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Post by Tarlar on Jun 4, 2024 8:20:32 GMT 11
(New team: Blue Cheese(Resist Feather), Honeywind(Resist Feather), Lapis, Mydori(Eviolite), Flit(Swift Feather), Nightflower(Amulet Coin))
It had been some busy last days but now, finally, Lei was standing in front of what looked to be a huge greenhouse which was the Azalea Gym. She had been reminded that it had been one of her next major goals when the Bug Catching Contest came around once more and that girl had been up for doing it once more. A new interesting pokemon had come out of it, rellor, although upon examining it Lei was a bit disappointed at how little potential it seemed to have. Perhaps she could wipe it off on Aglaia and let her deal with it. While the girl had trained Smokey, Lei had focused on training her selected few for the gym battle. From a bit of research she realized Bugsy wasn't going to be a pushover and she would need a bit of trickery to show she was better at his type specialty than he was.
All pokemon were in their pokeballs when Lei stepped through the door as she was not going to let him know anything about what she brought with her. She got hold of an assistant to let them know she was here to challenge the gym. Bugsy better be in and be ready, Lei was not going to take no for an answer. When the formalities were over with she was shown the way to where the battle was going to start and she looked around boredly and looked Bugsy up and down unimpressed when he was presented to her.
"I can understand you have some pretty amazing bugs," she said sarcastically and looked at her nails, "you think they'll get a chance against my bug smashers?" She added casually and then waved impatiently at him, "let's get this over with, I have places to be." She watched intently out of the corner of her eye, she was sure he had heard this plenty of time before, how was he going to react on that? At her end of the field she crossed her arms and waited, ready for the big reveal of what pokemon she was going to challenge him with. A smirk plastered on her as she looked forward to his reaction on that, this was surely going to make an impression.
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Post by Pixel on Jun 6, 2024 3:33:30 GMT 11
Bugsy might look little different than your average bug catcher, but he was a gym leader for a reason. Haughty challenges or even threats rarely got under his skin, as all types came here, bold as brass, hot off their victory against Falkner. They usually expected to walk through Bugsy just the same. After all. How threatening were mere bugs? He smiled at Lei and her audacious introduction. Bug smashers? Rock types then. Certainly a harder sort of foe to beat, but he had handled the tough exteriors of stony foes before. One couldn't rest their laurels against his scyther, even when packing super effective moves and defensive pokemon. She just hit that hard and that fast. "No need to...bug out!" he quipped. "My bug types won't be so easily crushed. We will face any rocky obstacles with the tenacity of the ever enduring and evolving bug type!" Bugsy winked and spread out his arms, "Scyther, you're up first! Our opponent is eager to get things started." The trees around them hummed and buzzed and suddenly, swiftly, like a ninja, a scyther erupted from the trees to land between them.
Bugsy accepted your challenge and sent out his [LV 21] Scyther
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Post by Tarlar on Jun 9, 2024 9:04:19 GMT 11
With how leveled Bugsy acted, he rose several steps in Lei's mentally raiting, he even managed to sent her a smile despite her rude behavior. She wondered briefly how rude someone would have to be to be refused a battle and shown the door, she was obviously not going to test that. He seemed to be gobbling up her words and hadn't she been so used to looking cocky, a grin might have broken through. Instead her eye brow rose when he even joked with her and confidently stated that his bugs were going to fight to the bitter end. That's what she liked to hear, beating him would really show what she was capable of. She smirked briefly when he talked about rocky starts, did that mean he thought she was bringing rock types? That would surely have been the easiest, and some would probably feel really proud of being able to beat two gym leaders with the same pokemon. Lei huffed, what skill did you have by winning only by type advantage? Any youngster could do that, no she was better than that. She did not think about the advantage she had by being able to study Bugsy and his battle tactics, while he knew nothing about her.
