The Pokémon Trainer Academy (T) [Best Veteran 4Q '11]

[Rafael p]

Zora had completely forgotten that she hadn't answered Arcadia's question about knowing about team rocket. That wad until Arcadia asked if she did know again. She nodded her head but didn't say anything because of her Zorua standing on her head. She picked up a rock after slowly putting the egg down. She threw it at the river and it skipped across the river to the other side. The egg slowly started to shake slowly then looked like it was going to hatch but it didn't. She had gotten all excited when it was shaking but lost the excitement when it stopped. She picked up a stone from the ground and noticed something different about it so she kept it in her pocket. She smiled when her Zorua transformed into her and nearly copied all of Zora's movements.

" Uhh Yea I know who Team Rocket is. Why do you want to know if I do? " Was all that she managed to say because she was shy.

[Nideous]

Brian

Bri smiled reassuringly at Brie and nodded.

"I know... But it's alright..." he said softly, still crouched low to make himself less threatening, though he wasn't sure why Brie had decided that he didn't like him. When Rama began laying on his foot, he blinked and shrugged.

"Oh wow, that sounds terrible... But you are all ok, right?" he said after a moment, turning his attention to Ciel. He blinked and shook his head. "Boy... It's tough to imagine Quin saving anyone though..."

Drake

Kilita roated with pain as the dragonite slammed directly into her chest and she plummeted to the ground. Drake's icy calm slipped and a look of slight panic crossed his face, and he flinched slightly.

"Kilita!" he shouted, but the smaller dragon managed to roll herself out from under Dragonite and glide to a softer landing, panting heavily. Her eyes looked a little out of focus, and she seemed dizzy. She probably couldn't take much more than that. Drake scowled, and clenched his hands.

"Well... Maybe i under estimated you... Kilita, we need to win this, ok? Can you hit her with Ice Beam?" he said, not quite aware that it seemed to make Val uncomfortable each time the move hit. Kilita shuddered and took off again, barely getting up off of the ground, and fired her attack at Dragonite with a weak croon.

Quin

Quin sighed and leaned against the wall, slipping his hnad down and grabbed Logana's pokeball. With a sof sigh he sent the Venonat out and rubbed her head.

"Logana, use your psychic senses and tell me if you sense anything or anyone following us, ok?" he said after a moment.

"Veno. Nat." she said as her eyes began to glow. He nodded and continued to walk toward the main utility room, not hearing what Zaria had called out, and Zara certainly didn't tell him.

Thyme, Sprinkles and Duster

"Right..." Thyme said, her arms still crossed. She nodded as Sprinkles was released, raising an eyebrow when he did not immediately go for the throat. Oh...My... God... Thyme could see plain as say what was going on between them, or at least what Sprinkles thought was going on. To her credit, she said nothing about it.

"Yeah, more than likely. We shoulde be going. Nova will find his way back I'm sure, and Bouncy... Well, she's not eaxctly hard to find." Thyme said as she looked about at the others.

"Don't worry Wilson! She can't be far!" Duster said happily, her tail twitching.

Bouncy

Bouncy sang merrily as she bounced along. She is in a great mood, but was getting kind of hungry. With a happy note she bounced right over some boys and his absol and landed... On Rama's head. Oops... She must have messed up when she thought she could make it.

"HI!" she sang cheerfully, the impact sending her rocketing back towards the other boy away from her papa.

"Wee!" she said with a grin.

"Wh-what? Bouncy!?" Bri called, nearly tripping over his own feet in surprise as she flew right into Ciel's arms.

(ooc: Yay, Bouncy has probably freaked both of them out. ; )

[PkMnTrainer Yellow]

Valorie Ryder - Academy Grounds

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Valorie flinched as the ice beam hit dragonite, only this time it visibly looked rather thin and while it seemed to cause Dragonite quite a bit of irritation it honestly didn't seem to hurt that much. This time Valorie understood why, and there was no mystery. Killita was too weak to continue fighting. Apparently she wasn't the only one that didn't know her pokemon's limits. Valorie reacted immediately.

