Gotta Catch Em' All: Blizzard Blue Version (Open!)

[brandon_g]

Trainer Name: Brandon

Pokemon:

Skipper - [11/16]

Marshtomp - [16/16]

Nidoran - [8/8]

Pidgetto - [7/18]

Primeape - [30/30]

Riolu - [0/25]
Items: Pokeball x4
Healing counter: 18
Points: 13

*Max is my battle a confirmed win? Is there any points for winning?*

After the battle, Brandon began heading towards Vermillion City, as he walked he took of his survivial pack and scrumged through it for another bottle of water and granola bar. He found one of each and then re zipped his pack and put it back on, he ate the granola bar and drank some of the water, then he put the water bottle, half filled in a un closed side of his pack for eady reach. Next to Skipper and Marshtomp walked quietly next to him. Soon they were getting close to Vermillion City, Brandon could see the entrance to the city. He stopped dead in his tracks, his pokemon having realized this after a few more steps walked over and looked concerningly at their trainer. Skipper and Marshtomp looked at each other confused to what was going on, then the 2 scanner the area for any possible threats, but could see none, then they looked back at their trainer again. Brandon noticed the city seemed to be swarping with soliders and federal agents. Brandon was immediatelly concerned, he was the only one in the group not disguised and would be recognizable if the soliders were told of all their descriptions. Brandon decided he needed to try and make himself look as far from himself as possible. He started with his pokemon, he loved Skipper and Marshtomp to death, as did they to him and would love for them to be able to enter the city by his side, but they were known as his travel partners and he simply couldn't risk it. He picked up Skipper and Marshtomps' pokeballs from his belt and as hit the button on each he said to them "Sorry about this guys, but their are soliders and federal agents swarmed around the city, they would recoginize you as mine and blow what chance of cover I have. It is only temporary, I promise. Rest now and I willsee you very soon". With that each pokemon were sucked into their pokeballs. Brandon clipped the balls back to his belt and then decided to send out Pidgetto. The flying type was injured enough to make it convincing that he was going to heal them and wasn't directly associated with him. As the bird came out, Brandon explained the situation to him "Try to look as injured as possible, give the guards your best 'begging eyes' and chirp in agreement when I say I am headed to the pokemon center to heal my pokemon ok?" the bird type nodded, but remain silent. Next Brandon took off his hat and ran his hands through his hair, messing it all up. He placed the cap deep in his pack. Then he took off his hooded sweater and stored it deep in his pack as well. Then Brandon rummaged through his pack, trying to find the single, spare t shirt he had packed, just in cade. He finally found it, then looking around to make sure no one was around, took of his current shirt and put on the other one. He then buried the shirt deep another pocket of his pack. Then Brandon folded the very bottom of his jeans up 2 or 3 folds, making it look like a fashion style. Then, having done all he could, he motioned for Pidgetto to fly onto his shoulder, which the bird type did, then said a silent prayer and hoped the gaurds didn't know what he looked like or else wouldn't recoginize him. After the Brandon, took a deep breath and set off towards the city's main entrance.


*Left open for you to set up Max if you want*

[brandon_g]

Trainer Name: Brandon

Pokemon:

Skipper - [11/16]

Marshtomp - [16/16]

Nidoran - [8/8]

Pidgetto - [7/18]

Primeape - [30/30]

Riolu - [0/25]
Items: Pokeball x4
Healing counter: 17
Points: 14

After the guard waved him on, he walked as causally as he could towards the pokemon center, as he passed through the gates to the he noticed guards setting several computers. With the amount of security now, those computers couldn't mean anything good. Brandon just kept walking and only looking at this through the corner of his eyes, once he was a safe distance away from the guards, he breathed a quiet sigh of relief, he made past that fortress of a check point successfully. Brandon could see some people that were dressed causally but didn't seem to quite fit in. Brandon knew there was probably undercover agents in the city, which meant that the whole group, but him especially would have to watch their steps VERY closely, getting past the intial check point on the way into the city was only the first part of their blending in during their stay in Vermillion, maintaining their cool and cover to remain the city and not be arrested or anything was the second part and the hardest part.

Brandon reached the door of the pokemon center and has he stepped in, the doors automatically slid out of his way. Once he was inside, he noticed that Alice and Meghan were already there and seem to be having a conversation. Brandon kept walking until he reached the nurse's stations, once there he handed all of pokemon to the nurse, who then placed them on the healing machine and once the machine finished, handed them back to him. The nurse said to him "Here you are, your pokemon should be nice and healthy, have a nice day and be careful out there". The nurse smiled at him a d Brandon thanked her as he took back his pokemon and clipped them to his belt. Next Brandon went to the pc and exchanged some of his pokemon in preparation for the upcoming gym battle.

