In Her Image: a Pokémon RP

[JdaS]

Battle Post

Daria's "pep talk" seemed to work, as Jet's eyes opened and he prepared for a Brick Break, jumping towards the SolarBeam charging Pokémon. Snover released the beam, the recoil of it being too much for the small Frost Tree Pokémon. By sheer luck, this made so that the badly aimed beam found its target, engulfing Jet in the bright yellow light.

For a fraction of a second, Daria grit her teeth and tightened her fists. There was no way Jet could take the hit... But he did. In fact, he seemed unharmed. Snover's SolarBeam had failed, its effect being the same as if Jet had been pointed at with a flashlight.

Jet brought its right foot down on Snover's head, landing gracefully in front of its downed foe.

Snover had fainted.

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Back upstairs Rupert had asked for vacancies. The old lady behind the counter scanned the two new would be tenants and produced two keys.

First was Rupert's "Room 311"

Ryan was the last "Room 302"

"Huh would you look at that... Only one room left. You boys have the devil's luck, it seems. Go on and get comfy... We'll have dinner for ya soon."

 

[Redryhno]

Darius kept smoking his pipe and puffing, watching the fight, he wasn't exactly sure why he'd said yes, but here he was now. He watched as the snowy tree pokemon began charging some kind of Solar Beam in the direction of the sleeping Hitmonlee.

"Aaaaaand..."He began as the fighting-type stood and began charging the shorter pokemon, sure that the thing was done for now, that was one of the most powerful moves in the pokemon world. It was to his surprise however when nothing happened beyond a bright light forming.

"That's it, I think. The winner's apparent." He walked over to the Snover on the ground and blew smoke in it's face, just to make sure it was out.

"Yep, it's done."

 

[CJ1145]

"WAHOOO~" screamed Daria, taking the field like a charging Tauros. Jet was so startled he only had a second to brace himself before his orange-clad trainer slammed herself into him, wrapping up the fighter and lifting him up in the air for the second time that day. He made all sorts of protesting noises to earn his freedom, but Daria was having none of it. She just beamed and showered him in all sorts of praise. "That's the sort of style I expect from ya, Jet! Keep it up and we'll knock the blocks offa every challenger that comes our way!"

Finally calming down, as much as the excitable trainer could, she released Jet and let him walk off to the sidelines and rest. She stepped over towards Lee, scooping his Snover off of the ground and gently handing it to him with a more subdued (though still garish) grin on her face. "The little guy's adorable," she said. "but if ya wanna enter him in the tournament, he's got a long way to go."

She gave a single huff of a laugh, and gently stroked her fist across Lee's face in a mock punch. "But if ya wanna ask me, I think you an' that little guy're gonna shake the whole earth one of these days. Maybe we can get together and spar sometime after the tournament, mano-a-mano! Heh, see ya!"

She turned around and walked away, catching her hat to put back on as Jet tossed it over to her. Her next target was their volunteer ref, a stranger to her. She threw up a hand for a high five. "Hey, thanks for the reffing. Where'd you come from anyways?"

 

[Pappytech]

Matt, unable to resist, began to applaud as the battle concluded. Granted, it was pretty damn quiet clapping, almost impossible to hear over Daria's victorious shouts, but it was the best he could offer for such a bizarre fight. Everything had been in Lee's favor; Jet was asleep, and Slover was powering up one of the most powerful moves ever. Still, it was a big, strange world. Odds were Matt would be seeing other oddities in the near future.

Grrrrrrrwwwwwwwwllllll

But first, it was time for food.

Heading back upstairs, Matt made his way to the hotel's dining room, nodding to the old lady behind the counter as he passed and earning a small wave in response. As he stepped into the dining room, the trainer's nose was assaulted by the pleasant aroma of a warm meal, while his ears picked up the conversation of a couple of other people. Apparently Matt wasn't the first one to get hungry; Caleb and Remy were already here, sitting at a table and chatting away.

Though it went against every bone in his body, Matt supposed it would be best to be polite. Squaring his shoulders and taking a deep breath, the lad walked over, pulled out a chair, sat down... and immediately began to cower away as the other two trainers stopped talking and greeted him. "Um, hi... H-How're you guys doing?"

