Group Art Project [Steph → Kito → Mod]

[Steph]

Gizmo the Voltorb was restless. It rolled in a circle around its Trainer, then in a figure eight, and then finally in a perfect octagon, aspiring to exact 135 degree angles. This, it discovered, was easy to do, but it was also very boring.

Gizmo stopped abruptly and tried very hard to explode, thinking it might be a more entertaining pursuit.

C:/>cd MOVES
C:/MOVES/>Explosion.exe
Invalid drive in search path
Bad command or file name

Though Gizmo failed in blowing itself up, it succeeded in getting its trainer’s attention. Daisy looked down at it, taking a break from aimlessly pressing buttons on her Pokédex. She pocketed the device and sighed loudly.

”Yeah, I know! I’m bored too! But I’m still waiting for people to show up!” Daisy said.

The sun was starting to go down already. But she hadn’t given up on what she came here for. She pulled a crumpled flyer out of her pocket and showed it to Gizmo.

It read as follows:

ART SUBJECTS NEEDED!

I want to draw some good battles and put them in my port follio so please pick out your coolest and most epic Pokémon and then come meet me on Root 32 (you will have to bring your own food but, I will give you some of my gum if you want).

All partissipents will recieve a ₽300 stypend and my autograph and I will let you have first dibs at catching stuff.

From Proffessor Daisy (also a wizzard)

”I put these things up all over the Violet City Pokémon Center! Somebody has to have seen one by now,” Daisy said.

Her intensely bushy eyebrows creased as she frowned. She had woken up in the morning with a really good idea, and it should have already paid off by now. If that nurse who kept giving her the evil eye while she taped flyers to the wall had taken them all down, Daisy was going to file a formal complaint. Didn’t she see the genius in Daisy’s plan?!

First of all, watching other trainers battle was a great way to get ideas for her upcoming match with Falkner. (She wasn’t scared about it or anything. She just needed some inspiration.) Second of all, she had a lot of crayons and gel pens she needed to use, because they were taking up a lot of room in her backpack. Third of all, this was going to add a lot of pages of her Pokédex, as long as she played her cards right. And fourth of all, Daisy could send the fruits of her labor to the admissions people at Blueberry Academy as proof of her artistic merit, since they apparently didn’t think she qualified based on academics alone. (They were obviously wrong—but that was beside the point.)

Daisy tapped her foot, watching as the sun slowly began to sink down over the horizon.

Somebody had to show up soon.

…They just had to.

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OoC: Social experiment/group modded thread! Looking for 1-2 people to volunteer as companions before we call in a mod. You battle whatever or whomever shows up, and Daisy draws your Pokémon in action. (And maybe she joins the battle too, but we’ll see how it goes. 😂)

[kito]

Kito rushed to get to his destination on time it took him a little bit to make the change to his tem that he wanted but he was well on his way now. Turning onto route 32 he spotted somebody waiting on people.

Excuse me, sorry I am late I was thinking about who to put on my team and I lost track of time. My name is Kito I take it you are my new wizzard friend. All joking aside you are the professor yes? He smirked slightly before continuing. I would love to help you out we waiting on anybody else or is it just us two? 


Ooc 109 words to Goldeen egg 

[Steph]

Daisy heaved the biggest sigh of relief in the world when Kito showed up to help her with her research project.

“Finally! Someone got my message!” she exclaimed, throwing her hands up towards the sky as if to thank Arceus for this. She stuffed her flyer back into her bag.

Kito introduced himself. He seemed like sort of a wisecracker to Daisy, but if his Pokémon team was really as carefully chosen as he’d indicated, she would gladly take him on as an assistant.

”Thats right,” she said insistently. ”I’m a wizard and a Professor. I mean…you can probably tell ‘cause I’m wearing my white lab coat and carrying my wizard wand, of course.”

She indicated the star-shaped toy that was sticking out of the pocket of her white jacket. It was less of a lab coat and more of an unclaimed hoodie she’d gotten from the school lost and found, really, but Daisy wasn’t one to split hairs.

The young “professor” looked at the darkening sky. ”Well, I was gonna wait for more people to show up, but it’s getting sorta late. So I think we should just get right down to it. Lead us to a battle, Gizmo!” she commanded her Voltorb.

