Main RP: The Botanic Gardens

OOC: ... Yeah, I know :(
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I was puzzled regarding how Sentret managed to get those apples, but it didn’t hold my attention for long. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Elisa dramatically running and diving for a Park ball. I laughed a little as she ran back trying to brush the dirt off. “You’re new to this, aren’t you?” I said, “If it makes you feel any better, this is the best team run I’ve ever been on.” I didn’t bother telling her that it was the ONLY team run I’d ever been on.

Clucky gladly took the apple, thanking Sentret for it, and then eating it in a few bites. I decided that I wanted to eat something as well, so I reached into my bag and pulled out a roast-beef sandwich and a bag of chips. I put the chips inside of my sandwich and then began to eat them all at once. Some people call it odd, I call it a chipwich.

Clucky seemed to be staring at something in amazement. I looked ahead just in time to see Joe’s enemy Sentret use Fire Punch. She looked back at mine smiling endearingly, as if expecting something.

I couldn’t help but laugh.

"Teddson, disrupt its thoughts with an Uproar and try to break yourself out of the ice with Brick Break, then continue both attacks against the Shiftry." I covered my ears and motioned for Buzz to do the same; it wasn't likely that us humans would get out of the battle without permanent hearing damage otherwise. Thankfully, Pokémon were more resilient; Shiftry would have to hear me if I was to train it at my best, as I had no experience training deaf Pokémon.

Though my hands I heard Ludicolo's shrill shriek. Leaves, dust, and small stones shot off the ground in waves as the sound picked up the debris; at times, air compressed to the point of being a visible distortion at the point of sound waves (or so the attack made appear. I wasn't sure how, but Uproar tended to appear visible despite being sound. There are some things about Pokémon I can't quite understand just yet). Shiftry looked irritated by the attack. Honestly, that wasn't saying much; in my eyes, it looked irritated for the whole battle.

While shrieking, Teddson's right hand began to glow a bright white, followed by his left one (yet another effect of moves I didn't quite understand). He slammed each into the ice encasing his feet at a rhythm only heard by him. I needed him to break out as soon as possible; our only defense at the moment was our offense, and it isn't exactly easy to maintain an offense while immobile. At least not with something that focuses on dancing for combat.

OOC: Female

"Come on, you got this! It's just a Sentret, Phoenix!" I said, slightly louder. I noticed it was charging to use Fire Punch. Wasn't that a TM move? I was caught a little off guard.
"Focus, use Air Slash. Try to make it Flinch, don't worry about the damage!" I yelled to try and get him to hear. If he was getting this bent up fighting a Sentret, I was a little worried how he would do against something formidable later.

Phoenix, with some trouble, understood my command, lifted one wing into the air, the tips of the feathers glowing a bright white. Then, the Pidgeot swung his other wing quickly, horizontally as so to catch the Sentret off guard. A slash of visible air was sent towards it.

"This thing is being annoying. Hope other battles don't shake up Phoenix so much," I said out. I sighed, hoping that Phoenix could manage to pull off another move or two before the Sentret got caught. This was more for practice so he could adjust to battling in the National Park, anyway.

BP#5

I found myself smiling a bit when Daniel said this was the best team run he had ever been on. It caused me to wonder, though, if he had actually been on any other team runs. I shook it off and said, "Thanks.."

"Come on, you got this! It's just a Sentret, Phoenix!" Joe called to his Pidgeot, encouraging him to do better. He quickly ordered him to use Air Slash once more, seemingly caught off-guard by the Sentret's knowing of the move Fire Punch.

I raised an eyebrow, Phoenix looked as though he was having some trouble understanding commands. Then, I realized his nature was Naive - an inexperienced creature. Nevertheless, he managed to perform the move quite successfully.

While his wings glowed white with energy, and air pushing all around, the Sentret was caught a bit off-guard - and his attack weakening. The Blaziken, meanwhile, had gratefully taken the apple from the wild Scout Pokemon.

The Flying type swung his left wing, causing a slash of air to counter the opponent. With a bit of luck, the Air Slash damaged the Sentret - however, this little one had jumped just high enough, and just far enough, to make a few flames of fire to slightly bruise the Pidgeot. Now, though, the Normal type was down on the ground. She was breathing heavily, evidently tired...

I gave the Parkball back to Joe, telling him that now would be a good time, though not necessarily the best, to catch the little entity.


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Mage

BATTLE STATS:

Wild Sentret (F, Timid)
Health: 32%
Currently Using: [none]
Last Move Used: Fire Punch
Status: DEF+1

..::VS::..

Phoenix the Pidegeot (M, Naive)
Health: 73%
Last Move Used: Air Slash
Status: Ears hurt slightly; Nervous

Area Effects: Cool breeze, grass has different lengths, sun is shining brightly
Pokemon Encountered: -NONE-
Current Encounter: Sentret (F, Timid)
Pokemon Captured: -NONE-

Trainer Statistics:

Name: Joe Ontarrg
Location: The Botanic Gardens

Total Items: 5 Park Balls, 6 Super Balls, 2 Hyper Balls, 5 Full Heals, 2 Super Potions
MCR Since Last Encounter: 6861/4000

Pokemon Stats

Salamander the Male Nidoking -- 100%
Ability: Sheer Force
Nature: Docile
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Stone Edge, Rain Dance, Earthquake, Protect, Substitute, Surf

Phoenix the Male Pidgeot -- 73%
Ability: Keen Eye
Nature: Naive
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: -NONE-
<Currently Out of Ball; Currently Engaged In Battle>

Magnezone (G) -- 100%
Ability: Sturdy
Nature: Hardy
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Thunderbolt, Thunder
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Lightning

Area Effects: Cool breeze, grass has different lengths, sun is shining brightly
Pokemon Encountered: -NONE-
Current Encounter: Sentret (F, Careful; 89.5%; Sticking with Clucky)
Pokemon Captured: -NONE-

Trainer Statistics:

Name: Daniel Wiseman
Location: The Botanic Gardens

Total Items: 4 Park Balls, 2 Super balls, 1 Hyper ball, 1 Super potion, 4 Full Heals, 1 Pokedoll
MCR Since Last Encounter: 7400/4000

Pokemon Stats

Raiguy the Male Raichu -- 100%
Ability: Static
Nature: Naughty
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Attract, Brick Break, Charge Beam, Rain Dance, Reflect, Grass Knot, Focus Blast, Substitute, Hidden Power (Grass), Mimic, Magnet Rise, Surf, Wish, Fly

Clucky the Female Blaziken -- 93.7%
Ability: Blaze
Nature: Brave
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Hidden Power (Dragon)
<Currently Out Of Ball>

Astrix the Starmie (G) -- 100%
Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Timid
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Water Pulse, Psychic, Surf, Ice Beam

OOC: The Pidgeot is Naive, not Mild.

