Post-October Event Log

[nyom]

Who: Everyone
Where: Throughout Mango City
When: October 29 to November 2
What: Use this time to check on your CR, help people out, or do whatever. Everyone can make their own top-levels and you don't have to use the provided prompts. Wildcard it if you want. Have fun!

The nightmare is finally over and the aftermath sinks in. Wherever you are, news will eventually spread that the pokemon stopped their rampaging status, looking confused and some horrified by what had happened around them. Mari's Steelixes are finally off their guard duty, people are crying out of various emotions and people who are physically well enough flood out of the shelters in an attempt to search for their loved ones out there, whether they be people or pokemon. Some are reunited, some are not. Either way, people are in this together, comforting others over their losses and rebuilding the city. There's been quite a lot of destruction apart from the Pokemon Center and the hospital, after all. Some buildings are missing a roof, holes on the side wall, doors knocked down... some are unfortunate to have been entirely blasted away by an extremely strong rampaging pokemon's hyper beam (thanks, random Hydreigon).

After most people calm from their initial high emotions, the reconstruction starts. Of course, they also contact the people from Toran who helped with reconstruction efforts. Looks like the handymen will never rest...

The Pokemon Center is looking for additional manpower, getting pokeballs here to there, labeling whose pokemon are whose in things looking like incubators for those in queue of getting healed, and managing supplies. They are extremely short-staffed right now, so they will be looking for any help possible. Though, if you cause too much trouble than helping, you may be politely asked to leave or to help somewhere else. They don't have time for this. During the nights, the Pokemon Center may be crowded. After all, many people just lost their homes. They got nowhere to go.

The hospital is similar, in which they are also short-staffed. They're looking for disaster volunteers, and especially pokemon with healing capabilities to lessen the load on doctors and nurses who need to care for the more gravely wounded. With more help, the hospital will no longer seem as chaotic as before, but more along the lines of an orderly busy time. It helps that the people are no longer stuck inside due to the ongoings of the events outside, so the hospital is emptier than before, compared to when it was jam packed. The mental health department is also using Drowzees and Munnas to give people good dreams and eating nightmares without repercussions so that they can have a good night's rest. Not all wounds are physical, after all.

With the local Mart's help and other establishments, some people band together to supply people with food and drinks in a very open area in the park. Take a breather and eat something. If you look like you're running yourself ragged, one of the townspeople will drag you to eat and drink a proper meal. They don't need another patient in the hospital right now.

Remember that boba shop? Or those restaurants that you had the delicious meat from? Their damages vary from a broken window to being absolutely trashed. Pokemon and people alike are helping with moving the debris and cleaning up the mess. Someone piped up about recycling broken glass to make brand new windows with fire pokemon and proper glass making methods, so please don't throw them away!

The Radio Tower and the cemetery tower? They're both closed off to the public right now with yellow police caution tapes all around them. Your friendly policemen who all look the same advise nearby people to stay away from the two buildings at the moment. Please don't cause trouble or ask them questions... they're tired as it is like everyone else and they're not allowed to say anything for now, if ever. Your energy is better used elsewhere.

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[parhellia]

[ Does Ala look like a worthy opponent?? At the very least, she doesn't just turn around and walk the other way, which is what some people might do with more serious things on their mind than battling punk kids. Instead, she claps her hands and grins. ]

Yeah, alright! What do you wanna play? We could race, or- what about hide and go seek?

[299z]

[Her!? No! He'd been looking at the man behind Ala, but said man has walked off, completely ignoring Yoichi. It seems he's stuck with this girl now.]

No.

[Is she obfuscating her true nature; acting like she wants to play children's games? Yoichi reads this as a ploy to throw him off guard. Surely she knows what he was talking about.]

A Pokemon battle.

[parhellia]

[ That man was smart, letting Ala take the bait instead. By this point, Ala's learned what Pokemon are as a species, but hasn't seen a battle yet- people sort of seem more inclined to the opposite of battling at the moment, considering the circumstances.

She pulls the black and gold ultra ball out of her bag and smooths down the gold star sticker on it with the pad of her thumb. ]

Okay, but you gotta teach me and Colgate how to play, alright?

