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Post by Robot on Sept 1, 2018 22:46:41 GMT
Morning arrived as mornings do, with the peep of birds in the trees, everything covered in a layer of dew, and Ledyba scuttling free of their nightly hides now that the spinarak and hoothoot have retreated into the dark. The sun filters in through the windows of the Pokemon Center to splash disruptively across sleeping faces. After another filling meal, this one presenting new and different options though the taste of egg might be familiar to some, Joy guides our intrepid adventurers to the middle of town, turning towards the path west.
"This is Route 42, it will take you to Ecruteak City. It is much bigger then Mahogany Town, and has a lot of history to it. Morty, one of the Gym Leaders we discussed yesterday lives there, Omega. He might be of assistance to you, but remember, you aren't a trainer yet. You need to save your strength. From Ecruteak, you will need to head south and east. Your journey is not a short one, but I will phone ahead to my sisters. We will do our best to see you through."
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Post by Breakthelevee on Sept 2, 2018 0:28:06 GMT
Breakfast was another satisfying meal, really the human food was so much more filling and....tasty, than anything that Omega had ever had before, he was a little sad to leave the Center behind. He shifted a little uncomfortably in the clothes from the day before, but there was nothing he could do about that, not really, except hope to get used to it eventually.
"I understand. Until the one at our destination blesses me, I am unable to take on the Alphas in the dens you call Gyms. But once I have, if I beat all of them I can take on the Alpha of everywhere." He nods in assurance. "Seeking out this Alpha and asking him for help to reach the next....town" The word felt odd in his mouth, but he was pretty sure it was right "That will be the best course of action for us. Thank you again for everything you have done for us Joy. You are both strong and wise to run a den such as this, you are almost like an Alpha on your own"
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Post by DataNinja on Sept 2, 2018 1:44:13 GMT
The morning is... strange. Well, no, the morning itself is more-or-less normal (though with different birdsounds, so that's a little off), but it's everything else that's strange. None of his brothers or sisters or anything disrupting his sleep. The air is still. He's all alone, with only softness for warmth, rather than ledges of stone and smoothness of scales. The smells, too... it's so sterile. Not a hint of the regular sweetness to be found.
But there is food. Delicious food. He tries sharing some with Hope, but she seems to mostly stick to liquids. He'd never really stopped to consider the diet of insects before. Just his diet of insects. It's still very weird to him to not just snack down on one this close to him. Everything about this is weird, really.
"So, Lady Joy..." Thel asks, "this 'Morty' will help us to become Trainers? Or... something else? And where will we be able to find him? Or your sisters?"
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Post by birdy51 on Sept 2, 2018 1:46:33 GMT
Muku did not know the taste of eggs before this, but she found them strangely delicious. Little, oh how little did she know how her kind was screaming at her as she enjoyed bite after bite of the yellow mixture. It was gooey and smooth, the delicious taste of forbidden sin. She helped herself to another delicious serving and chimed in, "Yes! Not being Starly is... Not easy for Muku, and Muku still doesn't know whether she likes humans, but Muku does like you!"
A toothy little grin emerges as she takes another bite of the forbidden delight that was 'eggs'. Perhaps, if all of her sisters were this nice, maybe some humans were not going to be so bad after all! Sure, Omega was planning to beat some of them up to assert dominance, but hey! Maybe that could be fun!
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Post by Robot on Sept 3, 2018 13:33:25 GMT
"You will always find my sisters in buildings identical to the one you slept in last night. Red roof, large windows, and a Pokeball marker over the door, this is the symbol of the league. The Gyms have their own signs, usually on a post out front, and vary from city to city." Joy turns and gestures to another building in town. "This is Pryce's gym, but with the recent happenings in town he is also away on business." She smiled warmly. "All of this is very high praise, but I've always been a friend to Pokemon. Thank you, all of you."
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Post by birdy51 on Sept 3, 2018 15:07:31 GMT
"That's a shame. I'm sure it would have been nice to meet him too if he's a friend." Muku says noisily. But! But! This wasn't too bad either. It was good to be outside, and all these hills, all these trees! It reminded her of home. Home was good! This too was Starly home! Kind of!
Briefly considering giving the rest of her eggs to the nurse, Muku holds herself back and stows the rest of it in her bag. No. That wouldn't be right. She sensed that giving gifts to people that she liked was still going to be important, but giving her something as precious as food might be seen as a bit too forward. For now, she would wait and enjoy the sunshine as her eyes took in the beautiful mountain views.