Gizmo spun in place for a few seconds and registered Kito as a new user. (Not an administrator, of course—that was Daisy’s job—but Kito should have access to the database in an emergency.)

C:\PKMN\system32>net user kito /add

With that task completed, Gizmo began to roll south, where surely some Pokémon or Trainers were lying in wait.

Daisy beckoned for Kito to follow. ”All right! I think Gizmo just picked up a Pokémon signal! Let’s do this, Kito!” she said.

She ran forward, readying her notebook and crayons for her greatest challenge yet.

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OoC: Thank you for joining the adventure, kito ! I checked in on Discord and most folks’ characters are otherwise occupied, so in the interest of keeping things rolling along like our pal Gizmo here, I think we can go ahead and call in a mod now 😁 But if anyone else wants to hop in at a later date, you can feel free to DM me!

[kito]

Added to they system? Well that is something I have not heard of before. Well gizmo I look forward to working with you. Now professor lead on I will be more than happy to assist. Kito smiled as he walked beside Daisy. This request was unusual to say the least but it allowed him to gain experience to tackle falkner. With his new pokemon by his side he was ready to find new pokemon. Kito watched as gizmo began to roll towards the south.  Well I guess we better keep up with gizmo as we do not want to get left behind right professor. Onward to new pokemon battles await us 


Ooc 111 words added to golden egg
Ready for mod
 Steph hey yeah since everyone is busy it will be just us . I am also ready for a mod when you are.

[Pixel]

A battle was sought and a battle was found! But was it a battle for them or a battle between two naturally opposed forces out the wild? Kito and Daisy would travel a little while, shoes getting waterlogged from unavoidable puddles along their trek towards where Gizmo lead. The whole area was a little on the flooded side from frequent rain that left the ground over saturated and their shoes squelching whether upon grass or mud. At least the temperature was mild for now, though the weather was warming with summer rapidly approaching. Would it stay nice or would the afternoon be overbearing and sweltering? Would more rain come to make the flooding worse? Who knew.

All anyone did know for certain was that there were sounds of conflict ahead. 

Pushing through some shrubbery they would spot a Ledyba hiding in some flowers as a pidgey dive-bombed it. One might think it helpless and in need, but as soon as the pidgey seemed ready to leave, it would slip from its hiding spot to go harass the bird. 

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A [LV 10] Ledya and a [LV 11] Pidgey are having a squabble!
What will you do?

ooc// Reminder that if either of you wish to catch the encountered pokemon, that double battle rules apply.
Only one pokemon may be caught per battle and only after the other has been fainted.

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ooc// Assuming time of day is DAY, kito have you been putting your word count into the updates thread or does a mod need to add the words to your egg?1-42·1-42·1-6·1-3·1-3·8-12·1-6·1-3·1-3·8-12

[Steph]

In a world inhabited by mysterious creatures such as Pokémon, there were, of course, bound to be numerous books and field guides that claimed to hold all the rules and guidelines for having an adventure. At Daisy’s reading level, such books usually contained basic tips like “Throw Poké Balls to catch Pokémon,” “Talk to everyone you meet for information!”or even silly platitudes like “Smiles go for miles!”

…which, yeah, those were all fine. But during her adventure from New Bark to Violet City, Daisy had ascended to a higher plane of adventuring. And the real Rule Number One was that if you were going to run around looking for an adventure, chances were your socks were going to get wet, and you were just going to have to live with it. In Daisy’s experience, it was better to just run straight through a puddle than try to find a way around it, because—as previously discussed—your socks were going to get wet either way.

”Man, that’s brisk!” Daisy shouted as she sloshed loudly through five inches of muddy water in Gizmo’s wake. ”I bet this is what being a wild Wooper feels like.”

Excited for the next part—the less soggy part—Daisy ran and ran until Gizmo went stock still. The electric Pokémon finished running its search function.

C:\PKMN\ROUTE32>dir /s /p
Volume in Drive C is Voltorb
Volume Serial Number is 0100

Directory of C:\PKMN\ROUTE32

04/28/2024 15:21 0166 LEDYBA.pkmn
04/28/2024 15:23 0017 PIDGEY.pkmn

2 Pokémon                 48 bytes

”Whoah,” Daisy whispered to Kito when they arrived on the scene. ”Uh, according to my observations, those two Pokémon are already fighting,” she added, trying to sound more Professor-like.

