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Sibyl wiped the sweat off of her as she climbed out of the hole, her mood returning to a more neutral state after having dealt with the steam creature. "Just a little sweaty is all," she answered. "You think this place has a shower?" The girl looked down the whole as her accompanying Fate did, curiosity evident on her face. "Maybe this steam's got more tricks then just being a good punching bag," the girl voice aloud. Sibyl had only grown to wonder more about the steam after her second encounter with it. It was something that could act as a weird cloning machine. It could use other people's powers, albeit as steam versions of them. And it could even change the terrain! Unless it was some other cape that had been manipulating that. Or maybe the steam had been doing it masquerading as a cape who could? Whichever the answer was, the girl could not figure it out though she found no real frustration in this, and if anything it had served as a distraction to calm her further. Sibyl looked back to her boss as they told them the situation before saying, "well, if that's the case we got a snake's head to go cut off in here or what?" Despite having calmed down, the urge to finish the fight she had started the day off with was just as strong. Before she chuckled to herself and gestured to art in the hole down below, "unless you'd rather just break some heads down there now."

Am currently playing Leda's route right now actually! I've been playing pretty slowly. 161

Which route did/are you pick/ing first? Wow, March.

bump fun fact: left-handedness was invented by John Left, who was born without a right hand. all the lefties you've ever met are direct descendants of John Left.

Quinn vs Fuyumi "Gust to clear hazards, interesting. Only mildly effective." Fuyumi said, as though to herself, as the battle went on. When the Bubble attack missed she was going to call for them to try again but the Astonish struck first and Horsea flinched. Still, Fuyumi remained calm and called for another Smokescreen. This one nearly right in Cassiopeia's face. The Horsea didn't have much time to get away but it seemed that wasn't the plan. Quinn heard as Fuyumi recalled her Pokemon and sent another one in its place. "Hidden Power." She said simply and an icy orb or energy launched out of the smoke to strike Cassiopeia. Jacklyn vs Kenta "so, what do you think of my cute buneary? Pretty strong right?" Kenta brushed his thumb across his nose and grinned, "lot tougher than you'd think from a cute lil thing, you girls sure are scrappy! But my Geodude is a tough customer, he's still ready for more. Come on buddy, Rollout again lets keep it up!" It took the Geodude noticeably longer to curl up and start the attack. As it began it moved slowly but the momentum let it speed up past what the Geodude's reduced speed would usually allow. However before the Geodude made contact it wobbled and toppled to the side, unconscious. "Wha, oh, darn, you got us! Well, that's fine, my trusty partner can handle this no problem!" He sent out his second, a Machop. "Fuyumi told me a secret, critical hits go past defenses! And that's what my buddy here is best at, go Karate Chop!" As the Machop surged forward Kenta's brow furrowed. He felt like he was forgetting something. Bridget vs Chad The young man frowned as he examined the scene. It seemed he was deep in thought and then he nodded to himself. "Ducklett, you've got one job, bring down this Solosis, anything else is just a bonus. So let's go, Water Gun!" The second that the Ducklett let out the attack Chad was telling it to follow up with another Wing Attack. He seemed intent on taking advantage of Solosis's low speed to attack as aggressively as possible.

Mop and Salmon, Natural Enemies Despite Trevor and Hana's efforts the battle between the mops and the fish seemed to be continuing. Worse still a good amount of the children had come closer to see the salmon better and were now at risk of being caught in the crossfire. With a loud "borf" Constable waded into the water and approached the group of children. He indicated for them to grab hold of him and then the water around him rose up and away from the battle. Some of the desks got splashed as the wave Constable and the children rode crashed back down but the children were out of the way. He looked at Melissa and gave a huff before nodding towards Hana. The other children were crowded around Melissa asking various inane things like "what do you eat" and "what color do you like" However there was one, who had been hiding under the desk, that poked her head out and looked up at Melissa and asked a much deeper question, "why did papa have to go away?" Sending Shivers Down Your Spine Up at the top of the stairs Fen found herself in a hallway. Cobwebs clung to the ceiling and the floor was dusty. Except for a strip of floor across the middle of the hall and branching off towards a couple of the many doors towards the left. On the right there was a wall only a few steps from the top of the stairs with a single door in it. The left-side hallway stretched quite some distance and there was at least eight different doors. She could hear something from the door to the right, music perhaps, and for a few moments that was all she could hear. And then there was a creaking noise as one of the doors down the left, one where the path to it had less heavy dust, stood partly open.

