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Pokémon Dubstep (ft. Lindsey Stirling)
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Might was a much better response than what she had initially feared. Hemlock was still unsure of how to deal with this forest full of creatures that would attack her and other humans without a hint of aggression. This wasn't -all- of the Pokemon, of course; the Cyndaquil and Totodile proved that to be false. Seemed like the watering hole in general was a more... accepting place, although this was likely to be attributed to laziness and the general atmosphere of the place - just a place for Pokemon to come over, relax, grab a drink. Hemlock could appreciate it.
Rain was friendly enough, too. She had a kind face, and that was something Hemlock didn't see enough of - she was used to the emotions ranging between neutral to anger. Hemlock managed to retain little quirks of her smile as she turned her attention to her own Pokemon that was out and about. Strings was still playing shadow tag with the Totodile, who seemed... well, pretty unawares of the Shuppet's general existence, or uncaring, either or. Hemlock pulled her fingers together and ever so slightly flinched up as a splashing of cold water hit her ankles - just Deino entering the water, but still enough to startle her.
And then the attacks started, leading Hemlock to take a step or two back away from the scene as the Deino was blasted back - this was Rain's territory, not hers. Hemlock couldn't fight, and retaliation wasn't her forte. The Froakie dipped away, however, and Rain got a hold of her dragon, who was preparing to fire off some kind of attack - Hemlock was sure it was a Dark-type attack, but she couldn't but too sure. Luckily, conflict was avoided, and that was what mattered.
At least, she thought so - unawares of the Froakie's resurfacing, she had just been looking to her Shuppet when the sudden rush of movement from Rain caught her attention, a moment too late. The Water Pulse attack shot out and sniped her Shuppet down, knocking her ghost into the water, prompting Hemlock to start forward. "Strings!" She cried out, but her eyes caught the movement underwater as the Totodile woke up and got the hell out - the Totodile's shadow didn't vanish, instead moving over the water to the chuckling Froakie.
Before the frog knew it, the shadow became a tackling blow, and Strings the Shuppet used its pointy head to smash into the frog's stomach, briefly knocking it out of the water. Before the ghost could follow up, however, the Froakie opened its mouth and let out a burst of smoke, swallowing itself into the cloud of Smokescreen. The Shuppet rushed in to continue the attack but fell through the other side, empty handed.
The clever water-type fell into the comfort of the water once more, the splash alerting the Shuppet of the possibility of location. Hemlock herself chimed in now with a "Beneath you!" - not quite panicked, but not quite calm. Strings was able to put forth the willowy shield of Phantom Force, fading into it as it rushed forth to knock into the Froakie again.
Now pushed onto the shore, further down from Rain and Hemlock, the Froakie pulled up into a battle ready stance, then seemed to shift to the left, leaving behind an after image - inconviniently, this was what Shuppet had rushed forward to attack, moving right into the ghostly copy as the Froakie lashed out with another Water Pulse.
Too many close range direct hits were wearing down on the Shuppet, leaving Hemlock at a loss for a moment - Rain's Pokemon was down and out and now Hemlock's Pokemon were getting constantly wailed on, especially evident in the waver in Shuppet's float upwards. A small part of Hemlock surfaced for a moment, evident from her despair and desperation as the corner of her eye twitched for a moment before she stepped right on by Rain moving closer to the scene of the fight.
"Strings, finish it off!" With no stutter for the moment, Hemlock pointed at the Froakie, knees bending ever so slightly as she stopped moving. Strings moved forward, dipping into a Shadow Sneak attack, leaving the Froakie to charge up a Water Pulse. This time, however, a much larger shadow popped up behind the starter Pokemon - a larger shadow with a twisted smile and two sinister claws that came up to slash down into its back.
The Shuppet was back and better than ever, having evolved into a Banette with a wide smile and an aggressive streak as it grabbed the Froakie and tossed it back into the water, slashing it with its clawed hand during the grip. Hemlock paused, hand out as the Banette swooped in to wrap arms around her middle, choosing to put her hand on its head as it gave her a paranormal snuggle before phasing through her, moving over to Rain to try to mimic the action.
Who didn't want a hug from that kind of smiling Pokemon?
Post by Lorraine Hasan on Feb 23, 2014 16:30:38 GMT -5
✖HEMLOCK
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Passing Eevee 6 / 8
Rain needs the Ghostbusters on speed dial
Despite her attempt at warning the other, Hemlock didn’t catch it. In hindsight, perhaps the warning was too subtle, but now wasn’t time for regretting as Rain watched the Shuppet get nailed by the Water Gun. She grimaced at the sight and glanced to her pokéballs, moving to grab her Horsea’s but paused as she realized that the Shuppet had recovered and was actually fighting back now. She took a couple of steps back as the Pokémon quarreled, wanting nothing to do with the ghost type’s battle. Though she knew from the earlier incident with the Cranidos that battling was not Hemlock’s strong suit. The young woman was torn in helping or staying out of the way period.
As she debated her options, the battle would carry on none the less. An explosion of smoke made it annoyingly difficult to spot the Froakie and Rain inwardly grimaced when the Shuppet just charged in head first. Oh that could’ve ended badly, she didn’t know much about the Froakie but he was fairly fast. Charging the smoke screen could have been a bad idea if the Froakie took his chance to counter, but it seemed it wanted to just get back into the water. Rain glanced over at Hemlock when she finally spoke up, and opened her mouth, before shutting it. Rain’s nerves were now being rattled by a variety of things. Once more the Froakie was ripped from the water and up onto the shore.
Rain nervously shifted her weight and bit her lower lip, and grimaced when once more the Shuppet was nailed with yet another Water Pulse. She looked over at Hemlock, and as she was about to announce taking over the battle, something in her companion must have snapped. She started to walk towards the battle taking place and Rain wasted no time stepping out of her way. “He-Hemlo—?” her soft concerned voice going unheard when Hemlock shouted.
