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Wild Pokémon Catch-All

The vast wilderness beckons! Beginning January 25th, 2014, all wild Pokémon threads that aren't incorporated as part of another post should go here. You are still welcome to include a section for bonding with wild Pokémon as a part of another entry or a log, but we encourage isolated wild Pokémon threads to go here to prevent flooding of the main comm with entries specifically geared to only cover wild Pokémon threads.

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[Suddenly Fai was more than happy that he'd bought new and more practical clothes. His fluffy white and blue coat, his ankle boots in soft leather, his velvet pants... they would all have been utterly ruined by now. Oh, and he would be really cold and wet too, but that was a more temporary state than ruined clothes.

As it was, the thigh-high boots in much stiffer leather and the new black coat - shorter but still very smart - were definitely doing their job as he tramped through the occasionally ice-encrusted black mud. The elaborate hat he wore kept getting caught in branches, but a boy had to have some fun, right? And Feliks had said he simply needed that hat, so.

Yuui was walking just behind him, swearing quietly every now and again when he stepped into a sinkhole - there were a lot of those. But the air was crisp, the sky mirrored in the still pools of water all around and all around them dried-up cotton grass waved merrily in a light breeze. Life could definitely be a lot worse.]

You know, I would never have imagined a stroll through mud could be quite so... mm, invigorating, I guess?

[Fai was perhaps not the only one with the sentiment. From off in the distance, beyond some gnarled mangroves, Fai and Yuui can hear the merry sounds of splashing. And... singing?

The song has a rather raspy, croaking quality to it.]

[Even knowing that Fai wouldn't be able to see him Yuui still had to roll his eyes at that. Just because he'd found that this weird outdoors life kind of agreed with him much more than his studies ever had didn't mean that he was able to continuously summon the sunny attitude of his brother. And while the area itself was rather exiting the mud had lost whatever appeal it once had about an hour ago.]

Really? I would have thought that you of anyone would have heard about the positive effects of mud. Then again if you had you'd probably be rolling in it by now. ...Like Dotty.

[His voice is more teasing than anything and turns fondly exasperated as he notices that Fai's Pidove has once again forgotten how to fly and has instead decided that the Spheals way is the only way to travel.

The sounds of splashing... and other sounds makes him pause and he tilts his head to get a better fix of where it's coming from. He reaches out and tugs on Fai's arm, turning him in the direction of the noise, unaware of the smile that's already begun to form or the excited look in his eyes.]

Do you hear that? I think it's from over there.

[He's not jumping up and down in his eagerness to go and find out what's making all that noise but it's a near thing. Next to him Cargas is shaking his head at him, fondly judging him for his poorly disguised excitement. He sends some judgement Fai's way as well, he's sure he's going to be deserving of it soon enough.]

Oh ew. It's black mud, Yuui, and it smells pretty heavily of sulphur. I think I'd rather not.

[He glances down at Dotty, who honestly looks more like a vaguely spherical Grimer at this point, and can't help but laugh. Babycakes, perched daintily on his head, makes a little noise that rather accurately expresses both disgust and exasperation. Mr Sunshine, on the other hand, would ordinarily try to outdo Dotty in this exhibition of inventive grossness, but... it's wet. Wet is no fun at all. He is picking his way very carefully from one patch of relatively dry old grass to another, warily watching the mud around him as if it might attack him.]

[Fai's head snaps up as well at the sound, and as Yuui starts splashing in that direction, he is quick to follow, a bubbling laugh making its way over his lips.]

Just around the bend in that little track, I think. [And they're almost around it already. Fai pauses once they're past, breathing out softly.]

Oh my...

[As they round the corner, it quickly becomes apparent that they're stumbling into a terribly private scene. Shame on you.

A wild bathing Croagunk has appeared!

It splashes itself up and down and pats the mud in, singing cheerfully all the while. Eventually, though, it turns around to properly muddy its backside and spots the two onlookers.

There is a brief moment of awkward silence.

Then the Croagunk croaks angrily, scoops up something from the mud, and throws it right towards Yuui's face! ...Is it your imagination or does this thing have eyes?

A wild Stunfisk is about to give Yuui a shock!]

[Fai reacts completely without thinking, only registering that something is heading for Yuui's face and that there is no way he can take the hit when he's standing behind him. Instinct does the rest, and a bolt of psychic energy whizzes past Yuui's ear to knock the projectile out of its trajectory enough to miss his brother. He regrets it instantly once he looks down and realizes that the thing is, in fact, not a thing at all, but a pokémon.

He would see to the it himself if it wasn't for the prickly feeling in the air, the faint scent of ozone that suggests all too well what kind of typing the creature has. Instead he scrambles hurriedly out of the way, scooping up Dotty without a thought of the mud now covering the front of his jacket. Perhaps the layer of mud around Dotty might protect against electricity, but Fai isn't taking that risk.]

Try to see if the poor thing needs help, but I'm not getting near it.

[Instead he was going to position himself in between Yuui and the disgruntled Croagunk, just in case more projectiles of any kind were forthcoming. Too bad he hadn't removed his gloves so that he would have easy access to his Warp Band. He'll just start to... ease it slowly off while talking calmly.]

You know, we really didn't mean to interrupt, but that wasn't really necessary, was it? Someone could've gotten hurt.

[Yuui takes a stumbling step backwards, his hands flying up in front of his face in protection right as Fai's psychic powers flies past him, and he has just enough time to catch the hint of a face before the thing, that might possibly not be a thing at all, is knocked away. He stands still for a moment, too startled to do much of anything, before his eyes go to where the projectile has landed. Seeing a pokémon lying there, possibly hurt both from being thrown and from Fai's attack is more than enough to push him back into action.

