Re: ¤Game¤ Dragon Tamers Battle Range v.23 {MA Pidgeot}
Vs. L.17 M Kadabra (Tobias)
Here's the second part of the Jungle story (turned into a 4 parter lol)
Yeah my present and past tense seem to get twisted, and I am trying to cut it out. There may be some in this story, so fair warning.
A need for exploration encumbered the dynamic duo as they slowly made their way through the lush paradise. Although this was merely a very large room, it was its own balanced ecosystem to the duo. Mossy gingerly hopped on a thick root and bounced across its networking as Rapp slowly rounded the tree, noting a Trainer crouched down, tending to her fiery..rat..shrew..Cyndaquil! Mossy rolled back, not in any eager attempt to start a fight with something that was so...fiery right now. The Cyndaquil, upon seeing Mossy, was MORE than eager to start another fight, and started at Mossy. Mossy 's eyes saw the hint of fire on the tip of that rodent's nose and he froze in place, unsure how to deal with it! In the nick of time, a hand came down over the rodent and held her down as the Cyndaquil squeaked in discomfort.
"Cut it out already! You're in no condition to fight!
The trainer turned at the sight of Rapp and Mossy, and waved. "Sorry 'bout that. She got struck with a poison dart, and is a little testy." Rapp and Mossy both nodded, and decided to keep heading in. The boy looked up from his Pokemon a second time as he realized the direction they were going.
"Hey be careful! There's a group of Pokemon up there whom are pretty vicious!"
Rapp turned to stare at the trainer, and then down to Mossy. Although Mossy was on a roll, he knew that at any time there could be a threat that the little grassball wasn't ready for. It bothered Rapp even more, realizing that Mossy was his one and only. But as of now, there wasn't any other Pokemon he really even wanted. For both their sakes, he hoped that would change.
Mossy heard the boy's words, but shrugged them off. Dangerous Pokemon were easily avoided by the pair, as running seemed to be Rapp's strong suit in a pinch. But Mossy knew something was on Rapp's mind, as they neared the babbling brook. His demeanor went from awe and wondrous to melancholy and quiet, plus-he was no longer looking around the area like he usually would. Maybe he just needed some time to think? Or wait, his head! His head must still hurt! Mossy nodded, glad to have figured that out.
"Hold on Mossy. Let's take it easy for a bit. I need a moment. Think I'm still...dizzy." Mossy nodded, his little feet shuffling happily in the leaves. Rapp gingerly placed one hand on a sturdy looking rock, before tested his weight on it. It didn't give. Seeing that he had enough room to lie back on the stone, he did just that and stared up at the faux sky. He could hear as Mossy played around ahead of him, and some other sounds in the distance. Sounded like a battle, as once in a while he'd hear an order shouted.
Ah...what was there to worry about? Another Pokemon would come around to their side in due time. Rapp sighed-thankful for the moment of peace he had seemed to find again. The stream water was relaxing, and Mossy's shuffling and discovering of dirt clumps (however odd that was) was still fresh in his ears. The absence of birds chirping, the seemingly sudden end to the breeze that blew by, even the faint sound of a hiss was picked up.
Wait. What?
Rapp's eyes opened immediately, but he made no sudden movements to alarm Mossy with. Mossy was only about a yard or two ahead of him, but the plant had also stopped moving. Vines were out to his sides-as the sound came from the west. Rapp sat up slowly, and Mossy turned to face him. They each examined the area behind the other from their vantage points...and came up with nothing. But the sound...sounds were getting closer. Rapp slowly slid off of the rock and started to walk toward the thicker part of the brush. Extending his hand, Mossy shot two vines up to wrap around it to make sure his trainer had a grip on him, should he break off into a sprint.
Rapp crouched as he heard a few more calls over his head, and on the ground around them. A flurry of grass caught his eyes, but he did not divert his attention from his main goal-reaching the first tree he climbed while in here, and then the door beyond that. It was not visible, but he knew it was at maximum 50 yard dash. Piece of cake.
On second glance, it had to be no more than 25 yards away. Definitely doable.
"We can make it out of here if we run, Mossy. You ready?" A squeeze on his wrapped hand meant this plan was fine by the Tangela. Rapp pressed two fingers to the soft dirt, and then heard a strange call, like a bird, from over his shoulder. Mossy's vines instantly uncoiled from his hand and the Pokemon backed up to bump Rapp's feet-allowing him to know just how much space he had in front of him.
Rapp cartwheeled and landed so he could face Mossy's back, and just then a speedy flash of green stood between them. Before Mossy could assert what he thought he saw, something ran in and kicked him across the underbrush! Rapp barely caught sight of it, but he knew it had leaves on its forearms.
