Open Professional Battling League

[Renegade96]

Dear reader, this letter is to inform you of the startup of The Professional Pokémon Battling Circuit, owned and operated by the Aether Foundation’s Chief Operating Officer Damien King. If you are reading this that means you are viewed as an elite trainer and are hereby being offered a contract. Should you choose to accept please fill out the following information. Once completed please report to the Aether Dome located in the Alola region. With regards, Damien King Aether Foundation COO

Rules ( yeah yeah I know it sucks)
Basic rping guidelines, might want to read those if you haven’t.
No Mary Sues/ Gary Stues.
Up to six Pokémon that you may switch out as long as you make it known
No legendaries or mega evolutions
Shinies are allowed but one per trainer
Put forth effort in rping. At least a paragraph and make it readable
Crushes and relationships are allowed, just don’t emulate 50 Shades of Gray
You may battle trainers that show up in games or in the show or in the manga
Must be active

Contract ( Fill this out)
Name
Gender
Age
Appearance
Personality
Backstory
Pokémon
Home region
Theme Song
Desired Sponsor( Just make up a company that sponsors your character)

Name: Damien King
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Appearance: clean shaven with short black hair and brown eyes. Wears a very nice suit at all times
Personality: Can come off as rude, eccentric and demands near perfection from his employees. Those that produce results he holds in high regard. Power hungry and a control freak that needs everything to go 100% according to plan
Backstory: Damien is the foster child of Luisamine and was raised as her protege. As a result he rose up the corporate ladder quickly, becoming COO two years ago. Once Luisamine vanished he took over the company and took things in a new direction. Shutting down all rehab centers and turning them into battling arenas declaring “ Aether keeps losing money helping those parasites who use our rehab centers. For now on, Aether will be company and money focused while offering people opportunities only if they deserve it. We will still help Pokémon but people are on their own.”
Pokémon: Charizard, Kingdra, Aggron, Garchomp, Sceptile, Lucario
Home Region: Alola
Theme Song: The Night by Disturbed
Sponsor: ( Doesn’t need one as he runs the show)

Damien King smiles as he stood in The Aether Dome, HIS dome. He had worked for years for this. And now it was all here. His hard work had come to fruition. Soon it would be full of the best of the best trainers all competing for the enjoyment of Pokémon battle fans world wide. Granted he had to shut down all of Aether’s rehab centers to accomplish this, something he knew his foster mother and mentor, Aether Foundation President Luisamine would not approve of but she was missing at the moment. Besides, those who needed those had no business using his facilities, costing him millions each year and never showing a shred of gratitude. Was this move controversial? Sure. But would it draw in a ton of money? Yep and in the end that was all that mattered. Damien took a sip of his coffee as he looked over the match card for the first ever show that would begin in a few a or two hours and he was pleased with it, the main event in particular. Red vs Blue, always a classic



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[JPGebbert]

Nick Walls approached The Aether Dome with a huge grin on his face, something he had been wearing all week. There was no reason not to, since this was his perfect opportunity to show off the results of his hometown's trust in him. It still amazed him that he got to this position in the first place. Many people told him that he had no right to be here. His only battling strategy, after all, is just the same as his own style of living. Less thought, more brute force.

But Nick knew, in his heart, that he really did deserve to be here. He had been through a lot to get to this position. Many things happened that could only steel his resolve, allowing him to show no fear, no anxiety. Right now, this was just another chapter in his life. Another opportunity to meet new people and make new friends. Worst case scenario, he loses. Doesn't seem so bad.

As he finally made his way into the Dome, Nick was only more astonished at the pure intensity of the battlefield. He had to briefly calm himself down before he got overexcited, and spotted a nearby guard. Making no sense of his map or instructions, Nick decided to ask the figure for direction on what to do.

"Excuse me sir," Nick said, full of energy, "can you help me with this?" He scratched his head in embarrassment, then continued. "Honestly, I have no idea what I'm supposed to do! I can't miss my first match!"

 

[Renegade96]

The guard looked over at the trainer than looked at a notepad” you must be Nick Walls. Yes, come with me please” the guard led Nick over Damien” excuse me sir, we have our first trainer.” Damien looked over and extended a hand” Nick Walls. Nice to meet you. I am Damien King, the man who’s signs your checks. Let’s see here, where do I have you on the card?” After looking over the card for a minute he nodded” you’re leading off the show tonight. You’ll be facing... Ghetsis? Odd I had him facing N I thought. Hmm. Odd but I guess that can wait till the pay per view. Anyway, this guard will escort you to your dressing room. We’re on in a couple hours.”

