Amethyst

Previously, [url="http://www.pokemonreborn.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=1032"]Miss Lucy[/url] and [url="http://www.pokemonreborn.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=1049"]Silence[/url]. ...As a disclaimer, just because I borrowed the name and somewhat based the character off of her (>> <<) does not mean that this Tania has any real relevance to our gym leader. [quote]INT. CAFETERIA. DAY. An asylum's crowded cafeteria, painted in sterile off-white. Uniformed patients receive their meals and take seats. LILY, 15 with jet black hair, sheepishly receives her plate of gray slop. She finds and approaches a seat next to two people. We also see TANIA, 17 with platinum blonde hair, holding her own tray of food as she stares at Lily. Tania grins, and follows her. Lily sits next to RENEE, 19 with messy brown hair, who is huddled over her food,but not eating it. Across from Renee is BRUCE, 20, a very, very large man, morosely eating his share . DR.STRIPE, a lanky, greasy fellow in a white lab coat calls patients to the Drug Service desk to recieve medication throughout the scene. Tania takes the seat across from Lily, next to Bruce. She sets her food down, but doesn't look at it, instead staring at Lily, who flinches, embarrassed, when she realizes she's being watched. TANIA Boo. LILY Sorry, I- I didn't see you there... TANIA Obviously. I'd ask your name, but I don't really care. Call me Tania, by the way. Tania yawns, and stretches, slouching over the table. She notices Renee, quietly muttering to herself as she quivers. RENEE ...Seventeen... Lentil soul, grey lentils, but never quite cooked... Eighteen... No eggs used... Pot of slop... Might be mice. Cheep. Cheep cheep cheep. TANIA Oh. Hey. Thanks. Tania reaches across the table and takes Renee's tray from her, scooting it back towards herself. RENEE ...Vanished, vanished and gone... Like love like life like yesterdays newspaper, section 17A Senator to approve new... LILY Hey, you haven't even eaten yours yet... Give hers back. TANIA You want it? Take it, girly. Tania picks up the plate of slop, and flings it at Lily's face. She is quick to react, and scoots aside letting the slop fall to the floor behind her. Lily follows it with her eyes, and after a second turns back to Tania, who has already flung her own serving of food at Lily. Caught of guard, it strikes her in the face, but bounces off and falls onto the ground. Tania giggles. Lily is aghast. LILY You... Y-you- TANIA Have good aim? Thanks, babe. LILY And now you have nothing to eat! So serves you right. Tania reaches across the table again, snags Lily's tray from her, and slides it back. TANIA You sure, honey? But I wouldn't touch this stuff anyway. I eat new girls like you for breakfast. DR.STRIPE Lawson. Bruce shuffles out of his seat, and moves to the Drug Service desk. RENEE Stripe's a- Stripe's a- Stripe's a- Stripe's a- TANIA Wonderful doctor, right? Stow it, queen crack-head. Bruce returns to his seat and continues eating. TANIA Besides, Dr.Stripe is the boss here; try not to cross him. Consider that your protip, new girl. RENEE Twenty three, there was- LET ME OUT OF HERE YOU SHNOCKWITS- twenty four... Twenty... Twenty nine... TANIA Whatever twirls your tutu, hon. LILY I shouldn't be here... I'm not crazy, honestly... TANIA Duh, chicky. This is a mental asylum; no one here is crazy. Why'd they really put you in? DR.STRIPE McCormack. Renee jumps, and proceeds to the Drug Service window. LILY Well... My psychiatrist... Referred me to Dr.Stripe- He... advanced on me, and- when I told on him, he said I was delusional... Tania giggles. Renee sits down, still quivering. RENEE ...Thirty five... Thirty six... Thirty... nine... Forty... Forty... seven. Forty... eight... Nine... Ten... Eleven... Renee falls over onto the table, unconscious. TANIA Newsflash, new girl. That's what he DOES. That's what all the doctors do. This place isn't an asylum, it's a whorehouse. On hearing this, Bruce coughs. TANIA Oooh, the boys are no exception. They just get to take it up the- Bruce pounds his fist onto the table, making a incredible bang, shaking most of the room. Everyone falls silent, except Renee who is jolted awake. She begins to run about, screaming. RENEE One hundred! Ninety nine- ninety... Mommy? Eighty something, where's my stash you fuckbag?! Seventy thr- I want my fix! Sixt- Fift- Fort- Motherfucking