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Post by Pastyourbedtime on May 10, 2008 9:07:06 GMT -8
"Oh wow." Atticus said as he looked at the strong, star shaped Pok?mon. "I think she'll love it." He proceeded to tell her about how his mother had once claimed she wanted a Staryu but was instead given a Starmie which apparently had evolved while it was being shipped to the house. She didn't mind too much, at least not enough to try and get another Staryu. So there had never been a Staryu in the house before. "I think some of my other Pok?mon might be out here." Atticus said. He had only ended up retrieving two of the six Pok?mon he was looking for, as he was keeping Swalot at the house. "Look!" Jessica said, pointing off in the distance where a large green thing was moving. "That must be Cradily." Atticus said, grabbing Cradily's pokeball and running over to return the Pok?mon. "Whoa!" He shouted as he fell to the ground. He had tripped over something. "You ok?" Cairo asked, looking over to see Jessica running to Atticus's aid. Alison and Cairo walked over. "Yeah, I'm fine." he said, getting up. "I tripped over something..." He looked around to see what it must have been that he had tripped over. He heard a gasp from Alison, one from Jessica and a "Holy..." From Cairo before he saw what he had tripped over. Curled up and trembling on the ground was a Shaymin. "No way..." Atticus said, reaching out to stroke the Pok?mon. "I'm sorry..." He apologized, realizing he must have hurt it when he tripped over the tiny legendary. "This is amazing." Jessica said, petting it as well. "Anyone got a camera?" Cairo asked as he and Alison stroked the Shaymin together. "Me." Atticus and Jessica said in unison as they grabbed their laptops from their bags and began to film some footage of the obviously frightened Shaymin. "It looks so scared." Atticus said, scooping it up in his arms and cradling it like he had done with Togepi. He lifted one hand and tilted it so he could film himself holding the Pok?mon. After pressing a few buttons he took a couple pictures of himself with it. And then it peed. "Ew!" Atticus said, holding the still peeing Pok?mon away from him and letting it urinate onto the ground instead. From where the urine hit the ground beautiful flowers began to sprout up, flowers that Atticus had never seen before. "What the hell..." He said as his friends laughed.
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Post by PoisonRose on May 10, 2008 9:37:20 GMT -8
"Well... That's, er, odd." Jessica said, still giggling some. She then remembered the painting, one depicting a Shaymin. "Er, wait, aren't Shaymin, if they're more than one--" Jessica started. A rather young sounding voice interrupted, yet nobody's mouth was moving in coordination with the words. "There's plenty of us, just hidden." The voice said, which seemed to be received in the mind rather than the ears. "Wah! W-was that Shaymin?" Jessica said, almost jumping back. Shaymin winked, and slightly nodded. "How odd... Anyways, aren't Shaymin native to Sinnoh? That's quite far off..." Jessica finished, petting the small Pokémon that remained in Atticus' still stretched arms. Shaymin shook its head no. "Such an intelligent Pokémon..." Jessica commented, now taking Shaymin from Atticus' hands. It still looked a bit frightened, but could tell the humans surrounding it meant no harm. "Hmmm... Either you're just odd, or Shaymin as a species are odd..." Jessica said, and giggled. She continued petting the legendary, and then remembered yet another thing. "Whoa! I almost forgot! Sh-Shaymin, aren't you supposed to have another forme?" Jessica said. Shaymin seemed to smirk, and jumped from Jessica's arms. "You'll see..." The telepathic voice rang, and Shaymin then took to looking around, perhaps for a quick route for escape.
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Post by scissorhands on May 10, 2008 9:45:41 GMT -8
Cairo looked on in awe as Shaymin darted from the scene, almost as quickly as they had seen it. The Pok?mon trailed spores that offered an amazing scent, while Cairo thought to Dani. Shaymin was her favorite Pok?mon, he knew she'd go crazy if he told her about seeing one for real. He was so caught up in the site that he had forgotten to take a chance to touch, or even try and converse with the evidently telepathic Pok?mon. "Oh well" Cairo said aloud as he and his friends still looked, awe struck, to the escape route of the legendary Pok?mon.
