Ancient Dynasty; A Viper's Promise

[Mika]

ooc:

>=3 Nice try Alter. NICE TRY.

O_O Triple electric action...no, triple electric action must die a very painfully and immediate death right here! Right now! *Hides from Mika's biting and pie-stealing fury* Seriously, though, never double up (Or worse yet; triple up) on damaging moves unless they all have different added effects that you deem important. First of all; no real opponent is ever going to use Accuracy or Evasion modifiers against you, so Shock Wave is redundant. Likewise, Thunder is unreliable because of its low accuracy and since you've got the pwnsomeness of Thunderbolt there's simply no need to take it along in the hope that your opponent is foolish enough to use Rain Dance. First of all, your Minun needs more type coverage, because at the moment, it could get beaten by a Modest, level 5 Diglett, which is kind of sad. A suitable Hidden Power (Any of the three listed above) would do great for covering that weakness, although failing that; Seismic Toss can serve for dealing moderate damage, although it would mostly be there for Ground types and Volt Absorbers. For other options, you could also use Baton Pass (Assuming that you take Substitute as a replacement for Shock Wave) to pass on a Substitute to another one of your pok?mon which could handle troublesome opponents for you. Even if the Substitute breaks from an attack made on the same turn as the Baton Pass, you will still have avoided the damage that would have gone to the switched-in pok?mon, and if the Substitute holds, all the better. Finally, also in combination with Substiute, you can use Encore to mess up your opponent's status attackers or buffers and either take them out while they're stuck on a pointless move (Such as a status attack when you've got a Substiute up) or force them to switch out, giving you a free attack against the new pok?mon. Another possible for Shock Wave (As that move just has to go) is Thunder Wave, because the combination of paralysis (33% chance for the opponent's attack to fail) and Attract (50% chance for the opponent's attack to fail) makes it very difficult for your opponent to get anything done.

:3 Okay. First off. My Minun is not just a /battle/ pokemon, it's my contest Pokemon. Shock Wave PWNS with contest points and it's always wonderful to shove a ribbon covered pokemon in the guy who sits next to you at lunch's FACE. (Yes his FACE.) And then laugh. Repeatedly. And with Thunder, Again, I use it in contests. My Minun doesn't come out much in battle unless a water/flying or normal type shows up (Or something like a ghost type. Thunder and Thunderbolt work wonders against Gastlies.... I hate Gastlies.... @@; ) I'm also bothered by the fact you didn't notice I already HAVE attract on my move set. I do enjoy stealing the limelight in contests.... (laughing at the misery of those fools after me that dun get no attention from the crowd... Muwahahahaha.....) and I agree with you. The 50% chance of not being able to hurt my fluffy Minna-chan (Her in-game name. xp) is quite appreciated. However, beyond the Attract suggestion, I don't agree with you. Hidden Power doesn't really work all that well. Yes it changes elements, yes it opens up the doorway to a secret base but beyond that it's pretty worthless. (I should know. My Minun had it up through my first time through the Tourny. It proved worthless in teh gruesome elite four battles. THUNDER DID MORE DAMAGE... CUZ THUNDER PWNS. -cough-) and as far as thunderwave goes... Paralization is great but my pokemon have high speed. o-o; they don't need to slow the oppenent down any. And Thunder has a chance of paralizing and her built in ability static (Paralyzes w/ a physical attack) makes it really unnessacary.

I gotta do dishes, I'll respond later. And I'll wring your neck later.

That's a promise. ??; Nobody insults my dragon knowledge and lives to tell about it. -is held back by Charon-

 

[Random Plushie]

OOC:

I just felt like butting in. Ya don't mind, do ya? XD

:3 Okay. First off. My Minun is not just a /battle/ pokemon, it's my contest Pokemon. Shock Wave PWNS with contest points and it's always wonderful to shove a ribbon covered pokemon in the guy who sits next to you at lunch's FACE. (Yes his FACE.) And then laugh. Repeatedly.

Aw, ya shoulda mentioned that before Alter gave you a competitive set..

But yes, it is fun to shove things in people's faces. :3

And with Thunder, Again, I use it in contests. My Minun doesn't come out much in battle unless a water/flying or normal type shows up (Or something like a ghost type. Thunder and Thunderbolt work wonders against Gastlies.... I hate Gastlies.... @@; )

Yesh, it makes sense if you just use it in contests. There's too much of a gamble if you rely on Thunder in battle all the time.

I'm also bothered by the fact you didn't notice I already HAVE attract on my move set. I do enjoy stealing the limelight in contests.... (laughing at the misery of those fools after me that dun get no attention from the crowd... Muwahahahaha.....) and I agree with you. The 50% chance of not being able to hurt my fluffy Minna-chan (Her in-game name. xp) is quite appreciated.

He didn't change that at all, dear Mika. He left it right where it was on your original post, then talked about it. :3

Please don't stab teh Alter. XD

However, beyond the Attract suggestion, I don't agree with you. Hidden Power doesn't really work all that well. Yes it changes elements, yes it opens up the doorway to a secret base but beyond that it's pretty worthless.

You're talking about Secret Power right there. That's not what Hidden Power does.

Most people use Hidden Power for type coverage, not necessarily for raw power. Sometimes it can be vital for that sort of thing.

It's only worthless if it's the wrong type of Hidden Power, and therefore can't help your set.

(I should know. My Minun had it up through my first time through the Tourny. It proved worthless in teh gruesome elite four battles. THUNDER DID MORE DAMAGE... CUZ THUNDER PWNS. -cough-)

Do you know what type her Hidden Power was? That could've been a factor.

And Thunder (assuming it strikes the target) always deals more damage than Hidden Power, without factoring in weakness and resistance. So like yeah.

and as far as thunderwave goes... Paralization is great but my pokemon have high speed. o-o; they don't need to slow the oppenent down any.

That's not what he was getting at. The -Spd thing is just a spiffy bonus, but what you really want to do is to stop your opponent from attacking you.

Don't you like free turns? :3

That's why you'll see T-wave on some Pokemon that are already fast.

And Thunder has a chance of paralizing and her built in ability static (Paralyzes w/ a physical attack) makes it really unnessacary.

Static isn't always reliable (although I do agree; it is pretty nifty when it kicks in).

You see, what happens when you come across an opponent who only uses special attacks?

I gotta do dishes, I'll respond later. And I'll wring your neck later.

Have fun, and watch out for the red herring! 'Tis Titan's weapon of choice.


You can ignore me if you want. Meh.

 

[Alter Ego]

ooc:

>=3 Nice try Alter. NICE TRY.



:3 Okay. First off. My Minun is not just a /battle/ pokemon, it's my contest Pokemon. Shock Wave PWNS with contest points and it's always wonderful to shove a ribbon covered pokemon in the guy who sits next to you at lunch's FACE. (Yes his FACE.) And then laugh. Repeatedly. And with Thunder, Again, I use it in contests. My Minun doesn't come out much in battle unless a water/flying or normal type shows up (Or something like a ghost type. Thunder and Thunderbolt work wonders against Gastlies.... I hate Gastlies.... @@; ) I'm also bothered by the fact you didn't notice I already HAVE attract on my move set. I do enjoy stealing the limelight in contests.... (laughing at the misery of those fools after me that dun get no attention from the crowd... Muwahahahaha.....) and I agree with you. The 50% chance of not being able to hurt my fluffy Minna-chan (Her in-game name. xp) is quite appreciated. However, beyond the Attract suggestion, I don't agree with you. Hidden Power doesn't really work all that well. Yes it changes elements, yes it opens up the doorway to a secret base but beyond that it's pretty worthless. (I should know. My Minun had it up through my first time through the Tourny. It proved worthless in teh gruesome elite four battles. THUNDER DID MORE DAMAGE... CUZ THUNDER PWNS. -cough-) and as far as thunderwave goes... Paralization is great but my pokemon have high speed. o-o; they don't need to slow the oppenent down any. And Thunder has a chance of paralizing and her built in ability static (Paralyzes w/ a physical attack) makes it really unnessacary.

