Pokémon Rust: Tyranitars in F-14s

**MessiahForHire** · 10-27-2011, 09:49 AM

Originally Posted by Ladybug

Originally Posted by littlebeasti

Originally Posted by Pandemonius

Originally Posted by Ladybug

Name all of your Pokemon Hobbes.

The rest need to be named after Calvin's various alter-egos.

YES.
Spaceman Spiff gooooooooo~

Spaceman Spiff, Tracer Bullet, Stupendous Man

WELP, WE CAN HAVE FOUR POKEMON EVER. Otherwise, I'd be all for this.

No, see, we can name them after the various things Calvin has imagined himself as. Calvin the Bug, Calvin the Dinosaur, etc. (Obviously we name them better but something along those lines?)

**Oblivion** · 10-30-2011, 07:37 PM

==>

You return Hobbes to her (that's going to take some getting used to) PokeBall just in time for Professor Yew to bring out the League paperwork. Thankfully they've already filled out most of it, just requiring you to sign in a few places.

This will be sent to Thadreem and your official League license should be wired to your PokeGear within a week. Don't forget to put your identification number there, so they can reach you. Here's your Temporary License, it should last you until your official one arrives.

Thanks a million, Prof.

I want you to take this as well.

==>

Professor Yew leads you over to her desk, where a pair of book-like machines have been laid out.

Hey, is this a PokeDex?

Indeed it is! If you're familiar with it I trust you understand its purpose.

Yeah, it's like an encyclopedia database.

An empty one. It will be your task to fill it, in addition to pursuing advancement through the League. It will also keep you in contact with me, and make sure that any Pokemon you catch that you cannot carry on your person due to League regulations - any more than six - are sent to my storage facility. Miss Wormwood and I spent several years equipping Iotavi with a functioning version of Bill's Pokemon Storage System, and we made sure to put in a special exception for trainers helping work on our PokeDex completions, allowing us to see to the care and keeping of your inactive Pokemon personally.

Sounds awesome. Who's the other one for?

Ah-hah-hah, who do you think Calvin?

Aww man....

==> Susie: Barge in and challenge Calvin to a battle!

What?

Why would you do that? Calvin doesn't even have a Pokemon.

==> Introduce yourself.

Your name is SUSAN QUINNE DERKINS, though almost everyone you know refers to you as SUSIE. You are SIXTEEN YEARS OLD and recently joined the IOTAVI LEAGUE as a battling trainer, after spending several years owning a Pokemon, MR. BUN, simply as a pet.

You are a STUDIOUS, HARDWORKING GIRL who has spent much time working to PREPARE yourself for the journey ahead. You planned today to set off on your LEAGUE ADVENTURE to test yourself as a trainer and EXPLORE the region. This includes working for several years as one of Professor Yew's AIDES, training Mr. Bun to learn how to FIGHT, and familiarizing yourself with the RULES AND REGULATIONS of the League. It helps that many years of doing similarly with your SCHOOLWORK and PERSONAL RESEARCH has rewarded you with a keen sense of ATTENTION TO DETAIL and a remarkable EIDETIC MEMORY. Or at least, that's where you claim it came from; Calvin claims it's because you're kind of a FREAK. But what does he know?

==>

Professor Yew wanted to see you before you left. You presume this has something to do with making sure all of your paperwork and supplies are in order - they are, you've checked five times - and giving you your PokeDex, which at last arrived a few days prior and the Professor told you would be ready after she put in some basic programming. But Calvin is currently in there for some reason, and you don't know why.

Surely she's not trusting him with a PokeDex and a Pokemon too??

Regardless, you're not heading in yet. When you came out this morning, someone had dumped water all over your steps, rendering them icy-slick. That certain someone is due a snowball in the face the instant he comes back out of that lab.

CALVIN STATS:

SUSIE STATS:

**littlebeasti** · 10-30-2011, 08:27 PM

>Susie: Throw a snowball in the exact location that it will fall on the second person to go through the door. Then enter.
You can totally do that, right?

**Oblivion** · 10-30-2011, 08:38 PM

Originally Posted by littlebeasti

**Galaxa13** · 10-30-2011, 09:16 PM

> Calvin: Decide to do an epic ninja jump kick when you exit for no more reason than because it would be totally sweet.

**Ladybug** · 10-30-2011, 09:25 PM

>Susie: Forget the snowball. You're more mature than that. Just inform Calvin of the...special League initiation ceremony once you leave the lab.

**Oblivion** · 11-04-2011, 06:41 PM

==> Susie: Lay the trap.

Easily done. Every time the door is shut, unless you take special effort to close it as softly as possible, some snow will get shuffled off the roof. You just need to plop the snowball in a location where the snow it lands on will get slid off after two door slams, and make sure you slam it on your way in, but not TOO hard or you'll get double your worth with one shot.