In: Nidoran and Pidgetto
Out: Beedrill and Arbok

After the exchange, he clipped the new pokemon to his belt and then walked over a newspaper and grabbed a newspaper. Then with the newspaper in his hand, Brandon went over to the chair area where Meghan and Alice were sitting, he picked a seat that was 2 seats over from Meghan and Alice. He didn't want to sit too close to them, too many of them of together may draw attention. He sat down and started (pretending/trying) to read the newspaper. Brandon decided he would do this until either more of the group arrived or Meghan decided on their next move. As he sat trying to read the paper, his mind involuntarily strayed from the worse on the paper and instead into deep thought. The very first thing Brandon wondered was whether Meg or Alice had noticed him and then on the events of the last few days.

[brandon_g]

Trainer Name: Brandon

Pokemon:

Skipper - [16/16]

Marshtomp - [16/16]

Arbok - [30/30]

Beedrill - [30/30]

Primeape - [30/30]

Riolu - [25/25]
Items: Pokeball x4
Healing counter: 16
Points: 15


Brandon sat reading the newspaper, which was filled with stories and false reports about the cerulean incident(s), for only a few minutes when Alice came in to the pokemon center, followed shortly by Rose. Nethier seemed to notice he was there and Rose came in asking Alice "Where is everyone"?, Brandon put down his paper and walked over to them, he said aloud "Well that depends who you mean by everyone ma'dam, if you mean the Kanto Military and secret agents patrolling this city, keeping it safe, then everyone is here". Brandon followed his sentence up with a wink. He didn't want anyone who might watching them to think Brandon knew either of them, as that might draw attention. At the same time though, he wanted to let Rose and Alice know he was he was there.

[brandon_g]

Trainer Name: Brandon

Pokemon:

Skipper - [16/16]

Marshtomp - [16/16]

Arbok - [30/30]

Beedrill - [30/30]

Primeape - [30/30]

Riolu - [25/25]
Items: Pokeball x4
Healing counter: 15
Points: 16

After letting Rose and Alice know he was there, he kept walking past them to a water fountain in order to avoid suspicion. When Brandon turned around he noticed Rose leaving the pokemon center, seeming a bit distracted. Brandon looked around the pokemon center, trying to decide what to do next, he felt like going for walk. He exited the pokemon center and began walking away from the pokemon center, not long after he started walking, however, he could sense that someone was following him. He glanced behind, he noticed a young trainer that seemed to be following him, Brandon wasn't 100% sure though, because the young trainer did seem casual. He decided to walk around the block, if the trainer was behind him while and after he circled he would know then the trainer was for sure following him. Brandon noticed a small branch off trail seemed to lead to a 'quieter' area of the city. Brandon turned on to this side trail and kept walking casually, soon he noticed the trainer had made the same turn onto the branch off trail. Brandon was now sure the trainer was indeed following him now. Brandon now looked for a decent place where he could approach the trainer, he noticed a park that seemed to be pretty empty and headed for it. Once he reached the path to the entrance, he took it and very shortly afterward entered the park. The young trainer also followed him into the park. Brandon then noticed that there were some tables and benches for what looked like picnicing. Brandon headed for them, soon he reached them and walked past far enough for the following trainer to reach them. Once he did, Brandon ran back to the trainer, who he could now see to be a young boy and asked him in a normal, but stern tone of voice "Why are you following me? What do you want?", he said this in a normal voice only so he wouldn't draw attention, but he said it stern because he genuinely expected an answer and a good one at that.

[brandon_g]

Trainer Name: Brandon

Pokemon:

Skipper - [16/16]

Marshtomp - [16/16]

Arbok - [30/30]

Beedrill - [30/30]

Primeape - [30/30]

Riolu - [25/25]
Items: Pokeball x4
Healing counter: 14
Points: 17

Brandon listened as the boy, who introduced himself as Ty, explained why he had been following him. After the boy finished Brandon said "Well Ty, I suppose there is nothing wrong with trying to find some adventure, but you should be careful following people, I am one who will give you chance to explain yourself before losing my cool, not everyone is like me though and you should be very careful, wouldn't want to see you get hurt", after he finished he smiled at Ty and then inquired "So Ty, are you staying around here? Where are your parents? Do they know where you are? Did you tell them what were going to do? They might be worried sick, if you want, I will help you get back to your folks." Brandon kept smiling and looked at the boy kindly, he really wanted to get the boy back to where he belonged, last thing he needed was for the boy's family to call the police to look for him and then find Brandon with him. That would disastrous and Brandon couldn't risk that.