 

[JPGebbert]

Nick made sure to thank the guard as he was escorted to Damien's location. When he came into the room, he gave a quick look to the well-dressed man giving instructions. Damien gave off a vibe that made the Steel trainer feel uneasy, but he quickly perked back up and shook the man's hand. He spent the next few minutes nodding his head continuously as Damien listed his plans for him being in the first battle.

My opponent...is Ghetsis? Can't say I've heard of him. Well, I suppose I'll find out in a bit.

While thinking, Nick noticed Damien becoming puzzled about who he was challenging, but just assumed it was a reading error and let the man finish his instructions. With the final call for the guard to escort him, Nick followed the guard into his dressing room. Looking over his options, the young adult began to let his excitement take over once more.

"Guess I gotta hurry up and choose! Watch out Ghetsis, I'm coming for you!"

 

[Renegade96]

Damien was scrolling through a PDA when a grizzled old man approached him angrily “ I thought I was facing my son, not this nobody! What’s the meaning of this?!” Damien narrowed his eyes. As a executive most people knew not to talk to him like that.

“ Orginally you were but plans change. So tonight you face Nick Walls in the opening matchup. And if you have a problem you can always forfeit.”

Ghetsis bared his teeth” I’ll battle the little brat but I better get my son soon.” “ Don’t You threaten me Ghetsis. Don’t forget I own your contract.” Ghetsis held Damien’s gaze for a but beforehand wisely backing down and going to his dressing room to prepare

 

[Toramaru]

Elvira approached the dome, her hair a little bit messy and her face was.. neutral. It seems that she had some fatigue going on. Her Samurott was by her side, her golden fishing rod stored on one of the empty biological sword sheaths on her front arms. Her Samurott seemed pretty curious, with her ears up and eyes widened.

The trainer came here just to see what this is all about, and it would be nice to take a break from boring trainer battles back at Unova. Or Elvira maybe became too strong. Is that why she was invited in the first place?

Once she found the Dome, she had no clue where to go next, due to being no map or something like that plastered on her contract. Elvira then decided to approach a guard, with her Samurott still lumbering right next to her. As soon as she trainer found a guard, she begun asking.

“Hey. Do you know where am I supposed to go?” Elvira asked with a hint of flatness in her voice.

 

[Clite of Dragonbow]

Karma approached the dome in Aether Paradise, He still was thinking, Why he accepted the invitation... Becouse some stupid Guy said that can be interesting. Yes, becouse of this he was heading to the Dome now.

Then he heard voice in his mind "Wait, You really want to came to this Dome like that..." Adusk asked Karma "... What do you mean by <Like that>" Karma said to Adusk "Oh, You know what I trying to tell you, your clothes are terrible. Why won't you were something to... I don't know, get some fans or a girl" Adusk stated "Nah, I'm fine with this" Karma ended the cornversation.

When Clint reached the Dome, he was looking around for someone who could give him information. [What he have to do now?]. He saw a girl with Samurott and a guard. So he came to them and he wanted to ask them if they know something.

 

[Renegade96]

The guard looked at Elvira and matched her face to the one on his forms . “ Ah yes miss Elvira. If you would follow me please” the guard led the way to Damien. “ Mister King, another has arrived.” Damien looked up from his phone” Elvira right? I’m Damien King, the one who offered you your contract.” He said shaking her hand then checking the match card” there we are. You’ll be competing in the mid card tonight against the one and only Cynthia.”

Meanwhile another guard noticed Karma” you must be Karma if my list here is correct. Follow me please.” The other guard led the way and waited until Damien was finished talking to Elvira. Once he had a moment the guard approached him” Mister Karma has arrived sir”. Damien looked at Karma and shook his hand” Nice to meet you. I’m Damien King. Let’s see where I have you” He said looking over his match card. “ mid card matchup against Steven from the Hoenn Region.”

Damien looked at Elvira and Karma “ we’re on the air in three hours. Until then these fine guards will escort you to your dressing rooms”

 

[JPGebbert]

After messing around with the options in his dressing room, Nick finally decided to just stick with his usual attire. To him, these battling outfits were just too complicated, and he wanted to make sure he could move around freely. He tightened his cap and boots, double checked his Pokeball placements on his belt, and made his way out towards the arena.

