Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)
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				Title: <strong>Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>27-07-2012, 21:15:14</strong>
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				The Adventure (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=147417.0)<br>OOC Discussion (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=145264.0)<br>Interest Check (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=143583.0)<br>Recruitment (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=152438.0)<br>Character Roster (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=144659.0)<br>Region Map/Event Listing (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=145023.0)<br>Tetso Pokédex (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=149021.0)<br><br>===<br><br>(http://oi45.tinypic.com/tytl3.jpg)<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Post Header Format</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div class="codeheader">Code: <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return smfSelectText(this);" class="codeoperation">[Select]</a></div><pre style="margin: 0; padding: 0;"><code class="bbc_code">[b]Name:[/b]<br><br>[b]Location:[/b]<br><br>[b]Tagging:[/b]<br><br>[b]Current Pokémon:[/b]<br><br>[hr]</code></pre></div></div><br>Tetso: a symbol of peace and trust between pokémon and human for the entire world, built out of conflict that had left it all in ruin. In ancient times, when man saw the powerful, wild creatures all around them as slaves at best and an intolerable threat at worst, it seemed that the two would never be willing to coexist, until the Storm was brought down upon both. Half of the land fell under the sea, and the rest would have swiftly followed had the Hero Pokémon not came and held back the Storm, long enough for human and pokémon to band together and fight back the one who brought it. From the Stormbringer, mankind learned to fear and respect the power of pokémon, and from the Hero, it learned to love and trust them. Men took down their castle walls and put down their weapons, forming a new coexistence with nature.<br><br>Many centuries later, Tetso is far from the only land where man and pokémon live in harmony, but it is about to join the most noteworthy. With its new Pokémon League under creation, not only will it draw in some of the best trainers in the world, it will create some in its very own back yard. After six months of challenges, all eight Gyms are officially complete, and the very first Tetso Pokémon League Summit has been called for the eight new Gym Leaders, various important guests, and any trainers wishing to play a lottery and get a chance to experience their very first Gym Battle! The resort in Douglasberg City was well stocked and prepared for its coming visitors, its Safari Zone and battle centers all ready for the flood of touring trainers coming their way. The Elite Four were ready to introduce their chosen eight to the world...<br><br>===<br><br><strong><em><span class="bbc_u">Reinso City</span></em></strong><br><br>Of all the large cities in Tetso, Reinso had to stuck the most to its tradition and stayed the closest with nature. Despite the size it had expanded to over the years, Reinso still had the elegance and nostalgia for a small town, with many buildings still being made of wood and stone, and the locals lacking the irritable hustle and bustle of a denser urban center. Situated near the lake, the city lived peacefully with the local pokémon population, the common Psychic and Normal types rarely seeing the need to attacks travelers, and often even being allowed to wander into town without being assaulted.<br><br>The city had the usual amenities of a Pokémon Center, Pokémart, inns, and whatever else the nomadic trainer needed, though the only major landmark is the Emperor Tower, a psychic focal point which all Psychic types in the region connect to. Those who explore the tower often find themselves being attacked by wild pokémon who are nothing more than mere projections of pokémon existing across the bay. There are a fair number of pokémon who set up their physical homes in the tower, though, free to be fought and captured.<br><br>===<br><br><strong><em><span class="bbc_u">Astorpoint City</span></em></strong><br><br>Even in the day, Astorpoint seemed dark. The smog that came from the factories on the outskirts of town always seemed to be carried in a cloud over the city itself, creating a translucent blanket between the people and the sun, with the the constantly offending neon lights making everything else seem dim by comparison. It was certainly as far from nature as a city could get, though anyone seeking Poison pokémon would need to look no further, with the factories and sewers and even some of the streets being oft infested with toxic and venomous creatures.<br><br>Those who had to travel through Astorpoint on their way to Douglasberg certainly did so reluctantly, though seeing as it was the last stop before a long trip through a thick forest, it was the best opportunity for one to rest up and resupply, as well as maybe get some last minute sketchy fun for those who were into that sort of thing. And for those looking for work, there was no shortage of infestations to clear up...<br><br>===<br><br><strong><em><span class="bbc_u">Seastorm Ferry</span></em></strong><br><br>Those taking the Seastorm Ferry to Douglasberg would find from the moment that they stepped onboard that "Ferry" hardly described it. More commonly taking Douglasberg tourists to the Stadium, the vessel was just short of being a full-sized cruise ships, having four full decks, furnished rooms for the overnight trip across the bay, a swimming pool on the bottom deck, a formal ball and dining room, and much more. Of course, there were battling rings as well for the multitude of world-class trainers heading to and from the Stadium, and even an onboard Pokémon Center. There was certainly no better way to get from Seastorm to Douglasberg and back, if you had deep enough pockets.<br><br>Today, the ship was more crowded than ever with those heading in for the Pokémon League Summit, a once-in-a-lifetime event for many of the locals. Aristocrats and famous trainers were mixed in with families and tourists thanks to discount tickets offered for this special occasion, though the traveling Gym Leaders would had first-class rooms booked weeks in advance. It was just a matter of not being identified by the dense, overexcited crowd.<br><br>===<br><br><strong><em><span class="bbc_u">Douglasberg City</span></em></strong><br><br>What else is there to say about Douglasberg? Even on the worst of days, the city was nothing but a swarm of vacationers, both those who overflowed from Seastorm and those who came specifically for the Resort and the Safari Zone. Anyone not satisfied by relaxing on the manmade beaches of the resort or heading north to join in the hunt could stop by the casino to risk a little or risk it all, and even those with a more reserved attitude toward life could head underground to explore the ruins, though the deeper levels were still off-limits. <br><br>The Gym Leaders who had already arrived had little other to do than wait, get some early meetings in with their new peers, and, of course, avoid the crowds whenever possible. Of every trainer in the region, they were the eight that were chosen to prove themselves as better than the rest, and to represent Tetso to the rest of the world. No pressure, right?
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkNevaeh</strong> on <strong>27-07-2012, 23:43:55</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a42/darknevaeh/youthinkdotcom_3244285_223866.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Lexi Noxkage<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg City, streets near the gym<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Anyone<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Nuzleaf, Zorua<br><br><hr><br>Lexi smiled as she walked the streets, heading back to the gym, carrying groceries.&nbsp; The city would soon be teeming with Gym Leaders from around the country and she wanted to make sure there was plenty of food for pokemon and human alike.&nbsp; She nodded to a few of the people there as they waved, knowing a couple of the locals since she had been here for some time.&nbsp; <br><br>Lexi grinned as she got closer, turning a corner.&nbsp; Tonight she was debating on what to make.&nbsp; Nachos or spaghetti?&nbsp; She wasn't sure.&nbsp; She wondered what Elly would want...if she wanted anything.&nbsp; She also needed to make the pokemon dinner and make sure the play area was clean.&nbsp; She hummed as she walked wondering just what kind of new pokemon she would get to meet and possibly battle as she turned another corer, heading toward the gym.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SargentToughie</strong> on <strong>28-07-2012, 20:06:41</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Draven Nasarus<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg City, the Gym<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Lexi (kinda)<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Lucille and Torchic<br><br><hr><br>Draven glanced from side to side at the busy streets of Douglasberg City as he waited patiently by the Gym for the rest of the leaders to show up. He knew that he was supposed to be making his way towards the assembly area that the Elite 4 wanted to use for some sort of meeting, but that wasn't going to be for another couple of hours, and he figured that this could be a great opportunity for him to get acquainted with any of his fellow Gym Leaders who could be roaming around. Sure, Draven was told about their names and their respective cities in that E-mail that was sent out from the Elite 4 when the entire league was finished getting set up, but he had no idea what the other Gym Leaders looked like or what kind of people they were. Hell, he didn't even know if the others <em>got</em> said E-mail, since he only checked his poke-nav inbox every once in a blue moon himself.<br><br>Either way, he was in a pretty relaxed mood as he waited, something about the large and bustling city streets always seemed to make him feel more alive and energetic. Perhaps it was just because he was raised in a relatively small town, but he was blown away the first time he saw a big city and was able to explore it to his heart's content. Since then his excitement and childlike awe had died away a bit, since he made rather frequent trips to Douglasberg since arriving here, but it still filled him with energy the likes of which no small town ever could.<br><br>He would still be there waiting whenever Lexi passed by the gym, though unless she said something to him, he wouldn't really interact with her. He had no idea what the other gym leaders looked like, after all, so she could very well have just been another random passerby going about her day, with all the groceries that she was carrying.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkNevaeh</strong> on <strong>28-07-2012, 21:39:08</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a42/darknevaeh/youthinkdotcom_3244285_223866.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Lexi Noxkage<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg City, streets near the gym<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Anyone<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Nuzleaf, Zorua<br><br><hr><br>Lexi was deep in thought as she turned down the last street toward the gym and stopped with a blink.&nbsp; There was a red-headed man with glasses hanging out in front of the gym.&nbsp; Interesting.&nbsp; Was he there to challenge the gym?&nbsp; Lexi wasn't sure if they were taking challenges yet.&nbsp; She shrugged as she resumed her walk.&nbsp; Was Elly there yet?&nbsp; She hoped so.&nbsp; If anyone had that answer, it would be Elly.&nbsp; <br><br>Smiling at the man as she approached, she stepped past him and then stopped, looking back.&nbsp; "Good afternoon.&nbsp; Welcome to the Douglasberg Gym.&nbsp; Can I be of service?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sylia</strong> on <strong>28-07-2012, 21:45:26</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Hibana Tenjou<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg City<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Anyone<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Riolu, Hitmonlee<br><br><hr><br>"Aaaaaah! Isn't this great, Riolu?!" Hibana exclaims, stretching her arms out at the expanse of the beach infront of her. "The sandiness! The blueness of the water! And most of all.. WE'LL SOON START THE LEAGUE!!"<br><br>"Riolu."<br><br>"What? You don't care for beaches?" Hibana asked her pokemon, glancing down at him. "Never realized that. What do you like, then?"<br><br>"Rio rio, riolu."<br><br>"Hee hee.. I should've known. You like to train, like me!" Hibana smiles down at the blue and black pokemon as it blushes and crosses its arms, looking away from her. "But remember, we'll be pretty busy once everything's set. So I'll be counting on ya more in combat."<br><br>"Lee!" Came a voice to Hibana's other side as her Hitmonlee tapped her on the shoulder. <br><br>"Hmm?" Hibana blinked, looking over at him.<br><br>"Hitmonlee!" The pokemon spoke, pointing back towards the city.<br><br>"OOOH Right! It is almost time for us to meet up with the others." Hibana says with a nod, then steps forward and turns to face her two companions, stretching out her hand. "So can I count on you two from now on?"<br><br>"Riolu!" Riolu spoke with a nod as he placed his paw ontop of Hibana's hand.<br><br>"Lee!" Hitmonlee replied, placing his hand ontop of Riolu's. <br><br>"Thanks, I knew I could count on you both!" Hibana says with a grin. "Now.. let's go!"<br><br>With that, the three of them headed back into the city. In a little while, they were planning to meet up with the other Gym leaders to meet for the first time. Who knows how that'd go, so she was quite excited. Riolu was on edge, even though he wouldn't admit it. Those people that were after them hadn't shown up in a while, but they were still out there, waiting for a chance. He'd have to protect her.. somehow.<br><br>It wasn't too long after that that the three of them found themselves wandering the city. "I wonder how Elly's doing?" Hibana wondered as they walked. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SargentToughie</strong> on <strong>29-07-2012, 08:47:59</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Draven Nasarus<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg City, the Gym<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Lexi<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Lucille and Torchic<br><br><hr><br>Draven paused when he heard the voice of a girl welcoming him to the gym, glancing over in her direction with a polite smile as he pulled away from the wall. "Oh, I was just waiting for the Gym leader to come by. My name's Draven, I'm the Gym Leader of Ciderhelm city, and since I'm in town at the request of the big 4, I figured I'd take the opportunity to introduce myself to the leader of Douglasberg city beforehand." With that, he extended his hand out towards Lexi, though he withdrew it when he realized that her arms were a bit too full with groceries to really give it a proper shake. "I don't suppose you work here, do you?"<br><br>Draven might have come to the assumption that she was the gym leader herself, but she didn't really fit the profile. It really would have been a pretty silly misconception that demonstrated just how little Draven actually knew about his fellow gym leaders, if he were to make such a mistake.<br><br>Thank goodness that never happened, otherwise he'd have looked like quite a fool.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Karasu</strong> on <strong>29-07-2012, 10:12:08</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o129/rikuu_uchiha/RPG%20character/boy/owlboy.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Katsuo Katashi (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=144659.msg6516969#msg6516969)<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> anyone<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Eeve (Toshi), Kindlemurr, HootHoot (Baby)<br><br><hr><br>Katsuo gave a soft sigh as he sat in a char, Kindlemurr and Toshi playfighting while he fed Hoothoot, the baby pokemon he cared for and was raising. "Hey Kindlemurr, play nice, you too Toshi." He said to approving calls of acknowledgement. Hoothoot hooted impatiently, he wanted to play too!<br><br>"Come on Hoothoot, two more berries and you can go play."<br>"Hoot, hoot." Said the baby as it opened its mouth for the berries. "Atta boy, go play then but stay near Toshi or Kindlemurr." He said and watched his pokemon play around. He couldn't wait to arrive at the city.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkNevaeh</strong> on <strong>30-07-2012, 21:03:18</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a42/darknevaeh/youthinkdotcom_3244285_223866.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Lexi Noxkage<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg City, streets near the gym<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Anyone<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Nuzleaf, Zorua<br><br><hr><br>Lexi chuckled and nodded.&nbsp; "Yes I do.&nbsp; I'm Lexi, pokemon breeder.&nbsp; The gym leader is Elly...but I'm not sure if she is in right now.&nbsp; But hey, you're in time for some food.&nbsp; Come on in and we can see if she is here.&nbsp; Worst comes to worst, food."&nbsp; She smiles slightly and heads on in, wondering if the man would follow her.&nbsp; A trainer was easy top deal with then a non-trainer.&nbsp; They had one thing in common: pokemon.&nbsp; Lexi was normally shy, but she had learned to put on a&nbsp; brave face for Pokemon trainers so that she could battle.<br><br>As they entered the gym, Lexi brought him down one of the first hallways and into a big kitchen area.&nbsp; Dropping the groceries on the counter, she went to a wall and hit the intercom.&nbsp; "Elly, we have a visitor, another gym leader from Ciderhelm.&nbsp; We're in the kitchen."&nbsp; She then turned to Draven with a smile and a small blush.&nbsp; "Would you or your pokemon like something to drink?"
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				Post by: <strong>Latooni Subota</strong> on <strong>31-07-2012, 20:50:33</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Elly MacDougal<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg City, Dark Gym<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Lexi, Draven<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Scraggy, Krokorok<br><br><hr><br>With a loud clank, the walk-in cooler Elly had specially had installed into the gym's kitchen opened, revealing a pair of pretty swag sunglasses. Oh, also the body they were attached to. A young blond woman in thigh-high socks, a shirt that barely reached down past her bottom, and judging by the shoulder straps a sports bra. <br><br><strong>"Big goddamn deal. There's still six more to go, you don't need to call me for every little thing, you know? Shit, why couldn't we meet up at the casino . . ."</strong><br><br>Aaaand that wasn't the greatest first impression. Elly turned towards her fellow gym leader and glanced up and down his body, before frowning. <strong>"Ciderhelm? You'll find Douglasberg significantly more fun than TV Land, Fire Guy. Just make yourself at home or something."</strong> Wait, why was she even INSIDE the cooler?
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SargentToughie</strong> on <strong>01-08-2012, 02:48:30</strong>
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				Name: Draven Nasarus<br><br>Location: Douglasberg City, Dark Gym<br><br>Tagging: Lexi, Elly<br><br>Current Pokemon: Lucille, Torchic<br><br><hr><br>Draven simply nodded and followed Lexi in, she seemed like a well mannered girl, one that he would be able to get along with quite easily. At her insistence, he made his way into the kitchen and released his two comrades, since he was able to tell that the kitchen was large enough to accommodate quite a few guests.&nbsp; Lucille analyzed her surroundings somewhat carefully before she let out a small sigh and coiled into a ball in the middle of the floor, her tails flowing around her and creating something of a blanket for the orange fox. The Torchic, on the other hand, was far more interested in conducting a rather thorough investigation of the floor, particularly small corners and nooks that could possibly contain priceless treasures for the small creature to liberate.<br><br>When asked about drinks, Draven simply nodded.<br>"Actually, Lucille absolutely loves-"<br><br>And then came the first impression, with the girl who seemed far more forward and brunt then her aide. Considering how polite and well mannered Lexi had been, Draven was startled by just how dramatically different the actual leader herself was. Of course, the surprise didn't last long before he regained his composure, adjusted his glasses a little, and turned his gaze towards Elly. "I've been here a couple of times, actually. It's nice to be around people who aren't completely full of themselves every once in a while."<br><br>She might have been one to speak her mind, but Elly most certainly didn't strike Draven as a bad person, not in the slightest.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DRoux</strong> on <strong>03-08-2012, 22:30:53</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/E9dEJ.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Elouise Fairchild<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Katsuo<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Golbat, Koffing<br><br><hr><br>Elouise was standing on deck, leaning against a railing and looking out on the ocean. Her Golbat dangled from the same railing about a foot to her left, clinging to the metal bar with its feet. It looked inquisitively in through the window behind Elouise at a Trainer with three Pokemon of his own.<br><br>After noticing her Golbat's interest in the Trainer indoors, she nudged it with her elbow, causing it to rock back and forth a little bit. "Want to go meet them?" The large bat responded, "Gol!" and started to fly for the door. After pausing for a moment to examine her reflection in the window and fix a few of her false dreadlocks that had moved out of place, she opened the door, and both Elouise and her Golbat entered the room. The Golbat immediately settled on a light fixture in the corner of the room, choosing to dangle there now.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Karasu</strong> on <strong>04-08-2012, 00:15:54</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o129/rikuu_uchiha/RPG%20character/boy/owlboy.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Katsuo Katashi (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=144659.msg6516969#msg6516969)<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Eloise<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Eeve (Toshi), Kindlemurr, HootHoot (Baby)<br><br><hr> Katsuo gave a&nbsp; soft laugh as he watched Hoothoot try to play fight with Toshi and Kindlemurr. "Gods Hoothoot, your gonna be a tough one one day aren't ya?" He said, and leaned down to pet Toshi, his favorite, his starter. "Your gonna help him right Toshi?" He said.<br><br>"Eeve!" Cried his bestest buddy the Eevee, though he noticed the Golbat hanging from the light fixture he smiled. "Well now your a big one, You got a trainer around big guy?"<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DRoux</strong> on <strong>04-08-2012, 01:25:30</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/E9dEJ.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Elouise Fairchild<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Katsuo<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Golbat, Koffing<br><br><hr><br>"That'd be me," Elouise said from the doorway, this time leaning against the doorframe. "Would it be a safe bet that someone like you would be heading to Douglasberg for the Gym Leader summit?"<br><br>Golbat flapped its wings a few times, signalling its own eagerness to arrive at the event.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Karasu</strong> on <strong>04-08-2012, 01:40:44</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o129/rikuu_uchiha/RPG%20character/boy/owlboy.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Katsuo Katashi (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=144659.msg6516969#msg6516969)<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Eloise<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Eeve (Toshi), Kindlemurr, HootHoot (Baby)<br><br><hr><br>Katsuo smiled and gave her a nod, as Hoothoot flew up into his arms for a snuggle. "I am, My partners and I are ready to begin our leader challenge for sure.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>04-08-2012, 08:49:50</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://api.ning.com/files/mdHZvw03i*CGtsDN0LtfmUcgwnGEzcn1TYwBd-dIje3UhHDsWx0iVsng64hRwI31SfNV4pQJqB1nofG6HkqXVYVMMEycorew/Drayolagain.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Cedric Oleaster<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> None<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Gloom (Priscilla), Turtwig<br><br><hr><br>Cedric turned and took a quick look around the deck from his stool at the open-air bar, noting how this level seemed to be populated mostly by regular, middle-class touring families that crowded the entire, sunny area with their play and cheer. It wasn't a particularly welcome change from the astoundingly more quiet, relaxed atmosphere of his Gym back home, or even the town that hosted it, but it played well to his goals right now. It was easier to lose him in this crowd than it was the thinner crowd of rich folk up on his own deck, and for a Gym Leader looking for a peaceful journey without challenges and fanfare, that meant the world.<br><br>Smiling a little, he turned back to his nanab berry smoothie and took a sip, making a mental note to head somewhere quite soon so Priscilla and Turtwig could be let out for a bit. It had already been a few hours since he had freed them, and they were a bit spoiled when it came to time outside their pokeballs. It was hard to deny a Grass type pokemon sunlight for very long and expect them to be happy, though. Shame pokeball design hadn't come far enough to compensate for that yet.<br><br>Taking another look off down the bar, the researcher noticed a strange fellow in oddly dark and heavy clothing for the weather, standing there as if he was simply trying to stay out of the way, rather than enjoy the cruise. The same could probably be said of Cedric, but something about this didn't set right with him, and a bit of time working with the wrong type of people sharpened those instincts. He made sure to keep an eye on the man in his peripherals as he received a message, something he couldn't see, but which led him to start walking to the more reclusive part of the ship. It was possibly none of his business, but something told him otherwise...
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkNevaeh</strong> on <strong>04-08-2012, 10:32:06</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a42/darknevaeh/youthinkdotcom_3244285_223866.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Lexi Noxkage<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Gym<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elly, Draven<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Nuzleaf, Zorua<br><br><hr><br>Lexi grinned wide as the Ninetails and Torchic appeared.&nbsp; "Oh they are absolutely adorable!" she exclaimed, obviously not shy around pokemon.&nbsp; She turned toward the drawer to pull out a shiny token from one of the casinos and knelt to offer it to the Torchic just as Elly came waltzing out of the cooler.&nbsp; Lexi blinked up at her boss with a look of confusion.<br><br>"Elly...did something happen in the cooler?&nbsp; I can fix whatever happened.&nbsp; I was just out getting dinner and snack supplies for us and our guests..."&nbsp; Lexi's voice is a bit more shy, even talking to the gym leader who she worked for.&nbsp; "I was thinking a really big pot of spaghetti.&nbsp; And i can take care of the pokemon while you all are having you're meeting.&nbsp; Is that ok?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SargentToughie</strong> on <strong>05-08-2012, 09:24:38</strong>
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				Name: Draven Nasarus<br><br>Location: Douglasberg City, Dark Gym<br><br>Tagging: Lexi, Elly<br><br>Current Pokemon: Lucille, Torchic<br><br>....................................................................<br><br>Torchic was absolutely delighted by the small shiny token, and it happily took the shiny trinket into it's beak and trotted it back over to Draven, showing it off to it's master before it hopped in between a few of Lucille's tails and got comfortable, clearly quite satisfied with the reward of it's quest. Draven, meanwhile, was also quite amused by how Lexi's rather shy shell seemed to explode open as soon as Pokemon were around. Still, it was nice to see her being so kind to his companions, and he was quite thankful for it.<br><br>Then, with the introduction of Elly, Draven didn't really have any idea what the two of them were talking about with 'the cooler', and so he simply kept his mouth shut and listened to them. If there was something that the two of them could use a hand with, he'd be more then happy to stick around and pull his weight.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ember Star</strong> on <strong>05-08-2012, 21:01:28</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Elektra Kandou (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/e9/Images-41.jpeg)<br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry<br><strong>Tagging</strong> Anyone and noone <br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Pichu (Sparkles (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/bc/PikachuColoredPichu-picsay.jpg)), Glaceon, and Marill (egg) <br><br>It was with difficultly that Elektra wove through the crowd of people. She didn't like it, too many people, she was to shy for this. It all freaked her out. Pale cheeks were red with blush as gray eyes scanned a way out of the crowed hall. "Pi..pi..pichu!" Came a sneeze from her shoulder. It made her jump slightly before turning her head to look at the little shiny blue and white Pichu, Sparkles, sitting up there. Elektra sighed. "Don't scare me like that." She told the the Pokemon almost in a whispered. "Pi...?" Sparkles started to question but then was cut off by a "Glaceon!" From Elektra's ankles. Thank the PokeGods! The ice Pokemon had spotted a way through the crowd.<br><br>With careful steps Elektra followed the Glaceon's lead, weaving through the narrow path of people until they reached the deck. Luckily, a quiet deck with only a few people mulling about. Elektra sighed with relief then walked over to the rail. She leaned over, watching the water below, the wind making her long black hair blow. Pichu hopped up her shoulder and onto the rail. "Pichu! Pichu!" The unusually colored Pokemon said excitedly while watching the water. "Careful Sparkles..." Elektra warned. While the older and much more serious Glaceon laid at her feet, soundlessly. Elektra signed again, taking in the fresh salty air as she placed her and in her pocket, and softly wrapped it around the Marill egg there 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DRoux</strong> on <strong>10-08-2012, 16:46:01</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/E9dEJ.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Elouise Fairchild<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Katsuo<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Golbat, Koffing<br><br><hr><br>Elouise smiled at&nbsp; his response. "Well, I have to say, Golbat and I won't be making it easy on you." To affirm this, her Golbat flapped its wings a few times again and offered an enthusiastic "Golbat!"<br><br>Then she crossed over and extended her hand. "I'm Elouise Fairchild, the Gym Leader in Astorpoint City. You've already met Golbat, and this," she said, using her left hand to open her other Pokeball to release its Pokemon, "is Koffing."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Karasu</strong> on <strong>11-08-2012, 02:34:44</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o129/rikuu_uchiha/RPG%20character/boy/owlboy.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Katsuo Katashi (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=144659.msg6516969#msg6516969)<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Eloise<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Eeve (Toshi), Kindlemurr, HootHoot (Baby)<br><br><hr><br>Katsuo chuckled. "ahh well, Nice to meet a gym leader so soon. This is Toshi, Kindlemurr, and my sweet littel HootHoot." He said, as each of his pokemon gave out small cries. "I won't go easy on you either, I'll be collecting lots of pokemon and training them well, you had best believe that." He said with a smile.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>11-08-2012, 07:21:44</strong>
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				<strong>Elouise - Begin Event <em>Bellin</em></strong><br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo351/PikaPow3/Other%20Anime/Anime%20Guys/lkch349f.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> ? ? ?<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elouise, Katsuo<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> ? ? ?<br><br><hr><br>Perhaps unfortunately for all involved, Katsuo wasn't the only one who heard Elouise reveal that she was actually a Gym Leader. The hallway they were in seemed to be rather empty, but moments after she spoke up, a young blonde man stepped around the corner with a serious look in his eyes.<br><br>"You're a Gym Leader?" he started off asking in a smooth voice, his brow furrowed firmly as his limbs grew tense. It was almost like he was expecting a battle to be started just by his appearance, without a formal agreement to face off. It didn't seem like he was all that familiar with the normal etiquette for entering a pokemon battle, but he didn't lack self-assurance in the way a total newbie would. "If that's true, then I have to challenge you to a battle. Do you accept?" Though the Summit hadn't taken place yet, there was really nothing stopping a Gym Leader from taking challenges, so long as he or she had badges handy. Whether they wanted to or not was a different story...
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DRoux</strong> on <strong>11-08-2012, 15:34:51</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/E9dEJ.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Elouise Fairchild<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Katsuo<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Golbat, Koffing<br><br><hr><br>Elouise was a bit surprised by the newcomer's sudden appearance; his perturbed and tense state almost the opposite of her own laid-back one. She had brought a few badges, just in case someone managed to recognize her and challenge her. Or, in the case of this guy, overhear her talking to someone. "Yeah, I'm game," she told him. "Though I'm not sure the staff would appreciate us doing this here. We should probably take a little walk to one of the battle rings."<br><br>She recalled both her Golbat and Koffing to their Pokeballs and started off down the hallway to an indoor arena, her fake dreadlocks bouncing a little bit behind her as she planned out her strategy. <em>Use Golbat, shut him down early; if he sticks it out and manages to beat Golbat, use Koffing's SmokeScreen to buy time while poison does its work...</em>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>12-08-2012, 06:14:44</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo351/PikaPow3/Other%20Anime/Anime%20Guys/lkch349f.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> ? ? ?<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elouise, Katsuo<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> ? ? ?<br><br><hr><br>The newly arrived trainer gave a quick look at Katsuo after Elouise agreed to his challenge, though he didn't seem very interested in saying hi or giving any acknowledgment to him at all before he started to follow the Gym Leader down the hallway. His face was ever as flat and serious while he walked in silence, causing the soft golden lamps of the corridor to cast shadows under his eyes and mouth. He flicked up the hem of his white, cotton overshirt to reveal a belt with three pokeballs hooked on it, possibly kept hidden under the clothing to avoid confronting any trainers he wasn't interested in. Non-professional trainers had a tendency to challenge anyone they laid their eyes on, so it wasn't uncommon to see the more level-headed trainers keep their lineup hidden. With the excitement that came with its first Pokemon League, these annoyances were practically epidemic right now.<br><br>After a few minutes, the pair (or the trio) would arrive in the battling area of the ship, in what looked like a massive ball room with high white walls and a deep oak floor, only with four large rings spaced apart for battles; two floored with dirt and rock, one with sand, and one with a deep pool of water. One of the dirt rings was currently occupied by a couple of rich-looking teenagers battling with a Persian and a Staryu, surrounded by a small army of their friends and admirers, so the pale-haired blonde stepped over to the free one. Two metal platforms for trainers were raised slightly above the floor on opposite sides of the ring, which was itself surrounded by a waist-high protective metal barrier, so the challenger polite walked to the opposite side and stepped up onto his own platform.<br><br>"Are there any special rules for this challenge?" the trainer asked, already drawing one pokeball from his belt and expanding it to full size. With his well-tailored clothing, he seemed as if he would fit in well with the upper-class crowd that was already taking private charge of the battle rings, were it not for the severe and deeply focused attitude. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Latooni Subota</strong> on <strong>12-08-2012, 07:52:53</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Elly MacDougal<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg City, Dark Gym<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Lexi, Draven<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Scraggy, Krokorok<br><strong><br><br>"Something . . wrong? Why would something be wrong with the cooler?"</strong><br><br>Because you just stepped out of a goddamn cooler for no reason, Elly, you nutbar! Elly sighed, looking over the new gym leader again, before motioning for him to follow her. <strong>"Well, whatever, I might as well give you the grand tour. The stupid gym challenge stuff isn't done yet . . . but I guess you can see it. Or whatever. We should go get drunk and gamble away all your money."</strong><br><br>The girl waited for him to follow, a look of boredom on her face.<br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DRoux</strong> on <strong>12-08-2012, 16:45:52</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/E9dEJ.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Elouise Fairchild<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Katsuo<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Golbat, Koffing<br><br><hr><br>Elouise was glad he at least knew the protocol when it came to challengers and crossing the field. Then again, the guy looked professional. The fact that he kept his Pokeballs hidden from sight was proof enough of that. She felt a little out-of-place in the crowd of upper-class tourists, but tried her hardest not to let it show on her face as she walked to her own platform and hopped up over the barrier, still planning battle strategy.<br><br>She looked up from her thoughts when the other trainer asked about special rules. Elouise pondered for a moment, before saying, "Two Pokemon elimination. Choose two, and the first one out of Pokemon loses. Fair enough?" She expanded her Golbat's Pokeball, ready to start.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>13-08-2012, 06:16:21</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo351/PikaPow3/Other%20Anime/Anime%20Guys/lkch349f.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> ? ? ?<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elouise, Katsuo<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> ? ? ?<br><br><hr><br>The blonde trainer seemed a little bit irritated when Elouise stipulated that they could only use two pokemon, taking away his advantage of numbers, but he nodded nonetheless. Her challenge, her rules after all. "Alright. Let's get started," he said in a low voice, choosing a pokeball off of his belt and throwing it out into the ring without a second thought. With a flash of focused light, the ball popped open and released a stubby, four-legged pokemon that dripped with a thick layer of tar, a few bodily features jutting out to hint at an ivory-like carapace underneath. The small pokemon let out a curious, pig-like grunt as it lifted its head and sniffed the air, examining its new surroundings as it waited for its opponent to come out. <br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">#33. TARIFT</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo351/PikaPow3/Fake%20Pokemon/Tarift.jpg)<br><br><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size"><strong>Rock</strong>/<strong>Ground</strong></span><br>Height: 2'5"<br>Weight: 34 lbs<br><br>Contrary to popular belief, Tarifts' bodies are not made of tar, but are actually just coated in it. The pokemon themselves do this to keep cool, as well as to defend themselves from attackers. Tarift tar has a notorious slowing affect on other pokemon if they get covered in too much of it.</div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DRoux</strong> on <strong>13-08-2012, 06:31:08</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/E9dEJ.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Elouise Fairchild<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Katsuo<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Golbat, Koffing<br><br><hr><br><em>I imagine that Golbat's going to have a helluva time with that,</em> Elouise thought. "Go get 'em, buddy," she whispered to the Pokeball before releasing her own Pokemon into the ring. Golbat flapped out of reach of the other Trainer's Tarift, letting out a few screeches as it flitted back and forth on its side of the line, apparently familiar enough with the rules to stay on its side until the battle started. Its eyes darted back and forth, surveying the arena and the room it occupied.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>13-08-2012, 17:46:25</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo351/PikaPow3/Other%20Anime/Anime%20Guys/lkch349f.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> ? ? ?<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elouise, Katsuo<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Tarift, ? ? ?<br><br><hr><br>The trainer didn't look intimidated by her choice in pokemon; he had seen both of hers in the hallway, after all, and while most Ground attacks wouldn't have any effect on a Golbat, he still had the type advantage. It was most likely going to become a battle of attrition, with the speedy bat being able to dodge most of Tarift's attacks without breaking much of a sweat, while Tarift could absorb both Poison and Flying attacks for a good while before being worn down. He was counting on Golbat getting covered in enough of the black pitch during his attacks that he would slow down enough for Tarift to land some solid hits. Even if he somehow lost this round, he was sure his next contender would finish the opponent off for sure.<br><br>Once the start of the battle was signaled, the blonde leaned forward on the rail and shouted his command. "Tarift, use Rock Throw!" he ordered, the stocky pokemon immediately using its head fin to dig up a volleyball-sized rock and fling it up toward Golbat.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DRoux</strong> on <strong>14-08-2012, 22:21:31</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/E9dEJ.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Elouise Fairchild<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Katsuo<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Golbat, Koffing<br><br><hr><br>Golbat rolled through the air, keeping aloft with no trouble after dodging the rock. Elouise was re-evaluating her strategy. <em>So, Rock. Probably would be fair to assume Ground as well. Golbat's probably not going to have much luck with Venoshock or Wing Attack. Confuse Ray would help take him out of the game for a little bit, but I want to change the level of the playing field a little bit...<br></em><br>The Gym Leader shouted up to her Pokemon, "Golbat, let's see how he handles something a little Toxic!" Golbat flew over Tarift's head, and hocked a large ball of a viscous purple liquid directly downward towards the Pokemon below.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>15-08-2012, 00:07:34</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo351/PikaPow3/Other%20Anime/Anime%20Guys/lkch349f.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> ? ? ?<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elouise, Katsuo<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Tarift, ? ? ?<br><br><hr><br>Tarift flinched as the ball of purple liquid struck it, mixing slightly with its tarry hide before sinking down to poison the body beneath. Its trainer frowned, knowing the effects of the strong poison would hurt his pokemon worse and worse the longer the battle dragged on, regardless of type resistances. He would have to make this quick, or at least do as much damage as he could before Tarift went down. "Tarift, blind him!," he called to his pokemon, hoping moreso to knock out the opponent's dodging capabilities than his attacking.<br><br>The stubby pokemon responded quickly, recovering from the first sting of the Toxic before digging its fin into the ground again and flinging a surprising amount of muddy earth up in the Golbat's direction. After the Mud-Slap was done, it started running over to the rockier side of the arena, seeking the promise of cover from the Poison-type's attacks and, more importantly, ammunition for its own.<br><br>===<br><br><strong>Lexi, Hibana - Begin Event <em>Snake Pit</em></strong><br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Gym<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Lexi<br><br><hr><br>Around the time Elly was graciously offering Draven a tour of her humble Gym, the phone in the kitchen started ringing loudly. Since the Leader was currently busy "entertaining" a guest, it was left to someone less powerful and important to answer the call, that person being Lexi. "Hello? Is Miss Macdougal there?!" came a frantic voice of an uptight hotel attendant, not even giving the girl a chance to speak and say whether or not she was Elly before he went on with his business. "One of our important guests is trapped down in Old Douglasberg, and there's a pokemon rampaging down there now! She has to get her out! It'll look terrible for the family if she got hurt!"<br><br>===<br><br><strong>Elektra, Cedric - Begin Event <em>Early Arrival</em></strong><br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elektra<br><br>The quiet deck Glaceon had led Elektra to was perfect for those people who wished to take a break from the crowd and be able to hear their own conversations. Just a few feet away, a vacationing couple was having one of their own, loud enough for the Gym Leader to overhear, but a little subdued as they seemed to be discussing something slightly distressing.<br><br>"Who'd that guy think he was, anyway? Shoving us out of the way like that, like he owns the hallway!" the girl grumbled with annoyance, plopping her chin down in her hand.<br><br>"Yeah. I would have taught him a lesson, but I saw some gear under his coat, and he was heading into the maintenance elevator, so he thought he might be staff. I didn't want to get us kicked off..." the man mumbled guiltily, looking off to the side to mask that he was just afraid.<br><br>"Tch, really? What kind of maintenance man wears a big, dark coat like that? Isn't it super-hot down in the engine room?"<br><br>"Well, I saw he had some pokeballs, too, so maybe he was a trainer? But then why would he go to the engine room...?"<br><br>The couple continued speaking quietly, each word painting a picture of someone being somewhere they shouldn't be.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Karasu</strong> on <strong>15-08-2012, 14:27:25</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o129/rikuu_uchiha/RPG%20character/boy/owlboy.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Katsuo Katashi (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=144659.msg6516969#msg6516969)<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Eloise, ???<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Eevee (Toshi), Kindlemurr, HootHoot (Baby)<br><br><hr><br>Katsuo just sat nearby, watching the battle. His pokemon all lookign with rapt attentions, though he had to hold Hoothoot, since it wanted to join like the "big" pokemon. "heh, such a nice fight.. We'll be doing thsoe too pretty soon, you'll all do wonderfully I just know it."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SargentToughie</strong> on <strong>16-08-2012, 00:08:36</strong>
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				Name: Draven Nasarus<br><br>Location: Douglasberg City, Dark Gym<br><br>Tagging: Lexi, Elly<br><br>Current Pokemon: Lucille, Torchic<br><br>.....................................<br><br>Draven simply paused, giving Elly a curious look before he nodded and rose, reluctantly withdrawing both of his pokemon before he moved to follow Elly to where ever it was that she was going. He had to admit that she was a bit strange, especially for gym leaders. All the other leaders that Draven had heard about or seen in person were all strong role models, people that aspiring trainers could look up to and dream of one day being. Perhaps it was a bit naive of him to think that way, but he didn't exactly see Elly inspiring any young up and coming trainers to strive higher to greater heights.<br><br>Then again, Draven figured he still had quite a way to go for that anyway. "If you insist..."<br><br>He followed Elly towards her gym, offering Lexi a backwards apologetic gaze for being pulled away from what was otherwise a rather enjoyable and peaceful conversation.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DRoux</strong> on <strong>16-08-2012, 01:46:59</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/E9dEJ.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Elouise Fairchild<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Katsuo<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Golbat, Koffing<br><br><hr><br>While a decent portion of the Mud Slap was stopped by Golbat's wing being brought to cover itself, a few pretty good-sized chunks landed on its face and around its eyes, obscuring its vision a little bit. It called out in consternation, losing some of its advantage. "Hang in there, Golbat!" Elouise encouraged. "See if we can't shake this up a little more." She briefly considered switching in Koffing to save Golbat's capabilities for his next Pokemon, but decided to wait for a moment to see what would happen with her opponent's Tarift in the next few seconds.<br><br>Already familiar with its Trainer's strategies, Golbat knew what would come next. Circling Tarift's hiding place twice in an attempt to get a bead, Golbat finally caught sight of its face and began charging a ball of energy in its mouth, before unleashing it in a stream at Tarift a moment later.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkNevaeh</strong> on <strong>17-08-2012, 01:08:36</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a42/darknevaeh/youthinkdotcom_3244285_223866.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Lexi Noxkage<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Gym<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elly, Draven<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Nuzleaf, Zorua<br><br><hr><br>Lexi smiled and shrugged at Draven as they turned to go.&nbsp; Lexi moved to put away groceries when the phone rang.&nbsp; Grabbing the things to put int he fridge, she walked over and turned on the vid phone.&nbsp; "Douglasberg Gym, Lexi speaking."&nbsp; Lexi blinked as the hotel attendant went on a tirade.&nbsp; Lexi put away the groceries in the fridge and nodded.&nbsp; "Miss Macdougal is busy currently, but I will be right there."<br><br>Lexi shut off the vid phone and grabbed her backpack.&nbsp; Stopping by the supply closet, she grabbed a few potions, a first aid kit, and some full heals.&nbsp; Strapping it to her back, she made sure she had some spare pokeballs and that her pokemon were secure and headed for the door.<br><br>Stopping by the intercom, she pressed it and spoke into it.&nbsp; "Boss, got called to take care of something in town, be back in a bit to make you all dinner."&nbsp; Without waiting, she grabbed her bike near the front door and headed out, going towards Old Douglasberg.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>17-08-2012, 21:40:29</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo351/PikaPow3/Other%20Anime/Anime%20Guys/lkch349f.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> ? ? ?<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elouise, Katsuo<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Tarift, ? ? ?<br><br><hr><br>Unfortunately for poor Tarift, the Confuse Ray struck it dead on in its snout, the tar-covered pokemon huffing, snorting, and flicking its head for a few seconds as it tried to shake off the clouds that seemed to fill its head and the dizziness that weakened its focus. The trainer frowned, seeing how his pokemon felt despite the lack of expression on its face. The confusion it could outlast, but the Toxic poison was starting to have stronger and stronger effects the longer it lasted. The opportunity was there to give the Golbat a good hit while it was still struggling from the Mud Slap, but he decided not to risk the pokemon's health with an attack that might even backfire.<br><br>"Tarift!" the blonde called out simply as he drew a Pecha Berry from his berry bag, then threw it over the ring into the center of the rock formation. The Tarift used its snout to sneak out the fruit and gulped it down quickly, subduing the poison just in time for it to turn its attention back on Golbat.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LeSane</strong> on <strong>18-08-2012, 22:27:28</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii46/karas101/123-1.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Cain Dormaz<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg City, near Safari Zone<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> None<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Cranidos, Crogank<br><br><br><br><hr><br>"Stop running away and get in the pokeball!" yelled out a young man as he ran after Ruin his cranidos as it bobbed and weaved trough people a few crowds of people. Its intent was to play a game with its trainer, but knew it would peeve him off just as much. It took a sharp right with Cain following close behind struggling to keep up as he clutched to his backpack that threatening to spill out its contents. It seemed to be a dead end for the ruby red and gray dino until it turned around facing its trainer running head hurt then jumping to use headbutt on him. "Oh god...." He said in the most pain filled way possible falling on the ground with a thud. "Cra-Crani!" The pokemon said as it hoped on its crippled over trainer as it laughed to itself proclaiming victory. As it was about to run off again to continue the cat and mouse chase Cain took his pokeball out&nbsp; making it return to the confines of the ball. "Why does it do that to me?" He questioned as he struggled to get back on his two feet.<br><br>Cranidos was his very first pokemon and a gift for his start of his adventure from his father. Though at times he wondered if it had been such a good idea since it always had to hit him with its hard head. The very last time this had happened it had made contact with a very sensitive area, which left him walking funny for a few weeks. Despite that he enjoyed its company since it would listen to him in battle, and saved him from time to time. Now that he had taken care of the run away he put the ball which contained Ruin in his bag along side the other with his Crogank. There had been a reason he wanted to come to Douglasberg since it had its very own Safari Zone.<br><br>Leaving the alleyway he proceeded to ask around until he was guided in the right direction of the Zone. It was rather obvious which made him face palm before going inside of the facility. He did not know what to expect as the glass doors slide open as if wanting him to enter. He walked in before looking around in wonder of his surroundings.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>21-08-2012, 22:30:23</strong>
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				<strong>Cain - Begin Event <em>Poor Sports</em></strong><br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg City, Safari Zone<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Cain<br><br>No more than a second after Cain entered the brightly lit, immaculately clean lobby, he would hear a small "ooh" of excitement and hear the clacking of shoes on the orange tile floor as a rather eager, young, blonde receptionist hopped down from behind her desk and started crossing the lobby toward him. "You're right on time! We need someone like you!" the girl claimed as she stopped just in front of him and hopped up and down as if she had won some sort of prize, her hair bouncing with her. "You're a little bit of an older trainer, right? We had some guys break into the facility and they're using their own pokemon to capture the stock! We've tried sending our security after them, but they keep using their pokemon to get away. Could you please go in and stop them? We'll be able to pay you!" she pleaded, going so far as to clasp her hands together in a begging fashion. It sounded like they were getting desperate.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sylia</strong> on <strong>22-08-2012, 01:27:35</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Hibana Tenjou<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg City<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Lexi<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Riolu, Hitmonlee<br><br><hr><br>As Hibana walked around the city, she saw many sights and people. Some were happy, some were angry, while others seemed to sulk around with nothing to do. She took a deep breath and exhaled softly, placing her hands on her hips. Soon enough, a lot of these people will be busy becoming pokemon trainers or maybe even aspiring gym leaders of their own! That very thought thrilled the dark-skinned girl as she took off with a sprint towards the Douglasberg Gym. She had to see Elly and see if she's as pumped as she was!<br><br>Buuuut... unfortunately Hibana got kinda turned around in the city and ended up wandering around for a few minutes as she ran about aimlessly. She just so happened to all but run into Lexi on her bike, causing Riolu to facepalm at her lack of focus. "Whoa there! Where ya off to in such a rush?" Hibana says with a smile, helping Lexi back onto her feet. "Wait.. oh, Lexi! Hey! What's up? What's with the rush?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DRoux</strong> on <strong>22-08-2012, 03:53:22</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/E9dEJ.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Elouise Fairchild<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> ? ? ?<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Golbat, Koffing<br><br><hr><br>Golbat was spinning and wheeling over Tarift's head, frantically trying to scrub the mud out of its eyes. Apparently succeeding, it did a quick fly-by to evaluate its situation, and shrieked loudly when it saw the Pecha Berry. "Chill out, Golbat," Elouise advised. "This is a battle of attrition, and we've got the advantage. Keep a cool head and we'll get through this ahead."<br><br>Apparently soothed somewhat by its Trainer's words, Golbat swooped to the other side of the arena, waiting for Tarift to give it and Elouise an opening for another attack.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LeSane</strong> on <strong>23-08-2012, 05:51:50</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii46/karas101/123-1.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Cain Dormaz<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg City, Safari Zone<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> NPC Girl<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Cranidos, Crogank<br><br><br><br><hr><br>As the young woman explained the situation he tilted his head as it was not really his intention in the first place. It had been a simple come in and check out the place in general now he was going to do an odd job for the workers here. Well at least he was getting paid supposedly. What caught him off guard was the expression the girl had given him when she asked for his help. Not really showing it, but he was a sucker for a pretty face or the damsel in distress. A habit he wished to break since it always lead to trouble in some shape. Unzipping his bag took out a dark blue and red pokeball from his bag dropping it to the floor so his second pokemon could come out. Crogank got into position beside him croaking loudly as it gave its normal mean stare.<br><br>The girl looked at his pokemon not seeing this type before even though seeing quite a few unique types. She pulled out her pokedex pointing it&nbsp; at his companion. Waiting eagerly to hear the information on it. The female robotic voice spoke out very valuable info on his Crogank.<br><em>Croagunk, the Toxic Mouth Pokémon. Croagunk has poison in its cheeks and can spray poison from its fingertips. It also makes noise by expanding its poison sac. It lives in swamps and forests where there is very little light. It prefers moist places. White bands around its waist area that resemble bandages and red and black markings on its hands and feet. Its coloring gives warning to foes of its poisonous nature. The markings on its body make it look like a fighter, and its jutting teeth make it appear to be wearing a mouthguard. The black around its eyes and the white bands make it look like an injured fighter with black eyes and broken ribs. Its orange cheeks are filled with a poison that runs to its fingers, allowing it to poison opponents by stabbing them.</em><br><br>If one looked closely at the chest of his it would show the gender being female. Most did nto know it, but the two white stripes that run across the female Croagunk's abdomen will be higher up than the male which his dead. The female pokemon clutched Cain's leg being overly protective of the female before them,"Don't worry she is not gonna hurt me. We have a job to do ok?" asking his bipedal frog for its help and quickly got an answer by a swift nod, then the orange sac inflating. "We can talk about the pay when this is over just tell me where they were last and I will find them, though it should nto be that hard if they are using their own pokemon." Cain said confidently before running past the doors to the open area his frog not far behind.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>23-08-2012, 22:21:12</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo351/PikaPow3/Other%20Anime/Anime%20Guys/lkch349f.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> ? ? ?<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elouise, Katsuo<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Tarift, ? ? ?<br><br><hr><br>The trainer was surprised to see Elouise and her pokemon were giving Tarift a chance to recover as he ate the Pecha berry, but he wasn't going to look a gift horse in the mouth. "Tarift, Rock Throw!" he ordered without hesitation, the pokemon hearing his call and seeming a little more invigorated as he left his cover and hopped into the open again. With the poison done ravaging his body, Tarift stood his ground more firmly, tilting his head up to see Golbat fluttering about across the arena. He was still dazed and dizzy from the Confuse Ray Golbat had just caught him in the face with, but with a couple rounds of attack to rest, he was at least able to see where it was.<br><br>Grunting, Tarift dug his head fin into the ground again and flung a chunk of rock toward Golbat with his full-force, not the most accurate attack, but at least not injuring himself in the process. The trainer seemed tense, knowing that things had taken a better turn, but Tarift still probably wouldn't beat this more experienced pokemon.<br><br>===<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg City, Safari Zone<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Cain Dormaz<br><br>After checking out the strange new pokemon hugging Cain's leg, the young secretary shouted after him, letting him know the trespassers were last seen in Area 3 and that she was extremely grateful, and also not to use any of his own pokemon to try to capture those wandering around inside the complex, or he'd probably get in trouble, too. Of course, it didn't help that she didn't give him any safari gear to bring with him, but hey, at least he could fight off anything he encountered without being penalized for it...<br><br>Outside, he would find himself on a flat, open savannah with tall grass all about, a few trees and rocks dotting the landscape, with a large pond in the distance. Behind him, massive silver walls extended from either side of the entrance facility, making quite sure that pokemon couldn't escape, and that no one could break in and try to catch them illegitimately (in theory, anyway). In front of him, a sign with quite large block letters informed him that he was most definitely in Area 1, and other signs that formed small, white dots on the horizon suggested where the next areas would begin. It would be a long trek, but he would have to hurry if he wanted to catch up to the poachers.<br><br><strong><span class="bbc_u">Wild Encounter</span></strong><br><br>As luck would have it, just then, a stout, bird-like pokemon waddled out of the nearby tall grass, eyeing the trainer and ruffling its feathers a bit to show it meant business. Its legs tightened up as it got ready to attack.<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">#39. KIKIWA</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://oi49.tinypic.com/2u3wies.jpg)<br><br><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size">Grass</span></strong><br>Endangered Pokemon<br>Height: 2'9"<br>Weight: 30.3 lbs<br><br>They appear once a year in small swarms, that have been steadily shrinking. Their movements in the jungles are clearly distinguishable due to their bouncy excited skipping. Efforts have been underway to preserve their kind.</div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkNevaeh</strong> on <strong>24-08-2012, 03:42:21</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a42/darknevaeh/youthinkdotcom_3244285_223866.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Lexi Noxkage<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg City, Entrance to Old Douglasberg<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Hibana<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Nuzleaf, Zorua<br><br><hr><br>Lexi was weaving her way in and out of people as fast as she could, heading for one of the last known entrances to the ruins of Old Douglasberg.&nbsp; Why did it seem that people were out in force today?&nbsp; She didn't know but she needed to hurry.&nbsp; Crossing the street, she began her weaving again...and then hit the brakes full speed and practically had to jump off her bike before she ran smack into a dark skinned girl out with her...was that a Riolu?&nbsp; Lexi turned to see if the girl was hurt...and relaxed into a smile as the young woman came over to help her.<br><br>"Hibana, it's been a while."&nbsp; She stepped forward and hugged the girl, one of the few that had broken her people-shy shell.&nbsp; She knelt and offered Riolu a pat.&nbsp; "Keeping her out of trouble?"&nbsp; She smiled and stood again as they picked up her bike.&nbsp; "The gym got a call about a rampaging pokemon.&nbsp; Elly is busy entertaining one of the gym leaders from another town...so I took the call.&nbsp; I need to hurry though.&nbsp; They think someone is down there with it and possibly getting hurt."&nbsp; She jumped on her bike and indicated the pegs on the back.&nbsp; "You can ride with and head for the gym your choice."<br><br>Whichever she chose, Lexi cracked her neck and began to pedal until she was standing in the entrance way to the ruins.&nbsp; "Old Douglasberg...we meet again..." she said out loud before stepping inside.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LeSane</strong> on <strong>24-08-2012, 04:02:25</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii46/karas101/123-1.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Cain Dormaz<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Safari Zone, Area 1<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong>...<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Cranidos|Benched|, Croagunk |Battle|<br><br><br><br><hr><br>Cain had not even bothered with looking around instead he was determined to get to the area three like he was suppose to at least then he could get somewhat close to them so the ne'er do wells would be beaten and brought to the proper authorities. His Croagunk was the one that caught wind of the wild bird-like pokemon puffing its poison sac to make an alarmed tone and intimidating a smaller foe by making its cheeks bigger. When it did not seem to work it receded its cheeks back to a normal size and readied itself for battle. He had looked at the pokemon a bit confused since not seeing this kind before pulling out his own just to get an update on his pokedex finding out it was a grass type, and his Croagunk would have the advantage since any grass type attacks would be somewhat ineffective on his own.<br><br>"Lets get this one out of the way so we can get to the next area quickly." Pointing at the Kikiwa more then confident on the battle,"Croagunk use Faint attack." It nodded before&nbsp; speeding off in the wild encounter's path weaving from side to side until it got close enough then vanished its images blurred. The one thing that most did not expect from battling him be it wild or trainer was that his pokemon's nature was to do as needed to survive, and fighting fairly was not a priority. As it came back into view it had appeared at the small birds side its arm cocked back to swing. At the same time Cain watched for any chance it would dodge, counter with something, or even a opening to finish it off.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sylia</strong> on <strong>25-08-2012, 17:25:22</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Hibana Tenjou<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg City ----&gt; Old Douglasberg<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Lexi<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Riolu, Hitmonlee<br><br><hr><br>Hibana hugged the girl back and smiled brightly as she nodded. "Yes, it's been too long!" She says with a giggle. When Riolu was petted, he nodded resolutely to Lexi. Even though the pokemon thought that keeping her out of trouble was a all day affair in his eyes. Hibana listened to Lexi's words about a rampaging pokemon and someone down there in trouble, then narrowed her eyes. "Trouble? Then count me in! I'll give you a hand!"<br><br>With that, as Lexi climbed back on the bike, Hibana climbed onto the pegs and held on as Lexi pedaled the remainder of the way to Old Douglasberg with Riolu being carried by Hitmonlee as he ran alongside the bike. After arriving, Hibana hopped off and strode inside after Lexi. "Well, let's get crackin'!" Hibana spoke aloud with a determined air. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>25-08-2012, 19:54:20</strong>
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				<strong>Location:</strong> Safari Zone, Area 1<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Cain<br><br><hr><br>The poor Kikiwa had no idea what it was getting itself into as it only ruffled its feathers more in response to Croagunk's attempt to intimidate it, apparently not the sharpest tool in the shed (maybe that's why they were endangered). Wherever its eyes were, it watched Croagunk dart toward it without the slightest glimmer of suspicion that it might be trying to trick out, turning sideways when it suddenly reappeared beside it. With a bit slow of a reaction time, its wings lifted up a second after Croagunk cocked its arm and its leaf-like green feathers were shot out toward the frog like bullets, not understanding how ineffective its Razor Leaf would be.<br><br>===<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg, First Layer (Tunnels)<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Lexi, Hibana<br><br>After the guard checked them in and authorized them to proceed down as many layers as necessary, Lexi and Hibana weren't sent down a few flights of stairs, ending up a series of dimly lit tunnels with concrete walls. The signs put in place for the tourists told them that they were in the tunnels below the sewer system, in the massive foundation that held the entire city up and kept it from collapsing completely down into the ruins below. Since any tourists were allowed to come down to the first layer, trainer or not, there were no signs of wild pokemon, but the darkness could easily make someone worry that some might slip in.<br><br>Underneath their feet, as they proceeded to the next stairway down, they would occasionally hear a deep rumbling, as if something in the layers below was making quite a ruckus. They could even feel the ground vibrate from time to time, as if it was knocking against the supports of the city's foundation.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkNevaeh</strong> on <strong>29-08-2012, 11:03:58</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=147417.msg6803962#msg6803962">Quote from: DarkNevaeh on 24-08-2012, 03:42:21</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><div class="floatleft">(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a42/darknevaeh/youthinkdotcom_3244285_223866.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Lexi Noxkage<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Hibana<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Nuzleaf, Zorua<br><br><hr><br>Lexi pulled out a flashlight as they walked, more for Hibana's benefit then her own.&nbsp; When she had first arrived to D-berg, this had been one of her main haunts.&nbsp; She trained and learned here for awhile before beginning work for Elly.&nbsp; Zorua was found down here.&nbsp; Lexi smiled as the memories came into view for a moment before shaking her head and clearing her vision.&nbsp; <br><br>"That rumbling...has to be the pokemon.&nbsp; Hope you're ready."</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sylia</strong> on <strong>30-08-2012, 20:30:25</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Hibana Tenjou<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Lexi<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Riolu, Hitmonlee<br><br><hr><br>Hibana appreciated the flashlight as her eyes have yet to adjust to the darkness of the tunnels. This was certainly part of Douglasberg that she's never been in before, making her heart beat faster due to the excitement of being in the unknown. "Oh yeah, I'm totally ready for this!" Hibana spoke with a wide grin. Whenever a pokemon battle is involved, one can expect Hibana to be totally pumped for it. "Let's get a move on, we need to get down there to ensure that no one gets hurt!"<br><br>Riolu and Hitmonlee both looked at each other, then nodded as they followed Hibana and Lexi. They somehow instinctively knew that there was trouble brewing without having to be told. Riolu sped up his step and stayed near Hibana.. just in case. He couldn't let anything happen to her, after all. "So Lexi, how're you doing working with Elly these days?" Hibana finally asked after their walking for a bit.<br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>01-09-2012, 07:56:41</strong>
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				<strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg, First Layer (Tunnels<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Lexi, Hibana<br><br><hr><br>The longer the pair of trainers spent in the tunnels, the more vicious the sounds from below seemed to become. The vibrations in the floor and the walls around them with each quake became much more noticeable, shaking dust from the ceiling that feel in thin, light brown curtains in front of them before hitting the floor and fading across it. The tunnels seemed to go on forever in every direction, but thankfully, with Lexi's guidance, they found the entrance to the next layer down within just a few minutes; fortunate, considering how the rampage below seemed to be getting worse over time. Soon, the two came upon the door, but before they could get close enough to touch it, it burst open, two figures sliding in from the darkness...<br><br><strong><span class="bbc_u">Wild Encounter</span></strong><br><br>Standing in the middle of the hall, wide-eyed with fear and panting from exhaustion, were two pokemon. One was a small, skinny humanoid that stood barely off the floor, with large eyes, skin like black cloth, and a bag of pennies slung over its shoulder. The other was a pup with black fur, red features, and silver bumps and ridges across its body, coated in dust from the ruins below. The Sneek noticed the trainers first, jumping back and pointing at them with a sharp finger and a deep glare. Seeing the order of its friend (or master?), the Houndour recovered from its fear as well, hopping to face the humans and growling, its legs spread aggressively. After a moment, it barked and released on Ember, flinging several small bolts of fire in the girls' direction.<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">#43. SNEEK</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs43/f/2009/127/5/1/Sneek_by_BlueGhosty.png)<br><br><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size"><strong>Dark</strong></span><br>Burglar Pokemon<br>Height: 2'3"<br>Weight: 9.8 lbs (not counting the bag)<br><br>This Pokemon is a favorite of thieves and criminal organizations, such as Team Rocket. It is able to steal any small item while completely unnoticed; A Pokeball, for instance. While some Sneeks operate alone, most are rumored to work for shadowy higher powers.</div></div><br>===<br><br><strong>Katsuo - Start Event <em>Early Arrival</em></strong><br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry, Battle Room<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Katsuo<br><br><hr><br>It didn't seem to be very long before Katsuo's front-row seat to the official Gym match between Elouise and the unknown trainer was usurped, as the nearby loiterers and friends of those fighting in the other rings found this match to be a lot more skillful and entertaining. If he wasn't very good at holding his position, he would be gradually pushed back by the growing audience of pokefans until he could barely see what the Tarift and the Golbat were up to past the heads of so many oblivious teenagers. People really did get tunnel vision whenever pokemon battles were around, didn't they?<br><br>All except one person, at least. Someone in a heavy black coat and hat who walked right by Katsuo, without even giving the most apathetic glance toward the exciting match that had drawn a medium group of onlookers. He didn't apologize or even look at them as he nearly bumped into Katsuo and a few others on his way through, though the way the light caught the inside of his jacket would certainly give the South Point trainer the inclination that he was carrying something not unlike a gun on his belt. Strange for a passenger to be carrying that, especially one disappearing so hurriedly into the hallway...
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Karasu</strong> on <strong>01-09-2012, 09:55:35</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o129/rikuu_uchiha/RPG%20character/boy/owlboy.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Katsuo Katashi (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=144659.msg6516969#msg6516969)<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> strange man<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Eevee (Toshi), Kindlemurr, HootHoot (Baby)<br><br><hr><br>Was rather upset at that, but recalled his pokemon about the time the man in the black coat crossed his vision. He narrowed his eyes and even made sur eHoothoot was up in it's pokeball before following the man, he was a curious lad this much was certainly true of the boy.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>01-09-2012, 20:44:57</strong>
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				<strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry, Hallway<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Katsuo<br><br><hr><br>The man didn't seem to notice Katsuo was following him, or, if he did, he wasn't acknowledging him. Alone in the hallway (mostly), he started to pick up his speed, pushing roughly past a young couple before disappearing through a maintenance door. If Katsuo continued following him down several flights of stairs, he would find himself in the ship's boiler room, in a maze of bulky metal machinery and criss-crossing pipes, painted white and brightly lit, yet still completely devoid of any crew. Clanging metal could be heard farther into the rather massive floor, before the sounds of footsteps coming down a different staircase just a little ways ahead.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkNevaeh</strong> on <strong>01-09-2012, 23:50:16</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a42/darknevaeh/youthinkdotcom_3244285_223866.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Lexi Noxkage<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Hibana, Encounter<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Nuzleaf, Zorua<br><br><hr><br>"Move!" Lexi cried as she jumped, knocking Hibana aside to get her out of the path of the attack.&nbsp; As they landed, she rolled and looked at the pokemon.&nbsp; Standing in front of her was now a Sneek and a Houndour.&nbsp; But there was more.&nbsp; Just before focusing, they were both scared...and even now they were both exhausted and how Houndour was still able to attack was a miracle.&nbsp; Biting her lip, he glanced at Hibana.&nbsp; <br><br>"It's going to have to be a two on two.&nbsp; We need to do this quick before they get hurt anymore.&nbsp; Be careful."&nbsp; She got up, tossing her bag aside and grabbing a pokeball as she stood across from the two.&nbsp; "Alright Nuzleaf, lets do it."&nbsp; She tossed the pokeball out and Nuzleaf landed on the ground with a 'Nuz'.&nbsp; Catching the returning pokeball, Lexi got the look in her eye that she was ready for battle and knew that Hibana would be too.&nbsp; "Nuzleaf, go after Sneek with a Faint Attack!"&nbsp; Nuzleaf nodded and ran in zig zags, moving faster until he nearly disappeared, reappearing only nearby Sneek to attempt to slam it with his shouklder.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DRoux</strong> on <strong>02-09-2012, 01:39:34</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/E9dEJ.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Elouise Fairchild<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Katsuo<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Golbat, Koffing<br><br><hr><br>Golbat rolled out of the way, but Tarift's rock clipped its wing. Spinning frantically, Golbat managed to pull up before it hit the ground. Its wing looked a little worse for wear, but otherwise in decent shape.<br><br>"Hit him with Toxic again, Golbat. Keep him under pressure!" she shouted to her Pokemon. With another shriek, Golbat spun overhead and prepared to let loose another venomous ball at Tarift.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LeSane</strong> on <strong>04-09-2012, 08:16:02</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii46/karas101/123-1.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Cain Dormaz<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Safari Zone, nearing Area 2<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> None<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Cranidos, Crogank<br><br><br><br><hr><br>Croagunk get pushing forward since the razor leaf only grazed against the blue skin its fist making contact with the small bird dealing a significant amount of damage to it, yet not enough to make it submit before Cain himself thought it would be better to just leave it be,"Croagunk I think its had enough leave it alone." walking off from the battle as his pokemon stared at the Kikiwa with its meanest face possible, before it to ran along to catch up with her trainer. Once the bipedal frog was at his side he smiled brightly at it. "Good job though you have to be a bit more subtle with the fights remember your a girl." His pokemon did not take to kindly to his comment and hopped up onto his shoulder and used its hands to nugging Cain's head which caused him to shutter. "Aw! I'm sorry... Ow! Ow! I'm sorry." pleading as he drew nearer to the second area of the Safari Zone.<br><br>Once it was done tormenting him the Croagunk hopped off and without missing a beat kept its paces with him. "We are almost to the second part one more after this and we should be near the crooks. When that happens you can go all out." It nodded in agreement wanting to get there as bad as he did. It was not the idea of stopping the guys or being some kind of hero, but rather it was due to wanting to battle them. These guys must of had strong pokemon if they managed to get the law to struggle in capturing them.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sylia</strong> on <strong>04-09-2012, 18:45:55</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Hibana Tenjou<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Lexi, encounter<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Riolu, Hitmonlee<br><br><hr><br>It was lucky for Hibana that she had Lexi with her as she was too busy taking in the sights to immediately notice the two pokemon. By time she did, the attack was already sailing at her to hit her! But thankfully Lexi knocked her away to keep her safe. While Lexi rolled to her feet, Hibana jumped back up and slapped her cheeks twice. "Rio..!" Riolu spoke to Hibana as it got into a fighting stance. <br><br>"I know, get your head in the game!" Hibana spoke as she got ready. "Riolu, you wanna do this?"<br><br>"Riolu! Rio Riolu!" He spoke back firmly.<br><br>"Ahh.. you wanna end this quickly for their sake. Okay! Let's do this!" Hibana spoke with a grin. "Riolu! Force palm on the Houndour!"<br><br>Her pokemon responded by darting throough the dim area to slam his palm into the dog pokemon. She hoped it would be enough to end this quickly after she got a glimpse of the scared look on both pokemons' faces.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Latooni Subota</strong> on <strong>04-09-2012, 21:01:00</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Elly MacDougal<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg City<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Draven<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Scraggy, Krokorok<br><br><br>Elly boredly led Draven through a series of doors . . only for the young man to find himself not inside the Dark Gym, but out the back door. Apparently her bringing Draven to see the main gym floor was a total lie. Glancing over her shoulder at him, she waved at the man to follow her.<br><strong><br>"C'mon c'mon. Let's get a move on. I'm gonna take you someplace that isn't boring."</strong><br><br>Specifically, the casino. Why hover around the gym when you could go have some fun!
