Pokemon: Chaos Emerald (Closed, Started)

[Josh123914]

"And, if you don't mind me asking, you do have other pokemon, right?"
"Oh, of course," he said to his new companion.
Can't send out Bulbasaur, that would make me look weak, and Eve can't be sent out either, she'd look like an easy target.

Picking the third pokeball without a moment's hesitation, Glenn released his Magnemite, it spun around and surveyed the situation, gliding through the air in its usual arrogant fashion.

"This is Brannigan, the others are sleeping, figured this one should introduce itself." And so it did, lowering itself to be eye to eye with Jonah's Swirlix, glaring at it while Glenn's Goomy shuffled a bit closer to his owner.

 

[DarkRawen]

"This is Brannigan, the others are sleeping, figured this one should introduce itself."

"Oh, okay," Jonah replied. The other didn't seem to be telling the whole truth, there was something about the thoughtful way he had presented Brannigan. However, if Glenn didn't want to show off all his pokemon, that was within his rights. "Hi Brannigan," Jonah said.

"I'm Jonah, and that's Apollo, Richard and Arthur." He pointed to his pokemon in that order. When Apollo noticed the newcomer, he started jumping up and down until it lowered itself far enough down for Apollo to be happy about it. If he noticed that the magnemite was glaring, the Swirlix certainly didn't show it, instead making sounds indicating it was talking, or the very least trying to communicate. If one paid attention, however, it appeared to be bragging and showing off.

Arthur laid down in front of Goomy, showing that he was not dangerous, one of its bow-feelers reaching forwards, like someone would reach a hand out. Richard, having some interest in fighting Brannigan, but listening to Jonah for once, instead took his place next to the trainer, looking almost like a short kind of bodyguard.

"What kind of pokemon is that?" Jonah asked. "Oh, right---" he found the pokedex, and opened it.

Right, now, how does this work...

He pointed it towards the pokemon, and it reacted, speaking out and showing a picture of the Magnemite.

"Magnemite floats in the air by emitting electromagnetic waves from the units at its sides. These waves block gravity. This Pokémon becomes incapable of flight if its internal electrical supply is depleted."

"Oh, that's neat," Jonah replied. "It's weird, right? I didn't know what pokemon it was, so..." he tilted his head, realizing something.

"Wait, Glenn, is there any of my pokemon you don't know the species of? Because if you wanted, you could test your pokedex too."

 

[Neuromancer]

Sean raised an eyebrows when Thomas had decided to adress him. A few minutes before he wouldn't even be given a hint of acknowledgement, as though he never existed, and now Thomas was giving casual chatting a try.

"The tournament? Heh. Don't really care for it. I only really joined because my pokemon pals wanted to and I couldn't refuse them. What about you?"

 

[Morsomk_v1legacy]

"I mostly joined for the free tech."
Thomas shrugged while giving his care free answer, not because he was ignoring the question but because he didn't really care about why he was in Hoenn. The biggest reason why he was there was because he wanted to have fun and also relax. That meaning either drinking or just laying on the beach while soaking in the sun.

 

[Josh123914]

Glenn grinned at Jonah's fascination, pondering exactly how Magnemite could float so seamlessly.
"Oh, that's neat, it's weird, right? I didn't know what pokemon it was, so..."

"Wait, Glenn, is there any of my pokemon you don't know the species of? Because if you wanted, you could test your pokedex too."
"Well, umm...." Glenn was trying to come up with something to say in response, "UUHHHHMMM!" he continued to blare, before catching a grip of his pokedex, and scanning the group.
He then scanned Jonah's pokemon one at a time, beginning with the pink one;
"Sylveon. The Intertwining Pokemon. It sends a soothing aura from its ribbonlike feelers to calm fights." He read out in from the white text forming onscreen.
Next was the other pink one;
Swirlix was cotton candy pokemon, and to entangle its opponents in battle, it extrudes white threads as sweet and sticky as cotton candy.

"You have a love for Fairy types, don't you?" he asked Jonah, making a mental note to give Brannigan a Steel type move later.

Finally came the tall Gallade, an unusual Fighting/ Psychic type, and described as "a master of swordsmanship and courtesy".

Glenn finished there, looking around for any more trainers to arrive.

 

[Neuromancer]

"I mostly joined for the free tech."

