Palm Beach- Zaiden and Shinya Encounter #2

[Marchbaby]

Dwebble (Level 15) and Krabby (Level 11) challenge Shinya and Zaiden to a battle. They were encountered here.

[Caramell 🍬]

MOD NOTE: Fletchling NOT IN ACTIVE PARTY in thread!

ZAIDEN KABILA Aspiring Champion Bike Mode: -- | Time: --- The mousy brown haired trainer was initially taken aback by Shinya’s rough attitude, but he wasn’t truly surprised. They barely got along with each other as it was, so why should Shinya immediately welcome his show of gratitude with open arms? So, after Zaiden had managed to thank Shinya properly and stalked off to curse mentally to himself, he had never expected the Skull Grunt to come sprinting over to him with anything other than malicious intent. History was the world’s best teacher, and their history was rocky at best. “What..?” The teenager asked as he turned his warm brown hues to study Shinya for a second when the other trainer came strolling up at his side. His voice wasn’t rough or coarse, though it wasn’t warm and friendly. Monotone, without a hint of emotion either way, and a ‘take it however you want’ touch would leave Zaiden’s lips with his words to greet Shinya. When Shinya seemed to praise Zaiden and his Pokemon, the young trainer was truly shocked. Was it the bright sun that burned in the skies above causing them to suffer from a heat stroke and they just hadn’t noticed the effects, yet? Was it something else that seemed to help the two heal their past grievances with each other, instead? Zaiden wasn’t sure how to take Shinya’s perceived sudden change in personality. Stuck mentally for the moment, Zaiden nodded his head deafly and turned to his small green lizard that had quite literally smacked him in the leg to force him to ‘play nice’ with Shinya, then turned back to Shinya and nodded slowly as he spoke. “Same.” A quick, easy was to sum up how Zaiden, even if he wouldn’t admit it before or ever again, thought that Shinya had some pretty cool Pokemon of his own. Zaiden paused, though, when he noticed two small crabs that seemed to block their paths. One was a bright red hermit crab whose body was partially hidden inside of the large rock on its back that it had carved and created into a home. The other was a sand bubbler crab whose large claws clicked in the air menacingly as though it was prepared for a battle. Zaiden grumbled to himself as he furrowed his brows and shook his head in silent agitation. He’d seen enough of these Pokemon to know that they weren’t his first pick and he was still trying to decide how well he wanted to work with Shinya in yet another battle. Though, truth be told, the two were slowly learning to work well together under pressure. “You want…?” Zaiden asked, gesturing towards either of the two Pokemon as he pulled out a Pokeball and released his large blue poisonous dart frog. Yadoku jumped out of his Pokeball immediately and his eyes widened with excitement when he noticed the Dwebble stuck inside of its shell. The frog ribbited and croaked, “My precious, precious rock!” He would immediately try to run over and collect the rock with his hands, though Zaiden snapped his fingers and quickly whistled to get his Pokemon’s attention. The frog, angered that his trainer would interrupt his important ‘search’ for the perfect rock and seemingly impressed by Dwebble’s home that it carried on its back, began to pick up clumps of muddy sand and toss it around the area with a loud, boisterous yell. “I want THAT ROCK!” Zaiden’s nostrils flared as he pressed a hand to his forehead and took a deep breath. “Focus, Yadoku.” Zaiden warned his Pokemon in a low, but firm tone. OOC: Sending out Yadoku who uses Mud Shot technically on either Pokemon. If I need to declare a target, then Dwebble. Also Venom, I don't plan on taking either if you wanted to still catch one. Words: 602| Speech. Thoughts. | Pokedex Robin | Hebi | Yadoku | Yamori | Kamejima | Nobara | Zaiden Sprite by Redwerecat!

