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Post by Venominon on May 22, 2024 12:55:53 GMT 11
As night once again fell over the Johto region, Team Skull had finally reached the big city, with Shinya walking proud and tall through the city streets. Even though the sun had disappeared from the sky, there were still tons of other people and Pokemon out on the streets as well. Shinya would occasionally glance at some of them as he walked by, doing his best to scan the crowd for any potential Team Skull recruits that may be among them. However, as hard as he tried, Shinya was simply too distracted to focus on his main objective at this time. For some unknown reason, the Bug type trainer was sensing a very large amount of dark and evil energy, coming from somewhere in Goldenrod City. Even as he exited the Ilex Forest and made his way to the city, his Tapu Bulu powers could still sense the presence of pure evil as clear as the moonlit sky above his head.
Letting out a heavy sigh of defeat and frustration, Shinya came to the realization that he'd never be able to get anything done with this evil force hanging around. So, after using his powers to search around for a bit, the Alolan trainer determined that the evil presence was located somewhere underground. Now that he had that information, Shinya headed for the nearest entrance to the Goldenrod Tunnel he could find, eager to get whatever was the source of this presence was out of his way. But upon reaching the bottom of the stairs he had chosen to descend; Shinya was met with a rather shocking sight. One that caused his eyes to widen right away, as he took a minute to process the images before his eyes. "Woah!...What in the name of Arceus happened down here? This must've been some party."
Before Shinya's eyes was a large amount of debris, damage, destruction, and death. He had no idea how it happened, but the Goldenrod Tunnel was in ruin, with large numbers of injured people and Pokemon trapped under the rubble and begging for help, with those who weren't injured doing everything they could to lend a helping hand. "Damn...A destruction party, and Team Skull wasn't invited? Not cool." Shinya declared with a mixture of annoyance and disappointment in his voice, completely disregarding the cries for help all around him. The Alolan trainer didn't let this keep him down though, shrugging his shoulders and beginning to walk through the devastation like it was no big deal. Somewhere, hidden amongst it all, was the source of the evil presence that Shinya was sensing. And no matter who or what stood in his way, he'd find it, and show it what real destruction looked like.
OOC: Usin' the explosion and evil spirits from over in Venom's current thread here to add a little spice to Shinya's thread, in case that wasn't obvious. Also, using my Technician powers, I'll now give Shinya's Scizor the Cleanse Tag to hold onto. So, friendly reminder to all mods, every wild Pokemon that Shinya encounters down here should be level 24. Much appreciated.
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Post by Pixel on May 27, 2024 8:06:04 GMT 11
With all the people running around, responding to the emergency at hand, trying to fish people out from under rubble and reenforce the walls and ceiling so they didn't collapse further, it was very easy to slip through unnoticed. Apparently they hadn't closed off the whole tunnel, as Shinya was able to go past the destruction site and towards the deeper parts of the tunnel that were unharmed. Just by an idle look of the scene they were taping off, it looked like there was some kind of controlled explosion? A bomb? Could one of those annoying Rockets been in here setting off literal bombs? Or maybe one of those electrodes. Sometimes they used electrodes to blow stuff up, right? However, he wasn't completely clear of the destruction when something rolled out of the rubble and towards him. A red and white pokemon that could have easily been responsible for such mayhem, given its line's propensity for blowing up. A [LV 24] Voltorb rolled out of the debris!
Shiny? lmCTPksHp_1-42 Rare? p_1-6 Uncommon? p_1-3 Alola? p_1-100 Common p_1-21-42·1-6·1-3·1-100·1-2
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Post by Venominon on May 27, 2024 14:28:41 GMT 11
As he strode through the ruined tunnel, Shinya couldn't help but occasionally stop and marvel at all the destruction, feeling a bit conflicted at the same time. On the one hand, he was the type of person who could appreciate fine destruction on pretty much any scale. But on the other hand, he felt frustrated and a little left out that he didn't have anything to do with this particular round of destruction. All the while, the Alolan trainer's senses were continuously assaulted by the presence of some great evil. In the end, Shinya decided that none of that was any of his business and did his best to push it all out of his mind by heading over to an expanse of tunnel that was still in relatively good condition. Fortunately for him, both Goldenrod City and its underground were very big places with plenty of space and lots to do.
