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Topic Started: Feb 4 2007, 05:54 AM (1,622 Views)
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Minto the Clown. Thats what it meant to be in the suit didnt it? He was Minto the Clown now. Well it wasnt really much of a suit. The entire thing consisted of only that pair of big baggy red pants, and that beach ball of orange fuzz of a wig. He wasnt exactly a clown yet. Clowns had painted faces and a fake nose. And probably more frilly bits. KJ wasnt wearing any of that stuff. Good. He wasnt going to be a clown anyway. But then it all seemed a bit silly to be half dressed as a clown and pretend youre not funny to look at.

Zeal watched him in awe, hands by his side. Those white gloves were one thing, and his own fake red nose was another, but his trainer had orange hair! He felt that humans made looking like a clown much easier than a croconaw could, but maybe looks werent everything. Atlas seemed impressed enough, in his own polite way. The machop had taken to stranding very straightly and keeping his arms crossed over his chest, as if he were on constant look out. It was kind of hard to tell what he was looking out for, eyes hidden beneath those egg-shaped goggles hed gotten, but he was exuding that bodyguard-aura pretty well.

Afraid that the longer he stood there thinking about how ridiculous he looked would sooner make him change his mind, KJ no, this was Minto now drew on his Poketch. Lorenzo Town was behind him. He nodded, as if that would make him feel less a fool, and then regarded his egg. The ol boys had actually done it. Or at least theyd gotten as far as making the egg. The rest was up to him then. He held it close to his chest as Atlas and Zeal started forward the way Minto had told them to go. Maybe Radloff City would have a gym and some place he could find out more about eggs.

East was the way. So the trial began.

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Heading east directly from Lorenzo Town.
Currently @ 4 foot grass 2.
Hes just walking, and thats about it.
Did a picture too, but I dont know why, and forgot the egg as well, well it kinda sucks anyway.

How are you doing that with your mouth?


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*That picture is awesome. I think you forgot your APL...*

Th egrass in this particualr area was much taller than any grass should be. It towered high above your pokemon. Things were quite mysterious in the grass also. Several noises and sounds could be heard off in random directions of your location. Seeing exactly what was there, however, was next to impossible. Looking in the directions of the noises would only meet you with grass in your face, much like a miniature jungle.

Anywho, after a bit of walking, something new appeared. It was a rock. A rock? Yes, a rock. It was huge, and it sat in the ground in the field, completely surrounded by huge grass. Maybe it was nothing, but this rock was placed in a weird position... maybe some investigating was afoot.
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(Thanks. And my APL has been in my sig since forever. Its on the bottom left, but maybe thats just an awkward place to put it. Its 18, anyway)

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The grass was stupid. Minto decided that he didnt like the taste. He thought he saw Atlas shoulders move, like he was laughing, each time the trainer spit out an incorrigible blade of grass. Theres no end to this is there? he waved a curtain of green away, a hint of despair creeping into his voice. No one was game enough to answer him. They had been walking for a good while now, and all there had been were muffled noises and grass up to the eyebrows and beyond. But at least now there was a rock. Very big and very confident in its own existence. Minto needed a higher vantage point to see just how much further the grass would last. He passed the egg down to Atlas, who held it like he was afraid even an errant ray of sunlight could harm it, then tried to climb up the rock. Hopefully from up there he would be able to see some end in sight. But the rock was in a weird position. How weird.

Zeal yawned.


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Currently @ 4 foot tall grass 2. Heading east. Trying to climb a weirdly positioned and large rock?

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You suddenly felt something brush against your legs, the grass beneath you giving off a low purring sound. As youlooked down you discovered a small cat-like pokemon before it noticed you would be looking at it, strolling away casually as if it had never seen you before and it hadn't just been affectionately rubbing against your legs. What an odd pokemon...

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It was too dark too be a meowth. And its tail was so long that it needed to coil up onto itself or else it would have hit KJ in the nose. Zeal and Atlas just watched it go by, aghast that their trainer had just been groped by a pokemon now slinking away. But KJ wasnt too put off by that. This kind of pokemon hed never seen before and he could account for that with him being in this new region. But then he didnt know how he should deal. Was he afraid of it? It was only a new pokemon, and by all means not the most threatening thing he could have encountered. KJ fell into indecisiveness again, and at the same time slipped off the rock he was trying to climb.

And that was enough of that. Enough of being confused and generally ineffective in of himself. He stood, brushing the dirt from his knees, which didnt suffer too greatly since his baggy pants were quite cushioning, and released Dendro.

The snake flared onto the grass then reared back, hissing routinely. KJs wig wasnt particularly distracting because there were his eyes to keep a focus on. The eyes were quite fired up.
Youre always up for a fight, right? he started, although not expecting a response from the ekans shifting his weight on the dirt. So then I guess that makes you want to get stronger. Well maybe I want to get stronger too. Maybe I want to be serious about this whole training thing and maybe Ill beat that gym and get that badge and the longer I keep raving on like this the more likely that pokemon is going to get away!

Dendros head turned to KJs frantic that way! gesture. His heated pontificating aside, the ekans felt quite comfortable with KJs new, if inexplicable, desire to charge into battle. The trainer bent his knees a little to get lower and closer to the ekans. You can track this thing right? he whispered urgently, Its like got a really curly tail. Well arent there heat signatures or scents or something you can go by? And why am I whispering?
Dendro would have shrugged his shoulders if he had any, but he just hissed and slithered forward into the grass. He did taste something in the air, but it was faint and getting fainter. It wasnt KJ, and it wasnt Zeal or Atlas. Their scents he recognized. There was something else and it was something new.

They followed the ekans warily, but he was snaking further and further ahead at a quicker pace. If there was something in this grass hed find it. The grass was ekans territory. He couldnt have been in a more natural environment. All he need do was rely on instinct. Hunt. Capture. Kill. Or at least battle instead of that last part.


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Tracking the following pokemon that groped and ran:

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Currently @ 4 foot tall grass 2. Heading east. WAS trying to climb a weirdly positioned and large rock but then left this to pursue cat-thing.

How are you doing that with your mouth?


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Chasing after the kitty cat was probably a wise choice. Shortly after giving chase, the grass around you slowly began to decrease in size. Assuming you continued in your pursuement, the tal grass abruptlt ceased to be. In its place was a pond of sorts. Around it were weeping willow trees, giving the scene a rather nice look and feel to it.

Near the pond stood the cat-like thing you had been chasing. It was sitting near the water, quenching its thirst with the delicious unflavored liquid. I suppose it was thirsty after its groping session.

