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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2014 16:46:21 GMT -6
| The last bits of orange were fading into clear blue as the sun rose into the sky, bringing in the light of a new day. Today, Gwendolyn had made her way to the beach, with both Sakura and Ignis following at her heels. Today she planned to continue training them both. They'd need to get stronger in order for them all to travel beyond port city. Secondly, she was also hoping to capture some water types. The first route had an abundance of ground types, which both her current pokemon were weak to, and she thought it would be a good idea to have a pokemon to cover it.
Looking out into the water, it seemed quite empty as far as she could see. What ever pokemon lurked with in, hid themselves well from view. There were a number of water types in the area, and based on potential and preference alone, Gwen most favored Staryu. Unfortunately though, neither she nor her pokemon were likely to be able to understand most if not any of the feral water types here, so taming would be difficult. Considering what she knew about the pokemon around here, she actually couldn't even think of one.
Stopping by some rocks, Gwen turned to face her two pokemon. "While we still have some alone time, I'd like to do some training with you two." She told her pokemon. Both pokemon nodded, though Ignis, as cynical as ever, wasn't quite as enthusiastic about it as Sakura was. "We'll start with Sakura. I want you to learn your intimidate ability, so do what you can to be intimidating." She told her.
Sakura nodded, and she thought about what to do for a second, before coming up with the obvious. Spinning around, she brandished the mouth like horn at Gwendolyn, opening the jaws to show off the teeth within. "Maw! Ma-mawile?" said Sakura, seeking approval from her trainer.
"... Hmm... It's missing something" Gwen said, resting her chin on her hand thoughtfully. Using that mouth appendage was definitely the way to go, but the Mawile's technique needed something a little more than just displaying it's teeth. "Try snapping the jaws a few times before leaving them open." Gwen suggested.
Sakura was a bit disappointed that she hadn't quite succeeded immediately, but nodded when given the advice, and tried again. This time, the Mawile began snapping at the air, before leaving them open in what could have been a snarl if she could actually make noise through them. "Wile?" She asked hopefully.
Gwen nodded. "Well done. Keep it up." Gwen said, before turning to her second pokemon. "Now Ignis..." The charmander, who's attention drifted off toward the sea while his trainer was busy instructing Sakura, snapped back to attention at the mention of his name. Gwen thought for a moment. The Charmander did have a second ability he could potentially learn, but solar power was a double-edged sword. Increases special attack during sunny weather, but also causes periodic damage. "How about you just practice your moves?" She suggested. Some generic training would be fine as well. Experience was just as valuable as ability after all.
"Char." The Charmander snorted sarcastically. Nonetheless, he found a good spot to settle himself, and began practicing with what few moves he had. Mostly, he just scratched at the air, slashing at an invisible enemy. Every once in a while he'd throw in a growl for good measure. In the meantime, Gwendolyn simply observed, offering suggestions every once in a while, and also keeping an eye on their surroundings in case any wild pokemon decided to crash their little training session.
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Sakura trying to learn intimidate!
Ignis is practicing his battle moves!
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Post by Olive on Jan 17, 2014 13:40:28 GMT -6
A Feral Espurr appeared! Lv.1 - No visible mutations
- Sakura's Intimidate Ability 1/5 learned | +.2 Potentialist +1 for primary - (( You won't necessarily need 5 posts, it's just there as a math figure because Wynaut ))
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2014 12:57:50 GMT -6
| Morning had begun, but unbeknownst to Gwendolyn and her training pokemon, their alone time was not being spent entirely alone. Not that the Espurr was deliberately stalking them or anything. In fact, the feral kitten was not aware of her company either. She had been fast asleep behind one of the large rocks the woman was training her pokemon near, cuddled up to a pokemon egg of all things.
The Espurr remained asleep, until she suddenly became aware of the Charmander's growling and she suddenly jolted awake. Believing herself to be under attack, she wrapped her paws around the pokemon egg she was with protectively, and looked around for the source of the noise. Being behind the rock though, the source of the growling was not within her line of sight. "... I'll protect you." She told the egg with a soft, hardly audible voice.
Standing up and taking a breath to ease her nerves, she peeked around the rock. Who was growling at her? Why bother her. Oh dear. She thought when she caught sight of two scary looking pokemon and a... what were those weird skinny slaking like creatures called? She couldn't remember, but... she was kinda pretty looking. Catching her distraction though, she darted back into hiding again. <Nononono. Be scary! They're going to steal my friend!> She thought out loud to herself in her eerily quiet voice.
She then returned, this time jumping right out into the open infront of the Mawile and Charmander. She was quivering a bit, a little scared, but she put on a brave face... which didn't really look any different from any other face she had, but still. Deciding the Charmander would be the easier target, she ran up to it and attempted to scratch the fire lizard with her claws.
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Espurr used scratch on Charmander!
