[h3][color=palevioletred]Eryn Montero[/color][/h3][hr][sup][i]Lakewatch Town  ||  Day 4: Early Morning  ||  [@PlatinumSkink][/i][/sup][indent] [/indent]
Eryn left the ranger compound both riding a high from a night well spent and feeling like she could fall asleep on the spot. While she was giddy from just doubling her savings, thus making back whatever she’d spent earlier, she’d also just completely wrecked her sleep schedule—something she hadn’t done since a few, rather unpleasant nights during her third year of high school. But, again, it was worth it, and all she could do now was damage control.

[color=palevioletred]“Righto, to the Pokemon Center,”[/color] she said, smothering a yawn. Rubbing her temples, she looked down at Kylie, who flashed her a tired smile. Beside her, Eri mirrored Eryn’s grin, showing her how tired she looked. 

[color=palevioletred]“I said, to the Pokemon Center!”[/color] Eryn repeated, fixing her grin and scooping up Kylie before setting off down the street. [color=palevioletred]“We’ve got a few more things to do before we call it a night—morning. Whatever.”[/color]

The lobby of the Pokemon Center was, unsurprisingly, pretty empty at this early hour, so healing went pretty quickly. After thanking the nurse, Eryn headed outside again, searching out a rather secluded part at the edge of town before calling out Peri.

[color=palevioletred]“Per-per, hello, sorry about putting you away so quickly earlier,”[/color] she said, hugging the rock-type, who was cold and rough to the touch. She should have seen that coming. [color=palevioletred]“I can’t let you out inside the Pokemon Center, but get ready for some work when I wake up! We’re gonna get you on your feet—foot—whatever. It’s too, well, early in the day for this, so sorry and I’ll see you later, alright?”[/color]

Peri’s rumbling felt stronger than it sounded, vibrating the rocks she was composed of, and Eryn looked up at her with a lazy smile as she reached for her Pokeball.

[color=palevioletred]“Night-night, Peri. Sleep tight!”[/color]

Then, returning to the Pokemon Center, Eryn was finally able to get ready for bed, releasing all her Pokemon but Peri. And, after she told them all to get a restful sleep in preparation for a good day, she crashed into the bed, falling asleep with the Pokedex in her hands opened to Phoebe’s newest message. 

[hr][sup][i]Route 5  ||  Day 4: Afternoon[/i][/sup][indent] [/indent]
[color=palevioletred]“I present to you, Peri, our very big team baby!”[/color]

Eryn beamed at her team as she called out the Onix, looking between their faces expectantly. As usual, Dei gave his ‘I’m not impressed but I’ll acknowledge you’ snort, and Tula flopped up and down, her eyes as flat as ever. Eri, on the other hand, looked somewhat impressed, warily eyeing the Onix who towered high above his low vantage point.

To her credit, Kylie seemed rather excited, but her level of excitement was beginning to concern Eryn. It had occurred to her that Kylie had a rather flat range of emotion; she was always happy, and though that happiness saw shades of difference when she grew tired or annoyed, it never varied enough for Eryn to term it anything but happiness. While Eryn wouldn’t go so far as to assume the emotion was fake, she wasn’t about to assume that Kylie was only capable of happiness either, so the options were up in the air. Either Eryn was just not very observant and kept catching Kylie when she was happy, or the happy mood Kylie was always in was intentional.

However, Eryn wasn’t about to go and confront Kylie about it. Her mood was the easiest to deal with in the team, even if it was also the hardest to read. Besides, though looking for the Mawile’s underlying motivations in her smiles always proved a challenge, Eryn was getting better at it. Right now, for example, Kylie’s smile said she meant no harm as she walked towards Peri, reaching a hand out towards the Onix’s side. When her hand touched Peri, her smile widened slightly, and with a happy “maw” she hugged the Onix, the clank of rock and steel sounding as she made contact.

[color=palevioletred]“See, this is what I’m talking about. [i]This[/i],”[/color] Eryn said, indicating the hugging pair, one of whom was looking down with a rather curious expression that bordered on confusion, [color=palevioletred]“this is the sort of excited you three should be.”[/color]

Once again, Dei snorted, Tula flopped, and Eri stared, a frown gracing the Jolteon form that Eryn was having him practice. In all honesty, a confused Jolteon was pretty much the cutest thing Eryn had seen in a while, but unfortunately his lack of excitement was not.

[hider=][center]I introduce to you the confused Jolteon face

[img]https://thumbs.gfycat.com/FluffyPositiveBushsqueaker-small.gif[/img][/center][/hider]
[color=palevioletred]“Alright you three, get over here,”[/color] she said, walking over and picking up Tula before herding the other two towards Peri. [color=palevioletred]“Say hello to your new teammate, and no more smoke from you, Dei, or I’ll pick you up too.”[/color]

After a forced hug and another few minutes of empty staring as Eryn gave Peri a quick run-down of her teammates, covering Eri’s illusions while she was at it, they were back to walking along Route 5. The goal for the day was to get Peri up to par with her teammates, and though that might be a tall order for a single day, Eryn figured her teammates weren’t too far out of her league just yet. Further down the line, catching new Pokemon might mean a more substantial power difference, but right now she figured it would be alright.

[color=palevioletred]“Okay, two-vee-ones aren’t illegal when it comes to wilds right?”[/color] she asked, glancing around for the Caterpies her Pokedex told her were around here. [color=palevioletred]“Dei, you’re going to help Peri take on bug-types, and Kylie will help with flying-types. Sound good?”[/color]

Other than an agreeable “maw” from Kylie, the team was silent, some opting to nod or snort instead. Eryn wasn’t about to name names or point fingers, but she didn’t exactly need to. The sounds and actions from below assigned themselves. 

