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Post by Caramell 🍬 on Jun 6, 2024 14:26:49 GMT 11
🚨HELP IS ON THE WAY! 🚨 Silas would find the hills coming to life before his very eyes to stop him! Long vines shot past his face all around him and growled. How dare he kidnap one of the many bugs that lived in abundance in the wild hills! A loud howl echoed from behind him. Even if he turned, it would howl somehow still from behind him. Though it seemed silly to consider the trees attacking him…at first, he would find no other creature stirring. Then a mass of string shot past his face, trying to nab the ball up in its grasp. It missed and hit a tree nearby. More string shot past Silas from all around. Eventually, the sticky webs would carry back to small green spiders – hundreds of them to say the least – all attacking Silas with a loud warning hiss telling him to back off! They wanted their friend back today! And they weren’t going to back down from a fight, if that’s what it took! One such brave bug stood out from the crowd, not nearly as big as the spider Silas managed to nab. What did this little guy want, you ask? It was a simple request, really. “YOU GIVE ME BACK MY FRIEND RIGHT THIS INSTANCE, YOU BUTT WIPE!” It rushed over to Silas’ shoe and pounded on the top of it with two of its little limbs. “OR I’LL BITE YOU! AND I MEAN IT!” It huffed and puffed with all its might. A Wild Spinarak seeks justice! Level 18. What will Silas and his team do? Tree? ajEBsenZp_1-10Shiny? p_1-42 Pokemon: (rare) p_1-10 (uncommon) p_1-3 (mon) p_1-2 (level) p_10-20
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Post by Pixel on Jun 7, 2024 2:06:10 GMT 11
Being attacked by hostile wildlife was just par for the course when it came to training pokemon. However, the spiders of these hills were absurdly aggressive. HONESTLY. Those string shots were uncalled for! The first attack had him jolting, avoiding the strike out of pure self-preservation. Then more followed and he simply didn't want to get covered in goop!
"Why am I being harassed by damn spiders?! Aren't spinarak shy little cretins?!" Huff. "Shoo. Away with you." He backed up and started to shake his foot to kick off the stupid spider. "Get off before I crush you with my heel, you little menace. Nobody will know. There's nobody but us for miles."
He managed to grouchily fling the spider off with a hearty shake of his leg, then he reached for a ball in his pocket. "Nighteye, time to prove yourself. Use confusion on this pest."
The recently captured hoothoot sprang from the ball, summoned forth by his master to answer a most unusual call. To fight? Pardon? He was a mighty peace keeper, the one who ensure the treaties and truces of the forest were obeyed. What was this about a spinarak? He'd never met one before. His specialty was interbird relations!
Nighteye blinked as he was released.
<This is not Ilex! And you are not a spearow. But that is the human with the mean fearow who didn't know the rules! What did you call me? And why do you want me to use confusion? Is this some game to you? Do you perceive this combat as meaningless entering of commands, pushes of buttons that we have no choice but to comply with? I am a free thinking, hoothoot, and I take great offense to this notion! For our conciousness surpasses pixels upon a screen, for we are living, breathing creatures with souls and hearts, and yet you command us thusly?!>
When the hoothoot started making annoying noises like it was scolding Silas, he sneered. "Clearly, you don't understand the rules yet. I will enlighten you before you end up spider food. Do. What. I. Say. Or. ELSE." He bared his teeth into a mean smile. The hoothoot quivered, suddenly quiet. His smile softened. "That's better. We can be friends, Nighteye. All you have to do is not anger me. That easy. Think you can do that, bud? I know you can. Now...use confusion."
<...k-Kay.> The hoothoot slowly turned and tried to yeet the spider a bit. <Maybe you should just...run away or something. He's nuts.> Neither Silas nor Nighteye noticed the pokeball that had fallen out of Silas' pocket when he sent out Nighteye. If the spinarak stepped on that...it could go off.
Word Count: 447 (+400) | OOC:Confusion + Pokeball (yolo) No cleanse tag active.
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Post by Caramell 🍬 on Jun 14, 2024 8:54:00 GMT 11
Spinarak jumped back from Silas’ foot and raised its front black-and-yellow striped limbs up menacingly. Be scared, human! Look at me with fear! For I am the stuff of nightmares! An arachnid that can seep poisons into your bloodstream with one bite! It couldn’t understand why this strange human seemed not to have an ounce of fear, though. And, eek! It jumped out of the way, dodging Silas’ foot anytime the man would attempt to make good on his promise to squish it. When the wild bird of the night appeared, Spinarak spun around and hissed. “He is crazy! He stole my friend! This is an injustice that I cannot let live!” It growled. Nighteye’s powerful psychic energy slammed against Spinarak, causing the Pokemon to stumble back and forth a bit woozy. Was the world…always spinning like that? Ooo….ooaff….uhhnnnn… It didn’t feel so good. “Were there always…two of you?” It shook its head, though, and shook away the effects as easily. “Pfft, no. That just you tricking me!”As it backed up it stepped on something strange and round. What was that?! Hiisssssss! An enemy of the ground and night! Spinarak spun around and slapped the ball silly with its many limbs, until one struck the small circular button in the center. Be gone with you, enemy of all that crawl and live in the night! We don’t want to see your face around here ever again! And zap! It was pulled into the Poke Ball in the blink of an eye. Wiggle, wiggle, boom baby there it is! Silas managed to catch the little menace with ease. ![](https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/ani/hoothoot.gif) Nighteye gained 3 levels to [Lv 18]! Nighteye wants to learn Air Slash! Forget a move? Nighteye gained +1 ❤️ to [+1 Happiness]! [img src="https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/gen5/spinarak.png"] [b]Spinarak[/b] Name: [choose] Gender: [choose] Level: 18 OT: Silas Goldsmith Moves: Absorb, Infestation, Scary Face, Night Shade Ability: Swarm or Insomnia Nature/Personality: [choose]
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Post by Pixel on Jun 16, 2024 4:15:14 GMT 11
"Hm. Not bad. You aren't a total waste of my efforts," Silas mused as he wandered over to pick up the ball. He rolled it over in his hand. "Now, defeat a pokemon or two without my intervention and I might just consider you partially useful." He wasn't exactly keen on keeping the hoothoot long term, but at least it proved somewhat capable. Especially after that battle when, in its excitement, it managed to whip up some strong breezes that cut through some nearby branches like butter.
