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Welcome to the Safari Zone! At the Safari Zone we have begun to hold capture contests! As the name implies it is a contest to see who can catch the biggest, rarest Pokemon out there! The contest is simple, in the Safari Zone you will find many different kinds of Pokemon, from all over the world in fact! We give participants three Safari Balls to use and attempt to capture the best Pokemon they can, or you can use any three Pokeballs of their own, if you do, we do not give you any Safari Balls. [You may use one of yours and two of ours and so forth. You are only allowed to use three Pokeballs total.] You are allowed to take just one of your own Pokemon into the park to use to weaken a wild Pokemon for capture, so don't let it get knocked out! Pokemon are judged on their quality, rarity, and how well the capture was roleplayed. So are you interested? Then sign up, take your Safari Balls, and hit the grass and find the best Pokemon you can!

Also, the Pokemon available is always different. The zone we'll be hunting in this time is the Abandoned Mall Zone! A seaside island mall, the last building left of a sinking island. Due to its isolation it has become a hot bed for rare and endangered Pokemon.

How to Participate:

The rules for the Safari Contest are simple. Pick one Pokemon to use in the contest, and when you post your character looking for a Pokemon use the random number generator to find out what Pokemon your character finds. Set the lowest number to 1 and the highest to 100 for the main area and 1 to 50 for the side areas. Once your post goes through, check to see what number you got, then, look at the list of available Pokemon, at the bottom of this post, to see what Pokemon appeared.

Then, in your next post once the Pokemon has been decided, begin battling it all in one post. But before you post your battle, use the Random Number generator again to see if the capture was successful, setting the lowest to 1 and the highest to 10, however, different Pokeballs have different success rates depending on what Pokemon or area you are using them on/in. Consult the list below to see what Pokeballs benefit this area.



[Safari Ball] 50% Success Rate on any Pokemon.

[Pokeball] 50% Success Rate on any Pokemon.

[Great Ball] 60% Success Rate on any Pokemon.

[Ultra Ball] 70% Success Rate on any Pokemon.

[Net Ball] 70% Success Rate on Bug and Water type Pokemon, 50% on all others.

[Dive Ball] 70% Success Rate on Water type Pokemon, 50% on all others.

[Dusk Ball] 70% Success Rate on Pokemon found in caves, 50% on anything else.

[Nest Ball] 70% Success Rate if Pokemon is a lower stage than your own Pokemon.

[Quick Ball] 80% Success Rate on your first Pokemon encountered only, 50% on all consecutive.

[Timer Ball] 80% Success Rate if it's your last Pokeball only, 50% on any prior.

[Repeat Ball] 80% Success Rate on a Pokemon if you encountered the Pokemon in your previous post, 50% if not.

[Heal Ball] 80% Success Rate on a Pokemon if you failed to capture it once already, 50% if not.

[Luxury Ball] 80% Success Rate on a Pokemon that evolves with happiness.

[Fast Ball] 80% Success Rate on a fast Pokemon.

[Heavy Ball] 80% Success Rate on a heavy Pokemon.

[Level Ball] 80% Success Rate on a first stage Pokemon (Ledyba, Yungoos, etc.), 50% on all others.

[Love Ball] 80% Success Rate on a Pokemon with only a single gender, 50% on all others.

[Lure Ball] 80% Success Rate on a Pokemon fished out of the water.

[Friend Ball] 80% Success Rate on a Pokemon that evolves with happiness.

For success rates of 50%, you must receive one of the following numbers from the Random Number generator to capture the Pokemon: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

For success rates of 60%, you must receive one of the following numbers from the Random Number generator to capture the Pokemon: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

For success rates of 70%, you must receive one of the following numbers from the Random Number generator to capture the Pokemon: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

For success rates of 80%, you must receive one of the following numbers from the Random Number generator to capture the Pokemon: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

For success rates of 90%, you must receive one of the following numbers from the Random Number generator to capture the Pokemon: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9



As long as you still have Pokeballs you may continue to hunt and capture Pokemon until you get one you are comfortable with. If you catch a Pokemon, but then choose to catch another, you must release the first Pokemon you caught before keeping the second. Once you run out of Pokeballs your time is up and the Pokemon you last caught will be the one judged.

