*spritz spritz* Brett sprayed the potion on the pony before him with one hand, while gently stroking her mane with his free hand. “There, there… It’s okay.” Beatrice, Brett’s own pony, stayed close to him, keeping her head low. Brett glanced up at the concerned trainer beside him. The trainer, a member of Team Chrysalis who went by the name Annie, glanced downward with concern. Her amber tresses concealed part of her face. Brett tried to avoid staring into her emerald eyes for too long. He normally didn’t go out of his way to side with either Team Chrysalis or Team Discord, but he couldn’t help stopping to assist Annie. Probably because she was really pretty. He glanced back down at the pony and said, “There. The potion’s doing its work. Given a little time, this filly will be right as rain.” Annie clapped her gloved hands together and crouched beside Brett. “Ah! Thank you!” She turned toward him and gazed into his eyes. “You know, I wasn’t expecting you to stop at first. Most bronies don’t bother with us. I guess they figure we’ve already got enough help from the other people on our team…” She leaned in a little bit. “Thanks. It means a lot to me.” Brett coughed involuntarily. “Uh…it was…it was nothing, really. I- I have so many potions, I don’t know what to do with them half the time.” He rubbed the back of his neck. Annie leaned in even further. “You know… We could use someone like you on Team Chrysalis…” Her voice was beginning to become a breathy whisper. Beatrice seemed to take note of this and crept up to Brett and nudged his leg. Brett didn’t seem to notice. Annie then reached down through the top of her jacket and pulled out a small, white card. She then handed it to Brett. “This has our number on it. Give it a call if you ever feel…lonely…” At this point, Beatrice was violently tugging on Brett’s pant leg and whimpering. Finally realizing that his pony was trying to get his attention, Brett coughed again and backed away from Annie. “Aheh… It, uh, seems like Beatrice has someplace she wants to go. I, uh…should really get going, too.” Annie giggled and stood up, retrieving her pony in the process. “Okay. Just…you know, keep us in mind. Tata~!” With that, she briskly walked away, leaving Brett and Beatrice seated at the roadside. After Annie had gone from view, Brett chuckled. “You think she liked me, Bea?” Beatrice responded by glaring and letting out a slight snarl. Standing up, Brett dusted off his jeans. “Oh, she wasn’t that bad. C’mon. Ponyville can’t be far. We’ll stock up on Potions and Juice. That’ll be good, right?” Beatrice sighed and followed Brett as he made his way to Ponyville. Spoiler: OOC Just post an intro, and we can get this party started!
Kyle woke up with a funny suprise. Dark Shine was jumping up and down on his chest. Some thing must have gotten him happy. Kyle shrugged before laughing and getting up. He went downstairs, before sighing. Mum had left already. He picked up Dark Shine and put him on his shoulder before going outside. Fresh air. He stood there for a while, relaxing.
"Alright dad, I'll continue to write a journal on what I come across over my years as a brony for your research dad". He packed the last bits in his backpack, his wallet and a flash light for the caves, and set off. "now son, here take some of my ultra balls. There's two next to the shoe rack". "alright dad". With that said Steven grabbed his brown leather jacket and called out to tempest who was lying on Steve's bed. Then Tempest trotted down and followed Steven out the door into town. First stopping by the lab. "Derrick, my dad, you know professor Adam West, just asked me if I could drop his work on what happens when you keep your ponymon out of their balls". He turned gesturing to Tempest. "Okay maybe it wasn't dad's work mostly mine as Tempest wind is my ponymon and as you can see we have a better relationship than a brony who keeps their ponymon in a ball. Anyway I'll let you read it". Steven left spruce to the paper and headed off into the wild tempest by his side.
"Well, what shall we work on today, Silver?" asked Anna. He sighed. Whatever. I don't care. She put her arm around his neck. "Hey. I don't know what's up, but after a bit of training, I'm sure you'll be in a much better mood. Come on, it'll be fun! Silver reluctantly continued to followed her out to the park, where there were plenty of friendly trainers to practice with. Silver wasn't as gung-ho about battling as Anna was, but it did enable him to better protect her from the occasional random jerk who had no qualms with trying to mug a frail girl walking down the street. So there was that. As long as I don't have to fight any actual enemies. Just practice, right? He looked at her. It took her a few moments to notice his concerned glance. "Come on, have some fun and loosen up! It's just a friendly competition! Don't look so worried!" Silver sighed. Well, here we go... Spoiler: OOC I don't know how accurate my posts will be to the Canon Pokemon universe, so please alert me to any problems with my posts!