"Take it out with extremespeed, Dragonite!"

The large dragon pokemon abruptly lurched at Killita with intent to ram. There wasn't a whole lot to this plan. Moving at supersonic speeds pretty much made dodging a laughable idea. She wanted to get a nice solid hit in to finish the pokemon off, and that was what she'd gone for.

Arcadia - Vaguely a river

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Arcadia briefly stared at the zorua... Talk about uncanny valley. She was pretty sure this sort of thing was the premise of a horror movie somewhere. Regardless the dark type pokemon had nothing to do with her mission. Arcadia considered Zora's actions for a somewhat brief moment before she responded. Zora hadn't reacted harshly, but she wasn't a hundred percent sure Zora understood where she was going either. Arcadia decided to lower the subtlety... just a bit.

"We are the guild, and we want you for the team."

...Perhaps a lot. Arcadia just sort of left that to sink in. Sure he had just dropped the ball on secrecy, but she figured in a worst case scenario she could just resort to... damage control. That was, of course, just a metaphor for violence and or pretending she had never said it; whichever was more practical at the moment, she guessed

[jackblaze]

Jack Jacobs
Outside Pokemon Center

Midway though his pokemon attacking Jack sighed and sent out a surprising command "Guys stop!" he shouted and both pokemon halted and looked around with intrigue. Jack returned them both to their pokeballs "Sorry I just can't battle you right now" Jack walked away not even looking back at Kilik or even wanting to hear a response. To Jack the battle seemed pointless, it was like Kilik wasn't even there( because he wasn't ) and to battle a trainer who wasn't completely focused was no help to him.

Jack walked across to the bench where Danielle was but to his surprise there was no Danielle, who could blame her though no regular trainer can just be content watching battles and not want to battle as well. "Hmmm" Jack got comfortable and began watching Lucia and her fight, the kid had a growlithe and was up against Tyro. "Hey Blade I still wanna add one more pokemon to the group before night" The scizor looked at Jack and nodded, in all Jack would have thirteen pokemon if he caught a next one but what his trainer wants is what his trainer wants.

Jack sat there one eye on the battle and the other waiting to see if and when Danielle was coming back, but he had his own plans in mind as well.

[jasonwolf]

Jason Wolf

To the beach!

Having been only able to stand the TV for a half hour or so Jason grabbed his rod n’ reel insisting he would catch a pokemon today. He headed out the back door, and ran towards the beach. This time Emmy tagged along chasing after him.

“Brehe eh” (Wait up!!!) Emmy yelled trying to keep up with her trainer.

Most would be shocked by how much Jason was able to push himself. Right now he was at a full sprint while Emmy was only at a run. The gap stayed almost the same length the entire time, but occasionally Jason pulled a little farther ahead. The duo once again arrived at the beach. Jason was covered in sweet, and decided just to dive on in. He discarded his shirt, sneakers, and bag then ran for the water. After that sprint it was exactly what he needed.

“Now that is how it’s done Emmy. That’s how it’s done.” Jason said clearly out of breath.

[Lincoln West]

Lincoln West

Lincoln kicked a stone out of his way as he trudged through Oak Town, hands buried deep in his pockets. He felt at a loose end as the day wore on. It seemed as though pretty much everyone he saw was busy doing something with somebody else, and he didn't want to be rude and just barge in. Still, it was a fairly nice evening, and if he couldn't enjoy a walk through a seaside town, what could he enjoy?

With such a simple thought lifting his spirits he decided to just enjoy the evening for a little while longer.

Nika Valentine

Nika stood at the forests edge, taking a moment before entering to try and determine precisely what her goal here was. She had great success in her earlier attempt to catch a pokemon here (eventually), capturing Paras whom she then evolved into Parasect - but that had been a random excursion with no set purpose other than exploration. Here she was again, and she was going to put more thought into her next capture. The best way to do that was to begin with the simplest things and build from there.

