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Post by Robot on Jun 26, 2018 23:38:58 GMT
The kicks and punches to the offending Shinx are surprisingly effective, but given your sheer size compared to the small cat, it's no wonder. It staggers to one side and slumps amongst the roots of the tree, looking dejected. It's ears are down, and it doesn't make eye contact with the humans any longer. Shinx has withdrawn from the combat. The small insect and plant both seem all too willing to go along with Em's suggestion, bobbing along towards her peacefully to get away from the remaining predator. The squat, round humanoid has other ideas, and bops the scorpion in the middle of it's big dumb face.
With a measure of surprise, Kursz draws the thin pink needle from his forearm. Though it'd stuck, it hadn't even broken the skin. He watches in awe as it breaks into pink sparkles.
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Post by DataNinja on Jun 27, 2018 3:32:51 GMT
Thel's surprised at the effectiveness of simply whacking away. This body is far stronger - really, more physically powerful in general - than his old one... though, he still misses his heat and toxins. This will have to do, though. With the one predator put in its place, he moves more confidently towards the other, intending to do the same to it. Maybe crack it open later, cook it up, have a nice meal... He's probably far too overconfident, though, and realizes that he still doesn't quite have the fine points of attacking with these gangly limbs down yet. Thel attacks Skorupi with Thief. He misses with a 1.
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Post by birdy51 on Jun 27, 2018 10:32:07 GMT
Muku bounces back after her strike nimbly. She stands there a moment, arms stretched out behind her back and warbles. She glances quickly askance at Omega saying, "This one is weakened, can I leave the rest to you?
Whether answering in the affirmative or not, her body is already bending into a small back wheel cartwheel as she prepares to menace her other foes. She was confident that Omega could finish the job from there!
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Post by Breakthelevee on Jun 28, 2018 2:00:05 GMT
Omegas lips spread into a grin, or he was baring his fangs, it wasn't totally obvious " That one is down for now. I'll get to the other one." Rushing forward, Omega moved through the brush as if it wasn't even there until he made it to the embattled bug. Slashing out as if he still had claws, the once canine did his best to strike the enemy as he had the last. 5 on the AC check vs 4
for a whopping 15 normal damage
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Post by birdy51 on Jun 29, 2018 2:29:05 GMT
"B-but, what am I supposed to do with this one?!" Muku asks in a panic, watching Omega run across the upside down earth to go claw a bug. Wait. Upside down... Nyaaah!
The gravity of the situation hits and her arms give way underneath her. She crashes down with a lazy *thud*. Nyaah. She clutches her tiny Pokéball to her chest and watches the small tiger carefully with equally frightened "Listen, I don't know what to do with you because you're not what I usually eat, so go ahead and just stay down, ok?" She says shakily. "I don't really want to hurt you further, and my head hurts from jumping through the wall-thing that's not a door. You know what that's like, right?"
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Post by Robot on Jul 4, 2018 12:09:57 GMT
"I've seen the tall ones do this, I'll get him!" Kursz fumbles with the ball he was given enthusiastically, trying to wrap the strange meaty nubs... fingers, they were called fingers. Now that he thought about it, the bigger stalks they attached to were foreign too. His dad didn't even have those. The Skorupi continues to wave it's stinger around in a panic. 1MAYapYG1d3 (Target; Omega, Thel, Kursz) 1d20 Poison Sting 1d8+16Finally the large besweatered human loosed his Pokeball. 1d20 Ball Vs. Skorupi 1d100-1
After jagging Omega with it's stinger, the scorpion disappears in a flash of light.
To Muku's relief, the Shinx licks it's paws and seems disinterested in everything. It didn't lose, YOU LOST, it's just relaxing!
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Post by birdy51 on Jul 4, 2018 14:17:02 GMT
Muku continues to give the cat the stink eye. Why was it not quaking with mortal fear? Irksome beast! Her eyes scan to the battle longlingly where- Wait. What? The Skorupi was gone, a small red and white sphere in it's place. Kursz had thrown it... Right? Then maybe... Oh.
Her lips fold together with malice. "Ha! I'll show you!" She mutters, brandishing her ball in front of her with quiet malice. "If I catch you, you won't be able to fight back, and I'm sure Omega would be happy! So don't struggle!"
The ball expands rapidly, as she gets a good grip on the ball, and she tosses it at the cat!
Spending an Ap, Ball! qUr9XKMy1d20+1
Capture Roll! - 1d100-11d20+1·1d100-1
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Post by DataNinja on Jul 5, 2018 0:02:13 GMT
With the capture of the scorpion, and the 'withdrawal' of the quadruped, Thel thinks about turning an eye to that delicious-looking remaining bug... but then chastises himself. That's not the priority. "Lady Muku," he asks, "Are you all right? You ran off so abruptly..."
