Individual RP: Fawkes.

BP #12
Ranger Ataro

---

"Holden, stand down!" At its trainer command, the Arcanine turned around and returned to its trainer side. Daniel followed up by throwing in another Pokeball which emerged into a Sealeo instead. When it came out, it started yawning loudly. I wasn't sure if it was tired, or it felt that Zigzagoon wasn't its match completely, or simply because its trainer kept calling it out and returning it back into the Pokeball.

"Winston, weaken the Wigzagoon with a Water Gun!" Daniel shouted out his command to Sealeo.

Immediately, the Sealeo perked up and gathered the energy within its body. Within seconds, it blasted a jet of Water Gun towards the Zigzagoon. I watched the Zigzagoon intriguingly, because it started to glow in a white flash once again. As in responding to the distance and strength of the Water Gun, the closer the Water Gun got, the brighter it started to shine. I knew it was preparing to use Extremespeed, but the weird thing was that it was taking much longer to prepare for it this time and the way it was being created looked somewhat different as to before.

Suddenly, just as the Water Gun was about to smash into Zigzagoon, the Pokemon jolted up with a sudden burst of speed and strength, and went for the Water Gun instead. The Zigzagoon had almost disappeared into a blur of white dust with the Extremespeed, but I could see its movement clearer now because of the reflections from the water. The Sealeo, still blasting the Water Gun, didn't seem to know what was happening, and I doubted the trainer knew what was happening either. I had only managed to figure it out, as the Zigzagoon sped in a zig-zag formation around the stream of Water Gun.

I believed even if Sealeo had realized what was happening, there was simply no time to react. Extremespeed was already an extremely fast attack itself, but it seemed to be even faster now with the slippery effect of the water from the Water Gun. From the zig-zag formation, the Zigzagoon sped towards the Sealeo in a spiral dash, circling around the Water Gun and gaining momentum every second it continued spiraling.

With a decisive finish, the Zigzagoon smashed itself into the Sealeo, where its mouth took the first impact from the Extremespeed with Zigzagoon's head, then its entire face and body with Zigzagoon's entire body. I heard a loud crash of impact and water blast when the Zigzagoon slammed itself onto Sealeo, as water spurted out violently from the crash itself as well.

The Zigzagoon was sent flying back from that impact, but it managed to stable itself quite well and slid back in grace by using the remaining water from the Water Gun that were spread on the ground. I noticed that with that special technique of Extremespeed that was performed, not only was it twice the amount of effectiveness, it seemed that it also helped Zigzagoon to avoid damage taken from the Water Gun, since it literally slid through the Water Gun with Extremespeed.

Sealeo on the other hand, didn't move much from its original position. Although it was hit by the huge impact of the Extremespeed, it still managed to stay its ground due to its large amount of body fat which helped it to maintain stable. Though, I could tell that that Extremespeed took an extra amount of damage to it due to the way that the attack was performed and how it hit a direct spot of Sealeo's weaker spots such as its mouth. In fact, the Sealeo's mouth was starting to look bruised and red.

"It looks like Zigzagoon looks pretty good to catch now, although it'd be better if you can weaken it a little more to increase the chances of a successful capture. If you want to do that, you can weaken it just a little more and immediately throw in a Parkball, that might prevent the Zigzagoon from trying to recover from any damages then." I reminded Daniel, hoping that the capture wouldn't be too difficult.


---

Current Battle Stats:

??? ??? Zigzagoon 24%
Jolly M Sealeo 40%

---

Trainer Stats

Name: Daniel Hardin
Location: Botanic Gardens
Encounters Left: 6
Area Effects: Sunny weather, reaching a bend around the corner, last honey tree in the area ahead of us
Pokemon Encountered: Sunkern, Dodrio, Skitty, Delcatty, Mew, Combee, Vespiqueen, Armaldo, Zigzagoon
Pokemon Captured: F Skitty (Mild)
MCR: 5344/4000

Items: Super Ball (x1), Park Ball (x2), Super Potion (x2), Full Heal (x1)
Used Items: Park Ball (x1)

Pokemon Stats

Pokemon: Arcanine @ 70% (Acc-2)
Nickname: Holden
Gender: Male
Ability: Intimidate
Nature: Brave
EMs: None

Pokemon: Sealeo [Active]
Nickname: Winston
Gender: Male
Ability: Thick Fat
Nature: Jolly
EMs: None

 

the jet of water approached the zigzagoon at fast pace but just before the moment of impact it had launched itself into the oncoming attack leaving a trail of dust in it's wake, it's location unknown to both me and Winston was only revealed when a body of white light had begun to circle the jet, it soon became apparent that the zigzagoon was using extremespeed in a remarkable way. the jet of water was creating a pulling force in the same way a speeding train created a pull force beneath it, the zigzagoon was using this pull to create a corkscrew effect, increasing it's extremespeeds effectiveness.

with a thud the zigzagoon struck Winston hard, from a distance the attack looked ineffective with Winston hardly moving and the zigzagoon rebounding off the thick fat of Winston.

"It looks like Zigzagoon looks pretty good to catch now, although it'd be better if you can weaken it a little more to increase the chances of a successful capture. If you want to do that, you can weaken it just a little more and immediately throw in a Parkball, that might prevent the Zigzagoon from trying to recover from any damages then." Ataro said from the sidelines.

that seemed like a better plan, if i attacked and threw a pokeball directly after then the capture would hopefully be swifter.

