Sutoratosu

It was too long. Nooo...no. I do not believe it would be anywhere near as funny as you think it would be. It would be more like... doing something just for the sake of having a character do something or mess with someone, and no other reason or explanation behind the character performing the action but for the sake of messing with someone or doing something.

He didn't actually fire any hypnotic suggestion at any of them, mind you. The glow was more or less just a bit of intimidation and a means to display that he learned the move at all... it's also a pretty obvious reference. Kinda like how you might cringe at the end of an undertale genocide route whenever you see Sans flashing that glowing eye at you...

So yeah, if anyone want's to interact with maya or something, feel free. She's probably just gonna wander for a bit...

Just like at the end of last month's speech, people began to get up and file out. Maya didn't bother sticking around too much longer either... Bird Christ knows she had tried to find a better spot than the last time, but lo and behold, she had somehow still ended up right in front of the same bunch that had annoyed her the last time. Yeah... no... let them talk each other to death all they want, she was out of there. Folie was by her side as she exited the double doors and strolled out into the open air, that notorious smirk of his baring wide as he contemplated the last month... it had gone by fast, hadn't it? Maya had seemed pretty damn confident on that long gauntlet of tests, from what he'd seen. But then again, she honestly didn't have a reason not to be confident- she had just spent the past five or four years or so of her life having old man Wilk tutor and train them like he was a god damn drill sergeant after all...(hell, and maya wondered why he'd been so damn happy to say goodbye to the bloke at last) the only test he'd seen her even remotely struggle or display any uncertainty on was that last one. But eh, no biggie, he could understand why... there was only so much general knowledge the old man and his Scizor could've foreseen to try to insert into their sessions, on top of Strategy and Ethics... aaand, all the freaking questions were kinda intentionally designed to be beyond what the students would likely know right off the bat... so yeah... he wasn't about to hold that last one against her...much. He caught a few partners and their trainers eying them as they passed, some glaring. He regarded them a single, cocky teal flash of his right eye, the smirk staying right where it was as he gazed eerily at them... a challenge. Most of the partners backed down at the sight and sought shelter behind their human's legs. Good, good. They remembered, good for them. They recalled the mind games. They recalled how hard it had been to aim with him stumbling like a drunk. They recalled the utter madness he created on the battlefield. He wasn't so funny now, was he? He wasn't a fool to be laughed at now, was he? Good... someday he would show that Absol just as well. His smirk only grew as he thought about the potential fight... "Stop that already." Maya ordered. She herself was glaring at him now, with that same exact type of irritation she'd had back on the first day. "We may be doing well, but that's no excuse to get cocky." A chill rain through the panda as he reluctantly cut out the eye glow, his shit eating grin fading like washed out laundry. "The pride is always the greatest before the fall. Stay focused, or your own arrogance will be your undoing." Folie groaned as the entire quote was spoken in the native Kalosi it had originally been given in, and the just equally as native kalosi accent that so heavily made itself apparent regardless of what language the girl used. "Spin..." He mumbled, folding his tiny arms. More blokes stared at them as they walked... he barely even glanced at them. Satisfied, the girl finally broke off her own glare. The month certainly had gone by, between the constant testing and the battles they'd had. Both he and Titania had more or less plowed through the majority of their opponents like a bank of pure virgin snow. The extra bit of BP had certainly been nice and all, but honestly, she was just glad it was finally over. Even as confident as she was in herself, the testing had started to get a bit much after a while; especially the last one... "Anyway..." She said. "we've already got supplies and everything, not that I think we'll really need a whole lot. And the bag is mostly packed so... I guess there isn't much else that needs to be done." Again, her eyes were on him... luckily they no longer smoldered... much. "Just try not to cause any havoc on this trip, alright? I know you..." "Spin!" Folie flailed in mock recoil at the mere implication. how hurtful... and after he'd spent the entire month being good aside from occasionally wrecking folks, here she was, still suspicious he'd act up... C'mon now... that whole fake out thing had been a freaking month ago, why couldn't she just let it go already... "Spin, spindaaa!" "Yeah, yeah, whatever... you've calmed down abit since we've been here, but still... just keep yourself under control, alright?" "Spin..." again, he groaned. Fiiiiiiine, whatever, god damn... it's not like he was planning to blow shit up or anything... she could at least have a bit of faith.

