Pokemon RP: Story Thread

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Story:

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Chapter One: The Adventure Begins!

A personal letter from Gym Leader Pierce, to all the new graduates of Pin Point Poke-Academy

"Your journey of becoming the nations, and perhaps the world's, ultimate Pokemon trainer is soon to begin! Whether it be in battle, research, or breeding, you'll discover, explore, and learn many great things on this island we live on! On your journey, you'll meet and tag along with many greats friends, and even battle against wicked rivals or criminals. But I'm sure that you and your Pokemon will grow a strong bond, and get through any situation together!

But before you begin your journey around the island, you first need a Pokemon! I'm excellent friends with a Professor in your town, Prof. Yew. I've been talking with him lately, and he has told me that he has a large collection of Pokemon to give out to new trainers! Like most things he does though, it comes with a catch. In order to obtain one of his Pokemon, he'll request a mission from you that you can complete on your journey.

In order to see him, you'll need to talk to my little brother, Pryce. He lives in one of the top rooms in your apartment building in Soul Sky City. He has plan to visit Prof. Yew as well to obtain a Pokemon, so if you see him, ask if you can tag along!

Anyways, since you are now graduating from Pokemon Academy, you'll have the ability to take of Gym Leaders. Maybe if you're strong enough, you'll come challenge and beat me! Heh-heh. I'd love to see that happen!

Go forth, new graduates, and grasp the full power of the bond between you and your Pokemon!

-Leader Pierce"

Roleplaying System:

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Introduction:

This RP will mainly focus on the element of plot. We, the GMs, discussed about making an accurate and usable battling, catching, and leveling up method, but we came to the conclusion that such calculations and notes get easily get confusing and boring after a while. So we've thrown away all our ideas, and finalized the idea of making this RP depend on its story plot and its players ability to create battle scenes, character developments, and much more. We demand that all players read the following information about all of this RP, for all that you will read will effect how the RP will be played, and your playing experience.

Battling:

Because of no system, the winners of a battle will be decided by the GMs, or by the players if they meet and easy and quick mutual agreement. When battling an NPC, godmodding and making your character all-powerful is simply forbidden.

Example of a poor battle: Player 1 order Piplup to use Water Gun on enemy Pikachu. Miraculously, Pikachu fainted from the one attack despite it being not very effective!

Example of a good battle: Player 1 order Piplup to use Water Gun on enemy Pikachu. Unfortunately, enemy Pikachu seemed untouched and fought back with a small bolt of lightning, knocking the Piplup down.

Any players convicted of making their character have no losses with be told to leave the RP. Also, any GM has complete control over all characters. GMs are allowed to control the outcome of a battle, but only with reasonable cause. And all type effectiveness must be recognized as well, failure to do so will result in a warning or a banning from the RP.

Catching:

Same as above, make sure your character isn't perfect and can catch every single Pokemon he/she sees with a simple Pokeball. If a player is caught of doing so, they will be told to leave. Full-health catching isn't allowed at all, a battle and harm to the wild Pokemon must been written about before the attempt to capture it.

Leveling Up/Evolution:

Without a leveling up system, evolution and experience will be determined at what gym the player is at. Because all starter Pokemon evolve into their second form at level 16, it would seem the most logical and reasonable for their starter Pokemon to evolve sometime AFTER the first Gym Leader (Both of his Pokemon are level 15). Any Pokemon with special evolution (Happiness, trading, etc.) will be handled as listed below:

Happiness: GMs will decide
Trading: Trading Pokemon, then trading back, just to get a certain Pokemon is not allowed. Once you trade, you must wait a while to get it back
Trading w/ Held Item: The held item will be ignored, but same rules apply for above
Leveling Up w/ Held Item: GMs will decide
Leveling Up via Location: GMs will decide
Level Up w/ Certain Move: GMs will decide
Evolution Stones: These can be bought at the Metropolis Mall
Mantyke Evolution: Player must also have a Remoraid in their party
Feebas Evolution: GMs will decide
Combee Evolution: Can only evolve when it is a female
Nicada Evolution: If players have room in their party, a Shedinja will appear when Nicada evolves into Ninjask
Tyrogue Evolution: Players will decide when Tyrogue reaches the proper level (21)
Burmy Evolution: Must be female to evolve, and players decide when Burmy reaches the proper level (20)

Legendaries and Event Pokemon:

Due to fairness, special, powerful, and legendary Pokemon are forbidden to catch unless with given permission from the GMs. Instead, these Pokemon will be given away as rewards and gifts for various accomplishments and tasks.

Universal Terminology:

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Battling:
A simple event between two, or more Pokemon Trainers. It is a contest of strength, wits, and ability.

Catching a Pokemon:
When a trainer attempts to take a wild Pokemon as his or her own. It is forbidden by law for another trainer to attempt to capture a Pokemon already owned by someone.

Challenging a Gym Leader:
When a trainer tries to win and defeat the Leader of a Gym, and his/her underling trainers, in order to obtain a Gym Badge.

Challenging a Gym:
In which someone wishes to overthrow the current Leader of a Gym, a take his or her place. There are only two legal methods of doing so: A one-on-one (One Pokemon v. one Pokemon) battle with the challenger against the Leader. Or a contest, game, etc. set up by the Leader themselves. This method can also be used to challenge an Elite Four member.

