First Appearance! Who Is This Man?! (Open/Battle)

[Nox Somnus]

Nox moved forward quickly, no time wasted on stealth. In his hand, he held a Pokeball. Two more were attached to his belt. If he was to do this, he had no time to waste with subtlety and the such. As Haven City came into view, his eyes became slits and he released the Pokemon from the Pokeball in his hand. A glow shot from the Pokeball and formed into Scolipede, the Pokemon that Nox used the most, although not because he liked it the most. He usually had no reason to use his others. He had no reason to believe he'd need them here. However, just in case, he'd brought them along. Scolipede turned her massive body so that she could look at her master. Nox nodded at her, and then went around and climbed onto her back. With a shrill cry, Scolipede shot towards the city, feet making skittering sounds as she did.

It wasn't entirely in the interest of The Order's central leaders at the moment, but Nox believed it was time for them to make a move. He had chosen Haven City so that he could assault Trainers with Pokemon just below his own level in skill and then take their Pokemon for The Order's cause, as was the duty of the Head Snatcher. Of course, instead of being subtle in the city, or loud out in the countryside, he was gonna announce himself with a bang near a Gym. If he was lucky, that Gym Leader would even show up, allowing him to gather even stronger Pokemon that he'd been planning on stealing. Of course, that also means that he'd need to be even more careful. Sighing, Nox looked up from the back of Scolipede to see that the city had become quite large while he'd been thinking. Grinning in pleasant surprise, he commanded Scolipede to slow down a bit.

"Finally, The Order's power will have a chance to be shown to all others. Sometimes, things just need to be done in order to get things moving. I'm sure that the boss back at Headquarters won't get too angry with me for this..." muttered Nox. He passed the first person now, still on the city's outskirts. The civilian jumped in fright and fell on his back, cursing as he hit his head on a rock as he hit the ground. Scolipede swept it's tail around and struck the man, sending him flying. Nox hid a grin and then brought Scolipede in for a stop as he reached the first substantial building. He'd attracted a crowd now, after that violent showcase and several others on the way here. People yelled at him, angry. Nox slid off of the Scolipede, and when his feet hit the ground, she began to hiss at the crowd. "Hello, citizens of Haven City. I've come to deliver a message to you all," spoke Nox, his voice carrying. Tension and silence filled the air.

"I am from an organization called The Order. We seek to claim what is rightfully ours', which happens to be the entire region. We were here before any of you, and yet, suddenly, when the meteorite crashed here and the land grew lush, people began to come here. They claimed this land as their own, even though we were here long before any of you. This message I deliver is one that many of you will detest," cried Nox. Murmurs spread throughout the crowd, and Nox grinned. Then he brought out one of the other two Pokeballs and opened it. Immediately, a Pokemon took shape, and Nox's smile spread even more as it took on the form of his Magmortar. The Magmortar let out a cry, and then stood there, calmly awaiting Nox's orders. "Magmortar, a demonstration please." Nox stood back after saying this.

"Magmor-MAGMORTAR!" the Pokemon roared. It brought its cannon-arm to bear, aiming for the nearest building. A Flame Burst formed, and then fired forward with a boom of power. The crowd panicked and attempted to get out of the way, but many people were wounded. Then the attack struck the building. A huge blast rocked the area, and then a huge part of the building fell down towards the crowd and struck the ground with an incredibly loud boom. Dust and rock exploded outwards, peppering those nearest to the impact zone. Nox smiled and then spun, ready to address the crowd once more. Things were going exactly how he wanted them to. It was high time that people began to fear The Order, instead of just pretending that they didn't exist, although a large amount of people were ignorant of their existence. After today, that would be remedied.

"As you can see, we do, in fact, mean business here. Now, if the city is evacuated by sundown and all Pokemon have been left behind in the City Central Square, then I will do no more damage and will simply leave with the Pokemon. However, if you fail to comply, then I will have no choice but to... demonstrate the power of The Order to the rest of the region. I'm sure that none of us want that," spoke Nox. He motioned to Scolipede, and then mounted her. She let out a clicking sound, a sign of aggression to the crowd. Magmortar jumped on as well. "Head to the center of the city, Scolipede. I have no doubt that these people will probably try and get help or form some sort of retaliation. When that happens, we'll need to be in the perfect place to show them the foolishness of their actions," Nox whispered to Scolipede. It let out a shrill cry and then raced forward, knocking over those people that didn't get out of their way fast enough.

"By sundown, and no longer! Remember that!" Nox cried out as they raced along. Then, they were shooting across the city in deafening silence. The people were either hiding or had listened to what he'd said. Nox knew that it wasn't the latter. They finally shot out from the city and out into the Central Square, a large park area with a fountain and benches all around. The Gym was not that far off. Nox grimaced when he noticed that he could actually see it from here. If the Gym Leader approached now, things would get a bit complicated. Nox didn't doubt he could handle the situation, but usually, when a Gym Leader got involved, people stronger than the Leader flocked to the man or woman's side to help with whatever fight the Leader was in, unless it was a Gym Battle. He hoped that help wouldn't arrive before sundown. By then, Nox had no doubt that he'd be long gone, with a city in chaos behind him. At least, he hoped so.

