Individual RP: Kai-Mei

BP#5

Ranger Ivy Frost

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Kai watched the sleeping bird for a bit, planning out the next part of her attack. “Nice one, Mitzi,” she said to her Pokémon, encouraging her. “Start off with a Psych Up, okay?”

The Milotic went straight to work, studying up on the Spearow, trying to mimic it's speed from memory. It wasn't acting very fast now as its chest moved up and down with deep sleeping breath. If the bird woke up, it was going to be able to do some damage before the Milotic caught up with it. That was one good thing about being small; Spearow was a lot more maneuverable and quick than the large sea serpent.

After a few moments, it looked like Mitzi had it down pretty well. She was moving faster, her scales gleaming sleekly like she had just been polished. That was going to help her slide around better and negate some of the wind resistance way up here.

Kai smiled, happy. “Okay, now for the tricky part... start with a Water Pulse and then freeze the outer part with an Ice Beam.”

Ivy didn't know what the Trainer was planning, but it was bound to be interesting. The Milotic nodded and frowned as she concentrated. Mitzi took a deep breath and began drawing energy. A sphere of water began to form in her mouth, twisting and twirling around pulsing rings that occupied the center. It eventually grew bigger than she could hold, so she released it to float in front of her.

She held it there and took another breath as the air around her began to fog up from her breath. She carefully exhaled onto the water orb, trying to do as her Trainer asked. Ivy found herself holding her breath and clenching her hands too, hoping that it would work out like they planned.

The water crackled and popped as the edges began to freeze, and the surface of the orb changed from flowing smooth to crackly where the water had fought the ice. The sun shone off the ripples, creating small rainbows in the edges. The water was still flowing like it was supposed to on the other side of the ice, so the plan was working.

“Almost there,” Kai said a little worriedly. Ivy didn't blame her; this combo was a little long. “Okay, now hit the Icy Water Pulse thingy with an Aqua Tail, okay?”

The Milotic took a long look at Kai, and Ivy worried for a second that she didn't understand what to do. Then the sea snake resumed her action, raising her tail into the air like she did before. Rings of water faded into existence around the fins, and they grew in strength as they swirled, preparing to hit. She swung her tail hard, meeting her frozen water creation. The two connected with a sharp crack as the attack went sailing, though Ivy saw her cringe a little as she settled back down. Then the Ranger saw the frosty bits clinging to Milotic's tail. Her attacks must've been pretty powerful in order to stick like that.

As the attack rushed toward the bird, Kai pulled out a Parkball and got it ready to throw. Now was as good a time as any. After the attack, even if the bird woke up, it would be very weak.

Then, the icy ball slammed into the bird, sending it flying. It didn't wake. Kai saw this and threw her ball at the same time. It flew through the air and it the bird before it could fall and possibly get hurt, snatching it up in a red flash.

The ball fell to the edge of a platform as it began to shake. It rolled slightly forward, and Ivy cringed as it fell down to the ledge below. The drop was only three or so feet, but she remembered when she was a little girl and the same thing happened to the family camera. It had hit just perfectly so the film popped out, destroying the pictures they had taken. She didn't want the same thing to happen so the Spearow escaped.

The ball hit with a heavy thunk, but it stayed close. It even stopped shaking, and then a ping sounded as the center turned red.

“Hey, cool, there's another one,” Ivy said, going over to pick that one up too. She dropped it in her pocket along with the other one and turned back to Kai. “Still wanna go to the waterfall?”


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Current Battle Stats: N/A

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Trainer Stats

Name: Kai
Location: Outer Heaven
10 Encounters Remaining
Skarmory Disk: 1/5
Area Effects: It's sunny.
Pokémon Encountered: Honchkrow, Hoothoot, Vibrava, Flygon, Spearow
Pokémon Captured: Brave M Honchkrow, Serious M Spearow
MCR: 0

Picture Value: 1,500

Items: Digital camera, 3x Park Ball, 2x Super Ball, 3x Hyper Ball, 5x Super Potion, 2x Full Heal, 2x Pokedoll, Poképlayer, Intermediate Voice Disk (Skarmory)

Pokémon Stats

Pokemon: Rotom-F
Nickname: Nix
Gender: Genderless
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Jolly
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: TM 24 Thunderbolt, TM 25 Thunder, TM 33 Reflect, TM 58 Psych Up, TM 59 Hidden Power (Fire), TM 64 Protect, TM 96 Light Screen, TM 72 Shadow Ball, TM 115 Charge Beam, TM 118 Will-o-Wisp, DC Signal Beam, Blizzard (obtained upon becoming Frost Forme)
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Pokemon: Dragonite @ 100%
Nickname: Huggles
Gender: Female
Ability: Inner Focus
Nature: Hardy
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: TM 26 Earthquake, TM 59 Hidden Power (Ghost), HM02 Fly, HM03 Surf, HM 07 Waterfall, SM Draco Meteor, SM Extreme Speed, BM Superpower
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Pokemon: Milotic @ 80%
Nickname: Mitzi
Gender: Female
Ability: Marvel Scale
Nature: Gentle
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: TM 06 Toxic, TM 13 Ice Beam, TM 44 Rest, TM 50 Substitute, TM 58 Psych Up, TM 59 Hidden Power (Fire), TM 64 Protect, TM 76 Sleep Talk, TM 116 Dragon Pulse, HM03 Surf, HM07 Waterfall, BM Hypnosis, BM Confuse Ray, SM Mirror Coat, BM Haze, SM Icy Wind.
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Pokemon: Starmie
Nickname: Fred
Gender: Genderless
Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Calm
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: TM 13 Ice Beam, TM 24 Thunderbolt, TM 25 Thunder, TM 29 Psychic, TM 33 Reflect, TM 42 Dream Eater, TM 44 Rest, TM 45 Thunder Wave, TM 49 Tri Attack, TM 50 Substitute, TM 58 Psych Up, TM 59 Hidden Power (Ground), TM 63 Icy Wind, TM 106 Skill Swap, TM 113 Brine, TM 135 Grass Knot, TM 138 Flash Cannon, HM 03 Surf, HM07 Waterfall, MT Signal Beam, MT Barrier, SM Trick

 

((OOC: It's kinda sad that I took damage from attacking a poor, defenseless, sleeping basic. I gotta work on that. =X))

Kai's heart dropped as she watched the ball hit the Spearow, enveloping it (the good part), and then promptly roll off of the cliff (the arguably not-so-good part). Kai almost screamed in horror, both with the thought that she had lost the Spearow and with the other thought that a fall off of Outer Heaven in a Pokeball would arguably kill the poor bird, when she heard a soft, reassuring, metallic thunk. Oh, good, there's always next time to throw things off of cliffs... she thought quietly to herself. She relaxed slightly, and then craned her neck to watch the ball shudder in the tufts of grass. Apparently, that was all that trainers were supposed to do during a capture scenario. She wasn't sure. School only got her so far.

<Ping,> Fred said in her mind.

"Waitwhat."

Ping. The ball clicked shut, and the red light stopped glowing. "Oh. Right. You can see the future, can't you?"

He snickered. <Sure.>

"Mind telling me how this run turns out? Like, if I die or anything? I mean, after all, I did catch this Spearow just for you..." she sighed.

He paused for a moment. <Nah,> he decided. <It'd be really unfair, wouldn't it? And besides, I don't really feel like it...>

Kai sighed, and then turned her attention to the real world. Ivy had pocketed the Spearow for the time being -- obviously, they didn't want Kai stealing her captures and running amok with them in the park -- and approached, saying, “Hey, cool, there's another one.” Kai beamed shyly as Ivy continued, “Still wanna go to the waterfall?”

Ooh, the waterfall. Wrapped up as she had been with Fred and the Spearow, Kai had almost forgotten about it. Still, it never hurt to explore a bit, right? "Sure," she said happily. "Oh, wait." She turned to Milotic, smiling slightly. "You did great," she said with a grin. "Okay, one last thing. Heal yourself up with a Recover, okay?"

Milotic nodded with a cheerful "Miiiiii!" and then closed her eyes, her red eyebrows twitching as she concentrated. Suddenly, her body glowed with a muted green light, shimmering in the sunlight. Bruises, scratches, and any other mishaps that she had received during her scuffle with the Spearow began to flicker and then vanish. Kai had no idea how the process worked, and she didn't think she would understand, even if another Pokemon like Fred were to tell her. After all, if humans could pull it off, they would end up being immortal or something strange like that.

The light faded, and Milotic emerged, beaming and looking fully recovered, although Kai couldn't be sure. "I don't think you'd want to walk with us to the waterfall," she explained sheepishly as she held up Mitzi's Pokeball. "It's a bit dry, so traveling might be rough and all." Milotic nodded, inclining her head, and then allowed herself to be recalled in a flash of red light.

Kai clipped the Pokeball back on her belt, and then turned to Ivy with a smile. "I'd love to visit the waterfall," she said earnestly. "Could you lead the way?"

 

(OOC: Eh, its more that sleep is a cheap thing in the Park, so I even it out. I don't like a wild mon doing nothing for multiple posts so I either find some way to do damage or sleep talk XD I figured you'd just recover it off anyway.)

NBP#7

Ranger Ivy Frost

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“Sure,” Kai said, and the happiness she felt could be heard in her voice. That was the ultimate goal here. “You did great,” she said to her Milotic, and the Pokémon beamed. “Okay, one last thing. Heal yourself up with a Recover, okay?”

The Pokémon cried out cheerfully before closing her eyes and concentrating. She drew energy to herself and gleamed a pale green for a second as her wounds closed up. The scratches disappeared and she looked more energized after she was gone. Kai then returned her to her Pokéball, saying that it'd be a rather difficult and bumpy walk for the snake.

Ivy agreed, and at Kai's words, she heaved herself up onto the other ledge the Spearow had first hit, holding out a hand for the Trainer. The Poképlayer called out again for a Skarmory in that scratchy metal voice. The Ranger helped the Trainer up and then they were on their way.

The falling water got louder as they neared. It was still around several other platforms of foliage that blocked the way though. The river was the first thing they came upon, flowing steadily away from the falls in order to reach the edge of the Outer Heavens and fall into nothingness. It flowed peacefully. The land was a little low here, which made for slower flow. That was good, just in case someone fell in. It wouldn't do to have them swept off the supported island altogether.

A chirping drew her attention to the water. A small cream and brown bird was chattering at something in the water from a rock perched in the middle of the river. Ivy could barely see, but it looked like...a Bidoof? What in the world was that doing up here?

They got closer, and the (what she thought was) beaver Pokémon disappeared under the water. The bird then turned to them. “Pidgey!” it cried.

“What about one of those?” Ivy asked the Trainer. “I think they're pretty cute.”

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Current Battle Stats:

??? ??? Pidgey: 100%

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Trainer Stats

Name: Kai
Location: Outer Heaven
9 Encounters Remaining
Skarmory Disk: 2/5
Area Effects: It's sunny.
Pokémon Encountered: Honchkrow, Hoothoot, Vibrava, Flygon, Spearow, Pidgey
Pokémon Captured: Brave M Honchkrow, Serious M Spearow
MCR: 3,071/4,000 [Common Rank]

Picture Value: 1,500

Items: Digital camera, 3x Park Ball, 2x Super Ball, 3x Hyper Ball, 5x Super Potion, 2x Full Heal, 2x Pokedoll, Poképlayer, Intermediate Voice Disk (Skarmory)

Pokémon Stats

Pokemon: Rotom-F
Nickname: Nix
Gender: Genderless
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Jolly
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: TM 24 Thunderbolt, TM 25 Thunder, TM 33 Reflect, TM 58 Psych Up, TM 59 Hidden Power (Fire), TM 64 Protect, TM 96 Light Screen, TM 72 Shadow Ball, TM 115 Charge Beam, TM 118 Will-o-Wisp, DC Signal Beam, Blizzard (obtained upon becoming Frost Forme)
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Pokemon: Dragonite @ 100%
Nickname: Huggles
Gender: Female
Ability: Inner Focus
Nature: Hardy
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: TM 26 Earthquake, TM 59 Hidden Power (Ghost), HM02 Fly, HM03 Surf, HM 07 Waterfall, SM Draco Meteor, SM Extreme Speed, BM Superpower
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Pokemon: Milotic @ 80%
Nickname: Mitzi
Gender: Female
Ability: Marvel Scale
Nature: Gentle
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: TM 06 Toxic, TM 13 Ice Beam, TM 44 Rest, TM 50 Substitute, TM 58 Psych Up, TM 59 Hidden Power (Fire), TM 64 Protect, TM 76 Sleep Talk, TM 116 Dragon Pulse, HM03 Surf, HM07 Waterfall, BM Hypnosis, BM Confuse Ray, SM Mirror Coat, BM Haze, SM Icy Wind.
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Pokemon: Starmie
Nickname: Fred
Gender: Genderless
Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Calm
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: TM 13 Ice Beam, TM 24 Thunderbolt, TM 25 Thunder, TM 29 Psychic, TM 33 Reflect, TM 42 Dream Eater, TM 44 Rest, TM 45 Thunder Wave, TM 49 Tri Attack, TM 50 Substitute, TM 58 Psych Up, TM 59 Hidden Power (Ground), TM 63 Icy Wind, TM 106 Skill Swap, TM 113 Brine, TM 135 Grass Knot, TM 138 Flash Cannon, HM 03 Surf, HM07 Waterfall, MT Signal Beam, MT Barrier, SM Trick

 

((OOC: useless reply is silly, but lol. LIFE MAKES SENSE AGAIN.))