Pokephone:
An invention of Professor Yew's. As a simple phone with calling and texting features, it also includes the defaults applications of a builit-in Pokedex and a continent map.
Default Applications: Phone services, Pokedex (scans Pokemon with the built-in camera), and Continent Map
Purchasable Applications (Can be bought at the Metropolis Mall): Mobile Trading, Mobile Pokemon Storage Computer, [More to come]

Continent Map:

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Normal Map:



Map with grid and Locations:



A1: Open sea
A2: Open sea
A3: Open sea
A4: Halfway point of Elite Ferry's path
A5: Last part of Elite Ferry's path
A6: Entrance and exit to Victory Tunnel, Elite Four building. (High level, first, second, or final form, of water, rock, ground, and fighting Pokemon can be found in this area), and Route 31 (No Pokemon can be found here)
A7: Unnamed mountain range
A8: New Continent, hasn't been discovered yet
A9: New Continent, hasn't been discovered yet

B1: Open sea
B2: Open sea, and a speck of the island
B3: Route 11 to Ghost Peak Tower (Weak and Middle level of ghost Pokemon can be found here. Weak on the road, middle in the tower)
B4: Beginning path of Elite Ferry, sliver of Route 11
B5: Open sea
B6: Middle of Route 7 (Weak and Middle level, but first form, of grass, rock, ground, and bug Pokemon can be found here)
B7: End of Route 6, start of Route 7 (Weak and Middle level, but first form, of grass, rock, ground, and bug Pokemon can be found here), Earth Maze Ruins (Need the ability of Strength to get through. Middle level, first or second form, of rock and ground Pokemon can be found in the ruins)
B8: Open sea
B9: Open sea

C1: Open sea
C2: Middle of Route 12 (Middle level, first or second form, of grass, bug, rock, ground, normal, and flying Pokemon can be found here)
C3: Start of Route 12 (Middle level, first or second form, of grass, bug, rock, ground, normal, and flying Pokemon can be found here), Route 11 to Ghost Peak Tower (Weak and Middle level ghost Pokemon can be found here. Weak on the road, middle in the tower)
C4: Fog Path City (4th Gym Leader), Route 9 (The road between the Safari Zone and the Docks. Weak and Middle level, first or second forms, of grass, bug, and flying Pokemon can be found here), The Docks (End of Route 9. Weak and middle level, first or second form, of ground and water Pokemon can be found here), Route 10 (Road after the Docks and leading into Fog Path City. Weak and middle level, first or second form, of grass, bug, rock, ground, normal, and flying Pokemon can be found here), Route 11 (Weak, first form, of ghost Pokemon can be found here), and Route 16 (Weak and middle level, first or second form, of rock, ground, normal, and flying Pokemon can be found here)
C5: Safari Zone (Open after defeating all 8 Gym Leaders. Middle level, first or second level, of all types of Pokemon except ghost, dragon, ice, steel, and fire), and Route 8 (Weak and Middle level, first or second forms, of grass, bug, and flying Pokemon can be found here)
C6: Field View Village (3rd Gym Leader), start of Route 8 (Weak and Middle level, first or second forms, of grass, bug, and flying Pokemon can be found here), and end of Route 7 (Weak and Middle level, first form only, of grass, rock, ground, and bug Pokemon can be found here)
C7: Rocky Ridge (2nd Gym Leader), Route 6 (Weak level, first form only, of grass, rock, ground, and bug Pokemon can be found here), and Route 5 (Weak level, first form only, of grass and bug Pokemon can be found here)
C8: Route 5 (Weak level, first form only, of grass and bug Pokemon can be found here)
C9: Open sea

D1: Open sea
D2: Lunar City (A city controlled by the Poke-Mafia), end of Route 12 (Middle level, first or second form, of grass, bug, rock, ground, normal, and flying Pokemon can be found here), start of Route 13 (Weak and middle, first or second form, of water and flying Pokemon can be found here), start of Route 14 (Middle level, first or second form, of water, electric, grass, bug, rock, ground, normal, and flying Pokemon can be found here)
D3: Route 14 (Middle level, first or second form, of water, electric, grass, bug, rock, ground, normal, and flying Pokemon can be found here)
D4: Site Town (A large mining city, mines are blocked off to players), Route 16 (Weak and middle level, first or second form, of rock, ground, normal, and flying Pokemon can be found here), Mystic Cave (End of Route 15. High level, second and final forms of dragon, steel, dark, psychic, ice, water, rock, and poison Pokemon can be found here. Opens to players after defeating the Elite Four) and start of Route 17 (Weak and middle level, first or second form, of rock, ground, normal, and flying Pokemon can be found here)
D5: Capital City (Capital of the land), Route 17 (Weak and middle level, first or second form, of rock, ground, normal, and flying Pokemon can be found here), and start of Route 18 (Middle level, first or second form, of water, electric, grass, bug, rock, ground, normal, and flying Pokemon can be found here)
D6: Route 18 (Middle level, first or second form, of water, electric, grass, bug, rock, ground, normal, and flying Pokemon can be found here)
D7: Open sea
D8: Purple Blossom Village (1st Gym Leader), Pin Point Valley (7th Gym Leader), Route 3 (Weak level, first form only, of grass, bug, and poison Pokemon), Vast Jungle (Ends Route 3, and starts Route 4. Weak level, first form only, 0f grass, bug, and poison Pokemon. After defeating Pierce, players can find weak, middle, and high level, first and second, of grass, bug, and poison Pokemon here), and Route 4 (Weak level, first form only, 0f grass, bug, and poison Pokemon),
D9: Open sea

