Preparing Part Two (F)

[Blackbird]

OOC: Sorry for the mistake, I got confused and couldn’t figure out what you meant.

Ranger Nikki scowled at the trainer, eyes narrowed in hate. “All trainers who make their Pokemon fight are abusing them! Those Pokemon suffer, simply for little bits of metal or tiny ribbons that will get damaged or lost in last than five years!” Her Nidoran both sighed and shook their heads in synch, the female loping forward and lowering her head in a half hearted attempt at intimidation. “Nidoran, use Scratch!”

However, Aglaia’s command was heard first, and the Bulbasaur cried out, its bulb beginning to glow. He lowered the front half of its body, the bulb on its back splitting upon and shooting out a large seed, which flew towards the Nidoran F. The Nidoran rolled her eyes, leaping out of the way and watching as the seed wrapped around a rock instead.

The blue rat bounded forward, and threw out its claw when she neared the male grass-type. The claws barely made a scratch in the Bulbasaur’s thick skin, then the female poison type bounded away.

BATTLE

Ranger Nikki’s Nidoran F |Level 6|
24/24
Nidoran used Scratch!

Aglaia’s Saury |Level 13|
36/38
Saury used Leech Seed! It missed!

[Tarlar]

((ooc: no problem^^ I found a solution myself. I'll try to do different things, so it isn't going to be the same all the time. I think it will be more interesting for your mods too. Though I would have a hard time not doing it ^^
Oh, and isn't it a male nidoran, the sprite?))

Aglaia just stared a Nikki like she was insane. The woman had just augmented she was a pokemon abuser herself, and she shook her head in disbelieve. "This is the kind of customers, who you just throw out of the door," she thought before she tried to point out the problems to the woman.
"I see, people who are using their pokemon to fight each other are pokemon tortures," Aglaia said calmly and sounded surprising neutral.
"Then tell me, why did you challenge me to a battle?" She asked with hear able annoyance. "I hadn't been battling now, if it wasn't for you. So you are the reason I am 'abusing' my pokemon right now," Aglaia said, while she made quotes mark around 'abusing', with her fingers.

Since Aglaia followed her strategy, she was ready to sent out the next pokemon as soon as the leech seed hit its target. When it missed, she froze, completely blank, "Wha-what? What do I do now?" She thought.
Aglaia wasn't good at coping with suddenly changed plans, and as she didn't have tried anything else, she didn't have any ideas of what else could work.
Saury looked at the nidoran as it jumped back to its trainer, and waited for his next command from Aglaia. When the time went without he heard anything, he made a quick glance towards her. Her shocked expression made it clear to him, he wasn't going to get any in the near future. He prepared to take another hit, and hoped she would soon know what to do.

((ooc: Just to make it clear: no move was called, so Saury doesn't do anything))

[Blackbird]

OOC: Ugh, I don’t know what happened to the sprite. I have them saved on my comp. under names, and I must have mixed them up.

BIC: The Ranger scowled, unable to come up with a response. It was different! Her Pokemon were helping liberate others! So that meant she had the right! “Nidoran, use Scratch again!” she snarled, obviously ticked off that the trainer had called her bluff. The Nidoran shivered, but slashed her claws and dashed forward, careful not to dull her claws on the packed dirt.

The Nidoran leapt forward, getting close to the Bulbasaur before lashing out with her claws, slashing a scratch inside one of its spots. The Bulbasaur snarled softly, turning to get help from its trainer.

BATTLE

"
Ranger Nikki’s Nidoran F |Level 6|
24/24
Nidoran used Scratch!

Aglaia’s Saury |Level 13|
33/38
Saury didn’t attack!

[Tarlar]

(occ: the important thing is the answer anyway, and I like those ^^ I just wanted to be sure I hadn't misunderstood anything)

"Saur," Saury grumbled in pain when he had to take the hit without doing anything himself. The attack woke Aglaia up, and looked worried at her bulbasaur. "Put yourself together! You are in the middle of a battle," Aglaia scolded herself and tried to come up with another plan. "I can still train the others, if I'm doing this right," she thought before asking Saury to use Growl.
The bulbasaur lifted his bud like he was going to send out another leech seed. But he just growled and tried to seem as big as possible, to make the nidoran hesitate.

