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    "We'll keep our eyes peeled. I haven't spent much time in the desert we have in Unova, so this will be new for me too." Zachariah snaps a few pictures of the Dwebble on the ground with his Pokédex while he makes sure that Era has a good grip on him before moving. Garis seems to have comandeered Bullet as though he were some sort of hovercraft.
    "You do know I take no responsability if he falls off."
    "Hey, he looks up to you, which is pretty cool."
    Zachariah and his team follow Richard into the desert habitat.
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    Entering the habitat, you see several snoozing green pokemon, covered in spines (cacnea, cacturne, maractus). Overhead, bird pokemon your pokemon refer to as Mandibuzz and Vullaby swoop over the walls, unrestricted like the others. In the distance, there are dozens of small holes, a few with sandshrews sticking their heads out to investigate the world above.
    "Welcome to the Desert Sector. C'mon, let's go see if we can't find the really rare stuff."
    Side by side with Quill, Richard begins making his way into the desert.

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    "Huh."

    Douglas halted in front of the gym, for a moment, glancing in. From the entrance, he could only barely see inside.

    "Yeah, definitely later. Some good challenges will definitely make Vicuña happy, but yeah."

    "Choke choke?" (Maybe the boardwalk?) Asked Truse, pointing towards the ocean. Douglas followed his point.

    "You're right - we just spent plenty of time looking at water. Let's try the Safari Zone first."

    Truse blinked, then smiled. "Oke..." (Heh, that's fine too).

    A short hop later and the breeder, machoke, and snover were at the safari zone's entrance centre. "Hello there!" He stated, greeting the receptionist.
    Beginnings usually happen over trifles... even if it's a coincidence...

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    Era begins shivering on Zachariah's back when she sees the vulture Pokémon and Cacturn. Bad energy. Don't like... Scary. The small Psychic type crawls over Zachariah's shoulder and into his arms, huddling into a ball. Garis meanwhile is ecstatic, and nearly flips Bullet upsidedown as he turned to look at the different Pokémon. Bullet hummed, clearly irritated. The rest of the team is quite relaxed, or bored looking in Pyroclast's case.
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    Kara ignores his last comment, "Well, I offered to help you at the shore and that is more important. We can look at the gym after we do that." She says acting as if he hadn't said anything else.

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    "Yeah. People probably won't take large serpentine pokemon rising out of the water too well with recent events..."
    As you two head to the shore, all seems relatively calm. A few tiny krabby scuttle around, wingulls and pelippers can be seen fishing far out at sea, and people are just beginning to show up on the beach with their families and pokemon, scattering about.
    Until the unmistakable crest of a gyarados rises above the water. With the recent dragon siting, nearby people begin panicking until Tony walks up into the waves, and Cudgel's head breaks the water, strangely calm for a gyarados.
    There you are, Cudgel! Feeling better? You didn't bring back any friends, right? That'd probably go poorly."
    "GYASHO!" (Me? No, of course not!)
    "Good. Come on, we're helping Kara find a human."
    "Gya?" (Good guy or chew toy?)
    "Nice guy this time. Tesla is a nice guy, right?"
    Just then, a couple more gyaradoses (gyaradai?) rise out of the water. Notably, female gyaradoses/ai/whatever.
    "I, ah...I thought you said no friends."
    "GYARADOS." (Well, I'm hoping to make friends after
    treating them to some of the local fare...)
    "See this, right here? This is why I asked you to come with me on this Kara."

    As you get further in, the plant pokemon begin to disappear. A hippopotas surfaces near Pyroclast, as a herd of numel led by a camerupt trek across a further desert.
    "The further in we go, the more likely there will be pokemon popping up under you-"
    Quill pulls him back as he nearly steps in a krokorok's waiting mouth. Some sandiles nip at it's tail for almost wounding the volunteer.
    "Kinda like that. They're all wild, so they retain all their instincts from the wild. That includes hunting the unwary."

