Headin' down South [F]

[[Arzadon]]

"HOHOHOHO! You are a riot kid! I already have other kinds o' pokemon with me!" The Hiker stated in a joyous tone. "Alright Geo-ma-dude, protect yer self with a defence curl!" The Hiker made his smile even wider, trying to lull Joey into a false sense of security.

The rock pokemon curled it's self into a small ball. Protecting it's face. Of course this didn't matter much when the special attack rammed into it. Wooper put extra effort into this attack. Water flew every where, drenching the cave in water. If anything it was more of a miniature hydro pump, then a water gun.

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Battle

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Geodude; Level 13
Health; 9%
Status; +1 Defense


Wooper; Level 8
Health; 69%
Status; Normal

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[OCC: This thread is reserved by Arzadon. >>;; I had a cool idea, to MAKE YOU SUFFER. I mean...]

[The REAL Joey]

Impressed by the little Pokemon's efforts, Joey couldn't help but grin warmly at how powerful that Water Gun was. "D'aww... You know, it's really nice when you guys put that little extra oomph into your moves." He gave a curt nod to the Pokemon watching by his side. Amp and Budew looked up, almost as if taking note for future endeavours. Charmeleon, instead, smiled assuredly. Joe eventually took his eyes off his team and looked over to the Hiker. "This'll be an interesting match! I love a good scrap...!" He looked down to Wooper, knowing he'd have to order its move in advance as fast as possible. The poor thing was still a bit slow on the uptake but had no problems with actually getting the blows in. "Wooper! Get the Geodude with another Water Gun attack! This Geodude's gonna be soggy by the time we're down with it!" Wooper slowly turned and looked at Joey, mouth in awe. As it stared intently at him, it understood the command eventually. Turning around to shoot out a dousing jet of water. "C'moooooon Wooper!" Cheered on Joey.

[[Arzadon]]

"Lets turn this around Geodude, another tackle!" The Hiker commanded. The rock pokemon threw it's self at Wooper. The idiot pokemon winced, at what was to come. Then it remembered it had to attack. Wooper opened it's mouth wide and shot out a stream of water. But that didn't stop Geodude, it was close to it's target. Close enough to hit. With one final thrust, Geodude shot forward.

It was to slow. An inch before it hit, the water gun rammed into Geodude's face. Causing it to fly back in pain. The fainted pokemon fell to the ground. "WA-HAHAHA! Great job m'boy! Now return Geodude! Ya did a great job. Now yer up to battle Geodude!" The Hiker said with a smile on his face. The Hiker quickly replaced his pokemon. Sending out an other Geodude.

Wooper took a few minutes to process the fact that it won a battle. And began to jump up and down in joy. Strangely enough the sound of crunching leaves could be heard.

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Wooper grew to level 12!
Wooper learned Mud Shot!

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[OCC: This thread is reserved by Arzadon.]

[The REAL Joey]

With Wooper's first victory over the rocky foe, Joey let a small grin appear on his face as he gave a small bow of the head to Wooper. "Not bad, not bad. Had me for a sec there. I thought you were gonna be hit but..." His eyes looked over to the Hiker's corner, as he readied his next Pokemon. "...Obviously not." Wooper was still as ecstatic as ever, his face beaming with happiness. However, the arrival of a second Geodude, slowly confused the poor Wooper. Why was another Geodude coming out? Was it the same one as before? There were too many questions floating around the young water fish Pokemon. Joey stopped waiting around and yelled out the next move. Although it was the same as always, despite the new addition of Mud Shot, passing up on a huge weakness was never something Joey was going to let slip. Exploit it for all its worth was one of his most favoured tactics and it had yet to fail him. "Wooper! Keep on goin' with Water Gun!" Wooper nodded. By now, the move had been ordered so much, Wooper was beginning to catch on and having the move readied beforehand. As Joe intently focused on the battle, the stirring of footsteps against leaves remained unbeknownst to him. It wasn't until his Pokemon Amp and Narcissa turned around to identify the cause of the noise.