[adele]

Adele was back in control. She was walking next to the Deerling, who's head was down. She had gotten her first taste of Amelia's wrathe shortly after they had left the Pokemon lab. The poor little Spring Pokemon looked like she'd been verbally abused for more than five minutes, and her dragging hooves finally got to the docile woman walking next to her.

Adele dropped down onto her knees, reaching out and touching the fawn. She flinched away, her eyes becoming wide. She didn't try to run though. Instead she stood there, trembling as Adele pulled her closer and hugged her.

"It's okay, Kijika, it's okay. You'll be fine."

Adele had no clue why Kijika was so afraid, but the poor thing was terrified of her. The little fawn allowed a hint of hope into her little body though, thinking that maybe this was her trainer, not the scary woman. She had tried to talk to that scary woman, but she had just told her, with a lot of yelling and cursing, that she wasn't allowed to speak to her unless she was adressed as Lady Amelia. This woman, however, was nicer than that.

"Alright then, let's go and check out Haven City, then, Kijika."

Kijika nodded, picking up to a trot as she followed her trainer. The woman slowed down, seeing something like flames up ahead. As she neared, she spotted groups of people, one woman standing rigid with an Eevee hunkered down in her arms.

Adele hadn't been close enough to hear Nox, but the way that the people where acting, she had a feeling that it was one of their own.

Kijika looked up at the Eevee, and the two had a momentary conversation. When Kijika came back, she looked up at Adele, her eyes a little wide.

"What's a giant purple Pokemon, Lady Amelia?"

That was the only name that Kijika knew Adele by, but the odd look that Adele threw her was enough to know that this was not the dark haired woman's name.

"I'm Adele, not Lady Amelia, Kijika. Anyway, I don't know of any purple Pokemon, other than Muk and Grimer."

Kijika nodded, and then she blinked wildly, starting to bound away from her trainer.

"A Venipede!"

Adele tilted her head to one side, trotting after the Pokemon while holding her dress in one hand. When she found Kijika, she also found Nox and his Scoliopede. She plucked out her Pokedex, running the Scoliopede through it. It evolved from Venipede, like Kijika had said. And it was purple.

"Nox."

Adele lowered her head, hands clasped in front of her body. Kijika stood next to her, taking her trainer's example and keeping her head lowered as well.

OOC// The lady was Minnie, and the Eevee was her level fifteen partner, Umbr.

[8]

Recent orders had been of a peculiar nature lately; it was as if they had forgotten to whom they were assigning them to.

His previous years of training greatly defied his actions today, as it seems it was time for Eight to take up a destruction-esque activity. Simply the idea of causing chaos and making himself vulnerable for surprise attacks brought slight chills of defiance against his acquired sleuthing instincts. Apparently, regular people can get quite rilled up to the point where fleeing is their first choice of defense (most likely due to its shallow depth of difficulty), and the Order requires this city to be empty. One way, or- just one way apparently.

He figured it was time to initiate the plan, first by seeking out his temporary ally: someone by the name of "Nox". A member of the Emperor's House. A privileged soldier for the leader. Justa polished cog in the machine he thought. He removed the veil of false emotion by putting his smooth, porcelain face back on. Time to do work.

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Again, why did they make the stealth-specialized Agent Eight follow these orders?

The man had scaled one of the city's more well-visited buildings with his Joltik's sticky silk threads. Strongly built, and coupled with the numerous busy ants crawling beneath, it made for a good zone for spotting the "Nox" man. Peering over the edge, he spotted what appeared to be a street performance: a lavished man about the same age as Eight was told. Standing next to him was a large violet centipede-looking Pokemon: Scolipede, if he remembered correctly.

This must be the man Eight thought, clicking his tongue to motion Tik to his shoulder. He would need a quick way down to confirm his find, and the electric bug type would make for the most efficient utensil for such. However, before he could prepare himself to descend the building's height, the supposed Nox had released a second Pokemon. Standing just about the same height as his trainer, the Magmortar roared fiercely to the crowd. Whoever the man may be, he definitely what the Order sought in a person.

Whether he had just gained interest in what he was saying, or the wind managed to carry these few words to his ears, Eight made out the word "demonstrate" being used in a sinister tone. Being as Nox placed himself in front of a well-known building with a number of people surrounding its confines, Eight could formulate a quite accurate idea of how and where the Magmortar would "demonstrate".

Light on his feet, Eight ran to the opposite end of the building's edge, letting loose a sharp whistle at the Joltik whose claws remained sunk into the fabric of his coat. The hissing squirt of the Pokemon's thread rang sharply in his ear as Tik's String Shot managed to take hold of the building's edge. With a deft bound, Eight would remain in mid air when the side of the building he had previously loomed over burst into an explosion of smoldering concrete and steel.

While the rush of resiting air grazed his body as he fell, his descent would become slower and slower as the Joltik created more slack for the sticky, stretchy silk. Just a mere moment after the jump, Eight's feet confidently clapped the smooth earth of the streets. A quick flick of his Pokeball would return the Joltik back to her temporary confines.

