Headin' down South [F]

[The REAL Joey]

The fact Plusie's move had actually hit and WORKED this time did wonders for its self confidence. The traumatic experience with the hag's over levelled Absol in comparison was becoming a fleeting memory in the mind of the young Plusie. Joey smiled at her confidently as it began springing up and down with celebration. One grim fact that soon became apparent and deterred their happiness was the fact of Plusie having no viable attacking moves. Joey flinched at the thought and let out a disappointed sigh. It seemed that he had once again failed his Plusie as a trainer by overlooking this simple fact. He was preparing himself to break the news to Plusie but she looked to him sadly, in an almost understanding manner. Joey let out a sigh and spoke to the Electric type Pokemon softly. "Sorry Plusie... I know you're starting to lose interest in battles but maybe if we switch you out with someone..." He looked down at his belt and was deliberating on a switch in.

Before he could give any further contemplation, the ball on his holster opened on its own and out burst Elekid in front of the Plusie. It gave it a firm nod of the head and placed it out of harm's way from the sea slug Pokemon they were facing. Joey was speechless for a few seconds but decided to watch and see Plusie's reaction. To his surprise, she swooned slightly and held her tiny paws together. A swift retreat later and she was now hiding behind Joey's legs. The Elekid warmed up its arms with a few swings and then looked to Joey for it's order. Joey blankly realised it was up to him and quickly ordered off an attack. "OH! Sorry... Okay Elekid, thanks for stepping in. Let's try and lower its health with Swift!" Elekid buzzed in response and used his energy to create a swirling burst of stars that hurtled towards the Shellos.

[latani]

Shellos struggled against its paralyzed, frozen muscles as Joey's Plusie was brushed aside by a taller opponent. It glared furiously at its new opponent. "Shell shell!"

Elekid merely smirked at the Shellos' fruitless complaints. He launched the spray of star shaped rays right at the struggling slug without hesitation. It yelped as they burst upon contact, showering the ground with sparks of light.

With a sudden burst of intuition, the Shellos spat water onto the ground before it, churning the dirt in a puddle of mud. It slithered forwards and soaked its lumpy feelers with the liquid mud before spinning violently. A spray of mud shot up and careened into Elekid, who caught a mouthful.

He coughed and spewed the mud from his mouth, pawing away the gross crap before any more got into him. Plusie giggled from behind Joey's legs, and almost burst into peals when Elekid shot her a disapproving look. The mud on his face now looked like a mustache. Plusie shrieked with laughter and collapsed, holding her tiny paws to her stomach.

The Shellos, too, was giggling quietly over the havoc it had wreaked.

Battle

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Wild Shellos: | Level 8 |
Health: 32%
Status: Paralyzed


Joey's Elekid: | Level 19 |
Health: 77%
Status: Normal and not amused

[The REAL Joey]

Despite Elekid's apparent seething anger against this Shellos, Joey did his best to restrain him from going overboard. "Now, now. We're trying to capture these Pokes, not crush 'em." Elekid looked at Joe and crossed its arms in a ticked off manner. The frolicking Plusie around Joey's legs wasn't exactly helping matters. Elekid turned its nose at them and acted as if they weren't there. Plusie's cheeky cheery self seemed slightly down at Elekid's dismissal. Out of nowhere, it seemed magically pulled out two pom poms and started doing a little cheer leader dance for Elekid to try and cheer it up. Wherever Plusie came from, her parents must have been contest naturals to a great extent. Caught by Plusie's invigorating enthusiasm, Elekid slightly shifted his head to look at them. All the while, Joey was getting restless. "Ah i've not got the time for this...!" He pulled out another Pokeball and looked at the Shellos. With a stern point and a smirk he launched his next spare Pokeball. It absorbed the Shellos without much trouble but the next 3 seconds would determine whether or not it was caught.

OOC:

Items used:

x1 Pokeball

[latani]

Shellos watched what occurred over by Joey and his companions, but wasn't moved by it. It still seemed annoyed because of its paralytic condition. When the ball came flying for it, it tried to move, but found itself barely forward an inch when the ball landed in the jelly-like body.