I gotta do dishes, I'll respond later. And I'll wring your neck later.

That's a promise. ??; Nobody insults my dragon knowledge and lives to tell about it. -is held back by Charon-

Owww...if it's a contest pok?mon you should just have friggin' told me instead of throwing a fit about it. Sheez...?? And you seem to have misunderstood, on several points. First of all, I know that you had Attract on the set, see how I didn't put that stuffer in bold anywhere?) I was simply stating that it works better together with Thunder Wave. Secondly, Minun does not, and let me stress this; does not have the 'Static' trait! Minun has its own signature trait 'Minus' which was specifically made to work in tandem with Plusle's signature trait 'Plus' (+50% Sp.Attack for both when both are out at the same time). And Thunder Wave isn't just for reducing speed, it also has a 33% chance of preventing an attack, and that's what I'm aiming at, and note that I also suggested Substitute for that slot (A move which you didn't deign to comment on at all). As for Hidden Power, first of all, it doesn't open up a secret base, that's Secret Power which is another move altogether, and if you confused those two then it's obvious that you didn't manage to deal any proper damage. Plus, I have stated (Multiple times) that Hidden Power is fickle and shouldn't be relied upon if one can help it, and it was only meant for hitting opponents that aren't affected by Electric attacks (E.g. Lanturn, Jolteon, Ground types). Really, rather than getting all indignated about it you could have just provided me with all the information needed (The fact that Minna is a contest pok?mon being the most essential) rather than getting a fit about it later on. As for your dragon knowledge, with all due respect; if you haven't learned by now how pathetically weak Dragonbreath is then your knowledge can't really be all that great. ~_~ Don't ask for a rate if you can't take it. <.<

Yes, it's early in the morning around here and I'm not on the best of my moods, so I do apologize for the tone of the above statement. Although I can't say that it was unprovoked.

Dang, I see Plushie covered most of my points already. *Sniff* I'm so proud.

Anyways, you nailed the second one of my characters, Plushie. Even though you had a bit of an unfair hint. ^^ Anyways, I shall be much more impressed if you can name either the girl or her Arcanine, or better yet; both. XD

But, since it might be a tad hard, a couple of hints by which you should be able to figure it out;

The girl's name

1. It's six letters long and is a slight derrivation from the word signifying the motion that a certain gas enters when it condenses up in the air.

2. I might have used that name for a certain side-character in another RP.

The Arcanine's name

1. It's as long as the girl's one and ends with an 'o'.

2. Five of the letters in the name can be found in Yibber's username, and the Arcanine is a male.

Incidentally, I know how Avery must be feeling right now. That's a seriously creepy moment right there. o.o

IC:

"It's about time..." Valen commented as the speech drew to a close, immediately springing himself up from the wall he had been leaning against and reaching for the first of the three pok?balls on his belt, already knowing in what order he would call on his charges as he distanced himself a bit from the main body of people, knowing that it would be fruitless to attempt gathering more than a few stray KOs among so many. Some took another approach to avoiding competition, such as the brown-haired girl from before who quickly leapt up on her Arcanine's back, the sizeable fire pok?mon leaping effortlessly across the crowd, several of its members stepping back out of fear for being trampled as the girl and her pok?mon sped down one of the many streets in search of their first target.

As he began making his way towards one of the less popular directions, the sound of Avery's anxious calls caught his ears. It figures... he thought for himself, She's probably never been under pressure before. I hardly see the point in even admitting such unready trainers, but I suppose they have to gather the numbers...

Before Valen could contemplate on this any further however, a shrill cry suddenly snapped him out of his thoughts, the boy veering in the last minute as an agitated Zubat came hurtling down towards him, just barely missing its mark. Noticing this, the poison type twirled around in mid-air, preparing to lunge again. This time however, Valen was fully prepared.

"Smaelaugh! Go!" in a trained, fluid motion, the boy released the Venonat from his pok?ball, the bug type quickly realizing the situation and puffing his furr up self-importantly.

"Smaelaugh..." Valen said in an even but clear voice, "Disorient that Zubat with a Supersonic then KO it with Psybeam. Go."

{Hah! Hardly a challenge!} Smaelaugh snorted dismissively, inhaling and releasing a blast of sound so high-pitched that it was barely audible for Valen or any other humans in the area, it was far too well audible for the Zubat however, the bat pok?mon suddenly tumbling in the middle of its dive, fluttering around in confusion and darting straight at a nearby wall, a multi-coloured beam unleashed by Smaelaugh soon striking it in the back.

"3 points awarded to Valen Ironholm for KOing a Zubat!" a mechanical voice announced, the name V. Ironholm quickly appearing at the top of the scoreboard and the number 3 appearing to replace the far-right zero. Valen's triumph was short-lived however, as his name was quickly dropped to third place by L.Whitendon; 7 points, A.Fairlight; 13 points, and then even further by R.Adaell; 35 points. This game, it seemed, was a particularly fast-paced one, and Valen was not one to dawdle, quickly rushing down the closest street in search of his next target.

 

[Ibuberu]

OOc-
Like,the Tournament started already?!o.O
Feebas,,Literature homework.>_<*throws Literature book to one corner of the room*

Oh!I shall add one or two of my chars.In the crowd as well.XP

Ic-

Cona had taken to just staring as the mayor started adressing the audience,taking note to keep Avery within her view.The man whose name was Slythe reminded her if Valen for some reason.Perhaps it was that evil 'take over the cheese' look in his eyes.That man was up to no good,was he Valen's accomplice?Naw.
The woman which she had remembered as the one who guided the tour a couple of hours back then started speaking.

Krystal instinctvly tightened his grip on his trainer's hand as Lori stepped up to the podium.Kuner however,tried his best to remain dignified and listen,since Cona and Krys would usually do nothing of the sort.

The girl yawned and rolled her eyes as Lori continued talking about the different types of pokemon."Blah..blah..blah..continue and the cheese'll be melted by the time you're done."she followed the crowd as they turned to the scoreboard in the distance.

"Okay guys,so yeah.Here we are.We'd better get atleast a few Pokemon down and earn points for dad."she whispered to her pokemon as Lori then proceeded to state about people stealing knockouts and such.

{By golly,we'll do Mistress proud!}Kuner brought on wing into a clenched position,even if he was old didn't mean he couldn't be enthusiastic now,could he?Krystal gave a nod,then hugged his trainer's leg.Hoping that she wouldn't turn out like her father.Oh yes,that would be a bad sight.

{Yay for having fun!}he kipped,letting go of his trainer's leg to get into a battle stance.

"And then,we'll go show dad.And then he'll-"


"Good hunting."Lori finished her speech before Cona could continue.

Krystal jumped into her arms as the metal doors surronding them opened,allowing pokemon of all types to charge out.While most of the crowd staid back,the braver trainers gave no second thought and ran after the wild pokemon.One of them was this cheery looking girl with brown hair,a Grumpig and Kirlia who clapped her hands in excitement to continue.Another one was this girl who was laughing out of pure impluse,with a sweatdropping Swellow beside her.

The wild pokemon did indeed seem tough to beat,back Cona was certain she had seen a funny-looking Marshtomp with a necklace round his neck bounding up and down in the stampede.

{Aren't we supposed to be fighting?}Kuner waved his wings infront of the girl's face to snap her out of the trance.

"-!Oh yes!Um..right after we find Avery!If I lose,then atleast we'll have a witness to see how bravely we fought and retell it to dad later!"she stated,giving the wide-eyed Marshtomp in her arms a poke.Krystal blinked,almost lost in the variety of pokemon being sent out at them.

"Find Avery."his trainer said simply.

{Simple,she's just there.}the fin atop his head wiggled ever so slightly back and forth,gesturing to their left.The Mudfish was indeed correct,there was Avery calling out something which was unaudible to herself before looking around.A\Cona squinted her eyes,a Duskull and Sableye.Yes,that was definately her.Was the girl actually trying to spot her?
Cona started walking over,quickening her pace incase the girl would get lost in the crowd again.

