[Chromatic]

The dojo is located in the heart of Mavro city. It's a fairly large, utilitarian building with lots of windows. It looks even larger on the inside than it does the outside. Despite its size, it's always very crowded because it's open to all people currently on Harmonia Island, regardless of whether they live there or not. Due to its extensive facilities, it's very popular, so they've had to limit how often people can visit so that it can be truly open to all. There's also a back area for people with a VIP pass, that has some additional facilities and tends to be less crowded than the main area.

This is a specialized training dojo for students, staff, and civilians(or criminals) alike to come and train their Pokemon. Each visit to the dojo grants 1 Exp Point to a Pokemon of choice. To visit the dojo, make a post role-playing out your character and their Pokemon training. Feel free to be as creative as you wish!

Please note that since the Dojo receives a lot of visitors, each person may only visit once every two weeks, renewing every other Sunday. However, as a special deal to the Academy students, trainers who have received a VIP Dojo Pass will gain 2 Exp Points to Pokemon of their choice on every visit. This special pass allows access to a much less crowded area with better equipment for more efficient training.

Resets happen relative to the last time each character posted rather than on a global timeline, so your next post can be made 2 Sundays after your last one.

[Seraphina King]

Seraphina entered the Dojo, being sure to turn a whole 360 degrees as she looked around at all the different facilities. The place seemed pretty packed, with not a whole lot of things open for her. Luckily, the Pokemon she was going to be training wouldn't have some sort of complex training regiment. Honestly, she wondered if this was the simplest Pokemon out there. Her Beldum Tyson only needed a target for him to repeatedly ram into. Occasionally, she moved it to keep him from halfheartedly ramming with no change in movement. Of course, nothing could really keep this training session from being as monotonous as it was.

[Serena Miller]

Serena was pretty excited when she heard about some of the facilities throughout the school. She wasn't sure how much she would use a lot of them, but then some of her adventures into the mountains revealed just how much her Pokemon seemed to enjoy battling. It was really weird to her. Fighting was dangerous and could get them hurt. Not to mention, it was all about hurting someone else. Why would they find that fun? She was happy to indulge them, even if it made her feel a little weird sometimes, since this is what a trainer was supposed to do. Thus, Serena was off to the dojo with her Growlithe Natalia at her side, in order to see what was there to help them.



"Maybe we can practice aiming your--"



She opened the door to the dojo and it was crawling with people. There was barely even enough room to stand.



"--Flamethrower...Um...maybe we should do something that's less likely to set everyone on fire..."

[Sophia Schuster]

Despite the fact that she had had both Cloud and Cotton with her for years, she had never once really made an effort to “train” the two outside of basic, well, pet-related training. As far as strengthening training was concerned? Nope. Not a once. That was why a certain young maiden and a certain little sheep found themselves in a disagreement. This silver-haired young lady had her hands on her hips, shaking her head.

”Just try it.” Her words were lost to any observer due to the sounds of the dojo, but the Mareep heard her just fine. He offered a non-committed “Meeeh~” at her. ”Try iiiiit~?” She urged the fluffbutt on gently, almost temptingly, with a sing-song voice. Another “Meh-heh-heh-heh~” was the only response she received, as though the Mareep were laughing at her. The girl puffed her cheeks out before stepping closer and picking the Mareep up. The sheep flailed his tiny legs, looking and sounding confused.

”If you refuse to attack the target, then I will, using you.” Sophia declared with a voice filled with determination. The sheep's response? “Meeeh?!” Clearly, it got something more off a response from the soon-to-be-lobbed sheep. It was surprisingly easy to throw him. He was like a four-legged, oval-shaped medicine ball. Weighed about the same, too. Either way, it seemed like being fired off as a projectile made the Mareep a bit more willing to aim and fire bolts.

The two trained just fine together after that.

+1 to hatch counter for Eevee egg.

[Kotone Kato]

"Tae, do you know why you're here?" 

The Deino only stared at her blankly. Or, Kotone assumed Tae was staring at her since she really couldn't tell with his mop of hair hanging over his eyes.

"I'm serious, Tae. You've been going crazy recently! You never listen to me, you're always trying to do crazy moves, and I'm really worried you'll get hurt one day because you can't seem to calm down!" The trainer huffed and stood up, removing her glasses to clean them. "So you're going to run around here, alright? But there are some ground rules. One, don't get in the way of other trainers or Pokemon. Two, stay where I can see you. Three, be productive. Four-" Kotone paused, her glasses back on the bridge of her nose as she looked around frantically. Tae had, once again, disappeared. 