Huh, google docs... well alright, this outta be an interesting experiment. Just got finished editing Maya's section to match the current profile on page 8... damn there were a lot of updates needed to it...everything from how I worded and formatted the appearance to how the personality traits were described and how I edited the backstory to be a bit less wordy... any way, Folie learned Hypnosis and Faint Attack.

eh, so, with this time skip, are we allowed to have one of our partners learn a new move during the time that's passed? I was thinking of having Fake Out be replaced by Hypnosis on Folie.

This. You know what dobby, I saw this earlier today, and I really did consider setting him straight myself... but I figured I should go calm down and have an apple juice before I ended up flipping my shit. But yeah, exactly like Dobby says, we got faaaar more variety in those parts than just mere fanfictions. There's so many original peices of work ranging from poetry to a few essays to fully original fantasy and stories, that I honestly don't even feel like coming through all 6 pages or so of forum to count them all... Anyways... back onto the actual topic: For me it would probably be... A Fanfiction... in the universe... of a Heavily Romance-focused Manga/Anime. I'd be getting 'Forced' to write it after all, and considering I honestly can't stand romance unless it's written and paced and portrayed in a very particular way... and I generally am not too big of a fan of the more cutsie things in media... well, what better torture to inflict on poor Strat? I certainly can't think of any... Only problem is, eventually the torture part would probably stop because I'd simply be exposed so much that I stop giving a damn and become desensitized and start just rolling with the punches... which is...exactly what happened when I got goaded into participating in a Magical Girl RP. And I swear to Arceus, don't any of you guys even say anything. You know who you are... I'm not doing it... not... I'm telling you, nope...never... no damn it.

No, no, this is freaking better than I could've ever imagined XD God... now I know just what to do with her and what direction to take her. I just learned far more about the little Huntress here than I ever expected to this quickly and this early on. XD

Dear god... it's happened already not even five minutes into chapter 1... and yet, already her genetic mental conditioning is starting to subconsciously be called into question...

Aurora, Lord Cyllis. Early Morning, The 1st day of the 1st month of the year of rebirth. "I..." She seemed to struggle a bit under the General's gaze, much to her own surprise. It was not fear. It could not be fear, fear was impossible for her. Fear was forbidden in her, had been forbidden ever since she took the vows. No... this was something she... it was something she knew. Knew well, infact... even if only as a constant nag in the background of things. It... was the beast that calls itself Uncertainty. That Ribald cousin of fear; the member of the duo that doesn't have the mind to just sink it's fangs in and nap you- but instead pokes holes in you, watch you bleed slowly, savor the feast of blood and spilled confidence, laugh in glee as you wander the maze of paranoia and slowly go insane, bring everything and everyone crumbling around you, just for the sake of being able to say that it set fire to the rain and scorched the world in a single night. That hobgoblin who will sit atop you shoulders and question you until you begin to question yourself... Yes... this... this was not fear. It was not terror, horror, apprehension... no. This was the feeling.... Of knowing that she did not know... the answer to a simple question most beings would probably only need mere moments to respond to... and there was more with it, lurking in the shadows. Implications upon implications of the fact that she did not know. Of the fact she could not know....had never had the chance to know... "I'm afraid I... don't really know, my lord." She finally managed to admit aloud, pushing the clutter of thoughts away as best she could. She could not think of this. No, she would not think of it... she had to ignore it, yes, yes, that was right... just ignore it... afterall, this wasn't new... she'd felt uncertain before, hadn't she? She'd been starving before, hadn't she? and during those times, she'd felt this same feeling hadn't she? ask herself whether or not she'd find enough prey to even keep going to the next day... ask herself what she was doing wrong, why she was starving, how she was starving...? Yes... she had indeed felt this before. And it had felt maddening. All the more reason... to just... push...it...away... "It's just how I was raised, I suppose. The one thing I grew up with and managed to hang onto. So in a way, most of the judgements I can make are probably already based on it to begin with."

