Post by 大輔ーRPG on Aug 20, 2013 15:14:24 GMT -6
*Encounters a Jellicent, but it turns out to be friendly
*Finds a GPS showing where Team Rocket was located
*Heads back to find out a cruise ship came to pick the stranded people up
*Discovers the islands where Team Rocket is located on: Sumburst, Mandarin, Navel, Cleopatra, Kumquat, Ascorbia, Tangelo and Valencia
*Ship heading to Valencia, Fumiko debating whether to leave there or not
*Fumiko tells Alice that Team Rocket are trying to uncover the Orange Island's power
*Ship lands on Valencia, they head to professor Ivy's place
14:52 AliceHope Alice swore from surprise, and she waded to keep herself afloat. "Bloody hell, we've got to be careful." She said, and Staryu gave a 'hyaa!' of agreement, proceeding to slowly and carefully lead its trainer on an exploration of the cove, careful to keep her away from any dangerous protrusions.
14:54 DaiRef After swimming bout the location for awhile, there was something that glistened nearby. between large planks of wood that blocked the way. There were many other broken pieces of metal and other types of waste floating nearby.
14:57 AliceHope "This place really needs cleaning up. Maybe something crashed here?"Alice asked, checking behind her to make sure that Slowpoke was keeping up. As usual, he looked perfectly empty and cheerful. Spotting the light, Staryu called out, swooping off to hover above it, and Alice asked what it was her friend had found,taking a deep breath and speeding up to reach i
14:57 AliceHope t.
15:00 DaiRef Suddenly there were sounds of swift swimming around Alice.... The water slowly treaded around her as they attempted to reach the item. A nearby plank was bumped into and gently moved away from Alice.
15:03 AliceHope Alice came to a halt, hearing and feeling the water ripple, bubbles of oxygen that didn't belong to she or her Pokemon making her stomach squirm. "There's something in the water!" She announced, panicking, letting out a scared cry, "There's something else in the water! Find out what it is! Find out what it is! I don't like it!"
15:06 DaiRef : As the others went to search within the water, they spotted something lightly floating forward nearby. It looked to be somewhat clear in color, but it was some sort of blue and white. As it created gentle currents behind it, it spotted the two pokemon now eyeing it down.
15:06 DaiRef *eyeing them
15:10 AliceHope Alice couldn't see underneath the water, and the longer her Pokemon took, the more anxious she was, cautiously drifting to climb onto a cluster of rocks, resting her bare feet on a long piece of shrapnel. The two Pokemon knew what course of action to take, however, if the Jellicent came off as remotely threatening: these ghosts were known for dragging humans
15:11 AliceHope down to the depths. //Our trainer's trying to fight against Team Rocket.// Staryu conveyed, its gem staying a warm, peaceful red for now, //Will you help us, or at least leave us be?//
15:14 DaiRef The jellicent nodded and began to swim somewhere within the the outskirts of the team base island, weaving in between the rocks and wooden planks of ships that had now vanished from existence. It is said that the fate of ships and crews that wander into Jellicent's habitat: all sunken, all lost, all vanished... The jellicent stopped and came towards the shore
15:15 DaiRef , pointing one of it's tentacles at a nearby item. It looked to be some sort of tracking device.
15:18 AliceHope /Thank you.// Staryu replied, turning to Slowpoke, who returned to the surface to fetch his trainer, gently persuading her back into the water. Staryu was waiting, illuminating the spot where the item resided. Resting one hand on the side, she eyed the tentacle with anxiety whilst plucking the item from its spot. "What's down there, anyway?" She asked quietl
15:19 AliceHope y, reaching a hand to gently tap the appendage, only to find that it went through. "Oh. What? Well. Thank you. Whoever you are." The young woman said, a little thrown.
15:23 DaiRef Alice had found what looked to be some sort of GPS looking device and there were dots marked on certain islands amongst the orange archipelago. However, none of the names were labeled underneath the islands but it also labeled the location of the GPS which was obviously a bit west of Kinnow.
15:25 AliceHope "Hey! We don't need all those pins anymore, we have a map right here!" Alice said excitedly, gesturing for Slowpoke to help her back into a seated position to rest. "Thank you, whatever you are, thank you!" She called out again, doing an ecstatic little dance, "And it must be waterproof! This is so perfect! We have all the places that we need to strike!"
15:26 DaiRef A red flare was shot from the opposite direction of the island where Alice had come from
15:29 AliceHope Alice looked round, spotting the light that went up in the sky. "Shit! That's the team!" She hurried to drop into the water, catching hold of Staryu when it plopped back in. "Take me back, we can't leave Fumiko! let's go!" Without waiting, the Pokemon shot through the liquid, diving down once its human had inhaled deeply, the two hastily heading back the way
15:29 AliceHope they had come from.
15:30 AliceHope ((BTW, Alice was meant to acquire at least a laptop and perhaps a camera at some point as well in the base, although that can wait if it won't work. xDD As her two 'free items' since I forgot she could start with them.))
15:31 DaiRef (( k ))
15:32 DaiRef As she swam back through the tunnel system underneath the base back to the large room within the mountain, Fumiko was standing there awaiting for Alice's return. "Did you find anything important?" She asked her as she came back up to the surface.
15:37 AliceHope "Yeah, we found this!" Alice stated, thrusting the GPS into Fumiko's hand, hungrily taking in oxygen as she stumbled around to find something to dry off with. "The flare's gone off outside, so we need to head back.A Pokemon helped me find that, but it was too dark to see what it was. It was /massive/!" She eventually found a leftover jacket, using it as a mak
15:37 AliceHope eshift towel to dry off her body before clumsily redressing in the uniform, replacing the hat atop her damp hair with a playful show of pride.
15:40 DaiRef Fumiko rubbed her nose. "Yeah, yeah... save it for later... let's get going." She said considering that was probably a signal to make it back quickly. She then began to half jog towards the door of where they had entered and made her way back to the mountain's edge.
