We Can Dig It [Dig In!][Fin!]

[Steph]

It was a terrible evening to be out on a walk. The temperature had plummeted with the sun, and it was almost impossible to see or hear anything through the snow and the howling air currents sweeping in from the west. And yet, the wind wasn’t the only thing that was screaming at the top of its lungs.

“Officer, Officer, OFFICEEEEER!” Daisy shouted, an absolute mess of curly hair and a twisted scarf bouncing around a jacket that was only halfway on over her white hoodie. She blew in through the sliding doors of the police station like a tornado in fuzzy earmuffs, bringing the drafts and the snow in with her.

“Team Robber is committing a Rocketry! I mean, I mean—! Team Robbit is rocketing—I mean—they’re doing bad stuff! At that house with the thing! I saw it on my way to the Pokémon Center!”

She slammed her notebook down on the front desk and started scribbling furiously.

“He had a hat like this and a face like that and a big “R” on his stupid shirt and I saw him open the window like squeeeek and just jump in butt-first cause he thought nobody was looking! Like this!”

She pointed urgently at her artistic interpretation of the crime in progress, her eyes as big as two milky saucers.

Truthfully, after her last encounter with Team Rocket, Daisy had begun to think maybe they weren’t all that tough when they were working alone. She might’ve even been able to handle this robber on her own. But there were three main reasons she had decided to take this to the authorities:

1. Her dad had written and told her to go to the police next time she spotted criminal activity because it was dangerous for a kid to handle bad guys without any backup;
2. Daisy didn’t want to just waltz into some random old person’s house uninvited and be mistaken for Window Butt’s accomplice; and
3. She wanted to see Professional Good Guys in action. It would probably be pretty cool. Like reality TV, only realer.

So here she was, asking the authorities for help like any normal, rational human being typically would.

…Sort of.

She climbed up on a chair to make extra sure she had the officer on duty’s attention.

“Come on, come on, come ON! We gotta get there fast! I can show you where he is cause Tulip saw it too and she can probably sniff him out, but we have to run!” she insisted, jumping up and down and flapping her arms emphatically.

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OoC: Am curious to see how this quest goes when someone actually utilizes the police 😆 400 words to Voltorb egg!

[Tarlar]

There were a disturbing lack of reaction to Daisy's revelation, the young man behind the desk were nose deep in his phone when she bargained in and he sighed annoyed as he looked up from his device. He looked as though he thought it was the most boring thing in the world she was telling and he barely looked at her scribble as he chewed at his gum, and before she was done he returned to his phone and waved her off.
"There are no officers here," he said boredly with his nose in his phone again, he had been forced into this night job by his parents who wanted him out of the house and not staring at the PC all night. He was up all night anyway, then he could just as well earn a bit of money from it, as they said. He hated it. That a kid crashed in with some made up story didn't make it any better, it was not something he was going to bother with though he was supposed to.

Since Daisy surely wasn't going to just turn around with unfinished business, he would sigh deeply again and look annoyed at her.
"They are all on patrol, something about robberies, I don't know," he said, and since that certainly wasn't going to be enough answer for her either he would go as far as glance at the patrol plans for tonight.
"There is one at the pokemart, another at the pokemon center, on in the streets and.." he paused and frowned, "one at the beach?" He chuckled to himself, "what are they doing there? worried someone would steal the sand?" He shook his head over how stupid these officers were and returned to scroll on his phone, pointedly ignoring Daisy.
If she wanted the help of an officer, she apparently had to go out and find one herself, the question was where was she going to start her search?

Where does Daisy want to look for an officer?
[Pokemart] - [Pokemon Center] - [Cherrygrove Streets] - [Beach]

(ooc: sorry, no "police station" is pickable for finding an officer in this quest XD )

[Steph]

Daisy was flabbergasted. What an absolute failure of a Good Guy this desk jockey was. Where was his enthusiasm for saving the world? His fiery passion for fighting crime? His dedication to keeping the innocent villagers safe from bad guys with capital letters on their shirts?!

”Oh my GOSH!” Daisy exclaimed violently, gripping her hair in agony and almost falling off the chair she was standing on. ”Are you kidding me here, Desk Boy? The bad guys could have stolen the entire house by now!”

She listened with a frown on her face as he told her that all the real police officers were out on patrol somewhere. Well, fine. That checked out. Of course all the Good Guys who really cared about fighting crime were out of the office, fighting crime. It was just going to be a pain in the butt to actually find one of them.

