Setting
A large city founded in the Collenham Mountains by Trainers who established that Pokemon do exist in small areas on Terra. The city now serves as a base for transportation between Ruula and Terra.
The city has mostly stone pathways and bridges, being situated around a giant lake, and the roads circle it entirely, providing several good views. Around the city, one can find a Public Market, several small business, and several manors and farms, all aimed at retaining the older feel.
There is no Pokemon Center however, and the traditional Poke Mart is also absent, however, both services that would be provided can be found at alternative places in the city. The Proving Hall provides the biggest tourist draws these days however.
The city has mostly stone pathways and bridges, being situated around a giant lake, and the roads circle it entirely, providing several good views. Around the city, one can find a Public Market, several small business, and several manors and farms, all aimed at retaining the older feel.
There is no Pokemon Center however, and the traditional Poke Mart is also absent, however, both services that would be provided can be found at alternative places in the city. The Proving Hall provides the biggest tourist draws these days however.
Ridgecrest City
A large city that has fallen into ruins with the shadow of Draco's Legion ruling the area with an iron fist. To prevent an invasion, the portal to Ruula has been destroyed...leaving the defenders with no escape.
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Ridgecrest City is a part of 
Collenham Mountains.
6 Places in Ridgecrest City:
32 Characters Here
Bic(Charmeleon) [247]
Ozzy Hendrix [207] Bad Blood
Grace Williams [192]
Verse and the Sand Five [180] Sandslash Verse, and his four Sandshrew buddies.
Adam Delacroix [114] Edgy white middle class teenager with a gun
Cu Mara [110] Hound of the sea
Luna Whistle [73] A Lapras
Blake Darkner [64] Criminal Mastermind
Jennifer Harsdorff [60] A young woman who loves adventure, parties, and making friends. While she's no stranger to combat, she prefers to wage war through her trusted Pokemon partners.
Legion of Shadows [48] The Chosen of the Lord of Shadow. The unyielding edge of the darkness.
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Adam seemed to notice the temperature change, but just shrugged it off. Grace on the other hand didn't take too kindly to that, suddenly jerking forward and trying to snatch the whistle. If she got her hands on it, she would even jerk at the chord around his neck. "It's mine!" she snapped angrily, as at the same time the Ralts poked its head around the corner, peering into the room.
Luckily for Grace, Bic had the presence of mind not to react violently, but only because she was Verse's human, insane or not. This would be so much easier if he could just leave her as a smoking corpse, but he relents. Darting away from her, standing now he tries to ward her off without violence a new experience, he grins at the novelty. He growls threateningly, showing off his teeth and claws, he tucks the whistle into his pack. "No it's Mine, it was given to me!" Though only angry pokespeak is heard by the humans. He was angry, but he didn't let the rage take him.
Grace rose up to stand, hatred in her eyes as she pointed a hand out threateningly. "Staryu, water gun," she snapped. The oddly shaped creature rolled into the room, then its gem turned blue. A moment later, a gush of water sprayed from the tip. It was hardly enough to do serious damage, but it would be like getting sprayed with a hose on high pressure at close range. And the Ralts hovered ever closer to Grace's side, eyes blue matching the gem of the Staryu.
Bic dives behind the couch with an enraged roar that echoes in the enclosed space almost painfully. Smoke spills out of his mouth in a tarry cloud, with no where for it to escape the choking cloud fills the room and those adjacent quickly. Bic has no problem, breathing the smoke as easy as air, he skirts the room moving behind the one who attacked him, rage clouds his mind, instincts take over, and he hunts they are no longer potential friends, but prey. When he is at their six o'clock he roars, loosing a wide spray of flames hot as an inferno.
At the roar Adam was on his feet and turning about to see what was going on, only to see nothing but smoke. "What the fuck are you doing?" he shouts and quickly darts for his room. Grace on the other hand was in the middle of it, but as the flames lurched out they met an invisible wall, curving and curling about it, the Ralts standing firmly next to the Grace who held her arms up to shield her face. The smoke also was cleared from the protective bubble.
A glimmer of blue was in Grace's eyes as she pointed for Bic again, but said nothing. The shield suddenly fell and the Staryu came launching out, spinning the entire time like a hurled weapon for Bic.
A glimmer of blue was in Grace's eyes as she pointed for Bic again, but said nothing. The shield suddenly fell and the Staryu came launching out, spinning the entire time like a hurled weapon for Bic.
