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Nimbasa City

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a part of The Multiverse, by Remæus.

Nimbasa City is the hub of all entertainment in Unova! People from around the world come to enjoy themselves with the amusement park, theater, sports arenas, or even the local gym featuring live music and beautiful women here.

ChaoticMarin holds sovereignty over Nimbasa City, giving them the ability to make limited changes.

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Where Castelia is the economic and business hub of Unova, Nimbasa is the hub of all entertainment! People from around the world come to enjoy themselves here. Some of the notable attractions in the city include

  • An actual amusement park complete with roller coasters and a ferris wheel among many other attractions.
  • Two sports arenas for such classics as baseball, football, tennis, hockey, basketball, and other such things.
  • A theater where one can both watch live musicals played by Pokemon or movies filmed straight from Pokestar Studios for a modest price.
  • The local gym, where one can expect to find live music and beautiful women presenting themselves on a catwalk, courtesy of the gym's leader: Elesa. Also the occasional heated pokemon battle~

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Nimbasa City

Nimbasa City is the hub of all entertainment in Unova! People from around the world come to enjoy themselves with the amusement park, theater, sports arenas, or even the local gym featuring live music and beautiful women here.

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Nimbasa City is a part of Unova.

31 Characters Here

Glow [149] A shy Umbreon who escaped the grasps of her greedy trainer as an Eevee and now lives in the wild looking for other pokemon.
Zap The Raichu [128] Zap is a Raichu who is a silly prankster and enjoys being around his friends. He will fight to the death for them if he has to. He knows: Wish, Thunder, Surf (did not know Raichu could learn it until now XD ) And Mega Kick
Mud [119] A donphan who lived with Glow's old trainer. After all the pokemon left, he went out to find the team and hopefully bring them back Knows: Earthquake, Superpower, Rockslide, and Hyperbeam. Gender: Male
Aurora the Lucario [103] Aurora is a lucario, who also knows Glow. He is somewhat mysterious. He seems to be close with the pokemon he once knew. There might be something with their aurora. Knows: Aurora sphere, Bone rush, Heal-pulse, Burn kick
Ilene Evans [89] Ilene is a scientific prodigy that maintains the the Global Trade Station's hardware and the Pokemon PC system.
Alexis Raban [87] Just your everyday pokemon trainer.
Elsie Darren [86] The Little Girl who loved Ghost Stories All Grown Up
Teo Ashbrook [81] ...
Fluff The Altaria [74] Fluff is a pokemon who always seems to have her head in the clouds (Pun intended :3) to some pokemon, she may seem very elegant and attractive. She cares very much for her closet friends. Knows: Sky-Attack, Dragon Dance, Toxic, Attract
Lumi the Pachirisu [52] *wink wink* "I like to live a life of adventurer...also WHERE'S MY RAPIDASH?!"

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Character Portrait: Skyva June Character Portrait: "Lord-Regent" Radegast the Trainer Character Portrait: Maxin Shepherd Character Portrait: Skyva P. June
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Maxin gave a quizzical look to Skyva. Good strong name? he thought. It was an odd descriptor, but it held it's own charm to it, he decided as he stepped outside, Snips, Dalia, and Liam right behind him. They watched as Radegast tried to flip the bike underneath him and ended up eating shit for it. Maxin reacted as any other friend would and laughed hard as he ran over to Radegast's side to help him up.

"Man, that was pretty bad," Maxin told him earnestly and with humor in his tone to indicate he meant no hard feelings, "But that's why I don't get BMX bikes." He began to unfold his own to ride for the long journey to Driftveil.

Meanwhile, Snips was taking note of Radgeast's seemingly distant interaction...like his mind was clouded with thoughts and burdens for the future. Something that Maxin might have noticed as well had it not been for the bikes and that was a good thing. Snips had a different way to do things than to call him out on it. He knew in the end, Radgeast would make whatever decision he deemed necessary to make. After all, it wasn't the Servine's job to tell him where to go. It definitely wasn't Maxin's either.

"Snips, are you okay?" Liam approached him from behind.

"Yeah, just thinking is all..." he replied, "I think we're about to head out, by the way."

Liam nodded before running up to Maxin and tapping his foot, then tapping the PokeBall on his waist, indicating he wanted in.

"Oh...sure then," Maxin pulled out the PokeBall and opened it, engulfing Liam with red light before he disappeared inside. Dalia also waddled up and went inside her own. Maxin then held up Snips's PokeBall.

