The Road to Indigo (Pokemon RP (Closed): Chapter 7: Dead Living On The Radio...)

[Mookie_Magnus]

"Still, we should hurry. Unless we can get an Antidote into its bloodstream, the poison could wreak more serious damage to his body systems." Mika said, rushing with the group through the woods. "I've traveled through the forest before... It'll be a close call, but if we hurry we'll make it before the damage is irreversible."

The group continued on, rushing past Pokemon Trainers and wild Pokemon in their dash to Pewter. Finally, a light at the end of the woods... they made it to the outskirts, the trees growing more widely spaced until they reached the clearing.

"It's just north of here!" Mika shouted as they ran, the Pokmon Center coming into sight as they entered the city gates. "Hurry!"

The group of Trainers rushed inside Tyler stepping forth with the Pikachu as the Nurse on call, which oddly, was not a Joy, but a man with the same color hair, but cut short, took the Pikachu.

"I'll take good care of it... You guys are lucky you got here in time." He said, taking the injured Pokemon into the emergency section of the center.

 

[CounterAttack]

Rochelle sat down hard on the floor of the Pokémon Center and slipped out of her backpack, breathing hard after the extended run. Natalya, however, hadn't had a problem with the mad dash as she had flown alongside the group with ease. The little Murkrow landed beside her Trainer, ruffled her feathers and hopped up onto a nearby chair for a better view of the building's interior.

Eventually she managed to say between quiet gasps for breath, "Grife... Don't want to try running like that again any time soon." Given the size of her backpack and its contents, the entire thing was pretty heavy even without the stamina-draining run.

 

[Lambi]

Aeris sat down beside Rochelle and breathed hard as well, trying to calm down her breathing. She wasn't used to running much, so this had taken a bit out of her. She released Blaze and Tristan, allowing them to walk around, or at least Blaze to walk around. Tristan just sat there in front of Aeris. "That was...quite the run." she said in between gasping a little for air. She would take Blaze and Tristan to the nurse later once she'd caught her breath.

 

[socialtangent]

Relieved of the Pikachu, Tyler also gave the Pokeballs containing Tank and Geist to one of the resident Chanceys. Afterwards, he slumped back against the wall and sank slowly to the floor. They had made it to the Pewter City Pokemon Center, but did they get there in time to save the wild Pikachu? Tyler wouldn't know that answer for a while, and every second was agonizing. His gaze dropped to his shoes as he simply sat and waited.

 

[Lizmichi]

Fary took her Pokemon to Nurse Joy. "Could you please heal my Pokemon?" Fary asked after sending Horny and Rogue to their Pokeballs. "Sure thing." Nurse Joy said smiling taking her Pokemon. "Thank you." Fary said walking off and waited going through her backpack. "Oh shit I need to get more Pokeballs." Fary said getting up and jogged out of the Pokemon Center to the Pokemart.

 

[LunaSocks]

Rushing into the Pokemon Center with the others, Terinth saw someone take the poisoned Pikachu away. She saw some people giving their pokemon to workers there, and decided she would do the same. As she walked up to the counter, she saw a Chansey behind the desk. She decided to get the data on it.

Spoiler: Pokedex Entry

Chansey, The Egg Pokemon. A kindly pokemon that lays highly nutritious eggs and shares them with injured Pokemon or people. Chanseys can have the Natural Cure or Serene Grace ability.

"Fairly interesting pokemon you are," Terinth said to it, bringing out her pokeballs. "Here, take my pokemon." She said to the pokemon as it looked curiously at her. As it began to take them, Terinth realized something. "Hold on, I need to write something down on those," She said, grabbing a marker and writing down the names of the respective pokemon on them. "There, now take them." She said, watching as the Chansey scurried off happily with the two pokemon.

After looking around for a few seconds, she decided to join the group that were still sitting around. She went over to Aeris and Rochelle, still catching their breath.

"So, what are we supposed to do in this town, anyway?" She said, looking at the two of them while sitting down to the floor, glancing over at the small pokemon in front of Aeris.

"Metapod? What good is that pokemon? All it knows is Harden and Tackle." Terinth thought to herself, not wanting to make anyone else angry in the same 24-hour period as she did Fary.

 

[CounterAttack]

"The first Gym in Kanto is here," Rochelle answered Terinth slowly, having taken a short while to get her breath back. She seemed to have recovered faster than Aeris; that was most likely due to her above-average endurance capabilities. "I think Gary mentioned that the Gym Leader here has Rock-type Pokémon, so... shouldn't be an issue for Kirsten. Still, best not to take any chances. I didn't go for a look at the Gym itself when I was here, though, so I'm just as much in the dark as you in regards to how many people there are to beat." True to her words, Rochelle didn't know much about the Pewter Gym. It was a pretty big building, though, about the same size as the Museum of Science up the road from the Gym.

Fary had mentioned wanting to buy new Poké Balls as she left; Rochelle made a mental note to visit the PokéMart herself. She wanted to get a few different things; you could never be too careful. Potions, a few Poké Balls just in case, some Antidotes, Paralyze Heals and the like. She also wanted to find some time to examine the broken Poké Ball in her pack, and find out how it had rendered itself unusable.

