was a chance there could be 4 or 5 rounds depending on if they have a "final cook-off" of sorts. Regardless, he could see the wheel along with the row of platters and stones in front. He might as well forge on and see what would happen next.
First off, he stepped forward and approached the wheel. With a deep breath, Morpheus took the bar of the wheel and spun as most of his upper body strength would have in his virtual body. After a while, the wheel slowly stopped as he backed away to see the theme he might be working for this round. Then with a complete stop, he saw the word that the wheel landed on the arrow.
LOSS Morpheus raised his eyebrow at this. This was an unusual theme for a cooking contest. Loss meant what it said. Losing something meaningful or important in their life. That didn't sound like something you wanted to cook casually with that in mind. He could try spinning the wheel to see if he could get another theme, but he might lose his points in exchange for it.
...No. He couldn't risk using his points over this. He might as well work with what he has and go from there. If he could think of loss, he would have thought of a comfort food to ease off grief. Maybe he could do that as his meal for the 3rd round.
The only thing he needed to worry about was gaining more points. He couldn't rely too much on his poor, but improving his cooking skills. At the same time, he shouldn't make risky sacrifices to improve his score such as calling a celebrity chef in exchange for points (Were there any celebrity chefs in UNOVR at all?). He could use a "Golden Tongue", but he was afraid of what they meant by "trading away his true name". There was no way he could get the 50-point platter immediately. Until then, he needed to get through the test and figure out the handicaps from here.
"Good job, Glacies. You should take a rest for now," Morpheus said before taking out his Poke Ball.
<<Alright. I wish for your success, Master.>>
With that, he returned his Cryogonal back to his Poke Ball. As much as he wanted to keep Glacies around for the next round, he needed another Pokemon for what he was about to regret. With that, he took out another ball and released his Glaceon into the field.
<<Do you need something, Morpheus?>> She asked.
Morpheus sighed and turned around. "Can you help me with the third round of the cooking contest?"
<<Cooking contest? I think I can help. But all I can do is freeze some stuff with my abilities...>>
"I'm aware. But I need some extra help with what am I going to do next."
He knew if he told her now, she might be confused and disbelieved at his request. For now, he approached the row of stones and taking a deep breath, he reached out his hand. "The poetry and tornado, please..."
Taking a deep breath, he let the said stones let out a stinging pain the moment they made contact with his skin. Several cursive words wrote themselves on his arms and once they were done, he read closely at what they said.
Speak only in rhyme. Endure the wind. Morpheus sighed in dismay. "These stones better be worth the hassle, lest I deal with more stones as a gamble." Just those lines were enough to cover his mouth as his face turned red. Poetry wasn't much of his best talent and now, he had to risk his dignity for more points just for this Dungeon. Thank god he was a plain guy in real life and the game did not allow screenshots and recording clips in-game or else, he would be dying of embarrassment back in real life.
"This is the last time I have this VR game force me to do embarrassing challenges like this!" He thought before he sighed in dismay.
He did consider the Hand tattoo for the challenge. However, everyone but Ourus and Yukina in his party didn't have hands and his Snivy and Glaceon didn't have thumbs to help him handle his utensils. As much as he wanted to try with Yukina's paws, he didn't have the heart to leave her with his human hands. There were also the Alphabet and Trashcan tattoos. However, he already had to deal with his forced poetry for this round and he didn't want more embarrassment from him. As for the former, from what he observed so far, not all of his fellow contestants had the ingredients he needed for his meal and he didn't want too much handicap against him.
<<Morpheus, behind you!>>
Speaking of handicaps, he quickly turned around and saw a tornado coming towards him and Yukina. He wondered if this tornado was the "spirit" from his second curse considering he somehow summoned it from those stones. Unfortunately, he didn't have time to admire the spirit as it quickly snatched all of the utensils in his station. He was running on borrowed time and he needed to work on his meal before it might run out.
