Pokemon Conquest: Fate of the Throne (RPG)

"Hm?" Hearing the voices of people at the edge of his hearing, the blonde man perked up. "Princess, we might be lucky and meet other people." Readying himself in case it were bandits (it pays to be cautious), Guy led the plodding Camerupt and its carriage off the road. "Hello? Are there people here?" Calling out as a formality, the man put himself a few feet ahead of the carriage in order to better ascertain if there were potential threats to his charge.

'Sir' Blair looked up from her fourth ale of the night as a Scolipede was violently dislodged from the tavern's doorway. The tipsy knight couldn't help but applaud when she saw the blue haired girl that had caused the bug-type's flight.

Rolling her eyes at the display, a far less amused Larvitar voiced her opinion, "...Violent idiot."

The knight's attention was soon drawn to the small white haired girl that had declared she owned the establishment. That was...odd. Still, the child's enthusiasm was impressive, earning her the Amber Knight's approval and a hearty laugh.

Tara simply brought one of her 'hands' up to her face. I'm surrounded by idiots...

"Did you say 'are there people here'? ...Give me a moment to double-check," Lyle called back, not bothering to stop and turn around as he talked. "Yep, there's defintely people here. At least three of 'em. They have pokemon, too! And here's the crazy part...they're all headed to a meeting at the castle, since the people are actually Knight Leaders! They didn't even plan to all be here at once; all their paths converging was a coincidence! Isn't that just astounding?"

The Steel Knight then felt a kick hit him in the back. "I assume from all your incessant chatter that you've forgotten that I need my beauty sleep," Mackenzie uttered, her voice a tad bitter.

"Sorry, Kenzie, sorry..." Lyle apologized, as he continued progressing forward. If that was some scallywag behind them, if the knowedge that he was facing Knight Leaders didn't scare him off, then it was actually a good thing that he'd awoken his partner. And if it was yet another Knight Leader, Lyle swore to himself that he'd seek out whoever made this road and ask him a few important questions.

Derek's only thought? Not another one. Seriously, this was getting ridiculous.

"Come now, Sir Gray Knight, no need to be so sarcastic."

....Actually, that was the only thing tolerable about this whole situation. At least someone was being sarcastic. Derek would do that himself, except he was so pissed off and exasperated right now.

What the hell, let's greet the new idiot.

"Yeah, there are people here. Who the hell are you?"

Macbeth looked as some of the knights already arrived at the castle. He smirked, wondering if the other Knights were held up... hoping they were held up. Soon, someone came to him. A man in a dark cloak, albeit with cobwebs and twigs.

"Sir... The ambush was a failure. The other bandits were caught up in a web..." The man said.

"... Very well. I guess I should make my appearance." Macbeth said as he stepped downstairs.

—

A Noctowl swooped down next to the Yellow Knight as Hamlet got off the owl.

"Ah, mornin' to you. I see the fishes are swimming gently to the fishin' net?" Hamlet asked Joshua. Then the Black Knight walked past them, giving them the cold shoulder. He waited for the doors of Macbeth's Castle to open. And then they did. Macbeth walked outside with a Makuhita next to him.

"Welcome fellow Knight Leaders! Welcome to Crawdant! Please, come in and enjoy yourselves!" Macbeth said.

*WHAM!!!*

A short distance away from the castle entrance, something large landed hard on the ground, resulting in a shallow crater. When the dust cleared, there stood a jolly looking Tropius and her two obviously frazzled looking riders.

"OHWOWIETHATWASAMAZINGDON'TYOUTHINKITWASAMAZINGITHOUGHTITWASAMAZINGIMEANLOOPDELOOPSAREALWAYS-AMAZINGINEVERTHOUGHTIBEABLETODOSOMETHINGSOAMAZINGIUSUALLYONLYSEEBIRDSFLYSOMAMAZINGAMIUSING-AMAZINGTOOMUCHBUTICAN'THELPITITHINKAMAZING'SAWONDERFULWORDAND........"

Edwin's response to the babble: "uga uga ee yee nien ga gaug ga......." he said, a strange look on his face. Stumpy did not say anything, but his similar facial expression spoke clearly. The both slid off the sauropod, when did not notice at all.

