Catching Victory (A Pokemon Quest)

"Eva, Leviathan, you ready"

"So, two on one. If you keep getting me into stuff like this, I'm gonna have to go on strike" Eva says.

"Come on, you have Leviathan with you." You try to reassure Eva.

Eva slowly turns to Leviathan, who was flailing on the ground. If Magikarp couldn't breath regular air, you'd think that he was sufficating.

"...so like I said, two on one. I hope you have a revive with you, Bard" Eva said as she got ready to battle.

"Alright, Growlithe, let's make some noise" Cris said, releasing her pokemon.

"Ponyta, let's go!" Chris called out as he released his pokemon.

[] Give orders (Write in)
[] Let them fight.
 
Uh-oh. Have fun, Eva!

@MData
1. So is this an outright 1v1v2 battle? Or a 1v1v2 battle in which the two Rangers are likely to cooperate at times? Or an outright 2v2 battle?
2. Has Eva developed her Confusion attack into a Psybeam yet?

I'm thinking something along the lines of Eva using Leviathan as a shield against fire-type attacks. She'll keep Leviathan between her and the two fire-types. Leviathan surprise-tackles them if they get close using his 'speed'*. Meanwhile, Eva spams her strongest psychic-type attack with the occasional Growl mixed in--both are ranged and can stack debuffs.

*Why the hell does Magikarp have such a high speed stat? :confused:

 
1. So is this an outright 1v1v2 battle? Or a 1v1v2 battle in which the two Rangers are likely to cooperate at times? Or an outright 2v2 battle?
There's a 50-50 chance that Chris and Cris will cooperate. Mainly because their respective pokemon's fire attacks can't hurt their own pokemon as much, making Eva the biggest threat.

2. Has Eva developed her Confusion attack into a Psybeam yet?
Yes.
I'm thinking something along the lines of Eva using Leviathan as a shield against fire-type attacks. She'll keep Leviathan between her and the two fire-types. Leviathan surprise-tackles them if they get close using his 'speed'*. Meanwhile, Eva spams her strongest psychic-type attack with the occasional Growl mixed in--both are ranged and can stack debuffs.
On using Magikarp as a shield.

 
There's a 50-50 chance that Chris and Cris will cooperate. Mainly because their respective pokemon's fire attacks can't hurt their own pokemon as much, making Eva the biggest threat.
Ah, gotcha.
Woohoo! Psybeam time.
On using Magikarp as a shield.
*pats Leviathan on the head*
We'll make you into an adorable rage-beast yet!

[x] Play Psybeam and Tackle
-[x] Eva keeps her distance, firing off Psybeams and occasional Growls.
-[x] If enemies are distracted or too close, get Leviathan to Tackle them
-[x] Forfeit if either starts to get too injured.

So...we'll hope that they underestimate Leviathan. And that Eva lays down a few strong Psybeams and Growls before the Rangers catch on to the strat. Any tweaks y'all would want to make? Or entirely different plans?
 
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First of all, I hate you people right now.

Second, you realize we have to shout these orders to them, right? That gives the strat away right off the bat.

Third, If you actually thought using Leviathan as a living shield was a good idea, I feel really bad for our future.

Fourth. I really hate people right now.

[X] Let them fight.

There's no reason to micromanage this battle, I feel.
 
First of all, I hate you people right now.

Second, you realize we have to shout these orders to them, right? That gives the strat away right off the bat.

Third, If you actually thought using Leviathan as a living shield was a good idea, I feel really bad for our future.

Fourth. I really hate people right now.
Hmm. What what were you considering this battle as? I'm just taking it as part of Bard's training and experimentation, both in general and in preparation for the Grass gym in town.

Verbal commands shouldn't be much of a problem, since Bard just needs to shout them out as necessary. I went with providing a plan, not the verbal orders themselves. Dunno whether Eva's telepathy is helpful here.

And Leviathan would be less a shield than just a weird obstacle that the fire-types won't know how to deal with at first, since it sounds like they're only taking Eva seriously. If the opportunity arises, we'll order Leviathan to do a Tackle.

I'm ok with just letting them do their thing, since I bet Eva would use a similar strat anyway. It's not as if she would want to get closer to the fire types' attacks. But both Leviathan and Eva are probably trusting us to give at least some orders in this battle, so I think we should tell them something to do.
 
Hmm. What what were you considering this battle as? I'm just taking it as part of Bard's training and experimentation, both in general and in preparation for the Grass gym in town.

