A Growing Seed [Garden]

[Tarlar]

"WELL?!" Flit snorted and laughed mockingly, he rolled his eyes when the kricketune claimed you sometimes had to help without asking. "Do I look like I can't ask myself?" he asked dismissive, "don't you think there is a difference between someone who's gravely injured and unable to speak, and then someone like me whom you just decided you wanted to make deaf?"
The kricketune didn't fell for Flit's attempt to make it use the singing again, but Zubat was luckily still so close that he could dart around her, she turned half to the sound of his buzzing wings, and shoved her at the red bug.

"Wait! What?" Zubat protested confused as she was pushed forward and someone called her rude, and then bit her!
"I.. I'm... Leave me alone! I haven't done anything!" She protested and would chomp down on anything too close to her, which probably would be the kricketune since she had been forced to battle it.
"Oh? Oh?! Are you saying I just have to start being mean to you and then you'll shut your pie hole! That's a deal!" Flit exclaimed with a malious grin behind the bat.

~~~

Mydori eagerly flapped closer to learn the trick and her eyes widened, "I was certain I would be able to find you and that you were hiding in the grass, but I wasn't! Incredible! your leaves really look like the grass ones here," she said impressed and pondered if there was some way she could learn to see through that and find someone as well hidden as petilil had been.

It's changed tone of voice caught her off guard and she was instantly on high alert, what was going on? She studied the petilil for a moment and wondered why she sounded so serious about this, was she hiding something?
"So ask the humans?" She repeated, "Thank you, I'll see if they can help my friend, I'd love to play with you some more after my friend had gotten better," she paused and winked, "if I can find you!" With that farewell she darted off in the direction she had been pointed at, although warily because of the chance in the grass types mood when she had talked about it.

Wordcount: 373
(ooc: Zubat uses Poison Fang)

[Tiki]

"Maybe you need to be deaf a little bit so you can calm down. It sounds like any noise is distracting you since you can only speak negatively," The Kricketune tried again to manage this agitating and aggressive Cutiefly's mouthful of words. It wasn't sure why this small little bug had an ego of a Tyrannitar, it was so unfitting. The opponent bug type's body glowed a malicious red color again as the Zubat flew close, but it merely pushed it back a few feet before the flying Pokemon came biting it again. The poisonous teeth sank into the Kricketune as it yowled in pain, but the orange bug quickly shook it off again.

The Kricketune turned to the Zubat. "Are you friends with that little maniac bug? Maybe you can tell it to take some chill pills. It needs some zen." It pointed at the Cutiefly nearby the Zubat. It felt a little sick, could it from that Zubat's bite? It clutched its chest as it needed a moment to speak again.

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The Petilil waved goodbye at the Yanma, and she hoped it can find the help it was looking for. Now, who should she ask to play with next? She would have to see if she's tired or got something else to do if and when she saw the Yanma again!

Wild Encounter

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Weather: Clear

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Kricketune LV 19
HP 20% [13/64]

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Zubat LV 18
HP 91% [43/47]

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Kricketune [Swarm]: Poisoned
Zubat [Inner Focus]: Status, -1 special attack

SP35 Kricketune used Struggle Bug!
SP30 Zubat used Poison Fang! Kricketune is poisoned!
Kricketune is poisoned (-8 HP)


OOC:
SWSH dex until end of this battle
Tarlar done. sorry, got distracted by things

[Tarlar]

Flit snickered, "or you could just learn to be quiet and not pester your surroundings," he retorted, having a blast irritating the other and insulting it. The more the better, everyone was so full of themselves instead of paying attention to what really mattered: his wishes and urges and getting them fulfilled as fast as possible. It was even better that he could freely throw his insults at the other bug without having to worry about physical retaliations since the zubat was taking care of that part for him, unwillingly but that didn't bother him at all.

"Friends? With.. with what?" Zubat stammered confused, and fluttered about fearfully trying to get a sound picture of the pokemon around it. She found that the kricketune came uncomfortably close again and she lashed out in fear without really grasping what the red bug said to her. Things out here was too strange and too scary for her to relax and learn what they were all about.
"St-stay away from me!" she squeaked and Flit cackled behind her and only made it worse, this was his best idea yet.

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Without knowing it both Lei and Mydori was heading for the same place, and obviously the yanma was the fastest and soon she reached the house and zoomed around trying to find a human who could help her.
Lei grumbled all the way on her walk, why was the garden so big it took her this long to reach the house? And why where all her pokemon so stupid they didn't do as she ordered? A part of her asked why she hadn't just recalled the pokemon, but she didn't want to deal wtih them right now, besides she risked the pokemon they were battling turned on her if she didn't have any pokemon out to defend her.

Wordcount: 304
(ooc: Zubat uses Poison Fang. If the battle ends, I'd like to use my multiplier on Zubat)

[Tiki]

"That one!" The Kricketune pointed at the tiny Cutiefly, which was yellow and floating away from their battle area. Although, the bug type wasn't sure if the Zubat could see it. "That little annoying bug who sounded like it had an ego of a Pyroar. I don't see that one around here, so it had to be related to you!" It spoke bluntly again.

Then, the Kricketune used Struggle Bug to surprise the duo type, which was facing randomly, and it was hoping it would detect the Cutiefly in one of its angle. "You, fuzzy dust ball. I am talking to the Zubat." It stared and spoke rudely to the Cutiefly watching on the sidelines.