For some reason that doesn't really surprise me.

After spending a few seconds expecting a follow-up question or topic and getting none, Sean let out another sigh (he was certain that today would be full of them). Even when striking up dialogue, Thomas was very hard to talk to, and given the sum of his behaviour, seemed not really interested in the whole teaming up part.

As Sean was wondering whether or not to give up with Sean and try meeting someone else, the tournament Holo Caster lit up. Upon seeing it was someone else from his designated group, Sean nudged Thomas to make sure he was paying attention aswell.


"Hello. I am Glenn- with Holo Caster #1, there's also #3 behind me..."

I see I am not the only one doing the whole "group up" thing.

"We're up on Route 110, and we're friendly. If you're interested, meet us up here."

"Yeah, we are, It'll be fun getting to know you people."

Upon hearing that exchange, Sean let out a sigh of relief. Oh, good! Reasonable people! I was starting to think I was the only one around!

"Well," he said at Thomas, a smile borne of relief and excitement. -Non-bloodthirsty negotiable people (or in other words, your typical decent human beings), finally!- etched upon his face, "I think our course is clear. We should head for road 110."

"Cool, as long as it will be quick. I need to hurry up with the cake."

The smile on Sean's face faded a bit, turning into a grin with a hint of worry.

"Uhh, it won't be quick. We are gathering up to... you know... to get grouped and start going?"

"Might as well check out the rest of the team, then. Might be someone interesting among them"

He wasn't getting it.

"Dude..." Sean started, visibly irritated whilst rubbing his forehead, "lemme spell it out for you," he made sure to say the next part as slowly as possible, "We're leaving. Off to explore the rest of the continent," and to make sure Thomas got it, "Ergo, not Slateport."

"Ohh...I'm probably not coming along then."

"What." said Sean blankly, giving Thomas an equally blank stare. This went on for a few seconds, as both of them stared at each other until Sean, visibly irritated, finally gave in and continued, "Why."

"I got a birthday party to plan for Jips. He's turning 86 tomorrow."

Jips. The Torterra. While Sean would admit that taking care of one's pokemon is a laudable goal everyone should strive towards to, a birthday party wasn't a good enough reason to stay in Slateport.

"But that doesn't... have to happen in Slateport?"

"Unless you know of a location with a sand or soft earth to relax on that isn't a beach, then I'm probably not joining."

Sean sighed for the one-hundredth thirty seventh[footnote]Again, slight exaggerations may apply.[/footnote] time for the day. He had had enough. He was going to let Thomas stay here in Slateport with his beaches and sands and let him get blown up from Diantha going all out on whatever trainers thought themselves cocky enough to face a champ. He just didn't care anymore.

But then he had an epiphany.

"You know..." he started, with the most mischievous grin he had ever let out, "There are hot springs in Lavaridge Town." Good so far, let's keep going, "Which have healing properties, especially for old pokemon." and a little more, for good measure, "And tourist season means hot chicks will be there, with bikini's"

Upon hearing all that, Thomas' face lit up. "...NICE! How long does it take to travel there?!"

"Ohh.." Sean continued, scratching his forehead evasively, "I'm sure it won't take more than a day or two."

Upon hearing that, Thomas run away.

"I'MOFFTOGETJIPSSTAYTHEREIWILLPICKYOUUP!!!"

Well, not away, he run back to the beach. So fast that he left behind a trail of dust, and Sean had to hold on to his hat lest it fall from the torrent of wind following him.

"Heh, me and my silver tongue."

Being finally given the opportunity to answer back, Sean used his Tourn. Holo Caster to contact this Glenn that had contacted him before.

"Greetings!" he said in an excited tone, "Name's Sean. I'm number 26. I also found number 40..."

Upon the mention of Thomas' number, Jips appeared behind him from seemingly nowhere, motioning Sean excitedly and impatiently to get on his back.

Well, that was quicker than I expected.

"...as I was saying," he continued while getting on Jip's back, "I'm with number 40. We'll be riding a Torterra to Route 110. So, if you see one, that will be uuuuuuuuuuuuuaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH-"

And so, while screaming like a little girl, Sean learned that Jips was a lot faster than your average Torterra.

 

[Deu Sex]

"Ya know samll fry, the more you act like that the sooner your gettin your ass kicked outta the Tournament. Besides who even uses the words Pleb and Retainer anymore?"