Kai pulled herself up on to the ledge, marveling at both the size and beauty of the area around Outer Heaven. A river snaked lazily past her, and Kai smiled at the relaxing sound of the flowing water. A couple months back, she had been the Water Dojo Sensei, a position that had ended horribly... but her affinity for water still remained. Kinda. Although the water was flowing slowly, it didn't look like a dip in the river would be the most enjoyable or least embarrassing thing to happen in the park.

Kai noticed a splash in the water, but she didn't really think about it. She had a nagging feeling in the pit of her stomach that there was a reference or something that had been made a long time ago, like, during the Honchcrow battle long ago, that she was supposed to get, but her mind was empty. She honestly couldn't remember what it was...

No matter, back to the actual stuff. She got the feeling that she was about as focused as a kid chugging sugar would be, which wasn't really the best mindset on top of a floating island in the sky. Oh, a Pidgey...

Fred nearly jumped with excitement. <All are c->

"OHGODNO."

<*throws cat*>

"Whatwhat." She instinctively shied back from the threat of a large feline being thrown in her face, but no such creature came. And then, "Oh, god, the run. Ivy's gonna think I'm nuts..." Jerking back to reality, Kai shook her head, knowing that she would get no rest from Fred if she captured the Pidgey and brought it back. Trying to hide the trepidation from her voice and the insults that Fred was muttering darkly in her head, she forced a cheery smile and said, "No thanks, Ivy. The little guy is kinda cute, but..." <ALL ARE--> She cringed. "Yeah, no thanks. Sorry..."

Self consciously, Kai dipped her hand into her pack to reach for a Pokedoll to throw at the Pidgey in the event that it decided to be hostile and not let them pass. After all, it was a Pidge...y... best to be careful, right? She pulled the plushy doll out and squeezed it, unsure if it would work or not if need be.

 

(OOC: Had to use a doll D

NBP#8

Ranger Ivy Frost

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“No thanks, Ivy. This guy is kinda cute, but...”

Ivy understood. Pidgey were used in some places as a paper mail carrier, and they were fairly common outside of the Park. She was sure if Kai wanted one, she could obtain one pretty easily than initiating a battle with a Pokémon here. It's safe her on supplies, time, and the energy of her partners.

She turned to lead them away when Haxbat made a warning sound behind her. She stopped and turned, watching the Pidgey jump off its rock and fly around in front of them, blocking their path. Ivy shook her head. “Looks like this one's not wanting to leave.”

She saw Kai reach into her pocket, and she looked back to see the small form of a Pokédoll. The girl held it out to the bird, and it immediately responded. It flew over and plucked it right out of her hands, shuffling backwards through the air. It wobbled, as they were of comparable size. Then, it tried to rearrange and get a better grip on it. With a pop, it accidentally popped the cord that inflated the device, and the added weight dragged the bird down to the ground with it.

Huffing, the bird chattered at the doll, as if it could actually understand its annoyance. Then it went to work grooming it, so Ivy figured it would be okay. They managed to slide around it without any more trouble.

They came to another ledge, or more of a hilly area, really. A miniature falls flowed over the nearest one, but the sound it made was only fraction of what the real one could do. “Almost there, Kai,” she said, pointing in the general direction of their destination.

Then, a cooing drew her attention back to the small waterfall. A spindly tree branch was sticking under the falls, maybe drawn to the water. Sitting on it was a large owl Pokémon, looking a little shorter than she was. It called out to them again, twisting its head down farther than Ivy thought it should be able to go.

“Well, there's a Noctowl. Any interest in capturing it?”

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Current Battle Stats:

??? ??? Noctowl: 100%

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Trainer Stats

Name: Kai
Location: Outer Heaven
8 Encounters Remaining
Skarmory Disk: 3/5
Area Effects: It's sunny.
Pokémon Encountered: Honchkrow, Hoothoot, Vibrava, Flygon, Spearow, Pidgey, Noctowl
Pokémon Captured: Brave M Honchkrow, Serious M Spearow
MCR: 0/9,000 [Uncommon Rank]

Picture Value: 1,500

Items: Digital camera, 3x Park Ball, 2x Super Ball, 3x Hyper Ball, 5x Super Potion, 2x Full Heal, 1x Pokedoll, Poképlayer, Intermediate Voice Disk (Skarmory)

Pokémon Stats

Pokemon: Rotom-F
Nickname: Nix
Gender: Genderless
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Jolly
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: TM 24 Thunderbolt, TM 25 Thunder, TM 33 Reflect, TM 58 Psych Up, TM 59 Hidden Power (Fire), TM 64 Protect, TM 96 Light Screen, TM 72 Shadow Ball, TM 115 Charge Beam, TM 118 Will-o-Wisp, DC Signal Beam, Blizzard (obtained upon becoming Frost Forme)
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Pokemon: Dragonite @ 100%
Nickname: Huggles
Gender: Female
Ability: Inner Focus
Nature: Hardy
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: TM 26 Earthquake, TM 59 Hidden Power (Ghost), HM02 Fly, HM03 Surf, HM 07 Waterfall, SM Draco Meteor, SM Extreme Speed, BM Superpower
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Pokemon: Milotic @ 100%
Nickname: Mitzi
Gender: Female
Ability: Marvel Scale
Nature: Gentle
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: TM 06 Toxic, TM 13 Ice Beam, TM 44 Rest, TM 50 Substitute, TM 58 Psych Up, TM 59 Hidden Power (Fire), TM 64 Protect, TM 76 Sleep Talk, TM 116 Dragon Pulse, HM03 Surf, HM07 Waterfall, BM Hypnosis, BM Confuse Ray, SM Mirror Coat, BM Haze, SM Icy Wind.
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Pokemon: Starmie
Nickname: Fred
Gender: Genderless
Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Calm
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: TM 13 Ice Beam, TM 24 Thunderbolt, TM 25 Thunder, TM 29 Psychic, TM 33 Reflect, TM 42 Dream Eater, TM 44 Rest, TM 45 Thunder Wave, TM 49 Tri Attack, TM 50 Substitute, TM 58 Psych Up, TM 59 Hidden Power (Ground), TM 63 Icy Wind, TM 106 Skill Swap, TM 113 Brine, TM 135 Grass Knot, TM 138 Flash Cannon, HM 03 Surf, HM07 Waterfall, MT Signal Beam, MT Barrier, SM Trick

 

Noctowl. Huh. Kai knew that the large, owlish Pokemon in front of her evolved from Hootoot, but the resemblance wasn't really there. Oh well. It was Pokemon, after all. Nothing ever really made sense.

Regardless, she wasn't the biggest fan of the owl Pokmeon. They weren't really the most affectionate creatures, and they kinda creeped her out, although she did know a couple of people who had raised their creepy owl deals exceptionally well. As it was, though, Kai was kinda in a hurry and didn't have time to stop and battle said Noctowl, especially now.

"I'd rather not," she said sheepishly, shifting her weight as she pulled out a Pokedoll from her pack in the event that the Noctowl proved to be as clingy as the Pidgey. She prepared to walk away, ready to throw the Pokedoll or whatever in case they wouldn't be able to escape well. "Sorry for having to run from all of my encounters," she added, the tips of her ears turning pink.

 

(OOC: Had to use another doll ;-

NBP#9

Ranger Ivy Frost

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Kai didn't have an interest in the Noctowl, which didn't really surprise Ivy that much, seeing how she passed up the Hoothoot earlier. Sometimes this family of Pokémon really freaked some people out. Then again, Kai might be in a hurry or something.

They turned to go, and she readied another Pokédoll, just in case. The path they needed to take to get up the ledge went by the crooked tree, so they continued carefully. Ivy kept her eyes on the creature as they got closer. Carved steps out of the earth were right in front of them when the bird suddenly ruffled its feathers in warning, puffing up a little.

Ivy slowed, but she didn't stop, hoping to just edge by it quickly. It made a semi-growling noise though, and it spread its wings and flapped a few times, catching a few sprays of water and splashing the tree. She sighed. “Alright, Kai, I think we better use the doll just to be safe. Wouldn't want it to attack us or something. Birds can be vicious.”

Kai handed the doll over and Ivy got as close as she dared, placing the doll in the crook of the trunk and the branch Noctowl was sitting on. The bird unruffled its feathers then, calming down. Ivy took a breath of relief.

Then, they went up the steps. They were pretty close to the Waterfall now. She could hear it crashing against the rocks and into the pool she knew was there, though she hadn't seen it since she first had her training for being a Ranger. Before they could get there though, a small bird swooped in.

It landed on her head with a plop, and she heard Haxbat growl in warning. She waved the Crobat off and tried to shoosh the bird off of her. In response, it jumped onto Kai's head. Ivy then could get a look at it. The thing was only about a foot tall, mostly blue with red on its face and white on its belly. It chirped happily, bouncing in place, and Ivy laughed a little. It then jumped off and landed on a rock next to them, still bouncing happily.

“That Taillow seems to like you, Kai. Any interest?”

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Current Battle Stats:

??? ??? Taillow: 100%

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Trainer Stats

Name: Kai
Location: Outer Heaven
7 Encounters Remaining
Skarmory Disk: 4/5
Area Effects: It's sunny.
Pokémon Encountered: Honchkrow, Hoothoot, Vibrava, Flygon, Spearow, Pidgey, Noctowl, Taillow
Pokémon Captured: Brave M Honchkrow, Serious M Spearow
MCR: 0/4,000 [Common Rank]

Picture Value: 1,500

Items: Digital camera, 3x Park Ball, 2x Super Ball, 3x Hyper Ball, 5x Super Potion, 2x Full Heal, Poképlayer, Intermediate Voice Disk (Skarmory)

Pokémon Stats

Pokemon: Rotom-F
Nickname: Nix
Gender: Genderless
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Jolly
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: TM 24 Thunderbolt, TM 25 Thunder, TM 33 Reflect, TM 58 Psych Up, TM 59 Hidden Power (Fire), TM 64 Protect, TM 96 Light Screen, TM 72 Shadow Ball, TM 115 Charge Beam, TM 118 Will-o-Wisp, DC Signal Beam, Blizzard (obtained upon becoming Frost Forme)
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Pokemon: Dragonite @ 100%
Nickname: Huggles
Gender: Female
Ability: Inner Focus
Nature: Hardy
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: TM 26 Earthquake, TM 59 Hidden Power (Ghost), HM02 Fly, HM03 Surf, HM 07 Waterfall, SM Draco Meteor, SM Extreme Speed, BM Superpower
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Pokemon: Milotic @ 100%
Nickname: Mitzi
Gender: Female
Ability: Marvel Scale
Nature: Gentle
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: TM 06 Toxic, TM 13 Ice Beam, TM 44 Rest, TM 50 Substitute, TM 58 Psych Up, TM 59 Hidden Power (Fire), TM 64 Protect, TM 76 Sleep Talk, TM 116 Dragon Pulse, HM03 Surf, HM07 Waterfall, BM Hypnosis, BM Confuse Ray, SM Mirror Coat, BM Haze, SM Icy Wind.
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Pokemon: Starmie
Nickname: Fred
Gender: Genderless
Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Calm
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: TM 13 Ice Beam, TM 24 Thunderbolt, TM 25 Thunder, TM 29 Psychic, TM 33 Reflect, TM 42 Dream Eater, TM 44 Rest, TM 45 Thunder Wave, TM 49 Tri Attack, TM 50 Substitute, TM 58 Psych Up, TM 59 Hidden Power (Ground), TM 63 Icy Wind, TM 106 Skill Swap, TM 113 Brine, TM 135 Grass Knot, TM 138 Flash Cannon, HM 03 Surf, HM07 Waterfall, MT Signal Beam, MT Barrier, SM Trick

 

Kai smiled at the cute little bird before her, but she knew that she didn't have any intention to capture it. Guilt nagged in the pit of her stomach for having to skip so many encounters, but she really didn't want to battle this Taillow, as adorable as it was.

She reached into her back for a third Pokedoll, just in case, and froze. Oh, crap. There weren't any left. She had only brought two on her expedition, foolishly thinking that it would be enough... now that she thought about it, though, she realized that two wouldn't have been nearly enough. Hindsight was always 20/20...

"I have to pass this little guy up, too," Kai said to Ivy, cringing inside. "But I'm out of dolls..." she pulled out a wad of cash from her pocket-- apparently, that's what all trainers did-- and began counting out wrinkled bills. If she had read the brochure correctly, she was allowed to purchase a doll from Ivy for $500. For the moment, she wasn't broke, but her money had literally been vanishing from before her eyes... strange. Still, she held her five hundred dollars in her left hand, ready to purchase a doll from Ivy if she had to. "Could I buy one from you if the Taillow doesn't let us pass?"

She really did feel bad for not being able to battle all of them...

 

(OOC: Voice Disk didn't work ._. And the escape roll failed too. You can just subtract 500 from your stats right away. I say tab during the roleplay just because I think exchanging money during a run is tacky. Sowwy.)

NBP#10

Ranger Ivy Frost

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“I have to pass this little guy up too,” she said. She also added that she was out of her own dolls. That wasn't a problem. Rangers carried a few extras just in case. This actually happened a lot. Some Trainers didn't even bring any dolls in with them. Ivy was a little surprised Kai had to begin with, seeing how this was her first run. They only recently became available in the shop.