The confused and possibly shy Zubat fluttered around aimlessly and got close enough to the Kricketune, and she used this opportunity to bite hard on the Kricketune's body, and with the poison settling in, it was quickly unconsciousness now. The sickly Kricketune made a belching sound and then hurriedly disappeared to its nest for a restful recovery, not before giving Flit a warning. "Don't harass my friends in the garden and don't be rude to them!"

Zubat gained 3 levels for winning!
+1 level for bar! She is now Level 22!
She can learn Quick Guard, delete a move?
She can also evolve to Golbat, intervene?
+2 Happiness, now +8!


Flit gained 1 level for participation, now level 20!
+1 happiness, now +5!


Mydori +1 level from exp share! Now level 20!*

*Unless not used in this battle? IDR.

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Alex heard some zooming and buzzing through the window, but when he looked up from his book, the Yanma already blurred past his line of vision. Was he hallucinating and needed a break? Or was his bug type Pokemon wanted an early meal time or hangout? He wasn't sure. He stretched his shoulders and arms and then went back to his book.

OOC:
you technically hadn't knock the door yet so...
you can update these yourself

[Tarlar]

Zubat flapped around confused at the kricketune's words, she had no clue what it talked about as "that" could be anything now she couldn't see. She gasped and lashed out at the thin air, as she felt something hit her, only to bite down when the kricketune came too close. The red bug's last comments didn't make any sense to the bat either but she could hear it withdrew and left her alone, the quiet buzzing of the other bug which had sounded so mean also lowered as Flit flew away now the entertainment was over.
Zubat felt weird and frantically looked around to find a place to hide, she had become sick from this horrible place! She found what sounded like a very strange and thin cave, but a cave it was and she landed in front of it making sure it was empty before she crawled inside to hide.

Not long after she felt much better, and the cave had somehow became smaller as she could feel it occasionally touched her sides even though she laid very still. She felt something strange on her face, which wasn't warmth but it was moving. She opened her eyes and froze at the new input from a sense she had never know ever existed! Her mouth fell open as she stared at the strange small green things on the long thin brown things which surrounded her and made the walls of the strange "cave" she had heard, she quietly called out some of her special supersonic waves and now what she heard in return made sense, as this cave was full of holes and moved ever so slightly.
It took some time but she finally mustered enough courage to crawl forward and peek out, and stare at all the pretty colors which surrounded her, all the strange things she had heard, she could now see! If this was how beautiful the scary outdoor world looked, then how amazing wouldn't her cave be?!

As Lei reached the house, she saw that Mydori had already arrived. "So I have one pokemon who does as ordered," she said dryly to herself and recalled the yanma as she got closer. Now she had reached the house she didn't need the yanma's help anymore.
She walked to the door and knocked on it, hard and steadily. She didn't worry about not being welcomed.


(ooc: Zubat evolves and forgets Astonish for Quick guard. Mydori has the exp share to gain levels so she'll get that too. I'm swapping Mydori out for Hoothoot, who's getting the exp share to hold as well.)

[Tiki]

With her newly evolved anatomy, the Golbat was slowly taking in the colors and beauty of the world around her, as far as her eyes could see. A lone Spearow was walking on the ground, resting from flight as it continued to look for something to peck at. Its got a sharp beak and it wanted to test it on something! It tried trees and stone already in the Garden, and now it wanted to try it in a battle!

When the door knocked, Alex stopped his book reading and looked at the clock. He looked at how much time flew when he was busily occupied by his reading materials. He made his way to the front door and answered. Opening the door, he saw a tall woman with black hair, and he quickly greeted. Obviously, she wasn't delivery either, as she didn't dress like one. He wasn't expecting visitor, so who could it be?

"Hi," He said a simple reply, and wasn't sure if she was a sales person either, she could be a trainer or just a new neighbor or anyone really.

---

A (Level 14) Spearow need to peck something with its beak!

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[Tarlar]

Golbat looked around in wonder and took her time to smell the flowers and learning what the smells and sounds she had heard before came from, and how the stuff felt like. She felt quite overwhelmed but also rather enthralled, so she crawled around and touched things and investigated.
At some point she remembered she had wings and got delayed as she got distracted by the look of them and what she could see of her own body and colors, she found she was really pretty and colorful too! The sight from above was just as amazing and she was surprised to learn she couldn't see the air but feel it, and learned that things looked smaller too when at a great distance, just as things was not so loud.

Flit had been buzzing from flower to flower and was getting quite full, there were way too many flowers for him to taste all the nectars, even if he just did the tiniest sip. This must be heaven and he wanted to stay forever!
He narrowed his eyes when he spotted a deadly enemy of his: a bird! Other bugs he could live with as some of them actually took care of the flowers but a bird was useless, in the way and had dumb ideas about eating him.
"Get lost! you are not welcome here!" He shouted as he zoomed at it and released a pink wind to simply blow it away and get rid of it.

Golbat paused surprised when she could suddenly see some wind and she followed it to its start, much to her own regret, she wrinkled her nose and turned to fly away only to find the cutiefly using her as a living shield a moment later.

