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POSTED ON Jun 1, 2021 9:43:02 GMT

Twiggy was exhausted so Mason let him rest inside his Poke Ball. Though the day was not over yet and he still has one more battle to fight, and his Larvesta, Vesty, was really eager to fight. The little bug Pokemon really seemed to love fighting. Mason also noticed in recent battles on how Vesty was much more invested in the fights than Twiggy was.

He approached the arena with a calm demeanour. He had gotten used to the intense atmosphere of a battle and learned how to control his nervousness. With a Pokeball in one of his hand he nodded at the final opponent he was facing that day, with a small gentle smile of course. Mason had been on a losing streak, but that was okay. He was still learning, and still growing, and this won’t be any different.

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POSTED ON Jun 7, 2021 2:54:40 GMT

tristan / male / hydration / agility, recover, bug buzz, water shuriken, acid spray, double team

Today was definitely a day of learning for Lars as well.

So many battles had blurred into one another during the course of the day, and he was up for one more fight near the end of today.

Arceus, how did those Trainers never run out of stamina for back-to-back battles? That was nuts.

Stopping by a terminal to switch out his Pokémon, he’d grabbed a Pokéball at random and didn’t even blink at it anymore; he was running late.

Either way—

He found his way to the battleground, catching a few moments to rest before the other person arrived.

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POSTED ON Jun 7, 2021 11:14:17 GMT

Mason threw out his Poke Ball, and out come with it is a Larvesta. Despite being shy, Mason did what his other opponent did earlier. ”Uhh... Let’s have fun shall we? Goodluck!” he said towards his opponent with a bright smile and waves of a hand.

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POSTED ON Jun 8, 2021 18:59:29 GMT

He’d barely made it to the opposite platform and saw what he was going up against—a Larvesta.

“Same to you,” he said as he fished around his jacket pocket, pulled out the Pokéball he’d grabbed at random and popped it open, throwing it skyward.

Well, he wasn’t expecting to see what emerged from the red beam of light as it fully materialized—

“Tristan?” he said, a little surprised as the Accelgor landed. Wait—the other had a Larvesta, and it was most likely going to be a—well. Who knows what was going to happen afterward?

“Speed up,” were the next words he dropped. A few seconds later, the Accelgor was lighter on its feet—having started off with Agility.

From the looks of things, he was either going to get owned, or come out on top—he didn’t know which.

Accelgor used Agility!

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POSTED ON Jun 9, 2021 7:44:00 GMT

Mason had a bad feeling when his opponent used a move to speed up his Pokemon. It was as if he had a gut feeling that he was up against an experienced Pokemon trainer, just like the trainers he battled before.

But he could not abandon all hope then, he should at least try, ”Vesty use Ember!”. The Larvesta’s horn tips glowed a bright red before flames escaped its mouth and travelled towards the Accelgor.

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POSTED ON Jun 10, 2021 18:40:05 GMT

Sure, Accelgor may be ‘up there’ in terms of how fast it could go, however the Bug-type could tell that the Pokémon across him had fight—just like Vesta.

“What?” Lars said as the Accelgor turned to look at him, before dashing—not away from the incoming flames, but towards the Fire-type attack.

He then smacked a palm to his face, but resisted the urge to draw it down. He then realized what Tristan was about to do…

Back where the Accelgor had literally hurled himself at the flames, he emerged—somewhat singed.

A loud Bug Buzz shook the immediate area a few moments afterward.

It was a challenge from one Bug-type to another.

Accelgor used Bug Buzz!

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POSTED ON Jun 16, 2021 9:40:27 GMT

Mason was surprised when the opposing Pokemon intentionally took the hit. Mason was then even more confused when it used a Bug-Type move next. He wondered what his opponent was actually up to. Vesty didn’t take that much from the Bug Buzz, ”Vesty retaliate with flame charge!”. It was the Larvesta’s favourite move. Flames cloaked the Pokemon as it began to charge towards the Accelgor.

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POSTED ON Jun 16, 2021 16:42:58 GMT

“I think I know what he wants,” Lars called out from the other side of the battle ground.

“I think he wants your Larvesta to come at him with everything they’ve got!” he added a few moments later, before the Accelgor turned around and made a face at him, before he waved it off.

“Shush, Tris, I know you get like that with Vesta,” he said nonchalantly in his Pokémon’s direction, the Bug-type not paying attention as it was slammed in the side with a sudden Flame Charge attack that caused him to tumble over, reeling.

But he wasn’t done yet, of course.

“Here he comes!” he warned, as the Accelgor began launching projectiles at high speed towards the Larvesta—a Water Shuriken attack!

Accelgor used Water Shuriken!

