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Post by Hunter on Oct 10, 2023 20:28:37 GMT 11
Maxwell king » OOC: Eager for a challenge! ![](http://i.imgur.com/pGszUtf.png) After emerging from the torrential weather that had engulfed Route 34, Max found himself in the hustle and bustle of Goldenrod City. There was so many different things going on around him, it was an epicenter of activity to say the least. Whilst heading towards the Pokemon Center to heal his pokemon, Maxwell had overheard a pair of fellows at a nearby café having a discussion about the Goldenrod Tunnel. Trying not to look suspect, Max slowed his walking pace down and pretended to care about the sights he was seeing, he was in fact only paying attention to the conversation that was being had nearby.
Maxwell healed his team of pokemon back to full health at the Goldenrod Pokemon Centre and asked the local nurse joy for the directions to the Goldenrod Tunnel. Max was warned by the Nurse Joy that the location was littered with powerful pokemon and tenacious trainers, that was like music to the fashionista males' ears, another challenge for him to conquer. Seemingly ignoring the warning from the Nurse Joy of Goldenrod, Maxwell set off towards the Goldenrod Tunnel in search of his next pre-gym challenge.
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Post by Tarlar on Oct 12, 2023 7:45:00 GMT 11
The tunnels weren't really a secret in Goldenrod and in the past they had once been the place for the elite to gather, a pristine place full of art and light and rich people shopping and strolling around no matter the weather. As time went one though, times changed as they usually did and while it was not like a sewer with the smelliest of the worst scum down there, it had toughened significantly and not many shops were open there anymore as it had become a harsh environment. It was definitely not one you sent your young kids down into. It was surprisingly well lit, at least if Maxwell had expected a dark, dirty tunnel where he'd needed Flash to see far, it was decently well kept although it was clearly run down and with full of old closed shops the further he got in. In the corner near the entrance, a run down toy vending machine stood, it clearly had known better days but there were light in the buttons so perhaps it still worked? Only arceus would know how well though. Here, near the entrance, there actually a few active shops, although not all of them were open today. A Herbal shop had a "back soon" sign in the entrance, although it looked rather firmly closed down for the day. A barber sign turned slowly as advertisement for the hair saloon which lit up most of this part of the tunnel, it was busy with full of customers, both human and pokemon. Outside the Saloon a magnemite was floating, looking in through the windows wistfully. It turned when it noticed Maxwell and then crackled with excited electricity it rushed at him, and danced around him, moving towards the saloon and then back again, in a not so clear way of expressing its interest of going there. Then, out of the blue it shot a little lightening which slammed into the ground between Max's feet, it really, really wanted to go there, no matter if it required a battle for the trainer to be willing to help it, or perhaps even a capture. As long as it got into that saloon! It really wanted a good massage and polishing. While it was friendly and excited, without any body or face to really show its feelings to someone who usually relied on body language to understand, it could seem rather aggressive and unpredictable ![](https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/bw/magnemite.png) Magnemite [Lv 20] wants you to take it to the saloon! Shiny: QhrMSDId1-421-42
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Post by Hunter on Oct 12, 2023 18:30:32 GMT 11
Maxwell king » OOC: Max can be such a cruel guy sometimes, poor old Magnemite ![](http://i.imgur.com/pGszUtf.png) As Max surveyed the Goldenrod Tunnel he quickly realized that the location had definitely seen better days in the past. With how rapidly society moved along, it wasn't in the least surprising that a place such as this, away from the direct eyes of the general public, would fall to the wayside. The shops located near the entrance of the tunnel appeared to be active, however not open, Maxwell paused in thought for a moment, he wondered if the tunnels nowadays operated as a hideout of sorts for criminal organizations like Team Rocket. Max smirked as thought of how much he would love to drive those vermin back into the darkness never to be seen by the common light again.