"I'll take your word for it," I replied to the ranger, accepting the Park Ball. I felt a little embarrassed with my Pokémon's performance, having to take things so seriously with a Sentret, but I could've done worse.

"Let's finish this up, then," I said to myself quietly. I bounced the Park Ball lightly in my hand, as if testing the weight, then pitched it at the Sentret.

"Shouldn't be a problem, Phoenix. Chill out," I reassured my Pokémon.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Siless

"Teddson, disrupt its thoughts with an Uproar and try to break yourself out of the ice with Brick Break, then continue both attacks against the Shiftry." I covered my ears and motioned for Buzz to do the same; it wasn't likely that us humans would get out of the battle without permanent hearing damage otherwise. Thankfully, Pokémon were more resilient; Shiftry would have to hear me if I was to train it at my best, as I had no experience training deaf Pokémon.

Though my hands I heard Ludicolo's shrill shriek. Leaves, dust, and small stones shot off the ground in waves as the sound picked up the debris; at times, air compressed to the point of being a visible distortion at the point of sound waves (or so the attack made appear. I wasn't sure how, but Uproar tended to appear visible despite being sound. There are some things about Pokémon I can't quite understand just yet). Shiftry looked irritated by the attack. Honestly, that wasn't saying much; in my eyes, it looked irritated for the whole battle.

While shrieking, Teddson's right hand began to glow a bright white, followed by his left one (yet another effect of moves I didn't quite understand). He slammed each into the ice encasing his feet at a rhythm only heard by him. I needed him to break out as soon as possible; our only defense at the moment was our offense, and it isn't exactly easy to maintain an offense while immobile. At least not with something that focuses on dancing for combat.

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BP
"Teddson, disrupt its thoughts with an Uproar and try to break yourself out of the ice with Brick Break, then continue both attacks against the Shiftry." Buzz spotted Siless covering his ears and implying he should do the same. Buzz happily obliged, hearing an Uproar was never a fun experience. The sheer force of the sound wave appeared to force the Shiftry backwards.

It seemed to damage the Shiftry, but then the shiftry seemed to swipe his arm's propelling a crescent of air at the Ludicolo. The impressive power of the current of air made it visible it appeared to carve its way through the uproar attack and struck Ludicolo. Teddson doubled up in pain as the Air Cutter attack seemed to strike in a weak spot of Ludicolo.

This gave the Shiftry was still being forced back by the Uproar, Teddson took the initiative and used this time to Brick Break his way through the surrounding Ice, it was an efficient way to remove the ice. Soon Teddson was free completely and looked at the Shiftry.

Unfortunately the time it had taked for the ice to be smashed completely, it was clear it had come up with a new plan. Suddenly the Shiftry had thrown itself high into the air using Bounce. What did it have instore for Siless and Teddson. Buzz was eagar to know, as this interesting battle raged on neither side appearing to be weakened heavily. There was still a long battle ahead of them.

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Battle Stats:
?/M/Shiftry - 68% [ATT+2][SPA+2] - {Used Air Cutter, Using Bounce}
vs
Jolly/M/Ludicolo - 71% [ATT+2]- {Used Uproar, Brick Break}


Encounters Remaining: 11
Pokémon Encountered: Girafarig, Happiny, Shroomish, Torterra, Shiftry
Pokémon Caught: Brave/M/Shroomish
Character Count: 7845/40000
Photographs - Torterra (Rare)

Name: Siless
Total Items: 4x Park Balls, 2x Full Heal, 2x Hyper Ball, 2x Super Ball, 1x Digital Camera, 1x Pokeplayer, 1x Shroomish Voice Disk, 3x Heal Potion (usable in battle),

Pokemon Stats
Pokemon: Gardevoir
Nickname: Sela
Gender: Female
Ability: Trace
Nature: Mild
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Hidden Power Fire, Thunderbolt, Destiny Bond, Shadow Ball, Focus Blast, Swagger, Attract, Skill Swap, Protect, Rain Dance, Grass Knot, Charge Beam, Light Screen, Taunt, Safeguard, Snatch, Torment, Toxic, Flash, Thunder Wave, Reflect, Psych Up

Pokemon: Ludicolo
Nickname: Teddson
Gender: Male
Ability: Rain Dish
Nature: Jolly
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Hidden Power Dragon, Surf, Attract, Ice Beam, Waterfall, Strength, Giga Drain, Swords Dance, Seed Bomb, Ice Punch, Substitute, Brick Break

Pokemon: Mismagius
Nickname: Missy
Gender: Female
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Sassy
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Flash, Calm Mind, Thunderbolt, Thunder Wave, Protect

Teddson took a strong hit from the Air Cutter. It didn't appear to hurt him badly, but every bit counts at this point in the battle. I needed a way to buy him time, and hopefully damage at the same time, though that may be getting greedy.. If I didn't find a way to stop or avoid Bounce, however, it would hurt far more than that Air Cutter did.

"Teddson, make a Substitute using your energy and toss it into the air to intercept Shiftry!" My Ludicolo seemed to think it was humorous, chuckling as he shook off his outer pineapple coat to create a substitute while growing a new one, but he excelled best at those attacks that would probably end up funny. That and dancing, which would hopefully come up next.

Ludicolo's upper body strength was up there; it was able to learn Seismic Toss, which is far more controlled than what I was ordering Teddson to do. Teddson didn't need to know the move itself for what I wanted him to do, though. All I needed was for the Shiftry to be knocked off target, as a Bounce is inaccurate if you got pushed while falling, even if you could alter your descent with wings or, in Shiftry's case, hands full of leaves.