When everyone is done (a specified time will be given when the contest will end, regardless if others are done) all Pokemon caught will be judged. Each Pokemon will be judged individually in separate posts where a random number will be used to judge their quality, between 1 and 5 and the number it lands on will be its quality. The other stat taken into consideration is the Pokemon's rarity, its species. A rather common Pokemon like Ledyba won't give as much points as a Pokemon like Froakie would give much more. However, with quality, a Ledyba could beat out a Froakie.

Contestant Prizes:

Prizes will be given out to the top three contestants, as well as a consolation prize to those who don't make the top three. All participants get to keep the Pokemon they caught. The first place contestant may choose to get a Snag Emblem or additional Snag Coins apart from the normal prize.

1st place prize: 15 Snag Coins and one Snag Emblem OR 25 Snag Coins!

2nd place prize: 15 Snag Coins

3rd place prize: 10 Snag Coins

All participants who did not place receive 5 Snag Coins as a consolation prize as well as their captured Pokemon. Snag Coins can be spent in the Snag Mall.

Also, if you use a Pokemon that's not fully evolved that Pokemon will earn Evolution Points at the end of the contest depending on how many Pokemon it knocked out. Posts that are incredibly short (Pikachu used Thundershock and knocked out the Goldeen.) won't be counted. But that doesn't mean they all have to be novels, just put in some effort. You can also gain Purification Points in the same way. Don't worry, the Safari Zone is protected by an Immunizer so no virus spreading here!

And that's it! Get out there and have fun!


Available Pokemon:

[Main Area – Main Mall]


[Side Area A – Flooded Clothing Store]



[Side area B – Backroom Storage]

After the last two locales, Amaranth would find herself just as unamused as Freth was upon entering. The main difference would be that her displeasure wouldn't be quite so vocal, let alone as loud. If anything, the shouting that echoed through the Main Mall was loud enough for both of them and she decided to just keep quiet on the matter lest she start attracting Pokemon to her in response. Instead, she'd shake her head and sigh, starting to look around as she wondered how on earth these places were picked.

But, this was Snagem. Perhaps asking such questions would lead to even more.

Freth went over towards a set of storage lockers on the far end of the store room, giving it a knock then started to check them. They were all unlocked as far as what she could tell. One by one, she started to pull them open, trying to make sure that nothing jumped out right in her face, positioning herself off to the side as she pulled them open. Nothing seemed to be out of the ordinary as she finished going through them. "Huh...nothing here, I guess." Freth said. "Okay, lets see about getting into something else then..."

Jezebel sees a poster about a Safari contest hanging up in the kitchen. "Oh when did this get here? Oh look, it has the list of pokemon that have been spotted." Looking down at her Vulpix, "What do you say? Want to get out and stretch our legs?" Her Vulpix let out a yip in approval. "Great lets go than." The two gather a couple of things and headed off.

With a flash the two where standing inside the run down Abandoned Mall. "Eww, this place gives me the creeps. I though it would have been recent shut down. Not- well this!" She said as the two of them started through the mall. "Shhhhh, i hear something over there." Peeping around the corner, she spots a pokemon. "Oh look, over there. Yes our first pokemon."

Getting a closer look, she spots and Abra, "Oh, it's an Abra. Cool, but i'll leave this one alone." She said moving on.

Walking down the isle Jezebel hears some foot prints. "This place is abandoned right?" A chill went up her, "What if there are people living here?! Or worse, thugs and or bandits." Fear was creeping into your eyes and mind. When suddenly a child like figure came out for the shadows. "Oh it's just a child. Excuse me are you lost?" The shadow stopped moving, as Jezebel jumped back the light revealed a Mime Jr.

"Eekkk- Oh!" she said patting her chest, "It's adorable but not my kind of pokemon. Go on little one, enjoy your home." The pokemon ran off with a cheerful tune. Soon after Jezebel and her Vulpix continued on their way as well.

The Articuno female walked off, starting to check about other various spots in the store room. There were several cargo-like doors, perhaps larger lockers for the larger stores like big name department stores. Freth reached down and pulled up, eventually pushing to open up the door. Equipment laid strewen about, though it didn't look like something from any sort of department store, perhaps something in the food court perhaps...and there's something in here that didn't get cleaned. To say the least, it smelled more rotten than the rest of the store. "Oh...oh god..." Freth dry heaved, quickly pulling back down the door to cut off the smell. "...no. Just...no." Another dry heave came, then she trudged off to the next large storage locker.