 

[Redryhno]

"Hey, thanks for the reffing. Where'd you come from anyways?"

Darius raised his hand and returned the high-five before once more taking the pipe out of his mouth and blowing the smoke off in another direction.

"I'm from Pallet originally, lived the last few years at one day-care or another. Name's Darius,"He extended his hand and put the pipe back in his mouth,"And yours?"

 

[CJ1145]

"I'm from Pallet originally, lived the last few years at one day-care or another. Name's Darius,"He extended his hand and put the pipe back in his mouth,"And yours?"

"HA!" Daria exclaimed, clutching her stomach as she doubled over at the stranger's introduction. After letting out a few more guffaws for good measure, she stood back up and wiped a tear out of the corner of her eye. "Some coincidence! Name's Daria, great to meetcha!"

She grabbed his hand and gave a firm handshake; firm in the sense of "bone cracking". "I'm from Pewter City, trained at the Gym my whole life. Just started the League Challenge a couple months ago, as it happens. Ya came out here for the tournament, I'm guessing! Me too--how can ya pass up an opportunity to meet this many awesome trainers?"

Her Hitmonlee wandered over, giving his signature cross-armed bow towards his trainer's newest friend, but saying nothing. Daria glanced at him and grinned, slapping an arm around the Pokemon's side.

"You already know about Jet, I'm guessing. What kinda Pokemon do you have?"

 

[Redryhno]

What kinda Pokemon do you have?"

"That's them over there,"He gestured with the pipe at his pokemon over by the wall,"The Psyduck's Daffy, Sandslash Knuckles, and then there's Numel and,"He lowered his voice,"Whismur. Be quiet around her, she's jumpy."He then raised it back to a normal level,"It's the eyes isn't it? You Pewter city folks always asked if I was one of Brock's brothers back when I was doing the challenge. Got my first four badges or so before I stopped at a Day-Care and found what I was really good at. Nice handshake by the way, reminds me of home in a way."

 

[nuba km]

Lee returned snover to his pokeball and joined daria and darius.

" Got my first four badges or so before I stopped at a Day-Care and found what I was really good at."

'So when you say that you are good at being at a day care that means your now working at one, what's it like? never been to one' Lee said with genuine curiosity.

 

[toobie]

"Room 302"

"Well Rupert, it seems we haven't seen the last of eachother yet!" Ryan laughed and gave him a pat on the shoulder. As he was walking to his room, Ryan noticed a Pokéball, and a moment later another Fellow.

"Ooh! more people! Hiya! Uh, this might seem a little sudden, but do you see a stray pokeball around anywhere?"

Ryan grabbed the pokéball and threw it over to Tom. "Here ya go, lad." And Ryan continued to his room. It was a nice and comfy room, much bigger than the one he has at home. It even had some extra sheets, which were probably ment for himself, but would be great to make a little bed for Mightyena.

Ryan had just unpacked when he noticed the smell of food. It was then when he noticed how hungry he had been. From the few PokéDollars he had he had bought a bit of food, but he had to eat as little as possible and share it with Mightyena, so it wasn't exactly nourishing. And the money for the room was also cut into his budget.

Ryan followed the smell and found a diningroom, with some guest already there. "Evening lads! So, where's dinner?"

 

[Anayna]

The relief on Rupert's face was obvious as the small woman who went by Granny Kerner quickly went through the proceedings (the price was very fair too) and handed him the key to Room 311.

"T-thank you, mam!" Rupert said with a genuine smile. He finally had a room again. Rupert hadn't realised just how much he had missed a place where he could go to be alone, but now that he knew he had just such a place to escape to whenever he pleased he felt more at ease than he had been since arriving in Goldenrod. Rupert breathed a sigh of relief; a new region with all new foreign pokemon with their accompanying foreign trainers; his first journey all on his own; the pressure of competing in the tournament. All these things had set Rupert's already nervous disposition on edge (and to be frank the noise downstairs wasn't helping, but he had no intention of asking about it). What pushed him over the edge was the sudden appearance of some small, dark haired creature with shining oval eyes that leapt up from behind a table with an "Ooh!"

Rupert let out a high-pitched: "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!"

