For the Horde!
The motherly looking girl looked confused for a moment, pointing to herself.
"You mean me? You sure? Oh dear, well, if you want to bring little old me around," she said. The teenager, meanwhile, shrugged and smirked.
"Sure, could be fun. Name's Danny," he introduced.
"My name is Jen," the older girl said. "Lead the way."
As Adela, Phillip, Joe and Ariel walked along Route 1, the foliage finally started to part as they approached a large sign near the path, which transitioned from dirt to paved cobblestone.
"WELCOME TO BETATA CITY — THE CITY OF GENTLE BREEZES", it said. Joe laughed.
"Awesome! Finally, we're here!" Joe cheered. "C'mon, let's get to the Pokemon Center!" he said, starting to run. Ariel picked up the pace as well.
"Wait for us, Joe!" she called after him.
The man with the hard hat wiped his brow.
"Honestly, we're not sure what happened," he explained. "We were just working in the cave and rocks started to fall. My Machoke was hit by a falling rock as we made our getaway. My coworkers are safe, but it caused a bunch of commotion in the wild Pokemon of the area and flushed a lot of them out of the cave onto Route 3." He thought for a moment.
"If any of you have any Pokemon that can lift heavy objects, you could help move fallen rocks. If not, you can help herd wild Pokemon back into the cave. They aren't used to living in open habitats. They're likely to be spooked and confused, and are probably going to attack. We've got our hands full with the cleanup, but if you'd like to help us, go ahead. You might be able to catch some new Pokemon if you want."
"Just don't underestimate scared Pokemon," Nurse Joy chimed in. "But don't be too rough with them, they only want to go home."
The boy with the Sizzlipede furrowed his brow, looking down towards Joachim.
"I know how you feel. I stepped away from a group I was working with too, I felt like I wasn't going to make any headway against the gyms. I'm not used to gym battles, my region doesn't even have gyms," he explained. "Just because you don't want to fight in gyms doesn't mean you shouldn't be a trainer, though. There are plenty of reasons to see the region, catch new Pokemon and make new friends."
Meanwhile, inside the gym, Oricorio was buffeted by two separate attacks. It was slammed into by a quick-moving Maia, then bitten into with Torry's jaws.
"Oricorio, fly into the air and Growl at these Pokemon!" Jonas commanded. The red bird Pokemon flew up, chirping a few times to try and lower the opponents' willingness to fight.
"Swablu! Sing again, this time on that Rockruff!" Skye ordered. Swablu fluttered over towards Torry, letting out another chirpy song. This time, its target would not ignore the sound. Torry's eyes would start to feel heavy and soon it fell asleep.
"Get it off your back! Use Sand Attack!" Chelsea commanded, Zigzagoon turning around to kick up dust into Hawlucha's face. Hawlucha cried out and stumbled back.
"Nice try!" Hawke exclaimed. "Aerial Ace!" Chelsea's eyes widened. Hawlucha narrowed its eyes, and dashed right towards Zigzagoon to slash at Chelsea's Pokemon. Zigzagoon grunted and stumbled back.
I can still hail the Horde even though the company has shamed us. Strength and Honor even if Blizzard has neither.
Bona-Fide Mastah
Betata City Gym
Torrey falling asleep and the growl dispelling their attack advantage makes Adrian wince.
Chelsea enabling the one strategy he didn’t want happening just made him mad!
“Oh for-“ he shoots the so-called finalist a glare, “Aerial Ace can’t miss, and it’s the Flying type move! What made you think that was a good idea?”
Maia “vui’s” in concern for her trainer.
“Ugh…we can work with it. Maia! Give them another Tail Whip!”
Maia, with a little bit of a sad look on her face, backs up and wags her fluffy tail at the enemy party once more to lower their collective defenses.
THE SLORG!
Nick the photographer - Betata City gym, with Adrian and Chelsea.
Also starring Torry the Rockruff!
"Dang, it's still up," Nick thought out loud as the Oricorio proceeded to lower their attack, undoing Torry's earlier howl. Nick was also surprised that the Zigzagoon was still not fainted yet, and he reconsidered having Torry do another howl, but first they really needed that Oricorio gone, and...