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>05-09-2012, 00:04:32</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo351/PikaPow3/Other%20Anime/Anime%20Guys/lkch349f.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> ? ? ?<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elouise, Katsuo<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Tarift, ? ? ?<br><br><hr><br>Seeing the ball of venom hurl through the air toward it, the Tarift turned tail as quickly as it could and tried to duck back into its rocky cover, but was not nearly fast enough in the end. The blond trainer cursed under his breath as the poison struck his Tarift right on its spines and sunk into its body. causing the poor pokemon to waver. "Tarift, see if you can get one last Rock Throw in!" the trainer called, knowing his pokemon was just about spent. If he could manage to knock out that Golbat, though or at least land one more hit, Tarift's diligence wouldn't be in vain.<br><br>With the last of its energy, the tar creature dug another hunk of rock out of the ground and launched it skyward...where it came straight back down and cracked itself over the poor pokemon's powerful head. Letting out a groan of pain and defeat, the Tarift tipped over and rolled onto its side, its eyes looking dazed as it was knocked out. Frowning, the trainer drew him back and tucked him into his pocket to rest, drawing out another Pokeball and throwing it into the ring. With a flash of light, a Chimchar popped out on his side of the ring and hopped up and down with excitement, whooping its name.<br><br>(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/7/76/390Chimchar.png)<br><br>"Get ready, Chimchar!" he ordered, settling the fiery pokemon down. It looked around the ring until its spotted its opponent overhead, its tail flames flaring up in anticipation for combat.<br><br><strong>Golbat gained 2 Evo Points!</strong><br><br>===<br><br><em>Sneek, Houndour</em><br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg, First Layer (Tunnels)<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Lexi, Hibana<br><br><hr><br>The Sneek watched with alert eyes as the Nuzleaf came at it, trying to watch and guess where it would reappear each time its speed made it seem like it faded from sight. The closer the attacker came, the more tense it grew, until Nuzleaf was finally upon it and it tried to make a jump out of the way. It was a swift little humanoid, but not swift enough, getting caught in the chest by the shoulder and knocked back against the wall, letting out a small, human-like squeak of pain. While it wasn't the most durable pokemon, the Dark attack wasn't very effective on it, so it recovered quickly and glared at Nuzleaf before moving so fast as to become blur and swinging its bag of coins at his side in a Pursuit attack.<br><br>Hibana's side of the battle had significantly more luck. The Houndour tried to muster up the energy for another Ember as Riolu came darting toward it, but before it could let the attack off, the Force Palm slammed into it and sent it tumbling across the floor with the yelp. The dog pokemon tried to get up again, but the attack was far more effective on the already tired Dark pokemon than Nuzleaf's was on the Sneek, and it simply fell back to the floor again, taken out quickly.<br><br><strong>Riolu gained 1 Evo Point!<br>Nuzleaf gained 1 Evo Point!</strong><br><br>===<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/6/68/Spr_DP_Camper.png)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Poacher<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Safari Zone, Area 2<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Cain Dormaz<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Poochyena, ? ? ?<br><br><hr><br>The Kikiwa didn't even see the attack coming, foolishly thinking its brave Razor Leaf would have taken the Croagunk out of the fight right away. Instead, it was clobbered all the way back into the grass it had popped out from, standing up in a daze until it saw the frog glaring at it again. Shaking with fear, the pokemon went running off into the brush again with a bird-like chortle, leaving Cain and his companions to their mission.<br><br><strong>Croagunk gained 1 Evo Point!</strong><br><br>The rest of the walk across the savannah was pretty uneventful, giving Cain some time to relax as he made his way to the pond-covered Area 2 of the Safari Zone, which was notably filled with duck and fish-like pokemon. It would have been a prime opportunity to whip out his fishing rod (if he had one), but unfortunately, the receptionist had made it very clear that he wasn't allowed to go around catching pokemon and breaking the rules himself. About halfway to Area 3, though, desperate cries started to carry over from a nearby ridge, on the other side of which he would spot a young boy shouting orders to a Poochyena as it chased a rather distressed Psyduck around and through the ponds.<br><br>(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/f/fc/261Poochyena.png)<br><br>"Come on, Poochy, pick it up! Hurry up and catch it! Someone could come!" the boy kept calling out over the rapid quacking of the tormented Psyduck, which jumped away from each of the snarling pup's attempted Bites. The "poacher" looked rather nervous, glancing every which way to make sure no one was coming before he returned to yelling at his dog. It seemed like he was alone in this area, though.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkNevaeh</strong> on <strong>05-09-2012, 00:27:36</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=147417.msg6851189#msg6851189">Quote from: DarkNevaeh on 01-09-2012, 23:50:16</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><div class="floatleft">(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a42/darknevaeh/youthinkdotcom_3244285_223866.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Lexi Noxkage<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Hibana, Encounter<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Nuzleaf, Zorua<br><br><hr><br>Lexi bit her lower lip.&nbsp; She was hoping that a weaker attack would slow down the already tired pokemon, but apparently it still had some juice.&nbsp; She didn't want to hurt it more then necessary, but it seemed like it was going to fight to the last.&nbsp; Lexi glanced over, watching Riolu drop Houndour quick.&nbsp; She nodded and took a breath.&nbsp; Things needed to be done and there was more...like whatever scared these two.<br><br>As the Sneek swung on Nuzleaf, Lexi took a step forward.&nbsp; "Quick Nuzleaf, dodge and hit him with Razor Leaf!&nbsp; End this!"</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SargentToughie</strong> on <strong>05-09-2012, 00:42:02</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://moe.animecharactersdatabase.com/uploads/chars/4758-945808611.png)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Draven Nasarus<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg City, in transit to the casino<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elly<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Lucille, Torchic<br><br>.....................................<br><br>Draven had eventually come to the conclusion that she was indeed NOT taking him to the main gym around the fourth or fifth door that the two of them traveled through. After all, it wasn't like the building looked all that complicated from the outside, so there was no way that it would be so difficult to just get to the main area of the building. He followed behind Elly curiously until the two of them were outside, apparently going 'somewhere fun' according to her description. Since he didn't know her from Adam, that could literally be anywhere or anything, but he simply decided to humor her and follow along regardless. He found himself quite curious to see what she did for fun, anyway.<br>"Sure thing."<br><br>Draven had been to a few casinos before, but he was anything but a gambling man, so he never took too much interest in them. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LeSane</strong> on <strong>09-09-2012, 03:46:34</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii46/karas101/123-1.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Cain Dormaz<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Safari Zone, Area 2<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> None<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Cranidos, Croagunk<br><br><br><br><hr><br>"Return." the red beam of light zipped forth hitting Croagunk transporting her back into the Great ball it was once captured in. Cain placed the pokeball inside his bag pulling out the traditional red and white ball tossing it up into the air. His first partner spewed forth the red beam of light. Rune landed on the ground taking in his surroundings its eyes looking upon the new area. "Seems you are more calm then before." folding his arms as he looked at the little bipedal dino. "Cra..Crani!" It said in excitement knowing it had a purpose to come out," We have to find bad people anyone that looks bad you get them ok?" giving the low down as best he could.<br><br>Cranidos looked at his master then at his groin Cain realizing its intentions and guarded himself with his legs and arms. "Not me you idiot... For once just do that to the person we fight against. I would like to have children one day." The Dino looked at the ground sort of disappointed of not being able to get a quick shot off at him, but understood that there would be time for the later. As the trainer and his pokemon kept walking they saw in a distance a a lake. It was only when the sounds of quaking came into range did he notice something was off now sprinting towards the sound since it could of been one of those&nbsp; poachers the lady had talked to him about. "Lets get ready." <br><br>Once at the lake he saw the trainer with his own pokemon which was running after the Pysduck with reckless abandon. He was so caught up with looking at the catch that they would not notice if he sneak attacked the Poochyena. "Rune quick lets do something." whispering out before getting closer waiting for the dog to get closer so that it could be in range for a speedy headbutt.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DRoux</strong> on <strong>09-09-2012, 04:51:53</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/E9dEJ.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Elouise Fairchild<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Katsuo<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Golbat, Koffing<br><br><hr><br>"Oops," Elouise muttered smarmily to herself; then, the Chimchar came out of its Pokeball. "Oh. This is going to be a little more difficult that the last one." Golbat flapped a few times experimentally, waiting to see if it would try to close the distance and attack physically, or if it was planning to fire off an attack from afar. "Steady, Golbat," she said, observing that the wing that had taken a hit was flapping a little more limply than the other.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sylia</strong> on <strong>10-09-2012, 00:45:09</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Hibana Tenjou<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg, First Layer (Tunnels)<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Lexi<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Riolu, Hitmonlee<br><br><hr><br>Riolu stared down at its downed opponent and sighed. Whatever scared them must've put the fear of god into them to attack him and his master like that. "Nice job, Riolu! Now hang back a moment." Hibana spoke to her pokemon, flashing him a big smile. She then turned to Lexi. "Need help with this one or do you got it?"<br><br>Thinking of type advantages, fighting types do have an advantage here. But Lexi is also an assistant to one of the gym leaders so she won't just carelessly butt in without asking first. Hibana kept her eyes on further in the tunnel incase something else ran out towards them.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>10-09-2012, 03:39:12</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Sneek<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg, First Layer (Tunnels)<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Lexi, Hibana<br><br><hr><br>As Nuzleef dodged its attack, the Sneek stumbled, carried forward by the momentum of its own money bag for a moment. This moment would be enough, as the cutting leaves from the Razor Leaf slammed against its body and knocked it back, dropping it to the floor. Almost immediately, the Dark pokemon tried to stand again, despite its feet quivering and its arms struggling to hold up the heavy bag. With a determined look, the Sneek reached into its bag and drew a large handful of golden coins, chucking them with all its might toward Nuzleaf and Riolu (Pay Day).<br><br>It knew that wouldn't be enough, though. With one last, guilty glance toward its downed friend, the Houndour, the Sneek turned and ran down the tunnel, leaving the fight before it could take any more damage. The Houndour opened its eyes briefly to see its comrade run away, whimpering that it couldn't follow and escape whatever they were running from.<br><br><strong>Riolu gained 1 Evo Point!<br>Nuzleaf gained 1 Evo Point!</strong><br><br>===<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/6/68/Spr_DP_Camper.png)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Poacher<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Safari Zone, Area 2<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Cain Dormaz<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Poochyena, ? ? ?<br><br><hr><br>The sneak attack didn't work out quite as well as Cain would have hoped. Rune must have been using his sense of hearing to detect when the target was getting close, for when he jumped out with his mighty and notoriously painful Headbutt, it was on the first set of footsteps it heard. The poor, wild Psyduck was introduced to a whole new level of headache that day, turning in shock toward the shiny, red dome flying toward it head and taking the attack right on the forehead. The duck staggered back, seeing a whole galaxy full of stars as it stumbled all around in its painful daze until, finally, it tipped over the edge of one of the ponds and fell into the water, receiving the peaceful blackout it needed.<br><br>Of course, Cain and Rune were hardly hidden from the poacher. The young boy yelled in fear as he realized someone had finally caught up to him, pointing his confused Poochyena toward the surprise guest. "Get that pokemon, Poochy! Use your Bite on it!" he commanded, convincing no one that he wanted to be here poaching at all. Still, the dog pokemon nodded and snarled at the Cranidos before leaping in his direction, trying to sink its fangs into whatever part of Rune's body it could get its jaws around.<br><br>===<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo351/PikaPow3/Other%20Anime/Anime%20Guys/lkch349f.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> ? ? ?<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elouise, Katsuo<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Chimchar, Tarift, ? ? ?<br><br><hr><br>Chimchar braced itself for an attack immediately after coming out of the ball, but seeing that Golbat and its trainer were playing things defensively, it relaxed, its tail flame dying down to a controlled burn. "Chimchar, go for the wing with a Flame Wheel!" the blond trainer commanded from behind it. The monkey pokemon looked up at its opponent with confusion, too young and inexperienced to notice that one wing was flapping more limply than the other. Regardless, it crouched down, letting a ring of flame form around its body before flinging said ring toward Golbat, just hoping it would hit either wing.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkNevaeh</strong> on <strong>10-09-2012, 04:11:48</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a42/darknevaeh/youthinkdotcom_3244285_223866.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Lexi Noxkage<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Hibana, Encounter<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Nuzleaf, Zorua<br><br><hr><br>Lexi grimaced.&nbsp; The Sneek was getting away and she needed to do something.&nbsp; Reaching for her belt, she pulled out her other pokeball.&nbsp; "Zorua...go!"&nbsp; She tossed the ball and out came her partner.&nbsp; "Zorua, you know these tunnels better then anyone.&nbsp; After that Sneek, we'll be right behind you."&nbsp; She glanced at Hibana.&nbsp; "If you want to send someone with Zorua, that would be good.&nbsp; Two are better then one.&nbsp; I caught Zorua down here and she knows these tunnels."&nbsp; As Zorua set off and while she waited for HIbana to make a decision, she turned and reached into her bag.<br><br>"I'm sorry honey but we need to keep you safe until we can get you to a Center."&nbsp; With that, she reached pulled the pokeball out of her bag and with amazing accuracy, tossed it at the downed Houndour, hoping to catch it while it was too tired to fight back.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Karasu</strong> on <strong>11-09-2012, 19:52:53</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o129/rikuu_uchiha/RPG%20character/boy/owlboy.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Katsuo Katashi (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=144659.msg6516969#msg6516969)<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> strange man<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Eevee (Toshi), Kindlemurr, HootHoot (Baby)<br><br><hr><br>Katsuo easily maneuvered himself to continue following the man, His curiosity was peaked and he just had to see just what the man was up too.. and why weren't there any crew members down here?
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>12-09-2012, 00:52:26</strong>
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				<strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Casino<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elly, Draven<br><br><hr><br>(http://www.destination360.com/north-america/us/missouri/images/s/missouri-casinos.jpg)<br><br>The casino was everything one could hope and respect from the region's most popular resort town. Gamblers of all ages found ways to lose a little or a lot of money, while having fun in the process and, maybe, eventually getting lucky. For those seeking a more risky and challenging thrill, there were plenty of poker, blackjack, and roulette tables set up down the center of the massive main floor, along with a couple other games that came from Tetso. For the younger or more casual crowds, dozens upon dozens of the ever-popular slot machines lined the walls and sat in little islands around the area, offer quick and cheap entertainment, and the promise of some unique prizes beyond just the regular cash payouts.<br><br>Quite a variety of restaurants sat off to either side of the main floor, crowded with both gamblers and other guests in the resort hotel in the many floors above. With Tetso's first Pokemon League Summit starting tomorrow, the place was probably as crowded as Elly or her family had ever seen it, which certainly wasn't bad for there wallets. It meant a lot of work for those involved, though, setting up events here in the casino, at the beach, in the Safari Zone, and at the battling centers to keep people entertained and paying out while they waited for the main event. The hotel's main conference room was off-limits for those kind of activities, though, being the center of the upcoming festivities.<br><br>Of course, the floor was even more crowded with all the pokemon that were walking with their trainers (Psychic pokemon strictly prohibited to avoid cheating), and with the crowd gathering at the center of the floor it was starting to make sense. A man in a rather bright suit seemed to be announcing the sign-ups for some sort of Pokelympic Games, for trainers to test their pokemon in a variety of non-combat challenges, all for the chance at some mystery grand prize. Judging by the clock and the speaker's information, qualifiers for the Pokelympics would be starting in about ten minutes, so time was of the essence for any last-minute sign-ups.<br><br>===<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://api.ning.com/files/mdHZvw03i*CGtsDN0LtfmUcgwnGEzcn1TYwBd-dIje3UhHDsWx0iVsng64hRwI31SfNV4pQJqB1nofG6HkqXVYVMMEycorew/Drayolagain.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Cedric Oleaster<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Katsuo<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Gloom (Priscilla), Turtwig<br><br><hr><br>Cedric paused as he heard footsteps around the corner, ducking behind one of the pipe clusters to stay hidden. Based on hearsay, he had tracked the suspicious man down to the boiler room, where no civilian was authorized to go. Strangely, there wasn't any crew down here to stop the individual or at least help the Gym Leader find him, but from the looks of it, he had just found someone. The footsteps were too tentative to be a crew member, so there was a chance it was the one he was looking. With only one way to find out, he stood and quickly stepped out of his cover.<br><br>"Stop. What are you doing down here?" the Grass trainer asked at the young, blue-haired man before him, Priscilla's pokeball raised and ready to be thrown if things got ugly. You never could tell what sort of trouble a person was willing to get into. He knew that from life experience.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Karasu</strong> on <strong>12-09-2012, 00:57:52</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o129/rikuu_uchiha/RPG%20character/boy/owlboy.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Katsuo Katashi (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=144659.msg6516969#msg6516969)<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> strange man<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Eevee (Toshi), Kindlemurr, HootHoot (Baby)<br><br><hr><br>Katsuo staopped when the other spoke out and he noticed the pokeball. "woah woah mate, settle down. I was following this weird guy in a trenchcoat. Were you doing that too? If so maybe we shoudl team up." Katsuo had no qualms with asking for help in some situations, liek this one. It woudl be good to have a partner.. "I'm Katsuo." He offered, looking off down the corridor.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>12-09-2012, 03:12:11</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://api.ning.com/files/mdHZvw03i*CGtsDN0LtfmUcgwnGEzcn1TYwBd-dIje3UhHDsWx0iVsng64hRwI31SfNV4pQJqB1nofG6HkqXVYVMMEycorew/Drayolagain.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Cedric Oleaster<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Katsuo<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Gloom (Priscilla), Turtwig<br><br><hr><br>Slowly and with a fair bit of hesitation, Cedric lowered the pokeball and relaxed his arm. It didn't seem he would need Priscilla just yet, though he knew better than to put the pokeball away just yet. There was still someone lurking around down here, even if it didn't seem to be the person in front of him. "I'm Cedric," he answered, focusing to make sure he would still here anyone else that happened to be on the boiler deck. "Are you with the League?" he asked, wondering if it was another Gym Leader he was faced with, or just an overcurious trainer.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Karasu</strong> on <strong>12-09-2012, 03:52:00</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o129/rikuu_uchiha/RPG%20character/boy/owlboy.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Katsuo Katashi (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=144659.msg6516969#msg6516969)<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> strange man<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Eevee (Toshi), Kindlemurr, HootHoot (Baby)<br><br><hr><br>He shook his head. "No sorry, I'm just starting out my ofical journey. I just think that guy was really suspicious is all." He said, moving to follow the man, or at least where he beleived the man to have gone.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>12-09-2012, 04:30:15</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://api.ning.com/files/mdHZvw03i*CGtsDN0LtfmUcgwnGEzcn1TYwBd-dIje3UhHDsWx0iVsng64hRwI31SfNV4pQJqB1nofG6HkqXVYVMMEycorew/Drayolagain.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Cedric Oleaster<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Katsuo<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Gloom (Priscilla), Turtwig<br><br><hr><br>Cedric nodded and, feeling safe turning his back on the trainer now, started to walk through the boiler room, keeping quiet so they didn't let the suspicious man onto their presence (if he didn't know about it already). Unfortunately, it was a large area, and searching it wasn't going to be easy. They didn't even find any signs of the man until eventually a dull, hard banging rang through the area, like metal was being knocked against not far away. Cedric paused, tracking the sound to a sealed metal door a ways down, solid like a bulkhead hatch. "What do you suppose that is?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DRoux</strong> on <strong>12-09-2012, 16:32:50</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/E9dEJ.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Elouise Fairchild<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> ? ? ?<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Golbat, Koffing<br><br><hr><br>The attack rolled towards Golbat. It shrieked again, rolling to the side a little too slowly to avoid getting singed by the fiery wheel on its unharmed wing. The Pokemon began losing altitude quickly, and Elouise reacted as best as she could.<br><br>"Golbat, return!" she said, brandishing her Pokeball and recalling Golbat. She reached for her other Pokeball and tossed it into the ring. "Alright Koffing, don't let me down. Let's see about keeping you from getting hit," she muttered, before ordering in a louder voice, "Koffing, SmokeScreen!"<br><br>Koffing immediately began releasing a thick black smoke into the air, obscuring the area with it.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sylia</strong> on <strong>12-09-2012, 19:57:28</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Hibana Tenjou<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg, First Layer (Tunnels)<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Lexi<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Riolu, Hitmonlee<br><br><hr><br>Riolu winced as the coins hit him; it wasn't too painful but it still stung like the dickens. He watched the Sneek run off with a frown, wondering what got them so spooked. Hibana thought about it for a second, then nodded. "Hitmonlee! Go with Zorua! And be careful!" She spoke as the fighting pokemon sprinted forward after the dark pokemon. Once they were gone, Hibana looked over to Lexi. "Something bad must be going down.. did you see how they acted?"<br><br>"We'd better be on our guard if whatever it is got the pokemon here all riled up like that." Hibana spoke with a frown. She didn't like it. Pokemon battles were supposed to be fun for both sides, not frightening like those two were! She'd get to the bottom of this, definitely.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>12-09-2012, 21:25:39</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Sneek, Houndour<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg, First Layer (Tunnels)<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Lexi, Hibana<br><br><hr><br>The defeated Houndour barely managed to lift its head as Lexi's pokeball came sailing toward it, the small device bouncing off one of its back ridges before popping up and pulling it inside. The red and white ball dropped to the concrete floor with only the lightest of clanks despite the real weight of its contents, where it wobbled back and forth three times. Finally, the Dark pokemon gave up and the ball settled, letting a sound to indicate that Lexi was successful. Now all she needed to do was get the poor pokemon to a Pokecenter when she could so it could be healed up.<br><br>Down the tunnels, the Sneek heard two other pokemon hot on its tail and tried to speed up, even flinging another Pay Day back at them, but to no avail. Sadly, its energy was far too drained from the fight and whatever had gone on before to escape, and soon enough it tripped and fell, whirling on the floor to face its pursuers without any fight left in it.<br><br>===<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo351/PikaPow3/Other%20Anime/Anime%20Guys/lkch349f.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> ? ? ?<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elouise, Katsuo<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Chimchar, Tarift, ? ? ?<br><br><hr><br>The trainer grinned at seeing his opponent's stronger pokemon go down, placing them on just about equal terms again. It was his unharmed Chimchar against her unharmed Koffing, meaning anything could happen to turn the tide of battle one way or the other again. He had to be careful not to get cocky, though, or else he might make another mistake.<br><br>Seeing the Smokescreen obscure a large area of the ring, the Chimchar made a concerned sound and looked back at its master. "Try to hit it with another Flame Wheel, Chimchar," he ordered, thinking it would be too dangerous to send his pokemon into the fog. Nodding, Chimchar faced the smoke with determined eyes and prepared another Flame Wheel, flinging it toward where it had last seen its opponent.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkNevaeh</strong> on <strong>13-09-2012, 06:51:31</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a42/darknevaeh/youthinkdotcom_3244285_223866.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Lexi Noxkage<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Hibana, Encounter<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Nuzleaf, Zorua<br><br><hr><br>Lexi nodded at Hibana as she quickly scooped up the pokeball.&nbsp; "I'll tkae good care of you..." she said quietly as she put the ball on her belt.&nbsp; She then turned and began to head down the tunnel after Zorua and Hitmonlee.&nbsp; "My thoughts exactly...something is going on and I really don't like it."<br><br>As they ran, she noticed the scattered coins and hoped the pokemon were ok.&nbsp; As they caught up, Zorua and Hitmonlee facing down the Sneek, Lexi sighed as her heart nearly broke.&nbsp; The poor pokemon was trying to fight but it was dead on its feet.&nbsp; Lexi grabbed another empty pokeball.&nbsp; "Sneek...i've got Houndour with me.&nbsp; We're going to help you guys get better...I hope you'll come with your friend..."&nbsp; And with that she threw the ball at the frightened thing.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sylia</strong> on <strong>13-09-2012, 21:15:46</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Hibana Tenjou<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg, First Layer (Tunnels)<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Lexi<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Riolu, Hitmonlee<br><br><hr><br>Hibana followed Lexi through the tunnels, noting the coins glinting in the flashlight's light. She wondered if they ended up fighting again and quietly hoped not. It'd really suck if they had to beat down that Sneek. But as they finally caught up with their pokemon, it seemed that wasn't the case after all and it was just a tense stare down, as it were. Hibana smiled a little at Lexi as she went to capture the Sneek, knowing that it wouldn't be sad with her. "See anything else Hitmonlee?" She asked finally.<br><br>Hitmonlee then just replied, "Lee." To tell her that he didn't see anything else at the time. Hibana then told her pokemon to stand guard so their back was protected from anything sneaking up on them.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LeSane</strong> on <strong>14-09-2012, 15:28:46</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii46/karas101/123-1.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Cain Dormaz<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Safari Zone, Area 2<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Poacher<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Cranidos, Croagunk<br><br><br><br><hr><br>"Oh for the love of god." he muttered as he saw Rune headbutt the duck pokemon instead of the one he had meant too. Cranidos looked surprised itself as it saw the yellow duck float back up from the water with the defeated look in its eyes. Though it would not have a lot of time to think on the events that had just occurred. As The Poachers ordered its canine companion to bite Rune Cain had only a split second to think of a counter attack. The only idea was to let his own pokemon get damaged."Let it bite you." It did as it was told and let it the be bitten atop its hard head nullifying the attack for the most part, yet still damaging.<br><br>"Now use take down on it since it has no way to dodge."With all its might Rune started to run with enough speed to carry the pooch a short distance before taking a leap using the now unbalanced weight to fall head first into the ground. There would be a small chance that the poachers pokemon could unlatch itself and move safely&nbsp; out of the way before it was pressed again the grassy floor and its ruby red skull.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>14-09-2012, 21:18:21</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Sneek<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg, First Layer (Tunnels)<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Lexi, Hibana<br><br><hr><br>It was a tough call, and if the Sneek hadn't been entirely drained of its strength, it might have given one last go at trying to run away from the two humans. The promise that Lexi had its friend Houndour with her, however, seemed to settle the Dark pokemon down, so when her pokeball struck it and pulled it inside, it was ready to give in and trust her not to cause it any more harm. The ball only rocked once before it settled this time, indicating that she had successfully caught another pokemon.<br><br>Around that time, before the girls had a chance to start moving, Lexi's phone rang with another urgent message from the tourism commission. "Are you two there?! We just detected a network signal from Doctor Pierce's computer! She's still okay down there, just under the second layer, beneath the walkways! Try to get to her before she moves!"<br><br>---<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/6/68/Spr_DP_Camper.png)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Poacher<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Safari Zone, Area 2<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Cain Dormaz<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Poochyena, ? ? ?<br><br><hr><br>The Poochyena's eyes widened with a painful yelp as its Bite ended up finding the hardest part of Rune's body, doing a little bit of damage to the Cranidos and a whole lot of damage to its own teeth. Still, it had a fight to win, so the dog stuck onto Rune's head and wiggled back and forth, hoping to at least do some modicum of damage before its own dentistry wore out. What it didn't plan on was for Rune to actually <em>want</em> to carry it as he started charging forward, making the Poochyena release him and let out yet another surprised yelp. It tried to squirm free, but the momentum was too much, and soon all of its air was forced out of its lungs by a crushing pokemon head.<br><br>Poochyena remained motionless for a few seconds after Rune moved away, making the young poacher stare with fear that his pokemon had been quickly defeated. After some time, though, the dog growled and slowly got back on its feet, wincing from the pain of its bruised abdomen, but glaring and ready to fight again. "Alright, Poochy!" the boy cried, pumping his fist in the air. "Hit that egghead with a Quick Attack!" Without hesitation, Poochyena ran at its attacker, disappearing with its speed&nbsp; from time to time until it flew forward, trying to ram itself into into Rune's more vulnerable chest or belly.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DRoux</strong> on <strong>16-09-2012, 15:05:11</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/E9dEJ.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Elouise Fairchild<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> ? ? ?<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Koffing<br><br><hr><br>The Koffing almost chuckled as the fire passed harmlessly through the nearly impenetrably black smoke and missed it. Elouise smiled from her platform before ordering her Pokemon, "Koffing, choke him out."<br><br>"Koffing!" was the enthusiastic response from within the cloud, before the smoke began to mix with Smog, drifting in a thick sickly grey-green puff towards Chimchar.<br><br>Elouise's strategy wasn't going precisely as planned, considering that Golbat wasn't able to fly for the time being, and she was down to Koffing. Regardless, at least the other trainer was down to just his second Pokemon as well. She could barely make out his figure through the smoke, standing opposite her across the field.<br><br>She really didn't want to make her first official match as Gym Leader a losing one.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Latooni Subota</strong> on <strong>16-09-2012, 22:33:58</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Elly MacDougal<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Casino<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Draven<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Scraggy, Krokorok<br><br>----------------------------<br><br>In short order they reached the Douglasberg Casino, named after . . you guessed it! The MacDougal family who started the whole shebang in this town! Elly had been alternating between 'bored tour guide' and half-ignoring Draven along the way, until they finally arrived. At this point a little more life got into Elly, as she smiled and motioned for him to follow her down the main hall.<br><br><strong>"See this? See ALL this? THIS is the reason you come to Douglasberg City. Money, women, pokemon . . we got absolutely everything here if you've got the luck to obtain it. Speaking of luck though, it JUST so happens that there's a little series of contests for skilled pokemon trainers and their partners. I don't suppose you'd be interested in a little . . <em>fun</em>?"</strong><br><br>Something about the way Elly said fun was rather suspicious.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SargentToughie</strong> on <strong>16-09-2012, 22:48:12</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Draven Nasarus<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Casino<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elly<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Lucille, Torchic<br><br><hr><br>Draven paused for a few moments in surprise when the two of them entered the Casino. He had been to quite a few active and lively places before in the past, but never before had he imagined something like this. It seemed like the entire place was about to explode with energy and excitement, the speakers above playing all sorts of types of music as well as letting out all the chimes and beeping sounds that the human mind associated with 'victory' at the casino. He had never been particularly interested in gambling before, and he still wasn't, but he could start to understand how some people could potentially get lost in this huge and lively world, hoping that the next pull of the lever would bring them riches and prizes.<br><br>When Elly talked about some sort of contest though, he looked towards her with a curious gaze.<br>"Care to elaborate?"<br><br>Something about the way that Elly phrased that last statement did make him somewhat uneasy, but it wasn't really anything too serious, he figured.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkNevaeh</strong> on <strong>17-09-2012, 19:26:59</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a42/darknevaeh/youthinkdotcom_3244285_223866.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Lexi Noxkage<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Hibana, Encounter<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Nuzleaf, Zorua, Houndour, Sneek<br><br><hr><br>Watching the pokeball, she hoped that the Sneek understood.&nbsp; She couldn't stand to hurt it any longer.&nbsp; The Sneek blinked at her as she spoke and...did it nod?&nbsp; It might have because it didn't try to fight as hard and soon, the small beep that indicated the catch successful was heard.&nbsp; Walking over, she picked up the pokeball and put her forehead against it.&nbsp; "A pokecenter for you both, real soon.&nbsp; I promise."&nbsp; She then put the ball on her belt and had Nuzleaf return but left Zorua out, grabbing the phone as it went off.<br><br>"Hello?&nbsp; Yes we're...ok...We're on our way."&nbsp; With that, she closed the cell and looked to Zorua.&nbsp; "We need to get to the second layer fast.&nbsp; Lead the way please?"&nbsp; Zorua nodded and bounded off.&nbsp; Lexi smiled slightly and gestured for Hibana to follow as she took after Zorua, hoping they would catch up with the good Doctor soon.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sylia</strong> on <strong>18-09-2012, 20:02:00</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Hibana Tenjou<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg, First Layer (Tunnels)<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Lexi<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Riolu, Hitmonlee<br><br><hr><br>Hibana watched as Sneek was caught and exhaled softly. She wondered if there were any more spooked pokemon in this place, but decided to think about that later as Lexi answered a call. "About our rescue target?" Hibana asked as Lexi motioned for her to follow Zorua. Nodding to her pokemon to follow, Hibana ran after the dark pokemon and Lexi while her two pokemon kept pace just behind her. <br><br>Hibana felt like talking, but then thought the better of it as it may attract unwanted attention. So for now she kept quiet and followed behind Lexi, her eyes becoming more adjusted to the low light of this place but still was thankful for the flashlight. Had it been any other time, she might've enjoyed herself battling down here.. but as it is, it made her upset that something's disturbing the natural order here.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Latooni Subota</strong> on <strong>19-09-2012, 02:07:43</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Elly MacDougal<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Casino<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Draven<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Scraggy, Krokorok<br><br>---------------<br><br>Elly sidled right up to Draven with a little sultry wiggle in her hips, practically pressing her (admittedly not that large) chest up to his. Looking up at the young man with a flutter to her eyes, she whispered into his ear.<br><br><strong>"Isn't it obvious? What I <em>REALLY</em> want you to do? What I <em>NEED</em> you to do?"</strong><br><br>Elly promptly pulled away from Draven to give him a good-natured slap on the back. <strong>"Make a good showing in some of the events, damn it. You're a gym leader now, you got a reputation to build off!"</strong>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>19-09-2012, 05:18:25</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo351/PikaPow3/Other%20Anime/Anime%20Guys/lkch349f.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> ? ? ?<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elouise, Katsuo<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Chimchar, Tarift, ? ? ?<br><br><hr><br>Chimchar let out a cry of dismay as the greenish Smog flew from the smokescreen and engulfed it, the little pokemon coughing a few times before having the presence of mind to hold its breath and quickly roll out of the dangerous cloud. It coughed a couple more times as it straightened up, but didn't look much worse for wear, nor did it look like it had breathed in enough to suffer from the poisoning effect. Despite being so young, it seemed the Chimchar was a little more well-trained than the Tarift, are at least a little more intelligent.<br><br>Looking at the smoke that wasn't fading quickly enough for his taste, and knowing Koffing could just lay down another if it needed to, the blond trainer came to a quick decision to make things a little easier for his Fire type. "Coax him out, Chimchar," he ordered, Chimchar's glare switching a silly grin. Without hesitation, it began to Taunt the hidden Koffing, making goofy, immature faces at it and slapping its fiery rear to annoy the enemy into attacking more directly.<br><br>===<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg, Second Layer (Walkways)<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Lexi, Hibana<br><br><hr><br>Though Lexi had probably been down into Old Douglasberg proper before, it would be a Hell of first viewing for Hibana. Heading back to the door that Sneek and Houndour had burst through would bring them to a stairwell, which, in turn, led a few flights down until it reached the bottom of the city's foundations. The exit to the stairwell led to a well-lit, semi-circular viewing deck contained in glass, beyond which was the real Old Douglasberg. <br><br>Almost as large as the city above, illuminated only in spots by lights on the concrete sky above, blocks upon blocks of old buildings stood; ruined, decrepit, coated with decades of mold and ancient dirt, all of them either mostly or completely submerged in a sea of dark, murky swamp water that stretched on for miles. One could imagine that such waters were home to many Water and Dark pokemon in times past, but with two cities built on top of them (one now buried beneath them), the grand majority had definitely migrated. Dark pokemon probably still thrived in the darker parts of the area, as the lights seemed to maintain their focus on the walkways that went over the tops of the building and touched down on certain, sturdier rooftops, leaving to the imagination what lurked in most of the area.<br><br>The walkways, and the handful of observation decks they were connected to, were never higher than ten or twenty feet over most of the rooftops, supporting themselves by fastening to the sides of mighty concrete pillars that stretched up to the foundation above (modern constructions), as well as touching down with a staircase on the occasional building. This also allowed hardier trainers to try walking in the buildings themselves and seeing what they could find, as suggested by the makeshift bridges of wooden planks and metal sheets that a viewer could make out in a few spots. <br><br>A sign made it quite clear that only trainers were allowed outside of the protected observation decks, and that they left at their own risks. This particular deck seemed to have its lock jimmied and its door opened, which explained how the Sneek and Houndour got into the safe zones. One of the girls would have enough time to start inspecting it before a loud crash echoed through the gargantuan, pitch black cavern, shaking dust loose from turn-of-the-last-century edifices and sending waves through the water. It was either find Doctor Pierce, or find that thing that was putting the doctor's life in danger. Neither was going to be fun in this environment.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SargentToughie</strong> on <strong>22-09-2012, 05:08:04</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Draven Nasarus<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Casino<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elly<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Lucille, Torchic<br><br><hr><br>Draven's cheeks got a bit red when Elly suddenly shoved forward and made her flirtatious little comment, and of course, the fire gym leader got a bit flustered and took a few extra moments to form his next sentence. While Elly didn't have the largest bust in the world to be pressing against him, the fact remained that she was a rather attractive woman, and she seemed to play her cards just right regardless. Did she treat everybody she met like this?<br><br>He shook his head lightly to clear his head, and he spoke in a more level tone once he regained his composure.<br>"Hm, sounds interesting. I haven't actually done anything that pushes my skills to the limits since becoming a gym leader."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Karasu</strong> on <strong>22-09-2012, 09:36:10</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o129/rikuu_uchiha/RPG%20character/boy/owlboy.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Katsuo Katashi (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=144659.msg6516969#msg6516969)<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> strange man<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Eevee (Toshi), Kindlemurr, Natu (Baby)<br><br><hr><br>Katsuo shook his head "I'm not sure.. it reminds me of a ship's bulkhead hatch but it's not like I remember." He looked all aout it, trying to find a way to open it. "Here give me a hand with this, lets see if we can get it open."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DRoux</strong> on <strong>23-09-2012, 06:16:31</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/E9dEJ.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Elouise Fairchild<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> ? ? ?<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Koffing<br><br><hr><br>Koffing took the bait, spewing more Smog towards Chimchar with an angry, "Koffing!" and as great a scowl as the floating purple creature could muster.<br><br>Elouise clapped her hand over her forehead, sliding it down a little bit after closing her eyes to pinch the bridge of her nose. Much as she was loath to admit it, even to herself, if Koffing went down, Golbat was on his last leg. Unless she found a way to heal him (and considering she hadn't brought any supplies, since she thought she would only be on this trip for pleasure until she got to the city proper), her first official match was going to end with a loss.<br><br><em>Great record there,</em> she mused sarcastically. <em>Aught for one if this doesn't turn around soon, considering Koffing's abilities. Nice work, Fairchild.</em>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Latooni Subota</strong> on <strong>23-09-2012, 18:55:36</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Elly MacDougal<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Casino<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Draven<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Scraggy, Krokorok<br>---------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Elly nodded triumphantly. <br><br><strong>"Good then. Let's head on down to the registration, and have some fun. Plenty of time till all the Gym Leaders have to gather, after all."</strong> Not that she cared that much, to be honest. A big meeting was probably going to be boring . . . not as much fun as gambling or the Pokegames.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkNevaeh</strong> on <strong>23-09-2012, 20:40:28</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a42/darknevaeh/youthinkdotcom_3244285_223866.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Lexi Noxkage<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Hibana, Encounter<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Nuzleaf, Zorua, Houndour, Sneek<br><br><hr><br>Lexi looked around.&nbsp; She knew the walkways could be dizzying and long.&nbsp; But the rampage needed to be stopped and the good doctor needed to be found.&nbsp; The sounds were getting louder...the destrction probably growing.&nbsp; Lexi bit her lip for half a second.&nbsp; A decision needed to be made.&nbsp; She looked down at the two new pokeballs on her belt and clenched her jaw.&nbsp; Something had truly scared these pokemon and she was oging to find out what.<br><br>"Hibana.&nbsp; I'm heading to the rampaging...whatever it is.&nbsp; I dunno what it is but I gotta stop it.&nbsp; Can you head the other way?&nbsp; See if you can find the doctor?&nbsp; He may be hurt or stuck under something and your pokemon are strong."&nbsp; Lexi reached into her pack and tossed her a first aid kit.&nbsp; "In case he's hurt."<br><br>Lexi looked down at Zorua.&nbsp; "Alright.&nbsp; Sounds are that way.&nbsp; Lead the way?"&nbsp; Zorua nodded and bounded in the direction where the loud sounds were coming from.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sylia</strong> on <strong>23-09-2012, 21:58:41</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Hibana Tenjou<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg, Second Layer (Walkways)<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Lexi<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Riolu, Hitmonlee<br><br><hr><br>Hibana, Riolu and Hitmonlee all were a bit awed by the look of the place, but they kept themselves on guard after Hibana noticed the jimmied lock. If some pokemon made it up here to where it was supposed to be a safe area, they couldn't take anything for granted. But those thoughts were pushed to the back of Hibana's mind when the large crash was heard. "Whoa! What the heck?!" She exclaimed, rushing over to the glass and peering down into the ruins below. "That didn't sound good!"<br><br>When Lexi mentioned she was headed towards the rampaging pokemon, Hibana frowned for a moment. "Are you sure that's wise to split up? You might run into trouble!" She spoke, but another crash made her shake her head. "No, you're right. The only way we're gonna manage to take care of both problems is by splitting up and trusting each other."<br><br>With that, she accepted the first aid kit and headed down the opposite pathway to the area below. She wasn't exactly sure who she was looking for, but she was certain that she'd know when she saw them. "Come on guys, we've got a person to save!" She told her pokemon as they stepped out of the safety of the walkway. Luckily, it was lighted enough for them to see where they're going. Hibana decided to check the nearby buildings for signs of life first, figuring it'd be the first place someone might try to hide.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>25-09-2012, 07:17:35</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://api.ning.com/files/mdHZvw03i*CGtsDN0LtfmUcgwnGEzcn1TYwBd-dIje3UhHDsWx0iVsng64hRwI31SfNV4pQJqB1nofG6HkqXVYVMMEycorew/Drayolagain.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Cedric Oleaster<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Katsuo<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Gloom (Priscilla), Turtwig<br><br><hr><br>Since neither of his pokemon had vines or any other means to grab the door, Cedric knew they couldn't take the easy way out, so he nodded and joined Katsuo by the door to find a way to open it. Quickly discovering it was sealed, he undid the lock and grabbed the circular handle, his face tightening with exertion as he put his strength behind twisting it open. Behind the door, from this close range, they could hear very muffled, desperate voices; someone had been trapped inside, or, more appropriately, had been sealed inside.<br><br>Then, just as Cedric gave the last twist of the handle and the door gave a loud groan as it was depressurized, a loud sound came like overcharged transformer and light flashed from behind the two trainers. Before they could turn an around, a massive explosion rocked the entire ship, the concussive force blasting them against the iron wall and door as shrapnel just barely missed their bodies and clattered against the wall and ceiling. The lights flickered heavily, plunging the room into blackness for a few seconds, but that was hardly the main concerns as water sprayed into the room from several breach points.<br><br>No more than a dozen or two meters away, at the origin of the explosion, a very wiped out and fainted Voltorb rolled around unconsciously, until the red beam from a pokeball shot in from the other side of the deck and captured it. With a flash, the man in the dark clothes was running back for the stairs, as water poured into the room and the completely wrecked engines ceased to function. The sealed door now opened, revealing the ship's engine crew, who now rushed to contain the devastation. "Catch that guy! He took us hostage so he could wreck the ship!" one of the crewmen shouted to the probably quite dazed Cedric and Katsuo, before rushing to try to seal one of the several breaches.<br><br>===<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo351/PikaPow3/Other%20Anime/Anime%20Guys/lkch349f.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> ? ? ?<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elouise<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Chimchar, Tarift, ? ? ?<br><br><hr><br>Well, it wasn't exactly a victory, but it was a very good sign of one at least. The trainer grinned, knowing that a Koffing's strength in battle was its status effects and shrouds more than its ability to cause direct damage. If Chimchar could keep the ball of gas angry and focused on attacking head-on, there was a good chance he could cause some serious damage for the next part of the battle. Knowing that, he prepared his orders accordingly. "Chimchar, try one more Flame Wheel!" he called, hoping this would hit and cause the Gym Leader some major trouble.<br><br>Having rolled out of the Smog again, Chimchar lowered its stance and started to get the ring ready, but before it could throw it, the whole ship quaked, nearly making the monkey (and several onlookers) lose its balance. At the same time, the lights in the battle room flickered heavily before flicking to a low, emergency power setting. "What the hell was that?" the blond trainer wondered allowed, asking the same question as everyone else on the ship at that moment.<br><br>===<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Casino<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elly, Draven<br><br><hr><br>"Miss Elly!" cried out an excited brunette as the two Gym Leaders walked up to the registration table, seeming pleased to see her boss' flesh-and-blood, despite Elly's reputation as being a bit of a spoiled brat, or at least overly pampered. Who knows, though, maybe she was actually a lot nicer to her subordinate than one might wager, and Lexi's shyness around her stemmed from somewhere else. One could only speculate, at least for the next for seconds. "You're signing up for the competition?! That's awesome! I know you'll show those hotshots from Kanto what a real trainer can do!" she explained, penciling Elly's name into the listings before she could even confirm that she was entering.<br><br>===<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg, Second Layer (Walkways)<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Lexi<br><br><hr><br>Even for someone who had, up to this point, specialized their training in the dark, walking just a short distance above the ruins of the old city had to be disconcerting, especially with no one else around. It would be difficult to ever get used to be able to see very little, and hearing less. Even the faint sounds of pokemon moving about in the distance (and probably nearby) were drowned out by the sound of her and Zorua's footsteps on the metal walkway, occasionally interrupted to the rumbling and crashing in the distance. A distance that got much, much closer the faster they ran and the farther they got from their safe zone.<br><br>They could follow the noise all the way to their destination, taking them just above a large, very wide and sturdy bank building with a stairway leading down to the roof. Strangely, as they got in close the sounds died away completely, filling the surrounding dark with a eerie silence, worse than any she had heard so far. Her own breathing would drown out even her steps on the metal of the stairway and the stone of the roof, which were probably slow and cautious at this point. It was several moments before the void was filled with the crack and crash of stone breaking from the roof, making just enough room for a pokemon to jump out and join Lexi on the roof proper.<br><br><strong><span class="bbc_u">Wild Encounter</span></strong><br><br>(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/1/13/452Drapion.png)<br><br>The Poison/Dark type let out a shrill cry at Lexi, but, while it certainly looked to be a strong enough opponent, it probably wasn't the opponent she expected. It was even shorter than her, after all; how could it cause enough devastation to make noise like she heard before? Whatever the case, it was here now, and it was looking to battle, so what other assumptions could she make? It was better to get the first move in now, and save the questions for later.<br><br>===<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg, Second Layer (Walkways<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Hibana<br><br><hr><br>It would take Hibana several minutes of searching, but she would eventually find that Lexi's decision to have them split up and go different directions (and toward different goals) was for the best. It would be from the walkway that she made this observation, too; not a clear view of the doctor himself, but the soft, blue light of a computer screen emanating from a lower down window was more than enough evidence that the Fighting girl had found her target. After all, who else other than a trapped and/or stubborn doctor would not only stay down here with this ruckus going on, but find time to do some work on the computer?<br><br>Now was no time to worry about the doctor's motivations, though. Descending into the doctor's building from a nearby structure with a stairway attached, Hibana would enter a dilapidated, moldy old office complex, probably the sort of thing used by whatever bureaucratic government agency was running the show when this city sank. Descending down the floors would find more and more rooms that were heavily flooded with murky, ages-stagnant swampwater. The worst came when one of these industrial ponds had two sets of yellow top fins poking out. It didn't take Doctor Pierce to know what happened next.<br><br><strong><span class="bbc_u">Wild Encounter</span></strong><br><br>(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/9/98/318Carvanha.png)<br><br>Two angry-(or hungry-)looking Carvahna popped up to the surface of the water and made their cries at Hibana, eyeing the tall girl and her pokemon friends like fresh meals. The more impatient of the pair didn't wait; he leapt from the water straight for the Gym Leader, jaws wide open to take in whatever meat he could get.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkNevaeh</strong> on <strong>25-09-2012, 08:23:15</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a42/darknevaeh/youthinkdotcom_3244285_223866.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Lexi Noxkage<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Hibana, Encounter<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Nuzleaf, Zorua, Houndour, Sneek<br><br><hr><br>Lexi blinked at the Drapion and wondered just how this pokemon could cause so much ruckus.&nbsp; She grit her teeth as well.&nbsp; The pokemon was poison and dark type..meaning that Nuzleaf was at a bigger disadvantage then Zorua.&nbsp; Either way, Lexi needed to do something.&nbsp; She hoped Hibana found the doctor because if she needed to run, she didnt want to leave them down here. <br><br>Still, something bothered her.&nbsp; Why was it rampaging?&nbsp; She wanted to think about it more, but it looked like it was about to lunge for a fight.&nbsp; Lexi nodded.<br><br>"Zorua go!&nbsp; Use fake tears!"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DRoux</strong> on <strong>25-09-2012, 15:16:42</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/E9dEJ.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Elouise Fairchild<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> ? ? ?<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Koffing<br><br><hr><br>After catching her balance from the impact and steadying herself again on the railing, Elouise looked across the field. Koffing had taken the distraction that everyone else suffered besides him, being a floating gas-thing, and was spewing more Smog out at Chimchar.<br><br>"Koffing!" Elouise shouted across to her Pokemon, "Knock it off!" He floated rather reluctantly back over to his trainer. She looked around, now that the battle was on pause for the moment, she looked around the somewhat darkened room. Finally turning to her opponent, she asked, "So, do you want to continue this at a later date, or keep going?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Karasu</strong> on <strong>25-09-2012, 22:50:54</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o129/rikuu_uchiha/RPG%20character/boy/owlboy.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Katsuo Katashi (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=144659.msg6516969#msg6516969)<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> strange man, Cedric<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Eevee (Toshi), Kindlemurr, Natu (Baby)<br><br><hr><br>Katsuo growled and looked at Cedric. "We need to stop this water from rushing in! I'll go after him.. Can you help them?" He said to Cedric, waiting for his answer. "Get everyone prepared, just in case an evacuation needs to be done." He said in surprisingly calm voice, before he would go running off after the man with Toshi's pokeball in his hand. Katsuo couldn't stand something like this, such an act was supremely stupid and wrong.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Latooni Subota</strong> on <strong>26-09-2012, 08:07:35</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Elly MacDougal<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Casino<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Draven<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Scraggy, Krokorok<br>---------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br><strong>"It's true, I AM pretty amazing. I trust you'll be cheering for me, right sweetie?"</strong> And now Elly was pointing her 'charm' at the receptionist, probably for no reason whatsover! Still, she needed to get to the important point. <br><br><strong>"Don't forget, my little friend here will be competing as well. Just to make things interesting. And not boring."</strong>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>27-09-2012, 21:12:48</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Drapion<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg, Third Layer (Ruins)<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Lexi<br><br><hr><br>Oh, if only things could be that easy for poor Lexi. The Fake Tears worked like a charm even on the aggressive Drapion, making it falter and leave itself vulnerable at the sight of the "crying" Zorua. Unfortunately, it wouldn't be Zorua that was able to take advantage of the opportunity and land a good hit on the large scorpion. It would turn out that this pokemon was guilty of nothing more than fleeing like Sneek and Houndour had.<br><br>The building started to quake beneath their feet, echoing the loud rumbles and crashes Lexi had heard on her way here, only so much more loud and terrifying now that she was standing directly on top of it. Even with its multiple pairs of legs, the Drapion had a hard time keeping its balance, staggering back and forth lightly. Finally, its footing was broken completely as the floor seemed to crumble beneath it, only to then explode upward in a blast of dust and debris that sent a fainted Drapion tumbling over to the side of the roof, where it thumped against the barrier at the edge before falling still. The massive cloud of dust settled after a ten seconds or so, revealing the much larger hole in the roof, and another unfriendly face.<br><br>(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs42/f/2009/119/a/4/Steelix_by_NCH85.png)<br><br>The steel snake slithered up from its brand new entrance slowly, giving itself some footing (for lack of a better term) on the rooftop before it rose to its full height. Even for a Steelix, it was large, its rough iron grin standing several meters higher than Lexi's diminutive head. It was old, too; rough and jagged, bearing battle scars all the way from tail to chin. Probably much more experienced than anything she had encountered before. And, perhaps most frighteningly, smart. It didn't move to attack her right away like the Houndour or the Drapion. Instead, it stood still in its raised position, daring her to make the first move, as if it knew it wouldn't make a difference. It kept grinning.<br><br>===<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo351/PikaPow3/Other%20Anime/Anime%20Guys/lkch349f.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> ? ? ?<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elouise<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Chimchar, Tarift, ? ? ?<br><br><hr><br>Chimchar ran back to his master and jumped up onto the platform with him to avoid the provoked Koffing's attacks, more concerned than the other pokemon due to having felt the quake. The blond trainer frowned, looking like he wasn't happy to be giving up when he was doing so well in the battle, but it wasn't like they had any other choice. "I don't think it's safe to continue fighting just now. Sounds like there's a situation with the ship," he commented obviously, calling his Chimchar back into its pokeball. "You're a Gym Leader, so if something's wrong, they're probably going to want your help, anyway."<br><br>===<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://api.ning.com/files/mdHZvw03i*CGtsDN0LtfmUcgwnGEzcn1TYwBd-dIje3UhHDsWx0iVsng64hRwI31SfNV4pQJqB1nofG6HkqXVYVMMEycorew/Drayolagain.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Cedric Oleaster<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Katsuo<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Gloom (Priscilla), Turtwig<br><br><hr><br>Cedric rubbed his head, still a bit sore from the impact with the solid iron door, but reacted quickly, sending Priscilla out and having her use her Acid in concentrated amounts to seal the cracks in the hull. He wanted to go after the saboteur too and kick his ass, especially since he had a not fondly remembered history with criminal organizations, but he left it to Katsuo for now. If nothing else, the kid could slow him down.<br><br>Katsuo would get close enough to get a clear look at the criminal's back just in time for him to go running up the stairs back up to the next deck. Unfortunately, just as they reached the top, he threw something to the floor that immediately burst into a cloud of smoke, filling the tight corridor for several seconds before it would dissipate enough for Katsuo to see the man's black coat left abandoned on the floor, with footsteps going off down an adjacent hallway. He would have to move fast to find him again before the still-unseen face was lost in a crowd somewhere.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ember Star</strong> on <strong>27-09-2012, 21:55:50</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/e9/Images-41.jpeg)</div> <strong>Name:</strong> Elektra Kandou <br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry<br><strong>Tagging</strong> The strange blonde trainer, Elouise, and anybody else in the immediate area<br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Pichu (Sparkles (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/bc/PikachuColoredPichu-picsay.jpg)), Glaceon, and Marill (egg) <br><br>While Elektra had planned to explore the ferry a little more, the crowd of people had freaked her out. So earlier when she had reached the quiet deck, she had just kind of zoned out. The sound of the water being blown softly by the wind was so relaxing. It cleared her mind as if she were meditating. So anybody passing by would see the girl leaning over the railing, with eyes close, seemingly unaware of her surroundings, her two Pokemon looking relaxed and cheerful themselves. Glaceon almost napping by her feet, and Pichu watching the waves cheerfully. <br><br>However, her peaceful meditation was bluntly disconnected when a teenage boy bumped into her. There was no reason for it besides the fact that they boy seemed to absorbed into some game. Even so, there was hardly anybody else on the deck. "Er, um, sorry." The boy said the without looking up. Elektra looked rather horrified, her gray eyes got big and wide from surprise and she was blushing deeply. "It...it...its okay." She managed to get out in a small voice. Taking to people was not her strong point, especially people that surprised her. But it didn't matter, the boy was already gone. "Pichu?" The tiny Pokemon asked with concern. Elektra sighed and petted the Pichu on her head. "It's okay, Sparkles. He just surprised me." She sighed again and shook her head, wondering about people. However, her thoughts were soon broken by a growl from Glaceon. "You hear something?" Elektra asked and listened. She heard something too. Sounded like somebody was battling on the ferry. "Let's leave it alone guys, I doubt they need my help. I'm sure it's friendly anyway." She told the two Pokemon who then settled down. <br><br>But once again her peace was fixing to be shattered, this time in a big way. <br><br>Just as she was starting to lean over the railing again, there was a loud boom unlike any she had experienced before, causing the ship to shake as if they were caught in a storm. The violent and sudden shaking knocked her off balance and would've thrown her over the railing had Glaceon not grabbed Elektra's skirt, pulling the small framed girl backwards and causing her to fall hard on her butt. "What the..." She looked around with some panic in her eyes before they fell on Glaceon who looked as calm as every. "Thank you. Where's..." She suddenly realized that Sparkles had been on the railing and stood up quickly looking for the tiny Pokemon. An sigh of relief escaped her lips as she saw Sparkles laid out on the floor rubbing her little head. "Thank the PokeGods!" Elektra said as she scooped the Pokemon up then turned back to Glaceon. "Lead the way." She said. The calm Ice Pokemon simply have a nod before starting to carefully and quickly pick her way through the ship, leading Elektra straight to where the blonde man and Elouise were. <br><br>Elektra stopped, her long black hair look messy, and her pretty little white dress wet and dirty in places from her fall on the deck. She seemed nearly out of breath, but her panic from earlier was gone. Emergencis were one of her strong points. "Do either of you know what happened!?" She asked both the blonde man and Elouise 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LeSane</strong> on <strong>28-09-2012, 04:24:32</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii46/karas101/123-1.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Cain Dormaz<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Safari Zone, Area 2<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Poacher<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Cranidos, Croagunk<br><br><br><br><hr><br>Rune did could not get a view on the poachers pokemon as it sped up. <strong>"Watch out you don't know where its coming from."</strong> Cain said just as the pooch came into view of both the trainer and the dino, yet could not counter or dodge in time. The hit made contact in dead center of its stomach makign it stumbled back before falling on its behind. It sat there looking a bit taken a back by what had happened. It never got hit without countering it so when it realized it had screwed up its eyes narrowed. <strong>"Cra! Cranidos!"</strong> it yelled out getting up on its two feet still shouting out at the poachers dog. As the Cranidos went on a ever building rage a light came from Cain's back it was his pokemon Croagunk. It brought itself from its confines using its hidden ability 'Posion touch' to stunn Rune before it went into its rage fully. His Cranidos was frozen in place<br><br><strong>"Thanks."</strong> He said looking down at his frog then to run. <strong>"Cool off for a bit Rune while she deals with them."</strong> Returning it back into its ball holding it tight as if it would escape. The female Croagunk stare evily at the Poochyena awaiting an order. <strong>"Use Swagger."</strong> He spoke looking at the poacher with a calm look. The female frog taunted his Poochyena to annoy it and send it into a fit, and at the same time confuse it for he next move.<strong> "Now use Faint attack to grab hold of it while its confused."</strong> It sped&nbsp; toward the dog zipping from eft to right until it vanished in a blur. <strong>"Now!"</strong> Cain said as it came from above wrapping its arms around ite Poochyena's torso. It was not the most conventional way off doing things, but he coud end the battle sooner then later.<br><br>Cain glared the the poacher speaking illy at him,<strong>"Now...here is the deal you surrender or your dog here gets a point blank hit with my Croagunk's Venoshock. I doubt it will make it out in a good condition if you catch my drift."</strong> Even if he did not comply the poison touch would paralyze his pokemon in its tracks rendering it useless. <strong>"The choice is yours. I'll give you a few seconds to decide."</strong> smirking slyly knowing that a choice would be made one way or antoher. If he cared for his pokemon like many did he woud do as he said.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SargentToughie</strong> on <strong>28-09-2012, 06:44:13</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Draven Nasarus<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Casino<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elly<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Lucille, Torchick<br><br><hr><br>Draven would remain silent as Elly signed the two of them up for the contest, and he would simply nod with a small smile when Elly mentioned that he to would be taking part in the competition. While he appeared as collected as he usually did, truth be told, he felt a bit out of his element in such a lively place. It was so unlike back home, where everything was more quiet and civilized, at least, in the circles that Draven liked to roam in. He would simply state his name unless the receptionist decided to somehow get clever with him, something that he didn't exactly foresee happening considering that it was the brunette's job to be courteous and polite to any visitors to Elly's establishment.<br><br>Then again, Draven had never been to a casino quite like this before, for all he knew, the etiquette that he thought to be commonplace and expected could go right out the window here, especially when one thinks about who the boss around these parts was.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sylia</strong> on <strong>28-09-2012, 17:06:10</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Hibana Tenjou<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg, Second Layer (Walkways)<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Event<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Riolu, Hitmonlee<br><br><hr><br>"Riolu!" Yelled Riolu as he pointed at the dim light that they saw, Hibana looked over and nodded to her pokemon in agreement as they started to head over there.<br><br>"Alright.. this seems like it'll go ea-" Hibana started to say when two Carvahna popped up from the murky water ahead of them. She then slapped her forehead"Aicha.. I need to learn to shut my mouth!"<br><br>The Carvahna didn't seem like they'd just let them pass and one even lept at her to try to take a bit outta her! "Whoa!" She exclaimed,&nbsp; diving to the side and just barely getting by it. The rough skin of the pokemon scraped by her arm, drawing some blood. "Hitmonlee! Take it out with Rolling Kick!"<br><br>Hitmonlee responded to the command quickly, attacking the offending pokemon with one of his vicious kicks the moment the Carvahna landed, hoping to take it out quickly. Riolu on the other hand, kept an eye on the second Carvahna in case it decided to attack suddenly as well.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DRoux</strong> on <strong>29-09-2012, 01:45:10</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/E9dEJ.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Elouise Fairchild<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> ? ? ?<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Koffing, Golbat (kind of)<br><br><hr><br>Elouise nodded, recalling Koffing before he decided it would be a good idea to spew more of its Smog into the air. "This is true," she mused aloud on his comment. It was clear that she was a little relieved that the losing battle had ended prematurely, but still made an offer to the other Trainer.<br><br>"Drop by the Gym in Astorpoint sometime," she told him. "I've got a pretty good set-up there. It's a lovely place, if you can tolerate the city's atmosphere."<br><br>The Gym Leader turned to the girl asking the question, and shrugged. "No idea. One minute the power's on, the next it's off and we've got emergency lighting. Do you?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>03-10-2012, 05:10:16</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo351/PikaPow3/Other%20Anime/Anime%20Guys/lkch349f.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> ? ? ?<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elouise, Elektra<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Chimchar, Tarift, ? ? ?<br><br><hr><br>The trainer shook his head to both women, clearly having no better idea of what was happening than either of them. He still had a very serious demeanor, though now he was less focused, apparently annoyed that his first fight with a Gym Leader got cut off when victory was a possibility. He kept his mouth shut, though, and tried to get back to the task at hand. "I'm not sure what's going on, but I'm going to go see if they still have a working healing station around here to get Tarift and Chimchar back in the green. You should probably do the same, in case this turns bad somehow," he told Elouise, then made to turn and walk away without having ever properly introducing himself to either of the women. <br><br>That is, until he stopped a few yards away, tilting his head slightly to listen to the sounds of battle resuming the deck above. Anyone who was still fighting after the ship rocking and the power going out had to have a very good, or a very bad, reason. "We may want to make this quick, too..."<br><br>===<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/6/68/Spr_DP_Camper.png)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Poacher<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Safari Zone, Area 2<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Cain Dormaz<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Poochyena, ? ? ?<br><br><hr><br>The poor, inexperienced Poochyena didn't stand much of a chance against Cain's more battle-hardened Croagunk. It let out a sad yelp as it fell for the second part of her trap, entrapped in Croagunk's powerful, dangerous hold and too paralyzed from the Poison Touch to do anything about it. The boy's eyes grew as wide as his dog, and only continued to grow bigger and more terrified as Cain threatened to do some serious damage to the offending pokemon. "Wait! Please, no!" the young trainer cried, stepping forward while still keeping his distance. His eyes shot back and forth between Cain and Croagunk, pleading mercy both physically and verbally.<br><br>"Don't hurt him! I didn't want to come here and do this, honest! I won't do it anymore if you let him go!" he begged, not even thinking to go for his second pokemon and try to take Cain out. This definitely wasn't the voice of someone who would just up and break the law one day, but that only meant cruel man still had a bit more work to do.<br><br>===<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Casino<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elly, Draven<br><br><hr><br>"Oh, of course I'll be cheering for you, Miss Elly! Who else has a chance to win, anyway?" the receptionist declared as she scribbled Elly's name into the listings. She did the same when Draven gave his name, although she gave the writer a lot less attention. Either she was really trying to suck up to a member of the owner's family, or she was a genuine fangirl of the new local Gym Leader. "Let's see...if we stick both of you in first running of the Treasure Hunt, that means you can go against Mr. Takeshi from Kanto! If you beat him, that'll prove a thing or two about us Tetsoans!" she declared, barely giving them a chance to decide otherwise. Even if they wanted to, it was mere seconds before another voice cut in, rough and firm as stone.<br><br>"And just think about what it'll prove if you lose," came the teasing sarcasm from a tall, narrow-eyed man, (http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/7/7b/HeartGold_SoulSilver_Brock.png) his words bearing the shallow humor and extreme self-assurance of a veteran. "Money-grabbing isn't usually my thing, but I know my pokemon have the grit to pull off anything. Let's see if yours can do the same," he suggested, bringing his fist into his palm to emphasize the point. "Oh, and don't call me Takeshi. Everyone I know calls me Brock."<br><br>===<br><br><strong>Name:</strong> Carvahna x 2<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg, Third Layer (Ruins)<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Hibana<br><br><hr><br>With the type advantage and the higher evolutionary stage, Hitmonlee's Rolling Kick would utterly destroy the bloodthirsty Carvahna. It was pretty much unconscious as soon as the kick smashed into its side, but its condition only grew worse as it slammed into the opposite wall, leaving some serious cracks in the old interior work, and then ricocheted off and fell back down into the murky water to bide its time and heal.<br><br>At the point, after seeing its kin be utterly slammed by the Hitmonlee and knocked out, it would have made sense for the remaining Carvahna to retreat and wait for easier prey to come along, but for the Savage pokemon, having no more partner apparently just meant having double the meal when it was over. Widening its glare and baring its teeth, the Carvahna hissed with its most terrifying Scary Face, trying to scare at least one of its opponents into being a little slower on the draw. Then, without even a pause to gather its energy, it leaped out of the water at Riolu and surrounded its teeth with blue, jagged ice, attempting to sink an Ice Fang into the smaller of Hibana's two warriors and hopefully get a freeze effect if it was very lucky, and not immediately knocked out.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sylia</strong> on <strong>03-10-2012, 19:18:39</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Hibana Tenjou<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg, Third Layer (Ruins)<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Carvahna x2<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Riolu, Hitmonlee<br><br><hr><br>"Watch it Riolu!" Hibana shouted, but Riolu had already faltered a little due to the remaining Carvahna's Scary Face. I mean, look at the thing, it's evil looking! Because of this, he didn't move in time to avoid the Ice fang attack from the assailing pokemon.<br><br>Crying out in pain, Riolu dropped to one knee from the attack with a wince. Hitmonlee moved to take out the Carvahna, but Riolu held his arm out to block Hitmonlee. "Rio." Was all he said before looking over to Hibana.<br><br>"..Lee." Hitmonlee replied, stepping back. Riolu had requested that he take this last one on himself and he'd honor his friend's request.<br><br>"Riolu.. alright." Hibana spoke softly, then nodded. "Riolu, use Force palm!"<br><br>Riolu rose and charged after the Carvahna, yelling. He aimed for the side of the Carvahna, away from those horrible teeth it had. As long as it didn't dodge suddenly, he felt confident that he'd win this little tussle.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Latooni Subota</strong> on <strong>03-10-2012, 19:25:53</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Elly MacDougal<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Casino<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Draven<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Scraggy, Krokorok<br>---------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>"Well, it's a good thing I'm AMAZING then, hmm? Nice to meet you, Brock. I'm Elly MacDougal, and I'm amazing. Charmed, I'm sure."<br><br>Elly gave the man a quick up and down from behind her sunglasses, appraising him. Inwardly, she frowned a bit. She read Gym Leader Monthly, and the man was a long-time gym leader for Kanto. Though from her knowledge he usually dealt with starting trainers, she'd heard rumors of some pretty powerful pokemon being in his possession. Hopefully, he wouldn't be quite so troublesome as she feared.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SargentToughie</strong> on <strong>03-10-2012, 21:47:27</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Draven Nasarus<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Casino<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elly<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Lucille, Torchick<br><br><hr><br>Draven didn't seem to mind too much that she wasn't showing him near as much attention as she did Elly, not that he expected her to, truth be told. It wasn't like he had done anything in particular to deserve the respect of any of his peers yet, or even random people that he would happen to run in to from day to day. It was something that his writing career had adjusted him to, and it wasn't like he had even began to perform his duties as a gym leader yet, so the possibility of him having any sort of reputation by now was still zero.<br><br>Rather then worry about that, he turned his attention towards the stranger that approached Elly, the man she would be facing in the first round, apparently. That man, Brock, was one of the longest running Gym leaders in the business, hailing out of Kanto if Draven remembered correctly. Since he didn't have a place in the conversation between the two future foes, he simply took a step back to watch how things would unfold between the two of them.<br><br>Draven assumed that this would be a 1 on 1 competition, and had no clue that he too would be going against Brock as well.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>05-10-2012, 21:56:20</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Carvahna<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg, Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Hibana<br><br><hr><br>The Carvahna seemed to grin evilly as it saw the pain and damage it had inflicted on Riolu, but it was a short-lived and shallow victory when faced with two determined Fighting types. It leaped from the water to attack again, but was met with Riolu's fast-approaching and yelling form, having just enough time to widen its eyes in shock before the Force Palm smashed into it and practically spiked it to the floor, bringing a burst of grey dust from the old, ruined floor. <br><br>Lying on its side, the Carvahna achingly opened one eye to look at Riolu, its body bruised and scuffed as it was on the edge of fainting. It wouldn't give up, though; not before trying to land one more attack. Gathering the last of its energy, the Dark pokemon launched itself from the floor, taking a note from its predecessor and aiming its head straight at Hibana. All of the damage it had taken would be used to power its own Assurance attack right on the trainer, unless one of her pokemon did something.<br><br>===<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/1/11/VSBrock.png)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Brock<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Casino<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elly, Draven<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Onyx, ? ? ?<br><br><hr><br>"If you're amazing, then you should have no problem going out there and beating me, right?" Brock replied, folding his arms over his chest firmly and hardly cracking a smile. Rumor had it that Brock was a tough man to make laugh, but tougher to make stop. It didn't seem Elly had broken that barrier yet, although the fact that she hadn't meant that as a joke was probably the reason for that.<br><br>"So you must be one of the new Gym Leaders here, too, huh?" Brock asked Draven, turning his eternally intense eyes toward the writer, who had had little success in keeping himself out of the conversation. "You seem pretty quiet. It's always the quiet guys you have to look out for, though," he reflected, looking back and forth between the two as if he was deciding who the more challenging opponent was going to be. If that hadn't clued Draven in that this wouldn't just be a one-on-one match between the other two, the receptionist would make it clear as she jumped back into the conversation by force.<br><br>"Alright! All of you are ready to go down to the beach and start the Treasure Hunt in five minutes! I just need you to sign a simple waver and register the pokemon you're going to use for the Pokegames," she explained, shoving a form into each of their hands. "Remember, you can only use one pokemon for <em>all</em> of the contests, so be sure to pick one you think is the most well-rounded and determined. There can also be no attacking of other participants' pokemon at any time, unless that's part of the contest, or you will be immediately disqualified! Prizes will be distributed to the top winners in each contest, and the top winners overall, so try your hardest and have fun!"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ember Star</strong> on <strong>07-10-2012, 18:14:17</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/e9/Images-41.jpeg)</div> <strong>Name:</strong> Elektra Kandou <br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry<br><strong>Tagging</strong> The strange blonde trainer, Elouise, and anybody else in the immediate area<br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Pichu (Sparkles (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/bc/PikachuColoredPichu-picsay.jpg)), Glaceon, and Marill (egg) <br><br>Elektra seemed to turn into a deer in the headlights for a few moments, unmoving, big gray eyes staring with a slight blush forming on her cheeks. The reason being is because she suddenly got self conscious about the way she looked. Even though she actually looked pretty good, she was just a little damp from getting splashed with water. Meanwhile, the shiny blue Pichu on her shoulder seemed to roll its little Pokemon eyes "Pichu," the little Pokemon said lazily and poked Elektra on her neck. This snapped Elektra out of her stance, which only lasted a few moments. "Oh... uh, no, I don't know what happened." She really didn't understand why the girl asked her that. If she had known, would she had asked the girl herself? Thinking about it, Elektra really didn't know the answer to that.&nbsp; She rubbed the back of her head and stared at her toes awkwardly. She was obviously timid and shy. But then she remembered something, and her eyes shot back up to the other two. "But I did hear something! Sounded like... I don't know, a explosion or something." She looked from one to the other then turned her glaze upward as the blonde man stopped. Hearing the same thing he was and obviously thinking the same thing. "Who would... why would they still be battling?" She mumbled softly.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LeSane</strong> on <strong>08-10-2012, 05:18:59</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii46/karas101/123-1.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Cain Dormaz<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Safari Zone, Area 2<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Poacher<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Cranidos, Croagunk<br><br><br><br><hr><strong>"Great to know you see it my way."</strong> Cain said smugly while his Croagunk still held Poochyena tightly looking as if it had no other way then to grip the pup its poison in its cheeks slowly surging&nbsp; ready to be spilled. <strong>"Alright now that your done with this battle I want you to go to Area three and get the one responsible, because I doubt someone like you had the man power to cause this place to be in a panic. You do that and your Poochyena comes out of this untouched. Understand?"</strong> not giving him enough time to respond due to starting a verbal count down from ten. When the poacher left (assuming he did.) he exhaled as he went out of sight. Cain said walking toward them both as she released the pup. It had a confused look on its face. <strong>"I'm sorry for using you as a bargaining chip. If I didn't you would of been hurt."</strong> saying this whilst placing a hand on the pooches head.<br><br><strong>"Your owner love you alot. I don't see that in a lot of trainers now a days."</strong> his talking continued as the intense aura had dispelled for a short while. He would not know when the poacher kid brought back his <em>'boss'</em> so he went ahead and healed his pokemon as well as removed the status effects on it. Poochyena barked at Cain happily though defeated. <strong>"I know...just don't let your owner know or he will get mad, and might want to fight me again."</strong>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SargentToughie</strong> on <strong>09-10-2012, 00:38:00</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Draven Nasarus<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Casino<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elly, Brock<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Lucille, Torchick<br><br><hr><br>Draven paused when Brock suddenly turned his attention towards him instead of Elly, and it was around that point that the idea of this not being a 1 on 1 started to go through the writer's mind. Would it be the 2 of them against just Brock then? Or would Brock bring in some other surprise appearance as his backup to make it a 2 on 2. Since both he and Elly were quite the novice gym leaders, Draven honestly wouldn't have been all that surprised to see it become a 2 on 1.<br>"Draven Nasarus, gym leader of Ciderhelm city. I'm only really being quiet because I didn't see the need to interrupt the conversation between you and my companion here."<br><br>Draven, honestly, was also trying to assess his possible future competition at the same time. He heard talk a while back that when Brock was still a novice Gym leader, he was a bit of a shameless flirt with the ladies, and Draven was quite curious to see if that was still the case or not. If it was, it would most certainly give Elly an advantage to exploit when the two competed. When he was handed the form by the receptionist, he had already decided hands-down which Pokemon he was going to use for the contest, his only two choices being the baby Torchick that he'd owned for all of 2 weeks, and his closest comrade since he was just a child. When the form was filled out, Draven having a solid understanding of the rules and limitations, he looked towards Brock and Elly.<br>"Well, I'm ready if you are."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sylia</strong> on <strong>09-10-2012, 17:46:14</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Hibana Tenjou<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Carvahna<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Riolu, Hitmonlee<br><br><hr><br>Riolu growled at the Carvahna as it hit the floor. He held his shoulder and gritted his teeth at the pain of it but he soon realized that he didn't have time to worry about his wound. The Carvahna wasn't down yet! Infact it launched itself at Hibana to take a bite outta her! "RIO!" Yelled Riolu as he pushed himself to run to get in the way of the Carvahna's path, but it was too late.<br><br>Hibana had just enough time to throw her arms up in defense when she was hit by the attack.&nbsp; Riolu quickly attacked the Carvahna shortly after it hit her to strike it with another force palm, but the damage had already been done. Hibana had been knocked onto her back and looked hurt, groaning in pain.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Latooni Subota</strong> on <strong>11-10-2012, 06:33:34</strong>
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				Name: Elly MacDougal<br><br>Location: Douglasberg Casino<br><br>Tagging: Draven<br><br>Current Pokemon: Scraggy, Krokorok<br>---------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>There was only one choice when it came to the contest, and that was her strongest and fastest (and most stylish) pokemon, her Krokorok. It was a simple matter of signing him up with her, and handing the waiver back to the receptionist.<strong> "Here you go love. Let's get this show on the road, hmm?"</strong><br><br>Elly was looking ALL FIRED UP, though in an admittedly reserved manner. Those white knuckles and the look in her eyes when you caught a glimpse of them around her sunglasses proved that much!