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So theyd found the cat, but now what? Oh yeah. The ekans was just aching for a good fight, and now with the target in sight it was probably time to instigate the aforementioned. KJ, Atlas and Zeal stayed back, for no other foreseeable reason other than to give Dendro space. The machop didnt feel the need to be as protective of his purple comrade as he did with the others since Dendro usually preferred to take care of things himself and had quite the good fang to do it well. Out of the grass and into the gulley, Dendro slithered and sneaked like a good predator could. A belly couldnt get much lower than a snakes.

As long as the cat was drinking, its back to him, he could get closer. And hed get as close as he could, tasting the air, trying to get a sense of whether the target had noticed him yet or not. Then he stopped sliding forward, his tail collecting into coils behind his head. He measured things. Himself, the cat, the pond. Didnt need to jump too far. He measured his strength. He sprang out, gangs bared. The fangs to anchor onto anything fleshy, so he could twist and bind and coil around it and it give a nice and breathtaking squeeze. No groping. Just suffocation.

Okay well that last bit sounded a bit creepy
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(bite, wrap, squeeeeeze)

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He stops. He shootsHE SCORES! The cat-like thingy howled an ear-splitting screech as fangs embedded themselves deep in its backside, causing it to nearly choke on the water it had been calmly lapping up until moments before. The powerful muscular coils slowly wound around its form as Dendro manipulated himself into the shape of the cats unusually curly tail, fangs still lodged deep within his prey. The kitty gave a faint murmur; a purr of pain and absolute pity. Oh noits going for the cat eyes! DONT FALL FOR THE CAT EYES, DENDRO!

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Ability: Intimidate
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He fell for the cat eyes. Aw, cmon! Thats the oldest trick in the book! said KJ, incredulous but not too surprised by it if he were to be honest with himself. Ugh. Dendro! Enough with the Doe-eyes! Take it out! But what has KJs words got to do with anything? The ekans had his girl now.

Dendro thought that he only ever had one passion in life. The fight was it. But now there was this. Affections from a cold and scaly creature come strange, and as he pressed against the pokemon he wondered what the go would be. Now, before we get into this whole creepy, freaky, (not to mention vomitous) idea of attraction and asphyxiation, lets consider what we have here: Dendro has himself wrapped firmly around the cat. If he were any sort of predator hed have wound himself tightly around the chest and torso of this pokmon and begun applying the squeeze. But his muscles do little when it comes to crushing bones. Its not about bones. Its about breathing. His wrap attack works like this:

Each time the cat breathes out, he constricts, until the cat breathes in again in the lungs fill and press up against the force of the constriction. Then, like she has to do, the cat needs to breathe out again and this lets Dendro squeeze tighter. With each squeeze the breath she can take back in becomes smaller. Soon shed be reduced to short gasps. And soon enough silence. The wrapping comes natural to Dendro. He need not even think about it. He can do other things as he squeezes. So he squeezes, regardless of his affections, because why wouldnt he want to get as close as he can to his newfound infatuation. Yes. She looked good. So good. Good enough to eat. What better way to consummate their burgeoning relationship than with a nice, intimate, dinner. He went to bite her again.

And my god do I feel like a creep now. Brrrr. *shudder*

:ekans :ml LV 16
:hp 32/32
Ability: Intimidate
-Attractd-
(Bite while wrapping)

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Posted Image :fl Lv 19
:hp 30/38
-Wrapd-
(And uh, let's say for argument's sake Dendro's ability worked and this cat thing has -1 atk? I mean, if we don't have abilities that work then what have we got? If not that then we have naught!)

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Nyaruma's breath became shallower and shallower as its eyes closed, it was fighting hard to get it's breath but each time she did so she only drew less and less... if this continued on she would breathe her last.

Her body tensed against the snakes constrictions, before her head suddenly snapped up, eyes opening wide as a bright flash illuminated... Dendro had no chance as he was so close, he was caught by the flash, his eyes soon drooping closed as he fell into a deep sleep, his body still constricting by instinct, but now much looser, allowing Nyaramu to catch in a deep breath and steady itself as it suddenly bared its fangs and bit into the snake.

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The dreams were almost better than reality, especially since he couldnt really tell. Sick with love and now feverishly dreaming of it, the ekans writhed uncontrollably. The cat stuck between his coils would have heard his panting hisses.

In the dream they were on a beach. Yes it was that dream. Dendro was at one end of beach, the cat was at the other. The Violins of Lovers In A Slow-motion Run Towards Each other started playing. The ocean lapped at the shore, constantly shifting, churning, changing, dangerous and cold, yet warm and full of life where it was deep and dark. Then the swelling began. Of the music. They were drawing nearer. Dendro slithered faster, although still in slow-motion, leaving a sensual trail behind him on the sand. The cat gained enough slow-momentum to run on just her hind legs, her tail in coils of excitement and anticipation for their embrace. She opened her arms. He opened his jaws. He wanted to shout his love into the ocean air. They could almost touching. He erupted with

Dust shoot. Or he wouldve. He was asleep, so hed have to wake up to do that. He couldnt well attack in his sleep, although he was still instinctively putting the squeeze on her with his wrap and in very close proximity still. KJ watched on in dismay. The look on Dendros face was one of rapture, which was kind of gross to be honest. He was hissing and undulating and his fangs were hanging out all over the place. But the trainer just kept watching. It was sensual and horrifying at the same time (kind of like reading fanfic) and he knew to better than to even take a sleeping Dendro out of a middle of the fight. There was some kind of snake pride in that ekans, and so KJ let this situation go on. He wouldnt make a different move until the ekans woke up or was defeated. Er, or close to it.


:ekans :ml LV 16
27/32 :hp
ability: Intimidate
-Attractd-
-Asleep-
Dust Shoot until he wakes up.

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25/38 :hp
-Wrapd-
(So uhm, did Dendro's ability work or no? Just tell me it for some reason or other didn't so I don't have to keep bringing up the -1atk thing. )

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Ooookkaaaysopornography aside, they were in a real bind (haha, bind! Get it?. *shot*). Kitty watsername was trapped within the vicegrip of a very sleepy (but very happy) Mr. Dendro, and all anyone can say is Im so glad Im not the kitty. But while part of her was disgusted, the other part was actually relishing in the attention, which hindered her struggle a bit. But there was no ignoring the threat the snakes coils had on her well-being, and she had to act fast. She wiggled and wiggled and wiggleduntil she had one tiny little white paw free, and started clawing at the reptilians tough scaly form. Dendro, of course, took no notice and continued pleasantly dreaming, as the attack didnt do so much damage as to wake him. His eyesthey were creepy. His body was hard. And his fangs hurt.

