Shazamrock

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No that makes sense! I'm okay with that just figured I'd check!

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@Crusader Lord sure thing, I'll see what I can get done this weekend ^-^

EDIT: Oh @Remram do you suppose Sir Lopsalot and Tors would have got a level from the battle? I know it was a first for PVP so I have to ask haha.

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Nils

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Pokemon

Tors Species: Mudbray ♂ Type: Ground Level: 5 Status: Healthy Ability: Stamina Moves: Mud-Slap, Rock Smash, Iron Defense, Smack Down* Held Item: --

In the PC

None yet.

Location:Grand Glory City

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Aha, with notes like that Nils was now sure that Amelia must be a fan of pokemon battles. He nodded along with the girl's assessment as though he had come to the same conclusions that she had, though in reality he had kind of just went with his instincts. What had seemed like the right move, or what he'd thought his grandfather would do.

With Amelia's apology though, Nils tilted his head curiously.

"Sorry for what?" he asked. Clarissa then spoke up with a detailed explanation of why she shouldn't be sorry, and Nils nodded his head again. He didn't have much to add, besides a small grin and a playful comment. "Plus with you acting as announcer and your post-match thoughts, it's like you're really a judge. Makes it feel kind of official."

Then they were off, trotting through the city once more towards the pokemon center. As they went Nils fiddled around with the pokedex again, this time noticing that the encyclopedia had been updated. Slowly, new pages were filled in... Must be the other trainers already flinging their pokeballs around. It was really handy that the devices were linked together like that, and Nils scrolled through the entries to see if any caught his eye. He also got the photo Faye has sent out, saving it to the phone.

He glanced at Clarissa when she brought up her desire to explore the sewers again. It really was a strange request, but... The kind of pokemon that lived down there were sure to be a lot different than the ones that roamed the surface. Finding them would help fill out the pokedex, and besides that...

Nils pocketed the rotom phone and offered Clarissa a smile. "I'll go. You agreed to a battle, so it wouldn't feel right to just blow you off after that."

She seemed very conscientious about other's feelings, so before she could say something like 'dont feel obligated to accompany me because of that' he added, "plus I bet we'll get to see some pokemon we normally wouldn't. It might be cool."

@Crusader Lord@Joshua Tamashii@Remram

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@Shazamrock everything OK over there?

@Joshua Tamashii

Yep, was offline for a bit but all set now, will be putting up a short post now.

It occurs to me you were probably waiting on me again, I'm sorry! Would it be best to establish a posting order (at least for this group of characters)?

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Nils vs Clarissa

_{written by @Shazamrock and @Crusader Lord}

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"Perfect!" Nils called out to Amelia with a smile, but he quickly set his eyes back on his and Mudbray's opponents. The battle had now officially started, after all!

"Start with iron defense!" His pokemon brayed and hopped forward, and when its hooves hit the ground it took a sturdy stance. Mudbray had gained a thin layer of mud since first being released back in the lab, and the coating hardened over his skin in preparation for the fight.

A sturdy-looking Pokemon indeed, but Clarissa had an idea come to mind as well at least. Hopefully it would be a good enough start, or at least...well, they'd have to see in the end. All the same, they couldn't waste this chance to prep as well at the start of the match. Thus the psychic would call out a command of her own-

"Use Defense Curl!"

His body curling up a bit where he stood, staring at his opponent with both determination and careful eyes, Sir Lopsalot's defensive power rose.

Nils grinned. So they both had the same strategy! To him, it meant Clarissa was taking the battle as seriously as he was. Good! Even a low stakes battle like this should have your all put into it. With both pokemon braced and ready, now was the time for real action it seemed.

"Go with mud-slap!"

"Bwaaa!"

Mudbray charged towards Sir Lopsalot, stopping short only to turn and flick his legs out and splash a heavy heap of the mud gathered on his body off at the buneary.

Clarissa, for her part, kept her stoic poker face as Nils grinned back at her. He seemed...excited. A bit like Sir Lopsalot had been to come and battle in the first place. All the same, he went with an attack of his own as the Mudbray charged forward to attack with a Mud-Slap. A bit of a slow move, perhaps, but speed was among the things Sir Lopsalot did best!

"Jump over that attack and use Power-Up Punch!"