Teddson picked up his shed coat, muscles twitching to some imaginary tune, and launched his Substitute skyward. The act of making it must've drained him, but I figured it would be a great distraction or defensive maneuver against the Bounce attack. Still, now I needed some way to counter the steady damage my Ludicolo was taking. I wished I had purchased that Drain Punch TM for Teddson; it would've really been useful here, though I suppose I would have to do without for the battle, and I'd have to come up with something else for hopefully-high-damage while healing.

For now, we needed to take advantage of Bounce's time in the air. "Teddson, start Rain Dancing and restore yourself with your Rain Dish ability!"

I didn't need a storm as strong as the one Sela made. I wasn't aiming for a completely black-out, though it wouldn't hurt Teddson that much since he could just stall it out while recovering his health. Still, we needed to fight. A drizzle would be just as efficient for Rain Dish, and would let everyone see and the fight continue. I doubted we had enough time for a storm anyways; we had to continue the fight as soon as Shiftry landed or risk a pummeling.

OOC: X(
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Joe decided to take another shot at catching the Sentret. At this point, I was beginning to lose interest in the battle, so I was glad that we'd finally be able to move on.

"Whad'ya think, Clucky? Is it gonna work?"

She shrugged, sitting down next to her new friend.

I wasn't sure what I was going to do next. If I really wanted to find a rare Pokemon, I'd use Raiguy to look from the air. The only problem with that would be leaving Sentret and Clucky on the ground. I decided to stay, since Joe wasn't finished his battle yet.

"Good luck, Joe!" I yelled from the sidelines.

NBP#4

"I'll take your word for it," Joe replied, taking the Parkball. He bounced the orb in his hand a few times before tossing it at the Sentret once more.

"Good luck, Joe!" Daniel called to his friend as it left the teen's hand, being pushed by the wind towards the target.

The red-and-white-colored sphere touched the wild creature lightly on the tail, then a red erratic beam of sorts sucked her in. She did not seem to struggle inside the Pokeball, as it only needed to shake twice before we heard a satisfying click.

I walked over to the tranquil ball, picking it up quickly so as not to delay much longer. "Congratulations! You captured the little thing. I'll have to keep it for now, though - but don't worry, it'll be safe in my bag."

I led the two trainers past Gardens' gate, scanning the vast area upon entering. There seemed to be Pokemon everywhere, so free and wild. This whole place could actually be a make-shift battle field, I breathed in the fresh scent of the wildlife, smiling and cherishing the moment.

My eyes gazed around once more, much slower this time. I did not where where we should start first, so I decided to ask the male trainers. "Right, so, would you like to search the Greenhouses or just roam around out here? We could also follow that trail over there, which should lead us way deeper into the Botanic Gardens."

I gasped suddenly, though, tugging on Joe's sleeve. "Look! Over there... It's Shaymin!" The Grass-Flying-type was a small, hedgehog-like creature. Its body was pure white in color, while back was covered with green fur. There was a pink flower with two leaves on each side of its head, which resembled the Gracidea flower. The creature's legs were short, and its underside was seemingly plump - though it was a bit hard to tell since it was a good distance away from us. To date, Shaymin is the smallest Legendary creature.

I averted my gaze from the mythical entity for a while to check on Daniel. He, too, seemed to be in awe as he looked at it. He had his own encounter, though - one that was sneaking up behind him, Clucky, and the little Sentret.

"Hey, Daniel, there's a green - or should I say Grass - monkey coming up from behind you," I told the trainer, stifling a small laugh. I pointed over his shoulder to the primate-like, green-and-yellow Grass-type Pokémon. The upper half of its head and the broccoli-like sprout atop was green in color, save for a pattern of three yellow, tapered seed-like shapes in the sprout's "foliage". Its eyes were oval-shaped, with large pupils, while the lower half of its face was yellow with a small, dot-like nose. Its upper body and its skinny forelimbs were also yellow-colored, and its hands seemed to have no fingers, aside from thumbs. The entity's lower body was green as well, with small feet. Its wiry tail is tipped with two leaves.

"Would you like to battle the Pansage?" I prompted him with the question, as it was Park Policy to ask.

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Mage

Area Effects: Cool breeze, grass has different lengths, sun is shining brightly
Pokemon Encountered: Sentret (F, Timid)
Current Encounter: Shaymin
Pokemon Captured: Sentret (F, Timid)

Trainer Statistics:

Name: Joe Ontarrg
Location: The Botanic Gardens

Total Items: 4 Park Balls, 6 Super Balls, 2 Hyper Balls, 5 Full Heals, 2 Super Potions
MCR Since Last Encounter: 0/???

Pokemon Stats

Salamander the Male Nidoking -- 100%
Ability: Sheer Force
Nature: Docile
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Stone Edge, Rain Dance, Earthquake, Protect, Substitute, Surf

Phoenix the Male Pidgeot -- 73%
Ability: Keen Eye
Nature: Naive
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: -NONE-
<Currently Out of Ball>

Magnezone (G) -- 100%
Ability: Sturdy
Nature: Hardy
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Thunderbolt, Thunder
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Lightning

Area Effects: Cool breeze, grass has different lengths, sun is shining brightly
Pokemon Encountered: Sentret (F, Careful; 89.5%; Sticking with Clucky)
Current Encounter:
Pokemon Captured: -NONE-

Trainer Statistics:

Name: Daniel Wiseman
Location: The Botanic Gardens

Total Items: 4 Park Balls, 2 Super balls, 1 Hyper ball, 1 Super potion, 4 Full Heals, 1 Pokedoll
MCR Since Last Encounter: 0/9000

Pokemon Stats

Raiguy the Male Raichu -- 100%
Ability: Static
Nature: Naughty
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Attract, Brick Break, Charge Beam, Rain Dance, Reflect, Grass Knot, Focus Blast, Substitute, Hidden Power (Grass), Mimic, Magnet Rise, Surf, Wish, Fly

Clucky the Female Blaziken -- 93.7%
Ability: Blaze
Nature: Brave
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Hidden Power (Dragon)
<Currently Out Of Ball>

Astrix the Starmie (G) -- 100%
Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Timid
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Water Pulse, Psychic, Surf, Ice Beam

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Siless

Teddson took a strong hit from the Air Cutter. It didn't appear to hurt him badly, but every bit counts at this point in the battle. I needed a way to buy him time, and hopefully damage at the same time, though that may be getting greedy.. If I didn't find a way to stop or avoid Bounce, however, it would hurt far more than that Air Cutter did.

