Thread: Individual RP: VeloJello

@VeloJello I was gonna have this up last night. Oh well.

Ranger Justin Cross
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"I'm late!", I screamed to myself as I hit my alarm snooze button.

I quickly stormed out of bed, got into some cold weather attire, and grabbed Tessa and Dave's Pokeballs as I ran out the front door. I then threw Tessa's Pokeball, awaking the Togekiss from her slumber.

"Come on, Tessa, we need to get going towards Meteor Valley. Our very first trainer is out there, you know!"

Tessa mearly pulled off some sort of shrugging move with her wings, and then she motioned me to get on her back. I did so, and we began flying towards a location marked on a little GPS I got after passing the test. I then felt a ringing in my left pocket, which I remembered was my PDA, containing all the info on my Trainer.

"Okay, her name is Alice, her Pokemon are Salamence and Serperior, and she has encountered three Pokemon..."

Little did I know, we were really close to the marked position. I asked Tessa to land, and when we did, I put her back in her Pokeball, and I started running. After a short spell, I saw three figures: two humans, and a large snake. I ran up behind them, and noticed one of them was John Shay, the guy who had called me out here. I told him that he was free to go, and he obliged and left.

"Uh, hello. I'm ranger Justin Cross, the replacement for John," I uttered. " Ah, so you're capturing a Solosis I see. It looks pretty injured, too."

It was at this point I saw the green tendrils being fired from her Serperior towards the Solosis, a Mega Drain attack for sure. The green tendrils managed to make contact with the cell Pokemon, and it's energy began being drained. After a bit, the tendrils retreated off of the Solosis and came back to Serperior, healing it. In its weakened state, Solosis's eyes began glowing a blue hue, and glass-like bubble surrounded it on every side. It had used Reflect, a barrier that could sponge up some damage from a physical move. Solosis then stated glowing yellow, an attempt to regain it's health using Recover.

"Uhm, Ms. Alice. If you can't break it's concentration soon, it will regain some health. But still, it's pretty injured. I'd hurry and just throw that Pokeball, if I were you."


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BP #1
SERPERIOR V. SOLOSIS
72% {Used Mega Drain) - 21% {Used Reflect; using Recover)

Trainer Information
Name: Alice Card
Location: Meteor Valley
Pokemon Encountered: Poochyena, Abra, Solosis, ???, ???, ???, ???, ???, ???, ???, ???, ???, ???, ???, ???
Pokemon Captured: Abra (Male/Timid)
Character Count Since Last Encounter: 9913/9000
Park Items:
- Park Balls (3)
- Super Balls (2)
- Hyper Ball (1)
- Energy Powder (2)
- Poke Doll (1)

Pokemon Information
(Serperior Active ; Salamence 64%)

Pokemon: Serperior.
Nickname: Darius.
Gender: Male.
Ability: Contrary.
Nature: Adamant.
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Nope.

Pokemon: Salamence.
Nickname: Bohmander.
Gender: Male.
Ability: Intimidate.
Nature: Brave.
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Dragon Dance and Outrage.

[mention="54228"]Crossover

Just as Darius's Mega Drain attack was about to hit Solosis, I saw a stranger coming up behind me. He looked young, about my age - another Trainer? He spoke to John for a few seconds, and when the latter went away the stranger came to me. "Uh, hello. I'm ranger Justin Cross, the replacement for John," he said, sounding a bit uncertain. "Ah, so you're capturing a Solosis I see. It looks pretty injured, too."

"Yep," I said tensely, turning back to Darius. He had finished his attack, and now Solosis was glowing blue. A bubble of blue energy surrounded its spherical body, and then as if that weren't enough, it started to glow yellow. My new Ranger seemed nervous thanks to this.

"Uhm, Ms. Alice," he said. "If you can't break its concentration soon, it will regain some health. But still, it's pretty injured. I'd hurry and just throw that Pokeball, if I were you."

