Gotta Catch Em' All: Platinum Version (Open!)

[Lychee]

Trainer Palila Rae
Location: Orebough City
Team: Rowlett (16/16) Starly (5/5) Piplup (15/15)
Partner Pokemon: --
Items: 4x Pokeballs, Pokedex, Journal, Sketchpad, Poketch Plus
Points: 38 (+1 from post) Posts: 13

Palila peered around at all the market stalls, very pleased with the atmosphere and their wares. As it was getting dark, she supposed that these must be some sort of nightmarkets the city had. She fiddled with the pokeballs inside her hoodie and decided not to let Rowlet or Piplup out, but to meet that Starly she had caught earlier.
With a little spark of the pokeball, Starly came out. It looked up at Palila for a second, then down at the pavement, where there were a few breadcrumbs. It chirruped happily.
"Yeah, I like markets too." Palila gave it a grin, before being attracted by two stalls nearby.
One of the stallholders was calling her a child and beckoning her over, the other just seemed to be doing the regular storeholder thing and talking up their own goods.
She wandered over to the old woman with a grin.
"Child? I guess everyone is a child compared to you, huh grandma?"

[Suicune's Fire]

Name: Kinnie Gutamen
Location: Route 203
Pokémon: (6/6)
| Hannig♂ | 18/18
| Vilne♂ | 15/15
| Fiona♀ | 5/5
| Guinness♂ | 18/18
| Beluga♀ | 5/5
| Knack♂ | 6/6
Items: x0,
Total Posts: 39
Points: 111 (-45 = 66)

It seemed that the conflict between the three girls settled down not long after it began, but there still remained tension between a few members of the group. Kinnie's mind continually echoed her father's words about team cohesion, and silently she wondered why people were not willing to set aside differences to work together. She breathed a deep sigh as she informed Vilne that he need not worry about stopping conflict for the time being.

Renny, the boy with the camera, suddenly approached her. "I wouldn't pay this much mind. If that new trainer attacks the other new trainer it will split this team apart," he said, his eyes flicking between the offending group members. "People are just feeling each other out. The wild pokemon back home do the same thing."

Kinnie considered this for a moment. She was not too well-versed in pokemon's natures, although it did make sense. She hadn't considered the lack of group cohesion to be natural. The boy looked at Vilne and proceeded to release his shinx. Kinnie watched as her luxio stared at the smaller creature, trying to gauge his reaction.

"Are you good with electric types? If so you could help me train this guy or girl." He paused. "Once Shinx is trained, the energy output should be able to power my equipment--if it's possible to harness the energy, that is."

Kinnie was not also not well-versed in electronic equipment, but Renny's words interested her. Pokemon had their purposes, and clearly an electric type could use its electricity for a human's purposes. She shrugged a little. "I had never met an electric pokemon until Vilne," she explained. "My knowledge about them does not extend far..." She turned her head to her luxio, and he tilted his head up to meet her gaze. She felt a small smile wiggle its way onto her face. "But he's doing well so far. Perhaps...he could help your shinx."

--

The remainder of the afternoon was spent travelling to the next city, Oreburgh. In that time, Kinnie gave names to the newly hatched grubbin and her kricketot: Beluga and Knack respectively. Knack and Fiona both evolved, and Beluga, although newly hatched, seemed to respond well to some light training.

Forms:

Spoiler:

Pokémon being Leveled Up: Beluga
Level ups: 10
Resulting Level: 15
Points required: 20
Points on hand: 111
Points remaining: 91
Link: Sig

Pokémon You're Evolving: Fiona the bidoof
Pokémon it Evolves Into: Bibarel
Evolution Point Requirement: 15
Points On-Hand: 91
Points After Evolution: 76
Link to stats: Sig

Pokémon You're Evolving: Knack the kricketot
Pokémon it Evolves Into: Kricketune
Evolution Point Requirement: 10
Points On-Hand: 76
Points After Evolution: 66
Link to stats: Sig

They finally reached Oreburgh City, where Sophie briefed them on where they would be staying as well as the curfew. Kinnie noticed that the new girl and a few others left to track down a market, and she considered that she herself would also need to stock up on such things as poke balls and perhaps some potions.