"Winston fire some powder snow at the zigzagoon and we will finish this" I commanded, and with this sealeo had inhaled the same way Holden had done with the flamethrower but instead of flame a barrage of snow had been exhaled. I waited a few seconds as the snow approached the zigzagoon and reached for an empty pokeball and promptly threw it. I watched as the snow closed in on the weakened zigzagoon and floowing it a pokeball

 

BP #13
Ranger Ataro

---

Daniel seemed to agree with what I said as he nodded in agreement. He commanded his Sealeo to go for another Powder Snow, in which his Sealeo quickly obeyed. Taking in a huge breath of air, the Sealeo inhaled it into its mouth and released pellets of snow supported by a chilly wind.

The attack blasted towards Zigzagoon, whom was already spinning itself by using the water puddles on the ground as a lubricant to spin even faster. At this time, I managed to catch a glimpse of Zigzagoon's fur turning into spikes once again. It was the same attack. Quickly, the spikes burst out into numerous Pin Missiles that fired towards the Sealeo in all direction. I knew that normally, the effect of the wind from the Powder Snow would at least manage to blow back some, or even all of the Pin Missiles, but it didn't seemed to work the way that I thought.

In fact, the Pin Missiles blasted themselves through the chilly winds and even shot through some of the snow pellets created by the Powder Snow. Shaped like flashing spikes with arrow-like heads, the attack continued flying wildly towards the Sealeo. I had guessed that was because of the way Zigzagoon spun itself before launching the attack, increasing the speed at which it was fired at. At the same time, the Powder Snow had struck Zigzagoon as it cowered onto the ground, shivering both in cold and in pain, while Sealeo was struck by the Pin Missile attack as well.

Even though Sealeo was starting to look tired, that attack seemed like it didn't did much. The Pin Missiles weren't as many as before, as some probably clashed with some pellets of the Powder Snow and equalized each other. On studying closer, I also realized several pins that were stuck on the ground near Sealeo, as they probably missed their target and went flying towards the ground. That wasn't much of a surprise though. I knew Pin Missile wasn't an extremely accurate attack and especially since Zigzagoon was so tired now, it wouldn't be surprising if some of its attack did miss.

Just as I suggested, Daniel had already threw the Parkball without allowing Zigzagoon any time to recover or do any more attacks. The sphere flew towards Zigzagoon and opened up upon contact with Zigzagoon's fur. The red beam then emitted from the capture device and sucked Zigzagoon into the Parkball. Daniel and I watched the Parkball as it dropped back onto the ground and continued to shake profusely. One... two... and it stopped.

"Congratulations on your new Pokemon!" I exclaimed in joy for my trainer, whom had managed to capture his second Pokemon.

---

Current Battle Stats:

Jolly M Sealeo 35.94%

---

Trainer Stats

Name: Daniel Hardin
Location: Botanic Gardens
Encounters Left: 6
Area Effects: Sunny weather, reaching a bend around the corner, last honey tree in the area ahead of us
Pokemon Encountered: Sunkern, Dodrio, Skitty, Delcatty, Mew, Combee, Vespiqueen, Armaldo, Zigzagoon
Pokemon Captured: F Skitty (Mild), F Zigzagoon (Lonely)
MCR: N/A

Items: Super Ball (x1), Park Ball (x1), Super Potion (x2), Full Heal (x1)
Used Items: Park Ball (x2)

Pokemon Stats

Pokemon: Arcanine @ 70% (Acc-2)
Nickname: Holden
Gender: Male
Ability: Intimidate
Nature: Brave
EMs: None

Pokemon: Sealeo [Active]
Nickname: Winston
Gender: Male
Ability: Thick Fat
Nature: Jolly
EMs: None

 

The snow approached the zigzagoon fast but not fast enough to halt retaliation from the small pokemon. I could barely make out it spinning from behind the snow, unaware of what it was doing. The snow got closer and I soon realised what the zigzagoon had been doing when I saw various missiles exit from the flurry of snow, I was surprised that the missiles managed to penetrate the snow attack but I guess that was what the whole spinning thing was about it was increasing it’s attacks velocity. The snow covered missiles struck Winston, but not as hard as the zigzagoon was probably expecting. Looking over to the zigzagoon I saw it had already been struck by the snow and was left sheltering itself with it’s paw cowering, but it wasn’t over yet within seconds of the attack the pokeball I had previously thrown had managed to suck it, a few shakes and it was caught.

“Congratulations on your new Pokemon!” Ataro shouted showing a slight tone of joy. To be honest I too was quite excited to have caught my second pokemon, especially as we were nearing the end of the trip. I turned around remembering Holden and his infected eye and looking over to Winston.

“Winston clear up Holdens eye” Winston pouted his lips and a small squirt of water exited, heading straight to Holdens eye. I could see Holden brace himself at the water, it was only natural considering he was a fire type and despised water, the squirt of water had flushed all the dirt from his eye improving his vision, although a little redness was still present I knew that it would heal soon enough. Turning my attention to Winston I asked him to use rest, slowly his eyes fell and he was in a deep slumber, as he slept I could see his wounds heal before my eyes. However I knew we could not wait for him to awaken naturally so I went into my bag and pulled out a full heal. I looked at the sleeping seal pondering on whether or not to allow him to sleep but I knew if I needed him to battle I’ll need his services straight away. I begun squirting the spray onto Winston and instantly he began to wake refreshed giving him a grin I returned him to his pokeball.
“lead the way” I told Ataro hoping he hadn’t gotten impatient

 

NBP #10
Ranger Ataro

---

Daniel looked pretty excited about the capture himself, but at the same time, I noticed that he had a slight look of worry on his face as well. He suddenly turned around to face his Arcanine and Sealeo. The Pokemon stood there obediently, ready to take any orders from their trainer.