Bouncing back, it fired out the retrieving red laser of light, silencing Shellos' cry of protest and snapping shut with a click. Gravity pulled it down to the ground, and it landed with a thunk and immediately began to wobble to and fro. Elekid and Plusie watched, the latter still waving around her pom-poms.

It continued to wobble before finally stopping with a last click and the red light on its button fading.



Congratulations! Wild Shellos was captured!
Please fill out the following information about your Pokemon:


Shellos
Name: [choose]
Gender: [choose]
Level: 8
Moves: Mud-slap, Mud Sport, Harden, Water Pulse
Nature/Personality: [choose]

[img]http://www.dragonflycave.com/hgsssprites/422shellos-east.png[/img]
[b]Shellos[/b]:
Name: [choose]
Gender: [choose]
Level: 8
Moves: Mud-slap, Mud Sport, Harden, Water Pulse
Nature/Personality: [choose]



Plusie grew to Level 9! Plusie learned Quick Attack!


Elekid grew to Level 20!

[The REAL Joey]

The sound of another caught Pokemon was pleasant music to Joey's ears. The ball went flying back to the palm of his hand and he nodded in acceptance of the new Pokemon. "Well, well, well. Not doing too bad. I only have a few left now it seems..." He flicked the safety lock and sent out the newly caught Shellos. It disappointingly just stood there with little to none reaction from it. Joey was considering giving it a nudge with his foot when the squeals of Plusie made him remember that he had paralysed it. "Ah... That could be a problem..." He aimed the Pokeball at the Shellos and called it back. "I think i'll get to know you later at some point, maybe." He shoved it into his bag and thought to himself. "To think a rare Sinnoh region Pokemon would be found loitering around here. Just goes to show..."

His focus was then shifted down to his Plusie and Elekid, who, despite their little falling out earlier, were seemingly making amends. Elekid was coyly watching Plusie's little dances with the pom poms and eventually Plusie sprang forward a step or two and gave the miniature powerhouse a little peck on the cheek sweetly. She pulled back after doing so and hid behind her pom poms embarrassedly. Elekid's face had turned from one of annoyance to embarrassment. His eyes looked around nervously and he then turned his back to them again, unsure as what to do. Joey tried not to laugh and covered his mouth to ensure he wasn't interrupting anything. However, the time on his poketch made him realise they were beginning to fall behind schedule. "Sorry guys... Return!" With both Pokeballs extended, the two returned safely to Joey.

Once more, Joey returned to his trusty guide brochure he had on him. His eyes scanned down the list of encounterable Pokemon and he noticed Rattata were common within the route. He let out a smile and remembered that not too long ago he saw a burrowed nest of Rattata. "Having a Rattata on hand could be useful... 'Specially with all the Rocket Grunts who use 'em. Could work out quite useful infiltrating them like that with one of their own... Hm!" He turned on the spot and swiftly ventured to the burrow he had remembered seeing some. He was in luck! A rather wild looking Rattata was perched ontop of the mound, sniffing around for something. Joey fell flat on the floor hoping not to be spotted and busily shifted around his belt for his Pokemon to send out. "Okay... Here goes... TORCHIC! Do your thing!" He sent the ball towards the nest and out popped his chirpy little fire bird. "Launch a Night Slash and we'll see where to go from there!" Torchic chirped and darted towards the Rattata with its talons looking particularly violent.

OOC:


Shellos:
Name: Titrodon
Gender: Male
Level: 8
Moves: Mud-slap, Mud Sport, Harden, Water Pulse
Ability: Sticky Hold
Nature/Personality: Titrodon's personality is that of a patient thinker and is never one to rush into a situation without giving it much deliberation. The problem is, Titrodon's thoughtful nature often means rarely much gets decided on. Titrodon also exhibits traits of an extreme omnivore and will quite happily try to eat anything that comes along its way whether that be, food, items or even Joey's beloved bandanna.