She was a bug type specialist trainer, meaning she wanted to train only bug type pokemon. This gave her a number of obvious weaknesses, as bug types were weak to fire, flying and rock. Fortunately for her, she had already covered these weak points. Spider, her Joltik, was a bug-electric type, and electric was strong against flying. Eve, her Larvesta, was a bug-fire type, which helped shore up her teams weakness to fire type attacks. And Parasect was bug-grass, with grass being strong against rock.

Then of course there was Sage, her Shelmet, who was a pure bug type. And the egg she had, which could contain... absoloutely anything. Possibly not even a bug type at all, and what would she do then?

Pushing that unpleasant thought far out of her mind, she considered what to do about the next addition to her team. She had already covered her teams primary type problems, but what about more practical concerns? Many opponents would have airborne pokemon, and none of her team could fly. Once Eve evolved into a Volcarona she could fly of course, but Larvesta took an extremely long time to evolve. Although Spider the Joltik would have attacks strong against flying type pokemon, she had no way to pursue pokemon who could fly into the air.

That settled it then. She needed a bug type pokemon who could fly. What were the possibilities? Volbeat or Illumise... although bug types, neither of these pokemon particularly appeared to Nika. They were just too cutesy. Butterfree were extremely popular amongst bug specialists, and then there was of course Beedrill... she thought with a pang of frustration. She could have caught a Weedle earlier...

Venomoth would be a strong choice, and she had to calm her own excitement at even the thought of catching a Scyther... best not get her own hopes up, and that was all she was going to be doing if she catalogued all the bug types who could fly. Deciding to see what fate provided her she stepped into the forest, hand curled tightly around the pokeball of the pokemon she thought would be best suited to capturing another...

[Jrez]

John Carden - Academy Grounds

"I really do hate boats..." The young man grumbled as he made his way up the jetty, shoulders slumped and a hand resting on his stomach. "Guuuugh. Zovo, think I might lose the lunch I haven't even had a chance to eat. Ain't that great?"

An Eevee popped his little, cream colored head out of John's backpack and offered a sympathetic mew, lifting himself up to give his trainer's ear a swift lick with his tongue.

John let out a small chuckle as he lifted his own head to scan the area, dark eyes peering about to get his bearings. "Sure is a large place. But, I guess that makes since, it being an institution operated by the famous Gary Oak and all." His gaze continued to bounce around, the trainer seemingly getting more lost by the moment. "Still... I really hope there's a map or something close by." He glanced over his shoulder at his furry companion, "Else we might be in some trouble, little buddy." The Eevee's ears drooped at his trainer's words as he uttered a deflated mew.

[Lincoln West]

Lincoln West

Linc looked around for the sound of what seemed to be a pokemon until he spotted another boy nearby with an Eevee riding in his backpack. Eevee were a fairly rare pokemon, even though they were popular enough to warrant a lot of efforts into breeding them. Able to evolve into a variety of different types it was no wonder they were loved for their versatility.

"Yo!" Linc called out, waving to the boy and his Eevee as he walked towards them. It seemed his aimless wanderings had taken him quite near where the ferry came in. "You two, like, alright? You look a little lost y'know? Need some directions or anythin'?"

Lincoln grinned once he was close enough to the pair for them to see it. He was tall for his fifteen years, and athletically built from all of his time climbing mountains, with messy sun-bleached hair and a ready smile. If anything he looked like a bit of a beach-bum, and a lot of people mistook him for a 'surfer dude'. It was nice to help people out, especially since he had been in this guys position just the other day. The island could be pretty daunting at first.

[Jrez]

John Carden

Zovo's ears perked at the distant exclamation, it's fox-like eyes darting over to where the sound had come from. Spotting the approaching stranger, the adventurous little guy leaped out of John's backpack and made a bee-line for seemingly eager to assist fellow, letting out a gleeful cry as he did.

