love's shore

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defensive offensive // brock + misty

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While Valentine’s Day was a holiday about love and relationships, it’d been a while since the last time Brock had spent it in a very romantic way. A long while. The heart-centric celebration was more of an excuse to eat chocolates, send silly cards, and take advantage of all the fun activities intended for couples than anything else—which was exactly how he found himself taking part in the festivities on Cerulean Cape.

As the battle he’d been watching came to a close, a pair of hands smacked down on his shoulders. Brock nearly jumped, surprised by the unexpected touch and loud noise behind him. From the sound of it, though, it was obvious that the perpetrator was Misty herself come to say hi.

As his heart rate slowed back to normal, Brock turned to face his fellow gym leader. He copied the motion of crossing his arms over his chest, a gesture that suggested he wasn’t amused by her antics. The disapproval was shortly ruined by the grin that he couldn’t quite keep off his face in response to her own sunny expression. “Yo to you too,” he said, laughing slightly.

Misty wasn’t wrong about the ‘competitive nature’—it was hardly a coincidence that he’d found himself by the battle stage. His brothers and sisters were off having fun at other parts of the cape, with the youngest of them being looked after by their aunt. That’d left Brock to check out the event on his own, admiring the work Misty had put into it as he did so. The sounds of a Pokémon battle had drawn him close, and he’d stopped to watch not too long ago.

“They’re killin’ it, actually. That was their third win in a row, I think.” It’d been a pretty long time since Brock had been in a double battle, and even longer since he’d been part of a multi-battle. His team and strategies weren’t really suited to the style, and given how unstoppable the duo on stage seemed to be he wasn’t sure if it was worth a shot. Looking around the crowd and noticing the lack of forthcoming challengers, Brock guessed that a lot of people were thinking the same. “Wonder if anyone else thinks they can take ‘em?”

There's a long low "woooow" as Brock corrects her with the actual number, deserving a look back to the two challengers who had teamed up. Most who took part in battles on the day--and here, specifically--were just the casual crowd of Trainers, and she had to wonder if that had been their opposing force thus far. They looked eager to keep going for sure, their pokémon still out than being put away. Whoever they last took on mustn't have been worth even taking out the potions for. 

But then she looks back to Brock, cocking her head and tapping a finger against her arm. Who would think about taking them on? With a glance to one side to observe any potential challengers, a glance to the other for the same...

"Well!" She begins, and she motions out her hands in a confident manner befitting the tone that slips into her voice. "Either they’re a pair of show offs taking advantage of the easy trainers to look good, or they’re actually looking for a real challenge up there! You’re telling me you’re not interested in seeing if they’re the real deal?”

There was no mistaking Misty’s position on it, by the look in her eyes and that dangerous grin on her. The only question was how long it would take her to go up, but that answer seemed to be with Brock, and not her. 

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defensive offensive // brock + misty

You could have a day dedicated to love, but what did Trainers love more than a good battle?

Luckily plenty of things, or the actual space allowed for matches on Cerulean Cape’s Valentine’s Day fun would span the entire length of the cape, but some were still willing to take time out of holding one another in their arms to challenge other trainers to a battle. The kids would usually be up first in the mornings when the more family-friendly entertainment was ongoing, with a few solo matches allowed, but in the spirit of the day people were asked to join forces, and friends and lovers alike showed their moves.

And of course a battling Trainer would be attracted over to this corner of the event,  even if it was just for a while. Misty didn't have any expectations about where she might see Brock on this day if at all (the maze might be fun for his family, actually), but what she did have were two hands to slap hard down onto his shoulders once she spotted him amongst the small crowd of spectators,  and a voice to merrily greet him from behind.

"YO! Attracted to the competitive nature in the air, areee we~?"

She chuckles, moving into view at his side where a wide smile sits ready on her face for him to see,  before folding her arms. It goes without saying she’s dressed appropriately for the day. "Didn't they start their battle half an hour ago? Did it just finish?"

It's a pointless motion when there’s nobody else around she could be talking about, but Misty cocks her head towards the two women Trainers with a raichu and a hitmonlee who, unknowingly to her, are actually on their third match in a row. They’ve been loudly confident about keeping it up all day, too. 

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sisbane replied to your post: love’s shore // open + options

this is such a neat idea!! i’d have plumes join in if she weren’t in alola ;w;

Hi! I would say if another Alolan castmate or Alola-traveller would be down for it, you could do it in an area of Alola that it wouldn’t sound strange, and even put an Alolan twist to it? :) I’m absolutely okay with people doing that for threads with their buddies! I wrote it in a way so people could pick an activity with Misty or take the idea/the games for an open post of their own or even a planned one. ♡  

Please take any piece of it (or even all of it),  make it Alola-friendly and have a great time. 

