Nightmarish Elegance (opt 2)

[Tiki]

With Ilex Forest behind him, Alex had finally arrived at the bustling city known as Goldenrod City. There seemed to be just more people everywhere in the city than other cities that he had been to. Whether it was in the streets, or in Pokemon Center, or even at a noodle diner, there were just more people than he was familiar with. Nevertheless, he was glad to have made his way to this big city after that long trek in Ilex Forest. Even though he arrived at the Pokemon Center a bit before morning, he was able to check in the Pokemon Center and got himself a room. He was able to stretched his legs and laid on the bed for a while. He also found out that strange and rare Pokemon was, in fact, a legendary Pokemon named Celebi, and it was grass type too! He got to meet a Celebi himself! How eventful this was!

After having a day or two of exploring the city and letting his Pokemon out of their Pokeballs to play in the city park, he did walked by the Goldenrod City Gym, and decided to try hismelf here as well, since he did have two badges under his belt already. After making his decision on which Pokemon to use, he headed toward the gym, where the gym had nothing particular unique about it. Falkner had the traditional, historic looking design that seemed... well, a historical theme. Bugsy had obviously jungle and signs of bugs everywhere. This one was just... plain. This was a plain gym. If it had treadmills, it would be a literal plain gym.

"Hello, my name is Alex and I would like to challenge the gym leader here. I am from Sinnoh!" the trainer shouted, still looking around for any sign of human, basically. He was hoping this wasn't an abandoned gym.

[Tyger]

Although the Gym had no special features that gave it an appearance all it's own, perhaps that was the point. What it didn't have in special decorations it made up for with strength, or so the rumors said. It wasn't completely boring, although it looked as though a young girl had designed it. On the walls were pink and purple designs, and there were a few structures to climb and move around, perhaps for Pokemon to play or battle on? Either way, the Gym seemed practically deserted at the current moment so as Alex pressed further and spoke, there was a noise behind one of the walls. It sounded like someone talking on a cell phone, although it was a bit muffled. After a few seconds, a voice rang out from the back. "One second! Gosh, of all the days for Carrie to be out..." A few more muffled seconds later, the phone call ended and the sounds of footsteps filled the barren gym with little echos.

From around a corner ran a young girl with pink hair, probably one of the trainers Alex would have to face before facing Whitney. Surely the gym leader would be older? "Alex, huh? You're pretty cute. Sorry we didn't have anyone here to greet you! Usually Carrie is here to offer you a battle before you get to the main attraction but she had to go do something. Dentist, teeth, I dunno. But! Guess that means you go ahead and get to skip to dessert!" The young girl bounced over to back of the Gym, flicking a lightswitch. In the center of the Gym was an arena. Standing in the spotlight herself, she opened her arms before putting them on her hips sassily. "Welcome to my Gym, Challenger! I'm the Incredibly Pretty Gym Leader Whitney! I hope you're gonna bring your A game, because it's gonna be real sad when you have to tell your friends you got beat by a girl!" The young girl winked, before releasing a Pokemon in front of her. 

"All of my Pokemon are Normal Type, but don't think that's gonna make this easy. Normal Pokemon are in a league all of their own and i'm here to show you. Go, Clefairy!" From the pink Pokeball Whitney tossed, a pink Pokemon popped out with brown ears. Dancing on one foot, The Clefairy waved at Alex before shaking it's tail. "No funny business. If you win, you get my badge. If not, well... join the club!" Pointing her finger over her head in a dramatic style (probably taken from a TV show she watched) her arm fell to point at Alex. "Let's get this battle started!"



You've challenged Goldenrod Gym!
Gym Leader Whitney sends out Clefairy! (Level 25)

-All Pokemon must be Level 35 or less-

[Tiki]

After walking into the gym and announcing his arrival, a few minutes later, a young girl named Whitney showed up, who appeared to be the gym leader of this gym with really ordinary interior design. He let her introduced herself and her gym first, nodding to everything she said, and then gave his own reply. "You're good looking yourself, Whitney, and your Clefairy is cute too. Well, I hope your assistant would have a good day with the dentist. Oral hygiene and health are just as important as the rest of the body. So this is a normal gym, huh? No wonder you don't have any funny statues or layout or interior design in your gym. I am a bug and grass type trainer myself. I hope this will be a good battle for both of us."