"..........BARRELROLLSANDEVERYTHINGWHYDOTHEYCALLTHEMBARRELROLLSSOUNDSLIKECRECENTROLLSYOU'VE-HADCRESCENTROLLSTHEY'REDELICIOUSSOFLUFFYANDBUTTERYMMMMMMMMMI'MGETTINGHUNGRYTHINKINGABOUTDOTHEY-HAVEANYTHINGHEREICOULDGOFORAPPLESORSTRAWBERRIESORMAYBEEVENBANANASILOVEBANANASBUTALLTROPIUSLOVEBANANAS......."

Edwin stayed on the ground as his consciousness realigned with his head. Then he spoke. "Stumpy," he asked his Pokemon partner.

"Way ahead of you," the Breloom groaned. Having recovered more quickly, leaped up into the air.

".............PREFEROATMEALWITHBLUBBERRIESANDRASPBERRIESBUTNOTWITHMAPLESYRUPIHATEMALPEDON'TKNOWWHYBUT - "

The Tropius was interrupted when Stumpy stomped down on her head a few times, and then leaping into the air with her head as a platform, doing a forward flip, and finally slamming the underside of his tail upon her head. The Grass and Flying type started to see stars and her eyes were a kalediscope of colors. "Ooooooooh......pretty colors........." she said, her voice now sounding like a drugged up hippy.

Edwin got up and dusted himself off before leading the now docile Tropius by the reins towards the castle entrance, Stumpy following behind. "Hopefully this is the right place," he said, and then noticed the other Knight Leaders. "Oh, hey there!" he greeted the others that have gathered. "I'm Edwin Owen, the Green Knight Leader, and this is my partner, Stumpy!" he said gesturing a hand towards Stumpy.

Stumpy merely gave a nod. Then gave a rather withering glare towards the Yellow Knight's Zebstrika.....

edited 25th Jun '12 4:53:38 PM by UdtheImp

Annalina blinked as the large centipede pokemon attempted to pet her on the head. Not entirely sure how to react, she drew back a little. She didn't know the pokemon, and father had told her to be careful around people she didn't know... "The deed? I'll get that, too! I claim it in the name of Beatrika Fraziskabella Wolkenkastanets!"

She placed her hands on her hips again triumphantly... not before adjusting her hat, of course.

Derek stared at the insanity unfolding around him. This was beyond stupid. He really couldn't take this anymore. And so he did his trademark facepalm. Damn, are all the other Knight Leaders this...well, incompetent?

Camellia, on the other hand was giggling. "Hello, sirs, I am Camellia. This is my brother, The Cyan Knight, Derek Sturmgard, son of the late Dame Caelica Sturmgard, the previous Cyan Knight."

Derek nodded at the gathered Knights,glaring at each in turn.

Then to the Gold knight. "Drop the "hospitality" act. I know what you are, you woman's tool. Don't think I've been fooled for a second."

"Pleased to meet you, Lady Camellia," Edwin greeted the Frolass, bowing down and then gently kissing her hand. And then to Derek. "And get pleasure to meet a fellow Knight Leader, Sir Sturmgard," he said to Derek, bowing to him and holding out his hand for a handshake.

However, his irises and pupils shrank at what the Cyan knight said to the Gold Knight. "Wha," he said in complete disbelief.

edited 25th Jun '12 6:26:15 PM by UdtheImp

Perun gritted his teeth at the Breloom who would dare show such brazenness to it's better, especially when it looked like a weakling. While Joshua answered Hamlet's question with a curt nod before shaking his head in shame at the self-humiliation of Edwin's Pokemon. Sensing his master's shame; Perun barks out a rather frank statement to Edwin.

"You are the Green Knight? The standards must have stooped quite low to have let a bumbling oaf like you take such an honorable position."

And when Lord Macbeth showed up, Perun and Joshua gave him their curtsy by bowing a bit and thumping the left side of the chest with a fist respectively.

"We are most honored by your hospitality Lord."

Joshua wasn't being flattering, he was simply being polite in contrast to the arrogant and tactless cyan knight.

edited 25th Jun '12 9:53:09 PM by Strigon

"Ouch," Edwin merely said in response to Perun.

