Caffeine Rush

[Goni]

Sara frowned. “Well I don’t respond well to threats either!” Sara yelled back once again angrily, forgetting that she herself had just said this, and that's how the Chatot knew to copy her. Sara watched as Avery carefully climbed up the tree, leaping across to attack the Chatot in midair. “Alright Avery, nice work!” Sara said, cheering her pokemon on. Avery looked pleased with itself, but that didn’t last long. The wild Chatot moved in with an aggressive peck which Avery seemed helpless against. “Yikes… Avery doesn’t seem like she’s doing so hot. I guess I was right about leaf pokemon versus bird pokemon…” She said, fussing with the poke balls in her hands. “Alright Avery, thanks for giving it your best shot. I think we should get you outta there before you take too much more damage!”

Sara held up one of the two pokéballs she had in her hands and pointed it at Avery. “Alright Avery, you’re going to switch out!” Avery nodded, relieved, and before she was returned to her ball, fell to one knee, obviously hurting. Sara looked on with concern, but knew the small treecko would be better off in a pokéball than in harms way. Sara let out a deep breath. She quickly tucked the pokédex into her back pocket and held Avery’s ball in one hand and the other poke ball in the other. “Alright Momo, let's get this done.” Sara said, tossing the ball into the air.

The pokéball popped open in midair, sending Momo out of its ball and into the air in a majestic leaping pose. Momo was warmed up today, and seemed ready to keep going. The fight with Magikarp had bolstered its confidence in battle, and now with its new moves, it was even more ready for battle. Sara pointed at the Chatot. “Can you get this thing to shut its mouth?” Sara said, frustrated. “It’s picking a fight with us for sure!” Momo faced its foe, assessing it before letting out a low bray. “Nice.” Sara said, smirking. “Lets put this thing in the ground with your new move!” Sara said, “Hit it with a Rock Slide!” Momo peered through the dark, trying to track the movement of the bird pokémon in the air with its narrow field of vision.

"This should be good." Sara said with a smile. She had gotten this TM back in Cherrygrove, and the person who sold it to her had promised good results. She wasn't really sure what a TM was until earlier today when she had been repacking all of her things after the Magikarp fight, and had remembered that she had gotten it. She had slid the disk into her pokédex, trying to understand how to use it, but instead the Pokédex got to work, training the move to Momo whom she had just scanned with the pokédex before returning her to the ball. It might not have been what Sara had originally planned to do with the TM, but it worked at least, and that was more than Sara had expected when she first purchased the TM.

Sara had seen in the Drowzee fight that pokémon were capable of manipulating their environments, but none of her pokémon had moves which were powerful enough to do so... Until now. Momo sat still for a moment, focusing on the ground and their environment, then, the ground began to grumble gently. Slowly, rocks began making their way to the surface of the ground, and started poking their small heads up to the surface, and then, slowly, some larger ones had pierced the ground. Satisfied that she had summoned enough rocks, Momo charged towards a few reasonably large boulders which had popped from the ground, then turned rapidly and kicked straight through them, her hooves smashing the rocks into pieces despite the kick not looking powerful enough to completely decimate the rock like they just did. The differently shaped shards of rock flew towards Chatot in the air. Sara exhaled excitedly, unaware that she had even been holding her breath. "Is this why trainers train pokémon? To see them reach this level of power?" Sara thought to herself, nervous of the amount of power that just a short day of training had given to her pokémon. "I could get used to this."

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Sara realizes her error in sending out Avery, even if it was on accident. Quickly correcting, she sends back in Momo, her Mudbray! Sara is beginning to realize how strong Pokémon can get with the right guidance! Cue villain music? >>

Mudbray uses Rock Slide!
Using Running Shoes to use Rock Slide again!

703 words

LAIKA OF GANGNAM STYLE

[Tarlar]

"Fly, you fools!" The chatot gasped as Avery was recalled and threw out its wings dramatically, then beat them fast to regain height. It paused when Momo came out and tilted its head a bit, "Mommy, look at the horsi!" It said in a little child's voice, "Can I pet it?"
The chatot flinched when Momo brayed, "How dare you! Do you know who I am!" It gasped offended and even went as far as briefly putting a wing to its chest.
A look of worry appeared as rocks began to poke out of the ground, "Watcha doing?" It asked cheerfully and visible swallowed.
A few strong wingbeats and it was right beside Momo, "I know you dirty little secret.." It said ominously and whispered something which only the mudbray could hear, and she stared disgusted at the bird.

"To boldly go where no-one has gone before!" The chatot declared as it turned away from Momo and started to circling the mudbray. "To infinity and beyond! May the fork be with you! Gotta catch 'em all! I'll be ba..!"
One of the shards caught the chatot right under the beak, flipping it backwards before it pummeled like a rock. It bounced as it hit the ground and ended as a heap of feathers.

Momo finished off the the battle no problem, and grows +2 levels to [LV 10]!


Avery had all ods against her but learned a bit and grows +1 level to [LV 6]!
She learns Quick Attack!


What's this! Your egg is hatching!


Congratulations! A small Pumpkaboo hatched from your egg!

Please fill out the code below:
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[b]Pumpkaboo (small)[/b]
Name: [choose]
Gender: [choose]
Level: 1
OT: Sara Flora Zeus
Moves: Trick-or-Treat, Astonish, Destiny Bond[sup]EM[/sup]
Ability: Pickup or Frisk
Nature/Personality: [choose]
Other: Sep '19 MotM

You can catch the chatot due to the new player protection, if so, please fill out the code below.

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[b]Chatot[/b]
Name: [choose]
Gender: [choose]
Level: 7
OT: Sara Flora Zeus
Moves: Confide, Taunt, Peck
Ability: Keen Eye or Tangled Feet
Nature/Personality: [choose]

Shiny: SoJV875Y1-42
Size: 1-41-42·1-4

[Goni]

Sara watched in awe as Momo manipulated the very earth itself in order to fell its opponent. With just the addition of a TM move, her pokemon had grown in power so much. The Chatot lay on the ground, a pathetic pile of feathers, and Sara carefully crept closer, tapping the thing with her foot. It was out like a light. "Well. Nice job Momo." Sara said to Momo. Momo let out a soft bray, then turned to make sure Sara's back was covered while she investigated, not that the donkey could see very far in the dark anyways. Sara picked up her flashlight which she had placed on the ground when she went looking for her pokedex. She flicked her flashlight to the left and right, making sure her other followers were no longer on her tail. She couldn't see the quagsire anymore, and whoever was in the dark with their chainsaw didn't seem to be chasing her either. "Phew..." Sara said, relaxing her shoulders a little bit. 

"ANYONE ELSE OUT THERE?" Sara shouted into the dark loudly. Momo shuddered nervously. Satisfied with the lack of response, Sara packed Avery's pokeball, her pokedex, and Momo's pokeball into her backpack. "Hey, Momo, think you could take a turn carrying the bag till we get to town?" Sara said to the mudbray. A fire lit in the little donkey pokemon's eyes as it excitedly moved closer, nuzzling her head into Sara's hand. "Excited about that, huh Momo?" Sara said, putting on a smile. "Ah..." Sara said, shining her flashlight around on the ground. "Can't believe I almost forgot to pick up my coffee cup!" She said. "Must have gotten swept up in the battle to let this sucker outta my hands." She tipped the cup up to her mouth, and cold coffee slowly dripped into her mouth, the cup basically empty at this point. "Hrmf..." She said, turning to Momo and stashing the cup. 