I nodded - that was a good idea. I pitched the Pokeball as hard as I could. "Stay in there, little bugger," I muttered, hoping that the second time would be the charm.

@VeloJello The dice seem to not be on your side, Jello.

Ranger Justin Cross

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As Alice threw that Pokeball, I was rather sure that this capture would be over. It conked Solosis square on the head and turned him into that familiar red hue, signifying that the ball had activated it capture mechanism perfectly. The ball then fell right to the ground, and we entered one of the most nerve wracking parts of battling: the capture. The ball turned from side to side, showing the Cell Pokemon's struggle to squirm out. I thought this would be a cinch, but then the ball opened up…

Out of the ball came that same circular body, obviously tired from resisting the rest a Pokeball would provide.As the ball return to Alice via the return mechanism, I was rather astonished how resilient this Solosis was. Solosis looked quite fed up, but almost to the point where it was almost tired of all this madness. Solosis began to focus on what it thought was important: recovering. It re-bathed itself in that same yellow light as before, desperate to secure more energy to keep going.
“Ms. Alice, I think you will need to just subdue it somehow before pulling this off or just give it another go, because it just won’t go down!” I stated.

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BP#2
SERPERIOR V. SOLOSIS
72%{No moves used} – 23%{using Recover}
Trainer Information
Name: Alice Card
Location: Meteor Valley
Pokemon Encountered: Poochyena, Abra, Solosis, ???, ???, ???, ???, ???, ???, ???, ???, ???, ???, ???, ???
Pokemon Captured: Abra (Male/Timid)
Character Count Since Last Encounter: 10947/9000
Park Items:
- Park Balls (3)
- Super Balls (2)
- Hyper Ball (1)
- Energy Powder (2)
- Poke Doll (1)

@Crossover
OOC: Sorry for the short post. Busy busy busy!

Apparently, Solosis are stubborn Pokemon.

I resisted the urge to spit out several dozen swear words as I watched Solosis spring free of the Pokeball for a second time; instead, I decided to take Justin's advice. The stupid blob obviously wasn't going to stay put otherwise - that much was pretty clear.

"Darius!" I shouted. "I want you to use Leaf Blade. Don't knock Solosis out - just stun her!" Darius nodded tersely before slithering forward, his tail raised. The leaves on the tip of it began to glow with green energy. I readied my throwing arm, holding my Park Ball in my hand. Hopefully the third time would turn out to be the charm.

@VeloJello I'm in study hall right now and I should be able to get most of this in.

Ranger Justin Cross
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This battle was dragging out WAY to long for Alice's liking. She looked as if her brain was about to detonate with an explosion of cussing and vulgarity. I was, in all honesty, suprized this tiny little Solosis was holding on THIS much. I hoped my advice would get through the I-want-to-choke-Solosis part of Alice's mind, and she would stay calm and collected.

"Darius!" She commanded. "I want you to use Leaf Blade. Don't knock Solosis out - just stun her!"

The clarity in her voice showed my advice had gone through and that she had formulated a perfect plan. Darius slid across the surface of the Valley at intense speed, his tail glowing a bright green hue. Darius then got right up in Solosis's face -- showing who had more endurance, then purposefully spun around quickly, only allowing the tip of his bright tail collide with Darius. The laws of motion then came into play, spinning Solosis at a rather impressive speed of it's own. After a little bit, it stopped the rotational roller-coaster, and it looked like it might lose it's lunch. This dazed state is just what Alice needs for that magic capture!

"Go now, Alice!"

