Main RP: Outer Heaven

One Hoot Hoot took off into the sky, the other Hoot Hoot following close behind. They weren't interested in battling, which was a relief for me because then I didn't have to battle them. It would be a waste of my time since I didn't really want to catch it. Soon after they flew away, a Starly and Drifloon showed up. I had been looking for one of these Pokemon. The Drifloon appeared to be interested in Shadow. I hadn't ever seen one of these Pokemon up close, they were quite fascinating looking. His round, purple body puffed up in and out as it took his breaths. He grew bigger every time he inhaled and went down in size every time he exhaled. His two stringy arms with yellow hearts swayed back and forth with the wind. His two black dotted eyes moved from Shadow to me, and then back to Shadow. His eyes looked completely blank, like those of a doll. He had a bright yellow 'x' in between his eyes and a large white puff cloud just above his head. He was indeed one of the most peculiar Pokemon I've ever seen, and I wanted to add it to my team as well.

Since he was already interested in battling Shadow, I decided I'd use him in this battle, at least to start the battle off. The first thing I was thinking of doing was using Taunt so that he couldn't use any moves that I didn't want it to use. Then I'd use Double Team to raise Shadow's evasion, hopefully making some of the Drifloon's attacks miss.

I knew Drifloon were part Ghost and part Flying type, so moves like Dark Pulse or Thunder Fang would be great for him to use since they were super effective against the Drifloon. I wanted to further examine the Ghost Pokemon so I was planning on stalling the battle for as long as I could, or until I got what I wanted.

"Alright Shadow, start this off with Taunt, then switch into Double Team. Try and dodge any attacks it launches at you." Shadow nodded, showing that he understood.

First, he would try taunting the Drifloon. Taunt made the opponent use only attack moves for a limited amount of time. This happened when the user, Shadow, would make faces and try to get the Drifloon mad or irritated so that it would launch an attack instead of moves like Double Team that did no damage. After he did that, assuming that it worked, he would spilt himself into five or more clones.

I am always confused on how they do that, spliting their bodies and creating clones that can use moves and trick or confuse the opponent into trying to find out which one is the right target. That would make Shadow harder to hit. I wasn't sure what this Drifloon had in store, or what kind of battle skills it possessed, but I wanted Shadow to be prepared for it.

I turned my head a little and saw the Starly. I had completely forgot that it was even there. Starly wasn't particularly one of the Pokemon I had come here for, and it wasn't one that I was interested in either. Staraptor were strong, but I could easily get one later if I wanted too. So far, we had encountered Pokemon in pairs that had one leader or one that called the shots. I had to figure out if this duo was one of those pairs. If they were, I'd have to separate them so that their strategy would slowly fall apart. Hopefully making the battle go much easier than the last one went. ​

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Cameron certainly seemed interested in having that Drifloon; watching the two go at it would certainly be interesting. However, I didn't want to take the Starly with me. While I would like one eventually, the amount of Pokémon I could take back with me was limited. That, and this Starly seemed a bit too cute to just attack; at least now without being attacked first.

"Sela, can you go explain what's happening to that Starly?" Certainly it would be interested in what was happening with its friend, and it may not attack when it sees its friend being attacked if it knows that Cameron just wants to bring it with him as his own friend...

Maybe, if Cameron catches Drifloon and Starly doesn't attack and get itself hurt, we could look for it once it's gotten stronger and take it to its old friend...?

 

Sela telepathically communicated with Starly, who simply nodded. It has guessed long before that the trainer wanted the Drifloon. This wasn't the first time that some trainer wanted to capture its friend. It didn't feel worry, it felt a tinge of jealousy- towards Drifloon. Being a common Pokemon, the Starly wasn't sought after, and left behind most of the time. It nodded, and just watched.

The Houndoom taunted the Drifloon, saying several unknown words which had no affect on the flying balloon. It was quite a carefree and relaxed Pokemon, so no amount of taunting could affect it. Houndoom then simply switched to Double Team. Shadow clones splitted from the original at an alarming rate. Soon, the whole field was covered in Houndooms. However, the Drifloon was still thinking about what to do. It then swayed to its side, and back, and said to Shadow he could attack first.

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Bumblebee

Name: Cameron LeRoy
Encounters left: 11
CC: 3261
Total Items: Honey (6x), Max Potion (5x), Full Heal (5x), Full Restore (3x), Type Repellant (3x), Mega Poffin (1x), Pokeplayer (1x), Blank Voice Disk (1x), Skarmory Voice Disk (1x), Drifloon Voice Disk (1x), Swablu Voice Disk (1x), Spicy Splendor (5x), Sweet Sensation (5x), Dreamily Dry (5x), Sour Starfruit (5x), Bitter Berry (5x), Mystery Mist (5x), Calming Fragrance Plus (3x), Pokedoll (15x), (1x), Digital Camera (1x), Special Map (1x), Park Balls (3x), Hyperballs (9x), Supreme Parkball (1x), Superball (3x)

Pokemon Stats:

Pokemon: Houndooom
Nickname: Shadowpanther
Gender: Male
Ability: Early Bird
Nature: Gentle
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Dark Pulse, Solarbeam, Hidden Power (Ice), Sunny Day, Snatch, Torment Taunt, Substitute, Will-o-Wisp, Payback, Sludge Bomb, Snore, Rest, Secret Power, Double Team, Captivate, Rest, Iron Tail, Facade, Swagger, Sucker Punch, Super Fang
Health: 100%
Status: Normal (Always out of ball)

Pokemon: Gardevoir
Nickname: Mindbender
Gender: Female
Ability: Synchronize
Nature: Calm
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Thunderbolt, Snatch, Grass Knot, Attract, Thunder Wave, Rest, Sleep Talk, Protect, Substitute, Reflect, Light Screen, Shadow Ball, Hidden Power (Grass), Psych Up, Skill Swap, Rain Dance, Trick Room, Focus Blast, Swagger, Charge Beam Icy Wind, Encore, Will-o-Wisp, Confuse Ray, Heal Bell
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

Pokemon: Slowbro
Nickname: Kickback
Gender: Male
Ability: Own Tempo
Nature: Calm
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Calm Mind, Surf, Waterfall, Ice Punch, Thunderwave, Tri Attack, Ice Beam, Substitute, Brine, Trick Room, Light Screen, Reflect, Toxic, Earthquake, Shadow Ball, Swagger, Brick Break, Flamethrower, Facade, Skill Swap, Grass Knot
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

Pokemon: Porygon-Z
Nickname: Cybershock
Gender: Genderless
Ability: Adaptability
Nature: Calm
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Ice Beam, Shadow Ball, Toxic, Thunder Wave, Substitute, Thunderbolt, Hidden Power (Fighting), Psychic, Dark Pulse, Protect, Trick Room, Rain Dance, Reflect, Pain Spilt, Barrier, Trick
Health: 100%
Status: Normal (Out of ball) (Defense really sharply raised, Sp. Atk raised, Speed and Sp. Def sharply raised)

Pokemon: Salamence
Nickname: Skyfire
Gender: Male
Ability: Intimidate
Nature: Brave
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Roar, Earthquake, Stone Edge, Roost, Brick Break, Aerial Ace, Shadow Claw, Dragon Dance, Outrage, Aqua Tail, Refresh
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

Pokemon: Manectric
Nickname: Hotshot
Gender: Male
Ability: Static
Nature: Calm
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Toxic, Flamethrower, Thunderbolt, Swagger, Rain Dance, Double Team, Captivate, Rest, Iron Tail, Facade, Hidden Power (Poison), Refresh, Signal Beam, Magnet Rise
Health: 100%
Status: Normal (Out of ball) (Sp. Def lowered sharply)

Siless:

Name: Siless
Encounters: 11
CC: 805
Pokemon Captured: Swablu/F/Natural Cure/Sassy
Total Items: 5x Park Balls, 1x Full Heal, 1x Hyper Ball, 1x Super Ball, 1x Digital Camera, 1x Pokeplayer

