Jack: Yep. I'm considering scouting around on my own and see if I can find one of its entrances, so if these rumors turn out to be true I'll report back as soon as I can.
The League of Heroes"Well, good luck with that— but, I do wonder. I don't think fitting in is just based just off of combat strength; I mean, Finley and I barely fight at all."
Mila shrugs, and returns to her meal. The soup isn't much special, but she enjoys the sensation of warm food; sandwiches can only be interesting for so long.
edited 31st Jul '17 10:39:32 AM by Cabe_Bedlam
I need to update these things more oftenWell, we've had a few cases of patrons throwing dishes and food at other patrons, patients sometimes using attacks on other patrons (says Cole) Dodie here got bitten on the snout by a disruptive Ekans the other day...
The little punk...it took a while for my nose to stop bleeding... (The Venusaur cuts in.)
A Throh nearly broke a waiter's arm when he put too much salt in his soup, a Jumpluff threw fuzz in Rilla's eyes when Rilla accidentally dropped her coffee, a Geodude got in a fight with a Roggenrola over what the best dish here was... We don't have incidents like this every day, but I feel like we've had to break up fights and even throw people out more often than we used to.
Perhaps it does have some level of connection to this "Viral Aggression" habit this Unown is talking about. (The Infernape suggests.)
"Hey, least I didn't lose all my artistic talent when I crash landed in the arena here."Jack pockets the message into his longcoat as he finishes his meal
Jack: Thanks. Now you can excuse me, I'm off to find a hidden treasure of a city.
Jack turns to Sushi as he walks away
Jack: Bye, Captain Whiskers! 'Till we meet again!
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edited 31st Jul '17 11:00:06 AM by TheGamechanger
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Purrloin Jani by shrubBird
*Voxno-V jots down fairly detailed notes as the bouncers speak. it thinks to itself all the while*
(Hmm, an Ekans...perhaps from one of the outlying villages.)
(Jumpluffs tend to work on the plantations a bit north of here...)
(Interesting...the fight and rock mons could be either from the Silversand slums, or that village on the volcano above Hoard.)
*it jots down these speculations as well, and then decides to ask the bouncers*
The Geodude, Roggenrola, and Throh...would you happen to know in which direction they headed after you ejected them from the restaurant?
edited 31st Jul '17 11:00:32 AM by sarysa
Current WHABP alts: Jani (Sarah) the Purrloin, Hudson the Togetic. Tilly/Lilly (Digletts) are being Put on a Bus.I believe that the Geodude and Roggenrola went toward the volcano, so they may have been from Glasstone on top of the volcano. The Throh...I think he proceeded in the direction of Silversand. (the Infernape says.)
Now, just as a disclaimer, we get rowdy customers in here all of the time, so I couldn't tell you how many of them were being affected by this Viral Aggression whatzit. (says Cole) It wouldn't surprise me if some of them are, though. As I said before, lately we've been getting more fighting incidents here than usual.
So how are we supposed to tell the cranky customers from the customers who've got this thing? (the Venusaur asks Voxno.)
edited 31st Jul '17 11:16:14 AM by kablammin45
"Hey, least I didn't lose all my artistic talent when I crash landed in the arena here.""Jack's leaving to... train in fighting." Finley snickers. "Good luck with that."
Long live the New Bev.Jack takes the note back and puts it in his longcoat
Jack: I will, thanks!
Jack turns to Sushi again
Jack: Sorry Captain Whiskers, but your competition is gonna get stronger without you!
Jack then leaves for real
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Purrloin Jani by shrubBird
Let's pretend each of my paragraphs come directly after the respective paragraph in kablammin's post.
(Right, the village of Glasstone
. I am unsure how its name eluded me.) *Voxno-V thinks to itself, then points out to the Infernape* Not literally on its top, but I believe we have the same location in mind.
*Voxno then addresses Cole, first with a nod, and then by affirming* Your skepticism is wise. It is dangerous to jump to conclusions too quickly. *then thinks to itself* (A lesson I might learn someday...)
*Voxno finally mentions to the Venusaur* Unfortunately, the symptoms can be quite subtle most of the time — virtually indistinguishable from a common ruffian. The only reliable symptom is generally only seen in advanced cases, or in bouts of extreme primal aggression: A dark glow surrounding the infected. Have any of your customers or staff *that second part being important* exhibited such symptoms?
When I said "deprecating the ? form", I pretty much mean "only in very, very, VERY specific cases." :P
Current WHABP alts: Jani (Sarah) the Purrloin, Hudson the Togetic. Tilly/Lilly (Digletts) are being Put on a Bus.[Damn it, Jack.]
[I sigh. If you really wanted to fit in, ya dumb lug, maybe you should stick with the friggin team. I can understand him needing to get used to his body like with Goobert, but that doesn't really seem to be an issue for him...]
[...I just only hope he comes back. Stronger, wiser, whatever the he'll he ends up being: as long as he's with us. This is twice we've had people break off today...I'd rather not have a third follow behind that.]
[Still, this has been somewhat regular behavior for him. I wanted to talk with him about where he was yesterday, but then that fucking Mr. Mime showed up and derailed that little thing. Kinda reminds me a bit of that Charizard we started off with, though...didn't he come back on, like, the second day and then left?]
[Finishing up my omelette, I push the plate away and lean back in my chair. This felt nice...I've tried to have more than just berries day-in and day-out, and this is probably the closest thing I've had to meat since I got here. I don't know how much variation I need in my diet now that I'm a Pokémon, but if only for the sake of my sanity, I've wanted to keep that up.]
Something about the Ekans did seem a little off to me... (Dodie comments) I mean, usually, the disruptive people don't put up too much of a fight if we have to drag them out. I never had anyone attack me for taking them off the premises until then. He had the strangest look in his eyes...
"Hey, least I didn't lose all my artistic talent when I crash landed in the arena here."Jack walks outside the diner and thinks about where he should go. As he does so he notices something shimmering slightly on the other side of the road. One could easily mistake the shimmering as wind blowing through the bushes, but Jack felt that something was off about it. He walks to where the shimmering is occurring and notices that it's actually an illusion to disguise something as a bunch of bushes. Jack casually walks through the illusion and finds two old carts with a safety bar of some sort attached to them resting at the top of a metal rail that seems to go downhill.
Jack: Huh, this must be one of the entrances to the hidden city. Might as well get in.
Jack hops into the front cart and holds onto the safety bar as the cart starts moving
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A hidden city, eh? Sounds interesting.
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