blast off! Thirty three, twenty two, twenty one and a half... Give me the fucking money! Seventeen, twelve, nine, eight, Dr. Stripe~ seven, six, Stripey, I've been a bad girl, five, four, three, why dont you go FUCK YOURSELF, two, JUST LIKE YOU FUCK, one, EVERY FUCKING PERSON IN- Dr.Stripe appears behind Renee, holding her, dispensing a syringe's contents into her neck. She falls limp, and two orderlies appear to drag her away. DR.STRIPE Such inexcusable behavior, children... I hope you will do better. Please, resume your meals. Dr.Stripe returns behind the counter. DR.STRIPE Schlusser. TANIA That's me. Ta-ta for now, girly. Tania happily hops up and skips to the desk. After an awkward silence, Tania returns. She winks at Lily, and spits out three pills from her mouth. TANIA Tongued, baby. Oldest trick in the book. DR.STRIPE Silverman. Lily begins to stand. Tania winks at her again. She timidly makes her way to the desk. DR.STRIPE Lily Silverman... Pretty name. Pretty girl. Here you go. Dr.Stripe hands Lily a small cup with several pills. Lily takes it and begins to walk away. DR.STRIPE No, no. Please, do it here. Lily pauses, turning back to Stripe. She stares at the cup, and quickly tosses it into her mouth, with a grimace. She pretends to swallow, obviously trying to hide the drugs in her mouth. DR.STRIPE Mouth open, tongue up. Lily is forced to comply. Three of the pills rest under her tongue. DR.STRIPE ...That's unfortunate. Naughty girl, Lily... Very naughty. Moments later, we see Lily returning to her seat, looking defeated. BRUCE Welcome to asylum, "Place of Healing." But patients are sane ones. Little backwards, yes? Only person who is "sick" is Stripe. LILY ...It's not right... TANIA Don't like it? Build a little bridge, and GET OVER IT. You're stuck here, hon. We all are. BRUCE She not tell you that she like to take it from Stripe. Tania jumps up and slaps Bruce. TANIA DO NOT talk about me like that, or God help me I'll make your life more of a living hell than Stripe ever could! And you- Suddenly, Bruce picks up his tray and bashes Tania in the face with it. She is knocked onto the floor. He stands, towering over her. TANIA Y-you... You'll be locked in Solitary Confinement for weeks, I'll- BRUCE You cry to Stripe, who console you in all wrong ways. You get fill, and you forget all this. That is why you stay here. Because you know no person on outside would ever TOUCH you or your vile, acidic being. And when you done, you will hop about, giggle like school-slut, because you are ONLY one that belong here! Bruce raises his fist, nearly the size of Tania's head, ready to beat her into the ground. Suddenly, Lily stands and places herself between Bruce and Tania. LILY Stop it! Stop hurting every- Bruce strikes. Lily intercepts the blow. She is knocked over Tania. Stripe appears behind Bruce, beginning to inject him as well. Bruce is phased but still conscious. Panicked, Stripe prepares a second shot as Bruce lumbers around, lifting him off the ground and choking him. Stripe drops several syringes, but Tania catches them, climbing to her feet. She stabs Bruce in the back with one of them. Lily also manages to her feet, shaking, blood trickling down her face. LILY STOP IT! Tania stabs a third syringe into Bruce's back. He begins to weaken. She moves to inject a fourth, but Lily grabs her, trying to restrain her. Tania gets the upperhand, and pins Lily to the ground. Behind her, Bruce finally collapses, as Dr.Stripe struggles to regain his breath. Tania wrestles Lily into a submissive position.Lily screams, as Tania breathes heavily, grinning. Tania Anyone... You'll do... Suffer, please. Tania begins to inject the last syrninge into Lily's neck. Dr.Stripe appears over Tania. LILY ...Why...? DR.STRIPE Well done, my pet. TANIA Why? Because, Schadenfreude's my middle name, girly. Welcome to the asylum. Tania leans over, kissing Lily on the forehead. Lily's eyes begin to close... FADE TO BLACK [/quote]

She was some ubernoob who came on randomly, and was like, who wants to battle? Of course, James took her up on that, but we were able to tell her about James' plot, and she forfeit, so James was only able to snag Zekrom (also: "Zekrom used Cut!" ._.) ...And so she asked again, who wants to battle? And she started a battle with James AGAIN. And all she did the whole time was just switching. So James swept ubers with a Butterfree. ._.