Stumpy merely continued to glare at the Zebstrika, and then bowed to the Mac Beth. Edwin noticed this and bowed as well.

Lyle just stood back in awe as roughly five minutes of chaos unfolded before him. An implication that they were heading into a trap, a loudmouthed Tropius being knocked out by its riders, finally learning what Sir Derek's last name was...sometimes it was best to wait for the action to die down a tad instead of letting your words get lost in the frenzy.

"Hey, be easy on Greenie, Mr. Black-and-white-and-rode-all-over," Lyle told the Yellow Knight's mount, wagging a finger for emphasis. "Word has it that he was given the job at his mentor's deathbed. Have you any idea just how much pressure you'd have to put up with, or are you too high-and-mighty to let things like emotions slow you and your master down?"

Lyle then let Mackenzie off of his back, and following the example of the Green Knight and his partner, proceeded to bow...well, curtsie for Kenzie. "Sir Lyle Gizagiza the Gray Knight and Lady Mackenzie, here to graciously accept your generous meal offer...well, unless Sir Sturmgard turns out to be right, of course. I should be honest; I just walked a few miles beside him, and I feel somewhat obligated to take his side if you two start fighting."

Macbeth looked at the caffeine powered Knight Leader and his Pokemon with strange awe. It seems that those leaves imported from the Kanjoh Region were really high potent drugs.

"Eeeeer... Okay..." Macbeth said. Even Hamlet, who as far as the other Knight Leaders know was the most batshit insane, was a little astounded by this. Macbeth then heard Derek calling him out for being a woman's tool. "A tool, you say? Why, I wouldn't go as far as say I'm henpecked... Ah, speaking of, I think milady has some of the food ready. So if you guys would, please come inside. Hopefully the other Knights would come too." Macbeth said as he walked into his castle. Tobias smirked under his helmet. He was spared having to forge his story.

—

Meanwhile, Zolo was stalking the streets, looking for a place to mooch off for the night. Soon, he noticed a tavern.

"Heh, this could be good..." Zolo said as he went to the Tavern.

edited 27th Jun '12 9:24:11 AM by Psyga315

Joshua dismounted Perun and followed Lord Macbeth without even acknowledging the presence of his fellow knight leaders all while keeping his eyes peeled for anything suspicious or out of the ordinary.

Perun meanwhile, turned away from the other knight leaders and trotted off into the castle's courtyard.

"Now where are the stables in this castle? My legs have tired from that journey."

edited 27th Jun '12 8:23:46 AM by Strigon

Pierre reached the castle gates, and dismounted. "Go enjoy yourself." he told the Pokemon he had used as a mount, before watching it gallop off.

He entered the castle.

Before entering the castle, Edwin passed the reigns of the Tropius to Stumpy. "Find the stables and drop this girl off there," he said. "After that, come inside and find me, a'ight?"

The Breloom nodded, taking the Tropius and guiding it away.

"I can see the chirping crickets......" she said, still zonked out.

Edwin merely shook his head as he followed the other Knight Leader inside the castle. He found himself walking next to Lyle. "Hey there," the Green Knight leader greeted the Gray. "Sir Gizagiza, right?"

edited 28th Jun '12 8:20:41 PM by UdtheImp

"The one and only Steel Knight...well, 'current', at the very least," replied Lyle, now walking alongside Mackenzie rather than carrying her inside. "You said your name was Edwin, right? As I've said before, I can't help but like a guy with such respect towards his former master. Taking on so much work at once...we both know that the fighting starts tomorrow, but if you start breaking down from the stress, I know an extremely talented Conossieur that would be glad to give you a helping hand."

Curious as to whether that man from before had left or not, Lyle quickly glanced behind him...and then faced forwards again, looking more panicked than before. 'Twas the Orange Knight from his nightmares, and in hindsight, he probably shouldn't have been sarcastic towards him earlier. With the Black Knight just ahead of him, the Steel Knight was practically sandwiched between the two knights he feared the most in this world. Lyle quickly crossed his fingers and hoped that their seats weren't preselected, forcing him to remain in this bind for the entire meal.

Sentus got on his knee to get to eye level with the strange girl.