OOC: I'm about to head out so I'll have to edit my TC with this stuff in a few hours.

[Rival Max]

SM Post

@Shruikan

Neith ventured out back onto the previous route. Her new pokemon was seemingly unhappy with her. The weight of this bothered her so she decided it was best to give the pokemon its freedom so that it wouldnt have to be unhappy any longer. The little Starly suprised her by returning. The act of giving it its freedom had earned some respect with the brave little pokemon.


A little pokemon in the bushes had been watching all of this happen. The curious pokemon poked its head out.


"Shinx?"

It said taking a few steps towards the Neith. However, the little pokemon attention turned to a pokemon that appeared in the long grass.


Pokemon Battle

Kircketune (T: Bug)
Points: 15


The attacking pokemon forced Neith to make a choose leave the pokemon or fight to save the little pokemon. Perphas if she battled the pokemon she could help save the little Shinx.

Wild Pokemon Appeared

Shinx (T: Electric)
Points: 8

(*After this join the others at the pokemon center :)


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@Lychee

Palilia walked over
"Child? I guess everyone is a child compared to you, huh grandma?"

The elderly lady didnt react to this.
" Are you one of my grandchildren?" she said leaning over to take a better look

After a moment she backed up and giggled. The comment was extremely rude but she had heard much worse.

" I meant you no harm. I address all the young trainers child. You strike me as the kind of person who speaks with little regard to others around you. You must be very popular with others your age." She joked sarcastically

" I called you over becuase I have a great opportunity for you. I deal in gems and evolution stones. My business is fairly new but already has a few lower costumers. I am looking to expand my business to other cities but part that requires training wingulls to learn the routes. If you could simply escort my prized wingull to Eterna City with you as you travel I will be able to connect with my new partner and our prized wingull could then travel back and forth with ease. To pay you for this I would be willing to give you one of our other prized Wingulls. They are trained well and make great pokemon partners. What do you say ?"


Event Pokemon Unlock

Pokemon: Wingull (Type: Flying/Water)
Points: 7
Event: Bday Pokemon Gift

(To get the pokemon you need to accept. :P You can fill in the blanks. Make sure that your character is back at the pokemon center at the end of your post so you are with the group.)

[Brettles]

*Freedom, Mwahaha you gave me freedom, now you must suffer the interminable creativity of the ... SPIDER CLAN! *

Name: Matthias Grand
Trainer Card: Matthias Grand Trainer Card
Team Status:
((())) ^^^^@@@@ (())oOOo ******
Instinct (16/16) _ Kid (14/14) _ Sniper (15/15) _ Bienie (15/15) _ Trapeze (11/11) _ Static (8/8)
Items: Pokeballs (1), Revive (1)
Points: 13
Current Location: Route 203

Arriving at Oreborough was like hitting paradise. No more countryside, just lots and lots of civilisation. he made his wayto teh Pokemon center and deposited the gross bug he had in his bag and swapped in the Shinx. he felt pretty relaxed. Time for some food.

He walked until he found a cafe and scoped it out. Two worked, both very busy, average time of serving customers, 3 minutes per customer, leaving the servery unattended for up to a minute and a half at a time.

He had enough food to last him another couple of days, but he wanted to keep his skills tight. Stealing a decent pie from this shop would be child's play. Instinct and Kid would stage a mock battle outside to get everyone's attention and Matthias would have enough food to feed his entire team.

Just as he was about to step into action, Matthias felt a hand on his shoulder.

"How is the egg?" a sinister voice asked.

Matthias turned and saw the strange man in the black and red robe, who had given his the egg, back at the beginner's competition.

"Hi!" he said nervously, everything about this guy gave him the creeps. "I had a difficult time with the egg, but it hatched. Trapeze, come out!"

Trapeze came out and climbed up to Matthias' shoulder. "Spinar?" she asked.

The man nodded and pulled out a Pokeball of his own. "Brood Mother! Come!" His Pokeball opened and a huge Ariados appeared. I was as large as a Rapidash! "Brood Mother is the mother of all the spiders in 'Spider clan'! We seek out likely trainers and give them eggs. Most don't hatch, but those that survive are stronger than most, and signify that a trainer is worthy to attempt to join the clan. You have passed the first trial. There are many more. Only the best may become spider clan."