Cyrus scoffed at Tasha's remark. "So long as I can fighter smarter and better than anyone else, my ass is staying in this tournament, dear. And a sophisticated gentleman uses such words." He followed her to the Pokemon centre and handed his Safari Ball with Iliya to the nurse. "Be careful not the scratch the paint." he said. A few minutes later the nurse returned with both his and Tasha's balls.

"Now let's head up to route one-ten. I'm sure this Glenn and Jonah are getting pretty antsy."

"Sounds like a plan to me." Cyrus said, turning to smile at Tasha. "Maybe we can give them a good stomping instead, flatten them with our two best Pokemon."

"Heya Glenn! I'm Tasha, Number 4 Me and Number 10 here....Are heading up now, figured I'd give you a heads up."

"You'd do best to steel yourselves before our arrival!" he boasted.

"C'mon short stuff, lets get up there. The others should be getting there soon themselves."

"Very well, retainer. Lead the way."

 

[DarkRawen]

Jonah's pokemon were surprisingly used to having a device that captured their pictures looked at them, as Apollo and Arthur stood up, letting themselves get scanned and listening to their entries. Even Rich, who was slightly less interested in getting scanned, waited patiently for the Pokedex to read his data out, before going back to Jonah.

While this happened, Jonah had taken a seat on the grass, careful to put part of his bag under him so that his clothes wouldn't get dirty. Apollo leaped into his arms, while Arthur brushed against his arm. Rich sat down too, just sort of waiting. It was probably because he had heard about that others could get there.

"You have a love for Fairy types, don't you?"

"Ah, I have to admit that they are cute, but not really. Arthur sort of became like this because I kept cuddling him, and brushing his fur. He used to be an Eevee, when I was younger." He rubbed his neck, the thought of having spoiled a pokemon into becoming another one was... well, it was a bit strange of a thought. Apollo was biting on his collar, though the fluffy pokemon never managed to ruin it, so he didn't care too much.

"Apollo here was given to me by one of my father's friends while I were travelling. He's surprisingly strong, for such a little creature. I'm happy I've got these guys, though, we've been having a lot of fun. I--" he trailed off as Rich finally got bothered enough by what Apollo was doing to pick him up, the Swirlix protesting for a bit, though quickly settled in the Gallade's hand. Jonah was about to comment on that, when he noticed the light from Glenn's Holo-Caster.

"Oh, hey, I think you've gotten some replies."

 

[sage42]

Tasha shrugged at Cyrus as they made their way towards route ten. Little snot really is asking for it. Can't wait for Iliya to meet Grace. She thought with a smirk. After a few minutes of walking Tasha spoke up. "Back on that stomping them thing, it might be fun. Don't wanna completely wreck 'em though. Keep 'em around and we would have both a constant source to train AND more companions. Safety in numbers and all that." She said crossing her hands behind her head. "Besides." She looked back at him with a smirk. "From the sounds of things, they don't appreciate the fine art of battling like we do. The longer we can keep people like that around the easier we'll have it by the end of this whole shebang."

Moments later they approached two people with their pokemon out. Either they were getting ready for a battle or they showing off for each other. As they got closer she recognized Jonah and Glenn. "Hey guys!" She said with a raised hand. "Sorry it took so long, we had to stop by the Pokemon Center before we came up."

 

[Arcanist]

"You should have got that same message yea? Wanna go and check it out? Oh and I'm Sarah by the way, sorry I introduced myself to your Pokemon but not to you."

Ethan nodded, placing his arm around Kelvin's neck and hauling himself up onto his back. "Yea, let's! We don't want to keep everyone waiting." He proffers a hand. "I'm Ethan, by the way."

Kelvin gives a loud whine, nervously pacing in place. "Woa there, boy! I know you're excited to get started, but at least let her get on first!"

 

[Josh123914]

Glenn nodded lightly at everything Jonah said, clicking his attention back when Jonah mentioned how his Eevee evolved, immediately regretting not bringing a comb...

"Oh, hey, I think you've gotten some replies."

Glenn looked up and then down to his Holo Caster "Oh, you're right." He said, tapping away at the device, "I don't see what it could be, I gave them our location, what more could they need?"

