Episode 2: The Adventure Begins

Oliver, the pokedex says to you, "Barboach, a whisker pokemon. This jawless fish makes its home in muddy water and spends most of its time buried beneath the bottom. The whiskers on its mouth serve as a means of feeling and tasting prey. If it feels something brush against it and it tastes good, it will grab it and swallow it whole. While swimming around to search for a new patch of mud, it defends itself by covering its body in thick mucus. This allows the pokemon to slip away from predators that may try to grab it. If a trainer decides to touch it, it is advised that they wash their hands thoroughly, as the mucus contains a toxin that causes stomach aches when ingested."

Barry, your pokemon education tells you that the glitter was left behind by a scatterbug. Their bodies leave behind a glittering powder wherever they crawl. By the looks of things, the berries were eaten and left to dry in the winter air for the past several weeks before it moved to the stump. You look over to Oliver to see he's approaching a barboach in the shallows of the river.

Tori, you catch the sound of jingling metal down the street as you pass by the rows of houses, and trashcans. By one of the fences, you also hear the sound of something like a dog, barking loudly at you.

Keno, you see a pachirisu running across power lines over the houses as its tail twitches. It suddenly notices you staring at it before attempting to hide itself behind a telephone pole.

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Keno, your pokedex scans the pachirisu and provides it's information.

(Refer to when Jason scanned this species.)

Keno wasn't sure if a Pachirisu was going to cut the mustard, but headed back empty handed was the prevailing fear.

"You're on Gypsy, we've got company, let's see if we can flush them out!" With a toss Gypsy emerged from her pokeball.

Keno's head turned at John's call, he gave a 'shhh' sign and waved him over. Hopefully John wouldn't interfere and void the contest.

"New gear? got everything?" he said to the side.

"Gypsy, let's heat things up, show that squirrel what you've learned."

Gypsy begins to churn water in the back of her throat as he gets into position, steam rising from her mouth. She lets loose the torrent of water trying with wash the Pachirisu out of hiding.

Scald to hit: T01DZRVY1d20 AC 2
Range 5, burns on 15+

Damage on a hit 3d8+20

Crit adds 3d8

Gypsy
speed:12
Def:6
Sdef:7
HP:39

1d20·3d8+20·3d8

Her curiosity piqued, Tori quietly crept closer to investigate the jingling sound. If it was hanging out near the trashcans, chances were it was her kind of Pokemon. Slowly she reached into her pocket and pulled out the little smoke lizard, letting him rest in her hand as his eyes adjusted to the sunlight.

Tori, as you sneak carefully toward the jingling noise, you catch sight of a small pokemon that resembles some kind of keychain. Its skin was shiny, like it was made of metal and its mouth was shaped like a lock. Hanging from it were a few keys. Some were old and rusty, others looked newer. The creature was floating in the air by some unknown means as it scanned the ground. It flies over to a nearby porch and checks under the welcome mat. It seems rather disappointed to not find anything.

Oliver, your pokemon takes the fish by surprise, giving enough of a distraction for you to attack. Your kicks splash through the water and hit its slimy body, which slides on contact.

Keno, the Pachirisu screams in pain as it was suddenly hit by scalding water that made a cloud of steam in the cold air. The pokemon is completely soaked as its once fluffy fur sags off of its small body. With the way the steam comes off of it, it looks like it was injured in the initial attack. The squirrel made a chatter and squeak before hopping off the telephone pole and runs at Gypsy before making several quick bites at her leg.

Pachirisu used Struggle

AC: 4

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Zapper changes it to Electric-Type, so it's super effective.

Damage if hit: 161d20

Keno smirked as the Pachirisu chittered and tried to bite, crackling grown the jaw with electricity. Maybe it was the water that slowed it down, or Gypsy's reflexive hop backwards, either way, Gypsy was unscathed.

"Great Job Gypsy!"

In order to make things quick, Keno hurls a pokeball at the Pachirisu that has made it's way much closer.

Basic Ball to hit dHVoUGYD1d20+1
channeling 1AP into the throw

To catch 1d1001d20+1·1d100

Oliver, the barboach doesn't look too good after you hit it a couple times. It responds to the last attack from Blitzen by spitting a gob of mud at the deerling's face.

Barboach used Mud Slap.

AC: 2

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Damage if hit: 7

It's not very effective.

Accuracy is lowered by -1.

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Keno, your ball grabs the squirrel and starts to shake. Unfortunately, it breaks free before it looks like you were about to catch it.

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Tori, the pokemon sees you and is wary of your presence. However, when it sees your shiny watch, it seems to float closer to you, reaching out to the object with an arm that looked like it was part of the key ring.1d20