Arctic Black Zone - SS Ketchum - Beach
“Wow, congratulations Jess on catching yet another Rare Pokémon!” The nurse Joy congratulates the girls and gives her Pokéball back to the girl announcing the Amaura is healthy and safe.
Jess quickly summons the little dino from its battered Pokéball to introduce to the crew, Anna and her current ‘team’ consisting of myself and Sparky.
Sparky has little interest in the Juvenile and continues to work on training moving her electric type energy around her body. Hoping to gain more skills or levels in existing skills.
I think I might have made her just a tad jealous from my Explosive Ice Grenade display. If only it were that easy to learn new abilities!
I go up to console Sparky and try to give her a pat.
*ZZAAPP*
DING - Sparky has learnt Thunder Wave.
You are Paralyzed
You have gained a trainer level for helping your Pokémon learn a new move.
Errrr… I look at my murder fish in shock (literally) and fall onto my side as I seize up.
Jess quickly runs over when she notices my predicament and after having the nurse Joy inspect me, determines that I have been Paralyzed. She quickly feeds me a Cheri berry which she needs to crush and drip into my open mouth.
Slowly the effect of Paralysis fades and I am able to move again.
Not to say that I'm not happy with Sparky learning this move but could she at least learn to use it on something other than me for once? And why did it cause me to lock up so suddenly? It’s far stronger than the last time she Paralysed me!
Sparky for her part looks embarrassed and refuses to meet me eye to eye.
“Sorry boss, it wasn’t on purpose”
What can I say, I’m a sucker for a good apology. I’ll write off the traumatic experience from her Paralysing me and be the bigger man… mammal?
“It’s okay, but let’s try to get you to learn new abilities on, say something that.. Isn’t me, next time?”
We continue with some practice battles using Jess’s new Amaura and Cynthia works on helping us learn new moves. She is clearly motivated after seeing me learn a completely different move to the powdered snow and decides to give me a reward of yet another ™ disc.
This time it is something a little more mundane. And surprisingly it is NOT an ice type move.
“Okay, since your Seel is very slow I want him to learn how to evade attacks as I just don’t see him being able to tank many hits.”
… Bitch speak for yourself, I can take at least…. 0.5 hits from a strong monster!
Jess seems to not be backing me this time and agrees that it’s the best idea given my low mobility.
I’m not one to pass up a new move and wait to see what is in store for me.
“Okay so this isn’t the most flashy move, however I'm sure it will help the little guy in a pinch. The move is called Double Team, at least that’s what this ™ disc is ‘supposed’ to teach.”
With that said the disc is used and breaks. I wait for the magic to happen. Knowledge fills my mind and I focus on the concept. I imagine myself like some Naruto character shimmering and Kage bunshin-ing myself a clone of…. Myself.
I focus on the energy inside of me. Only problem is I don’t know what type of energy I'm supposed to use since I don’t really know what normal type is supposed to feel like.
Oh well, let's just use what I’m most familiar with. I focus on the purple glow.. And…. nothing.
Okay.. let's try to focus on the other energy I felt when I did my ice move. And….. nothing.
Well…. That was anticlimactic.
“Maybe if we have a Pokémon show him the move he will better know how to succeed?”
Cynthia quickly summons her Lapras off the starboard bow and I use Focus Energy to try to appraise her move. She shimmers and then splits into two. However I can easily tell which one is her and which is her fake. The fake has far less glow to it.
I think this skill is pointless anyway. But I try to emulate her Double Team and instead of using either type of energy I just decide that I might as well use both.
I focus on trying to make my double team as ‘believable as possible’ and finally, FINALLY something happens.
My energy forms an identical clone to myself and I feel satisfaction that I pulled it off better than a Gym leader's Pokémon.
DING - You have learned Double Team. Creates illusionary copies of the user. The copies disorient the enemy, reducing its accuracy. Uses 20 MP per clone.
Okay so this is pretty neat. But I'm not satisfied yet. I want a Tajuu Kage Bunshin no Jutsu. So whilst Cynthia is busy congratulating me on learning double team. I focus on summoning as many clones of myself as I can. I pool my energy and drain my reserves to nearly zero.
