A Shocking Debut! Rock On, Team Toxic! [F]

[Pixel]

"Believe you can defeat me? No. I do not. I believe I will be victorious and this soul will be mine to devour." The girl remained trapped and vulnerable, unable to escape its influence. The ghost cackled with malicious delight. Venom couldn't reach the girl to rescue her from her fate of becoming one of the many tortured souls that composed that dastardly creature. Not yet. Wherever the ghoul was keeping her (likely close), she was at risk of being seriously harmed if Venom lost this fight, because who else in this tunnel was feasibly strong enough to stop it from mayhem and destruction?

He had to keep fighting!

Croagunk was up next with a chilling punch that carved another chunk of health from the spiritomb. Its form looked more jagged and wispy at the edges. It refused to show its strain, but progress was being made. Perhaps one more good hit and this chaos would be over. However, it was taking down Venom's crew in one hit, just one after another. Croagunk was no exception.

The spirit cackled.

"You have six on your side. I have over one hundred. Hahaha! And we. will. be. victorious!"


Wild Encounter

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Weather: 'Sealed Curse'

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Spiritomb  LV 35
HP 14% [12/90]

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Croagunk  LV 30
HP 0% [0/97]

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Spiritomb [Pressure] Healthy; +2 SP ATK
Croagunk [Anticipation] Fainted

SP44 Croagunk used ice punch Crit? ItN3PNXqp_1-16 Strength? p_1-16 Freeze? (10%) p_1-100
SP40 Spiritomb uses hex Crit? p_1-16 Strength? p_1-16
Croagunk is knocked out! [-1 happiness]

Please choose your next pokemon

Party: Seviper [50%], Toxtricity [0%], Grimer [0%], Skorupi [0%], Croagunk [0%]

1-16·1-16·1-100·1-16·1-16

[Venominon]

No matter how dire the situation became, Roxie never left Venom's mind for even a second. He may not have been able to see her at this particular moment, but he knew she'd be okay if he won this battle. Of course, that was easier said than done, as even Croagunk fell to the immense power of the evil spirit. Team Toxic was in a very bad way. All that remained of Venom's poisonous team was Seviper and Koffing, and Seviper only had half of her HP after being revived. Not that it would've made much of a difference if she had all of her HP anyway, since this Spiritomb was taking everyone down in one hit each and all. And so, Venom called Croagunk back to his Pokeball, then exchanged it for a new one yet again.

However, as desperate as things appeared, Venom's snake-eyed glare didn't fade, as he continued to show no fear and glare right at the Forbidden Pokemon. "You really believe that, don't you? I'll admit, you are very powerful. But honestly, I feel that I really should thank you at least once. You've shown me the limitations of my team, and that we still have a long way to go until our dream is realized." As frustrated as the ninja was with this situation, he once again called to mind the teachings of his master and father, Koga. In this case, "There are no lessons in victory, but a thousand in defeat". That being said, despite all the loses he and his Pokemon have suffered up to this point in this battle, Venom still had absolutely no plans to lose and let this evil entity do as it pleased.

"Also, I believe you've forgotten one very important thing, evil spirit! You've already lost once before! Otherwise, you wouldn't have been sealed away here at all! But don't worry! I won't seal you away again! Rather, we're sending you to the next world where you belong! Now, let's finish what we started, Seviper! You're up again!" After making his declaration to Spiritomb, Venom tossed a familiar Great Ball up into the air, sending Team Toxic's Fang Snake Pokemon back out onto the field of battle. Having already bested Spiritomb's two top henchmen in battle, as well as being revived, Seviper was feeling plenty of fatigue, but just like her trainer, she refused to stay down and admit defeat.

"...Your Golurk tried to blow me up...but it seems that big oaf failed miserably...So, tell me, you hopelessly ugly failure of a leader...are you prepared to die for a third time?" Seviper asked the Dark/Ghost type a rhetorical question in between her pants of exhaustion, maintaining the exact same snake-eyed glare as her trainer had. But of course, neither serpentine trainer nor serpentine Pokemon would give Spiritomb the chance to answer. "I know you're tired, Seviper, but you're the only one left that can do this! You defeated the first two evil spirits! Now, let's defeat the last one! Once it goes down, the rest of these evil spirits should disappear along with it! Seems it didn't care for Croagunk's Ice Punch, so let's turn up the heat with a Flamethrower!" Venom shouted out Seviper's orders, and Seviper took a big, deep breath, using the remainder of her strength to unleash a torrent of flames right in Spiritomb's direction.

