Rock Pool: Shinya's Binacle Encounter #2

[Caramell 🍬]

Wild Binacle [Level 10]
Encountered here
^{Clear weather is in effect.}

[Venominon]

Admittedly, Shinya was a little surprised by how many wild Pokemon managed to get away from him, looking dumbfounded as he watched them run away to a new hiding place. "Jeez. Ya wouldn't think such sedentary Pokemon would be so fast." The Bug type trainer said to himself, as most of the Pokemon that lived in the rock pool tended to remain inactive for fairly long periods of time. Especially Shellder, which didn't even have any legs. "Jol. Jol." Joltik nodded in agreement with her trainer, watching any and all Pokemon they turned up disappear in mere seconds. However, Shellder wasn't the only Pokemon in the rock pool without any legs to speak off.

Even with so many other trainers and Pokemon battling all around the pool of rocks and water, Shinya was still able to pick up on the sounds of rocks being thrown into the shallow water. As soon as he did, he immediately turned his gaze, watching several more rocks hit the water. The Team Skull grunt then turned again, following the path that the rocks had been thrown from, and grinning as soon as he discovered the cause of the splashes. "Well, well, well. What do we have here? A Pokemon with two heads, but only half a brain." The Alolan trainer chuckled at his own joke, referring to the fact that Binacle's attempted distraction was exactly what lead Shinya to notice it in the first place.

Shinya then watched as the Two-Handed Pokemon tried to escape, but naturally, it didn't get very far without any legs. Shinya also listened to what the two heads had to say, then slowly shook his head at them. "I don't think so. Joltik, go stop 'em." With that one command, Joltik quickly crawled down her trainer's body, scurried over to the Rock/Water type, then blocked its path, glaring at it and making some electricity surge from her body as a warning. "Tik! Jol! Joltik!" And while Joltik had both heads distracted, Shinya grabbed another Net Ball from his bag and get ready to throw it, aiming right for the left head. "Frankly, I wish I could hit both of ya at the same time, but I guess this'll have to do!" The Alolan trainer tossed the Net Ball at the wild Binacle, hitting the left head right in the back, and causing the entire Pokemon to get sucked inside the multi-colored orb.

[Caramell 🍬]

Binacle stopped dead in its tracks when Shinya spoke about its mental capabilities. The two Pokemon fought against each other, with one hand slapping the other repeatedly. They chatted and pointed, waving their hands wildly around. “That trainer just insulted us!” One of the hands shouted at the other one. It fell on the ground and began feeling around until its fingers ran over the surface of a jagged rock and it carefully scooped the stone up inside of its grasp. “We Nee’th To Tee’th thi’th traine’ a lesso’!” It declare bravely while holding the sharp rock in its mouth. The Binacle would turned stubbornly in Shinya’s direction and wave the stone around as if sending him a clear and precise warning.

The other hand wasn’t so sure. It skittishly glanced from its rockmate to the human trainer. Something about Shinya seemed…scary. Like trying to hop in a sauna for the first time in the middle of a heat wave. “He looks…tough.” It trembled. It buckled under the pressure, bunching its hand-shaped head down close to the large granite it lived on, and curled into a tight ball. There was simply no way that it was built for this level of confrontation. When the Joltik appeared before them as their opponent, the second head would slowly lift itself up with a curious look. “Tell your human to leave us be, little one. We only want to run away in peace!” The skittish head swore.

“Speak for yourself!” The aggressive head spat the sharp rock in Shinya direction, though its speed and trajectory would be way off to hit anything at all. The Net ball flew after the two hands and gobbled them up inside with a bright red blast of light. As soon as the ball clicked shut the thick black webbing around the top of its dome seemed to wrap the ball up tightly. It bounced around on the ground, rocking and rolling across the granite and marble stones that decorated the poolside. Eventually, the Net Ball would stop moving with a successive ding, promising that Shinya had managed to snag the Pokemon easily – despite the two hands arguing to the contrary.

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Joltik gained 3 levels.
Joltik increased to Level 12!
Joltik is trying to learn String Shot!
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[img src="https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/bw/binacle.png"] [img src="https://www.serebii.net/itemdex/sprites/netball.png"]
[b]Binacle[/b]
Name: [choose]
Gender: [choose]
Level: 10
OT: Shinya Stinger
Moves: Scratch, Mud-Slap, Withdraw, Water gun
Ability: Tough Claws or Sniper
Nature/Personality: [choose]

-1 Net Ball deducted from inventory. Pokemon placed in PC.