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Post by DataNinja on Feb 9, 2019 20:55:21 GMT
The two Pokémon seem to be rather... befuddled my her mirth, and not exactly taking this seriously. The Golett cocks its head, even as her foot bounces off of its metal body, and the Graveler just stares at her unblinking. They don't quite seem to know how to react to a situation like this. The Golett circles her, just... looking. It doesn't seem to exactly know what for, though.
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Post by Robot on Feb 10, 2019 2:07:38 GMT
Getting her footing, Mica looks between the two of them, wide eyed and a bit somber. "Were you not playing? Oh... I hope I didn't interrupt something serious? You seemed really evenly matched so I thought...! It's okay though! You know you don't have to hit each other to compare strength right? Here, I'll show you..."
Mica showed the Golett her hands. "You start across your opponent's front like this. In some styles with your foot inside each other's guard, here." Mica dragged her shoe so that her leg crossed the humanoid Pokemon's. "Others you face head on and grip your opponent by the waist." At this she took more of a squatting pose. "Or in Sumo the posture is like this, and you use your upper body. The objective is just to knock your opponent down without hitting them! It's called Wrestling."
Mica attempts to begin a grapple with the Golett, demonstrating the finer points of low-impact, non-damaging tests of strength. She continues to have a wonderful time with it, even with the instruction. "Sensei taught me these things, and now I share them with you!"
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Post by DataNinja on Feb 10, 2019 2:52:09 GMT
The Pokémon seem very confused, but at least follow Mica's instructions just in time for the bow to materialize in Donovan's hands.
While they appear to be quick learners... they also have a much higher, bone-crushing strength for even the most gentle of tasks. There doesn't seem to be very much delineation between 'no' and 'all', power-wise. It's still not very clear exactly what they were doing beforehand, but they seem to have abandoned it in favour of this odd new activity.
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Post by Robot on Feb 10, 2019 3:21:58 GMT
Mica attempts to wrestle with one, then the other to demonstrate, explaining the rules to win beforehand. Drawing an even circle in the dirt with her foot, she squares off. Traditional wrestling goes until there is a pin!
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Post by DataNinja on Feb 10, 2019 3:47:13 GMT
Unfortunately, it seems that in both the contests with Graveler and Golett, neither one of the combatants could gain an advantage over the other. Mica is too (comparatively) nimble, and the others too heavy. Also, the rock floats, so that seems like it might be cheating.
By the end, though, the 'mon seem rather tired - despite not exactly seeming to be organic. There's a bit of a bow from the brass one, and a nod/bob from the stone one.
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Post by Robot on Feb 10, 2019 3:53:15 GMT
"See? This way you get stronger with resistance training, you can share your feelings with the sweat of your brow and the strength of your back! Also it's really fun!" Mica was admittedly winded too. "Your friend gets stronger with you, so there's no limit to how great you could get with practice! I could stay and help, teach you other things like center of gravity and fulcrum throws and stuff, but Donovan and I have to travel! You're welcome to come along if you want? Promise there'll be more of this! I enjoyed it too much to put it off." She offers each a Pokeball.
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Post by DataNinja on Feb 10, 2019 4:48:19 GMT
Some of the metaphor is probably lost on the two 'mon, given that, well, they don't sweat, but the meaning appears to translate well enough. The rock stares at Mica with slow, languid 'blinks' of its eye, before reaching out to tap the ball, and get sucked inside. The Golett stares at the place where the rock had been, before appearing to consider for some time. It looks to eventually reach a decision, gaining a determined look on its face, and reaching at quick speed for the ball, also getting sucked in. You caught a Delta Graveler! Level: 25 Nature: Proud Gender: Female Abilities: Battle Armor, Iron Fist Moves: Iron Head, Mega Punch, Bulk Up, Mach Punch, Gyro Ball, Bullet Punch
Level: 25 Nature: Serious Gender: Female Abilities: Levitate, Regenerator Moves: Submission, Synchronoise, Seismic Toss, Rock Throw, Lock On, Miracle Eye
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Post by Breakthelevee on Feb 10, 2019 18:20:36 GMT
Donovan grasps the bow and then turns towards where the fighting was happening, not registering that it was over. He began muttering to himself "Alright spread my legs abit to get a more solid stance and then pull back and oh my god this isn't as easy as I thought it would be" With a strain and a pulled back string, he turns and looks to see Mica standing alone.
Slowly releasing his tension as to not dry fire the bow, he forces a smile "Errr I guess I took a bit too long to be any help. I'll just leave this out for now"
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Post by Robot on Feb 11, 2019 2:17:12 GMT
"I taught them how to wrestle, but I think they weren't fighting for fun." Mica blinked innocently at Donovan a few times before shrugging. "We'll have to figure out the other ways the plates can be used, and how fast, after the next temple. I wonder what kind of flying Pokemon we'll find that two people can ride... I'm really excited for that!"
Mica pauses thoughtfully, and queries Lana about it, informing her that they'll be entering another temple shortly. Not to worry if they go off grid for a long time.
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Post by DataNinja on Feb 11, 2019 4:01:25 GMT
Unfortunately for Mica, the pair is already out of reception range. Vesperia doesn't exactly have a robust telecommunications grid, outside of urban centers.
The rest of the walk to the Temple labeled 'Poison' is uneventful. Not easy - it's cold, and the sky threatens to rain on them once - but nothing out of the ordinary happens.
The trek to the temple itself is through thick, grueling forest. There's a path, barely, but it's overgrown with hardy, spiny plants. Eventually, though, the pair is able to push through into a clearing, where the sun is bright ad shining. It feels isolated from the world... though partially in a "no escape" sort of way, unlike the other Temples.
