In Her Image: a Pokémon RP

[JdaS]

The old lady, Madam Kerner, looked at the spirited trainer in front of her, her beady eyes scanning Daria's face through purple tinted glasses. On her lap, her Meowth yawned.

Meeeeeeeeeoooooooooowwwwrrrrr...

"Room 207... Next to that red headed young man... No flat roof here, I'm afraid..."

A look of devastation could be seen on Daria's face. But what the lady said next was sure to change that.

"This ain't one o' those namby pamby posh hotels. This 'ere's a real establishment! For real trainers! Like my late Mr. Kerner." Granny Kerner opened her mouth to a warm, proud smile. "Training room's downstairs dear. Dinner's at 8."

"That's Granny Kerner for ya!" Remy said, leaning against a wall.

"Hello. I am Ike. What is your name?"

A boy with a weird smile had offered his hand to Remy in greeting.

"Uh, name's Remy. Remy Olivier. You here for a room kid? You participating in the tournament too?"

Just then, two more would be tenants arrived. A young woman with a Grovyle stepped in, accompanied by a man with a Psyduck and Sandslash. The lobby was getting crowded fast.

"Whoa, better start passing out those keys, Granny! I'll just wait in the dining room for you guys. Come on down once you're settled in."

Granny Kerner then continued.

"Who's next?"

 

[saintdane05]

"Uh, name's Remy. Remy Olivier. You here for a room kid? You participating in the tournament too?"

"Why yes, I am here for the tournament. Isn't that a coincidence?"

Meanwhle, <color=hotpink>Kirlia was off poking the poor man's leg. <color=hotpink>"Kirr?

Damn, this is a disaster and I only said one thing...

 

[saintdane05]

His target had left for the dining room. Dang. He needed a key. This was going to be difficult.

Ike walked over to the lady with the Meowth. "Um, how much for a room?"

<color=hotpink>Kirlia was on his back now. She seemed to be sleeping on his shoulder. <color=hotpink>Kirrrrr... she purred, with a smile on her face. She was drooling a bit, though it was hard to notice.

 

[Shakomaru]

Tom walks back out of the crowd. "Well, I didn't see anything particularly terrifying, then again, I don't really know anything about the other regions pokemon...." The arachnid pinches him as he starts to nod off "Ow! You're right Kusari, it's getting late, and... Hey! look over there!" Tom points to a building that seems to be an inn. "The Sleeping Sunkern. Hm. Let's check it out?" Tom enters the inn, and walks straight into some kind of purple-leaved tree. He instantly falls down. Both Kusari and one of his pokeballs fall off of him.
"Ow... Oh! Sorry, are you ok?" Tom suddenly realizes that what he bumped into was not strangely colored foliage, but actually a purple haired girl. A very tall girl, but a girl.

 

[Redryhno]

"Who's next?"

"That'd be me and mine, Mame. Guys, quit that." Daffy and Knuckles had proceeded up to the front desk and were miming getting a key, with Knuckles the proprietor and Daffy the one getting the room.

"Psy. Sy,sy,sy,sy,sy,sy.Psyduck. Psy,psy,psy....Duck?"

"San,san,san,san.Ssllllasssh." He mimed getting a key and handing it to the Duck pokemon in front of him. Daffy spun on his heel....and kept spinning, two or three times before finally falling flat on his face, to which Knuckles then "jumped over the desk" and knelt to help him. Psyduck then lept up and smacked him in the face with his oversized head and bill, causing the Sandslash to fall on his back, seemingly unconscious, while Daffy shook his head a moment before standing and then going rigid and slowly falling, bowling pin style, back onto the floor.

The two then jumped back to their feet and struck poses, claw holding claw, awaiting their applause, smiles plastered on their faces.

 

[toobie]

"P-pokemon Champion? Does that mean that you're here for the tournament?" For some reason the notion that Ryan would compete with this stranger scared the stranger. This seemed strange to Ryan, as he had never seen himself as a threat or intimidating.
"Yup! I guess you're here too for that, ain't ya? Don't worry, I'm sure you'll do fine." In reality Ryan wasn't even sure if he himself would even last the first round. Seeing all the competition around made him unsure of his own skills. However, the fear-struck face of the stranger told him he wasn't alone in this.

