Heated Ground! (Hot Springs)

[Fallen]

The cave would be a great escape from the dust storm, or so Damien had thought previously. When they attempted to enter the cave to take a break from the dust storm taking place all over the route outside of the Dark Cave, he and his Pokemon were not able to see. There was no way they were going to be able to stay down there very long without being taken by surprise from some Pokemon or another, and it would be hard for him and his Pokemon to fight their way out of it in the pitch black darkness. But as Damien and his Pokemon looked around, it was his little Sandshrew that found them a hiding spot.

Scratches didn't seem to have much to say as it seemed most of the time, well, for the short time period Damien and him had been adventuring together down the route. Damien hadn't really been with Scratches long enough to know for sure on his personality. The Sandshrew had discovered an entrance to some sort of underground cave in a small hole in the mountain side, not too large but definitely big enough for the trainer and his Pokemon to fit through. Although they expected it to be pitch black all over again, Damien and his Sandshrew found themselves in some sort of hot springs area.

At his waist, to previously keep them protected from the ongoing dust storm outside, were both Buck and Frigid in their Pokeballs. Damien turned to Scratches. "Hmmm... What do you say?" Damien asked his Sandshrew. "How about we explore down here for a little bit and allow Buck and Frigid to come out for a while too?" A smile grew on Scratches face as he nodded. The very brave Pokemon was excited to get to explore the underground cavern.

[Marchbaby]

As Damien and his Pokemon entered the cavern containing the hot springs the temperature began to rise at a rapid rate. The hot springs allowed the cavern to be hot year round regardless of the temperature outside and the warmth was a welcoming factor in a number of Pokemon calling the area home. One such Pokemon loved the heated springs as it evolved into a water type and it could use water type moves that could be replenished by drinking from the springs. The Pokemon in question had never seen an outsider before and as it happily bounced along it saw Damien and his Pokemon approaching its beloved home. Cautiously it approached the human wondering what he was doing there.

For a few minutes it tried to keep its distance and try to only observe but as it tried to get a little closer a Aron ran from a hole in the wall nearby and stepped on its tail nearly crushing it under its weight. The Azurill jumped up in pain landing right in front of Damien with a look of pure terror on its face. It had not originally wanted to get into a fight but with its tail being so sore it had to take out its anger on something as the Aron ran off leaving only Damien and his Pokemon to face its wrath. It had not thought through all the things that could go wrong by facing a stranger but there was no turning back as the young Pokemon stared at Damien just waiting for him to make a move.

Little did the Azurill know that it was severely outmatched both in numbers and level but only going through a battle would it have a chance to overcome those disadvantages and try to avenge its poor tail.

A wild Azurill (Level 3) appeared. Please select a Pokemon.

[Fallen]

Quickly, the Azurill that had approached the new intruder into the cave's emotion changed from fear and terror of Damien and Scratches into anger. The small blue Pokemon would cleary be no match to Damien's Pokemon, but as it seemed, the Azurill was not thinking quite rationally after having been stepped on by the Aron. It had to let its anger out somehow, and as it seemed, it would be Damien's Pokemon that would recieve the anger. "Hey, don't be so mad, it's going to be okay," Damien said to the wild Pokemon that called the Hot Springs, but as it seemed, it was not going to be that easy to help the Pokemon calm down. Right, looks like we'll have to do a bit of damage first anyways... Damien thought to himself.

He turned to Scratches and then reached for a Pokeball from the belt on his waist. "Scratches, we're going to let Buck and Frigid get this one," he said to the little Sandshrew. Damien then threw one of the Pokeballs into the air, releasing his Fire-type pokemon into the Hot Springs to face the Azurill. The hot temperature was perfect for Buck, a Fire-type Torchic with a blazing personality at times. "Alright Buck! Let's hit it with an Ember attack to help it calm down a bit!" Damien planned on using Buck to whittle the Azurill's HP a bit, and then sending Frigid out to get a bit of experience and perhaps try to catch the Azurill in a Pokeball after it had calmed down a bit. Right now, however, all Damien could see from the Pokemon was uncontrollable anger.


