Fandom Pokémon: Kalos (Roleplay Thread)

[Patriot]

Antoine
July 22 - Lumiose City, Kalos

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In his short thirty years, Antoine'd been called all manner of names; man-whore, womanizer, and so on and so forth. Hot pants was a new one, though. Apparently true to his reputation, Antoine defaulted back to the same old-fashioned gesture he presented the first time he met Ms. Azumi Towers. He took her offered hand and raised it to his own to kiss, and his almond-brown eyes met her's as he remarked, "You could say I enjoy being social, mademoiselle. I suppose I'm the perfect man for your project."

He released his grasp, sat down at the bar, and waved his hand at her abandoned stool. "I don't mean to set the precedent on formality. S'il te plaît, take a seat." To Jacques, he added, "I'll take a Manhattan and...another of what the lady's drinking."

"De toute façon, this social project of yours...," he said to Azumi, "...I'm afraid I may only stay for a little bit. If I can help a friend of a friend with her summer classes, though, who would I be not to?"

 

[Hecotoro]

CODE BY SEROBLISS

AZUMI

TOWERS

Thursday, July 21st, Lumiose, Kalos.

Azumi took her seat next to Monty's friend, Antoine. "Well I'm sure your reputation isn't as bad as it seems. My mother did say that when a man stops trying, just like an old Stoutland, they go and die alone somewhere. If this means you're still full of life than I'm glad you're doing so well monsieur Antoine." She took out her small notebook and flipped it open to some blank pages. She scribbled a bit to make sure the ink was working before continuing.

"Don't worry, these are simple questions. Some yes or no at first, then some open ones. The most obvious and probably important, Are you married, in a relationship or dating someone with a romantic interest?" Azumi smiled as their drinks were brought up. "Thank you!" She took a sip from her beer before going on to the next question. "Do you feel you are capable of loving more than one partner? Following up, would you love them all the same?" Azumi wrote down the answers quickly, took another drink and went on. "Do you feel the need to seek out several partners for excitement? If not, why do you do it? There are no wrong answers by the way monsieur. Also, I'll keep it anonymous."

Azumi's pen moved fluently throught the pages. She took a long drink from her beer and sighed with satisfaction. "Now, feel free to keep your answers short or long, I prefer a long detailed answers but I also don't want to force you to. What attracts you or more like, what do you look for, talking about physical traits here, in a potential partner? Do you seek a long term relationship or one night stands? Would you offer to pay to be with someone who is, in the terms of pop culture, out of your league? There are institutes where you can rent a girlfriend or an escort in some places, which doesn't involve any sexual activity but more as company for the night, is this a service you could consider paying for?" Azumi paused for a bit, going over her notes and flipping to the next clean page.

"Last of all, considering I asked for the local womanizer and they led me to you, how does that make you feel? Do you feel the title doesn't fit you or that it's an exageration?" Azumi kept writing until Antoine stopped talking, once he was done, she closed her notebook and finished of her beer. "Well I do appreciate your participation. Putting away business, how is Monty? I haven't heard from him in a few days, I hope he's doing okay. Do you happen to know his current status?"


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x10 Great Ball
X5 Pokeballs
x4 Super Potion
X2 Revives
X2 Paralyze Heal
X2 Antidote
X1 Burn Heal
X1 Ice Heal

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x5

 

[Patriot]

Antoine
July 22 - Lumiose City, Kalos

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The girl seemed like the studious type when he met her back at the tailor's a couple weeks prior, but Antoine didn't expect her line of questioning to be so thorough. If it really was for school, he had to commend her commitment to academics. Then again, he'd done plenty of digging into her after their first encounter. Just to be safe, he was just as thorough with his answers.

"I'm single right now."

-sip-

"There's some excitement in it. It's more about the chase, I think. Courtship, whatever you want to call it."

-sip-

"I appreciate the anonimity, mademoiselle. Wouldn't want my secrets getting out." Antoine winked at the girl before continuing. "I've loved plenty of women, but there's no one quite like the first. Oh, you mean...no, I don't think I would."

-sip-

"I like a woman who takes care of herself. Slim, healthy, y'know? It's never hurt if she has black hair, either."

-sip-

"A girlfriend and a one night stand are completely different. I usually wouldn't make the latter the former, if that answers your question."

-sip-

"Everyone pays to be in a relationship, in a sense. Dates, moving in together, all of it. If you're asking if I'd pay to spend a night together, then non. Just paying takes all the fun out of the game, don't you think?"

