ITT: We are all Pokémon Trainers

Kratos<What? I would never do that! Although, it is pretty dark around here. [[Mobrid Sense Oh Humor I'll just make a plaster cast of your head, with realistic blood, and stick a flashlight in it. Now hold still! I'll use this as a Prop for Hamelt!>

-He brings out a giant bag of plaster mold and Paper Maché.

Route 16, Northern Half

"I remembered there was some sort of tree I needed to cut down."

-comes up to a forest-

"Yeeeeeaaahh.....This will take a while."

-starts looking around for a CUT-able tree-

Helios: <What in the-?>

-To the Tour Guide-

I guess I can battle.

Tour Guide: <Let's start!>

da-da-da da-da-da da-da-da da-da-da DA!

Welcome our guests, Honeypot!

-releases an Orange Islands Butterfree-

I guess. I've never really missed the water though.

Don't think about it don't think about it don't think about it

Go Thresher!

-Thresher hops over-

Thresher, let's start with Curse!

-Thresher starts muttering incantations-

-Still rocking out on the keytar-

Hamlin Art Exhibit

-I take a walk into the gallery, a free exhibit of pictures showcasing some particular places of the Orange Islands. The guard at the entrance looks at Ichtacya and Algira and merely nods to let us in-

-Ichtacya walks by my side, looking up at the pictures, frowning and tilting her head every once in a while. Algira stares at most of them too, but if the pictures make her feel anything, I can't read it in her body patterns-

Ichtacya — <I don't get much of this... it's like a TV, but still. And they look kinda... dusty?>

— It's the artistic style, little. They use a canvas and tinctured sand or other similar materials.

Ichtacya — <...What is the point?>

Algira — <I guess it helps the painter express how does he see the places he is describing.>

-We walk around until I find a picture of an island in the middle of a calm sea. The island is almost completely covered by vegetation. Something about it calls my attention, so I lean in to check the tag under the frame-

"Murcott Island"... Hm, dated two years ago. No port, a simple beach... the mountain covered by forest... looks like an interesting place to go think.

-I see other guests walking close to us and examining the pictures, and taking clances at Ichtacya and gesturing cutely at her as she tries to interpret the picturess-

...I think I get it now. Ichtacya has no problem moving around humans, it's not like she's gonna poison someone. Her lean and agile body won't get stuck in a crowd or brush against something or someone when taking a turn. And Eeveelutions are always well regarded in these kinds of aspects...

I think maybe you could try, though.

So I can see how you look in a— No, shut up now, voice in my head.

Would really rather not. I leave the swimming to Slam.

-points to Slam, who appears to have fallen asleep-

Tour Guide: Ooh! Honeypot, show our guest how to relax...

Honeypot: <Be calm, metal bug...> -releases Sleep Powder-

Yeah, it's nice to be able to ride a Pokémon when you don't feel like swimming. Of course, my only surfer has a few issues with her behavior...

Thresher: -Indignantly- <I'm a plant, not a bug...>

-Falls asleep-

Thresher...

edited 9th Sep '11 8:55:08 PM by rmctagg09

Oh?

Well, you met Charybdis, right? I would have boxed her for this trip, but she's the only mon I have that I can surf on. Maybe I should catch a Sharpedo or something...

...A Sharpedo doesn't exactly seem like the best idea to surf on...

-Since the start of the fight, Kratos has put Helios in a full-body paper Mache cast, pushing a few thousand Poke into his held item slot as payment.

Um, yeah, probably. I'd still like to catch one, though.

-Watching Tagg's battle-

<Teala: "Oh dear...">

<Gene: "Eh. It's Tagg. I'm sure that they'll be able to pull through...">

Tour Guide: Now, Gust!

-the Butterfree whips up a turbulent wind-

Well, there's probably somewhere where Sharpedo can be caught. This is an island chain, after all.

I wonder if there are Trapinch in the Orange Islands...

Helios: -Is too stunned to think of trying to get away-

Thresher: -Isn't hurt very much, due to his crazy high Ferroseed defense, but it does manages to wake him up- <Was that supposed to hurt or something?>

Thresher, use Curse again!

-Thresher starts muttering incantations again-

Now use Gyro Ball!

-Thresher rotates rapidly before slamming into Honeypot-

Were you thinking of raising a Flygon?

Yup! Not only are they powerful mons, they make amazing songs with their wings. So Diesel will probably let me catch a Trapinch.

Oh, I never knew they could do that.