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Acklow's Berry Pies

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Acklow, I spent my 12 TC.

That's total income, so no worries. I just keep track of how much you've made so far, so that later if we get more employees...well it'll be easier to see who hasn't been around for as long, I guess.
 
*cracks knuckles* Time for some RP'ing action!

A sound emanates from the inside of the shop. The bell of the front door swings back and forth, once again calling customers to the store's many goods. DarkSlay hastily runs up to the counter. His breath pants in fast momentum, as if he had been running a marathon that was still not complete.

"*Pant*...*Pant*...I just came back from a huge ass Raid, and finally am able to cough up the TC I needed to start my own farm. Do you know how hard it is to take out a Moltres? It was huge!"

He stopped. He realized that the worker seemed less than interested in his glorified fish tale, and instead focused more on the 17 TC DarkSlay had in his hands. DarkSlay quickly exchanges the TC for a set of keys to a brand new orchard right outside of the lot.

"Finally! I can start to grow some delectable berries for my Pokemon friends! In fact, this reminds me of the time I first set out to be a Pokemon Master. I was a young kid, just wanting to experience the grand jo-"

DarkSlay stopped mid-sentence. He realized that the clerk fell asleep, either from exhaustion or sheer boredom. Quickly, he reached to the side of his belts and took a Pokeball from it. He released Gatorade the Totodile and ordered it to use a light Water Gun at the clerk. The clerk jerked up and stood abashed.

"There, that ought to do it. Now, why not show me the way to my new piece of real estate?"

(So someone needs to confirm this purchase, correct?)
 
Amber stared gloomily at the entirely blue sky through the very clear windows, contemplating the meaning of life while watching a cloud wind its way to the other side.

DarkSlay burst in through the door, the bell tinkling welcomingly. Panting, he rested his hands against the counter. "I just came back from a huge ass Raid, and finally am able to cough up the TC I needed to start my own farm."

He lifted an impressively bulging wallet while continuing to talk. Amber's eyes expanded like saucers as she zoned out.

"...you know...take out...tres...huge!" He rambled, making wild hand gestures while speaking earnestly about something or another, his wallet flapping slightly in his hand as he waved it around.

Amber reached towards the counter for a set of keys and held them out to him. DarkSlay upended the wallet, spilling TC over the counter.

Amber snatched them up, holding them to her chest happily. She breathed in the scent of them, rolled one between her fingers, the cold, hard metal glinting in the bright summer sunlight.

"Finally! I can start to grow some delectable berries for my Pokemon friends! In fact, this reminds me..."

Amber was startled awake by a jet of water. TC falling from suddenly slack hands, she snatched a shovel from under the counter and...

Put it back down. Nobody saw that. "A ha ha ha...that's great. Sign th-" she gestured to the sopping wet contract, the ink bleeding into the crisp white paper to form an unattractive grey. "Lemme get you another one."

After pointing DarkSlay and Gatorade in the right direction with a basket on the trainer's hip, Amber left Puff to mind the shop and went to wash.
 
Engineer walks into the store, happy to be hired and finally have some work to do. Taking a seat behind the counter, he spies a trainer standing in a corner of the shop, leaning again the wall.

"It seems that someone has finally realized that I'm here," Athenodoros says. "I've already put my TC into the register."

Checking the register, Engineer finds a couple receipts along with a note from Amber that reads "Spent my TC already." It seems that Athenodoros is telling the truth... but why would you ever put your TC in the register yourself? What exactly do I do now??? Luckily, Acklow suddenly walks in the shop and confirms that the TC has been put in. Whew.

Grabbing a set of keys from the rack behind the counter, Engineer hands them to the now-smiling Athenodoros.

"Here is your complementary Oran Berry. Here are your keys. Have fun growing berries!" Engineer says.

Athenodoros walks out of the shop and towards his new orchard, pausing to wait until some of his Pokemon return from their own affairs.


(Is this how you do it)

e: acklow told me that nobody had done it yet x____x
 
With the help of her trusty Tropius - Grand Geneva - Flora arrives safely to Acklow's Berry Pies. The wings of the giant banana tree Pokemon settle down and the feet stomp down onto the ground, creating a 1.0 magnitude earthquake. After dropping Flora off, Tropius flies back home to let Flora do what she wants to do her. It's not all that bad - Flora has a secret whistle that can call Tropius back to her whenever she wants to. It's late at night and the Hoothoots can be heard hooting noisily. Couldn't Flora have chosen a better time?