She didn't answer his remarks, she risked giving herself away, but she did turn and watched the scyther intently when she was came flying in from the surrounding trees. Not the strongest pokemon Lei had seen but Scyther was clearly fit and moved with a gracefulness of an experienced battler. "Time to see who the real master is," Lei said as her smirk spread and she flipped a pokeball into the air. It broke open while still in the air and the content continued upwards, spinning around herself with her antennae folded down towards her body, at the top Blue Cheese stopped abruptly as she spread her antennae wide, making the eye patterns flash at Scyther. A closer look would reveal that the masquerain's four wings and eye shaped antennae were tattered as if she had been pebbled with tiny sharp things. Blue didn't seem to care, this might not be a contest but she was going to treat it like it was. She flipped backwards and soared down towards the ground where she spread her wings again and stayed afloat in front of Lei.
Lei's smirk had turned into a mischievous grin, "I doubt there will be many rocks present in this battle, but the bugs I can present aren't going to be easily handled either," she grinned and took her time. She would chat friendly and wait her time, dragging it and hopefully be able to wait giving her order until Bugsy had given his. Eventually she would have to give it though, "Blue, Whirlwind!"
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Post by Marchbaby on Jun 15, 2024 16:33:28 GMT 11
Bugsy smiled as he heard Lei's choice of move. It was very rare that anyone tried to use Whirlwind in his gym against his Scyther especially a fellow bug type Pokemon. One thing Lei had likely not taken into consideration however was his Scyther's Technician ability that had caught many trainers off guard and Bugsy hoped this case would be no different as he ordered Scyther to strike using it's powerful wings. " Ah such a fascinating strategy, usually flying types try that against me but rarely do fellow bug type Pokemon try such a strategy. Scyther strike with your Dual Wingbeat before that Masquerain can strike you." Secpnds later the green scythe armed Pokemon rushed towards Blue Cheese striking her twice with it's mighty wings. Much to it's astonishment and Bugsy's Blue Cheese endured the hit thanks yo it's Resist Feather. " Ah bravo, such a wonderful strategy to partially counter Technician. That intimidation factor Masquerain possesses helps as well." Now with Scyther resting for a moment it could not avoid in incoming Whirlwind as it was blown off the battlefield. Bugsy was not too upset however as it meant Scyther could rest a bit while one of his other bugs got a chance to shine. It also removed the attack penalty Intimidate had caused so the swap was not all bad news. " Enjoy your rest for now Scyther Kakuna will be up next. I will call on you again if I need your strength later."As the yellow cocoon Pokemon took it's place on the battlefield Bugsy patiently waited to see what Lei would try next. So far she had been quite a unique challenger and he was eager to see what else she might have planned for him as the battle unfolded. Trainer Battle. Weather: Clear [attr="class","qkt-bkgd"] [attr="class","qkt-wild-pkmn"] Bugsy's Scyther LV 21 HP 100% [66/66]
[attr="class","qkt-wild-imgbox"] [attr="class","qkt-pkmn-img"] ![](https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/ani/scyther.gif) [attr="class","qkt-trainer-pkmn"] Blue Cheese LV 24 HP 45% [34/75]
[attr="class","qkt-trainer-imgbox"] [attr="class","qkt-pkmn-img"] ![](https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/ani-back/masquerain.gif) Bugsy's Scyther [Technician]: Attack -1 Lei's Blue Cheese[Swift Swim]: Defense +1 SP55 Scyther used Dual Wingbeat! SP50 Blue Cheese used Whirlwind!
