I'm about to switch my style // And soon things may get wild

[dragonspeak]

Who: wingless_falcon & heatherusedrage
Where: Goldenrod National Park
When: Early afternoon
Summary: After their respective run-ins with the Joker, Merlin and Heather had planned to practice battling together. They're finally making good on that promise now.
Rating: PG?
Log:

The Goldenrod residents hadn't been kidding when they said the park was huge. Merlin's eyes widened as he took in the neat rows of benches and the carefully kept flowers around him. While the city, with its bright, flashing lights and tall buildings, was a wonder in itself, it only reminded Merlin how much he missed nature.

After a moment of simply absorbing the serenity of the place, he found a bench under a good amount of shade and sat. Cius, his Riolu, scampered up onto the bench after him as he released the rest of his party. "The battle isn't starting yet, but that doesn't mean you can't take a look around while we wait for Heather."

Comments

/so laaaate orz

[dragonspeak]

"Brilliant." With a wide smile, Merlin gestured at his pokemon, and with the exception of Freya, they all quickly moved to the side. Leaving Freya to her rest--she wasn't all that interested in battling to begin with--he considered the rest of his team before looking at Heather.

"What are the rules?"

IT'S OKAY I'VE BEEN SO BAD AT KEEPING UP.

[foolishwren]

"Uhh..."

She hadn't thought about this much beforehand.

"... Best two outta three?"

Tossing a Pokeball from hand to hand idly, she set her bag down and nudged it to the side where it wouldn't be in the way.

lkjsadf lol do you want to turn this into an action log if that'll go faster?

[dragonspeak]

"Sounds good to me!" Merlin looked his team over, then finally relented as he felt the tugging on his pants grow more agitated.

Hearing an impatient whine, he just shook his head in amusement. "All right. You want to go first, Cius?"

His Riolu whuffled in agreement and practically rushed out to the space between the two trainers.

XDDD If you want, that's fine. <3

[foolishwren]

... THAT little thing was gonna fight...? Man, Heather felt sort of bad beating up on a baby. ... Or at least it looked like a baby. But oh well. It looked eager, in any case.

She'd just... refrain from using her stronger Pokemon on it. Sorry, Arty. You don't get to go first.

"All right..."

Pulling a ball out of her bag, she took a few steps back before tossing it up in the air. In a flash of light, a still-knobbly-kneed Ponyta appeared.

"Carousel's only fought wild Pokemon so far. Gotta break the shoes in somehow, right?"

XDD

[dragonspeak]

"The horse-shoes, you mean?" Merlin quipped, looking at the ponyta. "Cius hasn't fought in a trainer battle yet, so they'll be on equal ground, at least."

At Cius' indignant yelp in his direction, Merlin sighed. "It's true, you haven't," He said firmly, turning to Heather again. "I normally wouldn't send out a pokemon when they're this low-leveled, but knowing him, he'd sulk for hours if I didn't let him at least participate."

[foolishwren]

"Har har har, clever," Heather groaned, but she was grinning all the same. "Anyway, Carousel's still a baby, so... maybe it'll be a good match?"

The Ponyta definitely still had that gangly foal look.

[dragonspeak]

Merlin grinned, completely unrepentant for the terrible joke. "Yeah, I thought so, too," he said, widening his eyes at her innocently.

Tilting his head, he examined the Ponyta with a small smile. "My Ponyta used to look like that, too. If Carousel's a lower level, it should be fine."

[foolishwren]

"She's in her teens."

Shaking her head with a whicker, the filly stepped forward and stretched her neck out to sniff Merlin's hand. Though she too was a fire Pokemon, she didn't seem anywhere near as... well, to put it bluntly, stupid as Cujo.