[img]http://www.dragonflycave.com/hgsssprites/422shellos-east.png[/img]
[b]Shellos[/b]:
Name: Titrodon
Gender: Male
Level: 8
Moves: Mud-slap, Mud Sport, Harden, Water Pulse
Ability: Sticky Hold
Nature/Personality: Titrodon's personality is that of a patient thinker and is never one to rush into a situation without giving it much deliberation. The problem is, Titrodon's thoughtful nature often means rarely much gets decided on. Titrodon also exhibits traits of an extreme omnivore and will quite happily try to eat anything that comes along its way whether that be, food, items or even Joey's beloved bandanna.  

PC Box for now.

[latani]

The Rattata's red eyes were wide with paranoia as it scanned the area, chittering to itself. As Torchic began his assault, the Rattata's back was to him, but his ears twitched at the soft patter of claws scraping against the dirt. A wild, earsplitting shriek rent the air, almost stopping Torchic in his path.

Yet, the Rattata seemed oblivious to Torchic and Joey's presence. It seemed it had just been screeching at nothing in particular. Torchic pressed forwards, jumping into the hair with one claw extended. A black aura surrounded it just as gravity tugged at the airborne fowl, and he raked it down across the rodent's back.

The following howl was directly attributed to the pain it felt, and the Rattata fell forwards off its mound, collapsing in a small purple and tan heap. Chittering angrily at Torchic, the rodent sprang to its feet and scrambled back up its mound to tackle its antagonist.

Torchic squawked and fell off the mound, landing on his back with enough oomph to force the air from his lungs. The fowl shook his head and clambered awkwardly to his feet, watching the paranoid Rattata leer down at him with wild looking eyes. Tufts of fur drifted around them from the earlier slash, leaving a bald line on the Rattata's back.

Battle

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Wild Rattata: | Level 8 |
Health: 79%
Status: Crazy (normal)


Joey's Torchic: | Level 5 |
Health: 69%
Status: Normal

[The REAL Joey]

The bewitched look in the Rattata's eyes almost unnerved Joey who promptly stood up from his hiding place in case it got any funny ideas about taking a bite or two of Joe's face with its prominent fangs. The surprise attack they had launched on the Rattata almost seemed unsuccessful due to Torchic receiving a fairly vicious blow in return. Joey yelled out to his Torchic to try and renew its confidence. "Don't worry chicky, we're still good to go." The Torchic sprang up at its trainers words and began balancing on a single foot, cooing slightly at the Rattata before it. "Repeat with a second Night Slash! You made a pretty nice mark on it!" Noticing how much the slash mark seemed to have pissed off the Rattata Joey felt it necessary to warn his Torchic. "...Just be careful okay? I think you kinda rustled it up." The Torchic screeched loudly and with a valiant charge towards the rodent Pokemon, slashed it's talons once more hoping to weaken it further.

[latani]

Rattata's eyes bulged as Torchic seemed to be faring slightly well despite its strong retaliatory blow. Torchic swore he saw foam start to appear at the corner of the rodent's mouth, and shrank back slightly. But at Joey's command, he obediently rushed forwards.

Claw enveloped in the dark aura like before, Torchic slashed at Rattata's face, landing his first critical hit, but made it shriek so loudly it made the young fowl totter dizzily after he had landed away from the crazed rat.

Spittle flying from its mouth, the Rattata charged forwards and attempted to Tackle Torchic in response. Rage seemed to have thrown it off-kilter, and the rodent soared way off target, inches from Torchic's side, and bounced off Joey's feet.

Shrieking in anger again, the rodent spun and puffed itself up at Torchic, eyes still bulging.

Battle

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Wild Rattata: | Level 8 |
Health: 47%
Status: Rabid (normal)
Rattata's attack missed!


Joey's Torchic: | Level 5 |
Health: 69%
Status: Normal; somewhat scared

[The REAL Joey]

The sheer rabid presence the Rattata was projecting onto Joey and his team was beginning to become quite apparent. If not for the fact Joe was extremely worried about it foaming at the mouth. "Ehh... I sure hope rabies aren't applicable to Pokemon..." Hesitated Joey as he stared at the spit flying from the rodent's mouth. It charging towards his boots also made him jump in the air slightly, afraid he'd caught some virulent. If Joe was feeling a little spooked by the Rattata's ferocity, he could only hope but to imagine how Torchic must be feeling. He called for Torchic's attention and noticed it looked almost as if it had its life flash before its eyes more than once or twice. "Okay, good going Torchic..." Spoke Joey in a reassuring manner. "Let's tone it down and hit it with a Scratch attack. Try and wound it just enough for a capture!" Torchic complied and hurried towards the Rattata, hoping not to be gouged by its fang and flashed its talons at the little rat.

