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 the activity check and gala have ended, if your character has been archived and you need them back please pm one of the admins!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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the voice he heard was distinctly male, yet benji had to take a second look when he heard his name being called. his eyes travelled from the blonde haired man, to his accompanying serpent by his side. he was wary of the latter, known predators of pokemon eggs, particularly those of birds. benji had on more than one occasion, had to comfort a grieving mother bird who lost her eggs to predators. the reality was cruel, but inevitable. the food chain had to sustain itself.
"that's me," he answered, supposing a handshake would do for the purpose of thie meeting. "the pleasure is mine."
"yeah, let's sit." he should have done that from the beginning. his right arm ached, but it was stuck in that rigid position for arthur to perch. he didn't want the hoothoot running off wherever he fancied. the pokemon was enough of a troublemaker as is.
calmly, he moved towards a vacant table and slipped into the chair. arthur moved to the high back and flapped his wings in greeting. benji smoothed his own hair down, much like a swanna preening his feathers. "well... like i said, i'm benji, benji fairfax. i'm doing research of flying types. this one here is arthur."
she didn't mind too much if sebastian hadn't noticed. there was no real damage being done. she waved it off dismissively. "oh, don't mind it! we all make mistakes sometimes."
"mm, well, i moved to lavaridge when i was a kid, though i was born in kanto." she felt no true connection to her birthplace, though, bearing little memory of a childhood there. "my parents never let me wander too far, but i'm travelling on my own now."
she leaned in with interest, eyes gleaming. "so, what's good around slateport?"
[attr="class","nv3"] but i look at you. i look at you, and god, constellations are bursting, fires are dying, silence is deafening, the whole damn world is terrifying - - - – – and im falling, god, i’m falling.
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[attr="class","nv3"] Harper Pruitt HOENN HAS SO MUCH WATER THO
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[attr="class","mv1"]hoenn so far had been quite the experience for him. he had met all kinds of people and made friends who weren't too crazy...normally. overall they were normally awesome to hang out with. his point probably lost affect somewhat since he had noah with him throughout his time in hoenn so he never felt lonely. but he did know what it meant to be alone in an unknown region.
but he was glad to hear that the girl in front of him had managed to fit in to the region. he nodded and watched harper type a message and chuckled at how excited she looked. overall the speed dating thing wasn't turning out as bad as he thought...well right now at least. as the girl typed he glanced over to look at miles' table and saw his date's heracross jump on the table. actually he was wrong. it was turning out horribly... but at least his date partner hadn't sicked her pokemon on him. he was thankful for that. he looked back over just in time to read her next message.
it took him a moment to respond before he quickly typed his next message and showed it to her. "i miss johto sometimes but hoenn isn't too bad. the people here that i know make it worth it in the end." evan did sometimes miss johto and it had been awhile since he had traveled home. but traveling with noah made it seem like he hadn't left the region at all. he pulled the phone back and typed another message with a teasing smile on his face. "i know what you mean about hoenn. it's great here with all the water, water, and more water."
Usa was a became flustered. The anticipation of meeting his "date" had gotten to him. Even worst, the convoluted plans for conversation that were swirling in his head were not helping matters. Dylan smiled. He seemed friendly enough. Usa smiled back and quickly responded to Dylan's inquiry: "Yes, Usa Keji". The words nervously fell from his mouth. As he spoke, Usa extended his hand for a handshake. "Nice to meet you" he continued.
There was an awkward pause after the introductions were done. Should I say something first? What should I say...? Usa thought as he buried his hands under the the table cloth. "So, um, what were you hoping to achieve by doing this speed dating thing?" As he spoke, he purposefully widened his eyes to seem more curious. On his way over to the event, he read in a magazine that widening the eyes would show the other person that you were more receptive and friendly. He slowly leaned forward and smile - another behaviour that was taken from the magazine.
Leonidas (Absol) peered up at its trainer and smiled. His nervous behaviour was one that the Pokemon did not see often. It then returned its gaze to the Riolu standing before it. The Pokemon let out an "Absooo.." and then smiled.
Meanwhile...