E1: Open sea
E2: Icy Caverns (End of Route 13. Weak, middle, and high level, first and second form, of water, ice, psychic, and dark Pokemon can be found here. Opens up to players after defeating all 8 Gym Leaders) and Route 13 (Weak and middle, first or second form, of water and flying Pokemon can be found here)
E3: Route 14 (Middle level, first or second form, of water, electric, grass, bug, rock, ground, normal, and flying Pokemon can be found here)
E4: Shuttle Cape (Home of the island's space station. Weak and middle, first and second form, of steel Pokemon can be found here), end of Route 14 (Middle level, first or second form, of water, electric, grass, bug, rock, ground, normal, and flying Pokemon can be found here), and start of Route 15 (Weak and middle, first or second form, of water and flying Pokemon can be found here)
E5: Mountain range.
E6: Metropolis (Largest city on the island, home to the world's largest mall), end of Route 18 (Middle level, first or second form, of water, electric, grass, bug, rock, ground, normal, and flying Pokemon can be found here), Northern Steel Gate (Blocks the path of Route 20 until Drug Scandal Plot is finished) start of Route 19 (Middle level, first or second form, of electric, grass, bug, normal, and flying Pokemon can be found here), Route 20 (Middle level, first or second form, of grass, rock, ground, and flying Pokemon can be found here), and Route 21 (Middle level, first or second form, of electric, grass, bug, normal, and flying Pokemon can be found here)
E7: Route 21 (Middle level, first or second form, of electric, grass, bug, normal, and flying Pokemon can be found here)
E8: Soul Sky Town (Stater City), Thick Woods (End of Route 1. Weak level, first form only, of grass and bug Pokemon can be found here), Route 1 (Weak level, first form only, of normal and grass Pokemon can be found here), Route 2 Weak level, first form only, of normal, grass, and bug Pokemon can be found here), and Route 27 (Weak and middle level, first and second form, of water and flying Pokemon can be found here)
E9: Open sea

F1: Unclaimed island (Pokemon: Unknown)
F2: Open sea
F3: Open sea
F4: Open sea and mountain range
F5: Slugthrist Settlement (5th Gym Leader), Route 22 (Weak and middle level, first and second form, of water and flying Pokemon can be found here), and Route 23 (Weak and middle level, first and second form, of grass, electric, normal, water and flying Pokemon can be found here)
F6: Underwater Caverns (Middle level, second form only, of water, rock, and dark Pokemon can be found here. Opens after the Drug Scandal Plot), Battle Tower (Opens after defeating all 8 Gym Leaders)
F7: Route 21 (Middle level, first or second form, of electric, grass, bug, normal, and flying Pokemon can be found here)
F8: Route 27 (Weak and middle level, first and second form, of water and flying Pokemon can be found here)
F9: Open sea

G1: Open sea
G2: Quantum Laboratories (Headquarters of Team Science), and end of Route 26 (Middle level, first or second form, of water, grass, ground, normal, and flying Pokemon can be found here)
G3: Route 26 (Middle level, first or second form, of water and flying Pokemon can be found here)
G4: Swift Shores City (City of the Daycare Center), start of Route 26 (Middle level, first or second form, of water, grass, ground, normal, and flying Pokemon can be found here), and end of Route 25 (Weak and middle level, first or second form, of ground, rock, grass and water Pokemon can be found here)
G5: Ash Town (City of many hot springs. 6th Gym Leader), Southern Gate (Blocks players from traveling on Route 23 until the Drug Scandal Plot is finished), start of Route 25 (Weak and middle level, first or second form, of ground, rock, grass and water Pokemon can be found here). end of Route 24 (Weak and middle level, first or second form, of ground, rock, grass, normal, flying and water Pokemon can be found here), end of Route 21(Middle level, first or second form, of electric, grass, bug, normal, and flying Pokemon can be found here), and Route 23 (Weak and middle level, first and second form, of grass, electric, normal, water and flying Pokemon can be found here)
G6: Route 21(Middle level, first or second form, of electric, grass, bug, normal, and flying Pokemon can be found here)
G7: Open sea and corner of Celestial Mountain
G8: Fury City (Home to the Fighting Pokemon Dojo. Weak and middle level, first and second form, of fighting Pokemon can be found here), Route 27 (Weak and middle level, first and second form, of water and flying Pokemon can be found here), Route 28 (Middle level, first and second form, of fighting, rock, ground, normal, and flying Pokemon can be found here)
G9: Open sea

H1: Open sea
H2: Open sea
H3: Open sea
H4: Open sea
H5: Open sea
H6: Open sea
H7: Cosmos Castle (8th Gym Leader) and Route 30 (No Pokemon can be found here)
H8: Fountain City (Home to many casinos, malls, hotels and Pokemon tournaments), Air Balloon Airports (One on Route 29, and the other on Route 30), Route 28 (Middle level, first and second form, of fighting, rock, ground, normal, and flying Pokemon can be found here), Route 29 (High level, second or final form, of normal and flying Pokemon can be found here), and Route 30 (No Pokemon can be found here)
H9: Open sea