"Mossy! Sleep Powder Cloud!" There's more than one!
Mossy stood up and started pumping out those spores on his vines. Another green streak however, came from behind and struck again, knocking Mossy forward. A third streak jumped over Mossy, avoiding the spores, and made sure to land on his back. With Mossy's face pinned in the ground, the creature growled and dragged Mossy through the dirt face first, wiping all those spores away! A second streak came over and used what seemed to be a forearm to slash at Mossy, bouncing the Tangela over to Rapp.
The streaks all stopped, and Rapp watched them carefully as two came into partial view. They had long snouts, reptilian in nature. Leaves covered their forearms in a faux feather pattern, and their heads had a crest of leaves, long and tapered back, like a Pidgeot crest.
"Grovyles?"
Didn't matter to Mossy, as he stood up. They could have been Aerodactyl's (preferably not...but still) but right now, he was the top dog in this place. Cheating Grovyles.
Rapp barely had time to think of an exit strategy before a third one ran in from behind. The two that were partially visible darted in opposing directions, and Mossy found himself enduring another hit from one of these raptorgeckos. This hit was more powerful from the last, and it began to hurt!
"Mossy, try to get to me, and we'll sprint!"
Mossy liked the idea, but the problem was that they were all too damn fast! Mossy lunged for a bush, and he forced his vines to stretch out in every direction, basically spearing the bush. One of the Grovyles was surprised by this technique and sprang out of the bush, running next to the one that just attacked. There was a sizable height difference between the two, not to mention the attacking Grovyle seemed to have a scar on his back. They both spoke and cooed to each other before darting away, and Mossy had no way to tag either one. The viney fellow got a rude awakening when another Grovyle-or the same Grovyle...Rapp couldn't tell, dashed at him and quickly sliced at his chest, before a second Grovyle with a shining claw slashed at him, hurting Mossjito immensely. Mossy however, took the hits and used their momentum to throw his vines off the the ground. His body bounced counter clockwise and toward Rapp's lap. Rapp caught his Pokemon, and swiveled on his feet before bursting in a full out sprint.
Mossy smirked, but Rapp could tell the Pokemon was hurt. Jumping over the tree roots, Rapp spied the spot where they passed that trainer beforehand. He could also hear chirping over his head. "Oh you've got to be kidding, they're pursuing us?"
That they were, a whole flock of them. The lead Grovyle seemed to have extraordinary ability when it came to navigating this room, and he was able to lead the others in a path that allowed them all to dive in front of Rapp when he reached the tree he climbed earlier today. Rapp managed to look up and see the Grovyles all landing on the bough he had perched at earlier. Instinctively thinking, Rapp jumped and planted one foot on of the tree, before kicking off it and diving right, throwing the aim of all but the lead Grovyle off course. The Lead Grovyle had dropped off early and managed to chase Rapp on foot.
Rapp rolled, tucking Mossy in his chest just in case, but that's where the lead Grovyle surprised Rapp. Tracking him from the ground, this one was able to see when Rapp would not take notice of something running up from behind him. The Grovyle took advantage of Rapp's blind spot and lunged at the perfect opportunity, when Rapp and Mossy thought they escaped all of the aerial attacks. The voracious Pokemon cut right through his shirt with a unseen Fury-tagging Moss and pushing the Pokemon past the brink of exhaustion. Rapp noted the change in Mossy's eyes, and he quickly spun around the Grovyle and dove for the doorway. The Grovyles all sneered and went to attack, but Rapp fortunately was one step ahead. He kicked the doorway open and shut it behind him, breathing heavily as he heard two thumps against the door.
Holding the door shut for a moment, he took to Mossy. But Mossy was gone, unconscious by the string of blitzkrieg like hits. Before anyone could notice that his Pokemon was fainted, Rapp ran back to the Pokecenter, not stopping an instant for his own sake, and got to the attendant once again. Upon seeing his arrival so quickly, the girl was quick to take up Mossy once more and help rejuvenate the Pokemon.
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It was a long hour for Rapp. He knew his Pokemon would be alright, but ever since the attendant took Mossy in, he had time to sit down and think this over. It was as if they were hunted...targeted in the Jungle Room. He was sure no one here knew him, or of his farming life. He was sure he didn't make anyone cross...except those strange people with all those sheep in the beginning. Could they be here? Did that one guy remember him? No, that's far too much coincidence.