He tuned out the screechs, and groans of bending girders as he began to take in his surroundings. With his momentum, the agent managed to land almost a half a block away from his now destroyed roost. Not to far ahead was what appeared to be a park: a grand fountain centering the expertly cut grass. A purple blur caught his eye through the alleyway perpendicular to where he was focused: it must be Nox and his Scolipede. Just one more mission he thought, making his way quickly toward the center of the park.

While he may not be as fast as a speeding centipede-monster, Eight managed to reach the grassy area just seconds after Nox had. Seeing as he finally stopped, Eight decided to get the introductory session over with.

"You're quite destructive, Nox."

[Dono.Riakai]

Life is easy, until something blows the hell up. Dono stood in Haven City, he had just walked in. He had been here for a matter of seconds when he heard a giant explosion. People were fleeing, away from where Dono was facing. His expression was dull and really didn't express that much emotion at all. He had his hands in his pockets and looked down to the ground. This place was perfect? If this is perfect then he was a God. Dono began walking forward slowly, more and more startled strangers running by him. Dono really didn't know what to think, he was far enough from the explosion that he hadn't really seen it, nor had he seen Nox.

In front of him he saw a giant Pokemon running through the street, plowing over innocents. Dono figured that some full of himself trainer had spent his entire life training some Pokemon just so he could cause mayhem. Dono found such an act foolish and ridiculous. Dono hurt and stole from innocents, but did it to get by. Anyone who sends a giant Pokemon through the streets and runs people over clearly didn't share a common goal with Dono. But Dono didn't really care.

Dono walked out into the wreckage left by the Pokemon. He was one of the only people left in a few foot radius. Only one alive anyway. He looked to his left and saw Nox. The man was doing this, no question about it. He began to walk slowly toward the man, his head down the entire time. Never once did it cross him that he was possibly risking his life. Didn't matter anyway. He didn't care if he died or anything, his life was worthless and he was just a pawn in this world. Besides, he had means of retaliation if it was truly necessary. He had heard from where he was previously that this man demanded that people put their pokeballs in the town square. Dono wasn't going to comply, anyone that did was foolish

Dono didn't see this man stopping any time soon. Especially since this man was Order. He had met up with an Order member previously and got destroyed, and the same would happen here if he picked a fight with this man. The Order was still pretty blah for him in his mind. An organization of people in this region to accomplish a goal. They weren't necessary evil. But he really thought that they should stop recruiting. They clearly have enough people. Seriously, this was ridiculous. Maybe the people opposing them are against mass reproduction in order to raise more Order members, not their evil acts. Wow, that oddly made sense in Dono's mind.

Dono dropped a pokeball off to his right, and from it burst his Buizel. It was stronger now, and although it was no competition to Nox's Pokemon, it could be a challenge for the lower level Order. He figured there was more here, since this seemed pretty important. Dono suddenly stopped walking and looked up to Nox, whom he was now reasonably close to the man. But he kept his distance. Another man was there now too that he hadn't noticed, a man with a mask. He was intimidating, but Dono's didn't really take any note on him.

"Attacking innocence for the Order? Someone has stooped low. Maybe you should apologize and stop trying to steal Pokemon, since no one is going to surrender them. Its not like you or any of your little buddies will have any good uses for them anyway. Giving us time is a cowardice move. Kill us now... or apologize.Unless you are incapable of both things." Dono said, his voice was loud enough for the man to hear, but he didn't mean for it to be heard all around.

[Nox Somnus]

Nox's gaze went downwards as the two people approached. Both knew his name, which meant that they were from The Order. He waved off his Scolipede, which had begin making hissing sounds at the two approaching people. "Excuse my Pokemon's aggressive behavior. She's overprotective, and loves fights. She won't bite, as long as I tell her not to. I take it that the higher ups decided that they liked my idea after all? I don't think the esteemed Agent Eight would be here if it were anything else. And I do not believe I've met you before, dear, but if you know who I am, that means you're from The Order. That means you're on my good side," said Nox to the two that had approached. He smiled then, and slid off of Scolipede. "I would introduce myself, but apparently the two of you all ready know who I am, so I won't waste time with that," continued Nox. He smiled at them, and then turned at the resumed hissing of Scolipede to see the other person approaching.

"Ah, I knew this would be happening. The 'hero', come to save the day, huh? You'd better hope you aren't the only one coming to try and stop me, because if you are, then you're in some deep trouble, my friend," sighed Nox. As he spoke, he motioned to Scolipede, which in return rushed forward, eager to strike. Suddenly, though, Nox changed his mind, and instead turned to the other two members of The Order that had come. "Actually, I'll leave this fool to you two to deal with however to decide. Be quick about it. It can't be too long now that a Gym Leader will be coming along, and I'll need to be strong enough to face any Leaders that come along. I do hope you understand the predicament. I'm only choosing not to fight now to be able to deal with any stronger opponents that come along," said Nox. He was being completely sincere, and he hoped that the two of them could tell. Then he turned to Scolipede and Magmortar.