"Your choice, buddy," he called out to the Servine.

Snips didn't need to hesitate and think. He wanted to rest for this leg of the journey, especially after taking the brunt of the Gym Fight against Elesa. Plus he wasn't worried anymore about Maxin being a bad trainer. The boy had more than proven himself otherwise. He trusted him.

"Alright, let me in," Snips held his arms out, ready to be taken. The red light engulfed his body and he was in the PokeBall. Maxin placed his starter on his belt before climbing onto his bike and shifting the gears to an appropriate speed for a flat city landscape.

"To Driftveil then?" he said to Radegast and Skyva, pointing his bike towards the northwest end of town where the beginning of Route 5 lay in wait for them.

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Skyva walked out with them, heading towards her own bike. Her back was against Radegast and Maxin when she heard something of a crash. Holding a hand over her mouth, she held back a laugh. "The poor kid, has he ever rode a bike before?" She thought. Shaking her head in amusement she reached into her bag and retrieved her poke ball. "Ready?" She asked her little babies. All three nodded in unison. They returned quietly and she placed them back into her back gently before placing the bag on her back and hopping onto her bike.

She slowly rolled next to the two boys, "Driftveil? Sounds like a plan to me, boys." She giggled smiling at the two. Skyva had never been to this city before, heck she never been on this side of Ruula to begin with. Her smile was bright, but her thoughts were not. Half of her loved the adventure and the other was drowning in worry. What if someone tried to take her babies? "Over my dead body." She mentally said to the dark thoughts.

"Ready?" She said cheerfully.

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With Elder soaring at his side, Radegast pushed off and began riding West. The convoy (to describe it with a word) rode beyond the gates, and through the sea of trees that rested between them and the bridge to Driftveil.

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Character Portrait: Pitch the Eevee Character Portrait: Glow Character Portrait: Mud Character Portrait: Zap The Raichu Character Portrait: Aurora the Lucario Character Portrait: Fluff The Altaria
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Glow looked nervously back. "Are you sure they will be okay?"

Fluff flew over the city, following the group.

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Pitch gave one final lingering look to the alley before responding, "I sure hope so."




Back at Pitch's Lookout, everyone began to relax for the first time that day. Fluff likely had no problem carrying Glow and Aurora to the rooftop entrance although there was likely a struggle carrying Mud. Zap likely followed Pitch through the same entrance they had taken before. All in all, everyone was inside and safe for now at least.

Pitch's mind was moving a mile a minute, searching through his stockpile of supplies and seeing if any of the Pokemon they had encountered before had taken anything...or worse, Castol and his goonies. Luckily, apart from a Pecha Berry and a couple Oran Berries, nothing of significance was gone. But that was just the surface stuff. Pitch knew he could replace those items in a matter of a day. What he was worried about was the item he couldn't replace.

"C'mon, where is it? Where is it?" Pitch's muttering quickened as he sifted through the chest, pulling out items he had gathered during his adventures he'd had in Nimbasa. A Spiky Helmet went whizzing past Mud, a Black Belt past Aurora. As he searched, he began to get more and more panicked.

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Glow cast a concerned look at Pitch as she was hit in the face with a black belt. She had been sitting behind Aurora, watching as Pitch dug through a pile of items. "What are you looking for?" She asked.

Zap started hiding some food, making sure the stockpile was secure.

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"Yes! I found it!" Pitch cried ecstatically as he pulled the item out of the chest and set in down in front of everyone. It was a silver key.

"This is my key," he explained to everyone, "It leads to something...I've had with me for a while. It's incredibly valuable and extremely rare, so I keep it hidden and secure. Now I trust you guys, but I need your word that any information about this never leaves this room. Under any circumstance. This is too important." Pitch was worried mainly about Fluff, given that he didn't know much about her. It seemed that Glow was fine with her presence, so he didn't push the matter. But he was going to make sure everyone was on board with not telling anyone about it before he showed them. It was his most guarded secret, after all.

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Glow smiled cheerfully. "I won't tell, I promise." Her tail swished, stirring up a cloud of dust by accident and making Zap sneeze.

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  1. I also posted for Ivy in Unova Wilderness. :)

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Pitch gave a soft chuckle as Zap sneezed, "Alright then. Follow me."

