OOC: What, you sick too Plushie? That's too bad. :'( Here, have an imaginary cookie to make you feel better. Hope you get better soon...
Oh, and both guesses are wrong. Man, I thought my prefrence in grass pok?mon was pretty obvious. Oh, and I've decided on Hoppip for Cid. ^_^
IC:
"Hello!" Delilah called back, turning around and waving happily as she noticed that Amy had entered the gym. She noticed that the girl had come alone, although there was another one just outside the door. "Where are your friends?" she asked, walking over to the girl with a curious expression on her face.
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Cid had now reached the edge of the forest and was just standing there, enjoying the moment with Nightmare by his side.
"Mig-hty-eena-mightyena-mig-mightyyy-eena-ena." (I am fully capable of protecting master Cid by myself.) the Mightyena muttered to Dew, still not pleased that the Marshtomp was tagging along "Might-yyeena-yena-mighty-eena-mightyyeenaa." (Your presence here is completely unnecessary.)
"Now really." Cid said, shaking his head as he noticed that Nightmare was starting out an argument "There's really no need to-"
Suddenly, a muffled cry from the forest caught the boy's attention. Although he couldn't understand it, Cid was certain that it was a pok?mon in distress. Without a word, the boy rushed towards the source of the noise as fast as his recovering body would allow him, Nightmare charging right after him.
"Hopii!" (Help!)
As Cid pushed past the last branch in his way, a clearing opened up before him and the source of the noise became obvious. A quartet of Tyrouges were in the clearing, obviously enjoying a nasty kind of ball game that entailed tossing about a helpless Hoppip, who obviously wasn't enjoying the situation at all, between them.
Cid's temper flared at the sight, "Hey you!" he yelled out to the Tyrouges, "Cut it out!"
"Tyr?" (Huh?) one of the fighting pok?mon was startled by Cid's sudden intervention and missed his turn, the Hoppip bouncing a bit along the ground and ending up next to Cid.
"Hopii-pip..." (Thank you...) the grass pok?mon said weakly, not resisiting when Cid picked it up to protect it.
"Rou!" (Hey!) one of the Tyrouges, a somewhat larger one who was obviously the leader of the group, called out, pointing an accusing finger at Cid "Tyro-uuge-tyrouge-rouge! Tyro-uge, tyro-roou-tyrouge." (That human is messing with us! Come on boys, let's teach that runt a lesson.)
"Tyro!" (Yeah!) another one called out, curling up its fists as the others gathered their courage as well. "Ty-rou-tyrouge-tyro-tyyrouge-tyro!" (No-one messes with the Rocksmash gang!)
There was a chorus of assent from the other two.
"Mighty-eena-mighty-eena..." (Watch your mouths runts...) Nightmare growled, barring his fangs treatheningly at the fighting pok?mon as they formed into a semi-circle, "Mig-htyy-mightyena-mighty-eena-mightyena-mightyeenaa." (I have learned quite a number of lessons myself and will be more than glad to share them with you.)
"Tyro-ug-tyrouge-rouge." (Well go ahead then.) the leader said, smirking at the Mightyena "Tyro-rouge-ty-tyy-rouge." (I'd love to see them.)
The Hoppip peered at the dark pok?mon with a mixture of admiration and anxiety in its eyes, holding itself a bit closer to Cid in fear of the battle to come.