Kotone could only sigh as she went off to search for him, a task she found herself devoting more time to than she'd like to admit.

[Seth Silvester]

"No, no, you don't get another berry until you've tried that move again," Seth sighed as he rubbed the bridge of his nose. His glasses shifted, causing Seth to fidget with them while his pokemon gurgled happily. The Eelektrik was the newest pokemon to Seth's arsenal in a long time and he was excited to train Matsya. Or had been at least. After two hours of going over the same tactics Seth was now worried Matsya wasn't fit for battling. Their first encounter together had been based on peace and amity, not aggression. Seth had won Matsya over with berries and hadn't even seen the Eelektrik's moves until he started today.

Matsya, on the other hand, showed no signs of frustration as it balanced on it's tail, stretching it's body into a vertical line. The Eelektrik was begging. Begging for berries. It always wanted berries. "Please," Seth said, doing his own kind of begging, "try again, Matsya, and if you do a good job you can have this." The man pulled a berry from his pocket, showing it to his pokemon.

The tan fins on Matsya's body wiggled as it lowered itself to the ground and faced the training dummy. Looking back at Seth, more specifically the berry in Seth's hand, Matsya charged its body with an electric current and a decent sized blast shot from it's gaping mouth. 

"Good!" Seth cheered, tossing the berry at Matsya. "One more time, buddy, let's do this!"

[Santos "Shadow" Almaz]

Santos had entered into the Dojo with his new pokemon Swamp the Mudkip

Swamp was looking around in wonder with all the different pokemon. In the misty mire where it had hatched, the little mud sprayer had seen a variety of pokemon but here was many more that it had never seen before.

Santos hummed "Swamp."

The mudkip flinched slightly then turned his attention to Santos. Swamp had quickly learned that Santos had captured him and was now under his command. Candle and Tick had been quick to convince Swamp that listening to Santos was the best way to get along with all of them.

Santos hummed "alright Swamp this is where you're going to show me what you are capable of." He walked over to a melee training dummy "come."

Swamp made a noise and bounded over.

Santos hummed "now show me what you can do by attacking this target"

Swamp made a noise then wiggled his hunches and charged at the target with a Tackle. He then slammed into it and knocked it over. "Mudkip!" Swamp chirped as he stood upon the knocked down target

Santos hummed as he nodded "nice tackle." He grabbed an empty range dummy. "Now I know I saw you throwing mud around. Let me see just how do you it. His this target with mud."

Swamp spat up some mud and shot it at the dummy hitting the dummy and marking the target with a line of mud spray.

Santos hummed "very good. Now show me what else you can do."

Swamp got thoughtful for a moment.

Tick made a noise as it came out of Santos's hair

Swamp made a noise of confusion

Santos hummed "what's up Tick?"

Tick zipped over to Swamp and made a few chirps.

Swamp made a shocked face as if he got the idea and made a chirp

Tick chirped then zipped over to a hanging punching bag. It then made a noise that one would almost think that it was Taunting Swamp.

Swamp worked with something in his mouth. He then seem to suck it in like he was charging up a shot of something.

Tick made more noise

Swamp spat and a rock was launched at an arc like a cannon ball and it hit the target making it swing.

Tick made a noise like it was cheering

"Rock Throw?" Santos stated "well well well Swamp, not just mud but rocks too. That could be quite interesting in battle. I like it. Good Job."

Swamp smiled

Santos hummed "so can you spray water and use Water Gun"

Swamp blinked and tilted his head in confusion

Tick made a noise

Santos hummed "A water type that can't spray water. We're going to have to work on that..." He hummed "Come on Swamp. Time to show you what I need you to do. We're going to start with the basics of water usage by learning Water Gun." He walked over to the water area

Swamp made a noise and followed

It would take the two a few attempts but after learning the difference between mud and water, Swamp was able to wield both types of liquids and spray them and soon it was able to heat up that water and spray boiling hot water in the form of Scald. It was a successful training session at the Dojo.