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>12-10-2012, 23:07:57</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo351/PikaPow3/Other%20Anime/Anime%20Guys/lkch349f.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> ? ? ?<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elouise, Elektra<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Chimchar, Tarift (+1)<br><br><hr><br>The trainer's brow furrowed as he listened to a particularly fierce flame attack. The sound was loud enough to draw the attention of the few civilians in the battle room who hadn't already fled to heal their pokémon or find their families, but once it died out, there was silence again. After a few moments, the trainer brought his eyes down to glance at Elouise, then to look at Elektra, who seemed far more concerned (or at least nervous) about the situation, and seemed to have a couple healthy pokémon with her. "You might want to head up there quickly. I can help, once I get Tarift and Chimchar fixed up," he told her, then dashed off to find the Pokémon Center as quickly as he could, leaving both Gym Leaders to make their own battle plans.<br><br>===<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/8/83/Spr_DP_Ace_Trainer_F_1.png)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Poacher 2<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Safari Zone, Area 2<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Cain<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Mightyena (+1)<br><br><hr><br>The young boy bolted for Area 3 the second the "ten" passed from Cain's lips, half-panicked and desperate not to let his dog be in danger for a second longer than he had to. Considering the boy was nearly in tears, it wasn't the kindest of methodology Cain could have employed, but considering the real culprit behind this safari robbery would soon be brought before him, it would be hard for one to argue with his results.<br><br>The Poochyena did seem happy when it was let go and healed of its battle damage and status affects, yapping cheerfully. Being young and not too trained, it clearly didn't understand all that much of what Cain was saying to it, but it saw that he had no further intention of harming it and took that to mean he was a new friend. It was clearly considering nudging the older trainer's hand to try to get him to pet it when a much larger puppy stalked in from the direction of Area 3, growling fiercely and bearing savage teeth, teeth that were worn from much use, but still sharp enough to pierce bone.<br><br>(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/f/f1/262Mightyena.png)<br><br>Following at the pokémon's heels were the same panicked boy from before and a girl closer to Cain's age. She didn't seem nearly as afraid of Cain as the younger poacher was, holding one empty pokéball confidently in his hand while another was held on her belt, a satchel full of pokéballs hung from her shoulder. No doubt the catch from her little illegal expedition. "Look, Mighty, your little brother's in trouble. You're not too happy about that, are you?" the lady trainer cooed to her Mightyena, making the fearsome dog growl louder and lower its stance. The Poochyena whimpered and backed off, knowing that he wasn't in as much danger as the girl implied, yet avoiding being in its older sibling's way. Probably a wise move, considering those teeth.<br><br>With a loud bark, the predator leapt forward and bounded straight for Croagunk, homing in on her throat to put her down with its own, more powerful Bite.<br><br>===<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/1/11/VSBrock.png)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Brock<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Casino<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elly, Draven<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Onyx (+?)<br><br><hr><br>Despite the fact that Brock was a genuine celebrity in more regions than his own, and Draven was an aspiring celebrity in his own town (even if he was still a complete nobody to anyone outside of the writing and publishing business), the receptionist still only seemed to care when Elly handed in her form. The line between brown-nosing and an odd, perhaps unhealthy obsession was quite blurred. "Good luck, Ms. Elly! Show them who runs this town!"<br><br>...<br><br>Needless to say, with how last-minute their sign-ups had been, the three Gym Leaders barely made it down to the beach on time, so that even their own registration preceded them; their starting positions were set up and bore their names on large, electronic banners, but the description of the first contest was already underway. Thankfully, they could hear the details as they followed the sandy path down from the casino, being called out by an energetic man with a bright red suit and a megaphone, who stood on a platform behind their starting positions.<br><br>"The rules of the Treasure Hunt are simple: he who gets the most gold, gets the most points! Treasure chests and ancient, valuable artifacts are buried and hidden all over this beach! Whichever trainer can use his trusty pokémon to get the richest wins!" the announcer exclaimed in a voice that would have carried even without the megaphone, gesturing backward at a beautiful beach that was dressed up with prop foliage and pine trees, making it look like the sort of mediterranean island that movies claimed bore hidden pirate treasure. The casino certainly went to great effort to put on a good show; it was no wonder they were the biggest tourist destination in the region, aside from Seastorm.<br><br>Brock actually broke into a grin and rushed into his position next to their fourth player(s), a middle-aged man and his son, who were jumping into the contest with a trusty old Dodorog. Not a good battling pokémon by any means, but in a challenge like this, an incredible sense of smell like that could change everything. "Nothing's buried too deep for you! Go, Onyx!" the Rock-Solid trainer shouted as he tossed out the mighty snake, his famous Onyx drawing many cheers from the surprisingly large audience that had gathered for the games. There were other contests going on simultaneously, but when two local Gym Leaders were going up against a popular visitor, it was obvious where the interest would be. "Good luck, all of you," he said as his face grew a little more serious again, though the fun was still there. As the others got ready, he waited for the second where they were told to begin.<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">#29. DODOROG</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo351/PikaPow3/Fake%20Pokemon/Dodorog.jpg)<br><br><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size"><strong>Normal</strong></span><br>Smelling Pokémon<br>Height: 3'1"<br>Weight: 67.5 lbs<br><br>Dodorog uses its sense of smell to find lost hikers and criminals for the police. It is impossible for Dodorog to get lost because it can easily smell its way home.</div></div><br>===<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg, Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Hibana<br><br><hr><br>Riolu's second Force Palm landed without another incident and was more than enough to finish off the angry Carvahna, knocking the barbaric fish back so hard that it was unconscious before it even landed in the drink. <br><br><strong>Riolu gained 1 Evo Point!</strong><br><strong>Hitmonlee gained 1 Evo Point!</strong><br><br>Thankfully that was it for any Dark pokémon attacks, at least for the moment. If she was going to recover, Hibana and her team would have plenty of time to rest and recover in peace, unless she decided she was in a great hurry to find the Doctor and get him back to safety. The sounds of crashing coming from the direction Lexi had gone weren't particularly encouraging...
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Latooni Subota</strong> on <strong>13-10-2012, 07:59:52</strong>
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				Name: Elly MacDougal<br><br>Location: Douglasberg Casino<br><br>Tagging: Draven<br><br>Current Pokemon: Scraggy, Krokorok<br>---------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br><strong>"Luck is just a part of skill, and I have plenty of that. Come out and play, Specs!"</strong><br><br>Upon arriving Elly released her chosen pokemon . . a particularly intimidating-looking Krokorok wearing a pair of stylish shades that matched Elly's. The crocodile glanced around at the other pokemon in the area, before giving a 'harumph' that was quite possibly even more haughty and disdainful than anything Elly had done! Not a friendly chap, was he?
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SargentToughie</strong> on <strong>16-10-2012, 02:17:53</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Draven Nasarus<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Casino<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elly, Brock<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Lucille, Torchick... But mainly Lucille<br><br><hr><br>Draven couldn't help but get a bit pumped as the energetic announcer spoke the rules of the contest, followed by Elly and Brock both unleashing their Pokemon of choice, him following suit as he grabbed the pokeball on his side and released the elegant ninetails that laid within. "Alright, Lucille, let's show them what we can do."<br><br>While it was normally a bit more 'soft spoken' with it's demeanor, so to speak, Lucille seemed to feed off of Draven's energy and get excited herself, her eyes flaring with excitement as she seemed to get ready for the event to get started. Draven couldn't help but smile though, wondering if his Torchick would have been a better option for a scavenger hunt type event, were he more matured.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Karasu</strong> on <strong>16-10-2012, 21:56:04</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o129/rikuu_uchiha/RPG%20character/boy/owlboy.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Katsuo Katashi (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=144659.msg6516969#msg6516969)<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> strange man, Cedric<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Eevee (Toshi), Kindlemurr, Natu (Baby)<br><br><hr><br>Katsuo growled and called out a pokemon. "Toshi! Track him!" He called out as his best friend, Toshi the Eevee came out and started sniffing about, with Katsuo right behind him. "We gotta find this guy Toshi, before he hurts anyone else." Katsuo couldn't stand it when others hurt others of their same species, so obviously this just flat pissed him off.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sylia</strong> on <strong>17-10-2012, 18:40:24</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Hibana Tenjou<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> ??<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Riolu, Hitmonlee<br><br><hr><br>"Ugh.." Hibana groaned, slowly sitting up after that painful attack by the Carvahna. "Freakin' fish.. geez.."<br><br>"Rio?" Riolu asked as he and Hitmonlee both came over to check on their master. Riolu was upset with himself for not getting there in time to protect his master, but he knew she wouldn't blame him. Dammit.. if he was only stronger!<br><br>"I-I'll be fine.. we gotta continue on.. sounds like Lexi is having a tough time with whatever that sound is." Hibana spoke, wincing as she tried to shake off the pain. Taking a minute or two to recuperate, Hibana decided to move on with trying to find the doctor. He shouldn't be far now, judging by the light they saw earlier.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>18-10-2012, 07:04:59</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/1/11/VSBrock.png)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Brock<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Casino<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elly, Draven<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Onyx (+?)<br><br><hr><br>Once all four trainers were in their starting booths, it was mere seconds before the announcer began his countdown, the hyped-up audience joining in. "THREE! TWO! ONE! START!" As the last syllable was called, the announcer fired a shot into the air and the gates on the starting booths opened, allowing both the trainers and their chosen pokémon to go forth and begin the hunt. Despite the rock snake's unwieldy size, Brock and his Onyx were probably the first to get going, the Kanto Rock master dashing behind his pokémon's tail as it arced gracefully in the air, then dove into the ground. Burrowing beneath the sand, Brock simply followed the quakes as Onyx sought out buried treasure.<br><br>The middle-aged man and his Dodorog were a lot slower to start than the fiery youngsters, but it was clear they had much experience with this sort of contest. The man's son was cheering them on right from the start as they moved briskly from the gate, the trusty pokémon running its snout over the sand and trying to sniff out the best source of buried gold and gems. With this kind of competition, it was anyone's game.<br><br>===<br><br><strong>Name:</strong> ? ? ?<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Katsuo<br><br><hr><br>The good news was that the trail didn't head up to any of the upper levels of the ship, where the crowds and odors of food and other pokémon would make it very hard for Toshi to follow. The bad news was that it didn't even seem like there were any security personnel on the lower levels, despite what had happened in the engine room. Katsuo probably wouldn't hear it, but with his superior hearing, Toshi might have picked up on the very faint sounds of fighting up above. That probably explained where all of the guards had run off to, but it wasn't a good sign for whatever was going on down here.<br><br>Katsuo and his companions would only stumble upon any security at the same point where the trail ended, in what looked like the secure storage room. A medium-sized, plain room, its only feature was a large, rectangular, high-tech door at the opposite end of the room that looked like something that belonged on a bank vault, an idea further supported by the two security guards that were also present. Not that they were much use; one was on the floor each against the left and right walls, unconscious and splayed awkwardly, as if they had received a nasty Electric shock to knock them out.<br><br>Standing in front of the door was a man in a white suit (http://i43.tinypic.com/s58oe9.jpg), waiting as his Porygon floated by a computer panel next to the vault door, staring at the screen and hacking through the system without even touching it. The man looked like the professional criminal he probably was, and if Toshi's nose was right, he was the one that had just blown the engines.<br><br>===<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg, Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Hibana<br><br><hr><br>Hibana and her team wouldn't be attacked again as they moved down two more floors to be on the same level as the doctor, no doubt good news when she was still in pain from a direct Carvahna attack. She was just fortunate to have had the wild pokémon ram into her instead of trying to use its death, since that at least meant she got to walk away with all of her body parts still attached to each other.<br><br>Two flights of steps and one filthy, moldy, dark set of hallways on a tilt later, the Fighting Gym Leader would finally find the room with the soft blue computer glow coming from it. Stepping to the door, she would see a room devoid of anything but broken furniture and debris, at the center of which stood her missing scientist. Using the only functional table in the room to set her computer on, she gently tapped away at the keyboard of a laptop, occasionally drawing one hand away to run her fingers over the screen as if she was receiving some sort of tactile feedback. It looked like she was running some sort of analysis on the surrounding area, but the fluctuating graphs and sensors on her screen didn't really provide much information.<br><br>Hearing footsteps, the woman turned to face the door; beautiful with straw blonde hair, she was a fully-grown woman probably in her forties, yet she looked much younger. She wore black pants and a blue jacket, neither particularly thick, but of hardy enough material to keep her warm in this cold, hostile environment. "Who's there? You don't sound like a pokémon to me," the doctor asked curiously, her eyes facing Hibana, yet seeming to stare a thousand times farther. In fact, it was quite clear she didn't see Hibana at all, which made it all the more intriguing that a blind woman managed to get this far down without any guidance.<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Doctor Cedony Pierce - Teller of the old tales.</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div align="center">(http://moe.animecharactersdatabase.com/uploads/chars/5688-670803075.jpg)</div><br>A world-renowned historian, Doctor Pierce specializes in understanding the cultures of societies that have no modern descendants (i.e. those that fell to war or internal turmoil, dead cultures), as well as understanding the events that lead to each ultimate destruction. Despite her fame, Doctor Pierce is a known recluse, preferring to work alone when she travels the globe on expeditions, and rarely leaving her lakeside home in England when she's not on the job. Some might call her crazy for trying to do her job alone when it could put her life in danger, but she might argue back that only the craziest people make it into the history books.<br><br>Doctor Pierce is not a trainer and carries no pokémon with her, though she does have a pet Snubbull at home.<br></div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Latooni Subota</strong> on <strong>18-10-2012, 21:04:14</strong>
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				Name: Elly MacDougal<br><br>Location: Douglasberg Casino<br><br>Tagging: Draven<br><br>Current Pokemon: Scraggy, Krokorok<br>---------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>That Onyx, making such a mess! Still, Elly wasn't going to be much better. While the others were rushing about, she leaned in close to whisper to her Krokorok while everyone was FOCUSED on their treasure hunting.<br><br><strong>"Follow along, and use Sand Tomb to raise up what's under the sand and pull it closer to me. If someone finds treasure and you're close enough, feel free to Sand Tomb it out of their reach. Just have fun, darling~"</strong><br><br>Elly gave her Krokorok a wink, and the crocodile pokemon let out a surprisingly deafening roar, adjusting it's sunglasses before rushing into the fray. As long as he didn't attack the other trainers or pokemon, everything was fine!
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Karasu</strong> on <strong>19-10-2012, 00:57:31</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=147417.msg7080912#msg7080912">Quote from: Karasu on 16-10-2012, 21:56:04</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><div class="floatleft">(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o129/rikuu_uchiha/RPG%20character/boy/owlboy.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Katsuo Katashi (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=144659.msg6516969#msg6516969)<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> ???<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Eevee (Toshi), Kindlemurr, Natu (Baby)<br><br><hr><br>Katsuo growled as he came upon the man in the white suit. "Hold it right there!" He said, Toshi growling in response to the obvious agression from his owner. "Step away from the panel!" He commanded, despite being young, he was damn sure of what he wanted and his Eevee was standing by, waiting for an order.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SargentToughie</strong> on <strong>19-10-2012, 03:53:10</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Draven Nasarus<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Casino<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elly, Brock<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Lucille, Torchick... But mainly Lucille<br><br><hr><br>Draven made his way out of the gate alongside his trusty Ninetales as quickly as he could once the signal for the game started. Even though he wasn't the first one to get moving, he proved that he would waste no time at all playing catchup as Lucille began pawing at the sand in search of some sort of treasure. It seemed that when it came to scouting out treasure chests and actually getting their hands on the prize fair and square, Draven was at a bit of a disadvantage. Still, he had heard Elly's command she had given to her attitude-infested dirt crok, and at that point the gauntlet came off.<br><br>He had a few tricks up his sleeve, even if Lucille wasn't quite the master scout and retriever that the other pokemon she was competing against seemed to be.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>22-10-2012, 04:41:14</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/1/11/VSBrock.png)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Brock<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Casino<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elly, Draven<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Onyx (+?)<br><br><hr><br>With the sound Onyx was making as it dove through the sound, Brock certainly didn't hear Elly's clever little plan to keep people's treasure away from them. Even if he had, though, his confidence was flying high enough that he didn't think Elly's sand lizard or Draven's fire fox stood a chance against his hardy Rock-type. Already, Onyx was resurfacing from the smooth, white beach with fake gold goblets and jewels tucked into his massive jaws, then dumping them out at Brock's feet for his trainer to gather them up with a grin on his face. Then, without even waiting, the snake was done in the ground again. Thankfully he wasn't nearly as fast as he was determined, or Specs might have a hard time keeping up.<br><br>Meanwhile, the middle-aged trainer followed his waddling Dodorog as it tracked its nose over the surface of the sand, leading it out to the prop tropical (propical) forest that had been set up just a short ways off, surely the hiding place of a ton of land-based fake treasure. It would probably be easier for anyone to find some points hidden out in those plastic trees and underbrush, but only if they could beat the Dodorog's incredible nose to it.<br><br>===<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://i43.tinypic.com/s58oe9.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> ? ? ?<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry, Below Deck<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Katsuo<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Porygon, Voltorb (+?)<br><br><hr><br>"Hm?" the man sounded curiously and turned to face the person interrupting him, his one eye wide open with curiosity. For no more than a second, he just stood there, his cigarette lazily emitting smooth curls of smoke into the air, until he finally huffed with slight annoyance. "Get lost," he told Katsuo, withdrawing something from his jacket in a blur and firing toward them. A small, black disc flew through the air toward them leaving a trail of brilliant blue light, then flew in a few circles around Toshi, encasing him in its laser trail. After a few rotations, the disc flashed red and turned the trail purple, then flew back to the criminal's hand and entered the small, red, remote-like piece of technology in his hand.<br><br>As the light faded almost instantly, it wasn't immediately clear what had happened, as Toshi's growling kept on, but when Katsuo looked down, he would see his trusted pokémon had pulled a 180. The Eevee's eyes were clouded over, but its intent was bright as day as it stalked toward its master, growling and showing small, sharp teeth.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Karasu</strong> on <strong>22-10-2012, 09:14:07</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o129/rikuu_uchiha/RPG%20character/boy/owlboy.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Katsuo Katashi (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=144659.msg6516969#msg6516969)<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> strange man, Cedric<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Eevee (Toshi), Kindlemurr, Natu (Baby)<br><br><hr><br>Katsuo was about to tell Toshi to use soem kind fo attack on the man when he threw the small black disc. Katsuo gasped in surprised but was shocked it didn't hurt him. Until he looked down at Toshi. "T-Toshi?! Toshi its me, It's your friend!" He bent down, despite knowing toshi woudl bite him, he still reached a hand out for him to sniff, and hopefully remmeber.. Toshi had been with him through his entire training career, they were the best of friends. He was pissed this man did soemthing to his friend.. "What'd you do to him?!" He yelled at the man in white, utterly pissed.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AribethAmkiir</strong> on <strong>22-10-2012, 10:18:27</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j480/Erion2451/normal_flame_surfer_girl.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Rae Ann Aquillus (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=144659.msg7092097#msg7092097)<br><strong>Location:</strong> A nearby yacht<br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Quagsire (Nami), Tentacool.<br><hr><br>The days had passed quickly since Rae had received that very special and important call on her Xtransceiver.&nbsp; She'd never in all of her imagination ever expected to get a call like that from a member of Tetso's Elite Four.&nbsp; Rae wasted no time in convincing the Captain of the H.S.S. Seadra to plot a course for Douglasburg and the grand festivals.&nbsp; Of course, that had been a few days ago and now after endless hours of travel Douglasburg was drawing near.<br><br>Rae had been on the deck, working on her tan when the ship's First Officer came to notify her of a problem.&nbsp; After she had slipped on a pink shawl over her black bikini, Rae made her way toward the cabin just in time to overhear the end of the S.O.S.&nbsp; It seemed like the ferry to Douglasburg was having some type of problem and need of assistance.&nbsp; With Rae's agreement the Captain altered course and the pleasure yacht soon came upon the beleaguered ferry.<br><br>Sounds of fighting carried over the decks of the two ship as the yacht pulled along side the crippled ferry and without waiting for an invitation to board, Rae was in action.&nbsp; A red and white pokeball with bubble stickers flew through the air, opened and released its contents in a bright red laser.<br><br><strong>"Tentacool, use your tentacles to help me swing over to that ship, </strong>"Rae ordered without wasting any time.<br><br>A tentacle gently curled around her waste while two more grabbed onto the ferry's railing.&nbsp; Then Pokemon and trainer swung the short distance between vessels and boarded safely.&nbsp; <strong>"Good job, Tentacool.&nbsp; Now return,"</strong> she commented as she Pokemon faithfully returned to its Pokeball which she was holding.<br><br>The sounds of fighting on the upper deck of the ferry were louder now that she was closer and, as soon as she gained her bearings, Rae was off at a sprint toward gangway that appeared to lead to the ruckus.&nbsp; Bear feet padded on the wooden deck and the tails of Rae's blue hair and cover-up trailed behind her.&nbsp; Luckily her pink visor shaded her eyes well enough to see clearly and react quickly to whatever she found when she arrived at the battle.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ember Star</strong> on <strong>23-10-2012, 08:42:21</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/e9/Images-41.jpeg)</div> <strong>Name:</strong> Elektra Kandou <br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry<br><strong>Tagging</strong> The strange blonde trainer, Elouise, and the battling Pokemon above.<br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Pichu (Sparkles (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/bc/PikachuColoredPichu-picsay.jpg)), Glaceon, and Azurill (egg) <br><br>"Uh... yes, yes. I probably should." She said as she watched the blonde trainer. "I'll see you up there!" She told the other girl and managed a soft smile. Then with an slight added energy to her steps, she started to head up the stairs. Glaceon following at her heels and Pichu on her shoulder <br><br>She paused at the top of the stairs and turned once again to face Elouise. "I'm Elektra, by the way. Gym leader and trainer of various rare Pokemon." She introduced herself and managed her first real smile before slipping out the door and onward towards the deck.<br><br>As she approached the varying sounds of Pokemon battling, she slowed her stride. Quickly paces light footfalls became delicate tiptoeing. She then stopped all together when she reached the the door leading out to the deck. She placed her hand on the knob, but didn't turn it. She was wondering if this was such a good idea. To walk unprepared into an unknown situation. Well... not entirely unknown. But still questionable. It didn't seem safe or logical. Grrrrr, why didn't she wait for one of those two to come too. But... it might've taken awhile to heal their Pokemon...<br><br>Suddenly she felt a nudge to the back of her leg and looked back to see Glaceon there. Elektra smile. "You're right. I was chosen for Gym Leader after all. If I can't do this, what good I am for that?" With that, she took a deep breath and turned the knob. Not knowing exactly what she'll see on the other side besides what sounded like a continuing Pokemon battle. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sylia</strong> on <strong>23-10-2012, 19:16:13</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Hibana Tenjou<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Doctor Pierce<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Riolu, Hitmonlee<br><br><hr><br>"Uh.. hey, you're.. Doctor Pierce, right?" Hibana asked hesitantly. She was staring at the woman curiously for a few long moments before realizing that she couldn't actually see. Then what the heck was she doing down here anyway?! Well, guess there's all sorts of amazing folks.. "I've been sent to retrieve you since there's something down here doing a lot of mayhem and you need to be taken to safety."<br><br>"Riolu!" Riolu spoke up, pointing out the fact that the woman had no pokemon on her person. Which either made her very brave or very stupid in Riolu's eyes.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Latooni Subota</strong> on <strong>23-10-2012, 22:06:11</strong>
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				Name: Elly MacDougal<br><br>Location: Douglasberg Casino<br><br>Tagging: Draven<br><br>Current Pokemon: Scraggy, Krokorok<br>---------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Elly casually followed along after the scrambling pokemon, before glancing over to Brock. <strong>"Nice pile of goods. I'd keep a hand on it though. Never know when something CRAZY might happen, and it'll all go tumbling away~"</strong><br><br>Her Krokorok was hopping from fake rock to fake plant, moving after the burrowed Onyx. Landing on the sand it continued to move forward, until it felt the rumbles begin the slow down. Specs immediately began to thrash about, pulling the sand in the Onyx's area upwards with the Sand Tomb move, to drag any nearby treasure away from the giant rock monster!
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Pink Professional</strong> on <strong>23-10-2012, 23:54:34</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/Limeyreptile/Marcus-1.png?t=1351026822)</div>Name: Marcus 'Marco' Carmac.<br><br>Location: Douglasberg Casino<br><br>Tagging: Elly, Draven, Brock<br><br>Current Pokémon: Aerodactyl, Topaz (Larvitar)<br><br>-------------------------------------<br><br><br><br>"God damn it's hot ...I mean really, uncomfortably hot."<br><br>Marcus stood in a group of 4, a large pile of treasure next to him that easily tripled the second place finisher. Some would say it was showing off, one of the newest Gym leaders in the Tetso region, using his supremely rare and highly unusual Pokémon to dominate a casual sporting event which rarely brought out decent competition before the Third rounds. But Marcus enjoyed winning: and while he didn't intend to show off, he simply wanted to prove himself before the Gym leader's meetings had even begun. If that meant smashing some people in a competition, so be it. It was all in good fun, after all.<br><br>The reason he had won the event so handily was because of his secret weapon: Aerodactyl. The Prehistoric badass of a Pokémon was able to use Supersonic and, for any of the science buffs out there, that would mean that, should he point that Supersonic at the Sand from a sky high position, the low density of the sand factored against the high density of the treasure and the gold and the gems would be obvious to the sky hunter, who could then scoop up the Treasure with his powerful talons and procure them for Marcus, repeating the process a good three times before any of his competitors could get a single gem. Long story short, Supersonic was hax. Not that anyone minded the ingenious use of a Gym leader's Pokémon. It was good to see a solid head on someone so important. Stupid gym leaders didn't last long.<br><br>The competition had a good few minutes before they called it in his favour, but the others were contemplating a sort of mercy rule: there wasn't enough treasure left for anyone to beat Marcus anyway. The Tall Rock trainer slumped against the pile of treasure, feeling the uncomfortable, sticky heat. He had undone the first three buttons of his long sleeved white shirt. The man looked delicious, despite how droplets of sweat marred his skin. He was lightly tanned, with Long green hair and just a hint of stubble: and his face was handsome, the few droplets of moisture glistening in contrast with his skin. The bare flesh his shirt revealed, as well as the form the cloth clung to, would indicate he was in his physical prime. But whoever he was, he certainly wasn't used to this heat. He was fanning himself with a makeshift paper fan when something caught his ear. Something definitely interesting...<br><br>Rando-kid 1: "Hey, you hear about the Third Treasure hunt? It's got Brock in it!"<br><br>Ragamuffin 2: "You mean from Kanto? That guy's so cool!"<br><br>Rando-kid 1: "Uh-huh, and he's fighting two really good trainers, one of 'em is Elly, so you'd expect it from a Gym leader, but the other guy is pretty good too!"<br><br>Ragamuffin 2: "Really? Must be pretty good to keep up with Elly, let alone Brock! Wonder if he's a new Gym leader too?"<br><br>Marcus rose from the slumped position, suddenly alert and broadly smiling with an almost childlike glee. He giggled excitedly as an official walked over, declaring him the winner of the match due to a landslide win. He didn't stay to celebrate, springing forward towards the third Treasure battle, excitedly moving to go see the most interesting group of people on the beach. He'd get to not only meet his new gym leader comrades, but his old mentor! It'd been six years since he last saw Brock, would the man even recognise him?<br><br>It only took Marcus a minute to arrive at the growing crowd forming around the battle and he watched with growing glee as the intense treasure hunt carried on. He saw a Krokorok and heard the familiar rumble of something digging: He could have guessed that it was Onix burrowing under the sands without that hint, since he was sort of Brock's trademark. There was also a Ninetails and a...he struggled to remember the name of the Tetso species when he heard the loud, piercing shriek from above. He didn't have time to duck as his Aerodactyl landed powerfully on the ground next to him, the mighty impact shook the sands beneath its powerful talons as it nuzzled its powerful snout against the Rock Gym leader's attention, demanding his attention and congratulations for a job well done. If anyone had missed him before, their attention would have snapped onto the Aerodactyl as it made such a showy entrance. Marcus just rubbed the Aerodactyl's neck, giving it the attention it craved far too much. His Aerodactyl was always a show-boater, something about the hunter's instinct, he suspected.<br><br>Hoping to enjoy the climax of the treasure hunt and then hunting down both Brock and the new Gym leaders. He'd already nearly forgotten about winning his round, so thoughts of scouting out what may be future opponents didn't even strike Marcus, too easily swept up in his glee at the discovery of both old mentor and potentially, new allies. He started looking over the man and the woman. Both looked interesting enough: but he couldn't really figure much more out than that. Well, he probably could of, had he not been too busy being engrossed and excited by the treasure hunt. <br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>24-10-2012, 00:19:08</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i43.tinypic.com/s58oe9.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> ? ? ?<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry, Below Deck<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Katsuo<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Porygon, Voltorb (+?)<br><br><hr><br>The man in the white suit turned away from Katsuo again to watch his Porygon continue to hack the security door, fully confident that the younger trainer would be more than occupied trying to deal with his own pokémon that had turned on him. "Keep out of the way and he'll go back to normal eventually," the man told him, having a distinct Australian accent, though he spoke the local language fluently. As Katsuo reached his hand toward him, Toshi stepped back and growled louder and louder. Just as he was about to touch him, the little Eevee leapt up toward him to attack him, but luckily a round flash of green came of from the side and tackled Toshi out of the way just in time. Rolling against the wall together, both Toshi and Cedric's Turtwig stood up and faced each other, growling in their own ways. It looked like Cedric didn't want Katsuo going completely alone in case there was more trouble than he expected.<br><br>===<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry, Upper Deck<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Rae Ann, Elektra<br><br><hr><br>"WOOOOOBBUFFET!"<br><br>The unmistakable pokémon cry rang out as both the Water trainer and the Multitype arrived on-deck at roughly the same time. If the situation on the ship wasn't so dire at the moment, the scene before both of them might actually have been a little funny. Gathered in front of them, almost forming a wide semicircle as they stood back on the outer deck of the ship, were at least a dozen security guards, looking on in desperation and frustration as an equal number of unconscious pokémon lay on the ground before them. Several Growlithes, some Herdier, and even a Pikachu had been struck out, it seemed. One little Shellder remained conscious and, despite seeing what had happened to all of its allies, decided to jump in and fling its strongest Bubblebeam toward their mutual opponent.<br><br>At the center of the circle of security, at least four and a half feet tall, was a particularly tough looking Wobbuffet, its light blue skin faintly scorched and bruised in various places as it had endured attacks from the police force. The Shellder's Bubblebeam struck its side fiercely, pummeling the Patient Pokémon's hide with far greater force than one would expect from tiny, microscopically thin spheres of water filled with nothing but air, but the Wobbuffet grimaced through the pain. Once the attack was over, not a second passed before a thick, shimmering layer of energy formed around the pokémon's skin, then concentrated into a single beam that flew back and struck the Shellder, hurting it just as bad as it had hurt Wobbuffet, only multiplied.<br><br>Needless to say, the unevolved Water type didn't stand a chance. The Psychic counter struck it before it could even blink its eyes, sending it sailed back through the air and straight to the feet of its trainer, who kneeled down to tend to the fainted pokémon. "Damn it!" he cursed, along with a few others on his crew, since they were just about out of pokémon to attack with. It was clear now that the Wobbuffet was barring their entrance to the ferry's well-regarded four-star restaurant, and now they had no way of getting past. At the moment, the head of security noticed these two civilian women (or so they seemed) coming up onto the deck, one in her bikini, and he went to herd them away from the situation. "Stay back! We need the deck clear; we have a woman with hostages in there!" he explained, expecting that to make them leave, though it was likely to just get them far more involved.<br><br>===<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://moe.animecharactersdatabase.com/uploads/chars/5688-670803075.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Doctor Cedony Pierce<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg, Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Hibana<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> None<br><br><hr><br>The historian took a deep breath, just glad that it turned out Hibana was someone who was here to help, rather than some bandit who had come to take what few valuables she brought with her. If her computer was taken, along with all of that data she had taken, that would certainly be a disaster. "Thank you. I was going to try to wait it out and hope whatever's out there went away, but I can't say for certain if that's going to happen now," she said, her voice soft and tempered by her English accent. "I would introduce myself, but you already know my name, and I do think we're already short on time," she joked, quickly packing away her computer and other equipment into her bag.<br><br>Once she was ready, she pulled a pair of inconspicuous metal rings from her pocket and slipped one onto each pinky finger. Anyone familiar with these devices knew they would faintly vibrate in the direction of oncoming obstacles and surfaces, giving the wearer a fair idea of layout around them. "Lead the way," Pierce told Hibana, moving toward the door. If she got down here alone, how hard could it be to get her back to the surface?
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SargentToughie</strong> on <strong>24-10-2012, 03:54:42</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Draven Nasarus<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Casino<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elly, Brock<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Lucille, Torchick... But mainly Lucille<br><br><hr><br>Draven was quite content to let the two ground types duke it out for the time being, as he had other treasures he planned on discovering. After he noticed the slower and more astute dog heading towards the set up prop island, he realized that he would indeed have a chance at finding some treasures the more conventional way if he headed in that direction. He was sure by this point that Elly only saw Brock as the major threat (with good reason too), so he had little fear about sending Lucille in that direction and making his way for the set up trees and dunes. While Lucille's nose wasn't anywhere near as keen as the one that Dodorog brought to the party, her superior speed and athleticism would give her the upper hand.<br><br>At least, that was what Draven was hoping.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sylia</strong> on <strong>25-10-2012, 02:10:45</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Hibana Tenjou<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Doctor Pierce<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Riolu, Hitmonlee<br><br><hr><br>"Right, follow me." Hibana spoke, turning and walking back out where she came. She checked behind her for the good doctor and then began to lead her slowly back towards the safe area. Hibana kept her eyes peeled for any pokemon that might attack them and ordered both her own pokemon to stay on guard juuust in case. "So what had you down here, doctor?"<br><br>Hibana was quite curious as to why she'd risk coming out here with no pokemon to protect her. That was generally considered dangerous in any sense as wild pokemon are quite the handful at times.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>26-10-2012, 05:27:32</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/1/11/VSBrock.png)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Brock<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Casino<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elly, Draven, Marco<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Onyx<br><br><hr><br>"Hey!" Brock shouted out in surprise and anger as Specs pulled his move that, while not technically illegal, he certainly didn't feel was very sportsmanlike. Onyx's head broke the surface of the sand, its eyes wide and jaw open in confusion as the sand took on a life of its own and pulled away the treasure hoard it had discovered. "Onyx, use Rock Tomb!" the Kanto Gym Leader ordered as he realized that his loot was close to being stolen, prompting Onyx to lift its tail free from the beach and slam it down. The quake brought rocks, both real and fake, up in the formation of a cage around the shifting treasure, preventing both the Krokorok and itself from getting to it at the time being. "You should watch what kind of impression you make in your own town," Brock scolded the woman, either thinking her tactics were unbefitting of a local icon, or just mad she was trying to take his stuff.<br><br>Over in the much denser area of synthesized mineral and foliage, the man and his Dodorog weren't facing nearly as much direct competition, if only because they were staying fairly out of the others' way. The man had a decent armful of valuable golds and gems by now, his dog leading him to each loot deposit with its legendary sense of smell at a slow pace. He wasn't that far behind whoever the leader was, but he wasn't thrashing the competition, either. That was until the Dodorog parked its red and brown furry behind under a large palm tree and started barking cries of "Rog! Rog!" up toward the top, where it had spotted a mysterious rope that seemed to actually disappear <em>into</em> the three. Seeing his pokémon was clearly in no shape for climbing, the man groaned his frustration and started to climb, thick arms shimmying his life-worn body up the rough tree.<br><br>Nearly slipping a couple times with his utter lack of athleticism, the middle-aged trainer was in for more than he had bargained for trying to get to that rope, and it took him a fair bit of time in doing so. If the pay-off wasn't good, he told himself, he was going to be pissed. As he neared the top, he lunged up and grabbed the rope, pulling with all of his might until he heard a solid CLUNK. For a brief moment, the man was able to grin with elation, but as the rope snapped under his weight and he found himself having far less physical contact with the tree than was needed to keep himself from falling. Having waited down below, his Dodorog could only watch with dread as a thick shadow fell far too fast toward him, eliciting a yelp as he landed on the unfortunate pokémon, with leaves and sand flying up around the impact area.<br><br>Around this point, a little past the edge of where the tropical oasis met the plain, mostly unaltered sand, the ground began to quake harder than ever, despite the fact that Onyx wasn't burrowing around at the moment. As the quake increased in intensity, it was soon accompanied by the sound of moving stone, along with the rippling of the sound outward from the spot where the sounds originated. After several seconds, something pushed up from beneath the surface, sand cascading off as a smooth structure rose up. Soon, a full, ten foot-wide platform in the sand was revealed, made of sandstone or clay, with detailed hieroglyphics. At the center of the platform was a pedestal, and atop that pedestal, an ornate idol of solid "gold," an elongated skull with bare teeth, studded around its crown with gems.<br><br>Climbing off of his poor Dodorog, who got back up on its feet like a champ, the older trainer stared with awe at the hidden trophy, briefly making eye contact with his competitors before going full sprint toward the mega pointage, his pokémon right ahead of him.<br><br>===<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://moe.animecharactersdatabase.com/uploads/chars/5688-670803075.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Dr. Cedony Pierce<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg, Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Hibana<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> None<br><br><hr><br>Dr. Pierce followed a few paces behind Hibana, trying to follow the sounds of the other woman's footsteps and keep up with her, yet also moving cautiously, since this was an unfamiliar area to her and also a very old one, so there was no telling when the floor could just give out under their weight. "That man with your Elite Four; Mathis, I believe his name was. He told me that some strange sort of mineral, or stone, had been discovered in quite large quantities down here, and they were looking for a researcher to investigate it, since they were having trouble contacting their usual one. I'm not very experienced with the hard sciences, but I have dabbled in archeology, so, naturally, I decided to investigate," the woman explained, as if completely unaware that she could have been killed with no pokémon on hand.<br><br>Coming to the first staircase back up to the walkways, she grabbed the rail and proceeded slowly, smiling apologetically for slowing their progress. "Unfortunately, I haven't found much, even though I've scanned a large area. I did find this, though." Pierce stopped, reaching into her bag to withdraw and present a stone about the size of a tennis ball, perfectly smooth and spherical. Even in darkness, the surface seemed to glimmer like a massive pearl, and it looked faintly translucent, as if it should be gelatinous to the touch, yet it was harder than diamond. "I'm not familiar with the stones that react to pokémon DNA, though I do believe this is a new one..."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SargentToughie</strong> on <strong>27-10-2012, 20:42:56</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Draven Nasarus<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Casino<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elly, Brock<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Lucille, Torchick... But mainly Lucille<br><br><hr><br>During the time that the man and his Dodrog were busy scouting out treasures and playing with the rope, Draven was also quite content with scouring the island for other buried goodies and uncovering anything he could. It seemed that he was lagging behind the crowd a bit, though it would still be competitive until either Elly or Brock were able to claim the payload that the two of them were competing over. However, that all changed the moment that the island began to quake violently, and that incredible looking pyramid with the skull suddenly burst from the ground. For a few seconds, Draven could only look in amazement at the production value that must have gone into this setting... To think that Elly's family funded this entire thing out of pocket, and that this was only a small part of the casino as a whole. He shook his head, however, and he realized that claiming the skull would be his chance to even things up and have a shot at winning the round. <br><br>Lucille, who was of a similar mind, had already begun running full blast towards the pyramid. While Lucille was easily faster then both the man and his trusty Dodrog, it seemed that the head start he had would be far too resounding for the speeding Ninetales to be able to grab the skull before they did. Draven, however, had an idea that would allow Lucille to close the gap and take the prize for herself. The race had started up incredibly quickly, so much so that the group in the island area were still caught in a 'sandstorm' of sorts from the inhuman quaking that had brought up the temple, as well as all of the displaced sand from that, realizing that they were still caught in the sand, Draven planned on taking advantage of that. He shielded his eyes before shouting his command to Lucille. "Lucille! Flame burst!" Lucille, acting instantly on Draven's command, shut her eyes and howled, fire spewing upwards into the cloud of sand. The heat from Lucille's flames was intense enough to actually turn the nearby sand into glass, and then the light from the fire reflected off of the glass and flared out across the contest grounds, effectively blinding everybody not shielded from the light for a few seconds.<br><br>Those few seconds was all that Lucille needed, as it sprinted the rest of the way forward and grabbed the skull in it's mouth before returning to it's master. By the time that the 'flash' had ended, Lucille was dropping the golden skull at Draven's feet, and small sparkling orbs of glass were raining down upon the island.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sylia</strong> on <strong>28-10-2012, 23:45:31</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Hibana Tenjou<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Dr. Pierce<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Riolu, Hitmonlee<br><br><hr><br>Hibana didn't seem to really mind the slow going once they reached the stairs; she figured it'd be best to take it fairly slow anyhow.&nbsp; Upon the good doctor pulling out the mineral she found, Hibana stared at it curiously. "That definitely doesn't look like anything I've seen previously.." Hibana spoke in a bit of wonder. Which wasn't saying much as Hibana's memory was still missing from her previous years of life.&nbsp; "But let's talk about that more once we get you outta here."<br><br>Starting up the stairs again, Hibana paused and looked back curiously. "By the way.. why don't you have any pokemon with you? It's pretty dangerous down here without them." Hibana finally asked, the question nagging at her brain ever since she saw the doctor without them. "It's a wonder you made it where you were safely!"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Latooni Subota</strong> on <strong>31-10-2012, 01:34:29</strong>
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				Name: Elly MacDougal<br><br>Location: Douglasberg Casino<br><br>Tagging: Draven<br><br>Current Pokemon: Scraggy, Krokorok<br>---------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Elly had a different idea, since she'd expected someone to eventually find that. She could've made a run for it, but Krokorok wasn't as fast as some of the others. So instead the gym leader pointed dramatically at the idol . . before promptly turning and pointing to the pile of rocks surrounding the other stash of treasure she'd found.<br><br><strong>"Use Bite! Show them why you don't get close to a crocodile's jaw's!"</strong><br><br>Specs roared again, before lunging at the Rock Tomb and beginning to literally crunch it's way through the lower rocks to get at the treasure. She had momentarily lamented that Krokorok didn't know any fighting moves yet, but the sheer power of Bite was enough to get the job done, as it clung to the rock-covered treasure.<br><br><strong>"A gym leader must know how to strategize, right? I'm just relying on strategies that suit my darling Dark-type Pokemon."</strong>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>01-11-2012, 23:12:29</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/1/11/VSBrock.png)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Brock<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Casino<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elly, Draven, Marco<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Onix<br><br><hr><br>Elly may have had other things in mind, but for the rest, Draven's plan worked like a charm. The middle-aged trainer had a very powerful pokémon nose to rely on to lead him through the contest, but he when it came to pokémon attacks, he could tell Shadow Ball from Leech Seed, so he had no chance when it came to such an improvised maneuver by the Fire-type trainer. He yelped and covered his eyes as the flair of orange light stung them, along with the eyes of the audience, but couldn't slow his momentum in time not to make contact with his Dodorog. The dog pokémon, who had hunkered down to cover his face, was the perfect stumbling block for his trainer, he caught his foot under it and found himself going from vertical to horizontal very quickly. Stretching his arms out awkwardly, he made a last-ditch attempt to catch himself, only to plant his face completely in the sand.<br><br>Brock, while not quite so unlucky as the man, didn't feel the competition was going so well for him at this point, either. Coming at the pyramid about 90 degrees from Draven, he took the Flame Blast flash full to the face as well, tripping at the base of the pyramid's stairs and catching himself with a hollow sound inside the structure, just in time to watch Lucille take the idol and bring it back to her master as he stood in a rain of sparkling glass. As if that wasn't insult enough, he jumped to his feet and turned away from the pyramid to watch Elly steal the treasure he had sealed away and boast about it. The turn of fortune was clearly affecting the Rock-Solid trainer; he had only been annoyed before, but now one could see a bit of competitive ferocity growing in his face. He was about to get serious.<br><br>Calling down Onix, the master Rock trainer jumped onto his favored pokémon's head and held onto its fin for support as he was hoisted up into the air, offering a view of the contest ground twenty feet off the ground. "Onix, Stealth Rock and Rock Tomb! Make it count!" he ordered, the mighty snake leaping up into the air with shocking heigh for such a pokémon. Shaking its hide in midair, an incredible small, very pointed boulders came from Onix's own shell and flung outward. The boulders then flew out all across the beach, slamming into the ground with their pointed tips poking up into the surface and turning the sand into a field of spikes. With a spin, Onix finally came back down, slamming its tail down so hard that even the people at the casino would feel it and causing literally dozens of massive rocks to shoot up from below the earth's surface and create a Rock Tomb maze all across the beach, cutting everyone's mobility to near nothing when combined with the Stealth Rock minefield. The Dodorog trainer jumped up from the ground and nearly wet himself as a sharp boulder popped up right next to him, but the show wasn't over yet.<br><br>A quick look at the clock told everyone that less than thirty seconds remained in this first round, and Brock had some catching up to do. Pointing to the pyramid, the terrifying new competitive and determined Brock issued his next command. "Cut that wall with Stone Edge!" Using one of its strongest attacks, three rings of pale blue energy surrounded Onix's extended body and spun slightly within each other, forming then into rings of individual energy spheres, when then became large, incredibly sharp rocks, like blades of stone. Not understanding its trainer's reasons, but also not hesitating, Onix shot these stones toward the pyramid, cutting straight through the prop wall. What came out was an absolute torrent of treasure, gold and treasure pouring out like Brock had just found the Cave of Wonders within the MacDougal family's Pokégames. In reality, the interior of the pyramid was just a convenient storage place for all the prop treasure that wasn't in use, as Brock had discovered when he fell against it, and he had the pokémon with the strength to break into that stockpile.<br><br>Finally, with the treasure out in the open and the other Gym Leaders, at the very least, heavily impeded from getting to it, Brock had to bring it in. "Sand Tomb!" he shouted quickly, taking a page from Elly's book. Jumping off, Brock allowed Onix to dig into the ground and create a massive sand pit, drawing all of the treasure from the pyramid toward the center and building it up into a huge pile. The displaced sand was enough to create another sandstorm possibly by accident, shrouding the veteran Gym Leader and his partner up until the clock chimed in to let them know it was over. As the sand settled, Onix wrapped defensively around the base of a pile of treasure almost half its own height, with its master standing on top, his arms folded as he looked down on Elly, Draven, the Dodorog trainer, and an awestruck crowd.<br><br>===<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://moe.animecharactersdatabase.com/uploads/chars/5688-670803075.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Dr. Cedony Pierce<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg, Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Hibana<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> None<br><br><hr><br>The historian-scientist nodded in agreement and tucked the spherical stone back into her bag, being careful not to bring it too close to either Riolu or Hitmonlee, as even she knew that such minerals could have a rather pronounced effect on a pokémon's genetic makeup. She didn't want to be responsible for causing any potentially harmful changes to another's pokémon, especially those belonging to a Gym Leader (which she assumed Hibana was, since she had been sent down here). She was about to continue walking up the stairwell, picking her steps carefully, when Hibana stopped her with a sudden question.<br><br>"Oh, I don't train pokémon," Cedony explained, smiling at what she was sure was a surprised reaction from the younger woman. With today's technology making it much easier to catch them, there were very few people who didn't own pokémon anymore. "I'm too busy with my work. I might have the time to raise one in the future, but for now, I prefer to stick to what I know and have time for. Of course, Mr. Mathis offered to let his pokémon go with me if I decided to travel anywhere 'wild,' but I didn't think I'd need it at the time..."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AribethAmkiir</strong> on <strong>02-11-2012, 02:39:20</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j480/Erion2451/normal_flame_surfer_girl.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Rae Ann Aquillus (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=144659.msg7092097#msg7092097)<br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry, Upper Deck<br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Quagsire (Nami), Tentacool.<br><hr><br><strong>""WOOOOOBBUFFET!"</strong><br><br>Rae came to a halt, bare feet skidding across the wooden deck.&nbsp; Numerous Pokemon lay unconscious, their trainers tending to them, with the singular blue, putty-looking Pokemon standing victorious.&nbsp; The poor, brave Shellder attacked with a well executed Bubblebeam, yet the Pokemon simply shrugged it off and then KO'd the Shellder in a single strike.&nbsp; Whatever type of Pokemon it was, it was a serious threat and seemed to be both offensive and defensive.&nbsp; Rae couldn't discern what type of Pokemon it was, which only added to the problem.<br><br><strong>"Stay back! We need the deck clear.&nbsp; We have a woman with hostages in there!"</strong>&nbsp; It was all Rae needed to hear to understand the desperation with which the security staff had thrown their Pokemon at the powerful, unknown blue creature.<br><br><strong>"Understood,"</strong> she replied as she squeezed past the security Chief.&nbsp; A Pokeball emerged from her pocket and she held it out a moment before a bright beam of light escaped from the ball.&nbsp; <strong>"Nami, I need you."</strong><br><br>The Quagsire known as Nami emerged, stupid "frying-pan face" and all, though if anything he seemed to have a spark more intelligence than other Quagsire.&nbsp; <strong>"Nami, that Pokemon is working for a lady who has taken hostages.&nbsp; It's defeated all of these other Pokemon.&nbsp; You need to be careful.&nbsp; It's got really strong defenses and hits extra hard."</strong><br><br>Her partner caught up with all the information she had, the trainer was ready to make her first move.&nbsp; <strong>"Nami, use yawn.&nbsp; Put it to sleep."</strong><br><br>With a "Quagsire" Nami approached the Wobbuffet and upon getting the other Pokemon's attention let out a massive yawn, its mouth opening wider than what someone unfamiliar with a Quagsire would think possible.&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SargentToughie</strong> on <strong>03-11-2012, 05:20:50</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Draven Nasarus<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Casino<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elly, Brock<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Lucille, Torchick... But mainly Lucille<br><br><hr><br>Draven, who thought that he was being slick with his makeshift flash, only found himself able to look on, awestruck as Brock seemingly flipped a switch inside his head and decided to get serious. As the rock type gym leader from Kanto went on his rampage across the fictitious beach, Draven realized in full what the gap in skill was between the likes of him and Elly, and a Gym leader who had been in the business for years. As such, while Brock claimed the treasures from the Pyramid, sitting on a mountain of gold almost as large as the rock snake that had claimed it, the golden skull that sat in Draven's hand suddenly felt a lot less powerful and weightful. Still, he couldn't be upset after he got to see such an incredible display of skill, all he could do was applaud Brock and hope that some day he would be able to perform at that kind of level successfully.<br><br>No question about it, Brock just swept the first round away.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Latooni Subota</strong> on <strong>04-11-2012, 17:38:22</strong>
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				Name: Elly MacDougal<br><br>Location: Douglasberg Casino<br><br>Tagging: Draven<br><br>Current Pokemon: Scraggy, Krokorok<br>-------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Elly was displeased. She shot a particularly vicious glare at the MC that said <em>'I told you just stuffing the extra treasure we weren't using inside the pyramid was a terrible idea!'</em> silently. The problem here was that if they called foul, there would likely be more than a little bitching. Plus it would make her look bad! The girl gave out a short whistle, as her Krokorok slipped up behind her and literally tossed her up and over the rocky obstacles, to land lightly on the sand near the ruined temple.<br><br>With a bright smile, Elly began to applaud, walking her way towards Brock. <strong>"My, what a WONDERFUL idea that was! You truly made a great choice in attacking the pyramid!"</strong> When she neared, she lowered her voice so that the crowds wouldn't hear it. <strong>"And ruined a few thousand dollars of mechanical devices and props, making it so it'll take at least a week to fix everything and have the beach usable again, just so you could win with the treasure that wasn't part of the event. Congratulations, you've inadvertantly cheated and I can't do a thing about it."</strong><br><br>Turning to the crowds, she raised her hands. <strong>"Come on everybody, let's give this wonderful gym leader a round of applause!"</strong>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sylia</strong> on <strong>04-11-2012, 19:35:44</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Hibana Tenjou<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Dr. Pierce<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Riolu, Hitmonlee<br><br><hr><br>"Ahh.. I see.." Hibana spoke hesitantly, trying to mentally process this information. She didn't think she'd need any pokemon? How strange! Hibana began to lead her up the stairs once again, deciding to hold back any further comments until the good doctor was out of danger. Hearing the loud crashing still in the direction that Lexi went, Hibana was worried about her, but she needed to get Dr. Pierce to safety before she could go check on her. "Hope you're handling it okay, Lex.."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Pink Professional</strong> on <strong>04-11-2012, 21:40:20</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/Limeyreptile/Marcus-1.png?t=1351026822)</div>Name: Marcus 'Marco' Carmac.<br><br>Location: Douglasberg Casino<br><br>Tagging: Elly, Draven, Brock<br><br>Current Pokémon: Aerodactyl, Topaz (Larvitar)<br><br>-------------------------------------<br><br>This match was certainly much closer than the match that he had been part of. It was an interesting display of contrasting leader's styles; Be it Elly's part devious and part ingenious style of play, Draven's Clever mix of planning and instinct or Brock's solid, experienced style. <br><br>It was the last few acts between the three leaders was what really made the match interesting though. Elly's theft of the prizes was interesting to say the least. It really went back to the point of Ingenious vs. devious that could be argued in equal parts. Perhaps it was just his nature, but Marcus saw no real issue with being smart and snatching up a prize if it was left dangling wide open. Brock was not taking the Gym leaders seriously enough if he thought that such sloppy play wouldn't be punished. <br><br>Draven's trick with the Flame Blast was very clever. It used a situation he couldn't possibly know of or plan: ala the sandstorm, and turned it into such a dominating advantage that showed a wit. That wit was something that should be feared and respected in equal measures: especially if Marco was to call him Rival in the future: which may be the case someday.<br><br>Yet it was Brock who took the day. No one would dispute that. Marcus, who had worked for and with Brock, respectively, had only seen the Rock solid expert get serious a couple of times ever. It was such a rare occasion to see him get fired up and really start taking charge. Yet when he did, Marcus felt only felt the shiver of anticipation. Two of his colleagues had already done this much? Had already made one of the most prominent and famous and experienced Gym leaders of the Kanto generation go all out? That spoke heaps about just how good they were. A delightful euphoria flooded through Marcus' head as he heard the gong of the final bell: Announcing the end of the event.<br><br>Marco thought better of just rushing onto the beach, and was glad he did when he saw Elly and Brock approach each other. He wanted to see what they were going to say first, but knew it wasn't his place. When the woman shouted out the call to applaud the Gym leader, Marco instantly assumed that she was just going to congratulate Brock, not knowing how far he was from the truth.<br><br>Not willing to wait any longer, he patted the side of his Aerodactyl's hefty side, giving him a quick nod as he took to the air with three beats of his powerful wings. Marcus gripped the left talon of the prehistoric hunter who then lifted him above the crowd and onto the arena. Murmurs and whispers rushed through the crowd at the sudden arrival of such an odd figure. He stood out in the crowd for a lot of reasons; Approaching the group in such an odd manner, the rarity of his Pokémon of choice, his looks, the fact that he smashed one of the parallel rounds in such convincing fashion. The gym leader let go of Aerodactyl's powerful claw, landing with a quiet 'thud' as he started clapping for the three gym leaders. A broad grin painted all over his face. <br><br>"Good lord Brock; you’re not normally such a show-off are you?"<br><br>The Rock Gym leader beamed at his mentor-of-sorts, laughing with a jovial delight and offered him a hand to shake as he nodded at the two Tetso gym leaders who had helped put on such a show. <br><br>"A pleasure to meet you two: Name's Marcus, Marcus Carmac. Good to see that Tetso leaders can duke it with the best of 'em."<br><br>The load screech of the Aerodactyl, who refused to be ignored by the new people, would disturb Marcus’ train of thought as he landed next to the newly arrived Gym leader. The Pokémon ruffled its non-existent feathers, showing off just how amazing it thought it was and how it felt that all the other people should be paying attention to it, as opposed to the trainer that looked after him.&nbsp; <br><br>“And this is Aerodactyl. Because he’ll keep hollering if I don’t make him feel important enough.”<br><br>He patted the Aerodactyl’s solid rock snout, appeasing the beast with the affection he craved. The Aerodactyl was like a polar opposite to its owner. Marcus was happy just existing: doing whatever, for his own sake. Aerodactyl on the other hand, lived to be the centre of attention. He wanted to be the most important Pokémon ever! He was a damn miracle, not some random schmuck Pokémon you caught in some dinky patch of grass.<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>05-11-2012, 04:17:04</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/1/11/VSBrock.png)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Brock<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Casino<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elly, Draven, Marco<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Onix<br><br><hr><br>In contrast to all of the other events taking place that day, the ringing of the bell didn't follow with the clapping and roaring of the crowd. In reality, the spectators just stared with awe and confusion, unsure whether or not Brock had actually won with his forceful maneuver. Did the gold that was stored in the pyramid count toward his score, or was it an illegal move on his part that would end up with him losing, or even getting removed from the contest. After a few minutes of deliberation, the MC came out onto the platform and, with an apologetic, almost fearful look at Elly across the beach, announced Brock as the winner! Apparently, being physically on the beach made the treasure in the pyramid count, since it was only out of sight, not out-of-bounds. <br><br>Since his victory was already official, Brock had to grin at Elly's displeasure, enjoying the turnaround of her attitude from before. "Gym Leaders shouldn't be sore losers," he warned and taunted her, actually giving sound advice. She wouldn't get very far if she couldn't handle the initial losses she would face on her path to real strength. "You took advantage of your type's specialities, and I took advantage of mine's. Rock doesn't let anything stand in its path; it uses its pure, unyielding toughness to cut through any obstacles and reach its goal, like a boulder going down a hill. My advantage was just stronger this time."<br><br>Stepping forward, the Rock-type leader, slid down the mound of fake treasure he had gathered, happy to have the crowd's renewed cheers drowning out their conversation. He didn't want Elly to get even more mad and embarrassed by their conversation being heard. "Anyway, you're exaggerating. Onix just cut a hole in the outer wall with Stone Edge. A bit of superficial repair work at most. If he had broken any of the mechanics, you would know it," he explained, picking up a plastic ruby larger than his fist and tossing it up and down. "I'll cover the damages, but with how much a steak costs in your hotel, I think I'm the one getting robbed," he joked, carefree once again as the competitive edge wore off. There was definitely no guarantee it wouldn't return later in the competition, though.<br><br>Making his way over to Elly and Draven, he was about to congratulate the two on putting on a fine match in their own right, but was interrupted by the arrival of another strange character on the talons of a very rare Aerodactyl. Honestly, even as he shook Marco's hand, he found himself more distracted with looking at the ancient pokémon (a fact that Aerodactyl was sure to be pretty happy about). He had only ever seen one of these beautiful pokémon before, back when the museum in Pewter City reanimated one for one of his early challengers as a Gym Leader, one who would eventually become Champion.<br><br>Ironically, it was only when Marco started to speak specifically about the Aerodactyl and introduce him that Brock started paying attention to the trainer instead of the pokémon, staring at his fellow Rock Gym Leader's familiar visage. "I feel like I've seen you somewhere before. Have you ever visited Pewter City?" the veteran trainer asked, unaware he was speaking with someone who had lived there quite some time ago.<br><br>===<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://moe.animecharactersdatabase.com/uploads/chars/5688-670803075.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Dr. Cedony Pierce<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg, Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Hibana<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> None<br><br><hr><br>The doctor was grateful that Hibana didn't have any further questions for now and followed her the rest of the way up the stairs in silence, letting the sound of the younger woman's footsteps and the signals from her own sensory rings lead the way. Finally, once they were out of the ruined building and onto the more solidly built metal walkway, she become more confident and sure in her steps, less threatened by the potential of falling through a rotted floorboard she couldn't see. Of course, out in the open of the massive underground cavern, there were bigger threats lying in wait.<br><br>It was amazing that such a large creature could sneak up on anyone, let alone a blind woman with enhanced hearing and two pokémon, but as they stepped out into the "open air," a heavy breathing caused Dr. Pierce to whirl around in surprise and trepidation. Atop the building they had just exited, a pair of red eyes glinted in the darkness, yet were only a small percent of the massive Steelix that had defeated Lexi and now tracked down her friend. Deliberately, the impressive creature raised its head and opened its mouth, charging up its DragonBreath and releasing a stream of superheated, yellow air down toward them.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sylia</strong> on <strong>05-11-2012, 21:51:25</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Hibana Tenjou<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Dr. Pierce<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Riolu, Hitmonlee<br><br><hr><br>"Hm? What's wro-" Hibana began as she turned around to face Dr. Pierce. Her eyes instantly tracked to the large imposing figure above them the moment she heard breathing. By the looks of it, she'd only be able to get out one command. "Hitmonlee!"<br><br>The pokemon understood the unspoken command and urgency in his master's voice. He grabbed Dr. Pierce and jumped to the side alongside Hibana. Hibana didn't exactly jump; more like dive-rolled while grabbing Riolu and carrying him to safety. The blast from where the dragonbreath impacted left a sizable crater, causing Hibana's mind to whirl a mile a minute. Where did this thing come from? How did none of them not pick up on it sneaking up on them? And most importantly, what happened to Lexi? Within that same second, Hibana got her thoughts together and realized the most important thing was making it out of here alive. And that unfortunately meant she needed to take this thing down first. "Riolu, you guard Dr. Pierce!" Hibana ordered, going instantly into battle mode. "Hitmonlee, We're the first line of defense. We have to take that thing out!"<br><br>"Rio!" Riolu replied tensely, his fur standing on end at the sight of that massive pokemon. He scampered over to Dr. Pierce and tugged her leg to get her to follow him away from the battle area.<br><br>"Lee!" Hitmonlee says, hopping back to Hibana and assuming a battle stance. <br><br>"Hitmonlee! Use Jump Kick! Be careful not to miss!" Hibana commands as her Pokemon goes on the offensive. At the same time, she tenses to dodge herself incase things get a little hairy.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ember Star</strong> on <strong>06-11-2012, 02:48:05</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/e9/Images-41.jpeg)</div> <strong>Name:</strong> Elektra Kandou <br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry<br><strong>Tagging</strong> The Wobuffet, guard, and Rae Ann.<br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Pichu (Sparkles (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/bc/PikachuColoredPichu-picsay.jpg)), Glaceon, and Azurill (egg) <br><br>Elektra stood and watched for a moment. She was analyzing, taking in all the information. The Pokemon already fainted, the somewhat weakened but still holding strong Wobbuffet, the Water Type trainer approaching the menacing Psychic Type. Once done examining the situation, she looked at the guard who had told her to stay back and replied simply. "No!" Aided with a growl of warning from Glaceon in case he tried to protest.<br><br>With that she slipped past the guard and over to the girl in the bikini. The small framed girl girl in the white dress with two Pokemon, one of them being the strangely colored pale blue and white shiny Pichu, came up so quietly that she might surprise the other one. Though she tried not to.&nbsp; She blinked her big gray eyes and stared at the Wobbuffet for a moment, both her Pokemon looking ready to go. But was a Multiple Type trainer, Elektra was one for planing and knowing what she was heading into. "It's weakened but still looks pretty strong. I'm going to hit it with a status move too, if the two of them combined doesn't manage to effect it. Then I say we hit it hard. My Glaceon could probably faint it in a move or two." She told Rae Ann quietly while watching the Pokemon. Strange how Elektra's shyness sorta disappeared when there was a <em>situation</em> at hand. <br><br>"Sparkles, use Sweet Kiss." Elektra told the Tiny Mouse Pokemon who then leapt off Elektra's shoulder and went and stood in front of the Wobbuffet, to the left of the Quagsire. The Tiny Mouse Pokemon hoped around and blew the cutest and most confusing kiss to the Wobbuffet 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SargentToughie</strong> on <strong>06-11-2012, 22:04:17</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Draven Nasarus<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Casino<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elly, Brock<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Lucille, Torchick... But mainly Lucille<br><br><hr><br>Draven knew that he had been beaten the moment that the pyramid burst forth with it's treasure, so when the announcement was made official, all he did was clap approvingly and congratulate the rock type Gym leader from afar. When this new stranger, one with a supposedly rare Pokemon that Draven had never seen before, came into the conversation and was asked by Brock if he had ever been to Pewter city, Draven simply opted to introduce himself and listen in for the time being. Apparently, however this trainer was, he had some sort of connection to the Gym leader, and he was rather interested in seeing for himself exactly what that connection was and who this stranger actually turned out to be.<br><br>Elly didn't seem to be in the mood for conversation anyway, so he figured that he'd give his attention to the newcomer for the time being.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Karasu</strong> on <strong>06-11-2012, 23:18:22</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=147417.msg7114454#msg7114454">Quote from: Revenent on 24-10-2012, 00:19:08</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><div class="floatleft">(http://i43.tinypic.com/s58oe9.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> ? ? ?<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry, Below Deck<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Katsuo<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Porygon, Voltorb (+?)<br><br><hr><br>The man in the white suit turned away from Katsuo again to watch his Porygon continue to hack the security door, fully confident that the younger trainer would be more than occupied trying to deal with his own pokémon that had turned on him. "Keep out of the way and he'll go back to normal eventually," the man told him, having a distinct Australian accent, though he spoke the local language fluently. As Katsuo reached his hand toward him, Toshi stepped back and growled louder and louder. Just as he was about to touch him, the little Eevee leapt up toward him to attack him, but luckily a round flash of green came of from the side and tackled Toshi out of the way just in time. Rolling against the wall together, both Toshi and Cedric's Turtwig stood up and faced each other, growling in their own ways. It looked like Cedric didn't want Katsuo going completely alone in case there was more trouble than he expected.<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o129/rikuu_uchiha/RPG%20character/boy/owlboy.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Katsuo Katashi (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=144659.msg6516969#msg6516969)<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> strange man, Cedric<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Eevee (Toshi), Kindlemurr, Natu (Baby)<br><br><hr><br>Katsuo growled at the man. "Why are you doing this?! What good is it to try and hurt people aboard this ship?!" He said with a brave tone,&nbsp; calling out to turtwig. "Turtwig, will you use vine whip for me and keep Toshi out of the way?" He asked, since Turtwig wasn't his pokemon. "Then RAzor leaf this maniac, please." Polite with the turtwig. He took out another pokeball as well, holding another. "Kindlemurr, Get him away from the controls!"</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>10-11-2012, 20:23:59</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://oi49.tinypic.com/4kten9.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> ? ? ?<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry, Above Deck<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Rae Ann, Elektra<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Chimchar, Tarift (+1)<br><br><hr><br>(Note: This is the same blond trainer that fought Elouise before and talked to Elektra. I just changed his image to something more suitable for him.)<br><br>"Wooooo...buffeeeeeeet..." the blue, balloon-like pokémon groaned out, finding itself suddenly very, very tired as Nami used Yawn right in front of it. It would have retaliated right then and there, but that was the problem with a Wobbuffet: even though it wanted to, it had absolutely no way of attacking the Quagsire unless it attacked first, and with a strategizing trainer giving the commands, it didn't seem like the patient pokémon would be having that opportunity any time soon. At least it had a lot of stamina, so even if it took several more hits, it could hopefully wait for an opportunity to finally hit back.<br><br>The groggy Wobbuffet next got to sit there and watch as the little blue Pichu came up and blew a kiss at it, confusing it, but not meaning much considering it couldn't fight back right now. Finally, after a long struggle to stay conscious, the Yawn finally took effect and Wobbuffet fell asleep, still standing up straight and holding its hand to its forehead while it started to snore. Unfortunately, that still left a very resilient Wobbuffet blocking the door, which was just a step down from a Snorlax blocking your path.<br><br>At that moment, the trainer who Elektra had met before came out of the stairwell door and out onto the deck, ignoring the warnings of the security guards just as Rae Ann and Elektra had. It wasn't like they could do much to stop them, anyway, with their pokémon all fainted. "You're going to want to hit it as hard as it can before it wakes up, otherwise you'll just be knocked your own pokémon out," he told them, sending out his fully healed Chimchar just in case they needed a little backup.<br><br>===<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k103/fiatdragon/Pokemon/steelix.png)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Exeter<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg, Walkway<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Hibana, Dr. Pierce<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> N/A<br><br><hr><br>The doctor gasped in surprise as Hitmonlee grabbed her and leapt out of the way of the Steelix's DragonBreath, clinging tightly to its arms as she felt the heat and force of the attack exploding against the ground where they had stood before. With great caution, she put her feet back on the ground, very disoriented since Hitmonlee had moved her and she no longer had any idea where Lexi was. "Be careful!" she called out into the darkness of the cavern, feeling Riolu pulling on its leg and nodding to the young pokémon. As much as she hated leaving Hibana to deal with the problem, she couldn't do anything herself, so she let Riolu lead her away to relative safety.<br><br>The Steelix seemed to grin at the mayhem it had caused, waiting until its prey finally chose to attack. It didn't have enough time to move as the much faster Hitmonlee jumped up and hit it with a powerful Jump Kick, which, considering the strength of the user, would have knocked out any lesser pokémon that was weak against it, but this particular Steelix only growled in pain at the blow to its cranium and twisted its body around, swinging an Iron Tail up at the midair Fighting-type when it was most vulnerable.<br><br>===<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://i43.tinypic.com/s58oe9.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> ? ? ?<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry, Below Deck<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Katsuo<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Porygon, Voltorb (+?)<br><br><hr><br>Hearing Katsuo's order, Turtwig turned his head and tilted it as he looked up at Katsuo. "Turt?" it squawked in confusion, not knowing Vine Whip, nor even having any vines to attempt the move with, unfortunately . Equally unfortunate was when its confused distraction allowed the brainwashed Toshi to hit it with a Shadow Ball, knocking Cedric's pokémon back against the wall. That gave the criminal just enough time to toss out another pokémon to take on Kindlemur.<br><br>(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/4/49/404Luxio.png)<br><br>"Take 'im out with a Spark!" the eyepatched saboteur ordered in his lower London accent as the Luxio came out, the pokémon surrounding its body in yellow electricity and making a leaping tackle straight for Kindlemur.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Pink Professional</strong> on <strong>13-11-2012, 02:35:49</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/Limeyreptile/Marcus-1.png?t=1351026822)</div>Name: Marcus 'Marco' Carmac.<br><br>Location: Douglasberg Casino<br><br>Tagging: Elly, Draven, Brock<br><br>Current Pokémon: Aerodactyl, Topaz (Larvitar)<br><br>-------------------------------------<br><br>Marco watched as his Aerodactyl seemed to hum approvingly at the attention it had garnered from people, especially the other Gym leader, Brock. Slowly though, with Brock seemingly shifting his attention to Marco himself, the handsome Tetso gym leader decided that it was best for Brock to remember who he was. He found it reasonably amusing that the gym leader had forgotten him, but it wasn't totally unexpected that he didn't recognise him. It had been a good few years since he had moved here: enough that he had physically changed a lot. <br><br>"Me? I spent a good part of my childhood there. In fact, some of my fondest memories are from the city."<br><br>Marco was pausing as he tried to think of a good way to jog Brock's memory. If hearing his name hadn't enough, it made sense that repeating it wouldn't help much either. Marco pondered the best method when he decided to just start absently saying some facts.<br><br>"Let’s see; I trained with you in your gym, My mom was one of the Museum workers...Oh wait!"<br><br>Suddenly realisation struck the Gym leader. He had the key to jogging Brock's memory all this time, in fact she'd been patiently sitting in the Pokéball all this time. Marco felt a little daft for forgetting it all this time. He reached to his side, pulling out a fairly old Pokéball<br><br>"This might help, come out Topaz."<br><br>Activating the capsule and unleashing it's denizen, the red light formed around and then transported the Larvitar onto the floor between Brock and Marco. It was a fine specimen of its breed; Topaz was lean with rock hard skin and ruby red stomach, her markings were unique and obvious to anyone who'd seen her before, because of how they were perfectly symmetrical and shaped like the cliché gem prism shape: eight in total dotting around her neck in perfect symmetry, like a collar of sorts. The only 'imperfection', if you could call it that, was a slight scar that hung under her left eye, nothing that impaired her sight, but it certainly provided an intimidating edge to an otherwise cute Pokémon.<br><br>Topaz looked up at Brock, apparently recognising the man who'd helped train it instantly. The Pokémon clapped at the sight of the Dark skinned expert of rock Pokémon and walked over, tapping his foot with her tail: Apparently expecting to be pampered by the breeder/Gym leader and gifted some tasty snack.<br><br>"So I wonder if my name’ll be more familiar now: Does Marcus Carmac sound familiar?”<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AribethAmkiir</strong> on <strong>13-11-2012, 03:13:30</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j480/Erion2451/normal_flame_surfer_girl.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Rae Ann Aquillus (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=144659.msg7092097#msg7092097)<br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry, Upper Deck<br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Quagsire (Nami), Tentacool.<br><hr><br>Rae gave the other girl a curious look when the girl ordered her blue and white Pokemon to use Sweet Kiss.&nbsp; It wasn't exactly the move Rae would use, but to each their own, as long as the other trainer didn't put Nami or herself in danger.&nbsp; Even as Nami executed a perfect Yawn, Rae had to stare in confusion at the blue and white Pokemon.&nbsp; It looked like a Pichu, but she'd never seen a blue Pichu before.<br><br>The arrival of the other trainer and his Chimchar brought Rae out of her contemplation.<br><br><strong>"Alright.&nbsp; I'll have Nami use Water Gun, if you follow it with an electric attack the water should amplify your attack and hopefully put that thing down.&nbsp; We likely only have one shot at this.&nbsp; The shock will likely wake it up if the water doesn't.&nbsp; Don't worry about hitting Nami, he's part Ground type so he can resist the electricity.&nbsp; You ready?"</strong>&nbsp; Rae asked of the other girl.<br><br>As soon as the other girl agreed with the plan Rae would have Nami attack.&nbsp; Of course, if the other trainers had a different idea then they'd have to go back to the drawing board.&nbsp; Hopefully they could agree on a plan before the Wobbuffet woke.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>apygoos</strong> on <strong>13-11-2012, 16:22:54</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong>Skylar Rhodes<br>(http://s2.zerochan.net/Ezreal.240.1301413.jpg)<br><br><strong>Location:</strong>Old Douglasberg Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong>Hibana, Dr. Pierce<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong>Bagon, Vibrava<br><br><hr><br><strong>"Vibrava, use Sand tomb, and follow it up with Rock slide! Bagon, try and give that tail a bite!"</strong> The blonde adventurer finally arrived on the scene, his dragon companions quickly moving into action upon command. He was looking for some action upon his relatively fresh arrival to the region, and man did he find it, nothing like a seemingly wild Steelix to break you into the area. Bagon, as commanded, went after the tail in motion, jaw already wide open. Skylar figured that Bagons famously powerful jaws might give even the likes of Steelix something to think about. In his mind though he knew that the larger threat was his Vibrava, sporting very effective moves against the Steel snake. <br><br>Skylar quickly moves to Hibana's side, looking her over and asking, <strong>"Are you okay?"</strong> a hand rested on her arm as he asked, his attention though went back to the battle with the wild Steelix. He didn't miss the chance to note in his mind how cute the girl was, but he could think more about that later. <strong>"Are you trying to catch it? or it just attack you out of nowhere?"</strong> If she wasn't trying to catch it, maybe he could, if the opportunity presented itself. Dragon pokemon were hard to come by and besides, if lance could use Gyarados on&nbsp; a dragon team, why couldn't Skylar use a Steelix? either way, it had to be knocked out first, for AYNTHING to be able to happen.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ember Star</strong> on <strong>14-11-2012, 07:31:36</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/e9/Images-41.jpeg)</div> <strong>Name:</strong> Elektra Kandou <br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry<br><strong>Tagging</strong> The Wobuffet, blonde trainer, and Rae Ann.<br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Pichu (Sparkles (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/bc/PikachuColoredPichu-picsay.jpg)), Glaceon, and Azurill (egg) <br><br>Elektra only blinked her big gray eyes as she watched the Wobuffet fall asleep. Tilting her head slightly as it started to fall asleep, the oddly colored Pichu doing the same. The fact that the enemy Pokemon was asleep was helpful. It should make it easier to do more damage to it. Though she reckoned even with two Pokemon attacking it at once, it would take more than one round to faint it. <br><br>"Piiiiii-chu!" An quiet, yet excitable voice came from the Tiny Mouse Pokemon as she pointed behind her trainer. Whine meanwhile the Glaceon just gave an annoyed huff.<br><br>Elektra turned her head just in time to see the same blonde trainer she had spoken to earlier. "Yes, I know. Just trying to figure the best way to hit it and do the most damage." <br><br>Elektra then looked to the girl in the bikini. Hearing her plan to try to double damage by mixing electric and water attacks, she nodded. "Good idea. Let's do it!" She smiled, not showing her teeth but it was still bright and sweet, then looked down at Sparkles. "Alright, Sparkles I want you to ready your Thunder Shock and when Nami uses Water Gun, you use Thunder Shock at the same time. Okay?" <br><br>"Pii!" Sparkles agreed exuberantly then looked at the other Pokemon, standing ready to attack when Nami attacked.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sylia</strong> on <strong>15-11-2012, 01:47:07</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Hibana Tenjou<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Dr. Pierce, Skylar, Steelix<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Riolu, Hitmonlee<br><br><hr><br>"Good, Hitmonlee! Keep it up!" Hibana yelled, then realized their predicament and mentally swore. "Crap! Watch that tail, Hitmonlee!"<br><br>Luckily, it seemed some backup from an unknown source came to help her as two new pokemon entered the fray and one even prevented Hitmonlee from being hit! "Who..?!" Hibana began, tensing up as someone touched her arm, that someone being a young man. He seemed to have a good head on his shoulders so Hibana relaxed just a little. "Be careful! That thing is too strong to just be a wild pokemon!"<br><br>"Hitmonlee, Riolu! Both of you be on your toes, there's probably a trainer lurking somewhere nearby!" Hibana ordered. Even though she didn't get a verbal response, she knew they understood. "Hitmonlee, use this free moment to meditate! We'll need the extra force in your kicks!"<br><br>Now Hibana turned her attention briefly to the young man. "I take it you're a trainer?" Hibana asked, keeping an eye on that Steelix as well as the location of Dr. Pierce. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>18-11-2012, 23:20:48</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/1/11/VSBrock.png)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Brock<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Casino<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elly, Draven, Marco<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Onix<br><br><hr><br>Brock felt bad for not immediately recognizing who Marco was, though he had trained with a great number of trainers at his Gym over the years (and had an even more gargantuan number of challengers in that time), so things tended to get filed away in his head a lot of the time. He started to get a better idea of who he was speaking to when Marcus started talking about his mother working at the museum, since that narrowed the list down to the children of female museum workers, but Marco hit the nail right on the head by sending Topaz out. Brock didn't see all that many Larvitar coming through his town, and had never even owned one himself, so as soon as he saw those familiar markings he knew exactly who he was talking to.<br><br>The normally stern and serious Gym Leader broke into a soft smile as the Larvitar came over and started tapping his feet, kneeling down and starting to pat her around the little horn on her head. Reaching into his bag, he pulled out a large container and popped it open to the smell of his own homemade pokémon food, the smell of which would be enough to make even a human's mouth water. He was best known for being a trainer, but anyone who knew anything about Brock also knew he was a fantastic cook. To this day, he still held dinners for the whole town at least twice a month, preparing meals not just for the people, but for every pokémon as well. Even wild pokémon from Viridian Forest would stop by, and he'd always bring a few plates out for them.<br><br>Reaching into the box, he withdrew a ball of delicious pokémon food and handed it to Topaz, waiting there on his knee as he looked back up to Marco in case she wanted to be spoiled with more. "It's been a while, Marco. Looks like you've come a long way from home," Brock commented with pride, smiling up as he thought back on the young man he had trained back when he himself had only been one of the weakest Gym Leaders in the Indigo League. Then, like when he had gotten serious during the match, his smile suddenly fell away into a stern glare, his voice becoming hard and sharp like a football coach. "You're only just now becoming a Gym Leader, though after all of these years? And why haven't you evolved Topaz yet? You can't expect her to fight to her full ability if she doesn't grow some more!"<br><br>Nothing changed; even though Marco was becoming a Gym Leader himself, Brock would always push him to do even better.<br><br>===<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://oi49.tinypic.com/4kten9.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> ? ? ?<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry, Above Deck<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Rae Ann, Elektra<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Chimchar, Tarift (+1)<br><br><hr><br>"WOOBBBPPFFEEEET!" the sleeping Psychic-type cried out as Nami's Water Gun caught it straight in the face, not only waking it up and preventing it from countering, but causing it to nearly drown in the middle of its own cry. It barely had time to become alert before Sparkles' Thundershock caught up with the other attack, making the Wobbuffet stammer out its own name as the electricity was amplified by the water and coursed through its entire blue body, little sparks flying enough, but not really going far enough to hurt Nami or anything.<br><br>When it was over, the Wobbuffet looked a little bit blackened and stood there perfectly still, a little smoke even rising off of its balloon-like shape. The security team watched cautiously, quite sure that its total silence meant that it had fainted and was just balanced in a standing position, but the blond trainer just nodded down to his Chimchar and waited. After at least ten seconds of inactivity, a small ball of light formed in front of the Wobbuffet's face and, in a split-second, flew forward in a thin beam toward the unprotected blue Pichu. Thankfully, Chimchar was swift as it flung itself in front of the other pokémon and threw up a green Protect barrier between the attack and the target.<br><br>The thin beam struck the barrier, which held out for a few moments before it broke through and struck Chimchar in the chest. With a yelped "CHAR!," the little chimp flew back across the deck, where his trainer jumped over and caught him before he could land on the rough, sea-soaked deck. Seeing that Chimchar was bruised and too weakened to continue fighting (again), he frowned and withdrew it into the pokéball, nodding to the two Gym Leaders. "One more hit ought to do it, then you can get in there. I'll get to work healing these guards' pokémon and join you as soon as I can."<br><br>===<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k103/fiatdragon/Pokemon/steelix.png)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Exeter<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg, Walkway<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Hibana, Dr. Pierce<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> N/A<br><br><hr><br>The Steelix expected its attack to collide against the Hitmonlee with no issue and possibly remove it as a threat, but instead, its eyes widened as the Bagon came out of nowhere and clamped down on the hard iron of its tail, not doing any serious damage, but halting its attack well enough. Before it could even move to free itself, however, the Vibrava flew in with a Rock Slide that, while not doing much against a Steel-type, was still kind of a pain as the boulders slammed down on its cranium one after another. For all of the attacks that had landed, though, the Steelix didn't seem any closer to going down; wherever it had come from, it was very powerful. Too powerful to just be a wild pokémon.<br><br>Since Hitmonlee was just moving to Meditate for now, the Steelix targeted Vibrava next as its biggest threat. Its massive teeth become encased in a layer of sharp, glimmering ice and it launched upward to sink its Ice Fang into the enemy, an attack that would utterly devastate a Ground/Dragon type if it managed to land.<br><br>On the opposite building from where the battle was taking place, the sound of heavy, metallic steps slowly resonated across the roof as a Metagross slowly walked to the edge and watched the battle with apparent great interest, though it didn't move to interfere with the match or attack anyone involved. It seemed strange for such a rare and powerful pokémon (especially a non-Dark type) to be wandering around down here, but could it really be another trained pokémon if it wasn't attacking?<br><br>(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/0/05/376Metagross.png)
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Latooni Subota</strong> on <strong>18-11-2012, 23:56:39</strong>
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				Name: Elly MacDougal<br><br>Location: Douglasberg Casino<br><br>Tagging: Draven, Brock, Marcus<br><br>Current Pokemon: Scraggy, Krokorok<br>-------------------------------------------------------------<br><br><strong>"Now now, girls. Don't be like that. If I won EVERY time, people would start accusing me of cheating. Besides, I'm only in the competitions for fun, not the prizes."</strong> Though the fun is in the WINNING, Elly thought to herself, as her Krokorok stood next to her looking rather sheepish. She had been unceremoniously dragged away by a mob of young girls and boys, half of which were people attending the local trainer school, and apparently fans of Elly's. After all, Elly did graduate at the top of her class (with the donation of a new state of the art pokemon center attached to the school building) and was the city's first gym leader. The kids had been shooting angry and sad looks over towards the other gym leaders, though eventually were calmed down by Elly and told to move along and enjoy the rest of the games.<br><br>Now returning, Elly sighed and ran a hand through her hair. <strong>"Boy, it's tough being popular."</strong> And you LOVE it you tramp! Turning to Marcus, she gave him (to be more precise, his pokemon) a once-over, before nodding to him. <strong>"Sorry about the late introduction. I'm Elly MacDougal, Dark-type gym leader of Douglasberg City."</strong><br><br>A turn on her heel brought her facing Brock, as she gave him an absolutely stunning smile after taking off her sunglasses. <strong>"Now then, I hope you don't mind if in a little while you and me sneak away so we can speak in private? Well . . maybe not speak. Maybe have a nice fucking brawl instead of these damn contests."</strong> How could she be so foulmouthed with that angelic smile?!
