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@@Umbreon, Phanpy cried out happily, then led the Cubchoo to Stella. This pokemon seemed to have quite the... interesting personality. Not one Phanpy particularly liked, but that was alright. Once the two had arrived, Phanpy looked to be beaming. It had finally done something right, after all. Phanpy hadn't exactly helped manners much up to this point. Stella said nothing for a second, causing Phanpy to worry. Had he not done his job right? However, her silence was really more of a loss of words. This just had to be the cutest pokemon of all time! Plus, it could help her defeat Clair! Instead of fangirling aloud like her mind currently was, Stella took a deep breath, and knelt in front of the Cubchoo. "Hai there!" She said, in an overly chipper voice, then tried to pat the Cubchoo on the head. @@Umbreon, @, "Alright, Psybeam again!" Elias commanded his pokemon, who looked around frantically for Bunnelby. Elias clearly didn't know what was going on. When Bunnelby did reappear, it was right near Clefairy. That was a shot Elgyem wasn't exactly comfortable taking. So, it shot the Psybeam a bit away from both Bunnelby and Clefairy. The idea was to skim Bunnelby, hopefully knocking it away, but leave Clefairy unharmed. Whether the tactic would work or not was anyone's guess. When Elias heard the attack hit something, he tilted his head slightly. That had seemed to take a long time. Wait. Wouldn't now be a good time to catch the thing? Surely it would! But how would he go about this? Abigail was nearby, so if he just threw the ball randomly she'd think him an idiot. A blind idiot, to be precise. "Eh. Elgyem!" Elias yelled, pulling an empty pokeball out and throwing it at his own pokemon. Elgyem picked the ball up, and tilted it's head. "Bunnelby simply can't combat the ball with you maneuvering it, right? So, try catching the thing." Elgyem looked at the pokeball with a confused expression for a bit, then tried to hit Bunnelby with it. Should it succeed, Elgyem would try holding it shut as well. That might help.

@, @@Umbreon, @@Antismurf9001, @, @@Vaporeon, - Day 2 - This particular night in the Unova region seemed to be particularly peaceful. Not much had happened. Though anyone staying on Route 4 may have heard cars passing by. Though the sounds were easily slept through. Today looked like it was going to be rather pleasant weather wise, though a few clouds hung in the sky. ((Not much to say in this post. Descriptions for Route 4, and Skyarrow Bridge have been updated.))

@@Umbreon, The action of Cubchoo falling forward then grabbing onto Phanpy caused Phanpy, and hopefully Cubchoo as well, to be pushed back to the ground that wasn't quite so icy. Phanpy trumpeted his trunk in amusement. This ice was fun! But he couldn't get too distracted. Stella had asked him to do something. Phanpy took a few steps backwards, and motioned for Cubchoo to follow. @@Umbreon, @, Before Elgyem was able to be pushed into Krabby, it used Protect, therefore remaining completely unharmed by the move. Elgyem then began to shroud itself in a blue light, using Cosmic Power. Elias gritted his teeth, then pushed a hand through his hair as to attempt to hide his obvious frustration. I can't tell what's going on when there's not a trainer calling the shots. I guess I'll have to leave this up to Elgyem... That's a bad plan isn't it? He thought, before pointing a finger at his pokemon, temporarily forgetting he was still holding Bonsly. "Elgyem, make sure Bunnelby can't attack." He said. Elgyem nodded. The command was vague, in other words meaning "do whatever you want", while also giving the illusion that Elias knew what was happening. Elgyem fired another Psybeam at Bunnelby. Hopefully this one would do some damage.

@@Umbreon, Phanpy tilted its head at Cubchoo's antics. What an odd pokemon it was. But, nonetheless, Stella had asked Phanpy to make friends with it. Phanpy liked making friends, so this order was one Phanpy particularly wished to complete successfully. Phanpy trumpeted with his trunk again in determination, and took a step onto the ice towards Cubchoo. The ground type slowly walked towards Cubchoo. It wasn't bothered by the ice very much, due to its typing. When Phanpy had reached Cubchoo, it lent its trunk out towards it, waiting for Cubchoo to grab on. @, @@Umbreon, "Eh? Grass type?" Elias questioned, patting Bonsly's head again. The pokemon definitely had a rocky exterior, which last he checked, grass types did not. Not that it mattered anyway. The pokedex entry had said Bonsly liked arid environments. "But my pokedex said..." The boy was cut off by a sudden cry from a Clefairy. Abigail's, he presumed. Judging by her words, a Bunnelby was making an attempt to steal some berries of hers. Elgyem confirmed this hypothesis. Elias scoffed. She was just going to let a pokemon walk all over her like that? That simply would not be tolerated! "My apologies, Abigail, but I refuse to let a pokemon just obtain what it wants on such bad behaviour. Elgyem!" He said, as Elgyem cautiously floated towards Bunnelby. The psychic type sighed. For someone so flirtatious, Elias certainly didn't understand how the female mind worked. This would certainly make Abigail mad. Thanks to Clefairy's loosened grip, Elgyem was able to levitate the berries away from the fairy. It held them near Abigail in an attempt to give them back. "Now, Psybeam!" Elgyem nodded before firing a multicolored beam of energy at Bunnelby.