((OOC: Buck uses Ember!))

[Marchbaby]

Azurill was confused at first seeing the Torchic as it did not even know what type the chicken Pokemon was even as Damien ordered the bird Pokemon to use Ember since the only fire type Pokemon were normally too high of a level to remember the move but that did not matter to the young Pokemon as all it cared about was getting revenge for its tail. Unfortunately for Azurill not only was it slower than Buck but it also failed to recognize just how dangerous a fire type could be without coming prepared as the Torchic fired a small Ember the flew right towards Azurill's tail not only harming the small blue Pokemon health wise but also causing a burn at the same time.

Azurill jumped around in great distress trying to find relief from the burning sensation but the hot springs as it dipped its tail in hoping it would prove to be an effective treatment only to find out that it caused the pain to get worse. Azurill jumped up in pain desperate for some kind of revenge when it fired a small stream of water in desperation at Buck causing moderate damage but not enough to put Buck in any real danger for the time being. Buck shook off the water as Azurill still continued to suffer from the burn on its tail with no end in sight. Even its attempt at revenge did not go over as well as it had hoped but it was a start.

With the next round about to begin however and Azurill already at half its usual energy the young blue Pokemon had to come up with a better plan and fast as that burn was going to keep sapping away at its health every turn with no way to recover health at its level it would need a very lucky streak to make any meaningful impact in this battle.




Trainer Battle

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Weather: Normal

Azurill | Level 3 |
HP: 50% (8/16)(Took 1 burn damage)
Status: Burned
Used Water Gun

VS

Damien's Buck | Level 5 | Blaze
HP: 76% (16/21)
Status: Normal
Used Ember!

[Fallen]

As the hot temperature provided the Torchic with a nice advantage over the home-field team (the Azurill), Buck, in his very bold fashion, released a boastful "Torchic!" towards the Azurill before leaning its head back and proceeding with the fire-type move. The Torchic's effort would lead to only but a small flame, but it still managed to a quite powerful amount of damage to the Azurill and inflicted a burn to it. The Azurill, though, wasn't one to just sit there and take a beating. it would preform a revenge retaliation attack of its own towards Buck, releasing a small, super-effective jet-stream of water from its mouth towards Buck. The water-type move was enough to deal a decent amount of damage to the Torchic, but it wasn't enough to knock Buck off his feet. He shook his body and feathers off, trying to get the water dry off of himself.

"Great job, Buck!" Damien congratulated his Pokemon, before preparing to send out another Pokemon. He returned Buck to his Pokeball and threw out another ball, a ball that presented a large contrast to the type his previous Pokemon was. The ice-type Swinub came out of the ball. Frigid was new to the team, in fact Frigid was newly-born into the Pokemon world, and Damien wasn't going to allow him to fight or get hurt yet. In this not so ideal environment, Frigid would likely be headed right back to his ball after this battle until the next battle. He reached for his bag and pulled out a Pokeball and threw it towards the small normal/fairy dual-typed Pokemon, hoping to add the Pokemon's data to his Pokedex, and maybe to use the Pokemon as a partner on his team eventually, when it calmed down. Damien hoped it would calm down after being captured so they could be friends.



((OOC: Sending out Frigid and throwing a Pokeball))

[Marchbaby]

As Azurill continued to battle the pain caused by its burn the sight of Damien switching his Pokemon was worrying to the young Pokemon. It was only when it noticed that Damien's new Pokemon was a baby that it started to get its hopes up. Azurill had never faced a Swinub before either but the warm atmosphere was not very comfortable to ice types and it took super effective damage from water type moves making Water Gun the perfect choice to use against its new opponent. Azurill scored a direct hit as a small stream of water struck Frigid in the face causing massive damage but not quite being powerful enough to knock out the young Pokemon. Things only got worse from there as Azurill saw the Pokemon flying towards it.

