[PTU] A Place of Our Own IC

[Lorrel]

{J12 Summary}

After an uneventful night on the hillside, Vivi and Erik make their way through the woods. They arrived at a small farmstead in the early morning.

While Erik hunted around for some pokemon, Vivi moved closer to the farmhouse to investigate a commotion between the farmer and a flock of birds. The boy was Bill, who lived on the farm. A flock of starlys lived nearby and had a bad habbit of eating the seeds planted in the fields. Bill didn't want to drive the birds away completely, since they were helpful and kept bugs away from the crops.
Vivi offered to help Bill with the birds, and after a bouncing a few ideas around, they decided to have a battle to see if it would entertain the birds and keep them away from the seeds.

Vivi was ready, and started the match by sending out her male Nidoran MacBeth. Bill countered with a Tepig named Polo.
Bill came out strong, using ranged attacks to keep away from MacBeth's poison tips barbs. The small Nidoran put up a valiant fight, but in the end was over matched by the Tepig.

Not to be deterred, Vivi decided to fight fire with fire and sent Breckitt onto the field. The speedy chick avenged her fallen ally, onto to come face to face with Bill's Lilpup Mutt. Breckitt looked to have the fight inhand until a clumbsy attack gave the pup the window he needed to bring the bird down.

Things were not looking good for the street battler. For longer than she could remember, Breckitt was the one she counted on, and he had just been taken down. Was this it? Did she have to throw in the towel? No, she would go down swinging. Looking over her team, she was going to have to rely on someone new, untested. She put her trust in Everest, remenicent of her Father's Chestnaught.

"Ok Everest, it is up to you. Do this for us, for Breckitt and MacBeth. Let's win this." Eager to please, Everest tries to tackle Mutt, but misses, and eats a counter attack in return. Luckily his thick shell took the brunt of the damage. The Lilpup is off balance after hitting Everest's shell and is easily dispatch by Everest's next strike.

Bill looks worried, and debates who he should send out. The Turtwig was tough and was shaknig off massive hits. He needed to get creative. Bill sends out a Blitzle, hoping that special attacks, even resisted, could put the turtle down for the count.
Lightning danced around the farm as Everest and Sparkly dueled for the win. Time and time again lightning struck true against the Turtwig, and time and time again Everest was a mountain, shrugging off the hits and striking back.

With a final push Bill launched a quick sequence of attacks, a shockwave followed by a tackle. Everest resisted the pain, and gave one last strike to end the fight.

Vivi picked up the Turtwig and gave him a huge hig, so proud of how hard he fought. Vivi and her team had survived its first battle as a true trainer, and she had been painfully shown how far she still had to go.

The Starly had enjoyed the fight, keeping their eyes glued to the action and not the seeds in the field. Vivi suggested that Bill keep the birds entertained with training and battles to keep them happy and away from the seeds.


Once Erik had finished his catching, they continued on their way.

Spoiler: EXP Awarded

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34 EXP split between MacBeth, Everest and Breckitt
Everest gains 2 levels and is level 9
MacBeth gains a level and it Level 5
Breckitt gains a level and is Level 8

[Goliathus]

"A Classic First Step"(Route 901 [I13])

[Session was done on Roll20]

Loki spent the second day of his trainer career mostly on travel, trying to catch up on his eternal rival Elise on the road. He knew about where she was going to and the images of rematch was already all over his head. He pictured his victory to tie the record to 1-1 and then another victory for the 2-1 lead. So, as usual, whole ton of dreaming on the road and not much else. Only this time, he was intentionally doing so. He knew about his physical limitation and slowing down to look for Pokemon would only slow down his progress once again. He was already restarting the traveling part yesterday. He really did not want to cause further delay to get to another city. On the other hand, arriving at another city without assembling a team sounded pretty stupid too since one could not do much against the gym without a Pokemon team.

It was with this kind of on-and-on thinking that Loki arrived at the new scenary by sunset. Finally, a crossroad, how exciting! Loki immediately spotted, with keener sense than yesterday, something by the tall grass on the northeast of him. A scan told him that it was a Pumpkaboo. Holy Mother of The True Lord Arceus, looking at the typing, this thing was the answer to Elise's Mienfoo! Naive as he was yesterday, he approached the Pumpkaboo, asking to join "its game", but the Pumpkaboo merely disappeared into the air. Well darn, he did not know Ghost Pokemon could actually do this. Then, a predator Pokemon came right in and swiped at the spot where the Pumpkaboo disappeared. A hunter, obviously ahd Loki just scared its food away! It was a Pokemon that Loki has seen before yesterday, the cat that was clashing with the two dogs by the farm.