[Venominon]

Even Shinya himself was having a bit of a hard time processing his own words but managed to maintain his composure, as he walked past Zaiden and his Treeko. In his entire life, Shinya had only ever praised his own Pokemon on occasion, and fellow Team Skull members. So, why? Why did he pay Zaiden, a trainer that he hasn't had a single positive interaction with, a complement? The Bug type trainer had no idea. It just kind of felt like something inside of him told him to do it. Could this have been another side effect of Tapu Bulu's power awakening within Shinya's body? Once again, Shinya had no idea, but he and everyone else around him would find out in time.

"Ya heard me, scrub. Don't make me say it again." That was all the Team Skull grunt had to say in response to Zaiden's question, as he quickened his pace and pulled ahead of him. At that moment, it was clear that Shinya had a lot on his mind, but not too much to hear the next word that came from the other trainer's mouth. As soon as he heard Zaiden's response, Shinya stopped for a moment, having never received praise from anyone outside of Team Skull or his own Pokemon before. Needless to say, this was a brand-new experience for the Alolan trainer, and he wasn't quite sure how to process it at first. After about three minutes of thinking it over, Shinya started to walk down the beach again, giving Zaiden only a single word in response.

"Whatever." Shinya's tone was still rude, but not as rude as usual. And for the next five minutes, Shinya continued to walk down the beach, lost in the void that was his mind. It wasn't until the Attaching Pokemon on his shoulder started yelling at him that he finally snapped out of it, pointing out a small blue and purple Pokemon darting across the sand and zipping right passed them in seconds. "Joltik! Jol! Jol! Joltik!" Shinya shook his head a few times after Joltik's voice finally got through to him, then quickly turned in the direction she was pointing in. Upon seeing what she was seeing, Shinya's eyes widened with shock, and a sharp gasp escaped his lips. "AH! Wimpod! Damn it! Don't you run away from me!"

The Team Skull grunt cursed out loud for noticing such a rare and highly sought after Pokemon too late, but was quick to give chase, nonetheless, never one to give up easily. Unfortunately, the Wimpod ended up getting away, disappearing into the rocks and trees further up the beach. "Rgh! Damn it all! Not again!" Shinya cursed once again, clearly not at all happy with this turn of events. In fact, he was so frustrated that he didn't even notice the other wild crustacean Pokemon until Zaiden spoke to him once again. Almost immediately after he did, Shinya turned in his direction with one eyebrow raised, wondering what was going on, then getting his answer once he saw that a new battle was starting to unfold.

Both Shinya and Joltik took a moment to simply observe, listening to the words spoken by the wild Dwebble and Krabby, as well as Yadoku. It was clear from the Croagunk's words that he wanted the Dwebble. Or at least the rock on its back. Still, that was just what Shinya needed to start feeling like himself again, as his usual grin returned to his face, and he pulled out another Net Ball from his bag. "Tik. Tik. Joltik? Tik?" Joltik asked her trainer if she'd get another chance to battle, wanting to make up for her failure against the wild Psyduck. "In a minute, Joltik. Right now, I could really use a pick-me-up. And under the circumstances, I think this'll do nicely. Net Ball, go!" The Alolan trainer tossed the Net Ball straight at the wild Dwebble with all his might, hoping to steal Yadoku's prize right out from under him and level up Joltik at the same time.

OOC: Thanks, Caramell 🍬. Much appreciated. I know Shinya already has a Dwebble, but I can always sell the other one in my shop or save it for trade bait.

[antonius]

Shinya gets a jump on the fight as he tosses a blue and white ball with a black netting design on the top partially covering the blue portion at the dwebble. Before it could react, it is sucked into the Pokeball. It rolls a couple of times before dinging. The krabby jumps back at the sudden capture and now missing partner it had. It sees two opponents but figures out which direction the ball came from so takes aim on the yellow bug in front of it with a strong stream of water from the mouth hitting the yellow electric bug in the face. The now drenched electric type rolls back into the dirt getting partially covered in sand and dirt.

