Fetzen
As Rin turned around to share their master plan with Osajyin, his suddenly upset expression made them pause. Rin had only looked away for a moment, what could they have missed? The trainer walked over to pet their pokémon's leaf. "What's worng?" Rin turned to look pointedly at the wild Smergle in accusation. "Did he say something to you, Osaja?" The wild pokémon looked back at Rin with just as much zeal as it had before. "I don't know what you said, but I don't appreciate it!" Standing up between the two, Rin placed their hands on their hips defiantly. "Go ahead, Osajyin. If this Smergle wants to smack talk or whatever, then it can get smacked down just as well." Turning their head back to look Osajyin in the eyes, Rin jerked their in the Painter Pokémon's direction as they issued the command. "Use Razor Leaf." Osajyin paused and pulled a face. With his newfound appreciation for art, instilled in him by Olotah, he understood why the Smergle was so upset. Rin just didn't know what he knew. 'Would they even care?' Osajyin wondered in his mind. "Come on, Osaja! Don't let him push you around," Rin egged on, "Use Razor Leaf!" With a noncommittal sigh, The Bayleef did as he was told. 'Oh well, he and his art will recover soon enough,' the Pokémon thought as he attacked.
Liz was making good time running through the hills, she knew she had to be nearing Sunsay town. As she crested a she saw a Pokemon duck and try to avoid her. She began heading that way to confront the wild pokemon.
To late, I saw you, now I am going to try and catch you!! She thought to herself. As she got closer she saw it was an other Larvesta, she reached for her pokeball and tossed it up.
"Alright Phoniks, let's make a new friend, we could use it's help at the gym!! Use peck now!!" The bird pokemon came out itching for a fight.
Liz tried her hardest to catch the Pokemon, but it was just not meant to be. It escaped before Phoniks could do anything meaningful. Liz recalled the Murkrow sadly and continued on her way towards town, she came out the woods to the familiar scene of rolling hills. Halfway there she decided to start running again, the faster she got to town the better!! She enjoyed the wind in her hair and the fresh air. She had never felt so free!!
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The Girafarig took a solid hit, Liz didn't want to let the Pokemon have a chance to escape. She pulled a pokeball out and tossed it in the air at the Pokemon.
"No chance today my friend, your joining me!! Phoniks if it gets out and tries to run use an other Pursuit!!" Murkrow nodded and awaited to see what would happen.
The moves collided with each other in a bright light. Thankfully Arachne took no damage, but it seemed neither did Girafarig. Disappointed Liz regrouped quickly and tried to strategize. Than she remembered the wild pokemon had a weakness to dark and ghost moves, she had just the pokemon.
"Arachne, sweetie, thank you, but Phoniks will handle this from hear on out. Come out honey, use pursuit!!" As usual the Murkrow came flying out rashly and begin attacking the Girafarig.
Liz walked along the path, she needed a small break from running, lest she burn herself out. Among a tree a distance away was a Girafarig eating, its tail vigilant for attack. Knowing sneak attacks were pointless she walked close to the Pokemon.
"Hello, I would like to try and catch you. So let's battle!!
Arachne, show me a good infestation if you don't mind dear??" Spinarak came out ready for battle, it skittered along the ground, making it's way to the wild pokemon.
"Bay," Osajyin casually greeted, before the Painter began sharing hushed words with him; its earlier will seeming to have waned after so slightly. Perhaps it was the attacks, or maybe this Smergle was just as enamored by Osajyin's beauty as Olotah had been. Had the Painter became a poet? Were these private sentences lines of some sonnet? Only Osaja knew, and with his naturally calm demeanor it was hard to get a read on him either. Rin had opened their mouth to speak multiple times over the course of their pondering, and every time they shut it again. Finally they figured they'd just wait it out, it's not like they could communicate with Smergle anyway; their hearing aids weren't so top of the line that they could translate pokéspeak. Sadly. A thought then crossed Rin's mind. What if they taught their pokémon sign language!? As that revelation overtook the trainer's mind with the promise of possibility, their second starter attentively listened to what the wild Smergle had to say. His Trainer may have thought the other to be strange, but Osaja had an open mind, and understood exactly what it was trying to say.
Liz could not believe it, the Ariados was scared off by it's reflection. Liz gave herself a face palm as she recalled her Bayleef, she lost a lot of time fighting that pokemon. She ran on ahead putting the Ariados out her mind, her Pokemon we're becoming stronger, she knew she would win at the gym this time, and she couldn't forget about that Aggron on route two, it wasn't where she needed to go but if she was lucky she wouldn't forget that powerful pokemon!!
She made it to the edge of the woods, she could see a little lake a distance off, but she couldn't stop now. She had a mission, Liz kept her eyes peeled as she continued running.