"Winston, clear up Holden's eye," Daniel said, as I started to remember myself about the Arcanine's lowered vision from that battle. The Sealeo pouted its lip and managed to gush out a gentle spray of water onto the Arcanine's left eye. The Arcanine didn't quite like the feeling of water, as it started flinching and embracing itself while Sealeo continued to wash its eye with water. Slowly but momentarily, the mud and dirt was all washed out from the Arcanine's eye and it didn't look as uncomfortable as before, even though a slight redness still persisted. That however, was nothing to worry about.

Daniel wasn't done yet though. He also commanded his Sealeo to snooze itself to full health again with Rest, to which the Sealeo obeyed happily and started closing its eye. Then, an emerald-green aura seemed to emit from its body as it started to breathe heavily, signaling that it was in deep slumber. At the same time, Daniel pulled out a bottle that was attached with a spray. I recognized it as a Full Heal. I assumed that he didn't want his Sealeo asleep throughout in case he needed it for battle, which was why he made use of Full Heal and Rest to act as a Full Restore-like substitute.

He pulled the spray on the bottle and the spray which had no smell started to get rid of the aura. Once the aura had completely disappeared, the Sealeo opened up its eyes, looking more refreshed than ever. Once he was done with all of the healing, Daniel then returned Sealeo back to its Pokeball. "Lead the way!" Daniel exclaimed to me.

I smiled back at him and nodded. We walked past the last honey tree in this area and the route in front was pretty straightforward. It was a narrow bend, to which I assumed we could see the Flower Gardens after crossing the bend. We started to approach the sharp corner, just as a large pink Pokemon popped up in front of us suddenly. She had a large egg shaped body; one half pink and the other white. She also had hair-like growths that curled up on her head. She then started walking closer to us as she swayed her white wing-like appendages and her arms naturally, while smiling radiantly at us. I recognized this distinct Pokemon as Blissey; her pouch on her stomach that stored the egg was never hard to miss.

To my surprise, she started walking towards the intimidating Arcanine instead, still having that pleasant and cheerful grin on her face. She then lifted up an arm over to Arcanine's left eye and landed her hand gently on it. I could tell Arcanine was taken aback and didn't know how to react, as it started to retreat a little bit. Though, the Blissey continued to reach for Arcanine and eventually touched the Arcanine's left eye with the most gentle touch I've ever seen. From the contact, a pink aura formed and slowly, the redness from Arcanine's eye had dissipated. All of us were pretty much speechless.

I knew Blissey was an extremely compassionate Pokemon by nature and loved healing Pokemon and people alike, but it was still a little surprising to see a wild Blissey nursing a trainer's Pokemon instead. I continued watching silently, as she started walking back to her original position. Suddenly, she jumped and when she landed, she landed with her arms raised up, as if she was preparing to fight martial arts. Most notably, the gentle and loving smile that I had seen earlier was no longer there. Instead, the Blissey was looking fierce and stern, while even letting out a battle cry.

"Uhh... I think it just healed your Pokemon out of nature. But somehow, it seemed to turn into another entirely different character by wanting to battle you. It's up to you. Do you want the Blissey?" I said, still a bit taken aback and amused at the situation.

---

Current Battle Stats:

N/A

---

Trainer Stats

Name: Daniel Hardin
Location: Botanic Gardens
Encounters Left: 5
Area Effects: Sunny weather, around a corner
Pokemon Encountered: Sunkern, Dodrio, Skitty, Delcatty, Mew, Combee, Vespiqueen, Armaldo, Zigzagoon, Blissey
Pokemon Captured: F Skitty (Mild), F Zigzagoon (Lonely)
MCR: 2191/45000

Items: Super Ball (x1), Park Ball (x1), Super Potion (x2)
Used Items: Park Ball (x2), Full Heal (x1)

Pokemon Stats

Pokemon: Arcanine @ 70% [Active]
Nickname: Holden
Gender: Male
Ability: Intimidate
Nature: Brave
EMs: None

Pokemon: Sealeo @ 100%
Nickname: Winston
Gender: Male
Ability: Thick Fat
Nature: Jolly
EMs: None

 

Ataro lead us closer to the flower gardens, I could smell the honey in the air fade away as we marched on, something I could sense was bothering Holden as I had seen him raise his nose in an attempt at sniffing, only to lower it slightly dissapointed there was no longer a sweet smell in the air.

we reached the Final bend before the flower gardens ready to move on until we were disturbed by a large egg, the egg a mix of pink and white in colour approached us calmly, as it got closer it became obvious this was a blissey a generally peaceful pokemon, I had never seen one wild before only owned by trainers or the nurses at the pokemon centres. It walked over to Holden and I could see straight away that he was cautious of the approaching nurse pokemon. raising it's hand it closed it's eyes and placed it across Holdens infected eye, a small pink flash and the infection had cleared i could hear a small awkward growl from Holden unsure of what to make of the situation, I mean it certainly was a surprise that a wild pokemon would do that but i guess thats just their nature.

The Blissey had started to walk back, to what I hoped was it's home but no as soon as we thought she was going to dissapear into the shrubs in the same way she introduced herself, she turned around and took an offensive stance arms raised as if wanting to fight, this is not what I wanted to happen, although I would love a blissey I was not skilful enough to pull off this capture, as well as not having the correct equipment for this capture, after all I only had a superball and park ball and neither of these would work on the Blissey.

"no i would not like to battle this blissey please" I said hoping the Blisseys kind nature would let us pass.

 

BP #14
Ranger Ataro

---

"No, I would not like to battle this Blissey please," my trainer replied, while still keeping his eyes on the Blissey as we walked.