The Pokemon knew from the very moment she laid eyes on him, that he was the one. That face he made when she appeared was priceless and she was hooked instantly. She knew that if she waited long enough, he would once again make that face. And so she waited, waited and waited some more. Finally, she could feel from the inside of her pokeball, the boy trembling. Was he nervous? The excitement from that being true began to overwhelm her. She just had to see that face again - that awkward nervous, shy but angry face he makes.
From a bright flash of light that shun from Usa's pocket, a zubat appeared. The tiny Pokemon flew around for a bit, flying in and around the other people that were there, before landing smack centre on Usa's face. A kiss. She perched there for a few seconds before flying around and landing on top of his head. The Pokemon cackled with glee as she watch from atop the boy's head as he franticly and nervously tried to shake her off. His face turning bright red from the embarrassment made the Zubat even more ecstatic.
Post by Dylan Allardice on Jul 8, 2015 5:20:20 GMT
Dylan smile stayed strong, Usa seemed nice enough to talk to. Dylan wasn't planning to do much during this whole speed dating thing, he was more in for it to meet new people, potential friends and enemies ya know? He looked at the time. "Geez they didn't give you a lot of that to talk to your date do they?" Dylan thought to himself, he was waiting for Usa to say something he didn't want to take lead of the conversation this time around. His eyes focus back onto Usa as he began to speak.
"Accomplish? I guess meet new people that's all ya know? The more people you know the better right?" He replied honestly, and then tilted his head. "Why is he opening his eyes so widely? Is there something on my clothes or face?" Dylan wondered, many thoughts raced through his head wondering what Usa could be staring at, as he leaned closer and smiled Dylan laughed a bit. "He's making a funny face I think. . . Won't lie though it is funny!" He thought and copied Usa.
Riolu tilted his head at the and poked Leonidas's leg, his fur was amazingly soft, he then plopped down next to the Dark Type Pokémon and rested against it. "Ri-ri!" The Pokémon exclaimed telling the Absol just how soft his fur was, with a small laugh afterwards and a sigh of relaxation. Both Trainer and Pokémon were to busy focusing and relaxing to realize the Zubat flying around.
Usa's face turned bright red. His Zubat being on his head meant he barely heard Dylan's response. He stood up sharply and pulled the Pokemon's pokeball out of his pocket. "Get back in your pokeball you..." he yelled in a stern tone. The Zubat chuckled a bit before complying.
As soon as the Zubat returned to her pokeball, Usa straightened his clothes and then sat back down. He sighed while he attempted to gather himself. "So...sorry about that" he muttered in a nervous tone. "Sometimes that Pokemon just does what she wants..." He looked over at the Absol as if to direct Dylan's attention to it. "Not at all like my Leonidas" he continued. He smiled awkwardly as he attempted to recreate his posture before the Zubat interrupted. "I'm trying to meet new people too" he explained. "I didn't really get the concept of speed dating. I read that its customary to take someone you like out on a date. But, how could you possibly like someone you just met enough to take them on a date? I guess the speed in speed dating was for speed liking?" He chuckled. He was trying to make a joke of course, but his jokes often came across as awkward. It took the right kind of person to get his humour.
Post by Dylan Allardice on Jul 8, 2015 6:36:33 GMT
Dylan was surprised when he did see the Zubat. "Whoa cool Pokémon." He commented, he didn't care if it busted out of it's Pokeball or anything. He just thought it was a cool Pokémon. "Really cool indeed." He added thinking about the Pokémon he had briefly, none of them could fly.
Dylan nodded understandingly. "I get you don't worry about a thing." He said and smiled again. Dylan wished his Pokémon would be a little more rowdy and excitable at times, it would make his journey a whole lot more fun. "Sounds interesting." he added and looked towards the Absol. "That's a really cool looking Pokémont too!" Dylan commented and nodded reassuringly. Dylan un-widened his eyes and leaned back in his seat, that posture was quite painful on the eyes and back it amazed Dylan how Usa did it so well. "Well Usa, that all comes down to if you believe in love at first sight, right?"