15:48 AliceHope "Don't run! Bloody hell." Alice thanked and apologised to her Slowpoke, bringing him back in favour of Kangaskhan, whose back she hopped onto, clambering atop the shoulders. "We need to head back to the boat! Pick up Fumiko on your way, yeah? We're in a rush!" She clutched onto the female's scales, patting her head to signal she was ready, the mother grunting
15:48 AliceHope and stomping off.
15:49 DaiRef After being picked up by the kangaskhan she noted the cliffside with the large gap that she almost fell off of. "Wait, isn't kangaskhan too heavy for this cliff?" She asked as the clouds loomed over the island.
15:53 AliceHope "Nope! She can jump or slide! Go for it, Kangaskhan!" Alice cheered, her first capture reaching to pop Fumiko onto her back, charging and leaping the gap from before. Alice was right. If she missed, she would just change her position and stampede down.
15:57 DaiRef "EEEEH!?" As the kangaskhan leaped forward, she landed right on the crease of the edge. Suddenly, the rock underneath the kangaskhan's feet began to crumble and they began to fall down, their weight increasing their velocity. Gravity took effect and Fumiko began to scream at the top of her lungs.
15:59 AliceHope "Hold on!" Alice gripped with her legs, shifting one hand down before offering a hand to Fumiko with the other. "Kangaskhan, just ride the rock and then jump!" She called. The Pokemon turned to face towards the forest, attempting to regain composure and do what was asked.
16:01 DaiRef The large beast of a mother took grip of the rock with it's feet, quickly ricocheting itself off of the rock flipping off of it as it snatched a tree with it's other hand. Before they knew it they began to slow down as the tree bended in Kangaskhan's favor. It let go of the tree as it snapped back, landing on the rainforest grass below safe and sound.
16:03 DaiRef ( that wording was so bad sorry )
16:04 AliceHope Alice's heart was pounding, her breath ragged. Adrenaline caused her whole body to shake. "That was amazing. Oh my gosh, I thought we were going to die." She laughed from catharsis. Fumiko probably wasn't as amused. "Alright, Kangaskhan! Full speed to ship! You're the best!"
16:06 DaiRef Fumiko was nearly about to die from a heart attack, "Hehehehe..." She laughed awkwardly to herself, sweat running down her forehead. The large pokemon stomped through the forest rather quickly. Soon enough they had made it back the shore, seeing a brand new cruiser ship ready to pick of the stranded passengers.
16:10 AliceHope "Aww, hell yeah! Check that out!" Alice grinned, dismounting with a little assistance, rubbing Kangaskhan's belly and fussing over the baby. Her eyes swept over the cruiser, face breaking into a grin. "Even you aren't too heavy for this thing, missy! Let's go! You alright, Fumiin?" She added, noticing that her friend was just as shaken by their latest near-de
16:11 AliceHope ath experience. Shouting out to announce their return, her jelly legs took Alice back to the steps that awaited them, albeit not in the straightest of lines, her body still wobbling.
16:13 DaiRef Fumiko just held her breath and clentched the sand beneath her with her hands. "It's the seafloor... it's really...sea level now... no heights... no tall places... just...how I love you earth." She began to cry as if she were in a cartoon, but quickly regained her composure. "Yeah, it looks great... let's get in there..." She said as she followed Alice in
16:13 DaiRef pursuit.
16:13 DaiRef #OrangeIslandsSSCruiser
16:18 AliceHope Alice went on up the steps, finger brushing her hair to try and tidy it up. Swimming had likely made it unfixable without conditioner, however. "We're back! And we found a GPS, too!" She added, politely claiming it from Fumiko to wave it high in the air. Kangaskhan grunted and rolled her eyes. As serious a heroine as this adventure demanded, Alice was not - a
16:18 AliceHope nd probably would never - fit that bill. "Thanks for the new ship! This thing's wicked!"
16:21 DaiRef ".... I can't believe him..." Captain Seamore was sitting alone looking down at the table. "I lost a friend...my right hand man." He shook his head and glanced at Alice for a moment. Fumiko came running behind Alice, "Hey Captain Seamore!" She flipped her hair before noticing his expression. "What's up?"
16:26 AliceHope "That Team Rocket guy betrayed him and set the ship on fire, remember." Alice hissed, unable to believe that Fumiko could forget so quickly. She strode over, placing a comforting hand light on his shoulder, careful not to aggravate any injuries, "It's going to be okay, Captain. It'll only get better from here. We found a GPS that Team Rocket lost, so we know
16:27 AliceHope where to go. And that guy - I'll avenge all of you, if that's what you want." Smiling, the trainer playfully saluted, crossing one foot over the other in a pose, "The first Avenger, Captain Hope at your service!"
16:29 DaiRef "Captain Hope...?" Bwahahaha, there's only one captain here..." He said putting his hardened thumb to his chest. Fumiko sighed and looked at Alice. "Come on, snap out of it heroine. Where does the GPS say we need to go..." She snatched it looking at the little islands with red dots on them. "Ugh, not labeled? We need a map..."
16:32 AliceHope Alice grinned, giggling as Seamore recovered and corrected her. If she could cheer him up for even a moment, then that enough. "Yeah. We need to find a map, so we'll be back, okay?" She assured him, playfully jabbing him with her own thumb. Kangaskhan lazily followed, ducking under the doorways where required. "If one of them's Mandarin Island... That's where
16:32 AliceHope I'm heading first. But at the same time, maybe I need more training before I'll be ready to face him."
16:37 DaiRef "Oh... you mean-" She stopped herself realizing who she was talking about. She then paused, seeing a map stabled into a wooden board on the side of the wall nearby. "Ah here we go..." She said taking close observation of where the dots were located... so they appear to be on... Sumburst... let's see here.. Mandarin... oh and Navel, Cleopatra, Kumquat...
