Assistant Aries Analysis (Sudowoodo) [F]

[Marchbaby]

As Penelope made her way down the last of the unexplored paths it was not too long before she came across what looked like quite a grizzly scene. Lying in the center of a clearing was a policeman covered in red stains and not moving in the slightest. The man's flashlight was broken and was right next to one of his hands and a few other random items were strewn about as well. No people or Pokemon still seemed to be in the area so whatever had done this to the poor man was far gone by now.

Though the scene was likely not going to still have the culprit nearby Penelope still had a choice to make. She could either search the scene without disturbing the body or she could try and revive the man in hopes that he was still alive despite not looking very good at all. Regardless of her choice she was sure to find something useful if she searched hard enough as whatever did this had done a very poor job of cleaning up after the act.

Will Penelope try and revive the policeman or will she explore the scene without trying to revive him?

[Tiki]

I'll let you roll (or pick) which action for fun, but feel free to have Skiddo "examining" the red stain

In front of her was an officer, so now she was wondering why the rancher was mad about hooligans. However, the officer was seemingly unconscious, and she had to decide what to do in this quick moment. Had the man been attacked heavily? There wasn't Human Center like a Pokemon Center, so she would have to basically get the man to a hospital. She approached, as she prepared the thought of the man struggling to breathe.

Aries had another idea, as he gulped the weedy grass he was chewing, and also approached the man. "Oh, are you helping me?" Penelope asked ask as the Skiddo walked up. However, the grass type decided to sniff the stain on the shirt, but there's also no way to communicate to the human what he had discovered, was there? He sniffed, then looked at Penelope. The young picnicker could barely see what the Skiddo was doing though in the dark.

"Can you come around the officer and help me? Maybe we could put him in a more comfortable position." She asked again. Okay, now the Skiddo need to think of a way to communicate to Penelope.

[Caramell 🍬]

The grizzly scene offered a lot to Penelope even with the man completely knocked out. The Police Officer remained alive, thankfully, given away by the shallow breaths that escaped his lips. Penelope would notice them upon her close examination of his features and should notice the rhythmic motion of his chest rising and falling with each breath. The officer’s body was littered in bruises, shedding light on a scuffle that seemed to have used some sort of heavy or blunt object, like a bat or a large stone.

The deep red stains smeared on his outfit and over his arms would prove innocent enough, as well. As Aries prodded his head closer, sniffing at and examining the stains, it should become readily familiar to the shaggy goat that it was nothing more than some smashed up berries. A gentle and inviting scent lingered over the stains, sweet and fruity as though to tease and tantalize Aries to want to lick at the strange substance to clean it off the officer.

He was a heavy man. There was no doubt about this. Though the officer was long and slender, the weight she might experience should she try to drag him over would prove to be nearly all muscles pulling him down, causing her to drag him as she tried to lift him into a comfortable position. There was a tree nearby, perhaps Penelope would drag the unconscious officer over to it?

The tree itself was badly damaged, with many broken branches still dangling where they hadn’t completely snapped off. Its long trunk was mangled beyond repair. Large tears littered its trunk. The tree leaned abnormally so as though it was just trying to lay down and take a nap itself. There was a strong chance that the officer must have had a scuffle with the same culprit Penelope was after.

Near the officer’s body was a small set of keys that would become apparent and even shimmer underneath the pale moon’s light when she moved him. They stated simply, ‘Supply Shed’, on the label attached to the keys. Surely, they weren’t the officer’s Supply Shed keys, right? Hopefully, Penelope would remember the Farmer and the shed he had near his house in that same moment. Surely she could take the keys to him and find out?

Penelope found some keys!

Take them to Rancher Bernie?

SPOILER: Click to show

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1 - Interaction: The man wakes up.
2 - Investigation: The man is dead to the world (sleep Tiki, I'm not heartless).

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[Tiki]

Watching the man closely, Penelope noticed he was at least breathing, albeit struggling. Trying to prop the officer up, she groaned as he was a heavy man, and even witht he Skiddo's help, he was much heavier than she thought she could handle. After the grass type had helped her, he galloped around to sniff the stains on the man's clothing, and even went to lick it!

"Aries, oh no! Stop!" The young trainer yelled at her Pokemon, but upon pulling away her Pokemon, she, too, noticed the sweet smell of berries. "Huh? That wasn't blood?"

When she looked around, she saw the shadow of a tree nearby, but it looked unusual. The tree was battered and defeated, despite not being a Pokemon. Who would have so much beef with a tree? She thought to herself. Before she could get up and investigate, she heard s jingle of keys. She looked down and saw Aries gently biting on the keys. She carefully removed the keys from the officer, and then let him continue to rest.

"Thanks, Aries. Let's go find the farmer and ask him about the keys." Penelope thanked her Pokemon and patted the grass type, and then set out to find the farmer again to get permission to open the shed or something.

