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Post by Rekari on Mar 15, 2011 2:43:50 GMT -5
Maria had her doubts about going into the mines. Not that she was afraid of them perhaps but rather she had no idea what she was really looking for. All she knew was that Mint had decided it would be a good idea to check out the ruins. She had heard that it was the easiest place to get shards so that she might be able to get some new TM's for contest reasons. After all they needed a flashy moveset in order to win it big. Or so Mint said. For a Pokemon fresh out of the lab Mint sure knew a lot of things about the outside world. As they descended down deeper into the mines, lanterns lit the way, casting an eerie glow to the wall and causing Maria to be a bit more nervous than usual. She wished that she could have brought all of her Pokemon with her but the rule was that only one could come at a time due to safety reasons. At least she wouldn't have to worry about Tyke running off and getting lost, or worse, him losing his Teddy again. They stopped in a small cavern, just large enough for two people and two smallish Pokemon to stay inside. The dripping water from the ceiling had caused a small pond to spring up and the dripping sound was rather consistent, almost like a beat for music. Mint walked over to one of the large stone walls and rubbed a hand against it. This would be a pretty good place to start mining she supposed as she hit the wall with a rather solid Pound.
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Post by Shaku on Mar 17, 2011 1:25:11 GMT -5
Claribel had heard about the ruins while on her brief vacation. It seemed to be rather popular, or at least that's what she understood, and whatever was mined was able to be traded in for items. Plus after having a quick look at what was being offered in exchange, she realized that this whole thing was like stealing candy from a baby. Not only could she get TMs but rare fossils as well and only for a few hours of digging. Upon choosing the Pokémon she found to be more suited for this job, Claribel descended into the mines. Occasionally she would pass a few people with their pokemon, digging and blasting their way into the side of the caverns. She quickly passed them up, choosing a secluded tunnel farther down inside the mine. With the light of the caverns guiding her, Claribel soon found a seemingly empty part away from the majority of people. It wasn't until she heard the sound of thumping coming from nearby that she realized she wasn't alone. She could barely make out the details of her company, who seemed to be a young woman close to Claribel's age, and what appeared to be her Treeko. Even if she dreaded having to talk to people on her own, she couldn't help but think how much easier this whole mining thing would be with this girl's help. She let out her own choice pokemon, Delta, and went over to introduce herself. "Hi, I'm Claribel. Who might you be?" she said extending her hand in greeting. It was a much better attempt than her previous ones. Meanwhile, the sandshrew felt at home in the damp tunnel. Her kind thrived in habitats like this. They were designed for life underground; designed to dig for survival. But something seemed off. She looked around, paying close attention to what was around her. That's when she spotted Mint. Delta waddle over to the grass type, stopping just short of a foot in front of it. <You'll never make a dent like that,> she said. <Just sit back and watch how I do it.> The sandshrew didn't seem quite as grouchy as she normally would, then again, she finally managed to get some sleep which was hard nowadays. Delta swiped at the rocky wall with her sharp claws, however, only made minor scratches on its surface. Despite this, she turned to face Mint and seemed rather proud of herself. <That's how you have to do it,> she said in a smug voice. Used scratch on the rock Mining Post #1
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Post by Rekari on Mar 17, 2011 2:07:51 GMT -5
Maria was perfectly happy listening to her Pokemon attempt to mine the walls of the cave herself. She was about to pull out a book to maybe get some reading done when she heard footsteps behind her. She could feel herself praying inside her head that this section would be passed up. The girl had thought for sure that she had come far enough into the tunnel that no one else would find her. Mint however wasn't concerned. If there was another person down here helping to find the loot then the more loot there would be to go around. That way they would have a better chance at getting some useful items. If they just kept going then they would be able to find more shards then they would be able to carry on their own! Think of all the treasure they would get from it! Maria wasn't concerned about the treasure though, all she wanted was to make sure her Pokemon were happy and this was where Mint wanted to go. There, the footsteps had stopped, yet they had stopped in her cavern. She turned to find a girl, looking to be of her age, holding out her hand and introducing herself.