This one was hostile and a fight was unavoidable. The opponent struck first, slicing Loki's pants and skin like pizza and hitting Panax the Oddish at the same time too. Loki did not like being hit at all and he was awared of this Pokemon's bursting speed now. So, the game plan was to stick Panax close to the Pokemon, limiting its movement and draining its life force gradually. Panax did a good job with the game plan and Loki kept on moving out of the way and in different direction while the Pokemon tried to pursuit him. Panax stuck to the opponent like a gridiron defensive guard. After a few clashes, the Pokemon retreated and Loki just let it go, knowing that it was just its natural instinct at work and he was not here to distrupt nature's order. Loki tried to talk to the Pumpkaboo again, hoping it would join him like his Mareep did yesterday, but the Pokemon or just the plain air, gave him no answer.

Well, that's that. Moving on, he checked out the signpost, which was just a sign showing where each of the two roads led to. No extra information whatsoever. Luckily, he saw someone just besides the signpost. He looked like a scientist of some kind, same lab coat as he saw in the Heartwood Lab but with a new face. The conversation started with Loki asking about the cities and general area beyond the two roads. Their conversation eventually diverged into other stuffs like Loki finding out about Elise's victory over the researcher and some enquiries about the researcher's project.

After agreeing that they would camp together for the night, which was soon to come, Loki headed north as he saw a lone bird above a tree over there. On the other side of the field, the scientist has started to set up camp for the night. Finding out it was something called Natu, and of the type he felt himself most closely related to - Psychic - he tried to set up a plan behind the signboard. The bird did spot him before he could do much about it though. Betting that a Psychic Pokemon would be more understanding of words, he tried to talk the bird into challenging him but no, the bird just went down the tree and hopped away. Rushing toward the bird, Loki threw out Twinkle to challenge the bird but the bird continued its little hop away. Should he be the aggressor this time? He thought for a little bit but decided it was just agains this nature. The bird was a free bird today and Loki headed back to the signboard with Twinkle and Panax by his side.

He was hoping to get at least something done today and his last chance was for his Oddish to lure Pokemon in for him with Sweet Scent. So, "Plan C" started after Positioning Panax by the tall grass where he has interacted with the Pumpkaboo before and then hiding himself behind the signboard. After a brief time period of nothing, something eventually came. A Pokedex scan told him it was a Growlithe...a Fire Pokemon and it looked to be barking aggressively at Panax. Charging out and ready to put Twinkle out for a better matchup in the fight, Loki then realized the Growlithe was all skin and bone. It also has a tag by his neck, so not a wild one. Poor puppy, Loki quickly found some food in his bag and passed them to the dog by putting them on the ground. After he was certain that the dog was at least not aggressive enough to just attack him, he passed more food to the dog through his hand while simultaneously praying tha the dog would not bite him. The Growlithe did not and the tag looked to be all scratched.

Leading the Growlithe back to the scientist, they both came to the same conclusion. This Growlithe was probably an abandoned breeding project, left out on the wild to survive on its own. The researcher was so good that he even analyzed that it was probably a cross-breed between a Growlithe line and an Espeon. Loki was not picky at all and who to say this Growlithe could not be the best Growlithe out there? Sport teams misjudged talents all the time, same thing could just happen here. The Growlithe was happy to join Loki, so much that Loki felt like it would have just follow him if not "captured" as part of his official roster. All in all, this was good news or even, best news of the day. After chatting with the scientist for some diet tips, the scientist went for an early sleep.

Loki did not. Knowing that he was safe with fire and another tent besides his, Loki spent the night on the outside. Letting all three of his Pokemon out to have their personal fun time, he worked on setting up his tent, which took way, way, way longer than it was supposed to due to his overall lacking of survival knowledge. He really regretted not asking the group of backpackers he travelled to Heartwood Lab how to actually do that. Then, it was some net-surfing on his smartphone for information and matches of the other Pokemon of Elise, a Floette and his newly acquired Growlithe. Then, it was dinner and making sure his Growlithe did not over- or under-fed, a little bit of portable gaming afterward and sleep for the night.