~~~

Lei studied the house as she got closer, unless it was a modern castle with all accessories you could dream of, she would huff unimpressed as the owner clearly had only put their money in the garden.
When the door opened she beamed a smile and offered the man a handshake, "Hi! I'm looking for the owner of this amazing garden, would that be you?" She asked professionally, "I'd love to speak with the gardeners on how they keep it so well maintained."
Granted, it was a bit too wild, it could have been better trimmed and organized but she could just demand that for her own garden when she had convinced the gardeners to work for her instead of here.

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(ooc: Flit uses Fairy Wind and Golbat switches in)

[Tiki]

"Are you nuts? I literally live here! You're the one who's a guest here and talking like you're the Queen of Galar!" The Spearow growled angrily at the small little bug. "Where did you get the audacity to tell me to leave?!"

However, the little annoying pestilence ended up not facing the Spearow instead, as the Golbat now took its place and practically used the poison type as a barrier. The Spearow cawed at the sight of this. "Now, who are you and are you friends with that bug?" It flew forward and lightly slammed the Golbat with its side, like intentionally hitting someone with your shoulder on the side.

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"Oh! Yeah. I am one of the co-owners," Alex replied, trying to keep it not awkward. "Thanks for the compliment. Although, my gardeners had already left for the day. Maybe I can give you their phone numbers? Just tell them you know me." He paused, realizing they hadn't introduce to each other. "My name is Alex, Alex Burke. I am originally from Eterna City."

He wasn't sure if his response would be helpful to the woman who knocked on his door, but he would see how she respond.