"It's nice to meet you... My name is Maria and that's my Pokemon Mint." Her voice was as it usually was with talking to humans, cautious and a big guarded. You never really knew who you could trust around here. Her green eyes were to the ground and her skin even paler in the lantern light. To someone superstitious she might even look like a vampire of old, not one that sparkled in the sunlight for sure though. She slipped the hardback copy of a Healers Guide to Berries back into her cloth bag, careful not to dent the edges. It hadn't been cheap and money was hard to come by when you lived on the streets. Mint was curious about the ground type Sandshrew and watched as she was supposedly to learn how it was done. >>Hmm... How about we attack it together? Two is better than one right? My names Mint by the way! What's yours?<<
Maria looked at the two Pokemon, at least Mint was getting along with the other. Hopefully she wouldn't smart off and ruin it. "Are you going to be digging here too?"
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Post by Shaku on Mar 22, 2011 1:45:47 GMT -5
"Yeah, it's nice to meet you too," Claribel replied. Maria seemed odd, not in the creeper way, but more like in the quirky way. Her pale skin caught Claribel's attention, giving Maria the appearance of someone who never seen a ray of light in their life. Then again, Claribel wasn't that tan either. Her eyes then noticed the book that the girl placed into her bag. Not many people she knew liked to carry books around, but most people she associated with herself had way different hobbies than reading. "So you like to read?" she asked before kicking a small rock to the side. "Reading was never something I got into. Never had the time. Between helping my parents and doing the basic chores and such, there was little time to do much else," she added. <If you want to attack it with me, go ahead, but you better not mess up,> Delta warned. She had seen what happens if someone messes up on something like this. Even if they weren't trying to dig a tunnel from here to Sinnoh, one minor mistake could cause a loose rock to fall on top of them or their trainers and she wasn't about to die because of Mint. <I'm not sure why it matters but my name is Delta,> she replied while digging into the rock. Claribel pushed another rock out of the way as her Sandshrew continued to dig. There wasn't much else to do other than occasionally moving stuff out of the way. She wasn't equipped with digging equipment, unless you counted Delta, but even then she would probably leave it up to her pokemon. "Well, of course or I wouldn't be here in the first place," she said jokingly. "How long do you think it will take us?" she asked. She just wanted to get out of here before it collapsed or something else happened to trap them here. ::sandshrew:: Used Scratch on the rock Mining Post #2
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Post by tomackze on Mar 22, 2011 2:06:33 GMT -5
Blitz decided to check out the Shasta Ruin. He heard there were cool items that could be found here so he decided to see some of them for himself. He went down the route and found it was only large enough for one Pokémon to have with him in his designated space. He decided to use his muscular Pokémon Broseidon as he was perfect for this. He saw two other girls here but did not give them the time of day at all... He was too busy focusing on himself. Broseidon came out and with one quick jab destroyed a series of rocks with his powerful new technique. >Feel the thunder!< He screamed after punching through many rocks with his powerful fist of fury... Used Rock Smash to break some rocks Mining Post #1
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Post by Rekari on Mar 22, 2011 10:43:08 GMT -5
Maria gave a half smile and began to kick a few rocks out of the way, some of them landing in the pool of water. Yeah, she likes to read, it was one of the few hobbies she could keep up with while on the road, that and art. "Yeah, I've got some pretty useful ones; if you'd like to borrow one... Most of them are about taking care of different sorts of Pokémon... Are you a Coordinator or a Trainer?" It was true, besides her starter pack there were mostly books in this bag. It had been silly to ask if Claribel was here to mine as well, what other reason would someone crawl down into this hole for?
Mint nodded at the Sandshrew's solidarity. It was cool, like an old school anti-hero. She wanted to be like that too. (( Don't worry, I can handle a few rocks! I'm a grass type don't forget!)) The Treecko then proceeded to use an Absorb attack on the wall, causing a good chunk of it to crumble away. Now they were getting somewhere! If they could keep up this pace who knows what they would find? Thoughts of riches and buried treasure were on Mint's mind.
Out of the blue, it seemed as though another trainer had made their way to the rock alcove, although the Pokémon he had with him was rather peculiar. Neither Maria nor Mint had ever seen a Diglett quite like his.
