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Post by Mod Kris on Dec 18, 2020 17:22:09 GMT -5
@natefyre The Blipbug blinked its enormous eyes up at Nate and his team as the human moved around to pick some berries from the lower branches of the tree. The Bug-type Pokemon chirped once, perhaps in a hello, before returning to its apparent nap.
Nate was able to grab three Oran berries, two Pecha berries, and one Cheri berry from the tree before a light purr sounded from above him. A Purrloin lounging on a higher branch was eying Nate and the berries in his hands.
The Purrloin itself seemed to be smiling and wasn't one to be frightened off as it stalked lower down the tree branch. Its gaze didn't leave Nate's face, even as it continued purring. Perhaps all it wanted was a berry and it would be on its way. Perhaps it wanted all the berries. Perhaps it just wanted an acknowledgement, maybe a pat.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2020 21:38:20 GMT -5
Status: Delighted
As expected, the little Blipbug remained still and let Nate get his berries, then went into a slumber. But to Nate's surprise a feline like creature as he gathered up his berries came slowly crawling down the tree trunk hypnotically eying him with each step. As it stared at Nate, Nate felt as if he couldn't quite look away and slowly took a step back with his hands full of berries. Ruby turned around being alerted by the cat's movement and instantly started to snicker its lips and gave a low growl about to bark and snarl at the cat but Nate quickly caught its intensity and took out its Poke'Ball and returned Ruby before she could make anymore fusses.
Shadow on the other hand smiled delightfully at the cat creature and floated up to Nate's shoulder and waved its sheet like body at the kitty Pokemon as if saying hello. This was all a seamless process of introduction as the Purrloin came down gracefully and carefully studied Nate and his team with Nate matching its energy and not being too over the top or too uninteresting to make it want to scatter away. As it got closer Nate noticed it gave a slight gaze to his berries. But he couldn't be sure if that's what attracted it to them or not. Nate puts the berries back into his pockets slowly and lets the Purrloin observe him further.
Nate however did hear it purring which showed it wasn't scared or looking to run or attack, and once it was close enough for Nate to speak to it calmly, he addressed it. "Well aren't you a pretty one. Are you hungry?" Nate kneels down to one knee and takes out a Pecha Berry. He lets it rest in the palm of his hand while carefully keeping his other hand close to the rest of its berries in case it decided to be sneaky. "It's yours if you want it you know. Or perhaps a pet on the head? A chin scratch? Or maybe both?" Nate might have scared Ruby before catching her with his strange attempt at bonding with it in the wild, but he was going to see if this time maybe, he could gain another partner to his team without a battle. It would entirely be up to what this Purrloin does and what it wants of course given the situation, but one look at it and Nate just knew he needed it on his team. ___________________________________________
(Shadow)-Lvl. 05 - Knock Off, Screech, Ominous Wind - IC Happiness 4/5 (Ruby)-Lvl. 03 - Tackle, - IC Happiness 4/5
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Post by Mod Kris on Dec 19, 2020 9:56:53 GMT -5
@natefyre Perhaps the Purrloin wanted to engage in a bit of mischief. It actually seemed disappointed that Ruby was returned to her Pokeball. The purring had gotten louder to overshadow Ruby's snarls, but the purring skipped a beat and the Purrloin merely blinked its large eyes at where the agitated Poochyena had once been. Still, the Purrloin seemed inclined to work with what it had. The Purrloin nodded to the Shuppet in a greeting before refocusing on Nate. The human was willing to feed it, apparently, having done the work of berry-picking for the Purrloin -- as adequate as the Purrloin was in climbing and slicing through trees to get berries, it was probably easier if one had opposable thumbs -- and the Purrloin leaned forward just enough to sniff the Pecha berry. It didn't seem to want to get close enough to touch Nate. In one sudden movement, the Purrloin snatched the Pecha berry and used Sand Attack on both Nate and Shadow, gauging on whether or not the human will drop any other berries. PurrloinHP (100%): | male | limber Level: 4 Hold Item: Pecha Berry Scratch | Growl | Sand Attack | ---- | ---- | ---- >> Purrloin used Sand Attack
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2020 3:10:42 GMT -5
Status: Caught Off Guard