![](https://pldh.net/media/pokemon/gen4/hgss/014.png) Whirlwind sends out Kakuna (Level 18) Dual Wingbeat Crit?0USPqoiep_1-16 Whirlwind sends out? 1 Metapod 2 Kakuna:p_1-2 Dual Wingbeat Damage: 40-52 p_40-52(Blue Cheese has the wrong ability currently as it should be intimidate so I recalculated damage based off the correct ability
OOC: Removing Resist Feather from Blue Cheese as it has been consumed. Blue Cheese's ability has been updated correctly as well.1-16·60-72·1-2
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Post by Tarlar on Jun 16, 2024 9:16:46 GMT 11
Lei's face dropped when the expected reaction from Bugsy did not appear, the surprise of him realizing she was using bugs and not rock types as she had lead on to begin with. She frowned and pouted in disappointment as Scyther did as expected, and Blue luckily did as she was supposed to, survive the onslaught and send the mantis off the field. She mellowed a bit when Bugsy praised her tactics, he hadn't seen the best of it yet. Watching the kakuna she straightened and raised her chin proudly, with what she had in mind now surely would excite him.
Blue Cheese's antennae drooped when she got a better look at the menacing scyther, she much rather wanted to dance and show off than facing this beast. She sent it a nervous grin and flinched when the scyther rushed at her and sent her flying back with a couple of strong precise hits with its wings. She threw out her wide antennae and flapped her four wings to slow herself down and get control of her movement again, she looked nervously at her opponent. With grace she floated higher laying her antennae backwards and turning her face upwards, then in a fluid motion she pulled her wings up and then brought clapped it all together in front of her, so the swift motion created a sudden gust of wind, which freed her from the worry of her opponent. She didn't get to enjoy it for long.
Lei smiled at Bugsy, although it didn't quite reach her eyes. "Oh don't worry dear, I know what your scyther is capable of, can you guess what mine are, now I obviously aren't bringing rock pokemon. You are known to be the expert of bug types after all," she said sugar sweet as she recalled Blue. She let Bugsy wait a bit before she let out her next pokemon. "Time to show what Silverstone can do! Silverstone's Nightflower, Confusion!" Lei shouted victoriously and held forth the pokeball which threw out the venonat. Flower knew better than to waste any time when given an order, so she waited no longer than to locate her opponent, before psychic waves floated from her.
Lei watched Bugsy intently.
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Post by Pixel on Jun 18, 2024 13:03:39 GMT 11
"I see! A type mirror-match! How clever, to throw off my expectations by leading me to assume you brought rock types," Bugsy said, clapping a bit. "Then perhaps I should subvert your expectations a little." Kakuna was rather vulnerable right now because it was mostly used as a pivot for scyther rather than as a main attacker. It was a defensive pokemon that could often take a hit to allow the somewhat fragile scyther to duck in and out of combat freely. So wouldn't it just make sense to get his ace back out there~? "Scyther, I know you were just blown out of the fight, but I think I hear your name being called! Return kakuna!" And before the venonat could pinpoint the cocoon, he swapped the scyther back in to tank the weak confusion. However, scyther proved faster than the little gnat and vibrated her wings so fast that the very air thrummed. Twin blades of air beat down on her target and poor little Nightflower was sent sailing backwards in defeat. "Your trick with a resist item and intimidate was very clever! Then you whirlwinded scyther out of the way before she could build momentum. I won't be underestimating you, trainer! Especially not a fellow bug enthusiast! I should give you my very best with a team like yours, that way we can glory in the beauty and power of bug pokemon and see them battle at their finest. Now, show me what other tricks you have up your sleeve." He smiled, eyes glittering with his delight and enthusiasm. Bugsy Battle Weather: Clear [attr="class","qkt-bkgd"] [attr="class","qkt-wild-pkmn"] Bugsy's Scyther LV 21 HP 100% [66/66]
[attr="class","qkt-wild-imgbox"] [attr="class","qkt-pkmn-img"] ![](https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/ani/scyther.gif) [attr="class","qkt-trainer-pkmn"] Blue Cheese LV 16 HP 100% [50/50]
[attr="class","qkt-trainer-imgbox"] [attr="class","qkt-pkmn-img"] ![](https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/ani-back/venonat.gif) Bugsy's Scyther [Technician]; Normal Lei's Nightflower [Tinted Lens]; Fainted SP+ Nightflower switched in SP+ Bugsy swapped kakuna back to Scyther SP55 Scyther used dual wingbeat. Nightflower fainted! -1 happiness
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Post by Tarlar on Jun 19, 2024 9:04:40 GMT 11
Lei stared at Bugsy, was he blind? He couldn't really miss it, right? Nightflower stood there in all her shiny glory, it was like light was drawn to her and danced around her, Lei had even spent some money on products to really make the venonat's color pop, to shine as bright as possible. And then it was all wasted as Bugsy didn't react on it at all! Lei clenching her fists so much her knuckles became white, what was wrong with him? Were he just so used to bugs and seeing so many different kind that a shiny one wasn't going to make him bat an eye? Lei exhaled and forced herself to relax, she would just have to do with beating him then, if not a shiny venonat could catch his interest, neither would any of her other brought pokemon.
