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The Indigo League ([personal profile] indigo_league) wrote in [community profile] victory_road2025-04-14 12:16 am

Turn Back Time



The air is humid, and unusually warm for this early in spring. The plants around are just a bit unfamiliar: giant ferns, things that look like palm trees mixed oddly with towering conifers, shrubs with fan-shaped leaves, plants sprouting objects that look halfway between flowers and pine cones. Water splashes and trickles, probably from a stream somewhere nearby. Leaves rustle in the breeze, and there are distant animal noises - but none that sound like the Pokemon cries you'd expect to hear in the forests of today.

...is it still today?

Welcome to prehistoric Johto!

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calisugarfiend: Cali whistles a merry little tune (Whistling Cali)

Absolutely healthy and delectable, just look at that delicious gray hue of cambium bread

[personal profile] calisugarfiend 2025-06-09 04:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Absolutely, I think we can definitely get some great tastes with it.

[Cali perks up at that as the Archen pays attention] We sure do, let's see what we can forage here.

....Oh man yeah you're right, what might be a good gathering place to have the supplies at? If we can find a cave, we could treat it like a fridge of sorts.
seacub: (AND NOW A PIPE TOO??)

hoRUF

[personal profile] seacub 2025-06-15 01:12 pm (UTC)(link)
A cave could work...could be a double edged sword too, but it's not as if we have a lot of options. Not until I have the time to pull together some kind of store-house at least...

...But in that same vein, it might be an idea to try finding a cave even just for shelter.
calisugarfiend: Cali is curious! What could this mean? Also her hair is a shade of toothpaste blue! (Curious Cali)

Best survival meal plan ever, I cannot see this going wrong in the slightest :D

[personal profile] calisugarfiend 2025-06-15 04:39 pm (UTC)(link)
True, we'd have to fend off scavengers from the food supplies during this. I kind wonder if we could makeshift a crate or something along those lines to protect them...

I think a cave is our best bet as a shelter, though I think we should figure out where in Johto we're at. Like if we can see a similar land mark like the one in present day, we should be able to navigate from there.
oceanbear: (Talking)

new icons and account time yayyy

[personal profile] oceanbear 2025-06-25 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
[RIP all of them when they return to the modern world, but at least they have actual food to look forward to when they get back?

Well.
]

Let's see... Normally I'd say we can expect the same caves, but we're probably millions of years in the past. Some cave systems might not even exist in the same way...

...I wonder what we'd be able to see from the tops of these trees...
calisugarfiend: Cali is curious! What could this mean? Also her hair is a shade of toothpaste blue! (Curious Cali)

Yay on the new account and icons :'D

[personal profile] calisugarfiend 2025-06-25 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
[It'll most certainly be felt the next day, that is for sure. Upside, it'll make the soda floats all the more sweeter once they're back to present day.]

That's a really good point, some may have not even started to form just yet. I think I can get out Battenberg to help us out on that one, I think she can levitate one of us.

[Cali wasn't about to relive the incident with the plague doctor eating tree of Route 29 again as she fishes out Battenberg's scented sticker covered PokeBall.]
oceanbear: (Talking)

[personal profile] oceanbear 2025-07-01 10:39 am (UTC)(link)
I know I've got a few Pokemon that can help one way or another too...

...If we go too long without finding a cave though, we'll just have to settle for a shelter made from wood for a bit.
calisugarfiend: Cali is curious! What could this mean? Also her hair is a shade of toothpaste blue! (Curious Cali)

[personal profile] calisugarfiend 2025-07-01 05:48 pm (UTC)(link)
You're awesome, let's use a combination of our Pokemon to see if we can locate a cave or a place we can get a shelter set up safely at.

...That's a good point, a really good point. I think we can use some of the vines here to attach the wood together for the shelter if it does come to it?
oceanbear: (Talking)

[personal profile] oceanbear 2025-07-04 01:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Perfect!

[Alright, out comes...a Reiuniclus?]

Floating should at least mean they can do some looking...

...But when it comes to wood, we actually don't necessarily have to lash anything together. We can keep it in place using the ground itself. Hopefully we don't have to do that though, it's a pretty involved process...
calisugarfiend: Cali is curious! What could this mean? Also her hair is a shade of toothpaste blue! (Curious Cali)

[personal profile] calisugarfiend 2025-07-05 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
[Out comes Battenberg, an Indeedee who looks pretty perplexed by the situation...yeah poor Battenberg, she has no clue what she signed up for.]

Dude, I love your Pokemon! They look super awesome.

[This was the first time Cali saw a Reuniclus and she was amazed by how much the little Pokemon looked like an alien from the 90s era of Earth]

Absolutely though, this should help us big time for surviving during this situation..

