[PKMN FULL] Darker than it Seems... [IC]

The Donphan trumpeted his disaproval, as if arguing the unfairness of being faced three two one. Not that Delysia cared much for fairness, she had learned that you take every advantage you can get to survive, use every dirty trick at your disposal. Her Hitmonchan bounced on the balls of his feet, fists raised to punch, and slowly started to inch to the right of the bulky ground type pokemon, while her Riolu edged around in the other direction, small eyes scanning for any opening. She stayed in the center, her two blades at the ready, cold steel glinting off the light from the cave entrance. Finally her foe lost patience and roared. It stomped the ground in anger kicking up dust from the floor, then curled into a ball and started spinning, using the move rollout.

The huge Donphan sped towards her, like a massive train barreling down the track. She patiently waited, then jumped out of the way at the last second, scattering a handful of poisonous spikes from a hidden pouch in her backpack where she had been only a second before. The Donphan rolled right into the spikes, most of them glancing off the hard rugged hide of the creature, but some got caught in the more unprotected sides of the pokemon. She knew she had little hope of actually poisoning the beast, being a ground type after all. But she knew the spikes would pain and enrage the beast even further. Recovering from the rollout, the Donphan looked even more angry than it had before, trumpeting once again. Its eyes scanned the three of them, as if trying to decide which was the weakest target. Delysia slapped her blades together producing a sharp ringing in the cavern and the pokemon instantly turned towards her.

"There we go, now come at me!" she challenged the Donphan. As if in response, it raised its front two massive feet, then stomped the ground producing a small earthquake, shaking the chamber and its inhabitants. Delysia went down on one knee to keep her balance, then immediately stood up as son as the quake ended and the Donphan charged towards her once again with rollout. Just as before, she jumped out of the way, or at least tried to. But the quake had caused the stone floor beneath them to crack and become slightly uneven, and her foot caught in a small crack. For a short moment, she wondered if her short life was about to end, with the rolling pokemon almost on top of her as she lie helpless on the floor. Then in the corner of her vision she saw a flash of blue as her Riolu darted in front of her and surrounded the two of them in a shield of light; protect. The Donphan hit their shield and stopped dead in its tracks, the was blown into the wall of the cavern as the Hitmonchan hit it with all its might, ice crystals shattering off fist with the impact.

Delysia sighed, closing her eyes and letting her head thump onto the floor. "Well", she choked out, "That didn't go quite as planned now did it?" She opened her eyes to see her two friends staring down at her, concern on their faces. She stared down at her leg for a moment, then tried moving her ankle slightly, then more confidently until a moment later she was standing and walking on it. "Maybe a little sprained, but nothing bad. Probably just a little bruising and soreness." Looking at the two of her pokemon she said gratefully, "Thanks guys, I owe you one. I think thats enough training for now, don't you? Lets go back to camp and eat."

She had entered Mt. Silver to train both herself and her pokemon a few weeks ago, and they did seem to be much stronger both physically and in terms of fighting as a team, but they would have to go back soon. She only had a couple days worth of food left, and she was running low on other supplies like potions as well. She hated going into town to raid supplies like she had to, both because she disliked stealing, although she knew it was necessary, but also being around people made her nervous. At least she could actually buy her things this time, she had found some poor guys corpse while she had been exploring the mountain, and had looted a respectable amount of cash off his corpse. Enough to resupply and feed her for a week, maybe a little less. After that it was back to stealing.

Her feet crunched softly on the gravel path beneath her feet as she walked, and a cold breeze blew through her hoodie, making her shiver. Looking up to the sky, she decided that it looked like it was going to snow soon, and she hurried faster along the path eager to get back to her camp and start a fire to warm herself. She was so lost in her thoughts and her desire to move quickly that she almost didn't hear the sound of more footsteps, almost. She froze once she realized what she had heard, then darted behind a rock and put her back against it, listening carefully for any sound. She heard only the wind for a moment, and almost moved on, cursing herself for overreacting. But then she heard the sound of the footsteps again, and getting closer.

She waited behind the rock, just barely poking her head out, and saw a young man turn the corner around a rock wall, following one of the many rocky game trails the pokemon of the mountain had created. She pondered her options quickly. He didn't look like the kinda guy that she wanted to deal with. He looked maybe a couple years older than her, and she saw one of his arms was covered in tattoos. As he disappeared as he moved farther up the mountain, she made her decision, following the man as stealthily as she could. As much as she didn't trust people, she was also curious, and a lone man on a mountain was mysterious indeed.
​

Melody Hendricks

Melody leads Jack Frost through the tunnels, taking him to the mess hall. She never stops talking while she does. "...and you're lucky, they should be putting lunch out right about now. It's Taco Tuesday!" She holds open the door for Jack, and quite a few Rockets leave through another door when they see her come in. She just giggles at their apparent fear.