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Doug Freeman
Gym Leader
305 Posts
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"I got this." And so he didn't.
Posts: 305
Likes: 42
Class 1: Type Expert [Bug]
Class 2: Type Expert [Fighting]
Class 3: Martial Artist
EXP: 37
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Post by Doug Freeman on Feb 7, 2018 16:56:39 GMT -6
PFFFT, YEAH RIGHT The Elysia Falls were a strange place. The name and the type of biome immediately brought thoughts of peace, silence and tranquility to Douglas' mind, but the reality was they were more often than not overly populated by loud, annoying tourists and their pokemon. What would have been an ideal place to train his body and mind became little more than a test in patience as he tried to tune out the meaningless noise and focus on his meditation. It proved to be impossible, which him finding himself getting splashed by some dumbass brat a minute into finally finding his inner focus. He had relocated shortly after, and after some serious pondering and consideration, finally went into the one place neither the annoying voices nor little shit brats could follow him. Neither he nor his mother were particularly religious, but she had still taught him the practice of 'misogi' regardless. That is, the act of meditating under a waterfall. His experience with the practice was rather limited; there weren't a whole lot of waterfalls around Shaula; not any of significant size or mass, anyways. His mother considered this a blessing, as it allowed her to teach him without putting him into too much danger by subjecting him to the pressure of gallons of water crashing down upon his body. Douglas thought it was a bunch of ninny nonsense, and hadn't really thought too much before walking under Elysia Falls and taking his seat, letting the water crash down on his body. Well, he could sort of understand his mother's concerns now. Needless to say, he was feeling this quite a lot more than the tiny little falls around the forest. Still, he focused on his meditation, doing his best to shove the weight wracking at his body to the back of his mind and exhaling slowly.
[/b] - Larvesta-Lv.15-(Ember, String Shot, Morning Sun, Absorb)
- Joltik-Lv.15-(Absorb, Electro Web, Spider web, Thunder wave, Screech, Fury Cutter)
- Dewpider-Lv.15-(Infestation, Bubble, Bug Bite, Spider Web, Water Sport)
- Sewaddle-Lv.15-(Tackle, String shot, Bug bite, Razor Leaf)
- Scyther-Lv.15-(Vacuum Wave, Quick Attack, Leer, Focus Energy, Pursuit, False Swipe)
- Ledyba-Lv.15-(Mach Punch, Supersonic, Swift, Light Screen, Reflect, Safeguard)
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Spire
Junior Moderator
150 Posts
3 Likes
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Flash in the Dark
Posts: 150
Likes: 3
Class 1: Doggo
Class 2: Australian
Class 3: Sciencetist
Class 4: Arf
EXP: 9999
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Post by Spire on Feb 8, 2018 6:14:26 GMT -6
WILD POKEMON SPAWN  STUFFUL Level 11, Male/Female, Fluffy or Klutz
Tackle, Leer, Bide, Baby-Doll Eyes, Wide Guard
personality made by you or by staffCATCH or PASS? If you want to make your own personality for the Pokemon, post the Pokemon's personality in your next post, and detail the capture process. If you want me to make the Pokemon's personality, simply post saying so. |
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Doug Freeman
Gym Leader
305 Posts
42 Likes
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"I got this." And so he didn't.
Posts: 305
Likes: 42
Class 1: Type Expert [Bug]
Class 2: Type Expert [Fighting]
Class 3: Martial Artist
EXP: 37
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Post by Doug Freeman on Feb 8, 2018 15:07:37 GMT -6
PFFFT, YEAH RIGHT Focus. Breathe in, Breathe out.
There were many common misconceptions about what mediating was like, and what it entailed. One such misconception was that one had to 'empty their mind'; to grow distant of what was going around you and go into such deep introspection as to become completely unaware of outside influence. Naturally this was fictional, impossible jack. The human mind could not simply be 'turned off' and stop thinking. His mother had once told him that he should not be worried if he could not stop himself from having errant thoughts during meditation. A mind could not just stop having thoughts, after all. It was simply what it did. She had taught him of a simple word also used to describe meditation. ' Gom'. Otherwise meaning, ' To become familiar'. Meditation, as it was taught to him, was a way to become familiar with his thoughts and what was currently going through his mind. "Thinking." He muttered to himself lowly as an errant thought broke into his mind, before taking yet another breath and letting it pass. He had to focus on his breathing; acknowledge the errant thought, let it pass, and focus back on your breathing... Focus. Breathe in, Breathe out.
The little Stufful cocked its head curiously at the strange human boy taking a dangerous bath under the crushing currents of the waterfall, wondering why humans were so silly before going back taking sips at the lake.
