In Her Image: a Pokémon RP

[JdaS]

"Bah, your last ditch effort is quite laughable Mr. Grey. Silvio, finish this chicken with a Poison Tail! Follow that up with a Poison Jab!"

The Seviper lay in wait for Raphael to rush right into its zone. The Young Fowl did just that and Silvio brought its tail down on its foe. Raphael managed to dodge the first strike and landed another Night Slash on the Fang Snake Pokémon.

S...Sssevipaaa!

Raphael turned back towards the enemy it had just slashed and let out a barrage of Embers, made bigger by its Blaze ability.

Sssssssssssevipaaaaaaaaaaa!

Angry and in pain, Silvio rushed through the Ember, bringing its poisonous tail up again. With a flurry of jabs, Silvio's attack found its target. Combusken was in no condition to dodge the attack, it had fought valiantly but this was all he could do for its master. With a last glance at the opponent that had bested it, Raphael fell to the ground.

And that's a victory for Nicolas and his Seviper!

That it is! Another gutsy Pokémon who singlehandedly takes on multiple foes and gives them hell until the last minute! Can't wait to see what Caleb has for us next, Terry!

 

[Evrant-Knight]

Caleb applauded his partner's final stand as Raphael collapsed to the floor after taking on several Poison Tail attacks. He pulled out the flame emblazoned Pokeball, and activated the retrieval function, watching the Young Fowl return to a beam of red light.

"Well done Raphael, you performed with distinction and honour. Enjoy your rest, for you have certainly earned it." Caleb said with a smile as he returned the Pokeball to his belt. He then looked at his opponent, and sighed with disgust.

"It seems your arrogance and uncouth nature knows no bounds Nicolas, that is why your family isn't so well received by others. You think that just because you were born into wealth and privilege, that people of a lower social status than you are nothing by comparison. Yet, I also detect jealousy and bitterness in your voice, jealous of my family because of our social standing. The reason we are liked, is that we treat people of all classes with kindness and respect. The second your stop acting like a fool, and act like a gentlemen with diligence, then the world will accept you." Caleb remarked, offering advice to the ignorant Nicolas. He then removed his sword, planting it into the ground next to him, and hanged his coat off of it, allowing his light grey hair to shine, which caused another of the girls from his unofficial fan club to swoon.

"But enough talk, for we are here to battle. You forget Nicolas, I still have three Pokemon to play with, whilst you are on your last legs." Caleb remarked with a devilish smile as he tossed a Pokeball with a lightning pattern on it.

"Come on out, Raiden!" He shouted as he tossed the Pokeball into the air, and out came the Spark Pokemon, Luxio.

Spoiler: Raiden the Luxio

"Lux, Lux, Luxio!" Raiden roared as he entered the stage with applause.

"Well, your certainly full of charge. Lets give Silvio a shock with Thunderbolt."

 

[Anayna]

With their pokemon healed Tom and Rupert made their way towards some available seats that Tom had spotted next to some patrons from their hotel. Rupert had quietly tried to find the right moment to speak to Tom, but these attempts were interrupted as Tom fell over what appeared to be a agitated Graveller. Rupert nearly fell down the nearby stairs in shock.

"You okay there kid? Good battle by the way. You two are naturals."

A young man with full red hair helped Tom back on his feat. Rupert recognized him from the previous evening. Almost everyone from the Sleeping Sunkern was here in fact. This included the girl known as Daria the Pewter Fist. Upon spotting her Rupert immediately tried to avoid eye contact with her, due to equal measures of fear and embarrassment.

Rupert was fairly sure that the red haired man was Remy Oliver, who had fought in the first match. Rupert almost returned Remy's compliment before remembering that he hadn't actually seen Remy's battle, and so settled for a sheepish "Ah... Thank you."

Determined to catch the rest of the day's matches Rupert sat down and was somewhat surprised to see Caleb retrieve his fainted Combusken.

And that's a victory for Nicolas and his Seviper!

Is he losing? Hang on, was that his first 'mon in the ring? Is his opponent on his last 'mon? Aw man. I wish I could have followed the battle from the beginning.

Caled seemed to take it all in good stride though.
"You forget Nicolas, I still have three Pokemon to play with, whilst you are on your last legs."

Ah. Well, that clears things up. Go Caleb!, Rupert though as the elegant combatant sent out a fierce Luxio. Rupert couldn't help but be somewhat taken with someone who carried themselves with so much social grace. He also couldn't deny a small pang of jealousy.