We nearly had them! They were down to bare reserves- a mere 12 Pokemon captured! ...And then this happened: [quote] Rodaku- -Lilligant Mikey -Armaldo -Whirlipede -Staravia -Sealeo -Relicanth -Alakazam -Rotom-W -Golduck -Sharpedo Ame- -Leafeon -Sawsbuck Soty- -Walrein -Cloyster Ashley -Haxorus -Politoed -Erufuun -Kingdra Tink- -Serperior -Salamence -Lucario -Shandera -Milotic -Haxorus Allan- -Hitmonlee -Togekiss -Ninetales -Charizard -Lilligant -Jolteon -Kabutops -Toxicroak -Ludicolo -Gliscor -Gyarados -Ambipom -Mienshao -PorygonZ Kira- -Breloom -Qwilfish -Aron Andy- -Toxicroak -Drifblim -Rotom -Politoed -Typhlosion -Luxio -Charizard -Enbuoo Cyrus- -Nattorei Sanity- -Absol -Shiftry -Scrafty -Honchkrow Winter- -Mienshao -Leafeon -Gardevoir -Ainto -Gallade -Golurk -Gyarados Dre-Naomi- -Haxorus -Milotic -Serperior -Hydreigon -Lucario -Garchomp Ariel- -Zekrom -Rayquaza -Giratina -Dialga -Arceus -Reshiram [/quote] ...Death to Ariel...

....I did not know about that, Dragonz. And sadly. Though if we get them down to just a few, it'll be easy to 6-0. We just have to win a few back every time... ....And NOT let them get Darkrai/Arceus/Kyogre/Wobbuffet next time. ><

Through out this night, Reborn has been attacked by Rockets... ...Again. Jessie and James seem to have some new tricks up their sleeves, and have devised a method of stealing Pokemon from trainers simply by KOing them in battle. The villains then turn around and use the Pokemon to defeat more. In order to recover the stolen Pokemon, they must in turn be defeated in combat... But it's a huge risk. Any Pokemon we take in to battle can be used against us if we lose it... So be careful as we attempt to return everyone's Pokemon... The current missing list: [quote]Saya- -Gengar -Tyranitar Dragonz- -Nidoking -Rapmpardos -Aggron -Rhyperior -Regirock -Venasaur Rodaku- -Lilligant Winter- -Starmie -Blaziken Mikey -Lunatone -Solrock -Shandera -Heracross -Armaldo -Scizor -Yanmega -Venomoth -Volcarona Ame- -Leafeon -Sawsbuck Taro- -Golurk -Blaziken -Lucario -Hitmontop -Machamp -Conkledurr Cyrus- -PorygonZ -Cresslia -Hydreigon -Garchomp N- Klingklang Carracosta Aakeosu Zoroark Vanilluxe [/quote] If you encounter Jessie and James, please, help us recover our stolen Pokemon!

[quote name='N8theGr8' timestamp='1301147249' post='11982'] Here's how I look at AR/Sav: Are you just battling for fun with random people online? Then it's okay to Sav. Are you entering in a tourney that may have a prize, or just be within a group that agreed to not cheat? Then it's [i]not[/i] okay to Sav. [/quote] I have to question the part about entering for a tourney with a prize- if there was no pre-agreed upon arrangement not to hack, chances are someone is going to do and if the other people don't, they may not stand much of a chance anyway...

Although this is largely known to anyone who's been on the server recently, I'm making an official post of it now (and also so that we have some good news for a change~) League is officially re-open to normal times today. Fern and Victoria should be settled in, the Line-Up and Schedules are updated. You can find links to those to the left. Please known that almost all Leaders have changed their scheduled days, so take a look at the list to be aware of that. Additionally, thanks to amazing efforts of Nyu and TheScarletSword we [i]should[/i] actually have a fully automated system for trainer cards by Monday. No more waiting times, or people slaving over Graphics Gale, hooray! There is just a little bit more left to do, and then we will have it underway. What would be greatly helpful to me in the mean is if anyone who has not yet received a card, or whos current card is not updated fully, would please PM me with all badges that they have earned. Don't bother lying, I'll be checking them against our records. But if you do that, it will ensure that we get you into the system ASAP. Thank you all~

Theme has been updated.

