An encounter to remember

Yooka's equipment and current look:

energy¦ 24:

Starting type¦ Normal:

Pecha forest. when was the last time she was here? Meh, probably just a dream. she vaguely remembers a piplup and cubone but... no. That never happened. infact now that she looks at it, nothing about this place looks familiar. why was she even here again? oh right, Berries. She's been getting poisoned often and her recover cant cure that. She's had one too many close encounters with poison and now she has a need to stock up on them.

It was funny though, she could swear she's been here and did something. However, she doesn't seem to remember. Doesn't matter she's here now and she has a task set. In and out, simple. The first bit of business is to get somewhere into the forest and find the darn things. She looked around where she currently is. Nothing to note except the usual generic forest. Also, it was quiet. A little too quiet. Not like it had anything to do with her existence though. hopefully. Ignoring that.

Speaking of her... Yooka... is a kecleon. A purple Kecleon at that. Well, specifically a stressed out kecleon who's original coloring had altered to purple because of a mission she was in. She's grown used to it, so it doesn't matter now. On either one of her hands there's a ribbon. one for the sun the other for the moon. Each wrapped like boxer wraps. She learned some form to technique by watching a fighter named Goro. Except he never did teach her anything, she just watched him. He may not have noticed but she learned a few things from that encounter. It was fun if not terrifying. She also had a scarf but it's just that... a scarf. It increases her defense by a small amount but that... usually never shows up in such a short time or she never really seen it's use just yet. And then there's her guild bag and badge. The bag looks just like her species, same with her coloring... except it's practically a plushy. The badge is located pinned inbetween the frills on the top of the bag's head.

Right now she wasn't doing much except walking down a makeshift path of dirt. It's the one used by most explorers to move around within this forest. Speaking of explorers... Yooka is a member of the Grassviel Guild. She knows a few things that have to do with being a member what with there being a code she made up about the job. That should be listened to. maybe. eh... she doesn't really care what others think about it aslong as it's fine and works. Which it has and hasn't. Everyone seems to be liking her whenever she goes by it but she feels like she's manipulating them. There's a feeling she gets when she goes by her code... she needs to learn what it is and why it feels so evil.

Energy: 14, (Level 5 + BE 14) - Entry cost (5)

It is not rare for Pokemon to enter the Pecha Forest and search for its well known berries. In fact, many do, poison is said to be a very painful condition, and the Pecha berries are an immediate cure. Not that Mayline ever had to be concerned about that, though, she is biologically protected from poisonous attacks. So on contrary to the majority, she simply resides by the woods to train and enjoy the delicious fruits.

Such is the case for today as well. She had arrived here early in the morning, almost right after the sun started hesitantly coming out, and began training in a secluded area. It feels refreshing, to work on her skills and feel the effort in her muscles, the satisfying pain, against the cool breeze of the day. And it helps her release some of the steam she holds back as well, anger and frustration all deliverer with strong punches, bites, headbutts at trees, anything that serves as a fighting technique. Back to the present, Mayline now finishes the last supply of the water rain she gathered the previous night with an appreciative sigh, and prepares to head deeper to collect berries. What ensues after exercising, if not hunger?

And then, she stops at her traces, having managed only several steps. From behind a thick bush, Mayline spots a Pokemon, just in time not to come across it. It seems to be a Kecleon, its colour is purple. There are two ribbons on either of its arms, as well as a scarf around its neck, and Mayline dares the assumption this is an explorer; she has heard of the Guild, a group of Pokemon that work together to explore new sites and arrest outlaws. Some of her people who once visited the Town to sell or purchase supplies used to narrate to the young Mawile stories of the explorers, and truth be told, she's been interested in this concept since the very first story she heard. Regardless, she frowns, she had no intention to present herself and greet it, and yet she also needed to know if it was after the berries as well. But most importantly, had the Kecleon even noticed her. "What do I do about that now..?", she ponders from behind her little hiding spot. Perhaps she could ignore the Kecleon and assume they would not meet; yet what would she do if in fact the Kecleon collected the berries she needed? No, that cannot do, she will resort to a fight if need be (even if that means an absolute defeat). She is stubborn as that.

Despite not being quite stealthy, the Deceiver Pokemon concludes in following the stranger and noting their course of action, so she may react accordingly. Careful little footsies carry her after the Kecleon once a satisfying distance has been set between them, Mayline's eyes locked on it. Almighty Arceus, it would be horrible if she was to be spotted now.

ooc, my cringey first impression starts to show... >now<:

Something felt strange after awhile. Like a presence was nearby, but she didn't hear anything nearby as she continued down the path. She started to feel a familiar pressure... It was familiar to the time she successfully manipulated a Sandshrew to do her bidding. She hated this evil feeling but she never was able to pinpoint this feeling exactly or what it even was. She couldn't even show the emotion if there was one or if she even could really. Usually even if she wanted to look afraid or curious it would usually just end up looking like she had a neutral face with a weird not matching tone of voice. It was only when she was having extreme emotional breakdowns did she even mildly show an emotion.