Outside- Hugh... If Katie was already creeped out by a mere case of obvious distraction, then the boy's next response probably didn't help... "I don't know..." He shrugged, still looking at the fight. "I guess we'll probably end doing that along the way too or something... I just already know what I'm gonna really focus on though." He had pulled out his pokedex and began scanning the capsule in his hand at this point... completely oblivious to the little Fighting type glaring at him from the ground.

Yeah, I kinda figured she wouldn't... just like I figured Nikki wouldn't care about the whole "Power of the Heart" thing in SoA I'm just reminding everyone before we get very far along- just like Jory said, the journey is about growth... It's not the destination that matters, it's the sights you saw, the events you experienced, the people you met and the things you learned as a result that do.

BTW, I'm not having hugh say those words simply because it happens to fit or to be philosophical or any of that crap. I suggest you all take them to heart...remember them, make them a part of yourself. Just like a soldier does the Rifleman's Creed. Cause there are gonna be some tough-as-nails battles down this long road we're on... like legit, ya'll got no idea what the hell is in store... So yeah... just remember them... M'kay?

Outside- Hugh "I just think battling is the fastest way to get stronger" The boy said idly. Given the fact his eyes were still on the field, he probably was barely paying attention at this point. It wasn't like it was to actually spite the older trainer or anything, it was just... most of his thoughts probably were genuinely elsewhere. "You battle, you lose, then you learn from it and you go back and try again. Then you keep trying. Then you win... and then you grow. And then eventually you start winning alot more often than you lose. That's how it supposed to work... so that's what me and my partner here are gonna do."

"Huh?" Hugh took his eyes off the two battles going on for a moment, only then noticing katie."Oh, hey..." Then his attention was back on the action. There was no need to introduce himself again afterall. Besides, it would probably be a better idea to watch some of their rivals than chat, see how they acted and reacted in the heat of the moment. It was a competition afterall... not like that was the part that really mattered though. "Battles, huh? guess it's alot different than watching it on TV... and probably even more different when you're actually evenly matched with the other person and not trying to pit the family Lillipup up against a Magneton..." He shook the thought away almost as soon as it came. It was a mistake to think about last year again...and he knew it. He looked down at the capsule in his hand, gripping it tight as if it offered some type of reassurance... it was funny, he hadn't even opened it and met the occupant, had he? And yet here they were... about to brawl. Completely Just like..."No...no. It doesn't matter, what matters is that we're gonna get stronger, together... no matter whatever you happen to be inside there. This isn't going to be a repeat... I won't let it be."

just for the sake of keeping track of things and being OCD neat and orderly, not having to scramble back and forth looking for whatever info is needed... yes. yes you do.

That yellow highlighted part. That one right there...Really? Like just... really? I'm not trying to sound mean here or be a dick, but these types of questions have a very certain way of annoying me... Dude, What's going on is literally right above that post you just made man, explained in detail. We're waiting for Dobby and Hukuna to finish their fight so Chim can actually make the final update of the chapter and move things forward in the story. Obviously though, Dobbs and Hukuna have still yet to finish, hence, Chim hasn't been able to move anything yet. Simple cause and effect. Not trying to be mean, but... it was literally all right there, on this same very page...c'mon man...

If you want to try that, go ahead... I'll just be waiting to see who will be that one person to unconsciously deck you out of sheer reflex from being hit in the face.My money is currently on Lloyd, he seems like the type of bloke to do that...given, you know, the whole murderer thing he's got going on.

I meant the whole losing you items and personal effects thing as a way to just get anything like healing items, pokeballs, tools, etc... away from you all for the time being and pad out the chapter a bit. I couldn't have really cared less whether or not Yuzuki held onto her glasses or lost them in the crash somewhere. But yeah, never say never here. Else you may well have a bad run in with some overly curious Ambipoms... those suckers don't care about your religion, they'll just snatch your shit and run.