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Wooloo Hill [Open Mission]
POSTED ON Feb 21, 2022 4:49:51 GMT
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Marianne's attack had left the Braviary stumbling backward, where it bumped into the angry Staraptor. A squawking fest ensued, giving Charlemagne the opening it needed: in an instant a blinding light split open the storm as the Magnemite's Discharge was lobbed at the mostly unscathed bird.

A loud screech pierced the air as the storm dispersed. The bird had been left electrocuted and smoking, not in much better shape than his rival. Before either Hide or Mòrag had a chance to press the advantage though, another light began to shine from behind the wild pokemon. The noises of startled Wooloo could be heard as they rolled around their 'enclosure' in panic.

When the light had faded, a deep and loud bleat sounded out from the among the herd. One of the Wooloo had had enough and evolved into a Dubwool - scraping her hooves, she curled up in a ball and shot forward in a Rollout. Using the wall as a ramp, she flew up into the air and hurtled down at the birds. Smashing them both with her powerful horns in a Headbutt.

Having had as much as they could take, the Staraptor and Braviary let out of final squawk and took off flying with the last bit of their strength. Barely able to stay afloat, they weakly floated off towards the forest.

"Whew," Hide exhaled while wiping the sweat off his brow. "Glad that's over." The last bits of sand blew away with the breeze. The other Wooloo took after the Dubwool and rolled up and over the walls and resumed their routes all over the pasture.

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While they got to talking, Hide let out the rest of his pokemon to help disassemble the dirt ring. Napoleon used his Water Sport to wet the dirt so Redwall could shovel it back where it came from. All the while Surus rolled back and forth, using her tire-like hide to flatten the displaced dirt until the pasture looked only a little worse for wear.

"Thanks for the help." Hide said as he laid on a clean patch of grass. Charlemagne floated above him, while Schliemann was perched on his shoulder giving Mòrag and her pokemon an odd look. Aristomachos sat nearby, taking a lunch in the form of a pile of excess dirt and sand Redwall had piled up.

"Don't know if you could hear me earlier, but I'm from Unova. It's where most of these guys are from too," he said pointing at his pokemon. "Other than Surus, my Donphan. Your Pokemon make this trip with you, too? Or did you catch them here?"

After awhile of chatting, the ranch owners returned and made sure they were paid for their help. Heading for the exit, he turned to Mòrag one last time. "Again, I appreciate the help. Those birds probably would've gotten the best of me without you and your friends." Hide handed her a little makeshift business card with his name and contact information on it. "Hit me up sometime if you're by Rustboro - I'd be happy to hang out."


Open Mission w/ | WC: 513 (sry) | nice thread - till next time!
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Buried in the Ground [M]
POSTED ON Feb 21, 2022 3:45:28 GMT
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"Smoothly?" Hide waved his hand over a table chock-full of excavated goods. "They say you get what you pay for, and they paid for the best." He laughed a little, but meant it. Not every two-bit researcher could so flawlessly unearth these artifacts without any damage. Just this two-bit researcher.

He carefully rifled through the collection, showing Felix a number of different and interesting items. "We've got some scrolls, though most have decayed to the point of uselessness. A few... Basins." He held up a number of small, bowl-like platters probably meant to hold sacrifices, offerings, or other religious items. "Ritual paraphernalia: beads, figurines and the like."

"The site's coastal, so we've got some standard cross-contamination from other peoples." A side table had been set aside for objects of this nature: coins from other regions displaying foreign legendary or ancient pokemon and cultural leaders, items meant for bartering like jewelry, and small artworks on ancient stone 'plates'. "Most of this probably came from ancient trade and immigration to the region."

Coming down from his high of showing off his work, he realized he hadn't caught the man's name. Pausing to converse a moment before moving on and addressing the more important objects of the excavation, he leaned against one of the room's stone walls.

Redwall popped up in the hallway outside and walked past Felix with Charlemagne still stuck to his claw. When they reached Hide, the Magnemite popped off and whacked Drilbur with one of his magnet arms.

"Sorry, I don't think I got your name?"


| WC: 257 | history time babey
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Wooloo Hill [Open Mission]
POSTED ON Feb 21, 2022 1:23:18 GMT
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The scrabbling birds impacted with the earth, jostling Hide into action. Noticing Mòrag's Mawile was ready to do battle, he fished out Redwall's ball and sent the mole in.

"I wouldn't even think of not helping! You might want to guard your eyes though!" With a spiral gesture, he signaled the Drilbur. Tinking its claws together, it jumped up and dived down - digging a small hole in the ground, it spun around and whipped up a thick Sandstorm.

