Enchanted Orchard: Mishu's Hoothoot Encounter

[Avalon]

A wild Hoothoot (Level 15) has appeared!
Encountered here
Weather Conditions: Fog (-10% ACC)

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MISHU MIZUMA
Dark Type Trainer •
Education / Science

Mishu reached up and gripped Yosei gently on his sides. She was so surprised by his sudden jump up onto his shoulders that she initially stumbled a bit on her feet. Though she caught herself easily, they both swayed around as the blue-haired trainer managed to regain control of her senses. “Yosei, what are you doing?!” Mishu laughed, shaking her head. Akira’s chattering caught her attention next, where the thirty-year-old educator would spin around and spy her newly evolved rat hissing at the pink demon threateningly with stiff, bristled fur. “I’ve warned you about messing with Akira plenty of times by now. You two need to work this out yourselves.” She laughed, plucking the tiny imp off her shoulders, and gently placed him back in the tall grasses of the surrounding forest.

Yosei jumped nearly a full foot in the air, spun around, and darted off through the undergrowth. His trainer was feeding him to the wolves! The furry dark grey mouth zipped through the tall grasses in hot pursuit, snapping her long teeth in the air with every step. The tall grasses buckled and swayed from the effort and weight of the chase, until the surrounding fog swallowed it whole and the two seemingly disappeared into the distance. I need to create some kind of mental routine to keep him busy… Mishu hummed thoughtfully to herself. She would then turn to the nearby trees and surrounding foliage to survey them carefully but found nothing out of the ordinary.

Most of the trees were fine. Some had small carvings or scratches from wild Pokemon where they either dug into the bark to try and pull out the grub that might hide inside of the rough oaks, or from where wild Pokemon climbed up their long trunks towards the tops of the trees above. She tilted her head as far back as she could, following the trails that scoured their massive sides towards their canopies, though the dense fog would wipe away anything that wasn’t visible within the first couple of feet closest to her. “Odd…nothing out of the ordinary here…maybe I’m looking in the wrong place?” Mishu asked herself aloud, tapping her chin thoughtfully as she pondered her own question. When the long branches buckled and swayed above her head, Mishu blinked profusely and backed up in surprise.

The strange glowing red eyes were surreal and caused her to reflexively reach for the ball she’d been holding in her hands. Whatever it was that hid itself up in the canopies above seemed otherworldly with the thick water vapors that clung to the air. Was it a small creature or part of the strange mass of dark grey silhouettes that all converged into one giant beast high above her? When she clicked the button on the small Pokeball and tossed it, the strange black and white bear would appear in the blink of an eye, pumping her arms in the air with a large smile plastered across her face. “Come and face me like a true warrior, if you’re Pokemon enough!” Kumaneko called up to the Hoothoot whose appearance was partially obfuscated by the dense fog. “I promise not to hold back!” She laughed with a wide, overconfident smirk. Should the bird listen to her retorts and come close enough for her, Kumaneko would try her best to leap after the wild avian so that she could try to grab its feet. She would then attempt to spin it around in a wide circle and toss it off as far as she could manage to throw it.

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WORD COUNT: 602 words
OOC: Sending out Kumaneko and using Circle Throw x2.

^{Mishu | Ziggy | Wanigara | Akira | Yōsei | Reukurotta | Kumaneko}

[Avalon]

The Hoothoot locked down from above at the creature that appeared to challenge it. It twisted its head around, staring down at the strange little panda bear that seemed to want a fight. "Who? Who?!" it shrieked down, its eyes glowing faintly red at the warrior. Kumaneko would begin to feel like it was being assaulted in its mind, as if something was trying to twist its very reality around it. Unfortunately, something was off; the fog may have made its psychic assault miss the mark or maybe Kumaneko was too focused on the battle at hand. Curious, the Hoothoot fluttered down from its tree branch to more closely observe its opponent and why the psychic attack had failed.

Unfortunately, in doing so, Kumaneko was able to reach out and grab the Hoothoot by the feathers, twirling it around in a circle before chucking the owl straight into the air. The Hoothoot's round body slammed into a tree branch, the sound of bone and muscle against hard wood echoing through the woods with a sickening level of noise. Hoothoot fell back down, catching itself with its wings in the air and returning to a hovering state where its eyes began to glow once again. This time, Kumaneko was not able to resist the psychic assault, feeling the weight of the world around it twist and become foreign. It was enough to hurt the creature's little panda brain.

In retaliation, Kumaneko repeated its previous action. It would leap up and grab the owl, resuming its spinning and once again throwing the Hoothoot in a random direction. This time the Hoothoot did not seem to slam into anything, breaking through the bramble and brush as it sailed through the horizon. The fog seemed to thicken, the layer of water vapor blocking the Hoothoot's travel as it sailed through the air and into the dark of the forest. For a moment, everything might have paused for them; the Hoothoot didn't return, either due to it fainting upon impact or because it had opted to flee after being thrown like a ragdoll twice in a row. But Kumaneko could now stand victorious and puff out his chest a little if he so desired, having bested a slightly confusing bird.

SP24 Hoothoot used Confusion! It missed!
SP20 Kumaneko used Circle Throw! It was a critical hit!

SP24 Hoothoot used Confusion!
SP20 Kumaneko used Circle Throw! Hoothoot fainted!

Kumaneko yeeted a Hoothoot into orbit and gained +3 levels! Kumaneko is now Level 16
Kumaneko is trying to learn Low Sweep! Delete a move to make room for Low Sweep?