Donovan feels a slight sense of being here, as the two enter, returning once more to familiar forms. The inside of the temple has a purple hue over the white stone, with there not seeming to be any straight lines anywhere. Even the three tunnels leading out seem to wave and curve. It's not like the Psychic Temple though - all the architecture makes sense. There's what sounds like voices coming from one of the tunnels, straight ahead, while the ones off to the side offer simply silence.
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Post by Robot on Feb 11, 2019 23:32:59 GMT
It smelled kinda off in here. Or at least Mica imagined it would if she had a nose. The ground was uneven and kind of squishy. Everything was all bumpy. It wasn't nice and angular and smoothe like the inside of the rock temple. Gently, she nudged Donovan towards the voices. If this place was anything like the Rock temple, they wouldn't receive her well here. Grass at least had to look at her twice before... everything happened.
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Post by Breakthelevee on Feb 12, 2019 6:06:41 GMT
Even though it might feel wrong to some, Donovan felt a little at home here just like he had in the Grass Temple. Hopefully that would do them well. With a deep breath he takes a few steps towards the voices before Mica nudged him forward.
"It'll be fine" He says with a smile crossing his petals "Technically these are my people"
With that he turned and continued walking, standing as tall as his diminutive form would let him, as he went towards the voices
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Post by DataNinja on Feb 12, 2019 6:59:03 GMT
The tunnel snakes along, and the voices seem to raise to a yelling pitch as the pair make their way down it. By the time they get to the end, and an opening into a large room, the voices have mostly died down. Peering around the doorway, there are only two figures in the room, near the center. One is a sizable four legged scorpion Pokémon, about twice the size of Mica, and four times that of Donovan. She's got her claws wrapped around the throat of a bluish-purple frog of about the same size, and is pinning him to the ground. He's clearly struggling against it, but weakly.
"I expected more from you," she spits out. "Attacking me alone, unprepared, and after a sparring match, and you still couldn't take me on. Pathetic. You couldn't even hide the fact that you were eyeing my position from me. It clearly wasn't skill, but rather luck, that got you the influence you do. Or, should I say," she smiles cruelly, "did."
"A botched assassination, and one done personally," she shakes her head, mockingly. "What would the others think about that? An abject failure. See, I could kill you, and if you're smart you'll finish the job yourself, but... if you don't take the coward's way out, you'll be a nobody by tomorrow." She tightens her claws, before releasing the Toxicroak, who begins gasping. "Enjoy your time left as somebody of stature," the Drapion says, chuckling, her feet clicking on the stone as she walks away, not even deigning a look at the frog on the ground. "Who knows how long you'll have?"
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Post by Robot on Feb 12, 2019 17:48:08 GMT
"She sure is loud for a bug." Mica commented without any form of volume control. "Donovan what is an ass-ass-nation?" The Bonsly couldn't help but let out a nasal giggle at the idea of a country of butt people.
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Post by Breakthelevee on Feb 13, 2019 3:57:18 GMT
"Mica, quiet" Is all Donovan says before sliding into the room. This place wasn't like the others....though honestly he was pretty sure it was, they had just stumbled upon something at the right time. Well, wrong time, but he could use it to his advantage. Somehow.
"Sounds like you're in need of help." Donovan says, taking a few steps into the open, a slick smirk on his face "Maybe we can make a deal. She wouldn't expect you to have someone else do it after all" His tone had changed to be different. Almost caustic. "Or we can leave you to be nothing. Your choice" He lets his voice linger on the last words
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Post by DataNinja on Feb 13, 2019 4:06:41 GMT
The frog coughs and works on getting is breath, before looking around for the voice. "Who are you?" he asks, in a croaking tone that is probably not caused by his amphibian-ness. "And what do you want? If you really had the power to take her on, you wouldn't even bother with someone like me."
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Post by Breakthelevee on Feb 13, 2019 4:11:03 GMT
"I honestly have more power than you would understand." He says approaching the larger Pokemon with a laugh "But I don't know this place. Consider this a deal. I help you take care of her. I help you keep your position. And all you have to do is tell me where the Plate is kept" He smiles and holds forth a flower "That doesn't sound so bad, right?"
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Post by Robot on Feb 13, 2019 11:04:36 GMT
Junthem had warned her about this tribe. He had warned her about Donovan too. Did he really only want the plates to free the tribes? Did she want people like this out there?
Polaris did stuff like this. Everything that had transpired, from Donovan scolding her to silence, to how he silkily tried to con his way into a plate put her off. This wasn't how they did things. Already mostly out of sight, she slipped away. She couldn't and wouldn't watch this. She would do things on her own merit, like sand, if Donovan wouldn't be part of her mountain.
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Post by DataNinja on Feb 13, 2019 20:23:26 GMT
Donovan
"Now, see," the frog says, getting to his feet, "that seems like an offer that's too good to be true. And I know when that's the case, it never is. You're asking a question that anyone should know the answer to. That alone is suspicious. So, explain yourself. I'm no sucker."
Mica
Walking back along the corridor, returning to the entrance, Mica finds herself alone in the room. There are corridors to the left and right... or she could always just sit down and wait for someone to maybe come along.
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Post by Robot on Feb 13, 2019 23:34:59 GMT
Mica looked up at the exit, right, then left. Nothing good ever came of quitting, so she wouldn't give up. Once she had the plate then she could sit Donovan down and they could talk about the way he carried himself in here.
Turning down the left corridor, she moved at a good clip, bouncing along on her stubby legs.
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