[latani]

Torchic gave Joey a 'why do you want to kill me?' sort of look as he looked back and forth between his trainer and the Rattata. But orders were orders, and the fowl huffed a sigh and began his usual charge towards the delusional rodent.

Only to find it speeding towards him.

Having launched its Quick Attack first, the Rattata knocked Torchic down and stayed with him, the after-effects of its sudden dash sending it careening after the downed Fire type. Torchic struggled and spun in the dirt to slash at Rattata's face as the rodent skated by on unsteady paws.

It yowled and collapsed to the ground, eyelids sliding shut over its bug-eyes. The occasional twitch marked its barely thriving state. Torchic rose unsteadily to his feet, vision blurry. Both Pokemon seemed to be barely clinging on.

Battle

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Wild Rattata: | Level 8 |
Health: 25%
Status: Still rabid (normal)


Joey's Torchic: | Level 5 |
Health: 34%
Status: Normal

[The REAL Joey]

The fatigue of the Torchic was becoming all too apparent and Joey was more than eager to wrap this battle up for the sake of his Pokemon as well as hurrying to catch up with the Rocket member. while his own Torchic seemed fairly wounded it was just as obvious how damaged the vicious Rattata had become. Despite being of a lower level, Torchic had some impressive fight in her. Joey took out a Pokeball from his bountiful supply and prepared it for catching. The Rattata was pretty wild, bouncing about all over the place but with a little aiming, Joey believed he could catch it. "Pst... Torchic!" Whispered Joe to his Pokemon. "Try and charge at it to make it feint and go in the direction i'm throwing in okay...?" Torchic chirped and wearily went in one direction, causing the rodent to dodge and ram directly into the Pokeball Joey had thrown in pre-emption. It absorbed the Pokemon and clanged to the floor with a heavy thud.

OOC:

Items used:

x1 Pokeball

[latani]

Rattata's whiskers trembled as it screeched at Torchic for moving. Torchic's feinting seemed to have worked, as the crazed Rattata dodged away to the opposite direction, right into the path of the ball soaring towards it. The ball smacked audibly into the rodent's side, whereupon it opened its mouth as if to bite the capture device.

Springing open, the ball sucked up the annoyed rodent and clicked shut before beginning the atypical process of shaking - this time more violently than before. It almost seemed like the ball had contracted rabies.

After a few tense moments, the Rattata gave up the struggle, too tired to continue its fight. Coming to a halt, the ball dinged its capture.



Congratulations! The wild Rattata was captured!
Please fill out the following information about your Pokemon:


Rattata
Name: [choose]
Gender: [choose]
Level: 8
Moves: Tackle, Tail Whip, Quick Attack, Focus Energy
Nature/Personality: [choose]

[img]http://www.dragonflycave.com/hgsssprites/019rattata.png[/img]
[b]Rattata[/b]
Name: [choose]
Gender: [choose]
Level: 8
Moves: Tackle, Tail Whip, Quick Attack, Focus Energy
Nature/Personality: [choose]




Torchic grew to Level 9! Torchic learned Focus Energy!

[The REAL Joey]

With a fast return to his hands, Joey had acquired the Pokeball back. "This is definitely gonna put a dampener on the Rocket's plans if this little brute is let loose." He let out a small smirk and quietly placed the ball in his trainer bag. "Fang the Rattata sounds like a fitting name. I think I pretty much know his personality inside out just from seeing him act during the battle..." Joey let out a deflated sigh and wiped the sweat drops off his forehead before sorting out his bandanna which had become slightly out of place. He gave a huge thumbs up to Torchic and grinned. "Great job, chic." The flaming bird had earned its rest and Joey humbly returned it to safety. It wasn't long now before Joey finished capturing the remaining Pokemon in the area. By then he surely would have enough to take on Team Rocket.

