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Post by Venominon on Dec 30, 2023 15:06:56 GMT 11
Seviper didn't take too kindly to Ditto's insults and criticisms, to say the least, glaring and hissing at the small pink blob, and doing her very best to make her flames burn as hot as she could. After the battle was over, the Fang Snake Pokemon let out a huff, satisfied with her victory, but still more than a little displeased about the harsh words she had been forced to endure during said battle. "Hmph! How's that for "boring", you insignificant little upstart?!" Seeing that one of his dear Pokemon friends was upset, Venom walked over to Seviper, knelt down beside her, gently patted the top of her head, and planted a small kiss on the right side of her head. "Calm down, Seviper. You're not boring at all. You're the most beautiful snake Pokemon in the entire world. And how many snakes do you know that can breathe fire, huh?"
The ninja's tone was one filled with love and compassion, with a smile that perfectly matched those emotions spread across his face the entire time he spoke to his scaly companion. "Besides, everyone knows that a Ditto is certainly no replacement for the real thing. You know that." And just like that, all of Seviper's anger disappeared, and was quickly replaced by a deep red blush that spread across her entire face. "Oh my...Master darling...You certainly do know how to make a Pokemon feel special." Still blushing, Seviper started to smile, which made both Venom and Koffing smile too, happy to see that their friend was feeling better. Of course, Team Toxic still had the predicament at hand to address.
"That's all really sweet and everything, but we've still gotta find a Bramblin! And we're running out of time! Master, please tell me you have yet another of those Lure things!" Still focused on the matter at hand and wanting to see it through, Koffing floated over to Venom and Seviper, hoping that his trainer's foresight would come through once again. After letting out a few small chuckles and getting back on his feet, the Kantonian trainer quickly grabbed a third bottle of green liquid from his bag, showing it to both of his poisonous Pokemon with a confident smile on his face. "As a matter of fact, I do, Koffing. I told you we're not leaving this route without a Bramblin, and I meant it."
With both Koffing and Seviper gaining bright new smiles of their own, they watched impressed, as their trainer proceeded to open the bottle and spread the contents all around them once more. "You never cease to amaze, master darling. If you don't mind, I'd like to remain outside my Pokeball for the time being. If that rotten Ditto appears before us again, I'll be the one to handle it once again. Hopefully for the last time." Seviper offered Venom some praise, while also mentally envisioning all the things she planned to do to the wild Ditto if it had the nerve to appear before Team Toxic for a second time. Spoiler alert, they were all excruciatingly painful. "I don't mind one bit, Seviper, but hopefully it won't come to that. Hopefully, this will be the Lure that'll finally draw a Bramblin out of hiding." Venom replied to Seviper's comment, then faced the tall grass field once more and kept all of his senses peeled, with Koffing and Seviper doing the same almost immediately after.
OOC: Venom makes use of a third Lure to try and draw a Bramblin to him and his Pokemon.