"I'm here,Avery.Don't worry,the cheese isn't getting you."she called out,pushing away the trainers which gave her weird and strange looks.

The girl then stretched her hand out and grabbed Avery's wrist once more.

"Amazing how why always end up like this."Cona actually had a grin on her face as she spoke,she was really beginning to enjoy herself.

OOc-
I actually included one of the pokemon I was going to play in one of those RPs in the crowd of wild pokemon.XDDD

EDITNESS-
Like,yay!Five letters of the Arcanine's name can be found in my name!!Like,I feel so special!!X333
And for the funneh sport,I'm going to say his name's Angelo.XD

 

[Random Plushie]

OOC:

It was just a stab in the dark.. I really don't know her name.. But you're talking about the water cycle or something? The heck?

I'm not even going to make an attempt.. I'm being a negative person tonight. XD




IC:



"Oh, uh, hi Cona.." Avery said, blinking as Cona took her by the wrist once more. "Hey! Couldja stop doing that? Your grip is seriously hurtful." Avery continued, sweat-dropping, before attempting to tug her wrist away. Now that Cona had actually come, she wasn't so sure if this were better than being alone or not.

{Forget about that silly girl,} Skarka commented from her spot in the air, {You're already in dead last place, I'd reckon, along with everyone else who hasn't bothered moving yet.} The Duskull concluded, gesturing towards the scoreboard.

Avery looked towards the scoreboard, although it was true that she hadn't understood Skarka very well, but all the same saw the points for the current leaders rising like something baking in the oven, while she stood there, not daring to move an inch while the last of the crowd made their way away from the square.

"That just isn't right.. How can everybody else be so focused when-" She didn't get to finish, instead letting out a frightened yelp as she ducked out of the way of a Spearow, the bird having just attempted to knock her to the ground with a Wing Attack.

"Ack! S-Skarka, Will-O-Wisp!" Avery called out, trying to regain her composure and shivering a bit as she watched the Spearow curve out of its failed attack, intent on heading back towards Avery and her Pokemon.

{That's what he gets for being so rude.} Skarka commented, making a few gestures with her hands before a bunch of small, gaseous balls of spiritual flame appeared, dancing in a circle around the Duskull. A few moments passed before the balls of flame began darting towards the Spearow, who went straight through them, obviously not realizing they would burn him.

He yowled in pain, but all the same kept flying, now towards Skarka, although plain rage was written across his expression.

"Great, he's still going.. Just Ice Beam 'em already!" Avery shouted from the ground, while Fable observed in silence.

Skarka chose not to comment this time, making somewhat of an inhaling motion before firing a beam of frost towards the Spearow, who, annoyingly enough, dodged it, and squawked something inaudible.

Ah well, it didn't matter. All the Duskull had to do was angle her head a bit more, and the Ice Beam struck her original target, sending the bird down towards the ground in a KO.




OOC:


Alter gets to do point thingies. :O

 

[Ibuberu]

OOc-
The only thingy tha comes into my mind ish evaporation.XDDD

And yeah Titan,go and do the point thingys.

Ic-

Cona let go of Avery's hand as a Spearow had decided to attack the girl.She stood back and watched as the trainer defeated the Flying type with ease.

"Beedrill!"

The girl looked away from Avery to see a Beedrill charging with great speed towards her.

"Kuner,Peck!"she pointed at the bug,trying her best not to flinch as her pokemon shot towards it.The Beedrill snickered,easily dodging the old Pidgey's attack.

"Krys,Rock Smash!"her Marshtomp immediately jumped from her hands and brought his flippers together.In one mighty swing,he hit the Beefrill squarely on the head,causing it to fall back.

"Kuner,Wing attack!"Cona continued not wanting to waste a second,her Pidgey appearing behind the Bug type and flapping his wings at an astounding speed foran old-timer.Both his wings started glowing briefly as he flew towards the Beedrill to deliver the attack.
The Beedrill was already weak as it could get,but it had enough energy for a Twineedle.It lifted both stingers straight at Kuner as he hit it with his wings.

"Ah!"Cona ran to catch her Pidgey as he fell down into her hands,dazed from the attack.The Beedrill on the other hand,wasn't as lucky.It fell onto the pavement,KOed.

"Please be alright,please be alright!"she started,giving the Pidgey a good slap before letting him rest on her shoulder.

{An' that,ish how ya' beat those pesky buggers.}the Flying type mumbled,shaking his head to try and gain full control and vision of his surrondings.

Cona would have jumped up and down and proclaimed her win to the world,if not for the fact that she knew that there were tougher pokemon than this.

 

[Alter Ego]

Like,yay!Five letters of the Arcanine's name can be found in my name!!Like,I feel so special!!X333
And for the funneh sport,I'm going to say his name's Angelo.XD

Dang, you guessed right straight away, actually. XD Yep, Angelo's the name of her Arcanine. And Plushie, well, yes, it has to do with water. Sheez, I've just given it away now, haven't I? Oh well...^-^

IC:

"2 points awarded to Avery Williams for KOing a Spearow!" a small device attached to the bird pok?mon announced, although its voice was quickly drowned as countless similar ones began coming in from all sides as the game started out in seriousness, an announcement for 10 points to Jacona Brindge for KOing a Beedrill mixing in with the sounds.

Valen had already made his way a bit further from the central square towards the, how to say, district of questionable morals, sometimes refered to as 'Shadeshide' by the local populace, it was a particularly dark and cramped section of the city, and a regular hangout for blackmarketeers and other bussinessmen of lacking scruples, filled with snaking alleyways and small outrcroppings of various kinds, making it ideal for an ambush, but, Valen reasoned, also the prefered place for pok?mon who disliked the light, such as dark and ghost types, pok?mon his team was adept at fighting, seeing as those were more or less the only practice partners to be had back at HQ. And sure enough, it didn't take long for the next target to make its appearance as an Ekans suddenly lunged out from behind a nearby corner, hissing and attempting to look intimidating. Having been around Seirini for so long, however, neither Valen nor his Venonat were impressed by the performrance, much to the snake pok?mon's confusion.

"Psybeam." Valen said simply, the bug type building up the energy in its mouth once more, aiming to knock out the Ekans in one sweep, it was not to be however as a sudden flurry of motion emerged from the shadows, a lithe figure flying through the air and striking Smaelaugh straight on the head before anyone could really figure it out; it was a small, vaguely human-shaped creature, but its body was an earthen brown in colour, except for the legs which were closer to onion coloured, and a tan pattern similar to a mask which surrounded its eyes, a single green leaf protounding rebelliously from its forehead, only serving to enchance the troublemaker look that its long pointed nose granted it. After its attack, the creature performed an elegant sommersault in mid-air, landing behind Valen and Smaelaugh and preparing to strike again.

A Nuzleaf, eh? Valen scoffed as he recognized the pok?mon, "A bit more troublesome perhaps, but I've seen worse. Smaelaugh, Leech Life."

The Venonat spun around, this time lunging, fangs barred, at the grass type, intent on sucking out its life force to replenish his own. The Nuzleaf was too quick however, vanishing from the spot it had been on mere moments before the Venonat's attack would have struck, re-appearing a bit above the bug type and landing a sturdy kick to his forehead before once again leaping away. Meanwhile, the Ekans, realizing its chance, let out a loud hiss and lunged at Smaelaugh, catching the Venonat in a Wrap attack in an attempt to keep it from moving.

This isn't working... Valen thought with a measure of frustration as the bug type tried to wrestle itself free while the Nuzleaf stood on the sidelines, gathering up energy for a strike.

"Kachiko. Go."

In another well-trained motion, the trainer unleashed his second pok?mon onto the pavement, the steel type appearing with her usual cheerfull grin and peering curiously around.