[Pixel]

Those flames were like a purging light.

The spiritomb shrieked and hissed and began to curse Venom in every language it knew. The spirits that made its malevolent form began to each scream and swear in unison, the noise deafening. Then, the ghost appeared to shrink back into its keystone...before surging forth, lunging right for Venom. Ghostly tendrils tried to clamp down onto him like spikes, as if this ghost was using the last of its strength to drag Venom to the pits of hell with it. But before it could grasp hold of this soul...

A figure appeared, swift and chanting something in an ancient tongue. 

"No. NO! NOT AGAIN!" the spiritomb wailed, its attention whipping to the newcomer that hurried to stand between it and its prey. There, hands folding in ritualistic prayer, was Morty, ghost-type specialist and gym leader. Behind him was a drifloon (likely what he used to carry him here so swiftly) that grabbed onto Venom with its long tendrils to tug him away from the action. Just a few steps. Just far enough away that Morty didn't risk hurting Venom while finishing the ritual that his ancestors created generations ago to seal this very monster. 

The weakened spiritomb thrashed but couldn't come any closer to the man, guarded as he was by special charms and amulets, and suddenly, the very air seemed to stir from Morty's 'spell'. He said a word of power and the ghost was forced back into the keystone and as soon as it retreated, he lunged forward to slap a sutra over it. Then another. He wrapped it in cords and bells and other things. And when it was all over, his shoulders dropped and he slumped forward a little, brow soaked in sweat. When the spiritomb was sealed away, a small figure was cast from its purple form, dropped to the ground, pale but not lifeless. Morty swallowed hard and moved towards the girl, gingerly picking her up and brushing some dirt and chips of stone from her hair. She had gone through so much today.

It was only then that he turned towards Venom, addressing him for the first time since arriving, "Pardon my late arrival. I was notified of this cursed being's escape from an artifact in my family's temple. I came as quickly as I was able. My thanks, sir, for distracting that creature for as long as you did. It is because of you that I was able to seal it again before it could cause more destruction or harm this girl further." He straightened up. "There is much to handle here. But it can wait for this girl to be returned to her family. If you would like, I can return her to the surface..." Morty left it open that Venom could carry the little girl away from this place himself if he would prefer. "Regardless...here. A small token of my thanks, trainer."

He extended a small disc to Venom, cradling the girl in one arm against his shoulder.

It was a TM. For curse ironically enough.

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Gym Leader Morty arrives to clean up this mess

He gives Venom TM295: Curse for his assistance 

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(35*50=1750)

Seviper gained +1750 exp

3711/2611

Seviper grew to LV 30

1100/2791

+1 happiness

[Venominon]

As the poisonous pair watched Seviper's flames burn away the last of Spiritomb's life force, the Fang Snake Pokemon coiled her tail around her head a few times, attempting to block out all the shrieks and swears. "...My word...And just when I thought this brute couldn't get any more uncouth...Honestly now...just accept your defeat with dignity and grace." In a tone of displeasure, Seviper offered the Forbidden Pokemon one last piece of advice, not that it really made much of a difference at this point. Meanwhile, Venom never once flinched in the face of all these piercing shrieks, continuing to glare at his ghostly adversary and show absolutely no fear whatsoever. Even when Spiritomb attempted to drag him over to the other side, the ninja stood firm, able to sense that help was mere moments away.

Still, even though he could sense that someone was coming, Venom did not expect to see Morty, the gym leader of Ecruteak City, of all people. Yes, as a Ghost type specialist, Morty was highly qualified to deal with situations such as these, but to leave his gym and his city and come all the way over to Goldenrod City so quickly. Venom was both surprised and impressed. Of course, with a Pokemon like a Drifloon by his side, it shouldn't have been that surprising. And before the Balloon Pokemon pulled him away, Venom quickly called Seviper back to her Great Ball for some rest, thanking her for all she had done during this bout with the other side. The Poison type trainer was then free to just sit back and watch, as Morty banished the evil spirit from this world, sealing it away once again and saving the young girl known as Roxie from a grim fate.