Aglaia looked at the ranger nervously and tensed herself to be ready for the others mockery. Aglaia had been caught completely off guard before, and had been wide open to attacks.
She smirked when she realized she had caught the other girl off guard too and she didn't had any answer to Aglaias question.

[Sacred Fire]

The battle continued, each side seemed to be determined to win, at least Saury seemed a little confused or even aggravated on what was going on. They were going to loose at this rate if Aglaia did not think of any move to use soon that'd help them take down the Nidoran or they'd get beaten easily. However it looked like things were starting to turn around for them, as the move was made, Saury let out a loud call towards the Nidoran as it shuttered from the noise making it intimidated. Nidoran seemed to loose her confidence as the Bulbasaur was a bit larger than she was but this didn't let Nikki's determination down.

"Nidoran, you're going to let one scary growl harm you? I don't think so. Use another Scratch!" She called out towards her poison type pokemon. Nidoran raced forward on the ground and her feet hit the dirt, once she got close enough, she raised an arm and swiped at Bulbasaur striking Saury in the face. Saury winced heavily from the attack as a new wound was on the grass pokemon. It stung in pain as it was hurting quiet a bit.

BATTLE

"
Ranger Nikki’s Nidoran F |Level 6|
Health: 24/24: 100%
Status: -1 Attack
Nidoran used Scratch!

Aglaia’s Saury |Level 13|
Health: 30/38: 79%
Status: None!
Saury used Growl!

[Tarlar]

Aglaia was tempted to demand an answer, but she was too polite due to her experiences in her parents shop. She chose to just enjoy the knowledge instead.
"You can do this Aglaia, just keep calm," she told herself and looked closer at the nidoran. "How did it avoid the leech seed? Do I have any ways of slowing it down perhaps?" Aglaia thought and was soon drifted away in her planning and making strategies.

"Bulbasaur!" Saury cried out in the attempt to wake her up again. If she didn't do anything, he would soon have to go back into the Pokemon Center. He wasn't interested in going back there already, especially as it seemed it would be a really long battle, if the scratches wasn't stronger than that.
Aglaia woke up for a moment and said "Tackle, Saury," but nothing more, which could indicate she was interested in this fight all along.
Saury sighted, but was glad he could attack and he hoped he could end this battle quickly. He jumped forward and ran straight towards nidoran, confident his was strong enough to take any potential hit from it.
Aglaia became aware she was beginning to drift off again, and pulled out her notebook from her bag, and began writing strategies ideas and notes on the battle down.
She looked shortly at the other trainer and asked: "What are you going to do, if you win?"

[Sacred Fire]

The Battle continued between the two girls as it seemed to be rather monotonic at this point. They seemed to be heavily focused to see who would call out the next attack and who would get ahead. There was definite concentration between the two pokemon and their trainers. When Nikki heard Aglaia speak up about what she'd do later if she would beat her there was one obvious goal that was going to be in mind. She might try and further herself to get closer to the battle with the gym leader Falkner of Violet City. She'd be higher than most rangers that were around here and it'd make her stand out.

"I plan on one day to try and challenge gym leader Falkner. Maybe he'll give us the boost we need in order to be one of the top notch rangers. We'd stand out much more than the other rangers you'd find here. It'd be an honor." Nikki said as she did her best to explain the one of many goals that she had in mind. There was also another obvious one and that was to protect the wilderness around them. Every day she patrolled in order to make sure this place was safe and sound. "And another goal we have that is more long term is protecting the wilderness. We Rangers patrol the area to make sure that there are no wrong doers, like pokemon poachers, or even those who are trying to destroy the landscape. The less of those people are around, the world will be a better place." Nikki said as she explained her second reason.