"Scolipede, Magmortar, I do believe that its time to bring out our strongest friend, don't you think? If we're gonna get things done around here, then we'll need him for any battles that might be heading our way," said Nox, grinning. He brought out the only Pokeball he had left that still had a Pokemon in it, and then looked down at it, grasped in his hand. He nodded, and then opened the Pokeball. Immediately, a beam of light shot out and began to take the shape of Nox's strongest Pokemon, his first Pokemon that he'd ever gotten evolved to its strongest form. Blaziken took shape, and let out a cry, renting the air with it. "Why, hello, my old friend. I haven't brought you out for a while, have I?" asked Nox. Grinning, he watched as Blaziken's lips literally took the shape of a crooked smile.

[adele]

Adele had not lifted her head when she heard another voice. Nox, destructive? He was simply showing this city what The Order could do, that was all. She shifted her eyes and lowered her head a little more in a nod to the other Order Memeber. She couldn't place who he was, but that was probably because he was a nobody, unlike Nox.

The hissing Scoliopede did not bother Adele nor Kijika. The little deer Pokemon had seen Venipede's before, and this was simply a Venipede all grown up. Kijika actually grinned up at the duel Bug and Poison type.

When Nox called the other person Agent Eight, the name rang a vague bell in Adele's mind, but not one that placed him in the same house as she was. The woman brought her eyes up when he said he did not know her name.

"Adele Isis Mavis at your service, Nox."

Adele shifted her eyes slightly, peeking sideways to see the new person approaching. The lecture that followed made Adele tense just a little. She couldn't kill anyone, but she could deal with this pest for Nox.

Adele turned, her hands still clasped in front of her body as she looked at Dono. She motioned Kijika forward with one hand, her lips pursed together.

"I'll deal with him."

Her voice was cold, her eyes narrowed, sharp, and bright. Amelia was standing there, staring down Dono now, not keeping her head bowed like a good little girl.

"Kijika. First, use Growl. Then, use Tackle."

Kijika knew the frozen voice. This was the woman who had screamed at her to call her Lady Amelia. This was not Adele.

The little Pokemon nodded though, her eyes locked onto Dono's Buizel. She closed her eyes for a moment, gathering up her courage to battle. Her eyes snapped open, the fear bubbling up as she thought of what Lady Amelia might do to her if she did not act soon. She stared at the Buizel and inhaled, sides expanding. She let out a bleating noise, loud and distorting in the air as she Growled at the other Pokemon.

Now that the Pokemon had a lowered attack stat, the little level five Season Pokemon raced forward. Her hooves clicked wildly on the ground as she ran. She lowered her head, letting out a cry. She hoped to Arceus that she would hit her target. The wrathe of Lady Amelia was just going to be too much.

Word Count: Battle-165, Post-417.
Notes: Rawrg.

[8]

It had never occurred to Eight that his name was a well-known subject for discussion amongst the rest of the Order: it was all to unsettling for people to know about him that much, whether on his side or not.

He hand't noticed the young woman keeping her head held low in respect for the snarky young man. She was just part of the scenery to him, though, as his focus was on what the Order higher-up required for them to do.

It was only a few moments after this thought, however, that another had approached the Order triad. A low level trainer approaching three members of the Order with a threatening challenge? Accessing a situation intelligently was a talent that the young man definitely lacked, and even with great skill, fighting all three of them at once was a guaranteed loss. What motivated a boy to put himself and his companions in danger with a needle thin chance of success?

Nox waved the intruder off, thinking of him as little a threat as the masked man assumed. Leaving to continue his fiery stroll through the city, their temporary commander left the frustrated young man to the two lower Order members.

Eight, however, would not partake in battle. The girl would make a good example for Eight; he had never seen another basic Order member in combat before that wasn't in his childhood agency training squad. He would sit back, watching her choice of attacks and defenses, while evaluating the other trainer's battle style. If the boy were to attempt to follow the man, however, he would intervene to keep him in battle with the young girl.

The feeling of a shifting object beneath his feet caught his attention. "Stay calm. You will most likely have your turn today", he spoke seemingly to an unseen acquaintance.

[Sunny Fallon]

Everybody's got a part to play
To start each day in a beautiful way

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The day had began quite well for the young breeder. Most of the day had been spent running errands, tending to the farm and other odd jobs. But the weather was nice, bright sun and a light breeze, which made everything that little bit brighter. As it happened, this particular evening saw her returning from the pokemon center. Unfortunately the farms extension was not yet complete and so there was not a fully functioning centre at her disposal. The result was she often had to take her breeding pokemon to neighboring city pokemon centres. And this was what she was doing at that particular moment over Haven City.

Sunny clung tightly to her pokemon, her arms wrapped tightly around the neck of her Aerodactyl as it flew gracefully. The pterodactyl type relished the days out where she could stretch her wings and cruise over the tops of skyscrapers, gently weaving in and out of buildings. Today was no exception and Zephyr was up to her usual tricks, performing for the eyes of everyday people staring out of their windows to watch the flying dinosaur. She was very much a crowd pleaser, much the opposite of her trainer who clung to her pokemon for dear life, so much so her hands were almost numb from her death grip. Of course the Aerodactyl would never truly let anything happen to Sunny.