Upon seeing that the creature was nothing more than a boy who now stared at him with shock in his bespectacled eyes, Rupert let himself fall against a wall. His embarrassment would have to wait; right now he was too busy clutching at his racing heart. Fortunately nothing more was required of him as Ryan spotted the lost pokeball almost immediately and departed with a grin and a pat on Rupert's back.

Rupert decided that he had had enough social contact for the day. Nay, perhaps for the remainder of the month. This was not healthy for him.

 

[Shakomaru]

"Here ya go, lad."
The young man throws Tom's pokeball back to him. Tom catches it saying, "Thanks! I don't know what I'd do without Trapic, he does need the most training after all." As he watches the two companions walk away, he says to them, "I'm Tom by the way, sorry for scaring your friend there!" No longer busy, Tom realizes that all that running and scrambling around has made him quite hungry. Checking the poketch, he notices that it's fairly close to eight. "Alright Kusari, we have just enough time to figure out where dinner is. Let's drop off our stuff first ok?" The Pokemon and her partner start making their way upstairs. .

 

[JdaS]

A bell rang to signal the tenants that dinner was served. Matt arrived first, taking a seat next to Remy.

"Um, hi... H-How're you guys doing?"

"Hey! If it ain't Matt Seras from Violet City! We were just discussing the prize money of the tournament. Say, what would you do with the cash?"

Ike, the quieter boy Remy met in the lobby had made his way to their table as well.

Shortly after, a tall, well built boy made his way into the room asking the first four men:

"Evening lads! So, where's dinner?"

"You're in the right place, guy. Take a seat."

Despite Remy's kind offer, their booth was full. Ryan would have to sit alone. This wouldn't last long however, as Rupert and Tom made their way into the booth he had chosen.

Continuing their conversation from downstairs, Daria, Lee and Darius, joined by Savannah came in and sat in another of the still vacant booths.

Beef stew with potatoes was the menu for today. As the 11 hungry Trainers dug in, they used this opportunity to get to know their new rivals better.

Spoiler: OOC

Just a small GM post to get you all seated at the same time with someone and get some final interactions going. Tournament's coming up soon

 

[CJ1145]

"It's the eyes isn't it? You Pewter city folks always asked if I was one of Brock's brothers back when I was doing the challenge."

"Haff!" Nahf, fnot hreally." Daria told her fellow guest, mouth stuffed fit to burst with potatoes. To call her a civilized diner was an understatement that could cost you your dignity if you were unfortunate enough to bring her anyplace fancy. She barely had time to swallow before she shoveled another bite in. "Oh man, this is good! But nah, those guys're idiots; everybody knows Brock's bros are younger than him!"

"Char..." groaned Spiegel, walking into the room and immediately being struck by the carelessness of his own trainer. He turned around and stepped right back out in search of something else to do.

 

[Shakomaru]

"So where are you two from?" Tom asked.

"Or should I go first? Alrighty then. I actually was originally from right here in Johto, Ecruteak City. Just north of here. Well, it's a ways away, but if you've got a good flyer getting there's a piece of cake. Anyways, I moved North. Way WAAY North, over to Sinnoh. Come to think of it, that was around the time all those legendary trainers everyone's heard about were running around. Where was I? Oh yeah, so I moved over to Sinnoh and spent a lot of time over at the great marsh. Ever been to Pastoria? Great place, but the weather is terrible. Well, that's how I met Kusari. Forest fire. Wasn't natural of course, some idiot used one of those awful weather changing moves and it got so dry even a watermelon could've burst into flames. Kusari was pretty burned when I found her, had to bring her back to health. But now she's better than ever! So what about you two? Oh! by the way, what're your teams like?"

Tom never seemed to take a breath, but instead just talked into forever. He wasn't quiet either.
He looked at Ryan and Rupert, with a large grin on his face.

 

[Redryhno]

"Oh man, this is good! But nah, those guys're idiots; everybody knows Brock's bros are younger than him!"

"I was a kid at the time, so they weren't that stupid,"Darius said as he attempted to seat himself away from the messy eater. Numel and Whismur had gone back into their pokeballs after he'd fed them and now Daffy and Knuckles were chowing down on the food he'd given them along with their pokefood blends.

tapping out his pipe on an ashtray nearby, he stuffed it and lit it again and smoked as he ate. The smoke blended nicely with the meat and potatoes.