 

[CJ1145]

Daria's cheering was made all the louder when the arrogant little noble from Kanto and his Seviper took a particularly brutal hit from Caleb's Combusken. A good Pokemon match on top of watching a snobby little brat getting shown up was almost too much for her senses to take. Her smile was practically ready to rip itself off of her face and do a little dance.

Then, Caleb started to talk.

"It seems your arrogance and uncouth nature knows no bounds Nicolas, that is why your family isn't so well received by others."

"...Heh?"

"You think that just because you were born into wealth and privilege, that people of a lower social status than you are nothing by comparison. Yet, I also detect jealousy and bitterness in your voice, jealous of my family because of our social standing. The reason we are liked, is that we treat people of all classes with kindness and respect."

"Er..." her face faulted, going from a beaming grin to a bit of confused revulsion. This was compounded when the cape came off, and the "gentleman"'s hair began to glimmer in the sunlight. As a fangirl, somewhere, screeched her head off, Daria felt something else rising up within her.

Her lunch.

Feeling suddenly very ill, she settled back down in her seat. "You know what? I think I'll just let this match take its course."

"Yes! We made it! Just in ti-AAAH!"

"What the--" Daria's head turned, to see that Slagger had managed to trip an incoming trainer. "--didn't I put ya back in your Pokeball?!"

The Graveler shrugged and threw its arms in the air in resignation. Daria sighed and called him back to his ball for the second time. She walked over to Tom, awkwardly trying to smile as Remy helped him up. "Sorry about that! He's just curious, gets in places he shouldn't be! Great match, by the way!"

 

[JdaS]

Caleb's words made Nicolas feel a varied range of negative emotions on the inside, but outside, he kept a cool facade, throwing his brown ponytail over his shoulder and retorted.

"Heh. As expected from a Grey. You try to make others look like the antagonist, while sitting on your high horse. Silvio might be my last Pokémon but he is more than enough to crush your feeble team."

As Raiden charged its attack, Silvio was issued its new orders.

"Silvio! Paralyze this ridiculous creature with a Glare, then Crunch its lights out!"

Sssss. Ssssssevipaa!

Silvio once again trained its gaze on Raiden, aiming to paralyze the Luxio as it had done with its teammate moments before. This time, however, it didn't work as Raiden simply stared back with a defiant air before letting out a bolt of electricity. Silvio barely dodged the first hit and made its way towards the foe, mouth open and ready to sink its fangs into Raiden's hide.

Raiden would have none of it. With a roar, it charged another Thunderbolt and as Silvio was just about to latch on to its prey the electric-type attack came down on the Fang Snake Pokémon, slamming it to the ground and frying it unconscious.

Vvvvippp... Vipppaaa...

Is that it? Yes! Yes it is! With what I can only describe as amazing control, Caleb's Luxio zapped that Seviper out cold after only seconds out on the field!

That is some amazing work by Caleb and Luxio, right there Terry. You can see that this Pokémon has been trained well! And with that, Caleb Grey is the winner of this round!!!!

The crowd cheered as yet another Sleeping Sunkern patron had made his mark on the tournament, leaving Nicolas dumbfounded.

"I... Wha... Rrrrgh! Damn it to hell! Antoine, recall that useless scaly worm and let us vacate this wretched arena. At once!"

"As you command, Master."

Said the young butler as he recalled Silvio into its PokéBall and followed his Master into the Red Tunnel.
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Up in the stands Remy cheered for Caleb's victory.

"Wooo! Way to go, Mr. Gentleman! Awesome Luxio moves! By the way... Darius, Savannah, shouldn't you get going? Your battle is almost coming up."
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On the opposite side of the stadium, a young man with an insanely loud Hoennian shirt and a Slateport Sharpedos baseball cap surveys the group with a pair of binoculars, stopping to look at the one with a green hat and light brown eyes.

"Nhihihihi! So that there feller's Matt Seras, eh? Can't wait to see 'im in an actual hoedown, right Chopper?"

Mach, mach. Chop!

"Eeeyup. Me too, brudda, me too."

 

[Evrant-Knight]

Caleb watched with amusement as Nicolas stormed out of the arena after suffering a defeat.

"Well that was a fun battle. I get this feeling though that this won't be the last time I see Nicolas." He thought to himself as he retrieved his coat and sword. Caleb looked over at Raiden who had little surges of lighting dart across, a sign that he was happy with the outcome of the match. However, Raiden began to glow with a faint white light.