She paused for a moment in thought to look over at Pidgey and Ledyba, pressing her lips together and tapping the eraser of her pencil against her cheek.

”They look kinda tough,” Daisy said. ”I think this is gonna be all you, buddy. I mean, I doubt if Gizmo can handle either of ‘em—it just hatched, like, a couple days ago,” she added. She motioned to the spherical Pokémon, who seemed to be beeping quietly and doing calculations in its computer-head. ”You’re a pretty good Trainer, though, right? What do you wanna do?”

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OoC: It’s around sunset and we’re on the cusp of day/night so I feel like either would work personally 👍 

kito , it’s fine if you would like to either wait and see what happens, choose to do a double battle with two of your own Pokémon while Daisy draws and collects that sweet Pokédex data, or you can choose to team up with Daisy, who would probably send in Gizmo on Turn 1 for the experience but then switch it out into her Silcoon.

Cheers!

[kito]

Kito smiled at his new companion before speaking. No problem I have got this. We wouldn't want little gizmo to be hurt. Adopting a strong stance kito decides to be a little extra since the professor wanted good pictures of the battle. Come fourth guardian of nature Demeter. Ride the waves of music typhoon  . Now typhoon speed your music use teeter dance on the ledyba. Demeter follow that up with a vine whip. Both of you show what happens when the earth and nature combine you two are unbeatable. Kito laughs inside his head that may have been a little over the top but he was not going to complain. It was nice to not have to be so serious all the time and just have fun.

Ooc 133 added to golden egg 
Demeter uses vine whip on Pidgey 
Typhoon used teeter dance on the ledbya

[antonius]

The two newcomers Pokemon with their humans interrupted the fun the pidgey was trying to have with the ledyba. This angers the pidgey since this was the daily routine it had with the ledyba. Before either the pidgey or ledyba could react to the newcomers, the funny marked tiny bear started to dance irregularly. The patterns on the bear Pokemon started to look more strange to pidgey. The pidgey shakes off the strange dance and starts flapping wings very fast for the size of the bird. A strong breeze starts to pick up and blows the horrible dancing bear back several feet into a rock nearby. Typhoon almost loses its already unique balance but keeps it. Ledyba is more entranced by the dancing but with the strong breeze coming from the pidgey is able to regain its senses enough to take out its rage on the bear. The ledyba opens its wings and is able to catch the tailwind of the gust to fly straight into the spinda.

Demeter is surprised at the dance of his partner in this fight. For a second it is confused on what to do until he hears the command of Kito. Demeter brings out the vines it is known for and is able to land a retaliatory hit on the pidgey after Demeter seen Typhoon go fly back a few feet only to be tackled by the ledyba.

>>Hey, why are you two teaming up against the spinda? Are you that bad of a critic of its dancing? You never know if it has inner ear problems which makes it walk funny!<<

The pidgey looks at Demester and sticks its tongue out at the bulbasaur.

>>You two interrupted my and ledyba's daily ritual where I torment the poor bug in order to teach it how to fend for itself. If anything, I should be thanking you to see if the ledyba actually learned something. I admit, I rather liked the bug riding the tail end of my gust straight into your dance partner.<<


Wild Encounter

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Weather: Clear

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Ledyba LV 10
HP 100% [31/31]

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Pidgey LV 11
HP 88% [29/33]

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Demeter LV 11
HP 100% [34/34]

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Typhoon LV 11
HP 76% [28/37]

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Pidgey [Ability]: (confused 1 rnd)
Ledyba [Ability]: (confused 4 rnds)
Demeter [Overgrow]: (confused 2 rnds)
Typhoon [Own Tempo]: Status

SP 20 Pidgey [Ability]: Pidgey snaps out of the confusion and uses gust on Typhoon!
SP 19 Ledyba [Ability]: Ledyba also snaps out of and rides the gust to use a tackle against Typhoon!
SP 18 Demeter [Overgrow]: Able to ignore the confusion long enough to use vine whip on the pidgey!
SP 21 Typhoon [Own Tempo]: teeter dance on everyone

(OOC: As for the inner ear thing, I hope that doesn't offend you either since I have similar issues in real life.)

