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Post by Tout-Perd on Jul 28, 2008 1:43:35 GMT -5
OOC: This is for anybody who has a low level Pokemon or beginning trainer they want to give a try. The matches should be short, so you can enter with more than one character.
This takes place Post-Justice. And if you need a baseline for the power levels here, think around level 10 to 25ish.
My goal is eight trainers total, though I've got NPCs stocked for the first few rounds.
Rules: One attack per turn only. Two attacks allows for combos, but let's keep this simple. One Pokemon to a trainer, and it's single elimination.
BIC: The town had been plastered in flyers for the coming event for weeks. All over the place, the neon-green sheets of paper were found. Plastered onto windshields, stapled to telephone poles, shipped into mailboxes, they had grown fairly ubiquitous. There had been a brand new colloseum opened in Lavender Town, and though it was small, it had been equipped to be fairly state of the art.
As in accordance with the local zoning laws, the walls were painted a brooding shade of bluish purple, with black trim along the tops and bottoms. The arena floor was crafted from asphalt, shaded only slightly to a hue of lavender by the coating protecting it from damage. The only parts of the small domed arena that wasn't either purple or black was the glasslike walls seperating the audience from the coming battles.
"Kinda sad that they got so little interest in this, huh?" A boney child with short black hair asked nobody in particular, handing in their application. Clad in a grey sweatshirt and jeans, the only parts of them that showed, their hands and face, were extremely pale, barring an odd looking blush to their cheeks.
"I guess it's because there aren't many beginners in this area of the country. Usually they start out in the West, right?" The youth of a rather indeterminate gender leaned against a nearby wall, their shadow not quite matching up with their form.
ENTRY: Name: Dace Balao Age: 10 Pokemon: Minnow, Burmy, Female, HP Electric
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Post by {WW}BetaBloodWolf7 on Jul 28, 2008 5:50:55 GMT -5
"Yeah, the countryside is a bit easier on people out west" replied a young boy with a slight tan to his skin who was also dressed in blue jeans, but wore a plain orange t-shirt and a blue jacket over it.
"Least I think it is..... I haven't actually been over in that area." He grabbed a form and began filling it out. "Who knows though," he began, apparently to himself " this might might get just enough attention to make it fun."
ENTRY Name: Durant Larks Age: 12 Pokemon: Taraek, Bulbasaur, Male
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Post by Beelzebibble on Jul 28, 2008 12:16:35 GMT -5
OOC - Oh, what the hell."Yes, let's see..." A dark-skinned girl with her hair in a plait filled out her application and handed it in before retreating to a far wall and smiling gently at the two youths. ENTRY Name: Laksha Karttikeya Age: 14 Pokemon: Ganesh, Phanpy, Male
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Post by bulbaboy on Jul 28, 2008 17:39:24 GMT -5
“But sir, you’ve got over thirty badges from several different leagues. I don’t think we can enter you…” The clerk said as he fumbled with the entry form trying to hand it back.
Sly pushed the form back at him. “Yes but my pokemon is new. All fresh and ready for its first tournament.”
“But, what about that.” The clerk pointed at the Legendary pokemon sitting on top Slys head.
“Mew?” Mew asked as his head titled to the side.
“Don’t worry, he’s just tagging along. I will not be using him.” Sly smiled.
The clerk looked at the form, then at Sly, then finally back at the form. “Alright, I guess-”
“Wondeful!” Sly took his place over by the youths. His thirty-something appearance making him stand out like a soar thumb next to these kids.
ENTRY
Name: Salon “Sly” Yardic
Age- Actual: 58 Appears: 32 (In his Human Form)
Pokemon: Bulbs, Bulbasaur, Male
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Post by AngelicTragedy on Jul 28, 2008 20:06:08 GMT -5
"Looks like this is right up our alley doesn't it little buddy?" Aiden said in a rather whispered tone to the orange chimp sitting on his shoulder.
The Chimchar smiled wide and grabbed onto Aidens head and swung into a sitting position on top of his head. Aiden dusted off the shoulder of his brown t-shirt and finished filling out the entry form quickly. He tossed the pen he was using to the other side of the table and handed his form over.
"Looks like a few challenges are awaiting us here partner, we'll have to make sure to pace ourselves." Aiden chuckled.
ENTRY Name: Aiden Cross Age: 20 Pokemon: Pyre, Chimchar, Male
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Post by kazkame on Jul 28, 2008 20:43:57 GMT -5
OOC: might as well join the party
Nolan rode into town on the back of his Torkoal with a smile on his face. His green jumpsuit stayed loose against his body, while his goggles kept his red hair out of his eyes. He then saw the crowd of people around a Colosseum, and decided to investigate. He soon saw a cast of characters signing up for a tournament of some type. Nolan gave a large smirk and signed up. He then motioned Torkoal to move towards the Colosseum and wait for his match.