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I cant take this anymore, KJ said, getting up out of the grass. Atlas and Zeal followed suit, glad to have something to distract them from the snake & cat show. Dendros grip was probably going to slip soon, and the cat could then be running, leaving a very sleepy ekans behind. He was happily dreaming now, but KJ knew he wouldnt love waking up and realizing hed just thrown a good fight. Those darn cat eyes.

The dream was getting a little uncomfortable, and something was nagging at him. Dendro twisted his head, still seeing the cat, her face scrunched into a loving smile... but what was that clawing against his scales? And he thought he heard a voice. That was the trainer. Why was he here at the beach?

KJ hadnt come up with a plan yet, even though he had gotten up now and at least looked decisive. He just needed to wake Dendro up. For a start anyway. Even while making googly eyes at an opponent the ekans would be expressing his effections in the best way he knew how. In the form oferspitting venom. Its a snake thing. KJ tried calling out a name and just yelling. Dendro kept coiling and sleeping.

There was the other problem; the cat could well escape if she got free from those scaly loops, so KJ motioned for Zeal and Atlas to watch out for that. Seemed unlikely that she would escape into the pond, and the croconaw would make quick work of that anyway. The three of them, trainer flanked by his pokemon, guarded the grass. But just wake up, Dendro! It would be so much easier if you just did that. And KJ could kick himself for hoping out loud for things to be easier. A sure fire way to make easy come never.

(OOC: I mention a beach in that post somewhere. The dream just refers to the what I put in my previous post. There is no physical beach. Just the dream beach. Its not important, I just didnt want to confuse anyone.)

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Dendro :ml LV 16
22/32 :hp
ability: Intimidate
-Attractd-
-Asleep-
*Dust Shoot if and when he wakes up.*
This will be the plan until
a. he wakes up or
b. the cat comes free of the wrap attack and tries to escape
so assume however many turns pass and the cat gets in attacks until one of those things happen?

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It was all over in the blink of an eye, a flurry of attacks passing before the strange feline fell to the ground, swirls in her eyes. She had managed to use her speed and limber bodies to escape the coils of your snake, delivering a rake across Dendro's face.

This was what woke your Ekans up, sheer fury burning in his amber gaze. He reeled back before spewing for a nasty concoction of purple haze and putrid dirt, engulfing the Glameow before it could even land in the soft dirt.

And that is how Dendro earned himself 1.2 :exp and 10 points of damage. You are now free to explore this wild land, to take on what ever may come your way!
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Maybe I could take a shortcut, KJ mused after hed collected his things. Collecting included wrangling a furious ekans back into his pokeball. Whatever spell that cat (called a Glameow according to that new pokedex in his pocket) had Dendro under was broken the moment she fainted. But the memory remained, that hot feeling still frothing about in the back of Dendros head, quickly bubbling from lust to revulsion. He could feel his scales crawl at the thought; Glameows have fur! For a few seconds Dendro just kept spitting acid into the ground like he was trying to get a bad taste out of his mouth. Never again. Never again! Love is disgusting!

Atlas and Zeal helped themselves to the water. The pond was soothing and cool, and KJ figured that a shroud of those reeds growing beside it would do well enough in hiding a fainted glameow from any other attackers. Things were quiet again, so the trio (Zeal, Atlas and KJ, Dendro now in his pokeball) would head off.

His reflection was still very recognizable. It was just the hair that was different after all. But KJ figured there was probably still more to it than just slapping on some makeup and attaching a fake nose to the end of his real one. There was always emotion in a clowns face now, wasnt there? Not just the one painted on, but beneath that they were always doing something. A smile, a frown, utter confusion, all exaggerated and always kept at full volume. He tried smiling. It was toothy and grin-y. He tried so hard his cheeks went red, and that seemed to help. Perhaps procuring some white face paint would help, too. Hed have to try a store or something at that Radloff City. Man, now it seemed like he needed to write a list. Find out about pokemon eggs, challenge a gym, buy cosmetics suitable for clowning wait, so was he going to do the clown thing now after all? Town first. Get to town first. That came first.

No short cuts to be had really, KJ thought. He would keep heading East, and he was sure he was close to a river now. He could smell the running water in the air. Or see it on his map. Whichever thing deserved the credit, KJ knew hed have to cross that river. But first hed have to get to it. So he tried. And they walked towards the great big grasses.


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And for the better part of KJ's walk towards the big grasses or long grass - depending on however one looked at it - it was quite uneventful. Perhaps, if KJ really did have that heightened sense of smell he claimed, being able to smell water and all, he would also have smelled something malicious in the air. Whether it was a known fact or not, the Pokemon in the Lorenzian Wildlands were a tad more aggressive than your ordinary wild types, so it was a bit of an unexpected thing that KJ's travels were uninterrupted.

If one believed in a sixth sense, one would definitely say that something heavy was hanging in the air. It was no coincidence that there didn't happen to be much wild Pokemon on KJ's route towards his destination - indeed, if KJ's name was Peter Parker, his spider-sense would be tingling. As KJ got closer, he would be able to distinguish a relatively-high pitched voice talking to herself, clearly irritated. It sounded like a young girl, but one can never be too sure.

"What the hell just happened? Syruf, do you read me? Come in! Come in!"

"Nandayo! Why the hell is the grass so tall here, I can't see a goddamn thing!"

"Where are my items, where the hell am I? Just a moment ago, I was about to wipe the smirk off of that old geezer and accomplish my mission, and the next I'm here without the other members of my team!"

"Gotta regroup with the rest of the Tooboekage..."

Then it suddenly appeared that whoever it was, she was suddenly aware of KJ. There was a rustle of sound as if the person was packing her things up, and then the stalks of grass twitched visibly. There was just enough time for things to settle down if KJ decided to walk into this new area at all. But he would also be getting a very uneasy feeling: somebody was watching him.

"Hmph! Just a clown eh?"

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KJ immediately knew someone was there. It was like a sixth sense, except he heard who it was so it was actually still one of the five. Then the other presence got self-aware and made itself scarce. That mattered very little to KJ. The grass was kind of scratchy on his skin. He just kept on and didnt feel the uneasiness he probably should have. His pokemon flanked him, not much in any stalwart way, but they offered extra sets of senses which often came in handy where visibility was low and currently only guided by poketch GPS.

