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Post by Pixel on Jul 6, 2024 3:45:29 GMT 11
Well. Sandslash did not appreciate being shaken alive that way, especially after that hard lost battle it endured. It startled to flail around, high on adrenaline and panic, only calming once the shaking stopped and being offered a berry. Its quills remained flared, however, as if it was ready to curl up into a defensive ball and shoot them at anyone who got too handsy. Its trainer was more gently woken if one counted water being splashed all over as gentle. He sputtered and woke, sitting up slowly, a hand on his head. He blearily listened to the trainer's story before nodding along. Yeah, uh huh, yeah. Yep. Ouch his head hurt. "Whoever...whatever jumped me... had fists like rock," he mumbled. "It jumped me and we ended up in a real bad tussle. I managed to slip their grip long enough to throw water in their face as a distraction. I wasn't expecting them to let me go and run off right after but...they did."
He reached for the now broken canteen, "I thought for a moment I threw my whiskey at them, because that woulda burned real bad if it got in their eyes, but no. Just plain water. I passed out afterwards. Only thing keeping me going in that fight was pure adrenaline I'd say. Once my assailant left, the world sorta fuzzed out and I woke up to you." He looked around idly. "Man, this place looks real bad now that I got a better look."
A section of a sprinkler system was torn down and an innocent squirtbottle was shattered on the ground.
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Post by Marchbaby on Jul 6, 2024 6:40:44 GMT 11
Kevin was quite interested to hear that whoever was behind all this really hated water as it all but confirmed he was dealing with a rock type of some sort who just knew fighting type moves. The broken squirtbottle and broken sprinkler system only further convinced him of that. With the man and his Pokemon at least alive and not in immediate danger Kevin said his goodbyes before making his way back towards the forked paths. " Thank you very much, I believe I have everything I need to put a stop to this madness now. I do hope you two can avoid getting jumped again."
As he made his way back to the center path he took out the key he had found and entered the supply shed to turn on the sprinkler system to trap the perpetrator in the field so that he could put a stop to their antics. Once the machine was flowing he calmly walked down the center path while hoping that his plan would work. He did not have a backup plan if this failed so he knew this would be his one and only chance to help Bernie out. As he approached the clearing he could see the water flowing strong hitting a line of trees up ahead.
The first few trees did not react to the water at all but as the one in the middle got wet it suddenly started to shake. As no tree would shake like it was attempting to do the foxtrot when they got wet Kevin had a pretty good clue this was the guilty party. He placed his boot on the sprinkler system until the pressure was high enough to drench the middle tree causing it to shake more and more violently with each passing second. Kevin then decided to have Oracle attack the tree as he wanted to catch it off guard before it could try anything else.
" Oracle could you do me a favor and use Flash Cannon on this dancing tree. I am almost sure I know what it actually is but this will confirm it. Such a Sturdy looking thing should easily be able to endure a single strike from you. If my suspicions are correct this Ultra Ball will come in handy afterwards." He then firmly grasped the Ultra Ball waiting on Oracle to strike as tossing it beforehand would likely be a pointless venture based off of everything he had heard.
OOC: Kevin turns on the sprinkler system then heads down the center path. Oracle uses Flash Cannon on the "Tree" that danced and then Kevin tosses an Ultra Ball. Setting Sudowoodo's ability as Sturdy so that it endures Flash Cannon with 1 HP.
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Post by Pixel on Jul 8, 2024 7:58:48 GMT 11
Bernie watched as Kevin returned, seemingly a man on a mission. "Ya figure out what that noise was?" he asked, only for Kevin to go into the shed and take that key and turn on the sprinkler. The rancher watched him start the system up with a furrowed brow. "You think turnin' on the sprinklers will flush out the vandal? I mean, suppose that's as good as plan as any... Not that gettin' a man wet will do that much good in this heat. Would feel pretty nice, honestly." He wiped his brow. It was then that Kevin hurried out, vanishing down that last path where the sprinklers covered the most ground. Water poured down from above, saturating the soil and making the leaves glitter. His plan to flush out the offender, however strange, appeared to work, as one of the trees did an odd wiggle...and lunged for Kevin as soon as he was close enough. Only Oracle prevented him from getting his head bashed in by a stony branch. The sudowoodo's swing skimmed by his face and the lucario blasted the tree! Only by the power of sturdy did it stay upright. It lashed out again, slamming into the lucario this time, out for blood and revenge for all that water. But a single ball was all it took to end thing. A pop to the nogging and a flash and it was over. Done. Finished. He was alone. Well at least until Rancher Bernie huffed and puffed his way up the path, "I saw what happened! I wuz wonderin' whatcha were doin' with the sprinklers since ya didn't say much. But there was a tree! It attacked ya and ya caught it! Izzat the thief, ya think? It's explains so much... how it was never caught and how it kept breakin' everything so easy. Man, I owe ya for this." He clapped Kevin on the shoulder. "Come back to the shed with me. I got'cher reward for the help." Ten minute later Kevin was holding a basket of berries and Bernie was blowing the dust off an old disc he found in the shed, "Now, I don't got no use fer this no more, but mebbe you can get sum outta it. Here." It was the HM for Rock Climb. A useful move for navigating difficult terrain in certain situations.
