[center][h2][color=39b54a]Juana Perez[/color][/h2]
-[u]Central City, Riverside[/u]-[/center]
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"Alright! Let's go!" Juana replied chipperly. Bounsweet squeaked in assent.

Juana motioned for Tora to follow, and with a brisk pace walked towards the river once more, cutting across town.

Walking back along the path, Juana spotted that familiar Corphish, who had gotten into a scuffle with a gang of Krabbys, and was outnumbered. Evidently, that Krabby that Corphish was fighting earlier had friends. Who also happened to be quite cantankerous.

Three Krabbys were ganging up on the Corphish, who still had that Magical Leaf stuck in its forehead. Corphish was waving its claws belligerently at the river crabs, but the crabs started pushing the crawdad around. Corphish found itself staggering backwards into the grass, disturbing a Yungoos who gave it an annoyed glance and scampered off.

"Oh dang. Wait here, I'm gonna help that Corphish out," Juana said to Tora, before turning and dashing back to the river. "Alright, Bounsweet: Get those Krabby!"

Bounsweet glared at the crabs and jumped off Juana's shoulder, before loosing a clump of Magical Leaves at the Krabbys. The leaves homed in on the Krabbys and deterred them away from the Corphish.

As Juana ran towards the crawdad Pokémon, Bounsweet flashed a menacing look towards the Krabby gang, twisting its calyx and making a grating "CRK-KR-KR-KR" sound. Meanwhile, Juana picked up the weary Corphish, who was too worn out from battle to resist. Bounsweet gave its calyx one more twist before stumbling back over to Juana, slightly dizzied from spinning so much.

The Krabbys attempted to follow, snapping their pincers, but Bounsweet let loose one more Magical Leaf before bounding towards Juana.

Juana laid the Corphish in the grass and opened her left pouch. She produced a tin of bandages with a [i]Hi Skitty[/i] print, and one by one applied them to anything that looked like an incision on the Corphish's body, including the crack Bounsweet had made in its forehead.

Juana then picked up the Corphish and held it in her arms.

Corphish suddenly lashed out and weakly pinched her nose.

"¡AY!" Juana yelped, more in surprise than in pain. She rubbed her nose. She then pulled out her Poké Ball and knocked Corphish on the noggin with the button. The capsule popped open, and Corphish disappeared inside. The ball rocked once, twice, a third time... *Click!*

"What? I think you two would be good for each other," Juana said, amicably looking over to Bounsweet. Bounsweet shrugged. Whatever floats its trainer's boat, it supposed.

Juana checked her Pokédex.

[i]"Corphish, the Ruffian Pokémon.

"Corphish catches prey with its sharp claws. It has no likes or dislikes when it comes to food-it will eat anything. This Pokémon has no trouble living in filthy water,"[/i] the Pokédex read. [i]"Ability: Hyper Cutter. Nature: Brave. Proud of its power. Moves: Vice Grip, Bubble, Harden, Leer."[/i]

"Ruffian Pokémon, eh?" Juana remarked. "That would explain a lot." She shut the Pokédex and pressed the button on the Poké Ball. Corphish popped out on the ground and let out a weak frothing noise.

“Maybe I should carry you,” Juana remarked, picking up Corphish. She shrugged one shoulder, gesturing for Bounsweet to hop on, and hop on Bounsweet did. Corphish and Bounsweet locked eyes, and Bounsweet playfully stuck its tongue out at Corphish.

Corphish proceeded to start thrashing as if it were saying [i]”FFSSSHGHHFJKGLKSJKJLKFJLKGHLSJLKFJLKJGLKHFLKJLKJGF”[/i], flailing like a child.

“Hey, hey, calm down! Calm down!” Juana urged the Corphish, before muttering to herself, “¡Ay, está mucho enojado!”

Juana walked back up to Tora and grinned. "Sorry 'bout that! Back at school I used to be bullied a lot, so I couldn't stand around and watch it happen to someone else." She patted Corphish on the horns. "Hey, by any chance, do you know how to, like, take care of Pokémon? Is that one of the things you learned on your folks' farm?" Juana asked.

[hider=Notes]
-Caught Corphish.
-TP: 1 Post +1; HHG bonus +1. Total: 6
-Inventory: -1 Poké Ball [@Balthazar007]
-Continued interaction with [@Silver Fox]'s character Tora[/hider]