But if someone was there that KJ would worry about, what did he have to worry about? For all intents and purposes he was seen as nothing more than a trainer striding through the grass. course, he was dressed like a clown. Well then the watcher would probably think something like: Hmph. Just a clown.

But just a clown? Was that usual? To see a clown wading through tall grasses outside of a tent was not commonplace as far as KJ was aware. The egg in his arms was clutched a bit closer to his chest, but the instinctive action was so subtle KJ wasnt even conscious to it. They walked on, towards the original source of the noise? Still heading east anyway.

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In an instant, all hell seemed to break loose around the little circus troupe. There was a rushing sound of wind and several stalks of long grass quickly found themselves one or two feet shorter. The culprit of the deed lodged itself into the ground where KJ's foot would have been a few seconds later. There was two loud explosions of noise and flashes of that escaped through the long blades of grass to KJ's right, which the trainer could probably relate it to the release of Pokemon from Pokeballs if he was in a calm state of mind.

The grass around them rustled once more, and shadows quickly flitted about the group of one human and two Pokemon. There was a howl. Then another. Then something that was not quite such a howl.

"Just a clown," the girl smirked, her voice coming from somewhere behind KJ. "Lucky us we ran into a loser like him! Chad! Quincy! The Pokemon are yours, but I want the clown alive!"

Two more howls to either side of the group signalled the danger that was coming. It was very likely that they didn't intend to approach in a friendly manner.

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:exp: 0/3
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:atev: 0 :dfev: 0 :hpev: 0 :saev: 0 :spev: 0 :sdev: 0

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:exp: 0/3
:happiness: 2
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Whoever it was had made the very least of preparations before ambushing KJ. But even though he knew someone was there it was still a surprise, and thats the whole idea of an ambush. KJ hadn't much time to panic, he just watched in a manner of slighthy worry and confusion. Nothing came at them immediately. There was just a lot of sound and a lot of movement. Atlas had already shuffled KJ behind him, shoulders spread defensively. Zeal sniffed at the air and turned to face the sounds.

Through his goggles he saw the dark shapes racing at them. Atlas rolled his shoulders, slipping easily into a ready stance since he always and stood at the edge of one, and balled his fist. Zeal saw the other one, flexed his fingers just because he liked doing it, and gave the ground a limbering thump with his tail. The battle was at hand, Atlas giving a shout that rose above all the noise and made it known that any fist, fang or tail thrown here would find a mark. The ambushers were coming to them anyway, so all they had to do was wait. The machops knuckles exploded like he had a fist full of stars and brought it upon the mightyenas chin as it came. Zeal spun on his feet, swinging his tail like a bat at a ball.

At least they want me alive, KJ said, his pokemon guarding him closely.


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*dynamic punch Mightyena*

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To the dismay of KJ's hidden attacker, the clown was no fool after all. He had reared his Pokemon well, and they responded efficiently to his silent pleads of help before they were made. Both the Croconaw and the Machop instinctively flanked their trainer, guarding him from where the howls seemed to be coming from in the mass of grass.

Zeal responded in a particularly outstanding manner. Gathering whatever aura he used for his water attacks, he lunged at the oppressor on his side before the enemy could even be seen. There was a gush of rushing water and a resulting yelp of helplessness could be heard. The form of a Poochyena fell to the ground, swirl in his eyes, defeated in one hit.

Atlas refused to be proven inferior to his partner. He turned towards the sound on his side, putting up his fists as he readied himself for the oncoming canine. The form of a Mightyena burst out from the grass, only to receive a faceful of dynamic fist. It knocked the breath completely out of the Mightyena, but perhaps due to its evolved form, it managed to stay conciousness.

As the canine stumbled in his steps, things spun out of control for the moment for KJ. The Mightyena continued to be vocal, ignoring the spit flying from his maw. The howl suddenly went from vocal to guttural, and dropped two octaves in pitch, rumbling into a full blown Roar.

Before the Croconaw had a chance to celebrate his victory, he was suddenly pulled by the familiar beaming energy of the Pokeball, and felt his atoms being rearraged by whatever scientific means those spheres was meant to work to recall him back into his confines. Likewise, KJ felt a soft tug at his pants. Fortunate or unfortunate, it was not his female attacker.

One other Pokeball was instead pulled unwillingly from his attire, and opened up to reveal a snake Pokemon inside. Dendro emerged onto the field where Zeal had left off right beside Atlas, slightly confused due to the reason that his trainer had not called for his release.

And the girl finally took advantage of this moment. Coming from behind whereas his two Pokemon was released in front, she suddenly had one of KJ's arms forcefully pinned behind his back, and he found a short hiltless blade pressed against his throat. "I'm sorry. Seems like my Quincy wants to play with your snake. Call that fighter back, we're not interested in him. Now you'll wait like a good boy while I heal up Quincy, and we'll do this all over again, hmm? Otherwise, I'll gut you."

She laughed a high pitched laugh, but nobody was quite sure what was so amusing about the situation.

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KJ wasnt too inclined to argue with a woman pressing a blade against his throat. Not to mention her having his arm forcibly wrenched behind his back. She seemed a might stronger than he was.
Wha-what? was all he could manage as he complied to her demands. Mind racing, Atlas was recalled, to the machops chagrin, and the extra space made Dendro hiss. Though the ekans didnt know why he was out (not that he would mind, the taste of that mightyenas killing intent in the air already giving the snake quite a thrill), KJ knew it was a roar. He had enough wits about him to know what had happened, but he rather wished he had the reaction speed to deal with it.

He swallowed against the cold blade and tried to see who was threatening him to make this.. a fair fight? What was going on? Unless he was mistaken he was pretty sure this girl had attacked him first. Zeal and Atlas reacted to the ambush just in time. Now she was making it sound as if KJ had started the whole thing. And she was threatening to eviscerate him if he didnt comply, so why dwell on the details, KJ?
And he wasnt sure why he had the thought, because it was hardly appropriate and did little to ease his tensions, but he wondered if it wouldnt be quicker to just slit his throat rather than go to the trouble of gutting him. If it came down to it. Too many thoughts.

All he could see was a bit of her arm. Look, he followed up quickly, hoping that his immediate response in recalling Atlas had bought him some time to speak, if youre after zenni or something then my wallet's in my pocket. Inner pocket. Theses are special pants. Clown pants, youve probably noticed. Now, unless you want to go fetch my wallet yourself then well Ill just going to go reach for them but uh, only if you say so. I won't try anything, I mean, you're obviously in charge; Knife to the throat, my arm nicely twisted behind my back, quite a grip you've got if you don't mind me saying. So, you want my zenni? He held a hand up in offering, still trying to glimpse his captor. Which was probably why he didnt notice Dendro doing things for himself.