Also you need to make sure the actual act of tossing the snowball up there doesn't knock off too much snow, or that it won't just roll back down to you. Though if it does, you can always try again.

==> Wait. Don't do that.

On second thought... you've always been more fond of messing with Calvin's head than simply slugging him with a snowball when you have the chance. You toss the snowball up on the roof regardless, but you don't take any pains to aim; maybe you'll get lucky and get two for the price of one, just need to make sure you don't get hit by your own trap. In the meantime, you'll need to think of something appropriate to haze him with.

==> Head inside.

Turns out you were wrong. Not only is the professor giving Calvin a PokeDex, he does have a Pokemon. In fact, he probably just got it, the Pokeball looks brand new. Nothing Calvin has owned for longer than a day stays that clean and unscratched.

Susan! Excellent timing.

Man, speak of the devil....

Calvin, behave.

Good morning, Professor. Hello Calvin.

Hey.

I was just about to call you, actually. Your PokeDex is programmed and ready to be used. It should integrate with your PokeGear just fine.

Professor Yew hands both of you the PokeDexes, and you both waste no time in hooking it up to your PokeGear and getting the basic software running. A single beep from both alerts you that all is well and operating as expected.

You're taking on a vast task, in taking these. Iotavi has a vast variety of Pokemon species both native and imported, so you will have quite a lot of work ahead of you in filling these databases. As I've told you both, your Pokemon will be cared for by myself, Miss Wormwood, and Mister Hobbes personally, and will receive the utmost best treatment available. Your job will be to find them and gather them.

And get through the League!

Yes, indeed. Training your Pokemon in battle and testing yourself against more and more challenging opponents will allow you to face and capture more dangerous specimens and survive harsher territories. And you'll need badges to help keep more experienced or more powerful Pokemon obedient.

Of course, Professor. Is there anything else we'll need?

I believe you have everything I can supply you with. You both have Pokemon, you both have your PokeDexes, and you both have sufficient supply of money to get you to Abscor City at least. Once you're there, you should just be able to follow the routes to lead you from city to city. But remember, you won't find many Pokemon outside the commonplace if you stick to well-traveled roads all the time.

No worries Prof. I'm the best at getting lost.

Susie and Professor Yew break out in giggles.

What? What'd I say?

Ah, dear. Well. Regardless, you should be ready to be on your way. Though I'd recommend getting warm clothing before leaving, there's supposed to be another storm headed down from the mountains and if you leave today you may not make it to Abscor City before it arrives. But best of luck to you both, and keep in touch with your progress. Perhaps you could treat it as a competition between the two of you, hmm?

You two immediately lock eyes. You've been neighbors for years and while not in direct competition there's always been a level of semi-friendly strife between you; Professor Yew may just have blossomed that into a full-fledged rivalry with her suggestion.

I'm not sure that's fair, Professor. I don't think Calvin would be able to focus on one task long enough to get very far in completing his PokeDex.

Pfft. Wandering in the woods? Catching weird animals? Fighting all the time? I got this one easy. Might be a bit too violent for your delicate intellectual sensibilities though, Susie.

Alright Calvin, I'll make you a wager. I'm willing to bet you not only will I make it to Thadreem before you, I'll have a fuller PokeDex when I get there.

Fat chance! You're on!

Professor Yew's grin widens. This kind of competition is pretty much expected by professors, it's almost become tradition at this point. A friendly rival keeps the PokeDex work from becoming monotonous and sluggish, which in turn keeps the information coming to the professors. So they find it helps to have multiple students participate, and to prod them toward "racing" with one another for progress. As long as they don't become reckless...

Oh dear. Perhaps I didn't think this through.

Too late now, they're already going at it.

In fact, I think we should start right here, right now. I bet I can take you on.

You? Take me? You've had your first Pokemon for ten minutes at most. I've had Mr. Bun for years.

As a pet! Hobbes is bred to fight, ain't that right Dad?

Leave me out of this!

Oh dear, not in the laboratory you two! Take this outside if you really must.

==>

And out you go, ushered into the snow, Pokeballs in hand.

Calvin's never battled before, this is the first Pokemon he's ever had.

Susie's had one for years, but other than basic training against inanimate objects her's has never seen combat either.

But here they go!

==> Rival Battle! Calvin VS Susie!

But who are we at the time of this skirmish? Calvin controlling Hobbes or Susie controlling Mr. Bun?

----

Authorspeak time.

Alright, this is going to be a bit of a test of how I handle battles in this. I'm currently trying to tinker about finding ways to make video updates of the more critical battles - which at this time includes Rival battles, Gym Leaders, ranking members of Team ???, Legendaries, and of course the Elite Four and Champion. However, I'm obviously not going to do an individual update for every battle Calvin or Susie encounters, that would become monotonous very quickly.

