Location: Birghan Peak
Date: 26th December, 2021


The helicopter you're in lands in a pretty flat area for someplace as high as Birghan Peak. It's been tough to get there in the first place, given that the altitude of the place inevitably has thin atmosphere, and the constant snow that envelops the peak.

Once the engine of the chopper turns off, all twelve of you exit it, rush to the main cabin of the place, and unpack, as the Project's lead shows up to you, introduces himself, and tells you all about The Aurora Project, all to make the ultimate telecommunications transmission hub.

But for three of you among the ones who came here...you've been assigned by an unknown party (well, unknown to the others, that is) to enact sabotage upon the Project...

Meet the Hosts!

   

Heeko Amekawa (Libre): He works for an as-of-now unknown company, who assigned him as the leader the Project. He primarily handles communications from the outside world, though, and as such he's invited twelve of you to help him with the heavy duty of construction and such. Of course, he's had a fair share of folks trying to overthrow, ruin, or overtake his Project, and so to deal with those meddlesome fools, he's enlisted the help of...

   

The Pianist (@Magolor): As her name suggests, she's the pianist of a jazz band. Hailing from the Void, she's the more calculating one of the group. Although she's just here to do a few errands, and help out, because the Singer urged her to...with a love for violence, expect her to be one of the few to not care about the death and blood. Which is real helpful when you can't just send away anyone that tries to fuck with your Project!

Hey, y'all wanna see some dead bodies?



This right here is Pokemon Inclement Emerald, a newer hack that takes the classic Pokemon Emerald experience and spruces it up with a bunch of new content! That means new places to explore, new ways to encounter Pokemon, tougher battles along the journey, and (as of the latest update, version 1.7.1) 809 Pokemon to catch and train! I've been playing around with it a bit, and it's a blast, so I decided to share it with y'all.

There is a catch, however.

I'm going to be nuzlocking this game. That means two big things, and I think anyone who's heard the word "nuzlocke" knows what the first one is.

1. When my Pokemon faint, they're dead, and I can never use them in battle again.
   
2. I can only catch the first Pokemon I encounter in a given area. If I fail to catch it, I've lost my encounter for the area. Additionally, if I've already caught a particular Pokemon, I can't catch any other instances of that Pokemon.
   

Chapter 1: First Steps

The game starts with the typical "welcome to the world of Pokemon" spiel from Professor Birch. Nothing much to note from the outset.


Damb, not even gonna phrase it as a matter of pronouns or style. I thought you were better than this, Birch.


I can't fit Caliburn within the seven-character limit here, so I'll be making do with the name Callie.


They added in this little section to give a basic summary of Inclement Emerald, which I already provided y'all with. I'll be skipping over that part.


Aha, here we go! This is where the other rules of my challenge come into play! I'm going to be playing on Challenge Mode, the hardest difficulty available to me! This means a few things:

1. I can't use items in battle. That means no healing and no stat-boosting.
   
2. Battle style is locked to Set Mode. That means that, when I take out an opposing trainer's Pokemon, I won't get a free switch to another of my own mons.
   
3. Enemy trainers will have stronger teams. Pretty self-explanatory.
   

Call me sadistic, but yeah, I'd say that sounds appealing to me. Now, let the adventure begin!


...Hey so I know everyone and their mom has joked about this but why am I in the back of a moving van


No seriously mom why did I have to ride with all the boxes and junk, what's up with that


Oh cool we have giant sloths unpacking our shit


I go upstairs to set the clock, and when I come back down, dad's on TV! But I miss it, alas. You know, I just noticed that there's this ten-second music loop that plays during this scene that doesn't seem to come up anywhere else in the game. What's up with that?


Now I gotta visit my next-door neighbor, Brendan.


Honestly, dude, I dunno what I am. All I can tell you is that I'm not a guy.


Depending on how I answer this question, the starters I can pick from will change. You'll see what region I went with in a sec, don't worry.


After all that, I can finally save this grown-ass man from a small raccoon and claim my first Pokemon in the process! And that Pokemon shall be...


...the worst one I could've possibly picked!
Actually, not quite. While Chikorita's notorious as being the worst starter Pokemon, Inclement Emerald has given most Pokemon some minor buffs that make even the worst ones worth using! As such, Chikorita's got some tricks up its sleeve that I'd like to try out.


The fight with the Zigzagoon was so short that it wasn't worth screenshotting.


Aplomb. I love that word. Wish the remakes kept it in, but unfortunately, they retranslated some of the dialogue, and we lost aplomb in the process. For shame.


Unfortunately, my game crashed and I had to completely redo that opening portion, but whatever! I'm just as fine off with Narcissus as I was with my original Chikorita. The nature could use some work, though. (A red stat means it's boosted, while a blue stat means it's weaker; Chikorita is a bulky special attacker, so this is really lackluster.)


I make my way up to Oldale Town, and here we see a pretty interesting change: Poke Marts now hold equippable items for battle, rather than Poke Balls and healing items. Those are instead sold within Pokemon Centers. Speaking of which...


Another cool addition this game has is the Poke Vial! It's like a one-use Pokemon Center that you can use whenever you want!


Narcissus got a level-up on my way to meet (and fight) Brendan on Route 103. Didn't realize Chikorita got Poison Powder this early. That's gonna be fun to play around with.


Brendan still only uses one of the Hoenn starters, regardless of what region you picked your starter from. Time to stall his Torchic out and hope it doesn't know Ember yet!


