The First Step

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Poochyena gave a weak smile as it saw that it's attack had seriously, seriously hurt the Numel it was fighting. It gave a moan as it felt it's leg threaten to buckle underneath it, the world swaying before it's crossed eyes. No... not now... anything but that... It saw Eruptor pick up speed... the camel running not too fast but with a surely powerful and painful finish... no, no... never... how? Poochyena saw Eruptor's forehead press against it's, then it saw the sky. Then it closed it's eyes and entered unconciousness, despite it's desperate efforts to fight it off. When Poochyena landed, it was already fainted.

[Wolf]

Conor watched with anticipation as Eruptor charged forward with the Tackle attack. After Eruptor hit the Poochyena and made it faint, Conor's face broke into a huge grin. Jumping, Conor said, with excitement evident in his voice, " All right! Way to go Eruptor!" The Numel walked over to Conor, before rubbing his head against his trainer's leg. Conor then bent down and petted his triumphant Pokemon. Standing back up, Conor took an empty Pokeball from the inside of his trench coat and enlarged it. Turning towards the Poochyena, Conor said, "You put up a valiant effort. Now it is time for you to become part of the team." After he said this, Conor hurled the Pokeball at the fallen Poochyena.

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The stubborn Poochyena was absorbed inside the Pokéball. It shook violently from side-to-side, the Pokémon inside desperately trying to escape before it was too late. Then the time came. The Pokéball span a slow 360 degree roll in the grass, then fell completely still with a soft ping.

Gotcha! Poochyena was caught! Eruptor gained two levels!

Name:
Species: Poochyena
Level: 5
Gender:
Attacks: Tackle, Howl
Personality: Poochyena is a lone wolf, although if he were, he would not last long. Hardy and determined, this Poochyena is strong but very, very stupid. He's quite stubborn and doesn't favour trainers much.

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[b]Name:[/b]
[b]Species:[/b] Poochyena
[b]Level:[/b] 5
[b]Gender:[/b]
[b]Attacks:[/b] Tackle, Howl
[b]Personality:[/b] Poochyena is a lone wolf, although if he were, he would not last long. Hardy and determined, this Poochyena is strong but very, very stupid. He's quite stubborn and doesn't favour trainers much.

[Wolf]

Conor grinned as the Pokeball finally stopped shaking and released the satisfying 'ping' sound as the Poochyena was successfully captured. Walking over to the Pokeball, Conor picked it up and softly said, "Welcome to the team Poochyena, or should I say Fang." Pocketing the Pokeball, Conor looked towards Eruptor, and with a smile, said, "Great job on your first battle Eruptor. Now lets keep traveling down the route." After saying this Conor continued down the route with Eruptor in toe.

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ooc// If you wanna just go on to Route Two, just ignore this and move on.

ic// A foul stench washed over the area. Ew. Gross. Could it be a Grimer? Or maybe some trainer who hadn't bathed in weeks- no, months- was ambling about?

~Shroo, mish!~[/color]

The angry cry made the stench get worse. And worse. In fact, it stank terribly as Conor came to a certain spot. On that spot sat a grumpy looking Shroomish. The mushroom Pokémon looked at the trainer. Yes, it was definately the scource of the stink.[/size]

[Wolf]

~~Eh, I'll go on to Route Two after this battle~~

Conor wrinkled his nose in disgust as the odor wafted towards his nose. Eruptor, in an effort to escape the smell , dug his nose into Conor's pant leg. Conor, with his nose covered, said, "All right! A Shroomish! I've always wanted one of them. Eruptor, time for battle! Use Ancient Power!" Eruptor gave Conor a look that said, "Are you serious?", to which Conor nodded his head. Eruptor sighed and prepared to fire an Ancient Power.

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Shroomish did not understand why Eruptor was so reluctant to use Ancient Power. It wasn't as though the mushroom was going to explode on contact with rocks or anything, was it? Shroomish sure hoped not! The mushroom watched as the chunks of rock spun madly in their path towards it. It was wondering this matter, so much so that it didn't notice the actual attack itself come closer. The Shroomish suffered the blow, grumbling in pain as the rotund Pokémon struggled to it's stubby feet.