"Well, that was awesome.." Jessica said before something caught hers and all of the trainers' attention, "Atticus!" someone exclaimed from the doorway, a man wearing a tux, "come quickly, I need your input on some things for your mother's party boy!" The man called as Atticus smiled and beckoned his friends after him while he ran to the doorway.
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Post by Pastyourbedtime on May 10, 2008 10:23:42 GMT -8
Atticus made sure to save the footage he had taken of the Shaymin, which unfortunately excluded all the telepathic conversation that had gone on. "Cradily, return!" he said, almost forgetting about the Pok?mon before he returned it in a flash of red light. "Let's go!" He said as he rushed over to the door which was being held by the man in the tux who hapened to be the party organizer. The man ended up asking Atticus a few simple questions, such as which colors his mother would prefer and similar questions. When the questions were done, Atticus pulled out his laptop and him and Jessica began comparing the footage they got of the legendary Pok?mon.
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Post by Alison Matthews on May 11, 2008 12:44:07 GMT -8
Alison and Cairo sat near Atticus and Jessica as they looked at the footage they got. "So, after your and Jessica's battle with Surge, are we going to stick around Vermilion for awhile, or head somewhere else?" Alison asked Cairo. "Because I was thinking of maybe we can head to Celedon City next. I heard there's a talent contest for both Pok?mon and their trainers. And it sounded cool." She said to her boyfriend as she leaned against him. She opened a pokeball, letting Vulpix out who then jumped up on her lap as the three sat there, relaxing.
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Post by Pastyourbedtime on May 11, 2008 17:01:41 GMT -8
"Well there's still the Toge Festival, remember?" Cairo said, reminding Alison of one of the reasons they had come to Vermilion in the first place. "But Celadon sounds fun." Atticus was thrilled at the footage he had got, enough so that he edited it a bit and uploaded it onto the internet. He and Jessica sent each other their footage so that they each had the scenes from different angles. He had overheard Alison mention something about a talent show and he questioned her about it. "Well, it's in Celadon. It's a Trainer and Pok?mon talent show, so first your Pok?mon does something interesting and then you do." Atticus nodded. "Sounds cool. I'll do it."
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Post by PoisonRose on May 12, 2008 12:45:55 GMT -8
"Not sure I can do much myself, but I'd enter, too." Jessica said. After awhile, Jessica finished compiling her footage AMV style, with ONE by Crystal Kay as the background music. "Appropriate, no?" Jessica said, not sure why the song fitted in so well, yet she had the incredible urge to use it. "And Celadon, right?" Jessica asked. Personally, Jessica hadn't been there much, or much of any of Kanto, except Saffron. Which was odd, especially considering she lived in the neighbouring region. "Mm-hmm." Alison said. Jessica then went on to research Celadon some, finding out it was quite similar to Goldenrod, in some respects anyways. "Well, there's a Gym Leader there, too. Oh, heh-heh... It's Erika." Jessica explained. Atticus raised a brow, and looked to Jessica. "You know her?" He asked. "Um, not quite. Just fond of her perfume." Jessica said, and laughed. "And, uh, isn't she somewhat of a feminist?" Jessica asked after her laughter died off some. "I, er, don't remember." Atticus said, but he seemed to be a bit put off by the thought. "Uh, OK, whatever." Jessica said, noticing Atticus' slight shift. A bit more conversation dragged on, and eventually Cairo brought up the Gym. "We are still going, right?" He somewhat joked, to which Jessica responded to with, "Yep. And, er, how about we go now? I think I'm ready. And then, when we come back..." She looked around for Attucus' mother. Seeing she was nowhere around, she finished, but whispering just in case. "...We can give her the, uh, gifts." She chuckled a bit, and slight ones also came from everyone else.