He shivered at the sound of a "Baa", and forced it out of his memory for the time being. But why were those Grovyle so organized? These and a million other questions stormed though his mind as he rubbed his head where the pain-now dull-still resided. But even with all the unanswered quandaries, two things remained clear:
One-Mossy and him were still novices at best. All the wins Mossy overcame came with the price of overconfidence. Mossy never exhibited it, but Rapp was sure now that the Tangela felt its pride rise and it may have started to seep into arrogance. It was not completely unwarranted, they were having a swell run. But all good things must come to an end.
He then thought back on that Trainer with the fire Pokemon, and then the Monferno...the lava room in general. Where was the fire when you needed it?! All these thoughts brought him to his second point, the point he had been mulling about since he lied on that rock to relax.
He needed another Pokemon. Soon. Mossy needed backup. Rapp had a fair knowledge of Pokemon in general. He knew what he liked and he knew the range of abilities for certain types better than others. As of late though, he had not seen any of his preference, and that began to bother him. Maybe in time he'd find a fair few to tango with. But for now, he had to play it safe, use what he had to help both him and Mossy get to a point where they could hold their own fairly well.
He snapped out of his deep stupor when a worm found its way into his nose. Standing up and pulling the green worm out, he took a deep breath and jumped back, shaking the worm. Its lifeless form drooped over his hand and he dropped it, only to see it was a vine. Mossy's vine.
"Oh. Mossy. Don't do that!" he shouted, rubbing his nose with the back of his hand. "That feels weird." Mossy gave him a halfhearted sigh, but then lowered his eyes. Rapp could see the disappointment on Mossy's face, and knelt down to pick the little guy up.
"Hey now. It's alright. We weren't prepared for them. They picked on us and you tried your best. But it was a flock of them against you. You did well, taking four Cuts like that." That seemed to ease the feelings off of the plant and Rapp just patted his head. "No worries Mossy. We'll go back in there in a little. How about right now though, we switch things up and tackle that pond room. I'm sure we'll learn something that'll help us!"
Mossy slowly leaned back to look at Rapp's face. ...Crap, he was serious. Now, it wasn't the fact that Rapp was so focused on him getting stronger...it was moreso the fact that after a stunning parade of a loss like that, Mossy didn't feel he could fight. So, Mossy crossed his vines in an "X" formation and pushed out of Rapp's grasp.
"Huh?" Rapp watched Mossy land, and glare at him, vines still crossed.
"I'm guessing...you don't want to go to the Pond room?"
Mossy nodded, and then pointed toward the cot where Rapp was not but a few hours prior.
"Oh. I see. Well, I guess it would be wiser to rest. You're probably still thinking about that last battle and we both would do better with it. Ok.You win. We'll pack it in."
Mossy nodded, and trotted over to the cot, eager to take a breather for now. Rapp could only smirk, and headed to the nearest vending machine to grab them some snacks and beverages.
K that ends the first part of the Jungle room. I'm going to add the Pond portion to this later. Hopefully I'll post it tonight!
EDIT: I lost half the story last night, so I was pretty upset over it, but I just sucked it up and pushed this out and I gotta say, I'm happier with this.
Entry 4: Motors are just mechanical vines!
The next morning came without incident, as both Mossy and Rapp passed out on the cot. It was only supposed to be a nap for Mossy, but it turned out their bodies as well as their minds truly needed some recuperation. The waking scent of a steaming tea kettle woke the grass shoot right up and he hopped gaily on Rapp's chest. The young man coughed, and twitched his ears until he picked up the sound that was making Mossy so excited.
"Alright. Alright. Go get some. I'll be right behind you." he grumbled, before lying back down on the cot, determined to get a few minutes more. Mossy shrugged and took a demanding leap from Rapp's chest to the floor. Looking back at his Trainer once more, the Pokemon dashed over to where the sound was coming from...behind the attendants desk.
She was barely awake herself, as the sun was just starting to rise. There wasn't a soul in the Center at this time of the morning aside for those that crashed here earlier. But the pit patter of little feet did not escape her senses. She slowly stretched and leaned over the counter to be greeted by a dark mass hidden underneath a tangle of vines.
"Well, you are everywhere aren't cha?" she exclaimed before extending her hands. Mossy wrapped a vine around each and she gingerly lifted him up onto the table. "I'm guessing you're the early bird?" Mossy nodded, as she patted him on the head, only to hear shuffling come from over in a corner. Mossy began scrutinizing the tea kettle a few feet away.. He wondered what flavor of ambrosia was inside it, vines wriggling with anticipation of its taste!
Rapp slowly lurched into view, a hand thrown out haphazardly to catch himself before he fell. The counter holding his weight up, Rapp yawned into his free hand and groggily looked at the attendant. "Can he....*yawn* have some tea? Please? We're going"yawn* to need it, Gawd what time in the morning is it? Daybreak?"