[[Arzadon]]

Oh. Water Gun. Wooper drooped it's head in disappointment. This was the same Geodude. The slow pokemon was depressed, it thought it won the battle! But Wooper was determined to make it's trainer proud. The little fish hopped forward, once again landing on some sort of foliage. Then, it opened it's mouth wide, letting out a large stream of water.

"Geodude! Protect yer self with Defence Curl!" The Hiker commanded. The Geodude nodded in understanding and rolled it's self up into a small ball. Hoping that it would ward off the water. Wooper's water gun crashed into the Geodude, slamming it into a near by wall. The Geodude struggled to resume it's former stance. The move clearly put the rock pokemon into a horrible position.

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Battle

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Geodude; Level 13
Health; 43%
Status; +1 Defence
[Geodude used Defence Curl!]
[Wooper used Water Gun!]


Wooper; Level 12
Health; 69%
Status; Normal

[The REAL Joey]

The unwise decision to follow up with another Defence Curl on the trainer's Geodude made a small smirk appear on Joey's face. "Water ain't got nothing to do with your Pokemon's defences." He looked at the now wet Geodude and narrowed his eyes. "Better luck for next time I guess." Joe's Wooper waddled on the spot happily. This whole business of battling was actually a lot better than it could have ever hoped for. "Haha, getting into it, huh Wooper?" Nodded Joey as he gestured a thumbs up. Charmeleon was fairly amused too. It had originally thought the Wooper to be far too slow to be of any use but it was starting to pull its weight. "Okay, hopefully we can finish this off for good now. Wooper! Water Gun! Keep this up and we'll be outta the cave in no time!" Wooper cried out happily, this dark and dingy cave wasn't exactly to its liking. It much preferred the open environment outside. With a hefty intake of air, it stuffed its belly full before letting out a direct stream of water at the Geodude.

[[Arzadon]]

A smirk spread across Russel's face. "Self-destruct." The Hiker commanded, his previous jolly tone of voice was replaced with a much more sinister tone. The Geodude acted on it's masters command with out hesitation.

Humming softly, the rock pokemon curled up into a tiny ball. Wooper's eyes grew in astonishment as Geodude's body began to emit a bright yellow light.

Maybe it was a miracle, or maybe the slow pokemon realised what was going on. But Wooper shot out with it's water gun, dousing the self-destructing pokemon in water. The timing was perfect, the water damped Geodude's body to the point where it weakened the explosion.

Of course, the explosion still hurt like a *****. With one last cry Geodude's outer body exploded, sending large chunks of rocks soaring through the cave. Joey could hear his pokemon cry out in pain as the self-destruct hit the poor water type. And strangely enough, there where other voices. Coming from below him!

As the dust settled Joey could see his Wooper. Standing in the epicenter of the explosion, barely standing. On the other side of him, the Hiker wore a devilish grin.

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Battle

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Geodude; Level 13
Health; 0%
Status; Ko'ed
[Geodude used Self Destruct!]
[Wooper used Water Gun!]


Wooper; Level 12
Health; 3%
Status; Normal

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Wooper Grew to level 16!
Wooper wants to learn Slam!
But Wooper already knows four moves; Forget a room and make space for SLAM?

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[OCC:This thread is reserved by ARZADON. You are gonna wish this Hiker WAS the Hag.]

[The REAL Joey]

The dramatic turn of events lasted only mere seconds. As the Hiker calmly mentioned the words 'selfdestruct' Joey's body became tense, his eyes ablaze with fear. Was the man insane?! Using such a destructive attack was beyond reckless. Without knowing what to do, he shielded his face from the bombastic explosion with his arms. Charmeleon growled; despite being of a fairly low level, he was pretty sure that a move which could make his master recoil in so much fear was nothing to be laughed at. With a quick scoop, he grabbed Narcissa and Amp and ducked behind a large bundle of rocks, hoping to be shielded from the impact of the blast. All the while Joey stood his ground his thoughts went out to his Wooper. Could this move possibly even kill his Pokemon? If that was the case Joey would be disgraced as a Pokemon trainer. He would never be able to look into the eyes of his other Pokemon again knowing he had sent out a Pokemon to its certain doom.