Lei shrugged, "Nightflower was meant to take down your secondary pokemon, no matter what they were," she said disinterested and sighed when Scyther was sent back in immediately and Nightflower got knocked out cold before she got to do anything. "And there you can see why," Lei said dryly as she gestured to the fainted purple bug.
The thirty year old trainer couldn't help but smile a bit at the gym leader's praise of her and she relaxed further. "Oh I'm far from done," she promised him as she recalled Nightflower. "As I said, it is time to see who is the master in these type of pokemon," she said confidently and then tapped her chin thoughtfully, although there wasn't much to think about really. Blue Cheese soared upwards once more a moment later, spinning around herself and ending by spreading her eye-like antennae when she stopped, just like last time. She looked around a bit confused, out again so soon? She glanced nervously back at Lei. Lei didn't give her any order but instead called the unconscious venonat out and unceremoniously stuffed a revive into mouth. Nightflower coughed and sat abruptly, Lei stood up again and turned her attention back to Bugsy. "Isn't it rather risky to rely so heavily on your scyther?" she asked with a smile.
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Post by Pixel on Jun 20, 2024 6:46:07 GMT 11
"Relying on her to take out my secondary pokemon?" Bugsy mused. "And you sent her out while my ace was still at full health and viable? She is a lovely pokemon. Those blue eyes tell me that she is uniquely colored for her species, but venonat are rather fragile and she seems quite young." It wasn't uncommon for people to bring in under leveled pokemon because they either assumed bugs were weak or that because he had two cocoon pokemon that he'd just be a pushover. But as someone who also raised a fair number of bugs for this battle, surely Lei would understand their strengths and weaknesses by now. "And you're right. It is a dangerous game to rely so heavily on my ace, but if I used my other pokemon, I'd surely be too strong to be the second challenge a new trainer faces! People already complain that I'm an unfair challenge as I am!" He laughed softly. Both he and Whitney had similar battle styles, though wildly different teams. He had a scyther that cut through teams with support from his other pokemon. And she had a miltank that stomped its way through foes without mercy. The biggest challenge was where Bugsy sat. He was a gatekeeper of sorts to the greater pokemon world. Trainers had to get creative to beat him! "Now, what's next!" Bugsy said this as his scyther once more knocked out one of Lei's pokemon with a powerful flap of her wings. Trainer Battle. Weather: Clear [attr="class","qkt-bkgd"] [attr="class","qkt-wild-pkmn"] Bugsy's Scyther LV 21 HP 100% [66/66]
[attr="class","qkt-wild-imgbox"] [attr="class","qkt-pkmn-img"] ![](https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/ani/scyther.gif) [attr="class","qkt-trainer-pkmn"] Blue Cheese LV 24 HP 0% [0/75]
[attr="class","qkt-trainer-imgbox"] [attr="class","qkt-pkmn-img"] ![](https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/ani-back/masquerain.gif) Bugsy's Scyther [Technician]: Attack -1 Lei's Blue Cheese [Swift Swim]: Status Intimidate lowered Scyther's attack +SP50 Revive used on Nightflower. SP55 Scyther used Dual Wingbeat! Blue Cheese Fainted (-1 happiness)
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Post by Tarlar on Jun 20, 2024 9:06:14 GMT 11
Lei looked at Bugsy with a raised eyebrow, "Well, yes of course. Your less trained one should have some fun too, better to find someone suitable for their skill, but if you prefer me stomping over them instead that can be an option too," she said bluntly with a shrug. His kind recognition of Nightflower's shininess was way too late to really matter to Lei, and it was dampened even more when Bugsy pointed out that she was less trained than her other pokemon. Or rather than Blue Cheese. She narrowed her eyes at his not so subtly bragging and she looked surprised as she innocently said, "really? Amazing, so what is your tactic to handle rock