Once again playing the nice guy with a curiosity just doesn't go Nate's way. As the Purrloin comes closer to Nate's berry, he ends up snatching it from his hands almost as quick as a blink of an eye. Before Nate or Shadow can defend themselves however the feline decided to spray them abruptly with a stream of sand. This threw Nate and Shadow off guard causing them to stagger backwards with Nate trying to shield his eyes with an auto reactionary arm to eye movement. Shadow tries wiping his eyes with his sheet to get the sand out and manages to slightly clear his vision a bit. Shadow then grimaces at the cat Pokemon ready to fight and not appreciating its attitude. Nate ensures the berries in his pockets stay inside them and stuffs them deeper into the pockets with his hands. After Nate regains his bearings and gets a good chunk of sand off his face he readjusts both his balance AND his mindset on the Purrloin knowing now that it was not approaching Nate to be friendly whatsoever, but to cause mischief. Once the Purrloin made the first attack, Nate had to follow suit and to him, the act of being attacked was a confirmed permission to act. "Ok Shadow, let's give it heck! I know your accuracy is down, but try at it with a Screech! Next, slap our berry back to us with a Knock Off attack!" Shadow has a With Pleasure look in its eyes and holds a little mischief of his own inside those deep pupils and opens its oval like maw letting out large bursts of sound waves at the Purrloin with an ear piercing wale. The Purrloin's hair stands on end and it hunches down folding its ears forward trying to muffle the sound and also filtering it with its small paws to keep the noise out of its canals. But it already appeared to have done its work after Shadow stopped its wailing making the Purrloin seem a bit shaken. Next Shadow launches itself at the Purrloin slapping the Wild Pokemon harshly with its body across its face and hitting the Pecha Berry out of its possession and sliding it back to Nate with its sheet like body. Nate picks it up and puts it in his pockets with the rest of his stash. "Good work so far buddy! Purrloin, you have tremendous mettle! An intelligent Pokemon like yourself would be an impressive force put onto the team!" The Purrloin seemed to ignore the comment and kept at the battle despite being struck. And because it held an item, the Knock Off attack was more vicious. ShadowHP (100%): Ghost | male | insomnia Level: 5 Hold Item: None Knock Off| Screech | Ominous Wind | ---- | ---- | ---- PurrloinHP (70%): | male | limber Level: 4 Hold Item: None Scratch | Growl | Sand Attack | ---- | ---- | ---- >> Shadow Used Screech. >>Shadow Used Knock Off. Purrloin recovered from the retaliation of Shadow and etched its sharp claws out of its right paw then pounces effortlessly in the air projecting off its hind legs and goes to scratch Shadow - however it ends up going right through its body and landing gracefully on the ground. It turns around a bit confused and tosses Shadow an annoyed glance. It then starts getting irritated to a higher level and lets out a nasty Growl emitting some sound waves of its own to Shadow causing him to flinch somewhat at its Growl move. Afterwards, Shadow sharpened its gaze and tussled its sheets causing them to wave and whir behind it promoting an aggressiveness of being ready to strike back at Nate's command. Nate was glad to see the Purrloin's attack did nothing so far enjoying the advantage a Ghost Type Pokemon like Shadow would have in this area. Nate issues another series of commands. "Shadow, let's keep showing this Purrloin our strength and convince it to join us - use Screech again to help cancel out that Growl! Then Knock Off once more to teach that Purrloin not to underestimate our power OR our wit!" Shadow gives a fired up yell to Nate's comment and gets to the bashing. With another mighty shrill, Shadow lets out big rings of sound screeching in Purrloin's direction causing it to once again whimper and try to protect its ears. Then it thrusts itself into Purrloin at a bursting speed damaging it once again. The Purrloin staggers backwards in a huff scraping the ground with its claws to prevent itself from falling over with that impact as best it could just barely keeping itself standing. ShadowHP (100%): Ghost | male | insomnia Level: 5 Hold Item: None Knock Off| Screech | Ominous Wind | ---- | ---- | ---- PurrloinHP (25%): | male | limber Level: 4 Hold Item: None Scratch | Growl | Sand Attack | ---- | ---- | ---- >> Purrloin used Scratch and missed! >>Purrloin used Growl. >>Shadow used Screech. >>Shadow used Knock Off. Nate takes out a vacant Poke' Ball from his belt and speaks to the Purrloin. "There is a big world out there, Purrloin! You can grow so much with us than anywhere on this route. And have more berries too! So, COME WITH US, POKE' BALL, GO!" Nate tosses the ball at Purrloin enveloping it inside and it closes up and starts wobbling. "Alright Shadow, let's see if we have ourselves a new friend! A sassy one at that!" Shadow gives a playful chuckle as the ball wiggles and waits to see what the situation has in store with Nate anxiously standing by himself. >>Nate throws a Poke' Ball. ___________________________________________
(Shadow)-Lvl. 05 - Knock Off, Screech, Ominous Wind - IC Happiness 5/5 (Ruby)-Lvl. 03 - Tackle, - IC Happiness 5/5
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Post by Mod Kris on Dec 21, 2020 7:31:27 GMT -5
@natefyre, congrats, Purrloin was caught! Shadow gained 4 exp. points! Shadow grew to level 6! Right before the pokeball hit the Purrloin, the Pokemon curled its lips up into a smile, as if waiting for this moment. Perhaps the battle had been a test to see if Nate and his team would be acceptable to the Purrloin to join.