Dendro never was one to wait patiently for the fight to be had. It was right there, and he could have it now. The snake had just finished a battle beforehand (notice the depleted hp ;)) but hed never have enough of a good fight.

He watched the mightyena, looking as mean as he was, but the snake knew he could be meaner. As he reared up his eyes glowed. He stared that wolf in the eyes, looking into him. But that confusion Atlas had laid on him made the mightyena deficient with attention. A moment of attention was all Dendro needed though. He swayed to wherever he could get into the mightyenas line of sight, and locked gazes. If he could keep the dog still. Just for that one moment It was quiet work, maybe the girl wouldnt notice. He made the dog see him. See his eyes. The burning stare. That stare was knowing. He knew. He knew!

Glare to immobilize him just long enough for the hit to hit. Not going for full blown paralysis, just to hold him there, hold him still, then strike him down. Dendro hissed quietly, already battling.

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Now that all the attackers were visible - or at the very least, out in the open - the howls had stopped. The Mightyena took a quick glance at his fallen partner a feet away where the Croconaw had downed it and shudder. He was confident about his own power, but there was something about the other Pokemon - perhaps a reiatsu of sorts - that made the Mightyena doubt his own might against it. He was very glad he had sent it away with his roar. Quincy himself had suffered his own end of damage from the Machop, and his ears perked up at the offer of a fair fight his trainer was offering this clown.

Licking at his own wounds, the Mightyena smiled within himself. His trainer was as cruel as always. He closed his eyes slightly, waiting for the spray of refreshing potion that never came. He heard the sound of a beam, signalling the return of the Machop - he was glad about that. The fighting Pokemon had a natural advantage over him that he couldn't overcome. But something was wrong. Quincy opened one eye to look.

The only other Pokemon left on the field, an Ekans, reared itself. That was enough threat for the Mightyena. The hound, being of an aggressive nature itself, can determine an attack when he see one. And whatever this fool of an Ekans might be, it definitely was not listening to the humans or noticing the disadvantaged situation his trainer was in. No matter. He himself would teach the small fry a lesson.

However, something else seemed to be wrong. The canine's vision swam. His head throbbed. His ears twitched. All his sensory apparatus seemed to be reacting in a strange way. His nose - which should be the sharpest one around - was confusing the odours the he was receiving. He suddenly began to see doubles of the Ekans. In a slightly disoriented state, Quincy hesitated.

But it was perhaps this hesitation and confusion that saved the brute for now. He never met the Glare of the Ekans properly. Deciding that there was no escaping the confused state that he was caught in, Quincy soon threw caution to the winds and lashed out randomly at Dendro with a Thief attack.

It must have been an unlucky day for KJ. The attack hit home, and Dendro fell.

But the nightmare did not end there for KJ. His attacker - the human - was practically hysterical that the snake had attacked on his own. She began to scream shrilly, still behind KJ and positively into his ear, "I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU TO WAIT, YOU LITTLE SONUVAB---H!" Without thinking, she brought her hand with the kunai down, stabbing it into KJ's left thigh.

Whoever this girl was, she definitely wasn't going to play nicely. Now that she had injured her victim, she let him go, knowing that he would most likely be too weak to stand. Giving him a swift kick from behind to bring him down to the ground faster, she glared down upon him. "Now," she said, breathing heavily through a black mask, "I do want your zenny. But I also want answers. What have you done to me? Where did you take me?"

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Well that was one way to avoid a battle; lose one very quickly. On his knees and finding that this thigh now had a pulse, KJ saw Dendros form through a film of tears. Too many distractions, or just one huge one in the girl with the pointy thing, had made him forget about Dendros mean streak. How could he forget? He wouldve kicked himself if the girl hadnt done it for him. She was strong, and so far every move shed made had resulted in KJ going Ow!

He turned over, sitting and breathing heavily, Dendro unconscious behind him. He didnt think it wise to reach for anything now, even a pokeball, so he left the ekans where it was for the time being. In between thoughts of Ouch my leg!, Arrg my back! and Ahhhhr, my arm, he wondered how he could make it up to Dendro for being such a very imperceptive trainer.

The girl was asking him something, and through the agonizing throbbing pain that came after the stabbing pain he noticed the questions. He didnt have answers, so he said:
I made you twist my arm, put a knife to my throat and then stab me in the leg. He wiped his eye with a sleeve. Thats what I did you," he added dryly. "As for where, well obviously Ive got you right where I want you; having me pinned between yourself and your mightyena. He shook his head, wig bobbing warily. Seriously, lady. When I give you my zenni can you go buy me a bandage? And then some crazy-pills for yourself. But he didnt say that last part out loud.

KJ just sat there, looking the saddest, most pathetic clown in the world. And he wasnt even a proper clown yet. Maybe thats what made it more pathetic.

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The girl scowled at KJ - as best as she can with only her eyes visible to him anyway. She was wearing a one piece black bodysuit, tight fitting and winding up her neck all the way to the top of her nose. A ninja. The only spot of colour on her was a yellow scarf, which blended too perfectly into her blonde hair so that neither was distinctive of the other.

"You're pathetic," she spat, rubbing the drops of blood off her weapon, "Still lipping off to me like that. Don't you understand your situation, fool?"

She wouldn't show it, but KJ definitely got to her. Her insides were shaking with rage, but with what seemed to be upper hand right now, she would try to control herself, and refrain herself from mauling the poor clown. She pointed the blade again at the clown.

"Alright, smartypants," she said, breathing heavily. Her eyes were wide, staring at KJ like an Noctowl at its prey. "The zenni first. Slow movements, you hear? Or I put another hole in your body for your blood to spurt!"

Or so she says. Perhaps it was time to show a little more initiative and not be a pushover?