Unencumbered, and ready to continue her travels, she pulled out the town map and started to investigate. "Where are we, Momo?" Sara asked the mudbray as she poured over the map laying it on the ground. She pointed her flashlight straight down at it. "Man I wish I knew how to read a map." She shone her flashlight around back and forth, looking for any obvious landmarks. Seeing a big tree, she optimistically pointed her flashlight down at the map, but then shook her head in defeat. "Alright Momo. We're just gonna feel it out I think. Maybe when the sun rises we will be able to get a better read on what's going on..." Sara said, pulling out her pokedex to check the time. "Which should only be in 7 hours." Momo stared at Sara blankly. Sara stared back for a second. "Oh boy, that caffeine rush is running out fast... Luckily I've got some chocolate coated espresso beans." Sara said, reaching into the pack and pulling out a small plastic bag. Momo rolled her eyes. 

Sara grinned at the donkey, giving her a friendly head rub, and then pointed her flashlight at what looked like a slightly more beaten down path and started walking. "Away we go, eh Momo?" Sara said, smiling. Momo brayed, simply happy to spend time with Sara. 

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Sara and Momo continue on their way, with absolutely no idea where they are going, and the night passing slowly. Surely a caffeine fueled romp through the dark woods couldn't go wrong. Not even if someone were to run out of caffeine! 

OOC: Using a pokeball on Chatot (might as well) Please put blank in PC!
Equipping Quick Claw to Pumpkaboo
Can I move the Sinistea egg from my PC to my party?

LAIKA OF GANGNAM STYLE

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[b]Pumpkaboo (small)[/b]
Name: Aqui
Gender: Female
Level: 1
OT: Sara Flora Zeus
Moves: Trick-or-Treat, Astonish, Destiny Bond[sup]EM[/sup]
Ability: Frisk
Nature/Personality: Malicious, vicious, and mean trickster.
Other: Sep '19 MotM

Taking Chatot to PC blank if I can, please
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[b]Chatot[/b]
Name: [choose]
Gender: [choose]
Level: 7
OT: Sara Flora Zeus
Moves: Confide, Taunt, Peck
Ability: Keen Eye or Tangled Feet
Nature/Personality: [choose]

[Caramell 🍬]

The was a cold and dangerous place as the fog rolled around the thick tree trunks and swelled up to block out most of Sara’s vision. It would cause most travelers to stumble about, as they tried to sort their way through the dank darkness of the area. A long hooting call sounded through the trees, though if Sara or her teammates tried to turn their heads to locate it, the sound only seemed to come from a different direction each time. It was soothing and enchanting, almost begging the weary travelers to follow it. A soft, warm undercurrent wrapped its invisible hands around Sara, begging her deeper into the darkness of the woods, while the bitter cold nipped at her heels if she tried to turn away. And yet, no matter which way she seemed, the faint light of the city up ahead always seemed out of reach and just barely within sight. Was this what it felt like to be so truly, utterly, lost?

“Jed, ya idiot! Wha’ I tell’s ya ‘bout lettin’ the cattle plum have the field all to ‘imself like?!” A voice carried itself through the billowing trees that seemed to slowly and steadily thin themselves out. The voice seemed extremely angry and upset, as though whoever it was scolding had rightly upset it greatly with no way to fix it. “No Bessie’s dun plum run off in them thar’ woods, an’ we ain’t neve’ gunna find her! Why, pa’s gunna have our hide – he will – when he finds out what you did!” Footsteps beat against the ground like wardrums.

“Wha’ I do? Wha’ I do?! Why, ya knows pa dun’ tol’ ya not ta be playin’ them stupid games ‘n such. Tol’ ya, ya’s oughtta be helpin’ me out in these fields. Wha’ did ya do all day, tha’ ya couldn’ even watch poor ole’ Bessie for two seconds?!” Another voice bickered back with the first one, just as hotheaded and angry as the first. Tracks seemed to scatter across the ground, though the dense fog would make it nearly impossible to make out. Even went bent down close to observe them, they seemed to go in all sorts of directions, as though they had been stomped on and trampled over several times.

When their eyes landed on Sara, she seemed to be the perfect scapegoat. “Awww, shucks, Jed! I dun’ s’pose ya reckin’-“ The female farmer with long blonde hair put up in ponytails catcalled, whistling at the top of her lungs as she pointed in Sara’s direction. “Sally-Mae, I do. I do reckon’ a ton. We’s gots us here a cattle thief Comes’ to collect all our milk, she has!” She huffed and puffed, pulling out a Pokeball from the his side. His sister joined Jed in suit, pulling out her own Pokeball. They would each call out their Pokemon together with a click of a button.

Farmers Jed and Sally-Mae challenge Sara to a Pokemon battle!

It will be a double battle with Spoink [Level 7] & Wooloo [Level 6]

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General Notes: -1 Pokeball Deducted, Pumpkaboo information updated. Sinestea egg moved to Party. Chatot moved to PC. Quick Claw equipped to Aqui.

[Goni]

In the time from her last fight to now, a heavy fog had started rolling in. "I'd never seen a Chatot or Magikarp before, but they must have been bad omens...." Sara said, glancing around the area nervously. In no less than 10 minutes, what used to be a slightly visible beaten down path had quickly become a wall of fog. Sara pulled Momo close to herself, making sure not to lose the tiny donkey pokemon in all this fog. "Maybe you should go back in your ball..." Sara said, nervously. Momo shook its head and let out a soft "Brayyy" in refusal. Sara smiled, but as the fog got so dense that she could barely differentiate between the footsteps in the snow that she had been following prior and the footsteps that she herself were making, she made sure to keep Momo next to her, or in front of her. 

THWAP. 

As Momo walked in front of Sara, sticks started snapping back into place and slapping her across the face. "Hey, watch it-" Sara started, another stick hitting her right in her nose. "Ow ow ow..." Sara cried out in pain, rubbing her nose. Momo looked back with guilt in her eyes. After a few minutes, they reached a dirt road, which was about as wide as a car. "This is promising!" Sara said, happily. They had been wandering around in the dark for almost a full hour by this point. "But this flashlight is worse than useless in all this fog." Sara complained. "I need a softer light." She said, reaching toward the backpack Momo was carrying with her. Sara reached into the backpack, fishing around for her pokeballs. "Not this one... not this one... Ah!" Sara said, pulling a small pokeball out that was quite scuffed up and even had a little dent in it. "You haven't met this one yet, Momo. Jahne, the guide who led me from Olivine to New Bark Town gave this pokemon to me. He said if I couldn't find the professor for a pokemon to journey with, this one was one of his 'rejects'... something about it 'not having perfect IVs' or something."

Sara looked at the pokeball nervously. She felt kind of guilty that whatever pokemon was in this ball hadn't seen the light of day in a long time. Hell, she didn't even know if it had ever seen night time before. Jahne seemed like a serious trainer which is why she hired him in the first place, but he was terse and stern, even with Sara paying him quite a hefty sum for a few days of walking. He had told her that this pokemon was a 'last resort' and it had a super powerful move which could get her out of a pinch. Just the terminology had made her nervous. She had scanned the ball with her Pokedex before, but the entry for it frightened her a little. "Well... Should we say hi Momo?" Sara said, looking at the ball closely. Sara pressed the button on the front of the ball, enlarging it. "Here goes nothing!"

Sara tossed the ball in front of her, and it burst open, revealing a small jack-o-lantern. Sara and Momo stared at it, enthralled with its gentle glow. "So... I guess this thing is a pokemon?" Sara said, glancing over at Momo. Momo stared at it for a second, then shook its head. "Great input." Sara said. "Uhh... Pokemon? Pumpkaboo?" Sara said, tiptoeing closer to the pokemon. She extended her leg towards it, and tapped it gently. The pumpkin didn't respond. "Wow, Jahne sure sold this thing short." Sara said sarcastically. "Maybe it was a prank by Elm, programming the Pokedex to say this was some kind of monster. It's just a regular jack-o-lantern." Sara said, picking up the small pumpkin. "Maybe it would make a decent pie..." She said, thoughtfully, drool leaking from her mouth. 