I think I liked it? But I didn't have particularly strong feelings so, 7/10

"Guess I should see if that woman's replacement is just as weak as she was. You sound confident, but so did she, I'll show you why I'm going to be the one to take the Champion title." The pokemon he led off with was a ducklett, to which Bridget couldn't stop herself from letting out a small chortle. She didn't doubt Chad's abilities, but all that talk followed by such a silly-looking pokemon had caught her off-guard for a moment. Bridget knew not to underestimate a pokemon based on its looks, though, and Chad's ducklett wasn't going to be an exception. She pressed the button on her poke ball, letting out the yet-unnamed solosis within. "Can't say I'm as competitive, but that doesn't mean I'll just roll over for you. Solosis, use Co--" "Ducklett, Wing Attack!" "Eh!? Solosis, hit 'em with Confusion!" The command had come just a bit too late. Chad's ducklett made its attack, and by the time solosis had received Bridget's command, the ducklett was already poised to evade the psychic attack. "That's your game, huh?" "Neither you or your Pokemon are able to keep up, Wat--" "NOW, CONFUSION!" "Tsk, louder isn't better, as long as my Pokemon can hear me. Ducklet, shake it off, stick with the plan!" This time, the Confusion struck true. While some small part of Bridget took the mention of Chad's pokemon being able to hear him as a challenge, that was taking it a bit far. Just doing it once, to establish that he wasn't that only one who could employ a dirty trick like that, was good enough. Besides, this was a pokemon battle, not a shouting contest.

Ziun The woman narrowed her eyes but as Ziun went off she went back to her drink with a shake of her head. Ziun hadn't gone several feet when a commotion arose. Out of the corner of his eye he noticed the young man from before being shoved. He stumbled and nearly fell over. Only saved by grabbing onto Ziun himself. He felt the young man's hands on his side for a moment as he tried to steady himself. "Whoa there, sorry about that my friend." he said and patted Ziun's shoulder as he stood up. "Seems it's a tough crowd tonight." He turned back towards the person who had shoved him. "I saw that. The coin you used; it's not a normal coin. You've been cheating folk all night." "Now now, that's quite the accusation. I'm nothing if not an honest man. Here, see for yourself." He flicked a gold coin towards the man who hurried to catch it. He and a couple others examined the coin. There was a silence and then "alright fine, but I'm keeping this coin got it?" The young man shrugged, "if that's the price to pay to prove my innocence so be it." He then turned to Ziun, "once again, sorry about that. Thanks for your...help. To make up for it why don't I buy you a drink?" He flashed a smile, "my name is Leo, I guess you could call me something of a gambler." Chris “My name is Chris. We’ll be out at the docks tonight. Hopefully it shouldn’t take too long, but be prepared for anything.”“My name is Chris. We’ll be out at the docks tonight. Hopefully it shouldn’t take too long, but be prepared for anything.” "T-The docks? Wait. Wait wait wait I t-thought you just needed some...some advice or something. O-oh no, I see what's happening. If I mess up you're going to tie rocks to my legs and drop me into the water!" In their panic they didn't notice their hood slip, revealing the young woman under it. With strange, black and yellow streaked hair, and bangs that mostly hid her eyes even with the hood pulled back. But Chris could still see the pure panic in her eyes as the girl took several deep breaths. "I-I suppose that's fair. It's what I'd deserve for being a worthless failure trash person. V-very well then if t-that is my fate then I will f-face it with..with.....um...c-c-courage and...." She took another deep breath and shouted, "I don't want to drown!" Lana Anna had been listening, face mostly passive, the entire time. Every now and then Lana would notice a brief sparkle in her eyes and Anna would let out a soft "Ooh" here and there. When Lana showed her the ring Anna took Lana's hand in hers and rose it up towards her face. "Oh, it's magic. Very magic. It's not a chef knife but it's still interesting." She didn't let go of Lana's hand as she looked up at the girl. "Necromancy, I think. Maybe it's Farah's influence." Lana could not tell if that was a joke or not.

