welcome to calamity! we are an au pokemon site based in hoenn. we do not have canons so you can pick them as your fcs! we have a short one hundred word word count. and you get to also pick your own starter! calamity is going to focus on providing users with a good and stable plot line to follow. this helps each character progress and some might even have a play in affecting the plot! we hope you enjoy your time here and if you have any questions don't be afraid to ask.
hey guys! we've finally hit our three month mark! let's stay strong. the activity check and gala have ended, if your character has been archived and you need them back please pm one of the admins! unfortunately, noods has steped down from his admin position. make sure you say your goodbyes here!
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JUNE 18TH, 2015
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hello calamity! we're nearing the two months mark in a few weeks. how time flies! right now we have two things going on that need your participation. the first is an activity check! it is impotant that you check in so you don't lose your face claim. the second is the otm nomiations! we're doing it a bit different than last time. so please submit your nominations in. a vote thread will be up in the next few days. there will also be a formal event coming very soon, so keep your eye out for that. keep being cool!
we're currently about to host calamity's first contest in slatepor. trainers are flocking to the city to see, the city's been trying to get good pr since the gala, and it seems to be working! they're asking for both coordinators and volunteer judges to sign up.
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It is mid afternoon and the wind began to travel up through Syndra's clothes, ruffling through her dress and hair in a wild manner. Subconsciously her hands tensed slightly as she resisted the pushes of the winds to continue forward towards the entrance of the cave ahead. Above her were the rain clouds that glazed the blank sky that dripped water down upon the ground. It was a melancholy feeling that while depressing was something that Syndra learned to appreciate. That said she would have normally turned back at this point if she could but she was too deep into the route to go back in time before the rain began its descent.
The most convenient path for both shelter and making it to her next destination was reaching the Rusturf Tunnel and taking refuge there, hoping the storm would dissipate while she was walking through. Once she had almost made it, the feeling of a droplet finally landing on Syndra's exposed skin spurred her forward into a sprint. Barely missing a sudden downpour as she entered the cave entrance, Syndra looked out as she caught her breath. "Thank Arceus," she murmured with a hand placed to her heart. While she was there she'd figured that she might as well explore and catch some pokemon on her way to the Verdanturf.
duskull floated around the cave in search of something interesting to do. the usual thing was scaring-- that was always fun. but it got boring real quick. maybe he should just say hi instead? or maybe even battle? duskull floated over to a trainer that had just entered the cave and bumped into her shoulder.
The feel of something brushing against her arm was unmistakable, the girl pausing at sensation. There was some confidence that she entered this cave alone and most pokemon would have at least made noise if they could reach her and her arm. A small glance over her shoulder earned her the answer she was looking for but what floated there before her eyes was unexpected. "Oh it's a duskull!" she said assertively to herself as she offered the ghost a smile. She had read somewhere that ghosts were usually pranksters but this one looked harmless enough. With a friendly smile and a wave of her other hand she spoke, "Hi there little guy!" Her voice held enough volume to be heard but not startle the rest of the cave population.
There was a desire to try to catch the ghost type but she didn't want to attack it out of nowhere. That would be rude after the ghost type went through the trouble of making his presence known instead of trying to scare her. Befriending route it was! "You're pretty cute. You should join me on my journey!" That was rather forward of her but she hoped that her method worked out.
hey! this trainer doesn't seem too bad. she even said hi. duskull smiled back. but her request caught him off guard. she wanted him to go with her? on a journey? the only thing duskull knew were the walls of this cave. and he'd like to keep it like that. so he tried to slowly back off from the trainer. very slowly.
The ghost backing away from her saddened the female, her smile lowering a bit at the sight. "How about a deal?" Syndra followed up quickly before the ghost could leave fast enough. Her hand raised up out of instinct but fell swiftly to her side afterwards as she there was nothing to really grasp for. "How about we battle and if I win you come with me? If I lose then..." the girl paused momentarily unsure of what to say or do to convince the ghost. Couldn't be bribed by food since ghosts were literally spirits. "you can do whatever you want?" It was a sad attempt but it was once she was willing put risk fighting for. The female unclipped a pokeball from her belt and lobbed it forward to call forth her Spheal. The water type gave a cute coo sound as he looked at the new scene around him. A strange one but it was clear he was called forth to battle. Whether or not the Duskull agreed was another story.
The nod gave Syndra indication that this ghost type actually accepted her proposal. Good that was plus one point for her. The Leer attack caused the usually joyful blue spheal to be saddened, caught off guard by such an attack. "Use Encore now!" Syndra reacted at the ghost glaring towards the two. While the chubby pokemon didn't much want to he did as asked and clapped his little fins for the leering to continue. Following was the move Night Shade. Unsure of how to describe this move Syndra stood watching her Spheal take the damage from the attack. To the water type it felt unpleasant but not in a physically painful way but more of a mentally unnerving way. "Now Power Snow," the girl tried to spur her ice type on and with an inhale the blast of chilly snow burst forth to hit the small agile frame of the pokemon.