The Swablu used sing on Torry, and the Rockruff haltered, stretching his front legs forward and letting out a big dog yawn. Nick, realizing an opportunity presenting itself, pretended to look dumbfounded. "Torry! Hang in there! Stay awake!" the photographer called out, as Torry was slowly turning around in a circle, before plopping to the floor in a curled up position. "Torry no! Get up!" Nick continued, though his voice was nearly breaking into a snicker; he also couldn't help but raise his camera and take a quick picture of just how cute Torry was all curled up like that. He was also giving it just a moment, for the gym leaders to maybe lower their guard a little, and the Oricorio to come a little back down, and-
"Torry! Snore at the Oricorio!" Nick yelled abruptly.
Nick took some more pictures, as Torry's ear twitched, then he- while still completely asleep- rolled onto his back, flopping his legs in the air, and let out a loud, abrupt snore right at the red bird Pokemon.
Edited by FirockFinion on Jan 15th 2024 at 1:36:09 AM
You are reading this.
Veronika
Vin and Riyu - Inside the Lab
Shorter post since I don’t have too much time rn and am feeling too tired to write a full paragraph rn tbh
Vin smiled as the motherly girl and the lanky teen accepted the request to join. ”That’s great to hear! My name’s Vin! It’s great to meet you two!”
Danny and Jen joined the party!
you will seeeeee, that all the people are wonderful~
Person, or Idea?
Phillip was getting ever more exhausted this day, both from the exertion of traveling Route 1 with his heavy rucksack and from the excitement of the battles he and his companions fought. Thus, the sight of Betata City's welcoming sign came as a relief to him.
"Just a bit more!", Phillip called out, lurching forward to keep pace with Joe and Ariel. "And then, sweet relief!"
Druid Dude
Jules Firenze, Betata City Pokémon Center
"Well, that sounds... interesting." Jules hums to himself. "I don't have Pokémon that can help lift the boulders, but I can get the wild ones back in the cave." Scorpius' Pokéball seems to nod in agreement.
You piss off the Venom T-Rex. Roll initiative.
For the Horde!
Maia's Tail Whip swished back and forth, and Hawlucha, Oricorio and Swablu looked each a little less inclined to attack.
Jonas grinned as Skye's Swablu had put Torry to sleep. His smile faded, however, when Nick made his next command.
"Snore?" he asked in confusion, before wincing as the Puppy Pokemon let out a loud guttural snore right at his Oricorio. Oricorio winced back, shuddering at the sudden noise. "Air Cutter!" he commanded. However, Oricorio was too busy flinching back from the attack. It also looked rather weak, barely hanging on.
"You've barely been doing any damage!" Chelsea exclaimed. "I don't want to hear anything! Zigzagoon, use Headbutt on Hawlucha!" she commanded.
"Detect!" Hawke retorted, and again Hawlucha took a fighting stance, narrowly dodging Chelsea's Zigzagoon as it charged in the direction of its opponent.
Skye, meanwhile, furrowed her brow and looked at Chelsea's Zigzagoon.
"We'll show you damage. All right, Swablu, use Disarming Voice!" Skye commanded. Swablu let out a cutesy chirp, as pink sound waves erupted from Swablu's beak. Zigzagoon was engulfed in the sound waves, which almost seemed to home in on the Galarian Pokemon. Zigzagoon was barely holding on, glaring forward at Hawlucha, who looked stoic and awaited the next command.
I can still hail the Horde even though the company has shamed us. Strength and Honor even if Blizzard has neither.
Bona-Fide Mastah
Betata City Gym
“And we’ve taken less damage too! Besides, support is a part of battling too,” Adrian sneers, “isn’t that right, Maia?”
“Vuiiiiii!”
Adrian turns toward Nick.
“Didn’t know Torry knew Snore, nice one,” he cups his hands around his mouth, “Good boy, Torry!”
Praise aside, Adrian takes a moment to assess the situation.
Zigzagoon and Oricorio are both low, this seems like a perfect chance to gain a numbers advantage.
“Maia, Quick Attack on the Oricorio! Take ‘‘em out!”