I1-9: Open sea

Gym Leaders:

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Name: Raze
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Badge: Razor Badge, enables the use of Cut outside of battle
City: Purple Blossom Village (Upper-left of D8)
Pokemon: Nuzleaf (M, Grass/Dark) at level 15 and Lombre (F, Grass/Water) at level 15
Other Notes: Double Battle - Trainers cannot challenge leader unless they have more than one Pokemon or another trainer as a partner


Name: Riku
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Badge: Pulverize Badge, all first form traded Pokemon obey you, enables the use of Strength outside of battle
City: Rocky Ridge (C7)
Pokemon: Baltoy (N, Ground/Psychic) at level 21, Cubone (F, Ground) at level 23, and Donphan (F, Ground) at level 25
Other Notes: Shows interest in the Archaeologist's work of reviving old Pokemon, but she stays at her gym and gives no help to their mission


Name: Rex
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Badge: Sense Badge, enables the use of Flash outside of battle
City: Field View Village (C6)
Pokemon: Kirlia (F, Psychic) at level 23, Meditite (M, Psychic/Fighting) at level 25, and Gallade (M, Psychic/Fighting) at level 26
Other Notes: Has a long history of rivalry with Leader Danny, he also has a strong desire to be a higher gym leader than Danny and the rest


Name: Danny
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Badge: Fright Badge, enables Rock Smash outside of battle, also allows the player to enter the Ghost Peak Tower (Split between B3 and C3)
City: Fo Path City (C4)
Pokemon: Gastly (N, Ghost/Poison) at level 25, Misdreavus (F, Ghost) at level 26, Haunter (N, Ghost/Poison) at level 27, and Sableye (M, Dark/Ghost) at level 29
Other Notes: As a strong rivalry against Rex, and always seems to take victory when it comes to their battles


Name: Fang
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Badge: Thrash Badge, enables Surf outside of battle, unlocks all gates that block the city (E6 and G5)
City: Slugthirst Settlement (F5)
Pokemon: Poliwhirl (M, Water) at level 30, Primeape (M, Fighting) at level 30, Sharpedo (M, Water/Dark) at level 31, Cloyster (M, Water/Ice) at level 32, and Poliwrath (M, Water/Fighting) at level 32
Other Notes: Only way into his city is with a valid warrant to enter. Before anyone can battle him as an official Gym Leader, he is caught cheating in all his battle by feeding his Pokemon illegal steroids. Any player during the Drug Scandal Plot will be given his badge without a real battle from him, all those who come after must battle the leader who replaces him.


Name: Pyxi
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Badge: Blazer Badge, enables Fly outside of battle
City: Ash Town (G5)
Pokemon: Ninetales (F, Fire) at level 34, Arcanine (M, Fire) at level 34, Rapidash (F, Fire) at level 34, and Magmortar (M, Fire) at level 36
Other Notes: Helps the [current] players find a way into Fang's city in order to battle him, after the Drug Scandal Plot, she openly invites the [current] players to come back and challenge her.


Name: Pierce
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Badge: Sin Badge, enables the use of Rock Climb outside of battle
City: Pin Point Valley (D8, Lower-middle)
Pokemon: Arbok (F, Poison) at level 36, Seviper (F, Poison) at level 36, Victreebel (M, Grass/Poison) at level 37, Ariados (F, Bug/Poison) at level 38, and Crobat (M, Poison/Flying) at level 40
Other Notes: Starts off the players with their journey by introducing them to Prof. Yew. Also teams up with the [current] players to battle against Team Science.


Name: Sykes
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Badge: Metallic Badge, enables use of Dive outside of battle, all Pokemon (Excluding Legendaries and Event Pokemon) obey you
City: Cosmos Castle (Split between H7 and H8)
Pokemon: Scizor (M, Bug/Steel) at level 39, Magneton (N, Electric/Steel) at level 41, Lairon (F Steel/Ground) at level 42, Steelix (M Steel/Rock) at level 43, and Aggron (M, Steel/Rock) at level 45
Other Notes: For defeating all 8 Gym Leaders, Sykes gives the player the Elite Ferry ticket to ride the ferry to Victory Tunnel (From C4 to A6)

Elite Four:

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Name: Electra
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Pokemon: Electrode (N, Electric) at level 47, Luxray (M, Electric) at level 47, Magnezone (N, Electric/Steel) at level 48, Ampharos (F, Electric) at level 48, and Electivire (F, Electric) at level 50
Other Notes: Youngest person to ever be in the Elite Four.


Name: Rodd
Age: Rodd
Gender: 44
Pokemon: Clefable (F, Normal) at level 51, Granbull (M, Normal) at level 51, Snorlax (M, Normal) at level 52, Blissey (F, Normal) at level 52, and Ursaring, (M, Nomral) at level 52
Other Notes: None.


Name: Prince
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Pokemon: Dragonair (F, Dragon) at level 51, Kingdra (M Water/Dragon) at level 52, Altaria (F, Dragon/Flying) at level 52, Salamence (M, Dragon/Flying) at level 53, and Dragonite (F, Dragon/Flying) at level 53
Other Notes: Envies the power that Ice-typed Pokemon has against his Dragons. Prince comes from a island far away from here, here the medieval ages still rule.