-sip-

"I've been called plenty of things, womanizer being the least of them. Jacques over there would just rather see me settle down, if only to get me to pay off my tab once I stop coming here."

-sip-

Right on schedule. Antoine finished his drink and pushed it back on the bar, but before he could take his leave the girl asked about the Old Guard's one-and-only dark tunnel explorer. It was interesting to hear she hadn't heard from Monty in a few days when he'd assured them that he hadn't spoken to her in over a week, but the timeline itself wasn't surprising. He'd already been down there two days.

"He's been a little hard to get ahold of the past month or so." Antoine slipped a twenty dollar bill onto the counter and nodded to Jacques. "Trainers, y'know? He's probably poking his nose into some Pokemon den. Now mademoiselle, you must excuse me. Good luck with your schoolwork."

 

[Hecotoro]

Azumi “Psycho Killer” Towers

“Well I have to say I'm impressed and a bit relieved. You're not some womanizer, you're just a hopeless romantic. I mean that in a good way of course. These days the art of love is not something we frequently experience.”

Azumi finished her beer and closed her notebook. “This was a nice surprise. It actually made this place seem brighter and friendlier. I guess it's not about the place, but who you're with, right?” She shared a smile towards Antoine. “I really do hope Monty is doing alright. He's a very nice person. Which makes sense seeing who his friends are.”

Azumi stood up and placed her money on the counter with a 50% tip. “Next one for Monsieur Antoine is on me, please.” She then offered her hand to Antoine. “A pleasure to see you again Monsieur, I do hope we meet again sometime. I promise it won't be under business and we can chat away without time being on our backs.”

With one last thank you to the bartender, Azumi walked out of the bar. Her smile faded as she took out her notebook once again. She wrote Dead End on it and pocketed it away. As she walked towards a more crowded street to get a taxi, she took out her Rotom Phone XL Glittering Light Blue edition and opened up her conversation to Monty. She shot a quick message and put the phone away. “I wonder what kind of Pokémon training keeps you from checking your phone.”

Azumi sighed as she signaled for a taxi to stop. She climbed into the warm cab and scanned her phone to pay for the service.

“Where to madam?”

“Lumiose police station please.”

 

[Hecotoro]

July 22nd

Azumi opened her eyes to the sound of soft laughter and loud whispering. She looked up from the stack of papers and files she had gathered throughout the night. Since she didn't have her own office, she had used Martin's. She saw the veteran officer standing at his doorway with two cups of coffee, talking to someone out of Azumi's sight.

“Yeah, she's a hard working one. I'll make sure she gets some rest, yup, have a good one.” Martin turned around and saw Azumi looking back at him. He chuckled and shook his head. “Pulled an all nighter? Impressive. You're really making all of us look bad.”

He walked over and placed one of the coffee cups in front of her. “Drink up.”

Azumi looked at the cup of cheap office coffee. The taste of morning breath in her mouth made her feel like not saying a word before taking a drink or two from the beverage. Which smelled better than usual, probably because of the headache that told her she needed to either sleep or get caffeine. She brushed her hair back, hoping it wasn't too messy and took the warm drink into her hands. As she blew on it, she watched as Martin walked over and sat down in front of her. Since she was in his seat, she was expecting him to ask her to move, but he didn't seem to mind.

“You're going on traffic duty again today.” Martin said after sipping from his coffee.

“What? Why?” Azumi's eyes glared at the older man, ready to protest and fight back against such a decision. “I didn't do anything wrong, in fact you can argue I was even early to work today.”

Martin sighed. “It's not on me, I swear. Trust me, having such a lovely partner like you makes me feel younger. But since you decided to come in at night and dig through old case files without permission. Captain felt it's better you step out for a bit.”

Azumi put her drink down. “I'll talk to the captain then.”

“For what?” Martin laughed and signaled Azumi to stay put. “You want to go and get on his bad side? I love a passionate woman like you, but keep trying to butt heads with your superiors and it won't end well.”

Azumi stood up. “I'm not afraid of a title. I refuse to pause my work, important work, just because I did something the captain didn't like.”

Martin shook his head and clicked his tongue a few times. “Don't say I didn't warn you.”

Later that morning, Azumi tried to argue her case with the captain and ended up doing paperwork the rest of the day. However, she was given the entire weekend off. She did suspect it was because the captain was trying to get a break from her, but she wouldn't say no to two days off.

