[@Pirouette] Erika immediately took his palm-up hand to shake. There were shouts of support in the audience as their hands met. The king chuckled in amusement, respectfully gripping her hand back. Then, there was the part with Chic was to put her arms/wings/what those are around the grip, too. Machamp looked at her, regal and powerful in posture, the scars adding several layers of toughness to his appearance. [color=ACBCCC]‘Macha-champ?’[/color] he asked her. Basically translating to [color=ACBCCC][i]Do you share her ambition?[/i][/color] Regardless of the reply to that statement, the shake eventually passed and it was time to go. Machamp looked out over the crowd… and slammed four hands together with an echoing slap. [color=ACBCCC]‘MACHAMP!’[/color] he announced. He was met with a roar of a crowd of Fighting-types raring to go, arms and rocks and fists raised as their shouts rocked the mountain with their volume. The group immediately funneled towards the exit, and from there, they split up. One could at first question why the Fighting-types seemed to be going in different directions, but then it became apparent that they were heading for [i]every other[/i] notable gathering-spot in Mt. Strength. Soon enough, Fighting-types from across the mountain were going to start heading for them… [color=668570]‘Hey! I got reinforcements!’[/color] Joshua showed up, smiling brightly with Dojo-Master Medicham and a slew of other Fighting-types with him that’d come along. [color=668570]‘As did… you… wow, that is [i]so cool[/i],’[/color] he then said, his eyes falling on the king Machamp and the fact Erika had just come with a substantially bigger army than Joshua had. Dojo-Master Medicham approached and bowed respectfully to King Machamp. It was clear that this Medicham was pretty old, too, and dedicated to passing on what he’d learned. Machamp nodded to him, and then when Medicham looked up… they suddenly punched at each other, their fists meeting with an echoing slam, delivering the most powerful fist-bump known to Pokémon. After having probably almost knocked everyone around them down with their motion, the two grinned at each other. They were ready to head out. So, where to? [hider=Let’s go with the obvious assumption, back to the tunnel][color=decdad]‘There’s a lot of them…’[/color] Ewan commented, his Pokémon standing guard. His Pokémon were a Swinub, a Psyduck, a Treecko and a Spearow. [hider=Ewan’s Pokémon][center][url=http://cdn2.bulbagarden.net/upload/b/b5/220Swinub.png][img]http://i.imgur.com/ACpdYal.png[/img][/url] [url=https://cdn2.bulbagarden.net/upload/5/53/054Psyduck.png][img]https://i.imgur.com/lCG9Yau.png[/img][/url] [url=https://cdn2.bulbagarden.net/upload/2/2c/252Treecko.png][img]https://i.imgur.com/kEL7S7W.png[/img][/url] [url=https://cdn2.bulbagarden.net/upload/8/8b/021Spearow.png][img]https://i.imgur.com/oaBvlQG.png[/img][/url] [color=6ecff6][i]Pokédex Entry #220 – Swinub, the Pig Pokémon. To survive frigid landscapes, it uses its keen nose to find and dig up mushrooms, berries and other things under the ice. If it smells something enticing, it's known for dashing headlong towards it. It's sometimes used to find hot springs.[/i][/color] [color=6ecff6][i]Pokédex Entry #53 – Psyduck, the Duck Pokémon. It is plagued by headaches from the moment it is born until it evolves. Its vacant look is there to lull its enemies, and by intensifying its headaches it can unleash psychic powers. However, any time it uses these powers will create a lapse in its memory and it won’t remember having done so.[/i][/color] [color=6ecff6][i]Pokédex Entry #252 – Treecko, the Wood Gecko Pokémon. A territorial Pokémon known to nest inside large trees in the forest, guarding it from anything near. It has small hooks under its feet, allowing it to scale vertical surfaces. It’s famously stubborn, known to not budge an inch no matter how outmatched the opponent has it.[/i][/color] [color=6ecff6][i]Pokédex Entry #21 – Spearow, the Tiny Bird Pokémon. It eats bugs in grassy areas. It cannot fly very high, but uses its wings to blow insects out of grass for easy pickings. It’s very territorial, and its reckless nature means it will stand up to even far tougher opponents to defend its claim. It has a loud cry it uses to warn other of its kind of danger.[/i][/color][/center][/hider] Opposing him was… [center][url=https://cdn2.bulbagarden.net/upload/3/36/527Woobat.png][img]https://i.imgur.com/QUIbNMI.png[/img][/url] [url=https://cdn2.bulbagarden.net/upload/3/36/527Woobat.png][img]https://i.imgur.com/QUIbNMI.png[/img][/url] [url=https://cdn2.bulbagarden.net/upload/3/36/527Woobat.png][img]https://i.imgur.com/QUIbNMI.png[/img][/url] [url=https://cdn2.bulbagarden.net/upload/3/36/527Woobat.png][img]https://i.imgur.com/QUIbNMI.png[/img][/url] [url=https://cdn2.bulbagarden.net/upload/3/36/527Woobat.png][img]https://i.imgur.com/QUIbNMI.png[/img][/url] [color=6ecff6][i]Pokédex Entry #527 – Woobat, the Bat Pokémon. It inhabits dark forests and caves. It emits ultrasonic waves from its nostrils to learn about its surroundings. They’re known to attach to living beings, and upon separation they leave behind a heart-shaped mark. The mark of a Woobat is supposedly known to bring good fortune.