{Ohhh! Is it play time again, papa?} she asked, clapping her hands in excitement as she got a picture of the scene.

Valen nodded, "Quite, jump in front of that Nuzleaf and use Iron Defense." he pointed at the grass type, his Mawile obediently leaping in front of it, the jaws on her head flashing a distinctly predatory grin that caused the Nuzleaf to hesitate for a moment while the steel type closed her eyes and focused, her skin soon gaining a new sheen to it as it toughened up further, just in time to absorb the impact of the Razor Wind that the Nuzleaf had been building up.

"Now, Baton Pass." Valen said, smirking at the effect which would surely ensue.

{Yay! That's my favourite!} Kachiko called out, giggling at the quizzical expression that the grass type in front of her gave her, {Nothing up my sleeve...} the Mawile said dramatically, {But one, two, three, you can't see me!} she skipped up into the air at the end of her sentence, curling up into a surprsingly small shape in the air before vanishing with a quite pop, only to be replaced by Smaelaugh, much to the Nuzleaf's surprise, while the Ekans was just as confused to suddenly find itself face to face with a steel type.

"Now, Smaelaugh, Leech Life, Kachiko, Crunch." Valen commanded, the bug type taking advantage of his opponent's confusion and lunging forward, sinking his fangs straight into the Nuzleaf's nose, the creature yelping in pain but lacking the strength to struggle off, finally sinking to its knees onto the pavement while Kachiko's considerable jaws closed in on the Ekans, the serpent flailing madly until Smaelaugh finished it of with a Psybeam.

"6 points awarded to Valen Ironholm for KOing an Ekans!" one of the little devices present announced while the other one was just as eager to award him 17 points for the Nuzleaf.

 

[Random Plushie]

OOC:

Kachiko's Baton Pass = Classic

XD



IC:



"God!" Avery called out, once she was sure the Spearow was down. "Fable always teases me about being optimistic.. But this is just too freaky! Come on, Cona, let's get out of here! Just go anywhere!" She exclaimed, not bothering to reach for one of Cona's arms for another change, instead expecting the girl to follow.

{Those were the times you deserved it, silly.} Fable commented, detaching himself from Avery as she started walking, darting back and forth along the ground, while Skarka took to floating once more.

"H-Hey Skarka," Avery managed to call up to her Duskull while she continued walking away from Central Square. "If you see any Wild Pokemon flying, be a dear and Ice Beam it. I really don't want a Spearow replay.." Avery concluded, twitching a bit at the memory.

{You mean like that Fearow?} Skarka asked innocently, pointing up towards the ginormous Flying-type that was perched on the nearest roof-top, apparently just sitting there and waiting to strike something.

Of course, Avery hardly anticipated that, only letting out a frightened yelp when she decided to look in the direction her Duskull was pointing, then wishing she hadn't done that, for it only drew the Fearow's attention.

"Yes! Ice Beam it! Oh GOD!!!" Avery called out, her knees almost buckling at the sheer sight of the giant Fearow, even if it was still just sitting there.

{Fable wishes he knew how to operate human cameras. This Avery moment is totally priceless.} Fable commented from the ground, while Skarka swayed a bit as if copying the action of inhaling again before attempting to blast the nearby Fearow with an Ice Beam.

However, the giant bird took notice just before he could be hit directly, squawking in fury and taking to the air. His left wing was unlucky enough to be caught in the wake of the Ice Beam, but that alone wasn't enough to stop it now.

{You gotta problem lil' missy!?} The Fearow squawked in Skarka's direction, although Skarka barely uttered a word before the Fearow vanished without a trace, reappearing in front of Skarka just a moment later, directly striking the Duskull with an Aerial Ace.

Avery yelped as the attack hit, sending her Duskull a good bit backwards, although the Fearow wasn't going to allow her time to recover, backing up a bit before propelling himself towards the surprised Skarka.

"Confuse Ray!" Avery exclaimed, now wishing that she hadn't started the fight in the first place.

Skarka, still in her 'Oh my GAWD, I can't believe you just hit me!' position, shook her head a few times before she glowed just a bit, firing what appeared to be a very weird ray of light towards the Fearow, who, upon contact with the ray of light, instantly halted in his attack and began flying around in circles.




OOC: Like, pause.

 

[Ibuberu]

OOc-
..What.o.O

YAYYY!!!I ACTUALLY GOTTED IT CORRECT!!LIKE,YAY!!!!!!!!^0^

There goes my unwanted energy.^^

Ic-

"Coming.."Cona said,following after Avery.The girl had now gotten herself into a battle with a fierce looking Fearow.Come on,there was bound to be something for her to fight..right?
She looked at the corner of a street,where a small Sunkern was whistling to itself.

"I'll be just there,Avery!"without waiting for a reply,Cona started walking towards the Grass type,careful not to startle it.She looked over her shoulder,just to make sure Krystal was still there.

"Okay,Krys.Ice beam it!"she ordered as the Marshtomp finally managed to catch up with her.Taking a few breaths of air,the Mudfish jumped into battle as the Sunkern grinned,beaming as the Sun above it started shining brightly.Sunny day it was.As Krys formed a blue orb in his mouth,the other gathered energy into a big orange one on its leaves.
It took Cona a moment to realise what a rash thing she had done."Krystal,outta the way now!"she waved one arm in the air to get the Marshtomp's attention.One look at the Sunkern didn't need telling twice to Krys,he let out a yelp as the orb in his mouth disappeared.The Water type jumped away from the beam which followed,though his right flipper had gotten caught,causing a major damage indeed.

{Ouch!That hurt!}he rubbed the injury with his left flipper,glaring at the laughing Sunkern.

"Kuner,go!Sand attack!"Cona tossed the Pidgey from her shoulder into the battlefield.The Flying type used his small legs and started kicking sand up to lower the Sunkern's accuracy.Amazingly,the Grass type leapt out of the way in time.

"Stupid Chlorophyll."his trainer clenched her fists,trying to think of another way.As the Sunkern mocked her.Sticking its tougue out and bouncing up and down.

"Okay,Kuner!Lets give him Agility then!"she shouted,trying her best not to show her discouragement by the failing attempts.Her Pidgey gave a small nod,before ruffling his feathers and disappearing out of Cona's sight.And the Sunkern's too.

It let out a grumble,deciding to turn back to Krystal instead.The Marshtomp was still stooped down on the pavement rubbing his fins either way.The Grass type lashed out,opening its small mouth,most likely for a Mega Drain attack.Krys however,looked up with a grin on his face.

"Now!Sand attack and Ice Beam!"Cona held the exact same smile,pointing at the confused Sunkern.

Kuner appeared infront of it in mid-lunge,smirking.{Boo.}he said simply,kicking sand up,this time managing to blind the Sunkern.

{Bye bye,my not friend!}Krystal opened his mouth as a familiar blue orb formed once more,KOing the Sunkern as the blue-colored beam hit its target.

 

[Random Plushie]

OOC:

.....


That was just about the haxxiest Sunkern ever. XD

And my brain hurts, Alter. I hafta guess tomorrow morning. XD

I'm prolly gonna go ta sleep soon.



IC:



{You can't foo me! I know what you plannin', brotha'!} The Fearow squawked in his rampage, terribly confused but managing to maintain his flight. Avery watched this in frustration, crossing her arms as the fear slowly ebbed away. Sure, this confusion definitely gave her somewhat of an edge, but it also meant Ice Beam would probably miss, the way that Fearow was flapping about.

"Skarka, go in for a close Leer, then a direct Return!" Avery commanded. She honestly hoped that that would be enough to take that Fearow down; she was getting nervous again.

Skarka tilted her head a bit before cautiously floating closer to the infuriated Fearow, who was still flying about in circular patterns. She waited for the Fearow to make a loop so that he was headed towards her, then suddenly intensified the already intense stare of her single eye, succeeding in stopping the Fearow in his tracks, if only for a few moments.

Skarka didn't dare wait for it to wear off, though, immediately throwing all of her recent energy into a Return attack, which was something that one would normally do were they using Return.