Then, when Morty addressed and approached Venom, he responded with a bow of gratitude, followed by some words of his own. "You have my thanks as well, Morty. My name is Venom, leader of Team Toxic, and I'm just glad that my Pokemon and I were able to help." It may not have been a pretty win, but Venom would take it. Honestly, he was just happy to see that Roxie was safe and sound, smiling at her, as his snake eyes returned to normal. "As much as I'd love to see her off myself, my Pokemon and I still have our gym battle with Whitney to think about. As a gym leader, I know that I can trust you to make sure that Roxie is safely reunited with her family, Morty. So, I'll leave her in your care."

It was a little sad that Venom wouldn't get to give the young girl a proper goodbye, but as long as she was happy and safe, that was more than enough for the purple haired Kantonian. Then, much to his surprise, he watched as Morty offered him a reward, accepting it to him and finding it to be very ironic, but still nice. "Thank you, Morty. If Roxie wakes up before you leave her, please let her know that Team Toxic is glad that she's okay. And as for you, I'll see you at your gym one day soon. Count on it. Farewell." With a smile and one more bow, Venom turned around, walking off, leaving the chamber, and Morty behind, taking one last glance at the gym leader and the young girl as he did. Another crisis had been averted, and now, it was time for Team Toxic to resume their training.

But first, for obvious reasons, a lunch break was definitely in order. To thank them for all of their hard work in that last battle, Venom prepared a big feast for all of his precious Pokemon friends, all of them sitting down to eat in an empty expanse of tunnel with happy faces all around. Everyone made sure to give plenty of praise to Seviper during their meal, since she was definitely the MVP of said battle, and she relished every single moment of being in the spotlight. Once everyone was full, recovered, and in higher spirits, it was time to seek out wild Pokemon and trainers to battle against once again. To do this, Venom moved to an expanse of tunnels that he hadn't yet explored, and it wasn't long until the ninja found signs of wild Pokemon activity in the area. The sounds of squeaking and gnawing soon reached Venom's ears, and he was quick to investigate, following the sounds to their source.

Upon reaching said source, Venom hid in the shadows, surprised once more to discover a group of Alolan Ratattas, as well as a single Alolan Raticate in the middle of them all. From the looks of it, the colony of Dark/Normal types had gnawed right through the lock on a vending machine and were now eagerly munching down on the various snack foods within. Given the typing of these variants from Alola, Venom knew the perfect Pokemon for the job, grabbing a Pokeball from his bag, tossing it right into the middle of their rat feeding frenzy, and calling out some orders to the Pokemon within. "Time to bounce back, Croagunk! Come on out and use Drain Punch on that Raticate! Two if you have to!" The Pokeball burst open, and Croagunk headed straight for the big boss, grinning, clenching his fist, and filling it with pure power. "After that loss, this is gonna feel SOOOOOOOOO good!"

OOC: Running Shoes used. Two Drain Punches. Also, making use of the fact that this thread is now over five pages to initiate an encounter with an Alolan Raticate and its pack of Alolan Ratattas. Additionally, I'm also making use of my technician powers, removing the Assault Vest from Koffing and the Darkinium Z from Seviper, giving Seviper the Amulet Coin to hold once again and the Cleanse Tag to Skorupi to hold onto. As such, every single one of these rats should be level 24. Thanks a bunch.

[Tiki]

"Good job, Rico! You busted that lock!" One of the Raticate cheered at the victory over the vending machine's lock being broken. Then, it continued. "Kowalski, what do we have?"

"Hmm... These are excellent top tier selection here from our burger point rubbish dump. Solrock Chips, Famous Amphipom Chocolate Chips, Poppolio Tarts, Chespin-itz. Skip, these snacks would last us a whole week!" The second Raticate chirped excitedly, as it clicked its teeth doing the inventory of the snacks.

"Excellent report! Now you, Rico, can you get them all?" The charismatic leader of the Raticate spoke to another Raticate. The other Raticate was not talkative, but nodded as its grabby fists grabbed a decent amount of bags with each hands.

"Oh no! There's a human! And a Croagunk!" A Raticate cried out.

"Private, wha--?" The leader Raticate and Venom's eyes met, and then it kicked a nameless Raticate toward the Croagunk, which the poison type easily sent it away with Drain Punch.

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+1200 EXP to Croagunk, now 2359/2791
+1 happiness, now +15 (MAX)!

