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Post by Genesis on Jun 6, 2023 10:33:57 GMT 9
Genesis snorted at their conversation partner's question about them being a law student. They weren't quite sure how serious the other man had been about his guess there, but, well...
"Yeah, got it in one. Not too far from graduating, actually, but hey, finals are a few weeks off still, so..." Genesis shrugged, feeling a bit self-conscious about their use of their free time. They knew some of their fellow law students would never so much as dream of spending hours on a silly video game when they could be studying... but hey, they were still making pretty good grades, and they needed to let off some steam here and there, and... well, they rather doubted that their current conversation partner would judge them as much for it as those law students might.
In response to the man's explanation of why he was drawn to UNOVR, Genesis nodded enthusiastically; the whole "colorful characters" mention wasn't lost on them, but, well, it took one to know one, right? "You're not wrong about that one! And it's true that it's a lot easier to take risks in here when you know it won't have any real consequences. Unless the game really bugs out, I guess. But still, it's freeing to be somewhere where you can do just about anything, where nobody has to know who you are or what you're up to... it makes decision-making a lot easier, that's for sure."
Kazuki
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Genesis
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Post by Genesis on Jun 6, 2023 10:17:12 GMT 9
Genesis was just gearing up to come up with a brilliant plan of action and scare those Beedrill off once and for all... when the fight ended. Whoops. Well, they had meant well, at least.
And regardless of how much they did (or didn't) contribute to the battle effort, they still had an egg in their hands. An egg that they knew, thanks to their recent Rookery visit, was a Dragon-type specifically, one of the strongest types in the game and a type that played host to some of the strongest Pokemon imaginable.
All they had to do was wait for the egg to hatch...
It didn't take long, truth be told. The egg had already had a slight crack in its shell when Genesis sat down to watch it properly, though whether that was from the baby Pokemon within scrambling to get out or an accidental break from all of Genesis' running around was anybody's guess. As the baby Pokemon emerged bit by bit, Genesis tried to guess what they were hatching with every body part that showed itself.
A blue snout. A yellow tail. And... fur? No, wool?
"Wait, what?"
Genesis was seriously considering reporting a glitch in the game when the logic of their new hatch occurred to them. Mareep wasn't a Dragon-type, of course... but its Mega evolution was. Apparently that was enough for the game to include it in with the Dragon-type eggs, though actually getting that typing would be a long way off, and that was if Genesis decided to bother with all that work...
"Seriously? Aw, c'mon..."
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Genesis
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Post by Genesis on Jun 5, 2023 6:04:03 GMT 9
Ohhhhh. Zygarde awakening? Mega Pidgeot? The plot was starting to heat up here, and Genesis was loving it.
And while the current prompt was awfully specific, more so than a lot of the ones they had snagged previously, this one was definitely up their alley as well, giving them an excuse to use one of their newer Pokemon while they were at it.
"Amity?"
The Zubat faced her owner, and though the Pokemon lacked eyes with which to view Genesis, Genesis knew that they had the Poison-type's full attention just the same.
Now, what move to use... if this floor was like the previous ones, the exact attack used wouldn't matter so long as the prompt was fulfilled... but that was a big "if", and Genesis wanted to make sure they did as much as they could to keep things moving here.
"Try... Poison Fang."
It was almost comical, watching the little Zubat chomp down on the giant Mega Pidgeot's throat. Almost.
Prompt #107: [zprompt]la1fx58G1d1001d100
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Post by Genesis on May 28, 2023 11:23:36 GMT 9
Easter Egg Hunt #2THE ROOKERY GIVES YOU...[DragonEgg]Gc||a6Fy1d220 EggHatch your egg IC to add this Pokemon to your Storage Box! 1d220
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Post by Genesis on May 19, 2023 0:10:57 GMT 9
Genesis was glad to get away from those creaky ladders up high in the sky in this part of the Tower... even if it meant running around through dank, poorly-lit tunnels instead. Good thing they'd never suffered from claustrophobia...
Those Pidgeot were a bother, but luckily it was easy enough to dispose with them, one prompt at a time.
Use a Bug-type move, eh? Well, Genesis had a number of bug Pokemon to their name yet... but using a Bug-type move from a Bug-type Pokemon was too straightforward for them, made too much sense. Better to do something a little more off the wall, and with a Pokemon they'd had for longer to boot...