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BP#3
SERPERIOR V. SOLOSIS
72%{Used Leaf Blade} – 19%{no moves used}

Trainer Information
Name: Alice Card
Location: Meteor Valley
Pokemon Encountered: Poochyena, Abra, Solosis, ???, ???, ???, ???, ???, ???, ???, ???, ???, ???, ???, ???
Pokemon Captured: Abra (Male/Timid)
Character Count Since Last Encounter: 10947/9000
Park Items:
- Park Balls (3)
- Super Balls (2)
- Hyper Ball (1)
- Energy Powder (2)
- Poke Doll (1)

@Crossover

Before Solosis could even blink, Darius was on her, looking just as frustrated as I was. He slithered right up to Solosis before whirling, catching Solosis by the tip of his green-glowing tail. He was absolutely marvelous, spinning Solosis around, dazing her so that she could be captured easily. Thanking my lucky stars that Darius had decided to listen and show restraint, something utterly foreign to him, I grinned. This had to be it - the opportunity I was waiting for. "Go now, Alice!" Justin cried. Just what I was thinking.

Damn, I hope this finally works, I thought angrily as I chucked the Pokeball with all of my strength.

VeloJello I should post in ALL the RPs so we can maximize the money we get for Christmas bonuses.

Ranger Justin Cross

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The Solosis looked absolutely ravaged; she was struck by so many attacks during this event I was still surprised she was still up and kicking. But Alice looked like she has had enough of all of this. She wound up her arm and chucked that Pokeball at rocket speed, and it flew, and flew and flew...And then it hit Solosis square in the cell coat. She lost her telekinetic grip and started to fall, but she didn't hit the ground before the red glow enveloping her dragged her into it's mechanical grasp. The ball popped, locked, and fell to the ground.

Come on, stay in there!I was so ecstatic that this might be my first capture assist of the park. I hope for Alice's sake we get done soon to, because she may blow a gasket if this thing comes out again. One, two...

The ball clicked. The capture was a success!

"Cool Alice, you caught a Solosis! Well done," I said with great excitement. "Unfortunately, you can use it right away, park rules and such." I ran over and picked up the sealed orb and put it into my coat pocket. This also reminded me to grab Dave's ball out of that pocket.

"Since we have a spare moment, I should introduce myself. I'm Novice Ranger Justin Cross, at your service!" I then throw Dave's ball into the air, and the blue blob I've come to know as a friend emerged. "And this is Dave, my Ditto and best friend."

"So, what should we do now?"
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BP #4


Trainer Information
Name: Alice Card
Location: Meteor Valley
Pokemon Encountered: Poochyena, Abra, Solosis, ???, ???, ???, ???, ???, ???, ???, ???, ???, ???, ???, ???
Pokemon Captured: Abra (Male/Timid), Solosis(Female/Brave(?))
Character Count Since Last Encounter: 0/0
Park Items:
- Park Balls (2)
- Super Balls (2)
- Hyper Ball (1)
- Energy Powder (2)
- Poke Doll (1)
Party Information
DARIUS (ACTIVE): 72%
SALAMENCE : 64%

@Crossover

((OOC: I'm back! Wow! Fab! Sorry it's been so long, hopefully you don't mind continuing???))

The Pokeball's click was pretty much the most reassuring sound I'd ever heard. "Yeah!" I shouted, grinning from a mix of excitement and relief. Even Darius, who still remained aloof and detached, seemed to relax a little. I walked over to him and patted him on the head, not bothering with the Pokeball since I knew that my Ranger would just pick it up anyway.

My Ranger seemed to be just as excited as me. "Cool Alice, you caught a Solosis!" he exclaimed emphatically. "Well done! Unfortunately, you can use it right away, park rules and such." He scurried over to the Pokeball and scooped it out of the leaf mold. It shrunk in his hand to a manageable size; he then slipped it into his pocket and pulled out a 'ball of his own. "Since we have a spare moment, I should introduce myself," my Ranger continued, still sounding as enthusiastic as ever. "I'm Novice Ranger Justin Cross, at your service!" Before my very eyes, he tossed his Pokeball into the air. In a burst of white light, a blob of blue goo with eyes and a wide, dopey smile appeared. I found myself smiling back. "And this is Dave, my Ditto and best friend."

