Jinx
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The Tempest
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Posts: 152
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Sheila Michaels
OOC Username: Haberdasher
Arena Points: 20
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Post by Jinx on Jan 18, 2023 2:50:23 GMT 9
Jinx nodded appreciatively at the other Trainer who had jumped in to help her with the fight. "Yeah, you're right, I could use the help..."
She felt a little awkward admitting that, truth be told. Out of the game, Jinx was used to being the helper, not the one being helped. But it was only fair that she take some time playing both roles, and what harm would it cause, having someone bail her out of a tough video game fight? Besides, the other Trainer seemed happy enough to help her out here.
"Anyway, uh, another Rock Smash?"
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Jinx
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The Tempest
Player Character
Posts: 152
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Sheila Michaels
OOC Username: Haberdasher
Arena Points: 20
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Post by Jinx on Jan 18, 2023 2:47:59 GMT 9
Even with that other player jumping in there to help her with the Duraludon, Jinx wasn't sure she'd survive its attack without a shrine visit in between, and when the other player had run to the shrine, well... Jinx had followed. The wild Duraludon would be there when she got back, that much she knew. Better to heal up now, somewhere with even more towering metal than she'd found in that wild encounter in the Steppes, and then come back recharged and raring to go.
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Jinx
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The Tempest
Player Character
Posts: 152
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Sheila Michaels
OOC Username: Haberdasher
Arena Points: 20
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Post by Jinx on Jan 18, 2023 0:58:34 GMT 9
Jinx had just been about to head out of the Crater, with her newly-caught Scorbunny (and Koffing) in tow, but then she caught sight of another Trainer having encountered a Pokemon that... looked like just a pile of lava come to life. Something that really shouldn't exist.
Naturally, Jinx loved it.
Jinx ran over to the site where the lava slug Pokemon had appeared and let out her Mudkip.
"Skipper, show 'em a Water Pulse!"
Jinx looked back at the other Trainer and let out a shaky laugh.
"Uh, hope you don't mind? That guy just looks really cool, and I'm a Kindler, so I could use more Fire-types and all..."
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Jinx
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The Tempest
Player Character
Posts: 152
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Sheila Michaels
OOC Username: Haberdasher
Arena Points: 20
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Post by Jinx on Jan 16, 2023 13:49:52 GMT 9
Jinx swiveled in place as she took in her next opponent, a Pokemon taller than she was herself, with a body made of metal to boot. That was... certainly an intimidating-looking creature, that much was for sure. But then, what was life without a bit of a challenge, right? That's what Jinx kept telling herself, anyway, as she mentally ran through her list of Pokemon before settling on unleashing the Horde at her new enemy.
"Try a Rock Smash." Jinx's voice was flat, lacking the energy and unbridled enthusiasm that she usually had. Something about this opponent gave her a bad feeling. But hey, she could always run off to the nearest shrine if she had to...
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Jinx
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The Tempest
Player Character
Posts: 152
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Sheila Michaels
OOC Username: Haberdasher
Arena Points: 20
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Post by Jinx on Jan 16, 2023 13:31:32 GMT 9
As Jinx kept tracing her northward path, she heard the sound of approaching footsteps, or maybe just the grass rustling. Either way, the cause seemed clear enough: a wild Pokemon was approaching her path.
Jinx didn't change her route, though, just slowing to a stop and taking a closer look at her surroundings. Not like it really mattered if she took a step or two out of line, of course--the only person who cared about this little project of hers was herself, and even she was just doing it to kill time--but why break out of line when she didn't have to, right? And there was plenty to take in about her current surroundings, even without running off elsewhere chasing stray noises...
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Jinx
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The Tempest
Player Character
Posts: 152
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Sheila Michaels
OOC Username: Haberdasher
Arena Points: 20
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Post by Jinx on Jan 16, 2023 6:48:05 GMT 9
Jinx didn't even need to be in the Steppes, really. She hadn't come there with any particular purpose, and wild Pokemon she wanted to chase after or other goals in mind. Instead she was just tracing a straight line north from her starting point near the south end of the Steppes and seeing what she could find. In such a wide open area, there had to be something worth exploring, right? And what better way to find it than to cover every step of the way while looking for new adventures around every corner?
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Jinx
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The Tempest
Player Character
Posts: 152
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Sheila Michaels
OOC Username: Haberdasher
Arena Points: 20
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Post by Jinx on Jan 16, 2023 6:11:08 GMT 9
Jinx still felt a little odd, visiting the shrines, going to what was canonically some sort of spiritual center dedicated to legendary Pokemon just to get her health back. Why couldn't this be like the other games and have you just speak to a nurse at the, uh... what were they called... Pokemon Houses? At least then there would be a clear conversation partner, a goal that made sense in-game as well as out of it.
Or was the shrine being a place of healing meant to make sense in this game's lore as well? Was she actually getting healed by the legendary Pokemon themselves every time?
It was a big thought for a small girl to have, and so Jinx just stared up at the immense stature of the Giant Shrine and considered for a moment what, exactly, she would be drawing her newfound power from.