16:38 DaiRef Ascorbia, Tangelo and Valencia..." She took note of the islands that were flashing red.
16:40 AliceHope "Valencia. We should go to Valencia first." Alice said almost immediately, pointing to the island on the wall, "That's where the lab and Professor Ivy are. If we go there, we can warn her and get help, since she's at least friends with Oak. Maybe a Pokedex and some other supplies, too." She wondered, briefly, if the purple-haired scientist would understand or
16:42 AliceHope believe her situation. Dwelling on it made her sad, so the girl quickly cast it from her mind. "Then maybe Navel and Kumquat. They have gyms, don't they? I could train there and get some badges... I know we don't have a lot of time to waste, but I think it'd be worth it..."
16:44 DaiRef Fumiko nodded. "Right... so should we inform the captain?" She asked her. "I believe I've heard of this professor as well... she seems to be quite entertaining." She smiled and awaited Alice to make her move. "Valencia is just east of here so it wouldn't take too long."
16:46 DaiRef *west
16:46 DaiRef ( whoops )
16:47 AliceHope "Then let's do it." Alice smiled. She hesitated, however, her cheeks flushing. "And listen, if you want to part ways, then Valencia Island - I don't mind if that's your final stop. But I'll miss you, and I just want you to know that I love you to pieces and I'm really grateful for everything you've done for us, so... At least let me put your details into my
16:47 AliceHope Xtransciever or something so we can talk together sometimes. And stuff. Yeah." She laughed bashfully, feeling a lump in her throat.
16:49 DaiRef Fumiko put a hand on her hip before nodding. "Hmph, you've got guts Alice... I've never had this much fun before, so I really appreciate you too. I feel really flattered to be in the presence of a pokemon master." She smiled, inputting her information into the X-Trasciever. "There you go. You're all set!"
16:51 DaiRef : Fumiko Izanami has been added to your X-Transciever!
16:53 AliceHope Alice smiled, nodded, looking down at the profile on the llluminated screen. Tears prickled at her eyes, and she nodded. "Yeah, I am! Thanks!" The trainer replied back cheerfully, trying to keep the emotions back. It wasn't bye yet. It wasn't even goodbye. There was no need for any of that. Kangaskhan looked down at them both, fighting the maternal urge for t
16:54 AliceHope he pair that were practically her adopted humans. "I wouldn't say I'm a Pokemon master yet, but you should keep an eye and ear out! I will be one day! Whether it's battles or contests or even movies, we'll be unstoppable!"
16:55 DaiRef She smiled and hugged Alice tightly, "Thank you so much..." After about a few moments of the hug she let go and looked at her with a serious smirk. "Alright, shall we get going?"
16:58 AliceHope Alice treasured the hug, resting her head on the other's shoulder. She couldn't hold back any longer, and when Fumiko pulled away, Alice's face had crumpled and reddened, tears rolling down her cheeks. "Yeah. Yeah. Let's go." Nodding and smiling, Alice laughed off the display of emotions, taking off her glasses to wipe the moisture away. Kangaskhan offered he
16:59 AliceHope r a comforting croon and a little push, nodding to Fumiko in approval before trailing after them towards the captain's room.
17:04 DaiRef Fumiko looked at Alice and wiped away a small tear nearby, not really attempting to show any emotions. She hasn't had very many friends before, so this was an incredible experience for her. The captain looked at Alice and Fumiko as they arrived back. "Welcome back, have you found out anything?" He asked them wondering what they had figured out about the
17:04 DaiRef device. It was clear that they would have to island hop seeing all those tiny dots on the screen, but it had to be done by someone. "Whatever you found I will set this ship to course immediately. I'm sick of being on this dreadful island." He said scratching behind his head.
17:06 AliceHope "We need to go to Valencia first, if that's okay with you." Alice said, her voice back to normal, the proof of crying only vaguely there in her appearance. "Fumiko'll probably part ways with us there to head back home, but I figured I could see Professor Ivy while i was there for help before clearing out whatever Team Rocket have done."
17:08 DaiRef "Alright... to Valencia it is... it's not very far from where we are." He said as he took a proud look at his crew. "Let's get this ship moving!" Fumiko smiled and clapped her hands together... she was half torn on leaving or staying, but she had to get back to Kanto soon... she then looked at Alice, her stomach growling and roaring for food. "Hey, are you
17:08 DaiRef hungry Alice?" She said holding her stomach.
17:14 AliceHope Alice smiled after the crew members, turning her attention to Fumiko, nodding. Her stomach had been rumbling horribly before, and while it was silent now, she could feel the searing pain of starvation now that attention was being paid to it. "Yeah, and my Pokemon probably are as well." The trainer noted, picking up the baby at its request to give it a cuddle
17:15 AliceHope and piggyback. Kangaskhan had been snatching edible leaves and berries as it ran, but that was hardly enough for something of her stature. "Let's go. I don't even mind cooking. Who's up for some boring chores in our abnormal lives?" Alice joked, "Let's go and forage for some food!"
21:47 DaiRef Fumiko walked into the kitchen seeing that they had soups, salads, pastries, and other types of bakery items to choose from. Fumiko had a love for croissants or anything that dealt with bread and shot for that stuff first. "I'm starving.." She said filling her place with a couple and then working her way to the soup.
21:49 AliceHope Alice disliked soups, but she quite happily went for the croissants, too, choosing those and some of the salad items. "I wonder if there're enough ingredients for omelette here?" She questioned, getting out food for her team and pouring it into bowls as she did so. Releasing the remaining three, Alice took a seat at the table with her plate, watching them dri
21:50 AliceHope nk down the water and devour the food, helping herself to her own serving.
21:51 DaiRef "Probably... crepes are really good too..." She said as her mouth began to water. She poured food for her pokemon as well and ate alongside Alice. "I never knew food out in the middle of the ocean could taste so good.. so Alice, what do you make out of team rocket?" She asked, now curious on her stance.