As always, he returned to his faithful guide and noted Mareep were common in the area. He looked up from his map to be surprised to see an actual Mareep staring in front of him. It would seem this inquisitive little sheep was wondering what all the commotion was from Joe's encounter with the wild Rattata. Stuffing the guide into his pockets, Joey proceeded to rub his hands together greedily, not believing his luck. "To think I was actually gonna have a look around for ya!" With great dexterity, his hand swiftly went for a Pokeball on his holster, undid the lock mechanism and sent out his team member to weaken the Electric type Pokemon for capture. "Having a Pokemon to cause paralysis in your enemies isn't a bad thing... Go Hades!" From the ball emerged Joey's hellhound, Hades. Having received it from his friend Looker, Joey was unsure how the Houndour would battle but was more than eager to test her out. "Okay, let's get a Will O' Wisp on that Pokemon, Hades!" Hades nodded and snorted out a fiery wisp which circled around the Mareep.

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Rattata
Name: Fang
Gender: Male
Level: 8
Moves: Tackle, Tail Whip, Quick Attack, Focus Energy
Ability: Guts
Nature/Personality: Out of all the Pokemon in Joey's menagerie, Fang is certainly one of the more vicious Pokemon to be found. In battle and out, Fang is constantly seeking confrontation and there is very little which calms him down. Before being caught by Joey, Fang lived his life as the alpha male of his group on the grassy mound they called home. With reckless abandon, Fang will wildly have a go at anything even if it more than doubles it in size.

[img]http://www.dragonflycave.com/hgsssprites/019rattata.png[/img]
[b]Rattata[/b]
Name: Fang
Gender: Male
Level: 8
Moves: Tackle, Tail Whip, Quick Attack, Focus Energy
Ability: Guts
Nature/Personality: Out of all the Pokemon in Joey's menagerie, Fang is certainly one of the more vicious Pokemon to be found. In battle and out, Fang is constantly seeking confrontation and there is very little which calms him down. Before being caught by Joey, Fang lived his life as the alpha male of his group on the grassy mound they called home. With reckless abandon, Fang will wildly have a go at anything even if it more than doubles it in size.

PC Box for now, thank you. Oh and while i'm at it, I might as well request transfer of the Lucky Egg from Torchic to Hades.

[latani]

A wild Mareep (Level 10) appeared!



The Mareep flinched back as a fiery ball exploded from the helldog's mouth and circled around it, drawing near every pass it made. It wailed as the wisp exploded into its side, singeing the gorgeous, fluffy wool that covered most of its body. The Will-o-wisp had managed to punch a hole in the fluffy down and scorch the skin underneath to inflict a hindering burn.

Struggling against the pain, Mareep blinked at Hades before closing its eyes in concentration. The crackling of static electricity became audible as the sheep powered up for the weak Thundershock that burst free from its woolly hide.

Hades snarled as she was electrocuted by the blow, but shook it off and growled threateningly at her opponent, who quailed in response. "Mareep!" it bleated, sucking up its courage to stare boldly back at the Houndour. Hades huffed and turned her head to Joey, ears alert and waiting for further instruction.

Battle

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Wild Mareep: | Level 10 |
Health: 85%
Status: Burnt; Atk -1
The wild Mareep suffered from its burn!


Joey's Hades: | Level 5 |
Health: 73%
Status: Normal

[The REAL Joey]

Despite the show of electricity and Hades being zapped quite horrifically, Joey's resolution remained absolute. The plan was going ahead as expected. "With that nasty Will O' Wisp inflicting a Burn on the Mareep and Hades whittling down the HP with its own attacks, that level difference becomes almost nothing." Thought Joey as he pieced together his strategy in his mind. Hades attentive turn of the head made Joey grin slightly. "D'aww... It's good having such a responsive Pokemon. Alright! We've already got the fires burning, let's add to it. Cough up some Embers and weaken Mareep s'more!" hades barked in response and took in a deep breath before unleashing a spat of burning embers that travelled directly towards Mareep. As the Embers hurtled towards the sheep, Joey began pondering whether or not it was a wise decision to have used Fire attacks on the sheep Pokemon. For one, he didn't want to burn off its prized coat as he was planning to sell this Pokemon in exchange for some money.