"Him? You mean, your Tangela drinks tea?"
"Loves the stuff. I kid you not. Let him have some." Not one to denounce a Trainer's knowledge of their own partners (no matter how klutzy they may be), she reached for a cup. Mossy's vines stopped her, as he dug into himself and pulled out a cup all his own. The attendant was a little perturbed, but nonetheless poured him a generous serving.
Mossy seemed to be subdued almost immediately as he savored his first sip. Rapp shrugged and looked to the attendant as his eyes began to wander toward the stairwell. "Yeah, he's always liked tea. Um, are the battle rooms open?" Mossy was oblivious to the world right now, as Rapp turned back to the attendant. "Umm, yes. All day and night. Are you thinking about battling now?"
"I have to. I think the Pokemon we want to try and fight come out at this time. Besides, we have a date in the Jungle room that we cannot miss." The attendant stared at Rapp as he stated those last few words with a deep rooted scowl, and she then turned to the plant, whom was already helping himself to more. "Wow, he really likes his tea."
"Huh? Oh yeah. Loves it. Pretty sure he's a connoisseur of it." Rapp joked, giving them both a much needed wake up laugh to their systems. Mossy turned around at the sound, and pondered just what the humanfolk were talking about. It didn't matter however, he got his tea-a dark concoction today-and now he was ready to take on just about anything. "Mossy. You ready to go?"
This time, the planimal stood up and corssed his vines before bowing, mimicking a butler of sorts. Rapp clapped and swiftly picked up the Pokemon by his base, before turning to the attendant. "Thanks very much for everything. Have a great morning." The pair waved as Rapp gingerly headed toward the stairwell, and the attendant smiled quietly, waving back to them before turning back to her duties. She still had a few hours before anyone would show up-but at least this morning started out fun.
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Shutting the doorway behind them, Rapp and Mossy now looked at the map plastered on the stairwell wall. It pointed out that taking the stairs down from here would lead to the Pond Room. Mossy headed in front of Rapp, both noting the symbolic silence that led up to the calm blue door that held their future. Rapp pushed against it with one hand, forcing it open, and Mossy stepped in first. Their eyes were not met with harsh light but rather a soft glow mimicking the sunrise over a secular pond. There were some buzzing above them both, but nothing dipped down. Reeds poked out from the small platform they were standing on, and it was only when a passing Finneon broke the surface could they see the surface of the water.
Rapp stopped at the edge of the platform and looked left and right. There seemed to be a plethora of fish swimming calmly, but nothing that Rapp felt comfortable having Mossy fight. Mossy looked at Rapp, and dipped a vine in the water. Rapp looked down, and saw the puzzled look on his Pokemon's face.
"Oh. How are you going to get across the water? Well, I was thinking about that. Remember that boat ride we took from home? Well, it was a motorboat. What they did was pull a string, and that helped to rev a motor. I'm thinking that you can do the same. Just spin some of your vines under you, and you should be able to move!" The Tangela looked at Rapp, before hopping into the water. Being a light plant, he naturally floated, and he could kick his feet to swim, but the vine spinning was a new idea. He kicked away from the platform, and started to twirl some of his lower vines. At first, nothing happened, but then with a kick from one foot, the Tangela began to rocket forward. He slowed down his spinning vines and slowed down his speed. Figuring out how it worked was not too bad.
"Good job Mossy. Now go check out the those reeds over there. I don't want you to dive under yet." Mossy agreed, and started up his new "skill"! The motorvining Tangela whisked itself into the weeds, scattering Finneons and Goldeens that were lazily swimming around the area. For a moment, Rapp heard nothing. No water splashing, no "Tang tang!" from Mossy..not even the scent of tea that he drank this morning. "Mossy? Mossy? You ok?"
Mossy suddenly blasted out of the weeds, vines spinning rapidly as two blue shapes started toward him. They were swimming pretty quickly, and one made a left turn, to hop onto the platform Rapp stood on. Upon its arrival, Rapp stepped back. It was kinda tall, with pointy protrusions on its cheeks. But its face was babylike, and that was all layered in a blue skin. It jumped up, as if rooting on the pursuing Pokemon against Mossy. "Hey Mossy! Try a Sleep Powder cloud"
[Mossjito Lv18 vs 2 Marshtomps Lv 25]
Rapp noted that this Marshtomp was being all sorts of noisy. It was still early morning, and that Uproar was sure to wake up something Rapp didn't want Mossy to meet. But Mossy seemed to have this under control, at least the evasion part. But the water was doing a number on Mossy's ability to shoot out any spores. He made a wide bank, and the swimming Marshtomp lunged out the water, smiling. One hand seemed to have mud all over it, and he slapped it right on Mossy, while slapping him underwater a bit. Mossy bobbed back up, and whizzed right to the platform, lurching out and onto it. Unexpectedly, a Luvdisc shot by, to avoid the battle happening near its resting spot.
