Putrid Swamp: Venom's Wandering Spirit Encounter

[Caramell 🍬]

Wandering Spirit Duskull [Level 17]
Encountered here
^{Clear weather is in effect.}

[Venominon]

Although the Putrid Swamp had a rather vile name and was home to yet another wandering spirit, Venom couldn't help but admire the scenery with a bright smile upon his face. With all of the natural beauty of this particular area, combined with the rather pungent odor and ominous vibe, the Poison type trainer had but one thought on his mind. "This swamp is just like the Poison type Pokemon that inhabit it. Beautiful, but dangerous. That is the very essence of the Poison type." Venom spoke to himself in a gentle and loving tone, very grateful that he got the chance to visit such an amazing place. Even if he was still on a life-or-death mission and was only here to hunt down spirits and answers. 

Unfortunately, as the saying goes, all good things must come to an end. As soon as the strange phenomena began to occur all around Venom, he immediately lost his smile and raised his guard, mentally preparing himself for his third encounter with the supernatural. Fortunately, after his first two encounters, the ninja was more used to it and had a better understanding of it by this time. So, when the sky changed colors, the water began to boil, and the trees began to close in, all Venom did was stay perfectly still and remain perfectly calm. He then closed his eyes, took a single deep breath, and brought his hands together in front of him, making hand signs that were supposed to be good for warding off evil spirits. "Like a river over stone, your tricks simply wash over me, spirit. I will not be fooled."

Venom's voice was perfectly calm and collected, as he kept all of his senses peeled, searching for the wandering spirit that he knew was watching him from somewhere close by. The spirit may have only given Venom a split second to act, but that's all he needed. The moment he heard the spirit's voice, he immediately opened his eyes, grabbed a poke ball from his bag, and threw it in the direction the voice came from. "There! Whirlipede, use Pursuit!" As the red and white orb flew through the air, it burst open, as the Pokemon inside used the momentum to propel himself towards his foe at a much faster pace than usual. "Leave it to me, master! I've had enough of these ghosts!" The Poison/Bug type declared, feeling just as at home in this swamp as his trainer does.

[Tarlar]

The ghost floated down towards Venom and loosened its arms which had been linked on its back, to stretch them towards the human, looking hungrily at him. He was ready for it and it had only gotten halfway when the whirlipede appeared whirling in the air, and whirled up and into the ghost, sending it flying back.
It made no signs of emotions, it never removed its eyes from Venom and for a bit the forest was quiet with only the sound of Whirlipede rolling around, probably readying his next attack. The stench from the rotten trees filled the air and would have made most normal people gag and wanting to leave as fast as possible. The slimy muck at the edges of a puddle suddenly got eyes which watched the commotion but didn't move.

Shadows came crawling and slowly but steadily followed Whirlipede around, and the scratching felt very physically when they reached him and he rolled over them and if he looked closer they looked like broken glass afterwards.
Duskull began moving towards Venom again. Sooooouuuuuullll was echoing in the air and probably from the direction of duskull, it stretched an arm out towards the ninja again, and if he didn't move its touch would be chilling to the bone. If the touch went on for long he'd begun to feel sleepy. The ghost ignored Whirlipede entirely and would slowly pursue Venom whereever he went in the swamp, levitating there would be few places he could hide.


Wild Encounter

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Weather: Clear

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Duskull LV 17
HP 46% [18/39]

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Whirlipede LV 25
HP 46% [29/62]

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Duskull [Levitate]: Normal
Whirlipede [Poison Point]: Normal

SP36 Whirlipede used Pursuit!
SP18 Duskull used Nightshade!



Note: Skorupi HP 84% [54/64]

[Venominon]

Even after the one creepy word that came from the wandering spirit, and the attack that followed soon after it, both Venom and Whirlipede were feeling rather confident about this encounter. So far, this spirit hadn't given them nearly as much trouble as the last two did. Plus, the rotten and toxic smells drifting through the Putrid Swamp did well to calm the nerves of the poisonous pair. And if their last two encounters with wandering spirits were any indication, they knew that it would only take one more Dark type attack to finish off their ghostly opponent. So, with that in mind, Whirlipede continued to roll around the swamp at an incredible speed, not wanting to lose the momentum he had built up after being literally thrown into battle. All the while, Venom kept his eyes narrowed on the Requiem Pokemon, waiting for the perfect opportunity to pound in the finishing move.

It wasn't until Duskull attempted to approach Venom that his senses went into overdrive, sending out all kinds of danger signals. If there was one thing the ninja knew not to do, it was to ignore his instincts. So, before the Ghost type came within three feet of him, Venom quickly jumped backwards, putting plenty of distance between him and it. However, as soon as he saw that it was still coming, Venom cursed under his breath and began to run as fast as he could through the trees, making sure to make plenty of turns as he did. "You're ignoring Whirlipede and coming after me now?! I'll give you points for originality, but that's not gonna work! Whirlipede, come at me!" The ninja called out to his Pokemon, then made a sharp turn before running down a clear straightaway.

Hearing Venom's words loud and clear, Whirlipede turned down the same path that Venom was on but rolled straight towards him from the opposite end. "Whatever you say, master! What's the plan here exactly?!" The Curlipede Pokemon yelled back to his trainer, a bit confused about the plan he was sure said trainer had come up with. "Just keep on rolling as fast as you can, get ready to use Pursuit again, and don't slow down!" As Venom answered his Pokemon's question, he continued to run down the path at a very high speed, while the Duskull continued to chase him from behind. But then, just before the Poison type trainer and Pokemon collided, Venom jumped over Whirlipede, turned to face the Ghost type in mid-air, and gave Whirlipede a good kick, sending him flying towards said Ghost type. "Now!" At Venom's command, Whirlipede readied his Pursuit attack, flying straight towards Duskull at an incredibly high speed as he did.

[Marchbaby]

The Duskull prepared to strike again with it's Night Shade to cause as much damage as it could before Whirlipede could knock it out. The ghost Pokemon truly believed it could at least get off it's second attack in time however as much as it tried it was just not fast enough to act as Whirlipede rolled towards it with a breakneck Pursuit that Duskull had no hope of dodging. As the bug type slammed into the spirit it faded away leaving nothing behind. As it did a disembodied voice started to chuckle. " Hehehe, so you defeated another of my henchmen, good for you. It will not be enough to stop me however. That Chikorita shall soon become another of my victims.

After the voice finished speaking the area started to feel less heavy as the curse lost it's foothold in the area with no henchmen to keep the area guarded. Venom was now free to continue on to the next area though he was also more than welcome to search the area instead if he wished. Regardless of his choice the curse was still far from defeated and the longer Venom took to put a stop to it the less likely it would be that he would be able to save the poor suffering Chikorita from it's affliction.



Wild Encounter

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Weather: Clear

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Duskull LV 17
HP 0% [0/39]

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Whirlipede LV 25
HP 46% [29/62]

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Duskull [Levitate]: Normal
Whirlipede [Poison Point]: Normal

SP36 Whirlipede used Pursuit!
SP18 Duskull used Nightshade!



Note: Skorupi HP 84% [54/64]

Whirlipede gains 850 experience and +1 happiness and grows to level 26 with 124/2107 experience needed to level up and +9 happiness. Whirlipede is trying to learn Venoshock but he already knows 4 moves, would you like him to forget a move so he can learn Venoshock?