"Sweet," I grinned. "I love Ditto." I then turned back to Justin Cross and looked him over. He was about my height, with pale skin, glasses, and a mop of brown hair. He didn't look extremely professional, but that was okay by me. "I'm Alice, which you probably already know. This is Darius." I gave the snake another pat. He looked unimpressed, but that was pretty much the way he always looked. "He's a grump," I added; as I spoke, I noticed a cut along his side. Wincing, I bent down to examine the injury. Much to my relief, it wasn't too deep.

"So, what should we do now?" Justin asked as I completed my medical examination and rose to my feet. I looked around at the forest. The mist was mostly clear around the scene of the battle, but it formed an eerie miasma of blurriness all around us. There was sure to be another great Pokemon waiting deeper down. I looked back at Justin with a shrug and a smile.

"Keep following the path, I guess."

NBP #1
Ranger Ataro

It's been a while since our last run with a trainer. Summer was coming soon and I had intended to go on a vacation. I wasn't sure where I would go yet, but I would probably need to apply for a week of leave period with the office. I flipped through my huge stack of unorganized papers to look for the application form that I had gotten yesterday. Suddenly, my phone had buzzed with a ringtone. I took it up from the table and scanned the new email that I had just received.

...

Apparently, there was a trainer stranded in Meteor Valley currently and I am to be deployed over there immediately. Seeing as there were not many other rangers in the office currently, it was kind of a no brainer. This was probably very urgent though, since the email has addressed that my prospective trainer had already had a change of two rangers now and it would be best to get there as soon as possible. We needed to uphold our company's reputation after all. There were several other places that allowed you to capture Pokemon, and we definitely needed to ensure that our competition doesn't get the best of us.

Quickly, I took the items that I needed and dumped them into my bag and rushed off. Meteor Valley was somewhere around some mountain valley area and to walk there itself would probably take quite a couple of hours. That is why teleportation transportation is the most frequent type of transportation in the Park. By harnessing the powers of Psychic-type Pokemon, we can make use of their Teleport to transport us instantly to nearby spaces.

I made my way to the room as fast as I could. I had needed to take a couple of elevators and walk across several rooms. It was not long before I had spotted the iconic white room which had three Alakazan sitting in a meditation posture. Without even briefing them on where I had to go, I was motioned to quickly enter the sphere that was created by them. In what seemed to be mere milliseconds, I found myself in a contrasting dark area. The Alakazam were incredibly high-leveled Pokemon and they were skilled enough to instantly transport you to a very close proximity with your trainer. I looked around and realized that this was probably an extended room of another area for there was an opening beside me that led to another place.

I passed through the opening and found myself in a brighter lit room. There were several meteors on the ground that reflected the little unnatural light sources. I had found a young woman and a man standing ahead of me. Upon noticing me, my fellow ranger, Cross, had waved to me and promptly passed me two Park Balls.

"Hey, thanks for doing this. I needed to attend to something urgently all of a sudden! I will be going now," he said and left hurriedly.

I waved back at him before introducing myself to my new trainer. "Hello there. I presume you must be Alice. My name is Ataro and I will be your replacement ranger. I'm aware that this has gone on for quite a while. Don't worry though, I will try to make this as fast as possible," I assured her.

She probably didn't have to stay here any longer anyway. Looking into the Park Ball that Cross had gave me, I realized that she had already captured two Pokemon. And it was not just any Pokemon. In it was an Abra, and a Solosis. Both of these Psychic-types were considerably rare, but they were extremely powerful in battle. Many trainers had sought after them. This has been a very good run for Alice, if I should say so myself.

I led her deeper into the cave by entering a crevice just right ahead. There seemed to be no meteors in this room unlike the previous one since the ambience was kind of dark in a gloomy and ghostly way. The very little and sparsely placed lights did little to help provide light source. Suddenly, I felt something creep up towards us from behind. I turned back slowly to notice a Shedinja right behind us.

It was probably following us closely right from the moment we entered this room. A Bug and Ghost-type Pokemon that belonged to Ninjask's counterpart, it was widely speculated and agreed that Shedinja was in fact the hollow cast and structure that Ninjask, or Nincada, had left behind while evolving from Nincada to Ninjask. It was definitely creepy though.