"I'm so freaking broke and I don't have all the materials to successfully plant but I came here anyway..."

Flora stops to think about if she should really do this or not. After some time, she came to a conclusion.

"Well, I'm already here, so why not?! I want to plant stuff! More importantly, this place looks cool and I must visit it!"

She picks out the only PokeBall she carried with her and unleashes it. A huge Colossoil pops out and immediately sets herself onto the smooth ground. Her mouth foams with bubbles, her hands ready to dig, her bouncing technique prepared to roam, and... the others she'll have to think about when she encounters them.

"That's enough sitting around! Colossoil, let's get going!"

Flora hops onto Colossoil, who then makes a big belly flop out of the ground into the air via Bounce and slams her back tail right back into the ground in front of the entrance. A huge explosion of dirt can be seen and parts of the building seems to have gotten a bit messy, but Flora doesn't seem to take note of it. After all, cleaning up buildings isn't what she came here for.

Flora dusts off all the dirt that came onto her dress and knocks onto the door, expecting an answer.

"Umm... Hello? Anyone there? I know it's night time, but I'm sure someone must be there! Acklow? DeeAy? Engineer? C'mon! I wanna grow Oran Berries!"

Silence befalls Flora... and the Hoothoots keep hooting away as they laugh at Flora's lack of intelligence...

Trainer Name: Flora
Pokemon: Colossoil
Berries to be picked: Oran Berries
Your Current Trainer Counters: 8
The tools you already have vs. the tools you currently lack (check the tools section): Watering Can (Bubblebeam), Small Shovel (Dig), Walking Stick (if this means a form of travel, then it'll be Bounce, but if it's something like Headbutt, Tackle), Scissors (I can let Colossoil use Horn Attack like a knife and I'll catch the Berry drop), and Basket (my Colossoil can just stuff the Berries in her dirt mouth but if not, both of us can just carry them via hands... and if that doesn't work, I'll take a rental Basket).
Role-Playing Entry (describe how you got to the shop, why, etc.): see far above
 
Sure, may as well help this thread stay alive (Ah-ah-ah-ah, stayin alive, stayin alive. Ah-ah-ah-ah stayin aliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive)

Trainer Name: SoS
Pokemon: George the Lickilicky
Berries to be picked: Leppa
Your Current Trainer Counters: 11
The tools you already have vs. the tools you currently lack (check the tools section): Have - Shovel (Dig), watering can (Muddy Water), walking stick (Return). Lack - Scissors, basket.
Role-Playing Entry (describe how you got to the shop, why, etc.):

SoS felt like doing some bonding with that BAMF who'd been with him since his beginning days in the ASB league. Yes folks, it's George the Lickilicky, that lovable ball of fat. Snorlax? GET THAT SHIT OUTTA HERE! Thus, bright and early on that Saturday morning, the intrepid pair hopped in SoS' terrible Chevrolet Lacetti (how he got George in, is a mystery to all), and drove to Acklow's Berry Pies. With some difficulty, he extricated the Lickilicky, and walked into the building.

"Sooo... What sort of berries do you fancy, George?"

"Lick lick, licky?"

"Damn it man, you know I don't speak Spanish! Don't make me parle francais a toi!"

"Liiiiiiick... Licky."

"Leppa Berries, excellent choice. Allons-y," said SoS, tapping his palm on the bell. "Yo! Acklow! You guys open?"
 
Ashamed at accidentally taking money from a customer twice, Engineer peers at the two new trainers to make sure they're actually new. The Hoothoot are, well, hooting, and the moonlit sky is quite dark, but that doesn't seem to be stopping Flora and SoS. I guess this means that I have to serve them. Who put in this rule anyway? Completely disregarding the fact that a couple berry trees have been stomped by a mysterious entity, Engineer walked into the main shop area only to walk into a ball of pink. Ugh, why did this trainer HAVE to bring Lickilicky. I hate how it just slurps everything up.

"Hi, how may I help you?" Engineer asks, between yawns.

