[center][color=gray][h3]Leisy Takigawa[/h3][/color]
— Feyhollow Town —[/center]
The murky darkness within the pit made Leisy nervous, but she knew that jumping in herself wasn’t an option. She’d just be another obstacle for her friends and another target for her enemies.


A sliver of purple flashed forwards from the left, causing Leisy to tense up. [color=gray]“Devinco, to your left!”[/color] Leisy cried, eyes wide as her Larvitar maneuvered himself to narrowly dodge the incoming attack. [color=gray]“Nice job, Devi!”[/color] Leisy called, relaxing slightly but not entirely as she thought back to the Larvitar’s Pokedex entry. [color=gray]“Now use Screech!”[/color]


The Larvitar followed, growl growing into a throaty, high-pitched cry that made Leisy’s hairs stand on end. Echoing through the pit, the cry caused all the Ekans to momentarily pause and cringe back, pressing themselves along the rock-studded walls. Seeing the rocks in the wall gave Leisy an idea.


[color=gray]“Good, Devi! Now chase them back with a Rock Slide!”[/color] she called down. Eyes glinting, the Larvitar threw himself against the nearest wall, causing a portion of it to fall down and force the Ekans deeper into the caverns and away from Vivian and the Pokemon. The collapsed rocks also fell into an awkward staircase down that, although unstable-looking, seemed to do the trick as Devinco subsequently jumped up the rocks without hesitation.


Leisy grinned, crouching down to hug her Pokemon. [color=gray]“I’m so proud of you, Devi!”[/color] she said, unable to resist another grin before clambering down into the pit to help Vivian and her Pokemon back up. [color=gray]“Are you okay?”[/color] she asked, looking the fellow trainer up and down with a small frown. Leisy knew better than to assume that Vivian was fine even though the trainer looked unhurt. A movement to her right caught her eye, and Leisy over to find a smaller, more green than purple Ekans that had now curled up against a crack, fangs bared as it hissed threateningly.


[color=gray]“Hey,”[/color] Leisy said, crouching down without moving forwards to better look at the frightened Pokemon. [color=gray]“It’s okay. The battle’s over. You’re not going to get hurt.”[/color]


Her words did nothing to calm the agitated Pokemon as it squirmed deeper into the niche it had found within the collapsed rocks, wanting but unable to get away from the frighteningly close trainer. Devinco planted himself beside Leisy with a sniff, eyes narrowed at the Ekans in a silent dare. Seeing the Ekans shrink into herself even more, Leisy waved the Larvitar aside. [color=gray]“Give me a minute, Devi,”[/color] she coaxed, shooing him away. The Larvitar left with a last glare at the Ekans before walking back up the rocky ramp.


Now that she was the only figure visible from the Ekans’ vantage point within the crack, Leisy focused all her attention on the frightened Pokemon. [color=gray]“Hey, it’s all right. You can come out. No one will hurt you, I promise.”[/color] The Ekans’ eyes gleamed in the moonlight, full of fear but more of distrust. [color=gray]“I can’t open up the rest of the caves right now, but you’re free to come with me instead of waiting here in case I find another place where you can rejoin your group from.”[/color]


This sentence seemed to register with the Ekans, and the Pokemon hissed faintly before slithering out, looking at Leisy with eyes yellow and wary. Leisy offered a kind smile, retrieving a Pokeball from her bag and placing it in front of the snake Pokemon. [color=gray]“How about it?”[/color]


The Ekans gave another hiss, its distrustful eyes flashing slightly before it approached, tapping the Pokeball with its head. Before the red beam enveloped the Pokemon, however, Leisy could have sworn she saw the Pokemon relax slightly, relieved.


[hr]Leisy (HHG): 72+2
Leisy caught an Ekans
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[center][color=indianred][h3]Shanae Eller[/h3][/color]
— Atana Mountain Range —[/center]
Shanae nodded understandingly, a polite smile on her face as she thought. The last time she’d been here she’d still been of beginner rank and had carried only one Pokeball at a time—a tradition she still planned on upholding. As a trainer who firmly believed in quality over quantity in all ways, Shanae didn’t see the point of owning too many Pokemon. However, in the unlikely case that she might come across some Pokemon that was truly amazing, Shanae did believe it worth it to keep a spare Pokeball on hand.


[color=indianred]“How many items do you sell?”[/color] Shanae asked the man just as the heavy wooden box saw its lid flip back, wafting up a light cloud of dust. The man waved the dust out of the small shack, opening the window up to both let out the dust and better talk to his new customer—and only customer in a while, by the looks of it.


[hr]Shanae (HHG): 28+1
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