types?" Most of the clips she had seen of his battling, his scyther switched out with u-turn and then the challenger had handled the cocoon sent out in its place, but of course he wouldn't do that all the time, it would just make him a bad gym leader. "Who would want a badge if the gym is too easy? I thought they were supposed to be badges of honor, to show you had learned and grown as trainer. Let me guess, the ones who complains are the ones who are losing to you as it is now, but why follow what they say? They just need to become better, or realize they are not cut out for it and go home," Lei stated and shook her head. "That's how it is in Alola, you can't really tell the Totems to be less strong, they are meant to challenge the trainer, not just to lose easily and give away the amulets for free," she ranted.
The challenger barely glanced at her masquerain as she fainted too, just so she didn't miss with the recall light from the pokeball. "Yes, who to sent out next, hmm," Lei thought out loud and then raised a finger as if she got an idea, "oh! I know!" She bend down and pushed the shiny venonat forward, "it's so pretty, right? Let's enjoy her shininess some more!" Overly cheerful and with a big grin, Nightflower sent her a worried look as she reluctantly stepped forward to face Scyther once more. The purple bug swallowed hard.
Lei turned her attention away from the battle and let out Blue Cheese, only to stuff down a revive into her mouth again, abruptly waking her. Lei stood up again with a none caring expression and waited for the unviewable outcome of the next round.
Wordcount: 422 (ooc: Nightflower in again, revive used on Blue, self updated, now 4 left)
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Post by Pixel on Jun 22, 2024 6:57:54 GMT 11
"How do I deal with rock types? To be quite honest, rock types are a rather ideal strategy but I have bested a few trainers who became too cocky just because they had rocks. Scyther hits hard. It can even outpace the damage something like a geodude can dish out depending on their level and the moves they possess." Bugsy admitted with a shrug. When he saw the venonat thrown back out to sparkle as Lei crammed revives back down Blue Cheese's throat, he realized what Lei was trying to do. In theory. Intimidate scyther's attack so low through intimidation swaps that he either HAD to swap or flounder. Which was a fairy strategy and told him a few things. Either none of her pokemon resisted dual wingbeat or most of her team was vulnerable in some way to heavy hitting attacks either due to being under leveled or due to their frail defenses. Many bugs weren't out there tanking hits. But he's faced down mono bug challengers before. The last one—an insufferable brat he almost had to call IPF on for his outrageous display of threat and violence towards the noncombatants in the gum and some threats to burn the whole gym down—faced him with some pretty heavy hitters. It felt pretty evenly matched, though it was quickly evident his pokemon were higher level than Bugsy's own. He scratched his head as Scyther just sorta...knocked Nightflower out cold. Again. Bugsy Battle Weather: Clear [attr="class","qkt-bkgd"] [attr="class","qkt-wild-pkmn"] Bugsy's Scyther LV 21 HP 100% [66/66]
[attr="class","qkt-wild-imgbox"] [attr="class","qkt-pkmn-img"] ![](https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/ani/scyther.gif) [attr="class","qkt-trainer-pkmn"] Nightflower LV 16 HP 0% [0/50]
[attr="class","qkt-trainer-imgbox"] [attr="class","qkt-pkmn-img"] ![](https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/ani-back/venonat.gif) Bugsy's Scyther [Technician]; Normal; -1 ATK Lei's Nightflower [Tinted Lens]; Fainted +SP Revive used on Blue Cheese [38/75] SP55 Scyther used dual wingbeat. Nightflower fainted! -1 happiness
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Post by Tarlar on Jun 23, 2024 7:34:25 GMT 11