(((ooc: this is the face Maria's making o.O)))
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Post by tomackze on Mar 22, 2011 23:14:53 GMT -5
[OOC: Just so I can catch up to ya both first...] Blitz noticed the two girls talking but did not give them even a second peak. He quickly just went back to having Broseidon destroy some of the rocks as he looked at the two girls work. "Pssh... They seriously are lacking if they think they can destroy the rocks like that." He said to himself. Broseidon agreed as he quickly used Rock Smash to destroy even more rocks. >If you want to destroy rocks... you need MUSCLES. Muscles like these! You two are so pathetic! NO MUSCLES!!!<He said out loud before he broke a few more rocks with his powerful fist. If the two girls do not make their way to Blitz, he'd simply ignore them and pretend like he doesn't see them... And if they do make their way to him, he might just get a bit nervous around others... Used Rock Smash to break some rocks Mining Post #2
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Post by Shaku on Mar 24, 2011 1:59:18 GMT -5
The echoing crash of the rocks caused Claribel to look over in pure bewilderment. Not only had she not heard them coming but she had no idea what the heck that Pokémon was or if it was an actual Pokémon. It looked more like a beefed up, bald guy than something that would be kept inside a small pokeball. She turned her attention back to Maria though occasionally gave the odd Pokémon and his trainer a brief glance. "So...back to what you asked me," she said with a long pause between her words as she tried to regain her thoughts, "but I'm wanting to be a coordinator. What about you?" Delta continued on digging at the rock with her small claws, pausing briefly to move some of the larger debris out of her way. <Just don't get sloppy,> she said but was cut off before she could say anything else. She had simply ignored the deformed diglett before but it was near impossible with his obnoxious yelling. She turned to look at the monstrosity, narrowing her eyes as she spoke, <Your muscles are going to cave this whole thing in if you keep that up. You can't just parade your way into the rock. You're a sorry excuse for a ground Pokémon.> She wasn't that terrified of what it might do. Her thoughts were focused more on their safety, mainly her safety. Even her trainer was slightly worried by them, though wasn't sure how to confront them. "Hey," Claribel said, "can you not try to kills us?" She tried not to come off as rude as she may have, but hopefully there wouldn't be any hard feelings. Used Scratch Mining Post #3
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Post by Rekari on Mar 24, 2011 22:45:26 GMT -5
Maria smiled a little, biting her lip and staring at the girl. So she wanted to be a Coordinator as well? That was cool... So she had even more competition in getting to be the Top Coordinator. Maybe she should just give up then? "I'm a Coordinator as well; almost. I'm working on my first ribbon. Do you have any?" The shaking and cracking of the rocks from the odd Diglett thing started to get even louder as the cavern rumbled a bit. There was no telling if any part of this place would collapse at any time. They all needed to be as careful as possible so that they didn't all end up dying down here. She was pretty sure she didn't want to die yet, even though she felt like she was sometimes. "Please be careful... It's dangerous to just go wild like that...
Mint however was enjoying the danger factor. She loved things that put others on edge and loved the adrenaline rush you could get from things like that. She saw that everyone else disapproved though and a frown went on the Wood Gecko's face. There was no telling what would happen next though, there was nothing like a bit of suspense. She aimed another Absorb and Pound combo at the wall.
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Post by tomackze on Mar 25, 2011 2:07:09 GMT -5
Blitz simply laughed when the trainers were worried about him and his powerhouse. It seemed they were not used to having power pokemon on their squad so they felt a little intimidated by his. >Oh please! Muscles can solve everything. The other Digletts are the sorry excuse!< Broseidon said before he stomped on the ground hard with his right foot and created a very loud and roaring earthquake with it. >Pure power gets rid of rocks and helps us find the jewels faster. We need pure power to do this, not the snobby digging that you two do. That doesn't help with anything at all!< Broseidon said. He sent a very powerful Magnitude to all cylinders... Making the entire ground shake as he stomped hard on the ground. >See! Muscle is all you need!< He exclaimed after. Blitz simply looked on with a smile on his face. "This is pure power, this is what Team Death is all about..." He thought to himself. Used Magnitude 10 Mining Post #3
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Post by Shaku on Mar 26, 2011 6:22:29 GMT -5
She tried her best to ignore the other trainer and his pokemon long enough to keep the conversation with Maria going, but even that was getting hard. "Mm, no. I'm working on getting what pokemon I have up to par," she said. Her voice echoed her worry and slight annoyance with Blitz despite her attempt at hiding it. "I don't think they really care about what we say," she whispered to Maria. It did seem like all regards to their safety, including Claribel and Maria's, went ignored by the dark trainer and super diglett. As the tremors caused by Magnitude shook the cavern, Claribel was forced to maintain her balance by leaning against the wall. Even Delta had to lower herself to all fours to keep from roughly falling to the ground. Both trainer and pokemon narrowed their eyes at the pair, though only one moved to do anything about it. "Listen, I don't know who you think you are and I really don't care but if you harm either her or me, intentional or unintentional, I will find you," Claribel said. Of course she wasn't one to actually follow through with such threats, especially when they included protecting someone she barely knew. Meanwhile, Delta went back to scratching at the rock although more harder than before. This wasn't a simple "dig a little to get what you want" thing anymore. Instead, it was a "dig for your freaking life" moment. She's seen these moments, though not personally, but from afar. They weren't that pleasant to watch but actually being part of one was far from something to take lightly. ::sandshrew:: Scratching at the rock for her life Mining Post #4
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Post by Rekari on Mar 26, 2011 10:22:59 GMT -5
Maria nodded, she could understand wanting to train up only a few Pokémon. She felt weird mentioning the Pokémon she had come by on her travels so far in front of the strange boy. She didn't quite trust him, not at all. Still it would be rude to ask a question like that and then not comment at all afterwards. "I have two myself. Both of them by coincidences. Ones a Petilil named Cossette and the other is a Shiny Venipede. Can you imagine just finding a shiny Pokémon? I haven't named him yet though... What other Pokémon do you have?" Once the subject was Pokémon she had trouble not talking, even when she shouldn't. One day it was going to get her in trouble.