Burgh put away the pokeball, and motioned for the remaining trainer to leave. He scurried out the door, leaving only Tempest and Burgh in the gym. "You needn't worry, Tempest. I'll make sure we battle tomorrow. For now, I'd recommend a good night's sleep." ((Ok. Next day will be starting soon, as I said, so I'd recommend heading to a pokemon centre. x3))

"No, no. That's fine." Burgh said, holding out a pokeball. It most likely contained the pokemon he wished to lead with. "Due to the time, I suppose I'll have to make this quick. You have three pokemon with you, right?" Burgh tilted his head slightly. The trainer looked to only have two pokemon, unless his third was a Gyarados or something, and therefore far too large to leave outside its pokeball most of the time.

((Day two will be starting soon, most likely the post after this one. Heading to the nearest pokemon centre is probably the easiest way to get a place to spend the night.)) "Alright! Excellent! A trainer with good taste, I see." Burgh said, spreading his arms out. However, Burgh didn't summon his first pokemon. Instead, he asked the trainer a few questions. "Now, how many badges do you have, boy? Most people who challenge me already have a least one, meaning that you'd need at least 3 pokemon if that was the case. And may I ask your name? One of the trainers who had been battling exited the gym. It was pretty late, after all. - Nimbasa City - Nimbasa was well known to be a busy city. Today was no exception. The musical was currently on, by the looks of the bright flashes coming from the windows. The amusement park looked to be out of service, though one could still access the gym. Quite a few people were exiting the subway, which had surprisingly rustic architecture for what the building was used for. Right beside it was a building mirroring the same rustic look. It was presumably the one housing the Seekers, with black embellishments. The crowd of Nimbasa pushed away most wildlife to their designated routes. However, in an alley behind the pokemon centre, a Poochyena and Meowth looked to be fighting each other. A Togepi hid behind the ferris wheel in the amusement park. ------ As Lurele entered the city, her egg began to glow. It had been glowing on and off, and shaking slightly for a while now, but Lurele might not have noticed such events due to the whole Keldeo fiasco. Nonetheless, Stella must have given her the egg when it was already near hatching, as it was now shaking. After some time of this, the egg appeared to have disappeared from the incubator. The pokeball attached to the incubator's button was glowing red. New data has been put in Lurele's pokedex. ((Not much to say to this post. Mind posting again? Sorry about that, but I don't want to put you in a pokecenter in case you want to go somewhere else instead, and god modding is no fun. x3)) Tentacool's speed was simply no match for Growlithe's. It was struck by the take down, this time fainting. Good thing, too, as Growlithe probably couldn't have taken anymore recoil damage. Cecil began to speak up after the water type had fainted, causing Roxie to draw her attention even farther away from the battle. She said nothing in response this time. Roxie was most likely far too embarrassed to even speak, something that didn't happen to her very often. When she did notice her Tentacool's fate, she groaned and returned it to its pokeball. "Whatever." She shrugged, throwing a badge at Cecil. "I'll ignore the fact you cheated if you get out of my gym. Now." Dwebble continued to run around until Cilla spoke up. It looked up curiously at her, then to the pokeball at the ground. What was that thing? Dwebble looked shocked and frightened at the same time by this contraption. It poked the top of it with one of its pincers. Once Dwebble had confirmed the contraption was not something to be scared by, it began to run around it. Dwebble clearly didn't know what this thing was. The bug type soon noticed part of the contraption that protruded from the rest. The button on it, to be precise. It slowly poked it, pushing it in so the ball opened, and absorbed the pokemon in a red light. The pokeball shook slowly. One... Two... Three. The pokeball remained shut. Dwebble has been caught.

@@Umbreon, "Excellent work, Gyarados!" Stella said after her pokemon had finished knocking out Zoroark. Perhaps it was a good idea to catch a Magikarp after all, though the giant blue pokemon was a little threatening. Or at least, it would be if it didn't keep the same disposition as Magikarp. Gyarados had brought its head towards his trainer and began to gently push into the girl with it. She patted him, giggling like an idiot. "Okay, okay. Return!" She said, returning Gyarados to his pokeball in a beam of red light. Stella then brought her attentions to the other trainer. "You haven't?" She asked him. The feat of evolution wasn't exactly uncommon. Hadn't his Zoroark evolved in battle? Whatever. Stella needed to move on at this point. She brought up a hand to wave goodbye, then turned to go to the pokemon centre. She had been making frequent stops there, but it made sense to if a pokemon had fainted. Once her pokemon were all healed, Stella made her way to ice cave. She didn't notice if Cecil was still there or not, but it wasn't like it mattered. She needed to catch an ice type for Clair, after all. Looking around the cave, Stella found something that immediately caught her interests. It looked like the Teddiursa, but much cuter! The pokemon was Cubchoo, to be precise. "Phanpy!" She exclaimed, calling out the ground type, who trumpeted its trunk upon being summoned. It looked around, unsure of the icy terrain. "See that one?" Stella pointed to Cubchoo, an action Phanpy nodded in response to. "Let's make friends with it, ok?" Phanpy nodded, and let out a happy cry. He quite liked making friends, after all! He carefully walked up to Cubchoo, and gently tapped it with his trunk. @@Umbreon, @, Elias smiled at the Bonsly as it allowed him to pick it up. Now he could return this pokemon to its proper home! Now the problem was finding one of the girls to let him know where this Bonsly might be from. "Elgyem!" Elias exclaimed. Elgyem quickly turned his attention to the boy, looking rather nervous as during the whole ordeal the psychic type had been sulking. "Let's find one of the girls, okay? Or at least try to." Elgyem nodded, and began to wander in the direction he believed one of the girls to be. In no time Elgyem had found Abigail. She looked to be doing a trade of sorts, though the pokemon she was trading with looked to be of a suspicious nature. "Elg?" It asked, questioning what was happening. When the psychic type finally did get it, which involved some reading of minds, it grabbed the Heart Scale from Bunnelby using its psychic powers, then placed it in front of Vulpix's nose. Elgyem then took a few of the berries, and placed them right in front of Bunnelby. The psychic type, not sure he had helped, then hovered towards Abigail. He lightly shook one of her shoulders, as if asking for attention. "Slow down, would you Elgyem?" Elias asked his pokemon when he had finally caught up. He managed to not bump into Abi this time, as Elgyem actually told him she was there this time. "Ah! Yes! Abigail! Just who I wanted to see!" Elias exclaimed, clearly not noticing the events with Bunnelby and Vulpix. "Do you, perchance, know of any particularly dry places around? I fear this Bonsly to be lost."