Name: Quinn
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Pokemon: Glalie (M, Ice) at level 52, Mamoswine (M, Ice/ground) at level 53, Walrein (M, Ice/Water) at level 54, Jynx (F, Ice/Psychic) at level 54, and Froslass (F, Ice/Ghost) at level 56
Other Notes: Invites the first player to beat him to take the role of the Champion.

Character Biography Sheets:

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Character's Name:
Age:
Gender:
Personality:
Appearance:
Starter Pokemon:

Starter Pokemon:

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All starter Pokemon begin at level five. All starter Water-type Pokemon begin with Water Gun and Tail Whip. All starter Grass-Type Pokemon begin with Leech Seed and Growl. All starter Fire-type Pokemon begin with Ember and Leer. All starter Electric-type Pokemon begin with Thundershock and Tail Whip. All starter Normal-type Pokemon begin with Tackle and Growl.

Starter Pokemons and their Owners:

Grass-type Pokemon:

Bulbasaur (F, Grass/Poison) -
Chikorita (F, Grass) -
Treecko (M, Grass) -
Turtig (M, Grass) -

Water-type Pokemon

Squirtle (F, Water) - Tera
Totodile (M, Water) -
Mudkip (F, Water) - Spitty
Piplup (M, Water) - Gotag

Fire-type Pokemon

Charmander (M, Fire) - EvNev
Cyndaquil (M, Fire) - Zero
Torchic (F, Fire) -
Chimchar (F, Fire) - Ozai

Electric-type Pokemon
Pikachu (M, Electric) - Tiny

Normal-type Pokemon
Eevee (M, Normal) - Marik

Roleplaying Rules:

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• Unless stated that you are allowed, your posts must have at least 4 sentences. Even if it's conversation, elaborate some, don't just make a simple reply.
• The RP has Game Masters (GMs). Refusal to comply with the Game Master's direction will result in a warning, then the removal of your character from the RP. These GMs are: Gotag and Griffin (Long)
• No complaining, arguing, etc. if we do something you don't like. Complaining will result in warnings and removal from the RP.
• No godmodding. That is reserve only to the GMs and those given permission from the GMs
• You have to use the character you’ve submitted in the RPG character thread.
• Control only your character, no one else's unless they give you permission INSIDE this thread, not through PMs.
• Keep all chatter in this thread
• Keep swearing to a minimum
• If you are talking, identify yourself and how you are talking and to WHOM. "Put your talking in quotation marks."
• No double posting.
• All posts must be in character.
• No childishness, unless it’s in-character
• Try to use proper grammar and spelling.
• No edits over 3 posts ago.
• ALL players start in Soul Sky City

Players start out in their room in Soul Sky City's apartment building.

[Nev]

"Ramone, Ramone, RAMONE" Ramone's mother shouted as she shook him. His face was firmly set in teh white pillow, his body angled by his sleep. Ramone's eyes stayed shut, his mouth allowing some drool to escape. His mother tutted at him, pulling the quilt that was wrapped around his body. Ramones snorted as he began to wake up. The humid air had made his body sweat and the grimy feeling that he slowly became aware off irritated him. He lifted his hand and started to signal his mother away. She huffed and slammed the door behind her.

After another five minutes becoming aclimatised to the rooms heat. His eyes opened and shut several times as he got out of bed. His ensuite bathroom was close which made Ramone happy. He slipped into the shower after getting undressed, it was colder than the room, even though it was above half way. After showering and fumbling into his usual attire he slowly slid down the stairs into the kitchen. A cold bowl of Butterfreebix sat on the table, he had taken an hour to get ready. Shoving the food aside he started rummaging in the fridge. An apple was his choice, today he ahd to go and see Pryce, he wanted a pokemon, but did Pryce have to live in a skyscraper. Ramone attatched his polypod earphones to his ears and slipped his running shoes on. He started down the street towards the Soul Sky City Skyscraper

[Captain Spitty]

Kyung laid in his hammock out on his balcony like he did every night covered by a thin blanket next to a small end table worn by the elements. On the table sat a alarm clock shaped like a pokeball ticked away just as worn as the table. It rang loudly in reponse Kyung slapped it off the table by accedent and sigh as he rubbed his eyes and threw it into his apartment room on the pile of broken alarm clocks. He then pulled an extra one out of the table and placed it on the table before stretching and walking into the small room opening his closet and looking at his clothes, all the same but different colors. He grabbed his favorite clothes and laid them on a chair before going to go shower. He had a problem with being on time and the same problem was here he chances are would be the last one to show up and meet Pierce.

[Tera253]

Tera idly yawned and stretched before sliding out of bed and onto the floor. he climbed back into bed and fell asleep for another 10 minutes before he decided that he should actually get up this time.

feeling around blindly on his nightstand for his glasses, he sliped them on, and shook his long hair out of his face.
"MOM? DAD?" he yelled, but, as usual, there was no answer. They had likely gone off to do whatever it was they constantly did. Tera was home alone a lot.
He also wondered why in heck his parents had named him, a boy, Tera--a girl's name, but 14 years of ridicule and mockery just led him to accept being called or mistaken for a girl sometimes.

sighing dismally, he tossed some clothes on and was ready to start the day. He wasn't depressed, but rather, his 'sigh' was one of "let's get this day started already, Tera".

it was a lot earlier than it seemed for such a lazy boy to be awake, but Tera was always lazy, and his sleep schedule was basically any time of the day when he felt like it.