After a long day at work and rejecting two different officers who thought she liked going out on Friday nights, Azumi went home. She was… Disappointed. She felt she had made no difference in her first week. To top it off, her sister was too busy to visit her or the other way around. For the first time in a long time, Azumi didn't have anything to do.

 

[IDKWhatUserNameToDo]

Kellie-Kiara “Kiki” Velazquez - August 10th - Medieval Festival, Somewhere near Cyllage, Kalos

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A young woman with pale pink hair wandered around the Medieval Festival that had been set up for almost over a week now, but this was her first day there. There were so many people! So many pokemon! So many new smells and sounds to the Oblivian as she looked around with wide eyes. It was her first time anywhere outside of her home region and to be doing this alone? Oh it felt so thrilling, yet daunting at the same time. So much had happened in the span of only a few weeks. Kiki had finally taken the plunge and tried to search on the internet about anything Aura related or anything that could explain her strange vision she could access. While she hadn't found anything about the latter, she found out that in a city called Rota, they held an annual festival called the Aura Guardian Festival, in honor of a hero who had saved the past kingdom a long time ago. While Kiki couldn't find more information on if any aura guardian practices were kept up with to this day as the website she had found the festival only advertised the festivities. In addition, The festival had just passed a couple months and with it being battle focused, the Oblivian knew what she had to do. She had to become a trainer and gather up a team strong enough to hopefully win or land high enough to become a guest and attend the royal ball. All in an effort to hopefully learn more about this strange history which didn't seem to have an awful lot of documentation on. Luckily, there was another medieval festival happening in another region and so, the young woman had her starting point to her adventure. Kalos.

While her family weren't huge fans of her going out into the world, they did understand that Kiki had a lot of unanswered questions which they could not answer and that she was old enough to make her own decisions. With a reluctant blessing from her family, Kiki used the ship which did the monthly supply run between Oblivia and Almia to get to the other region and from there. She was not traveling alone though, as Zianna the Cutiefly of course tagged along. The clingy bug nestled close to her now trainer as she also looked around in awe of everything new.

Her first order of business was to register herself as a trainer. A little daunting to do all the paper work, but all in all it was a rather quick process after getting the documents needed to fill in the correct language. At last she was a real trainer with the card to prove it, with a picture of her that only lightly looks like her staring into your soul. With the official bits out of the way, like getting some camping gear, a few pokeballs, Kiki felt like she was set for the time being. Now, it was time for fun and to adventure to the Medieval Festival.

Kiki wasn't even quite sure where to begin as she walked with her nose in the brochure with all the events for the festival listed, after zipping up her hoodie a little. There was the jousting going on, art exhibit and the last day of some historical battle recreation. None of the advertised 'main' events tickled her fancy in particular, though the art exhibit only did so mildly. Turning around the informative paper, the purple eyes landed on a section called petting zoo. Oh that could be a great way to learn about the pokemon in the region, no? If anything, Kiki would get the opportunity to get close with some (hopefully) friendly pokemon and pet some. Something she found really appealing.

With a destnation in mind, the pink haired Oblivian quickly began to march towards the petting zoo. Up ahead, she could already hear bleating from some kinds of pokemon. Adding a further haste to her step, Kiki came face to face with a cloven quadrupedal pokemon that had horns coming up from its head that then extended out to the sides. A leafy green mane an a dark brown unkept fur. A cute black button nose and cute dotted eyes.

"Oooh what cute little things you are!" Kiki squealed as she placed her hand near the creatures, letting them sniff her from behind the fence and the cheery sounding bleating continued. A sign not to far away advertized Skiddo feed for a small sum of money. Ah, so these cuties were called Skiddo. An adorable name for an adorable species of pokemon!

 

[DarkHydraT]

Baptiste Bertand - August 10th - Medieval Festival, Somewhere near Cyllage, Kalos

The Medieval Festival, a time for fun, learning about the past and most importantly, good food. Baptiste was enjoying a tasty sandwich with lettuce, cream cheese, tomatoes and some red onions as he was walking around the festival. The sun was shining, people were smiling, and the Skiddo were positively charming as the young man watched the Mount Pokémon bleat and hop around. He would pet them, but they would absolutely try and steal his sandwich and that would not be ideal. In the meantime, Baptiste enjoyed the atmosphere and his homemade sandwich.

