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Post by Robot on Aug 24, 2019 7:44:06 GMT
Theodore tipped up the brim of his hat and cast a sideways glance at Evelyn. "Can't let'em get you riled Ev, your Pokemon can feel that. Ranger, give the varmint a psywave and take cover."
Psychic power coalesced around the Seviper as Starmie blended into the environment. Seviper loses 25 HP to Psywave, and Starmie reaches evasion cap from Blender.
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Post by DataNinja on Aug 25, 2019 2:31:22 GMT
ColeThe Hawlucha staggers as its hit by the fiery attack, but remains up. Ruby looks at Cole and nods. "Okay, Nymph. Psy that bird." The Porygon unleashes a psychic beam at... what's suddenly the Absol, who absorbs the beam without even blinking. Or, rather, with one languid blink. "...okay, well, uh, that didn't quite go as planned." Ruby says. "It's... fine, I'm sure."While the Hawlucha is still reorienting itself from its trick, the Absol is under no such compunctions, and drives its horn up against the Porygon, viciously slashing. While there's quite a bit of digital detritus... the duck is still up at least. Hawlucha is hit by Flame Wheel. Porygon triggers Download on Hawlucha and gains +1 Sp. Atk. Porygon hits with Psybeam. Hawlucha triggers Ally Switch. Psybeam doesn't affect Absol. Hawlucha Disengages. Porygon takes an injury from Slash. Theo"Look, you hit Fluffy there," the man says, "you better make it good. Because he'll hurtcha otherwise." The Zangoose gets into a fighting stance as the man laughs. "...well, we won't miss, this time," Evelyn says, coldly. "We'll play on our own terms. Blast it, Maddie." The Lucario nods, concentrating on a ball of energy forming in its palm, even as the Seviper whiffs jumping for Starmie again. It unleashes it right into the Zangoose's face, knocking the creature back a little, and causing it to pant a little. "Nice trick. But it won't work twice," the ringleader says, the Zangoose's eyes gleaming, and the last remnants of the aura floating around wink out. "In fact, it won't really have worked once." The Zangoose drives its claws directly into the Lucario's chest, causing Evelyn to cry out. The jackal seems to only have just been able to hold on from the fury of the attack. As the Zangoose pulls its claws free, the man says, "Hmm... disappointing. Guess you're a little hardier than I thought. Figured that'd be enough to put you out of the fight."Zangoose declares Revenge. Seviper takes an injury from Psywave. Seviper misses with Poison Fang. Zangoose takes 2 injuries from Aura Sphere. It's super effective! Zangoose Disables Aura Sphere. Lucario uses Endure, and takes 2 injuries from Revenge. KaiThe Carnivine falls under the next gout of fire, causing the Emolga to look a little bit uneasy. It seems to decide that dealing with the major source of its pain would be preferable, though, and so deftly flies over to Sparkles, smashing the Amaura with a tail glistening with metal. The prehistoric Pokémon squeals in pain even as ice forms to try and defend it. It's not enough, though, and the dinosaur is exhausted after even just the single blow. It's not able to swing around fast enough to catch the Emolga with its beam again, and the squirrel just chitters in laughter. "It's okay, Sparkles, just... hang in there! You can have plenty of rest after..."Keahi takes 9 damage from Leech Seed. Carnivine Faints from Ember. It's super effective! Amaura takes 2 injuries and -1 Def CS from Iron Tail. It gains a tick of temp HP from Full Guard. Amaura misses with Aurora Beam. Maps
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Post by seraphflonne on Aug 25, 2019 8:47:22 GMT
"Alright Keahi, End it now cause you and Sparkles can't afford another hit!" Kai was gritting his teeth a bit with worry, but he was sure that they could take it out with a good hit... Keahi sprints to just beside sparkles, opening her maw wide and bursting out it's last wave of pure heat, making sure to angle it so that it wouldn't touch Sparkles, but undoubtedly making the ice Pokemon uncomfortable with how hot it was right now. Brutal Orders Heat Wave VS Emolga AC 4 Acc 9 Smite 72 Fire Special Damage
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Post by Robot on Aug 25, 2019 14:03:42 GMT
Theodore inhaled slowly as though to say something, before his expression set into a frown and he tugged the brim of his hat down. Stubborn was a fine way to be if you didn't want to learn. "Light up Starmie, we're gonna break your limits. Give it another Psywave." AP Spent to Command Versatility, Starmie loses a use of Recover for the day to refresh Psywave. AP Spent to improve accuracy on Psywave. Blender is activated again as a shift. D0Wg8xCo1d20+1 Psywave Vs. Seviper, AP Spent 1d4
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Post by Breakthelevee on Aug 25, 2019 19:25:02 GMT