What if this feeling is a foreshadowing? The thought lingured in her head. What if this presence I'm feeling is that group? Yooka kept quiet instead of speaking out. If it was that group from before she joined the guild years ago, she may be in serious trouble. There's no way in hell she's still ready to face them. She still doesn't have enough skill to take on the zoroark, Mega-sableye, and that Marowak... not again. She won't ever get so lucky again. Her mind sharpened from adrenaline and when she met a bend in the path, she turned but hid behind a bush and went camo. She'll have to pray that it isn't them. If it is... then she'll only focus on leaving this place.

It's not like she can't take at least one of them on. right? She can most certainly could handle a Sableye... but only the sableye. she hasn't really seen the strength the gem shield had as it used protect. If only she could remember that move from the TM... Then she could handle the zoroark and use the gained power from it's effects to take on the Marowak. Whatever that marowak is for that matter. It ignored her attacks before like it was some kind of ghost! It was bad enough the sableye used taunt stopping her from using a blast seed via recycle. What was even worse that Weird Marowak knew a fire type move that increased it's speed alongside knowing a ground type move to combo with and then it also had a ghost type move that looked exactly like the ground type move. It also had the ability to increase it's strength purely by waving its flaming bone around. That marowak... was the most interesting one out of the three... It knocked her out in a single hit but what happened afterword? Her head started to hurt from straining her thoughts but she made no noise about it. She paid attention to only her surroundings.

ooc:

So far so good, the Deceiver thinks, as a few minutes have already passed and she has managed to remain unnoticed. Up to this point, the Kecleon has not actually done anything besides walking on, not ever voicing its thoughts or seeming to suspect her presence. Now it is about to turn into a bend of the path, which probably leads deeper into the woods. If this behaviour persists, she will simply call out to it and question its purp- "Hey!"

What had just happened!? The Kecleon was right infront of her the whole time, and now it is nowhere to be seen! She rushes to the spot it was last seen, glancing about, to no avail unfortunately. The last taction she recalls is it turning in the same way she also did, however why can't she see it? She frowns again and rubs her cheek in thought, puzzled, using a good moment to consider the possible scenarios. The deceiving mouth on the back part of her scalp, with horns that resemble jaws, also tightens, as if frowning her second lips. ... it's a Kecleon. For all I know, it could still be around here --during her journey she has learned about the species' ability to camouflage themselves-- hiding. But why would it do that, did it notice me and wanted to protect itself, or worse, catch me off-guard? Or did I make a mistake and it took a different path? Ugh, This won't do, I need answers.

Mayline inspects the surrounding environment, but not to search for the Kecleon, she knows she cannot do that, rather to seek a tool to be aid, something, anything. Since it is, after all, the Pecha Forest, she only spots a pecha berry lying on the thin grass of the soil just a few steps away, under a small sized tree, and she is suddenly inspired by an idea! She approaches the berry, kneels before it, and pretends to be retrieving it. And this is her own trait put to use this time: If the Kecleon is in fact hostile and attempts to assault Mayline while she is not (supposedly) focused, she will use her horns as a painful payback and teach it a lesson (or at least try!); if it simply wished to defend itself, she will, mayhaps, trace the sound of iits movement, should it flee, and locate it. If the Kecleon is not even present anymore... well, that would be a waste of time. At any rate, Mayline hopes to learn about the Kecleon's true intentions.

The moment of thruth arrived far sooner than she expected and what she saw made her feel extremely relieved. She didn't even care if the Mawile, that had indeed been following her, had bad intentions or not. Seeing the Mawile rather than any of the three, was the best news she could get. The pressure lifted and soon was replaced with curiousity. Why was this Mawile following her? Was it to gain attention? why didn't it just speak out then? Was it's intentions bad? No, she should not assume things, that is bad. Even if one of them was correct, to assume something wrong could cause a problem.

Just incase. She merged her shadow with the Mawile's so she could have the first hit if it attacked. Followed closely by uncloaking and approaching from the side. She was holding up her right arm (like zenyatta's "Greetings" animation :3) with no intention of causing a fight. However, like usual her tone doesn't match her posture and it came out sounding bored or irritated... maybe even uncaring. "What is it you are doing? I almost took you for someone else." To be honest, she didn't know why her tone never matched her real intentions. She's grown used to getting a bad reaction from it and accepted it as normal. She'll just have to keep up her intentions through other means. Like that will ever work without the other person having an open-mind to her actions. She doesn't even realize that merging her shadow to get the first hit off is itself an act of violence.

Mawile... She never did get in contact with one before. even as a merchant. The only thing she knows is from the guild's archives. Just the basic knowledge of them are included. No skills or tactics, not even how strong they are. Just what they look like and do passively. Steel typing... If only she had didn't forget that move... but that shouldn't be a concern if it had good intentions and keeps to those intentions. ha, intentions... everything Yookq trusts is based on that being her judgement. She should start looking into that. perhaps it's there that she's in the wrong.

((OOC: Once it's the 5th post. It's ok to start rolling, upto 10 per page. but I recommend a low number due to how rediculous it can be here...))

Ravio carried out 5 launched of one Pecha Forest :

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