That’s when things took a turn for the ‘too scary to handle’ route. Rain felt a chill shoot down her spine at the sight of the demented shadow. She stumbled back a few feet, legs turning into Jell-O and body trembling. She shut her eyes and looked away when the Banette lashed out with his newly acquired claws. The sounds of the fighting stopped and Rain slowly opened her eyes to look back at the scene in front of her. Only the sight she would be welcomed to made her heart stop and skin crawl. The Banette was now approaching her with that same creeper grin. Rain stumbled back once more without saying a word before slipping and falling back.
Her ankle shot painful stabs up through Rain’s shin that made her grimace more so than the fall back into the gravel. She had for the most part managed to catch herself before completely smashing down on the rocks. Her hands had slapped down to save her torso from slamming down into the gravel, and now her arms supported her torso’s weight as she leaned forward and gritted her teeth with a silent cringe. The pain was enough to briefly eradicate the Banette’s approach from her mind, but upon finally opening her eyes to look up, she spotted the Pokémon and shook her head, immediately resorting to just curling up in a ball and shifting to the childish method of ‘if I can’t see it, it can’t see me’ that rationalized hiding under the covers in the middle of the night. She was content to stay there when suddenly something tapped her back and she jumped slightly, whipping around to spot the curious Eevee that had shuffled forward and was now slowly stepping back in response to Rain’s panic.
Woops. Seemed like she got all caught up in herself and accidentally scared her very kind and very timid friend. She turned as Banette phased through her - the chill hit her a second later, but it was a feeling she was quite used to at this point - and turned in time to see her compatriot take a tumble. That wasn't part of the plan, and Hemlock did move forward to get near her partner, but in all honesty, she was still in a bit of a haze - her repressed emotions had a habit of spewing forth from time to time and having such unconditional rage in you, even if for the briefest of moments, tended to take the wind out of you.
Still, that didn't stop Strings from stopping his advance once she fell. The Banette was overjoyed but not entirely oblivious to the fact that the girl before him was not in the mood for a cuddle. Too bad; Strings figured that he gave pretty good hugs. Hemlock took another step closer as Rain rolled up like a Sandshrew, her face turning from confusion to concern.
"M-miss Rain, a-are..." She cut off as Lorraine seemed to startle herself, not realizing that something was behind her - not until it backed away. An Eevee! Those were rare - but, first thing's first. Hemlock knew how to stay focused on the task at hand, and she was concerned for her acquaintance.
Hemlock moved over and flopped down to her knees, using the palms of her hands to support her as she leaned forward, bringing one hand up to gingerly try and put it on Rain's shoulder - an odd touch, and it might even have been obvious that Hemlock's heart wasn't 100% into the contact, but she felt it was appropriate. She waved away Strings with her other hand, getting him to hover behind her, out of Rain's line of sight - at least for now.
"M-miss, are you alright?" She poised, an innocent expression painted on her face. Hemlock was hoping to find some way to ease her back into the odd, shy-coexistence they had before she had battled the Froakie.
Strings had other plans. The Banette grew quickly bored with hovering and fwooshed around them, moving around to hover about the Eevee and try to play with it for a bit. New friends, after all!
Post by Lorraine Hasan on Mar 27, 2014 9:47:57 GMT -5
✖HEMLOCK
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Passing Eevee 6 / 8
Yep, that definitely hurt. Definitely, definitely hurt.
Woops indeed.
Rain didn’t concern herself with the idea of missing out on some sort of epic cuddle. She was pained and on the edge, ready to just leave the zone at this point. The sight of the nervous slowly retreating Eevee didn’t even convey the usual girlish glee the sight of such a thing would usually incite. As the eevee started to back off, Rain slowly brought a hand up to her head to hold it up as she worked to gather her senses. Her hand slowly slid over her eyes with a heavy sigh of frustration with herself. Great work on the brave department, Rain, she berated herself. She could feel tears had built up in her eyes, but it wasn’t just the fear or embarrassment causing the expression but the fact her ankle was just not having it at the moment.
Trying to pull her thoughts and self in general back together, she didn’t spot the incoming hand that resulted in her jumping a little. Her head snapped around to Hemlock, before she relaxed slightly at the sight of Hemlock in a calmer state. Even if the hand clasping Rain’s shoulder wasn’t completely heartfelt in nature, Rain demonstrated little issue with that fact. She’d already picked up on the fact that Hemlock was timid herself earlier so this situation was probably a bit awkward for her.
Being asked if she was alright, Rain paused for a moment, eyeing the other for a second. She glanced down at herself, before hesitantly peering up at Hemlock through her eye lashes. “Um… I-I think I… My ankle…” she mumbled, almost too soft to hear. Shrinking slightly to the side as she noticed in the corner of her eye Strings was drifting pass to go do lord knows what. Rain’s eyes remained on Hemlock as she sat back up right. She shook her head slightly at that moment to disregard her previous mumble. If her ankle wasn’t that bad, the pain would fade, but if she got up and the pain persisted, she might have to get that checked.
“Can you hel-help me up?” she softly asked, looking up at Hemlock and holding up a hand for Hemlock to take rather than her shoulder. As she would be helped up, the pain would immediately shoot up Rain’s leg in an obvious pained display. Her eyes squeezing shut, teeth gritting, and her hand accidentally tightening its grip on Hemlock’s hand. Immediately catching herself almost crushing Hemlock’s hand, she forced herself to let go and settled for gripping her clothing. If there was ever a time to have one of her larger Pokemon, now would have been a good time but unfortunately that was not the case at the moment.