"But that's enough from me, I think I've said too much this time. Nidoran use Scratch!" She called out towards her pokemon and the purple nidoran raced forward. She ran towards Saury but she was a bit late on it. Saury was already ahead of the game and tackled her head on. And being a poison type, the pokemon didn't have to worry that much about being affected by poison. The Nidoran gave out a painful cry but stood back up before completing her own move. The Nidoran swiped at Saury and Saury winced from the pain. It was clear that the Nidoran was trying to do all she could in order to win and it was determined.

BATTLE

Ranger Nikki’s Nidoran F |Level 6|
Health: 19/24: 79%
Status: -1 Attack
Nidoran used Scratch!

Aglaia’s Saury |Level 13|
Health: 26/38: 64%
Status: None!
Saury used Tackle!

[Tarlar]

Aglaia wasn't pleased to fight without leech seed since it had saved her more than once. "It has to be possible without it! I know not all pokemon knows it, and they can still make it. I just hope Paloma can too." Aglaia thought, and decided to make the opponent as weak as possible, before she let out the weakling of a pidgey out. It was the only way to train it, right?
"Saury, growl." She ordered and hoped she could intimidate the nidoran enough, so it would relax when it saw the smaller opponent later. "I'll hope my plan works," Aglaia thought a little nervous, as she hated when she had to change her tactics.
Saury growled annoyed as he was keen on just standing and taking the hits. But he was well trained (not by Aglaia, but by the professor), so he did her bidding without hesitation.

Aglaia turned her attention to the ranger, which she apparently was. Aglaia made a note, that some of them battled with pokemon in order to stop pokemon battling.
As Nikki started to talk about anything else than "freeing" pokemon from their "abusive" trainers, Aglaia looked at her confused. "Does she have a bad memory? Or is she trying to ignore what she said before because she couldn't argue in its favor?"

Aglaia new it was stupid, and it would have been better to just let it fly. But she the last few trainers had all annoyed her, with the ranger in the end declaring Aglaia to be a tyrant, so she couldn't.
Aglaia flinched when the ranger talked about other rangers, "I don't hope I have to go through this again!" She thought and made a note about avoiding rangers from know on.
Aglaia narrowed her eyes at Nikki. "Sooo, you are saying that I am a poacher? Is that why you would free my pokemon?" She asked sceptically.
"And you never answered me on why you were challenging me to a battle, when you said I was mistreating my pokemon because I was battling with them?" Aglaia knew she shouldn't had said that, but she couldn't help herself. She was too upset with trainers right now, as none had been very helpful. And some, like Nikki, was the only thing which made Aglaia think twice about having a shop and deal with potential idiotic customers.

(ooc: hehe, this is going to be fun! As info: Nikki approached Aglaia and accused her of abusing her pokemon because she used them in battles. And she would free them by battling Aglaia.)

[Ŀėx.]

"Sooo, you are saying that I am a poacher? Is that why you would free my pokemon?...And you never answered me on why you were challenging me to a battle, when you said I was mistreating my pokemon because I was battling with them?"

"This one red-headed kid came up to me a few minutes before you came outside and told me you were abusing your Pokemon." The ranger finally explained. "He said you stole his shiny Diglett."

If Aglaia looked off to the side, she would've seen Silver staring out from the window of the Pokemon Center with a smirk and his hands in his pockets. People were still talking about her amazing catch inside and he decided to mess with her. From their last battle he gathered she was gullible. She probably didn't know that once a Pokemon is caught, it can not be re-caught with another Pokeball unless it's been released, so she probably wouldn't question what the Ranger said next.

"He said he was just sitting back and relaxing and his Diglett strayed a bit and next thing he knew it was gone. Then he comes to Cherrygrove and hears you took it. I won't stand for poachers, thieves, and tyrants!"

Saury growled and Nidoran♀ used another Scratch, barely doing any damage much to the Ranger's frustration.

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Nikki's Nidoran♀ ⋅ Lvl 6
Health ⋅ 79% 19/24 HP
Status ⋅ -2 Attk
Nidoran♀ used Scratch!