Verbal commands shouldn't be much of a problem, since Bard just needs to shout them out as necessary. I went with providing a plan, not the verbal orders themselves. Dunno whether Eva's telepathy is helpful here.

And Leviathan would be less a shield than just a weird obstacle that the fire-types won't know how to deal with at first, since it sounds like they're only taking Eva seriously. If the opportunity arises, we'll order Leviathan to do a Tackle.
Training for fighting Trainers. My biggest problems are: convoluted rule that nobody uses in official matches, and sending Leviathan against trainers when she only knows tackle, while our entire team is at 100%.

If Eva's telepathy is passive and doesn't require her conscious effort to listen, then it might, but we'd probably still be yelling the orders anyway, because it's easier that way and Bard doesn't know if Eva can use Telepathy while fighting yet. (unless I missed something).

Of course they are only taking Eva seriously. Magikarp only learns Splash and Tackle unless you pump it with TMs/HMs, so it's mostly useless in a real fight and can almost always be safely ignored, especially in land battles where its movement is probably limited due to the 'not having any limbs' thing.
 
Training for fighting Trainers. My biggest problems are: convoluted rule that nobody uses in official matches, and sending Leviathan against trainers when she only knows tackle, while our entire team is at 100%.
Ah, yes. I just re-read my earlier posts, and I think I was trying to come up with a battle format that was:
1) More ridiculous yet still interesting to read, after my original 2v2v2 idea was shot down.
2) Included teamwork of some kind.
3) Had all three trainers participating on three separate sides.
4) Then later on, I wanted to give Leviathan some XP too.

And when all of those are combined, it's a convoluted mess. My bad. And now everyone's just kinda lost. >_>

I'll just hope that everyone's back on board after this battle concludes. There are quite a few things Bard still needs to do in this area, whether it's suggestions for bonding with Leviathan, preparing our team for the Grass-type gym, or learning more about what Team Olympus is up to.
 
If Eva's telepathy is passive and doesn't require her conscious effort to listen, then it might, but we'd probably still be yelling the orders anyway, because it's easier that way and Bard doesn't know if Eva can use Telepathy while fighting yet. (unless I missed something).
Bard doesn't know if she can. While she can, she's using it to avoid the enemy pokemon's (and allied pokemon's) attacks. Trying to listen to Bard in the middle of a fight would be like having two conversations at once.

Anyway, I've planned out the battle but I've been busy lately. I'm going to finish typing it up tonight or tomorrow.
 
Bard doesn't know if she can. While she can, she's using it to avoid the enemy pokemon's (and allied pokemon's) attacks. Trying to listen to Bard in the middle of a fight would be like having two conversations at once.

Anyway, I've planned out the battle but I've been busy lately. I'm going to finish typing it up tonight or tomorrow.
So something we need to specifically develop first
 
Unlikely Victory
"Give it your all!!" You yell.

"Got it!" Elgyem says. Soon after she says it, she fires a magenta beam of psychic energy more powerful that you've ever seen from her. The beam flies at the Growlithe but the Ponyta leaps in front if it, taking the blast for him. The Growlithe didn't waste any time, firing an Ember blast at Eva. Eva dives to the left just in time to avoid it but she dives right into the path of the charging Ponyta, body wreathed in flames. Leviathan tries to tackle Ponyta, but he just plows through her,

Eva lands with a thud, quickly pushing herself up and shaking the cobwebs out of her head. She looks up just in time to see Growlithe readying another fire attack.

Not this time. She thinks as she gets ready to fire another Psybeam and fires. This time, the purple beam sails past the Ponyta and hits the Growlithe in the chest, sending his Ember flying off course.

Ponyta looks at the fallen Growlithe and lets out an angry snort before charging at Eva, once again wreathed in flames. Eva tries to dive to the side to avoid the Flame Wheel. However, Ponyta suddenly changes direction and slams into Eva causing her to get sent flying.

Growlithe, still reeling from the Psybeam, tries to push himself up. Leviathan however, tackles him back to the ground before he can get up. Annoyed, Growlithe lets out a lot growl and sinks his teeth into Leviathan.

*crack*

One of his molars cracks when trying to bite down on Leviathan's hard outer body. Growlithe lets out a loud whine

"Shi- are you alright, Growlithe" Chris asks the pokemon.

Back with Eva, she growls as the Ponyta charges at her, clearly intent on finishing the job. You're racking your brain for a strategy, anything that could turn this around.

