Thread: Individual RP: Turtwig's A-B-Cs

I snored on the wooden table. Vaporeon rolled her eyes at me and banged the file against my head.

"OW!" I rubbed my head while Vaporeon, or Mimi, as I call her, dropped the file in front of me. I opened it and started chuckling.

"You never do that if it's for the Abandoned Power Plant. Okay, I'll take this run." I said, and as Mimi rejoiced over her victory I typed in my confirmation.

"Okay, we are going to meet the trainer an hour later. Better get ready." I grabbed my red, orange-laced sling bag and put Mimi in the Pokeball hanging from my necklace.

Anyway, the Botanic Gardens are quite pleasant. Might as well go early.

"Remember Mimi, even though you like the Pokemon there, you make sure that you keep your wits end. Remember, you are weak against Grass-Types." I reminded Mimi, who simply let it enter one ear and out the other.

"Whatever." I stepped onto the tele porter and in one second found myself at my destination.

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Name: A Turtwig
Encounters Left: 15
Location: Botanic Gardens
CC: 0
Total Items:
7 Parkballs
1 Soothing Fragrance

Pokémon Stats:

Pokémon: Torterra
Nickname: N/A
Gender: Male
Ability: Overgrow
Nature: Quirky
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: N/A

Pokémon: Sudowoodo
Gender: Female
Ability: Sturdy
Nature: Hasty
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: N/A

I was approaching the National Park, my Torterra strolling beside me. We managed to stop our journey for enough time to actually explore the National Park. I've heard wonders about this place and how it contained almost all species of Pokémon, including Legendaries. Soon, I made my way to the Front Gate, trying to find a map or something else to guide me to the area. As it turned out, one could get to the areas by using teleporters, each marked to show the area they go to. Soon I found the teleporter labelled the area I was set to go to. The area I chose to go to capture Grass-types. Seconds later, I found I was where I need to be at the Botanic Gardens.

I noticed a trainer approaching from the distance, with a large, turtle-like animal with a tree growing on its back slowly following. Mimi forced herself out of the Pokeball to greet the new trainer, eagerly waiting. Soon, they reached the entrance of the Botanic Gardens, where I was waiting for them.

"Hello, my name is Timpeni, and this is my Pokemon, Mimi. Your name is A Turtwig, right?" I asked the new trainer. I then pointed to the two split paths in the entrance.

"You could go on the left, where there is the Flower Garden and the Fruit Garden. Or, you could go on the right, with the Jungle, the Sea Garden, the Desert Garden and the Botanic Garden's Utopia. And the paths link up at one point, so you can visit them all." I said, secretly hoping that A chooses to go right, for I loved the Utopia. It was like a large park full of trees and bushed, a stream running in the middle with a dainty white bridge across it. A swing stood under a tree and there were many cute Pokemon roaming that area.

I then noticed some noises on the left, and I saw two moving long, jagged leaves in the grass. A gust of wind blew in our direction, and a red Hoppip landed on the ground in front of us. It kept an eye us, observing our every movement, ready to get out of harm's way if necessary.

"Want to battle this Pokemon?" I asked A.

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Name: A Turtwig
Encounters Left: 15
Location: Botanic Gardens
CC: 662
Total Items:
7 Parkballs
1 Soothing Fragrance

Pokémon Stats:

Pokémon: Torterra
Nickname: N/A
Gender: Male
Ability: Overgrow
Nature: Quirky
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: N/A
Health: 100%
Status: Normal (Out of ball)

Pokémon: Sudowoodo
Gender: Female
Ability: Sturdy
Nature: Hasty
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: N/A
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

After I appeared in the Botanic Gardens, somebody soon approached me and said "Hello, my name is Timpeni, and this is my Pokemon, Mimi. Your name is A Turtwig, right?" I nodded, and then was pointed to a split path laying in front of me.

Timpeni soon explained where both paths laid. "You could go on the left, where there is the Flower Garden and the Fruit Garden. Or, you could go on the right, with the Jungle, the Sea Garden, the Desert Garden and the Botanic Garden's Utopia. And the paths link up at one point, so you can visit them all." But before, I could answer, a strong wind blew, and a red and green Pokémon, a Hoppip, caught in the gust landed in front. After it observed us, Timpeni asked "Want to battle this Pokemon?". "I wouldn't want to, a Hoppip like this doesn't seem like it could do any harm, and catching it might have bad effects", I replied. Not paying any more attention to the Hoppip still being there, I soon changed the subject, saying "But it does show that the wind blows right, and I do like to go whichever way the wind blows. Besides, every single area on the right seem great places to explore. So, could we go right?".

