Prologue to Disaster (PTA) IC

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Amber
The purugly falls as your karp slams into it. The trainers mouth hung open in astonishment, though he quickly pulled himself together. That was ... unexpected. How did you get such a powerful magikarp? Even I can't breed mon to hit that much harder than normal.

Jakob
The airiodos scurries away and shoots a poisoned barb at Rammus. It deals 28 physical poison damage, though it fails to give the sandshrew any long term problems to worry about.

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It was Constrict. This time it was poison sting.

Leon
The battle tent is filled with the noises of heated battle as two trainers clash in battle alongside their pokemon. One wields a long spear while the other strikes with a short sword. Your pokedex dings after a moment, identifying their pokemon as a golbat and a ivysaur. To the right of the enterance is a booth advertising nature changes, and signs to a contest and battle sign up sheet would take you to the rear of the tent.

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Keep in mind you're at least a couple hours before Jakob in the timestream

[Arcran]

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Sorry to ask. Couldn't think of any Normal moves that lowered Speed.

Rammus's armor hold firm; the little Pokemon will hold strong.

Flexing his spikes into a more opportune location for combat, Rammus rolls up, rolling close to his foe. As he nears he slams his arms down, creating tremors on the ground.

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Bulldoze!
(1d20)[19] Lowers 1 Speed Stage.
Damage: (2d10+24)[40]
Crit: (2d10+8)[11]

[Major]

Amber shrugs, "I just trained him and worked with him. Any pokemon can be strong given the right training." She says with a grin, "My name's Amber."

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Amber
Zachariah. I suppose I owe you some money then don't I? He sighs dramatically and pulls out some bills. Here He hands you wad of bills.

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2800 exp

Jakob
The ariados spasms from the blow, but hangs on to consciousness by a thread. Angrily, it shoots beams of dark energy from its eyes which do a flat 20 unchangeable damage.

[Major]

Amber recalls her pokemon and takes the money with a grin and counts it, "Well, I don't normally tell me secrets, but I'll make you a deal. I've not eaten today and I've not been to this town in a while, so buy me lunch and I'll tell you how I've been working on getting my Magikarp to be as strong as a Gyarados. You mentioned being a breeder so you should be good with pokemon."

[CosmicOccurence]

He thought about it plaintively for a second, obviously thinking it over. I haven't done any breeding in a while, I've started to focus on making my pokemon evolve earlier than on strengthening them through breeding. It may not work for me.

[Major]

"Ah, then you and me are pretty similar, since I'm pretty good at that too." Amber says with a grin, "So if you are able to evolve pokemon sooner, then you'll definitely be able to make unevolved pokemon really powerful." She states, "So I'm 95% sure it'd work for you or your money back."

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Zach takes you to one of the cheapest joints in town. Grinning in pleasure at not having to spend more than he has to, he buys you a single patty burger, some fries, and a soda, with the same thing for himself.

Now that I've treated you, what do you have for me?

[Arcran]

Rammus takes the hit, rolling into a ball and flying forward at his foe.

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Rollout!
AC: 4 [roll[1d20[/roll]
Damage: (1d10+17)[19]+(1d10)[4](Def Curl)
Crit: (1d10+4)[12]+(1d10)[10](Def Curl)

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Jakob
Rammus cleanly knocks out the Airiados. The bug was quickly returned, and you were asked to return your sandshrew and send out Rhopa for her battle.

When you do, you are confronted with what appears to be a large mass of gas with two large hands. Your pokedex identifies it as a haunter: a dual type poison/ghost. It quickly leaps into action before Rhopa can act, and Confuses the Butterfree.

[Major]

Amber chuckles to herself and refrains from saying anything about 'treating' a girl. "Alright, the process is actually pretty simple, but pretty cool." Amber explains, "We are good at evolving pokemon, but have you ever pictured the process in reverse? The trick is to learn how to devolve a pokemon and convert it back to it's old form. The pokemon maintains the knowledge and some of the features of the evolution. While it technically isn't as strong as an evolved pokemon, it can catch an opponent by surprise when you have a weaker pokemon launching attacks with the same power as an evolved pokemon."

[CosmicOccurence]

Hmm. He munches on his fries while thinking. Can you show me? We can use one of my mons. It sounds like it could be useful in battle.

He finishes the as quickly as he can, hoping you will show him the trick.

[Arcran]

With Rhopa confused, Jakob hopes she can fight through it.

Rhopa! Confusion!

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Confused Roll: (1d20)[8]
AC: (1d20+3)[6] Confuse 19-20
Damage: (2d10+22)[34]
Crit: (2d10+8)[23]

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Jakob
The Haunter takes advantage of Rhopa's self-destructive actions to cut its chest open with its large claws and Curse Rhopa. It cackled merrily at the beautiful pokemon's suffering.

[Arcran]

Rhopa, end this quick!

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Confusion!
AC: 2 (1d20+3)[10]
Damage: (2d10+22)[40]
Crit: (2d10+8)[21]

[planswalker]

Leon
The battle tent is filled with the noises of heated battle as two trainers clash in battle alongside their pokemon. One wields a long spear while the other strikes with a short sword. Your pokedex dings after a moment, identifying their pokemon as a golbat and a ivysaur. To the right of the enterance is a booth advertising nature changes, and signs to a contest and battle sign up sheet would take you to the rear of the tent.

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Keep in mind you're at least a couple hours before Jakob in the timestream

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oh, that's fine with me. I'd rather not have to face Arc in pvp, thank you.

Leon will go over and see about signing up for a battle.