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OOC:
excuse my Madagascar Penguin references, literally first idea popped up. Nameless Raticates will be used to face Venom so our "main four" would be safe 1-42

[Venominon]

Needless to say, Venom found the banter going on between the group of Alolan Mouse Pokemon to be very strange, to say the least. Looking upon the Dark/Normal types with one eyebrow raised, the ninja began to wonder if these Raticate actually belonged to somebody. It was either that, or they had been abandoned by someone, or they had given themselves the nicknames that Venom had heard them call each other. Whatever the case, Croagunk was far too focused on the prospect of a good battle to notice anything else. Unfortunately, said battle turned out to be very short, with the Toxic Mouth Pokemon literally knocking out one of the Raticates with a single punch. Of course, this didn't really come as a surprise to Venom, given Alolan Raticate's overwhelming weakness to Fighting type moves.

"Not enough! Not nearly enough! C'mon, master! Let's keep this party goin'! There's still plenty of dirty rats around!" Still not satisfied with a single quick victory alone, Croagunk turned his attention towards the remaining Ratattas and Raticates, grinning and cracking his knuckles as he eagerly awaited his trainer's next command. Fortunately for the Poison/Fighting type, the sound of his voice was all it took to bring Venom back to reality, and he was more than happy to grant his Pokemon's wish right away. "Well, if you insist, Croagunk! Let's see another Drain Punch then! Go for it, pal!" That was all Croagunk needed to hear, filling his right fist with even more energy than before, then taking off running towards another of the wild Raticates that stood several feet away from him.

OOC: Same deal as before. Running Shoes used. Two Drain Punches. And using the radar to initiate another wild Alolan Raticate encounter. Thanks.

[Lamont]

The rat pack froze in their tracks for but a second after seeing how effortlessly the purple frog punched aside one of theirs. Sure, the poor sap had been taken by surprise but still!
"Rico! Double time. And you private," the leader pointed a scraggly claw at another of the unnamed troupe as it once again forcefully encouraged another of their rank to deter their unwanted company.


This one would start off looking to fair quite a bit better than the last who had only managed to get off a scary face. It managed to swoop in and bunt Croagunk. But still it barely seemed to make any sort of impression as another leeching fist would bash across the bulbous fluff body and send it tumbling off to the side of the tunnel in a daze.

The raticate leader squeaked indignantly as it began to sweat.
"Grab everything and go! Go go go go!"

There was a mad scramble at the machine as each rat panicked to try and grab anything they could. Even ones out of reach would try an push their way in just to try and be helpful haulers versus having to face the trainer. A few with bulging cheeks began to run away with their spoils.

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Croagunk gained +1200EXP and grew to Lv 31! (768/2977) Happiness already MAX
He's trying to learn Sucker Punch; forget an old move?

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OOC Note for yah! We just implemented a First in Party-esc rule with the change of including all Gen4⁺ out of battle effects from moves and abilities. You may wanna do a quick read on the conditions. Still honoring Cleanse Tag here regardless ;D

Active OoB Effect: Skorupi | Cleanse Tag1-42

[Venominon]

Having knocked two large rodents out cold, Croagunk was feeling much better after his defeat by the ghostly powers of Spiritomb, standing over the beaten Dark/Normal types and breathing in the power they provided. "Aaaaahhhhh...Much better. Thanks for this, master. I really needed it." The Toxic Mouth Pokemon said in a tone filled with satisfaction, glancing at his trainer and smirking, while his cheek pouches expanded and contracted with every breath he took. From there, both Croagunk and Venom watched as the remaining Alolan rats attempted to gather up as many snack foods as possible and make their escape. Seeing this, Croagunk smirked once again, already raising his fist for another quick confrontation. "So, how about it, master? One more for the road?"

In response to Croagunk's question, Venom gave it some thought for a solid minute, but ended up calling Croagunk back to his Pokeball instead of giving him the order to attack again. "Nah. Life here in the big city is hard enough and we've achieved our goal for now. Let's let them go, Croagunk. If they come back looking for revenge, we'll be ready for them." The ninja didn't sound worried one bit, continuing to watch the gaggle of Mouse Pokemon until they were out of sight. After facing down a trio of evil spirits bent on destroying the world, it would take a lot to frighten Venom at this point. Not that he was looking to be frightened or anything. Rather, he just tucked his hands into his pockets, turned in the direction of another expanse of tunnel, and ventured down it to see what it held for Team Toxic.

