[Meili Jie]

Meili took a deep breathe as she adjusted her hat and school jacket and prepared to walk underneath the pier. For one, it was going to be dark. Maybe she should've taught one of her Pokemon flash but her eyes can adjust. Besides, on her back is a Pokemon that is used to being in the dark. She just prayed no one would freak out at the large steel ant that clung to her back. 

"Okay Meili, you can do this. All you need to do is defeat some Pokemon, maybe even catch one if one suits my interest an-!" Meili shuddered as her Durant pocked her in the shoulder. "Wh-what is it?!" She quickly turned around and sighed in relief to see nothing. Durant did crawl up to Meili's back a little and pointed out the food stand in the distance. "...fine we'll get you a bite when this is over."

[Lithra Trease]

The chances of this mission being another ‘Academy mind test’ was slim to none and that was thought that comforted Lithra Trease as she walked to the pier. Personally, the girl had done nothing to report her uneasiness over the last mission (especially after talking to a former student) as she believed her voice would not be strong enough. What could one, or two, girls do against the larger establishment? Very little. But today was a new day! A new mission even! And Lithra was excited and determined to forget the past and focus on enjoying whatever this afternoon brought.

Donning tan shorts and a flowing green shirt, Lithra still boasted her dorm’s colors in a more comfortable way for traipsing through the sand and underneath a pier. No need to get her dresses dirty for something like this. The only giveaway to her lackluster closet with this particular outfit was Lithra’s shoes. You couldn’t sew up shoes like you could fabric. They were worn out sneakers, raggedy and suffering from years of wear and tear. From one look you could tell there wasn’t much life left in them, but there wasn’t much Lithra could do about that.

She left her hair down, as she did most of the time, pinning a few locks behind her right ear with a matching green flower. The overall effect, while not entirely fashionable, was at least endearing on the smiling girl as she slid down the sandbank and started walking to the other student. It was hard to see as it was so dark, but hopefully time would make that easier. “Hi there!” Lithra called out, holding her Cottonee close to her chest. “I’m Lithra—signed up for this mission too. Hopefully. Unless I’m making no sense and have the wrong person completely.”

Lithra ended her statement with a nervous laugh, her enthusiasm and nerves causing her to be more chatty than normal. She stopped a few feet away from the other girl, noticing the Wave dorm colors she wore and the large pokemon crawling on her back. The armored pokemon was cool if a little creepy.

Bell wiggled in her arms as he hopped down, ignoring Lithra’s protests when he bounced over towards the other student. The Cottonee flapped his ears at the Wave girl, bleating out a greeting before digging into the sand. Lithra sighed. “It’ll take ages to get all that sand out of your fur, Bell.” Despite her words, however, the girl's look was loving towards pokemon. 

Lithra's team will be Bell (Cottonee), Mira (Ivysaur), and Lyra (Eevee).

[Crispin Yates]

He really hoped this ‘almost being late’ thing wasn’t becoming a pattern. His hair was a mess, but that wasn’t even close to being out of the norm. After all, if he brushed it, the Joltik that claimed it the moment he arrived at the academy would be quite upset. He was dressed moderately casually with a pair of dark green shorts and a cream buttoned up shirt, and since they were going to be on the beach, brown sandals.

Peeking out from his black locks was the aforementioned Joltik, Jove humming happily to himself as his trainer hurriedly walked along the pier to get to where he was told to meet. Alongside of him trotted his Abra Tori who seemed to be shaking her head in annoyance at her scatterbrained trainer. Thankfully it didn’t seem as though he was too far behind, and he slid down the sandbank not far behind another member of his dorm.

As soon as he walked under the darkened pier, he lifted a hand to poke at the smaller than average Joltik, who complied by glowing slightly and making his head look quite ridiculous but succeeding in lightening the area somewhat. “Oi, sorry for runnin' a bit behind. Looks loike oi 'enny missed too much, yet, so that's gran'. Oi'm Crispin, by de way─oi nu ah've seen yer ladies raun a bit, but we've never formally met.” Looking over to the other excited Cottonee, Crispin grinned and reached to a Pokéball on his waist, releasing its inhabitant.

