Vincent Phoenix
Victoria told him that he shouldn't laugh when she got out of the water, which got Vincent even more confused than he already was. Had she lost her pants while underwater? That'd be really odd, considering she was wearing jeans. He shook his head lightly, waving a hand dismissively. "No no, I won't. Promise."
He paused as she rose up from the water, looking down herself. Vincent did as well, trying to spot something that might be off, other than her dripping wet body. She then told him she had just been messing with him, which made him roll his eyes slightly, snickering. "Oh yeah, of course." It wasn't all that hard to figure out that she had been lying, but he still wasn't sure what was supposed to have happened, so he simply shrugged his shoulders, returning her grin with a smile of his own, before heading over to lean down and put his shoes on, both of which caused a "slosh slosh" sound as he walked around in them.
She then flicked her hair at him, causing some water to spray onto him. He snickered and shook his head, smiling to himself and decided to leave that be it. He wasn't exactly intent on having the last word in this 'feud' of theirs. "Come on Flare, let's head back." The Ninetails, who had been watching the two since they got up, slowly came to a stand, shaking herself lightly. She stepped over next to the two and Victoria's Pokémon, not seeming afraid of the water at all.
Vincent grinned a little in response to Victoria, scratching his cheek a little as he looked them both over. "Heh, yeah. I guess we should just say that we fell into the water. I'm sure it'll be fine." As she then offered him to go first, he laughed a little. "Why thank you milady." He said, making a comically deep bow, sweeping his arm to the side before standing up again with a smirk, stepping into the forest, heading towards the camp, with his Ninetails following straight behind him.
They then walked for about ten minutes, Vincent occasionally glancing back at the others to make sure they were alright. However, at one point, when he looked back, he didn't notice something hanging off of a branch in front of him. Victoria called out for him to watch out, and he only just turned his head as he walked right into the furry, white lump, causing both himself and it to fall to the ground. "Gah! What the..?"
He slowly got up again, staring at the thing laying on the ground. It shivered before rising up, being almost as tall as him and Victoria. It was a Vigoroth, which looked groggy and rather annoyed. Looking around itself for a moment, it suddenly spotted Vincent, Victoria and the Pokémon, huffing quicker and quicker before letting out a roar, beating it's chest. Vincent grit his teeth, snapping his fingers as Flare dashed up in front of him, lowered down, with her fangs bared in a growl.
"Damnit! I should learn to see where I'm walking… be careful, Victoria, Vigoroth's are pretty vicious…" Just as he had said this, the Vigoroth let out a roar into the sky, as if calling for someone. And a moment later, another two Vigoroths landed on the ground, one next to the first, the other behind Victoria, all three of which looked to have murder in their eyes. Vincent bit his lower lip, clenching his fists. Flare had to take the brunt of the attack.
"… Victoria, you have to try and fight it off. But remember, there's –no- Pokémon center here, so unless someone are carrying potions with them, our Pokémon will have to get better over time. So –be careful-." He narrowed his eyes at the Vigoroths, Flare sending out a small flame through her nose with a snort. As one of the Vigoroths roared out, Vincent called out "Flare, use Fire Blast! But don't hit the trees!"
Flare parted its lips slightly, flames building up within her throat before sending a large fireball towards one of the Vigoroths, the ball expanding to envelop the Pokémon, sending it tumbling backwards, singed. It's friend yelled out in anger and dashed forwards, ready to strike.
"Quick, use Attract!" Vincent bit his lower lip, hoping that this particular Vigoroth would be a male. Flare suddenly lowered her ears, whimpering while staring up at the Vigoroth which stumbled to a stop, staring down at the Pokémon, its rage completely dispersed as it simply looked confused. "… Goroth…?"