21:54 AliceHope "Do I really need to say?" Alice replied dryly. Back when everything was but a story, Team Rocket appealed to her a lot. She was a girl who liked bad guys. Meowth was cute, she shipped the tragic Jessie and James, admired Domino, Proton and Bashou amongst others. But now? "I can't stand them, and they need to be stopped. They only care about money and power,
21:55 AliceHope and if nobody does anything, they'll try taking the world. The islands are just a starting point, I know it."
21:57 DaiRef Fumiko stroked her chin, "Hmmm... well... as many bad people as there are, if you know you're not one of them, then there is still hope. Even if the world goes completely wrong, you know the truth." She said quietly. She had a more serious look on her face, but it turned right into a smile. "We can make the difference Alice!"
22:01 AliceHope "I know we can." Alice smiled. It really was like what she grew up with - some of this was totally cheesy, but it was the truth. If they were idols, would she be the centre? After all, the status of captain was already taken. "We won't let the world go wrong. Even if you're all the way home, that's the place you can protect. We can't be everywhere at once, af
22:01 AliceHope ter all."
22:04 DaiRef She shrugged, "Hehe... of course if they came across me they'd be asking to get their asses handed to them." She cracked her knuckles and grabbed the croissant, taking a large vicious bite out of it... "They wuull be shorry!" She attempted to speak with all of that food in her mouth.
22:07 AliceHope "Don't talk with your mouth full! That's so grim and rude!" Alice chided, looking down at her Pokemon, "And that goes for you lot, too. We're a classy bunch, ladies and gentleman." The trainer insisted, adding to Fumiko on a gentler note, "By the way... How did you end up losing Vulpix in the first place?"
22:12 DaiRef After swallowing down her food she looked at Alice harshly, "Well, you see... when I was on a boat through the orange islands, team rocket yachts came up to us and started kidnapping people out of the blue. I tried to escape and ended up getting captured myself. They took me to the seven grapefruit islands and they tried to take my vulpix away from me..."
22:13 DaiRef "I ended up trying to chase them down, but they were just going to leave me there to suffer and not have a way to get back." She explained. "They seem to steal pokemon from trainers to build their organization."
22:14 AliceHope "Yeah, I already knew the last part. But kidnapping /people/..." It wasn't unusual, but it was hardly the usual for Team Rocket. They preferred the treatment they gave Fumiko in abandoning them if they weren't of use. "Ransom or safety switch, maybe? But that's not their style, not at random. What the hell are they even doing?"
22:16 DaiRef She sighed and put her hands on both of her cheeks. "I'm not sure, but it sounded like they were trying to search for something..." She said trying to remember what had they were going on about back when she was captured.
22:19 AliceHope "Do you remember what they were saying?" Alice prompted. It seemed like Fumiko was trying to think over it, though. While she contemplated, she provided seconds for her team, getting another, large, glass of milk and some more to eat. Food was a favourite thing of Alice's.
22:23 DaiRef "Hmmm... now that you mention it... there was something..." She muttered out. "They were talking about using the orange island's secret power... but I don't know what they were necessarily talking about." She pondered for a moment and sighed. "That could really mean anything..."
22:25 AliceHope "People born in Viridian usually have a special connection to Pokemon. The Orange Archipelago has a link to the birds like Lugia, Zapdos, Moltres and Articuno..." Alice thought aloud, "They have an interest in legendaries. Mew, Raikou, Rayquaza, Moltres... Maybe that's what they want. The islands are known for Pokemon being unusual, too, in size and physical
22:25 AliceHope appearance or properties. But secret power? Dunno..."
22:27 DaiRef "What, really... I didn't know that..." Fumiko looked at her with a raised eyebrow. "Hmm...I wonder then..." She noticed a friendly 'ding-dong' was heard on the overhead system. "Attention passengers, 15 minutes until landing..."
22:29 AliceHope "The problem is, it could be anything. Maybe Professor Ivy could tell us." Alice suggested, peering up when the announcement was made. Her eyes shifted to Phanpy, the ground-type nosing around Fumiko's feet out of old habit and curiosity. "Either way, we'll find out soon."
22:34 DaiRef "Yup..." She said getting up. She pat the phanphy gently and smiled, "Well, you stay safe little one... I'll miss you dearly..." She then stretched and nodded, "Alright, well we better get a move on... we're almost there..."
22:40 AliceHope "Yeah." Alice nodded in agreement, her Phanpy watching Fumiko with a confused expression. It was not familiar with the concept of goodbye. She brought back her team, joining her friend in 'getting a move on' in preparation to dock.
22:42 DaiRef After a few moments they had arrived on the island and Fumiko began to walk towards the outter dock...
22:42 DaiRef #OrangeIslandsValencia
22:49 AliceHope When the boat finally reached the dock, Alice watched the crew sort the stairway anchoring and tying the cruiser into place. "Ready to go?" The trainer asked, beginning to disembark, her heels clacking with every step,. She couldn't help having a bit of a swagger in the sexy cosplay she wore, feeling like a top trainer and hot mess.
22:51 DaiRef Fumiko nodded, "Yeah, of course..." It was a rather simple island with forests scattered about, a few beaches here and there, and lots of grassland sitting within the masses of trees. It was a beautiful and peaceful island. Pidgey fluttered through the air and there were paras and oddish swarming about the island.
23:03 AliceHope Alice smiled, looking over the scenery. It was nice to see Oddish and others happily running about. In the distance she could see the white outline of the Pokemon Laboratory. "Let's head that way!" Alice suggested, starting off towards it.
23:06 DaiRef Fumiko nodded as they headed towards the laboratory. "Hmmm... I wonder what the professor knows..." She said curiously. Soon enough they reached the front door of the lab, Fumiko was the first to knock on it. "HEY PROFESSOR LADY...YOU THERE?!"