Pokemon Stats:

Pokemon: Gardevoir
Nickname: Sela
Gender: Female
Ability: Trace
Nature: Mild
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Hidden Power Dragon, Thunderbolt, Destiny Bond (BM), Shadow Ball, Focus Blast, Swagger, Attract, Skill Swap, Protect, Rain Dance, Grass Knot, Charge Beam, Light Screen, Taunt, Safeguard, Snatch, Torment, Toxic, Flash (HM), Thunder Wave, Reflect, Psych Up
Health: 84%
Status: Normal (Sp. Atk sharply raised, Attack lowered sharply, Speed raised, Evasiveness raised)

Pokemon: Ludicolo
Nickname: Teddson
Gender: Male
Ability: Rain Dish
Nature: Jolly
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Hidden Power Fighting, Surf (HM), Attract, Ice Beam, Waterfall (HM), Strength (HM), Giga Drain, Swords Dance, Seed Bomb (MT), Ice Punch (MT), Substitute
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

Pokemon: Dragonite
Nickname: Tear
Gender: Female
Ability: Inner Focus
Nature: Gentle
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Fire Blast, Surf (HM), Waterfall (HM), Earthquake, Strength (HM), Fly (HM)
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

Pokemon: Mismagius
Nickname: Missy
Gender: Female
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Sassy
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Flash (HM), Calm Mind, Thunderbolt, Thunder Wave, Protect
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

Wild Pokemon Stats:

Pokemon: Drifloon
Gender: ???
Ability: Aftermath
Nature: Relaxed
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

Pokemon: Starly
Gender: ???
Ability: Keen Eye
Nature: Naive
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

 

The battle was getting off to a slow start; a combination of an ineffective Taunt and a patient Drifloon. The Starly, however, seemed a bit dejected that it wouldn't be captured right now.

I turned to the bird; it was focused intently on the battle. "Would you perhaps like to travel with us while we're here? And if we can't take you with us this time, we could find each other when we come back and we're both stronger, alright?"

I wasn't sure that Starly would understand me since it was wild, but it could've been with humans enough to understand bits of our language. Even if it couldn't, Sela was fully ready to translate; she seemed to be interested in comforting the little bird while we were together. And who knows; depending on how things go, I could take the Starly into my team.

OOC: I should probably pick a gender, eh? Um... *flips coin* Male.

 

OOC: You think you could make us go on a little chase or something? Anything to help the MCR go up. Maybe a small expedition with the Drifloon or something xD?

IC: The Drifloon didn't appear to react to the taunting, which was probably going to be a problem. I figured that if it did do something and use a non-attacking move that I would just have to counter it with something. I would figure something out if that came up. Right now I was going to have to use Odor Sleuth. This move allowed Normal type moves and Fighting type moves to hit Ghost type Pokemon. This move would be particularly useful if Shadow was a Normal type Pokemon, but he had moves like Facade that I could try out if Odor Sleuth worked.

After he used that, I would have him use Howl and maybe use Sunny Day. Right now I had to make sure I used the right moves so that I wouldn't run into the same problem as last time. I did want to burn it again so that his health can go down slowly while I studied it. If I used the right moves, it could go down well. If I wanted to burn it like I did with the Skarmory, I could use Will-o-Wisp to do that. Or, I could use a move like Flamethrower and hope that it leaves the burn status in return, though that was a bit pushing it since the chances of that happening were pretty low. I knew that I needed to buy more time somehow, if only something would happen. I wanted to run some tests to see how it reacted.

First, I wanted to see how it would react under a status condition. I had made up my mind that I was going to use Will-o-Wisp and burn the Drifloon. I already saw how it reacted to Double Team and Taunt. It ignored Taunt, which I found was going to be quite useful in an actual battle if I caught it because then he wouldn't let his anger get the better of him if his opponent taunted him. That was a good sign. When Shadow used Double Team he once again didn't react too much, all he did was sway back and forth and give Shadow the right to move first, which was pretty sly of him. Drifloon wanted him to move first so that he could try and tell which were Shadow's clones and which one was the real one. It was a pretty smart move, but Shadow could control his clones and have his clones imitate everything he does so that wasn't going to help him much.

Since he could do that, it would make it harder for the Drifloon to tell them apart which would give Shadow the advantage even though he wasn't going to attack, yet. For now, I'd start the second test and see how it reacts under a status condition.

"Shadow, use Odor Sleuth, then switch into Will-o-Wisp on the Drifloon. If he figures out which one of you is the real one, then try and dodge it. Or you can counter it with an attack like Dark Pulse and power it up with Nasty Plot, just make sure you don't hit Drifloon yet." I called out. I knew which Shadow was real and which were clones. I knew him all too well, which wasn't a surprise seeing that he was my starter and we had been together for many years. However, I didn't look at him, I kept my eyes on the Drifloon. I was pretty interested to see how it would react or counter Will-o-Wisp.

What would happen first was Shadow would send off this gaseous smog like attack that would freeze the molecules of the Drifloon so that it couldn't phase in and out of its ghost form, which would in turn let Normal and Fighting type moves hit it. Then Shadow would open his mouth and create small blue fireballs and fire them at the Drifloon which would cause the burn.

If this all played out right, Drifloon would be able to get hit by Fighting and Normal moves, and it would also be burned. Drifloon might also attack, so Shadow was ready to counter that by powering up with Nasty Plot and knocking it away with Dark Pulse. Usually Nasty Plot and Dark Pulse was seen as a bad moves because it caused the user to produce bad thoughts, but it wasn't like that, or at least that wasn't the way I saw it. When he used Nasty Plot, it indeed did cause him to create bad thoughts in his head, but after he created them he'd be able to send them straight out in a pulse of dark energy, so he didn't keep them in his mind. It was more of a stress reliever in my opinion because he could release any thoughts he wanted that were bad. It was a win win situation. I just had to toy with it for a bit. ​

 

IC: BP1o

Ranger Leo
Trainer Saundra
Location: Outer Heavens

Commencing...

"Databyte, great job!" I praised, making sure the manmade Pokemon knew how happy with its performance I was. "Now let the Zap Cannon go, then try for a Cold Snap! If it works we'll be able to wear Aero down a bit more before catching it." As she said that, one of the Zap Cannons the Porygon was using to play with the Aerodactyl bursted right in front of him.

Now what the electronic Pokemon began doing didn't surprise me too much. I quickly found out that this Pokemon was pretty good at creating traps. He used the ice to form a cage around the Aerodactyl, similar to the electrical one it had created earlier. The ice cage began to get smaller and smaller. I could see that it was slowly freezing the flying prehistoric Pokemon. I thought the Aerodactly was going to be entirely frozed, but oddly enough, he was only frozen in certain areas.

The Aerodactyl tried to break the ice, but his paralysis kicked in again, letting only his mouth move. It was then that he began using Fire Fang. Since he couldn't move his face, he had to make the flames grow bigger so that it could melt the ice. The way it looked, it was going to take a little while which left him vulnerable. I could tell that he knew that by seeing how fast he was trying to melt the ice.