    "Hi, welcome to the Safari Zone, sir! Would you like to visit our Protected Sector, or the Adoption Center today?"

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    "Oh, just the prot..."

    Douglas paused for a moment, looking at Vicuña's ball. You know what?

    "Actually, hey - let's say the adoption centre after all. We might find someone who wants to join the family, huh guys?"

    Truse glanced at the numel's ball and nodded - Vicuña would certainly be pleased by that option now that they weren't on a boat. Tundra was still a little nervous, and Douglas was beginning to realize that nervous was the snover's standard state.
    Beginnings usually happen over trifles... even if it's a coincidence...

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    Kara raised an eyebrow, "I'm not a breeder." She said with a mischievous grin.

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    "That'll be 500 Poke, sir."
    The receptionist pulls out a bag and hands it to you. Inside are 30 oddly painted pokeballs and a lot of pokemon treats.
    "If you run low and would like to continue inside, more safari balls can be purchased in batches of 30."
    She then leads you to a door on the right. Inside seems to have a small central hub, leading to several different habitats. In the hub is a small shop, apparently made to rent certain items out.
    (I will not have access to capture lists or capture rates until 7:30, so this will go slowly)

    "Very funny. C'mon, we need to get these gals to head back out before people begin panicking."
    Looking around, people are reaching for pokeballs.
    "Or they might get caught. Either way, you're smarter than I am, so have any ideas, or do we just let things run their course?"

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    Douglas handed over the money. "Thank you very much, ma'am." He responded, to the polite receptionist. She definitely made things go smoothly.

    He glanced at the locations. He didn't /really/ have much of a preference, and thus nodded towards the grassy-looking area. "Let's try there first, then."

    "Stay by Truse, Tundra." Douglas cautioned, as the three stepped inside.
    Beginnings usually happen over trifles... even if it's a coincidence...

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    Tesla: You enter the gym, and get to a pair of arbok statues flanking a desk and a receptionist.
    "Good morning, sir! Would you like to try the gym challenge or do some training today?"
    "I'd like to get some training in. I got two young ones that could use it. This is my first time doing some Gym Training, could you please explain how it works?"
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    Kara walked up to Cudgel into the water with a smile on her face.

    Would it be possible for you to arrange a future date? Here is a very bad spot and with all the trainers around they might get caught. Kara points out, A future date would make it much easier for you to meet them as well as help you plan on bringing them some snacks!

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    "Basically, we know each pokemon has a thing they excel in, so we have it set up that trainers can sign up for helping a pokemon gain experience with any attribute that they would like.
    Of course, it's themed with the gym, and trainers may be subject to the same training. For example, the speed test is the Fortress Challenge, while the endurance test is just giving a light, non harmful dose of croagunk poison to you and your pokemon and slowly increasing the dose while having you work out, until the paralytic effects kick in. We are a poison gym, after all."


    You enter a savannah like area. 100 feet to your left is a matriarchy of nidoran, with a nidoqueen watching over young nidorans and what seem to be adolescent nidorino anxd nidorina. Up ahead, you see a few odd groupings of rock that may be worth checking out. Somewhere in the distance, you hear crooning pokemon, possibly singing to younger generations. To the right is a grove of trees, which you think you hear something in.
    Which way?

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    "GYAOOO." (I don't think so, but maybe we can go to the bridge to Lavender?)
    One of the gyarados sniffs at Tony, before taking a bite at him. His team and Tony manage to scatter out of the way, as he pulls his new guitar around.
    GRRRRR.(What the-Hey! They aren't food!)
    (Charisma +1/4 level (so 3) check, please. Giving you a bonus for wild child.)