He did want one of those fancy pokemon though. DEspite the fact that the letter he had gotten had addressed him as a female, he was pumped, and so naturally, after grabbing a couple pieces of fruit he was heading towards where Pryce was.

~Zuko~

[Marik]

Toby's eyes snapped open. This was the day that he could finally get his own pokemon! He glanced over at his clock and frowned. He was supposed to stay in bed for another twenty minutes, but he was sure that his parents would understand, given the circumstances. He fairly leaped out of bed and dashed into the bathroom to take a shower and brush his teeth.

Once finished with those chores, he flung clothes onto his barely dry body and ran down the short flight of steps to the kitchen where his mother was in the process of making a sandwich. "Well, don't you look happy!" she exclaimed. She ran her fingers through Toby's hair, trying to make sure that it was fixed properly. "Mom!" Toby tried to pull away, but his mother would not have it. Only once she was finished with his light red hair did she release him and Toby shook his head vigorously, spraying little droplets of water.

"Mom, I'm gonna be late," he said, grabbing at the sandwich, which was pretty obviously for him. "No you won't," his mother assured him. "You still have plenty of time to get to Mr. Pryce. Don't rush. And remember your manners and make-"

"Yeah, I know. Make the family proud," he finished for her. She smiled down at her excited son. She leaned down and planted a kiss on his forehead. "I'm proud of you, Toby. I know you'll become a terrific trainer."

"Thanks Mom. I love you!" he shouted as he bolted out the door, his backpack bouncing along as he ran towards the elevators of the apartment complex. "I hope Mr. Pryce doesn't leave without me," he muttered as he nervously waited for the elevator doors to open.

[#tag]

A door on the 25th floor slammed within the first hour of morning. A small white-haired boy walk down the hall with a busy pace. His fingers pushed the down elevator button endlessly as he reached the door. He tapped on of his feet against the floor with impatience. 'Come on, come on you stupid thing!'he groaned. Then, the doors open and he bolted inside. He waited for no one else, he pressed the button for the lobby, then the one that closed the doors. The elevator sealed tight, and began to make its descent.

Pryce jumped with joy as the elevator continued to drop without a break, but before his destination was met, tit froze and slid the doors open. In walked a boy, even shorter than Pryce's height, with matching red hair and freckles. Pryce screamed in his head, hoping that the boy didn't pick a floor before the lobby. The universe had decided against him, and the boy picked Pryce's room floor. He heaved a strong breath, thinking that the elevator would go to his floor first. Instead, the elevator began to rise back to his floor. Pryce did his best not to groan in public, but he couldn't help himself this time. The boy's attention was caught and he looked over to him, a moment later his expressions popped with much excitement. "You're Mr. Pryce, aren't you?!"

Pryce cooled down and answered him with content, "Yes, how do you know me?"

[Tera253]

Naturally, with the pure vastness of the Soul Sky Apartment building, Tera had no clue which exact room would be Pryce's. All he knew was that it would be up, and so he casually ambled on over to the elevator and hit the up button.

from here, he munched on his fruit, and simply waited for the elevator.

~Zuko~

[Captain Spitty]

Kyung stepped out of the shower drying himself off with a beach towel he grabbed a pair of boxers and pulled them on quickly followed by his jeans and tank top he cracked his neck and pulled on his Hawaiian print shirt. He walked over to the front door he looked at his straw hat sitting on the door nob. He grabbed it and put it on his head and a smile spread across his face, the sort of smile you get when you see an old friend you haven't seen in a long time. He slipped on some flip-flops and opened the door going towards a elevator.

[Marik]

Toby recovered from his moment of shock quite quickly, really.

"Um, sorry. My name is Toby and I got a letter from your brother about going with you to visit Professor Yew, and you kinda look like him." It was a roundabout way of answering the question, but he was so relieved that he hadn't missed him that he really did not notice. He leaned back against the wall of the elevator and heaved a relieved sigh. "Can I go with you to visit Professor Yew, please?"

[#tag]

"My brother did what...?!" he asked stepping back with a shocked face, "Eh, he needs to tell me when he does this!"

Pryce stopped and allowed the boy to come along. The elevator reached Pryce's floor once more, then began its descent. He stood in silence with Toby, trying to think up of something to say. A few topics came to mind, but only one fit his curiosity.

"So, why did Pierce send you this letter? And did you send this letter to any other people?" he asked, stealing a glance at his watch for the time. He was worried about showing up late if there were more people to show them the way.

[Captain Spitty]

Kyung pressed the up button on the elevator he lived on the third floor and if he remembered correctly Pryce lived on floor 26? Or was it floor 24 or maybe 25... He was not sure, he'd have to try them all. He cracked his neck saying to himself "the dumb elevator better not be busted again..." He tapped his foot impatiently as he waited for the elevator.

[Marik]

Toby lost some of his bravado at Pryce's reaction, but drew himself up again. If he was going to be a world class breeder, he couldn't be intimidated by anyone. Okay, well he could be intimidated, he just couldn't let them know that he was intimidated.

