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Post by fattymccatcat on Sept 25, 2018 8:20:53 GMT
I hear something move outside the tent and wake up, checking my pokenav I see that’s its a little before sunrise
I exit the tent and see andrena and illumise making some tea
“Hey” I say
“Oh sorry, did I wake you?” Andrena whispers
“Nah it’s fine” I say
“Would you like some tea?” Andrena asks
“Yeah” I say sitting down next to her
Illumise pours me a cup and flies it over
“Oh, thank you illumise” I say taking the cup and add some sugar and honey
“You’re up earlier than usual today, are you excited about the Amber Castle?” I ask
“Ha ha, yeah” andrena says with a smile
“I’m pretty excited too, I’m going to be taking pictures if a place very few people have seen” I say excitedly
“Oh yeah, I’ve been meaning to talk to you about that. I was thinking of paying you for those pictures. I’ll need them for my research and my report, of course I’ll also put your name down as the photographer.” Andrena says
“Oh cool! My first paid job” I say with a laugh
We continue talking until the sun comes up
I hear something move behind me
“Oh? Good morning” Ruche says leaving his tent and walking over
“How long have you two been up?” Ruche asks
“Like an hour?” I say unsure
“I’ll start breakfast” Ruche says
“Want some help?” I ask
“Sure” Ruche says
I help Ruche set up and make breakfast
About half an hour later Sasha joins us
After setting the table I go over to my tent and wake Scarlett up
Then I step a little ways away from camp and start combee bug buzz training
Combee starts buzzing loudly
I have Chimchar and Scarlett do another round of the back slapping game
Chimchar eventually pulls out a win much to Scarlett’s frustration
After breakfast we pack up camp and start walking
After about two hours we stumble onto a huge field of pomeg flowers and about fifty combee flying from flower to flower
“Alright looks likes its time” I say grabbing combee’s pokeball and releasing her
“Combee, go as those combee if we can visit the amber castle” I say and combee nods
“Illumise you go help, explain that we want to help make it a protected landmark” andrena says releasing illumise from her pokeball
Combee and illumise float over to some of the combee and begin talking
After a while the wild combee look a little uneasy and start delegating amongst themselves and then one flies off at top speed
Illumise and combee float back over and look a little uneasy
“It looks like they sent someone to ask vespiquen for permission” andrena says nervously
About an hour later a bunch of combee flood the field and surround us
Combee starts asking questions and one of the combee reply and combee sighs a sigh of relief
“Combee bee” combee says happily
“We… Got permission?” I ask
Illumise nods
“Yes!” Andrena yells
“So these combee are our escorts?” I ask
“Mise!” Illumise says with a nod
We follow the combee for about an hour and as we start walking downhill between some cliffs I hear a loud crashing sound
As we reach the bottom we see a large rocky area, the cliffs have holes in them and combee are flying in and out of them, and there’s a huge waterfall flowing into a small pond.
There’s a bunch of large combee flying around, my combee has three hexagonal faces while these large ones have anywhere between ten to thirty
“fascinating! Its my first time seeing one in person, those are called combee walls, made up of a bunch of combee stuck together” andrena explains
I take out my camera and start taking pictures of the waterfall and combee
After making sure I got some good pictures I turn and check on combee and Scarlett
Combee and Scarlett are looking around excited
Scarlett’s fascinated by the waterfall while combee is enamored by all the combee walls
“So this is the place?” I ask
“No no, I think there’s an entrance hidden around here somewhere” andrena says as she starts looking around by the holes in the walls
I call combee over and she’s surrounded by other combee
“Hmm” I say
I take off my tie and tie it around combee so I can differentiate between her and the rest of the combee
One of the escort combee nudges me and it flies behind the waterfall
“Andrena!” I call
Andrena turns and walks over
“What?” Andrena asks
“The entrance is behind the waterfall” I say
“Oh, let’s go!” Andrena says running over toward the waterfall
Ruche walks over
“Are there only going to be combee in this cave?” Ruche asks
“Yes! Vespiquen are very territorial, they wouldn’t share a cave with another species” andrena explains
“Alright” Ruche says relieved
I turn to find Sasha and she’s sitting on the ground near the waterfall and surrounded by combee, some of which seem to be falling asleep even though they are next to a waterfall
“We found the entrance, you coming?” I ask
“Yeah” Sasha says standing up
The sleepy combee floats into the air and kinda glare at me
We all enter the cave and take out our flashlights
We follow a combee for a few minutes and enter a large room, the stone is blue and slightly reflective, and there’s a large spiral path leading deeper into the mountain, along the walls are large openings and there are hoards of combee flying in an out of the openings
“Whoa, there must be thousands of combee here” Ruche says
I snap a few pictures and the reflective stone ruins a few of the pictures, however I eventually get one where the glare isn’t too bad and it actually turns out pretty nice
We follow the combee down the spiral
About halfway down he turns into one of the openings and we follow him
The path gets a little narrow but we manage to keep up
After about ten minutes we reach a wall and the escort combee stops
“What? A dead end?” Ruche asks
Andrena points her flashlight at the wall and gasps
“Its… Its one giant combee wall!” Andrena says excitedly
I snap a picture and the flash makes the wall crumble
I check the picture and laugh, it about two hundred combee all with surprised faces
As the wall finishes crumbling and the combee disperse the cave is filled with a golden light
The first thing I notice is the sudden smell of honey
As my eyes adjust to the sudden light my jaw drops
Floating in the center of a massive room is a shimmering golden structure, it has columns and windows and looks like a cathedral.
Its held up by large yellow rods connected to the cave walls and there’s a large path leading to an opening in the castle.
There’s swarms of Combee buzzing around, and the occasional Combee wall
I take out my camera and start taking pictures
“Wow” Andrena mutters to herself with a huge smile on her face
“What is this material?” Ruche says touching the floor
I touch it as well, its hard but has some give, like those rubber mats you find on playgrounds but a little firmer
Andrena gets down and examines it and then after a little while smiles
“Its hardened honey” andrena says
“What!?” Ruche says
Sasha walks over to the wall and licks it
“Its true” Sasha says
“Sasha no!” Ruche yells
I laugh and andrena stands back up and dusts herself off
“When we meet vespiquen let me do the talking, they are very temperamental” andrena says
“Alright” I say
Take out my pokedex and hand it to Scarlett
“I have to focus on taking pictures, so you get the dex entry” I say
“Maw” Scarlett says
Combee is looking around the room amazed and some of the Combee fly over and start talking to her and seem to invite her to play with them
“You can go play if you want, buy stay within earshot so you can hear me call you back when its time to go” I say
Combee smiles and goes off to play and we walk towards the amber castle
As we get closer I hear a sort of dripping sound as I continue taking pictures
We enter what seems to be the main room, there are windows made of clear honey adorning the walls, and tiered pools of honey slowly flowing downward into more pools eventually coming together into a large basin of perfectly clear shimmering honey
Standing at the top of these pools is a pokemon I can only assume to be vespiquen, she is black and white and has a large honeycomb body and long arms with claws at the end, she has pincers and her eyes are red, as is the jewel that adorns her forehead
She gives off an air of royalty as she looks us over
Andrena steps forward and she bows to vespiquen which turns into a really nice picture
“Vespiquen, my name is Professor Andrena, the world leading bug type researcher. I’ve come here today to discuss making this place a protected landmark.” Andrena says
“Vespi” vespiquen says
“Humans have learned about this place recently and I’m sure some have even started snooping around looking for the fabled enchanted honey, if we make this place a landmark we will be able to protect this place from any would be treasure hunters or thieves” andrena explains
Vespiquen considers something for a moment and then nods
“So you will allow it?” Andrena says excitedly
Vespiquen sighs and motions for andrena to follow
As I go to follow as well vespiquen motions for me to stop and andrena does the same
After about ten minutes andrena comes back looking angry
“What’s wrong?” I ask
“She took me to what I can only assume is a sort of hospital, there were a bunch of injured combee there from what I could tell they were hurt repelling thieves or poachers or something” andrena says with a sigh
“I’m surprised they let us in” Ruche says
“Its probably because we had a female combee vouch for us, female combee are known for being good judges of character” andrena says
Sasha steps forward toward vespiquen and bows
“Vespiquen. Please let me treat those injured combee” Sasha says
Vespiquen looks her over and nods and vespiquen shows Sasha the way
While they are gone andrena examines the pools of honey
“Oh? Interesting” andrena mutters to herself
“What is it?” I ask
“This is how enchanted honey is made, regular combee is honey is deposited into the top most pool, when it settles the impurities settle at the bottom and the top layer of pure honey flows down into the next pool through a filter and the process repeats until it reaches its purest form and flows into the basin.” Andrena explains
“Oh! I see! Then the honey with all the impurity’s gets used to build with! Fascinating!” Andrena says amazed
Vespiquen returns and andrena and her start talking while I continue to take pictures
Ruche seems interested in the enchanted honey basin but doesn’t get too close
After about an hour and a half Sasha returns and looks exhausted
“Are you okay?” I ask
“There were about sixty injured combee” Sasha says
“Geez” I say
Andrena and vespiquen walk over
“Alright guys, I’m staying here to oversee the process of turning this place into a landmark” andrena says
“I see, would you like to check the pictures?” I ask
Andrena takes a laptop out of her bag and puts the SD card from my camera in
She’s scrolling through the pictures with a smile
“These are perfect, they will help prove that this place is worth protecting, thank you” andrena says handing me the SD card back after copying the files
She also hands me my payment for my work and I put it away
“So how long will it take?” Ruche asks
“About two weeks probably, so I’m going to stay here and help the transition along” andrena says with a smile
“So I guess this is goodbye” I say
“For now, I’m sure we’ll meet again” andrena says with a smile
Vespiquen floats over and points toward the basin of enchanted honey and smiles
“Are you saying we can have some?” I ask and vespiquen nods
“Thank you!” I say taking a jar out of my bag and Ruche and Sasha do the same
We each carefully fill our jars with the shimmering honey and carefully put them into our bags
We bow to vespiquen and say goodbye to andrena and illumise one last time and exit the amber palace
As we cross the bridge I call combee over and put her back into her premier ball and put my tie back on
We head outside and decide to have lunch next to the waterfall surrounded by combee
After lunch we start heading back into the forest toward Eterna city
We walk until nightfall and set up camp and go to bed
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Post by fattymccatcat on Sept 25, 2018 9:46:50 GMT
We spend the next six days making our way towards Eterna city
I spend most of my time training bug buzz with combee and chatot and then doing the back slapping game with Scarlett and chimchar
Chimchar has won six times while Scarlett has won three
I battle with Ruche and cherubi every other day alternating my pokemon
Chatot managed to get a win while Chimchar and Scarlett both lost
As night falls on the thirty second day we see the lights of the city in the distance through the trees as we set up camp in the forest
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Post by fattymccatcat on Oct 2, 2018 3:21:48 GMT
We wake up and after breakfast we leave for eterna city
After about two hours we emerge from the forest and walk through the entryway into the city
The city is larger than any we have been to previously and is bisected by a large river. The roads are paved with black stone and give a nice contrast to the classic styles that most of the buildings have. There are large trees lining the streets and between most of the houses and apartment buildings.
“Which way to the pokemon center?” I ask
“Uh, there’s one close to here actually” ruche says checking his pokenav
“There’s more than one?” Sasha asks
“Yeah, looks like there’s one on each side of the river” ruche explains
We make our way through the city taking in the scenery until we reach the pokemon center
We check in and manage to get a room together and to ourselves
After unpacking I make some tea in the lounge and decide to try adding some enchanted honey
Its amazing, its adds a soothing yet crisp flavor that seems to flow through my entire body
“Whoa” I say shaking the goosebumbs off
“Maw?” Scarlett says looking at my cup
I give her a sip and she shudders and smiles
“Good huh” I say
“Maw!” Scarlett says with a big smile
“You ready to challenge the gym today?” I ask
“Wile!” Scarlett says with a nod
“Good” I say with a laugh
“So you’re going for it right away?” Ruche asks from behind me
“Yep! No point in waiting right?” I say
“I guess that’s true, if you win you get it out of the way and if you lose they can tell you what you need to work on and you can start training” ruche says
“Exactly” I say with a laugh
After finishing my tea we all leave the pokemon center and head to the gym which is on the other side of the river
We cross a bridge and make our way through town until I see the gym in the distance and start getting excited
A large dome shaped building is sitting in a large grassy field, the building is covered in moss and ivy and surprisingly isn’t surrounded by trees
We walk through the front door and up to the front desk where a woman with black hair and glasses smiles at us
“Hi, im Jenna, Are you here to challenge the gym?” Jenna asks with a smile
“Yes I am!” I say
“Alright please sit down while I inform the gym leader” she says standing up and walking off
We wait in the lobby for about five minutes before Jenna reappears
“She’s ready for you” Jenna says and we follow her down a corridor until the path splits
“You go down the left path while any observers go down the right, there’s a skybox set up for you to watch from” Jenna says with a smile
“Alright thank you, Sasha, I’ll ask if she uses any large pokemon again, if she doesn’t I’ll give a thumbs up” I say
“Okay” Sasha says
They walk down the right path while I go down the left, After awhile I emerge into a large open area
I’m surprised by the sudden change of scenery. As I’m surrounded by trees once again, but they are trees I’ve never seen before, their leaves are pink and more like flowers and there’s Cherri Berry’s growing on them
I make my way into the center of a clearing, I look up and can see the sky through the open roof and then after looking around i see a woman with short brown hair. she’s wearing boots, shorts, and some sort of green cape. She is standing in the center of the field with her hands on her hips and a big smile on her face
“Hello challenger! I’m Gardenia, the Eterna city gym leader, as you can probably tell from the scenery, I use grass type pokemon” gardenia announces
“I’m Dakota and this is my partner Scarlett, we’re from Twin Leaf Town and are here to challenge you” I say with a smile
“And how many badges do you have?” Gardenia asks
“One” I say
“I see, shall I begin explaining the challenge you must complete to earn the right to battle me?” She asks
“Yes?” I say
“Heh, alright” gardenia says and then she whistles
A moment later a bunch of red and pink blurs shoot out from the surroundings and land in front of gardenia, I’ve seen most of these pokemon before, there’s four cherubi standing in front of gardenia and then standing in the middle is a pokemon I’ve never seen before, it has five large pink petals sprouting from its yellow face, and has a small pink body.
