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Munchkinator
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Mar 22 2010, 03:20:07 PM
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Don't waste my time.
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- The area is approximately equivalent to a city block at best; it can get a bit cramped, especially with all the new trainers. Compounding the problem is the fact that many trainers leave most or all of their Pokemon out all the time, mostly due to the unreliability of Pokeballs. No one has actually lost a Pokemon from scrambling, at least that anyone can prove, but rumors and tales of horror abound, and while most trainers don't necessarily believe them, there's nothing wrong with playing it safe. Even if this tactic does result in a constant armada of Pokemon underfoot and overhead, Pidgey and Rattata generally mucking about while Bulbasaurs and Sneasel and every other species imaginable weave their ways underfoot. Or through the crowd directly, in the case of larger Pokemon.
- Curfew is declared near the end of dusk, before it gets too dark. This time varies by season, of course, but is usually around 8-9pm. While it is not strictly enforced - any resources wasted keeping trainers in could have been used to keep attackers out - it is generally expected that trainers stay inside, or if they are outside, that they're there to help. There are generally some Pokemon patrolling New Haven proper, but generally speaking, the area is nearly deserted; shops closed, very few - if any - trainers out and about, so on and so forth. While the sounds of battle are never far, the actual town is safe. Usually.
- The three Regis - steel, ice, and rock - generally ignore trainers. Their overriding directive is the protection of New Haven; politeness, speech, and helpfulness was not built in. While they can be interacted with, at least in the sense of watching them walk past, they rarely evince any interest whatsoever in trainers specifically. Unless, of course, a battle breaks out, in which case they tend to have an unnerving tendency to show up to break it up before it goes anywhere. This only applies during the day; at night, they're too busy on the front lines to care. Some trainers have wondered, vocally or to themselves, why the three protect New Haven, when they barely even respond to trainers, are never shown to accept orders even from Haven staff, and the Dahaka Corporation - in its rare appearances - never seems perturbed nor surprised at their presence. The answer has yet to come to light, though given how helpful - and indeed necessary for survival - their presence is, it's probably not exactly an evil plot. Strange, yes, but not a bad thing.
- There are occasional marks of the city that (may?) once have lied adjacent to New Haven; there are a few benches, apparently for long-defunct bus stops, and the area was fairly clearly a residential area - no factories or large stores in the area. Most of Haven is filled with either the apartment complex and dormitories that house trainers or the small array of shops, eateries, kiosks, and the lone Pokemon Center in the area, which, needless to say, is generally quite busy. The streets are exactly that - streets. Whether this is simply for city design or if it points to the past evidence of cars is somewhat debated, as very few have been found in ruined Althea - but enough to raise the question.
- The field is slightly relaxed in New Haven; electronics are still quite unreliable, but Pokeballs usually work, and kiosks apparently have some sort of unknown dampening field that renders them - nearly - immune. The Pokecenter is not so lucky; even with several healing stations, one or two are often on the fritz, and the assorted volunteers working there generally tend to be either very very patient with their recalcitrant equipment, or stop showing up for work within a day.
- Most dormitories have no locks - or rather, they did, but trainers broke them off long ago. Privacy is not a strong suit of the area in general, and most trainers very quickly learn to get used to it. Those who do not, eventually learn anyways.
- Pokemon battling between trainers is completely illegal - New Haven does not regenerate like the rest of the city, at least not quickly, and the last thing they need is more craters. Defending one's self from wild Pokemon, specifically at night, is of course perfectly legal - the rule is there to keep some semblance of architectural stability, not grant every trainer in the vicinity a death warrant.
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