Inaugural Mission: Introduction and First Mission

Realizing that the man will not stop until he is unconscious, Alex lays down abrasion traps in front of him and then orders larvesta to use string shot yet again. (Abrasion traps lower defense/special defense 1 CS)

Mael can't help but admire the bandit leader's reckless pride. That wasn't going to stop him from taking the man out though, and so he moved into an advantageous position and, channeling his magic into his voice, snarled a burst of magic at the man and his Pokemon.

As the dust settles, Alex looks at the carnage that had unfolded. Traps and environment changes everywhere, 11 people unconscious, two of which were her allies, and 7 Pokemon out for the count, most of which were our own. But it didn't matter much, because everyone was alive, and she and her Pokemon were still standing. She walked up to Thane, bent down over him, and splashed some enriched water in his face to attempt to wake up. ""Get up Thane, battle's over. We won." She then sits next to him and starts drinking water herself, petting her Pokemon occasionally while waiting. So much for Byron coming to help finish him off, she thought. God he is annoying.

Mael blinked when a few lengths of rope were put into his hands. He sighs. The work is just never over is it, he thinks, face morose. Nevertheless, he proceeds to tie up the unconscious bandits one after another, sighing each time he got to another bandit. At least the fight is over, Mael thinks. If he's honest with himself... Fighting had been fun. It was exhausting, mentally and physically, but there was a certain rush in combat that Mael had never experienced before. He could get used to it.

Once Mael was finally done, he followed the example of his... comrades? Friends? Didn't they say that fighting a battle made people become closer? Niyol and Ovelia in particular seemed to be getting very closely acquainted, although Mael supposed it didn't count since she was unconscious. Mael shrugged, as he drank some of the enriched water he had pulled out of his pack. Hopefully Ovelia would be back on her feet again quickly after Niyol's treatment.

Deciding to sit with one of the other conscious members of the team, Mael then walks over to Alex and sits down next to her. He could've sat down next to Niyol, but Niyol had made him work and also wasn't a pretty girl. "You have some pretty interesting skills," Mael says to the girl in a warm conversational tone. "I've never seen a person shoot webs before. That really came in handy for this battle. Did you learn how to do that or was it something you were born with?"

Niyol place Oveila next to Thane and gave a friendly nod to Alex and Mael before floating up into the sky as high as he can to keep watch.

Niyol continued to watch the surrounding using the wind to calm himself down from what was another stressful battle when heard something about being able to fly from below. Curious, Niyol descended hanging upside as he looked between Mael and Alex. "Ye all here interested in flying? I don't mind giving people a taste of it if they like."

Alex was listening intently to Mael when Niyol walked up, and dropped Ovelia really carefully on the ground. Mael seemed to want to talk to him, but Niyol just floated up and started staring, like he was in his own world. Peculiar. And that is when Mael asked Alex if she dreamed about flying.

"I don't seem to recall ever dreaming about flying, though it does seem to have its advantages," she said, staring up at Niyol. "I guess I am pretty content with keeping my feet on the ground." Alex was genuinely surprised by Mael's behavior right now. She had not pegged him as the charming philosophical type, and more as the reserved type, based on first appearances.

Then Niyol came down and asked if she and Mael wanted to fly. "I'm good, thank you," Alex said, but Mael seemed up for it, and agreed to flying with Niyol. As the two floated up, she laid down, tired from the battle, and closed her eyes. The battle had been really stressful, and this little breather she was taking felt really nice. If she wasn't careful, she might just fall asleep right then and there in the field.

Flying was not quite what Mael had expected. There was a little weightlessness, although he could feel the force of his own weight still pulling him downwards, giving him a sense of vertigo. It was new though and quite fun if Mael was honest with himself. He was desperately trying to regain his composure and not enjoy this, but he failed in both regards. Despite himself, a little smile grew on his face. This was exciting, not in the way that the previous battle had been, but it gave Mael a rush of its own. Mael had to restrain himself from making a noise of exhilaration. His face grew a little red in embarrassment, but it faded quickly as he got a hold of himself.

"This... is pretty fun," he told Niyol. "Is it like that for you all the time, or do you get used to it?" he asked curiously.

"I'll... take a rest. This is very fun, but it's also more than a little uncomfortable." Also Mael had to regain some of his imagined lost pride. He attempted a shrug, which served only to make his positioning even more uncomfortable as he slipped just a little in Niyol's grip. That gave him something of a shock and only intensified his desire to get back to the safe ground.