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beholdmydemons) wrote2013-09-19 05:26 pm
beholdmydemons) wrote2013-09-19 05:26 pm
second fusion - video/action
[action for violet city + outskirts]
[HEY YOU
YES YOU
ARE YOU ANYWHERE IN OR IMMEDIATELY AROUND THE CITY? DO YOU HAVE YOUR POKEMON OUT? ARE YOU TRAINING THEM TODAY? ARE THEY EVEN JUST KIND OF USING THEIR POWERS?
Because if so, some kid's sauntering up to you with a gleam in his eye and a Houndour at his heels. And if you don't recognize that "when two trainers' eyes meet" kind of look...well, he's gonna ask anyways.]
[video]
[Setting: the end of Route 31, by the side of a pond near the Violet City gatehouse. Subject: One Walter, and one Rattata lounging in his lap, both looking a little roughed-up but otherwise content. Additional details: a busy metal clinking and birdlike humming off somewhere in the background.]
Well, I suppose it's worth the try... [No sooner has he started the video, peered into it, and said that than he flips the Gear around to get an image of the water. A green, tough-looking fish is swimming in slow circles by the pond's edge. Walter continues to speak with the video on the Basculin.] I'd like to sell this creature - to whom, I care not, I'd part with it for a lark to have it away from here. [...He sounds like he's really trying to sound casual about this.] Its abilities are..."Tackle", "Water Gun", and "Uproar". They call it a Basculin. I've not battled with it once, so I...I think it's not loyal to me at all...?
[He flips the Gear back around, shrugging.] I don't recall anything else important about it. 'Tis just a fish...thing. ["Fish thing" indeed. Walter leans back a little and opens his mouth like he's going to say something more, but-
-he is very suddenly interrupted by a hellish metal-on-metal noise, like an iron bar shoved against a table saw. He jumps and bites out a "What in the-!", setting the Gear down, and falls into stunned silence as the sound tapers off. After a second of silence, his Rattata appears over the Gear, then vanishes behind it, propping it up with a snicker. Walter is halfway to his feet, gaping dumbfounded at the Skarmory that had been jogging around in the background before. She's standing at the center of a small pile of what look like steel shavings, looking oddly slender for a Skarmory, wiggling her tail and beaming up at her trainer as though to say look what I did!]
...What the...devil did you....
[With a patter of her feet and a cheery VROOM VROOM sound (or...as close as a Skarmory can get to that), she takes off like an ostrich, leaving Walter staring speechless after her. (She feels so light and free...!)The Rattata at the Gear is cackling heartily as his trainer glances between Gertrude's retreating figure and the results of her Autotomize technique with his confusion only growing.
....]
...Oh, damn you and your birds-! HOY, GERTRUDE! [Hell if he knows what it just did, but TIME TO GO RETRIEVE THE STUPID THING. He quickly goes to snatch up the Pokegear, and the first half-second of him quarreling with the cameramon is recorded before he grabs it and switches it off.]
((ooc: so autotomize is a hilarious move in concept))
[HEY YOU
YES YOU
ARE YOU ANYWHERE IN OR IMMEDIATELY AROUND THE CITY? DO YOU HAVE YOUR POKEMON OUT? ARE YOU TRAINING THEM TODAY? ARE THEY EVEN JUST KIND OF USING THEIR POWERS?
Because if so, some kid's sauntering up to you with a gleam in his eye and a Houndour at his heels. And if you don't recognize that "when two trainers' eyes meet" kind of look...well, he's gonna ask anyways.]
[video]
[Setting: the end of Route 31, by the side of a pond near the Violet City gatehouse. Subject: One Walter, and one Rattata lounging in his lap, both looking a little roughed-up but otherwise content. Additional details: a busy metal clinking and birdlike humming off somewhere in the background.]
Well, I suppose it's worth the try... [No sooner has he started the video, peered into it, and said that than he flips the Gear around to get an image of the water. A green, tough-looking fish is swimming in slow circles by the pond's edge. Walter continues to speak with the video on the Basculin.] I'd like to sell this creature - to whom, I care not, I'd part with it for a lark to have it away from here. [...He sounds like he's really trying to sound casual about this.] Its abilities are..."Tackle", "Water Gun", and "Uproar". They call it a Basculin. I've not battled with it once, so I...I think it's not loyal to me at all...?
[He flips the Gear back around, shrugging.] I don't recall anything else important about it. 'Tis just a fish...thing. ["Fish thing" indeed. Walter leans back a little and opens his mouth like he's going to say something more, but-
-he is very suddenly interrupted by a hellish metal-on-metal noise, like an iron bar shoved against a table saw. He jumps and bites out a "What in the-!", setting the Gear down, and falls into stunned silence as the sound tapers off. After a second of silence, his Rattata appears over the Gear, then vanishes behind it, propping it up with a snicker. Walter is halfway to his feet, gaping dumbfounded at the Skarmory that had been jogging around in the background before. She's standing at the center of a small pile of what look like steel shavings, looking oddly slender for a Skarmory, wiggling her tail and beaming up at her trainer as though to say look what I did!]