[/i][/color][/center] Woobats. Swarms upon swarms of Woobats. His job was to repel any of them that got past, Sven the Swinub shooting Powder Snows, Duessel the Psyduck shooting Water Guns, Theresa the Treecko Quick Attack in between them and Lance the Spearow using Pursuit to oppose those trying to flee into Mt. Strength. However, his power paled in comparison to… A Slurpuff was spewing out large quantities of Cotton Spore, slowing down the enemy bats, preventing them from speeding past. A small fighter with loose skin and a mohawk was speeding from bat to bat, delivering a Scrafty's Crunch to each. A green dragon slammed one with its tail before Dragonbreathing on another, Flygon's great wings spreading wide to block the path. A slam from a bear's claw sent numerous bats rolling back, before Ursaring bellowed down the tunnel to intimidate anyone from daring to brave the tunnels. Elana stood focused, her four Pokémon standing against the majority of the opposing bats. [hider=Elana’s Pokémon][center][url=https://cdn2.bulbagarden.net/upload/e/e9/217Ursaring.png][img]https://i.imgur.com/pMdBMKc.png[/img][/url] [url=https://cdn2.bulbagarden.net/upload/e/e8/560Scrafty.png][img]https://i.imgur.com/2t9Yw02.png[/img][/url] [url=https://cdn2.bulbagarden.net/upload/8/8d/685Slurpuff.png][img]https://i.imgur.com/PPny1iK.png[/img][/url] [url=https://cdn2.bulbagarden.net/upload/f/f1/330Flygon.png][img]https://i.imgur.com/gyVOTH6.png[/img][/url] [color=6ecff6][i]Pokédex Entry #217 – Ursaring, the Hibernator Pokémon. It inhabits forests, where it uses its ability to distinguish any aroma to unfailingly find food, even if it's buried deep underground. Although it is a good climber, it prefers to snap trees with its forelegs and eat fallen Berries.[/i][/color] [color=6ecff6][i]Pokédex Entry #560 – Scrafty, the Hoodlum Pokémon. Groups of them select a territory and beat up anything that enters it. The bigger the crest, the more important and the largest becomes the leader. It pulls up its shed skin to protect itself while it kicks. While very aggressive, it takes good care of family and friends.[/i][/color] [color=6ecff6][i]Pokédex Entry #685 – Slurpuff, the Meringue Pokémon. Combining a Swirlix with a Whipped Dream makes it evolve into this sweet Pokémon. Its sense of smell is 100 million times better than a human’s, even a faintest smell tells it everything about an area. Its fur contain a lot of air, making it soft and much lighter than it looks.[/i][/color] [color=6ecff6][i]Pokédex Entry #330 – Flygon, the Mystic Pokémon. It’s known as the “Desert Spirit”, it’s known to fly across deserts causing sandstorms as it goes. Its wings create a series of notes that sound like singing. Because the "singing" is the only thing that can be heard in a sandstorm, it became thought of as a mystical spirit inhabiting the living sand.[/i][/color][/center][/hider] A Woobat looked like it was about to pass, but Elana quickly threw out a Ultra Ball, which quickly hit and captured it, showing that even though she was a human she also had a way to prevent these Pokémon’s advance. [color=f0b4a3]‘Tsk. Flygon could collapse the tunnel with Earthquake, but I can't do it while all [i]these[/i] are here! I’d crush them…!’[/color] Elana complained, glaring at the crowd. [color=f0b4a3]‘Gh, guess I'll just have to-!’[/color] Elana gripped something from her backpack, and then leapt forward! With a Max Repel in hand, she spun into the mass of incoming bats, a cloud of Repel spraying all around her! The Woobats cried in alarm, spun in circles, some needing convincing not to flee into Mt. Strength, but ultimately they all began sporadically scattering back into the darkness of the tunnel. Elana stood up straight and put her hands back in her pockets. She sighed out calmly. [color=f0b4a3]‘There. That should prevent any Pokémon weaker than mine from showing up. Now to-’[/color] A chill went through her, her eyes widening as she felt it. Ewan looked at her in confusion, but then he felt it too. [color=f0b4a3]‘It- it can't be…’[/color] she muttered, turning around with tamed dread, grunting as she faced the darkness. Her Pokémon prepared themselves for battle. There. In the darkness. Slow footsteps approaching them. Elana drew a short sigh before pointing her flashlight forward on a low-light setting to simply illuminate what was coming her way. A humanoid creature, yellow in skin-tone, with a magnificent moustache and a spoon in each hand. A regal-looking, gothic lady, with a dress that blended with her skin. A blob of green gelatinous goo surrounding a happy grinning creature extending the goo as arms. [center][url=https://cdn2.bulbagarden.net/upload/c/cc/065Alakazam.png][img]https://i.imgur.com/CjoV24M.png[/img][/url] [url=https://cdn2.bulbagarden.net/upload/3/38/576Gothitelle.png][img]https://i.imgur.com/V3eyEwi.png[/img][/url] [url=https://cdn2.bulbagarden.net/upload/1/19/579Reuniclus.png][img]https://i.imgur.com/JA6D4gM.png[/img][/url] [color=6ecff6][i]Pokédex Entry #65 – Alakazam, the Psi Pokémon. A highly intelligent Pokémon, it is said to have a brain that can outperform a super-computer and an IQ above 5,000. It never forgets anything it learns, and quickly identifies a foe’s weak point. When it closes its eyes, all its other senses are heightened, enabling extreme psychic abilities.