”All right, fine! I’m gonna go and find someone who cares! Enjoy your stupid phone while you can, Desk Boy, ‘cause when I get back here, I’m gonna make sure they put you through Good Guy Boot Camp!”

She flipped the end of her scarf back around her neck by way of punctuation, hopped off the chair, and dove back into the blustery night.

The beach seemed like the most logical option to Daisy. All the police officers in town probably had their hands full of Team Rocket already, but as Desk Boy had rightly pointed out, there wasn’t much one could steal on a desolate beach at the edge of town, so whoever was on patrol there should have enough free time to help her. She hoped.

Given Daisy’s lousy sense of direction, however, she decided to call for some reliable backup.

”Tulip, come on!” she howled over the shrieking wind, reaching for a Poké Ball. ”Lead the way! We gotta find the officer on the beach so we can take them to the house so we can catch the robber!” she said. As an afterthought, she added ”You wear the scarf, it’s heckin’ cold out here.”

Tulip the bespectacled Bulbasaur came out, shivering with cold and fright. At least Daisy was attempting to find a grown-up to help this time, but somehow the little green Pokémon still had chills up and down her bulb, even as Daisy decided to bestow her scarf upon her to help keep her warm.

Nevertheless, Tulip nodded with gratitude and a note of understanding in her eyes.

”Well, if you’re sure there’s someone who can help, then…here, hold on to me,” Tulip agreed, offering a vine for Daisy to hold. It reminded her of their last trip to the beach, when they’d met the Guide Gent—only this time, the sky was dark and ominous and the air was filled with fog. Still, Tulip’s excellent navigating skills came through.

After a brisk westward jog with Tulip, sidestepping rocks and junk in the road, Daisy smelled a hint of saltwater through the fog and heard the sound of crashing waves through the blustering gales.

Daisy squinted her eyes to scan the horizon. There was a roughly person-shaped blob that she could just make out—maybe this would be the justice-loving person she was looking for.

It was now or never. She inhaled sharply, ran at the blob, held up her notebook, and screamed.

”OFFICEEEEERRR! There’s a Team Rocket guy robbing a house! He had a hat like this and a face like that and a big “R” on his stupid shirt and I saw him open the window like squeeeek and jump in butt-first cause he thought nobody was looking, like this, and I told the Desk Boy at the police station about it but he was like ‘Meeeeh there’s no police here meeeeh you gotta go find someone outside meeeeh’ so me and Tulip came here to look for you!”

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OoC: 🤣 Ok, Plan B! Daisy tries searching the beach. 400 more words to Voltorb Egg. 😁 (I think that’s the max you can add in one post, right?)

[Pixel]

Daisy did see a police officer sized figure in the distance. And he was out standing on the beach, drinking something from a can, but the cozy covering the label hid exactly what it was he was drinking. His uniform wasn't all pressed and orderly either, the buttons undone at the collar, sunglasses over his eyes. He looked like a man on a beach holiday—all he needed was a towel and a cooler for the image to be complete. 

When Daisy ran up shouting, he startled a bit and turned, adjusting his sunglasses like he was squinting through them down at her. He held the can of what he was drinking a little higher, but she'd catch a bitter scent that was akin to sour bread. If she was familiar with alcoholic drinks even in passing, she'd recognize it as the smell of beer. The officer straightened his posture as Daisy kept talking and looked away, mouth twitching a bit in a disinterested manner. He tried to wave her off.

"Real cute story, kid. But we can't go chasing make-believe criminals. Are you sure you saw a man in a black uniform with an R on the chest or you just imaginin' things because of the news on TV? It isn't good to lie, little girl," he said. He looked around and then started wandering up the beach back towards Cherrygrove, tossing the can, cozy and all, into a trash bin. "So. Why should I go look into this, kid? The weather is finally getting warmer. Spring is just around the corner. Why not enjoy the fresh air?"

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 You found the officer at the BEACH, but he seems to need more convincing...

[Steph]

Daisy pinched the bridge of her nose between her thumb and forefinger and let out an agonized sound somewhere between a sigh and a scream. What was wrong with Johto people?! Was this just a Cherrygrove City thing, or were all the police in the entire region actually lazy, good-for-nothing, self-serving buttheads who did whatever they wanted and ignored crime? No wonder Team Rocket was popping up all over the dang place. The Police didn’t even care. This dude might as well be walking into Giovanni’s office and handing him the keys to the city as a birthday present. He was an insult to the badge he wore.