Cole just sort of blinked. He really was bad luck. Everyone else seemed to be breezing through their fights, with enemies falling left and right, while he and Ruby hadn't even managed to touch the Absol, and the Hawlucha had managed to avoid the vast majority of the damage that had been thrown at it. He just sort of stared at the fight, frozen. He was just talk. They really were better than him. His hands began to smoke for a second as the feeling of inadequacy filled his every fiber. Champion? He would be lucky to even work as a gym trainer. His hand sparked with an explosion for a second before he looked at Ruby, and their training flooded back into his mind. He clenched his fist, closing his eyes tight as he tried to push the emotions away, calling out to Habenero in the meantime " We can't give up yet, no matter what tricks they keep pulling." The Quilava rushed towards the Hawlucha and rammed it with a fiery body once again, completely unaware of what his Trainer was capable of at the moment. Their sync had been broken, though neither was sure, something felt off. 8 vs AC 2 on Flame Wheel for 52 Fire Physical Damage on Hawlucha
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Post by DataNinja on Aug 25, 2019 20:32:01 GMT
ColeRuby meets his gaze and grins. "'Give up?' I'm sorry, you must be speaking a foreign language there, dunno what you're even implying could possibly an option. I don't know those words." She winks. "They've had their fun, but when the chips are down, we're both more dangerous than they could expect. Even at a type disadvantage." As she says that, Habanero's fiery tackle briefly ignites some of the Hawlucha's feathers, causing it to frantically pat them out, and squawk in pain and irritation. That gives the Porygon enough of an opening to slam the bird in the back, getting the last bit of damage in needed to finally cause it to fall over. The Absol's also hit, but retaliates with a shadowy slash from its horn, causing the Porygon to fall in turn. "You got this, man," Ruby says, giving Cole a thumbs up as she recalls her Pokémon. "Without heavy-hitting backup, that thing's got no chance."Hawlucha takes an injury from Flame Wheel. Porygon Disengages. Ruby uses Attack Maneuver. Hawlucha Faints from Tackle. Absol is hit by Tackle. TheoStarmie's light beam strikes the Seviper, and finally causes it to stop thrashing and trying to snap at the flying star. Evelyn looks like she's about to say something, when the man snaps his fingers and says "End it" to the Zangoose, who abruptly makes a scissoring motion with one of its claws around the Lucario's midsection, causing enough pain and damage - even with the difficulties in puncturing its tough hide - to snuff out the last of its resistance. Evelyn simply seethes while recalling, not saying a word. Seviper Faints from Psywave. Lucario Faints from Crush Claw. KaiThe intense burst of flames fells the squirrel, leaving just the two tired lizards left standing. "Well... good enough, I guess," the girl says grumpily. "We went easy on you." They probably didn't. "Oh, Sparkles... are you okay?" Ayah asks, moving up to the dinosaur, and embracing its long neck. It rests its head upon her shoulder. Emolga faints from Heat Wave.
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Post by Breakthelevee on Aug 25, 2019 20:52:45 GMT
Deep down he knew Ruby was probably right, no matter how he felt now he couldn't let his flames overtake him. It was a balancing act. Anger, but also inadequacy. He had to make sure he didn't let anything overwhelm him. It helped knowing he had someone in his corner who knew what he was going through. Someone who was going through the same thing. " You heard the girl Hab. Keep up the assault. We may not have tricks. We may not have type advantage. But there's no one. No one in all of Hoenn, that burns brighter than you and me!" The Quilava turned on its tail and began its rush towards the Absol this time, its fiery cocoon continuing to engulf him. 10 vs AC 2 for Flame Wheel for 49 Fire Physical
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Post by Robot on Aug 25, 2019 23:22:38 GMT
"A little more distance Ranger, then show him some stars.". The Starmie hummed a crystalline sigh and flew up and back before raining a hail of stars down over the Zangoose it couldn't hope to avoid.
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Post by DataNinja on Aug 26, 2019 6:17:52 GMT
ColeHabanero careens into the Absol, and it does its best to stay up and swipe at him, but it's too weak to maintain anything close to battle readiness, and flops over onto the ground. "See, I knew you could do it," Ruby says. "You just needed the going to get tough." Absol Faints. TheoThe stars rain down even as the Starmie zooms away, battering the Zangoose, and causing it to fall. The man doesn't look too happy. "Oh, so if you hadn't gone and won right then, you'd have just stayed up there out of reach like a coward?" He spits on the ground. "Not man enough to actually fight."Zangoose Faints. All"I, at least, am a person of honour. You're all free to pass. You've fulfilled the toll." He still looks rather bitter. "Go on with your lives. Or whatever. Just don't expect us to go as easy on you if you come by again."Everyone can take 500 Exp, not boosting anything past 30.