Before Zaiden could change targets, his croagunk hits Shinya's net ball with a mud shot. Thankfully the hit doesn't release the dwebble but the ball is now covered in a thick layer of mud. The krabby couldn't help at the now dirty Pokeball and lack of teamwork between the two trainers. Once the krabby is done laughing, it realizes his friend is still captured which irritates the krabby. It clacks both claws as hard as possible making a very loud sound as if to make the point of deeper revenge and to leave them alone.

Wild Encounter

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Weather: Clear

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Dweble LV 15
HP 100% [44/44]

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Krabby LV 11
HP 100% [31/31]

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Yadoku LV 8
HP 100% [28/28]

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Joltik LV 6
HP 57% [13/23]

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Dwebble [Ability]: Normal (caught)
Krabby [Ability]: Normal
Yadoku [Dry Skin]: Normal
Joltik [Compound Eyes]: Normal

SP* Joltik\ Shinya uses a net ball on dwebble for the instant catch!
SP19 Krabby uses water gun on Joltik for revenge!
SP15 Yadoku uses mud shot on the now captured dwebble!
SP14 Joltik rolls in the sand and dirt getting partially covered!

[Caramell 🍬]

MOD NOTE: Fletchling NOT IN ACTIVE PARTY in thread!

ZAIDEN KABILA Aspiring Champion Bike Mode: -- | Time: --- Zaiden turned away from Shinya to focus on his own Pokemon for the time being. Yadoku was intolerable to control to say the least. The toxic dart frog’s eyes stayed transfixed on Dwebble’s shell as he hopped about, trying to scoop the little guy up only to be thwarted by the dark blue ball covered in black webbing. Yadoku leaped away and tossed his arms up in frustration as he began to stomp and shout at the top of his lungs. “Bring me back my precious rock!” He demanded, with a loud humph as he folded his arms over his chest and shook his head furiously. It made Zaiden sigh heavily as he studied his Pokemon and bit his lower lip, trying to find the energy to keep his composure without completely succumbing to his own inner anxiety. How was he going to keep a good grip on his Pokemon? Clearly, he had been praised before he was even sure he deserved it. Now, Yadoku sent that praise directly into question as the dart frog threw a temper-tantrum over the fact that the Skull Grunt had snatched up its ‘prize’ right out of its slippery hands. “Yadoku…” Zaiden began, keeping a firm grip on his tone. When that didn’t work, Zaiden would speak again as the frog began to pick up piles of thick mud and toss it all about in an angry manner. “…Ya…doku!” His voice raised, catching the dart frog’s attention. Finally! Zaiden raised a single finger and pointed to the orange crustacean as he nodded his head firmly. “Your opponent. Use Mud-Slap, please.” He snapped. Zaiden was sure it wasn’t the beast move to chose against the crustacean, but it was the best move that Yadoku had available to use against the Krabby. The blue frog stood and glanced back and forth as he flared his nostrils and stared up at Shinya angrily. “Fine!” The frog huffed at the top of his lungs. He began to scrape up a thick pile of wet sand and stir it until it became a proper sludge of mud. Yadoku would then carefully craft mud balls within his fists and toss them at the Krabby, hoping to land a direct hit and possibly making it harder for the Krabby to find its opponents and attack it. Though, because his ego had been hurt Yadoku simply tried to pretend like Shinya wasn’t helping them out during the battle. OOC: I know I chose Dwebble to target but I am curious. In later games the move would re-target the remaining Pokemon on the field if the opponent was KO'd. Would this logic have applied with a capture, too, since the original opponent targeted was no longer on the field for Yadoku? Yadoku uses Mud-Slap on Krabby. Words: 411| Speech. Thoughts. | Pokedex Robin | Hebi | Yadoku | Yamori | Kamejima | Nobara | Zaiden Sprite by Redwerecat!

