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Post by Tiki on Jun 6, 2024 14:46:14 GMT 11
Penelope had returned to the Pokemon Center after an early evening hanging out with her old friends and mentor. She rested up a bit and was preparing to sleep, but she just really couldn't fall into deep slumber. Either it was the elation from seeing her old friends, mentor, and parents recently, or the scenic and beautiful sunset that she had witnessed with the group, but her mind was racing and she couldn't focus and sleep well. Begrudgingly, she got out of bed and changed into comfortable clothes, and thought to herself that maybe she'll sleep better after a quick night stroll.
Eventually, she found herself looking around a farm with visible amount of damage. The fences were smashed and bent, various feathery avian Pokemon were injured and unconscious, and trees were whacked against their will. Was there a Snorlax rampage? A Vigoroth? Was a vandal on the loose?
Then, she heard something rustling in the dark. Was it a serial killer? Kidnapper? A police? A Pokemon? Her thought continued racing as she turned her head quickly to find out.
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Post by Tarlar on Jun 12, 2024 8:00:58 GMT 11
The night was calm, at first, and it was warm and humid, the type of night which was incredible hard to sleep in since you were warm and uncomfortable no matter what you did. At first it was rather calm and quiet outside and Penelope made it to the farmland without much problems, and then she heard something unsettling nearby. It rustled, it was something big... and there was more than one. Then it broke through the undergrowth, or rather she did as it was a young woman, about the age of Penelope. She stopped abruptly and then stumbled when someone walked into her from behind. "why did you stop?!" a man complained and she gestured to Penelope, he sent her an uninterested glance and turned back to his partner. "As I said, I'm sure its a berry thief gang which are attacking their competitors!" He argued and she groaned and stomped past Penelope, the man continued his theory loudly as he hurried after her. Some other worried voices drifted towards her, they too were discussing about what had happened, if Penelope went to check it out, she would see a berry bush cut clean in half! Three people stood around it and chatted, touching the bush now and then and pointing around as if they tried to solve a mystery. Penelope had clearly entered the farmland now and she would probably miss the broken fence, since it was dark and the grass was tall. Really, if you didn't know it was there it was basically invisible. Rustling again... and something bigger than last time. A furret crashed through the greenery and hissed at Penelope, a chubby man followed, panting and huffing. Although it was from anger more than him being out of breath, as it soon would be clear. "TRESPASSER! THIEF!" He bellowed! "Ya not gonna get away this time! Trambling ma fields and pushing ma outta ma lifework! I won't 'ave it! Strawberry, get 'im!" The man hissed with no further warning and Strawberry the furret crouched as it got ready to pounce Penelope. ![](https://cdn2.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/6/61/Spr_DP_Rancher.png) ![](http://pldh.net/media/pokemon/gen5/blackwhite/162.png) Rancher Bernie is protecting his land from troublemakers like you, and sends Strawberry the furret [Lv 23] to stop you! Strawberry is holding and Occa Berry
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Post by Tiki on Jun 12, 2024 15:00:23 GMT 11
The farmland was dimly lit, but not completely dark and difficult to navigate. Penelope heard a young couple whispering around, talking about theories as to what happened. Berry thieves? Who would do such a thing when berries are growing everywhere? Competitors? What? However, she didn't walked too far into the damaged property when she heard another rustle, and this time, it was an old man yelling at her, and accusing her of thievery!
"MIISTER! I am sorry for trespassing, but I definitely did not eat your berries or damage your crops! DO you see any berry stains on me? Do you smell any berries on me?” The young girl defended herself, taking steps back against the approaching man. When he looked like he wasn't listening, she would have no choice but to send out her own Pokemon now. "Come on out, Aries! Use Bulk Up!"
The Skiddo appeared and inhaled deeply as he sniffed the air, as well as using his small eyes to analyze his surrounding. "Dirt, soil, rat, and aromas of crushed berries." Aries commented, before making a powerful pose and strengthened his body.