@@Umbreon, Elias tilted his head at the Bonsly's sound. He wasn't sure how to decode the sound. After all, the only pokemon other than Elgyem he had been exposed to were stray Furfrou and Gogoat and Skiddo who people rode around Lumiose City. So, instead of taking the sound like a question as had been intended, he took it as agreement. "Oh, so you are lost, huh? Well, we best take you back to your regular abode! Let's see..." Elias said, pulling out his pokedex to analyze Bonsly with it. Bonsly! The Bonsai pokemon! It prefers an arid atmosphere. It leaks water that looks like tears when adjusting its moisture level. "Hmmmm... Bonsai pokemon? Isn't that a small tree? How odd to call a rock type something like that." He said. "Anyway, our best bet is the driest place nearby. I'm not sure if there is one, however. I best ask one of the girls..." Elias extended a hand to the Bonsly, as if asking permission to pick it up. --- "Dragon Rage!" Stella said in command to her pokemon, who fired a blast of energy at Zoroark's blast of energy. The collision of attacks caused a small explosion. "Now, Flail!" Gyarados nodded, and attempted to fling Zoroark away with its tail.

@@Umbreon, @, @@Vaporeon, "Oh... You are, are you?" Elias said in response to Abi, rubbing the back of his head. If she was from the same city, and had knew him from it, she most likely knew about what he was infamous for. The fact blind people weren't exactly common meant he wasn't exactly unheard of in his home town, especially due to his... habits. "Well, I suppose that means you'd know, huh? Also might be why I didn't find you familiar, right?" After a while of no reply, Elias turned to face where he guessed Abi would be standing. He extended a hand, and waved around aimlessly at the air. Apparently she had left. "Figures." He muttered. He probably looked like an idiot. He then began to walk in a direction that he believed Elgyem to be. Elgyem was still connected to him psychically, after all. I wonder if I've lost those two girls for good. He thought. For all I know, they both are already in Ecruteak. When Elias had finally found Elgyem, Bonsly had already begun to cry. Elgyem looked to be in a state of shock, and looked to be also panicking somewhat. The crying was loud enough for Elias to pinpoint where Bonsly was, so he bent down beside the pokemon. "Jeez, Elgyem, what did you do?" Elias questioned, as Elgyem shook its head to say it hadn't done anything. Not that Elias would notice. Elias pat the top of Bonsly's head. "Rock type? What are you doing out here? I didn't think there were any caves nearby." He asked it. @@Umbreon, Helioptile continued to look away until Zoroark produced a loud sound. She then looked back, seeing a pulse of energy headed straight for her. Unable to dodge, Helioptile's eyes widened as she was hit directly by the attack. The electric type was flung back, and into a stony wall on the cave. "Helioptile!" Stella yelled. Helioptile slunk down to the ground, her eyes portraying that of spirals. Helioptile was unable to battle. As Helioptile was returned to her pokeball, Magikarp was too busy dodging Leech Seed with Splash to notice. When it did notice, it flopped back in front of Stella. "Alright, Magikarp. It's up to you now, so if you have some kind of secret move you've been hiding now would be the time to use it." She said, sarcastically. Magikarp let out a sharp "Karp!" of understanding, then began to glow a bright white. When Magikarp had stopped glowing and morphing into a much larger shape, a completely different pokemon took the field. It was huge compared to Skiddo and Zoroark, and the two trainers themselves. It let out a sharp "Gyaaaaar!" in an attempt to intimidate the foe. Stella was left absolutely speechless by the development. "Uhm... Not really what I meant Magi-" She began, then stopped. That wasn't his name anymore, right? Stella brought out her pokedex to check the new pokemon's data. Gyarados! The Atrocious pokemon! Rarely seen in the wild. Huge and vicious, it is capable of destroying entire cities in a rage. Gyarados' moves had changed too, much to Stella's relief. Magikarp's moves weren't exactly useful, so this was much better. Bite, Leer, and Dragon Rage were all new. Flail was still there too. Plus, Gyarados' ability had changed. Intimidate. Made sense. "Alright Gyarados, Bite on Skiddo!" Gyarados growled, and looked to pick up Skiddo in its mouth, then throw it aside.