After responding, he went toward his side of the battlefield, and then selected a Pokemon to send into the field. So, a Clefairy was this gym leader's first choice of Pokemon, huh? "Come on out, Spiden. Start off with a Shadow Sneak!" He tossed the Pokeball to revealed a big, red, and crawly Pokemon with eight legs. So he's going to lead the battle with Spiden, a Pokemon that he had already used against the big meanie Gengar, he saw potential with this Pokemon, and wondered how it would turn out with this gym battle.

[Morrigan]

vs Gym Leader Whitney
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Feigning a moment of being shy, Whitney wore a sweet smile and looked away from Alex as he also called both Whitney and her Pokemon cute. Truly, she was used to this sort of attention. The pink haired teen knew that she was adorable and would often flaunt it to get what she wanted. But that didn't mean that she was a bad Pokemon trainer. Half smitten and half beaten, Whitney was well known for sending grown men crying out of her Gym, holding their heads and broken pride in their hands. She might have come across as girly and sweet but Whitney knew how to handle a Pokemon and if Alex intended to underestimate her, she would make him her next victim. "Heehee, you sweet talker, you." Gesturing a hand his way, Whitney soon looked a bit more serious as he made a verbal note of her Gym. "It may be simple, a bit plain even. But I have everything I need here, from my girls, to my Pokemon to, well... Me!" Winking her eye at him, she shrugged her shoulders cutely. "Both me and my Pokemon the stars here, so there is no need for fancy bits and bobs. C'mon, I'll show you." Exciting to get the battle underway, she heard which Pokemon he chose to specialise in but didn't take the conversation any further for now.

With a throw of his wrist, Alex sent forward his own choice of Spiden the Ariados. The sight of the eight legged Pokemon sent a look of pure disgust on the once pristine face of Whitney. Flared nostrils, wrinkled nose, unimpressed mouth and all. However, the expression only lasted for a mere moment and within seconds, she covered it up with a fake smile. "What an... interesting choice! It's not often we see eight legged freak--friends in this Gym! Hoho!" Covering her mouth with her hand as she let out an amused laugh, deep down, there wasn't anything Whitney could find to laugh about. Although the bug was gross to look at, it also had many advantages over her Clefairy. Firstly it had Insomnia and whilst Whitney didn't know this first hand, she knew a nocturnal creature like this wouldn't fall easily to Clefairy's song, thus there was no point even trying. There was no way she would order Attract against something so vile, which again wouldn't work due to Spiden's gender and lastly the one physical move she did know was not effective in the slightest. Both Whitney and her Clefairy had been pushed into a corner without truly realising it.

"This is very surprising! It's not often that men actually use their heads when battling against me. Very well. Clefairy! Use Wake-Up Slap!" Her order leaving her lips, the pink haired Gym Leader was a little too slow on the uptake. Spiden had already merged in with the shadows of the spotlights, using the darkness to move quickly and silently toward her opponent before lunging at her prey. Scaring the life out of the Clefairy, Spiden emerged from the shadows with a shriek, pinning the bulky fairy to the ground. Closing her eyes tightly, the Clefairy let out a high pitched cry before frantically slapping her hands forward to try and bat the Ariados off of her. Spiden merely stood there, taking the hits to the face without a care in the world. It didn't hurt but she was going to unleash the pain if the Clefairy wouldn't back off.

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Clefairy: | Level 25 |
Health: 78% (60/77 HP)
Status: Normal
Clefairy used Wake Up Slap!

VS

Spiden: | Level 25 | Insomnia
Health: 96% (74/77 HP)
Status: Normal
Spiden used Shadow Sneak!

[Tiki]

After sending out his trusty Ariados, Alex thought he caught the female gym leader enacting the common "girls are afraid of bugs" stereotype. Though hearing the next thing she said, he was relieved that she could still carry on the battle. "Well, I don't plan to waste my time flirting with a celebrity like you. Gym leaders probably don't have all the time for us gym challengers. I would imagine you would be busy with the press, the challengers, maintaining the gym, and other publicity works. When was the last time you hang out with a challenger outside of the gym for a few occasions anyways?" He replied, smiling as he continued the battle.