Lei nodded solemnly, "if you didn't have a way to handle the rock pokemon, I am sure you'd be walked all over by those and fire types, and then you wouldn't be a gym leader for long, right?" She wasn't really sure how you became a gym leader, it was not of her interest as it sounded like way too much work. She expected that there were a minimum requirement to be an official place to earn badges, otherwise there were no reason to have it and you could just as well pay for them online. "I wonder how it is with the Totems in Alola, those are wild pokemon," she mused out loud, "I have never actually thought of that," she admitted and then added quickly, "I'm from the Alola Region."Lei's tactic was probably really easy to guess yes, especially after she had tried to force Bugsy to switch out his scyther, when he didn't start with that himself. When it didn't work there was only the long dragged out version but that was how it was, there was no way that Lei was giving up. Winning with bugs against one who used Dual Wingbeat was a challenge, but that was why she was doing it, to show everyone that she could best Bugsy and was better than him at using the type he was specialized in. "Why?!" Nightflower just got to exclaim before Scyther was upon her and knocked her out cold, Lei recalled her without batting an eye. "Can you guess what is going to happen now?" Lei asked with a grin, as she gave Bugsy a moment to answer before she let out Blue Cheese again. The masquerain looked dreadfully at the scyther as she was let out once again, this was not fun anymore. Had there been a chance for Blue to do anything Lei might have ordered some sort of move, but from the last few rounds she knew the moth was too slow and too weak to do anything against the scyther. As she had failed with the tactic of controlling when they faced Scyther she became a punching bag instead. Lei used the time on something useful, using yet another revive on Nightflower, who sat up to sent her trainer a disgusted look. The venonat's eyes shook lightly as she used her special sight to scan her surroundings and see what was going on here, why were they sent into this hopeless battle over and over again? It told her nothing useful, she just learned they were in some sort of building full of trees with plenty of hidden bugs. Wordcount: 439 (ooc: Blue in and using a revive on Nightflower, again again ![:P](//storage.proboards.com/2475952/images/j4x3M6WbsBpReeVALlIv.png) now 3 left, self updated)
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Post by Pixel on Jun 24, 2024 10:03:58 GMT 11
"Fire types are generally quite frail defensively unless they are paired with something more sturdy, like rock! I have taken on many trainers who think their starter will sweep my gym with a type advantage alone and not consider their own weaknesss." Bugsy chuckled. "Steel is also a good choice...not as common to find, though." He watched as Blue Cheese was sent out again, once more flashing those startling wings and making scyther flinch back. Still. Without being at full health, what did she hope to accomplish here? Did one of her pokemon have an incredibly finisher and just need him to not blizt the bug with a single dual wingbeat? How many revives did she have? What would happen if he just U-Turned before she finished setting up? Did she have a dwebble or durant in the back and was just playing mindgames? Who knew? He watched her shove another revive down the venonat's throat. The poor little bug looked upset and almost betrayed. Bugsy's heart twisted a bit in sympathy. "I am...unsurprised?" Bugsy said, rubbing the back of his head. "So, do you have any cool bugs from alola? I've always wanted to see a vikavolt in person~" Trainer Battle. Weather: Clear [attr="class","qkt-bkgd"] [attr="class","qkt-wild-pkmn"] Bugsy's Scyther LV 21 HP 100% [66/66]
[attr="class","qkt-wild-imgbox"] [attr="class","qkt-pkmn-img"] ![](https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/ani/scyther.gif) [attr="class","qkt-trainer-pkmn"] Blue Cheese LV 24 HP 0% [0/75]
[attr="class","qkt-trainer-imgbox"] [attr="class","qkt-pkmn-img"] ![](https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/ani-back/masquerain.gif) Bugsy's Scyther [Technician]: Attack -2 Lei's Blue Cheese [Swift Swim]: Status Intimidate lowered Scyther's attack +SP50 Revive used on Nightflower. SP55 Scyther used Dual Wingbeat! Blue Cheese Fainted!
