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Welcome to the Alolan 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 Research Facility Zone! A small and isolated island near the Alola region almost completely overtaken by an abandoned research facility, long since shutdown and donated to the Safari Zone after the plethora of Pokemon life was discovered there years later. The facility formerly studied space-time anomalies. The reason for the shutdown and who once ran this facility is not known. Many hallways, office rooms, computer rooms, and so forth can be found on the main floor.

Two side areas are; Side Area A – Ruined Testing Dome, a former testing cite in the form of a large dome, now ruined and exposed to the outside world, overran with vegetation inside. And Side Area B – Flooded Reactor, a former reactor chamber of unknown design, now in ruins and flooded with sea water which was formerly used to keep the reactor cool.

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.

[Repeat Ball] 70% Success Rate. Allows a fourth and final capture attempt after the previous three have failed.

[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.

[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 (Spearow, Stunfisk, 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 Spearow won't give as much points as a Pokemon like Absol would give much more. However, with quality, a Spearow could beat out a Absol.

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 OR Rare Candy!

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/Happiness Points at the end of the contest depending on how many Pokemon it knocked out. For Evolution Points your Pokemon gains 0.50 points for first stage (Caterpie), 0.60 points for second stage (Metapod), 0.70 points for base (Tauros), and 0.80 points for third stage (Butterfree). For Happiness Points you must battle at least five Pokemon to gain one happiness point, including a successful capture. If not catching anything then it's seven battles. You can also gain Purification Points in the same way as Evolution Points. Don't worry, the Safari Zone is protected by an Immunizer so no virus spreading here! Evolution/Purification Points will be rounded up at the end and we ask you post how many points you accrued in your final post. Bonus points (Evolution, Purification, or Happiness Points) will be rewarded to all participants at the end based on how much effort and content went into your posts. You may lose points if your battles were one liners or just in general lacked any effort.

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


Available Pokemon:

[Main Area – Research Facility Main Floor]


[Side Area A – Ruined Testing Dome]


[Side Area B – Flooded Reactor]

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At first, it seemed like nothing had appeared. "It's really, awfully quiet." That's when she felt something touch her shoulder and her spine felt an electric shock and the heat of fear. Her face instantly turned to it, only to find a small joltik climbing down from its web. Her widen eyes slowly returned to normal as her mind registered how fast her heart kept beating. "Cherry." She called with a certain dryness of annoyance and anger that was left after the shock passed. "Incinerate." She would not tolerate this awful experience and ordered Cherry to burn everything, the Joltik and its web. The Joltik was no match for the Absol, although as the fire died down both Veronica and Cherry realized that they should probably cool it down... and consider themselves lucky that no other tiny critters came at them in that moment.

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Inside was a break room with a table made of cement and its chairs knocked over. What was left of the fridge was also on its side. A Yungoos scurried by, then it smelled Cherry and turned to snarled at the Absol. In quick movements, it jumped forward to Bite at Cherry. Cherry retaliated by using Psycho Cut to push the Yungoos back and then Razor Wind to finish it off. "Ok, well, you know... Maybe I could have caught that one..." She wondered out loud. "I guess this place IS full of pokemon. Let's keep going." She lowered herself to check on Cherry before moving forward to the hallway.

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Both Veronica and Cherry took very small steps to the other room. Careful to see what would come out. But whatever had done this was far gone as they saw a mere Alolan Rattata chewing out the guts. At least... she hoped that was the case. "You know, maybe we should leave." As she said that, another Alolan Rattata appeared behind her. And another to her left. And another where the first one was. "Cherry! Attack, quickly!" She kept looking in all directions.
Cherry, also feeling the pressure, pulled out a new move: Dark Pulse. She pushed out her dark energy in all directions. However, it only got the attention of the rats. "Again." Veronica said in her surprise. With a second Dark Pulse, the rats decided to leave. Veronica ran as soon as they cleared out and closed the door after Cherry followed.

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If she hadn't paid much attention, perhaps she would have turned the wrong direccion as the silhoutte of an Abra was barely visible. It was almost as if it was an illusion, or that the Abra wished to hide. Perhaps it would have been successful in camouflaging if it had just been a pokemon walking by. With care, she approached. "Use Razor Wind." The Absol followed the order, throwing the force of the wind in the general direction. It made the Abra to fully appear as it was thrown back. Although it did not seem to care much for the battle, Veronica threw out a Safari ball right away in hopes of capturing it.

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Before they could even reach the next room, a Salandit ran out and saw them. It stood up, mocking and taunting them. Cherry reacted right away and used Psycho Cut to land an effective hit on the critter. "Ah, but it's so cute. I've never seen that lizard pokemon before..." Veronica whispered to herself and threw out a Safari ball. "Come on, already!"