OOC: Skiddo use Bulk Up
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Post by Marchbaby on Jun 17, 2024 17:39:03 GMT 11
Despite not having any evidence to continue backing up his claims Bernie refused to back down from the idea of Penelope being behind the berry squishing spree. He did not know how she managed to clean herself off but he was positive she must be guilty. " Maybe ya done had a water type wash the stains out, maybe one of yer grass types licked it off, I don't rightly know I just know you are the rascal behind all of this." He said before contemplating which attack he should have Strawberry use first. Such a friendly Pokemon such as Skiddo had to be slower than Strawberry and Bernie wanted to strike before it could give a bodybuilder a run for their money. " Strawberry use yer Fury Swipes and knock this ere Skiddo down a few pegs, the last thing we need is for it to grow hungry and eat the hay I have in the barn next." Strawberry then closed the gap and struck Ares with it's claws before the Skiddo could get too large. The attack left a few scratch marks but did nothing to stop the young Skiddo from growing bigger and more resistant to physical attacks. Bernie could feel the sweat drip from his neck as he knew the enlarged Skiddo would be quite a bit tougher to bring down now. Still he refused to back down as he prepared to plan for another round. So long as Strawberry did not take any damage he was technically wining the battle and the longer he could keep up the advantage he currently held onto the greater his chances of bringing Penelope in to face justice for her alleged crimes. Trainer Battle Weather: Clear [attr="class","qkt-bkgd"] [attr="class","qkt-wild-pkmn"] Strawberry LV 23 HP 100% [79/79]
[attr="class","qkt-wild-imgbox"] [attr="class","qkt-pkmn-img"] ![](https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/ani/furret.gif) [attr="class","qkt-trainer-pkmn"] Ares LV 27 HP 78% [63/81]
[attr="class","qkt-trainer-imgbox"] [attr="class","qkt-pkmn-img"] ![](https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/ani-back/skiddo.gif) Bernie's Strawberry [Frisk]: Normal Penelope's Ares [Sap Sipper]: Attack +1, Defense +1 SP53 Strawberry used Fury Swipes (2 hits)! SP41 Ares used Bulk Up!
Number of Fury Swipes Hits?1-35 2 hits, 36-70 3 hits, 71-85 4 hits, 86-100 5 hits: C35BRI|Wp_1-100 Fury Swipes #1 Crit?p_1-16 Fury Swipes #2 Crit?p_1-16 Fury Swipes Damage: 14-18: p_14-181-100·1-16·1-16·14-18
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Post by Tiki on Jun 21, 2024 11:24:04 GMT 11
Penelope listened to the rancher, and was puzzled by his accusations and ideas. Even though she had a water type Pokemon or two of her own, she wasn't going to have her Azumarill wash a stain off her clothes and drench her when it wasn't even raining! "You're funny, but nope. Mister I literally just got here, there's no reason why I would do this or any way I would do this." She defended herself and huffed back angrily.
She watched as the Furret raced forward with sharp claws to swipe at her Pokemon, and the grass type flexed his muscles to toughened up for upcoming attacks. She folded her arms and stood straight, composing herself before hollering out her next moves. "Aries, use Bulldoze then Razor Leaf!"
The young Skiddo bleated and circled happily before launching a Bulldoze by stomping his front legs on the ground. "Strawberry, does your human grow yummy grass here?" The grass type asked the opponent curiously.