"You're going to the PokéCentre too?" he said, walking towards it. He hoped they could stick together, as he really needed someone to talk to. Being lonely wasn't really his thing.

 

[Anayna]

Rupert's heart felt like it sank inside himself and found a not-entirely comfortable resting place somewhere beside his colon. So far his ideas about the tournament had been vague, mostly revolving around faceless opponents beating him to a pulp. Now he had a face to put on the opposition in the form of Ryan, but this really didn't help. If anything it made everything worse. Granted he had just met the young man, but Ryan seemed to be a sympathetic and nice guy. The thought that they would be forced to fight horrified Rupert. Until now he had merely been worrying about any harm coming to himself or his own pokemon, but he now found that he worried about the opposition's wellbeing too.

"Don't worry, I'm sure you'll do fine."

"Do fine?" But in the event that they would fight each other, Rupert doing "fine" would mean that Ryan would lose. How could Ryan wish him the best? The more Rupert thought about the tournament the more he simply wanted to leave this new strange place.

As Rupert wracked himself with all these notions, he barely noticed that Ryan had been gracious enough to invite him along to the PokeCentre. Rupert turned red, only now realizing how rude he had been. He hadn't even told the kind man his name.

"Oh! Yes, yes of course. It... that was my destination before all... this. Sorry. And yes, I will be competing in the t-tournament. Oh, and my name is Rupert. Rupert Gravel. It s nice to meet you. Both of you."

He ended this with an awkward gesture that was not quite a bow and not quite a nod to both Ryan and his Mightyena. Ryan seemed to take Rupert's mannerism in good stride, and together the duo made their way to the PokeCentre. There they were promptly told by the ever patient Nurse Joy that due to the influx of trainers attending the tournament there was no room for either of them at the centre.

"Well, hmm. Should we find an inn then?" Rupert suggested tentatively.

 

[CJ1145]

"Training room's downstairs dear. Dinner's at 8."

Daria stammered for a second, and her mouth dropped wide open. She was unsure how to react to such news; it was unexpected, to say the least. Finally, her brain settled on a reasonable course of action and set its carefully-laid plan into motion.

"WAHOOO!" she yelled in triumph, taking the key from Madam Kerner and looking ready to split her own face in half with the grin she sported. She hopped from one leg to another in rapid motion, unable to contain her excitement. An actual training room?! BEST. HOTEL. EVER. "Thank you, thank you, thank you!" she repeated over and over again as her head scanned back and forth like a searchlight to find the way downstairs. When she finally spotted the route, she took off in a mad dash, yelling back "Anybody wants to join me for training is welcome to it!"

And then, just like that, she was gone, leaving her bewildered Pokemon and anyone unfortunate enough to be watching in a daze. The quartet looked at each other, determining what to do, before finally shrugging and returning to their own interactions with their fellow Pokemon. All except for Jet, who after giving Ventus another nod slowly walked off in Daria's general direction.

 

[nuba km]

Lee stood there as the stranger dashed off into the crowd with no response, after about taking a moment to process what just happened he headed to the poke centre to find a place to stay, only to be told that he couldn't stay there. After walking for a couple of minuets he found a hotel and entered, just as he did he heard someone yell.

"Anybody wants to join me for training is welcome to it!"

I guess some training couldn't hurt, and this place is pretty crowded so it would be fun then just waiting Lee thought, he headed down stairs and saw a girl with her pokemon 'I wouldn't mind a 3 on 3 match' he said trying to be friendly.

 

[JdaS]

Granny Kerner went into hyperdrive, handing out keys at the speed of light. Anything to get all this riff-raff out of her lobby.

First was Ike. "Room 208, can't miss it."

Then, Darius. "Room 210, 209 had a Weezing incident..."

Matt was next. "Room 303."

Caleb's turn came up. "Room 305 for the gentleman. No sword fights indoors."