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Post by Caramell 🍬 on Jan 3, 2024 4:13:34 GMT 11
The gentle snowfall created a surreal landscape of white bliss for the children that frolicked through its reaches. Small benches placed along the trek through Route 34, where parents rested with ease and only mildly shouted warnings to their young whenever they ventured off too far. Some tried to run towards the gently lapping shorelines of the beach nearby, though their parents would immediately pull them away and point to the ‘CLOSED FOR THE SEASON’ sign that had been placed up as soon as winter had fully reared its ugly head. Still, something stirred through the snow covered tall grasses. It was almost identical to its normal counterpart in some ways, though obviously different in others. While the bottom half of its kind was a typical brown, this strange tumbleweed bore a bright green appearance. Likewise, its long branches were ‘dipped’ in a soft, almost creamy color, compared to the usual tannish-brown hues. It stopped rolling along the snow covered ground when it noticed Venom and his team standing where the strange, very alluring scents, were coming from and blinked thoughtfully in consideration of the new guests. “Excuse me.” Bramblin spoke, composing itself in a rather ‘prompt’ way. It twisted one of its barky branches like an arm and pointed towards the ninja while narrowing its eyes down on the tall man. “I smelled something tasty just a minute ago. You wouldn’t have used a clever lure to try and reel me in, would you? I’ll have you know that’s just…well, it’s rude for one.” It folded two branches over each other like folded arms and ‘huffed’ matter-of-factly. “Please tell me you plan to make this right. I’m not sure how you can unless you have the meal that I desire most already prepared in advance. It takes three days to cook right, ya know. Well?” It insisted, waiting on Venom’s answer. A Wild Bramblin Appeared! Level 21. What will Venom and his team do? Shiny? oY_eyorRp_1-42 Looks like PokemonShowdown doesn't have Bramblin's shiny. Just a normal in its stead. So for this rp I used Serebii to demonstrate the differences image-wise. -1 Lure Deducted from Inventory. 1-42
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Post by Venominon on Jan 3, 2024 18:59:31 GMT 11
As soon as they noticed the snow start to fall, all three members of Team Toxic looked to the sky above their heads with mixed feelings. On the one hand, they did rather enjoy the wintery weather. Apart from the Seviper, of course, being the cold-blooded reptile that she was. But on the other hand, they all knew that much like Seviper, Grass types such as Bramblin didn't care for cold temperatures either. Clearly, the window of opportunity for Team Toxic to find and capture one of these Paldean Pokemon was getting closer and closer to closing shut for good. Both hope and time were running out, but just as they had done so many times before, Team Toxic wasn't even close to packing it up and calling it quits.
Surely, there must've been at least a few Bramblins left who were willing to brave the cold and keep on rolling around in the cool breeze. Fortunately for the venomous trio, Arceus hadn't forsaken them just yet. And that was putting it mildly for sure. When the words "Excuse me" reached their ears, Venom, Koffing, and Seviper all turned their heads towards the source of the new voice they were hearing. The second they did, they were met with a very big surprise, but also a little befuddlement. "Master! Is that it?! This has to be it, right?! I've never seen anything like it around here before, apart from that Ditto that fooled us before! What if this is another Ditto trick?! How can we tell, master?!"
The Poison Gas Pokemon frantically floated around the ninja, hoping that this was indeed the very Pokemon that they had gone on this detour to find. Thankfully, Venom had a way to be sure, grabbed his Pokedex and holding it out towards the Tumbleweed Pokemon. Still, as he did this, he couldn't shake the feeling that something about this encounter was off in some way or another. Being that Pokemon from Paldea were still quite new, Venom's knowledge on them was extremely limited. Fortunately for him, both his instincts and his Pokedex were still as sharp as ever, as the small device confirmed that the Pokemon before them was an honest to goodness Bramblin. However, Venom's Pokedex also confirmed one more thing as well.
There was a very good and very special reason why this particular Bramblin didn't quite look like the one the wild Ditto had transformed into earlier, and that was because it was shiny. The Kantonian trainer couldn't believe his luck, staring at the wild Bramblin with his eyes widened and his jaw half open. The shiny Abra he encountered earlier was one thing, but to find another shiny Pokemon so soon, and one that wasn't even native to the area no less, was nothing short of a miracle of nature itself. One that took even Venom's highly trained mind several full minutes to completely process. But once the reality finally sunk in, Venom gained a satisfied smiled upon his face, nodding his head at Koffing's earlier questions. "Oh yes, Koffing. This is it. Straight from the Paldea region. A Bramblin. A shiny Bramblin to be exact."
Upon hearing that the Grass/Ghost type before them was yet another shiny, it was Koffing and Seviper's turn to widen their eyes and drop their jaws, staring down at the rarity from overseas. However, their moment of shock and realization was cut short, as said rarity continued to question their trainer and raise some protests about his methods at the same time. In response to said protests, Seviper slithered forward, raised her head, and addressed the shiny Bramblin in a firm yet reasonable tone of voice. "I do apologize for the disappointment, darling. However, I do have some good news and some bad news for you. The good news is that you'll be getting a nice, hot meal, as well as a warm, cozy place to sleep tonight very soon."