“Sure, it's no problem. Instead of exchanging money now though, I'll run you a tab on my phone and you can settle up when we get back to the Outpost.”

Trying to be positive, she tried to lead them away from the area. There was one more set of steps to take before getting to the waterfall. She could hear the roaring water easily now, and it made everything else a little harder to hear. As they were walking away though, the loud screeching was definitely audible.

Ivy turned with a frown at the noisy bird. Such a small thing to make so much noise. “Bah, looks like we better use one of these,” she said, reaching into a pocket in her cargos for the small, Clefairy-shaped doll. She pulled the little string to inflate it, easily making it the same size as the little bird. She set it down next to the rock as the Taillow inspected it, and it let them back up.

The Ranger grabbed her phone and started the tab, shaking her head at the bird once more before clipping the device back onto her belt. “Sorry about that,” she said. “I hope the rest of them aren't like this.” She knew how expensive a run could get.

Ivy led them up the last set of stairs, and when everyone was clear, she paused for a minute just to take in the sights. The massive waterfall towered over them, spraying down white and blue ribbons of water from the rocky, moss-covered cliff side. It fell into the wide, oval pool below, churning the surface and causing the flow to come towards them, forming a river that went back the way they came.

Foliage of all sorts covered the area. The lawn was green and well-kept, and tropical trees dotted the field. The water was surrounded by ferns and pretty blue and violet flowers, and the sun made the water sparkle. She could see why the wild Pokémon liked it so much. She made a note to come back here more often. Haxbat chattering behind her told her he agreed.

Then, the serenity was broken by an old, scratchy cry, and Ivy immediately darted her eyes upward as her giant Crobat took off, looking for the source. A wide, ominous-shaped shadow sailed through the water and onto the land in front of them, darting across to one of the nearby trees. A gray form landed on top, opening its wide maw to give them a battle challenge while showing off its perfectly sharp teeth.

It had bat-like wings on its arms that it flapped defiantly, showing the purple webbing between them. A triangle-spiked tail wagged back and forth as it eyed them up. The prehistoric Fossil Pokémon, Aerodactyl.

“Wow, how lucky,” Ivy said, watching the dragon-like dinosaur. “Those are really rare. Trainers come here all the time looking for one, but few ever find one. Wanna give it a shot?”

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Current Battle Stats:

??? ??? Aerodactyl: 100%

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Trainer Stats

Name: Kai
Location: Outer Heaven
6 Encounters Remaining
Skarmory Disk: 5/5
Area Effects: It's sunny.
Pokémon Encountered: Honchkrow, Hoothoot, Vibrava, Flygon, Spearow, Pidgey, Noctowl, Taillow, Aerodactyl
Pokémon Captured: Brave M Honchkrow, Serious M Spearow
MCR: 0/35,000 [Rare Rank]

Picture Value: 1,500

Items: Digital camera, 3x Park Ball, 2x Super Ball, 3x Hyper Ball, 5x Super Potion, 2x Full Heal, Poképlayer

Pokémon Stats

Pokemon: Rotom-F
Nickname: Nix
Gender: Genderless
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Jolly
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: TM 24 Thunderbolt, TM 25 Thunder, TM 33 Reflect, TM 58 Psych Up, TM 59 Hidden Power (Fire), TM 64 Protect, TM 96 Light Screen, TM 72 Shadow Ball, TM 115 Charge Beam, TM 118 Will-o-Wisp, DC Signal Beam, Blizzard (obtained upon becoming Frost Forme)
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Pokemon: Dragonite @ 100%
Nickname: Huggles
Gender: Female
Ability: Inner Focus
Nature: Hardy
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: TM 26 Earthquake, TM 59 Hidden Power (Ghost), HM02 Fly, HM03 Surf, HM 07 Waterfall, SM Draco Meteor, SM Extreme Speed, BM Superpower
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Pokemon: Milotic @ 100%
Nickname: Mitzi
Gender: Female
Ability: Marvel Scale
Nature: Gentle
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: TM 06 Toxic, TM 13 Ice Beam, TM 44 Rest, TM 50 Substitute, TM 58 Psych Up, TM 59 Hidden Power (Fire), TM 64 Protect, TM 76 Sleep Talk, TM 116 Dragon Pulse, HM03 Surf, HM07 Waterfall, BM Hypnosis, BM Confuse Ray, SM Mirror Coat, BM Haze, SM Icy Wind.
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Pokemon: Starmie
Nickname: Fred
Gender: Genderless
Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Calm
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: TM 13 Ice Beam, TM 24 Thunderbolt, TM 25 Thunder, TM 29 Psychic, TM 33 Reflect, TM 42 Dream Eater, TM 44 Rest, TM 45 Thunder Wave, TM 49 Tri Attack, TM 50 Substitute, TM 58 Psych Up, TM 59 Hidden Power (Ground), TM 63 Icy Wind, TM 106 Skill Swap, TM 113 Brine, TM 135 Grass Knot, TM 138 Flash Cannon, HM 03 Surf, HM07 Waterfall, MT Signal Beam, MT Barrier, SM Trick

 

((OOC: 27,500 - 500 = 27,000.

Also... <3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!... ONE ONE!11!. XD))

“Oh, right, a tab,” Kai muttered distractedly, watching as Ivy pulled out her phone and began punching in numbers. She made a mental note not to forget any about the money, and then she’d pay up at the outpost. Exchanging money on a park run was rather tacky, after all, and it looked a bit like bribery…

Kai shook the thoughts out of her head as the Taillow finally let them pass after they had chucked an inflatable doll at it. “It’s okay,” she said with a smile to Ivy. “It’s kinda nice to see the wildlife around here…” Her wallet didn’t seem to agree with her. Oh well.

They climbed up the final set of stairs—at this point, her legs were really starting to burn—and then they stopped at the top. The waterfall was enormous, sending cascades of crystal clear blue and white water down a mossy cliff face. In the center, the water gathered in an oval pool that churned at the surface and twisted into the river along which they had been walking. The trees were gorgeous, and tiny ferns and blue and violet flowers sprouted near her sneakers. Kai almost did a cliché gasp of admiration, looking around with wide eyes. She wondered if she was allowed to use her camera to take a picture of the gorgeous scenery, but she had a feeling that it was strictly for wild Pokémon, only.

<Darn right,> Fred muttered in her mind. <Jeez, do you even read those park magazines?>

“Aren’t you supposed to be somewhere?” she retorted, mildly annoyed. “Like, there was that Abomasnow and that volcano and then… oh, never mind.”

<You know I can see into the future, right?>

“As you remind me fourteen times a day, yes.” She was torn between admiring the wildlife and talking to the psycho Deoxys in her head. An interesting enough conundrum.

He paused. <I knew you’d say that,> he said finally. Another pause. Kai had just began to retort when he added, <And you’re about to tell me to shut up and go.>

“That wouldn’t require psychic powers to see coming, though,” Kai replied with a wry smile.

<True…> he muttered dejectedly. She could sense him brightening, though, and then he added, <Oh, and I highly suggest you cover your ears.>

“Waitwhat.”

<Toodles!>

“Wait!” she shouted in her head, trying to grasp along the mental link. Since she wasn’t a psychic, it didn’t work out so well. “What the heck is that supposed to—”

An archaic cry silenced her, almost deafening in the echoing valley. Kai’s mouth fell open in a perfect ‘o’ of surprise as she felt like the recognized it. Turning around, the back of her neck prickling, Kai watched as a web-winged shadow descended from the sky, skimming across the water and perching easily on one of the ancient trees. Its roar was primal, stirring a strange, dormant sense in the pit of her stomach that vaguely wanted to make her puke, and then run for her life.

The creature roared again, its dragon-ish wings flaring open in defiance, perfectly showcasing its deadly, serrated teeth. The sea of points clashed in white as it flicked its triangular tail, eying her with amber eyes.

Kai recognized it, but only from books and a few of those park brochures that she had read when she was trying to find a place to go. She had settled on Outer Heaven for a couple of reasons, but this was certainly one of them.

No picture, however, could have prepared her for the magnificence of the rock titan, Aerodactyl.

Ivy’s eyes were fixated on the dinosaur. “Wow, how lucky. Those are really rare. Trainers come here all the time looking for one, but few ever find one. Wanna give it a shot?”

<You’re welcome,> Fred said smugly. <I totally called this, by the way.>

She didn’t even bother giving him a response. In reality, an Aerodactyl had really been the reason that she had wanted to enter Outer Heavens. She had also come for a Skarmory, but that dream had rapidly seemed to fail (as she noticed wryly), and the scenery wasn’t something to laugh at, either. However, Aerodactyl had certainly been one of the main attractions that the Park had offered to her. Kai had tried writing looking for a few on her own time, but they had proved far too rare for her to find, and she had found herself lacking in time as of late. She hadn’t really been too hopeful about finding one, however, and was amazed that she had gotten so lucky this time around. If she remembered correctly, there was a horridly low chance of an Aerodactyl’s appearing to any trainer or ranger, and there weren’t helpful things such as voice disks to ease the chances.

Kai gaped. For once, she had actually gotten lucky.

She definitely wasn’t going to botch this up, and there wasn’t going to be any of that random throwing business as she had with Spearow. She knew from some basic research that most Aerodactyl were primal, feral beings, almost identical to their prehistoric counterparts. It certainly wouldn’t play nice just because she was a trainer, and if Kai slipped up, there was a reasonably large chance that her Pokémon would pay the price in more than a few minor injuries.

Kai ran through the choices in her head. Huggles, or Dragonite (she really wanted to change that nickname, now…) was somewhat ideal, due to her ability to fly and keep track of Aerodactyl if the battle took to the skies. However, the Dragonite wasn’t as proficient on her wings as Kai had hoped, and an aerial battle would be much more difficult when it came to commanding her Pokémon. Kai knew that at ten thousand feet in the air, her commands weren’t going to really be heard all that well. The Aerodactyl would have no such problems, though, and it wouldn’t have to wait for the sound to travel before it attacked. If sound traveled at three hundred and forty-three feet per second, give or take depending on humidity and other air factors, at an altitude of ten thousand feet, it would take roughly… ugh, she hated doing mental math. Hurriedly juggling calculations, she figured it’d be roughly thirty seconds…

<Twenty-nine and one trillion, five hundred forty-five billion, one hundred eighty-nine million, five hundred four thousand, three hundred seventy-three trillionths,> Fred said smugly. <At least I actually can do math.>

“Fine, that many seconds,” Kai said distractedly. “I’m sorry, but I really gotta—”

<Yeah, yeah, go save the park and all that jazz,> he said. <Just remember… Fred.>

…barring that unpleasant interruption, Kai knew that an aerial battle would be out of the question, even if Huggles could fly perfectly. Thirty seconds, or whatever number Fred had spewed, would be too long of a delay. Even five seconds was more than enough for the Aerodactyl to sink its serrated fangs into Huggles’s delicate wing membranes and send her plummeting to the ground. Kai had a few healing potions in her bag, but she didn’t want to have to use them unless it was necessary.

Milotic was another option, and the pool of water would greatly help her speed since she wasn’t on land. Not to mention that her powerful water attacks would work better on the rock lizard Aerodactyl. Kai glanced at the oval-shaped pool again, biting her lip in concentration. Milotic could probably fit in it—after all, she was a rather large sea serpent—but something told her against it. Milotic was good at taking hits, but Aerodactyl was notorious for its speed. In terms of sheer swiftness, it was up there with Jolteon and Crobat, some of the fastest Pokémon. The only Pokémon that she could thing of who was capable of outspeeding an Aerodactyl, actually, was Fred, and that didn’t really count, being that he was the psychic master of the cosmos or whatever. There was a rather large possibility that Milotic could be left in the dust, too.

It was funny, now that she thought about it. Kai had spent a lot of time hoping for an Aerodactyl, but now that she had found one, she had no idea how she was supposed to encounter it. It helped, she guessed, that two of her Pokémon had already battled in the Park, so she could have some help in her decision.

With Mitzi and Huggles having very good reasons not to fight, not to mention their mild exhaustion, Kai’s thoughts turned to Nix. The Rotom had currently wedged itself in her freezer, literally possessing it. Obviously, in Pokémon physics, that gave the eccentric little ghost the ability to shoot what Kai could only describe as a massive blizzard from between those double doors, not to mention a whole array of electric and ghost-like attacks. In addition, the Rotom had a plethora of status inducing attacks that would certainly aid in weakening Aerodactyl. Had there not been some new discoveries regarding Rotom, Kai wouldn’t have hesitated in sending out Nix. However, studies had shown that Rotom now took on a different typing when possessing an appliance, instead of its typical ghost-electric typing. For some reason that even Fred could not understand, Nix began exhibiting characteristics of an ice-type whenever it was in its Fridge/Freezer/Frost Forme, and it shared their weaknesses. Namely, the weakness to rock types. Kai hated bringing type advantages and disadvantages into question, but she really couldn’t afford to take any risks with this Aerodactyl. She didn’t want to become the first trainer to die in the National Park, after all. Kai doubted that Ivy would let it go that far (in fact, she seriously doubted it), but she didn’t want to have anyone get seriously injured while she was around.

