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Post by Goniochrome on May 7, 2011 9:36:05 GMT -5
ooc: Thread titled after a song I like since I'm not good with titles. It comes from the Trailerhead album by Immediate Music. When/if she catches a Pokémon on the island, I'll have her run around the beach trying to catch an aquatic Pokémon before her ferry is due. She'll probably fail since she doesn't have a fishing rod. Where do you buy those? :/IC: Nerina walked down the path from the small settlement with the Laboratory, Pokémart and the Pokémon Centre to the port settlement where she could get a ferry to the next island in her journey. It was unlikely she'd be able to catch an aquatic Pokémon to her disappointment. You couldn't exactly catch one whilst on a ferry and she couldn't have a Pokémon swim her across because she didn't have a Pokémon capable of that. Still, there was a small chance of catching something whilst still on the island, right? She had to try. She let her Gible out of his Pokéball. Hopefully this way the wild Pokémon would know she was a trainer instead of just some passer by and so the only Pokémon coming forward to fight would be ones that wanted to get a trainer so she wouldn't be breaking up any families or friend groups. Her Gible gave a grin upon being released and strode pompously down the track, keeping a look out for any wild Pokémon with his keen eyes. Nerina smiled at his behaviour and kept a look out too. The port was in sight at the bottom of the sloping path. Would she find something?  Male // Level 5 // Sand Veil Tackle, Sand Attack 24/24
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Post by Birdybot on May 8, 2011 11:48:04 GMT -5
Route 201 was reasonably well known for having a large amount of aquatic Pokémon lurking somewhere along it, mostly owing to the fact that it was dotted with small freshwater pools and streams leading up to the sea surrounding the island, at which point it would be time to get a boat to the next island. There were ferries at the port surrounded bya small seaside town in which the local businesses, like a large amount of seaside towns Nerina would see on her journey, took advantage of the fact that many trainers would be passing through and waiting for ferries and so offered a lot of places to stay, eat and restock items.
The skies were clear and the sun shone, the Orange Islands having a pleasant climate for humans; it was sunny most days, with warm summers and manageably snowy winters with the rain coming generally at night time. The light reflected off the glassy surface of the pools and the streams flowed gently, crystral clear with small fish and the pebbly riverbed visible. There didn't seem to be any wild Pokémon out and about yet, however.
Then, seemingly out of nowhere, an orange form leapt out a pond and tackled Gible. The Magikarp hoped to try and force the little dragon into a battle, floating oddly in mid-air as fish Pokémon generally do when out of water, prepared for Gible to retaliate in some way and hoping he would. He wanted to gain experience so that he could evolve into a Gyrados, as he would much rather be an impressive, powerful blue snake to the dull, uninteresting fish usually considered idiots he was at the present moment.
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Post by Goniochrome on May 9, 2011 3:55:43 GMT -5
They had been walking along minding their own business when suddenly a bright orange blob leapt at them from the side. While her Gible beat off the tackling creature, Nerina had to stare at the nearby pools with her head on one side. Having visited these islands before, she naturally knew about the pools on the way down to the start of the naval route proper. Why then had she forgotten just now? It wasn't like someone had just invented them and was trying to make her look like a forgetful fool. No, that would be silly. The first thing Gible thought upon seeing the Magikarp was "Lunch!". Flying lunch apparently too that delivered itself. His favourite kind! He began salivating and was about to try and eat the creature when Nerina intervened. "Don't eat it Doug! We need to catch it so we can get a Gyarados. Use Sand Attack and Tackle." she told him, now watching the battle. Magikarp's attacks would be feeble so she wasn't too bothered about getting the Magikarp's accuracy lowered by the Sand Attack. She just wanted him to practise the move. This Magikarp could Tackle and she knew that move couldn't be learnt by Magikarps until they were level 15 (she was a bit of a nerd when it came to Gyarados and so Magikarp too) so this Magikarp must be special to learn it at a low level since there were only low level Pokémon around here or it must've migrated from an area which held higher level Pokémon. Somehow. Maybe a passing Pidgeotto who was taking it to eat dropped it by accident? Dougal rolled his eyes and refrained from taking a bite out of the fish. He scraped up some sand off of the path and lobbed it at the Magikarp before attempting to tackle it into submission. Male // Level 5 // Sand Veil Tackle, Sand Attack 21/24 |
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Post by Birdybot on May 10, 2011 14:10:02 GMT -5
HP: 17/21
Magikarp was surprised when he found a load of dirt thrown in his face. Wha-? Oh, right, this was Dougal fighting back. The fish flopped about a little, panicking at the sand in his eyes that was blurring his vision. His mad flailing shook the worst out, stemming the annoying grit's stinging. It made him frustrated to find that even with the sand gone, his vision was still slightly blurred, his accuracy lowered as a result. This would make it more difficult for him to land an attack or dodge one from his opponent, and it surprised him that Nerina would bother ordering her Gible to lower his accuracy as his kind were usually thought of as too useless to be much of a threat anyway. This made him feel a little pleased at being thought of as a fighter, but also reminded him to take this battle seriously.
The Tackle wouldn't have really been dodged anyway, but Magikarp still felt a little annoyed that he'd let Dougal out of his sight for that moment. He wanted to retaliate instantly, but it was difficult and all he managed was to flop about a little, getting back into his bobbing a little above the ground, moving away from the little dragon.
Magikarp wasn't sure how he knew the move Tackle. Most of his kind learned it later on, but he'd wanted to be able to defend himself better and sooner and... well, he'd somehow learned to use Tackle. It was a useful thing, as otherwise he really would just be a sitting duck in any battle. He demonstrated this Tackle now, moving in a slightly shakey line toward his opponent.