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first disasters // sabrina & misty

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espmistress

Enjoying her new title as the leader of her hometown, Sabrina was in the center room of her gym. She could easily see everyone in the gym, and hear the battles in the other rooms. Trainers were here to earn her badge and to continue their gym challenge. Some even tried to prove they were stronger than her, but ended up blacking out and ending back at the Pokemon Center.

However, when she received word of a fellow Kanto Leader going through the gym, she was amused. At first, she wondered who it was, and then wondered how far they’ll get before giving up. Giving that her gym was the only gym with Warp Tiles, it takes a lot out of people who weren’t used to warping everywhere in a blink of an eye.

Once she heard of Misty and how she refused the help of the trainers in the gym, Sabrina felt a tad guilty. She smiled, knowing that Misty made it that far, and wanted to give her some kudos. The psychic closed her eyes and focus on her gym. In one room, she felt a strong pull of psychic energy gathering around one of the rooms and knew that was the room Misty was at. She let out a huge sigh of relief and teleported to that room.

Appearing near one of her Warp Tiles, she walked over to the Water-type specialist, who now had her forehead against a Starmie. “Misty,” She began. “I’m sorry that the panels took a lot out of you. Is there anything I can get you? Water? Food?”

The very sound of the warp tile at work is enough get a hushed "no no no noooo" whining out, in what might be the biggest overreaction to devices that send you spinning from one place and another. But alas, nobody here is her mother or dad and they so can go away and keep their opinions to themselves, and she will never, ever install those things in her gym.

She doesn't even bother to lift her head at the new voice, hearing it, but just groaning and following it with a heavy sigh that slumps her shoulders, tapping her head against Starmie.

"I told yooou, just show me a door! Just throw me in the air! Anything other than another one of those stupid things!"

Somebody isn't paying attention, but the way Starmie shifts the two lower tips that it stands on, the crystal glinting once over its surface, it changes to a light blue that makes Misty's eyes wince and lift, blinking first at her pokémon, then turning her head as it faces its body to the new person.

--Sabrina. Now there's a reason to jump, first from the surprise, then the embarrassment that shoots up through her body.

"Sabrina!?" Ugh. Is now the time to play it cool? But she doesn't attempt it for the second she might consider it, wrapping her hands over her arms and making a face with a sulky lip. "I know we all want our gyms to be amazing and cool and unique, but couldn't you have a few doors? What if one breaks and I fall!?"

Her voice raises at the end there by a little, but she doesn’t shout it, calmer in comparison to how she had initially been--it’s all jitters, not anger, and it’s clear to read from her face. 

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love’s shore // open + options

( OOC: Hey! So a few options in this open starter. I understand this is not a normal way to do this (I think?), but if any activities interest you, just like or send me a message and I will even start us off. I will add more about this below. 

 I also wanted to offer the setting + the activities for other people to use for their own threads if they like, so speed dating with your character and another and not with Misty, for example. :) I have no problem with this! You could also take the idea/the activities and plop them into another region. Have fun! )

If you wanted a place to be popular with couples and you had some influence to help make it be, why wouldn't you do all you could to help your goal? That had been Cerulean Cape with Misty, and for Valentine's Day it had gone from being a nice spot to have a picnic with your lover to something closer to a festival that spread over the entirety of Route 25. Most of the work on her end had been by phone calls and advertisements, giving up on spending much--if any--time with her boyfriend to celebrate the day herself so as to help promote with her Gym Leader title making businesses more eager to flirt with the idea, and those were days she couldn't say she seriously missed.

Because that would mean missing out on the events that went on through the entire day.

Day: The Golden Bridge had a good flow of people by lunch time, the sound of music and voices buzzing in the air ahead, along with the sight of balloons in reds and whites. Small stalls, sometimes just made from one or two tables, lined the way in to the left, flower shops bringing their businesses for anyone who forgot to buy their date a flower or a bouquet, or who might like to surprise them there. Food too was there, wines and packed lunches with a variety of options depending on the box, and even some fresh food being served right then. Ice cream, anyone?

Or maybe popcorn to eat while you watch where the Couple Trainers (or those who accidentally somehow got paired) were getting together and showing the power of Love and Pokémon, up where the land grew higher up against where the mountains showed themselves to create a stage effect. Boundaries were set to keep people as safe as possible, with a few psychic pokémon on watch with staff for any stray moves going in a direction they shouldn't. 

There were fun and games for kids too, sharing the holiday of love with everyone, no matter if they had someone or not. The forest had been turned into a maze with ribbons deciding paths, leading to pots of candy hearts and other little treats, as well as a few hidden golden nuggets advertised. You had to pay a few bucks to get in--are you going to get lucky, or lost? 