That left Starmie. The magnificent, purple, ten-pointed star was a gift from a friend that she hadn’t even known that well, but it had become one of the most useful members on her team. It had the strange ability to wield almost every kind of elemental attack, along with some impressive psychic powers (although it had proven unable, or just too creeped out, to talk to Kai like Fred did) and near-mastery over water attacks. Through her months at the water dojo, Starmie had quickly become one of her most used members during challenges, and it had rarely disappointed her. Even during the Honchkrow incident—Kai shuddered—it had still taken down two or three Pokémon on its lonesome before falling to the dreadful black turkey-thing. With its speed and versatility, it might be able to hold its own against Aerodactyl… a plan was already forming in her mind.

She smiled quietly, grabbing Starmie’s Pokéball from her belt and tossing it to the ground. In a flash of white light, the purple starfish creature appeared, its ten points waving and shining scintillatingly in the light. The magnificent gem at its core glistened a deep ruby red in the sunlight, and it tinkled melodically, its own little battle cry.

A little late, Kai finally understood Fred’s message. Of course he would want her to use Fred, but Starmie-Fred, not Deoxys-Fred… stuff actually made sense now.

Kai shook those thoughts, too, from her mind as she turned to face the Aerodactyl. Somehow, despite lacking eyes, Starmie did the same. Kai blamed it on the creatures psychic powers with a slight grin. Fixing her eyes on the Aerodactyl’s, Kai began to think. Its roar earlier had been unnerving, and she quickly thought back to what she had learned regarding the species. She knew that Aerodactyl could have one of two special abilities: it could either exude massive amounts of pressure, startling its enemies—after all, it was a massive, prehistoric dinosaur—or it could use its same primordial presence to strike fear in the hearts of its opponent, greatly unnerving them. Either way, it wouldn’t be the best for Starmie to fight thusly hindered… but Kai had a plan.

She wasn’t altogether unfamiliar with the uses of Skill Swap, actually. It had served her incredibly well when facing pesky electric types. In essence, a user with decent mastery of their psychic powers could actually switch some of its vital skills with its opponent. Every Pokémon had such skills, but some were more useful than others. Kai had always loved being able to have Starmie swap its ability with unsuspecting Electivire, giving the purple star the ability to actually absorb the electric volts that were often sent in its direction and make it faster. The same worked, to a limited degree against Jolteon, although that was more tricky… but Kai just really loved the looks on their faces when they pulled something like that off. It was like a troll face… but even better.

As it was, Starmie’s current ability was an interesting one. It had the power to cure itself of any status ailments upon leaving battle or being recalled, essentially allowing itself to heal indefinitely by the method of using Rest and then switching out.

However, in the National Park, where potions were allowed and rules weren’t exactly given, Starmie’s ability to cure itself wasn’t really useful to a wild Pokémon, especially one like Aerodactyl. It lacked the ability to switch out with an ally, and it couldn’t recall itself. However, the unnerving pressure that it created around it was already making Kai uneasy, and it was probably having the same effect on Starmie.

“Start things off with a Skill Swap, Starmie,” she said calculatingly, studying the Aerodactyl perched in the tree. “Keep it simple and keep your distance—we don’t know what that thing is capable of, yet.”

She could have sworn that she had heard Starmie nod or do something in recognition, and it seemed to oblige. Starmie rarely showed its emotions, often staying calm in even the most dire of situations, and Kai had grown to accept that. It was nice to have a sane psychic Pokémon, after all… Fred certainly didn’t count.

Starmie floated over to the pool on a tiny burst of psychic power. It wasn’t the best on the ground, but it could manage between a complicated system of manipulating its psychic energies and just screwing around with the laws of physics. However, Kai knew that Starmie preferred being in the water—there, at least, it might be able to outpace the large rock-dragon: few creatures in the world could be faster than a Starmie underwater.

Spinning the back set of its five points to propel itself, Starmie rocketed through the water, a trail of bubbles in its wake. It paused about halfway into the pull and resurfaced, shooting out of the water with a splash and pausing to hover roughly a foot above the crystalline surface, the tip of its gem glowing a pale purple color. The purple light lanced around inside of the ruby red gem as it faced the Aerodactyl, obviously concentrating hard. A faint, glowing beam of purple light cheerfully arced from the center of Starmie’s jewel core towards Aerodactyl, skipping across the surface of the water and bouncing merrily around before making contact with the winged dinosaur, coating its entire body in a purple light.

Starmie held the position for a couple of moments, and Kai felt herself cringe in anticipation. Normally, Skill Swap didn’t take this long to operate, and it also gave Aerodactyl enough time for a blinding counter attack. She tried to reassure herself that the attack was only taking this long because Starmie was unsure about the Aerodactyl’s abilities—after all, they had never tried switching abilities with an extinct dinosaur—and things were going fine.

“Hit it with a Thunder Wave—especially if it comes near you, and then get under the water!” Kai called out, her knuckles turning white with worry. She knew that Starmie had a wide range of electrical attacks, including Thunderbolt and even Thunder, both of which would potentially deal large amounts of damage to the Aerodactyl, but Kai was uneasy about using their power. Distracted as Starmie was attempting to swap abilities, it probably wouldn’t be able to manage any attack more powerful than a Thunder Wave. Plus, there was the additional fact that they were close to a large lake—using such powerful attacks at such a close proximity to a conductor like that would be devastating, not only to Starmie but to the rest of the wildlife. Kai knew that doing something as stupid as using Thunder in a river would probably injure any Pokémon in the water… she shuddered at the thought, remembering how far back the river stretched.

Starmie trilled a musical response, and a tiny wave of electricity started forming between its two topmost points. The fizzling blue electricity crackled and then arced down towards the beam of purple light connecting Starmie to Aerodactyl, wrapping itself around and bulleting towards the prehistoric rock-bird. Kai smiled at Starmie’s brilliance—the beam that Skill Swap entailed was wrapped around the Aerodactyl. While the prehistoric Pokémon could still move, it allowed Starmie to not have to focus on precisely aiming not one but two attacks towards it. In essence, it was using the beam from Skill Swap to direct its Thunder Wave attack at Aerodactyl, giving the star Pokémon more time to focus on the task of switching abilities.

As the pulse of electrical energy surged across the purple ray of light like a power cable, Starmie’s core stopped glowing and the beam of light on its end began to fade, breaking the connection between the two. The purple end by Starmie began to playfully coil after the Thunder Wave attack, spiraling slowly through the air, following the Thunder Wave like a shooting star.

At the center of the lake, Starmie did what was as close to a roar as it could, although the sound of playful bell chimes greatly detracted from the overall scariness. Kai wasn’t sure of the Skill Swap had worked correctly, and the Thunder Wave was still at least half a second from the Aerodactyl. In most situations, it wouldn’t be enough time to react, but Aerodactyl was blindingly fast. She couldn’t help but commend Starmie at the brilliant move it had used, targeting Aerodactyl with the last vestiges of its Skill Swap attack… perhaps, they might actually have a chance against this thing.

Starmie prepared to sink underneath the water. They had practiced this before, and using the water as a shield could be useful. She had heard cases of Aerodactyl swimming before, but she couldn’t imagine that this one would willingly dive into a lake against a methodical and powerful Starmie… or at least, that was what she hoped. Kai bit her lip in anticipation.

She was still hopeful, at least.

 

(OOC: Gender? Also, do you like the mentions or would you prefer a link to your AIM?)

@Kai-Mei
BP#6

Ranger Ivy Frost

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Apparently she did. Kai stood there for a few moments with that big look of surprise on her face. She really was lucky to come across such a rare Pokémon. Ivy was glad that she wanted to battle it. It would be a waste otherwise.

The creature sized them up from atop its perch, baring its fangs and flicking its powerful wings threateningly. It roared, trying to intimidate them, but the Ranger had seen enough scary things to not be too phased by it. Haxbat hissed and growled in response, but she shushed him. The Aerodactyl was going to be agitated soon enough from the coming battle; they didn't need the large Crobat to challenge it too.

Ivy stepped back towards the stairs, trying to get out of the way. They had a pretty large battlefield as it was, but she knew what these fights got like sometimes. It never hurt to be out of the way. Worst case scenario they could duck down on the stairs to stay out of range.

Kai released a Starmie from its ball, its dark blue points spinning. The colorful jewel in the center responded to its Trainer's words. “Start things off with a Skill Swap, Starmie,” she said, watching the Rock Pokémon in its tree. “Keep it simple and keep your distance – we don't know what this this is capable of, yet.”

Ivy knew they would find out soon enough. Haxbat swooped in behind her shoulder, deciding that there was nothing else left to do. The almost-dragon was clearly not interested in him or his Trainer, so he could sit back and watch. She was glad he thought so. Sometimes he got a little over-protective, despite his cautious nature. It was maybe because of that that he responded more violently to threats.

Starmie floated over to the pool of water, a good base for the Water type to have. It could always draw strength from the pool if it needed a boost. It hovered above the surface, showing off its Psychic capabilities. She had always been amazed of the way they could manipulate things with their mind.

Then, the jewel in its centered started to glow as the Starmie followed its Trainer's command. It focused on the Aerodactyl, sending a shadowy beam toward the creature. Transfixed, it did nothing but watch as the Psychic type tried to swap abilities.

The beam cut off eventually, just after Kai told Starmie to use a Thunder Wave in the hopes of paralyzing the creature. A beam of cackling electricity shot out in the same vein the Skill Swap lines had been. Starmie didn't seem like it was exuding any pressure, and she didn't think the Aerodactyl was unnerved. In fact, it looked pretty calm even though the lightning bolts were racing toward it. If not either of those abilities, Starmie must've inherited something they called Rock Head. It gave a Pokémon no fear when attacking, and any backlash from attacks they performed wasn't felt at all. Interesting one, but she wasn't sure how useful it would be.

The Thunder Wave overcame the Aerodactyl, and it cried out as the bolts wrapped around its neck, wings, and tail. She could hear the crackles from here, but other than the mildly annoyed look on its face, it didn't look bothered at all.

It crowed into the sky, tilting its head up and opening its maw wide as it gave its battle cry. Then, thunder crackled on its fangs, and she could see the sparks that had wrapped around its body were now being drawn to its maw. It gave another cry and flapped its powerful wings as it took off, using the tree as a launch pad. It swooped down toward the water, and Starmie, it's mouth cracking with power.

A quick dive and the Flying Pokémon snagged Starmie's top star point, biting down hard and sending bolts through the Water type's body. The area lit up as the Aerodactyl discharged the electricity. Then, as soon as it had struck, it was gone, flying up and back toward the waterfall.

Ivy was puzzled as it didn't stop, instead flying straight through the falling water and disappearing from view. She knew most Ground and Rock types avoided the water like the plague because of their weakness, so this was really strange.

The creature returned then, a shadowy form appearing behind the water curtain seconds before it popped out to hover in front of the rushing falls. It called out again, watching Starmie closely. It didn't look damaged from the water. In fact, it didn't look damaged at all.

The Ranger did know that a Pokémon could be trained enough to strengthen its body against its weaknesses. There had been records of swimming Sandshrew and of Hippowdon learning to control the water to shoot it in powerful pulses. She supposed that if this waterfall was its home, it could learn to resist the water.

What was more interesting though was that effects from the Thunder Wave seemed to be gone. She guessed that it could've drawn the electricity for its attack, but somehow she didn't think that was right. She would have to guess it was Starmie's Natural Cure ability that it received. While normally a Pokémon had to leave battle for it to work, perhaps disappearing into the waterfall for a few minutes had worked in its place?

She wasn't sure, but this almost-dragon was tricky. Kai would have to be careful.

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Current Battle Stats:

??? ??? Aerodactyl: 100% [Natural Cure][Used Thunder Fang]
Calm G Starmie: 86% [Rock Head][Used Skill Swap and Thunder Wave]

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Trainer Stats

Name: Kai
Location: Outer Heaven
6 Encounters Remaining
Skarmory Disk: 5/5
Area Effects: It's sunny.
Pokémon Encountered: Honchkrow, Hoothoot, Vibrava, Flygon, Spearow, Pidgey, Noctowl, Taillow, Aerodactyl
Pokémon Captured: Brave M Honchkrow, Serious M Spearow
MCR: 18,156/35,000 [Rare Rank]

Picture Value: 1,500

Items: Digital camera, 3x Park Ball, 2x Super Ball, 3x Hyper Ball, 5x Super Potion, 2x Full Heal, Poképlayer

Pokémon Stats

Pokemon: Rotom-F
Nickname: Nix
Gender: Genderless
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Jolly
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: TM 24 Thunderbolt, TM 25 Thunder, TM 33 Reflect, TM 58 Psych Up, TM 59 Hidden Power (Fire), TM 64 Protect, TM 96 Light Screen, TM 72 Shadow Ball, TM 115 Charge Beam, TM 118 Will-o-Wisp, DC Signal Beam, Blizzard (obtained upon becoming Frost Forme)
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Pokemon: Dragonite @ 100%
Nickname: Huggles
Gender: Female
Ability: Inner Focus
Nature: Hardy
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: TM 26 Earthquake, TM 59 Hidden Power (Ghost), HM02 Fly, HM03 Surf, HM 07 Waterfall, SM Draco Meteor, SM Extreme Speed, BM Superpower
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Pokemon: Milotic @ 100%
Nickname: Mitzi
Gender: Female
Ability: Marvel Scale
Nature: Gentle
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: TM 06 Toxic, TM 13 Ice Beam, TM 44 Rest, TM 50 Substitute, TM 58 Psych Up, TM 59 Hidden Power (Fire), TM 64 Protect, TM 76 Sleep Talk, TM 116 Dragon Pulse, HM03 Surf, HM07 Waterfall, BM Hypnosis, BM Confuse Ray, SM Mirror Coat, BM Haze, SM Icy Wind.
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Pokemon: Starmie @ 86%
Nickname: Fred
Gender: Genderless
Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Calm
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: TM 13 Ice Beam, TM 24 Thunderbolt, TM 25 Thunder, TM 29 Psychic, TM 33 Reflect, TM 42 Dream Eater, TM 44 Rest, TM 45 Thunder Wave, TM 49 Tri Attack, TM 50 Substitute, TM 58 Psych Up, TM 59 Hidden Power (Ground), TM 63 Icy Wind, TM 106 Skill Swap, TM 113 Brine, TM 135 Grass Knot, TM 138 Flash Cannon, HM 03 Surf, HM07 Waterfall, MT Signal Beam, MT Barrier, SM Trick

 

((OOC: IT'S ONLY BEEN, LIKE, A MONTH... silly vacation, silly procrastination, yada yada... I'll try to go faster this time. Although you definitely had my stumped with this last bit... XD
Er, Female please. Everything else is already male. XD)

Kai blinked. “Gah,” she said, staring as the battle unfolded. “Gah.” She felt herself start to hit her face in frustration with her hand, unwittingly doing what could only be described as “facepalming”.