Trevor was astounded at the fact that Melissa and Hana displayed this little situation between the two of them... and quite frankly, in it's own way... that Terroking Salmon did look slightly terrifying. Then again, Trevor reminded himself that he fought against the Undecided and Heartless, so compared to them... this wasn't much of anything. But between the children playing in the water and the teacher resigning themselves to float down the river, as it were... it seemed that things had gotten a tad bit out of hand. Thankfully, Melissa did try to rein it in, seemed she had a true talent and knack for this kind of stuff. "Melissa is right, so if anyone has questions, we'll be delighted to answer." Trevor said, looking at the state of the classroom. "First thing though... let's see what we can do about this mess." He glanced over at the nearby mop in the room and started to use his magic and cast it at the mop, to which it started getting up and moving around. Unfortunately, seemed like this little stunt apparently summoned other mops... which seemed to be from elsewhere in this city. He clicked his tongue, seeing the mops line up and stand at attention. "Alright, hopefully it'll just be you handful... don't need to have too many on duty." Trevor muttered, looking at the summoned mops. "Alright then, it's time we cleaned up the water here and try and get this classroom back into shape. As for the teacher... " he glanced out towards the window. "...probably best to let em vibe." And off they went! The mops went to work, taking care of the water. But to Trevor, it was strange. It wasn't like a puddle of water, but it visually got smaller and smaller. He couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief on seeing this... that was until the mops seemed to go towards the giant salmon... and tried to mop it. This action then caused the salmon to attack the group of mops. "Hey, hey! Ease up on the Salmon! Ease up on the saaaaaalmon!!!" Trevor shouted, trying to get in the middle of the fight. "Let Hana deal with the salmon, please!" "Whoa never saw that Monster card!" Hana said. "But they don't look as strong as my fish!" "Monster ca-... oh right, that card game." Trevor said, keeping the mops from fighting with the fish. "These aren't part of that game you and Melissa play... these are actual mops. Sorry for the confusion there!" "Oh. Well I think my fish is going to eat them. Is that gonna be a problem?" "...I'd say it's a problem. Especially since none of these mops are mine." he gulped, quickly trying to wrangle the mops. "Please for the love of Merlin leave the fiiiiiiish!" "Salmon! No! You'll get a belly ache! Wood isn't edible. I've tried."

Fen immediately looked back as she heard Rona fall from where she was. The girl could hardly go outside to check, though, as the door she had walked through slammed shut with a click behind her. Fen approached the door and attempted to open it. The door did not budge. Still she called out, "is uh, everything alright out there?" "Uh, y-yeah, of course!" Rona answered back. "Just...seems the house doesn't want to let me in, ahaha..ha..." "Well, it uh, does not seem to wish to let me out." After a moment more, the girl will say, "I suppose keep a lookout, for now? I'll go meet up with Kasayee and see if there's any way to...I guess unlock the door?" "It's a shame I cannot join you in your quest." Fen nodded, a gesture that Rona clearly could not see, as she had looked forward to embarking on this cleaning adventure with her new companion. The girl's eyes widened as she remembered what she was here for, as she called back, "oh, and uh, I guess I'll look for what needs to be cleaned." Fen followed after Kasayee but it became increasingly clear that, as always, the druid cared little for waiting for others. Yet she had little else in way of direction, so the girl continued after her friend - Thud. A soft thudding resounded from the top of the left staircase, Fen's eyes immediately darted over to where the noise came from. All she had seen was a ball roll down the steps, and curious that Kasayee perhaps knocked something over went to go examine it. However, as she approached it, it was clear that the ball had already deflated. "That was awfully fast." The girl couldn't help but feel something off about this, before she turned and - Her stance immediately became more on guard as she saw what was lying at the top of the steps. Or rather, sat. A skeleton, head resting it hand as it looked down the staircase and sat their, motionless. After a moment passed the girl said, "u-um, hello there?" The skeleton did not respond to her. The girl looked more closely at the creature and realized that it wasn't particularly looking any which way. If anything, she thought it looked bored. The girl looked to the deflated ball in her hand before she began to cautiously make her way up the steps. Then once there, the girl let the ball deflated ball rest at its feet. The skeleton shot up immediately before it kicked the ball back down the stairs. Its task complete, the bones immediately broke apart and fell into a pile. Being taken off guard by the whole ordeal, Fen could only bow and say, "I hope you rest in peace," to the skeleton. The girl began to make her way up the stairs again, though, remembering what she was here for and what a mess had just been made, the girl grabbed each bone and made a neat pile of them at the top of the staircase.

