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"Bullseye." Nurse Joy would whisper to herself, grinning widely as she hid behind a large snow pile, keeping herself hidden away from seeking eyes. She continued to make a few new snowballs, readying to throw when she heard a familiar voice call out.

"Hey Boss! I made a ball!" Minion was standing in the middle of the open field, waddling about as he held up a snowball. It was lumpy, mishapen, and would absolutely fall apart if she tried to throw it, but god damn it was just too cute.

"Cute hon, but I think I got a better idea for now." She gripped a tightly packed snowball in her gloved hand, beginning to smirk. "It's called cheating."

"... If you say so, Boss!" Minion seemed only a little but disturbed by the idea of cheating, but quickly seemed excited about the idea.

"Ember, just fire up into the sky, burn any Snowballs that come our way. Show them how to win at this silly game." And just like that, Fuecoco took in a deep breath, only to let out a large burp of flames, erupting into the sky and melting some of the snow around him.

From her hiding position, Joy threw yet another snowball up.

As Noibat picked itself up again, Nurse Joy did actually bother to glance a look at them. They did seem rather exhausted and tired. Did they really need food that badly? Or was something in this place simply drawing out the worst and fatiguing them? That certainly wasn't a great sign.

She hummed in thought, finally looking around at all the other Players participating in the event. There was a child crying, a dead tree sprouting in the middle of nowhere, and overall a bit of chaos. It was starting to snow, bootprints simply appearing, and that damn red light in the sky. Maybe she really should have put more thought into this.

This place was damn freaky, and she was starting to not really like it. It was cool as hell, and she loved the mystery. But she didn't really like the idea of not having any Pokémon at all when Santa Claus from Hell descended from the Heavens to murder them all.

What even happened when her Pokémon fainted?

Before she can even really think too heavily on the bigger questions, something caught her eye. A fossil someone ripped up from the earth as their reward caught her gaze immediately. The stone was covered in twirling tentacles, like some primordial eldritch nightmare would spawn from it.

Ripping up the Sail Fossil she just pulled up, briefly glancing at how boring it seemed, she moved to approach Cypress. "Hey," She spoke up, letting the 'ey' sound linger on for a little bit. "I got this, super rare Fossil right here." She spoke, holding up the Sail Fossil. "I'd be happy to trade you for that one," She pointed at the Vine Fossil as she spoke. "If you're interested, of course."

Very shortly after, her Noibat suddenly landed on her shoulder, breathing heavily. "S-so hungry... So tired. Can't, fly. Hurt. The air hurts. Don't like it." It could barely even keep their eyes open, and Nurse Joy immediately frowned in response. "Something in the air. It's coming. Don't like it. So tired. Weak. I hurt all over. Please..."

"Hold on just a sec, lil' dude. The experience will toughen you up. Just..." She internally swore, slamming her pickaxe into the ground just a few more times, hoping to get one last bit of loot before her Pokemon fainted completely. "Just, f-fuck, stay awake. I'll make sure you get all the fruit you want."

"Y'mean it?" Noibat replied exhausted, all before flopping forwards, falling flat onto its face onto the earth.

"Yeah... I guess I did mean it."

WHITE OUT
Noibat HP: 0/150
Loot: Armor Fossil, (Sail Fossil traded for Vine Fossil)

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Joy just smirked as she watched Bunya crack a skull in half with her shovel. That was metal as hell. She was kind of digging the vibe of this place. Horror tropes, digging up bones, wreckage of the old world, and everything else. Just before she could really get to digging, someone (Big Bee) talked about apples being in the Grove, and suddenly her Noibat would not stop talking about it.

"Man!" It proclaimed, ears twitching about wildly as it glanced over to the trainer who spoke, then back at Joy. "I want to go to the Grove! I want fruit! Lots and lots of fruits! Apples, Oranges, Melons, I want a Durian!"

"Durians smell like turpentine and wet garbage." Replied Joy, shaking her head.

"Bluh, I don't care! It isn't fair! I still want one!"

Joy groaned annoyingly, her pickaxe dragging on the ground. "Yeah? Well, you know..." She paused, her eyes glancing over at Alicia Westfield and their surprisingly large Plant Pokémon. Joy certainly didn't know it was called a Chikorita. "I hear, some Pokémon taste like fruit."

"They- Wait, what?" The Noibat paused its frustrated ramble, tilting his head curiously.

"Yeah. I mean, grass Pokemon are plants, yeah? Same as an orange. Why don't you go ask one for a bite? They can pull off leaves and shit. Hell, pretty sure one is just a dinosaur with bananas on its face." She just smirked with a sarcastic tone to her voice, slamming her pickaxe down into the earth to hopefully pull up something good.

"Uh, well... I mean, Minion does kind of look like a piquillo pepper," It muses softly, thinking of Joy's Fuecoco before finally deciding to act. It flutters its wings sluggishly, the hunger of fruit was overwhelming the unnease in the air. For now. It flew right over towards Tikani the Chikorita, right beside Alicia Westfield, and spoke up.

"Excuse me, do you taste good? I'm really hungry. Are you a fruit? Is that okay to ask? I'd hate to be rude, but I'm really hungry."

Noibat HP: 100/150
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She had gotten used to UNVOR relying on American time zones for when the day would change, but it was still a bit of a surprise to wake up one early morning in London, log on, and find a so called "Midnight" gathering with everyone else here looking pretty tired or grumpy. Honestly, it felt a little empowering that she was the only one, to her knowledge at least, who had clearly gotten a full night's sleep before hopping in.