Adam was in his bed, snoring quite loudly. He suddenly awoke when Fluttershy climbed onto his bed and nudged his arm. "Morning, Fluttershy..." He said, while streching. He checked his calendar. "Wait, TODAY'S THE DAY! We start our journey today!" He said happily to Fluttershy, who was clearly excited. He went downstairs. Professor Spruce was conversing with his mom. "Adam, you're finally awake!" Said his mom. "You're Adam, right?" Said the Professor, with a package in hand. "I am." Said the new trainer. The professor handed him the package. "In there is the Ponydex, a town map, and 5 Pony Balls, and the money you need to go buy supplies." said the Professor. "Wow, thanks!" He said, making a quick breakfast, some Ponymon food for Fluttershy, and some bacon strips for him. Soon enough, he left the house.
The wiper cuts through the suds slipping down the glass. Another streak down the window removes the rest of the bubbles. "I wanna be the very best...Like, nopony ever waaas..." She mumbles under her breath, while she rolls up her sleeves again, reaching into the floating bucket of water next to her. It glows with a yellow aura as she pulls out a thick cloth. One quick wring out and it's slapped against the next window. "Der, der, is my real test. To catch them is my cause...Da, da, da, dah, dah, dah, dah..." This house in Ponyville was the first job of the week. Both of them knew what this meant, dinner was assured. There would be much rejoicing over their meals. She knew her little coffee-coloured pest would spend a nanosecond looking at it before it vanished in a flurry of food. She could already taste that burger. Caffeine was already bored and fascinated by the contents of a bag someone was carrying. She follows along while sniffing at it. None the wiser, she realises the amount of distance she's moved. Frantically, she dashes back to her last spot, looking as innocent as possible. "Ponymon, gotta catch em all, it's true...Da, da, da, da, dah, dah."
Hario gritted his teeth as he swatted away some of the brush. Growling at his lack of progress he held his ponyball up and grumbled at it. "How am I supposed to put your amazing skills to the test if I can't even find any other ponymon? If that old man wasn't yankin' my chain, this place should be crawling with 'em." He patted his bag of empty ponyballs with a chuckle. Then, suddenly, a rustle from behind! He whipped around to the bushes behind him and saw a pair of... yellow glowing eyes staring him down. With a grin he taunted the pony in the bush with a display of his human rump. "Hah! Come on out and get a piece of this!" He heard a growl and threw down his ponyball. "Cherrystripe, let's show 'em what you were trained for!" The teal foal popped from the ball and gathered her bearings before standing and pointing her horn at the bushes! This was it! His meal-ticket! A brand new wild ponymon that'll get him all sorts of cash! A strand of thoughts pertaining to his fortune were quickly de-railed as a large black shadow grew from the bush. With large wings, a long horn, and those eyes glaring down at him, both he and his ponymon were quickly scared! The command? "Unexpected tactical retreat!" As he turned and booked it! Behind him, he could feel the blackness crawling closer, and closer, as if it were pounding after him. He heard Cherrystripe squeal as she fainted, and that was when he stopped and turned. He snorted and lifted his head, opening his eyes. He was sitting against one of the buildings in Ponyville still. It was dreams like that which kept him from going out... kept him training his F CHISHI each day to prepare her for the wilds. He had a fairly plain looking sun-blocker straw hat and a light tan mantle. Other than that, he didn't have much of note, not even much for coins. So much for his big prospect of going into the world and making money off of these ponymon. He wasn't about to give in though... he'd get at it... Sooner or later... Maybe after another nap...
