Trainer Log: SubWhere am I? Alola? At least, it looks like Alola but...different. What am I doing here again? Wait, I remember...Sol! Darkrai damn you! I still have a bet to win! Alright, blah blah blah, let's skip all the intro and get into the meat of this journey. Where is that professor...kahuna...whoever has my first Pokemon! I got a j**z turkey to wipe a smile off of! ...wait, he can't smile...
Day 1: Just got attacked by some frisky little Yungoos, I'm eighty percent sure it didn't see me as food but rather a...ahem...prospective mate. Either way that shirtless tall glass of machismo and his merry band of starter Pokemon came along and chased away my suitor, much to my relief. Not wanting to dawdle any further I quickly snatched up the creepy little owl thing (something compelled me to, some mystical force called 'democracy') and got out of there. I was going to get this thing into shape ASAP and turn him into a turkey killing machine.
Odd the Rowlet (no relation to Odd the Ghost Man) has already proven his worth. Out of our first four encounters he had delivered decisive critical blows on three of them, much to my surprise. I had a good feeling this bird will help me put down another one, once and for all.
Met what had to be the most annoying person (and I know Reno) who insisted that I battle him. Despite countless warnings of my type advantage and Odd's penchant for striking vital warnings the kid still wanted to battle. Big mistake on his part, two strikes and boom, down. Not surprising.
Just when I thought I couldn't run into anyone more annoying I ran into a certain helpless princess and her sentient ball of cosmic energy, Odd out pecked a Spearow just for me to get sent flying off a bridge. Ordinarily you would think some mystical creature would come to save you but nope, I miss that annoying ball of cosmic energy, went flying over with little Odd trying to carry me (to no avail) while I plummeted into the water below. After a cliff side climb back up I make it back to Iki Town, annoyed and soaking wet just to have another lecture. Dear Darkrai I just want to be on my way! I don't care about being some designated chosen one or whatever this rock entails, I just want to bake a turkey!
Ugh, now they want me to go to some trainer's school. While I enjoy crushing the hopes and dreams of children I do have more important things to do. Though speaking of those more important things I should really get another Pokemon to accomplish that, ah well! Time to crush some kiddies in battle.
[Four battles later.]
Odd has been doing pretty good but after some close encounters with some Poison types I am convinced that I need another Pokemon, though nothing I can do about that right now, have to go battle some teacher first.
[Twenty Potions later.]
Oh dear Darkrai we barely got out of that school in one piece. The teacher had a Litten (Level 10) and Odd (Level 14), giving us a clear disadvantage and despite taking a critical hit we barley managed to claim victory thanks to some well timed flinching via
Astonish and one critical hit of our own, of which I think Odd gave the poor thing a heart attack. (OOC: Litten's Ember was doing 20-22 each hit. I used up my last Potion and hoped that Litten's next Ember would only do 20 damage, thus allowing me to survive as I only had 21 HP. It did and then I turned around and delivered a critical hit to claim victory.)
After barely surviving being put through the wringer of public education I got the hell out of there...only to be pulled to Hau'oli City by the chatter twins. This is going to be a long journey.
Day 2: After spending a night in Hau'oli City I wake up recharged and raring to get out there and catch a much needed second Pokemon! Make no mistake, Odd has proven himself to be a very good Pokemon, however with questionably cruel methods of attack, but I can't survive this challenge with just him. Thankfully I am in Hau'oli City, not only the biggest city in Alola but also a comparatively hot bed of diverse wild Pokemon for starting trainers to choose from. From the elusive Abra to the regal and sturdy Furfrou. I'm excited to see what interesting Pokemon I'll find fir- ...Wingull. What am I, a bird keeper now? Whatever. I'll call him Dewdrop in homage of a member of its cousin species, however this one more useful than the original Dewdrop's species.
With another Pokemon caught it was time to put it through the wringer and get it fighting ready. Cue training montage because nothing interesting happened.
[Seven levels later.]
Okay! Dewdrop is looking pretty good, Odd is already damn good, now it's time to find the first tri- okay, I guess I'm collecting stickers now. Whatever, moving onto the- oh great, some high school drop outs want to fight. I suppose this is a good time for Dewdrop to prove himself in a trainer battle.
[One critical hit later.]
...I take back all the insults I have given avian creatures. With a Skull grunt taken care of (very quickly) I hope to move onto the trial, finally, unfortunately that smart kid everyone hated in school, Ilima, came up and insisted on a battle. Okay, I guess I'm ready for this, I hope.
Ilima's Yungoos proves to be pretty challenging for Dewdrop, after three Wing Attacks it's almost taken out only for Ilima to use a Potion. After this I am forced into a wall as each of Yungoos's Tackles deal more damage than my own Potions can heal thanks to an earlier Leer reducing Dewdrop's defense. Hoping Yungoose doesn't have Stakeout or at least Odd can survive the extra damage I switch. Thankfully Odd survives with ease and polishes it off with a Razor Leaf. Out comes Smeargle next who despite having Ember proves to be a pathetic challenge, Odd taking it out with two more Razor Leafs. Odd, as arrogant and full of himself ever, takes this moment of defeating a Trial Captain to evolve into Emo Owl, the angst-y teenage fowl who after having defeated most foes with relative ease up until this point has decided everyone is beneath him and, like, the whole trial thing is so beneath him. What's the point? *Sigh.*
Any who, with a new Dartrix (However brooding. Get it? Brooding?) and a victory against a trial captain under my belt I continue onto the first trial, hopefully uninterrupted.
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Odd (Dartrix) [Male] {Overgrow}Level 17 / Timid
Held Item: Quick Claw
-Ominous Wind
-Razor Leaf
-Astonish
-Peck
Dewdrop (Wingull) [Male] {Keen Eye}Level 13 / Adamant
Held Item: Nothing
-Growl
-Water Gun
-Supersonic
-Wing Attack
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