OOC: The Espurr's egg is the feral egg from the promo.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2014 20:59:54 GMT -6
| Neither Gwen, nor her pokemon had spotted the Espurr when it had first poked it's head out from behind the rock it had been sleeping behind. Gwen in the meantime, had left Sakura to continue working at her intimidate, and went over to where Ignis was practicing. The lizard only grunted slightly at his trainer's approach, before sending a spray of embers at the rock he was facing. "Great ember. That will be a powerful flamethrower someday." She noted.
Ignis blinked a bit and looked up suspiciously at his trainer. "Char." He said simply, before he emitted another growl. Gwen smiled in return. Was that a hint of gratitude? Gwen had been worried that Ignis would choose to leave her, as she had previously offered to let him go. It seemed though that the Charmander was growing more accustomed to being around her. That was fortunate, as Gwen would have been saddened to have him go.
The second appearance of the Espurr did not go unnoticed though. Gwen looked up at the little kitten who stood there with wide, unblinking eyes and a body which seemed to be quivering a bit. It could have simply have been very scared, or it could holding back a burst of psychic energy. It was hard to tell. If it was scared though, it certainly wasn't scared enough to resist attacking her pokemon.
"Maw!" Sakura snapped furiously at the Espurr. She stomped up closer to the psychic kitten, then turned around. Her iron maw gaped open and snapped furiously at the air before the Espurr. She hadn't quite gotten the ability down yet, but practicing on a live subject was probably a better way to go about it than just trying to intimidate the beach.
"Enough Sakura. This shall be Ignis' battle. Give them some space." She told the Mawile, who nodded and somewhat reluctantly backed away from the fight. Gwen then turned to her Charmander. "Ignis, respond with ember." She ordered.
Ignis didn't really need to be told. After being attacked out of the blue like that, he wasn't going to let the Espurr walk away without a fight. Taking a deep breath in, he exhaled embers, spraying them at the Espurr. Whether the cat was shaking from fear, the Charmander had no sympathy. It should never have gone after him if it was that afraid.
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Gwen and Ignis are beginning to get along better! Connection+?
Ignis was hit by scratch!
Sakura tried to intimidate the Espurr!
Ignis used ember on Espurr! | Words: 388
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2014 12:40:18 GMT -6
| The Espurr had indeed managed to rake her claws across the charmander's shoulders, and taken aback by her success she let out a little squeak of delight. Unfortunately though, her celebration was short lived, and she paid for her inattention to her opponents with a loud and frightening shout from the Mawile.
The Mawile's attempt at intimidation had certainly alarmed Espurr, enough to cause the kitten to turn around and flee, but otherwise it hadn't quite done enough to weaken the little psychic type. Before Espurr could get far though, she suddenly felt hot embers scorching into her fur, and she fell over, rolling into the sand. The action had prevented the embers from catching fire, but the damage was still done, and it HURT. "Purr..." It whimpered.
Despite the pain though, she still managed to get back up. She just had to think of her unhatched friend. She had to stop these guys or it'd never get a chance to hatch! She couldn't let them hurt him. Still shaking a bit, Espurr ran back at the Charmander, claws raised to deliver yet another scratch to the fire lizard. It was all she could really do to protect her friend.
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Espurr was frightened by Sakura's intimidate attempt! Espurr was hit by Ignis' ember! Espurr used scratch on Ignis!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2014 12:59:55 GMT -6
| Gwendolyn observed as the Espurr attempted to flee, only to get knocked over by Ignis' ember attack. Once it had gotten back up though, it seemed intent on coming back for more. Gwendolyn wondered what was driving this Espurr to keep attacking despite seeming to be afraid? Unfortunately though, she couldn't just stop the battle either. She wasn't going to tell Ignis to stop defending himself.
Ignis snarled as the Espurr ran up and scratched him again. "Char! Charmander char!" He spat at the kitten, more or less asking what it's problem was. His words likely wouldn't mean anything to the kitten though, and without any coherent response to be had, Ignis had no choice but to simply jump back and spray another volley of embers at the Espurr.
<You show 'em Iggy!> Sakura cheered the Charmander on. Not that the Charmander really needed cheering seeing as it seemed he had the upper hand in this battle. It did make Sakura feel better to do so rather than just watch uselessly from the sidelines as the battle ensued. Unfortunately, though, her cheering, or maybe just the fact that she called him "Iggy" earned her nothing more than a sharp glare from the fire lizard. To that though, the Mawile just rolled her eyes and waved him back to the battle.
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Ignis was hit by Espurr's scratch! Ignis used ember on Espurr!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2014 9:59:03 GMT -6
| Espurr was still pleased with herself to land another scratch attack, but fortunately she was a quick learner and quickly backed off to put distance between herself and her opponent. Now when the Charmander tried to spray another volley of embers at her, she was ready, jumping aside so the embers landed harmlessly in the sands and quickly fizzled out.
When the Mawile started cheering for her Charmander friend, Espurr twitched her ears in annoyance. That wasn't really fair, she had no one cheering her on! Wait, that wasn't true. Her friend would most certainly be cheering her on! If he or she came out of their egg anyway. She had friends too, and hers she had to protect from these ruffians!