Wild Encounter

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Weather: Clear

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Spearow LV 14
HP 41% [16/39]

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Golbat LV 22
HP 93% [66/71]

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Spearow [Keen Eye]: Status
Golbat [Inner Focus]: Status

SP44 Flit used Fairy Wind!
SP28 Spearow used Growl!

SP++ Golbat switched in!
SP28 Spearow used Assurance!


OOC:
I didn't plan to introduce my gardeners/ npc yet as they had yet to be added to the estate lol
also there's money used in textbook and Ethan's music things.

[Tarlar]

Flit scoffed, "not anymore, I claim these flowers as mine and you're unwelcome, get lost!" He didn't even want to lower himself low enough to correct the spearow that he wouldn't be a queen, he would be a king. If he wanted to of course, he didn't really as that was way too much work.
"Didn't you listen? I already told you, this is my patch now and you better leave before I get my strong pal to send you flying!" He threatened which of course didn't work but his plan worked perfectly and he handed over his little trouble to a very unwilling golbat.

"What? I'm not his friend," Golbat protested and glared at the smirking cutiefly. "Who are you who are asking?" She demanded back now that she could see her opponent and just by the look of her wings she could see she was bigger.
"Hey! Get off of me!" She snapped and literally chomped down her teeth to emphasize her words.
Flit grinned pleased of his own plan and turned his back so he was well away when the two was done with each other. He didn't want to risk the winner turning on him afterwards.

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"What a shame," Lei said just as cheerful as before, "but that would be wonderful! You see, I have a small garden myself and I could really use some tips and tricks on how to care for flowers. You don't think I will disturb them do you?" She asked and managed to sound a bit worried.
She looked surprised when Alex added his home region in his presentation, what use did she have of that knowledge?
"Oh silly me, I forgot to present myself! I'm Leilani Keoloha," she said with a beaming smile, anyone in alola knew that last name but she didn't think anyone outside did, yet.
"So have you been a part of the planning of the garden, or has your gardeners have completely free hands?" She asked and turned half to watch the garden dreamingly, before sighing lovingly. "Where did you find such great gardeners?" She asked and sent Alex a warm smile.

She could of course just have gotten the numbers of the workers and gotten the heck out of there, but having several employed to keep a garden like this blooming all the time, that couldn't be cheap. She needed to learn if Alex was a big shot around in this Region or perhaps Hoenn and if being his acquaints could be of any use of her.

Wordcount: 422
(ooc: Golbat uses Poison Fang. Didn't expect to meet and battle any gardeners, I thought that your characters were the ones making and keeping the gardens )

[Tiki]

"Nobody claims patches here, this is not how this works. The flowers are for everyone! The Spearow cawed, unsure how to make sure the Cutiefly understand its words. The Golbat in the way wasn't helping with the situation either.

"I am a Spearow who lives here. You and that annoying little bug are new faces around here, so obviously I have to ask!" It squawked one last time before being chomped by the Golbat's poisonous fang, which was powerful enough to make the feathered Pokemon yelped in pain. It flew away quickly when it was freed, as it now needed to recover from being struck by these teeth.

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"Oh.. Hi Lei!" Alex greeted back before continued the rest of his replies. "Are you looking for a certain garden pattern or certain colors? Of course it will depends on the weather of where you live. And I plan the garden myself with some inputs from them based on their experience. After all, I am a trainer too and I'm also working on a goal myself." He didn't feel the need to tell her he's trying to be a doctor. "I can't be in the house watering 24/7."

"Lemme give you their business card, one moment." He then went toward a book shelf and laid down a few books on flowers, gardening tips, trees, and flip through them trying to find a business card before handing one to the other trainer.

"I try to use the tree's shade to keep other parts of the garden cool. It'll save on headache from the plants drying out too soon!" He smiled as he spoke the first tips.

---

Golbat gained 1 level and is now Level 23 from winning!
+2 happiness, now +10!


Hoothoot exp share'd and is now level 8!


Flit gained 1 level from participation and is now Level 21!
+1 happiness, now +6!