While Flora and SoS express interest in growing Oran and Leppa berries, respectively, the Lickilicky rolls outside the shop and eats a couple trees.

Collecting 3 TC from Flora and dropping them into the cash register, Engineer grabs a set of keys from the rack and hands them to Flora. This is a key to Orchard 3. There's nobody in the orchard right now, but I'm sure you'll warm up the atmosphere. Have fun! I'll be checking on you every day or so (hopefully). Make sure you water them, snip them, harvest them, and don't let the evil Pokemon get to them. I've heard that there's a flock of Taillow and Swellow nearby, eating up the berries. Maybe that's a rumor?

As Flora left the shop to head towards the orchard (and battle and ref and who knows what else), Engineer took a whopping 7 TC from SoS. Hmm, why are these so expensive? Eh, none of my business. I'll strike it up with Acklow sometime, though. Again, he took a set of keys off the rack behind him and handed them to SoS. You've heard what I said to Flora, so there's really no need for me to repeat. You'll be going to Orchard 4 to grow your Leppa Berries, though. Also, I've heard about a rather large amount of bugs in that area. I've been meaning to go send someone to clean it up, but maybe you can do it instead!

As SoS headed off into the dark, Engineer went back into his room. By the time he hit the bed, he was sound asleep.
 
"Bugs, huh? Heh, no problem for George and I, we'll just crush em!" SoS pounded his fist into his hand, as if to emphasise his point. He thanked the tiny, apron-wearing Pikachu for the key, and headed out... To find George attempting to digest a tree. "... I don't even know how you're doing that. But don't fill up, we're having Leppa Cakes later."

"Lic... Licky licky, lick."

"Agreed, it is a peaceful day. This peace is what all true warriors strive for, mah boi. We had to make THAT reference of all things..." SoS sighed, and made for the fourth orchard, George following faithfully at his rear. The key was, fortunately, the correct one (Engineer was not a stupid Pikachu, thankfully). The orchard was full of trees (well, DUH), with Leppa Berries ripe for the picking.

"Okie-doke, George, let's start by making sure these berries get plenty of sunlight." SoS had seen the two pylons opposite each other, and he had a clever idea - a trick he'd picked up from Athenodoros. "Use Ice Beam between those pylons, to create a clear lens that will magnify the sun onto the plants in the orchard. Next, use Rollout to roll around the orchard as you spray everything with Muddy Water. As the mud will contain lots of minerals and nutrients, it should work well as a fertiliser. Finally, we'll collect some of the berries that are already here, use Return to bash into trees with just enough force to shake them loose, then I'll pick them up in my basket. If you can't, don't worry, I have my scissors here..."

(Also assuming I was given a seed to plant, as the others were on the last page)

"Next, I'll plant this here seed... Can you Dig me a little hole, then use Muddy Water to fertilise it?" Team SoS worked their hardest all day, planting, watering, bonding, and generally being awesome. They returned home tired, dirty, and with gigantic smiles on their faces.
 
"Engineer better have not ripped me off..." Flora murmurs to herself as she takes a trip to Orchard 3. "Tsk, Taillow and Swellow? Colossoil can handle them EASILY!" She sure seems full of herself! As she travels, Colossoil drags herself through the ground, making a mess of a line through her wake. Was it really a good choice to bring this grounded whale to berry-tending?

"Ah, we're here and it seems perfectly natural! It feels almost... too clean in fact. Well, let's get to it, Colossoil! It may be dark for us, but since you're a Dark-type, you can see for me, right?" Flora almost seemed a bit too concerned about her vision, but it's nothing to worry about as Colossoil, by instinct, starts Digging up the soil with her hands. There appears to be a spot available for planting Oran Berries. "Nice job, Colossoil!" comments Flora. "That's good enough! Now it's my turn!" Flora takes out an Oran Berry from who knows where and plants them in the hole. "Perfect! Now Dig it back in!" Colossoil nods in agreement and, with her dirty hands, manages to cover the hole with the soil as quick as lightning. "Okay, what do we do now? I guess we can water it. Colossoil, you still have water in you from when you were a Colosshale. So go on ahead - fire a soft, wet Bubblebeam at the mound you've created!" After some time, Colossoil manages to get some water bubbles forming in her mouth. She uses this to fire some Bubbles as a beam toward the Oran Berries, which pop as they go. The soil seems to have been watered fine, but it seems to be in need of sunlight, which isn't available at the moment. Flora sighs at the fact that she'll have to depend on tomorrow's morning sunshine to give the plants some heat, but that's life.