"Teddson, make a Substitute using your energy and toss it into the air to intercept Shiftry!" My Ludicolo seemed to think it was humorous, chuckling as he shook off his outer pineapple coat to create a substitute while growing a new one, but he excelled best at those attacks that would probably end up funny. That and dancing, which would hopefully come up next.

Ludicolo's upper body strength was up there; it was able to learn Seismic Toss, which is far more controlled than what I was ordering Teddson to do. Teddson didn't need to know the move itself for what I wanted him to do, though. All I needed was for the Shiftry to be knocked off target, as a Bounce is inaccurate if you got pushed while falling, even if you could alter your descent with wings or, in Shiftry's case, hands full of leaves.

Teddson picked up his shed coat, muscles twitching to some imaginary tune, and launched his Substitute skyward. The act of making it must've drained him, but I figured it would be a great distraction or defensive maneuver against the Bounce attack. Still, now I needed some way to counter the steady damage my Ludicolo was taking. I wished I had purchased that Drain Punch TM for Teddson; it would've really been useful here, though I suppose I would have to do without for the battle, and I'd have to come up with something else for hopefully-high-damage while healing.

For now, we needed to take advantage of Bounce's time in the air. "Teddson, start Rain Dancing and restore yourself with your Rain Dish ability!"

I didn't need a storm as strong as the one Sela made. I wasn't aiming for a completely black-out, though it wouldn't hurt Teddson that much since he could just stall it out while recovering his health. Still, we needed to fight. A drizzle would be just as efficient for Rain Dish, and would let everyone see and the fight continue. I doubted we had enough time for a storm anyways; we had to continue the fight as soon as Shiftry landed or risk a pummeling.

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BP
"Teddson, make a Substitute using your energy and toss it into the air to intercept Shiftry!"

A flying substitute; thats a new one, Buzz thought. He watched as the Pineapple like Ludicolo began to create the dummy. Often used as a means of protecting against status moves and non damaging attacks, this was a first for Buzz.

With a great heave of effort the shell of the Ludicolo was hurtled towards the incoming Shiftry. High above, the dark from of Shiftry began to decsend. It didn't spot the oncoming Ludicolo substitute until it was too late. The Shiftry who was falling with body spread wide was hit by one the oncoming doll like object. It clipped one of its arms which spent Shiftry spiralling out of control.

There was a crash amongst the nearby trees as leaves fell to the floor. The shiftry crawled out of the undergrowth it looked rather battered and bemused. Beside it followed the Ludicolo substitute which shattered upon impact with the ground.

Meanwhile Siless had taken advantage of the falling time and ordered Ludicolo to summon the rain, and rather predictably the rather happy Grass type had begun hopping pleasantly as the cloud cover began to thicken. Rain, gentle at first, began to pour down upon the grassy area. The rain gathered in the sombrero like hat of the Ludicolo, who suddenly shone a pale white as the rain appeared to absorb into it. Rain Dish was clearly a very useful ability.

The was a flash of green light as a swirling mass of leaves flew at breakneck speeds towards the Carefree Pokémon. There was no time for Siless to react as the storm flooded over the dual typed Pokémon. Buzz eyes flicked over to the Shiftry, it appeared to have recovered from the fall and the Leaf Storm attack appeared to be at a decent power level. The Shiftry still had lots of energy and was just as eager as ever.

Buzz could see no quick conclusion to this battle, so he took out an item ball and released a small metalic folding chair. He quickly sat down and relaxed as he watched the battle, he still felt rather alone without River to converse to but he knew it was safer if she was tucked away in her Poké Ball.


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Battle Stats:
?/M/Shiftry - 52% [ATT+2] - {Used Bounce, Leaf Storm
vs
Jolly/M/Ludicolo - 45% [ATT+2]- {Used Uproar, Brick Break}


Encounters Remaining: 11
Pokémon Encountered: Girafarig, Happiny, Shroomish, Torterra, Shiftry
Pokémon Caught: Brave/M/Shroomish
Character Count: 10175/40000
Photographs - Torterra (Rare)

Name: Siless
Total Items: 4x Park Balls, 2x Full Heal, 2x Hyper Ball, 2x Super Ball, 1x Digital Camera, 1x Pokeplayer, 1x Shroomish Voice Disk, 3x Heal Potion (usable in battle),

Pokemon Stats
Pokemon: Gardevoir
Nickname: Sela
Gender: Female
Ability: Trace
Nature: Mild
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Hidden Power Fire, Thunderbolt, Destiny Bond, Shadow Ball, Focus Blast, Swagger, Attract, Skill Swap, Protect, Rain Dance, Grass Knot, Charge Beam, Light Screen, Taunt, Safeguard, Snatch, Torment, Toxic, Flash, Thunder Wave, Reflect, Psych Up

Pokemon: Ludicolo
Nickname: Teddson
Gender: Male
Ability: Rain Dish
Nature: Jolly
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Hidden Power Dragon, Surf, Attract, Ice Beam, Waterfall, Strength, Giga Drain, Swords Dance, Seed Bomb, Ice Punch, Substitute, Brick Break

Pokemon: Mismagius
Nickname: Missy
Gender: Female
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Sassy
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Flash, Calm Mind, Thunderbolt, Thunder Wave, Protect

NBP

Ranger Chainy

OOC: Ataro, I'mma assume you're using your Ranger character.

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I put my feet up on my desk and sighed, relaxing as I listened to the sound of birdsong. The Gardens were truly a beautiful place, and I'd opened all the windows so that there was a nice breeze running through. I loved being indoors, but I hated stale air. Luckily, the main work-section of the outpost in the Gardens were perfectly placed to tease moving air inside. The architect was a genius.

I leaned back on my chair and was contemplating taking a nap when I heard footsteps. I sighed and opened my left eyelid a crack to get a look at who was coming my way. Unfortunately for me, they had already arrived. A pair of piercing blue eyes were staring straight into mine. I toppled off my chair in surprise, hitting the wooden floor with a loud thud. I shook my head to clear away the stars and groaned.

