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[Heron TSG]

Name it Walter!

[Galick]

I like Octavia.  It's being named that, dunno when the next update will be though.  Probably just a training montage next time to get everyone up to level 8 or something before Roxanne.  (that IS the first leader, right?)  Or is it Falkner...

[Urist Imiknorris]

Yeah, it's Roxanne.

[Bluerobin]

Oh man, awesome! My Gardevoir was one of my favorites in that game. Congrats! I like Octavia too, nice name warhammer.

[Thexor]

That makes up for your 'meh' luck with getting Fluffy, then.

[Galick]

Spoiler: Octavia...what are you doing?  Uh...you're scaring me... (click to show/hide)

The Nurse handed back the pokeball with the little Ralts in it and asked what to put down for it's name...I had thought long and hard about it and I decided for Octavia...it sounded...right somehow.

<sub>Oh, what?  I get named bloody Fluffy and the new one gets a name like that?  I know Ralts are a lot more rare, but come ON!

What ya get for bein' vendor trash, bub.</sub>

I left the pokemon center and went back to the picnic area to try and train up Fluffy and Octavia.  I knew that Ralts didn't typically have attacks for a while but maybe seeing a battle would help it...


I decided to go Set as well.  May as well make this interesting.


As I passed by the pokemart on my way up there, the man who...gave me a potion spoke to me.

Hey, little girl, if you're gonna be heading out of town you may wanna stop and get some supplies first...we just got in a shipment of pokeballs and various medicines this morning.

Oh...thank you, sir.  Guess that makes sense...sorry about the little...scene the other day.

He smiled at me and told me not to worry about it...it made me feel even worse.  He did have a point though...I needed items to keep my friends safe...and myself safe too.




Along with that are two paralyze heals and two awakenings...I had a grand total of $100 after all that.  I've read far too many horrible things happening to people who don't have antidotes though.

My wallet was noticably...lighter when I left the store, but I had a new backpack to hold all of this stuff in, and a lot of medicine.  And a few pokeballs too...though, a change of clothes would've been nice...





I walked into the western route again, intent on getting to Petalburg this time...nothing would stop me.




Ugh...he was right, too...only pokemon being too injured for battle or other severe circumstances would allow you to flat out refuse a battle.  Fluffy stepped forward while Octavia and Zippo stood at my side...Octavia had an odd look in her eyes though...



His Poochyena attacked Octavia!  What the heck!?

Hey, Fluffy was your opponent not Octavia!

Hey, you had three out.  I could pick.

Ugh...another stupid law...why were all of these so strict...and aggravating...?  The battle went well otherwise though...at least until the end.

 

I could tell Octavia was onto something...little bursts of a color that hurt to look at were erupting from her horn every now and then as she watched...and then I heard that kid literally sobbing.  Fluffy had...apparently gone overboard a bit.





He literally threw a wad of crumpled bills at me as he said it...and he was trying to sound tough with snot and tears running down his face...and a little Poochyena laying crumpled at his feet with bones jutting out from odd places in it's body.  No pokemon center was gonna be able to fix that...I just sighed and moved on.  If they weren't ready to accept the loss of a friend...then they weren't ready for this type of journey.

I walked a bit away, and a Wurmple fired a poison sting at us as we passed it.  I jumped out of the way, as did the rest of us and Octavia turned to look at it...and it...just convulsed and collapsed forward, it's eyes too large for it's head before they literally popped out with a spray of blood.  And I heard...I heard a joyous little cry from Octavia...




I tried to keep moving, and another little kid challenged me.  Before I could say or do anything, it was over.



His two Wurmple were...they both looked like the first one Octavia tried it's new 'attack' on.  He seemed to be taking it quite a bit better than the first kid did...probably cause he squished bugs himself sometimes at home or something.

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Another little kid challenged me.  And...the results were largely the same.  I saw his Zigzagoon collapse in a heap after a particularly large burst of color erupted from Octavia's horn with foam dripping from it's mouth and it's eyes bloodshot...