On the holo caster were two excitable trainers, shouting happily at the screen.

"Heya Glenn! I'm Tasha, Number 4 Me and Number 10 here....Are heading up now, figured I'd give you a heads up."

"You'd do best to steel yourselves before our arrival!"

Glenn smiled in obligation, "Yeahhhh, its just the two of us so far!" He then closed the message, looking back up to Jonah
".....Do you think they'll be nice? It's just if hotheads or freaks show up we might want to hit the road soon..."

Neither had long to discuss it before their two new companions arrived, one a boy, one a girl.

"Hey guys! Sorry it took so long, we had to stop by the Pokemon Center before we came up."
Glenn stood up and smiled, leaving Goomy to play in the grass. He walked over and shook Tasha's hand. "Pleasure to meet you. I'm Glenn," and as he spoke, his Magnemite zoomed overhead, tapping Cyrus' arm lightly with its magnet. "Oh- sorry, that's Brannigan." He said, moving to put it back in the pokeball.

 

[Drummodino]

Sarah laughed as Kelvin danced around, clearly he was as eager as her to be off. Grabbing Ethan's hand she let herself be pulled up onto the Arcanine's back. Holding onto Ethan's waist she gave Kelvin a light kick with her heels.

"Woohoo let's go! There's adventure to be had!"

Pecker squawked and flapped a short distance above them, it seemed he didn't want to get too close to the larger Pokemon.

 

[DarkRawen]

"Heya Glenn! I'm Tasha, Number 4 Me and Number 10 here....Are heading up now, figured I'd give you a heads up."

"You'd do best to steel yourselves before our arrival!"

Jonah tilted his head as he heard the message.

".....Do you think they'll be nice? It's just if hotheads or freaks show up we might want to hit the road soon..."

"I'm sure they'll be nice," Jonah replied with a smile, then chuckled. "I think you might be right with them being hot-headed, though. However, if no one wanted to battle, it wouldn't be a competition, right?" He kept sitting, waiting patiently together with his pokemon. If they were hostile, perhaps it would be a chance to keep his promise with Rich and Apollo. Arthur appeared to be a bit anxious, keeping close to Jonah's hand.

Soon enough, a boy in a surprisingly fine outfit and a girl with a much more laidback style arrived.


"Hey guys! Sorry it took so long, we had to stop by the Pokemon Center before we came up."

Jonah stood up as Rich did, the pokemon handing Swirlix back to Jonah before approaching the others.

"Hi, I'm Jonah, this is Apollo, Arthur and Rich, it's nice meeting you," he said, almost in a hurry to introduce his pokemon before Rich made his challenge known.

"And... that's a challenge, he'd like to fight one of you. This guy would like to battle too," he said, lifting Apollo a bit higher. As he did, he noticed something, or rather, someone approaching at an impressive speed. Two guys on a Torterra, a really fast one.

That's not something you see every day.

"Oh, I think they're here for us as well," he said, absent-mindedly, and raised his hand, waving at them as they got close enough to hear him.

"Hi! I'm Jonah, this is--- well, this is my pokemon, and that is Glenn, and that's Tasha, and---!" he trailed off, being a bit too eager had caused him to speak without thinking. Were they even there because of the message? Better check.

"Did you see the message?! I'm number 3! It's nice to meet you either way!"

 

[sage42]

Tasha shook Glenns had with a smile. She turned as Jonah introduced himself. She shook his hand with a grin as he introduced his pokemon. "A Gallade huh? Not bad, I think I have a friend who could take you up on that offer." She said reaching for her pokeballs. "Let me introduce my team." She tossed the pokeballs to the ground. "This is Knight, Grace, and Raleigh." She said as each appeared in a flash of light. Knight just stared at Rich as Raleigh snoozed on the ground. Grace jumped with a yelp and dashed behind Tashas legs.

Tasha crouched and put a hand on Graces back. "Hey it's okay Grace" She said gently. "Don't worry your just saying hi. No one's gonna hurt ya." She lifted grace into her arms as the pokemon twisted to hide it's face in her chest. She turned towards the low rumble that was quickly approaching. What she saw was probably the fastest she had ever seen a pokemon of the Torterras size move. "Wow, there's a mon who knows what it's after." She mumbled. "Hey guys!" She called as Grace shivered in her arms.