"Elisa, I wish you wouldn't do that," I said weakly, climbing back into my chair.

Elisa put her right hand on her hip - her left hand was balancing a stack of papers. "I'm just a tad bit overworked, and a Team Run just came through, so I thought you wouldn't mind taking it," she said, dropping the papers on my desk before I could answer.

"Of course," I replied immediately. It was no secret that I wasn't very good in confrontations, especially versus women. Elisa gave me a smile and walked away, long brown hair swishing behind her as she did. I shook my head again, and took a look at one of the forms. The first person was one of the Rangers here who went by the name Ataro. I'd never really crossed paths with him, but there were plenty of rumours about his skills and high connections. It'd be nice to rub shoulders with him for a bit.

I looked at the other form, and immediately jumped out of my seat in surprise. The second Trainer was Cameron, a regular Park visitor and long-time friend. I'd taken him through on two runs already, both very eventful. It'd be good to catch up with him again.

I quickly looked around and patted myself to make sure I had everything, which I did. I then strapped my pack to my lower back and slid my pistol home into it's holster before running out the door: it wouldn't be long before my Trainers arrived, and I certainly didn't want to keep them waiting.

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Trainer Statistics:

Name: Ataro
Location: Botanical Gardens
Area Effects: 15 Encounters Remaining
Pokemon Encountered: N/A
Pokemon Captured: N/A
CC since last Encounter: 0

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Name: Cameron
Location: Botanical Gardens
Area Effects: 15 Encounters Remaining
Pokemon Encountered: N/A
Pokemon Captured: N/A
CC since last Encounter: 0

Pokemon Statistics:

Naive Female Skitty[Nicknamed Coco] 100% (Flash, Baton Pass, Sucker Punch, Tickle, Wish <Cute Charm Ability>)

Careful Female Smeagle 100% (Baton Pass, Dragon Dance, Encore, Extremespeed, Mean Look, Nasty Plot, Softboiled, Spore, Substitute, Thunder Wave <Moody Ability>)

Hardy Male Bibarel 100% (Charge Beam, Cut, Grass Knot, Ice Beam, Pluck, Protect, Return, Rock Climb, Rock Smash, Stealth Rock, Strength, Substitute, Surf, Taunt, Thunderbolt, Thunder Wave, Waterfall, Whirlpool, Aqua Tail, Double Edge, Icy Wind, Quick Attack, <Moody Ability>)

Quirky Female Clefable[nicknamed Elite BAM Fable] 100% (Calm Mind, Counter, Facade, Flamethrower, Flash, Hidden Power (Fighting), Ice Beam, Protect, Rock Smash, Seismic Toss, Stealth Rock, Strength, Substitute, Thunderbolt, Thunder Wave, Aromatherapy, Endeavor, Softboiled, Trick, Wish <Magic Guard Ability>)

Naughty Female Lickilicky 100% (Attract, Blizzard, Brick Break, Bubblebeam, Counter, Curse, Cut, Double Edge, Earthquake, Explosion, Facade, Fire Blast, Fire Punch, Flamethrower, Fling, Focus Blast, Focus Punch, Giga Impact, Hidden Power (Ground), Hyper Beam, Ice Beam, Ice Punch, Icy Wind, Mimic, Protect, Psych Up, Rain Dance, Rest, Return, Rock Climb, Rock Slide, Rock Smash, Rock Tomb, Sandstorm, Seismic Toss, Shadow Ball, Sleep Talk, Snore, Solarbeam, Strength, Substitute, Sunny Day, Surf, Swords Dance, Thunder, Thunderbolt, Thunderpunch, Toxic, Water Gun, Whirlpool, Amnesia, Hammer Arm, Heal Bell, Wish, Zen Headbutt <Own Tempo Ability>)

Impish Male Snorlax 100% (Attract, Blizzard, Brick Break, Counter, Curse, Earthquake, Fire Blast, Fire Punch, Focus Punch, Ice Beam, Ice Punch, Icy Wind, Protect, Psych Up, Reflect, Return, Rock Climb, Rock Slide, Rock Smash, Rock Tomb, SelfDestruct, Strength, Substitute, Surf, Thunder, Thunderbolt, Thunderpunch, Toxic, Whirlpool, Outrage, Seed Bomb, Superpower, Whirlwind, Zen Headbutt <Thick Fat Ability>)

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Gentle Male Houndoom[Nicknamed Shadowpanther] 100% (Dark Pulse, Solarbeam, Hidden Power (Ice), Sunny Day, Snatch, Torment, Taunt, Substitute, Will-o-Wisp, Payback, Sludge Bomb, Snore, Rest, Secret Power, Double Team, Captivate, Rest, Iron Tail, Facade, Swagger, Strength, Sucker Punch, Super Fang <Early Bird Ability>)

Calm Female Gardevoir[Nicknamed Mindbender] 100% (Thunderbolt, Snatch, Grass Knot, Attract, Thunder Wave, Rest, Sleep Talk, Protect, Substitute, Reflect, Light Screen, Taunt, Shadow Ball, Hidden Power (Fire), Psych Up, Skill Swap, Rain Dance, Trick Room, Focus Blast, Swagger, Charge Beam, Energy Ball, Torment, Icy Wind, Encore, Will-o-Wisp, Confuse Ray, Heal Bell <Synchronise Ability>)

Brave Male Lickitung[Nicknamed Lickitron] 100% (Earthquake, Hidden Power (Psychic), Substitute, Surf, Thunder Punch, Protect, Fire Punch, Ice Punch, Mega Punch, Mega Kick, Brick Break, Strength, Wish, Heal Bell, Belly Drum, Aqua Tail, Yawn, Amnesia <Cloud Nine Ability>)

Calm Genderless Porygon-Z[Nicknamed Cybershock] 100% (Ice Beam, Shadow Ball, Toxic, Thunder Wave, Substitute, Thunderbolt, Hidden Power (Fighting), Psychic, Dark Pulse, Protect, Trick Room, Rain Dance, Reflect, Pain Spilt, Barrier, Trick <Download Ability>)

Mild Female Snorlax[Nicknamed Landquake] 100% (Surf, Curse, Earthquake, Brick Break, Ice Punch, Strength, Whirlwind, Seed Bomb, Outrage <Thick Fat Ability>)