[299z]

Wait, what's that ball?

[His is red and white, and he hasn't played enough Pokemon to recognize the ultra ball. It has to be housing some sort of high level Pokemon, he thinks.]

[parhellia]

Huh? It's a Pokeball.

[ Ala also does not know enough Pokemon to recognize an ultra ball, just that it operates the same as any other ball. She underhand tosses it at Yoichi. ]

[299z]

[He catches it and takes a closer look, while holding his up for Ala.]

I've only seen others like this one.

[It might not mean anything, just a difference in colour for aesthetics, but Yoichi's disinclined to dismiss it as that simple. He tosses the ball back.]

I guess it doesn't matter.

[He'll learn what, if anything, the ultra ball has an effect on.]

You've really never battled before?

[parhellia]

[ Ala catches the ball with both hands, with a slight cradle like one would when catching a football, smoothing the sticker down with her thumb again. It looks pretty old, and the tips of the gold star have curled. ]

Mm, nope, never! Everybody here is so busy and nobody has time to play... Will you teach me?

[299z]

[He's not exactly wasting his time here, because maybe he can learn something more by trying to explain it all to someone else.]

Okay. They're really easy mechanics from what I've picked up. The Pokemon come out of the balls and you tell them how to attack.

[That's it. That's literally it, and Yoichi thinks he's missing something because it's too simple. Bond with the Pokemon, they follow your commands, and you keep leveling up?]

[parhellia]

Heh...

[ Sounds simple... Suspiciously so, and Ala looks down at the ball in her hands, buffed to a shine despite the nicks and scratches all around it. ]

And the game ends when the other side gives up? But then we can't play again for a while, right?

[299z]

Gives up or can't fight any longer. I haven't battled enough to learn recovery times and it probably varies depending on what level your Pokemon is.

[He's lost to a Drifloon and Shroomish, and that been the extent of his experiences. The Corphish is disappointed it itself, but it will adapt quickly! It can't tell Yoichi this, but he's sure that's what the Pokemon has been thinking.]

[parhellia]

Hmm... makes sense! When you're strong, your body is well conditioned and able to recover much quicker than somebody just starting out and is out of shape! Or something like that~

[ In terms of like... running a mile or something, this makes sense to her, never mind fighting to the point of being knocked unconscious. But if it gets that bad, she'll just stop the battle when it feels too dangerous for her Pokemon, so she goes ahead and presses the button on the front of the ball and sends out her Dratini. It is six feet long, and still rather large even when curled up on the ground, staring up at Yoichi. ]

[299z]

Right.

[Yoichi has been thinking along those terms too, and that is the basis for his conception of Pokemon recovery. He hasn't seen a Dratini before, and his first thought is that it's sort of cute. The second is how squishy it appears. Surely, the Corphish could cut it in half with his claws. That might be stretching it, as the Corphish is much smaller, but battles cannot be won with doubts. Yoichi releases it, and it scuttles into position, facing off against the Dratini.

One thing he hasn't learned is if there's any etiquette on who gets to go first, or if they're supposed to shout commands at the same time. What he does know is that hesitation can bring downfall, and he's immediately yelling at the Corphish; who uses Leer and snaps his claws viciously, trying to intimidate the Dratini.]

Take it down, Corphish!

[Make it a bloodbath, destroy the slug thing.]

[parhellia]

Aw, cute~ Colgate, look at its eyes!

[ Its round OwO eyes, which the Dratini shouldn't be staring at because of its leer, but Ala can't help but be delighted by the other Pokemon, copying the way it snaps it claws by pinching her fingers together in imitation too.

But. That's all the Corphish is doing? Standing and squinting. ]

Um, what's an attack that you know... Oh! Colgate, cherry picker!

[ The move it actually does is Twister, summoning a tornado that lifts the Corphish into the air and keeps it trapped as the cyclone winds buffet it. ]

[299z]

[Yoichi looks momentarily affronted at Ala's claw hands gestures. Is she mocking his Corphish!? That's unacceptable! But he says nothing, because the tornado comes, spinning the poor Corphish around. It uses Shell Armour to block some of the wind from doing damage against its soft parts, and Harden to protect the rest. It's taking energy that could be used on the offense later, but it can't fight if it's dead.