"Brood Mather. Pie. Stealth!" The giant Aiados nodded looked over at the cafe, it waited for half a minute and then shot a string of web that reached across the street and snagged a pie off a distracted customer's plate. The pie shot back to land in the robed man's hand. The customer did not notice it missing for a minute and then started shouting.

"Train your Spinarak! Prove yourself worthy, and you will be taught the secrets of the spider clan."

"But how..." was all that Matthias got before the Ariados shot a web up to and overhead building and the robed man and the Ariados swung away through the air.

"So that was you Mum huh?" Matthias said in a slightly shocked voice. "She seems nice! Do you think we will be worthy of joining 'Spider clan'?"

Trapeze looked at him seriously, "Spinarak!" she said in a very determined voice.

[Lychee]

Trainer Palila Rae
Location: Orebough City
Team: Rowlett (16/16) Starly (13/13) Piplup (15/15)
Partner Pokemon: --
Items: 3x Pokeballs, Pokedex, Journal, Sketchpad, Poketch Plus
Points: 39 (-7 to capture, -16 levelling, +1 from post) Posts: 14

Palila laughed at the old womans sarcasm, glad to see that a silly remark didn't deter her.
"A great opportunity, huh." She raised an eyebrow as the woman explained herself.

"Look, I gotta be honest with ya- I don't know where the heck I am, and I don't know where Eterna City is." Palila explained with a sigh, and then shrugged.
"But, if your wingulls are so well trained, it probably won't matter if I take them the wrong direction- I'll figure out where Eterna City is eventually, and they will have had more time to explore. You won't die in the next few weeks, right, Gemstone Gran?" She half joked and poked fun at her age again, but was half serious. Palilas mother was always making her do helpful things for the elderly people that lived nearby, so despite her sass, she was inclined to help.
"I'll do it."

Pokémon trying to catch: Wingull
Pokémon using: ---
Point Requirement: 7
Item Being Used/Quantity: 1xPokeball
Item Effects: ---
Points On Hand: 39
Points After: 32

The elderly lady took an empty pokeball from Palila and pressed it against a wingull that was roosting in the stall, then waved down another wingull that was slightly larger. It seemed like that was the one she was going to lead, and the one in the Pokeball was to keep.
Palila nodded to the lady and gave her a wave before being startled by the sounds of a scuffle nearby.

Her Starly was fighting a Ratatta over a crumb near some nice ceramic pots, and the two of them had bumped into one and knocked it over. It fell with a clatter and Palila rushed over, bringing out a Pokeball.
"Starly, return!" She zapped it back into safety and ran away from the scene, noting that Starlys stats had changed slightly. Maybe someone had left rare candy crumbs on the ground!

Pokémon being Leveled Up: Starly
Levels: 5 --> 13 (8 levels)
Points required: 16
Points on hand: 32
Points remaining: 16

Either way, it was getting pretty late, and Palila did NOT want to be stuck outside in the cold all night. She didn't stop at the shops or buy anything else on her way back to the Pokecentre in her haste, and regretted that she still didn't have any warmer clothes.

Palila stepped back into the Pokecentre main hall, feeling like the first one back (although maybe she wasn't).
She took a seat on a comfy chair at the back of the room and pulled her hoodie up over her head, leaning back and looking up at the ceiling. It was going to be a long night sleeping in a chair like this, but at least the foyer was warm.
Being homeless sucks.

[Shruikan]

Trainer Name: Neith Nimr
Location: Route 203
Pokemon:

Fennel ♀ (6/6)

Escutcheon ♂ (18/18)

Nemesis ♀ (5/5)

Butterscotch ♂ (5/5)

Phalanx ♂ (5/5)

Kricketot ♂ (6/6)
Partner Pokemon:

Binary (N/A)
Egg: N/A
Items:

Spoiler:

Pokeball x2
Voucher for a Free Limiter Berry

Current Game Points: 3 (+1)

As Neith began walking back, she heard a rustling sound behind her. Turning around, she saw a blue and black furred cat-like pokemon had begun to follow her.
“I mustn’t spook it.”
However, any plans Neith had disappeared as the Shinx’s attention turned to the emergence of a large insect from the bushes. Neith recognised it as the evolved form of Kricketot.