C'mon, no one did this earlier? [img]http://img4.gelbooru.com//images/292/5711b5eee58fc8a830b0fe6e0e7acf6372588780.jpg?295194[/img] They wishes you a happy birthday, TinkeryIt!

Lucky Drill Fearow (M/F) @ Razor Claw Trait: Sniper EVs: 4 HP/252 Atk/252 Spe Jolly Nature - Drill Run - Drill Peck - Quick Attack - U-turn This set may not be the most practical, but aims to abuse Fearow's few new 5th gen toys as much as possible. It's one of three fully evolved Pokemon in the entire game to have access to the move Drill Run, a ground type move with an increased critical hit rate. Coupled with its Dream Wolrd ability, Sniper, which raises the power of critical hits, and the Razor Claw item boosting the chance of getting one you could potentially get some power shots off with some good luck- but still, it's not someting to be counted on. The remainder of the moves exist for STAB/Priority/Functionality respectively.

Scarf Raticate (M/F) @ Choice Scarf Trait: Hustle EVs: 4 HP/252 Atk/252 Spe Adamant Nature - Double-Edge - Crunch - Wild Volt - Revenge Raticate won't be crawling out of the lower tiers any time soon but despite that, it's gotten a nice, if potentially risky, boost from the Dream World ability Hustle. Its attack is multiplied 1.5x allowing it to get some decent power, especially out of a STAB Double-Edge. Crunch takes care of the ghosts that might bar your way, while Wild Volt provides a second decent attack for coverage. Raticate's options for dealing with Steel/Rock types are limited to Revenge, which will most likely not get its double-power boost, or Dig. Naturally, Revenge is chosen, but still will be underwhelming.

I'm STILL working on the map! It hasn't been forgotten! D:

How does that exclusiveness compare to Giga Drain?

No, my father did. Team Before E4- Level 50 across the board Serperior- Slytherin Liepard- Kyra Gothitelle- Alice Mienshao- Aya Chandelure- Raiyume Cinccino- Tei

It takes Skill Cinccino (M/F) @ Life Orb/Razor Claw/Razor Fang Trait: Skill Link EVs: 4 HP/252 Atk/252 Spe Adamant/Jolly Nature - Sweep Slap - Bullet Seed - Rock Blast - Encore/Thunder Wave Cinccino itself is a pretty predictable Pokemon. With good speed, decent attack, it's off to a decent start, but it's real value comes from the little bone Gamefreak threw it. On top of its STAB signature move, Tail Slap, it gets two other moves Bullet Seed and Rock Blast, all of which abuse its ability, Skill Link. These multi-hit moves have been souped-up since 4th gen, and Cinccino is ready to show what they can do. While those threw form a fairly solid and standard offensive core, walled only by Steel Types, our little cutie here has some variety within that to find. Mostly, the item of choice- Life Orb, of course, boosts the power of these attacks- something Cinccino likes a lot given that it may not OHKO (or 5HKO depending on how you look at it) many bulkier threats (although it'll leave a nice dent in even the best walls). On the other hand, the Razor items take advantage of pure ods. One adds the potential for an attack to flinch, while the other increase the chance of a critical hit. With each attack, you hit five times more than any other, and therefore, your odds of either of these things happening is increased five fold. Risky, but often worth it. The nature is probably going to depend on the chosen fourth move. If using Thunder Wave, crippling your opponents and guaranteeing Cinccino to outspeed, the extra power from Adamant will be a welcome boost. If not, however, Cinccino best makes use of its excellent speed using Encore to lock opponents into harmless moves and slowly chip away at them.