The Buneary, matching his trainer's timing, leapt up and over with some agility as the Mud-Slap was thrown at him. His body twisted a little in the air, though, and as he landed he would be facing the rear of his opponent. However, his little right fist had already begun to glow as his little paw clenched tightly in preparation.

"Bun!"

Surging forward, and wasting no time, the Buneary attacked the rear of the opponent with a Power-Up Punch!

It connected, the fuzzy fist striking Mudbray's flank before he could do anything else. Mudbray lurched forward slightly in surprise and went to turn around, only for his trainer's next words to reach his ears.

"Stand your ground and use rock smash!" Nils called. Mudbray stopped turning and instead planted his front legs, giving Sir Lopsalot only a short window to react before the donkey pokemon's rear legs kicked out forcefully towards the buneary.

The Buneary's attack rose as power surged through it upon its little fist making contact with the Mudbray. In Clarissa's eyes, this was a good and a nessecity to boot. The Rock Smash would, however, be barely dodged as the Buneary leapt aside. Part of the attack would even graze a little fur on his left side to boot as Sir Lopsalot moved to dodge out of the way.

A close call!

"Do it again, and then keep following up with it!"

Successive attacks would raise Sir Lopsalot's attack, pushing the enemy further and further as qwuickly as they could before...well, before potentially taking a bad hit. Speed. Strength. They had to rely on this right now if the opponent was as sturdy as it seemed. But it wasn't a guarantee they'd win either. However, they also couldn't stop and think if they wanted to switch plans either for now...so onward it was with this strategy for now.

In response to his trainer's call, Sir Lopsalot would rush in to attack the Mudbray again with yet another Power-Up Punch. He'd likewise keep trying to do this, dodging or leaping about/over the Mudbray to 'keep it up'. Like falling into a rhythmn of sorts, really, of attacking and bobbing and weaving to try to keep the pressure on. He...he could do this, he had to!

Even if Clarissa hadn't made Sir Lopsalot's strategy clear, Nils foresaw the bunny pokemon taking advantage of its higher speed and reliable way to keep getting stronger. The Power-Up Punch made contact yet again, making Mudbray stumble, and yet when Mudbray moved to ram its head into Sir Lopsalot in retaliation the little rabbit easily hopped out of the way before coming back in for another strike. Nils called out where he expected the buneary to punch from, but Mudbray was just too slow to dodge these swift attacks. And they were steadily growing more powerful.

However, something was happening to Mudbray as well. The coating of dirt on his body was slowly hardening every time his body was struck. Maybe it was being stimulated by the attacks and thickening in response? Nils would have expected that the flurry of ever-stronger punches would have worn Mudbray down more even after opening with iron defense, especially as Mudbray had been pushed back a fair bit by now, but the hard, thin shell of mud seemed to be protecting him. Every time Sir Lopsalot attacked and got stronger, Mudbray's defenses rose with it. Ah, so that's Mudbray's ability! Nils thought.

But they couldn't just let Mudbray keep taking hits. Damage was damage nonetheless, and eventually they would lose if it piled up high enough. After taking yet another Power-Up Punch, Mudbray let out a whine and a snort as it regained its footing. Once more his ears flicked when Nils ordered a change in their own strategy.

"Run, Mudbray!"

The pokemon didn't stop to think about the command, just trusting his trainer and following it. Mudbray charged away from Sir Lopsalot, which would make the buneary give chase if it wanted to keep on the attack, hopefully forcing an angle of attack that would be easy for even Mudbray to see through: from behind him. And then, "Stop and use Mud-Slap right now!"

Sir Lopsalot had fallen into the rhythmn, weaving and leaping to get about the opponent to land more Power-Up Punches, but the opponent seemed to be getting tougher even as it took damage yet still. But in Clarissa's mind, well, it would only be so long before the Mudbray's defenses quit rising or they maybe got a lucky critical blow in, yes? In theory. But they couldn't stop keeping up the pressure...that was something the two of them were in-sync about at this point in time. They had to not let up, not even in pursuing the opponent, lest the opponent got a chance to get a chance to regroup or get out-of-position to-

*THWAP*

Despite his attempt to pursue the seemingly fleeing Mudbray, Sir Lopsalot would find himself forced to leap horizontally at the rear of the Mudbray again in order to try to land a blow. Yet he was mid-leap when the sudden counterattack was made, now, taking a face full of mud that stopped the little Pokemon suddenly and sent him flipping right onto his back. It was a real Mud-Slap to the face of he and his trainer's plan of action to be sure...