The Fearow was caught a bit off-guard by the attack, staggering backwards and snapping out of confusion, while at the same time squawking in pain that had only been worse than usual because of the Leer.. Which was exactly why the great bird was currently dive bombing towards the ground.

He hadn't fainted, no, but the crash on the paved street was enough to knock him out of the match, and the device around the bird's neck was sure to confirm that.

"Yay.." Avery whispered to herself, pure relief evident in her voice, while Skarka twirled about in the air in pure happiness. "You can return, now, Skarka." Avery said, her voice returning to its normal volume while she withdrew the Duskull to her Pokeball, clipping it to her belt and leaving Fable as the only one outside at the moment.

 

[Charon]

{ooc| Gah.... my stupid sister's been hogging the pc all morning... instead I was playing my new Emerald game =3 Currently I've got a level 15 treecko named Bandereeve, a wingull (hully), a wurmple (lumpy), a zigzagoon (fetch), and a poochyena (Gunner). Fetch has also got me... a rare candy, a pecha berry and a great ball. Yayness!
I am listening to my Brendan Croker CD. Yay for 1989!}

Rosairie and her girls had got to work in an instant. Vampress and Henna were well-matched in terms of level and strength; Henna was far more experienced, but Vampress was faster and quicker to learn.
The pair were fighting, occasionally back to back, more commonly circling their trainer with their claws clicking.
A dustox came streaking towards her, and the girl skidded backwards just in time to avoid it's poisoness wing tips.
From Rosairie's mouth, a contest barrage of commands streamed.
"Henna, left! C'mon, girls, tag each other! Vamp, to the right, get down, DISABLE! Henna, FLAMETHROWER!" she barely paused for breath, the words puring out like an auctioneer's.

Her pokemon obeyed at the blink of an eye; Henna leapt over to the left of Rosairie, landing with a heavy thump. She was the smaller of the pair, but her supreme muscle mass made her one heavy-weight magmar.
Vampress moved with the agility that only a golduck could summon. She leapt from the air as if it was water, darting over behind the Dustox. Here she dropped to the ground, pressing her belly against the paving stones.. Her bejeweled forehead began to glow; her Disable caught the Dustox right in the middle of a poison power attack, and he froze up in mid air.
The next second, a stream of fire was ripping towards the dustox, and the charred pokemon collapsed on the ground.
"Next one, guys!" Rosairie shouted, and the pair lunged after a gloom. "Henna, Hidden Power ICE!" she shouted, and the poor creature was hit by a sudden flash of icy white light. The stunned creature tottered on her feet, barely a sliver of hit points remaining. "Finish it, Vamp!" Rosairie shouted again, and the Golduck leapt forward with a Surf attack.

Rosairie paused for a second. Avery was nearby, and it looked like she was doing okay.
Only then did the girl realise she had been seperated from Kyoko. She glanced about the crowd, but there was no sign of the other girl. However, she could see Valen, less than a metre away. She turned her head away fiercely, and back to her pokemon. The gloom was completely soaked. She had fainted.
Rosairie rubbed her forehead. Already, her throat was aching. She had to shout to be heard over the other commands.

{ooc| now to do my History essay...
EDIT: Whups, I thought... sorry plushie...}

 

[Random Plushie]

OOC:

Heehee.. That's not Avery's Fearow, Charon. ^_^

Anyways, I have to go to bed before I spontaneously combust.

Good night, everyone.

 

[Alter Ego]

OOC: Another slightly weird thing...Valen's already moved quite a bit away from the square, so for Rosairie to be able to see both him and Avery at the same time...uh, that requires quite a specific position but whatever...XD

Oh, and that Fearow...I know his accent, yes I do! Plushie, that's Spear isn't it? You shameless cameo maker. XD Anyways, good night. ^-^

IC:

As the battle raged on, Valen, much like he had feared, couldn't help hearing the persistently annoying voice of the very person he had least like to meet; Rosairie, the girl was apparently working at full place, hollering like a fishwife. The boy scoffed, if she kept that up, she'd run out of energy before she got anywhere, foolish little girl, neither those 12 points she had earned for the Dustox, nor the good 15 that KOing a Gloom had brought would mean much in the long run...Avery didn't seem to be doing much better, despite the good 24 points that the crash of the Fearow had been worth, issuing her orders in such a nervous and panicky manner that it was almost painfull to watch, so Valen decided not to heed either of them any longer, they definitely didn't fit into the category of people whom Slythe would find interesting after all, and Cona...well, she was too insane to be able to come up with any efficient plot, and her lack of common sense was clearly shown when she chose to pit her Marshtomp against a Sunkern, the grass type immediately retorting with the strongest attack it knew. Valen hardly doubted that sustaining that level of damage was worth the meager 7 points it had earned her.

"Come on." Valen said to his pok?mon, both still relatively okay, although they had both sustained some minor damage "Let's get to work." he dashed down the alley with his pok?mon at his heels, remembering that he was supposed to be scouting out the competition for suspicious individuals, although he wasn't too hurried to pick off a couple of stray Zubats as they came fluttering past, adding a total of 9 points to his own score. A pesky Rattata decided to jump in his way too, but one look at Kachiko's jaws sent it scurrying off and Valen didn't bother with going after it, heading towards clearer areas once more, the sounds of battle growing ever louder arround him, a heavily burned Skarmory plummeting onto the ground just a few inches away from him, earning a good score of points for whoever had KOed it.

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Meanwhile, among the benches situated straight above the one pen which was still closed, a peculiar procession moved between the excited spectators with an almost eerie air of calmness about them, it was a group of five men, all of them about the same height and all of them dressed in dark brown robes, their faces obscured by the hoods they wore. The group purposefully strode onward, ignoring what protests the crowd members voiced, until they were situated directly above the pen where the Aggron was held, the steel pok?mon roaring and thrashing about below them in sheer aggitation.

"Is it time?" one of the hooded men asked the person who seemed to be the leader of their group, his voice so quiet that none of the others seemed to hear him.

"Not yet, brother." replied the other man, continuing to hold his head, and consequently his very pointed chin, up, surveying the battle field, "But soon...very soon..."

 

[Charon]

{ooc| Gah... sorry guys... I gotta write a report on 'How the Nazis came to power' and my concentration isn't all there. My head's still numb from yesterday....
It's times like these, you learn to live agaaaaain! *sings along to the Foo Fighters*}

The trio struggled to move through the grounds. Pokemon leapt at them from all sides, and Henna and Vampress flashed back at them with claws that glittered in the sunlight. The magmar spun on the spot, hitting a large zubat with her tail, but before she could finish the job in had beat it's wings and soared off back into the fray. Rosairie's control definetly was slipping. Her pokemon responded to her commands in a flash, but the problem was, she couldn't keep up. Vampress hissed fiercely, and cracked her boney hands. {Let me ring their scrawny necks...} she snapped, as a pidgey attacked and fled for the second time. She swore at it loudly, but it remained just out of reach.
"Henna, Fire!" Rosairie shouted, and the magmar stepped in and shot the pidgey down from the sky with a stream of fire. Like with fearow Avery had fought, the pidgey smashed against the pavement and fainted on impact.
This only enraged Vampress more. She turned on Henna, her eyes slits.
{That one was mine!}
{You couldn't have hit it if had foam for wings!}

Out of no where, a pack of poochyenas seemed to erupt, and Rosairie let out a yelp of fright. They were advancing with frightening speed, their teeth bared. In all, there was about fifteen; they surged forward like a sea of grey.
"G-girls!" Rosairie cried, and Henna and Vampress turned on the spot.
Two of the scrawny grey dogs leapt straight at Henna; another three lunged at Vampress and Rosairie. They were weak, low level, and worth hardly any points, but there were just so many...
{Ouch!}
{Bloody-!}
Both Magmar and Golduck let out a shout of pain. The dogs had met their mark, and buried their sharp little fangs in the two pokemon's arms.
"Vamp... Vamp, use...Ice beam, Henna, go for...Hidden Power." her commands were stuttered, uncertain.
A second later the two poochyena had fainted, but there were still more, circling. One lunged, and Henna knocked it back with a fist. It landed on its feet, and continued circling.
{Rosairie~!} Henna begged, but the girl had frozen.