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Post by DataNinja on Sept 3, 2018 18:43:39 GMT
"No, uh, thank you, Lady Joy," Thel says, taken aback. "I know that I've done nothing for you, while you have aided us at every opportunity, and lavished us with food and shelter." Humans are peculiar creatures. If anything, this last day has taught him that much...
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Post by Breakthelevee on Sept 5, 2018 4:45:14 GMT
Omega just nodded quietly to Joy before she pointed out the gym "Then that means we will be back here when we have become Trainers. So we will see you again, and I will repay your kindness" Kindness. That sounds right, even if it isn't a concept that is common in the wilds. Joy was kind to them and so he would get strong and then be kind to her. But first he had to get strong..
"We should leave while the sun is still fresh in the sky. I'm not sure how long the trip to this next place is, but the sooner we start, the further we get"
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Post by Robot on Sept 5, 2018 12:04:43 GMT
"The sun sets in about thirteen hours, it will take ten or so to arrive in Ecruteak if you follow the direct path there." Joy explained concisely, and with final instruction given politely excuses herself back into the Pokemon Center. Route 42 Awaits!
Weather; Sunny, Light winds, Fall Season. Immediately Visible Pokemon; None.
You begin on a packed dirt path, looking up the side of a cliff face littered with caves. Trees line either side of the path albeit sparsely, and the tall grass has grown over the path in patches.
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Post by DataNinja on Sept 5, 2018 15:17:12 GMT
Thel's used to cliffs. Mountains, rocky palaces, all that is home. What he's not used to is being at the very bottom of it all. It feels weird for things to not go as far as he can see down as well as up. Granted, he doesn't often get too much time to look around besides hunting, but it's still one of those things you never really notice until it's gone.
"So, uh, what should we do now?" He asks. He's getting a little braver with the Ladies Em and Muku, since they seem to be a little bit more forgiving than what he's used to, but he still doesn't want to push his luck. "Just go straight to, uh, Ecrewteek?"
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Post by birdy51 on Sept 5, 2018 21:31:58 GMT
"Yep. Forward to Ecrutweet." Muku says absentmindedly, having already started walking on after Omega. It was so... Quiet. Quiet, quiet, quiet! Nyah! It was something she hadn't of noticed in captivity, but now that there weren't almost twenty other birds chirping around her incessantly that it suddenly got so... Loud! Mmmip would probably make excellent company in that department, but at the same time, Muku knew better. Hoppips were hunted by all sorts of birds, and all sorts of birds probably lived up in those rocks up there.
Maybe even other Starlys.
Her head perks up a little. Maybe, other little Starlys. Muku closes her eyes for a moment and reaches out with her ears. It's as if she could hear them... If only she could hear them!
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Post by Breakthelevee on Sept 6, 2018 0:57:43 GMT
"Yes. We should head straight to the Ecrutick, and find the one known as Morty. We should ask him for assistance like Joy said. Maybe he can give us the stuff we need to pay for things. Who knows if Joys sisters will just give us food and shelter. We should be ready to contribute to their den if they let us stay there."
He nodded, satisfied with himself for figuring that out, before looking ahead down the clear road. He considered trying to scavenge something from the woods, knowing that he could find berries or something that his usual prey ate if he just searched a little. However he also knew leaving the pack would be a bad idea, especially since Kurtz could get scared and run off at any moment. He continued to walk ahead at the front of the pack, keeping his eyes open for anything close to the edge of the road.
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Post by Robot on Sept 7, 2018 14:23:20 GMT
(Perceptions please.)
Some distance up the road a hint of blue catches the eye, the glitter of sunlight on water, the path itself split by a pair of ponds. Amidst the birdcalls are Starly, which Muku recognizes readily, as well as Murkrow and Spearow, both of which send a shiver down her spine. Crows were jerks, just for the sake of being jerks, and Spearow were vicious! The only thing that would be worse would be owls!
Thel's attention on the mountainside draws his eyes to all the different caves, a few of which might be accessible with a little bit of effort.
Omega, with his eyes forward, can just barely make out a tower looming high on the horizon.
Em hums a soft tune that seemed to be present in Joy's 'den', it is mildly distracting. Kursz stays to the trees at the edge of the path, rustling against the bushes and casting his eyes nervously skyward.
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Post by DataNinja on Sept 7, 2018 18:04:42 GMT
Thel looks up at the caves, reminding him of home. He wonders if there might be other Salandit here, or if there was nothing. They look like they could be cozy homes at least. Facing the sun in the morning to help wake up and shake off the lethargy... But they're not homes for him anymore. That's not his world... not now. Maybe one day again. He does dare to venture out, "Do you think there's anything up in those caves there? They don't look like they'd be half-bad for homes."