[Pixel]

Rancher Bernie was back where Penelope left him. When she approached and showed him the keys, he scratched his head, a little baffled, taking the key ring to look it over, "Well. This here is for the sprinkler system in the shed. Now where did you get this, little lady? Off out there on one of them paths?" Bernie jangled the keys. "Can't see why anybody would steal these unless they didn't know what theys were for...or unless for some reason they didn't want me turnin' it on? Mebbe the vandal don't like gettin' wet every time I turn on the sprinkler system in the mornin' and evenin'?" He huffed. "Hope they don't. At least that'd mean more than me would be gettin' inconvenienced."

He looked penelope over, "You got any idea of what's going on or who's been causing trouble?"

[Tiki]

Penelope happily replied. "Oh, I found the key next to an officer that was passed out on the ground in one of the path. Did you call for one?" She then pondered about the events that happened as she prepared for an answer. "Hmm... in one of the path, there was a man with a Sandshrew who passed out. I don't know if you know him, but he said something about water. I think the criminal hates water? That's kind of strange. Do you think we can turn it on the sprinkler? Or can I have your permission to turn on the sprinkler?"

She's not sure if it would be rude to just open up someone's sprinkler even though Bernie kind of gave consent for her to investigate the destroyed orchard. Nevertheless, she felt she should be talking to the rancher about the sprinkler system before having it turned on by the man himself, or at least asked. She waited patiently to see how he would respond, but she's sure the sprinkler would be turned on one way or the other if it would help with this old man's situation.

[Pixel]

"Turn on the sprinkler system?" Pause. He nodded a bit, "Yeah, I can go do that. Ya think the criminal hates water? Dunno what kind o' vandal iz 'fraid o' gettin' a lil wet but aint no harm innit. If ya think it'll stop my bushes from getting uprooted and my shed from being broken into again, then I'm all fer it. Go on, lil missy, I'll hobble my way in this here shed and get them sprinklers runnin'." He moved to do just that, now holding the keys that she offered him. "As fer the officer ya found these on... I 'ave been callin' the cops on the crooks. Aint had one report much o' anythin' back. Dunno if he was here because I called or fer 'nother reason." He shook his head. So much had been happening lately and none of it good! At least from his perspective.

It wouldn't be long before the rancher did as he said he would.

Penelope would hear the distinct gutter and woosh of water starting to spray.

"Now, all that said..." he came out of the shed. "Iffin ya wanna see where the water covers most. Izzat middle path there."

[Tiki]

Penelope listened and nodded as the rancher replied to her. "Yeah! Sprinkler! I don't know why they hate water, but that's what the man told me!" She was excited at finally seeing who the criminal was causing this ruckus. She was getting proud of her little detective skill. Soon enough, the sound of sprinkler was turned on, the mechanical devices sprayed forth relaxing shower of water on the plants around and on the ground. The sound of a billion droplets of water flying through the air, and then landing on the ground was quite mesmerizing, especially in such a nice weather outside.

However, she wouldn't idle for long, as she still needed to stop a culprit. She thanked the rancher and hurried along back to the middle path. She wasn't sure what to expect, but a vandal who didn't like water. Aries followed along, and whatever the opponent would be, he braced himself to prepare for the ambush.

Bulk Up x2 on Encounter

[Pixel]

It was a good idea to brace himself.

The culprit sprang from the bushes swinging. A massive, rock-hard fist swung towards the duo, scantly missing Penelope to crash hard into the Skiddo, shattering the goat's brace defenses with its suddenness. The fog made it hard to see anything, but now with the water-hating crook right on top of them, Penelope could make out the outline of a vaguely humanoid shape...though the limbs were very distorted. The body was long like a trunk and the legs stubby with spindly arms that held meaty fists. Those cartoonish proportions suggested that they were dealing with a pokemon of some kind.

Then, it lunged again, barely missing them and at last fully revealing itself, getting close enough to be seen clearly despite the fog.

Oh! A sudowoodo! 

No wonder it had been so hard to find the culprit. It had been disguised as a tree! 

Wild Encounter

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Weather: Fog

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Wild Sudowoodo LV 24
HP 100% [75/75]

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Skiddo LV 28
HP 89% [74/83]

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Wild Sudowoodo [Ability]: Status
Skiddo [Sap Sipper]: Status; +2 ATK, +1 DEF

SP42 Skiddo used bulk up! +1 ATK/DEF
SP26 Sudowood used tcv|tJFFp_1-4 Rock Smash! (90 acc) p_1-100  p_1-16p_1-16 def lower? p_1-100 Yes [-9]
SP42 Skiddo used bulk up! +1 ATK/DEF
SP26 Sudowood used p_1-4 Rock Smash! (90 acc) p_1-100 Miss!1-4·1-100·1-16·1-16·1-100·1-4·1-100

[Tiki]

Razor Leaf + Dusk Ball
-1 Dusk Ball from Alex, now 0
EDIT: Use bar on Skiddo if successful

Aries held his chin high, and braced himself as he looked around in the dark for the culprit as well. Suddenly, something hard as a rock came swinging, and the Skiddo bleated from the surprise attack. In front of Aries and Penelope, was a strange looking Pokemon that resembled a tree, yet it was not a tree. The young calf braced himself again as he toughened his muscles, and the Sudowoodo repeated by smacking its hardened but still moveable appendage on the Skiddo's back. OUCH! Thankfully, Aries had quite a sturdy built to take the hits like a champ!