Knight hovered closer to Rich, examining the other pokemon closely. It floated behind the pokemon and gently grabbed the red protrusion.

 

[Arcanist]

"Woohoo let's go! There's adventure to be had!"

Loosing a mighty bark, Kelvin bounded forward at her words, moving with shocking speed for his enormous frame. Ethan may not have a Pokemon capable of flight, but when one of your best friends is larger than an Ursaring and faster than a Rapidash, he mused, it doesn't really matter if you move through the air or over the ground. Moving with mighty leaps and bounds, Kelvin dashed forward, occasionally taking directions from Ethan, who continued to play around with his Holo-Caster.

"It looks like we're supposed to go... there!" Ethan pointed out the direction of the gathered dots on his Holo-Caster(he thinks? He still wasn't sure how this contraption was supposed to work, or even what it really did), and Kelvin bounded into the clearing with a mighty leap. Ethan had to tightly grip Kelvin's neck to stay aboard, the sudden acceleration nearly unseating him.

As he lands, Kelvin looses a loud roar, the nearby trees shaking as a small flock of frightened Taillow took flight, away from the terrifying noise. He preens as he struts forward, basking in the attention of the new group - until he feels something gently cuff him up the side of his head. "You really did let that Pokedex get to your head, didn't you?" Ethan shakes his head, shooting the group an apologetic glance. "I'm sorry, this big lug gets a big head every now and then."

 

[Drummodino]

Sarah almost lost her balance as Kelvin dashed forward, the large Arcanine moved at an extraordinary pace. Holding tightly onto Ethan she laughed and cheered as foliage and startled trainers whizzed past in a blur. Looking back over her shoulder she grinned at the sight of Pecker valiantly trying to keep up with them, but slowly falling further behind. He was fast for a Pelipper but there were very few Pokemon that could keep up with an Arcanine going at full speed.

"It looks like we're supposed to go... there!"

"Huh?" Sarah asked, leaning out to look around Ethan just as Kelvin launched into a clearing. She was very nearly unseated along with Ethan as they landed and Kelvin let out a roar, sending some nearby Tailow into a panic. Dismounting after they came to a halt Sarah wobbled slightly unsteadily before approaching Kelvin's head as Ethan lightly chastised him.

"Aww don't listen to him Kelvin, that was fun! Thank you for the ride." she said as she stroked his fur.

"PELIPPER!"

In a flurry of feathers Pecker appeared, bowling Sarah over before perching on her chest. He lightly pecked her on the nose before turning around and squirting a short burst of water at Kelvin's face.

"Pecker! That's rude, apologize at once! There's no need to get so jealous." Sarah scolded, pushing the Pokemon off her and sitting up. Despite this Pecker ignored her words, looking away with a dismissive squawk.

 

[Neuromancer]

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

Sean kept screaming as the Torterra rampaged its way through the streets of Slateport, disrupting public services, causing lots of noise pollution and knocking around trainers dumb enough get in its way and to try to challenge its trainer. Sean thought he'd be lucky if he wasn't arrested and charged for homicide by the end of the day, but to first be arrested he'd have to get out of this alive, and the prospect of that grew dimmer each passing second. Especially considering the trouble he had holding on, and the expression Thomas was giving off, one of deranged excitement, one that, if his own mother was to see him, she would be very, very unnerved. And probably hide all the kitchen ware. And any other pointy objects in the house.


"Be careful!" yelled Thomas as Sean stopped screaming due to running out of breath, "Jips is kinda fast!"

"I CAN FREAKING TELL!"

At this point Sean wasn't sure if Thomas had a twisted sense of humour or genuinely thought that pointing out the obvious was the mark of an intellectual, and, frankly, considering the fact that he could very easily meet his untimely demise in a myriad of painful and exceptionally gory ways, he didn't really care. If he survived through this, he would do his best steer the heck away from Thomas the Maniac Trainer.

For what it was worth, Jips was among the fastest pokemon Sean had ever seen which that meant that, at the very least, this nightmare would soon be over. The thought brought him a small amount of comfort, but as the Torterra kept running even well into the Route, trouble brewed.

A tall, flamboyant man(?) dressed in purple and blue was waving at them. While standing in the way of a Torterra running faster than Rapidash in heat.