Area Effects: Cloudy
Wild Pokemon
??? ? Aerodactyl w/Rock Head - 20% Paralyzed - Frozed - Att2
Trainers Pokemon
Porygon Z - 71% SpA2/Spd4/Def2 [used Ice Beam
Characters remaining until capture: 6062 [Almost there ]


Trainer Stats
Trainer: Saundra Blake
Area: Outer Heavens
Area Effects: None
Encounters: 12

Trainer's Pokemon
Ripper the Serious Male Scizor <In Ball>
100%
Ability: Technician
EMs: TM Substitute ; TM Rest ; TM Roost ; TM Return ; TM Sleep Talk ; TM Toxic ; TM Brick Break ; TM Swagger ; TM Sandstorm ; TM Aerial Ace ; TM Protect ; TM U-Turn ; BM Light Screen ; BM Baton Pass


Databyte the Genderless Docile Porygon-Z <Out>
80%
Ability: Download
EMs: TM Protect ; TM Shadow Ball, TM Thunder Wave ; TM Ice Beam ; TM Dark Pulse ; TM Rest ; TM Sleep Talk ; TM Hidden Power (Electric) ; TM Psychic


Seagem the Sassy Female Dragonite <In Ball>
100%
Ability: Inner Focus
EMs: HM Surf ; HM Waterfall ; TM Substitute ; TM Earthquake ; TM Rock Slide ; TM Roar ; TM Ice Punch ; TM Ice Beam ; TM Hidden Power (Rock) ; TM Attract ; TM Thunderbolt ; TM Rest ; TM Rain Dance ; MT Draco Meteor

Items: Hyper Ball x6 ; x3 Full Restore
Pokemon Seen: Swablu, Arceus, Aerodactyl
Pokemon Captured: None​

 

Sela nodded and immediately begun translating for the two Pokemon and three humans. The Starly looked at Sela for a while, contemplating the offer, before answering.

"No. I'm older than I look, actually. I've been here since the parked opened quite along time ago, hatching from an egg. I know why you trainers and rangers are here. I just feel saddened, you know, that some just don't get the chance... the chance to be captured. You guys have a limit of Pokemon you can capture, right? I think it is two?" Starly said, and Sela corrected her. Starly nodded, and Sela turned her attention towards Drifloon. For now, it said 'Drrrrifloon', but soon, pronunciations of words formed mysteriously in our minds, fogging up the usual Pokemon cry.

"I don't wish to battle you... not yet, though. I want to ask you a riddle." Drifloon said to Cameron. A bamboozled look appeared on his face- it wasn't everyday Pokemon asked you to solve a riddle, and a hard one too. Shadow grunted, awaiting the riddle.

"I assume you know Hitomoshi? There is a human invention of yours called the candle that looks like it, right? This riddle will be based on candles." Drifloon asked, and Sela projected an image of a cute little walking candle, a blur blue flame upon its head. I nodded. The Drifloon started talk, and for a while, Sela was trying to find the answer to the riddle as well. Shadow did too, trying to recall candles. The clones of Shadow scratched their heads in symmetry with the original. Sela suddenly remembered about us, and quickly translated the riddle.

"A man lit ten candles in his room. A gust blew in from the window and three were extinguished. The man sealed off all windows and did everything to make sure no other candles went out. The man did not light the three candles which have been extinguished. He then went to sleep. When the sun was high in the sky when he woke up quite a few hours later, how many candles were left?" I immediately shouted out, 'Seven!' and was stunned by the Drifloon shaking its head.

"It's a trick question." At that moment, Shadow gasped, and said his answer. Drifloon nodded, and Shadow awaited for his master to think of the answer himself. Though it was a one-sided; after all, Shadow was a Fire-Pokemon, after living along humans for so long, it learned what fire does to pretty much anything.

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Bumblebee

Name: Cameron LeRoy
Encounters left: 11
CC: 7429
Total Items: Honey (6x), Max Potion (5x), Full Heal (5x), Full Restore (3x), Type Repellant (3x), Mega Poffin (1x), Pokeplayer (1x), Blank Voice Disk (1x), Skarmory Voice Disk (1x), Drifloon Voice Disk (1x), Swablu Voice Disk (1x), Spicy Splendor (5x), Sweet Sensation (5x), Dreamily Dry (5x), Sour Starfruit (5x), Bitter Berry (5x), Mystery Mist (5x), Calming Fragrance Plus (3x), Pokedoll (15x), (1x), Digital Camera (1x), Special Map (1x), Park Balls (3x), Hyperballs (9x), Supreme Parkball (1x), Superball (3x)

Pokemon Stats:

Pokemon: Houndooom
Nickname: Shadowpanther
Gender: Male
Ability: Early Bird
Nature: Gentle
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Dark Pulse, Solarbeam, Hidden Power (Ice), Sunny Day, Snatch, Torment Taunt, Substitute, Will-o-Wisp, Payback, Sludge Bomb, Snore, Rest, Secret Power, Double Team, Captivate, Rest, Iron Tail, Facade, Swagger, Sucker Punch, Super Fang
Health: 100%
Status: Normal (Always out of ball)

Pokemon: Gardevoir
Nickname: Mindbender
Gender: Female
Ability: Synchronize
Nature: Calm
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Thunderbolt, Snatch, Grass Knot, Attract, Thunder Wave, Rest, Sleep Talk, Protect, Substitute, Reflect, Light Screen, Shadow Ball, Hidden Power (Grass), Psych Up, Skill Swap, Rain Dance, Trick Room, Focus Blast, Swagger, Charge Beam Icy Wind, Encore, Will-o-Wisp, Confuse Ray, Heal Bell
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

Pokemon: Slowbro
Nickname: Kickback
Gender: Male
Ability: Own Tempo
Nature: Calm
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Calm Mind, Surf, Waterfall, Ice Punch, Thunderwave, Tri Attack, Ice Beam, Substitute, Brine, Trick Room, Light Screen, Reflect, Toxic, Earthquake, Shadow Ball, Swagger, Brick Break, Flamethrower, Facade, Skill Swap, Grass Knot
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

Pokemon: Porygon-Z
Nickname: Cybershock
Gender: Genderless
Ability: Adaptability
Nature: Calm
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Ice Beam, Shadow Ball, Toxic, Thunder Wave, Substitute, Thunderbolt, Hidden Power (Fighting), Psychic, Dark Pulse, Protect, Trick Room, Rain Dance, Reflect, Pain Spilt, Barrier, Trick
Health: 100%
Status: Normal (Out of ball) (Defense really sharply raised, Sp. Atk raised, Speed and Sp. Def sharply raised)

Pokemon: Salamence
Nickname: Skyfire
Gender: Male
Ability: Intimidate
Nature: Brave
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Roar, Earthquake, Stone Edge, Roost, Brick Break, Aerial Ace, Shadow Claw, Dragon Dance, Outrage, Aqua Tail, Refresh
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

Pokemon: Manectric
Nickname: Hotshot
Gender: Male
Ability: Static
Nature: Calm
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Toxic, Flamethrower, Thunderbolt, Swagger, Rain Dance, Double Team, Captivate, Rest, Iron Tail, Facade, Hidden Power (Poison), Refresh, Signal Beam, Magnet Rise
Health: 100%
Status: Normal (Out of ball) (Sp. Def lowered sharply)

Siless:

Name: Siless
Encounters: 11
CC: 1598
Pokemon Captured: Swablu/F/Natural Cure/Sassy
Total Items: 5x Park Balls, 1x Full Heal, 1x Hyper Ball, 1x Super Ball, 1x Digital Camera, 1x Pokeplayer

Pokemon Stats:

Pokemon: Gardevoir
Nickname: Sela
Gender: Female
Ability: Trace
Nature: Mild
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Hidden Power Dragon, Thunderbolt, Destiny Bond (BM), Shadow Ball, Focus Blast, Swagger, Attract, Skill Swap, Protect, Rain Dance, Grass Knot, Charge Beam, Light Screen, Taunt, Safeguard, Snatch, Torment, Toxic, Flash (HM), Thunder Wave, Reflect, Psych Up
Health: 84%
Status: Normal (Sp. Atk sharply raised, Attack lowered sharply, Speed raised, Evasiveness raised)

Pokemon: Ludicolo
Nickname: Teddson
Gender: Male
Ability: Rain Dish
Nature: Jolly
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Hidden Power Fighting, Surf (HM), Attract, Ice Beam, Waterfall (HM), Strength (HM), Giga Drain, Swords Dance, Seed Bomb (MT), Ice Punch (MT), Substitute
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

Pokemon: Dragonite
Nickname: Tear
Gender: Female
Ability: Inner Focus
Nature: Gentle
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Fire Blast, Surf (HM), Waterfall (HM), Earthquake, Strength (HM), Fly (HM)
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

Pokemon: Mismagius
Nickname: Missy
Gender: Female
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Sassy
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Flash (HM), Calm Mind, Thunderbolt, Thunder Wave, Protect
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

Wild Pokemon Stats:

Pokemon: Drifloon
Gender: ???
Ability: Aftermath
Nature: Relaxed
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

Pokemon: Starly
Gender: ???
Ability: Keen Eye
Nature: Naive
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

 

The Drifloon began talking, but I had no idea what it was saying. "I assume you know Hitomoshi? There is a human invention of yours called the candle that looks like it, right? This riddle will be based on candles." Sela translated. She was letting us know what the Drifloon was saying. I had never heard of that Pokemon before and wasn't quite following him until Sela projected an image of a small candle with a blue flame on its head. I looked at the image, closely examining it. I had never seen this Pokemon before, but I got the general idea of what it looked like. I was wondering how in all my travels I hadn't heard or seen this Pokemon. I just shrugged it off, there were many Pokemon that I hadn't heard of, and many more than haven't even been discovered, though now that I knew of this Pokemon, I would go look for it after I left the park.

