Free Roam: Petalburg Woods

Free Roam threads exist for two reasons - to give players something to do while waiting for their turn in a storyline thread, and to provide easy XP/new pokemon to catch outside of story threads. Only one player can participate within a Free Roam thread at a time, to make the poor admin's life easier. Free Roam threads are assumed to happen outside of narrative time, and as such do not need to make sense with what is 'currently' happening - if you're in the pokemon center in the main thread but want to play in a Free Roam while waiting, you can, it doesn't matter.



When starting a Free Roam, you declare - either in your post or in the admin's skype - if you intend to Grind or Catch. If you Grind, you cannot grind again until you either catch a new pokemon or post in a plot-relevant thread at least 5 times, and all of your in-party pokemon get enough xp to level up your weakest pokemon once. If you Catch, the admin checks his chart to see which wild pokemon you encounter, at which point a full battle ensues as normal. This is not a guaranteed catch - it is just a chance to.

Petalburg Woods

Description: Something peculiar has been happening to the woods, which have for the first time in their history entered a curfew heavily enforced by the leader of Petalburg Gym and his trainers. Several children have gone missing, which occured at the same time as the appearance of the Phantumps at night. While it is safe to travel through the forest in daylight - and indeed, the local wildlife isn't much changed - if you do not leave by sundown, a Gym Leader will make sure you do - for your own good...

Trainers: None

Known Pokemon: Wurmple, Cottonee, Paras, Slakoth, Aipom, Phantump, ???, ???

Items: Berry Trees (Various, unharvested)

Entrances: Route 104 North

Exits: Route 104 South (Currently Blocked).

Petalburg Woods...a place he had once come to frequently when he was a younger child. George always a fan of the sounds the forest made on windy days..it reminded him of the ocean he didn't get as many chances to visit as he would've liked. Taking in the forest air in a calming breath, he brought out his whole team in various flashes of light. Various cries followed as his team materialized.

"Alright guys, time for an impromptu training session. Let loose!"

((DECLARATION TO: Grind))

Ssbmfreak36 wrote:Petalburg Woods...a place he had once come to frequently when he was a younger child.  George always a fan of the sounds the forest made on windy days..it reminded him of the ocean he didn't get as many chances to visit as he would've liked.  Taking in the forest air in a calming breath, he brought out his whole team in various flashes of light.  Various cries followed as his team materialized.  

"Alright guys, time for an impromptu training session.  Let loose!"

((DECLARATION TO: Grind))

Lowest Level Pokemon - 9. Grind until that levels. 

1000xp to all pokemon. 

Jackson: 1760/1500XP (Level up! Level 11) - 260/2,000XP to level 12. Learned Water Sport!
Cecilia: 1080/1,500XP to Level 11. 

Dirk: 1000/1000XP to Level 10. Level up! - 0/1,500XP to Level 11. No new moves.
Renegade: 2600/2000xp to Level 12. Level up! - 600/3,000XP to Level 13. No new moves.

Satisfied with the training, George recalled everyone before venturing a bit deeper into the forest. Rumors abound about children vanishing and the "Children of the Forest" haunting the trees at night. He didn't believe a lick of it, it was all to farfetched.

Hopefully he'd find something to patch up his team's...weakness, to rock to say the least.

Ssbmfreak36 wrote:Satisfied with the training, George recalled everyone before venturing a bit deeper into the forest.  Rumors abound about children vanishing and the "Children of the Forest" haunting the trees at night.  He didn't believe a lick of it, it was all to farfetched.  

Hopefully he'd find something to patch up his team's...weakness, to rock to say the least.

Searching...

Night was still far off, luckily for George. Besides, Roxanne took her policing of the forest's curfew very seriously - not even Rocket objected to her flexing her influence when it came to that situation. 

Despite this, he was most likely still startled when something slowly drifted down from above before settling on his head. 



A wild Cottonee has appeared!

Feeling something soft and fluffy land on his head with a plop, George gently grabbed the object and placed it on the ground in front of him, kneeling down. A Cottonee, he recognized. Not something entirely common around these parts, but with all the invasive species lurking around finding one in a forested area was not surprising at all.

Giving the small cottonball a smile, he held out a hand for the puff to place a leaf there. "Hey there. You look like one who's been hiding out for a while. I hear this forest is a bit of a nightmare these days, even for cute guys like you. How about you come with me?"

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Ssbmfreak36 wrote:Feeling something soft and fluffy land on his head with a plop, George gently grabbed the object and placed it on the ground in front of him, kneeling down.  A Cottonee, he recognized.  Not something entirely common around these parts, but with all the invasive species lurking around finding one in a forested area was not surprising at all.  

Giving the small cottonball a smile, he held out a hand for the puff to place a leaf there.  "Hey there.  You look like one who's been hiding out for a while.  I hear this forest is a bit of a nightmare these days, even for cute guys like you.  How about you come with me?"

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The cottonee stared back up at the trainer, before sneezing - blowing itself backwards about an inch in the process and managing to...well, wobble back and forwards in a rough approximation of a nod. At this point, it would take any chance to get out of this forest before nightfall - which was approaching dangerously quickly. And if they never had to go back, hey - even better.
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Cotonee has been caught! Grass/Fairy type.
Level 8, Sickly nature (+SATK -HP)

Chlorophyll - While in Sunny weather, Cottonee's Speed stat is doubled. 
Prankster - Once per day, Cottonee can make attacks with no damage value have the Interrupt quality (useable on an opponent's turn) until the end of the encounter. 

	Base Stats	Added	Current Stats		Derived Stats
Hit Points	3	1	4	HP	20
Attack	3	1	4
Defense	6	0	6	Physical Evasion	1
Special Attack	6	3	9
Special Defense	5	0	5	Special Evasion	1
Speed	7	3	10	Speed Evasion	1

Name	Typing	Physical/Special	DMG	Frequency	Accuracy	Range	Effects
Absorb	Grass	Special	1d6+3	At Will	2	Melee	After dealing damage, gain HP equal to half the damage dealt.
Growth	Normal	Effect	NA	At Will	NA	Self	Raise the user's Attack and Special Attack 1 combat stage each (25%). If it is Sunny, double the amount of stages gained.
Leech Seed	Grass	Effect	N/A	Center	N/A	6 meters	At the beginning of each of the target's turns, they lose 1/8th of their full HP, no reduction. Leech Seed's user then gains HP equal to the amount lost. Lasts until the target faints or is returned. Does not affect Grass types.

Well that had....gone far better than actually expected. To be frank he had expected to get a mouthful of Stun Spore or something even more undesirable, and instead he had a new companion. Reaching into his pack, George tapped a pokeball to the Cottonee's forehead, officially capturing the thing. Nodding, he rose to his full height. "I think it's about time I got out of this blasted place. Nightfall is coming soon, and I'd rather not see if the rumors are true, despite my skepticism..."

On the way back to the Pokemon Center, he pondered nicknames. From what he knew of Cottonee and their evolved form, they were quick little buggers with a mischievous streak a mile wide. "Hm..For you...Salem. Caught you in a place that would be right at home for witches right now. Now let's get the hell out of here before I'm forced to live why it'd be fitting."