Meanwhile as the world continued around him, Max had found himself in the company of a seemingly robotic Pokémon that had a gray, spherical metal body, with blue-and-red tipped horseshoe magnets on each side and a single, large eye. Maxwell looked confused towards the wild pokemon, unsure of the message it was attempting to deliver. The wild magnet pokemon shot a small spark of lightning that conveniently landed between Max's feet. What may have been a simple poking mechanism by the magnet pokemon was perceived by Max as an attack upon him, to which the young adult male was all too happy to oblige and respond in kind,
"This might come as a shock to you, but I'm not really a fan of those that don't mind their own business"
Maxwell retrieved the second pokeball from his belt holster that housed his team of pokemon and pointed it towards the ground in front of him. Emerging from a gleaming red beam of light was Anubis the Riolu, clad in his golden eye paint, golden earrings and golden relic. Anubis did not utter a single word, his connection with his trainer was only continuing to grow and he could sense that Max was not very happy.
"Anubis my boy, let's make quick work of sparky over here with your Bulldoze attack!"
Anubis took a singular deep breath to collect himself and align his focus on the target that Max had set him out to destroy. The small blue canine pokemon stood upright and begun to perform a ritual known as the 'Bao Quan' in which he clenched his right paw and then wrapped his left paw around the right fist in front of his chest without bringing his elbows up. Anubis was preparing himself to slam his hands into the ground of the tunnel and send shockwaves emanating towards the wild magnet pokemon that had dared to annoy his trainer.
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Post by Pixel on Oct 14, 2023 7:06:48 GMT 11
The poor misguided Magnemite didn't know what hit it. Or why. One moment it was trying to communicate to this trainer that it really wanted to go inside this salon and get a good polish, because every pokemon loved a little pampering, and the next, it was being slammed into the ground by a riolu. This...this was the exact opposite of a spa day! So what if it didn't have hair to cut or fur to brush? It just wanted some grooming. Was that so wrong? It made an upset noise and slowly rose from the ground, defeated and not at all inclined to stick around and get beat on any more. It sparked weakly and floated away to go hide. Maybe the next trainer would have some kindness and mercy and curiosity in his soul and help it get into the salon like it so desired. It would dream of gleaming metal and scrubby brushes as it rested away the new dents in its steel armor. Curious about the ruckus, the owner of the hair cut shop opened the door and looked out, "Oh. Hi! I thought I heard something out here. You here to get your pokemon groomed?" A charming smile. "Happiness can help certain pokemon evolve, y'know, and a spa day makes anyone happier, wouldn't you say?"
Anubis defeated magnemite and gained +3 levels! Grew to level 23
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Post by Hunter on Oct 14, 2023 11:04:59 GMT 11
Maxwell king » OOC: light work! ![](http://i.imgur.com/pGszUtf.png) The 'battle' was swift, one sided to say the very least. Anubis's Bulldoze maneuver really issued a statement to anybody who decided to pay attention to the scene at hand as it temporarily knocked the magnet pokemon unconscious. As the magnet pokemon regained consciousness it floated away from the scene, Max was proud of the way he had handled the situation, even if it hadn't been the most friendly way of doing so. While the magnet pokemon's intentions may have been pure, Max's were not quite as clean cut, the fashionista young adult was here for one reason only, to train his team of pokemon in preparation for their next gym challenge.
