Headin' down South [F]

[The REAL Joey]

Joey walked out of the gym with his two victorious Pokemon, Elekid and Charmeleon following their intense gym battle with the Flying type master Falkner. He stretched his arms out and looked to the sky. It's infinite space seemed almost a mirror reflection of Joe's own ambition to succeed as a trainer. He looked to his two Pokemon and gave them two thumbs up. "You guys really did me proud. I think we should head off to the next Gym now..." He paused and decided to look at the Violet City signpost which contained a map. "...Seems that there's a few exits to out of here..." His finger trailed along the map through his fingerless gloves and ended up to the Western exit. "That leads to some ruins, huh?" He pondered on visiting them but decided against it. "I'm still on a high from my last battle. I'll visit there later..." His finger darted off to the other exit down South and a smile crept along Joey's face. "So a small route, a water jetty, a cave and then i'm at the next place?" He grinned and turned to his Pokemon. "Alright guys, we're going down South!" He turned from the signpost and hurriedly dashed towards Route 32.

Just before he exited the City entirely he looked at his bag which was bulging with copious amounts of treats. He titled his head from side to side and decided it was time they were rewarded for their hard efforts. Elekid and Charmeleon stood watching as Joey unleashed three of his other Pokemon: Ditto, Meowth and Koffing. They looked around happily as they saw their surroundings. Joey delved his hands deep into his bag and showed them he had treats. "Ok guys, line up, i'll all hand you out some treats." The Pokemon all rushed up to him and Joey fed them some Rare Candies. "There. You're all looking suitable happier now." He returned them all to his Pokeballs and stuck them on his belt holster. "Time to explore this route some..." He stepped forward and before he knew it, was wading through tall grassy patches. "...Any second now...!" He whispered almost knowingly.

OOC:

I said I gave my team some Rare Candies. Here is how it works out on who had what:

Charmeleon = x1 Rare Candy
Koffing = x5 Rare Candy
Meowth = x3 Rare Candy
Ditto = x9 Rare Candy

For newly learnt moves:

All of them can ignore any new learnable moves.

[revolvingscott]

Sitting comfortably in the long grass was a small bud-like pokémon. It was cleaning itself as its small body fell into some mud last night and there wasn't any rain to wash it.

"Budew!" it cried out as it finished cleaning itself, it thought it looked spectacular! It wandered off through the grass in an effort to find a small puddle or pond for a short drink when it stumbled across a trainer, Joey.

Wild Budew (Level 11) Appeared!

[The REAL Joey]

Joey nearly fell over as the bud Pokemon Budew cried out and bumped into him. "Woah woah woah! I wasn't expecting that! I nearly trod on you!" He took a step back and analysed the situation. "A Budew?! That's kinda rare!" A devious grin and spark in his eye appeared and he pulled out a load of empty Pokeballs from his trainer bag. "It's go time!" He quickly stuffed the empty Pokeballs in his pocket on standby and decided to weaken it first before attempting to capture it. "Now what Pokemon..." His hand fell on a specific ball and he detached it from his belt holster with quick dexterity, then proceeding to curveball the Pokemon in front of the Budew. The ball flashed and Joey's Cyndaquil that he befriended at Sprout Tower emerged from the dazzling array of light.

The Cyndaquil jumped up and down happily crying out several times but began to settle down as it viewed it's opponent. "Okay Cyndaquil, be easy on this one. I want to try and capture it. So no Fire moves okay? You'll burn it to cinders if you do!" Scolded Joey. The Cyndaquil shot a nod in understanding and refocused back on the job at hand. "Time, to start this off! Cyndaquil, open with a Quick Attack! We need to weaken this some first." Cyndaquil chirped and dashed at the Budew with surprising agility.

[Arzadon]

In a flash Cyndaquil was slamming its body in to the Budew. The bud pokemon flew backwards. Budew imedaitly hoped up from the ground, its body once again covered in dirt. "Buu-DEW!" The pokemon angrily stated towards Joey, and his pokemon.

Budew started to shake it's body back and forth, trying to get the dirt off it's body. Then the bud pokemon slowly fell into a rhythm, back and forth, back and forth. Until it was prancing around Joey and his Cyndaquil, kicking up large amounts of dirt in the process.

"Bu-dew, bu-dew-dew!" the pokemon sang as it dance around. Upon closer inspection one could see bright orange powder falling on everything around Budew.

Battle

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Budew | Level 11 |
Health : 79%
Status : Normal
[Cyndaquil used Quick Attack!]


Pokemon | Level |
Health : 100%
Status : Paralyzed
[Budew used Stun Spore!]

