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DESCRIPTION -
In the Battle Castle, you will battle seven Trainers consecutively in a simple knock-out, progressively becoming more difficult. Before entering, you will choose three Pokémon to battle, all of whom will have their items taken off them before each battle. However, the Castle Point, or CP system, means that if you do well enough in your battles, you can rent items of all kinds from the Castle, or heal your Pokemon before the end of the round. As with all the other Frontier facilities, after each battle, you will have the option to continue, rest, retire, or watch a replay of the battle. The difficulty of battles here is based on how many rounds you endure. After three rounds, or twenty trainers, the Castle Duke, the Honorable Calvin McCloud, will most likely challenge you to a battle. Win, and you get bucket-loads of BP. Lose, and you walk away with a kick to the ego.

LOCATION -
The Battle Castle is the south-western facility in the Frontier.

PEOPLE -
Admire the architecture or die, is the Castle's unofficial motto.

RESOURCES/EVENTS/PLACES OF INTEREST -
?: - Are you kidding? The whole place is a place of interest, and every battle an event!

MYTH/LORE -
I mean, take this Rattata . . . it's like it's in the top percentage of Rattata, you know?

~zzz~ Devyn Monroe ~zzz~
-Elite Four, First Position-

(( coming from: Goldenrod City ))

If Calvin were to look close enough at the horizon-line that was Goldenrod City, he'd see a faint orange dot slowly becoming larger...much less headed his way.

"Alright, Xander." Devyn re-adjusted his goggles so that they were keeping his shaggy mess of straw-blonde hair from hanging into his face. "Set down in front'a the Castle."

The Dragonite gave a firm nod. 'Baroo-Roo.' A few moments later, Xander touched down in front of the (presumably open)doors of the Battle Castle.

Devyn gingerly climbed off of Xander's back. "No wonder Jackson borrowed you instead'a her Salamence." The 'her' in question was still unconscious in Devyn's arms, and now wrapped up in his jacket.

Landors wasn't far behind. 'Swampert~.' The usually serious tone to his face was replaced with a look of concern, directed towards the welfare of his master.

"She just needs to rest for a while, Landors." He gave the Mud Fish a small nod and a smile, before turning to the blonde man whose head was (presumably)poked out of the open Castle doors.

Xander blinked at the other blonde human, tilting his head to the side in confusion. 'Baroo?'

As did Landors. 'Swampert...?'

And Devyn - well, minus the head-tilting. "..." He said the only thing he could think of.

"...I don't suppose you've met your fellow Brains, have you?"

~zzz~ Devyn Monroe ~zzz~
-Elite Four, First Position-

The blonde nodded in greeting to Calvin. "Devyn Monroe, first of Johto's Elite Four." After assuring that Xander now held his unconscious master in his thick orange arms, he produced a simple, un-adorned Luxury Ball.

"Pants, come on out for a sec." A flash of elegant light later, and a Slowking stood next to Ally's Swampert, Landors.

The Royal Pokemon blinked for a moment or two. 'What is it, master Devyn?'

"This is Landors." He nodded in the direction of the Mud Fish. "Go with him to the Arcade over there--" He pointed a ways away, towards Ally's own facility. "--and find some dry clothes for Ally t'wear."

'Of course, master.' Nodding in agreement, Pants plodded off after Landors, who was well on his way over to the Arcade.

'SwampertSwamp.'

Devyn brought his attention back to Calvin as Xander made his way inside the Castle. "Valid point - sh*t's goin' down in Goldenrod, and Ally nearly drowned, but she was saved by Blackthorn's Gym Leader." He made his way into the Castle after the orange Dragon Pokemon.

~zzz~ Devyn Monroe ~zzz~
-Elite Four, First Position-

"King, hnh?" Rummaging in his jeans pocket for a moment, Devyn produced a PokeBall with a white cloud Seal. "I might just bring Myde out later, if you don't mind." For those who don't (already)know, Myde is Devyn's own Empoleon - unlike Calvin's King, however, Myde wasn't of the shiny variety.

Xander gave the off-colored Emperor Pokemon a grateful nod. 'BarooRoo-Broo.' Despite his size and weight(7'03", and 463.0 lbs.), Xander gently put his raven-haired human's unconscious form down onto the bed that King indicated...

...just as Landors and Pants returned from the Battle Arcade across the Frontier's courtyard from the Castle, the former holding what looked like folded-up(and striped) blue pajamas, red ankle socks, and blue slippers in his arms.

'Swampert.'

Devyn opened his mouth to say something, but thought better of it - Landors belonged to Ally, not him. "...Just make sure she gets in that, will ya?"

Landors nodded. 'SwampertSwampert.' Setting the folded-up clothes on the bed, he and Xander all but herded the two blondes, the Empoleon, and the Slowking out of the room, Xander closing the door behind them.