 

[Mookie_Magnus]

Mika sat down next to Aeris, listening to her panting for breath and resting, giggling a bit and doing the same.

"We had quite a workout, huh?" Mika said with a giggle, resting his head against her shoulder and looking down at the Pokemon. Bones and Toxina were on the ground with Tristan and Blaze, playing with each other, save for Tristan who was sitting and watching his surroundings. Mika kissed his girlfriend on the cheek lightly, placing his hand on her leg and holding hers with his other one. "Anything I can get for you, hun?"

 

[Lambi]

Aeris had now caught her breath and was just sitting on the floor with Tristan in front of her. "Well, I know Blaze can learn Metal Claws at some point and that is good against Rock Pokemon. But I don't know when she'll learn it. Tristan should be close to evolving, though. The Butterfree he'll evolve into should be helpful. Not to mention cute."

When Mika sat down next to her and kissed her cheek, she smiled to him. "Some soda would be nice if you could get some for me." She handed him $10 from her backpack with her free hand and kissed him on the lips briefly. "And get something for yourself as well." she said and giggled a little. Tristan stayed the same, looking around and sitting there. "I should let the nurse check on Blaze and Tristan, since they did quite a bit of fighting." She let go of his hand, then returned Blaze and Tristan to their Pokeballs and walked over to the Chancey there, and handed her Pokeballs over to it. She took out her Pokedex and aimed it at the Chancey, getting data on it when it had it's back turned. She put the Pokedex back into her pocket, then walked back over to Mika and Rochelle and sat down between them.

 

[NeoAC]

It was quite a run. The group had taken off in a hurry and Jordan had to struggle to keep from getting left behind. But they did make it to the Pokemon Center. That was the good thing for the little Pikachu that Tyler had. He had given his Pokemon over to the guy who did not look like he should be a nurse, and waited with the others. It was a tense wait but after a half an hour or so, the man returned to address the group.

"All your Pokemon are fine," he assured them. "They are all healed up and ready to go. You can pick them up at the counter. However, that Pikachu you brought in is still in bad shape. It will need some further treatment before we can determine if it will be safe to release it from care. I would suggest taking a walk while we do what we can." He then turned away and headed back into the ICU.

Jordan stood up. "Uh, OK, so I'm going to go grab my bros. You guys just want me to grab yours too?"

 

[Lambi]

"You won't need to pick up mine. I can pick them up myself. Thanks, though." Aeris said to Jordan before standing up and walking over to the counter. She took her Pokeballs that contained Blaze and Tristan and put them on her belt. She was glad that they were back in shape. She walked back over to Mika and Rochelle, but didn't sit down. "Why don't we go out and take a walk?" she asked Mika. "We can grab that soda later." She offered him her hand to hold.

 

[CounterAttack]

Rochelle got up, having felt a little uncomfortable in the presence of another couple. "A walk sounds good. I'm gonna pay a visit to the PokéMart if anyone else wants to come with me. Come on, Natalya." She stretched out to limber up a little as she spoke, pulling on her backpack soon after. Once she had stopped moving so much, the Murkrow jumped off the chair on which she stood, executed a quick midair turn to gain some height and landed gracefully on Rochelle's shoulder.

"Let's go take a look round the city, eh?" Rochelle said quietly to Natalya as she walked out of the Pokémon Center and began to head over to the PokéMart. Anyone who wanted to join her could catch up easily enough. "We'll see many more places like this, so you'll have to get used to the way we humans live." Natalya nodded in response, and Rochelle smiled at her understanding. At least, she hoped the Pokémon understood. Considering that most Pokémon knew to use specific attacks in battle when instructed, it was a fair assumption that they would respond accurately to human speech outside of combat.

 

[Lizmichi]

Fary picked up some Pokeballs, potions, antidotes, paralyze heals and a few other things she could use. "Thank you." Fary said to the chaser walking out while putting her things in her pack and looked up seeing Rochelle.

"Oh hey Rochelle." Fary said warmly.

 

[CounterAttack]

"Hey," Rochelle answered with a smile and a short wave. "I imagine you've done a bit of shopping; I was planning on doing the same. Considering that, y'know, we're Trainers now and all that, it'd probably be best to have a decent amount of medicine and Poké Balls and whatnot on hand."

As she passed Fary on the way into the PokéMart, she added, "Everyone else is back at the Pokémon Center, just so you know, and they might be heading out for a walk or something. The staff are still taking care of the, um, the Pikachu Tyler found."

 

[LunaSocks]

Hearing the news about the group's pokemon and the injured Pikachu, Terinth got up and grabbed her pokemon from the counter. As she was doing so, she felt her stomach rumble.

"No food all day again is not a good idea. Anyone know where I can get a little food?" Terinth asked out loud, first talking to herself, then voicing her question aloud.