Registration is closed, TXII is officially open. Because of the low number of entrants, 3rd place has been dropped and the tournament is now Round Robin, meaning you have two weeks to battle all of the other entrants. Remeber, POST THE LOG IN THIS TOPIC OR IT WILL NOT COUNT

Band Together! Pidgeot (M/F) @ Choice Band Trait: Tangled Feet EVs: 4 HP/252 Atk/252 Spe Jolly Nature - Return - Brave Bird - U-Turn - Pursuit Pidgeot really doesn't have a lot going for it, but it gets some powerful STAB in Brave Bird and Return, along with a decent speed stat to carry it through. With a choice band, it can deliver a solid blow to anything that's not Rock or Steel type. U-Turn and Pursuit exist for utility in prediction of switches, should your opponent figure out what's about to come at them.

Lead Beedrill (M/F) @ Focus Sash Trait: [Ability] EVs: 252 Atk/252 Spe IVs: 0 HP/0 Def/0 SpD Naive Nature - Toxic Spikes - Endeavor - Agility - Baton Pass Unfortunately, the long and short of it is that Beedrill is not a very good Pokemon in any respect whatsoever. It has only a few things going for it, including Toxic Spikes, which earns this Pokemon its placement as a lead. Speed is maxed to allow you the greatest chance of getting both layers up in combination with your focus sash- But even with maxed speed, it's moderate at best. The set is outclassed even in lower tiers as a spiker alone, but Beedrill has one other toy that can help shift the momentum in your team's favor- that being Endeavor, for after you've taken a hit already. In most cases, you may have to sacrifice the second layer of Toxic Spikes for the endeavor- unless you can pull off an Agility before hand and stay safe- allowing you a chance to get all three in depending on your opponents' tactics. Finally, Baton Pass can send that +2 speed boost to something in your party that wants it a bit more. Over all, the support options are decent, but Beedrill remains sadly underwhelming even in NU.

Currently registered: Allan TinkeryIt Bullet Dragonz ScarletSword N8theGr8 If we only have this many people, it'll be a Round Robin tournament, and there won't be a 3rd place... Soooo people should registerize themselves! Quick, while there's still time

If you're active on the server and care about the league in the slightest, you probably have some clue of what went on at the end of last week... But to clarify: Gardevoir, Luna and Elias have gone missing. Florinia and Kiki have resigned. Suddenly we're down four leaders. Now, in truth, Luna and Elias have disappeared before, so... I'm fairly certain they'll come back. In what condition, I cannot say, but... I am not searching for replacements for them just yet. Florinia and Kiki, on the other hand, I should clarify though. Florinia has left us to pursue her own... interests, I suppose. She has said that she has been participating in this league and the request of her friends, Julia, Titania, Amaria, previously- that she isn't even truly interested in it, the grass type, or Pokemon, but has been forced into these things by the people in her life. She is finally leaving to make her own life for once. Which, while sad for us, we can only wish her the best in. So, Florinia, At the time that she announced this, she also declared that she wanted her younger brother Fern to be her replacement. I have been hesitant to acquiesce this request, but... If only out of respect for her own decision, Fern will be joining us as the new Grass Gym Leader. And then Kiki... As some people may or may not know, she has been sick for weeks. Last week, she had a... less than typical outburst, and suffered largely failure in battle since then. Also last week, she found herself in the hospital... Where she has told me she is again this weekend, and may not be leaving. I talked to her about it, and the condition she has is called Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. As I understand it, and this may not be completely accurate given I am not medically-inclined, but- Lupus causes her immune system to turn on her own body, and slowly hurt her from the inside out. It causes a rash of symptoms, no pun intended, but is not normally fatal, particularly if treated- only occasionally detrimental. This is the reason she has been able to continue so far in the league. ....However, recently that changed. She developed something called Nephirits, a complication on SLE in which the inflammation caused by the assault on her own body results in kidney failure... and in time, death. I honestly don't know if the Nephiritis can be cured, or even helped. But she will be in the hospital for quite some time... ...I think this is not what she had in mind, when she spoke of "the chaos within." In response to this, I'd like to get the community to organize some sort of get-well-card that we can send her... But I think I'll post details on that at a later time. At any rate, she anticipated this possibility, and instructed me to organize a replacement for her. Joining us along with Fern will be one of Kiki's students. Her name is Victoria, and she will be resuming Kiki's position. However, both of them are untrained at the time, and while we're also waiting for Luna and Elias, and for me to make the new sprites and get the theme (and trainer cards!) updated and all that other business... The league will have some down-time for us to sort this out. We will probably be out for at least three days- perhaps all week if that's what it takes, but I'll promise now we will be back by next week at the latest, and ready to go. With all this vanishment, there's been talk of the Reborn League falling apart. To that I say, lolno. Give us a bit. We'll get this sorted out. ...On that note! If anyone would like to help us, it would greatly, fantastically appreciated. We have a -ton- to do, and a lot it is fairly simple, if tedious. Additionally, we need somebody to help out with rankshifts. N8 has been overly busy as of late, and can no longer attend to it, so if somebody would like to take up the job, please please please, talk to me about it.

