[Meili Jie]

Meili took out her map of the island. If she was going to stick it to her parents she was going to have to create a balanced team. So far, she has a water Pokemon and a grass Pokemon. Obviously, to cover each other, she was going to need fire. She can build up from the foundations after that. Granted, she was having a bit of an awkward issue right now. 

For one, it was frightening how stoic Ci is for being a sea horse that rested in a bucket of what is now hot water due to the heat of this place. Even if it is a dormant volcano, that is still concerning. But none the less, the Horsea didn't have another means of land travel. Unless it wanted to hop everywhere. 

"Well here we are." Meili placed the bucket down and began to look around. It was time to snag herself a good fire Pokemon. If not that, at least some training could get done.

[Eri]

Behold!




Species: Durant
Gender: Male
Ability: Swarm
~Moves~
Iron Defense
Metal Claw
Bug Bite
Vice Grip

[Meili Jie]

Meili looked left and right. Her Horsea was content in sitting in her bucket and let her trainer do recon. The long black haired girl sighed and took off her hat. It was only going to make the heat of this place worse. The sun wasn't exactly doing her a lot of favors either. She sighed until she heard Ci squeak.

"Huh? What is it Ci?" Another squeak. Meili arched an eyebrow. Was Ci hungry? The hike has been awhile. The Horsea decided to finally point at the reason why she tried to get Meili's attention. She slowly looked down and shrieked. She shook her leg and dropped on her behind as she managed to get a metal skinned ant off her leg. Suffice to say the tall structure that offered no food and had the audicity to shake him around was not welcomed. The Horsea simply stared at Meili from her bucket. 

The ant clicked its mandibles as she got up and took a deep breathe. She looked left and right and thankfully no one was around to hear her. This was a bug and steel type Pokemon so Xi is not going to be of any help here. This left the Horsea whose only method of movement...is not much at all. 

"Let's start this! Smokescreen!" The Horsea sent out a blast of smoke from her bucket to cover the area. Hopefully the ant hasn't memorized Ci's loaction. "Use Bri-!" The moment Meili was about to command Ci was thrown out of the collection of smoke right into Meili causing her to collapse completely on her back. She noticed two harsh indentations of Ci. It seemed the ant knew vice grip. She looked over to see the Durant stood ontop of the bucket triumphant much to her frustration. 

"Brine!" Meili raised Ci like one would a water pistol. Rules of the jungle you stupid ant! She didn't care if it looked odd or that Meili is more or less taking this battle into her own hands rather than let her Pokemon handle it and what she is doing right now would be in no way allowed in an official battle but none the less she was going to go the full mile with this and pummel this Durant.

The Durant endured the salt water and then readied to charge in with his mandibles. Meili quickly tossed Ci up into the air and rolled out of the way. In the air, the Horsea turned her body and thus her snout toward the Durant. "Brine!" The Horsea shot another barrage of salt water, this time more effective than the last due to the damage Durant took earlier. Meili quickly snatched an empty Pokeball from her belt. Not her ideal, but she was going to need a variety of Pokemon for the future. This ant will have to do for now. Not what she was looking for, but a decent steel type for now. She chucked the ball over toward the ant in hopes of capture. 

The ball made contact and opened up. It shut and landed on the ground. It shook once...twice...thrice. The ball clicked, signalling Meili's first capture. She took a deep breathe and smiled. Not what she was looking for but she can always come back. For now, she can be satisfied with her reward. 

"Well, let's go Ci." Since the bucket didn't have much in the way of water anymore, she carried her Horsea with one arm and the bucket with the other. It was time to get off this overheated place.