[indent] [/indent][h3][hr][color=palevioletred]Eryn Montero[/color][/h3][hr][sup][i]Pureplain City || Trainer School || Late Afternoon[/i][/sup][indent] [/indent] Seeing as there were a lot of Purrloin, Dei and Kylie had a lot of targets, and a good chunk of the afternoon was spent battling them. Dei took the brunt of the damage, since he was the one fielding the Purrloin’s retaliatory attacks, but he also adamantly refused to be recalled towards the end, matching the Purrloin’s attacks with his own. Though he wasn't built for Scratching like the Purrloin, he made up for what he lacked in finesse with brute strength, and combined with Kylie’s Fairy Winds, the Purrloin went down relatively quickly. Midway through the afternoon, Eryn spotted a stray Pokeball at the base of a bush—unused, to boot—and she counted her lucky stars as she stuck it in her backpack. Finders keepers, or so it went. It wasn’t soon after that Dei had finally spewed his first burst of flame, and Eryn cut the battling off quickly after that, running up to Dei and scooping him up. [color=palevioletred]“Oh, stop squirming, Dei,”[/color] she said with a grin. [color=palevioletred]“I saw that Ember. Great job.”[/color] Up close, though, the effects of the Purrloins’ Scratches was clearer, and Eryn winced when she spotted a particularly nasty-looking cut on the back of Dei’s leg. Though she’d known that injuries came with the job for Pokemon, it was a bit unsettling to see it all firsthand. [color=palevioletred]“Alright, time to get you two healed up.”[/color] Glancing at Kylie, Eryn was relieved to see that she looked to be in much better shape—her steel-type physique paying off, most likely. [color=palevioletred]“Dei, I’m going to return you for some well-deserved rest, and no, you don’t get to say no this time, unless you want me to hold you until we get to the Pokemon Center.”[/color] Dei stopped struggling, resorting to silently glaring at Eryn instead, and Eryn glared right back. [color=palevioletred]“You’d stretch out that cut if you moved around too much, so just let me handle it, alright?”[/color] Retrieving Dei’s Pokeball, Eryn recalled the sulky Charmander, then turned to Kylie to check her over for injuries. [color=palevioletred]“You look like you can handle some walking, but what do you think? Wanna go back in your ball?”[/color] Kylie blinked balefully up at her, then shook her head. “Maw.” [color=palevioletred]“Alright, you’re not in top shape, got it.”[/color] Eryn sighed, bending down. [color=palevioletred]“Want a lift?”[/color] Kylie grinned, hopping into Eryn’s arms. She wasn’t much heavier than Dei, despite being a steel-type, but Eryn figured her size played a large role in that. [color=palevioletred]“Hut! Off to the Pokemon Center we go!”[/color] Eryn said, shifting Kylie so her weight rested partially on a shoulder. [hr][sup][i]Route 2 || Sunset[/i][/sup][indent] [/indent] [color=palevioletred]“Alright, you two. Keep your eyes peeled for a, what was it, a ‘little blue reptile?’”[/color] “Maw!” Kylie called, enthusiastic as always. Beside her, Dei was quiet, watching the Mawile through the corner of his eye. The team dynamic wasn’t quite there yet, and it was quite clear that Dei didn’t trust Kylie in the slightest. That said, the two had worked together when Eryn asked them to earlier in the day, so Eryn wasn’t the most worried about conflict during a battle. She was more interested in getting to know Kylie better, since the Mawile’s enthusiasm seemed, though sweet, a bit of a flat personality that she couldn’t imagine defining anyone. Sure there were people who seemed almost furiously happy all times of the day, but even they had their own problems, and when they fell into spells of sadness, they tended to fall deeper than most. Eryn wasn’t sure if Kylie fell into this category, but she figured she’d keep her eyes peeled for any signs of a character she’d need to take into account and work to strengthen. That said, Route 2 wasn’t going to be easy going either, since she’d have to get through the Wet Caverns before she could get to Lakewatch Town. Water-types lurked throughout the path from here on, and Dei’s natural weakness to them wasn’t balanced by an advantage on her current team. She’d have to start thinking about what kind of grass-type she wanted, and soon. Such is what had drawn her interest to the mysterious “blue reptile” she’d learned about at the school, and though the details were vague, the possibility of seeing a rare Pokemon was thrilling on its own. However, she had no clues to go off, no good way to go about trying to find said Pokemon. If only Oaken were around to bounce ideas off. Despite his flaws, he had memorized a wealth of information that Eryn could only hope to match someday, and she figured that if her last encounter with him said anything, it was that he was a decent person under all the pretentious pragmatism. [color=palevioletred]“Well, off we go!”[/color] A grin on her face, Eryn led the way onto the route path, the sky a brilliant gradient of orange and purple above. [indent] [/indent][hr][hider=Pokemon][u][b][color=palevioletred] Pokemon Party: [/color][/b][/u] [hider=Dei — Charmander][h3]Dei[/h3][hr][img]https://www.smogon.com/dex/media/sprites/xy/charmander.gif[/img] [hr][sup][color=silver]Charmander [color=palevioletred]◼[/color] Level 8 [color=palevioletred]◼[/color] ♂ [color=palevioletred]◼[/color] Blaze[/color][/sup] [indent]100% [list][*]Physical — Scratch [*]Status — Growl [*]Special — Ember [/list][/indent][h3] [/h3][/hider] [hider=Kyllene — Mawile][h3]Kyllene / “Kylie”[/h3][hr][img]https://www.smogon.com/dex/media/sprites/xy/mawile.gif[/img] [hr][sup][color=silver]Mawile [color=palevioletred]◼[/color] Level 8 [color=palevioletred]◼[/color] ♀ [color=palevioletred]◼[/color] Hyper Cutter[/color][/sup] [indent]100% [list][*]Physical — Astonish [*]Status — Taunt, Growl, Fake Tears [*]Special — Fairy Wind [/list]Holding: [b]Occa Berry[/b][/indent][h3] [/h3][/hider] [h3] [/h3][/hider] [hider=Inventory][u][b][color=palevioletred] Inventory: [/color][/b][/u] Pokédollars — 3500 [list][*]Potion — 1 [*]Pokeballs — 5 [/list][h3] [/h3][/hider] [@PlatinumSkink]