The Hoppip noticed that massive Torterra next to us and was gobsmacked. It immediately jumped and picked up the next wind, floating over to the right and disappearing into the thick vegetation.

"But it does show that the wind blows right, and I do like to go whichever way the wind blows. Besides, every single area on the right seem great places to explore. So, could we go right?"

"Right it is, then!" I said in glee, and proceeded to walk on the sandy trail towards our first stop: The Jungle Area. The sandy trail was soon covered in brown, dried leaves, and overhanging branches and trees alike gave us shade from the overwhelming sun. I noticed many Pokemon darting here and there, but none wanted to battle, only observing us from a distance.

Then, a oddly-colored Oddish appeared, boldly walked straight in front of us.

"That's a rare Shiny Oddish. Unfortunately, it is not up for capture by the National Park Visitors. The rare gene that gives it the strange coloring it has interacts with the original genes to make Shiny Oddish extremely daring and brave." I told A. After all, Rangers were like tour guides too.

I stopped in my tracks when a foul smell penetrated the otherwise peaceful, serene air. It didn't smell; it stank. The only Pokemon I know that releases such a foul smell was the Vileplum.

"Eergh... Mimi, go get a Pokemon to use Sweet Scent!" I released Mimi, who didn't get affected by the scent due to her blocked nose from her recent bout of flu, called out in a foreign Pokemon language. Soon, a Combee came and sprayed the entire area with a scent so fresh, so sweet, it hypnotized me.

After snapping out of it, I returned Mimi to her ball and thanked the Combee before it flew away.

"No Air Freshener is better than Mother Nature. Anyway, that horrible smell was from a Rafflesia, the biggest flower and one of the most stinkiest in the world, grown in the wild jungles of Malaysia. But there are no Rafflesia planted here, so the only thing that could be causing the smell is a Vileplum, who has a Rafflesia growing out of its- YEAARGH!"

A Vileplum jumped out of the bushes and landed on me, squishing me with its enormous weak into a human pancake. It got up and kicked, using me as a propeller of the ground, and landed in front of A, demanding an explanation for why we are inflitrating its territory.

"Oh! Er... do you want to battle this one?"

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Name: A Turtwig
Encounters Left: 13
Location: Botanic Gardens
CC: 1819
Total Items:
7 Parkballs
1 Soothing Fragrance

Pokémon Stats:

Pokémon: Torterra
Nickname: N/A
Gender: Male
Ability: Overgrow
Nature: Quirky
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: N/A
Health: 100%
Status: Normal (Out of ball)

Pokémon: Sudowoodo
Gender: Female
Ability: Sturdy
Nature: Hasty
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: N/A
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

We proceeded to the right, and went toward the Jungle first. Somewhere along the way, a Shiny Oddish had shown itself in front of me and Timpeni. Unfortunately for me though, it was not allowed to be captured, being described as daring and brave. Soon, a horrible stench polluted the area. Fortunately, Timpeni called upon Mimi, her Vaporeon, and it called a Combee to the area. Soon, the air had a fresh smell again, but a Vileplume soon jumped out onto Timpeni, a blow that must've hurt. It was looking as if we were trespassing onto its territory, which is definitely not a good sign. It soon jumped off, though not without Timpeni getting crushed a bit more. I think I could even sense that Torterra was scared off the giant flower species.

"Oh! Err... you want to battle this one?" Timpeni asked. "I think I'll pass on this one too" I said. "Attacking it would make it angrier, and plus if I tried to capture it, it would never work because my Park Balls aren't sturdy enough."

The Vileplum was not letting a good battle go to waste. It immediately started dancing in a cryptic fashion, and petals started to detach themselves from the flowers. They encircled Vileplum, and started to accumulate speed, and soon, they were so fast they seemed to 'stretch', until one end of the petal was a sharp as a meat cleaver. The petal hardened, remaining in that form, and flew towards Torterra's weak spot: Its eye. Vileplum laughed like a maniac as the petals locked on on its target.

I noticed the petals flying, and I quickly yelled. "A, get Torterra out of the way, the Vileplum's trying Petal Dance!"

But Torterra did not need any help. Due to its Quirky nature, it knew exactly what was going on. It quickly ducked down low and tucked its head into its shell and the last moment, and the petals hit only its hard shell, barely scratching it.

The Vileplum scowled menacingly, and started to dance again.