"A man lit ten candles in his room. A gust blew in from the window and three were extinguished. The man sealed off all windows and did everything to make sure no other candles went out. The man did not light the three candles which have been extinguished. He then went to sleep. When the sun was high in the sky when he woke up quite a few hours later, how many candles were left?" Sela translated again. Our Ranger quickly answered the question, but the Drifloon shook his head, saying that she was wrong. The answer was not seven, though had I not thought about it, I might have said the same thing. I was pretty surprised that he asked me a question. It was the first time any wild Pokemon did that, I was quite shocked.

Shadow answered the question as well, giving away his location, which may have been what the Drifloon was trying to do. I didn't catch what Shadow had said though, so I had to actually think of the answer. Several different theories came to mind. One was that the all went out due to the lack of oxygen or another was that they burned the house down and destroyed everything, but both would require for the man to be dead which he wasn't. After carefully thinking about it, I realized the answer was quite simple. I was just trying to hard and over-thinking it like I usually did. He did say it was a trick question, and I remembered that he said "How many candles were left?". I was thinking about how many candles were still burning, which wasn't what he had asked.

"He still has all ten candles. Now we can battle, or you got something else you want to say before we start?" I finally said. If he didn't want to battle, Shadow would realize it and stop his attack until the Drifloon was ready. Since Shadow had given up his location, I was going to have him use Double Team again before the Drifloon attacked. Then I was going to have to burn him again since Shadow got distracted by Drifloons question and didn't burn him. In fact, he didn't use any move at all, which was surprising. I didn't wait for an answer. "Okay Shadow standby, use Double Team again then use Will-o-Wisp, but wait for Drifloon to say he's ready." I still wanted to see how he reacted under the status condition. Hopefully this time he'd be ready and we can finally start the battle.

Shadow would once again split himself into several more clones that would surround the Drifloon, raising his evasion even more that it already was. Then Shadow would open his mouth and create several small blue fireballs and fire them at the Drifloon. I watched to see what the Drifloon would do. I was quite interested in finding out what would happen next, but I had to see first if the Drifloon was ready for battle. I didn't want to engage in battle until he was ready since I didn't want to pressure him. I wanted to catch him when he was prepared, that would make the match more entertaining. ​

 

I was surprised to hear the riddle from the Drifloon; I suppose different Pokémon have different requirements in their trainers, and this was Drifloon's way of testing Cameron.

Starly refused my suggestion. It seemed a bit saddened that I wouldn't catch it; I would have been more willing had it not been so early in our run, but at this point I would probably need both remaining captures and as much energy as I could save. If the Starly was as experienced as it said, it may be powerful, or even close to evolving, and it could damage my team more than the Swablu did, if it wanted.

Still, I thought it would enjoy hanging around us while we were here. It would get to know more about the humans that visited the area, at least. Maybe I could come at a later date to get the Starly, if it was still interested in being caught.

 

"Well, to be honest, I am ready to fight, but I don't want to fight, not yet anyway. You see... you answered wrongly." The Drifloon said, and at that moment Houndoom stopped in his tracks. There was an eerie silence while we all thought of an answer. Okay... what happens to a candle if it's left lit for a few hours?

I remembered when I was small, I lit my houses with candles. I particularly liked a large, thick red one which I got for Chinese New Year. My mother always lit that one if she had too. She said she wouldn't have to switch candles then. I didn't know what she meant at first, still being a child. But then I remembered the candle getting smaller and smaller over the years. And now it was totally flat, a very thin piece of faded red attached to the wick. I didn't want to light it anymore and kept it in a bid of memories, a weird habit of mine.

So, if the normal, modern candle is used, wouldn't it totally melt into a sticky mess after burning for so long...?

----

Bumblebee

Name: Cameron LeRoy
Encounters left: 11
CC: 11176
Total Items: Honey (6x), Max Potion (5x), Full Heal (5x), Full Restore (3x), Type Repellant (3x), Mega Poffin (1x), Pokeplayer (1x), Blank Voice Disk (1x), Skarmory Voice Disk (1x), Drifloon Voice Disk (1x), Swablu Voice Disk (1x), Spicy Splendor (5x), Sweet Sensation (5x), Dreamily Dry (5x), Sour Starfruit (5x), Bitter Berry (5x), Mystery Mist (5x), Calming Fragrance Plus (3x), Pokedoll (15x), (1x), Digital Camera (1x), Special Map (1x), Park Balls (3x), Hyperballs (9x), Supreme Parkball (1x), Superball (3x)

Pokemon Stats:

Pokemon: Houndooom
Nickname: Shadowpanther
Gender: Male
Ability: Early Bird
Nature: Gentle
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Dark Pulse, Solarbeam, Hidden Power (Ice), Sunny Day, Snatch, Torment Taunt, Substitute, Will-o-Wisp, Payback, Sludge Bomb, Snore, Rest, Secret Power, Double Team, Captivate, Rest, Iron Tail, Facade, Swagger, Sucker Punch, Super Fang
Health: 100%
Status: Normal (Always out of ball)

Pokemon: Gardevoir
Nickname: Mindbender
Gender: Female
Ability: Synchronize
Nature: Calm
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Thunderbolt, Snatch, Grass Knot, Attract, Thunder Wave, Rest, Sleep Talk, Protect, Substitute, Reflect, Light Screen, Shadow Ball, Hidden Power (Grass), Psych Up, Skill Swap, Rain Dance, Trick Room, Focus Blast, Swagger, Charge Beam Icy Wind, Encore, Will-o-Wisp, Confuse Ray, Heal Bell
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

Pokemon: Slowbro
Nickname: Kickback
Gender: Male
Ability: Own Tempo
Nature: Calm
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Calm Mind, Surf, Waterfall, Ice Punch, Thunderwave, Tri Attack, Ice Beam, Substitute, Brine, Trick Room, Light Screen, Reflect, Toxic, Earthquake, Shadow Ball, Swagger, Brick Break, Flamethrower, Facade, Skill Swap, Grass Knot
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

Pokemon: Porygon-Z
Nickname: Cybershock
Gender: Genderless
Ability: Adaptability
Nature: Calm
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Ice Beam, Shadow Ball, Toxic, Thunder Wave, Substitute, Thunderbolt, Hidden Power (Fighting), Psychic, Dark Pulse, Protect, Trick Room, Rain Dance, Reflect, Pain Spilt, Barrier, Trick
Health: 100%
Status: Normal (Out of ball) (Defense really sharply raised, Sp. Atk raised, Speed and Sp. Def sharply raised)

Pokemon: Salamence
Nickname: Skyfire
Gender: Male
Ability: Intimidate
Nature: Brave
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Roar, Earthquake, Stone Edge, Roost, Brick Break, Aerial Ace, Shadow Claw, Dragon Dance, Outrage, Aqua Tail, Refresh
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