"Raiden... your glowing?" Caleb asked in confusion.
"Lux?" Raiden replied, equally confused as his trainer was. The light soon engulfed him.
"I know what this is, your evolving Raiden." Caleb remarked with a slight chuckle, as Raiden's shape changed into that of a Luxray.

Spoiler: Raiden the Luxray

The light soon faded, and what was once a Luxio, now stood as a proud, majestic, and fearless Luxray. More jolts of electricity jumped across Raiden's body as he gave a powerful roar.

"Lux... Luxray!" He roared with delight as Raiden began to walk over to its trainer. Caleb knelt down and stroked his newly evolved Pokemon's mane of black fur, which now stood more prominently. Despite his now more mature nature, Raiden couldn't resist given Caleb a lick on the cheek. Caleb smiled and chuckled as this happened.

"Ah Raiden, you still have the kid inside. And I must say, well done." Caleb remarked as he gave Raiden a pat on the back.

"Now then, lets get Raphael over to the PokéCenter, and then join our fellow patrons from the Sleeping Sunkern. But first, back into your PokéBall." Caleb said quietly to Raiden, as the plucked the Pokémon's ball, and activated the return feature, the red light engulfing his newly evolved Pokémon. He then made his way down the Blue Tunnel, and off to the PokéCenter.

 

[Shakomaru]

"You okay there kid? Good battle by the way. You two are naturals."

"Sorry about that! He's just curious, gets in places he shouldn't be! Great match, by the way!"

"Thanks." Tom smiled as Remy helped him up. He wasn't hurt, just surprised. "It's no problem, I'm pretty clumsy and should really look where I'm going more often."

Kusari had fallen off of Tom's shoulder again. The Skorupi shook herself off and jumped back up to her perch where she let out a small chirp of content.

"Oh and thanks again! Actually to tell the truth that was really Trapic's first battle with a trainer. I'm really glad he did so well! Everyone else has a lot more experience, we've earned a few badges too!" Tom fished around in his bag and produced his badge case, which displayed The Zephyr, Hive, Coal, Forest, Cobble, and Fen badges, which Tom's smile outshone. It was clear he was very proud of his victories.

"Your battle was amazing as well! Although personally I would've taken up the offer and had that fighting pokemon battle! But then again, battles for me are more about having fun than winning."

"Lets give Silvio a shock with Thunderbolt."

Looking back at the match Tom saw that Caleb had sent out a pokemon he had seen more than a few times before.

"Oooh! A Luxio! They're really tough, and they're known for their spirit! This is going to be a great battle!"

He and the other watched as Caleb's pokemon carried out the commands that were given perfectly at an incredible speed. Before he knew it the battle was over.

"That is some amazing work by Caleb and Luxio, right there Terry. You can see that this Pokémon has been trained well! And with that, Caleb Grey is the winner of this round!!!!"

"YEAH! Great job Caleb! That was just the battle I was hoping to see-WOW!"

Suddenly The Luxio began to glow. The light became brighter and brighter and as it grew brighter, Tom became ecstatic.

"I can't believe it! It's evolving right there! Wow! This is great, there's nothing more amazing than seeing a pokemon evolve!"

As the light faded and presented the Luxray for all to see Tom thought out loud, "I wonder how it would do against Kalmia? I bet that would be a battle to remember!"

"By the way... Darius, Savannah, shouldn't you get going? Your battle is almost coming up."

"Oh? Well good luck you two! Have a great battle!"

 

[Redryhno]

"By the way... Darius, Savannah, shouldn't you get going? Your battle is almost coming up."

"Yeah,"Darius said lazily,"But I was just getting comfortable again after the avalanche incident." He took his pipe out of his mouth and tapped Knuckles on the head, who knew the drill and clicked the button on his pokeball and re-entered.

"Alright,"He said standing, dusting some of the rock dust off his Torkoal shirt before walking off the stands.

He put his hand on Sav's shoulder and said,"Good luck, it'll be good to see that Grovyle in action." With that he walked off to his corner, puffing on the pipe, unruffled by his opponent, he was here for a good time, not much he had to prove as a trainer anymore after all.

 

[CJ1145]

Daria leaned back in her seat, scratching her scalp as waved off Darius and Savannah to their match. "Hehe, this oughta be good!" she exclaimed, before sitting up straight half a second later. She slumped down into a thinking stance, cupping her chin with a palm as she thought about the Pokemon she'd seen yesterday.

"Actually..." she began to make odd motions with her hands, before finally smacking them both together. "Huh! Who to root for... neither of them are big jerks like that Nicolas guy..."

