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Physiology:

Body Type:
Stance: Quadrapedal
Height: 3 feet
Length: 5'6 feet
Weight: 90lbs

Behavior:
Ryuushu is often a very calm and quiet pokemon. They often are found sitting sentinal in shrines, temples, and graveyards, being drawn to the incense being burned there. They often calm restless or grieving visitors with their smell. They are not known to be a territorial species, humans and pokemon alike congregate in it's home. This pokemon show's a great deal of intelligence and a higher plane of thought. Specimens have been observed communicating with humans with whom they have a strong bond with. Despite their friendly and lax nature, Ryuushu seems to only be capable of forming a deep bond with one or two people or pokemon, to these individuals they will be fiercely loyal and protective.

Due to these traits, it is becoming a popular pokemon to use for service and emotional support services.

The fan that acts as this pokemon's tail is an important feature. Ryuushu can use the fan to spread the smell of its incense. It is also used to manifest the smoke billowing from the burner into a large cloud that the pokemon uses it's psychic ability to walk on as a form of flight. Another feature of this pokemon is the bells hanging around the base of this pokemon's tail. They are used in combination with the moving of its tail to further communicate mood and location. Due to the combination of calming incense and the soft chime of bells this pokemon is thought to protect the areas is congregates (temples, shrines, and graveyards) in order to ensure the spirits residing there are afe from vengeful ones. the sound given off by these bells are universal to the species and does not change with instances of it. These are used with combination of the smells to communicate between other Ryuushu.

This fan is also the primary way to tell the pokemon's mood.
Alert / Neutral: Fan spread and sticking up at its usual angle
Happy: Fan flapping up and gown.
Startled: The fan will slap closed! This is also seen as a way to scare off potential threats.
Sad, sick or weakened: The fan will remain closed and pointed downward. This is also seen with status conditions like paralysis and poisoning.

This pokemon is usually seen with eyes closed, only opening when using moves of the psychic typing or when passively using its psychic abilities.


Misc Physiology
This pokemon's body is a mix of fluffy fur and scales. Shiny dragons scales are on its legs up to the shoulder joints and it's underbelly, as well as protective scales on the back of his ears. Ryuushu have a very keen sense of smell, and the whiskers on the end of its snout are used to sense aura's and the mood of surrounding creatures.

Diet:

This pokemon is fueled by the incense in the burner around its neck. It will seek out insense and relocate it to its burner. The act of burning incense is similar to the act of 'digesting' in humans and the smoke is a wasteful byproduct of this process. This means it often will steal otherwise take sticks or diffusers to use as food, however, those in less urban areas have been observed to collect herbs and berries to burn for a similar effect. However, the energy gained from this form of eating is lower, resulting in this pokemon being in a state of 'digestion' nearly twenty hours a day.

Due to this unique way of eating, trainers can customize the smell this pokemon gives off simply by supplying it with the preferred insense.

Each instance of this pokemon has slightly different scents from their burners. These changes are really only noticeable by those with a keen sense of smell and often used by Ryuushu to indicate mood and status to other passing Ryuushu.

They can also have a preference for the type of items burned in the burner. Some Ryuushu may like sweet-smelling things the best, while others may not, though it is very rare they will reject anything and are not known to be picky. Occasionally, the cloud emitted by this pokemon will change in color depending on what it is 'fed'


Breeding Information:


Egg group(s): Undiscovered
Gender Ratio: 100 percent Male

This pokemon has never been observed with an interest to breed, nor has an egg specimen of this pokemon been found. The origins of new instances of this pokemon are currently unknown. However, the current theory speculates the pokemon is formed entirely from the smoke of its burner. Meaning new instances probably manifest over time.



Evolution:

N/A

Type Matchups:




Learnset:

By Leveling Up:
1: Sweet Scent
1: Gust
5: Twister
8: Bite
11: Haze
14: Lucky Chant
17: Calm Mind
19: Clear Smog
21: Whirlwind
25: Aromatherapy
27: Aromatic Mist
30: Agility
33: Air Slash
35: Dragon Dance
37: Extrasensory
40: Misty Terrain
42: Dragon Rush
45: Draining Mist**
47: Heal Pulse

**Draining Mist: Puts target to sleep, saps 1/8 of the target's HP every round that they are asleep, and restores that amount of HP to the user. If used on the same target multiple times in a battle, the chance of this move working decreases per successful use;

1st Use: 10/10 chance
2nd Use: 8/10 chance
3rd Use: 4/10 chance
4th Use and on: 1/10 Chance

Contest Effect: ♥♥♥ An appealing move that can be used repeatedly without boring the audience; no change to excitement after the first use.

The user summons a cloud of sparkling psychic imbued mist that simultaneously puts the target to sleep and drains them of their energy.

Learnable TM/HMs:

TMs:
Attract
Confide
Double Team
Facade
Frustration
Hidden Power
Natural Gift
Protect
Rest
Return
Round
Secret Power
Sleep Talk
Substitute
Swagger
Toxic
Safeguard
Trick Room
Hone Claws
Psychic
Roar
Dragon Claw
Dragon Breath
Natural gift

HMs:
Fly
Defog

Egg Moves:
N/A

Tutor Moves:
Heal Bell
Zen Headbutt
Tailwind
Air Cutter
Hypnosis
Iron Tail
Ominous Wind