"Looks like it won't leave us alone till you defeat it or use a Pokedoll."

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Name: A Turtwig
Encounters Left: 13
Location: Botanic Gardens
CC: 2803
Total Items:
7 Parkballs
1 Soothing Fragrance

Pokémon Stats:

Pokémon: Torterra
Nickname: N/A
Gender: Male
Ability: Overgrow
Nature: Quirky
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: N/A
Health: 100%
Status: Normal (Out of ball)

Pokémon: Sudowoodo
Gender: Female
Ability: Sturdy
Nature: Hasty
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: N/A
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

Wild Pokemon:

Pokémon: Vileplum
Gender: ???
Ability: Chlorophyll
Nature: Rash
Health: 100%
Status: Normal- Will get confused in 1 turn's time

"This was not good" I thought as Vileplume tried attacking Torterra. However, thanks to its eccentricity, it managed to dodge the Petal Dance coming at it. "Look's like it won't leave us alone until you defeat it or use a Pokedoll".

After thinking through what would happen for a couple seconds, I finally said "I guess I'll have to use a Pokedoll".

6250 - 500 = 5750

I grabbed the pink Cleffa doll out of my bag and threw it right at the Vileplum. It fought back by attack the doll viciously with a barrage of petals, stuffing flying all over the place. I noticed the Vileplum's eyes had dark, shaded skin under it, and it was looking quite tired. The Vileplum prepared to dance again, but its dancing was wonky and it fell to the ground, surprised. When it got up, its vision was blurred and it started to attack trees.

"Uh... I think that's out que to leave now." I whispered to A, and he nodded as we quickly (Or, at least, as fast as we could go with Torterra) went away from the obviously confused Pokemon, still attack immobile targets.

I noticed that the ground started to appear sandy again, and soon, a long, wide, straight wooden bridge was in front of us. Not those flimsy rope ones, it was held firm by many beams apart from ropes. The ropes are there probably to keep the clumsy Pokemon... or visitors... from falling out.

"It's wide enough for a Torterra... and it's wide enough for a battle." I muttered, and urged A to get onto in bridge behind me.

"Look over the side. The whole pool is man-made and totally pure. Throwing rubbish in is a even bigger offense than throw rubbish in any other area of the park, because the plants and anemones in here and extremely sensitive to pollution. Look, a blue anemone!" I pointed to a strange blue plant in the sea. "It's a rare coloration." I noted to myself that any Pokemon could simply jump at us, but it seems that we'll probably reach the boat without incident.

I reached the large passenger boat, and it was completely empty, albeit from the driver. Its body was exposed, allowing any Pokemon to simply leap onto it.

"Driver, please take us over to the next destination." I said to the burly man in the seat, who to strangers seemed like a brute, with tattoos and piercings, but I knew better. A smile appeared, making him much more approachable to visitors.

The boat began to move, steadily gaining speed. I sat on the seat, tired, and A's Torterra observed its surroundings silently. It was also the first to notice ripples appearing in the water- and it wasn't from the boat.

Mimi sent herself out of the Pokeball after also noticing the threat. Mimi dove into the water before I could stop her, and a green, lazy Pokemon looked at Mimi with anger, after it has disturbed it from its slumber. Mimi screamed and immediately melted into water, hiding from the Pokemon.

"Look out, Mimi! Get out of the water!" I yelled, and a shot of water burst out of the sea, which turned into Mimi. After Mimi, a Cradily attached itself to a boat, and slowly etched up to the boat's platform.

"Do you want to battle this one? Don't worry, this boat is designed for battle." I said to A.

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Name: A Turtwig
Encounters Left: 132
Location: Botanic Gardens
CC: 350
Total Items:
7 Parkballs
1 Soothing Fragrance

Pokémon Stats:

Pokémon: Torterra
Nickname: N/A
Gender: Male
Ability: Overgrow
Nature: Quirky
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: N/A
Health: 100%
Status: Normal (Out of ball)

Pokémon: Sudowoodo
Gender: Female
Ability: Sturdy
Nature: Hasty
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: N/A
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

After a close call with Vileplume, we kept exploring. Soon enough me and Timpeni saw the river, which was clean. According to Timpeni, it stays so because the offense of polluting in it is much greater than the offense of polluting in other sites in the park. We kept trekking through the Jungle until eventually, a boat appeared. We climbed onto the ship, which was sturdy enough to hold Torterra. A strong man was operating the boat, but didn't really appear terrifying to me. Soon enough though, Torterra noticed what was going on. Soon enough, a Cradily started to climb the ship. Eventually, it managed to hoist itself onto the platform.