Rancher Bernie thanks you and hands you a basket of berries. He also hands you this old disc that's been gathering dust in his shed
QUEST COMPLETE
Oracle gained +1200 exp 3750/3169
Grew to LV 33 581/3367
Rewards:HM08 Rock Climb ![](http://www.serebii.net/itemdex/sprites/cheriberry.png) Cheri Berry x1 ![](http://www.serebii.net/itemdex/sprites/chestoberry.png) Chesto Berry x1 ![](http://www.serebii.net/itemdex/sprites/rawstberry.png) Rawst Berry x1
Catch? (66%) aNT_0HUIp_1-100Berries? p_1-7 p_1-7 p_1-7[img]http://www.serebii.net/blackwhite/pokemon/185.png[/img][img src="http://www.serebii.net/itemdex/sprites/ultraball.png" alt=" "] [b]Sudowoodo[/b] Name: [choose] Gender: [choose] Level: 24 Attacks: Rock Tomb, Mimic, Block, Rock Smash Ability: Sturdy Nature/Personality: [choose] Shiny? p_1-421-100·1-7·1-7·1-7·1-42
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Post by Marchbaby on Jul 8, 2024 11:33:05 GMT 11
Kevin was so relieved as the Ultra Ball clicked shut before the SUdowoodo could put up much of a fight. He knew they were great at escaping capture attempts and chucked his luck up to this one being too water logged to move fast enough to escape. After the heat from the battle died down he realized how rude he had been to poor Bernie not saying a word to the poor man until now. " I do apologize for not talking much earlier but I wanted to make sure Sudowoodo did not cause any more trouble. I cannot believe the town drunk was the closest to being correct but they did indeed see a living tree." After pausing for a moment he walked over and turned off the sprinklers to not waste any water as he no longed needed to make use of them. Afterwards he follwed Bernie to the shed to collect the rest of the reward from him. As Bernie handed him the hidden machine for Rock Climb he was quite appreciative. Such a move would certainly come in handy at some point. " Thank you very much, I am glad I was able to help you and everyone else out. I will train this Sudowoodo so that it never causes harm like this again and instead uses it's strength for good.After waving goodbye to Bernie Kevin made his way back to the main path of route 36 to make his way towards Ecruteak after the large detour this whole adventure had taken. " Before I forget I need to nickname our new friend. Since they love to clobber berries so much along with heads I think Clobber will be the perfect name for them. Now then, let's keep making our way towards Ecruteak as it is pitch black out and I do not want to get jumped by anything out here." He then started walking down the path keeping his eyes out for the silhouette of the famous towers located in town. After a short walk even in the darkness of the night he could see the very top of the towers and grew excited. " Ah there they are, the Bell Tower and the Burned Tower the later of which was originally called the Brass Tower. I look forward to visiting both at some point. First we need to train a bit on Route 37 and defeat the next Gym Leader who I believe is named Morty. I hear he likes ghost types so Eiskalt will come in handy there." OOC: Closing this thread. Kevin is moving on to route 37. ![](http://www.serebii.net/blackwhite/pokemon/185.png) SudowoodoName: Clobber Gender: Male Level: 24 Attacks: Rock Tomb, Mimic, Block, Rock Smash Ability: Sturdy Nature/Personality: Adamant, A Sudowoodo with a deep hatred of both berries and human heads, he loves to smack both with his rock hard arms. He is also great at camouflage blending in with any trees in the area. He hates water and will panic whenever so much as a drip lands on him.
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