bohren_rpg | Lumeloch Town Festival

The Village was...cute, Armonde supposed. It was small and peaceful and in the horizon he saw wind powered generators blowing in the wind, typical he thought. When he arrived in the town, he presented his trainers card and was greeted by an overly enthusiastic teenage girl selling some sort of confectionist sugar coating some sort of berry...thing. He shook his head and tried to be as polite as someone like him could be.

The carnival was...boring. Someone from a small town might find it exciting, but for him, it was dull and "quiant" which was never a good adjective in his book. He found himself a seat on a bench close enough to not seem suspicious but far enough away to keep his eye on everyone at the event.

Skyler wandered around the carnival, Azumarill loose at her side. She had an large cone of cotton candy and was handing frequent pieces to Azumarill as they walked.

She also seemed to have an almost constant stream of babble going. "Man what a boring town, the lake isn't even big enough to have waves, makes you wish you had a boat or a jetski or something you know? The carnival is fun but man I wish we'd get on circuit already, it's stupid that all the gym leaders have to travel with the tournament circuit, I want to be back in Crescent Beach already - oops, sorry!"

She said the last to Armonde as, while she was paying more attention to griping than walking, she ran right into him.

"Oof! Watch where you are going!" How could someone be so stupid to trip over a person while they are sitting down. He could already feel a huge bruise starting to form on his. He rubbed his shins a bit and cursed under his breath. He thought he recognized the girl for a second, he was positive he had seen that Azumarill before. Yes. He was sure he knew her. He had grown up in Crescent Beach and had come across her many times before, now she was the up and coming gym leader of the time. He smirked, "Skyler, I take it. Armonde, I doubt you know me, but I have heard much about you."

"Well, nice to meet you then!" Skyler said cheerfully, holding out her hand to shake. Azumarill reached up at the cotton candy uselessly, waving at Skyler.

"Zu zu zu zumarill!" he said, scolding, and Skyler lowered the cotton candy within his reach without even looking.

"You've heard about me? I'm kinda new to the league, you're not local to Tournament Mount or something are you?"

"This will be my first attempt." He shook Skyler's hand softly, "I'm from your home town, you are a bit younger than me I'd assume, but I've heard interesting things about you." Armonde looked down at the Azumarill. Obviously a spoiled pokemon, as it leaped up trying to get the cotton candy.

"I don't mean to be intrusive," except he totally was, "But I'm feeling a bit tired, how about a battle to heat things up around here?" he knew the tournament was happening later that day, but he wanted a fresh start. If he could manage to take down a member of the League, perhaps the other Rocket Operatives could easily win the prize at the main tournament.

At the word 'battle,' Azumarill's floppy ears perked up. "Zu?" it said, tugging on Skyler's shorts. "Zu zu?"

Skyler looked down at Azumarill and grinned. "Looks like you've got at least one taker," she said. "Maybe a battle will liven things up a little around here. What do you say we put a badge on the line for it?"

She reached into her pocket and pulled out a Tsunami Badge, the tiny wavecrest curled around a small gem. As she did so, she pulled a pokeball off her belt and recalled Azumarill. He never started battles for her, after all. "And let's get to the lake. Water trainer, you know. Gotta have water."

Armonde's eyes light up. No, it couldn't be that easy. A badge this early in the get go would give him a giant advantage in the League. He would probably be the only trainer to have a badge, and with that, he could easily get some...side work done, "The Lake." his smirk did not escape his face, "Of course." He pointed toward the lake and began to walk, the Badge still catching his eye.

They seemed to have attracted a bit of a crowd. Whispers were crawling across the festival and people began to gather at the lake. Armonde took his place at the battle field next to the lake, "Ladies first!" he shouted.

"'Kay!" Skyler shouted back, pulling a pokeball off her belt.

"Go get 'em, Lucky!" she said, tossing the pokeball into the water.

"Lanturn~" Lucky said as he popped out of the pokeball, yawning.

"Okay Lanturn, this is a battle for a badge, so you have to do your best, understand?" The whispers in the crowd multiplied - who was this trainer challenging Skyler, and for a badge too?

A Lanturn? He could make the smart choice, but with Armonde, it was all about flash. He reached into his jacket and pulled out a Pokeball, "Go!"

"Milo-!" His Milotic shined in the sun, its obvious coloration cause the audience to ooh and ahh.

"Milotic!" He called to the water, it turned and perked up, "This is an important battle. Don't mess it up." The Milotic flipped again in the air. "I believe the rules stat that trainer goes first, so if you don't mind." He took this advantage.

"Milotic! Safeguard!" A mystical haze poured around Milotic. Armonde smiled, this should be easy.

"Woah, a shiny Milotic?" Skyler said. A lot of people would pay a lot of money for a pokemon like that - she knew shiny pokemon were more valuable and rarer than normal pokemon, and that her father had a healthy trade in shinies.

But Milotic were doubly rare - oh well.

"Lanturn, you know what to do! Rain Dance!"

"Tuuuuuuuurn," Lanturn said, swimming in a fierce circle. The circle grew tighter, and dark clouds rolled in overhead. Many of the onlookers shrieked and ran for cover as rain began to pour over the battlefield. Skyler just grinned. Here was where the real battle started.

Skyler looked up at the sky, Great, "So glad I wore my good jacket today." He sighed as the rain started to fall. "Well. Might as well make good use of it."

Milotic was dancing in the water as the rain started to fall, "'Tic!"

"Milotic! Surf!" Milotic stopped and nodded.

"Milooo!" The water surged in around him and a giant wave formed, rushing toward Lanturn.

