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Post by haybalebarn on May 16, 2016 6:09:50 GMT
Vess turns left and takes five steps in that direction, holding her hands out. M|xURyhM3d63d6
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Post by YourWaifu on May 16, 2016 6:32:59 GMT
Moving a bit faster now, Vess takes a few steps forward. She eventually comes to a wall, but she feels like the worst is over. A moment later, she gets her new directions from Citadel, tapping her on the left side of her left leg. Please roll Perception every turn, but you can also roll any skills you can justify for the situation. You can move forwards, backwards, to the left, and to the right. Please specify which direction you’re moving and how many squares if you choose to move.
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Post by haybalebarn on May 16, 2016 6:36:17 GMT
Vess turns left and takes five steps forwards and holds her arms out to catch herself, again. qdZxhnNJ3d63d6
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Post by YourWaifu on May 16, 2016 7:03:38 GMT
Vess takes a few steps forward, and surprisingly, she doesn’t run into anything! She doesn’t have much time to celebrate, though, as Citadel gives her her next direction soon after. Once again, she gets another prick on the left side of her left leg. Please roll Perception every turn, but you can also roll any skills you can justify for the situation. You can move forwards, backwards, to the left, and to the right. Please specify which direction you’re moving and how many squares if you choose to move.
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Post by haybalebarn on May 16, 2016 7:05:12 GMT
Vess would turn left and take 5 steps forwards with her hands out. sdQUD7WG3d63d6
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Post by YourWaifu on May 16, 2016 7:42:07 GMT
Vess’ good luck of not running into things seems to have run out, seeing as she only gets a step or two in before she feels another wall coming her way. As is becoming normal, Vess feels a prick on the left side of her left leg. This time, though, Citadel doesn’t just prick her once, he rolls into her leg a few times, clearly trying to communicate something. Please roll Perception every turn, but you can also roll any skills you can justify for the situation. You can move forwards, backwards, to the left, and to the right. Please specify which direction you’re moving and how many squares if you choose to move.
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Post by haybalebarn on May 16, 2016 7:46:14 GMT
Vess has already gone through the maze once, so she knows there's something to pick up. She'd turn towards Citadel and reach down towards the ground. If she doesn't find what she's looking for, she'll take a step forward, then another until she does. IV27vthv3d63d6
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Post by YourWaifu on May 16, 2016 23:39:47 GMT
After a few steps forward and feeling nothing, Vess finally stumbles upon something. She feels a flat metal thing and a cold sphere on it. Vess picks it up, and after a few moments, she can feel the room getting brighter, despite the blindfold. She still can’t make anything out, but there’s definitely a lot more light. In a few moments, Vess feels someone undoing the blindfold around his eyes and taking off the headphones. She can see a bunch of desks stacked to make makeshift walls and a small table knocked over in front of her. Sure enough, in her hand is the premier ball. The person untying her blindfold was Ren, and after he got everything off of Vess, he leads her back into the hallway to meet up with Dakota and Willow. Upon seeing her, Dakota tries to give her a high-five. “Awesome job, Vess! We make a great team, right Willow?” It takes the Phantump a moment to do anything, but then it slowly nods. “You guys are done then! Feel free to use any of the stuff in the rec room.” Ren says, opening the door and grabbing another pair of students. Congratulation! You’ve completed the maze, so you can move back to the group thread. If you want to do any fluff or anything, feel free to post!
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Post by haybalebarn on May 16, 2016 23:45:07 GMT
Vess somewhat begrudgingly accepts the highfive from Dakota, a rather blank expression on her face. "I suppose we did alright. You did a lot more of the work than I did."
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Post by haybalebarn on May 28, 2016 0:40:14 GMT
Secret focus test to try and remember my opponents pokemon. Spending AP.
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Annnn poke edu spending AP cause screw this 2d6+1
Finally a focus roll to see if I can remember the girl 4d6
And add a poke edu cause why not 2d6 4d6+1·2d6+1·4d6·2d6
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Post by YourWaifu on May 28, 2016 3:47:32 GMT
Vess almost immediately remembers Nuri. Nuri was also from Lux, and like Vess, came from the dirty underbelly of the city. The two happened to become friends growing up, even though Nuri was a few years younger than Vess and her brother. Or at least, they became what Vess counts as friends. Vess remembers her as being impulsive and eternally optimistic, despite living in less than ideal circumstances.
Nuri was always an interesting girl, at least from what Vess remembers. Nuri was an orphan and came from a particularly impoverished orphanage. Because she almost never got enough of anything, she was forced to find it from other places. Nuri was quite well-liked among the people who knew her because she’d always give gifts to others around the area. She was almost impossible to track down too, often disappearing for long stretches of time only to reappear later and act like nothing happened. Around the same time Vess’ brother disappeared, Nuri did too.
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Post by YourWaifu on Aug 19, 2016 2:57:26 GMT
When given the food, Citadel first inspects it a bit. After a moment, he seems satisfied, and begins to roll over the food slowly with his spikes out, sucking up the nutrients as he does so. When he finishes it just looks like a bunch of mushy food, but he seems a lot more full afterwards. He continues to roll on ahead of Vess, headed for Olmia.