He watched as his Pokemon unleashed the Shadow Sneak attack, striking first before the Clefairy could respond. Then, the cute Pokemon tried to frantically slap the giant bug, but Spiden shrugged off the slapping like a body massage. "So far so good, Spiden. Now go for a Night Shade!" He called, letting his Pokemon know the next of his plan. Compared to Shadow Sneak, a strike-first attack, Night Shade was an attack that depended on the Pokemon's level. Now he would have to see what difficulty and challenge would Whitney have for him.

[Morrigan]

vs Gym Leader Whitney
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Whitney pulled an overly dramatic, startled expression with wide eyes, opened mouth and raised a hand to her face, which failed to hide her look of surprise that slipped out between the gaps in her stretched fingers. Intentionally. Making a loud gasp, she pointed a finger at Alex. "Ex! Cuse! Me!" Placing extra definition on each sound which came out of her mouth, the girl continued her rebuttal, as much as she sounded full of herself. "You think that Whitney, the popular and pretty girl, would be so selfish to forget the little people?" Her words cloaked in a false, caring tone, she raised her eyebrows sadly as she tried to defend her corner. "I make as much time for everyone as possible! From my cute little Pokemon, to the ever expecting press, to this very Gym we're in! Yep! Whitney is a very busy girl but I love all my fans!" Making her hands into the shape of a heart and holding it over her chest, the pink haired girl held a finger to her cheek as she looked on in wonderment. "I met a bunch of fans for a photograph signing the other day... Ooh! I also went shopping with Morty, the Gym Leader from the next town over, he is a super sweetie!"

But one thing which wasn't super sweet was the Ariados she was facing. Finding it incredibly hard to even look at the bug, Whitney managed to keep up her smile, all whilst trying to ignore it's presence yet fight at the same time. "Keep on with the Wake-Up Slap's Clefairy! Go get em with all your might!" Her words energetic as if she were that of a cheerleader, she wasn't exactly enjoying this losing battle but she had to stay positive for her Clefairy. Spiden was very distant and uncaring after the previous round. She just wanted to see this Clefairy fall and it wouldn't be too much longer before it did. If anything, she liked the idea of it being slow and painful for this sickly sweet creature who could barely defend itself. Still, following Alex's orders, Spiden could watch the Clefairy slowly droop in terms of energy and maybe that pink haired girl would calm down along with it. Using the power of darkness, the Ariados managed to create a fake illusion that only the Clefairy could see, of it becoming surrounding by a bunch of fang twitching Ariados.

For both Alex and Whitney, from their perspective all they could see was Spiden slowly beginning to approach the pink fairy. But in Clefairy's eyes, it was surrounded. Shrieking, it began to flail around on the spot jumping as every now and again a fake image of an Ariados would swoop in for a feint bite. It wasn't until Spiden actually lunged forward with a nudge of her own fangs that the Clefairy actually managed to hit back in retaliation. Once again having numerous slaps not even tickle the surface of her body, Spiden narrowed her eyes in an unimpressed manner.

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Clefairy: | Level 25 |
Health: 45% (35/77 HP)
Status: Normal
Clefairy used Wake Up Slap!

VS

Spiden: | Level 25 | Insomnia
Health: 92% (71/77 HP)
Status: Normal
Spiden used Night Shade!

[Tiki]

Alex nodded and smiled, realizing that perhaps he was asking too much about this gym leader. Although he didn't plan on replying after Whitney's reply, the last comment about the gym next town over caught his attention. And well, those weird idol motions and gestures were just a little lost on him. The only television he watches were documentaries and technology news. "Well. Very nice! So what can you tell me about the next town's gym leader?" Although he didn't realize it, but asking about the next gym while currently battling a gym leader might have been a strange awkward question for this situation.

Then, he continued to watch the battle, but the current battle was just a little underwhelming so far. Sure, the Clefairy was trying to slap back the Ariados, but the big red spider was just nonchalant about those petty slaps. Surely, every gym have more than one Pokemon. Therefore, even though this Clefairy might not be so much of a challenge, he would have to still be prepared for the next one, which would likely be the gym leaders' signature Pokemon. Like Falkner with Pidgeotto, or Bugsy with Scyther. This couldn't be this gym's... final boss. After thinking the non-issue in this battle so far, there was nothing but just continuing to attack anyways, he ordered Spiden once more, "Good job, Spiden! Another Night Shade!"