As the cave shook, she steadied herself on the wall. This was why her Glameow was always telling her to dress a little more practically. It was dangerous to be in this cave dressed like this, next time she would listen. "At least he could pretend to care. There are other people here besides him. I hope it doesn't cave in..."
Mint was getting frustrated. Yeah sure it was great to be powerful and stuff but putting trainers lives in danger was something else all together! It was a Pokemon's duty to protect their trainers not cause them harm. The green Pokémon stopped her own digging and walked over to her trainer, taking her hand. ((Don't worry Maria! I'll protect you from anything or anyone, no matter what!)) She glared at the ugly Diglett Monster. She then continued her digging 5/10
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Post by tomackze on Mar 26, 2011 16:53:25 GMT -5
The Diglett smiled back at the two girls who gave him the ugly look. Broseidon knew that they were feeling his power and muscles now so he had time to gloat and really show his strength. >Weaklings... That is what you all are. A bunch of weaklings.< He said and Blitz nodded silently in agreement. He didn't even bother faking it here and try to be friends with these two girls, he found no point of it especially when he already got them stuck in this secluded space. He had the upper hand here and they were in his territory, he was in control with the most powerful Pokémon out. If they made a false move, he would make them pay, he had nothing to worry about because he was the top dog here. Broseidon quickly went right after a few rocks again with Rock Smash and just completely demolished even more. >And this is what I call PURE POWER.< He said as the rocks just simply crumbled in half. Used Rock Smash on rocks Mining Post #4
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Post by Shaku on Mar 27, 2011 4:06:28 GMT -5
Claribel turned to face Maria and attempted to maintain a somewhat friendly attitude. "I have six others, and an egg I found. No shiny pokemon, though," she said, pausing to quickly to glance at Blitz and Broseidon and back. "A venipede? Is that, like, one of those new and rare Pokémon?" she asked. She had one of her own as well; the deerling, Reed, she wound up finding. She was glad that Maria was also concerned about the tunnel's stability. "Don't worry Maria. If it does collapse, and say we don't die, then I think he's proven to us that he is more than equipped to handle a few fallen rocks," Claribel said, raising her voice just enough for him to hear it loud and clear. "Isn't that right?" she asked, directing it towards Blitz. With the mixed sound of her sandshrew's claws furiously striking the rock and the Super Diglett's loud cries, Claribel yearned for its trainer to at least speak to them even if for only a second. Still scratching at the rock Mining Post #5
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Post by Rekari on Mar 30, 2011 13:03:37 GMT -5
Maria nodded. Indeed the Venipede was a new Pokemon, as was Cossette but she decided that it was of little importance to mention her right now. Maybe later... Once they weren't trapped in a cave full of death? She was sick of being ignored by the male trainer though. Didn't he know that other people were at least trying to be social or a little decent as human beings? Gathering up what little courage she had Maria walked over to the man, tapping him on the shoulder lightly. "Excuse me. Haven't you anything to say? Not one word not at all?" She knew that what she had done was rather rude and abrasive, not at all like her. But in turn he was acting the same so turnabout was fair play in this situation. Maybe this way they would at least get his attention. Secrets danced behind her eyes as her memories tried to surface a boy similar to this one in demeanor and attitude. No, now wasn't the time for memories. Now was the time for present. Mint was still pounding at the wall.
