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Post by Caramell 🍬 on Jul 11, 2022 19:56:14 GMT 11
The reddish-pink caterpillar’s eyes widened when Euan spoke to it. It stood up tall on its back legs and craned its face to stare up at the much taller human. Could he really promise to take it with him and train it up to become a big and strong Pokemon. Remembering how the girl had reacted to the small caterpillar, it paused for a second as it turned to the Bulbasaur with a tilted head. “Is he…a particularly kind trainer?” The Wurmple had to know straight from the walking bulb’s mouth that it wasn’t going to be left to rot inside of a PC or forced to fight beyond its limitations until it finally perspired on the side of the road in a ditch because its trainer got ‘bored’ of training it. Thoughts flooded the small Pokemon’s brain as it stared at the small red-and-white Pokeball that Euan had tossed beside it. It scurried through the tall wild grasses over to the device in a hurry and paused for a brief second to stare at the shiny button in the center. All it could remember in that instance were humans that kicked it away or fled from its sight. “Get lost!” The voices of the past echoed inside of the Wurmple’s head. “No one wants a weakling like you!” They compounded inside of its skull. “Eww! Who would ever love a worm?!” Then, with a tearful and brief glance back at Euan, it turned and pressed the center of the Pokeball and allowed the device to swallow it up in a flash of red light. As soon as the Pokeball cracked open, the beam of red energy would wrap around the Wurmple’s entire form. It yanked the Pokemon inside with a loud click. The center button on the red-and-white ball began to flash in an alternating patterns as it wiggled in its place on the ground. For a moment in time, even though the Wurmple had seemed to accept their offer, the bug fought against the insides of the Pokeball as though it might have changed its mind. Then, after several minutes of this quiet battle raging on inside of the Pokeball, it would stop shaking and release a soft ‘ ding’ reassuring Euan that he had successfully captured the small bug. Catch? (95%) ALi7BxKe1-100 SUCCESS
Hibiscus gained 1 level! Hibiscus increased to Level 9!Hibiscus wants to learn Leech Seed! Forget a move and learn Leech Seed?Please fill out the code on your new Pokemon: [img src="https://pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/bw/wurmple.png"] [b]Wurmple[/b] Name: [choose] Gender: [choose] Level: 2 OT: Euan Davenport Moves: Tackle, String Shot Ability: Shield Dust Nature/Personality: [choose]
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Post by DarkSlayer on Jul 12, 2022 2:34:34 GMT 11
Was his trainer a good person? Hibiscus looked over at the boy, suddenly wondering what the answer to that really was. Every pokemon hoped that if they were with a human, that they would be well cared for. And he would have liked to think that this was the case for himself, but the truth of it was... he didn't really know Euan that well. Sure, he seemed like he was a pretty good guy, but nothing had actually happened to test that, had it? He really didn't know what to say to the wurmple. Except...
"He cheered me on in our battles so far, and does seem to think about my comfort, with the weather and such."
It might not have been the response that the other pokemon was really looking for, but it was fair enough. As far as Hibiscus could see, the trainer that he wound up getting put with was a fairly good fellow. He certainly seemed to care about pokemon at least. If he didn't, would he have even offered to take this wurmple with them? Not likely. Uncaring people were the ones who kicked the little guys when they were down, and took off while screaming for them to stay away. Sure, some people were simply scared of bugs, and you couldn't necessarily blame them for their reaction that came from a place of fear. But the ones that were simply scoffing and claiming that wurmple weren't worth it? Now those seemed to be the mean ones.
Euan watched as the little worm like caterpillar looked between him and the pokeball. And then it went into it, apparently ready to go ahead with this decision. Yet... it struggled. Maybe there was still a part of it that wasn't entirely sure. It was hesitating, it was fighting with the capture, going on for quite a bit, too. Clearly it was thinking still. Until, finally, the ball settled and made the tell tale dinging sound that they made upon capture.
