The Road to Indigo (Pokemon RP (Closed): Chapter 7: Dead Living On The Radio...)

[Lizmichi]

Well depending on the type. If it's flying, fire, ice, or electricity you will be at a disadvantage but if it's rock well you're fucked. But grass, ground, fighting and bug should be fine." Fary said thinking through all the different type and weaknesses for each. "Hmmmm like if I run into steel well poor Zorua is in bad shape but she can take on a Abra." she said not really looking at anyone.

Zorua titled her head to the side and looked at Fary then the Scyther and Jordan. "Zor Zorua Zooorrr."What a dumb ass. Zorua wasn't found of really anyone in the group, particularly Jordan for how he looked at Fary. She growled some and made sure Fary wasn't looking at her and used Leer on Vince.

 

[CounterAttack]

Rochelle thought over the type advantages and disadvantages of the Pokémon she had seen with each Trainer. They were a mixed bunch, capable of covering each other's weaknesses. Going by the basic elemental rules, she knew from her education that Kirsten wasn't going to be that great when facing Electric or Grass Pokémon, and that she would have no problem with the Rock-type Gym Leader in Pewter City. Of course, that would be once they got there, and she had worked with Kirsten to train her up and teach her to battle.

"Hmmm... a shame there isn't a lake or something nearby," she mused to herself as she walked with the others. "Maybe I could buy a fishtank or something, and fix it up to attach it to the top of my pack. Kirsten would love that... although it'd be a bit heavy, carrying all that water around on my back."

 

[socialtangent]

Tyler grinned somewhat. "Yeah, Geist is a pretty nice Abra. I've had him since I was sixteen," he said to Aeris just before the cry of a Scyther caught his attention. Jordan's impressive Pokemon spread its wings. Overhearing Jordan, its name was Vince. Interesting name for a Scyther, Tyler noted. He also saw that Fary's Zorua didn't seem to like Vince at all. In fact, the small fox-like Pokemon didn't appear to be friendly to anybody but her trainer. Tyler made a mental note to keep his distance from the unfamiliar Zorua.

 

[LunaSocks]

Spoiler: OOC

Sorry, but if anything in this post is off story (as in, physically impossible)tell me, I don't currently have the time to read through all of these posts.

"So will we be needing to battle? Because I have no idea how to battle with my pokemon." Terinth said, as she pulled a pokeball out of her backpack. "Lillipup, you awake yet?" Terinth asked to her pokemon, as it came out of its ball yipping and bouncing around. "Good, you're not a lazy ball of fluff." As her pokemon started running around, barking happily, it ran over to all of the other pokemon, sniffing and inspecting them. "Lillipup, be careful around that Scyther's blades!" She shouted out to it.

 

[Lizmichi]

Zorua growled at the annoying Lillipup and snapped at it. "Zoorua zorzor." Get the hell away from me. Zorua was not happy with the hyper Pokemon and she looked up at Fary pleading and whimpered. "Zorua what the hell is wrong with you?" Fary said scolding her Pokemon. "You don't have to like them bu don't be an ass." she said angrily.

Sorua growled some and then looked at the Lillipup and curled up in the basket of the bike trying to hide from the others disgusted at everyone but Fary.

 

[Lambi]

Blaze hugged the Lillipup when it came over to her and nuzzled it a bit, then let go of it. "Yeah, we'll need to battle. And don't worry about not knowing how to battle. You can just watch us if you want to for a few battles to get the hang of it." Aeris said to Terinth with her usual smile.

Walking in the tall grass, Blaze had to be careful not to set it on fire. "Hmm. Maybe it would be best to just keep you in the Pokeball while we're in the grass. Just in case, though I don't like having you in the ball..." Blaze looked at Aeris and nodded, as if saying that it would be better to stay in the ball. Aeris picked Blaze's Pokeball up out of her pocket and aimed it at Blaze. A beam of red light hit Blaze and she went into the Pokeball. Aeris kissed the Pokeball and put it on her belt.

