Yuku free message boards

He supposed she would have to. With no other option, he tied the amulet around Lupup and whispered what to do. She nodded in agreement and charged towards the Murkrow's line of sight. The Murkrow looked over, annoyed but then interested; that object seemed familiar. Looking around, some noticed that there was no amulet like the one around Lupup's neck - but there had been. Without really thinking of the alternative explanations, they launched themselves after the thief. It's working, Romulus told himself uneasily, crouching near the domain and preparing to dive for his possesions.

. . . and enough time for Lupup to phaze out of solidity. The amlet dropped to the ground, and the Murkrow started diving for it, nearly hitting each other in their insane divebombing.

Romulus began his sprint into the cave, knowing his time was almost up before it began. Despite this, he searched the caves patiently until, finally, he came by his possesions. Breathing a sigh of relief, he placed his pokeballs in his pocket, strapped on his VS Seeker, and put away the miscellaneous items - including, he thought, smiling, a Pearl that had caught his attention nearby. Now he just had to make it out - and the cave exit was in sight. Running quickly, Romulus began the final leg for his and his pokemon's freedom.

((OOC: You love the whole "..." thing, huh? And I see that EzBoard's finally gone ))

"Hello," Romulus started, interrupted by another caw. "Um, I suppose you're the leader, that's cool. Um. Ditto, now would be a great time," he added as Murraven ruffled its feathers evilly. In a flash, Ditto appeared; in another a second Murraven formed behind Romululs, just as real as the true bird pokemon barring his way. Romulus pulled out his pokedex. "Now, what attacks do you know?" he muttered quietly.

Murraven, the - the pokedex began, and Romulus quickly switched settings. Attacks known: (1) Haze. (2) Night Shade. (3) Thief. (4) Pursuit.

"Good news and bad news, Dit!" Romulus cried happily. "Bad new - it knows Pursuit. Good news - HAZE!"

Suddenly, the cave was filled with a near-fog effect. Murraven couldn't be seen - and, since Murraven didn't have Keen Eyes, it couldn't see them. But Romulus wouldn't end there - oh no, this was personal, now.

Romulus was nearly thrown off his feet as he grabbed his remaining pokeballs. "Bell! Cat! Out! NOW!" Not wanting to risk throwing the pokeballs, he realised the pokemon out of their pokeballs right in his hands. In a flash, his two final pokemon appeared. Now where was Lupup? he thought.

She was, as it happened, trying her hardest to keep the Murkrow distracted. She had fought her way through to the Amulet again, and was leading the Murkrow as far away as possible. something had gone wrong, she knew, but what could she . . . Suddenly, Lupup threww the Amulet, swinging into Florabloom's outstreched paws. with the Murkrow no giving chase to the Grass pokemon, she raced back to the cave.

Realizing she couldn't help now, he yelled a few orders to his pokemon before hiding himself and allowing the Haze to dissapear.

When Murraven finally looked into the room, there was nothing left of its intruders. It knew they hadn't escaped, so where were they? And then, off to the side, it saw the boy pulling around a corner . . .

((OOC: Edit: Now you've got me doing it!))

((OOC: Didn't really think I'd make it this far, to be honest! Thanks, ShinE ))

Only to find it gone. In the gloom of the cave, it didn't see the Romulus fading out. Suddenly, it was blasted from an all-on physical attack from behind - Ditto. Night Shade, it realized, too late. The boy had been an illusion. But before it could do anything, it had been shoved into a web of vines and strings, totally incasing it - and already the tiny caterpillar was strengthening the webs. It couldn't move at all, and - though it didn't really matter - it was in an akward, uncomfortable position. Rage boiled inside of it - how could it have been bested? How?

Then the true boy appeared. The Murraven attempted to move, to reach out . . . "But no." The boy's voice was filled with happiness, a sick happiness of a fruitful hunt."You can't move. You can't attack, either; I'm willing to guess you knew that. Pursuit . . . why, who's to Pursue? How could you do it? Haze . . . well, you showed me how to get rid of that, didn't you?" He smiled, enjoying the triumph. "Theif - you'd have to move, of course. And, to top it off, your Night Shade is nothing but an illusion without you free to move - and I know that, my pokemon know it. I don't know truely how the move works," he added, looking slightly troubled. "But in theory, the illusion alone can't hurt me or my pokemon if we know it's fake, a mirage, a scandal."

Now he smiled, an angry smile. "I steal things. And you stole from me. I'm not a fan of karma . . . but if I have anything to do with it, I'm going to steal more than your possesions." And then he held up a burning sphere that glowed malovently. The boy held it gingerly, as if it hurt. "How very stupid of you to leave such an item out hear. He had it touch the cacoon, and nothing happened. He sighed under his breathe, and muttered "unflammable," before sticking it on the Murraven. Instantly, seering pain went up its spine - it was a Flame Orb, and it was already weakening Murraven, already seeping its life away . . . It caught the boy's eye, now filled with hate. "I'm going to watch you suffer." And then . . . I'm going to give you this." In his hand, another sphere, one half gold with black stripes on it.