After another ten minutes of walking, Sara had once again lost the dirt road she had been travelling on. She was back into the thick woods, following a set of footprints that may or may not have been the same size as her own foot... she couldn't really tell. The softer light from the jack-o-lantern helped her to see just a little bit better than the harsh light from her flashlight, especially with the way the flashlight had reflected wildly off the snow and the fog. With the gentler light emanating from the pumpkin, there seemed to be a stronger light coming from ahead. A city perhaps? At this point, Sara was starting to get cold. It didn't help that only a few hours ago she was coated in mud, and only 2/3rds of the way to being actually 'dry'. Sara glanced over to Momo. She was either not tired at all, or too proud to show it. She still looked like she was going strong, despite having a longer, more battle intensive day than Sara. "I wonder if she could carry me..." Sara considered for a moment, looking at the 3-foot tall donkey. "Maybe if she evolves. That'd be dope..." Sara grinned, lost in thought. 

"BOO!" A voice shouted. Sara jumped two feet into the air, dropping the jack-o-lantern to the ground. Momo leapt forward, kicking mud backwards towards Sara as she did. The pumpkin headed to the ground quickly, looking like it was going to crash to the ground, then stopped a foot above the ground, floating gently in place. The carved top of the pumpkin popped open, and a fluffy little demon head popped out. "What in the pink hat of Tapu Lele is going on?!" Sara said, wide-eyed, mud splashed onto her already muddied clothes. "It... It really is a pokemon?!" Sara said, the pumpkin in front of her looking more like the image she had seen on her pokedex than before. The little pumpkin chittered away, satisfied with its prank. "Ka ka ka ka ka BOO!" It laughed to itself, floating towards Sara. Sara's heart raced, but then she started laughing too. "Why... Why would you choose to just pop out right here like that?" Sara said, half laughing, half scolding the little pumpkin pokemon.

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After a few hours more of stumbling through the woods, now with a new travelling companion, Sara and the Pumpkaboo were starting to get along a bit better, Momo, unfortunately had begun to have second thoughts about her decision to stay out of her ball to help Sara out. These thoughts were definitely fueled by the fact that Sara and the Pumpkaboo had started faking Momo out into thinking she had lost them, the pair would hide behind trees and pop out at the poor Mudbray. Another time, the small Pumpkaboo had managed to float up to Momo and steal the bag before running away, as Momo chased, Sara would burst out from behind a tree with mud smeared under her eyes and let out a frightening "BOO!" As they traveled further along, Momo turned around once more to find no Sara or Pumpkaboo behind her, and the backpack missing once again. She let out a low huff, and continued moving forward trying to remain composed, but knowing that there was a surprise ahead of her. Suddenly, Momo heard shouting and a loud whistle in the distance. 

Momo spotted Sara first, guiltily crouching down with her backpack on, then she spotted the two voices that she had heard yelling at her trainer. Sara looked like she had been caught doing something nefarious, because she definitely was in that mood right now. Momo let out a snort and sat down right where she was. Her trainer had been playing pranks on her all night, now it was time for a prank of her own. Lets see how she does without me, the pokemon seemed to say, settling in and watching as Sara sweat bullets, trying to go from looking as guilty as possible to as professional as possible, her face, sweater, and clothes all coated in mud.

"A cattle thief?! Me?" Sara said, offended. "I wasn't harassing any livestock!!" Sara said, obviously lying. Sara gulped, looking down at her pumpkaboo. The pumpkaboo looked back up at Sara and cackled wildly before slipping out under her arms, and floating into the air. "Aqui!!! I need you! Come back!" Sara said as the two cattle ranchers intimidatingly pulled pokeballs off of their belt loops. "Momo? Hehe.... Sorry for the pranks but I could use some help?" Sara said as she backed up nervously, putting her hands up defensively. "Look fellas, surely we can work this out." The two ranchers threw their pokeballs down, revealing two pokemon which Sara had never seen before. "Oookay... Maybe a battle first so you two cool off, then I can explain to you how NOT GUILTY I am of harassing any quadrupeds?" Sara said, reaching into her bag and pulling two pokeballs out. Sara wasted no time as she dropped the balls to the ground, letting them burst open and revealing the pokemon inside. A purple Rattata burst from the smoke, and a bleary-eyed squirtle emerged as well, wiping its eye of sleep dust. "Squii~?" The squirtle said, taking stock of its surroundings. 

"No time for pleasantries!" Sara said, pointing at the foe. "Kellen, get em cold and wet, maybe that will make em come to their senses! Tartarus, get ready to strike!" Sara said. 

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Sara reveals the fifth member of her party, a mischievous Pumpkaboo. After harassing her poor Mudbray, she is getting her comeuppance in the form of being accused of being a cattle thief.

Tartarus uses Focus Energy,
Squirtle uses Water Gun on Wooloo.

A ridiculous 1,600ish words (sorry, I hope it's a fun read at least!!! +600 to my egg)

LAIKA OF GANGNAM STYLE

[Caramell 🍬]

The two farmers stared Sara down through narrowed eyes and a strong, displeasing frown. Their expression almost seemed to insinuate that they personally knew that she was behind their missing cattle, even if Sara was truly innocent. Her words didn’t seem to help either, either. Sally-Mae crossed her arms over her chest, with her pitchfork nestled in between her arm and her side as she leaned against it. Jed stood up tall and straight with a singular digit of his hand pointing accusingly towards the young trainer.

“Ya aint’s gots ‘ta lie, lil’ missy!” She snapped as his black sheep with its thick, white wool jumped out onto the battlefield and shook its fluffy body. It would stomp one of its hooved feet into the ground daringly as it smirked, ready to battle. It’s happy-go-lucky counterpart – a small pig with a long, spiral spring for a solitary foot – bounced from one Baa’s side to the other as it waved its arms sporadically. “We’s sees tha’ tracks righ’ thar! Look ‘it ‘em! All covered over by ya tracks! Wha’s ya say ta’ tha’, huh lil’ missy?!” Jed snapped and switched to pointing onto the ground where Sara’s footprints seemed to intermingle with the older tracks of the missing cattle.

“Is’ no use, Jed. I reckon’ we gun’ hafta beat th’ truth outta this here cattle thief!” His sister snapped back, pulling her arms free to give a haphazard shrug. She turned her attention to her bouncing Pokemon and shouted, “Bounce, use yer ‘fusion, girl! Be real good an’ ‘fuse ‘em right up for me, ‘kay?” The blackish grey pig squealed excitedly and hopped forward as her eyes began to glow with an omninus bright pink light around their edges. “Too right, sis’! Baa, betta’ hit ‘em wit’ that thar Tackle o’ yers! Really giv’em a wallop for me, ‘kay?” Wooloo dug its feet into the ground and bleated cheerfully as it prepared to charge after its opponent. “We’s gunna cool you off sum’in fierce like, iffin’ ya don’ start handin’ back our Bessie!”

Tartarus stood still as his entire body began to glow. The furry purple mouse channeled its inner strength to prepare to pinpoint the best spots to attack his opponent at. A powerful psychic energy blast shot from the small Spoink’s eyes and knocked Tartarus over for a split second, though the mouse would eventually roll himself back onto his feet and shake himself off. The bright teal turtle fired a powerful shot of water and slammed into the fluffy sheep’s face, causing it to slide backwards as it came charging forward. Baa would stop only long enough to realign herself with her target, before rushing forward and tackling Kellen as hard as she could in his side.