"I got the letter because I sent in my request for a pokelicense and got approved. I'm gonna be a world famous breeder and I figured that I better know everything I can about pokemon. What better way to learn about them than to train them, right? And I didn't send it to anyone, but I don't know how many other people Mr. Pierce sent a letter to." He frowned in thought for a moment, then gave up trying to figure out how many people could have gotten the letter and jsut shrugged.

[Zerolott]

Zero rolled out of bed, hoping the previous two weeks had simply been a horrible nightmare. First, his usual dealer of PGH got caught in a sting operation. That was bad in itself, since PGH was heavily regulated and controlled, and a good dealer was hard to find. To make matters worse, his dealer was able to get his sentence lowered, if he provided the name of the people he dealt to, whose number included Zero. A flurry of trials and plea bargains later, Zero was safe from jail, due to this being his first offense. Unfortunately, all of his illegally enhanced Pokemon were confiscated for rehab, leaving Zero with nothing, and he was put on probation. Since his trial was so public, anyone who might have helped Zero before would now not have anything to do with him. The final, and most painful, nail in Zero's coffin was the letter that now resided on his bedside table. It was a letter meant for novice trainers who had just graduated some retarded little kids training school, something Zero found appalling, since he had to claw his way up from the bottom without any help. The only reason he didn't immediately throw the letter away was the fact that it gave him the opportunity to get a new Pokemon, and at the bottom of the letter was a hand-written letter "G". Zero hadn't an inkling what that "G" stood for, he wasn't going to get his hopes up, but neither was he going to ignore his mysterious benefactor.

Grumblig, Zero headed to his closet, dodging things in the dark, since he hadn't bothered to turn on a light or open the curtains to let the light. Reaching the closet and turning on the light, he put on the harness for his claymore, slipped his great kilt on, pulled up his socks, made sure his sgian dubh was safely fastened in his right sock, slipped on and tied his shoes, and fastened his claymore to his harness. Ready for the rest of the day, he turned on the rest of the lights in his apartment, illuminating a computer in the corner, its power flashing to indicate that it is in sleep mode. Slapping the space bar, Zero watched as the computer turned on quickly, it's power evident. Settling himself into his chair, he opened up the Trainers Database website, Zero typed "Pryce" into the search bar. 'Wha' kin' a bloomin' fag name is "Pryce" anyway?' he thought to himself. The computer beeped, indicating it had found a match. Opening up Pryce's file, Zero shrunk the window down and started up another program, an illegal one designed to force its way into the trainers database with an administrator account, allowing the user to access more information about trainers, such as the tracking number for the homing device implanted into every Pokedex. One could remove the tracking device if they knew how, and Zero had done it a long time ago. Downloading Pryce's tracking number, Zero fed it into his own 'Dex, and watched as the screen turned into a map, with a flashing red dot showing the location of Pryce, which was currently in the elevator shaft of the same building that Zero's apartment was in.

Taking one last look at Pryce's profile to memorize what his face looked like, Zero shut down his computer and headed to the door, grabbing his tam o' shanter and plopping it on his head before closing the door to his apartment. Zero went to the stair well, since the signal on his "Dex showed Pryce moving downwards, and Zero knew he would never catch him if he used an elevator himself. Scrambling down the stairs, he reached the lobby well before Pryce did, and settled into a comfy armchair to wait for the white haired trainer to arrive.

[Tera253]

the elevator passed by Tera's floor and opened, letting him in.

"Finally" he said, not noticing the other people inside it. He forgot which floor Prcye was on, and so he just pushed a bunch of random buttons between 20 and 27.

~Zuko~

[#tag]

"Oh, you have to be kidding, me! Really?! Every floor between 20 through 27?!" Pryce childishly screamed at the newcomer (Tera), slamming his head into the room's wall. Before the machinery made its trek across all those floors, it made a pit stop at the third. There another boy (Kyung) entered in. He prepared to press more buttons around the twenties, but stopped after seeing them all pressed. He stood back in confusion, so many floors for so little of a crowd.

"Wait... are both of you looking for Pryce as well?

[Tera253]

"Meh, sorry," Tera shrugged, "just looking for some dude... name started with a P or something, Pra... Par..."

""Wait... are both of you looking for Pryce as well?"
"yeah! Pryce... that's the dude..."

"and I guess I should introduce myself."
Tera paused, throwing his long hair behind her his shoulders. [hehehe...]

"'name's Tera. how bout you all?"

~Zuko~

[Ozai]

Hiro was scrambling around his room trying to gather things for his upcoming Pokemon journey that he was very glad to start, providing he could find all the things he needs. A giant pile of assorted things like clothes, books, and games stood behind Hiro as he shouted, "How can I possibly fit all of these things inside this backpack!?" It was then he grabbed whatever he felt necessary to bring along and ran out his families apartment door shouting, "See ya mom and dad i'm off!"

