Understory Side Story (Alolan Quest) [F]

[Tiki]

Keep rellor, Beautifly, Dustox
Box1 Venusaur, Ludicolo, Lilligant, Ariados
take out Roselia, Sandshrew, and Pansage. ONLY USE THESE THREE FOR TRIAL.
yeah I'm aware of the disobedience thing
Hopefully rellor can still get words for evo, and don't need to be active trial mons for the words.

After receiving his Mineral Badge, Alex sighed a breath of relief, as the battle with Jasmine was quite tough and difficult to plan and to strategize. He wondered if future badges would be just as difficult to obtain, or he would have an easier time. In the mean time, he figured he could use a break by visiting the earlier towns for the Alolan Trials that he had heard from Valerie during the visit in the Kimono Dance Theater in Ecruteak City. Before he headed out to find the Alolan couple, he swapped out some weaker Pokemon in Pokemon Center, as he didn't need to use his high level Pokemon blasting a hole in the early routes.

He followed the secret off-the-path route to find the Alolan couple, and prepared to introduce himself to them. Once he saw a pair of Alolan shirt wearing elders in the distance, he began speaking once he got close. "Heey. Are you the Alolan Trial couple? I was battling Valerie, when she told me about you." This wasn't a smooth introduction, but he wasn't sure how would the foreigners or visitors would respond.

[Avalon]

Alex's trek back to the early areas of Johto would eventually bring him to a road that lay off the beaten path, winding into the trees surrounding New Bark Town and towards a small cottage sitting along the road. Exotic looking totems decorated the area, guiding him down the path to the first of the Trials. Sitting outside of the cottage were an elderly couple, of tanned complexion and each in vacation attire. The gentleman rose up from his seat on the patio, waving and smiling warmly at the newcomer. "Alola, cousin! I suppose we are, if that's what the locals have been calling us! My name is Maui, this lovely lady is my wife Kaui,"

The woman waved, smiling with a subtler yet still warm gesture towards the young Trainer. "You see, we wanted to bring some of the Alola traditions over with us once we retired here. Complete the Trial, fight the Totem Pokemon, and earn a fabulous prize straight from the land of Alola!" the husband offered excitedly. His wife cleared her throat, a clear sign for him to get to the point and not waste too much of the young man's time.

"Right. To start with the Trial, just pick three Pokemon that you want to work with for the trial. Leave the rest with my wife, and we'll give you a hint to start your little trip off with. Find the Totem Pokemon, beat it, and...well, the prize will speak for itself," the man said, beaming with pride. He had taken care of crafting the prize himself, after all, basing it off of the Trial Amulet of his youth. "So, which three of your friends are you hoping to use? Just as a warning, the energy the Totems give off can have a bit of a...strange effect on Pokemon that are too strong. Makes 'em a little ornery and hard to control, I'm afraid. So be careful which ones you bring along."

As a warning and a reminder, any Pokemon above Level 14 will be at risk of disobedience for the duration of this Trial.
You have already chosen Roselia, Sandshrew, and Panasge for this trial, but please confirm your selection.

[Tiki]

"C--Cousin?" Alex was startled, but he wasn't sure if they meant they're actually related or that was how they speak. Unless he would see them again in someone's wedding or funeral, he'll just chalk it as the way they speak for now. A slang, an idiom, or something. Then, he got back to the conversation mentally and introduced himself. "Hi, my name's Alex."

He listened as the woman explained about sharing their Alolan culture over in Johto. He thought that was pretty cool, and he realized he hadn't meet enough people to share Hoenn culture, if there's much difference to share. They then continued to describe about the trial and how he could only bring three Pokemon with him. He was kind of comfortable bringing his lower levelled Pokemon, even though there's a chance they might be considered too powerful still for the trial.

He had selected his Roselia, Sandshrew, and Pansage as intended, and presented the rest of the Pokeballs for the couple to keep. "Heh, I am sure my Pokemon will be fine. Alright, what do I do next?"