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Pink Professional</strong> on <strong>19-11-2012, 00:36:27</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/Limeyreptile/Marcus-1.png?t=1351026822)</div>Name: Marcus 'Marco' Carmac.<br><br>Location: Douglasberg Casino<br><br>Tagging: Elly, Draven, Brock<br><br>Current Pokémon: Aerodactyl, Topaz (Larvitar)<br><br>-------------------------------------<br><br>Marcus smiled as the epiphany swept over Brock when he saw Topaz. The Larvitar seemed to almost purr it's pleasure as he watched it curl into Brock's approving hand, then it greedily snatched up the ball of food, remembering with a great fondness the taste of the food Brock made for any and all the Pokémon he either trained or helped in the training of. Topaz took particular joy in this mix because of how long since he'd last enjoyed the treats that Brock awarded. You know what they say: Separation makes the heart grow fonder.<br><br>At the stern words of Brock though, Marcus just laughed, feeling like a little kid again. He shouldn't have laughed in the face of criticism; it was hardly becoming and didn't suit someone who was so damn indebted to the Rock Gym leader. Yet the memories flooded back in, filling Marcus with a joviality that just spilled out. "Nice to see your doing well too Brock. It’s not like I've been sitting on my ass, if that is what worries you." It seemed that whilst Marcus took the criticism in his stride, Topaz was far less easy going. The small Larvitar seemed to take offence at the implications that she hadn't got stronger, so she retaliated by giving Brock a sharp prod in his shin with the horn on its forehead. Marcus chuckled and quickly picked up his prize Pokémon, smiling still: despite its struggles in his arms.<br><br>Despite how much he'd been focusing on Brock, he realised how rude he'd been when he'd completely ignored Draven and Elly, who was now actually introducing herself to him. He offered her a handshake but she seemed too busy talking about this and that. It didn't really matter all that much to him. He did notice her staring at both his Pokémon with a seemingly half-hearted once over. Marcus felt almost insulted that she could think she'd judged his Pokémon with such simple viewings. When she out and out challenged Brock, swearing loudly and with a sudden passion, Marcus grinned broadly.<br><br>"Hold up missy: You wanna fight him, and I wanna show him how much better I got: Seems we can make us a deal."<br><br>Marcus grin broadened at the genius of his own idea. Not in the same confident, cocky way that Elly would grin. It was a grin of pure almost simplistic delight and glee at the prospect of a good old' fashion battle. It worked out for him in a lot of ways; he'd get to check out the quality of his fellow Gym leaders, he'd get to see how much he'd improved and, if he knew Brock: the two leaders would probably get told a few new tricks worth trying out.<br><br>"Wanna go for a quick Double Battle? Two of your Pokémon vs. Two of mine: whenever you feel like it my dear."<br><br>He wondered what the other gym leader would have to say in this situation. He'd been quiet the entire time, but maybe he'd want to get involved in this somehow. Not that he'd done anything to indicate he would any time soon.<br><br>"Loser has to pay for Lunch as well. Since nothing says 'fun' like a light hearted bet."<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Karasu</strong> on <strong>19-11-2012, 15:27:37</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o129/rikuu_uchiha/RPG%20character/boy/owlboy.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Katsuo Katashi (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=144659.msg6516969#msg6516969)<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> ??? <br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Eevee (Toshi), Kindlemurr, Natu (Baby)<br><br><hr><br>Katsuo jsut shook his head. "Do you knwo Razor Leaf Turtwig?" He asked, though snapped his attention to Kindlemurr. "Kindlemurr, Use Rollout!<br>" He called out as Kindle jumped up adn rolled into a ball, aiming to hit the electric pokemon Luxio.<br><br>As Toshi used that very move Katsuo had taught to the eevee he couldn't help but feel a bit hurt. "Toshi, you gotta snap out of it buddy, Don't let this guy control you your stronger than that!" Katsuo believed in his pokemon with every fiber of his being. Toshi was his best friend, he had known him for so long..
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SargentToughie</strong> on <strong>20-11-2012, 01:26:42</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://moe.animecharactersdatabase.com/uploads/chars/4758-945808611.png)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Draven Nasarus<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Casino <br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elly, Brock, Marcus<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Lucille, Torchic<br><br><hr><br>Draven paused as his introduction seemed to go ignored at first while the newcomer preferred to spend time re-introducing himself to his old mentor, though Draven could hardly blame him for that. Which would you rather talk to, after all? The stranger who you had yet to even meet, or the man who helped to shape who you are today? Perhaps Draven was just feeling sympathetic, but the answer seemed rather obvious to him. However, it didn't take long for Marcus to change his mind and turn towards him and Elly. Again, before Draven could really get much of a word in edgewise Elly was suddenly challenging Brock to a battle and Marcus was stepping in on his behalf. Draven obviously had no interest in joining in on the battle, since no fire specialist in his right mind would ever want to willingly pit himself against a rock specialist. However, he did feel the need to put himself into the middle of the conversation, since everybody seemed to be forgetting one rather important detail.<br><br>Then again, knowing Elly, it was just as likely to be swept under the rug and forgotten about... Though the spectators would be QUITE disappointment if the afternoon's festivities got cut short just because Elly felt like she wanted to pick a fight. With a slightly irritated and scolding tone in his voice, Draven crossed his arms and reached up to adjust his glasses casually, he found that they liked to slide down the bridge of his nose whenever he got irritated, for some reason or another. "Elly, aren't you forgetting the fact that we're still in the middle of a contest? I can't imagine that the whole this is over after a single round..."<br><br>A smirk appeared on his face as he realized that he was forgetting about the perfect way to get to Elly, which was to prod at her pride. "Or is your casino less equipped for such things then I imagined? That would be quite a disappointment for everybody here, myself included."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>apygoos</strong> on <strong>20-11-2012, 02:14:59</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong>Skylar Rhodes<br><div class="floatleft">(http://s2.zerochan.net/Ezreal.240.1301413.jpg)<br></div><strong>Location:</strong>Old Douglasberg Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong>Hibana, Dr. Pierce<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong>Bagon, Vibrava<br><br><hr><br>Skylar watched as the battle unfolded, he sees the glimmer of the ice. It was then he realized that this was no wild pokemon, it was a needle in a haystack to find a Steelix that knew Ice Fang. "Vibrava, dodge! Bagon, use headbutt on its jaw! Hit from below!" The Vibrava would try to lead on the steelix to give Bagon's headbutt the optimum opening. Skylar turns to Hibana, "Have Hitmonlee take the shot! It's completely distracted!"<br><br>Hitmonlee was the best bet to take this beast down. For now, distracting it and chipping away at its armor are the best we can do.<br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sylia</strong> on <strong>20-11-2012, 19:17:13</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Hibana Tenjou<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Steelix, Skylar<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Riolu, Hitmonlee<br><br><hr><br>"I don't need to be told that, y'know." Hibana spoke calmly as Hitmonlee finished his meditation and seemed more pumped by the action. "Hitmonlee, use Jump Kick while it's distracted!"<br><br>"Lee!" Hitmonlee replied as he crouched low and sprang upwards towards the Steelix while it was distracted by Skylar's two pokemon. He aimed the kick at the side of the massive snake's head, aiming for some serious blunt force trauma.<br><br>Hibana did hear the heavy thumping of something else approaching, making her look around for a bit to figure out where it was coming from. Her eyes widened as she tugged Skylar's sleeve to get him to take a look as well. "What the heck is going on here..?" Hibana spoke softly, her frown deepening. Any other time she'd be enjoying such a battle, but this was getting ridiculous!
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>24-11-2012, 07:19:26</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/1/11/VSBrock.png)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Brock<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Casino<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elly, Draven, Marco<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Onix<br><br><hr><br>After a surprisingly long stretch of silence, Elly rejoined them and proved that the quiet only came with her absence, but while she it had seemed like she had gotten over her anger at first, that chance fell through when she decided to use some rather foul language at Brock. He didn't like that. Not. One. Bit. He didn't even feel Topaz jabbing her pointy little horn into his&nbsp; very vulnerable shin at that point. But before anyone could get to see the unholy consequences of pushing the legendary Gym Leader to a degree of real anger, his old pupil cut in and tried to take on the challenge himself. It was annoying to Brock to have someone step in and speak in his place, but he could see that Marco wanted to prove himself (as much as he probably didn't need to), so he was going to let it go and enjoy the show.<br><br>Of course, Draven had to ruin the fun and cut in with a very good point; if they got distracted with a battle, not only would they probably miss a large chunk of the competition, but Elly and Marco's pokémon wouldn't be in the condition to compete anymore. "He's right. Save it for later, you two," Brock commanded them sharply, though he really did want to see the two of them go at it. It would be one thing for him to go toe-to-toe with Macdougal in a pokémon match, since his victory was practically a given, but for his <em>student</em> to put her in her place would be incredibly satisfying, if it was in Marco to pull it off.<br><br>Before the rage emanating from the casino's owner's daughter could grow any larger, the sign-up girl from before came charging over, barely making it through the sand in her trendy little heels. "Miss Elly, you should really hurry! The next competition starts in just ten minutes!" the girl warned her idol, then turned to the others in a way that was just as polite and attentive, but didn't carry the personal interest she had for the Queen of the Dark. "Mr. Nasarus, Mr. Cormac, you two are also going to be in that contest, so you'd better hurry too! Mr. Takeshi, they want you at the Rhydodge event down the beach."<br><br>Hearing he was heading off to a separate contest for a little bit, Brock smiled and faced each of the Tetso Gym Leaders to shake their hand (even Elly's). "I guess I'll catch up to you in a bit, then. Good luck against your new opponent. Don't slouch, Marco," he said, putting his trust in his student to do his Gym proud, then walking off across the smooth, white surface of the sand with his Onyx in tow.<br><br>===<br><br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://i43.tinypic.com/s58oe9.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> ? ? ?<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry, Below Deck<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Katsuo<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Porygon, Luxio, <em>Voltorb</em><br><br><hr><br>This time, Toshi's growling cut off as he heard Katsuo speaking to him again, the Eevee turning his head toward his real master and looking at him with confusion. Badly hurt, Turtwig slowly dragged himself to his feet and shot a Razor Leaf in Toshi's direction, hitting him with several leaves and pushing him back, where he started growling again. This time, though, Toshi's eyes were closed; he was growling at himself, struggling to gain back control of his own body, which was being torn by the commands of two masters, one real and one a lie.<br><br>In the center of the room, Luxio's Spark met with Kindlemurr's Rollout. While the more evolved pokémon would normally have won such a match with ease, the Rock-type Rollout was too effective on the Electric-type, so both ended up falling back with a decent amount of injury done. The criminal scoffed, but was distracted as the computer console warned that the security door was now in complete lockdown. His Porygon chirped at him happily, though, so whatever they had come to accomplish, it was done.<br><br>"Time to get out," the eyepatched trainer said with a grin, withdrawing the sample little, grey disc-shooter he had used on Toshi and launching one toward Turtwig. The disc circled Cedric's pokémon several times with a trail of light before returning to the launcher. Now, Turtwig let out his own growls and shot a Razor Leaf toward Katsuo, just in time for Toshi to regain control of himself and intervene. (Toshi back under player control.)<br><br>===<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/0/05/376Metagross.png)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> ? ? ?<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg, Walkway<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Hibana, Skylar, Dr. Pierce<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Steelix (Exeter)<br><br><hr><br>The plan didn't come together as well as expected, unfortunately. As tough as Bagon was, the Steelix barely felt the Headbutt being landed on its solid iron jaw, and it wasn't enough to distract it from Hitmonlee coming in with an attack that could do some real damage. Seeing the attack coming, though, the Steelix had enough opportunity this time to move its massive cranium out of the way, leaving Hitmonlee out in the open. It could have followed up with another attack of its own then, but Hitmonlee was going to be dealing with plenty of pain when it landed, anyway.<br><br>"That's enough for now, Exeter. I think we've made our point." A tinny voice seemed to come from the Metagross itself, though it sounded like it had to be coming from some sort of speaker. At the command, the Steelix backed off, contracting its muscles defensively as it waited to see if the fight would resume. "We don't need any more violence. Just give me the stone. You know the one I mean. Otherwise, you and your pokémon could get hurt," the Metagross, or, rather, the old man-sounding voice reasoned, the Metagross' red eyes settling mainly on Hibana. She was the Gym Leader, and the one who knew that Dr. Pierce had the stone that he wanted.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>apygoos</strong> on <strong>25-11-2012, 08:20:17</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong>Skylar Rhodes<br><div class="floatleft">(http://s2.zerochan.net/Ezreal.240.1301413.jpg)<br></div><strong>Location:</strong>Old Douglasberg Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong>Hibana, Dr. Pierce<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong>Bagon, Vibrava<br><br><hr><br>He turns seeing the Metagross behind them. The situation went from bad to worse. He ask Hibana, "Stone? What stone is he talking about? Bagon, Vibrava, back up!" The two dragons stand guard in front of them glancing between the Metagross and the Steelix. The three pokemon could take either one or the other, but definitely not both. He was trying to think of how to get out of the situation. He moves over closer to Hibana, trying to whisper to her. "Got any ideas?"<br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sylia</strong> on <strong>25-11-2012, 19:50:08</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Hibana Tenjou<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Dr. Pierce, Skylar, Metagross and Steelix<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Riolu, Hitmonlee<br><br><hr><br>Hitmonlee grunted in pain as he hit the ground from his missed Jump Kick, it definitely hurt him by the angry look on his face. "You all right, Hitmonlee?" Hibana called, ignoring the voice for the moment. Receiving a thumbs up from her pokemon set her at ease. At least he's not that badly hurt.. but missing jump kicks certainly do hurt some. "As for you, you know I can't do that. I don't know who you are, but I'm not letting you steal in my presence!"<br><br>Hibana didn't say anything to Skylar about the stone as he didn't really need to know nor did she have the time to explain. Turning her head to glance at Skylar briefly, Hibana spoke low. "I want you to go over where I indicate and get Dr. Pierce out of here. Tell her Gym leader Hibana needs her to get to the surface ASAP." Hibana speaks quickly, motioning with her head towards where the good doctor and her Riolu are hiding. "I'll hold them off for as long as it takes.. now go!"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>apygoos</strong> on <strong>25-11-2012, 20:38:10</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong>Skylar Rhodes<br><div class="floatleft">(http://s2.zerochan.net/Ezreal.240.1301413.jpg)<br></div><strong>Location:</strong>Old Douglasberg Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong>Hibana, Dr. Pierce<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong>Bagon, Vibrava<br><br><hr><br>Running from a fight wasn't a popular idea with Skylar, but then its not running when you're trying to protect someone who is defenseless. Wait, did she say <em>Gym Leader?!</em> Great way to make an impression, the cute girl he was fighting beside was a Gym Leader. It didn't matter though, he had to get the doctor out. "Vibrava, cover our backs, and then give Hitmonlee some air support until were clear. Come on Bagon." He gets over to the "hidden location" and tells the doctor, "Gym Leader Hibana says its time to go, now" He gives a glance to the Riolu, then to Bagon, counting on them both as he tries to get them out.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Latooni Subota</strong> on <strong>26-11-2012, 18:44:08</strong>
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				Name: Elly MacDougal<br><br>Location: Douglasberg Casino<br><br>Tagging: Draven, Brock, Marcus<br><br>Current Pokemon: Scraggy, Krokorok<br>-------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Why does EVERYONE feel the need to butt in on her business and ruin all of her <del>devious</del> lovely plans?! What made this guy think she was interested in battling him at all? Her target was Brock, damn-it! He was the one she wanted a shot at! Even Draven chimed in trying to logic the situation away, and Brock was buying it! You can't listen to mere LOGIC! Elly was about ready to explode, the rage visibly building up around her . . . until the fangirl arrived. <br><br>Smooth as silk Elly was smiling brightly and kindly, all trace of her anger gone save for a slight blush to her cheeks, as she turned to the young woman. <strong>"Ah, thank you for the reminder. Really, whatever would I do without you here to keep me focused on things properly? Specs, return."</strong> She blindly pointed her pokeball and recalled her Krokorok, before turning back to Brock and accepting his handshake. Despite all of her bluster and energy before, her hand was . . well . . soft. Her handshake was exceedingly gentle and feminine, dainty even! It was weird to associate that with her considering her other half of her personality.<br><br><strong>"Well, come along boys. The games continue. Oh, and Brock? We should meet up for tea later."</strong> AND MURDER. But mostly tea. Maybe. Turning again she looped her arm through the young woman's, and proceeded to head towards the next event.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>28-11-2012, 04:47:50</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/0/05/376Metagross.png)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> ? ? ?<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg, Walkway<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Hibana, Skylar, Dr. Pierce<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Steelix (Exeter)<br><br><hr><br>Skylar made it over to where Dr. Pierce was waiting, but the two humans and the two pokémon weren't going to make it much farther than that. The "Metagross" that had spoken to them looked down toward them, beams of red heat shooting from its eyes and cutting cleanly through the walkway just a few meters ahead of them. As the walkway began to bend downward, it altered its aim with lightning speed, hitting just between Hibana and them. Now, with no support, the section of walkway fell down toward the watery abyss, taking Skylar, Cedony, and the pokémon with it.<br><br>Leaping to the edge of the building, the Metagross extended its two front legs, which shot free like grappling hooks attached by thick, steel cables, thus confirming any doubts that this was an actual pokémon that was speaking to them. The two legs caught the falling walkway at either end, bringing it to a sudden stop. The two were safe now, but the Metagross robot could easily let them go again at any moment. "It's not stealing if I'm taking back what's mine," the old man's voice told Hibana, though the obvious threat was that he could drop Rhodes and Pierce at any moment. "Now what do you say to letting me have it peacefully?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sylia</strong> on <strong>28-11-2012, 18:58:49</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Hibana Tenjou<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Metagross, Steelix, Dr. Pierce, Skylar<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Riolu, Hitmonlee<br><br><hr><br>"You coward!!" Shouted Hibana as she watched the Metagross go on the attack. She gritted her teeth at the inevitable that was to come, but instead it held the two people hostage in exchange for the stone. "Dammit.."<br><br>There really wasn't much choice in the matter. The lives of that trainer and Dr. Pierce were far more important than any stone. "Alright. You got me, put them down gently and I'll make certain you get your stone. No tricks, I give you my word." Hibana called out, sighing in defeat. She really hated to lose in such an unfair manner, but she knew how important life was. "I do promise you this, if you hurt them in any way, I will hunt you to the ends of the planet."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Pink Professional</strong> on <strong>29-11-2012, 14:21:45</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/Limeyreptile/Marcus-1.png?t=1351026822)</div>Name: Marcus 'Marco' Carmac.<br><br>Location: Douglasberg Casino<br><br>Tagging: Elly, Draven, Brock<br><br>Current Pokémon: Aerodactyl, Topaz (Larvitar)<br><br>-------------------------------------<br><br>As Brock and the other trainer, who admittedly Marcus had not paid enough attention too, spoke up about the next part of the competition and of how the two Gym leaders would have to belay there battle for at least the day: Marcus let out a little sigh, not hiding his disappointment at missing a battle with the cute Dark gym leader. Marco didn't like having to settle for a rain check, but it was impossible to think of some logical excuse for why they should battle, considering the circumstances. Especially when the administrator/fan-girl informed the group that Brock was in a separate event and that the three gym leaders were in an event together. <br><br>When Elly started shaking hands with people, Marcus acknowledged the shake with his own firm hands, his grip was firm but obviously reserved: the hands of a stronger man than most. He held onto Elly's hand for slightly too long, in order to keep her attention as he spoke. "I guess I'll just have to beat you in your Pokémon Olympics first, and then we can battle." Marcus grinned as he released her hand, his playful side mixing in with his competitive desire. If ever he was going to prove himself as more than a stepping stone in Tetso, this would be a good place to start. Marcus strove to be a Mountain that only the best could climb over, panting and wheezing.<br><br>Once Elly turned away from Marcus, addressing her fan girl and acting the idol, Marcus found himself turning to the remaining men of the group: admittedly after taking a few moments to glance at the sauntering swagger of the McDougal's rump. He chuckled lightly to himself, happy with the sowing of the seeds of a friendly rivalry between himself and Elly. At least, that was what it was to him: were Elly to take it the same way was yet to be seen.<br><br>"Sorry if I got a bit heated there. I just can't resist a good battle sometimes..."<br><br>Listening as Brock informed Marcus to bring his A-game; the Green haired Gym leader laughed it off, that same broad grin on his face. "Don't you worry about me Brock: I'll be sure to de-throne you when we compete against each other, okay?" Marcus took Brock's hand and shook it, happy to have been reunited with his old mentor and old friend: Even if it was in such an interesting and unusual way. Marcus meant every word he said though: he planned to win this event, and that means he'd have to beat his old Mentor along the way. Brock was gone now though, another event needing his attention which left Marcus alone with the last man: the one he'd been rather criminally negligent over.<br><br>The first thing he thought to do was offer Draven a hand to shake. It seemed to be the thing to do at this point, and Marcus had already taken a liking to Draven. "That was a damn good show you put on, by the way. Your Ninetails did you proud. I'm Marcus Carmac: a pleasure to meet you...?" it was clear that the Rock leader hadn't caught Draven's name, but his tone was nothing but respectful. The man had shown a list of qualities that Marcus couldn't help but respect; he was great with his Partner Pokémon, he was logical, he seemed respectful...Marcus could get behind this guy. It'd be good if he could make an ally: hell, even a friend.<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>apygoos</strong> on <strong>29-11-2012, 16:44:38</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong>Skylar Rhodes<br><div class="floatleft">(http://s2.zerochan.net/Ezreal.240.1301413.jpg)<br></div><strong>Location:</strong>Old Douglasberg Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong>Hibana, Dr. Pierce<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong>Bagon, Vibrava<br><br><hr><br>Skylar had almost no advantage point any way he looked at it. Even with his gear, though he could jump to, and try to climb up the wall, that would leave the doctor behind. If only Bagon speed evolved into Salamance, or Vibrava into Flygon even, this would be a much different scenario. In the meantime, through gritted teeth, he watched and listened on, wondering what this rock was, and why it was so important.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Karasu</strong> on <strong>01-12-2012, 03:30:48</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o129/rikuu_uchiha/RPG%20character/boy/owlboy.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Katsuo Katashi (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=144659.msg6516969#msg6516969)<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> ??? <br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Eevee (Toshi), Kindlemurr, Natu (Baby)<br><br><hr><br>Katsuo looked at Kindlemurr and Toshi and Turtwig, all of them were hurt, and though the boy wanted to&nbsp; continue their fight, he knew it wouldn't work, the pokemon woudl be hurt much worse.. or worse.. "Toshi, Kindlemurr, Return!" He said, recalling the two pokemon. He didn't have turtwig's pokeball so he couldn't recal the other, but he glared at the man, grabbed turtwig no matter what he did, and ran in the opposite direction, he had to get his pokemon to safety.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ember Star</strong> on <strong>01-12-2012, 10:07:47</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/e9/Images-41.jpeg)</div> <strong>Name:</strong> Elektra Kandou <br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry<br><strong>Tagging</strong> The Wobuffet, blonde trainer, and Rae Ann.<br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Pichu (Sparkles (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/bc/PikachuColoredPichu-picsay.jpg)), Glaceon, and Azurill (egg) <br><br>"Yes!..." Elektra said softly as is balled her hands into fists. She had a feeling it wasn't down, but it was at least weakened. The double attack had caught it off guard, it wasn't fainted yet. But it was close. Burnt and confused, it didn't even look like the blue Pokemon was going to counter. <br><br>"Piiiii-pic!" The Tiny Mouse Pokemon cheered. But it was an earlier cheer, the little thing tended to get too hyper too earlier. As would soon prove true. <br><br>The attack from the Wobuffet took the little Pichu by surprise. He stopped and just stood there a little stunned as his Trainer started to feel an sudden panic rise in her throat. <br><br>But just in the nick of time, was Charmader to the rescue. "Piiiii..." A small sound of concern emitted from Sparkles. <br><br>Elektra looked at the blonde Trainer and nodded. "Alright." She replied simply then turned towards Sparkles. She wondered who the Trainer was. He certainly had an air of mystery about him that made her very curious. She had a feeling that once all this was over, he would disappear, like some elusive secret agent. <br><br>Twitching her nose slightly, she brought her mind back to the task at hand. One more attack? She glanced at the Wobuffet. Yeah, that should do it. "Alright, Sparkles. Hit it one more time with with Thundershock!" She told the Tiny Mouse Pokemon, using the only attack move she had. Elektra was really looking forward to when Sparkles learned a new move. Glaceon knew a log, of course. But it was a different case there. <br><br>With fine efficiency, the Tiny Mouse Pokemon emitted electricity from her blue cheeks. Naturally, a Pichu's electricity was undefined and poorly controlled. Yet still, this little Pokemon aim was excellent and control was good for one of its species. <br><br>The attack hit the Wobbuffet full on, charring it's already damaged skin a little move. "Woo.oo.oob.bb.bbu.uff.feet.tt!" The Patient Pokemon made an sound exactly like you think a Wobbuffet should sound while getting electrocuted, then promptly fell over on it's side with a thud. <br><br>"Piiii...?" Sparkles questioned but then quickly realized her accomplishment. "Piiiiiichuuuu!" It yelled out in excitement.&nbsp; <br><br>With a big smile, Elektra started to head for the door. Dreading what she might find behind it, but also excited at the thought of another challenge.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>04-12-2012, 05:11:14</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/0/05/376Metagross.png)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> ? ? ?<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg, Walkway<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Hibana, Skylar, Dr. Pierce<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Steelix (Exeter)<br><br><hr><br>"Good to see your priorities are straight," the Mechagross commented, keeping true to his word by lifting the fallen section of bridge up to the point that it was up flush against the part that was still stable. The massive Steelix watched, ready to strike if necessary or called upon as Dr. Pierce grabbed Riolu and hurried off toward the safer section. As soon all of them were clear, the mechanical pokemon released the bridge, which bounced and clattered off the nearby building walls only a few times before crashing into the blackened water below.<br><br>Setting Riolu down, Dr. Pierce slowly walked over toward Hibana, smiling reassuringly at her as she reached into her bag and pulled out the stone. "There's always more where this came from. It's not worth putting yourselves in danger," she told the younger woman, handing it over to her so she could surrender it for them.<br><br>===<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://i43.tinypic.com/s58oe9.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> ? ? ?<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry, Below Deck<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Katsuo<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Porygon, Luxio, <em>Voltorb</em><br><br><hr><br>Under the saboteur's control, Turtwig struggled hard when Katsuo tried to grab him, trying to push his arms of with the force of his legs and, once that proved to fail, going so far as to bite one of his arms. Seeing he was no longer a threat, the eyepatched man just grinned and watched Katsuo flee, recalling his Luxio and returning to his work, which was just about done. Thankfully, as Katsuo moved farther away from him and put more hallways and walls between them, his control over Turtwig quickly faded, and the little pokemon chirped in confusion and looked up to Katsuo, sorry he had hurt him.<br><br>It was only a few corridors away that Katsuo finally ran into Cedric, who had been tracking him and the criminal. "What's going on?" the Grass-type leader asked quickly, eyeing the other trainer's distressed state and the slightly beat up Turtwig he was carrying.<br><br>===<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://moe.animecharactersdatabase.com/uploads/chars/thumbs/200/5688-2026575884.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> ? ? ?<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Ferry Restaurant<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elektra, Rae Ann<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Drowzee, <em>Wobbuffet</em><br><br><hr><br>Thankfully, as soon as the two female Gym Leaders stepped over the fainted Wobbuffet and entered the restaurant, they would see that all of the hostages were still doing just fine. Unfortunately, that didn't seem to make the situation too much better. Rather than being corralled up, the patrons of the ship's finest dining hall were all spread around the room, still seated at their tables (expecting those who were on the floor), and every last one of them dozing like a newborn pup. The room was filled with the sounds of soft breathing and heavy snoring, among which could be picked out the slow, lazy chant of a Drowzee that stood on the table at the center of the room, using its Hypnosis to keep everyone asleep.<br><br>It wasn't hard to pick out the Drowzee's master, being that she was only one of three people in the room that were still awake. Walking through the arrangement of tables and sleeping ferry-goers was a young woman with short, black hair, dressed in a modest, matching black blouse and skirt with a black bow tied at the top of her chest. Carrying a heavy bag, she walked from person to unconscious person, checking their possessions and, if she found they were a trainer, stuff their pokeballs into the bag. <br><br>Looking up from his chant, the Drowzee spotted the two women entered and made possibly the least energetic cry of alarm they had ever heard. "Drooow~?" it warned its master, who looked up from her work to share in his alertness. "Oh, dear. I guess poor Wobbuffet couldn't hold the line by herself.. I thought she would at least hold out for a lot longer than that," the woman mused, putting her hand onto her cheek and looking off thoughtfully as if the two trainers weren't even there.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Karasu</strong> on <strong>04-12-2012, 07:14:48</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o129/rikuu_uchiha/RPG%20character/boy/owlboy.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Katsuo Katashi (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=144659.msg6516969#msg6516969)<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> ??? <br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Eevee (Toshi), Kindlemurr, Natu (Baby)<br><br><hr><br>Katsuo woudl hand Turtwig to Cedric when he met up with the grass leader. "I couldn't stop him, he fired some disk that took over first my Toshi then your Turtwig, I wanted to stop him, but your pokemon and mine were hurt bad, I couldn't keep going without risking them."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SargentToughie</strong> on <strong>06-12-2012, 05:37:08</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://moe.animecharactersdatabase.com/uploads/chars/4758-945808611.png)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Draven Nasarus<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Casino <br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elly, Brock, Marcus<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Lucille, Torchic<br><br><hr><br>Draven let out a small sigh of relief when Elly settled down and got off her competitive streak, and this other newcomer seemed to accept it as well. When the time finally came for him to be the subject of attention, he simply nodded lightly and returned the handshake, a form of greeting that was being passed around like business cards over the course of the last couple of moments."Draven Nasarus, I'm the Gym leader of Ciderhelm city." Again, Draven's voice was respectful and calm, though he figured that Marcus was a bit more laid back and easier to talk to then Elly was, so he didn't have to really plan out what he was going to say ahead of time so as not to set off any volatile emotions.<br><br>He did find it weird though, the way that Marcus could so quickly bounce between acting almost childishly playful in his rivalry/flirting with Elly, before turning and acting quite professional when it came to Draven. Well, it wasn't really something that he put a lot of thought into, since it hardly affected his situation at the moment. "And thank you for your kind words. Lucille and I have been together for several years now, so we're able put a respectable competitive step forward when we put our minds to it... Not that I'd ever be foolish enough to challenge you in order to prove it. Simply by the nature of your type alignment, you have the kind of advantage over me that I can't hope to surpass."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AribethAmkiir</strong> on <strong>06-12-2012, 09:04:19</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j480/Erion2451/normal_flame_surfer_girl.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Rae Ann Aquillus (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=144659.msg7092097#msg7092097)<br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry, Upper Deck<br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Quagsire (Nami), Tentacool.<br><hr><br>Even though Rae had tried to anticipate the Wobbuffet waking after the first simultaneous attack, she hadn't counted on it countering so quickly.&nbsp; After Chimchar's valiant defense of the blue Pichu, Rae simply stared at the unknown blonde trainer with a bit of awe.&nbsp; The trainer and Pokemon had reacted, or more than likely anticipated, more efficiently than she could.&nbsp; After a moment, the corners of her mouth turned up into a smile.&nbsp; She may be a gym leader, but there was still quite a bit for her and her Pokemon to learn.&nbsp; <br><br>Luckily for the other female trainer, the Thundershock from her Sparkles was able to finish off the blue putty-looking Pokemon.&nbsp; Before following the girl into the cabin Rae paused to comment to the blonde haired trainer.&nbsp; <strong>"Nice job.&nbsp; Take care of your Chimchar, we'll take it from here."</strong><br><br>With that she nodded to Nami and headed into the cabin where the mastermind was supposedly holding the captives.<br><br>Rae didn't feel nervous or excited, just focused.&nbsp; The stakes were too high to let emotions get in the way and anyone who could train a Pokemon well enough that it didn't need commands to react to Pokemon and trainer's actions was likely a very dangerous individual.&nbsp; She just hoped that the other trainer's Glaceon had better attacks than Thundershock or they'd both be in serious trouble.<br><br>What she found inside wasn't what she expected.&nbsp; The hostages were safe but they were fast asleep and Rae could only guess that it was because of the chanting, lethargic Pokemon.&nbsp; It only took a moment to discover what was going on.&nbsp; They were stealing Pokemon!&nbsp; <br><br>The woman's comment about the Wobbuffet, Rae could only assume that had been the Pokemon they'd just battled, irritated Rae.&nbsp; That Pokemon had defeated a dozen Pokemon single-handed and this woman was acting like it had failed.&nbsp; A glance from her peripheral was given to the other trainer, the one with the blue Pichu, and Rae wondered if they would have to work together again to free the sleeping hostages.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Pink Professional</strong> on <strong>06-12-2012, 14:47:49</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/Limeyreptile/Marcus-1.png?t=1351026822)</div>Name: Marcus 'Marco' Carmac.<br><br>Location: Douglasberg Casino, Beach<br><br>Tagging: Draaaaaaaaven<br><br>Current Pokémon: Aerodactyl, Topaz (Larvitar)<br><br>-------------------------------------<br><br>Marcus let go of Draven's hand, listening with a general interest as he went from complimenting the bond that he shared with his Pokémon to putting himself down in nearly a single step, a statement the Rock gym leader frowned at. He wasn't sure if the man had recently been put in a bad place or if he'd recently been beaten by a typing disadvantage or maybe he was just a downer: But Marcus felt he needed to say something: Especially if he aspired to being this guy's friend.<br><br>"If you think Type is the only thing that matters, you’re not gunna last long as a gym leader. Rock has the most type disadvantages out there; Water, Ice, Grass, Fighting and Steel. My Aerodactyl has got to worry about Lightning and Ice moves, and Topaz has got to worry about Ice as well..." Marcus frown shifted to a smile quickly though, as he held up the Pokéball of Topaz. "Pokémon aren't about just about statistics and laws, rules and pre-set paths. A bit of smarts and a lot of heart is way more important. Does that make sense?" Marcus chuckled as he realised he'd just ranted at someone he had only just met like some sort of prattling preacher or, god forbid, some sort of scientist. A strange sense of Irony trickled up Marco's back, making him smile.<br><br>A few moments later, apparently bored of not having enough attention paid to him, the Aerodactyl suddenly hollered out its loud, imposing bellow: the predator apparently bored with his trainer talking so much. When Marco looked over to his Pokémon, the Hunter's head tilted towards the direction that Elly had vanished off to, making Marcus almost swear at himself.<br><br>"We should probably go to that Event though. Shall we make our way over?"<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sylia</strong> on <strong>14-12-2012, 03:32:40</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Hibana Tenjou<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Skylar, Dr. Pierce, Metagross tank<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Riolu, Hitmonlee<br><br><hr><br>Hibana narrowed her eyes as she watched the pokemon-shaped mech. There can't be too many people who own such things, so it'd make it less of a hassle to track down later. She stayed calm, however as the person inside the mech let his hostages go, being true to his word. She felt like ordering Riolu to break the stone just to spite the man from his ill-earned victory, but that'd be underhanded of her and not like a Gym Leader. For now, she just bided her time as she felt that this won't be the last time she hears of such a person.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>15-12-2012, 20:04:35</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://api.ning.com/files/mdHZvw03i*CGtsDN0LtfmUcgwnGEzcn1TYwBd-dIje3UhHDsWx0iVsng64hRwI31SfNV4pQJqB1nofG6HkqXVYVMMEycorew/Drayolagain.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Cedric Oleaster<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Ferry, Below Deck<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Katsuo<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Gloom (Priscilla), Turtwig<br><br><hr><br>Cedric frowned as he took and cradled Turtwig, recalling the little leaf pokemon back into his ball so he could get some rest. He was upset that Turtwig had gotten hurt, but even more upset that the man had gotten away, meaning his pokemon's efforts had been in vain. "I've still got Priscilla to use. Do you think we could still catch up to him?" the Grass leader asked quickly, focusing on the problem at hand. He would make sure Turtwig got healed after they did what they could about this saboteur.<br><br>===<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Casino<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elly, Draven, Marco<br><br><hr><br>The receptionist's cheeks turned the slightest shade of pink as her idol boss took her by the arm, but remained focused on the task at hand, which was making sure her hero made it to the next contest on time. The other two Gym Leaders hadn't even started following them immediately and could have ended up being late, but she wasn't nearly so worried about that. "I'm sorry about the Treasure Hunt, Elly. I don't think it was fair that the treasure in the pyramid counted," she told her and agreed with her sentiment from before, though it wasn't really a guarantee Elly would have won if it hadn't counted. After all, Onyx was a very skilled pokemon, and Lucille had just raked in some huge points by grabbing the idol for Draven.<br><br>Arriving back in the casino, the pretty young woman hurried Elly (and Marco and Draven by proxy) along toward the auditorium where the stage for the next event had been set up, raised a couple meters off the ground and taking up a large fraction of what space the room offered. On the side of the platform closed to them, accessible by a set of collapsible stairs, were four color-coded platforms for the trainers themselves to stand on and give orders as they sent their pokemon into the game. Everything beyond that (90% of the stage) was covered up by a long, plastic sheet, preventing them from peeking underneath and getting an idea of what they were supposed to do until the rules were announced. For now, though, they would have their hands full as a figured appeared up at the top of the stairs and looked down at them.<br><br>"About time you got here! I was just about to call it a win by default," an orange-haired beauty called down at them in a friendly yet competitive tone, long legs fully exposed as she was only dressed in a white and blue swimsuit, with a jacket over it. Despite the feminine beauty she showed off so prominently, it was easy to tell she was something of a tomboy, giving the trio a mischievous grin as she tossed a Dive Ball up and down in the air. "Rock and Fire, huh? Think you guys can handle my Water types?" she asked as she popped open her pokeball, the light shooting a Starmie onto the platform in front of her, spinning its second set of arms idly as it eagerly awaited the next challenge.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Karasu</strong> on <strong>15-12-2012, 21:21:08</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o129/rikuu_uchiha/RPG%20character/boy/owlboy.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Katsuo Katashi (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=144659.msg6516969#msg6516969)<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> ??? <br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Eevee (Toshi), Kindlemurr, Natu (Baby)<br><br><hr><br>"Stopping this guy is important, but al my pokemon are hurt, Natu can't battle yet,&nbsp; and you only have your priscilla, Cedric I don't think we'd stand a chance, especially if he uses that disk again, we'd only be hurting our pokemon more."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SargentToughie</strong> on <strong>16-12-2012, 01:26:43</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://moe.animecharactersdatabase.com/uploads/chars/4758-945808611.png)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Draven Nasarus<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Casino <br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elly, Marcus, Misty<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Lucille, Torchic<br><br><hr><br>Draven couldn't help but roll his eyes softly at Marco's lecture about how the power of the heart would be able to overcome typing advantages, and while that was certainly true in some rare cases, it was hard to battle against raw and pure statistics. Draven wasn't a downer and he wasn't in a bad place, he was just a man that liked to maintain a realistic set of expectations for what he and his Pokemon could or could not be capable of doing. Besides, it wasn't like his case was completely hopeless when it came to overpowering some of the scary types that could Dominate fire. Honestly speaking, one of Fire's biggest weaknesses was rock, and once his Torchic was at least adequately trained and evolved, he'd be able to handle rocks deftly. He also heard rumors that Ninetales was able to learn solarbeam with a great deal of dedication and training, so that was another thing he'd have to look at in order to counter the other type that loomed over his head.<br><br>For now though, he kept his thoughts on the matter to himself and simply agreed with Marco's little suggestion that the two get a move on to the next event. "You're right. I don't think I'd hear the end of it if I ended up getting disqualified from the event after speaking the way I did to our gracious host." With that, he moved to follow the two girls down the hallway, finding Elly's antics amusing in the way that a parent would watch their child, curious to see what Elly would get herself into next. While he didn't dislike the dark type gym leader, he couldn't help but have a bit of a low opinion from her, considering that she didn't exactly carry herself like he'd expect of an adult who had a level of authority. Though Draven was most certainly in the market for a relationship, he preferred somebody a bit more mature, so he wasn't particularly interested in Elly the same way that Marco could have been, judging from his body language earlier.<br><br>When they arrived at the section for the next contest, Draven looked up to see yet another familiar and highly respected figure waiting for the three of them. "Hmm... Did the entire Kanto league decide to take their vacation here, or something?" Despite the fact that he could feel himself being slightly out of his league again, Draven took his place on the stage and waited patiently for the event to get rolling.<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>apygoos</strong> on <strong>18-12-2012, 02:51:38</strong>
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				<br>Location:Old Douglasberg Ruins<br><br>Tagging:Hibana, Dr. Pierce<br><br>Current Pokémon:Bagon, Vibrava<br><br><hr><br>Skylar tried to get a good look at the object in question. Despite her compliance, it felt like the air was on a&nbsp; tripwire. He waited at the ready , just in case some one made an underhanded move. The explorer couldn't find any good way out.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ember Star</strong> on <strong>18-12-2012, 07:02:49</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/e9/Images-41.jpeg)</div> <strong>Name:</strong> Elektra Kandou <br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry<br><strong>Tagging</strong> The black haired female trainer, and Rae Ann.<br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Pichu (Sparkles (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/bc/PikachuColoredPichu-picsay.jpg)), Glaceon, and Azurill (egg) <br><br>Right beside the girl in a bikini, Elektra rushed in to the restaurant, only to be rather taken aback by what she saw there. She expected them to all be tied up in fear, instead they were all passed out asleep, some even snoring. It was almost giggles worthy. Until she saw the woman taking PokéBalls. <br><br>She gulped and instinctively stepped in front of her two, protectively. She was trying to decided rather Sparkles and Glaceon were safer inside their PokéBalls or out as they were. A Pokémon thief, this was never good. <br><br>Tediously, so not to take her eyes completely off the thief, she looked at the girl next to her in a bikini. "Oh dear..." She said quietly with a frown. Not that she wasn't confident that the two of them could take on the woman. Elektra just horribly disliked Pokémon thieves. She heard too many stories while working in the lab and the center 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Latooni Subota</strong> on <strong>19-12-2012, 20:13:54</strong>
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				Name: Elly MacDougal<br><br>Location: Douglasberg Casino<br><br>Tagging: Draven, Misty, Marcus<br><br>Current Pokemon: Scraggy, Krokorok<br>-------------------------------------------------------------<br><br><strong>"Well, you know Draven, our region is much more fun than Kanto, so I can understand why their leaders would want to come here."</strong><br><br>Elly gave Misty a nod, and promptly walked over to step onto a platform. While she wanted to use her Krokorok again, she wasn't really willing to deal with type disadvantages again. Besides, it would be rude to ignore her other pokemon she had with her. With a toss of a pokeball, she called out her other pokemon . . a little yellow lizardboy-looking guy, it's hands grabbing at what looked like . . snakeskin pants? Or something? It was a rather weird pokemon from Unova.<br><br>The little vacant-looking pokemon looked around, before waddling away from Elly to stand over by Misty and her Starmie. With a bright smile it promptly raised it's hands high into the air . . . dropping it's 'pants'. What an adorable and friendly little guy he was!<br><br><strong>"Aww, Scrappy likes you and your Starmie."</strong>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Pink Professional</strong> on <strong>21-12-2012, 16:44:51</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/Limeyreptile/Marcus-1.png?t=1351026822)</div>Name: Marcus 'Marco' Carmac.<br><br>Location: Douglasberg Casino, Beach<br><br>Tagging: Draven, Misty, Elly<br><br>Current Pokémon: Aerodactyl, Topaz (Larvitar)<br><br>---------------------<br><br>Walking silently beside Draven, Marcus couldn't stifle his chuckle when he saw the forth part of the upcoming battle. The fact that he'd be able to scrap with not only his mentor: Brock, but also another seasoned Gym leader from Kanto made him feel a childlike glee. When it came to challenges, Marcus shined through with a Tenacity. That same tenacity would probably be a factor that kept him from embarrassing himself in front of his peers or, in Misty's case, his senior.<br><br>Hearing the Tomboyish taunting of Misty, Marcus laughed openly at how easily she put down His and Draven's chances by simple fact of typing. It was only funny because of the lecture that Marcus had accidentally given not two minutes ago. He still hadn't figured out Draven, despite how happy he was to simply smile and nod at Marcus' words, so if he got the chance to prove what he said now and perhaps give Draven a reason to believe him: then so be it. <br><br>"Do I think I can handle the water? Of course I can." Marcus grinned, staring down Misty with a face of pure single-minded determination. Marcus had to much ambition to allow some Water Gym leader to stand in his way.<br><br>Turning to both Draven and Elly, he gave them a single wave. "Good luck you two. Lets put Tetso on the board." Whistling once, the screech of his Aerodactyl could be heard from the sky as it landed next to him with a dull 'thunk' and with it's wing beats kicking up clouds of sand. The Hunter Pokemon looked around at the pack before Marcus put it in it's poke ball, if only temporarily, before stepping to his place on stage. He had far too much on the line to play pleasantries with Misty now. He was in the single minded state of intensity that had so often defined him. He was, for lack of a better term, in the zone.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkNevaeh</strong> on <strong>22-12-2012, 20:37:15</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a42/darknevaeh/youthinkdotcom_3244285_223866.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Lexi Noxkage<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Hibana, Encounter<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Nuzleaf, Zorua, Houndour, Sneek<br><br><hr><br>"Nuzleaf!&nbsp; Nature Power now!" came a voice from behind the darkness.&nbsp; <br><br>"Nuz!" came the response as Nuzleaf jumped up from the shadows and aimed at Steelix.&nbsp; Three flashes of blue, yellow and red light came out as the attack turned into a Tri-Attack, heading right for Steelix.&nbsp; Lexi ran over to Hibana looking dirty, her clothes slightly torn and a couple of bloody scratches on her face.&nbsp; "You ok Hibana?&nbsp; DId you find the doctor?&nbsp; And who's that guy?"&nbsp; she asked in a rush.&nbsp; She looked tired and possibly hurt but she was standing her ground next to her friend.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>23-12-2012, 23:39:01</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://api.ning.com/files/mdHZvw03i*CGtsDN0LtfmUcgwnGEzcn1TYwBd-dIje3UhHDsWx0iVsng64hRwI31SfNV4pQJqB1nofG6HkqXVYVMMEycorew/Drayolagain.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Cedric Oleaster<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Ferry, Below Deck<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Katsuo<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Gloom (Priscilla), Turtwig<br><br><hr><br>Cedric frowned deeply at the current hopelessness of their situation. He trusted Priscilla to handle whatever opponent he put her against, and he knew she had the willpower to avoid any basic form of manipulation, but if what Katsuo said was true, then their opponent had some powerful and dangerous technology in his hands. Losing his Gloom to this person would not help them at all. "We can't just let him get away, though," the Grass-type leader said firmly, starting to move quickly in the direction of the secure room. "What do you suggest we do?"<br><br>===<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/0/05/376Metagross.png)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> ? ? ?<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg, Walkway<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Hibana, Skylar, Dr. Pierce<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Steelix (Exeter)<br><br><hr><br>As soon as Hibana let her guard down, the Metagross sent one of its limbs out again, grasping its steel claws tightly around the round, white stone before the cable pulled it back. As soon as it arrived, a hidden hatch opened like double doors on the top of the mechanized pokemon's circular body and the mineral was dropped inside for safekeeping. With that, whoever was controlling the villainous device was going to quickly take his leave, but he was stalled by the sudden reappearance of the other girl, who he thought was no longer a threat. That didn't exactly complicate things, but it did make them more interesting.<br><br>The Steelix, Exeter, turned his head as he heard the attack coming, but was too slow to move in time. Unfortunately, the tri-colored beams barely seemed to register as they struck the iron snake, both type deficiencies and the pokemon's own incredible defense making the attack more or less pointless. The Steelix emanated out a incredibly low, deep, throaty growl at the annoyance and seemed poised to strike back at Nuzleaf and finish it off. It was only the soft chuckle and words of its master that soothed it again. "Calm, Exeter. Now is not the time to fight. We have work to do," he told his pokemon, who turned its eyes swiftly to the Metagross. With a nod, the Steelix turned from the doctor and her protectors, diving into the cavern wall and digging its way through in a matter of seconds. Before their eyes could adjust to the darkness of its burrow, it was gone.<br><br>"I'm sure we'll be seeing each other again in some time" the Mechagross said to the three trainers now that his pokemon had left. "But if you choose to be our enemies, then I suggest you enjoy that time. It may be all you have left," with that, the advanced device leapt over their walkway in a single bound, landing on the rooftop Exeter had inhabited before using a second bound to disappear into the blackness of the burrow, following his Steelix until neither could be heard any longer.<br><br><strong>Zorua gained 4 Evo Points!<br>Hitmonchan gained 3 Evo Points!<br>Vibrava gained 3 Evo Points!<br>Bagon gained 3 Evo Points!</strong><br><br>===<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://moe.animecharactersdatabase.com/uploads/chars/thumbs/200/5688-2026575884.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> ? ? ?<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Ferry Restaurant<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elektra, Rae Ann<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Drowzee, <em>Wobbuffet</em><br><br><hr><br>Refocusing her attention onto the two girls who had apparently fainted her Wobbuffet, the pokemon thief realized neither of them had moved or spoken yet and became a bit curious. "I thought you would have at least threatened me by now," the trainer mused. Her Drowzee dropped down from the table from which it had been sustaining its Hypnosis, shuffling between its master and her enemies to protect her. With her Wobbuffet taken care of, there was no telling how many pokemon she had left to battle with, but she appeared to be confident enough when faced with two Gym Leaders. <br><br>"Go ahead, Drowzee," she said in a gentle, melodic voice, the tapir like pokemon stepping forward and raising its arms. Staring Rae Ann and Elektra in the eyes, it began waving its hand up and down slowly and chanting, projecting psychic energy to try to put the both of them to sleep. Normally, it would be far outside the rules of battle for a trainer to use status effects directly on the challenger, but this wasn't a case where the woman before them had any sort of ethics. "Don't worry, you two; your pokemon will be well taken care of," she promised darkly.<br><br>===<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/2/20/VSMisty.png)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Misty<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Casino<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Draven, Elly, Marco<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Starmie<br><br><hr><br>Misty did not expect her first interaction with the new Tetso Gym Leaders to be one of the leaders' pokemon popping out on its own accord and dropping its molted skin "pants" at her and her Starmie. In fact, she never thought that would be something she had to react to, but she had spent her entire life and career dealing with the little creatures, so she just shrugged it off and giggled at how cute and strange the act was. Her Starmie didn't even look like it was paying attention, just standing next to Misty and twirling its arms. It had no eyes, so it was hard to say whether or not it even looked. "If he likes us, he should watch how he introduces himself," she teased, calling her Starmie back into the ball as she moved back and made room for the others to join her on the platform.<br><br>With her attention free from the Scrappy, she looked a little more at the other two Gym Leaders aside from Elly that she would be facing off against. Both newbies were cute, that was for sure, but in different ways. The one with the red hair and the glasses was the quiet type, or at least quiet when compared to the people around him, and he looked pretty reserved and patient. Intelligent, probably not prone to being immature. The other one, while looking no less intelligent, was definitely the competitive type, probably somewhere between the other two when it came to basing his actions on reason or on emotion. His Aerodactyl was pretty neat, too, but she knew Starmie could take it down in a regular battle.<br><br>It seemed the Tetso leaders hadn't arrived a moment too early, as the contest was ready to begin mere seconds after their ascension to the platform. Slowly, cables retracted with a mechanical drawl and lifted the covering from the majority of the stage before them, revealing a rather elaborate maze considering the amount of area they had to work with, with a glass ceiling over the top of it all. The walls were made of some light blue plastic, smooth and flawless yet sturdy and cheat-proof. Each intersection had a random pokemon painted on the floor, and symbols displayed on each path around it: a fire, a leaf, a rock, and many others.<br><br>"TYPE IT RIGHT!" the announcer in the red suit shouted from the other end of the massive platform, an entire audience having filed in while the Gym Leaders weren't looking. "In this contest, you'll have to guide your pokemon to the end of the maze by choosing the most effective attack on each pokemon shown! If you don't know your pokemon and your types, they'll be in there for a while!" he explained audaciously. Small, clear, tube-like devices rose up in front of each leader, having an opening the size of a pokeball. "Place your chosen pokemon in now to have them put in the maze!"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Karasu</strong> on <strong>24-12-2012, 00:11:49</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o129/rikuu_uchiha/RPG%20character/boy/owlboy.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Katsuo Katashi (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=144659.msg6516969#msg6516969)<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> ???, Cedric<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Eevee (Toshi), Kindlemurr, Natu (Baby)<br><br><hr><br>Katsuo thought for a few moments.. "I'd say round up soem other trainers to help us, if he's overwhelmed with numbers he couldn't possibly escape. But I have no idea what he's done already.. I think we shoudl check this out as well and talk to the captain." The boy said, following Cedric.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>26-12-2012, 17:51:29</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://api.ning.com/files/mdHZvw03i*CGtsDN0LtfmUcgwnGEzcn1TYwBd-dIje3UhHDsWx0iVsng64hRwI31SfNV4pQJqB1nofG6HkqXVYVMMEycorew/Drayolagain.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Cedric Oleaster<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Ferry, Below Deck<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Katsuo<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Gloom (Priscilla), Turtwig<br><br><hr><br>Cedric gave Katsuo a nod to let him know he agreed with his suggestions, but otherwise didn't say much as they made it back to the room Katsuo had confronted the saboteur in. The signs of battle where still there, with slight cuts in the wall from Turtwig's Razor Leaf, and scorch marks on the floor from the Luxio's Spark, but the criminal in question had gone. Walking over to the console next to the security door, the scientist used his limited computer knowledge to look into the usage log (thankfully, he didn't need a password, since the Porygon had already hacked through it). "Looks like he didn't even open the vault," he told the boy, confused. What was all that effort for if he didn't even get to the valuables inside the room?