OOC:
Um, no. They're trainers who are also working on their side jobs

[Tarlar]

"New times has arrived!" Flit declared. Stupid bird, whoever was the strongest, or the smartest set the rules. If Flit thought something was best for him, then he'd make it so, no matter what affect it had on others. They either had to force him to stop or leave and let him have what he wanted in peace.
Flit understood the words perfectly fine, he simply just disagreed with it.

Golbat looked uncomfortable at the spearow, she was getting overwhelmed again with it all and needed time to process it.
"I'm.. I'm Zubat," she said hesitantly and then with more determination, "and I'm not friends with the bug." It got too close and she lashed out at it, "leave me alone! I haven't done you anything!"
The bird retrieved and Golbat sighed relieved, she looked around and realize the bug had left as well which was a pleasant surprise. She continued her investigation of this magnificent place, and kept high up to avoid getting into trouble.

---

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She certainly had hit the right mark with her praise of the garden and questions to it, Alex became really talkative and helpful. She looked thoughtful, "I'd live something flashy, but modern. You know, something that is well kept and nice to look at when I want to relax, but can also impress my visitors," she explained, clearly having no clue about what she was talking about. Good luck to the gardener having to try figure out what modern and flashy was in Lei's eyes. She waved her hand dismissively, "I don't know about what can grow at my hourse, that's why I need a gardener. I'm too busy to do it myself."
The woman looked curiously at Alex when he mentioned his goal, "a goal you say, and being a trainer," she teased with a grin, "it isn't hard to guess that one, aiming to be Champion is a lot of hard work and takes a lot of time, and there are a lot of people in the competition of that job."
Lei herself had dreamed about being a champion as a kid, wanting the fame that Leon got but she dropped it quickly when she learned how much work it needed to come true. She was fine with the dreaming.

Lei smiled when Alex said he wanted to get her his business card and thought to herself she should have had one too. The only card she had gotten made was back when she was teenager and she wanted something to hand out to seem important, if they still existed they were back home, and the number was to her parents secretary so it wouldn't work.
As she waited a golbat came flying and hovered high above to watch the house and the human, "is that one of yours?" She called into Alex and raised her pokedex to scan it, and then her mouth fell open when it suddenly got engulfed in a white bright light and evolved.
"Woah, someone is lucky!" she exclaimed and did a double take on her pokedex, and all that information it gave her. She narrowed her eyes and looked between the pokedex and the now crobat who seemed confused and was about to fly away again. She raised her zubat's pokeball and as the bat disappeared into it a broad smile spread on her face, "and that turned out to be me! How effective!"

The trainer pocketed the pokeball and found another to let out a budew. "You must fit right in here, go out and play or whatever you want to do," she said eagerly, hoping it too would evolve and come back stronger in this magic garden. She really needed one of her own now, that would make training so much easier!

Lei turned her attention back to Alex who was saying something about shade. "So trees are good, gotcha," she said and found the suggestion silly. Of course she wanted trees, well kept and trimmed ones placed int the right places, but that was the work of a gardener, not her.

Wordcount: 678
(ooc: Golbat has reached 10 happiness so she evolves to Crobat. She forgets Supersonic to learn Cross Poison. Exchanging her with Budew who is given the soothe bell, self updated all)

[Tiki]

As Flit continued on to not give a hoothoot about the world around him, another Kricketune was slowly playing music once again. Putting an arm on its belly, the bug type played a soft melody, unaware of Flit's encounter with the previous one. This one's tune and rhythm wasn't too bad, but it was likely that no music would be great for Flit except for the ones it played itself.

---

A (Level 11) Kricketune appeared!

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"Hmm..." Alex pondered, then pulled out a small book about plant layout for houses. "The gardening company gave me this book as a reference, but you could take a look and then talk with them to see if they're what you're looking for. They're really patient with questions."

He then let out a nervous chuckle about his goal. "Oh no... I am actually trying to be a doctor, for humans. If you can't tell by now with some randomly scattered books about injuries treatments." When he found the business card of the gardener company-- he didn't have one himself as there's no need yet-- he handed it to Lei. "Whenever you're free, you could call this number and pick a date, and they'll survey your house as well as look into what plant style might fit you as well as the amount of sun, soil health, and more."