"Looks like we have somebody else on the team!" he called, walking over to pick the pokeball up. He looked down at it, wondering what he was going to do with the little guy. Train it, obviously. Yes. But how? It was really small, and it got pretty scared when it was up against another pokemon larger than itself. Although, maybe... could he do that, though?
Thinking the idea over, Euan looked at Hibiscus and smiled at him. "Kind of glad you didn't have to be out of your ball for long. I know you were resting a little bit, but I think you could do with a bit more time away from all this heat."
Frankly, Hibiscus didn't know what his trainer was talking about. The heat was absolutely divine. Okay, maybe it was a little much, but it wasn't anything he couldn't handle. He was a big, strong bulbasaur after all, and they soaked up the sun like no tomorrow! Although it would have been nicer if the air was a little more on the humid side. They did enjoy the moisture. Dry heat wasn't anywhere near as easy to tolerate... okay, yeah, actually maybe it was a good idea for him to return to his ball.
Staying in the shade, Euan sat back against the trunk of a tree, sighing softly to himself. Even out of the sun's rays, the heat was getting to be a bit much. Maybe he should get himself into some good air conditioning. Yeah, that would help. But that would mean moving on to Cherrygrove, and he wasn't so sure he wanted to get back to walking. No, he'd be fine. Just rest and drink water. Plenty of water.
He woke up thirty minutes later with that all consuming feeling that he just needed to take care of nature's business. Which he did, and made sure he was all cleaned up, and then it was on his way. Feeling much rejuvenated (thank you shaded nap and water) meant that he could continue on. But the sun was still high in the sky, and he had just caught a pokemon. It might be nice to show that he was serious when he said that he would train it. Yes, he really should do something. Execute that idea that he had? Well he certainly couldn't see why not.
Making sure to go from shaded spot to shaded spot, Euan meandered his way along the road, stopping and looking through brush for a sheltered pokemon. There was bound to be one eventually! He couldn't expect all of them to just be out in the open or come right on up to him. Especially in this kind of heat. Just keep digging through brush and checking in areas with small clusters of trees. Something was bound to come up.
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[img src="https://pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/bw/wurmple.png"] [b]Wurmple[/b] Name: Aristol Gender: Male Level: 2 OT: Euan Davenport Moves: Tackle, String Shot Ability: Shield Dust Nature/Personality: Determined, but frightens fairly easily.
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Post by Caramell 🍬 on Jul 13, 2022 8:22:02 GMT 11
The hot summer sun surely chased most of the Pokemon off. Though, as Euan napped in the summer sun even as the heat rolled across the land in thick waves, some of the Pokemon would slowly make their way out of their hidden homes. Most crawled out from their dens with wide, nervous eyes. Many would stand poised as they studied the world around them for any sign of danger, only to squeal out in alarm and nearly trip over themselves to scatter away at the first sign of trouble. Even the small ponds and trickling creeks were slowly drying up. The Pokemon that gathered around their bases had to scoot closer to reach the cooling waters and would often find their shallow depths to nearly disappear beyond the shoreline. Something stirred in the tall grasses. Long brown ears poked up above the thin, tall straw-like stalks of the golden wheatgrasses that grew wild around the bases of the tall pine trees and sweeping oaks. Though, as soon as either Euan or his teammates would try to turn their attention, they would duck down low and disappear within the thick grasses. The grasses bobbed and swayed in the summer breeze. They seemed to shudder as Euan searched around the area for any sign of life, swaying first northwestward then swaying easterly with the changing wind. Even with the breeze that shifted in different passing directions, the way the tall, wild grasses bobbed and swayed seemed…off. As Euan kept searching, the strange pair of ears would seemingly pop up and disappear at odd intervals along the same pathway. Then, a loud shriek carried itself across the open route, sounding through the trees with enough tempo and base to shake the leaves on the lowest hanging branches and cause the grasses to bend low as they shuddered with the breeze. The Pokemon leaped out in front of Euan as it roared at the top of its lungs and banged its small, pudgy hands against the cold dirt ground in front of them. A bunch of similar faces popped up over the tall grasses in alarm, before they would all rush off and scatter far off through the forested route to disappear in the blink of an eye. “I will defend my friends!” The Sentret warned, glaring at Euan as it prepared for a battle. “And in doing so, I will dispel you from this land!” A Wild Sentret is attacking! Level 7. What will Euan do? Shiny baby? 1p2EfguP1-421-42
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Post by DarkSlayer on Jul 16, 2022 13:50:19 GMT 11
So caught up in his search, it hadn't occurred to the new trainer that he might wind up facing off against something a bit too aggressive for his brand new friend. On the contrary, he had kind of assumed he would end up finding another pokemon that was more similar to the wurmple's personality. Timid, in other words. Needless to say, the way that the brown ears popped up here and there was something far more mysterious than he had been banking on. And he was caught off guard by a lot more than just a little when the fierce looking sentret popped out and started banging its little palms upon the ground in front of it.