With the other Marshtomp making noise, Rapp was wincing. "Mossy, try to umm....oh I know! Poisonpowder cloud!" Mossy smirked and dove back in the water, the swimmer stomp following. That Marshtomp swam right into the Poison trail left behind by Mossy as it began its motorvines up again. That stopped the second Marshtomp, and he changed tactics. A chilling air began to fill the platform's atmosphere, and Rapp knew immediately what was going on.
"Mossy! Body Slam that Stomp, and then Absorb this one over here!" Mossy heard him, but wasn't sure what he was thinking. But the swimmingstomp was not making it easy, going for a second slap of Mud. But Mossy switched the vines direction, and flung himself forward. He endured the Mud-Slap, and was able to bounce off of the Marshtomp. As the swimmer stopped and looked up at Mossy, an Ice Beam crashed into the back of his head. He turned toward his partner, who shrugged in an accidental manner. Rapp watched as Mossy splashed into the water, and sped toward the platform. A green aura took over the Marshtomp, and suddnely the Pokemon was on his knees. It seemed to hurt alot more than it expected, and he hissed in anguish. Tangela appreciated the hefty amount of health back and flopped back onto the platform, right before a coughing sputtering splashed into the platform. The swimmer stomp caught up to Tangela, but before he could react, Tangela flew into him with another Body Slam. That stomp falls back into the water, and Mossy now turns his focus onto the first stomp...whom was charging another Ice Beam.
The icy blast struck Mossy, giving the Pokemon a severe loss of mobility. The water all over its vines began to freeze and soon Mossy found itself nothing more than a cube of ice! Mossy freaked, as the Marshtomp ran over and shoved him into the Pond. The second Marshtomp bobbed back up, still coughing,and climbed onto him. Since Mossjito could float, he used him as a viney raft, sailing in a half circle around the platform and Rapp. Rapp was freaked out for a moment, and then noticed that Mossy's still had a few unfrozen vines.
"Mossy! We got one chance here. I'm going to need you to spin your vines to Constrict that Stomp, and then throw up a Sleep Powder!"
Mossy felt the vines that were thawed from of ice, and stretched them around the Marshtomp's arm that was using him as a paddleboard. Weirded out, the Marshtomp tried to break free, swimming toward its partner. The landstomp reached out, and tried to pull his partner free of the vines, when a poof of spores clouded over them both! The landstomp backed up, coughing, while the right one fell over, onto Mossy. Mossy kept Constricting that one, and felt that his back vines were starting to move from thawing in this water.
Rapp leaned over the platform edge, and pointed to that stomp. "Mossy-Absorb it until it drops. They're both asleep!" With actual physical contact possible with this stomp, Mossy didn't need to see where it was. He began the vampiric effect, draining a substantial amount of health off of this swimming beast. With poison still affected this one, the absorb drained the rest of the energy that Pokemon had, and left him a floating mass on the Pond.
Still shivering, Mossy bobbed toward the platform, hitting it a few times in frustration. It took about 3 minutes before he thawed enough to pull himself up, but upon dragging himself out the water, Rapp was pointing to the still sleeping Marshtomp. "You gotta drain that one, buddy! Otherwise I'da picked you up by now." Mossy looked at Rapp with unforgiving eyes. This was NOT part of the plan. But, that was the rules. Still half frozen, Mossy picked himself up and started another Absorb. The Marshtomp rolled over, losing health rapidly. It still clung to its sleeping life, as Mossy felt hyper rejuvenated from that strike.
Marshtomp grunted, and managed to open one eye as Mossy limps toward him. Ice started to slide off the vines, revealing that he was thawing from that ice strike. Realizing he had been asleep for a while, the swimmer Pokemon holds up one arm and fires off a blast of water to try and push Mossy back. Mossy smirks, and swats the water off of his face as the ice falls off in clumps. He swings out another set of vines, and wraps up his opponent in their grasp.
"Ok, Body Slam, and that'll be that!"
Mossy understood and instead of ramming his body into Marshtomp, let his vines snake forward and backward. The Stomp went flying, crashing into the water at a high speed. The impact knocked him out, and caused the body to skip into the other prone 'stomp. Mossy breathed a deep sigh of relief, before walking over to Rapp. Using the vines as a whip, he snaked them across his body, shattering the remainder of the ice on himself.
