Private/Closed Into the Pokéverse

[Captain Pokémon]

Neon groaned.
“Yes. Yes we are.”
Riolu frowned at the thought of Team Unknown.
“They’re annoying.”
Neon tapped his foot quickly, which seemed to be a habit of his whenever he thinks about something.
“As a matter of fact, we just escaped from them.”
Neon saw a lanky, emo looking teenager enter, and frowned.
“Ah great, another one of those.”
Riolu shook it’s head.
“I find those type of people annoying.”
Neon handed his pokeballs to Nurse Joy.
Then turned to the group.
“Let’s not socialize with him.”
Neon suggested, and Riolu agreed, seeming to have the same opinion towards “Emos”.

 

[Pinch]

Bentley chimed in this time, “that we are, just escaped an ambush through the sewers.” He explained. “Unfortunately I think the Gym Leader here, Evan I think his name was, joined up with them.”

 

[Tiny Raccoon]

As he handed his Pokéball over to Nurse Joy, Riff's attention was caught by the conversation the other people in the building were having. A patrol? Team Unknown? Safety in numbers? Riff started wondering what was going on in this strange city. He did notice there weren't many people on the streets, but he figured it just wasn't a vibrant city. Was everybody staying inside because it was unsafe?

Suddenly Riff saw some members of the group staring at him as well. He realized that they noticed he had been listening, so it was no use to pretend he wasn't. "Trouble?", he mumbled.

 

[NewTrubbish]

"Yeah, tell me about it! Stoutland and I were chased all the way here!" Then she heard about Gym Leader joining them. "Huh? A Gym Leader joined them?" She was kinda surprised. "But why though?"

 

[Captain Pokémon]

Neon shrugged.
“I dunno, maybe some sort of Sci-Fi brainwashing mumbo jumbo.”
Neon glanced at Riff.
“Dude, this guy’s just staring at us, I am not comfortable.”
Neon glanced at the guy once again, and again saw him staring at them, he said something though.
“Trouble? Yeah there’s trouble! There’s a big evil team of bad guys out there, and we just had to go through the sewers, and a swamp, just to get here!”

 

[NewTrubbish]

Pearl noticed Riff in the Pokemon Center. "Oh, hey there! I assume you might have some history with Team Unknow?" She said.

 

[Captain Pokémon]

[Okey dokey, the silence is killing me, and the guy who the last post was directed at refuses to respond, so...]
Neon looked at Pearl.
“Why?”
Neon frowned.
“I thought we were on the same page here.”
Riolu nodded again.
“Socializing with people like him bring trouble, annoyance, AND social awkwardness!”
Neon tapped his foot.
“Do you all want all of those things.”
[I’m not annoyed at Riff or the guy playing Riff, just, Emo people are one of Neon’s pet peeves.]

 

[NotaViolinist]

"Hey now, let's not starting jumping to conclusions when we've hardly had a chance to talk," Aine jumped in, carefully positioning herself between the two to discourage them from fighting. "I assume you're not from here, if you haven't heard about the situation. Long story short, there's a team of people trying to..." She stopped. "What IS their motive, anyway? Evan never really explained it to us." She shrugged. "Anyway, they've kidnapped people, somehow recruited a gym leader, and are blocking the way to Route 4. So we're trying to stick together to get past them."

 

[Tiny Raccoon]

Riff turned away from the group to receive his healed Pokémon from the nurse. Meanwhile he tried to decide what to do. He really just preferred to follow his own path instead of that of the group. On the other hand, if the things Aine and Neon were telling him about were true, he and Lemmy might be better off just joining the group in whatever they were up to. It would be safer than running into this evil organisation by himself.

With Lemmy's pokéball in his hand, Riff turned to the group again. He examined Aine, who seemed to be the leader of this group. She seemed a little shy, though if anyone knew what was going on in this city and how to act on it, it was her. Even though the rest of the group kinda annoyed Riff, he figured he could trust Aine. "Trying to stick together huh? I'll join you, if I can be of any help. How were you guys planning to get past them? And what's your final destination anyway?"