"Whoa there!" Even though Zovo was this vibrant with all strangers, John never quite got used to his little friend's energy and spontaneity. He stifled an exasperated sigh, electing to instead shake his head with a soft chuckle. Looking over at Zovo's poor target, John raises a hand skyward and calls out, "Ho! Hey there!" He waved softly before stowing his hands into his pockets as he trotted over to meet the young man, though Zovo would surely get his fill first.

[Greiger]

Lucia Francisco Bernavard

Tyro was completely caught off guard as the attack hit and actually knocked him into the air and threw him back onto the ground. Lucia waited silently as the kicked up dust settled to see that Tyro was out. She smiled weakly and returned the Combusken to his pokeball. "Well done George!" She called over to him. Lucia thought hard about who she could send in next. Both Roberto and Diana were weak against fire moves, but Roberto was more experienced.... still, Diana needed to get her experience. That was settled then! She would use Diana and hope for the best.

"Come on out Diana!" She called out and opened the pokeball, allowing the Aron to appear. Diana looked over at Kane and she grew tense, "Yes! I finally get to battle and you're going down!" Lucia pointed at Kane, "Diana, hit him with a mud-slap!" She couldn't let Kane stay up for too long, why not use a move that was effective as well as having a chance of lowering his accuracy? The Aron ran up to Kane and quickly turned around and dug her rear legs into the ground and kicked them quickly as dirt was thrown into Kane's face.

This was the best Lucia could hope for. When Diana took down Kane she would be weak from his fire attacks and most likely lose the next battle, but she would gain valuable battling experience in the process.

[Lincoln West]

Lincoln West

Linc chuckled as the excitable Eevee came racing towards him. Dropping onto his haunches he held out a hand, palm facing upwards and open, for the pokemon to smell. It was generally his experience that it was best to let pokemon get to know you before you tried being overly friendly with them.

"Hey there bro." He said to the Eevee before looking up to its trainer. "Hey man. I just saw you guys lookin' a little lost and wondered if I could help you out or anythin'? I ain't been here, like, all that long myself so I know how it can, y'know?"

Nika Valentine

Nika made her way amongst the trees, keeping a sharp eye out for any pokemon that might decide to make a late night snack of her. It was important to watch not only the ground, but amongst the tree branches and foliage as well. It was while doing so that she thought she saw a pokemon amongst the branches, but in the fading light it was hard to make out exactly what it was... it appeared to be hanging from a forked branch, not far from the edge of the forests treeline...

As she was about to step forward and get a closer look Nika felt her hat rising from her head, apparently of its own accord. Flinching from the unknown movement she looked around, panic gripping her, to see a Yanma sniggering to itself as it flew around with her hat. As though she needed a practical joke, now of all ti-...

...A Yanma! Not only was it a bug type, it was also a flying type, exactly what she was after! And although Yanma were arguably quite cute their evolution Yanmega was a pokemon straight from a nightmare, which could give her team the intimidating member it was currently lacking.

"Yanma, I ch-HEY! Come back!" She called out, chasing the Yanma as it fled through the trees with her flatcap.

[Jrez]

John Carden

Zovo let out another excited cry as he leaped into the air and onto Lincoln's outstretched arm. Rather than take a moment to breath, much less take in the stranger's scent, the Eevee was quite content with scrambling up the fellow's arm to try and perch himself on the now not-so-strange stranger's shoulder.

John came strolling along behind, still chuckling to himself. "I see Zovo's already gotten started on introducing himself. Don't you worry, he'll settle down." He shrugged with a bright smile, "Eventually." John withdrew his right hand from its resting spot in his jean pocket and brushed it against his jacket before holding it out towards Lincoln. "Carden. John Carden." He rolled his eyes with yet another chuckle. "Trust me. I'm pretty sure I'm gonna need all the help you can offer."