[Venominon]

Like so many Net Balls before it, the one that Shinya used to capture the formerly wild Dwebble did its job, transporting itself to Shinya's PC once that job was done. At first, Shinya grinned at his handy work, quite pleased with himself once again. However, this pleasure was short-lived, as Yadoku's yelling forced the Bug type trainer back to reality and caused him to turn towards the Poison/Fighting type with an annoyed scowl upon his face. "Shut up! Ya never would've beaten that Dwebble at your level anyway, chump!" Shinya yelled at Yadoku, knowing very well that sometimes type advantage alone isn't enough to overcome a level gap. It was strange, but in his own rather blunt way, Shinya was giving the Toxic Mouth Pokemon some advice.

The Team Skull grunt and his Joltik then took a moment to watch the Croagunk throw a temper tantrum, and Zaiden finally cracking the whip to get a handle on the situation. Admittedly, Shinya was actually a little impressed with Zaiden at that moment, not thinking that he had it in him to raise his voice and show some backbone like he just did. "Hmph. Not bad, Z. Not bad." The Alolan trainer commented on the other trainer's show of dominance, giving him a new nickname in the process. But then, Shinya was caught off guard once again, as Krabby's Water Gun came out of seemingly nowhere, and shot Joltik right off of the Team Skull grunt's shoulder, knocking her into the sand behind him. Fortunately, this was nothing compared to the Water Pulse a wild Psyduck hit her with earlier.

"Joltik! Jol! Joltik!" The Attaching Pokemon got right back up, shook her entire body rapidly to remove most of the water and sand from it, then glared at the River Crab Pokemon, looking to get a little revenge herself. This brought Shinya's grin back with a vengeance, as he narrowed his eyes at their new opponent and prepared himself for battle. "Woah! Sneak attack?! Not cool! Joltik, show this scrub what happens to people and Pokemon that take shots at Team Skull! Hit it with Electroweb!" Joltik needed no further invitation, running straight at Krabby, spinning some electrically charged webs, then throwing them at the crustacean. "Jol! Jol! Joltik!" Naturally, Shinya still had more than a few reservations about teaming up with Zaiden, but why look a gift Mudsdale in the mouth, right?

OOC: I was thinkin' the same thing, Caramell 🍬. Of course, this wouldn't be the first time antonius made a little mistake with his modding. No offense, anton. Cara and I could be totally off base with this as well.

[Marchbaby]

With Dwebble captured Krabby could only pray for a miracle as it was outnumbered two to one and even with the lucky break it had gotten in the previous round that would not help it out too much. It being higher level than it's opponent was the one blessing it still had as it was able to outspeed both Pokemon this round aiming directly at the little Joltik who was by far the bigger threat due to it's type. Krabby opened it's mouth and fired a small amount of water right at the spiders face. The Water Gun did decent damage but the spider was tough enough to endure the damage before she was able to fire off an attack of her own.

The young spider fired off an Electroweb scoring a direct hit as the electrified web not only reduced Krabby's speed but caused a massive amount of damage as well. To make matters worse for the crab it then had to deal with Yadoku who fired off a Mud-Slap of his own hitting Krabby right in the eyes with a small amount of mud. The result of the attack caused Krabby to have greatly reduced vision and combined with it's speed there was very little hope of completing the comeback at this point. All it could do was watch half blinded in horror wondering which of the two Pokemon would score the knockout blow.

One way or another this day could not get much worse for Krabby as it awaited the incoming end to this tragic performance.


Wild Encounter

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Weather: Clear

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Dweble LV 15
HP 100% [44/44]

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Krabby LV 11
HP 39% [12/31]

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Yadoku LV 8
HP 100% [28/28]

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Joltik LV 6
HP 22% [5/23]

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Dwebble [Ability]: Normal (caught)
Krabby [Ability]: Speed -1, Accuracy -1 (Speed will be 12 next round)
Yadoku [Dry Skin]: Normal
Joltik [Compound Eyes]: Normal


SP19 Krabby uses water gun on Joltik for revenge!
SP15 Yadoku uses Mud Slap on Krabby!
SP14 Joltik used Electroweb on Krabby!

[Caramell 🍬]

MOD NOTE: Fletchling NOT IN ACTIVE PARTY in thread!