"Nice! Wait, you must've finally learned Vine Whip! Great! That's really great Mossy!" Rapp clapped and picked up his tried and true fighter, removing and straggling pieces of frozen water. Mossy sighed, glad to take a breather. The pair took one last look at the Pond room, before Rapp leaned on the exit bar to open the door.
"Hrm. What say you we warm up in the Jungle room, before we try that Blizzard room, eh?" Moss nodded, really liking that idea.
[Mossy grew to LV22!
Mossy learned Vine Whip!]
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The pair exited the Pond Room, and noted the hallway was brighter than before. A Trainer came down the stairs eagerly, but upon seeing them, stopped and stared.. "Wow, you two must be early birds. Sun just came up 5 minutes ago, but you two looked like you've been in there swimming for a while!!"
"You could say that." Rapp laughed, and Mossy joined him in their morning chuckle, as they quickly climbed the stairs. Rapp grabbed the banister and used it to rope himself around the corner so he could throw himself down the hallway and dashed for the vine laden door that led to the Jungle room. With it being morning, there was a chance those damned Grovyles wouldn't be up yet."
Pulling the door open, they were once again greeted by a warm jungle air. Knowing the lay of the and was an advantage this time, and Rapp looked around, remembering the last time they were in here. Mossy too, stared at the trees and the dirt they ran across, noting that they only went in one direction. West. Vines pointed east, and Rapp nodded. No need to go into danger! The pair started their trek into this half of the room as fearless and wondrous as their first entry, petting leaves and throwing dirt in the air as if it was snow. Unsure of the next battle it was going to be in, Mossy began rooting around, trying to find the best spots to Ingrain.
It took a few moments, but he found a great mound of mulch. Running over to it, he jumped on top, and seemed to have found his version of heaven. It was soft, pliable and filled with Miracle-Gro! Vines were immediately stuck into it, and he began feeling the different types of rocks and foreign matter composed in this heap. Rapp stayed back a bit, slightly perturbed Mossy was wading through all that. Letting his Pokemon situate itself, Rapp once again went tree hugging. Thick trees. Skinny trees. Trees with thin leaves and massive leaves, he loved them all.
When he made his rounds after a few minutes, he returned to where he left mossy, only to see that Mossy was not on top of the mound anymore. The mound was situated near a tree, and this tree was dripping a thick oozing substance from its bark. Sap. Rapp walked closer to the tree, avoiding the compost heap at all costs, when something murmured from inside the compost heap. A pair of spurs jutted out first, and they seemed to be coated in the waxy stuff. These spurs were then connected to a long ...proboscis of some sort, but it began to rub against the tree. Rapp saw no discernible eyes on this thing, and called out for Mossy.
"Hey! Moss! Where'd you go?"
He heard a murmur. From inside the heap. Rapp backed away, as the spurs on the long stick shot back inside the heap. Now he was freaked out. What if that horned thing was trying to eat Mossy? "I-I gotta go in! I gotta dive...into the compost heap...to get Mossy! Mossy means...means alot to me! Whoo ok. No Big. Here we GO!" Rapp sprinted for the heap and just when he was able to make a leap, Mossy rolled out of the heap, vines wrapped around something. Rapp immediately, caused himself to trip and crashed a foot away from the plant Pokemon, whom started to run!
"Who hey where'--"
Rapp's inquiry was cut short when a roar was heard from inside the heap, followed by the heap exploding as a Heracross burst out. Covered in compost makeup, Rapp quietly stared at the bug, whom seemed absolutely livid. The bug turned toward him, and growled, but Rapp pointed a finger to his right. Mossy was a few yards away, and making track, holding something in its vines. Turning back to look if the coast was clear, Mossy would be scooped up by the pursuing Pokemon's hands and flown into the sky.
"I TOLD YOU. STOP STEALING! NOW YER GONNA HAFTA FIGHT TO KEEP WHATEVER THAT THI..." Rapp watches as Mossy seemed to throw a powder of sorts in Heracross's face as the bug tried to fly back toward the heap. This made the bug cough, but it also allowed Mossy to break free of his grip and now fall toward the ground. Those stronger vines now snaked out and whipped at tree branches, causing Mossy to control his falling descent, until he landed nest to Rapp, box in hand. He tossed it at Rapp, who instinctively caught it.