[Lincoln West]

Lincoln West

He just laughed as the Eevee climbed him, he'd always liked friendly pokemon. Jackson and Bixi were both fairly serious, and he didn't know Siege well enough yet to know really what kind of pokemon he was. He stood up cautiously, not wanting to dislodge his new friend, and shook John by the hand.

"Hey bro. Names Lincoln West, pleased to meetcha. And, like, don't worry about it. I was pretty lost myself when I first got here. What can I help you with?"

Nika Valentine

This wasn't getting her anywhere, chasing after the Yanma. It was airborne and much faster than she was, the only reason she hadn't lost sight of it yet was because it didn't want her to. Clearly it was enjoying leading her on this chase, but not for much longer.

Throwing the pokeball ahead of her she released Parasect, who stood there taking about as much action as the surrounding foliage.

"Parasect! Use Psybeam on that Yanma!"
"...pa...ra..."
"The one with my hat!"

Eventually taking the hint Parasect's eyes began to glow in a multitude of colours before firing a rainbow beam at the mischevious dragonfly pokemon. It was a direct hit, the force of the attack sending the Yanma veering off course to crash head first into a tree, dropping Nika's hat. Nika stopped running once she was beside Parasect, panting for breath.

"Good... work..." She wheezed, reaching into her satchel for an empty pokeball and hurling it at the Yanma. Bouncing off the now extremely startled pokemon it opened and sucked Yanma inside, falling to the ground and snapping shut. Nika watched it shake back and forth, anxious to see if the capture was a success.

[Meganium90]

Danielle Accola - Pokemon Center

"Haha, you kidding? I was just about to ask you the same thing! Like I said, I haven't battled in awhile soooo don't mind me if we're a bit rusty. Haha." Mark replied to Danielle regarding her battle request. Danielle felt happy that she'll battle with her old friend, even though she won't be battling with her uncle's Pokemon. Mienfoo and Ozzy are quite content, especially Mienfoo. As she and her Pokemon headed inside the Pokemon Center, Mark wanted to follow her inside as well. "One sec I'll follow ya. I gotta heal them up too" Mark said.

Danielle smiled at Mark. “Sure! I could really use some recommendations too.”

“Mienfooooo!” Mienfoo cheered as they walked right inside.

As they walked up to the counter, Danielle took out Ozzy's Pokeball, and gave it to the nurse standing behind the counter. She happily took the ball. “A quick heal for my Pachirisu, please.” Mienfoo didn't need to be healed, since he didn't battle. He might though...in the coming hours.

"So...Suicune Dorm eh? Watch yourself. Some kids take their position way too highly sometimes. They looked down on a friend of mine for hanging out with me once." Mark started to talk, as he returned his Pokemon to their Pokeballs and handed them to the nurse.

Danielle looked at her jacket, which was wrapped around her waist once she came inside. “So far I haven't had any problems. Lucia and Jack, my two other friends are Suicuners. I've managed to defeat Lucia once, never have battled Jack, but I will someday.” She wasn't aware that the Suicuners were top notch. Danielle came to the school because she has the most perfect scores. “I'm sorry about your friend though. I would never be that way.”

Mienfoo saw Megan and Mimi the Meganium grabbing a cup of coffee from the cafe cart. He waved at both and smiled.

Danielle sighed a bit, thinking about the other Suicuners she saw when unpacking. “I really need to watch myself then. There are at times I just....go crazy about my winnings. But I still want to care for my friends, regardless of their school ranking.”

[Rafael p]

"We are the guild, and we want you for the team." Was what Zora heard from Arcadia. She had slightly smiled when she heard that she wanted her to join Team Rocket. Zora looked around and didn't notice that her Zorua had transformed into her and giggled. Zora took out a Pokeball and made Zorua go back to her Pokeball and it was slightly sad. Zora looked at Arcadia again and heard a cracking sound. She thought that she was stepping on either glass or little sticks. Little did she know that the egg that was right next to her was hatching.