"I don't think my new guy would do very well against you..." Euan said softly, reaching instead for the pokeball containing his other pokemon. The one that he had gotten from the professor. And he certainly hoped that he would prove to be good enough at this. Because the way that the brown rodent looking thing was looking at him didn't suggest that it was asking for a game of patty cake. Unless that was the game where wild pokemon bounced their fists off of your face, in which case maybe. But that also wasn't what Euan was hoping to do, either.
"Looks like this one is going to be up to you, Hibiscus! I know that you've been through a decent amount, but I'm not so sure our new buddy would be up for this one all by himself. So why don't you stand your ground and give this critter a good smack with your vines! You know, show it the tough life with your vine whip!"
For real right now? He had been relaxing in his pokeball, assuming that he would actually be able to rest for a good long while... and okay, so maybe it had been a decent bit of time. But really, it was hot out, not exactly rife with a lot of moisture in the air, and as much as he wanted to do good by Euan, couldn't he just go inside for the rest of the day? So yeah, he probably looked grumpy as all hell, and no doubt the pokemon he was up against would start to question the trainer's capabilities at raising his partner to be a ready and willing fighter. Tough cookies. That's what happened when you wanted to go scrounging for pokemon that the runt of the group could go up against. You nabbed the wrong thing and had to fall back on your more trust worthy companion to take it on. Ugh!
Looking far less than impressed, he looked the sentret up and down. "You couldn't just go off with the rest of the group?" Huffing and rolling his eyes, Hibiscus got himself into a more steady stance, eyes flicking over towards Euan. It wasn't like he wanted to completely embarrass the boy. Very well. He looked back at the sentret, stared it in the eye, and launched its vines out, cracking in the air before bringing them down upon his new foe, showing that he would defend his trainer, no matter his mood.
Hibiscus used Vine Whip!
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Post by Caramell 🍬 on Jul 17, 2022 11:57:24 GMT 11
What a grumpy little companion this human had! The Sentret slammed his fists against the ground and scratched at the dirt as it crouched down low. It definitely didn’t like the walking plant-frog-dino-thing at all! What even was Hibiscus supposed to be? Did someone have a writer’s block moment and just slap a bunch of parts together and hope for the best? At least the Sentret had long ears to hear danger from miles away, a thick tail to stand on top of and scout the area, and a thick hide to take more than a couple of beatings. Well…okay, sure…this dino-plant-frog-thing seemed to have a pretty solid frame, too. Gulp. The Sentret figured it better give it its all if it wanted to actually win the fight! “This is our homeland!” The Sentret declared and tore off across the ground. It would leap over the large Bulbasaur, soaring above Hibiscus’ head and catching it as the plant-dino-thing spun around to follow the Sentret with his eyes. “Even if you woke up hangry, I won’t let you just trounce through it like you own the place!” It zipped past the base of a large oak tree, rounded around the trunk of a huge pine, and ram barreling at Hibiscus at the top of its feet. Its eyes were narrowed with a wide grin as it slammed into Hibiscus’ side and sent them both flying down the side of a small hill. “I can’t be guaranteed your trainer won’t just try to take me as a souvenir! And my family deserve a place where they can live in peace!”Hibiscus managed to roll back over onto his feet after a bit of struggling. The