A Journey of Two, a Pokemon Story

Alright, I'll be calling the vote here. Looks like you're going for Staryu's plan, which is somewhat surprising to me honestly. As it is, that one was the riskiest overall just due to the sheer rate of activity. That being said, it's also the one best served for seizing initiative and capturing Team Rocket members.

Roll Order for your Pokemon
Dratini, Pineco, Chansey, Magnemite
Staryu, Eevee, Bronzor


Well, this is going to be far more exciting than I thought. As it is, it looks like a few members of Team Rocket are able to intercept you at one point leading to a fair bit of chaos.

Violet wasn't sure about Staryu's plan. She favored a much more cautious and boring approach, stacking the deck as much as they could before engaging in battle. However, Willow and Staryu made some excellent points, explaining that a more aggressive strategy would make the broader fight easier as a whole. Dratini also began to champion Staryu's plan which helped convince Violet of its viability. Pineco looked a little out of sorts, having created and refined her own plan over the hour. But while she disliked the result, she abided by it all the same.

She let Willow take the lead on the first day, and the two of them hiked swiftly through the mountains. After around an hour, however, they wound up switching, for Violet had explored the mountains before and was far more perceptive when it came to signs of human presence. It only took them a few hours to find their first Team Rocket trainer, a tall grunt with a Pidgy. Violet almost felt bad triple-teaming the trainer with Magnemite, Dratini, and Pineco.

And while she spent a few minutes cleaning up, Willow had tracked down a second trainer who also had a Pidgy. And by the time Violet caught up to her rival, Staryu, Eevee, and Bronzor had dealt with the grunt. It was only in the evening late and night where the duo ran into a trainer that may have spelled trouble … if they fought fair. When the grunt threw out a Zubat and Rattatta, Violet cocked an eyebrow and threw out everyone.

This was a much trickier affair, however, and Violet was forced to have Pineco act autonomously as she simply didn't have the mental acuity needed to control more than three Pokemon at once. Two was hard enough, three felt like she was juggling hoops. However, the numbers disparity easily won her the day, with Pineco and Magnemite taking just a single hit each during the fight.

Once done with her opponent, Violet hiked further to the designated meeting spot where Willow had set up camp for the two of them. At the shy girl's request, the two of them took a selfie together, which Violet sent to her parents. Blushing at the far too enthusiastic reply from her mom, she decided to not respond for a few hours. She didn't need, nor want past worries from her parents resurfacing in conversation.

As the sun set and the two trainers began to doze off, Violet mustered up the courage to ask Willow some more personal questions. "S-so, why did you become a trainer?"

The energetic girl grinned widely and jumped into a rather lengthy story complete with very enthusiastic, unnecessary arm motions. There weren't any real surprises in it, Willow became a trainer because she thought it was cool and had the good fortune of finding a Staryu whilst young. Since then she'd been following a somewhat niche trainer in Hoenn whose ace was a Regieleki. That influenced her style of battle considerably, with Willow focusing a lot on speed and unorthodox maneuvers (even if she still didn't have any that worked).

When the two trainers woke up the next day, they continued their devastation of Team Rocket trainers, finding another three during the day and winning through superior numbers, Pokemon, and strategy. Their next camp was a bit more haphazard, set up by Willow once more, although this time she was distracted by Eevee who had a slight injury from overexertion during the day. As a result, their fire had burned longer than they had wanted, and the camp was less put together than normal. Something which would come to bite them the following morning.

Violet woke to the sound of whispers. Shooting to her feet, she immediately hissed, "Willow, we have company."

Willow tried to get up, before remembering the sleeping bag. Unzipping it swiftly, she got to her feet and threw out Staryu and Bronzor. "How many?" Willow whispered to Violet.

Before the shy girl could answer, a man began a slow golf clap. Stepping forward into sight, Violet saw the large R on his shirt and knew exactly who this person was. "Well, well, well," he said like a stereotypical villain in a movie. "So, you're the two trainers causing us so many problems."

Willow smirked in response, very willing to engage in some trash talk. "You really are just a walking stereotype. What's next? Your goons show themselves?"

The smirk on his face immediately disappeared, replaced by an expression of intense irritation. "You got lucky with the guess, trainee." He growled, motioning forward another set of trainers.

Another trainer stepped in from behind them. Wearing a matching shirt with a large R on it, Violet immediately clocked her as being on par with the male trainer in front of them. Glancing around, the shy girls spotted four lesser trainers, each of them far below her skill level. "I'm so glad you all showed up," Willow replied with a smirk, "It's so much easier than having to hunt you down one by one."

The lead male trainer lazily tossed a Pokeball, momentarily exposing their belt of Pokeballs in the process. As a tough Houndoom appeared, Violet was more focused on the belt, spotting only a second Pokeball. "Let's see how tough you are when Houndoom breaks that stupid starfish over its knee."

"Really?" Willow asked in amusement. "You think your Houndoom can take my Staryu?" The type advantage was certainly helpful, although she would have to watch out for Thunder Fang.

"It's not a one-on-one," replied the female trainer who tossed out an Arbok with significant muscles around the jaw.

"We're gonna kick your asses all the way to Pewter you newbies!" Yelled one of the inexperienced Rockets as each of them sent their own Pokemon. Numbering a total of 2 Rattata and 2 Zubat.

Moments before a proper fight was about to begin in earnest, Violet adjusted her hat and appraisingly gazed at the Pokemon and trainers arrayed against her. The Rattata and Zubats were only issues due to their numbers, individually they were all incredibly weak. The Arbok and Houndoom were the real dangers, but the Rockets would have been better served sending out all of their Pokemon at once rather than what they were currently doing.

"Could you take the Arbok?" Willow asked in a softer voice. "I can make quick work of the Houndoom."

Violet nodded, it was doable even if Arbok would be a major problem for Pineco. And its Fire Fang could cause issues for Magnemite as well. "Will the rest be a problem?"

Willow thumbed her last Pokeball which she hadn't shown off yet. "Eevee has that handled."

Moments later, the battle began.



Violet's Perceptive Trait Kicks in!

Willow's Staryu will use its superior speed to sneak in a Confuse Ray before swapping between Water Gun, Rapid Spin, and Minimize. It will maintain range with Houndoom forcing it into a ranged engagement.

Willow's Bronzor will hang back and step in if it looks like Staryu is in danger of being hit. It will then absorb the blow before using Gyro Ball on the Pokemon that hit it. If it finds an opportunity, it will use Confusion or Hypnosis.

Willow's Eevee will go after the four weaker Pokemon, using primarily Swift and its immense speed advantage to prevent them from interfering.

Houndoom will charge in and use Thunder Fang on Staryu and continuously try to hunt it down.

Arbok will charge at whatever the strongest Pokemon Violet sends out is and use Ice Fang, Bite, Fire Fang, or Thunder Fang based on what would be most effective against it. Arbok will be exceedingly aggressive.

The two Rattata will try and harass your Pokemon with Tail Whips and Quick Attacks.

The two Zubats will try and harass your Pokemon with Supersonic and Absorb.

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