Responding to her trainer’s renewed vigor, Maia bounds into the flamenco bird once more.
THE SLORG!
Nick the photographer - Betata City gym, with Adrian and Chelsea.
Also starring Torry the Rockruff!
Torry wagged his tail at the praise, though was still asleep, and on his back. "We've barely done any damage? Only one of your moves so far has done anything," Nick said towards Chelsea, mostly joking around. "Your best contribution to this fight so far has been taking most of the attacks," the photographer added, which actually wasn't even a joke, as far as he was concerned; he felt sorry for the Zigzagoon.
With that, Nick returned his attention to the battle, trying to think. He hoped that Maia's quick attack would be enough to finish the Oricorio; at least Torry's snore had already negated one of its moves anyway. He felt unfortunate that he didn't know all that much about battling; he didn't know what 'disarming voice' did. The name made it sound like a debilitating move, but the way it affected the Zigzagoon seemed to have her close to fainting, like it was just a damaging move. As much as he worried about what the Swablu might have up its... Feathers, Nick decided that the Hawlucha had to be the priority now. The photographer had noticed that Hawke didn't have it use detect twice in a row, and he had a feeling that was for a reason.
"Torry, snore at the Hawlucha now!" Nick called out across the field.
Torry twitched a little, but the Rockruff didn't let out another snore attack just yet. Instead he tilted his head on the ground and let out a confused, "rr?"
"... Oh right his eyes are closed- uh, the quiet one near Chelsea's Zigzagoon!" Nick said, after realizing the problem.
That seemed to be sufficient, and Torry twisted his body, staying on his back, and let out another loud, grating snore at the Hawlucha.
Nick let out a sigh of relief and wiped his brow with the back of his wrist. "I wonder if he's dreaming about anything," the photographer thought out loud, looking at his Rockruff...
....
Torry bounded about playfully in a field of flowers, except all the flower's faces were reflective, and would turn to face towards the Rockruff as he ran around them. The sky above was bright and sunny in one direction, but dark with stars out in the other direction, with a band of twilight running between the two.
Around Torry there were other Pokemon playing, namely Luna the Shinx, Chelsea's Galarian Zigzagoon, and a few other (all female and quadrupedal) Pokemon that Torry had interacted with back at the professor's lab. Towards the edge of the field was Emmett the Eevee, quietly watching, with blurry images of other Eevee around him, including one that was a silver-gray color, but Torry didn't pay them any attention.
"Torry, snore i ka Hawlucha i kēia manawa!"note
Nick's voice was seemingly ethereal, and Torry couldn't tell where it was coming from. He could seemingly understand the instruction, but didn't know how to follow it.
"ʻAe, ʻo ka mālie ma kahi kokoke i ka Zigzagoon o Chelsea!"
At that, Torry knew what to do. He turned towards the Zigzagoon, or rather slightly off to the Zigzagoon's side, where there was a blurry mess of quiet sound. Torry could visibly see the sound, because of dream logic. He let out a mighty howl towards the blur, then sat down, feeling proud of himself. The Zigzagoon watched it happen, then looked at Torry with a happy expression. She rolled over onto her back, and moved her paws in the air as if she was trying to walk forward towards Torry. Then she stopped and let out a happy yip.
In his dream and in the real world, Torry just panted and wagged his tail happily.
Edited by FirockFinion on Jan 18th 2024 at 2:36:05 AM
You are reading this.
Betata City Gym
"I know. At least, up here I know." Joachim said, tapping his forehead and then tapping his chest to indicate his mind and heart respectively. "It's down here that's the problem. I'm probably overthinking all of this, it's just...it's not easy to figure out what I want to do with myself, especially if it's different than what everyone else is doing."
Standing up straight, Joachim looked at the gym, and then looked back at the boy he was speaking with. "Watching a gym battle might help me decide. You can join me, if you want. You're good company."
Proud member of the AGOG community.
Omega Overlord. Or superjwren329. Either or.
Betata City Gym, Jacques in the stands.
With the fight raging on and being a mix of being too focused on studying the battle and learning to not wanting to throw off anyone's conversation by...well, shouting encouragement or ideas to the point the trainer felt himself getting himself embarrassed for considering it. Congratulations or condolences could wait.
