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Those first steps
Topic Started: Nov 4 2015, 07:42 AM (7,369 Views)
Slytherclaw
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Amber watches the spray of fire, lips parted in wonder. How on earth does it...? There's movement to her side and she jerks, slapping out in a panic. She touches course fur, and watches in wonder as Joe manages to stop the strange smelly pokemon and lock it away. All of this is so fascinating that she almost forgets she's in danger, reaching in her pocket to grab a third sphere.

She frowns as she notices the dog get snagged and locked into someone else's ball in the chaos. She frowns deeper as she looks around and notices that the strange creatures had vanished--either being held or spoken to by her teammates, or having been locked inside the strange balls. So much for testing the new technology, she sulks as she picks up her missed objects, somewhat resentful. She stands back as the others deal with the remains of battle, waiting until they're ready to move on. Her Totodile follows over, sulking a lot more visibly.

"You too, huh?" She says to the reptile that flops at her feet, making a grumbling noise. So much for being useful...
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If he'd been thinking straight, Joe would've fled the moment his Pokeball made contact with the skunk, but instead he'd been locked in place by the tension as the ball rocked back and forth. Almost like it was taunting him. Yet instead of launching an angry monster in his face - or exploding, which he'd considered the next likely outcome - it gave a surprisingly satisfying ding. Joe stared in disbelief for a good ten seconds before looking around and realizing that, against all odds, they didn't appear to be in immediate danger anymore. He fumbled with Grimer's Pokeball for a second, finally recalling the purple blob before it could embarrass him further. Or accidentally kill him. He wasn't sure which fate was worse at the moment.

Joe nearly stumbled as he retrieved his first catch, the rush of panicked adrenaline rapidly fading. He could still feel his heart pounding like it wanted to leap from his chest because he wasn't running away fast enough. Never in his life had Joe been so frightened - and he had quite a bit of experience in that department to compare to. Stepping towards Christine when she made her offer, he shoved his two Pokeballs towards her as if he thought they might burst open at any moment.

"Well. We didn't die," he admitted lamely.
Edited by technoRomancer, Nov 20 2015, 04:53 PM.
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Bunnie holds both of her newly filled Pokeballs in her hands as she watches the rest of the group getting everything settled.

"So. That could have gone a lot worse."

She walks over to Doug and begins petting the top of his head. "You did amazing little buddy. I'm proud of you." She begins to eye her Poke Balls, contemplating her next action carefully. "Doug, watch my back. And by that I mean keep me safe." She adds the last part, remembering how literally the Grimer reacted to the same command. With a deep breath she lets out the two dogs she caught. They both emerge from the Poke Balls. The Growlithe lays on the ground, licking a wound where Doug had slammed into him. Bunnie reaches into her pack and removes a bandage to begin patching him up, after giving him a quick scan with the Vault Dex.

"I think I'll call you.. Gary. You seem like a Gary."

Gary begins to lick her hand as she finishes the bandage. Bunnie keeps an eye out in the meantime and watches as the Houndour begins going from tree to tree and peeing on them.

"You're definitely going to be Tinkles."

She calls Tinkles to her and applies a bandage to her as well. Both dogs seem to appreciate the care, and she smiles before sending them back to their Poke Balls. She pets Doug on the head again before sending him back to his.
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"I'll be fine." Cecil responded to Christine irritably as he stood from his task. Returning Fink to his ball, and safely pocketing his new acquisitions 'Boneyard' and 'Slick', the greaser glared daggers at Joe but held his tongue. What was responsibility to someone that'd never cared about it? He didn't owe them anything, not even Bunnie, much as the thought of leaving her with this bunch made him uncomfortable. She'd manage. Maybe?

If Cecil did decide to bug out, he'd bring her with him. With his smarts and her charm they'd get by at least, which was more then he could say for Joe's panicked flailings coupled with Christine's can-do attitude. He remained unusually quiet, bristling as he continued down the road that this untamed wilderness had left ahead of them. ~How could Skrub not have seen any of this coming?~ The man thought to himself. ~Send a group into the unknown with nothing but preconceived notions of each other and a little food. Thanks pops.~
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Cecil, the Barboach regards the ball, then you, then back to the ball. After a long moment of deliberation, it raises its tail... and smacks the button straight on. Huh, you didn't even have to explain the thing to him. Odd. The ball barely even shakes before the "ping" and "click" sounds, indicating a successful capture, which is echoed by a short "beep" from your Vault-Dex.

With Christine, the Fletchling is eyeing her curiously, before bobbing its head in a nod. It seems to be content with her newly preened hair, and more than willing to accept a partnership with the young girl, giving a melodious chirrup. Upon being offered a pokeball, it will examine the device for a moment, looking over towards Cecil and the Barboach, before pecking the contact sensor, and being sucked inside.

When Bunnie releases "Gary" and "Tinkles", the two mon are groveling and rolling in the grass, bellies and throats exposed to show that they recognize her as their new pack leader. They both let out small whuffs of contentment along with whines as their wounds are seen to.