Bic drops low as the spinning staryu comes flying at him his claws turned to metal as he goes low, and he raises one to rake deeply into the water type as it flies over head, not waiting to see the results he runs sideways spewing more and ever hotter flames at Grace.
The shield started to waver as Grace and the Ralts began a slow retreat back, but a sudden gunshot ripped through the air, deafening the room for a moment. Adam stood with desert eagle in hand, looking absolutely enraged. "Everybody stop!" he yelled. If the flames subsided, the shield did too and any blue in Grace's eyes faded.
"He attacked me!" she said, retreating towards Adam, who held out a hand to palm her off.
Adam made a line for the door, shoving it violently open. "You," he said, pointing the gun at Bic, "Out."
"He attacked me!" she said, retreating towards Adam, who held out a hand to palm her off.
Adam made a line for the door, shoving it violently open. "You," he said, pointing the gun at Bic, "Out."
Bic advances forward a step at a time, a gleam in his eye. The prey was on the retreat, his flames press down on their barrier growing hotter as his rage grows, soon they'd no longer be a threat, then all of a sudden a loud bang rings out, startling Bic, his flames die down as he turns to assess the new threat. He snarls as she lies, the temperature rising even further as she debases their battle, she had initiated hostilities, she had attacked him, he was defending himself. "Humans!" He snarls, hatred clawing at his gut as he takes single step towards Grace, but hears Adam ordering him out, his eyes never leave Grace though, not once. Heat distorts the air before his jaws, leaving no question to what he is barely holding himself back from doing. As he nears the door he stops right at the threshold, a cruel, bitter smile playing across his lips. I can't believe I wanted to help you, he thinks, can't believe my good friend is enslaved by you, and he turns looking at her again, and slowly takes the whistle from his pack, and puts it around his neck, then he walks out. His metal claws lashing out at the railing in anger, cleaving through it like it isn't there, the other digging into the wall as he roars and disappears into the night.
Verse happened to be returning at the same time, hunk of steak pilfered from a nearby restaurant in hand. He figured Bic liked his meals cooked, and while it was cooling off it had some barbeque sauce on it. He'd like sauce, right? Whatever. Then he heard the shot and his head swung up, spotting Bic leaving the apartment a moment later. "Uh... Hey! What the hell just happened?" When there was enough space, the door was slammed shut behind him. He had enough sense to give Bic some space. Not that he expected to be attacked, but Bic kind of was a living fire attached to an angry lizard. Best to not take chances.
Bic was furious. A visible shimmer of heat wafted from his scales as he stormed down the stairs, and his every breath came out as an angry growl from deep in his chest. He smelled the meat before he saw Verse, his head whipping up as he's speaking, he can't even vocalize a response at first. His first attempt comes out as a wordless snarl, and he leaves smoking gouges in the road with his claws. He takes a moment to stop and just breath, taking in the smells of the night, and the meat. Letting his body temperature settle somewhere closer to normal, he finally speaks.
"She attacked me," He states quickly, the words just spilling forth. "She tried to steal my whistle, then attacked me when i wouldn't let her. I tried Verse. I tried not to retaliate, but she set her slaves against me," He cuts short of the next part, looking away from Verse for a second before looking back at his resolute, "I would have killed her had Adam not stopped me," He grins viciously a dangerous glint in his eye, "I had them on the rope, the little psychic was getting weaker, the star was nothing. But I didn't She started everything, then she lied! Told him I attacked her," He roars, slamming his claws through the lamp post nearby, it leans but doesn't fall three long tears through it's base.
"Why can't they understand!? Why are we not equals!? What makes them think they are better than us!?" Rage and sadness built up over the course of their journey spill out of him, and finally he stops, goes silent and just looks at Verse waiting for his response.
"She attacked me," He states quickly, the words just spilling forth. "She tried to steal my whistle, then attacked me when i wouldn't let her. I tried Verse. I tried not to retaliate, but she set her slaves against me," He cuts short of the next part, looking away from Verse for a second before looking back at his resolute, "I would have killed her had Adam not stopped me," He grins viciously a dangerous glint in his eye, "I had them on the rope, the little psychic was getting weaker, the star was nothing. But I didn't She started everything, then she lied! Told him I attacked her," He roars, slamming his claws through the lamp post nearby, it leans but doesn't fall three long tears through it's base.
