ITT: We are all Pokémon Trainers

You doing okay, Antoine?

-Antoine gets up, panting heavily, but then gives a weak thumbs up-

Hmmm... Come back Antoine, and rest for a bit! -recalls Antoine-

Alright, go, GALLADE!

-Gallade pops out of his Pokeball, making a graceful pirouette swan dive onto the battlefield.-

Okay, I know he has a type advantage but I want you to do your best to stay up on your feet, Gallade!

Gallade: <Right!>

I could try nando. What's his team?

Sidney: All right Crawdaunt, X-Scissor that thing!

You got this, Gallade! Take the hit this once, then use Leaf Blade! And try to make it a Critical!

-Gallade gets hit by the X-Scissor attack, but refuses to budge. Unfortuantely, the force is strong enough to make him have to put one of his feet back. He readies his blades immediately afterwards and runs up to the Crawdaunt as quickly as possible to slice it with Leaf Blade-

http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Nando All except Kricketot. The battle should come to the point where it's Pentigan and Nando trying to out-do each other's music.

edited 3rd Jun '11 8:14:08 PM by Pentigan

-Crawdaunt is hit by the Leaf Blade, but manages to hold on-

Sidney: Not as strong, I see. Crawdaunt, Night Slash!

Route 218, west of Jubilife

- The ZERO-ONE speeds onto land and shifts into buggy mode. It begins to drive towards the GC stadium -

OK! Silent, let us recap our objectives, yes?

Quick Gallade, Protect!

-Gallade uses Protect-

Alright, now use Close Combat!

-Gallade takes advantage of his close range to the Crawdaunt and takes this moment to beat the tar out of it-

-the Crawdaunt is KO'd in an instant-

Sidney: I have to admit, you're good. Cacturne, you're up!

I sense other researchers nearby.

Okay... So, Gallade's a little low on power and that Close Combat lowered his Defences...

Gallade, come back! Go, Faithful!

-Faithful the Salamence roars out a battle cry as he flies out of his pokeball and into the air, before settling onto the ground-

Sidney: Cacturne, hit it with Sucker Punch!

-Faithful has not done anything yet, which makes the Sucker Punch fail-

edited 3rd Jun '11 8:25:37 PM by CalamityJane

— Right, boss! Despite Professor Oak's apparent lack of... uhm... appreciation, our work to solidify studies on hundreds of Pokémon species go all right. Except for the part where some of our researchers... *shiftly stares away* uh, go on ventures on their own... and... uh, yeah *blushes* we all kind of have left some things pending...

Pulls some papers from a folder and checks some names on it, finishing on a picture of Chikorita, Cyndaquil and Totodile...

— Which reminds me, who did we leave back at the base in charge of the new batch of Johto starters for study?

actually I'm going to be going to bed soon...so I can't do it. Sorry.

-Is watching Jane's battle intently-

Sidney: Just standing there, huh? Fine then. Cacturne, introduce this guy to your Needle Arm!

Faithful, use Dragon Dance, then, Brick Break!

-the Needle Arm barely leaves a scratch on Faithful-

Sidney: Wait for just the right moment, then hit him with a Sucker Punch before he gets you!

<Lardna: "Wait, what was that about Tagg sensing other researchers nearby?">

"Eh, he's always like that. It's kinda creepy sometimes."

<Lardna: "Who's he talking about though?">

"Probably his colleagues in the tournament... Unless..."

-Faithful immediately Brick Breaks with his tail against the Cacturne, once his Dragon Dance is over with. He gets hit by the Sucker Punch, but ignores it for the time being-

Uhh... well... er... that intern, right? Uh... I mean, obviously there are plenty of people at HQ besides us two, any else would be silly!

I'm sure they're fine! We're raising this batch to be smart, you know... lined their pens with Sudoku and crosswords, I did.

Anyways, yeah, we find them, give them a poke, and ask Mrs. Belen about that one message left by whoever sabotaged our portal generation research. Oh- you had some theory involving that Lati@s stuff to follow up?

- The ZERO-ONE is now visible to a bystander at the stadium gate -

edited 3rd Jun '11 8:38:37 PM by Tangent128

-the Cacturne takes the hit and keeps going, yet it is struggling to keep itself standing up-

Sidney: Keep at it! Sucker Punch again when the moment presents itself!

-Watches Faithful use Brick Break-

<Nadia: "We can do that?">

"Yeah, I haven't seen too many Salamence use that move, but it's doable..."

Faithful, use Earthquake!

Faithful: <R-Really? I haven't had a chance to use that move in ages!>

-Faithful enthusiastically uses Earthquake-