They're too many... Rosairie thought desperately, I take all these out and get two points for each of them... but that'll be all our PP gone!

 

[Alter Ego]

"Oh great..." Valen muttered for himself as Rosairie came into view once more, this time apparently preoccupied with a flock of Poochyenas and looking very much like she wasn't in control of the situation.

{Papa! Look!} Kachiko exclaimed, pointing towards Rosairie and her team, {Henna and a funny duck person are in trouble!} he jaws snapped in the air, {Now we rescue! Yes?} the steel type looked up at Valen with an expression of blind trust.

"No..." Valen replied flatly, casting another glance at Rosairie's team, "Now we continue to mind our own bussiness."

{But papa!} Kachiko protested, tears welling up in her eyes {It's henna!}

{Master Valen...} Smaelaugh interjected, {The great Smaelaugh has something to say.}

"Well if you see him, tell him to go ahead and talk." Valen replied cynically.

The Venonat let out a 'harumph' sound at this, but continued; {It simply seems to the great Smaelaugh, that that...} he gestured towards the flock of Poochyneas {Would be an easy chance to gain points.}

Valen remained silent for a moment, contemplating Kachiko's continuous urgings (But papa!) and Smaelaugh's proposition.

"Very well..." he replied at last, giving a tired sigh "Kachiko. Swords Dance and Baton Pass to Seirini."

{Yeppers!} the Mawile called out, beginning to sway her body in a peculiar dance that just kept growing in intensity and which ended in a skip and the popping sound of the little steel type's baton pass technique, Kachiko's figure becoming replaced with that of Seirini, the Arbok.

{Yesss?} the Arbok asked dutifully, turning her attention to her trainer.

"Seirini." Valen said simply, "Take care of those Poochyenas with Earthquake." he pointed towards the pack of canine pok?mon surrounding Rosairie and her team.

"And you!" he called out to the girl, "If you want to keep your pok?mon intact I'd suggest returning them now!"

He didn't really care whether Rosairie listened or not however, collateral damage didn't count towards the ban on attacking other trainers' pok?mon after all, and Seirni was already lunging towards the pack, focusing the whole of her mass on a single point on the pavement and causing a sizeable shockwave to travel in all directions, tossing the remaining Poochyenas in various directions where they ended up lying on the pavement, twitching slightly until they lost consciousness, quite a profitable multi-KO, really, even though Poochyenas, much like Pidgeys, were only worth 2 points each.

"Good." Valen said simply as he surveyed the scene, "Return, Seirini." the boy lifted up the Arbok's pok?ball and pointed it towards the serpent, returning her to her pok?ball in a flash of red light. Without giving Rosairie as much as a glance more, the boy then proceeded to head down one of the many alleyways once more, looking for a target actually worth following.

EDITNESS OOC: By the by, I would like to remind the Showgan crowd to post in that RP too, a bit more attendance there would be appreciated.

 

[Mika]

OOc-
Like,the Tournament started already?!o.O
Feebas,,Literature homework.>_<*throws Literature book to one corner of the room*

OoC

o_o; Yes, yes I agree. Homework bad. RP good.

>.>; And Alter if I seemed harsh (Or if I seemed like I'd just severed your head, baked it, put whipped cream on it and put it back on your head by gluing it back onto your shoulders), I aplogize. I'm extremely overworked with a stupid World History Project, my excema's acting up (@_@; Ish... all... over.... face....) all I wanna do is rp with ya'll cuz I'm DEPRIVED of literate rp-ness and my sister won't stop playing that STUPID ANIMAL CROSSING DS GAME. I have all the friggen sounds stuck in my head. ;o; MAKE IT STOP PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE. And yeah. o-o; Also, with the static thing. o_o I got mixed up. Tis my mom's fault. e-e; She had her saphy cartridge in my gba. With her FLUFFY PIKA. <3

But I do like your strat. for my espi and that, (Except I'll trade Psychic for Calm mind, NOT PYSBEAM cuz it's pretty) and reflect would help alot in my little corner of the rp. >:3 So for that... -throws a cookie at Alter-

HOWEVER

There is something I should point out. As you insulted me dwaggies and me dwaggie knowledge.. ??; As Charon will atest to, my normal rp character specializes in Dragon types (CUZ I <3 LANCE BASHING) and because of that I've done hours of breeding, raising and hair-pulling-outting-. :3 I made the dratini how I did because Kyoko, as a character, doesn't really know a darned thing about dwaggies so she just shoved TMs at it. I'm fully aware of the Str boost that a Dragonite has. :3 -nodnod- Mika not be stupid. Mika just chose to be stupid here.

To be honest tho, I would've given my dratini these moves in game because, as you said, it can't really learn the ebil moves til it evolves and I just want it ot get there. o_o;

My end set for my Dragonite in Fire Red is thish.

Earthquake
Aerial Ace
Ice Beam
Return

^ ^ So Mika is smart and knows what she's doing. -nodnod- Please dun think I stupid. D: I'm not really, not when it comes to my babies. -luffs her dragons- BUTTTTTTTTTTTT~

I totally agree. Lance must die. He's a meanie butt.... AND I DUN LIKE HIM RIGHT CHARON? -twitches-


Allllllllllter. D: I'msorrydon'thatemewantsomepie? -offers pie that's missing two pieces- Dun </3 Mika. As Mika <3s you muchly. o___o And doesn't want to be hated. BY ANYONE.

o____o;;;;;

As far as the tourny, I'm not if I'll do this "right" feel free to slap me with a stick.... with pokey things on it. And then stab me.

Also, is there a penalty if you try and catch one of the "wild" pokemon? o.o




IC

So cold.

She was so cold.

The moment the bars had been lifted it felt as though time had gone from summer to winter in just seconds, bringing with it the eerie scents, the mysterious breezes that could take one from warm and pleasent to cold and misrable in the time it took to raise a hand. Her knees trembled, almost knocking together from the tremors. Her hands and arms were the same way as sheer fear overcame her. Since her childhood, she'd always been sensitive to this sort of thing, always been sensitive to the feelings of pokemon. It wasn't anything magical, no, it wasn't like that. She couldn't read minds, couldn't make things levitaite, couldn't teleport or anything like that. All she could do was listen unwilliningly to the outcries of the captives, of the pokemon that didn't want to be here... or the cries of those that sought blood.

It was quickly becoming a problem as well. The overwhelming cries were starting to mix in with her before tourny gitters and though she'd once been standing, she was now on her knees, hands pressed into the pavement. She knew she was weak, she knew she was pathetic, she knew there was no way she could win... so it was almost as if she shouldn't bother... but what would that acomplish? She'd never win her father's approval by failing but she was so overwhelmed that she could barely move.

Luckily, from a saftey point of view, her Espeon was infront of her, blasting anything that came near them with Pysbeam, a reflect wall also around them both. Mitten was used to this, used to her trainer's episodes but was now really the time for one?

Minna-chan, on the other hand, was scurrying through the streets, looking for that blasted golduck (As to her, it stuck out like a raw thumb) to find Rosairie and hopefully find something that could snap her idiotic trainer out of her daze before her head was bitten off.

She didn't have to go too far as she quickly found Rosairie and pounced on the older girl's shoulder, rambling in her ear.