[Blaise Cain]

Blaise entered the dojo, strutting in like he owned the place. Around his neck was the Dratini, Gallahad. It was time, he thought, for some good, old fashioned training. Gallahad could do with it, he had decided. The dragon had done nothing but relaxed since they arrived on Harmonia Island. And it was time for that to change. As Blaise pulled the coiled dragon from his shoulders and sat him on the floor, he spoke "Alright, Gallahad, time to get to work."

The two of them ran through some basic drills, practicing each of the Pokemon's moves in turn. Twister was just as draconic as ever, and Dragon Rage indeed raged on. Thunder Wave was shocking and Agility was... Well, he moved fast. But the time had come for the Dratini to learn a new attack. Blaise had been doing some reading, and he found one that he thought would really improve their arsenal: the Dragon Tail!

And, with great effort, the two mastered it. Gallahad's lower body coursed with dragonic energy and he struck with the fury of a great wyrm. Blaise would consider that a mastery. And the two of them were satisfied for now.

[Crispin Yates]

Crispin sat cross-legged across from Tori, the Abra’s eyes closed in concentration. “Don’t worry, Tori, we’ll go at yisser pace. Yer gettin' faster an' faster at teleportin', an' oi nu before long you’ll be able ter add sum offensive moves ter yisser defensive wan. It’ll take time, an' that’s awrite'.” Rightfully so, when Crispin first announced to his intentions to his team to start getting some training done, Tori was the first to show apprehension. She remembered all too well how much she was being pushed to become stronger before, and as close as she was to Crispin she didn’t want a repeat of that.

As soon as he assured her it would be far less harsh this time, she nodded carefully. That’s what led them here, with Tori carefully and precisely teleporting around the Dojo. She was getting much better, after all, and since she wasn’t feeling so pressured it was going much more smoothly.

[Serena Miller]

A couple of weeks had passed since her last visit here, but only because she wasn't allowed to come here much more often than that.  A lot of people wanted to use the facility, so she understood that she had to wait her turn.  It was a little disappointing, and she wished they would expand the facility, but she also understood that it wasn't quite that simple.  Today was one of the few times Natalia was in her pokeball, because today she intended to train the only Pokemon she's captured so far: Tatlin the Axew.

Tatlin was not particularly receptive to listening to her, so she hoped a little bit of time together, working on a move or two and some yummy treats would help that.  It seemed to help a little at least.  By the end of the training session, Tatlin was at least friendlier, though she was still more inclined to do her own thing than listen to Serena.  Fortunately, Serena knew how to work with that, and just let the Axew find its own strength.  Just letting it do that appeared to strengthen their bond a little bit.  Considering how they met, she was always afraid that they would never be able to become friends, but it looked like the usual ways to capture Pokemon weren't quite as mean as she once thought if it was this easy for them to get over it.

One the way out, Serena carried Tatlin and she seemed okay with it.  She gave her one last treat, but this time the Axew handed something back.  Serena hadn't noticed it at first, but it looked like Tatlin was carrying a bunch of small, shiny objects, mostly rings and earrings.  

"Tatlin where...?  Um...nevermind, I don't think I want to do.  We should um...probably take all that to the lost and found okay?"

[Seraphina King]

The time had finally come to revisit the Dojo for some training. This time, she would be focusing on little Sugar. Tyson had already grown quite a bit in the short time that he was being trained. That was why Seraphina decided to do some training with Sugar as to not fall behind with him. He was no hard hitter, so she decided to train him on his special attacks. Namely, she had him levitate as many large objects as he could. This sort of thing went on for a while as he didn't exactly have a wide range of abilities to utilize.

Of course, that was also the point of this training. Sugar needed some strong moves of his own so he wouldn't be falling behind in power. It seemed like there was quite a bit for him to learn as he went too. He would become strong if he got the training he needed. And after that, evolve into something fearsome.

[Sophia Schuster]

A certain young lady brought a certain hot bug to the dojo. Sophia had been giving Cotton so much attention that the little Mareep had gone and evolved into a Flaaffy. While it was no excuse to take it easy on their training, this at least gave her an excuse to give her other Pokemon some attention. Cloud was a bit resistant to the idea of working out. That'd change in the near future, she decided, but Sophia found an eager and willing candidate in Silk.

”Show me what you can do on that target, Silk.” She gently urged the tiny bug on. That eagerness he displayed earlier hadn't diminished in the least. If anything, his eagerness was displayed in the form of fire as his body was coated in the stuff before slamming into the target with incredible destructive force. To say that Sophia was surprised was putting it lightly.