She began tapping her foot, still weighing the odds of the battle. "Her Grovyle's gonna have a big advantage over his Sandslash and Psyduck. So it seems likely she's gonna have a big lead, maybe even have it in the bag for that. Then again, the underdog's always got a shot... but then again, Sav is kinda cute..."

Whether on cue or by coincidence, Spiegel took that moment to rise out of his seat and wag a claw at Jet and Gemini. The trio left the Trainer's box in search of a concession stand.

 

[JokerboyJordan]

Savannah had been drifting off during the battle between the two stuffy noblemen, their incessant bickering and airheadedness had really been extremely tiresome and boring. She was awoken by a Graveller that had accidentally started a Rollout, causing it to crash into the side of the awning, shaking the immediate area and the crowd along with it. The tremors roused Sav from her sleep just in time to witness the end of the fight. She looked down to see who had emerged victorious.

So...what did I miss...?

"....And with that, Caleb Grey is the winner of this round!!!"

Heh, at least it was one of the group that won, I prefer this snooty aristocrat to the other one at least

As she looked down from the stands to the dusty arena ground below, she saw a dazzling light surrounding a pokemon she had never seen before, the light grew in intensity, enveloping the Pokemon in it's bright glow.

Huh? That Pokemon is evolving! Right here and now!

Sav was not wrong, for as soon as the light reached the apex of it's brightness, it quickly faded, and out emerged a larger, more mature Pokemon with a large mane and a star-ended tail, complete with electricity arcing all around it's body, showing it as an electric type.

"Wow. It's rare to see a Pokemon evolve in such a public situation such as this, we truly were privileged to see this!"

"By the way... Darius, Savannah, shouldn't you get going? Your battle is almost coming up."

"Oh yeah, that's right, thanks for reminding me. I guess it's now or never then" she said with enthusiasm in her voice and a hearty grin on her face.

Darius came over and put his hand on Sav's shoulder and said,"Good luck, it'll be good to see that Grovyle in action."
With that he walked off to his corner, puffing on his pipe.

"Grovyle!"

"You too Darius! Have fun too okay?"

And with that Savannah made her way down into her corner, Sprig in tow, awaiting the arena announcer.

 

[JdaS]

Before Darius and Savannah were up, there were a few other battles that would take place in Groups 14 and 16.

First up were Tony Iverson and Seth Killian. A somewhat uninteresting match ended with Seth's Hitmontop defeating Tony's Voltorb. The crowd was not enthralled.

Then came Forte and Ken Capins' turn. Although strong in both willpower and brawn, Ken's Donphan and Hippowdon were both put down by a single foe. Forte's Hariyama.

"Yaaaay! That's why I hired you as my bodyguard, Forte! Wooooo!"

Forte ignored Tatya's inane screams and instead threw a challenging glance at Daria (quite a feat considering she was just one girl in a sea of people) before returning to his tunnel.

Third match involved Jack Almond, a Hoenn native with a loud shirt and a Slateport Sharpedos baseball cap, against a certain Dimitri Harris.

AND JACK ALMOND IS THE WINNER!! Who would've guessed a single Machop could pack that much of a punch!?

You said it, Terry! Jack just sweapt through Dimitri's team like they were training dummies. It'll be fun to see whether his next opponent, the win-by-default Matt Seras is going to put up any kind of a fight.

"Eh? That's it? What a gyp, brudda... Come on Chopper, I needs me some meat..."
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And with that, we're ready for yet another Group 16 battle. In the Red Corner, from Pallet Town, Kanto, where legends are born, DARIUS O'KERE!!!

Aaaand from Rustboro City, Hoenn, SAVANNAH IRIS!!!

 

[Redryhno]

And with that, we're ready for yet another Group 16 battle. In the Red Corner, from Pallet Town, Kanto, where legends are born, DARIUS O'KERE!!!

Darius walked out into the stadium, it'd been years since he'd seen a fight from this perspective. It was a nice change, but the noise was deafening. Good thing he'd been busy raising a Whismur or else he might've been grabbing his ears already. Sav stood across the way, in her own trainer box, thumbing her pokeballs. He puffed on his pipe and rocked his head back and forth a couple of times before reaching for a pokeball at his belt and throwing it out.

A flash of light appeared and Numel appeared, eyes almost vacant.

Spoiler

"Alright," He said, pipe clenched in his teeth,"Whatever she throws out, Growl, Focus Energy, Magnitude, in that order. Oh, and try to not get hit by her stuff, fortify yourself if you have to."

