Reginald Valerias
Date: June 1
Location: Tangelo Island, Orange Archipelago
Pokemon Team: Emeric the Shiny Haunter, Elvira the Munna, Bob the Shedinja, Large Marge the Drifloon, Missy the Misdreavus
WCS Rank: 70,231
Interactions: Adrianne Silvers (Godjacob)
Reggie and Chance were tense as they awaited their Pokemon's swift arrival to the ground's surface. They couldn't hear any noises yet, so it was likely they were still hunting for each other. Then the sound of shifting earth came, followed by panicked yipping.
"Leafeon!" Chance said with some concern, then the Shedinja popped out of the ground with a spinning Dig, then shifted attacks to an X-Scissor as he met the Leafeon's Aerial Ace. The sunlight was beginning to lose its harshness, and the Leafeon's speed was faltering. Using the Bug-Type energy as a wall, Leafeon's legs glowed burgundy as she used Double Kick to propel herself away from the Shedinja, then sped around with Quick Attack. Reggie's brow furrowed.
"Shadow Sneak!" Bob fell to the floor before floating just inches from it, his shadow quickly meeting with the speeding Leafeon and connecting with her shadow. A shadowy form shot up and smashed into her, knocking her off her feet. Refusing to back down, the Leafeon then charged towards him, then feinted the movement and jumped down a hole right as Bob flew forward with an X-Scissor, missing.
"Behind you!" Reggie yelled, Bob turning around too late to block the hit as the Leafeon popped up and slammed her tail into Bob, the Aerial Ace cutting his shell. The shell fell to the floor, alerting the Rotom that the Shedinja was no longer able to battle. Reggie returned him, giving his Pokemon a smile. "You did good out there, bud." He turned back to Chance with a smile. "Making me have to use my ace for this."
Reggie looked down at his Premier Ball, then smirked, spinning and throwing the PokeBall in a sort of elegant fashion. He sent out his third and final Pokemon, the shiny Haunter. He sparkled in the sunlight, his big, goofy tongue lolling out.
"Huh, a Ghost-Type specialist, ey?" Chance said, smirking. "Okay, I can dig it. Leafeon, Leaf Blade."
"Dazzling Gleam." Reggie smirked, Haunter's form shining brightly with light pink and blue energies, making the Leafeon yip. She still committed to her attack, something Haunter wished she didn't. He took the Leaf Blade head on, using his hands to stop the blow once the light faded. Despite the type resistance, that Swords Dance was really putting in work. And it was obvious this Leafeon was stronger than him by quite a bit.
"Aerial Ace!" The Leafeon nimbly somersaulted the other way, sending her shining leafy tail upwards as she fell down. The Haunter merely floated up, his eyes shining with his palms outward. Purple flames danced out of his hand and smashed into the Leafeon, burning her.
"Hex!" The Leafeon tried to run, using Quick Attack to dodge the incoming attack and the tunnels to evade, but Haunter didn't even move. Well, make any movements to attack. In fact, he started to humming to himself, floating about as if he were at some kind of ball and he were dancing with an invisible partner.
The Leafeon finally left one of the tunnels, her Aerial Ace coming up from the bottom, only for the Haunter to immediately spin in her direction. The Aerial Ace hit him on the head, but it was significantly weaker. Haunter's eyes shown purple, a shockwave came from his body, and Leafeon's body burned up in red haze. She fell to the floor, the Hex damaging her more than normal due to her Burn. She finally fell, exhausted.
Now, they were down to the last Pokemon on each side. "Damn, your Haunter's some ace. But so's my Simisear." A Fire-Type monkey sprang from his last PokeBall. The Simisear had a rock around in a bracelet, the rock jutting out with red crystals.
"
Fire-Type... Means I can't Burn..." He muttered. "Confuse Ray."
"Sunny Day." Simisear did the same thing the Leafeon did earlier, but raised his arms up in the air instead. The confusing lights
finally managed to hit him. The Simisear swayed left to the right. "Spin and Yawn." The Simisear spun around, yawning as breath puffs left the Simisear's mouth.
Haunter jumped up into the air, and Reggie realized this Pokemon was trained to handle confusion pretty well. Looking up at Haunter, he was too damaged to use Curse reliably. But Giga Drain wouldn't do too much damage.
Looks like he'll just try.
"Giga Drain. Get enough of your energy back."
Knowing what the next step was after that, the Haunter dove towards the Simisear, spitting a yellow orb that hit the Simisear, then split apart with some of the broken orbs came back to the Haunter's body, rejuvenating him a little bit. He didn't feel like he could use it yet though.