"Zeeeepppphyr!" yelled Sunny against the howl of the wind that rushed past them. "Down there!". Tugging on the side of Aerodactly's neck, she indicated to the ensuing commotion in the city. A portion of the building had collapsed to the ground, a cloud of dust and bulinding parts had been kicked up into the air. Zephyr slowed her speed, circling the building. Her eyes drifted from the building to the commotion at the park. With a deafening roar and a thunderous clap of her wings, the Aerodactyl took off towards the park.

At first she circled over head slowly, watching the scene unfold. They could count three offenders, and another trainer, defending himself again the lone girl. Sunny urged her pokemon down, and Aerodactyl began to spiral down rapidly. With a heavy thud, Zephyr landed on the grass, placing herself between the battling trainers and the two remaining members, the dinosaur's mouth open, fangs bared with a loud roar. Sunny first glanced to Dono, "Are you okay?" she asked him, ready to back him up he needed. Three against one wasn't fair, and while a bit nervous and scared all at once, she was willing to step in and even the game.

Sliding off Zephyr, she landed gracefully on the ground beside her pokemon, facing 8 and Nox. "You can't get away with this!" she yelled, fingers curled into a fist. Instantly she recognised them as members of the Order. With a few other members, she had unfortunate run ins with in the past and she wasn't going to let them cause any more trouble. "I'll give you a chance, back off." she growled through gritted teeth, trying to sound more threatening than she looked with bright pink ribbons in her hair and a yellow sun dress. Her hands slipped to dress pockets, pulling out four pokeballs, ready to battle - both of them if she had to. Zephyr watched them wearily, standing with one of her wings extended behind her trainer. She wouldn't put it past the Order to go for her trainer too and she wasn't about to let that happen. Sunny clutched the balls tightly in her hand, ready to toss them when the two men made their move. She was confident that she could take on two double battles at the same time, despite what her appearance and typically shy demeanor suggested.

Every morning when the night goes away
Every morning is a brand new day

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[Dono.Riakai]

Dono stared at the man that seemed to be leading this entire thing, with his giant Pokemon running through wrecking up things in the streets. Such an aggressive person, and his cause was Order. What a waste of a human life. The Order seemed more and more useless the more he saw them around. Like this guy, stealing Pokemon was ridiculous. Nothing that the townspeople here had to offer would make a difference in the long run of the Order's doings. He couldn't really stop the Order himself, but he didn't really think about what he had done. He just wanted to state his thoughts and such. Also, Dono liked releasing rage and such by saying stuff like he had said.

He then was referred to as the hero. This annoyed Dono. He did not want to be dubbed as a hero, for his objectives were not of a "hero". Heroes were bold, brave, and powerful. Dono knew he was none of these, and he didn't share any of the other qualities of heroes. But Dono could see where this man was coming from as far as his false judgment, he simply thought since Dono had rebelled against his cause trying to be about well being than he was a hero. Then the man even went on to say that he better have more people. Surely there were more people other than him that would strike back against the forces of The Order and their seemingly pointless raids of terror.

Dono really had to consider his moves here, what to do. Oh well would you look at that, a participant. Dono turned to face the Deerling. It didn't look particularly strong, but he made the immediate assumption that it wouldn't be the weakest thing ever. Dono turned his entire body toward Deerling who was quite a bit away from him, but not too far. "A challenge? I feel inclined to accept, so I shall. But not because I am a so called 'hero', but because I would be foolish not to take a free win for myself." Dono realized he really wasn't really being challenged, more like forced into a battle he basically threw himself into. But he acted as if he had been given a choice.

Dono then heard another voice, this one was close. He looked to Sunny Fallon. He spoke to her with the same bored tone that never left him, "I've been better, but I can't complain.." Dono then looked to Deerling, which growled at his Buizel. Buizel's attack was lowered, and it might possibly make some sort of difference, but he didn't see it mattering too much for the time being. Buizel watched as the enemy Pokemon charged at him. Buizel attempted to jump to the left with great agility, but was hit by the attack. Buizel rolled on the ground as the hit did indeed do some damage. Buizel did however manage to stand back up, and seemed to have shaken off the move quite well.

Dono pulled out his Pokedex and got a little bit of information on the Deerling which really wouldn't help him, but might as well collect it for later. Dono then put the Pokedex away and exhaled slowly. Dono heard Sunny behind him trying to act intimidating or something. Dono had seen that Aerodactyl, and it looked able to battle just fine. Dono said to Sunny, "Thank you in advance lady," He knew he was outnumbered, and although he said what he said with the same bored and uncaring tone, he really thought he 'ought to thank her for evening the battle up a bit. Dono then looked to Buizel and said, "SonicBoom and then Swift!" Buizel nodded back in return to the command and opened its mouth.

Dono knew that with Buizel's attack lowered, and with the potential that it could be continually lowered, he had better stick with Special Moves. They would not be harmed in strength really all that much by Buizel's attack getting lowered. Buizel shot the SonicBoom at the enemy, hoping to do some damage. Then, Buizel strafed to the right, as to give itself some more room. Buizel jumped a few feet in the air and launched a flurry of stars at the Deerling, which would be unavoidable but not very powerful at all.