The young blue Pokemon had no prior practice at dodging Pokeball's and its inexperience showed as the red and white ball hit it dead center in the belly. Azurill disappeared in a bright flash as the Pokeball started to shake back and forwards as it tried to break free. The ball shook once with no issue and then twice as Azurill desperately tried to escape. On the third shake the ball suddenly stopped moving and a half second later a loud click signaled the end of the battle. Even with Frigid having no prior experience with battles the capture netted him quite a few levels and Buck benefited as well. The only one somewhat upset by the outcome was Azurill as it was no longer free after failing to escape from its Pokeball.

Frigid gained 3 levels and is now level 4.


Buck gained 1 level and is now level 6.


Azurill has been captured, please complete the following code:


[img src="https://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/black-white/normal/azurill.png"]
[b]Azurill[/b]
Name: [choose]
Gender: [choose]
Level: 3
Moves:
Splash, Water Gun, Tail Whip
Ability:
Thick Fat or Huge Power
Nature/Personality: [choose]


[Fallen]

Self-updating the Azurill to Damien's box, code here:

SPOILER: Click to show

Maji  Lv. 3

Ability: Huge Fat Held Item: None Happiness: 0 Splash Water Gun Tail Whip

Nature: Rash

OT: Damien Johnson

Damien's throw of the Pokeball would diminish any newfound hope the Azurill had gained upon sending out his newborn Swinub, Frigid. The Pokemon didn't know what to do or even how to dodge it, and would end up being drawn by the light into the Pokeball. With a ting, Damien had the Pokemon caught.

With the conclusion of the battle now at hand, Damien would return his baby Swinub back to its ball. "Don't worry Frigid," Damien said to the Pokemon now tucked away in the Pokeball, "You will have your own chance to participate in battles soon." Damien wasn't even sure if his sassy newborn ice-type would even be interested for sure in battling, but if it was, Damien wanted it to know it would get its chance to battle soon if it wanted to fight alongside the team. Frigid seemed to like being with Damien and his Pokemon for the most part it seemed. Damien looked at his fire-type Pokemon now. "Great job Buck!" Damien said happily. "That was an amazing display. I am sure Frigid learned quite a bit from watching you in the battle, and you got some experience too!" Damien put away the Pokeball carrying the freshly caught Azurill. "Plus, we might have a new friend now!"

"Let's keep exploring here," Damien said to Scratches and Buck. "How does a little cave adventuring sound?" "Tor-Torchic!" Buck gave an excited tone, and Scratches followed. The young trainer wondered what other Pokemon could be found in this interesting place, maybe even further on in a different area after they searched a bit more here. 

[Marchbaby]

As Damein continued to search the Hot Springs trying to find what other species called the area home the sounds of steam erupting from the ground nearby drew his attention as well as one of the Pokemon who before now had never seen a human visitor to the springs. The small Pokemon had  just finished feasting on some scrap metal that it had found when the steam spooked it into searching for the source. As the wild Pokemon laid eyes on Damien it doubted he had anything to do with the noise as this was not the first eruption of steam it had heard but it still felt threatened by the humans presence. As it stood still watching the human its tiny claws dug into the dirt getting ready to charge.

The small Pokemon was known as Aron and this one was quite territorial like most of its species and it was not thrilled that one was exploring its home. The small dinosaur did not know if the human was going to cause trouble or not but trespassing was enough of a crime to invoke its aggressive response as it tried to get Damien to run off. After a few seconds of its tough act passed however it became clear to Aron that just looking tough was not going to be enough to make Damien leave its home. It was then that Aron lowered its head and got ready to charge the young trainer desperately trying to protect its home no matter the cost.

Damien would have to act fast if he wanted to avoid becoming a bowling pin as the Aron was headed right for him and there was not enough time to try and run from it. 