He figured he had a bit time to spare, so Nick wandered a bit around the battlefield. People flooded into the Dome, chatting with each other about what could possibly happen tonight. He overheard small talk about the main event, something that peaked his interest. Nick was never good about keeping up with recent events or legendary battlers. All he knew was what he could do around him.

Time went by, and Nick eventually came across a couple of figures. One was a taller man with red hair, who seemed to be asking the other a question. The other was a lady with a Samurott by her side. He thought of approaching them, but was cut off by the guards, who he guessed were going to escort them to their rooms as well.

Well, guess I'll get a chance to talk with them after my match, he thought. As of now, all he could do was search for something to eat until his match started. He would need a good snack to get his energy up. Eat and wait for the call.

 

[Clite of Dragonbow]

Karma came with the Guard to the Damien, Clint took a look at the well-dressed man. "Oh, You could wear something like this" Adusk told to Karma "Shut up" Karma quickly replied to his other self then he looked at the girl who he saw earlier talking with the Guard "Wow, she is really beautiful. That's why I told you, that you would at least try to wear something great or cool" Adusk said to Karma "If you think that you are cooler than me, that means that I'm hotter than you" Karma told a joke to Adusk and he didn't hear from him a reply again.

When he got instructions from King, he headed to his dressing room with Aether Guard "Legendary Trainer, Steven Stone. That would be interesting match, I worked with him once. He asked me to help him with something what involved Team Aqua" Karma thought and when he reached his dressing room Adusk asked "Can I battle with him, Please"
"No, your power is like cheating for me" But when Karma yelled this, he didn't say that in mind.

Then he started to wait, Karma didn't changed his outfit. He felt just fine with the one he had, even if Adusk was complaining about this.

 

[Toramaru]

“Cynthia? As in the powerful trainer who made people cry with her deadly Garchomp? Finally, an interesting battle. Let’s go, Ebisu.” Elvira spoke, patting her Samurott with one hand. Her Samurott began to follow her as Elvira allowed the guards to escort her to her dressing room.

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Elvira’s Dressing room
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The Unova trainer decided that her own outfit was enough. It seems that she doesn’t care about what she will wear to the battlefield.

The trainer then went over to look at the mirror, realizing that her hair was still messy. She took a few minutes fixing her hair before she paused when Ebisu lumbered to her trainer. When Elvira turned around, the Samurott was holding a gray, sleevless jacket with red accents on the sides. On the back of the jacket, was the logo of her older brother’s company. PokéBites.

“Oh. How could I forget?” She said, grabbing the jacket from her Samurott’s jaws to put it on.

And now, she would wait.

 

[Renegade96]

Damien had just finished a phone call when he heard a voice from behind him. “ You’ve certainly done well for yourself.” Damien turned around to see Cynthia. The executive frowned as the two had a very long history. She had accompanied him on husband journey through the Hoenn Region when he was younger, she had taught him a lot. Of course Damien soon realized that she was his biological mother, problem was Damien had been raised by Luisamine after circumstances had forced Cynthia to give Damien up

Damien nodded and shook hands with her” Yeah well, when you are raised in the coorperate world you learn to adapt or perish. Anyway it’s good to see you again. Why don’t you get ready for your match tonight?”

Cynthia nodded and headed to her dressing room. “ Still a piece of work I see” came another voice. Damien smirked as he was handed a cup of coffee and turned to confront the voice. “ Ah Zinnia. I was hoping you’d come.” “ Well it has been awhile” Damien put a hand on the right side of his neck, remembering their history together

“ I... gotta go. You better get ready, you’re facing Lance in the semi main event” Damien hurried off towards his office.

 

[Captain Cardboard]

Shiori approached the Aether Dome, breathing in the clear Alola air. He loved this place. It was so much clearer here than back in Kanto or Unova, and so much warmer as well. And he was back again for yet another Pokemon Tournament! Shiori couldn't contain his excitement.
"It sure has been a while since we've been to the Alola Region, huh Raza?" Shiori said. The punk girl behind him nodded glancing around. She had long black hair, and was wearing a jacket similar to that of an Assault Vest. This was no normal girl. This was, in fact, a Zoroark disguised in an Illusion. It certainly had been a while, but Shiori still loved it. He was pulling behind him a large suitcase, and the actor adjusted his sunglasses. Supposedly, a lot of popular trainers were supposed to be coming to this. Shiori hoped that he would be able to make it.