<Keep it up and you’ll kill all of the brain cells you have left,> Fred remarked cheerily.

“Gahhh…” she retorted, amazed at her own stupidity. “Completely forgot about the mechanics of Natural Cure… of course this isn’t going to be a normal battle. That Aerodactyl can do whatever it wants. And then I botched up Rock Head? Of course the blasted thing is going to have more than one ability… I really shouldn’t have forgotten about that…”

<Yeah, you were pretty stupid on that one,> Fred replied. She could sense his anxiety.

“And you didn’t bother warning me?” she retorted wryly. She knew they’d have to get back to the battle, but Kai had already spent what seemed like a month just staring at it… she couldn’t mess it up much more.

<It was funny watching you botch everything up…> Fred admitted guiltily. <You looked pretty excited doing all of that, and it’s funny to watch you screw up that much.>

“Glad you care,” Kai said tightly. “Any advice?”

She wasn’t expecting anything important, or anything mildly useful, but she was surprised when Fred replied, <Aerodactyl are fast. You know that, obviously. Fred…Starmie’s best option at slowing it down would be Thunder Wave, but it’s nullified that with Natural Cure.>

“Skill Swap it back, then?” Kai suggested quizzically.

<Nah, it’s smart. It’s probably learned that a giant beam of pink and purple energy isn’t going to end well, so you’ll have absolutely no shot to try that again. You can either use its speed to your favor, somehow, or you can slow it down. I trust you know what to do for either situation.>

Kai nodded quietly. “Yeah,” she replied distractedly, her eyes already fixing on the battle. Aerodactyl could learn a few speed boosting moves, but that could be worked around in the future. She tried to look at the advantages that she had. Starmie had the water, but Aerodactyl didn’t seem afraid of it. No matter; she doubted that any Aerodactyl could be more skilled in the water than Starmie or any other naturally born water-type. Of course, she wasn’t unfamiliar with the nasty surprises that assumptions brought her on this run…

She also had access to Rock Head, but that wasn’t going to help Starmie much. She vaguely recalled that Rock Head nullified the recoil damage that certain moves brought, but Starmie didn’t have access to many recoil-inducing moves, if any. Perhaps Double-Edge, she noted, but Starmie didn’t even have that… Then again, she could easily invent a recoil inducing move of her own. Maybe.

Kai smiled. May as well, she realized grimly. She had been given a pretty good hand, but now she had messed it up and had to work around it. The Aerodactyl was smart; as odd as it was to think that she had been beaten by a prehistoric lizard that wasn’t even smart enough to survive the end of its world (she belatedly realized that her comment may have been a little cruel), it wasn’t that unfamiliar to her now. Playing it safe wasn’t going to cut it, so she may as well completely go nuts. Wouldn’t hurt. After all, the worst that could happen would only involve falling off of the cliff…

If anyone could have looked into Kai’s mind, they would have seen the gears whirring around, frantically trying to find a solution. I have access to recoil and water. Objective is to lower the speed and weaken sufficiently for a clean capture. Starmie also has psychic powers that will be useful, and I have a whole slew of attacks to hit it with… Flash Cannon, Thunderbolt, and Ice Beam to name a few. Even if it has a miracle resistance to water that lets it jump in and out without a problem, I can work around that.

Ding.

“Let’s start it off with Waterfall, Starmie. Not enough to hit the Aerodactyl—actually, keep your distance. I don’t want that thing getting near you. We just have to climb the waterfall in front of you and get above it, okay?” Kai called out her commands to her Pokémon, trying to convey her thoughts into realistic words and thinking frantically as she spoke.

Starmie twinkled in response, although with a noticeably less enthusiasm than before. Kai noticed with a twinge that they’d have to heal that up eventually, if they had time. Without changing expression, Starmie quickly began to spin, the ruby in its center pulsing with rhythm to the rotation. Just like Dragonite had done before them, Starmie quickly coated itself in a surrounding veil of water and began charging up the waterfall, sprays of water and mist cascading down as the purple pointed star ascended, careful to steer clear of the Aerodactyl. Kai hoped that the pounding water would detract the rock-dragon, but it hadn’t seemed to fussed last time, so they’d have to rely a bit on luck. Not that fortune had been smiling upon them lately, but she didn’t have much of a choice.

“Okay, and once we’re done with that, hit the entire waterfall with an Icy Wind, okay? Just be sure to keep some of the water around you; we’re not quite done yet,” Kai shouted towards her Starmie. She knew that performing long and complex combos were dangerous in the park, but she had a hunch that Aerodactyl could neutralize anything simple that they could pull out.

The sphere of water that had surrounded Starmie as it powered its way up the waterfall expanded and flicked away from the purple star, swirling around it in rings of water. Kai knew that Starmie wouldn’t be able to keep up something like this forever, but it was only temporary. Still hovering above the raging current at the top of the waterfall, Starmie began to spin quickly, a barrage of ice forming from the freezing water around it. As far away as she was, Kai couldn’t feel the chill of what was hopefully a wind as cold as winter, but she could only hope that Starmie was doing it correctly. Ideally, Starmie’s attack would be powerful enough to freeze most of the waterfall, and hopefully hit the Aerodactyl for a bit of damage. Kai wasn’t too fussed about the damage, but she needed for the surface of the waterfall to at least freeze for her combination to work out.

Kai watched from afar as the top of the waterfall began to ripple beneath the freezing wind that Starmie was releasing from its jewel core. She knew that some of the wind would freeze into ice and hopefully serve to slow down the Aerodactyl if it managed to hit the rock-dragon, which would always be helpful, but she also knew that Icy Wind was slightly inaccurate and could end up missing altogether… although it couldn’t be that bad that Starmie would miss a waterfall from five feet away, right?

Kai knew that they had to act fast before Starmie lost its focus. It was calm in nature, but she knew that it couldn’t be easy balancing on top of a massive waterfall, especially while trying to freeze the darn thing. Perhaps this combination wasn’t such a good idea, after all…

No time to question it; just act. Yeah. That can’t go wrong. She noticed that Starmie was slowly slipping, unable to levitate itself for much longer above the raging current for much longer and still maintain its Icy Wind attack. “Right, so let the water converge back around you and then hit it with a Waterfall and Thunderbolt combination.”

With a relieved tingling of bell-like chimes, Starmie relinquished its psychic hold above the current and began to plummet down the waterfall towards Aerodactyl. As it fell, the water from before began swirling back around it, sheathing it in a giant sphere of rippling water. Kai knew that Starmie preferred to use ranged attacks, but they were running out of options… and besides, Aerodactyl was probably expecting that. Funny, Kai realized wryly, that they were really acting like the Aerodactyl was on par with her intelligence, and maybe surpassed her…

The key to her combination, though, was the second part. Starmie was one of the few water-types that could utilize electric-typed attacks with surprising proficiency, and Kai never stopped to exploit that fact when she had to. Of course, she wouldn’t dream of using it underwater: firstly, the electricity would be conducted throughout the entire waterfall and lake area and likely shock the daylights out of every poor, unsuspecting Pokémon in the river, and secondly, it would shock Starmie with its own attack.

However, as Starmie began releasing flickering bolts of blue electricity from its ruby-core, Kai knew that the key lay in the ability that they had inadvertently swapped. She had been hoping for Pressure or Unnerve, but this would work out just as well if Starmie could pull it off.

Starmie began picking up speed as it zipped down what was hopefully a frozen waterfall – with the water frozen, it would be unable to conduct the electricity that Starmie was releasing, and hopefully protect the Pokémon further downstream – and soon electricity fizzled around the entire sphere, the crackling blue arcs hissing and rippling beneath the surface of the ball of water. Kai knew that in normal circumstances, such a buildup of electricity would completely destroy Starmie, especially since it would be shocking itself until it fainted, meaning there would be no escape. But with their newfound ability, Rock Head, Starmie would be able to negate the damage it was inflicting upon itself.

Well, hopefully. Kai was pretty sure that this plan could backfire in a million and one ways: after all, she had been almost positive that the Skill Swap-Thunder Wave combination would have been flawless, and they had ended up butchering that one. So if she wasn’t sure with this one, her track record would probably make everything fail…

But there wasn’t time to change back, even if Kai had wanted to. Starmie was already descending down the waterfall towards Aerodactyl, cloaking in a sphere crackling full of water and thunder, and hopefully protected by its newly obtained ability. Kai had depended upon the Icy Wind to maybe slow down Aerodactyl in the long term, but they were also using the force of gravity’s pulling them down to gain a bit of speed and hopefully an edge on Aerodactyl.

As it was, though, there were a million different ways that their plan could go wrong, starting with Rock Head’s failing and ending with “HOLY CRAP, AERODACTYL IS ATTACKING”.

Speaking of Aerodactyl attacking, Kai watched with bated breath as Starmie plunged down the (hopefully) frozen waterfall, surrounded by a whirling vortex of water and electricity.

There were only so many ways that this could go wrong…

 

(OOC: Sorry if I botched up what your attack was supposed to be like. I tried my best D: I just had some trouble visualizing it exactly.)

BP#7

Ranger Ivy Frost

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Kai looked a little dismayed that her Thunder Wave plan hadn't actually fallen through the way she wanted to. That was the Park though. These Pokémon were wild, and they didn't necessarily play by the same rules that Trainers in regular battles did. Ivy thought she was doing just fine though, especially since this was her first run. In fact, she did a lot better than people she took through all the time. She seemed to know her own partners inside and out, and that was the true key. Thinking outside of the box didn't hurt either.

Her next set of commands were a little odd, but she wanted to see what would happen. The first task was for Starmie to create a waterfall. It did so with pleasure, water being its natural element. The pillar rose from the water it was in, and then Starmie surrounded itself with a veil of the liquid and began to climb. Ivy noticed the column was at a bit of an angle, though it was hardly noticeable. She had the spark of an idea of what they were trying to do.

Then, Kai asked Starmie to use Icy Wind to freeze the waterfall. A foggy smoke came from the jewel core, spraying the air around, and the water around its points started freezing. The water cracked as it traveled down, swirling in a spiral around the thing until it reached the water surface, where it stopped.

The Aerodactyl was watching silently, keeping her eyes peeled on what Starmie was doing. It made slow circles around the waterfall, wanting to stay close but not fighting. She looked pretty calm, though Ivy noticed she was cringing a bit as she flew around the water, maybe getting splashed by it from flying too close. Then the Aerodactyl noticed Starmie was doing something else, and she veered off to the left and gained some distance.

Kai then threw in a Thunderbolt attack for Starmie to perform, having it slide down the water for momentum. That's what Ivy figured she was doing as soon as she saw the ice. The momentum should help Starmie fly out and have enough speed and oomph to actually hit the aerial Pokémon. That must be why it was slanted a bit too, so Starmie didn't go plummeting right into the water.

The starfish gained speed as it slid down, having its water covering start to fizzle as the sparks formed inside of it. Normally this would be painful for it, but with Aerodactyl's borrowed ability, it didn't look like it was phasing it at all.

The Flying-type Pokémon saw it go into motion and then set herself. She bowed her head a little bit and then swooped in toward the waterfall, aiming to slam right into Starmie. The Water-type on the other hand waited until in range and then launched itself off of the pillar.

They crashed into each other, and Ivy could see the added elements causing harm to the ancient Pokémon. She flinched and was thrown off a bit, her flight spiraling down a little as she struggled to right herself. Starmie fell back a little, but went into launching a Thunderbolt from closer range.

The Aerodactyl finally got her bearings back just as she saw the Starmie's point begin to cackle. She suddenly let out a bellowing roar that echoed through the area around them. Starmie was distracted a bit, so the Thunderbolt it cast only managed to clip a wing of the opponent. Then the Water-type fell back into the pool.

The rock bird cried out and darted to the bank, falling to the ground with a crash that kicked up a dust cloud. It looked like it hurt her quite a bit, but Ivy knew she would still have a ton of fight left in her.