The Numel looked back and slowly nodded at his trainer's words before facing the front again, eyes seemingly empty.

 

[JokerboyJordan]

Aaaand from Rustboro City, Hoenn, Home of Steven Mothafuckin' Stone, SAVANNAH IRIS!!!

Sav strolled out to the middle of the arena, waving to the crowds. The cacaphony of their applause as they all cheered for her. It was overwhelming, but this wasn't the time to lose sight of things, this is what she came all this way for, to show all these people her strength, both of will and of her Pokemon.

She brushed her long purple locks out of her face, before dusting off her shoulder. She was ready.

"Time to roll! Hold nothing back okay? Sutekh, I choose you!"

She reached down for a Repeat Ball on her hip, before throwing it high into the sky, momentarily disappearing into the Sun's glare, before falling down with tremendous velocity and sending out a flash of red light.

Spoiler: Sutekh

"Now, Set, use Sand Attack followed by Sand Tomb, then Bite!"

The Trapinch immediately complied, kicking dirt in the direction of the opponent's Pokemon

 

[Evrant-Knight]

Caleb watched the two matches after his from the comfort of the PokéCenter whilst Raphael was getting healed after his showdown with Nicolas's Silvio. He and Raiden had been getting a fair bit of attention from spectators, but also from his unofficial fan club; mostly to congratulate him on his battle, but also to Raiden, as it was not very often that a Pokémon would evolve in such a public place. After having Raphael returned, he made a quick exit with Raiden tagging alongside him, wanting to get used to his new form.

As the pair made their way back to the seats were the other Sleeping Sunkern patrons were residing, he stopped at a concession stand to pick himself up a couple of drinks. He also happened to notice that Daria's team were there as well, but no sign of their trainer, as they were being lead by Spiegel the Charmeleon. Soon as they came into contact, Gemini began observing Raiden in the same manner as it did when looking at Sebastian.

Caleb bought some drinks, and soon arrived back at the seats, where he found Remy, Matt, Tom, Daria, and Rupert sitting down watching a match that was about to start between another pair of patrons from the Sleeping Sunkern, Darius O'Kere from Pallet Town, and Savannah Iris from Rustboro City.

"Well hello there you lot. I take it you've been enjoying the tournament so far?" Caleb asked as he sat down in one of the empty chairs, Raiden sitting next to him.

"Any of you guys want a drink, since I got plenty." He remarked, showing his purchases.

 

[JdaS]

The fight had started. Numel, being the faster of the two, let out a Growl to intimidate its opponent. Slightly deterred by Numel's intimidation tactics, Sutekh nevertheless carried out its Trainer's orders, opening its large maw and spewing sand into Numel's eyes, hampering its eyesight.

Numel's next move didn't require being able to see, however, as it closed its eyes and focused all its energy. With any luck, its next attack would do more damage than usual. By this time, Savannah's Trapinch had already burrowed its way underground, going in circles under Numel's position until the ground around it caved in and started sucking Numel in, damaging it as it exerted itself in order to avoid getting buried.

Frustrated, the Numb Pokémon started pounding the ground by jumping up and down with great force, creating a small Magnitude to hurt the still digging Trapinch.

Not to worry folks, that tremor is only Darius O'Kere's Numel using Magnitude.

And it's a weak one too, I'm afraid. Our Magintude measuring Richter scale, brought to us by the Devon Corporation shows us a 5.2!

Sutekh came out, slightly dizzy and hurt, its gigantic maw gaping and going for Numel's neck.

*CHOMP*

Numel cried in pain as the Ant Pit Pokémon bit its neck, not letting go until it was satisfied with the damage done to its foe.

Hurt and struggling to keep out of the Sand Tomb's center, things were not looking good for Darius.

 

[CJ1145]

"Any of you guys want a drink, since I got plenty."

Daria shot a hand out into the air, and caught the drink as it was tossed to her. She took a sip--"Bleh, what kinda joint serves Moo-Moo Milk at a tournament?"

She set the beverage aside to never, ever touch again, and began her running commentary of the match, examining her Pokedex as it fed back its scans of the Pokemon. "Looks like Sav's got the first round in the bag. A fire type won't do crap against that Trapinch."

Truth be told, she wasn't paying much attention to the match--as much as she would have otherwise, at least. She was thinking about that Hariyama that Forte had been using. Quite the beast, winning a match all on its own. The thought of it and Jet going head-to-head dominated her thoughts.