"The bad news is...Well, I'll allow my master and comrade to take it from here." With a sly grin on her face, Seviper slithered aside, just in time to reveal Venom with an empty Ultra Ball in his right hand and Koffing with a big smile spread across his face, and sparks coming from his entire body as well. "I'm sorry too, Bramblin, but I simply refuse to let such a rare find like you get away. Koffing, give us a Thunderbolt." At Venom's command, the sparks surrounding Koffing's body got even bigger and stronger, until they shot out straight towards Bramblin. "Alright! Alright! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! I'm all over it, master! We'll catch this visitor from another region for sure!" Venom nodded once more at his dear Pokemon's remarks, then quickly followed up his attack by chucking the Ultra Ball in his grip right at the Tumbleweed Pokemon. "Of course, we will, Koffing! Now, fly, Ultra Ball! Go get it!"
OOC: One Ultra Ball used by Venom after Koffing's Thunderbolt attack.
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Post by Pixel on Jan 6, 2024 6:03:04 GMT 11
<A hot meal and a bed to sleep in. Yes, yes, that is the minimum to be expected for basic hospitallity—> ZAP! <How rude! You dare? Why did you attack me after tricking me here? Are you uncivilized? Bah. I have no time for you. HEX. HEX UPON YOU. Hex upon your trainer. Hex for 1000 years!> The bramblin declared, an eerie aura shooting from it to slam into the koffing, who was relatively unaffected by the status-boosted ghost move. <Now apologize!> But no apology came. Rather, a ball flew from the human's hand and popped itself right off the top of the brambling, a bright light flashing before it swallowed the bramble up whole. The ball wibbled and wobbled and rolled, but soon it fell still. The rare, shiny bramblin was captured. What a fine prize indeed! Catch? 86% fyW5cDtsp_1-100
Koffing gained 1050 3193/2269
Koffing is trying to learn self-destruct. Forget a move and learn self-destruct?
924/2437 exp to next level
Toxel gained +1 LV
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Post by Venominon on Jan 6, 2024 18:16:00 GMT 11
With the successful capture of yet another rare and shiny Pokemon, there was plenty of reason for Team Toxic to do some celebrating. And Koffing wasted absolutely no time in doing so. "ALRIGHT! WE DID IT! WE DID IT! YES! YES! YES! CAN YOU GUYS BELIEVE IT?! BECAUSE I SURE CAN'T! BUT WHO CARES?! WE DID IT! WE REALLY DID IT, YOU GUYS!" The Poison Gas Pokemon happily and excitedly floated all around the clearing the battle took place in, smiling bigger than ever before and unintentionally spewing some toxic fumes at the same time. Thankfully, neither Venom nor Seviper was negatively affected by these fumes in any way, as they both smiled at their friend's reaction and this outcome themselves.
"Yes, indeed we did, Koffing. That was some truly exceptional work. We'll ensure that this Bramblin is placed in a good and loving home soon enough, but for the time being, we must resume our training." Venom reminded his Pokemon once again, while the Ultra Ball containing their most recent capture was transported directly to his PC. And with the snow continuing to fall all around them, they would have to continue their training elsewhere. "Another trip to the Goldenrod Tunnel then, I presume? While I still don't care for that vile and disgusting place, it's certainly better than staying out in this cold and freezing my scales off." Seviper brought up in a knowing tone of voice, her entire body shivering from fangs to tail, very eager to get out of the winter weather ASAP.
Setting aside the increasingly cold weather, returning to Goldenrod City's underground was exactly what Venom had in mind. Mostly because that was the location with the strongest Pokemon available for Team Toxic's training. "You presume correctly, Seviper. It's back to the underground for us. And as long as nothing unexpected comes up again, we're gonna stay down there and see our training through to the end. Are you two with me?" The ninja asked in a friendly tone of voice, but already knew the answer before his two poisonous Pokemon smiled and nodded at him in confirmation. With that, Venom called both Poison types back to their respective Pokeballs, put them away, turned right around, and headed back into the hustle and bustle of the big city.
OOC: I'll pass on having Koffing learn Self-Destruct, and I'll leave Bramblin's stats blank and have it sent to Venom's PC. Thanks.
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