[Finley Morrow]

Day 2
The time is 7:15pm, the location is the foot of Mount Magmadyne. The weather has been foggy all day, but has finally started clearing up.

In some ways, it was nice to wake up to rain in the morning. The water pounded softly on the rocks above us, mixing with the gentle rustling of the leaves and the soft sound of the nearby stream. It wasn’t nice because the bottom of my sleeping bag and backpack were getting quite wet. I’m making a physical note here on top of my mental one to sleep further inside of caves than just the mouth. If I’d been two feet further in, I wouldn’t have this problem.

We had to problem solve on how to get my stuff dry, which ended in “shove it all into your bag and we’ll look for a bigger cave because it’s still coming down and that ‘dry it on a tree branch’ advice isn’t going to do anyone any good”. I’m starting to realize that nature’s a lot more complicated than one would think. It’s got a lot more subtle means of attack than giant monsters attacking cities in response to garbage in the water.

Looking for another fire type that isn't a magby

[Kitten4u]

Behold!



Species: Ponyta
Gender: Female
Ability: Run Away
~Moves~
Flame Charge
Growl
Take Down
Flare Blitz

[Finley Morrow]

We, Brian and I, were walking along, trying to figure out the best way to skirt the mountain while also remaining as dry as possible, when we heard this “ba-thump ba-thump” behind us. I’ve seen the move or something similar used in contests in the past, but that was the first time I’ve ever witnessed a pokemon cloaked in flames, charging directly at us.

Looking back on it, I think we’d wandered into the pokemon’s territory, but in that moment we either had to run and risk sliding down the muddy slope, or fight. Brian was as ready and focused as he always was. He met the charging pokemon head-on with an ice punch. Fire collided with ice, the flames melting and fracturing the crystals, the shards of ice striking the flames and leaving nothing but smoke. The moves canceled each other out, the two pokemon both took a step back. Then, again the pokemon charged. She lacked the flames of the previous attack, but her weight was in this one. Brian attempted to jump up and over the pokemon, but was caught by his adversary's head and was thrown - but not before landing a cross chop, hard against the pokemon’s face. The flaming pokemon shook her head, bucking her hind legs. This wasn’t worth it to her, and so she flead.

Brian was feeling pretty tired after that. He’s been resting in his pokeball and I’ve been traveling with Diem, who, as it turns out, really likes mud. The rain’s stopped, we found a cave, and the day’s starting to look up. With Riparian’s help I got my things dry, and with Diem’s help I got Brian patched up. We plan to depart for Mother Edea’s Forest in the morning.

Ponyta Fled!