Aglaia's Saury ⋅ Lvl 13
Health ⋅ 58% 22/38 HP
Status ⋅ Normal
Saury used Growl!

ooc:; PLOT TWIST! because a trainer that says battling is wrong by challenging someone to a battle, then says battling for badges and ribbons is wrong and says their goal is to defeat Falkner for a badge...is one hot mess. Hopefully this will straighten things out, though we'll just have to accept that in this thread, Ranger Nikki is crazy.

[Tarlar]

Aglaia stared at the ranger like she was crazy, and wondered if she just should run away. Who knew what she would do?She is either crazy, or has a really bad memory! Aglaia thought about how the ranger changed subject all the time.
She stared shocked at Nikki as their talk took a big turn, and Aglaia was accused of thievery of her newest pokemon.
"Is that possible? Can I have stolen it?" Aglaia thought and took a step back nervously.
She took a deep breath and exhaled slowly to keep calm, as she put up her professional mask to keep herself from panic. "If it is true I have stolen it, it wasn't on purpose and I can give it back to him," Aglaia thought to calm herself and felt a little disappointed as she was proud of having a remarkable pokemon.
The more Aglaia thought of it, the more sure she felt about she could make her way out if it, the only thing that worried her now, was the thing about the diglett.

Aglaia used a moment to think about how to answer before she opened her mouth: "How am I abusing my pokemon? The only thing I do is to battle with them and I have just come out from the Pokemon Center, so I haven't got the time to do anything else. We can go and ask Nurse Joy too, if you want."
Aglaia suddenly remembered something Nurse Joy and the unknown trainer in the Pokemon Center had said. She used another moment to work this information into her answer.
"I really hope Nurse Joy lives up to her reputation, as right now, all is standing on her," Aglaia thought briefly.

"About the diglett then I didn't know it was owned by anyone. It was alone and I thought it was sick, so I caught it in my pokeball to get it to Nurse Joy." Aglaia started her explaining. "If it is his, he can of course get it back," she said and then hesitated. "Did he say he had it before he arrived at Cherrygrove? But I met it just down that street! It's a long way it has moved then, and where is he? If he wants his pokemon back, why isn't he here to claim it?" She asked and looked around to see if she could spot him.
Aglaia didn't look up at the Pokemon Center as she didn't thought the trainer would be in there if his rare and missing pokemon was just outside! And even if she had seen Silver she wouldn't have dragged a line between him and the trainer the ranger was talking about since he hadn't had a diglett. And he red-haired infuriating boy would definitely had used it in the battle with her, if only to brag about it. It made her quite sure he hadn't had one and therefore it couldn't be him the ranger was talking about.

"Saury, use tackle if they continue to attack," Aglaia ordered quietly to her bulbasaur. Since the ranger was so furious and had changed topic so many times, she had no idea of what she could do. She bit her lip as she tried to prepare for everything.
Saury rolled his eye of the stupid humans. He knew his trainer couldn't have caught an already owned pokemon, but he couldn't tell her. And it he couldn't understand why they didn't just ask the diglett? He could answer any questions if they just thought of asking him, but it was typical humans. They only thought about themselves. Saury sent Aglaia a grumpy look and decided she was on her own. He was still disappointed she had kept all her Pokemon's in their balls all the time, so he hadn't had any change of talking with any of them.


((ooc: please read former mod post too before answer, as it has become a little complicated. Or else the risk of it messing up again could be quite big ))

[Ŀėx.]

Aglaia appeared nervous for a moment, which caused the Ranger to become more suspicious.

"How am I abusing my pokemon? The only thing I do is to battle with them and I have just come out from the Pokemon Center, so I haven't got the time to do anything else. We can go and ask Nurse Joy too, if you want."

"Well how about we go to the source!" Nikki stepped closer and knelt down, her expression softening. "Do you trust your trainer, Saury? Is she taking good care of you and the rest of her team?"