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Post by Pixel on Jun 24, 2024 8:28:54 GMT 11
"Jus' got here?! Whatcha take me fer, a fool? I wuzn't born yesterday, ya thief! What has this world come too when little ladies are goin' 'round stealing and vandalizin' the work of good, hard workin' men? I had 'nough of it I say! Enough o' it! I won't letcha get away. Them cops can get the real story outta ya, just you wait. Juuust you wait!" He puffed a bit, his face flushed from the heat an exertion. Sweat crept down his brow and neck. He used a hankerchief to wipe his face, blotting away the moisture that tried to run into his eyes. No way was he taking his peepers off this trouble maker. No sir-ee. "Strawberry, get it! I know it's bigger than it wuz, but ya got good, sharp claws. Cut it down to size!" Strawberry nodded and lunged forward, swiping and batting at the skiddo with earnest effort. Clearly she was trying her best to take it down. However, he blows were weak against those heightened defenses...and next thing Strawberry knew, she was being trampled by the grass type! Yikes! She shook off and popped up, her fur now all muddied and matted. It was a little harder to move now... Which the skiddo took advantage of by blitzing into Strawberry with a strong razor leaf! Strawberry wasn't going to just lay down and take it. She lunged forward and put as much effort as she could in landing blows on the skiddo. When the pair broke apart, they both looked equally tired. Trainer Battle Weather: Clear [attr="class","qkt-bkgd"] [attr="class","qkt-wild-pkmn"] Strawberry LV 23 HP 25% [20/79]
[attr="class","qkt-wild-imgbox"] [attr="class","qkt-pkmn-img"] ![](https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/ani/furret.gif) [attr="class","qkt-trainer-pkmn"] Ares LV 27 HP 21% [24/81]
[attr="class","qkt-trainer-imgbox"] [attr="class","qkt-pkmn-img"] ![](https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/ani-back/skiddo.gif) Bernie's Strawberry [Frisk]: Normal; -1 SP Penelope's Ares [Sap Sipper]: Attack +1, Defense +1 SP53 Strawberry used Fury Swipes (2 hits)! (Acc)lesl9JgWp_1-100 [-12] SP41 Ares used Bulldoze. Furret's speed dropped! Crit? p_1-16 [-25] SP41 Ares used Razor Leaf! Crit? p_1-8 [-34] SP53 35 Strawberry used Fury Swipes (4 hits!)(Acc?) p_1-100 [-34]
Number of Fury Swipes Hits?1-35 2 hits, 36-70 3 hits, 71-85 4 hits, 86-100 5 hits: p_1-100 Fury Swipes #1 Crit?p_1-16 Fury Swipes #2 Crit?p_1-16
Number of Fury Swipes Hits?1-35 2 hits, 36-70 3 hits, 71-85 4 hits, 86-100 5 hits: p_1-100 Fury Swipes #1 Crit?p_1-16 Fury Swipes #2 Crit?p_1-16 Fury Swipes #3 Crit?p_1-16 Fury Swipes #4 Crit?p_1-16
1-100·1-16·1-8·1-100·1-100·1-16·1-16·1-100·1-16·1-16·1-16·1-16
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Post by Tiki on Jun 25, 2024 4:57:57 GMT 11
The Furret returned with a flurry of razor sharp strikes at the Skiddo, which Penelope wasn't expecting the opponent to attack so violently. Her grass type stood firm, but was hastily worn down from the flurry of Fury Swipes. Even with the Bulldoze to slow it down and the Razor Leaves to inflict damage, the opponent rodent Pokemon was surprisingly still standing on its ground. Aries was panting, and Penelope knew that one more Fury Swipe, or another one of the opponent's attack that she hadn't seen before, would spell doom to her Pokemon. However, the hooved Pokemon had the speed advantage now. The trainer folded her arms and huffed as well, "Hmmph! If you don't believe me, then I'll let the cops know you're accusing me of something I didn't do! We'll see how you like it when they tell you to apologize! Aries, use Razor Leaf!"She shouted her next move, and decided her Skiddo could recover stamina later. The talkative Skiddo didn't like being ignored, so he asked again, "Heey... did you hear my question earlier?"OOC: Skiddo should be +7 HP from Shell Bell since it's 1/8 of damage dealt. so like 4+3? 24/81? using bar on skiddo if i win
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Post by Pixel on Jun 29, 2024 2:09:03 GMT 11
"Why would I apologize to a thief and a vandal—" His breath hitched as that razor leaf struck his precious Strawberry again and the valiant furret fell. "Strawberry!" His baby had been hurt. Rushing forward, he knelt by the normal-type, talking softly to her to try to rouse her. Penelope was momentarily ignore as he fussed over his pokemon. When Strawberry opened her eyes and nuzzled his hand, as if to assure him she'd be okay, his whole demeanor shifted, almost slumping in on itself with exhaustion and defeat. He pet her fur and looked up at the girl he had been shouting at with tired eyes. "...Fine...fine...I'll hear ya out, missy." He murmured. "It's just...there's been so much happenin'. Stuff bein' stolen. Bushes being destroyed." He got up to his feet and motioned for her to follow if she was inclined. He'd lead her to where three paths seemed to meet at the corner of his property. He motioned around them. "If ya can figure out who or what's been causing all this property damage, I'll give ya some of my latest harvest, before everythin' started gettin' ruined."