As such, the Pokeball wiggled only once before going still.
[center][font size="5"](Nickname) the Purrloin[/font] [img]https://i.dstatic.com/images/pokemon/front/normal/purrloin.png[/img]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/6OKVNCU.gif[/img] | male | limber | field | nate fyre
Personality: + cunning + (positive) - vain - (negative)
Happiness: 70 / 150 (Started @ 70, Lvled 0 times [3 x 0 = 0], Fainted 0 times [-10 x 0 = 0], Thread points [0 posts / 5 = 0, remainder 0])
Level: 4 (0/4 exp) Hold Item: None HP (25%): [div style="width:25px;height:10px;background-color:red;"][/div]
Scratch | Growl | Sand Attack | ---- | ---- | ----
History Points: >> Captured on Route 1 at Level 4.[/center] [spoiler]{Change Log (Click!)} [ul type="disc"] [li]This is optional.[/li] [li]But it may be helpful in keeping track of levels, happiness points, etc.[/li] [li]Ask a mod if you need help with the code.[/li] [/ul][/spoiler]
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2020 11:02:11 GMT -5
Status: Proud
"We did it! We got Purrloin! GOOD JOB SHADOW!" Nate gives Shadow a high five to his sheet and he bounces around Nate's head in celebration. Afterwards Nate had some immediate business to take care of judging by what happened between the Purrloin and Ruby earlier. He takes out two Poke'Balls and sends out both the Purrloin and Ruby. The two face off with each other as Ruby starts growling rudely and the Purrloin hisses. Nate kneels down in between them to mediate. "Ruby, enough. This is Phantom, the Purrloin we faced off against earlier is now on our team and you have to get along. He's aptly named Phantom because of his sneaky and silent ways, which can really help our team. Ruby, please make amends with him." Ruby stops growling with some hesitation and then sits on her bottom staring back and forth between Phantom and Nate. She is unsure to trust Purrloin. Phantom takes out a paw as if to handshake with Ruby with a blank expression on his face. Ruby after a few more moments of uncertainty, eventually sighs and raises its own paw and shakes hands with Phantom. Afterwards they both sit patiently and eye Nate wondering what to do next. "Well, Ruby, we still have to get you just a bit stronger. As for Shadow and you, Phantom..." Nate takes out their Poke' Balls. "Come back for now while Ruby gets one more fight in." He returns both Pokemon which just leaves Ruby and Nate, which gets Ruby excited to get some one on one time with her Trainer and wags its tail which was still holding the Oran Berry, in a fast and energetic way. "And we don't have to go far, because that Pokemon right over there will do!" Nate points at the Blipbug still chilling in the tree and commands Ruby to attack. "Sorry to do this to you little bug, but YOU'RE MINE! RUBY TACKLE ATTACK!" Ruby barks in a tense tone and then rushes the bug to tackle it right out of the tree! "And then, I think we could use a bug type on our team as well, so, POKE' BALL GO!" Nate then tosses the Poke'Ball at the Blipbug after Ruby's attack to capture it! >>Ruby uses Tackle on Blipbug. >>Nate throws a Poke' Ball! Ruby The PoochyenaHP(80%): Dark | Female | Run Away
Level: 03 Hold Item: Oran Berry
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(Shadow)-Lvl. 06 - Knock Off, Screech, Ominous Wind - IC Happiness 1/5 (Ruby)-Lvl. 03 - Tackle, - IC Happiness 1/5 (Phantom)-Lvl. 04 - Scratch, Growl, Sand Attack, - IC Happiness 1/5
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Post by Mod Kris on Dec 23, 2020 7:39:50 GMT -5
@natefyre, friendly reminder to allow us mods to give you the wild Pokemon's stats after you first engage with it so you can write out a fair fight with the Damage Calculator for your next post. Ruby gains 4 exp. points! Ruby levels up to Level 4 and learned Howl! The Blipbug thought the human and it had a mutual agreement. The Blipbug wouldn't interfere with the human's berry picking, and the human wouldn't interfere with the Blipbug's nap.