"About the diglett then I didn't know it was owned by anyone. It was alone and I thought it was sick, so I caught it in my pokeball to get it to Nurse Joy...If it is his, he can of course get it back...Did he say he had it before he arrived at Cherrygrove? But I met it just down that street! It's a long way it has moved then, and where is he? If he wants his pokemon back, why isn't he here to claim it?"

Nikki frowned. "Don't be silly. You can't catch a Pokemon in a Pokeball if it has already been caught. If you're going to lie, at least make it believable. He brought it to a Ranger's attention, as he should. I will be talking to Nurse Joy, you can be sure of that, but I'm not letting you out of my sight first. Nidoran! Growl!" The Ranger put her fists on her hips in a no-nonsense way. Why would such a sweet looking, young man make a story like this up? This girl must be trouble.

Before her Pokemon could act, Bulbasaur barreled into Nidoran♀ with a low-to-the-ground Tackle attack. She flew through the air a few feet before landing and getting back up to her feet, emitting a guttural Growl attack.

Silver had a hard time not laughing, this was going better than he hoped. The slightly-off Ranger was a perfect pawn.

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Nikki's Nidoran♀ ⋅ Lvl 6
Health ⋅ 33% 8/24 HP
Status ⋅ -2 Attk
Nidoran♀ used Growl!

Aglaia's Saury ⋅ Lvl 13
Health ⋅ 58% 22/38 HP
Status ⋅ -1 Attk
Saury used Tackle!

ooc:; I'll be reserving this thread till the end of the battle.

[Tarlar]

Both Aglaia and Saury stared surprised at Nikki for a moment, none of them had ever thought she would turn to Saury with questions.
"Why didn't I think of suggesting her to ask Saury?"Aglaia thought and slowly gaped when that gave her another idea.
Saury was almost in shock, his heart beating. Could it be true? did the woman who had been so quick to make conclusions and change topics really be so smart to ask him?
He was just about to smile broadly to Nikki just because he was happy she had asked him, but hesitated as he realized it would seem like he answered her question. He sat back down and looked at Aglaia who still gaped and looked like she was lost in thoughts.
He looked thoughtfully at his handler as he tried to decide if she was worth it. She wasn't what he had hope for as a trainer, she was way too selfish and put him into battles all the time, without thinking of what he wanted himself. He looked annoyed at Aglaia, and worst of all, he kept him in his pokeball all the time instead of letting him interact with the others she had.
Saury was about to say shook his head to Nikki, when he saw a shadow in one of the Pokemon Centers windows and he gasped when he remembered the red haired trainer.
Saury looked down on the ground. Aglaia wasn't the best trainer, but she was definitely not the worst either. Actually she was quite average as most trainers he knew, kept their pokemon in their pokeballs all the time. Saury looked embarrassed of what he had been about to do, which could have giving him trouble later on too, since who knew what would happen to him, Shadow and the rest if Aglaia was getting ruled guilty? They could take them away and give them to trainers like the red haired!
Saury looked at Nikki with a smile and nodded friendly. "Bulbasaur!" He answered, as Aglaia was nice and fed them and such. He wasn't sure he trusted her, but it was more a question about he didn't know her well enough yet.

Aglaia frowned confused when Nikki said she couldn't have caught the diglett. "But, but I used my own pokeball!" She protested and held out the digletts pokeball. "You can ask it too, if you want!"
Saury looked surprised at Aglaia, had she just suggested Nikki talked with one of her pokemon? He smiled with content, perhaps there was still hope for her.
"Saury use Leech seed," Aglaia said more as an reflex before she remembered it somehow didn't work on the nidoran. "Oh Duskull! What to do now?" Aglaia thought before she blinked in surprised. "Why are we continuing to battle?" She thought and her hands fell down her sides as she felt really stupid.
As Saury sent a seed towards nidoran once again, Aglaia said: "Why are we still battling? If you want us to go to Nurse Joy, we could just do it right away!" Aglaia asked Nikki and found Saurys ball to call him back if she was asked to.

(ooc: Sorry, but Aglaia isn't the "I-want-to-battle-all-the-time" type. So she is fine with just ending it right away to sort the accusation out ^^)

[Ŀėx.]

