smash_logs | POKEMON STUDIES #2: I can't believe it's not Politoed!

Who: Misty, class attendees, teacher lurkers
What: Pokemon Studies with more than one twist.
Where: The stadium
When: Tuesday, January 25th
Warnings: Depends on who attends.

Misty's class was going to be granted one hell of a surprise, indeed, but not quite the one she had in mind. A rather grumpy-looking frog woman with Misty's hair, clothes, and body entered the room, somehow able to still grumble under her breath in a legible human language. Surely this couldn't possibly be Misty at all!

"Hi, class," she spoke in a voice much unlike her own, much deeper and cracking. She was clearly very frustrated by this turn of events. "Believe it or not, I'm actually your teacher today, and... Misty..." She caught herself. No, she wasn't ready to confess to her class that she looked like a grotty, ugly frog. "... will not be teaching today! I'm just a substitute, uh... frog woman! With, um... with shapeshifting powers! I tried to adopt a persona a lot like your teacher's! That's right, so... don't feel uncomfortable! Okay?! Just don't!"

It was pretty clear that Misty valued her looks enough to try to hide her identity to her students.

"This class will be held at the Stadium, right here, instead of the classroom. I used my- er, Misty's lesson plans this time for a new introduction to Pokemon: test battling."

Misty presented a box to the class, containing Poke Balls. MANY POKE BALLS, enough to accomodate all of her students. They were all Pokemon sent from Kanto, not to mention very common ones. (What, you expected the likes of Kangaskhan and Dratini?)

"Each student must pick a Pokemon from this box. You're not being given this Pokemon permanently! It's only for class. Each student will battle each other in random match-ups with the Pokemon they chose at random. That way, I can see how students adapt to Pokemon they weren't forewarned about! It's simple as that.

"Now, all you have to do is come pick a Pokemon, and when you do, I'll tell you who you'll be facing! Then each set of students will battle each other! It's just as easy as that. Real Pokemon training is a lot harder work than that, so we'll have to take baby steps to start. So c'mon, pick a Pokemon! And, um... I promise I... Misty will be coming back soon!"

Here's hoping.

((OOC: While some Johto Pokemon are, too, located in Kanto, for the sake of confusion prevention, only very common Kanto Pokemon will be used. I compiled a nice little Pastebin list here. Which Pokemon they get is up to you! Pokemon like Butterfree and Beedrill are exceptional and will be included, as Caterpie and Weedle's lines are... very weak apart from them, plus they evolve at a measly level 10.))

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

::Max is standing there with his SLOWPOKE::

::MAC YOU ARE GOING DOWN::

[Uh no. See Max? You see this little guy with muscles? Not Mac, the other one. He's going to bring. You down. He stood there with his Machop. It's not a spar between them both personally, but a challenge was a challenge. And Machop looked like he wanted to kick the Slowpoke's ass.]

::Slowpoke looked like it wasn't aware there was a Machop.::

So, uh. How do we start this thing.

[Hmmm! HMMMM!]

I guess we...[He'd seen some Pokemon matches before so...]

We just tell our guys to duke it out? Yell some attacks and stuff?

Alright!

::ORANGE STAR MOVES FIRST::

Slowpoke! Use some sorta water thing.

::Slowpoke uses Water Gun!!!::

::There is some sorta water thing coming out of Slowpoke's mouth being aimed in the direction of some sort of Machop::

[Water gunned. In the face. You water gunned Machop in the face, Slowpoke. Machop was taken a bit aback by the surge of water. He was dazed for a minute. Mac looked worried, his little buddy got hurt!]

It's okay, Machop! Shake it off, you can do it! C'mon!

[Mac used Encouragement! Machop's Guts went up by 2!]

Alright! Now counter it!

[Mac, this isn't boxing. Luckily Machop understood and could do a karate chop kind of thing.]

Edited 2011-01-30 01:30 (UTC)

::Slowpoke is chopped on the head::

::Slowpoke will register pain in several seconds::

::Slowpoke... doesn't seem very hurt by the hit. Almost as if it wasn't very effective.::

SLOWPOKE, HIT HIM AGAIN! WITH UH... AN ATTACK YOU GOT!

::Wow Max, you sure do know your slowpoke's abilities really super well::

::Slowpoke's eyes glowed blue-white for a second! Slowpoke used 'Disable!'::

... what'd that do.

[Whoa...what was that...? Mac looked over to see what it did to Machop and he looked confused. The attack didn't seem to affect Max's Pokemon that much...This was looking down already. And Machop just stood there...What was happening?]

Machop?...Try doin' that again!

[Machop looked at Mac sadly, like it couldn't.]

...What's wrong?

::Uhhhhhhhh... did Slowpoke do that?::

Uh, Slowpoke, do somethin' else.

::What a great trainer you'd make, Max.::

::Slowpoke did something else.::

::Slowpoke's eyes glowed beautiful rainbow colors and it stared into the eyes of Machop. Machop glowed... purple.::

What the heck is that.

[WHATEVER IT WAS IT LOOKED LIKE IT HURT MACHOP NOOO. Machop got hit with that and staggered for a bit before he fell to the ground. Injured.]

Machop!!

[Uh, Mac's gonna run to this guy and help him out. His buddy got hurt and he feels like dirt for it.]

::Max looks down at Slowpoke::

What the heck was that.

::Slowpoke just stares at him.::

::Max looks over at Mac::

Hey, you guys alright?

[Machop looked banged up, but okay. He got up and made a small, "Machhhooop...". Mac looked relieved that Machop was conscious and he helped him out.]

I think it's all okay here now, but I think that should be it for today. I think we can all agree who the winner is here.

I don't even know what he did. I thought all he did was just... water stuff.

Slowpoke, what the heck was that?

::Slowpoke... starts to nibble Max's boot::

[Hahaha...Oh Slowpoke. Machop looked a little discouraged for losing and put his head down and looked firmly at the ground.]

Well, whatever it was, we all did our best.

[He pat Machop on his little shoulder.]

You did great out there, champ. You're still a winner if you keep your head up. Whaddya say about goin' over to Knux and see if he's got any pudding cups left?

[Machop approved and nodded furiously with a Machopy smile.]

Yeah, Slowpoke, uh... you can stop nibblin' on my foot. Let's go see what Knuckles is up to.

::Max picks up Slowpoke::

POKEMON STUDIES #2: I can't believe it's not Politoed!

MAX VS. MAC

Re: MAX VS. MAC

Re: MAX VS. MAC

Re: MAX VS. MAC

Re: MAX VS. MAC

Re: MAX VS. MAC

Re: MAX VS. MAC

Re: MAX VS. MAC

Re: MAX VS. MAC

Re: MAX VS. MAC

Re: MAX VS. MAC

Re: MAX VS. MAC

Re: MAX VS. MAC

Re: MAX VS. MAC

Re: MAX VS. MAC

Re: MAX VS. MAC

Re: MAX VS. MAC