OOC: Dually noted. Thanks, Lamont. Also, I'm not gonna teach Croagunk Sucker Punch and I'm not gonna use the Pokeradar this time. I'm not feelin' very creative right now. So, ya know what, mods? Surprise me.

[Caramell 🍬]

The expanse carried a rather easy travel, seemingly left unscathed by all the ruckus that happened in the other parts of the tunnel. Many of the inhabitants gathered at small makeshift ‘stores’ where people had their wares positioned on foldable tables for sale. A quick glance was enough to ensure that most of these ‘goods’ were just useless old items from around their homes that they hoped to make a few bucks off instead of outright scrapping, such as a moldy purse with a designer name stitched on the front.

“You leave him alone!” A voice shouted from deep within the tunnel. “He didn’t do nothing to you! We just want to pass in peace, you big meanie!” It was a young voice, shaky in its resolution, and couldn’t have belonged to anyone who’d fully finished puberty. Venom would find that the trek he traveled lead him towards the strange voice, giving him the option of venturing to see what was going on or backtracking through the same path he’d already taken if he tried to avoid it.

A young child clung onto a stout dog who remained curled in a tight heap, seemingly knocked out from some previous scuffle. It was a long dachshund like canine, with rich brown hues and ears curled up like thick bread rolls baked together in a pan. Pressed its snout into the hands of a small boy no older than seven, whose outfit was a poorly put together ‘ninja-suit’ as though he made it himself. A label was attached to the front, even, that read, ‘Neenga’, on the front.

A long snake slithered close, the blade on the tip of its tail a deadly sign. The snake raised the tip of its tail high above the young boy and his dog with a devious grin. “I wasss ssstolen from my homessss by you humanssss!” It hissed loudly, swinging its tail to try and slice through the small child. Venom would only have seconds to act if he hoped to be the hero of the story. Alternatively, maybe he would just walk away and let the snake slice the child up to bits? “Nowsss you’ll all paysssss!” The long Seviper warned angrily.

A Young boy is being harassed!

A 'stolen' Seviper is angry and attacking him! Level 24. What will Venom do?
Notes: Seviper [Infilitrator]: Venoshock, Glare, Night Slash ^EM, Swagger. | Cannot be caught!

Mod Notes: Seviper cannot be caught. I just thought I'd break up the monotony and have a little fun. ^^ It's stolen, so feel free to just help the boy and dip (after battle) or try to convince Seviper you want to help and find it's 'home'!

[Venominon]

Although the crisis brought about by the evil Spiritomb and its followers had been averted, it looked as though the inhabitants of these underground tunnels were still having some trouble putting their lives back together. True, it had only been about an hour since Team Toxic defeated said evil spirit, but as Venom continued to venture through the tunnels, he couldn't help but feel quite underwhelmed with the progress people had made thus far. The people of Goldenrod City must've been truly desperate to resort to such things as attempting to sell off a bunch of old junk, to say the least. As such, Venom paid these people no mind, only glancing at their wears for a brief moment before walking past them completely. And he did so at an increased pace as well, mentally praying to Arceus for something, anything more interesting to happen very soon.

It seemed Arceus had answered his prayers, because somewhere up ahead of him, Venom heard the call of a young boy crying out for help. The ninja did wonder what such a young male could be doing down in a place like this without adult supervision, but he figured that all new trainers had to start their journeys somewhere. Even in unsavory locations such as the big city. But rather than dwell on the trials of growing up in such a place, Venom picked up his pace yet again, venturing towards the cries for help with plenty of speed. While he did pray for excitement, the trainer from Kanto still hoped that it wouldn't turn out to be another Ghost type Pokemon that was causing trouble. To be perfectly frank, Venom had had just about enough of Ghost types for a while.

Upon arriving on the scene, the first thing Venom noticed was the boy in question, as well as the Pokemon he clung so desperately to. The Poison type trainer was surprised, having never seen a Pokemon quite like this one before and figuring that it was probably another new Pokemon from the Paldea region. "Well now, how did a trainer in Goldenrod City come to possess a Pokemon like that one? What was it called again? Fidough, I think. Damn, I really do need to study up on all these new Paldean Pokemon next chance I get." Venom thought to himself, mentally cursing a little bit as he did, feeling rather ashamed of himself for failing to conduct proper research on all the new arrivals from Paldea. Hopefully he'd find the time to do so before coming into possession of a Paldean Poison type of his very own.