Brett arrived in Ponyville sometime in the early afternoon. He found the Ponyville Ponymart in short order. He had only ever seen pictures of Ponyville in travel brochures (He was originally from Dodge Junction), and he alwasy found it weird that the Ponymart in this town looked oddly like a bakery. Allegedly, it was one of the only buildings that was still standing after the humans' initial settling in Equestria. The things you learn from books. Unfortunately, before he could get inside to restick his supples, he was suddenly shoved from behind. "Get lost, Brony!" As Brett turned to face his assailant, he noticed that the guy was a bit taller than him, and quite a bit more muscular. The guy had a large letter "D" emblazoned on the front of his jacket. Team Discord. Beatrice cowerd behind her partner and Brett raised his hands as a show of peace. "Look, bud. I just here to get some stuff from the store, then I'm outta here." The man glowerd and approached. Before he completely got in Brett's face, he glanced around him and spied Beatrice. He grinned and chuckled. "Is that rat yours? What a waste!" He then spit, the spit landing inches from Bea's muzzle. Brett leveled his gaze. "Back off..." He didn't care if you messed with him, but no one insulted his Bea... ----- Spoiler: OOC Kyle You rolled Good Luck. You get a free post. ----- After Steven left, Doctor Spruce took the report and read over it, with Hannah stealing glances over his shoulder. "This is good stuff," he mused. Hannah adjusted her glasses. "It's good to see someone who doesn't see their pony as just a tool, but a partner." Spoiler: OOC Steven You also rolled Good Luck. Free post. ----- When Anna approached the training area, she was immediately noticed by a tall, thin guy with very thick glasses. His pony, a dark blue earth pony, stood at his side. His voice cracked as he made his presence known. "Hey, that pony looks tough. Care for a friendly match?" His pony nudged him in the leg, pushing him forward slightly. The guy adjusted his glasses. "Wh-What if I offered to pay for lunch, or something, too?" ----- As Adam made his way to Ponyville proper, he spied a pair of red eyes looking out at him from a small field of long grass. From within, he could hear something growling and as the sound got closer, a medium-sized pegasus stepped forward with a determined look in its eyes. Adam must've stepped into its territory or something. ----- Toivo, from her perch near the ponymart, likely heard the exchange between the Team Discord guy and the brony that he seemed to harrassing. ----- Spoiler: OOC Hario You rolled Good Luck, as well. Free post!
"tempest, ready". steven looked down at tempest and he nodded. "alright let's go but be on your guard. In case of wild ponymon". Steven and tempest headed into the tall grass ponymon ball in hand.
Kyle decided to go out. Maybe see if he could go and train Dark Shine. He went out towards (I presume) route 1. He let Dark out ready, incase a pony attacked, or he came across one. It was a nice sort of day, so that made it a better reason.
Silver eyed the boy suspiciously, but Anna seemed completely oblivious to any intentions that he might have. "Sure! We'd love to practice a little! It's okay, Silver and I already have some food. We were gonna have a picnic. You could join us, though! We'd love the company!" Silver arched an eyebrow. What are you up to? he questioned, directing his query at the other trainer's pony. He wasn't being defensive, he convinced himself. He just wanted to make sure their intentions were innocent. Being a guard required a healthy dose of paranoia, after all.
The wiper cuts through the newly applied suds and the wishy-washy vision of a bold letter 'D' is revealed. She drops the wiper into the bucket, water splashing onto Caffeine's nose while she watched ants scuttle around. She grabs the handle, lifting it away. Although, the water was still warm and clean. Her boots make heavy foot prints as she walks over to the Ponymart door. She barges it open with her shoulder, straightening her coat as she steps inside with Caffeine darting straight past her to play run about in the isles. The Discord guy was being a jerk to some kid. The news loved these guys because they seemed to be as cartoonishly evil as the news wanted them to be. They blew stuff up, robbed, attacked and generally made sure that you weren't going to have a good day if they crossed your path. Heck! Even the leader they served acted like a Saturday Morning Cartoon Villain. No-one sane has ever cloaked themselves in mystery and raised a criminal empire... "How about you pick on someone else? I'll bet your behind on your old-lady mugging quota anyway." She sneers, lugging the water past him and the boy. She wasn't getting out of this unscathed. It was sort of the plan. Sure, she could pay for dinner with a good job, but this could land her food for a week.
Adam walked to the local Ponymart to buy some supplies. "One... Two..." He said, counting his money to make sure he had enough. He plopped some potions and repels down onto the counter. "That'll be 3,000 pony dollars young man." Said the cashier. Adam took some bills out of his wallet and put them on the counter. "Thank you for choosing the Ponyville Ponymart, please come again!" Said the cashier, putting Adam's goods into a bag. "Keep the bag, it might come in handy for carrying your items." The clerk told him. "Wow, thanks!" Said Adam, walking out of the Ponymart, ready to take his first step onto Route 1.