"Sable, hit them with a Pin Missile!"
The Chespin cooperated without hesitation, and while normally the weak Bug-type move would barely have hurt the Pidgeot at all, this time it was enough to make one of them collapse and fall unceremoniously to the ground.
It wasn't the most beautiful or noble attack, perhaps, but it was a step in the right direction, a step closer to unearthing this Tower's mysteries, and that was all that mattered to Genesis.
NEXT PROMPT (#87): [Tower] RqSBbUyt1-501-50
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Post by Genesis on May 18, 2023 10:50:53 GMT 9
Genesis wasn't going to let a tantalizing observation like that stay as just a feeling, however. He was here to study this realm, after all. Why settle for anything less than the scientific method in action?
Genesis stood still for a moment, and between his lack of motion and the utter stillness of the environment around him, it felt a little like the world itself was holding its breath.
One step forward, locking eyes on the shape directly ahead of him.
Genesis never saw it move, exactly, but in the blink of an eye, the shape grew closer as his foot pressed against the hard, rocky ground beneath him. A glance at each side confirmed that the other two shapes had done the same in the interim. It was hard to be sure in an area so lacking in landmarks, but Genesis was almost positive that the shapes moved significantly more than he himself had--it had been only one small step for him, but it had been one giant leap for the shapes as they moved what looked to be a few feet closer.
The sensible thing to do would be to retreat, of course. There were shapes to the front and to the sides, but the path behind Genesis was still clear, as Potoooooooo made clear by hiding behind Genesis and shaking in a way that made the shadows cast by the Ponyta's flames dance all the faster.
But Genesis didn't come here to be sensible, now, did he? No, being sensible would have meant not entering the Corruption Zone, not taking on this quest in the first place, sticking to the already-explored parts of the map. Boring.
Instead, Genesis took another step forward, and another, his steps growing smaller and more calculated each time... until, with a little careful planning, the shapes were right where he had hoped they would end up, just within arms' reach.
Potoooooooo really needed to stop shaking like that. That useless movement was awfully distracting, and Genesis had science to perform, after all!
(Potoooooooo: 200/400 HP)
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Post by Genesis on May 13, 2023 11:13:51 GMT 9
The next few steps proved stable enough, at least. A small blessing.
Genesis had been trying to go straight forward--as best he could, anyway, when there was precious little in the way of lasting landmarks in the area to make it clear which direction was which--but when one of those strange two-dimensional shapes popped up only slightly out of his current path, Genesis didn't hesitate to step on it, curious to see what would happen.
Genesis hadn't been expecting a physical sensation when he made contact with the shape, but he felt one just the same. It was like the pins and needles sensation from when a limb fell asleep, passing rapidly upwards through his legs and into his entire body.
The shape blinked a violent shade of red three times before staying that same shade of red, and then after about three seconds, the shape blinked out of existence entirely, at the same moment that Genesis felt a jolt of pain pass through his body before the pins and needles sensation abruptly stopped.
Fascinating.
Even more fascinating was that a moment later, Genesis noticed a triad of similar shapes appear nearby--one to his left, one to his right, and one directly in front of him--and while he never saw them move, exactly, he could swear they were inching closer and closer to him with every step he took further into the Corruption Zone...
(Potoooooooo: 250/400 HP)
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Post by Genesis on May 9, 2023 10:22:09 GMT 9
Genesis stood in front of the threshold to the Corruption Zone for a moment, part trying to work up the courage to make their move (though they'd never admit as much to anybody who asked), part just taking in how the Corruption Zone appeared from just outside of it.
Deep breath in. Deep breath out.
And they started walking forward, deliberately but not too slowly, ready to face what the Corruption Zone had to offer them.
The first step was uneventful, as was the one after that, but-
Was it the third step, or the fourth, that led them to feel like the world was shifting underneath their feet, that caused that queasy sensation deep in their stomach?
Genesis stopped for a moment, and the world went back to normal, or normal for the Corruption Zone at any rate. Dark shapes flitting here and there, and they could swear something was hiding in the corners of their vision (unless it was just Potoooooooo's flames playing tricks on their eyes), but the earth beneath their feet was steady once again.
Was this vertigo? They felt vaguely dizzy, vaguely disoriented, so it would fit... except that they weren't even up that high.