'BrooRoo-Broo.' He nodded, as if confirming that he and Landors would take care of this for their master.

"..." Devyn quirked a thin blonde eyebrow. He glanced down next to him at Pants. "Do I even wanna kn--"

'I believe master Xander said he would take care of lady Ally's wet clothes, along with master Landors.'

"...Alright, fair enough."

~zzz~ Devyn Monroe ~zzz~
-Elite Four, First Position-

Devyn and Pants exchanged bemused looks, the former raising a thin blonde eyebrow. "..."

'...'

He shrugged. "Alright, here's the short version," he began. "Team Rocket has control of two'a our world's most powerful legendaries, and they've taken control of Goldenrod City."

'To be specific,' Pants added. 'The legendaries in question are the Behemoth and the Leviathan from Hoenn legends, Groudon and Kyogre.'

"Right." Devyn nodded, his focus returning to Calvin. "A bunch of notable Trainers - trust me, you'll meet 'em all later - saw fit to gather legends of their own, in order to combat th'two the Rockets have."

'One of the said legends chose lady Ally as his human partner - the Electric beast, Raikou.'

"The so-called 'Goldenrod charge'--" He used his fingerless-gloved hands to make air quotes. "--was, and probably still is, led by Blackthorn's Gym Leader, Ryugi."

'Master Ryugi is a specialist when it comes to Dragon-type pokemon.'

"I won't bore you with the rest'a the details, so I'll just skip to why we're here." He glanced briefly at Calvin before continuing. "Ally--" He nodded to the closed door behind him. "--came up with this half-assed plan t'get the Orb that controls Kyogre, but the Rocket Admin that had said Orb decided to knock her out, then toss her in the b*tchy whale's waters to drown."

'I wasn't necessarily there to see this unfold,' continued the Royal Pokemon. 'But from what I've gathered from master Devyn's explanation, master Ryugi dove into the Leviathan's waters to save lady Ally from an untimely end.'

"And he told me t'get her somewhere safe, which is why we're here now," Devyn finished, spreading his arms apart for emphasis.

~zzz~ Devyn Monroe ~zzz~
-Elite Four, First Position-

'Baroo?' Xander opened the door to the bedroom Ally was resting in when Brandon's face met it, blinking a few times in confusion at the new human - if one were to look over Xander's orange shoulder, they'd see that Ally was changed into the pajamas Landors brought over from the Arcade(c/o Landors and Xander themselves), and appeared to be sleeping. Landors himself was curled up into a sleeping position on the side of the bed closest to the door, effectively guarding his slumbering master.

Devyn, meanwhile, couldn't help but chuckle to himself at the Steel-typer's...antics. "Haven't I told you to calm down, man?" Crossing his bare arms over his chest(he was still sans jacket), he raised a (slightly)amused blonde eyebrow at his fellow Elite. Standing at 6'03", this would be quite imposing to anyone who didn't know Devyn.

Or if you were incredibly paranoid.

Pants' head poked out from where he stood behind his blonde master. 'Ahh~, master Brandon.' He nodded in greeting. 'It has been far too long, hasn't it?'

"Calvin, this is Brandon." He glanced over his shoulder at the Castle Duke. "Second member of Johto's Elite Four."

His gray-green gaze returned to the 'redhead' in front of him. "Brandon, th'second blonde here is Calvin; Brain of the Battle Castle." He nodded in Calvin's direction as he pulled out his vibrant blue PokeGear.

"Now, if you boys'll hang on for a second~." Flipping the device open, Devyn sent the following message to a few people:



Satisfied with his message, Devyn hit the 'SEND' button, before returning his attention to Brandon and Calvin.

"Not much else t'do except wait until the others start showin' up, I'm afraid." He crossed his arms over his chest once again.

Jackson Vakarian
Goldenrod City Gym Leader
Water-Type

Calvin McCloud
= Battle Castle Brain =
"You see this sword?"

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Seeing as Ally was asleep and no doubt wouldn't like to be disturbed, and the Gym Leader was likely only the second of a number of people likely to come calling, Calvin decided a sit-down and some food would be in everyone's best interest. He nodded King waord Jackson, the Empoleon waddling forward and taking the Gym Leader in hand as he led the little group into the Castle - any new arrivals would hardly go unnoticed by Templar, who had decided to take up guard duty outside, so Calvin wasn't too worried on that front either. "Believe it or not, I've heard of all of you - but it's nice to meet you all in any case. Duke Calvin McCloud, at your service." This was his introduction to Jackson, and his upbringing was clear in the fact that he'd used the same formal introduction two or times now.

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"Just because I'm a noble doesn't mean I can't kick your arse."

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