To say she was pleased was hardly scratching the surface, however.

+1 to hatch count on Larvesta, Growlithe, and Shroomish eggs

[Santos "Shadow" Almaz]

(I'm assuming that because this is two Sundays after the original post. I can post in here again if not I'll be glad to void this post until I can post again)

Santos entered into Dojo. He was bringing along Candle to train so that she could get strength.

Santos hummed "alright Candle time to knuckle down and get to work."

Candle trilled

Santos hummed "alright let's go over your moves. I know you were able to spit embers and cast a ghostly flame." He pulled out a small candle to use for target practice. "light it up."

Candle trilled and mustered up some fire and shot a circular ball of fire and when it made contact with the candle it exploded into small embers. This was the move Flame Burst.

Santos hummed being impressed. You've move up in fire that was Flame Burst wasn't it."

Candle trilled in agreement

Santos chuckled "excellent that's a good move to wield. Now I know of your Hex Move and Night Shade moves, Hex being your most powerful especially when the opponent's feeling the pain of your flames." He hummed "but Ghost and Fire isn't the only type of moves you can wield is it."

Candle moved back and forth as she shook her body in a no. She trilled as she got ready to do another attack.

Santos hummed in interest.

Candle charged up summoning up a green energy ball and fired it at the candle sending it flying in a burst of energy

Santos whistled "whoa ho ho... was that Energy Ball?"

Candle thrilled as she posed proudly

Santos hummed "very very nice why you learn that move?"

Candle made several chirps followed by what sounded like a gurgle noise to signal some sort of liquid

Santos hummed "Swamp right you learned it to deal with those that can spit mud and other liquids like water."

Candle trilled in agreement

Santos nodded "very good so what else am I going to teach you."

Candle trilled in thought then made a chirp. She focused on the tossed candle with bluish eyes and a blue field gathered around it as it started to float."

Santos hummed "Candle?"

Candle stopped focusing and the candle fell onto the ground.

Santos hummed "are you suggesting that I have you learn a Psychic type move."

Candle trilled

Santos hummed "alright, let's work on that."

~~~

With a little time and training Candle with a moderate amount of focus was able to use Psychic forces to make things move. Santos only hoped that as she grew stronger Candle would be able to even lift him with Psychic but that will come in it's own time

[Lithra Trease]

There were so many people and pokemon in the dojo that Lithra almost felt like she should leave and return later. If it wasn't for Bell's constant nudging in her arms she would have done just that. "I guess we're training each other, huh?" she questioned, smiling down at the Cottonee in her arms. He baa'ed happily, giving Lithra the courage to keep walking through the intimidating room.

Placing Cottonee down on the ground, Lithra looked at the training dummy with an apprehensive gaze. "Okay, let's work on Fairy Wind for a bit, Bell. I read about it earlier and it sounds pretty."

Bell jumped happily as he bleated and turned towards the dummy. Lithra smiled at him, her heart growing for the little pokemon. He was her first partner and companion and she was so proud of him.

[Naveta Lejori]

It was important for Naveta to be aware of her surroundings.  She needed to know what she could buy, where she could sell things off, and every nook and cranny of this city so she could hide or escape if necessary.  However, right now she was feeling at least relatively safe, and had already identified about half a dozen different escape routes if it became necessary.  Now, she wanted to see what this city had to offer her.  At first, she had intended to ignore this Pokemon Dojo because it seemed like a waste of time.  An entire building dedicated to training pokemon for battle?  And people called HER a nerd, seriously.  After walking past it four times though, she just found herself curious about what people would even do in there, and decided to go in.

The inside was more exciting than she expected, but probably not for the reasons the creators intended.  There were so many people in there and it was so loud that she could get away with pretty much anything.  Not wanting to push her luck, she only targeted the people that looked particularly oblivious with valuables in easy to grab places.  It was too easy.

During that time, Cirque decided to get out of her pokeball.  This was a very rare occasion, so she decided to let her indulge for a little while, but only on the condition that she'd do something for Naveta later.  In the end, all the little Zorua wanted to do was look in the mirror and turn into the various people at the dojo, but with ridiculous looking faces on them.  She even managed to get Naveta to laugh at a few of them.  This probably qualified as training right?