[Deadguy]

"The Beach Bums" (I19)

Sawyer moved down the coast slowly, observing as much as possible. If he had learned anything thus far, is that opportunity is often hidden. He heard rustling in the grass at the edge of the beach and investigated. A crab was attempting to get berries from a bush and failing. Sawyer moved forward quietly and plucked two berries, hoping to befriend the pokemon, but the crabby crab wanted nothing to do with him.

He moved along the beach line toward a tidal pool, noticing two gulls circling and attempting to eat something within the pool. He drew his crossbow and chased the birds off by shooting them both. Releasing Ulv to search the area, he waded into the pool to retrieve the oval-shaped pokemon he had defended. He moved to put it into the ocean but it held fast to his arm, obviously wanting to stay with him. Sawyer retrieved a pokeball and allowed the pyukumuku to enter.

Sawyer whistled for Ulv, intent on catching up with Adalicia, whom had been battling with the trainer on the beach. When Ulv returned, there were two of him. Sawyer gave them both some attention and played fetch with them until the copy Ulv tried to sneak something from Sawyer's backpack. He attempted to catch it in a pokeball but it struggled free and tried to flee.

Ulv gave chase and Sawyer shot it with his crossbow, causing it to crumple in a heap. Sawyer recognized that it was only playing dead and Ulv gave it a bite. As Sawyer approached, he offered the black fox a chance to join their pack. It seemed more than ready to agree and went into the pokeball without fighting any further.

Sawyer and Ulv caught up with Adalicia finally and prepped the camp as the Sun set on their first day of travel.

[Atrum Umbra]

"The Beach Bums" (I19)

As she traveled down the beach Beau danced and let her sweet scent drift in the wind. It wasn't long before she attracted the attention of a strange looking long bird creature, instinctively Beau hid behind her trainer. After a charming discussion it seemed that this new pokemon wasn't that bad and it decided to join them.

Knowing that she couldn't avoid battle forever Adalicia was determined to prove that her new team could defend themselves. Spurred on by Sawyers success she decided to seek out a trainer of her own to fight. Her opponent was a confident young lady by the name of Rita. They both prepared for a lovely battle on the beach at sunset.

Beau jumped off of Adalicia's head when she was called forward, her opponent was some odd looking cold dinosaur. Shaking a little at the thought of combat she flew into the air and stared at the creature in fear. Despite the calls from her trainer the best she could do was just hover as the monster zapped her with paralyzing electricity. She tried to attack back but was overcome by a combination of fear and paralysis as she was hit by a chilling blast of air. Finally overcoming everything Beau struggled to attack with a blast of air from her wings, just as she had practiced, but it didn't seem to do much. She then struggle to climb higher, hopefully out of range of the beast she was forced to fight.

Noticing that her pokemon was now out of range Rita switched to a new pokemon that she hid in the long grass. Adalicia, deciding that staying out of reach was unsportsmanlike returned Beau and sent out her new Nosepass to face the unknown threat. It turned out to be a Sneasel and it taunted Aimant into attacking rather than defending himself. Surprised at how fast it could move, Adalicia watched as her Nosepass charged down his foe. It took many scratched in its brawl but shrugged them all off as if they were nothing. The Sneasel was finally battered down and out of the fight. Rita switches back to her original pokemon, recognizing that this won't go as well for her Nosepass Adalicia switched to Goutte her Shellos. The two pokemon take turns blasting mud and ice at each other but ultimately the Amaura came out on top, just barely.

Beau is sent out again, a little unsure as to what has happened, but she recognizes her foe is now weak and blasts it out of the fight. Pleased y her success Beau tries the same thing on her new opponent, some yellow and black cone thing, her fairy wind strikes true but this time doesn't seem as effective. Her opponent then split in to many copies of itself, which didn't seem fair but Beau decided to carry on regardless. Her next attack hit one of the creatures and it blew up, it looked really impressive until Beau realized that wasn't the real pokemon and took a blast of icy wind to the flank. She attacked again visibly hurting the real pokemon this time before it retaliated with a chilling gust to the face which knocked her out.