"Lantuuuuuuurn," Lucky said, caught on the first brunt of the wave. It spun him around for a second and then he rode right over the top of it.

"Great, Lucky! Use Thunder!" Skyler's grin got bigger. Thunder may not be a great move to use a lot of the time, but in the rain?

"Lanturn!" Lucky's crest glowed and crackled with energy, and a bolt of lightning lanced from the clouds, straight toward Milotic.

"MILO-!" It was too late. With the rain and water, the lightning easily snagged Milotic, shocking it beyond damage. He was hurt, not too bad, but another hit like that and he knew Milotic would be done for.

He didn't want to end up in a repetitive cycle, but he had no other choice, he couldn't take down the Lanturn with another Surf, "Milotic! Recover!"

Milotic spun around and began to glow, slowly recovering its health. Armonde braced for the worst.

"Awww, man, that's lame," Skyler said with a pout. Using Recover would just make it take longer for Lanturn to KO that Milotic.

"Lanturn! Give it another Thunder!"

Lanturn gave a small leap out of the water, shaking its fins as another thunderbolt came rocketing out of the sky.

Armonde flinched as Milotic tried to avoid the huge bolt of lightning, but with the rain there was no way to avoid it. He hoped that maybe he could beat the rain, as it seemed to be slowing down.

"Milotic! Recover, again!" Milotic nodded and began to glow, once again healing its wounds. Doing a flip in the air once it finished.

Not a chance. Skyler made sure Lanturn held a Damp Rock during battle - and that meant that the rain lasted twice as long as it would normally. "Come on, Lucky! Let her have it!"

Lucky was now thoroughly immersed in showing off for the crowd. He dove below the water and powered toward the surface, rocketing up to the surface and leaping out of the water to toss yet another Thunder Milotic's way.

As it lept out of the water, Armonde saw the Damp Rock under Lanturn's fin, he cursed, Miltoic was hit, he cursed again. He didn't want to take Milotic out, not yet anyway. He sighed, might as well pick away at what he could.

"Milotic, Surf!" Water surged around Milotic again as it obediently & with all its might threw another massive wave toward Lanturn.

"Turn!" Lucky said, caught in midair by the wave. He hit the water on his back and popped back up to the surface, looking very irritable.

"One more should do it, Lanturn, Thunder!"

At this point Skyler almost felt guilty for the beating she was probably going to give this guy - but it didn't matter. He wore six pokeballs on his belt, that meant she would fight him with her full team of six.

"Milooo!" he splashed into the water, and washed up on the shore at Armondes feet. He got down and rubbed hit on the side of its neck, "You did well Milotic, Return." he pointed his pokeball down which quickly absorbed Milotic in red light. He returned the ball to his belt and thought for a moment.

"Hm." There was a large platform in the water on his side, he nodded, "Go."

A deep groan and his large Steelix appeared on the platform, "Lets see how you do with my baby Girl." The Steelix roared loudly.

"Steelix! Stealth Rock!!!" The Steelix shot sharp rocks directly around the Lanturn, which hoovered slowly around him.

Armonde smirked.

Ah crap, was Skyler's first reaction. The Stealth Rock would do damage to any pokemon that switched in, but she couldn't leave Lucky out with Steelix on the field. It probably knew Earthquake.

"Lucky, you did great!" she said, holding out a pokeball. Her hand dropped to another on her belt and she threw it into the water. "Go, Lily!"

Ludicolo's head popped up above the water, the ridiculous lilypad bobbing in the water. "Hit it with a Surf, Lily!"

"Steelix! Brace yourself!" She did so, but it was too late. The Surf did far more damage then he expected. Just as the Ludicolo sent out the surf, the storm swelled, causing the water on the platform to rush over, knocking Steelix into the water. The Surf then came by and smashed into her, rolling her onto the shore.

Armonde's jaw dropped. He did not expect that. Steelix was down. Armonde was now down two pokemon, and Skyler still had all 6. He pointed out his pokeball, not even acknowledging Steelix's work.

He reached down for a moment and thought again, "Go."

"Chaaaar~" Arbok landed on the platform, posed for battle.

"Wind up for a Focus Punch, Lily!" Skyler said.

Armonde was getting frustrated - she could tell. But she wasn't about to go easy on him just because he didn't really have the skill to battle her. She might be easygoing any other time, but in a battle? No way.

"Cololo!" Lily said, gathering energy around one hand. Skyler only hoped the Arbok wouldn't break her focus.

Arbok looked back at Armonde, who nodded, "Ice Fang." It opened its mouth and dove at Ludicolo, who was too busy preparing for its Focus Punch to even notice that the rain had stopped.

"CHAR!" It dove into the air and wrapped around Ludicolo, biting down, hard, freezing the side of its head. Arbok quickly unwound itself and swam back quickly to its platform.

"Lily!" Skyler shouted, as Lily shook its head, trying to clear it. Her focus had been broken, and now all of the winding up was useless.

Plus the rain had stopped - time for her to come back. "You did good, Lily, you'll have another chance," Skyler said, holding out her pokeball and recalling the Ludicolo.

"Go, Typhoon!" she said, throwing another. Her Floatzel popped up, eyeing the Arbok with a glare.

Armonde was caught off guard with the switch, he assumed she'd keep in Ludicolo, he stupidly declared an attack as she was switching out, "Ice fa-WAIT!" it was too late. Arbok was already firing up the Ice Fang. As it dove into the air and into the water it wrapped around the Floatzel with ease and as it bit down, it too realized the mistake, "CHAR!" It said, Arbok knew too well that both he and Armonde had jumped the gun.

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