Well, that wasn't too bad. Now it's back to the lab again so I can grab some Poke Balls and really get this nuzlocke started!


Oh okay thanks Brendan that's actually really kickass


Since this hack lets you run from the get-go, mom gives you the Old Rod instead of the Running Shoes. This'll be very useful for when I want to catch a Magikarp (unironically).


My first encounter on the first route is... a Zigzagoon. Dammit, I could've gotten a Zorua...


Well, at least he's got Pickup! Now I can farm items to my heart's content, just as long as I don't get Ratatosk killed while doing so.


My encounter for Route 103 is a Shinx! Bit of a shame that he came with Rivalry rather than Intimidate (Intimidate lets me start off a battle with an Attack debuff on the opponent, whereas Rivalry... doesn't), but still, I appreciate whatever early-game Electric-types I can come across.

My encounter for Route 102 is a

son of a BITCH


...Actually, with that nature and that ability, I can't be mad forever. I mean, sure, I would've preferred a Ralts or a Lotad, but Bidoof can be fun to use too.
Also, I haven't said this outright yet, but I have a mythology-based naming scheme going on with my Pokemon. Narcissus is an obvious one, but Ratatosk is the messenger squirrel who traversed Yggdrasil in Norse mythology, and Indra is a Vedic deity of storms. As for Doober?

He's Doober.

With that, I think I'll call it a wrap for this installment of my journey through Hoenn. It wasn't terribly eventful, but it was a start. Maybe there'll be some bloodshed in the next chapter! I mean, I hope not, but who knows?

Hello, everyone.

I warned that this would happen.

So I started watching Riverdale the other day, don't ask me why, I just did. And I thought, hey, why would I do this if I can't make people hurt with me? So here we are!

First, some background. I know the characters of Archie, and that's about it. Apparently Afterlife with Archie is cool? Oh, and Archie Comics handled Sonic's comic, at least in the US, until Ken Penders came along and ruined everything. A Sonic crossover episode of Riverdale hasn't come out yet but I'm crossing my fingers.



So NORMALLY, I'd sit down, watch an episode, and recount what I saw and how I feel immediately afterward. But here's the thing.

I've seen the first episode of Riverdale three times now. One alone, one with my girlfriend, and another again just to... uhm.
Well I saw it three times, that's the important part. And I don't wanna watch it four times.

So for now I'm just gonna go off memory and if I fuck something up we'll cross that bridge when we get to it.

With that in mind,

Yeezy season approaching, fuck whatever y'all been hearing, monster 'bout to come alive again.

Welcome to the Kanye thread. I love Kanye.

Post only two words at a time to form a story. Don't smash two or more words together to form one word.



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Once upon

(Because TV Tropes bans these threads for some reason.)

As for me, I have liked The Last Jedi ever since I first saw it in 2017, more than what came immediately before and after. I've come to realize its flaws ever since then, and it's not as good as the originals, but its style, structure, filmmaking techniques, and what it set up is unparalleled. Would have loved to see Supreme Leader Kylo Ren expanded upon, in particular.

No questions then? Good. Though, knowing you people, I'm sure you'll come up with something the moment I close them. Your contact in the force is waiting for you down in the Catkin. I'll let her introduce herself on her own time, so go there when you're ready. The CSI reports for the C.L.K. case should be with her today, your addresses are not currently registered with the department, you see. If you ask her nicely, she might tell you a few things about this region. Insider information.

The Spymaster seems to be wrapping up, when suddenly, the Spymaster speaks again.

Oh, and mind, there are more hazards out here than just your fellow consultants. Some might be fatal. We don't want to see you dying in some horrible household accident, accidental death is certainly a possibility, so try to not do that. Thank you, you may go about your business now.

With that, your earpieces turn off. You're free to go do your "job" now, and free to associate with whomsoever you choose.

[FORMERLY] Active Agents in Territory:

Lindsey Clipton: [DEAD: "YOU ONLY DIE ONCE. NOT TWICE."]

French Terezi Pyrope: [MIA]

Snap: [DEAD. "STRAIGHT UP BONKED."]

Wario: [DEAD. "Trent Reznor, the Boss, Shot Wario."]

Sariel Elakha: [DEAD: "NAILED FOR CRIMES."]

Scott Cameron: [DEAD: "I'VE FALLEN! AND I CAN'T GET UP!"]

Kaikoku Onigasaki: [MIA]

B Sha: [DEAD: "BACKTRACKED OVER"]

Squid Ink Cookie: [DEAD: INSERT:[Calamari_Joke]]

Anaheim: [DEAD. "SEEN VENTING."]

Wood Man: [DEAD. "CLEANED UP."]

Runner 5: [MIA]

Evil Jay Leno: [DEAD. "NOT CHICKEN."]

7: [MIA]

Mathra-19-150-M: [DEAD. "BLASTED OFF."]

Dr Fischer: [DEAD: GRADUATED. "SEWER CATS! (Hell yeah)."]

Lynne: [DEAD: "METHOD ACTING"]

Clara Corey Meitner: [DEAD: "ALL COP is BASTARD and DEAD"]

The Man in Green: [DEAD: "PICKED OUT AND OFF."]

Peter Romero: [DEAD: "COULDN'T TANK THE HIT."]

There's just no plot here, mostly random RPing. Here because
1 - I want to give others another free space to RP in
2 - I need to adapt to forum RPing compared to Discord like I'm used to