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sylia</strong> on <strong>26-12-2012, 20:49:35</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Hibana Tenjou<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Dr. Pierce, Skylar, Lexi<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Riolu, Hitmonlee<br><br><hr><br>"Ahhh geez!" Hibana exclaimed in exasperation, grabbing her head very much like a Psyduck would. She stared after where the Metagross tank and the Steelix ran off to, narrowing her eyes. "Yeah, we'll be ready for you next time you come.. count on it..!"<br><br>Finally turning to Lexi and looking the girl up and down, Hibana blinked. "The heck happened to you, girl? You look like hell!" She spoke, then blinked again as she recalled the questions asked of her. "Yeah, found the doctor. That guy over there is a trainer that stuck his neck out to assist me. As for me? I'm fine, but lemme treat your wounds."<br><br>Without waiting for an answer, Hibana broke out the first aid kit and went about giving Lexi some field treatment so she'd be alright until she could be looked at by real doctors. "You guys stay where you are, we'll be up there in juuust a minute!" Hibana called to Skylar and Dr. Pierce. Then in a normal voice, Hibana smiled at Lexi while bandaging her arm. "Y'know.. if that Steelix wasn't owned already, I totally would've captured him for you."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkNevaeh</strong> on <strong>27-12-2012, 07:13:39</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a42/darknevaeh/youthinkdotcom_3244285_223866.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Lexi Noxkage<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Hibana, Encounter<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Nuzleaf, Zorua, Houndour, Sneek<br><br>Lexi let herself be checked out by Hibana, holding back a protest as Nuzleaf walked over and watched them.&nbsp; She nodded to the answers, relief flooding her face that they were ok.&nbsp; "Me?&nbsp; I got into it with the Steelix.&nbsp; Zorua jumped him, trying to protect me and I ended up catching her as she got knocked back by a vicious Iron Tail attack.&nbsp; She was out, so we hid until we thought it was safe to come out."&nbsp; She sighed and then blushed slightly at Hibana's comment.&nbsp; "O-oh?&nbsp; For me?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>apygoos</strong> on <strong>28-12-2012, 10:24:44</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong>Skylar Rhodes<br><div class="floatleft">(http://s2.zerochan.net/Ezreal.240.1301413.jpg)<br></div><strong>Location:</strong>Old Douglasberg Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong>Hibana, Dr. Pierce, Lexi, Encounter<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong>Bagon, Vibrava<br><br><hr><br>With&nbsp; the action finally dying down, for the moment, Bagon goes over and inspects the two lady gym leaders, Vibrava staying on Skylars shoulder. Bagon came over and greeted the Nuzleaf, asking it in its own language if Nuzleaf was alright, asking the same of Hitmonlee. While Bagon was over there making friends. Skylar, while stuck over with the doctor and Riolu, knelt down and have a reassuring pet on Riolu's head. "You did a good job buddy, you did your friend proud" Speaking of Hibana when he said that. Skylar couldn't help but think aloud, "come down looking for a Drillbur or Exadrill, find a trained Steelix and a bunch of attractive ladies instead..." He then calls out to them across the way, "Are you guys alright over there?" He couldn't lie to himself, the two ladies over there were about his age, and were very attractive. One could say it was a pleasant distraction in an unpleasant situation. Then again, if he wants to find dragons, and the drillbur or exadrill he mentioned, he'd have to find places like this more often. A dark, out of the way place like this is the perfect home for most of the dragon species in known existence.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Latooni Subota</strong> on <strong>01-01-2013, 20:24:02</strong>
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				Name: Elly MacDougal<br><br>Location: Douglasberg Casino<br><br>Tagging: Draven, Misty, Marcus<br><br>Current Pokemon: Scraggy, Krokorok<br>-------------------------------------------------------------<br><br><strong>"Scrappy, if you want to keep flirting that's fine. Just try not to bother the esteemed . . what was it that magazine called you . . Mermaid of Cerulean City? Must be nice being a famous gym leader."</strong><br><br>Without looking Elly casually tossed Krokorok's pokeball into the tube, ready to roll for this contest. She had confidence that she'd be able to pull ahead in this one. Even if her pokemon weren't the strongest or fastest, she prided herself on being the smartest trainer around. Or at the very least the most clever! Those private tutors weren't for nothing.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SargentToughie</strong> on <strong>02-01-2013, 06:26:07</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://moe.animecharactersdatabase.com/uploads/chars/4758-945808611.png)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Draven Nasarus<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Casino <br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elly, Marcus, Misty<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Lucille, Torchic<br><br><hr><br>Draven groaned, leaning in to hide his eyes away beneath his his hand at the 'cute' display that Scrappy had put forward with Misty and her Starmie, almost as though he was embarrassed to bear witness to the little scene. Honestly, there was a fine line between being cute and cheeky and just being immature and annoying, in Draven's mind, Elly just crossed it. Either way, he wouldn't have to dwell on it for too long, as the announcer came out and talked about the rules to this maze that they were about to undergo. Though after hearing about this maze and the conditions of it, he couldn't help but smirk just a tiny bit. There was no possible way that he was going to be lose out in a battle of wits, not when he and Lucille shared a decade old friendship and he prided himself on his intellect.<br><br>He put Lucille's ball on the pedestal, though it seemed that Torchic wasn't content to sit on the sidelines and watch anymore, as the small creature popped from it's Pokeball and sat on Draven's shoulder, believing itself capable of acting as the Gym Leader's brilliant ace in the hole and an intellectual advisor in this dark time.<br><br>... Either that, or he was just hungry, since all Draven had to do was hand it a berry before the small thing squealed in delight and began eating. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sylia</strong> on <strong>03-01-2013, 02:06:57</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Hibana Tenjou<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Lexi, Dr. Pierce, Skylar<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Riolu, Hitmonlee<br><br><hr><br>Hibana smiled back to Lexi, letting out a soft giggle before motioning for the two of them to rejoin Skylar and Dr. Pierce. "Let's get outta here, we've gotta let the right people know about what we experienced down here." Hibana spoke before turning her head towards Hitmonlee. "Hitmonlee! Are you good to be walking?"<br><br>"Lee!" He replied as he rose from his crouch, testing his ability to walk for a second. He then jogged over to Hibana and Lexi to follow the two of them back up the stairs.<br><br>"Cool, I'll make sure to take you to the pokemon center after we get outta here, ok?" Hibana spoke to her pokemon, patting him on the head. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Pink Professional</strong> on <strong>03-01-2013, 02:35:51</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/Limeyreptile/Marcus-1.png?t=1351026822)</div>Name: Marcus 'Marco' Carmac.<br><br>Location: Douglasberg Casino, Type-it-right Maze<br><br>Tagging: Draven, Misty, Elly<br><br>Current Pokémon: Aerodactyl, Topaz (Larvitar)<br><br>---------------------<br><br>Marco could only smile as he watched the exchange between both the ladies in the very short space before the battle. Be it the calmly-amused,verging-on-arrogance demeanor of the veteran Misty, or the over-confident-ever-so-slightly-insulting demeanor of Elly. Both provided a sort of contrasting mirth which Marcus found silently delightful.<br><br>Yet the mask of Determination was worn with a sense of serenity. Marcus' single minded determination had set it's sights on this battle and on beating Kanto's gym leaders. He had a pride in his stomach that burned so strongly; be it his personal pride, or the pride of his former mentor, or even the newly forming pride in his position. He had much pride to defend. Marcus' only hope was that pride did not cause him to become over-prideful.<br><br>The announcement of the competition: 'Type it right', had Marcus feeling confident. The battle had a lot of suitable factors that worked in his favor. The main one was Aerodactyl's versatile move-pool. He had access to a lot of types that people wouldn't expect. Then their was the fact that Marco was no intellectual slouch: certainly not his mother's equal, but his mind was not blunt, by any means. <br><br>Marcus dropped the Aerodactyl's pokeball on the pedestal, ready for the upcoming test of wit. The only major advantage he could see was that Aerodactyl's movement would be slightly limited. He had enough room to move his wings and glide, but turning would be hard. He had to make sure he made no mistakes...<br><br>"Good luck."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkNevaeh</strong> on <strong>03-01-2013, 12:01:06</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a42/darknevaeh/youthinkdotcom_3244285_223866.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Lexi Noxkage<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Hibana, Encounter<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Nuzleaf, Zorua, Houndour, Sneek<br><br>All bandaged up and sightly pink from the blush, Lexi looked down at her Nuzleaf and the Bagon.&nbsp; Blinking, she smiled slowly.&nbsp; "Making friends, Nuzleaf?"&nbsp; He nodded and then followed them as they headed to regroup with the Doctor and the mysterious boy.<br><br>"Well.." she said as they reached them.&nbsp; "That was interesting to say the least.&nbsp; Are you two going to be ok to walk out of here?&nbsp; We need to get the Doctor back, so many people are worried."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>apygoos</strong> on <strong>03-01-2013, 17:51:19</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong>Skylar Rhodes<br><div class="floatleft">(http://s2.zerochan.net/Ezreal.240.1301413.jpg)<br></div><strong>Location:</strong>Old Douglasberg Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong>Hibana, Dr. Pierce, Lexi, Encounter<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong>Bagon, Vibrava<br><br><hr><br>"It'll take more than that to keep us down, right guys?" He ask his Vibrava and Bagon collectively, they both happily cheer. He walks up to the attractive dark haired girl first, introducing himself. "I'm Skylar, a trainer new to the area, I was just doing some exploring when I found this encounter going on." He looked her over as he talked to her, she really was an attractive gal. He didn't forget about Hibana for too long though as he turned to her as well, then to the two ladies respectively, "I can stick with you guys until we're sure shes safe, then we can find out where to go from there, sound good?" He wishes he could find one of the dragons on his list, or at least something, but&nbsp; after a battle like that would there be a pokemon that would show itself? He wasn't sure, but his thirst for adventure left him&nbsp; open and ready.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>05-01-2013, 20:14:45</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://moe.animecharactersdatabase.com/uploads/chars/5688-670803075.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Doctor Cedony Pierce<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg, Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Hibana, Skylar, Lexi<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> None<br><br><hr><br>The doctor remained calmly quiet while the three younger people made sure each other were okay and made sure there pokemon were okay to move out. "I'm sorry to put you through all that," the historian said to Lexi and Hibana in particular, since those two had only come down to find and save her. "If there's anything I can do to help out you and your pokemon and return the favor, please tell me. That even goes for you," she said, turning her head toward Skylar and smiling, even though she really couldn't see the boy. Though she had put herself in a great deal of danger to come down here for it, she didn't mention the stone that the Metagross tank had stolen from them. It must have seemed insignificant next to the risks and sacrifices these trainers and their pokemon had taken.<br><br>Taking a firm grip of the railing and using her other hand and the ring device on it to detect her path, Dr. Pierce followed the girls back up the stairs. The darkness and dampness of the massive cavern seemed much less dangerous now, but even more oppressive without the crashes in the background caused by the Steelix's rampage. Without the Iron Snake pokemon causing such a ruckus and scaring all of the wildlife into hiding (or most of it, anyway), there was no telling what would come slinking out of the omnipresent shadows of the sunken city.<br><br>Thankfully, the only immediate threat they faced was when they moved up to the higher levels of the walkways and discovered a wild Drilbur sniffing around for dropped food or items. Hearing the group approach, the pokemon lifted its nose from the cold steel and immediately went defensive, raising its claws to try to scare away the sent-out pokemon while looking for a direction to flee.<br><br>(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/c/cf/529Drilbur.png)<br><br>===<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/2/20/VSMisty.png)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Misty<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Casino<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Draven, Elly, Marco<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Starmie<br><br><hr><br>"Well, I guess being famous does give me a better opportunity to change things for the better when I need to..." the orange-haired beauty answered awkwardly, keeping her distance as she patted the pantless Scrappy on the head before moving to her station. recalling Starmie, she sent her own Dive Ball down the tube, then glanced over and almost squealed as she saw the Torchic resting on Draven's shoulder. "Aww, he's adorable!" the "tomboy" exclaimed, reaching over to pet the little chick a lot more comfortably than she had Scrappy. She never said much about it, but she had to admit that her rival type, Fire had some of the most adorable pokemon she had seen, with Torchic, Growlithe, Vulpix, and even Charmander. It had almost been enough to make her consider switching her specialty back when she was something of a more girly girl.<br><br>As soon as all four trainers were ready, their pokeballs went down the tubes and Lucille, Specs, Aerodactyl, and Starmie were all released into different parts of the complex maze. The room was large, so there was just barely enough room for Aerodactyl to spread his wings, while the other pokemon would have plenty of space to move around. With a chime, the match began, and Starmie immediately began by rolling forward to her first intersection. Misty watched with confidence as her pokemon stopped and looking around; the floor had the symbol for Fire it, instantly recognizable to one who had taken down many Fire-types in her day. The path ahead of her was painted with a feather, while to the left, there was a leaf, to the right, a stone, and in the direction she had just come from, a fist.<br><br>Misty didn't even need to say anything, as even her Starmie was smart enough to know Rock was strong against Fire and immediately turned right, heading down to the next intersection. With Starmie working out the challenges herself, the other pokemon would have to act fast to beat her to the prize.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>apygoos</strong> on <strong>05-01-2013, 22:14:40</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong>Skylar Rhodes<br><div class="floatleft">(http://s2.zerochan.net/Ezreal.240.1301413.jpg)<br></div><strong>Location:</strong>Old Douglasberg Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong>Hibana, Dr. Pierce, Lexi, Wild Encounter<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong>Bagon, Vibrava<br><br><hr><br>As they started to walk out, Skylar turned to the doctor, responding to her "well actually if you could-" His statement was cut off as he noted the Wild Dribur. "Bagon!" With a grunt, the dragon pokemon leapt into action, standing face to face with the wild pokemon. Skylar knew from his dads advice that most Ground pokemon that show themselves are of decent strength, never to udner estimate them. With Drilbur's speed though, he couldnt risk it getting away, he had to act. "Vibrava, make sure it cant escape! Bagon, use bite!" The bagon charges for attack, noting its claws, taking aim with his powerful jaws. Skylar was hoping to get a clear catch in nice and quick. They were trying to get out after all, but he wasn't leaving without this Drillbur.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sylia</strong> on <strong>06-01-2013, 17:19:42</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Hibana Tenjou<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Lexi, Skylar, Dr. Pierce, Wild encounter<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Riolu, Hitmonlee<br><br><hr><br>"Ahh don't worry about it, it's my job to do this kinda thing." Hibana spoke with a smile, chuckling lightly. "It's a good thing we did come down here, otherwise we probably wouldn't have found out about that man until much later."<br><br>As they moved up to the walkway again, they caught sight of a pokemon local. Hibana paused at the sight of the drillbur, but wasn't too surprised in seeing it. After all, now that that iron snake was gone, the pokemon that went into hiding were now starting to come out. Before she could say anything, Skylar jumped into action to attack it, making her think that he wanted to catch this one. Hibana decided to pay attention as watching a trainer in action could give her an interesting insight on how he battles when he eventually comes to her.<br><br>Sparing a glance at Lexi, Hibana considered possibly putting in a good word for her should an open spot appear. Despite what happened, she did still fight even while injured so that was rather admirable. Not to mention she knew her well enough to say she'd make good Gym Leader material.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ember Star</strong> on <strong>06-01-2013, 23:51:37</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/e9/Images-41.jpeg)</div> <strong>Name:</strong> Elektra Kandou <br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry<br><strong>Tagging</strong> The black haired female trainer, and Rae Ann (God-modding her to sleep).<br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Pichu (Sparkles (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/bc/PikachuColoredPichu-picsay.jpg)), Glaceon, and Azurill (egg) <br><br>Elektra was a bit taken back by the woman's first choice of words and the small framed girl searched for words to reply. "Well, uh, da, na." She gave up. Tongue tied is what she was, yet again, and she had been doing so well. Glaceon gave a growl to the woman and Sparkles had sparks coming outta her cheeks. Elektra considered putting one or the other up just in case. But then realized that they would be safer out, they could both run if they needed to instead of being trapped in a pokeball. <br><br>The woman's next move completely stunned Elektra. She was using her Pokemon against them!? Not that it surprised her given the fact the entire restaurant was asleep, but the do good, shy girl had never seen anybody do such a thing. Then she noticed the other girl yawn. Oh dear... Rae Ann was a few feet in front of her and got the blunt of the sleeping effect first. Elektra barely managed to grab the other girl's arm and guide her into a chair. Poor Elektra wasn't very strong, but luckily the girl wasn't very heavy. "Guard her, Glaceon." Elektra told the Ice Pokemon, the turned back to face the woman. <br><br>She shook her head, trying to shake away the bit of drowsiness that was hitting her. Luckily, the blunt of it had hit Rae Ann. If you could call it luck. Elektra had to do something. "Sparkles," she said and the Pokemon perked up, "use Thunder Wave on the Drowzee!" "Piiic-piiii!" The Pokemon replied then emitted a electrical shock from from its cheeks that headed towards the Drowzee. The hope was that Elektra could shock it outta of doing what it was doing and hopefully paralyze it. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Latooni Subota</strong> on <strong>08-01-2013, 04:47:17</strong>
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				Name: Elly MacDougal<br><br>Location: Douglasberg Casino<br><br>Tagging: Draven, Misty, Marcus<br><br>Current Pokemon: Scraggy, Krokorok<br>-------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>With the start of the match, Elly yawned as she watched Specs pop out of it's pokeball and looked confused for a second, before lunging down the path. In no time at all it came up to the first intersection, one with the black circle that represented Dark-type on the ground. To the right was the pink symbol for Psychic, the red symbol for Fire in the middle, and the brown fist symbol for Fighting to the left. Too too easy, for the Dark-type trainer.<br><br><strong>"Left!"</strong><br><br>Specs skidded to a stop, before rushing to the left alongside the fighting path. Elly was already looking past the path to the next intersection, mentally plotting out the course necessary for her pokemon to take in it's quest for victory. Like hell was she going to get beat in a test of intelligence, regardless of her pokemon's speed!
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkNevaeh</strong> on <strong>08-01-2013, 06:25:01</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a42/darknevaeh/youthinkdotcom_3244285_223866.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Lexi Noxkage<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Hibana, Encounter<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Nuzleaf, Zorua, Houndour, Sneek<br><br><br>Lexi grinned as the Drillbur appeared but Skylar jumped up to battle it.&nbsp; Hmm...Lexi stepped back next to Hibana to watch.&nbsp; The kid's Vibrava was of the ground type, but mostly this kid played with Dragons.&nbsp; Drillbur was different.&nbsp; Ground was its main type and if it lived down here, it was going to be a tough fight.<br><br>Looking over, Lexi gave the doctor a smile.&nbsp; "Let Skylar finish this battle and we will escort you back Doctor.&nbsp; Not everyday a wild Drillbur appears."&nbsp; She pulled out her phone, thank whatever gds that it wasnt broken, and sent a text to the the police, letting them know that the Doctor was safe and that she was being escorted back soon.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>09-01-2013, 19:36:50</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://moe.animecharactersdatabase.com/uploads/chars/5688-670803075.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Doctor Cedony Pierce<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg, Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Hibana, Skylar, Lexi<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> None<br><br><hr><br>The Drilbur quickly turned on the defensive as the young Dragon pokemon came charging toward it, holding up its limbs in protection of&nbsp; itself and receiving the nasty clamp of Bagon's jaw on its arms as a result of it. Squawking in pain, the mole threw Bagon off and brandished its sharp claws, good for digging and better for combat. The claws seemed to harden even further as the Drilbur leapt, their tips and sides becoming as solid as iron as it swung both paws down in a fierce Metal Claw attack on the offending dragon.<br><br>Hearing the sounds of battle, the doctor grew concerned that they were under attack of something dangerous, but Lexi's voice gave her a reassurance that there wouldn't be any more problems. "As long as we're safe, I don't mind waiting. I wouldn't want to leave this young man behind to take care of himself after he risked his life to help us," she responded politely, stepping back to listen to the battle.<br><br>===<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://moe.animecharactersdatabase.com/uploads/chars/thumbs/200/5688-2026575884.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> ? ? ?<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Ferry Restaurant<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elektra<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Drowzee, <em>Wobbuffet</em><br><br><hr><br>The black-haired woman frowned as only one of the Gym Leaders was put to sleep, her Drowzee focusing too much of its powerful Hypnosis attack on Rae Ann and not enough on Elektra. That wouldn't do at all, especially since the Glaceon looked to be the biggest threat of what they were facing. "Come on, now Drowzee," she scolded softly, tilting her head down at the tapir-like pokemon. "We need them both asleep, not just one," she ordered, noting as the trainer who was still awake sent her Pichu after her. The criminal just smirked, not thinking such a tiny baby of a pokemon would really pose any threat to a well-trained Drowzee. Unfortunately, a passionate and riled-up Electric type was capable of a lot more than she knew.<br><br>The small, focused electrical shocks traveled through the air like little insects and hit Drowzee on the chest right below the neck. Instantly, the Psychic type's assault with Hypnosis came to a stop, its stout body convulsing briefly before it froze. Quivering, the Drowzee stood with its eyes open wide, finding its own muscles unresponsive to every command it gave and every desire for retaliation. Once again, its trainer didn't seem very happy, not thinking the Sparkles had it in it to paralyze a much older and tougher pokemon, let alone one she raised up herself.<br><br>"Drowzee, push through it and hit that rat with Confusion," the girl commanded harshly, but no matter how hard her pokemon struggled to get its body to move, the paralysis was still too strong. After several seconds of effort, the tapir gave up, remaining still and leaving itself open to the next attack, if Elektra pushed to knock it out.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>apygoos</strong> on <strong>11-01-2013, 13:39:53</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong>Skylar Rhodes<br><div class="floatleft">(http://s2.zerochan.net/Ezreal.240.1301413.jpg)<br></div><strong>Location:</strong>Old Douglasberg Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong>Hibana, Dr. Pierce, Lexi, Wild Encounter<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong>Bagon, Vibrava<br><br><hr><br>"Here it comes! Bagon, counter attack with headbutt!" He knew the pokemon had considerable speed, but so did Bagon. Bagon let out a roar in acknowledgement , lowering its hard head, aiming to get a direct hit in on the Drillbur as it brought up its claws for attack. "Vibrava, keep on watch" The Vibrava stays where it is, watching the Drillbur. If the pokemon did try to dig away, Vibrava would be able to follow very effectively, thus why he still had Vibrava out to begin with. As for that manner of attack on the Drillbur, Skylar kept a fresh pokeball in hand, anticipating a good amount of damage on the Drillbur. If there was one thing that one coudl say he was his fathers son, it was in how he battled. Every move could be considered outlandish, but it was calculated, anticipated. He was able to do this in part thank to really knowing his pokemon well.&nbsp; Seeing their limits tested time and again, and pushing them further. "Follow it up with Return, Bagon!"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Karasu</strong> on <strong>11-01-2013, 17:24:16</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o129/rikuu_uchiha/RPG%20character/boy/owlboy.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Katsuo Katashi (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=144659.msg6516969#msg6516969)<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong>&nbsp; Cedric<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Eevee (Toshi), Kindlemurr, Natu (Baby)<br><br><hr><br>KAtsuo watched Cedric and kept a lookout.. "I should go find the captain and let him Know, this guy may have rigged the ship somehow.."<br><br><br>[I really don't know what to post here &gt;.&lt;]
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sylia</strong> on <strong>13-01-2013, 21:09:07</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Hibana Tenjou<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Skylar, Lexi, Dr. Pierce<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Riolu, Hitmonlee<br><br><hr><br>As Hibana took note of Skylar's fighting style, she hummed a bit as she evaluated the young man. He was able to stand up to that Steelix as well as having enough sense to follow orders.. he might turn out to make a good Gym Leader himself someday. But that's probably a ways off since there's no way an opening would pop up so soon, right? Noting Lexi called ahead to tell the others that they were safe, Hibana's thoughts went back to the events of not too long ago. <em>It seemed as if that man might've been with those people.. but then again he took no notice of me, so maybe not..</em> Hibana thought to herself, frowning a little. <em>Either way, seems something's about to start happening in our region..</em>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ember Star</strong> on <strong>15-01-2013, 01:39:57</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/e9/Images-41.jpeg)</div> <strong>Name:</strong> Elektra Kandou <br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry, restaurant <br><strong>Tagging</strong> The black haired female trainer <br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Pichu (Sparkles (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/bc/PikachuColoredPichu-picsay.jpg)), Glaceon, and Azurill (egg) <br><br>Elektra tensed and watched in wait, hoping that the Drowzee would be stopped in its tracks. When it was she let out the breath she had been holding. Had it not, it could've tried to put her asleep again, and she would've failed at saving these peoples Pokemon from this mad woman. She sent a silent prayer to the PokéGods that she only had the one and that she could faint it. If the woman didn't, or tried to use the other peoples Pokémon. Well, then Elektra would need help. <br><br>"Okay, now let's finish it off!" Elektra cheered to her Pichu and sent a nervous glare towards the woman. "You won't get away with this!"<br>&nbsp;"Pichu!" Her Pokemon agreed firmly. "Alright, use Thunder Shock on that Drowzee!" Elektra ordered and Sparkles did just that. Emitting a stronger jolt of electricity from her cheeks, this time enough to do actual damage, sending it aimed for the Drowzee 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>19-01-2013, 16:14:41</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://moe.animecharactersdatabase.com/uploads/chars/5688-670803075.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Doctor Cedony Pierce<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg, Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Hibana, Skylar, Lexi<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> None<br><br><hr><br>Drilbur's Metal Claw was woefully less effective than the wild pokemon would have hoped in this desperate situation. Following Skylar's orders, Bagon had immediately countered it with a Headbutt of his own before it could even land its strike, and while its hardened claws did land on Bagon's torso, the draconian hide was very thick and resilient toward even such a focused attack. Meanwhile, the Headbutt from the iron-like cranium of the young Dragon did quite a number on the Ground-type's squishy, mammalian hide, knocking it back and sending it rolling a couple times over the catwalk before it stopped on its belly. Raising itself after a few seconds, the Drilbur looked like it was just about ready to faint, but it wasn't giving up without one last attempt. Gathering its energy, the pokemon used Hone Claws, sharpening its steel-like appendages up, then charged toward Bagon with one more desperate Fury Swipes to try to put him down.<br><br>===<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://api.ning.com/files/mdHZvw03i*CGtsDN0LtfmUcgwnGEzcn1TYwBd-dIje3UhHDsWx0iVsng64hRwI31SfNV4pQJqB1nofG6HkqXVYVMMEycorew/Drayolagain.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Cedric Oleaster<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Ferry, Below Deck<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Katsuo<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Gloom (Priscilla), Turtwig<br><br><hr><br>"Hold on," Cedric told the other male almost instantly, before he had the chance to run off to try to find the captain. "I'll go with you. You don't have any pokemon to defend you, and that criminal could still be around here somewhere," the Grass type leader pointed out, still not thinking the area was safe until that man was caught. "Come on," he said, checking the hallway was clear before he took Katsuo out into the hallway. Quickly but alertly, he found the maintenance elevator which lead to each level of the ship, including near the bridge. "This should take you right up to the captain," the redhead explained, tapping the button to open the elevator. "Do me a favor," he went on, handing Turtwig's pokeball to the boy. "Heal him while you're up there."<br><br>===<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://moe.animecharactersdatabase.com/uploads/chars/thumbs/200/5688-2026575884.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> ? ? ?<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Ferry Restaurant<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elektra<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Drowzee, <em>Wobbuffet</em><br><br><hr><br>Still, the Drowzee couldn't manage to move its body as the Thundershock came in and struck it on the head, sending uncomfortable amounts of voltage through its body. It let out a low, almost lazy howl of pain as the electricity coursed through the entire portly body, a little darkened when the whole attack was completely. The woman watched expectantly as her Drowzee slowly wavered back and forth on its feed, not knowing if it was going to faint or if it was going to stay up. Finally, with a sharp pause, the dream eater regained its balance and shook the static out of its head, making the trainer grin as she realized it wasn't down yet.<br><br>"Alright, Drowzee," she started off with a violent glee, jabbing her pointer finger toward Sparkles. "Hit that Pichu with a Psybeam!" she commanded. This time, the paralysis wasn't enough to stop him from moving. Closing its eyes and waving its arms, the Drowzee channeled its psychic energy and fired a multicolored beam from its forehead, the fierce attack zeroing in on Sparkles.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>apygoos</strong> on <strong>22-01-2013, 01:52:08</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong>Skylar Rhodes<br><div class="floatleft">(http://s2.zerochan.net/Ezreal.240.1301413.jpg)<br></div><strong>Location:</strong>Old Douglasberg Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong>Hibana, Dr. Pierce, Lexi, Wild Encounter<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong>Bagon, Vibrava<br><br><hr><br>There it was, an opening, one last attack with reckless abandon. While Bagon shrugged off the last attack pretty well, Skylar saw the move with Hone Claws, and with an all out attack like this, he'd have to use a more indirect attack to end this.<br><br>"Bagon, dodge! Vibrava, pursuit!" "Vi!"The Vibrava that was playing spectator until now finally got his tag-in so to say, using its speed to strike from the shadows, landing the attack on the Drillbur's head. "good job guys!" Skylar then threw up the pokeball cand caught it in hand before throwing it at the target pokemon. "Go, Pokeball!" Now they waited to see if their efforts were successful Bagon, Vibrava, and Skylar all three looking intently at the shaking pokeball, which hopefully would retain their newest teammate.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Pink Professional</strong> on <strong>22-01-2013, 14:32:18</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/Limeyreptile/Marcus-1.png?t=1351026822)</div>Name: Marcus 'Marco' Carmac.<br><br>Location: Douglasberg Casino, Type-it-right Maze<br><br>Tagging: Draven, Misty, Elly<br><br>Current Pokémon: Aerodactyl, Topaz (Larvitar)<br><br>---------------------<br><br>The maze was about what Marcus had expected: tight for the wide wingspan of Aerodactyl, but an ideal format. The Prehistoric Pokémon had the distinct advantage of countless years of experience and instinct. In the days before Pokémon were caught, in the wild times, a Pokémon didn't rule the skies unless he knew what he could bite at and what could bite back at him. Combining that with his trainer's knowledge and Aerodactyl had as much a chance in this event as anyone else did.<br><br>When the Pokéball that housed Aerodactyl reached the bottom and activated the releasing mechanism, Aerodactyl sprung forth from the Pokéball with an excited screech. It loved to show off and what better way to show off than to feature in what would likely be the most viewed event of the entire games. Sure: it was only a second round event, but how often did you see four gym leaders clash? <br><br>After bellowing out its screech, Aerodactyl spread his wings, happy enough with the room to take flight and launch himself forward. Marco suspected that Aerodactyl would win a flat out 'foot' race, with the second place being fought over by the Ninetails and the Starmie, but this was no flat course. Speed would help, but Aerodactyl would need wits and to listen, lest he be caught in the maze's trap.<br><br>He reached the first divide in the maze, and Marcus knew he wouldn't have to utter a word. The image on the floor was the symbol of a bug type creature, and one of the preys that the prehistoric predator would thrive on in the wild times before. Looking at the four symbols; the wing, the snowdrop, the fist and the eye told him all the information he needed. He jumped towards the wing, slamming one of his talons into the door and pushing it open, surging forward with a predator's confidence.<br><br>"Good Job Aerodactyl."<br><br>The predatory hunter let out a triumphant screech, all but announcing his success so far.<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SargentToughie</strong> on <strong>22-01-2013, 16:13:55</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://moe.animecharactersdatabase.com/uploads/chars/4758-945808611.png)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Draven Nasarus<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Casino <br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elly, Marcus, Misty<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Lucille, Torchic<br><br><hr><br>Draven was almost insulted by the time that he arrived at the first juncture, seeing that it was just a symbol of the type that the user needed to 'beat' in order to move on to the next section. Naturally, when Lucille came across the purple glowing lines of the psychic type, she didn't even bat an eye before heading towards the bug symbol off to the left. If this was all that the maze consisted of, they might as well just consider it a footrace, since just about any gym leader even remotely worth their salt would be able to blaze through such simplistic maze of type advantages and weaknesses. However, once he came to the second turn he would be quite surprised to find that it consisted of a statement rather then a flat out picture.<br><br><em>I use claws that are hard to find.<br>I always leave a trail behind.<br>I am nocturnal by nature.<br>I have a clever way of capture.</em><br><br>Draven couldn't help but smirk just a little bit... This maze was starting to incorporate riddles now? Well this certainly spiced things up. "Claws that are hard to find..." Glancing at the types available Draven saw that bug made a return, as well as dark and normal being along with it. "Meowth uses claws that retract into his paws, and he leaves a trail of coins behind..." No... The second two sentences didn't apply to Meowth, that wouldn't make any sense since the little cat Pokemon wasn't nocturnal. Perhaps it would be that last sentence that would be his saving grace in figuring this out. Digging deep into his memories, Draven tried his hardest to come up with an answer that made sense for him. During this time, Torchic explored the podium that Draven was standing on, and let out a startled cry at a small spider that it had found before it fell over and was swept off it's feet in surprise. Looking down at the spider, it clicked in Draven's mind.<br><br>Ariados!<br>It's claws were hidden in it's legs<br>It left behind a silken trail of webs<br>It was nocturnal<br>It captured it's prey in it's silk line<br><br>Draven extended his hand outwards and commanded Lucille to head through the bug door, wondering what awaited them next.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkNevaeh</strong> on <strong>24-01-2013, 18:25:45</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a42/darknevaeh/youthinkdotcom_3244285_223866.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Lexi Noxkage<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Hibana, Encounter<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Nuzleaf, Zorua, Houndour, Sneek<br><br>Lexi watched in silence, taking in the battle and smiling at Hibana.&nbsp; As the second pokemon came in to attack, however, Lexi pursed her lips.&nbsp; The pokeball was already flying before she could pull out her protest...and who was she to..no wait.&nbsp; She was this city's assistant to the Gym Leader and a denizen of this underground area.&nbsp; If there was one thing that bothered her, it was anyone or anything that took advantage of those who dwelled here.&nbsp; <br><br>Shaking her head, she waited to see if the pokeball would stop fidgeting or if Drilbur would break free.&nbsp; Either way, she had some words for the newcomer.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ember Star</strong> on <strong>25-01-2013, 20:35:41</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/e9/Images-41.jpeg)</div> <strong>Name:</strong> Elektra Kandou <br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry, restaurant <br><strong>Tagging</strong> The black haired female trainer <br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Pichu (Sparkles (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/bc/PikachuColoredPichu-picsay.jpg)), Glaceon, and Azurill (egg) <br><br>"Oh no..." Elektra said softly. She knew it would hit a moment after hit was done. Sparkles was distracted, still bouncing around and celebrating her hit. Elektra tried to call out, to warn her to get out of the way. But it was a moment too late. "Sparkles!" The Pichu paused to look at its trainer. Wrong direction. By the time she saw what her trainer was talking about, the attack hit her full on. Hitting the Tiny Mouse Pokemon and knocking her backwards. "Pii...pichu" She said as she rubbed her little head. Elektra rushed over. Glad Sparkles was okay, but Psybeam had a 10% chance of causing confusion. She hoped that wasn't the case. "Are you okay!?" She asked the tiny Pokemon as she bent over it. Sparkles looked up and nodded. Elektra breathed a sigh of relief. It didn't looked like Sparkles was confused. "Can you continue?" She asked. Sparkles nodded firmly. "Pichu!" "Good!" Elektra said then stood back up to face the woman. "You're going down!" She confirmed as she put her hands on her hips. <br><br>She glance once more at Sparkles who had gotten to her feet and was facing the Dowzee with a determined look in her eyes. "Sparkles, use Thunder Shock again on that Drowzee!" Elektra said as she pointed towards the enemy Pokemon. Her Pokemon gave a confirmational firm nod and and repeated her previous attack...
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sylia</strong> on <strong>26-01-2013, 17:48:26</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Hibana Tenjou<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Lexi, Skylar, Dr. Pierce<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Riolu, Hitmonlee<br><br><hr><br>Hibana noted Lexi's expression and want to object, but said nothing about it. This wasn't her area, after all so she really had no say in it. Both Riolu and Hitmonlee seemed to be focusing on keeping watch of the surrounding area just to ensure that no other pokemon snuck up on them. Stretching a little, Hibana sighed softly while glancing back at Dr. Pierce. It had to be pretty annoying to lose such a valuable stone like she did. Maybe she'll accompany her down here to see if they can find another. But of course if they did, she'd make sure she'd be ready for anything.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>02-02-2013, 18:41:30</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/2/20/VSMisty.png)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Misty<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Casino<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Draven, Elly, Marco<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Starmie<br><br><hr><br>Misty thought she had had the edge with Starmie's intelligence advantage, but the mistress of Water-type pokemon was starting to see that these three greenhorns were no slouches. Even when they got to the next stage of the challenge, the riddles where they had to decipher the specific pokemon being written about, they were figuring it out faster than she had expected. Lucille reached her riddle a few moments ahead of Starmie, but Misty put all of her determination into solving her own as quickly as possible; she wasn't going to lose to a Fire-type Gym Leader, that was for sure.<br><br><em>At first they call me lady<br>Then they call me lord<br>I travel with the flowers past the snow<br>To get my life's reward</em><br><br>Too easy. Again, Misty didn't even need to say a word to Starmie before the mysterious pokemon launched itself straight forward toward the path marked by a lightning bolt. Goldeen was often called a "Sea Queen," and once one involved into Seaking, it would travel upriver with the flowers of spring to mate, and get "life's reward": children. It almost felt like cheating that they gave her a riddle about a Water pokemon, but that was Ellie's fault if she didn't want it to be that way.<br><br>Things got a little more serious when each of the trainers had passed their riddle and all of their paths ended up at corners of the same large chamber, with one exit door at the north of the room. Before each of the four pokemon sat three large, black panels, each only visible to the pokemon, and above each one was a large screen. Consequently four control panels rose up in front of the Gym Leaders themselves, hidden to each others view. As soon as all four pokemon were in position, each panel in front of each pokemon lit up with a Type, and the screens in front of the Gym Leaders showed the same thing.<br><br>Even without an explanation, Misty quickly figured out the goal; to pick the Type that would be able to beat out whichever ones your opponents picked, or at least do the best against most of them. Before her, she had Electric, Rock, and Steel. While not offensively the strongest, she knew Steel was easily the safest option to start with and touched the symbol on her screen with confidence. Down below, the panel displaying Steel brightened for Starmie and the pokemon instinctively tapped the panel itself, upon which all four screens above the pokemon lit up and started counting down from 5. With one red light above each pokemon, it looked like losing one round meant going out.<br><br>===<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://moe.animecharactersdatabase.com/uploads/chars/5688-670803075.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Doctor Cedony Pierce<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg, Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Hibana, Skylar, Lexi<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> None<br><br><hr><br>Not anticipating the double-team it would be getting from both Bagon and Vibrava, the wild Drilbur took Vibrava's strike right on its head, the solid thwack making a decent echo in the vast, empty sunken city. Its fighting definitely looked like it was over; the Ground-type pokemon wavered back and forth on its stubby legs, heavily dazed before it flopped forward onto its round belly, its muzzle sticking out in an expression of near-unconsciousness. It didn't move before the pokeball landed straight on its back and pulled it out, the cheap yet incredible piece of technology sucking it in and falling to the walkway with a soft clang.<br><br>Even the blind Doctor Pierce seemed to be watching intently as the little red and white ball rocked back and forth a couple times, twitching as the wild pokemon tried to free itself again. After several tries, though, the pokeball finally slowed and then stopped, a few tense seconds passing before it let out the sound to show Drilbur had been caught. The blonde woman smiled, as even she recognized that sound. "Congratulations. I hope you'll take good care of him after all of that."<br><br>===<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://moe.animecharactersdatabase.com/uploads/chars/thumbs/200/5688-2026575884.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> ? ? ?<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Ferry Restaurant<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elektra<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Drowzee, <em>Wobbuffet</em><br><br><hr><br>The fact that the Psybeam hadn't done the job and just knocked the baby pokemon out in one hit was infuriating to the woman. With her Drowzee's attack expended, she could only watch as her Psychic type took another Thundershock to the chest, wailing as it got shocked yet again. This time, though, the hit put it down, dropping the stout pokemon fat on its back, where it muttered its name one more time before fainting.<br><br>Scowling fiercely, the female called Drowzee back to its pokeball without a consideration of its condition after that attack, tucking the ball into her bag. "Looks like Wobbuffet and Drowzee weren't enough for you, huh? Well, I'll tell you what..." she sneered, keeping her hand in her bag until she pulled out one more pokeball, one that was black on both top and bottom, and with silver symbols etched all over its surface. "Let me leave now, and I won't 'hurt' anyone else or take anything. Try to take me in, and I release what's inside here and really do some damage. Your choice," she threatened, thinking the timid woman before her wouldn't want to see any more harm being done, even if that meant letting her go.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>apygoos</strong> on <strong>06-02-2013, 20:35:31</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong>Skylar Rhodes<br><div class="floatleft">(http://s2.zerochan.net/Ezreal.240.1301413.jpg)<br></div><strong>Location:</strong>Old Douglasberg Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong>Hibana, Dr. Pierce, Lexi, Wild Encounter, John Rhodes<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong>Bagon, Vibrava<br><br><hr>" Alllright, we did it guys!" He jumped up, his voice filling the cave as he went to pick up the newly attained Drillbur. Bagon and Vibrava were jumping and making sounds of celebration. The celebration wouldn't be too long lived however, when with a mighty thud before them, a great and pwoerful Salamence appeared, letting out a roar for all to hear as its wings stretched its full span, as if an intimidation tactic. Vibrava and Skylar promptly let out a yelp. The Bagon though looked at it as if it looked familiar. <br>(http://pldh.net/media/dreamworld/373.png)<br><br>All the while though there was a man watching distantly from behind the group. Upon the Salamence's arrival, the man stepped forward, straight towards Skylar, and smacked him good and hard upside the head.<br>(http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs26/i/2008/076/6/a/Pokemon_Trainer__Figs_by_Selvix.png)<br>"Ow!" Skylar let out a yell as he was smacked.<br>"Didn't like that, did you?" Said the man, as the Bagon soon let out a happy yell running to the Salamence. "Now how do you think that Drillbur Felt? I raised you to be a champion. Champions don't play under handed. If it was a double battle, that may have been one thing, however, that was a wild Drillbur. As far as it was concerned Bagon was just as intimidating as Salamence."<br><br>"Dad?!"<br><br>"Never under estimate the strength of your pokemon. You could have easily had Bagon brace and counter attack with Return."<br><br>Skylar's face immediately turned as if he felt bad, looking at his newly acquired teammate in hand, letting out a sigh. The Bagon seemed to be happy having a reuniting moment with his mother. <br><br>"Either way. Look forward, learn from your mistakes and grow with your team. Trust me on this Skylar, One doesn't get thirty-two badges and three league championships without making plenty of mistakes, but the key is learning.."<br><br>"So what, you here to make the badge count 40 or something?"<br><br>"Not exactly..I heard the Testso league was seeking an 8th gym leader, I was curious to see if you would go and try your hand. I saw a Metagross and Steelix come out from here, i was looking for you before that caught my attention, I came in to see what the ruckus was down here. Leave it up to you Skylar to dive into the dirt and get your hands dirty as soon as you could" He gives his son a firm pat on the back as he turns to the others. "I trust everyone is okay? I've got supplies if anyone needs it"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sylia</strong> on <strong>07-02-2013, 19:24:21</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Hibana Tenjou<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Skylar, Lexi, Dr. Pierce, John<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Riolu, Hitmonlee<br><br><hr><br>"Huh, so you're his father.. Oh! I'm Gym Leader Hibana." Hibana spoke appraisingly, smiling and giving a light bow at John, with her pokemon doing the same. "I'm kinda glad it was you that reprimanded him since this wasn't my area to really complain about it. I'm sure Lexi felt the same way."<br><br>Then something made her pause for a moment. "Oh, but I think I'll have to correct you. There are currently eight gym leaders already, so unless something unforseen happens, there's no slots available at the moment." She spoke, correcting the older man's information. "But I'm actually curious as to how Skylar'll do as a trainer for now. You can say he's caught my eye."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ember Star</strong> on <strong>14-02-2013, 07:10:57</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/e9/Images-41.jpeg)</div> <strong>Name:</strong> Elektra Kandou <br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry, restaurant <br><strong>Tagging</strong> The black haired female trainer <br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Pichu (Sparkles (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/bc/PikachuColoredPichu-picsay.jpg)), Glaceon, and Azurill (egg) <br><br>Elektra wasn't sure what to do. She thought the woman should be turned over to the police, but at the same time, all she really wanted was for the woman to leave without stealing or doing anymore harm. That PokeBall intrigued the shy collector of rare Pokemon though. It was so beautiful, so mysterious, so curious. She almost wanted to continue to confront the woman in order to see what that PokeBall held. She knew that was a bad idea though. She was pretty much down to one Pokemon since Sparkles really had taken a heavy hit that last attack, and she didn't want to take any chances with whatever was in the PokeBall. Even if the woman was buffing and there was nothing in it. Elektra wasn't one to take unnecessary risks. <br><br>"Go then." She told the woman. "Leave the stolen Pokemon on the table and go. I will not stop you." Sparkles looked slightly disappointed at her trainer's words. But then again, the Tiny Mouse Pokemon could barely stand up straight, so instead sat at Elektra's ankle and rubbed its head. Elektra just hope the woman would leave peacefully without taking or harming as she had promised...
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Latooni Subota</strong> on <strong>14-02-2013, 19:01:51</strong>
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				Name: Elly MacDougal<br><br>Location: Douglasberg Casino<br><br>Tagging: Draven, Misty, Marcus<br><br>Current Pokemon: Scraggy, Krokorok<br>-------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>With Specs arrival at the most-recent stage of the competition, Elly sighed. There really wasn't much fun in this event, considering that it was just general typing knowledge. Any graduate of a proper pokemon academy could figure that stuff out . . . and Elly was top of her class. Though, memorizing all the riddle answers ahead of time helped.<br><br>When the black screens rose up and flickered on, Elly frowned at what was displayed. Ghost, Flying, Dark, and Poison. As she thought about what was there on her list, she knew that at first glance she wanted to pick her own gym's type. In the end though, she felt like she was better off going with the Ghost type just to be safe. So, still having that annoyed frown on her face, she locked in her choice for Ghost.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SargentToughie</strong> on <strong>17-02-2013, 21:46:44</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://moe.animecharactersdatabase.com/uploads/chars/4758-945808611.png)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Draven Nasarus<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Casino <br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elly, Marcus, Misty<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Lucille, Torchic<br><br><hr><br>Draven crossed his arms, humming gently under his breath as he shut his eyes and tried his best to think of the solution to this particular problem. So he had to pick a type that had the most diverse offensive stats against opposing types, apparently. Funny, because he had no way of knowing what his opponents would be picking, so he just had to bank on the diversity of type advantages and hope that he got lucky. Well, they WERE taking part in this contest in a casino, after all, so he shouldn't be particularly surprised to see that there was a little bit of gambling involved. Looking down at his types, he noted that he was given Dark, Electric, and Fighting. <br><br>Well this was going to be interesting, since he knew that fighting was only really practical for taking down psychic types, so that was out. Electric, on the other hand, also had a bit of a narrow pool of super effective relationships. As such, the decision for him was rather easy and he locked in his decision as a large orange fist appeared on his screen. Looking at the other people's results, he knew that he got lucky when Misty selected the steel type, but then again, Elly had selected ghost, which was about as hard of a counter as one could imagine, fighting types not even being able to touch ghost. Then again, ghost was also weak against steel, so the 3 were in a 3 way tie.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>20-02-2013, 06:43:39</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://moe.animecharactersdatabase.com/uploads/chars/5688-670803075.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Doctor Cedony Pierce<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg, Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Hibana, Skylar, Lexi, John<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> None<br><br><hr><br>Since this wasn't really her area of expertise, nor her business in the first place, Doctor Pierce just kept her thoughts to herself as Skylar captured the Drilbur and ended up being scolded by a new, rather veteran-sounding man who appear just in time to witness it. It sounded like he was mad at his son for not showing enough faith that his Bagon could take the other pokemon down. Seemed reasonable enough to her, but she didn't really know that much about the ethics of catching pokemon. You could always just send out more, anyway, so it was never really a fair fight for the wild one.<br><br>"Excuse me, sir," the historian interrupted the trio of trainers, adjusting the glasses she clearly wore just for fashion. "I happen to know a couple members of the Tetso Elite Four. I could introduce you, if you want, so they could see if they want you. It's the least I could do after your son helped defend me," the doctor offered.<br><br>---<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://moe.animecharactersdatabase.com/uploads/chars/thumbs/200/5688-2026575884.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> ? ? ?<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Ferry Restaurant<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elektra<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Drowzee, <em>Wobbuffet</em><br><br><hr><br>The lady trainer smirked as Elektra gave in to her threatening demand for safe passage, tucking the highly unique pokeball back into her bag for safe-keeping. "You made the right choice," the woman told her, taking the large bag of ordinary, stolen pokeballs and setting it onto the table, where the top flipped open and spilled some of the contents out onto the surface. It looked like she hadn't managed to keep any of them, if she was even truly interested in doing so. "You really didn't want to see what I had in there. Even I'm a bit scared of it."<br><br>Walking toward Elektra, the thief surely put Sparkles and Glaceon on edge, but she just brushed past the Gym Leader, sneaking her hand out the door just long enough to recall her Wobbuffet. A slick move, since no one outside even seemed to notice her doing it until she was already back in the room. "Take care of yourself, sweetie. If I know my job, we'll be seeing each other again eventually," she joked as she strode across the room, slipping out of the restaurant through one of the unguarded back windows. There were only so many places one could hide on a cruise ship, but she wasn't likely to be found.<br><br>Just a few moments later, the blonde trainer from before stepped inside, taking a quick assessment of the situation; Elektra, the tired Sparkles, the unconscious Rae Ann (not to mention the rest of the civilians), the bag of pokeballs, but all without the thief in sight. "Did they get away?" he quickly asked, ready to spring into action if he needed to go after someone. It all depended on what Elektra told him.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>apygoos</strong> on <strong>20-02-2013, 14:21:14</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong>Skylar Rhodes<br><div class="floatleft">(http://s2.zerochan.net/Ezreal.240.1301413.jpg)<br></div><strong>Location:</strong>Old Douglasberg Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong>Hibana, Dr. Pierce, Lexi, Wild Encounter, John Rhodes<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong>Bagon, Vibrava<br><br><hr>John would grin, "That sounds fantastic. I would say lets not waste any time and get a move on but," He turns back to Skylar, "This is your gig son, your call. My advice? Go and meet them. Normally you don't see any of them unless you have 8 badges. An opportunity to see the regions most powerful trainers in person shouldn't be passed up on." John really waned to meet them. With his accomplishments and victories, John could easily take on a role of a gym leader, or an elite 4, but this was his son's time to shine. John would stick around at least until this meeting was over.<br><br>Skylar thought it over a moment, looking back to the other two gym leaders before replying to the doctor, "That sounds great. At this point I'd say that's a good reason to get moving." He turned to the two gym leaders, his eyes lingering on Hibana and Lexi a little longer than he intended before the slightest blushed smile come onto him. "you sticking around with us Ladies?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Pink Professional</strong> on <strong>20-02-2013, 14:41:31</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/Limeyreptile/Marcus-1.png?t=1351026822)</div>Name: Marcus 'Marco' Carmac.<br><br>Location: Douglasberg Casino, Type-it-right Maze<br><br>Tagging: Draven, Misty, Elly<br><br>Current Pokémon: Aerodactyl, Topaz (Larvitar)<br><br>---------------------<br><br>As Aerodactyl glided through the maze, quietly confident and assured of it's prowess, Marcus simply felt a sense of anticipation and annoyance. He was stuck in a situation that was mostly out of his control. He didn't like these sorts of contests personally. It stifled creativity and forced him to take the 'conventional' route. Conventions were something he strived to crush under his heel; Conventions had him being a pebble, conventions would doom him to being that stepping stone. A fate he refused to be shackled to with every fibre of his being.<br><br>It took the loud screech of his Aerodactyl to snap Marcus out of his own thoughts. The Hunter had reached a point that needed his attention and Marcus had seemingly dosed off. He looked up to see a riddle and read it out, rushing to make up the time he'd wasted.<br><br><em>I start in modesty, A start so slow<br>But soon my truest of powers show<br>through symbiosis, top or tail<br>I become a genius, without fail.</em><br><br>Looking at the riddle, Marcus could see why Aerodactyl was stumped. The riddle was mostly confusing and was a more giving Marcus more delay. It took him a second to pick up on the facts; The key word that caught him was the 'Symbiosis'. Very few Pokemon were affected by something so complex as symbiosis. Yet their was enough that no answer was immediately present. Then he recalled the first line and just sighed at his stupidity. <br><br>"Aerodactyl, Take the Electric path."<br><br>The Four paths branched out as Electric, Fighting, Ghost and Rock. The Riddle Pokemon was most certainly a water Pokemon, at the start at least. Slowpoke would soon evolve into a Water-Psychic Pokemon. Aerodactyl surged forward, entering the same room as the other 3 contestants last, leading Marcus to swear loudly at his own wondering mind. It was unusual for him to be so distracted but it had seemingly not cost him too much.<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sylia</strong> on <strong>24-02-2013, 23:16:28</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Hibana Tenjou<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Lexi, Dr. Pierce, Skylar, John<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Riolu, Hitmonlee<br><br><hr><br>Hibana thought it over, then shook her head. "No, I need to stick around here since we'll be open for business soon, so to speak." Hibana spoke with a small smile, "I'm sure you'll do fine by yourself. If there happens to be an opening, stop through again, we'll do lunch!"<br><br>Turning to the good doctor, Hibana began to speak again. "I'll accompany you all until we get back to the surface, alright? But let's not stick around here any longer than necessary, we had some trouble earlier that we need to inform the right people about." With a gesture and a small word to Dr. Pierce, she planned on heading back towards the surface post haste.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>02-03-2013, 19:31:27</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/2/20/VSMisty.png)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Misty<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Casino<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Draven, Elly, Marco<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Starmie<br><br><hr><br>As the four Gym Leaders put their choices in and each one's pokemon touched the corresponding panel, the lights grew very dim down in the contest chamber. The lights in each panel shifted off and the mechanical displays lowered back down into the floor, but before anyone could assume the expensive machinery had just broken, a fierce, warlike techno beat broke out in the chamber and in the auditorium itself, the dark room suddenly illuminated by a flashing miasma of colors that appeared on all four screens above the pokemon. The whole thing was so gaudy and overdramatized that a person with taste could hardly stand to look at it for too long, but for now, all eyes were focused on finding out who the winner of this contest was going to be.<br><br>Specs' screen was the first to quit flashing the entire rainbow as one color suddenly dominated the rest, a quick flash of white receding into darkness as the crescent symbol of Dark type pokemon took over the screen. With Elly's chosen Type shown to all, streams of neon black light shot out from beneath the Krokorok's feet and followed lines in the floor to all three other opponents. The first platform to be struck was Starmie's, but the result was a resounding metal sound like the striking of a gong. "IT'S NOT VERY EFFECTIVE!" a deep voice called out over the speakers, a single point appearing in the upper right corner of Misty's screen. The orange-haired Gym Leader laughed and lifted her chin triumphantly. "Better luck next time, right?"<br><br>The next two "attacks" struck without much fanfare at all, and two single points appeared on Elly's own screen; a meager total. With Misty up next, the display showed the proud icon of Steel type and sent out three silvery attacks to the three opponents, but none were super effective, nor were they not very effective. Still, the Water-type master seemed proud of herself as she brought in 3 more points, bringing herself to a total of four and counting, if the other two used not very effective types.<br><br>Draven came up next. Despite all the loud noises and incredibly exaggerated lighting, Lucille would probably keep a cool had as the fissure symbolizing Ground type appeared above her head. A strong offensive type, and as the attacks went out, a loud shatter came from Starmie's platform being struck, almost enough to hurt the ears. "IT'S SUPER EFFECTIVE!" the voice shouted, breaking Misty's stride as Draven raked in four points to match her own; one from Elly, one from Marco, and two for the strength of Ground over Steel.<br><br>With Draven and Misty tied for the lead, it all came down to what Marco did to decide the winner. Aerodactyl probably felt like he couldn't lose at that point, even though the game was entirely out of his hands (or wings) by now. It was all up to his master, but he knew his master would choose well. Building up dramatically, orange light build up on the screen over the prehistoric bird's head, but it wasn't quite the same orange used by the Fire type. Before the reveal, all three attacks flashed out, the light flaring up from the floor harding than it had previously, but just before the streams struck, they stopped. Seconds passing in anticipation as the light swirled on Marco's screen, and then the fearsome symbol of a fist crashed through and the lights struck the platforms.<br><br>Two loud shatters echoed at the same time and the announcement played twice over itself. Fighting did regular damage to Ground, but DOUBLE damage to both Steel and Dark. The numbers appeared in gold on Marco's screen, counting up slowly at first: one...two...<em>three four FIVE!</em> The terrifying lights and music began again, but this time from the screen above Aerodactyl's head as the first icon was overtaken by an animated golden crown with "WINNER" written on it, like some overdone slot machine. <br><br>While it wasn't exactly a staggering defeat, the most veteran of the four trainers still seemed in shock that she had lost to chance. "Come on, that was all random chance!" she complained, giving a glare toward Elly, as if she were somehow at fault for the design of the contest. Really, if she had been, she probably wouldn't have come in last place, but Misty didn't give that any thought. After a few moments, though, she sighed and lowered her folded arms, bringing a smile to her face as she looked over at the other three. "Sorry. Good contest, Mr. Rock-type," she said, forgetting Marco's actual name. All in all, it looked like she ready to be a good sport as Aerodactyl was brought out of the maze first and showered with attention from the audience.<br><br>===<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://moe.animecharactersdatabase.com/uploads/chars/5688-670803075.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Doctor Cedony Pierce<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg, Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Hibana, Skylar, Lexi, John<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> None<br><br><hr><br>Hearing that Hibana was directing her voice toward her, Dr. Pierce gave the woman a small nod. She hadn't been harmed in the attack by the mechanical Metagross or the Steelix, but all the same, whatever those people wanted with those stones couldn't be good. It might require stronger trainers than Hibana, Lexi, and Skylar to take down a pokemon that fearsome, too, but she hadn't lost faith that the Gym Leaders would be able to protect her and get the bottom of whatever that man wanted. It was their job now.<br><br>With the threat to the underground ruin resolved, leaving Old Douglasberg was substantially easier than arriving. Once they were in the first layer of the concrete tunnels, there were no more scared, wild pokemon to get in the way, so the rest of the walk back up to the surface was quick and dull. As the group opened the doors out of the tour terminal, the sun must have been like a violent flare to their eyes after spending so much time down in the dark, with Dr. Pierce being the only one not to shield her eyes for at least a moment. The only relief was when a large shadow was cast over them, an impressive form rooting itself in front of the group.<br><br>"Looks like you kids are going to need a little more training," stated a confident voice, strong with an Unovan accent. Wondering why the people around her had stopped moving forward, Dr. Pierce suddenly perked up. "Mr. Mathis! I was wondering when you were going to get here." As the stinging effect of the sunlight wore off, the man took shape before them: well over six feet tall, bronzed skin, spiked blonde hair, wearing Army fatigue pants, a green tank top, and solid black sunglasses over a cocky smile. He wasn't a hard man to recognize.<br><br>"If the scrubs can't handle a mission like this, they're going to face Hell working under me!"<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header"> Elite Four Colonel Surge - The Lightning American!</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div class="floatright">(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/8/8f/HeartGold_SoulSilver_Lt_Surge.png)</div><br>One of the most fearsome Gym Leaders in the world, Major Surge is more than just an ordinary trainer; the man is a warrior. While most trainers start out taking part in safe, controlled battles with nothing but a bit of money and pride on the line, Surge got his first taste of battling when he served as both an Army CO and an Air Force pilot during the war. More than once, his Electric pokemon saved his life by powering his planes or paralyzing an enemy for him, and to him, there's no more reliable type of pokemon out there. When the war ended and he left Unova to travel east, the only thing he took with him were his pension, his old uniform, and the most trusted of the pokemon that fought with him, his own Pikachu.<br><br>With nothing but this Pikachu (who later became a Raichu), Surge worked his way up to becoming a Gym Leader in Kanto, and one of the toughest to be found there for many years. He earned much respect for putting trainers to their first true test with the traps in his Gym, and other leaders who knew how to fight, such as Koga, saw him as a worthy equal. With Surge around, Vermillion City was one of the few areas in the region where Team Rocket could never find a foothold, as the man in charge taught the citizens to fend off crime even on their own.<br><br>Some few years after the titling of Kanto's first Indigo League Champion, a young boy in red, Surge left his post to take part in a multinational effort to track down and break up Team Rocket smuggling cells connecting the Asian and North American regions. For the great amount of help he gave, Surge was honorarily promoted to the rank of Colonel by the US government. After a tough career, the military man was ready to retire completely from being a Gym Leader and start traveling again with his new pokemon, but when the man founding the Seastorm League approached Mathis, he couldn't pass up an opportunity like this. Now, it was time to be the drillmaster again for a new circuit of Gym trainers!</div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sylia</strong> on <strong>07-03-2013, 01:29:49</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Hibana Tenjou<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Dr. Pierce, Lexi, Skylar, John, and Surge<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Riolu, Hitmonlee<br><br><hr><br>Hibana felt like mouthing off to Colonel Surge, but thought better of it as being a Gym Leader she was supposed to set a good example. Maybe she did need more training.. it couldn't hurt. Either way, She relayed all the important details about what went on down there and how things turned out. "I may have failed to keep that stone from falling into unknown hands, but I don't regret placing the lives of others above such." She spoke firmly, staring up at Surge resolutely once she adjusted to the light.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Latooni Subota</strong> on <strong>08-03-2013, 00:10:00</strong>
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				Name: Elly MacDougal<br>Location: MY CASINO<br>Tagging: Draven, Marco, Misty<br>Current Pokemon: Scraggy, Krokorok<br>--------------------------------------------<br><br><strong>"Well, luck is a part of skill they say . . . though I am VERY glad to see someone other than me winning. People would accuse me of favoritism if I won all the time."</strong><br><br>Well, okay, the truth was since she'd only thought of dragging Draven down at the last minute, she hadn't had a chance to set up her preparations for fixing the matches in her favor. Still, nobody needed to know that, right? Elly did her best to try and be a gracious host, congratulating Marco in the meantime.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Pink Professional</strong> on <strong>08-03-2013, 01:29:14</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/Limeyreptile/Marcus-1.png?t=1351026822)</div>Name: Marcus 'Marco' Carmac.<br><br>Location: Douglasberg Casino, Type-it-right Maze<br><br>Tagging: Draven, Misty, Elly<br><br>Current Pokémon: Aerodactyl, Topaz (Larvitar)<br>__________________________________________<br><br>Marco was unsure of what to do when he locked in the Fighting type. It was a game of luck and win or lose, their would still be a lot of questions unanswered. Personally he would have preferred battling, with the winning or losing attached, in a more definitive manor. Yet he'd won his second event now. That would probably put him pretty high on the leader board, which was pretty damn pleasing: and he knew of one other person who would enjoy the win, despite how little it had to do with either his skill or his Pokemon's.<br><br>As the other trainers seemed to converge towards him, Marcus watched with a certain amount of amusement as the Kanto gym leader showed a rather interesting hotheaded frustration at losing. She attempted to vent towards the cute dark leader, but it didn't really seem to affect anyone much. Hell, Elly seemed to simply shrug off the comment with a sly smile.<br><br>"Thanks Elly, Thanks Miss-Water-lady." Marco was happy to let out a little cocky jibe towards the Misty. She had already forgotten his name, which, admittedly, annoyed him a great deal.<br><br>Aerodactyl, in the meantime, was flapping his wings and rising, eating up the adoration and respect of the crowd. It was the Predator's pride that had him eating up the love of others. Eventually though, the Hunter flew towards his master and landed with a certain glow about him. Victory, it seems, suited the Aerodactyl. Marco placed a hand on his partner's snout, giving him a bit of physical attention. "Good job buddy."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SargentToughie</strong> on <strong>08-03-2013, 03:34:23</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://moe.animecharactersdatabase.com/uploads/chars/4758-945808611.png)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Draven Nasarus<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Casino <br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elly, Marcus, Misty<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Lucille, Torchic<br><br><hr><br>Draven sighed, taking a moment to adjust his glasses and compose himself before as the flurry of lights almost inspired a laugh out of him with just how over the top the whole thing seemed. The audience probably ate it up though, despite the fact that Draven could never imagine having suck a terrible sense of taste. "Well that's frustrating... Second time in a row that I've come close to winning, only to just barely come up short..." Glancing up at the leaderboards, Draven most certainly took note of the fact that his 2 consecutive second place finishes had stacked him quite high up, and it wouldn't take a great deal of effort for him to dethrone Marco with a concrete victory. Of course, despite the fact that he vocalized frustrations about his placement, his tone of voice was just as neutral and relaxed as ever. "Well, I suppose we'll just have to step up our game next round."<br><br>Lucille was just as calm as Draven was in their second defeat. Once the light show was over, the Ninetales let out a small yawn and curled up while she waited for the event to continue. Not much to do at this point, after all.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>apygoos</strong> on <strong>11-03-2013, 09:32:14</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong>Skylar Rhodes<br><div class="floatleft">(http://s2.zerochan.net/Ezreal.240.1301413.jpg)<br></div><strong>Location:</strong>Old Douglasberg Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong>Hibana, Dr. Pierce, Lexi, Colonel Surge, John Rhodes<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong>Bagon, Vibrava<br><br><hr>"Well well well, if it isn't the shocking Unovan Surge" John started boldly, stepping forward. Skylar instantly had a nervous look on his face, hoping his dad wasn't going to get him in trouble before he could even get going. "Seems like you've moved up in the world, I'm one to assume your Raichu has treated you as well as the years have. I'd love to challenge you again, but I dont think I have another league in me, at least not right now. Besides, I just came to see If my son here was going for the 8th gym leader position, but apparently my news was out dated."<br><br>Skylar decided to finally speak up to the Colonel, "I did all I could to help sir, but a Steelix and a mechanized Metagross were just too much to handle when the life of another was on the line. Your gym leaders did outstandingly and everything in their power and duty to make sure the doctor was safe." Skylar had learned a bit as to how to address the higher up League officials. He was his fathers legacy after all, and he was one to assume that expectations for him, no matter what he did, was extremely high. Bagon marched up to Skylar's side and seem to speak in confirmation of Skylar's words "Ba ba, Bagon, Bagon!"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ember Star</strong> on <strong>11-03-2013, 20:49:41</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/e9/Images-41.jpeg)</div> <strong>Name:</strong> Elektra Kandou <br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry, restaurant <br><strong>Tagging</strong> The blonde trainer <br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Pichu (Sparkles (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/bc/PikachuColoredPichu-picsay.jpg)), Glaceon, and Azurill (egg) <br><br>Sacred of it herself? That was a highly unusual&nbsp; thing to say. A trainer should never fear their Pokemon. Trust was what made the union and teamwork between trainer and Pokemon work. Perhaps this woman was not a proper trainer. Well... she kinda already knew that, she was a thief. But even thieves and bandits were not usually afraid of their Pokemon. Elektra became curiouser and curiouser about what exactly was in that PokeBall. However, she young Gym Leader didn't say anything. Her big gray eyes simply watched the woman leave silently, Glaceon giving her a slight low growl as she disappeared out the door. <br><br>The reappearance of the blonde trainer took Elektra by surprise, somewhat. She had not expected anybody to appear so suddenly. <em>Mere moments late.</em> She thought grumbly to herself before turning to face him. <br><br>"She agreed to go peaceful, so I let her. If I hadn't, she would've continued to attack, and I was not confident I could handle whatever she had next on my own. Especially with Sparkles in such poor condition." She told him as she picked up the unusually colored Tiny Mouse Pokemon, who was looking tired. Elektra wasn't even sure if she had any potions on her. She was sure she did back in her room though. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>16-03-2013, 08:16:30</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://moe.animecharactersdatabase.com/uploads/chars/5688-670803075.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Doctor Cedony Pierce<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg, Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Hibana, Skylar, Lexi, John, Col. Surge<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> None<br><br><hr><br>Surge furrowed his brow in confusion as the other grown man in front of him addressed him as if they knew each other, but it was around the time the man mentioned not having another league in him that the officer's memory of his past career came rushing back to him. "Well, it's good to see an old champion is still in action, at least," the Electric master joked with a friendly grin. Champions weren't exactly "in charge" of the various Pokemon Leagues in the same way that each Elite Four was, but there was still a certain amount of respect shown for them by the Gym Leaders they had beaten, even after said Champion had gone on to greener pastures and said Gym Leader was busy running a new league of his own. <br><br>"If you're wondering about Raichu, though, you should probably just ask him yourself," he told John, pulling an old and weathered pokeball from his belt and popping it open. With a beam of red light, his signature pokemon came out, a golden mouse pokemon that came up almost to Surge's waist; abnormally large, even for a fully grown Raichu. "Chu!" the Electric type stated in greeting, its fur bearing the marks of many hard-won battles against all sorts of powerful opponents. It looked like it had seen enough combat than most pokemon saw in four lifetimes, yet the happy and confident smile it wore said that its spirit was still stronger than ever.<br><br>With his most trusted pokemon busy greeting John for the first time in some years, the Colonel turned his attentions to the younger folk, especially the Gym Leader who had her gaze resolutely on him. "If you keep making excuses for yourself, how do you expect to get any stronger?" he asked Hibana, not really scolding her, but making a point. "We've already got more of that stone back at the League, but we don't know what it does yet. So as soon as we're done with the summit, you two are going to go and track that thing down. Understood?" he ordered. It was clear that Surge wasn't really acknowledging how well they did in saving Dr. Pierce, just how they could have done it even better. And if it was his job to mold the Gym Leaders, could anyone really blame him for that?<br><br>===<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/2/20/VSMisty.png)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Misty<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Casino<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Draven, Elly, Marco<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Starmie<br><br><hr><br>With the fanfare dying down and Aerodactyl having already rejoined its master, a shared elevator ride brought the other three pokemon back up out of the maze to be praised and consoled by their trainers. As she rolled over next to Misty, it was still a bit hard to actually tell what Starmie felt about anything that had just taken place, but she certainly didn't seem too down about it. It was hard to blame the pokemon for anything when it was the trainers that had chosen the types to gamble on, and even with all of the knowledge of type advantages in the world, there was still a lot of random chance left to it. Good thing there wasn't any money riding on the event.<br><br>Resting a hand atop one of Starmie's arms, Misty gave a small laugh as Marco referred to her as "Miss Water-lady." If she had thought he was serious in not knowing her name, she might have been a bit more mad. "Sorry, you meet a lot of people traveling. It can be hard to keep up with all the names," she explained, trying not to offend her fellow leader. As Aerodacyl arrived, she even stepped over and joined Marco in giving him a pat on the snout. "You did good out there, too. Pretty smart for a Rock-type," she joked, figuring she could get in that last playful jibe, even in defeat.<br><br>With that, the cheer began to die down as the audience was shuffled out of the auditorium to go view the upcoming events, though it would be hard to top a challenge between four Gym Leaders, including one of the most famous trainers in the world. Misty sighed as she realized she would have to get moving along soon as well. "I hope whoever I get put up against next, they'll be as much of a challenge as you guys. Too bad we don't get to decide that."<br><br>===<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://oi49.tinypic.com/4kten9.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> ? ? ?<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry Restaurant<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elektra<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Chimchar, Tarift (+1)<br><br><hr><br>If the blonde trainer was mad that Elektra had let the thief go, he didn't show it. He just nodded at her understandingly, stepping aside from the doorway as the ferry's security team came into the restaurant to tend to the hypnotized passengers. None of them had really been harmed, but it was quite a lot of tedious work to shake that many people awake, especially when half of the security officers were also out getting their pokemon healed.<br><br>Not that theirs were the only ones that had been hurt. After stepping aside, the enigmatic trainer glanced down and saw the very exhausted little bundle of yellow and black fur in Elektra's arms. "Looks like you had to do a bit of fighting before she went away," he commented lowly, pulling a Potion out of his own back and spraying Sparkles for her. It would have been easy enough for Elektra to take care of him herself, either by taking him to an onboard Pokecenter or getting a Potion of her own, but he hated to see such a young pokemon in pain. "There are other Gym Leaders on board, right? Aside from her?" he asked, gesturing to the unconscious Rae Ann. "Maybe we should see what's holding them up."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sylia</strong> on <strong>19-03-2013, 18:25:45</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Hibana Tenjou<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Surge, Dr. Pierce, Lexi, John, Skylar<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Riolu, Hitmonlee<br><br><hr><br>At Surge's comment to her, Hibana looked angry for a moment and opened her mouth to let him have it.. then promptly closed it again. He was right, she was still wet behind the ears, so to speak as she's still new to this Gym Leader role and he does have years of experience ahead of her so she couldn't really complain without looking like a brat.. well, more of one anyway. "Yeah, sure.. we'll get it done." Hibana spoke after exhaling loudly to wash away her fiery emotions. This whole event left a bad taste in Hibana's mouth. Somehow she knew that it was only going to get more troublesome from here on out. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>apygoos</strong> on <strong>21-03-2013, 12:59:15</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong>Skylar Rhodes<br><div class="floatleft">(http://s2.zerochan.net/Ezreal.240.1301413.jpg)<br></div><strong>Location:</strong>Old Douglasberg Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong>Hibana, Dr. Pierce, Lexi, Colonel Surge, John Rhodes<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong>Bagon, Vibrava<br><br><hr>"Come on out and say Hello, Salamence!" John urged his signature Pokemon forth to greet the Raichu. "Shes a mommy now, in fact," John turns gesturing to Skylar's Bagon, "Her son and my son are here starting fresh together. If you were looking form someone as tough as me..maybe even tougher give him a nod to action and hell do everything in his power to make sure it gets done."<br><br>Skylar was sizing up the Colonel before starting to become the clear son of his father, starting to ask questions straight away, "What exactly was that stone that was taken, sir? It must have been pretty important to /someone/ to threaten the lives of four people over it..." His eyes squint in recollection of the prior fight, "That coward..If he didn't pull such a low blow..threatening the doctors life..Hibana and I would've floored that Steelix!" Bagon let out an affirmative growl from along side his Mother Salamence and Hibana's Hitmonlee, who seemed to be getting along fine with him. "Let me help&nbsp; however I can, I wont let you down, Sir!" Skylar clearly felt robbed, and was itching for more. Surge could see that same passion as the older man did several years ago back in the Vermillion City Gym.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>25-03-2013, 06:09:04</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/4/46/VSLt_Surge.png)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Colonel Surge<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg City Streets<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Hibana, Skylar, Lexi, John, Dr. Pierce<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Raichu<br><br><hr><br>"Chuuu!" Surge's pokemon of choice cried in greeting as Salamence came out, running over to say hello to the worthy opponent and friend it hadn't seen for quite some time. With a curious twitch of its ears, it then waddled over to Bagon, offering its paw to the new little dragon that its friend had given birth to. Raichu seemed happy to have another possible strong challenger in its future; just like its master, it found the hard-won battles to be the most satisfying, and any offspring of Salamence could only be very strong.<br><br>Meanwhile, Surge just gave a nod to John's talk about his son, but said nothing further on the subject. Firstly, as far as he knew, they still had all eight Gym Leader positions filled, so there wouldn't be any room for Skylar there. And more importantly, the kid had yet to really prove himself to Surge; he'd have to see him in some real action before he thought about bringing him into what he was going to make one of the toughest Pokemon Leagues in the world.<br><br>"We don't really know what the deal is with these stones yet. Just found them a few days ago down in the ruins. Some treasure hunter managed to crack open one of the old bank vaults and found a few. We've been tracking more and more of them down since then, trying to figure out what's so special about them," the Elite Four member explained, grinning at Skylar's passion. "If you're not just talking crap about helping out, though, you can start by coming by the Summit tomorrow. We'll probably have a few practice matches between the Leaders, and we can see if you're even worth my time. You're invited too, John," the hulk of a man offered. Asking Skylar to hold his own against some extremely green Gym Leaders shouldn't have been too tall of an order for John Rhodes' son.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Laughing Hyena</strong> on <strong>07-04-2013, 16:30:59</strong>
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				<span class="bbc_u"><strong>Madison Sage</strong></span><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Casino<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Draven, Elly, Marco, Misty<br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Egg, ???<br><hr><br>Madison had been watching the event although he did't wish to participate just yet. He was here to take up the job and invitation and as such he wanted to remain good on that. Furthermore he didn't want to tip his hand immediately as to which Pokémon he had with him. The pair he had were in his mind excellent and they would do well in a Gym Battle. However he was not wanting to remain static upon this and was set on improving both his team in skill and in numbers. The side pack he had housed his gear but more importantly attached to a chain slung over the shoulder was an traveling Poké Incubator on the opposing hip. It was meant to make sure that the little one would not be eft to hatch alone if it does in due time. The performances in the maze was quite stunning and he enjoyed the spectacle. This place was a lively one be it day or night... especially night. <br><br>Either way it was a sharp contrast from Orre Region. He would approach the lot of them calmly clapping and was one of the few that remained after the event. Madison was dressed in a yellow and black trainers jacket with a shirt, cargo pants and sturdy walking shoes. His face was one that was set in a calm manner. <strong>"Quite the rare performance and if that is a sign of things to come then I will no doubt have my work cut out for me then."</strong> Madison let his arms hang at his side after adjusting the strap on his shoulder for his trainers pack. <strong>"I doubt, I'm known to anyone here. I just arrived after all. I am Madison Sage. And you are The Cerulean City's Gym Leader, Misty. I trust you are here representing the league's interests yes?"</strong>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ember Star</strong> on <strong>10-04-2013, 10:13:04</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/e9/Images-41.jpeg)</div> <strong>Name:</strong> Elektra Kandou <br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry, restaurant <br><strong>Tagging</strong> The blonde trainer <br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Pichu (Sparkles (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/bc/PikachuColoredPichu-picsay.jpg)), Glaceon, and Azurill (egg) <br><br>Electra watched as the men went around and started waking people. She was still a bit amazed that the woman had put them all to sleep. Though perhaps that was just the small framed trainer's innocent view on things. She had always been a good girl. Always followed the laws. She would never think of doing such a thing unless she had to in order to get herself out of a bad situation. Like if that woman had been serious about the power in that PokeBall... <em>PokeBalls!</em> She glanced at the pile on the table. "I wonder if it'll be a terrible trouble to sort through them..." She mumbled quietly. Not really talking to the blonde man. More of thinking her thoughts aloud. <br><br>It suddenly occurred to her that she did not know the trainer's name, nor he hers. She was fixing to open her mouth to introduce herself properly when he healed Sparkles. "Oh... thank you." She said, her shy tone returning as she glanced down towards her toes. "Piiiiic-piii!" the little blue and white Pokemon voiced her thanks. Electra smiled, then spoke again. "Yes. She was a tough one too. She also had a...a strange PokeBall." She told him and left it at that since her attention was now on Glaceon who had come up next to her legs. Sparkles wiggled out of her arms and onto her shoulder as the girl reached down to pat the ice Pokemon on the head. "Want back in your PokeBall, girl?" Electra asked. Glaceon replied with a nod. She was strangely quiet for a Pokemon. Something about her behavior told you that she had been through something, somewhere, somehow. The girl took a PokeBall out of her little purse and opened it, the beam of light sucking the ice Pokemon back in. Electra knew Sparkles didn't like PokeBalls much. But Glaceon didn't like being out around a lot of people. So inside would be better. She placed the PokeBall back in the purse gently. The girl was obviously very gentle with her Pokemon. <br><br>Her attention was once again drawn back up to the trainer when he spoke. She paused for a moment before she answered. <em>That girl is a gym leader too?</em> She thought to herself. "Um, oh, yes. I'm one myself. Electra Kandou, is my name. There were suppose to be others here. This ferry after all was suppose to take us to a meeting of sorts. I wonder..." She trailed off and looked around as if she expected others to pop out of doorways. "Yes. I suppose we should find that out. I surely hope there's not somebody else like that woman elsewhere."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkNevaeh</strong> on <strong>10-04-2013, 17:00:29</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a42/darknevaeh/youthinkdotcom_3244285_223866.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Lexi Noxkage<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Hibana, Encounter<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Nuzleaf, Zorua, Houndour, Sneek<br><br>Lexi had been quiet a long time, letting the events unfold in front of her.&nbsp; What no one seemed to notice right away is that she was shaking with fury.&nbsp; She looked upat Surge, her eyes watering from the frustration that she felt and practically snarled at him.&nbsp; "The stone.&nbsp; The stone.&nbsp; That's all anyone cares about!&nbsp; What about this area?&nbsp; This place was ravaged by that mechanical monstrosity and the Steelix, sending pokemon into hysterics.&nbsp; I had to battle and capture two pokemon just to stop themselves from getting more hurt...and the FUCKING STONE is all you talk about?"&nbsp; Lexi's fists are clenched as she shakes her head.&nbsp; "I'll find our damn stone...and when I do, the League owes me one."&nbsp; She looks back over at the area where Houndour and Sneek came from.&nbsp; "And when they do...they are going to help with places like this..."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sylia</strong> on <strong>11-04-2013, 21:56:15</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Hibana Tenjou<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Lexi, Skylar, Dr. Pierce, Surge, John<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Riolu, Hitmonlee<br><br><hr><br>Hibana whistled at Lexi's rage. It was always so interesting to see what makes the passionate girl fly off the handle, but she had a point. They were interested in the stone and seemed to not mind as much about how the pokemon were inconvenienced. That wasn't so good. She felt like she should say something as well, but figured Lexi was doing well enough in making her point that she should be able to shoulder any reply Surge made to her. And she knew one was coming by the way he was looking at Lexi. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>apygoos</strong> on <strong>12-04-2013, 20:00:29</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong>Skylar Rhodes<br><div class="floatleft">(http://s2.zerochan.net/Ezreal.240.1301413.jpg)<br></div><strong>Location:</strong>Old Douglasberg Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong>Hibana, Dr. Pierce, Lexi, Colonel Surge, John Rhodes<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong>Bagon, Vibrava<br><br><hr>Skylar gulped at the display of raw passion. He had never seen such a righteous rage in his life, but at the same time, he now understood why she was one of the selected gym leaders. If every gym leader in this region had that same fire in them, it was going to be a true challenge. Skylar's eyes darted between the Colonel and Lexi, trying to determine what the next word was going to be. In that moment, Bagon stepped over and made a grunt, as to affirm his agreement with Lexi's words. Skylar then moved to stand back with the Gym Leaders, it wasn't his job, but he felt the need to stand with them on the issue.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>14-04-2013, 23:48:18</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/2/20/VSMisty.png)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Misty<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Casino<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Draven, Marco, Madison<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Starmie<br><br><hr><br>"Huh?" the experienced woman spoke as she found herself approached by a third young man, this one with darker hair and clothing than the other two. At first, she thought he was just going to be some fan coming up and asking for an autograph while the rest of the auditorium emptied out (she could already see a couple boys with such intention lingering by the exit and waiting for her to come by), but, even without him saying so, she quickly caught onto the fact that Madison was the Douglasberg Gym Leader. "Well it's about time you showed your self," the woman joked, shoving on Madison's shoulder in a friendly manner. "I thought you'd have been part of the contests, but instead you just left these two guys to beat me.<br><br>"Anyway, no, I'm not here on business. I'm just on vacation to meet the new League and everything. And I used to know a couple of the Elite Four pretty well before they came here," Misty explained, calling Starmie back into her pokeball. "Hey, maybe you can convince them to hold a special contest of our own tomorrow. I'm sure Surge won't mind testing out his 'newbies' against me and Brock," she suggested, eyes narrowing competitively. It was clear that she thought she could beat the other three if she had another chance. "What do you say?"<br><br>===<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://api.ning.com/files/mdHZvw03i*CGtsDN0LtfmUcgwnGEzcn1TYwBd-dIje3UhHDsWx0iVsng64hRwI31SfNV4pQJqB1nofG6HkqXVYVMMEycorew/Drayolagain.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Cedric Oleaster<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Ferry Restaurant<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Katsuo, Elektra, ? ? ?<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Gloom (Priscilla), Turtwig<br><br><hr><br>The blonde trainer watched the girl interact with her pokemon, amused by the contrast between the little shiny Pichu who didn't want to go into her pokeball, and the Glaceon who wanted to be away from the growing crowd of security and awakening hostages. He had to wonder if there was something about the Pikachu evolution family that made them not want to live in pokeballs. He always saw those things out and walking around. "It shouldn't be too hard to sort through everything. These are mostly just tourists, not real trainers. They wouldn't be carrying around full teams with them, especially on vacation."<br><br>Though he already knew it to be the case, it still surprised the young man slightly when Elektra introduced herself and confirmed herself to be a Gym Leader. She hardly seemed like the type, considering how timid she looked. Most of the Leaders he knew of where loud and boisterous about their Type of choice. And thinking of that, she didn't even appear to have one, unless one of her pokemon wasn't part of the Gym challenge. "You can call me Bellin. I was just hoping to get an earlier shot at one of the Seastorm Gym Leaders, but you're probably not accepting challenges now, considering the circumstance," he joked slightly, leading the way back out onto the deck so they could find the other Leaders.<br><br>The quest did not take long, as they were only just out the door as a voice called out "Elektra, right?". Though they hadn't actually met yet, Cedric approached Elektra as if he already knew who she was, which he did. Since he had already been working with the Tetso government when the new Elite Four arrived, he had been briefed on the other Leaders and helped out a bit with the formation of the new league. "Cedric Oleaster, from Hiddenbloom. Have you seen any of the others around?" he questioned, hoping to gather everyone in case one of the saboteurs decided to show their face again. "Our Psychic master was just with him; I don't think he's far behind."<br><br>===<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/4/46/VSLt_Surge.png)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Colonel Surge<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg City Streets<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Hibana, Skylar, Lexi, John, Dr. Pierce<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Raichu<br><br><hr><br>It had been a long, long time since anyone had had the guts to stand up to a monolith of a man like Surge, who could probably not only beat all three of the people before him in a pokemon battle, but in a regular old fist-fight as well. And on top of that, such a small girl to so fierce and throw curses at him. Once the minor shock wore off, Surge locked his eyes onto the furious gaze of the girl, tilting his sunglasses down so they could actually meet eye-to-eye. "I don't remember recruiting you, so you're definitely not a Gym Leader. What's your name?" he asked sternly. The man's face was as unreadable as stone; it was anyone's guess what he was thinking of how Lexi just spoke to him. Either he was going to commend her, or she was going to get fired. But at the moment, it was up to Lexi how she would proceed.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkNevaeh</strong> on <strong>15-04-2013, 05:27:59</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a42/darknevaeh/youthinkdotcom_3244285_223866.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Lexi Noxkage<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Hibana, Encounter<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Nuzleaf, Zorua, Houndour, Sneek<br><br>"Lexi Noxkage, assistant to Elly MacDougal, Gym Leader of this town.&nbsp; She hired me after I was living here for three weeks among these pokemon!" She growls right back.&nbsp; If there was any fear to be had, it was being swallowed up by her increasing frustration and rage.&nbsp; The fact that he seemed to ignore what she said simply added fuel to her fire.<br><br>"No you didn't hire me, so luckily, I don't owe you anything.&nbsp; So like I said.&nbsp; I'll find your damn stone.&nbsp; Then I'll pay a visit to the League."&nbsp; Her fists re-clenched as she stared him down, not giving an inch.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Pink Professional</strong> on <strong>19-04-2013, 22:34:17</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/Limeyreptile/Marcus-1.png?t=1351026822)</div>Name: Marcus 'Marco' Carmac.<br><br>Location: Douglasberg Casino, Type-it-right Maze<br><br>Tagging: Draven, Misty, Madison<br><br>Current Pokémon: Aerodactyl, Topaz (Larvitar)<br><br><hr><br>Hearing Misty's less than subtle challenge, Marcus felt his ears perk up. Despite the fact that he'd just managed to snatch a win from the infinity more experienced Gym leader, he couldn't just let up at that. He'd need to give her a chance to win back her honour, as it was. Not that she'd fought anyway less than honorably, it was just that he'd only beaten her in a game of chance: luck was all well and good, but it would feel like a cheap victory if he denied a true challenge.<br><br>"So what you are suggesting is a challenge between Two of the most experienced Gym leaders and three of the new kids; One of which is typographically weak to you and one who is disadvantaged against both opponents? I can't see a reason to say no."<br><br>Marco's grin was a broad, bold challenge. It was a gleeful expression tinged with just a smidgen of his competitive drive. This was a chance for him to battle two of his profession's best and, on top of that, challenge his old mentor. Finally, you add in the fact that he was going to be able to try and give credence to the little speech he'd given Draven earlier today and you had a delightful mixture which sent Marco's heart racing with delight.<br><br>"I'm in, for sure."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SargentToughie</strong> on <strong>21-04-2013, 04:48:55</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://images.wikia.com/gurennlagann/images/2/2f/Yomako.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Drevana Nasarus<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Casino <br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Marcus, Misty<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Lucille, Torchic<br><br><hr><br>The red haired WOMAN shook her head at Misty's challenge, adjusting her glasses again while she listened to the water gym leader's suggestion for a 2v3 challenge, rookies vs veterans, so to speak. While she knew that Misty could easily wipe the floor with both her and Marco just because of type advantage, that didn't seem to deter Marco from whole heartedly agreeing to the challenge without even a thought to just how difficult it was going to be to the up-and-coming Gym leaders. Still, it wasn't like she could be the only one to turn it down. It would be a valuable learning experience for the newbie gym leaders, and perhaps Drevana could get a bit of writing material while she was at it.<br><br>She ended up shrugging, crossing her arms under her chest, and agreeing to the challenge with a surprisingly neutral voice. "What's the worse that could happen? Fine, I'll play ball."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Laughing Hyena</strong> on <strong>26-04-2013, 04:52:32</strong>
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				<span class="bbc_u"><strong>Madison Sage</strong></span><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Casino<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Draven, Elly, Marco, Misty<br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Egg, ???<br><hr><br>He gave a slight smile upon Misty's friendly nudge and then shrugged casually. <strong>"I prefer not to show my teeth unless I intend to."</strong> He said in a faint metaphor because basically he wasn't one to boast skill in his mindset. It wasn't practical and it tends to bite you in the ass more so then not. <strong>"I'm sure you could have handled them in a real battle."</strong> He figured she was suitably holding back. After all why hurt the new gym leaders pride by curb stomping them. Then she made the suggestion about perhaps a contest. Him and her along with Brock, another experienced Gym Leader more then likely and on his side were the other two that beat her down in a handicap contest. <strong>"I cannot speak for the other two. But I personally accept the challenge. However... what kind of challenge did you have in mind?"</strong> Normally he'd get the choice but he wagered it would be more entertaining for Misty to pick. He wanted to see what she'd decide on.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Karasu</strong> on <strong>26-04-2013, 20:21:04</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o129/rikuu_uchiha/RPG%20character/boy/owlboy.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Katsuo Katashi (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=144659.msg6516969#msg6516969)<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong>&nbsp; Cedric<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Eevee (Toshi), Kindlemurr, Natu (Baby)<br><br><hr><br>Katsuo held his Eevee and baby Natu gave a soft cry on his shoulder. "It's good there are other Gym leaders, but Cedric how do you fight something like that? You saw that disc, it turned both our pokemon against us." It was clear he was distraught, it didn't sit right with him..