Entry Name : Nolan Feld Age 15 Pokemon: Torkoal, Torkoal, Male
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Post by Beelzebibble on Jul 28, 2008 20:45:45 GMT -5
OOC - Sly? Seriously?
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Post by Tout-Perd on Jul 28, 2008 21:11:51 GMT -5
OOC: FIRE TYPES! OH SHI- Two Bulbasaurs, a Burmy, a Phanpy that had the balls to join, and then Torkoal and Chimchar. Ironically enough, the two biggest PRPers have yet to join... I'll give them like this week to join, and if anybody beats them to it, they'll have to wait for the next one. Who knows? If this is successful, regular tournies might start coming about. BIC: "Hey there." Dace turned to face Durant, a small smile on their face. "Yeah, I've barely been out west at all in my life. A few times, but not many. Really no reason for anybody who isn't a trainer to go except for pressing business or sightseeing." As they saw Sly enter, a shocked look came upon their face. "HOLY CRAP!" Dace paused, breathing a few times to gain their composure, and then spoke once more. "Is that a Mew?" There was a wavering in the air beside Sly, about the size of a person, though only very keen eyes would have perceived it. A voice spoke in his head, as familiar as always. <Don't turn around. It's just me, Zebedee.> The flicker shifted slightly. <Is that one your Venusaur's...> The thought paused.
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Post by bulbaboy on Jul 28, 2008 21:14:20 GMT -5
OOC - What?? Why? BIC - Sly nodded, "Yeah it's the real deal."
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Post by Tout-Perd on Jul 28, 2008 21:28:59 GMT -5
"I wish I had a camera right now." Dace muttered, pouting slightly. "Mew is a creature you'd be lucky to see once in your lifetime, and you've befriended it. I'm surprised you don't have a bunch of criminals fall all over themselves trying to take it from you."
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Post by AngelicTragedy on Jul 28, 2008 21:41:42 GMT -5
"I wouldn't be suprised if someone tried to take it any time now. I would kill to have a chance to work with a Legendary Pokemon. I must say, you're really a lucky man." Aiden stated quickly.
"Oh, I'm sorry..." Aiden rambled. "My name is Aiden and this is Pyre. Nice to see that we have some stiff compitition."
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Post by bulbaboy on Jul 28, 2008 21:55:04 GMT -5
Sly laughed, "Nice to meet you all, I'm Sly."
Mew floated off of Sly's head and disappeared. Dace and Aiden both were lifted in the air momentarily then placed back on the ground. Mew reappeared right in Dace's face. It laughed and flew up towards the ceiling where created a small pink bubble that it bounced on happily.
"Mews pretty good about taking care of himself." Sly said as he shook his head at Mew. He turned back towards the others, "Where do you guys hail from?"
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Post by Tout-Perd on Jul 28, 2008 22:15:44 GMT -5
There was a wavering in the air beside Sly, about the size of a person, though only very keen eyes would have perceived it. A voice spoke in his head, as familiar as always. <Don't turn around. It's just me, Zebedee.> The flicker shifted slightly. <Is that one your Venusaur's...> The thought paused. OOC: ? BIC: "Whoa!" Dace giggled slightly upon being lifted, but fell over on their rear when Mew appeared so suddenly. They quickly rolled to their feet, and extended a hand to Sly in greeting. "Glad to meet you! The name's Dace Balao, and I'm from the eastern suburbs of Saffron. My dad works in Silph Co. as the head of the trial technology production department, and my mother runs a salon in south Lavender. Maybe you and Mew could stop in some time, right?" OOC: Dangit, Dace! We have another one-off that's endearing themselves to me way too much. *sends Dace and Garth to stand in a corner.* *Ignores Prilla and Blaise, who never made it past the critical phase.* Though really, it's not so bad. In PRP, since I retired Natalie and to a lesser but still significant degree, Thyra, I've only got Elm, Isambard, and Zebedee. And Zebedee is an outlaw. So Dace will be my fourth I guess.
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Post by bulbaboy on Jul 28, 2008 22:27:53 GMT -5
<Yeah,> Sly thought to Lee, <It’s Venasuar’s, but it has a surprise from its mothers side of the family.> Sly always found it hardest to hold his new found human emotions back when he was in human morph. Venasaur had been a friend nearly as long as Mew and his loss was painful.
Sly tried to distract himself, “Silph Co., I do work for them on occasion. Well I use to anyways. They started to support many of the sanctions being put in place by the League on the Pokemon Centers so I left them. I’m a freelance inventor now, though I usually help out the Centers for free.”
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Post by Tout-Perd on Jul 28, 2008 22:45:09 GMT -5
<I can't wait to see it, then. Your buddy's legacy? I know they'll do us all proud.> Zebedee's voice said clearly in Sly's mind, bittersweet with memories of the Pokemon that had been with them since they had known eachother years ago.