((OOC: He's such a nice guy, isn't he? sorry for such a long post, but at least I didn't attempt the capture in it as well. And I know you said it's not meant for catching - I really don't care if I do, thi=ough it would be a nice twist - but this seemed to fit Rom's character. It would be different if I had introduced the Murraven, just to do this, but since you introduced it I think it's fair to at least try.))

((OOC: It was an Ultra Ball, though I didn't really intend to catch it - it just seemed in-character, and a succesful catch would have made my RPG more interesting. Obviously, he'd found it in the cave with the Flame Orb, as both are shining spheres - sorry if it wasn't obvious, and it might've been inaccurate - I was going off of memory.))

"Well, this stinks," Romulus said, laughing. "I'm trapped. And . . ." he gestured pointlessly - the Murkrow were everywhere. "So, I'm assuming that either I'm dead meat, or I'm having a very, very bad hallucination." He tentitively went up to a Murkrow to poke it, jsut to see if it was real. If it was, he was sunk.

((OOC: At this rate, I don't have a clue if this is a Night Shade used against me, or by some unbelievable maracle billions of Murkrow appear at just the right moment. So, um, either you're a very good RPG'er, and it's all an illusion (which would mean Murraven was still tied up, simply appearing to have gotten out), or I'm in a very, very bad situation that had no reasonable explanation. Seriously, magic cannot summon so many so fast, especially since it's only level 20 and most of its Murkrow are chasing a supposed Theif. Maybe a few stayed behind, maybe almost half, but seriously? I'm in a terrible mood from school today, so before I lose it, I'm going to let you do the honers of continuing.))

((OOC: Fine. I wasn't hoping for an excuse at all, let alone one that almost makes up for the fact that you're breaking out a Murraven without, as of yet, a real explanation; so I suppose I'm waiting for this "next post" that hopefully will make me feel a little bit better about this.

And did you really think I'd run away?))

An instant of fear went through Romulus's spine as he felt the Murkrow's flesh. This was not going well, even though he now saw that there were only a large-ish handful of Murkrow in the cave. By his count, he had sixteen adversaries, and three allies. With his luck, he might win yet. "Ditto! Do whatever Murraven did!" Obeying the command, his pokemon's eyes glowed a deep red, and suddenly the Murkrow started screeching. "Excellent, now they're confused," he muttered, then, to Ditto: "Keep it up! For all they know, Murraven's the imposter!" He knew that wasn't true, of course - although Ditto could imitate Murraven's magic call, he was sided with the human - it would take little time for the Murkrow to figure it out, and in the meantime. . . .

"Bell! Cat! Tie 'em up!" Suddenly the cavern was filled with string and vines - a good half of the Murkrow, maybe more, escaped, but around five were now tied up just as their master had been. From the Murkrow's eyes, they didn't know who was the boss, and they now had to let out their tied-up comrades - a chore that wouldn't take long, but it would be enough. "Now! Get the leader!" Sure enough, vines and string were suddenly hurled at the Murraven, free from protection as its minions helped its minions. And though Murraven wouldn't know it, this was just another distraction as Romulus ran towards it.

((OOC: And yet you still don't have an excuse for the Murkrow coming in in the first place.))

"Oh, joy," Romulus muttered sarcastically after his ears finally stopped ringing. He cursed under his breath, knowing that he would have only one option. "Return, guys!" he cried; the pokemon returned before they could be too seriously hurt, but now the all Murkrow's attention was turned toward him. Romulus, at this point, had no idea what to do; even his Ultra Ball had vanished

So he ran. But he looked around for any other possbile weapons on the way out, and though nothing seemed favorable, an idea sprouted in his head. I might not be out yet, he thought, managing to get past the cave and into the woods.

-----------------------------------------------------

Ditto looked around the field, but there was nothing that could help it. This would be a fight with power alone - power it didn't have. Strategy - it might have that, but that was all, and in such a place the only true stategy was when to attack.

And Ditto was suddenly blasted by a giant, mirage induced Gyarados. It knew it was fake, but it still hurt, and Ditto flew away, thinking only of fleeing - and then remembered that it could win this. It had its secret weapon, of course, and probably was a better strategizer. so it flew bakc and blasted the Murraven with a powerful Pursuit . . .

Panting, Romulus stooped onto a tree, breathing quickly and deeply. Ahead of him was a cabin - interesting, to be sure, but not unheard of. Now was the time, he supposed. Jabbing his head into his backpack, he found it. Thank you, Cain. The VS Seeker sparkled as he activated it. Now he'd have to wait - and hope.