"Colossoil, I see that there are already some grown Oran Berries here! Wanna? Cut?" She didn't even have to ask. Colossoil was already on the job as she cruises her way toward the exterior Oran Berries. To the ones sticking out, she lifts her head hey and swiftly uses her Horn Attack as a knife to cut right through the stem parts. Immediately, the Oran Berries, however much there is, fall right off and Flora hustles to catch them all before they fall onto the ground. "Don't worry, I'm the best when it comes to catching everything!" It wasn't that much, but she boasted anyway.

Even without an order, Colossoil went ahead and blew some Bubblebeams at the other Oran Berries, and they're immediately struck wet! That should be good for more Oran Berry growing.

"So, do I actually need a basket to carry these Berries or am I just too awesome?" Flora asks herself, but Colossoil comments on it anyway by saying "COLOSSOIL COLOSSOIL" which translates to: "Put them in my mouth - it's full of sand so it won't get wet. I'm cool enough to do it." Flora nods in understanding and slowly puts the Berries within Colossoil's mouth for transportation. "Well, I think our work here is done! I don't see much else to do other than beg Engineer to give us a tractor here! Gosh I'll kill him and his Gengar someday." Colossoil is then struck by the memory of Clown Fish, who recently lost his life to the barbarian Engineer.

Tired and exhausted, Flora and Colossoil then leave the orchard field, call Tropius down, and go home to sleep for the night...

edit: pulling out. It's been a couple of months lol.

Flora forgets about the whole idea that she planted and used up 2 TCs for this experience. Sadly, she never came back again.
 
SoS and George returned day after day (shutup), and quickly settled into a routine - top up the lens with Ice Beam, water things with Muddy Water, use Return to shake trees for ripe Leppa Berries, and snip them down with SoS' scissors, and collecting them in the basket. As of yet, no bugs had shown up apparently, perhaps Engineer had been kidding? (Or do I need to include them in my posts?) The duo worked hard AT BEING AWESOME POSSUM BAWWWWWSSES, and caring for the orchard like the sensitive guy (SoS) and manly man (George) they were.
 
My new Monohm, Zeus' Pet, and I enter the Berry orchard. Dust is settling on the counter and he hopes that the shop hasn't been abandoned. He is hoping that he can grow some Oran Berries as he is running low on them. M.B looks at his TC, only 4, well that's enough to buy the oran seeds, he reasons. He now sends out Smiley the Happy Dragon the Dragonite to help protect his plants overnight. Smiley uses his telepathy to tell me he senses something behind the door. I thank Smiley once again, this skill was cruical for not just Smiley but for me too. It has helped us a lot on our journey. Now I just hope it's an employee.

EDIT: I just found out I can buy them for the same cost in the prize claiming thread, so no ABP's for me!
 
I'm going to apologize real quick and say that I don't have the time to update things right now. BUT. BUT. BUT, I will be revamping this RP sometime soon. Expect this revamp to come up sometime within the next two months.
 
First of all, Flora and SoS, I'd like to apologize for stealing your TC and leaving nothing standing. I have 6 TC of profits here and 5 in my pouch, so I'll refund it to you.

Secondly, I am now RPing this thing again. Acklow may be updating whenever he's got time, but now that I am back from the grave, I vow to rebuild the honor of this RP.

RP TC Used: 18
 
Thank you DA8828. :)

I suck at roleplaying and I don't even think I did it right, but I hope to swing by this place again to learn some roleplaying!
 
Okay, since this RP is not very active and I have no need to use it anymore, I am hereby taking back my investment of 17 TC and the berries I have planted here.
 
Hey guys, it's been a year since CAP ASB came out. Just wanted to say thanks for the fun times while the concept was amazing. I may or may not post something in this thread for the 1 year anniversary of the very first RP in CAP ASB when April rolls about...
 
I talked with Acklow on IRC, and with his permission(because this RP died a very long time ago) I resell my plot and claim 17 TC.
 
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