Adalicia sent out her last hope, Aimant who had already proved himself capable in a fight. the Nosepass charged forward ignoring the fake images and hitting true knocking the Snorunt out of the fight. Glad of her victory and thankful to her new pokemon, Adalicia congratulated Rita on a hard battle well fought, hoping for chance to challenge her again another day.

[Lorrel]

Continuing on past the farm, Erik and Vivi made there way toward Monte Belvoir. Along the route, Erik found a trainer to square off against while Vivi searched the area for Pokemon.
Erik had noticed a strange fire-pit that was still lit, long after it should have burned out. Sending Sebastian the Lilpup to investigate, Vivi was greeted by a large cloud of smoke, as a small Pokemon scurried from the embers. Vivi called to Sebastian to calm him down, and tried her best to charm the little fire shrew.
Normally wielding all the charm of a 3 day old egg sandwich, somehow Vivi managed to convince the tiny Cyndaquil to join her, and it happily made its way into the pokeball. Vivi noticed that the poor guy was blind, although it didn't appear to hamper it at all. Vivi gave him a hug, named him Svengre and promised that he would be safer now, they would be his eyes.

Emboldened by a conflict free catch, Vivi made her way over to a group of grazing sheep. Recalling Sebastian and letting out the tricky Nidoran Desdemona, Vivi began a carefully conducted game of hide and seek, culminating with her hiding behind one of the Mareep. A quick tap of a pokeball later, and Vivi was certain she would have a new addition... that is until the ball failed to energize.

Letting out a startled bleat, the Mareep called its friends to it aid, and suddenly Vivi was starting down a herd of angry critters. Thinking fast, Vivi put on her tough girl face and scared off half the Mareep, eating a thunder wave from the nearest Mareep for her troubles. Desdemona cut off the attacker, earning a static shock for herself.

Vivi struggled past the paralyzing feeling in her body and sent out Sebastian to help Desdemona. She let tossed her second to last pokeball, hoping for the best. It settled with a click, adding Jezzel to the team. Faced with a pair of willing battlers in Sebastian and Desdemona, the rest of the Mareep bolted.

Slightly less confident, and down to her last ball, Vivi avoided the group of bouncing plants and focused on the strange berry. Trying once again to use guile over force, Vivi begins playing fetch with Sebastian, inching closer and closer to the berry. Vivi tried to tap the berry with a ball, but tripped and fell, scaring the berrymon further into the bushes and out of sight. Thinking hard, Viv came up with another diea.

Vivi sat down in the dirt and brought out her portable grower. She began taking care of the plant, talking to it and encouraging it. Vivi hoped that the hiding berry may be tempted to join. Vivi kept chatting away with her growing berry, completly unaware that the grower now had a second occupant. Finally, as she went to put the grower away she noticed a larger than normal bump in the dirt around her little plant. Realizing the berrymon must have hidden there, Vivi takes out her ball and taps the Bounsweet, naming her Gaia.

Her last ball spent, Vivi felt a bit wiser in the ways of trainers, and knew that her new teammates would help her down the road. She met back up with Erik, and they made their way into Monte Belvoir. New challenges await.

Spoiler: Vivi Levels Up!

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Vivi is level 2 (9 Dex XP, 1 Battle XP)
Vivi gained Adept Skills Command
Vivi gains Basic Skills Perception
Vivi gains 1 Speed

Spoiler: OOC

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Sorry, I am new and this is Town 1 so I have no idea how it all works

How exactly do towns work? Who do we talk with in character to get information, trade, ask about jobs, goings on, etc?
How does trading work?
Are there pokemon in town to be caught or battles?
Are there specialized services like mentoring, ball repair etc?

[Rune Knight]

The Beach Bums (I20)

This quiet portion of the shore has little on the surface. A dark haired woman and a few pokemon near her seem to be meditating.

Spoiler: Perception or Intuition 9

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There's a brand name bottle of water half buried in the sand. It looks unopened and could still be good.

Further down the beach, a group of crabs appear to be fighting over a particular part of the cliff face. On the sand below them is a dried up creature of some sort.

Spoiler: Medicine Education 8

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As you get closer, is seems to still be alive.

Spoiler: Intuition > Pathetic

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Sea creatures usually don't do well when they're not in the sea.