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    (That'll get them to listen. Now tell them to do something.)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eshkigal View Post
    "Basically, we know each pokemon has a thing they excel in, so we have it set up that trainers can sign up for helping a pokemon gain experience with any attribute that they would like.
    Of course, it's themed with the gym, and trainers may be subject to the same training. For example, the speed test is the Fortress Challenge, while the endurance test is just giving a light, non harmful dose of croagunk poison to you and your pokemon and slowly increasing the dose while having you work out, until the paralytic effects kick in. We are a poison gym, after all."
    "Interesting. Do I choose the training regimen or is it assigned based on the Pokemon's ability?"
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    The people here are scared and...well, mostly stupid, but that's most towns. Kara stated, Please go back home and meet each other somewhere less crowded.

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    "You get to choose. However, unless you are a league trainer or have defeated Master Koga's challenge, there is a small fee of 25 poke due to maintenance costs for training your pokemon."

    The gyaradai look at Cudgel, then at the crowd of eager trainers. You get the equivalent of a mental shrug and they both depart, with Cudgel looking suddenly depressed.
    "If they were that easy to separate from you, they weren't right for you anyway, Cudgel."
    Then he recalls the gyarados.
    "Thanks, Kara. That probably wouldn't have gone so well if I had tried."
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    "Hey, what's in those trees?" By now Era has settled down to a degree, but is still curled in a ball.
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    (That was to Kantolin, but okay, I can do that for you too. Just sub nidoran family for digletts, dugtrio, baltoy, and claydol.)
    "I...you know, I don't recall this being here yesterday."
    Richard pulls out a water bottle and sprinkles it on a tree, which goes crazy.
    "SUDOOOO!"
    The sudowoodo flails its arms around a bit, trying to shoo the water away. Richard backs off, and caps the water.
    "Just a traveling group of sudowoodos, nothing to worry about."

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    Douglas spent a couple minutes just looking around, soaking in the area about him. Tundra was doing the same, and he heard the snover softly whisper, "Wow."

    It was just so big. He'd been told about it, but well... he was expecting something much smaller. Then again, it made sense that it was large.

    Next came the nidoqueen - of course Douglas would glance towards a family first. The sound he heard from the grove of trees, however, did pique his interest. Hrm.

    He was a little hesitant, but he turned towards the nidoqueen - maybe he'd change his mind based on how they acted. Although with a thought, he leaned against Truse a touch harder as he reached for a pokeball - and out came his numel with the typical mild annoyance he always had upon exiting the pokeball Vicuña enjoyed so much.

    "NOM!"

    Immediately, upon recognizing where he was, the numel tensed down a bit, fire in his eyes. Douglas shook his head slightly, smiling. "Calm down, buddy." It might get more annoying with Vicuña about, but he didn't want to stifle the numel.

    At a steady pace, he walked towards the nidoqueen - seeing how the various nidoran groups reacted to his doing so. He kept an eye on Vicuña, who was definitely edging forward, and his other on Tundra, who was definitely edging backwards.
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    (Oh, misinterpreted that)
    "Wait, that was a Pokémon!? It looked just like a tree. Why did it react poorly to the water? I thought grass types loved water."
    "It was too hot looking (yay Thermal Vision!) to be a plant, especially in this sun. Likely rock or ground or some weak steel type, like almost everything else in the desert." Zachariah gives the Sudowudo some space as they move, taking pictures of the different shapes with his Pokédex. "Hm, quite a variety of forms they take, even while keeping the same overall design."
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    "Correct. Sudowoodo are rock type, and evolve from bonsly. They camouflage themselves as trees to avoid water attacks, and try to avoid getting watered at all costs. If you see what look to be epileptic trees, you're surrounded by sudowoodo, and if there're any rainclouds in the sky, run."
    One of the rows of rocks in the distance rises up and yawns, apparently part of a rock snake. The onix looks at you with boredom in its eyes before yawning again, and laying back down.