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Current Battle Stats:

Lax F Aerodactyl: 61% [Natural Cure][Used Iron Head and Roar]
Calm G Starmie: 72% [Rock Head][Used Waterfall, Icy Wind, and Thunderbolt]

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Trainer Stats

Name: Kai
Location: Outer Heaven
6 Encounters Remaining
Skarmory Disk: 5/5
Area Effects: It's sunny.
Pokémon Encountered: Honchkrow, Hoothoot, Vibrava, Flygon, Spearow, Pidgey, Noctowl, Taillow, Aerodactyl
Pokémon Captured: Brave M Honchkrow, Serious M Spearow
MCR: 28,720/35,000 [Rare Rank]

Picture Value: 1,500

Items: Digital camera, 3x Park Ball, 2x Super Ball, 3x Hyper Ball, 5x Super Potion, 2x Full Heal, Poképlayer

Pokémon Stats

Pokemon: Rotom-F
Nickname: Nix
Gender: Genderless
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Jolly
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: TM 24 Thunderbolt, TM 25 Thunder, TM 33 Reflect, TM 58 Psych Up, TM 59 Hidden Power (Fire), TM 64 Protect, TM 96 Light Screen, TM 72 Shadow Ball, TM 115 Charge Beam, TM 118 Will-o-Wisp, DC Signal Beam, Blizzard (obtained upon becoming Frost Forme)
*
Pokemon: Dragonite @ 100%
Nickname: Huggles
Gender: Female
Ability: Inner Focus
Nature: Hardy
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: TM 26 Earthquake, TM 59 Hidden Power (Ghost), HM02 Fly, HM03 Surf, HM 07 Waterfall, SM Draco Meteor, SM Extreme Speed, BM Superpower
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Pokemon: Milotic @ 100%
Nickname: Mitzi
Gender: Female
Ability: Marvel Scale
Nature: Gentle
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: TM 06 Toxic, TM 13 Ice Beam, TM 44 Rest, TM 50 Substitute, TM 58 Psych Up, TM 59 Hidden Power (Fire), TM 64 Protect, TM 76 Sleep Talk, TM 116 Dragon Pulse, HM03 Surf, HM07 Waterfall, BM Hypnosis, BM Confuse Ray, SM Mirror Coat, BM Haze, SM Icy Wind.
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Pokemon: Starmie @ 86%
Nickname: Fred
Gender: Genderless
Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Calm
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: TM 13 Ice Beam, TM 24 Thunderbolt, TM 25 Thunder, TM 29 Psychic, TM 33 Reflect, TM 42 Dream Eater, TM 44 Rest, TM 45 Thunder Wave, TM 49 Tri Attack, TM 50 Substitute, TM 58 Psych Up, TM 59 Hidden Power (Ground), TM 63 Icy Wind, TM 106 Skill Swap, TM 113 Brine, TM 135 Grass Knot, TM 138 Flash Cannon, HM 03 Surf, HM07 Waterfall, MT Signal Beam, MT Barrier, SM Trick

 

(Oh, bahaha, everyone tells me I have to fix up my description a bit. You got the gist, and I did damage, so I honestly can't complain. XD)
(Also, I fall pitifully short of meeting the MCR… but too lazy to fix that… irony… ._.)

Kai smiled, glad that her attack had pretty much worked the way they had planned. It hadn't been perfect, but then again, she had just told Starmie to use Waterfall, Icy Wind, and Thunderbolt in rapid succession with very little other instructions... she was glad that the Starmie had still been smart enough to pull off a combination like it had done, even without decent directions. Yet another reason why she loved using Starmie, along with forty thousand other reasons. It really could be called Fred.

Kai watched quietly as the Aerodactyl landed with a dull thud on the opposite bank of the lake, a cloud of dust scattering around where it had landed with a dull thud. It looked weakened, but Kai knew that they weren't quite out of the woods... lake... sky-thingy, yet, and she'd have a bit more work to do if she wanted things to end in a capture. She was, after all, still going to capture this Aerodactyl. As she glanced from the Aerodactyl to Starmie, who had been forced by the impact of their collision back into the pool -- Kai was thankful that the water had broken its fall, rather than, say, a cliff -- she knew that now would be their best time to act. Aerodactyl wasn't looking like it would move anywhere for a few moments, stunned as it was by the collision, although it certainly had a lot of fight still left in it.

Aerodactyl had a lot of tricks up her sleeve... wings, as it had demonstrated by using Iron Head. Normally, a Roar as fearsome as the one the dragon-bird had demonstrated would have sent Starmie fleeing back to its Pokeball, but it had actually distracted and slightly messed up Starmie's attack. Kai knew that their opponent wasn't going to be as easy as the ones before had been.

Starmie bobbed merrily in the water, though, showing almost no signs of injury. Still, Kai could see that it wasn't in its best condition -- after all, it had been bitten by a giant bird, shocked by electricity, jumping off of waterfalls, and getting hit by a giant face, to name a few -- and they'd have to act quickly. She noticed that Aerodactyl was more comfortable when using attacks at close quarters, which was interesting, largely because Starmie excelled more at using ranged attacks. That would probably come to their advantage later in the fight, but Kai knew that the Aerodactyl could easily do some sort of super-awesome-wind-attack if it really needed to.

For the time being, though, Kai had her opportunity and she intended to take it. "Okay, Starmie," she called out to her Pokemon, which was happily bobbing up and down in the pool like a cork. "Let's use Grass Knot on it -- concentrate really hard and try to pin it down, okay? The harder you make it for her to get up from her spot, the less likely it'll be to attack you, so try to get as many roots in there as you can." Kai paused, wondering if she should try throwing in another attack. She decided it wouldn't hurt; after all, Starmie seemed okay with doing relatively complex combinations. "And once you're done with that, I want you to hit it with a Surf, okay? Try to stay in the middle of the pool if you can: it doesn't seem to like the water, and maybe it'll have a harder time attacking you if you have a moat sort of thing..." Kai trailed off, watching to see how Starmie would react.

The ten-pointed start chimed merrily in response, flexing its mysterious purple limbs in anticipation. The ruby jewel in the center of its body glistened, both from the water and from its preparation to attack. As the light from the gem intensified, Starmie raised its limbs into the air, the points shining from sharpness, and the light from the gem reached a blinding intensity. As quickly as it had come, though, the light faded, and all was silent for a moment. Kai bit her lip.

Then, the ground around Aerodactyl exploded into a mass of writhing roots, tendrils of green. At first, they had just been the grass, but these roots were different: they were still the same as the grass that surrounded the Aerodactyl and most of the rest of the cliff, but this grass had aged and expanded and grown in a matter of instants, formed when Starmie had used its psychic energy to manipulate the cells inside of each blade of grass to grow and multiply at an unnatural rate.

Starmie had used this technique before, largely against fellow Water-types such as Swampert -- here, she felt Fred chuckle a bit -- although she had never used it for the sake if trapping an opponent. Normally, it made the enemy trip over itself and use its own weight to its disadvantage, but that theory wouldn't work out so well here. After all, Aerodactyl didn't even walk that often... what was it supposed to trip on? However, as Kai watched the mass of writhing roots, mottled and knotty, she knew that this plan was different-- they were trying to use the multitude of grassy roots to imprison the Aerodactyl and at the very least keep it on the ground, away from Starmie. It wasn't going to be easy, no doubt, because no creature of the sky enjoyed being pinioned to the earth, but Kai was hopeful that Starmie could pull it off.

Before she could see if their massive net-like creation of roots was successful, however, Starmie twinkled and launched itself into its next attack. It bobbed up and down in the water a few more times and then floated quickly into the air, propelled this time not by psychic energies but by a large jet of water that buoyed up beneath it. On both sides of the column of water, the waves around Starmie rose to its command, lapping around the pillar upon which Starmie floated and bringing the water level of the lake down by several inches as more and more water joined the liquid blue conglomerate that Starmie was calmly creating. As Starmie raised its limbs into the air, the water responded until both the column and the surrounding torrents were nearly twenty feet in the air, while the lake itself had emptied out into the sky. Moist sand and bits of debris littered the bottom of the pond’s bed, and thick layers of rich silt glistened in the sunlight.

For a moment, all was calm as tiny globules of water winked, pulling themselves away from the surface of the lake and joining the massive pillars of water that Starmie had created. Starmie hovered above all of the water, calmly surveying what it had created. Kai imagined that if it had had eyes instead of a giant jewel on its face, it would have been blinking with pleasure.

Then, almost lazily, Starmie spun in a quick circle, and the water moved in a flood beneath it. While Starmie still hovered on a small pillar of water at the center of the deluge, the rest of the liquid surged towards the hopefully pinioned Aerodactyl, bearing down upon it like a massive claw. Only a fraction of water still remained at the bottom of the lake, lapping at the new, temporary shoreline, while the rest of it surged towards the Aerodactyl in a raging torrent. Kai never understood why such a move was called Surf, but she decided against questioning it now.

Fists clenched and eyes fixated on their opponent, Kai watched with anticipation as the wall of water roared and moved towards Aerodactyl with deafening noise and speed, desperately hoping that this combination would end better than their last...

 

(OOC: You made MCR by my count. Now it's just a hop, skip, and a jump. Extra characters improve your capture rate anyway. Also, your Skarmory disk isn't broken as of this new rule, so I'm giving it back and you can use it on another run if you come back.)

BP#8

Ranger Ivy Frost

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Aerodactyl was still on the ground struggling to get up. The last attack from Starmie had taken a lot out of her. Ivy could see her limbs shaking. But she was still trying to get up. She'd be a fierce fighter once Kai had her on her team. Ivy had no doubt she'd be successful. The combinations they had pulled off had been pretty impressive so far, so Ivy wasn't worried that they'd come up with enough of them to eventually wear out the ancient rock flyer.

Kai thought for a bit, but she came up with another plan. “Okay, Starmie,” she called. Starmie was fine among its natural element, still mostly unhurt inside the pool. “Let's use Grass Knot on it – concentrate really hard to try to pin it down, okay?”

That was a good idea since the flyer was grounded at the moment. They would have to act fast though; Ivy could see her struggling to get up every second. “And once you're done with that, I want you to hit with with a Surf, okay?” she added, trying to let Starmie stay as far away as it could. She had probably noticed that Aerodactyl liked to get up close and personal.

Starmie's jewel shone as it bobbed in the pool, and Ivy could feel trembles in the earth as the roots and vines came to the Water-type's call. They emerged around the flyer in a ring, and she could see them twisting and twirling through the dirt. They were thick and heavy, and if enough of them got around the flyer, it wasn't going anywhere.

Aerodactyl continued to struggle as the vines grew and got closer, but Starmie started the next part of its attack. It rose up on a pillar of water, and the pool rose up to meet it. It did so gracefully and almost quietly, and it was quite a picture to see. The water lingered there for a moment before Starmie did a twist and then the water cascaded down in waves toward the target.

The vines locked onto their target at that moment, sliding over the flyer's body and threading through her limbs and back into the soil. The Aerodactyl called out in rage and struggled even harder, but the vines were too thick. She didn't break through. Then she saw the incoming wave and realized she couldn't move.

She didn't look afraid though. Instead, she took a huge lungful of air, and just as the water struck, she bellowed into it. Ivy could see the sound waves, and they traveled in rings like a rocket straight back at Starmie. They emerged from the water just before striking, pulses that repeatedly hit like an Oddish's Bullet Seed.

Then Ivy exclaimed her surprise when she realized what it was. Starmie's jewel blinked a few times in confusion. Aerodactyl had used the water as a road for her Supersonic attack. Sound traveled four times faster under water than it did through air.

The liquid still washed over the flyer though; it was too late to stop that. Ivy could see she was really starting to wear down, but she didn't give up. She growled, and the winds answered her, starting out in a slow winding circle around her, and then it picked up speed along with debris. Soon it was a whirling Twister, and it wasted no time cutting through the vines and freeing the rock bird.

Aerodactyl then used it to gain momentum, and though her flight was shaky, the whirling winds picked her up and sent her flying up and back into the air. Then with a call, the Twister was sent across the water. It struck Starmie and knocked it back into the water pool.

With the Aerodactyl now airborne again, though weak, Kai was going to have to be careful. This was doubly so if they couldn't find some way to break through Starmie's confusion.