WC - 753

[adele]

Amelia felt a little smug as the Buizel was hit with the tackle. However, her smugness died out when the woman descended on an Aerodactyl. The psudeo-legendary Pokemon had always fascinated Amelia, but being up against it...The woman shook her head, her eyes narrowing to slits. "Are you okay?" No, he wasn't okay. His Pokemon wasn't three times Kijika's level. Geez, talk about a stupid question. And that stupid Aerodactly was in Kijika's way now, too. Well then.

Amelia didn't wear anything that identified her as an Order Member, she simply looked the part, more or less. Demonic and all. Amelia pulled her hair up, seething in her skin. Can't get away with this? She'd show her. After she showed this uppety boy who he was dealing with.

Oh, the little girl was going to give her a chance to back off? Not on her life.

Being careless and getting distracted by little girls turned out to be a bad idea. The "hero" who claimed to not be such was attacking now. Sonic Boom and Swift. The Deerling took a step back, her eyes widening. She tried to scramble away, but the first attack sent her tumbling backward, legs splayed and her head between them. She managed to bring her head back up, letting out a thin bleat of a Growl, trying to put a little less pain in the next move, but it did her no good.

She was trying to bring herself back to her hooves, front bracing her hind legs, when the Swift came. She could see the stars in almost slow motion, seeing each one sparkling as they whizzed toward her. She dragged her hindquarters up, into a standing position, and made a weak jump to one side. One leg caught and she went tumbling, the stars cutting into her Spring coat.

She went down with a thin cry, a little of the momentum from her failed jump carrying her sideways. She landed in front of the Aerodactly, crumpled, marks all over her coat. Amelia's eyes widened, and she let out a little choked noise of disbelief. Two hits and Kijika had been knocked out? Two hits?!?

Adele struggled back to the surface, the sharp eyes becoming dull again. She reached up and pulled her hair down, the black ponytail going back around her wrist as she ignored the threat of the Aerodactly, more concerned about the poor little Deerling crumped on the ground. What had she been thinking, battling the Buizel? Why hadn't she left it to Agent Eight?

"Kijika!"

She dropped down, dress fluttering slightly as she pulled the injured Pokemon half into her lap. She realized then that there was a slight problem. There was an Aerodactly above her, and a girl with other Pokeballs in her hands just a little behind the towering Pokemon. Adele swallowed, scooping up the forty or so pounds of Pokemon and backing up rapidly, her eyes wide.

"E...Eight..."

She stumbled over that one word, trying to retreat so that he was in the forefront and she was a little to the back, able to take care of the little Pokemon in her arms.

Word Count: 538+165=703
Yes! Kijika leveled up two levels! She's now level seven!
Kijika learned Sand-Attack!
Kijika is KO'd.

[Nox Somnus]

Scolipede was the first one to hear the sound, the beating of wings, and so when it suddenly spun around, hissing and making angry, aggressive sounds, Nox and the other two Pokemon turned as well. That was about the time Aerodactyl and its apparent Trainer landed. Nox then watched as the girl's Pokemon, the Deerling, was defeated with only two moves from the Buizel. His eyes now slits, the Head Snatcher turned towards Eight. "You seem competent enough; take care of that Trainer and his Buizel properly, thank you!" growled Nox. Anger permeated his words. He had... anger issues. He turned to face the Aerodactyl and, without thinking for even a moment, motioned Scolipede forward. The Pokemon was instantly between Nox and the Aerodactyl, hissing, angry and ready for a fight.

"You won't let us get away with this? As if you could even hope to stop us! Our goals will be accomplished, and there's no way the likes of you could ever hope to stop us!" Nox barked at the Trainer. Then he turned to Scolipede, face red with fury. "Scolipede, bring that Aerodactyl down a few sizes! Use Megahorn!" he hissed. Scolipede immediately shot forward, reflecting Nox's anger with its own. The horn on its head began to grow, gathering energy and forming a horn around its natural horn. Megahorn had certainly earned its name. Scolipede turned its head so that the attack would strike the Aerodactyl directly in its stomach, if moves would always hit. Nox took the opportunity to see how many Pokemon the other Trainer had, and saw that hers outnumbered his own. However, he had the utmost trust in his own Pokemon. He turned back to command Scolipede, not checking to see if Megahorn had actually hit or not.

"Scolipede, use Agility, and then Megahorn, again! Don't let up! Go at full power!" he bellowed. Scolipede cried out, and then suddenly began to vibrate, doubling its speed. Then it shot forward, aiming to try and strike Aerodactyl with Megahorn once again. Nodding in satisfaction for the moment, Nox turned to face his Magmortar. "Lets use this opportunity wisely, OK? Use Confuse Ray on that Aerodactyl!" he whispered, anger now replaced by a dark smile. Magmortar gave its agreement, and then charged into the fray. It aimed its cannon-arm at the Aerodactyl and then shot what seemed to be psychic pulses at the Pokemon. Chances of the attack hitting were extremely high, from what Nox had heard, but he still had to be careful, just in case.

"Can I not join the battle, Nox?" growled Blaziken. Nox jumped, forgetting that Blaziken could speak for a moment, and then spun to face his strongest Pokemon, which had been his starter, when it had still been a Torchic. Nox grinned at the Pokemon, causing Blaziken to raise an eyebrow. "I suppose you all ready have something in mind, then? I'm fine with that, as long as I get to fight sometime today." Nox nodded, and then spun again, satisfied for the moment. He needed to see what was happening, anyways.