On the way back to the academy, Vess’ Pokedex buzzes with a notification. It states:
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Post by haybalebarn on Aug 19, 2016 3:03:06 GMT
Vess quickly makes her way to the gym, happy at the speed at which Citadel is rolling along behind her. When she makes it to the gym, she quickly begins looking around for where she's supposed to go.
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Post by YourWaifu on Sept 6, 2016 6:05:37 GMT
Nuri gives a salute, saying a teasing, “Got it, boss!”
Before Vess leaves, she hears Nuri saying to the boys, “Alright losers! Time to give me the goods!”
When Vess hugs Citadel, the Ferroseed seems a bit confused and surprised at his trainer’s actions, but very quickly snuggles into his trainer’s embrace. Feeling her tears on his steely metal shell, he utters a calming, “Ferro ferro.”
Arriving at the PokeCenter, Vess sees a few people sitting around and waiting. A man with a stoic looking blue and bipedal Pokemon with black paws, ears, and white whiskers, is talking to the same male nurse that chatted to Vess about Alex earlier that day. A few other students from Olmia (as evidenced by their uniforms) and some other young trainers from the area are sitting down in the waiting room and talking. Walking up to the desk and handing over Citadel’s Pokeball, Vess is greeted by the meek, brown-haired nurse that accompanied Alex to the cafeteria earlier that day.
“It’ll be, um, one hour and thirty minutes! I’ll just mark this down on your Pokedex for you and, um, you can come back to pick up your Pokemon then.” She says, putting the timer on Vess’ Pokedex.
About fifteen or twenty minutes later, Nuri walks in, spotting Vess and walking over. “How’s my champ doing, huh? How’re you feeling after your first big win?
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Post by haybalebarn on Sept 10, 2016 5:57:30 GMT
Vess nods to the nurse, then mill around the waiting area for a while. Eventually, she decides to cure her boredom with pinball, and that's where Nuri finds her. She was pretty familiar with pinball anyways. Poor kids couldn't afford video games, but they were able to scrounge up enough money to play at the arcade, or the old pinball machine in the pizza place that didn't make you pay half of the time. She stares at the machine in intense concentration... time for it to have a new high score.
When Nuri walks in, Vess gives her a passing glance, using the movement to also blow away some of the bangs that had fallen in her face. She responds to both of Nuri's questions with a passive "Eh." Eventually, when she loses the last of her lives, she sighs and looks up at Nuri for a moment. "Don't suppose I get a cut of the wins, considering I'm the reason you won at all." It's half serious, half-joking. Free money is always nice, after all.
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Post by YourWaifu on Sept 11, 2016 7:52:05 GMT
Nuri laughs. “‘Course not! This is my payment for that food, or something. I don’t know. ‘Sides, I’m not the one with that fancy badge! Sure you could get something for free around here.”Nuri flops down on a nearby couch, her eyes roaming around the room as she speaks. “Tell you what though, because we go way back, I, Nuri Garcia, solemnly swear to do my best to get you want you need, if ya know what I mean.” She stretches out on the couch and continues. “Besides, there aren’t a lot of good hauls to be had out here anyway. There’s a weird amount of a security for a small town, and oh, did I mention this is a small town? It’s sooo hard to disappear in a small town. Gee, I don’t know how I’m going to survive Vess!” It’s now 8 PM! It’s actually closer to 8:30, but I forgot to mention it last post orz.
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Post by haybalebarn on Sept 13, 2016 22:56:00 GMT
Vess smirks and flops down on the couch next to Nuri. "You'll just have to be more subtle now. No more snatch and grabs like you always used to do. I'll never know why you needed such a large purse collection..." She pauses a moment, reminiscing, before speaking up again. "So how much of a stir did I cause? Everyone going to be talking about me for the next two weeks nonstop?"
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Post by YourWaifu on Sept 15, 2016 0:45:59 GMT
Nuri scoffs. “I didn’t do that many snatch & grabs. You’re forgetting I got more sophisticated, and I got better at talking. Don’t act like a suspect and whaddaya know, you aren’t!” She laughs, joining Vess in her memories. “And don’t diss the purses! They’re useful, yknow! They make you look fancy, and they go for an equally fancy price.”
Vess’ mention of the battle brings Nuri back to reality, though. “Eh, dunno. It’ll have to play out, but here’s what I think. Don’t think you’re super popular yet, and you definitely won’t be talked about for weeks, but people definitely know your name.”
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Post by haybalebarn on Sept 17, 2016 5:52:16 GMT
"Good. It'd be hella annoying to be super popular anyways." Vess sighs and stands up, stretching her arms before heading back to the pinball machine, giving it a good few attempts. Time flies as it often does at the old pinball machine, and soon enough, Vess's phone buzzes, telling her that Citadel is ready. After she collects him, she turns to Nuri for a moment, "Why don't we hang out at my dorm. Probably earned a break for one night." Without waiting for Nuri to respond, Vess heads out to the doooooooooorms, releasing Citadel to roll along beside her.
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Post by YourWaifu on Nov 5, 2016 7:12:58 GMT
“Oh yeah, totally!” Chaika says. After the two exchange numbers, Chaika continues, “So um, I know there are some fun things to do in town, like shopping, and there’s always the rec room, or we could have some fun in the snow! Vinea is really nice once you get used to it!”
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