"Do you want to battle this one?" Timpeni asked "Don't worry, this boat is designed to battle". I thought about it, and finally said "You know what, sure. A Cradily is definitely a great species to battle." I sifted through my bag and found a Park Ball to use just in case. Soon, I signaled Torterra to be ready for battle. Next I spoke "Torterra, I know you don't like using your natural moves, but since they're the only ones you know, could you try using Razor Leaf on the Cradily? And if you can, aim for its 'suction cups' so that we can hopefully knock it off balance. That would remove one of the Cradily's biggest advantages." I could tell Torterra was grumbling, but soon it managed to fire a barrage of leaves aimed toward the Cradily.

The Cradily climbed onto the boat, quite angry that the boat has waken it from its beauty sleep, only to be hut by a barrage of Razor Leafs. It seemed to be a but surprised but I couldn't quite see it due to the limited movement of this particular Pokemon. The Razor Leaf hit it hard, and cut loose one of its suction cups. The Cradily didn't even bother maintaining its balance, and ended up landing on the ground quite hard.

The Cradily gathered up all its poison inside it, and into its mouth. It re-attached only two suction cups, but that was enough for it to execute the move. While balancing dangerously, it released a ball of acid, hitting Torterra's exposed flesh. Torterra definitely knew where to dodge, but it wasn't fast enough.

"Woah! Look out!" The man said, and he swerved onto the side, making both Pokemon lose their balance, Cradily and Torterra- not to mention us humans. It seems a whole swarm of Lileeps were gathering around the boat, trying to give Cradily an edge. They went as far and trying to tilt the boat, making it rock dangerously.

"Oh dear. This isn't good." I said as a Lileep jumped up and sprayed me with water. "Hey, that's just rude!"

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Name: A Turtwig
Encounters Left: 13
Location: Botanic Gardens
CC: 1740
Total Items:
7 Parkballs
1 Soothing Fragrance

Pokémon Stats:

Pokémon: Torterra
Nickname: N/A
Gender: Male
Ability: Overgrow
Nature: Quirky
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: N/A
Health: 91%
Status: Normal (Out of ball)

Pokémon: Sudowoodo
Gender: Female
Ability: Sturdy
Nature: Hasty
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: N/A
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

Wild Pokemon:

Pokémon: Cradily
Gender: ???
Ability: Suction Cups
Nature: Lax
Health: 79%
Status: Normal

I thought it was a really lucky shot when Cradily was knocked off. However, it had way better balance than I thought, because it managed to put two tentacles, and shoot a poisonous substance over at Torterra. I knew it was trying its best to dodge the attack, but wasn't fast enough, and got hit in one of its weakest area.

Soon enough, as if to pile more odds against me, a group of Lileep were starting to surround the boat, and it became clear that they were on Cradily's side. One even sprayed Timpeni with water. I was tempted to either send my Sudowoodo out or use Earthquake, Torterra's strongest move. I knew that if Torterra could use its most powerful move, it had a pretty good chance to rock the Lileep off the boat and weaken Cradily severely. But unfortunately for me, it would most likely also break the boat, causing much more than a few casualties.

I opted not to use it, and instead did something else. It was a risk, but if it worked, then I could gain a potential huge advantage. And I soon exclaimed "Torterra, try using Razor Leaf to knock it over one more time and then hit the area between Cradily's tentacles using Wood Hammer!". But it was soon grumbling again, and I was worried if it would bother using one of its natural moves again.

"Torterra, try using Razor Leaf to knock it over one more time and then hit the area between Cradily's tentacles using Wood Hammer!"

The Torterra grunted, and I could sense that it was not amused by having its trainer want it to use a natural move again. But then it said something like "Just one more time" or at least, that is what I interpret from my knowledge of the Pokemon language.

Torterra locked on the Cradily's sution cups, and leaf came from the tree on its body, spinning at speeds so high it could ut through flesh easily- hence the reason 'Razor' is in the name's move.

Its accuracy was better compared to the last move. It brought Cradily down again, and this time it didn't try to get up. It had a plan in mind, and the Lileep were involved in it.

Torterra lifted up its heavy, stiff legs and charged at Cradily, bashing the Pokemon rashly. Cradily was hurled at the wall between the captain and the battlefield, and a smirk appeared on its face. Torterra grunted, hurt by the recoil damage inflicted by performing such a dangerous move.