Also, he smelled gross.

Even with the winter weather having its last hurrah all around them, Daisy could still see her own eyes narrowing and her forehead creasing in the reflection of the officer’s dark sunglasses.

”I know what I saw. My Pokémon partner saw it too. Didn’t you, girl?” Daisy said. She motioned to Tulip with her hand, her piercing chestnut gaze never leaving the officer.

Tulip gulped and nodded in response, frowning uneasily.

”But hey, you know what, Butt Breath? You don’t have to take our word for it. You wanna keep hanging out on the beach? Throwing back brewskis and regretting your life choices? Fine. I’d rather be out playing and having fun, too. I am only eleven and a half, you know…? But I still can’t just ignore a crime when I see it, because I’m a real Good Guy. So here’s what I’m gonna do,” she said, folding her arms slowly and dramatically. She turned her patented Daisy Death Glare up to 11.

”I’m gonna go fight that Team Rocket guy with or without you, since it’s the right thing to do. But gee whiz, I’m just a dumb little kid! I could get maimed or kidnapped or killed—who knows? Gosh, I can just see the headlines now—’Young Trainer Tragically Loses Life In Rocket Break-In Incident Because Local Police Didn’t Give A Rattata’s Butt. Beach Patrol Guy On Probation Without Pay Following Questioning.’” she said, practically spitting as she enunciated each word.

”Or, you know, the opposite could happen. I could capture and turn in that Rocket myself and get a bunch of reward money for it. What are they paying for that now? Like a thousand smackeroos? Wouldn’t that be somethin’? ’Traveling Trainer Nabs Bad Guy, Nets Large Bag of Cash. Local Beach Patrol Guy Gets Nothing’. Pretty hilarious, right? You, an officer of the law, getting shown up by a literal grade schooler…? Ha ha! Good luck getting to sleep at night after that, pal! But hey…”

Daisy turned around to leave very slowly. First her feet, then her torso and shoulders. She let her eyes pierce into Butt Breath’s soul a little longer, then finally looked away from him, back at the town.

”The choice is yours, buddy. Either come with me or don’t. If you don’t want a cut of the reward money—if you’re okay with sending a little girl to her doom—that’s on you, man. Have a nice life. Let’s make like a tree and get outta here, Tulip.”

Daisy very deliberately reached out her wrist so that Tulip could encircle it in the firm but gentle grip of her vine again. Tentatively, Tulip reached out and grasped Daisy’s hand. The Pokémon looked up at her, terrified, and yet…

Everything Daisy had said sort of made sense to her. As a dedicated guardian, it was up to Tulip to make sure that worst possible ending didn’t come to pass. Even if Tulip was deathly afraid…protecting Daisy and her ideals about justice and doing the right thing seemed more important in this moment than saving her own hide. Otherwise, Tulip thought, she’d be no better than this clearly inebriated police officer.

They walked towards the city lights together, Trainer and Pokémon, giving the officer a chance to catch up if he decided to grow a backbone.

Otherwise, it was all up to them.

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OoC: Daisy used Guilt Trip! +400 more to Voltorb egg! (I think between this thread and my last one we are at 1555/2000 now

[Pixel]

The power of guilt tripping was super effective! Or maybe it was the not-so-subtle threat Daisy added in for good measure. The officer sputtered at her declaration and reached in her direction, face contorted in surprise and a touch of alarm. "H-hey now! Don't be stupid kid. You shouldn't be going after people you think are criminals. Or go around telling people you saw criminals if you didn't." He was trying to 'adult' tone at her but was failing his intimidation check miserably as he considered what might happen to him and his job if this kid wasn't lying. The officer groaned and rubbed his face, "Look. I will go with you, but if I find out you're lying, you're gonna apologize to me for ruining my beach day, got it?" He then adjusted his glasses, grimacing a bit. "And...no telling anybody I was...having a break. Look, we're severely understaffed at the station. I can't tell you when I last had a day off. I just...needed a breather, okay?"

Why was he explaining himself to this brat?

He caught up to Daisy and buttoned his uniform all the way up and made sure he looked professional.

"Lead the way, missy."