"Bun bun..."

Sir Lopsalot tried to wipe off his face after rushing to get back up on his feet, even if not all the mud could be removed as quick as he was trying to get it off, but as he tried to launch a Power-Up Punch at the opponent right afterward anyways and was attempting to get back in the groove of his prior flurry of attacks once more-

"!!!"

...It was going to barely miss, and was still aimed at the rear end of the Mudbray. Clarissa could see it. Oh no!

There it was, the turning point! Nils could see it too. "It's aiming at your left!"

And with that call out, Mudbray shifted to the right instead, swinging around to face Sir Lopsalot after the buneary's near miss. As it moved Nils gave his next order of, "one more mud-slap!" and Mudbray reared up to fling even more sight-obscuring mud at his opponent.

Hit in the rear, Sir Lopsalot was slapped by the mud as he careened narrowly past his target. He hit the ground and rolled a little bit, before slowly he stood up once more to wipe his little face off. Muddy and not too happy with the whole affair, however, he seemed eager to get back to things once more. It seemed he was prepared to do the same thing again, taking the gamble of acccuracy once more, except when the voice of his trainer cut in somewhat abruptly.

"Wait...clean your face off first this time."

Letting out a small sigh as he did so, if anyone was close enough to hear, the Buneary would take the moment to wipe his face off and eyes out better this time around. So muddy. He didn't mind mud, but this was annoying! A tough opponent though, that was for sure. Good. Though as he wiped his eyes clear, and despite the now more labored nature of his breathing, he looked back at his opponent with a direct and determined stare.

Meanwhile, Clarissa would glance over at the Mudbray once more. The opponent was tough....durable even, though it was of note that both Pokemon had taken damage thus far in this battle despite that. Sir Lopsalot had the speed advantage, but the defense was in favor of the Mudbray. Hmm. they had to end this decisively, as decisively as possible at that. But with those Mud-Slaps, they couldn't risk another miss and further hampering the accuracy of Sir Lopsalot's attacks by being too fancy this time around.

There was only one thing to do-

"Get ready for one last Power-Up Punch, this time....head on!"

Straightening his little back up, Sir Lopsalot clenched his little left paw this time as it began to glow with an awesome power.

While Sir Lopsalot was wiping to clear himself from the mud, his opponent took the opportunity to have a breather. Trying to keep up with the buneary on top of withstanding the attacks was wearing on him. Nils studied the situation during the lull, and though his competitive side told him to take advantage of Sir Lopsalot's distraction... he didn't issue a new order. Not yet. He was having fun with this battle, and even though Mudbray was tiring it didn't seem like the pokemon was having a bad time either. He looked at Mudbray, and Mudbray glanced back at him, an understanding passing between them. And then, Clarissa and Sir Lopsalot were ready to continue, and with an entirely new strategy- interesting!

"Head on, huh?"

Nils grinned. "We can't just not meet them, right, buddy?"

Mudbray let out an affirmative snort, his tail wagging slightly. If Mudbray was up for it then that was that!

"A direct attack with rock smash!" Nils called out. Mudbray stamped his front hoof on the ground once before charging to meet Sir Lopsalot, and turning at the last moment to throw a kick out to meet the buneary's punch!

As the two Pokemon leapt at each other, their attacks clashed with a thundering crash! Well, at least by the standards of smaller Pokemon if naught else. Yet the impact of their clash would kick up a cloud of dust from the ground as a critical blow was landed by one of the two sides. Paw met hoof. Mettle met mettle. Determination clashed with determination. But who would come out on top? Who would be left standing? Which Pokemon would emerge victorious from the first battle of these Pokemon and trainers' lives? And, frankly, who would clean up the-

"...Buuuuuuuuun..."

As the dust settled, one could see both Pokemon standing there, scuffed and breathing and tired. Yet, despite trying to stay standing on his now wobbly little legs with all he had in him...the Buneary would fall flat on his little back in the end with a soft but tired call. It was like a tired teenager moaning out in complaint as they collapsed back onto a bed at the end of the day almost. Tired, not happy with it somehow, but defeated all the same.