I take out my pokedex
Cherrim - The Blossom Pokemon - Grass - The evolution of cherubi. During times of strong sunlight its bud opens and it starts absorbing sunlight and becomes very active and cheerful, however its docile and calm during rainy or overcast days.
All five pokemon are wearing a necklace with a metal piece on it in the shape of a flower petal
“These five are your challenge, all you have to do is have either you or your pokemon tag them after finding their hiding spots. Once you do they will give you their necklace, you need all five to battle me, the time limit is half an hour” Gardenia says
“So its just a game of tag?” I ask
Gardenia smirks
“Sorta!” She says still smirking
“How many pokemon can I use?” I ask
“Three, preferably the three you plan on using to battle but its not necessary to limit yourselves to those, you can use any three of your pokemon” gardenia explains
I take Chimchar and chatots premier balls and release them
Look up at the ceiling and see ruche and Sasha behind some glass and wave to them
“Oh right, do you use any large pokemon? My friend is scared of them and I’d like to warn her” I ask
“Not really, they are all fairly small” gardenia says
I give a thumbs up to sasha and she nods
Gardenia smiles and then whistles again and all the pokemon scatter back into the trees
“Well then, Let’s get started!” Gardenia yells happily
We charge into the trees
“Chatot, look from above, Chimchar search through the trees, Scarlett and i will take the ground! Yell if you spot one” I shout
“Chat!” “Maw!” “Chim!” They all shout and scatter
Scarlett and I rush through the trees looking for any sign of where they might be but the Cherri berries hanging from the trees look so similar to the cherubi that its making it difficult
About five minutes of searching later and I see a red flash out of the corner of my eye
I turn and see a cherubi behind a tree and I whistle as loud as I can
“Go!” I yell while pointing
The cherubi starts running and Scarlett and I start chasing it
We chase it through the trees when I see an orange flash launch from a tree and tackle it to the ground
“Nice one Chimchar!” I say
Cherubi tosses the flower pendant around Chimchar neck and runs off back towards gardenia
Scarlett kicks the ground a little and starts looking for the next cherubi
A few moments later I hear chatot yell and we run off towards his location
We arrive and chatots standing atop a cherubi he has pinned to the ground and chatot is breathing heavily
“Nice!” I say
Chatot let’s cherubi up and it places its pendant around chatots neck and runs off like the last one
Scarlett takes off on her own
“Alright, three left!” I say as we scatter again and I chase after scarlett
After about ten minutes of searching we come up empty
“Anything?” I call up to chatot who shakes his head
After a few more minutes of searching I notice a weird looking berry amongst the others
“There!” I yell
Scarlett launches forward and slams into the tree with an iron head and cherubi falls to the ground but quickly recovers and starts running
Scarlett Dash’s after it an I join in
We chase it for about five minutes but can’t seem to catch up and Scarlett is getting tired
After a few minutes Chimchar joins us in chasing it which seems to give Scarlett another burst of speed as they both chase after it together
As time goes on the cherubi gets farther and farther away
As a last ditch effort Scarlett lunges forward but misses and falls to the ground and then Chimchar trips over her jaws
As I help them up i lose sight of the cherubi and then Scarlett and Chimchar stat bickering
“Hey, stop and focus” I say
Then I hear chatot yell again and we take off running but as we’re rushing over an alarm sounds
“Times up!” Gardenia yells through some speakers
We make our way back through the trees to the clearing where we started and gardenia is holding a tablet
“Hey, nice try, I saw everything through the cameras hidden in the trees” gardenia says with a smile
We hand over the two pendants we managed to get
“Alright, I’m gonna break down everything I saw you do right and everything you did wrong but first…” gardenia says and then she whistles and the remaining three pokemon appear
“So the two you managed to catch were the slowest two, so the fact that you couldn’t catch up with the third fastest means you need to work on increasing your overall speed, we have equipment you can borrow that will help with the training” gardenia says
“Now, the thing you did right was have chatot on overwatch, he’s fast and has good eyes” she says smiling at chatot who puffs out his chest with pride
“But that was about it honestly, your main problem seems to be teamwork” gardenia says with a sigh
“What?” I say confused
“Tell me, do you train by having your pokemon compete against each other?” Gardenia asks
“Yeah, sometimes” I say
“Its a good idea in theory, but if the pokemon aren’t close enough before starting that kind of training it can cause stress on the friendship leading to resentment over losses, especially if one of them is overly competitive, and from what i saw your mawile is exactly that” gardenia says
“She seemed less focused on completing the task for the team and was more preoccupied with beating the others, she became more frustrated and thus less efficient every time one of the others claimed a pendant” gardenia explains
“I see…” I mutter to myself
“It sounds like you just recently started that kind of training so its most likely fixable with some work” gardenia says
“So for your training you should focus of increasing your speed and strengthening your Pokemon’s bond, and like I said we have just the training equipment for the occasion” gardenia says with a smile
Jenna appears holding a small box which she hands to me, its heavier than it looks
“That’s the equipment, there’s instructions inside.” Gardenia says
I kind of zone out and gardenia claps her hands together in front of my face snapping me out of it
“Hey! Its okay! You didn’t know, everyone messes up while training their pokemon at some point, and like I said, you have a good chance at fixing it. I see how much you love your pokemon. Trust in them and everything will be fine” Gardenia says
“Alright. Thank you” I say
“No problem” gardenia says with a laugh
“Your friends are in the lobby, feel free to come back and challenge me anytime” gardenia says
“I will” I say
I put chatot and Chimchar back into their premier balls and Scarlett doesn’t say anything, she just looks disappointed as we walk back to the lobby
“Hey, nice attempt” ruche says
“Thanks” I say
“What’s wrong?” Sasha asks
“I… Messed up my training. I didn’t notice Scarlett felt… I just need to fix it. We need to fix it.” I say patting Scarlett’s head
Scarlett still looks disappointed
We leave the gym and head back to the pokemon center
Ruche and Sasha have stuff to do so I decide to stay in our room and open the training equipment while Scarlett climbs into our bunk and lays down
I open the box and its full of black rings of various sizes and weights
I find the instructions and read them and Scarlett gets curious and looks over
“These are leg weights. They go from one pound up to twenty five pounds. It seems you all are supposed to do cardio training while wearing them.” I explain
As I continue reading I let out a laugh and Scarlett gets curious again
“Ha ha, it seems they have a partner setting, you set two rings as partners and they start beeping if they get too far apart” I say
“…Mawile?” Scarlett asks
“I don’t know if I’ll use that setting. The obvious thing would to make you and Chimchar partners but… I have to think about this.” I say tossing everything back into the box
Me and Scarlett hang around our room for the rest of the day and turn in early
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Post by fattymccatcat on Oct 3, 2018 13:29:37 GMT
We wake up early and quietly get ready for the day
Then we sneak out of the room and have breakfast and leave the pokemon center
I summon all my pokemon and we spent about ten minutes stretching
Then I take out the ankle weights that I sized out last night, two for everyone except for combee who doesn’t have a place to wear one
As I’m putting my pair on Scarlett looks confused
“Mawile?” Scarlett asks
“Yeah, I spent some time thinking about it last night. The screw up was mostly my fault because I was just doing any training I thought of. So from now on I’m going to train with all of you. Anything I ask you to do I should do myself, except like, breath fire.” I say with a laugh
“Maw” Scarlett says with a smirk
I stand up and start getting a feel for the weights
“Today’s weights are five pounds so let me know if they are loose, or rub you wrong, I dont want you getting hurt" I say
“Maw” “chim” “chatot!” “Comb” they all chime
“We’re going to be running through Eterna, be aware of your surroundings, stay close, and if you need a break just call out and we’ll stop” I explain
Chatot take to the air with a little more effort than usual
“You good chatot?” I ask
“C-chat” he says in a reassuring tone
“Alright, combee, keep an eye on chatot, if you see him about to fall you try and support him okay?” I say
“Comb!” Combee chimes happily
We start jogging through Eterna city taking in the sights
People who see us smile and wave, one lady even calls out “good luck with your gym battle” as we pass by, I assume people are used to seeing people train like this
After about half an hour and crossing one of the two bridges we stop and take a break at a small park
Scarlett and chatot are panting heavily so I give everyone some water
Chimchar seems to be full of energy still and combee just seems to be having fun
I’m a bit winded myself, and as I’m looking around I notice an egg shop like in oreburgh
“Oh yeah, let’s stop in there for a bit” I say remembering that it was air conditioned
We walk in and are hit with that cold clean smell
The guy behind the counter welcomes us and I spend some time looking around, they seem to have mostly the same eggs as in Oreburgh so none really catch my eye
We leave the egg shop and continue running for another thirty minutes until we reach a big park after crossing the second bridge
We stop and rest for about an hour as everyone is wiped and covered in sweat
“I’m gonna have to do laundry later, maybe I should go out and buy some work out clothes, doing this in most of a suit was kind of stupid!” I say panting heavily
“Also scarlett, your vest is starting to get funky we need to have it cleaned” I say
“Maw!” Scarlett says in a distressed tone
“You haven’t taken it off since you got it! It needs to get cleaned at some point” I say with a laugh
Scarlett pouts a little then after a moment she sniffs her vest and recoils slightly
“…maw” Scarlett mutters embarrassed
I let the others rest in their pokeballs while Scarlett and I go shopping
We go to a clothing store and find some nice workout clothes for me
They consist of a plain grey tee, black pants that are easy to move in, and a white jacket with two diagonal black lines across the chest forming an X
After paying I decide wear them out and then we head to the dry cleaners and have my clothes and Scarlett’s vest cleaned, I was told they would be ready tomorrow so we leave and have lunch
After eating we rest for about twenty minutes in the large park from before and then we stretch again to get ready for the next round of training
We move to an area in the park with almost no trees
“Chimchar, your training for today is to see how long you can fire your flamethrower, so aim it straight up” I say
Chimchar nods and fires a large plume of fire straight upward, it fans out wide and doesn’t go very high, it tapers out slowly and seems to only last as long as Chimchar can breath out.