Sentret would bounce back up easily and immediately start cleaning its coat from the worst of the dirt and debris that tried to settle there. Though, when Hibiscus shot a two long green vines into the air and waved them about dangerously, the Sentret’s demeanor completely changed. “W…wait….let’s talk about this! Pokemon to Pokemon…” It began to fumble, backing up nervously before turning around and tearing through the tall grasses to try and escape. SLAM! WHACK! POW! BAM! The vines slammed into the Sentret from all directions, knocking the Pokemon about like it were some mindless ball on the ground. Hibiscus tossed the poor Pokemon back-first into the base of a Large Oak tree. Before the Sentret could react, Hibiscus picked it up by its legs and slammed it into the ground a couple of times for good measure. “I just…I didn’t mean…we just wanna live in peace! You can understand that…right…right? You’re not heartless…right?” The Sentret now began begging for mercy. Wild Encounter Weather: Harsh Sun [attr="class","qkt-bkgd"] [attr="class","qkt-wild-pkmn"] Sentret LV 7 HP 38% [9/24]
[attr="class","qkt-wild-imgbox"] [attr="class","qkt-pkmn-img"] [attr="class","qkt-trainer-pkmn"] Hibiscus ♂ LV 9 HP 76% [22/29]
[attr="class","qkt-trainer-imgbox"] [attr="class","qkt-pkmn-img"] Wild Sentret [??]: Normal Euan's Hibiscus [Overgrow]: Normal SP9+ Sentret used Quick Attack! A critical hit! SP15 Hibiscus used Vine Whip! A critical hit!
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Post by DarkSlayer on Jul 17, 2022 13:36:37 GMT 11
It was funny that mouse squirrel boy was thinking that Hibiscus looked like a mosh posh of different things, because the dino plant kind of thought the same of his opponent. Especially with that ring right on its stomach. Whoever came up with that look obviously had one thing in mind. Make sure that this thing resembled a walking target as much as possible, so that other pokemon had something to really aim for. Sentret was the regional practice punching bag for all the new trainers, and that was a role it was pretty well suited for.
Hibiscus happened to be a little sore after that particularly hard hit, using a vine to rub at where he had been struck. "I don't think I'm heartless, no." The grass type frowned at the insinuation there, wondering if doing as he was told really made him completely heartless. Maybe if his trainer was himself, and was calling for things that would have been absolutely vile, then he could see that he would definitely be assumed to be as well. But it wasn't as if Euan was looking to massacre every furry brown long eared target flitting about between the grass blades. "You do know that most trainers aren't here to just beat on pokemon left and right and take half of them home, right?"
Euan thought that the hit Hibiscus took looked particularly hard, and it made him wince. He grew a little uncertain as to his decisions right now and wondered if maybe he should have just gone inside. But he really wanted to give his new wurmple a chance at seeing a battle that didn't end with him getting completely mowed over. Currently, however, it seemed that that might not be quite so easy. At least until Hibiscus whacked the sentret around good and proper, putting in quite a good hurting on the wild pokemon in return. Maybe this wouldn't go so bad after all!
"Yeah, that's the way to open up a battle!" he called out, grinning in excitement. "Okay, now if we really want to help level things a bit for our new friend, we're going to have to do a little more. Hit it with a tackle! But... maybe try not to flatten it, hm?"
Well... Hibiscus could certainly try. He looked at the sentret and smirked. "Just know that you're really going to be helping our buddy gain some self confidence." And then he charged. But not too fast.
Hibiscus used Tackle!