Savannah and Tom seemed busy getting themselves off the floor so they would have to wait. Lee on the other hand was going down to the basement when Granny yelled: "TAKE A KEY BEFORE YOU GO YOUNG MAN! ROOM 304!"

 

[nuba km]

'one sec' lee said to the girl as he went up stairs to get the key of the old lady, 'thank you' he said as he took the key, he then quickly went back down to the basement 'So what do you say?' He said to the girl.

 

[JokerboyJordan]

Savannah was just about to ask the elderly innkeeper for her key, when all of a sudden she was hit by an object from behind, sending her hurtling towards the ground, banging her head slightly on the welcome desk on her trip.

"OUCH!"

She got back on to her feet, dusting her clothes off before turning to face what had knocked her over. It was a teenage boy, around 17, spectacled and with short dark hair. He was rubbing his side, probably hurt it during the fall.

Heh, that'll teach you to mind where you're running

"Ow... Oh! Sorry, are you ok?"

"No, I'm not okay, some idiot just run into me! she said, before immediately regretting being needlessly hostile, she quickly tried to patch things up, offering a wry smile.

"I'm sorry... it just came out of the blue is all, and you know what they say, they bigger they are the harder they fall"

She rubbed her head where it had hit the desk, wincing slightly. She was sure she'd have a bump there by this time tomorrow morning. She tried to lift the atmosphere a touch, smiling more widely, and her voice becoming more upbeat.

"Anyway at least that's one way to meet somebody. The name's Savannah."

She offered him her hand to shake his as a gesture of good will, hoping for a less painful experience.

"Training room's downstairs dear. Dinner's at 8."

Wow, a training room? Best. Hotel. EVAR! Gotta check that out

Savannah proceeded to pay Granny for the night. As she awaited on a room key she looked around to see Darius's Psyduck and Sandslash being as adorable as ever, both appearing to put on some hilarious slapstick act, miming out handing keys to each other, spinning, falling to the ground, knocking each other out with their appendages, before falling once again. This all culminated in the pair rising to their feet and posing as if awaiting applause.

Feeling sympathetic, Sav gave a quick series of claps whilst laughing. "Darius your pokemon are so cute! I just want to adopt them both!"

 

[toobie]

"Oh! Yes, yes of course. It... that was my destination before all... this. Sorry. And yes, I will be competing in the t-tournament. Oh, and my name is Rupert. Rupert Gravel. It s nice to meet you. Both of you." Gravel? A weird name. But then again, I'm from Sinnoh, so maybe he thinks my name's weird. "Rupert eh? Well Rupert, it's a pleasure to meet ya!"

"Well, hmm. Should we find an inn then?" An inn sounded great, if not for the fact that Ryan couldn't find ANYTHING in this city, let alone an inn. "Sounds great, Rupert! But do you know any inns around here?" Ryan furiously hoped Rupert knew the way, because if he didn't they'd be sleeping on the streets for sure.

 

[JdaS]

After Savannah got up and apologised to the boy, she paid Granny for a room.

"Room 211. Previous tenant had a Vileplume... Might still smell funny."

Looking at Tom, she continued.

"Room 309. No running indoors, lad."

With that, all 8 new tenants had been accomodated. They were now free to rest until the next morning.

There was a dining room, where Remy currently sat, enjoying a cold beer, where one could sit down, relax, have a talk.

The aforementioned training room was also available. Daria was down there with he Hitmonlee. Lee had gone down there to challenge her to a battle.

There was also the option of going up to their rooms and take a load off.

 

[CJ1145]

When Lee first entered the training room, his words to try and challenge her to a battle were cut off. Rather than the relaxing trainer he'd likely expected, he found a warzone.

"HYA!" screamed Daria, swinging around a back hook kick. Her Jet was fast, and brought up his hands to guard himself, blocking the blow and moving to his side several inches from the absorbed force.

"I'M TRAPPED!" Daria barked. "NOW COUNTER!"

