[Samuel Brookes]

Samuel was bored. It was perhaps the only reason he had decided to explore Blissfury Plains- that, and he was curious to see what types of pokemon lived there. So with Rune at his side and Striker's pokeball in his hand, he had set out to find them. And even though he usually hated the rain and would do anything to avoid it, he was actually quite enjoying his walk on this occasion. The excitement of discovering something new almost always outweighed any unease he felt during wet weather.

"Hey, look, Rune. I wonder what would happen if Striker touched one of those?" Samuel grinned as he gestured to a lightning rod, though he kept a tight grip of Striker's pokeball, just in case. His Shinx had a habit of actually trying to test out Samuel's ideas, and that didn't always end well for them. "I hope we find a cool pokemon here. Maybe another electric type! That'd be awesome, right Rune?"

Rune seemed to be ignoring Samuel. She was trotting ahead, cautiously making sure the way was clear for her young trainer. Every so often she would glance back as if to make sure Samuel was still behind her. Perhaps she remembered the times Samuel had slipped away when he had thought nobody was looking. Samuel smiled at the thought.

[Kitten4u]

Behold!



Species: Blitzle
Gender: Female
Ability: Lightning Rod
~Moves~
Tail Whip
Spark
Discharge
Thrash

[Samuel Brookes]

Samuel was just about to consider turning back when Rune gave a warning call. When he turned, he was surprised to see they were being watched by a wild Blitzle. The pokemon looked wary, its body tense as if it were ready to attack at any time.

"Hey, that's an electric type, right?" Samuel asked. Rune glanced at him, seemingly in disgust that Samuel had even had to ask that question. Beaming, he held his hands up to his Absol to placate her before gesturing to the Blitzle. "Go get it, Rune! Use Bite!"

Rune leapt towards the Blitzle, swiftly biting the electric-type before jumping away again. The Blitzle didn't hesitate to retaliate- a well-aimed Spark saw Rune knocked backwards, and the Absol narrowed her eyes at the attack.

"Alright, Double Team! Let's see it try and get you after that!" Samuel's voice rose with excitement, and Rune instantly obeyed the command, moving swiftly to create the copies that was the move Double Team.

Blitzle hesitated, watching the number of Absol carefully as if trying to guess which was the real one. For the second time it used Spark. But this time it only hit one of the copies. Rune reacted without even being asked, using a Quick Attack to knock the Blitzle down. Samuel flung a pokeball at the wild pokemon, before watching with excitement as it shook. One shake. Two shakes. A tiny wobble.

Samuel grinned as the ball went still, punching the air with joy. "Gotcha!" he crowed, retrieving the pokeball and scratching Rune's head. "Great job, Rune! Now I just gotta name it! Let's see... how about Tempest?"

Rune didn't react. The Absol was already turning to head for home. One wild pokemon was clearly quite enough excitement to her. Satisfied as well, Samuel turned and hurried after her, almost bouncing with joy at his new pokemon.