“Keep doing that, but focused on getting the stream of fire narrower and higher” I say and Chimchar nods
I turn to combee
“Combee. You keep doing your bug buzz training” I say and she starts buzzing away
“Chatot, you get used to flying with that weight, you still seem to be struggling, so just fly around the area ” I say and chatot takes off
“alright scarlett, were going to be training your jaw flexibility for fairy wind, so start spinning those jaws while firing it” I say and she starts spinning her jaws while blowing pink sparkly wind around
We continue like this for awhile taking intermittent breaks
As night falls everyone is exhausted so we walk back to the pokemon center
As we enter the lounge I see ruche cooking in the kitchen and wave at him as we enter our room and take a shower after removing the ankle weights
After getting everyone cleaned up we sit down with everyone
“Nice new clothes!” Ruche says with a smile
“Yeah, I’ve started working out along side my pokemon, and doing that in a suit was awful.” I say with a laugh
“Yeah, I have no idea how you have been traveling in those” ruche says
We continue talking and after dinner Scarlett and i pass out exhausted onto our bed
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Post by fattymccatcat on Oct 5, 2018 11:16:03 GMT
We wake up to find that’s its lighlty raining outside
I think about cancelling today’s training until I walk into the lounge and find that nurse joy has set up a box filled with disposable raincoats for residents to use
They are resizeable so they can fit almost any pokemon
After getting everyone fitted and eating a warm breakfast we put our five pound ankle weights on and leave the pokemon center
We slowly jog through Eterna once again, there’s fewer people out on the streets today
Chatot seems to be having trouble with the ankle weights and the restricted mobility from the raincoat is making it hard for him to fly
As we reach the twenty minute mark chatot start to waver in the air so we take a break at one of the nearby parks
From our runs I’ve determined that this town loves parks, there’s one every twenty minutes
As we rest under a tree I see someone else jogging with their pokemon and as they pass us I see that they too are wearing gardenias ankle weights
We jog through the park and see that this park is called Twin Rose Park and as we continue on I see some people having a double battle
We leave the park an continue running through town until we reach the large park from yesterday and take another short break
I pull out my pokenav and learn about the parks in Eterna
Turns out there’s five in total, Twin Rose Park, Old Wood Park, Flower Field park, Petal Plaza, and Monument Park
Twin Rose park is famous for having large battle fields so its become a popular place for double battles
Old Wood Park is the large park we are currently in, theres an enormous tree in the center of the park that’s been here since before the town was created
Flower Field Park is full of flowers an has a bunch of smaller battle fields for one on one battles
Petal plaza is the park where they hold festivals, there’s a large stage in the middle of the park and a nice place to walk through because of all the food stands
Then there’s Monument park, its on the very edge of town and is fairly small and out of the way, there’s supposedly a statue there thats been there for as long as anyone can remember, yet no one knows anything about the sculptor
I’ve visited two of these parks so far so I think it will be fun visiting the rest over the next few days
We head to the center of the park and take shelter under the large tree
The trees trunk is wide, it would take about five of me to wrap my arms around it and it stretches a few hundred feet high
The rain stops so we start training
Chimchar fires his flamethrowers into the air, they seem to go a little higher than than yesterday and the stream is tighter
Combee continues her bug buzz training, its getting quite loud and the wind coming of her wings is getting stronger
Chatot is doing flight training again, getting used to flying with the weight and it seems to be going well
Scarlett’s training is raising the flexibility in her jaws, she swings her jaws in a circle and the straight over her head
We train like this for a few hours taking small breaks and stopping for lunch
Then we jog back to the pokemon center stopping to get our clothes from the dry cleaners on the way
After dinner I pull ruche aside
“Hey, can I ask you for a favor?” I whisper while making sure Scarlett is still distracted by the TV in the lounge
“Sure, what?” Ruche whispers
“Can you make a cake tomorrow? Its Scarlett’s birthday” I whisper
“Oh okay, no problem, how old is she?” Ruche asks
“Two” I say with a smile
“What did you get her?” Ruche asks
“We have a little thing we do on special events, we go out and get root beer floats, they are her absolute favorite thing to eat” I say with a laugh
“That’s nice, I guess that’s another benefit of hatching a pokemon, you know when their birthday is, I’ve asked riolu before but he doesn’t know” ruche says
“Anyway, yeah, I’ll make us all a cake tomorrow” ruche says with a smile
“Thank you!” I say
Scarlett walks over looking tired so I pick her up and we go to bed
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Post by fattymccatcat on Oct 6, 2018 11:41:22 GMT
I wake up and let Scarlett sleep in a little
its still raining so I get the raincoats ready, then I get the new ankle weights from the box
I increase everyone’s weight by five pounds, so now its five pounds on each leg instead of two and a half
I only increase chatots to seven pounds since he’s still struggling
I wake Scarlett up and we have breakfast then put on our raincoats and ankle weights and start jogging around eterna
We take it slow so everyone can get used to the added weight, at around the forty minute mark my legs start burning and everyone’s panting heavily
We take a break on a nearby bench and rest for about ten minutes
As we get ready to continue our run the rain let’s up and it starts getting brighter
We continue running and taking breaks for the next few hours
At around noon we reach a new park right as the sun comes out and a huge rainbow forms.
I take out my camera and snap a few pictures, my favorite is of Scarlett jumping into a large puddle surrounded by colorful flowers and sending water everywhere with the large rainbow overhead
“I think I’ll send that one home, I’m sure they would love it” I say with a smile
As I look around I guess this is Flower Field Park judging by all the flowers
I call everyone together and let everyone rest in their pokeballs
Scarlett and I walk through town until we reach a diner and walk inside
We sit down at a table and wait for a waiter to come
“Do you know what day it is?” I ask with a smirk
“Maw?” Scarlett says confused
“Its may sixth” I say
It takes her a moment but when she gets it her eyes light up
“Maw!?” Scarlett asks bouncing in her seat
“Yep! Happy birthday!” I say
The waiter overhears and I see him smile at Scarlett’s reaction
He walks over
“What can I get you two?” He says
“Two root beer floats please” I say
“Alright, will that be all?” He asks
“Yeah” I say and the waiter walks away
Some time passes and Scarlett’s getting more and more excited
Then I see a bright light out the corner of my eye and its the waiter, he has two massive root beer floats and each has a sparkler stuck into the icecream
He sets them down on the table
“Happy birthday” he says with a smile and then walks away
Scarlett is awe struck and reaches for the sparkler but I stop her
The sparklers go out and I remove them and hand Scarlett her spoon
We mix up the ice cream into the root beer and slowly enjoy it, I like drinking it through a straw while she likes eating it with a spoon
Scarlett takes her time savoring each and every bite
After we finish them she has a look of pure bliss on her face
We pay and head back to the park and I summon everyone and give them their lunch
Then we start training again
Chimchar starts firing flamethrowers into the air and they go higher and tighter than before and it last longer as well
Combee continues her bug buzz training, its become very loud, she could learn the move at any moment
Scarletts jaws have become very flexible, she can swing them around a lot faster now
“Alright Scarlett, now let’s try spinning it in a large circle while using fairy wind” I say
She swings her jaws in a large circle like a fan and begins blowing a steady stream of pink glittery wind that whips in a whirlpool creating a pink twister that fires out in a line, the wind is much stronger than before , but she can only do it while planted firmly on the ground and only in one direction
“That’s great!” I say proudly
She puffs out her chest happily
Then there’s chatot, he seems to be having difficulty flying with the new weight, I’m glad I didn’t do ten pounds otherwise he probably would have crashed by now
As he’s flying I throw my metal Frisbee into the air near him
“Chatot, air cutter!” I yell
Chatot finds the Frisbee with his eyes then the tips of his wings glow light blue, he flaps them and a cross of blue energy fly’s out and strikes the Frisbee and it tumbles to the ground
Chatot losses his focus and begins plummeting toward the ground
“Combee catch him!” I yell and combee shoots towards where chatot would hit the ground
At the last moment though chatot corrects himself and spreads his wings and swoops past combee and me in an amazing burst of speed
“Woah!” I shout
Chatot gently lands and catches his breath
Looking at the time I decide to end today’s training there
I put everyone back into their balls and we head back to the pokemon center
When we enter the lounge I can already smell the cake
We enter our room and Ruche and Sasha sit up on their beds, there’s a large cake with two candles on it sitting on the desk
“Happy birthday” Sasha says patting Scarlett’s head
“I made us a cake to celebrate” ruche says with a smile
We have dinner then head back to our room
Chimchar lights the candles on the cake and then Scarlett blows them out
its very good cake and once we finish eating the pokemon play a little before bed
Ruche comes back from the lounge and sits on his bed
“Sasha, when’s your birthday?” Ruche asks
“October seventeenth” Sasha says
“What about you?” I ask
“Mines June thirteenth, you?” Ruche asks
“April first is the day they found me” I say with a smile
“Found you?” Ruche asks confused
“Im adopted” I say
“Wait what?” Ruche says even more confused
“my dad found me or something, I don’t know the details, they said I can ask about it whenever I want but I haven’t felt like it yet” I say
“Huh, how long have you known?” ruche asks
“For a long time, they didn’t hide it or anything” I say with a laugh
“Huh. So April first huh, that makes you the youngest out of the three of us” ruche says with a smirk
“That explains his recklessness” Sasha says
“You’re only older by a few months, and I’ll have you know I’m reckless for much stupider reasons than age!” I say with a smirk
We continue chatting until everyone starts feeling tired so we turn in for the night
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Post by fattymccatcat on Oct 6, 2018 14:49:12 GMT
I wake up and get everyone ready for the day
We jog around Eterna and decide to head over to monument park at the far edge of town
After about an hour of jogging we finally reach the park, it fairly small and surrounded by trees creating an almost secluded area
There’s a large stone statue in the center of the park, it looks like three large crystals brightly glowing blue, yellow, and pink, jutting out of a large stone box. There’s a gold ring floating around the tip of each the crystal.
There’s a man standing near the statue and as we get closer I recognize him
“Professor conifer?” I ask
He jumps and wipes his eyes before turning around
“Oh. Uh, Dakota right?” Conifer says
“Yeah, you okay?” I ask
“Yeah, I’m fine, just here studying this statue… Again” conifer says with a sigh
“Its a nice statue, kinda bright though” I say
Conifer looks at me funny and then I notice Scarlett is as well
“What?” I ask
“Its… Bright?” Conifer asks
“Yeah? The crystals are glowing really brightly, kinda hurts my eyes… Wait can you… Not see that?” I ask hesitantly
Scarlett shakes her head no while conifer seems to be thinking deeply about something
I look at the statue again, the large crystals are glowing bright, there’s a large section of the stone box that has some weird writing on it and a picture of what looks like a hand with a spiral on its palm
For some reason I can’t fight off the urge to press my hand against the drawing
“Dakota no!” Conifer calls out as my hand makes contact with the stone
I snap out of it and recoil my hand
“Sorry! Dont know what came over me” I say with a laugh
But something isn’t right.
The first thing I notice is the lack of sound, then the lack of color, everything around me has gone grey scale
I rush to Scarlett, but she’s frozen in place, the same with conifer
As I try and wrap my head around what’s happening I suddenly feel extremely dizzy and fall backwards, as I hit the ground everything goes dark
At first I think I’m unconscious but realize if im thinking that then I’m not, I’m just surrounded by a black void and falling
I lose track of how long I feel like I’m falling, its been so long that I’m no longer panicking
“I wonder if I can do a flip” I mutter to myself but my voice sounds muted
Then I try because I have nothing better to do, so I tuck into a ball and do some flips but get bored of that after a few moments
“Hello!?” I call out
Its weird hearing yourself yell something and there being absolutely no echo, it messes with your ears
Then I see it, a light coming at me from beneath fast
As I brace for impact I fall into a ridiculously large room, its made of stone like some ruins or something but that’s not what I focus on
What catches my attention is the hundreds maybe thousands of statues of Pokémon I have never seen before, they are all unique in shapes and sizes and are all of different pokemon, they all give off an air of being extremely powerful
As I gently land in a pit in the center of the room I stand and notice all the statues are looking directly into this pit at me and a shiver runs up my spine
Then all the eyes on the statues light up and I’m frozen in place.
It feels gross, like thousands of eyes looking into my soul, judging me.
One by one the lights in their eyes go out, after what seems like forever only two statues remain
They are far away and smaller than some of the other ones so I can’t make out what they look like, but I can feel their eyes on me still, but I’m not grossed out, it feels… Comforting?
The lights in their eyes float out and coalesce into one single light, then another bigger light joins them from somewhere, as the light come closer to me something odd happens
I little rift open above the sphere of light and ten golden chains shoot out and impale the light then disappear
The sphere continues toward me and for some reason I’m not scared of it
It floats into my chest, right above my heart, and a warmth spreads throughout my entire body
Then I start falling again, but this time upward, and at a much faster rate
As the light below me fades the grey scale area comes into view and I’m propelled upward and land on the ground
As color and sound return to the area my heart starts burning. the pain ramps up and spreads through my entire body
It feels as if every inch of my body is being ripped in every possible direction and set on fire
I rip open my vest and shirt and see three jagged claw marks appear across my heart
“Maw!?” I barely hear Scarlett yell
Then conifer says something as he rushes to my side, but it’s so hard to hear him and then I realize why, I’m screaming
then I pass out
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Post by fattymccatcat on Oct 7, 2018 14:27:00 GMT
I wake up and see some familiar ceiling tile
“I’m kinda getting tired of waking up in hospitals” I say with a sigh
I sit up and survey the room
Conifer is passed out in a nearby chair
The clock on the wall says five am… May twelfth?
“I was out for four and a half days!?” I quietly mutter to myself
I stand up and go to the bathroom, then I look in the mirror and notice something’s off
After looking for awhile I realize what’s wrong, my eyes were solid black before, but now they have little white flecks in them
“Hmm. I kinda like it” I say with a laugh
Then I remember what happened, and put my hand over my heart, I lift the hospital gown and see three small scars over my heart, but they arent like normal scars, they are colored Blue, pink, and yellow.