Perception: 9
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Post by Breakthelevee on Sept 7, 2018 21:55:08 GMT
Omega sees the tower ahead of him and focuses in " I think we have almost made it. There's a massive spire of a building I can see through the trees." When Thel mentions the caves, Omega absentmindedly looks over " Maybe there are Pokemon in there, but I would guess that's it. Humans don't tend to make their dens in caves, unless they make them themselves." The once wolf didn't want to say it out loud, but he was afraid of what might lurk in the caves. They were weak and should stick to the path like Joy said. He turned his focus back to the tower ahead and kept walking. Perception of 3
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Post by birdy51 on Sept 8, 2018 12:34:51 GMT
"There are birds up there too." Muku says, craning her head towards the skies. "Mean flappers, Spearow, and dark hats, Murkrow. Both have sharp beaks and hate everything. Muku hates them back. Starly lives here too. But they're hard to hear."
She closes her eyes to listen a bit more closely, as if to maybe try to pinpoint where the Starly's are. But it was not meant to be. Em's humming rapidly thwarted Muku's ability to listen into bird calls, and before long she lost track of the Starly sound. She sighs audibly.
"I can't hear them so nicely now. There probably aren't that many flocking here..." She pauses a little, and looks towards the caves.
"I don't think I would want to live in a cave either." She adds pointedly, hurrying her pace to get away from the scary dark places of this world.
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Post by Robot on Sept 8, 2018 15:14:37 GMT
Muku spots the largest, tastiest looking beetle up a sparsely foliaged tree. It has a thick blue shell and a long powerful looking horn, it would probably only be food for the hungriest Staraptor, she'd never met one before, but she could imagine how big a bird that was when Staravia was so big too!
Thel sees a brilliant white quadruped with a black furred face, and a snubbed sickle-shaped horn off to one side, giving it a shaggy appearance sitting in the mouth of one of the caves that isn't too high up the cliff face. It watches the procession curiously before yawning and disappearing into the caves.
Something massive dislodging rock, dust, and scree from the mountain whips it's body against the trees at Mt. Mortar's base, a rock serpent, but it's some distance up the road. It adjusts its positioning and starts digging back into the stone again, but it looks to be a lengthy affair.
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Post by DataNinja on Sept 8, 2018 17:22:10 GMT
"There's definitely something up in there," Thel says. "It's big, and furry. Doesn't seem to be too concerned with humans, though." He admits, there's some curiosity there. He'd never seen something like it before. "Maybe there's something worth having in those caves..."
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Post by Breakthelevee on Sept 9, 2018 2:12:30 GMT
"Hmmm maybe you're right" Omega agreed with Thel, one of the very rare occasions where that happens "There's also that massive snake. Could you imagine having something like that on our side? We would be unstoppable..."
He turned to the group and nodded "Let's do it. Let's grow our pack and get stronger, so we don't have to be afraid anymore" That last part was important to him, because he was absolutely terrified about this plan. That Rock Snake was massive and could crush him like a bug....
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Post by birdy51 on Sept 10, 2018 1:54:21 GMT
"Muku doesn't want to fight a Rock-Pokémon!" Muku protests adamantly. Now that it was pointed out to her, she could see the evil creature. Rock-Type. Big! Stone hurler! Destroyer of nests! She flaps her arms violently in emphatic protest as she continues, screeching, "They're mean and they have big arms! They throw rocks! And sometimes, if they get angry enough, they make big BOOM! Kikiki KAAA!"
Air fills her mouth... Flapper things and make a bubble, before she releases it with a big breathy sigh. "Not to mention... Muku doesn't have any Pokémon for fighting big rock things! But... Muku does think you're right. We can beat Rock Snake and make him our friend!"
Yet, in spite of her 'confident' smile, she still didn't want to fight the Rock Snake. That was written all over her face in such a way that no one, let alone a person just learning about her new body could ever do. A thought comes to mind, as her eyes go back to the blue shelled insect in the tree. It was a big creature, but she was so much bigger now too, right? Not as big and strong as a Staraptor, or even a Staravia, but maybe, just maybe she could try capture that thing if she worked together with Mmmip. And if she could capture that Pokémon, maybe she could use it to help catch Rock Snake!
She nods resolutely. "Ok! Muku hates caves, so Muku doesn't want to go inside. But, Muku does see a Pokémon out here that might help against the evil Rock-Type. If you want to go inside after furry things, I'll stay out here and catch this one! Em or Kursz can join me too if they like!"
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