Hi, all! So, following up on the smashing sucess (koff koff) of my Fire Emblem Let's Play (which is not dead, I just need to get off my lazy butt and get playing again EDIT: Yep it's dead), I am doing a nuzlocke of one of the GBA Pokemon games that has not yet had a full nuzlocke done for it on this site: Pokemon Ruby! Note that this will take place outside of what I call the "Illvenverse", although some themes of the world may come from it. (EDIT: That is to say, when I started this, is was a shameless rip-off, but I've finally begun to break free of that) And without further ado, I give you: Light, Shadow, and Legend!
Rules:
SpoilerA Pokemon that faints is rendered dead and may not be used again.
The first non-repeat Pokemon on any route must be caught.
All Pokemon must be named (duh).
Only one of each item may be bought from each store.
All plot-central battles (gyms, rival, etc) must be met with an equal number of Pokemon as the "boss".
Ch1: Enter Michael:
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This is my story.
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A story of life.
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A story of death.
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A story of joy.
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A story of sorrow.
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A story...
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...of Pokemon.
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My name's Michael.
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I'm just like any other teenager in the world of Pokemon.
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Well, maybe not...
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but that's alright with me.
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You know the whole deal about Pokemon. Gotta catch 'em all and all that.
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Training...
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...battling...
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...it can get rough sometimes.
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But we're a team.
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We pull together...
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...And we make it count.
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And that's why we made it as far as we did.
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But I'm getting ahead of myself.
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Let me start from the beginning...
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Was I waiting for you?
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I've been here. For eighteen years...
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Oh my gosh, I'm talking to Professor Birch?
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I know what a Pokemon is.
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Yes, I know.
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*sigh* *This is not going how I thought a chat with Professer Birch would go*
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Yes, I think we knew that.
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I don't exactly have the chest to be a girl, do I?
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I'm Michael.
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*sigh* Yes.
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Yep, goobye, Sinnoh, hello, Hoenn.
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I don't have much of a choice, do I?
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And then I woke up with a migrane.
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Ohh, my head... Where am I?
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Oh, right. The moving van.
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Woah! Steady up there!
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Wait, we stopped. We there yet?
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The van door slid open. I guess so.
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I hopped out of the van, and my feet hit the soil of Hoenn for the first time. The air was clear and still, warmed by the sun overhead. Jubilife and its smog could go jump off a bridge. This was where one could live.
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Then the door to the house opened, and Mom walked out.
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Mom, please stop calling me that.
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No, just painful.
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Well, I miss the guys back in Jubilife, but this is great.
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I've always had my own room.
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The floor looks a bit... unfinished.
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Not bad.
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Mom, are you really going to start barging into my room on the day we move in?
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Yeeaaahhhh, don't expect it to stay that way.
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You already said that.
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What the hell is this? Did I write that? What does that mean?
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Let's see if anybody from back home sent me anything.
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Arceus dammit.
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Well, nothing to do here.
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What now?
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[i]The whole reason we had moved was because Dad had been offered a gym leader position. The only problem was that we had to move halfway across the country in the process.
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Okay, fine. Treat me like a twelve-year-old.
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It was a quiet town. A good town. I won't complain about it.
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Yep, this is the place.
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Maybe just barging in wasn't the best idea...
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Then again... Hi, I'm Michael, you new next-door neighbor.
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That's what I just said...:smallannoyed:
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And that's the first thing you tell me?
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You're starting to sound like you're trying to get her hooked up.
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And you never call her by name?
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Uhh... hello?
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Our eyes met, and sudenly I got an adrenaline rush. She was only a little shorter than me, dressed in shorts and a t-shirt. Her brown hair was just short of shoulder-length, and a few bangs hunng in front of her eye. I, uh, I'm Michael, you new neighbor.
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Good to, uh, meet you, too.
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Uh... define "friend".
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You know, this is starting to get akward.
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That crooked smile almost knocked me off my feet.
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Good save.
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See you.
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And then she just took off. I had a sudden urge to raid her drawer, but decided against it. I didn't need that kind of trouble on day one.
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So I said goodbye to Mrs. Birch, and set out for the professor's lab. Maybe he'd be there.
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Yep, that's it. I walked in and asked a man in a white coat about Professor Birch.
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Wonderfull.
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Guess I'll just go look for him myself.
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Sure, leave it to Michael.
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[i]I rushed up the path to find a man being chased by a Poochyena. I'd never seen one before, but I knew that they could be nasty suckers when they got mad, and that one looked plenty pissed.