Nothing seems to be wrong with my body, I feel fine, the white flecks don’t seem to have any effect on my eyesight and the scars don’t hurt
I walk back into the room and over to conifer and nudge him
“Conifer, conifer, Conifer!” I eventually wind up shouting as he wouldn’t wake up
“Huh uh what” conifer mutters as he shakes off his drowsiness
“You’re up!” Conifer says jumping to his feet
“Yep!” I say
“What happened!?” Conifer says
“I was gonna ask you!” I say
Conifer sighs
“Well, after you touched the statue, you disappeared for about two seconds then reappeared a few feet away on the ground screaming and tearing at your chest” conifer explains
Then I tell him everything that happened to me, I expected him to not believe me or tell me it was a dream or something but he just sat there and listened to every word as if in a trance
“So what do you think it was?” I ask
Conifer starts laughing uncontrollably but then it shifts to crying
After a few moments he composes himself
“I’m sorry, it’s just been so long since I found evidence” conifer says wiping away his tears
Conifer sighs and leans forward
“What do you know of the Bivlet family?” Conifer asks with a serious face
“Um, they helped out during the tragedy a few decades back?” I say
“I see. The Bivlets… They were my best friends… Like family” conifer says choking on his words
“So this is about the disappearances? Am I going to disappear too!?” I yell
“I don’t know! I’m sorry, I’m the lead researcher focusing on the legendary pokemon and the disappearances but truth be told, I don’t know anything, No one does, the bivlets searched for dia and the legendary pokemon, and then disappeared themselves, so I’ve been tracking their movements from before they vanished, but it was a chaotic time, so records and eye witness accounts are few and seldom helpful, the best i could do was figure out that they visited that statue before splitting up and traveling across the world” conifer says sighing again
“But now! I have you! Your my last hope. The only lead left, will you help me?” Conifer asks grabbing my hands and looking me in the eyes
“Yeah sure. I mean, I technically have to right? Otherwise I’ll disappear forever or something” I say trying to lighten the mood a little
“Thank you” conifer says
The nurse walks in and is surprised I’m awake and goes to get the doctor
“I told them you had heatstroke from overwork, we have to keep this between us” conifer says
“I’m telling ruche and Sasha” I say
“No, I don’t think-” conifer says but I cut him off
“I’m not keeping anything from them, not ever” I say sternly
“Fine” conifer says shaking his head
“Now where’s Scarlett? How is she taking this?” I ask
“Not… Well” conifer says looking a bit sheepish
The nurse and the doctor come back and check me over
After some exams they determine that I’m fine but decide to keep me overnight for observation
“I called ruche to let him know you’re awake” conifer says
“Thanks” I say
After about twenty minutes ruche, sasha, and Scarlett walk in
Scarlett runs over and jumps onto my bed and hugs me and shoots conifer an angry look
“Hey guys, sorry about this, last time I’m hospitalized, I promise” I say blatantly crossing my fingers
“Really? Heatstroke? You said you are taking breaks between runs!” ruche says sternly
“…what really happened?” Sasha asks suddenly
I smirk
“What?” Ruche asks confused
I tell them everything that happened and ruche looks skeptical but Sasha just listens
“Look! I got this awesome scar” I say lifting my shirt and showing them the colored scars
“Your eyes are different as well” Sasha says
“Oh yeah! I love the new white flecks in them!” I say excitedly
“How… How are you so calm about this?!” Ruche yells
“I Don’t know, its just, interesting I guess, I’m sorry” I say
Ruche sighs
The room is quiet until conifer coughs
“Uh sorry about lying before, this pertains to my research so Dakotas going to be helping me with my research” conifer says
“Like, a test subject?” Ruche says in a displeased tone
“No, more like an assistant” conifer says
“Does this mean youre going to stop traveling?” Sasha asks
“No no, it actually means he will have to travel more. From the little information i was able to gather on the bivlets movements after visiting the statue they split up and went to different regions and traveled all across the entire region, like they were looking for something, I had assumed it was Dia but now I’m not so sure…” Conifer says struggling a little
“See, it probably won’t affect our travels too much” I say trying to reassure them
“Do you have any idea what is even happening?” Ruche asks
“Not even a little!” I say with a smirk
Ruche sighs again but Sasha let’s out a small laugh
A huge smile spreads across my face, I’ve only heard Sasha laugh maybe once before in the entire time I’ve known her
We continue talking for a few hours until Sasha and ruche decide to head back to the pokemon center and grab my stuff
Conifer walks over and Scarlett shoots him another angry look
“Wow, what did you do?” I ask
“When the paramedics came and I lied about what happened she tried to tell them that I was lying so I had my pokemon restrain her, I’m sorry” conifer says
“I see. Well you will just have to make it up to her in your own time” I say patting her head
“y-yeah” conifer says scratching his beard
“So… I’m your assistant now?” I ask with a smirk
“In name only. You just keep doing what your doing and if anything weird happens call me and let me know” conifer says and he writes down his pokenav number
“Now I have to get back to Oreburgh and start all my research over with this new information” conifer says
“Its not much though” I say
“Its more than I’ve had in many years” conifer says with a sad look in his eyes
He shales it off and smiles
“So when you eventually leave Eterna come down to oreburgh, I’ll have all the paperwork done concerning your assistant position” conifer says
“Cool, maybe you can tell me more about the bivlet’s then” I say
“…yeah.” Conifer says with a soft smile
I get the feeling he hasn’t talked about them in many years
Conifer leaves as ruche walks back in with some of my stuff
My pokemon, my pokenav, and my clothes
I register conifers number before I forget then let all my pokemon know that I’m okay
Ruche leaves and I start planning a new training regiment
“Maw?” Scarlett says asking what I’m doing
“the cardio training is too slow, and isnt really helping with the bonding part of the training we need and since I just wasted four days I’m coming up with a new plan” I say with a smile
“…maw?” Scarlett says apprehensively
“The answer is… Double battles!” I say
I stay up for a little longer planning out the next few days and then eventually decide to go to sleep
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Post by fattymccatcat on Oct 18, 2018 23:50:08 GMT
I wake up and im surprisingly full of energy
I grab all my stuff and carefully pick up a still sleeping Scarlett and head to the lobby and check out
I head to the pokemon center and grab the ankle weights and wake Scarlett up
Then we stretch and jog until noon
We make our way to Twin Rose Park and walk towards the battle field area
There’s three fields and all have double battles happening and there’ a bunch of little groups of two or three people scattered around waiting for a field
I see two people talking by a tree and see that the pokemon next to them are also wearing ankle weights
They are a boy and girl around my age, the guy has a big smile and strong looking build and has spikey black hair. The girl is small, even shorter than me, she has long blonde hair and looks exhausted, like she could fall asleep at any moment.
Standing next to them are two pokemon, a small black dog with orange accents and a strong gaze and a small blue penguin
I take out my pokedex
Piplup - The Penguin Pokemon - Water - it doesn’t like being taken care of and hates taking food from people. it is a difficult pokemon to bond with Since it won’t listen to trainers it doesn’t trust. Despite its high pride it occasionally trips over its own feet which many people find cute.
Houndour - The Dark Pokemon - Dark/Fire - an extremely loyal pokemon, usually found in a pack, they communicate with each other through barks and howls.
As I put my pokedex away I see them walking over so I wave and they smile
“Hello, I’m Dakota and this is my partner Scarlett” I say
“I’m Rivin! This is my partner houndour!” Rivin says with a big smile
“My names Katell and this is piplup” she says
“I see that you also challanged gardenia, So, how many badges do you have?” Rivin asks
“One, from Oreburgh, you?” I ask
“Also One but from hearthome, saving Oreburgh for later, my teams a bad match up” Rivin says
Katell sighs
“Im the only one who hasn’t gotten one yet” katell says
“Your rematch is in a few days! Now let me hear your battle cry!” Rivin shouts
“Y-yeah.” katell says Weakly throwing a fist into the air
“Nice effort!” Rivin shouts enthusiastically
“How did you do with the hide and seek part?” I ask
“I don’t have to do it since this is my first gym battle” katell says
“Ha, that was easy, I started burning down the forest and they all ran out on their own” rivin says with a laugh
“Wow” Is all I can say
“Oh a fields open, Dakota wanna have a battle?” Rivin says with a big grin
“Sure, but weren’t you here first katell?” I ask
“No I’m good. Ive been battling him for the last few days so a change of pace is nice” katell says
Rivin starts removing houndours ankle weights so I do the same with scarletts, then I summon Chimchar and take his off too
Rivin grabs a pokeball from his belt and tossing it and a starly appears and everyone gets situated on the battlefield
The stage is set!
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Battle start!
Scarlett and houndour immediately charge at each other
Scarlett is enveloped in a metallic white light while houndour is wreathed in flames
They collide and the moves mix and cause an explosion sending both pokemon skidding backwards
Unfortunately is seems Scarlett took more damage than houndour in that exchange
Meanwhile starly is flying circles around chimchar, he’s shooting flamethrower after flamethrower but starly is too fast and dodges every one
Starly swoops low to the ground and chimchar fires another flamethrower but starly swoops upward and houndour jumps into the path of the fire
The fire seems to swirl around houndour then absorbs into him and rivin smirks
“Fire fang!” Rivin yells
Houndour fangs seem to turn red hot as he chomps at the air
“Scarlett dodge it!” I yell
Houndour charges at Scarlett but at the last second he jumps and starly swoops under him, houndour launches himself into the air towards chimchar at amazing speed
Chimchar doesn’t even have time to dodge as houndour red hot fangs sink into Chimchars arm
Chimchar screams out in pain but manages to focus enough to use his free arm and brick break to punch houndour in the face knocking him away
“Chimchar! Jump onto Scarlett’s jaws!” I yell
It takes them a second but they understand that I want them to copy what the others just did
Chimchar dashes toward Scarlett and jumps onto her jaws
Scarlett flicks chimchar into the air with her jaws
“No way!” Rivin yells with a big smile on his face
Chimchar flies like a bullet at starly and grabs onto it’s wings and they start falling
“Starly take down!” Rivin yells
“Don’t let go no matter what!” I yell
Starly reels its head back and headbutts chimchar but chimchar powers through and pile drives starly into the ground
They both stagger to their feet but chimchar acts quickly and punches starly with brick break knocking starly out
“Houndour smog!” Rivin yells
Houndour opens his mouth like he’s about to do something but nothing happens then houndour jumps back a fair distance
“Careful! Chimchar brick break! Scarlett iron head!” I yell
They both charge forward toward houndour but as they reach the center of the field the field explodes suddenly and catches fire but the fire quickly dissapates
Scarlett and chimchar fall to the ground singed and unconscious
“Dakotas team is unable to battle! Rivin is the winner!” Katell announces
“That was a great battle!” Rivin says with a huge smile
“Yeah! Let’s head to the pokemon center and then how about we get lunch?” I say
“Absolutely!” Rivin says
“Sounds good” katell says
We collect our pokemon and head to the pokemon center, we check in our pokemon and take a seat in the lobby
So what was that last explosion about?“ I ask
"It was houndour smog, its clear and extremely flammable, your Chimchars tail set it off” Rivin says
“Oh, dang” I say
“Yeah, but it wasn’t a bad battle, I can’t believe you copied his springboard move after seeing it only once” katell says
“Well I had to deal with starly somehow!” I say
“Oh man, i couldn’t believe your Chimchar took that take down headbutt like that! you have some good pokemon. we have to battle some more while were all still in Eterna” Rivin says
“Absolutely! maybe not double battles though, its kinda hard with two pokemon at once” I say
“Yeah, double battles aren’t for everyone” katell says
A chansey brings us our pokemon and we go to lunch
We register each other in our pokenavs and decide we should meet at flower field park tomorrow at noon
“So when are your rematches?” I ask
“Mines tomorrow!” Rivin says excitedly
“Oh, good luck!” I say with a smile
“Mines in four days, what about you?” katell asks
“I haven’t set one up yet, but I was thinking six days from now would be good” I say
We continue talking for about an hour then part ways
I head to the nearest park and summon Chimchar and chatot and take off their ankle weights
“In today’s battle I thought of a solution to our little cherubi problem, instead of just speed were going to start mobility training as well” I say with a smirk
“Chimchar will be our attacker, he is agile and fast, his job will be to tag them, Scarlett, your job will be to launch him with your jaws like in the battle earlier, chatot will find the cherubi and cover our blind spots” I say and they all nod
“Chatot can you lift Chimchar?” I ask
Chatot grabs Chimchar by the Wrists and lift him into the air but can’t seem to do it for long
“Alright I’ll keep that in mind, but for now let’s focus on learning to toss Chimchar accurately, I feel like earlier may have been a fluke” I say
I have Chatot fly in small circles at a low speed in the field a few feet away
Chimchar jumps onto scarletts jaws and she flicks Chimchar towards chatot at a high speed and he sails over him and crashes into the grass well past chatot
“Yeah, that’s about what I expected. We need to learn this in six days. So the new schedule is running in the morning, battles with Rivin and katell at noon and then training this until dinner” I tell them and they agree
We continue the flick training until it starts getting dark but they don’t improve much
We enter the pokemon center and have dinner with ruche and sasha and I tell them about Rivin and katell
That night I dream im standing hundreds of feet above a lake. Looking down at it I feel a sense of longing, like I need to desperately get down there and touch the water
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Post by fattymccatcat on Nov 6, 2018 14:57:29 GMT
I wake up and have breakfast with everyone and as I’m getting ready to leave ruche walks over
“Hey, mind if we tag along on your runs for a few days” Ruche asks
“Sure” I say with a smile
“Yeah, They are starting to get a little lazy, its mostly my fault since we don’t really train all that much and Sasha’s gave me a lecture last night” ruche says
“Ah, i see, it doesn’t help that Cherubi is like a bottomless pit when it comes to your cooking” I say
“Don’t tell Sasha but I’ve been kind of spoiling her with bigger portions of my food lately” ruche says
“Ha ha, I won’t say a word” I say
We exit the pokemon center and I change everyone’s ankle weights, Chimchar and Scarlett and i get fifteen pounds spread over both ankle weights, while chatot gets bumped up to ten pounds
We jog at a pace that ruche and the others can match and take frequent breaks because they aren’t used to this after about an hour or so they are exhausted so we decide to head to flower field park an little early
To my surprise katell was already there, napping in the shade of a tree
Piplup sees us and puts a flipper to his beak in a shushing motion
The pokemon go and play while me and ruche rest on a nearby bench
“So… How’s, uh the scar thing? Anything else weird happen since then?” Ruche asks with a worried expression
“Nah, fit as a fiddle. In fact I still feel better than ever, like I’m bursting with energy!” I say
The worried look on ruches face doesn’t go away
“Have you told conifer that?” Ruche asks
“Oh. No. Do you think I should?” I ask
“Yes!” Ruche says
I take out my pokenav and text conifer
Within seconds my pokenav rings and I answer
“Are you okay? What’s your heart rate? I should of taken a blood sample!” Conifer shouts
“relax! I feel fine, the extent of it is I don’t feel groggy in the morning and my stamina is better, like before I could run for about thirty minutes without resting but now I can run like sixty” I explain
“Hmm. We are going to have to run some tests when you get to Oreburgh” conifer says
“Yeah alright” I say
“Is that all that’s happened?” Conifer asks
“So far” I say
“Mm. Thanks for letting me know” conifer says
I hang up and put my pokenav away
We talk for awhile until Rivin and houndour show up
As he’s walking over he has a huge smile on his face
“Hey! How did your battle go?” I ask already sure of the answer
“I won of course! It was close though. Her pokemon are so fast” Rivin says sitting down next to us
Houndour goes to play with the other pokemon and ruche takes out his notebook and starts sketching houndour’s movements and ideas he gets
“This is my friend ruche, he will be zoned out sketching like that for a few minutes” I say with a laugh
“No problem, is katell not here yet?” He asks
“She’s asleep over there” I say motioning to her and piplup
“Ah, I see” Rivin says with a laugh
“So how long have you two known each other?” I ask
“Hmm, about two weeks? I met her in the lobby of the gym when I just got to town and we hit it off” Rivin says
“Oh, I thought you were traveling together since you get along so well” I say
“Yeah, were… Working on that” Rivin says a bit uncomfortable
I see movement out of the corner of my eye and see piplup and katell walking over
She yawns and sits down next to us
“So how did your battle go?” Katell asks
“I won!” Rivin says proudly
“Nice, next question, who’s the guy with the sketchbook?” Katell says pointing to ruche who had moved closer to the pokemon without me noticing
“That’s my friend ruche, he’s a clothing designer who uses pokemon as inspiration, he made Scarlett’s vest and he made me a matching tie” I say
“What pokemon did the inspiration come from?” Rivin asks
“Mega Mawile!” I say
“Oh man, that’s so cool! I can’t wait to go to kalos and get houndour a megastone” Rivin says
“Me too, but im going to put it off for a bit, I hear the test is ridiculously hard” I say
“Yeah I heard that too! I can’t wait!” Rivin says smiling ear to ear
“Who wants to battle?” Katell asks suddenly
“My teams wiped from the gym battle, so im done for the day” Rivin says
“I’m up for a battle or two!” I say standing up
We call all our pokemon over and walk over to an open field and prepare for battle
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Post by fattymccatcat on Nov 6, 2018 14:58:30 GMT
We step into our trainer boxes
“Chatot, your turn” I say and chatot fly’s onto the field
“Then i choose Piplup.” Katell says
Piplup takes its place on the field
The stage is set
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2
1
Battle start!