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[8]

It seems that some of the Order is fleeting in strength these days he concluded as the girl's Deerling crumpled to the ground after only a few hits.

"E...Eight..."

The agent's eyes darted to the girl as she moved herself away from the battlefield. She and her Pokemon...both were quite new to the battling experience; perhaps she had only just joined the Order not to long ago. The idea would explain why she fell so easily.

Nox had now decided to take on the new challenger himself. Much to his dismay, it seems that Eight would have to finish the 'hero' himself, though he would much rather see what the infamous Head Snatcher had to offer in terms of battlign skill. With the flick of a wrist, he would have had a newly expanded Pokeball wresting in the palm of his hand.

"You've had your moment in the light for now, boy, but I insist you leave soon; things are about to get a little more violent than what you've seen so far."

Though she wasn't his usual choice for battling, Tik would make quick work of the Buizel while simultaneously guising the stronger Pokemon he had within his squad. He would me more focused on capturing and subduing the water type than simply defeating it: it seemed to hold some promise for Order material.

A burst of light erupted from the Pokeballs' gaping maw, unveiling a hairy yellow Bug type that stood a yard away from its owner. She stared at the Buizel with a blank, insect-esque expression, the water type being focused on by her compounded eyes."String Shot."

With a reassuring click, a cone of sticky webbing would have been released from the Pokemon's mouth, attempting to entangle the Buizel in a layer of silk. The more thread that would be lathered upon the Pokemon, the slower its movements would become due to the extra weight.

WC: 350

[Darren Indigo Marks]

Darren had been meaning to pay a visit to Haven City for a while. The male had brought only Amphy and Koal with him, leaving Rein, Pepper, and Ducky to guard the gym. He had entered the streets to see mass chaos reining in the center. The curious nature of the battle was that there was a two on one match going, and a one on one match going.

The Corel City gym leader was momentairly nervous until he spotted a woman with black hair making an escape from the city, holding an Eevee close to her body.

"Miss? Miss!"

She slid to a stop, eyes wide and trembling.

"What's happening here, and where is Camilla?"

"The Order...they wanted us to leave our Pokemon in the center of the town...I won't let them take Umbr."

Her eyes showed defiance, and the eyes of the Eevee, presumebly Umbr, showed the same. Darren nodded, and the young woman took off at a run, protecting her precious Pokemon from harm.

Darren tossed a Pokeball quickly, an Ampharus errupting from it with a bleat.

"Amphy, darling, it seems we have a problem. Camilla isn't here right now, it seems, and The Order is attacking. Should we help?"

Amphy stared at her trainer for a short moment, and then nodded.

"Of course, Darren. Why wouldn't we?"

Darren nodded, and Amphy dropped onto all fours to make faster timing as she ran. Darren jogged after the electric type, moving into the scene. Amphy came up onto her hind legs, head to one side. Best to help the Aerodactly, then.

"Amphy! The Magmortar! ThunderWave!"

Amphy locked onto the fire type, glancing back over her shoulder once.

"Are you sure? Maybe she doesn't need help..."

Darren nodded, and Amphy turned her eyes back forward, letting out a jagged jet of electricty that aimed at paralyzing the Magmortar.

OOC// So, if any of the Pokemon currently in battle have Lightning Rod, the attack can be drawn to them, since Darren's kind of at an odd angle...yeah...-coughs-
Word Count: 316 -not counting EXP until next post-

[Sunny Fallon]

Everybody's got a part to play
To start each day in a beautiful way

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While Sunny hadn't planned for Zephyr to enter the fray, she did possess more powerful pokemon, the Aerodactyl had different plans. She always was very much a showman and she wasn't going to let this bug show her up. She as going to show him how it was done. Aerodactyl stepped forward a pace, placing her body in front of Sunny's, which the breeder took as a sign and promptly moved back and out to the side, out of the way of the immediate battlefield. With fangs bared, she roared furiously as she stood her ground. The puny bug didn't scare her and she waited for the incoming attack. As the horn of energy grew, she remained still, waiting for the perfect moment to strike. The energy from the attack had engulfed the horn, making it longer than it would be naturally which Zephyr was going to take full advantage of. Even when the attack was too close to be missed, she did not flinch. The Megahorn collided with her stomach, the heat of the energy causing a burning pain in her stomach. She roared with anger but did not pull away, instead, flicked her tail forward, enough so the grey spade would wrap around the natural horns of the bug type pokemon. Heavy massive wings spread as she took hold, forcing the air down underneath her as she began to lift her body off the ground, intending on taking the Scoliopede with her.