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Post by tomackze on Mar 30, 2011 17:48:55 GMT -5
Blitz looked at the two girls who quickly took their attention off each other and to him. His plan was working, he became the center of attention and they knew they had to fear him now. And they did fear him. He was getting everything he wanted and it would only take a matter of time before they would know who hit them and tell their children and grandchildren of this incidence. "You want me to speak? Fine I'll speak." He said before stopping for a second. "If you make the wrong move. Your body might never be found here."He wanted to threaten them a bit and make them feel very uncomfortable, also a bit intimidated... It was all part of his master plan and he can tell it was working somewhat. Broseidon showed how serious his trainer was when he took one more smash at the rocks and broke even more. >That would be you!< He said with a laugh. Blitz couldn't stop himself from smiling. Used Rock Smash Mining Post #5
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Post by Shaku on Apr 1, 2011 9:28:34 GMT -5
She tensed up as she noticed Maria actually approaching Blitz and even touching him. She had to admit, Maria was brave to even think about doing such a thing but even courage wouldn't be able to help her stop this psycho's little rock-crushing rampage. The good thing was that he didn't seem to react much to the contact, or at least that's how it seemed. His threat, however, didn't strike her as something to quickly brush off. He was blocking their way out and it wasn't like anyone was looking for her, though she couldn't speak for Maria. However, Claribel didn't want to come off as a coward and decided to try and maintain a calm image. "So you're resorting to petty threats?," she asked as her voice wavered slightly. "Why should we even be afraid of you? The only thing impressive about you so far is that disaster of a pokemon, and even that is only intimidating to a point." It was quite obvious by her voice that she was a little scared, or at least worried. With Delta deeply focused on digging, she couldn't do much in the lines of battle which left her with little else to do other than hope that this whole thing would end well. ::sandshrew:: Scratching at the rock Mining Post #6
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Post by Rekari on Apr 11, 2011 1:03:31 GMT -5
Maria scoffed at him. The least of her worries were death. As long as she was without memories she might as well just be a husk. There was no telling what was wrong with this guy, obviously if he thought the worst thing that could happen to someone was dying he hadn't seen the worst. Mint was still frantically pounding at the wall, hoping that they could leave soon. She didn't want to be here anymore. "If you think the worst thing that can happen is death you are sadly mistaken. There are many more terrible things that you can do to someone besides kill them."She was speaking from experience of course. She had seen many things done to people against their will and she knew that she would see even more in the days to come. Mining Mining post 7/10
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Post by tomackze on Apr 11, 2011 1:10:54 GMT -5
Blitz stopped having fun with what he was doing. It was no fun terrorizing the pair anymore as they seemed to build up an immunity towards it. At least it seemed that way. He quickly just decided to ignore them. Maybe ignoring them will cause them to attack him back, and rouse them up another way. He wanted some way of getting them fed up as petty threats weren't working anymore. With that sad, he quickly just allowed Broseidon to continue. With one powerful jab, Broseidon broke a lot more rocks while he was at it. He smiled as he destroyed the rocks and quickly flexed his muscle at the pair. >Once you get these! Anything is possible!< He said to the two. He was such a bro, he loved his muscles so much... Used Rock Smash Mining Post #6
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Post by Shaku on Apr 13, 2011 20:38:28 GMT -5
She couldn't help but agree with Maria. Growing up around people who had a sick passion for torturous things, she's seen her fair share of possible things that are considered worse than death. Or at least to pokemon, that is. Even then some of the ways to bring out their inner "wild pokemon" could be used against humans, though for far different purposes.
In the very least, she was a little happy that she could avoid exerting a little force onto the Super Diglett and his trainer, if only for a few brief moments. Absentmindedly, she told Delta to keep using Scratch on the rock even though the pokemonw as doing just that. "Listen, Maria," she whispered, "once the entrance is open, we should get out of here. I really don't trust him." She hoped the girl would hear her.
Claribel shot the pair a quick glance although her worry was still evident. The Super Diglett reminded of some beefed up frat boy. She wasn't sure if she should truly be afraid or just sickened by it. Shuddering briefly, the trainer turned back to look at the rock face in from of them though threw them an occasional glance.
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