*Finds a GPS showing where Team Rocket was located
*Heads back to find out a cruise ship came to pick the stranded people up
*Discovers the islands where Team Rocket is located on: Sumburst, Mandarin, Navel, Cleopatra, Kumquat, Ascorbia, Tangelo and Valencia
*Ship heading to Valencia, Fumiko debating whether to leave there or not
*Fumiko tells Alice that Team Rocket are trying to uncover the Orange Island's power
*Ship lands on Valencia, they head to professor Ivy's place
14:52 AliceHope Alice swore from surprise, and she waded to keep herself afloat. "Bloody hell, we've got to be careful." She said, and Staryu gave a 'hyaa!' of agreement, proceeding to slowly and carefully lead its trainer on an exploration of the cove, careful to keep her away from any dangerous protrusions.
14:54 DaiRef After swimming bout the location for awhile, there was something that glistened nearby. between large planks of wood that blocked the way. There were many other broken pieces of metal and other types of waste floating nearby.
14:57 AliceHope "This place really needs cleaning up. Maybe something crashed here?"Alice asked, checking behind her to make sure that Slowpoke was keeping up. As usual, he looked perfectly empty and cheerful. Spotting the light, Staryu called out, swooping off to hover above it, and Alice asked what it was her friend had found,taking a deep breath and speeding up to reach i
14:57 AliceHope t.
15:00 DaiRef Suddenly there were sounds of swift swimming around Alice.... The water slowly treaded around her as they attempted to reach the item. A nearby plank was bumped into and gently moved away from Alice.
15:03 AliceHope Alice came to a halt, hearing and feeling the water ripple, bubbles of oxygen that didn't belong to she or her Pokemon making her stomach squirm. "There's something in the water!" She announced, panicking, letting out a scared cry, "There's something else in the water! Find out what it is! Find out what it is! I don't like it!"
15:06 DaiRef : As the others went to search within the water, they spotted something lightly floating forward nearby. It looked to be somewhat clear in color, but it was some sort of blue and white. As it created gentle currents behind it, it spotted the two pokemon now eyeing it down.
15:06 DaiRef *eyeing them
15:10 AliceHope Alice couldn't see underneath the water, and the longer her Pokemon took, the more anxious she was, cautiously drifting to climb onto a cluster of rocks, resting her bare feet on a long piece of shrapnel. The two Pokemon knew what course of action to take, however, if the Jellicent came off as remotely threatening: these ghosts were known for dragging humans
15:11 AliceHope down to the depths. //Our trainer's trying to fight against Team Rocket.// Staryu conveyed, its gem staying a warm, peaceful red for now, //Will you help us, or at least leave us be?//
15:14 DaiRef The jellicent nodded and began to swim somewhere within the the outskirts of the team base island, weaving in between the rocks and wooden planks of ships that had now vanished from existence. It is said that the fate of ships and crews that wander into Jellicent's habitat: all sunken, all lost, all vanished... The jellicent stopped and came towards the shore
15:15 DaiRef , pointing one of it's tentacles at a nearby item. It looked to be some sort of tracking device.
15:18 AliceHope /Thank you.// Staryu replied, turning to Slowpoke, who returned to the surface to fetch his trainer, gently persuading her back into the water. Staryu was waiting, illuminating the spot where the item resided. Resting one hand on the side, she eyed the tentacle with anxiety whilst plucking the item from its spot. "What's down there, anyway?" She asked quietl
15:19 AliceHope y, reaching a hand to gently tap the appendage, only to find that it went through. "Oh. What? Well. Thank you. Whoever you are." The young woman said, a little thrown.
15:23 DaiRef Alice had found what looked to be some sort of GPS looking device and there were dots marked on certain islands amongst the orange archipelago. However, none of the names were labeled underneath the islands but it also labeled the location of the GPS which was obviously a bit west of Kinnow.
15:25 AliceHope "Hey! We don't need all those pins anymore, we have a map right here!" Alice said excitedly, gesturing for Slowpoke to help her back into a seated position to rest. "Thank you, whatever you are, thank you!" She called out again, doing an ecstatic little dance, "And it must be waterproof! This is so perfect! We have all the places that we need to strike!"
15:26 DaiRef A red flare was shot from the opposite direction of the island where Alice had come from
15:29 AliceHope Alice looked round, spotting the light that went up in the sky. "Shit! That's the team!" She hurried to drop into the water, catching hold of Staryu when it plopped back in. "Take me back, we can't leave Fumiko! let's go!" Without waiting, the Pokemon shot through the liquid, diving down once its human had inhaled deeply, the two hastily heading back the way
15:29 AliceHope they had come from.
15:30 AliceHope ((BTW, Alice was meant to acquire at least a laptop and perhaps a camera at some point as well in the base, although that can wait if it won't work. xDD As her two 'free items' since I forgot she could start with them.))
15:31 DaiRef (( k ))
15:32 DaiRef As she swam back through the tunnel system underneath the base back to the large room within the mountain, Fumiko was standing there awaiting for Alice's return. "Did you find anything important?" She asked her as she came back up to the surface.
15:37 AliceHope "Yeah, we found this!" Alice stated, thrusting the GPS into Fumiko's hand, hungrily taking in oxygen as she stumbled around to find something to dry off with. "The flare's gone off outside, so we need to head back.A Pokemon helped me find that, but it was too dark to see what it was. It was /massive/!" She eventually found a leftover jacket, using it as a mak
15:37 AliceHope eshift towel to dry off her body before clumsily redressing in the uniform, replacing the hat atop her damp hair with a playful show of pride.
15:40 DaiRef Fumiko rubbed her nose. "Yeah, yeah... save it for later... let's get going." She said considering that was probably a signal to make it back quickly. She then began to half jog towards the door of where they had entered and made her way back to the mountain's edge.