"So... interested in a creepy-looking Shedinja perhaps?"

~*~*~*~*~

Name: Alice Card
Items: Park Ball (x2), Super Ball (x2), Hyper Ball (x1), Energy Powder (x2), Pokedoll (x1)
Location: Meteor Valley
Pokemon Encountered: Poochyena, Abra, Solosis, Shedinja
Pokemon Captured: Timd Male Abra, Brave Female Solosis
Area Effects: 11 Encounters Remaining

-Adamant Male Darius the Serperior (Contrary) | On Field | 72%

-Brave Male Bohmender the Salamence (Intimidate) w/ Dragon Dance, Outrage | In Ball | 64%

@VeloJello

@Ataro
((OOC: Just a heads-up, I'm switching to third-person in keeping with a similar switch during my Rangering))

There was a sudden movement in the mist before Alice and Justin could get moving. A young man - in fact, he looked more like a teenager to Alice - emerged from the mist. Alice nearly jumped out of her skin, while Darius tensed and lifted his tail, clearly prepared for a fight. However, it seemed like the stranger was expected, because Justin greeted him with a wave and a relieved smile.

"Hey," he said, passing my used Park Balls over to the newcomer, "thanks for doing this. I needed to attend to something urgently all of a sudden! I will be going now." With that, he turned and hurried back up the path toward the Ranger Outpost with his Ditto in tow, leaving Alice extra-confused and a little dazed.

"Hello there. I presume you must be Alice," the newcomer said. He seemed friendly enough. "My name is Ataro and I will be your replacement ranger. I'm aware that this has gone on for quite a while. Don't worry though, I will try to make this as fast as possible." There was a note of embarrassment in his voice, as if he knew that Alice had already had the switcheroo pulled on her once before. Alice was a little bit tempted to be annoyed, but honestly it didn't matter too much to her. After all, if people had to take care of important stuff, then they had to take care of important stuff, and that was that.

The new Ranger - Ataro? What an odd name! - then turned around and began to head deeper into the woods, veering off the path to head into a cave. Alice followed, deciding to let Darius stay outside with her. The cave grew dark; fortunately, a few lights had been scattered through the stony tunnels to keep travelers from bumping their heads or toes. It was slightly eerie, but Alice wasn't bothered; so long as she had Darius with her, she was safe.

That was why, when he tensed and turned to look behind him, she whirled around so fast that she nearly fell on her butt.

"So... interested in a creepy-looking Shedinja perhaps?" Ataro asked, but Alice didn't answer right away. She was looking carefully at the Shedinja, who seemed to be staring at her through the empty slits that split its shell where the eyes should have been. Its back was shiny and caramel-colored, almost as if it was made out of gold. There were six long appendages on its back that might have been wings, if it weren't for the fact that they looked like they were rotting and that they didn't move when it floated. Some sort of silver halo rested above its head, as if the insect were supposed to be some sort of ghastly angel.

Given the Shedinja's appearance, Alice's first instinct was to get away rather than to fight it. Even if it wasn't so doggone creepy, it wasn't much use on a team; its ability granted it immunity from most attacks, but it was so fragile that any attack that did manage to hit it would only have to do so once. Alice shook her head and glanced back at Ataro. "Not in the slightest," she replied. "Let's am-scray; this thing gives me the creeps."

NBP #2
Ranger Ataro

Alice took a while to respond since she was studying Shedinja intensely. Thinking back, I didn't really had any Pokemon out with me this time unlike the usual times. Commonly, like trainers, rangers preferred to walk their trainer around the park with their own Pokemon as well. Not only would their Pokemon be more adept at handling park issues that might occur with wild Pokemon, it provides them with a sort of defense against rowdy Pokemon.

"Not in the slightest," she replied after a while. "Let's am-scray; this thing gives me the creeps."