"..."

They'd lost. Win or lose, though Clarissa felt something odd. Almost like a sense of...relief? No, it was something else.

But whether she was able to get a good tell on the emotions or not right now, affter lightly biting her lower lip for a moment a light sigh escaped the psychic's lips as she calmly walked forward to pick up her tired Pokemon in her arms. She was ginger and gentle in picking him up, admittedly, though after picking him up she walked back over to Nils before extending a hand to him to shake as she nestled the battle-worn Buneary in her left arm. Sir Lopsalot, for his part though, would just tiredly cross his little arms and-...w-was he adorably pouting just a little bit?!

"That was a good match, Nils."

Nils had knelt down and beckoned Mudbray back over to him once the outcome of the battle was confirmed. He'd taken Mudbray's face in his hands and smushed the pokemon's cheeks, rubbing his partner and whispering congratulations. Nils was a confident young man, but somehow the fact that he and Mudbray had won that bout had taken him by surprise. When you lost way more challenges than you won, that was only natural. That surprise didn't last for very long though, elation quickly sweeping it away.

"Great job! You're a tough one," Nils told his pokemon. "I can tell you'll get even tougher. Aha, a strong pokemon like you needs a strong name... how does Tors sound?"

The nickname was pronounced like Nils' own, the final letter almost silent. It was indeed a short, strong name. Mudbray seemed to like it. The newly named Tors stuck out his tongue and licked a stripe up his trainer's face.

As Clarissa approached Nils stood back up, taking the girl's hand in kind and giving it a firm shake, once up and down. Hopefully she didn't mind the fact that his hand now also had a thin coating of swiftly drying dirt on it thanks to Tors.

"It was. Thanks for indulging me," he said. He then glanced at the tuckered out buneary. The expression on Sir Lopsalot's face was hilariously cute. Poor pokemon, hopefully his pride wasn't wounded too badly. "You're a mighty little buneary. We couldn't have asked for a better sparring partner, right?"

Tors nodded his head tiredly. Not wanting to tire him out anymore, Nils produced Tors' pokeball and returned the mudbray to it.

"We should probably get these guys healed up," Nils suggested. Which meant at the very least his next immediate destination was decided. Briefly he wondered if there was more than one pokecenter in a big city like this. He didn't make to move away from the area immediately though, especially if Clarissa -and their audience of one- were inclined to head there too.

Speaking of Amelia, Nils glanced over at the girl. He'd been focused on the battle so he hadn't caught much of any of her reaction, but maybe they'd be able to see it on her face now. Hopefully it had been as exciting to watch as it had been to participate in.

@Joshua Tamashii

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Crusader and I seemed to have opposite schedules, but we are just about to wrap up the battle, shouldn't be too much longer ^-^

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Hopefully that is okay. Crusader and I are gonna be working on the battle together.

@Joshua Tamashii The last part in my post is assuming that Amelia does stick with them to watch the battle. If that's not the case just let me know and I will edit it no problem.

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Nils

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Inventory

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Pokemon

Tors Species: Mudbray ♂ Type: Ground Level: 5 Status: Healthy Ability: Stamina Moves: Mud-Slap, Rock Smash, Iron Defense, Smack Down* Held Item: --

In the PC

None yet.

Location:Grand Glory City

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"Mhm. I'm happy to have him. Phantump is my favorite, especially the shiny form." She said, a small smile on her face. Phantump heard this and let out a proud cry, puffing out his chest as he did so. Amelia then looked at Nils' partner. "Yours seems good. They look very calm. I hope the two of you get along and have a good time together."

Amelia

Oh, so this Phantump was a special color too? And the girl's favorite no less! No wonder she'd perked up, that was a great start to her journey. Amelia's subtle praise also made Mudbray appear almost bashful, the pokemon ducking his head slightly while flicking his ears. Nils ruffled his mane in response. "Me too," Nils chuckled. "So far so good."

As for the the proposal Nils had made, while David had initially seemed into the idea of a battle based on his expression, it was Clarissa who accepted. Nils' smile grew wider even after being admonished by the professor. The boy held his hands up in a gesture meant to placate before the director stepped in. He definitely didn't want to get on Kapoc's bad side... so soon, at least, but preferably not at all.