A yellow Cottonee floated around sleepily at first, before excitedly circling around Tori. The Abra chuckled slightly, teleporting to Crispin’s other side to confuse the puff of cotton. “Wat a coincidence, oi broot me Cottonee, Aster, along too. Oi figured from wat they towl us aboyt de trip 'ere, she'd be quite de 'elp.” Shoving his hands into his pocket, he looked around. It didn’t look like there was that much of a Pokémon trouble, yet, but he knew how troublesome Pokémon could be.

Bringing along Jove the Joltik, Tori the Abra, and Aster the Cottonee~

[Kitten4u]

Your mission was simple: clean out some wild pokemon from under the pier so that someone could safely and easily make some repairs to it. The pier itself is crowded, but none of the people there pay you any mind. They're much more interested in their own business, and the activities on the party pier. Most of them seem to be here for the amusement park, with most of them funneling into the arcades, rides and of course, the famous ferris wheel.

That's not what you're here for though. What you're here for is under the pier. The area around the pier is rocky rather than sandy, and requires an easy climb down some rocks to get to the shoreline. The rocks there are a lot smaller and smoother, but they still wouldn't feel good on bare feet. The ground is also covered with trash, discarded or lost items, seaweed and broken shells. It's considerably less maintained than the top part of the pier. More than that, the pier looks absolutely massive from this angle. Fortunately, you're only responsible for the parts above the water, which is fairly small compared to the length of the pier.

Speaking of which, you see some potential targets lurking in the darkness of the pier.

Species: Croagunk
Gender: Male
Ability: Dry Skin
~Moves~
Swagger
Poison Sting
Mud Slap
Sludge Bomb

Species: Stunky
Gender: Female
Ability: Stench
~Moves~
Acid Spray
Explosion
Poison Gas
Night Slash

Species: Foongus
Gender: Female
Ability: Effect Spore
~Moves~
Bide
Synthesis
Mega Drain
Clear Smog

[Meili Jie]

“Hi there!” Meili looked over to a girl holding a Cottonee. “I’m Lithra—signed up for this mission too. Hopefully. Unless I’m making no sense and have the wrong person completely.” Meili tipped her hat. This mission was just there for completion. She didn't have very much intentions of befriending people. 

“Oi, sorry for runnin' a bit behind. Looks loike oi 'enny missed too much, yet, so that's gran'. Oi'm Crispin, by de way─oi nu ah've seen yer ladies raun a bit, but we've never formally met.” And this one, Meili can't understand at all. She blinked at the arrival of the new boy. “Wat a coincidence, oi broot me Cottonee, Aster, along too. Oi figured from wat they towl us aboyt de trip 'ere, she'd be quite de 'elp.” Great, two fluff balls. Tie began to click its mandibles. 

"Let's go." And suddenly Meili is the leader. She started to go down the pier. The rocky area should pose no obstacle for her Durant to traverse. She walked down and saw what she assumed to be the targets. Meili snapped her fingers and the Durant jumped off of her back and crawled forward. "Metal Claw on the Stunky." Meili has already chosen her target, as did Tie. The ant readied its mandibles and charged forward.

Action:
Metal Claw on Stunky.

[Lithra Trease]

A frown passed Lithra’s thin face as she watched the other girl simply ‘tip her hat’ at Lithra. That was it? No name, no introduction, no common courtesy to another human being? Lithra felt her cheeks grow warm from indignation as her mouth fell open, as if to say something, then closed. It was lucky that the other student approached when he did, drawing Lithra’s annoyance away from the curt girl and towards himself, transforming the emotion into something else entirely.

Lithra smiled at him, using the other Nature student’s energy to soothe the injuries just suffered. His accent was a little hard to understand, but Lithra did her best to be an active listener, nodding along to the boy’s statements. “Crispin? Nice to meet you, I’m Lithra and this is Bell,” she nodded over at her now sandy Cottonee. “I just arrived myself so you’re not late at all.”