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[OCC: If no one minds, this thread is reserved by me. I hope you like the dancing Budew, Joey. :3]

[The REAL Joey]

Joey watched on as Cyndaquil's attack launched it into a patch of dirt. "Not bad Cyndaquil! That was aimed pretty nicely. We'll catch this yet!" He stopped talking as the Budew shot it a filthy stare in response to having its body sullied with muddy dirt. "Uh oh... It seems we have a rather prideful Pokemon on our hands." The now dancing Budew seemed to be acting strangely now however. "What's this...? It's dancing is only kicking up more dirt..." Puzzled Joey in his mind but as soon as the colour of the Stun Spore became apparent Joey's eyes squinted in realisation. "Nngrk! Cyndaquil! Watch yourself, it's trying to paralyse you!" Despite Joey's warning it was far too late. The spore had settled nicely on the little fire mouse's fur coat, slowing it down considerably. "Grr... Such a status effect would be an excellent addition to have. You're not escaping me!" Joey looked to his Cyndaquil. "I know they've cut your agility but nothing can slow down Quick Attack! Harness the speed of the attack and strike first, go!" Cyndaquil nodded and took a few slow steps forward before trying to speed up its body and smash itself into Budew. "That's it, keep goin' bud!"

[Arzadon]

Cyndaquil raced towards Budew. But in mid-step Cyndaquil cried out, and collapsed to the ground. The paralyzing effects of the spores took effect, temporarily stunning the fire pokemon. As Cyndaquil fell to the ground, Budew's clumsy smile turned into a wicked grin. "Bu-dew-dew-dew" The Budew maniacally laughed. Soon Budew's laughter was joined by a woman's own laughter.

"OH-ho-ho-ho-ho!" A hag laughed as she appeared behind the Budew, seeming to come out of no where. "So yet another helpless youngin' has fallen into my trap!" The old, and slightly repulsive, woman said. The ancient looking woman had a rather large gap between her front two teeth, which caused her to whistle while she talked. Her white clothes where ragged, and looked like they haven't been washed in years, not to mention the live Magikarp tied to a string around he neck. A horde of Skitty, and Meowths could be seen hiding around the woman. Their eyes on the magikarp, which could be a very tasty, and easy meal.

"I! The grandest of the grand, Madame Leona challange you to a battle!" The hag said. "And if I win... All you're pokemon are mine!" She said as she wagged her finger in Joey's face.

[OCC: LOL! When she said, All you're pokemon are mine, I instantly thought, all you're pokeymanz are belong to us! And All of Joey's posts are belong to me.]

[The REAL Joey]

Joey jumped back with a startled expression as this vile wench of a woman approached him and informed Joey and his Pokemon that they had walked into a trap. "You have GOT to be kidding me! I found this Budew fair and square. Even if it is yours i'll steal it off you if I have to!" He paused and noticed the almost tangible stench of the Magikarp around her neck wafting towards Joey. "Euruuuururgh!" He contorted his face and began holding his nose as the hideous smell permeated through his nostrils. "In fact, if I steal your Pokemon I think i'll be doing you a favour. You're in no fit state to own anything!" While mustering as much willpower as he could, he confronted the senile woman.

"You're extending me a bet?" Joey tried forcing a smirk but the overpowering smell of the Magikarp proved to be too much and instead almost vomited. "Bleurgh..." He continued, while trying to regain his composure. "Alright, I accept. I'll beat you, steal your Budew AND take you to the cleaners, you insane woman." Joey looked to his Cyndaquil and nodded. "I know you're paralysed but let's see if we can overcome her." The Cyndaquil and Joey looked onto the woman. "Let's do this, hag." A new wave of bravado appeared over Joey's face, almost enough for him to ignore the vile putrid smell of the Magikarp.

[Arzadon]

"Oh-ho-ho-ho!!" The hag laughed, as she laughed her spit flew out at Joey and his Cyndaquil, splattering the poor ember pokemon. "Silly child! Not only do I smell like a field filled with Bellosdoms AND Roselia! I don't need to go into any ol' cleaners! I took a bath in the muddy river over there last week!" The disgusting hag paused for a second."Now Budew! Keep fighting the good fight!"

"Buuudew!" The Budew said as it eagerly jumped in front of the woman. Apparently it was unaffected by the stench of magkiarp.

Battle! You have been ambushed by the hag!

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Error. Trainer image lost due to smell.