However, those thoughts immediately left his mind the moment Venom laid eyes upon the Pokemon that caused the younger male to cry out for aid. Gasping and going wide eyed with shock and awe, the purple-haired ninja could hardly believe what he was seeing. It was a real live shiny Seviper in the flesh. Unfortunately, as much as Venom would've loved to have gone into Poison type fanboy mode and admire the incredibly rare specimen, he didn't have nearly enough time to do so, seeing that said specimen was about to turn the young boy into lunch meat. And with a sweet bun on the side for dessert. As much as he hated going against the wishes and desires of Poison type Pokemon, Venom still didn't wish to see such a young trainer hacked to pieces. Not at all.

So, making use of his incredible ninja speed, Venom ran straight over to the scene, and quickly caught the shiny Seviper's sword-like tail in between his hands, catching it like he would a real sword. Then, after a brief moment of silence, Venom faced the shiny Seviper and addressed it. "It's easy to see that you're very angry and displeased, but I'm afraid I can't let you go this far. It would only give Poison types a bad name, and I refuse to let that happen." Venom spoke calmly and reasonably, pushing the shiny Seviper's tail away, letting it go, standing between it and the boy, and hoping to come to some sort of arrangement with the pure Poison type. "Now, you say that you were stolen from your home by humans, but what exactly do you mean by that? Please tell me and maybe I can help you. And if my word isn't enough for you, then take it from one of your own kind."

Having said that, Venom grabbed a familiar Great Ball from his belongings, tossing it up and sending out his own Fang Snake Pokemon to help him reason with the shiny one before him. Venom's Seviper then appeared in a flash of light, and just like her trainer, she gasped and went wide eyed as soon as he saw the other Seviper. "Oh my..." Once the shock and awe finally sunk in, Venom's Seviper slowly approached the shiny one, smiling at it and attempting to befriend it. "Well, hello there, darling. Do tell, how did such a lovely Seviper like yourself come to be in a horrid location such as this? And for that matter, what can I do to make it all better?" As she questioned the shiny Seviper, Venom's Seviper still kept her guard up, ready to fight back with a Flamethrower attack if, and only if, the need arose.

In the meantime, Venom decided to try gathering some answers from the other end of this conflict, turning and glancing down at the younger trainer and his sweet Pokemon. "You have nothing to fear anymore. My name is Venom, and I lead Team Toxic. We'll handle this situation from here, but first, maybe you can clue me in on something. This Seviper says that it was stolen from its home by humans. Do you happen to know anything about that, kid? Any information at all would be greatly appreciated." Since this younger trainer likely couldn't understand Pokemon speech the way Venom could, the ninja informed the younger trainer about what the shiny Seviper had said, then waited patiently for his response. The way he and the shiny Seviper answered their respective questions would determine what Venom and Seviper would do next.

OOC: Awww! It can't be caught?! BUMMER! -Heavy sigh- Oh well...In any case, Venom and his Seviper are attempting to reason with the shiny Seviper before doing anything else. But if things go south, Venom's Seviper is ready with a pair of Flamethrowers. Running Shoes.

[Marchbaby]

The shiny Seviper had very little trust in any human and despite Venom's pleas towards it the snake Pokemon refused to back down for even a moment. Even the appearence of Venom's higher level Seviper was not enough to sway the snake as it coiled up ready to launch an attack. Luckily Venom's Seviper was faster and was able to launch a powerful Flamethrower towards the shiny serpent causing quite a bit of damage. The trouble making Seviper was not going to give up despite the initial setback however and it gave Venom's Seviper a horrifying Glare to scare it to death.

The horrifying look worked as Seviper was paralyzed from the stare slowing her down enough for the shiny Seviper to unleash a Night Slash that scored a Critical Hit against her but even with the boosted damage her higher level allowed her to shake off the attack. Seconds later she fired off a second Flamethrower bringing the battle to a close as the shiny Seviper curled up before admitting defeat. "Sssstttooopppp I give up, I cannot take anymore, pleassssseeeeee have mercy on me!" The snake slithered before trying to stay conscious long enough to gather it's thoughts and to see if the human was still willing to help.