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The Poochyena tripped him, and lunged at his face. He caught it by the neck, and desperately held it back as its jaws snapped open and shut inches from his face.
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I rushed to the bag, pulled the zipper open, and a trio of Pokeballs fell out...
Characters: (Warning: Contains spoilers to Ch22)
Main Team:
SpoilerMichael the Human
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Alingment: CG
Michael is a teenager, plain and simple. He likes sleeping in, adventure, and free stuff. He dislikes responsibility and jerks. He has a good heart, though, and is willing to go out of his way to help others.
Michael speaks like this.
Azgard the Grovyle
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Alingment: CN
Azgard thinks that his name is badass, and that as such, he is entitled to be a badass jerk. His two favorite activities seem to be tormenting Michael and mocking Michael. Evolved upon realizing that Michael stood a chance of beating the Pokemon league.
Azgard speaks like this. You got a problem with that?
Lidda the Linoone
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Alignment: CN
Lidda is not a thief, at least that's what she says. In reality, she loves nothing more than filching nuggets and rare candies from people. Also appears to be scared of going into a PokeBall. Evolved so she could find ALL THE THINGS!
Lidda speaks like this
Marvin the Aron
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Alingment: Chaotic Depressed
Marvin is a paranoid android who had been stuck on this planet for untold millennia while he waits for the people he has been traveling with to finish their dinner.
Marvin speaks like this, though he doesn't know why he bothers.
Drake the Magikarp
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Alingment: CN
Drake thinks that he is a dragon, and will not waver from this notion, no matter what he is told about how he is not.
Drake speaks like this.
Victoria the Numel
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Victoria is the granddaughter of a great war mount, and seeks to live up to that reputation.
Victoria speaks like this.
Theta-One the Skarmory
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Theta-One is a reconnisance and surveilence pokemon operating on behalf of an unknown entity scouting out trainers that meet a currently unknown criteria.
Recon Theta-One speaks like this, over.
Reserves:
SpoilerMumbles the Whismur
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Alingment: CN
Mumbles is a Whismur caught by Michael in Rusdurf Tunnel. He is continually grumpy and mutters everything passive-agressively under his breath.
Mumbles decides what to do to people who pester him like this.
William the Beautifly
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Alignment: N
William is a lazy stoner. He would love nothing more than to lie back in his PokeBall and eat chips and smoke mushrooms all day. Evolved into a Silcoon to avoid doing anything, and was horrified when evolving into a Beautifly meant that he had to move on his own.
William speaks like this, bro.
Plus the Plusle
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Alingment: N
Plus is desperately searching for his friend Minus, and joined Michael to travel with him in search of his friend.
Plus speaks like this.
Lady Il the Illumise
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Alingment: N
Lady Il is a high-class girl, who sees all people and pokemon as beneath her, and treats them accordingly.
Lady Il speaks like this.
Romeo the Zangoose
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Romeo is very displeased with Michael, but will not elaborate why.
Romeo tells you to $%^& off like this.
Mr. Spore the Breloom
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Aliugnment LG/CE
Mr. Spore is a kind gentlemanly Shroomish who tends to obsess over etiquette. He is infected with insidious sentient parasites called the spores, which demand that he kill and infect. Upon evolving, the spores took control of his body, forcing his personality into submission.
Mr. Spore speaks like this.
The...spores...speak...like...this...
Lounge the shiny Spinda
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Alingment: N
Lounge is a giant limited edition teddy bear, one of only 500 in the world, and loves to tell everyone this fact in her always cherry voice.
Lounge speaks like this!
Losses:
SpoilerJane Locke the Seedot
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Alignment: NG
Jane Locke was a philosopher who traveled the world looking to discover the reasons why the world is what it is.
Jane Locke spoke like this.
Jane Locke: Seedot Lv. 4-13 Killed by a Whismur's critical Pound & Uproar
Petey the Pelliper
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Alignment: CG
Petey was a retired firefighter who suffered from PTSD, she would freak out whenever somebody mentioned fire. Evolved after Michael reassurred her about how much he cared for the team.
Petey spoke like FIRE BAD! FIRE BAD!
Petey: Wingull-Pelliper Lv. 4-29 Killed by Flannery's Torkal's Overheat
Blackstar the Ninjask
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Alingment: LN
Blackstar wad a stealthy ninja assasin who announced all her attacks. Her reason for being in Hoenn was unknown.
Blackstar spoke like this.
So, that's it for Chapter 1! Yay, cliffhangers! Anyway, thread is now open for all to suggest names and personalities of the starter. Or, you can vote to let me run with the idea in my head...