[center][img]https://fontmeme.com/permalink/200122/e953ebd7baa8b50eccbebc557e8aa65b.png[/img] [@PlatinumSkink] [hider=Inventory] Items: Key Items: Pokedex, Umbrella, Mandolin, Sketch pad and Graphite Pencils, Pokemon Egg, sketch of mirror (probably useless) Abundance Berry (An orange, pear-shaped berry from Landorus), Old Rod General: 6x Potion, 5 Super Potions, 4 Great Balls, 15 pokeballs, 3 antidotes, 3 paralyze heals, Red Scarf, Blue Scarf, Fighting Gem, Rock Incense (Equipped), Black Belt (Equipped) TMs: TM57 Charge Beam, TM89 U-Turn Badges: Shrine Badge Pokédollars: 15,960 [/hider] [hider=Roster] [hider=Cecil] [img]https://i.imgur.com/NDqzgVS.png[/img] [b]Pokémon Name:[/b] Cecil [b]Species:[/b] Darumaka [b]Gender:[/b] ♀ [b]Type:[/b] Fire [b]Personality:[/b] A jolly, over confident creature that will sass the hell out of people and demands cuddles. Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other: It tries to mimic Basil drawing, but all that it makes are just scribbles and blobs. Also likes marmalade sandwiches. Her goal is absolute domination on the battlefield and help Basil out of his shell. [b]Level:[/b] 15 [b]Moves:[/b] Rollout, Tackle, Incinerate, Rage, Fire Fang, Headbutt [b]Ability:[/b] Hustle [b]Held Item:[/b] None [b]Health & Status:[/b] 20% [/hider] [hider=Crocus] [img]http://i.imgur.com/gNHbSqv.png[/img] [b]Pokémon Name:[/b] Crocus [b]Species:[/b] Bulbasaur [b]Gender:[/b] ♂ [b]Type:[/b] Grass/Poison [b]Personality:[/b] Crocus is a curious, friendly creature. A bit too friendly and trusting for its own good. Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other: His goal is to be an adventurer and go where no Bulbasaur has gone before! Smells like freshly cut grass. [b]Level:[/b] 15 [b]Moves:[/b]Tackle, Growl, Leech Seed, Vine Whip, Sleeping Powder, Poison Powder, Take Down [b]Ability:[/b] Overgrow. Boosts power of Grass-type moves when heavily damaged. [b]Held Item:[/b] None [b]Health & Status:[/b] 100% [/hider] [hider=Glory] [center][url=https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/4/44/701Hawlucha.png][img]https://i.imgur.com/Nn2dmpj.png[/img][/url][/center] [b]Gender[/b]: ♂ [b]Type[/b]: Fighting/Flying [b]Personality[/b]: (Up to player.) [b]Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other[/b]: (Up to player.) [b]Level[/b]: 17 [b]Moves[/b]: Detect, Tackle, Hone Claws, Karate Chop, Wing Attack, Roost, Aerial Ace [b]Ability[/b]: Limber. Cannot be paralyzed. [b]Held Item[/b]: Black Belt Health & Status: 100% [/hider] [hider=Roxanne] [center][url=https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/8/89/299Nosepass.png][img]https://i.imgur.com/tZpneDo.png[/img][/url][/center] [b]Gender[/b]: ♀ [b]Type[/b]: Rock [b]Personality[/b]: (Up to player.) [b]Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other[/b]: (Up to player.) [b]Level[/b]: 15 [b]Moves[/b]: Tackle, Harden, Block, Rock Throw, Thunder Wave [b]Ability[/b]: Magnet Pull. Traps steel-type Pokémon. [b]Held Item[/b]: Rock Incense [b]Health & Status:[/b] 100% [/hider] [hider=Lupin] [img]https://i.imgur.com/YW11yVg.png[/img] [b]Pokémon Name:[/b] Lupin [b]Species:[/b] Sneasel [b]Gender:[/b] ♂ [b]Type:[/b] Ice/Dark [b]Personality:[/b] An intelligent, sneaky, trouble making Pokemon that has way too much trouble keeping its mitts of other people's belongings. It is also a little cocky and likes to pick fights. Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other: Likes listening to rock music. Wants to be a world class thief. Ironically, Lupin's favorite foods are spicy. [b]Level:[/b] 14 [b]Moves:[/b] Scratch, Leer, Taunt, Quick Attack, Faint Attack, Icy Wind [b]Ability:[/b] Pickpocket [b]Held Item:[/b] None [b]Health & Status:[/b] 100% [/hider] [hider=Lancer] [img]https://i.imgur.com/MHrO02C.png[/img] [b]Pokémon Name:[/b] Lancer [b]Species:[/b] Escavalier [b]Gender:[/b] ♂ [b]Type:[/b] Bug [b]Personality:[/b] The most arrogant bug Pokemon you will ever meet. Lancer hates to lose and thinks of itself as a knight. Does not ever back down from a duel. [b]Level:[/b] 14 [b]Moves:[/b] Peck, Leer, Endure, Quick Guard, Twineedle [b]Ability:[/b] Swarm [b]Held Item:[/b] None [b]Health & Status:[/b] 100% [/hider] [/hider] [/center] [color=8882be]"Whoa,"[/color] was all Basil said in awe of the two dragons that clashed, standing among their pre-evolved forms. How many people in Isson could say they witnessed two wild dragons duking it out over some territory? It was an amazing sight and just this alone would have made a visit to the island worth it under other circumstances, but that was not what he was there for. Still, he took a photo with his Pokedex of the duel for drawing reference later and maybe make it the background of his Pokedex if it had that function. Eventually he did pull himself away from the dragon-on-dragon turf war and began to walk around the cave again. [color=8882be]"Alright Basil stay fo- Whoa!"[/color] Basil side stepped out of the way of some low flying Druddigon. [color=8882be]"Forget staying focused. Just don't lose your head."[/color] He glanced around as he walked along the cave. Those walls were really covered in gash and claw marks. Again, Basil took pictures though it was the walls. Maybe the professor would have appreciated photographic data of Pokemon behavior? Or he was just wasting space on the Pokedex? Anyway, there was something quite off that Basil noticed when he walked around the cave; all the other tunnels had Pokemon going in and out, except one. They made an active effort of staying as far as possible. Basil commented to himself, [color=8882be]"Weird."[/color] His curiosity was simply too strong, despite logic dictating that this was a bad idea. Basil made his way over to the tunnel but was stopped by an Axew. Fear filled its bulbous eyes as it tried to steer him away from whatever was inside. [i][color=8882be]What in the world could be so scary that other dragons are afraid?[/color][/i] The young noble thought to himself. He peeked past the corner and well, he found a mother alright. Basil held up his Pokedex and found the entry of the three headed goliath that relaxed in the cavern. [center][i][color=6ecff6]Pokédex Entry #635 – Hydreigon, the Brutal Pokémon. Only the middle head has a brain, but it eats and attacks using all three. It is highly intelligent, yet highly prone to violence. It sees anything that moves as an opponent and attacks, so the solution to surviving a wild encounter is staying very still. People of the past thought of it as evil incarnate[/color][/i][/center] A shiver ran down his spine. He stared at the device's entry silently before he chuckled dryly, [color=8882be]"I must be losing my mind. I'm actually considering it."[/color] Basil knew that it wasn't foolhardy, it was downright suicidal. The smart thing would have been to walk away, find a different dragon mother, or just leave the island. Every fiber in his being screamed at him to make the smart decision He smiled and knelt down to pat the Axew on the head gently, if it allowed it. [color=8882be]"I appreciate the concern, but I can't turn back. You see, if I walk away then I just prove myself right that I am a coward. Maybe I still am, but I refuse to be ruled by my hesitations. Hesitation is death."[/color] He straightened up and looked dead ahead with an icy gaze. [color=8882be]"Besides, what's waiting at home scares me more than this thing ever could."[/color] Basil briefly looked down to see if the Axew was going to follow him or not. It probably wasn't because it probably had a better sense of self-preservation than him. Regardless, he would proceed to enter the tunnel. [color=8882be]"Hesitation is death,"[/color] Basil reiterated under his breath. The moment he stepped in the Hydreigon's lair, he most definitely alerted it to his presence. He would walk as far as the creature would allow him to and looked it directly in the eyes, never taking his attention away from it for a moment. [color=8882be]"Hydreigon, I've come to speak to you,"[/color] said Basil cooly and with conviction. It was all he had. There wasn't a plan. There were no bardic tones or contest of battle prowess. This was just a talk between him and the Brutal Pokemon.