[Louis Beckett]

Okay, let's try this again.

While Luu wasn't disappointed with what he had found here last time (arguably an Oshawott can be a lot stronger and more versatile than a Magikarp), he still wanted to catch that flopping fish. Why, well, he just wanted to train one. He wanted to see for himself how the supposedly weakest Pokemon in the world would evolve to one of the most fearsome ones ever known. And hey, riding on a Gyarados just sounded plain awesome.

It seemed the fisherman that he had befriended before would frequent this beach since he was here again today. Thankfully, he was also willing to lend his fishing rod. He even said he expected him to be back someday soon and that was why he prepared an extra one. He wondered if there was some way he could just buy the rod off of him (or better yet, get it to be gifted to him), but he supposed he should be glad the man would allow him to borrow it in the first place.

So it was another breezy day in Harmonia's Beach as Luu flicked the rod - letting the line fly into the water before making the tiniest of splashes, and the waiting game would start once again.

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Looking for: A Magikarp!

[Kitten4u]

Congrats I think!



Species: Magikarp
Gender: Female
Ability: Swift Swim
~Moves~
Splash
Tackle
Flail

[Louis Beckett]

After some minutes, Luu felt a tug on the line. This time he wasn't falling asleep, so as soon as he felt that slight force, he responded with an even stronger pull on his rod. Whatever was in the water immediately reacted and tried to fight, but it didn't take long before the Pokemon was hauled out of the water. It was a Magikarp!, Luu had exclaimed with joy as it flew into the air before diving back into the water. It was still caught in his hook though, and so while he kept his hand on the rod, he reached for one of his Poke Balls and sent out Pippin, the previous Pokemon he caught here. The Oshawott was all too eager to fight and so dove into the water, but when he saw the flailing Magikarp, he immediately felt disappointed. This was his first opponent? What a bore! Well, he supposed any experience he could get would take him one step closer to evolution, but still...

The Magikarp continued to fight against the line but had no clue how to unhook itself. For a moment, Pippin had considered just letting it escape because of how pitiful the sight looked, but it was trainer's orders to fight, and so he shall. He first used Focus Energy to heighten his perception for critical blows, and then rushed in for a hard Tackle while the Magikarp was still struggling. Surprisingly for Pippin, the Magikarp didn't look very affected by the hit at first - it was still trying to break free. Suddenly thinking that this Magikarp was stronger than expected, he kept on rushing towards it, hitting it with direct Tackles. It took a few more to get it to wear down, but Pippin was also starting to feel exhausted. Now hardly fighting back, Luu was able to easily pull the Magikarp out of the water and catch it with his Poke Ball, "Yes! Managed to catch one..!"

Pippin jumped out of the water before letting out a sharp exhale. That was actually difficult and pretty exhausting. He hoped the next battle would be more exciting or something.

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Defeated Magikarp!
Pippin gained 1 EXP!
Caught Magikarp!