"I would love to join Team Rocket " Zora said happily maybe even a little ecstatic. She noticed that the weather felt a little bit colder than before. She smiled and tried to ignore the cold. The newly hatched Mudkip looked at Zora but she didn't even notice.

[Jrez]

John Carden

Zovo proudly let out a victorious mew, having reached his desired perch. His mischievous little eyes then fell on an even more curious peak: atop Lincoln's messy haired head.

"Don't even think about it, Zovo." John noticed the Eevee's intentions straightaway, shooting the furry ball of terror a blank stare before smiling back at Lincoln. "Have t' put a foot down somewhere, right?"

The Eevee uttered out a dejected mew as he sat himself down, deflated and hopes dashed. Looking back at the glorious mess of hair, Zovo quietly liked and nipped at strands of Lincoln's locks.

"I think you should take that as a compliment." John commented, watching Zovo. "But, it sure would be great if you could show me the way to Raikou Dorm."

[Arctos]

George Edmunds

Kane took the hit hard. His eyes were watering as he shook the mud off. George could see he wouldn't be up much longer. One last attack was possibly all he could get in.
He held up three fingers then four fingers. Overheat again with protect ready to go straight after if the Aron tried a counterattack. It would be weaker than before but would still be more powerful than his other fire moves. Unfortunately the Growlithe was still struggling to see. George couldnt tell how badly the mud had impaired Kane's vision but he was about to find out.

Kane was glowing red again before letting the blast of white fire with a surrounding red spiralling flame off towards the Aron. This time the white flame had a more yellow tinge. A sure sign of its slightly weakened state.

George held his breath as the blast hurtled towards the Aron. Kane tensed ready to deploy a protect at the first sign of a counter.

[Nideous]

Drake

Drake closed his eyes as Killita let out a defiant roar as Dragonite slammed into her. He had known she would not last. That he would lose. And now he had. Killita hit the ground in front of him and didn't move, but a quick look told him she was merely knocked out. He wordlessly returned her and paused for several minutes. Then he did something a little unexpected, given how he had goaded Val this entire fight. He smiled softly to himself, as if he had been right about something and approached her.

"Well, that really shut me up, didn't it?" he said, fishing for something in his pocket. He pulled out a small, silver emblem with a dragon's head shape on the front and handed it to her.

"Congratulations are in order. You beat me, and there is really nothing I can say that will change that. You have defeated possibly the second strongest dragon master in existance right now... I dunno if I still can beat Claire... But regardless. I... And Lance... Were right it seems. You've got the talent to become a dragon master yourself. BUT... You have a long way before that happens. Here, take this... Learn how to use these, and you'll be on the right track." he said softly, handing her a small green bag containing a Hyper Potion, a Max Revive, and the TMs Ice Beam and FIre Blast.

"That TM Ice Beam will be a great help when you are fighting someone else with dragons, as most of them are dual type ground or flying. That other TM will help when fighting an Ice Type, as many of your dragons will be able to learn that move. And as for items, it may cost you a round of attacking, but the better course is often the one that will keep you in the fight longer. Another word of advice, play to your strengths and your opponent's weakness. If your Charizard is slow as a rock, and just as tough, don't try and out speed the enemy. If you have a fast pokemon, don't expect them to take a hit well. If your opponent is using a type that has a disadvantage to one of your pokemon, don't be afraid to call that pokemon out and be totally ruthless in claiming a voctory, regardless of what they might say. Most battles arefought to win, and if you don't use every advantage you can, you are asking for a loss." he said, stepping back and crossing his arms.

"Of course, that's just the advice of Drake Finnagin, one of the Three current Dragon Masters. Take it or leave it as you will." he said, snapping his fingers in the air. A bellowing roar could be heard, and he leapt into the air and landed nbeatly on the back of an enormous Salamance, who roared happily at Valorie for her victory, and challenging her to try and fight him next.