"Don't worry, Bard, I have an idea" Eva says to you before turning around and sprinting in the opposite direction away from the Ponyta.

"Hey! There's no running from a trainer battle! That goes for pokemon, too!" Cris yells as Ponyta gives chase. Because if the Ponyta's higher speed, he still manages to close the distance between them.

But before Ponyta can catch up, Eva scrambles up the tree. Ponyta, for his part, doesn't stop, intent on knocking the tree down with brute force.

"Stop!" Cris lets out a panicked yell at the Ponyta who skids to a halt. "You'll cause a forest fire! Knock the tree down!"

Ponyta let's out a snort, clearly not happy at the loss of momentum before turning around to kick the tree over. Before he can buck however, Eva fires a magenta beam of psychic energy at the Ponyta,striking him in the back of the head. Ponyta is knocked out as soon as the beam hits and he collapses like a pile of bricks.

But before you can celebrate, a heavily charred Leviathan tumbles to your feet, thrown there by a very angry Growlithe.Growlithe turns to Eva but is hit in the face. The Psybeams combined with his scuffle with Leviathan prove too much for him and he collapses.

"We... lost?" Cris asks, a dumfounded expression on her face.

"Well... looks like we did." Chris says, recalling his Growlithe.

"Huh..." Cris says as she recalls her Ponyta, dumfounded as to how they lost to what was effectively a single pokemon. "I... I guess this belongs to you." She gives you your prize money. "Well, Chris and I need to finish our patrol."

"You gonna be alright?" You ask. "I mean, your pokemon..."

"We have revives and a third pokemon" Cris says. "We'll get back in town in a few hours. But for now, we gotta keep going. C'mon Chris!" She yells as she leaves, waving at Chris to follow her."

"That Elgyem of yours is real strong." Chris says. "A frigging beast."

"Come on!" Cris yells from a distance.

"Coming!" Chris yells after her. "Maybe I'll see you later" He runs off to follow his partner.

"Heh... I can't believe it. I actually took them both on at once!" Eva says, though she's out of breath after using so much of her power in a short amount of time. "You think I could get the next couple of hours off? I think I earned that much."

"Done." You say with a smile. "But how did you know that it would work?"

"Cris was worried about starting a fire. Apparently it hasn't rained in a while and there was a fire here a few months back. So, I saw the tree and figured 'She isn't going to have Ponyta use a fire attack if I'm in it, So one thing lead to another and..."

[] I'll admit, that was good thinking. Nice work, Eva.
[] Don't do that again. Keep to reading the other pokemon's mind.

Now, it was around 9:00 am. Still plenty of time in the day.

[] Go to the Pokemon Center
- Heal Pokemon/Reconfigure Party

[] Go to the Poke Mart.
- [] Pokeball (200 each)
- [] Great Ball (600 each)
- [] Potion (300 each)
- [] Super Potion (700 each)
- [] Antidote (100 each)
- [] Awakening (250 each)
- [] Parliz Heal (200 each)
- [] Burn Heal (250 each)
- [] Ice Heal (250 each)

[] Go to the Museum.
[] Go to the Safari Zone.
[] Walk around the town and talk to people.
[] Look for Pokemon around Route 303.
[] Train your pokemon against the ones in Route 303.
[] Look for trainers on Route 303.

[] Go to the Midnight Mansion
- [] Keep to the exterior.
- [] Go inside

[] Go to the Onega Town Pokemon Gym.

Earned 840 PokeDollars.
 
Ok, I'll edit in a coherent vote later. I'm cracking up at the moment. I know we shouldn't discourage our team from thinking creatively, but Eva's nonchalant trickiness is scary. :rofl:

Edit: Hmm. Leviathan's injuries & sorta-burns could be problematic. And this was her first battle. What do y'all think? Pokemon Center, take a break & chat with our team, then back to training?

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[X] I'll admit, that was good thinking. Nice work, Eva.
[X] Go to the Pokemon Center
-[X] Heal Pokemon
[X] Train your pokemon against the ones in Route 303.
-[X] Keep working on Leviathan
 
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[X] I'll admit, that was good thinking. Nice work, Eva.
[X] Go to the Pokemon Center
-[X] Heal Pokemon
[X] Train your pokemon against the ones in Route 303.
-[X] Keep working on Leviathan
 
[X] I'll admit, that was good thinking. Nice work, Eva.
[X] Go to the Pokemon Center
-[X] Heal Pokemon
[X] Train your pokemon against the ones in Route 303.
 