We tried to walk away from the Blissey, remaining hopeful that its kind nature would allow us to pass, but that was not the case. Continuing on her fierce and brutal facade, she leaped forward at us suddenly, and starting showing the unreasonable side of her. She blasted her arms in a crazy beating action, while looking like she was hyperventilating frustratingly while jumping towards us. As a natural reflex, Daniel's Arcanine jumped forward quickly to protect us, but it seemed like it still didn't have enough time to do any attacks.

The Blissey glared her teeth and shouted fiercely, as she started hitting Arcanine with her arms and kicking with her legs in a fury attack. During all of this, the Arcanine could do nothing but cower itself onto the ground, and try to minimize as much damage as possible. She then finished up by slamming her fat and rotund body onto the Arcanine violently, all while looking extremely mad for some reason. I had recognized that attack as Frustration. When she was done, she returned to her original spot that she stood and continued to raise her arms, as if she was demanding for a battle.

I didn't know whether to feel scared or amused. Blissey were usually compassionate Pokemon, and it seemed that this Blissey was no exception, since she actually walked forward and healed a trainer's Pokemon. However, when she was done, it seemed like she had turned into a completely different Pokemon as she showed her violent and competitive side of her character, wanting to battle Daniel's Arcanine. I had guessed that this Blissey must have enjoyed both healing and battling others, but would still consider battling to be a 'part-time hobby' or something like that sort. I then started thinking, what if the battle had finished and Blissey had won, would Blissey actually walk forward and start nursing Arcanine back to health again, now that she had her battle? Regardless, it seemed pretty amusing to me.

"It seems like the Blissey isn't letting us go so easily. You'd have to either battle it to defeat, scare, or capture it, or purchase another Pokedoll to distract it. Your choice," I told my trainer.

---

Current Battle Stats:

??? ??? Blissey: 100%
M Brave Arcanine: 55.46%

---

Trainer Stats

Name: Daniel Hardin
Location: Botanic Gardens
Encounters Left: 5
Area Effects: Sunny weather, around a corner
Pokemon Encountered: Sunkern, Dodrio, Skitty, Delcatty, Mew, Combee, Vespiqueen, Armaldo, Zigzagoon, Blissey
Pokemon Captured: F Skitty (Mild), F Zigzagoon (Lonely)
MCR: 3926/45000

Items: Super Ball (x1), Park Ball (x1), Super Potion (x2)
Used Items: Park Ball (x2), Full Heal (x1)

Pokemon Stats

Pokemon: Arcanine [Active]
Nickname: Holden
Gender: Male
Ability: Intimidate
Nature: Brave
EMs: None

Pokemon: Sealeo @ 100%
Nickname: Winston
Gender: Male
Ability: Thick Fat
Nature: Jolly
EMs: None

 

OOC: 2,500 -500 = 2,000

Unfortunately for me the Blissey wasn't as docile as I had expected because as soon as we tried to pass it peacefully it launched itself towards us flailing it's arms wildly. Holden holding true to his noble nature had jumped in front of us in an attempt to protect us. The Blissey was more brutal than I had imagined, scary in fact as it continued to beat on the cowering Holden who had no time to retaliate after jumping in front of us.

"It seems like the Blissey isn't letting us go so easily. You'd have to either battle it to defeat, scare, or capture it, or purchase another Pokedoll to distract it. Your choice," Ataro said. I knew it was impossible to catch this Blissey with the equipment I have now, so there was only one more option.

even weirder was that after the vicious attack it's personality changed once again, turning into a calmer pokemon as she walked back to where she was standing initially, returning her arms back to the offensive position they were once at.

"I'd like to buy a pokedoll please" I said annoyed that this was like the fifth or sixth one i've bought.

 

NBP #11
Ranger Ataro

---

Daniel decided to buy a Pokedoll instead, and I handed him the doll for cash in exchange. I noticed he was a little annoyed, probably at the number of times that he had bought a Pokedoll already. I was quite neutral about this though, since the Pokedolls weren't my merchandise, but belongs to the Park. That also means all profits from the Pokedolls go entirely to the Park, and not the Rangers.

My trainer took the Pokedoll and threw it onto the ground, where it then became a little soiled. The Blissey, as if to demonstrate how bizarre she was again, completely changed her reaction and there stood a compassionate and lovely Blissey once again. She was smiling sweetly as she walked over to inspect the doll, and proceeded to lift it up and start to sweep away the dirt. She even tried to mend some parts of the Pokedoll which I assumed were tore a little bit by other items in my bag. That didn't seem to lower the efficiency of the Pokedoll though, because Blissey was completely concentrated with that doll.

We ignored it and continued moving forward, managing to continue on to the Flower Gardens without any disruptions. After we turned around the corner, we were greeted by a most amazing sight of lush greenery with colorful blooming flowers all around. Although there was no longer the smell of sweet and delicious honey in the air, this was even better. The smell of daises, roses, tulips, sunflowers, and many more, were just heavenly. It really reminded me of how beautiful the nature can be.

This was also our last path in this area. I counted in my head the number of Pokemon that we had encountered so far, and realized that there were only five more to be seen. Then, we would need to return to the Park entrance since a Park run could only have fifteen encounters. Regardless, I had hoped that my trainer would manage to find his third Pokemon in these last remaining five, or even better Pokemon than his first and second.

Through a random glance, I suddenly spotted a bunch of Gracidea flowers in the distance. They were hard to miss, because they had a distinct color and feeling to it. It gave me a unique feeling, as if there was something mysterious and distinct about those flowers. However, I knew that when there are Gracidea flowers around, there tend to be a legendary Pokemon called Shaymin around as well. This is because they needed the pollens from the Gracidea flower to transform into the Sky-Forme, in order to fly away and start a new Gracidea garden in another place, and thus breed.