"Well! You know what this is! TO the Aether Dome!" Shiori exclaimed, and suddenly broke into a run. Raza rolled her eyes and smiled, and ran after her trainer. The two made their way to the dome, and entered. It was as swanky as he expected... This was going to be interesting! He wondered who he was going to meet?

 

[Renegade96]

“ What do you mean we lost our feed?! No no Gladion, listen to me! Get our feed back back and get it back now!” Damien yelled into his earpiece before heading out of his office. Trying to keep his composure and saw Shiori. He walked over to the trainer and extended a hand.

“ Hello there, I am Damien King, the man who sent you the contract. Let’s see here” After looking at his PDA for a moment he looked up” so you’re Shiori. I have you booked for the second battle against Green. A guard will escort you to your dressing room. You need anything you have but to ask.” He frowned as he heard his foster brother in his ear piece and excused himself, walking away, talking into his earpiece

“ Gladion, do NOT screw this up! I will fire faster than you can blink pal! No no shut up, shut your mouth! You have five minutes, hear me, you have five minutes! You don’t get it back and you are fired!”

 

[Captain Cardboard]

"Well thanks!" Shiori said to Damien. He seemed quite busy, but then again the man was trying to run this whole thing. Shiori simply shrugged and followed the guard to his room, Raza trailing behind. It was a nice room, clean and fitting. Plenty of room, and a TV. Raza reclined on the couch while Shiori jumped onto the bed. He thought back to what Damien had said. He was facing someone called Green... Shiori couldn't say he had heard of him. Or her. Shiori wasn't quite sure. Well, whoever it was, Shiori felt pretty confident. Excitement coursed through his veins as he looked through the contents of his suitcase. Yes... This would definitely be quite fun. Win or lose, Shiori planned on enjoying himself. He looked up at Raza, who had flicked on the TV.
"RageCandyBar?" Shiori asked, holding up the sweet. The disguised Zoroark perked up, and Shiori tossed the candy to her. Raza greedily gobbled it up.

 

[dinman]

Zed hadn't been to Alola in a while after travelling to Sinnoh and almost beating the league their. After getting a letter and hearing about the amount amount of trainer that are going to be their Zed just had to go. Having been to Aether foundation before to look around. This has been a travel home for Zed as he hasn't been to the region he now calls home after what happened in the first two. Walking around the airport he soon left and found the port. He hopped a ride on one of the many ships. He walked onto the artificial island and breathed in the cool ocean breeze. He walked around until he found an employee which he then asked what was happening with the tournament or whatever they want to call it. The employee led Zed to his own room which he soon took a liking to as he found it to be a fairly sized room. Nothing to what he had on the main land but still big enough. He just sat around and waited until he found out his opponent. He would then decied his team out of the 24 pokemon he had available.

Spoiler: Information

Name Zed
Gender Male
Age 20
Appearance Tall, jet black hair, black dress shoes, black suit, red tie, muscular build, glasses.
Personality Kind of an ass hole but at the same time he can be nice, even wise.
Backstory After failing to actually make it the the elite four in Hoenn and Kanto he went back to his parents who threw him into Alola which he then actually made it to the elite four and was offered a spot on it but declined. He then traveled to sinnoh and after challenging the league went back to his home town and talked to his parents. He had bought a home in Alola and was moving his stuff when he got this note.

Spoiler: Pokemon

Pokémon on hand team Sceptile, slaking, gengar, primape, volcarona, gastrodon. Pokemon in the PC Swampert, Aggron, flygon, breloom, metagross, hypno, dugtrio, blastoise, pidgeot, snorlax, armaldo, ninetails, azumaril, sabelye, sandslash, swalot, shedinja.

Home region Hoenn
Theme Song Vehicle by Idles of March
Desired Sponsor blennart corp

 

[Renegade96]

Damien smiled as it was go time. The arena had sold out just as he had hoped. " mister King, it's time" an attendant said. " Did Gladion get our feed back?" " Yes sir." " Good. Bout time that idiot did something right." The Night by Disturbed played throughout the arena and Damien made his entrance with a showman's smile as people cheered. He was handed a microphone and waited until his music died down. " ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the revolution of Pokemon battling! For so long, all we have had is Pokemon Leagues. But we have evolved into what you see now and what a card I have for you tonight. For example in the main event we have perhaps the most famous rivalry in all of Pokemon, Red vs Blue. We also have the likes of Cynthia, N and other trainers of legend competing here tonight. But coming up first we have Nick Walls vs Ghetsis. Live the Revolution!"