With the deafening roar of the explosion, Joey felt his ears almost burst from the sound but did his best to stay defiant on the spot. All he could think of was whether or not his Wooper could withstand the blow. His slowness was more than a concern, it may have been too late for it to have understood the true significance of Geodude lighting up like a fireworks festival. An array of rocks pelted against Joe's being but he gritted his teeth and bore the pain. As the dust settled and the light of the explosion faded, Joey lowered his guard to survey the situation. "...Wooper?" The final particles of dust stopped obscuring Joe's field of vision and greeted him with the ever smiling face of Wooper. His cheery smile failed to belie the fact he was almost at the end of its tether. Joey ran over to his Pokemon and picked him up in his arms. "I have never... EVER seen any Pokemon withstand a blow like that..." The Wooper looked up at him confusedly. What blow? As far as it could tell it was just standing there when it became incredibly bright. Joey sniffled slightly to himself over the fact his Wooper had survived. "You must have some kinda insane luck..."

As his voice fell, he looked up over to the Hiker and narrowed his eyes venomously. "What kinda game do you think YOU'RE playing? That kinda crap is just flat out reckless..." Before he could question the Hiker any further, the sounds of others nearby as well as the devilish grin dabbed on the Hiker's face were all too tell tale a sign. Joey rose to his feet, his blood now boiling. Something was up and he was beginning to get a little pissed. "So? I'm taking it you're not the jolly down to earth Hiker you're trying to set yourself up to be?" He handed the Wooper to Charmeleon who had scurried over to retrieve him and clenched his fists at the Hiker. "C'mon! Speak!"

OOC:

Wooper can forget Tail Whip and learn Slam

[[Arzadon]]

The wicked grin spread across the Russel's face sent shivers down the spines of Joey's pokemon. Only Wooper was able to resist it's evilness, most likely because of it's slow and dim witted nature.

"Of course I am not a simple hiker. Don't you know why this cave is important?" The Hiker began, like a villain who was about to go on a very long rant. "Union Cave has a large amount of tunnels under the route to Azalea town. Two of these leads to the sacred ruins of Alphi. Those ruins where once home to the mightiest of all pokemon! The god pokemon!" The crazy man paused to take a deep breath.
"Yet the ruins where destroyed ages ago, and the God Pokemon fled it's holy home to the heavens. Now only it's messenger remains. The Chosen Ones, have been hand picked by the messenger to bring him sacrifices." The Hiker paused again, to let the weight of the situation weigh in Joey's mind.
"Now with the aid of the Messenger,we have the means to bring the God back to our own realm! And our next sacrifice is you and you're pokemon!" The Hiker finished. There was a small amount of foam dripping from his mouth. Clearly it was unnatural.

Charmelon twitched in horror. A cultist. Great.

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[OCC: This thread is reserved by Arzadon. Get ready for a two on two battle. You are in for a interesting battle. :3]

[The REAL Joey]

Cultists? CULTISTS? Joey winced at the thought of there being actual cult members running around the lands of Johto. Kanto was relatively free of cult members during his experience there but to think Johto had actual cult members. He shook his head and sighed. Cult members freaked him out a little due to their zealous. He stared down Russell and laughed. "Sacrifices? You trying to imply i'm gonna make the perfect sacrifice to whatever god it is you're worshipping?" Joey spat on the floor and breathed in deeply as if to try and make heads and tails of the situation. He paused. Remaining perfectly silent, his fingers massaging his temples. After a momentary silence, he looked up and pointed at Russell. "Sorry man, I can't let you run around with these crazy ideas. That just ain't right. Plus you threatening me and my Pokemon... I can't step down from challenges."