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>zergmuncher</strong> on <strong>26-04-2013, 22:56:37</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Thadius O'Connor<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Ferry<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Cedric, Katsuo Katashi<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Pikachu (Shocker), Cyndaquil (Conflagration)<br><br><hr><br>Thadius walked up to Cedric and Katsuo Shocker by his side. "Hello there guys, what's going on? I heard screaming from outside the bathroom. By the time I could stand and walk without losing my stomach contents, whatever was happening was over." Shocker looked up at Katsuo's Eevee and exclaimed "PII PIKACHU!" Thadius reached down and rubbed the top of Shocker's head. "Yes Shocker, that's an Eevee. You wanna play don't you Shocker?" He chuckled and stood back up looking back to Cedric and Katsuo with a slight grin on his face.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ember Star</strong> on <strong>27-04-2013, 00:09:19</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/e9/Images-41.jpeg)</div> <strong>Name:</strong> Elektra Kandou <br><strong>Location:</strong> Seastorm Ferry, restaurant <br><strong>Tagging</strong> Bellin, Cedric, and whoever else is around. <br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Pichu (Sparkles (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/bc/PikachuColoredPichu-picsay.jpg)), Glaceon, and Azurill (egg)<br><br>"Oh... no. I'm afraid not." She replied to his joke about challenges. She knew he wasn't serious. But the humor in things didn't always exactly show well in the young woman. Still, she gave a soft smile and added on. "I think you'll have to come visit me in Mytheral." <br><br>She adjusted her stance and was reaching up scratch Sparkles on the head when she heard the second young man call her name. She was a bit confused, he didn't seem familiar. But when he introduced himself, she understood. She remembered the name as being one of the other gym leaders. "Oh. Yes. Hello. Nice to meet you. Yes. One other here. Her." She pointed to the still sleeping Rae Anne then looked back at him, fixing to speak again, but then two more people popped out of nowhere. Two more young men. Her shyness taking over, she immediately shut her lips and just simply watched them. Wondering if they too were gym leaders. Or just simple bystanders. Either way, the fact was she didn't especially like crowds. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>27-04-2013, 17:54:13</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/4/46/VSLt_Surge.png)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Colonel Surge<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg City Streets<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Hibana, Skylar, Lexi, John, Dr. Pierce<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Raichu<br><br><hr><br>Well, Surge certainly didn't expect that much sustained confidence from a girl he was pretty sure he could lift with one hand. She had a point: while the Elite Four had a reasonable amount of command over the Gym Leaders, but he couldn't make any choices regarding the trainers within each Gym. Not that that would matter this time around, as Lexi's bravery brought a smile to the old soldier's face. Raichu just looked back and forth between his master and the girl who had everyone's attention focused on her now. Even the thunder rat seemed to have some idea of what was going on, judging by his interest.<br><br>"You have a point. The League's first priority should be protecting the local wildlife. If we can't live in harmony with and protect pokemon, we don't have any business testing others," the Colonel agreed, pushing his sunglasses back up over his eyes. Raichu gave an affirmative "Chu!" to let his master know that he wanted to help if there was any way he could. "So, girl; what did you have in mind? I'm sure you'll have plenty of help from John's boy and Hibana here. Hell, I bet John himself would be onboard if you asked him nice enough. How do you want them to proceed?" Maybe it was a test to see if she could follow up on her word, or maybe he just wanted her out of his hair, but at least Lexi was getting what she wanted.<br><br>===<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/2/20/VSMisty.png)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Misty<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Casino<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Drevana, Marco, Madison<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Starmie<br><br><hr><br>"Great!" Misty exclaimed as all three of the Tetso Gym Leaders agreed to take part in her challenge, meaning she just had to go find Brock and make sure he would be okay with joining in (and she knew the Rockhead never turned down a serious challenge). While it wasn't fair to say that the contest they had just finished was <em>totally</em> based in chance, there wasn't much she could do if the others had been given better types, or types that countered her choice. She wasn't a sore loser or anything, but she also didn't give up that easily. "Once I make sure Brock's okay with it, I'll get in touch with your Elites and get it all ready. A regular old battle might be kind of fun, but I think we could work in some terms to make it a lot more interesting. The crowd would love that."<br><br>The redhead grinned with excitement as she did a flip off of the stage to land on her feet on the floor below, holding up her fist. "Either way, I think I'll keep it as a surprise for you three, since you already have the numbers advantage! Get ready for a real contest next time we meet! Don't chicken out, either!" the surprisingly energetic veteran teased before rushing out of the auditorium to get everything set up. Whatever she came up with, she wasn't going to make it easy for the Fire, Rock and Dark-type trainers. As she always said, "sink or swim."<br><br>===<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://api.ning.com/files/mdHZvw03i*CGtsDN0LtfmUcgwnGEzcn1TYwBd-dIje3UhHDsWx0iVsng64hRwI31SfNV4pQJqB1nofG6HkqXVYVMMEycorew/Drayolagain.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Cedric Oleaster<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Ferry Restaurant<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Katsuo, Elektra, Thadius, Bellin<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Gloom (Priscilla), Turtwig<br><br><hr><br>Cedric let out a weary sigh as he saw Rae Ann's current state. It was a good thing he had Katsuo and Elektra here to help out, since it didn't look like that girl was going to be of any help while she was fast asleep. Then there was the trainer standing next to Elektra who he didn't recognize as being any of the other Gym Leaders, but he had seen the young man heal Elektra's Pichu, so maybe he would be able to offer some help. Then again, Katsuo's question did raise a legitimate point: even with all of them together, what exactly was their plan for fighting back against whatever technology these saboteurs were using? And that was dependent on them even finding them, but as the Grass leader looked out past the bow of the ship, that didn't seem likely, either.<br><br>An excited "Hey, look!" from one of the bystanders drew even more attention to the massive, silver towers appear on the horizon, and the dozens of smaller ships and surfing pokemon that dotted the water before the ferry. "We're almost to Douglasberg. Even if those two are still on the ship, we won't have enough time to search for them before we reach the dock," Cedric lamented, going silent for a few moments as he gave their situation some thought. "We'll just have to have the police keep an eye out for them in the city, and report everything we know to the Colonel. He might know what that disc was and what we can do against it."<br><br>His concentration broke as a civilian recognized them as Gym Leaders and came over to start asking some questions, his Pikachu showing some desire to play with tired old Toshi. Because he didn't know exactly what had happened up here with Elektra and Rae Ann, and because he wasn't exactly the most outgoing person these days, Cedric decided to let one of the other two talk to the obvious rock fan. Meanwhile, Bellin gave Elektra a simple nod of farewell before leaving the group and disappearing into the crowd once again. If he had plans on challenging the Seastorm League, they would obviously be meeting again.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>apygoos</strong> on <strong>28-04-2013, 23:54:46</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong>Skylar Rhodes<br><div class="floatleft">(http://s2.zerochan.net/Ezreal.240.1301413.jpg)<br></div><strong>Location:</strong>Old Douglasberg Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong>Hibana, Dr. Pierce, Lexi, Colonel Surge, John Rhodes<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong>Bagon, Vibrava, Drillbur<br><br><hr>"Erm if i may say something here" Skylar popped up&nbsp; talking, knowing all eyes would likely be on him now. "Maybe we should get to a pokemon&nbsp; center before we move to do anything. It's getting late in the day and our pokemon did get a little roughed up from that Steelix. I wanna help as much as anyone else here, but..we cant do much if your pokemon are incapacitated prematurely..."<br><br>"Boy has a point.." John then reached for another three pokeballs on his belt, "Arcanine, Gyarados come on out! Surge would remember these pokemon from John, especially the Arcanine, who evolved from Growliethe in the middle of the gym battle against his Elctebuzz who endedup causing an earthquake attack that cracked the gyms floor open. John then gestures to the Gyarados, "Remember that Magikarp? He wasn't ready for you, but you can ask Blaine how it ended up. Everyone mount up, we can get there in a blink."<br><br>Skylar walked up to Arcanine, reaching up and scratching his ears before the dog pokemon licks his face, prompting a laugh form Skylar. "Anyone wanna come with? He asked gesturing to the fact that there was open space on Arcanine's back for another. His eyes lingered between Hibana and Lexi. It wasn't every day you could offer a lady the chance to ride on an Arcanines back with you.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SargentToughie</strong> on <strong>01-05-2013, 03:52:40</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://images.wikia.com/gurennlagann/images/2/2f/Yomako.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Drevana Nasarus<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Casino <br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Marcus, Misty<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Lucille, Torchic<br><br><hr><br>Drevana's shoulders lowered when Misty took her leave of the stadium in the most needlessly flashy way possible. Truth be told, she wasn't looking forward to this contest between Gym Leaders, not one bit. Since she was a Fire type gym leader, and she was about to butt heads against both a Water and a Rock type gym leader, she felt as though her odds of doing anything even remotely useful during the battle were minimal at best. If only little Torchic was evolved even once, then at the very least she could send her kickin' chicken after Brock's rocks. As it was right now though, she was nothing short of certain that she was about to get worked, and that her two allies would need to pick up the slack for her. Not only that though, but Misty was also going to add some sort of stupid gimmick to the fight as well, to make things even more difficult on her.<br><br>Still, she had already said that she would take part in this fight, so she wasn't about to back down now. With one last push of her glasses up the bridge of her nose, she did her best to hide the fearful and sinking feeling in her gut when she thought about the battle tomorrow. "Well then... I suppose that's it for today, right?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sylia</strong> on <strong>08-05-2013, 18:55:43</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Hibana Tenjou<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Old Douglasberg Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Dr. Pierce, Lexi, Skylar, John, Surge<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Riolu, Hitmonlee<br><br><hr><br>Hibana chuckled lightly at Lexi's response, then patted her on the shoulder and gave her a thumbs up. The girl seemed to have made her point, which was actually rather good. Skylar's comment about visiting a Pokemon center was well received by Hibana as her pokemon did receive some damage during that battle with the Steelix and another previous battle. "Visiting a pokecenter would be a good idea. Then we can start fresh." Hibana commented while stretching a little. "Alright, well I guess I'll head back now. See ya!"<br><br>With a casual wave and a bow from both her pokemon, Hibana headed on her way. She didn't want to take Skylar up on his offer for a ride as Lexi could always do that and walking was good exercise. "Hmm.. maybe it's time we added to our ranks, what do you think Riolu? Hitmonlee?" Hibana spoke as she walked. Both pokemon began to chatter away at her question, mostly agreeing on the fact that it'd be a good idea.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Laughing Hyena</strong> on <strong>15-05-2013, 17:37:25</strong>
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				<span class="bbc_u"><strong>Madison Sage</strong></span><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Casino<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Draven, Elly, Marco, Misty<br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Egg, ???<br><hr><br>Madison gave a slight smirk when she said not to chicken out. Well if she was going to leave it a surprise then he might as well make things a surprise for her. And the best way to do that was to expand on the roster and go right into training for this. As Drevana spoke up about there being nothing else to do beyond this he would turn and look at her. <strong>"Indeed though I wouldn't just stand here doing nothing whilst she sets this up. Might be a good idea to try and prepare a surprise for her and Brock. We know what they'll use so it would behoove us to prep as best as possible. As I recall theres ruins where Pokémon can be found. It might be a good idea to check there and see what we find."</strong> For Madison this made sense since there were probably plenty of dark type Pokémon he could catch and train during this small window. <strong>"Or perhaps train a touch by battling with each other. What do you two think?"</strong> He asked whilst giving another suggestion since if they did that no doubt their Pokémon would be stronger for it.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkNevaeh</strong> on <strong>18-05-2013, 21:03:32</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a42/darknevaeh/youthinkdotcom_3244285_223866.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Lexi Noxkage<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Ruins<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Hibana, Encounter<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Nuzleaf, Zorua, Houndour, Sneek<br><br>Lexi flexes her fingers, her anger beginning to subside.&nbsp; Seems the Elite was actually willing to help.&nbsp; Lexi looked around at the others and then looked at the area behind Surge, her complete memory of the place flooding in.&nbsp; "The place needs to be treated like any other area in the pokemon world.&nbsp; Think of it as if we were in a forest or cave.&nbsp; This place has naturally grown into an area like that and needs to be treated with respect.&nbsp; A trainer should be able to train and collect pokemon here too, as long as he is able to treat the place right.&nbsp; Like all areas in a city, it should be under the protection of the Gym Leader and the Pokemon League.&nbsp; If it's here, that means that I will help Elly with it."&nbsp; Lexi looks into Surge's eyes.&nbsp; "Name it as under the protection of the Pokemon League.&nbsp; I'll go find your stone.&nbsp; In the meantime, I need to get to the Pokemon Center."&nbsp; She turns to the others.&nbsp; "Professor, go with Skylar?&nbsp; I can walk.&nbsp; I need...to think."&nbsp; Lexi smiles at them, turns and heads off.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>22-05-2013, 05:51:03</strong>
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				<em><span class="bbc_u">The next day...</span></em><br><br>Douglasberg was easily the most common tourist destination in all of Tetso, and it didn't take a Professor to see why that was the case. The city held all things for all types of people: the Casino and its underground off-shoots for the risk-takers and seedier types, the beaches for the families and sightseers, the Safari Zone for the real adventurers and pokemon fanatics, and Old Douglasberg for those even more adventurous than that. Museums. Theaters. Parks. Gourmet restaurants. But your city could have every attraction in the world, and the residents still wouldn't be happy without a decent place to go and battle their pokemon, so just down the main road from the casino, not far from the beach, was the Douglasberg Stadium, where all kinds of tournaments and prize battles took place year-round. It was no Seastorm Stadium, but the stadium was still luxurious and enclosed, able to simulate all sorts of weather and terrain patterns for making the matches more exciting. Between the larger tournaments at Seastorm, there were few places better in the region to go and give yourself a challenge, and the Macdougal family encouraged trainers of all skill levels to take part.<br><br>Yet, even with all of the tourists that passed through Douglasberg on a weekly basis, this was probably the first time since its creation that the Douglasberg Stadium would be <em>over</em> capacity. Meeting the new and assembled Tetso Gym Leaders for their very first public gathering wasn't just a sideshow; it was the chance to be part of history in the making. Tetso's first Pokemon League! Music, movies, and books came from Ciderhelm, money came from Douglasberg, trophies and champions came from Seastorm, but for the first time, Tetso would have a presence in the world of pokemon battles, the most popular and defining sport on the planet. Who were these new Gym Leaders and Elite Four that would represent Tetso on the world stage? Who would the very first Champion be? The Gyms had just finished being built, and still the questions rolled on. <br><br>To say the house was packed was to say a Wailord was big. Even with the extra seating set up in preparation for the event, there was going to be overflow, and the halls of the stadium were so packed with spectators and fortune-seeking vendors that one could misplace a Snorlax if they weren't paying attention. They were selling everything from Pikachu plushies to organic pokemon food to fresh-grilled Tauros burgers to guaranteed-or-your-money-back Feebas-detecting fishing rods. The salesmanship even spilled over into the parking lot; a local Eevee breeder had a pen set up behind his truck, and was selling and signing off the cute little pups to any good family with parents that couldn't say no. <br><br>Music played over the speakers. A couple of chatty announcers talked about everything that was in store for the event, with the battle against visiting Kantoans Misty and Brock, the strange development regarding the eighth Gym Leader slot, and the possible appearances of the mysterious Elite Four members. Rumors went around about what celebrities would show up. Misty and Brock were there, so why not others? Rumor even had it that Nathan White, former Unova League Champion-turned-high profile Pokewood and Ciderhelm movie star, would be flying in for the event. It was hard to say if people were as excited to meet the new Gym Leaders as they actually were to see the celebrities that would be stopping by.<br><br>In all of this excitement, the Gym Leaders themselves, nobodies until today, were probably feeling a bit overwhelmed as they arrived at the Stadium's back entrance and were shuffled into a quiet little locker room backstage, set up with chairs and folding tables of fresh food to settle their nerves before they were taken out in front of the entire region. Colonel Surge (the only Elite Four member confirmed to actually be in the city) was nowhere to be found, and the Gym Leaders honestly had no more clue of what was going to happen at this show than the audience did. Maybe that was Surge's game: just another in his long string of tests to see how they "reacted." The first to arrive, Cedric watched from against the wall as, one by one, they were brought into this little waiting area; the Gym Leaders, as well as Lexi and Skylar, who had special invitations to the stage for some reason. Even for history in the making, this might have been taking things a little too far...<br><br>===<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://i43.tinypic.com/s58oe9.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> ? ? ?<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> ? ? ?<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> None<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> ? ? ?<br><br>The dock was dead, which was understandable. Everyone and their mother, brother, father, and dog had gone to see the new Seastorm League brought to light, so the fact that every dock worker in the city was told to keep an eye out for his face didn't really mean much. Not when there was no one around to identify him, anyway. The man in the white suit and the eyepatch took a final drag from his whittled down cigarette before putting it out on the table in front of him. It was a dockside cafe, so the wood was worn and hardened by weather, and didn't even burn from the heat and ash he scratched out on it. Despite what the only half-eaten plate of eggs and sausage in front of him might suggest, the man had spent over an hour on this cafe balcony, watching what few workers were around unload the damaged Seastorm Ferry, which had just been towed to port last night. It brought a tear to his (good) eye that his little Voltorb was already doing so much damage with its Self-destruct. When he had first caught it, the thing could barely blow the door off a portable safe (with several attempts), but practice made closer to perfect.<br><br>But the time was getting close, so nostalgia would have to wait. The others would be arriving soon, and the show would get on the road. Reaching into his jacket, the criminal pulled out and flicked two things onto the table. First: a $100 bill to pay for the meal and the tip. The waitress had been a bit of a gloomy Gus, but considering what was happening elsewhere in town, he didn't blame her for not being happy for having to work today. Second: a playing card. A worn out King of Hearts with his right eye closed in a cheek wink, on which the man made sure to pen "Keep the change!", since he wouldn't be around to tip her personally.<br><br>Pushing back from his table, the man walked to the edge of the balcony and, with one big step, hoisted himself up to stand on top of the railing. The ocean wind blew his hair and coat around a bit as he brought another cigarette up to his face and carefully lit it, letting the breeze carry the used match away. He could hear fireworks off in the distance, which meant the big event was about to start, and his own big event would start in turn. Keeping his priorities straight, first he made sure his hat was on securely, then he reached into his coat with each hand and took out the tools of business: in his left hand, Voltorb's pokeball, and in his right, a handgun. "Here goes the civilized world," he muttered to himself.<br><br>Golden eye set on the Ferry in front of him, he jumped down.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SargentToughie</strong> on <strong>27-05-2013, 05:10:34</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://images.wikia.com/gurennlagann/images/2/2f/Yomako.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Drevana Nasarus<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg city stadium<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Everybody, yet nobody<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Lucille, Torchic<br><br><hr><br>The evening after the group from the contest dispersed for the day. In the case of the redhead author, she simply retired back to her hotel room and wrote down a few of the key notes from her day. After all, if there was a chance that she'd have the opportunity to transcribe her real life encounters and experiences down on paper to make a more compelling story, she didn't want to forget a single detail of it. Well, either way she knew that she'd have to call it an early night, since there was supposed to be some kind of crazy ceremony the next day, and she wanted to make sure that she was completely refreshed for it. With that she went to bed peacefully, getting a good night's sleep before she woke up for what was sure to be a very long, hectic day. When she woke up the next morning, she'd have no idea just how right she had been.<br><br>Hectic wasn't even the word for what was happening in the streets of Douglasberg. For a woman who was raised in a medium sized town and then shipped herself over to living in one of the more wealthy areas of Tetso, Drevana wasn't prepared in the slightest for just how <em>alive</em> the streets were, and how cram packed they were with people who seemed to be chomping at the bit for their chance to catch a glimpse of the up and coming gym leaders. Truth be told, the excitement made her slightly nervous, since she was sure that half of these trainers watching could likely mop the floor with her if they were to fight right now. Despite the fact that she was supposed to be one of the most talented in the region, her and her fellow leaders were so inexperienced that it was difficult to maintain confidence. Nevertheless, this was her duty, she would grow stronger, that much was certain.<br><br>She found herself seated comfortably in the stadium's waiting room, where she snacked casually despite her curled stomach and simply stuck herself in a book. From an outsider looking in, it would be difficult to see just how shaky she was, since she was exceptional at keeping her nerves under lock down and preventing anybody from getting an edge over her from a simple gauge of emotions. She would keep to herself if not disturbed until the main show started, but she wouldn't be opposed to conversing with her fellow gym leaders if they happened to approach her.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Pink Professional</strong> on <strong>27-05-2013, 11:52:56</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/Limeyreptile/Marcus-1.png?t=1351026822)</div>Name: Marcus 'Marco' Carmac.<br><br>Location: Hotel<br><br>Tagging: No one.<br><br>Current Pokémon: Aerodactyl, Topaz (Larvitar)<br><br><hr><br>The evening was dedicated to Marcus and his Pokemon. They shared a hotel room together and spent nearly the entire time planning what would be an almost un-winnable battle. The Kanto gym leaders had; Experience, type advantage, stronger Pokemon and even a reasonable synergy: At least so you'd imagine. The Tetso trio had none of these things. It would be a test of personal skill for the three young gym leaders and it would set the stage for the region for years to come. Everyone would be expecting them to get crushed. If the new leaders could put up a decent fight or, gods forbid, win...<br><br>"Drevana hasn't got a hope in hell against either of them one on one. And Misty can wash away my pokemon in an attack or two, no doubt: Shame we don't know much about Madison."<br><br>Thus and so, Marcus spent the entire evening trying to think of...something. Some sort of strategy or show of skill that would get them through the battle in something other than a whitewash. Eventually though, a plan formed in his head: and Marco could finally fall asleep, a smile of confidence on his lips.<br><br><hr><br>Location: Douglasberg stadium<br><br>Tagging: Drevana<br><br><hr><br>The chaos of the city was enticing to Marcus: It tickled his soul to know that all these people had gathered for him and his fellow gym leaders, yet didn't have the slightest clue as to what to expect. If he were walking the streets right now, no one would have the slightest clue to the fact that he was one of the Gym leaders they'd gathered to meet. <br><br>Entering the waiting room, Marcus eventually spotted one of the two people he needed to see. He went and sat next to the reading woman, a smirk on his face as he recalled with glee his plans for how they could fight the far more experienced Gym leaders.<br><br>"What if I told you I've figured out a way we can beat Misty and Brock?"<br><br>Marcus looked at the woman, an openly excited grin on his face. The statement filled him with an excited, childlike glee and he didn't even come close to hiding it.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Laughing Hyena</strong> on <strong>27-05-2013, 13:28:22</strong>
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				<span class="bbc_u"><strong>Madison Sage</strong></span><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Draven, Marco<br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Egg, ???<br><hr><br>Madison had spent the majority of last night within the ruins preparing for battle by heading into the ruins with his pokémon to catch a new member of the team. As well as to help improve the strength of his team overall as best as possible. Whether he was successful or not had yet to be determined but he would. Now here he was entering the stadium stretching out as he was working off the fatigue of the long night. He had a cup of coffee in hand and sipped slowly walking onwards and eventually came across the remaining two gym leaders that were taking part in this challenge proposed by Misty. As such he couldn't help but note the gleeful manner in which Marco was speaking in concerns to Draven. <br><br>Curiously, Madison walked over to the other two and quietly listened in sipping his drink with a relaxed manner to him. Madison was a trainer from Orre. So stadiums like this were common places for the trainers to do battle in and he had been in plenty of trainer related battles before. It's why he had been chosen as a Tetso Gym Leader. He would go into this and treat it as a qualifier for the very right to be one. Marco said that he had an idea on how to best the two Gym Leaders. Brock was the Pewter City Gym Leader and Misty was the Cerulean City Gym Leader and the one that concerned him most was Misty's Pokémon... <strong>"So what did you come up with?"</strong> He said out of the blue listening in between the two of them. Whatever Pokémon the two Kanto Gym Leaders have along with what these two had was going to determine how well off or not Madison would be during this battle. He would listen first to what the two had to say before he even considered saying anything further. He was confident he had some way to break down their opponents.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SargentToughie</strong> on <strong>27-05-2013, 19:19:06</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://images.wikia.com/gurennlagann/images/2/2f/Yomako.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Drevana Nasarus<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg city stadium<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Marco and Madison<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Lucille, Torchic<br><br><hr><br>Drevana's gaze lifted up when she heard a somewhat familiar voice speak out to her, saying something about how he had put together some kind of plan that would allow the three inexperienced and type disadvantaged trio to overcome their significantly favored opponents. Of course, Drevana didn't think of a cheese strategy in the world that could do that much leg work for them, but her fellow gym leader seemed so insanely confident that it was impossible for her not to be curious. She snapped shut her book, looking up at her comrade with a slightly intrigued look in her eye while she adjusted her glasses. "Go ahead then. I'm listening." She still wasn't holding out a great deal of hope though, especially in her case where she was basically going to be dead weight to the group.<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ember Star</strong> on <strong>27-05-2013, 19:25:01</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/e9/Images-41.jpeg)</div> <strong>Name:</strong> Elektra Kandou <br><strong>Location:</strong> Hotel - Stadium. <br><strong>Tagging</strong> Darvena, Marco,&nbsp; Madison, and Cedric.<br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Pichu (Sparkles (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/bc/PikachuColoredPichu-picsay.jpg)), Glaceon, and a Egg (undetermined). <br><br>Elektra felt she had left the ferry with business unfinished. The Water Pokemon trainer still unconscious <em>'Just how hard was she hit?'</em>, though she would be well cared for. But mostly the fact that she had let that woman get away. She hardly had a choice. She knew that. But still it drove at her psychy to a certain degree. She had given a the police a detailed description though, and it wouldn't be easy to leave a watched boat unnoticed. But still as she sat on her bed that night with her two Pokemon curled at her feet, she couldn't help but ponder it all, and wonder what was in that pokeball. She did some research, but couldn't find anything like it mentioned among the many variations of pokeballs in the world. Had the woman been bluffing? Possible. Though Elektra didn't think so. <br><br>With a weary sigh she put up her tech and switched off the light. Knowing that she needed her rest for tomorrow. . . <br><br><div align="center">****</div> <br><br>Elektra awoke and readied herself in the morning without another thought towards the mystery pokeball. Today was a big day, she was looking forward to it, but at the same time she wasn't. A big part of her wanted to hide under her bed to avoid having to go do this with so many people. But, deep breath, this is why she came. So with Glaceon's pokeball clipped to her belt, and Sparkles on her shoulder, she headed out. <br><br>She had been expecting a crowd, but nothing like this. People, people everywhere, it was overwhelming, to the point she wanted to hyperventilate. To make it worse, as usual, Sparkles' white and blue color drew attention. For a moment Elektra regretted leaving her out, feeling as if she should've made the little Pokemon get inside her pokeball. But Elektra so hated to do that. Besides, she made it through the parking lot quickly and without incident. Pausing only to look at the Eevee pups being sold and having a moment of longing and wanting one for Glaceon to raise. But not now. If there was a breeding, there would be a time for that later. She slipped around back and with a gulp, pushed the door open. <br><br>She was somewhat relieved to see only four other trainers were here. Though at the same time she worried that that might draw attention to herself - especially with the three she didn't know - instead of being able to slip in quietly. Standing just a few feet from the door, she smiled and waved meekly at the two males and one female. Then turned her head to notice Cedric against a wall, and also waved at him. Relieved there was at least one person she knew here, but feeling unable to actually speak yet due to the three she did not and the stress from.having come through the crowd outside. <br><br>The prospect of meeting new people however, quite excited the already excited Pichu on her shoulder. "Piiiiii-chu! The Tiny Mouse Pokemon exclaimed and let out a small electrical charge. <br><br>It wasn't much. But it was enough to make Elektra widen her already big eyes and make her nice frizz with a few strings on end. The timid girl could feel the hot pink blush rising in her cheeks. Thirty seconds in and everybody was probably going to bust out laughing at her. Carefully, the little Pokemon poked her neck and gave an apologetic, "Pii?" Elektra sighed a patted Sparkles on her head. She didn't blame the little Pokemon of course. It was well known that Pichus didn't yet have great control over there electricity, especially when they were excited. Elektra has had much worse shocks from Sparkles. It was just bad timing.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>apygoos</strong> on <strong>30-05-2013, 13:02:48</strong>
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				<br><div class="floatleft">(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/004/b/7/explorer_ezreal_by_silveheu-d5qgdt8.jpg)<br></div><strong>Name:</strong>Skylar Rhodes<br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg City Stadium <br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong>Dravena, Marco, Masidon, Cedric, Ember, open<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong>Bagon, Vibrava, Drillbur<br><br><hr>Skylar had a special invitation, but for what? He hadn't seen his dad since the previous night, no doubt went to get good seats, or being a former champion of his claiber, probably had some all access VIP box in the stadium with the likes of Nate White, which Skylar caught the rumor rather quickly that said champion was in attendance. <br><br>He got a fresh, better looking jacket on, though it still embraced his personality, this time getting a bit more prepared, putting his own personal lasso on himself over his right shoulder, it blended well with the jacket. He tied himself on a loose cravat before pulling out a small case. Pulling the cravat's knot secure, he opened the small case, beholding for a moment its contents. The Blackthorn City Gym Badge. It was a symbol of his home town, and his nation. He earned it through years hard work, and dedication to the Gym and to the Dragon Den, even though at the time he didn't have a pokemon of his own. As Clair heard he was to leave for the new region, she gave him the badge as a token of his roots, telling him when he was done there to return and challenge her gym, some day.<br><br><br><br>This time, he wasn't leaving without his hardhat. Strapping his goggles over it, he felt he looked perfect, letting out all his companions to take a look. "What do you think guys?" His pokemon all cried out in approval. he left them out, for now, he wanted to let their new teammate, Drillbur, get acquainted with the rest of the team. Vibrava sat on his shoulder while Bagon and Drillbur were play fighting a little as they walked. one of the event coordinators asked as he was walking by if he needed a map. "Who needs a map?" was his reply as he walked on with his pokemon.<br><br>Eventually he found his way to the back where he was supposed to report to.the first thing that caught his eye was the slightly frizzed dark haired girl, with a rather strange looking Pichu. Was this one of those "Shiny Pokemon" his dad had told him about? It was an extremely rare recessive trait among Pokemon as he understood it which caused a Pokemon's skin and/or features to be notably different from the rest of their species. Were these all the gym leaders? He got a&nbsp; pinch more nervous, why was he with them? He shrugged off the thought, calming down a bit. The League invited him personally, and one does not simply decline a request from the Pokemon League. He noticed the others were busy talking, so he instead approached the cute looking gal with the Pichu, his Pokemon all joining him in greeting. "Hey there, you're one of the Gym Leaders for this League, right? I'm Skylar Rhodes from-" He realized a moment later, she looked Japanese, making him pause a moment before readjusting his statement, "Blackthorn City, in the Johto region." If she was from there, she likely would recognize the badge on his cravat, and possibly even his last name, thanks to his father.<br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Karasu</strong> on <strong>30-05-2013, 17:22:07</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o129/rikuu_uchiha/RPG%20character/boy/owlboy.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Katsuo Katashi (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=144659.msg6516969#msg6516969)<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasburg Stadium<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong>&nbsp; any<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Eevee (Toshi), Kindlemurr, Natu (Baby)<br><br><hr><br>Katsuo arrived with his familiar Eevee and Natu in tow, the psychic bird sitting on hsi shoulder while eevee was held in his arms. "Well, an interesting day ends to an interesting event, ya feeling better Toshi?" He spoke to his eevee who gave a happy cry, along with Natu who seemed eager to do something. "haha, Natu don't worry, you'll be able to battle soon." He smiled, ahh happy day. As he noticed others he smiled. "Hello everyone, I'm Katsuo from South Point Town, this si Toshi.. and this little guy up here is Natu."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sylia</strong> on <strong>01-06-2013, 23:18:02</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Hibana Tenjou<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasburg Stadium<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Any<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Riolu, Hitmonlee<br><br><hr><br>Hibana was sitting in a corner, legs crossed as she meditated. She wasn't used to such things like this so she was taking the time to calm herself so she'd be able to think clearly when the time comes. Hibana could hear her fellow Gym Leaders talking amongst themselves, but she was only half listening. Both her pokemon had joined her in meditation; Riolu having little patience for it but he tried regardless. Hitmonlee sat next to his master in quiet contemplation as she focused her mind. It was always like this; Hibana'd be quiet before the action then would suddenly explode with energy and excitement.<br><br>Hibana was already wearing her battle outfit, something that was sent to her from Lee. She didn't know how the man knew where she was, but she was grateful that his presence was still felt even from that far away. Slapping her cheeks, Hibana jumped to her feet, making both her pokemon do the same. "Alright! Let's get ready to rock!" She exclaimed, pumping her fist. Needless to say, Hibana was fired up!<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header"> Her battle attire</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/tenjouanthy/138665_zps7e115291.jpg)</div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkNevaeh</strong> on <strong>02-06-2013, 02:53:29</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a42/darknevaeh/youthinkdotcom_3244285_223866.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Lexi Noxkage<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasburg Stadium<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> any<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Nuzleaf, Zorua, Houndour, Sneek<br><br><br>Lexi wandered slowly towards the room where the Gym Leaders were waiting, her thoughts coming to her at a fast pace.&nbsp; Last night she sat with Houndour and Sneek until they were deemed healthy by Nurse Joy.&nbsp; Afterwards, she explained to them why she caught them during their time of crisis, pointing out she was afraid for them getting hurt.&nbsp; She let Nuzleaf and Zorua out as well as soon as they were ok and let the four of them talk and get to know each other.&nbsp; Now they all sat in pokeballs on her belt.&nbsp; She sighed.<br><br>What was she doing here?&nbsp; She had gotten a 'special invitation' and she wasn't even sure why.&nbsp; She rolled her eyes.&nbsp; Probably had something to do with Surge.&nbsp; He was probably going to do something to get back at her for standing up to him the way she did.&nbsp; She stood up straight and walked with more confidence.&nbsp; She wasn't going to be defeated that easily.&nbsp; Smirking, she finally found the room and entered, waving at all of the gym leaders. <br><br>"Well hello.&nbsp; Anyone happen to know why I'm here and not in the peanut gallery?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Pink Professional</strong> on <strong>05-06-2013, 15:48:12</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/Limeyreptile/Marcus-1.png?t=1351026822)</div>Name: Marcus 'Marco' Carmac.<br><br>Location: Douglasburg Stadium<br><br>Tagging: Madison &amp; Dravena<br><br>Current Pokémon: Aerodactyl, Topaz (Larvitar)<br><br><hr><br><br>Seeing that both members of his team had gathered, it seemed now was the best time for Marcus to reveal his plan. He reached into his pocket and pulled something out. It was some sort of hastily scrawled chart. Several different lines and tangents leading into seemingly odd paths that would take each of the two individuals a moment to understand. Once they had read the entire thing: It would become apparant that it was simply a type map. Namely a type map for the battle that was coming up between the Three Tetso gym leaders and the two Kanto gym experts.<br><br>"So it doesn't take a genius to know that we are disadvantaged here. Whoever you go against..."<br><br>He briefly indicated a Dravena, his eyes never having left the little scrawled map.<br><br>"...will be at a major advantage. And if I, a rock type trainer..."<br><br>He then indicates onto the sheet, pointing at the little blue water droplet.<br><br>"...go against Misty, I'm doomed."<br><br>Pointing at Madison, he raises an inquisitive eyebrow.<br><br>"So tell me. What Pokemon do you bring to this battle?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>05-06-2013, 20:58:11</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://api.ning.com/files/mdHZvw03i*CGtsDN0LtfmUcgwnGEzcn1TYwBd-dIje3UhHDsWx0iVsng64hRwI31SfNV4pQJqB1nofG6HkqXVYVMMEycorew/Drayolagain.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Cedric Oleaster<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Skylar, Lexi, possibly others<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Gloom (Priscilla), Turtwig<br><br><hr><br>While he had been the first to arrive for official reasons, luck had it that Cedric wouldn't have to wait very long at all before the other Gym Leaders started to show up, gradually filling the room with their introductions to one another. A great many of them were nervous about this very public introduction (not that he could blame them), so there was a large amount of tension and anxiety that kept everyone from really unwinding, but they at least seemed to be getting along well. For the moment, the Grass type Gym Leader just kept to himself, setting down his pack and releasing Priscilla and Turtwig from their pokeballs, as many of the others had done. Pulling out a couple of plastic bowls, he poured the pair of plants some organic pokemon food so they could be nice and filled up before the summit began and they might be forced into some sort of weird event.<br><br>The calm, reserved type, Priscilla immediately sat down and peacefully scooped up some food into her hands to munch away on, but Turtwig seemed to have other plans. As soon as the little turtle was out and saw the room full of people and pokemon, it began bounding around the area on its four stumpy legs with cries of "Turt! Turt!", looking for someone to play with. Cedric just rolled his eyes and ignored his freshly hatched companion, knowing he would soon either tire himself out, or notice that he had a bowl of food waiting for him and come charging back to defend his property. Even Grass types could be territorial when it came to matters of eating.<br><br>Noticing a man and a woman enter that he hadn't previously seen on the roster, Cedric picked up his bag and approached them both with a business-like tone. "Skylar Rhodes and Lexi Noxkage, right?" he asked, not even requiring confirmation before he pulled a pair of forms out of his bag, passing one to each trainer. "We've had a very last-minute dropout, so the Seastorm League is offering you the chance to battle over the opportunity to be its new eighth Gym Leader, with all the resources and perks that come with that. If you sign these, you'll be agreeing to face each other today, and the winner will take the slot. If you're not interested, you can leave right now, but remember, this kind of opportunity is given to one in a million, so I wouldn't pass it up. What do you say?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkNevaeh</strong> on <strong>05-06-2013, 21:41:44</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a42/darknevaeh/youthinkdotcom_3244285_223866.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Lexi Noxkage<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasburg Stadium<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> any<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Nuzleaf, Zorua, Houndour, Sneek<br><br>Lexi blinked at Cedric as he passed her a form.&nbsp; Her?&nbsp; A Gym Leader?&nbsp; Her eyes widened as the thoughts ran through her head.&nbsp; So much possibility!&nbsp; The perks alone could help her cultivate her breeding career, as well as meet many new trainers and pokemon.&nbsp; So much to gain and learn...and all she had to do was win a battle against...<br><br>Skylar.&nbsp; The dragon boy from earlier.&nbsp; <br><br>She looked over at him.&nbsp; He had fight in him and after seeing his father, probably something to prove.&nbsp; He would not be an easy opponent.&nbsp; She then looked at the pokeballs at her waist and smiled.&nbsp; <br><br>She could win.<br><br>"Sign me up," she declared and put her signature on the form.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Laughing Hyena</strong> on <strong>06-06-2013, 02:49:58</strong>
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				<span class="bbc_u"><strong>Madison Sage</strong></span><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Draven, Marco<br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Egg, Clokcruel, Sneasel, Pawniard<br><hr><br>Madison looked at the type map. Seems as though Marcus had the same idea that Madison had. Pin the ones whom would have the best advantage against Misty against her and let another deal with the rock type whilst the one who had the worst advantage be either support or taking on the one she had some use against. That was what he'd hazard a guess. He listened to what Marcus was speaking of to Dravena and how the man was a Specialist in Rock Types. That's when the question was posed to Madison on what Pokémon by Marcus. He would figure the best thing to do was to be honest about it all.<br><br><strong>"I have three Pokémon. I took the time to catch another for this contest because I was not satisfied with how ready I was for this challenge. I went into the Ruins to train and catch another member for my team."</strong> Madison began for his explanation as he then says more as contemplation then fact. <strong>"I know it's going to depend on me to be the forefront in dealing with Misty at least."</strong> Thus he comes to the point of the question posed to him. He kept his voice low for them so that they and they alone could hear him. <strong>"I have a Clokcruel. Being a Fire Type, thats one of the worst options for Misty. However the second and third member of my team will be doing the heavy work. A Sneasel and a Pawniard. Both aren't incredibly effective but they are not weak to her either. We just have to fight smarter to make it work well."</strong>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ember Star</strong> on <strong>06-06-2013, 23:51:01</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/e9/Images-41.jpeg)</div> <strong>Name:</strong> Elektra Kandou <br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium. <br><strong>Tagging</strong> Skyler and Cedric directly, Lexi indirectly, and open to others. <br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Pichu (Sparkles (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/bc/PikachuColoredPichu-picsay.jpg)), Glaceon, and Egg (Togepi). <br><br>Elektra looked a little shell shocked and confused when the boy entered and immediately came up to her.she didn't know quite what to say or do. All her life she has been in the background, she was going to have to get used to being up front now she supposed. While others took this job for glory and excitement, Elektra had done so because of the prospects of undiscovered Pokemon in this religion. If weekends working at her great uncle's lab and summers helping run errands for Mr Pokemon had taught her anything, it was that new and rare Pokemon were something to be treasured and studied. This just had to go along with it. <br><br>So, she took a gulp and started by nodding her head. She did of course recognize the badge immediately. She had been to Blackthorn before, actually, there was scarcely a place in Jotho she hadn't been at some point. Being Professor Oak's great niece had many advantages. But she couldn't say she recognized the boy until he said his name. Well, it actually wasn't him that came to mind but another by that last name that was known in their region. She wondered if he could be related to him. Finally she spoke after he had finished. Her voice soft and timid as usually. "Y...yes. I am a Gym Leader. Elektra Kandou, originally from Violet City in the Johto region. My new home is Mytheral City." Wow. She couldn't believe she managed to get all that information out. Maybe all this wouldn't be as hard as she had thought. <br><br>She was fixing to speak again with Sparkles yelled out in excitement "Pic-pichu!" While bouncing on her trainer's shoulder and pointing towards Cedric who was making his way this way. Elektra just sighed and patted the tiny Pokemon on her head. "Calm down, Sparkles. Yes. I see him too." Elektra then gave a nod to Cedric and listened as he addressed the girl whom she hadn't notice come in, and Skyler. A battle for Gym Leader at such a last minute as this? <em>Curious.</em> She thought and wondered if it had anything to with Rae Ann. She didn't see the Water Trainer anywhere. She hated to think that perhaps the League kicked her out simply because she screwed up. <em>No.</em> Elektra decided. They wouldn't do that. There had to be more to it.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Pink Professional</strong> on <strong>07-06-2013, 18:08:40</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/Limeyreptile/Marcus-1.png?t=1351026822)</div>Name: Marcus 'Marco' Carmac.<br><br>Location: Douglasburg Stadium<br><br>Tagging: Madison &amp; Dravena<br><br>Current Pokémon: Aerodactyl, Topaz (Larvitar)<br><br><hr><br>Listening in to Madison and his brief explanation of what he could do: Marco could only nod. What he was saying was what any rational, logical trainer would go about saying: The fact that he expected to have to do the heavy lifting against Misty was wise. Sadly, that assumed a lot of things...Most importantly that Marcus' plan was anything like the logical solution.<br><br>"No, I've got a bit of a different plan..."<br><br>Marco smirked before leaning in a bit closer, as if he wanted to keep this part of his plan extremely secret.<br><br>"...I think that our best bet is for you to Take on Brock: Whilst me and Dravena try and take on Misty. If she acts like any logical trainer would: She'll try and wipe us both out with one move. When she tries to use that: Dravena can hit it with Confuse Ray and she might just take out Brock's Onyx. The key here is to make her use a big move like Surf: She'll be wanting to win on her own after she lost the Maze, so if we can trick her into thinking She'd win with one big flashy move: She'll snap at that opportunity."<br><br>Marcus closes the hastily drawn note: Feeling proud of his plan to deal with the leaders. Sure, it was bold as all hell and would probably not work: But as he spent the entire night slowly realising...Any normal battle would have them lose; they were less experienced, less prepared and had spent less time working as a team. The only chance they had was, for lack of a better term, a cheese strategy. If the battle played out normally, they were doomed.<br><br>"So...Any questions?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>apygoos</strong> on <strong>07-06-2013, 18:54:18</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/004/b/7/explorer_ezreal_by_silveheu-d5qgdt8.jpg)<br></div><strong>Name:</strong>Skylar Rhodes<br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg City Stadium <br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong>Dravena, Marco, Masidon, Cedric, Elektra, Lexi, open<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong>Bagon, Vibrava, Drillbur<br><br><hr>Skylar was excited to hear that he wasn't the only one from Johto. He was hoping to continue the conversation before her Pichu pointed out someone approaching them, it was one of the other gym leaders who had previously just been standing by quietly. Receiving the paper he notices that the girl from the cave yesterday was there too, the spunky one who had greater gall than all of them there to stand toe to toe metaphorically with the Colonel.<br><br>He thought long and hard on the prospect. He had come to conquer the league, not be a part of it. His mind thought further on it though. Perhaps his way of carrying on his fathers legacy would be different than region hopping like his dad. This was more than training pokemon, this was a job offer. He could make a home and a living here, while still being a powerful trainer. His father sure set the bar of expectations high for anyone who carried the Rhodes name.<br><br>Finally he turned to his compainons withthe form in hand, looking down at them as they were all still out and about, "What do you think guys? should we go for it?" They all gave a resounding enthusiastic cry and gestures of approval. putting don his signature in both Japanese and English he gave his reply to Cedric, "Right then, bring it on." He then though started to wonder, "Say,&nbsp; has anyone seen Surge? I thought he was supposed to be one of the Elite Four? Who are the others for that matter?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>12-06-2013, 00:39:02</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://api.ning.com/files/mdHZvw03i*CGtsDN0LtfmUcgwnGEzcn1TYwBd-dIje3UhHDsWx0iVsng64hRwI31SfNV4pQJqB1nofG6HkqXVYVMMEycorew/Drayolagain.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Cedric Oleaster<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Skylar, Lexi, Elektra, Katsuo, possibly others<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Gloom (Priscilla), Turtwig<br><br><hr><br>Surge certainly knew how to pick them. Cedric hadn't thought either of the two trainers would have accepted the job offer, considering it was on the shortest possible notice and being a Gym Leader was a lifetime's worth of responsibility, but both Lexi and Skylar looked pretty pumped up as they signed their forms and gave them back to the impromptu secretary. Of course, Surge had done most of the footwork for recruiting the members of the new Seastorm League, so it shouldn't have been that much of a surprise that he would know a leader when he saw one. The Grass-type leader could still remember the day Surge came by his lab in Hiddenbloom and offered him the position. He had flat-out refused at first for personal reasons, but the Colonel hadn't let up until he finally gave in out of exhaustion. Time still had to tell how that decision would work out, though.<br><br>"Surge is probably off getting all of the events ready. We'll see him when we get out there, anyway," Cedric answered Skylar truthfully, since he had yet to even see the officer himself since arriving in Douglasberg yesterday. He was a busy man, no denying that, especially now that one of their Gym Leaders had dropped out out of fear and they had no gym in place for whichever of these two happened to win the match. And once the gym <em>was</em> ready, they still had to find trainers to fill in to test the challengers and make sure each is worth to face the Leader at all, and then they had to train those trainers, and design the badges... It was going to be a rough road.<br><br>For now, Skylar's question about the rest of the Elite Four members was ignored for more important matters, as Cedric gave a look toward both the nearby Elektra and the slightly farther away Katsuo. "When everything gets underway, I need to talk to you two about yesterday," he told them both in a tone of importance, then tucked away the forms Lexi and Skylar had signed and took a seat at the table. Meanwhile, Turtwig finished inhaling his breakfast and jumped up into the chair next to Cedric, eagerly awaiting more food or more attention.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Laughing Hyena</strong> on <strong>12-06-2013, 15:03:07</strong>
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				<span class="bbc_u"><strong>Madison Sage</strong></span><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Draven, Marco<br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Egg, Clokcruel, Sneasel, Pawniard<br><hr><br><strong>"And why would I go against Brock when he would have a type advantage against most of my Pokémon?"</strong> Madison would ask as this seemed more like an insane plan. Sure it made logical sense to go two on one against a single Gym Leader. <strong>"Wouldn't it make more sense for you to go after Brock and for I to go after Misty due to type advantage and being of the same type?"</strong> He continued with the same low tone to his voice as if they were having a private discussion between the three of them. He considered whatever it was he was planning in an attempt to follow it. If two people went after the same trainer then that trainer would try and wipe out the opposition at the same time using powerful moves... Wait... <br><br>Suddenly it dawns upon him. <strong>"I see what you are trying to do here. Not bad... But let's see if we cannot work this into a better setup."</strong> He thinks for a moment on what could be done as an appropriate counter outside of the box in case big moves like Surf were used. <strong>"If you could make higher ground or a way it divert the water away from the two of you you'll have an opportunity for a counter attack just in case that doesn't happen. Either of you have a flying type? That could probably work for the best if you can have the other Pokémon ride atop the flying type dealing attacks from the air. I'll take care of Brock's Rock and ground types with my Steel type moves to try and prevent him from intervening."</strong> He contemplates a few things before giving some final thoughts. <strong>"I'll have to lead with Sneasel in order to blitz him with speed. He'll have a harder time tagging him and Metal Claw can deal tremendous damage against Rock types. I'll wanna save Pawniard as a trump card."</strong>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SargentToughie</strong> on <strong>12-06-2013, 19:29:57</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://images.wikia.com/gurennlagann/images/2/2f/Yomako.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Drevana Nasarus<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg city stadium<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Marco and Madison<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Lucille, Torchic<br><br><hr><br>Drevana listened to Marco's plan, sighing a little as her gaze dropped lower. She knew exactly what he was thinking about, with the fact that their only real shot at victory was to catch the two of them off guard with some off the wall cheese strategy. Truth be told Drevana still wasn't expecting to win, but as long as she put up a good fight and proved her worth as a gym leader, she'd be happy. "I suppose it's better then nothing. Sorry to say that I still don't see myself being a whole lot of help in this battle, aside from confusing one of Misty's Pokemon briefly. One thing that you need to keep in mind though is that confusion is a finicky ability as well. There's a decent chance that the attack will miss altogether, and even then there's still a chance that the Pokemon will just shrug it off and attack like normal."<br><br>She didn't mean to sound overly negative, she just didn't want to get their hopes up over what was possibly the longest shot imaginable. With a more mathematical and rigid mind like hers, less focused around creativity and more focused around numbers, she couldn't help but realize how much of a long shot this was, and she had a feeling in her gut that it wouldn't work.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Pink Professional</strong> on <strong>14-06-2013, 16:38:56</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/Limeyreptile/Marcus-1.png?t=1351026822)</div>Name: Marcus 'Marco' Carmac.<br><br>Location: Douglasburg Stadium<br><br>Tagging: Madison &amp; Dravena<br><br>Current Pokémon: Aerodactyl, Topaz (Larvitar)<br><br><hr><br>"Don't underestimate yourself too much. If you weren't good enough to be in this battle: You wouldn't be a gym leader."<br><br>Marco smiled broadly at Dravena then turned back to Madison who had just twigged on to his strategy. He was thankful that someone else was at least a little optimistic about the battle ahead. If he had to be the only one with a shred of confidence then he could hardly see a convincing future ahead of the region's new gym leaders. He was a bit stumped about how he was going to get Dravena's confidence up though. If she lacked the conviction to fight now, what would she do later on, without friends to help her?<br><br>Ignoring that for now, Marco focused on Madison's addition to the plan and nodded: his confidence growing in the plan. "That's perfect! I have Aerodactyl who I'm pretty sure could lift Lucille. As for Confuse ray, as long as she throws it: It'll hit Brock's pokemon and knock it down to size."<br><br>Marco nodded, looking at his fellow gym leaders with a conviction. "I know it's kind of bad that we're in this situation so early in our careers...Fighting some of the stronger trainers in the land and with terrible typing matchups...But we are going to prove that Tetso is something fierce: We don't need to win, but we need to give 'em hell. I think we're about ready as we'll ever be though. Any questions?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Laughing Hyena</strong> on <strong>14-06-2013, 22:58:39</strong>
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				<span class="bbc_u"><strong>Madison Sage</strong></span><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Draven, Marco<br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Egg, Clokcruel, Sneasel, Pawniard<br><hr><br>He shook his head for the moment as he gave a slight smile. One of confidence. He wasn't aiming to even have a narrow loss he was the type that was willing to go for the win completely. Being from Orre he knew a lot about the colosseum battles. <strong>"I am ready. I feel confident and good. And actually I have another idea that could be used by Dravena."</strong> He thinks for a moment as he then says. <strong>"If Onix or any Pokémon use Dig, I think a fire Pokémon can send a powerful wave of fire under the ground and thus bring a heavy attack of fire and rocks. Anything out of the box are our weapons."</strong> He would think for a moment on what else could be done to give them a surprise edge. <strong>"The rest of what we come up with will have to be on the fly."</strong>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ember Star</strong> on <strong>16-06-2013, 19:55:26</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/e9/Images-41.jpeg)</div> <strong>Name:</strong> Elektra Kandou <br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium. <br><strong>Tagging</strong> Skyler and Cedric, open to others. <br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Pichu (Sparkles (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/bc/PikachuColoredPichu-picsay.jpg)), Glaceon, and Egg <br><br>Elektra watched the two trainers sign the papers presented with excitement. She wondered if they truly understood how much work being a gym leader would be. She remembered being chosen for the job herself. Chosen because of her knowledge, skill, and good hand with Pokemon. She half expected Uncle Samuel put in a good word for her, though she had hardly talked to him since then. While Elektra's experience matched or rivaled many here, she was still in a state of shock that they had chosen her. She wasn't a trainer who battled, she had only ever taken one gym challenge. The Violet City gym. She was a researcher who delighted in the discovery of new Pokemon and the sightings of rare ones. She helped heal the sick at the PokeCenter, and played errand girl for Mr Pokemon, and assistant for Professor Oak. Yet here she was in a region just being established with a League. The options here were endless. <br><br>She turned to Skyler and smiled politely to him. "Good luck with your challenge. I must go speak with Cedric now." With that she turned and walked over to the grass type trainer, with Sparkles on her shoulder. Figuring&nbsp; he would want more details on the happenings yesterday. Hoping she could find out more about Rae Ann. She felt partly responsible for the girl, even though she knew what happened wasn't her fault. She gave a sigh to herself and Sparkles nudged, which made Elektra smile. <br><br>Approaching him, she realized Cedric seemed faintly familiar. Though she was sure she hadn't met him before yesterday, perhaps she had seen something of him before. A picture maybe. She didn't know. "What would you like to know?" She asked.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>apygoos</strong> on <strong>19-06-2013, 01:12:26</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/004/b/7/explorer_ezreal_by_silveheu-d5qgdt8.jpg)<br></div><strong>Name:</strong>Skylar Rhodes<br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg City Stadium <br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong>Lexi, open<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong>Bagon, Vibrava, Drillbur<br><br><hr>Skylar nodded and bowed to Elektra before responding to her with a simple "Thanks." He then turned to his soon to be opponent. She really was cute after taking in a good glance. By the look in her eyes, she had an idea, a dream of what to do with this new job, should she get it. It was a shame someones dreams were going to get halted on the end of a single Pokemon battle, but that's how it worked in this world. He walked over to the American girl, putting away his Japanese for now, letting his pokemon follow him in turn as they approached her. "What a&nbsp; turn of events eh? who woulda thunk it that we would be here now, getting ready for this?" Bagon let out a cry in affirmation of the statement. He caught himself gazing her over, and told himself to take it easy. While she was attractive, he barely knew the girl.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkNevaeh</strong> on <strong>19-06-2013, 03:05:07</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a42/darknevaeh/youthinkdotcom_3244285_223866.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Lexi Noxkage<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasburg Stadium<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> any<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Nuzleaf, Zorua, Houndour, Sneek<br><br>Lexi turned to Skylar as he walked up.&nbsp; She noticed him looking her over and patted his cheek.&nbsp; "Skylar...while I didn't think it would be now, I knew you might be in this position one day."&nbsp; She cupped his cheek and took a breath as she dropped her hand, letting out a resolved sigh.&nbsp; "I'm sorry to tell you that today...it just won't be yours.&nbsp; I need this Skylar...and I will win.&nbsp; The world is open for you and with your connections, you can go far."&nbsp; She thought of Surge...of her grandparents...of trainers who told her she wouldn't be good enough to be a breeder.&nbsp; Her eyes hardened and she took a step back.<br><br>"You are my opponent...and as of right now?&nbsp; My Rival.&nbsp; You're trying to take something I want.&nbsp; I will fight for it.&nbsp; Be ready and bring it all you got, Dragon Boy."&nbsp; She plucked one of the pokeballs from her waist and let it expand in her hand.&nbsp; "I will not hold back...at all."&nbsp; With that, she turned and headed to a corner, popping in earphones attached to a device in her pocket as she blasted a song to pump herself up.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SargentToughie</strong> on <strong>19-06-2013, 03:31:09</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://images.wikia.com/gurennlagann/images/2/2f/Yomako.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Drevana Nasarus<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg city stadium<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Marco and Madison<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Lucille, Torchic<br><br><hr><br>Drevana adjusted her glasses, her eyes shut as she listened carefully to Madison's suggestion for how she could further prove to be useful during the fight. "I don't think that it would even put a scratch in Onix if I were to do something like that, but the chaos could be slightly beneficial, I suppose. Very well, if the opportunity arises for me to make some kind of proxy volcano, I'll be sure to take it. Other then that, Lucille also knows Faint attack, so while I won't be anywhere near as damaging as Madison, I'll still be able to put down some damage on Misty's Starmie, if it comes to that." She shrugged, still knowing that she's mostly just going to be a confusion bot if she wanted to be even remotely useful in a battle where she was at a severe type advantage. "Anyway, how about we stop talking about that and find something more... enjoyable... to discuss. Could we?"<br><br>No matter how much blind, misplaced optimism these two had, Drevana was fairly certain that their defeat was all but inevitable. She would rather spend her time thinking about something that she <em>could</em> handle. "I was thinking of exploring the region a little bit after today's ceremony. Particularly, I heard that there was a desert route not terribly far from here. In a perfect world, I'd hopefully be able to get my Torchic a bit of training, while also getting myself another fire type to strengthen my roster... Either of you two care to come along with me for that?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Laughing Hyena</strong> on <strong>19-06-2013, 17:02:28</strong>
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				<span class="bbc_u"><strong>Madison Sage</strong></span><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Draven, Marco<br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Egg, Clokcruel, Sneasel, Pawniard<br><hr><br>He figured to counter with some confidence over what was really behind the intention of that move. He whispered a touch so as to keep his voice low and private. <strong>"Not true. The effect would be similar to an Earthquake and last I checked that is super effective. Trust me. I make a living prior to coming here off Trainer battles. Improvising will help you win matches a lot more."</strong> He said with a ever so faint smile to give her maybe a good bump in confidence."[/B] However it looks as though Drevana was horribly realistic in terms of thinking about what was happening and asked for a different topic. One about going into the wilds of the desert to look for some new Pokémon and to train up. To him these were good ideas since he wanted to be a much harder Gym Leader to beat then the usual lot. So he would give some space and spoke normally. <strong>"Alright then we'll talk about that."</strong> He listened to what she was asking for and Madison would swiftly give a polite response. <strong>"Sure. Id like to go out into the desert with you. Maybe I'll come across a Scraggy or something. I hear they like the desert a lot."</strong>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>24-06-2013, 17:41:53</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://api.ning.com/files/mdHZvw03i*CGtsDN0LtfmUcgwnGEzcn1TYwBd-dIje3UhHDsWx0iVsng64hRwI31SfNV4pQJqB1nofG6HkqXVYVMMEycorew/Drayolagain.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Cedric Oleaster<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elektra<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Gloom (Priscilla), Turtwig<br><br><hr><br>Now was probably as good a time to talk as any, but Cedric had a feeling that the Summit would be starting any minute now, and he had quite a bit to share. On top of that (and he knew this was probably a bit too distrusting), he didn't really want to fill in the other Leaders too much on what had happened on the Ferry. They only knew as much as he had known yesterday, which would be enough until he confirmed the problem was getting bigger.<br><br>Too bad, since that meant Elektra's questions about Rae Ann would have to wait a little bit longer. "Let's talk about it during the Summit," Cedric suggested firmly, glancing down as Turtwig started hopping up against Elektra's leg, eager to investigate the potential Pichu playmate she was carrying with her. It was a bit amusing, but the scientist still gave him a slight reprimanding look for bothering the girl before withdrawing him, Priscilla following shortly. "I just need to get you and Katsuo up-to-date on everything, nothing major."<br><br>"Stage time in five minutes!" came the warning from a young man as he leaned through the doorway and left in a flash, letting the Gym Leaders know it was time to go. With a parting nod, Cedric gathered his confidence and went out the door. One corner later, they were at the gate leading to the back of the stage, waiting to be called out...<br><br>===<br><br>"Well, it looks like our amateur battle contest has just wrapped up. The top three trainers will be receiving a three-of-a-kind Seastorm League commemorative Premier Ball for the good showing, while the winner, of course, is going home today with a Champion Ball, courtesy of Horizon Futuristics. That's a lot of catching power in one ball, so let's hope he makes the best of it."<br><br>"With that, I guess there's really only one question to ask you all: Are you ready to meet your new Gym Leaders?" The crowd gave their loudest cheer of the morning, the kind of cry that shook your bones. If they were ever going to be ready, it was now. "Then let's get to it!"<br><br>The crowd went silent as the lights (the few that could be made out in total daylight) directed all eyes to the main stage; a simple blue field with a pokeball symbol on it, at the back of which was a black curtain. Behind that curtain was a gate, where nine potential masters waited to be called out one-by-one.<br><br>"First up, we have Douglasberg's own, a ruthless trainer who is without peer in his Type, our very own master of the Dark, Madisooooon Saaaage!" An uproar as Madison was sent out onto the stage to wave to the crowd, drawing more attention than any others from the locals that had come to know him these past few months.<br><br>"A man who made quite a showing at the Casino's monthly Pokegames yesterday, former student of a world-class trainer, hailing from Kanto, the master of the mountains, Marcuuuuuus Cormaaaaaac!"<br><br>"An energetic bugkeeper coming to us from the vibrant forests of Johto, she's won over the hearts of many with her endless energy and vibrant enthusiasm, jittery as a jitterbug, the master of insects, Amyyyyyyy Cataleeeeeee!"<br><br>"An aspiring author from our own Ciderhelm, a woman who's as fierce and inspiring with a pokeball as she is with a pen, so be sure to keep an eye out for her next book, we have the master of flames, Drevanaaaaa Nasaruuuuus!"<br><br>"Aspiring Pokemon Professor and current keeper of the Hiddenbloom Garden, wielding pokemon both beautiful and deadly, and a name to fit the bill, the master of the forest, Cedriiiiiiic Oleasteeeeeeer!"<br><br>"Another Tasmina native, coming to us from the tradition and festivities of South Point Town, an experienced trainer with big visions for the League, the master of the mind, Katsuoooo Katashiiiiii!"<br><br>"And finally, a quiet trainer with an eye for the unusual, with a legacy to back her up, she has some rare sights in store for anyone who can make it past her challenge, the master of multitype, Elektraaaaaaaa Kandooooou!"<br><br>One by one, the Gym Leaders were brought out to equal amounts of cheers, having their chance to wave to the crowd and be shown up on the jumbo screen next to an image of their badge before the next one was introduced. None of them had much reputation yet outside of their own cities, but the locals were excited to meet them nonetheless.<br><br>"Now, you may be noticing that we're short one Leader today, but don't you fear: despite one dropout, the Seastorm League has TWO replacements ready to step up to the plate, and they're here to battle it out to see who gets the honor of being Tasmina's final Gym Leader, I give to you, Skylaaaaaar Rhodes and Alexandra Noxkageeeeee!"<br><br>===<br><br>"There's no money here. What could you even gain from all this...?" The eyepatched man turned as he heard the strained voice from behind him. As he and his comrades finished changing into their newly "borrowed" security uniforms, it seemed the captain of the old team felt like speaking up, even on the floor with his hands tied.<br><br>The criminal's Luxio did a small figure 8 through his master's legs, then looked up to see what he had in mind. The man just smiled down at his companion, then grabbed a nearby rag from the cleaning supply to stuff into the protesting security officer's mouth. "Luxio, give him a higher dose, let him know what happens if he doesn't forget my face."<br><br>Luxio nodded, its fur crackling with electricity as it charged up, the officer shaking his head until the pokemon unleashed the charge at him, his scream muffled by the rag and the thick walls of the ship's lower levels...<br><br>===<br><br>To the left of the stadium, a number of small rings that had previously been used for the amateur contest were now set up for the First Shot raffle; a very few lucky trainers would draw the opportunity to be the first in the region to take on Gym Leaders for the opportunity to earn a badge before anyone else! Cedric, Hibana, Elektra, Katsuo would be the ones up to bat right now, since the three others had a much harder battle awaiting them. Of course, Cedric still wanted to talk to the other two, but it would have to be quick. It looked like there might be some interesting challengers among the winners.<br><br>Meanwhile, a larger ring was set up in the center for Skylar and Lexi, which drew a lot more attention than one would expect for a couple of relative no-names. Everyone wanted to witness the completion of the new Seastorm League. Hell, one of these two could end up establishing a gym in any number of towns!<br><br>===<br><br>The Pokemon League Summit was only distant noise on the television above the door of one office in Douglasberg. A older man with hair whiter than snow and a small beard to match ignored the noise as he filled out a staggering pile of forms at his desk, thin-rimmed glasses tilted over the bridge of his nose to make easier sense of the endless requisitions and permissions before him.<br><br>A younger woman with auburn hair stepped through the door with a stack of paper and added to his pile, glancing longingly at the TV for just long enough to get caught. "Ashley, I told you to take the day off," the man told his secretary without lifting his eyes, his voice even and sagely. "There's no one in the office today and no one calling. I'm fairly certain I can retrieve my own paperwork for at least one day."<br><br>The young sighed and shook her head at her base, keeping her eyes peeled away from the TV. "It's alright, Mr. Frost. I don't even battle pokemon, and the pay is more important right now. Let me know if you need anything else." Turning, she walked swiftly and straightly out of the room, Mr. Frost exhaling at her stubbornness before his full focus returned to his work.<br><br>Moments later, a loud thump was heard in the hall outside of the office, and the footsteps stopped. Mr. Frost finally lifted his eyes and looked out toward the door. "Ashley?"<br><br>===<br><br>At the right of the stadium, drawing more attention than any of the other events, the largest ring of all was set up for Drevana, Marco, and Madison. As they walked to it, Brock and Misty were both already waiting up top, arms folded challengingly as they stood equidistantly apart for their two-on-three showdown. Misty especially seemed pumped for the challenge, while Brock was a little more laid back.<br><br>"I spent all night thinking about rules we could add to even things out, but what's the fun in giving you a handicap? Two-on-three, one pokemon each, a real match to make Tasmina proud with!" the redhead exclaimed, sending out Starmie immediately in her section of the ring. Didn't look like she was going to make it easy for them , but maybe none of them expected her to.<br><br>===<br><br>So close, and they didn't even know, right behind the curtain as each of them got introduced, close enough to see the colors of their eyes, and now following through the crowd, able to reach out and grab the Fire woman's hair if the notion appeared. But no,&nbsp; just staying close for now. So close. If only they what was coming...