Nikki's brow furrowed at this new development amidst her scattered thoughts as Bulbasaur smiled at his trainer. Maybe he was terrified Aglaia would lash out at him if he frowned? Maybe he helped her beat the other Pokemon to keep them 'in line'....but he seemed so earnest in his decision...she played with the brim of her hat, running her finger tips along it. Nidoran♀ looked up at her curiously, wondering what her odd trainer would do next.

"But, but I used my own pokeball!...You can ask it too, if you want!"

Nikki was starting to wonder if she had made a huge mistake. The ranger bit her lip, because this wasn't the first time she had been in error, and the other rangers were starting to make bets on when she'd mess up next. Just the other day she had tackled an Officer Jenny she thought had been an impostor. Earlier this week she had found a vandalized store and had apprehended the thief...only to find out who she thought was the thief was actually the victimized store owner. Nine days ago she had ran her jeep into a pole, tilting it and snapping some of its wires in a shower of sparks, causing a quarter of the city to experience a blackout.

"Why are we still battling? If you want us to go to Nurse Joy, we could just do it right away!"

"You'll go...? Willingly?" Her voice cracked and her Nidoran♀ trotted back to her side next to Nidoran♂. The ranger tried to regain her composure. "Alright, let's do this." She hooked her arm around Aglaia's and marched her over to the Pokemon Center.

Silver shrugged. Fun was over, time to disappear. He slipped out the back just as they entered the building.

Joy took one look at the pair and sighed. "What is it now, Nikki."

"I've gotten a report that says this girl abuses her Pokemon and stole a Shiny Diglett from another trainer. She says you can prove her innocence?"

Joy crossed her arms and frowned in a girlish fashion. "Who on earth told you that? I treated her Pokemon and they looked fine, and you know as well as I her Pokedex trainer information should be updated with the Pokemon she caught herself. Which would verify if that story was true right away!*" She held out her slender hand for Aglaia to hand over the device so she could show Nikki.

"Ah-um. A red-headed boy told me-" The ranger stammered sheepishly.

The same trainer that had been leaning on the counter earlier smirked. "Was his name Silver? I saw him staring out the window a moment ago at your battle. I thought he looked unusually interested. If you want to strangle him, you'll have to get in line. Most of the trainers around here want to knock him on his ass."

Another trainer came up behind that one and grimaced. "No wonder he ran out of here when you guys came in."

Nikki buried her face in her hands, blushing furiously. "Not againnnn."

ooc:; And that's cool. ^^ Might make moving on in your journey a little tougher though if you pass up chances to get exp.

*I think as soon as Pokeballs are bought they are registered with the trainer. That's why trainers use machines to trade Pokemon instead of just handing over the Pokeball. And why a Pokeball that just caught a Pokemon knows which computer to store it in if you have six Pokemon on your team already. Also, according to an episode of Pokemon (one of the early ones), Jenny asked to see Ash's identification and it was his Pokedex. Your Pokedex also tracks which Pokemon you've caught. Etc.

Also, since the battle is over. THREAD UNRESERVED

[Tarlar]

Aglaia sighted with relief when the ranger agreed to stop the battle and try to solve the problem. As she was dragged away she couldn't help but feel Saury had been awfully long about answering the question. She had almost got nervous if he would have said no, why else should he wait so long for answer the question? "Perhaps he just didn't understood it?" Aglaia thought as she tried to fight the idea of pokemon equally to humans, which would give her too many issues in her head.
As she tried to look down at her bulbasaur, she discovered he had once again not followed her, which somewhat confirmed her view of pokemon. "He must be stupid," she thought as she called to him, and he started running to catch up.