I try to focus on making my clones as life-like as possible just like I did with my initial attempt. And I imagine them attacking the Lapras all at the same time. What happens next definitely is not the move I was expecting. Or… actually it is exactly what I was expecting.
Instead of having my images copy my moves they all appear and then rush towards the Lapras. Hell bent on beating the crap out of her.
Lapras is so shocked that she creates a wall of ice around her to defend herself. As countless clones of myself dive overboard and towards her.
On impact with the ice wall my clones simply evaporate… ish.
They make popping sounds as they disappear and although it looks like my move was just a massive waste of energy, I notice that chunks of the ice wall have been destroyed.
Ding - You have learned Detonating clones. Create realistic images of yourself to carry out your will and once spent the power used to power the clones is released as a small detonation. Uses an additional 10 MP per clone.
Cynthia is stunned and Lapras looks confused at the lack of attacks against her. She does however quickly recover and looks like she is going to just straight up murder me with an ice beam in retaliation. I’m lucky Cynthia has great situational awareness as she quickly recalls Lapras into her Pokéball as the large water Mammal charges up her ice beam.
“I have no idea what you are feeding that creature and as much as I'd like to have one for my own, I think we should get Professor Oak to inspect him again for any abnormalities.”
She looks at me. “Any additional abnormalities”
So our routine is interrupted yet again for the umpteenth day to go do something different. And this time I don’t think I'm going to have any fun.
“Girls, I’ve received some unusual reports since the TV show aired showing the capture of your Pokémon. And the fact that he is so unusual for both his original species and his creativity. I’m going to run some tests on him to see exactly what is different from the normal Seel.”
“This here is a normal Seel and her brain waves look like this on the graph. I spot a familiar looking female Seel sitting on the bench near me patiently allowing the professor to examine her brain waves and electrical activity.”
Massive red flags right there. I don’t think this is going to end well. I end up being attached with electrodes around my head. Unfortunately I have no real control over my thoughts and as soon as the gear is connected up abnormalities jump all over the place in comparison to the other Seel, I know what that scan looks like, that’s a human brain’s activity!
The doctor and the girls turn towards the equipment in slow motion.
“Ooookkkkaaaayyyy iiii’mmmmm ggggooooiiiinnnngggg ttttoooo ssssttttaaaarrrrtttt rrrreeeeccccoooorrrrddddiiiinnnngggg oooouuuurrrr rrrreeeessssuuuullllttttssss nnnnoooowwww”.
In a panic I summon my purple energy and cover my head with it in the hopes it will block the signals.
*DING - Mental Reflect learned - can block attempts to probe the mind - uses 1 MP per minute.*
The screen goes from activity to no activity at all. SHIT this is also very very bad. They will know I'm up to something.
Stolen novel; please report.
I look towards the female Seel, she was my friend once, maybe she will help me. I push out some of my thoughts to her via my purple energy.
*DING - Communicate learned - Uses 1 MP per minute.*
She gives me permission to attempt to use her thoughts for the experiment.
*DING - Imitate learned - Become what you see, your thoughts and actions are a reflection of that which you choose to copy. Uses 1 MP per minute.*
As the group finished turning to look at the graph all they can see is the same electrical activity as the female from before, however there is more activity this time likely from the interference from the energy being used to imitate.
The professor takes a few minutes to examine me and the graph. I’m very lucky that nobody is looking at the Female Seel right now. Why do you ask?
Well, any action she is doing right now is the EXACT same action I am also doing. You could say our movement and behaviour right now is the same.
“Nothing here girls, he seems as normal as they come. Although he does seem to be able to actively use his energy far more than most Black Zone Pokémon can. He has some sort of persistent casting, however I don’t know what move is being used.”
Jess looks to me, removes the electrodes and scoops me up in a big hug. “Maybe charm since he is just so damn fluffy and cute all the time?”
Professor Oak just stares at me intently and then shakes herself out of her thoughts.
“Go back to training with Foul girls. I need to have a quick chat with Cynthia for now. “
The girls grumble as they head away. I’m quick to end the connection with the female Seel and send her a heartfelt feeling of gratitude for her assistance. She just gives me a flipper wave in response.