[/i][/color] [color=6ecff6][i]Pokédex Entry #576 – Gothitelle, the Astral Body Pokémon. Space is distorted by its intense psychic power, and viewed through that space one can see stars thousands of lightyears away. It is capable of predicting the future by looking at the stars, and it can see the lifespans of trainers by looking at them. If it cries while looking at someone, it may mean they’re not long for this world.[/i][/color] [color=6ecff6][i]Pokédex Entry #579 – Reuniclus, the Multiplying Pokémon. It uses psychic power to levitate and control its arms, composed of a special liquid. When multiple Reuniclus hold hands, their brains form a network and their powers are increased. The green fluid is highly toxic, yet people have tried to drink it to gain a Reuniclus wisdom. It doesn’t work.[/i][/color][/center] Along with a horde of their pre-evolutions. [center][url=https://cdn2.bulbagarden.net/upload/9/97/064Kadabra.png][img]https://i.imgur.com/nYpihq9.png[/img][/url] [url=https://cdn2.bulbagarden.net/upload/6/67/575Gothorita.png][img]https://i.imgur.com/v6hTjk7.png[/img][/url] [url=https://cdn2.bulbagarden.net/upload/8/83/578Duosion.png][img]https://i.imgur.com/2WS691L.png[/img][/url] [color=6ecff6][i]Pokédex Entry #64 – Kadabra, the Psi Pokémon. It emits special alpha waves from its body that can cause headaches from just being close to one. Machines around it are occasionally caused to malfunction in odd ways, like clocks going backwards. The spoon it holds amplifies its power, without it Kadabra can only use around half its power.[/i][/color] [color=6ecff6][i]Pokédex Entry #575 – Gothorita, the Manipulate Pokémon. Starlight is the source of their power. At night, they mark star positions by using psychic power to float stones. They’re fond of hypnotising people and Pokémon, and then controlling them as they’re asleep. Often, it does this because it’s lonely and wants pretend-friends.[/i][/color] [color=6ecff6][i]Pokédex Entry #578 – Duosion, the Mitosis Pokémon. It has two divided brains, which are not always in agreement and it may try to take two different actions at once. However, when the two agree, their psychic power is boosted to unprecedented levels.[/i][/color][/center] [color=f0b4a3]‘Why… why are they here already!? This is… oh, this is bad…’[/color] Elana remarked, taking two steps back from the emerging army. The Psychic-types raised their arms and spoons, preparing to attack. Elana's Pokémon made ready in front of her, but it was obvious they wouldn't be able to handle it. Elana frowned, regretful, as she pulled out her phone. [color=f0b4a3]‘Tsk. I guess I have to call for backup. I'll just have to pray they don't do too much damage before help arrives…’[/color] That, however, was when a worried Ewan blinked a little in realization. [color=decdad]‘What's that sound?’[/color] He asked, turning around to look for the echoing sounds. Elana turned around as well, a bit curious, and the Psychic-types paused to see what was going on. [color=f0b4a3]‘Wait… those are…’[/color] Elana said, having a dawning realization of what she was hearing, echoing through the caverns of Mt. Strength heading for the newly dug tunnel. How would Erika like to make her entrance?[/hider] __________________________ [right][sub][sub][url=https://youtu.be/Ui6wp7VV9VU?t=165]Gym battle in progress[/url][/sub][/sub][/right] [@hatakekuro] Glory advanced, and using a expertedly timed Detect he managed to dodge a Confusion! This allowed him to get closer without taking fire on the way. He then leapt at Butterfree while his opponent was charging another Confusion. Butterfree wasn’t fast enough to dodge his attack, but he also couldn’t attack without lowering his guard to take a Confusion. It simply became best at this range to trade blows. Butterfree charged Confusion, Glory flew in for a Wing Attack, and- Butterfree took an incredible hit! The butterfly spun from the super-effective damage, whimpering and damaged… but barely held on, despite the heavy damage! It looked towards Glory with a determined glare… Meanwhile, Glory had landed gracefully down… but then shook from a lucky hit of Butterfree’s Confusion! It had been a super effective Critical Hit! Yet, despite this massive damage, Glory had yet to fall, barely holding on as well! He didn’t become Confused, either! [color=7192de]‘… Again!’[/color] Lorette commanded, seeing no other way out of this, and Butterfree eagerly started charging another Confusion! Basil and Glory’s actions?