Aglaia didn't say much when the ranger, who apparently was called Nikki, talked with Nurse Joy. She quickly began to look through her bag to find the pokedex, but froze when she heard them talk about a red haired boy. "Could it be...?" She thought but was interrupted when Joy waved her hand to get the pokedex. Aglaia followed the rest of the conversation with a thoughtfully frown.
As Joy looked at her pokedex, another thought reached her mind: "What about Shadow? I didn't caught her." Aglaia wasn't sure the purrloin would be in the pokedex, since she had just been giving it, without any registration or anything. "If I don't take her out, they probably wont notice," She thought, and tried to hide her troubled feelings. She wasn't sure how to explained it as she didn't thought they would accept such a explanation.

To her relief no-one asked her, and Nikki groaned and sounded like she had done those mistakes often.
She looked at Nikki and wondered what she should say, as she was just glad she was free of all charges. And she had actually learned something new too.
"It is alright, you couldn't know," Aglaia said and laid her hand on Nikki's shoulder. "If you want, we can finish the battle at another time, just for fun," she said, without really meaning it. Aglaia wasn't sure at all, she wanted to meet this irresolute and changing woman ever again, but she had learned always to be polite.
"But for now, I have other things to do, if I'm free to go?" She asked and looked around and thanked Nurse Joy when she got her pokedex back.

A few minutes later, Aglaia was successfully arrived at the edge of Cherrygrove and she looked around at the flower fields and forest before her. It was beautiful as the wind made the grass look like a green ocean and the clouds hurried across the sky, making shifting patterns beneath.
Aglaia was looking forward to this, since it would be nice to look for a pokemon in the company of Saury and Shadow again, without having to worry about when to reach next town. She got all the time she needed.
She called out Shadow, Paloma and the diglett and told them what to look for. "Good, lets get going, and keep an eye out! Hey, Wait!" Aglaia exclaimed as Paloma made a annoyed cry and took off towards some trees. "Where are you going? Not so fast! No Diglet, diglet!" Aglaia yelled as the diglett ignored her and dug his way to the flower fields.
"No, do something! stop them!" Aglaia pleaded her to remaining pokemon. Shadow meowed to Saury, who nodded, and then she ran after the pidgey. Saury soon disappeared into the grass as he tried to catch up with the diglett.
"What do I do know?" Aglaia moaned as she was standing alone no of her pokemon in sight.

(ooc: alright, I better explain what I have done, and what I hope for here
1: The party of pokemon is split into two, one with Paloma and Shadow is currently between some trees, and Alter and Saury in the grass. Aglaia is ALONE and cannot battle herself ^^
2: if you want to give me something to battle, you have to choose one of the two teams of pokemon, or scare Aglaia to death ;D
I do not expect to get more than one encounter at a time, but I would like if the ones who are not battling isn't forgotten: so just write about their surroundings or what ever you like ^^
3: Aglaia could probably need some help to find her pokemon again, but I would like it not to be right away, if I can ask for that ^^

I hope this isn't too confusing, but else just send me a pm, and I can try to make it clear )

[Kataya]

Saury sprinted through the grass, moving at an even pace as he tried to sniff out which direction Alter had gone in. The grass was taller here, but there was something that stuck out, and made it quite obvious to Saury which direction Alter had gone in. A clear, deep line in the ground marked the mole's path. He knew he had to catch up with the Diglett, because with his rarity, it would be easy for someone to try and snatch him up. Saury went as quickly as he could, moving down to follow the path. His ears went down as he realized it split into three different directions. Now where had that darn mole gotten off to?!

Fortunately, Shadow had much better visibility of Paloma, who had settled up in a tree, that was clearly visible from where she had stopped her running. She called up to her Teammate, and upon hearing her, Paloma complied with the calm cat and landed on her back. They were about to leave...well, if they hadn't spotted a rather hungry looking pair of Mareep. Shadow was wary, because they seemed rather ready to fight, agitated. One of them stepped up first, and it looked like the older one. So it was two separate battles they wanted?

Aglaia was stuck without any of her Pokemon in sight. There didn't really seem to be much she could do. She could go after one pair or the other, but they had both gone in completely different directions. She could either wait for help in the grassy outskirts, or look for each pair separated. the choice was hers.
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To starving, agitated Mareep have approached Shadow and Paloma! Mareep (Level 7) Has stepped up to battle first!