Coarse grains of sand filled the air, violently whipping at the two bird pokemon yet leaving Redwall and Marianne untouched. "I'm from Castelia City by the way," he yelled out over the storm. "The Big Applin!"

Realizing they had company, the two tussling pokemon angrily turned their attention to them. Untangling themselves, they hopped over to their opponents and prepared for a battle.

The Staraptor turned to Drilbur and quickly smacked him with a powerful Brave Bird, instantly knocking out the juvenile pokemon. Recalling him to his ball, Hide instead sent out Charlemagne - who began immediately charging up a powerful Discharge while Hide watched to see how Mòrag and Marianne would proceed now that Braviary was angrily staring them down.


Open Mission w/ | WC: 200 | mess 'em up
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Buried in the Ground [M]
POSTED ON Feb 21, 2022 0:06:28 GMT
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Swoosh!

Redwall's metal claws burst out of the ground underneath Charlemagne, whose magnetic body pulled it down and into contact with the Drilbur. The two pokemon disappeared underground, narrowly dodging the Flygon's attack. The passage was silent aside from the far-away sounds of tunneling and angry metallic beeps.

A few moments later, the floppy green hair of the researcher poked around the corner.

"Hello? Oh."

Stepping out of the doorway, he extended his hand in peace to the Flygon. "There's a good dragon."

Looking over at Felix, Moriya introduced himself. "Sorry - I only expected wild pokemon down here. You're the one they sent to pick up the artifacts? I'm the archeologist, Hideyoshi - they're in here." He beckoned for him to follow, leading him to a table covered in all manner of objects: stone tablets, tools, and more.


| WC: 137 | it begins
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Red & Green [SD]
POSTED ON Feb 20, 2022 21:03:09 GMT
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Moriya stood and shook the gloved hand, though he wished it wasn't - part of him wanted to pull it right off like a fine layer of silt on a beautiful artifact. But he wouldn't be able to just leave the rest of this statue all covered up.

He returned the prince's smile. "My friends call me Hide - you can call me whatever you like."

Relaxing comfortably back into his seat, he took a sip of water and popped an ice cube into his mouth.


| WC: 84 | think fast
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A Pocket Full of Sand [DW]
POSTED ON Feb 20, 2022 20:36:08 GMT
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Helping him out from the dip in the sand, Hide watched as CJ's Jolteon and Joltik ganged up on the wild Excadrill. Laid bare for the catch, the drill pokemon stood little chance - a few wobbles later and the mighty mon was contained. "Nice catch yourself! Excadrill's one of the best ones you can find out here!"

Extending a hand out to the trainer, he introduced himself. "I'm Hide. Electric types, huh?" Before he could say much more though, the sands began shifting again. This time a wild Sandslash popped out of the sand - seemingly powered by the storm, it rushed straight at CJ and his team. Before Hide could offer help though, something behind made an otherworldly noise.

Whirling about, he saw the wild sun-like pokemon just in time to witness it use its psychic powers to will Schliemann to sleep. The Archen fell down to the ground, snoring. Solrock! That'd make a nice addition to the team. Calling the sleeping Schliemann back to his ball, Hide swapped him out with Napoleon. One powerful Hydro Pump left the rocky orb spinning - nearly fainted, it embedded itself upside down in the sand much like Archen before it.

Trodding over and dropping a pokeball on the Solrock started his capture attempt, just as he turned to see how CJ would deal with the speedy Sandslash.


Duo Wild w/ | WC: 224 | Catching Solrock
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Wooloo Hill [Open Mission]
POSTED ON Feb 20, 2022 19:39:41 GMT
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The teleported Wooloos froze in their tracks with some even falling over mid-roll. Before long though, they had it in their mind to wander off again. "Rambunctious bunch, huh?" Hide laughed. "Maybe there's something we can do to keep them in one spot for a while..."

After a moment or two of deliberating while fidgeting with his glasses, he spoke. "Maybe like this?" Grabbing two of his pokeballs, he threw out Aristomachos and Redwall. The Larvitar and Drilbur looked expectantly at each other, and after Hide attempted to explain to them, they moved together towards the collected Wooloo.

"If I have Machos kick up some soil," Moriya explained as Larvitar thrashed about. "Then Redwall can push all the dirt into a big circle around the Wooloo. Keep them a little bit more penned up." Sure enough, the pair set to work and barely a few minutes later a rudimentary-looking dirt wall surrounded the penned-up Pokemon.

Normally they'd attempt to escape but, contented by the sweet scent, they merely lazily rolled around in a big circle. He almost envied them. Oh what fun to be a Wooloo, rolling all over. Certainly wouldn't have to worry about money.