It's interesting that the concept of free will is dragged in from opposite perspectives. N8's idea that people have no free will is actually psychologically based, but extremely difficult to explain if only because the entire principle wraps itself in the tautology that it's based on. There are two doors. One leads further into the maze, the other emits a shock as you touch its handle. Try the left one. Shock. Try the right. Next room: There are two doors. One leads further into the maze, the other emits a shock as you touch its handle. Try the left one. Shock. Try the right. Next room: There are two doors. One leads further into the maze, the other emits a shock as you touch its handle. Try the left one. Shock. Try the right. Next room: There are two doors. One leads further into the maze, the other emits a shock as you touch its handle. ...You're probably not going to want to touch that left handle. Now, this can be said to be a result of cognitive reasoning and conditioned behavior, yes. And that at each path, the person chooses of their own free will which door to pick. But assuming the person is sane, and does not wish to receive a shock, the person would invariably continue to choose the right for as long as they found this pattern to be true. Is that really their choice? Or is it the structure of their mind that has propelled them down that path and fooled them at once into thinking that it was their own decision. If things had happened this way to the same person on multiple planes of existence, would the person always choose the right path every time? And if so, how can we be sure that he is really choosing, and not just rationalizing to himself the subconscious conditioned behavior. In that sense, if I have made my meaning adequately clear, then we have no free will. On the other hand, if you believe that the cognitive process is propelling the decision rather than conditioned behavior, and that across multiple planes the subject may choose to try one or the other door at any given time, then there is no rationalization, and we do have free will. The process and result is the same; it's just a matter of how you want to interpret the blank space between. Being that we at this time in technology and psychology cannot measure the thoughts of a person, if we are looking at this scenario objectively, we can probably rationally say that the subject does not have free will- because to us, and from an epistemological perspective, their thoughts do not exist. However, if you yourself as the person who is reading and thinking about this right now were to enter this "maze" you would have free will in it, because you are clearly in touch with your own cognitive process and -know- that it is not simply conditioned behavior. But nobody else can ever know that. So in short, you are the only person who has any free will. ...That's what I think anyway. Reality changes based on who's viewing it. In my world, I am the only one with free will- but I realize that you all believe you do too. I just can never truly know that. ...I digress. It becomes a matter of the self. What one wants to believe. So new question: [b]Are you, yourself, "good" or "evil"?[/b]

It's so weird to think something that's only given me absolutely minimal trouble (that being when Ikaru uses Reuniclus to deny Topaz its Leech Seed) can pose such a problem for Bullet... I love this game. XD Terakion, I dunno. Rain team, Rock Pokemon- naturally I never see it do anything all that useful, but I've also heard it's a beast at triples. And then Espeon. Being that my team -doesn't- use entry hazards, or have a spinner, etc, I've found Espeon's ability to be incredibly useful. No one can deny that it doesn't have the bulk to keep switching in and out, sure but what I like about it still is that it's then up to how the player wants to use as to if it's going to be effective. Even so, it gets dual screens and Wish that can help it survive/support even if it doesn't- and it's stats are still good enough to function as a revenge kill, or even with enough set up, a sweep. Regardless, I find it crucial in countering certain enemy pokemon such as Sableye, Breloom, enemy Whimsicott, so on. I think the issue is that Bullet sees Espeon as more of an ability than a Pokemon, where I'm trying to focus on the Pokemon's normal talent, with the ability as its deserved bonus. Now if only Umbreon got Magic Mirror... Or at least Magic Guard. Something? But come on guys, Inner Focus? Really? T_T