The shockwave of the magnitude was enough to knock Pikachu off its feet. As it struggled to get back up again, Amber returned it to its pokeball. "Nice moves. This is yours." She hands over $120
Hmmm! I could challenge the gym quicker if I ignore that machop, but maybe the training it provides would help. ... Nah! I can't wait to get that first badge! I'll jaunt quickly over to the pokémon center, then make my way to the Slate City Gym to challenge Ashlee. I'll be better equipped to handle anything else this City may need with that badge in my hand anyway. I just hope I'm ready.
OOC: I believe you still need to go through the motions with Raptor about challenging the Gym Leader before any battle actually begins. . .
**EDIT** Yeah, I looked at what Raptor gave you, and you would still have to walk into and interact with people in the Gym itself before any battle would take place. (My opinion. If Raptor says otherwise, I'll start one)
Shroomish is able to connect with its absorbing powers, but not for long as Machop lashes out with a low kick to try and knock the little mushroomy pokemon away.
Shroomish attempts to roll out of danger, with limited success. "Come back, Shroomish!" Shroomish returns to its pokéball with a ray of red light. "Hmmm, I really want to focus on the pokémon who will help in this upcoming gym battle, so... Go, Numel!"
Numel jumps out into the fray, as much as a dopey little camel and jump. "Hit it with a full-on ember attack!"
The dopey little camel spit a bunch of haphazardly aimed embers around the immediate area of Machop's feet, and caused it to scorch itself in its attempt to escape the heat and flames. Machop stopped once it was clear, and appeared to focus closely on the behavior of Numel, trying to find a weak point for its next strike.
Hmm... Since it's so weak now, let's get more experience where experience is needed. Numel, return! You're back out, Shroomish. Finish this with a tackle before it gets upright.
EDIT: After this battle, I'm going to the pokémon center to heal then Raptor has permitted my gym challenge to begin, so if the battle ends in your next post, please feel free to start my gym challenge in that same post.
Shroomish tackles Machop into the dirt. It's clear at this point that Machop can't continue the battle any longer.
Congratulations, you defeated a wild Machop! Numel and Shroomish both gain +3 experience!
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"Alright, everything's in place. Are you ready to try and win your badge?" Ashlee's smile is a confident one as she grabs a pokeball from her belt and tosses it into the arena. "Let's go, Aron. Time for you to get some exercise! You can have the first move, James. May the better trainer win."
"Alright! Looks like I should be able to get the upper hand here! Numel, it's time to show the Pokémon League what we can do!"
Numel leaps out in front, giving a surprising determined shout! "NUMEL!"
I check my pokédex to confirm the efficacy of my attacks. "Yup! Just what I thought. Let's make quick work of that Aron, exploiting both its type weaknesses with Magnitude!"
The gym floor shook as the magnitude of the attack was quite powerful for the little Numel. Aron was rattled around, and toppled onto its side before righting itself. "Fire-type, eh? Aron! Slap it around!" Aron spun in place, turning its backside to Numel, and with a little taunting shake, it began churning up the moist dirt and clay the previous attack had revealed, hurling large globs of stuff at Numel.
"Try to dodge, but either way, you can take it. That Aron isn't a ground type, so it won't be that effective coming from it, anyway. Retaliate with one more magnitude, and make it count! Let's not let you get mudded up any more."
The magnitude of this attack was weaker than the first, but still rolled Aron around. "We can't take another hit like that Aron, cover it with another mud-slap and see if that makes it blind!" Another spray of damp clay and dirt came from the steel pokemon, heading right for Numel's face this time.
Alright, Numel! They're counting on us keeping our distance, but that Aron has to be super weakened by now, so run under the flying mud and go for the face with a tackle attack.
Aron is hit by the tackle and rolls across the arena. With a sigh, Ashlee returns it to its pokeball. "You did great, little guy. Now it's time to bring out the big gun! Go Onix!! Rock Throw!"
With a window-shaking WRRRRRRAAAAAAAAGGGGHHHHH!! Onix appeared on the field and immediately started hurling sections of the arena kicked loose by the magnitudes at Numel.
"Numel, quick, come back!" A beam of red light rescues Numel from the rocks just in time. Alright, let's finish this with... Shroomish! Use absorb to doubly exploit its weaknesses! Between that and its weakness to your special attacks, this battle should be ours!
Onix took the hit like a champ, but it was clear that the absorb did a signifigant amount of damage to the giant rock snake. "Careful, Onix, you can't take another hit like that one. Bind it, and crush it in your coil!" With another mighty roar, Onix tries to catch the little Shroomish in its bouldered body and start squeezing.
"I'm no expert, but that seems like you're just setting yourself up for disaster. Now that it's bound around you, start absorbing from every pore in your body, Shroomish! Steal the energy from all around you! If you can move, that is!"
"Now that it's bound, use it as part of your Rock throw!" Onix snaps its body like a whip, and hurls the Shroomish clear across the arena. This Onix was obviously more dextrous and quick than the average.
"Ah, I see! Now that would stop the absorption. Still, Shroomish, you've gotta be feeling good after that first absorb, so there's no reason to relent now. Roll back over there and absorb one more time, but try not to let it grasp you this time."
"It's coming right for you Onix! Tackle it hard!" As the Shroomish scurried across the arena, Onix reared up and tried to smash its body down on the mushroom pokemon.
"Writhe!!" On the command from its trainer, Onix's body begins to snake around itself as it continues the tackle. The constantly shifting profile of the rock snake made landing an absorb attack difficult.
Congratulations, you beat Lass Amber!
Hmmm! I could challenge the gym quicker if I ignore that machop, but maybe the training it provides would help. ... Nah! I can't wait to get that first badge! I'll jaunt quickly over to the pokémon center, then make my way to the Slate City Gym to challenge Ashlee. I'll be better equipped to handle anything else this City may need with that badge in my hand anyway. I just hope I'm ready.
**EDIT** Yeah, I looked at what Raptor gave you, and you would still have to walk into and interact with people in the Gym itself before any battle would take place. (My opinion. If Raptor says otherwise, I'll start one)
Alright. Let's get in some more training before the gym. I'm sending you out again, Shroomish! Try to absorb some of its energy!
Numel jumps out into the fray, as much as a dopey little camel and jump. "Hit it with a full-on ember attack!"
EDIT: After this battle, I'm going to the pokémon center to heal then Raptor has permitted my gym challenge to begin, so if the battle ends in your next post, please feel free to start my gym challenge in that same post.
Congratulations, you defeated a wild Machop! Numel and Shroomish both gain +3 experience!
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"Alright, everything's in place. Are you ready to try and win your badge?" Ashlee's smile is a confident one as she grabs a pokeball from her belt and tosses it into the arena. "Let's go, Aron. Time for you to get some exercise! You can have the first move, James. May the better trainer win."
Numel leaps out in front, giving a surprising determined shout! "NUMEL!"
I check my pokédex to confirm the efficacy of my attacks. "Yup! Just what I thought. Let's make quick work of that Aron, exploiting both its type weaknesses with Magnitude!"
With a window-shaking WRRRRRRAAAAAAAAGGGGHHHHH!! Onix appeared on the field and immediately started hurling sections of the arena kicked loose by the magnitudes at Numel.