The fans cheered loudly as Damien's music played again and Damien exited the battlefield and entered the backstage area " Alright, Gehtsis, Nick, you're on! You better dazzle me, earn your six-figure paychecks!"

 

[JPGebbert]

Nick furiously ate his chicken down when he got the call. Guards had hurried him to his spot in the arena where he would enter, and he could only grin as he waited for the battle to start. He waited behind the doors, fidgeting with his Pokeballs out of excitement.

To say he wasn't nervous would be a lie. The young man was indeed sweating; he had never been in an event this large before. To him, his greatest experiences involved helping people in trouble and raising his Pokemon, but those events never had large audiences to attend them. In fact, he preferred that people didn't know what he was up to. Being famous seemed like a silly concept to him. So why was he here? It's simple, he just wanted to see how far he had come in this world. This will be the perfect event to show him how he can improve.

Nick's thoughts were interrupted with the playing of music and the amplified voice of Damien. As the speech went on, Nick's heart began to race faster. Win or lose, he knew he was gonna have a great time. He perked up when he heard the signal to begin.

"Alright, Gehtsis, Nick, you're on! You better dazzle me, earn your six-figure paychecks!"

Nick didn't really know much about dazzling people, that's for sure. He always just needed to make sure to get the job done, like now. But the call sprang him into action, and he stepped out into the arena. His fears went away as he saw the audience roaring throughout the stadium. They can't be let down. Across from him in the arena, Nick saw his opponent hobbling into the position, a sour look on his face. He didn't know what upset the man so much, but he hoped that his battling could improve the mood. Nick went for a Pokeball on his belt.

"Alright, this is it! Bastiodon, your're up!" He threw his Pokemon out to battle with extreme force, and the Pokemon emerged with a loud thud onto the battlefield. They looked at each other for a moment and nodded. "Ok, Gehtsis, what do you have for us?"

 

[Captain Cardboard]

In Shiori's quarters, the T.V. switched to show the match about to go down.
"Whoa! Raza, the competition! It's starting already!" Shiori exclaimed, jumping out of the bed and grabbing his suitcase. Raza jumped up as well, and the pair exited their room in a rush.

After a few moments, the pair made it to the competitors lounge, just in time to see the first contestant send out his first Pokemon. It was a fossil Pokemon, a Bastiodon. Cool! A quick check revealed to Shiori that the first competitor's name was Nick Walls, from Sinnoh. And he was facing... Ghetsis? Like... Team Plasma Ghetsis? That was strange... Shiori had heard conflicting reports about Ghetsis while he lived in Unova. First he was some crazy Pokemon Liberation activist, then criminal mastermind... Shiori had even heard a rumor somewhere that he had died! What was he doing here? Shouldn't he be in prison, or something? Well, dead or not, Shiori was going to be rooting for this Nick Walls guy. No matter which way you looked at it, Ghetsis was a villain, pure and simple.

Raza, meanwhile, wasn't paying attention to the match at all. Her attention had been captivated by the chocolate fountain flowing at the refreshments bar. Still in her human disguise, the Zoroark walked over to the fountain and dipped a strawberry in it.

 

[Renegade96]

Damien was watching the match with interest. His good mood was spoiled when he heard his foster sister Lille gasp when she saw Ghetsis. " Damien! You brought him here?! You can't! He's a terrible person! He should be in prison! Why-" " Will you shut up?!" Damien snapped whirling on her. " I don't care if he's a bad person. I don't care if he's a villain, I actually tend to root for the bad guys. Ambition and power mean everything in this world. All I care about is talent, something you know nothing about. Speaking of which, why are you here? This room is for my talent, not for cowards like you. I told you that you were not permitted to be back here! Your job is to make sure my trainers have top of the line accommodations. Speaking of which" Damien said sipping from his coffee and grimacing " You can't even brew coffee right. I knew I shouldn't have let you, Gladion or that bumbling idiot Guzma on my staff but since I owe Luisamine, I kept you three on my staff. But I swear, any one of you three idiots mess one more thing up, I will fire you three and ban you from my company, are we clear?!" " Yes...sir" Lille said in a small voice. " Good, now get out of my lounge and get back to work" Damien said, his voice layered with years of resentment he felt towards her. He looked at the trainers with an apologetic smile " sorry about that everyone, family issues although I'd hardly call her family."