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Current Battle Stats:

Lax F Aerodactyl: 35% [Natural Cure][Used Supersonic and Twister]
Calm G Starmie: 64% [Rock Head][Con0][Used Grass Knot and Surf]

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Trainer Stats

Name: Kai
Location: Outer Heaven
6 Encounters Remaining
Skarmory Disk: 5/5
Area Effects: It's sunny.
Pokémon Encountered: Honchkrow, Hoothoot, Vibrava, Flygon, Spearow, Pidgey, Noctowl, Taillow, Aerodactyl
Pokémon Captured: Brave M Honchkrow, Serious M Spearow
MCR: 35,963/35,000 [Rare Rank]

Picture Value: 1,500

Items: Digital camera, 3x Park Ball, 2x Super Ball, 3x Hyper Ball, 5x Super Potion, 2x Full Heal, Poképlayer, Intermediate Voice Disk: Skarmory

Pokémon Stats

Pokemon: Rotom-F
Nickname: Nix
Gender: Genderless
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Jolly
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: TM 24 Thunderbolt, TM 25 Thunder, TM 33 Reflect, TM 58 Psych Up, TM 59 Hidden Power (Fire), TM 64 Protect, TM 96 Light Screen, TM 72 Shadow Ball, TM 115 Charge Beam, TM 118 Will-o-Wisp, DC Signal Beam, Blizzard (obtained upon becoming Frost Forme)
*
Pokemon: Dragonite @ 100%
Nickname: Huggles
Gender: Female
Ability: Inner Focus
Nature: Hardy
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: TM 26 Earthquake, TM 59 Hidden Power (Ghost), HM02 Fly, HM03 Surf, HM 07 Waterfall, SM Draco Meteor, SM Extreme Speed, BM Superpower
*
Pokemon: Milotic @ 100%
Nickname: Mitzi
Gender: Female
Ability: Marvel Scale
Nature: Gentle
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: TM 06 Toxic, TM 13 Ice Beam, TM 44 Rest, TM 50 Substitute, TM 58 Psych Up, TM 59 Hidden Power (Fire), TM 64 Protect, TM 76 Sleep Talk, TM 116 Dragon Pulse, HM03 Surf, HM07 Waterfall, BM Hypnosis, BM Confuse Ray, SM Mirror Coat, BM Haze, SM Icy Wind.
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Pokemon: Starmie @ 64%
Nickname: Fred
Gender: Genderless
Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Calm
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: TM 13 Ice Beam, TM 24 Thunderbolt, TM 25 Thunder, TM 29 Psychic, TM 33 Reflect, TM 42 Dream Eater, TM 44 Rest, TM 45 Thunder Wave, TM 49 Tri Attack, TM 50 Substitute, TM 58 Psych Up, TM 59 Hidden Power (Ground), TM 63 Icy Wind, TM 106 Skill Swap, TM 113 Brine, TM 135 Grass Knot, TM 138 Flash Cannon, HM 03 Surf, HM07 Waterfall, MT Signal Beam, MT Barrier, SM Trick

 

@WinterVines ... holy muffins, look who's alive. Like, I think I'm out of excuses here. But yeah. I totally didn't forget that this ever existed... heh... ._.

Ugh. Half-hearted post is half-hearted. =x

Kai gaped for a moment, wondering if it was even worth it to make a snide remark regarding how embarassing or long or late her response was... it likely wasn't worth it, even in her head. Fred would notice, wouldn't he?

<Nope,> Fred said cheekily. Kai blinked, slightly startled. That was something new. Normally, he was full of snide, sarcastic remarks to ruin her day and waste even more time, but...

<Yeah, you heard me,> Fred said with a slight grin. Apparently you could hear those over mental links these days. that was new.

"I suppose this joke had to end at some point," Kai murmured with a sheepish, internal smile, already frowning at the field and multi-tasking as she bit her lip and tried to decide what she wanted to do. Aerodactyl was still quite alive and kicking, despite their efforts. Ugh. "Remind me again why that was ever amusing?"

<It wasn't.>

"That explains a lot."

Kai focused entirely on the field, concentrating now as she felt Fred's presence fade out of her mind. He was probably off to chase a Butterfree or something. He liked that.

However, Kai wasn't as happy at what exactly she was seeing. Well, happy, yes-- Starmie had done the attact wonderfully, trapping the Aerodactyl and hitting it with a blast of water, just like they had planned, and dealt a large amount of damage in the process-- but now the issue of taking damage and dealing with confusion, Kai's least favorite status condition, would make things even worse.

Things like Freezing and Burning were fine. Paralysis was annoying, Toxic she could deal with, and Sleep stopped eventually. But Kai hated Confusion. More often than not, her Pokemon ended up smacking themselves in the face rather than attacking their opponents, something that Kai never understood. Then again, she had never been confused to such an intense level, and she felt silly getting angry at her Pokemon, especially when it wasn't even their fault to begin with. So instead, she tended to direct her anger at the status itself.

At least Aerodactyl isn't airborne, Kai thought to herself. That was possibly the only good thing out of the situation, especially after Starmie got knocked back and injured once more by a malicious-looking Twister. Starmie bobbed to the surface like a cork, although its gem still blinked like a broken car headlight and its movements were slow and sluggish, even in the shimmering pool. Kai cringed. Already, finding a way around confusion would be obnoxious. Again, she thought to herself with a slight smile-- she was lucky-- at least it's not flying at us.

Naturally, the Aerodactyl promptly flew high into the air and sent the rest of the Twister towards Starmie, knocking it further into the pool. Aerodactyl then circled high above, borne by the remaining winds from the Twister.

Kai scowled. Of course. Now Starmie was confused, Aerodactyl was flying above them, and Fred didn't seem to be talking any more. On second thought, the third thing wasn't so bad. But the others were worrying to her, at the very least-- when it came down to it, Kai was afraid. She needed a plan, first to combat the confusion and then bring Aerodactyl back to earth, so to speak.

Confusion came in different forms. In this case, Aerodactyl had emitted a giant-freaking-sound-wave, as Kai decided to describe it, that had dazzled Starmie's central gem core and prevented the starfish from properly hearing and interpteting Kai's commands, resulting in an erratic movement pattern.

Kai frowned. Although Starmie's jewel core tended to indicate more things than simply Starmie's physical status, she had a hunch that the supersonic sound waves had damaged the gem, which would naturally result in Starmie's confusion. It seemed like the only natural conclusion, in reality; Starmie lacked ears-- or eyes, for that matter, but that wasn't really relevant--, so it would be impossible for Starmie to hear said sound waves and be affected in that sense. Kai idly wondered how she could see sound at all, or how anyone could, for that matter, before dismissing it. No more stalling. Kai had a plan, one so simple and abysmally obvious that it probably shouldn't work, but she didn't have much else of a choice. If Starmie's broken jewel core was broken-- Kai desperately hoped that it was, lest she prove that she was a bad Starmie trainer right in front of Ivy, for starters, and then the pissed Aerodactyl, on top of that-- then all that they would have to do was fix it.

Kai continued to frown, though. Her idea just sounded so stupid, so painfully obvious, that there had to be something wrong with it. As it was, Kai knew that she didn't have much time to wait. She bit her lip for a moment, and then shouted in as loud and clear of a voice as she could to Starmie, to make sure that her instructions were clear enough to get across. "I need you to Recover, Starmie, but try to focus as much of your regenerative abilities on your jewel core, okay? The jewel core. I'm pretty sure that the internal damage there is the source of the confusion." Kai stopped talking quickly, lest Starmie misinterpret anything else. Kai knew from experience that confused Pokemon had very fragile mindsets, and she didn't want to overcomplicate things. Even if that had been all she had done so far.

Starmie blinked in what Kai desperately hoped was an affirmitave, and its ruby core began to glow from the inside with a gentle, soothing light, sending rays of energy sparking around the gem's perimeter. Kai understood that Starmie were known for their incredible regenerative properties-- she had heard that some were even capable of regrowing lost limbs, although, thankfully, she had never had to try that-- but she still wasn't sure if she had chosen the right way to solve the problem with which she had been confronted. Aerodactyl was a Pokemon that had, thus far, seemed focused on offense; perhaps playing defensively would be playing straight into its hands. Wings. Whatever they were called.

In that case, it would be best not to just sit there and wait for Aerodactyl to pick them off from the sky. If Kai had a choice, she would sit there with Starmie and Recover all the way, until she was sure that Starmie was ready to fight... but she didn't have a choice. Aerodactyl would kinda do something, anything, before they had that chance. That would suck-- and besides-- Kai did want to get out of the National Park before both she and Ivy died of old age or something else that was horribly inconvenient.

"Starmie, when you're feeling up to it, go ahead and hit it with a Brine," Kai said, biting her lip. Again, she hated rushing things, but there wasn't much to go with. Aerodactyl was too far away, and she didn't want to confront it directly, especially not in the air-- could Starmie even maintain prolonged flight with its psychic abilities? Doubtful-- given Starmie's somewhat weakened state with the confusion. Kai knew that the key to battling wild Pokemon was to keep things as surprising and original as possible, lest the wild Pokemon catch on, or her own Pokemon became weary after using the same attack so often. As far as she knew, they hadn't used anything too similar to Brine during their battle with the leviathan. Kai had thought about using Flash Cannon, as the weaker move would have been much less riskier, but Aerodactyl seemed to be tanking her hits reasonably well. In addition, Kai was tentative about using any moves that involved Starmie's compromised gem core. Namely, Flash Cannon, although a good portion of her move aresnal would be harder to use while avoiding too much strain for her injured Starmie.

Said injured Starmie was still bobbing, looking slightly tipsy, in the center of the pool of water, but Kai could see what she thought was a flicker of understanding in it's face-sort-of-gem-thing. Hopefully that was enough.

Ideally, Starmie could attack the Aerodactyl with a wave of water, similarly to how it had used Surf a few minutes ago to deal a decent amount of damage and wear down the Aerodactyl, and a bunch of generic water attacks from before. From what Kai had seen, this Aerodactyl was inclined to tanking the hits as well as it could and then firing back with as much power as it could-- which, often, was a devastatingly large amount. Of course, though, Brine wasn't like the other water attacks Starmie had used before... or else it wouldn't be categorized as a different attack.

Starmie had stopped moving now, and Kai hoped that it was out of concentration and not in confusion. If Starmie had managed to break through the confusion, it would be using its psychic powers to draw out ions from the bottom of the lake into the water around it. Sodium ions, in particular, although Kai wasn't really sure and wasn't inclined to find out, especially not now. She did know, vaguely, that there were trace amounts of sodium ions in the earth, regardless of the location, and Starmie would be using a combination of its psychic powers and its abilities to manipulate electrons-- in this case, namely the positve charges that the metal cations provided in the earth, making the water around Starmie full of electrolytes, which would cause lacerations in any open wounds that Aerodactyl might have; given its low health, Aerodactyl looked wounded, so there would be quite a lot of those, causing minute intra-cellular lysis and inflicting more damage than water would do normally...

Oh god. Chemistry.

The water around Starmie began to ripple, as well, but Kai still couldn't be sure if it was from Starmie or it just happened to be doing so. Ideally, the newly ionized water would douse the Aerodactyl from below with force slightly less than the Surf attack, but as Kai had so wonderfully proved several times before, a lot of her plans had a tendency to go wrong. Even without the confusion... ugh. There were too many variables for things to go comfortably, but Kai didn't have much of a choice. She watched as the water shuddered around her, and looked between Aerodactyl and Starmie with varying concern, biting her lip nervously as Starmie began to move with painstaking slowness...

 

(OOC: @Kai-Mei you probably could've thrown a ball lol. Nice to see a post though :3)

BP#9

Ranger Ivy Frost

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Kai looked less than pleased at her Starmie's situation. Ivy wasn't a fan of confusion herself, since the outcome of your commands was totally out of your control. Crobat like hers were partially known for playing tricks on foes like that, although Ivy could count on one hand how many times she had actually used it in battle. She didn't like seeing Pokemon hurt themselves when it wasn't in their control. She supposed Ranger habits had carried on into her daily life too.

The Aerodactyl probably had few choices left when it attacked with the sound wave. Being pinned and helpless wasn't a good situation either, and the creature was acting a little desperate. That was a good sign for Kai, though, since despite meaning the rock flyer was going to be more risky, it also meant that she was running out of fuel. She'd probably be easy to catch soon.

The Trainer was thinking of how to help her confused starfish with all her energy. Ivy liked that. Most of the time, Trainers simply ignored it, and it usually ended up in their Pokemon getting hurt. If she thought of a good idea, Starmie could possibly understand the directions and break through the status.

The Aerodactyl, in the meantime, was hovering dangerously above, like a vulture. She was eying the starfish carefully, probably waiting for the perfect time to swoop in. She wasn't moving in yet, though, which gave Kai time to act.

“I need you to Recover, Starmie,” she said, “but try to focus as much of your regenerative abilities on your jewel core, okay? The jewel core. I'm pretty sure that the internal damage there is the source of the confusion.” The Trainer cut herself off quickly, maybe worried that she was saying too much.

Ivy winced a little, hoping that the Starmie was going to be able to understand okay. It seemed to flash its jewel core a little, like it understood or was going to try, so that was a good sign. The jewel seemed to glow softly, like it was working.

Ivy hoped it was; movement in the sky alerted her to the Aerodactyl starting to move. She tiled her body to the side a bit, giving her a little downward momentum as she started circling closer. Perhaps she was looking for a good angle, or maybe she was still biding her time. The Ranger couldn't see what it was planning, if anything, so she couldn't shout any type of warning.

Kai seemed to know that she couldn't just sit there and try to heal, so she called out another move. “Starmie, when you're feeling up to it, go ahead and hit it with a Brine.”

Ivy couldn't tell if the starfish understood or not. She was too busy watching the Rock-type. From what she understood, the Brine technique tried to gather the more salty minerals in the water in order to hit the foe. It did extra damage if the target was already pretty weakened, since the salt seeped into the wounds. The minerals burned, and that caused the Pokemon to wear out even faster. Since the Aerodactyl was pretty tired already, even though it stubbornly refused to stop fighting, that would be sure to almost defeat it if Starmie could pull it off. The water here probably had a lot of that mineral at the bottom, so it shouldn't be too hard to collect. It would just depend on Starmie.

The Aerodactyl suddenly jerked and made a downward dive, and it seemed it was now or never for the starfish. It wouldn't have time to heal anymore, and if it was going to perform a water attack, now was the time to do it, while the creature was over the lake.

The flyer pulled up short and arched her head back for a moment before lunging forward and breathing a stream of pink and purple fire. It was harsher than normal flames, though, more like a icy blast than a fire. It gleamed and snapped as it blasted the Starmie where it was sticking out of the water. It was probably a Dragonbreath, given the looks.

