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| Tweet Topic Started: Mar 15 2012, 11:47 PM (183 Views) | |
| Post #1 Mar 15 2012, 11:47 PM | Gaia |
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Lavender Town has never been a particularly popular location. It's no fault of the scenery or weather; far from it. Lavender is actually a rather pretty area, surrounded mostly by rocky ledges on all sides -- the remnants of the small mountain range that harbors Rock Tunnel -- cutting it off from most civilization effectively. Lavender is small due in part to the restrictions that the cliffs put on additional building possibilities, but it is rather rare for anybody to immigrate into the town regardless. This, of course, is due to the aura that Lavender typically carries; the town was once best known for its heavy population of Ghost-type Pokemon, haunted spirits who would cry and moan into the night, mourning for what they lost-- or so the rumors went. This makes the town a fine tourist attraction to the ghost hunter, or those interested in the paranormal, but more wary travelers will typically veer away from straying too long in Lavender, and truthfully, there is little else to do here to keep the more normal people occupied. Lavender has not seen much construction, due in part to the fact that it one of he few well-known cities of Kanto that lacks a Pokemon Gym. This, in addition to its inherently wavering tourist industry, leads to the town being mostly ignored and left to its own devices, which gives it a strangely old-world charm, with most of the buildings remaining still being wood-and-stone affairs. The only exceptions are the Pokemon Center and Pokemart, both of which have not been renovated since their construction and look rather old in comparison to newer buildings, and the Radio Tower. The primary purpose of Lavender, however, has not changed; it remains a rest stop after a trainer's harrowing journey through Rock Tunnel, as well as a burial ground for Pokemon who have lost their lives, through battle or disease or simply old age. Mr. Fuji's son, called by the townsfolk The Young Mr. Fuji, is the current caretaker of the graveyard. Area Pokemon Rattata (roaming)(uncommon) between the levels of 18 and 20 Raticate (roaming)(rare) level 20 Cubone (roaming)(rare) between the levels of 20 and 22 Ghastly (roaming at night)(extremely rare) between the levels of 18 and 25 Haunter (Soul Sanctum)(roaming at night)(extremely rare) between the levels of 26 and 30 Sandshrew (roaming)(rare) between the levels of 17 and 20 Pokemon Center and the PAT service The Pokemon Center of Lavender has not been fixed up for quite some time, but it has been well-tended, making it less modern than many of the Centers found throughout Kanto. It's a fairly small Pokemon Center, lacking any high-tech facilities and forcing any grievously injured individuals to find a means of reaching Saffron as quickly as possible to heal their wounds, but what it does offer is all functional, and it all functions quite well. Despite the fact that the building itself -- still one of the older, one-floor affairs, and fairly small even by the standards of the time it was built -- all of its medical equipment has been kept up-to-date, meaning that the recovery machines work just as well as any. Additionally, for the weary trainer, the Center does have a small bedroom in the back, with four beds, should a trainer be unable to find any other accommodations for the night. A small bird roost sits at the side of the building, offer PAT messenger bird services for the usual fee of 10 pk$. These can be purchased at the reception desk. Pokemart and Residences Located at the opposite end of town from the Pokemon Center, in a rather silly construction move, the mart is also small and old, but well-managed-- and well-stocked. It contains everything a trainer would need, especially after a long haul through Rock Tunnel... as well as plenty of souvenirs for those wacky ghost-hunters that come by so often. The town itself, dividing the Mart and Center, has not seen much construction, due in part to the fact that it one of he few well-known cities of Kanto that lacks a Pokemon Gym. This, in addition to its inherently wavering tourist industry, leads to the town being mostly ignored and left to its own devices, which gives it a strangely old-world charm, with most of the buildings remaining still being wood-and-stone affairs. There's a crazy old coot who lives in the nice little suburbian residences. The Name Rater is an irate old man living almost dead center of the town, and has nothing good attached to his presence. He will look over Pokemon and ask the trainer what they've given the creature as a nickname before promptly spewing vitriol in their general direction about how they could have given such a beautiful creature such a poor excuse of a name and so on, so on, so forth. He becomes tiresome after length, but only if you bother asking him about your Pokemon's name. If you approach from another angle -- say, the history of Lavender -- he will enter an aura of reminiscence such as to make him a most palatable -- indeed, a genuinely nice individual. Careful about getting him excited, though; he's quite old.