"My dad's the same way. He said that the Pokemon League has a lot of good people, but the higher up you go, the worse they get. He says tho' that Silph Co. is really strong, and that he thinks the best thing he can do is work from there to try and make a point to them about the trainers keeping their rights." Dace said, their voice sounding like they were echoing something they heard a hundred times before.
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Post by Q on Jul 29, 2008 6:21:27 GMT -5
OOC: I would join, but none of my characters have any Pokemon that are low enough in level, unless I want to retcon down the level of one of the Pokemon I haven't had Max use onscreen yet. 'Course, now that I've written that, I just might do so.
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Post by Tout-Perd on Jul 29, 2008 20:40:15 GMT -5
OOC: Max would make three well established trainers and three newer ones, with Zebby watching in the wings. That would be nice. Now, if we could get El and another newcomer in, we could start this up.
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Post by Q on Jul 29, 2008 21:45:11 GMT -5
OOC: Eh, why not? There's really no reason for me to treat the Pokemon Max hasn't used onscreen as being at the levels I have been, even though he has had them since before I left TCGPlayer. Besides, this looks like fun. Just realized that Aiden being here does make for a minor plothole in Sinnoh Adventure, though... eh, should work.
Name: Max Milen Age: 20 Pokemon: Delibird, Male, HP Water
BIC: Max looked up at the Lavender Town Colosseum. It's funny, he thought. The number of places like this I've been in, and they still never fail to impress me. His attention was brought back to reality when the clerk cleared his throat. "Now, with your qualifications, I do have to ask, Mr. Milen. Does this Pokemon meet the entry requirements?"
"Yes, it does. And please, it's Max. 'Mr. Milen' is my father." He smiled.
"Very well, Mr. -- Max. Proceed. Good luck." Max wasted no time stepping inside, where he saw the other competitors already getting to know each other. Max's eyes darted around, and came to rest briefly on a certain legendary cat. Wait a minute, he thought. If Mew's here, then that must mean... "Well, well, Sly. I didn't expect to see you here."
Max felt his heart begin to beat faster. A trainer of Sly's caliber, even in a lower-level tournament like this one, meant that Max could likely look forward to some tough competition. It's been too long since I was able to simply enjoy myself like this, he thought, not even bothering to resist the urge to smile.
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Post by bulbaboy on Jul 31, 2008 14:02:28 GMT -5
Sly smiled at Max, “Yes, it was actually quite bothersome persuading the clerk to take my entry form.” They watched as Mew floated down and decided to take up residence on Max’s head. The pokemon stretched and sprawled out on its back letting its tail hang down in from of Max’s face.
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Post by Tout-Perd on Jul 31, 2008 14:40:28 GMT -5
OOC: We got room for one more person! El, Clicker, anybody? If you don't fill in, I need to NPC a battle.
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Post by {WW}BetaBloodWolf7 on Aug 1, 2008 19:46:23 GMT -5
OOC: Wow, I'm gone and a million people join in 0.0
BIC: Durant stood back and watched them all, watching Mew lift up Dace and Aiden, then turning to watch as more trainers filed in.
"Well I guess this will turn out to be fun, a couple people here look like they're pretty tough." He paused, staring at the Torkoal, and the Chimchar.
"Two fire types though.... I hope Taraek can keep his cool......."
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Post by kazkame on Aug 1, 2008 20:24:23 GMT -5
Nolan slipped of Torkoal on to the ground. OK old friend time for some food after our long trip from the mountains. He looked around in messenger bag to find some pokefood. He soon found some coal and a cold sandwich. He let out a small sigh and ask his fire tortoise for a little warmth. The orange creature gave a puff of white smoke and began to elevate his temperature a tad. The sandwich was warmed to perfection and began to give off a scent of smoked ham.
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Post by {WW}BetaBloodWolf7 on Aug 1, 2008 20:44:18 GMT -5
Durant sighed slightly at the sight of the Torkoal, but put on a smile and approached Nolan.
"Hi, that's a nice Torkaol you have with you. I'm Durant, and my partner is a Bulbasaur named Taraek. Nice to meet ya."
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Post by bulbaboy on Aug 2, 2008 9:14:07 GMT -5
Sly looked down at his watch. "Humm, I wonder how much longer this is going to take."
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Post by Q on Aug 2, 2008 9:39:57 GMT -5
"Good question, Sly," Max replied, giggling outright at the playful Pokemon perched on his head. He looked around. "I only see 7 competitors here. Maybe they're trying to get another person, to even out the numbers?"
OOC: Considering bringing in Cal to finish out the roster. I'd have to add a Pokemon to his team to do so, since his current team is all too high-level. I should have the decision made by the end of the day.
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Post by {WW}BetaBloodWolf7 on Aug 2, 2008 9:43:54 GMT -5
OOC: Well, Shadow was considering it, I say wait till he has decided fully for sure.
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