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>King Serperior</strong> on <strong>24-06-2013, 21:08:21</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs9/i/2006/048/4/7/Dont_Touch__Silver__by_HollowEidolon.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>&nbsp; Rachel Stone<br><br><strong>Location:</strong>&nbsp; Waiting at the First Shot Raffle<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong>&nbsp; Open<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong>&nbsp; Slowking and Beldum<br><br><hr><em>Earlier that day......</em><br>"Beldum, Slowking, use Formation Z3!"&nbsp; With a metallic rumble, the silver colored Beldum lifted off the ground where it fell moments earlier, dodging the Rattata's <strong>Hyper Fang</strong>.&nbsp; The Slowking closed it's eyes, only to open them again, glowing a strange blue.....<strong>Confusion</strong>.&nbsp; The Slowking locked gazes with the Arbok just feet away from it.&nbsp; Once the gazes were locked, the plan was sealed.&nbsp; <br><br>"Okay, Slowking and Beldum, finish them off!" yelled a tall, silver haired woman waving her left arm out in a very familiar way.&nbsp; The Rattata, realizing that things were going bad, charged at the Slowking in a second <strong>Hyper Fang </strong> attack.&nbsp; However, despite the Rattata's speed, it wasn't enough because the Beldum quickly floated in the way, hardening it's body with an <strong>Iron Defense</strong>!!&nbsp; With the Rattata now completely distracted by the Beldum, Slowking increased the mental frequency of the <strong>Confusion</strong> so as to make the Arbok view the Rattata as a foe and both Slowking and Beldum as friends.&nbsp; With near lightning speed, the Arbok used an <strong>Ice Fang </strong> on the Rattata, followed by a <strong>Constrict</strong>.&nbsp; It wasn't long before the Rattata fainted when the Beldum used <strong>Iron Head</strong>, slamming the back of the Arbok's head, knocking it out.<br><br>Formation Z3 was still imperfect and really only worked when there was absolutely no chance for failure.&nbsp; It required Slowking to "rewire" the opponent's brain temporarily so that the foe attacks it's partner instead.&nbsp; However, it takes immense focus to do so and leave Slowking open for attack.&nbsp; That's where Beldum comes in.&nbsp; Beldum has a tough, steel body and can use it's Iron Defense to block attacks from getting to Slowking.&nbsp; However, Beldum is relatively small, smaller than Slowking, so many attacks can get past and around Beldum.&nbsp; It's a very risky plan, but, should it be successful, it almost guarantees victory.<br><br>With that done, the referee yelled out that Rachel Stone was the winner.&nbsp; It wasn't suprising, considering that the trainers she has battled so far weren't nearly on the level of a gym leader.&nbsp; That's what Rachel Stone, daughter of the Champion Steven Stone, wanted.&nbsp; Giving her Pokemon the nod of approval, she returned them to their Pokeballs and slipped them onto her belt.&nbsp; That Raffle was going to begin in about four hours, so a little rest was required.&nbsp; It wasn't luck that Slowking and Beldum came out of that battle unscathed, no, it was the large skill gap between her and these low class trainers.&nbsp; However, Rachel knew her luck would change today.&nbsp; The Raffle was going to happen soon.&nbsp; She had already watched many battles throughout this conference today and was impressed by some and sickened by others.&nbsp; Some of these trainers was the reason she took the first flight to Tasmina...<br><br>--------------------------------------<br><em>Now, at the Raffle.....</em><br>Rachel, Slowking, and Beldum were fully rested after that early morning battle with the young woman and were waiting in the small crowd after drawing her ticket.&nbsp; Rachel sighed and looked up at the giant clock on the stadium. &nbsp;"Come on already.&nbsp; Today's the day I get to actually have a battle worth having!"&nbsp; No sooner did she say the words than a man carrying a box walk up to the small stage.&nbsp; The man stepped to the microphone and coughed out, "Attention trainers.&nbsp; Today, some of you will have the very rare chance to challenge our region's new Gym Leaders before anyone else.&nbsp; Even if you do not get to battle them, rejoice as you will have the rare opportunity to watch the very Leaders you will eventually face as well as the battle styles of potential rivals!"&nbsp; The crowd around Rachel began cheering wildly, all wanting to be the one chosen for this honor.&nbsp; She shook her head and leaned against the small tree at the edge of the crowd.&nbsp; The man continued, "We will start with Mister Katsuo Katashi, our Psychic Gym Leader and the Master of the Mind!"&nbsp; <br><br>With that said, the man reached into the box and pulled out a small slip of paper.&nbsp; "Rachel Stone, please come forth and stand on the stage while I call out the other names."&nbsp; Rachel's eyes widened with suprise before she settled her face into a calm impression.&nbsp; <em>"The Master of the Mind, eh?"</em> Rachel thought as she made her way to the platform, ignoring the other names being called out, <em>"As a Psychic Type trainer, neither of us should have the advantage.&nbsp; However, she didn't get the position of Gym leader for no reason.&nbsp; Depending on the battle format, Formation Z3 will not be used, especially as Psychic types tend to be mostly immune to those kinds of techniques unless the user is of a very high level of training.&nbsp; If it's a single battle, Slowking should be able to handle whatever she has......"</em>&nbsp; As Rachel stood there on the platform, she continued planning ideas for nearly every fighting type opponent that she could possibly face.&nbsp; Of course, Rachel knew that all plans are thrown out the window once the actual battle starts, but it never hurts to be prepared.&nbsp; One may never know when the opportunity may arise.......
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkNevaeh</strong> on <strong>26-06-2013, 06:39:02</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a42/darknevaeh/youthinkdotcom_3244285_223866.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Lexi Noxkage<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasburg Stadium<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> any<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Nuzleaf, Zorua, Houndour, Sneek<br><br>Lexi was in awe.&nbsp; So many people...so much noise.&nbsp; The atmosphere was amazing...and it was all here for them.&nbsp; Today, she could walk out a Gym Leader and she could do it by beating Skylar in front all of these people and everyone watching on TV.<br><br>Skylar...<br><br>Lexi looked over at him and sighed.&nbsp; Why him?&nbsp; She already knew he had something to prove, a legacy to live up to.&nbsp; His father was no slouch at raising pokemon, that much was obvious.&nbsp; And more then likely, he expected great things from his son.&nbsp; Lexi looked down at her belt and saw her four pokeballs there.&nbsp; Inside were four pokemon and not only were they prepped and ready for battle, they were counting on her.&nbsp; Together they would make a better life.<br><br>Lexi exhaled, her resolve hardened.&nbsp; She stepped into the ring on one side and waited for her opponent and the official stipulations to their battle.&nbsp; No matter what, she was going to make this epic.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SargentToughie</strong> on <strong>29-06-2013, 01:17:00</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://images.wikia.com/gurennlagann/images/2/2f/Yomako.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Drevana Nasarus<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg city stadium<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Marco and Madison<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Lucille, Torchic<br><br><hr><br>Drevana smiled a little when Madison took her up on the offer for a little bit of training in the desert after this was over. After all, she still felt like she was weak when compared to most average trainers, but to be put up against the likes of a gym leader was a whole separate problem. Either way, she wasn't allowed to dwell on it for very long as the event finally got underway. Out on the stage, Drevana was amazed by how huge this event was, and how important it seemed to the people of the region. Hearing her name shouted out like that, along with the roar of the crowd that accompanied it, helped her steel herself a little bit more for what was expected of her. She needed to grow stronger, she needed to become a gym leader worthy of the people that would be contesting her for their chance at glory. Right. Growing in strength could be saved for later today, right now she needed to put up as good of a fight as possible against the Kanto gym leaders, and prove that she was worthy of her spot.<br><br>She stepped up to the stage, handling Lucille's pokeball cautiously as she listened to the exclamation of her fellow redheaded gym leader. "Alright then, let's do this." With that, she threw out her Ninetales, and prepared herself for her role in the cheese strat that the three of them had prepared.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>apygoos</strong> on <strong>03-07-2013, 01:27:33</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/004/b/7/explorer_ezreal_by_silveheu-d5qgdt8.jpg)<br></div><strong>Name:</strong>Skylar Rhodes<br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg City Stadium, Large center battlefield<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong>Lexi, open<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong>Bagon, Vibrava, Drillbur<br><br><hr>He could hear the Roar of the crowd, the energy was electric. To say he was nervous was an understatement. As if living up to a multi region champions legacy wasn't hard enough, that persons very first offical league battle would be here, on the grand stage in front of tens of thousands of people. there was probably at least thirty thousand people here. People in front seats he could tell were important people, some pokemon professors, gym leaders and - wait. He took a longer, harder glance to the stadiums front row on his right side. Long azure hair, cloaked in black. Was Claire here too, or was he imagining things?! Not many people inthe world claimed themselves Dragon Masters, which are arguably the hardest pokemon to raise. <br><br>He heard many chants come out in Japanese as his name was called, a sizable Johto crowd was here it would seem, and probably part of an even larger Japanese crowd Japan was home to four major Pokemon Leagues as well as the first Battle Frontier and Sevii Islands Orange League Challenge. He wasnt jsut representing his fathers legacy. He was representing Johto, and all of Japan at the moment on this grand stage. <br><br>This was a Unova Girl, and based on his little while of research, she was likely a Dark-type Trainer. In terms of raw power, he had the advantage. However, Darktypes are far from being about power. Dark types excelled in Speed, precision and deception. One advantage he had was Drillbur the only one on his team that wasn't part dragon. To win today though, it was going to need to be a team effort. If she had a pokemon native to this region though he would need to be ready. Professor Oak's comprehensive pokedex's most recent release only covered pokemon found in the Kalos region over in France. She also had one more pokemon than he did. <br><br>His mind kept thinking of things left and right. Claire's voice rang through his head though. <em>"Strategy is important in a battle, yes, but more over, your faith in a pokemon's ability is paramount. Do this, and a pokemon&nbsp; is only as powerful as you let it be."</em> He looked down at the badge on his cravat and took a deep breath, strengthening his resolve, "<em>I'm sorry Lexi, but I have to win, so you better give it all you've got because I'm holding nothing back!</em> Out of the three pokeballs on his belt, the notable luxury ball was the home of Bagon, his closest and best pokemon. One could almost say they were wiggling in anticipation.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ember Star</strong> on <strong>03-07-2013, 17:37:37</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/e9/Images-41.jpeg)</div> <strong>Name:</strong> Elektra Kandou <br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium. <br><strong>Tagging</strong> Cedric. <br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Pichu (Sparkles (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/bc/PikachuColoredPichu-picsay.jpg)), Glaceon, and Egg <br><br>Elektra smiled softly at the Turwig. She didn't mind, really, Pokemon could crawl all over her. She didn't bare the same shyness with them that she did with people. Pichu wanted to play too, and she would've suggested that the two of them do if it weren't for the fact Cedric recalled the Turwig. Sparkles gave a disappointed sigh/squeak and plopped back down upon the girl's shoulder. Wordlessly, Elektra simply nodded at Cedric's words. <em>'Now comes the terrifying part.'</em> She thought to herself.<br><br>It was terrifying, but also awe inspiring. The only things that calmed her nerves was little Sparkles' perkyness and presence on her shoulder. Though even the bold little Pokemon had some shyness another the matter, peaking out from Elektra's hair in awe. The other thing was the knowledge that these other newly crested Gym Leaders were going through the same thing. She didn't know them, but she wasn't alone with them. As the announcer called out his name and spotlight was shined upon her, however briefly, she could feel the blush raising to her pale cheeks. But she managed, she smiled and waved meekly at the people. No, not with same energy the others probably did, but still with gleefulness. <br><br>With that ordeal over and the Gym Leaders dispersing throughout, Elektra sought out Cedric. She wanted to see if she could track him down before the battles were to begin. See if they could talk, or if it would have to wait. Though she honestly didn't know where he was at this point.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>03-07-2013, 21:03:21</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/4/46/VSLt_Surge.png)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Colonel Surge<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium, Central Ring<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Lexi, Skylar<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Raichu<br><br><hr><br>The crowd of excited trainers surrounding the central ring parted as Colonel Surge approached the arena, the nearly seven foot-tall Goliath of a soldier striking awe into locals that had never even met Gym Leaders before, aside from those at Seastorm Stadium. Many knew that this would probably be their only chance to see a member of the Elite Four, who would soon disappear into the Pokemon League headquarters and await their future challengers. His Raichu somehow managed to perch on his shoulder as if it was a mere Pikachu as he ascended the stairs onto the platform, another testament to the build of the man. With how warm the day was, he was dressed only in his arm fatigue pants and green tank top, though that hardly made him look like any less of an officer. <br><br>Reaching the stage, he took a look at each of the competitors; both Lexi and Skylar looked like they were ready to give their all in this fight. Both seemed like they were banking on this victory to bring them to a new step in their lives, and while it was unfortunate that one of them wasn't going to make it, Surge couldn't have been more pleased that they were both committed. "If you're both ready to go, we just have a few rules to lay down. Number one: only three pokemon each. Number two: obviously, only one sent out at a time. And number three: no items at all except for these," he told them, tossing one Full Restore to each of them, enough to make one clutch comeback.<br><br>Surge grinned with anticipation and stepped out of the way, Raichu hopping down to the ground for a more comfortable view of everything. "Unless either of you have anything else to say...START!"<br><br>===<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/2/20/VSMisty.png)</div> <div class="floatright">(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/1/11/VSBrock.png)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Misty and Brock<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium, Rightmost Ring<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Marco, Madison, Drevana<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Starmie and Onyx<br><br><hr><br>Brock watched the two women in the battle send in their pokemon without having much to say himself. He was pumped up for the battle, as they all were, but even though his own former pupil was here, it seemed that Misty was the one that was most eager to start. Unlike her, Brock hadn't lost his contest yesterday, so the Kanto redhead had a bit of pride to earn back with this match, and a whole audience to prove herself in front of. After Lucille came out, Brock sent out his Onyx, who towered over the other pokemon and let out a fierce roar that brought a cheer from the stands. Misty may have been more of a fan favorite thanks to her beauty, tomboyish nature, and tendency to often wear a swimsuit, but that Onyx had earned a lot of his own fans the day before.<br><br>"I thought about giving this fight some special conditions, cuz we didn't want to shut you guys down <em>too</em> bad, but having a handicap would just be embarrassing in front of all your new challengers, right? So we're going to do this the old-fashioned way!" Misty announced, pumping her fist. "All we'll say is this: one pokemon per person, one Full Restore per team! Everything else goes, and I'll even try to hold from your hitting your little fires and rocks!" Her confidence couldn't really be overstated, or maybe her pride was just getting the better of her. Of course, that knock at Rock types got a bit of a scowl from Brock, who took the chance to shut his partner up by making the first move.<br><br>"Onyx, hit them with a Rock Slide!" The rock snake let out another war cry as he slammed his tail at an angle into the dirt arena, uplifting the various rocks and boulders that were scattered around and sending them fly toward all three opposing pokemon.<br><br>===<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://api.ning.com/files/mdHZvw03i*CGtsDN0LtfmUcgwnGEzcn1TYwBd-dIje3UhHDsWx0iVsng64hRwI31SfNV4pQJqB1nofG6HkqXVYVMMEycorew/Drayolagain.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Cedric Oleaster<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elektra, possibly Katsuo<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Gloom (Priscilla), Turtwig<br><br><hr><br>Elektra didn't really have to look very far, since Cedric was being guided to the same place she was. Like her, he was being put up into a battle against one of the First Shot raffle winners, though she had the special distinction of going up against the winner of the amateur contest that took place before they came out into the stadium. There were four of them left that hadn't been stuck in some other event, so there were four opponents waiting in the battle rings painted on the grass over toward the left wall. There wasn't much telling how difficult these opponents could actually turn out to be, but Cedric wasn't worrying about that too much right now. <br><br>"I was meaning to talk to you and Katsuo about those two thieves we encountered on the ship yesterday," Cedric explained, trying to keep his voice low so the bystanders didn't pick up on too much. He seemed a little more edgy than usual being here; being a scientist, and coming from such a quiet part of the region, he probably heavily preferred the quiet of his lab to a bustling tourist trap like Douglasberg, and being stuck at the center of hundreds of people that had come to see them specifically probably didn't help. "I wasn't able to find out much about the woman, but I think I might have a little bit of background on the guy Katashi fought, just going off the description. It might not give us any way of finding him, but at least we'll know what to watch out for if we see him again. I just want you two to know about it for now, though."<br><br>He paused as something caught his eye, pointing toward one of the rings; specifically, the one Elektra had been directed to head to. "Looks like that guy might have been coming here for more than just the show." In the ring, shielding his eyes from the same bright morning sun that reflected off of his long, blonde hair and white coat, was Bellin, the same mysterious trainer that had helped her against the Wobbuffet. Well, he had seemed like a decent trainer, but if he had won the contest, maybe he was better than they though.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Karasu</strong> on <strong>03-07-2013, 22:28:47</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o129/rikuu_uchiha/RPG%20character/boy/owlboy.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Katsuo Katashi (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=144659.msg6516969#msg6516969)<br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasburg Stadium<br><strong>Tagging:</strong>&nbsp; Cedric and Elektra<br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Eevee (Toshi), Kindlemurr, Natu (Baby)<br><br><hr><br>Katsuo stood nearby, watching more of the battle. At least until Cedric spoke about the thieves from before. "thanks for letting us know Cedric,&nbsp; Toshi and I are itching to make that guy pay for hurting all those people and pokemon." He said, angered that he hadn't been able to stop the man from before. "I think tho we should worry about here and now, if we see him we can do something about it then."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Laughing Hyena</strong> on <strong>04-07-2013, 05:13:40</strong>
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				<span class="bbc_u"><strong>Madison Sage</strong></span><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Draven, Marco<br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Egg, Clokcruel, Sneasel, Pawniard<br><hr><br>Madison smiled a touch as the standing ovation harkened back to the old days before coming here to Douglasburg to be their Gym Leader. They cheered for him avidly and he gave a wave back to them before he made a quick run to the other Gym Leaders. After all had been introduced he would head over to the designated arena where Misty and Brock awaited them. Misty sure did talk a big game and she seemed all but assured that she would win this time but Madison was not about to let them sweep the rug underneath the three of them.<br><br>Seems Brock took offense at some of Misty's jabs but all the same he smiled a touch since it already seemed like these two might have a hard time working together. His eyes narrowed slightly as he would let his more competitive side be known. He unclasped one of his Pokéballs from his amulet and then smile. <strong>"If you feel so confident about it then let's get this started! Pawniard, come out and show your strength!"</strong> The Pokéball pops open and out comes said Pokémon. Striking a battle ready pose Brock wasted no time starting things off and going for as much damage as possible with his type advantage. <br><br>Fortunately Madison's preparations and battle experience in competitive battling would come into effect as he instructed Pawniard. <strong>"Advance closer to Onix and use metal claw to cut your way through those rocks and go high into the air with them!"</strong> Pawniard did as asked of him and leaps forward his arms glowing white as he then sliced several of the boulders that came his way. Pawniards own type advantage was coming into play as the steel type attacks become super effective. His eyes narrowed as he saw Pawniard cut through the rocks and hung over head airborne now thanks to Onix's own attack. <strong>"Give it to him now! Use metal slash and cut deep into that stone back from above!"</strong> Pawniard gives one more Metal Slash and lowered himself so that he came down from that amazing height with tremendous force. Hopefully that surprise attack worked.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Pink Professional</strong> on <strong>04-07-2013, 12:38:40</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/Limeyreptile/Marcus-1.png?t=1351026822)</div>Name: Marcus 'Marco' Carmac.<br><br>Location: Douglasberg Stadium<br><br>Tagging: Drevena, Madison, Brock, Misty.<br><br>Current Pokémon: Aerodactyl, Topaz (Larvitar)<br><br><hr><br>The crowd's standing ovation was enough to get Marco's blood pumping for the clash that already had him in a state of excitement. The rush of blood surging around his body had him standing on edge as his fists clenched around Aerodactyl's pokeball. Here he stood, in front of an entire nation of Pokemon trainers, ready to prove himself as one of their new gym leaders. Not only that, but he was to clash against two icons of their time: Two of the most prominent Gym leaders in the current age and one of those two happened to be a mentor to Marcus. He took to the stage with a relish and listened to Misty blather on about how she was going to win and stuff like that.<br><br>"Lets see if you can redeem your defeat from Yesterday, shall we Misty?" Marco had a smirk on his face that was a mix of measured cockyness and almost designed smackability. He was sticking to the plan and that involved baiting out Misty to the fullest. If she didn't think as he planned, she wouldn't make the mistake that he expected her too. Either way, it was Brock who was gearing up for the battle the most. <br><br>"Onyx huh...That brings back memories..."<br><br>Clenching his fist around Aerodactyl's pokeball, he whispered something into it: As if trying to pass on some message to the hunter he backed far too much in recent days: He'd have to give Topaz a spin sooner rather than later.<br><br>"Aerodactyl! Come straight out with an Agility to dodge the rocks"<br><br>The red light that blasted into the sky quickly took the form of the ever popular Aerodactyl: quickly become a crowd favourite after his two dominant performances yesterday at the competitive events. Despite sharing a type with the Rock move, the flying part of his typing meant that, should the attack hit, he would likely be damaged quite badly by the blow. Thankfully he executed the Agility attack perfectly, only getting lightly clipped by the low accuracy move.<br><br>"Now, Blast out a Supersonic at Onyx!"<br><br>Aerodactyl let out a shrill cry as the supersonic shriek let loose towards Onyx. He wanted to give Madison a helping hand whilst he gave Dravena chance to prepare herself for the plans they had set up. She was vital to the strategy, even if she didn't realise it herself yet.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkNevaeh</strong> on <strong>06-07-2013, 22:37:42</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a42/darknevaeh/youthinkdotcom_3244285_223866.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Lexi Noxkage<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasburg Stadium<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> any<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Nuzleaf, Zorua, Houndour, Sneek<br><br>Lexi nodded as Surge finished his explanation of the rules.&nbsp; She caught the full restore and hung it on the left side of her belt as she reached down with the right hand and grabbed a pokeball.&nbsp; Expanding it in her hand, she brought it before her face, almost as if meditating on the ball.&nbsp; Her lips moved, her eyes closed, almost as if to give one last silent prayer.&nbsp; Her eyes snapped open and she grinned.&nbsp; "Alright!&nbsp; Let's do this Skylar!"&nbsp; She held her pokeball.&nbsp; "I'm not holding back, you better not be either."&nbsp; She then tossed the pokeball.&nbsp; "Come on out, Houndour!" And the ball hit the ground, releasing a ball of light that expanded and became Houndour.&nbsp; The Houndour barked and growled as it stood ready for battle.&nbsp; Lexi caught the pokeball on its way back and she looked up.&nbsp; "The party under the moon starts right now!"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Karasu</strong> on <strong>07-07-2013, 22:42:05</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o129/rikuu_uchiha/RPG%20character/boy/owlboy.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Katsuo Katashi (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=144659.msg6516969#msg6516969)<br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasburg Stadium<br><strong>Tagging:</strong>&nbsp; Rachel<br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Eevee (Toshi), Illubit, Natu (Baby)<br><br><hr><br>Katsuo smiled as he jumped into the ring where his opponent stood waiting. "Sorry about that, didn't mean to keep ya waiting." He said, hsi Natu on his shoulder and Eevee in his arms. "I'm Katsuo, Let's have a fun battle kay?" He said, looking determined and anxious. I'll leave it to your call, Two on two or One on one?" He said, awaiting her answer.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ember Star</strong> on <strong>08-07-2013, 00:14:51</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/e9/Images-41.jpeg)</div> <strong>Name:</strong> Elektra Kandou <br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium. <br><strong>Tagging</strong> Cedric, Katsuo, Bellin. <br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Pichu (Sparkles (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/bc/PikachuColoredPichu-picsay.jpg)), Glaceon, and Egg <br><hr><br>Elektra frowned at Cedric's words. No background on the woman and she had let her go. She wondered who those people were and what they were doing. They didn't look like Team Rocket or Plasma, but who knew. At the mention of the woman though, the little Pichu on Elektra's shoulder started to look angry and open its little mouth. Elektra stopped the tiny Pokemon short by patting her on her head gently. Then turning her attention to Katsuo, she listened to the young man's short speech before he left for his own battle. Elektra should do the same...<br><br>"I'm afraid I can provide little more information. Only that she had a strange and beautiful PokeBall unlike any other I've ever seen. Black with silver symbols." She shrugged at her own words before sighing and dropping her head. "I apologize for letting the woman go. I shouldn't have, but I didn't know what could be in that PokeBall and I feared for my Pokemon." Elektra was somewhat ashamed that she let the woman go. But she had done what she felt she had to. <br><br>With Cedric drawing her attention to her arena, she looked up again and follows his point. She was a little surprised to see Bellin there, but not disappointed. She had hoped she would see him again, there was something about him she liked. She wasn't sure what. She nodded to Cedric as she looked back at him. "So it seems." Was all she said. What more was there to say? She was never one for words. "I guess I should get going then. See you later, Cedric." With that she turned and began to walk towards the arena.<br><br>As she moved towards the arena, slowly, taking her times as always. She thought she felt something move or wiggle in her bag, but put it down to her own movement. She entered and looked around first at the people watching. This would be terrifying to have so many eyes on her. Glaceon wouldn't like it either. But there would hold true and strong. Sparkles on the other hand was having a blast, bouncing around on Elektra's shoulders, looking at all the people. <br><br>Elektra stopped at the appropriate distance in front of Bellin and gave him a soft smile and nod. "Hello again." She greeted in her soft voice. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>08-07-2013, 03:52:01</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://api.ning.com/files/mdHZvw03i*CGtsDN0LtfmUcgwnGEzcn1TYwBd-dIje3UhHDsWx0iVsng64hRwI31SfNV4pQJqB1nofG6HkqXVYVMMEycorew/Drayolagain.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Cedric Oleaster<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elektra, Katsuo<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Gloom (Priscilla), Turtwig<br><br><hr><br>"Yeah, you're right. Even if we knew more, now wouldn't be the time to do anything about it," Cedric agreed with Katsuo. As much as this Summit was just a public relations sort of thing, it was important to get the people of Tasmina to know and trust them, outside of just their own towns. After all, they would be the first to take up not only the challenging of the region's trainers, but the protection of its people when trouble went beyond the scope or availability of the police. People needed to know that they would be ready to come to their aid, day or night, rain or shine. He just wished he hadn't had to come all the way out to Douglasberg to prove that.<br><br>He nodded Katsuo off as the other man went to face his opponent, a not-unattractive girl with silver hair, a hair color he didn't see that often even while he was in Japan. He didn't pay too much attention to here, though, since he started to listen to what Elektra had to say about her own encounter yesterday. "You were in a room full of people. You couldn't risk her doing anything to hurt them. I would have done the same thing," Cedric tried to comfort her, not exactly lowering his tone to be more soothing, but at least offering the right words. Soon, she was heading off to her own challenge, and he gave her a wave to wish her luck.<br><br>Well, neither of them had stuck around long enough to hear what he had learned about the man with the eyepatch, the "King of Hearts" as the newpapers had called him, but hopefully that wouldn't matter. It's not like anything was likely to happen before they even got through the Summit, right? Taking Priscilla's pokeball in hand, Cedric followed the lead of the other two and went to face his own challenger.<br><br>===<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://oi49.tinypic.com/4kten9.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Bellin<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium, Challenger Ring<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elektra<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Chimchar, Tarift, ? ? ?<br><br><hr><br>One had to be impressed by the young man's tenacity to be wearing that flowing, white coat on a warm day like this, but Bellin didn't even seem bothered by it. Such inconveniences seemed beyond him as he watched his opponent step into the ring that was very mechanically painted on the field for them, just large enough for a lot of maneuvering and highly destructive attacks to take place. Like Elektra, he was surprised by the coincidence that she was the one of all of the Gym Leaders that he would be put against, but he wasn't disappointed either. She seemed like she would be a good opponent, not to mention he liked her more than the other few Leaders he had met on the ship. Definitely more than that Water trainer who woke up crying and throwing a tantrum after the criminal had knocked her out and not been caught, and who wasn't even here today.<br><br>"Hello," Bellin said in return, hands tucked into pockets that were hardly visible on that white coat, especially when the breeze made it billow like it was some dramatic anime standoff. "Well, I had said I wanted to go against the Gym Leaders. I guess this must be your way of paying me back for helping you out yesterday," he joked, taking out a Great Ball and tossing it up and down. "So, what are the rules going to be for this challenge? I only have three pokemon with me, so I can't go any higher than that."<br><br>===<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/143/f/9/red___photoshop_warm_up_by_morbidprince-d3h2ypy.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> ? ? ?<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium, Challenger Ring<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Amy<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> ? ? ?<br><br><hr><br>...
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ember Star</strong> on <strong>08-07-2013, 09:12:26</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/ee/Amu01.jpg)</div> <strong>Name:</strong> Amy Catalee <br><strong>Location:</strong>&nbsp; Douglasberg Stadium. <br><strong>Tagging</strong> Hibana<br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Surkirt and Circoon (Lumia) <br><hr> <br><br>Amy had been late, so very very late. She had gotten to the summit late. She had gotten lost and distracted all in one. Not that getting lost and distracted was hard to do in this city. It was like Goldenrod City, only bigger. At least it felt bigger, maybe it was just the fact that's it was new. New to her anyway. So many wonderful fantastic things to amaze. She could wander around for days and never get bored. But wandering around was what made her late to begin with. She had arrived barely in time to catch a glimpse of the Gym Leaders as they were announced to the crowd<br><br>It was so exciting and amazing. All those people, cheering for them. She was amazed and in a state of wonderment. Wait... those are the same things aren't they? It didn't matter, she soaked it all in and joined in with the load cheering. Their energy only added to her own. She bounced up and down and smiled big. Would would have thought that SHE would be standing here. Her, the small town girl with no name to promote, was chosen sent here by Bugsy to see this new region and find new bug Pokemon. Sure, it was a strange new land, but that just made it all the more exciting. Her goal of working in Bugsy's Gym had jumped into something bigger and better. She was a explorer now!<br><br>Announcement over, she had a battle to get to. Her first battle in this land. She had won a raffle to battle one of the Gym Leaders. She didn't know which yet. She could hardly contain her excitement. She was practically running to get to her arena. She bolted in and came to a sliding stop. She looked around. People, people watching and cheering. So amazing. She would get to play to an audience, to battle for something grand. She waved at them all, smiling big, then turned her attention to the woman in the arena. It was Hibana. Oh this was oh so exciting! <br><br>Some might stay calm and collective. Some might be nervous. Some might be pumped for battle. Amy was pumped for battle, but more than that, she was damn excited! She rushed up to the woman she would be battling and grabbed her hand, shaking it vigorously as she began talking in pure breathless Amy fashion. "Hello there! Pleasure to meet you! I'm Amy! Amy Catalee! But you can call me Amy! I sure am excited for our battle! Are you? How many Pokemon are we going to use? I have two, so we can't go over that. But we can just do one if you prefer!" Finally she drew in a deep breath and released her hand before beginning to talk once more. "All these people are really quite amazing! Don't you agree? Oh my goodness! Here I am babbling on and I don't even know your name not even giving you a chance to speak!" Finally she shut up and let her eyes dart around the arena and at the audiennce once more.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SargentToughie</strong> on <strong>08-07-2013, 16:28:37</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://images.wikia.com/gurennlagann/images/2/2f/Yomako.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Drevana Nasarus<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg city stadium<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Marco and Madison<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Lucille, Torchic<br><br><hr><br>Even for Drevana, who often considered herself a more calm and calculating person, somebody who didn't let emotions get the better of them if she could help it, couldn't help but start to feel adrenaline flow through her veins when the battle got started. Perhaps that was what it meant to be a gym leader, being somebody who was passionate about being a Pokemon trainer above all else, somebody who led by example with their combination of ferocity and compassion. There was a lot about the way she was feeling that Drevana didn't fully understand, but both of her allies were giving their all in this fight, so she refused to be the only one not pulling her weight. Right now though, she needed to be extremely patient, she needed to wait for the moment when Misty started to attack, and that was when she was going to strike. "Lucille! Flame burst the rocks heading your way." An odd choice to say the least, but Lucille needed to be ready to move the instant that Misty began her own offensive. Thankfully, although Lucille's fire attack was ineffective at destroying the rocks, they shifted their trajectory just enough to where she wouldn't get pummeled by them. Moreover, now that the rock slide had faded, Lucille shifted herself so that she was in between Misty's pokemon and the Onix. In the heat of battle it would look like just a natural and amateur positioning mistake, but Drevana was counting on that fact for their team's strategy to work. <br><br>Quick attack and Confuse Ray were both ready to roll the instant it looked like there was going to be a water attack hitting the field.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ember Star</strong> on <strong>08-07-2013, 22:47:12</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/e9/Images-41.jpeg)</div> <strong>Name:</strong> Elektra Kandou <br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium. <br><strong>Tagging</strong> Cedric, Katsuo, Bellin. <br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Pichu (Sparkles (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/bc/PikachuColoredPichu-picsay.jpg)), Glaceon, and Egg <br><hr> <br><br>Elektra wondered for a moment if she should havd stuck around and talked to Cedric a little longer. Perhaps there was more to say. But the battle had seemed pressing. She hadn't wanted to appear late or keep anybody waiting. Besides, it could wait until later. Everything was okay now, after yesterday there was no way the bad people could get into the summit. <br><br>She focused on her battle instead. Well, not exactly the battle yet. She took time to notice the man standing before her. His long flowing hair, his spotless white jacket, his piercing eyes. That was something almost enchanting about him, and he seemed kind. Elektra herself still felt like a timid little girl standing there in her white Sundress with her white lacy necklace. Well, the timid part wasn't wrong. She was trying very hard not to show her shyness about the audience. Trying not to freeze up like a Deerling with light shined in her eyes. But with Sparkles presence, the little Pokemon nestled on her shoulder full of energy for the crowd, Elektra managed to hold herself strong. Though her shyness was still evident. <br><br>She smiled softly at Bellin's words. She remembered that now and found it funny that fate should face them like this. "I am afraid I had nothing to do with this meeting." She told him with a sound which could've only been a soft and brief bit of a laugh. It was lucky that there were standing close enough apart because she did not attempt to raise her voice. Always she spoke in a hushed whisper tone, though she did not actually whisper. "I am afraid too that I only have two Pokemon. So I cannot go over that. However, Challenger's choice rather we battle one-on-one or two-on-two. I am willing to do either." 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>King Serperior</strong> on <strong>11-07-2013, 06:04:31</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs9/i/2006/048/4/7/Dont_Touch__Silver__by_HollowEidolon.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>&nbsp; Rachel Stone<br><br><strong>Location:</strong>&nbsp; Waiting at the First Shot Raffle<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong>&nbsp; Katsuo<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong>&nbsp; Slowking and Beldum<br><br><hr>After all the names were called out, the judges led the four to separate arenas and were told to wait for their respective Leader opponents to appear.&nbsp; Rachel saw a few important-looking people running back and forth and recognized a couple herself.&nbsp; Brawly and Bruno, were seen in the crowd of spectators.&nbsp; Rachel caught Brawly's eye and nodded in acknowledgement.&nbsp; It was quite well known that the two, Gym Leader and Elite Four member, were sparing partners.&nbsp; Of no surprise was there a member of the Elite Four from Kanto in this area.&nbsp; Of course, a representative from each region would be here to watch a new league forming.&nbsp; Rachel sighed and looked to the skies.&nbsp; If she knew her father and Wallace, they'd send that old Murkrow, Drake, as Hoenn's representative.&nbsp; The guy rarely came down to earth unless he was battling or sleeping, preferring to ride the skies on that Salamence of his, though he has been known to use his Flygon.<br><br>A sudden voice brought Rachel's own attention back to earth, "Sorry about that, didn't mean to keep ya waiting.&nbsp; I'm Katsuo, Let's have a fun battle kay?"&nbsp; Rachel gave the guy a once-over, <em>'Hmm....doesn't seem all that tough, then again, Wallace looked like a Hynx wannabe, yet he was the current champion of Hoenn.&nbsp; Heck, I even saw Dad's Metagross go head-to-head with that Milotic.&nbsp; It was a dual Knock Out.&nbsp; No one to date had ever defeated that Metagross......except a select few.....most were Champions themselves.'</em>&nbsp; Rachel made eye contact with the Leader before her, "So, you're Katsuo, hmm?&nbsp; You look mighty young to be a Gym Leader, though, you're nowhere near as young as our tag team Gym Leader duo, Tate and Liz, were when they began."&nbsp; Rachel nodded in response to Katsu's question and picked the Custom Pokeball from her belt, the "Crown Ball," a Purple and Silver where a normal Pokeball was Red and White, "Very well, let us make this a one-on-one battle.&nbsp; My best against your best.&nbsp; I want to give my all to a Gym Leader and I expect no less in return."&nbsp; That said, she underhandedly tossed the pokeball into the air, where it opened, allowing Slowking to appear before the crowd.&nbsp; Looking at Katsuo, she gave a slight smirk, "Your turn, Katsuo."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>apygoos</strong> on <strong>12-07-2013, 21:14:39</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/004/b/7/explorer_ezreal_by_silveheu-d5qgdt8.jpg)<br></div><strong>Name:</strong>Skylar Rhodes<br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg City Stadium, Large center battlefield<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong>Lexi, open<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong>Bagon, Vibrava, Drillbur<br><br><hr>The shadow of his hardhat covered his face for a few moments, he looked up towards the large glowing moon in the sky. He took a deep breath, then nodded to surge in confirmation of his understanding the rules. Three pokemon, he just barely qualified, just the day before acquiring his newest party member, Drillbur. <br><br>"You better not hold back either!" There was a fiery determination in his eyes. People like Surge and Claire could probably argue that the glare was much like his own fathers. He pulled the first pokeball from his belt, holding it out in front of him "anything less than your best, and you don't stand a chance! Drillbur, lets go!" <br><br>Houndour is a formidable foe. The part fire, part dark canine has a good amount of power to him compared to other dark types, Drillbur should have the power and speed to match, on top of a type advantage, but Skylar wasn't about to take any chances. He flicked the headlamp on from his hardhat looking right into Lexi's eyes with a confident smirk. "If the Party's started, then lets dance lovely! Drillbur, lets get it started, Hone Claws!" It was clear Skylar wasn't going to take the first offensive move, not against a houndour. Drillbur brandished its claws sharpening them while staring down its opponent, locking onto it. The building tension between the combatants on the battlefield was energizing the crowd, bringing them into a massive roar.<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Karasu</strong> on <strong>12-07-2013, 23:05:41</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=147417.msg8549345#msg8549345">Quote from: King Serperior on 11-07-2013, 06:04:31</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><div class="floatleft">(http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs9/i/2006/048/4/7/Dont_Touch__Silver__by_HollowEidolon.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>&nbsp; Rachel Stone<br><br><strong>Location:</strong>&nbsp; Waiting at the First Shot Raffle<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong>&nbsp; Katsuo<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong>&nbsp; Slowking and Beldum<br><br><hr>After all the names were called out, the judges led the four to separate arenas and were told to wait for their respective Leader opponents to appear.&nbsp; Rachel saw a few important-looking people running back and forth and recognized a couple herself.&nbsp; Brawly and Bruno, were seen in the crowd of spectators.&nbsp; Rachel caught Brawly's eye and nodded in acknowledgement.&nbsp; It was quite well known that the two, Gym Leader and Elite Four member, were sparing partners.&nbsp; Of no surprise was there a member of the Elite Four from Kanto in this area.&nbsp; Of course, a representative from each region would be here to watch a new league forming.&nbsp; Rachel sighed and looked to the skies.&nbsp; If she knew her father and Wallace, they'd send that old Murkrow, Drake, as Hoenn's representative.&nbsp; The guy rarely came down to earth unless he was battling or sleeping, preferring to ride the skies on that Salamence of his, though he has been known to use his Flygon.<br><br>A sudden voice brought Rachel's own attention back to earth, "Sorry about that, didn't mean to keep ya waiting.&nbsp; I'm Katsuo, Let's have a fun battle kay?"&nbsp; Rachel gave the guy a once-over, <em>'Hmm....doesn't seem all that tough, then again, Wallace looked like a Hynx wannabe, yet he was the current champion of Hoenn.&nbsp; Heck, I even saw Dad's Metagross go head-to-head with that Milotic.&nbsp; It was a dual Knock Out.&nbsp; No one to date had ever defeated that Metagross......except a select few.....most were Champions themselves.'</em>&nbsp; Rachel made eye contact with the Leader before her, "So, you're Katsuo, hmm?&nbsp; You look mighty young to be a Gym Leader, though, you're nowhere near as young as our tag team Gym Leader duo, Tate and Liz, were when they began."&nbsp; Rachel nodded in response to Katsu's question and picked the Custom Pokeball from her belt, the "Crown Ball," a Purple and Silver where a normal Pokeball was Red and White, "Very well, let us make this a one-on-one battle.&nbsp; My best against your best.&nbsp; I want to give my all to a Gym Leader and I expect no less in return."&nbsp; That said, she underhandedly tossed the pokeball into the air, where it opened, allowing Slowking to appear before the crowd.&nbsp; Looking at Katsuo, she gave a slight smirk, "Your turn, Katsuo."<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br><div class="floatleft">(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o129/rikuu_uchiha/RPG%20character/boy/owlboy.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Katsuo Katashi (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=144659.msg6516969#msg6516969)<br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasburg Stadium<br><strong>Tagging:</strong>&nbsp; Rachel<br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Eevee (Toshi), Illubit, Natu (Baby)<br><br><hr><br>Katsuo smiled as she sent out her Slowking. "Ahh your from Hoenn huh? Pretty nice, I heard the battle towers were pretty interesting." He smiled as he sent out hsi Eevee. "Come on Toshi, Use Shadowball." He said starting right out. "Don't go easy on me alright?" He said, happy as hsi Eevee Took in a breath, collecting shadowy energy before releasing it in a small ball to shoot out towards Slowking.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>King Serperior</strong> on <strong>13-07-2013, 00:02:54</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs9/i/2006/048/4/7/Dont_Touch__Silver__by_HollowEidolon.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>&nbsp; Rachel Stone<br><br><strong>Location:</strong>&nbsp; Douglasburg Stadium<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong>&nbsp; Katsuo<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong>&nbsp; Slowking and Beldum<br><br><hr>"That's right, I'm from Hoenn.&nbsp; Needless to say, I haven't visited the Battle Frontier there."&nbsp; Katsuo sent out his Eevee, the small Pokémon leaping out of his arms and onto the battlefield.&nbsp; Mere moments after the Eeevee touched ground than he ordered it to use a <strong>Shadow Ball</strong>!&nbsp; As the Eevee concentrated the dark energy into its mouth, he said, "Don't go easy on me alright?"<br><br>Rachel gave him a small smile, one that was smug, "Well, well, aren't we a little impatient?"&nbsp; With that said, the time for talking ended.&nbsp; Extending one hand, Rachel called out, "Defensive formation, Stone Barrier!"&nbsp; Slowking, knowing exactly what she meant, brought its hands together in front of it and spread them outwards, causing the air in front of it to shimmer as countless, small stones appear, floating in the space before Slowking.&nbsp; The Eevee shot the small ball of dark energy at Slowking just as the stones of <strong>Power Gem </strong> shot outwards in a wide arch.&nbsp; Some of the stones made contact with the ball, causing it to explode halfway to it's target.&nbsp; The explosion vaporized many of the stones, but not all, though none hit Eevee.&nbsp; Instead, they impaled themselves along the sides in the center of the arena.&nbsp; Manuvering would be difficult at the center thanks to the stones, but that sill left a lot of space to attack and dodge on each trainer's sides.&nbsp; <br><br>The Stone Barrier technique is designed to pelt oncoming physical attackers with stones, distracting them with pain just enough to barely dodge the attacks and causing an opening for a counter-attack.&nbsp; However, this technique is quite useful for blocking explosive attacks like <strong>Shadow Ball</strong>.<br><br>With a laugh, Rachel brushed her long, sliver hair back with one arm, "Be careful with those <strong>Shadow Ball </strong> attacks, Katsuo.&nbsp; They are quite the volatile technique."&nbsp; Rachel shifted her vision to Slowking, "Slowking, use<strong> Flamethrower</strong>!&nbsp; Target sectors Delta and Alpha!"&nbsp; Slowking nodded as it opened its mouth,&nbsp; sending a stream of fire across the ground in the center of the arena, heating the rocks and ground to high levels.&nbsp; Rachel knew that, when battling, one has to know the strengths and weaknesses of the opponent as well as your own.&nbsp; She knew Slowking didn't do well in close quarters combat and excelled in ranged battles.&nbsp; As long as she can keep Eevee at a distance, she has the advantage.&nbsp; Normally, this would be the sealed deal in a regular battle, but this was a Gym Leader.&nbsp; Getting cocky could very well cost her the battle.&nbsp; Her own mother taught her that, continuously beating her in battle despite Rachel having a type advantage.........
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>13-07-2013, 05:21:31</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/2/20/VSMisty.png)</div> <div class="floatright">(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/1/11/VSBrock.png)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Misty and Brock<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium, Rightmost Ring<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Marco, Madison, Drevana<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Starmie and Onyx<br><br><hr><br>Seeing all three of the opponents come out of the Rock Slide unharmed, Onyx prepared to defend itself, noting the predatory intent toward it from both Pawniard and Aerodactyl. Seeing as Pawniard had the type advantage, Onyx tried to keep its gaze focused on the smallest of the pokemon, but that proved to be its undoing as Aerodactyl came in above and struck it with the Supersonic. While not properly confused, the rock&nbsp; snake was dazed by the brain-vibrating noise that struck it, preventing it from defending itself as Pawniard suddenly came down with a devastating Metal Claw to its back. The famous pokemon roared in pain, but, thanks to its impressive Defense training, remained upright.<br><br>"Onyx! Retaliate with your Bulldoze!" Brock commanded just as Pawniard fell back to the ground. Shrugging off its pain, Onyx lowered its head down to the ground and surged forward to the much tinier swordsman, picking up dirt on the way to form a natural, deadly plow of earth.<br><br>Nearby, Misty was waiting for her chance to enter the fray when she suddenly realized that other redheaded lady's Ninetales was moving in. She had to hold back a laugh as the poor fiery dog put itself right between Starmie and Onyx, two powerful pokemon that she thought would shred it even in a one-on-one fight. "I was gonna try to be nice to you, but if you're going to play it that way...Starmie, hit the fix with your Bubblebeam!" Spinning on one spike, the star pokemon's jewel glowed for a brief moment before releasing a thick stream of bubbles toward Lucille, a cloud of bubbly pain so thick that even a Joltik wouldn't dare to try dodging between them.<br><br>===<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://oi49.tinypic.com/4kten9.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Bellin<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium, Challenger Ring<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elektra<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Chimchar, Tarift, ? ? ?<br><br><hr><br>Well, quite honestly, with the rumble and occasional roar of the crowd filling the stadium, and the sounds of other battles starting up not far away, hearing Elektra's soft voice over it all wasn't exactly the easiest thing for the trainer in white, but he had a keen enough sense of hearing to pick up on her words and respond in a slightly more audible way. "The more the merrier, right?" he said with a light smile, fishing something from his pocket that didn't look far off from a Net Ball. "We can do two-on-two, if you're okay with that. I'll let Tarift sit out of this one so I can't mix up my strategy halfway through, and I'll just use Chimchar and this little guy," he affirmed, tossing out the pokeball and the pokemon in question.<br><br>What popped out was a thin, sleek fish pokemon with orange scales and red fins, a look of hostile determination practically tattooed onto its face. The pokemon whipped its tail and head back and forth occasionally as it floated above the ground, grumbling out "fray, fray" as if it was trying to pick a fight with someone. "We can start whenever you're ready," Bellin offered politely to the timid girl, his pokemon agreeing with the sentiment in a much more aggressive way as it slapped its tail against the ground.<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">BETAFRAY</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs37/f/2008/263/3/d/Betafray_by_BlueGhosty.jpg)<br><br><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size"><strong>Water/Fighting</strong></span><br>Fighter Pokémon<br>Height: 1'7"<br>Weight: 14.1 lbs<br><br>Betafray is a small, yet hostile, fish Pokemon. If it sees another Betafray, they will start quarreling until both sides are tired. In Tasmina, there are gatherings called Beta-fights, in which many trainers gather around a body of water (usually a big tank) and bet money on Betafray as they fight. These fights are not considered proper Pokemon battles.</div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkNevaeh</strong> on <strong>13-07-2013, 13:29:42</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a42/darknevaeh/youthinkdotcom_3244285_223866.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Lexi Noxkage<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasburg Stadium<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> any<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Nuzleaf, Zorua, Houndour, Sneek<br><br>Lexi grinned as she saw the Drillbur.&nbsp; It was clear that Skylar had gone for type advantage right off the bat.&nbsp; While Houndour was a pokemon that shared elements with both Dark and Fire, Drillbur's Ground type would nullify a good portion of any fire attacks and his ground attacks would score some extra damage.&nbsp; Of course...then there was this...particular Houndour...<br><br>Lexi's grin was as dark and secretive as her Pokemon's.<br><br>"Alright Houndour, the opponent thinks they've already got you beat.&nbsp; Show 'em it ain't over until we say so!&nbsp; Faint Attack!"&nbsp; Houndour's eyes glowed as he barked agreement and started to run toward Drillbur.&nbsp; The attack came in from the left and just before he was in range Houndour jumped at Drillbur...<br><br>...and disappeared.&nbsp; The stadium was quiet for just a moment, before Hounbdour's bark came and he reappeared on the right side, his jump completing and attacking at Drillbur.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SargentToughie</strong> on <strong>21-07-2013, 21:58:39</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://images.wikia.com/gurennlagann/images/2/2f/Yomako.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Drevana Nasarus<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg city stadium<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Marco and Madison<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Lucille, Torchic<br><br><hr><br>Drevana's heart was pounding, a bit of anxiety taking hold as she held her position fast between the rock snake and the Starfish... thing. She needed to time her move perfectly otherwise the whole gimmick of the strategy would completely fail. "Alright, Lucille! Confuse ray, now!" As the bubbly bombardment came in, a small glowing orb would fire from Lucille's forehead, punch straight through the bubblebeam, and make it's way right towards Starmie. Confusion Ray was a gamble itself, since there was a chance that it's effect wouldn't even land on Starmine. In fact, considering the age old 'rule of confusion' among Pokemon trainers, odds were high that it would fail. That's how it always was, whenever YOU tried to use confuse ray or supersonic, it would whiff perfectly. On the other hand, every single random Zubat in a cave seemed to be a master marksman with their shots, landing them flawlessly every time.<br><br>Regardless of her little mental tangent, once the confusion ray was sent out Lucille started to back away, almost trying to outrun the bubblebeam with a zig-zagging motion to disorient the psychic starfish while Lucille closed in towards Brock's Onix. If they got so lucky as to have Starmie get hit by the confusion, and if that confusion effect <em>even did anything</em>, then hopefully this would all work out, and Lucille would be able to juke out of the way of the bubble beam at the last second and have it collide with Onix instead.<br><br>Big if though.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Pink Professional</strong> on <strong>22-07-2013, 01:34:27</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/Limeyreptile/Marcus-1.png?t=1351026822)</div>Name: Marcus 'Marco' Carmac.<br><br>Location: Douglasberg Stadium<br><br>Tagging: Drevena, Madison, Brock, Misty.<br><br>Current Pokémon: Aerodactyl, Topaz (Larvitar)<br><br><hr><br>Marcus was feeling pumped as the battle unfolded around him. He noticed that he'd seemed to become the ignored factor in the fight: Both the Starmie and the Onyx ignoring him in favour of the other Gym leader's pokemon. He decided that the best bet would be to try and either knock out, or at least force the Full restore to be used on, Starmie. He'd been saving this next little trick as Aerodactyl's main attraction but now seemed as good a time to use it as any.<br><br>"Hey, Misty! Can you tell me what moves Water types are weak to?"<br><br>Seemingly sensing both his trainer's intent and the chance to lash out at the Starmie, Aerodactyl started to surge towards the Starmie, it's mouth wide open.<br><br>"Never mind, I remembered...Aerodactyl! Thunder Fang!"<br><br>The teeth in Aerodactyl's mouth suddenly cackled with the distinct sound of thunder and the sharp crackle of lightning. Aerodactyl was unique amongst rock types for a lot of reasons; He was a flying type and was weak against Thunder type moves because of it, he was nearly extinct, and most importantly: He was fast! Combining the fact that Starmie was probably either confused or focusing on dodging that meant that Aerodactyl had a hell of a clear shot to bite into the Starmie and cause super heavy damage. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ember Star</strong> on <strong>22-07-2013, 03:21:48</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/e9/Images-41.jpeg)</div> <strong>Name:</strong> Elektra Kandou <br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium. <br><strong>Tagging</strong> Cedric, Katsuo, Bellin. <br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Pichu (Sparkles (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/bc/PikachuColoredPichu-picsay.jpg)), Glaceon, and Egg <br><hr> <br><br>Elektra simply nodded in agreement. What more was there to say. The Pokemon were chosen, the battle was set. From this point on, the only conversation should be the orders they gave their Pokemon. She stared for half a moment at the strange fish before her. It wasn't one she was familiar with. Though she could tell by looking at it what it probably was. He had made a mistake, announcing his next Pokemon. Elektra knew type strategy, she was a multi-type trainer for more reasons than just her love of the rarities.<br><br>"Care to start us off, Sparkles?" At her trainer's words, the little Pokemon leapt from the shoulder where she sat and onto the field. "Pichu!" The Pokemon confirmed with a nod towards her trainer then turned to stare down her foe. Elektra gave a nod, too. "Alright, then use Thunder Wave." Elektra told her Pokemon. To which Sparkles saluted and preceded to puff out her cheeks and generate electricity from them. It wasn't a damage dealing move. But if the opponent's Pokemon could be paralized early on, this battle would be easy. Of course, as she watched her own Pokemon shoot her electricity towards the fish, she didn't expect it to be quite all that easy. She never got overly confident.&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>apygoos</strong> on <strong>24-07-2013, 03:17:19</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/004/b/7/explorer_ezreal_by_silveheu-d5qgdt8.jpg)<br></div><strong>Name:</strong>Skylar Rhodes<br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg City Stadium, Large center battlefield<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong>Lexi, open<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong>Bagon, Vibrava, Drillbur<br><br><hr>"Now Drillbur Slash attack!" He had waited to see just how close he could push it before drillbur would launch his attack. They ended up hitting each other, the dust kicked up quite nicely from the impact. "Now, Dig!" Drillbur tried to shrug off the hit and go straight into the ground in the midst of the dust, The crowd was roaring at the action thus far and itching for more.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkNevaeh</strong> on <strong>24-07-2013, 03:37:49</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a42/darknevaeh/youthinkdotcom_3244285_223866.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Lexi Noxkage<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasburg Stadium<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> any<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Nuzleaf, Zorua, Houndour, Sneek<br><br>Lexi watched the impact and as Drillbur began to dig, she bit her lower lip.&nbsp; She glanced over at Skylar and then looked over to her pokemon. <br><br>"Alright Houndour, our enemy is trying to hide.&nbsp; Step into the shadows and be on guard, ready to counter."&nbsp; Houndour barked understanding and jumped into the nearest shadow.&nbsp; There, Houndour waited, completely on guard and waiting for any indication that Drilbur was coming.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>apygoos</strong> on <strong>24-07-2013, 04:19:15</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/004/b/7/explorer_ezreal_by_silveheu-d5qgdt8.jpg)<br></div><strong>Name:</strong>Skylar Rhodes<br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg City Stadium, Large center battlefield<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong>Lexi, open<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong>Bagon, Vibrava, Drillbur<br><br><hr>"Now, Drillbur! Mound the Field!" the ground around Houndour would start to see mounds appearing all over the field. It would be clear to Lexi they had spent some time training and learning new battle tactics. He was moving all through the ground, and the field was starting to get pretty torn up, just from round 1. "Take your time drillbur, were in no rush"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkNevaeh</strong> on <strong>24-07-2013, 13:15:42</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a42/darknevaeh/youthinkdotcom_3244285_223866.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Lexi Noxkage<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasburg Stadium<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> any<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Nuzleaf, Zorua, Houndour, Sneek<br><br>"Houndour, return!" Lexi brought up the pokeball and the red light shot out to collect the pokemon.&nbsp; Hooking it to her belt, she grabbed another ball and tossed it.&nbsp; "Come on out, Nuzleaf!"&nbsp; The light formed into her oldest friend and she smiled.&nbsp; "Get ready.&nbsp; The enemy is underground and making things his way...but we adapt.&nbsp; Ready?"&nbsp; Nuzleaf nodded and braced himself.&nbsp; He knew it was just a matter of time now...