181 to rellor
moving EXP share to Pansage

[Tarlar]

"Of course they will! In fact they will be more than fine!" Maui reassured and promptly let out the other pokemon, informed them of what was going on (which was always easiest with their trainer still around) and offered them poffins from a bag.
Kaui smiled broadly to Alex, "yes, what to do now, that is the big question! And where the fun begins!" she chuckled, "You see, to win over the Totem, you first need to find it, and to find it, you need to figure out what pokemon it is!"
Maui leaned closer to his wife, "I hope you're good at riddles!" he whispered playfully to Alex as Kaui pushed him away with a dry smile.
"The Totem is a lover of the night and the stars, which might be the reason it's an early bird!" she said and looked eagerly to see if Alex caught her joke, "you know because it's up all night, so when others wake in the morning, it's already up.. never mind." She waved dismissively with a hand, "also you need to be aware of it as it can really pack a punch!"

"You got all that? Good," Maui said no matter what Alex answered and waved for him to follow. The Trial Challenger was lead to a pair of carved pillars which marked the start of a path.
"This is where the Trial starts, follow the path and find the Totem," Kaui said and the couple stood beside each other looking grateful that someone wanted to take part of their culture.
"Good luck!"

The path lead into the dense forest and after a short walk Alex would encounter some pokemon.
A bidoof was busy gnawing in a tree trunk which looked like it had been worked on for quite some time. A zigzagoon was rummaging around in the wood clippings as if it thought it was going to find something valuable among them, throwing them around. Up in the tree a ladyba was pressing itself meekly under a path of green leaves as it fearfully watched a taillow who was looking around purposefully. The bird looked rather hungrily.

Alex was on the hunt of a Totem though, surely none of these pokemon were the mythical beast which he was supposed to challenge? But perhaps they held a clue to what and where it was?

[Tiki]

Alex listened to the instructions given by the elderly Alolan couple, and thankfully, this was just a Pokemon riddle and nothing too complicated. He kept the key words in his head as he thought of clues. Stars, night, and early bird. When he was led to the start of the trial, he thanked them for their guide and waved them goodbye. Then, he looked at the carved pillar briefly, to admire the craftsmanship, since it likely wasn't any of the clue to the totem Pokemon.

He stepped foot into the path and noticed some Pokemon wandering about and doing their thing. They looked rather strangely placed here, since these Pokemon weren't what he remembered to be living in New Bark Town. The Taillow, especially, stood out because Pidgey lives in this area supposedly. Then there's the Bidoof, and... all of them stood out basically. So, one of these had to be the Totem Pokemon or their evolution.

He looked up at the tree, and stood close to the Ledyba and Taillow, as they were kind of close together. Well, with his eyes fixed on the Ledyba, he moved his arm high and then pointed, and spoke to himself out loud. "Ledyba?"

[Marchbaby]

As Alex made his decision the small bug type Pokemon originally panicked as it had little doubt he was participating in a trial and would likely battle it. After a few seconds however the bug knew that losing it's cool was not going to help manners at all. Though it was not the best fighter it had no choice other than to try and put up the best resistance it could so that Alex would have to earn progressing further into the trial. Little did the bug know it was both outnumbered and at a disadvantage in strength as well but for the time being all it could do was put on it's brave face and charge towards him.

"LEEEEEEDDDDDDDDDYYYYYYYYYBBBBBBBBBAAAAAAAAAA" it yelled as it rushed towards him as fast as it's little wings could carry it. Such a sight would usually be adorable had it not been for Ledyba targeting Alex instead of one of his Pokemon. Luckily for Alex the ladybug Pokemon was not super fast and he would have some time to act before being in any real danger. Should he take too long however he would find out just how hard Ledyba could strike their target when given half a chance.

Ledyba (Level 9) wants to battle, please select a Pokemon.

[Tiki]

Alex sighed when the Ledyba responded to him. Initially, he thought that it was Hoothoot initially based on the clue, but since he didn't see one here, he knew that wasn't the answer right away. Soon enough, the Ledyba charged forward, and the trainer wasn't expecting such an usually docile bug type Pokemon to be aggressive like that.

Alex quickly grabbed a Pokeball on his hand, and instinctively sent out and summoned his Roselia. It had been a long while since he had trained one of his Pokemon, and revisiting New Bark Town was a great opportunity to train his weaker Pokemon. "Roshineu, use Stun Spore!"

Standing in front of him was a small grass type Pokemon, with three-points on her head like a crown, and flower petals for hands. A strange anatomy for a Pokemon, but it wasn't the strangest for Pokemon. The observant Pokemon waited until the Ledyba would be near her at the right moment, and then she would release a cloud of yellow spores that would be paralytic to most Pokemon who breathed it in.