~Alright, you'll pay for that,~[/color] Shroomish said. The attack hadn't hurt too much, for Shroomish were Grass types and so were strong against Rock types. Presently, the Grass type Eruptor was engaged in battle with began charging in a Tackle attack.[/size]

[Wolf]

Conor grinned as the Ancient Power struck the Shroomish. Now they could press the attack. Even though Conor knew that Ancient Power would not do as much damage to the Shroomish as it did to the Poochyena in the previous battle, Conor used it to gain the attention of the Shroomish. Now that they got its attention, Eruptor could attack with a Tackle. "All right Eruptor, charge forward and use Tackle on the Shroomish. Remember, throw your weight behind the attack for more damage." ordered Conor. Eruptor nodded and charged forward ready to Tackle the Shroomish.

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Shroomish cried out in pain as the Tackle struck it's mark. Curse this slowness! The mushroom Pokémon growled in a strange way, before running at Eruptor in it's own Tackle attack.

ooc// Museless.

[Wolf]

Conor grinned as he realized that his battle was not about speed, but power. Just the way he liked it. Seeing that the Shroomish was about to charge forward with its own Tackle attack, Conor shouted out, "Eruptor, charge forward with your own Tackle attack and meet that Shroomish head on! Remember put your weight into it." The Numel nodded, and with a kick, charged forward to meet the Shroomish in a battle of Tackling.

~~Know what you mean.~~

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Shroomish attempted to dodge, but, since even this Numel seemed to be faster than it it! Shroomish snarled as it was dug into the ground due to the force of the rock hard camel's Tackle. It had hurt, true, but this was no time for crybabies. There was never a time for crybabies! Never, ever! Shroomish felt weak, though... so very tired. It was just an attack away from defeat... unless, of course, it healed itself. This, of course, was possible. A handfull of small faintly glowing green beads of energy flew out from the mushroom Pokémon, making their way to Eruptor. This was an Absorb attack, and Shroomish would gain a trickle of health from this.

[Wolf]

Conor grinned as Eruptor Tackled the Shroomish. It appeared that the Shroomish was losing strength. So naturally it would use Absorb next to replenish it's strength. And it did so. Wanting to finish this quickly, Conor called out, "Eruptor, we're almost done here. Use Ancient Power!" The Numel nodded and prepared to fire the Rock-type attack.

~~Sorry for the short post.~~

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Shroomish shivered. Ancient Power? That was a powerful attack, as he would know! His little legs nearly tripped up as he raced away, toddling as fast as those legs would carry him. As you can imagine, that wasn't that fast. The great glowing chunks of rock clapped him hard, and with an 'oof', the Grass type fell face-down in the dirt. Shroomish was out of the battle, clearly.

Shroomish was defeated! Eruptor gains two levels! Catch Shroomish or move on to the next route?

[Wolf]

Conor punched his fist into the air as the Ancient Power struck the Shroomish. As soon as it fainted, Conor gave a sigh of relief. Finally, the battle was over. Now was the time to catch the Grass-type. Eventually, it would evolve into Breloom, a powerful Grass- and Fighting- type Pokemon. Grabbing a spare Pokeball from his stash, Conor said, "Awesome job Eruptor. I knew you could do it. Now, let's catch this stinker. Shroomish, time to become part of the team." On that final note, Conor threw the Pokeball at the Shroomish. As it tapped the Pokemon, Conor and Eruptor anxiously awaited the capture.

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The Pokéball easily enveloped the fainted Pokémon for, after all, he was hardly able to put up any attempt to resist the capture. However, once the mushroom like Grass type had been absorbed inside the device with the usual flash of red light, the Pokéball began to shake and shudder violently, lurching from one side to the other with tremendous force. The Pokéball actually moved from it's original position as Shroomish inside fought against it. At one point it seemed as though Shroomish would succeed, but then the Pokémon grew tired. The mushroom had less energy, the fainting earning him little strength. He collapsed inside, sleeping. The Pokéball fell still, reacting to this with a small ping. This indicated that Conor had captured a new Pokémon.

Now move on to Route Two.


Name:
Species: Shroomish
Level: 7
Gender: Male
Ability: Poison Heal
Attacks: Absorb, Tackle
Personality: Shroomish is stubborn and determined, and often a handful. He's good in battle, but not very friendly.

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[b]Name:[/b]
[b]Species:[/b] Shroomish
[b]Level:[/b] 7
[b]Gender:[/b] Male
[b]Ability:[/b] Poison Heal
[b]Attacks:[/b] Absorb, Tackle
[b]Personality:[/b] Shroomish is stubborn and determined, and often a handful. He's good in battle, but not very friendly.