Baron Samedi

[size=1]Note that I thought of these in the span of like, two minutes. Also note that I am unsure if there are other bands out there with these names. Electrostasis Dead Hand [there being five of you, and all] Smash 'n' Grab Blood Carnivale Black Output[/size]

[size=1]Crash was in an underground temple of some sort. The passageway he was in had a low ceiling, and up in one corner was the hole Crash had fallen through. The walls however were covered with mysterious heiroglyphs and strange signs. The light emanating from the Pokedex's screen wasn't strong enough to reach, but what it did illuminate was amazing. Crash walked forward carefully, keeping an eye out for any scary ancient temple pokemon things. The passageway was dead-straight, and the walls were decorated with the murals and glyphs, but so far Crash had only passed one branching passageway, and a short way down there it was blocked by a rockfall. But just as he began to weary of ever finding his way out of the temple, a bright flickering light shone from up ahead. Tucking his Pokedex away in his jacket pocket, he emerged into a large circular room. Flaming torches covered the walls at regular intervals, but the room was empty, save for the mysterious signs and a raised pedestal in the center. There was no other way out of the room save the passageway he had come from. As Crash turned to head back the way he had come in disappointment, a low humming diffused throughout the room. Turning back to face the room, Crash watched in awe as a liquid blue light spread through the symbols on the wall, filling them and spreading over the walls. As the light ran through the small channels and pathways embedded in the rock, a faint symbol appeared floating above the pedestal. It grew stronger and more real, as the light spread across the symbols carved in the wall. As the last glyph was filled, a bright white light illuminated the chamber, and floating above the pedestal was something that looked like a physical representation of the last glyph. It had an eye, and as it seemed to pierce his very soul, the humming began again, and faintly tantalising spectres of symbols appeared above each of the heirglyphs on the wall. Crash, his hand shaking, withdrew a pokeball from his pocket, and then in his best baseball impression, ditched it at the mysterious pokemon on the pedestal. A flash of red light consumed the creature, and then it all went dark, the blue light on the walls disappearing in an instant. Pulling out his vibraitng Pokedex, Crash flipped the screen open to see by. "Congratulations" it announced "You Have Just Captured An Unown. These mysterious and rare pokemon look like hieroglyphs on ancient tablets. It is said that the two are somehow related." Crash tucked his latest find in a pocket in his jacket, and turned on his heel, back towards the entrance he'd found to the temple. Time to go and catch some more![/size]

[size=1]Crash pulled a light handkerchief out of a pocket in the jacket. Who knew what it was doing there.... but it would work fine for what he had in mind. He tied the black handkerchief around his eyes, and readying a Pokeball in one hand wormed his way down into the hole. The ferret kicked two loads of sand at him, but realising that was doing no good any more, it retreated further into it's burrow. Crash emerged into the main chamber, which was somewhat larger than the tunnel, but cramped nonetheless. Plus, he was effectively blind due to the handkerchief over his eyes. Grasping with his free hand he felt something soft and furry, which promptly bit him. Crash swore, but quickly flicked the Pokeball in the direction of where he supposed the creature was. A red light pierced through the blindfold, but the Pokeball made it's slurping noise and the ferret was caught. The Pokedex in his jacket pocket rumbled, and awkwardly reaching his arm beside him Crash managed to prise it out of his pocket. He wiggled around so that he could hold it in front of his face, and flicked open the cover. Immediately a bluey-white light came off the small screen, and as Crash took off his blindfold the Pokedex solemnly announced "Congratulations. You Have Just Captured A Sentret. A very cautious Pokémon, it raises itself up using its tail to get a better view of its surroundings. If sighting enemies it will cry loudly to warn it's kind." Crash made to turn around on his belly in the claustrophobic confines of the burrow, but when one of his feet went straight through the floor, he cried out in fear. This was unexpected. He explored the hole with his foot, and found that it was perfectly round, and appeared to be ringed with stone. He wiggled backwards towards the new hole, and dropping down through it, landed lightly on a cold stone floor. He held the Pokedex up for a lightsource, and his jaw dropped. What [i]was[/i] this place? *** OOC: Claim Unown for next post[/size]