As such, the Tackle attack was unexpected and the Pokeball even more so. The ball wiggled fiercely when the Blipbug was encompassed, but it was only a small Bug-type. Eventually, the ball stilled as the Blipbug was captured, but it won't be happy with its "team" for a while...
[center][font size="5"](Nickname) the Blipbug[/font] [img]https://i.dstatic.com/images/pokemon/front/normal/blipbug.png[/img]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/B6lsnAb.gif[/img] | female | compound eyes | bug | nate fyre
Personality: + curious + (positive) - lethargic - (negative)
Happiness: 45 / 150 (Started @ 70, Lvled 0 times [3 x 0 = 0], Fainted 0 times [-10 x 0 = 0], Thread points [0 posts / 5 = 0, remainder 0])
Level: 4 (0/4 exp) Hold Item: None HP (76%): [div style="width:76px;height:10px;background-color:green;"][/div]
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2020 12:05:31 GMT -5
Mod Kris OOF! Sorry about that. I will remember going forward to not jump the gun. My brain automatically went to it being asleep then thinking I could easily get the jump on it. Thanks for the reminder! Status: Anxious
After the Blipbug was caught Nate felt a bit bad after interrupting its sleep and causing its last few seconds before being captured to be full of frustration and shock. He took the same Poke'Ball he used to capture the Pokemon then sent it out. The Blipbug came ought with Ruby watching with a wagged tail after becoming stronger from the battle acting as if nothing bad happened in that exchange to capture it. Immediately the Blipbug was upset with Nate and turned its back to him. She wouldn't even make eye contact and a tear could almost be seen coming out of its face. Its first impression of him was not a good one. Nate kneeled down and tried to make amends.
"Now I really am truly sorry about all that...but I am a Trainer, after all, and my team does need to get stronger for me to survive on this big vast island. I could have left you alone, but I also know that I can make you stronger too. What if the Purrloin would have attacked you or worse, something bigger around here? I'd love to help you grow so you can sleep peacefully and safely alot more often." The Blipbug doesn't respond and remains facing the other direction. Ruby goes up to it and tries to lick its face, however it shudders and squirms away next to a rock and curls up beside it a bit scared and also upset. Nate sighs. Still gazing at his newly caught Blipbug. "You know, I'm going to call you Aura....because you are a sensitive emotional creature and I can tell you have a higher sense of feelings than other Pokemon I've met lately. I'm sorry to have hurt you. We can work on our connection more as we progress together little one. Come on back and rest." He returns the Blipbug as it remained fearful and sad.
That would be progress Nate would need to make with it more down the road on his journey. He stands up from his kneeling and pets Ruby lovingly. "Well girl, I think we are all good now here. Let's leave all these Pokemon alone now, eh? We can go heal up, stock up on items, then train elsewhere next time." Ruby licks Nate's hands energetically and jumps up and down as if wanting to still adventure here, but he spent enough time on this route, and probably ticked off more Pokemon than he'd like along the way. But this was part of being a Gym Challenger and Pokemon Trainer, battling and getting stronger, he didn't always like that vibe, but, it was part of the package. "Sorry girl, next time. Ruby, return." Nate returns Ruby and puts away her Poke'Ball. He turns and looks ahead towards Greenberry Woods. He had heard there was a Pokemon Center there potentially. He would heal his Pokemon there and then likely make for a local market before heading back into the woods for more training and capturing. He looked around at Route 1 and mentally said his goodbyes.
He may return one day, but now, it was in another's Trainers hands to find their own destiny here.
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(Shadow)-Lvl. 06 - Knock Off, Screech, Ominous Wind - IC Happiness 2/5 (Ruby)-Lvl. 04 - Tackle, Howl, - IC Happiness 2/5 (Phantom)-Lvl. 04 - Scratch, Growl, Sand Attack, - IC Happiness 2/5
(Aura)-Lvl. 04 -Struggle Bug, - IC Happiness 1/5
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