"Great job Anubis, you really shocked some sense into that magnet"
Anubis nodded his head in acknowledgement of his trainers praise, the wild Magnemite didn't even have a chance to offensively respond, it didn't serve as much of a challenge when the type advantage was distinctly in the Riolu's favor. As the ruckus of the scene had calmed down, the owner of the nearby haircut shop emerged and questioned Max if his partner pokemon wanted to be groomed. Anubis was as fresh as a daisy, not a scratch on his body from the battle that had just taken place,
"We don't have time for a pamper session sorry dude, we're here to train and get stronger in preparation to put the fight to Whitney and her team"
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Post by Pixel on Oct 15, 2023 7:30:43 GMT 11
"If you say so. If you change your mind, you know where we are! Maybe when you're done training, you can pop in to refresh before battling the gym leader." He grinned, ever the salesman. "Or if you need cash to prepare for the gym, we could always use someone for a few hours to sweep the floor." And then he went back inside to go tend clients. Friendly guy. As the door shut, the dented form of the defeated magnemite was found by a friend. A smaller, weaker magnemite who was appalled by the state of its peer. It sparked a bit and declared revenge, and despite weak pleading from the other pokemon, the floating magnet barged around the corner and tried to zap the mean human that had its friend hurt! ZAP ZAP! Feaaaaar the power! How do you like being hurt mister human? It made more upset noises and kept sparking up, ignoring Anubis in favor of harassing the clear villain here. A wild [LV 18] Magnemite is out for vengeance! What will you do? Shiny? 8lxRv8wr1-42 Rare? 1-6 Uncommon 1-3 Common 1-2 Level? 18-24
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Post by Hunter on Oct 16, 2023 15:14:21 GMT 11
Maxwell king » OOC: Step up to be put down! ![](http://i.imgur.com/pGszUtf.png) The owner of the hair cut shop was a genuinely kind and respectful gentleman, Maxwell however was not in the slightest bit interested in the man's proposal to work if he needed some extra cash, after all, being a pokemon trainer was a full time job and he wasn't going to be skipping any corners to get where he wanted to be and achieve what he wanted to achieve. The hair cut shop owner retreated into his workplace, for a few moments there was a peaceful serenity to the tunnel, one which was soon interrupted by a familiar species of pokemon that had its sight locked upon garnering some form of revenge upon the pure evil human that had hurt his friend,
"For a second there I thought our little friend was back for a second beatdown, ah well, one up, one down. Anubis, hit it with Bulldoze"
The wild magnet pokemon looked smaller than the one who had previously stepped up to Max and his team, if the previous Magnemite had been handled so easily than what chance did this one stand against Anubis and his deadly ground type maneuver. Was there only Magnemite's inhabiting the Goldenrod Tunnels, Max wasn't opposed to the thought of that being the case, after all they made for easy training dummies. Much like he had done not too long ago, Anubis took a singular deep breath to collect himself as aligned his focus on the irritated looking floating magnet pokemon. The small blue canine pokemon stood upright and clenched his right paw and then wrapped his left paw around the right fist directly in front of his chest without bringing his elbows up in preparation to slam his hands into the ground of the tunnel and again send shockwaves emanating towards his opponent. OOC: Does Mandy the Vullaby gain experience for that last battle due to Exp. Share?
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Post by Pixel on Oct 19, 2023 3:25:40 GMT 11
BAM! The angry, sparky magnemite didn't know what hit it. Probably should have more sense when it saw how injured its stronger friend was. But sense wasn't occupying the thoughts of the little electric pokemon as it sought revenge. Sparky, electrifying revenge! The shockwave slammed into the magnemite and sent it reeling and tumbling backwards, end over end, in a dizzying roll, before slamming hard into a wall. Its nonexistent ears rang as a metallic CLANG rang like a church bell through the underground tunnels. It slid down, the screech and scrape of metals against concrete an eerie, teeth-jarring noise. Then it collapsed without another spark or peep of protest. Defeated. About then, the dented magnemite from before slowly woke and floated over, wanting to help its friend. Using its magnetism, it snared its unconscious friend and tried to float them both back to a safe place to rest and recover.
Anubis defeated magnemite easily and gained +1 level! Grew to level 24
Anubis is trying to learn Vacuum Wave. Forget a move and learn Vacuum Wave?
Mandy gained +2 levels (exp share) and grew to LV 6 Mandy learned Flatter!
ooc// yes, she should have gotten a level last round, including it here.
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Post by Hunter on Oct 19, 2023 13:59:19 GMT 11
Maxwell king » OOC: another one bites the dust! ![](http://i.imgur.com/pGszUtf.png) It felt like groundhog day for sure as Anubis followed the exact same steps in preparation for his attacking maneuver, for Max it was liking watching an episode of your favorite television show on repeat and still never getting bored of it. The shockwave that emanated throughout the tunnel sent the smaller, weaker looking magnet pokemon into a reeling mess as it slammed hard into a wall nearby. The slam into the wall was very audible, the impact of Anubis' attack was profound. Maxwell was hoping that the pair of lowly Magnemite's would again retreat to safety and return with an evolved form of their species to actually provide a proper challenge to Anubis.