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Post by birdy51 on Jul 5, 2018 1:55:20 GMT
The ball sails somewhere far beyond Muku's immediate reach and no where near the cat. Perhaps unsurprisingly, a creature that didn't have hands had no clue how to throw a ball. Who knew! She gets up and turns to Thel with a frustrated look. "No no, I'm fiiine. Omega just scared Kursz, so I had to run after him, except where there was the open space, there was something there that I couldn't see, and I ran into it, and it hurt, but I had to run after Kursz because Kursz was running and so I ran here and then you all found me and then we started fighting, and I got confused, and now I need help finding my ball because I threw it at the four legs and my fingers are slippery."
She blinks twice, shudders, then hits the ground in a fetal position. "I don't even know why I had the ball. This has been a really, really weird day for Muku…"
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Post by Breakthelevee on Jul 6, 2018 5:41:51 GMT
Omega winces as some blood is drawn from the pink needle. He needed to get used to moving in this form, he was taking hits left and right that he should have been capable of dodging.
Ignoring his wound for now he walks past Muku to where he threw the ball, reaching down and picking it up and retrieving Mukus ball as well. Kursz was better with these it seems, he still needed practice to hone his use of his new limbs. Turning back he notices the once Starly on the ground and places a hand on her shoulder "You did good. Without your help I would have fallen to that Pokemon. Thank you" He gently put the ball she had thrown down on the ground in front of her.
Getting back up, Omega heads towards his original goal. Towering above the Shinx, he holds out the Pokeball "You fought hard, but my pack was bigger and stronger. And yours just got even smaller with the bug being gone. I offer you this, just one chance." He holds out the ball in one hand, and a fist in the other "Come with us, be part of my pack, and I will make sure you are fed and grow ever stronger. Turn me down and I will finish what we started. Or they will" He gestures back at the group behind him "Make your choice"
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Post by DataNinja on Jul 7, 2018 2:40:44 GMT
Thel isn't sure how to react to the sudden shift in Muku, so he just stands passively as she lets out her frustrated rant. Omega, at least, returned her ball... maybe the other was coming around to the proper way of thinking.
He suddenly realizes that he's hungry... so she must be, too. That is probably why the negative mood! He turns his attention to over where the prey are, eying them. Especially the delicious looking bug. It seems so much tastier than the hardy ones around the mountains where he lived before. ...though, there's an annoying niggling thought in his head that maybe he shouldn't eat it.
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Post by birdy51 on Jul 8, 2018 14:45:43 GMT
A pair of fluttering eyes reach up to touch Omega's, and Muku turns away quickly with a flushed look. "I'm just h-here to help." She stutters, barely audible at all. She shakes her head. That didn't feel normal. Was something wrong with her something? Ignore it! Ignore, ignore the problems in your head, yay~! It was probably just the whole thing of being a Starly and not being a Starly, and you know, everything is a bit weird and HAHAHAHA.
She bounces up with a start. Okay!~ Situation check. Kursz was doing ok, Em was corralling the prey(and doing a very good job of it!) while Thel seemed to be observing and Omega was... Convincing the creature to join them? The lithe girl sneaks up carefully, giving both Omega and the Shinx a pair of appraising looks. "Y-you're asking it to join us?" She asks quietly. Her eyes go between them, her own Pokéball and things finally begin to click. "Oh... This ah... This means you want to be its... Trainer?"
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Post by Robot on Jul 9, 2018 12:38:07 GMT
Kursz turns the ball slowly in his hands, his attention slowly sliding to Muku. Proudly, he strides up to the once bird, chest puffed out, a big smile on his face. "I don't need to be scared anymore, I'm the big one, and nothing can hurt me! The attacks were all so tiny, and I put the mean bug in this thing, so now it's gone forever." That was how Pokeballs worked right?
Em is kneeling, and talking in low tones with the pudgy yellow humanoid, thanking it for helping and settling a delicate hand on one of it's gloves.
The Shinx, still licking its wounds, gives Omega a baleful look before swatting the button on the ball with a paw, disappearing in a flash of light.
The bright eyed, striped insect perches atop the seed Pokemon, taking in the scene. It doesn't seem to be aware of Thel's predacious intent.
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Post by DataNinja on Jul 10, 2018 4:19:54 GMT
Thel stares at the bug, judging it, before moving forwards and realizing "You aren't scared of me, are you?" That's something he's not used to. His prior experiences with bugs, he had to lay in wait, hiding until the sweet disorienting toxic aromas from his body drew them close. He had to be quick with fire and claw, else they'd register him and escape.
But not this one. It's admirable, really. Or foolish. But it gives him even more pause. If the bug isn't fleeing... maybe it means he can't eat it... The thought worries him greatly. It's something he hadn't really considered before. What - and how - do humans eat, lacking fire and poisons?