Not long after he left the devastation behind, the green-haired trainer came face-to-face with his first encounter, staring down at the Ball Pokemon that rolled into his field of vision. "Hmph. Honestly, I hoped for somethin' with a little more...fight in it, but whatever. Fodder is fodder after all." Shinya spoke in a disinterested tone of voice, not really caring if this species of Pokemon was responsible for the underground tunnel's destruction or not, grabbing a Pokeball from his bag and activating it with the push of a button. "This scrub seems more your speed! So, let's go, Anorith!" With a simple, yet strong toss, Team Skull's Old Shrimp Pokemon had appeared on the makeshift battlefield, trying her hardest to wake herself up for said battle.
"...Ugh...My speed is zero...You know that, boss...And I was having the most wonderful dream too..." Anorith said in a tired tone, rubbing her large eyes with her claws at the same time in an attempt to avoid disappointing her trainer completely. "Lemme guess. More sleep?" Shinya questioned Anorith in a joking manner, making a guess as to the kind of dream she was having, but didn't bother waiting for her answer. "Anyway, ya know how this works, Anorith. Finish off the scrub in front of ya, then ya can go back to dreamland. So, c'mon! Show me some Bug Bites!" With her orders given, the Bug/Rock type let out a yawn, as her vision finally started to come into focus, and she eyed her round foe. "...Fine...Whatever...Let's get this over with then..." Anorith started to crawl over to Voltorb after that, letting out yet another yawn as she bared her fangs at the wild Electric type.
OOC: Running Shoes used. Two Bug Bites.
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Post by Caramell 🍬 on May 29, 2024 11:50:46 GMT 11
Voltorb stood amid the ruffle and hectic nature of the tunnel staring up at Shinya and his team with a blank expression. It neither thought nor cared. Its body seemed to glow momentarily, then stopped, as though its proclivity for explosion was a thought for a second that it pushed to the side. Was it simply that it thought better, or was there the risk that it was still a little young and inexperienced? Who knew. Whether it wanted to fight or not? Who knew! For it sat there, staring, waiting. Shinya probably could have hopped right over it, and it would be unknown if the Voltorb would even register what happened. Anorith came out full of complaints that caused the red-and-white sphere to roll around in place. It growled. Oh great, who was there?! Voltorb’s eyes disappeared for a moment as the ‘Blue Screen of Death’ appeared where the eyes should of, followed by what could only be described as a ‘loading screen’. So…did that make these things…robots? Just as soon as that happened, the Blue Screen disappeared leaving just the same two eyes that Voltorb stared at Shinya for the longest time with. Now, though, the eyes looked much more determined about the moment. Voltorb screeched loudly, with enough force to cause some broken pieces of rubble dangling in the air from the sides of pillars and parts of the ceiling they were linked to, to break away and clatter to the ground. Something squeaked, like a wild Pokémon that might have been hurt from the debris. No way to check that now. It charged after Anorith, tossing a powerful ball of electrical energy into its opponent. However, Anorith persevered and despite the damage Voltorb managed to cause, got close enough to the speedy ball to bite hard enough it eventually gave up and rolled away away from both of them. ![](https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/gen5ani/anorith.gif) Anorith gains 1200 EXP. Anorith increased to 1849/2107 EXP!Anorith gains +1 Happiness. Anorith increased to +6 Happiness!
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Post by Venominon on May 30, 2024 13:32:30 GMT 11
After the wild Voltorb rolled out of fight, it was Shinya's turn to yawn, holding his right hand up to his mouth as he did so. But his yawn wasn't out of exhaustion, but rather, boredom. "Is that the best Goldenrod City can do? I expected more outta the biggest city in all of Johto. If all the Pokemon here are as weak as that one, then maybe takin' over this city won't be as hard as I thought it'd be." The Team Skull grunt sounded pretty confident, grinning his usual grin after he had finished speaking out loud. Meanwhile, Anorith let out another yawn of her own, but her yawn was definitely the result of her seemingly unending exhaustion. "...Please don't say things like that, boss...You'll trigger a flag...then an even stronger foe will appear...Did you ever think that maybe it's not that they're weak...it's just that we're too strong?..."
