[X] My Assistant

[Headwind]

So, the current order of events goes like this: they all arrive, Kaya has her gym battle with Rose and Xavier on the side, Rose and Xavier battle, the poachers ambush all of them, they go to get their Pokemon back, return to Fidona and have a group battle. Sound good?

On my side, I was thinking maybe Joltik could help us. Joltiks are really, really small, and the poachers could be written like they didn't know Hyde the Joltik clung to one of them. The problem with that is we'd need another Electric Pokemon to find them. I was thinking Hyde the Joltik could emit an electrical wave that only another electric Pokemon could see or feel. We do have Kaya's Manera the Blitzle for this, though I'm not sure if Manera gets abducted too.

Another idea would be Rose's Ciar the Zorua. It could just sniff the poachers out, granted we could steal a piece of their clothing or something. Plus, a Zorua changing into something else to confuse the poachers is just cool.

Rose's Wyatt the Rufflet could also tail the poachers through the air. That's usually how Ash and his friends on the anime look for Pikachu: a Flying Pokemon for vantage point.

Tawny's Combee also has Sweet Scent, which could also draw Ciar the Zorua or every other Pokemon that wasn't captured.

What do you think?

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I love your plan for the order of events! It sounds awesome!

Regarding Xavier and Tawny's proximity to Kaya and Rose, your call. But that's probably a good idea. We can introduce both pairs early on. Then Kaya can have the battle.

[FirePower]

On my side, I was thinking maybe Joltik could help us. Joltiks are really, really small, and the poachers could be written like they didn't know Hyde the Joltik clung to one of them. The problem with that is we'd need another Electric Pokemon to find them. I was thinking Hyde the Joltik could emit an electrical wave that only another electric Pokemon could see or feel. We do have Kaya's Manera the Blitzle for this, though I'm not sure if Manera gets abducted too.

Another idea would be Rose's Ciar the Zorua. It could just sniff the poachers out, granted we could steal a piece of their clothing or something. Plus, a Zorua changing into something else to confuse the poachers is just cool.

Rose's Wyatt the Rufflet could also tail the poachers through the air. That's usually how Ash and his friends on the anime look for Pikachu: a Flying Pokemon for vantage point.

Tawny's Combee also has Sweet Scent, which could also draw Ciar the Zorua or every other Pokemon that wasn't captured.

What do you think?

I was planning on keeping only Attila, since he's super common, especially in comparison to all the others. If y'all want, though, I could somehow keep Manera too. Sneak it into its pokeball after the poachers find its empty or something like that.

[Rasu]

Hello, I'm wondering if this is still open and, if so, if I could join in with Royce? I think that it's time to introduce him properly in an RP.

[Asterna]

Blah, that post took way too long to write. Oh well, at least it's up now. By the way, I assigned the poachers genders, if you don't mind, since I think it's kind of stupid to call them "this person" and whatnot all the time; I edited the first post to reflect that.

Okay, now onto more important stuff!

Lacuna Shade: I like your Joltik idea. I was planning on Ciar getting captured, actually, since he's a rare species and all that. I do like your illusion idea, though! He could do something like that after he gets kidnapped. Also, Wyatt's a bit too young to fly that far, and Rufflets have tiny wings (although they can somehow use Fly in the games...), so I don't think he would work either.

Hydrophobia: I personally don't mind you joining, but I don't want to speak for everyone, so I'll wait for them to weigh in first.

[Headwind]

Should we go with Xavier's Joltik then and Kaya's Manera (Blitzle)? The whole electric wave thingy? The problem will be how Kaya manages to keep Manera from getting stolen. Ciar the Zorua can still escape with illusions, I'm thinking, and it could find us, Rose specifically, and point us in the right direction. Of course, by then, we would be close by the poacher's hideout if we gave chase the second the poachers ran.

I still have this funny scene in my head wherein Tawny's Smoochum, being Oblivious and all to the kidnapping, Licks one of the poachers and paralyzes him (yeah, the guy seems to be more careless than the woman, although Smoochum's cuteness, as exploited in the anime, could make the woman lose her focus as well). Smoochum Licks them to say hello, it being friendly but totally Oblivious. It could work. xD

I'm good with Hydrophobia joining. Will he be entering the scene before or after the gym battle?

We could also have Royce's Captain (Blitzle) take Kaya's Manera (Blitzle) in place of the electrical wave tracker. If the poachers didn't see Royce's Pokemon, and if they hadn't seen him before the gym battle, he could work as a surprise hero of sorts. Plus, Royce's older and the strongest protagonist (yeah, Xavier's not going to put himself in harm's way, honestly; he's no merc) in this story.

This post has been edited by Lacuna Shade: Dec 7 2011, 08:04 PM

[Rasu]

I'm good with Hydrophobia joining. Will he be entering the scene before or after the gym battle?

I guess it really depends on when the battle happens and whether or not I can find a good way to keep Royce occupied until it's over. Then he walks in as the poachers enter the scene and gets dragged into the whole thing when his Cyndaquil gets stolen.

Royce also owns a Blitzle with Double Team, which could be a way to deceive the poachers and escape, thus making him available to track down the Joltik.

This post has been edited by Hydrophobia: Dec 7 2011, 08:06 PM

[Headwind]

I'm good with Hydrophobia joining. Will he be entering the scene before or after the gym battle?

I guess it really depends on when the battle happens and if I can find a way to keep Royce occupied. Then he walks in as the poachers enter the scene and gets dragged into the whole thing when his Cyndaquil gets stolen.