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Post by Tarlar on Jun 25, 2024 4:08:30 GMT 11
"True," Lei nodded and then grinned, "what is up with that by the way? Why do some trainers keep believing that just because their first pokemon are their first, that it is their best? I got that if it is the one you have used the most, then of course it is your strongest, but that doesn't mean that is the best way to go."Lei looked thoughtful for a moment, "I'm not even sure which pokemon you'd officially would call my first," she mused, "if you go by what a professor gives you, it would be a rowlet, while the one which has been around me the most is a comfey. I guess that currently my torkoal has the spot most trainers assign their Starter Pokemon." She smiled openly to Bugsy, "so which pokemon would you clacify as your starter?""Aron would be a pretty good encounter to your gym, I wonder why not more trainers take advantage of that, or just the rock types you can find in union cave," she thought out loud. Were trainers simply that stupid they didn't think of taking advantage of that when traveling towards Azalea? Or did they just rely on their current pokemon so much, they couldn't think any further? "I have a main team like many others, but it doesn't mean they are the only ones I use," she said with a chuckle. The pity Bugsy had for Nightflower wasn't hinted at Lei's expression, as she chatted on like they were old acquaints who had just run into each other on the street. She recalled the knocked out venonat absentmindedly as she tried to hide an expression if 'are you kidding me?!' Who would have known that if she had brought the rather common alolan bug, she would have gotten the reaction she had hoped for with some of the ones she had brought. While she didn't have one, it wouldn't have been hard for her to find someone at home who'd be willing to trade for a johto pokemon. "I must warn you though, its not as fast as the rumors are saying," she explained, she had heard about a lot of trainers back home who had complained about why their specific vikavolt was so slow, when they were supposed to be so fast. The thirty year old trainer looked at the pokeball in her hand containing Blue, Nightflower ducked a bit, dreading what was coming next. Lei smirked. "Speaking of speed, I think its time to speed things up a bit, don't you think?" She teased as she pocketed the pokeball and Nightflower squeezed her eyes shut. "Silverstone's Mydori, Gust!" Lei ordered and a rather common looking yanma took flight, speeding over the ground, zipping straight to the left to disappear between the trees as she took advantage of the surroundings. Expecting Scyther to follow her, she would dart in and out and around, watching her opponent closely, slowing down a bit at first as she watched for the best time to sent a gust at her. Nightflower slowly opened her eyes and was filled with relief when the awesome yanma came and stopped the horror. "You go girl!" the shiny bug shouted after her team mate and her eyes shone as she scanned the area, just to be sure none of the hiding bugs in the tress would interfere and help their the ones who had given them a peaceful place to live. "Don't worry, the others don't move! It comes from your left! dodge!" Nightflower shouted as she saw scyther make a move against Mydori. "You're doing great!" Nightflower shouted encouragingly. Wordcount: 605 (ooc: Mydori uses Gust. Normally Revive's should give a happiness since its an item used on the pokemon, but I'd say it might not work this time around with how Lei is using them ![:P](//storage.proboards.com/2475952/images/j4x3M6WbsBpReeVALlIv.png) )
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Post by Pixel on Jun 29, 2024 3:05:42 GMT 11