"Lee!" Jet responded, and struck out a roundhouse kick to Daria's lower back. She took the blow and moved with it, jumping away and skidding to a halt as she turned back to face him. She removed her hat, neglecting to do so until now, and tossed it aside.

"That's good!" she told him happily. "Your strength is improving! Now let's see if you can press the attack!"

"HIT! MON! LEE!" shouted the rare Fighting-type. He charged forward, twisting his upper body and throwing out a side kick. Daria ducked underneath of it. "NO!" she screamed. "YOUR MIDDLE KICKS ARE TOO HIGH!"

Jet responded by twisting his leg to face the heel downwards, and brought it down in an axe kick. Daria caught it up against her forearm, grunting in exertion as she held it off. "That's right! Adapt! But you've still got! NO! POWER!"

In a single jerking motion, Daria rose to her feet and threw off Jet's balance, causing the Hitmonlee to stagger backwards. That was all the opening the over-excited trainer needed to spin around in the other direction and build up enough momentum for a backfist into Hitmonlee's face. The Pokemon was bowled straight over, groaning on its back in an instant as his trainer gloated over him.

"Not bad, buddy, not bad." Daria told her training partner with a sly grin. She offered him a sweat-slicked hand, which he accepted as she pulled him back up. "You've got a long ways to go before you're champ material; but we'll get ya there!"

Jet sighed, still clearly both exhausted and a bit ashamed from his loss, when Daria finally looked over at Lee, who by now had come up to get his key and returned. "So, what's this ya said about a match?" she asked.

After the trainer repeated himself, she grinned and scratched the hair under her ponytail. "Well, I'd really love to, ya have no idea! But the thing is, I've gotta keep my boys strong for tomorrow, not to mention only Jet came down here with me, so a real match is kinda out of the question. Buuuuut..."

She gave a glance to Jet, who only nodded in agreement. Smiling at him to show her appreciation, Daria looked back and said "If ya'd like, we could have a one-on-one match! My Jet vs. one of your guys?"

 

[Anayna]

"Sounds great, Rupert! But do you know any inns around here?"

As a native of Kanto (one that had barely left his hometown since birth at that) Rupert had no idea where to start looking for an inn, and this was plainly obvious in his apologetic features when asked. Ryan looked somewhat disappointed. The mismatched duo stood facing each other for a little while somewhat stumped, not knowing how to proceed from here. It wasn't long before Nurse Joy took pity on them however, and handed them a tourist brochure with a few inns marked down.

"Boy, you two look down. Here, this should get you back on track. Just follow the directions and you will find a few inns quite near here. And please try to be more decisive, both of you. Always remember that your pokemon are relying on you."

With a few more words and many thanks the two trainers were back to navigating Goldenrod's streets. Fortunately the map was pretty simple to read.

"I think that there is an inn called um... 'The Sleeping Sunkern' just a few minutes from here. We could try there first."

Ryan had no objection to this, seemingly just wanting to find a place to stay as soon as possible. Rupert wanted nothing more himself, although he couldn't help but wonder what a Sunkern was. Whilst walking his attention was again drawn to Ryan's Mightyena, ever present at the trainer s side. The sleek black creature was completely unknown to Rupert.

"So, w-what is that pokemon? I've never seen that one before, but my Haunter had such an... odd reaction to it. Is it from Johto?"

Rupert was quite proud that he had managed to get through the sentence without stuttering. Well, almost without stuttering.

 

[Redryhno]

"I just want to adopt them both!"

Having gotten the applause they both knew they richly deserved, the two jumped to Darius's side as he got a key and the three headed down to the training room the woman behind the counter had spoken of after a quick,"Thankee Mame. And sorry, Sav, but they're not up for adoption. Not anytime soon anyways."

Once he got down there, he saw a woman fighting a Hitmonlee, he had to let out a low whistle at seeing one. Her fighting with it wasn't that unusual, most Fighting type pokemon had trainers that they went up against in training.

"Don't mind us, we're just here to stay out of your way and do a bit of exercise is all."

The three went off into a corner where some rocks were piled and a couple targets set into the walls, where they could all get a look of the fight that was going to happen as well as do their own training.