Meanwhile, at the Concession Stand of Justice

"CHAR! Chaaaar, CharMELE!"

"For the last time, we're out of Skorupi-kabobs!"

The frazzled stand-keeper, a young sandy-haired boy, was currently at his wits end. Five minutes ago, a Charmeleon had arrived at his stand and starting growling at him. It'd taken until now just to figure out how to communicate with the thing; it would point at things and threaten him, and up until now his default response was to unfortunately admit they were out of whatever confection it had chosen. Things were getting out of hand, and the Charmeleon looked ready to start using some attacks if it didn't get something.

"Er... could I interest you in a bottle of Sparkling Squirtle Water?"

The Charmeleon's eye twitched, and a moment later a volley of flames erupted high into the air, along with the squeals of a terrified man.

 

[JokerboyJordan]

Sutekh reappeared slightly dizzy, before shaking it off and sinking it's jaws into the Numel, doing a fair bit of damage. It still was damaged from the Magnitude, which was amplified due to Set being underground during the attack.

Don't get too cocky... situations can change at the drop of a hat...

"Yes Sutekh, that's it! Keep it in the centre of that Sand Tomb and we'll cinch this!"

Sav gave her Trapinch a reassuring sign as she clenched her fist, before pointing sharply at Numel.

"Now use Sand Attack again, and then use Faint Attack to hit it from behind whilst it's blinded!"

Got to play this one defensively, it's what Sutekh does best...At least for now

 

[Redryhno]

Darius was unfettered by the fact that Numel was having a hard time, to put it lightly. He was here for training, he'd have some fun of his own after all of this, he and Whismur. But the fight was the important thing right now. He calmly took the pipe out of his mouth and gave Numel his orders.

"Growl, Magnitude, Tackle buddy, in that order. You know what to do, and how to do it."

The Trapinch was interesting, but then again, most of Numel's attacks that he was going to use didn't need a whole lot of accuracy, just enough to know the general area. And if that Ground-type bit Numel, he'd better not bite his hump, seeing as how it held a hell of a lot of magma.

 

[JdaS]

Again Numel Growled, making Sutekh nervous. The Ant Pit Pokémon responded in kind, showering its opponent's face in yet another dose of sand. With its eyes all but closed from the stinging pain of sand coated eyes, Numel started jumping up and down again, giving the stadium's construction a run for its money.

Looking better Andy, our Devon Corporation Richter scale is showing a 6.3 this time!

And better it was. Another tremor rocked the ground while Sutekh struggled to keep its balance, eventually falling and bouncing around at the mercy of the trembling earth and the jutting rocks. Once it was over, it was Set's turn. It scampered over to Numel's position before disappearing behind a cloud of sand. Confused, Numel looked around for it for a while only to have its foe appear from the center of the Sand Tomb and bite its leg.

In pain and being dragged down, Numel used every ounce of its strength to pull the Trapinch out of its hidey-hole and Tackled it and itself out of the now dissipating Sand Tomb. They were back to square one, albeit with Numel looking worse for wear compared to the slightly bruised Sutekh.
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Any of you guys want a drink, since I got plenty.

"No thanks, Caleb. I just got done gulpin' down mine. Excellent match, by the way. Congrats on the new and improved Raiden."

Remy remarked, as he admired the proud Luxray that lay on the ground behind him. His attention then turned back to the match where Darius had his hands full with Savannah's feisty Trapinch.

"Wooo, go Sav!"

Matt seemed very enthralled by the matches, seeing as he had been quiet for a while now. That is until a young man about his age with a bucket of meat and a Machop in tow came up to where they were sitting.

"Hey there brudda! You Matt Seras, ain'tcha? Name's Jack Almond, from Dewford Town, this 'ere's Chopper, my Machop."

Chop. Chop.

The small Pokémon greeted Matt with what must've been the manliest pose ever in Machop-kind.

"I hear tell you're my next opponent, don't worry, I'll try not to beat you too hard. Nhihhiii."

Jack said, while swallowing the remains of a drumstick, throwing out the bone and offering his hand for a handshake, with a wide, elated grin on his face.

 

[Redryhno]

"Come now, Numel, you've got it in you to win this, follow up another Magnitude with a Growl, that's about all you've got against this thing."

Darius was genuinely surprised at the turn of events, the little tyke was holding his own against a pokemon trained twice as long as himself, but he knew this was a last ditch effort here, it was make or break time, and that last attack may be all that stands between his victory and Sav's. All in all, it had been a good fight so far, so he was happy and ready for more.