“Bubble beam!” Katell yells
“Dodge and use air cutter!” I yell
Piplup fires a flurry of bubbles at chatot who dodges by flying high into the air but the bubbles linger in the air
Chatot wing glow and he fires a blue cross at piplup
“Bide!” Katell yells
Piplup glows white and takes the air cutter head on
“Look out! It might be like riolu counter, don’t get close!” I yell
Chatot fires another air cutter at piplup who takes it head on again
It looks ready to fall over at any moment but doesn’t budge, then I notice the white glow its giving off has increased its intensity
“Wait, stop attacking!”
Suddenly piplup yells
“Too late! Do it!” Katell yells
Piplup opens its beak and a small white glowing orb appears and suddenly the entire area is lit with the blinding light from a beam that envelops chatot
After a few seconds the attack stops and chatot falls to the ground unconsious
I rush to chatots side and help him up
“You did good” I say as I put him back in his pokeball
“One more battle?” I ask
“Sure, piplup, good job, you take a rest” katell says
Katell takes a pokeball from her belt and tosses it and a pokemon I’ve never seen before appears
I take out my pokedex
Munchlax - The Big Eater Pokemon - Normal - It swallows food whole and stores extra under its long fur, however it sometimes forgets it has done this so trainers should be cautious of the food spoiling and messing up its fur
I put my pokedex away and see Rivin and ruche talking while looking at houndour
“Scar you ready?” I ask
“Maw!” Scarlett shouts and runs onto the field
The stage is set!
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2
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Battle start!
“Chip away!” Katell yells
Munchlax hand glows and its fingers turn into razor sharp points and he starts slowly running at Scarlett
“Iron head!” I yell
Scarlett glows a metallic white and charges at munchlax and makes contact with his stomach and he slides back an inch or two but he continues walking unhindered as Scarlett charges him again with another iron head
This time he braces himself as scarletts attack lands and the clash and neither budge
He brings his glowing hand down on Scarlett and the sharp points dig in and Scarlett screams out in pain and gets flung away
“bite!” I yell
“Lick” katell says
Scarlett clamors to her feet and rushes munchlax again, this time her jaws wrap around and clamp down on munchlax and he screams
Then he sticks out his tongue and licks Scarlett’s jaws causing her to shudder from head to toe and accidentally lets munchlax go
“Chip away again!” Katell yells
Before Scarlett regains her composure a spiked glowing paw connects with her stomach and she doubles over unconscious
“Man, munchlax is as unstoppable as ever” i hear Rivin say as I go and pick up scarlett
“That was like fighting a wall!” I say
“Ha ha, yeah, he’s slow but really durable” katell says patting munchlaxs head
“Do you have any more pokemon?” I ask
“Yeah, but she isn’t really battle ready yet” katell says with a big yawn
“Oh, I have one like that too, she doesn’t have that much battle experience, maybe they would be good opponents for each other” I suggest
“Yeah maybe, but another day, I’m tired” katell says
“Well your naps gonna have to wait, we have somewhere to be” Rivin says
“Oh right” katell says
“See you tomorrow right?” Rivin asks
“Yeah!” I say happily
“Great, I’ll introduce you the third member of my team” Rivin says with a devilish smirk
They leave and ruche, Scarlett, and I go for lunch
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Post by fattymccatcat on Nov 6, 2018 14:59:42 GMT
As we head into the cafe ruche finishes writing in his notebook and puts it away with a pleased look
“So what did you think?” I ask
“A piplup, munchlax, and a houndour, I got to see a bunch of rare pokemon” richer chimes happily
“Ha ha, but what about the trainers?” I ask
“They seem nice, I didn’t talk to katell much but I had a pleasant conversation with Rivin while you were battling, he commissioned me for an accessory” ruche says excitedly
“That’s great!” I say happy that ruche had a good time
“So I’m gonna have to cut today’s training short and go buy some supplies” ruche says
“No problem, but how about we still run for a bit in the mornings for a few more days, for your Pokemon’s sake” I say
“Sure, sounds good” ruche says with a smile
We have lunch and part ways and Scarlett and I head to the park
We train our moves for an hour and then move onto launch training
I have chatot fly in straight line away from Scarlett and Chimchar jumps onto her jaws and she flicks him forward at chatot
After a few attempts they start getting the timing down and manage to catch chatot a few times
The sun starts to set and we head to the pokemon center and have dinner with everyone and go to sleep
Suddenly I’m standing over the lake again, I can see a town on the shoreline but I’m too high up to make out any details
I’m weirdly aware that this is a dream, but it also feels disturbingly real
my scar is pounding and something in the back of my head is telling me I need to touch the water
after a bit i get extremely thirsty and I start falling
I jump up and smack my head on the top of the bunk bed
My mouth is incredibly dry and I’m sweating profusely so I rush to the bathroom and start chugging water
Scarlett walks in worried
“S-sorry for waking you, I’m fine, just a bad dream” I say trying to reassure her but she doesn’t leave my side
After I’m rehydrated I head back to bed with scarlett
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Post by fattymccatcat on Nov 7, 2018 16:30:21 GMT
I wake up and get ready for the day
We sit down for breakfast
“Sasha, want to join us on our run?” I ask
“Not particularly” Sasha says
“Alright, so what have you been up to?” I ask
“Mantykes all better so I’ve been training and spending time at the library” Sasha says
“Nice, hows buneary ice beam training going?” I ask
“Not well, I think she needs to see the move in person to get it.” Sasha says
“Well if I see anyone using it I’ll ask them if they can help out” I say
“Thanks” Sasha says
“Bun!” Buneary says with a smile
Ruche and I leave the pokemon center and I put everyone’s ankle weights on
They have been having an easier time getting used to the weight so I’ll think I’ll bump everyone’s max weight again tomorrow
We jog for about an hour and ruche and his pokemon break off and start heading back to the pokemon center to work on Rivins accessory
We jog for awhile until about noon and head to the park
I see that Rivin here already
“Hey” I say giving everyone some water and taking off the ankle weights
“Hey” Rivin says
“Where’s katell?” I ask
“She’s off doing some training, I don’t think shell be coming today” Rivin says
“Alright” I say
We talk for a bit until my Pokemon are rested
“I’m curious about this third team member you mentioned yesterday” I say
“Ah yes, my golden boy” Rivin says with a smirk
Rivin takes a pokeball from his belt and releases the pokemon inside
A small yellow and black feline pokemon stands proudly in front of us, the end of its tail is star shaped and it smiles at Rivin and jumps into his arms
I take out my pokedex
Shinx - The Flash Pokemon - Electric - The extension and contraction of its muscles generate electricity. Its fur stands on end and glows when it senses danger
Then I notice that rivins shinx is a different color than the one in the pokedex
“No way! A shiny shinx! That’s so cool!” I say
“I know right!” Rivin says smiling proudly
“Can I take a picture?” I ask
“Sure” Rivin says setting shinx down
I take my camera and find and angle that’s good, I decide to go with a super low angle making him look huge and getting the beautiful clear blue sky as the background
I check it and it turns out nice
“Oh that’s cool! Can I get a copy?” Rivin asks
“Sure!” I say and copy it to his pokenav
“Ready to battle?” Rivin asks
“Yep!” I say standing up
We walk over to an open battlefield and get situated
“Who wants to fight shinx?” I ask
Scarlett and Chimchar both raise their hands while combee and chatot don’t seem interested
“Hmm. Scarlett, you go.” I say and she happily runs out onto the field
The stage is set!
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Battle start!
“Quick attack!” Rivin yells
“Iron head!” I yell
Scarlett and shinx charge at each other covered in light but right as they are about to collide shinx jumps above Scarlett and quickly plummets on top of her smashing her into the ground
“Bite!” I shout
Her jaws wrap around and grab shinx
As her teeth sink into shinx he screams in pain
“Spark!” Rivin yells
Suddenly shinx and Scarlett are shrouded in electricity and Scarlett screams and let’s shinx go
“Thunder fang!” Rivin shouts
“Fairy wind!” I yell
Scarlett starts spinning her jaw and crates a blast of pink sparkly wind but shinx is too fast and circles around
Shinx grows large yellow fangs crackling with electricity and he sinks them into Scarlett’s side and she screams out in pain and shakes him off
“Headbutt!” Rivin yells
Before either of us can react shinx sends Scarlett tumbling across the field with a headbutt and she lands at my feet
She stands up and dusts herself off and looks angry
Then suddenly her whole body relaxes and a sweet innocent smile spreads across her face
For some reason it makes my stomach sink
She turns and calmly walks over to shinx who looks confused
Before anyone realizes she’s face to face with shinx
Then faster than any of us can see one of Scarlett’s fists punches shinx in the face sending him tumbling across the field.
I notice Scarlett’s fist is covered in black smoke
Shinx quickly gets back to his feet but Scarlett is right there and throws another punch but its not as fast as before and shinx braces for impact when suddenly her other fist makes contact with his chin and the uppercut sends him flipping backwards
“Use quick attack to put some distance between you!” Rivin shouts
Before he can get away Scarlett cuts him off and throws another punch to which he instinctively braces himself against
The punch stops and her jaws flip over and slam down on shinx crushing him into the ground, her jaws lift up and traces of black smoke rise up off of shinxs unconscious body
She turns and walks toward me and smiles
Rivin and I both just stand there mouths agape
My pokedex dings and I take it out of my pocket
“Scarlett has learned Feint Attack” is what the screen reads
“Ha ha. That’s right. You are the deceiver pokemon huh. Good job!” I say picking Scarlett up
Rivin walks over holding shinx
“That was a great battle, what move was that?” Rivin asks
“Feint attack. She just learned it right now, so thanks!” I say
“Ha ha, cool, I’m gonna take shinx to the pokemon center” Rivin says
“Alright see you tomorrow?” I ask
“Absolutely!” Rivin shouts as he walks away
We go and have lunch and then head to a park to train some more
“Alright scarlett let’s check out that new move!” I say
“Maw!” Scarlett says happily
Her fists start emitting a black smoke and she throws a few really fast punches
“I looked it up during lunch, its a dark type move which explains the black smoke” I explain
We train our moves for about an hour then move on to the launch training
We have chatot do zigzag patterns today and their accuracy is getting better as they catch chatot a few times
As the sun goes down we head back to the pokemon center and have dinner with everyone
Ruches hard at work at the desk in our room working on rivins accessory and Sasha’s doing some reading so I go to bed
I’m above the lake again
“Well, this is getting annoying” I say to myself
after awhile i get thirsty and fall and get startled awake and go to the bathroom and get some water
I sit down and sigh, then pull out my pokenav and text conifer
“Hey, im having a weird reoccurring dream about a lake and I wake up super thirsty. I’ll call you tomorrow with more details”
Then I go back to bed
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Post by fattymccatcat on Nov 24, 2018 12:10:20 GMT
After breakfast I put everyone’s new ankle weights on
Me, Scarlett, and Chimchar get bumped up to twenty pounds while chatot gets bumped to thirteen and we jog until noon and head to the park
This time only Katell is here and as I approach I notice she looks awful, she has dark circles under her eyes and just looks exhausted
“Whoa, hey, you feeling okay?” I ask
“Yeah, just went a little hard on the training yesterday” katell says
“Right, tomorrows your rematch huh” I say
“Yep. Wanna have a battle?” Katell says
“Are you sure?” I ask a bit worried about her health
“Yeah. Let’s do that thing you mentioned the other day, with our inexperienced pokemon? A nice chill battle” Katell says
“…Okay” I say until I notice something’s off
“Where’s piplup?” I ask having not seen them apart before
“Oh, uh he’s resting at the pokemon center” katell says looking away
While walking to an open battlefield i wait until katell isn’t looking and I text Rivin that katell is at the park
We read the field and katell waists no time and summons her pokemon
its a small green pokemon shaped like a flower bud
I take out my pokedex
Budew - The Bud Pokemon - Grass/Poison - It lives along side clear ponds, during winter its bud is closed tight but once spring rolls around it opens and spreads its pollen which may cause sneezing and watery eyes
I summon combee
“You ready for a battle?” I ask and she buzzes happily and flies out onto the field
“Oh, a female combee, how rare” katell says a bit groggily
The stage is set!