Rancher Bernie wants your help finding the berry vandal!
(23*50=1150*1.5=1725) 3625/2269
Skiddo grew to LV 28 1356/2437 to next level
+1 happiness
Ledyba gained +1 LV and grew to LV 5 and learned supersonic
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Post by Tiki on Jul 1, 2024 2:19:22 GMT 11
With one last Razor Leaf, the opponent Furret was down on the ground. The young trainer watched as the farmer ran up toward the normal type Pokemon and cared for it. The older man's demeanor changed as his rage was calmed from seeing his Furret had fallen. He was actually trying to listen to her now.
"Like I said, I am not the criminal! I just walked over here!" She replied and defended herself. "Also I couldn't sleep earlier so I took a stroll. Maybe it's fate for me to help you?" She pondered curiously.
She followed after the man as he motioned her, and smiled as she accepted the help. "Okay! We'll help you out! Now, give us some time to look into this okay?" Her Skiddo bleated after her in agreement. Leading the way, Penelope now walked down one of the three paths.
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Post by Marchbaby on Jul 5, 2024 13:36:22 GMT 11
As Penelope made her way down the middle path it wasn't long before she came across a sprinkler system that had been turned off. The system appeared to be aimed at a line of trees. There was a small shed nearby with a sign that read "Supply Shed that also seemed to be where the controls to the system were located. However the door was locked and there was no set of keys in sight. For the time being there was nothing else she could do down this path. Maybe after Penelope explored the other paths something would happen that would allow her to make use of the sprinkler system. Once she walked back down the path there was two more paths she could explore, the path to the left with a large amount of berries and the one to the right with a moderate amount. It was up to her to pick one of them to search next. There was nothing Penelope could currently do down the middle path, will she explore the left or right path next?
Which Path? Un2OdHO1p_1-3 1 left, 2 middle, 3 right. 1-3
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Post by Tiki on Jul 7, 2024 15:11:39 GMT 11
Penelope headed down the middle path, there were plenty of sprinklers aiming at trees nearby, but the mechanical contraption was simply shut off. There was also a shed that was locked. Simply, there wasn't much for Penelope to do. She wasn't sure what she was looking for yet, but those things were typical to have in a farm, she thought. She made a note on the shed and the sprinkler in her head, and made her way back toward one of the other path.
"Come on, Aries, let's go!" She called out at her Skiddo, who was munching on weeds growing by the trees. The Skiddo didn't get to bleat with food in his mouth, but skipped energetically toward her. She didn't say anything to the farmer, as these were probably some fast growing weeds or grass anyways.
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Post by Avalon on Jul 10, 2024 4:53:50 GMT 11
Penelope would be able to backtrack and double back down one of the paths easily enough, with no threats or foes leaping out to get in the way of her progression. Bernie even chose not to comment on her goat deciding to munch on the foliage, mostly since she was already agreeing to help him out and he was feeling slightly shameful about the whole 'accusing her of theft and picking a fight' thing that had introduced them. Wandering down the path in search of some kind of clue about the situation at hand, Penelope found the path she had entered lead out to another small clearing. The clearing was clearly the sight of some kind of conflict, debris and damage scattered about. Anything too specific would require a more thorough search of the locale, as any attention Penelope or her partner Pokemon might have would be directed largely at the burly individual who lay, unconscious in the middle of the clearing. He was dressed in hiking and camping attire, and a similarly bruised and beaten Sandslash lay on the ground beside him. Every now and then, one of them would let out a pained groan that showed that the worst had not come to pass for either of them just yet. They wouldn't feel very good when they woke up, but they would wake up eventually. Penelope could rush in to offer whatever help she could to the injured party, as they might have seen something before they fell into unconsciousness. Or, she could take the time to survey the scene and try to avoid any direct interaction. It was just a matter of whether or not she felt particularly extroverted today or not. ![](http://serebii.net/pokearth/trainers/hgss/9.png) ![](http://www.serebii.net/blackwhite/pokemon/028.png) Penelope has stumbled upon an injured Hiker and his Sandslash! Will she assist the hiker, or investigate the scene?