The Espurr's fear was becoming less and less apparent as her will grew stronger. She knew what she had to do, and she just had to succeed. Unfortunately, she probably wouldn't succeed if all she did was scratch. Strategy was important right? Taking a breath, she fixed the Charmander with a fierce stare, her eyes glowing a menacing red as she leered at her opponent.
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Espurr avoided Ignis' ember! Espurr used leer on Ignis!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2014 10:21:52 GMT -6
| As the battle went on, Gwen could see that the Espurr was quickly improving. It seemed less afraid, and it had certainly learned from it's previous mistake, and for it had successfully avoided Ignis' ember attack. So it seemed this battle wouldn't be entirely cut and dry. Still, Gwen was confident Ignis could handle it. The previous ember seemed to have done a fair bit of damage after all. It would only be a matter of landing a few more before the Espurr could scratch Ignis up too much. "Ignis, respond with smokescreen this time." Gwen instructed.
Ignis met the Espurr's leering gaze, and shuddered a bit. <Can you not blink?> He muttered, masking how disturbed he was behind an agitated growl. Of course, he was more talking to himself more than anything since the feral espurr couldn't understand him. Upon receiving Gwen's order, Ignis sighed a bit, but still complied, exhaling a cloud of thick smoke that rolled over the psychic feline. He knew strategy was important, but this wasn't exactly a strong opponent. They probably would be able to get away with just embering the thing until it fainted.
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Ignis was hit by Espurr's leer! Ignis' defense was lowered! Ignis used smokescreen on Espurr!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2014 12:33:55 GMT -6
| The Espurr smiled a little bit as she noticed the Charmander shudder a bit. She had no idea what the lizard had said, but in her head she imagined some horror stricken confession of the fear she had struck into it's heart. Yeah, that had to be it! Be afraid! Regret ever coming here to steal my friend away! She thought triumphantly. Maybe, maybe she could win this? She could win this!
As if to deliver an all mighty NOPE to the excited Espurr, the Charmander had suddenly spewed a cloud of dark grey smoke over her. The Espurr squeaked in alarm and jumped away from it, but the damage was done. The smoke had irritated her eyes and caused her vision to blur slightly. <Where.... Where are you?> The Espurr mewed as she tried to relocate the Charmander. Deciding that that one blury shape looked orange and glowy enough to be a charmander, she ran at it and tried to swipe her claws at it.
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Espurr was hit by smokescreen! Espurr's accuracy fell! Espurr used scratch.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2014 16:39:53 GMT -6
| Ignis could see the Espurr was looking fairly smug for some reason or another. Had it been reacting to his muttering about her blinking eyes? Ignis could only roll his eyes at the feline. This whole language barrier just left too much room for error between the lot of them all. Whatever. He thought. He could care less about what the Espurr had to say to him. Okay, maybe he was a little offended that the creature seemed to assume he was feeling something that was some how positive for it, but he wasn't ever going to admit that.
Regardless of what either of them were saying, his earlier smokescreen had washed over the Espurr, and Ignis watched as the kitten darted out of it. It's eyes were still as unblinking as they ever were, but now they seemed a lot less focused, and it seemed to take a while for them to finally fall on him again. Ignis heard it speak again, but it's words were no more understandable than they ever were to him. Thanks to the Espurr's delay in finding her target though, Ignis was plenty ready when the cat finally came at him, and he jumped out of the way as it tried to swipe it's claws at him.
Sakura watched, and as the battle went on she was less and less disappointed about having to sit out of it. Watching battles happen was almost as entertaining as actually being in a battle herself. Sure, it would have been even better if Ignis had a more evenly matched target, but over all it could have been worse. <Woo! Go Ignis, go ignis!> The Mawile cheered, while waving her hands in the air enthusiastically.
Gwen too was fairly pleased with how the battle was going, and though she had been hoping for a Staryu or at least some other water type, an Espurr was very appealing as well. She had grown up around psychic and ghost types, and having one of her own sounded quite swell. "Ignis, keep going. Do as you see fit." Gwen instructed, relinquishing the need to call out orders for every move her Charmander made. The charmander had limited options anyway, and she knew exactly what the charmander would want to do anyway.
Ignis only grunted at the sound of Sakura's cheering for him. Okay sure, it was nice to have some moral support, but what did she think she was, a Plusle? <That is rather distracting.> He snorted at the Mawile, who stopped, but did cross her arms and pout a bit at him for it. Ignis didn't have much time to go into it, but his mind was quickly taken off the mawile when Gwen gave him the clear to do as he wanted. A wide smile spread across the charmander's lips at the sound of this. That was always what he wanted to hear, even though he knew as well as Gwen that they probably wanted the exact same thing here. The charmander inhaled deeply, then in one strong breath he sprayed embers at the Espurr's face. Hopefully this time the kitten wouldn't avoid him this time!
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Espurr's scratch missed!
Ignis used ember on Espurr!
Sakura is using helping hand?
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