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Battle start!
“Gust” I say
“Absorb” katell says
Combee beats her wings and creates a fierce wind that whips toward budew who goes tumbling backwards like she weighs nothing.
I guess the bug buzz training has increased gusts power as well
Budew gets some footing and braces herself, then the bud on her head opens a little and a red beam of energy fires out hitting combee
combee yells and stops using gust as the red energy seems to pull something out of her and into budew
The scrapes budew got from gust heal instantly
“Use gust again!” I say
“Water sport!” Katell yells
As combee starts besting her wings faster budew slaps the ground with her bud and a few seconds later in the middle of the field a small jet of water shoots high into the air and fountains spraying a gentle mist across the whole battlefield
Combee gets distracted by the beautiful rainbow and budew fires off another absord sucking more energy from combee
Combee starts wavering in the air a little and right as I think she’s about to fall she yells and flies high into the sky above the water
Combee starts flapping her wings faster and faster and I realize what’s happening
I get katells attention and use some hand signals all trainers learn for when something weird happens in a battle, like evolution or learning a new move
I put my palm up meaning “stop attacking” then twirl my finger in a circle meaning “but keep the battle going” and katell nods
“Budew, brace yourself!” Katell says
Combee’s wings beat faster and faster and the sound of her buzzing gets louder and higher pitched by the second
Then it looks like her wings stop moving, but the high pitched whine is still present and I realize they are moving so fast they look like theyre standing still
The buzzing kind of gives everyone a headache but then combee yells and the red triangle on her forehead glows red and her wings fire out an attack made of three circles of decreasing size making a flat disc that fires out like a bullet and slams into budew and sends it flying with an explosion
I hear my pokedex ding but ignore it as I see Rivin and piplup running over looking angry
“Alright that’s enough combee!” I yell and combee floats down and beams up at me happily
“Good job on learning bug buzz” I say patting her head
“I can still keep-” katell starts to say but gets cut off by piplup tackling her and knocking her over
Rivin walks up looking pissed
“Katell! You are supposed to be resting!” Rivin shouts
“I need to keep training” katell says
Piplup slaps the back of her head with its fin
“No, you need rest! If you don’t go back and rest at the pokemon center right now, I’m gonna go tell gardenia not to let you battle tomorrow” Rivin says
“What!? No!” Katell says going pale
“Then go!” Rivin says pointing in the direction if the pokemon center
She shuffles off with piplup and budew and Rivin sighs
“Thanks for the text” Rivin says
“Yeah well I figured something was wrong” I say
“Yeah” Rivin says
“So whats she so stressed over” I ask
Rivin sighs
“Yeah fine. She told me her family is made up of really strong pokemon trainers. All her sisters got their first badge within a month of starting their journey and apparently tomorrow is that one month mark for her” Rivin says
“So, its like a family tradition?” I ask
“No, that’s the thing! This is a self imposed rule by her. Her family doesn’t care how long it takes her. They just want her to be healthy and happy and go at her own pace but she won’t listen!” Rivin yells
He takes a moment to calm down
“Anyway her mom asked me to keep an eye on her and make sure she doesn’t push herself too hard, but she snuck out when me and piplup weren’t looking” rivin says with another sigh
“Well dang” I say
“Yeah, I have to head back. See you around” Rivin says running off
“Alright bye!” I yell
We leave the park and go have lunch then I head to a secluded part of a the park and call conifer
I tell him all about the dreams I’ve been having
“Hmm… I don’t know.” Conifer says
“Yeah I figured” I say
“It might just be stress dreams” conifer suggests
“Maybe, but they just feel so real” I say
“… Tell you what, I’ll prepare some over head pictures of all the lakes in sinnoh and we will see if you recognize one” conifer says
“Alright, thanks” I say
I hang up and we start training again after a short break
I take Scarlett and combee aside while I let Chimchar and chatot choose their own training
Chimchar seems to choose training by leaping from tree to tree while chatot trains by flying at a high speed through the branches of some trees
They seem to be training for the gym challenge earnestly and it makes me happy
I turn to the girls and pat both of their heads happily
“You both learned some great Moves recently, today we’re gonna do some training to get used to using them” I say happily
I take a bunch of sticks from the trees and drive them randomly into the ground. Differing space’s, heights, and oddly clustered
“Scarlett, use feint attack to break the twigs, try for a high combo, one after another okay?” I say
“Maw!” Scarlett yells and charges into the sea of twigs fists emitting a faint black smoke
She throws a quick punch and snaps a twig and quickly spins and throws another punch, snapping another twig, then she goes for a short one and snaps it with swift kick
After I see that she’s got it covered I turn to combee
“First, fire a bug buzz at this tree” I say slapping the trunk of a rather thick tree
She nods and she starts revving up her wings, and they start emitting an earsplitting buzz
It takes seven seconds to reach its peak and her wings seem to stop moving
Her forehead mark glows red and she fires a disk of red energy made up of three concentric circles at the tree
The track lands dead center an leaves a very faint bullseye mark on the tree
“Neat. Anyway that was great, now we just need to lower the time it takes to activate the move to make it viable in battle and for that the only thing I can think of is once again, repetition!” I say
I have her fire them into the sky since there’s no rocks around and I don’t want to hurt the trees
I turn back to Scarlett who has finished snapping the twigs and is sitting on the ground panting, black smoke rising from her body
Chimchar and chatot are in a similar state a few feet away
I have those three take a break while combee continues firing bug buzzes into the air until we decide to turn in for the night
After dinner I get a glass of water and set it next to my bed for later and go to sleep
I wake up above the lake, this time I try moving but as usual its like I’m being held in place, I struggle for awhile until i start to fall and wake up, i grab the water I prepared earlier, drink it, then go back to sleep
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Post by fattymccatcat on Dec 3, 2018 13:46:19 GMT
I wake up get ready for the day
After breakfast ruche goes back to work on rivins accessory while Sasha pulls me aside
“Hey are you busy right now?” Sasha asks
“Not really, why?” I ask
“I want to check the results of my recent training” Sasha says
“Sweet! I was wondering where you’ve been going every day, let’s use the pokemon centers field” I say with a smile
We head out the back of the pokemon center and onto the battlefield
We get situated into our areas and someone offers to referee
Sasha tosses a pokeball and buneary appears
I take chimchars premier ball and release him
The stage is set
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Battle start!
“Agility” Sasha says and buneary smiles and hops a few times before disappearing and reappearing behind Chimchar smacking him down to the ground with her ears
“Scratch!” I shout
“Jump kick” Sasha says
Chimchar whips around onto his back, scratching the air where buneary just was, but she has launched herself high into the air and is falling towards Chimchar feet outstretched at an amazing speed
“Flamethrower!” I yell since chimchar is still on his back and unable to dodge
Chimchar fires a flamethrower that envelopes buneary as she crashes down on Chimchars stomach
Chimchar screams out in pain
As buneary tries to hop off and away Chimchar grabs her leg tripping her
“Brick break” I yell
With great difficulty Chimchar scrambles upright and his fist glows white
“Bounce!” Sasha says a bit distressted
Buneary hops up and tries to jump away but chimchar swiftly plants a brick break right in bunearys stomach spending her tumbling backwards
It takes her a moment but buneary gets back up
Both pokemon are tired and holding their stomachs
“Agility” Sasha says
Buneary hops a few times and dissapears
“Flamethrower the ground right below you!” I yell
Chimchar blasts the ground between his feet with a flamethrower sending flames shooting in every direction
Buneary reappears and yells out in pain as the fire engulfs her and she falls to the ground and doesn’t get back up
“Buneary is unable to battle, chimchar is the winner!” The referee announces
A few moments later chimchar falls to the ground unconscious as well
We go and scoop them up and bring them back into the pokemon center to get them healed
“That was a great battle! So buneary learned jump kick AND agility? You guys must have been training hard” I say with a smile
“Chimchar is amazing as well. I’m surprised that he didn’t go down after taking that jump kick” Sasha says
“Yeah. He’s got quite the fighting spirit, I can always rely on him to pull through” I say with a laugh
We head back to our room while we wait for nurse joy to page us
Ruche is still working on the accessory, it seems to be a necklace, a small silver skull shape on a chain with a big notch out of the back
“A skull huh, yeah I can see Rivin wearing that” I say with a laugh
“Yeah, the skull is like the one houndour gets on its chest after evolving into houndoom” ruche explains
“What’s the notch for?” I ask
“A keystone for mega evolving his pokemon apparently” ruche says
I laugh
“he’s already planning on passing the test no problem once he gets to kalos” I say
“Sadly keystones and megastones vary in shape and size, so I had to do some guesstimating. He might need to have it resized once he actually gets the keystone” ruche says with a sigh
“well theres nothing you can do about that, he ordered this years in advance” I say shaking my head
Ruche puts his tools down and checks it over one last time before placing it into a small box
“So what are you two up to?” Ruche asks stretching
“We just had a battle” Sasha says
“Oh? Who won?” Ruche asks
“Me, but only by a little” I say
“I see, whens your rematch with gardenia anyway?” Ruche asks
“The day after tomorrow” I say
“Have you figured out how to catch all the cherubi?” Sasha asks
“I have a few ideas. Actually can you help with that tomorrow? Having fast pokemon like buneary and riolu to train against will help put the final touches on our plan” I ask
“Sure” Sasha says
“of course” ruche says with a smile
After awhile nurse joy pages our room an we go and pick up our pokemon
“Good job in that battle, how’s your stomach?” I ask
“Chimchar!” Chimchar says patting his belly and smiling
I check the time
“Katell should be done with her gym battle by now, I’m gonna head over to the park and see how they are doing” I say
“I’m coming with you, I want to see if he wants any changes made to the necklace” ruche says
Sasha puts buneary back into her pokeball and joins us as well
We leave the pokemon center and head towards the park
When we arrive we see Rivin and houndour pacing back and forth nervously
We get fairly close but they don’t seem to notice so I clap my hands together loudly causing them both to jump
“Oh hey” Rivin says
“Hey, katell not here yet?” I ask
“No! For a speed based gym its sure taking awhile!” Rivin says with a frustrated laugh
“Ha ha. Oh right, this is my friend Sasha” I say pointing to Sasha who’s crouched down and petting houndour
“Nice to meet you” Sasha says scratching houndour behind the ears
“Likewise” Rivin says with a smile
Ruche pulls out the box with the necklace in it and hands it to rivin
“Here’s the accessory you ordered. Its made from a pretty light metal, but it still wound up pretty heavy. If you want anything changed let me know” ruche says nervously
Rivin excitedly opens the box and a huge smile spreads across his face
“Yooo! This is perfect!” Rivin says putting it on immediately, it hangs a little lower than I would have thought and ruche notices too
“Hmm. Maybe I should shorten the chain a little.” He suggests but Rivin stops him
“No no. Its cooler like this! Thank you!” Rivin says handing over an envelope with Ruches payment in it
“Well alright then, im glad you like it” ruche says happily
Then I notice katell walking over and we rush to meet her
“Hey! How’d it go!?” Rivin asks
A smile creeps across her face and she pulls out a small green badge
“Victory!” Katell says triumphantly then yawns
“Im suddenly very tired though” katell says with a laugh
We congratulate her and move to the shade of a large tree and sit down
“So, now that you both have your badges what’s next for you?” I ask
“We’ve decided to travel together, were heading to floaroma town, katell needs a third pokemon before we get to Oreburgh and I need to train more since I’m at a type disadvantage across the board” Rivin says
“Were leaving first thing tomorrow” katell says
“I see, we probably won’t see each other for awhile then, after were done here were making a quick stop in Oreburgh then heading to hearthome I think” I say
“Well, we are all doing the gym challenge, so even if we don’t run into each other again, we will meet at the pokemon league conference next year” katell says
“Yep!” I say with a big grin
We continue talking for a while and I learn about some local sightseeing destinations from katell that aren’t really publicised
About an hour passes I start to get hungry
“Hey, want to go get lunch?” I ask
Rivin turns to ask katell but she’s passed out against the tree
Rivin smiles
“Finally, she’s gotten barely any sleep this week” Rivin says shaking his head
“We’re gonna head back to the pokemon center” Rivin says
“Alright then, see you around” I say with a smile
“Thanks for the necklace, and it was nice meeting you Sasha” Rivin says
“Your welcome” ruche says
“Likewise” Sasha says
Rivin picks katell up princess style no problem and walks off toward the pokemon center with piplup and houndour trailing behind
We go to lunch and I spend the rest of the day training everyones moves and the launching maneuver
After a few hours we turn in for the night and I dream about the lake again
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Post by fattymccatcat on Dec 4, 2018 14:18:17 GMT