It didn’t take Steven very long to find a wild Pony. This one appeared to be a “Scootaloo” variety; a small, orange, Pegasus. At the moment, she was quietly nibbling on some grass and seemed completely unaware of Steven’s presence. ----- As Kyle strolled down Route 1 toward Ponyville, something caught his eye. Just off the side of the road, it a red-haired girl was bent over, seemingly looking for something. Kyle could see that she wore the typical black and teal uniform of Team Chrysalis. “Drat! Now, where did it go?” She stood up and stamped her foot, her back facing Kyle and his pony. She shouted into the tall grass by the road, “Did you find it? I can’t find it anywhere!” A whinny could be heard in the grass. She folded her arms over her chest and huffed, “This keeps happening to me! Why do they have to be so small?” She turned around and was completely surprised by seeing Kyle standing there. At first, she made like she would attack, but her features suddenly softened. Then, she cooed, “Oh, hey~! I’m in a real bind.” She pointed into the tall grass by the roadside and pointed her finger, wiggling it slightly. “I threw my ponyball into the grass and now I can’t find it. Would you be a dear and help me look for it?” “Please~?” She batted her eye lashes for effect. ----- The guy that Anna was talking to hopped back in surprise, nearly tripping over his pony. “T-That would be great! I mean…if you’re okay with that.” He straightened himself up, then, and adjusted his glasses. “But first things first, right?” With a dramatic pose, he pointed at Anna’s chest. Then, he realized what he was doing, and sheepishly lifted his finger so it was pointed more at her face. “Okay, Snickers! Let’s battle!” The dark blue pony trotted in front of his partner and assumed a defensive stance. Spoiler: OOC Battle time! Announce your attack, and I’ll handle the rest. Dorky Guy’s pony is faster than yours, so he’ll get the first attack. ----- The Discord guy was about to throttle Brett when he heard Tovio’s voice ring out nearby. He turned and grinned. “My ‘old-lady’ quota is filled. But…my ‘little-girl-who-sticks-her-nose-where-she-shouldn’t’ quota hasn’t been filled yet. He takes a couple steps toward Tovio, but before he could get too close, Brett stepped in between the two. “Really?” Brett asked, possibly to both of them. ‘Discord Guy’ stepped back and glared at the brony and pegasister. “Two on one, huh? I guess there’s just one way to settle this…” With dramatic flair, he drew his ponyball and threw it to the ground, releasing a larger-than-average jet black unicorn. [size=+1]”PONY BATTLE! HGHRRRAAAHH!!!”[/size] The pony stallion, sharing his master’s flair for the dramatic, reared on his hind legs let out a loud cry. Upon returning to all fours, it snorted and glared at the two ponies who would be his opponenets. “HEY!” A loud shout caused everyone to face the Ponymart counter. Behind the counter was a stern-looking man with a frown on his face and a broomstick in his hands. “Take that outside, bronies!” Grudgingly, everyone stepped outside and battle was joined once again. Spoiler: OOC Announce your attack/action. I’m not going to because my pony is faster than both of the others. The turn order will be: Beatrice, Black-As-Night, Caffeine Free. I’ll wait for you (Tyro) to respond before attacking. ---- Hario would be awakened from his nap by a commotion coming from the nearby Ponymart. It sounded like some people were getting ready for a pony battle.
"Tempest you ready" Steven pulled out a ponyball activating it and tempest nodded easily. "well then tempest time to fight, USE DOUBLE KICK.".
Anna was too excited to start the battle to notice the boy's correction and, completely unabashed, leapt into her own pose (which looked ridiculous, considering her stature) and shouted, "Silver! Use Mind Reader!" Silver was busy thinking, Snickers? ...really? Snickers?! He almost facehoofed. This guy was a dork. That poor pony...he'll never strike fear into his opponents... Though, that could be an advantage... "Silver! Use Mind Reader!" Silver snapped back into reality and quickly turned his attention to his opponent.
Toivo practically runs out of the shop, eager to get on with the battle. This was big, huge even. She could take the week off with this fight. "Caffeine!" With that, the pony bounces up and down, twirling around and around despite being talked to directly. "Caffeine!" She stops and looks up to Toivo with a massive grin on her face that seemed too big for her face. Toivo points at the Discord guy's pony."Use confusion!" Caffeine spins, readying her horn.
Kyle saw that the person was from team Chrysalis. He decided it was probably better not to get involved. At the same time, he also kinda wanted to just get to Ponyville and not have any trouble. "Umm... Sorry. I'm on my way somewhere. Good luck with looking for your... Ponyball." He began to continue towards Ponyville.
As Adam was walking through the tall grass, a medium sized pegasus jumped out at him. "Woah! A wild Ponymon!" Adam exclaimed. "Fluttershy, I choose you!" He exclaimed, throwing the ponyball containing Fluttershy. "Let's check out your moves!" Adam took out his Ponydex and exaimed Fluttershy. "Hoof Stomp and Tail Whip. Got it! Use Hoof Stomp!" Fluttershy nodded, and galloped up to the wild Ponymon, then stomping on it.