I started looking around quickly, trying to find the shape of a Shaymin around the Gracidea flowers, but to no avail. I was about to tell Daniel about the Gracidea flowers, when I was interrupted by my trainer himself. I looked at Daniel and he pointed down. I looked down and there was the small hedgehog-like creature, tugging at Daniel's trousers.

"Haha, looks like the Shaymin quite likes you. Unfortunately, as you know, you cannot capture legendary Pokemon in the Park. At least it was a good experience though!" I comforted Daniel.

---

Current Battle Stats:

N/A

---

Trainer Stats

Name: Daniel Hardin
Location: Botanic Gardens
Encounters Left: 4
Area Effects: Sunny weather, around a corner
Pokemon Encountered: Sunkern, Dodrio, Skitty, Delcatty, Mew, Combee, Vespiqueen, Armaldo, Zigzagoon, Blissey, Shaymin
Pokemon Captured: F Skitty (Mild), F Zigzagoon (Lonely)
MCR: N/A

Items: Super Ball (x1), Park Ball (x1), Super Potion (x2)
Used Items: Park Ball (x2), Full Heal (x1)

Pokemon Stats

Pokemon: Arcanine @ 55.46% [Active]
Nickname: Holden
Gender: Male
Ability: Intimidate
Nature: Brave
EMs: None

Pokemon: Sealeo @ 100%
Nickname: Winston
Gender: Male
Ability: Thick Fat
Nature: Jolly
EMs: None

 

the pokedoll landed before the Blissey in what must have been dry mud as a small amount of dust had shot up slightly dirtying the doll, however this had not bothered the Blissey as she had once again changed her attitude back to a peaceful nurturing pokemon as she picked up the doll and cradled it into her arms sweeping away the dust. figuring it was now the time to continue we walked on past the slightly bizarre Blissey and onto the flower gardens.

The flower gardens was a beautiful sight, the image of multiple flowers of various colours was truly a sight to behold, even the smell of the flora was enough to rival the smell of the honey trees in the previous area. I looked to Ataro who had focused his sights on something in the distance, I looked in the direction he was facing hoping to see what he saw, but nothing it must just be something that rangers have a knack for. I gave up my search for the elusive object in the distance and was disrupted by a slight tug at my trousers, looking down I could see a small hedgehog nestling up to my leg.

"Haha, looks like the Shaymin quite likes you. Unfortunately, as you know, you cannot capture legendary Pokemon in the Park. At least it was a good experience though!" Ataro said reminding me of the comments he said during my encounter with mew.

I was starting to feel that next time I should bring a camera on my excursion, I bent down and patted the small hedgehog on the top of it's head relishing in my encounter with a legendary, realising we shouldn't hang around I righted myself up. I looked into the distance and saw various movements among the flowers and tried to anticipate my next encounter

"shall we move on?" I asked Ataro

 

NBP #12
Ranger Ataro

---

After Daniel patted the Shaymin on its head, it seemed contented as he hopped off and continued playing around the Gracidea flowers. I'd suppose it wasn't planning to migrate now. I looked at Daniel, realizing that he was focusing his attention on a huge bush of flowers that seemed to rustle softly.

"Shall we move on?" Daniel asked me, still studying at that area in which the flowers kept rustling.

I nodded and led him to that pile of flowers where the large petals prevented us from looking beneath it. Both of us stood down to inspect the flowers closer, and it was definitely moving. I wasn't sure what Daniel was thinking, but I was already thinking of ways to lure the creature out from the flowers. I could have my Scizor just use Cut to get rid of the petals so that we can see what Pokemon it is of course, but that'd be such a unpleasant action to do, considering the sheer beauty of this place. I wouldn't even want to spoil anything in this area, much less chop off the beautiful flowers. Then again, I could also shake the bushes with my hands, that should manage to force the Pokemon out.

Before I could even think further, the Pokemon from within bounced up from the jungle of flowers and settled on top of the petals. It reminded me of a cherry, but not because of its deep-pink body. The round shape of it, and the short stem with two big, green leaves, were the cause of the resemblance. It looked at us with its beady eyes, as it smiled happily at us. I also noticed it seemed as if it was getting redder and redder the more it stood there. It was probably because of the exposure to sunlight, although I could tell that it was really enjoying the sun as it started hopping in excitement. It was either the sheer joy of basking in the sun that made it started jumping, or perhaps it was something about us that made it excited.

"Do you want the Cherubi?" I asked Daniel.

---

Current Battle Stats:

??? ??? Cherubi: 100%

---

Trainer Stats

Name: Daniel Hardin
Location: Botanic Gardens
Encounters Left: 3
Area Effects: Sunny weather, around a corner
Pokemon Encountered: Sunkern, Dodrio, Skitty, Delcatty, Mew, Combee, Vespiqueen, Armaldo, Zigzagoon, Blissey, Shaymin, Cherubi
Pokemon Captured: F Skitty (Mild), F Zigzagoon (Lonely)
MCR: N/A

Items: Super Ball (x1), Park Ball (x1), Super Potion (x2)
Used Items: Park Ball (x2), Full Heal (x1)

Pokemon Stats

Pokemon: Arcanine @ 55.46% [Active]
Nickname: Holden
Gender: Male
Ability: Intimidate
Nature: Brave
EMs: None

Pokemon: Sealeo @ 100%
Nickname: Winston
Gender: Male
Ability: Thick Fat
Nature: Jolly
EMs: None

 

we continued on to a large pile of greenery that was shielded by the petals of the flowers that lay within the group. the pile of flowers were quite noticeable among the relatively flat ground of the gardens and I guessed that was why Ataro led me to this particular spot. He stood there for a moment contemplating on what his next actions would be. after a while of thought I saw him extend his arms towards the bush probably intending to rustle the bush in order to entice the creature within, however it went the other way. from within the shrubbery a small cherry like pokemon had bounced on top.