Ghetsis snarled, away of the jeers he was getting. The only reason he signed with Damien was because he was promised revenge. " Let's make this quick you brat! I have better things to do than baby-sit you but whatever" he said holding up a Pokeball. " Hydregion, let's go!" He threw his Pokeball and the dragon type pokemon popped out. " Tell you what Nick, I'll let you have first move."

 

[Chunky Ramen]

Gavin sat toward the waiting room, there were guards to escort, he had noticed, but he wasn't sure if Damien was busy or not, eventually, he made the decision to readjust his bag, and let Blaziken out, and bumped Blaziken's fist. He walked up to the guards, and stuttered until Blaziken made an unnoticeable punch in the arm, then Gavin said:
"Erm...I'm here for the Competition, is Mr. King busy?" He asked, he cringed at his poor choice of words, but hoped for an answer.

 

[Renegade96]

The guard smiled at Gavin sympathetically " of course, right this way." Te guard led the way to the lounge. " Mr. King, we have a new competitor." Damien looked at Gavin " You're late and as a result, you are being fined $500. In the future you will be punctual, are we clear?" Damien shook Gavin's hand and checked his PDA " here you are. Gavin huh? Well Gavin, tonight you are facing...Giovanni. Good luck, the guard here will escort you to your dressing room. You're welcome to hang out here as well."

 

[Toramaru]

Elvira made her way to the lounge, with her Samurott behind her. She was rather interested on how the first battle would play out.

Once the Unova trainer reached the lounge, she immediately screeched when she saw the T.V. It was some trainer against the leader of Team Plasma himself!

“Ghetsis?! Arceus on a bicycle, I thought Ebisu killed you!” She screeched, a looked of bewilderment on her face. Even her Samurott was surprised, with her eyes widened and her ears perked up. She could have sworn that knocking Ghetsis off a cliff with a swing of a sword (while his Pokemon were all fainted) would have dealt quite alot to the one who started the ridiculous Pokemon liberation movement in the first place.

The Samurott was ready to grab her trainer if she managed to lose her temper, as Elvira was looking pretty angry as of now.

“You better win this one...” She muttered under breath, wishing that it was herself on the battlefield instead, taking revenge.

 

[JPGebbert]

Nick was a bit surprised with the sudden generosity, but decided to make the most of it. While he didn't know much of events outside the region of Sinnoh, the Steel trainer did make sure to study, if he could call it studying, the various kinds of Pokemon out in the world. This one was no exception.

With his usual plan in mind, Nick unleashed the first command. "Well, then I guess we'll start with a Metal Sound attack!" The Bastiodon slowly opened its large mouth and proceeded to let out a massive screech, one highly disruptive to the ears. Nick had become used to the sound, though he still felt the ringing in his ears. He just felt bad that he couldn't open up with a flashy attack. He and his Pokemon both knew that Bastiodon was too slow to connect actually damaging attacks. In order to do so, they would have to get crafty, something Nick wasn't too great with. But he knew that Bastiodon does well setting up, so that's what he stuck with. If they couldn't brute force through a wall, then they would just soften up the wall first, then break it down.

Now, they just hoped their attack connected.

 

[Captain Cardboard]

Well, this battle was going to be interesting! Ghetsis had decided to start of with a Hydregion, a very powerful Pokemon that Shiori recognized from the Unova region. For a guy that was supposedly focused on Pokemon Liberation, he had quite the strong Pokemon. But before Shiori could watch the rest of the battle unfold, a sudden screech from behind him caused him to jump. Raza had also not expected the scream, looking around in alarm to the cause of the commotion. A young woman with light brown hair was saying something about how she had thought Ghetsis was dead. Well, Shiori supposed that reaction would be fair. He would be quite shocked if he saw someone he thought was dead was just walking around and battling. So Shiori didn't blame her.

"Uh... You okay?" Shiori asked Elvira.