When the Golbat then Crobat came flying, before he could answer, the house guest realized it was one of her Pokemon. "Heh. That one certainly wasn't mine. Glad your Pokemon found out you're hiding in my house now." He replied shyly, although he was wondering if it was sheer luck, or the Crobat can see through the windows now, or its echolocation. One of these things.

"Trees could help you provide shade for the house too if you plant it right. But for smaller plants, they could help weather the occasional storms." He added.

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[Tarlar]

Flit couldn't play any music, which might be the reason he didn't like it when others did. Mostly he was annoyed that things happened around him, which he hadn't ordered, he wanted to control things around here for some reason, wanted to claim all the flowers to himself and make sure everyone knew he was in charge.
It was not Flit who found the kricketune first, it was Budew. She had sniffed the flowers and was now following the nice sounds, she stepped out from the flowers and over to the bug. "It sounds nice, just playing for yourself?" She asked curiously.

Flit rushed through the greens and narrowed his eyes when he spotted the two. He dived and slammed first into Budew, sending her flying screamingly into the bushes, "ow ow ow!". Then he spun around and and attempted to do the same with the kricketune.
"I said no playing! It sounds horrible!" He hissed at the bug.

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Lei looked at the book resigned, "don't they have a website?" She called, she hadn't followed him into the house, but was waiting for him to return on the porch. Books were so old schooled, besides she didn't needed to know what the plants needed, that was what the gardeners was for. She didn't care if the tree was in the optimal soil or if the flower needed to be in the shade, it just needed to look nice and it was up to the gardeners to make sure it was so.

Had Lei known Alex hadn't wanted to share his goal, she would have been surprised he did so anyway, or thought he had mentioned it because he wanted her to ask. Now she didn't so it sounded natural for her that he told her.
"A human doctor huh? Going after earning the big bucks then," she teased, "it must be really tough work, especially if you are traveling as a trainer too, how do you manage to combine lectures, internship and traveling?" she asked genuinely curious, it sounded like soooooooo much work.
"I'd say it must be more interesting than being a Nurse for pokemon, that is only battle injuries they look at all the time," she commented.
She hadn't seen any books as while he did have a lot laying around, she was not at all interested in trying to see what they were about. She watched movies, preferable in a big home theater with homemade popcorn made by your buttler. Books were something you read because a teacher told you so, and she had happily been free from that for years with no intentions of going back to it.
"Perfect! Thank you," she said with a beaming smile as she accepted the card he handed her, now she just needed to figure out how much they cost.

"Not really, it was looking for me, and I'm not behind any windows," she grinned and gestured to the open area around her, "I didn't follow you in and hurry out before you, I just stayed out here to enjoy the view," she said with a wink.
She looked thoughtful at the trees surrounding the house, "if it gets as hot as home, then trees giving shade to the house is definitely a good idea. Otherwise it will be unbearable to be inside," she agreed.

The thirty year recently made homeowner narrowed her eyes as she tried to decide how good of a house Alex had, how much it had cost.
"Did you buy the plot with the house already there or is it one you have gotten build?" She asked and then noticed something blue which reflected light in the garden, "oh! You got a pond too!"

(ooc: by the very, very off chance that the battle ends, I'd like to use my bar on Flit)

EDIT: Tiki whoops, sorry. Flit uses Struggle bug, and the very, very little chance of a KO is critical hit but that's slim, just wanted to note it if it should happen. He's holding Silver Powder which boost bug type moves)

[Tiki]

"Oh, hello. Thanks! Yeah, I am playing for myself, you can listen too--" Kricketune began answering and cheerfully talking to the Budew, but the grass type was quickly knocked into the bushes by a Cuteifly. It just wanted to say "You can listen too if you would like!"

"And who are you? I was just chatting with a Budew who would like to listen to my music!" The Kricketune cried before slamming onto the Cutiefly with force. "This one is for kicking out my listener!"