"Do you want the Cherubi?" Ataro asked. knowing I was nearing my excursion I decided to take this oppurtunity to catch my third pokemon with a regular parkball and save my hyperball for something more interesting later on.

"your up Holden" Holden walked up to my side ready for battle analyzing the cherry pokemon, looking forward I admired it as it bounced from petal to petal relishing in the sunlight. soon my admiration turned into seriousness as I ordered my pokemon.

"Holden, use fire fang" I watched as Holden bent it's legs ready for a pounce and allowing time for his fangs to surge with flames, when ready he launched himself towards the Cherubi.

 

BP #15
Ranger Ataro

---

"You're up, Holden," Daniel said, as his Arcanine walked up to his side. It kept its eyes on the Cherubi, as if it was analyzing the wild Pokemon, while waiting for its trainer's command for an attack. Daniel hasn't called out an attack though, but also kept looking at the Cherubi, who was hopping from petal to petal happily while basking in the sun.

Soon, he turned to his Pokemon and began calling out an order. "Holden, use Fire Fang," he commanded. The Arcanine crouched down low, readying himself for a huge leap towards the Cherubi, while also charging up the flames within to ignite its fangs. Suddenly, it just pounced towards the Cherubi without warning, with its mouth wide open, showing its fangs that were blazing in a fiery glory.

Once it had gotten close enough, he went for the 'cherry-part' of the Cherubi, whom seemed to be stunned. It stood there motionless, not even jumping anymore, making itself an extremely easy target for the opponent. Just when Arcanine's attack was about to connect, the Cherubi had suddenly disappeared and appeared behind Arcanine instead. With the sudden agility, Daniel's Arcanine couldn't do anything but land on the flowers and chomping its mouth on air instead.

However, that was not all. Almost immediately, the Cherubi sprouted a seed from the 'sprout-like' head that it had and fired it at the Arcanine. The seed landed on Arcanine's back, and sprouted vines which grew within mere seconds and wrapped the Arcanine completely in vines that restrain it. After that, the vines glowed in a red light and I could tell that the Leech Seed was damaging Arcanine bit by bit as the vines continue to restrain it.

Daniel's Arcanine struggled to get back up, but fell back onto the flowers straight away, because the vines had also wrapped its feet with its body. It practically had no feet in this sense now. I watched it struggle continuously on the bed of, now crumpled flowers, to get back up but to no avail.

"I think that must have been Cherubi's Chlorophyll. That would explain why it was able to move so fast within seconds," I explained to Daniel, hoping that he would have a strategy in mind. Otherwise, the Leech Seed could jolly well just sap Arcanine's health to victory for the Cherubi.

---

Current Battle Stats:

??? ??? Cherubi: 100%
M Brave Arcanine: 42.96% (Leech Seed)
---

Trainer Stats

Name: Daniel Hardin
Location: Botanic Gardens
Encounters Left: 3
Area Effects: Sunny weather
Pokemon Encountered: Sunkern, Dodrio, Skitty, Delcatty, Mew, Combee, Vespiqueen, Armaldo, Zigzagoon, Blissey, Shaymin, Cherubi
Pokemon Captured: F Skitty (Mild), F Zigzagoon (Lonely)
MCR: 1261/4000

Items: Super Ball (x1), Park Ball (x1), Super Potion (x2)
Used Items: Park Ball (x2), Full Heal (x1)

Pokemon Stats

Pokemon: Arcanine [Active]
Nickname: Holden
Gender: Male
Ability: Intimidate
Nature: Brave
EMs: None

Pokemon: Sealeo @ 100%
Nickname: Winston
Gender: Male
Ability: Thick Fat
Nature: Jolly
EMs: None

 

Holden leapt towards the Cherubi with his mouth ajar spouting flicks of flame from the bared teeth. Holden was only moments away from contact and it seemed he was going to attack successfully until Cherubi had disappeared from sight and appeared behind him. Not fast enough to react to the Cherubis movements Holden was vulnerable to the seeds that were fired from the cherubis flower sprout. Vines had grew from the seeds that were latched onto Holdens fur leaving him immobilized. The cherubi returned to it's original position watching as the Vines constricting Holden pulsated and glowed red indicating the sapping of Health.

"I think that must have been Cherubi's Chlorophyll. That would explain why it was able to move so fast within seconds," Ataro said explaining the reason Cherubis fast movements. I knew that if I didn't do something fast The cherubi would sap the health from Holden to the point where he would be unable to continue any further. but I knew that these were only vines and vines can burn.

"Holden, use flame wheel to burn the vines around you" at this command I could see flames form on the tips of Holdens fur indicating the beginning of a flame wheel. within seconds Holdens body had flared up and I could see the organic vines disintegrate before me in the heat. Soon Holden was free of his constrictions and stood up showing off his regained stability.

"great Holden, now lets try another fire fang but this time run at the cherubi while using agility" i looked in anticipation as Holden carried out the combination shooting off at an increased speed hoping to out speed the Cherubi.