He said...as if she wasn't already walking away determinedly towards her destination. The officer stumbled a bit but followed, actually managing to look sober and half competent as they neared where Daisy saw the break in. And lo and behold, the crook was still there, literally carrying the crate!

"W-woah. There is a Rocket." He pulled out his walkie talkie and swore, realizing that the battery was dead. "Get outta here kid, or hide...I gotta get back up." Seriously. Did...he forget his pokemon at home or something? Useless drunk indeed. He nudged her behind a trash can of all things before running off like a numbskull. That left Daisy to watch the thief continue thiefing. 

And unfortunately for her, she was spotted.

"SCRAM KID!" the Rocket growled. "Before I make you regret havin' eyes." 

A little diglet popped up at his feet, looking ready to defend its trainer.

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Rocket Kyle's [LV 12] Diglet is ready to battle if you come any closer.

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[Steph]

Daisy’s plan to get Officer Butt Breath back on the path of justice was half working. Or at least he’d felt enough sympathy for his fellow citizens to be compelled to tag along in pursuit of the bad guy, which was a step in the right direction. (Even if he’d been making excuses for his crummy behavior the whole time.) But man, this dude had a long way to go before he was Real Good Guy material, Daisy thought to herself with a groan when his walkie talkie turned out to be dead.

”Crap! You’re outta juice already?!” she said through her teeth as he stuck her behind a trash can and left to go get help.

”What the heck? I’m not garbage,” Daisy sulked to herself as she smelled her surroundings. Tulip pulled a soggy, week-old banana peel out of the way, and Daisy caught a whiff of that, too.”Blech.”

But there were worse things on the horizon than stinky garbage. Like the Team Rocket guy walking out of the house with the crate of valuables, for instance. And of course he was going to threaten her as soon as he saw her, because that’s what evil bad guys did. He didn’t even have a catchy motto or anything—just barbaric threats.

”Don’t spew your empty words at me, Window Butt! I have a Pokémon too, and she can kick your Diglett’s…”

Daisy stopped to ponder the great mystery of whether Diglett had a posterior which one could kick.

”Well, she’s a grass-type, so there! Go, Tulip! Use Vine Whip two times to show him what I mean!”

Tulip didn’t like confrontation, but she’d come this far for Daisy, and she wasn’t about to leave her behind like the officer just had. Slightly bemoaning her own lack of self-preservation in the face of her overwhelming sense of responsibility, Tulip gulped and took a few shaky steps forward.

”Sorry, but I have to protect her,” she said to Diglett, wincing and closing her eyes as her vines came down like Arceus’s judgement.

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OoC: Running Shoes used for vine whip x2! +341 words to Voltorb egg; 1804/2000

[Rexman]

"Why is it always brats, I swear to Arceus, I can't do anythin' without a child comin' along and gettin' in my way. I'm sick of it!" the Grunt growled, stamping his foot for good measure.
Was that like, a Team Rocket Temper Tantrum?

How odd.
"Diglett, show em how we battle, go ahead and use Mud Shot," he said, a wicked grin coming over his features. Taking a deep breath, the Diglett swallowed some air before firing a stickly glob of mud and hitting Tulip right in the face with it, obscuring her vision and getting it in her eyes. It was bad enough that when the vines snaked out of her bulb and she tried to attack, the Diglett simply slid left to right, dodging the club ends of the vines.

Giggling, the Diglett prepared itself and hit Tulip with another shot, adding even more mud to the layer that was still on the poor Bulbasaur's face. Once again when the grass type attempted vine whip, her vision was so obscured that she couldn't keep a line on the Diglett and it just kept bopping from side to side.

"Yeah, that's right. Feel the wrath of Team Rocket's advanced and better Pokemon," the grunt said proudly, even though he knew he didn't do a damn thing, he just got this Pokemon from headquarters.


Rocket Encounter

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Weather: Clear

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Diglett LV 12
HP 100% [28/28]

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Tulip LV 9
HP 72% [21/29]

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Diglett [Arena Trap]: Healthy
Tulip [Overgrow]: -2 ACC

SP31 Diglett used Mud Slap, 4 damage -1 accuracy
SP15 Tulip used Vine Whip, Attack missed!

SP31: Diglett used Mud Slap, 4 damage -1 accuracy
SP15: Tulip used Vine Whip, attack missed!