15:48 AliceHope "Don't run! Bloody hell." Alice thanked and apologised to her Slowpoke, bringing him back in favour of Kangaskhan, whose back she hopped onto, clambering atop the shoulders. "We need to head back to the boat! Pick up Fumiko on your way, yeah? We're in a rush!" She clutched onto the female's scales, patting her head to signal she was ready, the mother grunting
15:48 AliceHope and stomping off.
15:49 DaiRef After being picked up by the kangaskhan she noted the cliffside with the large gap that she almost fell off of. "Wait, isn't kangaskhan too heavy for this cliff?" She asked as the clouds loomed over the island.
15:53 AliceHope "Nope! She can jump or slide! Go for it, Kangaskhan!" Alice cheered, her first capture reaching to pop Fumiko onto her back, charging and leaping the gap from before. Alice was right. If she missed, she would just change her position and stampede down.
15:57 DaiRef "EEEEH!?" As the kangaskhan leaped forward, she landed right on the crease of the edge. Suddenly, the rock underneath the kangaskhan's feet began to crumble and they began to fall down, their weight increasing their velocity. Gravity took effect and Fumiko began to scream at the top of her lungs.
15:59 AliceHope "Hold on!" Alice gripped with her legs, shifting one hand down before offering a hand to Fumiko with the other. "Kangaskhan, just ride the rock and then jump!" She called. The Pokemon turned to face towards the forest, attempting to regain composure and do what was asked.
16:01 DaiRef The large beast of a mother took grip of the rock with it's feet, quickly ricocheting itself off of the rock flipping off of it as it snatched a tree with it's other hand. Before they knew it they began to slow down as the tree bended in Kangaskhan's favor. It let go of the tree as it snapped back, landing on the rainforest grass below safe and sound.
16:03 DaiRef ( that wording was so bad sorry )
16:04 AliceHope Alice's heart was pounding, her breath ragged. Adrenaline caused her whole body to shake. "That was amazing. Oh my gosh, I thought we were going to die." She laughed from catharsis. Fumiko probably wasn't as amused. "Alright, Kangaskhan! Full speed to ship! You're the best!"
16:06 DaiRef Fumiko was nearly about to die from a heart attack, "Hehehehe..." She laughed awkwardly to herself, sweat running down her forehead. The large pokemon stomped through the forest rather quickly. Soon enough they had made it back the shore, seeing a brand new cruiser ship ready to pick of the stranded passengers.
16:10 AliceHope "Aww, hell yeah! Check that out!" Alice grinned, dismounting with a little assistance, rubbing Kangaskhan's belly and fussing over the baby. Her eyes swept over the cruiser, face breaking into a grin. "Even you aren't too heavy for this thing, missy! Let's go! You alright, Fumiin?" She added, noticing that her friend was just as shaken by their latest near-de
16:11 AliceHope ath experience. Shouting out to announce their return, her jelly legs took Alice back to the steps that awaited them, albeit not in the straightest of lines, her body still wobbling.
16:13 DaiRef Fumiko just held her breath and clentched the sand beneath her with her hands. "It's the seafloor... it's really...sea level now... no heights... no tall places... just...how I love you earth." She began to cry as if she were in a cartoon, but quickly regained her composure. "Yeah, it looks great... let's get in there..." She said as she followed Alice in
16:13 DaiRef pursuit.
16:13 DaiRef #OrangeIslandsSSCruiser
16:18 AliceHope Alice went on up the steps, finger brushing her hair to try and tidy it up. Swimming had likely made it unfixable without conditioner, however. "We're back! And we found a GPS, too!" She added, politely claiming it from Fumiko to wave it high in the air. Kangaskhan grunted and rolled her eyes. As serious a heroine as this adventure demanded, Alice was not - a
16:18 AliceHope nd probably would never - fit that bill. "Thanks for the new ship! This thing's wicked!"
16:21 DaiRef ".... I can't believe him..." Captain Seamore was sitting alone looking down at the table. "I lost a friend...my right hand man." He shook his head and glanced at Alice for a moment. Fumiko came running behind Alice, "Hey Captain Seamore!" She flipped her hair before noticing his expression. "What's up?"
16:26 AliceHope "That Team Rocket guy betrayed him and set the ship on fire, remember." Alice hissed, unable to believe that Fumiko could forget so quickly. She strode over, placing a comforting hand light on his shoulder, careful not to aggravate any injuries, "It's going to be okay, Captain. It'll only get better from here. We found a GPS that Team Rocket lost, so we know
16:27 AliceHope where to go. And that guy - I'll avenge all of you, if that's what you want." Smiling, the trainer playfully saluted, crossing one foot over the other in a pose, "The first Avenger, Captain Hope at your service!"
16:29 DaiRef "Captain Hope...?" Bwahahaha, there's only one captain here..." He said putting his hardened thumb to his chest. Fumiko sighed and looked at Alice. "Come on, snap out of it heroine. Where does the GPS say we need to go..." She snatched it looking at the little islands with red dots on them. "Ugh, not labeled? We need a map..."
16:32 AliceHope Alice grinned, giggling as Seamore recovered and corrected her. If she could cheer him up for even a moment, then that enough. "Yeah. We need to find a map, so we'll be back, okay?" She assured him, playfully jabbing him with her own thumb. Kangaskhan lazily followed, ducking under the doorways where required. "If one of them's Mandarin Island... That's where
16:32 AliceHope I'm heading first. But at the same time, maybe I need more training before I'll be ready to face him."
16:37 DaiRef "Oh... you mean-" She stopped herself realizing who she was talking about. She then paused, seeing a map stabled into a wooden board on the side of the wall nearby. "Ah here we go..." She said taking close observation of where the dots were located... so they appear to be on... Sumburst... let's see here.. Mandarin... oh and Navel, Cleopatra, Kumquat...