Spoiler: OOC

I didn't think until now to have her be wearing a belt that holds Pokeballs, so I hope this is alright.

 

[RBMidknight]

Simon was silent as he walked with the group. He eavesdropped on a pieces of the nearby conversations. It was somewhat unintentional because he had nothing else to focus on. Shadow, after being inspected by Bones, decided to wander away from his trainer. The small Pokémon jumped toward the Scyther when it materialized. Then he snapped at a bit of tall grass that waved in front of him. The single blade of plant matter stood no chance against the ferocious bite. When the grass was vanquished the Poochyena tilted his head and his ears twitched. His red-in-yellow eyes focused on Zorua when it growled at Lillipup. Shadow gave a curious whine. Simon noticed the sound and half-turned to find his Pokémon.

"What are you doing?" he asked. Shadow turned toward his trainer, yipped, then bounded towards him. The Poochyena bumped into Simon's leg causing him to smile.

 

[Mookie_Magnus]

"There's a lot of canine Pokemon in our group..." Mika said softly, looking around at all the dogs. "Though, I think most are males... So we don't really need to worry about anyone going into heat yet... Wait, Terinth, is your Lillipup a female? If so, I'd keep track of her heat cycle..."

Mika was quiet after that, and then smiled at the group. He looked around, trying to see any wild Pokemon approaching as they walked towards Viridian City. He looked around, and saw some rustling in the grass, with Bones looking in the direction of the noises.

"I think we've got some wild Pokemon nearby..." Mika said to the group, grabbing an empty pokeball from his jacket pocket. "Get ready guys."

 

[Lambi]

"Aww, and I just put Blaze in her Pokeball. Oh well." Aeris picked up Blaze's Pokeball from her belt. "Time to battle, Blaze. Your first battle." Blaze came out of the Pokeball in a white light that faded away slowly and showed Blaze, who was ready to battle. "Be careful, though. You haven't learned any fire attacks yet, so you can only scratch your foes." Blaze looked at Aeris and nodded. "Charmander!" She looked out for the rustling, seeing if they would get attacked.

Blaze walked towards the rustling and a Rattata attacked her. She scratched it, leaving scratch marks on it, and jumped back away from it. The Rattata hadn't given up after that little attack and tackled Blaze, who fell down for a moment, but stood back up and scratched the Rattata again. This time, it seemed like it had been knocked out. "Good job, Blaze!" Aeris said and gave her a thumbs up. Blaze walked over to her, smiling. There seemed to be more rustling in the grass. "Alright. Just be ready for another attack, Blaze." Blaze nodded and looked focused.

Spoiler: OOC

I know Neo told me it was alright for me to have a battle happen in my post, but I still wasn't sure whether to do this or not. Just tell me if it was or wasn't.

 

[NeoAC]

Spoiler: OOC

Oh yeah, perfectly fine Lambi. That's the method actually. Like I said, we won't need to show all the grinding, but that's how to do it.

Vince was going to come back with a Leer of it's own on Zorua when the Pokemon started appearing out of the bushes. The little fire lizard was the first to take down a target, and Vince was eager to show he could do just as well. "Scyyyyyyy...". It was searching around looking for a target, and he got his battle call answered when a Pidgey flew into its sight. Not even waiting for it's trainer, it got things started against the Tiny Bird Pokemon with a Quick Attack. The Pidgey got startled, and flew back at the young Bug-type, hitting it hard with a Tackle, striking a weak spot. [sub]"Scy....Scyther!"[/sub] Vince was angry now. It Focused it's Energy, the Pidgey tried to counter with a Sand Attack, but it wasn't effective and Scyther struck with another Quick Attack, hitting a critical spot on the Pidgey, knocking it out cold. "SCYTHER! Scy Scy!" It shouted triumphantly, returning to it's trainer, eager to show what it had done. "Scy! Scy!"