Shinya glanced down at his Old Shrimp Pokemon, listened to her words, then gave them some thought, which lasted for about a minute. "Hmmm...Ya know what? Maybe you've got a point there, Anorith. Maybe we are too strong for all the chumps and scrubs of the big city. Still, ya can never be TOO strong. If we ever want Team Skull to be taken seriously, then we gotta show this whole damn world that not even the champ is a match for us. And to make that happen, we need fodder to battle, beat, and gain even more experience from. So, get back in your ball for now, Anorith. Once I find more fodder for ya, I'll call ya back out." Shinya called the Bug/Rock type back to her Pokeball, then continued his search for wild Pokemon and trainers to battle, but not before she got a few more words out in a tone filled with sarcasm. "Oh joy..."
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Post by Pixel on Jun 2, 2024 7:46:42 GMT 11
Watching this whole scene was yet ANOTHER shiny round pokemon with a red top and white underside. It observed the scene with a furrowed brow and a crackling form. One could even say it was scheming! Oh how it plotted and pondered and wondered what it should do. Perhaps it could capitalize on the destruction. When the other voltorb was defeated so soundly, it was clever enough to know not to approach wily-nily. No. It had to go about its scheme with caution. However, plans never go accordingly. As it tried to roll away and disappear, the rubble it was perched on like Pyroar overlooking all that the light touched on the golden savanna gave way. There was a tumble of rocks and its round form could not grip at the debris for purchase. So down down down it rolled until it ended up at Shinya's feet. Instantly, it crackled. Beware! A [LV 24] Voltorb...returns? Aha! Psych! It's Voltorb's long lost evil twin! mwhahaha.
Shiny? MI0dvF8tp_1-42 Rare? p_1-6 Uncommon? p_1-3 Alola? p_1-100 Common p_1-2 1-42·1-6·1-3·1-100·1-2
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Post by Venominon on Jun 2, 2024 18:34:36 GMT 11
Under normal circumstances, Shinya might've seen this Voltorb and its potential schemes coming a mile away, but the circumstances in the Goldenrod Tunnel were currently anything but normal. As he searched for more fodder to level his own Pokemon up with, Shinya could still sense a very dark and sinister presence coming from another part of the underground tunnels. But then, suddenly and without explanation, said presence had started to grow weaker for some reason. The trainer from Alola had no idea what was going on, but once again, he shrugged his shoulders, deciding that it was none of his concern. Besides, his train of thought was suddenly interrupted anyway, as another lone Ball Pokemon suddenly rolled right into Shinya's legs, causing him to stumble and nearly fall to the ground. Nearly.
Fortunately, just as he was starting to fall over, one of Shinya's Pokeballs opened all on its own, and the Pokemon inside made a surprise appearance. The Pokemon in question was also Shinya first Pokemon, who held out his claws and caught his trainer before he even made it halfway to the floor. After taking a moment to collect himself, Shinya stood back on his own two feet, turning to face his trusty Bug/Steel type afterward. "Always watchin' my back, aren't ya, Scizor?" The Bug type specialist smiled at the Pincer Pokemon, and said Pincer Pokemon responded with a single nod, followed by some words of his own. "As we grow stronger, so too does the bond between us. Whenever you're in danger, boss, I shall always be there to lend you a claw. Even if it is only something small."