The girl was a bit confused as Crispin went for a pokeball, but that confusion quickly faded a she saw a familiar, if shiny, figure. “You have a Cottonee too?” she questioned despite seeing the proof right in from of her. A large smile bloomed as Lithra clasped her hands together, all negativity from the Wave girl forgotten as she watched Aster and the Abra play. “Oh, she’s a beautiful color too. How wonderful,” Lithra cooed, nudging Bell to introduce himself to the other Cottonee.

Bleating happily, Bell hopped over to Aster, allowing the breeze to stick him close to the other Cottonee. It was if he was trying to form the massive ‘clouds’ their breed was so known for making. This was one of the first other Cottonees that Bell had seen so he was quite content to stick close to Aster, though occasionally he would look back to Lithra to make sure she was still there.

At the Wave girl’s blunt command, Lithra reached down to pick up Bell and followed behind, keeping her pace in stride with Crispin rather than the unknown girl. As they found a few of the trouble making pokemon, she paused. “I’ll admit I thought there was going to be more Water and beach-y pokemon over these,” she said, keeping her Cottonee close to her. Bell would not do well fighting Poison types.

Reaching for a pokeball, Lithra released her Eevee and watched as the brown pokemon jumped up and down on the sand playfully. Lyra was still young. “Use Hyper Voice on the mushroom pokemon,” Lithra commanded, watching as Lyra gave a powerful cry. The teenager didn’t realize the wide area of effect the move had and was surprised to see it hit their foe and the froggy pokemon next to it as well. Guiltily, Lithra mouthed a 'sorry' at Crispin. She didn’t want him thinking she was taking his own battle.

Dazed, the mushroom pokemon cried out as it started to store energy away for a later attack. Lithra clucked her tongue, not wanting to wait for the wild pokemon to have that chance. “Try Swift, Lyra, and finish it off.” Lyra chirped, opening her mouth as a barrage of star shaped energy pummeled her opponent, causing it to faint. “Great!” 

[Crispin Yates]

Once he noticed the tension in the air, Crispin furrowed his brow. He wasn’t sure what had happened, but he didn’t like it. Tori, on the other hand, was able to sense what was going on better and stopped playing around with Aster, rubbing a clawed hand up her arm. Turning to look at the other humans, she frowned, the fur on her head bristling slightly. She moved over to her trainer’s side, reaching up to hold her trainer’s hand for comfort. Negative energies made her anxious, so she wanted to remind herself to avoid the initial instinct of teleporting away.

Glancing down at his Abra briefly, he worried about what had her upset. Patting Tori on the head with his free hand, he returned Lithra’s smile. “Nice ter meet yer as well, Lithra an'... yer,” he said, lifting an eyebrow at the silent third member. Those kind of manners didn’t float well in his book, and suddenly everything fell into place from the awkward tension that probably let to why Tori was upset. He apparently wasn’t the only one not pleased by poor manners. Sensing her trainer’s understanding, Tori’s grip loosened slightly. At least he knew what was going on now.

Clearing his throat, “Well, oi'm glad oi'm not late at laest.” A grin broke across his face as she complimented Aster, “Tanks! Me mom sent 'er ter me as congratulashuns for bein' accepted 'ere. She's a doll, an' gettin' strong ter boot.” Aster chirped slightly in surprise as the other Cottonee came into view before hopping excitedly around Bell. She was excited to see another Cottonee, and happily floated on ahead as they all began to walk.

While they moved forward, Jove continued to light up Crispin’s hair like one of those static-electricity lamps. It wasn’t until they saw the first troublemaking Pokémon that he stopped and frowned after glancing a frustrated glance at their associate-of-few-words. “Oi agree witcha on dat, but oi tankfully broot Tori for jist in case. Although, 'er attack can... cause more damage than intended ter 'er surroundings sometimes, so i'll make sure ter watch an' 'av 'er only use it if yisser guys are oyt av reach, gran'?”