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POSTED ON Jun 17, 2021 13:56:40 GMT

It took a while for Mason to register what the other trainer said to him. ‘Come with everything they’ve got?’. Something then clicked in him. Though he couldn’t help but to laugh a little when the Accelgor gave a face at his own trainer. Tell me how that is not amusing.

”Good job Vesty!” Mason exclaimed as the Flame Charge hit.

The boy and his Pokemon were in luck because the opposing trainer warned him of it first. Without thinking much about it, Mason shouted, ”Vesty use String Shot on yourself!”. Mason didn’t know where he got the idea, probably from watching those countless Pokemon battles on TV when he was a kid and that sudden memory just came to him in that tense moment.

The Larvesta encased itself in a cocoon of silk, protecting itself from the oncoming Water Shuriken. Mason let out a breath of relief he didn’t know he was holding. If that Water Shuriken had hit Vesty it would have been over for them.

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POSTED ON Jun 20, 2021 19:02:08 GMT

His eyebrows went up at the unorthodox application of String Shot—however, it was an impressive one.

“Interesting,” he said with a grin on his face. I should teach Vesta that… he thought to himself, taking a mental note to do it once he had some free time to spare.

The Water Shuriken attacks glanced off the last-second protection, sent spinning in different directions, before the Accelgor backed up a bit, assessing the situation.

“Think!” was all Lars would say at that moment, before the Accelgor looked like it was about to heave—was it going to throw up?

A few seconds later, a sudden Acid Spray came pouring from its mandibles, attempting to melt away the protective layer that the Larvesta had sewn around itself.

Accelgor used Acid Spray!

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POSTED ON Jun 20, 2021 19:42:18 GMT

Mason was on his toes when the Accelgor had used Water Shuriken. So when the Accelgor released the acid from its insides, Mason shouted, ”Flame Charge away!”. It was the only way to escape from both the silky threads and the oncoming acid.

The Larvesta’s body bursted into flames. incinerating the strings from earlier. The Torch Pokemon instantaneously ran aside from the direction of the Acid Spray, missing it by a few inches, and began charging at the Accelgor.

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tldr; Vesty uses Flame Charge to get out of the cocoon and avoid the Acid Spray. Then it charges at the Accelgor.

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POSTED ON Jun 20, 2021 20:20:44 GMT

Smart move, he thought. He knew that flames had a neutralizing property, at least if physics was to be believed. But then again this was—

“Tris, stop being so stubborn!” he said to the Accelgor, who let out a sigh, before releasing another loud buzzing noise, another attempt to throw the Larvesta off-balance with the Bug Buzz that shook the open air.

“Your Larvesta will go places!” Lars said from the other end of the arena. “However, you know as much as I do, that only one of our Pokémon is going to come out of this standing!”

The Accelgor kept an eye on the other Bug-type, awaiting its next move.

Accelgor used Bug Buzz!

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POSTED ON Jun 21, 2021 11:51:59 GMT

There was no avoiding the Bug Buzz. But both Mason and Vesty know that there was a bright opportunity for them. They just had to push through a little more.

Vesty took the Bug Buzz attack head first, but he didn’t stop running. He and his trainer had the same idea of what needed to be done. ”Flare Blitz!”. The already flaming Torch Pokemon surrounded itself with much more intense fire. An inferno circled around Vesty, as he ran, red flames trailed behind him.

The Larvesta focused on one thing only at that moment. To hit the Accelgor with all it got.

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tldr; Vesty took the Bug Buzz damage. But it kept running and used Flare Blitz.

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POSTED ON Jun 21, 2021 15:11:30 GMT

The Accelgor cracked a grin.

At last—!

The same smirk crossed Lars’s face for a few moments as the Larvesta across them finally went all-out, bringing the ‘big guns’ out and surrounding its body with very intense heat.

“I knew you’d do it,” he chuckled a few moments later as Tristan stared down the incoming Larvesta, unafraid of the heat haze wall it could feel before the attack slammed into him, forcing the Bug-type backwards.

Of course he wasn’t going to come out of this unscathed. Since Accelgor was purely a Bug-type, Lars wasn’t surprised to see that some parts of Tristan’s skin were flecked with flames that were causing it discomfort as his flesh burned from the Flare Blitz attack that made contact.

The Accelgor got back up, before giving it a piercing look and nodding in approval.

“Well what’d you know. He acknowledges your Larvesta as a worthy opponent,” he remarked a few moments later, before the Pokémon suddenly summoned several shuriken-shaped projectiles.

Before Lars could comment any further, the Accelgor sent another barrage of Water Shuriken towards the blazing Larvesta.

Accelgor used Water Shuriken!

endeavor completed: sustain a burn! (burn damage from Flare Blitz)

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