Or. No, that wasn't accurate, was it? This area was near the top of a group of mountains, after all. So they were high up after all. They just had to trust that they wouldn't go hurtling back down the mountain, that the ground would keep holding them up.
That same ground that had felt like it was moving just a moment ago...
The queasy feeling in their stomach was back, but this time, Genesis was pretty sure it was just their anxiety turned physical, a product of their own mind rather than the bizarre world around them.
(Potoooooooo: 300/400 HP)
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Post by Genesis on May 8, 2023 2:10:35 GMT 9
The Tower of Cats always seemed more... subdued, than the Tower of Worms. Maybe it was just the benefit of hindsight, having conquered this Tower once before and therefore knowing what it might throw at them in the future, while the later levels of the Tower of Worms remained a mystery. Maybe Genesis just liked cats and rats more than birds and worms. But Genesis liked the feel of the Tower of Cats better overall, even if it didn't have the same sense of adventure, the same feeling of helping to uncover something new for the first time, that they got in the Tower of Worms.
Either way, though, it was the same sort of prompts and the same ritual of striking down one's opponents with a single shot.
"Arecibo?"
A name, a nod, and the Frogadier acted immediately, tossing rocks onto the enemy Patrat without hesitation. The poor little rats didn't know what was coming to them until it was too late; an instant, and they were crushed beneath the weight of the rocks, disappearing from view.
NEXT PROMPT (#36): [Tower] _2jD7Su91-501-50
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Post by Genesis on May 8, 2023 1:35:39 GMT 9
The whole slip and slide get-up here was... better than those unsteady wooden stairs from before, at least. Not that that said much of anything in Genesis' book. But it was a step in the right direction, at least, both literally and metaphorically.
Just had to take out a few more birds along the way first...
"Arecibo?"
Genesis didn't even have to name the attack they wanted the Frogadier to use; their starter Pokemon was used to the command by now, enough that all it took was calling his name and shooting him a slight nod of the head. The rocks he shot up by Smack Down hit the wild bird Pokemon squarely, and feathers flew everywhere as the birds fell down, down, down into the hollow of the tree.
Better the birds fall than Genesis themself, they figured...
NEXT PROMPT (#68): [Tower]WPFbT42f1-50
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Post by Genesis on Apr 23, 2023 11:01:40 GMT 9
A place you weren't supposed to explore, except the barriers were gone now. A rogue scientist asking for samples. The looming idea that something new could be found here, but at what cost?
This quest might as well have had Genesis' name on it.
Genesis thought long and hard before choosing his companion into the corrupted wilderness before settling on Potoooooooo. The Ponyta's flames might help chase away a bit of the darkness, his Tank class might be useful if it came down to actual battle taking place, he'd spent a little time with the Ponyta before so it wasn't as if he were entering the place with his only companion being an unknown entity...
...and, if the worst happened... well. Genesis could get another Ponyta. The same couldn't be said for some of his other team members. Hopefully it wouldn't come down to that, but only time would tell.
Standing at the edge of the Corruption Zone, it didn't look so bad, really. It didn't look like much of anything at all.
Which was of course part of what made it so odd, in this game that had developers carefully ensuring that every area had something to it, warmth or cold or breeze or blinding sun or vicious rain. But here there was... nothing. No weather. No landmarks. Just a few random shapes here and there, which weren't nearly as weird-looking as some glitches Genesis had seen, and in the Pokemon games no less. (Gen I, especially, had some wild glitches to play with, and Shiloh had exploited them for all they were worth.)
How bad could it be, really?
(Potoooooooo: 350/400 HP)
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Post by Genesis on Apr 23, 2023 10:09:40 GMT 9
Genesis... probably should have been less thrilled about this turn of events than he actually was.
But picnics, while fun in small doses, got boring quickly, Getting chased by Beedrills, on the other hand? Not boring in the slightest! And it seemed like a good way to potentially gain some Bytes, get their Pokemon some good training, maybe even snag a prize or two...
Provided. You know. They could manage all that without being stung or worse.
"Arecibo, Smack Down!"
The Frogadier cooperated, quickly flinging rocks into the air as his owner had commanded. Why a water frog could throw rocks was beyond Genesis, but the ability certainly was useful.
"Potoooooooo, light some flames, try to get their wings!"
