2 Potion 6 Pokeballs 1 Guide to Mt. Strength 3400P
Fresh off of training, Erika applied four potions to her team members to bring them back up to strength. For most of her party it was being a bit too careful but considering what Erika wanted to try and do next, it was the right call. Aside from her first battle, she hadn't had any experience outside of that but now, she earned to test her Pokemon and her skills out again. Ewan had wanted to face the next gym leader, which meant he was going to be the one Erika would want to challenge. "Whew. That was a good workout, huh." Erika said to her team as she applied potions to all of them before returning them to their Pokeballs.
Before Erika asked, however, she wanted to take the opportunity to find another Pikachu, realizing that an electric type would cover a her present lack of power against water types. "Alright, I'm going to go see if I can find a Pikachu, since Joshua made me totally jealous. Then maybe we can go to the Frozen Cave to check out all the Ice Pokemon." She said to her companions before setting off back into the woods. Gibs was the obvious choice to use as he should have no issues with an electric type.
And I will add the gender of the Pokemon to my little Pokemon sheets in the IC. Also, I'm glad that so far I've only found and captured Pokemon that are in Pokemon Black and White as I like the little moving .gifs for that.
There were several moments where Namie found herself wanting nothing more than to shut the running mouth from that arrogant piece of shit, Noboru Nobounaga. Not even halfway through his first day and he was already spewing crap from his mouth about being 'great'. From Namie's point of view, he wasn't exactly sitting front and center like she was. Besides, Namie doesn't work so hard just to settle for second, and she was hoping the opportunity to humble Noboru came sooner rather than later this semester.
Fist clenched, Namie's boiling glare would drift over to the pineapple lad. The surprising gesture of gift-giving had left her baffled and she gestured, shaking her head. She kept her thoughts to herself though, it wouldn't be too prudent to be like that 'second seater', and well, Namie wasn't a warm person.
When their instructor, Knightmare, had finally made her appearance, Namie was left more in awe than anything else. There must have been a look on her face for when Knightmare drew attention to the looks, Namie turned away intending on focusing elsewhere. It was only a question by one of her classmates that Namie turned back around to follow their Instructor progress over to answer the question. Painful first question to ask, dude... Namie thought as she waited for some type of outburst but it never came. Instead, that student was left relatively unscathed, but much to Namie's delight, another student was not.
That kick to Noboru's chair was so sweet and satisfying that Namie's tough facade broke with her chuckling, admiring her instructor for being so bold. That one move was enough to convince her this might not be so bad.
Finding herself in a good mood, Namie finally managed bring herself out of her earlier silence. Raising her hand but not waiting to be called upon, Namie asked, "Knightmare Sensei, you mentioned training exercises earlier and I was wondering when the earliest exercise would be.". There was a temptation to brown-nose but Namie hated having that reputation and for others to do that, so she stated her inquiry and left it at that.
6 Potion 6 Pokeballs 1 Guide to Mt. Strength 3400P
It was sheer bedlam in the small cavern with the catalyst of this craziness coming from Joshua's quick thinking, which in hindsight was certainly a clever and lucky maneuver. The guardians of this trial were so caught up with their squabbling that Erika and her friends were continuing their progress along the trail, albeit at a bit of a slow crawl. Still, the trench protected them from being swept up on the chaotic air currents and the flurry of activity had managed to convince Gibs to dig even faster, fearing the possibility of them all being swept off their feet in Pidgeot's windstorm.
Before they knew it, the door was within reach and the team charged the door. Erika attempted to open it but realizing it was locked she glanced around, not really sure what that meant. Taking the time to think, she returned both Sno and Gibs to their Pokeballs before Ewan stepped up to rescue them. Thank goodness they went out of their way to retrieve that scroll earlier!
Slipping into the next chamber, it was quite a relief that there were no obvious obstacles in this room. In fact, the sight of the Trail Master in his little man cave was rather delightful in a way, like witnessing a break of character but in a good way. It didn't take long for him to notice them though. Erika had to admit, the way the Trail Master sounded almost disappointed made her feel bad about completing his challenge so quickly. "It was a fun challenge! I think we just got lucky! ..." Erika offered her compliments to him.
Now a Pokemon was certainly something Erika had not expected as a reward for the challenge and again, the sound of backfiring in the Trail Master's voice made Erika feel guilty, but thankfully he seemed to cheer up. "Thank you Trial Master! I'll come back again!" Erika called as the man vanished with a similar mystifying exit like last time.
That left Erika and her friends alone to discuss their reward. Joshua and Ewan were both being very nice about Erika letting pick first, again making her feel quite indebted to her friends. She really hoped her tip about her mother would help them out, but maybe she'll get a gift for these two later? Especially now considering that she was quite satisfied with being given the first choice because upon discovering what was in each Pokeball, her eyes lit up when she saw a Fire-Type. Torchic would go a long way to help her build her team in addition, Torchic was certainly the most adorable little Pokemon ever... No offense to all Pokemon.
"Alright thank you guys! I'll be sure to pay you both back sometime soon, ok?" Erika thanked both of her friends before turning and grabbing the Torchic's Pokeball. "I am going to have Torchic join my team!" Erika glanced at it happily before tucking it into her belt holster.
Erika would give Joshua and Ewan plenty of time to debate and choose which ever Pokemon they wanted before she would try to lead them out of the place... However one would do that.
Assuming getting outside was simple enough, Erika would take a breath of fresh evening air. Now it was time to get to work! She needed to train her team up and that's exactly what she planned to do in the area around the Trail Master's House and nearby forest!