Calm Female Volcarona[Nicknamed Flamefeather] 100% (Hidden Power (Water), Flamethrower, Light Screen, Psychic, Morning Sun, Magnet Rise <Flame Body Ability>)

Item Statistics:

Park Ball x3
Super Ball x5
Hyper Ball x4
Supreme Park Ball
Family Repellent x5
Type Repellent
Digital Camera
Max Potion x2
Full Heal x2
Ranger's Delight (3 time uses)
Status Bomb
PokePlayer
Honey x2
Squirt Bottle (2 left)
Calming Fragrance Plus x2
Blank Voice Disc
Intermediate Voice Disk
Intermediate Voice Disk (Bouffalant) x2
Pokedoll x2
Escape Package (Pokedoll + Poketoy + Fluffy Tail + Slowpoke Tail) x3

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Honey (5x)
Deluxe Honey
Max Potion (5x)
Full Heal (5x)
Full Restore (4x)
Type Repellant (3x)
Pokeplayer
Porygon Voice Disk
Electrike Voice Disk
Relicanth Voice Disk
Khangaskan Voice Disk
Tauros Voice Disk
Rhyhorn Voice Disk
Torkoal Voice Disk
Litwick Voice Disk (2x)
Solosis Voice Disk
Drilbur Voice Disk (2x)
Golett Voice Disk
Larvesta Voice Disk
Zorua Voice Disk
Durant Voice Disk
Ferroseed Voice Disk
Blank Voice Disk
Baby Teeth
Spicy Splendor (5x)
Sweet Sensation (5x)
Dreamily Dry (5x)
Sour Starfruit (5x)
Bitter Berry (5x)
Mystery Mist (5x)
ATablet (1x)
Calming Fragrance Plus (3x)
Soothing Fragrance Plus (2x)
Calming Fragrance Max
Pokedoll (16x)
Escape Package (3x)
Costume (Garden)
Digital Camera
Special Map
Park Ball
Hyperballs (10x)
SupremeParkball
Superball (3x)
Master Ball (2x)

~~~~~

"We're almost there!" I shouted out to the pilot. He seemed a bit annoyed because I had been saying that the whole way there. I looked down and saw an enormous island up ahead. I could see the smoke coming out of the volcano. It was like that the last time I came so I didn't worry too much on it.

"Ready Shadow?" I asked as I prepared out parachutes. He let out an excited bark and moved towards the opening of the plane.

"Jump on my mark." The pilot said. "One... two... three...!" I wasn't sure if three was the mark or not. Usually it was one, two, three jump, but I wasn't sure if that was his mark. Reguardless, I jumped anyways. I looked behind me and saw Shadow falling close behind. A couple of moments later, I pulled the string that opened my parachute, Shadow did the same with his teeth. We slowly descended towards the outskirts of the Botanical Gardens. As soon as we touched ground, the paracute automatically folded and went pack into my pack. Same thing happened to Shadow's. It was Mindbender's doing. She was using her Psychic powers to quickly assemble the parachute back into place. I took Shadow's pack off and placed it in my bag.

"Let's go find our Ranger and partner." I said to Shadow as we took off to the main entrance to the gardens. Standing at the entrance was none other than Ranger Chainy, a Ranger who I had quite liked. He was one of the more experienced Rangers, so having him on my expedition was going to be great, especially since he could help me find a Ferroseed and Durant.

I pulled out my Pokeplayer and inserted a Ferroseed disk. I wasn't wasting anytime at all. As soon as Ataro arrived, I'd play it. I walked over to Chain to let him know I had arrived.

"Hey Chain, long time no see." I said as I approached him.

I still remembered back on the land, when I had saw that Cameron was going to travel to the island through means of a helicopter. I saw him from a distance and was definitely feeling snubbed and upset - he was just showing off how rich he was. I decided that I wasn't about to let him snub me just like that. Besides, I needed a way to travel to the island. Our destination was Botanic Gardens; an area which was off island and separated by the blue ocean by a couple of distance. And that was why, I had decided to use the cheapest way of travel mode, and still equally cool.

"Good job guys, let's speed up so that we don't keep them waiting!" I shouted, while trying to get my voice above the loud crashing noise from the wave currents.

I grinned proudly as I sat on Snorlax's shoulders comfortably, while he surfed through the sea currents smoothly and expertly. This was nothing difficult for it, since it has mastered the Hidden Machine called Surf, even with his immense weight. I looked to my sides, and both of my Pokemon were surfing alongside me and Snorlax as well - Bibarel and Lickilicky. Even though all of them were pretty bulky Pokemon, they had mastered and learned the move Surf, so this was a simple task for them. In fact, they were even happy to be able to Surf through the currents. Once I had asked them to speed up, they gained the momentum on their feet, as they rushed through the waters even faster magically.

Then, I heard the loud noise from the spinning blades of the helicopter - it was already hovering over the island. From the door, I had managed to spot a human that seemed like he was preparing to jump, alongside with a Houndoom as well. As they finally jumped out from the helicopter, Snorlax alerted me at the same time - as the island was already in sight. We were about to reach within the next few minutes. I continued looking up, and there he was - Cameron with his Houndoom - parachuting down. Judging from the way thinks looked now, I gathered that Cameron should be able to reach the island faster than me, but I didn't care too much.

As we were nearing the shore of the island, I managed to spot the last glimpse of Cameron's parachute as he touched down on the opposite side of the island. I then called out for my Pokemon to divert to the other side, so that I didn't have to walk too much. While we circled around the island and sped for the final distance, I managed to spot the faint silhouette of two people and a Pokemon - presumably Chainy, Cameron, and Cameron's Houndoom. I waited for the final few seconds of surfing, and my Pokemon had reached the shore of the island safely.

"Hey guys!" I shouted as I walked towards them with my Pokemon, while waving in the air.

I quickly settled myself down, since I knew that we were setting out for the expedition as soon as we're ready. Cameron was only holding onto a Pokeplayer, so I gathered that he was ready to use his Voice Disk any time. I took out three Pokeballs at the same time, and beamed all of them at my Pokemon in one single shot, while thanking them for the transport. I then took out Skitty's Pokeball and unlocked the capsule; releasing a small-sized, pink feline creature. She was one of my most favorite Normal-type Pokemon, mainly because she was just so adorable.

The stumpy body; the big head; the slender tail; the three pin-like appendages that had cream-colored heads; the four stubby and short limbs; as well as the Skitty's face which had resembled a lopsided crescent moon marking - was simply an image of cuteness. Skitty's character and behavior only served to magnify her image - especially the way she liked to chase her tail. She then starting purring adorably while looking at me with her slit-like eyes, and grinned sweetly. Although some people might think that such Pokemon had no capabilities to fight, it was in fact more enjoyable battling with such Pokemon - and they were a good company anyway.

I reached into my bag next, and took out my own Pokeplayer and Voice Disk. I quickly inserted the Voice Disk which had 'Bouffalant' scribbled on it into the player. My main purpose for coming to the Gardens was to capture a Bouffalant, and I wanted to catch one as soon as possible if it was going to appear. I managed to find a friend whom had wanted to go to the Gardens at the same time. After all, going on an expedition with a group is more fun than just with your ranger.

"Okay, I'm ready!"

NBP

Ranger Chainy