The Tailow he sent out managed to last a little longer...enough to ram into Octavia and knock her off her feet.  All that really accomplished was that it took two bursts to make it collapse instead of the normal one.




She sent out a Shroomish...and I didn't want Octavia to do that thing again, so I sent Fluffy out after it.  The two stared eachother down for a few moments before a thick array of vines erupted from the Shroomish and wrapped around Fluffy.  I could see them embed into her skin and start drawing out small amounts of...something.  I didn't wanna think about what.  But, Fluffy was a trooper...she pulled itself back about ten feet and launched herself at it like a slingshot.  The Shroomish ended up laying nearly snapped in half on the ground while thick green fluid gushed onto the ground and soaked into the earth.



I walked into Petalburg at last after pocketing a potion I found on the roadside...it was sealed still and well before the expiration date.  It was still good.  I felt suddenly bashful and ducked into the Pokemon Center to get my little friends healed...what would I say to dad?

Ooh...if Octavia gets more powerful Psychic attacks, I'm going to have such -fun- writing the later things...what does everyone think?  Areas to improve/change/expand?

Spoiler: MEET THE TEAM (click to show/hide)

Not much to say about little Zippo yet.  Definitely the best of the three starters attack-wise, but she'll be a VERY big glass cannon later.  May or may not live to see Blaziken considering how hard she'll get hit.


It's fucking Zigzagoon, what do you expect.  Still, Fluffy is being surprisingly useful (nothing from Pickup yet though) considering I have to focus on three guys for now.  I'm expecting her to get to Linoone stage, but we may just bench her by then in favor of something else, or she may get taken out.


I think it's pretty obvious how I feel about Octavia here.  No lie, once I got her to get confusion things just went easy on that route (which isn't a surprise.)  I edited out a wild zigzagoon encounter which was just Fluffy beating the shit out of it when she learned it for narrative purposes.  Hopefully, she'll be able to hit Gardevoir stage and really lay on the Psychic powers.

And I apologize for not featuring Zippo much(at all?) this update, little guy just didn't do much this time.



Have some adorable (yet kinda creepy to me) fanart.

PS:  If anyone is familiar with IMGUR can you PM me?  Trying to figure out how to link images from it to here without having to delete the [url] it automatically inserts (it used to not do that...like yesterday but now it does O.o)

[Urist Imiknorris]

I can't wait for Octavia to hit level 21. Calm Mind will make the murders even more murderey. And then it learns Psychic at level 26...

Yeah, I use Gardevoir a lot. It's just made of kill.

[Galick]

Got a question for all of you before the next update.  How 'fanficy' do you want this to get?  How developed the characters, how many liberties with the plot, etc...

Basically, I want to know how creative I can get with this before all of you throw up your hands in disgust.  It'd still be the game at it's core, but I'd be adding creative liberties to it and of course the game itself would come first.

I'd like SOME answers before the next update though since it's the meeting with Norman, which I can get pretty damn flexible with.

[Shadowgandor]

As long as I don't get a big wall of text explaining how you went through a patch of grass or encountered one trainer, you can do whatever you want in my opinion ^^

[Galick]

Nah, wouldn't be anything like that.  Just expanding the plot a bit more or adding my own little events when there's nothing interesting to screenshot or write about.  Like, the shopping encounter, stuff like that added in.  And making Teams Aqua + Magma overall a MUCH more credible threat.

[Urist Imiknorris]

That last bit needs to happen.

[USEC_OFFICER]

And making Teams Aqua + Magma overall a MUCH more credible threat.

I don't think that such a thing is possible...

[Galick]

Spoiler: Let's Meet with Dad! (click to show/hide)

I left the pokemon center with three fully refreshed little friends following behind me.  Zippo was insisting on clinging right next to my leg, making it kinda hard to walk, Fluffy was looking around and just barely keeping up with us while Octavia was...well, there were a lot of bugs with exploded heads in our wake.  I thought about just passing the gym by...in fact, that IS what I did but a man stopped me.  He told me that since I was a pokemon trainer, even if I wasn't going to challenge the leader I had to stop and pay my respects.