 

[Renegade96]

" Well he would have been dead had he arrived at the hospital one moment later. I heard he was still alive so I flew toward his location, spent some money and here he is. And regardless of his past, he will be accepted as a part of the staff, are we clear?" Damien asked narrowing his eyes to the trainers he had signed.

Ghetsis chuckled and covered his ears. His Hydregion shrieked as he felt the effects of Metal Sound. " Impressive young man but not good enough. Use Dragon Pulse!" Hydregion was able to fire off the Dragon Pulse towards Nick's Pokemon. ( Don't worry, you'll get to win this one, unless you'd prefer to lose"

 

[Chunky Ramen]

He handed over 500 P, no biggie, but went snow pale when he was told he was up against... against the big man himself... Giovanni.
As he sat down, and let the rest of his team out, AB noticed his stress, and rubbed against his leg.
"Well, at least I have you, together we're unstoppable, right?" He asked, and Absol, Blaziken, Flygon, Metagross, Banette, and Manectric all let out their respective cries, and Gavin let out some stress, as for his battle costume, he put on quite a major color change, even though he had packed it, going from ruby red to emerald green was weird, but he was okay with it, he had on a cap, which was an emerald green, just like everything else, that had a half-Pokeball symbol on it, a workout jacket, which had two black stripes that went from his forearm to his sides, then connected to make the outline of the zipper, lastly, he had slightly worn jeans and new Running Shoes. He almost forgot his gloves, which were fingerless, and the band 'round his wrist was black, and one of them-his left wrist-had the imprint of a Z-Ring. To mark his change, he took a little Acrylic Paint, and smeared two stripes down either side of his cheek, he then washed the excess paint off his hands, and went to watch the match, as he approached the Lounge, he sat down, his Party still by his side.

 

[JPGebbert]

Looking at the opposing Pokemon, Nick knew the attack had the intended effect. He got ready to issue another command when he heard Gehtsis order a Dragon Pulse. Not good.

"This is gonna hurt bud, brace yourself!" Nick shouted. The Bastiodon stomped hard and leaned into the Pulse, allowing it's bulky head to take the full force of the attack. Nick could hear his partner's cry, followed by the explosion of smoke. This was a seriously powerful attack, and he knew that this wasn't just a game. Still, knowing this just made him more excited.

When the smoke cleared, he saw Bastiodon down on two knees, and breathing heavily, but still in the game. Nick knew it wouldn't get past another attack like that. But, it meant he had one more shot to further set up the stage.

"Ok, follow that up with a Stealth Rock! Make it count!" Nick commanded. The Bastiodon stomped again, this time causing stone spikes to emerge from the ground, and hurled them towards the Hydregion.

(Eh, I can go either way. Nick's thing is that he's not too flexible in battle, which can make it go well or poorly. We'll see.)

 

[dinman]

Zed walked into the competitor's lounge since he still hadn't heard who he was facing. He walked in to see someone sitting on the couch in shock. He walked by and didn't ask any questions. He saw a bastiodon and a Hydriegon on the field.

 

[Toramaru]

Elvira took a deep breath before fixing her posture to appear that she was fine.

“Yes. I am functioning one hundred percent.” She spoke, before she narrowed her eyes and looked at the man who had the audacity to include the leader of Team Plasma.

Ebisu began growling, only to stop doing so when Elvira shot an arm right in front of the Samurott. Ebisu snorted, turning back to the television.

“Fine.” She repiled, also turning back to watch the battle occuring on the T.V.

 

[Clite of Dragonbow]

Karma heard a scream and he quickly ran to the place where he saw a Group of trainers and Samurott. When he reached them Adusk told to him in mind "Hey, I want to see something too" and Karma's left eye changed color into Purple.

"What happend, who Screamed and why?" He asked Trainers then he looked at TV Screen "So, the first battle will begin...Ghetsis? I heard that he and his Team lost to the group of trainers some time ago" he said a bit shocked, he didn't except to see someone who schould be in prison in that Tournament.

 

[Captain Cardboard]

Shiori looked like he was about to object to Daimen's explanation, then closed his mouth and turned his attention back to the battle. He didn't like it. Didn't like it one bit. If this guy was a criminal and deserved to be in jail, that's where he should be! Not enjoying freedom in a battle tournament. But there wasn't anything Shiori would be able to do about that. The actor simply sighed and took a seat, watching the battle. A few more trainers entered the room. There was a young man with pale skin and silver eyes, a teenager with what looked like war paint and a z-ring, and another trainer. Shiori decided to approach the teen with the z-ring and face paint.
"Nice..." Shiori said, showing the trainer his own Z-Power Ring. Raza looked up from the snack bar with muted interest.