 

BP #16
Ranger Ataro

---

"Holden, use Flame Wheel to burn the vines around you!" At Daniel's command, the Arcanine's voluminous amount of fur started to ignite themselves on fire, as the tip of its fur each became a fire torch itself. Suddenly, the tiny but numerous embers roared into a huge ball of fire enveloping the Arcanine, while incinerating the vines that were restraining it. The Arcanine stood back up and regained back its intimidating posture, waiting for another command from its trainer. Unfortunately, the flower bed that it was standing on now was also burnt to crisps.

"Great, Holden, now let's try another Fire Fang, but this time, run at the Cherubi while using Agility!"

Upon its trainer's command, the Arcanine started running towards Cherubi on all fours, leaping from side to side, while repeatedly vanishing at times to immediately reappear on different spots while running. Even if the Cherubi had tried to dodge with Chlorophyll now, it would be useless, because Arcanine was much faster after an Agility. With the heightened speed, the Arcanine then pounced forward once it was close enough, and opened it mouth wide again. It was surrounded by red-orange flames this time, although I could still mark out the silhouette of its fangs as the flames followed the shape of the Arcanine's fangs.

Cherubi seemed to have understood that he had no chance of dodging this attack as it had came too sudden and with Agility just performed, it became extremely hard for it to dodge. It then started to giggle naughtily as it angled its flower sprout up into the sky. It seemed to be absorbing the sun's power as a small orange ball started to form. Gradually, it transformed into a red-orange ball with fire streams around it and blasted it towards Arcanine. I wasn't sure what wild Pokemon was thinking, since Fire-type attacks wouldn't do much to a Fire-type Pokemon like Arcanine usually.

However, I was literally taken aback. As the Arcanine approaches with its mouth wide open to deal a Fire Fang attack, the Weather Ball that was released just in time was fired into Arcanine's mouth instead. I watched in awe as the Weather Ball shot through the fiery flames in Arcanine's mouth, and the Arcanine immediately seemed to flinch from the attack. Though, it still managed to chomp down hard on Cherubi first, with the flames causing huge amounts of damage on Cherubi. It had quickly spit out Cherubi with distaste once it had dealt its attack, as it started to crouch down in pain.

I could tell that although the Weather Ball was a Fire-typed attack, Arcanine was still rather affected by it because the attack was sent shoving down Arcanine's throat. It continued to crouch down in discomfort, and started to cough out puffs of black smoke. I noticed that its bark was not as loud and intimidating as before too. I probably wouldn't even be surprised if its flame sac inside its throat got inflamed by the Weather Ball itself. In fact, the Arcanine looked to me like it was choking, while having an extreme case of sore throat at the same time.

---

Current Battle Stats:

??? ??? Cherubi: 42.17%
M Brave Arcanine: 29.94%
---

Trainer Stats

Name: Daniel Hardin
Location: Botanic Gardens
Encounters Left: 3
Area Effects: Sunny weather
Pokemon Encountered: Sunkern, Dodrio, Skitty, Delcatty, Mew, Combee, Vespiqueen, Armaldo, Zigzagoon, Blissey, Shaymin, Cherubi
Pokemon Captured: F Skitty (Mild), F Zigzagoon (Lonely)
MCR: 2879/4000

Items: Super Ball (x1), Park Ball (x1), Super Potion (x2)
Used Items: Park Ball (x2), Full Heal (x1)

Pokemon Stats

Pokemon: Arcanine [Active]
Nickname: Holden
Gender: Male
Ability: Intimidate
Nature: Brave
EMs: None

Pokemon: Sealeo @ 100%
Nickname: Winston
Gender: Male
Ability: Thick Fat
Nature: Jolly
EMs: None

 

OOC: female please

Holden approached the Cherubi at fast pace, it almost seemed as if it was a sure fire hit...almost. Moments before the attack the cherubi raised it's head angling it's stem towards the sky, soon an orangey red orb formed above the cherubi's flower stem pulsating with flames around it's surface. it was obvious that this was some sort of fire move but why the cherubi would use a fire move on an Arcanine, I just put it down to desperation.

Holden was mere inches away when cherubi had launched the orb at holden...right in his moth. Holdens teeth had grasped the body of Cherubi transferring the flames but I could tell he was in pain. The fiery ball had travelled through his throat hitting the flame sac deep inside. Holden relaesed the cherubi from his mouth dropping her on the ground but at the same time he was coughing up fumes clearly showing the damage done inside his body. he let out weakened growls to indicate the pain he was in.

"Holden you're in no position to battle, I'm calling you in" with two hands I reached onto my belt grabbing to pokeballs, i pressed the buttons of both of them simultaneously causing Holden to be replaced by a seel pokemon in a flash of red light. Winston gave off a loud yawn,which to me didn't signal tiredness but a readiness to fight.

"come on winston, use blizzard but taper it" at this command Winston opened it's mouth and released a flurry of snow. I looked on watching the snow widen as it gets closer to the cherubi, just like I ordered WInston, hopefully this 'net' of snow would catch out the cherubi

 

BP #17
Ranger Ataro

---

Daniel decided to call Arcanine back, probably realizing that Arcanine wasn't in a good form to battle as well. He released his Sealeo at the same time, whom gave off a loud yawn once it entered the field. I wasn't sure if it was tired or because it thought that the opponent wasn't its match.

"Come on Winston, use Blizzard but taper it!"

At Daniel's command, the Sealeo released the brutal storm of blizzard, but it was curled inwards like a 'net-like' shape instead. I watched as the snow continue to widen as it gets closer towards the Cherubi, forming into a huge blanket of blizzard. Cherubi had no time to react and was smashed by the onslaught of the Blizzard.