 

[HeyItsPip]

Oliver was at the Pokémon Center to originally heal his team (and to drop off a Snorunt), but he got distracted. Oliver just played around with his team, a Marshtomp and a Noibat. Occasionally, he looked up at the commotion with the group to eavesdrop. Something about Team Unknown and using force to get in Route 4. Turning back to his Pokémon after Nimbus, his Noibat, slapped him, he still listened to what the group had to say.

 

[Cmeriwether]

Ariana was following clues as to where Firey was and it led her to where the group was currently.

"I've been dealing with Team Unknown for a while now, mostly to try and find my Husband, who has the potential to end this." Ariana explained, "The last clue I found was a scorch mark most likely left by his Volcarona."

Ariana was visibly worried about him. Mudkip decided to try and calm her from her head.

 

[Sunlight Isekai Overdrive]

Nito stayed quiet the whole time, a thought digging itself into his brain.

"A Gym leader joining Team Unknown. I could take it as a Brainwashing machine, like what Nein said, but what if it was something else? Something much more than that? What if Team Unknown..." He thought, shaking his head. We wasn't going to leave his Crew just yet, but it felt... Wrong. He should ask Aine about it, but he felt it would cause a Comottion, and he didn't want to be known as the bad-Guy.

Dracoss looked at her trainer. She knew something was bugging him, but she couldn't find out what was Haunting him.
"Sni.." Dracoss sighed, as Nito looked at her.
"Oh, I almost forgot." He grabbed a Container out of his bag, taking a Berry out of it, and handing it to Dracoss, who started eating it.
"There's your Snack."

"Not what I meant, but Fine." Dracoss thought, nibbling at the Berry.

 

[NewTrubbish]

Pearl sat down on the floor leaning onto the wall, thinking about Team Unkown. "All this Team Unknown stuff is getting crazy. Gym Leaders joining their side? But why? I thought Gym Leaders were against these people. It doesn't feel right... something else was happening... something big" she thought.

Pearl looked at Stoutland, worried a little bit "Hey, Stoutland." Stoutland walked over to her. "What do you think buddy? Any thoughts about Team Unknown?" Stoutland Nodded and laid down onto Pearl's legs.
She scratched the back of Stoutland's ear. "Yeah, worrying too much right now is probably the best idea."

 

[NotaViolinist]

"Well, either way, we're still heading to Route 4. So follow along if you want," Aine told them. "Now, they're probably still out searching the city for us, so we better hurry and at least check out the scene. Worst comes to worst, we'll have to fight them off." Obviously everyone was very conflicted about the whole matter, so she had to step up and put on a confident facade.

As they wandered out of the Pokécenter, they could hear shouts coming from the next street over. "Hurry!" Aine whispered urgently, and they took off running. After a few blocks, they arrived at the gate to Route 4. Out of breath, they dashed inside, but then-

A slow clapping sound. "What a shame. You almost had it." Beta was reclined casually in a chair behind the reception desk. "I applaud the ingenuity, but..." he trailed off, listening to something in his earpiece. Then a slow smile. "Oh, well, lucky for you! There's been a change of plans." With a flourish he leaped over the desk and pointed at the group. "I'll let you pass... on one condition. I want to battle some of these young trainers of yours."

"What." Aine was not only shocked but suspicious at the quick turn of events. Beta grinned at her.

"Oh, don't look at me like that. I'm a gym leader too, you know. Choose four of your trainers. We'll have a relay, one after another. I'll be outside, waiting." He sauntered out to Route 4.

Aine frowned. "Well, I can't say I saw this coming." She sighed. "Anyone want to fight him?"

 

[HeyItsPip]

Gym leaders joining? Now Oliver was interested. Quickly returning his Pokémon, he saw them walk out the Pokémon Center. Oliver followed along slowly, wanting to see more. Hearing the… person talking about letting them pass if they battled him made him back off slowly, but he kept close in order to see.