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Post by Caramell 🍬 on Jul 18, 2022 1:46:08 GMT 11
The Sentret stood up and tilted its head as the strange dino-plant-thing spoke to it and seemed to disagree with its analysis. Was the Sentret trying to fit a square piece into a circle hole and just having a hard time jamming the pieces in place? It dusted itself off and used its fingers to comb through its fur. Small bruises like patchwork decorated the spot where the Bulbasaur had hit it and caused the Sentret wince from the pain when it touched the spot carefully with its paw. Nah. It was obviously the Bulbasaur who was trying to fit a circle piece into a square hole. Had to be! “Then…why don’t you like…go scooch scooch off somewhere else?” The Sentret raised an eyebrow and waved its hands dismissively at Hibiscus. Hibiscus took off across the ground once more and caused the furry rabbit to jump high into the air in alarm. As soon as its feet landed on the soft grassy ground, the Pokemon would flip around and tear through the tall grasses as it tried to escape. It was fast on its nimble feet, but its opponent was faster. While it darted around the base of a large oak tree, Hibiscus would meet it around the other side. Frightened, the Pokemon squealed loudly and jumped over the awkward plant Pokemon’s bulb, touching the top of Hibiscus’ bulb in the process, to land on the other side. Hibiscus would cut it off in midair jump, however, by jumping up and ramming his head into the Sentret’s stomach. The Sentret flipped and spun wildly in the air as Hibiscus tossed it off course. It landed a few away on the ground with a loud groan. The wild rabbit lifted itself off and began to dust off its stomach on the bullseye marking that Hibiscus had ironically hit and shook its head. “You are so mean!” It growled at the top of its lungs, shrinking back into the grass to try and look as small as possible. “I mean…really…what did I ever do to you?!” No one tell the Sentret that it had started this whole mess in the first place, ok? It’s ego was bruised enough as it was… Wild Encounter Weather: Harsh Sun [attr="class","qkt-bkgd"] [attr="class","qkt-wild-pkmn"] Sentret LV 7 HP 13% [3/24]
[attr="class","qkt-wild-imgbox"] [attr="class","qkt-pkmn-img"] [attr="class","qkt-trainer-pkmn"] Hibiscus ♂ LV 9 HP 76% [22/29]
[attr="class","qkt-trainer-imgbox"] [attr="class","qkt-pkmn-img"] Wild Sentret [??]: Normal Euan's Hibiscus [Overgrow]: Normal [-1 Att] SP15 Hibiscus used Tackle! SP9+ Sentret used Growl! Hibiscus' attack fell!
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Post by DarkSlayer on Jul 21, 2022 5:23:21 GMT 11
For real right now? Hibiscus was absolutely blown away at how out of touch this sentret was being right now. This was a battle, which meant that they were supposed to be trying to knock each other out! It wasn't like Hibiscus was doing this just to be a mean bully and throw his weight around or anything. And he wasn't even the one that had started anything! What about the way that leaping rabbit squirrel mouse thing had come out banging its little fists on the ground, trying to act all big and tough? Did it really think that it was acceptable to be basically threatening everybody? Yeah, actually, it was a good thing that Euan was taking up this fight because somebody needed to be this brat in its place!
The blonde trainer grinned, quite pleased with how things were turning out so far. At this rate, it shouldn't be long at all for him to be able to send out the wurmple and have the chance at taking this critter out. But it would still be a good idea to at least try to make sure that things wouldn't wind up going south for the weaker bug. He was pretty sure that he would be able to keep things looking good for them, though. Especially with Hibiscus here to fall back on.
"Let's get things set up for the finale. Use a growl of your own to put that fury ball in its place!" Well, it was for more than that, actually. But there was no need to go speaking all of his secrets and making it so that the sentret could form a good battle strategy of its own. That was pretty much the one thing that all trainers had as an advantage over wild pokemon. They could form some good strategies, while the wild pokemon... well they just couldn't. It wasn't their fault exactly, they just weren't programmed with the capabilities of real deep thinking! And that was the whole reason trainers were good for them. They could help the pokemon reach their potential, and in return those pokemon could help the trainers learn more about being a good trainer.
Hibiscus snapped his vines again in a threatening manner, as if he might actually disobey Euan. But then he smirked and chuffed at the sentret before letting out a deep growl. "You're going down."