Seviper did not have much of a choice but to beg for Venom's assistance as it had been easily bested by the ninja's stronger Seviper. The stolen serpent was still not entirely sure it could trust him but it was better than becoming fried rattlesnake with another Flamethrower. " Yessssssss I wassssssssss sssssstolen from a nest near the outskirtsssssssss of this city. Humanssssssss tried to raisssssse me but I wasssssssss never happy being in captivity. If I could find the nesssssssssst I wasssssssss taken from I would be sssssssssso happy." The snake then slithered away from the poor boy and approached Venom hoping the ninja would call off his Seviper from causing any more harm.

" I would owe you my life if you were to help me find my nesssssssst. I remember we would find all sssssssortssssssss of thingssssss humanssssss would throw out and put them in our nessssssst as a keepssssssssake. You would be welcome to anything in the nessssst if you bring me home."[/color] While the snake was focused on Venom the young boy clenched his chest after nearly having a heart attack. He stood silently as he watched Venom and the shiny Seviper hoping the ninja would not come after him next.

Seviper gains 1200 exp and now has 2300/2791 exp towards leveling up.



Seviper has asked for you to help it find it's nest. Will you help it or leave it to fend for itself?

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[Venominon]

Once the battle was over, with Venom's Seviper as the clear winner, she did indeed back down, not wishing to harm the shiny Seviper any further. "There's no need to beg for mercy, darling. It was never our intention to cause you harm. I do apologize that it came to that though. But now that you've had a chance to calm down, please allow us to help you, my fellow Seviper." Venom's Seviper spoke in a gentle and compassionate tone, helping the shiny Seviper back up, then looking to her trainer for some help. Seeing this, Venom acted right away, leaving the young boy's side, making his way over to the injured Seviper, and spraying it with a Potion from his bag. "There. That should help with that pain for now."

Venom also made sure to treat his own Seviper's injuries too, as the poisonous pair listened to what the shiny Poison type had to say. As they did, their new goal became clear to them. Team Toxic would never turn their backs on a Poison type Pokemon in need. And so, leaving the Goldenrod Tunnel and bringing this Seviper back to its nest was now their top priority. "I see. I know how you must feel, darling. I too was pulled from my home by a human, and I do miss it sometimes. However, I'm happy with my new home by my master's side now. But I know from experience that not all humans are as kind as he is." Venom's Seviper spoke with sympathy in her voice, gently patting the shiny Seviper's back with her tail at the same time.

"And that's why we're going to help you. We'll take a break from our work here and bring you back to your home in the outskirts of Goldenrod City. And hopefully your old trainer, wherever they are now, won't come looking for you and interfere. Also, there's no need for you to bribe us. We would've helped you even without the promise of a reward. Still, should your nest hold anything that could be useful to us, I suppose we will help ourselves to it, if it's not too much to ask." Venom added, making the shiny Seviper a promise and accepting its generous offer as well. And just like that, Team Toxic had once again found themselves in the midst of yet another side quest. Not that they minded, of course.

With two different colored Sevipers by his sides, the ninja turned around and began to make his way towards the nearest pathway to the surface. But not before stopping to address the younger trainer, glancing down at him as he spoke. "And as for you, you may want to take your Pokemon to the nearest Pokemon Center for treatment at once. I'm still not sure if you know anything about this shiny Seviper or not, but since it was attacking you, I assume that you're not the one who took it from its home in the first place." Venom deduced out loud, figuring that the trainer who was strong enough to steal the shiny Seviper away from its home likely wouldn't have been so easily defeated and intimidated by it.

"However, if it turns out that you are somehow affiliated with that person, and you inform them about what's happened here, then they come looking for revenge, neither you nor that person will be shown any mercy. Farewell." Venom shot a quick snake-eyed glare at the younger trainer, then continued on his way with the two Fang Snake Pokemon. Truth be told, Venom wasn't even sure if the shiny Seviper had somehow become wild again or if it just snuck away from its trainer while they weren't looking. But regardless, the purple-haired trainer couldn't simply turn a blind eye to the suffering of a Poison type Pokemon. Especially such a magnificent one as the shiny Seviper on his left side.

OOC: Okay, I'm not entirely sure if the remainder of this side quest can be tackled in this thread or not. But just because it would make more sense to take this over to a new thread, one in the part of Goldenrod City where wild Sevipers can actually be found, I will. This thread was startin' to get a little too long for me anyway.