And speaking of "something small", both Shinya and Scizor turned their heads and looked down at the second wild Voltorb, as Shinya's smile changed into his usual grin. "On that note, it looks like we've got a disrespectful Pokemon without manners here. Can't have that. Scizor, teach 'em some respect with your Psycho Cut." Shinya and Scizor both moved away from the Electric type to put some distance between the two sides of this battle, while Shinya gave his first Pokemon an order to carry out. "Boss, it would be my genuine pleasure." Scizor then raised his right claw, and began channeling psychic energy into it, causing it to emit a pink-colored glow. Then, in one quick motion, he brought his claw down, giving rise to a blade of the same psychic energy, which quickly flew through the air and headed straight for Voltorb.
OOC: Running Shoes used. Two Psycho Cuts.
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Post by Pixel on Jun 6, 2024 1:52:05 GMT 11
...Uh oh. W-well BEWARE! FEAR ME! IT WAS THE GREAT AND POWERFUL VOLTORB, HERE TO BRING YOU DOOM AND— The first psycho cut sent it rolling, the voltorb's menacing screeching doing little but annoying the powerful steel-type mantis. The voltorb practically vibrated with frustration and maybe a little fear. It righted itself and began to glow with electricity. Its plot for destruction would not be undermined by these two! It would reign VICTORIOUS! Like a shooting star in the night sky, the voltorb rushed scizor and was promptly hit outta the park like scizor was going for a homerun in the last inning of a heated baseball match. The electric pokemon was just a streak of light as it sailed out of sight, only to vanish into the debris, not to be seen again...
(24*50=1200) Scizor gained +1200 exp 3050/2107
Scizor grew to LV 27 943/2269 EXP to next level
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Post by Venominon on Jun 7, 2024 15:14:36 GMT 11
It was another quick battle for Team Skull, and another level up for Scizor, as the Pincer Pokemon breathed in the power he attained from the second Ball Pokemon. "Yes. This power is good, but still not good enough. Wouldn't you say, boss?" Scizor turned to face his trainer now that the battle was over, and Shinya wasted no time nodding in agreement with his first Pokemon. "Ya got that right, pal. If we're gonna spread Team Skull's influence to this entire city, then we're gonna need to take down the gym leader herself. And to make that happen, we're all gonna need to get way, way stronger. Strong enough to send scrubs like that Voltorb rollin' away in defeat after just one hit. Get the picture?"
Scizor returned Shinya's nod with one of his own, glancing down at his claws as he opened his mouth to speak once again. "Indeed. By the time we're done here, this entire city will know the name Team Skull. Most of them will come to fear us, but hopefully at least a few among them will wise up and come over to our side. The winning side." The Bug/Steel type's declaration made Shinya grin once more, nodding yet again as he took out Scizor's Pokeball and called him back to it for some well-earned down time. "Couldn't have said it better myself, Scizor. Now, let's see who or what else we can find as fodder down in these tunnels." The Bug type specialist chuckled in anticipation, continuing to hike through the underground tunnel in search of people and Pokemon to turn into EXP for his own Pokemon.
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Post by Marchbaby on Jun 12, 2024 12:43:35 GMT 11
Shortly after the Voltorb was defeated a howl came from deeper within the tunnel and every few seconds the sound seemed to be getting closer to Shinya. The howls started to change in tone from that of a curious sound to that of an aggressive one and within moments a small green canine known as Electrike stepped out from the darkest corner of the tunnel stopping across from SHinya before letting out a loud growl and putting one of it's paws forward clearly looking for a fight despite being at such a huge size disadvantage against both Shinya and his Scizor. Electrike was not going to take no as an answer and one way or another it was going to battle the bug type trainer whether he liked it or not. The only question that remained was which Pokemon would Shinya use to defend himself against the hot headed canine before it decided to attack him directly? ![](https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/bw/electrike.png) Electrike (Level 24) challenges Shinya to a battle. Please select a Pokemon. Rare? tjlQ0Tsmp_1-6Uncommon? p_1-3Alola?35%: p_1-100Which Uncommon? p_1-3Shiny? p_1-421-100·1-100·1-100·1-3·1-42
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Post by Venominon on Jun 12, 2024 19:39:01 GMT 11
For the next few minutes, Shinya was just kicking some pieces of debris further down the tunnel, keeping his hands in his pockets and minding his own business for a change. Admittedly, the Bug type trainer was beginning to grow a little bored. Of course, this wasn't really a surprise if Shinya took a moment to think about the reason why. After the disaster that rocked a large portion of Goldenrod City's underground, most of the trainers and wild Pokemon had most likely been injured by said disaster, were busy aiding in the restoration efforts, or had just up and fled the underground tunnels entirely. And if anyone or anything was still lurking about, Shinya hoped that that meant they were stronger than your average trainer or wild Pokemon. The stronger they were, the most EXP his Pokemon would get for beating them into the ground.