I wake up later than usual and get ready for the day
After that i pack up all the ankle weights gardenia lent me
“Maw?” Scarlett asks pointing at the box
“Yep, were done with these” I say setting the box aside
I go and find Sasha and Ruche and we after breakfast we head to the park
We release all our pokemon and stretch before we start our training
We find a small thicket of trees big enough for our needs and I turn to all the pokemon
“Now were gonna play a little game. Combee, mantyke, cherubi, buneary, and riolu. I need you five to go and hide in this patch of trees. You can run and move as you like, but once you get tagged I need you to quickly leave the area” I explain
They all cheer happily looking forward to the game
“Scarlett, chimchar, and chatot will be the hunters. We will do it like we have been in our training” I say and they nod
“Give it your all” Sasha says
“Yeah, if you don’t get tagged I’ll give you an extra helping of dinner tonight” ruche says
Cherubi’s eyes light up and a string of drool dribbles down her chin
The pokemon scatter and go hide in the trees
After twenty seconds Scarlett, Chimchar, chatot, and i charge into the trees
Chatot flys high into the air and begins searching the tree tops while we search the ground and lower branches
We quickly find combee flitting from tree to tree trying to find a place to hide
Chimchar darts forward and tags combee before she even notices were here
“Comb!?” Combee says shocked
She dejectedly floats out of the thicket and we continue looking for the others
After a few minutes chatot drops back down through the trees and leads us to a tree where mantyke is hiding
Chatot takes back to the sky while Chimchar quickly jumps up the tree
Mantyke notices Chimchar and jumps from the tree only to be tackled by Scarlett before they can take off into the trees
Mantyke leaves the area and chatot fly’s off to continue the search
As we run through the trees I see a red blur out of the corner of my eye
“Its Cherubi!” I yell pointing in the direction of the red blur
We run after her and after a few seconds catch up
Chimchar and Scarlett charge after her and they tackle her to the ground together
“Nice!” I say
Cherubi looks heartbroken and leaves the area stifling her tears
“Of course its riolu and buneary left” I say as we search through the trees
Chatot screeches and we change direction to meet him
He’s chasing buneary through the trees and we join the chase
“Chatot, find riolu!” I say and he fly’s off
We chase and chase but every time we start getting close she does a sudden turn and escapes
“Get ready to launch!” I yell
The second buneary isn’t looking Chimchar jumps onto Scarlett’s jaws and gets flung at buneary
At the last second she manages to duck and Chimchar fly’s past
She turns to us and smirks
Chimchar spins in the air and slams into a tree feet first, then he launches himself a second time at buneary catching her off guard and they tumble to the ground
She has a big smile on her face and is panting heavily as she leaves the area
Then we hear chatot screech again after a few moments of searching we see chatot chasing riolu
Chatot is really close behind so i gesture for Chimchar and Scarlett to circle around and they run off
I continue chasing after them and right when riolu makes a sharp turn to the left Scarlett comes out of nowhere and swipes at him
He ducks under her arm and manages to keeps running but loses some speed
Chatot’s right on his tail and Scarlett tails behind them
Suddenly Chimchar leaps from a tree and makes a grab for riolu but he manages to dodge again, but this time he loses his footing and falls
Chatot takes the opportunity to slam into him as he’s scrambling to his feet and they go tumbling onto the ground panting heavily
“Good job” I tell them between deep breaths
We all leave the thicket and meet up with the others
“How long was that?” I ask
Ruche looks at his pokenav
“Twenty five minutes” he says
“Great” I say sitting down
We spend the rest of the day resting and preparing for tomorrow while going over what we learned today
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Post by fattymccatcat on Dec 11, 2018 16:15:37 GMT
We spend the morning waiting for the gym to open and we head over a little before noon
We enter the gym and walk up to the counter and I set the box of ankle weights down
“Hello, I’m here to challenge the gym and return these” I say patting the box
Jenna looks up and smiles
“Oh yes, I remember you, I’ll go inform the gym leader” Jenna says taking the box of ankle weights and disappearing through a door
She’s only gone for a few moments before returning
“She’s ready for you” Jenna says stepping out from behind the counter and leading us down a corridor
We reach the split in the path from last time
“Good luck” Sasha says while Ruche pats me on the back reassuringly
They head to the sky box while I follow Jenna down the other path
We exit into the forest of pink sakura trees again and walk for a bit until we reach the battlefield where gardenia is waiting in the center surrounded by the cherubi and Cherrim from last time
“Hiya! You sure kept me waiting. I was worried you had moved on to another gym” gardenia says
“Ah, yeah sorry. I was in the hospital for awhile” I say with a laugh
“Oh no, are you okay?” Gardenia asks
“Yep! Fit as a fiddle!” I say with a big smile
“Great! Well then shall we just dive straight into the test?” Gardenia says with a smirk
“Sounds good to me!” I say
“Maw!” Scarlett yells happily
“Same rules as last time, either you or your three pokemon must tag all five of my pokemon that will be hiding in the forest before the time runs out” gardenia explains
“Got it” I say summoning Chatot and Chimchar
Gardenia pulls out her tablet and smiles
“Go!” She yells and her cherubi take off in opposite directions toward the forest
Without missing a beat Chatot takes off and tackles the slowest cherubi before it can reach the tree line
“Nice!” I say surprised
“Well well, they are certainly faster than last time, this should be fun” gardenia says with a smile
Cherubi tosses its necklace to me as Chatot takes to the air again and begins his search as Chimchar and Scarlett rush into the forest
I shove the necklace in my pocket and follow them in
We rush through the trees and after a few minutes Chimchar yells and points into a tree where a cherubi is hiding
It takes off running through the trees jumping from branch to branch with amazing precision
“Launch him!” I say
Chimchar jumps onto Scarlett’s jaws and gets flung straight into the treetops which surprises cherubi and stops them for a second but not for long as they take off running again
In only a few moments Chimchar catches up and tags cherubi
Cherubi tosses me its necklace and disappears
We continue searching until I see a red blur rush past a tree in the distance and we start our pursuit of cherubi number three
We quickly gain on it and right as Chimchar is about to catch it a second cherubi crashes into cherubi knocking them both out of the way and they both start bouncing rapidly against the trees like two bouncy balls
When they slow down they are smirking and run off together
We chase down cherubi three and four for a few minutes but anytime we get close they slam into each other sending them bouncing out of the way to safety
“Chatot!” I yell and Chatot joins us
“They slow down when they are bouncing around, Scarlett, launch Chimchar, when they dodge, Chatot, Scarlett and I will rush in and try to tag them” I say
Chimchar jumps onto Scarlett jaws and gets launched straight at a cherubi and the other slams into it and they both start bouncing around as Chimchar tumbles to the ground a few feet away
Scarlett and Chatot rush in and attempt to grab them while they are still bouncing around randomly
A cherubi bounces right past Scarlett and stabilizes itself and runs off laughing
Chatot shoots forward and pins a cherubi to a tree mid bounce and cherubi winces in pain as its necklace falls to the ground
“Sorry, are you okay?” I ask picking up the necklace and Chatot says something in an apologetic tone
Cherubi smiles and runs off
“Maw!” Scarlett says pointing in the direction the other cherubi ran
“Good job, Chatot go back to finding Cherrim” I say and Chatot fly’s off
We run in the direction Scarlett was pointing but don’t see it and then I notice Chimchar has disappeared too
Suddenly I hear a yell from a tree a few feet away as Chimchar and cherubi fall from the branches toward the ground
I Run forward and catch them both in my arms and fall to the ground
“You okay?” I ask them
“Chimchar” Chimchar says nodding
“Cher!” Cherubi says with a smile
Cherubi tosses me its necklace and disappears into the trees back towards the center
“One left!” I say getting up a dusting myself off
“You have ten minutes remaining!” gardenia says over a loudspeaker
After about four minutes Chatot screams and we rush to his location an see him chasing Cherrim
Its faster than all of the cherubi, we can just barely keep up
We continue chasing for a few minutes and I realize were headed for the corner of the room I split off to try and force it to the corner to give us a chance
As the trees thin Cherrim looks over towards me and realize its about to be boxed in
She quickly jumps up a tree landing gently on a branch and turning to run in the opposite direction of the corner
“Launch!” I yell
Chimchar already primed on Scarlett’s jaws gets flung at Cherrim who dodges by reeling backwards and Chimchar flies straight up
Cherrim smirks and goes to leave but Chatot fly’s directly over Chimchars flight path and ready’s himself
Chimchar flips midair and his feet and Chatot feet meet and they both kick off each other sending Chimchar shooting back downwards and he smashes into Cherrim like a comet snapping the branch it was standing on and they all crash to the ground
A loud horn sounds and Cherrim gets up with a pleased look on its face as it tosses me its necklace
Chimchar staggers to his feet and dusts himself off and I rush over and hug him
“That was awesome!” I say hugging Chatot and Scarlett as well spinning around in a group hug
We head back to the middle of the gym and gardenia is waiting there with a huge smile
“That was great! Your team works together perfectly now. You get top marks” gardenia says with a laugh
I hand all five necklace parts to her and she nods
“Challenger! You have passed my test and earned the right to battle me!” Gardenia announces
I look down at my pokemon and they are covered in scratches and look exhausted and gardenia sees this and laughs
“You don’t need to do it right away. You’re free to go heal your pokemon at the pokemon center and come back later today” gardenia says
“Alright, I’ll be back later today” I say putting my pokemon away and going to meet up with Ruche and Sasha
“Nice! You’re halfway through” Ruche says
“Oh man, are all the gym challenges going to be this draining?” I ask
“Hmm. Some gym leaders don’t have challenges, but yeah probably” Ruche says with a snicker
We leave the gym and after healing my pokemon at the pokemon center we go to lunch and return to the gym at about three o'clock
Jenna shows me to the battlefield while Sasha and Ruche watch from the skybox
Jenna stands in the center of the stage to act as referee
“The battle will be three on three, only the challenger can make substitutions, do you understand?” Jenna asks
“Yep!” I say as me and Scarlett stretch in our trainers box
Gardenia grabs a pokeball from her belt and tosses it and a new cherubi appears, this one smaller than the others
I summon Chatot
“You got this Chatot” I say
Gardenia looks to the sky through the open roof
“Its a bit cloudy today, be careful” gardenia says as a large cloud covers the battlefield in shade
The stage is set!
3
2
1
Battle start!
“Get close and use fury attack!” I yell
Chatot flies forward at cherubi and his beak glows white and he starts pecking at cherubi who dodges side to side until one lands and its rhythm gets thrown off and it gets pummeled by chatots beak after a few hits it manages to jump back and the attack ends
“magical leaf!” Gardenia says
“Dodge and use Air cutter!” I say
Cherubi twirls its leaves and fires a bunch of glowing green leaves spinning towards Chatot, he swoops under them and the tips of his wings start to glow blue but before he can attack the leaves circle around and cut into his back causing him to scream out in pain
Chatot staggers in the air and cherubi wastes no time and launches another magical leaf
“Run, and use mirror move!” I yell and Chatot flies upward and the leaves chase him but they soon fade and Chatot fires off his copy of magical leaf
It flies toward cherubi and right as it gets close the clouds move away and the field is bathed in sunlight
Gardenia smiles
“Dodge!” Gardenia says
Cherubi start emitting a slight green aura and it speeds up and easily dodges the leaves until they dissipate
“Solar beam!” Gardenia yells
“Air cutter!” I yell
Cherubi’s leaves start to glow as they seem to absorb the suns light and Chatot fires off a blue cross which cherubi sidesteps
Cherubi fires off a huge beam of energy from her mouth that envelopes Chatot knocking him off balance and he plummets to the ground
After a moment he gets back up. He’s panting heavily and looks like he could collapse at any moment
“You want to take a break?” I ask
“Chat!” Chatot says in a determined voice
“Alright then!” I say
A cloud covers the sun and the field is covered in shade again and cherubi stops glowing
“Now! Get close and use Air cutter!” I yell
“Quick use magical leaf!” Gardenia yells
Cherubi launches a flurry of leaves at Chatot who spins under them again
The tips of his wings glow blue as he flies straight for cherubi as the magical leaf circles and follows Chatot
“Run!” Gardenia yells
Cherubi turns to run but Chatot fires an air cutter at point blank range sending cherubi flying backwards with an explosion, she lands in the grass and doesn’t get up
The magical leaf dissipates and Chatot lands gently on the grass and passes out with a smile
“Both pokemon are unable to battle!” Jenna announces
We put our pokemon back into their pokeballs
“Scarlett, your turn” I say patting her head
“Wile!” She says with a determined nod as she walks out onto the field
Gardenia grabs another one of her pokeballs and summoning a small green turtle with a sprout on its head
I take out my pokedex
Turtwig - The Tiny Leaf Pokemon - Grass - The shell on its back is actually made of hardened soil that gets harder when it drinks water. It should feel moist to the touch when the pokemon is healthy.