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Karasu</strong> on <strong>27-07-2013, 21:54:44</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o129/rikuu_uchiha/RPG%20character/boy/owlboy.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Katsuo Katashi (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=144659.msg6516969#msg6516969)<br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasburg Stadium<br><strong>Tagging:</strong>&nbsp; Rachel<br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Eevee (Toshi), Illubit, Natu (Baby)<br><br><hr><br>Katsuo just smiled, he was enjoying the battle adn could just tell Toshi did too, since it never got to beat the crap out of the guy that had made it obey him.. "Alright Toshi! Use your speed, Tackle!" Using his rather nice Speed skil, the eevee woudl run fast as it moved every so often to avoid the flamethrower, though a couple times it got singed on it's sides. But it would Go right in for the tackle, aiming straight for Slowking's gut.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Laughing Hyena</strong> on <strong>28-07-2013, 16:51:10</strong>
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				<span class="bbc_u"><strong>Madison Sage</strong></span><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Draven, Marco<br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Egg, Clokcruel, Sneasel, Pawniard<br><hr><br>Unfortunately for Pawniard there was no other option for it to explore as he couldn't make such a leap onto Onix himself with all that dirt and ground uplifted however Madison found a way to at least reduce the impact. <strong>"Pawniard! Climb onto one of the many rocks and hold tight!"</strong> Pawniard obeyed as his steel blades dug into the rocks and thats when Onix went and uplifted everything with the bulldoze attack. Pawniard was uplifted and flung hard back down to the ground with the super effective hit putting Pawniard upon his back. <br><br><strong>"Pawniard back on your feet!"</strong> The Pokémon struggled to get back onto it's feet but eventually does so and readies to continue the battle looking roughed up from Onix's attack. The reason why Pawniard was back on his feet and not unable to battle was simply good use of the environment to help cushion the attack along with the simple fact that Steel types have some of the strongest defense of all types. He didn't go for the full restore just yet as he was relying on his other team member to make the next save since Madison knew Onix would be using bulldoze or another super effective move once more.<br><br><strong>"Alright Pawniard let's give him something to worry about! Use Torment!"</strong> Pawniard stamps down upon the ground and gave a hideous screech using it's blade to create the hideous sound that would render Onix unable to use the exact same move twice in a row. Anything to help minimize the chances that Onix could knock out Pawniard or any other Pokémon with a single shot was a good thing. Madison would wait for the next move hoping to keep Onix off balance and promptly counter the next move properly. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>King Serperior</strong> on <strong>29-07-2013, 22:16:56</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs9/i/2006/048/4/7/Dont_Touch__Silver__by_HollowEidolon.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>&nbsp; Rachel Stone<br><br><strong>Location:</strong>&nbsp; Douglasburg Stadium<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong>&nbsp; Katsuo<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong>&nbsp; Slowking and Beldum<br><br><hr>The Eevee's <strong>Tackle</strong> made contact, hitting Slowking hard enough to make it stumble back a couple of steps, nearly falling over before it regained it's balance.&nbsp; As Slowking stood up straighter from it's toddling steps, raising it's arms in a defensive gesture.&nbsp; With the Eevee this close, it was both good and bad for Rachel and Slowking.&nbsp; It was bad because Slowking had few ways to handle opponents in close-quarters combat, however, the decreased range allowed for decreased reaction time for Eevee to use it's speed and agility to dodge attacks.<br><br>"Slowking, use <strong>Water Gun</strong>!&nbsp; Drive Eevee into the rocks!"&nbsp; Slowking turned to face Eevee and opened it's mouth, shooting a large quantity of high-pressured water at Eevee.&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>30-07-2013, 20:41:44</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://oi49.tinypic.com/4kten9.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Bellin<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium, Challenger Ring<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elektra<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Chimchar, Tarift, Betafray<br><br><hr><br>As Elektra made the first move, Bellin's gaze grew far more focused and intense. "Betafray, get out of the way!" he commanded, the young fish pokemon moving swiftly to avoid the incoming electricity. While it avoided most of the hit, the residual thunder waves, traveling through the ground caught it and left its body mostly numb, a grimace of exertion forming on the fish pokemon's face as it focused on keeping its body up. "Now hit her back with a Rock Smash!" Bellin decided next. Betafray appeared to struggle for a few moments with its own unresponsive body, but that may have led Sparkles to a sense of false security, as the pokemon soon lunged toward her with solid speed and slammed its head against the other's forehead.<br><br>===<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/2/20/VSMisty.png)</div> <div class="floatright">(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/1/11/VSBrock.png)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Misty and Brock<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium, Rightmost Ring<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Marco, Madison, Drevana<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Starmie and Onyx<br><br><hr><br>Now the advantage of having one more trainer than the other team would be coming into play, much to Misty's chagrin. Despite her disadvantage of not being an untrained, eyeless bat living in a cave somewhere, Lucille managed to land her Confuse Ray directly onto Starmie's gem, the little ball of light colliding with it and bursting into a spray of dazzling flechette right in her vision. Needless to say, Starmie's concentration was broken and her mental powers afflicted, with her body swaying back and forth as she tried to stay facing in the right direction. The Water pokemon master tried to call out an order in the hopes of Starmie staying in the right direction and getting a counterattack on the Ninetales, but Marco's taunt and assault cut her off. Her look turned from annoyance and concern to distress as Aerodactyl locked its thunder-bearing teeth into Starmie's body, making the stoic pokemon shake with the heavy damage it was taking. "Brock!" she called instead, needing back-up badly.<br><br>Coming off the high of doing some serious damage to Pawniard, Misty's partner just now noticed her predicament and hurried to take action. "Onix, take the 'air' out of that 'Aerodactyl'!" Shrugging off Pawniard's Torment for now, Onix charged toward the other three pokemon that were bunched up, his tail taking on an orange glow as he dragged it along the dirt. Once he was within range, he curved and spun his body, his tail turning full orange as he delivered a brutal Smack Down to his former student's pokemon of choice. Aerodactyl would be knocked free of his partner's pokemon, and its body would be feeling too heavy to take flight for a few seconds.<br><br>"That's it! Starmie, go for a Waterfall!" Misty demanded the very second Starmie was free, water spraying from the pokemon's spikes as it rode up into the air on a current of blue liquid. It was a strong attack, but Starmie still had very little control over herself, so the attempt to catch either or both the Ninetales and the Aerodactyl would also catch Onix in the crossfire. "Hey, watch it!" Brock snapped at the redhead as Onix was knocked back a ways. If Misty wasn't more careful, they would both end up needing the Full Restore before the other three even used theirs.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Laughing Hyena</strong> on <strong>30-07-2013, 22:53:13</strong>
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				<span class="bbc_u"><strong>Madison Sage</strong></span><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Draven, Marco<br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Egg, Clokcruel, Sneasel, Pawniard<br><hr><br>Madison saw the opening the second that Onix was hit by the confused Starmie's attack and with that dealt to Onix and with Brock distracted his eyes widened knowing he wasn't going to get another chance like this. <strong>"Pawniard, use Metal Slash and finish Onix off!"</strong> Pawniard immediately went speeding towards the Onix and leapt up towards the giant rock serpent and slashed for the face and neck. Since waterfall had caught Onix in the front Madison was going right after the wet sections of Onix's hard stone body. Regardless of whether or not it actually knocked out Onix, Madison knew now he had a good advantage going with Pawniard and was bound and determined to make as much use of it before Onix could shake off the torment that had been used to prevent Onix from using it's better moves. Madison didn't play this Pokémon Battle like it was just to show he could last even against type disadvantage, he wanted to show he could actually win in spite of it.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ember Star</strong> on <strong>04-08-2013, 18:45:35</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/e9/Images-41.jpeg)</div> <strong>Name:</strong> Elektra Kandou <br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium. <br><strong>Tagging</strong>Bellin. <br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Pichu (Sparkles (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/bc/PikachuColoredPichu-picsay.jpg)), Glaceon, and Egg <br><hr> <br><br>It hadn't worked as planned, unfortunately. The fish had more speed than Elektra had given it credit for. It slammed itself into her unexpecting Pichu, causing Sparkles to stumble backwards and rub her little head. Elektra grimaced at this. She loved her Pokemon more than any, she always hated seeing them get hurt. But she knew it was part of it all. Luckily Rock Smash was a move of normal damage against a Pichu. But one had to take into account that a Pichu was a very small Pokemon, still in its baby stage. "Are you okay, Sparkles?" She asked the Tiny Mouse Pokemon. Sparkles staggered to her feet and nodded, though she was still rubbing her head. She was dazed, but not incapacitated, and a Electric Pokemon was still faster than a fighting fish, especially one dry land. "Counter with Thunder Shock!" She ordered. <em>Damage time...</em> The small Pokemon nodded and immediately went into charging her little blue cheeks. She released her charge full force at the Betafray . <br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SargentToughie</strong> on <strong>05-08-2013, 06:53:14</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://images.wikia.com/gurennlagann/images/2/2f/Yomako.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Drevana Nasarus<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg city stadium<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Marco and Madison<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Lucille, Torchic<br><br><hr><br>Thanks to Starmie's confusion, Drevana was able to tell that they had some momentum in this battle for the time being, though it was likely not going to last long. However, the confusion did provide a blessing in the fact that Starmie's attack was very haphazard, and the odds of it injuring itself instead of doing anything productive with the waterfall were extremely high. Thanks to that lack of focus, Lucille had little trouble juking out of the way of what would no doubt have been a one-hit-KO had it landed. "Lucille! Keep riding the momentum and hit Starmie with faint attack!" On command, Lucille seemed to vanish, leaving a shadow of itself behind to be caught in the waterfall as Lucille moved through the shadows of the battlefield and struck Starmie with a cheap shot from behind. Thanks to the fact that it was a 'surprise' attack, it was a guaranteed hit with a stat that Starmie was weak to, though that was where the positive sides of Faint Attack ended. Since Lucille was a fire type Pokemon, Faint attack was already weaker then it would be for the likes of Pawniard. Along with that, Ninetales wasn't exactly a species that touted the most incredible physical damage capabilities to begin with, so the odds of it doing any significant damage were slim.<br><br>Still, it was the best that Drevana could do at the moment, as her hands were still tied and she was fighting on pins and needles. Between the snake and the starfish, any stray attack that actually connected with Lucille would likely put her out of the fight.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Pink Professional</strong> on <strong>08-08-2013, 12:31:35</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/Limeyreptile/Marcus-1.png?t=1351026822)</div>Name: Marcus 'Marco' Carmac.<br><br>Location: Douglasberg Stadium<br><br>Tagging: Drevena, Madison, Brock, Misty.<br><br>Current Pokémon: Aerodactyl, Topaz (Larvitar)<br><br><hr><br>"Damn!"<br><br>The force of the Smack Down would prove potent enough as it slammed the Aerodactyl across the field and into the ground hard. Aerodactyl was well trained enough to get up, but even the prideful Hunter knew that it's time for flight was dampened for a moment: Without the use of his wings, Aerodactyl would be a sitting duck if it actively engaged in a fight. The plan would have to survive a round without his Pokemon it seemed.<br><br>Shouting out to his fellow Gym leaders, he yelled a quick bit of encouragement. "Keep it up guys! We're pushing them back!" It was true though: Misty was on the ropes already and even Onix would crumble under the assault of three well trained pokemon.<br><br>Now though, he needed to handle his Aerodactyl. He would be unable to help this round: both due to lack of flight and the distance that had been put between himself and the enemy pokemon, but that didn't mean he would waste the round. "Aerodactyl: Use Agility."<br><br>The hunter pokemon nodded, letting the tension run out of it's body and the muscles of the prehistoric predator become more powerful then ever before. With this, he'd be able to blow even the Starmie out of the water for pure speed. All that was needed was that his allies hold on for a single round without him: Surely a doable task, considering the advantages they'd already won. Assuming he was undisturbed, Marco would have the opportunity to attack whichever pokemon needed to be hit the most: He had Thunder Fang for the Starmie and Aerodactyl also know Ice fang, in case Onix needed to be shut down.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>apygoos</strong> on <strong>08-08-2013, 13:23:39</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/004/b/7/explorer_ezreal_by_silveheu-d5qgdt8.jpg)<br></div><strong>Name:</strong>Skylar Rhodes<br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg City Stadium, Large center battlefield<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong>Lexi, open<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong>Bagon, Vibrava, Drillbur<br><br><hr>A switch? Smart move on her part, now it seems the tables have turned onto Skylar and into Lexi's favor, he had no other option than to press head on with the attack, though aware he would likely need to make a swap of his own. "Drillbur, lets go, Dig attack, and transition!" The mole pokemon erupted from the ground beneath Nuzleaf as it attempted its attack, after which it gave no time or retaliation as it fellback to its masters feet, "Return." The red laser came to claim Drillbur as he returns to his pokeball, "Bagon, its time to crank up the heat,&nbsp; lets go!" The Dragon came out and let loose its battle cry, the battle was all but reset now, as the high power match was set to continue. "You're pretty awesome, Lexi! This is exactly the kind of battle I was hoping for, now its time for round two!"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sylia</strong> on <strong>08-08-2013, 22:10:24</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Hibana Tenjou<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglaberg Stadium<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Amy<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Riolu, Hitmonlee<br><br><hr><br>Hibana laughed aloud at Amy's introduction, finding it quite similar and full of energy as her own. "Well met! I'm Hibana, the Fighting Gym leader! Let's put on an exciting battle for our audience!" She says, vigorously shaking Amy's hand in return. "I'm expecting great things from ya so don't hold back!"<br><br>"By the way, we will be using two pokemon for this battle as that's all I have with me currently as well. If that's okay with you, then we'll start right away!" Hibana grinned as she nodded to the air and suddenly both her pokemon dropped in from the ceiling. This feat was set up by Hibana in advance and thanks to Hitmonlee's jumping ability it was no problem to get up there and get down as well. Hitmonlee had been carrying Riolu on his shoulder when he dropped in, setting the smaller pokemon down. <br><br>"Rio, Riolu!" Riolu spoke resolutely, stepping forward to do battle first. <br><br>"You heard him, he's your first opponent!" Hibana spoke cheerfully as Hitmonlee merely backed up a ways and sat down crosslegged, patiently waiting his turn. Hibana waited to see what Amy would bring to the table, interested in what would be her first battle as a Gym Leader.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkNevaeh</strong> on <strong>09-08-2013, 04:50:54</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a42/darknevaeh/youthinkdotcom_3244285_223866.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Lexi Noxkage<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasburg Stadium<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> any<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Nuzleaf, Zorua, Houndour, Sneek<br><br>Nuzleaf was already moving, practically sensing Lexi's next move.&nbsp; Lexi grinned.&nbsp; "Alright Nuzleaf!&nbsp; Ready, aim fire....Nature Power!"&nbsp; Nuzleaf nodded as he ran up a mound and jumped, putting his hands together and blowing.&nbsp; Three beams shot out, swirling red, blue and yellow as they pulsated toward Bagon, following his moves.<br><br>OOC: Nature power turned into Tri-Attack
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>09-08-2013, 18:06:57</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/2/20/VSMisty.png)</div> <div class="floatright">(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/1/11/VSBrock.png)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Misty and Brock<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium, Rightmost Ring<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Marco, Madison, Drevana<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Starmie and Onyx<br><br><hr><br>With the beating both Onix and Starmie were taking, all seemed to be going well with the match, and the Tasmina Gym Leaders were pushing in toward an unexpected victory against more trained hands, but it wasn't going to be that easy. Misty's face was concerned as Ninetales went through the shadows to get a hit on her favorite pokemon from behind, but that concern turned to satisfaction at the very last second. Mere feet away from Starmie, shards of rock blasted up from the ground and struck Lucille to block her assault. It was hard to say when Onix put down the Stealth Rocks to protect Starmie, but the two Gym Leaders were working together more than it had appeared.<br><br>"Alright, Starmie, give that Aerodactyl a taste of its own medicine!" the redhead ordered, her pokemon spinning and riding up the curve of one of the nearby rocks to launch itself high into the air, above the grounded Dactyl. Starmie's arms became a laser-edged blur as it spun faster than ever, then shot down at Aerodactyl like a cannonball and struck it with a fierce Gyro Ball, using the opponent's speed against it before it could even return to the air.<br><br>Brock wasn't far behind in regaining his footing. "Double Team!" he shouted as Pawniard's vicious Metal Slash came in, the little Steel type's blade passing through a mere image of the might Onix. The image split into two more, then four, and the crowd erupted with cheers as a ring of giant rock snakes encircled the ring, a very convincing Double Team despite the pokemon's size. "Sorry, Marco, but you'll have to do better than confusion tricks against me!" the master told his former pupil. The Confuse Ray trick hadn't paid off, but the battle was still far from over.<br><br>===<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://oi49.tinypic.com/4kten9.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Bellin<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium, Challenger Ring<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elektra<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Chimchar, Tarift, Betafray<br><br><hr><br>Needless to say, even a Betafray couldn't dodge an attack as fast as Thundershock when it was paralyzed, so Sparkles' move hit him and knocked the fish pokemon flat onto the ground. Bellin made a small sound of empathy, but his Betafray just barely managed to get back up, eager to deal as much damage as possible before being taken out itself. "Right...Betafray, use your Bubbles!" he ordered, the pokemon immediately unleashed a stream of bubbles toward the enemy; not nearly as impressive as Starmie's, but not bad for a freshly caught stage one. The attack wouldn't be super effective, but it wasn't uneffective either, so Chimchar would hopefully be able to finish the Pichu off.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ember Star</strong> on <strong>13-08-2013, 00:20:37</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/ee/Amu01.jpg)</div> <strong>Name:</strong> Amy Catalee <br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium. <br><strong>Tagging</strong> Hibana<br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Surkirt and Circoon (Lumia) <br><hr> <br><br>FINALLY! Somebody with almost equal energy to herself. There weren't many of them out there. Amy was quite ecstatic about the whole ordeal. A Fighting Gym leader would be touch to crack. High defenses, high hit rate. But by all that was shiny in the PokeWorld, SHE WAS READY! But first, a little doting over the other Pokemon. "Oh my goodness! Aren't they adorable! Especially Riolu with his little flippity flap ears! Hm-hum. Well I think I'll keep Lumia up for now. Care to start off, Surskirt?" The kinds strange looking - but still cute - Pokemon leapt down from Amy's head. "Surrrr, surrr!" It proclaimed. "Well alright then. Use Quick Attack on that Riolu." Amy ordered and with speedy accuracy, the small blue bug rushed into a attack. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ember Star</strong> on <strong>13-08-2013, 00:33:33</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/e9/Images-41.jpeg)</div> <strong>Name:</strong> Elektra Kandou <br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium. <br><strong>Tagging</strong> Cedric, Katsuo, Bellin. <br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Pichu (Sparkles (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/bc/PikachuColoredPichu-picsay.jpg)), Glaceon, and Egg <br><hr> <br><br>Elektra grimaced as the next attack came about. Electricity and water were never a good mix. Though it was better when water hit electricity than vice versa. The steam of bubbles hit Sparkles, knocking the small Pokemon down and a soft cry. Sparkles struggled to her feet and was a little wobbly as she swayed and rubbed her head once more. Her fur dripping with water, she shook it off causing the electrical current made all her fur fluff out and stand on end. "Okay, hit him again, Thunder Shock again." She was hoping one more damage attack would knock the fish out, then she could bring out Glaceon for the Chimchar. Sparkles began to charge her cheeks one, and attack. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>14-08-2013, 00:48:03</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://oi49.tinypic.com/4kten9.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Bellin<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium, Challenger Ring<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elektra<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Chimchar, Tarift, Betafray<br><br><hr><br>As fast as it was, the freshly caught Betafray did not have the energy to dodge again and was blindsided by the Thunder Shock. With a brief convulsion, the fish flopped to the ground and fainted, where Bellin calmly recalled it. "You did well. Chimchar can finish this off," he told the pokeball confidently, then pocketed it and threw an another. Chimchar emerged with a hearty cry and a battle-ready look and stance. "Finish the Shiny off with your Ember!" he ordered with passion, his Fire starter leaping toward Sparkles and spitting out a hail of small bolts of fire toward her.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sylia</strong> on <strong>14-08-2013, 16:18:07</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Hibana Tenjou<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Amy<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Riolu, Hitmonlee<br><br><hr><br>"Ahh, bug type eh?" Hibana spoke as the Surkirt sped at Riolu at high speed. "Riolu! Try to dodge that!"<br><br>But it was easier said than done as the quick attack hit its mark, causing the small blue pokemon to skid backwards a few steps from the impact. "Riolu!" Growled the small pokemon as he prepared for the next attack. But he knew his trainer would go on the offensive shortly, which made the small pokemon grin just a little.<br><br>"Riolu! Force palm!" Hibana commanded as Riolu dashed forward to deliver the attack. He waited until the last possible second before attempting to jump over the Surkirt and delivering the force palm from behind. Hibana knew this would be a battle of attrition the moment she saw her pokemon, and that's not counting any surprises she might receive.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ember Star</strong> on <strong>25-08-2013, 06:34:31</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/e9/Images-41.jpeg)</div> <strong>Name:</strong> Elektra Kandou <br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium. <br><strong>Tagging</strong> Bellin. <br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Pichu (Sparkles (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/bc/PikachuColoredPichu-picsay.jpg)), Glaceon, and Egg <br><hr> <br><br>As intended, the Ember attack did finish off poor little Sparkles. Still a little off from the last attacks from the fish, the monkey took the mouse by surprise. The fiery attack hit the little Pokemon and she fell over. Elektra gave a soft cry at this. It wasn't as if she hadn't known it was coming. The girl was just too tender hearted. The girl gave a sigh and took out a luxury ball, the only type Sparkles could stand. "You did good, girl." Elektra told her Pokemon before opening up the ball and allowing the light to suck her in.<br><br>Her gray eyes turned to Bellin. "Well played. But it is not yet over." She told him then pulled out another ball. "Glaceon!" She called as she opened the ball. The beam deposited the icy blue fox in front of her. The difference in personality between between the Glaceon and Pichu was almost immediately noticeable. The ice Pokemon seemed cold, grumpy even, and shy of the crowd of people. There was a reason for this, the Pokemon had been a rescue and still only really liked and trusted Elektra. She was eager to fight though when she saw the Chimchar and gave a cry signaling as much. "Use Icy Fang on that Chimchar." Elektra told her Pokemon. The Glaceon complied without question ...
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ember Star</strong> on <strong>25-08-2013, 06:44:20</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/ee/Amu01.jpg)</div> <strong>Name:</strong> Amy Catalee <br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium. <br><strong>Tagging</strong> Hibana<br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Surkirt and Circoon (Lumia) <br><hr> <br><br>"Eeeek! Dodge!" Amy squeaked when she saw the Force Palm coming for her Surskirt. Bug Pokemon weren't the strongest against such attacks. Although they had plenty of speed. Her little Pokemon attempted to dodge as ordered, but ultimately failed because the Riolu came from behind. The little long legged Pokemon rolled into a ball as she rolled several feet forward. She staggered to her feet though and seemed alright. If a little bumped up. "Quick! Use Bubbles!" Amy ordered and the little Pokemon complied, shooting a stream of bubbles at the Riolu. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>apygoos</strong> on <strong>25-08-2013, 20:12:42</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/004/b/7/explorer_ezreal_by_silveheu-d5qgdt8.jpg)<br></div><strong>Name:</strong>Skylar Rhodes<br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg City Stadium, Large center battlefield<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong>Lexi, open<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong>Bagon, Vibrava, Drillbur<br><br><hr>The blast made a rather large explosion, and a cloud of dust came over the field for a moment, "Bagon!" Skylar shouted to his pokemon. He wasn't expecting such a&nbsp; ferocious attack. Finally as the dust would settle the growl of Bagon could be heard, "Alright Bagon, lets show em what we've got, Return!" The Bagon would be seen glowing, even through the dust, as it then charges straight for the Nuzleaf, "don't let up, follow up with headbutt!" 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SargentToughie</strong> on <strong>25-08-2013, 23:50:15</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://images.wikia.com/gurennlagann/images/2/2f/Yomako.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Drevana Nasarus<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg city stadium<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Marco and Madison<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Lucille, Torchic<br><br><hr><br>Well, they'd hardly be stealth rocks if they weren't stealthy, Drevana supposed. Either way, the rocks dealt significant amounts of damage to Lucille, causing the Ninetales to recoil backwards once her attack had failed. "Tch..." Either way, after the stealth rock ambush Lucille was basically being ignored as the two Kanto gym leaders focused on the Aerodactyl and the Onix made several copies of itself throughout the ring. There had to be <em>something</em> that she could do to get both her and Lucille back in this fight, right? Thinking carefully, Drevana realized that one of Lucille's main attacks did have a secondary effect that would help get rid of some of these copies. "Lucille! Blast burn the Onix line!"<br><br>Lucille was still somewhat dizzy from having run face first into a series of hidden, jagged rocks, but she was able to recover at Drevana's command and blast out her waves of fire. Something to note about Blast burn was the fact that it splashed off to nearby targets when it connected, and while the damage was insignificant most of the time, it was still damage nonetheless. That meant that Drevana could use the splash damage from Blast Burn to figure out which Onix was the real one, since the splashes would just faze right through any of the copies that it had made during it's double team. Besides, it was a fire attack on a rock type pokemon, so the damage would be insignificant either way.<br><br>As long as Drevana could identify the real Onix, she could do her job. She'd just have to rely on the other two to deal any real damage, especially with Lucille now looking somewhat delirious.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkNevaeh</strong> on <strong>26-08-2013, 01:06:29</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a42/darknevaeh/youthinkdotcom_3244285_223866.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Lexi Noxkage<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasburg Stadium<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> any<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Nuzleaf, Zorua, Houndour, Sneek<br><br><br>Lexi grinned.&nbsp; Nuzleaf was her one pokemon who knew what to do by the simple flow of battle.&nbsp; Tactics only changed when she called them out.&nbsp; As Bagon flew at him with his headbutt, Nuzleaf feinted left.&nbsp; The headbutt caught his shoulder and Nuzleaf backed up a step as he took the damage.&nbsp; "Good Nuzleaf, no counterattack with Bullet Seed!"&nbsp; Nuzleaf nodded as Bagon continued his momentum, NUzleaf began to shoot seeds from his mouth at him.<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Karasu</strong> on <strong>26-08-2013, 01:34:44</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o129/rikuu_uchiha/RPG%20character/boy/owlboy.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Katsuo Katashi (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=144659.msg6516969#msg6516969)<br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasburg Stadium<br><strong>Tagging:</strong>&nbsp; Rachel<br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Eevee (Toshi), Illubit, Natu (Baby)<br><br><hr><br>Toshi let out a surprised cry as it was blasted by the water gun into the wall. "Toshi! Are you alright?" He caleld out, to which eevee slowly stood up, and glowed suddenly, a shock even to Katsuo! the small eevee's form began to grow and change into its much sleeker form os Espeon. "Oh.. wow.. you finally evolved Toshi!" he got a thought in his head.. "and that means.. Well it won't hurt to try.." He caleld out. "Come on Toshi Signal Beam!" To which Toshi woudl take a second to think before acting, firing off the beam attack at Slowking. Katsuo hoping for the surprise factor alone.<br><br>[soo sorry that took so long &gt;.&lt;][
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sylia</strong> on <strong>26-08-2013, 21:23:49</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Hibana Tenjou<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Amy<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Riolu, Hitmonlee<br><br><hr><br>"Whoa! Dodge those bubbles the best way you can Riolu!" Hibana shouted as her little pal danced backwards while trying to avoid all the incoming bubbles. Unfortunately it was a futile effort trying to dodge the entire attack as a few struck him head on the moment he paused to catch his breath. "It's okay Riolu! We're still in this!"<br><br>Hibana had become used to eyeballing Riolu's health and stamina at a glance, allowing her to know USUALLY what sort of condition he was in. Sometimes she was wrong due to the little fella being stubborn as all heck. And this time was no exception, she sorta knew that he'd fight to the end on this battle, even if she didn't want him to. Riolu narrowed his eyes and stood ready for the next attack to come, wondering how in the world he was gonna win this one. He didn't despair about it since he had the best friend a pokemon could want.. even if she didn't remember. "Riolu, go!" Hibana ordered, sending the blue pokemon forward again. He zigzagged towards the Surskit again, seemingly taunting it into attacking him once again.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>04-09-2013, 21:21:57</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://oi49.tinypic.com/4kten9.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Bellin<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium, Challenger Ring<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elektra<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Chimchar, Tarift, Betafray<br><br><hr><br>Bellin had mixed feelings as Elektra sent out her Glaceon, a much sterner and more experienced pokemon than her last. On the one hand, Chimchar had the type advantage over the Ice type, but on the other, Glaceon was clearly a veteran compared to his starter and had probably won match-ups like this before. And Elektra was no newbie, either. He would have to play it safe. Keeping an eye out, he called out and helped Chimchar dodge just in time to avoid getting bitten by the vicious Ice Fang, the monkey pokemon cartwheeling to a safe location. "Chimchar, use Leer," Bellin ordered plainly, Chimchar giving Glaceon a dark glare that would lower her physical defenses a little. Now it would be that much more effective if he hit her with a good attack.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ember Star</strong> on <strong>06-09-2013, 20:52:18</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/ee/Amu01.jpg)</div> <strong>Name:</strong> Amy Catalee <br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium. <br><strong>Tagging</strong> Hibana<br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Surkirt and Circoon (Lumia) <br><hr> <br><br>The apparent "taunting" seemingly blew right over Amy's pink head. She was giggling at the opposing Pokemon like it was a Jigglypuff putting on a little dance. This probably didn't make the Fighting Pokemon very happy. But Amy didn't notice if it did or didn't. Her Surkirt on the other hand was looking quite annoyed and voiced a complaint towards the Riolu. That got Amy to look at her little blue bug. "Alright. Use Quick Attack on that silly Riolu." Amy told her Pokemon, whom happily complied. The little blue leggy bug moved forward with the full intent to pound the bigger Pokemon. Little body, big ideas...
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ember Star</strong> on <strong>06-09-2013, 21:06:57</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/e9/Images-41.jpeg)</div> <strong>Name:</strong> Elektra Kandou <br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium. <br><strong>Tagging</strong> Bellin. <br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Pichu (Sparkles (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/bc/PikachuColoredPichu-picsay.jpg)), Glaceon, and Egg <br><hr> <br><br>Bellin was quick to think and clever, she had to admit that. She also liked that. There was something about the man standing before that fascinated her. Perhaps it was the air of mystery he put off combined with her own love for the mysterious. Any which way, the fact at hand was the battle. He had used Leer, a move that would weaken Glaceon whom was already weakened against the Chimchar. Not bad. Her Glaceon gave an icy glare right back, though to no effect other than to signify her distaste for the monkey before her and her desire to squash it beneath her paw. Elektra wondered for a moment if the Pokemon would ever loosen up a little more. The Ice Type took everything to another level of seriousness. But she loved and obeyed Elektra, that was the important part. "Glaceon, use Hail." Elektra told her Pokemon in her usual calm and low tone. A move that would cause damage (if only minor damage) for five turns against the Chimchar, with no ill effect against Glaceon. Elektra had some strategy, if nothing else. Glaceon complied, with a growl the wind picked up a bit and hail began to fall upon the arena around the two Pokemon. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Laughing Hyena</strong> on <strong>07-09-2013, 03:45:14</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Madison Sage<br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium, Rightmost Ring<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Marco, Drevana, Misty, Brock<br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Pawniard, Clokcruel, Sneasel, Pokémon Egg <br><br><hr><br>Madison saw what had occurred with the Onix dividing itself into multiple images and knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that he would have an extremely difficult time picking the real one out from the lot. The best idea was to for Onix into a predicament where it was forced to expose itself. <strong>"Pawniard switch up!"</strong> Madison shared a glance with his Pokémon and nods. Suddenly Pawniard runs right towards one the "Onix" however it drifts to the right and past it going right for Misty's Starmie. If there was a chance that Onix was real then it would move to attack Pawniard and thats what Madison is counting on. That Brock would try and make Onix intercept the Pokémon. The second he felt that it was the case then Madison would be sure to call the Metal Claw attack but not a few seconds before. That was the plan when he gets near one of the Onix.<br>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sylia</strong> on <strong>14-09-2013, 17:43:28</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Hibana Tenjou<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Amy<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Riolu, Hitmonlee<br><br><hr><br>As soon as the quick attack connected, Riolu quickly countered the blow with a stronger one! He used counter! Quite sly of the Gym Leader Hibana to issue a wordless command, but it wasn't a trick she could use twice in a row without the girl getting suspicious! "Alright Riolu! Use force palm again!" Hibana called out. She hated telegraphing her attacks as Riolu only had one main attack move.. but no need to worry about that now! This was supposed to be an interesting battle of attrition; one that'll decide if she gets her first loss or not. <br><br>Sure, Gym Leaders exist to be beaten, but Hibana wasn't one to lose on a whim. They'd have to earn their victories against her! She planned on being a tough fight no matter who challenges her.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>15-09-2013, 21:12:40</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/2/20/VSMisty.png)</div> <div class="floatright">(http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/1/11/VSBrock.png)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Misty and Brock<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium, Rightmost Ring<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Marco, Madison, Drevana<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Starmie and Onyx<br><br><hr><br>Brock honestly looked impressed by Drevana's sound logic and brilliant strategy as the Blast Burn struck the first of the fake Onix images, most of the burn passing through the fake, but with some spreading off to the sides to target the two neighboring images. The brilliant flames continued on this way, dancing through the entire ring of Onixes and causing each one to shimmer with the heat as they passed through without harming them. The ring of flames spread until they finally splashed off of the rocky hide of the Onix directly behind Lucille, Pawniard, and Aerodactyl, who now trapped the three pokemon between himself and Starmie.<br><br>But before they could use the positions to their advantage, Pawniard went in for a strike on the vulnerable Starmie. "Onix, use Slam to stop him!" Brock commanded, playing right into Marco's hand. Onix was probably the most veteran pokemon on the field, but even with all his experience, he couldn't keep up with the small and speedy Steel type as he changed course and struck Onix with a Metal Claw that sent the snake tumbling to the ground. Stunned, the Rock type master watched as Onix struggled to lift his head for a few seconds before his strength gave out.<br><br>"Misty, the Full Restore!" Brock demanded, receiving an annoyed look from his partner. Clearly she thought the one restore they had would be best saved for her own pokemon, but she reluctantly threw it to Brock, who went over to tend to his fallen main pokemon. "You may be clever, but let's see how you handle this. Starmie, Hydro Pump!" Immediately, the star pokemon curled several of its limbs forward and aimed at Pawniard, firing a torrent of water so powerful that it would make a Blastoise blush.<br><br>===<br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://oi49.tinypic.com/4kten9.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Bellin<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium, Challenger Ring<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Elektra<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Chimchar, Tarift, Betafray<br><br><hr><br>Elektra's strategy did seem like it would be pretty valid, as hail began to fall into the arena and bounce painfully off of Chimchar's hide. Not only would this keep hurting him as they continued to fight, but it would be a pretty solid distraction, and even the type advantage didn't weaken the force&nbsp; by which the hail struck the monkey pokemon. Still, Bellin could nullify most of the effort if he struck hard and fast enough to take Glaceon out of the fight quickly, though that would count on the Eeveelution not being as tough as she looked. "Chimchar, hit her with Flame Wheel while her defenses are down!" Bellin told his starter with a sense of urgency. Still shielding its head from being pelted by the small chunks of ice, Chimchar ran forward through the hail and somersaulted forward, flames enveloping the small body and propelling him forward toward Glaceon. Thanks to the storm, his accuracy was a bit off, but his power was still as dead-on as ever.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>apygoos</strong> on <strong>16-09-2013, 17:01:28</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/004/b/7/explorer_ezreal_by_silveheu-d5qgdt8.jpg)<br></div><strong>Name:</strong>Skylar Rhodes<br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg City Stadium, Large center battlefield<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong>Lexi, open<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong>Bagon, Vibrava, Drillbur<br><br><hr>"Youre doing great Bagon! way to shrug off an attack!, keep your momentum and use that to pump up return!" Many trainers back in Johto wondered why Skylar had kept Return of all other techniques near the top of his preferred skill list. Truthfully, its one of the most dangerous techniques a pokemon could learn, because as he learned from professor Elm when researching pokemon techniques; Return's power is often connected to the passion and bond between the pokemon and its partner. If one has grown up form childhood with their companion, one would assume the power of the technique is pretty high. <br><br>The Bagon's eyes had a bright glow about them as he never stopped moving, if anything speeding up. It used its hard dragonskin to try and absorb most of teh bulletseed attack as he charged straight in "That's the way!" Skylar exclaimed as he watched and waited for Bagon to get close enough to issue a&nbsp; follow up order, "Now follow it up with bite, and dont let go!"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ember Star</strong> on <strong>16-09-2013, 19:43:08</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/ee/Amu01.jpg)</div> <strong>Name:</strong> Amy Catalee <br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium. <br><strong>Tagging</strong> Hibana<br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Surkirt and Circoon (Lumia) <br><hr> <br><br>It was quite obvious that the Fighting Pokemon would soon prove to be too much for the Bug Pokemon. Not that it would be a surprise to anyone, even Amy, as Bugs didn't hold up well against heavy hitters unless they were older than the Surkirt was. Amy was also quite used to loosing having been one of the ones to fight before you got to a Gym Leader. But that didn't mean she didn't have complete confidence in her Pokemon, she did. She pouted a bit as the Counter came immediately after Surkirt's Quick Attack, knocking the little bug for a loop. Amy didn't much like people who used silent commands, it wasn't very polite in her opinion. But also wasn't against the rules, so it was okay. But beyond that, before Amy even was able to call out a attack of her own, Hibana called out a Force Palm. Well that wasn't very polite either, but it was clever. Amy knew her only chance to get a good hit in was to take advantage of the slightly slower speed of the Riolu and hit it as or before it hit Surkirt. But before she could call out the order, the attack hit. The Force Palm threw the little blue Pokemon for a loop. But it was alright "Use Bubbles now!" Amy called out once her Pokemon straggled to its feet. The Surskit eagerly compiled, shooting the stream of bubbles out at the Riolu. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ember Star</strong> on <strong>16-09-2013, 20:30:14</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/e9/Images-41.jpeg)</div> <strong>Name:</strong> Elektra Kandou <br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium. <br><strong>Tagging</strong> Bellin. <br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Pichu (Sparkles (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/bc/PikachuColoredPichu-picsay.jpg)), Glaceon, and Egg <br><hr> <br><br>It was nice that her plan had started out smoothly. But she knew Bellin would now try to take Glaceon out as quickly as possible. Not that he wouldn't have before, but adding a continuing danger usually bumped up peoples determination. So, when Bellin called out his Chimchar's Flame Wheel, it came as no surprise. "Dodge it." She told her Pokemon. Glaceon tried to leap out of the way. Her ability to navigate in the hail was better than the Fire Type's, which gave her a slight advantage. But as with trying to dodge any move, timing was everything and hers was just a little bit off. She was hit by the Flame Wheel, but not directly. Still, it proved to be a hard hit because of the type advantage. Glaceon shook her body as if trying to shake the nasty off and growled harshly at the monkey. She was weakened, but not out yet. "Now, use Ice Shard." Happily, the Ice Fox complied and attacked the Chimchar fiercely with her Ice Shard.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>King Serperior</strong> on <strong>22-09-2013, 15:41:51</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs9/i/2006/048/4/7/Dont_Touch__Silver__by_HollowEidolon.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>&nbsp; Rachel Stone<br><br><strong>Location:</strong>&nbsp; Douglasburg Stadium<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong>&nbsp; Katsuo<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong>&nbsp; Slowking and Beldum<br><br><hr>The direct hit of the <strong>Water Gun</strong> sent Eevee into the wall over the rocks, causing less damage than Rachel would have wanted, but still a lot nonetheless.&nbsp; However, as the Eevee gingerly stood up on wobbly legs, it began to glow, began to change form.&nbsp; Rachel could tell this wasn't going to be good, <em>'Great, just what I needed, an&nbsp; midbattle evolution.'</em>&nbsp; As the glow diminished, it was revealed that Katsuo's Eevee was now an Espeon.&nbsp; <em>'This could cause some serious issues,'</em> thought Rachel as she ordered Slowking to be on its guard.&nbsp; If Eevee was fast, Espeon was even faster.....<br><br>Suddenly, before Slowking could react, the newly evolved Espeon launched a rainbow colored beam of light at Slowking!&nbsp; It was a direct hit and, judging from the pain on Slowking's face, it was a <strong>Signal Beam</strong>!&nbsp; It must have been a critical hit as well, but Slowking wasn't down for the count yet.&nbsp; Rachel knew that Slowking had high stamina, but with a supereffective attack already having dealt major damage, Rachel wasn't sure how much longer Slowking would last.<br><br>"Slowking, use tactic 6!", ordered Rachel as Slowking opened its mouth for another <strong>Water Gun</strong> attack.&nbsp; Tactic 6 involved using <strong>Water Gun</strong> as a distraction while Slowking used <strong>Confusion</strong> on the foe, hopefully making the opponent dodge the phantom <strong>Water Gun</strong> and into the direct line of fire from the real attack.&nbsp; However, with Espeon being a Psychic type, this tactic had, at best, a 10% success chance.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sylia</strong> on <strong>24-09-2013, 15:45:50</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Hibana Tenjou<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Amy<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Riolu, Hitmonlee<br><br><hr><br>Of course, with the momentum Riolu had going, he ran straight into the bubble spray and took the full brunt of the attack. Hibana winced at this since such an attack wasn't a bug one so it did full damage to Riolu unlike their current battle of attrition. "Riolu! Are you okay?" Hibana asked as Riolu dropped to his knees for a moment. She was worried that he was taking too much damage and might faint soon.<br><br>But as per usual, Riolu was rather hardheaded. "Rio!" He barks back, saying he wishes to continue. He wasn't about to give up in such an important match for his partner. This was a chance to show everyone how tough they were!<br><br>"Okay then, we'll continue." She says with a smile, then gives an apologetic smile to Amy. "He's a bit stubborn, y'see."<br><br>"Rio Riolu!" Riolu yelled impatiently, waiting for his next order.<br><br>"Heehee.. sorry, sorry!" Hibana says, then grins. "Get in there with another force palm!"<br><br>Its become rather apparent that Riolu doesn't seem to know any other attack abilities other than force palm. Which was rather weird, but maybe it'll work to his opponent's advantage?
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Karasu</strong> on <strong>28-09-2013, 20:05:14</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=147417.msg8797420#msg8797420">Quote from: Karasu on 26-08-2013, 01:34:44</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><div class="floatleft">(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o129/rikuu_uchiha/RPG%20character/boy/owlboy.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Katsuo Katashi (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=144659.msg6516969#msg6516969)<br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasburg Stadium<br><strong>Tagging:</strong>&nbsp; Rachel<br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Espeon (Toshi), Illubit, Natu (Baby)<br><br><hr><br>Katsuo smiled as he called out again. "Dodge it Toshi, Tackle him and bring him down with another Signal beam!" Katsuo called out, as Toshi responded with his trainer's enthusiasm and confidence in Toshi as the pink pokemon dashed towards Slowking for a tackle, but it failed as it dodged the water gun only to launch the signal beam right at the Slowking.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>07-10-2013, 01:27:20</strong>
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				Bellin seemed displeased as the Fire Wheel failed to have a full effect on Glaceon (enough to knock it out, anyway), but a direct hit was too much to hope for in Elektra's protective hail. Calling Chimchar back to the edge of the storm, they both heard the next attack called out and waited. The monkey pokemon narrowed its eyes, watching for which shards of ice were flying toward it instead of falling to the ground, then dodging to the side with a small flip. This time, the attack was avoided cleanly, but there wasn't much Chimchar could do to retaliate with the hail still covering the field. "Chim, just try to keep dodging for now," Bellin told him, not wanting to fight when Glaceon had the advantage. He was smart, choosing to wait instead&nbsp; of rushing into the battle when the risk was too high.<br><br>The excitement from the audience was earthshaking as all of the battles grew more and more tense. Bellin and Elektra were battling experience versus type advantage, Brock and Misty were actually having to pull out some of their world-renowned skill to keep up with the three Tasmina Gym Leaders, and there was still no telling whether it was Lexi or Skylar who would fill in that last slot. Blood-pumping battle music blared almost as loud as the spectators, and the announcers were struggling to keep up with all of the action as they gave play-by-plays of each battle as important developments took place. Even the Gym Leaders from other regions were getting hyped up, especially at Brock and Misty getting a challenge from the three novices.<br><br>When the power cut out, it took almost half a minute for the audience to realize it. With no warning or cause, the music had gone silent and the speakers no longer rang out the voices of the commentators. Each of the battles gradually came to a stop in confusion as the service staff of the stadium ran around and tried to figure out what had caused the blackout. Only one object in the stadium still seemed to be working: the massive jumbotron at one end of the arena. It was only showing static at the moment, but it bewildered the staff that it would still be on when the power was out. Confused and annoyed murmuring gradually turned into angry shouting as the spectators wanted to see the battles continue. It wasn't until the static on the jumbotron started to warp that the crowd's attention was drawn again and silence returned.<br><br>To a small chorus of shocked gasps, the screen was soon filled with an extreme close-up of an eye with a red iris. The eye darted back and forth, as if it was looking down on the stadium from wherever this image was coming from. The unnerving eye continued on like this for several seconds before appearing to roll back into whatever non-visible head it was in and quaked. With an incredibly loud groaning, against all desires of the event managers, the dome of the stadium started to rise up in two halves and come together on its own, slowly bringing shadow over the entire arena until the two halves met. The jumbotron went black at the same moment, leaving no sunlight and no power to combat the darkness inside the dome. <br><br>Panic quickly started to set in until the staff used their Electric and Fire types to provide some small amount of direction in the pitch black. Orders were called out from police as they began to herd everyone out of the stadium, Gym Leaders included, though it was a very slow process...
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SargentToughie</strong> on <strong>07-10-2013, 02:11:07</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://images.wikia.com/gurennlagann/images/2/2f/Yomako.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Drevana Nasarus<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg city stadium<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Marco and Madison<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Lucille, Torchic<br><br><hr><br>Drevana was racking her brain, trying to find a way to make herself useful as the Pawinard was getting assaulted from every angle. However, with the extremely limited use of her damaging abilities and the fact that her gimmicks had just about ran dry, she wondered if anything she did would have any effect at all. Well, screw it. Misty had just dropped their team's full restore on Onix, so she wouldn't be able to recover so easily from a state of confusion if Drevana were to react quickly. "Lucille! Use confuse ra- huh?" Drevana was one of the first to notice the lights going out, since it was already more difficult for her somewhat bad eyes to see what was going on right in front of her. Pausing in her command to her Ninetales, Drevana glanced up towards the jumbotron, though it took her about a second to realize what she was looking at, a massive red eye that was sending a shiver down her spine. This didn't seem part of the scheduled programming, that was far too eerie and mysterious to be anything legitimately planned for such a bombastic and lively event. Drevana instinctively took a few steps away from the Jumbotron, Lucille strolling over lightly to stand by her owner's side. <br><br>As the evacuation started, Drevana shivered gently and pushed her glasses up to their proper position at the top of her nose. Even though people were already flowing out of the stadium at a massive rate, it was a slow process for how packed the place was and how chaotic everything had a become. She couldn't shake the feeling that something was coming, and she wasn't looking forward to dealing with it. Right, all she had to do was keep calm and be prepared for whatever was about to come...<br><br>Easier said then done. Drevana's heart was pumping, and she was sure that this was the most tense she had ever been.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ember Star</strong> on <strong>09-10-2013, 19:15:02</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/ee/Amu01.jpg)</div> <strong>Name:</strong> Amy Catalee <br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium. <br><strong>Tagging</strong> Hibana<br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Surkirt and Circoon (Lumia) <br><hr> <br><br>Amy was beginning to find the Riolu quite silly with its repetitive move. Why would a Gym Leader's Pokemon only one move? It didn't make any sense to her, and therefore she didn't quite believe it. She knew how clever Gym Leaders could be. She had worked for one after all. The hyper little pink hairs trainer was convinced that there was some surprise up Hibana's sleeve. <br><br>"Dodge!' She ordered Surkirt began to happen. It took the ditzy girl a moment to realize it. Nearly as long as the audience. But it had gotten dark. Why would they cut off the lights at a time like this. <em>'Oooooh, maybe is some sort of super awesome surprise!'</em> She thought as she bounced around trying to make things out in the dim light from the jumbotron, her mind 75% distracted from the battle. But then that big creepy eye popped up. "Oh... this isn't a good surprise, is it?" She asked Hibana. It was a none humored rhetorical question, but still a valid one. Then things went completely dark... <br><br>Thinking fast, Amy reached into her pocket and pulled out her other Pokemon. "Come out, Lumia! I need your light!" She called as she tossed the Pokemon which emitted it beam of light and deposited the cocoon Pokemon on the ground. The Circoon glowed yellow like a giant glowstick, giving enough light to see. Amy picked the Pokemon up in her arms. "Surkirt, hope on my shoulder." She told her other Pokemon before turning to Hibana. "I'm sad our battle got cut off. But I think we better get outside with the others. I'm sure they'll have this sorted out soon." Thinking this was perhaps little more than a technical glitch. Surely they weren't under some kind of attack.&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ember Star</strong> on <strong>09-10-2013, 20:15:59</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/e9/Images-41.jpeg)</div> <strong>Name:</strong> Elektra Kandou <br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium. <br><strong>Tagging</strong> Bellin. <br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Pichu (Sparkles (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/bc/PikachuColoredPichu-picsay.jpg)), Glaceon, and Egg <br><hr> <br><br>Elektra had to admit, Bellin was a challenging and enjoyable opponent. He knew his tactics and she had a feeling she would lose to him. She hated it, but he did have the type advantage with his Chimchar and his tactical skills seemed to be on equal footing with hers. As was evident by his choice to have his Pokemon dodge for the next little bit. She knew it may be useless for his Chimchar seemed fast, however she was fixing to call out her next move. Then the power went off... <br><br>Elektra was immediately alert and aware and looking around as if trying to spot the cause. It could be just be a glitch, but Elektra was too wary to believe that. She had a personally run in with Team Rocket before, she had worked in PokeCenters and labs where she heard the stories too. Things rarely went wrong without a cause, and then there appeared her confirmation. The red eye upon the screen told her all she needed to know. She didn't know who or what was behind it, but she knew something was going on. Then blackness combined with panic. She didn't like this. However, Glaceon's brush against her leg comforted her. <br><br>Calmly, she turned in Bellin's direction and spoke in her soft way. "Can your Pokemon make light for us? We should get out, help people if we can. I'd like to get Sparkles healed in case something happens, though." She didn't want to get caught in something bad with only one half weakened Pokemon. As much as she loved Glaceon, she knew she didn't have strength enough to take on a lot should Team Rocket, or Plasma, or whoever was doing this popped up and attacked. Besides, changes are they would target Gym Leaders first, she felt. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sylia</strong> on <strong>09-10-2013, 20:42:25</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/tenjouanthy/e814f441-268a-437a-9c79-f0b46fa1e986_zpsb7687e26.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Hibana Tenjou<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Amy<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Riolu, Hitmonlee<br><br><hr><br>Hibana chuckled softly to herself as she remembered how she found out Riolu only had one attack move. He did always seem like he was holding back something else, but never would say what. It was okay for her though, she never thought any less of him for it. But before their battle could continue, the lights went out. Hibana too, thought it was another event and waited to see what it was until that creepy eye appeared onscreen. Something about it made her break out in a sweat, like it was something she's seen before. But that couldn't be right, right? Riolu quickly ran back to Hibana and tugged her leg, urging her to follow the others outside. "Riolu? What's the rush? We'll go in a bit." Hibana asked her little partner as Hitmonlee rose from his position and stood beside her.<br><br>"Lee!" Hitmonlee spoke, tugging on her arm.<br><br>"You too, Hitmonlee?" Hibana spoke in surprise. Part of her wanted to remain and find out what exactly was going on and part of her wanted to get outta there like the others. "We gotta remain until the spectators evacuate. Then we'll get out, alright? Nothing's gonna happen to me so stop worrying!"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkNevaeh</strong> on <strong>12-10-2013, 10:50:37</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a42/darknevaeh/youthinkdotcom_3244285_223866.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Lexi Noxkage<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasburg Stadium<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> any<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Nuzleaf, Zorua, Houndour, Sneek<br><br>Lexi blinked into the darkness.&nbsp; The last thing she had seen was Bagon heading toward Nuzleaf again.&nbsp; Hoping that the darkness was enough, she pointed the pokeball at where her pokemon was standing.&nbsp; "Nuzleaf return!"&nbsp; The red beam shot out and with a smile, Lexi saw the outlined shape of Nuzleaf before he was brought back to her ball.&nbsp; "You deserve a rest my friend.&nbsp; Thanks."&nbsp; Hooking the ball to her belt she took a breath so panic didn;t settle in.&nbsp; She was a trainer of Dark types,a nd the dark was where they belonged.<br><br>"Skylar, you ok over there?" She asked as she reached or a different pokeball.&nbsp; "I'm gong to get us some light.&nbsp; Houndour, lets go!"&nbsp; She tossed out her pokeball and Houndour popped out.&nbsp; "Houndour, give us a small ember so we can see and find Skylar."&nbsp; The pokemon barked ascent and produced a small, continuous flame.&nbsp; Lexi looked up to try and find Skylar. He was her opponent...but he was also a friend.&nbsp; She hoped he was ok and they could figure out just what was going on.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>apygoos</strong> on <strong>12-10-2013, 11:19:49</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/004/b/7/explorer_ezreal_by_silveheu-d5qgdt8.jpg)<br></div><strong>Name:</strong>Skylar Rhodes<br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg City Stadium, Large center battlefield<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong>Lexi, open<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong>Bagon, Vibrava, Drillbur<br><br><hr>"Bagon come back!" He didn't know what to think of the darkness at first, but it took only a moment for him to remember he had a headlamp. After a few more moments of fiddling, on came the bright headlamp. as he looked up and around he could see the chaos of people panicking. This clearly was not part of the show. "Yea I'm fine!" He called back when among the chaos he heard her calling for him, the ember catching his eye so the lamps light now went in their direction. "And people said The lamp on the hat was unnecessary." He said trying to make light of the situation as his Bagon hopped up into his arms. "Something tells me this isn't a normal outage...like this has something to do with yesterday," He said referencing the event in the ruins the day prior. "I'm not sure which way we should start heading, but at least for now, it looks like it's clear down here..you okay?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Laughing Hyena</strong> on <strong>12-10-2013, 11:49:02</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Madison Sage<br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium, Rightmost Ring<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Marco, Drevana, Misty, Brock<br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Pawniard, Clokcruel, Sneasel, Pokémon Egg <br><br><hr><br>Madison saw his chance and uncertain of his Pawniard's speed he had to take the risk. <strong>"Veer right!"</strong> The idea behind it was to turn the attack right towards Onix since it was weak against water. If he managed it&nbsp; then it would be a simpler process to beat Misty like this. Unfortunately Pawniard becomes distracted when the lights went out. Pawniard was bombarded and slides all the way back to Madison. Pawniard was trying to get up but he was not able to. Madison knelt down and pets him as he would need the full restore if he wanted to continue but the way this was going the match would be postponed. His eyes glance up as it remains dark and people were starting to panic but then again fire and electric Pokemon came to the rescue. He would recall Pawniard since there was no use trying to continue this in the midst of an emergency. He took out another Pokéball and out came his old friend Clokcruel as he then tells him. <strong>"Use Ember to keep the area around us illuminated. Misty, Brock, Marco, Draven this match is over. In the middle of a situation like this our priority becomes the people in the arena and evacuating them out."</strong> Madison was keeping his head on his shoulders because he had been through worse and secondly he was the Dark Pokémon Gym Leader. If anyone would be at home in the dark it would be him.<br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Revenent</strong> on <strong>29-10-2013, 05:53:43</strong>
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				There was silence across from Elektra for a few moments before she heard a high-pitched sound of exertion and Chimchar's tail flame ignited enough to light up the area around them. There was little to see in the darkness that was only partially dispersed by the light of a few dozen pokemon, but Bellin was looking around constantly. He was undergoing a similar anxiety to all of the gym leaders, though there something slightly different about it. It appeared to be less fear and confusion and more...suspicion and anticipation. It didn't appear that he was questioning whether or not something else was going to happen next. It looked like he was completely expecting it.<br><br>Over the next several minutes, the police officers and staff led the civilians out of the darkened stadium. Whatever had caused the lights to go out and the dome to close, it didn't seem like there would be a quick solution for it. The visiting Gym Leaders stayed behind to ensure all of the ordinary folk exited safely, though their number wasn't many. In fact, the police force itself seemed to be pretty small inside the stadium, considering the size of the event. Fewer than any present would recall seeing when they arrived that morning, as if the rest had been called away. Eventually, as most of the spectators had filed out, the auditorium started to grow quiet, the oppressive atmosphere making one feel even more disoriented and isolated. A low buzzing sound could be faintly heard, almost like it was being imagined. For any who happened to be looking at him (being one of the few on the arena floor who had any light), Bellin looked like he was going to start throwing punches at the very next thing that posed any threat. Finally, it came.<br><br>In less than a second, the buzzing grew loud and mayhem began. Blinding Flash attacks rained down on the unsuspecting officers and Leaders, stinging their darkness-adjusted eyes if they dared to stay looking upward. If any dared to glance, they would see a horde of Beedrill, Ninjask, and the like in the air above them, having come seemingly from nowhere to assault their senses. On top of that, the swarm of pokemon Screeched occasionally, making it feel like numerous flashbangs were going off overhead. Amidst the chaos, there came an even more intense wave of purple light, along with arcs of purple energy that struck the ground in places. <br><br>It was the last occurrence that stopped Bellin from covering his ears and closing his eyes to shout out a warning to anyone close enough to actually hear him. "Cover up!" he demanded, dropping to a knee and pulling the tail of his coat up and over his head to cover himself. Anyone who failed to do so would witness the cloud of Stun Spore that released from above, enough to rain down upon everyone in the stadium. Police officers and unsuspecting Gym Leaders alike fell to the ground as the especially potent spore stole away all ability to move. The cloud of spores was as thick as fog for a few seconds, but any who managed to hide their exposed skin would be safe once it fell to the ground. Then, the Flashes and Screeches stopped. Anyone unfortunate enough to be paralyzed would sit in silence and darkness, even more vulnerable than they were before, but it wouldn't be permanent. After a moment, the arenas light came back on.<br><br>The Bug pokemon swarm had finally fallen still, now hovering in the air above the arena floor. All varieties of flying insects were among them, though Combees and Beedrills seemed especially prevalent, for reasons that would be quickly noticed. At the center of the horde was a Vespiquen, but no normal Vespiquen. It was significantly larger than normal, a good two or three times bigger than the average queen bee. Its gown-like abdomen extended much further, creating an almost elliptical shape before it reached the expanse of honeycombs at the bottom. Its enlarged thorax served as the base for four arms and two sets of insect wings, while its head was crowned by a star-shaped red jewel framed by two drooping antennae. A pokemon of that size would have no problem releasing the Stun Spore that had just disabled most of the threats in the room. It now waited patiently as its master stepped to the front of its head, peering over the Mega pokemon to see those down below.<br><br>A well-dressed young woman (http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/019/f/e/dolled_up_by_miyukiko-d5hk1x6.jpg) looked down on them all with vaguely uncertain eyes, but her expression didn't give away much else. Her hand carried what looked like a small scepter, though it was rather utilitarian: a simple metal rod with a round, translucently white stone at its tip. Pulling off his coat, Bellin clenched his fists as he looked up at her, though she hadn't noticed him. "I am sorry to inconvenience you all," the young woman said in an unusually soft, monotone voice. One would barely be able to hear it if she wasn't the only one in the room talking. "There is so much work to be done, and we must keep you here until every task has been completed. I cannot guarantee the lives of any who get in our way..."<br><br>She paused, her eyes unblinking, before she continued in a subdued tone. "But...we require subjects as well..." On that cue, around a dozen men in ski masks rappelled down from the ceiling, each equipped with a couple pokeballs, as well as more direct tools of submission. They made a formation around one side of the floor as they grabbed their targets: the paralyzed bodies of Misty and Brock. "Do not be afraid for them. They will resist, but we will make their dreams a reality..."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sylia</strong> on <strong>30-10-2013, 23:10:11</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/tenjouanthy/e814f441-268a-437a-9c79-f0b46fa1e986_zpsb7687e26.jpg)</div><br><strong>Name:</strong> Hibana Tenjou<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Open<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong> Riolu, Hitmonlee<br><br><hr><br>Hibana had been relaxed for the most part, but keeping an ear and eye out for any sudden changes in their surrounding. "Rio.." Riolu spoke with concern to his master, causing her to kneel to his level. <br><br>"Nothing's going to happen! Don't worry so much!" Hibana spoke, trying to assure her little partner that he was overreacting while tending to his wounds with a potion. But shortly after she said that, she wished she didn't as the attack came. The flash moves didn't bother her so much as the loud screeching noise disoriented her. When she heard the yell to cover up, Hibana could only guess what'd happen next. It made her wish she had chosen a more.. conservative outfit for this event, but that's not what she worried about right now. "Riolu, Hitmonlee! Get under me!"<br><br>Diving ontop of her pokemon and making sure they were covered, Hibana mentally cursed as the stun spores fell. Had she been a little slower, even her pokemon would've been caught in it. "Riolu.. listen to me.. don't let.. the-" Hibana said as the stun spores took effect. But one look into Hibana's eyes were all either pokemon would need to know their commands.<em> Don't let them get away with this!</em><br><br>She listened to the young woman's comments and realized she'd be putting herself and her pokemon at risk, but there's no way she could just let them do as they pleased! Especially if they're going after fellow Gym leaders! Gently rolling their trainer over onto her side, Riolu and Hitmonlee stood. And by the looks in their eyes, they wasn't about to let these guys get away with snatching some of their own.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SargentToughie</strong> on <strong>31-10-2013, 09:07:20</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://images.wikia.com/gurennlagann/images/2/2f/Yomako.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Drevana Nasarus<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg city stadium<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Everybody<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Lucille, Torchic<br><br><hr><br>To put it lightly, shit started getting real after Drevana had just gotten done convincing herself that she had to keep a calm and collected, and approach the situation from as logical a mind as was possible. That, however, was before an overwhelming horde of bugs came bombarding from the sky, and the Redheaded Gym Leader had to avert her gaze from the blinding light overhead in order to prevent any further damage to her eyes. The buzzing wasn't lost on her though, as she heard what could only be an overwhelming swarm of bugs overhead. Normally she wouldn't have a fear in the world about facing any kind of Bug type Pokemon, her Fire type comrades would typically have done a pretty damn good job of cleaving straight through any Beedril or Ninjask, but this time was different, just from overhearing the sounds above their heads, she could tell that this group had the power in numbers. Still, she wasn't the only Gym leader here, and if the attackers had come with nothing more then an assortment of bugs, then they were in for an unpleasant-<br><br>That was when she looked upwards, and saw a blanket of stun spores raining down onto the stadium. "Son of a... Lucille! Return!" Drevana barely had enough time to recall her beloved companion before the stun spores connected, forcing Drevana to drop to one of her knees with a harsh coughing before they took effect in full and locked her body down, Lucille's pokeball still secured within her grip as all of her muscles seized up and prevented her from moving so much as a centimeter in any given direction. "Nngh..." Oh, and as if to add insult to injury, <em>now</em> she had an itch on her forehead, of course she did! It was always right when you weren't allowed to scratch that the itches showed up...<br><br>Drevana wasn't allowed to whine about petty concerns for very long, however, as she instantly took for granted the privilege of at least being allowed to roll her eyes around within their sockets, as she glanced over to see them picking up the stunned bodies of Misty and Brock. <em>"Son of a bitch! C'mon girl, get up... Get! Up!"</em> Nope, wasn't happening. No matter how much her brain was commanding her legs to get her off of her knee, no matter how desperately her mind screamed for her arms to release Lucille now that the danger of the stun spores had passed. She could only watch as the duo that she had been contending with just a few minutes ago were likely to be dragged off, the quiet girl's ominous words ringing through her mind. <em>"Damn it!!! COME ON!!! Don't let them do this!!!"</em><br><br>Still nope. Drevana wasn't moving.<br><br>All hope was not yet lost though, as from the spores of sure defeat, a hero was about to rise. Drevana might not have been wearing adequate clothing to protect herself from the stun spores, but at the very least, she was able to shield a wild card. From the purse that she carried her Pokeballs in that laid against her back, a small wiggling could be seen, before the head of a tiny orange chicken popped out with a little 'eep' sound. Apparently, Drevana's reserve Pokeball had accidentally been triggered in all the commotion, since now her Torchic was hopping out of her purse and settling down on the ground in front of his trainer. Finally, after having been looked over during both the Poke-Triathlon that was held yesterday along with having been rejected from partaking in the fight today, it was his time to shine. He knew how to scratch things! And he could even spew out embers if he tried *really* hard. He could take these jerks, he could take on the whole damn world!<br><br>The era of Torchic had begun!
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Laughing Hyena</strong> on <strong>31-10-2013, 12:00:31</strong>
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				<strong>Name:</strong> Madison Sage<br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium, Rightmost Ring<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Everyone<br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Pawniard, Clokcruel, Sneasel, Pokémon Egg <br><br><hr><br>Madison had to cover his ears or his eyes and thus his eyes were covered from the rapid Blinding Flashes that threatened to dull his senses. He actually staggered and dropped to a knee unable to think clearly as this was the equivalent of a Pokémon flash bang. His ears rang painfully and Clokcruel was making a harsh angry cry of agony. However upon hearing the words "Cover up" Clokcruel reacted faster and smothered Madison with it's body to protect him from the stun spore. He smelled faintly of smoldering ashes upon a wood pile but the large badger Pokémon managed to save his trainer from the spores because of that. After all Madison was covered in clothes save for by hands and head and Clokcruel was more then capable of shielding the Gym Leader since they were currently in the same place. Hence no skin was there to be tagged. Madison however was effectively pinned down as he could feel the shuddering of Clokcruel trying to endure the stun spore and losing out. Amazing how a pokemon that can move freely in sandstorms would still succumb to this heavy stun spore attack. This effectively trapped Madison because now he had to remain motionless. However he could hear everything and more so then that he could move though he didn't show it yet. He had to be patient and wait for the opening. Plus he couldn't do much with his strongest monster paralyzed like this. <br><br>As the light dimmed once more and his ears stopped making his head spin Madison began to have a much clear head now. The woman talked and the men came down to try and capture not Pokémon but Gym Leaders. This was unspeakably bad for any other trainer that was kept like this. Reaching into his pocket with one hand and to his belt with another Madison was silently prepping for a surprise attack. Pressing the Paralyze Heal spray into Clokcruel he removed the ailment that was crippling what was one of his strongest if not <em>the</em> physically strongest of his team. Taking up the Pokéball in his hand his eyes were affixed to the sight of them picking up Misty and Brock. A chance however slim he had to buy some time or at the very least make them pay a hard price. <br><br>The element of surprise would only last for the first command. And against twelve trainers and dozens of bug types this was not going to be easy. He was down to two fresh Pokémon and Pawniard was in no condition to fight. Each of this team was carrying two Pokéballs meaning that they clearly had numbers to them. Best way to do this was to divide and conquer, quickly taking out as many targets as possible. Those bug Pokémon had to be hit and hit hard… Fortunately he had the means for that and a Pokémon like Clokcruel might be able to take out the trainers before some can get their Pokéballs out. Most might consider it a Pokémon battle but he doubted they'd play fair like that. Especially with what the intend and what they'd do and as such, he gave not a care what became of them.<br><br>As the sinister team went to work a Pokéball rolls out along the ground and then after a moment pops open revealing a Sneasel fresh and eager for battle. That's when Madison reveals that he was playing possum. <strong>"Sneasel! Use agility and combine it with Ice Punch on the Bug Types! Clokcruel use quick attack on the thieves!"</strong> Sneasel, was fast and with Agility he became like a blur. Using that momentum to literally launch itself high at a Beedrill, it sent an icy cold claw right for it to attempt a super-effective hit. <strong>"Do not let any of those Bug Types get near to throw another Stun Spore."</strong> Meanwhile Clokcruel was more then willing to attack those kidnappers for daring to hurt his own trainer. With the brisk attack that fell akin to a bear swiping a paw, it should hopefully be good to topple at least one trainer. But either way Madison was hoping to do serious damage from the get go. Anything to buy more time. Should a trainer actually drop in pain Madison repays theft with theft and removes the Pokéballs from it. He wasn't sure if these Pokémon would obey him or not but just in case the best did try to attack him again, he needed a third defense.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>apygoos</strong> on <strong>31-10-2013, 13:11:07</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/004/b/7/explorer_ezreal_by_silveheu-d5qgdt8.jpg)<br></div><strong>Name:</strong>Skylar Rhodes<br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg City Stadium, Large center battlefield<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong>Lexi, open<br><br><strong>Current Pokémon:</strong>Bagon, Vibrava, Drillbur<br><br><hr>The ominous buzzing hum alone left Skylar discontent with standing still and wondering what was about to happen next. "Drillbur lets go!" The mole pokemon re-emerged from its pokeball wiht a burst of energy ready for its command. "Vibrava and Drillbur use dig in that direction!" The pokemon went and made a makeshift tunnel under what was their battlefield. with his eyes focused on the tunnel being made, he managed to miss the blinding effect, though it , prompted him to move and grab Lexi picking her up "'scuse me!, Bagon, Houndour, in the hole!" He exclaimed as he held Lexi close and tight to him, sliding into the make-shift tunnel, assuming that her Houndour would be able to make some sense of the situation and come along with Bagon.<br><br>&nbsp;A moment passed that he realized how close he and Lexi were in the moment. prompting a blush out of him, and making him only on to her a brief moment longer than he thought. he finally let her go "Are you alright?" He asked looking into her eyes a moment, the headlamp lighting the mini cave that was made. "What about you guys?" he said looking to Bagon and Houndour, assuming it followed. "We need to do something. Nuzleaf is immune to those spores..maybe he and Vibrava should go kick someones ass while we try to get a better position. If you have a plan.." He says listening to the would-be terrorist plot, "I'm all ears, cause we gotta act, now"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ember Star</strong> on <strong>01-11-2013, 08:09:05</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/e9/Images-41.jpeg)</div> <strong>Name:</strong> Elektra Kandou <br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium. <br><strong>Tagging</strong> GM post<br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Pichu (Sparkles (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/bc/PikachuColoredPichu-picsay.jpg)), Glaceon, and Egg <br><hr> <br><br>Elektra was in the closest proximity to Bellin, having been battling him but a moment before. She was observant, in the best and worse situations her quiet temperament leaned itself to noticing details. She couldn't help but deem his behavior <em>odd</em>. While it was quite obvious that something was going to happen at this point, or maybe that was just her paranoia, he looked like he was well expecting it in a entirely different matter. Though perhaps she was just seeing things in the dim light 0f his Pokemon's tail. Whichever way, she wasn't happy. Rocket, Plasma, Flare, she had heard the stories. This had a bad taste, and the timid Gym Leader could feel it coming on.<br><br>Soon enough, her fears were confirmed. <br><br>Distant buzzing caught her ear quickly. She would have liked to think that perhaps this was of a helpful sort. But no, the increasing sound was all too ominous. Her heart pounded within her chest and moments felt like ages. Whatever was coming next couldn't be good. It just couldn't. Obviously Glaceon agreed by the way she growled and pressed herself against her trainer. <br><br>Sure enough, this too was confirmed ... <br><br>Flashes and the furious sounds from over head. The mere suggestion of it could dizzy one, much less standing there in the middle of it. Her mind quickly sought ways to defend this. She hadn't much. One Pokemon fainted, one weakened and increasingly angry, and a unhatched egg. If Bellin could take out some with his Chimchar... then she remembered his curious behavior and wondered. Couldn't be, could it? Surely not. He had been so kind... <br><br>His voice of warning quickly broke her thought. Gray eyes diverted to see the impending cloud of purple. She didn't stop to think, she acted according. Reaching into her bag, she grasp cloth and pulled forth a light picnic blanket. She tossed outward to open it out and pulled it over herself, crouching down and pulling Glaceon under with her. She sent a silent 'thank you' to her aunt for not letting her forget it. <br><br>She remained a few moments, until lights returned, at which point she risked a peek. Deeming it safe, she tossed the blanket off, but remained crouched with Glaceon pulled and held to her chest. The ice Pokemon was becoming increasingly furious, Elektra feared for her safety. The last thing she wanted was to lose one of her beloved to whatever this was. <br><br>Her answer partly came in the form of the woman stepping around the massive bug Pokemon. There was something inherently creepy about the darkly and well clad female. More so than the fact it seemed to be her behind this terrible attack. The mere appearance of her issued a growl from Glaceon, confirming that the Pokemon agreed with Elektra's unvoiced feeling. But there was nothing to be done but sit there and listen. She knew Glaceon alone hadn't the power to take any of this on. Most of the others had weakened or fainted Pokemon as well. Which made this all the more well timed for these people. <br><br>Then she proceeded to seemingly order her grunts to take people, Brock and Misty of all people at that. This came as a shock and surprise to Elektra. People? Well, she could see the use for hostages. But why? There was always some perverse and illogical reason why. There was always some way they were going to make the world <em>better</em>. What was theirs? And would she and the others make it out?<br><br>She wouldn't risk attacking. She knew she hadn't a chance against so many anyway, not without a group effort, all attacking at once, and almost everybody else seemed to get the warning about the spores too late. So she stayed there, still, almost as if she too was paralyzed. Though she wasn't trying to appear so. She just didn't see the need in moving. Finally though, she stood. Fists clinched at her sides, she seemed almost angry. She was, which took quite a lot to provoke. "If you are going to treat us with this indignity, then at least give the dignity of your identity. Rocket, Plasma, or Flare? Or perhaps a new team of menaces has arisen?" Her voice was little louder than usual, but there was a different tone to it now. A tone of defiance and anger mixed with her soft vocals made her seem not so shy and timid in that moment and moreover somebody with a strong purpose and moral to defend.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ember Star</strong> on <strong>01-11-2013, 19:23:00</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/ee/Amu01.jpg)</div> <strong>Name:</strong> Amy Catalee <br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasberg Stadium. <br><strong>Tagging</strong> GM post, Hibana<br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Surkirt and Circoon (Lumia) <br><hr> <br><br>The impending sound of buzzing wings hardly phased the pink haired gym leader. If anything, the sound was almost a comfort to her. She was after all a bug trainer, who came from a town of bug trainers, and worked for another bug gym leader. She usually didn't see that things could be bad anyway, factor in a sound she was so familiar with and it made it even less so. Besides, the still nearby Habina seemed no more concerned than she as the other leader tried to comfort her Pokemon. <br><br>Amy had to do the same, as Lumia was visibly shaking and making sounds of concern. "Cirrrrr." The cocoon voiced. While Surkirt seemed equally concerned. It danced on its tip toes upon her shoulder and looked ready to attack the impending threat. "Calm down you two." Amy told them each with a pat of their heads. "I'm sure it's just something to help get the lights on or something." Though the two Pokemon were not convinced, they settled down slightly. <br><br>Amy's innocent mistake was proven wrong a moment later. The flashes and screeching throw her for a loop. Her eyes stinging and her ears ringing, she barely made out the voice which called out 'Cover up', she couldn't make out much with only Lumia's dim light, but alas, she saw it. Grabbing a PokeBall, she activated it. "Surkirt, return!" She called out abroad beamed the blue Pokemon back. Lumia would be fine. Herself on the other hand, covering her head and hands would be one thing. But her legs were largely exposed. She took a chance anyway and crouched in a position that would partly protect her legs as she covered her head and hands with her jacket.<br><br>Hand on a paralyze heal, she awaiting the attack to pass. She could feel the spores make contact and partly numb her legs, but if she could keep her hand safe, she had that. As lights flicked back on, she managed to move her upper body. Her legs however, couldn't move. Shifting her jacket back down, her first thought was to Lumia, who was still sitting there safely, her second was towards Hibana who was obviously hit. <br><br>She presses the button and sprayed the medicine, which freed her legs for movement. Immediately standing, though slightly wobbly, she reaches in her bag for a second spray and made her way over to Hibana. "It's medicine." She told the two Pokemon guarding her, then proceeded to spray the other gym leader, releasing her from her status. "Here." Amy said with a smile as she reached out her hand in a offer to help Hibana up. "Maybe we can take do something about this mess. Watdoya think?" 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Pokémon: Chains of Evolution (The Adventure)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DarkNevaeh</strong> on <strong>20-11-2013, 07:52:05</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a42/darknevaeh/youthinkdotcom_3244285_223866.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Lexi Noxkage<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Douglasburg Stadium<br><br><strong>Tagging:</strong> The Event<br><br><strong>Current Pokemon:</strong> Nuzleaf, Zorua, Houndour, Sneek<br><br><br>"Oof!" was all Lexi managed to get out as she was bull rushed into the hole, followed by Houndour.&nbsp; The hole was slightly tight and she was aware of how close she was to Skylar.&nbsp; She took a breath as she blushed, making herself think.&nbsp; Bugs in the air, people and pokemon being kidnapped...she needed to do something.&nbsp; She nodded to what Skylar was saying and hardened her resolve.<br><br>"I've got a plan for a distraction.&nbsp; Get ready to go as soon as I give you a signal."&nbsp; Without letting Skylar argue, Lexi quickly scrambled out of the hole and brought out Nuzleaf.&nbsp; As most of the spores were already loosed and out of the air, Lexi was not afraid.&nbsp; "Houndour," she called and the Dark pokemon came bounding out.&nbsp; "Alright...Houndour, I'm going to ask a lot of you and I'm sorry, but I need a continuous ember.&nbsp; Nuzleaf, time to do some target practice.&nbsp; Use your bullet seed to shoot through the fire and aim at the bugs.&nbsp; Go!"&nbsp; Houndour shot an ember forward, keeping things at bay while Nuzleaf fired flaming bullet seeds at the random flying bug pokemon.&nbsp; <br><br>"Go Skylar!"&nbsp; she said as she directed her pokemon, keeping an eye out for anyone who tried to stop them.&nbsp; "Good luck..." she whispered, hoping he could continue another wave of their attack.
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