The fact that Hiro was going to get a Pokemon, being able to catch new ones, and having the ability to challenge Gym Leaders made him excited all because Gym Leader Pierce gave him the opportunity to after graduating from the Pin Point Poke-Academy. I never thought a Gym Leader would send a letter to someone like me. But I guess he chose those who thought were capable of doing such a task. Professor Yew must be getting ready for us and I can't wait. Living on the 21st floor of the Soul Sky City apartment building Hiro had to take the elevator for his next destination. He wasn't to sure where to meet the Gym Leader's brother as he most likely forgot or wasn't told where to go so he figured he probably remember if he waited on the elevator to a new floor for a bit. He pressed a button and waited for the machine to pick him up.

[Marik]

[[Poor elevator. I feel bad for the thing.]]

Toby's eyes widened slightly at Pryce's tantrum. If he did something like that at home, his mom would've grounded him for a week at least.

When the boy(?) who had pushed all the buttons introduced himself, Toby figured that he'd better too. So, gathering up his courage, he said, "My name's Toby, and this is Pryce. He was in the elevator when I got in it." Were all of these people going to be pokemon trainers too? Wow, Toby thought, slightly over-awed. I'd better do my best with so many people already.

[Tera253]

[lol Marrrik. and yes, for once, I am RPing a male character]

"oh," Tera exclaimed, "so YOU'RE Pryce."
he paused for a moment.

"hi."

he then turned to the boy who had just introduced himself.
"hi Toby" he said.
While Tera was clearly an oddball, he was friendly, and rather enthusiastic about things, almost to the point where he was foolish.

~Zuko~

[Nev]

Ramone came to the entrance of Soul Sky apartments, he placed his hands onto his thighs and breated heavily. He wasn't used to running so much, he wasn't a slob, just exercised in small bursts. He coughed slightly and stood back up straight. He turned and entered the building, nearly hitting the automatic doors that were lagging. Ramone entered the lobby, the air conditioning was a welcome break from the early summer heat wave. He took out his cell phone and skimmed though his texts to find where to meet this Pryce.

He found the text nearly instantly, it was one of the newest. He decided to meet Pryce in the lobby, it had seats to rest in before they had to travel, a nice breather from travelling. First Ramone walked towards the front desk, a woman sat behin dit, taking calls and making sure that the people who came in lived in the apartments upstairs. She glanced at Ramone and went back to typing. Ramone cleared his throat to speak.

"Hi, is there a Pryce in the building, or has he already left" Ramone asked, his hands drumming the desk as he waited. The woman checked her notes and looked back at ramone.

"No he hasn't left yet, I suppose you're here to talk to him, sit down and he should be down here soon." The woman replied, indicating towards the seating area.

"Thanks" Ramone muttered as he turned around. He slumped into the seats and waited for Pryce to arrive on the ground floor.

[Ozai]

Hiro starting tapping his foot up and down while his arms were crossed while waiting for the elevator to reach him. Aww man when is that thing gonna get here? After several minutes have passed Hiro couldn't wait anymore so he rushed down the stairs hoping to see Pryce's brother in the lobby and maybe some other people who got the same letter as he did. Little signs were present in the stairwell which showed Hiro which floor he was on so it was easy to find out which floor he was on in case he got lost. When he made it to the 11th floor and thought that he would be there soon but he soon realized something and shouted, "I forgot my backpack!"

So Hiro had to run all the way back up and grab his backpack that he foolishly left behind by the elevator door and then make his way back down. He made it back to the 21st floor but seeing as how he ran 10 floors up he felt tired afterwords and didn't enjoy walking back down. Well in the end this will all be worth it....... He got his backpack and started his decent back down the stairwell.

[#tag]

The greetings, handshakes, introductions, and more were completed. The elevator finally reached the highest of all floors in the building. The machinery then moved them to the lobby, at last. Once the doors burst open, the four boys freely out onto the lobby's tiles. The lady at the front desk reported to Ramone of his arrival, and the boy went through the same process as the others. A strange man, with the name of Zero, also joined the team after watching Ramone speak Pryce's name. Hiro broke into an unstable dash from the staircase door and made his way into the group before their departure.

The Gym Leader's brother felt relieved that he was finally at the lobby, and on his way out. He had high hopes that the others wouldn't slow him down on his personal quest of beating his older brother.

The group, now a party of seven, left the apartment building. Pryce directed them to Professor Yew's usual hideout, tall grass, where he researched many of the young and weak Pokemon species. Along the walk, Pryce attempted to spark up a conversation with a simple question:

"So, what is everyone's reasons of being a Pokemon Trainer? I already know Toby's, but what about the rest of you?"

[Note: All those who have posted are in the group, any newcomers will be brought in through a different way.]

[Ozai]

Hiro's sudden dash down the stairs into the lobby made him really happy once he saw the group but really tired because he had to run down so many flights of stairs. "Boy am I glad I didn't miss you guys," Hiro said. From the way one of the people in the group was leading them Hiro could tell that person what Gym Leader Pryce's little brother Pierce. He wanted to say hello to him as the left the building but Pierce asked the group, "So, what is everyone's reasons of being a Pokemon Trainer? I already know Toby's, but what about the rest of you?"

"Well I want to become one because I think it's fun traveling meeting, catching, and training Pokemon," responded Hiro.

[adherye]

What are the best pokemon to raise in pokemon emerald version? I just currently beat Winona. I have a swellow marshtomp trapinch gardevoir breloom and beautifly, and I do not think it is a very good team. Can anyone give me an idea for some good pokemon to raise?