Term One Charlotte

    "It's a pleasure to meet you. Your bag is so cute where did you get it? That patch is so me, like what even is this world right?" The girl laughs and keeps rambling as Elegym looks up to you and flashes some lights. 

    "I was thinking of going into town soon before the big show tonight to pick up some more supplies. My parents gave me a card to use for groceries and stuff. Wanna come?"  Courtney realizes she might be rambling and kind of looks down shuffling her feet. Her Skitty purring up against your foot and smiling at Elegym.

You receive a text back from 5P3C73R "They are pretty cute. How are you liking the rooming situation?"

    "Oh my gosh awesome, wait did you say cargo? What are you missing exactly? Are you one of those girls with loads of clothes? Me personally I have a ton but I had a dude from the other floor help me move it all in. He was kind of cute, do you have a boyfriend Charlotte?" She finishes grabbing her purse and dragging you out by your arm. 


    Coming into town you see a bustling strip full of students varying in rank and type. Cliques of people can already be seen forming. You see some girls giggling near a food stand selling mo-chi balls, a group of gentlemen checking out some swords at another stall, while a large group can be seen around this tech board with floating words and images that seem to change every little bit. There seems to be a few people handing out fliers for clubs, others seem to be handing out local discount coupons. Varying stalls call out to Courtney. You watch as she jets off towards a Pokemon clothing booth. 

    "OMG Charlotte look at those cute little outfits, I must go over." You would follow if the gleam of metal and wiring didn't catch your eye first. A thin framed boy with glasses sits behind a metal bench in a dome shaped tent. On various tables circuit boards, motherboards, wiring, monitors, hard drives and the like are displayed out. Several sets of micro tools lay beneath a locked case. 


A message vibes back in Charlotte's pocket.  "I mean i'll probably beat some Korean ass until I see the newbies coming in Monday."

    The tech board appeared to be receiving and accepting various request from around the campus. Some appear to be fetch quest, while others are asking for lessons in upcoming classes. Some are clubs sign ups, but nothing in particular calls out to Lottie. 
    
    The boy looks up and nods as you begin to browse through some of the wares. Lottie quickly scans through the junk and begins to find some gems among the rabble. She catches the looks of a Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, along with a Corsair AX1500i, but its the Intel Core i9-7900X beneath one the glass cases that stop her and make her tech buzz twitch a little. 
As you peruse the items your phone vibes again. 
    "Oh you got jokes, who can hack faster than me? I am the aim bot champ."

Elgyem tilts her head to the side and eyes you. 

    "Yes." Her lights ignite into a flash of green. The small Pokemon appears to be studying you with a watchful eye. She takes in the view of the computer parts and with a wave of her hand several of them connect into a flashing construct. 

    Looking around for your roommate you don't have much luck, she appears lost among the plethora of people. Charlotte's eye is quickly captured by the flash of steel from a robot walking in the distance. Following the gleam leads to a small outskirt from where she was. She sees two kids talking into a watch like communicator as two bots that look similar to Pokemon crash into each other, and use mechanical moves to battle.  A small crowd of people in more professional attire seem to be watching and running various calculations on the fight. 

Your phone buzzes back as you walk to join the crowd;
    "Anytime you are willing to lose error 4"


Bot 1
Bot 2

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    Roll Perception, and Tech Ed

She looks up to and flashes red this time. 

    "We do not have constructs of that nomenclature like humans do. We simply are, we communicate strictly telepathically so the need for names to identify are not needed. However you may call me whatever you wish Lottie. The device before you is nothing more than an amalgamation of parts. It does nothing, but is merely a display of my power. I can sense similiar waves from you and was hoping you would show me as well."

    The battle ends a bit after the bipedal bird bot unleashes fire from his metallic claws and douses the opponent in a gout of flames. 

    "Aww man come on, you know I don't have access to anti fire mesh yet." The dude looks pissed and bit sad as his bot has several deformations now. The suits from prior finish some writings and congratulate the winner. 

    "Looks good doesn't it?" A  man says tossing a cigarette to the ground. 

    "Robattles are a common thing for those who love machines a bit more than organic creatures. Names Landon by the way. I saw you studying from afar with that little cutie and decided introductions were in order. I sort of assist in the robotics division here. You should stop by some time, we don't typically get women interested in machines. Something about cold and unfeeling science turns them off." He laughs a bit at his own joke and smiles down at you."

Landon


    

He reaches an outstretched hand. 

    "It's a pleasure to meet you Charlotte. Monday when you get a chance you should stop in and i'll show you around. Just ask the lady at the science desk for my office." 

With that he walks off to talk to the winner and they appear to be discussing specs and other things related to the robot. Scully looks up at you thoughtfully and begins to float in the direction of the robots. She studies the fallen one for a moment before returning to you.
    
    "Cheaply made. Losing was assured." Before you can reply a text vibrates your pocket.
Text

You hear a small but audible laugh inside your head as she shakes hers. Before she can sign a few colors the ceremony begins to start.


  The anticipated patrons of the stands shuffle to their seats as a band lights up the stage. The thrumming of hard guitar and double bass drum kits can be heard for miles. A man dressed in black and white walks towards the center of the stage, as a microphone dances down from the ceiling.


    “Ladies and gentlemen, are you ready for a clash of two titans? These two superstar’s names can be heard ringing from every mouth in the Pokémon world. Coming in first is our school’s challenger Vanessa Lynn owner and champion of the Dewford Gym.”