And he wasn't budging. Even as the Torterra was getting closer the man wasn't. budging.


This was a recipe for disaster, and all the ingredients were top notch.

Oh no. Oh no ohnoohnoohnoohnoohnoohnoohno. If he's from the group and we run him over-

"She's waving at us," said Thomas in a remarkably relaxed tone, ever eager to point out the obvious, "You think she's from the group we're looking for?"

Wait, she?

"YES! YES THEY ARE! NOW WILL YOU PLEASE STOP BEFORE WE-"

In a sudden twist of events, using all the momentum he had built up from his rampage, leaped and landed just a few meters away from the flamboyant youth, stopping after sliding for a fraction of a meter, barely enough to turn to the side. The stop was absurpt, enough to almost throw Thomas off his seat, while Sean...

Sean was sent flying like a ragdoll launched from a ballista.

Barely missing the man that was but a few moments ago waving at them, Sean continued on for a few meters, before finally hitting ground.

"GAH!"

And bouncing.

"G'OH!"

Again,

"DAH!"

and again,

"SONOFA-"

Before finally landing on his arse, his upper body still standing. Sean sit like that for a few moments, his mind only now catching on what had just transpired (filling him with pain along the way), until finally, much like a derelict building after an earthquake, collapsing on the ground. Sean weakly raised his trembling hand to show that he was still alive.

"I need a... minute." With what little strength he had left failing, Sean let his hand fall. Closing his eyes, he let out a sigh of relief that it was all over and he could finally re-

"Ty-RUNT!"

OH NO!

Sean opened his eyes again and looked to his side. Ragna was out of his pokeball, staring at him judgingly.

"C-c-come on, now, R-Ragna. L-lemme r-rest a s-s-s-second!" said Sean pleadingly. He was absolutely terrified, with a nervous smile and twitching eyebrows and lips, as though death himself was staring at him and wondering whether or not his had come.

"Ty-"

Ragna jumped...

"RUNT!"

...And landed on Sean's stomach, causing his entire body to spasm from the pain as he let out a groan. As Ragna showered him with loud roars as though demanding that he got up, Sean stared at the sky, utterly defeated, with tears flowing down his cheeks.

This day just didn't want to end.

[hr]

Meanwhile, back at Jips...

Despite the fact that his up-until-now companion had just been launched from Jips and flew like a speeding bullet towards parts unknown, Thomas didn't really seem to care, or maybe even notice. No, there were bigger, more important things at stake here, and the physical wellbeing of a guy he had met minutes ago was too small a thing to fuss over.

"Come out, JoJo!"

Coming out of the pokeball was a large, imposing Pangoro with a serious look and arms crossed.

"Go get food." ordered Thomas as he jumped down from Jips' back in a crouching position.

"Now..."


Thomas got up and shot a sharp, powerful glare at the people of the group, the sharp-dressed bare-chested girl in particular. This was the most serious face he had pulled off in a long while.

"Tell me..."

With one hand in a pocket, Thomas raised the other and pointed at the girl-that-looked-kinda-like-a-dude, striking a dramatic pose.

"...where the bikini town is!"

A few moments of silence passed after such a display. Thomas threw a glance at his Pangoro companion.

"Hey!"

JoJo had struck the same pose as Thomas, also pointing.

"What are you doing? Didn't I tell you to go get food?"

After a brief second of being taken aback by the shock of his masters words, JoJo started running, apparently to go look for things to eat. With that out of the way, Thomas reverted to his previous pose, awaiting a response.

 

[sage42]

Tasha stared at the duo that had arrived on the Torterra as Grace shifted to hide her faces in Tasha's chest. Their meteoric entrance overshadowing the duo on the Arcinine. The strange dressed guy that went flying got a smirk and a chuckle out of Tasha after she realized he was alright. It seemed his Tyrunt was very energetic. Her chuckle died as the other man dismounted his Torterra.

"Tell me where the bikini town is!"

She stared at him, a grimace on her face. "What?" She asked, her voice flat. "You do realize that we're in this thing against each other right? You should have thought a better line than that if you want to make it further then here!" She spoke, her voice growing more and more angry with ever word. "Alright new guy, you and me! Right now!" She gently tapped Grace with her pokeball and recalled Raleigh. "Knight up front!"