Aron (Level 9) would like to battle. Please select a Pokemon.

 

[Fallen]

Damien and his Pokemon continued to explore the Hot Springs. The temperature in the cavern really was fairly hot due to the steaming hot springs allover the cavern. Damien and his Pokemon hadn't even noticed the angry cave-dwelling steel-type Pokemon yet. It wasn't until Buck let out a loud cry that Damien knew the Aron was incoming, and fast at that. "T- Torchic!" Damien quickly flipped around to where the fire-type Pokemon was turned to, and saw the incoming Aron, deep blue eyes locked in on Damien. The trainer knew that the steel-armored Pokemon's direct hit on him would likely not feel all that great, even with how small it was.

Even with how fast the Aron was incoming, Damien's fire-type Pokemon was ready for battle. It wasn't about to let the steel, rock solid, not-round bowling ball find a strike in Damien. Buck looked at Damien for a moment, but then turned back to the Aron. "Alright Buck," Damien said. "This Pokemon may be tough and it may be coming at us pretty fast, but you can do it." The Torchic shook its head, as if it was clearing its mind from any fear it may have had of the Pokemon, and then nodded and turned towards the Aron.

"Right!" Damien said. "Buck, hit the Aron with an Ember attack to distract it from its charge!" Buck nodded his head again without turning back to his trainer, and then ran towards the Aron from the side. It ran as fast as it could on it's chicken-like feet. When it was in close range, it let out as big as a flame it could muster at its current level at the Aron. Damien knew the move was not super effective against the rock and steel-typed Pokemon, but he had plans to whittle down its health before capturing it. It would be a nice Pokemon to add to his team.

OOC: Buck uses Ember x2! Running Shoes used!

[Marchbaby]

Though Buck was a pretty fast Pokemon he could not quite outpace Aron as the small steel type as it continued to charge towards Damien. As soon as it saw Buck try to use an attack however Aron changed targets and headed right for Buck aiming right for the fire type's stomach. A few seconds later Aron collided with the young Torchic causing pretty high damage as well as leaving the poor chicken flinched from the shock of the impact. By the time he came to Buck was too late to get his first attack off but still able to battle despite the initial painful attack. Aron was pretty impressed by the Torchic's willingness to go on but as it had no experience fighting Buck's species it decided to boost its defenses now to be safe.

As Aron tried to start up a Harden attack Buck got off the first move this time as he took a deep breath and fired off a small Ember scoring a direct hit on Aron. It was not as devastating as the Headbutt Buck had received but the damage was enough to scare the young Aron as it finally completed its Harden attack giving it even better physical defense than it had. Aron knew it had made a mistake in not attacking again as it could have likely fished off Buck with a second attack but it was a mistake the young Aron would not make again if it got the chance to attack the fire type again.

For the time being however Aron clearly had the upper hand and with their speed being equal Buck would need a bit of luck if he was going to get another attack off as Aron was already starting to charge. Things might not end so well for the young Torchic if he did not get a good stroke of luck in the next round.





Wild Battle

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Weather: Normal

Aron | Level 9 |
HP: 76% (23/30)
Status: Normal, Defense +1
Used Headbutt then Harden

VS

Damien's Buck | Level 6 | Blaze
HP: 52% (12/23)
Status: Normal
Flinched then used Ember!




OOC: RNG was a bit nasty this time but the second round was a bit kinder.

[Fallen]

The speed of the oncoming tiny steel monster could not be matched by Buck, no matter how hard the fire-type Pokemon had tried. But then something unexpected happened; the Aron turned its attention around from Damien and onto Damien's Torchic. At first the attention shift towards him momentarily spooked him, but then Buck's bold nature contributed to a grin on the fire-types face. Even at the risk, Buck was not going to get frightened when the time got rough. But the oncoming steel wrecking-ball was not going to be stopped by merely a confident grin.