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Post by scissorhands on May 12, 2008 14:30:39 GMT -8
"Good idea" Atticus said as he nodded his head and readied a ball containing his mother's gift. They stood from their chairs, which they pushed in appropriately, and strode toward a man in a tux that Atticus addressed, "Enrique" Atticus whispered, "When is the party going to happen?" The man smiled and raised an informed finger, "Not until the evening sir, as was your mother's request, might I suggest you spend the day outside? See the town, be back here for seven, which bare in mind, is not that far off, at which point we'll start the celebrations" he concluded, smiling.
Atticus nodded and walked back to his friends whom he promptly informed, "Alright so, maybe we should get out badges today, Jessica?" Cairo asked his friend.
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Post by PoisonRose on May 12, 2008 14:48:21 GMT -8
"Yeah, that'd be great!" Jessica said, and laughed some, for no real reason but the general happy mood. "Atticus, lead the way!" Jessica finished, figuring he knew the city, for incredibly obvious reasons. It seemed to take awhile, but it wasn't really all that long until they reached a relatively large building on the beach, a large sign reading "GYM" made the fact that this was the place inevitable. Just as the group stared to the large building, a young boy holding an injured Furret came out. After glaring back at the door, he rushed for the PokéCenter. "Eh, don't worry, it's mostly new trainers challenging him." Atticus said, seeing a rather worried face from Jessica and a bothered one from Cairo. "Oh, uh, great." Jessica said. The only thing was, this tensed her up a bit more. If she lost, how bad would that look? Then again, she had Cairo fighting with her, who clearly was far more experienced than most trainers, and hardly ever would lose. Still, she wasn't quite sure, and if she lost all of her Pokémon before the match was over, that would just look bad. Before she knew it, she was inside the building, and a general aura of electricity flowed through the Gym, along with some actual sparks. "Heh, challengers?" A rather clear-accented voice said. "Uh, yeah, two..." Jessica said, not really noticing the source of the voice. "Great." The voice said, and stepped from the corner, revealing Lt. Surge, and a rather determined looking Raichu by his side.
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Post by scissorhands on May 12, 2008 15:15:42 GMT -8
The man towered multiple feet over Cairo and Jessica, he was larger than any man Cairo had ever seen in his life. "Hmmph" Surge said, jerking his head upward, "I'll be waiting on the other side of the arena" He said as he walked through darkness that deteriorated into light with each step across the floor that surge took. A man garbed in striped approached Cairo and Jessica and asked the typical questions, "names and home towns please" before looking up from his clipboard, "Cairo Whitter of Oldale Town, Hoenn" he said followed promptly by, "Jessica Wyler of Olivine City, Johto".
The man jotted some things down upon his board that as he turned away looked like nothing more than scribbles. That same man took to stairs that led to a large platform that sat beside the battlefield. He cleared his throat before looking to both sides, "This battle will be a two-on-two with no substitutions" he declared, recieving accepting nods, "Please ready your selections" The man asked as Cairo's mind raced, 'obviously Marowak, its ground type...and its got that lightning rod thing so Jessica's Pok?mon may not even get hit..' he reasoned before removing Marowak's and another's Pok?Balls.
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Post by PoisonRose on May 12, 2008 15:35:36 GMT -8
Hmmm... What exactly should I use? Jessica thought. "Meh, Fleur'd do good." She said aloud, but rather quietly. Readying her PokéBall, with Cairo doing the same, and Surge only holding one, obviously using Raichu as one of his battlers. "Magneton, Raichu!" Surge called, pointing to the field with the hand on Raichu's side, and tossing the PokéBall he got out with the other hand. Jessica and Cairo had done much the same, now having Marowak and Fleur before them. "Commence!" The man from earlier called, waving the flags in his arms downwards quite fast. Jessica, with her tension at a peak, instantly called out her attack. "Leaf Storm!" She yelled, using the first attack that came to mind. Fleur summoned several leaves around her, and after forming them into something resembling a tornado, shot them off towards Surge's Pokémon. It hit Raichu, and although the Pokémon clearly took damage, it didn't cringe, or even move much. Also, Fleur seemed to lose some energy from firing off such a harsh attack. "Oh... Uh, well, that wasn't too smart..." Jessica said, rather quietly, and blushing.