"Lass, 'til ye have the deed, this place stays with its rightful owner."

Sentus headed back to the bar and sat down next to Blair, placing a few coins on the table.

"Right, sorry 'bout that Sir Blair. Ye bought the last round, so thes one's on me."

"Current?" Edwin said. "Oh, right, your mom got her leg lopped off by somebody," he said. "I'm sorry if I'm going into forbidden territory there," he apologized. "But really, the job's not all that tough. Once you get the hang of it, runnin' and large town and an entire province is actually quite easy! Its the paperwork that the real problem."

"Don't worry about mom; she's still as feisty as ever. Still, now's not the time for such talk," said Lyle, his eyes going back towards the Black Knight. To be quite honest, he wasn't sure if that man was the same one that fought his mother; the fight was years ago, and it was possible that he had passed his title down to a squire since that day. Still, of all the times to talk about the man, now was certainly not the most opportune moment.

"So, Eddy," Lyle uttered, trying to change the topic, "what are your thoughts about this feast we're heading to? You already heard Sir Sturmgard's opinion earlier, and I would defend his right to that opinion if I had to, but I personally think that anything other than what was advertised would be a tad hard to hide from the public."

"I just hope that there's steak," Mackenzie added, having paid full attention to the conversation. "The sandwiches that Lyle and I usually split at lunchtime are good, but a lady like myself shouldn't be afraid to sink her teeth into some real meat, especially in a fancy place such as this."

"I'm more of a pork guy myself," Edwin responded to Mackenzie. Then he turned to Lyle. "And I think this whole dinner thing is probably some sorta morbid 'last meal' thing Mac Beth has planned, knowing the stories about him, or probably his wife insisted. I personally don't think he's gonna poison everybody, but I actually took as many antibodies of every known poison as possible just in case."

The Green Knight did noticed the Gray nervously looking upon the Black Knight. Edwin could not blame him for being nervous. The Black Knight himself had a cold-blooded ruthlessness with matching body count to propel the man to almost mythic level. And quite honestly, out of all the competition, the Black Knight scared him far more than the Gold Knight.....but he doubted the Black would actually try something at this dinner, not during a moment where arms are not supposed to be bared, right? And even if he did, dude's completely outnumbered, and they all could take him, right?

...................right?

Derek decided to ignore the talking knights and proceeded to glare at everything in the castle. He was on the lookout for possible traps, escape routes and the like. It's better to be paranoid than to be dead, after all.

Camellia on the other hand, decided to join in on the conversation.

"Well, sir Knights, I am not as paranoid as my brother, but I think that we should still be careful. Better cautious than dead,right? And regarding the dinner...my brother is vegetarian so..."

Derek groaned. "Sister,please refrain from giving out my personal information..."

Joshua paused for only the briefest of moments in apparent reaction to "Sir" Derek's Frosslass stating that the arrogant Knight wasn't a meat-eater before going back to subtly scrutinizing every inch of the castle that comes within his field of vision.

"Sit! Enjoy!" Macbeth said as the Knights following him entered his dining hall, where there was a long table filled to the brim with nearly every kind of food possible in the medieval times. "But we should probably wait for the other Knights to get here." Macbeth said.

"And let the maggots feast on cold leftovers? Nah." Hamlet said as he rushed to the table, but was then held by the cold armor of Tobias.

"... It's best we stay and wait." Tobias said.

"To stay, and obey the command of our host and a fear-inducing man. Or to go, obeying instead a lunatic and our rumbling stomachs. Certainly a tough decision...what are your thoughts about it?" Mackenzie quietly asked her master, not wanting to offend the Silver and Black Knights with words they're probably tired of hearing.

"Well, as far as we know, there may be knights even less trusting than Sir Sturmgard, and too rude to send word that they won't be attending," Lyle answered. "Maybe they're having their own get-together at a pub as we speak. Still, it would be odd to assume that only those we encountered on the way here will be our only company, and I don't really mind being a tad more patient."

"If you say so, Lyle," the knight's partner replied, trying to pretend that she couldn't smell steak from her current position. If Lyle could bare to wait a few minutes, then so should she, even if a need to eat was slowly overpowering her desire to appear respectful.