Running Shoes exhausted

SPOILER: Click to show

Diglett move 1 and 2
ZiYq2|EUp_1-4p_1-4
Bulbasaur hit: 75%
p_1-100

Bulbasaur hit: 60%
p_1-100

1-4·1-4·1-100·1-100

[Steph]

So, the Team Rocket Guy here was a little more advanced than the last one Daisy had fought. This week’s model was sort of a Rocket Version 1.0.2, with upgraded Pokémon moves, and…tantrum-throwing, foot-stomping action?

Was that part actually an improvement, though?

Window Butt was kind of a whiner, actually, Daisy observed. Maybe he was working alone because the other Rockets found him annoying.

Either way, he was still a chump, and Daisy was going to wipe the floor with him one way or another. Even if she had to choose a different Pokémon for the job.

”Big deal, my Sandshrew can sling mud too! You wanna see?” she asked, but quickly found that she wasn’t able to switch Pokémon. ”What the heck?!”

A quick consultation with the Magic Book of Wisdom—otherwise known as her Pokédex—was enough to alert Daisy to Diglett’s Arena Trap, an ability that prevented a foe’s switch or escape.

”That’s a dirty trick! What a jerk,” Daisy mumbled. She observed Tulip’s mud-covered eyes with worry.

”I…I’m okay,” Tulip squeaked out, gritting her teeth against the onslaught of mud. Her eyes were tearing up at the corners.

There was nothing to do but keep charging blindly forward to attack now, both the Trainer and Pokémon realized. Daisy and Tulip would just have to keep swinging and hoping for the best.

“Keep attacking with Vine Whip! We’ll get him eventually! Bad guys always lose in the end!” Daisy said.

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OoC: Tulip used Vine Whip!

[Rexman]

Rocket guy snickered.
"What's the matter brat, can't switch out ya little Pokemon? Hehe, that is why Diglett is superior!" he said, laughing at Daisy.

Even the Diglett seemed to beam a little bit, trying to show off in front of Tulip.
<Just try to hit me, ya vegetable,> it said, dancing from side and side. Really just acting like a jerk if we are being honest here.
"Try something new, Diglett," the Rocket called out. In an instant, the Diglett disappeared under the surface and tunneled around for a little while, but it was almost impossible to tell where it was going or what it was doing.

Suddenly, the ground type burst up from underneath the crust layer, screaming.
<AAAAAAAAAAAAAYAYAYAYA!>

Right in Tulip's face. The attack, designed to completely surprise the enemy, seemed to have worked. Tulip was so shocked she was unable to move, a look of fear and shock on her face. She was so caught off guard, that she didn't even use the attack that Daisy had wanted her to.
After a few seconds the shock wore off, but Diglett had disappeared again and attacking would do no good until the little mole popped up.

The Rocket grunt merely continued to laugh, seemingly happy to taunt and pick on a child.


Rocket Encounter

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Weather: Clear

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Diglett LV 12
HP 100% [28/28]

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Tulip LV 9
HP 55% [16/29]

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Diglett [Arena Trap]: Healthy
Tulip [Overgrow]: -2 ACC

SP31 Diglett used Astonish, 5 damage 
SP15 Tulip flinched!

SPOILER: Click to show

Astonish flinch - 30
BT2G0Eq0p_1-100
Bulbasaur hit - 60
p_1-100

I am so sorry, RNG is not playing fair

1-100·1-100

[Steph]

”Oh, laugh it up, Chuckles! We’ll see who’s laughing when I get done with you!” Daisy said through gritted teeth. Her fingernails bit into her palms as she curled her small, gangly hands into fists.

“I really hate this,” Tulip said miserably. She could scarcely even see where Daisy was anymore, let alone the enemy, who now seemed hellbent on calling her names and scaring her to death.

Daisy picked Tulip up and shook her a little.

”Come on, snap out of it, Tulip! You can’t let this guy get to you! He’s just some crappy old dude who sucks at life so much he couldn’t even get a part time job at a grocery store, so he turned to burglary! He’s pathetic! He’s just a piece of low-down dirty good-for-nothing chewed-up gum stuck to the bottom of the sneakers of life! And us good guys don’t lose to bad guys like him, so you gotta fight until you win! Okay?!”

Rather than jump up at the pep talk, Tulip went limp in Daisy’s arms.