Royce also owns a Blitzle with Double Team, which could be a way to deceive the poachers and escape, thus making him available to track down the Joltik.

The Double Team idea could work. I'm guessing the poachers (especially the woman) wouldn't want to waste a lot of their time in the limelight, trying to catch another Blitzle with Double Team when they already have a weakened Blitzle (Kaya's Manera) from the gym battle.

Royce could watch the battle, too. Maybe he's studying the gym leader for a future challenge? Tawny could then get smitten with Royce. I'd love to RP her awkwardness around crushes. Basically the reason I had her partner up with Xavier. xD

You should know that post-gym battle, Rose and Xavier are going to have a short battle of their own. Short because, you know, Xavier only has two Pokemon. Afterwards, the poachers show up and the rest will be history.

[Rasu]

I was thinking about more in the lines of "Oh sweet, we yoinked another Blitzle! *scram*" then have Captain walk out of a bush while giving them the "...Seriously?" look. Wouldn't be very noticeable, though, as he only has one eye anyways...

Okay, now I have to make him watch the battle. Dunno how, since he likes to take his job very, very seriously and he'd need a pretty good reason to stay and watch. Seeing how he already beat the eight Kanto gyms (a few years ago, though) he'll probably want to see how an average trainer handles with the pressure or something. Can't wait to see the scene with Tawny, which will probably leave Royce wondering what the hell was he thinking when he walked into that gym. xD

Oh, and there's his wound too, which could be the reason why he can't stop the poachers at first and they manage to escape.

[Headwind]

I just finished reading about Royce! This is going to be cool with him and Xavier and Tawny. Haha! Xavier's going to have a breakdown when he realizes Tawny's crushing on Royce, considering Xavier's still mad at Tawny (so she has no right to forget about his anger at her). xD Yeah, good luck, Royce. Kids with emotional scars are harder to handle than guys with guns. xD

Or, you know, he might think Xavier's hair is Mew in disguise. Just kidding. xD

Your plan could do too. Badass Blitzle!

[Rasu]

Taking in account his line of work and the fact that he spent weeks in a jungle with a monkey, his socializing skills are a bit... lacking. :P

Sheila (Royce's partner in Furoh) could also call him through his Poketch during the scene, probably leaving Tawny thinking that she's his girlfriend and leaving Royce facepalming even harder. This will be a really funny scene, I can tell! xD

[Headwind]

Xavier could relate to that lack of social skills but not when he's threatened. It'll be fun! Exposing these characters' flaws is always fun. Or maybe I'm just that evil. xD Tawny's going to be down in the dumps after that phone call. xDDD

[FirePower]

I'm fine with Hydrophobia jumpin' in. The more the merrier, they say!

As for how to pursue the poachers, I just remembered (Just should be read: a few hours ago when I began to type this) that Luke has Harmony, who could help track from the air. Kreek & Strall could also be useful, but from the position of being stolen.

My idea is Strall, who sometimes walks around outside its pokeball and has no idea it's been poached, comes out to find the poachers instead of Luke and Company. It puts two and two together and starts hacking away at the poacher's legs (along with any other pokeamon that wants to join the slugfest). While Strall does that, Kreek (and maybe Ciar, if Asterna's interested) sneak off and find the pursuing trainers, leading them to the chaos ahead.

So, um, what do y'all think of that?

[Headwind]

Sounds like a plan! So, Xavier's Joltik emits an electrical wave that Royce's Blitzle will track after the latter uses Double Team to prevent capture from the poachers. Royce and his Blitzle will just realize the presence of the strange electrical wave from Xavier's Joltik and use it to start pursuing the poachers. Luke also calls out Harmony to provide aerial scouting.

Meanwhile, Luke's Strall leads a hostile Pokemon attack on the poachers (with Tawny's Smoochum giving one of them a paralyzing Lick), whereas Kaya's Kreek and Rose's Ciar sneak off to meet the pursuing trainers, who are just a few steps behind all the chaos thanks to Royce's survivalist instinct and whatnot. At this point (before Kreek and Ciar sneaks out), Joltik's electrical wave emission stops when one of the poachers find it and try to put it back inside a Pokeball, rending the trainers temporarily stuck.

Sounds awesome? xD

[Asterna]

Sounds good to me! *thumbs up*

Oh, but what happens after Joltik's emission stops? Do they just keep trying to find the poachers by other means?

[Headwind]

Sounds good to me! *thumbs up*

Oh, but what happens after Joltik's emission stops? Do they just keep trying to find the poachers by other means?

That's when Ciar and Kreek bump into the trainers, I think.

[Asterna]

Hey, guys! The RP hasn't been replied to in a while, so I was wondering if I should post now. I assumed that the new posting order would have been me -> FirePower -> Lacuna Shade -> Hydrophobia, so I was waiting for him to post, but I suppose that in retrospect I should have mentioned that first. Hydrophobia, would you mind going next (as in keeping up the posting order I mentioned before), or should I go? Or should we change the posting order?

[Rasu]

Sure, I'll post tomorrow seeing how it's rather late here. However, I won't be home until 7 or 7:30PM.

edit; Actually, I won't be able to post today. Tomorrow's a better guess.

This post has been edited by Hydrophobia: Jan 23 2012, 06:50 PM

[Asterna]

Right, so... now that we've gotten past introductions, we'll be moving on to the Pokecenter in the next post, right? Do you guys mind if I bunny your characters a bit and just say that they all went to the Pokecenter rather than making another round of posts to get there?

[Headwind]

I'm okay with that.

[FirePower]

That's fine by me.