I hope not either, makes you really wish for nails, right?
oceanbear: (big yikes)

[personal profile] oceanbear 2025-07-07 02:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Hahah! Thanks! I was in the middle of training them up for Gym work when we got here actually...

[He gives a laugh though.] Hah! Kinda, yeah. I'm glad I've kept up the practice though...I picked it up when we were dropped in Hisui- rather, 1800s Sinnoh- a few years back... ...but I didn't think I'd be using it in a place like this that's for sure.

Honestly I expected to just be teaching trainers how to make roadside shelters...
calisugarfiend: Cali is curious! What could this mean? Also her hair is a shade of toothpaste blue! (Curious Cali)

[personal profile] calisugarfiend 2025-07-07 05:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Nice! I was done shopping when I got warped here, I'm just glad to have gotten supplies. What are the memberships like at the gyms here? I've only heard about them back home.

[Cali...Cali thinks Emporio is talking about a work out gym rather than the ones you go to battles in...Cali honey no]

Oh man, I'm glad you did too. Back home, we were getting ready for a simulated survival training out on Orion 23, namely learning to build a Dakota fire hole. Sure, we can't build a fire on Orion 34 and was mainly for technique, but I wished I could've learned that one. It would've come in handy right now.

Oh man the roadside shelters sound insanely fun to learn for building!
oceanbear: (big yikes)

[personal profile] oceanbear 2025-07-12 12:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Membership..?

[It takes him a moment. He's been here so long...] Oh. Oh!

Oh, not that kind of gym, heh... ...They're Pokemon Gyms- Trainer Gyms, in other words. The idea with the local ones is that trainers test their skill and strength against 'Gym Leaders', gathering badges as proof of prowess before challenging the most elite of the country. Once enough of the people from outside the world started beating the Champion though, they made a sort of...supplementary league for those sorts.

I'm part of that- but since Gyms can double as other businesses, I decided to use it to help people setting out from New Bark. I mean...we're dropped there with a backpack and three days of hiking in any direction before the nearest town with supplies for purchase...
calisugarfiend: Cali is curious! What could this mean? Also her hair is a shade of toothpaste blue! (Curious Cali)

[personal profile] calisugarfiend 2025-07-12 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[Now this was a new concept to Cali big time. Never once had she thought about it, but the Pokemon battles and the really shiny badges were now beginning to make sense to the Cavity Queen. She'd wonder where folks were getting the badges from, but behold! Cali now had the answer!]

Oh! So that's were the badges were coming from! I was always curious about where folks were finding them at. I didn't even realize a supplementary league could be created too, that's really neat!

[Cali has zoned from the survival stuff for the time being, she was now focused on learning about the gym system.]
oceanbear: (smaller smile)

[personal profile] oceanbear 2025-07-16 11:45 am (UTC)(link)
Haha! I can point you in a few directions once we're back then, if you're interested. A lot of people coming here go for the gym challenge one way or another...honestly, for me it just seemed like the 'thing' to do.

Either way, preparing for it gives me a lot to work with now.
calisugarfiend: A Super happy Cali waving to you in hello as fast as a little hummingbird (Default)

[personal profile] calisugarfiend 2025-07-16 03:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh man I'd be thrilled for that, thank you. I'm always eager to learn some new survival tips, especially for this world.

It does sound like its busy though, but that's a good thing, it means you're doing great with your gym.
oceanbear: (smaller smile)

[personal profile] oceanbear 2025-07-22 01:44 pm (UTC)(link)
A little, yeah. Busier than I expected I think...New Bark isn't exactly lively.

But it's agreed then- once we're out of here!

[...]

...I guess that'll take a bit huh.

[One may as well let out a canned laugh track...]
calisugarfiend: Cali is curious! What could this mean? Also her hair is a shade of toothpaste blue! (Curious Cali)

[personal profile] calisugarfiend 2025-07-22 04:11 pm (UTC)(link)
That's fair, it was quiet when I first arrived here.

Absolutely, I'm fully onboard with visiting for survival tips!

[There's a head tilt from Cali]

I'm sure it'll gain attention, it's a really good gym business.

[Yep, here comes Cali's Little Miss Sunshine disposition shining through fully]
oceanbear: (smaller smile)

[personal profile] oceanbear 2025-07-25 12:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Just as long as it isn't overwhelming...Beyond feeling bad for the community, I can only do so much.
calisugarfiend: Cali whistles a merry little tune (Whistling Cali)

[personal profile] calisugarfiend 2025-07-25 02:32 pm (UTC)(link)
I hope not, being overwhelmed isn't fun at all. I think it'll be a community gem though, you have a really good gym plan.