Wild Encounter

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Weather: Clear

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Bounce LV 7
HP 100% [27/27]

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Baa LV 6
HP 68% [15/22]

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Kellen LV 7
HP 92% [23/25]

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Tartarus LV 7
HP 61% [14/23]

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Sally-Mae's Bounce [Own Tempo]: Normal
Jed's Baa [Fluffy]: Normal
Sara's Kellen [Torrent]: Normal
Sara's Tartarus [Runaway]: Normal +2 CRIT

SP17 Tartarus used Focus Energy!
SP15 Bounce used Confusion!
SP13 Kellen used Water Gun!
SP12 Baa used Tackle!


Bounce Moves: Splash, Confusion
Baa Moves: Tackle, Growl, Defense Curl

[Goni]

"Err...." Sara said, with a nervous chuckle. "Look, Jed, Sally-Mae, I appreciate a healthy level of skepticism, but have you considered that maybe I was just lost in this fog?" Sara replied, trying to remain cheery and lighthearted, despite the obvious threat that was being posed to her. "I'm just a lost traveler trying to reach Violet City. I didn't even know there were farms out here! Maybe we can talk about this. I'm Sara, pleasure to meet you. I have no interest in cattle, and as you can clearly see, I currently have zero livestock in my possession!" Sara said, gesturing to herself and her surroundings. "If you wanna follow my tracks backwards, you would clearly see they aren't even going the same direction-"

“Is’ no use, Jed. I reckon’ we gun’ hafta beat th’ truth outta this here cattle thief!” Sally-Mae said, shrugging, as if to say she was going to beat the snot out of Sara either way. Sara gulped audibly. As the battle began, Tartarus was struck by an almost invisible energy, the air warping between Bounce and the Rattata, before snapping back to how it was, reality zippering itself back into place as the energy slapped into Tartarus knocking them back. Tartarus looked somehow slightly dazed and determined at the same time. Tartarus looked to be in rough shape, but he almost seemed to be glowing with determination. "Alright Tartarus, hit that freaky bouncer in its nose with a quick attack!" Sara said, switching back into battle mode. Tartarus chittered excitedly, its eyes narrowed, and feet pawed the ground, clearing the snow out from underneath to create a good launch pad for itself as it stared at its opponent.

Kellen seemed to be doing well in its match up, but the Spoink seemed to be a much more powerful foe than the Wooloo. Kellen let loose a blast of water at the Wooloo as the Wooloo charged forth. The water crashed into Wooloo first, and wet its thick wool. If its fur weren't so thick, the sheep might have started freezing. The wooloo continued its charge, knocking Kellen slightly off balance, but it didn't seem to do all that much damage. "We gotta focus down that bouncer, Kellen. Lets refocus our attacks on it! Hit it with a Water Gun!" Kellen nodded, burbling water from its mouth stupidly, partially because he was still waking up, but mostly because that's just how Kellen was.

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Momo watched from the brush, fighting every bit of her instincts to get up and go help her trainer. She would prop herself up as if getting ready to walk over, then sit back down, letting out a soft huff, then prop herself up again. From her vantage point, she could tell Sara was actually nervous, unlike her battle before. Maybe it was because before Sara had actually had backup in the form of both Torad and Heike, or maybe it was because Sara felt she had all the power in her previous double battle against those two goofball Team Rocket members. Momo sat for a second more before letting out an exasperated sigh. She couldn't leave her trainer in danger, no matter how annoying being pranked over and over again was.

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"BOO!" A voice shouted from in the woods. A loud and very disturbed sounded donkey bray sounded out from the woods. Sara's eyes couldn't help but dart over. "Oh haha... well... I guess I have one Pokémon you could consider livestock in my possession.. but it's not a pattern thing! I only have one, I mean look at these two, I have a rat and a turtle! Hardly livestock! And definitely not cattle!" Sara said, overexplaining nervously as if she had been truly caught in a lie. "Momo! Come on out already!" Sara called out. She received no response. Aqui hovered over from the woods where all the commotion had been happening, cackling wildly to itself "Ka ka ka!!!" Sara let out a sigh. "Aqui, you stinker. Did you scare Momo again? I'm in the middle of something, I know you haven't been out of your ball long, but please learn to read the room!" Sara scolded. Pumpkaboo scowled at Sara. "Pump.. KA" It shouted back at Sara, as its mischievous grin turned into a scowl. Suddenly, ghostly tendrils floated out of the pokemon's pumpkin, floating toward Sara. The tendrils seemed to have lollipops and candies floating inside. "Aqui, what are you doing?!" Sara said, as she started floating off the ground slightly. "Put me down!" Sara said, reaching into her bag and pulling out Aqui's pokeball.

The tendrils slowly lifted Sara into the air, coiling around her arms and torso, but as they wrapped tighter and tighter, Sara felt them less and less. Sara writhed, but now her arms passed through the translucent tendrils as if they were no longer there, but Sara remained floating in the air, the taste and smell of candy overloading her senses. The tendrils floated back into the mouth of Pumpkaboo's jack-o-lantern. "Aqui what did you just do to me?!" Sara shouted, floating awkwardly in the air a foot above the snow. Sara pressed the button on the pokeball, quickly zapping Aqui back into it. Suddenly, the candy smell vanished from Sara's nose, and she found herself falling to the ground, facedown on the snow. "Ooof!" Sara shouted, before hopping back up to her feet. "Uh... Sorry about that... heheh...." Sara said to the two farmers. "I... don't really even know what to say about what just happened."

~~

Tartarus uses Quick Attack on Bounce!
Kellen uses Water Gun on Bounce!
Aqui uses Trick-or-Treat on Sara? Lets not even go there
926 Words (+600 to Sinistea Egg (Heat Lamp))

LAIKA OF GANGNAM STYLE

[Caramell 🍬]

Though the twenty-five year old trainer would try to reason with the two farmers, it was to no avail. Jed and Sally-Mae knew that they had to get their precious Bessie back home before their Pa woke up and realized what happened to his livestock. The impending fear and overwhelming sense of dread of having to face their Pa with one less Pokemon than they had before he slipped off into a gentle slumber pressed them on. The mix of tracks that scattered in different directions, with heavy human footsteps freshly coating the top of the tracks, only fueled their skepticism.

“I bets’ ya was los’ out here in tha’ thar foggy-bottom mess, huh? Ou’ here tryna take off with our lil’ Bessie. Poor Bessie! Bets’ya dun’ even know wha’ she likes, huh?! Wha’s Bessie’s fav’rite apple?! Dun’ know, do ya?! Huh?!” Sally-Mae snapped accusingly as her face scrunched and wrinkled up in a heavy frown and she pointed towards grey haired Sara and her team and mismatched Pokemon. A tear welled up in the corner of Sally-Mae’s brother’s eye as he thought about his poor Bessie, so lost and alone somewhere out there. He huffed and stomped his foot into the snow-covered grass, smashing some long blades of grass flat against the earth.

“Ya’s ova’ here tellin’ us ya’s inn’cent, bu’ ya’s gots tha’ tracks all’bout ya feet! Bets ya’s dun ev’n feed ya’s Pokemon real food, huh?! BESSIE! Come’on home girl! We’s promise all’s tha’ Red’licious Apples ya’s can stomach!” He cried out loudly with his hands cupped around either side of his face. Sally-Mae shook her head and placed one hand on her brother’s shoulders. When Jed turned to his sibling, she simply nodded towards the battlefield and their Pokemon as they faced off against Sara’s rat and her turtle. “Focus, Jed. We’s can’ be slippin’ so close to tha’ finish line.” Then turned to her springy little pig. “‘Nother ‘fusion, Bounce! Ya’s got this!” Jed sniffled and nodded his head firmly. “An’…An’….’nother Tackle, Baa! Ya’s gots this!” He called out.