~~~~~

I got to the front gate to the Gardens panting. I certainly didn't want to be late for the start of this expedition. And luckily, I wasn't. I waited barely two minutes, and then I started hearing the faint roaring of an approaching aeroplane. I looked up into the blue sky and saw a black jet flying high over the island. It was hard to make out, but I could just see that the wings were comparatively small and the lines were very sharp, indicating that it was a new model. I always guessed that Cameron was rich, and here was proof: he would have had to pay out a buttload of money to afford the costs attached to a temporary flight-path over the island.

The plane didn't look like it was heading towards our landing strip, though. Instead, it simply flew in a straight line over the Park, being careful to stay away from the volcano. I scratched my head, not sure what was going on, until I saw two white parachutes open up. I grinned - leave it to Cameron to make a flamboyant entrance.

The two parachuters made good time down, and as they neared the ground the large folds of cloth folded themselves up and returned to the backpacks. I saw that one of the parachutes was being used by Cameron's Houndoom, Shadow. Shadow hated being put into his PokeBall - in previous runs, the Houndoom had had a hard time getting onto boats and such. Cameron bent down and picked up the parachute before stowing it away inside his own.

I cast a look around, and I saw the strangest sight. Three large Pokemon were almost flying across the large lake just outside the entrance to the Gardens. There was a Lickilicky, a Bibarel, and a Snorlax carrying a person on its shoulders. They all reached the shore, and the Trainer dismounted from the Snorlax, returning all three Pokemon to their balls. He then released a Skitty, and I realised it had to be Ataro - it was rumoured he had an affinity for Normal-typed Pokemon. Well, he'd come to the right place to find em.

By now Cameron had reached me. "Hey Chain, long time no see," he said.

An honest smile spread across my face, and I shook his hand fervently. "Yeah, it's been too long," I replied, "and it's nice to get out of the Great Lakes for once. No Kyogres in here."

I laughed, and then I heard someone call out "Hey guys!" I turned to look, and Ataro had walked up the slight incline to the gate. He put a disc into his Pokeplayer, and then smiled at us.

"Okay, I'm ready!" he said.

"Sure, it's good to see you," I replied. I wanted to know all the Rangers well. I walked over to the entry gate with both of my Trainers following me. I stepped onto a hidden foot panel and the mechanism inside it read my weight. I heard a chime, and the gates swung open, revealing the beginning of the network of paths through the Gardens.