He looked down at Wooper and nodded. "You're up buddy. Think you can take down this guy?" Wooper nodded cheerfully. Whatever this Hiker was saying, it most certainly wasn't nice. The mud fish Pokemon stepped forward on the spot and struck the most threatening pose it could. Joey rummaged in his belt and pulled out another Pokemon for the fray. Charmeleon, Narcissa and Amp watched on in wonder. The ball unfolded and out popped Metalhead. It shook its head around violently before looked at Russell. It's eyes narrowed and it began swaying around energetically on the spot in pre emption. "Ball's in your court. Let's see what some crazy schmuck like you is packing." Joey let out a deep breath. He was doing his best to expect the unexpected. A crazed man like him could be carrying anything.

[[Arzadon]]

Russel grinned, the thief played right into his hands. "Now my Carnivines! Get them!" The Cultist shouted. The leafy foliage that Wooper stepped on earlier sprang to life. Two rather large carnivines sprouted out from the ground.

"Carnnaa!" The larger of the two Carnivine said. While the group's attention was upon the Carnivine a third Carnivine emerged from behind Charmelon, Amp, and Narcissa. The third Carnivine wrapped it's leaf arms around Narcissa, taking her hostage!

"Haha! Surrender now, or I shall kill that BUdew here and now!" Russel said. Trying to get Joey to give up with out a fight.

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Battle

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Carna; Level 20
Health; 100%
Status; Normal

Vine; Level 21
Health; 100%
Status; Normal


VS.


Metalhead; Level 15
Health; 100%
Status; Normal

Wooper; Level 16
Health; 3%
Status; Normal

Narcissa is being held hostage by a third Carnivine!

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[OCC: I hope you know, this is an extension of the last battle.]

[The REAL Joey]

The emergence of three Carnivines shocked Joey as they sprung forth to action. The third Carnivine's act of holding Narcissa hostage came to be even more of a shock. To think someone was stooping low enough to use hostages in a situation. This guy was just as bad as the Rockets. The anger in Joey's body was quickly surfacing. "Hahahaha, you're holding HER hostage? You're gonna wish you pick someone else..." He looked over to Narcissa and saw her struggling. With any luck, she'd break free from the Carnivine's bonds and douse the entire cult group with a nice splash of Stun Spore. For now, his main priority was with the cultist and his group of Carnivine. If he could overpower the two protecting the trainer, then the cult member was Joey's for the taking. With this little stunt and the incident evolving hag and Rocket, Joey was much in need of a little stress relief.

He looked down to Wooper who was critically ill and in no way capable of fighting these brutes. "Dammit..." He was about to order a retreat when his faithful Charmeleon pushed him aside and handed Wooper to Joey; stepping up in his place. Charmeleon's eyes were ablaze with the opportunity of battle. He too was feeling a little ticked off with the way things were going. His claws glinted as he stared menacingly at the Carnivine. Metalhead was thrashing its head around still. If it had to wait any longer it'd begin pounding the ground with its head out of impatience. Joey placed Wooper down to Amp and patted Amp on the head. "Let rip with your vocal cords if anything comes to snatch you. I'm pretty sure Carnivine have ears you can break." Amp nodded with a quiver, looking around as if to shriek at the sight of another Pokemon. With a crack of the neck, Joey looked back to the battle at hand.

"Two on two huh? This'll be good... Okay Metalhead and 'Leon, let's do this!" He looked to Charmeleon and ordered the attack. "Ember! Let's light up the first Carnivine!" Charmeleon didn't respond, by the time Joey had mentioned the move it had began preparing a spat of embers at the Carnivine. Metalhead jumped up and down on the spot as it was his turn. "Now, Metalhead, I need you to use Metal Claw and slash the second Carnivine!" Metalhead roared and enthusiastically launched itself over to the second Carnivine. With a fair glint to its claw, it looked at the Carnivine and dabbed it ferociously.

[[Arzadon]]

To the surprise of Joey and his pokemon, the Carnivine holding the Budew hostage opened it's mouth wide. Then the vine pokemon dropped Narcissa in it's mouth, it's sweet scented saliva starting to cover the narcissist pokemon. Carnivine then shut it's mouth. Using it's head as a cage for Narcissa.