"What is this strange Pokemon?" Penelope muttered to herself. "Aries, go for a Razor Leaf!" She hollered out a move, but she was definitely still trying to figure out what kind of Pokemon she was looking at, in this late of night. She grabbed a green colored Pokeball and prepared to capture it, if the Sudowoodo didn't get sliced by those sharp, crunchy leaves.

[Pixel]

Sudowoodo was indeed sliced by those leaves. It stood its ground, as if trying to feign no fear of grass-type moves due to being a tree, and swung an arm to deflect the leaves...but alas... That was foolish. By doing so it leaned into the sharp blow and found itself pummeled by the attack. Skiddo, who was tense and bearing bolstered attack, had launched a very powerful volley. The leaves pinged and scraped into stone. It created an awful, deafening noise.

And when it ended, the sudowoodo suddenly turned tail and fled. As fast as those legs would carry it. It would run and run and run far away from this terrible territory with its water and awful mean goats and HUMANS. Urg. It didn't want to stay here ANYWAY.

Perhaps...it was time to head back to Bernie and give him the full scoop on the situation.

Wild Encounter

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Weather: Fog

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Wild Sudowoodo LV 24
HP 0% [0/75]

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Skiddo LV 28
HP 89% [74/83]

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Wild Sudowoodo [Ability]: Status
Skiddo [Sap Sipper]: Status; +2 ATK, +1 DEF

SP42 Skiddo used razor leaf (Acc 85%) hA9z|rajp_1-100 Crit p_1-8 Strength p_1-16 [-86] OHKO

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(24*50*1.5=1800)

3156/2437
Skiddo grew to LV 29

719/2611 to next level

Ledyba gained +1 LV from exp share
Grew to LV 6

1-100·1-8·1-16

[Tiki]

Aries bent his head down and let the flurry of razor sharp leaves escaped his grassy furs. The flying blades hit more than a scratch on the stony slim body of the Sudowoodo. Even though it might be dark to see, but Penelope could hear the sharp leaves slicing the hardy Sudowoodo's skin. The rock type was torn apart by the fury of a young goat's leafy furs! When the leaves stopped coming, the Sudowoodo used this opportunity to run away, far far away from this madness.

The night was quiet once again. Penelope thanked her Pokemon and finally returned the grass type. With the culprit gone, there shouldn't be anything else jumping out of shadow at her. She grinned and walked carefully back toward Bernie to report her findings. "MISSTTEER BEERNIIEEE!" She shouted when she saw him. "The culprit is gone! You're all good now!"

[Pixel]

Bernie was still back where Penelope left him, and as she raced up, he looked hopeful. "Ya found 'im? Ya got the culprit?! Who wuzzit? What wuzzit?" The rancher adjusted his hat and listened to Penelope's telling of events and his brow furrowed a bit upon learning it was a pokemon causing all the trouble. He rubbed his chin, "A sudowoodo, huh? Well, iffin' yer sure it aint gonna come back and cause trouble...then I'll trust ya that my troubles are finally over, lil missy." He spared a smile. "Y'know, while you were off lookin' fer the trespasser, I found something in the shed that a trainer like ya might 'preciate. I'm sure as heck aint gonna be climbin' nothin' real soon, so, why don't ya take it?"

He held out a disc, an HM for the move Rock Climb. 

"Oh...and fer all the trouble I caused ya earlier..." he pulled a basket in front of him with some berries in it. "My thanks, miss. Without ya, I'm not sure what I woulda done about all this. I was honestly at wits end. Glad to know it was just a pokemon and not some group of punk kids or some rival ranch out to get me." He handed the fruit to her and tipped his hat. "Take care o' yerself. And once more...thanks. Safe travels, now."

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QUEST COMPLETE!

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Rewards:

 HM:08 Rock Climb

 Cheri Berry x1

 Oran Berry x1

 Persim Berry x1

[Tiki]

"YEAH! IT was a Sudowoodo! It's weird because it looked like a tree but it left after my Pokemon sent leaves after it!" Penelope giggled childishly, satisfied with her report.

She was taken by surprise when the coverall wearing rancher had a small selection of rewards for helping him. He also apologized for his earlier actions of accusing her. She smiled, didn't even care if he could see it at night in such darkness, but she was happy. She was glad that the older man had a change of heart to be positive about this outcome. She thanked the man and pocketed away the prize money. "AWW. Thank you! I am glad I could help you! Have a good night as well!" Now, she just needed to head back to Pokemon Center for a good night sleep. Hopefully, no wild Pokemon will try to startle her this late at night!