And when the sounds of howling began to echo through the tunnels and reached Shinya's ears, he immediately stopped and turned his head, waiting for the source of the howls to show itself. However, much to the Alolan trainer's disappointment, it was nothing more than a wild Electrike. "Geez. What's with all the Electric types? Is someone givin' out free batteries down here or somethin'?" Shinya asked a rhetorical question in a disinterested tone of voice, glancing down at the bold Lightning Pokemon as he spoke, then shrugged his shoulders. "Meh. A brave scrub is still just a scrub. Looks like it's gonna be another quick battle for Team Skull." The green-haired trainer confidently remarked, grabbing a familiar Pokeball from his bag at the same time.
"You're up again, Anorith! Rise and shine!" With one good toss of the red and white orb, the Old Shrimp Pokemon appeared in the underground tunnel for the second time today. But instead of her usual half-awake complaints, the only sounds that came from her were the sounds of snoring. "...Zzzz...Zzzz...Zzzz..." Indeed, Shinya's Anorith was fast asleep, and didn't seem to have any plans to wake up anytime soon. Seeing this, Shinya was left flabbergasted for a moment, but quickly shook it off and proceeded to yell at his Bug/Rock type in an attempt to awaken her from her slumber. "Uhhh...Hello?! Anorith?! Hey! What the heck is this?! Wake up, Goldilocks! It's battle time! C'mon! I know ya can hear me!"
The Team Skull grunt clapped his hands, snapped his fingers, stomped his feet on the ground, whistled as loud as he could, and even played some music on his Pokegear at full blast. Unfortunately, nothing stirred Anorith from her deep sleep even a little. With that, Shinya let out a heavy sigh of frustration, then got ready to call Anorith back to her Pokeball and call out another of his Pokemon to take her place in this new battle. "Okay, don't wake up! I was gonna have ya use Dig on this scrub, but just forget it! I'll just call on Scizor again!" But then, before Shinya called Anorith back to the round device, she suddenly began to move. However, she was definitely still asleep, snoring almost as loudly as Electrike's howls. Shinya could hardly believe what he was seeing, watching as the snoozing Anorith carried out his orders, digging her way down into the ground in preparation for her Dig attack.
OOC: Anorith being asleep for this battle is just fluff by the way.
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Post by Pixel on Jun 17, 2024 6:32:47 GMT 11
<Yeah, that's right, fight me! I may be smaller than you, but I am so much strong!> The bold and brash electrike challenged, all sparked up with electricity, geared up for one helluva fight. <Huh? You running away already, you lady bug thing?!> It watched as the sleepy anorith (who was supposedly facing it over the scizor) finally perked up and moved. Oh, oh it could totally get the edge on this thing! The electrike surged forth as quick as it paws could take it and...pinged off the hard armor of the weird bug. <OUCH! What are you made out of...literal rocks?> It shook its head and tried to clear the ringing from its ears. That hurt. As it tried to right itself and regain its senses, the anorith dug into the ground and tunneled beneath it. <huh? Where? Come back here and fight me!> it yapped...only to get smitted a few seconds later as Anorith lunged up from beneath the wild canine and slammed into its belly. The poor little doggy was sent flying down the tunnel, much like the electrode, not to be seen from again. (24*50=1200) Anorith gained 1200 exp
3049/2107 exp
Anorith grew to LV 27
942/2269 EXP to next level +1 happiness
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Post by Venominon on Jun 18, 2024 13:40:28 GMT 11
"Tch. Same as most canine Pokemon. All bark and no bite." Shinya remarked with a scoff, watching as the wild Electric type was sent tumbling down a different tunnel in total defeat. He didn't care one bit if that particular remark was overplayed either. He proudly stood by it. However, that pride didn't last long, as the Bug type trainer turned to face his Bug/Rock type, who was still fast asleep even after all that had just transpired. "Zzzz...Zzzz...Zzzz..." With this victory, Anorith had gotten even stronger, but still, all she wanted to do was sleep, sleep, and keep on sleeping. Needless to say, Shinya couldn't help sweatdropping at this rather bittersweet outcome, taking out Anorith's Pokeball and calling her right back into it.