As Lana's utterances had come true almost immediately, as the girl recoiled from the man and moved away from him. She had no idea what to make of him, but with a cautious if not annoyed expression said, "no problem." It wasn't soon after that Anna had made her way out and looked around for someone, coming to Lana to ask about it. "Magic chef's knife? Uhhh..." She looked back to the exit. "That guy was probably the one who just left." "Oh...he didn't tell me his story yet." "Oh, well...sorry to hear that..." The girl paused there, knowing that Anna had definitely wanted to hear whatever it was that man had to tell. However, Lana did not have the energy nor desire to go after someone to learn about their magic knife at this time of the day, but for whatever reason didn't want to leave Anna feeling disappointed. So, after a moment longer, the girl said, "but uh, I just came back from the dungeon today so I've got some stories if you want to hear them." Anna nodded. "I will get snacks." The girl let out a sigh of relief as she went to go sit down, resting her axe down at her feet as all of the sore muscles in her body had thanked her for the respite. She didn't feel as terrible as she had the first day she went into the dungeon, but each floor she went through did little to prepare her for the ones that came after. Even if her stamina kept getting better and she kept getting stronger, no amount of fighting goblins and large bull men would prepare her for mages that slung fire and shadows that she couldn't even hit to begin with. The girl couldn't help but feel a sense of dread well through her as she realized that she had absolutely no idea what was waiting for her on the next floors. Anna came back as promised with snacks, as Lana began to tell her of the day's events, going into great detail about each and every encounter that she had had. "...and then after we beat all of those bandaged zombies another one with a spear came out. He looked pretty fancy or something, I don't know, but don't you think it's unfair. Those guys are already strong enough as it is and this one had a weapon!..." "...and if you guessed, "lots of zombie hands coming from underground to pin you" then you're a whole lot smarter than me! I knew that hall was suspicious the moment I saw it but still! I swear that was worse for my heart then the ceiling monsters. And to make it worse..." "...but all I'm saying is that I've never seen Ziun or Estelle make weapons from their blood and get strong enough to wrestle a bear! And like I said, this was after I was already torched! But..." "...no head really, just really long arms, lots of tentacles and a mouth like, right here. Super gross and hard as a tree. I know I've got an axe but it's like I was born a lumber jack! ..." "...it was as tall as this church and could throw around trees like nothing. And then there were these ghosts - like, spookier ones. They were all black and stuff - anyway my axe couldn't hurt them but they could sure hurt me! Thankfully the big guy was solid enough- oh and there was also these weird skull alters all over the room..." Though her tale had turned into more of a venting session, it was clear that each and every room that she had been to had left an impression on the girl. Through her annoyance she still seemed to talk with pride whenever she managed to defeat something and still talked with awe whenever one of her teammates had done something particularly cool. And at the end she said, "oh, and because of where that big guy was, it wasn't the worst. I got paid after all. And look," the girl raised her finger, showing off the ivory band she had just acquired. "Pretty cool right?"