The doors shut and I feel happy to know that I live another day in freedom without further experimentation.
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Cynthia sits across from Kelly “So what do you think, Professor?”
The Professor calls her Kadabra into the room. The brown, bug-like Pokémon stands across from her, staring silently into her eyes.
“From what I've gathered just then, there is something very wrong with that Pokémon. His brain waves were apparently erratic for a moment before they went completely blank and then appeared as if normal.”
Cynthia interrupts “Normal is good no?”
Kelly clears her throat and continues “Normal that is for a female Seel when he is clearly a he. There is a fierce intelligence in that creature and I suspect that the work of the Legendaries is at play here.”
Cynthia looks worried “Well shit! What are we supposed to do with him Professor?”
Kelly takes a deep breath and then slowly exhales. “Nothing right now, just continue to monitor him and try to stay in his good graces. We don’t even know if he is a legendary posing as a ‘regular’ Pokémon.”
“He seems to not mean harm towards us at this stage, we just need to not give him a reason to change his mind.”
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Ughhh… I hate this ship and all the people on it.
WHY, WHY, WHY.
Since Foul has established that I have the ability to make clones of myself he has decided that the best way for me to train is if he straps weights on me, gets me to split and then gets me to send the clones shuffling around the area. He has instructions for the other Pokémon to chase down my clones and pop them.
The recruited Pokémon take great joy in getting some payback for all their defeats against me. I then watch as my trusted ally Sparky also takes the opportunity to ZAP one of my clones before giving me a satisfied smile.
“Sparky, WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?”
She just looks at me amusedly “Nah boss this is perfect, I can practise new moves without hurting you now, isn’t that wonderful?!?!”
Ugh… I didn’t mean for you to learn new moves against things that LOOK LIKE ME. Why can’t you just zap the other damn Pokémon!
I get nostalgic recalling my favourite childhood anime. This is a training montage for sure.
STATUS
TRAINER SEEL: LVL 10
Slots: 2/3
AVAILABLE MOVES: CAST 100MP, RECALL 100MP, CAPTURE 0 MP requires spare Pokémon slot and Pokémon to be injured enough to capture, Map, Compass
Items: 10 x Potion's, 1 x Super Potion, 1 x Repel, Incubator x 1 - occupied
Caught Pokémon: 2
Bonded Pokémon: 2
Egg: 1
STATUS
[SEEL - LVL 19]
[PSYCHIC/???]
[HP 400/400 MP 100/400]
STATUS: Normal
Lvl
Move
Use
Cost
14
SWIM
... to swim.. idiot
Uses 0 MP, requires some energy to use
4
Bite
Om nom nom
Empowered required 2 mp, unempowered 0
1
Struggle
Fight for your lifeee, wiggle like an epileptic
Uses 0 MP however causes recoil damage
4
Headbutt
Now that's using your head!
Uses 0 MP however causes recoil damage
10
Propel
Use your primary appendage to give yourself forward momentum
1 MP per use
1
Tourniquet
Apply pressure to a site to cut off circulation
No Mp per use however loss of use of the limb bound until tourniquet is removed
3
EVIL EYE
Glare at a creature hard enough and lowers the target's crit rate, whilst making them more susceptible to critical hits.
1 MP per use
10
REST
Recover HP at the expense of giving yourself the condition ASLEEP
Uses fat reserves/energy
6
AMBUSH
Sneak up on unsuspecting foes - if ambush is successful you will attack first and always score a critical hit.
Uses 0 MP however requires skill, patience and practice to successfully pull off
5
DIG
Use whatever is at your disposal to .. dig
Uses 0 MP, requires some energy to use
3
ROCK BULLET
Fire projectiles at great speed at a target to do damage, types of damage dealt depends on the medium used to attack the target