I put my pokedex away
The stage is set!
3
2
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Battle start!
“Tackle!” Gardenia yells
“Iron head!” I shout
They dash forward and slam into each other coming to a standstill in the middle of the field
“Bite!” Both gardenia and I yell at the same time
Turtwig acts a bit faster and snaps at Scarlett latching onto her side with its mouth, Scarlett winces but seems relatively unaffected as her huge jaws swing around and clamp down around Turtwig who screams in pain as one of her teeth dig into his leg
“Leech seed!” Gardenia yells
Turtwig launches a small seed from the sapling on its head that hits Scarlett’s chest, suddenly it cracks open and vines spread over her whole body and she screams out in pain as the vines let off a red glow
Scarlett drops Turtwig and it dashes backwards out of Scarlett’s range
The move seems to end and Scarlett is panting heavily
“You good?” I ask worried that the vines are still wrapped around her body
“Maw!” She yells reassuringly
“That’s my girl, iron head!” I yell
“Leaf storm!” Gardenia yells
Scarlett starts glowing a metallic white and charges at Turtwig
Turtwig however remains steady as a whirlwind of green energy and leaves swirl violently around him
As Scarlett gets close Turtwig launches the attack and blasts Scarlett back, the leaves leave small cuts all over her body and she comes to a stop a few feet away from where she started
“Again!” Gardenia yells
“Counter it with fairy wind!” I yell
They both firmly plant themselves where they stand and Turtwig whips up another whirlwind filled with leaves as Scarlett starts twirling her jaws and blasting a pink glittery wind toward Turtwig
He launches the leaves and the two attack meet in the center of the field and mix creating a powerful pink and green tornado
I almost lose my balance as the sudden vacuum this tornado creates starts pulling everything toward it
As the pokemon continue attacking the tornado grows and gets more powerful and they both get sucked up into it
“Scarlett!” I yell as she disappears into the twister
The tornado starts to dissipate as the ones making it got sucked up and soon they come tumbling down with a rain of leaves and flower petals the tornado sucked out of the forest
They land with a thud in the center of the field a few feet apart but soon get covered with leaves
Gardenia, Jenna, and I have no idea if they are knocked out or not but they both soon pop out of the leaves
“Tackle!” Gardenia yells
“Feint attack!” I yell
Turtwig charges through the leaves moving so fast the leaves trail behind him as he slams into Scarlett’s side causing her to wince in pain as she tumbles through the leaves
She quickly regains her composure and darts toward Turtwig throwing a punch which he tries to dodge by ducking only to be met with a swift kick to the face by Scarlett and he goes tumbling backwards and yells out in pain as black smoke rises from Scarlett’s foot and a scary smile spreads across her face
“Get some distance between you” gardenia yells
“Don’t let up!” I yell and Scarlett dashes at Turtwig again
As he gets to his feet Scarlett is already there throwing another punch
Turtwig instinctively jumps back
Scarlett swings her jaws around slamming into Turtwig like a bat hitting a ball
Turtwig goes sailing through the air, off the field, and he slams into the trunk of a tree and falls to the ground unconscious
“Turtwig is unable to battle!” Jenna announces
Scarlett falls to her knees panting heavily and drenched in sweat, but she still manages to throw a celebratory fist in the air
Gardenia puts Turtwig back into his ball
“You did good” she says with a gentle smile
I go and help Scarlett back to the trainers box so she can rest and then I release Chimchar
“Only one left, you can do it!” I say
“If you think you have me cornered then you’re mistaken, my last pokemon is my partner and she’s pretty strong” gardenia says with a smirk
Gardenia grabs her last pokeball from her belt and tosses it releasing an elegant looking pokemon wearing a mask with bunches of roses for hands
I take my pokedex out again
Roserade - The Bouquet Pokemon - Grass/Poison - The more sweet the aroma this pokemon emits the more toxic its poison. Both of its hands contain different toxins and both hands can jab with near fatal power. Watch out for the vines it can shoot from its arms as they are covered in poisonous thorns.
“Dang, if I’d known she had a poison type I’d of saved Scarlett for later” I mutter as I put my pokedex away
The clouds move and the battlefield is bathed in sunlight
The stage is set!
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Battle start!
“Flamethrower!” I say
“Magical leaf!” Gardenia says
Roserade raises both its arms and begins shooting rainbow leaves from the flowers on her hands, they fly with incredible speed and precision and cut into Chimchar as they hit him
Chimchar shoots a jet of flames burning the leaves, as the flame reaches Roserade she jumps back out of range
I notice that this magical leaf doesn’t track like Cherubi’s
“Get close and use scratch!” I yell
Chimchar takes off running toward Roserade
“Grass knot” gardenia whispers
Some of the Grass in Chimchar path tie together creating a foot hold that causes Chimchar to face plant onto the grass
“Flash!” Gardenia yells
Before Chimchar can get up Roserade rushes him and shoves one of her bouquet hands in his face and then there’s a blinding light
Chimchar screams and grabs his eyes
“Toss him!” Gardenia yells
Roserade shoots out vines from her flowers that wrap around Chimchar and she goes to throw him overhand
“Flamethrower straight down!” I yell when I see Chimchars head in the right position
Chimchar with his eyes shut tight launches a flamethrower that envelopes Roserade in fire and she yells in pain releasing Chimchar who falls to the ground with a thud
He staggers to his feet
“I’m gonna try and be your eyes for a bit!” I yell and Chimchar nods
Roserade manages to pat out the fire on itself and charges at Chimchar
“Weather ball!” Gardenia yells
Roserade summons a huge fireball between her arms and throws it straight at Chimchar
“Jump as high as would can!” I yell
Without any hesitation Chimchar jumps right over the weather ball that hits the ground and sets the grass on fire
Chimchar lands with another thud but springs back up
“Magical leaf!” Gardenia yells
Roserade circles behind Chimchar and starts firing rainbow leaves at Chimchar
“Spin around and use flamethrower!” I shout
Chimchar pivots and sends a sea of flames toward Roserade burning her magical leaf and enveloping her and the area around her in fire again
Chimchar struggles and manages to open his eyes and regains his sight
“Nice! Brick break!” I shout
Chimchar leaps through the fire and sinks a glowing fist into Roserade gut sending her tumbling backwards
She comes to a stop against a tree but staggers to her feet
“Brick break again!” I yell
“Weather ball!” Gardenia shouts
Roserade launches another huge fireball at Chimchar. I expect him to dodge but instead he takes the hit getting enveloped in flames
This doesn’t stop his charge though as he reaches Roserade he let’s out a yell as he plants a flaming brick break right to Roserade face sending her reeling backwards and falling to the ground
Roserade doesn’t get up and Chimchar falls to his knees as the fire enveloping his body goes out
“Roserade is unable to battle! The match goes to the challenger Dakota!” Jenna announces
I run over and pick Chimchar up and almost drop him because he’s still hot from being on fire
“You did it!” I say petting him
“Chim!” Chimchar says beaming up at me still squinting from being blinded
Gardenia and Jenna walk over and Jenna is holding a small wooden box while gardenia is smiling ear to ear
“That was a fantastic match! Its amazing how much your pokemon already trust you, and I’m sure you’re all going to get even stronger!” Gardenia says
Jenna opens the box revealing a small green badge
“For defeating me today I present you with the forest badge!” Gardenia says handing me the badge
I take out my badge case and slot it into its appropriate spot and put it away
“So where you headed to next?” Gardenia asks
“I have some business I need to take care of in Oreburgh and then I was thinking of heading to Hearthome” I say
“I see, is the business urgent? Because there’s a festival happening here in a few days, and just between us, there’s going to be a HUGE announcement!” Gardenia says excitedly
“A festival huh? Well we cant miss that” I say with a smile
“Great! I hope to see you there!” Gardenia says with another smile
I scoop up Chimchar and Scarlett and meet Ruche and Sasha in the lobby
“Congrats!” Ruche says
“Thanks!” I say
“So what’s next? Are we leaving town?” Ruche asks
“Gardenia said there’s a festival In a few days, you guys want to stay and have some fun?” I ask
“Sure” Sasha says
“Ooh! A festival sounds great!“ Ruche says
We head to the Pokémon center and I get my pokemon healed and we spend the rest of the day resting in our room
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Post by fattymccatcat on Dec 17, 2018 6:48:00 GMT
Everyone is still a little tired from yesterday’s gym battle so we spend most of the morning taking it easy
We check out a large tablet from the communication center and watch a movie called “Au Revoir Gardevoir”
We curl up together on my bed with some popcorn.
it turns out to be a romance/tragedy and by the end of the movie we are all sobbing.
After the movie we switch to something more lighthearted and play a board game we found in the lobby
Combee doesn’t seem interested so I set up the tablet and after a few channel changes she seems to find a show she likes
Its a children’s show called “Clefables Fables” and after a few episodes she starts happily humming along to the opening song
At around noon Sasha walks in with some pokemon food on a few plates
“i had a few ideas about how to improve the recipes and need everyone to tell me what they think” Sasha says
“Alright, snack time!” I announce and they line up neatly on the edge of the bed
Sasha sets a plate in front of each of them, each has three slightly different pieces of food sitting on it
They slowly go through them and Sasha asks them questions about each and takes notes about their reactions
After about ten minutes they finish the testing
“I see. I’ll start making the next batchs with this in mind” Sasha says
“Hey, do want some help?” I ask
“Sure” Sasha says
We spend the next few hours making pokemon food with our pokemon
As we finish separating them into the containers we sit down and I make us some tea
“So, I’m going on a small trip tomorrow” I say as I pour Sasha a cup
“I will alert the hospitals” Sasha says taking a sip of her tea
“Wow. Rude.” I say with a smirk
“where are you going?” Sasha asks
“Katell told me about these burned out ruins in the forest that she heard about, apparently it was a huge building that burned down like ten years ago. Its totally overgrown and maybe haunted! I thought it sounded cool, I figured I could get some pictures, maybe even meet a few ghost pokemon!” I explain
Sasha just stares at me
“Alright look! I know its sounds like the kind of situation where ill get hurt but i can’t just not go! I’m not gonna let my bad luck stop me from having fun” I say
Sasha just sighs
“Then i will join you” Sasha says
“What? Really?” I ask
“Yes” Sasha says
“well alright!” I say with a smile
As i show Sasha the route i planned out earlier ruche walks in
“Oh hey guys, what are you doing?” Ruche says sitting down
“Were planning a trip for tomorrow! Wanna come?” I ask
“Sure, where are we going?” Ruche asks
“To a haunted mansion in the deepest part of eterna forest” Sasha says
Ruche’s expression changes rapidly showing a variety of emotions landing on a mix of terror and worry
“No no no, what are you even doing!? why would you go looking for ghosts!?“ Ruche says slamming his hands down on the table
"Whoa! Calm down. Were not going just to look for ghosts, I’m going to take some pictures, and sashas going to keep an eye on me. if we meet some ghosts or ghost pokemon that’s just a bonus” I say with a smirk
“Ghost pokemon can be dangerous!” Ruche says
“I heard that most are just into pranks, and that very rarely, they take it too far and you… Die, but its usually an accident or a misunderstanding on their part” I say
“Sasha, please talk some sense into him” ruche pleads
“My moms partner is a sableye, she is like a sister to me. Not all ghost pokemon are bad.” sasha says
Ruche sighs and pinches the bridge of his nose
“Fine. Have fun I guess, but please be careful!” Ruche says
“Wait your not coming anymore?” I ask
“No!” Ruche says
“Alright. I want to get some shots with the moon in the background so we will probably be gone overnight” I say
“You’ll be back in time for the festival right?” Ruche says
“Yep!” I say with a smile
Ruche looks hesitant to believe me but just sighs and pour himself a cup of tea
We spend the day preparing for our trip and after dinner we head to bed a little earlier than usual
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Post by Manchee on Dec 18, 2018 20:52:46 GMT
I've read up to the end of the chapter where Ruche asks to take a picture with Scarlett. While some people might be turned off by the more "rough" layout and approach to this story (as far as the beginning is concerned), I really like it! I find myself struggling a lot to just write what I want to write, and I think it's nice seeing something that is done in short bursts to move the adventure along. They read almost like diary entries, which is something that I've wanted to try before for a fic, and I think that your style of writing is refreshing. You aren't trying to be anything other than yourself, and I think that shows through in what you've created here so far. I can tell that this was written as something to take your mind away from real life, and it makes me want to keep reading to see where this story ends up. Fics that also remind me of the animé have a special place in my heart, because it brings back memories of what it was like to watch the show as a kid. Sasha is a character that I can easily picture and who's characterization fits well in a story like this. I expect to be seeing more of her. I like how her part in the story so far expanded on the book by Professor Kukui that Dakota owns. It brought up a good bit of worldbuilding and made me really enjoy the idea of pokémon using moves so vastly different, even across ones of the same species. I want to see where that goes further down the line! And I hope to see more of the book in the future, as it seems like an important part of Dakota growing as a trainer. Also, very excited that this takes place in Sinnoh. I feel like it's been forever since I've read something from there.
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Post by fattymccatcat on Dec 19, 2018 12:03:35 GMT
I'm glad your enjoying it so far!
I like Sasha a lot as a character, so you can bet you'll be seeing a lot of her
And I decided to start in sinnoh because its the region I would want to live if I were in the pokemon world, I just love the atmosphere and scenery. I'm gonna lose it when we get the updated graphics in the remakes
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