Pokemon: Manectric
Nickname: Hotshot
Gender: Male
Ability: Static
Nature: Calm
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Toxic, Flamethrower, Thunderbolt, Swagger, Rain Dance, Double Team, Captivate, Rest, Iron Tail, Facade, Hidden Power (Poison), Refresh, Signal Beam, Magnet Rise
Health: 100%
Status: Normal (Out of ball) (Sp. Def lowered sharply)

Siless:

Name: Siless
Encounters: 11
CC: 2429
Pokemon Captured: Swablu/F/Natural Cure/Sassy
Total Items: 5x Park Balls, 1x Full Heal, 1x Hyper Ball, 1x Super Ball, 1x Digital Camera, 1x Pokeplayer

Pokemon Stats:

Pokemon: Gardevoir
Nickname: Sela
Gender: Female
Ability: Trace
Nature: Mild
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Hidden Power Dragon, Thunderbolt, Destiny Bond (BM), Shadow Ball, Focus Blast, Swagger, Attract, Skill Swap, Protect, Rain Dance, Grass Knot, Charge Beam, Light Screen, Taunt, Safeguard, Snatch, Torment, Toxic, Flash (HM), Thunder Wave, Reflect, Psych Up
Health: 84%
Status: Normal (Sp. Atk sharply raised, Attack lowered sharply, Speed raised, Evasiveness raised)

Pokemon: Ludicolo
Nickname: Teddson
Gender: Male
Ability: Rain Dish
Nature: Jolly
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Hidden Power Fighting, Surf (HM), Attract, Ice Beam, Waterfall (HM), Strength (HM), Giga Drain, Swords Dance, Seed Bomb (MT), Ice Punch (MT), Substitute
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

Pokemon: Dragonite
Nickname: Tear
Gender: Female
Ability: Inner Focus
Nature: Gentle
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Fire Blast, Surf (HM), Waterfall (HM), Earthquake, Strength (HM), Fly (HM)
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

Pokemon: Mismagius
Nickname: Missy
Gender: Female
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Sassy
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Flash (HM), Calm Mind, Thunderbolt, Thunder Wave, Protect
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

Wild Pokemon Stats:

Pokemon: Drifloon
Gender: ???
Ability: Aftermath
Nature: Relaxed
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

Pokemon: Starly
Gender: Male
Ability: Keen Eye
Nature: Naive
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

 

"Well, to be honest, I am ready to fight, but I don't want to fight, not yet anyway. You see... you answered wrongly." Sela said, translating what the small purple ghost ballon had said.

"So then you're not ready." I mumbled. You have to want to fight to be ready to fight. I thought to myself. This Pokemon wanted something from me, I just wasn't sure what it was yet. Perhaps he was testing me the way I was trying to test him. Made sense. He probably wanted to see if we could be compatible together, because if not then what would be the point of him joining me. We wouldn't do good in battles if we weren't and we more than likely wouldn't get along. But is that really why he asked me this question, or was there another reason?

"Okay... what happens to a candle if it's left lit for a few hours? So, if the normal, modern candle is used, wouldn't it totally melt into a sticky mess after burning for so long...?" Sela translated again. I nodded my head towards her to show my thanks for her translations. I actually never had a conversation with a wild Pokemon before, it was definitely something new.

"They melt, so then he has three left." I answered. I didn't really see the point to this question. What did it have to do with anything, what kind of tests was he trying to do if he was trying to do any at all. The question threw me off track. What could this question possibly prove. Was it to see how my mind worked? To see if I could think logically? Maybe he was just trying to distract me so I could let my guard down and he could attack. I couldn't think of anything that would seem right, so I had to ask before it ate me away.

"What are you trying to test me for?" I asked. I could tell Shadow was quite curious as well, his clones disappeared as he moved to stand by my side. I was going to come out with a new plan if he was finally ready to battle me, if not then I'd wait until he was ready, but I wasn't going to wait that long, my park trip would be over soon. "Is there something you're looking for?"
​

 

Sela kept translating the Drifloon; it was kinda necessary, since the riddle was asked of Cameron himself and not just his Pokémon. I felt I had to sit out of the riddle though, so I hadn't given much thought to it. Overall, I had just been mindlessly listening.

Cameron seemed frustrated not knowing the Drifloon's reasoning behind this riddling; this got me interested in the reason as well. I turned my head towards the Drifloon, waiting for a reply. I figured I should save any questions for later, though; this was between Cameron and Drifloon.

 

"Ah... that's correct. Sorry for asking you. It's a strange queer of mine." The Drifloon floated up in thought for a moment. It was strange, the way this Drifloon's mind worked. But then, the Drifloon isn't a very thoroughly studied Pokemon. Maybe it was how all of their minds worked.

"I suppose we can battle now. You have first move." The Drifloon said, and the atmosphere immediately heated up. Not because of Houndoom, because of the suspense. I found myself darting my eyes all around, looking at the wide, normal dirt path we were on. It was so quiet we could hear the Swellows fighting in the trees surrounding us. The Starly decided to go over to Drifloon's side, breaking the silence.

"I'll just be the support. So they don't knock you out. I can't fight very well, so you have to protect me." Starly said, trusting Drifloon. The balloon nodded.

----

Bumblebee

Name: Cameron LeRoy
Encounters left: 11
CC: 13208
Total Items: Honey (6x), Max Potion (5x), Full Heal (5x), Full Restore (3x), Type Repellant (3x), Mega Poffin (1x), Pokeplayer (1x), Blank Voice Disk (1x), Skarmory Voice Disk (1x), Drifloon Voice Disk (1x), Swablu Voice Disk (1x), Spicy Splendor (5x), Sweet Sensation (5x), Dreamily Dry (5x), Sour Starfruit (5x), Bitter Berry (5x), Mystery Mist (5x), Calming Fragrance Plus (3x), Pokedoll (15x), (1x), Digital Camera (1x), Special Map (1x), Park Balls (3x), Hyperballs (9x), Supreme Parkball (1x), Superball (3x)

Pokemon Stats:

Pokemon: Houndooom
Nickname: Shadowpanther
Gender: Male
Ability: Early Bird
Nature: Gentle
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Dark Pulse, Solarbeam, Hidden Power (Ice), Sunny Day, Snatch, Torment Taunt, Substitute, Will-o-Wisp, Payback, Sludge Bomb, Snore, Rest, Secret Power, Double Team, Captivate, Rest, Iron Tail, Facade, Swagger, Sucker Punch, Super Fang
Health: 100%
Status: Normal (Always out of ball)

Pokemon: Gardevoir
Nickname: Mindbender
Gender: Female
Ability: Synchronize
Nature: Calm
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Thunderbolt, Snatch, Grass Knot, Attract, Thunder Wave, Rest, Sleep Talk, Protect, Substitute, Reflect, Light Screen, Shadow Ball, Hidden Power (Grass), Psych Up, Skill Swap, Rain Dance, Trick Room, Focus Blast, Swagger, Charge Beam Icy Wind, Encore, Will-o-Wisp, Confuse Ray, Heal Bell
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

Pokemon: Slowbro
Nickname: Kickback
Gender: Male
Ability: Own Tempo
Nature: Calm
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Calm Mind, Surf, Waterfall, Ice Punch, Thunderwave, Tri Attack, Ice Beam, Substitute, Brine, Trick Room, Light Screen, Reflect, Toxic, Earthquake, Shadow Ball, Swagger, Brick Break, Flamethrower, Facade, Skill Swap, Grass Knot
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

Pokemon: Porygon-Z
Nickname: Cybershock
Gender: Genderless
Ability: Adaptability
Nature: Calm
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Ice Beam, Shadow Ball, Toxic, Thunder Wave, Substitute, Thunderbolt, Hidden Power (Fighting), Psychic, Dark Pulse, Protect, Trick Room, Rain Dance, Reflect, Pain Spilt, Barrier, Trick
Health: 100%
Status: Normal (Out of ball) (Defense really sharply raised, Sp. Atk raised, Speed and Sp. Def sharply raised)