ZAIDEN KABILA Aspiring Champion Bike Mode: -- | Time: --- The rock obsessed frog stared up at Shinya as he puffed his cheek and flared his nose. The Toxic Mouth Pokemon thought heavily about living up to his name’s sake and filling his jowls with a foul stench that he could hurl at his ‘opponent’ even if he didn’t necessarily want to consider the Krabby his true opponent. As the tension between Zaiden and Shinya seemed to settle on a strange sort of terrain that wasn’t necessarily a cliff but wasn’t an easy path in and of itself, Yadoku was fully prepared to make a mountain out of his mole hill. I didn’t care about the useless bug inside of the rock!” The Toxic Mouth Pokemon insisted with his arms tightly folded over his chest. “I cared about the ROCK that Pokemon was hording from me! You can keep the Pokemon, I WANT THE ROCK!” Yadoku snapped. Zaiden walked over to his Pokemon and knelt down as he placed a hand on Yadoku’s shoulders and gripped it firmly. This caused his poisonous frog to spin around on his trainer and swallow whatever he might have had in his cheeks – even if it was just spit – back down his throat. The young teenager stared deeply into his Pokemon’s bright yellow eyes with his rich warm hues. “No.” He stated firmly gesturing towards Shinya with a firm look that sad everything instantly. “Final time. Your opponent.” Zaiden warned, before standing back up and pressing the poisonous frog forward. He needed a strategy and fast, as he noticed that the Joltik wasn’t fairing the best on her own. Shinya had proven to be very helpful in the fight, and as Zaiden adjusted to working with the other trainer his anxiety seemed to hold itself at bay temporarily. Then something clicked like a light in his head. “Yadoku, rock.” The poisonous frog’s eyes lit up like a small kid being handed a Christmas present in July. Yadoku’s head spun wildly as he searched everywhere and hopped up and down excitedly. Where was this illusive rock that his trainer had promised him?! It just had to be his – before that mean trainer came and stole it away from him yet again! “Rock.” Zaiden repeated himself and gestured just past the Krabby, where a shiny pebble with bright blue lines running over its shimmering grey tones sat half buried in the sand. The Toxic Mouth Pokemon rushed off as fast as he could, fully ready to knock the other Pokemon out of his way by any means necessary just to claim his (newfound) precious stone. “It’s mine. ALL MINE! I’ll destroy you if you don’t move you ugly little crustacean!” Yadoku shouted at the Krabby and began tossing large piles at the Pokemon specifically. “YOU CAN’T HIT WORTH CRAP ANYWAYS. I’ve been here how long, and I’m just FINE!” Yadoku continued with somewhat of an ego built up inside of him. Zaiden wasn’t so sure what to make of the praise or the nickname. It felt nice but off, like turning on a stove burner before you even knew that you were going to cook yourself a meal. Instead of replying to the praise directly, Zaiden turned his attention to the small electric bug that battled alongside his Pokemon. “She’s strong.” He commented solemnly and simply, adding no more or less than what was needed to make the statement. “You must have worked hard.” He noted, assured that the Joltik was only growing stronger thanks to Shinya’s diligence in ensuring that she battled with the best of them and never gave up when the going got tough. OOC: Yadoku uses Mud-Slap on Krabby. He's also trying to get the Krabby to focus on him. If battle ends please use my multiplier on Yadoku! Words: 611| Speech. Thoughts. | Pokedex Robin | Hebi | Yadoku | Yamori | Kamejima | Nobara | Zaiden Sprite by Redwerecat!

[Venominon]

Shinya wasn't the least bit intimidated by Yadoku's words or the look on his face, as he glared right back at the Poison/Fighting type and gained a look of annoyed displeasure himself. "Well, not sorry to disappoint ya, but Dwebble isn't worth much without the rock on its back! It's an all or nothin' deal with that Pokemon, and you're not gettin' a damn thing from me, frog! Except maybe a knuckle sandwich if ya keep lookin' at me like that! So, how 'bout it! Ya wanna go, chump?!" Shinya snapped right back at Zaiden's Croagunk, never one to just keep quiet and take abuse from others.