    The Nidoran look at you, and generally mill about. Some sniff curiously at your calmer pokemon. As you get closer, you see the nidoqueen has old signs of abuse-judging from the scars on her carapace, this one was saved at some point in the past. She regards you calmly, as she soothes a nidorino near her with a pat.
    "Nido, nidoqueen."
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    The gyaradai look at Cudgel, then at the crowd of eager trainers. You get the equivalent of a mental shrug and they both depart, with Cudgel looking suddenly depressed.
    "If they were that easy to separate from you, they weren't right for you anyway, Cudgel."
    Then he recalls the gyarados.
    "Thanks, Kara. That probably wouldn't have gone so well if I had tried."
    "Of course not. It's me." She said with a shrug. "Now then, anything else or shall we head to the gym to look for Tesla?"

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    Era laughs at what appears to her as the guide making a joke. Garis is now taking a nap on top of Bullet. "Seems he tired himself out already."
    Bullet rolls his eyes. "I hope you know that as soon as he is strong enough to walk on his own for extended periods I no longer will serve as the team baby stroller." The vibration of Bullet speaking makes Garis twitch a bit, but he remains out cold.
    "So how long do these areas go for? It must be dozens of miles to allow for all of these different environments, as well as the facilities to keep the Pokémon healthy."
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    "Choke." (Hello) Truse nodded to the Nidoqueen.

    Douglas glanced down, noting the nidorans. He'd been a bit tense when they moved forward, but they didn't seem to mind him. Bending down, he softly patted one - it shifted away from him, and thus he stopped.

    Tundra slowly edged away whenever a nidoran got near him, until eventually he was standing between Douglas' legs, just nervous.

    "Mmmmmmm." Growled the numel, as a nidoran got close to him.

    "Hey - calm down, Vicuña. They're just curious." At his words, the numel stopped advancing, but the camel-like pokemon still gave the growl if investigated.

    Douglas then smiled. "It's... very nice to see a family that works well together." He said, pretty much just to himself as he didn't think anyone there could understand him. "Although with this many all at once, I wonder if any would like to form their own."

    He was curious about the nidoqueen's wounds, but they did look old - so it was probably not a problem with being in the park.

    Kneeling (causing Tundra to step aside), he took out one of the treats, and paused, looking at it. Then, with a shrug, he also took out one of his berries - chesto, and you could tell that it'd taste a bit dry just by looking at it. Keeping himself down, he offered them to a couple of the less curious ones.
    Beginnings usually happen over trifles... even if it's a coincidence...

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    "Actually, there are a lot of ways we can cheat with that. You see, most of the environments that are truly different also tend to overlap. Every section is connected by the cave systems, the freshwater systems cut through the others and lead to the marshes, and grasslands are how we cut through from one section to another without having to go back to the gate each time. The mountain system is also our tundra and taiga system, too. We also lack a true urban system, instead opting to just have those guys help out."
    You sense something nearby. Several coffins seem to be resting against a rock, until Richard tosses a treat to them and one extends an arm to catch it (cofagirus). A few inky, shadowlike beings connected to masks peek out from nearby shadows (yamask). Meanwhile, some iron ants (durant) gather food for a nest from a nearby supply Quill is filling back up.

    A nidoran (male) sniffs both, before taking them. He gives one to a female. He seems happy. (+10 to ally status for feeding the nidoran, still neutral.) You note they seem covered in quills, so petting may not be a good idea. Nidoran (female) investigates Tundra, Gel, Rome and Truse more! They seem curious! Nidorinos and nidorinas sit near Vic! They seem over protective!

    "Now that there won't be gyaradoses in the streets, lets."
    Together, you walk to the gym. Still looks like a dojo out of a kung fu movie.
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    Kara looks nervously at her friends, "Are...are you guys sure about this?" She ask as she looks between them and the gym. After hearing them all agree she sighs and opens the door. She hoped she could be a good enough pack leader to keep them all safe.

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    You open the door, and notice Tesla talking to the receptionist about something.
    "Well, that was easy."
    Tony pulls out and offers you the cookie tin, as Flare and Nicky sniff around. Lil' Helper snatches another cookie while they're out.
    "Want something to offer your old friend over there?"

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