As Sara explained how she had a livestock Pokemon in her midst, Sally-Mae’s arms folded firmly against her chest. The pigtail farmer was sure that was their Bessie that Sara was referring to. Their trick of beating the truth out of Sara was working to their advantage. They couldn’t give up this close to victory! “I knews yew had ‘er! Giv’er back now, ‘fore this gets real ugly!” She snapped and stomped her foot into the earthen ground so many times that a small crater formed underneath her shoe. “She’ain’ yas! She’s our cattle, miss! Give’er back!” Sally-Mae demanded angrily, yelling at the top of her lungs.

Tartatus rammed into Bounce, knocking the greyish-black Spoink onto the ground. Spoink cried out loudly, rolling around a bit before she managed to right herself back on her coil, and fired a powerful psychic energy beam from her eyes. The Confusion knocked the furry purple rat over and caused Tartarus to tumble through the tall grasses. Kellen followed up shortly after by gurgling and spitting up thick jets of water that he fired directly at Bounce, knocking the springy little Pig over…again. Baa rushed in immediately and rammed her head up against Kellen’s chest, but the bright blue Squirtle easily managed to shove the other Pokemon off of it with ease.

As Sara started to float up into the air, Jed back up and stammered as he pointed at Sara. “W-w-w-wi-wi-wit-t-tch-tch! She’s uh wi-wi-i-i-it-t-tch-tch! Sally-Mae, she’s a WITCH!” Sally-Mae’s eyes widened and she slowly stepped back fearly. “Wuh-wuh-we’s gotta dr-duhr-duhr-drive this wi-wi-wit-tch outta our lands and Save our Be-beh-bess-ess-essie!” She tried to remain brave for her brother’s sake, though Sara’s Pumkaboo scared the living tar out of her.


Wild Encounter

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Weather: Clear

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Bounce LV 7
HP 41% [11/27]

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Baa LV 6
HP 68% [15/22]

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Kellen LV 7
HP 76% [19/25]

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Tartarus LV 7
HP 4% [1/23]

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Sally-Mae's Bounce [Own Tempo]: Normal
Jed's Baa [Fluffy]: Normal
Sara's Kellen [Torrent]: Normal
Sara's Tartarus [Runaway]: Normal +2 CRIT

SP17 Tartarus used Quick Attack! It was a critical hit!
SP15 Bounce used Confusion!
SP13 Kellen used Water Gun!
SP12 Baa used Tackle!


Bounce Moves: Splash, Confusion
Baa Moves: Tackle, Growl, Defense Curl

[Goni]

"I... I don't know Bessie's favorite type of apple. I've never met the thing! I don't even know what it looks like!" Sara said, flustered. "For all I know the dang thing is a pikachu!" Sara snapped. "If you really did lose your precious pokemon, maybe you should be looking for it instead of attacking everything you see like crazy people!" Sara watched in disbelief as these two tempermental farmers started literally having an emotional breakdown in front of her. "Why is everyone I meet so unbelievably unreasonable?" Sara said, sighing to herself, recalling the past duo she had faced today. Her morning and night were going basically the same way.

"Hey, have you considered it might be Team Rocket who took your Bessie? I ran into some members earlier today, maybe it was those two. Their names were Bingo and Cassidy, try looking for them!" Sara said, agitated. "Not that it'll matter since you're knocking your own pokemon out fighting against me!" Sara mocked, trying to annoy the pair of farmers slightly. "Tartarus, come here," Sara started, pulling out a small spray-bottle of potion. Tartarus rushed back to a familiar medicinal spray which they had experienced this morning. Sara sprayed the bottle on the small rat, bringing it back up to health. "Alright Tartarus, get at that pig with a Quick Attack!" Sara said, pointing majestically at the Spoink.

Kellen burbled off to the side, coughing out some water. Sara sighed at the poor turtle. "Maybe I oughta just let them take a break this round." Sara thought to herself, with a pitiful look on her face. Kellen coughed again, its overactive water-gland overproducing water once again. Sara winced at the poor thing. "Kellen, focus up on the battle bud!" Sara said. Kellen turned to Sara to smile, but instead water leaked from its mouth once again, and all it could produce was a gentle burble. "Alright bud, nice work, hang in there." Sara looked to the edge of the forest where Aqui, her pumpkaboo had floated in from.

Sara hoped that her Mudbray hadn't gone far, the guilt of being a bad trainer being amplified by the fact that the two farmers in front of her were calling her out for giving her pokemon dry-food. "Yeah, so what if my pokemon eat dry-food?!" Sara said defensively. "It's a complete nutritional supplement! Pokechow, Pokechow, your pokemon will say PokeWow!" Sara sung the jingle that played constantly on the radio. "A tasty meal that can't be beat, pokechow is their favorite treat!" Sara continued, her tone darkening towards the end of the song. "Apples can't have that many nutrients... Can they?" Sara said, genuinely oblivious.

"Look, I'm not a witch, obviously that was a pokemon move. I'm not a thief, I'm a tea-maker and an amateur pokemon trainer, and what just happened there was that one of my pokemon was using one of its magical attacks on me! Your pokemon there has the power to snap reality into other pokemon as an attack, and you're surprised one could make me float a foot in the air?! I know it's late at night... er... early in the morning? But still! You're farmers, right? You should know about pokemon that look like pumpkin... right?" Sara said, chastising the two farmers.

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Momo raced through the woods for a few yards, then stopped, panting for breath. Realizing it was just Aqui again, Momo spat some mud to the ground, feeling very annoyed. Momo slowly turned around, nervous that Aqui would still be following her, waiting to ambush her with another surprise. Seeing nothing following her, she sighed, and started backtracking. Slowly, and surely, she made her way back, making sure to follow her muddy tracks. Finally she found her spot where she had settled before, and could see Sara battling the two farmer's pokemon. She decided it was time to make her entrance.

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From the woods, a soft bray could be heard. Sara turned and smiled. "Ah, finally! This is the livestock pokemon I was talking about! Clearly not your Bessie, clearly it's a Mudbray!" Sara said. "Are you okay Momo?" Sara said to the mudbray. Momo huffed a little, but sheepishly approached Sara with a gentle and playful nudge. "I'm glad Aqui didn't run you too far outta here." Sara said with a smile. Kellen completely ignored the battle it was in, and casually started to approach Momo with a burble of water, waddling towards the donkey like a small baby. "Kellen, buddy! Focus up!" Sara said, seeing Kellen getting sidetracked once again. Kellen stopped and stared at its trainer, as if it had just been caught with its hand in the cookie jar. "Turn around! Look! That sheep has it out for you!" Sara said, pointing at the Wooloo that had repeatedly been charging at Kellen's hard shelled body. Kellen turned and waved dumbly at the Wooloo. Sara couldn't help but put her palm to her head.

~~

Sara uses a potion on Tartarus!
Tartarus uses Quick Attack on Boing!
Kellen loafs about. (Used potion on Kellen's turn)
805 Words (+600 to Sinistea Egg (Heat Lamp))

LAIKA OF GANGNAM STYLE

[Caramell 🍬]

Sally-Mae huffed and nodded her head firmly when Sara admitted that she didn’t know what Bessie’s favorite type of apple was. It served her right for taking their poor ole’ cattle away from them. She scowled and stomped her boot into the earthen ground, uprooting the snow-covered grass and creating a sizeable hole with her shoe. “An’ ya’s an unfit Pokuh’man trainer, too!” She snapped and raised a single hand to point accusingly towards the grey-haired Sara and her combined team of a turtle and a rat. “Witches dun’ deserve no Pokuh’mans of of they owns! Free ‘im critters from ya’s evil grasps now!” Though the ponytailed farmer tried to sound brave, she slowly inched away from Sara as though she might have been contagious.