“He’a stronger than me, Daisy. There’s no way I can beat him. It’s mathematically impossible. I wanted to protect you, but I couldn’t. Maybe it would be better if I stayed out of this,” she said numbly, dangling in Daisy’s arms like an oversized mound of green gelatin.

Daisy shook Tulip harder.

“Look, I have no idea what you just said, but that sounds like quitting talk! And I didn’t raise a quitter!”

The look on Tulip’s face said ’You’ve barely raised me at all,’ but Daisy was having none of it.

”Now pull yourself up by the bootstraps, missy!” she screamed.

…Weird how terrible times like this turned her into her own mom, Daisy thought. But she could have an existential crisis about that later.

”Come on, I’ll help you. I’ll aim you at Diglett, and you surprise it right back with a Leech Seed! Okay?!” Daisy said. She held Tulip out at arm’s length like she was some kind of living pea shooter and shook her until seeds burst out of the grass-type like candy from a piñata.

”Take that, you dirt-eating monster! Pew pew pew!” Daisy screamed at Diglett as the seeds flew all over the room. She was sure to strike fear into the hearts of her enemies this way, she thought.

…whether or not she’d actually hit them was another story.

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OoC: Daisy used Screech! It’s not very effective…Tulip used Leech Seed!

[Rexman]

"I will! Your Pokemon doesn't even look like it wants to battle, and you're gonna come in here, thinking you're gonna stop me? Why don't you just go home, squirt." he said, really laying into the ageist insults here. Could this grunt actually pull off a victory against a protagonist? Maybe.

The Rocket grunt watched, stupified as the trainer picked up her Bulbasaur and tried to shake the creature into not giving up on the battle. Scratching his head, he was just confused with what he was watching.

"Dig Dig, use scratch attack," he commanded.
Before the Bulbasaur could produce the seeds, the Diglett sped forward and blurred from sight for a second, before it reappeared in the ground. One wouldn't know what happened until Tulip cried out in shock and pain, a scratch line appearing between her eyes on her forehead. The mole Pokemon was really fast and apparently had claws? Under the ground?

Weird.
Anyway, the seeds from within Tulip's bulb finally released and showered over the Diglett, who couldn't pull under ground fast enough. The seeds opened and vines stretched around the ground type, ensnaring him. The vines shook and a little bit of vitality was drained from the Diglett, and then returned to the Bulbasaur. In fact, the health recovery was good enough that the scratch marks on her face closed and healed, making her ready for the next turn of this battle.

Grunting, the Team Rocket member watched.
"No big deal, we'll take you down before your stupid seeds can heal you."


Rocket Encounter

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Weather: Clear

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Diglett LV 12
HP 86% [24/28]

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Tulip LV 9
HP 48% [14/29]

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Diglett [Arena Trap]: Healthy, Seeded (-4 HP each turn)
Tulip [Overgrow]: -2 ACC

SP31 Diglett used Scratch, 6 damage
SP15 Tulip used Leech Seed, Diglett has been seeded!
Leech Seed drains 4 HP from Diglett

SPOILER: Click to show

Diglett move?
PWoKLI2Op_1-4

Bulba accuracy - 60%
p_1-100

1-4·1-100

[Steph]

Daisy felt the blow from Dig Dig’s Scratch attack, too—or maybe it was just the recoil from Tulip wincing in her arms. It felt like being punched in the gut—which was what a lot of this whole ordeal had felt like, actually—but the pint-sized trainer refused to give in, even in the face of Diglett’s invisible appendages, or…whatever Eldritch thing it had going on there under the floorboards.

”I…I can feel Tulip’s pain,” Daisy almost whispered. ”Could I be awakening to some mysterious powers at last…?! Could I be a wizard for real?” she asked herself wondrously as the Leech Seed sunk in.

Tulip twisted her head towards her handler and shot her a look that clearly said cut it out.

Daisy shrugged. ”Sorry. I just got excited for a minute there.”

The Pokémon sighed and went limp in Daisy’s grasp again, even as the cut on her forehead healed. Daisy had seemed so inspiring 20 minutes ago. So brave. So grown up. Tulip felt ready to follow her to the ends of the Earth. To be the Guardian she was supposed to be.

…It was all gone now. Tulip only felt pain.

“This is so humiliating,” she said almost tearfully.

”Don’t sweat it, Tulip! Your Leech Seed worked exactly like I planned! This is proof that you’re a good guy!” Daisy said.