[size=1]Crash continued strolling down the river bank, keeping one eye on the silent waters, and the other on the seemingly deserted field. He knew that animals would often come to a riverbank to drink, and this way he could keep track of anything coming from the field, or water, though he probably wouldn't be able to get anything that came out of the forest on the other side of the water... he needed to find a ford of some sort. Up ahead Crash saw a small ferret creature scuttle out of the hedge. It glanced cautiously about, raising itself up on it's tail, seemingly scouting for enemies. It saw Crash and froze, it's little nose twitching. It's body tensed, as if for flight, when suddenly a gigantic blue creature, all claws and teeth and roaring, erupted from the placid waters of the river. The ferret turned and ran back into the field, the predator in close pursuit. It tore right through the hedge, thrashing wildy as it chased down it's prey. Crash pulled two pokeballs out, one in each hand, and set off at a sprint. With neither creature focusing on him it should be relatively easy to catch them both! He followed the path of bent stalks into the field, running as fast as he could manage. Up ahead, out of sight, he heard a squealing sound. Rounding a turn in the 'path' that the chase had created, he found a massive blue crocodile sniffing around a small hole in the ground, out of which issued a flurry of terrified squealing. The creature turned and glared at him with a feral gleam in it's eye. It leapt perhaps three metres forward, and Crash threw the Pokeball at it, hoping against hope that it would work. It did. Crash picked up the small ball, and proudly put it in his jacket along with his other trophies. Once again the small electronic voice came forth, but all Crash heard was "Feraligator", or something along those lines, the rest of the information being drowned out by the squealing emanating from the hole. Crash got down on his hands and knees to try and see what was in the hole, but a burst of sand kicked straight into his eyes dissuaded him from that approach. "You little bastard" he muttered as he pawed sand out of his sore eye "I'm gonna catch you now!"[/size]

[size=1]Crash came out of the waist-high grass of the field, which ended at a low hedge. There was a small grassy strip, and then a deep, tranquil river, which looked really refreshing and cool, especially after being chased by that wasp thing. Crash jumped over the hedge and made his way over to the edge of the river. He bent down and cupped his hands, taking in a long draught of the crisp, cool, water. As he reached down for another one, he could swear that he saw an eye in the water, looking at him. Not again! First the tree, and now the [i]river[/i]? Unfortunately the eye was followed by a big white fist, which collided with Crash's jaw with all the force of a steam-train. Crash flew high threw the air, and back into the field, landing heavily on his back. Scrambling to his feet he looked over the hedge at the creature making it's way out of the river. It was about his height, and looked like a giant blue toad, mainly. Except it had no warts, and had muscly arms and legs, like a real person. It had a big white belly with an almost hypnotic black swirl on it. Which got closer and closer and Crash just stood as it got closer and closer it looked like it was swirling and pulling him in and getting closer and closer and closer and.... Crash snapped back to attention in time to dodge a gigantic fist which swept through the air mere inches in front of his face. "POLIWRATH!" the creature bellowed in his face, as Crash whipped out a Pokeball, and stuck it in front of him. The Poliwrath, if that's what it was called, registered a faint look of surprise as it was surrounded by a red glow, before it was slurped into the ball. From the confines of his jacket the Pokedex rumbled, before announcing loudly "Congratulations. You Have Just Captured A Poliwrath. This evolved form of Poliwhirl is an excellent swimmer and fighter. It is better than any human swimmer and can cross the Orange Ocean just by kicking, according to rumour." Crash grinned. Three down![/size]

[QUOTE=Raiyuu][b][color=DarkGreen][font=Trebuchet MS]Also, I know [b]Baron Samedi [/b]was a while ago, but so far no one's been aware that Baron Samedi is a Voudun god or Loa. Heck, I've no idea what the significance of that is in relation to your personality, Baron, but I like to show I know more stuff than people :p [/font][/color][/QUOTE] [size=1]:p Nice pickup Raiyuu. I learnt of the name several years ago, and ever since then it has been my online persona, gradually devolving to 'Baron' at most sites or whenever I'm referred to. Now, who to do... nearly everyone here has been done! In fact, I think everyone has. So, I'll do '[B]Keyblade Wielder[/B]' who until recently was known as CloudsOnly189. You have obviously decided that whilst you still want your affection of Cloud to be expressed that your previous username was somewhat immature - or rather, that there is more merit in a more 'formal' username. Which I think is great, personally. I'm not a fan of 'rOck_oftheSkies52' type usernames, lol. Obviously a big Kingdom Hearts fan, and you also get right into the Christmas spirit. I'd say you're probably one of those people who gets super excited about Christmas. And then you have some poems and a random quote or something in your sig, but meh.... you love Cloud and Christmas, lol.[/size]