"Fire Pledge!" The Simisear smashed the ground with a fiery fist, sending pillars of fire towards the Haunter. He barely dodged it, but then the monkey suddenly shot forwards, having cleared himself of his confusion, teeth dark. With a cry of fear and pain, the Crunch landed, catching Emeric's hand and cheek.
"
Curse isn't gonna work..." Reggie groaned, jaw clenching. "Hypnosis!"
Emeric glared at the Simisear, his eyes shining a bright blue. The jaw relaxed and the Simisear fell to the floor, snoring peacefully. "Hex."
"Simisear, wake up!!" Chance yelled, now worried he might actually lose here. The Hex surrounded the Simisear in a red haze, hurting him double now that he's asleep. However, the Simisear, thankfully, woke up.
"Giga Drain!" Trying again, Reggie spat the yellow orb at the Simisear, who was taken aback and fell backwards, the Grass-Type attack healing Haunter with some energy, but it wasn't enough for a Curse.
The Simisear's body started to distort the air around it, the tuft of hair on his head and his tail glowing red. When he got up, his body was getting way too warm. Reggie gasped. "
Blaze... Emeric, Dark Pulse!" He hated the move, they both knew it. It actually bothered Reggie that he had to use such a vile move, but he wasn't about to lose in front of this girl he just met. Emeric growled, his body flashing crimson palms out. A dark, crimson-striped beam flew out of his palms, the dark thoughts of malicious, intentional violence manifested as a beam hitting the Simisear. It didn't seem to be enough.
"Flamethrower!" While the Dark Pulse hit the Simisear, the Simisear became a beacon within the darkness that assaulted it and fired off a stream of fire at the Haunter. Panicking, Emeric flew down and into a hole.
"Fire Pledge!" Putting the pressure on, the Simisear hit the ground again. This time, the fire connected with the tunnel and all of the holes burst with flames. Haunter came out of one, having to use Will-O-Wisp to push back the flames to keep him safe.
"Now, Acrobatics!" As the last bits of Sunny Day left, the Simisear charged, his body glowing as he hopped about, then was about to punch the Haunter. A bright light emitted from the Haunter, and both Reggie and Chance had to look away for a brief moment.
On the ground were Simisear and Haunter. But Haunter was struggling to stay afloat, using his hands to push himself up. He heaved, then grinned happily. The Rotom registered Reggie as the winner, and Reggie's eyes lit up. All that stress washed away to something glorious, and Reggie whooped, jumping into the air and punching the air. "Hell yeah! That was awesome!"
70,231 -> 69,989
Emeric floated back to Reggie, who patted him on the head and returned him. "Thanks, bud." He ran over to Chance, who returned his Simisear. "That was a fun fight, thanks for that, man." He held out his hand, Chance scoffing but taking it anyway.
"Yeah, I guess it was fun. See ya 'round, Ghostbuster." Chance nodded at him before retreating back to the Pokemon Center. Excited, Reggie ran to Adrianne, practically jumping.
"How'd you like that? Except that blunder, don't... Let's not talk about that blunder." He chuckled sheepishly, scratching the back of his head. He began muttering to himself again, shaking his head. "
Can't believe I thought Stantler was a Psychic-Type, what's wrong with me...?" At least Adrianne had been cheering for him this entire time. That was cool! And he felt a bit better fighting in front of her.
Nakano Saito
Date: 1 Month Ago (26 years old); June 16
Location: Eterna City Bar, Sinnoh
Pokemon Team: Chu the Pichu, Fluffy the Flareon, Hanu the Infernape, Yuki the Froslass, Aero the Aerodactyl, Orochi the Zweilous
Interactions: Ron Towers and Luz the Espeon (Hecotoro)
Naka beamed, though immediately regretted it. She really didn't want to sing tonight. She really didn't, but if Ron wanted to go drumming, she wasn't going to show she was a Torchic. Hearing his surprise at how quickly the alcohol took to her, she just chuckled and shook her head. "Nah, I'm not feeling it yet. Takes a whole mimosa. It just feels nice and the taste hits me kinda hard."
Fluffy was about to take a lick of his milk, but Luz took it. He deadpanned, trying not to blush as he began lapping up his milk.
"Hmmmmm...." She hummed, practically drinking half the mimosa as she thought. Well, nearly spilled her drink when he said he was single. "Really? Had me fooled." She grinned, then finally found a question as she nearly downed her entire mimosa. "So... Band. What band are you from? I swear to Arceus if you say the Horny Tauros, I'm gonna smack you."