 

[Light_Azumarill]

OOC: Yay, I've arrived after the action's started! ^-^;

And I agree, Kachiko's Baton Pass was too cute. *huggles imaginary Mawile plushie*


Reina
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The opening speech of the tournament wasn't too long-winded, though the pauses and added parts that didn't concern Reina were making her anxious, and she wanted the darn thing to just start already. She had come here to fight, not listen to some political incompetent spout out a premade speech. Reina may not have seemed like the politically cynical type, but she stood where her father did on the subject; that politics was a business that none of the good and kind people ever got into. As the introduction went on, she watched quietly as Lori told them all of the rules, and thought that the woman was just a little too flowery for her taste. It was no wonder that Reina found the tour to be a bit annoying with that woman running it. At least she was talking about the actual tournament and not some stupid rumors. Tabansi had mentioned those rumors, and while he was a smart pokemon, Reina never believed rumors; there had been too many revolving around her in the past that were fake to let her believe in them again.

As the start of the contest was proclaimed, and the pokemon were released, Reina smiled, "Ah, finally! I was about to bring out a pillow and blanket!" She looked over to JJ and the others, "Good luck!" She meant it too, even to Rosairie. After all, it is always much funner to take out enemies when the race is neck and neck.

Reina figured she should distance herself a bit from the others, she didn't want to take one of their wild pokemon, and as she began to run off, a small something made her trip.

"AH!" she had to hop on one foot for a moment as she steadied herself from falling, "What the?!" Below her was a Diglett, and it looked ready for a fight. It was small, but a good warm-up.

"Go Pixie!" Reina said, throwing her pokeball at the ground near the Diglett, "Use Surf!" Her voice had gotten a serious, commanding sound to it that normally wasn't there; this was her battle voice, and she took battling very seriously. It was great fun, but it was also a struggle, a test, and so Reina was very serious about it.

Pixie came forth in a flash of white light, and twirled a bit in the air before pumping out a good deal of water from her mouth at the top tentacle of her five. The water shimmered a bit in the light, and after a good dousing, the Diglett lay in the ground slumped over; fainted.

"That was too easy, let's find a better oppponent," Reina said to Pixie and Tabansi as she returned the Staryu to her ball.

As she turned around she then spied something better indeed. A rather docile, but large, normal-type pokemon, a Miltank. This would be a bit easy and a bit hard. Tabansi had the type advantage, but this Miltank looked pretty big and didn't seem to be afraid of Tabansi in any way. Reina smiled and accepted the pokemon's suggested challange.

"Tabansi, go on and attack that Miltank with Seismic Toss!" Reina commanded, and the Miltank looked at Tabansi with a ready look. Tabansi charged at the cow pokemon and grabbed onto her with all of his strength. She really was heavy!

{Ack!} Tabansi grunted, feeling his legs buckle a little under the weight. This must have been why she looked ready when he had raced up to her, she thought that her weight would be to much for him. She was wrong though. Instead of the learned way of Seismic Toss, Tabansi tried another way of doing it that only Heracross can do. He shoved her bulk to the ground and jumped back a little, then flung his horn underneath her body and swung her around a bit, gathering strength and speed along with it. His horn could support her weight, it was after all the strongest part of his body, and then he threw her out of his horn aimed at the hard ground, and the Miltank hit it. She got up wobbily though, and came at him with a slightly shaky Body Slam. This didn't do much to Tabansi though, and because Miltank was so weakened, the slam was more like a tackle.

"Tabansi, use another Seismic Toss, though I think a light one should do it," Reina commanded again, her voice as serious and strong as it was when she told Pixie to use Surf.

Tabansi tossed his horn around a bit, the Miltank was trying to avoid his horn, but he caught her after a few seconds, and then slammed her to the ground with it. She tried to get up again but failed.

"Nice job, you were pretty good with using your horn, perhaps you should do Seismic Toss like that all of the time?" Reina said in her normal tone, as she patted Tabansi's horn.

{Well... I think you're right, but let's not battle anymore Miltank... I think I'm getting a headache,} the cobalt bug said with a click of his wings. Reina smiled.

She ran off in another direction, and saw a young girl battling a Squirtle with a Pichu. The Pichu was about to deliver its final blow, and as it ran up towards the Squirtle, it looked nervous and hesitated for a moment. Reina tossed Pixie's ball, "Pixie Thunderbolt!" Pixie appeared again in flash of light and this time electricity charged around the starfish's body, and then concentrated into a bolt that flew off to the Squirtle. The Squirtle fell over, knocked out, and Pixie returned to her ball in quick flash of light.

"Hey!" the girl shouted angrily, "That was my Pichu's battle!" She had long blonde hair and a pink dress on. Reina scoffed, "Your Pichu hesitated, so I finished it, maybe you should have trained more." It was rude, but Reina wasn't always nice, especially when it came to battling. She turned away and earned a frown from Tabansi.

"I know but she's not gonna be around for long from the looks of it, she only had three pokeballs, and one of them was that timid Pichu," Reina retaliated, trying to avoid a reprimand from the bug.

{I know but it was still a little too cruel Reina... after all, Pixie is timid too,} Tabansi replied.

"Pixie is not timid in battles though, not anymore. In fact, it's probably the only time she doesn't feel timid," Reina said with a nod. Tabansi had to agree to this, and Lori had made it clear that stealing a knockout was not to be complained about. It may not have been the nicest thing, but it was by no means illegal.

OOC: Must eat breakfast!! ;; I'll post in Showgan after I eat. And maybe here again if someone else posts.

 

[Baker's Bulbasaur]

OOC - I done that last year Charon Chan :) teehee
and aaargh! **** drama! im behind!!!

IC - Jeffery put his fingers to his mouth and whistled loudly, before beginning to run forward, dodging in out and out other scrambling people, all releasing pokemon or shouting attack commands. Within a few seconds, at the sound of the whistle, a small black bird pokemon came zooming round a corner and caught up with his master

{like, the dude you wanted me to tra.....}

''No time for that now'' JJ said simply
''we'll talk about it later, for now we got work to do! lets go!''

{like, totally}

JJ came to an fork in the path, instinctfully taking the left one, he saw on many levels of the area, various pokemon flying, stomping around, some battling other pokemon, some trying to hide. From the corner of his eye, JJ saw a caterpie climbing down a tree straight ahead

''Quick!'' he shouted powerfully and with confidence
''Taillow, use Quick Attack!''

{Like, good call dude!}
the bird pokemon swept it's wings back and began to zoom forward at fantastic acceleration, it hit the poor bug pokemon dead on, sending it into a tree, it has been KO'd instantly

JJ didn't smile nor show any signs of glory, his intense eyes merely kept searching for pokemon.

''There! straight ahead Taillow!''
JJ saw in a small fountain, was what was undoubtfully a Poliwhirl, it had its entire body low, trying to hide behind the wall, but jeffery had managed to see it before it took to hiding again.

''Use sand attack!'' he ordered

Taillow took aim at the water pokemon and began flapping it;s wings fast and strongly to fire thousands of sand particles straight towards it. The energetic Poliwhirl however jumped out of the fountain and out of the way

{Poliwhirl!!!} it said angrily, and fired a water gun straight at Taillow

''Taillow! quick, Aerial Ace!''

The bird pokemon as fast as lightning dodged over-top the water attack and zoomed into the poliwhirl, hitting a perfect bullseye.
The Poliwhirl cringed and Jeffery saw his chance

''Taillow! Quick Attack!''
{Like, im on a total narley roll dude''

Taillow zoomed into the Poliwhirl again, sending it flying back into the fountain, KO'd

JJ began to run again, they were doing well, but had a long way to go...