Hibiscus used Growl!
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Post by Caramell 🍬 on Jul 22, 2022 5:11:51 GMT 11
Sentret’s long ears shot up as it listened closely to Euan. What was that human saying, anyways? Something sounded like fighting words, which made the Sentret’s eyes widened, and his jaws clenched. “What did your pet say to you this time?!” The furry brown rabbit demanded. He balled his tiny hands into tight fists and stood tall and proud in front of his enemy and sized him up and down. Man! The longer this battle waged on, the hotter the furry rodent was getting. Wasn’t there like…a deep pool it could go swimming in…full of ice cubes? Lot’s of ice cubes. Probably all the ice cubes New Bark had to offer in the all of...what…2 houses that made it a ‘town’?? “Say…ya got any water?” The Sentret licked its chapped lips and stared longingly at Hibiscus’ bulb. Then the rodent Pokemon would spring into attack. It dropped down on all fours and raced across the ground at the tops of its speed. Even if it wasn’t particularly fast or swift with the wind, it seemed to move quicker than it normally could. Perhaps it found its gusto once more or perhaps it was afraid of what Hibiscus and his trainer would do if it lost to them. “GIVE ME YOUR WATER, YOU WALKING OASIS!” It screamed at the top of its lungs. Sentret flung itself on top of Hibiscus’ bulb and tried to tear through the small opening at the top. How could this plant seemingly just THRIVE in this hot as all get out environment without a secret water stash somewhere, anyways?! Hibiscus bucked. He raced across the ground as he growled loudly. Though he tried to uproot the small furry mammal from his bulb, Sentret would cling on for dear life. Hibiscus spun around wildly, rubbing his ‘back’ against different tree barks to try and force the Sentret to let go. When Hibiscus stopped, dropped, and rolled the little bugger off of him, the small rodent would roll away with a loud huff as he crossed his hands over his chest. Could he just like…phone a friend for the rest of the battle…? Seriously…no water and now this! “You’re so RUDE!” The Sentret snapped defensively. Wild Encounter Weather: Harsh Sun [attr="class","qkt-bkgd"] [attr="class","qkt-wild-pkmn"] Sentret LV 7 HP 13% [3/24]
[attr="class","qkt-wild-imgbox"] [attr="class","qkt-pkmn-img"] [attr="class","qkt-trainer-pkmn"] Hibiscus ♂ LV 9 HP 62% [18/29]
[attr="class","qkt-trainer-imgbox"] [attr="class","qkt-pkmn-img"] Wild Sentret [??]: Normal [-1 Att] Euan's Hibiscus [Overgrow]: Normal [-1 Att] SP9+ Sentret used Quick Attack! SP15 Hibiscus used Growl! Sentret's attack fell!
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Post by DarkSlayer on Jul 25, 2022 0:53:58 GMT 11
Something was seriously very wrong with this... rabbit squirrel thing. It was clearly very hot... very thirsty. The way that it was staring so longingly at Hibiscus and licking its lips, he didn't quite understand how it was that it thought that he would be able to give him any water. Wasn't there a pond somewhere sort of close by or something? He was sure that there had to be, as pokemon would need a source of water in order to live in this area during this hot heat. "You're not looking so good..." And then it took off at top speed, launching itself upon the bulbasaur's back and digging at his bulb that held... what the hell did the damn thing think that it held?! Some huge reservoir of water? What kind of insanity had befallen the damn thing anyway?
While Hibiscus immediately began to try to get the sentret up and off of him, his trainer started to get a little panicked. He hadn't considered that a pokemon might turn so viciously feral and actually try to shred his own partner into pieces. But now that that appeared to be happening before his very eyes, he was beginning to think that this may not be such a great thing after all. Clearly this sentret was quite unstable. Grabbing Hibiscus' pokeball, he held it out in front of him, trying to aim it so he could properly recall his pokemon into it. But with all the running around, that wasn't particularly easy.