Knight zoomed to Tasha's side, eyeing the Pangoro. "And if your friend there wants to join." She jerked her thumb towards the Tyrunt jumping up and down on the other guys stomach. "By all means call in all the reinforcements you want." She looked towards Cyrus. "Mind giving me a hand?"

 

[Deu Sex]

"Back on that stomping them thing, it might be fun. Don't wanna completely wreck 'em though. Keep 'em around and we would have both a constant source to train AND more companions. Safety in numbers and all that."

"Indeed. Better to play with our prey or use them as meatshields than crush them outright. Much more fun that way." Cyrus said with a smirk. He was liking the cut of this girl's jib. Definitely a good partner to land with. He followed Tasha as she walked to the other group.

There were two boys, one of them looking rather...extravagant. Cyrus was fairly sure hair and eyes like that didn't come naturally. At least he didn't seem like a pleb.

"Hi, I'm Jonah, this is Apollo, Arthur and Rich, it's nice meeting you,"

Cyrus bowed his head slightly. "I am Cyrus Amethystein. A pleasure to meet you as we-ACK!" He jumped a little when a felt a static shock against his arm, caused by a magnemite.

"Oh- sorry, that's Brannigan."

Cyrus glared slightly at the other boy. "Hmph. It seems your Pokemon lack discipline. A crucial quality to have in a tournament like this." he said, then looked down at Reza. "Isn't that right, Reza?"

The Persian meowed lightly in response, remaining still as his master rubbed his ears. Reza glared though as he saw the Arcanine arriving on the scene, hissing lowly as he stared at the dog. Cyrus noticed his Pokemon's behaviour and saw the newcomers as well. He smirked as he noticed they were a boy and a girl, the same duo he and Tasha were planning on challenging before.

"Looks like I have an opportunity to display the power of battle discipline. Tasha, let's go-" Before Cyrus could finish, a new pair arrived very suddenly on a Torterra. Then one of them, launched onto the ground, got up and declared something obscene.

"Tell me where the bikini town is!"

Cyrus' expression twisted in disgust at the newcomer. "You must be the lowliest of plebs to speak to a woman in such a tactless manner!"

"Mind giving me a hand?"

He turned to Tasha and nodded. "But of course. Nobody insults my retainer and comes out unscathed! Reza, return!" Reza withdrew into a Luxury Ball. Cyrus then threw his Safari Ball into the air. "Iliya, come on out!" The ball opened and released his Dragonair. Iliya let out a fearsome roar as she descended to Cyrus' side.

 

[DarkRawen]

"A Gallade huh? Not bad, I think I have a friend who could take you up on that offer. This is Knight, Grace, and Raleigh."

"I am Cyrus Amethystein. A pleasure to meet you as we-ACK!"

Jonah's pokemon greeted Tasha and Cyrus' pokemon in the same fashion they normally did. Rich was fairly eager, having heard of the battle, and was eyeing Knight expectantly. Apollo greeted everyone he could see and who arrived, trying to get into the arms of any of them in order to cuddle them, or bite them, exactly which was unclear. Arthur, becoming more comfortable with the people around them, started greeting the pokemon belonging to the trainers.


"Hey it's okay Grace. Don't worry your just saying hi. No one's gonna hurt ya."

"Yeah, you're safe here," Jonah added, looking at the people arriving on running pokemon. Both pokemon were fast, and he assumed they would be as good at stopping as running. The two on the Arcanine arrived, and Jonah smiled, turning to greet them.

"Hi, I hop---"

He trailed off as something -or rather, someone- barely missed him. Jonah was speechless, not only by the man who was apparently thrown off, but also by what happened next, the rather insulting remark from one of the newcomers, and the reaction from Tasha and Cyrus.

Not so surprisingly, Rich was disappointed by the lack of a battle, but he stepped in front of Tasha, signalling to the man who had insulted. Apparently the Gallade was willing to defend her honor. Apollo seemed not to care too much about the commotion, having decided to approach the Arcanine, while Arthur was now hiding behind Jonah again, a little frightened.

Wanting to avoid confrontation, and a bit worried, Jonah went over to the guy who had been thrown off, and who had then had to deal a pokemon on top of him.

"Uhm, hi, are you okay?" Jonah asked, as he offered to help the other up. "That was quite the landing."