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Jinx
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The Tempest
Player Character
Posts: 152
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Sheila Michaels
OOC Username: Haberdasher
Arena Points: 20
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Post by Jinx on Jan 16, 2023 5:58:25 GMT 9
"Nice job, Skipper! Now bring it on home with a Tackle!"
Jinx was a person of many virtues, but subtlety was definitely not one of them. But hey, it's not like it made that much of a difference which attack she used anyway, so why not stick with the basics? And she still got a kick out of seeing her Pokemon just bodily slam into their opponents, even if Skipper's body didn't lend itself to quite the same impact as Minnie's had earlier.
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Jinx
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The Tempest
Player Character
Posts: 152
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Sheila Michaels
OOC Username: Haberdasher
Arena Points: 20
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Post by Jinx on Jan 16, 2023 5:51:36 GMT 9
That was more like it! And what a cute little bunny Pokemon it was, too! It just looked like a friendly little guy...
...a friendly little guy that she would have to beat up, of course...
"Skipper, hit 'em in the face with a Water Pulse!"
Jinx had never claimed to be subtle, and her Mudkip's latest attack was no exception. Sure, it used typings to Jinx's advantage, but it also meant blasting a baby rabbit in the face with water, which was pretty far from subtlety in her book.
(Weren't rabbits supposed to be sensitive to water, like, in real life? Didn't you have to be really careful bathing them because of that? Well, this Fire-type rabbit certainly lived up to that rule...)
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Jinx
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The Tempest
Player Character
Posts: 152
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Sheila Michaels
OOC Username: Haberdasher
Arena Points: 20
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Post by Jinx on Jan 16, 2023 5:42:07 GMT 9
No cutesy calls this time around, no saying out loud what she wanted. Jinx didn't want to, well, jinx things again. Better to just look for the wild Pokemon in silence, check every nook and cranny while saying a silent prayer to whatever or whoever controlled the spawns in here... probably a computer, honestly, so the chances of her prayer paying off were somewhere between zero and jack, but hey, it couldn't hurt, right?
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Jinx
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The Tempest
Player Character
Posts: 152
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Sheila Michaels
OOC Username: Haberdasher
Arena Points: 20
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Post by Jinx on Jan 15, 2023 3:30:44 GMT 9
Okay, so the first Pokemon Jinx had encountered in the Crater was a Koffing, which was... alright. Not what she had been looking for, but it would do in a pinch.
The second Pokemon she'd found was also a Koffing, which was less okay, and she had made sure the Koffing lived to regret their battle.
But now, it was time for her third encounter in the Crater. This one had to be a Fire-type, right? Or at least not another Koffing? Please? Third time's the charm and all that...
Honestly, Jinx didn't have a great feeling about it, but there was only one way to find out who her next opponent would be, and it wasn't by standing around and moping.
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Jinx
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The Tempest
Player Character
Posts: 152
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Sheila Michaels
OOC Username: Haberdasher
Arena Points: 20
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Post by Jinx on Jan 15, 2023 3:27:37 GMT 9
Oh man, there was something beautifully cathartic about watching a metal elephant slam into that Koffing's face. If it was going to get in her way, well, Jinx would just make sure that the Koffing lived to regret it in the end!
"Another Tackle! Put your whole body into it, Minnie!"
God, how much did that Cufant even weigh? How much force was being slammed into that wild Pokemon with every Tackle? It had to be a lot... Pokemon really were tough, huh?
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Jinx
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The Tempest
Player Character
Posts: 152
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Sheila Michaels
OOC Username: Haberdasher
Arena Points: 20
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Post by Jinx on Jan 15, 2023 3:24:44 GMT 9
That was... definitely not a Fire-type.
Not a Pokemon she needed, either, not after catching the first one.
The easiest thing to do would probably be to run away and search for something else, but where was the fun in that? Besides, Jinx's Pokemon could use the training that a good battle would bring. (Or a mediocre battle, for that matter.)
"Minnie, give it your strongest Tackle! You're big and it's small, make it regret it!"
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Jinx
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The Tempest
Player Character
Posts: 152
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Sheila Michaels
OOC Username: Haberdasher
Arena Points: 20
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Post by Jinx on Jan 15, 2023 3:15:45 GMT 9
"Heeeeeere, Fire-type, Fire-type, Fire-type!"
Was that call the most effective way of summoning her wild encounter? Probably not. Was Jinx having fun? Absolutely.
"Come out, come out, wherever you are!"
She looked up and down and all that, too, but it was more fun to pretend that she hadn't, that the wild Pokemon would appear just because of her calling out to it...
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Jinx
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The Tempest
Player Character
Posts: 152
Trainer Class:
Player Name: Sheila Michaels
OOC Username: Haberdasher
Arena Points: 20
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Post by Jinx on Jan 14, 2023 11:06:44 GMT 9
That last battle in the Crater had been fun, genuinely! And Jinx was amused by her new Koffing pal, even if it did smell something horrendous. But she had come here for a Fire-type, one that would justify her being a Kindler class, and a Koffing wasn't going to cut it there.
...Koffing couldn't cut much of anything, could it? It wasn't exactly covered in sharp edges... though that was beside the point... hehe, "point", because Koffing couldn't "cut it"...
...anyway. Fire-type. Right. Jinx had a goal, and she wasn't going to get deterred from it... at least not for too long...
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