"Lite work Anubis, shame they don't put up much of a fight, maybe nothing down here does"
Maxwell was having doubts as to the validity of the eavesdropped conversation he had listened to in regards to the Goldenrod Tunnel, so far it had provided no real challenge for his team to train upon, only two pushover magnet pokemon that took a total of two cumulative attacks between the both of them to defeat in battle. Even in a two versus one scenario should the pair of already defeated Magnemite return, Maxwell still liked Anubis' odds of emerging as the victor. Anubis stood at attention waiting for Max to decide what to do next, he was soon beckoned by his trainer to follow him further into the tunnel. OOC: Could Anubis please forget Quick Attack in favor of Vacuum Wave!
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Post by Tiki on Oct 20, 2023 10:06:32 GMT 11
Looking for more training to prepare for his upcoming gym battle, Max was looking for something different than a Magnemite. Normally, a Magnemite would be a challenging Pokemon for trainers, but since Riolu's a fighting type, this steel type opponent was nothing but chicken scratch for the trainer. A lone Koffing was floating around looking for whole lot of nothing, as it was bumbling around looking for something interesting to do. It's full so it didn't need to do anymore. It knew the area by heart and knew every nooks and crannies, so it didn't need to explore anymore. It's just looking for something to occupy the time until the next meal time, which would be when humans take out trash or something! Oh! It spotted a human! Maybe it would like to battle? The Koffing puffed itself closer to him.
![](https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/bw/koffing.png) A (Level 20 Koffing need to kill some time. 24xvBUrD1-421-42
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Post by Hunter on Oct 24, 2023 20:12:49 GMT 11
Maxwell king » OOC: Chances are this koffing will go up in flames! ![](http://i.imgur.com/pGszUtf.png) A hard days training in the Goldenrod Tunnel had so far been nearly non-existent as Anubis the Riolu's type advantage over the wild Magnemite's had proven to be to a one and done scenario for the pair of them, one after the other. Max could only hope that a new challenge would present itself, one that actually would make his pokemon work for a victory, while one-shotting wild pokemon served as a fun past-time, it wasn't likely to be the greatest simulation of the events that would take place in a structured gym battle. Maxwell's wishes were soon granted as a purple spherical pokemon made its way towards him, Max identified that the wild pokemon was a species known as Koffing, a poison type pokemon.
"Alright Anubis, it's time to give some of the others a bit of fun, come have a quick break next to me"
The ever obedient small, blue canine pokemon bowed his head in acknowledgement of his trainers request and moved into the position he had been asked. Maxwell felt like it was Crimson's turn to get some reps in as he retrieved the pokeball that housed his fire type lizard pokemon as he proceeded to point the red and white spherical device in front of him as a gleaming beam of red light shot out and from the eye-catching red emerged the go-goggle wearing fire lizard pokemon. The smug Charmeleon raised his arms into a double bicep position and flexed to showcase his alpha personality,
"Koffing, you can huff and you can puff, but we're about to blow your house down. Crimson, Flamethrower my boy!"
Crimson had a smirk on his face as the fire on his tail fiercely burned, the thrill of battle was something the fire type lizard pokemon would never grow tired of. A flaming hot inferno brewed up within Crimson's stomach as he prepared to unleash his devastating attack upon the wild pokemon that dared to test him.
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Post by Pixel on Oct 28, 2023 5:06:43 GMT 11
Oh. Yes! <Battle time!> Puffed the koffing, who was excited for a battle. I would totally do great and make lots of smoke and blind this charmeleon. Yeah! Because it was super buff and super cool and super awesome. Okay battle champ. Time to show this fire-lizard what. you. got. The koffing pinched up its face with focus, thinking about the best most perfect way to start this off...and was blasted with fire. So much fire. A steady jet of burning flame that left it more than a little toasty. It floated there for a moment, singed and baffled, and coughed up some ash. Then, it's eyes rolled up and it thunked onto the ground, out cold. Not a chance. Not even an attempted retaliation. Just down and out for the count. It would dream of epic battles and smokey halls where it was super awesome and totally not wiped the floor with. Ah, poor Koffing. At least its appearance added some variety after the magnemites kept showing up?