"Not in the lab, got it," he said. And as the trio of adults left Nils waved after them too. If he hadn't been so eager to get started he would have liked to get to know Evig's heroes a little better, but he'd just have to do so another time.

Nils went to turn back to Clarissa as she seemed to be asking something of him, but she was caught by Kapoc as he left, and Nils himself by Faye, her newest companion Regan, and David approaching.

The intrepid photographer headed over to the small group forming where Nils had joined David, the smallest trainer with a hood pulled up, and the psychic that she'd barely registered throwing some rubbish away without lifting a finger. "Hey! So, we were going to head out. David, Nils, did you guys want to tag along with me and...-" she quickly checked her phone when she realized she hadn't caught the other girl's name before looking back up at the group - "Regan? Or were you going to set out with these two? Or with each other...? There's this cool fountain in the center of Grand Glory that I've been dying to get a picture of. So -" She looked at Regan. "That's our first stop, if you don't mind. But we'll head elsewhere where we can see if we can add to our team pretty shortly after that"

Faye

So they were heading out as well now! Sight seeing with a photographer as part of an entourage did sound like fun, however he had other plans now that Clarissa had agreed to a battle.

"Ah, I'll have to catch up with you all lat- oof-" He paused as David passed by and slapped his back. Nils shook his head good naturedly before continuing. "Sorry, like I'll said I'll catch up later. We've all got each other's contact so it'll be easy to find each other again. Have fun though. Oh- nice meeting you, Regan."

Finally he swiveled back around then to Clarissa and Amelia. Even if they were going to be the last trainers out of the lab, he shouldn't keep them waiting for long.

"Ahem, yes, we'd be happy to battle you still, if you're amenable to such-?"

Clarissa

"Of course I'm still 'amenable,' it was my suggestion, right?" He said with a teasing lilt to his voice, amused at her formal way of speaking. "I'm sure it won't take long to find a good place to do it in the city."

He glanced at Amelia, giving her an easy nod. "I'm 'amenable' to you watching too, if you wanted. Wouldn't be a problem at all."

Maybe she was interested in pokemon battles too? Well if she signed up for this pokedex project it made sense. Nils certainly wouldn't say no to another battle, though maybe he should try and catch another pokemon first so he didn't push his new partner too hard too fast. Nils returned the still unnamed Mudbray to his ball, storing it in his pocket for now. Then he swept an arm out towards the terrarium's exit. "C'mon, let's get going!"

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After familiarizing himself with Mudbray's capabilities as they walked, at least as far as what the pokedex app stated, Nils felt ready enough. With so many people and pokemon in this city, there were plenty of spots where they could compete against one another. Since Nils wasn't picky, any old spot was good if it was open and out of the way.

He stood opposite Clarissa across the chosen space, pokeball once more in his hand and his mouth in the shape of a grin. Though Mudbray was his first pokemon, this was not technically Nils' first pokemon battle (even if the first one hadn't gone well at all). It was why he'd specifically challenged the two he figured were the most likely to have battled before as well. Alright, here we go. I'll do it just like gramps.

The donkey pokemon was released from his pokeball, standing firm in front of his trainer. He let out a snort. He was ready.

"Count us down?" Nils asked Amelia. As soon as she gave the word, the battle would begin.

@Zapdos@Crusader Lord@Joshua Tamashii@Sanguine Rose@Remram@CitrusArms

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@Joshua Tamashii I can post in a few hours from now ^^

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<Snipped quote by Shazamrock>

Simplest way would be determining beforehand and orchestrating a fun scene over a collab or couple of posts each, perhaps, and as to who'd win we could have @Remram randomly roll to choose who wins or such. At least for a 'first PvP battle' type scenario. I otherwise feel Mudbray has the advantage given its bulky defensivness and useful moveset, even if the type matchup is neutral, so that's where I'd lean toward unless you want Sir Lopsalot to get a time to shine starting things off.

If you want to collab over PMs or go post-by post, though, I'll make that your call. Meanwhile if you want to go with testing out the battle system, though, I'm also game for that since eventually testing the PvP battle system out would be cool.

@Crusader Lord

I think... let's go simple for now, so we don't hold anything else up, especially for those planning to watch they won't have to wait around. If there is ever a future rematch we can do it a different way then? I will DM you!