“W-wi-witch-tches dun’ dee-dee-deeserve no Pokyh’mans! Ya’lls jus-jus’ gunna pu-put a spells on ‘em and make ‘em do ya’s biddin’! Ya’s betta’ not have dun’ that to our poor ole Bessie!” Jed snapped, slowly summoning the courage to face his demons. Sara didn’t look nearly as scary as she did while floating up high in the air, with mysterious candy floating all around her. Settled back on the ground with the other humans, Jed’s suspicions would gently remind him that she had unleashed her evil magic only mere seconds ago, and thus couldn’t be trusted. “Keep at it, Baa! ‘Nother Tackle ‘n they should collapse, yeah?” The brother stated, as though he were trying to convince himself more than anyone else.

“I ain’t knows ‘bout no Cassidy or no’s Bingo’s! That was our Growlithe’s name, rest his furry little soul! Good ole’ Bingo was his name’o!” Sally-Mae immediately refuted Sara’s testimony of Team Rocket being the possible culprits behind their missing Pokemon. “Lessin’ ya’s sayin’ ya’s name is Cassidy, huh? What a strange name…Cassidy. It ain’t nearly as flatt’rin’ as Sally-Mae, though! Ya’s need a strong, right suitable type of name. Hmm…. Like… Sarah. Strong name, like the good book promises! Right Jed?” Jed nodded his head dumbly, not quite sure why Sally-Mae was ‘bestowing’ a name upon this strange lass. “They FIGHT Sally-Mae…” He shrugged towards her own Pokemon.

“Oh? Right, right. Bounce ‘fuse ‘im up some’in’ nice like, now! An’ git too it!” She snapped. Though, as soon as Sara managed to heal all of her Pokemon up, the furry purple rat raced across the ground and rammed into Sally-Mae’s spring little pig Pokemon, knocking it over. The greyish-black spoink spiraled through the tall grasses and thick weeds to come to a collapsing heap near Sally-Mae’s feet. “Yew’s no good, two-timin’, street talkin’, slick thinkin’, wanna-be a trainer, snake’n the grass, yew’s! Ya’s dun’ gone and killed my Bounce!” She yelled as she recalled her Pokemon in its Pokeball and…immediately began digging a hole? Sally-Mae would drop her Pokeball in the hole and slowly push dirt over the top of it. “Please tell Bingo we miss’im some’in’ fierce like, girl!”

Jed began cackling loudly as his fluffy black sheep with its thick white wool rushed over and tackled the furry purple rodent. The Rattata lunged up and scurried sideways through the grasses from the impact of the attack, though Tartarus wouldn’t look too much for wear. “This here FANCY girl buys her Pokuh’mans they’s food. Git a’loud of this, sis! She’s gots all this here monay to toss ‘round like nobody’s business! Too right, look at me! Fancy, fancy Sarah-lee!” He chuckled as he teased Sara for admitting she fed her Pokemon Pokechow.



Wild Encounter

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Weather: Clear

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Bounce LV 7
HP 0% [0/27]

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Baa LV 6
HP 68% [15/22]

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Kellen LV 7
HP 76% [19/25]

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Tartarus LV 7
HP 86% [19/23]

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Sally-Mae's Bounce [Own Tempo]: Normal
Jed's Baa [Fluffy]: Normal
Sara's Kellen [Torrent]: Normal
Sara's Tartarus [Runaway]: Normal +2 CRIT

SP++ Sara uses Potion!
SP17 Tartarus uses Quick Attack! Another critical hit!
SP15 Bounce fainted!
SP13 Kellen stares at the crowd. Ok.
SP12 Baa used Tackle!


Bounce Moves: Splash, Confusion
Baa Moves: Tackle, Growl, Defense Curl

Notes: -1 Potion deducted.

[Goni]

Sara watched coldly as the two farmers mocked her openly, and yet seemed to fear her every other phrase. Perhaps it was the coffee, perhaps it was the fact that Sara had been awake for almost a full 24 hours now, but something else was clearly wrong with these two midnight farmers. She winced as Sally-Mae buried her spoink's Pokeball, somewhat worried for the fate of the small pig, though perhaps with trainers like this it would be better off hidden away from the world to be discovered years later... Or maybe this would just be another thing to report to the International Police Force next time Sara set foot in a civilized place.

Sara kept her mouth quiet through the mockery, sighing. Well, if they were scared of her, at least there wasn't much threat of them attacking her once this Pokémon battle was over. She looked at the Wooloo pitifully, knowing its fate was soon at the bottom of a shallow hole. Tartarus chittered with glee at the downfall of its fallen enemy, and Kellen even started to turn slowly, focusing up at the battle as things heated up, or maybe settled down. From the fact that Sally-Mae didn't throw out another pokeball, it seemed unlikely she had more than one pokemon with her, and if all that was left was this weak sheep type pokemon, Sara wasn't worried.

"Alright Baa, I'm sorry to do this to you, but Tartarus, I think it's time for another Quick Attack, this time hit the sheep. Kellen, get in there too. Give them a firm Tackle." She said, eyeing the Wooloo as it shivered, cold and wet in the moonlight. Momo looked at Sara, nuzzling into her side. Sara smiled at the little pokemon. "Jed, Sally-Mae, I wish you the best of luck finding your Bessie, but if you two don't get out of my way, I fear my witchy powers will explode, your insults are powering me up." Sara said, raising her arm slowly from her side. "Oh... Oh no!" She said, shaking her arm slowly as it raised towards the pair of farmers. "My arm!!!" She said with worry. Momo watched, nervously as Sara started raising up her arm. Her ploy was working on Momo at least.

"My curse as a witch was to gain power from those who fear me, and look what you're doing... The power is going to flow out of me soon!" Sara said, raising her voice with every word. She stepped toward the pair of farmers intimidatingly, wiggling her fingers violently as she did. Sara tapped the button on the pokeball in her other hand, and Aqui burst from it, excitedly. This was the second time ever that Aqui had been let out, and it had been a way shorter time between the first time Aqui had been let out and the second. "PumpkaBOO!" It shouted gleefully, flying high into the air, spinning wildly. The light of its jack-o-lantern lit up the area with a soft yellow light.

From above, Aqui observed the scene below. Sara seemed to be in the middle of something, what with the finger waggling, and Tartarus and Kellen were both locked in battle. Momo was firmly aware of the pumpkin's location, and the only two who seemed to be sweating with nervousness were the two farmers. Aqui snickered to itself, then divebombed towards the pair. "boo... booo... BOO!" Aqui yelled hauntingly as it whizzed by the pair of farmers. "My dark powers... I can't help but channel them into this ferocious ghost!" Sara said, reversing her previous strategy of using logic to talk to this pair into straight up intimidation.