"Alright, here we go!" I announced and we walked away from the Shedinja. I figured if it had really intended to leave us alone, it wouldn't follow us. If not, Alice was either going to have to fight it or use a Pokedoll. Thankfully though, Shedinja didn't seemed to be bothered at our presence. While walking though, I could felt a pair of eyes staring my every movements down still. It sure was creepy.

We had continued to walk forward, and the ground was considerably rougher than before. There were large uneven patches of concrete or gravel all around the ground, I couldn't even tell which was which. Some of them were natural, while some of them were the product of man-made pavements. They must have been quite old though, for the ground was just full of chipped stones.

We were mostly one a one-way path now, and there was no turning back. Up again however, was a mountain of rocks and boulders. It could be a possible roadblock, but there was a small crevice by the side. It seemed to be of the right size for us to squeeze through. Roadblocks like these were nothing surprising, since there are numerous events that could cause it, like the trembling of the cave, or perhaps some Pokemon battle. On noticing closer, I realized that that was not all. There was a Swoobat right up ahead, and it was circling around the mountain of rocks, while emitting rings of magenta-pink waves. It seemed to be looking for something.

"Interested in a Swoobat perhaps?"

~*~*~*~*~

Name: Alice Card
Items: Park Ball (x2), Super Ball (x2), Hyper Ball (x1), Energy Powder (x2), Pokedoll (x1)
Location: Meteor Valley
Pokemon Encountered: Poochyena, Abra, Solosis, Shedinja, Swoobat
Pokemon Captured: Timd Male Abra, Brave Female Solosis
Area Effects: 10 Encounters Remaining

-Adamant Male Darius the Serperior (Contrary) | On Field | 72%

-Brave Male Bohmender the Salamence (Intimidate) w/ Dragon Dance, Outrage | In Ball | 64%

@VeloJello

@Ataro

Evidently, Shedinja wanted as little to do with Alice as she wanted to do with it. The empty eye sockets watched impassively as Ataro cried, "Alright, here we go!" and started walking. Ranger, Trainer, and Serperior walked away down the tunnels without incident.

The terrain began to get downright bizarre pretty quickly. Cement, of all things, covered the ground in places. "Did someone try to make a street here?" Alice muttered to Darius. The Serperior replied with a twitch of his collar - the closest he could get to a shrug without having actual arms. Alice focused on the path again; she still slightly curious about the wrecked road, but she was far more curious about what sort of awesome Pokemon could be hiding in the cave depths.

A sudden flash of pink light caught Alice's attention. There was a huge mountain of rocks and rubble up ahead, with just a small space left between it and the wall to let people through. More pulses of light, still hot pink, pulsed from a Pokemon hovering near the debris: a dark-blue creature hovering on broad, black wings. A Swoobat, Alice realized. It didn't seem to notice the humans; it was intent on the rocks, as if it was searching for something buried under them.

"Interested in a Swoobat perhaps?" Ataro asked, jolting Alice out of her studying. She knew the answer almost immediately - she didn't want the Pokemon, but she was highly interested in what it was doing. Perhaps there was something of value hidden under the rocks. Either way, her curiosity was awake.

"Not really," she admitted quietly. "But do you think that we could hang around? This probably sounds stupid, but I kind of want to know what that bat's up to."

NBP #3
Ranger Ataro

Alice seemed to be studying the Swoobat intensely now. She was probably getting curious as to what the Swoobat was doing. "Not really," she admitted quietly. "But do you think that we could hang around? This probably sounds stupid, but I kind of want to know what that bat's up to."

"Sure," I replied casually.

I led her up to the suspicious bat, and we were studying the pile of boulders now. It had reached up the height of our shoulders approximately. Upon studying closer, I had noticed that the boulders was in a shade of blue actually. That was definitely weird. I had never seen blue boulders in my life. It was possible that they were meteors, but it was clear that Swoobat was as intrigued as we were.