"Huh?" Jordan turning around. He was checking out Fary some more when Vince came up to him. "What's that little bro?" "Scy! Scy!" "Huh?" Jordan looked over where Vince was pointing, but didn't see anything there, the Pidgey having regained enough composure to flee. "Vince man, I've seen dirt before. And grass too. Come to think of it I've seen lots of things..."

"Scyyyyy..." Vince sighed a little disappointed in its trainer at the moment.

Spoiler: Catchable Pokemon

Pidgey
Rattata
Sentret
(It's still morning so no Hoothoots here.)

 

[Lizmichi]

Fary laughed some watching Vince knock out the Pidgey. "Well I guess it's time for you to have some fun Zorua." Fary said sending Zorua over to the Pidgey that was pecking away at the ground. "Zo zo zooorua." About time "Zorua use scratch." Fary said.

Zorua looked at Fary and nodded then did as she was told but the Pidgey used tackle cause some damage to Zorua. Fary give her another command "Now use leer." Zorua did so but growled as the Pidgey used sand attack. "Zorua!" Dammit Zorua tried to use scratch again as Fary told her but missed and was hit with yet another tackle. Zorua was close to passing out when it tried scratch one more time and hit. "Yes great job Zorua now time to catch this thing." Fary said throwing a Poke'ball at the weak Pidgey. The ball twitched and danced some then stopped. "YES, I caught a Pidgey." Fary said running over and picked up newly occupied ball.

 

[socialtangent]

The wild Pokemon came hard and fast at the traveling team of Trainers, but Tyler was essentially useless in these parts. Geist's Hidden Power attack was Ghost-type, which meant it wouldn't even phase most of the wild Pokemon around here. His only option was teleporting, but he wasn't necessarily willing to abandon a group of friendly Trainers. "Uh...yeah, guys. Keep up the good work. I'm...going to stay in the middle where it's safe," he said, hoping the people with useful Pokemon would at least keep the Rattatas and Pidgeys off him.

However, a clever Pidgey slipped past the rest of the group and made a beeline for Tyler. The seemingly agitated bird let out a cry before shooting a blast of sand at the defenseless Trainer. "God DAMMIT!" he shouted. "I had Repel on and everything!" Before Tyler could produce another bottle of the Pokemon repellent, the Pidgey made another run at him, tackling hard into his side. "Agh, fuck!" he shouted as he swung at the irritating bird with his arms.

 

[CounterAttack]

Rochelle watched the scene unfold, not sure whether to take to the battlefield herself. Then Tyler got rushed by a Pidgey and evidently didn't want to get in a fight. Most people were occupied by their own battles, so Rochelle hurried to Tyler's aid. She pulled out Kirsten's Poké Ball, hit the release button, and her Horsea appeared in a flash of red light.

"Sea!" the little Pokémon said happily as she bounced on her tail and looked around the field, eager to see what was going on. Rochelle, however, had other ideas. "Kirsten, now's not the time for watching. Let's see how you hold up in a battle."

Kirsten cocked her head and looked up at Rochelle, puzzled. "See the Pidgey over there? I need you to get it off the guy it's attacking." She gently turned Kirsten in mid-bounce and pointed her towards the intended target. "Let's go! What can you do, Kirsten?" In response, the Horsea assumed an expression that looked like a frown - at least, her eyes did so - and shot a small dark gray ball at the Pidgey from her mouth. It exploded into a small cloud of black smoke upon impact: she had used Smokescreen.

"I think we've distracted the bird. Quick, come over here so it can't keep up its attacks," Rochelle said to Tyler as the Pidgey flapped its wings to try to clear the smoke from its eyes.

 

[socialtangent]

Tyler immediately made a break for it when the Pidgey was too occupied with the smoke obscuring its vision. "Thanks. I owe you one," he said to Rochelle as he gladly placed her and the Horsea between himself and the Pidgey. Aside from a few scratches and a bruised side, Tyler was perfectly fine, albeit shaken. Immediately, he pulled out another Repel from his backpack and sprayed on himself. "These things never last as long as you need 'em to..."