[Steph]

Daisy watched Kito call out his two Pokémon: Demeter, Guardian of Nature, and Typhoon, Rider of Musical Waves. The “Professor’s” jaw dropped a little—this Trainer had style. It was easy to tell, because just like Daisy, Kito had been chosen by a guardian Bulbasaur. And he had the kind of dramatic flare that a real hero of Justice should have.

”Yeah! Are you paying attention, Gizmo? This guy knows his stuff! You better watch and learn, cause this is gonna be epic,” Daisy said to her Voltorb. The Pokémon responded by buzzing and spinning in place.

The battle got underway, and Daisy buried herself in her notebook while her Pokédex registered three new Pokémon as “seen.” She furiously sketched out the ongoing action, making notes as she went.

”The wizard king is gonna love this!”

My assistant broke up a fight between two wild Pokémon. But now the wild Pokémon are fighting with his team instead. Typhoon Rider of the Musical Waves used a mysterious teckniche to confuse its enemies! (Also it confused its friend too.) But I am not confused because I think the battle is going very good.

”Oof!”

Something rolled into Daisy’s side. She looked up from her notes to find that somehow, Gizmo had also gotten a little confused. Maybe because it had been trying to imitate Typhoon’s dance moves, too…?

C:\DIR D:

Not ready reading Drive D
Abort, Retry, Fail?_

Daisy picked Gizmo up and shook it.

”Hey! Snap out of it, buddy! The battle’s not over yet!”

Then, she looked over at Kito. ”Just ignore us, this is going exactly how I planned! Keep battling, okay? I wanna see some more edge-of-your-seat action!”

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OoC: Daisy continues to spectate and get those sweet, sweet Pokédex entries 😆 

[kito]

Kito smiles at Daisy. Don't worry professor everything is going just as I planned. Now typhoon ride the waves of music and use copycat. Send that gust right back at the Pidgey. Demeter let us plant the garden of victory. Let's use leach seed on ledya. The two pokemon took off though Demeter was still trying to clear her head. How dare you insult my dance ill have you know that me wobbling like this is how I learned. Take your own move back in your face. Typhoon grumbled angrily before his eyes glowed unleashing a gust right back at the Pidgey. See I warned you typhoon is not one to be messed with here have a seed to calm down. Demeter took aim with her head still spinning slightly trying to aim at the leadya.

Ooc 136 words added to golden egg
Typhoon used copycat on Pidgey 
Demeter uses leach seed on leadya

[Pixel]

Typhoon lived up to his name. As the pidgey started to flap its wings and kick at the ground to stir up the sand and dirt, the spinda lurched forward with a strange gale behind him. The gust then twisted past him to slam into the pidgey, swirling up the earth and sending the little bird staggering back. It chittered in protest, alarmed that a creature without wings could use such a move! Well, good luck summoning gusts with SAND IN YOUR FACE! The pidgey began to beat its wings furiously and soon the spinda was consumed by a little cloud of blinding sand. Ledyba, who was just trying to figure out up from down, smacked into a nearby rock, and while it hovered there, dazed, Demeter covered it in leeching seeds. Wha? The bug started to struggle but those vines were quick and true, latticing all over its body and draining its energy, oh no!

This battle was quickly spiralling out of hand for the wild duo.


Wild Encounter

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Weather: Clear

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Ledyba LV 10
HP 77% [24/31]

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Pidgey LV 11
HP 67% [22/33]

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Demeter LV 11
HP 100% [34/34]

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Typhoon LV 11
HP 76% [28/37]

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Pidgey [Ability]: Normal
Ledyba [Ability]: (2/4); Seeded (-2 HP)
Demeter [Overgrow]: (2/2)
Typhoon [Own Tempo]: Status; -1 ACC

SP 20 Pidgey [Ability]: uFqjwKMgp_1-4 Pidgey used sand attack on Typhoon
SP 19 Ledyba [Ability]: Confused? p_1-100 Ledyba hurts itself in confusion.
SP 18 Demeter [Overgrow]: Confused? p_1-100 Demeter used leech seed. Acc p_1-100 Hit.
SP 21 Typhoon [Own Tempo]: Typhoon used copycat. Typhoon used copycat. Copycat turned into Gust.
Leech Seed drained HP from Ledyba1-4·1-100·1-100·1-100