 

[Pinch]

Bentley raised his hand and stepped forward. “I will battle him.” He said, he looked much more serious than usual, and so did his Pokèmon, not putting on the usual happy and cheerful faces that they had been accostumed to. Duskull floated forward, signaling that he wanted to be the one who fought, so Bentley chose him.

 

[aurivee_]

After remaining quiet for so long, Allie spoke up, her voice tiny and pitched. "I will."
She stepped forward, readying a Pokeball. "I know I'm not very strong, but I can still fight." Her eyes glimmered with determination, as did Eve's. She waited for the next two to step up.

 

[NewTrubbish]

"Sure, I've always wanted to challenge a Gym Leader so this will kinda fun." Pearl looked at Stoutland "Since Stoutland is the only Pokemon I have, so I'll use him." She grinned at the Gym Leader "I'll have to warn you, Stoutland here is pretty strong!" Her eyes showed that she was ready for anything.

Spoiler: Into The Pokeverse

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[Tiny Raccoon]

Riff held Lemmy's pokéball in his hand and stared at it. They had been training for a whole day, though Lemmy was healed at the Pokécenter. He should be good to go. He looked up to Beta. What was this guy's deal? Was he one of the bad guys? If so, the fight wouldn't be gentle. On the other hand, someone had to do it. And it would be a good challenge to see how far a whole day of training had brought the two. Finally he stepped forward. "Lemmy and I'll battle", he said.

 

[Captain Pokémon]

Neon frowned.
“Wait, I want to battle too!”
All of Neon’s Pokémon cried out in agreement.
“If four of us are gonna be battling Beta here, I should at least be one of ‘em!”
Neon’s pokemon agreed again.
Neon tapped his foot and frowned.
“So? What are we gonna do?”
Neon didn’t seem to be joking around, and there was definitely no convincing him that he WASN’T gonna battle.
“Since I’m gonna battle, I should choose a Pokémon.”
Neon pointed at Riolu.
“Alright Riolu, let’s do this.”
He wasn’t all happy and cheerful anymore, his mind was set and serious, he was gonna battle, and he was gonna win.
(I would have replied sooner, but I had to go somewhere.)

 

[NotaViolinist]

As they stepped out onto Route 5, Beta was waiting perched on a tree stump. Behind him, the Cinnamon Mountains rose formidably into the sky, their jagged peaks extending in all directions. "Five of you? Ah, that's fine." He jumped down, kicking up a cloud of dust with his foot. "Let's begin." He threw a Pokéball out, and a large serious-looking Octillery popped out. It flailed its tentacles at them. "Who's going first?"

 

[Captain Pokémon]

Neon frowned.
“Alright Riolu, let’s do this!”
Riolu nodded.
“Thunder punch!”
Riolu jumped up at surprising speed, then dashed down to Octillery.
It’s fist became covered in electricity, and it punched Octillery in the face with thunder punch, doing massive damage due to the type.
“Alright, nice job!”
Neon smiled at Riolu.

 

[NotaViolinist]

Octillery reeled back, staying attached to the ground due to its suckers. "Heh, tough move," Beta commented. "But Octillery can give as good as he gets." With a swift move of its tentacles, Octillery unleashed a Psybeam on Riolu. The spry Pokémon fell to the ground, confused.

"You can do it," Aine murmured under her breath. Evan's always been a master of adaptation. Even with my type-advantage, I rarely could beat him in battle.

 

[Captain Pokémon]

“Oh F-FFFF-F-Fiddlesticks!”
Neon looked at Riolu.
“Riolu! Are you okay?!”
Riolu got up from the ground, dizzy.
Riolu walked in circles, hit itself once, then shook it’s head, and looked up at Neon, and nodded.
“Okay buddy! Thunder Punch again!”
Riolu jumped up and used thunder punch again, then used low sweep on Octillery to bring it off the ground from it’s suckers.
“Yeah!”
(Also, in this battle, are we allowed to switch out, or is it a one pokemon-on one pokemon?)