"Dang, that was quite the scuffle," he said, watching as the sentret rolled away and then stood, arms over its chest. What a nasty little rodent. Clearly it thought that it was being treated quite unfairly, which would have been more amusing given that it had started the whole affair and then savagely tried ripping Hibiscus' bulb wide open, had it not been for the fear that Euan felt. And also the heat. It was really starting to all just get to be a bit too much for the trainer. "Time to switch things up! Return, Hibiscus, and come on out, Aristol!"
Quite the powerhouse of a name, to be sure. Which was funny, given that a small ass wurmple was what appeared, after the bulbasaur had been returned to its pokeball. It stared up at the much larger sentret, which would undoubtedly be boring down upon him already. Needless to say, it was quite the terrifying dilemma indeed... or it would have been. But Aristol did happen to notice that this opponent looked particularly beat up already. Maybe... maybe he could actually win!!!
"Show that rodent that you're not a push over! Use your tackle!" He was actually hoping that by some miracle, Aristol would land a critical hit. That would most definitely boost his own confidence, which Euan knew the bug needed. Badly.
Hibiscus was recalled, and Aristol was sent out! Aristol used Tackle!
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Post by Caramell 🍬 on Jul 26, 2022 7:01:49 GMT 11
The Sentret stood at odds with the small plant Pokemon. If they thrived in this blazing heat that was trying to choke the life of it then they surely hid water somewhere on their bodies. Even as he tried to tear into Hibiscus’ bulb previously, he was unable to find anything that reminded him of the cool lapping springs he’d sometimes stumble upon in the wilderness. Where was the strange bottles of water that they carried around them…wait? The furry brown hare’s beady brown eyes snapped with a hopeful gleam in Euan’s direction. Immediately, he ran over to him and flopped on the ground onto his knees. The little rodent would press his paws together, gripping them by entangling his fingers with one another, as though he were praying before Euan like the strange human was an alter. “Please, oh please, human! Have pity on an old desperate soul! I long for the taste of cool refreshing liquids so that I may not perish under this neverending sun but may instead have an everlasting life of freedom!”Euan’s next moves shocked Sentret. The stranger simply recalled his walking dino-frog-plant-thing and released the most mundane of caterpillars that Sentret had ever seen. The large rodent walked over to the small reddish-pink bug and tilted his head. One long ear flopped on the ground as though it were an unraveling piece of tapestry and stretched out across the wild green grasses. “Oh…you look familiar…don’t tell me…don’t tell me…Beautifly’s young hatchling?” Sentret questioned the small pink worm while scratching the bottom of its chin in deep thought. Then, a single tear stained the corner of its eyes and threatened to roll down its chubby cheeks. “I’m terribly sorry for what happened to your ma, kid. But you really shouldn’t play with humans. You don’t know where they’ve been! What if they were dumpster diving or something…huh? Do you want to be that kind of pet parent?” It questioned the small bug quizzically. Sentret waited until Aristol looked completely relaxed. It swiped at the other Pokemon as soon as Wurmple’s guard was down, raking its long claws across Aristol’s sides with a devious grin. It spun around when the small bug reared back and pointed its sharp looking yellow horn in Sentret’s direction and rolled across the ground towards Euan’s feet. “You’re a monster who only carries monsters?! Look at that killer! What am I supposed to do?! Oh no…such a terrible foe…little hatchling Wurmple verses a scared and defenseless rodent!” Sentret seemed to mock the small bug. It would plop up and shrug at the reddish-pink caterpillar and gestured with its thick arms for Aristol to give it his 'best shot', not believing that such a small and weak creature could do any real damage. Wurmple slammed into Sentret’s side with a rough tackle, giving it everything he had as he managed to take the creature out. Sentret only mumbled, “I…just want…water…” under its breath before collapsing on the forest floor. Wild Encounter Weather: Harsh Sun [attr="class","qkt-bkgd"] [attr="class","qkt-wild-pkmn"] Sentret LV 7 HP 0w% [0/24]
[attr="class","qkt-wild-imgbox"] [attr="class","qkt-pkmn-img"] [attr="class","qkt-trainer-pkmn"] Aristol ♂ LV 2 HP 57% [8/14]
[attr="class","qkt-trainer-imgbox"] [attr="class","qkt-pkmn-img"] Wild Sentret [??]: Normal [-1 Att, +1 Def] Euan's Aristol [Shield Dust]: Normal SP+Hibiscus switched with Aristol! SP9+ Sentret used Scratch!