 

[CounterAttack]

When Tyler's liberal application of the Repel reached Rochelle's nose, she took a small step away, not meaning to offend. "Sorry, but that smells pretty bad. Though imagine how a Pokémon must feel..."

While she was distracted, the Pidgey kept flapping at itself to get rid of the smoke. It eventually gave up and tried to kick up some sand in Kirsten's direction. Thankfully the spray of sand missed, shooting wide by about a foot. Kirsten continued her bouncing to keep upright, although she was starting to look a little tired already. That came from being out of the water: Rochelle knew that from experience.

"Come on, Kirsten, keep it up. What else have you got?" she asked. Kirsten's eyes brightened a little when Rochelle spoke, and she blew a small stream of bubbles. They popped as they reached the Pidgey, doing very little besides startling it. One popped in front of its face, and the bird squawked at Kirsten, hopping back a little bit from the shock.

"Aww, isn't that cute," Rochelle praised the Horsea with a smile.

 

[Lambi]

When Aeris heard the Horsea's cry, she turned around and was struck with fear when she saw it. Ah! A water Pokemon! N-no, get it away from me! She ran away from everyone and behind one of the fences, her Charmander close behind. She trembled a bit and looked to see if the Horsea had followed her. Seeing that it hadn't, she was a little embarrassed that she had ran away like that, but she couldn't help it. She was just so afraid of all water Pokemon and water. It took effort to get her to take a bath or a shower, though she much preferred the shower.

"S-sorry! I'm j-just afraid of w-water and water P-Pokemon..." she said to apologize to Rochelle and Kirsten, still hiding behind the fence away from them. Small tears ran down her cheeks, though she hid them by hiding her face in her hair. Blaze looked up at her trainer with a sad look and hugged her. Aeris smiled a bit when she felt Blaze hug her leg. "Thanks Blaze. I just met these people and now they'll think I'm weird..."

 

[LunaSocks]

As everyone began to to battle pokemon, Terinth decided it was time she found out how Lillipup fought. As she brought out her PokeDex and scanned her Lillipup, it responded: Lillipup. The Puppy Pokemon. It's move set is: *Insert Move Set from character sheet here*.. It's ability is Vital Spirit, meaning it cannot fall asleep.

"You know, that explains why you're so GOD. DAMN. HYPER!" Terinth said to her Lillipup, it responded barking happily. "Let's see how you use all that energy." Terinth said as she looked around for something to battle. She got her answer when she heard a ruffling of wings behind her. As she turned around, she saw a Pidgey charging out of the trees. As she realized it was coming after her. She was unprepared, and it hopped at her face and began pecking at her eyes. "Agh! Lillipup, use Tackle!" As she yelled out the command, she saw a scatter of feathers. "Good job, Lillipup! One more time!" As Lillipup sent the Pidgey flying, it slammed into a tree, getting knocked out cold. "Good job Lillipup! I guess you're not useless!" As Terinth looked around at the others, and she saw one of them cowering in fear. "Hey Aeris, are you alright?"

 

[Lambi]

Aeris looked at Terinth through her hair which still covered her face. She looked away while she brushed her hair away and wiped the small tears away. "It's just that I'm afraid of water and water Pokemon..." she started saying. She was silent for a few moments while calming herself down. She looked at Terinth and gave him a small smile. "I should have told you guys sooner, but instead, I just look like an idiot now, cowering in fear because I'm afraid of a little Horsea..."

Meanwhile, a Sentret tackled Blaze from behind. She didn't like that and scratched it back. With scratch marks on it, it tackled Blaze again who was knocked down a second time and took a moment to stand up. It scratched the Sentret again and it was knocked down. Blaze stood victorious and walked back to Aeris.