[Deleted]

Being the little ball of gossip she was Whitney began to chat about Morty as soon as Alex asked. " Oh he is such a doll. The ghost type Pokemon he uses are a bit scary at first but after some time they grew to like me and my Pokemon. His Gengar still likes to tease us but it is all in like fun you know? He is a bit less of a people person than I am but he has a decent number of fans." As she stopped her never-ending speech for just a moment Clefairy growed cutely at her to remind her of the ongoing battle. As Whitney snapped out of her talkative mood for a moment Spiden began to glow a bright purple. The attack was so pretty she lost her train of thought as the spider made her move. Clefairy could only watch in terror as her trainer remained silent.

A purple aura sped towards Clefairy engulfing the fairy type. The evil aura terrified her as she frantically looked for a way out. Without any warning she slammed head first into a wall as the attack ended. She rubbed her head as she tried to regain her bearings hoping Whitney would issue an order. " Clefairy are you OK? That was like totally not fair I was so not ready. A cheater like you must be punished. Clefairy use Wake Up Slap and teach that creep a lesson." Clefairy then ran over and with an open hand smacked Spiden across her face causing a tiny bit of damage. Beyond that however the spider was just made angrier than she was before as the constant slapping was driving her mad. It had to be put to a stop and fast before she became the fairy's slapping target practice.

" Clefairy we can still do this. Just hang in there a little while longer and you will totally beat that bug." However she had no idea how poor of shape Clefairy was in nor did she know Spiden had hardly taken any damage. All she knew was that she was going to try and make Alex pay for using such a sneaky move.


Gym Battle

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Whitney's Clefairy: | Level 25|
Health: 12% (10/77 HP)
Status: Normal
Where is my nightlight?
Move: Clefairy used Wake Up Slap

Alex's Spiden: | Level 25 |
Health: 88% (68/77 HP)
Status: Normal
I am the night!
Move: Spiden used Night Shade

[Tiki]

Alex listened carefully, reinforcing in his head that the next gym would be a ghost type gym, and he would have to prepare for that one next. Thankfully, Whitney wasn't making a fuzz over his question about the next gym. Just as she almost went off the trail talking about the next gym, her Clefairy reminded the gym leader of the battle, and the next round continued to unfold. However, nothing was new because they were trading the same moves back and forth.

"Hey, I did not cheat. I am battling fair and square! You're the gym leader, shouldn't you be... ready to what trainers use by now? Spiden, use another Night Shade!" He defended himself from Whitney's claim that he was cheating. That was a wrong use of word anyways. He shook his head at her accusation, and also to shook off the boredom battling this Clefairy right now. He, too, need to hang in there, because a bigger gym battle was coming.

[Morrigan]

vs Gym Leader Whitney
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Puffing up her cheeks and scowling as if she were an angry Jigglypuff, it seemed that Whitney wasn't exactly used to losing. Watching her Clefairy be beaten about by this yucky bug was seriously tugging at her heart strings. If only her sleep attacks were able to work on the Ariados, then perhaps things would be a little different. Being limited to only four moves was a serious drag at times like this. Folding her arms loosely across her torso, the still irritated girl stared over to Alex. "I am used to all sorts of strategies but... Gah! It doesn't matter! We are still going to win!" Stomping her foot against the ground at the end of her little grumble, she seriously was a spoilt teenager who grew angry when things weren't going her way. The Clefairy gasped wearily, knowing that it wouldn't be able to last much longer but continued to fight, for Whitney's sake.

Clapping her stubby arms together, the Clefairy told itself that it's next attack would be the most powerful of all Wake Up Slaps it had ever done but there was no doubt that Ariados was naturally that bit faster than the pudgy, pink Pokemon. Meaning that it would never land another whopping hit. Blending in with the shadows once again, Spiden attacked with a illusive slash of darkness and this was finally enough for Clefairy to take a tumble into the land of unconsciousness. "N-No! Clefairy!" Spluttering out in disbelief, the shocked face of Whitney turned to that of a frown. "Oooooh! You! Now you've made me serious! I hope you are ready for this next Pokemon of mine!" Withdrawing her Clefairy back into the safety of it's Pokeball, Whitney then chose a second and tossed it forward. This time it revealed her signature Pokemon; Miltank.