Spheal, water/ice-type (thick fat) Level 15
hit by Leer. Used Encore to retaliate. Night shade hit. Used Powder Snow Friendship
oh no! duskull was affected by the encore. that fat thing just looked really cute clapping its hands together. the powder snow really hurt him as well.
It was unnerving to the spheal to have the ghost keep staring him down like was going to do something wrong or mess up. Even the female trainer could see Spheal's defenses keep lowering but as long as the pokemon could keep attacking then she would just hope for the best in making offense their defense. "Water Gun and follow with another Powder Snow!" Eager to get the small pokemon's eyes off of him Spheal shot a stream of water at the floating pokemon with the intention of hitting it square in the eyes. Then inhaling another breath, the cool stream of icy snow pushed through. The girl hoped that the residual water would cause the cold from powder snow to affect it more than not. She did take out an empty pokeball from her bag in preparation for capture but she wouldn't throw it yet. She was waiting, keen on winning this as she said rather than attempt to catch it off guard.
Spheal, water/ice-type (thick fat) Level 15
hit by both Leers. Used Water gun then powder snow
what could duskull do? even if he had lived that turn he'd be stuck using the same move again. he fainted and soon came his little buddy swablu. okay, not really his buddy. but they knew each other. they were both in charge of one section of the cave. and when she saw duskull fainted she didn't like it very much.
she landed in front of the trainer and her spheal and prepared for a battle.
The ghost fainted and Syndra had an elated smile. Spheal at the least was happy the eyes were off of him as he gave a sigh of relief. Throwing the pokeball at the downed ghost, before she could get the satisfactory click of approval the sound of growling echoed in the cave. The sound however was familiar to the green haired girl. Spheal on the other hand was affected by the attack as they both looked about. "Incoming!" she would warn as the pokemon came straight towards them with the puffy wings only to land in front of them. "Use Encore again," Syndra called trying to use the same method as last time to defeat the pokemon. She wasn't sure why the pokemon was attacking them but assumed it was due to the Duskull. "Then powder snow!"
unlike the duskull swablu was able to dodge the encore, ignoring the spheal and its dumb flapping. the powder snow on the other hand hit her full on, damaging her a great deal. now it was her turn.
Unlike the ghost the flying type evaded being affected by the cute spheal's applause. Instead when hit by the snowy attack it screeched in a voice that mentally disarmed and injured both the water type and his trainer. Syndra winced as the attack was familiar enough that she recognized it. Spheal on the other hand wasn't used to the attack and took a decent amount of damage. Luckily the powder snow hit the first time and seemed to do massive damage so the green haired trainer decided to take advantage of that. "Fight through it. Keep using powder snow at it," Syndra called out. At this point the ice type was willing to try anything to get the attack to stop so he attacked with the powder snow again. The female could feel the drop of temperature in such an enclosed space with all the ice type moves Spheal was using. It hadn't iced over the cave which was good though. Another burst of the ice attack however should have been enough to subdue the flying type so Syndra took out another empty pokeball from her bag to chuck at the Swablu after the two attacks concluded.
Spheal, water/ice-type (thick fat) Level 17
Took Disarming Voice 2x. Used Powder Snow 2x. Threw pokeball afterwards.
The pokeball clicked with the confirmation of a successful capture and suddenly Syndra was elated at that fact as she went to go gather the two pokeballs. Spheal looked thankful for it too as a cheerful cry happened. It didn't stay for long however as the rumbling within the cave caught them both by surprise. The round pokemon tried desperately to keep balance on his two fins while Syndra had fallen to her knees herself. The attack was something that the female trainer recognized though and the sight shocked her. "Spheal no!" she called out but it was too late and the little brown pokemon in front of him had already cast the die. The ice type couldn't withstand the two attacks having already been worn out from the previous two fights. He rolled over on his back and it had been clear that the water type was knocked out.
Disappointed at herself for not foreseeing this coming, the girl took Spheal's pokeball to recall the pokemon to its pokeball. This one seemed weaker than all the others but it had still had attacked her pokemon and knocked out her trump card against traveling through this cave. So Syndra decided for a similar match up. This time she had no intention of catching this pokemon as she threw out another one of her pokemon, this time Sandshrew appearing. "Use Magnitude and then Swift." Syndra wasted no time calling out attacks and her Sandshrew took notice of that. With haste she stomped onto the ground to cause another tremor in the cave then shot several projectiles in the appearance of stars at the wild pokemon.
Sandshrew, ground-type (sand rush) Level 17
Spheal took the magnitude 2x and Fainted. Sanshrew called and used Magnitude then swift.