[Tarlar]

Alex was not the only one surprised by the ledyba's quick and aggressive reaction, the taillow who had been bullying it, jumped back when the bug left its hiding space and zoomed at the human. It tilted its head and watched confused with one eye, turning the head to watch with the other, getting a good look.
The bidoof and zigzagoon also paused momentarily to look at what was happening, the bidoof quickly returned to its gnawing as work was much more important than some random battle. The zigzagoon jumped a bit closer curiously but was clever enough to keep a safe distance.

The ledyba dived quickly and Roshineu barely materialized before it had arrived, it swooped close to the roselia before it zoomed away. "Ledy, ba!" it called out loudly, making it clear that next time it wasn't going to let them off with a warning. Had it attacked directly Roshineu would surely have felt it, how she would have felt it was another question.
They didn't leave and the Ledyba huffed, they should have left now it had warned them what would happen, oh well, it would have to get tough then. It dived again, the dots on its back began to glow and change form to stars, a quick turn and Roshineu would be barraged by stars.
Only it never got that far. The air was suddenly full of yellow spores which the ledyba didn't notice before it was too late, it clasped its small hands up in front of its mouth and continued. It made its planned quick turn but then its whole body froze up and it began to make summersaults through the air while the glow on its back dimmed and disappeared. It crash landed into the ground.



Wild Encounter

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Weather: Clear

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Ledyba LV 9
HP 100% [28/28]

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Roshineu LV 14
HP 100% [42/42]

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Ledyba [Swarm]: Paralyzed
Roshineu [Ability]: Normal

SP27 Roshineu used Stun Spore!
SP17 9 Ledyba was paralyzed!

[Tiki]

The Ledyba cried out and rushed toward the Rosealia, but thankfully, the duo type Pokemon's stun spore clouded the sky that the Ledyba dove toward her. The bug type had unfortunately breathed in the yellow cloud and suffered paralysis, as it tried an attack but failed. The stars glowing on its back faded away before the attack could fully execute. Now, Roshineu had the upper hand since the opponent was paralyzed. Not that the grass type needed the speed advantange, but she could use the paralysis to buy time to build up her power.

"Good job, Roshineu! Now use Growth!" Alex hollered out his next move, and watched as the grass type channeled her inner strength and grew slightly larger.

The Roselia cried and made some noise, and then stretched out her arms in the sky like she had just waken up and doing a morning stretch. Two green little orbs appeared on the end of the Roselia's rosy hands, and a beam of light appeared from both and fired at a random tree. A keen observation on the tree would demonstrate anyone that the Roselia was basically gaining energy from the tree as the beam flowed toward her, and then the grass type grew a little bigger in size. Alex turned his head toward the tree, wondering how this work.

At least, from his observation, the tree didn't withered its own leaves or branches. If he had used this move in a place without plants, then how would it work? He wondered briefly, but he also likely wouldn't have this move in a gym battle or something. He didn't pay too much mind what the Ledyba was doing, as they're not known for their strength, or speed, or defensive capabilities. Even if it got through the paralysis, it probably couldn't hit hard, and Alex had a plan for the Roselia to regain stamina if the Ledyba did anything while Roselia was growing.

OOC:
growth x2

[Caramell 🍬]

Ledyba landed on a branch high above and studied Alex carefully. This human was just as troublesome as the bird that was once pestering it. His strange flower managed to spread those dangerous spores around that burned inside of its lungs. It struggled, twitching quietly to itself, and fought against the paralysis that surged through its veins. “Ledy ledy ba!” It cried through choked tears, urging them now to leave it be and return from wherever they had come from “Ba Ledyba ba!” It insisted that it would not let them further along this journey.

Roshineu would find that she was able to grow as much as she wanted unimpeded by the Ledyba and its struggles to fight through the paralysis. Perhaps she used a more potent strand of Stun Spore than others of her kind? Or even other Pokemon that happened to know the move? Ledyba wasn’t expecting it to be so strong. When Roshineu doubled, then nearly tripled in size, the small beetle’s eyes bugged out of its head in alarm. This plant was growing so rapidly it was afraid Roshineu would grow to the size of a tree in due time!

“Baaa!” Small translucent wings unfolded from underneath Ledyba’s shell as it pulled the covering up to release them. It soared up into the air bravely prepared to put up the best fight it could muster, but staggered while doing so. Looking as though perhaps it drank too much of a Shuckle’s Berry Juice, Ledyba swerved back and forth in the air, before collapsing on the ground rolled over onto its back. It’s legs twitched wildly in the air. It just needed to BREATHE! Ahhh! It hurt so much to try to move sometimes!

