ITT: We are all Pokémon Trainers

Stratus: <Oh wow, is that you're wings making that noise? It's so lovely...>

-Stratus stares at Jayna dreamily.-

...Er, Stratus?

Stratus: <...Oh, right! Sorry!>

-Stratus flaps his wings, hovering up after Jayna, although rather wobbly.-

Lake: <You're ready to catch him if he falls, right?>

Suicune: <Don't worry Lake. He won't be crashing while I'm around.>

-Offhandedly-

Flygon, the spirit of the desert. Good thing there's not a lot of sand here.

Jayna: (watching how Stratus flies) <Hmm... Uh-huh... Yeah, I think we can work on this.> (begins flying forward) <Okay, see if you can keep up with me. I'll start off slowly, before I begin gradually increasing my speed.>

-Stratus does what he's told, flying after the Flygon rather slowly. He's still a bit wobbly, but a bit less so at this point.-

Jayna: (looks over at Stratus) <Hmm... Good.> (starts flying slightly faster)

Stratus: <Well I'm doing well so far. I hope I don't crash into her accidentally.>

-Stratus flaps his wings faster, starting to fly at a higher speed.-

Jayna: (glances over at Stratus, smirks) <You're doing pretty well.> (speeds up a little again, now flying slightly faster)

Stratus: <Thanks! But I don't think just flying along is what I'm having trouble with...>

-The Dragonite flaps his wings faster to keep up, maybe just a bit too hard, as he starts flying a bit wobbly again.-

Stratus: <Urk! See what I mean?>

Jayna: <Hmm... I see.>

Stratus: <I also have trouble with landings. And taking off too, occasionally.>

Jayna: <Yeah, I get it. I also had some problems with that when I evolved for the second time after having gotten used to my proportions as a Vibrava. But once I figured out how to properly use my new body, I picked up those things pretty fast.> (thinks for a moment) <Say, for how long have you been a Dragonite?>

I'm here, so if anyone wants to know their next match, they can ask me for it. However, be warned that I might take a while getting back to you, as I will be watching Nintendo's press conference.

Stratus: <A few years at least. I'm better then I was after I evolved, but I'm still a bit wobbly.>

-Stratus pauses to think.-

Stratus: <Come to think of it, I was always rather clumsy when I was a Dragonair too...>

Well, I've decided that I'll be using the six Pokémon I didn't bring with me in my first battle. In other words, I'll be using Briar Rose, Velvet, Chase, Goggles, Crush and Mira.

Jayna: <Uh-huh. I see... Well, I'm still sure we can work on this.>

Stratus: <Have you managed to spot what I'm doing wrong yet? Surely there must be something I'm not doing right here.>

Thanks DS. I've posted Crewe's and your matches in the Discussion thread.

Jayna: <Hmm... Yeah, you seem to have a bit of trouble finding the right way to position yourself when you're flying, as well as keeping that position...>

Stratus: <My positioning? So that's the problem?>

Raikou: <Hey, Suicune?>

Suicune: <Hmm?>

Raikou: <Do they really need you for this? Couldn't they preform the same job as you by wrapping him in bubble-wrap or something, Nya?>

Suicune: <That's ridiculous. For a start, he wouldn't be able to fly at all if we wrapped him up in the stuff...>

Raikou: <Well, we wouldn't cover his wings or anything important like that, nya!>

Entei: <ENTEI AGREES WITH SUICUNE. RAIKOU IS BEING RIDICULOUS.>

Raikou: <Nya...You guys never like my ideas.>

Jayna: (shrugs her shoulders slightly) <I think that is the best way I can explain it. And then there's also the fact that one may have to change their position in mid-flight depending on the situation... But, I'm sure you'll get the hang of it eventually.>

Stratus: <Well...You're the expert. What do you want me to try next?>

Jayna: <Hmm... Landing, maybe? Just take it slowly and try to land feet first.>

-Meanwhile...-

Audilith: <...And then Vanilluxe buried us in snow, again.>

Gaia: <The little guy loves his snow and ice doesn't he?>

Stratus: <Landing...Right, Landing...Oh boy...Suicune?!>

Suicune: <Yes?>

Stratus: <Will you catch me if I look like I'm crashing?>

Suicune: <Sure!>

Stratus: <Okay, thanks!>

-Stratus begins to land slowly, although not without wobbling about quite a lot.-

Stratus: <This might be painful!>

Jayna: <Try to stay calm.>

Oh crap! What's going on?