"Oh eww Moss! It's covered in dung? What is it?" Realizing now was not the time to worry about that, he wiped it off, as Mossy jumped up and down, eager to learn what it was he pilfered as well. "Well, Mr-Thief-of-the-Woods, it says...TM..oh hey another one of those machines. This one is...hrm. Why would a Heracross want Shock Wave?" It didn't matter to Mossy why [it wanted it. It mattered that he learn it right now! He grabbed the electronic teaching device and managed too open it up. There was a screen showing how the move was to be taught to the Pokemon, but Mossy interpreted it quite quickly. Rapp watches as the light died out from the machine, and Heracross landed, looking quite sore about having lost his skill to this plant.
[Mossy Learned Shock Wave via TM!
Mossy Lv22 vs Heracross Lv25]
"Well now. You better hope we can topple this guy. We were just coming in here for the Grovyles... but I guess he'll be a good warmup. Start with a Body Sla-" Rapp couldn't even finish his statement as the bug Pokemon ran up and punched Mossy in the face rather fast, That little grass type sailed back and into Rapp's gut, felling them both. It walked over, and Mossy was slow to get up. Rapp, taking a deep breath to avoid panting, quickly gave out a command.
"I dunno what powder you did up there Mossy, but go for an Ingrain in that compost!" Mossy nodded, remembering why it was rummaging there in the first place. Running away from Heracross was a bad idea, as the bug simply parted the exoskeletal flaps on its back to reveal its wings and flew right after Mossy. Mossy turned around right as that horn speared the bush, and flung him upward...hard. Mossy crashed through trees and leaves alike, but Rapp was already tailing him, hoping to catch him before he got too bruised.
The familiar hiss caught his ears, and Rapp noted a dark silhouette in the canopy, also watching where Mossy landed. "Oh crap! Mossy! We got company! Vine whip to safety and stay in the trees! I'll be up there soon!"
The Heracross flew up to try and hear where Mossy landed, and managed too break through the canopy a bit. Rapp found a thick enough tree that had a bough he knew he could use as a starting point. He managed to jump up on it, and climb atop that bough, before running across it and jumping to another tree. Two silhouettes dashed past him in the trees, triangulating on a spot, where the bush may have landed.
"Moss! Sleep Powder cloud if you can hear me!"
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Mossy found himself spinning in the air hectically, and was unsure which was was up or down. That Heracross was pretty powerful! As flashes of green started to make themselves more apparent, Mossy extended vines all around and managed to create a web of vines that kept him from falling deeper into the treeline. This also had the side effect of making him an easy target for anything. When he felt comfortable, he retracted his vines except for a few on his lower left, the closest tree and branch he could stand on. Knowing he was hurt already from those two hits made Mossy realize this was not going to be a cake walk anymore.
Not to mention the hissing sound he now heard not too far away. Those damn Grovyle's were back. Knowing Rapp would need time to get here, Mossy planted himself in the crux of that tree branch, and ingrained into it. The Heracross, luckily, came into Mossy's sights first, and he wanted to get that guy out of the way. So he threw a piece of bark at it. Hera felt the wood hit him in the head, and turned to spy his quarry right there, only a few feet away. Horn first, Hera went diving for the grasser. Reluctant to get stabbed by that horn again, Mossy channeled his energy in a more...explosive way. The energy changed from a soothing feeling to more independent, too independent. Erratic even. It surged forth in its own circular pattern, honing in on Heracross's impeding flight path.
The bolts struck and slowed the bug down, forcing it to crash into the canopy. The hissing of the Grovyles soon followed that noise, giving Mossy a much needed break to rejuvenate. A rustling came from Mossy's left side now and he turned to see what this threat may be. That telltale horn gave it away too early, and Mossy crouched down, unsure how Heracross managed to fall to his east, but manage to get to the west side before the Grovyles. It didn't matter, as Heracross came bumbling up once more. Glaring at the plant, he made a motion to slash him out of the tree. The claws landed on Mossy's hide, but the Pokemon made sure his vines flipped onto Heracross, and seeded themselves in!
That dark slash took off another hefty chunk, but now with Hera Leech Seeded, and poisoned, maybe he could make up the difference. Ingraining helped again, as goblets of pale green orbs floated over to Tangela, whom metastasized them readily enough. Heracross though, forced himself to land on the tree branch, giving Mossy something to worry about. Not because he was still trying to stall, but because Hera was looking down.
Down at the pack of Grovyles below, whom all seemed to be waiting for a loser to this match. Hera then turned to Tangela and lowered his horn. Out of ideas Mossy just gripped the tree as tight as he could, as Hera shouted a battle cry.
"Mossy! Release yourself and do a swinging Body Slam!"
