Gardenia
Date: 1 Month Ago; June 17
Location: Eterna City Gym, Sinnoh
Pokemon Team: Turtwig, Roselia
Battling: Gwen Tucker and Cobalt the Piplup (IDKWhatUserNameToDo) vs. Roselia
Smiling at Gwen's excitement (and finally, more respectable cheering from Ron), Gardenia and her Roselia waited until Gwen chose what she was going to do. Then, it was a Piplup. Raising an eyebrow at the choice of Pokemon, she realized Gwen's only trump card was her Deino. Hopefully, that didn't bite her in the butt. Hopefully, they had a plan going into this.
As Gwen called out her order, Gardenia smirked. A Peck? To be expected, she had seen many kids with Piplups and Prinplups challenge her gym and go for Peck or Drill Peck. It was an honestly very common sight. As the Piplup charged and channeled Peck into a more damaging attack than usual, Gardenia commanded her Pokemon. "If they want melee, then give them melee. Poison Sting!" Roselia's rose buds shone purple, then spiky purple barbs popped out of the buds. The Roselia then used them as pointy daggers to try to divert Piplup's beak away and another to stab him in the shoulder. If the Piplup tried touching the Roselia's body, she had tiny little thorns that would induce poisoning if brushed against wrong, thanks to her Poison Point ability.
Nakano Saito
Date: 1 Month Ago (26 years old); June 17
Location: Eterna Gym, Sinnoh
Pokemon Team: Chu the Pichu, Fluffy the Flareon, Hanu the Infernape, Yuki the Froslass, Ludwig the Ludicolo, Aero the Aerodactyl, Orochi the Zweilous, Silenus the Sceptile
Interactions: Ron Towers and Luz the Espeon (Hecotoro), Gwen Tucker and Cobalt the Piplup (IDKWhatUserNameToDo)
Mentions: Ozzy the Deino (IDKWhatUserNameToDo), Gardenia and Turtwig
As Naka watched Ozzy get returned and Cobalt being sent out, she looked over at Ron to see he was trying. The lady behind her was in equal parts annoying and hilarious, and she couldn't help but smirk just slightly at her arguing with Ron. She didn't say anything to the lady, just thought she was funny.
Though, Ron's affirmation that there will indeed have big people only confirmed her anxieties, which had her going pale. Still, with the old lady's infuriating guidance, Ron was able to do something and help. Though, the question to do a quickie only had her laughing and snorting, then shaking her head. "I don't think I'm mentally up for that right now." Though, Ron totally not realizing this old lady likely lost her old man from age had her rolling her eyes. It was pretty common in old folks.
Once Ron's arm was around her, she just absolutely melted. The tension in her entire body evaporated and she leaned closer to him, her tired yet grateful gaze upon him. Then when he commented about picturing everyone naked, she laughed. But the problem wasn't the gazes. It was what people would think of her.
She tugged on Ron's shirt, clearing her throat as she spoke quietly, hoping the old lady didn't hear. "The problem... Isn't just in the eyes... But it's the thoughts behind those eyes. I don't want people judging me for how I push my Pokemon. Because I did that when I just had Chu. I pushed her to stand up after nearly being knocked out, knowing she could go on, but I got flack for it because she was a Baby Pokemon, and heaven forbid I make the poor thing fight longer than she should. Neither of us wanted to lose though, and I thought I was being supportive. But that was all in the school at Unova. I moved here in Sinnoh right afterwards because I didn't want people to blame me for just wanting my Pokemon to grow up strong. And now, the fear is even worse. If I get branded as a Pokemon abuser who trains my Pokemon unfairly, my career and life will be ruined." She sighed, then shook her head. "I don't want my stupid anxieties to be the center-fold, it's Gwen's time." She tried to push that aside, hanging her head low for a moment before straightening up and yelling out to Gwen.
"Hang in there! You got this!"
Fluffy was getting warmer by the moment from how sweet Luz was being. He purred unknowingly, letting her nibble his ears even though they twitched away, rubbing his face against her cheek then down her neck, his eyes on the battlefield as if he were protecting her, his fluffy tail laying against her backside.
Reginald Valerias
Date: June 2
Location: Tangelo Island Kingdra Diner, Orange Archipelago
Pokemon Team: Emeric the Shiny Haunter, Elvira the Munna, Bob the Shedinja, Large Marge the Drifloon, Missy the Misdreavus
WCS Rank: 69,989
Interactions: Adrianne Silvers, Ace the Spearow, and Aqua the Azurill (Godjacob)
"Oh, it would be." Reggie agreed to the tour idea. He watched as Adrianne sent out her Pokemon, smiling that she was feeding them. Luckily, Shedinja didn't really eat, as it doesn't have any way to digest the food. His other Pokemon would love something probably, but they can subsist off his emotions, as they were emotional, spiritual beings.
Then again, he didn't want to have any reason to be anymore tired than he already was. So, he ordered three more bowls of berry food for his other Pokemon, which he'll send out one by one so they had their fill and not crowd up their booth.
He laughed when Adrianne spoke again, shrugging. "Just a little." He chuckled, then realized they had plans today. His eyes widened and he clapped his hands. "Ah-hah, yes, plans. Heading to a nice body of water to find a Pokemon. Pretty sure there's a fishing shed somewhere around here to let us rent fishing rods. I think..." He scowled as he parsed through his memory, then scrambled through in his bag. "I swore I had a grosher-er... brochure..." He wasn't able to find what he was looking for, so he sighed and shook his head. "I'm gonna get me a Frillish. Hopefully they're around here somewhere. Gotta train them in accuracy, then uhh..." He trailed off and looked off into space, his arms on the table with his hands on top of one another. His gaze went from attentive to spacey.
As soon as Munna popped off his head and floated above him, Reggie's head hit his hands. Then he was jolted awake. "Oh, did I sleep? Damn..." He laughed, finding the fact hilarious that he slammed his head down with some surprising amount of force, which had his hands aching. He shook them a little to ease them. "Anyway, you? As if me passing out didn't happen." He laughed, not minding in anyway to make what happened light-hearted.