'So when you say that you are good at being at a day care that means your now working at one, what's it like? never been to one'

"It's nothing special,"He responded,"Mostly it's just a bigger gym without all the fighting going on in the background."

 

[Evrant-Knight]

Caleb, like the others, began eating the food once it arrived. Despite the overall simplicity of the meal, suffice to say, it was rather delectable. An overall succulent blend of flavours. He took another sip of tea before he spoke.

"What fine food we are having this evening, that combined with the pleasant company, makes for a enjoyable day. I say, whilst we dine, how about we each tell one another a bit about ourselves. You know, to make polite conversation. Anyone care to take the first step?" He asked with an overall calmness to the members of the table he was at, not forcing anyone to answer, but would appreciate the chance to talk..

 

[JokerboyJordan]

Savannah sat at the table savouring her meal whilst she observed Darius talk to the new girl, Daria who was wolfing down every morsel that was put in front of her. Their names were going to be sure to cause confusion for her, she was never that good with remembering names, or at all. The meal was simple, beef stew with potatoes, but it was still very good, but Sav had was on strict diet, limiting the amount of protein and carbohydrates she in took. She had always lived by the belief that a strong body helps with a strong spirit and determination, and this woman Daria certainly seemed to also keep that ideal to heart.

"It's nothing special, mostly it's just a bigger gym without all the fighting going on in the background."

Taking a brief respite from her meal, Savannah chose now to join in with conversation between the two.

"That's something I want to change Darius, my dream, is to become a world renowned breeder. I want to build a place that would be able offer the absolute best facilities to raise and train pokemon, as well simulate the specific environments of different pokemon."

She took a sip of the juice that she had been given, it was grape, her favourite flavour.

"Well of course that's all a long way off, but hey, a girl can dream right?"

Savannah looked over at the new girl, she wore a orange cap, which she thought was rude to wear at the table, but then again, with the rate at which she was ploughing through the food, Sav didn't think she cared about things like that.

"Sorry, I sat right down and didn't even introduce myself. My name's Savannah Iris, from Rustboro City, you're Daria right? From Pallet Town? I couldn't help but overhear.."

 

[Redryhno]

"Well of course that's all a long way off, but hey, a girl can dream right?"

Darius had finished his meal, and was now just sitting back, smoking his pipe and blowing out smoke rings.

"I'm not exactly sure that's the way to go though. You cater to every pokemon and you end up helping none of them. Better to stay small and work with the ones you really know everything about. You get too big and you start falling apart at the seams."

 

[JdaS]

Remy was busy gulping down his meal when Caleb commented on its good taste.

"Yeah...*chomp* Granny's grandaughter *gulp* sure knows how to *slurp* make good grub. Aaaahhh."

Remy's table manners were definitely not up to par with Caleb's as he stuffed his face with the meal and finished it off by downing a beer in one go.

"I say, whilst we dine, how about we each tell one another a bit about ourselves. You know, to make polite conversation. Anyone care to take the first step?"

"I guess I could contribute. Name's Remy Olivier, though y'all four already knew that. I was born in Veilstone City, Sinnoh. My grandma raised me until she died when I was 15. Been taking care of myself since then, doing odd jobs here an' there, 'course, can't forget Zangoose and Sneasel's help. Wouldn't be here without them. I've been traveling around the country ever since I was 18, settled down here about a month ago, helping Granny Kerner with the business."

"AND EATING OUR FOOD!" A woman's scream could be heard from the kitchen.

"...And that too. Anyway, that's my story."

 

[JokerboyJordan]

"I'm not exactly sure that's the way to go though. You cater to every pokemon and you end up helping none of them. Better to stay small and work with the ones you really know everything about. You get too big and you start falling apart at the seams."

At this point Savannah was also finished with her meal, although it she had intentionally took a small portion, she had paced herself, properly chewing and savouring each mouthful, she had heard that was a better way to release more energy over time, as well as keep her appetite down.

"There's something to be said for that, I agree. That an impersonal place would ultimately be an inferior place, but I have no specific type specialisation and at least this way pokemon would feel more at home... I'll definitely take things under consideration."