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Post by Breakthelevee on Jul 11, 2018 5:21:25 GMT
Omega smirked for a moment as the beast went into the ball. He did it, same as a human would. Placing it gently into his pocket, he turned to Muku "I want our pack to grow larger, to make us stronger. The strongest humans are the Trainers like Gold and the one he called Lance. They can turn the power of Pokemon to their side, and command them. I want to do the same."
He pulled the ball back out and looked at it in the center of his palm "This was my first step towards that strength. This Pokemon and I will become the Alpha of the humans. Then our pack will reign supreme" His eyes move down to meet hers and he smiles.
A few moments later when Kursz runs up, Omega steps back and lets him talk to Muku, strangely feeling bad about earlier and how he had startled the large man.
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Post by birdy51 on Jul 11, 2018 21:04:08 GMT
Muku hangs onto every one Omega's rapturous words. My, was he always so powerful and brave like this? When she was but a simple Starly, she could not have perceived what strong wings this one had. His flock must have been very proud to have him. Slowly, oh so slowly his strong, surely perceptive eyes come down to meet hers and lo, it was eternity beckoning.
But then he turns away, and Muku could hear the now surprisingly confident voice of Kursz behind her. Flicking her crest swiftly, she turns and gives him a cautious smile. Her beak-thing was doing something weird, and there was a tightness in her cheeks. Gah? A smile? Yeah, probably. She was... Happy for him, right? Right! "You did really well Kursz! You are the biggest! You are the strongest!" Muku chirps, bouncing up and down on the balls of her foot talons. She pumps one talon into the air and gives the big oaf a broad smile. "That was your first step to becoming a trainer like Omega! It's not gone forever because now you have to train it for the good of the plack!"
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Post by Robot on Jul 13, 2018 10:50:49 GMT
Kursz was happy, and proud. He felt bold, and strong. It was all he ever wanted in life! Well, that, to be big, and have food. Muku's encouragement only bolstered him further, buy the statement confused, his heavy brow furrowing. "What's a plaque?"
Em talks the small begloved humanshape into joining her, and it disappears into the ball in her lap. She sits back, looking winded and thoughtful.
The cutiefly approaches The curiously. It's big eyes sparkling despite the dim lighting. It lands in his hair.
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Post by DataNinja on Jul 13, 2018 17:44:20 GMT
Thel watches the bug with much the same interest as it was watching him. At least... until it disappeared out of view, and he felt it alight on the cushion atop his head. He's still not used to not being sleek and smooth... but humans are not exactly built to be lightning-fast predators.
He feels conflicted. On the one hand, he still thinks the bug would taste good. On the other... well, the others are already catching Pokémon of their own. Em must have the right idea. And he does not want to fall behind Omega. He is insolent, and doesn't know his place. So, awkwardly, not in the habit of talking to things that he has thought about snacking on, he tilts his head a little upwards and addresses the bug. Well, he hopes. "So... I don't know if you just needed a place to rest, or what... but, you're a brave little thing, just landing here. I... I like that. So, uh," he rolls the ball he'd been gifted around in between his palms a little bit, "I don't know if you want to accompany me, at least for a while, while we try and figure out what's going on. I... I promise I won't eat you or anything."
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Post by birdy51 on Jul 15, 2018 15:42:04 GMT
"Oh! It's a simple word. Omega says this is a pack, but I think this is more of a flock. So you just combine the two words together, and spposh! You've got a plague!" Muku explains eagerly.
She peeks out from behind the bug goliaths form to look at the remaining Pokémon. Thel seemed to be bonding quickly with that tiny tasting fly thing. Ah geez. That only left the Hoppip. The delicious, nutritious, tasty, yet so DAMN CUTE looking Hoppip. Muku strides forward predatorially, eyes wide with promise and mouth watering with salivation. "So I ah... I can't promise not to eat you, cause you look so very, very tasty, but I need a partner too! Won't you be... My cutie-pie?"
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Post by Breakthelevee on Jul 16, 2018 2:28:03 GMT
"We are a pack" Omega says walking up "Or I guess a plack. The important part is we are the only things like us anywhere. We are both Pokemon and Human. That is why I think we should stay together" He shot a glare at Thel "Even if we don't all see eye to eye"
"The way I see it, we have three choices. We can accept this as our fate, and try and eke by in our new forms doing nothing but surviving and lying low to keep those who did this from finding us. We can struggle and fight, and do everything possible to go back to our previous forms. Or we can rise to this occasion, and grow stronger than either Man or Pokemon could on their own. Personally, I plan on doing the last option. But whether your rise above this circumstance or struggle against it, it seems that this 'professor' that Gold spoke of is the one who we need to see" he tossed the ball containing the Shinx up and down in his hand "That is where I plan on going. You don't have to follow me. But I would like it if you did stand by my side. All of you" He adds that last part with a grumble before nodding
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