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Clefairy: | Level 25 |
Health: 0% (0/77 HP)
Status: Normal
Clefairy fainted...

VS

Spiden: | Level 25 | Insomnia
Health: 88% (68/77 HP)
Status: Normal
Spiden used Night Shade!

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Spiden has defeated Whitney's Clefairy!


Spiden gained 1250 exp and grew to Level 26! (393/2107)
+1 Happiness


Stunt gained 1 level (due to holding Exp. Share) and grew to Level 16!

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Whitney sends in Miltank (Level 28) to battle!
Switch Pokemon?

[Tiki]

After Spiden had used another Night Shade, the jolly Clefairy was finally down for the count. Now, in front of Alex, was this gym leader's signature Pokemon, a Miltank. For some reason, he was hoping a different kind of normal type Pokemon, like an Ursaring for this gym leader.

"Good job, Spiden! Return!" He held out a Pokeball and returned the menacing bug. "So this is your signature Pokemon, huh? Or will there be more?" He chatted as he swapped out a different Pokeball to send into the field. "Come on out, Chryaisy!" Sent into the field was a rather elegant, flowery Pokemon, which was a complete contrast to the creepy looking Ariados earlier. The flower Pokemon adjusted her petals and leaves, making sure she looked proper before the battle had started. She shyly give the Miltank a bow, blushing.

"I will fight your cattle with... a flower! Don't cattles eat grass and sometimes even chew or stomp on them? Chryaisy, start with a Quiver Dance!" He grinned, as he was glad to finally use this Pokemon for a big battle like gym battle. This grass type was a humble Petilil, and now she was an elegant battle maiden.

[Morrigan]

vs Gym Leader Whitney
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Distraught that her Clefairy had fallen, Whitney gripped the Pokeball tightly, that held her fainted friend within. The battle had started off in an almost fun and flirtatious manner but by this point, Whitney knew that this was one challenger that wasn't playing around. In order to remain on top, she had to earn consecutive victories so that her fans would continue to love and adore her. If she lost here, to a bug none the less, then would people start to think less of her? "You may have defeated my poor, sweet, innocent, lovable and huggable Clefairy but by second Pokemon wont be treating you so nicely!" With a toss of her arm, the pretty girl sent forth her second choice, the burst of light revealing that of a Miltank. Chubby and bulky, the Pokemon swayed on the spot. Miltank was cute in it's own way but it wasn't perhaps an expected one, when paired with a girl like Whitney.

"Uh huh! My super duper ultimate Miltank is my pride and joy! She may be my final Pokemon but I assure you, it is best not to underestimate her." Together, both Pokemon and trainer cocked a sly smile. Rumours would often float between trainers stating that Whitney's Miltank was an opponent worth being fearful of but as long as Alex remained calm and plotted out some sort of strategy, he would be fine. "So? What is your next move?" Waiting to see what her opponent had planned, Alex had decided to withdraw his opponent and in turn, make a different Pokemon appear to battle next. Only this one really caught the attention of Whitney. Clasping her hands together, it was almost as if love hearts were floating around the girl as she squirmed at the sight. "O-OH! OH MY! What an absolutely beautiful Pokemooon!" Placing both her hands on her flushed cheeks, the girl continued, "Why, she looks like, a princess or something!" Snorting from her nostrils, the Miltank was far less enthused.

"Your Pokemon might be cute but we're still not going to hold back!... Miltank, use Body Slam!" Issuing her order with an authoritative tone, the Miltank clapped her stubby arms together and dashed straight for the Lilligant. Moving at a surprising rate despite it's size, the Pokemon suddenly made another unexpected action by leaping up into the air. Limbs spread, the Miltank came crashing down belly first, landing directly on the body of Chryaisy. Wincing, the elegant grass type gasped from the pain but managed to slink away from under the Miltank's buckling weight. Taking in a deep breath, the somewhat shy Pokemon closed her eyes before unfolding her own attack. "AAHH! How pretty!" Moving about the gym floor showing off elegant dance moves full of pivots and twirls, the sight was mesmerising but for Chryaisy, it allowed her to harness her inner strengths and also increase her movement speed.