 

[IDKWhatUserNameToDo]

Kellie-Kiara “Kiki” Velazquez - August 10th - Medieval Festival, Somewhere near Cyllage, Kalos

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Curiosity fueling Kiki, she decided to check out the information she could find about these Skiddo pokemon on her newly installed Pokedex app. Tapping in the name of the species while the festival brochure was tucked away in her arm, the results popped up quickly, "The Mount Pokemon, huh? Grass type… Makes sense.." the pink haired woman mumbled under her breath as she read further into the entry. Apparently the species are thought to be ones first to live in harmony with humans and can pretty much survive anywhere as long as they have access to water and sunlight. Skiddo milk apparently is also used for a wide variety of diary products too. They also look to have one stage of evolution. How fascinating!

Smiling and extending her hand to let one of the Mount pokemon sniff her again before gently scratching the top of it's head, "Ah now it makes more sense why you are such a friendly bunch. What do you think, Zinnia?" Kiki called out to her Cutiefly that had made her temporary resting spot into her hair, as the Bee Fly pokemon tended to do. "Meep?" she buzzed, landing on the woman's shoulder and looked down at the small herd of grass types below. Then a loud 'Klank' was heard and another. Looked like two of the Skiddos had started to play fight each other. A wide smile plastered on Kiki's face as she chuckled. The owner came in to break up the fight and placed something that looked like cut pool noodles. Looking down, she then brushed her fingers through the leafy mane. It felt pretty much like petting a bush, but a hundred times cuter.

"Oh, you guys are so cute. I just wish I could pick you up and take you home with me," She gushed as she scratched under a Skiddo's chin, who bleated in a content manner. Kiki could only assume so at least as the grass pokemon leaned into her hand.

 

[Patriot]

MEDEIVAL FESTIVAL

CYLLAGE CITY, KALOS—AUGUST 4th-13th

"See Kalos' rich past meet its vibrant present at Cyllage City's biggest event of the year — The River's Crown Medieval Festival!

The grand celebration returns to Loire de Fleuve Isle from August 4th to August 13th, where history, adventure, and festivity come to life in a spectacular display of medieval splendor! Experience the sights, sounds, tastes, and feel of ancient Kalos like never before!

Wander through bustling markets chalk full of everything from antique jewelry to hand-crafted leather goods. Enjoy the delicious aromas of fresh-baked breads, juicy roasted meats, gleaming golden pastries, and sweet wines and spirits — all while soaking in the lively music and spectacular performances from talented minstrels and jesters!

If the ambiance isn't enough, get hands on with our finely tailored line-up of events and attractions!
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Live Plays | Aug 4th - 13th
Enjoy the aristocrats life with daily performances by the talented team of the Spotlight Theater, or take to the stage and take up a character yourself!

Knight's 1v1 Sparring | Aug 4th - 5th
For those with a chivalrous spirit, seize glory or defend your honor in the duelists arena! Featuring replica Kalosian weapons and armor used throughout the ages!

Art Exhibit | Aug 4th - 13th
Slow down and take the time to appreciate the finer things in life. A carefully curated and diverse selection of Kalosian art rests at the heart of the isle, featuring a can't-miss exhibit by the Shabboneau Estate!

Archery Competition | Aug 6th - 7th
Fancy yourself a modern Robin Hood? Take aim and give it your best shot!

Battle Tournament | Aug 6th - 7th
To the victor go the spoils! Compete in our Doubles format Pokémon tournament for the chance to win a bounty fit for a Duke!

Medieval Battle Recreation (Castle Siege) | Aug 7th - 10th
Live, fight, and win through the passions and flames of war in our recreation of the Battle of River's Crown! Will you capture the fort and claim the isle, or will you hold your ground and defeat the invaders?!

Jousting Tournament | Aug 10th-12th
Riders take your mounts and take up arms! Be the last standing, or rather last sitting, and prove your steed the sturdiest and your arm the strongest!

Feast Off! (Food Eating Competition) | Aug 13th
Worked up an appetite throughout the festival? End off with a full stomach at our all-you-can-eat Feast Off!
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Join us in our celebration of Kalos' past, present, and future!"

Code by Nano

 

[DarkHydraT]

Baptiste Bertand - August 10th - Medieval Festival, Somewhere near Cyllage, Kalos

Baptiste chuckled as he watched the owner put pool noodles on the horns of two Skiddo play-fighting. "Menaces." The man said with amusement in his voice before sitting down near the Skiddo farm and read the flyer of the Medieval Festival. The food eating contest was interesting, but it was not planned for today. The Art Exhibit drew his attention, and he glanced at his Golett who was sitting on the ground and stacking rocks. "What do you say, Obelix? You think you can make a piece of art that can be put on display?" He asked, chuckling as his Golett merely flashed its eyes at him before continuing to stack rocks.