[brandon_g]

Trainer Name: Brandon

Pokemon:

Skipper - [16/16]

Marshtomp - [16/16]

Arbok - [30/30]

Beedrill - [30/30]

Primeape - [30/30]

Riolu - [25/25]
Items: Pokeball x4
Healing counter: 13
Points: 18

The boy had just finished explaining he was on vacation when Meghan sent Brandon a message asking if he had a boy named Ty with him, he responded with yes and then added they were on their way back. Following the exchange from Meghan, Brandon looked up from his poketch and looked at the boy saying "Ok, come on Ty, look like we are headed for the pokemon center". Then with this he started walking with Ty towards the pokemon center, keeping an eye on him all the time. After a few minutes of walking, they were back on the main path and Brandon could see the red pokemon center in the distance. A couple minutes more of walking and Brandon, with Ty close by his side, walked into the pokemon center.

[brandon_g]

Trainer Name: Brandon

Pokemon:

Skipper - [16/16]

Marshtomp - [16/16]

Arbok - [30/30]

Beedrill - [30/30]

Primeape - [30/30]

Riolu - [25/25]
Items: Pokeball x4
Healing counter: 12
Points: 19

Brandon listened calmly and quietly as Meghan, Alice and Rocky told the group about how the computers could track their poketchs, ruining any chance of successfully getting in a city in Kanto again, but that they had 2 days before they would be set up and that Brock had called and that he knew a contact that could. Rocky told the group he had a source that told him there were bounty hunters that were designed to take them down. Shortly after this Meghan launched into a long, somewhat depressing speech about how since the beginning of their journey they have gone through nothing but hell (well it was necessarily said like that, but in essence that what it was about) and that they had two options. 1 option was to go after the device, upgrade or go to Lavender town to meet up with Brock's contact and clear their names. Brandon knew that the situation they were in was very serious, however, being someone who liked to be as positive as possible, knew things would get better, at some point and that their journey would not be this difficult forever, unlike what Meghan was making it sound like.

Brandon though about for a minute or two, he thought the best, smart idea was to go to Lavender town and clear their names while they still had the chance. If the group wanted to go after the device, then Brandon had no problem with coming along, he was not scared of any bounty hunters, no matter how strong or tough they might be. Brandon's pokemon had grown a strong friendship and trust to their trainer and would be willing to fight until the end to defend their trainer if need be. They have done it before, they would do it again in a heartbeat. If those bounty hunters try to catch them, they better come with several teams of mighty good pokemon, because Brandon would not be going down without a fight and they would need a couple teams of good pokemon if they intended to get past Brandon's iron willed pokemon. If the majority of the group wanted to go after the device, then Brandon would go right along with them, whatever would happen, would happen and Brandon would deal with the situation as it came. Brandon did think the best, wise move was to head to Lavender town and clear their names though. So far Alice and Rocky seemed to be leaning towards Lavender town, which he thought was smart of them. Brandon now spoke up to give his opinion "Guys, first off I want to say, I know we have been through alot, we have been through hell then probably any other group of trainers just starting out. I know it seems like things will never work out and that it is probably only a matter of time before we are caught, however, I want you all to know, that I believe very strongly every situation, no matter how dark, gets better eventually. I want you all to know that, no matter which option we choose today, there will be an end to this hell, one day, even if it is a long time from now, we will stumble upon a light in the tunnel and that light will lead us out of this hell of situation. No matter what choice we choose today, we will be able to continue to live our life, train our pokemon, grow and overcome our challenges. Life does not stop because some stupid, corrupt evil group is running the country, nothing can stop us from living our lives, so long as we are still alive and breathing. Let us all remain positive, even during this dark time and make it through this. With that said, I believe going to Lavender city to meet Brock's contact is the smartest idea, let's get our names cleared so that it will be easier for us to kick those stupid, corrupt, crooks known as Team Rocket out of power and stop that shadow creature while we are at it. My vote goes to Lavender town, however, if the majority of the group wants to go after the device, then I will be more then willing to come along. The only way we will make it through this, is if we work as a team and be smart. I am more willing to help go after that device if that is what the group wants to do. Just remember though, that I did and still do say that Lavender town is the smartest and best option for us, in my opinion."

Brandon had not planned to say that much, but it just seemed to spill out naturally and he hoped his speech would boost the moral of the group, even if its just a little bit. Brandon hoped deep down that the group would choose Lavender town, but in the end, whatever the group decided, Brandon was fully ready and prepared to go along with them. Brandon also hoped they pass a clothing store on their way out of town, because he thought it would be to buy a set of new clothes if possible.