 

[CounterAttack]

The Pidgey that Kirsten was fighting recovered quickly from the sudden shock of the Bubble attack, and rushed at Kirsten, knocking her down. The Horsea cried out, hurt by the charge, and Rochelle quickly picked her up and set her back on her tail as the bird retreated a short distance. "Come on, Kirsten. It's only a little one, you can beat him, right?" she said gently, not wanting to put pressure on her Pokémon.

"Hor-sea," Kirsten answered with a little twitch that looked like a nod. Rochelle smiled at the cute creature and said, "Alright, hit him with the bubbles again." Kirsten did so, although Rochelle noted that the bubble stream was a bit larger. The wild Pidgey let out another squawk and backed up under the weight of the pressing bubbles, before they started to pop around it. When one of the bubbles popped as it touched the Pidgey's head, it shook itself, but another couple hit it and they were forceful enough to daze it.

"Go on, get out of here, you crazy bird," Rochelle said forcefully as she strode over to the Pidgey and carefully pushed it away into the grass while it was still stunned. She returned to Tyler and Kirsten, picking up the latter for a brief cuddle. "That was pretty good, Kirsten. How'd you do that?" Rochelle asked the little Pokémon, who gave a short victory cry and snuggled into Rochelle's arms.

 

[RBMidknight]

'Well that was interesting.' Simon thought as he watched the fire and water Pokemon complete their battles. A low whine made him turn his attention back to Shadow. Nose to the ground, the Poochyena appeared to be tracking something. The small grey-furred Pokémon stopped at the bottom of a short tree. 'Oh, please be a Ratatta that likes to climb trees.' Simon thought. He jogged toward his Pokémon. As he got closer he saw two Pidgeys and his Pokémon growling at them. Shadow gave a low howl. "Of course..."

One of the Pidgeys took flight and escaped. The second Pidgey gave a harsh cry and dived down out of the tree toward Shadow. Shadow jumped out of the way, but just barely. The Pidgey squawked angrily and beat its wings. It circled around the four legged Pokémon. When the Pidgey completed its loop it landed on a low branch. Taking the opportunity Simon took out his Pokédex and aimed it at Pidgey. The device beeped then displayed the appropriate information:

Spoiler: Pokèdex Entry

NamePidgey
ClassificationTiny Bird Pokemon
Height/Weight1' 0"/4.0 lbs.
Type

DescriptionPidgey has an extremely sharp sense of direction. It is capable of unerringly returning home to its nest, however far it may be removed from its familiar surroundings.

'Well that doesn't help me right now.' As Simon watched, the Pidgey launched itself from the branch and began to beat its wings. Dirt and sand started to rise up from the ground. "Sand attack...oh no." Sand and dirt flew past Poochyena and his trainer. Shadow shook his head rapidly to clear its vision. Simon shook his leg out and scowled when sand fell to the ground. 'Great. More sand in my shoes.' "Shadow, use tackle!" Simon called.

"Chee" Shadow agreed. He rushed toward the Pidgey. The tackle attack sent the small bird flying beak over tail on the ground. "Nice work!" Simon enthused.

"Rrrr" Shadow growled and darted toward the bird. He clamped his teeth down on one of the Pidgey's wings. The panicked bird began squawking loudly and fought to free itself. But with one of its wings out of commission it couldn't fly away. Shadow gave a low growl and shook his head. The Poochyena held on until finally the Pidgey exhausted itself and stopped fighting.

Simon reached into his backpack and pulled out a Pokéball. "Alright, Shadow, let go." Simon threw the Pokéball. Shadow released the bird and jumped out of the way. The ball landed on the Pidgey and bounced. In a flash of red light the Pokémon was trapped inside.

Simon stared at the small sphere, willing it to remain shut. The Pokéball rolled back and forth, the light on its center glowing softly. Back and forth the Pokéball twitched. After a few seconds it was still. "Gotcha." Simon said with a grin. Shadow pawed at the Pokéball until his trainer walked over to pick it up.

"Well done." Simon praised his Pokémon. Shadow yipped happily.