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Post by Goniochrome on May 11, 2011 6:48:01 GMT -5
Nerina was very grateful that she'd managed to stop Dougal from eating this Magikarp. This Magikarp, whatever level it was, knew Tackle and Nerina felt like it would make a badass Gyarados. Oh to be flying around on the back of a majestic giant blue sea serpent! Good times. Was there anything better? Dougal made to dodge the Magikarp and succeeded. Next he attempted to lunge at it and bite it while Nerina was distracted by her Gyarados fantasies. Fortunately for the Magikarp, Nerina wasn't too distracted. "Doug! Don't eat it I said! I want my epic Gyarados, not a bunch of fish bones!" she scolded. "Tackle it!"Caught red handed, Doug's face turned rather sulky but he still obeyed and threw himself at the Magikarp, attempting to tackle again. Male // Level 5 // Sand Veil Tackle, Sand Attack 21/24 |
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Post by Birdybot on May 13, 2011 0:19:46 GMT -5
HP: 17/21
[/center] When battling, a trainer would look for weaknesses in their opponent and think up strategies while their Pokémon fought, which put Magikarp at a slight disadvantage because as a wild Pokémon, he had to try that himself and fight at the same time, which made things more difficult. He could see the Tackle attack approaching quite clearly, and as it was being used in just a regular, straightforward way, Magikarp had confidence that he could dodge this attack. He guessed that be should start dodging in not too long a time, but if he tried to dodge too early Dougal could always just change his path. Magikarp didn't dodge Pokémon very often at all, and so when he jumped, wriggling in slight panic, over Dougal's head to land a little heavily but otherwise fine on the other side, attack avoided, the fish felt very pleased with himself. Right, time to hit the Gible back. The small dragon had dodged Magikarp's previous move, but Magikarps in general as a species were much faster than most people assumed; they could, after all, race up waterfalls. This Magikarp was hoping that he'd manage to get some good hits in this battle, so did his best to make this next Tackle as good as he possibly could. He started out by giving it a leaping start, flailing through the air before landing and, rather than hovering oddly, proceeded to charge at Dougal.[/size][/blockquote] |
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Post by Goniochrome on May 14, 2011 12:43:44 GMT -5
Whereas Dougal was getting more irate when the Magikarp dodged his moves (he was not going to let himself get defeated by a Magiderp; that would be the most humiliating thing that could happen to anyone ever), Nerina on the other hand was getting rather excited. This was surely no ordinary Magikarp! She'd seen other trainers battling Magikarps on her way to the Lab and the Magikarps were useless. Hardly any of the trainers she'd seen even bothered capturing them to try to get a Gyarados and even less would have the patience needed to train one until it evolved. Most would get bored and stick it in the Daycare or something. Nerina however intended to train her Magikarp however long it took. It wouldn't be her main battling Pokémon; he'd be more like a side project. Her patience would be rewarded with a beautiful giant flying sea serpent. She'd already decided she was going to call him Gary. True he couldn't learn Fly, but nevermind. Neither could Scyther, poor thing. "Practice your Sand Attack on it again Dougal. Then Tackle him." she encouraged. Her Gible humphed. What did she think he was trying to do? He was rather embarrassed at not dodging the Magikarp's attack. He'd started off with better stamina than the fish but at this rate he might lose. If that happened, well... he wasn't sure what he'd do. Needless to say, he'd fall into depression at least. He'd be the laughing stock of the world. Still, he was confident he would win and things would never come to that. He was an epic little dragon type after all. Now recovered from the tackle, Dougal lobbed dirt at the Magikarp again and then ran at it to tackle it with his whole body. Afterwards he retreated a few steps so the fish would have to come further to attack. Male // Level 5 // Sand Veil Tackle, Sand Attack 17/24 |
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Post by Birdybot on May 15, 2011 17:24:47 GMT -5
HP: 14/21-2 Accuracy
Magikarp weren't always useless, as this one was proving, but to be honest aside from knowing the move Tackle he was pretty much a perfectly ordinary Magikarp; a little dim and slow, not too strong but when a Magikarp wanted to, they could fight. The reason most got a reputation for being useless was because when given orders this Magikarp, at least, got confused and ended up just Splashing about helplessely. They were a species that were easy to surprise or confuse.
Magikarp felt another batch of sand hit him in face again. Why was Nerina making Dougal use Sand-Attack? There wasn't much point a Magikarp was well aware that his aim and ability to actually strike where he was aiming was pretty poor, his accuracy somewhat lacking without being lowered. The fact that Dougal had bothered to try and disable a creature as useless as himself puzzled him greatly as he tried to rid himself of the more irritating grains of sand and dirt. This made him oblivious to the oncoming Tackle attack. The Gible collided with him, startling him as he fell out of his odd floating thing that all fish Pokémon did - to be fair, for fish it was either that or suffocate as this meant he could keep his gill moisturiser as otherwise the folds of capillary-filled flesh would stick to one another and then there would not be a large enough surface area for gas exchange to take place, not enough oxygen would enter his blood and his muscles would fail. So yes, it was good to be able to float oddly.
Magikarp bobbed back into the air, taking a good gulp of air as he panted briefly before respiring at a more constant rate. He looked at Dougal with small beady dull eyes and cogs clicked slowly in his brain as he tried to jude where to aim. Hoping he was targeting was accurate, the fish moved speedily but not very strongly in a weak and mostly accurate Tackle.
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