@@Umbreon, @, @@Vaporeon, Elgyem was pushed back and fell onto the ground upon impact. It looked at Bonsly with a confused expression. What was this thing trying to do? Elgyem sighed, getting back up. It didn't like Bonsly, but surely Elias would. So, Elgyem would try it's best to get Bonsly to come to where Elias was. Or Elias to Bonsly, if push came to shove. The first thing Elgyem would try would be attacking. For some reason, he couldn't psychically connect to the Bonsly. Most likely due to how adamant Bonsly was about... doing whatever it was doing. Elgyem's eyes lit up for a second, before firing a multicoloured Psybeam at its foe. @@Umbreon, Helioptile managed to fall for the Taunt before it was able to use Thunder Wave. The pokemon gritted it's teeth, but continued to run towards Zoroark, its head still glowing. Helioptile carefully avoided the leaves, thankfully she was rather fast. "Hah! Fell for it, hm?" Stella said, clearly bluffing. She pointed a finger at Helioptile, who was nearing the dark type. Instead of running into it, however, Helioptile side stepped and began to run around Zoroark. "Now, use Low Sweep!" Helioptile, of course, didn't know Low Sweep. She instead created a Grass Knot behind Zoroark, jumping backward as to wait for Zoroark to come closer. "Uhm... Low Sweep...!" Stella said. She was still bluffing, of course. Helioptile was putting up a rather convincing charade. "Agh... Helioptile, I know you don't like using super effective moves to defeat other pokemon, but if Zoroark gets any closer you're done for!" Helioptile shrugged, turning her head away from Stella, who was covering her face with her hand. Meanwhile, Magikarp was left on its own. Not a problem though. The water type could handle itself, after all. Magikarp, though hit by the super effective Razor Leaf, managed to keep on flopping towards Skiddo, attempting to flop ontop of it.

Ponyta was confused by the trainer's laughter. It had no idea what it had done wrong. Though, it wasn't meant insultingly, or so the pokemon thought. Ponyta brought it's head up to look away from Jacques, looking rather vain. It completely ignored everything the trainer said, but did notice the pokeball now rolled up to one of his hooves. Ponyta snorted loudly. It wasn't just about to catch itself! What an absurd request! Wasn't it customary for pokemon trainers to battle pokemon before catching them? Well, the trainer best try that. All of the other Ponyta had run away anyway. Ponyta kicked the ball away, but didn't seem to know how they worked, for Ponyta had kicked the button. The ball opened, absorbing Ponyta in a red glow. One... Two... Three. Though the ball seemed to shake a bit more than usual, it remained shut. Ponyta has been caught. As Glalie was hit by Shadow Punch, a loud beep could be heard. It came from the trainer's pocket. He pulled out a pokegear and opened it, reading a message of some sort. He then closed it, and put the device back. "You are free to go." He said, returning Glalie. "My apologies for the trouble." Dwebble stopped running as it noticed Scraggy. The fighting type did nothing, but it certainly looked scary. Dwebble began to run away to the nearest pile of sand, but soon noticed a new person. It let out a happy cry, and began to run around Cilla's legs as well, completely forgetting about Scraggy. It was quite obvious there were people in the gym, as a Sewaddle and Wurmple looked to be fighting each other. The trainers both calling out commands loudly to their pokemon, as a man with long hair watched, a slight smile on his face. It was rather obvious the man was Burgh, due to his rather odd appearance. When he saw Tempest walk in, he raised a hand. Both of the trainers stopped their battle. "It appears we have a challenger!" Burgh said, walking towards Tempest. The two trainers gasped slightly, then spun around to face Tempest. "Or am I mistaken?" Growlithe's second attack hit dead on, causing Tentacool to recoil slightly. It spun around to face Growlithe and prepare to fire another attack, but when it did, Growlithe was already gone. "Alright, Tentacool! Use Bubblebeam while spi-" Roxie was cut off by Cecil's next remark. At this point, her face was completely red. She covered her face, looking away as much as possible Tentacool didn't exactly get what Roxie wanted it to do. Sure, she had said to use Bubblebeam, but the pokemon had missed what she had said afterwards. "Tenta...?" It questioned her. When she didn't reply, Tentacool just tried to fire a Bubblebeam at where it thought Growlithe was. The move missed, of course, but the attack did manage to go straight towards Cecil's head, most likely hitting him.