"Oh Anorith. Count yourself lucky that you're the rarest and strongest Bug/Rock type in the entire world of Pokemon. The rarer and stronger the bugs I have on my team, the more seriously Team Skull will be taken and the more respect we'll gain too. I just with ya could stay awake on your own without any motivation." Shinya spoke to the Old Shrimp Pokemon through the Pokeball, at least 80% sure that she couldn't hear him anyway, letting out a sigh before speaking out loud again. "Oh well. Maybe when ya evolve into an Armaldo. Well, onto the next one, I guess." With that, Shinya put Anorith's Pokeball away, then continued to hike through the Goldenrod Tunnels and search for even more victims.
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Post by Pixel on Jun 20, 2024 6:22:53 GMT 11
As Shinya sent that pupper flying, barks and bites left to theory, yet another pokemon started to move in. This was huffed and puffed like it had just ran a mile. But in truth, it barely noticed Shinya at all. It was too busy thinking about its gasses and if the other koffing would respect it more if it could just make more smoke! <I can do this. I can make the biggest, best smoke screen anyone ever saw> it told itself. Only a brief distance from the human, it sucked in air and concentrated, the crater-like pores on its body contracting as it build up toxic gasses inside its body. Uh oh. It was probably best to intervene before that goes boom and everyone has to evacuate because a Koffing decided it wanted to bug bomb the whole underground because it was feeling insecure. Shinya probably had just a few seconds to respond to its puffing before it would pour noxious smoke and sludge everywhere. A [LV 24]Koffing is huffing and puffing your way.
Shiny? 1|HTpd0Lp_1-42 Rare? p_1-6 Uncommon? p_1-3 Alola? p_1-100 1-42·1-6·1-3·1-100
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Post by Venominon on Jun 20, 2024 14:22:22 GMT 11
As he strode through the Goldenrod Tunnel, Shinya soon caught the scent of toxic fumes drifting through the air, his nose twitching as he breathed in the rather unsavory scent. It was a scent that the Team Skull grunt recognized though, thanks to his big sis, Plumeria, and her team of poisonous Pokemon. Slowly narrowing his eyes, Shinya followed the scent for a full minute, and was not surprised to see a wild Koffing floating in the air several yards away from him. The thing that did surprise Shinya though was the fact that this particular Koffing was getting itself ready to blow at any second, which caused Shinya's eyes to widen immediately. "Woah! Hold it right there, gas bag! What is it with the wild Pokemon down here?! You're all a bunch of suicide bombers! Damn it!"
Shinya frantically dug through his bag, finding a suitable Bug type Pokemon to shut this Koffing down as quickly as possible. Once he had the red and white orb in his hand, he pressed the button on it and threw it straight towards the Poison Gas Pokemon. "Hey, Yanma! We've got a chump out here who doesn't have a clue what they're doin'! Come on out and hit 'em with a Psychic attack now!" The Pokeball smacked Koffing right between its eyes, the burst open to reveal Team Skull's Clear Wing Pokemon, flapping all four of her wings and giving off a loud buzzing sound. "You got it, boss! Let's see if this chump likes the taste of pavement!" Yanma said with a big smile upon her face, as her eyes began to glow with psychic energy, and she planned to use that very energy to slam Koffing right down into the ground below.
OOC: Running Shoes used if needed. Two Psychic attacks.
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