Budew | Level 11 |
Health : 79%
Status : Normal


Pokemon | Level 13 |
Health : 100%
Status : Paralyzed

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[The REAL Joey]

Joey jumped about five feet into the air as the spit went flying across to within his vicinity. "Woah! Keep your trap shut you old bag!" As Joey recovered from the shock of being assaulted by her almost corrosive saliva, he looked to his Cyndaquil and cried out upon noticing it landed on his Pokemon instead. "Noooo! How could she?!" Joey looked to the woman with his eyes ablaze, almost mirroring his fiery Cyndaquil who was getting seriously angered. "You know what? If i'm gonna steal that Budew... That means i'll be knocking the seven bells of hell out of you!" He clicked his fingers and pointed towards the Budew. "Let's get rid of this old delinquent. Cyndaquil! Prepare a burning coal of Ember!!" Joey watched as Cyndaquil slowly readied itself and glowed intently as it aimed a fiery coal at the bud Pokemon while trying to restrain itself from firing a few off at the old woman.

[Arzadon]

The hag whipped out an old Japanese style paper fan and covered her mouth with it. "Oh-ho-ho-ho! You should be lucky you're little fire rat thingy, was blessed with my grand saliva! Now Budew show him the glory of Saliva and use Water Sport!!" The hag commanded her pokemon.

Budew jumped up in the air. Spinning in the air it released a large amount of water from its mouth. Which thoroughly soaked its body. As it landed it's feet the water sport cause the ground bellow it to become muddy. The Budew desperately shook its body to remove the mod.

Cyndaquil's Ember attack then hit Budew, but strangely enough it had almost no effect on the grass pokemon. The fire mouse tilted its head in confusion. Then the Hag reached into her tattered robes the hag pulled out a second pokeball and threw it next to Budew. With a flash of ligh a Sableye emerged out of the pokeball. "Now Sableye destroy Cyndaquil with furry swipes!"

The darkness pokemon charged at Cyndaquil, as it extended its claws to slash the fire mouse, a mysterious green shield of energy appeared in front of Cyndaquil. "Great job Gulpen!" A mans voice could be heard coming from a nearby patch of grass. A small green gulpin charged out of the patch, and stood next to Cyndaquil.

Battle

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Budew | Level 11 |

Sableye | Level 19 |

Health : 53%

Health: 100%

Status : Water Sport

Status : None

Cyndaquil | Level 13 |

Gulpen | Level 13 |

Health : 100%

Health :

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Status : Paralzed

Status : None

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[OCC: This thread is still reserved by me]

[The REAL Joey]

Joey looked on in surprise as Sableye was sent forth from the old lady. "You're kidding me right...?! Those things are super rare..." His eyes glinted like stars in the sky but the severity of the situation soon grounded him back to reality. "Oh yeah. Battle time. You can plunder all you want later mister." Joey's face soon turned from glee to anger. "HEY! What do you think you're playing at?! Two on one isn't at all fair..." He snarled at the turn of events but thrust his arm at the old granny. "Pft, i'll take on as many as you can muster..." Joe was about go for another Pokemon when the appearance of a Gulpin came out of nowhere and withstood the barrage from Sableye. "Can this day get any MORE strange...?" Questioned Joey as he turned to see that someone else had also joined the fray.

Not one to miss out on an opportunity, Joey decided to exploit the sudden inclusion of another trainer and commanded his next attack. "CYNDAQUIL! Budew's playing tricks so let's go after that Sableye instead. It looks tough but we can overcome anything if we give it our all! FIRE AWAY SOME EMBERS!!" Roared Joey as he ordered Cyndaquil to pay the Sableye back with a little attack of its own. Cyndaquil nodded slowly, almost as if he was experiencing time differently from reality and slowly began to inhale some air before launching a spat of embers at the mischievous shadow Pokemon.

[Arzadon]

"Oh... Gulpen... Yawn.." The voice from the bushes said. The Hag's eyes narrowed as she heard the voice from the bushes. Considering her choices for a few seconds, she decided she would let the battle last a little longer.

"Sableye block that attack with Substitute! And Budew gather in the sun light!" The Hag order in response. She had a wide toothy grin on her face. She was extremely confident in her abilities, and no youngin' was about to stop her from liberating pokemon.

Both Sableye and Budew stood still. While Sableye seemed to completely ignore its trainers orders. Budew opened the two vines on the top of its head, revealing two large spots on the vines. One blue, the other red. Near these two spots the sun seemed to shine brighter as if all the light in the area was gathering in one spot.

Gulpin yet out a loud yawn, as Cynaquil fired off a round of embers. As the ember slammed into Sableye eye, it seemed completely unaffected. After a few seconds of being hit by the ember, Sableye yawned as if it was bored.