[size=1]The Iron Fists had walked together to the entrance of the Safari Zone, and suddenly disbanded, each heading off in a different direction to try and catch as many of the little critters as possible. "After all" Crash muttered under his breath as he walked through a leafy forest glade "you need to catch 'em all. Or whatever little phrase Mog used". Crash was keeping a sharp eye out for any pokemon when he heard a fierce buzzing up ahead. He emerged out of the forest only to see a giant waspy looking creature darting at a large rat. The wasp looked like the scariest thing, so Crash threw a pokeball at it. It bounced off the creature's carapace and fell to the ground. For an instant Crash was disappointed, but he started feeling sorry for himself in a whole new way when the giant wasp flew at him, chittering madly and stabbing wildy with it's giant stingers. Crash took to his heels, fleeing back into the forest. But no matter how he ducked, dodged and weaved, leaping over fallen trunks and ducking under ground-level branches, the wasp thing kept pursuing him. After perhaps five minutes of chasing the wasp thing gave up, and went back the way it had come. Crash found himself with his back against a tree, breathing heavily. All of a sudden he heard a quiet humming noise beside his ear. Turning warily he saw a beady eye gaze at him. Leaping away from the tree he realised that the tree was staring at him. No, wait. The thing with the eyes was separate from the tree, a kind of cocoon thing. Crash pulled out a pokeball, and thrust it outwards at the creature. Another weird electronic slurping noise later, and it had disappeared. Crash pulled out his Pokedex and pointed it at the ball. "Congratulations. You Have Just Captured A Metapod. This cocoon form of Caterpie has no attacks, and it's only defence against predators is to harden it's shell. Eventually it will evolve into a Butterfree" Crash grinned to himself. Two down! He knew that he must be winning. The Iron Fists would not loose again! He set off back towards the field where the wasp thing had been. He needed to pick up that pokeball he had dropped. Ten minutes later he emerged from the treeline. Glancing cautiously around him, he scurried forward and picked up the pokeball lying in the dirt, before making his way through the waist-high grass to a river he could see on the other side of the field.[/size]

[QUOTE=Wraith][size=1]I would suggest that everybody (in the Heroes, at least) should put in the titles of their posts how many pokeballs the team has left and how many each character has left. It might just help in letting us get through this a little easier. I also suggest that each and every one of us reads every post through thoroughly, otherwise this could just end in confusion. Take in what Pokemon each person captures, as well as how many pokeballs each team has left. It will just make this challenge a lot easier on all of us. [/size][/QUOTE] [size=1][strike]Iron Fists, not Heroes :p[/strike] Oops, my bad. And that is a good idea, which was why I did it in my post. Makes it a lot easier to keep track of everything.[/size]

[size=1]What the trio didn't realise was that they were swimming at a [i]nudist[/i] beach. The young Flounder however was disappointed by the quick-thinking of Sora.[/size]

[size=1]Uum, I'm not sure about this, but my post put the Iron Fists not in the Safari Zone specifically. I don't remember much about Pokemon, but is it alright that Crash caught the Weedle in the park, but the next posting member of my team takes us, say, across the road to the Pokemon Safari area?[/size]

[size=1]The Iron Fists looked at each other with bewilderment written all over their faces, as a pale blue glow surrounded them and faded, leaving them standing on the outskirts of a town. They were meant to get some creatures into these Pokeballs? The creatures must be tiny, unless the balls were really big. But how were they meant to roll around a hundred of these Pokeballs if they [i]were[/i] big? The group has just dissolved into loud questioning when a short, dumpy man with a receding hairline approached them. Glancing down at a piece of paper in his hand, he read out sceptically "Are you the [b]Iron Fists[/b]?" A chorus of "Yeah's" and "I suppose so's" and other such vague terms came forth from the slightly confused men. "Well come with me then, you haven't got forever" the little old man muttered, and turning on his heel quickly walked back into the town, approaching a large whitewashed building with a steel dome at the top. Once the five remaining members of the team were lined up in his office, the old man sat himself on the edge of his desk and launched a tirade of bizarre terms at the team. CJ yawned "Yo, ol' man can't we just git on wit dis? You're boring me already, and I just wanna git out there and kick some vermin ass!" The professor's face went curiously flat, and a large sweatdrop rolled down his face. Then, with a grumpy sigh he jumped off the desk and went over to a cabinet on the wall. He pulled out five pocket-sized items somewhat like a PDA and handed one to each of the team members. He also withdrew five black and silver jackets. "These contain twenty pokeballs each, with room for ten more so you can distribute them how you please. I'd tell you how to use them but Mister Know-It-All," here he glared at CJ "obviously knows this anyway "Good luck to you etcetera etcetera, now get out of my office I need to do some research" And with that he herded them outside and shut and bolted his door. A dusty sign behind the glass read "Professor Hawthorn: Pokemon Researcher" The team gathered around a table set in the middle of a park. They pulled out their pokeballs to examine them. There was a small white button on front of the ball. The bottom half of the ball was white and the top half was silvery grey, with a black logo of a fist set inside. But they appeared to do nothing. Crash threw one up and down in the air, catching it behind his back and on his nose, amusing his companions with party tricks. Suddenly he dropped it, and leaning back on the flat bench he bent over backwards to grab the ball. His fingers close around the ball, but as he opened his eyes he found himself face to face with a gigantic monster. He screamed and held the Pokeball out in front of him, as a sacrifice. A loud electronic type "Zzzssrcght" type sound was heard, and when Crash peeked through his fingers the monster was gone. A rumbling buzz emanated from his pocket. He pulled out the Pokedex, and it flipped open. A monotone male robot voice greeted him with the line "Congratulations. You Have Just Captured A [u][url=http://www.pojo.com/pokedex/Kanto/013.htm]Weedle[/url][/u]. This low level pokemon is often found in forests, eating leaves. It has a sharp stinger on its head that injects poison." Everyone around him congratulated Crash on his first capture. And then Shadow posed the question "So, what, do we all split up and try and find these things or work together? Remember that we're not allowed to catch the same ones. Or rather, that they won't count twice, and I won't have any of you guys foolishly capturing the same ones I do..."[/size]