@@Vaporeon, @, "Alright..." Elias said, cautiously. He hadn't exactly worded that properly. But, if he had, they'd also most certainly turn him away. Again, still a bad plan. But, oh well. Travelling with two young ladies was certainly a nice thing to experience, and it was most certainly on his list of ways he wanted - or rather was fine with - to die. As the three walked, Elias summoned his Elgyem again. The distinct lack of direction was starting to bother him. Elgyem made sure to hide himself from Espeon slightly. That pokemon was a threat for sure. They'd have to catch a pokemon to combat it. "Oh... Uhm..." The boy murmured to himself as Cilla asked her question. "Well, I'm actually from Kalos. Lumiose to be specific. There's a lot of travelers there, and the accent is a bit different from the rest of Kalos because of it, hence my accent. A passing trainer gave me Elgyem as an egg not too long ago." He said, retelling the story in his head. "...Hopefully I'll never see her again." When the group arrived on Route 36, Elgyem immediately took off. He needed to find a suitable pokemon for his trainer, after all! Since Elgyem wasn't the best of fighters, they had to catch one of the first pokemon they saw. "Hey! Not too far!" Elias called after him. The first thing Elgyem found didn't look to be a pokemon. Much more like a bush, but it was a rather odd bush. Anything could happen, right? Well, this might be the pokemon he was looking for! Elgyem poked the Bonsly, hoping for a reaction.

@@Umbreon, Stella hid her face a bit more as Zoroark laughed. Helioptile growled at the dark type. How could he not see the power that was this water type? Jeez. Why did Helioptile ever decide that such a dumb pokemon would be her rival? Oh well. She'd make do. Alright... Both of these guys are kinda walled by grass types. This should be fun. Stella thought. "Helioptile, get close to Zoroark, the paralyze it! Magikarp, you..." As Helioptile proceeded to run towards Zoroark, spreading its ears out and letting its entire head glow, Stella had no idea what to command Magikarp to do. "Uh... Tackle on Skiddo." Magikarp flopped happily towards the Skiddo.

@@Umbreon, Stella's face went blank for a second. She was planning on getting Cecil to not want to battle her. Not propose a double battle. She had never been terribly good at those, though it might be fun to work with a ground and electric type, she supposed. She could always decline, but it wasn't like Helioptile would let her do that. Speaking of Helioptile, she had perked up, and looked at Stella with puppy dog eyes. A look Stella could never say no to. "Alright...!" The girl said, quite effectively faking enthusiasm. She then backed up a few steps to make room for the battle. "Alright... I'll suppose I'll use Helioptile -" That was a given. Helioptile jumped in front of Stella. "- and Phanp-" Before Stella could pull out Phanpy's pokeball and summon him, another one opened. A set of bright, orange scales seemed to glitter in the sun as Magikarp popped out of it's pokeball and beside Helioptile. It flopped about on its side. "Karp!" It said, clearly wanting to battle instead of Phanpy. Stella raised an eyebrow, and rubbed her head in frustration. It wasn't like she could switch out now anyway. "Uh... Helioptile and Magikarp, then." She said, sighing in defeat as her two pokemon looked absolutely ecstatic that they were in each other's presence again. Stella covered her face. It was embarrassing enough to own a Magikarp, but why did it always come out when she wanted to summon Phanpy? That made twice now.

@@Umbreon, "Oh... That's pretty impressive." Stella said, squeezing tightly onto the squirming Helioptile in her arms. Helioptile suddenly stopped squirming when it noted Zoroark. Was this her ex-rival? Not possible. This pokemon actually looked threatening! Her rival - ex rival, rather - began to cry in the middle of fights! She'd have to prove who the more powerful pokemon was, in any case. Helioptile flared her ears up, in an attempt to taunt Zoroark. Stella took a while to note Helioptile's actions, but when she did, she lightly tapped Helioptile's head, causing the electric type to stop her taunt and look up at Stella with slightly tear filled eyes. "Come on, now. Something like that will rip you apart." Stella said in a sarcastic tone to her pokemon, who let out a cry of agitation. "Besides, we need to catch an ice type. And I doubt Cecil would want to battle anyway. Plus, I've had my fill of battling for a while... Or at least regular single battles, anyway." Helioptile growled at her trainer. How could she not notice the pokemon's determination to best its foe? @@Vaporeon, @, Elias quickly spun around when he heard Cilla's question. Intriguing. Though it was a bit of a risk to be around anyone for a long amount of time for him, especially when he required Elgyem to be out and about at almost all times and didn't seem to get along with Cilla's pokemon. On the other hand, he'd be traveling around a foreign region with not one, but two young ladies. Decisions, decisions. "That's a wonderful idea!" He said, with a suddenly warm smile. "However, I am afraid there are some... cautions I might warn you about." This probably wasn't a good idea. They'd immediately turn him down if he seemed too dependant. "I'm afraid due to some... reasons, my Elgyem needs to be outside of its pokeball at almost all times. So I fear that will not blend well with the likes of your Espeon, Cilla. Though, you needn't worry! I shall be fine on my own regardless, and you two already have each other. So, it's your choice, knowing that." Elias looked to begin to turn, waiting for an answer.