    Spotlights strike an archway as a figure begins to ascend into the stage. Coming into light her vibrant red hair reflects off the incoming lights. Her tight black pants and jacket reveal a tight physique that appears hardened from years of dedication to the art of combat. Her expression resembles that of a tiger awaiting its prey. The woman breaks into a jog before hurdling into the air with a succession of front handsprings and somersaults directly into the stage. She makes a few laps around the stage throwing her arms up. With each swing, the crowd roars louder. The ref makes a calming motion and motions towards the other entrance.
Vanessa

    “Making his way to the ring now is the man who hardly needs an introduction here at Ragnarok. The man who has triumphed above all here at this establishment. The powerful, the indiscernible champion of us all…ZANE NOBLE.”
 Zane

    The music slows to a soft whimsical melody as a man clad in dark begins to stride into the spotlight. His jet-black hair barely reaching his ears, a crooked smile set upon his face as he looks up to the audience. Crossing his left leg over his right he takes a bow and opens his arms to the now jeering crowd. Making his final steps onto the stage he sheds his dark coat and his physique is clearer to make out. His proportionate physique is offset by his rather large bi and triceps. The ref comes forward once the two settle across from each other. The air is electric as the two reaches for their companions on their belts.


    “Alright ladies and gentlemen the stage is set but let’s not forget this isn’t just a singleton, but a three versus three bout. What? You thought I was done there, did I mention it was in a steel cage? This is Vanessa Lynn after all folks.”


    Barely skipping a beat, a large rectangular cage drops around the fighters. A ding is heard as the two jump back and unleash the monsters inside. From Zane’s corner, a sword and shield appear floating next to him at the ready. While Vanessa sends out a large blue toad with protruding claws on each forehand. The two instantly clash, but as they lock in combat as do their fearless trainers. Vanessa rushes in quick and unleashes a flurry of blows. Zane is quicker than one would think being able to aptly dodge most the attacks while being able to counter them punch for punch it would seem. On the Pokémon end the blade glows bright and creates an illusory larger blade striking down on the toad, only to be caught in the clutches of the beast and quickly sucker punched into the blades hilt. The sword floats backwards awkwardly but is able to retaliate with an onslaught of slashes aimed at various parts of the body. Blood begins to spew from the opponent as the cuts appear deep. Falling to a knee the toad bows down, as the blade moves forward to deliver the coup de grace a smirk can be seen if only for a second. With a flying uppercut, the once downtrodden victim knocks out the blade.

    Turning to check on his fallen comrade Zane receives a direct kick to the ribs from Vanessa. Wheeling around he quickly returns and dispatches his next Pokémon. This time revealing what appears to a large flaming moth. The creature waste no time setting the stage ablaze. The amphibians skin dries quickly and passes out from the fiery intensity. Vanessa tumbles over and recovers her Pokémon and empties out her next gladiator. This time an aqua jackal takes the field, with a brilliant array of colors he summons an orb and fires it at the moth.

This goes on for some time, the fire and the fox dancing in the heat of battle, as Vanessa and Zane trade blows. Low kicks, volleys of punches, and the like. The sound of bone hitting bone echoes through the crowd, barely audible over the massive cheering. With a final shot the fox summons a massive bone club from thin air and charges the wall of flame. Splitting himself into three with pure speed he rushes in, landing a successful final blow to the moth. Zane attempts a flip kick towards the jaw of Vanessa but is quickly met with a chop to his shin. Limping off from the force he calls back his moth and chucks his final ball at the heavy breathing fox. A fresh rival appears, this time in the shape of a dragon. With a mighty roar, the blue and red dragon grapples the fox. His final gambit clearly taking its toll, he collapses after a few minutes of combat.

    Spitting some blood to the side, Vanessa smiles once more and without skipping a beat sends out her ace. The four-armed titan comes out swinging. Zane for some unknown reason begins to laugh. Running his hand through his hair he reveals a wicked grin. Disengaging from the bout he jumps behind his dragon and with a final command a rush of draconian aura fills the stage. A rush of wind gusts through the crowd, however as the dust settles the image is clear. Vanessa is laying beneath an unconscious monster struggling to get free as Zane rides atop his dragon.


    “And there you have it folks, I barely have sound in my ear, and I think my leg is broke but the winner here has been decided. Let’s see if the champ has any words on this tremendous victory.”

Zane lands his dragon on the center stage and hops off to take the microphone.


    “Thank you, ref, but the outcome was obvious the moment you made me enter this fight. I’m the best here, there, anywhere. I’m the next champion, I simply can’t lose to someone who runs a gym.” With his final word, he drops the mic and walks off, picking up his jacket the last thing you see is the gold flash from his cuffs as he throws his hand back nonchalantly.

Scully throws a few mimic like punches and smiles. 

    "The fight was good, and it was close as well. The fight was not clear cut which is unusual for me. What did you think of it Charlotte?"

Charlotte is able to analyze that some of the Pokemon were Aeglislash, Croakgunk, Machamp, and Druddigon. 

Watching the people disperse outside Charlotte can easily infer that the peeps are hype and gathering outside. Adrenaline pumping through the veins of her peers she can only assume new battles were going to be popping up all over campus. 

She quickly notices the flash of purple under the moonlight running off with a few unfamiliar faces. Following after the girl she ascertains as Eliza, she comes to a large circle of people gathering. Many seem eager and the chatter of people drown out Lottie's own thoughts. Taking a quick glance most of the circle seems to be fellow blues eager to prove their skills, but a few yellow and reds also seem to be scouting the talent in the circle. A man comes forward and begins to raise his hands while speaking.

"Alright alright, lets get some official stuff going on. I'll be refereeing this here bout, lets get a show of hands of whose participating and whose just hear to watch. Lets see we got 1..2..3.." And his eyes fall onto you and Scully.