[size=1]Time to dig up the Pokeguide I owned years ago.... if I still have it o_O Interesting challenge Sandy :p[/size]

[QUOTE=Corey][size=1]Well, Mr Samedi. I'd say that your banner and avitar seem to mean that you have an extremely [b]DRY[/b] sence of humor, but you're trying to [i]grow[/i] into something that isn't totally terrible. You have over 2300 posts, which shows a little bit of vanity. And the fact that you're married to yourself only increases the narcissistic qualities of your personality. But, who know? I could just be jumping at shadows. ^_^[/size][/QUOTE] [size=1].6 out of 3 ain't bad. Good work Corey :p Corey: You are something of a Literatist, and enjoy flaunting your love/understanding of such things. You also have a grudge against the original Irish member of the boards, and but wish that you could use the 'Original' title. ;)[/size]

[size=1]In light of the new picture, a new caption must emerge: [b]Sheep leaping fences not working for you? Then how about...[/b][/size]

[size=1]My caption: [b]The Futility Of Hotlinking[/b] Do I win?[/size]

[size=1]... The [i]other[/i] 450 OBer pics you have saved? My, someone has been busy. You're beating me by 73, curse you >_< :p[/size]

[size=1]Tatsubei Yagyu: Obviously someone who is really into anime and japanese, stuff like that. I have no idea what anime your banner/avatar contains, nor what your name means. You're a big fan of smilies, and pride yourself to some degree on a sense of humour, or humorous things. On a side note, some of the misconceptions [and completely wrong things >_>] I've seen so far in this thread amuse me to no end :p[/size]

[size=1]Nonetheless, 'Happy Holidays' is such a pathetic and empty expression, which to me reeks of consumerism and petty mindedness. More people are concerned about offending others than people who are being offended.[/size]

[quote name='DeadSeraphim][color=indigo][size=1][font=arial]Don't do it Tony, Baron is a pervert! Who knows [i]what[/i] he'll use those photos for... though I suspect innocent reminiscing won't be part of it.[/font][/size'][/color][/quote] [size=1]Just because [i]you've[/i] already downloaded them all Alan. And I will ask you for a login Tony, but as I said before, can you hold onto them for another week? My new computer is up in Perth, and I don't get back there for a few days yet.[/size]

[size=1]Bye bye Foxy =( I'll miss you in this competition: it has truly been a blast. Sucks about the school thing though =\[/size]

[size=1]I know Alan, isn't it disappointing? I only uploaded one photo there anyway :p Anyhow, Tony, if you could keep ahold of the actual picture folders for about another week I will grab a copy of them. Perhaps if you zipped the folder and uploaded it to [url=http://rapidshare.de]Rapidshare[/url] then that would be the best way to go. It is a part of OB history, and is one of the last ways to remember some late OB members. I was looking through it last night, and remembered all these people that have since left the boards, like Kinetic, Kenji, The Original, Kazuko etc. etc. Don't delete them before you send a copy of the photos to me. I would be very sad =([/size]

[size=1]Why do you want your account deleted? If you want a different name, the account name can be changed if you PM Dagger or one of the other Admins. If you've been an *** in some posts, you can delete them. If you're not going to be visiting OB any more then you can just leave it as it is. We have enough empty accounts here that one more won't make a difference. And those are about the only three reasons I can think of that you'd want to delete an account for. And it isn't necessary, nor is it given upon request, generally.[/size]

[size=1]Nothing helps us celebrate better than a picture of DeathKnight with a woman's hat! [center][img]http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/1923/womanshat8pc.jpg[/img] [b]Cheers[/b][/center] [/size]

[size=1]And besides, Samus' one is fake :p[/size]

[size=1]I'd save your pictures, but that's slightly creepy. Besides, I already have a collage of your three available photos on my desktop! ...