Pokémon battle! And we'll see who is the better trainer! And we'll see who has the bigger Pokéballs!

[mischiefbreeder]

Who: Gold (mischiefbreeder) and Silver (tsuntrader), plus any spectators!
What: Silver issued a battle challenge to Gold, who accepted.
When: Saturday afternoon
Where: The Battle Dome
Summary: Gold and Silver have been in Luceti together for a year and yet have never had a single Pokémon battle. Deciding it's time to rectify, they head off to the Battle Dome to throw down!
Rating: PG? I mean, it's Pokémon...
[Gold had been anxiously waiting for this day. Sure, the standard format for Pokémon battles involved just battling whenever your eyes meet, but if they did that, there'd be constant battles all day, every day. Therefore, these things had to be planned.

...Besides that, Silver was his rival. Always has been, always will be. That makes this battle special. A battle to settle old scores... No, a battle to determine who's the best trainer out of the two of them, and furthermore... To show everyone just how it's done.

It was time. Their battle lies ahead.]

Comments

[savedtheworld]

[He becomes brighter from Shikamaru's explanation.]

A... chakra tree? That sounds amazing! Now I really want to try one! [He makes a slight whistling sound as he envisions a paper cutting in half]

[markofthebrave]

[...does that mean the tree eats chakra?

And with chakra as close to chi as it seems to be...

That's just creepy.]

Can you feed any tree chakra?

[generalflirt]

[...

...You know he didn't think of that]

[endgames]

[Aang's enthusiasm more or less seals it. He hopes the doesn't cost much, not that he was saving for anything...]

I dunno. I've never tried. [But it's clear the idea doesn't bother him. It doesn't eat it eat it, Katara, gosh. He cups his chin.] I could test it here, but it'd take too long to get anything out of it. I'd be better off trading in points for the paper.

[savedtheworld]

[He finds himself remembering the swamp again, with its giant tree that Aang was able to tap into.]

There are some pretty weird trees out there. But I think I can understand how they can connect to the energy inside us. I hope it's not too much of a trouble to get some of that paper.

[markofthebrave]

[She's still sitting on the fence here.]

[generalflirt]

Maah, so that would be a useful item to look into after all.

[endgames]

Oh, it'll be troublesome all right. Most things are.

[Something of a joke, at least to him.] It's okay, I'll just blame you guys.

[savedtheworld]

[He's getting accustomed enough to Shikamaru's ways that he can smirk at this.]

Thanks, Shikamaru.

[markofthebrave]

[Katara just shakes her head. She's still a little unsure about this, but still...]

[generalflirt]

Hoooh, I actually look forward to seeing what element I have. I mean I've been working hard this long, having a specialty would be ace.

[endgames]

First let's finish the basics.

[Element training takes longer even after that, but he doesn't need to mention that here.]

And your training with Linda. [He starts counting things off his fingers, omitting certain details] And your other training on top of that training on top of that training.

You're busier than I am. I'm surprised you even have the time to be here.

[savedtheworld]

Lots of training, huh? [Although he himself had been starting to pile some on.] It does make sense in this place.

[markofthebrave]

What 'other training?'

[generalflirt]

He means the bit where Sokka had me wake up at ungodly hours of the morning to be beat up by a historical figure.

[Fortunately or unfortunately they didn't last though and Sokka's adapted to a much more reasonable schedule. If it continues which I think it might based on an ongoing thread]

[endgames]

[We are going to need to talk about that later, bro. Maybe. But awesome, turned the subject around.]

[savedtheworld]

Oh, Sokka? Does that mean you're learning swords?

[markofthebrave]

[An excellent question.]

[generalflirt]

So it seems.

[/SIGH shrug] Ironically, that's contrary to one of my other mentor's principles.

[endgames]

[That would be the thing to talk about, yes.]

[savedtheworld]

Who's the other mentor? It really does sound like a lot of training.

[markofthebrave]

[Another excellent question, Aang! She knew she kept you around for more than just your cute face.

...although she does have a suspicion.]

[generalflirt]

Silver, that is. The one with the red hair in this fight.

[endgames]

He doesn't talk as much. [Unless you get him on a conversation that piques him, Shikamaru's noted. 8|a] But he's cool.

[ > just met him in person five minutes ago ]

[savedtheworld]

[While Aang's just about to meet him in person five minutes from now.]

Oh, that one? He looks like he could be nice. And he does have that cool water alligator. He must be teaching you some neat Pokemon tricks. [Like... how to withstand huge amounts of electricity?]