Of course, none of that is visible, and the Corphish appears to be doing absolutely nothing, waiting out the Twister attack.]

[parhellia]

[ It's not doing anything... Ala gives the other Pokemon a moment or two to do more nothing. ]

Hum... How 'bout... hand towel?

[ At which the Dratini wraps itself around Corphish like steel wire, pinning its claws to its body and squeezing hard for the next... however long five turns last, that Corphish continues to take damage without being able to do anything. It's a good while, and long enough that Ala scuffs at the ground with the tip of her boot and whines a little. ]

This game is kinda boring if you don't play with me...

[299z]

[Corphish sucks.]

I'm trying, okay? I don't know what it does!

[Apparently it just stares or stands there.]

[parhellia]

[ Keep those bracket thoughts to yourself, Yoichi. Ala trots up to where her Pokemon is strangling the life out of the other one and pulls Dratini off of it. ]

Alright, alright, time out! We can start over! "Take it down" isn't specific enough- you gotta, like, say, "do the snippy thing!" Then it'll know what to do.

[299z]

You called one of your moves 'hand towel'.

[Somehow, he doubts Ala's advice here. The Corphish lies on the ground twitching, its claws snapping unconsciously.]

I wanted to find a manual or something... There's no way anyone can memorize the moves of a over a hundred Pokemon.

[parhellia]

Colgate gets what I mean...

[ That's what's important, right? Not the ~*~*official*~*~ move name. She doesn't have anything to heal either Pokemon with, so she just pats Corphish on the side of the face, there, there, we're taking a break. ]

Why do you need to memorize a hundred Pokemon's moves, though? You only have one Pokemon, right? And it should know the snippy thing! Just keep practicing that one until it's the very very strongest and you don't need anything else!

[299z]

So I know what to anticipate from other people's Pokemon.

[He says it like it's obvious common sense, but then... she's right. It's not about any of the others. Corphish must become the strongest Pokemon. That is the ultimate goal. Yoichi looks over at the poor thing; it's pathetic. For now.]

We just have to practice until Corphish can obliterate all of the others.

[There's fiery glint in his eyes. They will crush every Pokemon. It can be done.]

[parhellia]

Yeah, that's the spirit! All you gotta do is hit hard and fast! If you're able to knock the other side out in one hit, it doesn't matter what move you use, right?

[ The type of Pokemon doesn't matter, the type of move doesn't matter, once you hit level 100 you're basically the boss. ]

[299z]

Right!

[This is cheating, but he doesn't know all the rules yet. Yoichi grabs the Corphish to dropkick it straight at the Dratini. It might not even hurt.]

[parhellia]

[ Wow! Excuse you!! Corphish smacks into Dratini's face, but seeing as Ala was holding onto him, it's the two of them that get bowled over. Ala does not know all the rules yet either, and puffs her cheeks out as she instructs Dratini to "hand towel" Yoichi. He gets wrapped up in snake jail, arms bound to his sides.

...

Ala walks up to him and pokes him on the side and tries to find a ticklish spot. ]

Retribution~

[299z]

[There's a moment where Yoichi starts to feel the intense satisfaction of victory, but no harm has ultimately been done to the Dratini, and the Corphish rolls to a stop after knocking it and Ala over. Then... oh, shit. There isn't time to dodge the Dratini, if that's even possible. Its body coils around Yoichi tightly, and he falls to the ground. Attempts to get free just result in feeling like the Pokemon is crushing his ribs; a human body will not withstand as much as the shelled Corphish. Ala was collateral damage, and this is a direct assault!

Unfortunately for Yoichi, plurk coin has determined he's ticklish, and he squirms, trying to avoid Ala's fingers.]

Hey! Stop! This has to be against the rules!

[This is his worst Pokemon battle yet.]

[parhellia]

[ Ala laughs and pokes at that spot again, not too cruel as to go in for a full blown tickle assault with all ten fingers, but light strokes with a single finger is just as terrible. ]

Hehe~ Find me a rulebook saying I'm breaking one and I'll concede the battle to you. Otherwise, forfeit and say I win!