~~

Tartarus uses Quick Attack on Baa (x2)
Kellen uses Tackle on Baa (x2)
Running Shoes if this doesn't knock out Baa, or if another Pokemon is sent out after Baa, the Quick Attack/Tackle on whatever pokemon is sent out.
611 Words (+600 to Sinistea Egg (Heat Lamp))

LAIKA OF GANGNAM STYLE

[Caramell 🍬]

The two farmers trembled as they stared at Sara with wide, frightful eyes. What had they done?! They unleashed the wrath of this witch and were down by one Pokemon, making the battle nearly impossible for them to see a way through. “Ya’ll wan’ me ‘ta pray ‘ta Are’kay-us for ya, lil’ miss?” Sally-Mae’s voice trembled and she slowly began to back away from the fight entirely. Once she had a clear shot, the pony-tailed lass spun around on the tops of her heels and high tailed it back to the safety of her house off in the distance. “Show ‘im wha’s for, Jed!” She shouted behind her as she raced off without so much as a second glance back at her brother.

Jed’s knees buckled and his legs trembled. He gulped several times and fidgeted his hands reflexively. Try as he might, he couldn’t quite find the courage to stand tall and brave in the face of danger. “Easy thar’ miss’uh….we…uhh…juss’ wan’s our Bessie back, ya hear?” The tremble in his voice and stutter of his words gave away his own terror and fright. He wanted to high-tail it behind his sister, as well. Though, his fluffy white sheep with her solid black head poking out through her fluff stomped her legs in the ground and shook her head.

She baa’d at the top of her lungs, challenging both of her opponents bravely, if not dumbly. She wasn’t going down that easily. Jed nodded his head shakily, understanding his Pokemon all too easily. “Tew right, gi’l. We’s gotta see’s this here Pokay’mans battle through! Tackle ‘im, gi’l. An’ dun stop Tacklin’ ‘im ‘til ya’s can’ feel ‘im fightin’ back no mores!” He instructed as he pointed towards the rodent and turtle. The Wooloo shook herself as she smirked with determination and raced off across the ground.

The Pokemon collided in a massive heap. A loud crack of thunder roared from the heavens above, followed sharply by a bright flash of lightning. It was considerable far away – one of those freak moments of mother nature – as the rest of the skies were lightly cloudy in the nighttime heaven’s domain. The furry purple rodent rammed into the sheep first, though its very fluffy and thick wool seemed to help protect it from physical contact. It giggled and spun around, ready to ram its opponent down. The turtle rushed off at the top of his speed. Kellen would tuck himself inside of his shell as he tackled the other Pokemon, only too disappear inside of it’s thick, fluffy hide before bouncing off.

Baa cried out and reared up, only to come slamming down upon the purple rodent with all of her might. They were a jumbled mess of black legs, bright blue limbs that popped in and out of its shell, and furry purple claws, as they tussled about on the ground. Tartarus slipped away first, zipping through the long grass and rounding back around the base of a large tree. He would slam into the thick wool of the sheep once more, giving just enough energy to knock her off of his partner. Kellen hopped up with a bright smirk, then jumped up high in the air. As the Squirtle came soaring down, he pulled his softer body parts back into his shell and slammed his shell against Baa’s thick skull with a critically powerful Tackle. Baa yelped in pain, before rearing back up and slamming her full weight into Kellen, just barely managing to catch one of his arms and pinning it on the ground.

“Yer doin’ it, Baa. Keep it up! They’s dun’ knows ‘bout ya’s fluffy hide! Hard’ta hit ‘nythang under all tha’ wool!” Jed snapped, pumping his fist up into the air excitedly. Though, as the Pumkaboo divebombed after Jed, he jumped backwards and screamed. Jed’s lungs burned from the effort of his screams, which nearly caused him to go hoarse. He jumped so high, that as he landed on his trembling feet, they would give out and cause him to fall flat on his rear end. “Oh Are’kay-us, please here mah’ prayer! Dun’ let this here witchy-witch win! Pro’tech me from evil!” Jed folded his hands together and lowered his head, keeping one eye open so that he would carefully watch out for Sara.


Wild Encounter

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Weather: Clear

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Bounce LV 7
HP 0% [0/27]

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Baa LV 6
HP 18% [4/22]

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Kellen LV 7
HP 60% [15/25]

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Tartarus LV 7
HP 65% [15/23]

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Sally-Mae's Bounce [Own Tempo]: Normal
Jed's Baa [Fluffy]: Normal
Sara's Kellen [Torrent]: Normal
Sara's Tartarus [Runaway]: Normal +2 CRIT

SP17 Tartarus used Quick Attack!
SP13 Kellen used Tackle!
Sp12 Baa used Tackle!

SP17 Tartarus used Quick Attack!
SP13 Kellen used Tackle! Critical Hit!
SP12 Baa used Tackle!


Bounce Moves: Splash, Confusion
Baa Moves: Tackle, Growl, Defense Curl

Running Shoes exhausted.

[Goni]

“Well if you observe me very carefully, you might notice that I DON’T HAVE YOUR BESSIE!” Sara shouted, now firmly frustrated with this line of accusation. “That’s it, I’m gonna start casting my spells now.” Sara said, frustratedly. “Kellen, stop slobbering all over the ground, and put that water to good use. Tartarus, let’s show em why you’re named the way you are.”

Kellen nodded, slurping up some water which was drooling from its mouth. Kellen hadn’t had much time to shine throughout this battle, other than at the very start when Sara had commanded it to use its Water Gun. Unfortunately for Sara, she had neglected to notice a key ability that the enemy sheep had. Perhaps instead of sending in two pokemon first, she should have reached for the Pokédex first, like the last few times she had battled during that day. She might have noticed key information about the sheep that would have keyed her in on the fact that its ability made it take less physical damage. Or she could have just used her eyes.

Tartarus was just as eager as ever. It was feeling happy with its performance so far, dealing two critical hits in a row to the Spoink, and wasn’t even frustrated that the Wooloo wasn’t taking much damage, it just allowed Tartarus to stay out of its ball longer, and give it the chance to stay brawling! Tartarus chittered happily, running a circle around Kellen while it waited for Sara to let out another command, the little rat had too much energy and just couldn’t sit still. Each time it heard Sara’s voice say any words, its ears pricked up excitedly, waiting to hear its name and the next attack orders.

“I’ve never heard of any are-kay-us before, but if you’d like, I could invoke the names of all four of the Tapu’s for you! By Tapu Koko’s orange hair, by Tapu Lele’s pink hat, by Tapu Bulu’s nose ring, and Tapu Fini’s flippers, lay these fools to rest,” Sara said, "and while you’re floating around Johto, could you tell me where the nearest town is?” Sara added quietly. The long night was starting to wear on Sara, and the caffeine rush that had started her down this adventure was now fumes of the past, her weariness truly setting in on her now. From her early morning encounter with a pair of performers and a pair of clowns, to her muddy encounter with magikarp, Sara was well and truly done with the day. She looked down at her previously clean clothes, and let out a long, defeated, worn-out sigh seeing the mud-stains which remained from the day’s long adventure.

“Alright then, time for your marching orders boys,” Sara said to her two pokemon. Kellen spun around to stare at Sara, Tartarus focused its eyes on Baa, pawing the ground aggressively, a small ditch forming in the spot Tartarus kept returning to throughout the battle. “Kellen, turn around and focus up bud, you don’t need to see me to hear me. Hit that thing with a water gun attack! Tartarus, make some dust with your quick attack!” Sara said, pointing at the poor, weak sheep. “Aqui.” Sara said in a dark tone to the pumpkaboo, who was now floating intimidatingly around Jed. “Hit that sucker with what you hit me with earlier.” Sara said, glowering. “Abra-kadabra-alakazam!” Sara hexed, wiggling her fingers at Jed intimidatingly.

The pumpkaboo cackled with delight at Sara’s command. It spun around in mid-air one last time before focusing its efforts on Jed. Small translucent tendrils crept from the eyes of the jack-o-lantern it floated in, and slowly they started writhing their way towards the rancher. “Arkayus can’t help you now!"