He gives Fai a slightly confused look at the 'not getting near it' comment, but this isn't the time to argue and he can't deny that Fai is much more suited for taking on a direct threat than he is, and if the poor thing is scared or injured Yuui is in a better position to do something about it. Turning to the fallen pokémon he begins to move towards it, Cargas following close behind just in case the thing decides to try anything untoward, but not before he's sent the Croagunk a very disapproving and reproachful look.]

That wasn't very nice. We might have interrupted you but this poor thing hasn't done anything to deserve you treating it like that.

[Then he leans down to where the Stunfisk is lying, his concern evident as he reaches out his thoughts and emotions towards the pokémon.]

I'm so sorry about that, little one. We were just startled. You're not hurt are you?

[Stunfisk's limited range of facial expressions is currently portraying something that can best be described as 'long-suffering resignation' as it plops back on top of the mud and slowly begins to sink down into the swamp. Life was hard when your only purpose in life was to wait for something to step on you. Life was hard.

But no, it seems relatively unharmed. It had a thick skin. ...In many ways.

Croagunk, in the meantime, continues to bounce around in anger, ignoring any reproach. It probably means for someone to get hurt as it dives down under the swamp-waters next, sending a spray of muck towards Fai and Yuui.

Croagunk uses Mud-Slap!]

[Well, occasionally life doesn't go as you plan it, and since Fai isn't nearly as fast on the defense this time, he now gets the facial mask he didn't particularly want in the first place. It doesn't really hurt that much, but it's still rather hard to see through a faceful of stinking mud, and for a moment he's distracted by trying to free himself from the clinging stuff. At least him standing in the way means that he takes the brunt of all the mud, not leaving as much for Yuui.

Mr Sunshine is standing in front of Fai and yapping angrily at the offending party, and is of course completely unaffected when Fai - finally having cleared his eyes a bit - sends a faint wave of Psychic energy past him, towards the Croagunk. It's more like an admonishing slap than a proper attack, only hinting that it could have been a lot more severe.]

Now see here, that's no way to behave. [It's silly to keep talking, but Fai does it anyway, a hint of his mother sneaking into his voice as he let Dotty down to the ground so that he could properly divest himself of the glove on his right hand. To that Mr Sunshine adds something rather rude about what he'll do with anyone that hurts his pink things, to which Fai currently remains oblivious. He activates the warp band instead.] Let's see if we can talk sense.

Oh good. You had me worried there for a moment.

[Relieved to see that the Stunfisk doesn't seem hurt Yuui relaxes a bit, and while seeing the creature sink down into the ground was a bit weird he couldn't feel any panic or hurt coming from it so he figured it was probably best to just let it do what it wanted. Of course, relaxing while there's still an angry pokémon nearby isn't always the smartest move which Yuui soon finds out when he's caught rather unprepared by the wave of mud that had not managed to hit his brother. Acting purely on instinct, because if he'd had time to think about it he might have been able to guess that the gesture was more than likely completely unnecessary, he leans over the Stunfisk to shield it from the attack. He has his face turned towards it, which luckily enough mostly protects his eyes from the mud but the side of his face, his arms, and more importantly his hair, still get their fair share of the stuff.

Checking quickly on his pokémon to make sure they're still alright the majority of Yuui's concern is still focused on Fai and the Stunfisk and he reaches out his mind further towards it to better be able to understand it.]

Your friend seems rather tetchy, I don't suppose you know a good way of calming them down? I don't want my brother to get hurt, and this was a bit more excitement than I had planned for today.

[That last thing wouldn't have bothered him so much if it wasn't for the fact that Fai might be in danger because of it. There's not that much Yuui can do in a fight at the moment but at least he can ask some of the others to help out, knowing Hugin he's probably already itching to jump into the fray, and while he doesn't have much in terms of direct attacks he still has a trick or two up his sleeve in case the the assail continue.]

Hugin, Blaise... could the two of you join Fai in case he needs some help?

[Stunfisk's eyes open a little wide at Yuui's actions. The calmer twin's abilities will afford him enough communication to note that Stunfisk's feelings about Croagunk were less friendship than they were resigned ambivalence.

Still, Stunfisk will stop sinking down into the muck to stay a little longer to chat.

Croagunk is slightly less open to communication as Fai's psychic attack only serves to enrage it even further. From its position in the muck come a spray of poison needles in all directions!]

[Fai admirably manages to not change his expression at all as something sharp and obviously poisonous hits him in the leg, mostly because he doesn't want Yuui to worry. And what now? It had of course been a bad idea to attack back, seeing as how they were still mostly in the wrong here; it had more been a knee jerk reaction than anything else, and now he was going to have to fix it. It's hard to aim the Warp Band on something that is hiding in the mud, but... First things first, though.]

Babycakes, please go to Yuui. No, honey, I really mean it. And Yuui... please wait a moment, I'm going to try to talk some sense with them.

[She doesn't look happy, not happy at all, but when he uses that tone of voice she will actually listen. And if there's poison involved, he wants her out of the way. And then Fai takes off his coat, tosses it aside, and unceremoniously wades after the Croagunk, ignoring the pain in his leg. Admittedly he's now even more within range of various attacks, but perhaps now the light from the Band has a better chance of getting through.

He tries to communicate a sincere apology, that they really didn't mean to upset or attack, but perhaps some mild reproach on the Stunfisk's behalf too. But mostly that they'd be happy to try to make up for the trouble caused if everyone could just calm ~~the fuck~~ down for a moment and be sensible about this.]

((In the event that this thread is not concluded, Stunfisk will be Level 11 and Croagunk will be Level 10. If you'd like me to continue without waiting for Yuui, let me know!))

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Wild Pokémon Catch-All

Week 3 (January 29th)

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