Still, the battle was teaching a lot, still being able to effectively attack while asleep, others to throw off an opponent's defense or help with evading attacks...
...Although considering that Aerial Ace move had happened in both fights so far, the trainer realized that could be a problem if that attack was a constant threat. ...If the attack was going to be close to impossible to evade and if their opposition would be in the air...
"Ril!"
Well...at least Aqua sounded confident, with the trainer giving a weak smile and looking through entries and data on his Pokedex.
Edited by TheRealWren on Jan 20th 2024 at 5:24:56 AM
Hope you weren't expecting anything witty here. Maybe some day.
(Avatar by Coffee)
Betata City Pokemon Centre
Aaron regarded his Pokeballs and Glass for a moment. "I doubt any of them can move anything heavy, Foureye excepted perhaps? But Glass can definitely handle more Pokemon battles. Right, Glass?"
The Murkrow krowed in response, leaving its beak open in a decent approximation of a mischievous grin.
The voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground
Rookie Trope Repairer
Adela - Route 1 -> Betata City - No Active Pokémon
As Adela and company approached the fringes of Betata City, she turned her gaze skyward to try and catch a proper glimpse of the Gym's mighty tower. Her taxi didn't exactly give her the best viewing angle. Her attempts to find it were interrupted by Ariel, Joe and Phillip sprinting off ahead; she picked up the pace to keep up with them, but continued to keep an eye out for the telltale spire.
Her eyes grew a little brighter and a smile appeared on her face when it juuust about loomed into view. It was but a silhouette at first, but its impression was nothing if not striking — its vast arches were not unlike a bird Pokémon showing off its wingspan, perhaps setting an example for the statuettes of actual bird Pokémon. The tower's deep, vivid blue hues revealed themselves as the party drew closer. A proud structure, the sight of the Gym building renewed Adela’s enthusiasm for the first Gym Challenge. She'd take it on with gusto. She'd fight with everything she had. And, win or lose, she'd carry a part of the experience with her forever, to become the strongest possible version of herself.
But for now... A rest stop at the Pokémon Centre would be nice.
"Where's the Poké Ball sign...?" she wondered under her breath, coming back down to earth.
"As long as I have my comrades with me, I can do anything!" (She/Her) (Current Focus: Cleaning Hell Is That Noise misuse)
For the Horde!
Sure enough, After a bit of searching, she would notice the large red Poke Ball sign that denoted a Pokemon Center, bright and lit up well enough to be able to see from a distance.
"Excellent," said the man in the hard hat. "You'll be paid for your efforts, of course. And like I said, it'll be an excellent opportunity for you to catch some good Pokemon for the gym in town. There are a lot of Rock-types running amok, which should be really helpful."
He started towards the entrance to the Pokemon Center, gesturing for the trainers to follow, right as Adela, Phillip, Joe and Ariel were approaching the Pokemon Center.
The boy with the Sizzlipede smiled and nodded.
"Sounds like a plan. But where are my manners?" he asked. He then made a salute that resembled making a rainbow arc with his hands. "Alola! My name is Nakoa, and this is my Sizzlipede, Pele," he introduced. Pele chirped and nuzzled into Nakoa's neck. Nakoa winced and chuckled.
Meanwhile, inside, Maia zipped at tremendous speed at Jonas' Oricorio. Oricorio couldn't react in time to dodge it, and was slammed into by the wickedly fast Eevee. Oricorio swayed, and then collapsed to the ground, looking dizzy. The referee raised a flag.
"Oricorio is unable to battle!" he exclaimed. Jonas grunted and pulled out his Poke Ball, returning Oricorio.
"Good job," he told his Pokemon, stepping back to watch the fight. Hawlucha was staggered by Rockruff's Snore attack, glaring at the sleeping Puppy Pokemon.
"Hawlucha, use Karate Chop on that Rockruff!" Hawke ordered, but before it could reach the sleeping Torry, Chelsea pointed in Hawlucha's direction.
"Cut it off with a Sand Attack!" Chelsea commanded, as Zigzagoon turned around and kicked sand into Hawlucha's eyes. Hawlucha stumbled for a moment in confusion, losing track of where Torry was for that brief moment.