~~

Tartarus uses Quick Attack on Baa 
Kellen uses Water Gun on Baa
Aqui uses Trick-or-Treat on Jed
614 Words (+600 to Sinistea Egg (Heat Lamp))

LAIKA OF GANGNAM STYLE

[Caramell 🍬]

The furry purple mouse wasted no time in bum rushing his opponent. The small rodent tore off through the tall brown grasses, kicking tiny bits of dirt and small pebbles behind his body in his wake. The fluffy sheep baa’d as loudly and daringly at the top of her voice as she stomped her hooved feet into the snow-covered earth and dug at the ground underneath. She swayed a bit as she shook herself, before kicking off the ground to rush after her opponent, blinded by the need to make her trainer proud.

Jed slipped on his rear end. He placed his hands nervously at his sides and began to paw at the ground as he slowly scooted backwards across the ground through the snow, dirt, and tall grasses. “Miss’uh…Miss’uh….please lissen’ ‘ta me!” He begged, his voice cracking as it trembled. He began to pick up small rocks off of the ground as soon as his fingers would find one and flinging them randomly in the air. They weren’t particularly aimed at the Pumkaboo or Sara, but they did seem to just rain down everywhere in any direction away from Jed’s slowly retreating form. “Is not ‘ta late ‘ta save yer soul! I can’uh….can’uh…get ya’ta meet mah pa’n he’ll help ya right kindly like! We’s uh…I’s uh…Ya swear ya didn’t take mah Bessie, right?!”

The two battling combatants rammed into each other at nearly the same time. Taratus slammed his head into the small white sheep’s side, as the Wooloo curved its body almost unnaturally and slammed her head into Tartarus’ shoulders. Baa wrapped her long, black legs around the furry purple rodent as they rolled around on the ground and tumbled through the tall grass in a sporadic heap. Kellen, ever vigilant with his water-based attacks, squirted them down well, though the move mostly soaked the sheep and so would only seem to damage its opponent. The Wooloo rose up for a split second, before collapsing on the ground. “Baa…nooo! Oh, no no no no! Speak ‘ta me, Baa! Speak ‘ta ya’ boy, Baa!”[/i][/font] Jed jumped up and ran towards the sheep in an odd skittering motion, that would gangly try to swerve away from Pumkaboo.

The farmer wrapped his arms around the fainted sheeps head and pulled it close to his chest. “No, Baa! ‘Tis jus’ can’nit be true! Ya’s my gi’l, Baa! ‘Til the end, ‘member?! Ya’s promised ta stay here ‘til the end!! WHY! Why’d this here witchy-witch had ‘ta go’n take ya from me?!” Tears welled up in the corner of Jed’s eyes as he pulled Baa’s Pokeball out of his pocket and recalled his Wooloo. As the tear flooded out from his eyes and dampened the ground underneath him, Jed began to dig a hole and buried the Pokeball in a makeshift grave. “Dun’ ferget ya boy, Baa, when’s ya’s up there with Bounce’n Bingo, al’ight?”

As Jed turned, ready to give Sara a piece of his mind, a strange mooing called out from the forest. His eyes widened and he turned away from Sara and her team to notice a familiar pink cow wandering out through the undergrowth of the nearby forest. “Oh, BESSIE! Ya’s alright, girl, ya’s alright!!” His voice swelled and cracked, as the mixture of emotions expanded inside of his chest. He ran to her and grabbed her by a small pink collar that nearly blended in with her coat. “I’m so glad’s ‘ta see’s ya! Now let’s git, gi’l! This here witchy-witch is’a cursin’ ev’rybody!” And off they rushed, all the way back to the safety of their front porch…

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SUCCESS!!

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Tartarus gained +3 Levels!
^{3/2 + 2/2: 1.5 + 1: 2.5 > 3.}
Tartarus increased to level 10!
Tartarus is trying to learn Bite!
Forget a move and learn Bite?


Kellen gained +3 Levels!
^{3/2 + 2/2: 1.5 + 1: 2.5 > 3.}
Kellen increased to level 10!
Kellen learned Rapid Spin!


Aqui didn't learn much since she didn't actually battle...
But she sure did learn how to scare humans!


Jed ran away in sheer terror and dropped $252 behind!
Well...might as well let Sara keep the money...

[Goni]

Sara let out a sigh of relief as the battle finally finished. Jed quickly buried the sheep, grabbed Bessie, and ran away frightfully back to their home, which was now visible as the winter fog started dying down. The night was long and had worn on Sara, and she had enough of negotiating with crazy people for one day. Sara had always thought that the concept of pokeballs and pokemon centers was kind of self explanatory, but she had never been to Johto before, where apparently common sense didn’t exist. With an exasperated sigh, Sara kicked up the dirt and scooped up Baa and Bounce’s pokeballs and put them into her backpack. "Just one more reason to visit the IPF when I get to Violet City.” Sara thought to herself. “I’ll have to let them know about the other buried pokemon that are probably here as well…” Sara thought, looking over the property sadly, before shaking her head. “This must be why you have to take that common-sense test for a trainer license."  Sara muttered to herself.

Aqui, Tartarus, Momo, and Kellen all looked to Sara expectantly. Sara stared back at them. “What?” She said uncomfortably, at which point Kellen opened its mouth to spit out some water. “Oh bud…” Sara said pitifully. “Well, with that battle done, what’s say we get to Violet City for a rest?” Kellen shrugged, having rested all day in their ball, they weren’t tired. Momo let out a soft bray, “Muddbraaaay” it he-hawed with a yawn. Aqui let out a gentle cackle, but could see the others weren’t ready for more games. Tartarus acted tough, but it definitely had a long day of running around, chewing on sticks, and battling. With a whopping two potions keeping it afloat, they were definitely running on fumes now.

Sara returned Aqui to its pokéball, and then grabbed each of the other’s pokeballs, and one after another, Kellen waved goodbye to its friends, before itself being returned to its pokéball. Sara quickly put all the balls into her pack, and pulled out her Town Map and flashlight once more. “Alright, if we’re in farmland, we must be pretty close to Violet City now.” Sara said, pointing her flashlight down at the map. “From Cherrygrove it looks like there are only a few farms between the two cities… So I must be pretty close. I just have to continue on towards the southwest.” Sara observed. She folded her town map carefully and checked the compass on her pokédex. “Alright then, lets get going.” She said, then looked around, realizing she was now alone.

After a few miles of walking through fog and freezing temperatures, Sara faithfully followed her compass until she could start to make out city lights. Scattered rural houses quickly merged into a more urban environment, and Sara felt a weary smile coming to her face. It was still dark out, but the sun was starting to rise. At the sign of a street-light, Sara couldn’t help but feel safe again. Nothing like civilization. She was used to the hot temperatures of Alola, and that last route was smattering of cold temperatures and mud pushing her back at every turn. Still, with an accidental pokemon catch in Magikarp, and the run in with that parrot pokémon, her team was now more battle ready than it had been the morning before.

Sara stumbled through town, half asleep, until she finally made it to the pokémon center. She could see Torad and Heike’s cart outside, and she smiled, glad to know that those two performers had also made it all the way to Violet City. Sara quickly made her way inside and healed her pokémon, and found lodging for the night… or day? And as she finally landed in a safe warm bed, her eyes closed and she passed out instantly. Maybe it would be better to take tomorrow off.

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Sara finally made it to Violet City. With a new day ahead of her, and a long day behind her, this thread is now done!
Replace Tackle with Bite for Tartarus!
647 words! (+600 to Sinistea Egg(Heat Lamp))

LAIKA OF GANGNAM STYLE