On the other end closer to the cape, tables had been set in place with small clocks on them and a pot of flowers. For some fun a Speed Dating event had been set up, forcing people to spend some time together until the buzzer gave out. There was no knowing who you might meet on the other side of the table.

Then of course you came to the tip itself, where the land rose the highest and came down the lowest too, connecting with the water. Space had been kept to let couples have their picnics on the high hill, music playing from a live band nearby (away from Bill’s cottage, of course), and on the water itself were boats that could be paddled by couples or pulled by water pokémon. Don’t worry, all the pokémon taking part and all cared for and treated well the entire day.

But love wasn’t just for the day...

Night: It always seems less busy once it hits night, but the truth is that it just quietens down. This is when the spread of picnic blankets, tables, and even sometimes cushions spread out more, orders of hot food being brought to people from the restaurants back in the city. Were you just enjoying yourself with a friend who came over and a pidgeotto just dropped a meal off with you? ...oops. Well, bon appetite?

Speaking of food, the Speed Dating has been upgraded--to Speed Eating. Or not really speed anything (unless you dislike the company that much), but a section of the forest has been given privacy with curtains and beads, and for a price, people are sent down a path and to share a dinner with someone new.  Did you just get seated with your enemy? ...well. Bon appetite again?

Beyond that forest again, a movie will be playing on a screen with pillows on the ground for people to use, and hopefully the dark will mask the tears. A larger boat is out on the water for take people out to really enjoy the sea and the night sky, and by the beach itself, small lights dot the waters to make it appear as if it’s twinkling. 

( OOC: OK, sorry if that was long. I am happy to have Misty bump into people (either literally or ‘my character was around’ if she would recognise them), which is more what the food area is for. They can also do a Couple Battle with either them getting mistaken as a couple or her inviting someone to join her so there’s no mistake, or meeting up with people in the maze, etc. The movie can be whatever kind of romance movie and the larger boat is just...a big boat, lol. 

While Valentine’s Day is a day  for romance, my only goal in this is fun and Misty will be looking to have fun with this too. ♡  Any flirty comments will just be teasing and I will keep them friendly.  If you have any concerns or questions please feel free to ask me. ) 

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first disasters // sabrina & misty

The roads into Saffron City had been closed. Misty had known about it the same as other citizens in Kanto had, and she probably questioned it as much as they did too--that is, not at all. Roads got closed all the time for this reason or that, and there was still Celadon City for any of the bigger shopping trips, though her Gym and her personal training had kept her busy during those months, the reason she had even taken an interest in Saffron important to her, but something that could wait. It would have to, wouldn't it?

And then, surprise surprise when it came out that the reason for the shut down wasn't even construction. A whole city shut down by one organisation? There had been talk about Team Rocket before amongst the Trainers in her gym and the people in the city, but the talking took days to finally settle down. 

It seemed too a good time to take that trip that she’d been meaning to, adding an extra box with the smaller one she had tucked away back home, buying a new card and throwing out the original. When your whole city was under the control of one of the biggest nuisances in Kanto for that long, you’re worth the extra dollars.

Because Misty still wanted to see Sabrina after all that time. She caught word of the takeover of the Fighting type specialists by the Psychic types through the gossip of Trainers and then later on the internet. “A girl with a great psychic ability”, a “black haired beauty who could see into your very soul in an instant”. She had scoffed at the descriptions, not even indulging in the thought of it being true. The internet loved to exaggerate everything, and so what if she had an actual-- sixth sense, or whatever? That wasn’t going to spook her.

Her gym, however, was.

There was no need to go through her entire gym like a challenger, but it had seemed a fun idea at the time. A nice surprise, and she knew she liked it when Trainers battled those in her gym, and not many Psychic type experts had come knocking at her door.

That whole plan came crashing down the second after the first tile had warped her to the first new room, her scream testing the soundproof of the walls in a manner nobody ever had. Screw people looking into her souls, that thing felt invasive to her entire being, and she didn’t hear half of the words the person in the room said to her, finding herself somehow in a battle, and then near about in tears when they told her she’d have to go through another one. 

She lasted two warps before that, and it was with her Gym Leader ID being thrown across the floor from where she was sitting that she was able to prove to anyone, even in a gym like this, that she was who she said she was. Despite their attempted help she refused to budge, her breathing erratic at the thought of going through one of those things another time, and so soon too. Why oh why didn’t she just call in the first place? She could’ve taken her out for lunch,  invited her to her gym-- oh, now she’s going to look so stupid!

Once word reaches Sabrina--by a Trainer or through a more psychic means--of her visitor, it’ll be a her starmie that she’ll find the Water type specialist, her forehead pressed against its jewel and wiping the corner of an eye. 