She lifted open the door and this one was a lot emptier than before. In fact, apart from a couple of boxes on their sides wide open, there was really nothing here. Nothing to note. She came to the final locker and lifted the door open, and there were a few things to note in here. It looked something out of a sporting goods store. A few football helmets, some baseball mitts that dry-rotted, mildewed sports t-shirts that never got sold of various teams of various sports. Freth walked in, followed by the Absol as she got a closer look into a couple of barrells that had a few hockey sticks sticking out of them and a box full of tennis rackets.

Before Freth realized it, she looked back, seeing the door rapidly close. "Son of a...HEY!" She rushed over towards the door, trying to pull up on the door, but someone locked it from the outside. "The hell! This isn't funny! Let me out! Oh to hell with this, no one is missing this crap..." Freth drew back her fist and with a mighty blow of Frustration she tears apart the door with a large crash, bringing down the railings that guided the door with it. She walks out, followed by the Shadow Absol. "ALRIGHT! WHO HAD THE-" she gets cut off, getting smacked in the face by a soccer ball. "...balls." Freth looked over, seeing a Tyrogue. It stood there, a bit out of surprise, if not of Freth tearing the door down but just how he was just caught red handed. "...you know what?" Freth took a Pokeball ready for capture. "I'm done with this place. And you're coming with me."

"Rogue!?"

"Absol! Slash attack!" Freth shouted, pointing towards that Tyrogue. The Absol was more than welcome to oblige, being directed to yet another battle and rushed headlong towards it. The Tyrogue rushed forward, in a total act of defiance and gave the Absol a hard smack, catching the dark type off guard. "A Fake Out. Aren't you crafty...Absol! Get it togeth-" Before Freth could get another command in, the Tyrogue rushed hard and fast, dealing rapid fire punches upon the Absol, causing a fair amount of damage. "Bullet Punch? What the...well, well, aren't you special then? Alright...it's on now...Absol! Let's try this again...Slash Attack!" The Absol finally was able to retaliate, rushing for the tiny Pokemon and giving one hard swipe upon it, and sending it off flying a short ways.

The Tyrogue rolled, managed to get back on its feet, and skid to a stop, wincing hard from the attack. "Now, if you're done, then how about-" Before Freth was about to get another command out, the Tyrogue continues to show unprecedented speed, though instead of rapid fire punches, it was one very quick jab, and this one caused a bit more damage than the Bullet Punch. "Mach Punch...yea, I think you're a keeper, pal...I think I better do something about you before you decide anything else...Shadow Hold!" Freth shouted.

The Absol unleashed a howl, unleashing an entangling mass of chi which wrapped up the Tyrogue tight, preventing it from running off if it thought of doing so. "Not so quick on your feet now, huh? Now, Shadow Rush!" Freth shouted. The Absol then followed up, rushing forth, enshrouding itself with the vile chi, ramming into the Tyrogue, causing immense damage to the Pokemon.

"Alright Absol, that's enough...I think that about got it..." Freth, with a great ball in tow, gave the ball a toss towards the ensnared Tyrogue. The ball started to shake frantically. The woman's eyes narrow, wondering if this thing was going to be more of a headache than it needed to be "Feel free to stop already..." she said. The ball shook, showing that this thing was a fighter, if nothing else, refusing to submit to the capture. "...stay in there..." she then said. Finally, the shaking started to become less and less frequent...and finally, a click. She picked up the ball for a second, gave it a study over, then looked back towards the Absol. "I suppose not bad for a..." she noticed the Absol's disposition. It was twitching a bit. It finally dawned on her she actually did use two shadow attacks, in quick succession for that matter, just to put this Tyrogue in a ball. "...oh...yea...I best not push my luck." she said.

Caught: Tyrogue, Backroom Storage

Absol - 3 battles
(Hyper Meter - 6/10)


(1-8 failure, 9 and higher success)

The second Nest Ball wouldn't be given quite as much luck, managing to catch the Nincada with little trouble. If anything, it all seemed a bit too easy. Amaranth tried to wipe more of the mud off her as the ball vanished, taken away for later judging as she and Gale decided to keep looking around the Main Mall.

[Pokemon Caught: Main Mall - 41. Nincada (1 Star rarity)]