The Team Skull grunt then took a single deep breath to calm himself back down, causing his facial expression to soften as well. He then watched as Zaiden regained control over his Pokemon, giving him a different rock as a present. This caused Shinya to raise an eyebrow at the other trainer and his Toxic Mouth Pokemon, wondering what Yadoku's obsession with rocks was all about. But then, just like the last round, Shinya's attention was suddenly drawn towards the battle at hand, as he watched his own Pokemon take another tumble in the sand after being hit by another Water Gun attack from the wild Krabby. Joltik got right back up and glared at the River Crab Pokemon yet again, refusing to give up and disappoint her trainer a second time. "Tik! Jol! Tik! Jol!"

The Bug type trainer then watched with a grin upon his face, as Joltik and Yadoku struck back against their single opponent. Krabby may have been faster than them before, but between Joltik's electrified webs and Yadoku's mud in the Water type's eyes, it was clear to everyone except said Water type that they now had the upper hand. While it was true that Joltik was reeling after that last round, both she and Yadoku were faster than Krabby now. And given all the damage Krabby took from their respective attacks in the last round, Shinya knew right then and there that one more round would be all she wrote for the River Crab Pokemon. "Heck yeah! That's my girl! Excellent work, Joltik!" Shinya gave his Pokemon some praise, feeling like she deserved it, even if the battle wasn't quite over just yet.

But before he could call out his next move, Shinya heard the sound of Zaiden's voice and turned to face him yet again, losing his grin in the process. The Team Skull grunt still wasn't used to receiving praise from anyone outside of Team Skull, but still gave Zaiden and nod and spoke to him in a slightly more respectful tone of voice than usual. "I'm just doin' what I can with what I've got. But yeah. My Pokemon and I always give it our all. Like right now for example." Shinya turned back towards the battle after that, putting his game face back on, as he called for Joltik's next attack. "This is the end! Destroy that crab, Joltik! Electroweb!" Gathering what was left of her strength, Joltik ran towards her foe once more, then spun another electrically charged web and tossed it at the already tangled up Water type. "Joltik! Tik!...Jol!"

[Tarlar]

The day didn't look very bright for the krabby any longer, even with the sun shining and the waves gentle rolling up against the shore. You could only enjoy such things if a battle didn't require your full attention and krabby certainly couldn't afford being distracted just one bit.
The mud around its eyes was a problem and so was its hindered movement but it could deal with that, it would have preferred to have a partner but that hadn't lasted long. The hard shelled water type carefully ran a claw over its eye in an attempt to clean it, and then did the same with the other, taking advantage of all the time it could sneak in to get rid of these annoying hindrances.

Yadoku's shouting caught its attention and its eyes widened as the poison type came galloping at it, it crawled left and right a few times frantically. "I'm no rock! I'm not a rock!" It screamed and recoiled as the mud the croagunk threw at it hit spot on once again. As in slow motion it saw the croagunk came running and it raised its claw to point straight at him, then it released a gush of water which slammed into Yadoku's chest and sent him stumbling back.
Things turned back to normal speed and the krabby raised its claws to look bigger, only to be a perfect target to the electric web which it succumbed to. Only for a moment though, as it soon opened its eyes and watched the trainers and their pokemon closely, while laying motionless on the beach. Then it slowly crept to the water hopefully unnoticed and disappeared into the deep blue wonder.

Yadoku grows (3/2+3/2+1) +4 levels to [Lv 12]!
He can learn Flatter if he forgets another move!


Joltik grows (3/2+3/2) +3 levels to [Lv 9]!
She learns Bug Bite!

Shinya, please fill out the code below:
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[b]Dwebble[/b]
Name: [choose]
Gender: [choose]
Level: 15
OT: Shinya Stinger
Moves: Sand Attack, Withdraw, Smack Down, Bug Bite
Ability: Sturdy or Shell Armor
Nature/Personality: [choose]