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Post by Roxanne Guy Jezek on Aug 15, 2011 13:46:12 GMT -5
It was a tie now, which gave Roxanne a sigh of relief. She hadn't been in this intense of a battle since her last few days in Pyrite.
Soren released a beautiful Swellow, even Roxanne had to admit inside how graceful it was in the sky, tiny as it was. After a second of awe, she pulled out her final Pokemon.
"Let's take this as high as we can, eh? Skarmory!"
The metallic bird Pokemon screeched its way out of the Pokeball and into the sky across from Swellow.
Roxanne took the first move. "Metal Sound!"
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Post by Soren Forberg on Aug 15, 2011 14:17:36 GMT -5
Soren nearly laughed aloud at Roxanne's choice in pokemon - that being said he settled for a large grin as the steely bird pokemon hovered in the sky opposite to his Swellow. A battle in the air - he hadn't had the chance to enjoy one of those in a very long time and to go against a skilled opponent just made it all the more thrilling. Roxanne commanded a Metal Sound and the Skarmory let out a grating shriek that caused Wilhelmina to wince and shake her head. Soren frowned - that was a little troublesome. The little bird pokemon's defensive stats weren't very high to begin with and now with it lowered even further she would be very vulnerable to heavy damage in a very short space of time.
Time to get into gear - dealing with a steel-type and having no type advantage himself would be difficult - he had to start dealing damage and fast. "Agility and Aerial Ace from on high!" he barked. Wilhelmina bobbed her feathered head and became an absolute blur as she flew a swift circle around Skarmory then shot up higher into the sky. Without warning she turned and dove, making sure to keep the light of the sun at her back so Skarmory would have a difficult time seeing her coming - if she could be seen at all. With her already high speed stat boosted and her small form she became a red and blue blur as she dove in, claws and wingtips glowing with energy.
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Post by Roxanne Guy Jezek on Aug 16, 2011 11:20:47 GMT -5
Roxanne could easily see why Soren was the speed gym leader- Swellow was wicked fast, and that alone caused Skarmory much trouble.
"Come on Skarmory! Steel Wing!"
Skarmory's wings glowed a steely metallic color as it waited for Swellow to come back around. It came close, and Skarmory took a promising swing.
It missed.
In the moment of shock Skarmory took a hit from behind, but it kept happening. Steel Wing could not hit the darn bird!
Skarmory took a beating in the sky- if it could just get one or two hits it would win, but Roxanne could see that was proving difficult.
Finally Skarmory faced Swellow head on as it shot towards him. It was a hit or miss for both- one hit could end either of them.
"Air Slash! Come on!"
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Post by Soren Forberg on Aug 16, 2011 11:38:21 GMT -5
Good, his strategy was working. Swellow was remaining a very difficult target to hit, landing multiple blows to Roxanne's Skarmory in a very short amount of time. At the very least they were levelling the playing field - now it was just a matter of who got the next few hits. Soren swore when the Skarmory's Air Slash managed to clip Wilhelmina's left side, sending her tumbling end over end in midair. She righted herself, hurridly trying to build up speed again but a great deal of her earlier momentum had been last and Soren could see that she was suffering from that passing blow - if it'd hit head on she would've been a goner.
"Wilhelmina get your speed up again!" he barked. He knew the only way for them to win was to make her un-hittable again. The little bird pokemon nodded and tried using Agility, but even then she wasn't nearly as fast as before - that Air Slash had done more damage than he'd originally thought. Time to go on the offensive again. "Wing Attack!"
Wilhelmina let out a long, melodious call and then streaked towards Skarmory with her wings glowing.
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Post by Roxanne Guy Jezek on Aug 20, 2011 19:34:08 GMT -5
(ack late again...)
Air Slash had hit, but much to Roxanne's dismay, it was not enough to knock out the wicked-fast bird. Slow it down it did, Roxanne had hoped for a little more.
"One more Air Slash!" she called out, and Skarmory turned to face Swellow flying right towards it.
Skarmory raised its wing, but it had not been able to move fast enough before it felt the strike of Swellow's Wing Attack.
Roxanne watched as Skarmory fell to the ground beneath, landing with a metal-clanking BANG as it made contact. "Return Skarmory!"
A red beam of energy collected the Steel Bird type. The match was over, with Roxanne on the losing end.
The punk trainer couldn't quite believe she had lost. She closed her eyeliner-covered eyes, fighting tears. She wasn't sad about the loss, but angry that she let it happen.
She opened them again with a forced smile. "Good job, Mister Soren," she said, voice cracking slightly in her frustration.
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Post by Soren Forberg on Aug 21, 2011 11:07:03 GMT -5
Soren breathed a quiet sigh of relief as Wilhelmina's attack hit home and sent Roxanne's Skarmory tumbling to the ground. She withdrew her pokemon and took a moment to collect herself before offering him congratulations. Soren shook his head and stroked his Swellow's neck feathers as she perched on his shoulder. "The commendations belong to you Miss Jezek - not many trainers can say they've gone toe to toe in a test of speed with me and come off as well as you did." he said, walking across the field to shake her hand. "Honestly it was a very close thing - I've no doubt if we were to have a rematch the outcome would me very different...and I do hope I can count on a rematch from you in the future."
With that the gym leader withdrew his Swellow only to call out his Aerodactyl a moment later. "I'd very much like to train with you, if that's alright by you...I've not seen pokemon that fast in a very long time and I'm extremely impressed by your skill," he said as he swung up onto the winged reptile's back . "Come on, Professor Verity wanted to see us both at the lab - go heal your pokemon and I'll meet you over there alright?"
((Just post meet me over at the lab Roxanne haha:P ))
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Post by Roxanne Guy Jezek on Aug 28, 2011 19:58:47 GMT -5
Roxanne's eyes widened under the heavy eyeliner at Soren's offer- training with a Gym Leader?? Since when did a girl like her get THAT kind of opportunity?
"You got it, sensei!" she said, in a half-joking sense, and as he flew off and she headed for the center, she did something she was not known to do- she gave a girly little squeal of delight. After regaining her composure, she hurried off.
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