The Aerodactyl finished and flapped her wings hard, giving her upward momentum as she tried to fly off back toward land. She may have wanted to land or something, to rest a little. For a second, Ivy thought the Starmie was trapped within its own mind too much to do anything. However, she was pleasantly surprised when the water responded.

The surface shook like an earthquake was happening, and then suddenly it shot upward like a geyser, almost like it had been boiled hot. The water was a little murky in spots, which showed her the minerals were present. The water launched up and struck the Rock-type, and the creature cried out sharply as her wounds were subjected to salt.

She took a downward flight path and crashed into the ground near the lake, causing a cloud of dust to explode around her. It settled fast, perhaps due to all the moisture, and soon Ivy could see the creature struggling to move again. The dirt clung to her, giving her a dusty coat as she tried to drag herself father from the water since that was the biggest threat. The Brine had taken a lot out of her.

“She's probably ready for capture now,” Ivy called out to the Trainer. The old Pokemon would probably keep fighting, but the Ranger didn't want to see it if it wasn't necessary. At least they knew it was a fierce battler.

Starmie looked a lot better too. That Recover probably helped it out quite a bit. There were a few techniques to clear the mind, and since Starmie operated mostly by the jewel core, this one seemed to work. Now she just had to see what Kai was going to do next.

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Current Battle Stats:

Lax F Aerodactyl: 11% [Natural Cure][Used Dragonbreath]
Calm G Starmie: 89% [Rock Head][Used Recover and Brine]

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Trainer Stats

Name: Kai
Location: Outer Heaven
6 Encounters Remaining
Skarmory Disk: 5/5
Area Effects: It's sunny.
Pokémon Encountered: Honchkrow, Hoothoot, Vibrava, Flygon, Spearow, Pidgey, Noctowl, Taillow, Aerodactyl
Pokémon Captured: Brave M Honchkrow, Serious M Spearow
MCR: 46,100/35,000 [Rare Rank]

Picture Value: 1,500

Items: Digital camera, 3x Park Ball, 2x Super Ball, 3x Hyper Ball, 5x Super Potion, 2x Full Heal, Poképlayer, Intermediate Voice Disk: Skarmory

Pokémon Stats

Pokemon: Rotom-F
Nickname: Nix
Gender: Genderless
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Jolly
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: TM 24 Thunderbolt, TM 25 Thunder, TM 33 Reflect, TM 58 Psych Up, TM 59 Hidden Power (Fire), TM 64 Protect, TM 96 Light Screen, TM 72 Shadow Ball, TM 115 Charge Beam, TM 118 Will-o-Wisp, DC Signal Beam, Blizzard (obtained upon becoming Frost Forme)
*
Pokemon: Dragonite @ 100%
Nickname: Huggles
Gender: Female
Ability: Inner Focus
Nature: Hardy
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: TM 26 Earthquake, TM 59 Hidden Power (Ghost), HM02 Fly, HM03 Surf, HM 07 Waterfall, SM Draco Meteor, SM Extreme Speed, BM Superpower
*
Pokemon: Milotic @ 100%
Nickname: Mitzi
Gender: Female
Ability: Marvel Scale
Nature: Gentle
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: TM 06 Toxic, TM 13 Ice Beam, TM 44 Rest, TM 50 Substitute, TM 58 Psych Up, TM 59 Hidden Power (Fire), TM 64 Protect, TM 76 Sleep Talk, TM 116 Dragon Pulse, HM03 Surf, HM07 Waterfall, BM Hypnosis, BM Confuse Ray, SM Mirror Coat, BM Haze, SM Icy Wind.
*
Pokemon: Starmie @ 89%
Nickname: Fred
Gender: Genderless
Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Calm
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: TM 13 Ice Beam, TM 24 Thunderbolt, TM 25 Thunder, TM 29 Psychic, TM 33 Reflect, TM 42 Dream Eater, TM 44 Rest, TM 45 Thunder Wave, TM 49 Tri Attack, TM 50 Substitute, TM 58 Psych Up, TM 59 Hidden Power (Ground), TM 63 Icy Wind, TM 106 Skill Swap, TM 113 Brine, TM 135 Grass Knot, TM 138 Flash Cannon, HM 03 Surf, HM07 Waterfall, MT Signal Beam, MT Barrier, SM Trick

 

@WinterVines
Awww, yeah. Only took me a couple of days this time... =x

Kai blinked, watching as the remnants of the pink and purple fire cleared away, and Starmie executed its attack beautifully, even healing itself in the process after curing the confusion. Speaking of annoying statuses, the confusion looked like it had cleared out altogether after Starmie had used Recover, and Kai was relieved. It was a lot simpler that way, at least.

"She's probably ready for capture now," Ivy called out. Kai blinked, so focused on Starmie that she hadn't been watching their opponent at all. Oops. Cringing internally, Kai looked across the lake, to where Aerodactyl was trying to drag itself away from the dreaded water, dust clinging to its scarred and ancient hide. It looked pretty worn out, but Kai was fairly certain that if she tried attacking once more, even with something like a status move, the Aerodactyl might be too weak for successful capture-- after all, Aerodactyl might unintentionally hurt herself when defending herself, and Kai certainly didn't want all of Starmie (and apparently, her own) hard work to go up in smoke. Or... mist. Yeah, that seemed like the more proper term.

As it was, the Aerodactyl was probably worn out. Kai had read enough in her pamphlet to understand that Rangers practically always knew what was best (although, apparently, there had been some silly Ranger who had attempted to battle a Kyogre on his lonesome, as Fred often brought up in his endless requests to enter the Park...), and they seemed to make the rational decisions, so Kai figured that now would be the best time to make a capture. She fiddled in her bag for a ball, and her fingers grasped the smooth green and yellow metal of a Park Ball. They all looked the same, apparently (she could have sworn that they hadn't when the battle began, but...hey...), but Kai figured that the little "P" engraved on the front of it had to mean something, so...

"Okay, Starmie, I think we can back off a bit now," she called out, readying the Park Ball in her hand. Starmie twinkled merrily and its newly healed jewel core flashed yellow in return, and it backed away while remaining in the pool, careful not to disturb the injured Aerodactyl. Even Starmie knew that Kai was horridly uncoordinated, and it didn't want to make the job harder for her by enticing Aerodactyl to take to the skies.

At least, that was what Kai hoped Starmie was doing. Odds were, it was just trying to dive underwater in case Kai threw the ball really, reaaally badly (there was always that one time...) and it hit Starmie instead. Because, knowing her, something ridiculous like that was bound to happen.

Anywho. Crossing her fingers, Kai lobbed the Park Ball towards the Aerodactyl, crossing her fingers as the ball spiraled through the air. She had been doing okay so far, but at this point, she could only hope for the best.

 

@Kai-Mei wooooo, I like posts.

NBP#11

Ranger Ivy Frost

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Kai seemed pleased that her Pokemon was able to overcome the confusion it had suffered. After healing, the Starmie looked fine. It's center jewel glimmered without a scratch, and its movements were sure instead of wobbly.

The Trainer seemed to take Ivy's words into consideration. She dug through her bag, and the Ranger saw her pull out a standard Park ball. At the Aerodactyl's weakened state, that should be more than enough to capture the flier. “Okay, Starmie,” she called. “I think we can back off a bit now.”

Taking her cue, the starfish blinked its jewel and backed away from the edge of the water, keeping its distance from their opponent. It was probably trying not to startle the rock bird. She had been scrambling so much to keep herself safe, that causing her any more stress might be more harmful than helpful. If they played it right, the wild Pokemon could stay right there, giving Kai a still target.

The Starmie sunk into the water a little as the Trainer threw her ball. It sailed over the pool and toward the ancient Pokemon that was still trying to get up. She didn't have enough strength left, though, so when the device was close enough, she couldn't dodge out of the way. The Park ball knocked into her bony shoulder and sucked up the Pokemon in a beam of red light.

The device collected its capture and snapped shut, falling to the ground with a soft thud. It wobbled a little, the Pokemon still fighting despite being tired, but soon it stilled. The center lit up with red and the resounding ping carried over the water back to the group.

“Well that wasn't so painless,” Ivy said. She took a couple steps and turned back to Kai. “That Aerodactyl is probably the prize of the place, but there's some more Pokemon to see if you're up for it. Let's go around over by the rocks to get your ball and you can think of where you might want to go next on the way.”

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Current Battle Stats: N/A

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Trainer Stats

Name: Kai
Location: Outer Heaven
6 Encounters Remaining
Skarmory Disk: 5/5
Area Effects: It's sunny.
Pokémon Encountered: Honchkrow, Hoothoot, Vibrava, Flygon, Spearow, Pidgey, Noctowl, Taillow, Aerodactyl
Pokémon Captured: Brave M Honchkrow, Serious M Spearow, Lax F Aerodactyl
MCR: 0

Picture Value: 1,500

Items: Digital camera, 3x Park Ball, 2x Super Ball, 3x Hyper Ball, 5x Super Potion, 2x Full Heal, Poképlayer, Intermediate Voice Disk: Skarmory

Pokémon Stats

Pokemon: Rotom-F
Nickname: Nix
Gender: Genderless
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Jolly
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: TM 24 Thunderbolt, TM 25 Thunder, TM 33 Reflect, TM 58 Psych Up, TM 59 Hidden Power (Fire), TM 64 Protect, TM 96 Light Screen, TM 72 Shadow Ball, TM 115 Charge Beam, TM 118 Will-o-Wisp, DC Signal Beam, Blizzard (obtained upon becoming Frost Forme)
*
Pokemon: Dragonite @ 100%
Nickname: Huggles
Gender: Female
Ability: Inner Focus
Nature: Hardy
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: TM 26 Earthquake, TM 59 Hidden Power (Ghost), HM02 Fly, HM03 Surf, HM 07 Waterfall, SM Draco Meteor, SM Extreme Speed, BM Superpower
*
Pokemon: Milotic @ 100%
Nickname: Mitzi
Gender: Female
Ability: Marvel Scale
Nature: Gentle
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: TM 06 Toxic, TM 13 Ice Beam, TM 44 Rest, TM 50 Substitute, TM 58 Psych Up, TM 59 Hidden Power (Fire), TM 64 Protect, TM 76 Sleep Talk, TM 116 Dragon Pulse, HM03 Surf, HM07 Waterfall, BM Hypnosis, BM Confuse Ray, SM Mirror Coat, BM Haze, SM Icy Wind.
*
Pokemon: Starmie @ 89%
Nickname: Fred
Gender: Genderless
Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Calm
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: TM 13 Ice Beam, TM 24 Thunderbolt, TM 25 Thunder, TM 29 Psychic, TM 33 Reflect, TM 42 Dream Eater, TM 44 Rest, TM 45 Thunder Wave, TM 49 Tri Attack, TM 50 Substitute, TM 58 Psych Up, TM 59 Hidden Power (Ground), TM 63 Icy Wind, TM 106 Skill Swap, TM 113 Brine, TM 135 Grass Knot, TM 138 Flash Cannon, HM 03 Surf, HM07 Waterfall, MT Signal Beam, MT Barrier, SM Trick

 

I'M OBVIOUSLY NOT KAI. YOU KNOW WHY? IT'S THE SAME DATE AS THE ACTUAL RANGER POST. OH. MY. GOD. (<I'm kinda proud of that one, in case you can't tell. But not really. XD
@WinterVines

"Well, that wasn't so painless," Ivy began. Kai cringed. No, it certainly wasn't painless. Loooots and lots of pain had gone on, but... had it actually worked? She had managed to catch the Aerodactyl after such a long and drawn out battle? The ball had pinged and stopped shaking, but Kai couldn't be sure. She was fairly certain... in her excitement, she almost didn't hear what Ivy had to say: "That Aerodactyl is probably the prize of the place, but there's some more Pokemon to see if you're up for it. Let's go around over by the rocks to get your ball and you can think of where you might want to go next on the way."

Beaming, Kai nodded, although she was internally rejoicing. Finally, she thought with a grin. She had come to the Park largely for an Aerodactyl, she knew-- although, above all, the experience had proven to be almost as good as the prize, as cheesy as that maxim was-- and now they had finally done it. "I could probably sing," she added to Fred with a slight grin.

<Don't,> he advised her flatly. <The wild Pokemon have already been through enough. You don't have to destroy their eardrums or their sanity while you're at it.>

"Touche." Still excited, Kai looked up, releasing a breath she hadn't even known she had been holding. She probably looked like some sort of idiot Cheshire Cat or something, but that was okay. And most people probably could've made a lot cleaner or lot faster capture, but that was okay, too. Pokemon were just that awesome. "I can recall Starmie, right?" she asked Ivy tentatively, motioning to her Pokemon in the pool, which was bobbing merrily. "It's been through a tough battle and stuff, and I don't want to stress Starmie out any more by making the poor little guy try to levitate..." Kai was vaguely aware that she was chattering on quite energetically as she began slowly making her way over to the rocks-- after all, she didn't want to get jumped by a wild Pokemon or something awkward like that-- but she dismissed it after a second. "And I think I'd like to stick around for a bit," she added, blushing a little. "I know it's felt like I've been in here for months or something -- apparently, it's only been a few hours?-- but I remember reading that people are going to kersplode the Outer Heavens after a bit or something... I'm not sure how that would work... rumors... chainy still raging... so I figured I could enjoy it while I could, right? The view up here is phenomenal." She stopped talking finally, aware that her last paragraph had probably been more than she had said out lout in the entire National Park at one time. Oops. "That's is okay, right? I don't want to seem pretentious or anything..."