The Ponyta launched flames quickly and enthusiastically... burning some of the remains of the picnic as well as scorching a few bugs. Whoops.
"Merdeka... hit 'em with everything you've got!"
Watching the Duraludon run wild, immune to the bugs' poison and not afraid to show it, was a beautiful sight indeed... even if it made the situation even more of a mess than it had been before.
Was the picnic going to end up back on track? Nope. If anything, Genesis' actions had just made that less likely. But more importantly, Genesis was enjoying himself again. This was fun.
Now, what would he be able to find for his troubles...
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Post by Genesis on Apr 19, 2023 10:44:14 GMT 9
Genesis was watching their step rather carefully and trying to ignore the way their gut quivered at the sight of the ground far, far below them and the rickety, already-occupied wooden steps that served as their only way back down. Fear of heights was one of the more rational common fears, Shiloh always maintained, and it was all too easy to imagine falling to one's death here.
Though the game probably wouldn't allow that. The steps were probably programmed to be sturdier than they looked. Probably.
At least Genesis didn't have the scar Shiloh had from that tree-climbing incident gone wrong to remind them of the damage that one wrong step could do when up in the air...
But never mind all that. Something had darted past, and they were making headway on the plot of this Tower... such as it was, anyway. And all they needed to do to progress further was keep fulfilling the simple prompts thrown their way. This particular prompt wasn't a problem for Genesis. Hell, they'd just done the same prompt on a whim over in the Tower of Cats.
This section of the tree really didn't look like it could support Merdeka's weight, but somehow the Duraludon's summoning from her Poke Ball didn't cause the whole kit and caboodle to come crashing down on top of them. Thankfully. Though that would be an easier way of getting down to the bottom of the tree again...
"Dragon Tail!"
Genesis tried to focus their attention on why Breaking Swipe and Dragon Tail had such different names and effects despite both being Dragon-type moves involving flinging your tail at the opponent--the animation in here was almost identical, they noted--and not how the steps looked like they'd blow over if somebody so much as sneezed the wrong way at them.
It was an uphill battle, metaphorically if not literally...
NEXT PROMPT (55): [Tower] |ROSh3LP1-501-50
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Post by Genesis on Apr 19, 2023 10:30:58 GMT 9
Genesis had just thrown Merdeka onto their Tank class--three Tanks, only two other Pokemon equipped in the other two classes combined, sure it was unbalanced but it was working well for them and what other class would you give a Steel/Dragon type that's literally just a living wall of metal?--and they were ready to test out what the Duraludon had to offer.
...admittedly, the Tower of Cats was not exactly the most challenging place to test a Pokemon's skills, but it would do for a start, at least.
"Merdeka, hit it with a Breaking Swipe!"
The move lived up to its name, hitting the enemy Patrat fast and hard and making it faint in an instant. As would any Dragon-type move, Genesis knew, but still, the sight was enough to bring a smile to their face. Merdeka was showing promise indeed.
Prompt 30: [Tower] UQ|u|88H1-1001-100
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Post by Genesis on Apr 18, 2023 8:40:15 GMT 9
Genesis rolled their eyes at their companion's first comment, though they didn't argue against it. It was true, in the abstract, that not everything in the world was worth reading. Genesis just didn't think that basic game instructions fell into the "not worth reading" category, personally.
(The tabloid comment was surprisingly on point, though, given both their mother's love of the "normal" tabloids and Shiloh's own childhood obsession with the Weekly World News, tabloid parody extraordinaire.)
Genesis did respond to the second comment, however.
"Well, technically, it depends on the definition of cheating, which can happen even in polygamous relationships, though the whole one partner being a fish thing does rather complicate the issue..."
Genesis had kept a straight face for most of this discussion, but they couldn't hold back the laughter any longer. They were discussing fish polygamy. What a world.
As their laughter died down, Genesis added, "...yeah, I'm weird. Not exactly a newsflash there. But the game's a nice place for that. It's a good escape. I'd much rather be discussing exactly what constitutes piscine polygamy than be reading even more texts about the exact legal definition of 'probable cause' or some such. I mean, admittedly the latter's more likely to actually be relevant in life, but how often is a discussion of probable cause gonna ask about the inner thoughts and machinations of a fish, you know? Might as well apply my nerdiness to something fun."
After a beat: "What about you, then? How's this place appeal to you?"
Kazuki
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