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

[dogboy]

[... Oh. Hmph.]

... If he decides to stay, I don't mind. But it's not like I'm his trainer or anything like that. [Soren doesn't really care for this convo, sorry. Tugging at Chien's hair cause you should be watching so you can train him!! Which just get him a swat in return, of course, but Chien'll pay attention to the battle too.]

[endgames]

It's a lot of responsibility.

[dogboy]

I've cared for my two younger brothers since we were old enough to walk. A bird's no problem.

[endgames]

Heh. Do you always contradict yourself?

[dogboy]

[Yes.]

N-No! Shut up! What do you know, anyway?! [Soren squawks at Shikamaru, irritated by Chien's irritation, and fluffs up his feathers.]

[endgames]

[Pfft. These two make quite a pair.]

Nothing, nothing. Relax.

[dogboy]

[That's right, you better back off. The Taillow flaps his wings with a trill and returns to his original status of Roosting, done with this. Chien takes a few more seconds, hunching a little.]

What're you doing here, anyway? You don't look like you have one of these guys.

[endgames]

My roommate has one. He invited me.

[And since Shikamaru is helping him out with training, he may as well learn more about them too.]

[dogboy]

[Briefly he wonders which guy it is - and the next second really doesn't care.]

Were you seriously that bored?

[endgames]

A bit.

[dogboy]

A bit.

[endgames]

[Excellent hearing comprehension you got there.

Okay, okay. Don't want to poke him. He's an irritable one.]

And since I'm living with one, learning about Pokemon seemed smart.

[dogboy]

[Oh. Got it.]

Are you helping to take care of it?

[endgames]

In a way. I'm not the one who trains with her or anything, but I help out when they need it. Grab her something to eat. Keep her from setting the cat on fire. [Shrug] Basic stuff.

[dogboy]

Setting the cat on fire?! [good riddance cats are ew The most disbelief, Shikamaru. Soren's with him on both accounts.]

How's that basic?! What kind of animal is it?

[endgames]

[But it was his best friend's cat before he left. ;;]

Aa? She's a Pichu. Think, uh. Electric rat.

[dogboy]

[oh well then ;;]

And how can it set a cat on fire?

[endgames]

Trust me. Lightning bolts and cat hair don't mix well.

[dogboy]

[Back home, they mixed very well in the form of a Liger. But he knows it's not the same here.]

The dumb thing probably deserved to be shocked.

[endgames]

Not so much. They're equally troublesome.

[dogboy]

Sounds like you've got a handful, then. [Considering who the trainer of that Pichu is...]

[endgames]

[Oh, you have no idea. Plus all the crazy women who live on that floor. But he just shrugs.]

Surprisingly, I don't mind it. It's a pain, but they keep things interesting.

[Masaomi too.]

[dogboy]

[Chien would be glad he lives in the forest and not anywhere near that. It's bad enough Masaomi has an excuse to talk to him now with Soren and all.]

The whole village is like that too. Not the interesting part, the pain. I almost feel sorry for you for having to deal with all that even if you say you don't mind it. [He is lying the village is still interesting to him.]

[endgames]

[Blandly:] Oh, almost. What an honor.

[dogboy]

[Dick.]

You'd better consider it one! People like you really piss me off!