...What the...devil did you....
[With a patter of her feet and a cheery VROOM VROOM sound (or...as close as a Skarmory can get to that), she takes off like an ostrich, leaving Walter staring speechless after her. (She feels so light and free...!)The Rattata at the Gear is cackling heartily as his trainer glances between Gertrude's retreating figure and the results of her Autotomize technique with his confusion only growing.
....]
...Oh, damn you and your birds-! HOY, GERTRUDE! [Hell if he knows what it just did, but TIME TO GO RETRIEVE THE STUPID THING. He quickly goes to snatch up the Pokegear, and the first half-second of him quarreling with the cameramon is recorded before he grabs it and switches it off.]
((ooc: so autotomize is a hilarious move in concept))
[Action]
Yes, yes, heading out to do so, and not at the moment.
The first one to respond to Walter's appearance is Fleshripper the friendly Croconaw, who sees what are obviously new friends and happily bounces over to give some love bites. The approaching three-foot-tall crocodile with lots of sharp teeth is obviously nothing to be concerned about, am I right?]
[Action]
It takes him a moment to swallow back the urge to just destroy the monster before it has another chance to attack, but thankfully that's something he's had time to work on, and he can call out to the trainer.]
Hoy! Let's have a battle!
[Action]
Sure!
[He plants his feet shoulder-width apart and crosses his arms across his chest, trying to look the part of a beastmaster/chieftain standing at the head of his horde/war party.]
You can start it off, Fleshripper.
[Fleshripper happily bounces in place with a series of happy "Naw! Naw! Naw!"s. Domri looks back over to Walter. He'll treat this like a Gruul duel, which means...]
Challenger has the honor of first hit.
[Confidence is not something that Gruul lack. If they do, they won't admit it.
Considering that Domri has been busy training his team since he got here, that hit probably won't be as effective as Walter might hope.]
[Action]
But the fun is in the fight itself, so:]
As we've done, Gertrude! [She flaps her wings, lifting herself off the ground, and fires Stealth Rocks to encroach on Domri's side of the field.
[Action]
Domri uncrosses his arms and points at Gertrude with his right hand while clenching his left hand into a fist at his side.]
Blast down that construct, Fleshripper!
[Fleshripper gives a happy "Naw!" and glows white, creating a see-through afterimage of himself that spins quickly and creates a silver ball with a green core in his mouth that he fires at Gertrude. Domri has no idea why AncientPower is a Rock-type move, but what he does know is that Rock is strong against Flying. He hasn't encountered a Steel-type yet though, so he doesn't realize that Steel/Flying is neutral to Rock. Live and learn.]
[Action]
Gertrude doesn't need to be told to try to dodge. She flaps once, avoiding a direct hit by jumping up in the air, but the attack catches her on the talons, sending her somersaulting to the ground. Walter looks baffled for a moment at the impressive fumble before barking out another command.]
Spikes, too. Then slash!
[HOPE YOU LIKE ENTRY HAZARDS. The slash in question is an Air Slash, which Gertrude has to take a few seconds to charge her wings with before she can whip them forward to fire the blade of wind - if she gets the chance to.]
[Action]
Domri's disappointed to see the attack not do much damage, but he recrosses his arms and remains standing in place.
In the grand tradition of Pokémon, the highly telegraphed move with the long charge time goes off without interruption. Somehow. Fleshripper attempts to dodge, but isn't fast enough to get out of the way completely. The hit injures him and forces him to take a step back, but he obviously didn't take much damage from the attack. He bounces in place a few times, then jumps in the air while breathing out water, which surrounds his body as he falls back down. He lands in a crouch, then springs up, launching himself at Gertrude for the water-coated tackle that is Aqua Jet. Let's see who runs out of egg moves first.]
[Action]
...Right. [Next Pokeball. This one's a Rattata - a very confident Rattata, apparently, by the way it narrows its eyes and scoffs at Fleshripper. It plants its feet on the ground and hisses.]
[Action]
[Because Domri isn't going to let one Pokémon have all the fun. Fleshripper happily bounces back over to Domri. Let's see how confident that Rattata is when it sees its opponent.]
Go crush him, Streetbreaker!
[An Onix slithers out and immediately takes the force of the Stealth Rocks and Spikes. 18.75% of his maximum hp gone as soon as he comes out really pisses him off. He roars and silver sparkles come out of his mouth, forming a silver orb of energy that expands until it's bigger than he is. The glow fades to reveal a giant boulder and Streetbreaker bats it at the Rattata with his tail, breaking it and sending a rain of boulders down at the poor rodent who's the recipient of his anger. The move being named Rock Tomb in English, rather than the Japanese Rock Trap, is appropriate, since Streetbreaker wants to bury that fucking rat. Even though the poor thing had nothing to do with the entry hazards, but Streetbreaker isn't really caring about that fact right now.]