Nurse Joy was standing back, loudly crunching on an apple as she held a basket in hand. It seemed like Bunya was too busy to take her "Tunyan" sandwich, huh? A shame, she even stole it from that one café as they were setting up for the day and everything. But, what was this about fossils?

She had heard a bit about Corruption, really nasty stuff, but she had never seen it with her own eyes. Yet, it definitely intrigued her. As the magical circle with cat ears and all began to glow, she just laughed. "God damn, Bunya you're so on brand with everything you do."

As soon as they appeared within the new land, seemingly teleporting, Nurse Joy just stretched back. This place was definitely spooky. The popup and awkward jingles were clearly some like, meta horror trope playing out, right? She could dig it. Probably. There was an odd feeling in her bones that she couldn't quite put at ease though. Like they were the center of the world, and just going to sink down in and join the bones.

Shaking that fear free, Joy would casually move to plop the basket down by wherever Bunya was with a laugh, picking up a pickaxe instead. "A promise is a promise. Alas, our picnic might need to fucking wait, but eh, another time. No sense food going to waste though, it is yours now. I'll get you the juiciest bones, eh, why not."

Joy would wander off, just casually chucking out her Noibat to keep an eye around. "Hey!" It immediately replied, sniffing the air. "I smell apple on your breath! You told me I could have fruit! And you ate it!"

The trainer just rolled her eyes slowly. "You can eat fruit after we get out of here. This place gives me the creeps."

"You give me the creeps! How can you be so casual about fruit? I live for that stuff!" The Noibat frowned, its ears already twitching as it seemingly eavesdropped on every conversation trying to keep aware of the situation. "... This place also gives me the creeps. I don't like that sound. Like bells. Don't like it."

"Yeah, you're telling me. So, let's get to work. Sooner we get shit, the better."

Noibat: 150/150 HP

Joy had to admit, the vibes of Ostellia were peak. Ruined apocalyptic cityscape? Filled with aliens from a world beyond all understanding? Wasn't this supposed to be Pokemon? Cute and cuddly? She certainly wasn't complaining, in fact it only made her laugh.

There was nobody to stop her art here. Experimenting with paint colors, she scavenged a few abandoned cans from a broken hardware store, and just casually listened to the radio as everyone made her suggestions. None of them seemed to have any remotely similar themes. The Hawaii Five-O theme, Darude Sandstorm, Staying Alive? What was this, meme hour? At least Born to be Wild was indeed, a banger.

After slopping together some uncomfortable-gross purple colors and a single shade of bright lime green onto a brush making some awkward brown, she finally just sighed. This wasn't a good color. It didn't help that the muse music was nonexistent. Sure, some of the songs were fine. But they weren't really her style. With that in mind, she finally just gave up and dumped the gross paint can of ugly brown over the edge before calling in herself.

Nurse Joy said:

ayo. don't you think its time we played some real freaking apocalypse music out here?

Nurse Joy said:

Everyone who lived here is dead and people destroyed it i think. so yknow. so i think it's only fitting for some real tunes. Hail the Apocalypse by Avatar. Shit's absolutely great. Also, wild music vid. check it. a lady does some dope 1920's dances to metal songs before exploding among other things.

The bat tumbled to the ground, and she quickly tossed one of those empty Pokeballs at it. Within no time, it was sucked up and captured. Was that it? She had knocked it completely unconscious.

"You did great Boss!" The Fuecoco suddenly spoke up, dancing on its two legs and spinning around, still a little dizzy. "First battle! Flawless! I'm so lucky to have you Boss!"

Joy looked down at the little pepper crocodile, unable to help but just chuckle softly. It was kind of cute. Not really her thing, but those flames were definitely sick. "You know what? You did great too Lil' Dude."

"Yeah!" They eventually flopped down onto their stomach, absorbing what heat remained from the rooftop.

Joy pauses for a second, visibly debating on finally logging out before she sits back down. Without a word, she just rolled one if the apples over towards him.

"Gasp!" He audible said the words, sitting back up as he grasped the apple. Looking up at Joy, as if trying to confirm that he was allowed to eat it, before just chomping down in a single bite, swallowing everything.

Joy inmediately broke up into laughter, falling back and laying down on the roof.

"What? Is it something I did?"

"Yeah. But keep being you. I like it."

But alas, such peaceful times couldn't last forever. It was almost time to go. Reaching over to grab one of the apples that she shamelessly stole from some lady walking home, she took one bite of the virtual fruit before just chucking it outwards into the street.

Before it could strike any or the random NPCs like she was intending, a figure suddenly swooped down out if the sky, catching the fruit in its talons and soared back upwards.

She leaped in surprise, jumping into and upright position. "What the hell- One of them beasties, aye?"

As if to confirm her suspicions, the flying shadow descended in front of her and suddenly spoke.

"Fruit. Give me more fruit."

"Oh no, this is my stash. Go get your own."

"I am! My fruit now. Give me."

She rolled her eyes, there was no debating with this strange bat. It seemes like there was to be a battle. Over her stolen fruit, no less.

Gripping the Pokeball on her hip, she tossed it out to reveal her Pokemon. Honestly, she hadn't even looked at it yet. Was it... A sentient bell pepper crocodile?

What even was this game?

"Hi!" The Fuecoco shouted out. "I am your friend! And I- Oof!" He suddenly got tackled by the bat, tumbling to the ground in a small grapple.

"Yeah, yeah whatever! Burn him or something!" Nurse Joy was exasperated with the whole thing already.

"Burning time!" The little crocs tiny arms grabbed onto the bat as flames just poured out of his maw, causing the wild bat to screech super loudly in pain. So loud it hurt Joy's ears.

"... Okay. That was kind of badass."