@@Vaporeon, @, Before the psybeam could hit Elgyem, and Elias as well due to the fact Elgyem was hiding behind him, the psychic type quickly used Protect. As psybeam collided with the force field, Elias' eyes widened slightly. Not when the attack was headed his way, but just when the explosion had sounded. "What was that...?" He murmured, forgetting Elgyem couldn't reply for a second, as well as the fact the two girls could hear him. Elgyem let out an angry "Yem!" though didn't fire any attacks at Espeon. Instead, it squeezed its brain even tighter, making the headache much worse. The action also put a strain on Elias, as the two were psychically connected, causing him to suddenly grab his head and grit his teeth. "Elgyem, return!" He said, pulling out a pokeball and returning Elgyem to it. Fortunately, Elgyem had been grabbing onto his jacket, so the boy didn't need to simply guess where he might be. Elias rubbed the back of his head and bowed slightly. "My apologies for wasting your time ladies, but now I really must get going." He said, turning to walk in the same rough direction he had been before. Thankfully he didn't bump into either of the girls this time. He looked to be headed to Route 36. @@Umbreon, "No... My fault, really." Stella said in response, turning to look away slightly. She wasn't really in the mood for confrontation. Then she noticed who the trainer was. Oh joy. Him again. "Uh... Yea." She said in response to both of the boy's questions. "You were in there all night? Jeez..." The girl then crossed her arms over her chest, bringing her attention to the other trainer who looked almost exactly like Cecil. Though she didn't say anything. Clearly didn't want to. They were probably just brothers. Who wore the exact same clothes... Okay perhaps it was a bit odd. Helioptile glared back at the other trainer, but as he made a face at her, the electric type jumped back with a surprised expression. Thankfully, Stella managed to catch her, causing her to then glare at the other trainer. "Uhm... This your brother, or something?" She asked Cecil.

@@Vaporeon, @, "You needn't be sorry, miss!" Elias said, bowing slightly. It was nice to know he had bumped into a girl who sounded rather cute, as opposed to some muscle bound man who had no condolences with beating up him, or worse, stealing his beloved Elgyem. She sounded to have a Kalosian accent too. Splendid. He was from there as well, but his accent wasn't exactly as prominent. "You are from the Kalos region, are you not?" He commented. "Ah, yes. I am familiar with the region. A region of beautiful spectacle! Of course, that would include the wome-" Elias was cut off by the approach of another person. Another girl, to be specific. She referred to the Kalos girl as Abigail, therefore that must of been her name. "I'm afraid not. We merely bumped into each other. A fortunate coincidence." He said, seemingly not noticing her outstretched hand. "The name is Elias. Pleased to make your acquaintance." Meanwhile, Elgyem had been hiding behind Elias. He was much better at handling with people than the little psychic type, due to obvious reason. He floated out from his cover somewhat when he noticed Espeon, who seemed to be trying to communicate with it. Elgyem didn't like this very much. It flashed the multicolored censors on its hands as a warning. Espeon, clearly not picking up on the warning, continued to try to communicate with Elgyem. To try to rid Espeon from Elgyem's thoughts, Elgyem began to squeeze Espeon's brain, causing a minor headache. The feat was not uncommon for Elgyem, and the pokemon was actually rather known for it. This presented an additional problem to the obvious one of being overly hostile to someone just met. Elias had been somewhat disconnected from Elgyem. Though he still noticed the psychic type's presence, it was a rather quiet one, no matter how much he focused on it.

@@Umbreon, Stella rubbed her eyes as she slowly awoke. She had no idea how early it was, though she also didn't particularly care. The sun was out anyways, so there was no point in staying in the tiny room. Both Phanpy and Axew remained asleep, though Magikarp flopped excitably about noting the fact his trainer was awake. "Gooood morning..." She whispered, as to not wake the two sleeping pokemon, and returned the three to their pokeballs. She then shook Helioptile gently til she woke. Yawning, the electric type stood up, waiting for her trainer to change. Once Stella was ready, Helioptile climbed up onto her shoulder, and the two made their way out of the pokemon centre. "We best head to the ice cave..." The girl said, clearly still tired. "We'll need an ice type to stand a chance against Clair." Helioptile nodded in agreement. Stella wasn't exactly watching where she was going, and as she was about to enter the ice cave, she bumped into someone. One of the two trainers exiting the cave. "Agh! Sorry!" She said in a panic, backing up quickly. ------ @, @@Vaporeon, An Elgyem cautiously glanced around the unknown city, pressing the multi-colored sensors which made up for its lack of hands together. It had never been to the region of Johto, nor even outside the city of Luminose before. Therefore, now was simply no time for error! Elgyem's job was rather important, or at least the psychic type believed it to be. The psychic type played chaperone to its trainer, after all. His trainer needed some guidance after all. His trainer's eye sight was rather poor, to the point of being non existent. To combat this, Elgyem broadcasted information of the location using his Telepathy ability to his trainer. The method worked like a charm, and dare not a single person would immediately noticed the boy to be blind. Elgyem hovered closely to his trainer. The boy was much more comfortable with this whole "journey in an unknown region" than the small psychic type was. "Elgyem..." The boy muttered softly. "You needn't mention everything about the area, you know. Unless of course there is an attractive young lady around, of course! Then you may describe her in great detail." Elgyem sighed at the remark. Didn't he know that even attractive women could be potentially dangerous? Probably even more dangerous than the average person! What a fool his trainer was... The boy's eyes appeared to be clouded. They focused on nothing in particular, and appeared to be currently aimed at the ground. Again, the whole blind thing. He fiddled with the cuffs of his jacket, giving him a reason to somewhat ignore the Elgyem's cautions. This ignorance to the being acting as his eyes caused him to bump into a girl, who was most likely wandering around town. Thankfully, the bump was a bit more of a nudge due to the speed he had been walking. "Oh. Pardon me." He said. "It appears I wasn't looking where I was going." As he said this with a sarcastic quip, he side stepped to attempt to walk around her.