 

[Charon]

{ooc| LMAO, Mika, no worries! We're all friends here (apart from Alter, who obviously we all hate... Just kidding!) so you don't have to worry about being looked down on. I promise ya~!
*cuddles* Yis, you do loath Lance... remember when Mika, Maxie, Luna, and Gullwing were at Lake of Rage (at least....a lake of some sort), and we were having some sort of UBER L337 SHOWDOWN, and suddenly Mika paused everything and started ranting about him? I sure do =3 That was funny.
BB, I love your Taillow... Narly... heh heh...
Melissa, please postie in shwogan soon. Everyone's waiting on Zachary, the suspense is killing me xDD}

Rosairie watched Valen go bitterly.
"I didn't ask for your help!" she called, "I was doing fine!"
Rosairie pulled a face. He was so rude. Not even a 'you're welcome'. At least Reina had been polite enough to wish her good luck; maybe the girl wasn't so bad after all.
She had recalled Henna and Vampress, like she was told, and now she was incredibly vunerable. She fumbled with her other two pokeballs, sending out her Jolteon and Ivysaur to replace her missing pokemon.
"Right! she began, "Silence, I need you to-" she paused, for a little fluffy mouse had just appeared on her shoulder. "Minna? What?"
she glanced to Sinbad. The ivysaur shrugged, his leaves fluttering in the slight breeze.
Silence, meanwhile, was scanning the crowd. Where... where... there! he gave a bark, and streaked off into the crowd. Rosairie gave a yelp of surprise, pulled off her boots, and darted after him in her bare feet. After all, they had a heel, how could she possibly keep up with the Jolteon? Electric types were known for having more speed than they knew what to do with, and Silence was no exception.

The jolteon leapt between battles, weaved in and out of clashing bodies, and emerged by Kyoko. He began to whine, a high pitifull noise, and nuzzled her roughly.
A minute later, Rosairie appeared behind her pokemon, Minna still on her shoulder. Rosairie and Silence exchanged worried glances; the Jolteon's eyes were strangely alive, full of concern. Rosairie understood. She dropped to her knees and clutched at Kyoko's hand. "Kyo, Kyoko, listen to me!" she whispered anxiously. If I ask for help now will we get taken out of the tournament? I can't risk it!
Sinbad appeared at her heels. {Rozz, we're wastin' time!} he hissed.
Silence shushed him. The jolteon's fur sparked with pent up electricity. A battle field. A purpose. He longed to fight. He longed to cause....pain.

 

[Alter Ego]

OOC: *Sobs* Of course everyone hates me! I'm the crude person who actually refuses crappy sign ups, goes through with his treaths, and points out people's unscrupulous grammatical and RPing errors (Speaking of which, BB, Tailow can't learn Sand Attack! XO). ;___;

Seriously though, there's no need to panic Mika, I don't hate you (Like I said, I was being morning grouchy), not yet...but if you ever stick Hyper Beam on a Cradily...*Twitch* then you can count on ending up on my blacklist. Fair enough? XD And I see...an RPish set. Hmmm...wish I'd have known that before...anyways, that Dragonite set looks okay, Ice Beam for countering Salamence and other troublemaking dragons is a good choice really, although personally I'd prefer Brick Break over Return for countering Ice types. Well. that's just me, though. ^-^

And yay for Lance hating! That dude is so...gah, he is a molestor of dragon pok?mon! XO What kind of a lunatic putts Hyper Beam on a Dragonite?! GAAAAAH! *Bangs Lance's head against a wall* Whew, that helped a bit. XD He's lucky that he doesn't have my favourite dragon on his team...*Twitch* I swear, if I ever see him molesting a Kingdra with Hyper Beam he's in for the smiting of his life. *Prepares red herring* Yeah, incidentally Kingdra is my favourite dragon pok?mon do to the simple fact that it was the first real dragon I got (Because I don't count that sucky Dragonair I had in Red <.<). Tehee, we wreaked some serious havoc together back in Silver, me and my level 79 Kingdra. >D

Concerning catching the 'wild' pok?mon...well, nope, there ain't no penalty, but those fancy little devices they're wearing kind of act as pok?balls in the sense that they prevent catching (Specifically attuned to disrupt whatever thingumwhatsit it is that makes pok?balls tick). Sowwee, no catching of the tournament pok?mon. Although of course an outsider pok?mon could have slipped into the city during all the commotion.

And thanks for the comments on Kachiko's Baton Pass y'all. Kachiko loves you. ^-^

Aaaanyhow, I'm getting really tired of typing out the scores for everyone so I'll stop typing them out and I'll sort out the scoreboard stuffers in the end.

IC:

Doing fine indeed... Valen thought darkly at Rosairie's exclamation, A simply marvelous job at getting herself into trouble. But she still fails to understand... the boy's expression soured, "I didn't do that to help! I only wanted to get the points and stop Kachiko's whining!"

His emotions had reached their boiling point by the time he came to the last thought, and so he accidentally released it out loud as speech, accompanied by a furious punch into the air in front of him which caused a Murkrow who had been peering hopefully at the metallic necklace he wore to flutter off with the accompaniment of some indignant squawking.

{And a wise decision you did, master Valen.} Smaelaugh noted, nodding his head in approval, {The great Smaelaugh approves of this course of action, who shall be the next to feel his awe-inspiring wrath?}

"Any of those!" Valen said, waving a hand at the myriad of wild pok?mon charging about all around the street, "No..." he corrected himself, a dangerous glow igniting in his eyes, "All of them. Start by KOing that Rhyhorn with Giga Drain, and then use Psybeam to dispose of the Machop over there before that annoying little brat gets the chance." he gestured towards the fighting type who was currently facing down the orange-haired trainer from before and her Beautifly, the muscular little pok?mon appaearing deeply infatuated with the bug type in front of it and seeming to be experiencing some serious difficulties in bringing itself to attack.

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Meanwhile by the Aggron's pen, the leader of the group of five suddenly rose up, the four others following suit.

"Now, brothers..." he said, his gaze seeming to be locked into the distance, "Begin the chant. Show these fools the power of Typhoeus."

Without even wasting a single word to acknowledge the order, all four of the robed men struck up into a perfectly synchronized chant, although the words they sung sounded as treathening as they were alien, indeed, they didn't really sound as much like words as the low rumbling growl of a huge creature or the distant rumble of a giant landslide, this was further enchanced as the leader joined in, his own voice adding a metallic sound to the rumble, although all of it was soon joined by a far more impressive voice, a loud rumble escaping from the cage below and the whole pen trembling as the Aggron within suddenly took to its task with newfound power, the spectators in the seats above fleeing away with terrified screams as the loud snapping sound of one heavy metallic chain breaking after another became audible.

"You there! Stop!" one of the handlers called out in panic to the people chanting on the trembling stage, "I said stop! You're agitating it! Se-security!"

The nearby guards quickly rushed up to the top seats, only to find their way barred as a sizeable Donphan suddenly leapt into view, landing between the hooded people and the guardsmen with a heavy thud and immediately charging at the nearest one with an enraged cry, knocking the man back down onto the pavement before he even had the chance to call out any of his pok?mon before turnign to the remaining ones and charging at them with its huge tusks, both of them having to choose between weering out of the way or getting trampled by the elephant pok?mon. The men seemed to pay no heed to this however, merely intensifying their chant, the eerie tunes travelling across Undercity, courtesy of a microphone which the leader had procured, and a loud pounding became audible from behind the heavy pen door, several large indentures appearing on it. Both handlers, who had been preoccupied with seeing to the guard immediately rushed back over to the pen, pulling out their whips and letting out their own grunts and growls that were supposed to help in forcing the Aggron to back off, but if anything, the creature seemed to grow even more aggitated, a sizeable metal-plated claw punching straight through the door, ripping through the heavy steel like it was nothing more than paper and soon giving way to another equally large arm, which in turn was followed by the large, sharp-edged head which broke straight through with a terrifyingly strong headbutt, the creature turning its attention to what remained of the door and sweeping its large tail through the whole of the bottom half while it took a tight hold of the upper right-hand section with its mouth, tearing the door straight off its hinges and hurling it at the handlers who were forced to dive for cover while the Aggron disposed of the last section of the door with a hard slam from its tail and unleashing a thundering roar that shook the glass windows of the nearby buildings before it turned its attention to the humans on the ground, a vicious glint in its eyes as it lunged forward.

OOC: Hehee...complication time. >D For those who didn't realize yet, the chant that the monk-like people are performing drives all ground, rock, and steel type pok?mon berserk, so remember that if you're using or facing any of those.