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Miltank: | Level 28 | Lum Berry
Health: 100% (99/99 HP)
Status: Normal
Miltank used Body Slam!

VS

Chryaisy: | Level 28 | Miracle Seed
Health: 56% (48/85 HP)
Status: +1 Sp Atk, +1 Sp Def, +1 Spd
Chryaisy used Quiver Dance!

[Tiki]

Alex listened to Whitney's response, and he listened half attentively, as he was getting himself ready for this signature Pokemon battle. Sure, every gym leaders might have other Pokemon up in their sleeves to keep gym challengers at bay, but for every Pokemon defeated, their next Pokemon would be tougher, stronger, and harder to battle. When one faces a signature a Pokemon, they would be the star of the gym leaders' countless victory, the one final wall for many challengers, and Alex had his eyes on the gym badge than Whitney and her Pokemons'.... cuteness.

Cuteness. Like Whitney's reaction to Alex sending out a Lilligant.

"Thank you, Chryaisy is named after a mix of the flowers daisy and chrysanthemum. She's a shy Pokemon but she's definitely been working hard to be a strong battler. This will be her first gym battle, and maybe a bit of a stretch." The trainer replied, explaining about his Pokemon, hopefully also to encourage his shy grass type some more for this battle. "Alright, Chryaisy now go for a Leech Seed!" He ordered. The well mannered flower Pokemon hummed before making an attack, as if she was lost in her world for a bit and just humming a tune.

[Megan]

Whitney's hands slid from her cheeks from her out burst of cuteness as Alex's Chryaisy had finished it's dance "Oh, that was just beautiful! I could watch it all day! Do you mind, could she just dance for me all day!?" She said with a sigh. "My, how did you come to posses such a beautiful pokemon!" She inquired as she gazed longingly at the Lilligant.

Snapping out of her daze of beauty, "Enough of this blabber, Miltank and I will revenge my lovable huggable Clefairy! We will defeat you bug! Even if that means hurting such a beautiful, adorable, dancing queen of a pokemon." She said with a worried sniff, but her fans, the love she gets from them, she would lose some to the adorable trainer is she lost and she couldn't lose the love from them! They were to special to her!

"Let's continue this with another Slam!" Whitney directed.


Alex's Lilligant danced around the Miltank it's seed pods dropping onto the cow pokemon and sapped her health, redistributing it to the flower pokemon. Miltank, a little weaker from the loss of it's health ran towards the beautiful flower pokemon mustered the strength it it did have jumping high into the air and coming back down slamming it's body into the vine, with the energy Chryaisy had taken from the Miltank the beautiful vine staggered up not going to let this over grown milk producer keep it down. "Oh isn't that just beautiful, even wilted and worse for ware it looks like a Princess defending it's honor" Whitney gushed while the battle continued.

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Miltank: | Level 28 | Lum Berry
Health: 88% (87/99 HP)
Status: Normal
Miltank used Body Slam!

VS

Chryaisy: | Level 28 | Miracle Seed
Health: 33% (28/85 HP)
Status: +1 Sp Atk, +1 Sp Def, +1 Spd
Chryaisy used Leech Seed!

[Tiki]

Alex smiled at Whitney's compliment, and began for another reply. "Well, I got one as a Petilil from the Unova Festival some time ago. If you have a Petilil yourself and then give it a sun stone, i'm sure it will evolve to a Lilligant. Well, you would have to raise your Pokemon a bit first. Maybe you could consider switching to grass types instead?"

He then watched the battle. Nothing much special this round besides his Pokemon using a Leech Seed and his opponent using another Body Slam. He figured that now it would be time for a little offense. "You're doing great, Chryaisy!" he hollered, and his Pokemon bowed courtly, but he wasn't finish talking yet. "Thank you very much. A princess would also have to make sure her countrymen are well fed, you know? Chryaisy, now use GIga Drain!" He ordered, following along with the princess metaphor that Whitney was now using to describe his Pokemon. Though this wasn't just a simple giga drain either, as she had been boosted by the power of Quiver Dance, the dancing rhythm was enough to power up the grass type Pokemon's psyche for higher damage.