Pokemon: Salamence
Nickname: Skyfire
Gender: Male
Ability: Intimidate
Nature: Brave
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Roar, Earthquake, Stone Edge, Roost, Brick Break, Aerial Ace, Shadow Claw, Dragon Dance, Outrage, Aqua Tail, Refresh
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

Pokemon: Manectric
Nickname: Hotshot
Gender: Male
Ability: Static
Nature: Calm
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Toxic, Flamethrower, Thunderbolt, Swagger, Rain Dance, Double Team, Captivate, Rest, Iron Tail, Facade, Hidden Power (Poison), Refresh, Signal Beam, Magnet Rise
Health: 100%
Status: Normal (Out of ball) (Sp. Def lowered sharply)

Siless:

Name: Siless
Encounters: 11
CC: 2980
Pokemon Captured: Swablu/F/Natural Cure/Sassy
Total Items: 5x Park Balls, 1x Full Heal, 1x Hyper Ball, 1x Super Ball, 1x Digital Camera, 1x Pokeplayer

Pokemon Stats:

Pokemon: Gardevoir
Nickname: Sela
Gender: Female
Ability: Trace
Nature: Mild
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Hidden Power Dragon, Thunderbolt, Destiny Bond (BM), Shadow Ball, Focus Blast, Swagger, Attract, Skill Swap, Protect, Rain Dance, Grass Knot, Charge Beam, Light Screen, Taunt, Safeguard, Snatch, Torment, Toxic, Flash (HM), Thunder Wave, Reflect, Psych Up
Health: 84%
Status: Normal (Sp. Atk sharply raised, Attack lowered sharply, Speed raised, Evasiveness raised)

Pokemon: Ludicolo
Nickname: Teddson
Gender: Male
Ability: Rain Dish
Nature: Jolly
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Hidden Power Fighting, Surf (HM), Attract, Ice Beam, Waterfall (HM), Strength (HM), Giga Drain, Swords Dance, Seed Bomb (MT), Ice Punch (MT), Substitute
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

Pokemon: Dragonite
Nickname: Tear
Gender: Female
Ability: Inner Focus
Nature: Gentle
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Fire Blast, Surf (HM), Waterfall (HM), Earthquake, Strength (HM), Fly (HM)
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

Pokemon: Mismagius
Nickname: Missy
Gender: Female
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Sassy
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Flash (HM), Calm Mind, Thunderbolt, Thunder Wave, Protect
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

Wild Pokemon Stats:

Pokemon: Drifloon
Gender: ???
Ability: Aftermath
Nature: Relaxed
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

Pokemon: Starly
Gender: Male
Ability: Keen Eye
Nature: Naive
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

 

"Ah... that's correct. Sorry for asking you. It's a strange queer of mine." Drifloon said, translated by Sela. I wanted to say something, but I couldn't find the right words to use. What the hell did he mean by that. I found it quite strange that that was the reason he asked me that. Something told me that wasn't the real reason, but if he wasn't going to tell me, then there was no point in asking further. Though I couldn't resist thinking about his response, it made no sense to me. He stopped the battle to ask me a question just because? If I captured him, I was definitely going to have to ask him what he meant. No one just asks questions like that before a battle, at least that's the way I thought. Perhaps that was the real reason. Or maybe it was just toying with me.

"I suppose we can battle now. You have first move." Sela translated. "I'll just be the support. So they don't knock you out. I can't fight very well, so you have to protect me." Starly said. So the first move was mine, I wanted to start off the battle with a Will-o-Wisp because I never did get to see how he reacted to a status condition, especially one like burn that took down health every now and then. So that's what I was going to have to do this time. If I started with Will-o-Wisp, I was going to have to back it up with an attack move, something to start off the battle. I was going to use Shadow Ball, that way I could see what the Drifloon would counter the attack with; if it did at all. I wasn't going to waste my time having Shadow using Double Team this time, at least not yet.

"Alright Shadow, this time we're for real." I said, pushing the light brown hair out of my eyes. I looked up into the sky to take note of the weather, I was hoping to sunny weather so that Shadow's Fire type moves would be powered up, but the sun was covered behind some clouds. I sighed as the cool breeze brushed past my face. At least it felt good.

Shadow opened his mouth, revealing his sharp teeth, and created several small blue fireballs. They rotated around his head, spinning faster and faster each second. Once he had his mark set, he would fire them at the Drifloon. Soon after that, Shadow would begin forming a black ball of energy. The size of the ball determined the power, which varied depending on how much power Shadow felt he needed to use.​

 

Starly went over to help the Drifloon in its battle, saying something about supporting the ghost-type and keeping it from being knocked out. I figured we should help Cameron in the same way, since 2-on-1 could get overwhelming quickly, even when the opponents weren't fully evolved.

"Sela, we're going to back up Cameron here. Do whatever he tells you to do, but don't attack unless he tells to." Sela nodded to say she understood; we didn't want to add unexpected damage onto Drifloon. "For now, cover yourself and Shadow with a Safeguard to keep from being affected by status."

A small white barrier formed around the Gardevoir and the Houndoom. It barely affected attacks themselves, but it prevented effects such as Paralysis and Burn from taking place.

 

The Shadow Ball was thrown at Drifloon, who immediately threw back another. The two blobs of energy and darkness smashed into each other, and the matter escaped somewhat, leaking out. Seeing the strange darkness congregating on top of it, the Drifloon quickly struck it with an Ominous Wind. The smell was so repulsive, I puked in my mouth and had to swallow it. Yuck. Shadow was too distracted by the smell- no wonder, its sense of smell is hundreds of times stronger- and was struck by the Shadow Ball, not to mention Ominous Wind. The darkness disappeared, and Drifloon heaved a sigh of relief.

"Sorry I did that. I didn't know the darkness would escape." Drifloon said, which was a bit confusing. Maybe only Pokemon truly understood the moves they used. So, if the darkness in Shadow Ball dispersed, than what would happen? I wanted to ask Drifloon, but I didn't bother to. Perhaps the answer was complicated.

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Bumblebee

Name: Cameron LeRoy
Encounters left: 11
CC: 15548
Total Items: Honey (6x), Max Potion (5x), Full Heal (5x), Full Restore (3x), Type Repellant (3x), Mega Poffin (1x), Pokeplayer (1x), Blank Voice Disk (1x), Skarmory Voice Disk (1x), Drifloon Voice Disk (1x), Swablu Voice Disk (1x), Spicy Splendor (5x), Sweet Sensation (5x), Dreamily Dry (5x), Sour Starfruit (5x), Bitter Berry (5x), Mystery Mist (5x), Calming Fragrance Plus (3x), Pokedoll (15x), (1x), Digital Camera (1x), Special Map (1x), Park Balls (3x), Hyperballs (9x), Supreme Parkball (1x), Superball (3x)

Pokemon Stats:

Pokemon: Houndooom
Nickname: Shadowpanther
Gender: Male
Ability: Early Bird
Nature: Gentle
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Dark Pulse, Solarbeam, Hidden Power (Ice), Sunny Day, Snatch, Torment Taunt, Substitute, Will-o-Wisp, Payback, Sludge Bomb, Snore, Rest, Secret Power, Double Team, Captivate, Rest, Iron Tail, Facade, Swagger, Sucker Punch, Super Fang
Health: 80%
Status: Normal (Always out of ball)

Pokemon: Gardevoir
Nickname: Mindbender
Gender: Female
Ability: Synchronize
Nature: Calm
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Thunderbolt, Snatch, Grass Knot, Attract, Thunder Wave, Rest, Sleep Talk, Protect, Substitute, Reflect, Light Screen, Shadow Ball, Hidden Power (Grass), Psych Up, Skill Swap, Rain Dance, Trick Room, Focus Blast, Swagger, Charge Beam Icy Wind, Encore, Will-o-Wisp, Confuse Ray, Heal Bell
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