Passing on the Stufful. |
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Spire
Junior Moderator
150 Posts
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Flash in the Dark
Posts: 150
Likes: 3
Class 1: Doggo
Class 2: Australian
Class 3: Sciencetist
Class 4: Arf
EXP: 9999
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Post by Spire on Feb 9, 2018 5:20:13 GMT -6
WILD POKEMON SPAWN  SPRITZEE Level 11, Male/Female, Healer
Sweet Scent, Fairy Wind, Sweet Kiss, Odor Sleuth, Nasty Plot
personality made by you or by staffCATCH or PASS? If you want to make your own personality for the Pokemon, post the Pokemon's personality in your next post, and detail the capture process. If you want me to make the Pokemon's personality, simply post saying so. |
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Doug Freeman
Gym Leader
305 Posts
42 Likes
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"I got this." And so he didn't.
Posts: 305
Likes: 42
Class 1: Type Expert [Bug]
Class 2: Type Expert [Fighting]
Class 3: Martial Artist
EXP: 37
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Post by Doug Freeman on Feb 9, 2018 18:55:34 GMT -6
PFFFT, YEAH RIGHT He really had needed this. Relatively recent events had left him in need of some introspection, but he had tried to simply ignore them and continue as he always did. Unfortunately, as with most issues, these eventually reared their ugly head once again, leaving him scrambling for ways to shove the thoughts back to the end of his mind. He... really didn't care his current job. Being a considered capable of being a Gym Leader may have been flattering to some, but Doug was well aware that his skill was not the reason he currently held the position. His family was trying to teach him something, a rather obvious lesson at that, and the boy did not care even a little for it. He was supposed to learn to step out of his comfort zone from all of this. To recognize the worth of pokemon types other than his preferred one, and to grow both as a trainer and as a person from it. What a dumb concept, he felt. As if he were completely unaware of other pokemon's strength, or bugs' weaknesses...
Spritzee tilted her head curiously from where she was perched on a tree branch. Humans could be dumb, but that one down there? That one was on another level of dumb. You didn't take baths under waterfalls, sheesh. What a silly human. Spreading her wings, the Spritzee giggled to herself before taking flight.
Passing on the Spritzee |
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TYLER
Administrator
281 Posts
6 Likes
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down with royal
Posts: 281
Likes: 6
Class 1: Digidestined
Class 2: King of Games
Class 3: Super Saiyan
Class 4: Spirit Detective
EXP: ∞
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Post by TYLER on Feb 10, 2018 10:41:11 GMT -6
WILD POKEMON SPAWN  MIENFOO level eight, male/female, inner focus or regenerator
pound, meditate
personality made by you or by staffCATCH or PASS? If you want to make your own personality for the Pokemon, post the Pokemon's personality in your next post, and detail the capture process. If you want me to make the Pokemon's personality, simply post saying so. |
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Doug Freeman
Gym Leader
305 Posts
42 Likes
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"I got this." And so he didn't.
Posts: 305
Likes: 42
Class 1: Type Expert [Bug]
Class 2: Type Expert [Fighting]
Class 3: Martial Artist
EXP: 37
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Post by Doug Freeman on Feb 11, 2018 10:43:19 GMT -6
MIENFOO MIENFOO Level 8,
Gender Female,
Ability inner focus or regenerator Personality This little Martial Artist in the making saw what no other pokemon type could have when it caught sight of Doug meditating under a waterfall- A Martial Artist. A good one to boot, if they could maintain concentration as gallons of water crashed down upon them.
So naturally, she tried to follow by example; she knew how to meditate, somewhat... a bit. All she had to figure out was how to get under the waterfall...
Little Mienfoo is an excitable, enthusiastic fighter who often tries to perform feats above her league. Not one to think too hard before acting, she has a tendency to follow by example, even if said example is several orders more skilled or powerful than herself. As with most young fighting pokemon, it seeks a powerful Martial Arts master would can help her master the Martial Ways.
She hates being underestimated, and is always one to try and prove a point, which doesn't always go well for her. Her ego does not bruise easily however, and she's always the first to pick herself up from the floor and try again until success comes or exhaustion stops her in her tracks. As she does not care for what others think she can or can't do, her recklessness is matched only by her trainer amongst the members of the team.
As she's a pure fighting type pokemon, Doug is not entirely sure of what to do with her; his meditations under the waterfall were meant to help him come to terms with his new role as a Fighting type gym leader, and it did not quite pan out as much as he hoped.
In the end he decided to take in the enthusiastic little warrior. Even if things didn't go well, he could always just drop her at his mother's dojo, where she would have plenty of role models and masters to choose from. |
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IMUIT
Administrator
544 Posts
8 Likes
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Posts: 544
Likes: 8
Class 1: GOD
Class 2: GOD
Class 3: GOD
Class 4: GOD
EXP: 99999
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Post by IMUIT on Feb 11, 2018 18:37:56 GMT -6
+6 EXP, +6 PD.
70 + 6 = 76 EXP, 203 + 6 = 209 PD.
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