SP9 Sentret used Defense Curl! SP6 Aristol used Tackle! It was a critical hit!
Aristol gained 3 levels! Aristol increased to Level 5!Aristol learned Poison Sting! Hibiscus gained 1 level! Hibiscus increased to Level 10!Player protection allows Euan to still capture Sentret with the use of -1 Pokeball: [img src="https://pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/bw/sentret.png"] [b]Sentret[/b] Name: [choose] Gender: [choose] Level: 7 OT: EuanDavenport Moves: Scratch, Growl, Defense Curl, Quick Attack Ability: Run Away or Keen Eye Nature/Personality: [choose]
You can choose to accept the offer and fill out the form. Or reject the offer and allow Sentret's friends to drag it away to safety.
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DarkSlayer
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Post by DarkSlayer on Jul 27, 2022 10:53:34 GMT 11
Of course the sentret had the upper hand, being able to get a jump on its new opponent just sent out to finish the battle. At least that was the trainer's hope, that the battle would be finished by the bug that would get a nice, big boost in its self confidence. But he hadn't really been banking on a little diva brat of a sentret doing its absolute best to troll the little guy. Honestly, it was probably a good thing that Euan couldn't understand anything being said between the two pokemon, because if he could he probably would have been sorely tempted to drop kick the rodent himself.
"Yes! That's me!" Poor, sweet, beautifully innocent Aristol was so amazed that somebody actually knew who he was! He thought that he was nothing more than some lowly common wurmple, like all of the others out there. But this wonderful sentret knew him! Actually knew him! Maybe they could be the bestest of friends to ever be and they could - "OOOWWWWW!" Completely shocked at how cruel this wild sentret could turn, Aristol didn't know what to do other than turn its horn on the dastardly rabbit fat chinchilla thing. How could it so easily just take advantage of his thinking most wonderful things of it like that? And now... now it was actually going to mock him and make fun of how he looked! He should have known better! Nobody would ever take him seriously so long as he continued to fail at - that's it!
Knowing exactly what he needed to do, Aristol glared at the rude ass drama queen and flew full speed at it. Which was really just him crawling as fast as his little sucker feet could manage, throwing himself as hard as he could once he was close enough. But it was enough. He knew it was enough. It had to be. Because he needed to prove once and for all that he could be the best there was, as long as he was just given the chance!
"You did it!" Euan cried out, grinning and running towards his nest pokemon. "See! I told you you could be the best version of yourself with me!"
There was a brief moment between them, with Euan praising the wurmple and rubbing its head, making sure to avoid the poisonous spike of course. And Aristol was actually shocked. Completely shocked! He really did knock that big, mean sentret out. Forget its plea for water, that was probably all a facade! Just like it was pretending to care about Aristol when really all it wanted to do was try to beat him up. Well good luck! Now it was going to be left to rot - er - be carried off by its "friends." But let's all take a moment and ask the serious question. Does this brat really even have any friends, or is it the one that tried to scare them off because it was actually just the biggest bully of the bunch?
"Alright, you deserve to rest after that tough work you just put in," Euan said, wanting his pokemon to truly believe that it had just done an incredibly tough job. With the wurmple back in its ball, and the sky showing signs of late evening, there really only was one thing to do now. "Time to get to Cherrygrove and get some rest." Maybe tomorrow they could spend the day around there and do some training. He didn't want to get all the way to Violet City before he was really ready after all. But he was pretty sure he was done here. For now anyway.
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