Also...given hoothoot's notoriously weak reputation, selling it off as a noctowl might be more beneficial in the long run.
Thoughts wandering, Silas returned to his hunt for some way into the mizuma academy that wasn't the front door. How else was he supposed to rob the place in the name of team rocket and his own benefit if he didn't commit for a little while?
Though that said, he wasn't a fool. If the task proved too difficult now, he would come back later with a stronger team to do just that. Silas was nothing if not stubborn and always rethinking his plans. He would succeed, one way or another. And no forested hillside will stand between him and that victory.
Word Count: +208 | OOC:Learns Air Slash over Defog No cleanse tag active.
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Post by Caramell 🍬 on Jun 23, 2024 15:36:39 GMT 11
The summer months often created a warm and charming appeal as the sun’s unwavering heat would normally warm the environment. Sometimes – like the current moment as Silas crawled through the thick entanglement of floral overgrowth – the weather soured. Loud cackling erupted overhead as the skies darkened, suffocating the stars’ light. Drops of rain sputtered slowly from their thick, grey masses until it broke out - pouring on the ground. Something jumped out as Silas as soon as he might have glimpsed a way through a thick wall of trees, though it must have been difficult to tell. The wild bug raised its two legs up high and stalked menacingly towards the old man. “Go away old man!” The bug chirped as though it had the mentality of a child or something. Was it one of the many spiders from the dormitories that escaped or something? “This hole is my home! It’s not fit for you!” Spinarak grumbled loudly. A...very commonly found uncommon Spinarak! Level 17. How does Silas keep getting this roll? Tree? kQGLCYuRp_1-10Shiny? p_1-42 Pokemon: p_1-10 (uncommon) p_1-3 (mon)] p_1-2 (level) p_11-21
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Post by Pixel on Jun 24, 2024 7:26:28 GMT 11
Silas' gaze turned to the sky upon hearing the crackling. What he wasn't expecting—though perhaps he should have by now—when he looked back was yet another spider. Apparently he really did wander into a nest of the things. They kept popping up and being absolute nuisances! With a heavy SIGH and a scoff, he glared at the bug. "I don't need to catch yet another of you," he grumbled. "Just go away! How am I supposed to find a way into the Mizuma Education Center if I keep walking into webs and pesky arachnids that won't stop bothering me?!"
<You heard my trainer, begone!> cried Nighteye. <I have little incentive to be cooperative with him, thus I must encourage you to flee! It is for your own good to not be caught by this scoundrel. If you have any desire to remain free to roam and live thy life, take heed of my warning and run! Run as fast as you can manage and warn all that you see to do the same! It is not worth it. Your home will remain unbothered if you allow him passage, but to stand between him and his destination will be your ruin. So go! Go I beg of thee!>
"What is all this ruckus you're making?" Silas muttered, not understanding the chattering coos his overexcited hoothoot was making.
Nighteye, worried his warning would be unheard, started to flap his little wings in warning. Just go! In his angst, he stirred the winds so strongly that they formed a solid band of air keen enough to cut like a knife's edge. The bands of air sliced forth towards the spinarak.
<Caution! Warning! Take your family and run!> Nighteye cried.
"Oh? This is new. That is not gust. I have seem plenty of pokemon use that before. No, this is something different... Air Slash perhaps? A little inaccurate but strong. Yes, a good choice for ridding this place of spiders. Good work." Silas praised, smirking at a bit at the owl.
Nighteye shivered, not appreciating the approval one bit. One might even say he had at best a begrudging respect for the human, though to call them companionable would be the greatest of lies. His happiness was far too low for friendship!
<Please, go!> he bid the spider, continuing to flap his wings and hope that the air currents would encourage the spider to scuttle off into the gloom.
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Post by Caramell 🍬 on Jun 29, 2024 6:19:16 GMT 11
Whatever Spinarak hoped would happen seemed to dissipate as an option when Silas called a familiar looking owl out onto the scene. It didn’t care as much spinning around to point its bottom in Nighteye’s direction in preparation to coat the menace in a large gob of sticky string. “This is my home! You begone and don’t you come back here ever again!” It hissed angrily, only to be knocked back further into its hole as Nighteye’s sharp winds slapped it backwards through the air. Ouch! It crawled back out and shook off the worst of the damages with a glare, changing its plans in the spur of the moment. What a nuisance! The night itself thickened around them before slamming through Nighteye completely, leaving the feathered adversary completely unaffected. What?! That was one of its strongest moves, how did Nighteye complete avoid the nightly shade it tossed in his direction!? Another powerful gust of wind sent Spinarak flailing deep inside of its hole and completely unwilling to crawl back out. ![](https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/gen5/hoothoot.png) Nighteye gained 2 level to [Lv 20]! Nighteye gained +1 ❤️ to [+2 Happiness]! Nighteye is trying to evolve? Let it?![](https://serebii.net/pokedex-sv/icon/new/163.png) ➤ Nighteye will evolve into Noctowl if allowed!
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