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boy troubles // leaf & misty

There was one thing Misty was never known for, and that was her cooking. It was for good reason, too: she never bothered, her lifestyle and the available health conscience stores and sections in the market district of Cerulean City meaning she could pick up breakfast, lunch, and dinner when and as it suited her, and all she had to do was pick what taste she was up for that day.

But what she was known for was, to her closest friends, her habit of deciding to eat better this week and then to give it all up into the next month on a night out. It was better to say she was known to eventually fall into old ways when it came to her foods, but it was never that big of a deal. She already did well enough and, well, cooking was just one of those ventures in her life she took slowly.  Very slowly. About twice  a week she tried to make time for it than to take the easy way out, even if she had to argue with herself in her own head about it.

Tonight would be one of those cooking adventures, except it came on a good day for her. Most of her other gym trainers had other engagements to attend and so they had called for a half day at the gym, leaving her with even the rare opportunity to make a lunch, and maybe go for something daring in the magazine she had folded open in her hand than a wrap, the bags hanging off her arms as she walked with half her attention on it and the way ahead. She still had some time to decide if she wanted to grab some sorbet for dessert, strolling through the park, the fountain going off with its soft flow of water in the centre where benches surrounded it, and she had just spotted a good seat to take to give her arms a rest, and make that one last choice before heading home.

It's just by chance that her eye catches too who’s on that bench, a girl with long brown hair nothing exactly rare or uncommon, but that face. A face she might’ve not seen in some time, but faces and knowing when she knew them, Misty had a knack for that, even if she needed a second to remember. 

A second that comes in sitting down, tipping her head with the magazine finding its place on her lap. A challenger, that’s right. Her challenge had come at a very special time that would always stand out, as much as that look on her did to Misty right then.

“You know, when I’m making a face like that,” she starts, removing the bags off her arms to sit by her feet but loud enough to surely be heard by her companion, “I’m usually wondering if he’s worth the trouble of dumping into the sea.”

It’s playful, sympathetic, and she’s wearing a smile to greet Leaf with once she looks her way, adding too-

“But the water pokémon already have enough junk to deal with, don’t you think?”

Hi there.

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Friendly Meetings // Misty & Steven Stone

It wouldn't be true to say Mt. Moon only had two ways in and out, but if you wanted to reach human civilisation again and not the hundredth pokémon nest to be found, you were either going to head towards Pewter City or Cerulean City. Or try to anyway, and pray you weren't getting lost. Again.

And while Pewter City might hold more interest overall for a man like Steven Stone, that isn't the direction this meeting takes place in. It takes place on the path coming into Cerulean, ledges and hill  of natural  scenery giving way to benches, lamp posts and flower beds and a proper stone path leading deeper into the city itself. Many trainers came in from that way, even if they used the vast space available for battling than because they'd decided to use the scenic route to come into Cerulean, but this guy, this one who catches Misty's eye?

"Hmm- hey! Haven't I seen you before?"

She knows him. Or so she thinks she does, and not just because he had a good-looking face on him with the rest of... well, the signs of someone who’s been travelling. Misty isn’t shy about moving in his line of sight to catch his attention, a hand shaking to help, straps and charms dangling off from the phone in its hold. It’s not a motion that lasts long, as she’s far more interested in studying his face and jogging her memory than to keep it up.

“I wouldn’t forget a face that looks like yours if you were from around here, and you look... oh, was it a tournament? Maybe a  Gym Leader? Am  I close?”

With her free hand, she points a finger to herself.

“How about me? Don’t tell me I’m really mistaking you for someone else! I’m Misty, the Gym Leader of this city!”

While older, there wasn’t any extreme change to her appearance if the Champion had seen Kanto’s water-type specialist Gym Leader during the World Tournament so long ago. Or hopefully her title and vague recognition of him would give him ideas, other than seeing him inside the pages of an old Trainer magazine on past Hoenn Champions.

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drxgonfangs replied to your post: ooc: starter call

Hi! Welcome to the group! I really hope you enjoy it here!!

Thank you so much! I appreciate the welcome. :)

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ooc: starter call

( ooc comment ) Hello! New person to the game, lovely to be here. I’m new to Tumblr RP also, so please excuse me if I make any errors, though I will be careful!

For my first hopefully not a goof up, I’ll do a call out for threads! Like this or message me through Tumblr, whatever you are most comfortable with, and I will discuss a thread with you! :) I hope we can have fun. Just a note I’m not familiar with every single game but am happy to do a thread in any region! 

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thread tracking

FRLG:

Sabrina - 01, 02, 03,  

HGSS:

Present:

Steven Stone - 01, 

Leaf - 01, 

Brock - Valentine’s Day ‘17 - 01,