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Right. I know the situation, KJ thought glumly. He reached into his pants slowly, keeping an Im doing exactly as you say look on his face as they stared at each other. It was a bad situation to have gotten in, but at least this was one way out of it. The girl was obviously a little frazzled, and she must not have even

KJ stopped, but only for a moment when he realized what kind of situation she was in.
You you dont know where we are, do you? he said, still rummaging through the folds of his baggy clown trousers. But thats not right. You should know, since we came from the same place. Legacy. Right? He tried to read her face, but with half of it covered he only had the eyes to go with. This is the Opaddeka Region, in another dimension, he kept explaining, Celebi transported us here you wouldve gotten Celebis brainwave, like we all did. He got to his feet, gingerly, and pretending that it was just to help him find his wallet quicker. He kept moving his arm around, looking for his wallet. So yeah. Sorry about my previous remarks, he said conversationally, desperate to lighten the mood. He found it, but still kept his hand down his pants. He hoped she wouldnt notice, and that shed say something and buy him a moment of time. He was pretty sure the mightyena wasnt in too astute a mind for now, so maybe he could still change the situation around.

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"Brainwave," the girl muttered, almost uncertainly. Her brows furrowed, and from what her eyes conveyed, it seemed to almost be worry. But she would not let her guard down for long. Bringing the blade back up again, she advanced once more onto the now standing trainer, brandishing the kunai in his face. "I heard that alright!"

The girl was clearly somewhat flustered now, though at the same time, still keeping an air of control on the situation. She appeared to have digested the information that KJ had told her, but had a different intepretation of it. "Fool!" she barked in KJ's face, "Have you any idea who you're dealing with? I'm Glia of the Tooboekage! Don't you dare underestimate me!"

With that, the girl gave KJ a mighty shove again, pushing him backwards down onto the dirt. She breathed in deeply, seeming to calm herself. Narrowing her eyes at KJ, she spoke again - more quietly and with a deadly edge this time. "Tell me...clown. You're a ninja, aren't you. You think I would fall for a lousy genjutsu trick like this? Brainwave? Celebi? Parallel Universe? Who do you think you're bullshitting?"

Her accusations was cut short as the Mightyena behind KJ suddenly stumbled and flopped to the ground. "Quincy!" the trainer cried out, only barely alarmed. The Mightyena got back up. He was slightly woozy, his tongue hanging out limply from a side of his maw, and his eyes looked daze, but the trainer must have deemd him fit enough - for she continued to ignore him after the initial concern.

Her attention was now on the clown's once more. "I'm giving you one last chance, since you like to talk so much. First, the zenni. Then tell me what the hell you did to me, old man!"

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The worst part was when his thigh muscle suddenly extended, and then pain shot up through his side. He managed an arg! before hitting the dirt, then grew less and less fond of this girl, even if she did wear her black suit quite well. He dropped Levis pokeball, though, and it fell through his pant leg and onto the grass. Groping at the light as it pooled beneath him, he hoped to all high heaven that the onix wouldnt find its spike in his what what at the end of this.

But KJ was just clumsy, and his pants had a lot of fabric. He managed to grab Dendro in one hand and that was about it. The pillar of light rose up, taking up space, moving things that were in the way. The spike of rock caught red-clown-trouser-material and carried it skyward. The attire was generally attached to suspenders, which KJ was firmly fastened with, and so the clown elevated with the rock and he did a bit of obscene ekans flailing.

Levi rumbled and looked down, his bulging segments grating as he stretched, and tilted his head but then he stopped moving altogether when he realized there was a person clutching desperately to the side of his head. KJ was almost frantic to get a foot hold, a hand grip, somewhere to hold on with his teeth, because Levi had no saddle. He managed to grab the onix by the spike on its head, since it was caught on his pants, and with a bit of swiftness and adrenaline propped himself upright and in a riding position atop the rock snake. But he had no saddle, so if Levi made any sudden moves, or any slightly-faster-than-a-slugma moves for that matter, then KJ would probably have a very long way to fall. But at least the onix had that much.

The height would be imposing, possibly even for the mildly distressed ninja girl. A confused and wounded mightyena? Forget about it! But that was about it. KJ couldnt well do anything to either of them right now. He could talk, and hopefully without a noticeably shaky voice.
Alright, Glia is it? he shouted loudly, and with much more confidence than he felt. I dont know what it is with you ninja folks. Your costumes are all ridiculous for one. I know Im not one to talk, but arent you supposed to, yknow, blend in and stuff? Pastel yellow isnt exactly very shadow-warrior is it? Levi blinked, which made a grating noise that you could hear only because KJ was now taking a breath. I dont know anything about about ninjitsus or whatever, so boy do you have the wrong number. My grandpa is an old man. And he was a world renowned clown (well not in this world.) And Im a clown too. Not a ninja.
Im Minto the Clown! And Im pretty sure Im younger than you, lady.
Now, Ive been pretty laid back for you since you stabbed me in the leg, but your brand of crazy is wearing a bit thin. Levi rumbled for effect, and the clown gripped on a little tighter. He tried to see what reaction Glia had, but it was a little hard to tell from this vantage point. We got off on the wrong foot, he said, without the edge in his voice, almost sounding conciliatory, so how about we, er, yknow call a truce. We can have a friendly battle, and then be on our way. And I wont have to make my onix here fall on little dizzy Quincy.
And Minto smiled.

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:hp: 32/32
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"What the-!" was all Glia allowed before she leapt backwards skillfully, flinging her arms out to send the kunai whizzing towards the clown that wasn't there anymore. Instead, it made a pinging noise and bounced off harmlessly on the skin of an emerging Onix.

However, there are certain routines that were trained into a ninja's brain. Before her feet even touched the dirt again, her hands had slipped expertly into pouches on either side of her waist and withdrew them with shurikens between each finger on either hand. These two, she flung with amazing accuracy. However, they were simply just as infective as the previous weapon, bouncing off the hide of the now towering Pokemon over her and falling to the ground.

For the briefest moment, a tinge of fear seemed to have cross the girl's eyes if one had been scrutinizing her carefully, though it would most likely be lost from KJ's view on top of the rock snake. Glia managed to recompose herself just as readily, however, pointing a slender finger out at the Onix and barking a simple command. "Tackle!"

Without blinking, she looked up at what she could see of the clown on top of his Pokemon. Staring levelly at where she could only assume he was, she drawled out slowly, "Friendly battle? You jest. You don't stand a chance against me, fool."

She closed her eyes and lowered her head, chuckling to herself. "'Little dizzy Quincy' sure ain't in a condition to fight you, as I'm sure you figured out. But I'm giving you the chance to run now while you have it." Opening her eyes to look up defiantly at KJ once more, she said simply, "My last Pokemon will mop the floor with you."

:onix :ml lv 16 "Levi"
:hp: 32/32
:spev: +2
- NOT FIGHTING! -

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:hp: 14/36
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I see. Thats awfully convincing isnt? Probably not so convincing to a man literally towering over you with a quarter of a tonne of bone-crushing rock under his hand, but worth a shot. Right?