"Why can't they understand!? Why are we not equals!? What makes them think they are better than us!?" Rage and sadness built up over the course of their journey spill out of him, and finally he stops, goes silent and just looks at Verse waiting for his response.
Verse stared with his beady little eyes the entire time, saying nothing as he just listened. Then when Bic was done he let out a low sigh. "I thought this was gonna happen," he muttered, then finally he walked towards Bic and placed a friendly claw on his shoulder. "Let's go. Let's just get outta here for a little while. See space or whatever. We can come back later. I didn't want to say anything, but I think I found a space ship buried in the sand down by the beach. We can just take a break, y'know? Do what we do. Strike out on our own and figure it out as we go."
Bic stares at Verse dumbfounded for a second. Just like that they were back on track. He laughs, he laughs long and hard. Letting out everything in that ragged shaky laughter almost like sobbing but no tears fall. When he's done he looks at Verse and grins, almost back to normal. Maybe a bit more jaded, but fine.
"Let's do it, let's go to space!" They were on there way, as he goes to walk off his stomach growls and he looks over at Verse and the meat he has. "You gonna eat that," He asks, motioning with his muzzle at the steak.
"Let's do it, let's go to space!" They were on there way, as he goes to walk off his stomach growls and he looks over at Verse and the meat he has. "You gonna eat that," He asks, motioning with his muzzle at the steak.
"Did you hear that?" Blake said, rising up from his seat when he heard the gunshot. His hand was on his piece in a moment, stuffing it into his belt. "I'm not gonna take the chance that that's a coincidence," he said as he climbed to his feet and grabbed his pokeballs. "You comin'?" he asked Ozzy.
Ozzy jerked awake as the gunshot rang out. He was up out of the chair a moment later, throwing on his work gear, double checking his pokeballs and the like. "No such thing as a coincidence," He states as he laces his boots, giving a curt of course as he follows Blake to the door.
Out the door, Blake looked up and down the street. "Over there, is that the Charmeleon?" he asked, pointing to a lick of flame retreating around the corner.
"Yeah, something must have happened, look at the damage," He gestures to the clawed streetlamp quickly losing its fight with gravity, the claw marks on the road and on the other apartment. "Follow, or stay?"
"Let's... Follow," Blake said, heading down the stairs, then heading around the corner. "Hey there, more flames," he insisted, pointing down the street, "They're heading out of town to the suburbs."
"Are you sure?" Blake said, keeping close to Ozzy, narrowing his eyes. "That flame looks a little tall to be a Charmeleon..." As they rounded the next corner they were faced with an unusual sight. A brilliant burning horse stood down the road facing towards the pair with atop it a green and white pokemon with arms held each side ready to strike. A Gallade strode upon a Rapidash. And they didn't look friendly.
Ozzy comes to a stop, assessing the situation. Why was it every time they got involved with these mons stuff like this happens? He looks at Blake, stepping forward slightly he goes to slowly move around them. This is going to end badly I just know it, he thinks.
Blake looked at Ozzy, baffled, then looked back to the Rapidash. Then he reached for his ball. "Go Jake," he said as the Rapidash broke into a charge for the pair, Gallade grasping hold like a knight riding into battle. The blue aqueous creature appeared, then immediately retreated backwards into Blake's legs in alarm. "Hey, cut it out, we've gotta handle this okay?"
Seeing his brother release his Vaporeon, Ozzy slaps himself in the forehead. Wondering why he hadn't thought of that. His hand strays to his belt quickly slapping a pokeball to the ground. "Elly, front and center." Ice forms on the pavement where her feet touch, and she is immediately alert of the enemies before them. She calmly waits for a command. "Ice beam, aim for the rider." His voice is calm as he orders, neither yelling or speaking too softly, less than an instant after the order is given she acts on it, firing a trio of beams at the Gallade.
"Jake, take out the ste-" he started, only for the Gallade to suddenly rise up and leap off of the Rapidash, launching high in the air and over the ice beam, then hurtling down, blade-arm first, to crash into the Vaporeon. Well, almost. At the last second the creature had enough sense to leap sidewards, the strike barely missing. At the same time the Rapidash lurched forward, breaking into a full Flame Charge for Elly with horn down and fire wrapping its body.
Blake was stumbling backwards from the arrival of the Gallade in front of him, reaching at his belt and fumbling around.
Blake was stumbling backwards from the arrival of the Gallade in front of him, reaching at his belt and fumbling around.