The Kricketune advanced on the Shinx, then with a light fast blow sliced at the electric cat’s side, causing the Shinx to collapse.

Nemesis, who was still out charged from Neith’s arms and flew at the Kricketune, much to Neith surprise. She’d never seen Nemesis pick a fight before.

This had to be the one time Fennel wasn’t already out. Neith fumble in her bag and sent out the Fennekin as quickly as she could.

“Quick Fennel, we need to help Nemesis! Use ember!”

The Starly was swooping around the Kricketune, darting out of range of it’s blade-like forearms whenever it moved to attack. But it left very little room to attack, and Nemesis was currently more of a distraction than a threat.
However, the burst of fire from Fennel drew it’s attention. It was hit in the side and left a scorch mark along it’s wing and body. Putting together it’s legs, the pokemon let out a high pitched screeching, causing Neith to cover her ears. Fennel was more susceptible to these however, and was quickly overwhelmed by the noise, falling to the ground unconscious.

Attacker: Fennel the Fennekin
Opponents: Kricketune
Attacker's Point Value: 6
Opponent's Point Value: 15
Bonuses: Evolution bonus -1 Fennel.
Fire>Bug -7 Kriketune
Attacker's Remaining Points: 0
Opponent's Remaining Points: 3

Before Neith had the chance to send out another pokemon, Nemesis took advantage of the insect’s distraction, swooping in and pecking at it’s burned wing. The Kricketune practically howled in rage, and connected with a vicious slash to the underside of the Starly. But Nemesis’ attack had done it’s job, and the Pokemon hobbled back into the grass, evidently deciding that the fight wasn’t worth it anymore.

Attacker: Nemesis th Starly
Opponents: Kricketune
Attacker's Point Value: 5
Opponent's Point Value: 3
Bonuses: N/A
Attacker's Remaining Points: 2
Opponent's Remaining Points: 0

After recalling Fennel back to her ball, Neith rushed over to Nemesis, who had landed near the Shinx from before.
The gash on Nemesis’ chest wasn’t deep, but the pokemon was obviously struggling to fly with it.
“You were amazing Nemesis. I’ll get you to the Center as soon as I can.” Neith recalled Nemesis, then turned her attention on the Shinx.

The Shinx’s injury wasn’t life threatening, but would need treating. Neith grabbed one of her new bandages. (Lucky I visited the shops first) and, recalling what she had learned from helping her mother treat injured pokemon, patched up the cut as best she could.
The Shinx looked blearily up at her. You should ok to go back now. I have to go and treat Nemesis and Fennel at the center.
She she returned down the road, she heard pawpads behind her. The Shinx was once again following her. “Wait, do you want to come with me?” The Shinx nodded, then slowly walked up to her and pawed at her leg.
“Ok, ok I get it. Here.” She held out a pokeball, which the Shinx tapped with it’s nose, before disappearing into it with a red light. The ball locked afterwords. Too many pokemon again. I’ll just have to remedy this back at the center.

Attacker: Well, it was really the Kricketune, but lets say Escutcheon.
Opponents: Shinx
Attacker's Point Value: 18
Opponent's Point Value: 8
Bonuses: Evolution bonus -3 Shinx
Attacker's Remaining Points: 13
Opponent's Remaining Points: 0

Pokémon using: Nemesis
Pokémon trying to catch: Shinx
Point Requirement: 4
Item Being Used/Quantity: Pokeball
Item Effects: None
Points On Hand: 4
Points After: 0

* * *

At the Center, Neith swapped out her Kricketot for the Shinx and handed over her pokemon to the Nurse, feeling a bit sheepish that she was here healing her pokemon again so soon.

Looking around, most of the other’s weren’t back yet, but Neith recognised the new girl sitting in the back staring at the ceiling.
“Didn’t get any warmer clothes? Or are you saving them somewhere?” Neith asked, as she sat down on one of the other chairs near Rae.
“I saw earlier that your trainer card didn’t work. Do you have anywhere to sleep? You can share my room if you’d like?”