Then, the fairy bug's body glowed bright as he launched a Struggle Bug against the Kricketune, but it wasn't planning to use special attack anyways. The musical bug tackled back, still angry at Flit. "Of course it sounds horrible! I need to practice to get better! Have you heard of the phrase 'Practice makes perfect'?"

Wild Encounter

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Weather: Clear

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Kricketune LV 11
HP 20% [8/41]

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Flit LV 21
HP 81% [44/54]

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Kricketune [Swarm]: Status, -1 Special Attack
Flit [Honey Gather]: Status, Holding Silver Powder

SP++ Budew lead but switched with Flit!
SP22 Kricketune used Tackle!

SP46 Flit used Struggle Bug!
SP22 Kricketune used Tackle!

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"Yeah, they have a website, look at the back." Alex replied, amused by Lei asking that question before fully looking at the card. "I don't think they chose the best font color against the background, but it's there." He added, smiling at his own little humor.

When it came to his aspiring occupation, he nervously replied, as he didn't know the answer to this fully either. "I kind of go back and forth. I am self studying now to try to prepare for the entrance exam. If I get bored, then I'll take a ride and return to where I was travelling at. In the mean time, I am learning about first aid for human injuries from Pokemon, as those could be applied to my travel as well, so it isn't too hard." He replied, wondering if he was prepared and up for the harder treatments for human ailments that didn't even involve a Pokemon causing it! "Sometimes I pick up side jobs that might be related to my goal too, and it helps to supplement some income like buying food for my Pokemon or more books or the gardeners."

"I bought the plot with the house. I live with a roommate I met in my travel, so it's more affordable overall." He replied to Lei's question, as building a new house completely would definitely be outside of his budget even if he pick up side jobs.

"The pond is nice to relax sometimes. There's some playful Pokemon around there, but they usually shy away from my grass type, except the Lotads." He added, smiling as he looked at the direction of the pond.

ooc:
no crit sorry

[Tarlar]

Flit huffed and rolled his eyes, "you'll need to practice for a hundred years to just get to a point where its not making everyone around you deaf! And you don't look like you have that much time," he taunted, enjoying see the other being angry, even though this one wasn't as proud over its music skills as the other one.
"Who I am? I am the new owner of this place, what I say is the law so you better get used to it," Flit claimed loudly, he had beaten every other pokemon he had met after all, so who should stop him. "And I say that you should be quiet and practice somewhere else!" He buzzed at it again, trying to chase it off.

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Lei glanced at the card without much interest before she pocketed it. She would look at it when she had the time, and the money, to get the garden made properly.

"That sounds like tough work," the woman said and did nothing to hide that she was impressed. She looked around at his garden again, and the house, before she beamed him a warm smile. He had his own place, a bit tacky perhaps but he had a wonderful, a bit unkept garden, and was both studying to be a doctor and training pokemon, no man could do all that by himself, no one would work so hard, she was sure of it. He had to have plenty of helpers to be able to spread his focus so widely, he had already admitted he had paid gardeners, which meant he had money, if he wasn't somebody already, he could very easily become one when he became more well known. And Lei needed connections.
Her smile froze a bit when he talked about sidejobs, but surely that was more just for fun, or to sound humble. Odd jobs wouldn't be able to pay the gardeners, or his education, but perhaps he only had enough for that and had to earn a bit extra for his pokemon and traveling.
She chose to ignore it, and almost ignored the part about a roommate until she realized that roommate might be the one paying for the party.

"Sounds like a great idea, who is he?" Perhaps he was a big kanon and someone she needed to know, "how does the agreement between you work?" she added conversional, and gestured towards the lake, "perhaps you have time to show me around?"
A moment later Budew came stumbling back, and Lei wrinkled her nose a moment, disappointed she hadn't evolved like the others. She recalled the grass type and looked around for where her other pokemon might have disappeared to.


(ooc: didn't expect there to be any Flit uses Struggle Bug, if the battle ends now, I'd like to use my bar on Flit please ^^ and then I'd like to try do some fishing.)