He bounded over towards a seemingly uninteresting empty bookshelf in the corner of the room and began to scale it, "You have to understand. It carries a lot of sentimental value to me, but others only see it as a source of power. I can't let this fall in the wrong hands." Now on top of the bookshelf, he made his way towards a certain items that was covered by a thin sheet. It looked as inconspicuous as anything else was on that shelf, the frayed fabric matching the run-down aesthetic of the room and of the building in general. Pitch was actually relieved to see it undisturbed. He hid it well.

He nudged the sheet aside, revealing a small safe in surprisingly pristine condition. It was the luckiest thing Pitch had ever come across, discovering it in the abandoned building they currently occupied, somehow not nearly as dusty as anything else...almost like the technology behind it kept it in perfect condition to be used. Pushing the safe off the top of the bookshelf, Pitch watched it hit the soft bundle of pillows and blankets below and followed suit. He landed in the bundle, disappearing inside. There was a bit of movement coming from the bundle and Pitch popped out, a little bit of blanket resting upon his head. He shook it off.

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Glow watched curiously. Zap shook the dust from his nose, then turned his curiously gaze to the bundle of blankets.

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  1. I know I've been slacking a bit on these and I am sorry. I'll try to post daily from here on. Thanks for sticking around! :)

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  2. It's fine, school is starting and yes is taking ages so my posts may be out of whack too.

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Pitch dragged the safe out into the open for everyone to see. Pitch glanced at Glow, wondering how she was reacting, and was satisfied to find she was intrigued. Zap was as well. A warm smile crossed his face as he turned to face the safe directly. He remembered the combination. All he had to do was put it in and let it open.

But he hesitated, his paw hovering over the spin dial. Worries began to cross him mind in rapid succession. What if I'm doing the wrong thing? Pitch thought, What if these people can't be trusted? What if someone was watching, waiting to snatch this thing up? What if Castol came by, or Dim, or the other two faction leaders in Nimbasa? His gaze shifted to the Altaria uncertainly. She was the newest addition and thus the least trusted member of the team. But still a member of the team regardless.

Was it worth showing anyone?

Pitch's paw continued to hover over the dial, unsure what to do. His mind was racing. His breathing quickened. His heart rate exploded into a frenzy. The small wave of panic was building inside him. He'd gone so long trusting these people, even risking his life for their safety and vice versa. Was it all just an act? Were they about to plot against him?

And then a sturdy voice took control in his head, banishing the fears and concerns that were in his mind with a single two letter word: No.

This was different. Glow and Pitch helped each other through thick and thin. Even if they were only together for three days, the Umbreon had proven herself a part of his life he couldn't live without. He'd grown attached. And Pitch could sense the mutuality in her as well. Zap was the same way. They endured Dim's wrath together, bonding over the frightening experience. All the while, the two helped each other through tight spots, becoming friends literally overnight. It had been so long since Pitch had a friend.

Not to mention Mud and Aurora, who seemed grateful to be united with their family. And even Fluff, who had yet to prove herself but had yet to show herself as an evil being of any sort. They trusted one another. They were there for each other at some point or another. Pitch could feel it in the air, the warm bond between all of them. It was an air of trust. And Pitch wasn't going to break it anytime soon.

His paw came down, resting softly on the dial. He spun it left a bit, stopping on the number 35 before he began spinning it the other way. After coming to a stop on 6, he only had to move it left slightly. A soft audible click could be heard as it rested on the number 14. Pitch nudged the latch, watching the safe's door open softly, revealing a silver-like glow from inside. Pitch backed away a tiny bit so that the others could get a better view.

The Orb that rested within was one of a kind. The others would likely notice that much. It almost looked transparent, like a diamond with uncut edges, except it was circular shaped and the color looked almost like clouded glass. It seemed to shine and glitter within it's confines, a gorgeous sight to see.

"I don't know what it is. I just know it was the last thing my mom was carrying before she disappeared," Pitch explained, "And other Pokemon want it."

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Glow looked at the orb as Pitch told about it. Huh. Looks neat. She cast a quick glance down to the amulet loosely hanging from her neck.

Zap looked at the shiny orb, tempted to touch it. "So, no clue what the heck it does?"


Fluff noticed the concerned look on Pitch's face. About me, I suppose. Her wings twitched. This place felt small and cramped to her.

Aurora looked at the orb, admiring the beautiful glow. It shone like a star.