With the battle beginning in earnest Jacklyn shouted, "alright Cherry, let's show them what we got!" As the geodude began to raise it's defenses Jacklyn continued, "oh yeah. Well, two can play this game! Cherry, defense curl." The buneary nodded, before it tucked in its ears and started to brace itself more. "Oh yeah? Well then I can play at that game harder, Defense Curl again!" "As if we'd lose in this contest. Cherry, keep using Defense Curl!" "Now we're talking! More bulk, Defense Curl!" "Even more defense Cherry! Defense Curl!" The girl smirked as she stared down her opponent. "I can tell you're pretty strong already. Alright then Cherry, let's meet them head on! Pound!" The buneary, having sufficiently curled itself into a ball, sprung out to kick the rock-type. The normal type's strike landed dead onto the rock type. The geodude did not budge. "Not bad! I almost forgot part two of the super strategy Fuyumi told me, Rollout!" Sufficiently curled into a ball now, the geodude began spinning in place before it launched itself into the buneary. Cherry held her own against the attack well enough, springing back onto her feet. "Yeah, keep that fighting spirit up. But...hmmm..." Jacklyn had always put up an unrelenting offense to defeat her foes. However, even she was aware of how painfully little her attack had just done, and knew that in a war of attrition there was no way that Cherry would come out on. The girl continued to think more and more until she had remembered what had happened not minutes to hours ago. She thought back to her underwater exploration. To the fight she did. And to the reward she got. "That's right! Cherry go for your new move!" As the geodude came back towards her Jacklyn shouted, "use Low Sweep!" "Bu bu!" Cherry crouched down and gathered power in her little legs as the geodude rolled towards her before she unleashed her strike. Rather than leaping at the opponent, however, the buneary kept low to the ground before she swung her foot out, turning her entire body while balancing on the other. The two attacks collided with each other, the Buneary sent tumbling back as the geodude as well was launched away from her. "Yeah, that's what I'm talking about. Let's go for another, Cherry!" The buneary quickly rolled itself back up onto its feet as the geodude, who was spinning in place trying to keep from being knocked too far back, rolled towards her again. Cherry crouched down yet again, ready to strike. It waited. And waited. And once the moment presented itself, the Buneary kicked once more, the two attacks colliding as Cherry was sent tumbling further back this time. It was clear to Jacklyn that Cherry wasn't just on the losing end of the clash, but that the roll out was even stronger than the last time. "Hm?" Jacklyn had noticed something else strange about the attack this time, and narrowed her eyes as the geodude went for another attack. "Cherry, back on your feet!" As the Buneary got up, the geodude was already approaching her. Yet the distance between them shrunk at an all too slow rate. "Now, jump!" Cherry leaped over the rolling rock type, causing it to stall as it tried to turn to redirect itself only for eventually all of the momentum it previously had to be lost. "And go in for a low sweep!" The buneary leaped forward before striking at the geodude once more. Kenta had called for the pokemon to tackle, yet each strike of Cherry's legs had made the already slow pokemon that much more sluggish. As the buneary's kick finished, it planted its foot firmly back on the ground as Jacklyn shouted again, "and go for one more!" "Buuu!" Cherry spun on the foot she had just kicked with as she brought her other foot up to meet the geodude, striking its side before the pokemon's tackle could be completed and knocking it to the side. Cherry breathed heavily, clearly already exhausted and battered, yet stood at attention as their trainer called out again. "Way to go Cherry!" Jacklyn pointed to Kenta saying, "so, what do you think of my cute buneary? Pretty strong right?"