[Major]

"I can try." Amber says finishing up the burger, "It sometimes takes a few days. Like my Magikarp took two days before I was able to do it." She takes a sip of her drink to wash it down. "What pokemon would you want me to demonstrate it on?"

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Amber
He thinks for a bit, and nods. We'll use clock. He releases the gears that his Zoroark had impersonated when you went outside.

He watches you intently, watching to see if there was some trick involved.

Jakob
Rhopa launches a powerful psychic attack. It hits the Haunter hard, and the poison type explodes in a burst of dark matter. The chatter of the crowd dies down as they realize what happened. After a minute, the announcer spoke over the loudspeakers.

Due to the death of one of our pokemon, the battle tent is closing for the night. Thank you all for coming, and there will be a service for the haunter tomorrow. The crowd doesn't argue, and the tent begins to empty.

The announcer walks up to you and hands you a wad of bills. Here's your winnings. Thank you for competing.

Leon
You find the sign up easily. Under the section that best fits your level of skill, you can choose between two options. "Battle Roulette" and "Gladiator." Battle Roulette was described as fighting randomly typed opponets, while the Battle Roulette's goal was to faint the opposing trainer before you yourself were fainted.

[Major]

"Alright...hope I can do it the first time. It's pretty tricky and if it doesn't work it takes a day to be able to try it again." Amber mumbles as she walks up to the pokemon. The tricky thing was canceling an evolution after it occurred and encouraging a revert. She spoke softly to the pokemon while encouraging it to release some of it's energy. "I can only do it like 25% of the time, thus why I sometimes take a few days."

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DEVOLVE!
(1d20+6)[17] vs 21

Amber cursed under her breath, "Ugh...so close." She mumbles. "Still you sorta saw the process. It requires taking just a bit more energy however, than I did. I was a bit short."

[Arcran]

Jakob watches as the ghost explodes. It was a Ghost Type? How the hell had Rhopa killed it?

Rhopa, return. That's not your fault, he says, sighing. He picks up the rest of his team then searches for a place on the edge of town where he could set up camp.

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Amber
The man sighed when his pokemon failed to evolve. Well, I suppose I can start experimenting with the technique in my spare time. I haven't seen you around before. Are you new here, or just passing through?

Jakob
You find a nice meadow relatively easily. The wilds around here are generally peaceful and avoid humans when they can. You shouldn't be disturbed tonight.

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Not sure if that was a Jakob IC comment or Arc OOC. If it was Arc OOC: Haunter is poison/ghost, which gives it 2x weakness to psychic attacks as ghost does not resist psychic.

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Leon
You find the sign up easily. Under the section that best fits your level of skill, you can choose between two options. "Battle Roulette" and "Gladiator." Battle Roulette was described as fighting randomly typed opponets, while the Battle Roulette's goal was to faint the opposing trainer before you yourself were fainted.

Feeling that his recent experience might help him in gladiator, he considers using that one. If elemental powers such as his ability to channel electricity is allowed, he'll definitely sign up for that one.

[Major]

"I used to work at the breeder's just to the east, I lived over in Mauville but been doing a job and traveling around." Amber explains, "I'm surprised you hadn't heard of me, you seem quite skilled at breeding after all." She says with a chuckle, "At least pokemon breeding, obviously can't say in other matters."

[Arcran]

Jakob once again releases his tame team. He starts to set up camp, making a tidy little campsite. With some help from Hestia he makes a small campfire. He pulls out some food and starts to cook for his army team.

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Amber
He shrugs casually. Eh. Breeders come, breeders go. We all have our own skillsets that we're known for. As for breeding, I've done more than my fair share - either pokemon or otherwise.

Jakob
Assuming you don't release the onix or teddiursa, your pokemon seem content to play together while you cook.

Leon
Anything goes in the battle royal. You'll need to chose one pokemon to fight alongside you before you enter the ring.

[Major]

"Oh really?" Amber says raising an eyebrow. "Well, why not tell me about YOUR skillsets?" She asked with a smirk. "Should be a good bragging chance. If you've done your fair share you should have no problems seducing anyone you wanted, right?"

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The best type of seduction is making him think HE'S doing the seducing...heh heh...little does he know I will turn him into putty!

[Arcran]

Jakob grins, just lying back for a moment. He pulls out some Apricorns and starts to tinker with them, trying to build a ball that could capture even an unconscious Pokemon.

Rammus, always the loyal soldier, comes and plops down next to his trainer, content the watch his friend's swift fingers move.

When he finishes, he tries to think of a game he could play with his Pokemon. They were his friends, and as such he needed to come up with something.

Rammus, explain Fliers Up, alright? he says, looking for a good sized rock.

Once the Pokemon were briefed by Rammus, Jakob lobs the rock into the air.

FLIERS UP!

[planswalker]

Leon briefly considers his team before settling on Nicolai. He was the fist pokemon Leon ever befriended, and there was no one else he'd rather have at his back in a fight.

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Amber
He grins wickedly. Would you like to find out?

Jakob
Your pokemon seem excited to play, and they followed your commands on how to play the game.

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I have no idea what this game is, but assuming it's pretty simple, your pokemon will go with it.

Leon
Your opponet is a young man with a cloak covering his shoulders and a gun in his right hand. He walks out with a stone statue. You each scan the opposing pokemon, and immediately after the announcer states - Let the Combat Begin!

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You are faster. Go ahead and post trainer and Mon actions. Map Battle A

[Major]

"Depends, do YOU want to find out?" Amber ask teasingly.