Crimson gained 1000 exp2850/1951
Grew to LV 26 899/2107 exp to next level
Mandy gained +1 LV from exp share
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Post by Hunter on Oct 28, 2023 18:59:31 GMT 11
Maxwell king » OOC: Nothing but ... gas ![](http://i.imgur.com/pGszUtf.png) Just like the pair of Magnemite's that had been demolished in 'battle', the poison typed Koffing followed suit as Crimson's lethal Flamethrower maneuver left the ball of toxic gas singed and gasping for air as it collapsed helplessly to the ground of the tunnel. Crimson hit a double bicep pose to flex his muscles off, the alpha male like lizard pokemon was brimming with confidence and wasn't afraid to show it either. Maxwell, seemingly influenced by Crimson's behavior couldn't help but leave the wild Koffing with a parting verbal jab to proverbially apply salt to the open wounds,
"Puff goes the Koffing hey? Hey what can I see, you play with fire you're gonna get burnt"
As the wild Koffing rose from its state of unconsciousness it floated away into the distance, in the meantime, Crimson had turned to face Anubis, the fire type pokemon's body language screamed 'did you see how easy I made that look', to which Anubis simply ignored his teammate and instead turned his gaze to his trainer in anticipation of what to do next.
"Well hopefully whatever comes next puts up more of a fight than the past three opponents" OOC: Just making sure, does Mandy's get a level up from EXP Share for the Koffing battle?
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Post by Pixel on Oct 30, 2023 5:30:01 GMT 11
<Koffing? Bud? What happened?> Gulpin asked when it saw its toasty friend float by. The Koffing just let out a smoky puff and a groan, clearly having just lost a hard battle. <Geeze. Okay. I'll check things out. You don't look too good.> Curious about what had caused its friend to be extra crispy, gulpin floated out from between the two buildings it had been napping to look around. Hm. It all looked pretty calm. Just one human. It blinked. Could this human be the reason its friend was toasty? It didn't look like it could set things on fire... Then again, humans carried around off little devices that could spark and make smoke. He saw some of the leather-clad ones down here in groups making their own smoke as some kind of youthful social ritual before. It was very alluring, but the humans always freaked out and fled when Gulpin tried to participate in the smell making. Apparently only smoke was allowed. But koffing never said it was welcome at the ritual either. Mind having wandered completely, it floated right up to this strange human and stared. Then it yawned.
Wild [LV 22] Gulpin appeared! What will you do? ooc// Updated Mandy's level! Shiny n5_ABo1P1-42 Rare? 1-6 Uncommon? 1-3 Uncommon 1-3 Level? 18-24 1-42·1-6·1-3·1-3·18-24
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Post by Hunter on Oct 30, 2023 16:01:56 GMT 11
Maxwell king » OOC: Bulldozing the competition! ![](http://i.imgur.com/pGszUtf.png) Time was passing by rather slowly in the Goldenrod Tunnel for Maxwell, after all the battles his team of pokemon had participated in were short and sweet to say the very least. One after another the wild pokemon that had stepped up to the plate to challenge the prosperous young team of pokemon that Max possessed had all been made quick work of. The latest victim in the line of fire had been a wild Koffing, having followed the same inevitable result as the two wild Magnemite that had previously made acquaintance with the no frills Max.
Another challenger soon approached Max and his pair of pokemon that currently resided outside of their pokeballs in Crimson and Anubis. This time the wild challenger came in the form of a green Pokémon with a black spot on its back. On top of its head, there appeared to be what looked like a long, skinny, yellow feather. The wild pokemon also appeared to have no eyes and small fat hands, it yawned as it approached Max,
"This one looks like it's just woken up from a nap, let's make sure it's a rude awakening hey? Anubis, knock it back into reality with your Bulldoze attack boy!"
Crimson wasn't impressed with his trainers choice to send the relic clad Riolu into battle instead of him, to voice his frustration the fire lizard pokemon crossed his arms across his chest and turned his head away from the battle, suddenly disinterested. Anubis noticed his teammates response to Max's decision and could sense the petty disdain that Crimson had over such a simple choice, nonetheless the small, blue canine pokemon stepped forward to stop the wild Gulpin from getting any closer to Maxwell as he prepared to utilize the brute force of his Bulldoze attack on it.
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