"Fury Attack on Eevee!" Skye ordered, and Swablu flew up towards Maia and started pecking furiously at the Evolution Pokemon.
I can still hail the Horde even though the company has shamed us. Strength and Honor even if Blizzard has neither.
THE SLORG!
Nick the photographer - Betata City gym, with Adrian and Chelsea.
Also starring Torry the Rockruff!
"Nice teamwork, and now we've got them three to two," Nick said sincerely with a grin, not trying to be patronizing towards Chelsea. Of course, with Torry still asleep, Nick had exactly one option to use, but there were two targets, and... "I think he might use detect again now," the photographer said in a somewhat hushed tone, hoping their opponents would not hear him.
With that in mind, it was time for a strategic gamble. "Torry! Use snore again!" Nick called out, pausing for just a moment to see if he could do a verbal feint on Hawke. "On the Swablu that's attacking Maia!"
Torry, still sound asleep and blissfully unaware of being in any danger, twisted on his back again and let out another abrupt, loud snore towards the other bird Pokemon.
You are reading this.
Bona-Fide Mastah
Betata City Gym
“Yes!” Adrian pumps a fist in jubilation, “You go Ma-Maia!”
His celebration is cut off when the Swablu begins its assault.
“Strike back with Quick Attack!”
While being pummeled by the Fury Attack, Maia makes a marked effort to slam back into the Swablu’s beak as the last strike of the attack lands.
Meanwhile, seeing the Zigzagoon’s Sand Attack cause the Hawlucha’s Karate Chop to miss makes Adrian smile a bit.
“Nice one, Chelsea!” He beams for a moment, then remembers that, oh right, he doesn’t like her, “A-Ahem. Keep that up and we might actually look like a team.”
Edited by Skyzerk on Jan 23rd 2024 at 6:40:21 AM
Part Time Magical Girl
Harriet grinned. "That we would!" As long as Vern didn't get too upset, she thought, petting the little cat who'd decided to rub around her shoe again. Trainers on TV made raising Pokemon look so easy.
Her curiosity piqued by Vin's mention of evolution, she took her Pokedex once more. "Oh you've got two more evolutions too! That last one has quite some flair!" She tilted the screen towards Vern, pointing to a bipedal silhouette with its front paws spread out in a dramatic gesture, and what looked like a leaf cape billowing from its back.
"Mrow!" Vern tried to stand on her hind legs, only to stagger backwards and topple. She jumped back up, trotting forth with her head held high as if to say she'd meant to do that.
"Aw it's ok little one." Harriet couldn't help but chuckle. "You'll be able to do that some day." She stood, casting as quick a glance as she dared towards the rest of the group. "Alright, let's make a move!"
She headed out of the lab, looking out for Route 1. Focusing on her surroundings wasn't the easiest task in the world with Vern taking every opportunity to pounce at her ankles, nearly tripping her up a few times.
We all die. The goal isn't to live forever. The goal is to create something that will.
Betata City Gym
Finding the gesture to be unfamiliar yet pleasing, Joachim smiled in returned and settled for a simple wave of the hand. "My name is Joachim, and my companions here are Gliss, Fleetfoot, and...well, I haven't thought of a name for my Nickit yet. I'm still working on that."
The Nickit in question, naturally, snorted and stared hard at Nakoa and Pele before diverting his attention to headbutt Joachim's leg, after which he began darting off towards the entrance to the gym.
"Wha - hey! Get back here!" Joachim called once he realized what was happening, having to chase after his newest companion while the Snorunt and Deerling followed after him into the gym itself.
Proud member of the AGOG community.
For the Horde!
Danny shrugged, returning his Gastly while Jen smiled and walked behind Harriet and Vin.
"Lead the way, dears!" Jen exclaimed, walking along with her Blipbug sitting on her shoulder. Blipbug chirped and twitched its antennae. The four exited the cozy little town of Aleph and entered Route 1. As the foliage came closer to the path and started to encroach upon it, the cries of Pokemon could be heard in all directions. The grass around the four rustled, and Danny looked about, furrowing his brow.