Mossy heard the words, but couldn't move for a moment. That horn got terribly close though and Mossy's vines seemed to melt out of the tree and allowed him to fall to the right. One Grovyle lunged just then as Hera 's attack barely missed Mossy. Mossy judged the distance as best he could and wrapped his vines around the tree branch. The Grovyle was used as s kicking point to further himself away from the tree branch, and Mossy jumped up, before puling himself back like a Yo-yo. Hera turned and received a Tangela to his gut, knocking them both to the west. Mossy released his vines from the branch and that allowed the pair of them to sail a good few feet, before Hera's back hit a branch, bouncing Mossy off and on his own flight path.
Hera fell to the grassy floor, and Rapp was lunging right after, closely tailed by the Grovyle. But Mossy was ready this time and dove for Rapp. Hera recovered and swooped back into the sky, dead set on bringing Mossy down. His hands were tucked in, and he looked like a flying blue bullet to Mossy, but this plan was going to work.
Hera attack connected, but so did Mossy's, a Sleep Powder Cloud that blanketed Hera, Rapp and the incoming Grovyles. Mossy bounced backwards from the collision of all 5 bodies, and landed in the heap. Hera kept flying up from his strike and crashed into a tree branch. This tree branch spun down and landed on the Grovyle's, pinning them there. Hera barely felt anything as his wings stopped and he fell back to the ground, bouncing once upon impact.
Rapp tucked and rolled, managing to get the spores on his compost infested coat. Tearing it off to avoid the effects, he looked to Mossy, who looked like crap.
"Ok. Ingrain now, and then Absorb! We gotta take advantage while he's down!"
Mossy nodded and did just that, sucking back into the earth like a real bush. The Heracross stayed sound asleep, still afflicted by the poisoning. The Grovyles began calling for help, but Rapp began to edge toward Mossy. He once again began making a plan for a escape, should Mossy pull this off. Mossy was concentrating on nothing but Heracross now, Absorbing as best he could. It wasn't much, but it was enough to get himself back into meager shape. Hera stayed down long enough for 2 Absorbs.
Mossy though, began to look winded. Rapp pondered how much Mossy could take, before Heracross was back up and bounded over. Its heavy hands started to furiously slash at Mossy, whom seemed relatively ok, as he was vine whipping back each blow. The two Pokemon kept this up for about 7 to 8 exchanges, before Mossy finally broke through with a Shock Wave in his parrying vines.
The electric attack threw Heracross back, as he was not expecting a electrified vine to strike him. The bug got up to try another technique, but stumbled forward. His body was in shock from the poisoning finally, and Mossy finally seemed to be gaining the upper hand. Hera growled, and forced himself up once more, before throwing another speedy attack at Mossy! Damn this thing.
A thud behind Rapp got his attention. The Grovyles managed to get the log off of them. "Mossy-End him now. Shock Wave, and let's go!" Mossy understood, and did just that. The close ranged Heracross was no match for the third Shockwave, and fell over in a defeated heap. As the Grovyles turned their attention to the tired but still viable Mossy, Rapp scooped him up and held him out. He also scooped up his coat and gave it to Mossy.
"They get near us, shake my coat. It still has your sleep spores on it." The Grovyles stared Rapp down, and Rapp quietly counted three of them. He grunted, and sprinted for the nearest exit now. As he thought, the Grovyles gave chase. Mossy smirked this time as the Grovyles tried to attack from either side. He draped the coat over Rapp and himself and began to beat the spores out of it with his vines. The Spores flew out of the coat fibers, and would catch the Grovyle pack off guard, dropping them like flies.
When the Grovyle threat was eliminated, Mossy hopped free of Rapp's arms and handed him his garment. Rapp took it back lightly, and smirked "Good job Mossy, with that Heracross. That was awesome!"
[Mossy grew to lv24!]
Rapp walked forward, managing the terrain ahead to make sure it was clear. In the distance, he could see the point from which they entered. Glad it was clear, Rapp called over to Mossjito, whom seemed to be playing with something. "Hey Mossy. Come on. Let's get you fixed up and showered!"
Mossy nodded and took one more gaze at the wild jungle room. Then he looked down, and rummaged in his vines. Out was pulled a leaf-like feather. A Grovyle feather. Stuffing it back in his vines, he ran after his trainer-eager to get out of here with his treasure from before. Rapp didn't really need to know, right?
Originally Posted by Heald
I do feel sorry for Eshree for having attracted his attention twice in 6 years.
Re: ¤Game¤ Dragon Tamers Battle Range v.23 {MA Pidgeot}
I really enjoyed it. I think my favorite part was Water Angel's interjection in her POV, which caught me completely off-guard. And Hero's response was good too. In fact, I think I just like Hero. XD
I'd give her a hug if I could. Although I can see the advantage in getting away from Raini.