Suddenly, the pile of boulders had started to vibrate. I quickly raised my hands ahead of Alice, to try and prevent her from moving closer if she had tried to. I'm sure she wasn't all that dumb, but it was just a defensive measure. It was our duty to protect our trainers anyway. From the rumbling exploded a couple of boulders that flew in all directions, but we were relatively safe though. The dust and smoke that appeared from that blinded us temporarily, and I started to choke from that.

After a while, I had managed to get some clean breaths again and wiped my eyes to identify what was going on. Gone was the pile of boulders, and replacing that was a Golett instead. It made a sort of automaton voice and pumped its fists, as if it was ready for a fight. It was probably taking a rest and camouflaged itself within a pile of rocks, when we had disturbed it. Realizing Swoobat was studying it earlier too, I looked up to discover that the Flying-type Pokemon was no longer there. It had to be scared off.

"Well, looks like we have a pretty rare Pokemon here. Interested in a Golett?"

~*~*~*~*~

Name: Alice Card
Location: Meteor Valley
Encounters Remaining: 9
Area Effects: It's relatively cold and dry.

Pokemon Encountered: Poochyena, Abra, Solosis, Shedinja, Swoobat, Golett
Pokemon Captured: Timd Male Abra, Brave Female Solosis
MCR: 0/15,000 (Borderline Rank)

Items: Park Ball (x2), Super Ball (x2), Hyper Ball (x1), Energy Powder (x2), Pokedoll (x1)
Picture Value: n/a

-Adamant Male Darius the Serperior (Contrary) | On Field | 72%

-Brave Male Bohmender the Salamence (Intimidate) w/ Dragon Dance, Outrage | In Ball | 64%

@VeloJello

@Ataro

Fortunately for Alice, Ataro was willing to wait around and see what Swoobat was up to. "Sure," he said nonchalantly, as if he had expected some curiosity on Alice's part. He walked closer to the debris pile; Alice followed, doing her best not to disturb Swoobat by making a lot of noise. She studied the boulders, watching carefully as Swoobat sent out another probing pink pulse. One of the boulders trembled slightly. As the magenta tint faded, Alice realized that it looked slightly different from the others - was that rock blue?

As if on some sort of cue, the whole pile began to shake. Ataro threw up his hands protectively, preventing Alice from going any further - not that she would have done so, anyway. Earthquakes and rock slides were nothing that she wanted to trifle with. Darius slithered protectively in front of her, glaring at Swoobat as if he thought that the bat was causing the tremors, but Swoobat seemed just as startled as the rest of them. As the rocks began to fall, it turned away from the pile and flapped away as fast as its wings could take it.

With a loud crash, the stones collapsed, creating a huge shower of dust. Alice shielded her eyes, while Darius waved his tail to clear the air. After a few moments, when she could breathe again without getting a lungful of debris, Alice looked up. A Pokemon was standing among the rocks' wreckage - it was the blue boulder that Alice had picked out before. It lifted a pair of sturdy-looking fists and let out a tinny, hollow warble that resembled a yawn.

"Well, looks like we have a pretty rare Pokemon here," Ataro pointed out. "Interested in a Golett?" Alice watched Golett for a few moments, weighing the Pokemon's pros and cons. On the one hand, it would be her last Pokemon if she caught it; on the other, Golurk - its evolved form - was an excellent attacker, and its handy typing allowed it to slip past Normal, Fighting, and Ground-type attacks.

After a healthy dose of consideration, Alice made up her mind. "Yeah." She looked at Darius, who perked up considerably at the thought of one last brawl. "Go for it, Darius. Scare Golett senseless with Leer, and follow up with Leaf Blade while its knees are knocking."

Immediately, Darius slithered forward at high speed. Golett looked up, watching the intruder to its cave with wariness in its yellow eyes. It let out a low, gravelly rumble of warning, but Darius was undaunted. He stopped near the smaller Pokemon and lifted his head up high, looming imperiously over the little automaton. His chest swelled, his frills lifted, and his eyes began to glow with a menacing red light. The leaves on his tail began to glow bright green as he prepared to strike the distracted Golett.