Growlithe, the Puppy Pokemon. Fire-Type. Developed as an early mammal-type elementally capable pokemon, Growlithe is capable of producing searing heat and flames. Combined with its sense of smell it was used primarily as a search-and-rescue animal in mountainous locations, until the onset of the war, where it was easily retrained as a combat animal. Synching to pokeball, subject using seven percent of its full capabilities. Known attacks are: Ember, Roar, Bite and Morning Sun." The attacks and their effects are listed off on the 'Dex's screen as they were for the other starters.

As the group licks their wounds (or refuses to acknowledge them in Cecil's case) Amber's Vault-Dex pings again. It's re-acquired the radio signal, and the map program has now finished syncing with the few satellites that are still up and functioning. It's also acquired a second signal, and some sort of decryption program has come into play. The first signal is marked as "Vault-Tek Convoy Satt-Tracker" while the other is simply marked as "Purewater Signal". Tuning into the first gives you a repeating series of beeps and silences. Morse code perhaps? Tuning into the other... and music, brash and warm and of a type you'd never heard playing on the Vault's tapes begins to play from Amber's wrist.

Purewater Radio!

Bringing up the map function shows the sources of both signals. The convoy signal is close, maybe a mile away, likely following the remnants of the road you're on. The Purewater Signal is further out, maybe a day's travel, and it kind of looks like it's in the same direction that the Barboach was headed.
Edited by Lockdown, Nov 23 2015, 07:11 PM.
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Amber glances down at her wrist, frowning as she fiddles with it. She hits the Tracker option first, hoping the machine has hooked onto something interesting. When it only results in a series of beeps, she blinks and shares a glance with the Totodile that still hasn't moved from where it flopped slightly on top of her feet, staring up at her. She stares down at it, weirdly at ease, as she tries to see if she can identify anything from the sounds. It's--not, /he's/--...kind of cute, she thinks to herself absentmindedly as she switches to the second signal, expecting much of the same. She almost yelps when they're instead treated to a loud stream of....music?

She gapes at her wrist, then looks up at the rest of the group. "Is that..." She holds out her wrist instinctively as she trails off, as if to offer it to someone, before remembering what it is and that it doesn't exactly come off. Instead, the blond girl closes her eyes, enjoying yet another moment of /novelty/ after a life in the enclosed, repeating vault. After a moment she glances at the rest of the group and says, in a small voice barely audible over the music, "...is it too early to hope this means survivors, somewhere?"
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"I think I'll call you... Coiffe," Christine says to the bird. "It seems to fit." She takes a few moments to catch her breath, and just take in the surroundings again. When Amber's Vault-Dex begins beeping, she doesn't think much of it, having grown inured to beeping after working in the Medical Bay for so long. But the music... that was something new and different.

"What..what's happeing, Miss Cole?" Christine asks. Remembering what the Dex said about Fletchling and music, she releases Coiffe into the air again. "Listen Coiffe. Isn't it pretty?" After registering Amber's question, she replies "I'm sure of it. How else could it have run so long? There has to be someone around to maintain it, right? If it's anything like the Vault"
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Amber tilts her head for a moment. "Even the vaults took a look of work to upkeep, and they were designed to last... I think you're right," She says. Still, something's tickling the back of her mind and she bites her lip, thinking. Something about those beeps was...familiar. She taps against her leg, imitating the beeps...

"...I think there's something else," She says, frowning. Amber looks up at the sky, continuing to tap, before her eyes widen. "Oh! Those beeps...I think I've remember...they were used as a distress signal. If I'm thinking of the right thing, I mean. Um, they were usually solar powered, so that signal could be who knows how old, but..."

The tiny girl trails off, chewing on a thumbnail for a few moments. "There might be something to salvage at least?"
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Bunnie returns Tinkles and Gary to their Pokeballs, happy they accepted her as quickly as they did. The old man wasn't lying when he said these things changed their disposition almost immediately. She'd have to be sure not to waste any of the others, no telling what they might come across.

"It only makes sense. Ours wasn't the only Vault around I'm sure. There were likely a few hundred of them I'm sure. There has to be others out here, I'm sure of it."

She walks over to Cecil and reaches into her bag. After pulling out a bottle of water she offers it to him.

"Thanks for having my back just now. I put myself into a really stupid position. If the others hadn't distracted this Growlithe I might have been toast, probably literally. We cool?"
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"Sure, don't worry about it Bun." Cecil responded distractedly, double taking before accepting her water with a respectful nod. Music. Not something they'd heard over and over in the vault either. It was new, and crisp, pleasant to the ears. Not at all like the swing that was common among the static laden recordings that remained in that underground cell.

His attention was on Amber for the first time since they'd left the vault, eyes fixated on her wrist. Moments passed and finally Cecil left his intense focus, having a swig of the water. "Slick protected me whether he intended it or not, so it's little harm no foul this time." Shielding his eyes against the sun, he looked up, then checked the time on his Vault-Boy.

"Ideally we could make it to the radio station before dark, but the convoy signal isn't far. It'll be a fairly short walk, and it ain't really out of the way."
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