"Ah, can't expect you to become a master artisan from the start. Who knows though? Maybe one day people will adore menhirs you carve."

 

[Hecotoro]

CODE BY SEROBLISS

AZUMI

TOWERS

August 4th, The River's Crown Medieval Festival, Kalos.

"I can't believe I got assigned to this just because my supervisor thought I was causing too much work for others." Azumi sighed as she looked at her phone. No new messages from him. "I should probably just stop checking." She looked up from her Rotom phone and at her partner in crime, Nana.

The Gardevoir just twisted her mouth and turned around. She wasn't too happy with her trainer lately. Being an officer meant less time with Nana and that was just unacceptable. If she knew Azumi was going to put her on the bench so long, she would have sabotaged her career long ago.

"You're ghosting me too?" Azumi looked down at her phone again. "Great. I somehow ended up with less friends. Not that I had many to begin with." She put away her phone and looked around.

The festival was buzzing with people. It was no wonder they had extra back up. Of course, Azumi being a newbie meant she was going to end up doing such duties. So far she had given a warning to a drunken man, chased off two teenagers making out in public, stopped a battle in the middle of the food stands and forced a kid to return a toy they had stolen. She was just a babysitter! It consumed her that she had been on to something back in Lumiouse and now, now she was stuck picking up after people.

Azumi started moving through her routine, well more like the one she had been assigned. She had managed to make her team leader upset, to nobody's surprised, when she pointed out that his strategy had too many flaws. So, she was stuck in the area between the food court and the bathrooms. Why was it so hard for her superiors to take instructions or advice from her? Bunch of jerks.

She looked at her phone again, it was to check the time again. But, she might as well- no new messages. Darn. At least it would be her lunch hour soon. "Anything, Nana?" She looked hopefully at her Gardevoir.

In return, Azumi got an eye roll from her fairy partner. "Yeah, okay."


Mentions: Patriot

Spoiler: Bag

Money: 84,750
Bag:
x10 Great Ball
X5 Pokeballs
x4 Super Potion
X2 Revives
X2 Paralyze Heal
X2 Antidote
X1 Burn Heal
X1 Ice Heal

Spoiler: Pokemon Team

x5

 

[ThAtGuY101]

~My last Briar post, posted Mar 25, 2023 on pokécharms...~

~Briar Hightower...~
~Briar Pokémon: Grafaiai/Baba(F), galarian wheezing/Puff Puff(M), tentecruel/Maggie(F), Revavroom/Hemi(M), clodsire/Claudia(F), smeargle/Frida(F)...~
~July 2nd, Lumiouse Kalos...~

Briar stood there for a few moments. The people in Kalos sure weren't like the people in Galar. In too much of a rush, but Briar had better things to do than mope around. She decided she'd keep enjoying the sights and scenery on her own. Battle a few people. Maybe visit the Battle Chateau. Make enough money that she could buy some fancy clothes from Lumiouse City. Her eyes sparked with joy. Maybe buy some clip on roller skates while she was there. She could learn some roller blade tricks alongside her dance moves. She was set! Kalos adventure here she comes!

"This stuff is expensive as fuck!!"

SMACK! Baba swatted Briar for yelling and as she sat on her shoulder she looked at Briar like she was ten feet tall daring her to say something else loud. Briar blinked.

"Yeah I probably deserved that... Let's ummm... Get something..." Briar ended up getting some green sunglasses and a bracelet dark purple and neon green. She slid down the street on her roller wheels feeling like a million pokédollars. Or... At least half a million. With the smell of sweet treats in the cook breeze air blowing through her her on a cloudless sunny day.

Things were looking good. Bust a few spins, and a flip into a hand stand then spin. As she turned down an alley and last second hop over a gogoat that lay contentedly in the alley. Nearly slamming into the wall where she managed to skid around the corner of and find herself overlooking a very pricey restaurant. She was too cheap for that now, even though she had the money. Briar kept going until she was making her way to route 4.

"Another, time Baba! That shit's too rich for my blood!" Despite her frugality in most aspects of life, Briar apparently had no qualms in splurging when it comes to indulging in fine wine and high quality spirits of which she had plenty. Soon enough she'd be at the park...