Wild Encounter

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Weather: Clear

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Ledyba LV 9
HP 100% [28/28]

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Roshineu LV 14
HP 100% [42/42]

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Ledyba [Swarm]: Paralyzed
Roshineu [Natural Cure]: Normal [+2 Atk, +2 Sp. Atk]

SP27 Roshineu used Growth! Her Attack and Special Attack increased!
SP17 9 Ledyba was paralyzed!

SP27 Roshineu used Growth! Her Attack and Special Attack increased!
SP17 9 Ledyba was paralyzed!

Ledyba Moves: Tackle, Supersonic, Swift

SPOILER: Click to show

Ledyba: (25% para) vljLfoWrp_1-100
Ledyba: (25% para) p_1-100

1-100·1-100

[Tiki]

The Ledyba kept on chirping, and it was starting to sound like a Mareep, with less fluff but a pair of wings. The poor bug was buzzing, and bleating in pain as the paralysis set in and numbed its already tiny body. In the mean time, the Roselia was growing larger and larger, and maybe she would match the Ledyba in size. It was a good thing most bug type Pokemon don't know the move Growth. Alex wasn't sure if the Ledyba was going to come down from the tree branch that it was holding onto, but he knew his Pokemon could make it come down on its own.

Now, he was ready to call his Pokemon for an attack. "Roshineu, go for a Mega Drain on the Ledyba!" The grass type cried and gracefully walk on the soft, grassy ground as she narrowed her distance toward the Ledyba. Alex thought he was watching a scene from a movie where a female assassin would dramatically walk down their path before going for their prey to conclude the battle.

Alex knew that the duo typing of bug and flying would greatly reduce the effectiveness of the Mega Drain, which was why he had his Roselia using Growth twice. Although, he was beginning to ponder the possibility of teaching her a Hidden Power for type coverage, or even evolve her with an evolution stone. Would it be too soon? He would like to train his Pokemon some more, at least, before evolving. Not to mention, he heard of Roselia's hidden ability would be a boost to their Hidden Power potential. He might have to go back to the dream seer in Ecruteak after this Alolan Trial. He looked up at the sky briefly to think clearly, staring at the sunshine poking through the gaps of the dense surrounding trees and their fruitful and extending branches. He then looked back down on the Roselia as she glowed a light green and prepared to drain the life out of Ledyba.

[Tarlar]

Alex was not the only one seeing Roshineu as an assassin, Ledyba chittered up a storm and frantically tried to get its body to work the way it wanted, and it managed to buzz around and hide behind a tree. She looked scary!
It might be A Chosen One and crucial for the Trial and it had to test all challengers to make sure only the worthy ones found the way to the Totem, but no one had said it was going to face a femme fatale like Roshineu! Strolling over the grass full of confidence, eying like a hunter eyed its trapped prey, everyone knowing it was just a matter of time.

It tried to hide on a branch, adrenaline pumping and for now clearing the paralysis effect off it, it was too scared and alert to be bothered by something like cramping muscles, it didn't even feel there was a problem there. Heart beating fast in its chest, it watched as the roselia calmly made her way around so she could see it, it pressed itself against the branch, hoping she hadn't seen it even though she was staring directly at it, and slowly raised her petals to point at it.

It gasped horrified when it felt some of its energy getting drained out of its body, and then paused surprised. That hadn't been so bad. It looked down at her again and wondered why it had thought her so dangerous before, she was just a grass type, and a pretty dainty one on top of that, she posed no thread to a flying bug like itself.
It shook its head, laughing at its own reaction while it opened its carapace to free its wings. Wing a buzz it lifted itself into the air, "Ledyba!" It told her confidently and several stars hurled through the air and hammered into Roshineu, barely leaving a dent.


Wild Encounter

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Weather: Clear

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Ledyba LV 9
HP 79% [22/28]

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Roshineu LV 14
HP 93% [39/42]

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Ledyba [Swarm]: Paralyzed
Roshineu [Natural Cure]: Normal [+2 Atk, +2 Sp. Atk]

SP27 Roshineu used Mega Drain!
SP17 9 Ledyba used Swift!