Sorry for not responding earlier. I got swamped by the project I need to pass in order to graduate and right after that, I got sick. I actually thought of Eva going up that tree while I was in the "Couldn't move, can barely breath" stage of illness, so I guess that's a silver lining.
 
[X] I'll admit, that was good thinking. Nice work, Eva.
[X] Go to the Pokemon Center
-[X] Heal Pokemon
[X] Train your pokemon against the ones in Route 303.
-[X] Keep working on Leviathan
 
[X] I'll admit, that was good thinking. Nice work, Eva.
[X] Go to the Pokemon Center
-[X] Heal Pokemon
[X] Train your pokemon against the ones in Route 303.
-[X] Keep working on Leviathan
 
[X] I'll admit, that was good thinking. Nice work, Eva.
[X] Go to the Pokemon Center
-[X] Heal Pokemon
[X] Train your pokemon against the ones in Route 303.
-[X] Keep working on Leviathan

soon leviathan will live up to its name!
 
Training
While you are waiting for your pokemon to get healed. It's around 9:15 and several trainers are just now leaving the Pokemon Center to start on their days. The TV was playing a rerun of Unovian Idol so you decided to call up a friend of yours, just to see how they're doing. Todd didn't pick up, but Benny did, and you've been talking for the past few minutes

"...glad that Superstar's finally trying to actually make something of himself" Benny says on the other end of the video screen on your PokeGear. He's a little younger than you but he's much taller and thinner, as if someone stretched him out when he was born. He has thick curly blond hair and brown eyes. He's wearing a dirty orange shirt.

"Well... yeah. I had to get to work on the family tradition. If I mess up, Mom's gonna kick my ass." You say with a smile.

"Your mom would kick your ass if she heard you saying 'ass'." Benny says, letting out a chuckle.

"True, true" you concede. "Anyway, how's-"

"Bard, your pokemon are fully restored" The Nurse says from the counter.

"Look, I gotta go my team's patched up. Talk to you later. And say hi to Nadia for me, alright?"

"Alright, man. See ya." He waves goodbye before the screen goes dark.

After you pick up your team, you leave to train your pokemon. However, since your pokemon have to support Leviathan, it takes away from their own training.

Neptune gets worn down while trying to help Leviathan, so when he has to train on his own, his performance suffers.

Moondust doesn't encounter any Ponyta this time, though he learns how to use poison powder during the training.

Philosoraptor is a little more aggressive than she was before. Attacking where she would have dodged before. However, she doesn't improve much.

Eva tries to help Leviathan improve during her training. She says that it's because she wants to be on Leviathan's good side when she evolves. You admit, you want to be on her good side too. However, this training, combined with her earlier battle, help her improve.

Fluffy gets a little stronger, and even learns how to use the cotton growing out of her to slow down enemies.

It isn't much, but Leviathan gets a little faster and hits a little harder as time goes by.

Before you know it, it's around 11 o'clock. It'll be a little after noon by the time you get back to Onega at this rate. Your party is in relatively good shape.

"Great work everyone." You say to your team. They look to be in pretty good shape considering the training you've put them through.

"Tox! Dus Dus!" Moondust brags about his performance

"Cott. Cottonee." Fluffy says, trying to calm him down.

"Elgyem. Elg" Eva says, rolling her eyes.

"Dus-... Dustox!" Moondust says, clearly flustered. You decide not to ask what that was about right now as they continue the conversation.

[] Go to the Onega Town Pokemon Gym.

[] Go to the Pokemon Center
- Heal Pokemon/Reconfigure Party

[] Go to the Poke Mart.
- [] Pokeball (200 each)
- [] Great Ball (600 each)
- [] Potion (300 each)
- [] Super Potion (700 each)
- [] Antidote (100 each)
- [] Awakening (250 each)
- [] Parliz Heal (200 each)
- [] Burn Heal (250 each)
- [] Ice Heal (250 each)

[] Go to the Museum.
[] Go to the Safari Zone.
[] Walk around the town and talk to people.

[] Heal your pokemon and keep going (-2 Potions)
- [] Look for Pokemon to catch around Route 303.
- [] Train your pokemon against the ones in Route 303.
- [] Look for trainers on Route 303.

- [] Go to the Midnight Mansion
- [] Keep to the exterior.
- [] Go inside
 
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