"So, what are you guys looking for today?" I asked them.

~~~~~

Trainer Statistics:

Name: Ataro
Location: Botanical Gardens
Area Effects: 15 Encounters Remaining, Bouffalant Voice Disk
Pokemon Encountered: N/A
Pokemon Captured: N/A
CC since last Encounter: 4444

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Name: Cameron
Location: Botanical Gardens
Area Effects: 15 Encounters Remaining, Ferroseed Voice Disk
Pokemon Encountered: N/A
Pokemon Captured: N/A
CC since last Encounter: 1764

Pokemon Statistics:

Naive Female Skitty[Nicknamed Coco] 100% (Flash, Baton Pass, Sucker Punch, Tickle, Wish <Cute Charm Ability>)

Careful Female Smeagle 100% (Baton Pass, Dragon Dance, Encore, Extremespeed, Mean Look, Nasty Plot, Softboiled, Spore, Substitute, Thunder Wave <Moody Ability>)

Hardy Male Bibarel 100% (Charge Beam, Cut, Grass Knot, Ice Beam, Pluck, Protect, Return, Rock Climb, Rock Smash, Stealth Rock, Strength, Substitute, Surf, Taunt, Thunderbolt, Thunder Wave, Waterfall, Whirlpool, Aqua Tail, Double Edge, Icy Wind, Quick Attack, <Moody Ability>)

Quirky Female Clefable[nicknamed Elite BAM Fable] 100% (Calm Mind, Counter, Facade, Flamethrower, Flash, Hidden Power (Fighting), Ice Beam, Protect, Rock Smash, Seismic Toss, Stealth Rock, Strength, Substitute, Thunderbolt, Thunder Wave, Aromatherapy, Endeavor, Softboiled, Trick, Wish <Magic Guard Ability>)

Naughty Female Lickilicky 100% (Attract, Blizzard, Brick Break, Bubblebeam, Counter, Curse, Cut, Double Edge, Earthquake, Explosion, Facade, Fire Blast, Fire Punch, Flamethrower, Fling, Focus Blast, Focus Punch, Giga Impact, Hidden Power (Ground), Hyper Beam, Ice Beam, Ice Punch, Icy Wind, Mimic, Protect, Psych Up, Rain Dance, Rest, Return, Rock Climb, Rock Slide, Rock Smash, Rock Tomb, Sandstorm, Seismic Toss, Shadow Ball, Sleep Talk, Snore, Solarbeam, Strength, Substitute, Sunny Day, Surf, Swords Dance, Thunder, Thunderbolt, Thunderpunch, Toxic, Water Gun, Whirlpool, Amnesia, Hammer Arm, Heal Bell, Wish, Zen Headbutt <Own Tempo Ability>)

Impish Male Snorlax 100% (Attract, Blizzard, Brick Break, Counter, Curse, Earthquake, Fire Blast, Fire Punch, Focus Punch, Ice Beam, Ice Punch, Icy Wind, Protect, Psych Up, Reflect, Return, Rock Climb, Rock Slide, Rock Smash, Rock Tomb, SelfDestruct, Strength, Substitute, Surf, Thunder, Thunderbolt, Thunderpunch, Toxic, Whirlpool, Outrage, Seed Bomb, Superpower, Whirlwind, Zen Headbutt <Thick Fat Ability>)

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Gentle Male Houndoom[Nicknamed Shadowpanther] 100% (Dark Pulse, Solarbeam, Hidden Power (Ice), Sunny Day, Snatch, Torment, Taunt, Substitute, Will-o-Wisp, Payback, Sludge Bomb, Snore, Rest, Secret Power, Double Team, Captivate, Rest, Iron Tail, Facade, Swagger, Strength, Sucker Punch, Super Fang <Early Bird Ability>)

Calm Female Gardevoir[Nicknamed Mindbender] 100% (Thunderbolt, Snatch, Grass Knot, Attract, Thunder Wave, Rest, Sleep Talk, Protect, Substitute, Reflect, Light Screen, Taunt, Shadow Ball, Hidden Power (Fire), Psych Up, Skill Swap, Rain Dance, Trick Room, Focus Blast, Swagger, Charge Beam, Energy Ball, Torment, Icy Wind, Encore, Will-o-Wisp, Confuse Ray, Heal Bell <Synchronise Ability>)

Brave Male Lickitung[Nicknamed Lickitron] 100% (Earthquake, Hidden Power (Psychic), Substitute, Surf, Thunder Punch, Protect, Fire Punch, Ice Punch, Mega Punch, Mega Kick, Brick Break, Strength, Wish, Heal Bell, Belly Drum, Aqua Tail, Yawn, Amnesia <Cloud Nine Ability>)

Calm Genderless Porygon-Z[Nicknamed Cybershock] 100% (Ice Beam, Shadow Ball, Toxic, Thunder Wave, Substitute, Thunderbolt, Hidden Power (Fighting), Psychic, Dark Pulse, Protect, Trick Room, Rain Dance, Reflect, Pain Spilt, Barrier, Trick <Download Ability>)

Mild Female Snorlax[Nicknamed Landquake] 100% (Surf, Curse, Earthquake, Brick Break, Ice Punch, Strength, Whirlwind, Seed Bomb, Outrage <Thick Fat Ability>)

Calm Female Volcarona[Nicknamed Flamefeather] 100% (Hidden Power (Water), Flamethrower, Light Screen, Psychic, Morning Sun, Magnet Rise <Flame Body Ability>)

Item Statistics:

Park Ball x3
Super Ball x5
Hyper Ball x4
Supreme Park Ball
Family Repellent x5
Type Repellent
Digital Camera
Max Potion x2
Full Heal x2
Ranger's Delight (3 time uses)
Status Bomb
PokePlayer
Honey x2
Squirt Bottle (2 left)
Calming Fragrance Plus x2
Blank Voice Disc
Intermediate Voice Disk
Intermediate Voice Disk (Bouffalant) x2
Pokedoll x2
Escape Package (Pokedoll + Poketoy + Fluffy Tail + Slowpoke Tail) x3

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Honey (5x)
Deluxe Honey
Max Potion (5x)
Full Heal (5x)
Full Restore (4x)
Type Repellant (3x)
Pokeplayer
Porygon Voice Disk
Electrike Voice Disk
Relicanth Voice Disk
Khangaskan Voice Disk
Tauros Voice Disk
Rhyhorn Voice Disk
Torkoal Voice Disk
Litwick Voice Disk (2x)
Solosis Voice Disk
Drilbur Voice Disk (2x)
Golett Voice Disk
Larvesta Voice Disk
Zorua Voice Disk
Durant Voice Disk
Ferroseed Voice Disk
Blank Voice Disk
Baby Teeth
Spicy Splendor (5x)
Sweet Sensation (5x)
Dreamily Dry (5x)
Sour Starfruit (5x)
Bitter Berry (5x)
Mystery Mist (5x)
ATablet
Calming Fragrance Plus (3x)
Soothing Fragrance Plus (2x)
Calming Fragrance Max
Pokedoll (16x)
Escape Package (3x)
Costume (Garden)
Digital Camera
Special Map
Park Ball
Hyperballs (10x)
SupremeParkball
Superball (3x)
Master Ball (2x)

~~~~~

"Yeah, it's been too long," Chain replied, "and it's nice to get out of the Great Lakes for once. No Kyogres in here." I couldn't help but to laugh. I remembered Dual fighting Kyorge, was an epic battle. I looked around wondering where he was. I was about to ask Chain when I saw something out of the corner of my eye.

It was Ranger Ataro coming in with his team. We were both going to this area so we figured we'd team along. Ataro was my last Ranger, and the ordeal we went through of finding my kidnapped Mindbender from the clutches of a demented Golett. It was crazy, but exciting. It was the kind of rush I liked, though I could do without the kidnapping this time, and I was certainly positive that Mindbender felt the same way.

"Hey guys!" Ataro called out once he landed. He, like me, already had his Pokeplayer out. We weren't here to waste time. "Okay, I'm ready!" he said.

"So, what are you guys looking for today?" Chain asked us once we were inside.

"I'm looking for a Ferroseed and Durant." I quickly replied. "Speaking of which..." I took out my disk and inserted it into the Pokeplayer. "I added some modifications to this Pokeplayer, let's see if it works." I played the button to my Pokeplayer, sending out the sound of a Ferroseed. I hoped it would attract one quickly, because I really wanted Durant more than anything. So if I caught Ferroseed, I could use a repellant and make Durant easier to find.

Then, one of my Pokeballs fell to the ground, releasing a large, long-tounged, pink Pokemon.

"Lickitung!" Lickitron cried out happily, giving me a big lick in the face with its enormous tounge. I just laughed and patted him on his head, wiping as much slime as I could off of me.

"That's right buddy, we'll find one and when we do, you can be up first to battle."

I waited for Ataro to respond.