"Well, at least now it looks like they'll sit still for a bit." Hoping to make some small talk and whittle away the time, he asked about her accent. "Nice to meet you, Mòrag. Is that Galarian? Awful far out of the way, if so." He said, though a keen ear may have heard the spoken-over faint screeches of a bird pokemon from far away.


Open Mission w/ | WC: 261 | some big bird bois on the way
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Red & Green [SD]
POSTED ON Feb 20, 2022 8:50:03 GMT
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Pulling his scarf a little, Hide gulped. He'd never been to a speed date before. Despite never having had trouble finding a date back in Unova, Hoenn was a little different. Where was he supposed to find somebody? In a deep dark cave? Not likely.

So despite not looking too out of place, what with his sharp jaw, clear green eyes, and boy-next-door 'aura', he sure felt it.

Schliemann pecked his head to get his attention and, ignoring the sharp pain, Hide lavished his best coy smile to the red-haired man who was approaching.

He liked red.


| WC: 94 | krismas time
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Buried in the Ground [M]
POSTED ON Feb 20, 2022 7:51:29 GMT
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Brush, brush. Fwoosh, fwoosh.

Sitting back with a contented sigh, Hideyoshi took a moment to appreciate the progress he'd made. The vase was half exposed now and thanks to his carefulness, the only damage to it was the cracks that came with spending hundreds (maybe even thousands) of years buried in the dirt.

The design had even begun to peek out from the floor: a scene of some kind of cultural significance. Human and pokemon walked beside each other, hand in hand, around the width of the vase. Above them floated three orbs, but time had faded the colors to grey.

Redwall sat beside him, clinking the tips of his claws together. The Drilbur seemed a little sad to be unable to help out, but Moriya knew better than to prioritize speed over safety. One clumsy swipe and the vase might crumble to pieces, or worse, dust.

Instead the pokemon walked past a table full of ancient artifacts and out of the room that'd been excavated from the cave walls, dug his way underground and began worming around. His moleish squeaks alerted Hide that someone or something was coming down one of the tunnels.

Expecting a wild pokemon, as he'd been hired both to excavate and protect the artifacts within, he sat up, fished out a pokeball from his bag, and sent out Charlemagne.

The Magnemite's glow lit up the cave. Poised to zap whatever (or whoever) was coming along, they walked out of the room and into the hallway-like passage.


Mission w/ | WC: 251 | pog cave
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Wooloo Hill [Open Mission]
POSTED ON Feb 20, 2022 7:06:49 GMT
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"Laugh it up while you can," Hide joked with a smile at the pair. "You're looking at the best Wooloo herder west of Unova!"

"That was a joke." Trying and failing to look presentable, he pulled on the flaps of his jacket in an attempt to shake free some more of the mud. "I'm really an archeologist." he said with faux poshness while pushing up his glasses. "Well, not right-"

Smelling the pleasant scent, Hide calmly turned to look at the Wooloos. They were a bit slower now, thankfully. Surus had given up the chase though and come wandering back to her trainer. Placing one hand on the Donphan's back, he looked back at the woman and her Salazzle. "Thanks for the help! I'm Hide."


Open Mission w/ | WC: 125 | saved!
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Wooloo Hill [Open Mission]
POSTED ON Feb 20, 2022 5:01:57 GMT
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"Ow!" Hide exclaimed while tumbling head over heels. Bouncing down the hill like a tire, he came to 'rest' in a small puddle at the bottom. Staring up at the clouds for a minute, he wondered why in the world he was doing this.

Money!

It wasn't easy being a mostly-independent researcher. At the least, ad revenue from his not-so-popular blog certainly didn't cover the costs for his trips or his equipment. So the aspiring archeologist had been reduced to odd jobs.

Reluctantly standing up and wiping the mud off himself (in vain), Hide saw that one of the Wooloo he'd been tasked with guarding was rolling around in a circle. Close behind it was Surus, his Donphan, who was keeping it in one spot for him. Yet this was only one of many Wooloo, all of whom were rolling up and down and around the hill.

I could really use some help, he thought exasperatedly before jogging off towards the sheep.


Open Mission | WC: 162 | Wooooooooloo
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POSTED ON Feb 20, 2022 4:24:36 GMT
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Looks to me like she and Hide could perhaps be friends: he's a pretty simple, good-natured guy. They're both fellow newcomers to the region too. While he probably wouldn't like to hear about her criminal past (quite straight-laced), that kind of stuff flies over his head most of the time. Besides, it could just add a little flavor to the pot later lol

Anyway, hit me up if you want to thread! I'm down for a mission, dw, social, whatever!