There was a rush, Quinn realized, in having a Pokémon battle in non-treacherous terrain. On top of the lighthouse, he had been concerned with the constraints of the setting, especially after Normandie had fallen over the side. Even before that, Quinn’s battles on the ship had been affected by the possibility of getting swept overboard (not to mention the motion of the boat swaying in the water), and even before that there was the encounter with the Malamar in the swamp that had its own difficulties. But here? With the wind at its back? Everything else but the battle seemed to fade away into the background. Even Quinn’s closest compatriots might not have been able to stir Quinn without considerable effort. Cassiopeia must have been feeling similar, because she leapt into the fray without a second thought. Gust seemed like a natural counter to the Smokescreen that Fuyumi’s Horsea had produced, though even with the already-extant sea breeze, it was only strong enough to keep the black, malevolent smoke from interfering with Quinn and Cassiopiea’s immediate view. It still enveloped the Horsea, making Cassiopeia’s tactic of charging forward and using Astonish, scaring all but the most hardened Pokémon, difficult to execute. Two could play at the evasive tactics, however -- Cassiopeia Minimized her form, condensing her balloon body as she searched for an opening. An opening came in the form of a stream of Bubbles from further to the left than Quinn might have guessed. Cassiopeia had not been expecting it either, even if she still avoided the worst of it by virtue of being a smaller target. Some of them did strike her, though. Perhaps it was because she was so light, but the Bubbles seemed to push against her, and she had to fight to build up speed as she charged ahead into the fog. Another Gust of wind displaced even more of the fog, but Fuyumi’s Horsea had retreated into its Smokescreen again. It was clear that the tactics Quinn and Cassiopeia were operating under were not working. Cassiopeia retreated back to a higher altitude, rotating this way and that, looking for any sign of the enemy. Quinn saw her start to Focus her Energy, and Quinn did the same. Quinn spotted the next Bubble attack first. “There!” Quinn said, extending zir finger in that direction. Not that Cassiopeia needed the indication -- she was already counterattacking. She moved in a high arc this time, moving around the Bubbles instead of through, and even before the attack was finished, she came crashing down on its source, Astonishing all within earshot with the loudest “Drifloon!” she could muster.

that was great, kinda weak finish, 8.5/10

An alternate history. It's 2005 again, shortly after SJC Indianapolis. Instead of Cybernetic Revolution being the next set to come out, it's a set called Pharaoh's Insight. One that’s promised to empower a wide variety of strategies found in the game already. Sets are also announced to be coming out much slower from now on, giving players time to hone strategies and keep playing the cards they love and cherish without losing relevance quite so easily. This thread may be outdated, so be sure to CLICK HERE for the doc of the current rules. At A Glance The Goal A format that expands upon Goat Format with a new banlist, new cards, and even new rules, but remains fundamentally the same sort of gameplay expected from Goat Format. Expand on strategies and card types that are considered to be weak or unplayable, while also limiting the number of generically good cards so players will be more incentivized to build a theme. New cards will also be added over time to keep the format from being completely stale. Now that it's been 6 years, I've experienced a lot more of Goat Format, and my game design philosophy has changed a bit, I have decided to start working on a brand-new, improved, and much easier to jump into version of my Hindsight Format. New Cards The following cards are from the initial 150 card set to be added to the format: Pharaoh's Insight. Every 6-12 months, a new 30 card set will be released into the format with cards suggested by players, with cards ranging from those just wanted for aesthetic purposes, those to boost niche or casual strategies, and those meant to help push weak decks into a more meta status. New Rules While the rules will generally remain the way they are for Goat Format, such as priority rules and period-accurate rulings, all cards newly added to the format will use their current card text and rulings except where contradicted by Goat Format. However, certain rules and rulings have the potential to be altered in the future, as we will be acting as UDE ourselves in this alternate history format! This means we could potentially have our own "Master Rules" to improve the game down the line. Currently, there are only 3 rules changes: - Players can play 1 copy total of 1 "Legacy Card" (name pending change) in their deck. This bypasses the rules for Forbidden cards. The legacy cards are Change of Heart, Monster Reborn, Ring of Destruction, and Snatch Steal. - Deck size is limited to 60 cards max and the Fusion Deck will be limited to 15 cards max. - Twin-Headed Behemoth is a hard once per duel effect, meaning only a single copy can use its effect. The Forbidden / Limited List The following Forbidden/Limited list is currently in use for the format.It has the possibility of being changed every 6 months when a new set is released, or when emergency action is needed. Cards that are altered from the usual Goat Format banlist are included at the end to help players coming in from Goat to easily read. Goodstuff List Players have 6 Goodstuff points which they can spend on cards from this list to include a copy of that card in either their main deck or side deck. Each individual copy of a card will cost either 3, 2, or 1 point as indicated in the list below! This system helps to prevent players from loading up an entire deck with the same good cards, and encourages both building toward a theme as well as using less often seen cards. You can view the Goodstuff List here. Forbidden = 3 pts, Limited = 2, Semi=Limit = 1

7/10, parts I liked parts that kinda just were there pretty fun