Ledyba Moves: Tackle, Supersonic, Swift

[Tiki]

Since this was Alex's first trial, he wasn't sure if this was normal behavior coming from another Pokemon. He don't usually see the other Pokemon trying to hide, let alone a Ledyba in an Alolan trial thing. These were the Pokemon that were behind the Totem end goal he would be getting? This Pokemon that he's facing was quite.... pathetic than other Pokemon he had battled. He wasn't sure if this was a farce, and an act, to lower his guard, but he certainly wasn't buying into it! Although, thinking upon it, the paralysis he had his Roselia scattered on the bug type probably wasn't helping it.

Once the grass type used her attack, and the bug type regained its composure to fly briefly and then released a flurry of Swift attack. He watched the grass type trying to dodge, but that wouldn't do anything, since the magical stars come with honing ability. Eventually, the grass type was hit, but that didn't bother the aromatic elegance. Roshineu picked herself back up, unbothered by the Swift, and made way again to the Ledyba. Alex knew that even though the bug type was struggling from paralysis earlier, it would eventually fought through it and strike back.

"Good job, Roshineu, another Mega Drain!" Alex called out his next attack. Because he didn't equip his Pokemon with more attacking moves, there wasn't much he could do anyways at the moment. Even though it might take him longer than usual to train up his lower level Pokemon, at least his Pokemon would get excellent battling experience out of this. Now, he just needed to be patient for this battle to conclude eventually.

The Roselia tiptoed forward once again to prepare for another attack. Honestly, she wasn't sure what the Ledyba would get out of trying to hide. The bug type's bright warm colored carapace was just too obvious in this densely populated foliage without much of a flower or two. These plants were here were just various shades of green, blending on top of each other.

[Caramell 🍬]

Ledyba was quietly reconsidering why it had been so afraid of this average looking grass type. Her attacks weren’t exactly strong. Was it just the paralysis that seized every fiber of its body? Surely that’s all that managed to put so much fear into the small flying bug’s heart. But it was able to struggle through and attack now. It wasn’t so bad. So it just needed to buckle down and give Roshineu all that it could to test the Roselia and her trainer and make sure they were worthy enough to pass by to the Totem Pokemon that awaited.

Those spores though…a cold shiver ran down Ledyba’s spine as she thought about them. Roshineu used her powers to zap away more of the paralyzed beetle’s health, causing it to stumble on the branch it’d recently landed on. Ah…ack! No, no, no, no, no! Noooo! It kicked and clawed its way back up and steadied itself for a moment, ignoring its battler as it took in slow, steady breaths. Focus. Ledyba needed to find its inner calm before striking its opponent once more.

Then it happened. Though the paralysis still pumped through its veins, causing Ledyba to struggle and find movement hard to do, it was able to withstand the worst of the onslaught and struggle through. “Ledyba ledy ledy! Baa!” It raised one fist in the air and waved it about as if to let Roshineu know how rude it was to knock a bug out of its tree. Wasn’t she raised with any manners? Oh well…time to attack once more while its muscles were still working for the better! Ledyba sent another shower of spiraling stars that ripped into Roshineu’s arms and sides.

Wild Encounter

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Weather: Clear

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Ledyba LV 9
HP 54% [15/28]

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Roshineu LV 14
HP 93% [39/42]

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Ledyba [Swarm]: Paralyzed
Roshineu [Natural Cure]: Normal [+2 Atk, +2 Sp. Atk]

SP27 Roshineu used Mega Drain! She regained health!
SP17 9 Ledyba used Swift!


Ledyba Moves: Tackle, Supersonic, Swift

[Tiki]

Alex watched as the Ledyba struggled through the paralysis. It's a sight that he had seen several times, since his Pokemon were likely equipped with status hurling moves. His Roselia executed another Mega Drain brilliantly, draining more life out of this bug than it could react. The paralyzed and clumsy Ledyba managed to use Swift again, but with the Mega Drain's recovery, it didn't seem to bother the grass type too much. If his Roselia had a more powerful than Mega Drain, he was sure Roshineu would take care of this bug type with a quick and easy victory.

"You know what to do, Roshineu, use Mega Drain again!" He shouted his next move. His grass type sauntered forward and locate wherever the Ledyba ended up at, and then prepared yet another Mega Drain as her rose-hand glowed green once again. Alex wasn't counting how many Mega Drain it had been, but from the looks of it, just a few more should do the trick!

ooc:
been forgetting to update words for rellor
should be able to evolve next post if not end of battle post