I was hustled into the gym and there he was.  Dad was talking to some trainer or instructing them about something...he didn't notice me.  I didn't know if that was what I wanted or not.  I sighed to myself and stepped forward, each of my little friends taking each step with me.  They could tell I was nervous...what if he wanted to battle?  I knew he was strong.  Way stronger than me...none of them would be able to stop Vigoroth, let alone Slaking!

He saw me at last.  His eyes widened and he gave me a nervous smile as he waved away the trainer that was talking to him...he left in a huff, shooting me a harsh glare as he passed by.

Alison...it's good to see you made it.  How did you get here alo-ah, I see. You have pokemon now...Torchic, Zigzagoon, and a Ralts...good.  You've been following the laws with your catching as well.

Y-yeah...uh...Mom wanted to see you.  And...

And what?  I've missed you...I wanted to see you...why did you leave us?  What can I say...

I-I want to see her too.  You're both moved in alright?  Nothing lost?  Did you get my package?

I gave him a nod and we were interrupted as this sickly kid walked up and talked to dad...I was never more thankful in my life.  I didn't want to be here, I wanted to sink into the ground and hide...let me leave, please let me leave.




After Wally nodded to my dad, he seemed to understand.  His gym leader self flared up...the him he shows to the public.  The him I hate.




Now then, Alison will help you.  She'll take you out and show you how it's done!  Won't you Alison!

The way he said it...I couldn't refuse.  No one could refuse.  I just nodded and took Wally by the hand, leading him to the door while my little friends looked up at him and he down at them.

I tried to explain the basics to him on the way, but I'm no teacher.  I'm not dad.  He seemed to get it though...weaken pokemon, throw ball, hope it works.  He stopped us just as we got out of town and looked at me fearfully.

Uh...are you really his daughter?

Yeah...moved to Littleroot just a few days ago.  Was in Saffron.

He asked me question after question about dad after I said that while I did my best to answer neutrally.  No one needed to know about that business.  No one but me, dad, and mom.  No way some kid is gonna weedle it out of me.  I finally told him to hush or he'd scare the pokemon away and that got him.  If only he knew that making a lot of noise attracted most of them...they didn't like people entering their territory.

He hunted around in the grass at my direction for a while and he finally found something.  I'd be lying if I said my jaw didn't drop.



Dad gave him a Zigzagoon and a handful of pokeballs...the one he found looked to be about the same age as Octavia, so it couldn't really do much to defend itself.  It was caught pretty easily then looked up at me with tears streaming down his face.

I caught one!  I caught it!  It's all thanks to you and your dad!  You're the greatest!

He gave me a hug and I could hear his breath rattling in his chest.  I got him to calm down after a bit and headed back to town...we went to the pokemon center and he gave the little thing to Nurse Joy to be patched up.

Sure hun.  What's the little guy's name?

Uh...uh...it's...Jean!

The nurse nodded a few times and took the pokeball back to the restorer - when Wally asked me what it was.

Basically, a box you can put pokemon inside their pokeball in that uses nano-technology to patch up their wounds and flush out toxins.

Oh yeah!  They have a bigger version for people to use at hospitals...so that's how they treat battle injuries.

The Nurse came back after our little chat and gave Wally Jean back.  He asked me to thank Dad for him - he was looking really pale and his breath was catching in his throat.  He needed to go lay down, and soon...and probably take his medicine.  I told him I would and walked out of the pokemon center with him as he walked off to his house staring at his pokeball in awe.  After making sure he made it alright, I sighed and steeled myself to face Dad again.  I walked to the Gym and stood outside for a minute or two, trying to think of what to say when someone that looked like an older version of Wally ran up.  He thanked me and said that Wally was going to live with his aunt and uncle in Verdanturf Town.  I was told to visit him if I got the chance, that he'd like to see me...maybe I'll take him up on that.  It'd be a nice visit if he didn't bring up Dad.