[Suicune's Fire]

What the shrek, Brettles. xD

Name: Kinnie Gutamen
Location: Route 203
Pokémon: (6/6)
| Hannig♂ | 18/18
| Vilne♂ | 15/15
| Fiona♀ | 15/15
| Guinness♂ | 18/18
| Beluga♀ | 15/15
| Lonroch♀ | 5/5
Items: x20, x1, x2, x1
Total Posts: 40
Points: 34

Kinnie came out of the shop holding an armful of poké balls. She had bought twenty because it seemed sensible in the moment to do so. It was lucky that they were small, because she was able to fit most of them in her bag. It was a tight squeeze, but thankfully nothing was overflowing. It was just fortunate that the egg had hatched...

She felt sufficiently stocked up on items, and elected to head back to the pokemon centre to assess her pokemon team. She remembered from her pokedex scanning that Beruga had been a bug type, and so had her kricketune. She knew that it was not wise to carry multiple pokemon of the same type, which she confirmed with a nurse inside the centre. The nurse suggested that she deposit one of her bug types to make room for a sixth slot in her team, and it was then that Kinnie learned about the legal maximum number of pokemon a trainer could register in their team at the one time. The remainder were kept inside a PC storage box, which the nurse also showed her.

To Kinnie's shock, there was a pokemon already inside. It was the starly that she had caught earlier. So that was where it had gone. Kinnie narrowed her eyes. This seemed like some type of magic.

After a good few minutes trying to process the technological possibilities of the world, Kinnie swapped out her kricketot for her starly.

--

Soon after, Kinnie elected to go in search of some food. She had not eaten since many hours before, and it had only just occurred to her how hungry she was. She departed the Pokemon Center in search of some place to eat. She figured she could use the money she had earned from some of the pokemon battles she had participated in.

[Noblejanobii]

Hunter (18/18) [Croconaw, Male]	Cordelia (16/16) [Staravia, Female]	Cato (7/7) [Bidoof, Male]
Terry (7/7) [Piplup, Male]	Karl (10/10) [Kricketot, Male]	Martini (7/7) [Cyndaquil, Female]

Partner Pokemon: Freya the Snorunt
Location: Jubilife City
Items: x5 Pokeballs
Points: 45

Amy glanced over at Sophie and grinned a bit. "Oh really? You and I will have to ride together sometime then. My bike back home is a GSX1300R. Gotta get something speedy if I wanna beat my opponents in street races after all. It was a beast to save up for but she's a beauty."

Amy turned back to Drake and blushed a bit in embarrassment. "Heh, thanks. I do talk about her a lot but she just makes me so happy it's hard not to." She crossed her arms as she thought over Drake's request. "This is moreso a combo of what she and my history nerd friend from Unova told me." Amy cleared her throat. "Xerneas, the sustainer of life, Yveltal, the harbinger of destruction, and Zygarde, the keeper of balance, they are the three members of the Aura Trio that rule over the Kalos region. Long ago it is said they are what balance to nature, with Xerneas and Yveltal governing the cycle of life and death, and Zygarde ensuring no one upset the balance. It is said that during the Kalos war, these two pokemon used their powers to bring an end to the war and rejuvenate the devastated lands are the Ultimate Weapon brought countless destruction across the battlefields. Both beings were said to have gone into a thousand year slumber, prompting Zygarde to split itself into a network of cells and cores in order to keep a watch over the land while the other two legendaries slumbered. Even now it is said these cells and cores are everywhere, watching us and ensuring we do not tip the scales of life and death."

Amy continued to chat with Drake and Sophie until they reached the Pokemon Center. They had free time until 11. Amy crossed her arms in thought. While training more was definitely tempting, she also wanted to explore a bit. Despite Palila's little announcement prompting Amy to debate avoiding the marketplace, Amy decided she wanted to people watch and take notes on their attire. It could provide some valuable influences for future clothing designs. After healing her pokemon, Amy strolled out into the marketplace and found a bench to sit on. Setting Freya down beside her, Amy began to sketch some of the outfits she saw as quickly as she could.