Pokemon: Slowbro
Nickname: Kickback
Gender: Male
Ability: Own Tempo
Nature: Calm
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Calm Mind, Surf, Waterfall, Ice Punch, Thunderwave, Tri Attack, Ice Beam, Substitute, Brine, Trick Room, Light Screen, Reflect, Toxic, Earthquake, Shadow Ball, Swagger, Brick Break, Flamethrower, Facade, Skill Swap, Grass Knot
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

Pokemon: Porygon-Z
Nickname: Cybershock
Gender: Genderless
Ability: Adaptability
Nature: Calm
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Ice Beam, Shadow Ball, Toxic, Thunder Wave, Substitute, Thunderbolt, Hidden Power (Fighting), Psychic, Dark Pulse, Protect, Trick Room, Rain Dance, Reflect, Pain Spilt, Barrier, Trick
Health: 100%
Status: Normal (Out of ball) (Defense really sharply raised, Sp. Atk raised, Speed and Sp. Def sharply raised)

Pokemon: Salamence
Nickname: Skyfire
Gender: Male
Ability: Intimidate
Nature: Brave
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Roar, Earthquake, Stone Edge, Roost, Brick Break, Aerial Ace, Shadow Claw, Dragon Dance, Outrage, Aqua Tail, Refresh
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

Pokemon: Manectric
Nickname: Hotshot
Gender: Male
Ability: Static
Nature: Calm
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Toxic, Flamethrower, Thunderbolt, Swagger, Rain Dance, Double Team, Captivate, Rest, Iron Tail, Facade, Hidden Power (Poison), Refresh, Signal Beam, Magnet Rise
Health: 100%
Status: Normal (Out of ball) (Sp. Def lowered sharply)

Siless:

Name: Siless
Encounters: 11
CC: 3740
Pokemon Captured: Swablu/F/Natural Cure/Sassy
Total Items: 5x Park Balls, 1x Full Heal, 1x Hyper Ball, 1x Super Ball, 1x Digital Camera, 1x Pokeplayer

Pokemon Stats:

Pokemon: Gardevoir
Nickname: Sela
Gender: Female
Ability: Trace
Nature: Mild
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Hidden Power Dragon, Thunderbolt, Destiny Bond (BM), Shadow Ball, Focus Blast, Swagger, Attract, Skill Swap, Protect, Rain Dance, Grass Knot, Charge Beam, Light Screen, Taunt, Safeguard, Snatch, Torment, Toxic, Flash (HM), Thunder Wave, Reflect, Psych Up
Health: 84%
Status: Normal (Sp. Atk sharply raised, Attack lowered sharply, Speed raised, Evasiveness raised)

Pokemon: Ludicolo
Nickname: Teddson
Gender: Male
Ability: Rain Dish
Nature: Jolly
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Hidden Power Fighting, Surf (HM), Attract, Ice Beam, Waterfall (HM), Strength (HM), Giga Drain, Swords Dance, Seed Bomb (MT), Ice Punch (MT), Substitute
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

Pokemon: Dragonite
Nickname: Tear
Gender: Female
Ability: Inner Focus
Nature: Gentle
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Fire Blast, Surf (HM), Waterfall (HM), Earthquake, Strength (HM), Fly (HM)
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

Pokemon: Mismagius
Nickname: Missy
Gender: Female
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Sassy
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Flash (HM), Calm Mind, Thunderbolt, Thunder Wave, Protect
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

Wild Pokemon Stats:

Pokemon: Drifloon
Gender: ???
Ability: Aftermath
Nature: Relaxed
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

Pokemon: Starly
Gender: Male
Ability: Keen Eye
Nature: Naive
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

 

Once again, Shadow started off with the wrong move. Something told me it wasn't his fault. This was the third time I had asked him to use Will-o-Wisp, but he still hadn't used it. He probably wasn't feeling to well or something. I was going to check him out after this battle. The Shadow Ball that Shadow launched collided with the Shadow Ball Drifloon had launched which had caused some weird reaction. Something that seemed made up, but whatever it was, the Drifloon quickly depleted it with an Ominous Wind that also hit Shadow. So not only did he get hit by Shadow Ball, he got hit by Ominous Wind and the Drifloon remained totally unharmed which seemed a bit peculiar.

"Sorry I did that. I didn't know the darkness would escape." Drifloon said, which I felt was complete bullshit. It had to know, this Pokemon was not stupid, but it was sure acting like it. I felt as if it was playing with me, which was really starting to bug me. None of my attacks were working on it, Shadow wasn't following orders couldn't even get Will-o-Wisp to work, and the Drifloon kept playing with me. I was done playing games.

"Sela, we're going to back up Cameron here. Do whatever he tells you to do, but don't attack unless he tells to." Siless sai. "For now, cover yourself and Shadow with a Safeguard to keep from being affected by status." I was sure glad he had decided to battle with me, otherwise who knows what would happen.

"Shadow, stand down." I said, trying not to sound irritated. "For some reason you aren't battling right so just rest on the side lines until you're ready." Shadow groaned a little and put a sad puppy face on, but I ignored it. Shadow nodded his head and moved behind me. I wasn't mad at him, I was mad at the Drifloon. I was definitely going to have to shape him up if I caught him, though I felt that was going to be a lot of work. "Alright Cybershock, you're up." I called out, tossing a blue and red Pokemon in front of me. A small black and red computer made Pokemon emerged from his Pokeball. He began making beeping noises as he analyzed his opponent. "Start this off with a Thunder Wave, Sela, if you could help with that, that would be great." I said. With both Cybershock and Sela using Thunder Wave, there had to be a good outcome. "Afterwards, I want you Cybershock to hit Drifloon with Ice Beam. Also Sela, after Thunder Wave, if you could keep the Starly occupied that would be great too." I wasn't going to rage attack it, but I did want to finally deal some damage on it. I was glad that we were still covered by Safeguard, I didn't want Drifloon planting any status conditions on him.
​

 

With Cameron giving orders to Sela (and Sela accepting them), I was delegated to the task of observing and trying to get some info that would help Sela and Cameron battle.

I focused on my studies of Pokémon habitats... Drifloon, in general, prefer damp weather, but this one used Sunny Day to give it light, which means it's normally dark enough in the area at night for it to need the light to see its path safely...

"Cameron, maybe get a Rain Dance in the field to counter Sunny Day and make it dark? Drifloon must need it for light, but Cybershock's scanning capabilities and Sela's Psychic powers should leave them relatively unaffected by the darkness.."

Orders were already given, and the Paralysis attempt would most likely help us in the long run more than a last-minute change of strategy, but it was a suggestion that I thought may help in later parts of the battle.

 

The Drifloon realized that it was time to get serious. The trainers that Drifloon was looking at didn't want to be toyed with. Of course, no one wanted to, but Drifloon was thinking in a way most people think is crazy. Always calm, always straightforward... and always talking to people like they were children. The Drifloon felt the moistening of the air, and looked up as the rain drops fell. The Drifloon felt soothed, yes, but now the light was blocked. In fact... now, I couldn't see my hand. This was certainly a dark night.

The Drifloon had good eyesight, but nothing could see too well in pitch black. Suddenly, Drifloon smelt something strange and pungent. It recognized it immediately, but was too slow. The flash of lightning cracked through the sky, slicing through the darkness. a jolt went through Drifloon. The combined rain clouds and two thunder wave made it significantly stronger, causing a bit of damage. The balloon waved slowly, its black, flimsy legs invisible in the unseen background, before falling to the floor. This was not good.

The frost gathered in Porygon-Z's mouth. Starly then darted in front of Drifloon, as the ice shot at the little Pokemon. Porygon-Z immediately stopped the attack, and Starly staggered up. The ice stuck in its feathers reflected any piece of light anywhere, and there was only a faint glimmer. But this faint glimmer shone out in the night. My eyes slowly adjusted to the darkness at that moment, and I could see the outlines of the trees, trainers, and Pokemon alike. Drifloon looked at Starly, who turned back and hushed the purple balloon. I had no idea what trick that Starly had up its sleeve, er, wing...