@@Umbreon, @@Vaporeon, "Thank you very much." Stella said in response, bowing slightly. She then turned to pick a room, and managed to pick the one right beside Sable. The girl shut the door softly, then threw herself on the bed. "Ugh... I'm so tired..." She muttered. Once Stella had been successful in messing up the bed, she sat up, taking off her trench coat. The bottom was still wet, but thankfully her skirt and tanktop remained dry. She hung the coat over the edge of the bed to let it dry. "Okay. Everyone out." She said, summoning all four of her pokemon. "Not much fun to be in your pokeballs all night. Just don't be too loud, kay?" All of the pokemon nodded - excluding Magikarp. Both Phanpy and Axew began to fight over on which side of the bed either would sleep on, while Magikarp flopped onto the floor. Helioptile, on the other hand, seemed to notice something. She had picked up on a not-too-friendly familiar voice, and ran up to the wall it was coming from, pressing one of her ears against it. "Hm? Something up, Helioptile?" Stella asked the electric type, then did the same thing, pushing her ear against the wall. Her tired expression immediately became one of annoyance. She sighed softly, as to not be heard by Sable. Something Sable said caught her attention, though. And it turned the girl's face pale. She quickly grabbed Helioptile and walked away from the wall. "Treated like a criminal? And wants to relive the old days? Think that means...?" She whispered to Helioptile, who nodded in knowing agreement. Both Phanpy and Axew turned their attention to the two, noting their suspicious behavior. "Oh, don't worry!" She said to the other two pokemon, just a bit too loudly, and therefore immediately dropping her voice. "Let's all get to bed, okay?" Stella's night was rather restless. There was far too much on her mind. She didn't end up getting much sleep at all...

Ponyta whinnied in enjoyment, clearly amused by the events unfolding before it. The trainer and his pokemon were just so funny together to the little fire type. He might have not been a fan of pokemon trainers, but perhaps this one was alright. Ponyta's suspicions seemed to be confirmed as some food was placed before it. It sniffed it, as to make sure the food wasn't poisoned or anything, then licked it cautiously. Ponyta then backed up a few steps, and squinted its eyes at the trainer. Surely one couldn't be this nice, as just earlier, that girl had endangered its entire herd! However, maybe the fire type was wrong. It didn't mind food, after all. Cautiously walking back up to Jacques, Ponyta bit down on the food. It might have bitten on Jacques' hand as well... Before Umbreon could inevitably attack the real Glalie, the remaining illusions all put up a force field. Though Umbreon was still able to pass through and destroy the duplicates, it did no damage to the real Glalie. "Use Headbutt." The trainer commanded, as Glalie threw all of its weight towards Umbreon, trying to send the dark type flying off the bridge, or at least something like that. The electric shock proved to be a very formidable strategy. As Mareep began to glow brighter and brighter, quite a few drivers were blinded, and therefore crashed into each other and/or sand dunes. The others' cars malfunctioned as the electricity disabled the engines. Cilla's technique was so effective, that not a single person was now able to attack her. It would be safe to flee at this point. The grunt made no motions to try to stop Purrl from escaping. In fact, he was most likely grateful the feline was being dragged away, as he might have died if the pokemon had decided to strike at something a bit more important. Since Cilla had disabled all of the other cars successfully, the trio of pokemon managed to successfully reach Lurele and Tiana. Dwebble continued to run around Tiana's feet until Lucario, Purrl, and Sasha appeared. It then hid behind her legs, letting out a scared "Dweeebble..." It then attempted to run away from the pokemon, but as soon as it noticed Lurele, began to run around her instead. Roxie tilted her head in confusion at Cecil's remark, then begun to laugh. "You? A model? Oh gimme a break!" She said in between loud laughs. "Your looks are about on par with this 'filthy' ci-" Roxie suddenly cut herself off, as Cecil made his next comment. Was that a compliment? An insult? A general remark about what was so obviously true? Regardless, she looked away, looking to fiddle with her nails. She just had to get this trainer out of here somehow... Meanwhile, Tentacool was trying its hardest to not let Roxie down. As Growlithe's Take Down neared, it put up yet another Barrier. Though Growlithe managed to not only hit Tentacool, but also bite down on it, the attack did much less than it normally would. Regardless, Tentacool still cried out in pain, bringing Roxie's attention back to the battle. "Ah! Tentacool!" She exclaimed, noting the fact Growlithe had bitten it. "Use Supersonic, then Bubble Beam!" Roxie shouted. Tentacool nodded once it had regained its nerves, and fired a ray of yellow light at its opposition. The light was followed by an array of bubbles, with the hope that the propulsion would free the water type from Growlithe's fangs.