"We can't let this dilemma distract our next challenge. Yukina, take care of our robber so we have the utensils to scavenge! I will make a meal good enough for the judges to enjoy! Though I don't know how long will I unable for this curse to avoid..."
Despite his orders, Yukina stared at her trainer with her eyes narrowed at his improvised poetry. <<I like it better if you stay silent... But leave this tornado snatcher to me, Morpheus!>>
Thank Arceus Yukina was much more understanding than his starter. Regardless, Morpheus didn't waste any time as he grabbed most of the ingredients from the pantry as he could for his meal. Then as Yukina used her tail to slap most of the utensils in her trainer's direction, allowing him to grab them and place them back in his station. So far, he got the pot and strainer, so he quickly used them to boil water and added salt and oil to it. While he worked on the meal, Yukina blew Icy Wind to the tornado spirit just as it could get closer to her trainer. Morpheus did say she only needed to take care of the wind spirit to recover his tools for cooking, he didn't say about defeating it in a battle. She might as well focus on dealing with the nuisance rather than letting two tornadoes mess up her trainer's focus.
Back with Morpheus, he managed to recover a few more utensils thanks to his Glaceon just as he poured macaroni pasta into the boiling water. However, the noise coming from Yukina's battle as well as a burst of wind almost blew away all of his recovered utensils and broke his focus. "I appreciate your efforts to protect my well-being but the racket you're making isn't helping my cooking. If you want to deal with the racket, then go there so you can have a tornado to whack it!"
He was still cursing mentally at his poor attempt at his poetry. But even if he tried keeping his mouth shut just so he could continue with the round, the curse wouldn't let him stay silent for long. Thankfully, his Glaceon got the message as she blew another Icy Wind at the spirit in her attempt to divert it away from Morpheus while trying to get the rest of his utensils. As for him, Morpheus started melting the cheese while mixing a few herbs in. He only had a few minutes left thanks to the pasta and the spirit's antics with Yukina (along with a woman named Bergamot Gristleborg trying to pretend to be a beggar to give him his leftover salad dressing), though. So he was feeling the pressure already.
"Hurry, hurry! All of this fighting is making me worry! I'm cooking this poor excuse of a masterpiece in a flurry! I promise this is the last time I'm doing this ridiculous hindrance, So take care of the last interference!"
<<I don't know... I'm starting to like your poetry a bit. I wonder if Ourus feels the same way...>> Yukina snickered, but her trainer responded with a glare. <<Okay, okay... I'm going.>>
The battle continued with his Glaceon with her Icy Wind and Tackles to the spirits, causing the remaining utensils to fall back to Morpheus's station once he caught them. Then as she finished it off with an Ice Shard, Morpheus took out the pasta from the pot and placed them carefully in the bowl along with the melted herb cheese. With a few more herb and cheese garnish, he rushed to the judges and offered it to them just as the timer would run out.
"I apologize for my tardiness, but I want to get my point across. I bring you my Mac and Herb Cheese to heal the pain of Loss. It might be a simple dish, but I assure you it's a medicine for those who lost a special someone, But at the same time, the taste will be good for consumption. Though it depends on your preference, But I hope it can become my reverence."
He was smiling while bowing to the judges. But on the inside, he's screaming in pure humiliation. He was starting to have regrets about this to the point of wishing the curse would be over already. Despite this, Morpheus needed to endure one more line of poetry as he turned to the golden platters next.
"Before I head back, I wanted to make a request, So I can be ready after my rest. If you lend me one of the platters, I promise my next dish won't be in tatters."
Once he got the platter, he spent the judging time burying his reddened face on the table, wishing the curse would go away as his Glaceon joined his side comforting her embarrassed trainer.
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Morpheus
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Weekend Warrior
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Posts: 114
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Shiro Kuroda
OOC Username: Spinner
Arena Points: 20
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Post by Morpheus on Aug 26, 2024 23:31:18 GMT 9
STEEL CHEF: ROUND 3 THEME [steelchef]NVd7MKa71-201-20
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