10 MP per use, Recoil damage to anatomy used depending on object hit and velocity used.
3
Tackle
A simple tackle does basic attack damage
Uses 0 MP, requires some energy to use
1
Defense Curl
Curl into a 'defenseless' ball
1 MP per use, can't move during the skill
9
FOCUS ENERGY
The user takes a deep breath and focuses to raise its critical-hit ratio
Uses 0 MP, must stand still and actually have focus to use
8
PHYSIC
Deal physical damage in a blast and has a 10% chance of lowering special defense of a target
Uses 20 MP, has a chance to fail
1
PSYWAVE
Do a random amount between 1-1.5 times your level in damage
Uses 5 mp per use
1
MIRROR COAT
Reflect special attacks back against a target
Uses 5 mp per use, each use per fight reduces it's chance of working by 50%
1
BABY DOLL EYES
Lowers the target's Attack
Uses 0 MP, must appear cute to target to use successfully
2
TAKEDOWN
A reckless charge attack that also hurts the user
Uses 0 MP however causes recoil damage
1
Explosive Ice Shards
Causes unstable ice to rain terror upon those who threaten your way of life - Damage is AOE and can harm the user/allies
Uses 200 MP, recoil damage depending on radius from explosion/shards
1
Double Team
Creates illusionary copies of the user. The copies disorient the enemy, reducing its accuracy.
Uses 20 MP per clone.
1
Detonating clones
Create realistic images of yourself to carry out your will and once spent the power used to power the clones is released as a small detonation
Uses an additional 10 MP per clone. Must be used in conjunction with Double Team
1
Mental Reflect
Can block attempts to probe the mind
Uses 1 MP per minute passively, the greater the intrusion the more MP required to block.
1
Communicate
Talk via telepathy
Uses 1 MP per minute, Limited to one target at a time.
1
Imitate
Become what you see, your thoughts and actions are a reflection of that which you choose to copy.
Uses 1 MP per minute.
Level
PASSIVE
Description
1
Poison tolerance
A skill for those dumb enough to be hurt by poison but smart enough to survive being hurt by poison
1
ICE BODY
During hail, a Pokémon with Ice Body will slowly regain a small portion of it's maximum HP. A Pokémon with this Ability will take no damage from hail if it otherwise would
1
THICK FAT
If a Pokémon with Thick Fat is attacked by an Ice or Fire-type move, Damage received is reduced by 50% halving the damage the Pokémon takes.
1
HYDRATION
Heals status problems if it is raining
[CARVANHA - BLACK ZONE VARIANT - LVL 19]
Carvanha's strongly developed jaws and its sharply pointed fangs pack the destructive power to rip out boat hulls. Many boats have been attacked and sunk by this Pokémon.
[WATER/ELECTRIC]
HP 310/310 MP 60/310
Lvl
Move
Use
Cost
15
SWIM
... to swim.. idiot
Uses 0 MP, requires some energy to use
8
Tackle
A simple tackle does basic attack damage
Uses 0 MP, requires some energy to use
10
AQUA JET
The user lunges at the target at a speed that makes it almost invisible. It is sure to strike first.
Uses 30 MP
10
Bite
Om nom nom
Empowered required 2 mp, unempowered 0
10
NUZZLE
Nuzzle inflicts damage and paralyzes its target when it hits
Uses 10 MP
8
THUNDER FANG
The user bites with electrified fangs. It may also make the target flinch or leave it with paralysis.
Uses 30 MP
10
SPARK
Spark inflicts damage and has a 30% chance of paralyzing the target
Uses 30 MP
1
Struggle
Fight for your lifeee, wiggle like an epileptic
Uses 0 MP however causes recoil damage
2
ELECTRIC FENCE
set up a field of electricity around you, anything that touches this field will receive all the energy from the fence as Electric damage
Uses 50 MP
1
AMBUSH
Sneak up on unsuspecting foes - if ambush is successful you will attack first and always score a critical hit.
Uses 0 MP however requires skill, patience and practice to successfully pull off
1
FOCUS ENERGY
The user takes a deep breath and focuses to raise its critical-hit ratio
Uses 0 MP, must stand still and actually have focus to use
4
THUNDER BOLT
A strong electric blast crashes down on the target. This may also leave the target with paralysis
Uses 100 MP
1
Flash Bang
Blind your opponents
30 MP per use
LEVEL
PASSIVE
DESCRIPTION
1
Rough Skin
When a Pokémon with this Ability is hit by a move that makes contact, the attacking Pokémon takes damage.
Egg
????