"Alright, you guys know the drill, but Daffy, I want you taking Whismur with you,"He pulled out his pokeball and let out a slightly trembling pokemon who latched onto his leg within seconds, and then another, with a Numel who looked around slowly,"And Knuckles, take Numel, you guys know what to do, teach them, I'll be back here, watching you guys." He pulled Whismur off of his leg and handed her to Daffy, who set her on the ground and allowed her to grip his claw tight.

The two went their separate ways, Daffy and Whismur to doing some stretching of some sort, and Knuckles and Numel going to the rocks. It took a few moments of urging Numel to move, but he did and walked to the rocks, where Knuckles began piling rocks on his back to test his strength. After a few minutes of that, the Sandslash took a rock in his claws and crushed it, and did another two more before taking the stones piled on Numel's back off.

Darius meanwhile, stood watching the two groups and the little match about to start across the room and lit his pipe again, and began puffing away. It'd been a while since he'd seen a Fighting type fight, this would be as good a way as any.

 

[nuba km]

Lee was slightly disappointed that a 3 on 3 match wasn't an option thought one on one couldn't be that bad 'OK, though please go easy as the pokemon I am going to use isn't...exactly a fighter' Lee called out snover form the pokeball, seeing the trainer and pokemon standing in front of him snover pulled out two snover berries that he stored in the hat like fur on the top of his head and offered each a berry saying a long and jolly 'Snoooover', followed by lee saying 'see what I mean'.

 

[Evrant-Knight]

Madam Kerner then gave a key to Caleb, and noticed the weapon hidden behind his coat. "Room 305 for the gentleman. No sword fights indoors."

"Of course, a perfectly understandable concern." Caleb remarked, slightly nodding his head afterwards. He then paid the kindly inn keeper, and gave her Meowth a quick scratch under the chin, in which it purred with pleasant sigh. He soon went up the stairs to his room, Raphael, Raiden, and Angelique tagging along behind him; with Sebastian still in his spare arm.

The room in of itself was a decent size, big enough that each of his team could find some place to rest. A small balcony area was attached to the side, allowing one to enjoy the refreshing breeze. Caleb placed his satchel of items on a nearby chair, and detached his sword and its scabbard, setting it down on a nearby chest of drawers.

Sebastian soon leapt out of Caleb's arms, landing on the nearby bed, already setting himself up a comfy place to sleep. Raiden followed suit, joining his smaller companion. Caleb could only help but chuckle.

"Who knew that such a mature Pokemon like yourself, had a somewhat childlike side, kinda of cute. I wonder if it will stay once you evolve?" He remarked, before asking a question that was directed at his Luxio. Raiden in response stuck his tongue out, confirming the question to be true. Angelique hopped off Caleb's shoulder, and got herself comfy on a nearby wicker chair, treating it like a nest.

"Well then Raphael, would you care to sleep here, and keep watch over the others? I'll be at the dining hall getting a drink."

"Com. Combusken." Raphael said. saluting afterwards. Caleb soon prepared his Pokemon some food, and then left the room, and made his way to the dining hall. Upon arriving, he ordered a tea, and noticed a gentlemen of about his age, sitting at a nearby table, drinking a beer. Caleb decided to join this newcomer at the table.

"Take like everyone else here, you here for the tournament?"

 

[Shakomaru]

"Anyway at least that's one way to meet somebody. The name's Savannah."


"Nice to meet you, my name's Tom. Uh.. Sorry again."
Tom shakes the hand she's offering, and then pats himself down to make sure he isn't missing anything. Kusari climbs back onto his shoulder.

"let's see here.. Got my bag, you're still here, so are you, Kusari is up there, and.... Oh no! Um... Has anyone seen a pokeball with a kind of.. Double swirly thing on it?" He starts to look around on the floor for it.

"Room 309. No running indoors, lad."
Tom pops up for air when he hears this.
"Oh uh.. Thank you ma'am. And sorry.. Won't happen again."
He pays for the key and goes back to looking for his pokeball.