BP #1
Ranger Ataro

Alice had took a while to consider while studying the Golett intensely. I didn't blamed her. She have had an impressive good run that many others would have wished for. She was only on her first few encounters and she had already captured an Abra and a Solosis. Both of these Pokemon were highly sought after by many trainers. And now, there's Golett. Many trainers would have wished they were Alice right now. She took a while before replying with an affirmative, and commanded her Serperior to attack.

"Go for it, Darius. Scare Golett senseless with Leer, and follow up with Leaf Blade while its knees are knocking."

I really wasn't sure why Leer was so scary. It had seemed particularly cute and funny to me, and if I was on the receiving end of a Leer attack, I'd probably just giggle instead. I watched as Serperior slithered forward with amazing speed and his eyes had suddenly turned crimson red.

...

Not that cute after all. I backed away a couple of footsteps as I was disturbed by Serperior's Leer. You really couldn't blame me now. The only time I have seen Leer being used was by a Pikachu and a Scraggy. The way those two used were completely different and when they had used Leer, it was so adorably funny that you felt like hugging them. Serperior meanwhile, was definitely not the case. Imagine a python creeping up on you and its eyes suddenly turning blood red? That's Serperior now.

I studied Serperior's opponent now and the Golett was inching back as well. It had cowered its head slightly, but that was the call for Serperior to attack. The leaves on Serperior's tail began to glow a bright emerald green in preparation for his next attack.

On noticing the green glow, Golett quickly realized what was going on and planted itself into the ground. Well, not exactly. But it had stood upright and its foot had sunk slightly into the ground. Its body had glowed in a glistening white flash, but Serperior wasn't sitting around to observe. With a quick spin of his tail, he strike a Leaf Blade onto the Golett. I had the Golett to collapse back, or at least back a couple of steps from the impact of the attack, but it had simply took the Leaf Blade to its chest and withstood the attack completely. I took a while to grasp the possibility of that, considering that Leaf Blade was supposed to be a super effective hit after all.

It had then dawned on me that Golett must have used Iron Defense earlier. Coupled with its natural heavy weight, it had probably took the Leaf Blade attack like it was a tank. Taking advantage of the close proximity that they had, Golett's right fist glowed and was surrounded in a silhouette of white and it landed a direct punch onto Serperior's head immediately. I wouldn't be surprised if that Mega Punch hadn't deal as much damage as usual, since Serperior's body surface was rather small and slippery. That helped to cushion off attacks like Mega Punch. Regardless, the attack was a direct hit and the close proximity had severely increased the accuracy of it. Serperior was sent back flying like a ragdoll, before regaining his composure again. He had stared down at Golett harder than before.

I definitely wouldn't want to be Golett right now. Species like Serperior were well-known to be elegant and confident of their abilities, and they tended to not take most opponents seriously, unless their opponent was particularly powerful. I was pretty sure that Serperior certainly didn't think that way, for it seemed to be more annoyed than challenged at this point in time. He was probably more adamant than before, in wanting to exercise some superiority over the Golett right now.

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Battle Stats


Adamant Male Serperior
Last Used Move: Leer, Leaf Blade
Stats: Normal
Status: Normal
HP: 58.19%

VS.


??? Genderless Golett
Last Used Move: Iron Defense, Mega Punch
Stats: Defense sharply raised
Status: Normal
HP: 80.74%

Name: Alice Card
Location: Meteor Valley
Encounters Remaining: 9
Area Effects: It's relatively cold and dry.

Pokemon Encountered: Poochyena, Abra, Solosis, Shedinja, Swoobat, Golett
Pokemon Captured: Timd Male Abra, Brave Female Solosis
MCR: 2,717/15,000 (Borderline Rank)

Items: Park Ball (x2), Super Ball (x2), Hyper Ball (x1), Energy Powder (x2), Pokedoll (x1)
Picture Value: n/a

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