 

[HeyItsPip]

Octillery? Oliver nearly snickered, but he knew he knew nothing about strategy in battling, so maybe he shouldn’t make fun just yet. Plus, it was a Gym Leader. He was surprised when he saw the Octillery still standing strong even after a super effective Thunder Punch.

 

[aurivee_]

(Guys. NO OOC POSTS IN THE RP THREAD. Please delete them before Stellar smites us.)

Allie watched the battle in horrified awe. On one hand, an Octillery had just taken two super-effective Thunder Punches. On the other, she desperately wanted Neon to win.
Eve looked discomforted, cheering for Riolu halfheartedly, but she knew it wasn't looking good.

 

[Cmeriwether]

Ariana caught up to the group and held her hand on Hydreigon's pokeball, should it be necessary to let him out to battle.

"A gym leader joined team Unknown from what I heard, this is not good, if he was here, he'd definitely be battling now, but where is he?" Ariana was thinking aloud.

She looked on in concern for Neon, and his Riolu, knowing that Octillery most likely knew Octazooka, a powerful Water type move, and it knew Psybeam.

"Mud?" Mudkip asked.

"Wait, using Hydreigon if necessary." Ariana whispered to her pokemon on her head.

 

[NotaViolinist]

With a thump Octillery hit a tree and stopped there, stunned. But Beta didn't seem concerned: he simply called him back and nodded. "Not bad, not bad! All right, next person." He sent out a Bronzong. It hovered in front of its trainer, arms folded in a defensive stance.

"When did you get that?" Aine blurted, trying not to seem too anxious. "You're a water-type gym leader." Beta gave her a look like, really?

"I may focus on water-types, but haven't you ever heard of trying new things? You've always been such a stickler for rules, Aine."

 

[Pinch]

Bentley stepped forward this time, "it's our turn." He said, signalling for Duskull to move forward. "Alright Duskull, let's do this. First off use Confuse Ray!" Duskull complied, three yellow orbs appearing around him. He fired the orbs off at Bronzong, hoping for a direct hit. If so it would definitely make the fight tilt in Bentley's favor.

 

[NotaViolinist]

Bronzong was confused, but it still managed to follow Beta's instructions. "Rain Dance!" As it started making a hollow, ringing sound and floating around in circles, the skies above rapidly got cloudier as drops began to pour from the sky. The rest of the group that was watching the battle quickly relocated to stand under some trees to prevent from getting too soaked. Beta, however, embraced the rain, closing his eyes and letting it fall in his face.

"Refreshing, isn't it? Let's wash away the imperfections of humanity together, Bronzong."

 

[Pinch]

The successful Confuse Ray was definitely a win, though Bentley groaned when the rain began to fall, he hated it but he knew he'd have to just bear with it for now. "Duskull, don't give them anymore time to retaliate, use Shadow Ball!" Duskull fired a large purple sphere at Bronzong, a sure super effective blow if it managed to strike it.

 

[Sunlight Isekai Overdrive]

He watched the fight, the thought still fogging his mind.
"Would you mind if I just... Walk on ahead? I could see if anything is there, while they fight." Nito asked Aine, Patting his Snivy. Of course, there was more of a reason. He didn't want to say any of the thoughts out in the open in fear.
"If not, It's alright. I can watch them."

 

[Captain Pokémon]

Neon high fived Riolu.
"Yeah Riolu! We did it!"
Riolu nodded, then was encased in a blue light.
Neon shielded his eyes, while Riolu evolved!
There, standing before him, was Lucario.
"wow! Riolu- I mean, Lucario! You're awesome!"
Lucario nodded at Neon.

 

[NotaViolinist]

Bronzong was hit with Shadow Ball, but due to its high Special Defense stat didn't take that much damage. However, it was still confused, so instead of using the move it was supposed to it tried to Tackle Duskull instead. Obviously that didn't work, seeing as Duskull was a ghost-type.