@@Umbreon, @@Aerodynas, @@Glaceon, @@Vaporeon, @@Sylveon, Freak? That was a bit rude to say, wasn't it? Not that Stella disagreed or anything. Sure, the boy trainer was odd, but such things should simply be thought, right? Not really wanting to argue with Clair at the late hour, she smiled awkwardly until two other people showed up. Clair had told her to heal her pokemon before anyway, so she might as well get going. "Erm... Thank you." She said, turning to walk away from the three and headed towards the pokemon centre. As she walked, the girl returned Helioptile to its pokeball. She would need to be healed up too. Upon arrival to the pokemon centre, Stella noted the all-too-familiar faces currently talking to Nurse Joy. They looked to be heading down a hall, or at least about to, so it wouldn't be too hard to outright ignore them. The girl wasn't really in the mood to talk to that rude girl any longer. Or talk to people in general. "Uhm... Could you heal my pokemon, please?" She asked the nurse quietly, as to keep her voice down, carefully placing her four pokeballs on the counter. "I also need someplace to spend the night, if that's ok..."

@@Sylveon, @@Vaporeon, @@Umbreon, Stella glanced away from Muna quickly at the mention of fighting Clair. Not only that, but also winning! What, was he insane? Had he not seen Clair's prowess in battling? In the Den, Stella had used a strategy that wouldn't normally be considered fair. Plus, she only thought it up because she found letting her own Seviper swing its tail around like that made it very unbalanced. She then laughed nervously, still glancing away. "Oh... I don't think I'm good enough to beat her yet...! I think I'll challenge a different gym first. Maybe the flying one..." As Muna mentioned 'Sable' Stella looked up. She looked to have a very powerful pokemon, if it could pull off something like that. Meaning she could also help at least a bit when herself, Muna, and Clair were all trying to take down the powerful opposition. It seemed her and the boy were acquainted. She was about to say something in regards to the trainer, but Clair had called her instead. Not wanting to disappoint the leader, she hurried to where Clair was standing. As Clair held her hand out, presumably for Stella to shake, she did so lightly. After Clair had finished talking, Stella spoke up. Though, her voice was still quiet, and she was still shivering slightly from the cold water. "Thank you..." She said. "I'll make sure to challenge you again, then. Though, I don't think I'll need to go to the Dragon's Den anytime soon. I've already caught a dragon type in this reason." On cue of being mentioned, Axew burst out of its pokeball, triumphantly crossing its arms over its chest. Not that he was proud to be working with a trainer as pathetic as his, of course. Stella sighed, and returned Axew to his pokeball. She then remembered something. Both Phanpy and Magikarp had fainted, and had been so for a while now. Even if Audino had healed them, they needed proper medical attention. Badly. "Thank you for everything, but I really must get my pokemon healed... And it's getting rather late too..."

((Not exactly sure which dune you're referencing exactly, so I'll assume it's the one Lurele's near.)) Tiana managed to climb down the dune without so much of an incident. She had climbed down into a large crater, where Lurele also was. A Dwebble had apparently followed her. It looked at Tiana for a bit, then attempted to run around her feet. A few seconds after Purrl had jumped into the car's window, a loud sound could be heard from it. The sound of a screaming man who may or may not have been having his face ripped off at the current point in time. The care began to swerve, and vered heavily to the left. It then crashed into a formidable sand dune, its back tires still spinning out. Though getting rid of one vehicle was certainly impressive in it's own right, no other vehicles were stopped by the stuck car. All of them veered around the stuck vehicle, not one grunt stopping to see if their fellow comrade was alright. The grunt within the leading car poked his head out as Lucario approached. An audible "Huh." escaped his mouth. It appeared that this Lucario was helping him do his job. The grunt, not being very smart (probably hence why he was a grunt), didn't notice the possibility of Lucario actually having a plan or something of the like. Lucario easily slashed through both the front and rear tires on the right side of the car. The car swerved, and eventually turned a complete 90 degrees. The motion stopped multiple other cars. Some crashing into it, and others simply having nowhere to turn to. The next car in line was a rather big truck. It most likely held some equipment of one type or another. A bit odd to be risking damage to it by going after some good-for-nothing kids, but nonetheless it was Lucario's next target. Due to the size of the vehicle, it was near impossible to hit anything of importance. However, steam did appear to be coming out from the puncture. This grunt was a tad more sharp than the previous. He managed to swerve his vehicle out of the way before Lucario slash the tires. Hopefully another car would get that annoying pokemon. Roxie gritted her teeth, her face turning even brighter red than before. A color which completely contrasted the rest of her outfit, making it even more visible than it normally would be. She pointed a finger at Cecil, her left eyebrow twitching slightly. "What kinda question is that?!" She asked, clearly annoyed. "Anyone would be bothered if their gym was disgraced like this!" At this point, Tentacool had determined that it was on its own. Especially after the opposition had winked at it's trainer, which had caused her to quickly look away from the battle. As Growlithe picked up speed, Tentacool put up another Barrier, then sighed to itself. Now the opposition was making weird poses. How annoying they were. Ponyta remained in its intimidating state until Karel decided to touch it. This tiny fighting type must have been out of its mind. Ponyta raised a hoof, and attempted to Stomp on top of Mienfoo's head with one of its front hooves.

@@Vaporeon, Vaporeon rechallenged the fairy gym today for the possession of the Navi badge today. The leader used Granbull, Whimsicott, Azumarill, and Mawile. Whereas the challenger used Porygon2, Landorus, Venusaur, and Ferrothorn. The challenger was not successful in defeating the gym, though they may try again at a later date. Spectate: TB4W-WWWW-WWW7-WRUQ