Still holding Tulip in one arm, she snuck her free hand into her backpack to fish out a Potion from the Poké Mart in town.

”Now behold! Daisy the Violet has come magically prepared! Come forth, Potion of Healing!”

She sprayed it point blank in Tulip’s face. Tulip winced, but then…

All of the pain was gone. And Daisy was yelling again.

”It ain’t over til the fat Jigglypuff sings! I’m gonna show you and Rotten Potato Cthulhu here the business end of a Vine Whip if it’s the last thing I do, Window Butt!”

Looking back at Tulip, who she was still holding, Daisy exclaimed ”It’s time, Tulip! Powers or no powers, we can defeat him together!”

She held Tulip out like a makeshift weapon once more. ”Do it again! Just…right there, like wham, bam, kerplooie, and you can hit him this time!”

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OoC: Daisy used Potion! Tulip used Vine Whip!

[Pixel]

The Rocket just snorted at Daisy's whole spiel about magic and love and friendship. Bleh. Brats like this were annoying. Nothing but optimistic little time wasters that couldn't be convinced to do the right thing and look the other way until they were old enough to be useful. "Diglett, finish this pest off. Hit them with your finisher!" The little diglett vanished underground as Daisy tried to heal her pokemon with a potion. After a few spritzes, Tulip did look better, but the earth was rumbling under her feet. She would barely manage to avoid being hit as the mole burst from the ground under the bulbasaur, scoring a direct hit to its foe. Ouch. What a devastating blow. 

"Give up, brat." The rocket laughed openly now. He had this in the bag, leeching seeds or no. The stupid plant couldn't see—

SMACK!

His eyes popped open as he saw Tulip finally land a blow and though the diglett tried to remain in the fight, that leech seed indeed was its undoing. His amused faced twisted into a scowl.

"This aint over."

He sent out a meowth next.


Rocket Encounter

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Weather: Clear

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Diglett LV 12
HP 0% [0/28]

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Tulip LV 9
HP 48% [14/29]

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Diglett [Arena Trap]: Fainted
Tulip [Overgrow]: -2 ACC

SP+ Daisy used a potion un Tulip
SP31 Diglett used dig. Diglett went underground.
Leech Seed drains 4 HP from Diglett
SP15 Tulip used Vine whip! Vine Whip hit!
Leech Seed drains 4 HP from Diglett

Diglett fainted!

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Tulip gains +3 LVs and grew to LV12

Tulip is trying to learn Razor Leaf. Forget a move and learn Razor Leaf?

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Rocket is sending out his [LV 9] Meowth next!

What will Daisy do?

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The Power of Friendship prevailed. Rotten Potato Cthulhu went down like an 18th-century warship. Tulip was in mild shock.

”Yeah! You did it, Tulip! It’s because I believed in you!” Daisy said.

Tulip blinked back her tears of pain from the last Dig attack. That must have been it, she thought numbly, because she didn’t believe in herself at all when she fired up that Vine Whip. It was probably just dumb luck that she’d managed to win, and Daisy was being delusional as usual. But still…

”I did it,” Tulip said, relieved to acknowledge her win. She’d have time to be proud of herself later, when they were out of danger.

The Bulbasaur’s tiny stomach turned when the Grunt reached for another Poké Ball. But thankfully, Daisy had enough sense to spare her starter the agony of another battle while she was bruised and covered in mud. She recalled Tulip, sending her back to the comfort of her own Poké Ball.

Tulip could rest easy for now.

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Daisy was ready for Phase Two of Operation: Arrest Window Butt.

”You bet your face it ain’t over! I have more than one Pokémon too, ya know!” Daisy shot back at her foe, ever-so-slightly smarmy now that she had the upper hand. The ability to switch Pokémon again was nice, too.

”Officer Sandrew, you’re on duty! Time to throw the book at this bad guy!” she said, calling out her Sandshrew.

The Pokémon was happy to oblige. He came out of his Poké Ball trying to show off his superior musculature as usual. He did a few squats, then started jogging in place.

”Let’s slow ‘em down in their tracks, Sandrew! Use Mud Shot!”

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One, two, and…poof! Tulip forgot Vine Whip. And…Tulip learned Razor Leaf!

Rising Star Daisy sent out Sandrew. Sandrew used Mud Shot!