Sunny could feel her blood begin to boil. Her usual self was a quiet and shy, yet friendly and affectionate girl but people like this made her so angry. There was no need to turn on other trainers and pokemon, bringing endless fear and destruction to a city. There was nothing to gain from it all. Why couldn't everyone live in peace? Humans had been around long enough to know that eventually all empires crumbled. The Order would be no different. "I don't care if it takes me down, you'll never get away with this!", she screamed, full of passion. Her eyes were narrowed and focussed, watching as his other pokemon chose to enter the fray. "Zephyr, watch out!" Sunny yelled, trying to warn the Aerodactyl of the magmar evolutions attack. She didn't have enough time and the ray hit Zephyr. Time felt like it slowed for the dinosaur as she shook her head violently. In reality it only took a few seconds for her to shake off the confusion. The Magmortar would have to better than that. In the space of time it took for her to shake off her confusion, Zephyr didn't know if she still had grip on the Scollipede but it didn't matter as she took off into the air, beginning to circle over the heads of the trainers. If she still had a grip of him, he was in for the ride of his life, if she didn't, then no matter, he would taste the entirety of her flying wrath.

Not to let her pokemon become the target of a three against one attack, Sunny clutched a pokeball tightly, tossing it into the fray. As the ball smashed into the ground, from it came a burst of red light, emerging the elegant form of Ariel, the lapras. Atleast Sunny had a small type advantage as the Blaziken and Magmortar emerged further into the battle field. Too preoccupied with the scene at hand, she didn't notice one of the pokeballs in her pocket begin to shake and before she could react, it had burst open. Forming at her feet from the energy was her Smoochum. As fast as it's little pink feet could carry her, Smoochum rushed foward, leaping herself onto Ariel's back. Smoochum was too cocky and headstrong for a baby pokemon, always wanting to have her own way. "Smoochum, get back here!" Sunny screamed, panicking the baby would get herself hurt but she refused to listen.

Lapras reared her head, her battle call was that of a beautiful song but she meant business. Lolling her head back, she began to charge a beam in her mouth. The small ball of energy, that shone with a bright blue aura began to grow. At the same time, between her hands, Smoochum began to shape a ball of energy, shining with the same brilliant blue hue as Lapras. Thrusting her head forward, the ball erupting into a beam of ice, shooting forward violently towards the Blaziekn. At the same time, Smoochum let hers fly (though it was much small and significantly less powerful than the Lapras's). Double ice beam attack rushed towards the Blaziken. Sunny needn't have been worried about the Magmortar as from the corner of her eye, a quick jolt of yellow caught her eye. From the side, a lightning bolt of energy had shot towards the fire type, encircling with with a paralyzing thunder wave. The silhouette of a male appeared behind the Ampharos that had newly entered the battle. While she didn't know him personally, she instantly recognised him as Darren Marks, one of the gym leaders and she was quite thankful for his appearance. "Darren! Thank goodness you're here!" While she knew her pokemon stood a fair chance, the more help the better and she welcomed it.

wc. 887


zephyr. level 40. hit by megahorn, grabbed scolliopede, took off into the air
ariel. level 49. used icebeam on blaziken
smoochum. level 8. used icebeam on blaziken

Every morning when the night goes away
Every morning is a brand new day

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[Dono.Riakai]

Of course, a fight was chosen with him by some foolish lady and she of course was the weakest person that could have challenged him. Dono had his hopes up for some sort of interesting battle, however that didn't happen. He watched boredly as the stars had struck the Deerling. Pity, sort of. Dono knew that his Buizel was growing in power everyday, but an act of such power was beyond him. He figured even the weakest enemies would be able to last more than two moves from the old Buizel, but now it was stronger. That was something that got Dono's interest. Power.

Dono looked to the woman who retreated back a bit, behind Agent 8. She was holding her little Pokemon, maybe trying to help it or something. Dono just made the assumption that it wouldn't be back in this at all. He looked at the guy who seemingly was referred to as "Eight". What an odd name, and an even odder man. He was wearing a mask of sorts, and his whole apparel was sort of mysterious and in a way, intimidating. Suddenly a an enlarged Pokeball was in his hand. A pokemon was then releasing from the Pokeball, a bug-like Pokemon that looked as if it had the capacity be an annoyance.

A lot was happening around Dono, but he shoved out most of it for the time being. The more important thing was this Pokemon out in front of him and the enemy. Buizel chuckled lightly in a sort of menacing way at its earlier success. Dono decided to speak to this man, for he had been spoken too and it was only right, "I would leave, however, I have not yet had the fun I am looking for. Perhaps you will supply me with a challenge this time and not just a failed attempt at a training dummy? He looked at the enemy Pokemon, which was now shooting out a strand of string at his Buizel.

Buizel was entangled in the string, it getting it very sticky. Buizel squirmed for a second and then jumped to the side. It shed very little of the string, and was still covered in the sticky strands. Dono disliked Buizel's mobility being effected. It was a major upside in Dono's battle tactics, and losing it rendered Buizel a few levels less useful. And Dono had the feeling he would need all the power that Buizel could pack in this battle. Dono yelled out, "Swift and then use Pursuit!" Buizel nodded at the command and looked onward.

This would be hard, it looked like a pretty agile Pokemon, and hitting it while covered in string would not be the easiest thing ever. Buizel launched a flurry of stars from seemingly no where at the enemy. The stars were directed towards the Joltik and were moving at a decent speed. Buizel ran through the middle of the star flurry, moving at a speedy pace. Getting close to the enemy, the Buizel attempted at a strike with its front arms/legs at the Pokemon. The attack would be attempted shortly after the Swift would hit.

WC - 542