Post by kristmar mortensen on Jul 8, 2015 9:45:41 GMT
we are quirky, totally crazy, fairly broken but nicely decorated
From what he could make out, the person that he'd gotten paired up with for this round - Benji Fairfax he introduced himself as - had a bit of a comely air about him. His hair was an eye-catching colour, contrasting greatly with the pale and pastel colours of his chosen mask, and... did he perhaps come from mixed heritage? His eyes had a subtle quality to them that suggested such. Once Kris had slid slowly into his chair and was seated, he continued his silent studying of his date... finding himself rather pleased that they appeared around the same age and the boy seemed quite chill. This time round, he didn't think he'd done too badly. Benji struck him as pleasant company for the next few minutes.
"Kristmar Mortensen," he offered in response, giving his full name as Benji had just done. "I'm fine with going by just Kris though."
The blonde shifted slightly in his chair, pitching his upper body forward a little as he rested his forearms on the table. His seviper coiled up his trainer's leg, hooking himself around his ankle, and peered over the edge of his table. The snake's slitted eyes weren't focused on the trainer though but, rather, his bird pokémon. His tongue flickered quietly as he savoured the hoothoot's scent. Pokémon that were well-tended to always had the most tasty scents. His eyes narrowed a little more, a hungry glint to them. Delicious.
"This is Kasimir." He said, glancing down from his date to his transfixed serpent. He ran his free hand over the pokémon's obsidian scales, buffed until they boasted of their full shimmering quality.
"You're researching flying types?" Kris' gaze passed over the perched hoothoot before returning to his trainer. "I have a preference for poison and grass types myself. I'm a coordinator although... honestly I have yet to participate in my first official contest." He tilted his head with a vague smile, letting himself admire the man's choice of mask again and its carefully placed feathers, no doubt all glued by hand for more authenticity. "Are you native to this region? And... nice mask, by the way." Kris gave a quiet chuckle, one that was so light it was almost only a rumble in his throat. "It seems like you're one of the few that doesn't match their partner."
Yami blinked at the young man’s words about being here for the date before a low chuckle fell from his lips. He leaned back in his chair and watched the other male, studying in for a moment and debating on how naïve his current partner was before he continued, “Alright then, I guess this is going to be a pleasure then.” The kid seemed interesting enough, a little younger than him but again he wasn’t really interested in being here. This would certainly teach him a valuable lesson though. Look at what you’re signing before you just sign it to get it out your face. His eyes flicked to the other side of the room as a commotion went up but the kid was talking again before he could actually pay any attention to what was happening and he didn’t mind.
His eyes fell to the scyther and gave an impressive whistle as he leaned forward a bit, examining the pokemon before smiling. “He’s pretty neat and he looks like he’s in good condition.” Machiko let out a little rumbling purr before mewling at the other two pokemon, watching them carefully from her trainers lap as her tail twirled lazily. “This is my Glameow, Machiko. I’m not aiming to be anything as fancy as being top trainer or coordinator. I’m just helping out Professor Birch by trying to collect as much data on pokemon as possible.” He shrugged his shoulders a bit as his thoughts drifted, admittedly he’d been getting interested in Coordinating so…he supposed they would just have to see what ended up happening in that area. Looking back towards his date he smiled slightly and asked, “You a native to this region??”
he drew whatever observations he could make from studying kristmar and his behaviour. "kris," benji repeated, "alright." his own name wasn't meant to be shortened to ben. why would anyone do that, even? benji was a perfectly fine name as it was.
arthur was noisily bouncing from his perch, hooting loudly when benji introduced him. he unfolded both wings and flapped them happily, eager to be noticed. benji didn't let his happiness last long, putting him out of view as he turned to listen to what kristmar had to say. he watched the seviper, still feeling uncertain about it, but didn't raise his concerns. he trusted that the coordinator had his means of keeping the seviper under watch.
he nodded to the questions. a coordinator as well. he had been running into those a fair bit now, hadn't he? "i hear those are only held in the really big cities. slateport has a contest hall here, doesn't it?" he commented, only realising it when the thought hit him.