So I'm going to take suggestions of ways to do it. My idea at the moment is two different ways. For basic battles, we generally assume the protagonist wins and perhaps post a few of the highlights from the battle - an unexpected move, a lucky critical, a surprise monster in the team, etc. - but leave it at that. For the more climactic fights, my idea is to ask you guys for tactical suggestions, then find a way to actually play the battle out. Feel free to post suggestions, I'm taking pretty much any ideas I can find.

I have found a fan-made Pokemon game in RPG Maker that I could possibly reverse-engineer and use that, but it's in RPGM XP, while I am using 2003 for the screenshots. I might see about acquiring the former; if I do, the graphics style in the updates may change to XP's style, if I can figure out how to use it.

**Ladybug** · 11-05-2011, 12:56 PM

Be the girl. Throw the snowPokeball.

**Wandering One** · 11-05-2011, 01:44 PM

...Just discovered this adventure. Its awesome.

**OnBackorder** · 11-06-2011, 03:33 AM

Susie has an unfair advantage in terms of healing items. Hobbes needs to take Mr.Bun out in one hit, if possible.

Calvin: Distract Susie into using her useless moves (Foresight and Splash). Do so by playing the fool and having her complete your sentences. "I can't believe you've had that Pokemon for so long, and yet you haven't even made a ... something to the world. Not ripple, closer to impact but with water..." and "Wow, that worked. You sure have crappy foreskin...foreplay...fort night...four score and seven years ago..."

Really only useful for 2-3 turns tops.

**Sinjin** · 11-06-2011, 04:54 AM

What level is that Shinx?

**Oblivion** · 11-06-2011, 06:49 AM

Originally Posted by Sinjin

What level is that Shinx?

Both are level 5, standard starting level.

**MessiahForHire** · 11-10-2011, 09:09 PM

> Be Calvin. Have no idea how to battle.

**Siegmundfried** · 11-11-2011, 08:48 AM

Pokemon as portrayed by Calvin & Hobbes? HOW DID I NOT FIND THIS SOONER.

**Failguy** · 11-11-2011, 08:54 AM

Originally Posted by OnBackorder

Susie has an unfair advantage in terms of healing items. Hobbes needs to take Mr.Bun out in one hit, if possible.

Calvin: Distract Susie into using her useless moves (Foresight and Splash). Do so by playing the fool and having her complete your sentences. "I can't believe you've had that Pokemon for so long, and yet you haven't even made a ... something to the world. Not ripple, closer to impact but with water..." and "Wow, that worked. You sure have crappy foreskin...foreplay...fort night...four score and seven years ago..."

Really only useful for 2-3 turns tops.

Yes

**Oblivion** · 11-12-2011, 02:23 PM

==> Rival Battle! Calvin VS Susie!

VS

RIVAL CALVIN wants to battle! / RIVAL SUSIE wants to battle!

==> Calvin: Have no idea how to battle.

What do you mean? It can't be that hard...

Of course, it would help if you knew what attacks Hobbes could do. Luckily, your PokeDex keeps handy track of that information for you, and you discover - somewhat to your disappointment - that she only knows one attack move. OH WELL. All out on the attack!

==> Calvin: Utilize a distaction!

MR. BUN used DEFENSE CURL! Defense increased!
HOBBES used TACKLE!
MR. BUN used DEFENSE CURL! Defense increased!
HOBBES used TACKLE!

Susie's not attacking. You need to make sure it stays that way.

I can't believe you've had that Pokemon for so long, and yet you haven't even made a ... something to the world. Not ripple, closer to impact but with water...

... oh God, tell me you're not serious.

No, really!

==>

MR. BUN used POUND!
HOBBES used TACKLE!

Oh crap, she's going on the offensive. You'd better turn this around quick....

You sure have crappy foreskin...foreplay...fort night...four score and seven years ago...

This is so utterly embarassing.

WHY IS IT NOT WORKING. In hindsight, you probably should have tried this against a trainer who doesn't have Susie's level of focus. Admittedly, you'd probably have fallen for it. Maybe.

==>

MR. BUN used POUND!
HOBBES used TACKLE!

Apparently Susie also has a much better grasp of tactics than you. You've been all-out attacking since the beginning while she spent some time shoring up her defenses, and now Hobbes has barely put a dent in her opponent while she's taken a pretty thorough thrashing. You'd estimate you have one round left before Hobbes can't take any more, which leaves you with painfully little time for another trick...

CAAAAAAAAAAAALVIIIIIIIIIN!!!

You look over and see your Dad and Professor Yew standing on the steps of the lab, watching the battle. Your dad has been covered by a patch of snow that just fell from the roof, presumably when he shut the door behind them.

You're bewildered and Susie is for some reason bright red.

Now's our chance Hobbes! Get'im!

Ack!