Which wasn’t right now, since he didn’t have time to tell them about that before hand. The skunk was only hit once, though, and probably didn’t feel threatened enough yet to leave completely. That helped battle decisions a little bit at least. Crispin just smiled and shook his head dismissively to Lithra’s apology as if to say ‘don’t worry about it’. Looking to the Pokémon, he nodded his head quickly. “'Ey Jove, wanna wrap dem up wi' an electroweb quickly?” His hair jostled for a moment before the tiny─even for a Joltik─Pokémon leapt out from his hair, shooting a huge electric web across both of the other Pokémon.

It shocked them both, and the Stunky ran off with it’s tail between it’s legs as best it could while slowed by the web. The frog wasn’t quite ready to call it quits though, and grumbled angrily at the humans and their awful traiter Pokémon. Just who did they thing they were, anyway? This was obviously their turf, and yet these people had the gall to attack them. The nerve. As if to show just who was boss, the frog scoffed and shrugged his shoulders, an obvious mocking swagger towards the smaller Pokémon. Jove puffed out in annoyance, his tiny body quivering, but seemed to sway in place as well as though unsettled and confused by the wild Pokémon’s confidence. After all, they were winning… weren’t they?

Cussing to himself in something that didn’t sound like English, he spoke clearly again to Jove, “Awrite Jo, jist focus an' due it again. Yer can due it.” Trying to shake himself off and focus, the small bug shot another web towards the frog. It wrapped around him like the one before, shocking him. The wild Pokémon seemed to finally have enough, turning to try and run off through the webbing and seemingly grumbling angrily to itself.

The nerve of those humans.

[Kitten4u]

You all cleared out those pokemon quickly! Now you can get a good look underneath the pier without being attacked or stepping in gunk. It's in pretty bad shape, maybe even worse shape than they thought it was. There are teeth marks on many of the support beams, and some of them even look like they've been melted a bit by poison type pokemon.

Speaking of poison type pokemon...

Species: Gulpin
Gender: Male
Ability: Gluttony
~Moves~
Acid Spray
Poison Gas
Sludge Bomb
Encore

Species: Qwilfish
Gender: Male
Ability: Intimidate
~Moves~
Poison Sting
Toxic Spikes
Brine
Hydro Pump

Species: Carvanha
Gender: Male
Ability: Speed Boost
~Moves~
Crunch
Poison Fang
Take Down
Rage

[Meili Jie]

Meili arched an eyebrow. This was going by with relative ease. Were they just low leveled? In that case, she had to wonder why they were even called to do such a thing. Oh well, she couldn't complain now that she is knee deep into it. They were already approaching the next wave. She looked at the trio of Pokemon and right away called Tie back and sent out her Treecko.

"Xi, gigadrain!" The tree gecko lunged for the Carvanah. Hopefully it'll be another quick sweep of the wave.

[Lithra Trease]

Lithra placed a delicate hand against one of the gnawed upon pillars, her eyes running up and down the damaged wood. This was dangerous. Weaken the right pillar and the whole pier could go down, wouldn’t it? She didn’t know much about the structures of buildings, but this seemed fairly obvious. “Maybe we should let them know the pokemon have really taken a toll on these pillars,” she said more to Crispin than the girl who still hadn’t introduced herself. She looked over at her fellow Nature student, making him her unofficial leader.

But before Lithra could inspect any more of the pillars she found herself facing the very pokemon causing this damage. The unnamed girl dealt with one of the swimming pokemon while Lithra decided she would deal with the other nasty chompper swimming in the waves that lapped around the pillars. “Use Energy Ball on that one,” she asked Bell, waving at the prickly fish. Summoning a green orb of energy that occasionally flared with intensity, Bell shot it at the Qwilfish.

Their opponent shot back with his own steam of water that forced Bell into the sand, his cotton fur sticking against the dirt. Lithra’s Cottonee gave an unhappy cry as he struggled to get up. Behind him, Lithra fretted, her hands wringing together as she told him to use his own Giga Drain.

That move was enough to cause the Qwillfish to faint and for Bell to regain some of his health back. Still, the Cottonee had never been a fan of being wet and now he was soaked and miserable looking. If pokemon could laugh, Lithra was sure Lyra would have been crying tears at the scene.