Aine turned to Nito. "I think we'd better stay together for now. Who knows if he's trapped the road up ahead or not... I wouldn't put it past him." Oddish nodded agreement. "I know you're a bit restless, though. Even I'm fidgeting over here, knowing that I just have to watch you youngsters take on a Team Unknown Admin and that there's nothing I can do to help except offer words of encouragement..."

 

[Merciless Medic]

Sean, this entire time since the group made it to Caraway City, was silent. He didn't know whether or not Shade was going to be okay. Meanwhile, his team composed of two Eevees, a Bulbasaur, and an Exeggcute. After trudging about the city, he found a shivering Shinx. Taking it in as a part of the team, he began to train after healing them up. After a while, his Bulbasaur and Shinx had evolved into Ivysaur and Luxio, respectively. He saw the group was heading towards Cinnamon Mountains and he tagged along. Not much else he could do. He came by the group after they had dealt with an overly aggressive Steelix and walked behind the group, devoid of emotion. He did find a couple items in the snow though. A Thunder Stone and a Leaf Stone. Who to evolve with the Leaf Stone, though? He'll figure it out later. For now, he needed to catch up to the group.

Once he caught up, he found a Gym Battle occurring between a Duskull and Bronzong. He walked up to where Aine and Nito were and waved his hand in greeting. "Hey, guys. What's up?"

 

[NewTrubbish]

Pearl watched the fight beside Stoutland, pretty impressed by the two trainers. "Wow, these trainers are actually really strong," She thought to herself. She cheered for Bentley, hoping he would win since he has an advantage but at the same time, Bronzong could easily take every attack Duskull throws at it from its high special defense.

 

[Pinch]

Alistar called for yet another Shadow Ball, however this time instead Duskull was enveloped in a strange blue light, akin to that of what happened to Riolu just now. He began to grow and grow, while simultaneously floating slowly to the ground before the glow evaporated and out came a Dusclops. Bentley gasped, “you finally evolved!” He said, suddenly not caring so much about the rain. Dusclops charged at Bronzong, full speed, and threw a punch with it’s now dark fist. “That was Shadow Punch!” Bentley thought to himself.

 

[NotaViolinist]

Both Beta and Bronzong were very surprised by this turn of events. The latter fainted upon receiving the super-effective Shadow Punch, and Beta called it back with a raised eyebrow. "Hm, an interesting choice in moves. I acknowledge your skill. Next up!" His face morphed into a serious expression. Looks like he's pulling out the big guns, Aine thought as he sent out Cloyster. "My partner Cloyster here is a veteran at battling."

The rain continued to fall as Beta waited on his next challenger.

 

[Captain Pokémon]

Neon bit his lip as he saw the Cloyster jump out of the ball.
Jeez, the Cloyster looks like a big deal, from what I’ve heard and seen, it’s Beta’s ace pokemon, glad I went first....

Neon looked at Lucario, who cocked it’s head to the side.
“Who do you think will go up there Lucario?”
Lucario considered this for a moment, then pointed at Allie.
Neon looked at Allie.
“I agree with ya, but I hope whoever goes up there is careful.”
Lucario nodded.

 

[aurivee_]

Mustering up her courage, Allie glanced down at Eve. "Hey... You want to take this one, or should Moon?"
Eve pondered this for a moment, before nodding and leaping to the ground, ready for battle. Clearly she wasn't pulling any punches.
Allie had to be very careful. She often commanded Eve's special moves on instinct, but she couldn't here - lest the admin figure out what she and Eve were capable of. She'd have to stick to Eevee's traditional abilities. Her expression was serious, no longer feeling any fear.
"Eve, Sunny Day."
Eve howled up at the sky, clearing the clouds away and summoning a harsh sunlight. It seemed useless at first glance, but it actually weakened the power of Water-type moves - which could be helpful in the long run.
Eve clearly wanted to see what her opponent was capable of, standing still. She waited for the Cloyster to move, glaring up at the Water-type.