The chilly storms overwhelmed Cherubi so much, that its sprouts even froze up. It seemed that the powerful move dealt too much damage instead, as Cherubi was clearly no longer able to stand up. It stayed on the ground, motionless, with its sprout still frozen up in an ice block.

"I think that Blizzard was much too strong..." I said, hoping the trainer would not be too disappointed. At least, he would be able to gain from the experience, and will be able to judge better for himself next time.

I continued to lead him forward, since there was nothing we can do with the Cherubi. Besides, there will be Park workers who will help with the fainted Pokemon to ensure they are nursed back to full health and released in the wild for Pokemon to catch again. We were walking amongst the colorful flowers, when we spotted an Oddish sniffing the pollens from the flower petals. It would have been camouflaged among the tall grass areas with the fives leaves growing on its head. It was roaming around the flowers however, which was why we were able to spot it easier.

"Well, do you want the Oddish?"

---

Current Battle Stats:

??? ??? Oddish: 100%
M Brave Arcanine: 29.94%
---

Trainer Stats

Name: Daniel Hardin
Location: Botanic Gardens
Encounters Left: 2
Area Effects: Sunny weather
Pokemon Encountered: Sunkern, Dodrio, Skitty, Delcatty, Mew, Combee, Vespiqueen, Armaldo, Zigzagoon, Blissey, Shaymin, Cherubi, Oddish
Pokemon Captured: F Skitty (Mild), F Zigzagoon (Lonely)
MCR: 0/4000

Items: Super Ball (x1), Park Ball (x1), Super Potion (x2)
Used Items: Park Ball (x2), Full Heal (x1)

Pokemon Stats

Pokemon: Arcanine [Active]
Nickname: Holden
Gender: Male
Ability: Intimidate
Nature: Brave
EMs: None

Pokemon: Sealeo @ 100%
Nickname: Winston
Gender: Male
Ability: Thick Fat
Nature: Jolly
EMs: None

 

i watched as the snow approached the cherubi as I saw it expand as it got closer something was worrying me, I did know that the attack would be super effective against the Cherubi but i had hoped that the lower intensity of snow at the other end would be enough to weaken. However Nature had other plans. The Cherubi froze up unable to avoid the storm, once the attack had passed I could see the small pokemon lay limp on the ground.

"I think that Blizzard was much too strong..." Ataro said Notifying me of my error, in a way i wasn't upset i only attempted thiscapture so i could leave with three pokemon, if anything i was more upset at the unnecessary trauma i may have caused the poor Cherubi.

we walked through the colourful flowers getting ever closer to the end of the park, but I knew I had two more oppurtunities to catch a pokemon. I pulled out the two pokeballs i had and pressed them simultaneously causing my sealeo to be called back replacing him with an injured Holden i went into my bag and pulled out my last super potion and promptly squirted it over Holden. looking up i saw Ataro walk on towards a large patch of flowers. giving Holden a smile i jogged lightly to catch up with him. Arriving by his side i could see he was looking at a small moving flower.

"Well, do you want the Oddish? Ataro said to me. i knew i would come across one of these here, but i hoped i wouldn't as i didn't really have any interest in one

"i would like to Buy a pokedoll please", hoping that my last encounter would be better

OOC 20,500 - 500 = 20,000

 

NBP #13
Ranger Ataro

---

Daniel appeared bored at my question and asked to buy a Pokedoll instead; he was obviously not interested in an Oddish. I passed the Pokedoll to him and took the money in exchange, to which he responded by throwing it towards the ground.

Like with the previous encounters, the Oddish started playing with the Pokedoll and was distracted quickly. We took advantage of the situation and continued moving forward, where we spotted another Pokemon abruptly.

It bore close similarities to cats and foxes, and had a tan-colored body. The shade of dark coffee brown is carried on the tip of its paws, as its eye color, and in the center of the ear. It grew sprouts all over its body, with a longer one on its forehead, while its ears and tails both looked like leafs with razor cuts.

"It's a Leafeon, the evolution of Eevee! Are you interested in one?"

---

Current Battle Stats:

??? ??? Leafeon: 100%
M Brave Arcanine: 79.94%
---

Trainer Stats

Name: Daniel Hardin
Location: Botanic Gardens
Encounters Left: 1 more
Area Effects: Sunny weather
Pokemon Encountered: Sunkern, Dodrio, Skitty, Delcatty, Mew, Combee, Vespiqueen, Armaldo, Zigzagoon, Blissey, Shaymin, Cherubi, Oddish, Leafeon
Pokemon Captured: F Skitty (Mild), F Zigzagoon (Lonely)
MCR: 0/35000

Items: Super Ball (x1), Park Ball (x1)
Used Items: Park Ball (x2), Full Heal (x1), Super Potion (x2)

Pokemon Stats

Pokemon: Arcanine [Active]
Nickname: Holden
Gender: Male
Ability: Intimidate
Nature: Brave
EMs: None

Pokemon: Sealeo @ 100%
Nickname: Winston
Gender: Male
Ability: Thick Fat
Nature: Jolly
EMs: None

 

The pokedoll was Thrown towards the Oddish nonchalantly, the oddish had taken intereest in it and abandoned the Flowers it was tending to. We moved on ready to find my last pokemon, slightly excited guesses ran through my mind at what it would be, but before I could think any further there was rustling in the bushes ahead of us. From beneath the flora a fox-like pokemon walked out in front of us.

"It's a Leafeon, the evolution of Eevee! Are you interested in one?" Ataro said pointing it out. It was a shame really i would have loved a leafeon and it was a great pokemon for a final encounter but I already owned one back home and it would seem a waste to catch one now.

"No thank you I already have one and would just like to leave now"