The Cradily spit out several seeds at the Lileep, and said some words that made Torterra even more cautious than before. One eye was on the Lileep and one eye on Cradily.

Suddenly, the Lileep spat seeds at the Torterra, and all the hard-shelled seeds landed on its back before exploding. Torterra was shocked but its shell saved it from any damage being inflicted. But I knew that was the true intention of the wild Pokemon. Something Torterra had not noticed was that during the explosion Cradily had spit a seed under Torterra.

"Below you, Torterra!"

The seed exploded, sending Torterra a feet or so in the air, before crashing hard onto the boat's surface, causing a large indent in the ground.

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Name: A Turtwig
Encounters Left: 13
Location: Botanic Gardens
CC: 3005
Total Items:
7 Parkballs
1 Soothing Fragrance

Pokémon Stats:

Pokémon: Torterra
Nickname: N/A
Gender: Male
Ability: Overgrow
Nature: Quirky
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: N/A
Health: 63%
Status: Normal (Out of ball)

Pokémon: Sudowoodo
Gender: Female
Ability: Sturdy
Nature: Hasty
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: N/A
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

Wild Pokemon:

Pokémon: Cradily
Gender: ???
Ability: Suction Cups
Nature: Lax
Health: 31%
Status: Normal

Torterra managed to pull through with my plan, but unfortunately the Cradily had its own plan. At first, it had the Lileep bombard Torterra with a bunch of seeds. Next, it shot a seed of its own, causing an explosion under Torterra, knocking it into the boat. I could tell it was hit hard by this attack; it was something it never could've predicted after being hit by the Lileep's seeds.

I had a feeling Torterra needed a very long rest because of its loyalty, so I put the Park Ball down for a moment and recalled it. Next, I threw another Poké Ball, which released my Sudowoodo, the other party member I brought for this trip. I knew it was at a strong disadvantage here, and was severely impatient. But unlike Torterra, it knew how to battle by itself due to how hasty it was. In addition, Sudowoodo has nothing against its natural moves or even head-on combat.

Either way, I had a feeling that Cradily was in for a world of pain now. Rocking the boat is one thing, but causing a severe explosion on my Torterra? That was a very devious plan that I had much against. Not only was it hurting my own starter, but it was also potentially threatening the life of everyone on the vessel by the large indent on the ground. I looked at Sudowoodo, and knew exactly what I wanted to do now against this Cradily. The best way to attack this one was to stoop to its level. "Sudowoodo", I soon exclaimed with a smirk on my face, "could you use a Fake Tears for this Cradily here!". I had an extra strong feeling inside of my gut that it would know what was going on right now, and if it not now, then it would realize soon.

The Sudowoodo was a bit annoyed by the fact that its trainer wanted it to not attack head-on but use a stat lowering move, but it obeyed anyway, since it was only the first move. If it did what it was told to do, maybe some hard core battling will come in soon.

The Sudowoodo turned its back, using the spit from its mouth to yet its face, and rubbed its eyes, making them red and sore. She turned to Cradily and made a very persuading imitation of a crying Pokemon. But Cradily was lazy, definitely, and also pretty stone-hearted, which is why it didn't care for others. This trait let it rise to the top of the pack, not stopped by any Lileep, for it didn't bother who it destroyed, mentally or physically. The Lileep feared the Cradily, yet respected it at the same time, at awe with its power, when the truth is that it simply didn't care who died in its reign of horror.

The Cradily used Stockpile, trying to store up power to regain the health that it has lost. But it wanted to be greedy and use the move three times, so I spotted the opportunity to hit it when it was weak and vulnerable.

"There! It's stockpiling right now, if you attack it, it won't fight back!" I yelled at A, who got the message. I sat and awaited for my trainer to give his orders to Sudowoodo.

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Name: A Turtwig
Encounters Left: 12
Location: Botanic Gardens
CC: 4723
Total Items:
7 Parkballs
1 Soothing Fragrance

Pokémon Stats:

Pokémon: Torterra
Nickname: N/A
Gender: Male
Ability: Overgrow
Nature: Quirky
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: N/A
Health: 63%
Status: Normal (Out of ball)

Pokémon: Sudowoodo
Gender: Female
Ability: Sturdy
Nature: Hasty
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: N/A
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

Wild Pokemon:

Pokémon: Cradily
Gender: ???
Ability: Suction Cups
Nature: Lax
Health: 31%
Status: Normal (STOCKPILE 1)