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Post by Robot on Aug 26, 2019 8:34:14 GMT
Theodore keeps his cheek in check with the ringleader till they were on their way. Fair fights were for good, honest folk. The income from the fight was extremely welcome but it hadn't really solved the problem; there were still trainers waylaying people. Even with six of them, there were likely too many to deal with. He certainly couldn't count them all.
"Maddie did well." He attempted to soothe Evelyn as they returned to the road, their split paths ahead of them.
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Post by seraphflonne on Aug 27, 2019 19:41:01 GMT
"That went well, neither of our mon went down so that's a plus!" Kai was pretty happy with not going down. Dodging attacks was pretty hard, but they would get better at it.
He was eager to get moving, even if his reason was he wanted to get to the volcano fast. He was pretty excited to get through the desert and reach the Lavaridge place.
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Post by Breakthelevee on Aug 29, 2019 0:09:18 GMT
As the fiery cocoon fell away when the Absol dropped, there was no Quilava inside it. Instead, standing up onto two legs and roaring in triumph with flames billowing out of his neck, Habenero stood as a Typhlosion. Holding in his excitement, Cole nodded "Or he evolved and that explains the extra oomph in the last hit."
He recalled the Fire type and clutched the ball tightly, hoping Hab knew just how proud he really was.
When the leader of the wannabe tollkeepers was such a sore loser, Cole turned his attention back to him "Oh huh, that was going easy? I hope so, I've felt more pressure from Freshman in the Trainers School. You sure talk big for a group that all went down so quick"
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Post by DataNinja on Aug 29, 2019 0:20:30 GMT
"Wasn't well enough," Evelyn says. "We have to be better. Next time it could be more at stake than just money. Could be a Gym or something.""We weren't the only ones who went down quick," he shrugs. "Not every matchup can be a good one. And you don't go all out the first time you toll a person. We're not savages. But, if you want more at some point, feel free to swing around sometime for another go." "Ugh," Ayah says, as the group walks away, "The nerve of some people. I hope that's the last we see of them.""Not quite," a short girl says, stepping out of the bushes, apparently waiting there next to a Blitzle. Ayah goes red. "Uh... sorry, I, uh..." "Nah, don't sweat it." She swings a bag around, before tossing it over to Cole. "Leon won't admit it openly, of course, but you impressed him. So, here's some loot. They're what we use to make our home there. Lotta work and maintenance, but, hey, I'm sure people like you can put them to good use. Ta ta." She winks, and vaults back onto her horse, before it takes off back the way that they'd just come from. "...well then," Ruby says. "Wonder what they're giving."When Cole opens the bag, it looks to contain a half-dozen disc-chips. TMs. On the side of each are embossed the words "Secret Power." Each of you gains one TM for Secret Power. It may be used on any Pokémon that can learn at least one TM not part of its natural moveset.
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Post by Breakthelevee on Aug 29, 2019 3:39:32 GMT
"Thanks" Cole says with a bit of surprise as he catches the bag.
Once they girl was gone, Cole handed out the TMs to everyone "Secret Power. So I guess that explains how they're making it out here. They were jerks and all, but hey at least it wasn't a total waste of time"
He looked back and grumbled under his breath "And I'm totally gonna come back and kick his ass when I get a chance. Punk doesn't stand a chance"
Slipping the TM into his bag he shrugged "But anyways, we'll be splitting up for a bit pretty soon. Maybe we should take a little break and let the lovebirds say goodbye." He winks towards T and Ayah before giggling
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Post by Robot on Aug 30, 2019 9:45:55 GMT
Theodore went shades redder then he ever had before, yanking his hat down over his eyes with both hands and getting loud awful quick, his voice cracking with embarrassment. The strong country accent he usually carried becoming even more pronounced. "NOW HANG ON FER A CASTELIA MINUTE, AIN'T NOTHING BEEN MADE OFFICIAL ER ANYTHIN! JUST CAUSE A FELLER AND A LADY HAVE A GOOD TIME TOGETHER DON'T MEAN NOTHIN NOHOW!"
Breathing heavily, he tipped his hat back just enough to see again, and made eye contact with Ayah,a twinkle in his eye despite the mixture of anxiety, shyness, and excitement on his face. "S-sides... Ain't no sense in goodbyes, I think about her all the time." There was a pause, and he tilted his head. "I caught you a star, when we were in the Meteor falls, s'got a pretty blue core. I'll give it to you when we reach Lavaridge. Minior if yer familiar."