The run now before I kick your butt, because before I was ready to just kick your butt anyway but for some reason Im now compelled to let you escape even though I could still totally kick your butt and take all of your zenni threat from Glia felt odd. Obviously the onix was giving him the upper hand, for now. Minto could call her bluff, and probably he had to. There was little chance of him making it very far if he had to cling onto a sliding onix with his bare hands. And Levi was not going anywhere if Minto could help it. He was making sure of that. Levi was the only thing between him and Glias pointy toys right now. He didnt tell Levi to move and just let the dizzy dingo run itself into the onix. More likely to hurt itself than cause the rock snake any sort of bother like that.

Yeah, I jest, because thats sort of what I do, Minto said, carefully adjusting his wig with one hand, the other gripped tightly onto the onix.
She called you a fool, too. Thats probably fair, he thought. Out loud Minto said I have a theory, well theres a theory out there anyway, that a pokemon battle is the greatest form of entertainment there is. Being in the entertainmentuh trade myself, I only wanted to see if its true.
I do? KJ thought.
I guess, replied his inner clown uncertainly. There was very little holding KJ aloft right now. Being Minto, putting on this act, being (or trying to be) a clown was keeping his mind off the throbbing and bleeding. Putting on the show was keeping him on top of the pain, and on top of his onix. He really should leave, or make sure the situation was really diffused. He thought he mightve been getting light headed. But since its been a rough day for I guess for both of us, any impromptu experimenting on that theory should be put on hold. You want us to go our separate ways, so sure! We can do that. Maybe I could do you have a poketch? Maybe we can reschedule this for another time. Call you for a match when were not so flustered or profusely bleeding from our leg wounds. Minto fished out his Poketch from a pocket and fiddled around with it. His head starting to swim, he didnt quite hear his thoughts go What the hell are you doing? Are you are you asking for her phone number?

Minto gave Glia his phone number. Yeah, so there you go. You can call me if you dont want me to call you. Or whatever so were calling it a day, yes? You take your puppy home and walk back into grass. Call it a day. Call it draw.


:onix :ml lv 16 "Levi"
:hp: 32/32
:spev: +2
- NOT FIGHTING! -

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:hp: 14/36
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The attack from the kunoichi - whether she was bluffing or not - was already issued. KJ's proposal was too late - not that it was a bad thing for the clown.

The Mightyena saw his opponent in front of it and rushed blindly towards it, snarling just as ferociously as ever. But it would take more than ferocity to bring down something with as tough a hide as the Onix, and being careless was not a good thing. All Quincy managed to get was a noseful of blood and faceful of stars. Staggering backwards from hitting the Onix facefirst, the brute - or Minto's point of view, the puppy - keeled over backwards, clearly knocked out.

Zeal, Atlas, and Levi each gain 0.5 :exp!

Glia was silent. From KJ's vantage point, it was hard to see her eyes, since her head was slightly bowed, and the blonde hair casted just enough shadows to completely hide her eyes from KJ's sight. Her mask did the rest of the job to cover up her features. Without saying a word, she lifted an empty Pokeball and returned the Mightyena.

There was a long pause and time seemed to have stood still as Glia did what appeared to be analyzing her options. What she was thinking might not necessarily be apparent to KJ, but she did take so much time that it would make a clown impatient.

Never the less, it ultimately came to an end.

"Very well," she said. "Be on your way, then."

KJ could not see the fiendish grin that was hiding behind her mask.

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He made his way down. He clung a bit, slipped a tad, but generally made it to ground intact, if shaking. He dared look over a shoulder. She was still there, eyes all piercing and knives. Thankfully he had Levi to be his rock.

KJ turned to the general direction away from the woman and tried not to slink away. He wanted to walk tall, wear his wig high and proud, but he'd just abseiled off the head of an onix forgoing a rope. In the shade of a stone serpent (of substantial size) he let his knees buckle and tried to be inconspicuous and cool as he fell into the grass. Seconds later, from the high, proud and apathetic blades of wildgrass, streamed that brittle red beam and the onix slipped away with his 'master'. It's hard to look cool in big floppy shoes.



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The sneaky wierd woman with daggers and killer Mightyena's had let you off...this time. But would there be a next? One could hope. At least Minto could. Never can tell with those crazy femmes. Anywho! There was not much to be said of the path ahead. Minto- er...Kj was free and unhindered, no such errant Pokecreature coming forth to bother him nor any more homicidal babes, and soon enough he finds his destination area! Uzzah!

No...wait! Its over there! About face!

Hold on...the other way! Eh?

KJ was after thick shrubs, right? Well...for some mad reason the shrubs keep moving around the track, in one position and then the next, taking the law of physics completely out of context. Shrubs apparently have learned how to giggle as well, and the sound seems to be in mockery of the strange rainbow-wigged, floppy-shoed human.

:oddish LV 11 x3
*Lookit! We shrubs! Hehe!*

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(Tad earns this 0.1 general exp. Woot.)

The shrubs. They move. I'm not unsettled by this. I actually know that they're pokemon. So... why am I not moving? KJ stumbled out from the grass like he'd just stepped out of the shower. And then he heard the oddish and saw the oddish and froze. KJ didn't know feeling a chill run up his back could actually freeze him on the spot, but there he was. The weeds shuddered, as if there was a joke in the wind.

They were laughing at him. Mocking him. KJ knew it, but not in the way that crazy people knew everyone was laughing at them. He had the clown suit. Their mockery was warranted. KJ understood it, but he... he didn't like it. He didn't know if this was, but he guessed later that it had been stage fright.

Orb fell from his hand, burst open, and freed his bravery with a hiss. The ekans writhed and shattered the light on his scales. He looked cool for a second, before the dullness from the previous battles caught up with him. That didn't matter. It just meant he had to do this faster. At his entrance he had reared, giving those oddish at least a measure to be uncertain. He could strike one of them down at least. Winning came first, and his coils ached for that sweet V (for 'victory!'). He lashed out at the closest walking shrub, spring loaded, jaws set tense.

KJ stood like a mime. Dendro took care of fights mostly on his own anyway. He was reactive. The trainer just carried a ball.