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Post by Tiki on Jul 12, 2024 15:26:10 GMT 11
Penelope walked around and found herself in another path. While the night was dark, she stumbled upon a larger man, who laid on the ground unconscious. He was dressed like a typical hiker, along with a Sandslash next to him that was also unconscious. Suddenly, he made a sound as he groaned in pain. Even the Sandslash wasn't feeling good either.
"Hey, mister," Penelope spoke softly as she shook the man's shoulder, wondering if he would wake up. She wasn't going to accuse the man of causing suck a ruckus after her encounter with the rancher, so she continued to try waking the man and trying to talk to him. "Mister, can you hear me? Are you okay? Is everything okay?"
Aries stood next to the Sandslash and continued chewing the grass, as even if he talked to the ground type, they could communicate to the huamns. Also, the young goat Pokemon was too busy enjoying the flavor of the weed.
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Post by Lamont on Jul 15, 2024 2:39:51 GMT 11
Another murmured groan came in response to the girl's inquiry. The man's face tensed as he began to stir though it took a moment for him to meaningfully engage with Penelope. "No... esss." The man spoke through a swollen cheek and pushed himself up carefully. "The 'evil go' the 'rop on us," he added. "id you see it?"
The sandslash remained quiet on the ground beside. Whether it was also awake was hard to tell. If it was it understandably didn't feel like making any excess efforts to say hello at the moment.
"Eh came owwa nowhere from teh 'rees. You be carefful miss." There was a pause then as he felt another ache flare up. After the magnitude of its ebbing reduced, that or he acclimated a bit to it, the hiker seemed to come upon a sudden thought. "Way.. are you 'ere t'save the orchar' too?" The burly man glanced around for her company, spotting the grassy little goat obliviously munching away at the remnants of some shrubbery. "Wi'h at lil' guy?" He half moved to hand gesture at Aries but it turned into merely a nudging elbow and a hard wince at the sore joints who would prefer to remain still.
The hiker huffed, "May'ee... Maybe hat'll do. Y'see lass this thing's a 'uzzler. A... a..." He struggled for a second to make sure he was able to enunciate it properly through the swelling. "Trrreee! Leave'n all. Bark. Russle'n shake. Buh, was weir'..." he paused as he reflected on his engagement with whatever this creature was. "Noh water. Hiss'n and wen' berserk."
"So," he made to finish with another nod toward the goat, "May'ee he perfeck fer eh jo'b. My slash 'ere could'n dent."
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Post by Tiki on Jul 18, 2024 12:59:41 GMT 11
It was a quiet night, but with the accent, Penelope was having a hard time listening to the hiker. She tried to sound out his words again in his head, but she wasn't making progress with it. She nodded awkwardly, as she thought she understand what the exhausted country man was speaking. "Uh-huh. Yeah, I am trying to help the rancher."
He mentioned something about an "'uzzler". Guzzler? Sprinkler? Puzzler? Fuzzler? That's not a word. Then he rambled something about tree and water and going berserk. She was puzzled now, but she knew that this man definitely had seen the culprit, but if only he could describe it better. She still needed to check out the last path down the orchard.
"Thank you, Mister! I should continue to go look around! Take care okay?" She politely bid her farewell and headed down the last aisle to see what happened. Being up at night and processing a half unconscious man speaking with accent wasn't that much help, but she could likely piece it together later.
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