Nice timing! Dad's interruption allows you to get an attack in first, despite Mr. Bun apparently having the speed advantage most of the battle.

HOBBES used TACKLE!
MR. BUN used POUND!
HOBBES fainted!

MR. BUN grew to LEVEL 6!

Unfortunately, it's not quite enough.

==>

Nicely done, both of you. There's a bit to be learned from this. Calvin, you need to work on your tactical acumen, shouting random things like that won't win you against a superior opponent in skill or strength. Susan, you can't let yourself be distracted by things outside the battle. Fighting Pokemon won't act without their trainer's say-so! A slip-up like that might cost you a match in the future.

Yes, professor!

Yeah, sure.

Now come back inside, let's get you both warmed up and see to those fighters' wounds. You'll want your Pokemon in the best shape possible before you set out for Abscor City.

You both return to the lab, put your Pokemon through the healing machine, and share a few cups of warm cocoa before at last parting ways. Calvin and his dad share a simple handshake and goodbyes while Susie heads home to bid her parents farewell.

It's time to depart. Route 11 and Abscor City beyond it await. Who will we follow first?

==>

**Ladybug** · 11-12-2011, 03:14 PM

Let's be Calvin. Susie knows what she's doing and will therefore be less entertaining right now.

**nicol-baka** · 11-13-2011, 06:00 PM

Calvin> you finally have a pokemon! BOOYEAH! LET'S GET SOME MORE, RUN THROUGH THAT GRASS! shit, you don't have any pokeballs....

**OnBackorder** · 11-13-2011, 07:03 PM

> Be Susie. Force posters to use the biggest terms possible or she wont accept the command.

**Oblivion** · 11-15-2011, 08:10 PM

==> Be Calvin.

You are now CALVIN. Susie has already departed, or at least you think she has. You'd better not let her get too much of a lead or you'll never catch up!

==>

Girl: Calvin no! Go away!

You don't even get within five feet of her before she shouts you off. This is one of your neighbors and she looks to be picking through the trees about town for something. You're guessing not berries given the weather. Who knows, who cares!

==>

Fat Man: Technology is incredible! Have you heard about Silph Co.'s newest products? No, 'course you haven't, competition with Infinite Enterprises makes all their stuff take longer to get to Iotavi while IE is all local! Get this - they've finally perfected the HMTools! Yep, they've built machines that can do the jobs of HMs, saving you and your Pokemon the effort. Don't worry if you're an Infinite loyalist, they've got their brand version in production too. Still need Badges for them to operate, though, so if you intend to make use of the newest wave of the future you'd best get to battling!

Truer words have never been spoken. Let's get out of here!

==> Calvin: Leave Hephsterdam.

You head EAST from Hephsterdam and emerge onto ROUTE 11. Travelers on this route are fairly uncommon, unless they're bound for Hephsterdam, which doesn't get many visitors. Most folk headed up this direction are going to Abscor City and don't head this way. That said, there may still be a few local trainers out and about; if so, though, they'll be closer to Abscor City and you probably won't run into them before nightfall.

Unless you just run blazing all-out to try and reach Abscor City before the sun sets. Hey, you could probably do it!

==> Get MORE POKEMON!

Right, first! Let's poke around for some wild Pokemon to catch! You wade your way into the taller grasses near the treeline, poking around in the branches and under the bushes trying to stir a sleeping or hiding Pokemon into sight, Hobbes' ball ready in your other hand.

==>

You stop this due to remembering that you don't possess any PokeBalls to catch things with just before your search proves fruitful. The discovered Pokemon drops out of the tree above you and bonks off your head.

==> Wild Pokemon appears!

VS.

Wild CHERUBI appeared!

What the heck? Where did this thing come from? You've never seen them out here before, and doubly so during the winter!

What do you do? Fight, Item, or Flee?

CALVIN STATS:

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AUTHORSPIEL:

**nicol-baka** · 11-15-2011, 08:28 PM

well you may not have any balls, but gaining some extra xp is never a bad thing, GO HOBBES!

**Galaxa13** · 11-15-2011, 08:34 PM

>Calvin: Use a firecracker to scare away the pokemon.

or

>Calvin: Fight! You wouldn't want to catch such a girly pokemon even if you had pokeballs, but it would be good to get some battle experience so you can squash Susie next time you see her.

**OnBackorder** · 11-15-2011, 09:06 PM

> Calvin has twine. Calvin has sled. Calvin can 'catch' a Pokemon.

Especially one that's about the same height and weight as a gallon of milk.

**Ladybug** · 11-15-2011, 09:24 PM

The question is not what would Calvin do. It is what would Spaceman Spiff do.

Which is probably beat the crap out of it with Electric Simba.

**MessiahForHire** · 11-15-2011, 09:26 PM

Originally Posted by Ladybug

The question is not what would Calvin do. It is what would Spaceman Spiff do.

THIS.

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