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Post by scissorhands on May 12, 2008 16:50:24 GMT -8
Cairo smiled, "Need to be more confident" he assured Jessica, but not taking his eyes from battle. "Chu!" Raichu ululated vut cried proudly at the same time as a devastating Thunder attack rocketed from his and Magneton's bodies toward Fleur who braced for the attack, but recieved only passing sparks as the bolts jerked violently to Marowak's bone which he held prominently in the air. The heavy bolts forced themself with outstanding vigor to the bone which shook Marowak violently, but hardly phased the ground-type. "Bonemerang, then rush at them and ready yourself for Earthquake!" Cairo ordered as the stunned Surge recooperated and ordered attacks Cairo could hardly hear, which he found odd given the obnoxious personality the man encompassed.
"Jessica" Cairo said, garnering his friend's attention, "Have fleur follow Marowak, his Earthquake won't hit Magneton, have Fleur attack it." The bonemarang attack snapped hard against Magneton, sending it backward through the air before it recovered and the bone was flying back toward Cairo's Pok?mon.
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Post by Pastyourbedtime on May 12, 2008 16:56:30 GMT -8
The battle was just getting started but Atticus was already on the edge of his seat. Cairo and Jessica seemed to know what they were doing, which was definitely a good thing. Alison was petting Vulpix, who sat in her lap, and Atticus ended up releasing Togetic, who appeared in sparkling white light, and landed in his arms. He was glued to the battle but every now and then he would mention something to Togetic about the upcoming Toge Festival, as well as the talent contest in Celadon. "So what do you think?" Atticus asked Togetic after giving her the details he knew on the talent contest. Togetic shouted her name loudly in reply, causing Lt Surge to look over for half a second.
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Post by PoisonRose on May 13, 2008 15:23:23 GMT -8
Jessica paused a moment to breath. But Surge's sudden turn seemed to allow her a moment more to catch herself (in a sense). But, seeing Marowak getting ready snapped her back to the battle. "Fleur, quickly, follow Marowak and attack Magneton with, er, a close-up Petal Dance!" Jessica explained to her Pokémon, speaking rather fast and quietly, hoping Cairo, Marowak, and obviously Fleur would be in on the plan, but not Surge. "Ready, go!!" Jessica said, noticing Marowak's considerable head start. Fleur began charging towards Magneton, relatively slow due to her build, but quick enough to get right behind Marowak as he began commencing an Earthquake attack. "Now!!" Cairo and Jessica called, simultaneously. God, I hope this works... Jessica thought, but was rather confident about it, as Cairo clearly knew exactly what he was doing, and even Jessica got the 'mechanics' to this plan right away.
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Post by scissorhands on May 13, 2008 15:35:55 GMT -8
"Now!" Cairo called as Marowak spun through the air and smashed the ground before Raichu, rocketing bone first at its feet. Fleur leapt to the air and rained petals upon Magneton who, alongside Raichu had been attempting to fire a Thundershock attack. "CHU!" Raichu ululated as tremors coursed through its body and the ground below it split to shards as it tried desperately to escape. "Headbutt!" Cairo ordered as Marowak smashed its bone against the ground to help it up before it threw its head to the Raichu, body poised appropriately below its skull. "Rai!" Raichu called as Marowak smashed its weakening body hard, backward, and to the ground. "Finish it, bone club!" Cairo ordered as Surges attacks orders finally emerged through from the struggling Pokémon. Bone met the forehead of the Pokémon whose electric currents flowed from its cheeks to Marowak's body, alongside a strafing shot from Magneton whose attack was directed because of the lightningrod.
Marowak panted, bone club still pressed toughly against a now unconscious Raichu. The ground-type was coursing with electricity that hardly harmed it, but enduced low-grade paralysis. "Raichu is unable to battle!" The referee announced as Surge clenched a tighter fist, "Marowak, back up Fleur" Cairo ordered before Marowak jogged forward, the occasionaly pause accompanied by a light surge of electricity coursing through its body.
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