"And this guy here is my partner and first pokemon, Zeal! It was a pleasure to make your accaintance Valorie. Come to the Day Care Center later, by yourself or with friends I don't care. But make sure you come!" he said, Zeal rising high into the air and speeding away after he spoke. If Valorie inspected the bag she was holding closely, she would find it was in reality a dark, forest green half cape, the mark of a Dragon Tamer, and in Drake's colors. In truth, he hadn't had time to get a blue or black one from Lance for her yet, as he had just gotten to the island when he met her. It was his way of saying not to give up on her dream, and that it was closer than she thought.

[jackblaze]

Jack Jacobs
Outside Pokemon Center------------> Fields
vs Tailow

Tik Tok that was the sound rolling around in Jack's head, with a trainer of Lucia's quality he expected a quick finish. This girl who gave Jack a fight when they battled was obviously going to be his favorite for the battle. This impressed Jack though, the boy was putting up a little challenge for her which is always good to see. "Come on" Jack said as he stared walking towards the direction of the open plains.

Blade followed closely obviously Jack was tired of waiting on Danielle, still in the pokemon center doing God knows what but the lease he could do was catch on more pokemon before it became too dark. Upon arrival to the big vast field, Jack spotted a large majority of kanto pokemon something that disappointed him if only a little, since for some strange reason he was always stuck on Kanto pokemon.

"Blade you see anything" Jack waited keenly for an answer, last time the scizor had shown him a pokemon it was the sneaky feebas at the beach "In the tree over there"the scizor pointed to the tree across the way. To Jack's surprise once again it was the little bird pokemon tailow, of all the pokemon he choose Tailow why?

"Not questioning you buddy" Jack smirked as he reached for the pokeball of Whirlwind his Skarmory throwing it into the air and watched as she flew around in a circle looking happy to finally get a chance to stretch her wings. "Alright girl time to show me what you got!!"

[Megaman765]

The nurse handed Mark back a try of Pokeballs and he placed the rest of them on his belt, letting Snype back out of course. He felt completely refreshed, along with the rest of his Pokemon. Mark shrugged at Danielle's reply.

"Eh. Well of course. Some people just seem to let their upperclassman ship get to their head. I'm perfectly fine being part of the Raikou Dorm. Sure I might not have gotten the best grades but its been a good learning experience so far." Mark said as he pulled out his TM case again.

"Hrm... what to use...." He mumbled to himself.

[Lincoln West]

Lincoln West

Linc chuckled as Zovo's antics continued. It wasn't often that he had a pokemon use him as a perch. His own pokemon were either too heavy for it, or just didn't have the right body type to be comfortable riding around on his shoulder or head. Occassionally his dads Chatot would rest on his shoulder or head, but it'd been a while. Still though, he was happy to have the little furball keeping him company.

"Aw, it's cool. None of my pokemon are too fluffy or friendly, it makes a nice change, y'know? And yeah, I'm in Raikou Dorm myself, so I totally know the way. You need a hand with your bags or anythin'?"

Nika Valentine

Nika cursed as the Yanma erupted from the pokeball, disoriented but still free. She should have known one attack and a run-in with a tree wouldn't be enough to let her capture the little prankster.

"Psybeam again."

Parasect obediently fired off a second Psybeam attack, striking the Yanma again, but between the attacks and capture attempts the Yanma had lost all desire to play and started to zoom off through the treeline.

"NO! Spore, quickly, use Spore!"

Jumping a little at its mistress' uncharacteristic (read; characteristic) panic before releasing a cloud of powder from the large mushroom on its back. The cloud of powder flew towards Yanma, catching it full in the face and causing the dragonfly pokemon to stop, hovering in place and letting out a tiny sneeze. Slowly it started to drift towards the ground, occassionally buzzing its wings and gaining a few inches in height, but eventually it had no choice but to succumb to the effects of Spore and land on the forest floor, dropping off to sleep.