"Buck watch out!" Too late. Damien yelled at Buck trying to warn him of the strength of the higher-level oncoming Aron, but it would be too late. With one big Headbutt attack from the steel-type straight to Buck's tummy, it sent the Torchic flying onto the ground with a bounce before landing. The unexpectedly strong hit straight to Buck's stomach left the Pokemon feeling a bit nauseous, and made it hard for him to get his feet back up off the ground. "To... Torchic." Very surprised about the power of the last hit, Buck finally got back up to his feet. He wasn't about to give up yet, and neither was Damien.

Because of the target switch the Aron had made, the Torchic hadn't been able to find a time to strike with his Ember attack, but now was his chance. While the Aron was busy hardening its hard outer shell, Buck came running back at the steel-and-rock-typed foe, a dedicated and focused expression on his face. As he closed in, the Torchic let out as big a flame as it could muster towards the cave-dweller, managing to do a decent amount of damage to it.

As the Aron began another charge towards Damien's Torchic, he would not allow it to get knocked out in battle. Their speed was nearly identical it seemed, but the Aron definitely had the upper-hand in the amount of damage its attacks could deal. Buck had already taken quite a bit of damage. "Buck!" Damien yelled out to his Pokemon, his voice echoing off the walls of the cave. "Get ready!" Damien pulled out a green and orange Pokeball, called a Dusk Ball, and got ready to throw it at the right moment. As the Aron charged, Damien waited for the perfect moment. Wait for it..." Damien spoke to himself, preparing to throw the ball. He knew it would take a good throw to capture the Pokemon.

"Aron, you're mine!" Damien thrusted his arm forward and released the ball and watched as it went flying towards the Aron. He was a bit nervous as he knew if the ball failed, Buck could be in danger. Regardless, he remained confident in their abilities.




OOC: Well then RNG... That is fine! We'll throw a Dusk Ball this time Let's see if RNG can beat 99.72% chance.)

[Marchbaby]

As the Aron charged forward thinking it was going to score another direct hit when it saw Damien pull out a Dusk Ball. Usually a Pokeball of any kind would not be a very scary sight to the steel dinosaur as it was pretty good at breaking out of them but a Dusk Ball was unlike any ball it had even remotely dreamed of. Aron tried to stop dead in its tracks to avoid the oncoming ball as the dusk ball flew towards it but it was not able to stop in time as the ball struck it between the eyes. The ball let out a purple flash as it trapped Aron inside. The fight was far from over however as Aron fought with all of its might to break free now realizing just how little hope it had of breaking out of the dusk ball.

From inside the ball Aron slammed into the sides of the ball with its head trying to break free as normally that would do the trick against most other balls but this Dusk Ball was way more sturdy barely moving at all from the collision. Still Aron was far from ready to give up as it ran towards the other side of the ball and collided head first into the side again causing a slightly bigger shake but still nowhere near enough of a shake to cause any worries. Aron growing desperate tried one final time as it aimed for the center of the ball and charged scoring a third direct hit but even that was not enough as right after the third shake the ball clicked shut bringing the battle to a close.

From inside the ball Aron was stunned that it could not break free from its new home. It knew it now belonged to a trainer despite putting up such a great fight but if there was a silver lining to being captured it was that it would get to see what the world outside the hot springs was like. Buck on the other hand was both thankful to avoid a second Headbutt and to gain a few levels for the big role he managed to play in the battle. Though Damien had won the battle there were still plenty of Pokemon would would be looking to battle if he stuck around.

Buck gains 3 levels and is now level 9.


Aron has been captured, please complete the code below:


[img src="https://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/black-white/normal/aron.png"]
[b]Aron[/b]
Name: [choose]
Gender: [choose]
Level: 9
Moves: Tackle, Harden, Mud Slap, Headbutt
Ability: Rock Head or Sturdy
Nature/Personality: [choose]