A strange sound—something of a mixture between a grind and a rumble—prompted Eryn to look up, her brows furrowing. What was that? Wait. No.

Her mouth dropped open a little. [color=palevioletred]“Did you just…”[/color]

Peri repeated the sound, leaving no room for doubt.

[color=palevioletred]“Damn it, Dei! Look what you’re teaching your teammates!”[/color]

Despite Eryn’s glare, though, Dei looked pretty pleased with himself, his chest puffed forwards as he continued on down the road.
[center] [/center][hr][hider=Actions][u][b][color=palevioletred]     Actions:          [/color][/b][/u]
Spent the morning sleeping, now looking to train on Route 5. Plan is to have Peri double-up against wilds, but if that’s not allowed (are there rules in the wild) Eryn will just toss and swap her out. Eryn’s seeking out Hoothoot and Caterpie to pit against Peri first, maybe throwing Tula out for one or two (if that’s even effective). If there are stronger Pokemon around, she’ll stick with Dei or Eri against them. And, as always, she’ll run back into town a few times for heals when her pokes get too roughed up.

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[hider=Pokemon][u][b][color=palevioletred]     Pokemon Party:          [/color][/b][/u]
[indent][table][row][/row][row][cell][hider=Dei — Charmander][h3][color=palevioletred][sup]Dei[hr][/sup][/color][/h3][img]https://www.smogon.com/dex/media/sprites/xy/charmander.gif[/img][hr][sup][sup]Charmander  [color=palevioletred]◼[/color]   Level 15   [color=palevioletred]◼[/color]   ♂   [color=palevioletred]◼[/color]  Blaze   [color=palevioletred]◼[/color]  100%[/sup][/sup]
[indent][sup][color=palevioletred]||[/color]  Scratch
[color=palevioletred]||[/color]  Growl, Smokescreen
[color=palevioletred]||[/color]  Ember[/sup][/indent][h3] [/h3][/hider]
[/cell][cell][/cell][cell][hider=Kyllene — Mawile][h3][color=palevioletred][sup]Kyllene | “Kylie”[hr][/sup][/color][/h3][img]https://www.smogon.com/dex/media/sprites/xy/mawile.gif[/img][hr][sup][sup]Mawile  [color=palevioletred]◼[/color]   Level 16   [color=palevioletred]◼[/color]   ♀   [color=palevioletred]◼[/color]   Hyper Cutter   [color=palevioletred]◼[/color]  100%[/sup][/sup]
[indent][sup][color=palevioletred]||[/color]  Astonish, Bite
[color=palevioletred]||[/color]  Taunt, Growl, Fake Tears, Sweet Scent
[color=palevioletred]||[/color]  Fairy Wind[/sup][/indent]
[h3] [/h3][/hider]
[/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][hider=Tula — Magikarp][h3][color=palevioletred][sup]Tula | “Tutu”[hr][/sup][/color][/h3][img]https://www.smogon.com/dex/media/sprites/xy/magikarp.gif[/img][hr][sup][sup]Magikarp  [color=palevioletred]◼[/color]   Level 14   [color=palevioletred]◼[/color]   ♀   [color=palevioletred]◼[/color]  Rattled   [color=palevioletred]◼[/color] 100%[/sup][/sup]
[indent][sup][color=palevioletred]||[/color]  (Struggle)  
[color=palevioletred]||[/color]  Splash  
[color=palevioletred]||[/color]  N/A
[sub] [/sub][indent][color=palevioletred]—[/color] [i]Soothe Bell[/i][/indent][/sup][/indent]
[h3] [/h3][/hider][/cell][cell][/cell][cell][hider=Erebi — Zorua][h3][color=palevioletred][sup]Erebi | “Eri”[hr][/sup][/color][/h3][img]https://www.smogon.com/dex/media/sprites/xy/zorua.gif[/img][hr][sup][sup]Zorua  [color=palevioletred]◼[/color]   Level 15   [color=palevioletred]◼[/color]   ♂   [color=palevioletred]◼[/color]  Illusion   [color=palevioletred]◼[/color] 100%[/sup][/sup]
[indent][sup][color=palevioletred]||[/color]  Scratch, Pursuit, Fury Swipes
[color=palevioletred]||[/color]  Leer, Fake Tears  
[color=palevioletred]||[/color]  N/A
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[h3] [/h3][/hider]
[/cell][cell][/cell][/row][row][cell][hider=Peri — Onix][h3][color=palevioletred][sup]Peri | “Per-per”[hr][/sup][/color][/h3][img]https://www.smogon.com/dex/media/sprites/xy/onix.gif[/img][hr][sup][sup]Onix  [color=palevioletred]◼[/color]   Level 1   [color=palevioletred]◼[/color]   ♀   [color=palevioletred]◼[/color]  Rock Head   [color=palevioletred]◼[/color] 100%[/sup][/sup]
[indent][sup][color=palevioletred]||[/color]  Tackle, Bind 
[color=palevioletred]||[/color]  Mud Sport, Harden  
[color=palevioletred]||[/color]  N/A
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[h3] [/h3][/hider][/cell][cell][/cell][cell] 
[/cell][/row][/table][hr][/indent][indent] [/indent][/hider]
[hider=Inventory][u][b][color=palevioletred]     Inventory:          [/color][/b][/u]
[indent]Pokédollars — 16514
[list][*]Potion — 1
[*]Super Potion — 1
[*]Pokeballs — 5
[*]Great Balls — 2
[*]Old Rod
[*]Escape Rope
[*]Electric Gem
[/list][/indent][h3] [/h3][/hider]