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Post by seraphflonne on Aug 30, 2019 18:46:38 GMT
"'Don't mean nothin'' he says, then goes and talks about giving her a star." Kai chuckles as he slides the TM into his pocket. He wasn't sure he'd use it on anyone, but you never know. Maybe it'd be a good fit if he researched it a little.
"I think someone's in denial, best give him a moment to explain his outburst" He begins to walk away from the duo, expecting others to also let them have a moment. He was pretty sure he was the least close to the girls too, so best let the other boys have their own goodbyes and not tread on them with his own awkwardness.
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Post by DataNinja on Aug 31, 2019 1:01:19 GMT
Ayah flushes even more than she'd previously been doing at Cole's statement. "I... uh..." she looks awkward, and doesn't seem able to put any words together. Thankfully, at least Theo's able to say some.
"L-look," she says, at last, talking to Cole, "We've just really only known each other for a-a handful of days. I like his company, b-but it's a little quick to be saying things like that, n-no? We haven't... haven't really gotten to know each other or anything like that..."
She looks at Theo. "Oh... that's thoughtful," she says. "I... really don't deserve all of your gifts, though. I-I feel bad, I've not given you anything. But... y-yeah, I know Minior. Space-related Pokémon are talked about a lot in Mossdeep."
"Hey, now," Ruby says, sternly to Cole, "I would've thought that you, of all people, might get that certain people might not want certain things called out openly, eh?"
"What's this about?" Evelyn asks.
"Nothing important." This doesn't exactly seem to disperse Evelyn's suspicions, though, and she looks back and forth between Cole and Ruby. "Does it have anything to do with you two being all cozy all of a sudden, training all the time, and now not being separable for battling?"
"What? No, no, it's not anything like that!"
"Okay then..." she doesn't seem convinced.
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Post by Robot on Sept 3, 2019 1:50:53 GMT
"...Just, finding little ways to appreciate you is all." Theodore explained sheepishly, breaking eye contact with Ayah, a hand working under the rear brim of his hat. "Won't never anything big and showy, but catching them minior was a hard fight, and I got two of'em. They was lurking up near the top of the falls right fore... We uh... Packed it in and headed fer the city."
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Post by Breakthelevee on Sept 5, 2019 3:16:25 GMT
He looked over at Ayah and T "I'll stop from making more jokes like that. I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable, was just going for lighthearted ribbing, but clearly I overstepped my bounds. I'll watch what I say from now on."
"Look" Cole says to Evelyn, his face red as his hair "You know what would happen if you and I trained together? We would both push it way too hard, taking our Pokemon past where we should as we both try and one up each other. It doesn't really work to have two people with the goal of being the Champion training together. I'm trying to learn other techniques and ways of looking at the battle. Ruby has been helping me take things a bit slower instead of my regular way of just bashing things until they don't get up anymore. I want to be better so I can give you the battle I promised you. The battle you deserve." He scratched the back of his head and looked at the ground "So it doesn't really make sense to train with you, or battle with you, when beating you is my current goal, now does it?"
Internally he sighed a breath of relief. He didn't have to lie to her because everything he just said was true. Obviously there was more to it than that, but he still didn't feel comfortable talking about it with everyone yet. It was better than only T, Kai, and Ruby knew.
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Post by DataNinja on Sept 6, 2019 1:26:35 GMT
"Oh, you climbed all the way up there?" Ayah asks, brightening. "I bet the view there was fantastic. ...even if it is just a view of more rocks. We kinda sped through there, so didn't have a chance to look at much. But," she chuckles, "seems you got high enough in the mountains to touch the stars."
"But... just," she says, a little less smoothly, "you don't... you don't need to keep giving me gifts to show your appreciation. I already know that it's there." She gives him a quick hug, before glancing back over at the others talking a little ways away and flushing. "We can... uh, talk more about it at... at Lavaridge, I guess. I... don't know. I don't really have experience with any of this."
"Well, fine," Evelyn huffs, "I didn't want to train with you anyways. Don't want to give you any of my battling strategies. But, I guess it makes sense you'd still seek out a better battler than you." She seems a little more bitter than normal, as she mutters unintelligibly under her breath, before turning back to look at Cole. "Going to need her help if you want to win..."
"Ev…" Ruby says softly, "Please, don't be like this. Look, it's helpful for me, too. I like being able to train in a couple different styles. And, no matter what he says, you two are different enough that training with each of you isn't interchangeable."
"...I'm sorry," she says at last, sighing. "I was just thinking of myself again. We're splitting up soon, anyways."
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