16:38 DaiRef Ascorbia, Tangelo and Valencia..." She took note of the islands that were flashing red.
16:40 AliceHope "Valencia. We should go to Valencia first." Alice said almost immediately, pointing to the island on the wall, "That's where the lab and Professor Ivy are. If we go there, we can warn her and get help, since she's at least friends with Oak. Maybe a Pokedex and some other supplies, too." She wondered, briefly, if the purple-haired scientist would understand or
16:42 AliceHope believe her situation. Dwelling on it made her sad, so the girl quickly cast it from her mind. "Then maybe Navel and Kumquat. They have gyms, don't they? I could train there and get some badges... I know we don't have a lot of time to waste, but I think it'd be worth it..."
16:44 DaiRef Fumiko nodded. "Right... so should we inform the captain?" She asked her. "I believe I've heard of this professor as well... she seems to be quite entertaining." She smiled and awaited Alice to make her move. "Valencia is just east of here so it wouldn't take too long."
16:46 DaiRef *west
16:46 DaiRef ( whoops )
16:47 AliceHope "Then let's do it." Alice smiled. She hesitated, however, her cheeks flushing. "And listen, if you want to part ways, then Valencia Island - I don't mind if that's your final stop. But I'll miss you, and I just want you to know that I love you to pieces and I'm really grateful for everything you've done for us, so... At least let me put your details into my
16:47 AliceHope Xtransciever or something so we can talk together sometimes. And stuff. Yeah." She laughed bashfully, feeling a lump in her throat.
16:49 DaiRef Fumiko put a hand on her hip before nodding. "Hmph, you've got guts Alice... I've never had this much fun before, so I really appreciate you too. I feel really flattered to be in the presence of a pokemon master." She smiled, inputting her information into the X-Trasciever. "There you go. You're all set!"
16:51 DaiRef : Fumiko Izanami has been added to your X-Transciever!
16:53 AliceHope Alice smiled, nodded, looking down at the profile on the llluminated screen. Tears prickled at her eyes, and she nodded. "Yeah, I am! Thanks!" The trainer replied back cheerfully, trying to keep the emotions back. It wasn't bye yet. It wasn't even goodbye. There was no need for any of that. Kangaskhan looked down at them both, fighting the maternal urge for t
16:54 AliceHope he pair that were practically her adopted humans. "I wouldn't say I'm a Pokemon master yet, but you should keep an eye and ear out! I will be one day! Whether it's battles or contests or even movies, we'll be unstoppable!"
16:55 DaiRef She smiled and hugged Alice tightly, "Thank you so much..." After about a few moments of the hug she let go and looked at her with a serious smirk. "Alright, shall we get going?"
16:58 AliceHope Alice treasured the hug, resting her head on the other's shoulder. She couldn't hold back any longer, and when Fumiko pulled away, Alice's face had crumpled and reddened, tears rolling down her cheeks. "Yeah. Yeah. Let's go." Nodding and smiling, Alice laughed off the display of emotions, taking off her glasses to wipe the moisture away. Kangaskhan offered he
16:59 AliceHope r a comforting croon and a little push, nodding to Fumiko in approval before trailing after them towards the captain's room.
17:04 DaiRef Fumiko looked at Alice and wiped away a small tear nearby, not really attempting to show any emotions. She hasn't had very many friends before, so this was an incredible experience for her. The captain looked at Alice and Fumiko as they arrived back. "Welcome back, have you found out anything?" He asked them wondering what they had figured out about the
17:04 DaiRef device. It was clear that they would have to island hop seeing all those tiny dots on the screen, but it had to be done by someone. "Whatever you found I will set this ship to course immediately. I'm sick of being on this dreadful island." He said scratching behind his head.
17:06 AliceHope "We need to go to Valencia first, if that's okay with you." Alice said, her voice back to normal, the proof of crying only vaguely there in her appearance. "Fumiko'll probably part ways with us there to head back home, but I figured I could see Professor Ivy while i was there for help before clearing out whatever Team Rocket have done."
17:08 DaiRef "Alright... to Valencia it is... it's not very far from where we are." He said as he took a proud look at his crew. "Let's get this ship moving!" Fumiko smiled and clapped her hands together... she was half torn on leaving or staying, but she had to get back to Kanto soon... she then looked at Alice, her stomach growling and roaring for food. "Hey, are you
17:08 DaiRef hungry Alice?" She said holding her stomach.
17:14 AliceHope Alice smiled after the crew members, turning her attention to Fumiko, nodding. Her stomach had been rumbling horribly before, and while it was silent now, she could feel the searing pain of starvation now that attention was being paid to it. "Yeah, and my Pokemon probably are as well." The trainer noted, picking up the baby at its request to give it a cuddle
17:15 AliceHope and piggyback. Kangaskhan had been snatching edible leaves and berries as it ran, but that was hardly enough for something of her stature. "Let's go. I don't even mind cooking. Who's up for some boring chores in our abnormal lives?" Alice joked, "Let's go and forage for some food!"
21:47 DaiRef Fumiko walked into the kitchen seeing that they had soups, salads, pastries, and other types of bakery items to choose from. Fumiko had a love for croissants or anything that dealt with bread and shot for that stuff first. "I'm starving.." She said filling her place with a couple and then working her way to the soup.
21:49 AliceHope Alice disliked soups, but she quite happily went for the croissants, too, choosing those and some of the salad items. "I wonder if there're enough ingredients for omelette here?" She questioned, getting out food for her team and pouring it into bowls as she did so. Releasing the remaining three, Alice took a seat at the table with her plate, watching them dri
21:50 AliceHope nk down the water and devour the food, helping herself to her own serving.
21:51 DaiRef "Probably... crepes are really good too..." She said as her mouth began to water. She poured food for her pokemon as well and ate alongside Alice. "I never knew food out in the middle of the ocean could taste so good.. so Alice, what do you make out of team rocket?" She asked, now curious on her stance.