 

[Chunky Ramen]

Gavin looked up at the man who'd also had a Z-Ring. He smiled at him.
"Oh, good t'know I'm not the only one with one'a these." He said, holding up the wrist that had the band with the Z-Ring embedded in it
"Man, it's pretty crowded in here..." Gavin noticed, mainly talking to himself, but in an audible way, more of informing the man than doing... whatever he was trying to accomplish.

 

[dinman]

Zed watched and drowned out any and all conversations in the background. He wanted to find out what any was happening here. He knew that he would be faceing an important trainer but he didn’t know who. He didn’t even know what the boss even looked like.

 

[Captain Cardboard]

Shiori shrugged at the teen's comment, and looked around the room. It kinda was, but Shiori had experienced worse.
"It's not too bad." The actor said. He stuck out his hand in greeting. "I'm Shiori. That's a, eh, pretty impressive group you got there."
Shiori looked over at Gavin's Pokemon. An Absol, a Blaziken, a Metagross, a Flygon... There was one lionlike one that Shiori didn't recognize, but it looked a bit like an electric type. Raza some interest in all the Pokemon, quickly eating another chocolate covered strawberry before walking over to the Pokemon. Still in her human disguise, the Zoroark looked the Pokemon up and down. As far as these Pokemon were concerned, Raza was simply a quiet human girl in slightly punk clothes and long black hair. She especially inspected the Blaziken, sizing him up. He looked quite tough...

 

[Chunky Ramen]

"I'm Gavin, and thank you," He pointed at his team members "This is A.B the Absol, this is Blazer the Blaziken, this is Soar the Flygon, Striker the Manectric, and Bane the Banette." (OOC: I don't think that's what I nn'ed it, but go with it, Bane's better.) Blaziken then noticed someone scanning it over, and leaned back a small bit.
"They all come from Hoenn, I never got the chance to go anywhere else, and even if I did, these Pokemon are closer to me than anything I've ever known, and I wouldn't trade them off for the galaxy." He said

 

[Captain Cardboard]

"That's really cool. I've never been to Hoenn before." Shiori said. "I heard that it is quite an interesting region, though. I'll have to visit it some time. I've only lived in Kanto and Unova. They're very nice places, don't get me wrong, but a bit of a problem when it comes to pollution. Not here in Alola, though. This is my second time visiting this region."
A thought suddenly entered Shiori's mind, and he pointed at Gavin's Z-Ring.
"Just out of curiousity, where did you get the Z-Ring? I got mine from a friend, but from what I understand they're pretty rare outside Alola." Shiori asked.

Being satisfied with her inspection of the Blaziken, Raza moved onto the Absol. A fellow dark type! How nice. The disguised Zoroark crouched down and smiled at the Absol, giving the Pokemon a small wave.

 

[Chunky Ramen]

"Well, my bud Zayne traveled Alola, and found these neat gloves, which double for Z-Rings, he got one for me, and came back to Hoenn with the best gift I've ever received, other than Meta, of course." He said, and Metagross pointed its head up in pride.
Absol sniffed the person examining her, then let out a friendly bark of welcome, then brushed against her side, her gesture for petting.
"Wow, you've already won over A.B's heart, it took me three months to do that!" He stared in awe as the girl had just simply gotten Absol to trust her.

 

[Captain Cardboard]

Raza looked a little surprised at the Absol's reaction to her, but smiled and began to pet the Absol.
"Oh. That's pretty cool!" Shiori said. On Gavin's comment on Raza, Shiori looked over at the disguised Zoroark.
"Yeah, I'm not surprised. My friend Raza always had... a special connection with Dark-Type Pokemon." Shiori said, unable to hide a smile. Raza was being a sneaky little Zoroark again. Raza looked up at Gavin as she continued petting the Zoroark and shrugged, smiling at the trainer.

 

[Chunky Ramen]

Gavin nodded, and stroked Manectric. But raised an eyebrow at 'Special connection with Dark-Type Pokemon'
"What do you mean, connected with Dark-Types? Is she some female N?!" He asked, a little stunned, still stroking Manectric, in what was like an automatic manner now.