I walked into the Gym with my shoulders squared and my back straight.  It didn't help, he still dwarfed me...why couldn't I be taller?  He gave me a grin and said in his gym leader voice to head to Rustboro and try to challenge the gym there.  Technically, I could start the challenge here - he'd have to go easy on me since I don't have any badges but he didn't want that...no, he wanted to go all out on me and show me his power.  Big showboat.

I nodded to him and left without a word other than muttering Wally's thanks and tried to leave the town.  The sun was still high in the sky and I had enough time to reach the next town, and I wouldn't be able to stand staying here any longer.  As I was leaving a big guy with shades on walked up, looked me over and asked if I was a pokemon trainer...then he said that I was a rookie and left.  The heck?

I shrugged and kept moving, reaching route 104.  At least...I thought it was anyway.  I saw the beach and smelled the surf from the small cliff the town was situated on and walked down a small flight of stairs to step into the sand and let the heat beat down on me and the waves wash over my ankles.  It was...nice.  Then that kid my dad was talking to showed up.

Hey!  Why did you have to interrupt my meeting with the Great Norman!  He was gonna teach me all his secrets and I was gonna win the league challenge!

He barely looked like he was old enough to walk, but he had two pokeballs at his belt  He slammed them both into the sand and out popped a Zigzagoon and what looked like a tiny acorn with feet...a Seedot.  I sighed and Fluffy stepped forward, growling softly in the back of her throat while Zippo immediately stepped close to my side with wisps of flame slipping between his beak.  I looked around for Octavia and I saw her horn glowing as she stared at the kid.

Octavia!  No!  Do NOT do that!

My words shocked even me as all my pokemon looked up at me in silence...then Octavia pouted and skipped to my side, humming something to herself.  The brat had started the battle though - making his Zigzagoon try to tackle Fluffy.  Fluffy stepped aside and sent the other Zigzagoon sprawling into the surf before she charged at him and tackled him head on and cracking a few ribs in the process.  The brat called his Zigzagoon back and his Seedot stepped forward.  I decided to get a bit clever with this one - I knew Seedot could 'reflect' damage with Bide and smash whatever hit them.  So, I had Flufffy 'tenderize' it with her tail before slamming into the Seedot and splitting it in half like the nut it was.  The kid left in a huff, not even bothering to collect the Seedot's remains while muttering something about cheaters and how I hadn't seen the last of him.

My friends knew what I wanted and helped me dig a small grave for the little thing - Fluffy had done it cleanly at least.  Just one clear break down it's center.  Poor thing never knew what hit it.  After digging a foot or so into the ground, Fluffy swept the Seedot's remains into the hole and we all piled the sand and dirt back up over it while marking the grave with a seashell laying nearby.  It would all be washed out by the tide soon...but at least the little thing had a grave.

We walked towards the forest after that while Zippo clung close to me like glue, his dark eyes darting everywhere looking for anything attacking while Fluffy led the march with a snarl on her face.  Octavia was walking next to me and seemingly carefree, but I saw that horrible light glowing within her horn and I knew she was on high alert too.  A hiss startled us all and four sets of eyes turned to lock onto a Wurmple...which I just threw a pokeball at without fanfare.  A satisfying *click* later, I was now the owner of a Wurmple as the 'dex chimed in.  I was barely paying attention as I wondered...what should I name this one?

That kinda stuff is what I meant by fleshing out the story a little bit.  And yes, I can make Teams Aqua and Magma more threatening...I just can't really screenshot the grunt's words

[Urist Imiknorris]

They're grunts. They're lucky they're allowed to talk.

[Galick]

Anyway, now that you guys have an example of what I meant by fleshing it out what do you think?  I like adding that kinda stuff and it's a lot of fun for me.  Would any of you like seeing that kinda thing?  Or more importantly, would any of you dislike such a thing?

EDIT:  In the Zigzagoon/Seedot battle Fluffy went to level 8.  She learned nothing, so I didn't screen it.

_{The kid was the footprints beach kid, by the way.  I just couldn't stomach a reason for battling like that.}