Soul Sanctum The Soul Sanctum is an area commanded by The Late Mr. Fuji's son, The Young Mr. Fuji (his father having passed away a few years ago of natural causes). The Young Mr. Fuji, interestingly, is something between fifty and sixty years old, making travelers to the area somewhat confused concerning his name. Young Mr. Fuji continued his father's work with the upkeep of the Pokemon graves taken from the confines of the Pokemon Tower before its conversion, and has greatly added on to the work that was done. The Sanctum is located entirely below-ground, with the entrance being the Soul House that Mr. Fuji originally constructed for them. The Soul House, however, leads down to a series of caverns, lit by gas lamps, that open into various graves and shrines to the Pokemon who have been lost over the years. Young Mr. Fuji will gladly allow trainers and passerby into the depths of the caverns in order to pay their respects to the dead, but there are some that are sealed off from the common trainer, as per his father's own suggestion. What lay beyond these areas, and their reasons for being sealed, are often speculated, but Young Mr. Fuji refuses to answer the lingering questions about them. He also refuses to allow people into the Sanctum during nighttime. The intrepid may try and sneak into the Sanctum during this time... but it's dark down there, and cold, and-- Radio Tower A behemoth of concrete and steal stretching monstrously into the sky (as several older inhabitants would have you believe), the Radio Tower is considered an abomination by many who have been in the town for the majority of their lives, although not too many modern folk much care about the discord it creates among the architecture... not that many modern folk also know the sad story behind the Tower anymore, either. The Radio Tower was constructed quite a while ago; despite its non-centralized location, Lavender was chosen as the site for the tower due to its relatively limited overall construction, in addition to the fact that it already had a tower sitting in the far north-east of the town, a fair distance away from the main settlements. Despite the outcry, nobody could produce evidence of who owned the Pokemon Tower at the time, and the building and land were up for grabs. Mr. Fuji demanded enough time before construction to gut the contents of the buildings and take them elsewhere, and his request was granted. As soon as he was done, however, the Tower was renovated and converted into a radio broadcast station. The Tower is a seven-floor, modern building, coated in reflective black-glass panels so anybody walking by cannot see in, while those within can see out. Inside, everything is sleek and composed of rounded surfaces to make a calming, flowing aura-- at least on the first floor. The floors above each belong to Kanto radio stations, and they have done whatever they wish with their own offices. Of course, it's rare for an outsider to see this; much of the time, the upper levels are barred to anybody who is not authorized for entry, with the only notable exception being for people taken on a tour of the facility, usually younger children from Saffron City schools. The people on the lower part of the tower, however, are also distributors of Radio Cards, for use in Pokegear, which naturally allow somebody to tune into various radio frequencies on their Pokegear in order to hear news or listen to music as they travel. Radio Cards, however, are not cheap, sitting at $50 in order to purchase one. Malo's Bed and Breakfast A small bed-and-breakfast located on the east side of time. The caretaker, Malo, is a kind, elderly woman, and was known for welcoming travelers into her abode willingly. Of course, with the influx of trainers in particular constantly growing, and her house being rather small, she had work done roughly twenty years ago to have it converted into a small inn, with her own domicile residing on the third floor. The building was purposefully built of wood and stone, and though the elements have not yet weathered it to match the other older buildings of the area, her appreciation for the aesthetic of Lavender Town caused her to respect the general architecture and not dare to invade with the modernities that the Radio Tower dragged with it. Among the townsfolk, Malo is known as being a soft-spoken opponent of the continued presence of the Radio Tower, even though she only moved into town shortly after its construction was finished and never once saw the Pokemon Tower itself. Thankfully, she will often spare trainers the details of her irritation, and allows them to occupy any of the rooms on the second floor of her inn, serving them a fantastic home-cooked breakfast when they awaken the next morning. A night at the bed and breakfast costs $15, although the frugal can request a skip over breakfast and only pay $10. Edited by Gaia, Mar 15 2012, 11:56 PM.
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