:ekans
Dendro :ml LV 16
12/32 :hp
ability: Intimidate
Bite!

vs

the :oddish LV 11 x3

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So... while Dendro does his "V for Victory" Dance in the most literal sense, a single Oddish screams really loud and begins to run in a circle before suddenly, and a might bit suddenly I might add, throws itself at the Ekans, knocking the Ekans back for a moment, even before he could lunge forward. ...Then again... that doesn't mean the other two Oddish are as lucky. You know... the Oddishs' attack power was lowered as well, but only because they were trembling slightly.

Oddish two was snatched up by Dendro's fangs. Fangs pierced into the soft, leaf-like skin, a dirt-like taste filling the snake's mouth, and it looked strange as he began to thrash the squirming shrub around. Dendro lets go all of a sudden, and why? The holes in the Oddish's skin was oozing acid, and Dendro apparently doesn't like the taste or burning sensation, so his tongue and mouth hurt pretty bad in general, but having let go of the Oddish suddenly, and having been thrashing it about, Oddish Two goes flying into Oddish Three and they are all not very happy, especially as Oddish One rejoins its trio.

With a tear welling in his eye, Dendro glares at the Oddish in a mean way, and not nescessarily the Pokemon-Attack way, though he probably could, since Ekans learn the attack Glare at level eleven, but that is aside the point. Now, what did Oddish Three do? Well, he wanted to tackle like Oddish One, but Oddish Two got in the way, so Oddish Two gets abused again and flies into Dendro's head who bops it right back where it came from.

The two commence playing Tennis or Ping-Pong, or whatever game that includes a ball flying across a court or table, whatever floats your boat, really. So, by the end of the movement, Oddish Two wants to throw up, so Dendro or Oddish Three better think of something quickly, because if Oddish Two loses its lunch, that is going to be a disgusting mixture of Gastric Juices and whatever the hell Oddish eat for breakfast/lunch/dinner. Did I mention it would hurt?

Sure... Dendro is getting tired, but he has the power of a... of a... of... Whatever the hell KJ is trying to be. Let's call it: The Clown Mime! Which completely, does not fit, since Clowns like to make noise and talk, and Mimes are silent and use items that don't exist! A colorful mime... *Snicker*...

:ekans :hp 7/32

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:oddish ONE :hp 22/22
:oddish TWO :hp 10/22
( ^ Decreases by One every hit by O-T and Dendro. At One HP it'll upchuck.)
:oddish THREE :hp 22/22
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(0.2 :gexp for Kaiz's trouble. I'm the first to use Blake's new emoticon! Yay yay!)

This was quite entertaining. Dendro wasn't much in the mood for it though, and when the odd-ball was passed to him next he sprang up to catch and snap his length around it. He tightened and kept Oddish(2) close as they came back to ground, a strategically placed coil bunched around its leaves to firm his grip. He went to work, instincts and that, tightening around his prey every time it let out a little gasp. He wasn't sure how a thing like this breathed but that hardly mattered. He didn't need to suffocate this thing, just apply pressure and soon enough it would zonk out.

KJ got back into it during this. He loosed a second beast, Zeal, right into the centre of it all. Dendro couldn't do this on his own in such a condition. Sweeping across to keep the other two oddish at bay, the croconaw stood firm in front of his team mate and waved his arms and twiddled his fingers. The oddish-pair could've been distracted by the fact that Zeal was sporting a red rubber ball at the end of his snout, or the four completely clawless digits on each of his gloved 'hands', but the show was the icy storm rushed in by will of a croconaw. The purpose wasn't to hit them, although he did throw it out towards the general direction of the oddish, but this ice-down was meant to keep the other two weedythings away from his buddy Dendro. He exercised as much control as he could spare to wash the blizzard over them like a wave. Quite a taxing endeavor for an intermediate crocnaw, probably, thought KJ.

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:oddish ONE :hp 22/22 *atk -1*
:oddish TWO :hp 10/22 *atk -1*
( ^ Decreases by One every hit by O-T and Dendro. At One HP it'll upchuck.)
:oddish THREE :hp 22/22 *atk -1*

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So... Oddish is grabbed mid air, and this is Oddish Two, so its feeling pretty sick at this point. And you know what the last bit of squishing under coils does? Well, Oddish throws up its acidic lunch all over Dendro, but he kept baring the upchunk all over his scales and narrowed his eyes with new determination, although extremely tired now, Dendro squeezed Oddish Two one more time, hard and angrily.

But you see... you see... Acid is slippery... and Dendro is covered in it, so you know what? Oddish Cannonball. It is funny as crap and sails clear out of the area, and you hear a loud crash somewhere near by and assume it is the poor Oddish, which... it was. Well, Dendro is near fainting and he is having genuine trouble trying to keep his eyes open.

Meanwhile, just a little before the Oddish Cannonball, Zeal is released out of his pokeball and he summons a great storm (blizzard storm) to come to his aide as the pair of Oddishes laugh their little leaves off. After all, commenting something "Laughing its head off" well... doesn't work, because its body, is its head.

Now see, they freeze over real easy like, but Blizzard affects the whole field, but luckily, Dendro wasn't in the storm's pathline, being directly behind Zeal, who was probably experienced with summoning Blizzards. So... all around is sparkling with ice, good job, you killed a part of the forest.

On the bright side:

Dendro + 1.2 :exp (:hp 1/32)
Zeal + .5 :exp (:hp 50/50)
KJ + (Negative) - :fp ; Killing a section of forest.

-Everything is rounded up-
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((Oops, I should be in the Hillmoss Grasslands now, so I better go to that forum next. Also, Blizzard only affects opponents, jussoyouknow. Aaand I'm not sure what you mean by 'killed a part of the forest' since I'm nowhere near a forest. Maybe you meant the shrubs. And I was being pretty mean to those bushes. Okay then. 0.2 :gexp forya.))

As Dendro toppled over KJ caught him, reeling the snake back into its ball. He was sure that he saw the ekans disappear with a wide and nasty smile, which lifted something in KJ as well.

Then he saw the glistening shrubs. Zeal tapped apologetically on one of the frozen plants, who just stared happily back at him. Getting frozen mid-laugh wasn't so bad then, he supposed. Kneeling down, the trainer wondered if there was anything he could do for them now. Probably not a whole lot, he decided, and stood briskly.

"Let's go Zeal," he started, turning towards the distant sound of running water. "The little guys should defrost soon enough in the sun, and these look like hardy shrubs..." Zeal noticed a bit of uncertainty twinge the last of KJ's words, but they seemed to be in a hurry. Putting the unfortunate oddish from their minds, the two clowns ventured into calmer grasslands.


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LEFT THREAD! Moved to the Hillmoss Grasslands.

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