 

[Mookie_Magnus]

Mika took the ten from Aeris, going over to a vending machine and looking over what they had inside. Mika picked himself out a nice cold Lemonade, getting a Soda Pop for Aeris, putting the money in the machine and waiting as it gave him the change. He brought it back over to Aeris, sitting down next to her and handing her the change and her drink, taking a sip of his own drink as he sat down next to her.

"Come on guys, let's get you healed up." Mika called back his Pokemon to their pokeballs, going up to the main desk and having the on-call Nurse put them through the machine. After a few moments, the pink-haired male nurse handed the pokeballs back to the young man, smiling brightly as he went back to the lobby, calling out his Pokemon and feeding them. "Feeling better, guys?"

Mika turned when Aeris asked to go for a walk, grasping her hand when she offered it and smiling softly.

"Of course, hun... I'd love to go on a nice walk with you." Mika said with a smile, feeling a little more relaxed when his hand touched hers. "After you, my dear."

 

[socialtangent]

"I would suggest taking a walk while we do what we can"

Tyler nodded and took his Pokeballs from the male nurse, placing them in his backpack. There wasn't much he could do, so he might as well get some fresh air. Moping around here isn't gonna help Pikachu get any better, he thought as he made a move for the door. He stopped for a moment when he heard Terinth's voice.

"Uh..." Tyler started, scratching the back of his head. "You can try eating here at the cafeteria...or you can buy a snack at the PokeMart or something," he replied. "That's where I'm going, I guess".

 

[RBMidknight]

Since his Pokémon were in fairly good shape Simon had opted to go to the Pokémart first. He needed supplies.

"If you break that, bud, I can't afford it buy it."

And a less inquisitive Pokémon. Shadow was having a bit too much fun with all the wares. "Cheee? Cheee!..." Shadow looked up from where he'd been poking a bottle of unidentifiable liquid. The Poochyena backed up a few steps then sneezed at the bottle.

"What is that anyway?" Simon knelt down to inspect the label. As he got closer he noticed a slightly odd smell coming from the bottle. But it didn't seem too terrible.

'Repel...oh. Well that makes sense.' "Does really it smell that bad?" Simon asked. He glanced down at his Pokémon. Shadow looked up at his trainer and sneezed again, this time deliberately.

"That's a yes." Simon carefully returned the container and continued looking for the supplies he actually needed. After a few minutes of searching he approached the counter with two new Potions and a Pokéball to replace the one he'd caught Pen with.

"Can you sign this please?" The young girl at the counter asked as she slid a receipt towards him.

"Yes ma'am." he replied easily.

'Sign...sign!' He needed to check in!

"Here you go, sir" The girl at the counter handed him his supplies in a bag. Simon took the bag with his left hand while simultaneously reaching into his pocket with his right.

"What did I do with those numbers...they're here somewhere." Simon sidestepped his way to the corner of the Mart all the while trying to find a certain scrap of paper he hoped was still on his person. He had his own ID code but there was a certain sequence he was supposed to give the associate in charge to let them know he was legit. But the sequence had been so long he hadn't been able to memorize it yet.

Shadow followed his trainer to the corner. He listened to Simon's quiet commentary as he continued looking for something. Then Shadow got bored and decided to see what he could reach that was in the immediate vicinity.

 

[NeoAC]

Jordan grabbed his two Pokeballs from the man at the counter and looked around the Center. Everyone in the group seemed to be off doing their little thing, most of which involved going to the PokeMart for supplies. Unfortunately, this option was not available for Jordan. His dad had lacked the foresight to give him any money for this trip, only saying 'You can battle some kid's Pokemon for some money! It'll be good for you!' Like that would get enough cash for a cheeseburger.

He left the Center and walked around the city, looking for a good spot to set up shop. He had a method for picking up a little extra cash, it worked the best when the tourists were out on Fuchsia Beach, and feeling a little guilty about enjoying themselves. He looked around the city but with the mountains looming in the distance, there would be no major attraction to work from. In fact, the only attraction in the city appeared to be some old Museum. "Man," he sighed to himself. "Well, guess this will have to do."

Jordan sat down in front of the Museum sign and plunked his hat down in front of him. He roughed up his hair, making it look even more scraggy. And as the foot traffic slowly passed by, he held out his hand. "Spare some change, bro?"

Spoiler: OOC

Roster update will come once Pikachu saga ends.

 

[Lambi]

Spoiler: OOC

Aww, man. And I was going to go to the grass just outside Viridian forest/below Pewter City and evolve Tristan. Can I still do that even if you don't post the roster?

Aeris took the Soda Pop and opened it, then drank a bit of it. She felt a bit refreshed by it. Then she held hands with Mika as they left the Pokecenter, a smile on her face, and she thought she'd let Blaze out of her Pokeball. She reached for it, pressed the button on it to make it larger and released Blaze from her Pokeball. Blaze stretched when she appeared in the white light from coming out of her Pokeball, and walked beside Aeris and Mika as they went on a walk.

The town wasn't big, they found out after walking for a bit. They'd been walking for not a long while when they came to the Museum, not necessarily to enter it, when Aeris saw Jordan. They walked up to him. "What are you doing?" she asked him.