Mud watched Pitch open the safe curiously. When he saw the glittering orb, he just watched the others, not sure what to say.

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"Nope," Pitch told Zap as he closed the safe, spinning the dial, "Not a clue. I don't even know what it is or why people want it. I would assume it would be for it's energy, right?"

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Zap nodded. "Seems like a good explanation." He shrugged, and Glow said "How would you use it to power though? It has no way to get anything in or out from what I see..."

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"I guess that's what my mother was trying to find out," Pitch moved the box to it's secret location (somehow) and turned back to the group, "I'll just have to wait for her to show up," he smiled optimistically.

There was a dark, tingly feeling in the back of his mind...something about that phrase didn't sit well with him. But he pushed it away, keeping his focus on his friends, "Alright, so what do we do now? As far as I know, we're safe for now. Castol and Dim probably hid during the invasion, so they'll be coming out about now I think. I've got my things back. Should we camp out here for a bit? It's probably safer than being out on the streets right now."

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Glow nodded. "Yeah. Sounds good." Similar approving murmurs came from all, except Fluff. She stood silently shifting her wings. She wanted to get out if here. To be free.

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Pitch saw the agreement on everyone's faces...except one. He kept a lingering stare on the Altaria before turning back to everyone else, "Alright then. I've got food and water over by that wall as well as the supplies we just gathered not too long ago. There are more than enough materials around us to make beds for everyone. So I think we'll be comfortable here for a few days at least."

As everyone else went about their business, Pitch walked to Fluff and sat down next to her, "You don't like it here, do you?" he asked, his voice tender.

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Fluff quickly turned around to the eevee with a quick response. "No, it's just it's too... small." A nervous thought crossed her mind.

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Pitch nodded, "Yeah, you are a bit too big...but there is that skylight right there." He pointed towards the gaping hole in the roof above the center of the room, "Don't ask how that got there, but it could be useful. You don't have to stay in here with us."

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Fluff nodded. "Oh,uh, okay." She sat on the roof. What do I do? She thought.

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  1. sorry, forgot to check fluff :I

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Pitch watched the Altaria fly out onto the roof, the blue sky beginning to darken around them. Pitch used a couple of boxes to spring himself through the "skylight" to watch the setting sun. As he sat there, tail flickering on occasion, he thought about the events of today.

It had been a long one...especially after the events of last night. Running into the random pack of Pokemon was a weird experience, but it was massively dwarfed by the incredible duel in the sky between the Pokemon and the space craft. It was scary, but it was also kind of cool to see. Especially since no one seemed to be hurt. But the whole ordeal left him with more questions than answers. Who were those guys that had occupied his home when he got there? They didn't seem to be associated with neither Dim's Family nor Castol's Crusaders. They were their own group...almost like they were a part of something much bigger. But what? Pitch felt like he missed his chance to find out by choosing not to go with them. But he still felt he made the right choice.

He turned to Fluff, the Altaria seemingly staring out in thought towards the city lights. An idea came to mind.

"Hey...uh, I don't think we properly introduced ourselves yet. I'm Pitch," he held out a paw to potentially be covered in the cloud material the Altaria's wings were made out of.

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Fluff turned to Pitch, seeing the tiny brown paw being held out warmly. She smiled, seeing how he just wanted to help. She placed her large white wing in his paw. "I'm- Fluff, nice to, erm... meet you." She held back a small laugh, seeing the fluff on her wing covering his face in a goofy manner. "Um, sorry." She pulled back her wing, removing it from his face.

"So, how did you end up with them?" She asked, trying to break the awkward silence a bit.

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Pitch felt a small tingling on he fur on his face, knowing full well they were part of the clouds the Altaria gave off. He imagined he must look silly. Despite Fluff's repression of her laugh, Pitch's was wholehearted. It almost seemed to bring color to the conversation and even did good in masking the awkward silence that might've been there had he not laughed.

"I ran into Glow first," Pitch replied, "She helped me when no one else would. I have a lot to thank her for, to be honest. Everyone else just joined us over the span of three days. What's been really weird is that everyone down below seems to know each other...like they were all a part of the same team at some point in their lives...and you are no different." The Eevee turned to Fluff knowingly, staring her in the eyes directly.

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Fluff looked at Pitch. "Why would you think that...?"

Something in the back of her head clicked. A memory from long ago. Had she actually known those pokemon from another time? She shrugged off the thought, something so silly like that could not possibly be true.