21:54 AliceHope "Do I really need to say?" Alice replied dryly. Back when everything was but a story, Team Rocket appealed to her a lot. She was a girl who liked bad guys. Meowth was cute, she shipped the tragic Jessie and James, admired Domino, Proton and Bashou amongst others. But now? "I can't stand them, and they need to be stopped. They only care about money and power,
21:55 AliceHope and if nobody does anything, they'll try taking the world. The islands are just a starting point, I know it."
21:57 DaiRef Fumiko stroked her chin, "Hmmm... well... as many bad people as there are, if you know you're not one of them, then there is still hope. Even if the world goes completely wrong, you know the truth." She said quietly. She had a more serious look on her face, but it turned right into a smile. "We can make the difference Alice!"
22:01 AliceHope "I know we can." Alice smiled. It really was like what she grew up with - some of this was totally cheesy, but it was the truth. If they were idols, would she be the centre? After all, the status of captain was already taken. "We won't let the world go wrong. Even if you're all the way home, that's the place you can protect. We can't be everywhere at once, af
22:01 AliceHope ter all."
22:04 DaiRef She shrugged, "Hehe... of course if they came across me they'd be asking to get their asses handed to them." She cracked her knuckles and grabbed the croissant, taking a large vicious bite out of it... "They wuull be shorry!" She attempted to speak with all of that food in her mouth.
22:07 AliceHope "Don't talk with your mouth full! That's so grim and rude!" Alice chided, looking down at her Pokemon, "And that goes for you lot, too. We're a classy bunch, ladies and gentleman." The trainer insisted, adding to Fumiko on a gentler note, "By the way... How did you end up losing Vulpix in the first place?"
22:12 DaiRef After swallowing down her food she looked at Alice harshly, "Well, you see... when I was on a boat through the orange islands, team rocket yachts came up to us and started kidnapping people out of the blue. I tried to escape and ended up getting captured myself. They took me to the seven grapefruit islands and they tried to take my vulpix away from me..."
22:13 DaiRef "I ended up trying to chase them down, but they were just going to leave me there to suffer and not have a way to get back." She explained. "They seem to steal pokemon from trainers to build their organization."
22:14 AliceHope "Yeah, I already knew the last part. But kidnapping /people/..." It wasn't unusual, but it was hardly the usual for Team Rocket. They preferred the treatment they gave Fumiko in abandoning them if they weren't of use. "Ransom or safety switch, maybe? But that's not their style, not at random. What the hell are they even doing?"
22:16 DaiRef She sighed and put her hands on both of her cheeks. "I'm not sure, but it sounded like they were trying to search for something..." She said trying to remember what had they were going on about back when she was captured.
22:19 AliceHope "Do you remember what they were saying?" Alice prompted. It seemed like Fumiko was trying to think over it, though. While she contemplated, she provided seconds for her team, getting another, large, glass of milk and some more to eat. Food was a favourite thing of Alice's.
22:23 DaiRef "Hmmm... now that you mention it... there was something..." She muttered out. "They were talking about using the orange island's secret power... but I don't know what they were necessarily talking about." She pondered for a moment and sighed. "That could really mean anything..."
22:25 AliceHope "People born in Viridian usually have a special connection to Pokemon. The Orange Archipelago has a link to the birds like Lugia, Zapdos, Moltres and Articuno..." Alice thought aloud, "They have an interest in legendaries. Mew, Raikou, Rayquaza, Moltres... Maybe that's what they want. The islands are known for Pokemon being unusual, too, in size and physical
22:25 AliceHope appearance or properties. But secret power? Dunno..."
22:27 DaiRef "What, really... I didn't know that..." Fumiko looked at her with a raised eyebrow. "Hmm...I wonder then..." She noticed a friendly 'ding-dong' was heard on the overhead system. "Attention passengers, 15 minutes until landing..."
22:29 AliceHope "The problem is, it could be anything. Maybe Professor Ivy could tell us." Alice suggested, peering up when the announcement was made. Her eyes shifted to Phanpy, the ground-type nosing around Fumiko's feet out of old habit and curiosity. "Either way, we'll find out soon."
22:34 DaiRef "Yup..." She said getting up. She pat the phanphy gently and smiled, "Well, you stay safe little one... I'll miss you dearly..." She then stretched and nodded, "Alright, well we better get a move on... we're almost there..."
22:40 AliceHope "Yeah." Alice nodded in agreement, her Phanpy watching Fumiko with a confused expression. It was not familiar with the concept of goodbye. She brought back her team, joining her friend in 'getting a move on' in preparation to dock.
22:42 DaiRef After a few moments they had arrived on the island and Fumiko began to walk towards the outter dock...
22:42 DaiRef #OrangeIslandsValencia
22:49 AliceHope When the boat finally reached the dock, Alice watched the crew sort the stairway anchoring and tying the cruiser into place. "Ready to go?" The trainer asked, beginning to disembark, her heels clacking with every step,. She couldn't help having a bit of a swagger in the sexy cosplay she wore, feeling like a top trainer and hot mess.
22:51 DaiRef Fumiko nodded, "Yeah, of course..." It was a rather simple island with forests scattered about, a few beaches here and there, and lots of grassland sitting within the masses of trees. It was a beautiful and peaceful island. Pidgey fluttered through the air and there were paras and oddish swarming about the island.
23:03 AliceHope Alice smiled, looking over the scenery. It was nice to see Oddish and others happily running about. In the distance she could see the white outline of the Pokemon Laboratory. "Let's head that way!" Alice suggested, starting off towards it.
23:06 DaiRef Fumiko nodded as they headed towards the laboratory. "Hmmm... I wonder what the professor knows..." She said curiously. Soon enough they reached the front door of the lab, Fumiko was the first to knock on it. "HEY PROFESSOR LADY...YOU THERE?!"