A couple of playful yips caught their attention— near the base of a stout tree, a trio of little brown puppy Pokemon with cream-colored furry faces hopped and yipped excitedly up towards the branches. Hanging from the branches, staying mostly still but twitching ever so often, was a dark green Pokemon that resembled a large pinecone with eyes. The puppy Pokemon were seeming to try and reach the pinecone.
Nakoa chuckled, but gasped as Joachim's Nickit suddenly bumped into its trainer before dashing indoors. Nakoa readied a Poke Ball in case the Nickit tried to fight, but one of the aides, who had been watching the encounter from indoors, stepped up to control things. She was a middle-aged woman with a dark blue bun and wore the gym uniform in teal blue.
"Go, Kilowattrel! Stand by!" the aide exclaimed, releasing a dark-colored bird with huge yellow and black wings. It had a long pointed beak and piercing eyes, as well as a huge yellow pouch on the front of its body. It flew to cut off the fleeing Nickit and cawed to catch the Pokemon's attention.
As Torry let out one final snore before the sound of its snoring caused it to jump a little bit, startled, its eyes blinking open. The sound buffeted against Swablu, forcing it back, followed by it being struck true with Maia's Quick Attack.
Swablu chirped and tumbled into the ground, looking weak. Chelsea furrowed her brow, determined to knock out a Pokemon before her own Pokemon went down.
"That Swablu's weak!" Chelsea said, pointing in its direction. "Finish it off with a Headbutt!" she commanded, as Zigzagoon rushed with its head lowered and slammed into Skye's Swablu. Swablu squeaked, falling weakly down to the ground before falling still and looking dizzy. The referee raised a flag.
"Swablu is unable to battle!" he announced. Hawke looked determined.
"Aerial Ace on Zigzagoon!" Hawke commanded, and Hawlucha leapt into the air, rushing quickly with its wings outstretched to slash at Chelsea's Pokemon. Zigzagoon bleated, tumbling to the ground and it too fell backwards, looking dizzy. The referee raised another flag.
"Galarian Zigzagoon is unable to battle!" shouted the referee. Skye took defeat gracefully, returning her Swablu and holding the Poke Ball proudly.
"You fought well, Swablu," Skye cooed. Chelsea, however, fumed. She returned her Zigzagoon, huffing. Saying nothing, she stepped back and turned her back towards the ensuing battle, clearly incensed.
I can still hail the Horde even though the company has shamed us. Strength and Honor even if Blizzard has neither.
Bona-Fide Mastah
Betata City Gym
Adrian beams as the Swablu goes down, “Nice! Now it’s three against-“
And then Chelsea’s Zigzagoon went down, “Er…two against one.”
Now we have them on the back foot…they’ll probably go for Detect more often now, but that leaves more opportunity to lower their combat potential.
Maia prances back to her trainer proudly.
“Evui!”
Adrian squats down to scratch her ears briefly, “Good job, Maia! But we aren’t done yet. Let’s use another Baby Doll Eyes on that Hawlucha!”
“Eeeevui!”
Like before, Maia bounds up and flashes the biggest attack lowering gaze she can muster at Hawlucha.
Veronika
Vin & Riyu - Route 1
Vin smiled as he followed the others to Route 1. “Wow. I can’t believe it. I’m finally starting my journey! And I have friends to travel with too!” Riyu laid on top of Vin’s beanie, falling asleep. ”Jang-ooo…” Vin sighed. ”Get some rest little buddy…” He smiled as he caught up with the rest of the group.
Looking at the three puppy Pokemon and the grass-like Pokemon hanging from a tree, Vin looked at them nervously. ”Should we do something? That little grass fella looks abit stressed out.“ Vin looked slightly confused. ”…Wait, what Pokemon even is that?!”
Edited by CrobatOfTheStars on Jan 28th 2024 at 7:52:25 AM
you will seeeeee, that all the people are wonderful~
The Perfect Organism
Hyde Sagasu - Betata City Gym
Zullie the Misdreavus
The twists and turns of battle kept Hyde and Zullie's rapt attention. As time went on, the boy grew more and more animated, pumping his fists or throwing his hands up as he cheered and wincing in sympathy with every hit his friends' Pokemon endured. All the while, Zullie was the perfect little mirror of her trainer's mood. They were totally in sync.