----

Bumblebee

Name: Cameron LeRoy
Encounters left: 11
CC: 18174
Total Items: Honey (6x), Max Potion (5x), Full Heal (5x), Full Restore (3x), Type Repellant (3x), Mega Poffin (1x), Pokeplayer (1x), Blank Voice Disk (1x), Skarmory Voice Disk (1x), Drifloon Voice Disk (1x), Swablu Voice Disk (1x), Spicy Splendor (5 Sweet Sensation (5x), Dreamily Dry (5x), Sour Starfruit (5x), Bitter Berry (5x), Mystery Mist (5x), Calming Fragrance Plus (3x), Pokedoll (15x), (1x), DigitalCamera (1x), Special Map (1x), Park Balls (3x), Hyperballs (9x), Supreme Parkball (1x), Superball (3x)

Pokemon Stats:

Pokemon: Houndooom
Nickname: Shadowpanther
Gender: Male
Ability: Early Bird
Nature: Gentle
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Dark Pulse, Solarbeam, Hidden Power (Ice), Sunny Day, Snatch, Torment Taunt, Substitute, Will-o-Wisp, Payback, Sludge Bomb, Snore, Rest, Secret Power, Double Team, Captivate, Rest, Iron Tail, Facade, Swagger, Sucker Punch, Super Fang
Health: 80%
Status: Normal (Always out of ball)

Pokemon: Gardevoir
Nickname: Mindbender
Gender: Female
Ability: Synchronize
Nature: Calm
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Thunderbolt, Snatch, Grass Knot, Attract, Thunder Wave, Rest, Sleep Talk, Protect, Substitute, Reflect, Light Screen, Shadow Ball, Hidden Power (Grass), Psych Up, Skill Swap, Rain Dance, Trick Room, Focus Blast, Swagger, Charge Beam Icy Wind, Encore, Will-o-Wisp, Confuse Ray, Heal Bell
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

Pokemon: Slowbro
Nickname: Kickback
Gender: Male
Ability: Own Tempo
Nature: Calm
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Calm Mind, Surf, Waterfall, Ice Punch, Thunderwave, Tri Attack, Ice Beam, Substitute, Brine, Trick Room, Light Screen, Reflect, Toxic, Earthquake, Shadow Ball, Swagger, Brick Break, Flamethrower, Facade, Skill Swap, Grass Knot
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

Pokemon: Porygon-Z
Nickname: Cybershock
Gender: Genderless
Ability: Adaptability
Nature: Calm
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Ice Beam, Shadow Ball, Toxic, Thunder Wave, Substitute, Thunderbolt, Hidden Power (Fighting), Psychic, Dark Pulse, Protect, Trick Room, Rain Dance, Reflect, Pain Spilt, Barrier, Trick
Health: 100%
Status: Normal (Out of ball) (Defense really sharply raised, Sp. Atk raised, Speed and Sp. Def sharply raised)

Pokemon: Salamence
Nickname: Skyfire
Gender: Male
Ability: Intimidate
Nature: Brave
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Roar, Earthquake, Stone Edge, Roost, Brick Break, Aerial Ace, Shadow Claw, Dragon Dance, Outrage, Aqua Tail, Refresh
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

Pokemon: Manectric
Nickname: Hotshot
Gender: Male
Ability: Static
Nature: Calm
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Toxic, Flamethrower, Thunderbolt, Swagger, Rain Dance, Double Team, Captivate, Rest, Iron Tail, Facade, Hidden Power (Poison), Refresh, Signal Beam, Magnet Rise
Health: 100%
Status: Normal (Out of ball) (Sp. Def lowered sharply)

Siless:

Name: Siless
Encounters: 11
CC: 4620
Pokemon Captured: Swablu/F/Natural Cure/Sassy
Total Items: 5x Park Balls, 1x Full Heal, 1x Hyper Ball, 1x Super Ball, 1x Digital Camera, 1x Pokeplayer

Pokemon Stats:

Pokemon: Gardevoir
Nickname: Sela
Gender: Female
Ability: Trace
Nature: Mild
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Hidden Power Dragon, Thunderbolt, Destiny Bond (BM), Shadow Ball, Focus Blast, Swagger, Attract, Skill Swap, Protect, Rain Dance, Grass Knot, Charge Beam, Light Screen, Taunt, Safeguard, Snatch, Torment, Toxic, Flash (HM), Thunder Wave, Reflect, Psych Up
Health: 84%
Status: Normal (Sp. Atk sharply raised, Attack lowered sharply, Speed raised, Evasiveness raised)

Pokemon: Ludicolo
Nickname: Teddson
Gender: Male
Ability: Rain Dish
Nature: Jolly
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Hidden Power Fighting, Surf (HM), Attract, Ice Beam, Waterfall (HM), Strength (HM), Giga Drain, Swords Dance, Seed Bomb (MT), Ice Punch (MT), Substitute
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

Pokemon: Dragonite
Nickname: Tear
Gender: Female
Ability: Inner Focus
Nature: Gentle
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Fire Blast, Surf (HM), Waterfall (HM), Earthquake, Strength (HM), Fly (HM)
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

Pokemon: Mismagius
Nickname: Missy
Gender: Female
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Sassy
TM/HM/BM/SM/MT: Flash (HM), Calm Mind, Thunderbolt, Thunder Wave, Protect
Health: 100%
Status: Normal

Wild Pokemon Stats:

Pokemon: Drifloon
Gender: ???
Ability: Aftermath
Nature: Relaxed
Health: 92%
Status: Paralyzed

Pokemon: Starly
Gender: Male
Ability: Keen Eye
Nature: Naive
Health: 28%
Status: Normal

 

Once again, the Drifloon avoided taking the damage it should have taken. Instead, the Starly stupidly threw itself in front of the Drifloon and took the Ice Beam attack head on. The Drifloon still took some damage, but it was very minimal. The Starly and Drifloon must have been good friends for him to throw himself in front of a super effective attack from a strong Pokemon. That Ice Beam almost knocked him out. It probably would have had Cybershock not stopped his attack. That Starly was sneakly, and I knew it must have had some plan. I wasn't sure what, but I knew how I could find out without taking any damage. I saw that it was now raining. The skies looked perfectly clear just a few minutes ago, then the weather just changed. I figured some Pokemon nearby had changed the weather, probably a Dragonite since they liked to be near water.

I hadn't noticed earlier, but neither the Drifloon or Starly had been paralyzed by the Thunder Wave, which I clearly saw hit them. I knew that no matter which nature they had, they would still have the effect of paralysis. So I was wondering how it was even possible that they didn't get paralyzed. Something was up, and I had no idea what it was. What I was going to have to do was a sneak attack. Whatever the Starly was trying to do, I was going to sneak it around it and take it by surprise. Or better yet, if I could get Sela to attack or distract the Starly, I could get a sneak attack in on Drifloon. I was going to have to rely on speed and stealth, both of which Cybershock was great at.

"Okay Cybershock, combo time." I said, a big grin formed on my face. "Raise your speed with agility, then use..." I stopped talking when another plan came into mind. If I could use Lock-On and hit the Drifloon with Zap Cannon, that would be an auto paralysis. That was just what I needed. "Actually, after agility, circle around and Lock-On to Drifloon, then hit it with Zap Cannon."

To start, Cybershock would begin moving incredibly fast. He would appear to be invisible and only his outlines would hardly be visible, but the outlines would briefly glow white as he disappeared and reappeared around Drifloon. Then his black eyes would glow red and a red ring would form around his head and shoot at the Drifloon. After that, he'd bring his hands together, generating more electricity until he created a yellow-green ball of electrical energy. Then he'd fire the ball at the Drifloon. Usually this move had a high chance of missing, but because of Lock-On, it would hit directly.

"Siless, you think you can use Toxic on the Drifloon, or maybe just hold off the Starly." I said, hoping that the Starly would stay out of the attack, though if Lock-On targeted Drifloon I wouldn't have to worry about the Starly because Lock-On would avoid it. ​