"What qualifies as my starter?" Bugsy echoed, pondering for a moment. "I suppose my own experiences also give me a non-traditional vision of my pokemon. My longest, constant companion is Scyther here. She has been with me through thick and thin since the very first bug catching contest that I entered. Though she wasn't the first bug I caught. Like many children I grew up hunting wurmples and caterpie and weedle with just a net." He leaned a bit on said net that he held in his hand, as if to hint that it was with a net much like the one he carried now. "Look around. The pokemon that live in the trees here were all pokemon that I caught and trained. Though is Scyther my strongest pokemon? No. She is, however, the most suitable challenge for trainers seeking their second badge. It wouldn't be fair for young up and comers to face my competitive team." He chuckled a bit, thinking fondly of his invitation to compete in the world tournament in Unova. His expression fell a bit, "Vikavolt isn't as fast as they say? How disappointing. It looks so sleek and its dex entries talk about its speed." Sigh. Then out came the yanma. Oh? His eyes gleamed a bit. "Now that is indeed a fast pokemon that will speed things up if it has the Speed Boost ability over Compound Eyes." Bugsy remarked. "And because of that, I think I need a little refresher. I believe you were waiting for me to do this? Scyther, use U-Turn!" And the mantis avoided the yanma's gust to make a tactical retreat. Unfortunately, when Kakuna emerged...it was promptly KO'd. "Sorry about that, old friend. Feeling better, Scyther?" Trainer Battle. Weather: Clear [attr="class","qkt-bkgd"] [attr="class","qkt-wild-pkmn"] Bugsy's Kakuna LV 18 HP 100% [0/49]
[attr="class","qkt-wild-imgbox"] [attr="class","qkt-pkmn-img"] ![](https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/ani/kakuna.gif) [attr="class","qkt-trainer-pkmn"] Yanma LV 24 HP 93% [67/72]
[attr="class","qkt-trainer-imgbox"] [attr="class","qkt-pkmn-img"] ![](https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/ani-back/yanma.gif) Bugsy's Kakuna [Shed Skin]: Fainted Yanma [Speed Boost]: Status, +1 SP SP55 Scyther used U-Turn! XSWFdPIVp_1-16 Kakuna was pulled out.SP52 Yanma used gust!Kauna fainted! Yanma's speed boost activated!
Yanma gained +2 LVs and grew to LV24
Bugsy is sending out his Scyther again! Will you switch? Pokemon: Nightflower: 25/50, Bluecheese: Fainted]1-16
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Tarlar
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Post by Tarlar on Jul 1, 2024 9:35:43 GMT 11
Lei's eyes switched to Bugsy as she thought of his answer about his starter, it wasn't really an answer. She did not look around, instead she waved a bit dismissive with her hand. "Obviously you have tons of pokemon. Most good trainers does that and with how many challengers you get as a gym leader you surely needs to have more than one team ready at any time." She looked at the well trained scyther and wanted to get one stronger than her, "so this one is the one you have had as a stable member the longest but not what you want to categorize as your starter, since you have others which are stronger?"
Lei shook her head with a smile, "no, sadly not. It looks really cool though, and its typing is pretty good. A bit like how your tactic is really good against the challengers you usually have." She looked thoughtful at Bugsy, "any other bug, or pokemon in general, from Alola you'd wish to be able to see? Or have perhaps?"
The two bugs disappeared briefly within the indoor forest and Lei watched as they darted in and out, dogding each others attacks. And there it was, the switching out of scyther for one of the weaker ones. She should have expected it, of course Bugsy wasn't going to let his scyther be at trouble when he had other options. Lei watched the kakuna go down with a look of regret, there went the chance of getting Nightflower a bit of battle experience. "What else to expect? You are obviously going to take advantage anyway you can," Lei said with a little smile which turned into a mischievous smirk, "quite predictable actually, and it won't chance the outcome in the end." Lei cupped her hands around her mouth, "Mydori! Gust again!" She shouted. "It's out here!" Nightflower called and Mydori broke through a tree top to sent a barrage of wind down at the scyther.
Nightflower shifted from one foot to another, she had a growing feeling that she was going to be sent in again at some point and that wasn't going to have a good outcome. The venonat glanced at her trainer, why was she doing this?
Wordcount: 373 (ooc: Mydori uses Gust)
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