Both showed the same shock and worry when Torry passed out, though Zullie's gems glowed as she unconsciously absorbed that worry. When Nick turned that around and it turned out Torry could weaponize snoring both the Misdreavus and her trainer couldn't resist laughing. This battle was an emotional roller coaster and they weren't even the ones fighting.
A couple knockouts later and Hyde was on his feet, leaning over the empty seats in front of him to holler from a slightly closer distance. "Hawlucha's on the ropes! Take it down!" he yelled. In all the excitement he didn't hear the little ghost behind him taking a deep breath.
"DREEEEEE~ VUUUUUH!" Zullie cried out, living up to her classification as the Screech Pokemon. Eyes bugging out and ears ringing from the unexpected sonic blast, Hyde teetered for just a moment before falling headfirst into the next row of seats. "Riid!?! Dreeree!"
In a panic, Zullie latched onto one of Hyde's feet with her hair tendrils, trying in vain to pull him back up. A muffled and unconvincing "I'm okay!" could be heard from somewhere below.
Higher beings, these words are for you alone.
THE SLORG!
Nick the photographer - Betata City gym, with Adrian and Chelsea.
Also starring Torry the Rockruff!
Nick frowned slightly that his guess of Hawke using detect again didn't pan out, but at least otherwise the fight seemed to be turning in their favor. Plus, Torry woke back up!
"Sweet, now we've got this," Nick said, and couldn't help but smugly hope that they could get the Hawlucha down without Torry or Maia fainting. Then what would Chelsea do, accept the badge in a tacit admission that George and Hyde had also earned theirs? Or would she double down on her insistence by refusing to take the badge that- in a sense- they won for her? (Surely she wouldn't be hypocritical and arrogant enough to act like she deserved the badge, but they didn't... Right?)
Anyway, focusing back on the battle, Nick had to think for a moment. This was an official battle, so he was limited to four moves with Torry, and his only other damage dealing move was bite, a Dark type move. He knew that if Torry did have any Rock type moves, they wouldn't be as effective against a Fighting type, but he didn't know the match up of Dark against Fighting. He knew from memorizing Emmett's info that Normal type moves had regular effectiveness against Fighting, and it made the photographer wonder if perhaps it would have been better if Torry was still asleep... Then Nick looked at Maia. She had at least one Normal type damage dealing move, right? He had his answer of what to do.
"Torry, howl again!" Nick called out, figuring to at least get their attack back up, since the Oricorio undid the earlier howl.
Torry had already rolled back over onto his feet and was looking around in confusion. The Rockruff wondered why he seemed to be back in a battle again, but perked up when he heard his trainer's order. He then wondered why he would want Torry howling again, since he thought he just had been. However, Torry wasn't one to question it, and dutifully pointed his muzzle in the air and let out another howl, amping himself and hopefully Maia up for more.
"Adrian, we might need Maia finishing it," Nick commented over to the other trainer, and gave him a nod.
You are reading this.
Person, or Idea?
Phillip lumbered onward into the city, moving in the general direction of the Pokemon Center. Every step he took came with ever greater difficulty.
"Just. A. Bit. More!", Phillip chanted, pushing himself to keep going by force of will. "Almost. There!"
Adela - Route 1 - No Active Pokémon - With Phillip, Ariel and Joe
As Ariel soothed the Buneary, Adela watched on with a hum of satisfaction. She knew that berry would come in handy. Now to save the other one, and the Cheri berry, for later. Perhaps they would make a good snack? Returning to the moment with a quick shake of the head, she spotted Phillip pointing down what he assumed was the right way, leaning over to see for herself.
"Pretty sure the taxis drive down that way," she said, hoping her hunch was right.
Out of her sight, her Pokétch’s screen flashed and it let out a quiet chime. A message. Whoever it was, she would wait until she arrived at the Pokémon Centre to check it. Doing so in the moment would be kind of rude...
"As long as I have my comrades with me, I can do anything!" (She/Her) (Current Focus: Cleaning Hell Is That Noise misuse)