[[Desolate Divine]]

Name: Sophie Reed
Team Status:

Wolverine (14/14) Emperor (16/16) Arc (15/15) *Unnamed* (5/5)


Partner:

Egg: Krabby (31/36)

Points: 65

Basic Info Story Info
Current Location: Route 203
Time: 7:30pm
Day: 2
Date: September 7th 2028
Season: Early Spring
Current Team: Sophie, Amy, Tony, Neith, Renny, Kinnie, Matthias, Palila, Drake

The group pretty much split for the evening, as I found somewhere comfortable. I had been on my feet all day, and since I got my bike a year ago, my fitness had taken a hit. I had a look through my bag, finding my new trainer kit. I had a brief look at the Pokedex, however was drawn more to the journal. I ended up spending an hour writing in it, all about what had happened the last two days. I figured if I ever got home, I would like a record of this, to show Mum and Dad.

I went to a nearby vending machine to get some food. I was too tired to wander the city trying to find anything better.

As I made my way back into the foyer, I noticed Renny was still there, and hadn't gone with the others. Figuring this was probably the best chance I would get to try and get some sort of peace in the group, I approached him.

"Hey, can we talk for a minute?"

[Rival Max]

Trainer Renny Thomas
Team Status
...............
Valerie (10/10), Cornelius(14/14), Fiddle(10/10), Delta (14/14), Echo (9/9), Wilykit (8/8)


Partner Pokemon:

Arnny (f)(5/5)
Egg: Growlithe (Steps to Hatch 33/40)
[U]Items:

Spoiler:

Health Items

Pokeballs
Normal Pokeball: 2

Location:
Points: 63(+1)

It had taken longer than expected to reach the next city. It was fair to say so far not much had happened since that interview he gave. Renny found a nice spot at the pokemon center to plug in and try to see if he could salavage anything of the shots from today. Most of his team was getting a well deserved heal up at the Pokemon Center spa. Arnny stayed back to keep him company. As he played the raw footage for the day he looked for anything that was news worthy. He sighed in frustration knowing that he would need something news worthy if he was going to get the go pro to attack to delta for the sky shots. As he worked he was approached by the person enjoyed least.

Sophie approached
"Hey, can we talk for a minute?"

Renny didnt respond at first he kept going through footage. After a minute he finally paused the video taking off his headphones.
" Do I have a choice or are you going to send Nathan over here to force me into a conversation?" He said slightly frustrated

Arnny nudged Renny

" Sure...Take a seat. I have some time while I upload some of the footage for today."

NPC

Drake Annan

....................
Grookey (15/15), Sunny(15/15), Throt (15/15), Barrel (15/15), Surge (15/15)

Drake walked out of the pokemon center with this direction written down on a piece of paper. He walked through the street trying to find his way through the city. He paused scratching his head.
" I think Im lost.." He laughed flipping the paper.

"I think I was reading this wrong."

He looked at Grookey

"Any thoughts?" He asked joking

Grookey looked at the paper not making heads or tails of it. He turn his attention pointing south. Drake looked up and noticed Amy sitting on a bench.

" Good job buddy!" He said running over

Drake ran over to Amy
" Amy!!!" He said grateful to see her.

" Uh I got kind of lost trying to find my way around. Do you think you could help me out to find this address?" He asked with a smile




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SM Post

Kinnie made her way back to the route in hopes of finding a battle. As she looked around she noticed a group of trainers in a circle. At the center of it was a very cocky trainer that stood mocking the others around her.



" Which one of you whims and weaklings dears to challenge the queen of this route!" She laughed

She pointed out two litte twin girls.
"How about you two? Do you want to mess with the might dragon trainer Chibi!" She said

The little girls shook their heads backing up.

Training Chibi pushed through the crowd.

"How about you new girl? Do you have the guts to challenge a true master in training!" She said taunting Kinnie
@Suicune's Fire


Trainer Challenge !

Dragon Trainer Chibi

" Stop looking so dumbfounded and battle me!" She laughed


Dratini (T: Dragon)
Points: 25



Gible (T: Dragon/Ground)
Points: 25