The new Carnivine joined the fray, the muffled screams of Narcissa's pure anger could be heard from within the Carnivine's mouth. "It seems like you can not injure my Carva with out injuring you're Narcissa!! And with that in place, Carnivines, destroy them with vine whip!" Cultist Russel roared, proud of his devious strategy.

It was a bloodly battlefield. Vines, fire, hunks of rock, and blood flew across the cavern as the six pokemon clashed. The sheer scale of the battle would remind most of a war, and both trainers struggled to keep up with the actions of their pokemon. After a minute of struggles, the dust settled. Leaving five pokemon in a stand off.

Metalhead was favouring it's left side, a large gash on it's front right leg could be seen. A bright silver liquid flowed from the wound. Charmelon had no serious wound, yet his body was decorated with scratches. Vine, the larger of the Carnivine, lay on the ground. It's body charred from Charmelon's embers. The other two Carnivine seemed like they escaped with few wounds.

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Battle

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Carna; Level 20
Health; 87%
Status; Normal

Carva; Level 22
Health; 100%
Status; Normal


VS.


Metalhead; Level 15
Health; 67%
Status; Normal

Charmeleon; Level 18
Health; 86%
Status; Normal

Narcissa is being held hostage by a third Carnivine!

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[OCC: I hope you know, this is an extension of the last battle.]
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[The REAL Joey]

The despicable act of Narcissa being trapped inside the Carnivine's mouth as it fought was enough for Joey to launch himself onto the Battlefield and grab her free himself. However the fearsome maw and relentless vines of the Pokemon put him at an unsteady position. He growled under his breath and looked down to Charmeleon and Metalhead. It was up to them and he was damn sure that he would do everything within his power to see through it they would win. Russell's snide remarks made Joey rage. However, amidst his rage, an opportunity formulated within Joey's mind. If the Carnivine holding Narcissa hostage was now in the fray... He looked inside the mouth of the Carnivine and saw Narcissa. She was furiously trying to pry herself free with little to no avail.

"Dammit... This is a long shot but..." He gave a stern nod in resolution to his choice. "Metalhead! Metal Claw on Carva! Aim for its lower body! Charmeleon! I need you to brew up some Ember and scorch the same Pokemon. Don't aim directly for the head, make sure you hit whereabouts Metalhead does... We need to try and secure Narcissa's safety..." He looked up having mentioned Narcissa and smirked wryly. "Narcissa! Hear me! Focus for a moment and spray some Stun Spore within the mouth of the Carnivine if you can." His command was yelled out with great furore. In all honesty he was unsure if it would work but being pressed into such a confined space, everything was thrown out the window. Joey was going to use every opportunity he had going to his own advantage. If this failed... There were only one or two options left for him.

[[Arzadon]]

"Carna, guard Carva! Then use our lords light to heal your self with systhesis! Then Carva, use the power of our lord through hidden power!" The Hiker said, falling into a religious zeal.

The smaller of the two Carnivines jumped in front of its brethren; protecting it from Metalhead, and Charmeleon's double attack. The furry of blows sent Carna flying back. The plant pokemon barely managed to stay alive, as it struggled back to it's vine feet. "Caarrnnnaa..." The pokemon hummed, as it took in the surrounding sunlight.

Meanwhile the Carnivine that took Narcissa was humming softly, deep blue spheres started to form around it. Once it saw it's chance, it pointed a vine arm at Charmeleon. "VINE!" Carva said, at it's command the blue spheres shot forward slamming into the fire lizards body. The spheres bursted into water, as they pelleted Charmeleon. Charmeleon staggered backwards, it was never a big fan of water.

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Battle

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Carna; Level 20
Health; 42%
Status; Normal

Carva; Level 22
Health; 100%


VS.


Metalhead; Level 15
Health; 67%
Status; Normal

Charmeleon; Level 18
Health; 47%
Status; Normal

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