"i was born in lilycove. raised there, for the most part of my life. i've moved to fortree, the next town, for the purpose of research and apprenticeship with the fortree gym leader." subconsciously, his fingers grazed the white feathers of the swanna. "hmm? i guess. brown feathers aren't easy to come by... and arthur won't want his feathers pulled out. yours has a certain... elaborate quality to it, as well."
Usa breathed a sigh of relief. The conversation had quickly shifted from the cheeky Zubat to how cool his Pokemon were. Usa smiled with a proud grin. He took great pride in Absol... and maybe even Zubat. To each compliment, he responded with a pleasant "thank you". And with that, the mood returned to what it was like before Zubat interrupted.
Do I believe in love at first sight? Usa wasn't sure. From a romantic novel he read a few years back, he gathered that love at first sight was when another person caused you to feel like there were Butterfrees in your stomach. But, he got that feeling once when his brother almost fell from a tree. Did that mean he was in love with his brother? Usa shuddered at the thought. "I suppose it does...come down to if you believe in love at first sight". He couldn't help but repeat exactly what Dylan said. It was a stall for time while he thought up another response. Only a question came to mind. He flashed a pleasant smile and tilted his head to the side. "Have you ever experienced love at first sight?"
Risu watched it was almost like this man had ignored his offering of a handshake! I guess some people didn't have their momma raise them right. Well all in all he was still a polite person thus far. He was then given a compliment about Toki. His large insect smiled just after hearing a compliment about his own condition. "Thanks he was my first pokemon!His name is Toki." He smiled and looked at the Glameow he wasn't much of a cat person but he could see the elegance of the pokemon as a whole. It probably evolves into some large cat with very beautiful defining features.
"I like your Glameow though, her tail is very springy? I like the way it looks sorry I am not one for using large adjectives." He overheard Yami speaking about how he was a coordinator he was actually always torn on whether to become a trainer or a coordinator. Though a coordinator's life seemed too glamorous for him. You're helping birch too? Man that guy sure hires a lot of people." Then posed with the question on if he was native to here. "Yeah I am I was originally from Fortree city, what about yourself? Also this might sound like an odd question but do you prefer any of these gems above the rest; Rubies? Sapphires? or Emeralds?"
Post by Dylan Allardice on Jul 8, 2015 19:19:09 GMT
Dylan quickly noticed that his partner was quite tense from this "speed date." But he didn't comment on it, him being tense was probably a normal reaction to the situation, just meeting someone you've never met before to get to know them.
Dylan waited for a response, he was probably thinking of one right now, who knows what goes on in another persons mind during a conversation. He waited, and waited, till Usa simply restated what he had said with a shudder. Dylan nodded and let out a small "Mhmm." He wondered why Usa shuddered, maybe he believed he was in love with someone he didn't want to be? who knows. Dylan's face became a bit red once he heard Usa's next question. He rubbed the back of his head and slowly nodded. "Yes, I do actually. Heheh. . . Short story there though. . ."
Usa leaned in to signal that he wanted to hear more. His pleasant facial expression slowly shifted to one of curiosity. "Please, tell me" he begged with a faint smile. "What happened?" He slowly brought his arms out from under the table and rested them on top of it. Dylan telling a story was just what Usa needed to move the attention off of how nervous he was. None of his preparations had made the evening run smoother. Luckily, Dylan seemed like a nice enough person to not care too much about how tense Usa was. He smiled softly as awaited Dylan's story.
Post by Dylan Allardice on Jul 8, 2015 21:35:54 GMT
The fact that Dylan fell in love at first sight caught Usa's attention quickly, he decided he'd have to explain the story now especially after he had said please so politely. The thing was he was in love with another Magma Grunt who met at the Magma Base and on a Magma Mission only, so he'd have to cover all that up. "Ah well you see I was in Petalburg woods one day and uh there was a group of people getting attacked by a swarm of bug type Pokémon, so I sort of stepped in and helped them out. That's when I guess you could say this girl and I first saw each other." He paused thinking about how to cover up the Magma parts again. "The next time I saw her I actually got to talk to her and such. It was at the Mall, we were both kind of lost, and when I saw her face I couldn't help to. . . you know. . . fall in love I guess?" He muttered quietly. He paused once more. "She's the one person I want to see at this gala the most."