She wasn't going to get another chance as good as this, if the Yanma woke up it would zip off through the forest before Parasect could fire off another move. She reached into her satchel for an empty pokeball... no... no-no-no... there had to be one! She couldn't have run out already! Scrambling through the bag frantically she finally found an empty pokeball...

...except it was a Dusk Ball. The days light was starting to fade, but it was by no means night time yet, when Dusk Balls were at their most effective. But if used in a dark place they could still provide a trainer the edge, and the trees were blocking out a lot of what little light was left in the day.

Without anymore time to think about it Nika threw the Dusk Ball, striking the Yanma and sucking it inside in a much more sinister light than your average pokeball. Hopefully this time would be a success.

[Jrez]

John Carden

John gave his arm a swing to brandish his backpack, "No thanks. I travel light." With a chuckle, he slung the bag over his shoulder again. "And, this is pretty cool--us being in the same dorm and all."

Zovo narrowed his eyes at John as he uttered what sounded like a low, displeased moan.

John looked over to his companion. "Right, right!" He turned back to Lincoln, bowing his head ever so slightly, loose, brown locks of his unkempt hair spilling this way and that. "Y'think it'd be alright if you showed us the way to a cafeteria?" He lifted his head, his chuckling sounded a bit nervous at this point. "I'm famished, and Zovo's pretty peckish himself."

The Eevee affirmed this with a mew and tip of his head.

[Lincoln West]

Lincoln West

"No worries bro." Lincoln smiled. "It's not all that far from town to the Academy." He set off through the town, checking to make sure John was with him. "Yeah, totally, I reckon Raikou is the place to be, y'know? I've heard some people say it's kinda looked down on by the other dorms, but who needs people like that, right?"

It wouldn't take them long to make their way through the town and onto the main road between Oak Town and the Academy. John probably could've found his own way, but it felt good to return the favour someone had done for him just the other day.

Nika Valentine

Click.

Nika breathed a sigh of relief as the Dusk Ball stopped shaking and gave out that distinctive noise to say she had captured her prey. Walking around she retrieved Parasect's pokeball, her hat (which was quickly dusted off and returned to her head) and Yanma's Dusk Ball. It was a happy accident really, that Yanma was to dwell inside a Dusk Ball. Although not very appropriate right now, once it evolved into a Yanmega a Dusk Ball would suit it perfectly.

Allowing herself a small smile Nika deposited the Dusk Ball into her satchel and returned Parasect to her pokeball. Although the Dusk Ball had perhaps not been as effective as it should have been was getting dark in this forest... she started to walk quickly back towards the forests edge, having no intention of being in the forest once true night arrived.

[Jrez]

John Carden

"Looked down on, huh?" John shrugged his shoulders with a tilt of his head. "Well, can't say I'm really anything special. There was a bit of a mix-up with my written exam, and didn't have time to get all sorted out so my score was... eh, lackluster to say the least."

Zovo, still content to be perched on Lincoln's shoulder, drooped an ear, not particularly fond of hearing John berate himself. Looking to distract himself, he decided to one again lick at his ride's hair.

"Still," John continued, "Did pretty okay during the practical evaluation or whatever it's called." He shot the Eevee a thumbs up, grinning. "Though, that wasn't just me. Speaking of which," He turned back to Lincoln, "what sort of team do you have, if ya don't mind me asking?"

[Lincoln West]

Lincoln West

Linc chuckled as Zovo continued licking his hair - it was a lot nicer than when his dads Arcanine decided to lick him, Hermes was so big you had no choice but to be pinned down and drenched in slobber.

"I'm sorry to hear that bro. But hey, the way I see it, it gives us like an advantage, y'know? People will underestimate us." Linc was more than happy to discuss his pokemon, but he'd learnt the hard way not to blab to just anyone that he had some rare fossil pokemon.

"I don't mind you askin' at all dude. I'm a rock type specialist, I only train rock types y'know? How about yourself, is it just you and this little guy?"