Battle

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Budew | Level 11 |

Sableye | Level 19 |

Health : 53%

Health: 75%

Status : Water Sport

Status :Substitute

Cyndaquil | Level 13 |

Gulpen | Level 13 |

Health : 100%

Health : 100%

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Status : Paralzed

Status : None

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[The REAL Joey]

Joey observed the unfolding battle and noticed that despite the old hag's offensive stench, she wasn't all that offensive minded when it came to battle with no direct attacks being used in the last round. "Just what is she playing at... I suppose I should use this turn to fix up my Pokemon..." Joey rummaged through his trainer bag quickly and produced an item to which he held up in the sky, sparkling brightly in the sunlight. "BEHOLD!" He bellowed. "A Full Heal!" He ran closer to the battle, nose pinched tightly to avoid the smell, and began spraying the item over his Cyndaquil to remove the problematic Paralysis that had been inflicted. "Now you're tip top shape again Cynda." The Cyndaquil bounced up and down energetically over how free it felt from the paralytic spores.

Joey ran back to his spot and noticed the Gulpin again. "Just who is commanding that..." He looked around nearby but to no avail. "ANOTHER random Pokemon?!" He murmured in disbelief to himself. "I'm gonna run out of Pokeballs at this rate..." A small rustle in the bushes punched a whole in that line of thinking. "Oh... I see how it is." He looked over to the bushes and raised an eyebrow. "Yoohoo? Anybody home?" He asked inquisitively, hoping to get SOME answers on who had decided to help him. An enemy of this old bag? More than likely; her foul smelling odour was enough to make an enemy out of anyone.

[Arzadon]

"Oh... Hello sir..." The man paused for a second. " Don't mind me, and Gulpen.... We have a.... Score to... Settle.." The man continued in his timid tone. "Gulpen use shock wave on Sableye! "

"Sableye! Budew! Focus yer attacks on that youngin's pokemon! Budew elminate weaken it with Solar Beam! And Sableye hit it with FURRY SWIPES!" The Hag said. Sending a wave of spit towards Joey, and the very unfortunate pokemon in the process.

"BUDEW!" The budding pokemon cried out as the light gathered between its two vines became to insistently glow. As the light gathered together into one ball, it lanced out at Cyndaquil.

Gulpen was in to bring down Sableye the second Budew fired its sunny laser. With a loud "Guullppppiin," the small poison bag pokemon opened its mouth. A bright ball of blue electricity started to form. With a loud crack, the shock wave jumped forward, ramming the motionless Sableye's body.

The Hag's darkness pokemon was flung back. Falling back first into the ground. Shockingly it's body slowly started to crumble away, the small pieces fading from existence. The hag seemed to be completely unburdened by this tragic turn of events.



Battle

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Budew | Level 11 |

Sableye | Level 19 |

Health : 53%

Health: 75%

Status : Water Sport

Status :Fainted?

Cyndaquil | Level 13 |

Gulpen | Level 13 |

Health : 73%

Health : 100%

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Status : None

Status : None

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[OCC: This thread has been reserved by ARZADON. Joey's inventory has been updated. {1 Full Heal Used}]

[The REAL Joey]

Joey raised an eyebrow at Sableye being electrocuted painfully and seemingly fainted by the attack. Provoked by the hag's emotionless expression towards her Pokemon being so thoroughly hurt his blood started to boil. "You're pathetic." His eyes leered in on the hag. "Truly pathetic." He looked to his Cyndaquil who was just recovering from being blasted by Solarbeam. Despite the attack's sheer power, it seemed Cyndaquil was hardy enough to resist the blow. "Great job, Cynda!" He looked over to the Pokemon and thought. "I swear that Sableye had a Substitute up... How come Shockwave broke through it AND hurt the Sableye...? Something's not right..." His eyes darted between the Budew and Sableye. "The Budew receives top priority. Status inflicting moves are a pain in my..." Thought Joey as he began to trail off from what he was saying having deliberated the next attack for so long. "Cyndaquil! Repeat another Ember on the Budew! We need to deter it from fighting." Cyndaquil chirped and spat out a fiery Ember towards the Budew.

Joey eased himself and decided to look over to the other trainer who had join. "Oh I get it. This belligerent old wench spat all over you and your Pokemon too eh?" Joey shrugged and gave him a nod. "Guess you and me are gonna make good partners in thwarting this hag. Let me know if you need any backup or anything during the battle." Joey crackled his knuckles and looked the old bag straight in the eyes threateningly.

OOC: As this is a trainer battle I take it i'll be doing everything I can to KO all of Madame Hag's Pokemon right?